Cursed Guns in History

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Since the beginning of civilization, humans have been inventing tools and weapons. From flint axe and spear heads in the Stone Age to nuclear weapons in modern times, mankind has continually tried to improve and build new weapons that would give them an advantage over their enemies on the battlefield. The introduction of firearms marked the beginning of the most exciting chapter in the history of weapons. During this period, there were a lot of guns that were to be iconic of their era. But, on the other hand, there were more than enough guns that carried the title of the worst contraptions in history. This is the story of five of the top worst guns.
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
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Sources:
Bishop, Chris. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II: A Comprehensive Guide to Weapons Systems, including Tanks, Small Arms, Warplanes, Artillery, Ships, and Submarines. Amber Books, 2016.
Dougherty, Martin J. The World's Worst Weapons: From Exploding Guns to Malfunctioning Missiles. Grange Books, 2008.
Hosley, William N. Colt the Making of an American Legend. University of Massachusetts Press, 1996.
Hogg, Ian V., and John H. Batchelor. The Complete Handgun: 1300 to the Present. Gallery Books, 1986.
Hogg, Ian; Weeks, John (2000). Military Small Arms of the 20th Century (7th ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications.
Weeks, John. World War II Small Arms. Galahad Books, 1979.

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legit just a war robots knock off

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Better than Brandon Herrera..

[@demomanchaos]

One of the other reasons you'd keep your non-firing hand back on a revolving carbine is the sideblast when firing caused by the cylinder gap. On powerful rounds that pressure can be enough to remove fingers.

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

this technique is anachronistic for that era. back then, people put their supporting hand in front of the cylinder, which was period correct.

[@alieighty]

Ouch!

[@knine258]

no it's not even the 500 magnum doesn't remove fingers if you have your hand on the cylinder - it definitely badly burns your hand and maybe even tear the skin but removing fingers completely is about as believable as a 50 BMG creating a shockwave that kills you if it travels past you without actually making contact

[@HuntPcam]

@@knine258 Its been tested on multiple occasions by Mythbusters, hickock, and several other gun youtubers. It can severely damage your hand/fingers if not actually severing fingers. No one was brave enough to use their real hand for some reason.

[@thatoneannoyingclown4996]

@@knine258 look up the side blast of a revolver

[@fortis3686]

The irony is that the Mars pistol is a great gun in Battlefield 1. It's pretty much a ww1 era Desert Eagle

[@yesiexist1771]

Soo true

[@ogweeddeadchannel]

Aaaand the morons at DICE made it an 11 round gay cannon making other pistols useless.

[@ryth-2401]

@@ogweeddeadchannel bodeo 1889 is good for aggressive recon too. It kills in 2rds at close range when the mars takes 3 and it fires faster. The only disadvantage is the slow reload. I used it more than the mars

[@abysswalker2594]

Bf1 had some guns that didn’t really get used in ww1 but at least it ain’t vanguard

[@djordjeprodanovic6292]

@Wow stop

[@garrisonnichols807]

The more I learn about early semi automatic pistols the more I'm surprised how much John Moses Browning got right with the Colt 1911.

[@karls4777]

So right that the US military changed only 3 minor things I believe, and stayed in service for 75 years. The M2 50cal he designed is still used.

[@Rob-lv3fc]

The Colt 1911 is like the AK-47. It's cheap to produce, reliable, adequate and well loved. It doesn't get better in terms of semi-auto pistols.

[@huyganisto5090]

C96 is pretty good too for these years.

[@edwardtan1354]

change the grip angle, change the calibre (from 32 to 45) and add a grip safety the developments from 1902-1911but base everything from the FN1905 design which is a browning design

[@aslamnurfikri7640]

M1911 just didn't appear out of nowhere. It was developed from Browning's earlier pistols

[@cooldude3856]

"The Nambu was possibly the worst firearm ever made" The Zip 22: "Hold my beer." Also part 2 please

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[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@u.s.a_sweatzgamez9974 dear god...

[@sirlionson2207]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 there's more

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@@sirlionson2207 No...!

[@fjeezy1305]

Put USFA out of business. Now THAT’s quality.

[@918Mitchell]

The designer of the Ruger Mark Series based his design on the Japanese Nambu*. He fixed the flaws and made his pistol arguably the most reliable semiautomatic .22 you can buy.

[@tlshortyshorty5810]

Well the Nambu Type 2 was… fine, albeit underpowered; the Type 14 Suicide Special was the dark comedy it was

[@goose607]

I have a ruger mark 4 and it’s definitely the best 22 pistol I’ve ever shot Edit: typo

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

@@goose607 there's no VI, but IV

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

@@918Mitchell he misread. the newest you could get is Mark IV, not Mark VI

[@AiluridaeAureus]

Nambu, not "Namboo". It's a gun, not a Star Wars planet.

[@robdegraw1568]

Interesting side note there is currently a 410 shotgun that uses the revolver type cylinder and apparently it's pretty popular.

[@rickoshae1687]

a Taurus judge revolver or Rossi circuit judge revolving rifle. They are fairly neat, but not very good firearms.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

How about the S&W governor

[@fattywithafirearm]

The judge and governor revolvers are hot garbage. Only purchased by morons or people who want it as a joke. I use to work as a gun dealer. So I'd sell it to them and take their money.

