The WEIRD Guns Being Used in Ukraine Right Now #3

Today we look into some of the recent crazy weapons seen floating around the Ukraine conflict, new, old, and strange!
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[@BrandonHerrera]

Thanks for watching guys! Which one of these guns was your favorite, and which would you want to take into war if you had to choose? Let me know down in the comments! Thanks to USCCA for sponsoring this video! usccapartners.com/Brandon

[@thegillieguy9537]

Love the vids man

[@skylorstewart8004]

AKG Notification Squad

[@ultimaterouge13]

#akgnotificationsquad

[@chadmann2724]

Can i have a beer papi?

[@peterp3505]

#akgnotificationsquad

[@issacmartinez6452]

That fact that you’ve been able to make three videos on this topic is impressive, can’t wait for part four where we see Ukrainian soldiers using needle guns from Halo.

[@christianrogers8297]

It’s all fun and games till you see Ivan charging towards you with an energy sword

[@T_for_Texas]

Needler gang gang

[@theredrisen9520]

Im still awaiting the appearance of the MA5B AR

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

More like 1886 Dreyse needle guns

[@johnmullholand2044]

@@j.robertsergertson4513 Or an 1860s rifled musket?

[@Dclerkin17]

It’s so weird to see how diverse the amount of guns is. Ak12s and f2000s, Mosins and Maxims. It’s like a CoD lobby if shotguns didn’t exist Edit: Holy crap, I’ve never gotten more than ten likes on a comment. Thank you all, and Merry Christmas!

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

​@@jayslomine4280Just to note: They have 8 women for every 2 men before the war. Ukraine might actually go exist by the time this is over. Don't understand what country they think they're saving because there's going to be no fathers left if they don't stop killing themselves.

[@jakubblaha4904]

@@jayslomine4280 "Ukraine is trying to mobilize what men they have left" You know Ukraine isnt some small 5mil pop nation right.

[@BlackSabbath628]

Nah, we're in Ukraine. This is Stalker, not CoD. Inb4 the Controllers and Pseudogiants start showing up.

[@efirizaki6457]

Stalker

[@waty0usay1]

you think COD lobbies have weapon diversity? lol.

[@Theredknight252]

Video Games about this war are gonna be wild as fuck

[@cycler42]

man, I didn't even think about that lol.

[@Circle92488a]

@@cycler42fr

[@gravey_official]

I've already played Arma 3 sessions as a foreign legion in Ukraine. literally just an excuse to have Famas alongside Egyptian AKs.

[@RustyBear]

There is a game called glory to the heroes and Squad made a comment that they might add ukraine as a faction in the future

[@rubenrodriguez3164]

There was a really good one where you pilot drones, you can upgrade your drone, you can end up having fights with other drones. It looked amazing really.

[@DeathByJeep]

What's really crazy about the FN F2000 is that this rifle was one of the higher tier weapons featured in the Ukrainian video game series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in 2007. How would such an expensive western made weapon end up in the hands of fighters in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in 2015? (the time setting of the game's story). Now 16 years later, here it is.

[@kurczakokoko]

i was just supossed to talk about this lol

[@misterkaos.357]

Follow the money

[@ORLY911]

Life imitates art, it seems

[@RealBadGaming52]

But it’s weird , it looks like a gun from the 22 nd century

[@OperationGames45]

I'm guessing slovenia sent it. Our military uses it

[@ioele1000]

What I think is wild is that if, before the war, you went there to try to find these weapons you’d have an insane time trying. Yet now they are popping up all over the place. Makes me wonder how many old weapons are just laying around.

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

they're probably just sitting in warehouses mothballed and greased ready and waiting

[@joshuamarvin7400]

@@jimbothegymbro7086 Russia(and, I'd presume, the rest of the former Eastern Bloc) has a habit of just drowning firearms in cosmoline, stacking them a hundred to a crate, and just....not doing anything with them for decades at a time. So basically the same thing the Aussies did when the Buy-Back happened. They're all just saving them for when Mad Max is a thing.

[@jakefuck641]

@@joshuamarvin7400 This, and too that point, they cycle gear from the west to the east as it gets old, so that's why there's a seemingly *infinite* out of 60's era gear.

[@Orcawhale1]

In eastern europe, you've been able to get most of these weapons for decades. The only real problem is getting them across the borders to western europe, because border security has been beefed up, due to migrants.

[@codiwonkanobi9788]

Warehouses and warehouses full id imagine. Russia gets rid of nothing that goes bang.

[@MrFreddyFartface]

And all of a sudden, the guy with the Mosin looks really well armed compared to the guy with the air gun

[@juiceboxzach]

lmao

[@rain8767]

I would pick the scoped mosin over the rusty AKs anyday.

[@wingracer1614]

The guy with the air gun was probably eating better than anyone else in his squad. It's for feeding himself in the field, not combat.

[@dankus.memeokus4192]

@@rain8767 100% the mountain will literally always fire😂

[@muxahx3096]

@@mrdoiiiurak9801 they always excuses then showing nazi things

[@kykyryzokykyryzovich2858]

Hey. I'm from Ukraine, and i want to make a little note to that RPG-Granade thing. Solider that holds the thing is russian, cause he have orange-black-orange ribbon on his leg. That's St. George ribbon, some kind of a reference to russian empire. The point is, ukrainian soliders don't wear them. They wear blue or yellow (no way, huh?) tapes on arms and legs. So look for that in future videos. Thanks for the content!

[@Noskilhsap]

As well as map of Ukraine shown at 0:08 doesn't include Crimea, which worldwide is still considered to be part of Ukraine.

[@kykyryzokykyryzovich2858]

@@Noskilhsap man, i didn't even noticed that. but yeah, you're right

[@freeloader247]

@@Noskilhsap based

[@jakubknotek4891]

Yep, the modified RPG must have an aerodynamic of a brick, can't imagine it being able to hit a barn door from further away than several meters, provided the tape will even hold in one piece. Ukrainians aren't that dumb.

[@srg.graphouni6628]

Surprisingly they are dumb.

[@godmode8687]

Man those games and films gonna be wild. Just imagine, 150 year old weapons side by side with thermal scopes, drones, and hypersonic missiles. All that in a ww1 setting with trenches

[@trioxin99]

Call of Duty Vanguard basically

[@silverfingerthesilverstack5062]

The Thompsons were fitted inside the lend lease US tanks that were sent over but were little used, and most of the ones that survived are in mint condition, the firm I used to work for in the UK imported loads of mint 1928 and later thompsons and drum mags in the early 2000's.

[@jibcano1777]

Too bad you missed a few

[@ScottKenny1978]

Why was a UK firm importing Thompson's?

[@silverfingerthesilverstack5062]

@@ScottKenny1978 For the deactivation market, they couldn't be exported to the USA as they were lend lease and would be confiscated and probably destroyed as the US government still has all the serial no's of the guns they are still owed, they tried with a couple as they were worth a lot more in the USA working than deactivated over here but they were confiscated in the US.

[@ScottKenny1978]

@@silverfingerthesilverstack5062 ah, makes sense. Even if it seems criminal to deactivate a Thompson...

[@maxcomstock1831]

I saw that pellet gun on Reddit, a theory some of the guys there thought it might’ve been used for either “quickly diffusing” butterfly mines and or shooting actually using it for shooting squirrels and other small rodents for extra food

[@zachmoyer1849]

thats the only two reasons that popped into my head thanks for validating me lol

[@tallesttree4863]

@@zachmoyer1849 What you think the Ukrainians wouldnt just grab that trash out of a landfill to make a propaganda vid?

