"A Weird G36!" - Firearms Expert Reacts To MORE Ready Or Not Guns

[@revolverDOOMGUY]

Hi, as an Italian viewer, tiny little correction: Padania is ALSO the name of a separatist movment but PRIMARILY it is the name of an Italian zone, composed of the Padana plane, the biggest plane of northern Italy. In general it is both used as a political and geographical term, probably the creators of the game wanted to make a reference to the manifacturers of italian small arms being located mostly in northern italian planes and did not know of the secondary political meaning (because honestly outside of italians nobody knows it). So no, no controversy there, exept for people who REALLY like making everything political.

[@FIVEBASKET]

Oh

[@ilriccioparacadutistaairbo918]

I agree, but actually the name of the movement who wanted the autonomy of Padania wasn't Padania, but Lega Nord. So technically the name doesn't refer to the movement but to the so called geographical region (as you said, the most correct term is pianura padana). Quite surprised the developers chose this name to substitute Beretta

[@revolverDOOMGUY]

@@ilriccioparacadutistaairbo918 Si, avrei dovuto dire che "Padania Libera" era lo SLOGAN della Lega Nord, ma andare troppo nel dettaglio avrebbe reso la frase un po' contorta... Cmq hai ragione, mi sono espresso maluccio.

[@DocLeQuack]

I mean I am happy someone came in with some really cool info.

[@dontkickmychick6076]

"except for people who REALLY like making everything political" So Twitter?

[@AdudenamedVince]

Something I think Johnathan would like is the slow mo in Killing Floor 2, the guns are animated at super high framerates and you can see tiny realistic details on the more grounded weapons. And there's plenty of neat/wacky weapons as well!

[@MirYumiya]

love that game but why is the game size so large ;;

[@baker90338]

@@MirYumiya high details cost space.

[@Vashtorical]

@@baker90338 sometiems its worth it. Its why I bought a third hard drive for the big games, 2Tb SSD.

[@Crowbar]

people keep asking for killing floor 2 for ages, but for some reason they dont show it...

[@iainrickwood2623]

@@baker90338 well about those "high details", its a shame they gave up and dropped the ball. Just look at the hmtech 501 and glocks and the fact that they still haven't fixed those glaring animation errors in years tells you that they don't put the detail in that they used to I've said this before on prev KF2 threads on Jonathon Ferguson Reacts vids, but it'd be good if they're warned ahead of time that like a third of the arsenal in KF2 is now inflated with low-effort copies of the other half. Most the HRGs are fun additions to gameplay, but are still just lazy paintjob/mesh swaps of previous weapons, no new animations, or models for that matter - while all the weapons that were released from launch up until the Seal Squeal in mid-2019 are actually really well done. Unlike the DLC weapons It'd be cool if they used a zed time weekly server too for slow-mo footage to show alongside the normal speed ones, get the most outta the mo-capped animations - as well as emphasising to Jonathon things like the range of different animations for chambered and empty reloads. specially when it comes to dual pistols which results in 6 different, awesome mo-capped animations. Basically, I reckon as long as they show Jonathon mostly non-HRG weapons and maybe the DLC nagant, and definitely some dual pistols with the different reloads (empty, chambered, normal and fast reload skills etc) then they'd do KF2 players justice. Now I think about it, maybe some of the more fun HRGs with interesting gameplay implictions, like the Vampire, Stunner, Tommy Boom and Healththrower? Also not sure what video I heard it from or how true this is but I remember hearing from that when firing some of the guns some have parts and panels animated to vibrate and whatever like they would do in real life (talking more than just slides and charging handles); I guess since Zed Time meant more opportunity for polish in case someone was looking at the gun’s firing animation instead of the zeds

[@RyoMassaki]

As an 3D artist myself let me tell you this: there is always the temptation to make things look more shiny than things are in reality. First, because it looks cooler, second because the PBR shading model that all modern games use is a estimation and in order to get things really physically accurate you have to work with realistic values derived from physics, which many artists don't do because they are lazy (I am guilty of that myself!). Physical accuracy also often looks too dull and might appear unrealistic to the human eye (which is an error of judgement). There needs to be a lot of testing in different lighting scenarios and sometimes a realistic look makes all the details an artist spend a lot of time on disappear. The easiest fix is to push the roughness factor more towards shiny and suddenly all the details pop out. The other factor is the fact that many artists don't have access to real firearms due to strict weapon laws, so many don't have the chance to compare the virtual version with a real version they can hold in their hands and examine.

[@oldesertguy9616]

Excellent explanation. Thanks.