[@HeavyMettaloid]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey S&W makes better guns, but the idea of a revolver shotgun is, at best, gimmicky. There's a story out there of someone who shot a cop with a Judge loaded with .410 shotshells and the pellets were defeated by the cop's skull at a moderate handgun range and he was able to return fire.

[@fattywithafirearm]

@@HeavyMettaloid that shooting is on video from the officers dash camera.

[@wheelman1324]

During an episode of Lock n Load with R. Lee Ermey, the Gunny showed us the Colt carbine but straight up told the audience that he refused to shoot it.

[@boondocker7964]

Ermey, was a "wing wiper", he was never a "field Marine", check out his duty stations.

[@wheelman1324]

@@boondocker7964 Because REMFs always get shrapnel wounds just like the Gunny.

[@natebox4550]

@@boondocker7964 who cares he’s a good actor and pretty fucking cool.

[@anthonymichaeleardley494]

I seen that episode called "Rifles" when KZbin had allowed it.

[@MarkoXPlays]

And I thought he would shoot it

[@txgunguy2766]

Concerning the 1855 Colt Side-Hammer revolving carbine: "Cooking off" is when the chamber of a firearm is so hot that a cartridge loaded into it goes off on it's own. This can lead to a belt-fed machine gun "running away" or firing fully automatic against the wishes of the operator. The 2 solutions are to simply allow the weapon to run out the belt or to twist the belt causing the weapon to jam. When 2 or more cylinders of a revolver go off at the same time other is called "chain firing".

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin I just ate a rack of ribs. Seethe

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin if there was an apocalypse I will practice cannibalism so I can eat grass fed organic vegans.

[@giovannicervantes2053]

You can also save your gun from that fate by smearing crisco or a non animal fat or grease on it to stop it from cooking off the other shots

[@fordtruckdriver1683]

Vanguard in a nutshell

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Battlefield 1

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vanguard sucks

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Facts

[@zenit52]

all too true

[@edwardbryan9501]

Gyro-Jet Pistol •uses rocket-propelled ammunitions Now we know what inspired Warhammer 40k Bolter guns.

[@maotisjan]

That actually may be true

[@lionelschweetz4844]

@@maotisjan it is.

[@julienceaser4018]

Also the inspiration for torgue weapons in the borderlands series.

[@ismaelsantos5378]

The video mentions they don't have great range due to the projectile losing power and they are expensive. In 40K the only ones using Bolters are Astartes and Sororitas, who are very fond of close quarters combat, and the commissars who use their bolters to punish cowardice rather than general combat, so they are used by a tiny fraction of the imperial forces and only up close. I guess GW did their research about gyrojet guns... or it was just a luck.

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@ismaelsantos5378 both

[@thepiratedoggo1996]

the funny thing is about the Mars pistol, if i remember correctly, the inventor was really convinced it was a good pistol. so much so that when the army asked him to make changes to improve it, he outright refused and little change was made to the gun other than tiny things being done by the other members of the workforce.

[@blackroberts6290]

i think it was the Borchardt C93, the first auto-loading pistol. iirc, the German Army wanted to have that camel-back looking thing removed from his pistol (it was the spring housing), but he dont wanna. so they held onto their Reichsrevolver until the Mauser C96 came along. then Luger got rid of that thing and made some more improvements wich became the Luger P08

[@paleoph6168]

@@blackroberts6290 *Borchardt C93 and Mauser C96, respectively

[@blackroberts6290]

@@paleoph6168 yeah i have mistaken lmao

[@blueishgreen76]

The main problem was that is was designed around .45 Mars which had around twice the energy of .45 ACP. The general mechanism itself was OK, and had he settled for a sane cartridge and simplified it may have been a successful gun. It was the refusal to adapt to the market rather than push the market that was the downfall.

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

9:10 "it had almost no recoil" > animates it with very strong recoil wtf are you guys even doing? you had one job

[@airplanemaster1]

After that intro, I just *have* to leave this here, courtesy of Drachinifel from his I-400 guide: "For millennia, man has faced a quandary: The desire to hit someone, but they're really far away. This has lead progressively to the development of: The thrown rock, the thrown, pointy rock, the far thrown rock, the really far thrown rock, the flying pointy rock on a stick, the refined pointy rock on a stick, the spicy refined rock powered by fire, and, by the end of WWII, the happy fun times refined spicy rock transported by the big metal bird."

[@Deridus]

Drach is awesome.

[@chinchin3274]

Every time I go to the range, when I'm ready to start plinking, I like to say, "We came a long way from throwing rocks, haven't we?"

[@jonathangreenlees4772]

Lol! 😂

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin Um, Ok?🤨

[@bluedemon6989]

“A weapon can usually be turned against you, if you don’t know how to use it.” -Kerstin Gier

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin lmao

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin Sausage tastes good!

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@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin animals have predators so unless your gonna mass cull predators animals aren't safe. Plants are life too, so harvesting plants is killing life.

