Firearms Expert Reacts To Insurgency Sandstorm’s Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the weaponry of Insurgency Sandstorm, including the MP5 SD submachine gun, the Russian PK machine gun, and the iconic RPG-7.
Insurgency Sandstorm offers a realistic take on the tactical shooter genre and includes a range of contemporary weaponry such as the Heckler & Koch G36, the British SA80 rifle, and, of all things, a Welrod silenced pistol from the Second World War.
In the above video Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the guns of Insurgency Sandstorm and compares them to their real-world counterparts.
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[@MikJ132]

Jonathan must have a hell of a strong back, he's been carrying GameSpot singlehandedly for months now

[@kiwirain1235]

Only reason I'm subbed

[@yuh8456]

the exagerrated knowledge of a british firearms expert

[@syitiger9072]

Hi tiger buddy

[@PsPmoddedOUT]

I know, I made a comment in his last video that they should just give him the channel he gets more views then they do lol

[@punkcobi8953]

My man is swole

[@nirktheman-thingstab-cutter]

A note: tracer rounds are an optional "attachment" for weapons in this game. You can go without them if you wish.

[@toasty8599]

Yeah I feel like they probably should have told him that this game has customization. The depictions of the guns in the video are not the way they always look.

[@hugoveselik3565]

Yeah except for LMGs tracer rounds are a permanent attachment and can't be removed, which is why the PKM had them in the clip

[@nirktheman-thingstab-cutter]

@@hugoveselik3565 I just booted up Sandstorm, went to range, and shot every LMG in the game and saw no tracers whatsoever. Huh.

[@hugoveselik3565]

@@nirktheman-thingstab-cutter I'm 100% certain they have tracers so maybe you got a bug?

[@nirktheman-thingstab-cutter]

@@hugoveselik3565 Are you playing a modded version of the game perchance?

[@BTtr3]

Jonathan is a legend. He’s brought thousands to the channel again and again, I hope he’s being payed well.

[@KELEVRA004]

you can get sterling parts kits in the us that are demilitarized (semi auto) and you can build them to be a pistol or sbr. There have been a few people to weld picatinny rails on them and even go as far as to thread the barrels for suppressor use. They look really really cool

[@jabbassoapbox4533]

The last known use of Welrod by British was in Falklands (1982) where there was at least one Welrod used to take out a couple of sentries - what is not known is if it was officially issued or if an officer or someone else took one along that they personally owned - but it did its job even in 1982.

[@videocian12345678910]

I would love to see him react to the weapons and armory of Squad. It’s a great game and I believe really good at depicting all the weapons it has accurately

[@N0stalgicLeaf]

Each of these weapons starts off in your loadout with nothing that didn't come from the factory. Sights, grips, muzzle devices, etc. all have to be added. There is no control in game to toggle safety. If that's part of the animations I haven't noticed or don't remember. You can ditch your weapon to pickup dropped weapons, with whatever is in the magazine, or just scavenge the magazine from the dropped weapon if it is of the same type you are already carrying. Weapons also have length and collide with walls realistically, both for fun and frustration. The grenades fired from a launcher also have fuses that arm after certain distance has traveled, so if you miss and dink your buddy or the wall, you don't blow your face off. A close range headshot with this unexploded grenade will still kill oddly.

[@voltagecomedy2719]

I would love to see him react to the weapons in Hunt Showdown

[@chrisbrent7487]

B&T make a new Welrod pistol called the VP9. It is a Veterinary pistol designed for putting down dying livestock but is heavily based on the Welrod as far as action and its form.

[@lukaszpokoju]

4:42 Spitted some truth there.

[@wit6665]

that first 46 seconds made it seem like a real short video.

[@scorcher117]

The M99 Rifle is also in Killing Floor as the most expensive gun, and also in Girls Frontline although it is not a shooter, but the weapon is still depicted.

[@JorJor812]

My brother made the gun models in this game. He measured up actual real life examples and is insanely educated on guns.

[@astronautalien37]

Jonathan should review guns from onward

[@gabrieljenkins-handy5232]

I just noticed Johnathan’s shirt...omg it’s a fun!! What a guy he is, that badger shirt is bloody amazing I love it👍👍

[@seanc4501]

acktually, there are many dust covers on the market for AKs that offer integrated picatinny rails

[@andykbarr7755]

Loved the way he said "lob" 😂

[@nekocoladudu3939]

0:13 Guys, there is a comment that has been disliked by GameSpot , WTF?!

