Austro-Hungarian Rifles of WW1 I THE GREAT WAR - Special feat. C&Rsenal

[@LifeofCharles]

A-H rifles are the black sheep of WWI rifles. I would say alongside the Italian Carcano rifles, the A-H Mannlichers are some of the most understudied and under appreciated firearms of WWI.

[@connormac4401]

The entire A-H empire is understudied aside from their Archduke got shot. Not even Serbia's great victories over them are mentioned in mainstream medias

[@matheusmelo6022]

Yeah, thats because both Austria-Hungary and Italy are understudied in World War 1. That's why we don't hear much about their rifles. Actually, we don't hear much about any rifles used in World War 1, people just assume everyone used the same kind of bolt action rifle or musket in fighting. German Gewehr and Enfields are probably more known.

[@treerat7631]

Charles' Milsurp Firearms carcano is based on a styer

[@AverageAustroHungarian]

I agree,The A-H Empire has my favourite rifles and the Italian and Balkan Fronts Are really hard to research

[@attilarischt2851]

The 1895 is still used as a ceremonial rifle in Hungary (along with the soviet SKS) to my knowledge.

[@mikemike6908]

You are correct

[@totnorbi]

magyarok! :D

[@luke_0458]

In Austria too I like that

[@tombogan03884]

Shiny wood and steel look better in parades. LOL

[@M95-v4r]

I'm quite lucky, because I live in Vienna and it only takes me a half-hour to get to the Austrian army museum that is also the arsenal where tons of every weapon the Austrian army has used in the last 2 centuries (and even older stuff like armor and swords) are stored. Every rifle shown here and even all the variants (sling swivels on the side or below, cut down, ...), all the types of ammo and the bayonets are on display. There even is one that got converted into a machine-gun back in WW1. It kind of looks like a pile of scrap welded together but at least it did what it was supposed to do. If you're in Vienna one day visit this museum, it's worth it.

[@kreol1q1q]

I can agree, the Vienna Heeresgeschichtliches Museum is a brilliant, albeit huge museum. I've visited it last year and was very impressed. The only shame is that it's actually too big. One visit won't be enough to appreciate it fully. Well, I guess that's just something more to look forward to when I visit Vienna again :).

[@M95-v4r]

This museum, is like a meeting point for Russian and (I know Russia is in Asia) Asian tourists. I really like it, it has the FN 1910/12 our archduke was shot with and even the car he got shot in. I don't have the problem of not having enough time since I live in vienna. Greetings from Vienna!

[@M95-v4r]

Do you mean in WW1? If you do then look at the casualties. There were always more Italians killed. My great-greatgrandfather was at the Isonzo and probably killed some Italians and when he got back he only had Malaria. The point is that you shouldn't write something this offensive since many people died back then and it is just rude to disrespect the brave men who gave their lives for their nation, it doesn't matter if they were Italian or Austro-Hungarian soldiers.

[@M95-v4r]

I appreciate it. Greetings from Vienna!

[@M95-v4r]

I have only been to Triest for one day when I was coming back from my vacation in Dalmatia. I would love to see more parts of Italy someday.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

My grandfather actually fought with the Austrian army. He told stories how both the Italians and the Austrians (and Russians, Hungarians,etc,etc) picked up each others guns. After a few years of intense close combat fighting, There was hardly a 'national weapon' left .At the end of the war soldiers carried a mix and match of different guns. ,hand-granates, etc,etc. picked up from enemy corpses along the way. Russian, Italian,German. whatever worked.

[@ThePerfectRed]

"Schritte" just means paces by the way and was equal to 75cm. The Austrian army thought a soldier could judge distances better this way. This measurement was already used in the muzzle-loading era, e.g. on the Lorenz rifles. Great video, keep up the good work!

[@Patrick_3751]

If there's one thing the Austrians did right militarily, it was weapons manufacturing!

[@BHuang92]

One of the weapons manufacturing legacy the Austro-Hungarian Empire was laying the foundation for Czech arms industry.

[@Shore1985]

+BHuang92 This still remains today... Even though Austria is a pretty small country with only a few big companies, austrian arms industry founded 2 very iconic weapons: The AUG and the Glock-Series

[@kreol1q1q]

+Patrick3751 Not just that, but all over the lands of the former empire we now have very good arms and military manufacturers. In Croatia we also have a very successful and highly export based small arms industry, and it produces highly successful lines of pistols, assault rifles, helmets, body armor and military clothing.