[@NATO32Nations]

This could be a full on series with the amount of “horrible” made throughout history. Chauchat, Breda machine guns, first versions of the M-16 to name a few.

[@LegendStormcrow]

It didn't help that they claimed the M16 was self cleaning. No gun is.

[@rokairu0-216]

Some facts about the Chauchat, American soldiers were given modified versions chambered in .30-06 instead of 8x50mm Rimmed Lebel. And since these two were fairly different calibres (and the French apparently did a terrible job converting them), the American versions jammed alot, giving it the claim of it being unreliable. But the magasine is wonky

[@walterbar3118]

May I ad the UZI. Maybe the most overrated smg ever.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@walterbar3118 I was just talking about how they are horrible the other day.

[@justincarroll1836]

@@rokairu0-216 like the OG chauchat is like a marathon runner trying to get a gymnastics medal. The 30-.06 version is trying to do that after being shot in the knee.

[@Jknight416]

4:08 I see that simple history has improved itself on animating the M1911. Probably the best thing to see in this video.

[@Rob-lv3fc]

Looks like a Kimber Super Carry instead of a traditional 1911.

[@Simplehistory]

What gun was the worst? Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine Mars Pistol Glisenti Model 1910 Gyrojet - rocket-propelled pistol Nambu 94

[@gaminggamingtm]

All

[@epicmoment2.052]

Gyrojet was a cool, but kinda pointless gun

[@Bane2TuffAtBall]

Anything in CoD Vanguard

[@kneegrow1939]

Number 4

[@MR-American944]

Mars Pistol. I Think.

[@TheChuckwagonLite]

Fun fact, as an owner of one the revolver carbine would "chain fire" until they started using fat around the wad.

[@GreatNinjaman]

Axle grease was also applied to the chambers to prevent chain fires.

[@TheChuckwagonLite]

Yeah they used what they had at hand. What caliber is yours?

[@-jimmyjames]

Yeap guys. Spot on. And of course goes for any black powder revolver. Keep your powder dry gents

[@TheChuckwagonLite]

@@-jimmyjames ty for the support my friend. I keep silica gel packets in my powder flask.

[@paulpratt]

Adjacent percussion chambers firing is NOT called "cooking off", the term is a "chain fire" and it's easily avoided by pushing some heavy grease, fat, or suet (now popular is vaseline) into the chambers ahead of the loaded bullet to prevent flashover.

[@zanemurcha9742]

The Gyrojet pistol featured in the Bond film You Only Live Twice. The film makers thought it would be cool to have as a gadget for Bond and his allies to use. They even made a mini rocket projectile to place into the tip of a cigarette, and when lit would fire and stun the enemy. That featured in the film as well, and did actually work.

[@nicholasfitzsimmons7311]

The type 94 was definitely not the greatest handgun but quite far from the worst, as seen in a video from forgotten weapons.

[@n3rdf0xx04]

Seen it too, early Type 94s can actually be good guns if fed the right ammo

[@rooster6461]

Thank you for being smarter than half this comment section.

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@@rooster6461 like seriously, I respect normal vegans (as a pescatarian the life style of a vegan looks pretty difficult) but those that try to preach it to you and trying to shove that life style down one's throats are just an annoyance

[@riopratamamartin7870]

One rule if you want to make a good weapon : make sure the gun is reliable , easy to use and more importanly always reasonable in designing .

[@naufalridhoreinaldi4060]

And less jammed

[@riopratamamartin7870]

@@naufalridhoreinaldi4060 agreed

[@dragonstormdipro1013]

So basically the Russian philosophy of gun making

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

@@dragonstormdipro1013 nah its applied to all gun designing and planning

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

@@dragonstormdipro1013 remember John Moses Browning has done that before the Russians

[@jakg4]

11:26 that soldier: uhhm well, that happened

[@RomanWasHere-]

7:49 they were arming second graders, damn, that war must've been tough if they needed to enlist 2nd graders

[@thefyffes7113]

Lol

[@peepguy3524]

7:02 I just like it when after the Italian soldier got stabbed, the Austrian-Hungarian soldier just stood for a few seconds and then ran slowly

[@agooddemoman8603]

Hes like: bruh did that dude really fail to kill me even when he had a pistol in cqc

[@madmarvshighwaywarrior2870]

Reminded me of another video here about Men who cannot be easily killed by shot because they were drugged, and charge with swords

[@cry0genic784]

I think the PM63 would be a good choice since the slide could break your teeth if you look down the sights and the foldable stock was only longe enough to maybe protect you from it.

[@edwalmsley1401]

Yeah I'm voting for PM63 too, terrifying just watching someone fire one 😧

[@keegenke]

But it's an open bolt (open slide?) design, you would know if you were going to get smacked in the face by the slide reciprocating by your face making contact with it before you fired it. Unless you're implying the recoil would push it backwards where your face would be in danger, to which I would wonder why someone who can't handle the recoil of spicy 380 is using a machine pistol in the first place as opposed to something more suitable.

[@wheelchair1410]

@@keegenke The thing is, the PM63 Rak was used, among may formations, by army recruits who weren't particularly familiar with firearms. The gun itself in Poland is know by it's nickname "Dentysta" (Dentist). Army service was mandatory during communist reign in Poland and you can see where I'm going with it. A huge chunk of metal moving towards your face wasn't really too safe.

