Firearms Expert Reacts To Call Of Duty: Vanguard’s Guns

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

“In this episode, Jonathan Ferguson fucking dies”

[@destroyer_fletcher7415]

Press F to Pay Respects

[@thealgorithmsentmehere5994]

dies by watching the beta

[@nealang9520]

Hope someone prepared an emergency speed dial

[@joshtaylor6521]

F

[@JerichoYeet]

I can feel his pain.

[@vDullahan]

"revolving in his grave, probably more efficiently than this drum mag revolves." Legendary.

[@copperdragon9214]

The quip is so dry it hurts.

[@magicman3163]

That Joke was more thought out than the game

[@scottbowers7431]

i knew when that ping came out with the drum mag it was gonna be good

[@juntingiee2602]

@@copperdragon9214 at least its wetter than vanguard

[@kayagorzan]

Yes indeed

[@simonghostriley2531]

Poor Jonathon being put through this pain.

[@SaitoKurogana21]

Pain more like hell

[@onecringymofo]

Im horrified

[@Litterbugtaylor]

Hey i said enlisted on basically every video, this torture is not on my hands

[@verynimbleninja3291]

more like absolute suffering

[@jaxds9840]

I bet the guns in far cry 4 might broken him.

[@brianhall4182]

The Garand pinging with a drum magazine actually made me burst out laughing.

[@sebastianmuller948]

I was honestly thinking: " oh no... It's not gonna... " *ping*

[@KickyFut]

@@sebastianmuller948 I was like: "But... But it has a drum mag on it! Why does it *ping* it doesn't use the stripper clips anymore!!"😞

[@nathanapplegate5374]

I actually made a butchered m1 with a drum mag not even a day after getting the game and discovered the disembodied ping. I laughed out loud

[@saxon1362]

Maybe the Playercharacter do that noise as a trick for the german Grunts, so they think his rifle is empty...😂😂😂

[@joost1120]

@@saxon1362 Ah yes, because you're definitely going to hear the ping of a single soldier 50 meters away, right after you've been shooting a rifle without any hearing protection. Not to mention that that sound means just a single rifleman is reloading, while the rest clearly still have a loaded gun.

[@mastergecko1178]

In this weapon breakdown, Johnathan experiences a mental break down himself.

[@afba502]

Not just him...I think most of us.

[@bradynightingale1425]

Severe mental breakdown*

[@comradekenobi6908]

_Breakdown, breakdown, listen. Breakdown, breakdown, listen. Breakdown, breakdown. Breakdown, breakdown, let's go! Shining justice_

[@officialkirbyfan6899]

Love your PFP

[@hatecrewblaze]

If he'd be dead he'd been revolving...better functioning than those drum mags.

[@PeaseMakerYT]

Whatever you pay Jonathan to do this show is not enough. No-one should be subjected to these horrors...

[@sixsledges5474]

А что это ты тут делаешь?)

[@Zekegedd]

@@sixsledges5474 Haha I like to think of this game (and Battlefield 5) as alternate reality/Scifi versions of WW2.

[@goblinlootlord]

@@Zekegedd BF5 did have quite a bit of wacky stuff when it came to the guns but it was nowhere near this ridiculous. Honestly, looking back it makes me kinda glad that BF5 had bare bones attachment system

[@grabaholt]

poor Jonathan

[@andreiogaya]

I agree on that

[@vindicare9915]

Jonathan every time a new clip starts: “look how they massacred my boy”

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

Guinness World Record for most aneurysms survived!

[@thesleepypiggy]

@@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313 this was edging his

[@нико-р2х]

Ironic how the instruments that were created to massacre people ended up getting massacred by the people that made this game.

[@pxer3523]

Lol

[@michel4rthur]

STG44 PTSD

[@facelessgreen8997]

"Proper StG44... UNMOLESTED!" Because of this line I'm gonna refer to CoD Devs as rifle molesters from now on

[@knuteknoll6747]

Theyre normal molesters too

[@dredskl]

I think I just got sucker punched twice

[@Rhakjellg]

@@knuteknoll6747 in 2 weeks they will update their features to “child molester” as well!

[@alexandergarzon3604]

@@Rhakjellg and then they will claim it’s a bug that they will fix, that they will never fix

[@hazardrail7442]

@@alexandergarzon3604 then the bug carries on to the other game somehow

[@benjamindover2601]

It's like they created this game to specifically mock Jonathan.

[@zayndot7288]

Lmaoooooo

[@AlexKS1992]

Or to slowly kill him.

[@dietzel8988]

I think it is

[@joe125ful]

Boredrlands 3:Huhahahah:)

[@doomslayer2290]

And my boy Zach

[@zedrickpaul118]

"This is a proper STG 44, Unmolested!" You can hear and feel his pain...

[@beatspopo]

he's crying inside i felt that hard

[@AntonAdelson]

And it looks better than the game version!

[@RAYMUFC8]

They should have kept it like World at War.. more believable and not all these silly camos and attachments

[@rokairu0-216]

@@RAYMUFC8 at least the guns in BFV couldn't be this badly butchered

[@skyninjaslayer337]

Lmso these memes are to good

[@drugs7033]

19:00 Johnathan holding an emotional support STG44 is probably the best thing this channel could ever offer.

[@battlefields2mine]

This STG 44 correctly version, un-molested. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kommandanthanz8346]

A true period correct scope for the StG44

[@brandonbulvan73]

Where can I get a emotional support STG44/mp43-44 because I need one to get over what I just saw

[@kommandanthanz8346]

Same bro. Same

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Ayy this comment got referenced last video. Nice job, you're famous now.