[@YourPalKindred]

Wow, that's a lot I didn't know. Thanks for explaining all that :)

[@GoredonTheDestroyer]

In layman's terms: glossier textures look more realistic to the human eye because, to the human eye, if something like, say, a paint finish for a car in a racing game doesn't have _enough_ reflectivity, our brain renders that as being flat and dull, even if the actual finish being replicated is of very high gloss.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Ooo, thanks for explaining.

[@Deilwynna]

also game engine can make same model with same texture look vastly different from 1 engine to another, that gap has decreased somewhat with dx12/dxr supported engines but it can still be a significant difference. like you could make a rubber duck model and texture that looks very realistic in unity, import it into lets say unreal engine without modifications to model, textures and engine, there it might be far too shiny and plastic-like in appearance, then import it into source 2, there it might look flat and dull in comparison to unity

[@leoargent4206]

"And it's essentially a remote truncheon; it's about causing pain, discomfort, confusion and making people rethink their life choices..." This is why we like Jonathan. He's informative and professional, yet not afraid to have a dry, cheeky sense of humour. Good video as always!

[@CloudedPeach]

All ears for Jonathan Appreciation, I don't even play fps games, but I love his way of explaining these things!

[@techman1019]

I used to be a deputy sheriff. Less lethal shotguns, at least the ones we had, would leave a neon green powder to help you find where your bean-bags are going. Side-story: One of my academy instructors was a commander on the regional SWAT team before he switched to teaching. He said they got called to a barricaded subject in a garage. The subject had been wounded a couple 9mm rounds. They deployed a less lethal shotgun. If I remember correctly they got him in the thigh and the shoulder with beanbags and he surrendered immediately.

[@kirbyis4ever]

Sheesh, so bleeding from wounds didn't do anything but the "ranged billy club" made him change his mind? I suppose I'd surrender too knowing that the officers wanted to take me in alive rather than put me in a bag.

[@garryfromwallmart4263]

@@kirbyis4ever It's "quite common" to not realise you've been shot. Nerves sit mostly in the skin. Which is why (oddly enough) 1st and 2nd burns hurt more than a 3rd degree one, and if you're in an adrenaline fueled situation you often get a bit numb to pain aswell. Getting shot happens so suddenly, and pierces through the place where you would feel the most pain (Like getting pricked with a needle, it hurts untill it's in. Then it just feels wierd). Less lethal weapons go for a larger area, and try to rather maximize the pain instead. Not speaking from experience ofcourse. Just an observation.

[@oldesertguy9616]

They make marking rounds with the fluorescent powder and they make some without. The powder is effective in identifying suspects afterward, as in a riot situation, but I guess it would also show you where exactly you are hitting.

[@techman1019]

@@oldesertguy9616 The riot situation makes sense too. I didn’t even think of that.

[@Brekwon97]

Same with the less lethal ones i have for work at a state prison

[@castform57]

I like how Jonathan can just grab "one of many" G36 rifles they have. It's one of my favorite designs. Also I guess someone would pick the UMP-9 if they like the :3

[@AbsolutelyRadSHOC]

Ah, the famed :3

[@rafaelalodio5116]

I'm yet to see a game where they depict the UMP in .40 s&w, 40 as a whole is almost never present in games.

[@Yoshi278]

Ahh yes UMP9 :3 I know what game your talking about now.

[@hadouken_irl5654]

just here to say :3

[@Entroxity]

u wanna be japanese so bad

[@jared2213]

Easter eggs: 5:28 Notice that serial number on that beretta GFLHG003, which means the game "Girls' Frontline" , handgun, and 003 is the same number as the M9 in the game. (also can be found on HK416, FAL, G36C, M4). Now we know what devs are actually doing when they tell us they are going to delay the update.

[@iamEmanSWK]

I realized that at 12:18, the UMP has the number "404" as well

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Good eye gents.

[@jacklim555]

@@gooddoggo3547 no, they are men of culture to be precise

[@jacklim555]

Hmm, men of culture

[@Danktorias]

SKKs of culture

[@danielebraccio2474]

Hey Jonathan, italian here, Padania is also another way of referring to most of northern Italy, which goes by the name Pianura Padana(Padanian Plane), so it's probably just a reference to that, and not the separatist movement, which isn't very popular around here anyway, hardly anyone speaks about it ever.

[@ilriccioparacadutistaairbo918]

Well it depends on where you live ;) By the way I also think it's not referred to the movement (by the way the name doesn't refer to the movement)

[@celebalert5616]

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[@eliogabbalo0965]

Great video as always, but just to clarify "Padania" is a geographical region in Northern Italy where Beretta is located.

[@rjfaber1991]

I knew the former, but never really thought about where a company like Beretta is from. They're based near Brescia, as it turns out.

