Firearms Expert Reacts to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Guns PART 2

[@maotisjan]

"Dying and Respawning is faster than reloading" - Jonathan Ferguson Keeper of Birds and Bird accessories only in his off time 2024

[@Rome.s_Greatest_Enemy]

that's what i was gonna comment

[@maotisjan]

​@@Rome.s_Greatest_EnemyThere will be more hilarious quotes in the future

[@BaronOfZLand]

He sells bird and bird accessories.

[@kazuhirakaiser]

The "Dying is cheap in the world of call of duty" is a cold line too

[@mongooserina]

Emotional support birds when

[@esaiharamasukoi5810]

So... Jonathan FINALLY got his hands on a G11. Kudos~

[@TheHammerGuy94]

*REAL G11 Last time it was just a wooden G11

[@ShyBiiteVT]

Only temporarily. He did say he was borrowing it.

[@enlightenerofcryptozoology8761]

It would be gorgeous gem to hold in your hands for firearms

[@Neccaps]

Jonathan didn't notice that the M16 had a 20-round magazine modeled but it had 30 rounds in-game.

[@gn4128]

Also the first gun has a 7.62 mag which can be seen by the angle of it's end. 7.62 has almost 45 degree angle

[@RevanAlaire]

Maybe he did, but it was cut from the finished video?

[@jace_519]

who?

[@TheSundayShooter]

It's also missing an auto sear pin

[@KumiesCummies]

This mistake is in every single Black Ops game, I wonder why that is? Was it a genuine mistake in BO1 and then became an inside joke?

[@rotz394]

Slight correction: while the BOCW campaign takes place around '81 to '82, the multiplayer actually takes place between '83 and '85

[@adamgill9730]

Very important fact, basically none of the gun experts actually know this

[@HQ_Default]

​@@adamgill9730 Well considering Dave, keeper of games and interactive media at The Gamespot Channel in YT, didn't know about it... can you really blame them?

[@thunderslug1066]

​@@adamgill9730 I've played Cold War loads and was invested in the story and even I didn't know that, doesn't really change much because the M16A2 was in the campaign anyway

[@ClutchLikesVideos]

​@adamgill9730 Like that matters in a game that has guns and tech decades beyond what was available in the early 1980s.

[@adamgill9730]

@@ClutchLikesVideos I know, but it's good to show that *some* guns are accurate here and there

[@michaelanderson6394]

Valkyria Chronicles series one day? Please. With the weapon attachments and the upgrades and just the lances in general, I’d love to see Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, break them down for us.

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

the introductions words start to gets old.

[@Zack_Wester]

if they do the lancer I hope the do the one in 4 that feels more like a real thing vs the one in the first game.

[@michaelanderson6394]

@@Zack_Wester I'd love if they do both. I mean, Jonathan's talked about crazy guns before. I'd be curious to see if there is anything that could be considered practical about the original lances, or how they could be improved upon.

[@Buster-McTunder]

“Life is cheap in the Call of Duty” goes unfathomably hard

[@domm138]

harkens back to "real grenades are worth a lot more than you are"

[@Buster-McTunder]

This was deep bro thanks for commenting it, really changed my perspective

[@MrMiguella]

"I have one here" proceeds to lift the holy grail of modular light machine guns

[@un1d]

Love it when you guys show off really obscure firearms in these sorts of games, way more fun hearing Jonathan talk about those than explaining what an MP5 is for the nth time

[@Vydrach]

10:43 Assuming this wasn't covered in a bit that got cut off for time, as I know sometimes happens, I believe the M231 Port Firing Weapon, which was an M16 PDW made for the Bradley IFVs, had a wire stock like that in their early model, but it got removed, supposedly to prevent soldiers from actually using them over their standard service rifle as it had over 1000 RPMs for a rate of fire. Which these, I believe, were designed in 1979 and entered service in 1980.