[@tallesttree4863]

@@neempata3274 just 4 more billion to zelensky to change russian diet

[@cheeseninja1115]

I can definitely see the second one, but the Ukrainians don't use butterfly mines as they are easily mistaken as toys by children, and because they are defending rather than invading the Ukrainians don't utilize them for that exact reason. The Extra food idea is a really good one, as the Russians have repeatedly been seen hungry and without much to eat. Even some reports of a man giving up a BMP for the food Ukrainians were offering to POWs!

[@greenrena8503]

@@neempata3274 they are eating whatever they can get. Shit supply, especially at the front and especially specially for conscripts.

[@nihil2157]

Fun fact: Mortar shells have the same threads as the rpg rockets - they were literally designed for that purpose

[@lx1995Mk2]

For a simple and cost effective anti personnel round?

[@AGrumpyPanda]

@@lx1995Mk2 That, or what was pointed out in the video- aim up and you have a discount (shorter range and less accurate) mobile mortar piece.

[@ofekmizrahi3079]

The rpg is partially a grenade and rocket launcher thats why it's rockets are extremely fast almost invisible in the air i believe

[@11ride4life]

I have seen the mortars put on RPG-7 rockets since the invasion of iraq.

[@shadowoof6473]

So shouldn't RPGs be called RPM, rocket propelled mortars

[@kaitakala1474]

Maxims can still be pretty handy as AA-mounted versions against the drones because of their sustainable fire (watercooling). The Vickers MG was tested a few decades ago and could fire for a week OK.

[@RandomPerson-ob1hk]

If it ain't broke

[@kingoftheskies34]

Brandon, on the topic of antitank rifles: the Soviets would shoot at the area where the suspension is to either ruin suspension or punch the weaker armor. This is why the Germans are the only country to use sideskirt armor. History lesson over, very cool video!

[@Mr-Trox]

They were also very effective at stopping rounds from the Bazooka and PIAT as well. Armor piercing rockets really don't like it when they're set off against shurtzen instead of the proper armor.

[@xtremekewii]

The Germans weren’t the only ones, multiple M4 variants had bazooka plates. They were abandoned after the Africa Campaign were the British found them annoying and removed them. The T-14 actually has the most comprehensive side skirts (the 1940s American prototype). The British Crusader tanks also used side skirts.

[@kingoftheskies34]

@@xtremekewii huh, didn’t know that. Learn something new every day

[@LLiivveeeevviiLL]

@@xtremekewii Yes, the thing with Germany was that they started with the Skirts because of the AT-rifles. Then by accident it was actually good vs HEAT. They then adopted other mesh variants for HEAT, not good vs AT-rifles which were non-existent on the Western front. Brandon do discard the AT-rifles as useful vs tanks. But if one read Otto Carius memoirs (mostly known as a Tiger commander) you find that when he was in a PzIII in the start of war the AT-rifles did damage. The pz III was around for quite a while even if never variants did come along.

[@xtremekewii]

@@kingoftheskies34 They are definitely rarer on the Western Front as large caliber AT rifles were not used as much as the Russians did. Side skirts would see a resurgence post-war as most countries other than Britain used HEAT rounds (the British focused on APDS and HESH). That’s why Sherman Fireflies and Comet’s don’t have them but Centurions do

[@Pfletch83]

Just imagine the kind of soul crushing mind melting headaches the logistics staff has been going through from the beginning of the conflict up until now 😆

[@robertharper3754]

Just think about the Ukrainian logistic guys having to deal with new shipments everyday of a variety small arms, parts, ammo, rations, field gear, vehicles, ect. I have a feeling they're pulling their hair out so much that most of them are bald by this point, hell, just the number of different types of anti tank missiles has to be bothersome!

[@Pfletch83]

@@robertharper3754 THEN factor in the Russian Logistics staff 🤣

[@davidriadi7999]

@@Pfletch83 the Russian just pick up whatever is in the shelves and hand them to the conscripts

[@colinbollinger9671]

Mars must be fed!

[@Scriptedviolince]

@@davidriadi7999 Nah, Russian logistics guys pick the stuff off the shelf and put it in their pockets.

[@whyisitneversummer5262]

From bb guns to suppressed Berret’s. What a wild time to be alive

[@choada365]

Well if you have the pellet gun, you won't be alive for long.

[@juri_xiii9977]

I bet your favorite Animal is a "Farret".

[@snowdogthewolf]

@@juri_xiii9977 Why is "animal" capitalized? 😆 Glass houses, ya know?

[@201hastings]

“Berret” Jesus fucking christ

[@ztkilla]

You know whats crazy? That guy on photo holding a barret is the guy twitter said to be Brandon and that he's died fighting for us

[@Maervyn]

2:55 you can easily tell this is a russian soldier, not ukrainian. Just look at the ribbon of Saint George across his leg.

[@Tonyx.yt.]

also there's is a big ass Z on the front of his baseball cap

[@AIAllar]

Isn't that what he said?

[@Martha-hm7tk]

Everyday, everywhere I carry a Sig P365. This has changed my life. I was scared of guns for over 30 yrs. My grown son encouraged me to learn more about them due to some very dangerous situations my job put me in. Between my son, my husband and my father-in-law I have learned a lot about how safe they are nowadays, I have learned how to handle them safely, and I have learned to shoot them very well. I can shoot a 6-in square target from 100 ft away with my Sig p365. I am now confident in my ability to protect myself and my loved ones and I do not live in fear any longer. If the men in my life could get me to change my mind on the necessity of carrying a gun then there is hope for all of you to get the women in your life to carry. Sad but true when my children were little I wouldn't even let them use sticks as pretend guns.

[@randylahey1581]

Glad to hear you opened up your mind and have the means and capability now to defend yourself and your family. Always good to see people utilizing their 2nd amendment right

[@exspertgames7784]

Great gun love how small and concealable it is and still packs a huge punch with a double stack mag

[@user-yy7tw9hv9n]

@@exspertgames7784 It's really the perfect purse gun if you carry said purse

[@josephfranzen5626]

Thank you very much for sharing your story. I grew up with firearms and spent 8 years as an 11B in the 82nd 1st/504th. I’m very pro-gun but have many friends who aren’t, I respect their opinions but stories like yours solidify the need for firearm education and how ignorance which often turns into fear can be the root cause.

[@Martha-hm7tk]

@@user-yy7tw9hv9n I do own a carry purse but I have only used it twice. I do not like off-body carry when there are so many amazing choices out there for women today to keep the gun on you and very accessible with no printing.

[@michaelngo4353]

5:12 I literally have had dreams of being handed a pellet gun to go to war. It is unfathomable that this is happening in real life.

[@metamorphicorder]

Girrandoni air rifle

[@leviturner3265]

I do not believe any Russian soldier was handed a pellet rifle. Russia has plenty of stocks of Mosin-Nagants, Ak-47's, and SKS-45's, as well as AK-74's.

[@OGPatriot03]

The things Ukraine can get the dull among us to believe...

[@SpikeVike27]

From what i heard, this one is pretty much fake. Like, the bb-gun wasn't found on dead Russian or wasn't their primary. But yeah, don't believe to guy random guy on internet with cyrrilic in their profile

[@alansmyth5814]

The propaganda is strong in this war!

[@sc0ner783]

Can you just do an entire series of weird guns appearing in warzones? Iraq and Afghanistan had a ton of interesting gems pop up

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

Careful. One prominent you tube channel had a catastrophic malfunction of a re-wielded RPG that blew up in his face.

