Firearms Expert Reacts To MORE Battlefield 5 Guns

Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the weaponry of Battlefield 5, including the Welgun submachine gun prototype, the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle, and the Vickers G.O. machine gun.
00:00 - Opening
00:50 - BSA Welgun
03:10 - Vickers G.O. Machine Gun
05:10 - Turner SMLE
07:18 - M1917 Trench Carbine
09:45 - Krag-Jørgensen Repeating Bolt-Action Rifle
12:06 - Volkssturmgewehr (People’s Assault Rifle)
In the latest video in the Firearm Expert Reacts series, Jonathan Ferguson--a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries--breaks down more of the guns from Battlefield 5 and compares them to their real-life counterparts.
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[@jonathanferguson1211]

To clarify, guys, I do know that "Volkssturmgewehr" means "Volksturm...gewehr" and not "Volkssturmgewehr". I've explained that myself many times. I was attempting to explain the same thing and stated "people's assault rifle" for that reason and the edit makes it seem as though that's how *I* was translating it. Not Gamespot's fault - I ramble on for ages and they have to cut it into something watchable :)

[@jonathanferguson1211]

To be clear - they didn't butcher the line at all - I did say it. I just went on to clarify the origin of the name and that was one of many things cut for time.

[@ANASPANremoverandomcrits]

And that's exactly the rambling we keep coming back for!

[@MercutioUK2006]

How dare they cut the rambling.........that's part of the appeal!

[@borismuller86]

I wonder how many times translations have caused this sort of mix up. For example; I can never remember if Gewehr means “gun” or “rifle”. It seems to be somewhat interchangeable.

[@andrew6978]

EDITORS, KEEP THE RAMBLE

[@adamsheppard7959]

Fun fact, this game features both a full auto Volkssturmgewher rifle as shown in the video here, but it also features the semi-auto version as well

[@gnm8135]

To have two similar weapons in game. This is so DICE…

[@zXPeterz14]

@@gnm8135 why make two gun when one gun do two job - dice

[@Coldwater-sw6me]

I wanted to point this out too^^

[@aMiyafuji]

The semi has the advantage of better damage and the straight up recoil that all semi autos have in the game. It used to be the best gun in the game, was nerfed *many* times to now. It’s still a really good gun tbh

[@Coconutszz]

@@gnm8135 It worked in BF1, I'll give them that.

[@toddoverholt4556]

Can we get a part two of the Battlefield 1 guns? There's lots of cool guns like the Lebel and the Martini Henri grenade launcher, and the Perino LMG

[@vishwanathasharma1409]

Yeah man bf1 requires another video

[@Lomi311]

For sure. Lots of stuff you won’t find anywhere else

[@mogbog2]

I support this idea

[@akramgimmini8165]

Yeah more WW1 Era Guns

[@polskagurom12345]

I stamp that

[@Ducati121]

"We arent modeling unreliability into the battlefield games" well 2042 made it a feature in more ways than one.

[@lollaloopa]

BF2042 didn't make unreliability a feature, it is unreliability incarnate.

[@MarioTheLiopleurodon]

You've heard of unreliable guns. Now get ready for unreliable reality. Enjoy rubber banding

[@TheOminousBlade]

I’m glad that we decide to praise a game that we previously hated for so long. How hypocritical

[@lobaandrade7172]

@@TheOminousBlade and it’ll repeat again when the game after 2042 releases. People said Hardline will never be liked and you can now find tons of “were we wrong about Hardline?” and “Hardline a hidden gem?” Videos on KZbin

[@TheOminousBlade]

@@lobaandrade7172 the Only KZbinr I’m standing with right now is Jackfrags because he’s just attempting to enjoy the game as much as he can without complaining.

[@sanzoz4348]

Jonathan should react to Generation Zero's weaponry. I feel he'd have a great time with the experimental weaponry in that game.