[@ilriccioparacadutistaairbo918]

@@rjfaber1991 they're located in Gardone VT, which is a town in the provincia of Brescia (for better understanding, italian provincia is similar to US counties). Brescia is an italian major city in Lombardia region (which is geographically located in the center of Padania plane)

[@robertlarkin8709]

In the US it is very common for the government to effectively take surplus military rifles, and give them to the police departments for things like SWAT teams, it allows use of excess stock, and saves the local police departments a significant amount of money. They also transfer bodyarmor, uniforms, misc. equipment, and vehicles (excluding armed) in this manner.

[@SpacedAug]

Program 1033. Allows the Department of Defense to give state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies military hardware. Since its inception in 1996, nearly 10,000 jurisdictions have received more than $7 billion of equipment. Utterly bananas.

[@TheSundayShooter]

@@SpacedAug While the rest of us are required to submit our passports, fingerprints, $200 cheques or money orders, and wait 9 - 18 months for approval. Jive

[@SavageBunnyGetMoney]

Since 9/11 police been trigger happy this method was used to fight Terrorists but I can't lie tho we need to get these Switches off the streets

[@clonescope2433]

@@SpacedAug sadly it seems like that 7 billion dollars that have been saved on equipment across the nation didn't seem to have gone to training.

[@beargillium2369]

It's way more common for them to just have ridiculous high budgets and go buy ludicrous amounts of brand new equipment.

[@AFKaylee]

You can always tell how well the devs did by how picky he has to get about the details. More detailed breakdowns means you did good!

[@gingershrimp4024]

Yea lol. His biggest complaint was the ump is too shinny

[@theblackbaron4119]

@@gingershrimp4024 Yeah I think that was mainly a lighting issue. The reworked maps lighting is now different. I haven't noticed it being overly shiny after that last updated.

[@Vampr1c]

@@gingershrimp4024 It could also just be a stylization on the modellers part.

[@Tenchigumi]

I recall the time when his only complaint with a gun was the fact that its manufacturing markings were written in a serif font instead of sans serif. When he's forced to notice things like that, then you've done well.

[@Excalibur01]

The press check is cool.....BUT they failed to animated that you need to press the switch to unlock the breach. Once you pump and chamber a shell, you cannot work the pump again without unlocking it.

[@AndyU96]

Seriously? I have to press a switch if I want to just eject a shell? Do I press it once or hold it?

[@Excalibur01]

@@AndyU96 It depends if you have the Mossberg 500 series or the Remington 870. The 870 has a little button switch in front of the trigger guard you need to hold down and the Mossberg 500 the switch is on the left side behind the trigger guard. This is only if you want to eject the live shell that's in the chamber. If you have already FIRED the shotgun, you don't need to, just pump

[@caelodevorago608]

If I had to guess, with the G36, removing the full length picatinny gives you more easy access to the charging handle. If it gets knocked and stuck forward, you have to take that portions of a second time to move the charging handle back into the right rotation for you to use. While the military/other agencies might not care for that very short, barely needed time increase, some departments might want it. Especially a high-end, elite, counter-terrorism unit operating in a city that is in a massive, unprecedented crime/terror wave

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Crime is actually down significantly from the 1990s.

[@caelodevorago608]

@@fromthebackseat4865 Not in game. In the games story, it's because it's an unprecedented crime wave, like, nothing seen before levels

[@chtulie]

Another reason, based on playing h3vr, is that the immense hight over bore with a sight on top of a rail on a carry handle can cause issues in the cluttered close range envitoments as depicted in this game. Ie. my sights have a clear view on target over some obstruction that is in front of my barrel.

[@ghostdragon2282]

@@chtulie keep in mind that the removal of the rail doesn't change sight height here. You still put everything on the same spot as before, you just have much less space for adjustments.

[@fromthebackseat4865]

@@caelodevorago608 ah, my mistake. I’m just used to people talking about how “there’s more crime than ever!” in regards to real life while in reality it’s down quite a bit.

[@Wafelkowiec]

Shoutout to interns working with the developers. I hope you managed to leg it before they found the tasers after last video.

[@BARRICADE]

hearing my voice at 13:37 was pretty neat :) I was super excited to work with VOID and apply my voice to their game. Glad i did and VERY happy to see how many people actually love the game.

[@duncanp1987]

Nice

[@brettd2308]

4:05 That impact marking from a bean bag round is possible, depending on the specific type you use. I've used some that have dye packs in them, so they leave a visible indicator when you hit someone with it.

[@paulchilds1893]

I'm going to suggest Receiver 2 again, it's a limited pool of handguns but the gameplay and modelling of them is really interesting.

[@ggrasten]

I would imagine that its not a good choice of a game because there isnt much to talk about. The guns are modelled well and behave properly, thats about it

[@leka34]

@@ggrasten You could say the same about Ready Or Not, and many other games featured in the series.