[@carsonderickson9148]

Hey Brandon, a more specific explanation for the lend-lease Thomson’s was that they were sent in pairs with Sherman tanks for the crew, but the problem was that they didn’t send them with any .45 ammo. They actually sent a lot of them back due to them being useless, but the ones that remained are probably the ones in those photos.

[@Zack_Wester]

they did send ammo but not enough, and they sent .45 something only the US used had the US sent Tommy gun in 9mm it would had lasted longer because what happen it arrived in soviet soldier was given them and the ammo fired until they was out and then it was useless as Soviet could not make .45 or did not wish to clough down the logistic whit 1 more ammo type for just 1 gun.

[@lances4803]

A LOT of Thompson parts sets were available years ago that were sourced from Russia. Demilled and sold back to us.

[@TheSky1ark]

My granddad returned back to Moscow with a fine collection- MP-40, Thompson, and PPSh. He was a special team squad-commander, and was very fond of technic stuff. Anyway, he preferred mp-40 because it was light, and you can pick lots of ammo ;)

[@perfekt526]

They actually didn't send that many guns... mostly trucks an stuff. But think i have read somewhere, they produced mosin and ammo to the Russians

[@davidgoodnow269]

That's O.K., I'm sure Red Army or Wolf is making M1911 Ball ammo now!

[@goldenknight007]

In Afghanistan the ANP had what seemed like an endless supply of OG-7V rounds for the RPG-7. Other soldiers speculated they were the normal rockets without the shape charge attached. That was incorrect. It's a fragmentary round specifically designed for anti-personnel. I saw few of the normal shaped charge anti-vehicle bulbous rockets we think of when it comes to the RPG. When I asked why that had so many anti personnel rockets versus vehicle ones, they literally said "this is what we have". So, like Brandon said "necessity" is us8ng what you have.

[@MalikCarr]

Seems like there you'd be shooting at people or unarmored vehicles way more than tanks, so probably appropriate for that theater?

[@goldenknight007]

@MalikCarr yes sir, 100% applicable for the mission anyway. Plus having so many meant you could use them often!

[@Tonyx.yt.]

they have been used in iraq against coalition armored vehicles as well, with of course little to no damage to the vehicles

[@AZREDFERN]

4:39 that’s a pellet gun! I have the exact same one, modeled after the SKS. They were used by the Chinese army somewhere around the 80’s and before for initial infantry training. Some were imported to the US, and it’s actually a great camp plinker.

[@eliaslundstedt5607]

I thought it looked like a bullpup SKS at first, dang, it even (kinda loosely) is

[@WhattAreYouSaying]

Yes, that is correct! I also had one a long time ago, but I sold it. A friend of me still have his. I live in Norway, so they were sold here also.

[@ZeonGenesisEvangundam]

Thought it was an L86 but like, more broken

[@neilw5688]

Same here I still have the exact same air gun as that but customized a little

[@danielotten5847]

It's a chinese QB57

[@johnbaratta3259]

I've been a USCCA member for close to a decade. You're absolutely right. I have 3 I carry depending. P365 most days, P80 Glock 19 I built or a 357 special for quick milk runs in my Lulu Lemons.

[@shadowcobragaming5364]

I cc a Cz Ts2, and have a full-auto capability cz scorpion in my car. Also, I’ve got a deagle for open carry if I’m going into a sketchy area (nobody wants to fuck with me that way)

[@Spvke]

@@shadowcobragaming5364I’m sure you do

[@Jeezy11]

@@shadowcobragaming5364yeah sure In ur gta RP server

[@nataliewilson5908]

@@shadowcobragaming5364 Open carrying a big ass pistol is a good way to tempt someone in a sketchy area to try something when you aren’t looking. I’ve seen plenty of situations where someone sneaks up behind an unsuspecting gun owner and snatches their gun before the victim has time to react. It also paints a very obvious sign on your chest that says SHOOT ME FIRST

[@nataliewilson5908]

@@shadowcobragaming5364if someone ever breaks into your car boy they are in for a treat! And by full auto capability do you mean binary trigger? Or actually full auto? I seem to be able to find fully transferable machine guns easily but it seems to me almost impossible to find and purchase modern machine guns that even with a class 3

[@LtGenAile]

A friend of mine was in the British Light Infantry in the 90's. During his battalion's deployment to the Balkans, they had an arms amnesty. A couple of the best things handed in were a Thompson submachine gun and an MG42. Plus a Dragunov with a night vision scope.

[@SEIGE.45]

Ak 50 yet?

[@cbrvo8440]

Back in the 90s you could book a "tourist package" to former Yugoslavia. Once there, the tourist could fire a number of Cold War weapons, heavy machine, mortar, etc. including a RPG. ..Back when the world was fun.

[@robertsmith4681]

When it comes to the mortar RPG, it is a legit field modification aimed at producing RPG rockets that suck less in the anti personnel role. Regular RPG7 rounds being anti tank shaped charges really don't give off much in terms of fragmentation effects. Mortar shells are purpose designed as anti personnel fragmentation ordnance.

[@tendiesoffmyplate9085]

Rockets have something called flight characteristics and ballistics. That little rocket can't throw all that weight

[@robertsmith4681]

@@tendiesoffmyplate9085 It throws it further than a hand grenade, has more boom juice than a rifle grenade, and works better at poking holes into people than an anti tank rocket, what's not to love ?

[@craigsmith1812]

Hi Robert Smith

[@svz7483]

But we have a grenade(it's a grenade not a rocket) called "Oskolok" for this purpose

[@boombox3136]

@@tendiesoffmyplate9085 sure the sights aren't accurate anymore, but I don't think that matters much at the distance these ammunitions are used at. Eyeballing it is also a thing, and if one doesn't hit, use three more until you hit 'em, those mortar rounds they have enough of

[@cozdiver]

It took me 2 and a half years to get the permit to carry here in Mexico, but I carry my Grandfathers 1911. The same one he used in WWII and I carried in the Gulf War. It has never let me down, and I have put through A LOT of rounds with it. Also use a Walther 6rd in a boot holster.

[@MORE_BEANS_PLZ]

Lol asking permission from a curropt government to carry 💀, dawg just go ahead and buy some full auto rifle from your local dealer

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

Sicario

[@kiokyyikune]

@@MORE_BEANS_PLZ gringo,every government are corrupt

[@tetraxis3011]

Bro actually managed to get a carry permit, that’s rare.

[@tetraxis3011]

@@MORE_BEANS_PLZIf the police or NG catch you with that you are screwed. They’ll convict you for murder.

[@mikefarley5358]

I carry and rotate between budget, mid and high. G3C/M&P 2.0/staccato Mostly the Taurus and the S&W however

[@sneww4282]

I love that he already owns 90% of the "weird" old guns popping up over there.

[@Circa1664]

I've actually seen a QB57 before. They are collectable and pop on ebay once in awhile. They typically go for $200-$250 depending on the condition. I think they were made in the 90's.

[@IndyThrowaway]

6:00 - Arcus 98DA. It's my competition piece, and my carry piece. It weighs about as much as an elephant, but it puts the bullets where I point it, and returns to target like a champ.

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

About that MG42... When being trained to field strip our MG3 in the German army back in the early 2000s we discovered some parts of these had "1942" stamped on them. We then learned that those MG3s we got were just modified MG42s with the "NATO brake" installed, otherwise not much changed. Due to the MG3 still being used a lot (just like the US M2) this is not such a great surprise to find one there.