[@keegenke]

@@wheelchair1410 that's a fair point, and one I wasn't considering at all.

[@Noooo23523]

thats the romanian ak variant

[@pocketsand4404]

Check out the "Grendel P-10" .380 pistol made by George Kellgren, the founder of Kel-Tec. It was the strangest pistol I've probably ever owned. It didn't have a detachable magazine as it fed by stripper clips. It was super lightweight and recoiled harshly. The only way you could remove the ammo was by unchambering all ten rounds. Still wish I had it despite its flaws.

[@Charlesputnam-bn9zy]

9:49 the inventor : Robert Mainhardt.

[@FUCKINGRI0T]

I like how at the beginning, one dude kills one mammoth with one arrow and right after that 3 guys with spears kill one gazelle. I think the animators mixed something up.

[@weldonwin]

Nah, its just that the first guy is the world's first Chad and therefor only needs one arrow to down a mammoth all by himself

[@FUCKINGRI0T]

@@weldonwin I'm not implying the chad is unrealistic. I'm just saying 3 spears for a gazelle is a bit overkill

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@@FUCKINGRI0T people may be hungry and want the animal dead quickly

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[@marknino11feliciano23]

Bruh

[@thudthorax]

The Colt revolving carbine could easily have been modified using something similar to the Nagant Revolver's sealed cylinder system and a spark shield ahead of the cylinder.

[@patrick8116]

The Nagant used cased ammunition while the 1855 used loose powder. The Nagant system relies on the front of the case being inside the forcing cone to seal it. The way to prevent chain fires with a black powder revolver is to put lubricant grease on the front of the cylinder.

[@vadenummela9353]

Any competent armorer can install chain-fire shields. Little flaps that protect the percussion caps.

[@thudthorax]

@@patrick8116 I agree, but I was only referring to the Nagant's forward sealing cylinder action, which would have easily transferred to percussion cap ignition, not any of the other features.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

The Colt was cap and ball, the Nagant was cartridge. Wtf are you talking about?

[@vadenummela9353]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657 the video uploader knows nothing about historic firearms, and neither do his fans.

[@Rolandbadger]

No. Chain fires in percussion revolvers are actually caused by loose fitting caps that allow powder to trickles into the recoil shield, where the flash from a cap firing can set off the leaked powder. The loose fitting caps on the other chambers allow them to chain fire as well. This is an old misconception of why and how chain fires in percussion revolvers happen, but some very good research and live fire testing has been done in recent years that has proved the real cause.

[@phadedfantom5790]

0:19 that explosion looks like squidward 🦑

[@josefanon8504]

Interestingly the Webley Mark VI revolver, production started in the 1870s was good enough to be used after ww2. The M1911 was just so ahead of its time its still in use a lot.

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It’s impressive how this guy always finds the most obscure stuff throughout history in such a short period of time:0

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weired history channel,check it out

[@smorrow]

For this video he probably just looked at Forgotten Weapons.

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It's not the work of a single person. This channel is run by some companies just like 5minute Craft. They hire an army of script writers, voice actors, video editors to churn out these. It's a huge business.

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How could you possibly think this is a one-person operation?

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10:40 you clearly haven't heard of the zip .22

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10:45 ZIP22: Allow me to introduce myself

[@LegendaryKazooMann1936]

Dang, seeing those firing animations makes me think just how far Simple History has come in terms of animation Another great video!

[@francisman60]

It is too funny and so sad at the same time to see that guy using the Glisenit got bayoneted because the damn gun just don't have the stopping power.

[@MackingCheese99]

4:46 kid named finger

[@fl00fydragon]

The gyrojet was ahead of it's time. If we built it today with miniaturized electronics you could make a gun that could fire semi-homing rounds Also, no recoil. Perfect for space use.

[@R41ph3a7b6]

Awesome. But, did you mean stop say "semi-fire?"

[@falloutfart9917]

@R41ph3a7b6 I think way they meant was more that the rocket could be more corse correcting, like if a sniper was off with the windage for a shot the rocket could adjust to compensate

[@RIPMMC]

Wasn't the gyrojet intended for use in space against cosmonauts? I recall someone saying a normal gun would put you spinning due to the recoil and the lack of gravity, and shooting mini rockets wouldn't. (Maybe it was in Forgotten Weapons)

[@porrod4313]

I dont really think a regular gun has enough recoil to put you spinning (considering the gyrojet was a pistol, só im thinking of a regular pistol for comparison

[@whee38]

@@porrod4313 any amount of force would send you spinning in space. Deflating a party balloon in space would be enough to send you spinning without a counterforce. Ion engines are being developed for long duration unmanned probes due to fuel efficiency and only pushes with the force of a piece of paper resting on your hand

[@porrod4313]

@@whee38 oh i see. I mean, gyrojet guns still have recoil

[@Gravekeeperx]

@@porrod4313 They did also have a carbine gyrojet

[@itsmannertime]

As opposed to the Soviets who knew what the people wanted- LASER PISTOLS. Pretty slick, but no idea how well it worked.

