Book Review: The Schmeisser Myth by Martin Helebrant

[@rosicroix777]

I'm glad Ian actually reads the books before doing the review, too many people just read a few reviews & then do 1 of their own. Ian's background in engineering always helps him break down the highly technical parts into laymans terms that all of us can easily understand & as always results in highly informative & interesting videos, so its no wonder why Forgotten Weapons is such a popular channel amongst collectors & enthusiasts. Thank You to all @ Forgotten Weapons for another great video !

[@larryboyd5882]

I always enjoy your book reviews as it gives me the opportunity to see what else you have on your book shelves and which ones I already have in my own collection.

[@t.versteeg3723]

Ian lookes like a proper musketeer. He even likes muskets!😂😂😂

[@csours]

"The Schmeisser Myth" sounds like the title of a thriller by Robert Ludlum

[@lordalfred1882]

Consistently well done productions, coupled with excellent and enthusiastic presentations of technical and historical information. Well worth watching, particularly if the viewer is a military weapons collector.

[@motorsportfangr]

I thought I was watching a L'Oreal commercial for a moment.

[@frankemcgillivray6695]

Ian, just fan gushing here. This posting is such a good example of what makes Forgotten Weapons so unique. Was always mildly interested in the MP 40 and now I'll satisfy that itch with this book. Mercy beaucoup.

[@rickmaldoo4205]

what kind of conditioner do you use.....do you brush 100times with the Verticoli.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

A special blend of cosmoline and organic beeswax.

[@coconut6468]

Ian actually answered that?!! 🙄😂😂😂😂

[@deadflowers7017]

@@ForgottenWeapons Thet was great.😂

[@gewamser]

There were a fair number of both '38's and 40's issued by the CIA to montenyard local forces in Vietnam. They escaped from there and were seen to pop up from time to time all over the place. Ammo was hard to get, regular 9mm ball was not hot enough and as you said the magazines were not only poor, but were old and worn out by the late 60's. A few of those actually came home with GIs as souvenirs.

[@AB-vd7ux]

lindybeige would love the sandau bit

[@QuantumCat76]

Funny, actually, when I grew up, I always thought "schmeißer" was a nickname for the gun as it -a submachine gun - sprays bullets -or "throws" bullets around, i.e. schmeißen.

[@brittakriep2938]

I am german, from 1978-1980 i had an rather extaordinary history teacher. He told us pupils, that ,schießen' to shot, and ,scheißen' to shit, have the same roots, because something is flying away.

[@QuantumCat76]

@@brittakriep2938 😂🤣😂🤣 can't argue with that!

[@MisterBethany]

This is always an excellent channel, but Ian's review of this book is outstanding. Tells me everything I wanted to know with wonderful informed enthusiasm. All I need now is enough money to get a copy...

[@chexquest87]

Great video as always. As a fan of the Enfield series I see you have a couple books behind you on them. What are those titles if I may ask? Thanks!

[@MadMadCommando]

When i saw the title "Schmeisser Myth" I first thought of the myth that Schmeisser designed AK-47. Does the book mention this at all? I assume not.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yes, it goes into substantial depth on the question of who designed the MP38/40, and why Schmeisser's name is associated with them.

[@MadMadCommando]

You may have misread my comment, I'm talking about the conspiratorial myth that Schmeisser invented the AK rifle. The myth that Alex C. likes to spread

[@TheTrueNorth11]

@@ForgottenWeaponsWeird response man. Must have been a long night or something.

[@tomspotley5733]

Ian, your hair is wonderful. I wish this was the scene that met me when I got home.

[@vicostea]

I'm glad that you finally fixed your website. Looks really good.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

It used to drive me up the wall when people would call an MP-40 a "Schmeisser" back in the day (late 70s)

[@ag111ga]

Thank you for the review, I wasn't sure if it was worth buying but you're right - it is a Collectors Grade book. Ordering today :)

[@coltm4a186]

Pardon my ignorance, but have you ever made any videos about the old Belgian Mauser rifles from 1889 to the end of WW2? I recently subscribed to your awesome and educational channel.

[@andrewcrighton8130]

Hey Ian, do you always purchase these books yourself or do you ever have them sent to you by the publisher? Not that I think that would influence your opinion, just curious.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

It's about 50/50. This one was provided by the publisher.

[@carlsmith8176]

There's an emp submachine gun? Damn that thing must have been powerful. Could it have taken down a city's power grid in one shot?

[@ultrablue2]

Yes heir is, and her name is Erma.