[@DiscoBallGaming]

Isn't the only thing they changed the firerate? I know the MG42 fires at 1600 rounds a minute, the MG3 is like 1000 or something like that. I think that's what the nato brake thing does

[@dereinzigwahreRichi]

@@DiscoBallGaming yes, exactly! It is a modified locking mechanism and another kind of spring, I looked that up. Original fire rate of the MG42 (MG1 in the Bundeswehr) was 1500rds/minute, new fire rate is 1200rds/minute. But you'll have to change the barrel or let it cool down after 150 live rounds, so this doesn't make that much of a difference anyway. You get something like an oven mitt for doing that and it's quite annoying to do this all the time.

[@ntfoperative9432]

@@DiscoBallGaming the fire rate, and what ammo it takes. It went from 8mm Mauser, to 5.56 NATO

[@Annatar-C137]

@@ntfoperative9432 The MG3 doesn't use 5.56 NATO. It's 7,62 x 51 mm NATO

[@ntfoperative9432]

@@Annatar-C137 ah, my mistake

[@deltamike3418]

The detour into "once upon a time allies we armed to fight someone else" was a welcome addition

[@95spades]

While he has a point there regarding the historical examples, is it a good comparison to the current situation really? I mean the Soviets where never friends of the west, they were the lesser evil, as was the mujahedin when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Ukraine has it's problems, sure, but it is a struggling democracy that is on a western trajectory, being invaded by a country that views that development as threatening. There is also the geopolitical angle here as well, with Ukraine being a shield for Europe, since there will be little reason for Russia to stop there if they succeed, but is in no way the lesser of two evils - rather Ukraine is in the absolute moral right, a true ally and part of the free world in opposition to autocracy and in defence of an international rules based order. In that light, I can't see how a communist dictatorship or an islamist guerilla make for good points of comparison.

[@JustAsPlanned1]

@@95spades I appreciate you spending time explaining this. Hello from Odessa!

[@95spades]

@@JustAsPlanned1 Cheers from Sweden man! I feel like Americans tend to miss these things at times, having all that distance to obscure perspectives that are more obvious to the countries of Europe, especially those in Russia's vicinity.

[@Schaden-freude]

@@95spades the comparison there is for autocratic activities like banning every political party for example. everyone hopes ukraine wins but it's not like they are democratic. they have never really been so until they tried in 2014 ish and that kicked off this whole thing to begin with.

[@stevenglikin3219]

@@95spades You've got everything backwards dude, this isn't about a "struggling democracy on a western trajectory" it's a "struggling democracy where the west installed a puppet" This is all due to NATO's expansions and warmongering.

[@mage3690]

Bonus points for the RPG-7 Mod 2 Fuck You round with grenades attached: the RPG-7 has a self-destruct timer. That timer runs out at about a thousand yards, meaning that little homemade round is not only potentially an anti-personnel air-burst round if you get the range right, it is also now an anti-air round. Again, provided you get the range right. Which you'll need quite a bit of luck for, the timer on the self-destruct is sort of like the timer on infantry grenades: not at all reliable if you want precision.

[@strikemanpop]

that thing looks like that wacky german grenades from WW1

[@strikemanpop]

also, why do you need precision if you gonna make meat pulp with a RPG 7 cluster homemade prototype

[@DanielVisOneCade]

There's account's from the Australian Army in Vietnam during the late 60's of NVA (maybe VC need to find citation here) of RPG-2 AND RPG-7 been used both in their intended anti-armour role but also as anti-infantry role. The later was without modification they just intentionally shot the fuckers into the large overhead tree cover of the digger's. Thus creating potentially lethal storms of sharpnel, keeping heads down and sometimes at the very least really angry bitey ass insects raining down. This from memory was during a period they we're actively engaging large bunker systems where ammunition would be stockpiled allowing for even more indiscriminate use of rockets in such a fashion.

[@Willy_Tepes]

When you remove the RPG-7 warhead, you also remove the self destruct timer. Thus the ones with mortar grenades do not have this.

[@VikingRebel-vw3im]

What kind of person does not know what a f2000 is

[@theAvyel]

A lot

[@benarchyuk837]

As someone who has one of those F2000 (airsoft because British, cries in gun ownership), I can admit they definitely turn heads with how rare the things are

[@cloakersmoker]

F2000 owners for the win!

[@overmind06]

As someone who also has an F2000 (cardboard cutout because expensive), i am inclined to agree. Very rare indeed.

[@cloakersmoker]

@@overmind06 I waited almost 10 years to get the F2000 I wanted. Come hell or high water, it was coming home with me

[@Shieldbasch]

As a Porsche 9/11 owner (Hot wheels because debt) I can say that it turns heads as well.

[@someone_03_something]

As someone who uses food (imagination because somalia) i can deffinetly say its tasty

[@lukas6610]

I remember seeing F2000 rifles on the news in the hands of Libyan rebels. I'm from Belgium so it was like a big thing because it was basically proof that the Belgian gov gave them or maybe some illegal arms dealer.

[@ildarion3367]

Or they could have seized them. Also, from the feedbacks of belgian soldiers that used them, it's better for the ennemy to have F2000 rather than more useful weapons.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

God damn.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@ildarion3367 Reasonable.

[@lukas6610]

@@ildarion3367 not a single belgian soldier was lost or captured in Lybia. I think its most likely that they were sold by illegal arms dealers these rifles are expensive and high tech but i believe that civilians can buy them in the us so it can't be to hard to just make up a shadow company and ship them to Lybia. Although they weren't very usefull in small numbers and small amounts of ammo they are great propaganda pieces.

[@MathhackAssam]

Not only Libyan,even Palestinian terrorists r using F-2000

[@m-n18]

The Slovenians my unit ran into in Afghanistan carried FN2000s, and used them to great effect. We got to check them out while they looked over our M4s, M-16A4s and our muskets... I mean M-16A2s. (Combat engineers of the Engineer corps, what can I say we worked with what we were given) This was done to predictable results.

[@twotailedavenger]

I mean, the F2K does kinda make the AR pattern rifle look like a musket. It's got all this sci-fi design shit going on, I just wish it could take more than just plain jane 30-round STANAGs.

[@gagejohnathan9641]

@@twotailedavenger it actually makes me wish the ar15 platform wasn't so perfect, because the f2k seems like the perfect step up from the m4.

[@Gr_oborona]

Hi! I am from Ukraine and the phrase about a small armed conflict is absolutely wrong. It is a huge war with a huge number of dead and wounded and hundreds of cities destroyed to the ground, with a battle line of 12 thousand kilometres. Approximately 13 million people have fled the war-torn territory. It's a huge war.

[@Tonyx.yt.]

ukraine? we said blackrock now, dont we?

[@casematecardinal]

Just to clarify, the copper lining inside a high explosive anti tank warhead doesn't become molten, even the explosion is still well bellow even copper's melting temperature. Its used because it is extremely soft which makes it very good for entering into a state known as superplasticity where a material stretches while maintaining a low stress. This causes the copper lining to become akin to a Lance of metal going extremely fast. It is essentially acts like modern sub caliber munitions in tanks except on a smaller scale and higher speed. The tradeoff however, is that the Lance has a much lower range as the velocity achieved from the explosion decreases rapidly. This is why spaces armor is so effective, it both slows down the projectile and forces it to travel a longer distance.