[@SirChris]

Yes!!!!!!!! I would love to see him react to those guns

[@glumlum1851]

the barrel extension attachments might break his brain

[@joe125ful]

I want see Borderlands 3 weapons more:):)

[@doctortwilight]

Also the M16 without a forward assist

[@sanzoz4348]

@@joe125ful With how Borderlands 3 weapon parts work, it might make it tough to have him react to them, outside of a few exceptions. Would be cool though

[@rosaria8384]

They modeled the two versions of the Volkssturmgewehr - they knew it was a semi auto rifle, that's what I love about how they portrayed the Volkssturmgewehr in the game.

[@jonsmith430]

^

[@Kila-Innova]

Yeah, would have appreciated him seeing the other model.

[@Thomachi]

Hey Jonathan, I'd just like to say that the Krag-Jørgensen is a Norwegian design, it's just that the Danes adopted it first. The model seen in BF5 though is a Norwegian M/1894 long rifle. Scoped versions of the M/1894 did exist for military use, but not very many were made.

[@abyzzwarrior3305]

I would like to see Jonathan react to more of the New Vegas weapons. There are way more wacky things to try out like the Tesla Beaton Prototype, Grenade Machinegun, Bozar, etc.

[@TheFrogEnjoyer]

I second this, I hope he takes a look at some of the dlc weapons like the holorifle, k9000 cyber dog gun and red glare

[@Patchentusiast34]

From my knowledge, some of the Krag rifles had scopes, at least here in Norway. I have been to plenty of museums that had Krag rifles with scopes, that were dedicated to ''sniping''.

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

Only a few

[@joshlindig5853]

I actually own an Arisaka type 99. It even has the paperwork wrapped around the stock from when it was brought home as a trophy. I don’t think it would ever fire but it’s a really cool conversation piece

[@nealang9520]

Is it hanging on your wall by any chance?

[@Solidzero11]

I also own a Type 99 Arisaka and I've shot it plenty of times, has the strongest action of any WW2 bolt action I've fired. Ammo is crazy expensive but thankfully Norma still makes 7.7mm for it. Mine has the mum defaced unfortunately

[@tylerbarnard9662]

My brother also has one that fires. The sights are dreadful thankfully for the Americans who went up against it.

[@TheKupko]

Would be nice to see him react to all the secret reload animation from BF games

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

That'd be a neat April fools vid ngl

[@brisktea123]

@@jimbothegymbro7086 YES! Just like the splatoon vid

[@rosaria8384]

Would love to see him react to the PBX-45 in 2042 where the magazine is inserted from above.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

World War 2 had so many interesting guns, everyone knows the M1 Garands, MP-40s and 1911s, but there is such a diversity of unusual and rare designs.

[@CeltKnight]

I love this series! Being a life-long gun guy (USA) and having had a long career wherein firearms featured prominently, it's rare for me to see something I've never seen before. In this case I've never seen the Welgun before. It's cool to see something new to me! Keep up the great work!

[@Gazza2764]

BFV had both an automatic and semi-automatic volkssturmgewehr if I remember correctly, so at least there is an accurate version in game on that account

[@TheAtlasReview]

"Human beings aren't like that, and neither is ammunition" Yet more sage advice from the prophet.

[@notdobnotdob8794]

7:21 Kind of surprised Jonathan didn’t point out in addition to this scope being mounted to a moving part of the gun, this gun ejects the spent casings out the top. Meaning between your eye and the scope, which seems like a bad idea to me. While you can see the casings ejection animation when in the normal first person perspective, they mysteriously disappear when looking down the scope.

[@wea69420]

it isn't the only one to do that by any means, and usually the brass comes out way too fast for your eye to fixate on it. When you're getting your sight picture down the scope they might as well not be there

[@mezzanoon]

Pleasure as always, Jonathan! Don't overdo it though mate, even though a lot of people are asking for these, make sure to take time for yourself too

[@caesarspeaks]

I think he does it during work hours because these videos bring in a lot of donations to the Royal Armouries

[@theankotze1292]

Have him do a part 2 on 2019’s COD Modern Warfare! Have him focus on the DLC guns and gunsmith!