[@BHuang92]

asger734 Alot of Czech firearms were exported almost all over the world and many firearms were based from the Czechs.

[@ronaldritchie7261]

I read about the Austro-Hungarian Empire and it wasn't just arms manufacturing they did well. They did most manufacturing well. Too bad their heads of state were too proud to realistically accomodate the various nationalities within their realm.

[@AgentCamtho1]

If only the guns made up for the commanders *cough* Hotzendorf *cough*

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

+Agent Camtho then France would have been f***ed

[@GamesLegitament]

+scarfacemperor I can picture Joffre siting there, "Well, it's a good thing they're morons because our rifles suck."

[@usslibertyincident]

+GamesLegitament lol

[@gamemaster4356]

+Agent Camtho Don´t forget Potiorek. I´d say he´s worse.

[@Zamolxes77]

+Agent Camtho Well, technically, they could, if someone would have the balls to aim it at the proper target.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

Austro-Hungarian Rifles are a hole in my WWI collection. I need to get a full sized M95 soon.

[@handofdoom4970]

+Milsurp Mike i have on but its not for sale sorry

[@kreol1q1q]

+MarsTheGodOfGaming where did you get it?

[@handofdoom4970]

Krešimir Koržinek my father got it at a store when he was a kid

[@SuperCompany007]

'Murica

[@handofdoom4970]

+Company007 .........

[@kreol1q1q]

Yaaay, finally!!!! Great work both channels! Love both of you :)

[@Candrsenal]

+Krešimir Koržinek I love you.

[@kreol1q1q]

+C&Rsenal As much as this has sent butterflies fluttering through my belly, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is your flu medication talking. Rest Othais, we need you in full health to make us those excellent primers - and talking about primers, there is still the matter of making a full episode on this certain Mannlicher rifle. I love you too C&Rsenal, I love you too :)

[@mdocevski]

+C&Rsenal love your stuff. Btw the annotation at the end doesn't lead to your channel, i think it might be a type-o. Cheers

[@TheGreatWar]

+Marko Docevski Sorry, KZbin had a hick up and we fixed it. But you can always find it in the video description too when we do collaborations.

[@LocovsworldNL]

You guys are gonna get so mutch traffic because of battlefield 1 and its great for you guys honour to you all!

[@BikerJim74]

yes, these are some of my favorite episodes.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Biker Jim Thanks, we love them too.

[@klively9390]

Absolutely love this project! I'm a huge WW1 nerd as well, which until this series I thought was somewhat rare among Americans. Recently saw your channel linked on "the firearm blog". So very happy to see this project becoming more widespread! Keep up the good work y'all.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Court Lively That's great to hear.

[@gulamman5817]

I hope we can have more focus on Austria. I am a big fan of the country just because of The Sound of Music.

[@thesayxx]

yeees more gun presentations! I love these. Good job guys!

[@ritterbruder212]

Can't wait for C&Rsenal's full episodes on the Mannlicher rifles. Been really interested in learning about all the variants.

[@Candrsenal]

+ritterbruder212 We have lots.

[@Petro1683]

I love Mannlicher M95s, I have one that belong to Bosnian Herzegovinian Inf regiment :D

[@TheGreatWar]

+Petro1683 Interesting find.

[@VaclavFuksa-zg5px]

I actually have a bayonet for it

[@bennychenley9113]

I think I like the Austro-Hungarian bolt action rifles because of the breech opening.

[@anthonyzorn773]

Indy, you should do a live stream where people can ask you questions about WWI, that would be pretty cool.

[@generalcarlgustavfleischer368]

+Anthony Zorn ^^

[@TheGreatWar]

+Anthony Zorn We'll think about it.

[@anthonyzorn773]

+The Great War Why thank you Flo! You guys do an awesome job

[@WillN2Go1]

Cool. Thanks for this. So my grandfather trained and qualified on one of these; to a high level of competence, because...after he deserted... and emigrated to the Unite States, and either joined or was drafted in 1917; he was praised for his shooting in training, given a Rifle badge (Maltese cross, with 'rifle' hung below it). But then when he explained that he hadn't learned hunting around a farm "I'm not a farmer" (He was Polish from Vienna) but had instead learned in the Austrian-Hungary Army; they said, "You can't be in our army. You could be a spy."