[@dakwha2686]

Yeahhhh, I think you may have heard that the copper doesn't melt through armor and taken that a little out of context. First of the copper does in fact become molten due to friction, so the temperature of the explosion has nothing to do the copper melting, however the copper works as an incendiary after penetrating the armor. Secondly the jet of copper actually penetrates armor the same way a high pressure water jet cuts. The copper is funneled into a long extremely thin stream of particles moving incredibly fast(remember that energy=m*V^2), essentially sand blasting a tiny hole which can then open to a larger size as the rest of the stream passes through(see "shaped charge" to learn more). Since the stream of copper breaks up into many particulates it by definition cannot enter a state of superplasticity. I hope this clarifies the mechanisms behind what makes a HEAT round work. Also the melting point of copper is 1085C, while high explosives routinely produce temperatures an order of magnitude higher than that.

[@wonderfulwalrus5715]

Why is this much scarier than molten metal

[@dakwha2686]

@@wonderfulwalrus5715 It's really not. the penetration is purely the result of kinetic impact, but the copper even in solid form is under so much pressure and is moving so fast, one may just as easily treat it as a liquid.

[@casematecardinal]

@@dakwha2686 you literally contradicted yourself. You're just wrong. Plus if you were right, a heat round wouldn't even work as the liner wouldn't form a jet correctly.

[@dakwha2686]

@@casematecardinal explain why I'm wrong. look it up the facts online. you have the internet. You can't just say I'm wrong without actually telling me how.

[@michaeljohnstone1357]

It's been really neat to see the arms related things coming out of the Ukraine

[@F8dg9]

Yeah hearing about what arms they use instead of what magazine cover their president will be on next is good.

[@Monkeybrain6260]

It’s just Ukraine

[@bwofficial1776]

@@Monkeybrain6260 That's what he said.

[@FN_360]

Welcome back to another episode of Brandon's totally not suspicious soon-to-aquire-of gun list, like he did with his AK12. Jokes aside, happy holidays!

[@amphibiousone7972]

Yeah I sense something coming in the future as well. Good Call

[@Privatepain1234]

It's crazy to think that this is a modern war being fought with some of the most modern weapons available, while also having some of the oldest functional weapons seeing combat still. Like seriously, Ivan gets a modern ak12 while Sergei gets the mosin his great grandfather probably fought with. Igor gets the old vintage maxim machine gun while chekhov gets the fancy new rpk16

[@oldfartgaming148]

The war is not so black and white, most of the strange weaponry originated as collectors weapons and have since been deployed in the conflict by various partisan and separatist groups; these are just everyday civilians using what they can scrounge up. Unless we are discussing some fragmented and poorly equipped Ukrainian army branches, nobody is being drafted by any major nation with fucking mosins.

[@mrclean29]

Those are not RF soldiers though. Mostly they are DLNR militia from Donbass, who have been fighting for 8 years with whatever they could find. Same thing for the T62 seen on the Russian side, mostly being operated by militiamen.

[@СергейМалышев-ю8щ]

I guess, it's the epitomy of the famous "The rifle is fine." God, I hate this war...

[@KekusMagnus]

It's more that bullets haven't changed much in over 100 years, if anything modern rifles are less lethal for improved mobility and fire rate.

[@RT-qd8yl]

So just like Syria pretty much Or Afghan Or Myanmar etc

[@Tundraviper41]

Fun fact: the Thompson submachine gun dates back to around ww1, actually. The first prototype was produced just as ww1 ended, and the prototype was called the Anihiliator.

[@eioclementi1355]

We was all in BF1 we know.

[@ColonelSandersLite]

I can't remember the source, so I would consider this a bit dubious but - I read somewhere that most of the thompsons we sent to the USSR where included inside of sherman tanks. Just, you know, part of the package deal. Edit - I also remember reading an account by a soviet tanker where he didn't think too much of them and implied the soviets just didn't like them. Hard to say if there was any actual validity to their line of thinking or not.

[@dylankahn168]

​@@ColonelSandersLiteBuy one tank and get a gun for free!

[@MadJack-yl6od]

In stuart light tanks, we recently a few years ago got a bunch of parts kits back in America from Russia that were brand new never fired from in those tanks and the reason they didn't use them is they didn't have a lot of ammunition for them

[@zahfa7608]

Here's more surprising, the Thompson was used way back in Soviet Union before the lend lease program but in limited numbers.

[@unironicallyunfunny]

When he started talking about anti tank rifles I fully expected a goddamn m1918 tankgewehr

[@toomanyangles5626]

The russian with a thompson at 9:32 looks like scav sitting outside of dorms showing his fellow scavs what he spawned with.

[@goldenhate6649]

The mg-42 was never retired. Just renamed to the mg-3 and continues to be used regularly in germany to this day. It has been down calibered to nato rounds, but otherwise unchanged. They even have a test for marksmanship with it.

[@Chaos89P]

Brandon has said MG-3 in his arsenal, or he was lent one to shoot and show off, I don't remember which. "Kanye's buzzsaw," he calls it.

[@kiokyyikune]

Mg-3 has some modifications

[@pexobestia]

Spanish army uses it too, fired it during service at Guardia Real. A beautiful monster of a gun...

[@ghost-jesus]

@@pexobestia spanish army also has the 5.56 CETME Ameli based on the prototype MG45 but scaled down to 5.56

[@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169]

Does that mean we’d be able to do D-Day re-enactments

[@cwatts6155]

Quick heads up Brandon, thr RPG7 with taped frags is foe the trenches and woods. There are alot of trench lines running through woods over here and that allows them to target a tree or object near or above the trench and hit it. The resulting blast scatters the frags into the surrounding ding trenches. Basically a High Explosive trench gun.

[@firstconsul7286]

Scuffed airburst

[@gwydionrusso3206]

@@firstconsul7286 more like a cluster mutation

[@EngNerdGMN]

I would just be concerned that the rocket would fly out leaving the grenades at your feet. Some cling wrap doesn't seem enough to "cling" for dear life to that RPG.

[@alanholck7995]

Perhaps try Gorilla duct tape - you can tape water together with that stuff.

[@cwatts6155]

Oddly enough, te tape should be just wnough to keep the frags on the rpg7 until it detonated. The next question is if they use sympathetic detonation to instantly explode the frags or if the pins are pulled and the rpg just scatters them. If I run into one over here I'll test it out.

[@PhoneMan-x7m]

The greatest tragedy of the 20th century is that we didn't immediately become allies with the USSR in 1917

[@regmarshall5619]

I love seeing the WW2 weapons. I was part of anti weapons operations in Bosnia and the german/Bosnian weapons that were picked up, oh my. I was lucky enough to help strip and rebuild an MG42 which. Later I was able mess with an M60 and the tech was the same. Thanks Brandon, lead is lead.

[@apro3702]

LEAD IS Leed

[@exploreexplode6531]

Hitlersäge is the supreme version of lmg's

[@apro3702]

how to get rich go to ukrain get ww2 guns go back to us with guns sell guns get money

[@fabian731]

The MG42 shown in the video is propably an MG3 , still used by the bundeswehr today mounted on Tanks and trucks for example. It was still used as an Squad MG for training. Pretty good gun but propably only good use when mounted on a tank right now, some new squad MG´s are just lighter and easier to maintain.

[@8BitPowerTrip]

You continue to be one of the most fun, educational gun-tubers(?) out there. I never knew how an rpg-7 actually functioned other than pull trigger, fwoosh, boom. If you do get the RPGs out to the range, maybe team up with the slo-mo guys or somebody with a phantom camera to see it in glorious slow motion.

[@MrWarman17]

Rocking a Glock 19, 17. Or staccato c2 daily Brandon 👊🏻

[@swampfoxfpv]

I fully support this idea. I would pay money to see an rpg evaporate a white claw at 80,000 fps

[@tyrellthiel2201]

This. Do this!