[@CaptainLegionary]

I love how at 9:21 the bullets that game out of the Pistol were cash signs lol.

[@bondithphear7788]

yep

[@HeroinYoda]

i barely know anything about guns but i think the rocket gun concept could have a lot of potential as a long range rifle for assasinations, if the rocket propellant is delayed until just before the bullet slows down thus increasing long range accuracy.

[@benn454]

The problem with the Gyrojet is that there's just not enough space in the ammo to store enough fuel to keep it going very fast or very far.

[@y0h0p38]

Not really. (like Benn454 said) Bullets are pretty small, and you don't have much space for fuel, without weighing it down, or reducing acuracy. Good rifles now can reach out a couple kms - farther than any rocket that size can go (with a fuel that I know of)

[@Maximus20778]

5:00 great attention to detail that the soldiers closed their eyes to aim back in ww2 nowadays you won't see it

[@daviddavidson2357]

Do rifles and lmgs next. I want to see that Italian monstrosity that needed a box of oil attached and still jammed.

[@DreadnoughtHvor]

if the chauchat doesn't make the list i'd literally revolt

[@nandinhocunha440]

I think he did

[@Pibola64]

2:05 realistic eyes look so cursed in Simple History's artstyle

[@diegode415]

6:13 ayo we got a beat there

[@darman12able]

As much as I love it, I’m surprised the Nock gun isn’t on here. It was a 7 barrelled single-shot smoothbore muzzleloader that was intended to be fired from the tops of ships onto the enemy’s top deck. However the gun had far more recoil than it was reckoned to have and would often break the shoulder of all but the strongest men who fired one and was feared by captains as a fire risk to the ships rigging. Only around 600 were made even with a second model that lowered the calibre of ball used (from .50 calibre balls to pistol balls if I recall) to reduce the recoil. These days it’s largely remembered as the gun Sergeant Harper uses in the Sharpe novels and tv show.

[@adityapriyahutama8900]

8:35 rocket propelled bullet. Holy Imperial Bolter rounds 😁

[@amostlypeacefulmassshooting]

11:35 It's nice to see Simple History have fun with itself.

[@captain_rex5274]

Had to watch it back a few imes before getting the joke!

[@youreverydayanimator744]

oops

[@russell7852]

Wow your animations have gotten so much better since you first started. Keep it up SH

[@idontcare-ct7jm]

Actually the main issue with the Colt Revolving Carbine was it would burn your left hand's forearm if you held it like a regular rifle. Chain-fires can be prevented with lard.

[@woobharb]

“No soldier wished to use the Mars Pistol” Except in Battlefield 1

[@youlocalshitposter7232]

@@jacobygulsten1103s i l e n c e B o o m e r

[@Ravathiel]

@@jacobygulsten1103 say you Millenial, but your "J" says . B O O M E R

[@Ravathiel]

@@jacobygulsten1103 whatever you say, Jacob Gulsten

[@jasonconstant429]

@@Ravathiel oof i will be hurt if I were u

[@youlocalshitposter7232]

@@jacobygulsten1103 ow.

[@bluefletcher363]

The hate for the Type 94 is misleading at best. The quality was fine. Japanese late war arms were known to have sacrificed fit and finish, but the actions were perfectly safe and quality. As you stated, the "surrender pistol" myth is just that, a myth. Finally, the danger of the design is greatly exaggerated. The only time when the sear could potentially pose a threat would be if the pistol is out of a holster with the safety off... aka ready to fire. Not to mention, holstering it does not actuate the sear and the sear requires a noticeable amount of pressure on a small point to be tripped. The Type 94s biggest flaw was, as stated, its unreliability. It wasn't unusable, but it was definitely not the best pistol of the war.

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

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[@bluefletcher363]

@@ThatVeganTeacherKZbin just ate a cow

[@anthony3405]

I love these videos, So much facts and great drawings! That really help u picture the guns

[@NRH111]

While I love colt revolvers they weren't the best available at the time that was the Remington. Remingtons had a solid top strap and it was much easier to change cylinders

[@n3rdf0xx04]

Type 94s can actually be a little more reliable if it's an early model and fed the right bullets

[@MrKratos90]

I'm pretty sure the Gyrojet bullets inspired the bolters from Warhammer 40k

[@possiblegames2953]

Good video guys, very informative. Thank you 🙏

[@Yokyle4356]

8:48 that was the same bonus gun they put in Resident Evil Village God I hate that gun so much Edit: if you beat the game under 3 hours you can get that bonus gun I was hoping for a bazooka but they gave me a peas hooter 😭

[@reouvenz]

Small tip for next time: include slow motion action of the gun mechanism when fired

[@Mr.__Cool]

1:52 if you want to skip Mech Arena sponsorship thing

[@MackingCheese99]

My man 🤝

[@Mr.__Cool]

@@MackingCheese99 your welcome

[@tankacebo9128]

to correct a misconception here, most armies of the periods in this video, the exception being the US Army with the Gyrojet, would require their officers to purchase their own sidearms. they weren't "issued" per se, but they were recorded as being in said officer's possession by a quartermaster. The Imperial Japanese Army and Navy had a similar system, and it was entirely up to the officer's discretion to which sidearm they were to purchase and wield. most carried swords as a status symbol and as a weapon, but the Nambu type 14 was also widely liked and used, with some sources stating over 400,000 produced by 1945.