[@staringgasmask]

Actually you need a whole mag. As an SMG they wanted to make it more balanced that way

[@declan765]

I wonder what would happen if Ian meet steve1989 MRE man.

[@OriginalEric]

Nice!

[@coltonh_]

@@OriginalEric ok let's get this out on a tray

[@michelguevara151]

nice hiss..

[@Elfandspartan]

I'd love a book list from you sir!

[@ScreamingSturmovik]

as you said the germans had problems with the double stack single feed magazines but i ask is it better to have a single feed mag or a gun with the capability to alternate? i can't remember what gun was talked about but i think it was said that it was an advantage to have the single feed for simplicity

[@davidmunro3910]

Maybe the non stamped mp 41s went to the SS. Hence no waffenamph marks

[@randomizertotal5113]

I think you may have missed your true vocation, I believe you would make an excellent teacher.

[@GunFunZS]

He is teaching to a class of very interested and receptive students. That trumps every other teacher's experience handily.

[@Omegaures]

He didn't miss anything! Instead, what you are missing, is that many teachers are missing to teach an equivalent of 100fold stuents they teach to their whole lives in about each video they are not making

[@randomizertotal5113]

GunFun ZS You're right, can't argue with that.

[@randomizertotal5113]

Omegaures How true, I didn't look at it that way. He seems like a guy who likes sharing the things that interest him.

[@VRichardsn]

Or Musketeer at the _Maison du Roi_. I mean, he has the moustaches and the hair for the job.

[@gabrieleciciriello6447]

is there an italian version available?? i don't have problems with english but reading in italian would be nice.. also,is a video about makarovs planned?

[@josharpe5802]

I thought that the MP 40 was designed by Berthold Geipel & Heinrich Vollmer. I also thought that there were only 2 major variants, quite significant ones actually, the MP 40/I & the MP 41.

[@blujthewombat]

Hi Ian, would you be able to do a video on the MAS 36 one day? thanks

[@SwitosVideo]

Came here for the Book review. Stayed for the hair health tips.

[@susannemuller4235]

Great channel! Very professional and very interesting. That's what KZbin should be made for: quality content.

[@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith]

i have the collectors grade publication on the stg. how much do you think its worth, it must be out of print because its not on the web site any more.

[@jimcameron9848]

When the Zombie apocalypse arrives, I want Ian on my team and hopefully we can have access to a rich trove of pipes, timber, stamping machines, etc. We will need to do a serious rebuild!

[@Taxandrya]

Mother of God! If all the books of Collector Grade all that complete. Then my hats off. I should get those, indeed.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Looks like I'm a book buying mission now. 😀 -Jen

[@ringowunderlich2241]

".I", ".II" and ".IV" are roman digits not latin characters. So it is pronounced MP 18.1, MP 18.2 and MP 18.4

[@nohero23]

We should send this book to LindyBeige. That should fill some of his knowledge gaps :P

[@EDSKaR]

No, Lindy prefers obviously making stuff up on the fly.

[@TKTK-sw3tq]

n0la lindy's argument on the spandu vs the bren gun was spot on. It was absolutely confirmed by a US military person who was tasked with examining the differences to help train American soldiers. You can look up this video. He isn't always right but he brings you into his mind and shows you his thought process which is beautiful and rare thing.

[@hairyneil]

I'd trust soldier memoirs over youtube comments...

[@TKTK-sw3tq]

Jimmy De'Souza People don't shoot upside down. Anecdotally, it was reliable, if people didn't have problems why do you think it was a problem. The m16 only takes a bit of dust or dirt to stop working. Solution? Stop getting dust in it. Under a well trained troop, the bren doesn't cause problems but the mg 42 just causes problem anyways, training mitigates the effect when it happens but it's still unreliable. It's not possible to fire an mg42 alone, the recoil is absolutely absurd whereas a bren is fireable and much lighter. A bren is a truly single man weapon whereas a mg 42 is a squad based weapon. Useable in close quarters, not really but i'd take it over an mg42 if I had to. American soldiers use the saw in close quarters if they have to and it does the job. I'd REALLY take a bren over a kar 98k in close quarters that's for sure. BANG "oh shit uh, hey man, can we just forget that I tried to shoot you." A sergeant in the army confirms all of these points in a video of his own meant to train troops. The mg42 vs the bar. Same concept bar vs bren.