[@jdizzy01]

Regarding the wire stock on the M16 thing, I think that took inspiration from the stock on the M231 port firing weapon for the Bradley IFV

[@JacobFarley-y8s]

Which was developed in 1979, so it's actually thoroughly possible

[@TheReviewer63]

A minor note about Cold War: Its *campaign* is largely set in 1981 but the Multiplayer (and consequently Warzone & Zombies) are set over the course of 1981-1985

[@AE1OU]

Please Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, break down the weapons from *METAL GEAR SOLID 3* before the remake comes out. So many weapons in MGS3 to react and comment on like the Patriot's infinite ammo magazine, the EZ tranq gun, Snake's customized officer M1911A1, Snake whittling the pistol grip to use a knife for CQC, Ocelot's SAA juggling skills, The End's paratrooper tranquilizer Mosin Nagant, the Davey Crockett recoil-less nuclear launcher, Eva's chinese Type 17 mauser clone with her "bandit shooting" technique and Volgin's electricity discharging the 7.62mm bullets. There are so many more other interesting trivias and weapons in MGS3 so please Dave and Johnathan, please consider making a video for the MGS3.

[@NotHere-o6s]

Still want to see Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons from throughout history, react to the weapons of Cruelty Squad.

[@SkimbyDimby]

Great to finally see Johnathan get his hands on a G11! It's always good to see him analyze these really odd guns, and I'd love to see him check out the really obscure guns that modders make for H3VR.

[@WrightOnTarget]

"I always feel bad showing you these cursed guns and ruining your day" "Not bad enough to not do it again" Dave is such a good addition to these

[@TugaAvenger]

This year is a great opportunity to revisit the classic Black Ops games. I think there was only an episode on the first, and Jonathan didn't even the the XL64!

[@queefcheif9306]

always amazed how a country that is notorious for being veeery stringent on weapons and fire arms has one of the best museums about guns and weapons

[@UnforgetableLuncheon]

The giraffe print M16 platform carbine was a M231, a short open bolt variant designed for use in the Bradley's firing ports.

[@ethantaillefer-meyn6535]

Fun fact there was a CAR2, it was built by a company that saw the writing on the wall for the G11 in service and wanted to have a cheaper simpler alternative ready to go to replace it. However it still had the layout of the G11 and it’s calliber

[@RoastPost]

It never existed. Never.

[@jameslawrence2446]

@@RoastPost The gun OP is referring to is real, it was built by a small Belgian metalworking company VBR in the early 1990s. It was based on the G11, however only two prototype models were made and beyond the name, they bore little in common with the weapon in BOCW.

[@AE1OU]

Honestly, the first Black Ops is still my favorite of the Call of Duty series in terms of story and themes.

[@Doi-]

I gotta say my favorite was 2019s COD

[@BrodieD]

Best overall Call Of Duty game imo. For me BO1 and MW3 are my favourite CODs and controversial opinion IW is up there as well not on the same level

[@TheHammerGuy94]

I got bad news for you... Woods headshotted mason... and its canon!!!

[@northwestrailfanofficial]

@@Doi- MW2019s campaign is one of my favorite cod campaigns. I’ve played so far.

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

Please Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, break down the weapons from Enlisted

[@kanrakucheese]

I want to see him comment on the Mosin 1907 Carbine's rear sight. There's a very interesting story with it regarding one of his colleagues.

[@yolkiandeji7649]

Been asking for Enlisted for years. I’m sure Jonathan would love to see a lot of the gold order weapons in a video game. But Dave isn’t going to be able to show him the Pedersen or Pavesi rifles, or anything else that isn’t in the game now.

[@noahbarks2219]

You can Put mods on the CARV 2 to make it look like the g11 so You have to level it up to make it better. I'm surprise y'all didn't show that off

[@lagi2304]

One wonders why the F.E.A.R series has not been done yet, it has the most devastating shotgun ever.

[@ReVoltCR4Z3]

Ive just spent the last two days going round the armouries i love it there

[@strikemanpop]

3:12 isn't that the Argentina version of the Gailil? if i remember correctly the FARA stands for "Fusil de Asalto de la Republica Argentina" which it means Republica of Argentina's Assault Rifle

[@cassu6]

Yeah I thought it looked like the Galil. Maybe something was cut because Jonathan did say it was an Argentinian gun

[@ncrtrooper7246]

It's mainly inspired in the Beretta AR70 with some characteristics of the FN FAL and Finnish Rk-62 Source: i served in the argentine army and was issued one

[@Minma_1]

Can’t wait for Johnathan Ferguson to look at Black Ops 6 weapons

[@RealBadGaming52]

At this point BlackOps6 1993 setting will just have 2000s era AR15s with holo sights and wont look much different than Modern Warfare 1

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@RealBadGaming52. BO6 is set during the Gulf War in the early 90's; That aside, you're likely not wrong.