[@5c077andstuff]

I was excited to learn about the Austria-Hungarian rifles since I knew nothing about them before this video.

[@NuclearRockstarMD]

Yes! I've been eagerly awaiting the return of Othias on this channel! More than anything else, I think I really enjoy learning about the history of the weapons and tactics of this conflict. This little part of the show is one of my favorites because of that.

[@Candrsenal]

+RedCrownActual We have a whole other channel you know...

[@NuclearRockstarMD]

+C&Rsenal And I am a subscriber! But what I love about this team-up you guys do with The Great War is that you run through the weapons by country all at once. It really gives perspective to the march of progression each country had, especially in the ever-evolving battlefield of WWI. Love both channels!

[@Candrsenal]

RedCrownActual Thanks man!

[@fhsreelfilms]

This is such a cool collaboration. I've heard the recoil on the M95 Steutzen is horrific with the later 8x56mm loads.

[@611_hornet5]

The M95 does have a reputation for kicking like an angry mule.

[@WhatIsYourMalfunction]

+fhsreelfilms I can confirm my 95/30 is not fun to shoot.

[@jorgeadelprado]

i been waiting 2 years for this episode!!! thank you thank you!!! lots of love from Spain

[@maewinchester2030]

+Jorge de lprado Hope it was worth it!! Keep an eye out for the pistols episode next :)

[@jorgeadelprado]

+Mae Guns It definetly was, thank again and eager to see the gun one :)

[@TheShoreman1]

These collaborative videos are great. Really gives you a broader perspective on the subject. The one on the hand to hand fighting methods with shovels and clubs was fascinating and gave great insight into the average soldier's actual experience vs. the thinking of the commanders when choosing weapons and equipment. Thanks for the videos.

[@TheGreatWar]

+TheShoreman1 Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@donovian2538]

Othais is a masterful presenter. I really appreciate his attention to detail.

[@the_major]

Love these collaboration episodes! Keep up the good work Great War and C&Rsenal!

[@maewinchester2030]

+themajor Thanks and will do!

[@arianjd]

I am less and less surprised by the greatly supreme quality of your videos. Loving the show! Quite interesting how these weapons worked, especially considering this video covers my favorite Empire XD Great work from both channels!

[@TheGreatWar]

+Animativision Studios Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@Thoran666]

Good video that cements the fact the commanders cost the Austrians the war, not the weapons or soldiers.

[@mollyclock8238]

i absolutely love the depth, that you and your guests go to , in order to inform us unwashed masses. thank you for your hard work. molly

[@TheGreatWar]

+molly clock Thanks for watching.

[@mollyclock8238]

the great war, i study ww1 and ww2. the work you've done has greatly increased my understanding of not only what happened, but more importantly, why. love, peace, and mercy. molly

[@dsducky]

Great show. Thanks for all your work!

[@ChaplinONLINE]

I'll be watching this on the morning commute tomorrow!

[@EntryLevelLuxury]

I love how technical, yet straight forward these weapon segments are. I often feel somewhat marginalized as a gun-owner, but I love being able to own such significant pieces of history!

[@TheGreatWar]

+nelson3300 They are part of war history of course. No way you can ignore that, so we thought it deserves some attention.

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Funny to see that "Stutzen" rifle in Othais's hands looking like a bb gun but in Mae's hands looking like a full lenght rifle😎

[@ColTravis]

I'm waiting for the Atni-Tank rifles!!!

[@kacperdz03]

SPOILER !!!!!!! xD

[@EDSKaR]

+C&Rsenal BOOM *grin*

[@wingracer1614]

+C&Rsenal LOL, I was just about to post on here that everyone needed to head over to your channel to see that.

[@mo45327]

You meen "rifle" because T-Gewehr was the only anti-tank rifle of WW1?

[@mmartinu327]

I have a photo of my great-grandfather from 1916. On the photo he had Mannlicher 1895. (He was 17 years old at the time)

[@sirdouglashaig967]

Love these, great work to both of your channels

[@TheGreatWar]

+Field Marshal Erwin Rommel Thanks.

[@KirbyComicsVids]

I was honestly expecting the Austrian rifles to be of kinda poor quality but apparently it seems they were actually pretty good!