[@TKTK-sw3tq]

Jimmy De'Souza I understand the problem with rimlock however, if I were to go into combat, i'd double check and triple check that as did most soldiers. It is countered by paying attention when you're loading your mag when you're about to go into a life or death situation. Soldiers weren't always careful and you're right it would be wrong to blame the soldiers solely. However we would have to consider for one second if you had a perfectly reliable lmg other than rimlock. The number 1 malfunction would be rimlock because there wasn't anything else wrong with it. If you take an unreliable gun, rimlock would be way down there. The number 1 malfunction of the lee enfield is rimlock but it's absolutely safe to say it is a very reliable gun. That's my point, the bren suffered from rimlock however it didn't suffer from much else. You can look up whether the bren gun is reliable and any source the mentions the bren gun calls it reliable, there isn't anyone saying it's not. The assault drum and all need two people. One person to shoot and another person to use as a bipod. You would put the gun barrel on the person's shoulder and fire. This is the fire and move technique that was used, it was never meant to be fired from the shoulder or even from the hip drum or not. It really can't it's throwing full powered cartridges at twice the rate of the bren and is so much heavier and you don't have a good place to hold it, that the recoil and unwieldiness combined means you would be a lot better off using a bolt action 98k. The bren's recoil isn't light but it can be fired from the hip and shoulder. What the person was referring to was a soldier's incompetence and his need to use controlled bursts when firing from the hip or shoulder as if firing from the hip or shoulder were commonly done. I'd challenge you to find a source that says the same thing about the mg 42. This was true, just look at the m14. Lindy has his faults and he is wrong sometimes, he doesn't believe in global warming which is . . . Alarming. That doesn't mean all his opinions aren't valid though just maybe that one opinion.

[@BGBry44]

really interesting, love your channel the surenames of one of my frinds is schmeißer an I'm really curious if he's an ancestor of hugo/luise schmeißer ^^ greets from germany

[@mattrhoton9219]

Ian is that your personal library behind you?

[@ranwolf76]

+Forgotten Weapon Hey Ian, silly question, what would be your fantasy zombie-apocalypse arsenal? Pick a primary, a back-up and a melee weapon.

[@natanreb]

Production numbers on the MP41 is normal y stated 17400 pcs.

[@nobleluna3990]

I almost thought this was a Styx video for a moment

[@coconut6468]

Anyone else notice those three guns in the bookcase behind Ian? Who does that?! 😳

[@870Slager]

"Story time with Gun Jesus"

[@devinthierault]

These ads on Ian's videos are the exact opposite of ads that are targeted for viewers of gun videos

[@kristadisgumundsdottir3658]

This is one book I would like to have.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Did he say the Villar Perosa came first? That's like one of the chicken or the egg debates of the historical firearms community. Some folks say Villa Persona, some folks make their guidelines more stringent and say MP18

[@PaulaJBean]

You have a book 'Savage pistols' in your bookshelf. What's that about? What are savage pistols?

[@1anthonybrowning]

Paula J. Bean A hundred years ago Savage made pistols also, including a competitor for the JMB and Colt for the the 1911 .45 contract that wasn't successful in .45acp, but was commercially successful in smaller calibers Luke .32acp.

[@1anthonybrowning]

Paula J. Bean I believe Ian did a video on the .45 that challenged the Colt for the 1911 contract. I think it was in one of the auction series a couple years ago. Good video if you find it.

savage pistols are those that don't share the benefits and privileges of civilized pistols.

[@PaulaJBean]

Thanks!

[@robbyjoseph2279]

On average how long does it take for you to read a book?

[@MA-mg4cd]

what's that Spanish Civil War book? and is it good?

[@SlyPearTree]

Holly poo that's a beautiful book, and the price is less then half of what I was expecting.

[@bow820605]

Yo! Do you guys have a gun named Huot-Ross? I want to learn more about it, but there's very few information about it.

[@dubsy1026]

Spectrum EL: BF1?

[@bow820605]

Dubsy 102 Oh? Does BF1 has Huot Ross?! I don't know 'cause I haven't played it yet!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I have a written article on ForgottenWeapons.com, but no video. (yet)

[@bow820605]

Forgotten Weapons Oh, thanks for the info!

[@dubsy1026]

I was just asking, because it seems a lot more people ask about weapons featured in bf 1 (I don't play myself, but I am aware of some things about it) since it's release and I was interested to see if you were

[@stewknoles4790]

I'm looking that one up and buy it.

[@ei23no]

is that a finnish army service shirt "peltipaita" i see? another gift from varusteleka perhaps?