[@auggerz6996]

I just love the fact that he sounds legitimately pained and angry when he sees the shotgun

[@NotACutie]

you mean the MP44?

[@auggerz6996]

@@NotACutie No, the Trench Gun with the drum mag where he talks about replacing the tube magazine

[@Lonewolfmike]

He sounded the worst in pain when he saw the Garand. I mean seriously he was feeling bad for the Garand.

[@rerecami7]

@@Lonewolfmike and dont forget the stg44 i can hear him sniff one time while facepalm

[@Anonymous-73]

I feel like by the end he wants to kidnap the game devs, tie them up, and give them a 6 hour long lecture on every weapon in WW2

[@Akeris91]

"oh Garand, what have they done to you?!" "Pray. For. Garand."

[@Shiftinggers]

I swear to God, whomever thought that it was a great idea to give the guys that designed the weapons a mix of acid, cocaine and fentanyl needs to be put down like a dog because that abomination of a Garand is an affront to Gun Jesus

[@Slybby]

"Ping" after 15 rounds out of a drum mag for sure^^

[@solon1051]

F

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

@@Slybby It’s supposed to go Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang ping Not Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang ping

[@andrewjanes7220]

Press F to pay respects.

[@fireaza]

"I can hear John Cantius Garand revolving in his grave" Accompanied by an audible "ping!" after eight revolutions of course!

[@damirvakhitov9213]

I was wondering why i heard it at 1200 BPM

[@mercce6750]

He's rolling so fast he has become an electric turbine.

[@PitchBlackYeti]

And the grave plate flips over with each "ping!"

[@amanassi7346]

It would just be a constant, muffled pinging

[@KentuckyAk101guy]

We need to take advantage of this and use the energy he’s creating to have unlimited power!

[@thuyazin6319]

Oh my god, poor Johnathon, poor poor Johnathon. I feared this day would come, and it finally did

[@uptheworker]

May his brain cells rest in peace.

[@tictakgaming]

I saw this and said oh noooo Johnathan😂😂

[@AndrewTranBaseball]

I was thinking about him reacting to Vanguard the other day. It now has become real. And the result truly lit up my night. LOL

[@giannilyanicks1718]

what is the pûrpose to ask him viewing this game? it just feel like a painful waste of time

[@gohunt001-5]

@@giannilyanicks1718 the purpose is to entertain ourselves by viewing his reactions, which a lot of people find quite amusing

[@---yw9dl]

Man the look of pride while he's holding that gorgeous STG44 is priceless

[@Beer_Me]

I feel nothing but pure jealousy, not going to lie. Thats the holy grail of assault rifles for us gun collectors

[@-Castial-]

The unmolested STG44 is beautiful

[@localextremist2839]

@@Beer_Me The STG44 is the most beautiful assault rifle I've laid my eyes on perhaps one day I'll get an STG44

[@Beer_Me]

@@localextremist2839 only one ive ever seen in person was a .22 replica i could only imagine the price of an authentic one

[@edm240b9]

@@localextremist2839 good luck on that. If you want a real one, you need to pay a cool $40k for one. Repros are available, but they do cost a bit. I’ve held real ones and fired a semi auto rebuild of one. Do need to fire a full auto one.

[@LookUsArts]

That poor Stg44 going to have some nightmares but Jonathan is like: "it`s okay kiddo, it`s just a video game, it`s not real..."

[@Immolator772]

Ngl i actually like this built, i know it's not possible but i like it and the color scheme.

[@jhonny44444]

I gotta give you credit, I have never seen anyone spell Jonathan like that before! xD

[@colonelsmith7757]

​@@Immolator772 It's not bad taste you're suffering from, it's the absense of taste.

[@Immolator772]

@@colonelsmith7757 sure nerd, just because something doesn't exist doesn't mean i have a bad taste.

[@colonelsmith7757]

@@Immolator772 As I said, it's not bad taste, it's the *absense* of taste.

[@LaNoLaCola]

"God I think this is a Garand. What have they done to you?" Same Sir Ferguson, same.

[@kayagorzan]

Poor garand

[@mralexs]

Apparently it's based off the T20? The T20 was a Grand with a box magazine, kinda like a predecessor of the M14

[@wbybhx9939]

@@mralexs but it would never makes that ping sound on the last round

[@mralexs]

@@wbybhx9939 That's a given though. One version could use BAR magazines or its own type.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

@@mralexs The base rifle is just a Garand, and the detachable mag just an upgrade option like the barrel, stock, sights etc. So it's akin to the T20, T22, BM59 etc in that respect, but isn't actually any of them.

[@MisterTingles]

"Ford Escort Upholstery" is the single most savage diss ever uttered in gun nerd history. Although "Festooned with nonsense" is probably a close second.

[@henrychamberlin1746]

Coming from a British man who lived in the 80s, enough time to witness the horrible quality, makes it that much better

[@mercenarygundam1487]

@@henrychamberlin1746 Wait, how old is Mr. Ferguson again?

[@oz242.]

Can't forget "this is what it looks like premolested"

[@hbdragon88]

i think it was the COD WWII one but there was a moment when he said "Get your Modern Warfare out of my WWII" and it was pretty hilarious.

[@gabrielc7861]

@@oz242. un*

[@ZombieSlayer3649]

Love how they showed him the most cursed gun setups in the game

[@Aristaios]

you mean there isnt even more cursed setups?

[@Jebu911]

@@Aristaios There is but i guess this was torture enough when he had to hold his stg.

[@nealang9520]

What has Vanguard done to him *and* us??

[@TheTimbs_]

Holo sights in a ww2 game is pretty bad.