[@TheGreatWar]

+KirbyComicsVids That's what we expected too actually.

[@YuriPRIMErpg]

Damn, that girl has best job in the world XD

[@CrimsonGhost107]

She holds rifles weird though.

[@edcrichton9457]

If she hits the target weird is fine.

[@popedassalxvi5375]

I do envy her

[@MedicMain9]

Yuri PRIME she's hot tough

[@shawngilliland243]

Watching her load and fire the small arms of the Great War is one reason I never miss any of the firearms specials!

[@donneale7555]

The Austro-Hungarian bullets are nuts.....like shooting batons at people

[@wonberger7283]

These are awesome episodes! Loved it

[@Thermopylae2007]

The M95 carbines and rifles are real fun to shoot. I've got a pair that I cast bullets for and they're an interesting addition to any history buff's collection. Thanks for putting up such an informative and thorough review!

[@Sneemaster]

I really enjoyed this episode and I like how excited everyone was talking about the guns.

[@jackalvzz]

Awesome work both channels

[@thurin84]

i always enjoy your and C&Rs collaborations!

[@TheGreatWar]

+milcoll73 Thanks, we do too.

[@warhund]

C&Rsenal does a great job. Love these specials. Cant wait to see the one on Serbian weapons.

[@kgb3559]

+Warhund Serbia Will the make one? I was not aware Serbia produced its own weapons.

[@warhund]

Well we used a specific riffle variation called the Kokin-Mauser, produced by Mauser but partly designed by one of our engineers. It would be interesting in the perspective of Serbia using probably the largest variety of weapons in the entire war. We used weapons produced by German, Austrian, Russian, French.. old types, new types.. Weapons captured from the ottomans, all kinds of artillery.. It would be interesting compared to Austrians arsenal. A lot of all these weapons where modified by Zastava arms but i dont know if that counts..

[@kgb3559]

Warhund Serbia Ah I did not know that, I just figured they used whatever they could get, like you said. Russian, German, Austrian etc.

[@warhund]

Well Serbia did use all it could get but a lot of this stuff had to be modified since it would be a nightmare in maintenance department. An interesting thing is that the first anti-air defence (dunno the exact name for it in english) was performed by Serbia in WW1 when they used a modified cannon to destroy an Austrian airplane near Kragujevac. Dunno what the type of artillery was that and what was the modification but i think its kinda cool

[@kgb3559]

Warhund Serbia I also thought it was interesting how the Serbs used grenades against the invading Austro-Hungarians and they were quite taken aback by that since they had not experienced grenades before.

[@Dor2177178]

an extrem lovely and educational video , good work and a great crow

[@MadMatt1990]

Excellent collaboration; can't wait for the Austro-Hungarian pistols!

[@maewinchester2030]

+MadMatt1990 Those are some weird pistols but definitely fun to shoot!

[@TheGreatWar]

+MadMatt1990 No ETA, yet but we're working on it.

[@M95-v4r]

I'm Austrian and the M95/30 in 8x56R is my favorite rifle.

[@M95-v4r]

It's great.

[@moneysource2006]

I know I’m 4 years late but are you guys allowed to shoot those over there?

[@M95-v4r]

@@moneysource2006 Yes we are and we can own them without any restrictions as soon as we turn 18. Austria's gun laws are very liberal when compared with the rest of Europe or even some US states

[@moneysource2006]

@@M95-v4r Wow that’s awesome! I’ll have to visit Austria someday!

[@farmerboy916]

You know, these C&Rsenal segments have really grown on me; they're definitely quite good.

[@Candrsenal]

+farmerboy916 thanks. There is way more detail on our channel

[@ohboysabu]

Good video. I had not considered how a straight pull action was basically the forerunner of the semi-auto. When you said that, it was very obvious. Thank you.

[@maewinchester2030]

+James Bond Learn something new every day :)

[@7hart2]

Nice Arisaka 99 Shirt.

[@7hart2]

*Type 99

[@kentr2424]

I'm surprised that there's nothing in this video on the Austrian conversions of captured Russian M1891's. Surviving records showed that at least 114,000 captured Russian rifles were converted to fire standard Austrian ammo and using the standard Mannlicher clip - and said conversion didn't include rebarreling or boring out the barrel (the first conversions did, but it made the conversion process too long). Since said surviving records only went to the end of 1915 IIRC, it's likely one heck of a lot more were converted.