[@ggrasten]

​@@leka34 I think you're right. I failed to think about the mirriad of things Johnathan would be able to nitpick/point out on those detailed and simulated models

[@jakeandthebowtie]

This is the thing I like about 'realistic' shooters - the guns FEEL real to shoot, and the developers and animators have done a lot to give you that WEIGHT But no, a heat haze isn't realistic, neither are the taser lines - but they FEEL realistic. They add WEIGHT, impact and the rest. It makes you feel like you're shooting a firearm rather than a plastic toy (ARMA 3, simulator).

[@Vampr1c]

Gotta make up for the loss of touch.

The heat haze is mainly noticeable when zooming in over a hot barrel through magnified optics. That is why long range shooters use a mirage band.

[@Goofy_Boots]

The heat haze coming off the barrel has more to do with the ambient temperature rather than just the heat of the barrel.

[@markfischer5112]

I've shot plenty of guns in the winter, I'm pretty sure in normal conditions IRL that amount of haze is unusual. Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying?

[@Destinylover14]

this game is incredibly fun, even playing solo when you're bored its just super fun to help pass time, i play this game every evening and the amount of scenarios this game creates keeps it fresh and fun

[@Biring1]

Would love more WW1 guns, been a lot of modern guns lately. More BF1, Verdun or Beyond The Wire maybe?

[@tangero3462]

It makes me happy to see a game actually implement violin loading for a shotgun. It's significantly more comfortable in my experience and, important for a police context, it lets you keep your weapon mounted light facing forward. I think the next step for realism would be doing ammo management for removable side saddles, be they velcro or rigid like the Aridus, as you would for magazines.

[@JustOneOnOne]

every time I watch one of his video's I think I'd pay good money to have him do a private tour of the Royal Armouries just to hear him talk about his passion

[@solidpat221]

Always love this series. Coming up mid June is the 10 year anniversary of MGO2 (MGS4’s multiplayer) going off line officially, which has a lot of great guns and nice effect for it’s time. It’d be cool to see MGS4 looked at to show some of those guns off! Or checking out the fan servers still online to see the weapons on there!

[@Houtka86]

These episodes are never long enough. I can listen to Johnathan for hours

[@Firefox1189]

The G36 in Ready or Not uses Knights Armament sight rail mounts.

[@brawler5760]

They make the gun look cooler in my eyes.

[@kirayamatogatx105]

Huge fan of the show! Love seeing channels that dish out that knowledge on firearms! A small correction though: The Beretta depicted in the game is actually a Beretta 92X Performance noted by the frame mounted safety, the downward sweep of the disassembly switch, the oversize size of the paddle to act as a "gas pedal", The rounded trigger guard and most notably the new style of Brigadier slide with no safety. Funny enough the 92x Performance is a HEAVY pistol which is not really suited for much other than competition roles and this one seems to feature some more standard night sights rather than the adjustable ones that come stock on the gun. Another funny thing: The magazine shown in game during the reload is a regular 92FS style magazine but they modeled the 10 round version! The 92x comes standard with 17 round magazines at that! Still, love the show! Keep up the great content!

[@yetanother9127]

Re: shotguns only being designed to chamber specialty ammunition, my mind goes to the 1920s-era Greener Police Shotgun, a single-shot shotgun (based on the Martini-Henry action) which could only chamber and fire its own specially-made bottlenecked shells, in order to make it more difficult for criminals to use stolen shotguns (since they'd also have to acquire the special ammo to run them). Not really less-lethal by the modern definition, but an interesting footnote nonetheless. Re: the UMP, I can think of one (admittedly minor) advantage to using the 9mm version: logistics. If you've got lots of 9mm firearms in service already, it saves you having to introduce a new, non-standard pistol caliber for this one weapon. Probably not a concern for a SWAT team, especially in the US where .45 ACP is already extremely popular, but it bears thinking about. Re: the SCAR, it's often underestimated just _how much_ military surplus gear gets handed out to police forces here in the US. To me, it's pretty plausible that a rifle that was once in US Navy service could end up in the hands of a SWAT team member down the line. (Especially given that USSOCOM have actually been trying to get rid of their SCAR-L stockpile, in favor of SCAR-H 5.56mm conversions.)

[@someirishkid9241]

I think Jonathan was probably talking in game design terms about the UMP; he's saying that the UMP usually gets included in its .45 form in video games because that lets them distinguish it from other SMGs by giving it more punch.

[@boinguss]

Jonathan has a video about the greener on the Royal Armouries channel. think you might like that channel, it's sorta like forgotten weapons from a more historical view

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

Which is funny because lé criminal realized they could take a smaller dia round and wrap it in something to fill the void in the chamber.