[@ohAwaken]

@@swampfoxfpv exactly. I'd gladly throw a hundred into the pot to see this

[@benfennell6842]

(Shaped charge warheads do not work AT ALL like brandon said, the molten copper/melting through armour is just a common myth. In reality the copper just gets blasted so unimaginably physics bendingly hard that its starts behaving almost like a liquid, but it is still a solid, and it is not molten. It essentially forms a hypersonic solid copper fist that punches through the armour.)

[@troopergio]

A few months back I saw a picture of a few Ukrainian soldiers using M16A4s with M203s and a mix of Eotechs and Acogs, needless to say I got heavy early 2000s USMC vibes from them 😅

[@fuzzyhead878]

Now if only they were playing the Battlefield 2 lobby music.

[@noosertion7615]

Great rifle! Loved my A4 when I was in

[@reebonorton4175]

@VanguardofFreedom20 you're right. I think I know the photo he's talking about. One of the soldiers had an Irish flag patch on his plate carrier which confirms that at least he was a foreign fighter. I'm not sure about the other guys in that photo though

[@Robert53area]

Because they weren't Ukrainian, us forces and other nato forces are in ukraine both sides know it

[@Robert53area]

@VanguardofFreedom20 correct, some are actual nato units in ukraine. The french foreign legion and some US got surrounded in azovstahl and russia let them leave.

[@SignedGraph499]

What do I carry? Well I carry groceries… maybe some maccas every once and a while…

[@tyrstone3539]

So glad to see you've fully recovered from being killed in action in Ukraine Brandon! Keep up the good work!

[@obiwankenobaddie2734]

What

[@MrHehaaw]

@@obiwankenobaddie2734 there was rumour about him died in Ukraine, killed by wagner, but it's obviously a hoax spread by trolls.

[@ghostlead6937]

@@MrHehaaw I heard Wagner got hit hard and they mostly all died 🤷🏻‍♂️ could be also a lie

[@radonsider9692]

@@ghostlead6937 that's sadly a lie, same class as all of VDV getting killed etc. These kind of stuff don't happen on modern warfare

[@bimbosdump]

@@ghostlead6937 there are still a lot of people in prisons in Russia so Wagner's people don't get screwed

[@swojal1493]

Fun fact: the Sniper rifle from Halo is chambered in the exact same round as the PTRS-41

[@rrenkrieg7988]

Not really...

[@MyKillerson]

@@rrenkrieg7988 It does. The 14.5x114mm

[@rrenkrieg7988]

that's funny, i don't remember the PTRS shooting fin stabilized darts?

[@swojal1493]

@@rrenkrieg7988 it doesnt. What are u on about? The halo sniper rifle does not shoot sabots 😂😂

[@rrenkrieg7988]

@@swojal1493 tell me you're joking, a quick look into halo's wiki would tell you that the SRS-99 uses APFSDS from a 14.5mm barrel

[@thStarcorps-qw6dn]

Im from Germany, so legally carrying/owning a firearm without being in a club or being a hunter is almost impossible. Even handguns like 9mm are hard to get, because you need a valid reason to. And „just because I want to“ is sadly not a legal reason. Still love your videos 👌

[@toddburgess5056]

When I visited Germany in 1997 i remember getting off of the plane in Frankfurt and seeing dressed military soldiers carrying automatic rifles, I was not expecting that, also an armored personnel carrier. Have you ever been in a situation where you thought you needed a firearm for protection?

[@moddudlar3894]

@@toddburgess5056 yes. when i visited the us

[@dersaegefisch]

@@toddburgess5056 Not really. Germany is a pretty safe place when it comes to that. We die for different reasons. Like high-speed crashes on the Autobahn. Or old age whilst waiting on our public transport.

[@Rapilol]

@@toddburgess5056 no, never, but u was in hamburg reeperbahn having a snack, and 10 min after i left, the waiter got shot :O i was terryfied afterwars. thankfully i dont live ion this shithole.

[@NebulaHasADigBick]

Us Americans should do this wtf

[@ElGatoTerco]

Late to the party, but my EDC is a Bersa TPR9C. Never had issues with it, always works at the range. Great reliable DA/SA for a great price.

[@KaeptnTerror]

Well the MG42 is not outdated at all. Germany and some other countries use it still today as the MG3. Only differeces are the caliber (from 8mm Mauser to 762x51 Nato) and the fireing rate was dropped down a bit to save ammo. The MG42 was far ahead of it's time and is still not out to date to this day - change my mind!

[@r0ckUrHeart0ut]

The round it uses now is the 7.62x51 ✌️

[@KaeptnTerror]

@@r0ckUrHeart0ut thats right, I can't tell why I typed 39. Thank you for the correction.

[@matsv201]

@@r0ckUrHeart0ut A lot of old MG42 have been rechambourd.

[@r0ckUrHeart0ut]

@@KaeptnTerror no prob ✌️

[@NotSaddamHussein]

fun fact, some of those MG3 have modern markings literally slapped over old original MG42 ones. No seriously, bundeswehr just rechambered those used guns and somewhat scratched the nazi insignias, slapped a new one on it and called it a day. And the very same guns that killed russians 80 years ago on the eastern front, are killing russians today on the eastern front, again. Theres literally possibility of a gun killing a guy 80 years ago, killing his relatives today. The very same gun, killing bloodline generations. Now Aint that crazy?

[@dariyarudakova7093]

The old weapons were most likely notprovided to the soldiers by the state, but were taken from storage warehouses located in the territories of the DPR and the LPR. And on the video it is already shown as trophies passing from hand to hand (which does not exclude their effective use in modern warfare). When the conflict just began (in 2014), the Donbass militia massively used such weapons because there was not enough other. They even repaired old museum tanks and armored personnel carriers and let them into battle.

[@michaelswagson4457]

Guess where the Somali battalion got its name 😅

[@arcvlad]

Im not sure that brandon know about existing of DPR or LPR 😄. Or that ukraine was in the soviet union as russia.

[@marsdriver2501]

@@arcvlad but hE kNoWs wElL wHerE HiS tAxEs aRe gOiNg :)

[@Snumsmumr1k]

wtf is dpr/lpr? there's no such thing

[@ladrondecobre7300]

@@Snumsmumr1k They are 2 Rebel autoproclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine. Even if they are not internationally recognised and they do not appear in any map, they are not under the rule of Zelenski and they function as if they were independent. Donetsk and Lugansk are the capitals of the DPR and the LPR respectively. In fact, the flag of the guy who is riding a Camel in my profile pic is the DPR one.

[@cheesegaming629]

I'm just saying we need a Brandon, Badger colab that would be one of the funniest videos

[@spenceroneil4747]

I've been asking for that

[@zachconant7031]

You know he watches every one of Brandon’s vidyas

[@whiskeyriver2516]

Yes 100%

[@mikeflame1011]

brandon hearted this.... prepare your braincells people, and abandon hope if badger drags heavenly along

[@fuzzyhead878]

@@mikeflame1011 And then I’ll get Wrath2501 or Chicago Reacts to react to it.

[@jabloko992]

"At least we've learned from our mistakes" Ah yes, because arming the Soviets so they could stop the Germans was DEFINITELY a mistake, wasn't it, Mr. Gun Man?

[@ne0w01f3]

It's cool being able to see weapons history being made as it happens since we live in the modern media age..And seeing weapons from a across the past 100-150 years still seeing combat is wild

[@DChrls]

Brandon: It's really wack seeing a 95 year old machine gun still in combat. M2 and MG43: Uhmmmm, hello

[@strikemanpop]

if you think about it is just "modernized" versions of that guns

[@DanielKjeldal]

Small note, the RPG clusterfuck grenade is a Russian invention, not Ukrainian as you said. A big hint is the St. George ribbon decoration on the soldier's leg and the absolute state of his equipment.