[@ricardoavacado3901]

Wait till he sees the EX1 and BP50

[@random-riley]

I love the fact that someone had to record the footage of this and they purposely chose to make the worst possible configurations just to make Jonathan feel pain

[@Beanibirb]

He has yet to see the drum mag Arisaka

[@random-riley]

@@Beanibirb ow the pain

[@Thorn19774]

@@Beanibirb The WHAT?!

[@nathanapplegate5374]

Now I need to make that.

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@Beanibirb nor the water cooled, skeleton stocked, drum mag, extended barreled type 99 with an anti tank rifle bipod and muzzle break.

[@mrmoonman4552]

Jonathan on the outside: "i feel today's gonna involve a lot of cringing" Jonathan on the inside: *questions what cardinal sin he's committed to be placed in this circle of hell*

[@fish2845]

accurate

[@GrippeeTV]

“I’m not too sure. And frankly, I’m slightly losing the will to live” Lmao my poor man 😂

[@ssfbob456]

They're doing it on purpose, the announcer clearly said "We've nearly broken poor Johnathan."

[@Katsudon96]

​@@ssfbob456 Announcer was recorded afterwards... i can see the announcer laughing maniacally

[@crazygoose21]

I remember grampa reminiscing about all the Germans he killed using his scoped custom luger with canted red dot sight and drum mag. He also told us about that time he 360° no-scoped a german officer then rapidly and repeatedly crouched on his face. Ah the good ol days.

[@lufsolitaire5351]

What was his k/d?

[@JazzyJazzzzzzzzzz]

My grandpa 360 no scoped 2 German officers with his red dot sight shotgun with a drum mag and a mg 42 stock

[@KwadDamyj]

Did he say they played dubstep at V-Day?

[@redassassian]

Luger did have a snail drum lol

[@user-s8jb3qb6y]

@@lufsolitaire5351 360:1

[@blackm4niac]

It's usually Jonathans job to break down the guns. This time the guns broke down Jonathan.

[@autistichades5552]

XD I can’t, that’s too funny man!

[@thesaddestdude3575]

best comment on the web

[@Lonewolfmike]

More like the game developers trying to destroy Jonathon's will to live.

[@asimpforships1786]

Jonathan isn't doing a break down of these guns, he's having a breakdown

[@ezet]

The guns are doing break down of Jonathan

[@Danymok]

Alternate Title: *Jonathan Dying Inside for 20 Minutes*

[@Aureus_]

Danymok you ledgend I used to watch you all the time

[@UN_Banished]

Dang been a while since I’ve watch a video from you

[@commanderpauline2763]

Correction "Watching Jothan and all the people that like WW2 weapons and equipment dying inside"

[@Aureus_]

@@commanderpauline2763 me included

[@canislupus234]

True

[@chrisboyle6175]

14:59. You literally see the last shred of joy our boy Jonathan has had in his life melt away. Truly heartbreaking.

[@Stahanovetsky]

I'm sure he was almost ready do "hey guys, i think that it"

[@maniac8439]

Jesus is Lord

[@ChickenTeller]

I'm so glad that whoever curates the footage Jonathan looks at included the fact that the M1 Garand still pings when you have the drum magazine on it.

[@Yoda98292]

How else are people supposed to know your running an M1 Garand without the ping 🤣

[@kipchickensout]

@@Yoda98292 they just attached a speaker to it to play it prolly

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

I literally yelled "what?" when I heard the ping

[@elijahmckenzie9207]

bo mg I yelled “what” when I saw the drum mag on a M1, they massacred my boy

[@shk0992]

Jonathan: *Sees the Garand* Also Jonathan: "Look how they've massacred my boy"

[@neilholmes8200]

I recognise that reference haha

[@Hexaven]

there's the comment I was looking for lmao

[@joebenson528]

He's British he how can he call a Garand "his boy" if he can't own it?

[@joebenson528]

And the fact he says "finned barrels do not do much" is proof he has zero meaningful trigger time. Fluted barrels (same exact concept) are standard for my unit's M40s (selective), M110s and M82s (A3 variant only).

[@fireline8250]

@@joebenson528 ur just mad cause u know nothing about history and actually like the customization in “Vangaurd” 🤣

[@peterclarke7240]

I feel like, after recording this, Jonathan went down to the Armoury's cellar and spent the rest of the day lovingly stripping and cleaning every ww2-era firearm he could find, while muttering curses and threats under his breath. He was eventually found two days later in a state of manic agitation, crouched behind a rudimentary barricade of sandbags and old furniture, wearing a British Tommy helmet and gasmask, and asking if he could never be put in front of a computer ever again.

[@skyninjaslayer337]

This needs to be pinned

[@thethinker357]

best shit ive read today, get this pinned.

[@Medic427]

Pin this!! Lol

[@TheBebeHabibi]

I rarely comment under YT videos, as they rarely lack the wit this comment has - but damn is this hilarious

[@DrygdorDradgvork]

"Curse you, Vanguard, I’ll teach you to ruin what history do! . . . ’Sblood, thou stinkard, I’ll learn ye how to gust . . . wolde ye swynke me thilke wys? . . . Magna Mater! Magna Mater! . . . Atys . . . Dia ad aghaidh ’s ad aodann . . . agus bas dunach ort! Dhonas ’s dholas ort, agus leat-sa! . . . Ungl . . . ungl . . . rrrlh . . . chchch . . . That is what they say I said when they found me in the blackness after three hours; found me crouching in the blackness over the plump, immense pile of Second World War firearms." - Jonathan Ferguson

[@deanmckellar619]

The utter fact that Johnathan agreed to this, let alone carried it out... Get this man a George Cross.

[@NotACutie]

Knight him, even.