[@yetanother9127]

@@boinguss I'm already subscribed to it. My comment was more for others' benefit.

[@yetanother9127]

@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz That doesn't work either. Aside from the bottleneck, Greener shotgun rounds also had a uniquely shaped base designed to match a forked striker in the gun. Even if you took a conventional shell of the right diameter and wrapped it in cloth to "fake" the bottleneck, it still wouldn't fire. I am not aware of any cases where criminals improvised ammunition for Greener shotguns, especially given it would be much easier to just acquire a conventional break-action shotgun instead, so in that sense, it did its job.

[@jameshenderson4876]

Such a good series. And this is a great episode. Jonathan dies such a great job. Humourous and knowledgeable.

[@ptprojektred]

Hey there Germany Navy Soldier here, I know I am late to the party. I got trained a lot for CQB style Operations (Anti Piracy being the main aplication) and naturally we used the MP5 and differents variants of it like the SD, aswell as the classic G36 a lot. So I feel qualified enough to say that you are 100% spot on. First of the the "HK Slap" I know you lose mayour cool points, but we also got TAUGHT not to do it, which is funny because the official HK manual tells you to do it (I for myself still did it asmuch as I got away with). For the 36 you are also completly right. I have never in my life seen one with its carrie handel removed and I do not know why you would do that. It basically just reduces your options aswell as takes away the elevation that you would just be adding back in some way or another.

[@bunnyrabbit2airsoft671]

Another interesting point in the history of magazines models in games is that in certain games (Modern Warfare 2 included) the magazines are actually modeled from airsoft magazines including the cog that appears on the bottom of high-cap magazines and sometimes even the feed at the top.

[@lightmetro7508]

they didnt even fix that in the modern warfare 2 remaster

[@williamnelson5549]

I think it would be interesting to see him react to the game Timeshift. It’s an old game, it’s a one of a kind I guess. It was a pretty good game with fun gameplay. There are some interesting weapons in it that I think he’d have some fun looking at.

[@MrHamof]

Timeshift was available on both PS3 and PC, in addition to the Xbox. It's on steam today.

[@williamnelson5549]

@@MrHamof ahh ok I’ll edit it

[@EclipsePheniox]

I think he would be quite interested with the Krbine from that game as the bolt moves along the stock. It's a reciprocating bolt, meaning if you aimed you'd get a black eye.

[@michaelw2263]

The G36C is my favorite firearm of all time. But it's also a weapon I see either bastardized or inaccurately portrayed in movies and games so often.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

Like many german weapons they are also very often used by the bad guys

[@OperatorMax1993]

I love the G36 too but yeah i hate it when it's poorly portrayed in games or movies, one of the few games that actually do justice is SWAT 4, Project Reality and Rainbow Six 3 Raven Shield

[@kozzy18]

The only time I've ever had an issue with mirage was with magnification. That and silencer use will give you a lot of mirage to look at.

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

I'd like to point out that a well placed bean bag round can actually break bones, so shooting someone in the shoulder with one would actually be the best bet because the round can dislocate their shoulder and incapacitate the arm

[@IcepickedWalrus]

I love how you mentioned how you mentioned less than lethal rounds are used in conjunction with lethal rounds. I'm friends with law enforcement in Arizona and you wouldn't believe how many people don't know practicality of less than lethal munitions. Dankeschön 🙏🏽🙏🏽💯

[@marcellosilva9286]

Why wasn't there a new video this last Saturday?

[@valeriopippo3370]

I always tend to prepare for the worst and I might just be paranoid, but I can’t help to fear that Gamespot could have canceled the segment in wake of recent tragic events related to guns… I pray that I’ll be proven wrong tho

[@speedingoffence]

Bean bag rounds can be packed in talc so if the bag grazes flesh, the rough fabric won't take a chunk with it. For the 'heat waves', it could be that whatever pistol they were using for reference was cleaned a little too robustly, and there was oil (or maybe a strand of cotton or two) burning off.

[@Jed02000]

15:56 In CoD MW 2019 if you pick "Sleight of Hand" weapon perk it changes some animations, reloading included. And in case of tube feeded shotguns an reload animation is depicted as over the shoulder reload.

[@concordat]

Johnathan might appreciate the attention to detail in Receiver 2, but the crazier weapons of say, EYE Divine Cybermancy or Perfect Dark might be more entertaining.

[@marcellosilva9286]

E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy has some of the craziest weapons I've seen in a FPS, I'd love seeing Jonathan react to those.