[@imm0rtal_937]

Bullshit. Ukrainians do the same and first few photos are from Ukrainian side, anyway, how you can be sure who invented that? Maybe it’s you who invented that bs? Or your brother?

[@igor_ai88]

That grenade might be trophy

[@dinamo976]

then it is better to say a Soviet invention, as the Soviets did back in the Afghan war

[@nickeon2]

Yeah that uniform camo is Ruzzian

[@sleepyartist3242]

Totally a nice name

[@Dragon.7722]

Comparing the landlease of WW2 with help to Ukraine 2024 is comparing apples with pears my dude. Doesn't work that easily.

[@JellothePallascat]

1:23 During WW2 Canadian Paratroopers who where outnumbered attacking a Villa turned Barracks for a German unit. They took out the main MG bunker by taking a mortor and planting it up against a tree to fire it horizontally into the bunker. Mortor’s seem to have many uses and applications to the crafty.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

The Finnish AMOS mortar turret can be use in a direct-fire role if necessary. Sure, it's not a tank gun, but it's still a 120mm mortar, so it can certainly ruin your day.

[@choppergunner8650]

@@nuclearmedicineman6270 I always imagined if it would be possible to have some madlad shoulder fire a mortar one day

[@firstconsul7286]

The Japanese had a mortar that looked like it would fit on your leg and you could fire it off your knee. Of course, you would only do this exactly once (and Americans did try that), but it was a very light mortar that could be braced against a tree (or similar object) and fired directly at the enemy if needed.

[@rickybobby9649]

You know whats funny? I know this exact story from an Alan Gratz book. Huh, didn't think it was real lmao

[@davidgoodnow269]

That's a seriously Canadian way to win! (There's a joke Angry Cops did about Canadians a few months ago, totally spot-on. Stunningly polite and friendly until they're skull-f'ing you while ripping your throat out with a rusty can lid.)

[@Ofindj]

I would love to see an in depth test of the RPG 7. Especially one where you test the modification seen in Ukraine, to see how effective those adjustments really are.

[@AdministrativeResults]

7:40 I can neither confirm nor deny

[@cosmii]

Hmmmm

[@wrightbros5962]

Hmmmm

[@trioxin99]

WW2 weapons with red dot sights. COD Vanguard basically. Just rename it to COD Ukraine and suddenly an offensively historically inaccurate depiction of WW2 becomes a realistic modern shooter.

[@ravenouself4181]

Fun Fact: The Sideskirts of the Panzer III and Panzer IV were first developed to protect the sides of the tank from Soviet anti-tank rifles. Only lated did they show to also be capable of protecting against other types of weapons as well.

[@mihailparfenov4830]

The GSHA has this round because it was designed for close combat and it is used mostly by spetsnaz in buildings. This guns are used for

[@dorzak975]

The pellet gun might have been an additional weapon to use for feeding themselves on rabbits and other small game.

[@chriscassia6850]

That's exactly what is going on.

[@NoESanity]

more than likely, it was a Childs toy from a farm, and was either found by a russian who wanted to keep it and was later killed, or found by a Ukrainian news team who wanted to make a "redcountrybad" tiktok video.

[@jabroni951]

@@NoESanity bro why russian got killed and ukrainian just filmed tiktok. btw his band is yellow. it mean hes from ua

[@NoESanity]

@jabroni951 you're not really paying attention, are you?

[@johndcockefeller4246]

The guy with the air rifle was just trying to get some achievements As for your question, I carry everywhere I go. I carry a Chinese QB57 in my back pocket.

[@gharretje]

What makes me keep coming back to this channel is honestly more the memery and the tongue-in-cheek awareness about (mostly US foreign) politics than just the guns itself. Keep doing you!

[@countofsif]

To be fair: the 'MG42' shown could very well be an 'MG3' as well, as the second one is basically a modified version of the first and still in use in the German Forces to this day (funny enough sometimes it actually IS an MG42 with some parts replaced and the swastika being removed). It has also been used as an infantry weapon, until they recently decided it makes more sense to have a lighter MG (in this case MG4) at hand when walking. In the end, most modern MGs are based on that model anyway, so it's not particularly outdated. Also most German tanks are from basically the same time period as many of the Russian weapons we see in the field, i.e. despite all the super modern weapon systems we are shown on gun fairs, governments don't necessarily invest too much into such things.

[@seangannon6081]

This whole thing is definitely going to go down as one of the most surprising and weirdest wars in recent times.

[@justintyler4693]

Most surprising? Bruh. This war has been coming at us like a speeding train since 2014.... like russian soldiers have been dying for almost the past 8 years in ukraine that's been known to anyone following the war for years. Not surprising at all, maybe to the average American it might have been surprising

[@ДимаЖалковский-г6д]

@@justintyler4693 From the Russian. Wars have never stopped in the 21st century, and most importantly, a big war with the EU and the Russian Federation is waiting for us in 10-20 years, unless of course the Russian Federation falls apart and it is not turned into a colony, as in Africa.

[@rusampler1877]

No intervention from UN (peacekeeprs and international investigation) prior to all out war is what surprising.

[@ДимаЖалковский-г6д]

@@rusampler1877 There are a lot of amazing things like that. It is easier to say that everyone is trying to get their own benefit, someone is thinking about fast, someone is thinking about long-term, someone is a patriot and does the best for the country not for profit (money is power). For example, we know what is happening in Syria, I can't find information on KZbin. And there are Russian and NATO soldiers there. Why are there always conflicts with Nagorno-Karabakh, Kosovo and many other conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. What did the United States do in Afghanistan in general, if they did not destroy the terrorists for so many years and money + 2000 human losses - the information is not accurate. The United Nations is not fulfilling its obligations, there is a feeling that we are going to the third world War, and we will all end up there. "Translator, I am Russian."

[@leopoldstotch7721]

Just wait for Israel and Iran. New front will open soon.

[@benm.3994]

When talking about how much this war cost the American tax payer it might also be smart to mention that those guys are holding back the Russians and are about to defeat them. If this happens and all that the US had to do was send money and equipment I think that's a fairly good deal.

[@zackyv115]

If at all possible, you should team up with the Slo Mo guys and use some of their insane cameras. Besides, the banter between you three would be hysterical.

[@mrtwig2963]

@@alexandergreene461 then why do they film with them so much? Dan is Ex-Army

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Or the guys at Ballistic High Speed. Much smaller outfit, but they have some great cameras and fun videos so far.

[@baseballjustin5]

@mrtwig2963 Gavin may not be a huge fan, but Dan is always the one who handles the weaponry while Gav deals with the cameras, it works out. Besides Gav is Texan now, he's done a blood swap with Texas once or twice lol

[@Lazarus7000]

The BB gun is wild, he must have brought it from home to hunt squirrels or something. What a strange war that sees literal antiques fielded against very futuristic weapons. This timeline is mad!

[@НикитаПыко]

It is for shooting butterfly mines.

[@ds6872]

I'm not ruling out propaganda on that one

[@guts3154]

funny ash

[@darkevilapie]

Meteor QB57

[@michaelschranz5666]

I have a Chinese military issue Air rifle trainer, based on sks .177 caliber 1200 feet per second, rifled barrel, no safety, very accurate . Still not a battlefield weapon. Great for small game.