[@Lonewolfmike]

He deserves the highest medal you can get in not only Britain, but in the US, France, and everywhere else. Putting up with this is clearly torture under the Geneva Convention.

[@joseaca1010]

"You want me to check TF2 again?" "John... this is call of duty" "Sweet Gun Jesus..."

[@Spike-hl2mw]

Gun Jesus died for CoD Vanguard's sins.

[@richerd4266]

@@Spike-hl2mw We...we need to keep this away from Ian.

[@richerd4266]

We cannot allow any more martyrs.

[@sml2k186]

@@richerd4266 Ian would burn us all if he saw this

[@Yeti-db8qd]

Hi im Ian from Forgotten... HOLY MUZZLEFLASH WHAT IS THAT !?!?!

[@HankingMySchrader]

Previously on Jonathan’s reaction to cod ww2 guns: “Get your modern warfare out of my world war 2.” Sledgehammer games: “You have no idea what you’re in for.”

[@Skull35]

I am currently enjoying CoD: Vanguard, but the customization in this was almost like it was put together SPECIFICALLY to bother Jonathan

[@HankingMySchrader]

@@Skull35 the fact that it has customization should bother him since…there were very few attachments for guns in world war 2 as is

[@Skull35]

@@HankingMySchrader from a historical standpoint, definitely. 100% with you. However, it does help mix things up from a gameplay perspective.

[@HankingMySchrader]

@@Skull35 of course,it allows vanguards guns to compete and co-exist with mw and cold wars guns in warzone

[@Zack_Wester]

@@HankingMySchrader I think there was more costumitation then what we are let to be live. be it field mods that are hush hush because if Captain/Major Winter two Foxholes and a FOB back heard about one of his GI rifles been unauthorized modified there would be hell. so yes, then we might have soldiers whoes gun been damaged and the damage part replaced/fixed whit what ever else they fould that worked.

[@akiceboypenguin7037]

“Tell us Johnathan, where did they hurt you?” “EVERYWHERE!”

[@Danno04_9]

*Points at heart*

[@Lonewolfmike]

His poor brain and eyes took HUGE hits.

[@theotv5522]

Jonathan learning war: "Humanity was a mistake" Jonathan learning customisable guns online: "Humanity is *still* a mistake"

[@nealang9520]

I can see him hugging his emotional-support STG right now *XD*

[@Anonymous-73]

At least war is some kind of progress.

[@Anonymous-73]

@@nealang9520STG Supportive Therapy Gun

[@Renewablefrog1224]

"I feel like I need to, to hold this (StG 44) and tell it that everything's going to be ok." Thank you John, I needed that too.

[@elrorro8455]

I feel bad for him, he went to hell for this video lol

[@Lonewolfmike]

@@elrorro8455 I think he hit every circle of HELL in this video.

[@burnerheinz]

@@Lonewolfmike all a once and with no respite

[@Hanitcal69]

Imagine shooting a full auto .30-06 with a quarter inch piece of wire as the only thing supporting it on your shoulder

[@j4y167]

Speedrunning a broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder

[@kent1146]

What shoulder?

[@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313]

It can install that piece of wire as your replacement shoulder too!

[@Briggsian]

Now imagine that it's chambered in .50 BMG, because that's a possibility within this game...

[@j4y167]

@@Briggsian I swear there's a video of a dude firing a custom .50bmg pistol and snapping his wrist somewhere online, wish I could find it

[@supersmasher6]

He was so offended by this game that he had to grab a real stg44 and hug it for comfort :D I couldn't wait for this episode and it didnt disappoint!

[@RandomPerson0646]

The Emotional Support STG44

[@KoekoReaps]

@@RandomPerson0646 the S in STG44 means "Supportive" XD

[@hbuss12]

@@KoekoReaps supportive, tender, gewehr 44

[@KoekoReaps]

@@hbuss12 I feel like this something that Ahoy would say if he make a STG44 video at the end of it

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

Even the STG44 wanted to be hugged after watching the mutilations from Vanguard

[@gxrefiendslxmmer]

14:58 I love how the music fits so well for his disgusted reaction towards this monstrosity

[@dpm2937]

The moment he wanted to die

[@Anonymous-73]

You can pinpoint the exact moment his heart breaks in half

[@UnknownOps]

You can pinpoint the exact moment Ferguson lost all hope, hope he didn't know he still had.

[@basicjohn9157]

Other title: we tortured a gentleman who loves guns.

[@airpacific9454]

"We tortured every single men in the world who love historical guns"

[@kiloklavdi1185]

@@airpacific9454 who love guns in general

[@OddlyDelta]

@@kiloklavdi1185 obviously not you

[@kiloklavdi1185]

@@OddlyDelta Wrong

[@whiterice.]

That SCAR in the back is more historically accurate than the majority of the abominations I've just seen.

[@evanlanger4808]

Facts

[@CapitalPiratez]

saddly true

[@mr.kittee9046]

At first I thought you were trashing on my favorite gun, and then I saw what's under the barrel...

[@fartloudYT]

M41A Pulse Rifle is more historically accurate at this point.

[@alanrivas2950]

I thought the guns in bf5 were bad. The ones in vanguard are actually awful

[@dillonc7955]

Hugo Schmeisser, John Browning, Georgy Shpagin, and Kijiro Nambu are all doing summersaults in their graves as we speak.

[@mercenarygundam1487]

Nevermind Somersaults, they're rolling so fast you could replace the rotors on one of the heavy bombers.

[@GoshkaPolska]

There roling.over so hard that not even top Stuka Pilots could do such manuvers

[@WorkInProgressX]

Good

[@thuyazin6319]

And also front flips for sure

[@Firebolt193]

They're spinning so fast they could generate electrical power

[@mortis.y2]

I love how at this point GameSpot just takes pride in nearly mentally breaking Jonathan with these homunculus-like abominations we’re supposed to call guns.