[@xxxquariangaming6579]

I think I may get this game now holy cow the detail to reloading is insane

[@drwhothehell]

One funny thing is that the update which added the G36 said “which totally looks way cooler without the carry handle” or something along those lines in the patchnotes

[@TuffMelon]

Another suggestion for Jonathan to review the weapons from FEAR. Good selection of real weapons/pseudo real weapons/fantasy weapons. Includes one of the only times I've seen the SL8 in a video game.

[@ufcfan1985]

Top video, two weeks in a row! Hey, maybe Johnathon could do a top 10 “most realistic depictions” or “favourite depictions” of all of the weapons he’s looked at.

[@theblackbaron4119]

The funny thing about the heat haze is that when you shoot and switch weapons, the haze waits for you to switch back to the previously fired gun before it takes effect :')

[@chrisdaasian]

Just finished few round with couple of friends today, white mark from beanbag shotgun is unintentional, unless devs were thinking of pepperball slug rounds (don't know if they exist or not). White marks usually appear when character model has been shot with pepperball rounds (Tippmann A5 or VKS), so its either stand in for character model hit indicator or mistake.

[@clothar23]

I don't know about white but I have seen beanbag rounds coated in various colours of powder. I always assumed it was for point of reference . Never fired one mind you but I have seen them in use by the ERT teams up here in Canada.

[@chadthundercock5641]

I love how Jonathan refers to John Browning as the god of firearms

[@pinkbunchan9258]

Speaking of less lethal rounds, Houston jones made a video with Kentucky ballistics where he was shot with several different less lethal rounds

[@FloodExterminator]

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen the UMP9 often, only game I remember that has it it Battlefield 4. One UMP i have 100% never seen in game is the UMP40

[@kalashnikovdevil]

Everyone loves the MP5 so much it's little sister gets ignored.

[@trashcompactorYT]

The powder from the bean bag is realistic. Bean bag cartridges have a little bit of chalk on them to mark perpetrators in case they temporarily escape during a lot of commotion such as a riot.

[@TheDefaultgameer]

I would love to see Jonathan break down MGS4!

[@whiteboynoises]

Also a nice detail with the laser is, that you can see the laser in the helmet camera of your team mates.

[@taylorkeating6884]

A video I would love to see is follow up to some of the non-video game questions Jonathan has asked over the course of the series. IE asking about less lethal shotguns at 1:33, asking if anyone knows of other examples of "this is the only one I know of" guns, or other things not asking about the games themselves.

[@maxir2521]

i would like to see jonathan reacting to the guns from the game receiver 2 becouse they are really well done and they even have malfunctions.

[@360noscopebogan2]

Been loving these videos again lately, love the introduction of modding as well

[@williamnelson5549]

Personally love the G-36C over the rest of the variants. It looks so freaking cool!

[@TheBlakReaper]

Look up HK433, it's a hybrid model of the G36 internals with an AR-15 looking chasis. In my book, it's the new and improved G36.

[@terrelldurocher3330]

@@TheBlakReaper i just looked at it, i don't like it. It looks like they butchered it and tried making it into a m4.

[@macsandsquid528]

A couple of things about the less lethal shotgun (as an instructor in such things). The noise level is a lot less when firing baton or bean bag (kinetic impact projectile in legalize) than depicted in the footage and much less than firing regular 12 gauge rounds. You don't even require hearing protection. Part the second: Though meant to be non-lethal should the need arise, a suspect pointing a weapon or such, the tactic is to fire into the face or throat. The rounds have enough energy to be lethal in this area. Still nice to see games bringing in non-lethal methods to triumph over evil.

[@Whiskey11Gaming]

As a LEO who is also certified in less lethal shotguns, I can't say I was ever trained to aim for any area other than buttocks or front/back of thighs. The whole need for lethal force cover to deploy a less lethal shotgun makes the need for using an alternate aiming point kind of pointless.

[@犬井いぬい]

I recall seeing somewhere (probably Forgotten Weapons) a shotgun modified to shoot taser shots. Those pump actions have bolts designed to be incompatible with lethal 12ga rounds. They can be loaded with them but the bolt face design keeps the firing pin from actually setting off the primers.

[@hmmurdockofids]

As much as I love Ready or Not, I don't think I can forgive them for the sights on the G36. I really love the front hooded post that H&K use, and while I can use optics because this isn't SWAT 3 or 4, it's an important aesthetic feature. Tossing on AR-style parts onto these weapons (especially replacing the stock on the Mk-16) feels really weird. But hey, I guess they'll know if someone steals their models.

[@lightmetro7508]

you'll be happy to know there is a mod to give it the classic carry handle

[@WarneD1]

3:54 I think the white powder is a UV reactive powder that glows when exposed to UV light, that way if the perp gets away you can identify them if you manage to catch them since they would have the glow.