[@hippytea6333]

8:53 remind me of those gun apps to shoot guns on your phone

[@vadenummela9353]

3:27 Known as a chainfire, not cooking off.

[@SkipTheKip]

I'm surprised there's no mention of the Zip .22 That gun basically took everything about ergonomics and threw it out the window

[@leonardogermannsanna350]

Also the poor safety on the gun, if my memory doesn't trick me, you can never know if it's on safety or not

[@SkipTheKip]

You owned one? That's cool! What's it like?

[@leonardogermannsanna350]

@@SkipTheKip oh no, i mean i saw it on forgotten weapons, sorry for the misunderstanding

[@SkipTheKip]

Ah Yea I saw that vid too funnily enough!

[@maotisjan]

I think the gun had to be USED in combat to get on this list

[@Nietabs]

Damn, your animation quality improved significantly since the last time i watched one of your videos. Great job!

[@Victor-056]

9:40 It's sad when you realize that a Fictional Universe gave the Gyrojet a Needed Improvement, while also making it a special ops and Officer's weapon not meant to be used by conventional Troops, which would have reduced it's complaint of Ammunition expenses.

[@aaliyahdelrosario4497]

I wouldn’t be surprised if this shows up in r/CursedImages. Edit: idk why but the face at 6:40 cracks me up lol. Your animations are getting better with every video!

[@agooddemoman8603]

More r/cursed gun images

[@underscore5586]

Hey simple history Love your channel!!! Can you please make a video on video on the boxer rebellion? Its a very interesting topic

[@tornado1050]

Don't forget that switching to your pistol is faster than reloading... unless you are Italian or Japanese in which case you should just accept the consequences.

[@redtra236]

5:26 That's not true the most powerful production handgun in the world at that time was the Model 1847/1848 colt walker/dragoon revolver.

[@neighbor-j-4737]

In an alternate universe... The Gyrojet gets adopted. They have a carbine version as well, very light. Goes into use with the newly created Seals in Viet Nam. Complaints start coming back, and a few generations of refinement later... the Gyrojet becomes a lightweight streamlined weapon with much greater accuracy, higher velocity, a lower bore axis, and is a fundamentally more reliable firearm. They figure out a way to make the carbine version capable of full auto. And the engineers at NASA contribute a much more efficient solid rocket base propellant, as well as enhancing the venturi exhaust system, leading to substantially greater energy, but with much reduced recoil. The two main benefits being user friendliness and the ability to run more effective cartridges. During the southeast Asian conflict, the Army fielded some 40,000 units, the Air Force some 7000, and the Navy/Marines another 22,000. The Gyrojet quickly became popular both with pilots, and especially Marine regiments. It was a very intuitive pistol to shoot well, even for the shorter statured ARVN units. And the accuracy by its third iteration, in the field by the summer of '69, had improved to the point that a 2" group at fifty yards was not unheard of. The Gyrojet Carbine, now known as the M-17, became one of the most trusted small arms in the U.S. arsenal. While the military continued its use of the M-14 due to it's long range accuracy and ammunition commonalities with organic support LMG's, as well as NATO forces; it was the M-17 that became the go to weapon for engagements under 200yds. That is simply because a three and a half pound, very low recoil, highly accurate, machine carbine with a very manageable 450rpm cyclic rate, using 40rd magazines... turns out to be very useful in combat. By the era of the first Gulf War, the M-17 had become the standard issue individual weapon across the board. Not that more traditional projectiles were not in use, because they are still to this day. But for the basic purposes of an infantry small arm, the Gyrojet concept just gave too many advantages over standard brass cased ammunition. The secret sauce was in the rocket cartridge itself. The Gyrojet pistol, as well as the carbine version, have the ability to use a wide variety of projectile weights and velocities, from small diameter high speed sabot rounds with excellent penetration, to big juggernaut heavy hitters designed to deliver huge amounts of kinetic energy. By the war in Afghanistan, multiple companies were fulfilling contracts to the DoD. They even designed a man portable belt-fed version, the M-299 AWOL, which became the default squad automatic weapon. It is still a highly favored tool amongst the Special Operations community, albeit slightly modified. But the real popularity of the Gyrojet system began in the early 2000's due to its release on the civilian and police markets. Its rise in popularity has never decreased since then, and now perhaps some eleven million units of all variants, have been manufactured over the years. The Gyrojet remains to this day, the most effective innovation in firearms history in the last one hundred years. Used in every arena from hunting Elk, to suppressive fire in an ambush. Perhaps some of the neatest features of the ammunition, aside from the extremely low recoil leading to greater accuracy, is the fact that various compounds in the booster fuel itself offer such properties that tracer and incendiary rounds are commonly available. And given the broad spectrum of cartridge types in use, the Gyrojet lends itself to being a very versatile weapon system. And everyone's favorite part, the fact that all the weapons in the Gyrojet family are so incredibly lightweight. Because as any soldier can tell you, everything else is heavy, there's no reason to add to that burden. The beautiful thing about all of this is an ergonomic, intuitively simple weapon, designed to own the middle distance, and to dominate in close quarters. Whether in pistol form, or as a carbine. But perhaps the most common form are the PDW variants, simply due to the fact that the Gyrojet does not require a long barrel to fully burn its rocket propellant. And so, more compact guns are the norm. What began as a novel idea with a rough start, has matured into an entire industry. And with ever increasing advances in technology, the capabilities of the cartridge will only continue to improve. The Gyrojet changed the way we fight... Truly the modern Kentucky rifle. That almost anyone can shoot well... _________________ TL;DR- ...and poof, just like that, the 5.56x45mm never existed... We Have The Technology. (This could actually be a thing) _______________