[@planescaped]

Gun-like objects. The firearms equivalent of mall ninja wall hanger swords covered in spikes, dragons and skulls.

[@ChaplainPhantasm]

​@@planescaped Non-Firing replicas lookin things

[@Alex-ub7tk]

"i am starting to lose the will to live" He is an absolute treasure lmao. And the answer to why any/all of these firearms have been butchered so badly is simple....Money.

[@emptybox1170]

Like I’m sure is true with a lot of people in the comments, I did not buy Vanguard. Was hoping for an authentic(ish) and fast-paced WWII experience. Not a reskinned Black Ops. I get it, it’s fiction, but damn these guns are just too much…

[@Aureus_]

@@emptybox1170 I agree man, I don't mind slight wackiness but they went too far

[@nickosman1556]

I think the reason behind the "tacticool WW2 guns" is because you can fight against 21th century soldier, so a poor WW2 soldier could not stand a chance against a Black Ops with tacticool guns. Yes, it's a shitty reason, but I dont see anything else.

[@Aureus_]

@@nickosman1556 I guess so, still really cursed

[@2MeterLP]

I doubt anyone would have decided against buying the game just because they cant have a drumfed garand.

[@edm240b9]

Interesting side note: the Sten MKIV stock is available in game.

[@mufflersponge8969]

That being said, there should be variants for basically every single gun in the game

[@skeemnave4882]

its still efectively imposible to make a real MK of sten in the gunsmith though. even if you keep it vanilla, there's an incorrect flash hider on the front.

[@ChandranPrema123]

@@skeemnave4882 at least we have stocks for that tbh

[@edm240b9]

Who else thinks they should show the game’s versions of real world weapon variants? You can create faux versions of the PPS43, Lebman 1911, M1928A1 Thompson, Owen MKII, Zb30, and M1918 BAR. Then there’s actual versions that can be made STG44 ZF4, G43 ZF4, SVT40 PU, G33/40(t), Type 99 Arisaka, Kar98k ZF41, SKT40, and Auto 5 Riot Gun. They owe for Jonathan’s sanity.

[@frankpolly]

@@edm240b9 you can also create the Colt Monitor

[@SoadAddict91]

That experimental Sten was actually quite fascinating to see. Never knew it existed. Ian (aka Gun Jesus) over at Forgotten Weapons needs to get his hands on one and show it off.

[@BeyondthePoint]

The frustrating thing is they actually did include it in the game, just never showed it to Johnathan

[@thedigitalrealm7155]

Man I was literally just thinking that when he showed that gun. Ian would love to take a look at that!

[@aleksanderolbrych9157]

@@BeyondthePoint yeap, it's in-game as a different customization option.

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

Love your name and user image, I'm also a big fan of both Forgotten Weapons and System.

[@Pirwill-xn4yn]

“Gun Jesus”

[@LeonWick526]

"Just for our collective sanity, I feel like I need to hold this and tell it everything is going to be okay." Even that real STG-44 is crying and dying just like Jonathan is here.

[@RimshotKiller]

"I can hear Jean Cantius Garand revolving in his grave, probably more efficiently than this drum mag revolves." has to be the best line yet!

[@youkofoxy]

A classic British burn. Or, if word play is allowed. Shots fired.

[@analizin]

Every 8th rotation, Jean Cantius Garand produces the iconic “Ping!” sound.

[@jojomaster7675]

@@youkofoxy probably more shots than that "garand" could shoot

[@rainiernqc]

The best part about the "Thompson" is that the character has a wacky foregrip but he holds the front end of the gun by the magazine. The foregrip serves no purpose whatsoever. It's just magicaly giving you benefits and hindrances in the game hahahahahaha Cursed, this game is cursed.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Atleast its entertaining in both MP and to watch.

[@Manudyne]

*hugs Johnathan after the video is over* "Everything is going to be ok..."

[@KoekoReaps]

As much as I anticipated so much for this video, I hope Jonathan is gonna be okay after the full torment. ^_^

[@jonathanferguson1211]

*rocks silently back and forth*

[@entropy9988]

I actually screamed when I heard the phantom M1 ping, my anger and disappointment are immeasurable

[@heyguys2002]

And our day is ruined

[@browsiantectives515]

"This is a proper STG-44 .....unmolested" -Jonathan Ferguson 2021

[@Jasmine_06]

Had me rolling

[@Sparking_Ram]

It feels like the devs got tired of everyone making huge deals out of minor historical inaccuracies in guns in previous games so they made Vanguard thinking "Oh they think that's historically inaccurate, we'll give them historically inaccurate."

[@stardust_2339]

Historically inaccurate is one thing. Mechanically impossible is another lol

[@Orinslayer]

Lmao, since when does cod care about that?

[@anoninunen]

"The Nasty Patty"

[@KeeganYF12]

@@Orinslayer There once was a time.

[@dastemplar9681]

@@Orinslayer Up until post-WAW apparently.

[@Otter-Destruction]

Remember guys, they "consulted" "historians" when developing for this game. Obviously not firearms experts.

[@christianxxx9393]

Yeah you can tell by the female soldiers you can choose to play as😂😂

[@Anon-21j]

@@christianxxx9393 the US alone had nearly 400.000 female soldiers during WWII.