[@erwinrommel8042]

Lol maybe they accidentally clicked but still sus

[@loopymoomoo1]

thumb down furries always

[@grantcappo5926]

I’d like to see him do one of these on squad

[@wyattjames8747]

One thing they got wrong is that these guns dont come with masterkeys or grenade launchers you can put a underbarrel attachments, sights, and grips in the loadout menu anytime during a match or in the main menu to make loadout presents. Thats bothered me.

[@Muielamanelisti]

In Romanian ( proud ) :)) we still sue the WASAR AKM with the forward wodden grip ....

[@tag206]

A welrod with subsonics and wipes that are fresh is still quieter than a modern conventional suppressor and subs.

[@kentan00]

Please react to the firearms in SQUAD! :D Whats interesting is the game simulates realistic ballistics. and you need to use the sights like they were intended. and you can even tinker with the zero's

[@dr._breens_beard]

I still think Far Cry 2 nailed the iron sights for an rpg-7. Granted, im not sure u can mount em on the left side like that without modification but in a gameplay sense, it was both easy to use and satisfying

[@Robert-yj2fu]

Great video, thanks for the insight, my favorite shooter 😍

[@Happymali10]

The German army actually stopped introducing the G36 because it got too hot when used as an LMG (sustained fire "mag dumps", several in a row, during testing). Why they didn't get the MG36 for that purpose is anyone's guess.

[@TotallyNotAFox]

Because the MG36 is exactly the same gun - they had heavier barrels before but because that didn't make any difference it got replaced with the normal one. A MG36 is literally a G36 with bipod and a Beta-C magazine

[@Happymali10]

@@TotallyNotAFox And a more heat-resistant barrel, as I understand.

[@Xenoforge78]

I would love to see John react to Fallout: New Vega's guns!

[@razvy6949]

Everyone gangsta until Jonathan takes out an RPG

[@KevinAndradeboxing]

You Guys should do Deadside

[@YellowHat07]

Itd be cool for him to react to the weapons of either Pavlov VR or Hotdogs, Horseshoes, and Hand Grenades!

[@fusiongaming9058]

BF4 has the chimes version of the Chinese 50 cal has a pick up

[@VendedorDeMorte]

Why did the person recording put attachments on classic weapons?

[@SteviePonder123]

Squad next?

[@chadgeary2653]

I'm pissed at gamespot. They picked the worst damn footage for him to look at. The game has amazing gunplay and the magazine mechanics make it so much more fun, along with the ballistics.

[@constantinobugatti1200]

Jonathan didn´t comment on the fact that the PKM in the gamer has desintegrating links wich the real PKM does not have

[@obiepie4623]

killing floor 2 has a lot of cool weapons as well as the m99

[@branflak3s220]

Review Tannenberg or Verdun's guns.

[@Nabnab153]

afaik, the welrod was somehow manufactured and extensively used and still used by qaeda in yemen today

[@crashcourseinbruhsurgery]

Make him react to Black so he gets an aneurysm.

[@plorpins]

Seconded

[@octocoq]

Oh god yes

[@jackal_9791]

Haha yes

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

Black is an underappreciated gem

[@phodon129]

Black is literally the Burnout of FPS games and I love it.

[@skyknightu]

i love to guess the name of the gun before continuing with the vid and i really got the G36 right because of Battlefield 2 :D im proud of myself :3

[@jaquamy5931]

Armorers in the Middle East can confirm that insurgents weld picatiny rails to everything

[@christopherchambers1690]

Every uk viewer was just screaming DUST COVER!!!!!

[@anei1100]

Do Hunt showdown next :D ther is alot of single actions and bissar boltactions ther. love this firearm expert reacts to !

[@SpinoGamingYT]

3:48 Friendly killed by accident 😂

[@ninetailedfoxcommander3627]

Am the only one realized that of the guns looked the ones they use in star wars?

[@h0pendream269]

I was thinking what will happen when he miss click the trigger of the RPG and the rocket it still fuctional

[@boeljuchanan3559]

m99 is in battlefield 4 as well

[@Martin.J.Walker]

Nice G36 you get there

[@janujano2026]

Imagine if he said whoops and the RPG fired

[@crazyscottishboi3822]

Can you do star wars battlefront and tell us the real guns that the blasters are based upon

[@yourdictator1476]

4:01 looks like a E-11 Star Wars blaster what the f. Anyone with me?