[@smoki0_K]

4:14, actually the campaign is set in 1981 but the multiplayer is set between 1984-1985

[@diligentone-six2688]

What bothers me about the Black Ops M16 is that the 20 round box magazine holds 30 rounds and the 30 round holds more than 30.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

they got those Hollywood AR mags kind of fits because Cold War really feels like a blockbuster action movie

[@EdgyADude]

There is an upgrade for the magazine which makes the 20 round magazine hold like 45 rounds I think thanks to a bit of tape added to it. I played the game today and noticed it when modding the weapon, it’s weird considering they have the larger magazine modeled for XM4 and could just add it to M16

[@andreivaldez2929]

Same. Also: I think the reason for the 16.3" barrel "upgrade" is because of civilian AR pattern rifles being commonly seen with 16" barrels and the devs just took one with that particular handguard and added it to the game: manufacturers usually go slightly over 16" to make sure that it's distinctly over that minimum length for legal reasons.

[@WolfgangTheVile]

Emotional support M16 will protect from the bad man

[@Kivi404]

G11! I was once in the weapon museum at Oberndorf am Neckar to see the actual G11 (K2 I suppose), it has so few visitors, but I really enjoyed it just watching all those iconic H&K firearms.

[@jacobharley7117]

Cold War campaign was set in ‘81. The multiplayer is set a few years later in ‘84-‘84. Doesn’t forgive all the inaccuracies but I just wanted to mention it :)

[@TheLazyLabrador]

6:11 *Audible gasp*

[@MSH-dv2qn]

It could be interesting to get jonothans take on some of the weapons from assassins creed black flag, there's a few interesting 18th century pistols and even one which is attached to a sword if I remember right

[@LET4M4RU]

Instead of inflicting cursed guns to Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of firearm and artillery at the Royal Armouries museum in the UK, you should show him the guns of Deus ex!

[@liamvermaak982]

As a South African, seeing the NTW 20 in a game is definitely always something that makes my heart swell with pride

[@gunnargunnarsson5963]

I also like to see Jonathan react to the guns of Binary Domain, which is a cyberpunk game taking place in 2080 in Japan, and the weapons that the main character squad, the Rust crew, are equipped with are basically futurized version of modern guns. And the robots that you fight also have their own standard issue guns, there's also the underground Resistance, who built their own guns. The game was developed by the same people behind the Yakuza games.

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Wouldn't mind seeing Jonathan Ferguson: Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK go over the guns in the World War Z game

[@arizbigalme7345]

Every video uploaded is a gift. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@ianray8823]

I initially skipped this game when it came out but after playing tons of the first 2 Modern Warfare reboots I saw this on sale, downloaded it and never looked back.

[@defaultdan7923]

unironically this is a good time to join, launch was bad but it’s only aging better as time goes on

[@pnutz_2]

always great to see the g11 showing up anywhere

[@Smellbringer]

Actually a note for 4:12, while Cold War's single player was set in '81, Cold War's multiplayer tended to hop through the 80's. The Multiplayer was set in 1984 and Zombies went from 1983 to I believe 1985 or '86. The guns are still anachronistic BS, but I like being pedantic.

[@juusolatva]

14:06 I think the newer Russian underwater rifles are more effective out of water since they have two different magazine slots, one for underwater ammo and another for normal ammo

[@IQsveen]

I strive to one day be as happy as Jonathan seems while holding his G11

[@dfdedsdcd]

It probably doesnt help much with accuracy for weapons/attachments, but Cold War takes place between 1981 and '85. I believe the order is Campaign in '81-'82, Multiplayer/Warzone in '83-'84, and Zombies in '83-'85

[@Majima_Nowhere]

The worst thing about video game M16s is every developer's absolute _infatuation_ with shoving 30 rounds into that 20 round magazine.

[@DRFUZY1]

This video brought me back to the Warzone ZRG meta.

[@neillathotep7386]

11:01 About the weird 16.3'' barrel: that's just a 16'' barrel with some extra threads at the muzzle for attaching a suppressor.

[@williamhornabrook8081]

It's kind of a crying shame that Call of Duty doesn't do real guns anymore. The gun models are amazingly well detailed. The reload and inspect weapon animations are really well done. The customisation is decently extensive and fun. It's fine by me if a gun goes off into silly town when you've fully customised it, but the base weapon should be a real gun.