[@The105ODST]

@@Anon-21j Yeah but not in the Infantry

[@robberbarron7602]

@@Anon-21j none of them fought on the front lines

[@kokishi9]

@@Anon-21j true, but noone fight in front line in your logic, hitler also should fight with his soldiers in frontline

[@enby_kensei]

Adding the MW gunsmith to a WW2 shooter is one of the most bizarre design choices I've ever seen in a video game

[@ChandranPrema123]

I mean similar was done to WaW after CoD4🤣

[@boymahina123]

@@ChandranPrema123 it's nowhere near this level of warcrime

[@mohamednail1707]

@@ChandranPrema123 cod waw attachment were basic and simple, some are unrealistic, but don't ruine how the guns looked unlike the Vanguards abominations, the m1 drum mag still give me nightmares.

[@kwc0435]

@@ChandranPrema123 only thing I can think of that was wrong with waw was the close range sights, but they aren't red dot, just a black dot on glass

[@Bestgameplayer10]

one of the best design choices* as if we don’t have enough accurate WWII games, like what

[@roguereaver634]

Seeing Jonathon cuddling an STG was definitely the best possible outcome all things considered

[@Lonewolfmike]

Not only holding it but telling it, "Everything will be okay."

[@GeovanniPenguin]

I love how Jonathan looks so sad when he sees how butchered the guns are.

[@jpop3583]

He just gets sadder and sadder eveytime

[@neilholmes8200]

That's how you know he cares about the subject so much

[@cheesecakefactoryenthusias9904]

It doesn’t take a firearms expert, just common sense and a decent grasp of history to know that Vanguard seriously messed up on their weapons

[@DerekCooper_]

It’s a ww2 themed COD game, not a mil-sim, it’s fine

[@cheesecakefactoryenthusias9904]

No they just butchered the entire thing to the point where it’s not even ww2 themed

[@Bestgameplayer10]

@@cheesecakefactoryenthusias9904 Dude, it’s multiplayer. I’m more concerned about it being fun than realistic. Of course they give you a multitude of configurations otherwise the game would be barebones as hell. The campaign is fine, accurate n’ whatever but the MP is essentially just WWII themed (basically MW2019 reskinned).

[@orrrlllyy3473]

@@Bestgameplayer10 dude... no, campaign is full of shit aswell...

[@Ltblitzful]

@@Bestgameplayer10 it can still be fun without having loads of bullshit on your guns, hell let loose is a somewhat historically accurate fps and it gets players

[@danwood1121]

I like how he's gotten more relaxed and punchy as the series goes on.

[@thrashstronaut]

I feel for Jonathan, I really do. An academic, enthusiast, seemingly all round nice bloke and gamer. Producing the best content on this channel and you do THIS to the poor man?

[@jonathanferguson1211]

I've obviously committed some terrible cosmic sin at some point, or this wouldn't have happened...

[@autistichades5552]

@@jonathanferguson1211 you don’t deserve this man, and the worse thing is that so many people will argue for it’s inclusion and trying to excuse this nonsense. I think that something like this shouldn’t have came to be, and it didn’t get creative like Team Fortress 2 did either, it just didn’t care.

[@micromashington]

@@jonathanferguson1211 nothing you could have done would warrant that atrocity of an STG XD

[@Rainbow_Snake]

@@jonathanferguson1211 That was not the result of the sins of one man. That was the consequence of generations of sin scattered throughout the stars coalescing into those vile abominations. We cannot hope to undo it. We must simply try to make sure that it never happens again.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

@@Rainbow_Snake This is pure poetry.

[@GhostEye31]

I hope someone had a bottle of strong liquor ready for him after this, the poor man. Very bold to assume he'll be coming back again lol. Also worth noting that they did have a Lee-Enfield in the campaign that only had half of it's actual capacity.

[@maxmuetzel5364]

Hopefully a bottle of everclear.

[@davidfletcher8197]

That was a technical limitation, half of the capacity of the LE mags needed to be put into the spares for that Charlton

[@iloveindomienoodle]

Man's need 100% ethanol after this

[@Streamlabs]

I can feel Jonathan's pain throughout this whole video

[@Chanka_Main]

Wait you have a KZbin channel

[@karan3952]

Oh my god wtf . Steamlabs in it's all glory

[@Chanka_Main]

@@karan3952 I don't know they had a KZbin channel did you

[@karan3952]

@@Chanka_Main nope 😅

[@AshTheMohican]

Now he feels what we've been feeling since World at War, but even that was mild compared to this nonsense.

[@PhoebusAmoebus]

When I saw that bizarre Lovecraftian aberration billed as a Thompson, I was halfway between laughing and crying. The only reason I even knew it was once a Thompson was because the receiver looked vaguely familiar, kind of like identifying a person you know in month-old dismembered remains found in someone's basement.

[@Berd-Wasted.]

...oddly specific.

[@Anonymous-73]

@@Berd-Wasted.…but 100% correct

[@ProtocolAbyss]

thats a weird analogy but yes...?

[@Giraffinator]

Jonathan's life is pain, and it's because of us. We are doing this to him.

[@samfricker6355]

And we love it too

[@Gatorade69]

"We ?" Hey, don't blame me for this. I blame Activision. This is all Activision's fault.

[@winterfellyt]

"This is Jonathan Ferguson and today we'll break his soul."

[@sacredprovenance]

If a Brit was rather calm reacting to these abominations I can't imagine how an American gun historian would react to seeing these. Especially the Garand and Thompson.

[@MyGamerforlife]

Brandon Herrera had a field day with this whole mess.

[@sacredprovenance]

@@MyGamerforlife god bless AK Guy

[@Acetilcystein]

Zach Hazard did react. It was funny to watch, but i felt his pain through the screen.

[@nathanapplegate5374]

If John C Garand had seen how we’ve massacred his gun, he would drown us in maple syrup and apologize for it later

[@jb76489]

@@nathanapplegate5374 you do know Garand emigrated to the US as a child, right?