[@wingsofwrath4647]

Well that explains a lot. As an active reenactor whose grandparents fought in the Austro Hungarian Army during WW1, I've shot a lot of these rifles (both full size and Repetier-Stutzen M1895) and absolutely hated the stiffness of the action and weakness of the extractor, especially when compared to the Gewehr 98 or the Mosin M1891. Turns out the problem was time and slapdash assembly, not a design weakness as I thought. Although putting the bolt back together after cleaning is still a fiddly mess ...

[@Candrsenal]

+Wingsofwrath Use a dime!

[@davo171]

Hemingway's protagonist in A Farewell to Arms likely faced these rifles. Interesting to see how this straight pull compares to the Lee Navy and Swiss K11.

[@treerat7631]

davo171 The Itailians copied it

[@thedelta88]

proof of the smooth operation of that bolt-action mechanism is in the wicked blood blister on this guys index finger

[@Candrsenal]

+thedelta88 nah that was a Beholla pistol that nipped me

[@AfrikaKorp42]

On page 126 of that Serbian Mauser book is a diagram of the Púska M95/41 7,9mm. That's the semiautomatic Mannlicher he talks about. It was formulated and tested weeks before the German invasion. They used M95s that were rechambered for 8mm Mauser and configured the magazine similarly to the Gew88/05 for stripper clips.

[@ousiavazia]

I love to learn this stuff! I'd like to see someday the comparison of the rifles in the fronts, like the mannlichers VS the russian equivalent, or VS the italian, or russian rifles vs ottoman rifles and so on... Nice serious work you guys doing!

[@KalojanGostun]

Great Video! Love it! Interesting is, that actually the Austrians had some really good engineers in that time, and made some real pioneer work. Günther Burstyn made in 1911 the first concept of a modern tank with turret, which was never built (because Austrian Generality was quite conservative). The Navy was better. The Torpedo was for example by Giovanni Lupis invented (an Italian from Rijeka), and first built and tested with Robert Whitehead in Triest

[@mohammadwaquiullah6049]

The straight pull is literally genius along with the stripper clip. Mannlicher was an einstein of guns.

[@Gray-Wolf]

I must say, the Austro-Hungarians did a great job with their rifles, I've noticed they really liked straight-pull bolts, which (when you look at the mechanism from the soldier's view) is an advanced weapon that could beat rotating bolt rifles. Edit: Yet they're fragile

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Agreed that the main downside is the greater need for precision manufacturing. All in all, though, Austria-Hungary had some high quality small arms for the time. While the A-H armed forces had lesser combined arms variety, they at least made up for it with some good infantry and artillery tech.

[@jessefilmpjes]

I love this channel.

[@maewinchester2030]

+jesse van Ravels So do we!

[@TheGreatWar]

+jesse van Ravels We love you too.

[@OlaJustin]

1/4 of a million subs! It's getting there! :D

[@TheGreatWar]

+Ola Justin YES!

[@haboob308]

8:27 Last to give it up, first(and only) to land a man on the moon. :) Before anyone gets upset, I am joking. Thanks for another great collaboration.

[@XLesky]

+haboob308 Put on the moon thanks in large part to your pardoning of Nazi scientists ;)

[@haboob308]

+XLesky I didn't pardon anyone. But yes, America was able to utilize European scientist better than Europe did, or would have.

[@sryan9547]

The M95 is my favourite gun in Battlefield 1. I use the infantry variant at medium-close range.

[@MrAwsomenoob]

wow i didn't know straight pulls were so prolific the mannlichers, the Ross rifle the lee navy rifle i even had the privilege of seeing a Swiss straight pull rifle at a gun store a while back thanks for the video

[@maewinchester2030]

+MrAwsomenoob Interestingly enough out of the three types you've listen the Ross rifle is the smoothest straight-pull I've handled so far.