[@PdPete11795]

That's because it is the E-11 blaster. The prop guys based the E-11 on the sterling mark IV

[@marat_taurens]

Please Review Wolfenstein guns.

[@Kaspar008]

I'm sad to say that you are wrong about the RPG-7. The one in your hand and the one in the game are both the way they would look if they had been fired, fins and stabilizer exposed. They actual thing has a cylindrical covering over the fins containing the propellant charge. Once fired the covering burns/disintigrates as the propellant charge burns and the fins and tracer are exposed. Many many many games get this wrong. If you want to see a game getting it right, look at the way it is depicted in the game "Squad".

[@IamSaud_YT]

Is it possible to do a episode on BF2042 weapons? I think they’re just slightly modified to fit into their futuristic scene. For ex- SCAR looks very familiar.

[@addaytabiswas5789]

Me: excited to see John react to insurgency sandstorm, cause I love its realistic portrayal of guns. Gamespot: *shows gameplay of a tactical welrod*

[@m4j0r3x]

they could've show the magazine mechanic of the game but nope, they have to bring out the arcady elements instead

[@Goofygooberston]

It's accurate to what insurgents use in Afghan and surrounding countries though, they rig old ww2-60s firearms with modern Chinese type red dots and the like.

[@TheArkTheArkTheArk]

@@Goofygooberston mass produced stuff, yeah. They only made a few hundred welrods so it is a bit baffling to see it in the game.

[@Goofygooberston]

@@TheArkTheArkTheArk It would be stretching it but it could be imitation, if you've never heard of it look up Khyber Pass, really fascinating

[@TheArkTheArkTheArk]

@@Goofygooberston boy if we’re talking Kyhber pass then all questions of “how did this gun get here?” get thrown out the window. Those dudes will make fuckin anything.

[@HaZETaipan]

just love how casually Jonathan just pulled out a RPG-7

[@sirspookay8676]

jonathan: oh,you think my opinion is wrong? *pulls out rpg-7*

[@originalityisdead.9513]

@Great White I've been to the Royal Armouries its all good.

[@that1goblin]

When u forget to pay your tab in a British pub🗿

[@nealang9520]

Won't be surprised (or maybe I will) if he pulls out a Stinger anti-air in his next vid😂

[@darassylmoniakam]

he's badass without knew it

[@asthmaticfish]

“Anti-tank, anti-aircraft, anti-structure weapon.” Me: *Direct impacts troops because it’s funny*

[@matthew_natividad]

Haha target go boom

[@asthmaticfish]

@@matthew_natividad heehee rocket go FWOOOSH

[@eriadin]

Me, being the 69th like: Nice

[@sninctbur3726]

That’s s a strange way to spell anti-personnel.

[@caprise-music6722]

It’s not funny in Modern Earfare. There it’s just a meme/noob-fest

[@jamesonbrown7900]

Ahhh Johnathan. The English version of our Ian McCollum.

[@parzavaal5335]

too bad he doesn't take apart those delicious guns

[@fromthebackseat4865]

They did a video together back in the day

[@KingLich451]

@@fromthebackseat4865 wow, i got to see it.

[@_Twink]

But 100xBetter

[@Mr_Makina]

Ironically Without johnathan, some of ians most viewed videos wouldn't have happened tbf

[@PJA264]

I might actually fork over the $100 for Jonathan’s book at this point.

[@danielmarsden4573]

I would have gotten the special edition one if the shipping hadn’t cost more than the book itself

[@0ihatetrolls01]

jesus 100 for a fucking book are you mad, hes printing free money off that, markup on that is just greedy

[@0ihatetrolls01]

@@GladioDaddio hopefully he makes some and the publishers don't take fuck loads

[@Shadow__133]

Ill take a pdf version for $0.

[@jasonirwin4631]

@@0ihatetrolls01 100 dollars for a extremely well researched book covering a niche topic that may have never been covered in great detail all in one location. And seeing as how his Bullpup book is printed by headstamp publishing that the art work and materials quality is exceptional. Ian's book on French rifles is printed by the same quality and it is worth 100 dollars.