[@woodsnose2909]

I want that to

[@quinnjacobson9297]

Absolutely! The bruen(m249) renneti (m9), AN94 and Sykov (makarov) would be excellent to see

[@taxevasion4870]

@@quinnjacobson9297 when he sees the AN94 reload tho

[@zXPeterz14]

@@quinnjacobson9297 i hope he looks at the raal as im interested on his opinion on the possibly newly adopted us army ammo

[@JayCord00]

The gunsmith in recent cod is the dumbest thing ever 🤦🤣🤦

[@darthcerebus]

I'd love to see Jonathan react to the weaponry of the Killzone trilogy with the blend of futuristic WWII going on in there and the more unique design ideas that look like they could work today

[@100nitrog]

The Helghast do love them some toggle lock actions and helical magazines.

[@theedgedude9038]

Oooo yes! A different episode for each game .... Killzone 1 will always be the best in my eyes

[@cormacobrien7647]

The player has to change the barrel when the MG-42 overheats. Would be cool to get Jonathan to speak to it. Also; to get Jonathan to speak to the shooting/use of the gun. E.G. It's way easier to suppress enemies with the browning 30 cal than with the MG-42 in the game

[@cormacobrien7647]

Should add that ability to suppress in the game is (supposedly - I wasn't there) reflective of real world dynamics

[@koekiejam18]

@@cormacobrien7647 the suppression mechanic in battlefield is there for primarily two reasons, to notify the guy at the recieving end that he is still under fire, and to give all the people involved a little bit of points for their contribution. Supression in real life works completely different. You dont have points, and if bulets are flying over your head you should probably keep it down...

[@tecneck8669]

As a Norwegian i can day this: We here in Norway love having out country mentioned in any sort of media (Those mostly good ofcourse). So seeing the Krag being talked about does put a smile to my face! :) And yes, the Krag was invented in Norway

[@CarterFrimming]

This one left out quite a few guns like the semi-auto Volkssturmgewehr and I would’ve loved to see him react to some of the special guns like the Flamethrower and the Finger Gun just for the fun of it.

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

The reloads for the finger gun make me all funky and squirmy

[@CarterFrimming]

@@jimbothegymbro7086 True, the reload is nasty.

[@xdragzzzz5556]

How about another episode of Battlefield 1? I would really like to see what Jonathan thinks of the Peacekeeper in BF1 and some other prototypes

[@muffy469]

The krag's advantage is that it's easier to load with frostbitten fingers. There is no need for fumbling with the bullets or a clip to guide them correctly into the gun. You can just have the bullets loose in the palm of your hand and let them roll into the internal magazine, there is no need to use your fingers to load it.

[@MinAwY377]

Loading screen tips are the best

[@Brian-tn4cd]

Well just dont load them the wrong way around, and given (as the comments have pointed out) its Norwegian in origin it make quite bit of sense

[@fritz1143]

The safety system on the Welgun is really really interesting!! it's like a mix of the standard open bolt safety, and some modern safety switch!

[@SodlidDesu]

"Humans aren't like that and neither is ammunition" - Jonathan 2022 A true philosopher.

[@wesleymiles8756]

I love how in the first BFV video Jonathan was much more critical but after seeing Vanguard and other atrocities he seems a lot more forgiving and grateful lol

[@peterclarke7240]

Yeah, he's a bit more "bless them, at least they tried" after the whole vanguard debacle

[@Spudtron98]

Battlefield usually at least _tries_ to make weapons look like they're working as they should. At the very least, they use correct fire rates...

[@viljar3892]

The Krag Jørgensen rifle is of Norwegian origin. The rifle in-game is incorrectly modeled, the magazine cutoff is flipped up, meaning the rifle don't load from the magazine. The scope is also incorrect if it is supposed to be a Norwegian army marksman rifle.

[@wolfywatch3276]

Glad to see this game getting the love it deserves.