[@MrAwsomenoob]

+Mae Guns i heard the ross rifle was a very bad rifle for some reason

[@davecarlson1918]

Superb! Very well done! I've read in a book about the development of "storm troop" tactics by the Austro-Hungarian k.u.k. that there were crash programs to make Stützen length short rifles/carbines during the war. In addition, there were proposals, apparently, to simply do away with shoulder arms all together for the storm troop groups so that they'd simply have flame throwers, hand grenades, pistols or revolvers, and all of the "gonna get medieval on your a$$" type melée weapons, e.g. daggers, maces, clubs, knouts, truncheons, bludgeons, coshes, etc. etc. And sharpened spades. As it happened, the pistol and revolver production lagged even further behind all of the other infantry weapons, so the proposal went nowhere. It is also my understanding that in desperation, many rear-echelon troops, militia and reservists in the k.u.k. widely used captured foreign arms and also very, very many obsolete pattern single-shot rifles. Great videos and a very nice collaborative effort! Very informative. Love the "sights" point-of-view shots with the hideous "no man's land" background.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Dave Carlson Did you see our special and our collab on trench raids?

[@davecarlson1918]

+The Great War Oh yeah. More great stuff! In Barthes memoir _Poilu_, which you Great War folks reviewed, he mentions French raiders as a sort of highly specialized separate force brought in from elsewhere to conduct the missions. My sense is that many "frontschweine/poilus/tommies/mehmetçik/grunts/diggers/etc./etc. looked askance at anything that might add more chaos and artillery to the sector... Be it a trench mortar installation, rifle grenadiers, trench raiders, tunnelers/sappers, what-have-you. Thanks for marking the anniversaries, terrible as they are.

[@davide7398]

Wow! You guys have a great channel can't wait tell you get to WWII rifles.

[@Hopeofmen]

You'll have to wait 20-30 years for that.

[@Prfactist]

Say, the lady who is live firing the rifles after Othais talks about them, is she shooting half-load or light-load cartridges (where there is less propellant)? The recoil seems pretty light. Or maybe she's just a lot stronger than she looks.

[@Candrsenal]

+Hunter H She is definitely not shooting reduced loads.

[@maewinchester2030]

+Hunter H You should see me shoot the T-gewehr!

[@Prfactist]

+Mae Guns Needless to say, I'm impressed! Great control!

[@maewinchester2030]

Hunter H Thanks! Loads of practice for our series has helped.

[@kaboom138]

Excellent episode guys! I hope you guys also cover other countries rifles as well (such as Britain, Russia or the Ottomans)!

[@Candrsenal]

+kaboom138 All on the way. Ottomans will be tricky but we're working on it!

[@hanna-justinawalliarosalin8769]

Russians also used a lot of Arisaka rifles, so I hope we will see a Japanese rifle special as well. (and ofc they fought in the war on the side of the allies in Qingdao/Tsingtao as well)

[@Candrsenal]

Hanna-Justina Wallia Rosalind Sieglinde Marseille Yep, we will be including the Type 30 for Russia and the Type 38 for Japan

[@andreibuceceanu3755]

Really nice episode. Also, Indy, can you tell us from where you got that vest? because its really good looking.

[@VladTevez]

From 1904 until 1950, Mannlicher-Schönaue M1903 6,5 mm was the main rifle of the Greek army... It has quite a history in Greece. It was used in the Balkan Wars, WW1, the Asia-Minor campaign, WW2 and the Resistance, a valuable asset with legendary status. It was used for the last time in the Greek civil war (1946-49) from both sides...

[@Candrsenal]

+V. Athanasiou that would be a different Mannlicher entirely, more related to the Gewehr 1888

[@VladTevez]

C&Rsenal 100% true. An improvement of this model was to be made during 1941, but the German invasion terminated the project

[@Candrsenal]

V. Athanasiou We'll probably try to get some oddball guns cobbled together and do Romania, Greece, and maybe a few others at once since there are not enough models to fill an episode for each one.

[@VladTevez]

C&Rsenal It will be great!

[@Gh0stClown]

This video was ruined for me because I couldn't stop giggling at 'Mannlicher'

[@MrRobbi373]

+Floobs I know German, and "Mannlicher" (or "männlicher") actually means "more manly"/"manlier" :D

[@Gh0stClown]

MrRobbi373 I know, that just makes it funnier.

[@circleofsorrow4583]

Haha, same :D

[@kbholla]

What a vienersnitzel.

[@kaiserfranz9011]

Wiener Schnitzel

[@WildBillCox13]

A bunch of collaborators . . . I like the cross referencing and linking to expert analyses. This acts to lift the series up out of the sea of its contemporaries and in to a better place for the veteran documentary fans out there . . . me among them.

[@TheGreatWar]

+William Cox Thanks.