[@ryancolligan827]

@@Zeerich-yx9po what do you mean electronic?

[@finns23653]

@@Zeerich-yx9po none of the potential rifles or new 6.8 cartridges use electronics as an essential part of operating the gun.... Sure you can throw on a red dot but that's about it.... All the competitions making these rifles have had all the info about their product open to the public for years where did you get so misinformed... Also about a week ago, after years of looking at these three possible choices they finally chose one, go watch sigs promo videos for it, it's called the mcx spear

[@vincentcocchio3450]

Every gun or gun related youtube channel is now talking about cursed guns (Garand Thumb, Administrative Results, Simple History, and the king of cursed guns Brandon Herrera)

[@agooddemoman8603]

And we are happy for that

[@Bruh-ri9sy]

My eighth grade social studies teacher used one of your videos in her presentation, the highest honor I can bestow

[@Zockmeischder]

Look at the Horse eyes 2:22 its scary😨

[@raymondyee2008]

07:58 great only for James Bond movies.

[@chris.3711]

The Nagant 1895 Revolver. The gun was out dated by the time and the means of reloading (lack of spring and the twist required to work the ejector rod)), the 7.62 Nagant (a cursed cartridge), and abhorrent trigger pull, and unique locking cylinder makes it a very unique weapon in history. I have one, it's fun, but also miserable to shoot.

[@AssaultnVinegar]

That's the revolver you can theoretically put a silencer on correct? Might be clunky and outdated but I wouldn't really call it cursed unless it was hilariously unreliable/ posted risk to the weilder.

[@user-rg2hk9uz9u]

@@AssaultnVinegar isnt it notorious for misfiring while holstered or am i thinking of the nambu

[@Wolvenworks]

@@AssaultnVinegar yes you can actually silence the Nagant. it's due to the fact that the chamber moves forward when firing, thus making a gas-tight seal (absolutely essential for silencing). that also make the bullet fly faster since there's less hot gas wasted.

[@Wolvenworks]

@@user-rg2hk9uz9u don't remember if it has reliability issues. the only issues i remember is that it reloads like an old revolver (eject one by one or replace cyinder), and that apparently it has a heavy trigger pull

[@baronobeefdipyes5181]

@@user-rg2hk9uz9u pretty sure you are confusing it with the nambu. For all its flaws the Nagant is a pretty rock solid/safe design and not really any way for it to go off in the holster unless the hammer was cocked back and you managed to snag the trigger on something but I'm fairly certain, and I'd have to test this with mine to be sure but I don't think the flap holster will close with the hammer cocked back.

[@aviatorfox4789]

You could've at least done a panning shot here... 2:43

[@Youhadabadday2021]

...Why do I get the feeling you could've combined the revolving carbine with the gyrojet and you would've gotten an amazing RPG Rifle?

[@johnnyguitar6639]

7:36 Djeez this guy shoot worse than a storm trooper

[@Zamandu]

What song is playing at 3:54? I've heard it in many other videos all across youtube and I've never been able to find it! I know it's probaly ome of them royalty free songs but I've never found the name

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

7:01 Haha! That solider successfully stabbing that other soldier was funny. I bet in his mind he was like "huh... Neat! Onward!" 😄

[@TheMemeDynamics]

I love the new gun animations! Keep the good work going on!

[@Xifihas]

Problem: Our guns explode when we fire them. Normal solution: Make less flimsy guns Italian solution: Make bullets too weak to actually kill someone before they kill you.

[@imyourdaddy5822]

9mm Glisenti bullets were basically the same strength as a 380.acp bullet, hardly unusual for it's time

[@nexpro6118]

@@imyourdaddy5822 and you have this view point based on????.....the Size is different. The 9x19 is the same type dimensions in the current 9mm glocks as an example. .380s are smaller ....also to make your claim possible, the 9x19 round would have to almost remove half of the gun powder in it. Lol

[@imyourdaddy5822]

@@nexpro6118 based on data and actually understanding basic ballistics

[@puttputt524]

11:01 I don’t even know why I always play FPS games on the highest difficulty.

[@DTHW115]

More cursed guns: - 6P9 (also known as that weird Makarov pistol from FarCry) - Calico M900 - PM-63 - Wimmersperg SPZ MP

[@Pogger927]

Kel-Tec,Birmingham Small Arms,Norinco,Nambu,Pancor Corporation:We makes the most accursed and goofiest weapons in the world!!! CoD Vanguard's "Gunsmiths":Hold my beer....