[@neonbowser]

I'm disappointed they didn't turn in picture in picture sights. He would've appreciated the realistic rendering of a scope I'm sure. Instead of zooming the whole screen like that

[@ianchoi7142]

Picture in picture sight? Do you mean dual rendering?

[@A7med9870]

@@ianchoi7142 yep its dual rendering Sadly it's very taxing your FPS so most players don't use it

[@pizzaman11]

Also heavily bugged in Insurgency

[@LipColt]

Tarkov features it, but it requires the game engine to render again everything on the sightlines with the zoom applied inside the lens area. Considering it's dual rendering, it's very demanding on hardware. I'd avoid any scopes when playing otherwise my measle GTX 1050 Ti would stutter like hell.

[@haydenkiller]

@@pizzaman11 Never bugged for me

[@SkweezyCox]

When I was contracting for the US Army as an armorer, one of the guns we took to the range a few times that we had in our cage was a Sterling SMG with a rail and a red dot on it and a foregrip, it does work!

[@PeterJamesVillegas]

I've never been so scared about Mr. Ferguson holding an RPG-7 with his straight face...

[@CertifiedGoonerMan]

*When you don't donate to the museum*

[@PeterJamesVillegas]

@@CertifiedGoonerMan I want to but... I don't have money.

[@hellishcyberdemon7112]

@@CertifiedGoonerMan why would i donate to the museum when i can just go out and spend money and time trying to buy what he has in museum

[@kokaito7913]

@@hellishcyberdemon7112 because you won't be able to get a lot of stuff he has. And they will try their best to preserve their guns for future generations to see.

[@hellishcyberdemon7112]

@@kokaito7913see not touch yea I get it... I plan on dedicating my life to owning these firearms... I dont think you understand to getting my Federal Firearms License.... he may be able to save them for the future... but he doesnt own them

[@mistertililing5933]

I hope he checks out *Hunt:* *Showdown* Old school firearms fighting against swamp magic.

[@betajosh]

Knowing Jonathan's game knowledge and his well natured approach to respecting that some things are just 'done for the game' or 'hollywood', would love to see his polite review of the suppressed Nagant revolver!

[@mistertililing5933]

@@betajosh I'm curious, since I don't own the game, what's wrong with the suppressed Nagant?

[@betajosh]

@@mistertililing5933 for gameplay purposes, there are a few suppressed weapons in the game despite it being set in the frontier/wild west era of the 19th century. One of them being a Nagant revolver which surprisingly was capable of being suppressed, though perhaps not back in those times.

[@Doodleschmit]

I want this exact thing. From what I can tell, the game based a lot of their weapons off of real guns with slightly different names. But I just want to see Jon's reaction to attention to detail for reloads. When you lose rounds by opening an internal magazine early, how much time it takes to use the "push-pin" design a lot of revolvers had at the time. I think he'd get a kick out of it.

[@saladking4106]

@@betajosh id love to see him review the chain pistol

[@KoalaTContent]

Adding another *Hunt: Showdown* for the algorithm

[@mcgoose258]

you have my upvote!

[@anei1100]

Have another upvote !

[@bully056]

What they said!

[@Bigstanky757]

That's what I said lol

[@reverendharrypowell2390]

Well we got it now ^^

[@fritzpacson1785]

I bet you, This guy is the real life counterpart of the guy who sells weapons to John Wick

[@mrstorch5068]

He should be in the next movies.

[@d1want34]

"...in case your hands gets....wet..."

[@wulfengel]

"Well Mr Wick we haven't got that in the armoury, but we do have!-"

[@warkopvalhalla708]

Ah... the kitchen gun guy

[@Anonymous-73]

Then who’s the counterpart to John wick

[@theultimategamer8537]

I hope he reacts to Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

yup the only vietnam war game that is realistic and that makes other vietnam games looks like hollywood movies

[@forkbeater8763]

I love rising storm 2 Vietnam, too bad they just gave up on it

[@drewinsur7321]

@@forkbeater8763 bro it must be a year since i played it and i loved the 289 players servers. i'm level 98 on that game lol

[@capt.raptor4650]

@@forkbeater8763 I present: _'83_ prepare yourself.

[@capt.raptor4650]

I miss my Huey. it's sad that the Epic merger nailed the coffin in the game.

[@betajosh]

Where i felt a hole in my life when Ahoy stopped making the "Iconic Arms" series on youtube, I feel Jonathan fills this gap and much much more. Really looking forward to this series, especially since Jonathan is not only a Firearms expert, but very well knowledged in the games too!