[@JoeySher]

I love your channel so much!!! It's like a crave I constantly want to learn more and more about world war 1

[@neilwilson5785]

Wow! the Ausrians had a different measurement system! cool.

[@KickingJoub]

My immediate response to the question at 4:02 "Not great for the one getting shot! Duh." I may or may not be having an intelligent day.

[@KickingJoub]

Later on I think a potential Out Of the Trenches question appears, that is if it hasn't been mentioned in one of the many awesome videos: What measurement systems did the nations use and did that cause issues? I've read that in WW2, US and UK manufactured airplane parts weren't exchangeable.

[@OkinSold]

Love This!!!

[@49metal]

@4:38 What is he talking about here? Rotary force? Self-rotate Did he not say that THIS rifle is wedge locked? Rotary bolts are not the only approach for straight pull systems and this rifle is precisely one example. There are others.

[@jbc98k]

Great Vid A+!

[@lllPlatinumlll]

I know that I am ages behind but I'm yet to see a video on Marksmanship and how it effected performance. Having grown up in the country and had firearms as second nature I've often been amazed to see just how bad others who have never been around guns are at shooting even quite large targets. I also read Audie Murphy's "To Hell and Back" and noticed how his childhood of hunting small game may well have saved his life over and over in his WW2 experience. So I'm kinda amazed that there is so little discussion on the marksmanship of conscripted and volunteer soldiers.

[@uncle7215]

Mae had a bit of a struggle at 9:24 XD

[@nicolasdefribourg5666]

cool stuff with sub titles Indy ty

[@Rocketrollrebel]

That straight pull action on the 1895 Manlicher doesn't look as smooth as I imagined it would be

[@Candrsenal]

Not too glassy

[@LegoGerald]

As a history and geography nerd, I've always wanted Austro Hungarian weapons like the 95. Or the uniforms like the standard hussar.

[@jrdnbkr25]

you guys should make a video series talking about the weapons in battlefield 1

[@Bluehawk2008]

Stutzen or Stutzer used to be a class of musket in the 18th and early 19th century, which was distinguished by carbine-length barrels and rifling. They were popular with hunters and were later adopted by the Jäger regiments (literally "Hunter" regiments) of various German states and even copied by the Russians. Britain's famous Baker rifle was essentially a Stutzer.

[@david929190]

This felt like an episode of Forgotten Weapons!

[@mo45327]

+Ｈｅａｖｅｎ Ｓｍｉｌｅ You said it brother!

[@lukemcclure3567]

Austria-Hungary is the faction that most interests me because of ethnic diversity,I mean they fought for 4 years in an army with 15 languages.

[@tojo9979]

Just shot one today at the range. It was fun.

[@iamtotallynotanenemyspy1200]

Can't wait for your video on Kekistani rifles....

[@Alopex1]

10:36 - a Berndorf Helmet? Really like the design...

[@Mr.Viridian]

I love the Mannlichers nice quality and really interesting

[@martinmatamoros3893]

First thing I noticed on the 95 was how easily he was handling it

[@maewinchester2030]

+Martin Matamoros Did you mean the 95? You've just gotten mean it when working the bolt.

[@juanpablofacciniespinosa1464]

you are a champion men!

[@treyriver5676]

The M.95 in 8x56R produces a serious amount of free recoil as well, I have shot mine with 1937 production ammo. As an odd aside the 8mm here is .329 in while mauser 98 is .323in so reloading for the 8x56r is not nearly as easy as 8mm mauser I have a M.95M which is a conversion between the wars to make the M.95 shoot standard 7.92x57 Ammunition and use Mauser Stripper clips. (new barrel and modified feed system)

[@DarkestVampire92]

That Stutzen looks painful. A long infantry rifle cut down that far has to have pretty significant recoil.

[@maewinchester2030]

+DarkestVampire92 It did have more kick to it but it wasn't unmanageable.

[@mannco9458]

I’m not gonna lie I’m a big gun geek and seeing these old beauty’s still in working condition just mmmah

[@charlesinglin]

Interesting. The picture at 2:14 shows an Austrian with a French Chauchat lmg.

[@TheGreatWar]

+Charles Inglin Actually a Bulgarians with Austrian helmets and French weapons.

[@mathman1923]

I can't get over how long the bullet is on the older cartridges.