[@VictorDude98]

That Sten type 4 looks absolutely badass, I wish more games had it

[@Mr_T_Badger]

Oh god, just looking at poor Johnathan’s face when he saw that Garand, I immediately thought Vito Corleone: “Look how they massacred my boy.”

[@KingJohnMichael]

3rd time I see this comment

[@Mr_T_Badger]

@@KingJohnMichael yeah, I noticed that on my own run through the comments section after I posted this. 🤣

[@Nottagilla]

He actually did it, OMG I was actually worried about Jonathan's mental health and well being if he ever dared to see those abominations of WWII guns. 😭😭😭

[@thuyazin6319]

Hey mate, its nice to see you again haha. And yes i feel for Johnathon's poor soul

[@Nottagilla]

@Dovakin EScrolls thanks

[@scuberculosis]

@Dovakin EScrolls nice crocks. Straight, good length, no hair. Over all crock rating 9/10

[@jonathanferguson1211]

What's that line about staring long enough into the abyss?

[@evilofdevil9030]

@@jonathanferguson1211 I hope you are mentally okay after going through this

[@РикСанчес-я6з]

I can feel his pain. We should make a petition to never ever let Vanguard developers do anything related to guns anymore

[@tommypigskin1921]

i’m down i always have problems with reflex sights in the 1940s what is this trope where everything needs a reflex how blind are you that you can’t use iron sights like honestly the reflex should make you ads slower because the scope makes you ads slower but of course not because players “need” the reflex sight that if it did exist it wasn’t standard issue i haven’t really brushed up on the history of reflex sights so i wouldn’t know but i can tell you barley any if at all soldiers used the advanced types of reflex sights we see in vanguard

[@kalashnikovdevil]

They can figure out how to do insane customization on spears or something instead.

[@tob2603]

@@kalashnikovdevil Tactical spear with red dot, vertical grip and self-homing capabilities. Oh yeah it also can penetrate up to half meter of solid concrete.

[@EnRamus]

@@kalashnikovdevil do not incentivise them

[@jbetfifty5904]

Why would you want realistic guns in a video game? If everything was realistic then the game would be really bad

[@bxvbomber]

Therapist: Cursed M1 Garand can't hurt you Cursed M1 Garand: Lemme just ping as if i was using an en bloc clip and not a drum mag even though i'm using a drum mag that doesn't work

[@stutheironman]

"Festooned with nonsense". That line seems fitting for the whole game

[@ChandranPrema123]

This game you can either go Realistic or 16:32

[@ChandranPrema123]

Not the whole game but definitely definitely the MP🤣🤣🤣

[@andrewg9216]

Jonathan cradling a STG44 and telling it that everything will be ok is a new level of broken. He looks in so much pain.

[@Dadgumshootmine]

Don't worry Jonathan, you'll be looking at escape from tarkov more later.

[@myopickid4180]

He already review EFT, three episode

[@fromthebackseat4865]

The guns in Tarkov are just as cursed as these ones.

[@myopickid4180]

@@fromthebackseat4865 atleast EFT plausible because take place in modern, where we have enough tech to make them cursed

[@brucecheis9653]

@@fromthebackseat4865 only looks cursed mainly because of how horrendous the guns' appearances are, but as said in the reply above, the attachments are plausible and most importantly they are REAL attachments.

[@sniclops15]

I knew the Garand was gonna ping regardless of the Drum mag. I still recoiled when it did

[@lightspeedhp4983]

@jbiehlable maybe

[@motherurck7542]

I feel this needs a part 2. There is just so much cursed in this game.

[@mubassirzaman7202]

Thats the stupid part of this game, THEIRS MORE ADBOMINATIONS

[@seanchan7167]

this poor man must not be put through any more pain 😪😪

[@koryfredrick1164]

You wanna fucking kill him?

[@zhiardara7866]

Leave the poor guy alone

[@MikoyanGurevichMiG21]

@@mubassirzaman7202 the entire game is an abomination

[@TheFinalOutpost]

I hope GameSpot is paying for Jonathon's therapy sessions after this one.

[@ImKeefStrongshadow]

13:06 They just blew my mind with this. Never knew stocks like that existed until now. Thank you Mr. Ferguson

[@obi-wankenobi1233]

14:21 "I can hear John Cantius Garand revolving in his grave - probably more efficiently than this drum mag revolves." - Johnathan Ferguson, 2021

[@FiveseveNp90]

"Festooned with Nonsense" should be the title of this whole series.

[@GLADICEK2]

Call of Duty: Bubbaguard

[@haydenbielawski6534]

“What have they done to you” should be on repeat for all the guns

[@ChandranPrema123]

For all COD games tbh

[@geneyso1595]

I like how he called a normal stg44 "unmolested" that's just great

[@Thunderbolt3019]

The luger broke me with the God awful config and then the canted sights Little did I know there was far worse to come

[@Lonewolfmike]

Oh so much, MUCH worse.

[@TheNexDude]

The drum mags on these guns get me every time.

[@thekiller7994]

@@TheNexDude especially the M1 Garand, which somehow pings

[@ApocDevTeam]

I grew up playing Call of Duty 1 and 2 and I remember all of the weapons were very realistic to the time period. For some reason even WWII games these days have to be 'modern', they cram so much unrealistic nonsense in them.

[@Bestgameplayer10]

Then go okay CoD1 & 2 then. Or even WaW Mr. “I Want All My MP Games To Be MilSims”

[@creeperhunterD]

I don't even like CoD but this is a stupid point. Games are supposed to be fun, not realistic. Just because a game doesn't adhere to realism doesn't make it a worse experience. And besides, like the commenter said, those old games still exist. You can still play them. What does it matter what the modern games are like?