[@LtPKBT]

I miss ahoy

[@codemy666]

Ahoy's voice was fucking butter tho

[@andrade9172]

Why did he stop anyway?

[@betajosh]

@@andrade9172 probably too time consuming considering the production quality of the videos on his channel, or lost interest?

[@erwinsetyo1061]

because he has a family to taking care, and need some time to research

[@annaSapphire360]

"I've never seen one with any kind of rail welded to it" You my classy English friend have never met Bubba

[@abowlofoatmealio3702]

Exactly

[@cloudyaperture4910]

It's so prolific, that its become a verb/adverb: to bubba something, or it was bubba'd.

[@idkwhatmynameis53]

It’s called khyber pass

[@retro.mp4558]

@@idkwhatmynameis53 American Kyber Pass

[@idkwhatmynameis53]

@@retro.mp4558 u right

[@Darcangelomike]

“We have one here” pulls out star wars blaster

[@dangermaus42069]

"Now we only have one pulse rifle, as it's from the future...'

[@glauben2713]

lol, well to be fair the star wars blaster was actually modelled after that same gun

[@sebastianzebrak6548]

“Ruin it by adding the modern features” Its the middle east, there’s so much worse than just welding on a picatinny

[@rebel6301]

_kyber pass bolt action ak-lookalike_

[@comissar8953]

I am the Middle East

[@comissar8953]

And I am the people

[@UnknownOps]

You have no idea how many Ppsh-41s they have sodomized wirh modern tactical accessories.

[@rebel6301]

@@UnknownOps god damn you pakistan

[@maisumusuario]

Severely disappointed at the fact they didn't even show him the staged reload system, something that I'm pretty sure only Sandstorm depicts correctly, currently.

[@Quantum-Bullet]

Yuri Carvalho the quick reload?

[@VlasimoEstacimo]

@@Quantum-Bullet When you switch weapon while reloading in Insurgency Sandstorm, the game will save which stage of reload you were at, and will continue from that stage when you switch back. - Staged Reload.

[@weirdslime262]

@@VlasimoEstacimo If I remember correctly it was something that Battlefield 4 did relatively well, although I think it was too much of a hassle to do because I think DICE dropped it for BF1 and 5.

[@SgtZaqq]

R6 Siege has this but it's pretty inconsequential

[@mr.spaceaids5379]

i mean the video is called reacting to guns

[@gonnsolo8506]

Jonathan should just make a channel of his own honestly

[@SpaceMissile]

Gamespot's youtube manager is reading this like 👀

[@Majima_Nowhere]

Yeah, I agree. It would give him more freedom to talk about stuff other than videogames, too.

[@SmokesKwazukii]

royal armouries has a channel

[@gonnsolo8506]

@@SmokesKwazukii I know, I'm subscribed, but Jonathan only has a small part on it, and he doesn't do the videogame comparisons there

[@nicholas5129]

Ah, yes, Welrod. The meme gun of Sandstorm :)

[@thelvadam2884]

@WAUZZZI good times indeed

[@SSgtJ0hns0n]

@WAUZZZI BE ADVISED

[@AJZulu]

@WAUZZZI indeed.

[@DissedRedEngie]

insurgency: *tries to realistic* also insurgency: Yoooo, you want a world war 2 era welrod -not even the B&T vp 9 welrod- with an acog, laser and a grippod?

[@N0stalgicLeaf]

It wasn't always like this.

[@CWB342]

Yes. Yes I do.

[@twentylush]

me: yuck this is a weird way to put in the welrod me 2 seconds later: *equips the welrod with an acog, laser, and a grippod*

[@azzii2101]

@@N0stalgicLeaf Old Sandstorm was way better than current Sandstorm

[@N0stalgicLeaf]

@@azzii2101 I am most sad that they did not bother to enable Linux support for EAC. I almost never boot to Windows anymore, so I very rarely play Sandstorm. The game runs perfectly fine in Linux but the windows EAC binaries (the only ones that NWI include...) can't run, so I get immediately kicked from any server. Ground Branch is my new jam now, but I still miss old INS.

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

Damn they just showed him gameplay of people tricking out their guns. The base models are pretty damn accurate

[@sturmthe9472]

Jonathan looks so happy with the RPG in his hands

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

Wouldn't you???