[@punn213]

Have we gotten a video on the original Black Ops? There's plenty of iconic and obscure Cold War weapons, including a British bullpup Edit: also at 10:45 a similar style of wire stock on an AR variant did exist at the time on the M231 Firing Port Weapon, a heavily modified M16 intended as a weapon for dismounts while 'buttoned up' in the back of an M2 Bradley IFV, introduced in 1979.

[@levferno483]

I’ve never played Cold War. The guns are definitely unique looking.

[@enlightenerofcryptozoology8761]

I always love the vintage Vietnam era M16 in appearance of the AR/M16 family. It is a sleek, black, looked space age for its day. Despite its very difficult struggle to get adopted and then the reliability issues that it faced in the jungles, it would be fixed and become the sweet 16 as one firearms historian said in a documentary. Though in the war it was called Mattel 16, poodle shooter. The ppsh submachine gun is always a treat to have in a video game, but I always leave those legacy weapons untarnished.

[@johanmilde]

If they wanted more excuses for adding aging WW2 weapons to a game set in the 1980s, Nato member Norway still had a significant number of MP40, Luger P08 and MG-34 in service until the end of the Cold War. (Mostly in Home Guard units, but not exclusively.)

[@AdamGoodall91]

Given the cold war theme, would be fantastic to see you guys cover Cold Winter, I know a lot of the guns have already been covered from other games but that game was really something else :D

[@Jeroen4]

The rendering quality including the animations is absolutely astonishing.

[@TheOneTrueJoss]

Though it doesn't fix every issue Jonathan brought up, the campaign is what was set in 81 but the multiplayer of the game is actually set around the 84-85 sort of time.

[@octopusjacket3472]

"dying and respawning is always faster than changing to your secondary"

[@concordat]

E.Y.E.: Divine Cybermancy. Some very lovely weapons in it.

[@ZachGonzalez-df5kd]

Jonas and Ferguson the keeper of firearms and artillery at the royal armory Museum I hope your doing all right man love your content

[@h3rmesactual]

"Emotional support weapon", I'll be using that phrase from now on, i love it

[@MrLove2shoot]

Robo Quest would be a fun one to see you guys react to

[@dibingsdibingens8463]

7:08 if they had included a very small Swiss watchmaker guy with it, perhaps the G11 would've actually been adopted.

[@EngyneMac]

You can tell he is happy that they now got their hands on a real G11

[@crazycarnut1313]

Please Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armories museum in the UK, break down the weapons of the game Warface.

[@nitebytes]

A Quasi-Bullpup? Tell us more please. Or .. a bullpup special covering Bullpups across multiple games?

[@enasnI99]

3:22 Looks like a FNC + Gallil with a sprinkle of Valmet thrown in there

[@Sierra-77]

OR it can just be a Galil leaning more towards its roots being the Valmet. Since the Galil is a straight up a copy of the Valmet anyway.

[@enasnI99]

@@Sierra-77 True enough lol, nice pfp btw

[@Sierra-77]

@@enasnI99 You too pal! :D

[@HazyFuture]

"Well defense weapon against bears" is crazzzzy🤣🤣🤣

[@SuiLagadema]

When are we going to get "This is SIR Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum"?

[@ninus17]

Has he been knighted?

[@ZeroSuitSamo]

The not-real guns often looked like a hybrid of 2 or more guns. Like the not-G11 was like a G11 and FAMAS had a baby, while the not-FAL was like the mix of an FAL, Galil, with a mag from an HK33 lol

[@RickCrimes9900]

“Remember, dying and respawning is faster than reloading”

[@JWRandall24]

Noticed there weren't many/ any photographs of the real guns or sights referenced in this video. Made some things harder to follow. Still, Jonathan's expertise were excellent

[@wilboehmer5620]

Would like to see him and the crazy zombies guns

[@fatcoyote2]

I carried an M16A2 when I deployed. They were considered relics when I used it, which felt weird, because it was what I trained on when I enlisted, only to be told that it wasn't issued to almost anyone anymore. I liked it better than its descendant. Not very customizable, but I found the stability to be better than the lighter, shorter version, which let me fire much more accurately, three-round burst or not.