[@RealKorean]

MP5A2 9mm feels nice in the shooter hand. I shot this before. Feels great in the hands of operator. Bit weighted but easy to control

[@lupo4715]

Would love to see Max Payne 3 featured for its 10 year anniversary. It has a lot of weapons unique to shooters.

[@wavys2543]

man, this guy really knows his stuff, even a decent bit about American special weapons divisions - above and beyond!

[@bjjparagonbjj]

Another one of this series theres plenty more weapons for him to examine especially the assault rifles and different ar configurations

[@andrewrash1931]

4:00 yes white powder is realistic with some less lethals, not all. We have some where they essentially have a layer of chalk or something like that on it to mark someone who’s been tagged with a less lethal round to make it more obvious they’ve been hit and with help identify people of interest if it’s at a large gathering like a “peaceful” protest for example, where someone could slip away into a crowd, and it also helps with visually seeing if the round was effective or not. (Have seen some heavily intoxicated individuals take a less lethal round before and it do nothing to deter them and barely even phase them similar to the effect Tasers can have on heavily influenced individuals.)

[@Georgexisxdead]

on the mater of the scar, many police departments in the US do aquire gear through military surplus, usually things like armored vehicles or phased out weapons no longer intended for continued military service so it's not unfeasible that someone in charge of acquiring equipment might choose a refurbished item, or dealer overstock item that was never actually delivered to the military due to some error in quantity required or funding availability.

[@fireaza]

Since Johnathan says he likes to see realistic ammunition management, the VR game _Into the Radius_ will definitely tickle his fancy! Aside from the usual more realistic firearm interactivity you typically get with VR shooters, this one also includes the need to manually load your magazines (which are physical objects in the game that need to retained, since you can't use the gun without the correct magazine), bullet by bullet, from ammo boxes, in addition to needing to clean and maintain your guns and magazines. I'm not talking an option in a menu either! To clean the barrel, you need to tear off a bit of paper, attach it to the cleaning rod, and jam it into the barrel and move it back and forward. To clean the outside, you spray on some WD-40 and scrub it with a toothbrush. And you need to get at *ALL* areas of the gun, it won't be properly clean unless you scrub *EVERYWHERE!*

[@yesseru]

You should also check out ground branch! Its a fun tactical shooter with high levels of weapon and gear customization. Its pretty cool.

[@88Opportunist]

That beanbag shotgun in the beginning activating one of my own pet peeves with guns in games where not every shot shows an impact if too close to an impact mark that is already there. Always disappointing when that happens. The Beretta by contrast did really nicely though.

[@POTUSJimmyCarter]

"It's essentially a remote truncheon, its about...making people rethink their life choices." Johnathon Ferguson, on beanbag shotguns.

[@nater1495]

Heat haze on a weapon happened quite a bit for me. Most of the time on a machine gun, yes, but i have had it happen with the m4 occasionally. Mostly due to temperature outside or humidity.

[@JKirkInTexas]

I think he might find interesting the weapons of ground branch, they are very close but not exactly like ready or not. I personally would be very interested to see him break those down.

[@SwissGunGuy]

I have my G36C with the KAC open rail and it helps a lot w/ the reloads. Especially since the G36 lacks a bolt release. Real estate at 12oclock is reduced but the gun also struggled at 300m. Therefore a red dot is as good as you need to go given the 9” barrel

[@MrMister_]

You know the G36 does have a bolt release in the form of a button above the trigger right?

[@SwissGunGuy]

@@MrMister_ in fact without aftermarket modification that is only a manual bolt catch, but not release. Source: i own the gun

[@MrMister_]

@@SwissGunGuy My bad then. Didn't know that was a modification.

[@90enemies]

Is this possibly a new Format? I've noticed there's less guns being shown in the video, yet a more in-depth discussion about the guns. I think I kinda like this Format, especially if next time its about guns that havent been reviewed by Jonathan.

[@philwilliamson5193]

Has anyone requested you do a video like this for the original Wolfenstein 3D? Probably the most realistic depiction of guns in video games ever.

[@S_t_r_e_s_s]

When's the Marauders episode?

[@MrTomWaffles]

I wanna use the G36 in ready or not but the lack of the carry handle rail makes it so odd

[@RyanTurner1331]

Some of us in Portuguese Army due to the new SCAR-Ls we got in the last recent years, more experienced soldiers, put the charging handle on the same side of the trigger hand, like an experience ak user, after practice is more pratical than adjust your holding hand specially if you've big hands, from getting hit by the charging handle

[@davitdavid7165]

That open lk setup is also present in codm. It was so weird to me I did not realise that gun was a g36 until it was pointed out by a youtuber

[@flick_shot_5625]

The Beretta also says on the side "fires without magazine"

[@thealgerian3285]

Should do Ground Branch, it's not the most well known game out there, but he's probably gonna love it.