[@Cptjonmiller]

@@creeperhunterD Yes, I would love to play a COD1 / COD2 with updated graphics. Arguments like "then play those games" don't work because of the poor graphical quality of those games. If they did a remaster of those games, I'd be the first to pick it up. Also, who says realistic can't be fun? Games like Hell Let Loose, Red Orchestra 2 are very popular. Only reason how one won't find those games fun is because they MUST have an automatic-spray-gun to "feel good". I don't. Shooting someone in 1 shot with pin point accuracy is what takes the cake for me.

[@Cptjonmiller]

@@Bestgameplayer10 I'd play those if Activision did a remaster of them, Mr. "I must have an auto gun to feel good".

[@Bestgameplayer10]

@@Cptjonmiller Not even because I for the most part enjoy plenty of games where automatic guns aren’t the center focus. Besides, you say that as if automatics weren’t a thing in WWII or even the old CoDs so that statement doesn’t even make much sense.

[@Moehre040]

At least Tarkov's guns were atrocious in a somewhat realistic way, these things qualify as warcrimes against both realism and the actual guns

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

Tarkov is built from the ground up to be cursed but with realistic mechanics unlike Cod here not caring for what they're mostly saying for every title they made

[@wisemonke194]

Watch them put an underbarrel flame thrower for these guns. Its insane, who the hell did they hire for ideas. This is just MW 2019 WW2

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

@@wisemonke194 thats basically what it is, the engine, the cursed and unrealistic representation of the guns.

[@baronobeefdipyes5181]

@@oksomynameisjeff4212 at least tarkovs stuff is something some dude with too much time or in some cases too much money on his hands can do in his garage. The Vanguard guns look like something that even goes too far for a Khyber Pass gunsmith and those are guys that will make mini AKs in 7.62x25 and full auto tokarevs with super extended stick magazines you could use as a monopod

[@rustyshackleford1508]

the thing is about tarkov gun modding, is that people do it thinking that because the numbers go up or down, that it makes the gun better, when in reality it makes it heavy as hell and reduces their turning and movement speed, as well as reducing the amount of gear they can carry out of the raid, and ensures whoever kills them is grabbing that beast and selling all the parts off for a profit.

[@thethesaxman23]

...and for this episode, the roles have been reversed. No longer is Johnathan breaking down guns in video games. In this episode, the guns in the video game are breaking Johnathan down!!!

[@satp2023]

Every time the background music comes in for the guns to be reviewed it kinda sounds like a musical spike in a horror movie. Jonathan’s reaction just reinforces that notion. Edit: 11:42 14:59

[@owen5640]

Jonathan: These are historically inaccurate monstrosities and shouldn't exist COD Vanguard: well... that's just like your opinion man

[@thesaddestdude3575]

They didnt even show him the worst ones!

[@anthmonkey]

@@thesaddestdude3575 agreed, and it properly all of them in general

[@greatandmightykevin]

@@thesaddestdude3575 he'd probably have a heart attack, so i'm not too annoyed by that...

[@xinweikoh1961]

He almost cried

[@Immolator772]

pretty sure they were made to break the mil-sim nerds.

[@TheRivieraKid]

I think this is one time were Johnathan wishes he could swear.

[@ineedscissors6176]

I thought in the past I heard him say "fuck" but could be misremembering

[@Fingeringmyboarddude]

He has before in these

[@HoodWeegee]

@@ineedscissors6176 And I'm sure he said "batshit" in the Back 4 Blood video when describing one of the guns

[@mlkvblendzior]

I think that Jonathan was very close to enter Gordon Ramsay mode.

[@benzbubblecat]

Jonathan saying "FESTOONED WITH NONSENSE" is my new ringtone

[@iamReddington]

Link me to download it, lol

[@Seb-Storm]

Time stamp?

[@dylancrooks6548]

@@Seb-Storm 18:55

[@Seb-Storm]

@@dylancrooks6548 thx

[@SkyLiner-sf1qr]

I think on the STG 44 I’d rather the spring fire back into the the users shoulder/chest because they deserve it

[@bigladnathanclips]

The one we've all been waiting for

[@KaranSingh-gj5tk]

Me too dude waiting for Jonathan's reaction to heretical guns.

[@DupeFortGaming]

"We're off to a strong start", said Jonathan, oblivious to the horrorshow that had been prepared.

[@lawngnome2415]

I thought showing torture on screen was against KZbin's TOS? The worst thing is seeing him slowly slowly dwindle with each new weapon

[@vinomsnake]

Man, everytime I see Johnathan just react, express and talk about guns, it always reminds me that all of us can be geeks and passionate enthusiasts about our own interests and being cool at it.

[@CaptainYokkiller]

Not gonna lie I thought the Garand was gonna break him because it broke me I was surprised the STG was the one that did it. Also congrats to the royal armory for reaching 140k subs!

[@garycheung4658]

At the first Garand didn't break me Then they started shooting it and I thought...it's gonna fucking go PING isn't it And there it was

[@mr.kittee9046]

"I can hear John Cantious Garand revolving in his grave, probably more efficiently than this drum mag revolves."

[@NexusBreeze99]

We definitely need part 2 of Vanguard weapons as well as Jonathan making his own channel!

[@youkofoxy]

Well, he has his Job channel. Not his, however it has access to enough weapons to arm a small town.

[@MitchellDumas]

I absolutely love this series! Vanguard part 2 but you gotta show the pimped out 1911 with the side slide-mounted sights PLEASE LOL

[@nathanapplegate5374]

Oh by the way, the Vanguard 1911 is also full auto.