[@WhyNotLearnItAll]

same

[@hhyperxuserxd2680]

Took it until the game stop its live service, lel

[@BiffyClyro4Life]

Can we see Jonathan react to more artillery? Since he specialises in that as well.

[@suddenwall]

Great idea! Would love to see a vid on artillery

[@floranhupscher272]

Amazing to see all the demo's. Thanks you!

[@gumblebrum]

love this series so much. would like to see you guys show Jonathan post scriptum as I know he would love it :)

[@draxthedarkreaper]

The krag was a huge advantage for cavalry at the time. Made it much easier for them to load while on horse back.

[@swagnut9864]

Can’t wait to see the museum when I get there in May, I’m so very excited to see all the amazing arms and armor. Who knows I might even see Jonathan

[@bammbalam]

The only thing worth watching on this channel, keep up the good work Jonathan

[@a.b.3455]

Man, that's harsh. But true.

[@MrBojangles002]

Ghost Recon Please! Particularly Ghost Recon Future Soldier. That game's gunsmith was nuts and I'd love to see Jonathan react

[@penuts17]

No lie, I could tolerate 15 vids on each battlefield. Awesome.

[@gadzooksincident]

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, thank you! I still think it would be really cool if you did one about the firearms found in the Killzone franchis

[@ChrisP-yp6iy]

More vids with Jonathan man that's what we need I mean just look at the views and ratings 💙 keep it up we love watching and learning from him

[@levferno483]

It’s so interesting and fun to see innovations made and experimented on during this era.

[@stonedperson97]

I always imagined if the Volks was hypothetically fully automatic, the recoil would be hellish

[@Spudtron98]

I like the detail of how there's some visible strain in pulling back the Volkssturmgewehr's slide. Really emphasises just how slapdash the thing is.

[@alexandruianu8432]

Technically, the Volkssturm Gewehr (or MP507) is gas delayed, but in practice, it turns out to be more of a gas buffering system, allowing for weaker recoil springs to be used. It does still reduce the required reciprocating mass by 100g (1.4 instead of 1.5kg).

[@geroyconcepcion8471]

I wanna see him react to weapons from the Borderlands series. I'm pretty sure it's gonna get bonkers. 😎

[@wulfengel]

What I like about that Krag Jorgensen is you can panic load it, just literally drop your bullets, into the mag. Not as much fiddling there, though an Enfield with ten rounds and smoother bolt will always be the best for me.

[@chrisboyle6175]

"Gucci submachine gun for Sneaky beaky operations" killed me :D

[@sujandhar6613]

12:20 the variant you are holding is called Gewehr 1-5 in the game . the semi automatic variant . the Strum gewehr however was a modified version for the game to provide more full auto weapons for assault class .

[@tonyczeladko3468]

"Gucci submachine for sneaky beaky operations" lives rent free in my head

[@proleterriert8075]

They have two volksturms in the game. One semi and one fully automatic. Should have also mentioned that weird Soviet machine gun that can’t be used but is in the game files. The LAD or something like that.

[@JCWCentreBack]

No words bring more peace to my heart than “This is Jonathan Ferguson”

[@justinholtman]

Jonathan’s videos is ur guys best series. Keep them up please

[@tonypang83]

I've been going through the back catalogue of these "firearms expert" videos and was delighted to find the one on the Timesplitters series, as it makes a change from the usual "gritty / military" themes. Have they ever done one on the Perfect Dark franchise? I'd love to see an expert's take on the "alien weapons" in the original Perfect Dark, as well as the more creative "human" weapons - how plausible they are, or even if something similar actually already exists. The laptop gun comes to mind 🤣

[@m2hmghb]

Forgotten Weapons has some footage of the VG 1-5, some old video of it firing as well IIRC. Interesting rifle.

[@sniperfreak223]

There were 6 scoped versions of the M1898 Krag made for US trials...and the Norwegians experimented with a scoped version of the Krag in the 1930s, but nothing was produced in significant numbers or was actually issued to troops.