[@onyourleft9273]

@@jean-lucpicard3012 Lmao I’d fire that shit within a microsecond

[@Starlesslemon]

"You can't have a top rail on an AK" *Laughs in Polish*

[@jonathanferguson1211]

I know, I know. We have a Beryl and a Mini-Beryl in the collection. I did say 'a normal AK' ;)

[@lorsmephisto5222]

There are some aftermarket dust covers with the rails on them. They really aren't all that great as they tend to loose zero pretty easily, especially after a lot of shooting.

[@Rudy97]

They don't really lose zero, they were never zeroed in. The dust cover has some play.

[@Alejandro-et5wv]

@@jonathanferguson1211 oh look it’s the real Jonathan. Hello!

[@RoraighPrice]

what he means is that the guns old enough to not have one and the gas system of an ak interferes with where you'd put a rail (or a silencer for that matter). so to put a rail on it has to be an aftermarket rail attachment which is usually attached from the sides not the top

[@Radintoriov]

"Why would someone ruin this legacy weapon like this?" because that has happened in places like Iraq where there have been cases of "modernized" WW2 guns, like a Sten SMG with bolted-on holo sight, suppressor and taped-on laser sight. And other such creative retoolings of older weapons :v

[@insertnamehere001]

Where the hell are insurgents getting electronic optical sights anyway? Edit: doesn't change that it's horrid to look at a piccatinny on a welrod or sterling.

[@mr.nobody2191]

Cheap copies from China

[@GNeves302]

Not adding reflex sights in ww2 smg in borderline physically impossible ways. If we are talking about portrayal of use of old weapons in contemporary settings, the more toned down version offered in the original insurgency seems much better.

[@CrabsJohnson]

This entire video was basically NYET RIFLE IS FINE

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Rifle *is* fine though. :)

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

@@jonathanferguson1211 Always has been

[@kristiecornell5723]

@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming Brandon Herrera liked that

[@socraticmethod-man9808]

4:08 You mean it is the E-11 blaster rifle. Has he ever gone over all the real-world guns that had greeblies tacked on to them for Star Wars?

[@bnt8999]

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the gun. Didn't know it was based on a real gun!

[@RealWhore]

@@bnt8999 as far as i know most of the original weapons in star wars were built out of actual guns because of the budget

[@blurview6904]

​@@bnt8999 Many guns in the Star Wars movie are based on real guns, some of them are even based on WW2 guns, Forgotten Weapons actually made a video to talk about the prop guns used in the Star War movie. Also, it's not uncommon for sci-fi movies to use prop guns based on real guns, Gamespot made a video that introduces the M41A Pulse Rifle(which is built on Thompson sub-machine gun) in the Aliens series, Jonathan Ferguson is also in that video.

[@jacobfarley2332]

Ian over at Forgotten Weapons has gone over the real life guns of Star Wars

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Iirc most of the Star Wars prop guns were converted back to their original form after filming. Though they still do it today, in The Mandalorian Mando has a Bergmann and Cara Dune had a Nambu

[@batboozle5245]

Please do the weapons of Hunt: Showdown next!

[@DanJay1996]

Jonathan is the only reason why I'm watching anything related to GameSpot.

[@oksomynameisjeff4212]

yup

[@yungmonsterxs8929]

This Jonathan dude has an air of welcoming friendliness from an old friend about him while remaining so professional.

[@omarkassas2760]

It's Simple I see a Jonathan Video I click it.

[@carsonm7292]

Another great thing that Insurgency Sandstorm models not mentioned in the video is that it not only models what happens if you interrupt your reload partway through (left with a gun that only has one round in the chamber and no loaded magazine), but also lets you choose to quickly reload by discarding a partially spent mag, or reload more slowly and put the magazine back in your vest for potential later use. The attention to detail is truly superb.

[@Sage0fThiccPaths]

One of my favorite details/features in the game and really underrated. I wish more mil-sim/mil-sim lite games implemented a system like this.

[@KeksimusMaximus]

Wow, a fraction of what Tarkov does... Truly an achievement. Yeah, and again, can you hand load every magazine in your chest rig so let's say every 5th ammo is a tracer one? No? Pathetic

[@carsonm7292]

@@KeksimusMaximus Oh, wow, a hyperdetailed simulationist game that models the individual shrapnel physics of a fragmentation grenade also has more simulationist ammunition management. Amazing. I guess that renders this attention to detail that the Insurgency team bothered with in their hybrid arcade-realistic shooter that almost nobody else does was just a total waste of time and not worth noting at all, and definitely isn't something Johnathan would have found pleasantly surprising had it been highlighted. Thanks for your valuable input-I guess I'll just delete my original comment now.