[@hbadger2796]

+1 update V1032 had made ground branch a competitor.

[@thealgerian3285]

@@hbadger2796 Perfect PvP shooter for me, all it lacks is a healthy and steady playerbase.

[@2020_Visi0n]

Second what he said about realistic ammunition management. They need to add this to more shooters, or at least make it an option. It would be a literal game changer. Full auto would only be used situationally.

[@frettfool]

Something I’d love to see is him react to Demolition Ranch’s gun room, I’d love for him to have a look at a few of the crazy and weird guns he has in his collection, I feel like that might be an interesting video

[@datboidipski]

So on the Mk16, I can say, you are more likely to see US SWAT Teams with AR-15 platforms, but the NRCH version of the SCAR platform has pretty much become the standard over here for all SCAR rifles, I actually just got mine not too long ago.

[@RipChordProductions]

*Johnathan please react to Wolfenstein or Homefront: The Revolution.* *And I'd like to see that medieval weapons expert react to Dying Light 2's weapons.*

[@andrewmartin4387]

I saw somewhere on FNH Site not the non-recipitating charging handle is available for the select fire variant

[@sirspamalot4014]

The shotguns in the original Insurgency game were brilliantly depicted, buckshot was effective against unarmored targets at quite a range, light armored targets it'd still work but you had to be a lot closer, and heavy armor closer again, but the slug, oh boy the slug round just decimated. Shotguns were fun in that game and actually usable. I don't know what happened in Sandstorm, because buckshot is nearly useless at range in all circumstances it seems.

[@jacobhiatt1901]

In reference to the navy mk16, it's not impossible for a police department in the US to have it; alot of military surplus vehicles, weapons, and other equipment are available for police departments to purchase. Also, police departments have to use all of their annual budget or risk getting a lower budget the following year, so depending on the department, location, etc they may have a few military mk16's.

[@lilmancc35]

When it comes down to these types of games, where its almost hyper realistic when it comes to the gun play, I'd personally prefer semi auto or any single shot weapon over full auto specifically for 2 reasons. Accuracy/recoil control, and ammo management. I think the simi auto g36c would be a great choice.

[@huskythebrorh]

The carry handle/rail on that G36C is actually a Knight's Armory Core furniture set

[@xGamermonkeyx]

We've definitely gotta get Johnathan to react to the weapons in Receiver 2, and more weapons in H3VR!

[@Romantik-y9p]

Another great video with Johnathan, thanks! But Padania is just a valley of the river Po in Italy, isn't it?

[@thekaxmax]

There are shotgun tube quickloaders, you need more of them in games.

[@frostfang5983]

When talking about the scar and its reciprocating cocking handle I'm a lefty and one day while shooting my ak a mistakenly put my thumb up while in using my mag as a grip and the charging handle hit my thumb it was not terrible but wasn't great eather

[@pine_1416]

can't wait for Jonathan to take a look at the upcoming modern warfare!

[@oldesertguy9616]

As for the less-lethal shotguns, the standard now is that you never, ever load any lethal rounds into a less-lethal-designated shotgun. There have been shootings where a shotgun slug or Ferret round were accidentally loaded with fatal results. FYI, a Ferret round is a hard plastic hollow projectile containing chemical agent (tear gas) in either a liquid or powder form. You use it to punch through barriers such as doors or windows. The impact with the barrier breaks the projectile as it penetrates, releasing the powder or liquid into the room or vehicle interior. It is a hard plastic round and therefore a chest shot can have a lethal result. As for the powder in the bean bag rounds, they offer the rounds both with and without the powder, which marks the target for later identification, and, as someone else pointed out, allows you to see where exactly you are hitting.

[@Raptor091288]

I've fired multiple rifles until they were too hot to touch, never saw the heat coming from the muzzle intense enough that it distorted your vision around it. I did however have smoking muzzles, barrels and in one instance a melted plastic handguard.

[@nonautemrexchristus5637]

I cry for those rifles

[@timdim174]

For the scar I can understand the markings, swat buys most equipment from first pick surplus from the military

[@RSProduxx]

1:08 That´s what you say... I remember when I was on watch duty (Bundeswehr) and 2 of my fellow soldiers were at their handover during guard change... While they weren´t following exact protocol, one of our petty officers ran towards them, grabbed the gun (pretty sure that´s not protocol either) said something along the lines of "give it, I´ll show you how it´s done (security check)", pointed towards the sand box and "BAAMMM", shot gets loose... We applauded, officer of watch realized what happened, petty officer gets a proper verbal beating and that´s the story... Luckily no one got hurt, so we can book it as "funny" :)