[@ThePacMiner]

I would Love an Episode of one Offs. Games where you only have one or two guns and theyre more of a secondary mechanic. The Long Darks hunting rifle and Revolver, the Limited supply of firearms in the original Culling... Just stuff that cant get its own episode for a lack of content.

[@kevinsmithjoseph]

Have Jonathan react to weapons and animations of Ready or Not!

[@ncarter3232]

"Gucci submachine gun for sneaky beaky ops" what a wonderful insight sir

[@theedgedude9038]

I keep coming back to these videos. I think they are absolutely fab. Please please do The Outer world's firearms!

[@paulagill6059]

the volkssturmgewehr is actually not just simple blowback it is a delayed blowback of sorts as it traps gas in the front portion of the barrel jacket applying pressure forwards until the bullet leaves the muzzle which is why you can see some very small holes towards the front of the barrel when he pulls the bolt assembly back

[@jarritos_sodabottle]

8:36 GUN SAFETY JONATHAN!!!

[@crispy-pt9pq]

always have the week's most informative toilet breaks when jonathan videos are up

[@Ninjapenguin89]

It’d be cool to see a breakdown of some of the guns from Verdun imo!

[@piotrczuchowski1080]

"More sophisticated than Sten" - and that's, boys and girls, is example of damning with a faint praise.

[@zXPeterz14]

Good to see Jonathan is a fellow ford man 👍

[@JTMC93]

My understanding was that the Turner was meant to be a Self-loading Rifle akin to a Garand and not an Automatic Rifle like the BAR.

[@giovak2]

1:05 - Wel, well, wel... 😂

[@fuddmuggler]

I think Jonathan would get a kick out of some of Destiny 2's guns, especially some of the Exotics. Worm launcher notwithstanding.

[@hakonandreasolaussen1949]

The Krag-Jørgensen, though first adopted by the danish military, was not a danish design, but norwegian. Also I don't believe it would be correct to say that the american version was based on the norwegian version, as the US adopted it before Norway did.

[@claudkata4820]

BF5 is a really underrated game

[@lukaz20001]

I've fired a replica of the Krag before! I went to a local shooting range that lets you pay 20 kr. for a box of ammunition and do some target shooting, and they were hosting an event where you could fire a bunch of replicas from wars past (Not to mention all you get to shoot normally is a Makarov or Karabiner 98 replica). Super fun, but now I wonder how my younger self didn't have an eternally sore shoulder.

[@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz]

The .30-40 Krag isnt a super potent round, and its fairly soft in a full size rifle. That K98 on the other hand, assuming it was in 8x57mm, is just brutal. The rifle can tell you arent German and it tries to hurt your shoulder 😁

[@rustknuckleirongut8107]

Replica Krag? I have a feeling you fired a real one since I can not imagine anyone paying the vast sums needed to tool up to produce a readily available rifle.

[@kasparvg]

Funny how the Krag-Jørgensen was branded as danish. It was designed by 2 norwegians, Ole Krag and Erik Jørgensen, built by Kongsberg, a norwegian company, well known for their Protector RCWS systems. Yeah, I really don't know how it could be danish, except for those used by Denmark perhaps...

[@eliashansen6960]

Can we see Jonathan react to the guns from Ready Or Not? its a new tactical S.W.A.T game with some excellent weapon models and animations. And the arsenal is also limited enough to be covered in one to two videos maximum, I just like the back and forth that Jonathan has with games with a focus on making their guns feel real. Keep doing what you do and good luck with Loadout.

[@WhenToastersAttack]

For me the Krag is famous as one of the rifles used by the Roosevelt’s Rough Riders

[@im_a_random_guy2279]

I think that the m1917 trenchgun was a Mauser 712 carbine cause of the magazine, it looked like a detachable one but I'm not quite sure

[@Jahsizzl9]

I loved the Turner Lee Enfield. Was my main weapon

[@corkbulb2895]

I thought the volks sturmgewehr was gas pressure locked, like the H&K P7. Basically a gas tap directly in front of the chamber fills that barrel sleeve with gas and keeps the bolt froward and chamber sealed until the round leaves the barrel and gas pressure drops. Then the sleeve and bolt can move back and cycle. There are no locking lugs like a traditional rifle, but it is technically a delayed blowback I guess.