[@Achmedsander]

9:14 The mg42 never really went away. It is still being used in the German armed forces and other countries, but modified and under the name mg3. This might be a mg3.

[@squirtlol3905]

very possible since germany sent some to ukraine

[@nyb4810]

A mortar shot on a propellant charge for an RPG is quite good. Because there are not enough purely fragmentation-high-explosive shots. And there are a lot of mortar shells. There is no need for any alterations. Mortar shells already have a thread. All that is left is to screw it on. This is not a bug, but a feature.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

I'm a member of USCCA, have been for a while now and i'm glad to see them sponsor you, great business and great to have them.

[@Viktor-Bout]

The Buzz saw is actually a Italian Beretta made MG 42/59 in .308. The Italians made the Bolt heavier to put the cyclic rate down to 800rpm.

[@phil2082]

"If I had more time, I would have written less" but with the typewriter

[@chaosmauser661]

seeing that thompson reminded me of a fair i went to 5 years back, the reenactors had a bunch of us weapons and had a thompson 1928 that had been in the lend lease program, it was kept in a salt mine until found by soviet troops after the war, how it ended up as a deactivated display piece in the uk astounds me. was pretty neat!

[@azurehorizon6097]

The RPG rocket wrapped with AP grenades kinda reminds me of old German WW1 anti-tank grenades, how they're basically a stick grenade with about 6 other grenades added to it, anyways given how things like the FN2000 have made it into the conflict I wouldn't be surprised if we eventually see weapons like the WA2000 or even something along the lines of the MAS-38 or the Chatellerault, hell even a Madsen or Chauchat wouldn't be too surprising to see either

[@Silverfire308]

I think i have seen a Madsen in use in a picture or 2. been a hot minute though

[@SSFhighcommandJOHN]

The WA2000 is EXTREMELY rare, but beyond being extremely rare, it is also extremely expensive, it's like, 20,000 USD per unit.

[@azurehorizon6097]

@@SSFhighcommandJOHN I mean yeah that's true, but anything is possible in this conflict

[@danielboatright8887]

Chauchat is the WW1 french POS right ? Yeah, na, I dont think anyone is that desperate.... it doesnt do well in mud.

[@azurehorizon6097]

@@danielboatright8887 I mean given Russia's current situation of issuing pellet guns, I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow got their hands on some and deployed them, they're throwing everything including the kitchen sink against Ukraine

[@nate4036]

Imagine if someone attacked the US. The video of weapons used would range from .22lr to tannerite

[@Chris-rg6nm]

@darkhorse29-yx8qh Propaganda?

[@MostlyPennyCat]

And the guy with the bowling ball mortar.

[@twodogswalking840]

Military aged men coming through the US southern border by the hundreds of thousands isn't an invasion? Nobody's doing jack sh*t about it. America needs people like WW2's greatest generation to fix things.

[@bigplosion]

@darkhorse29-yx8qh what do you mean this is a video about guns

[@TjayK2]

@darkhorse29-yx8qhdo you understand the definition of Propaganda or how to apply it? 😂😂😂😂

[@PolishBigfootCircle11]

I can't wait for someone to make a video game based off of this war. The weapons selection and customization will be awesome!

[@chojnb]

I have an idea for an NPC - he finds a rocket launcher for example Matador and then he fires inside police station just for fun and see what will happen 😉 #polskapolicja

[@cbixby8335]

Fallout 76 lol

[@ZeroSuitSamo]

Except only the Ukranian team gets to customize their weapons. The Russians only get iron sights, even on the fancy new rifles lol

[@Kodaiva]

battlefield

[@tapurate638]

@@ZeroSuitSamo Based.

[@William_Bryant]

12:40 Notice how he’s holding that .50 cal? Yeah. Soldiers never change.

[@SukhoiSU57FighterJet]

7:50 Both sides of this conflict use some type of identification bands, typically colored tape. Ukraine uses blue, yellow, and sometimes green identifiers. Russia and the DPR/LPR separatists use red, white, and orange-black stripes which are Saint George's Ribbon. St. George's ribbon were colors used in high ranking military decorations like Order of St. George. In USSR they were called Guards ribbons.

[@RedSuchar]

12:59 It is not ShAK-12, but an even more unusual gun chambered in 12,7x55: straight-pull, bolt action rifle VSSK "Vykhlop" (VSSK roughly translates to "Large-caliber special-purpose sniper rifle"). Also, the dude in 1:52 actually is russian, you can tell by the black-orange ribbon on his hip.

[@_suko_3656]

you might be right on that one, the handguard lacks those finger grooves present on the shak 12 and it doesn't have it's carry handle either

[@TR1ppl3]

I can agree. Was just about to post it. Good eye

[@wo_ot5958]

Yup, gigantic suppressor and bipod are a giveaway

[@Affe-Simon]

the ukrainian fella is also infact a japanese dude in the foreign legion which is cool

[@SpikeVike27]

More like LDNR rebel

[@max-ericthiel2005]

The squirrel killer is exactly that, its very common that soldiers are hunting, having a gun to shoot more or less soundless and munitions so small that you can transport 500 comfortable in your left pocket is a nice thing to have.

[@Mycotography]

seems almost useful in that setting

[@VisionSoundPDX]

Yes to the RPG-7 range day… but even more so, I’d love an Brandon rendition of the taped on grenades.

[@Emerald_Wolf]

Trying to help him win the dead pool eh?

[@damoclesecoe7184]

You remember what happened the last time Brandon built a pipe bomb, right? XD

[@VisionSoundPDX]

@@damoclesecoe7184 yes, yes I do, but if anyone could pull this off it’s him.

[@MidasMakeItRain]

I'd love to see him get a big thick steel plate and put an rpg through that to really visualize what its injecting into a tank. Maybe find someone with a nice slow motion camera to get that slowmo copper jet.

[@yuriypislar8246]

There is a difference between conscription and mobilization. The only thing I heard about is mobilization. They have a mandatory 2 year service requirement.

[@blksubiesti]

I had a pellet gun in Iraq actually my scout section had 2 we used them to quietly shoot out lights before we attacked or get sentry dogs to go away. In off time was just fun to shoot cans with.

[@PugilistCactus]

Handy way to get a bird too if you don't want to waste the hot stuff for food.

[@jaredmouret9723]

Yeah, but that never happened.... You're playing to many video games. I promise you, thay did not happen there. And I kicked in doors day to day.

[@Truthbomb918]

Weird now is it that the Russians are doing exactly what ye did. Illegal invasions and occupations wise

[@moreroom-go1ef]

Look up “infantry soldier shot in balls with BB gun for revenge” apparently there were a few carried by USA troops in combat as well.

[@EvidentlyEezy]

​@jaredmouret9723 bro your Unit may not have had a pellet gun. But others Def had a few

[@rednoahstorm7]

It would be awesome to get a video about the RPG! But what would be even cooler is if you could do a collab with the slow mo guys since they have some really good phantom cameras that would be able to capture the rocket really well. And they also like guns more than "I did a thing" since Dan was in the British army.

[@mattrushing5573]

Those RPG rounds are what you get when MacGuyver sends a package marked "To Whom It May Concern". I love it! #akgnotificationsquad

[@Themiscyoutuber]

The German storm rifle and the Thompsons are still good by today's standards. The Tommy gun actually shot too fast for the navy and they slowed their version down to 600rpm vs standard 800

[@tritech]

Apparently some of the foreign legion guys got the FNCs early on and had a lot of reliability issues, and were later issued the Brens which they were happier with.

[@marcusc9931]

This year I visited the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw, and their collection includes a molotov coctail launcher made from a leaf spring.