[@montyshxlygrail]

g11 gotta be my all time favourite gun

[@VinceW187]

So that is what Jonathan does when he is having a rough day. He sits in the corner of the storage room, hugging his emotional support weapon. No surprise there I guess

[@T-Bone_SSteak]

I've found myself going back to BOCW in anticipation of BO6 and I've had more fun with it than the other cods in the last 5 years

[@spacehobo1095]

I know guns in CoD have almost certainly been based on "rule of cool" more than history/reality for a while now, but the "historical" CoD games really do well to point out the tragic nature of historicity in Call of Duty. At least they (hopefully) aren't modeling airsoft magazines anymore.

[@σεα-ψ9ε]

The long awaited sequel..

[@enthusiasticamateur8516]

Thanks Jonathan Ferguson, the keeper of firearms and artillery at the Royal Armories Museum in the UK, another grate video 👌

[@ImStabathon]

Campaign was 81' but Multiplayer was actually 83'+84'

[@nice1bro759]

they probably have more episodes on CoD than all other shooters combined

[@AL-Doody]

Cold War had some absolutely deliciously amazing guns

[@maxanderson8872]

The game starts in 1981, jumps back to 68, goes ahead to 84, and the multiplayer and warzone are 86 iirc

[@hayksayadyan8339]

Love the fact that the first gun being reviewed (Vargo 52) is an obscure Armenian riff on AK-74 that arrived in the mid-90s 🔥🔥Armenian designers and scientists (both before, during the Soviet days and beyond) have always been known for being rather quirky and left-field 😅😅

[@seanmullen4003]

So the story of Black Ops Cold War's multiplayer STARTS in 1984, and seems to end around late 1985 @gamespot, it's the campaign that is set in 1981

[@averageguy3924]

4:13 the multiplayer is actually set in 1984

[@scifidude184]

So on the G11. If something breaks it... No other gun would survive it either. However the thing runs as reliably as the rotors on your car because it is a sealed system. Oil it or grease it once a year and you are good.

[@SendBreadPics]

With season 5 out, it's high time for Deep Rock Galactic part 2. Rock and Stone!!

[@thedevilcomes2011]

That 20mm rifle would be a good challenge for Kentucky Ballistics, if you can find one for him :D

[@DapperWood]

You know what would honestly be an interesting series for Jonathan to react to? The first 3 Killzone games.

[@armorers_wrench]

I know Jonathan knows a lot about guns but technically the barrel on an AR15 pattern rifle definitely can increase the cyclic rate. If the gas system is shorter or the gas port itself is larger and thus increases the operating PSI of the system it will result in a faster rate of fire. I guess TECHNICALLY its not the barrel causing the rate of fire to increase but the barrel is obviously part of the gas system so it kinda is.

[@ThePyroMan_]

I wonder if Jonathan will react again on Vanguard on some of the guns that doesn't make sense in history. Yes i am talking to you the F2000 and other futuristic gun i don't remember the name that appeared into a WW2 Game.

[@guillez6062]

I'd love to see Jonathan react to the weapons of armored core 6

[@HQ_Default]

Fun fact about the super-short M16, a gun not dissimilar to that (minus the ridiculous leopard print and attachments, obviously) was the basis for the "Coreburner" machine gun from _Escape From LA._ You might be able to get a similar look if you were to attach a scope and underbarrel launcher.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

I still want to see an episode on Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3. The weapons in that game were super creative and awesome.

[@ffamranmiedbunansa8409]

Fara 83 immediately put me in mind of a Daewoo K2

[@under-chonker]

I would like to see Jonathan reacting to the guns of Warframe. The Grineer have their Rampart emplacements and tesla mines on doorways and there are 2 big guns on the Ceres defense tile with the moving defense objective above the elevator you come up on to begin the mission. The Corpus have cameras and turrets, drones and MOAs, which are bipedal robots with laser guns on top of them.

[@darkwanderer1965]

As someone who only recently started playing Warframe, I agree, that would be quite an interesting episode.

[@maotisjan]

Warframe has many exotic looking weapons, to see Mr. Ferguson break them down would definitely be something I would love to see

[@andreasottohansen7338]

13:11 I honestly really like this. Granted, the part of my brain that likes this, is the same part that likes 40k's Bolters and the like, but still. It looks like something Mister Torgue would make.

[@timthewarlord2304]

the RPD is literally my favourite gun

[@GinTheMel]

Hi Jonathan Ferguson keeper of firearms and artillery which houses a collection of thousands of weapons from throughout history

[@Jerrycourtney]

The G11 was incredibly close to accurate in 2010’s _Black Ops 1_ Edit: he covered it. I feel dumb