[@JedoDre]

Ehm...thanks to this video and the high resolution of modern video, we no longer have to buy the book? :)

[@rylankihs4792]

Great videos as always. BTW amazing hair :)

[@troy9477]

Nice book review. CGP is a great publisher; i have a few of their books. Not cheap, but they are worth it.

[@mongoslade321]

This is where u say first?

[@mrkeogh]

For a second there I thought Ian was saying that misattributing firearms to other designers was "disgusting here". It is 😉

[@ВалераБойко-н5л]

interesting moment- on 2:51 the bottom photo depicts guys from Ukrainian insurgent's army. They were fighting against germans(till 1944) and soviets(till middle of 1950s). It's very uncommon to find any info about them in western literature.

[@Nodwick123]

MP 41, wasent that just a MP 40 with a wooden rifle stock used for police work?

[@kirk7528]

Ian is embracing the Gun Jesus moniker

[@michaleeuwe]

The books looks great to me.

[@OlegOfTheDead]

Интересно, в этой книге написано, чем занимался Шмайсер в Ижевске после войны? Этого даже у нас не знают, разве что кроме дома, в котором он жил. Было бы интересно, но откуда это знать автору.

[@rickmaldoo4205]

sounds luxurious

[@TammiebRoss]

Hey Ian... You should try an avocado hair mask... Great for beards to gents! Thu it does smell a bit

[@TALIZ0RAH]

Karl needs to be cameo in one of your videos

[@karm42yn]

I can see that you've used an extra bit of conditioner for this video.

[@karm42yn]

And then I looked through the comments :D

[@Franky46Boy]

So the 'Schmeisser' wasn't a Schmeisser at all... :-)

[@CoPstesr42]

Lol by turning each page, one can read the whole book in this video. Would that be a weird form of Piracy?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Well, except that I only showed you about 5% of the pages.

[@CoPstesr42]

Oh, now I see it. It really looked like you turned each page. My bad!

[@ianthompson2802]

@@ForgottenWeapons so 5% piracy

[@TotalRookie_LV]

LoL, I thought this will be about quite popular tale how "Schmeisser is the real designer of AK".

[@chriserskine3527]

Is the forgotten soldier a true story or is it fiction it's high time you discuss this

[@chickenwithak47]

What conditioner do you use?

[@feraligatorade99]

Are you able to go to the NRA museum in Washington D.C.? They have a pretty impressive collection of firearms.

[@ZoidFile]

Oh magnificent mane.

[@ashman187]

choice book!

[@nelsonnoname001]

I've been seeing people say it for awhile, and I've got to say - You are now formally known to me as "Gun Jesus" lol

[@thenomadrhodes]

does this book talk about the Standschutze hellriegel?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

No, because to the extent that thing ever existed, it was Austrian and not German.

[@vigidriver6281]

Yep. You Sir look like a young Buffalo Bill Cody, but with straight hair.

[@StenIvarsson]

As a librarian, the way the book was displayed, was like pr0n 🤣

[@ravixof159]

Nice Makarov.

[@ravixof159]

And Savage

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

In the 1980's I became friends a gentleman who was in the WW2 SAS and he was in the last year of the war in Europe in a combined unit with the SBS raiding Nazi held Greek islands from unofficial bases in the Turkish Agean. Among the details he related was his weapon of choice " Schmeisser" (Mp40?) which he rated much superior to the Sten.

[@ChrisPenta]

I wish they didn't cost $90 :(

[@Ebolson1019]

I almost didn't recognize you with your hair down.

[@neueneggschiessen3933]

Sadly the publisher is gone now

[@luckiller019]

kids be silent, sexy Gun Jesus is going to read to you a story

[@peterpillar5724]

See 😭

[@necroturky]

Be not dissuaded by the comments Ian. Grow you're hair as long as you want, as it will fall out......Eventually.

[@peterpillar5724]

Someone's gonna dislike this video soon even though there's no reason to 😞

[@cyranus10]

Peter Pillar Hair jealousy.

[@randycollins87]

Yes why is that?

[@tyngchinchillachang838]

hi jesus.I knew jesus would support the 2nd ammendment.

[@mobsey94]

yay, im early. couldn't resist.

[@Deliverygirl]

So what's the deal with Schmeisser guns? *ba dum tsch*

[@exploatores]

Hugo Smeisser, was one of the important inventers when it comes to military weapons.

[@Sir_Godz]

*** nerd warning ***

[@ThaddeusCorn]

Nice hair. Are you a hesher?