[@seasonedgore]

"Standard German Army rifle." *pulls out fucking space gun*

[@Beari91]

You mean the gun from 1997?

[@Morrigi192]

It's a nice plastic shell hiding a modified AR-18 mechanism.

[@johnbacon4997]

@@Beari91 /\

[@jakes.3582]

I see, it's G11

[@SgtPotShot]

@@jakes.3582 if only they had the Kraut Space Magic

[@sebastianstoltz7740]

Would love to see what Jonathan thinks about the weapons of Hunt: Showdown!

[@SpaceMissile]

the belt-fed pistol. lol

[@charliehorsee]

YOOOOOO YESSS WE NEED THAT

[@x8a3vier]

My favorite quote he has said. "....Which we actually happen to have here....".

[@khanayudash2475]

I'd love to see him actually have a copy of the game to go through the weapons himself rather than solely using footage for review, as Sandstorm has multiple AR-Pattern rifles and Kalash variants, as well as multiple explosive launchers.

[@telphex4471]

Yeah I feel like they just chose the weird weapons for this video

[@everettstrait311]

@@telphex4471 yeah and he says for a lot of guns that he’d wish they have the guns in the original form even though they are in there normal form in insurgency sandstorm just the have all the wacky attachments on them

[@lochlan1324]

"Hunt-showdown guns, you want to look at. hmmmmm" (yoda, 2021)

[@theawokenhero9864]

I would love to see him talk about the weapons of Rainbow Six: Siege or Hunt: Showdown.

[@insanity4082]

Siege weapons aren't even remotely realistic.

[@falcongamingproductions9938]

The Awoken Hero I’m pretty sure he would hate the weapons in siege 😂

[@YepInc.]

It would still be interesting

[@theawokenhero9864]

@@insanity4082 But they, atleast a good few, are based on real wepons. I also thought more of the gadgets, than just the normal primary wepons. For example Bucks under-barrel shotgun or Ashs and Zofias grenade launchers.

[@theawokenhero9864]

@@falcongamingproductions9938 Yeah, but I would like to see which weapons, in his oppinion, are well depicted.

[@legacy6329]

Get Jonathan to react to the absurd weapons from Fallout 4

[@kiwirain1235]

Ur username is so relevant lol

[@gregorycomey]

@@kiwirain1235 I hope you outlive your children

[@SoftyWalterGames]

For fucks sake, show him the honey badger or the val!

[@Press1ToParty]

Yes! That's exactly what I was hoping for.

[@cthulhu06]

He would be really disappointed about the Val (9x39mm) being weaker than a 9x19mm pistol, lol.

[@urwingman0121]

Just throwing it out there, the translucent magazines on the G36K have round counts accurately depicted in each of them. If you have only 12 rounds left in the mag, it will show only 12. My gripe with Ins:Sandstorm is that when the player checks the round in the Garand (as of 6/23/21), it shows an empty chamber before closing.

[@LocoMe4u]

The game has 3 straight up AKs, the AKM with the 7.62 ammo, AK-74 on 5.39 and the modern AK Alpha on 7.62. Also got a AKS-74u, and a few other of the same family like SKS on 7.62, PKM on 7.62x54R, Moisin... SVD... strechting but yeah

[@shmootsy4991]

Can we see him go over Hunt: Showdown next? that game has some very interesting guns on offer

[@v.i.glusta4712]

Some of your complaints can be immediately addressed with "insurgent gunsmiths" ingenuity is part of the indurgents job to stay alive

[@Tompie913]

Give us Hunt: Showdown!

[@DCGMatthew1]

Maybe have him take a look at Post Scriptum or Squad?

[@ninjapants7688]

This game heavily takes inspiration from the Afghan conflict, which if you look into ofter saw insurgents with KAR 98s, MP40s and any other cheap and easy to aquire weapons. You should see some of the crazy home made/modified stuff that was found by Allied forces, they were hodge-podge slapped together AK/M16/Sten hybrids of anything that people could get their hands on.