[@Nitroh-]

The krag is just a nice looking weapon all around. Love the look of the rifle

[@petervent546]

First things first it was an amazing and interesting video as well as all your videos are. But there is one thing on the Volkssturmgewehr you said I was sure its different. You said the bolt was just delayed by it's mass. As far as I know it was delayed by a so called "Schwabenbremse". There should be holes in the barrel which allows the expanding gases to flew into this enormous barrel jacket and push it forwards which prevent it and the bolt to move backward until the projectile has passed the muzzle. There is the german company HZA Kulmbach which reproduc this weapon and some more after the original blue prints. But as I said in the beginning great videos and please keep going on. Greetings from Germany.

[@mikebirks2336]

I'd love to see Johnathan react to the GR: Breakpoint's weapon stats. A .50 cal rifle being put down as a .338. 🤣

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

Please do a video on World at War. It has its unique inaccuracies, but also quite accurate for its time.

[@bbcmotd]

ENLISTED game when? No other game has PPD, Vz 24, PPS-43, MP 3008, Charlton LMG and Mkb 42!

[@psionic_gamer]

I'd love to see Jonathan's take on some of the guns in the Destiny games. Be it the foundry weapons or some of the exotics.

[@j.a.i.6626]

12:58 "its on fire" lol

[@kylianvanhoorn2859]

Would love to see wolfenstein

[@julesgro8526]

How do you guys keep missing the opportunity to have Jonathan talk about the FG42? It is such a fascinating rifle...

[@JohnSmith-fd5un]

Everyone has talked about it for ages, it is just another rifle

[@haltell3896]

gotta do receiver 2 some time, probably the most realistic pistol simulation I've ever seen

[@Sammy4549]

The Vickers G.O and the Lewis Gun had the same kind of magazine with that drum you smack on the top of the gun. Were the two guns related other than that?

[@frajecz]

I think Jonathan forgot to mention that the Volkssturmgewehr rifle is actually a gas-delayed blowback, so it's actually not just the spring and the mass of the "slide" that keep the gun closed. IIRC, the barrel vents into the slide at some point, with the gases pushing against the slide, therefore slowing it down.

[@SirJohnnyFPS]

1:07 my love for Johnathan is about these little things

[@heibk-2019]

Part 2 of Hunt Showdown please, there are so many cool uncovered weapons in there, the Berthier, Bornheim(Bergmann), Schofield, Martini Henry, Terminus shotgun

[@Critterb0t]

He calls it the "Danish Krag-Jørgensen" but the Krag-Jørgensen is Norwegian, and the variant modeled in game is a Norwegian M/1894. It was adopted in Denmark first though. It was also adopted and used for a while by the USA, surprisingly enough.

[@Tobbseen]

Ive heard that the krag Jørgensen had that loading system to easily remove dirt and snow.

[@fordprefect294]

One more reason to love Jonathan Ferguson: Champion of the Zipper Merge!

[@MrMattThor]

Another great video. I could honestly listen to him talk about ww1 and ww2 weapons forever.

[@looke7940]

John if they're keeping you hostage to keep you in their videos place a famas on that (rifle?) rack in the back, make it look noticable but very easy to gloss over

[@UrAvgAntagonist]

I’m in the same squad as the person they took the trench carbine clip from, Team Chaos

[@thefuzzysheep3859]

Never thought I’d see a wellgun outside of games

[@hayleywilliams8750]

I always throught the maxin vickers G.O was a lewis but designed for the RAF for small bombersclike the beuo fighter and the mosquito

[@0fficer47]

Garand, Canadian designer for the American rifle Turner, American designer for British/Canadian rifle

[@harrycwgc1643]

Yesss welwyn was finally mentioned about the wel series of weapons 🥳😂