[@bjornsmith9431]

The M14 rifle in service 1957-64 production level was difficult to meet .

[@naufalridhoreinaldi4060]

At least still reliable than nothing

[@erwinsetyo1061]

Unreliable at full auto, M1A is better

[@naufalridhoreinaldi4060]

@@erwinsetyo1061 M1A is a semi version, the only full auto m14 to this day is MK14

[@naufalridhoreinaldi4060]

Although I agree M14 shouldn't be fired on full auto despite being battle rifle

[@jacobt1027]

@@naufalridhoreinaldi4060 Most full caliber battle rifles aren't great as fully automatic weapons. Soilders carrying FALs,G3s and M14s were basically told to never use the gun in full auto,was just far too hard to control and would just lead to wasted ammunition.

[@imstupid880]

Love the detail and realism put into the action of the guns. Also, does this mean that the gyrojet is the forefather of the bolter?

[@deforged]

9:04 did the Animator not get the memo about "almost no recoil" ? those sequences shake the entire viewpoint ffs

[@Postingdog]

i love when the austro Hungarian soldier just stands there for a bit thinking of his life choices

[@AMason-xb8wr]

Mark my words, the Gyrojet Pistol is the precursor to the WH40K Bolter

[@-_-1068]

When I saw the gyrojet pistol, all I could think of was TORGUE from Borderlands lol

[@Prich319]

@@-_-1068 Funny, The Colt carbine made me think of the Jakobs rifles from the same game.

[@KwadDamyj]

Praise the Omnissiah!

[@Tarumarugan]

It kinda sucks to find out revolving rifles sucked, i always thought they looked pretty cool and would make a good fun gun.

[@Deridus]

The problem with revolving rifles was that the tech for them was too advanced in one area and not advanced enough in the other. In a battle where a line infantryman would fire off perhaps 30 rounds total, you wouldn't have to worry about heat because of the reloading procedure was so long. One of the great things about cased ammo is that the brass/steel shell retains the heat and is either ejected like semiautos or just dumped like revolvers. All those benefits are totally lacking with percusion/paper cartridge. While I would not take my modern Judge to war as my first choice, I can see how it would have been a real game changer had brass cartridges been adopted sooner.

[@kievbutcher]

@@Deridus With old revolvers, overheat wasn't really as much of an issue, but any part of your hand or arm that was forward of the cylinder gap would get sprayed with hot gas and smoke, a problem that still exists today, hence why revolver rifles aren't common. Also chainfire was a problem with old revolvers before metallic cartridges were implemented, and you definitely don't want your hand in front of a chain firing cylinder.

[@Deridus]

@@kievbutcher Solid points, all. That said, I always wanted a pepperbox.

[@kievbutcher]

@@Deridus oh totally agree, just saying there's a reason the cylinder gap is forward of the grip.

[@Deridus]

@@kievbutcher Funny thing is, I once designed a firearm based off of the defunct Metal Storm technology that used a revolving internal magazine. I actually used a broken nerfgun as the furniture because I didn't feel like building anything beyond the firing mechanism. Been wanting to go back and revisit the project, but my knoledge involving chemistry/explosives is very limited. Conventional firearms are mostly boring to me unless I'm at a range...

[@Nevernotalone]

My friend’s grandfather was a collector of antique guns and American civil war memorabilia. He owned a namboo pistol as well. Whenever he was able to obtain ammo for it he wouldn’t shoot by hand or allow anyone else to either. He had made custom jig that used a small carpenters clamp attached to a saw horse. There was a wooden toggle he filed to size, attached to a string to pull the trigger. Even when lined up directly at the target that was usually a can, the pistol rarely hit the target. Crazy to think an entire military was issued such a weapon.

[@nsahandler]

FUN FACT The Gyrojet rounds were designed for use in the vacuum of Space and in low- Gravity fields because that's where everyone theorized a new front of warfare would be, and for those purposes it was brilliant. Almost no recoil (rockets build up speed gradually instead of being thrown violently) makes it the only weapon that can be fired in low-G environment without throwing the marksman into an endless spin.

[@oz_jones]

The madlads literally made the precursor to bolter pistol.

[@TheLoneDragoon]

Question for my fellow commenters. If you had to choose between the type 94 nambu or the type 26 revolver to take into battle, which would you choose?

[@fattywithafirearm]

I own both. I'd take the type 26 over the type 94.

[@Bran_Nuthin]

I'd probably take the revolver. 🤷‍♂️ What about you?

[@wolf_7479]

Type 94, the safety "issue" isn't really a thing since the manual safety blocks the sear bar, 94 is also more compact, semi auto, faster loading and holds one more round if you count the +1 in the chamber.

[@TheLoneDragoon]

@@Bran_Nuthin Type 26. Superior manufacturing, and more reliable.

[@terrybailey9621]

Type 26.... mainly because I know a handgun is a last ditch dump rounds type weapon so I'd want it to dump all of them every time

[@z-man1237]

God I love this channel. Forget history classes, this channel is very entertaining!😎👍

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff