Virtual Tour of the Polish Army Museum

[@volusian95]

Ian's the only person I can imagine who can walk through a museum and recognize specific individual rifles like 'hey, I know you'

[@jakubgrzybek6181]

imagine a Toy Story/Night at the Museum but with guns

[@obnoxiouspriest]

@@jakubgrzybek6181 Plot twist, all the historical firearms have terrible PTSD.

[@reliantncc1864]

"Hey buddy, how've you been?"

[@obnoxiouspriest]

@@reliantncc1864 "Two... World... Wars..." Rifle stares out vacantly but ambitiously to 2,000 meters...

[@ragnarragnarsson3128]

@@obnoxiouspriest the 1000yd stare has been eclipsed

[@viriathas9910]

So great to see a REAL museum like this. Out here in CA, so many of our formerly great museums are now full of multimedia and "interactive" displays with few actual relics or pieces out to see. This Army Museum looks like its wall to wall artifacts, covering such a long period too.

[@michaperlinski7528]

Welcome in Poland.

[@george2113]

I wanted to see the Jack London house and exhibit, but something seems a bit off.

[@PobortzaPl]

We have to mention that pistols were used by winged hussars. They usually carried a pair in holsters on their horses.

[@carlll6101]

If I remember correctly sometimes even more and carbine amount of equipment that was taken in to the charge was mindboggling when I first time seen the chart with it.

[@petermarlowe2010]

@@carlll6101 true, but the greatest strength of the hussars was their speed, so they tried to take as little equipment as possible so as not to tire the horses too much. There was another cavalry formation called Dragons that specialized in the use of many types of firearms

[@bushwhackedonvhs]

@@petermarlowe2010 There's a difference between winged hussars, who carried a sword AND pistols AND a lance AND wore half armor covering their whole upper body vs later light hussars who just had sabres.

[@HingerlAlois]

@@petermarlowe2010 Winged hussars are heavy cavalry, they didn’t exactly travel light ;-)

[@tomaszmietkiewicz6352]

​@@carlll6101 Long guns were used mainly when hussars were fighting on foot. Yes, they were elite cavalary, but in first place they were elite troops, end there was a cases when they were defending camps or simply fighting on the edge of forests. Pistols were used mostly in close mount combat.

[@philipgard6762]

It's also amazing how well he gets his museum access and is able to get them to allow him to take them out of a display to film.

[@HanSolo__]

Ian is like a one-person museum committee, so no wonder he gets what he asks for.

[@jameskazd9951]

@@iatsd i think private collector hoarding their stuff where no one can see it is beginning to fall out favor, probably in large part due to Ian's work

[@michalw1668]

Welcome to Poland Ian! Could you make a video on the modern Polish rifle MSBS Grot while you're there? It's the current military issue, and it has two interchangable lowers allowing you to switch between classic and bullpup configurations. Thanks for the great content!

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yep, already filmed.

[@wojciu9739]

@@ForgottenWeapons Cool, I've been waiting for this video since I saw You and Karl shooting one on InRangeTV back in 2016. Thanks =)

[@azzazel225]

Proto-machineguns are volley guns, lol

[@adamnouiguer3430]

@@wojciu9739 sorry I replied to the wrong comment

[@muddyhotdog4103]

Really hope we can get the Grot rifles exported to the USA.. definitely a cool rifle

[@cobytang]

Was there last month. Entry fee was so cheap, the Hussar exhibit alone already made up for the price. Plus such a shame you can't film the outside, as there's a line up of Soviet vehicles outside of the building. Too bad you didn't film up to the ceiling when you're in the WWII exhibition room, as there's a series of Polish standards.

[@Mute_Nostril_Agony]

Just next door is a very youthful Charles de Gaulle from his contribution to the 1920 battle against the Russians. And also the former HQ of the Communist Parti that is now a Ferrari showroom...

[@beargillium2369]

Can't film the outside? Wtf? Edit: ohh because of rain. Lol.

[@beargillium2369]

@@dzejrid support institutions like these, there are far too few!

[@ryantornai945]

Everything in Poland is so cheap it's awesome

[@caprise-music6722]

Wow i need to visit this museum

[@utube321piotr]

The german Enigma encription machine cracking was done solely by Polish mathematicians, NOT by the English who claim credit.

[@george2113]

The Brits fudged the facts? Shocking/s

[@MD-iw2vt]

piotr co ty opowiadasz, polscy matematycy złamali przedwojenną wersję enigmy. zaraz przed wojną niemcy zmienili enigmę i to była wersja wojenna i tą wersję złamali ostatecznie anglicy. polacy oczywiście mieli wkład, wiele wnieśli na początku procesu i przyspieszyli jej złamanie. ale to anglicy ją złamali.

[@PanProper]

@@MD-iw2vt You are wrong. The Enigma code was broken by Poles. The English created a calculating machine that was able to break the code fast enough for the decrypted information to be still useful... Remember... ☝️ "Only the truth is interesting"...

[@MD-iw2vt]

@@PanProper Poczytaj, którą wersję Enigmy złamali Polacy. To była wersja przedwojenna, która istniała do 1939. Zaraz przed wybuchem wojny Niemcy dodali dodatkowy rotor do maszyny i cały proces trzeba było zacząć on nowa. Tak jak napisałeś Turing złamał Enigmę przy pomocy maszyny. Trzeba podkreślić oczywiście, że Polacy mieli bardzo duży wkład w cały proces łamania szyfru. Ale to Anglicy złamali wojenną wersję Enigmy.

[@bustinjeiber4045]

I really have a problem with things like this... because I would just set up a tent in there and spend days looking at all the different exhibits. Like, holy cow, there's sooo much there, it's awesome.

[@GazalAlShaqab]

Yes :) And I suppose there are even more interesting things in storage (not on display), like every big state museum has.

[@chad-chaderson8421]

i go there every few months, and even there is nothing new I spend like 3-4 houres just looking and awing

[@zagimagi]

It's so weird to see this tour on such popular channel and one of my favorites, as I'm a Pole myself. I strongly recommend in future a Weapon Museum in Poznań on Cytadela Fort. Great Video Ian as always

[@berzerkinglemur6534]

Brother, where have you been? :-D

[@zagimagi]

@@berzerkinglemur6534 haha Brother I see that great minds think the same

[@allensteiner1]

I think you might be a Pole rather than a pole, bro ;)

[@zagimagi]

@@allensteiner1 well I may be a both :D

[@HanSolo__]

Best Polish Tank Museum is also located in Poznan.

[@zteknik]

My mother worked there back in the 50's. I was able to tour it when I was still living there as a child. Brings back memmories. Thanks for another awsome video!

[@tomiluukkonen4035]

WOW :) After seeing dozens of museums since late 1970's, high props to local museum curator! I've seen dozens of museums but this is Exceptionally well presented in my opinion. 9.5/10 from aging history-buff way before internet.

[@toyotasprintertrueno674]

Im Polish and i never had a chance to go to Warsaw, thanks for taking me there virtually 💯

[@osiris654]

You’re welcome

[@dcko1979]

nie pierdol, nie chciało Ci się xdd

[@Tophatjones358]

Na Zdrowie!

[@kiwi_comanche]

Thank God for the Polish flyers during WWII!!!! Those lads were steely eyed Nazi killers. Give them a Hurricane or a Spitfire and they got the job DONE.

[@marmalade9104]

you mean a running tour with wrong information?

[@averagedemographic8933]

Best museum I’ve ever been to, it’s a military museum to some but it’s Polish history to me. And the paintings there are sick.

[@Luke-yf5lt]

I personally liked the museum in Gdansk more, but both are indeed excellent

[@PanProper]

Chore ? A co im jest?

[@Pax086]

@@PanProper Pisząc "sick" w tym kontekście, miał na myśli, że są świetne, nie chore. To nieformalne użycie tego słowa, ale ludzie tak mówią. Np "sick beat".

[@adanjobek1915]

You would like it with your thumbnail. Lol. My dad has the hook p as a tattoo.

[@MeFee100]

At last! Welcome to Poland Ian. All the best during your tour. So we expect to watch some interesting revievs like submachine gun Mors.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

The Mors video posts tomorrow ;)

[@MeFee100]

@@ForgottenWeapons Thats great. Thats probable rarest military gun in the world. Only 2 surviving examples are known, one i Warsaw and 2 nd captured in Moscov.

[@jmjedi923]

@@ForgottenWeapons good, I couldn't wait any Mors

[@ryszardgebbing225]

@@ForgottenWeapons how long U stay in Poland?

[@AcidHeat]

Its worth to mention that outside of this museum is a really nice display of tanks, ship cannons and others as such that are worth to look at aswell! Its nice having you here i hope you enjoyed your stay!

[@ukaszfrost733]

Welcome to Poland Ian! If you happen to visit Poznan you should check out the Armament Museum in Cytadela Park (mostly WW2 weapons and equipment) and the Military Museum of Wielkopolska in Old Square (wide spectrum of weaponry from Middle Ages to post-WW2 era)

[@jamest151]

I was there 3 years ago, place is awesome. Having a Polish wife who can read the information tablets helps!

[@jaspersmits6025]

@Ian I was in Warsaw a month ago and bugger it was closed so thank you for showing me around, Luckily I was able to visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum!( Highly Recommended )! Thank you.

[@daroth7127]

My father took me here when i was 12 on a family trip to Poland! Great museum! Definitely part of why I love history and firearms.

[@davidgoreted]

I was there in 2016. Really cool stuff.The armors of the winged husars are just epic.

[@marcin6731]

Dear Ian, thank You for this episode, on 15/08 we are celebrating Polish Army day, this is nice present for polish subscribers.

[@JohnDoe-fc4hx]

You should come to Krakow to see the firearms collection of the Crown Treasury and Armoury at Wawel castle!

[@piotrlenar5652]

Ian was in Poland in June. He was a guest in Fabryka Broni Radom. Maybe other time.

[@redlock4004]

What I find very cool are the positive comments. 50 years ago the Polish were treated as a fools and used as the generic dummies in jokes. Now, because of very good information, like Ian's videos, the incredible bravery and general toughness shown by the Polish people through their history is becoming better known. Excellent video Ian. There is also a great Polish aviation museum in Krakow. They have the largest collection of early Soviet jets (Mig 15, 17 etc) in the world.

[@alias1719]

I remember that time. Thankfully, those jokes seem to have lost their luster after solidarnosc. Unfortunately, general xenophobia hasn't faded away here, but at least it's less acceptable to voice.

[@bratbrata4974]

@@iatsd In my youth in the times of communism in Poland, there were jokes about: a Pole, a Russian and a German. Where ever the Russian was an idiot. There was also a lot about the communist Militia. I think that the genesis of jokes about Poles in the USA is Jewish emigration from Poland. In Poland, many of them did not have a comfortable life. During the partitions, many Jews collaborated with the occupiers, and the same was true with the Jews in the communist security services and the judiciary. Stanoli 70% of the communist security apparatus. They were brutal towards the opposition and the anti-communist movement in the 1940s and 1950s in Poland. I think these jokes are a way of reacting by Jewish emigration from Poland to the USA. A form of resentment. The same happened with Poles who joked about Jews in a not very sophisticated way.

[@pablojuega3312]

Los polacos son legendarios en Europa.... su historia, su gente, su armada, su valentía y coraje son legendarios. Toda la admiración desde España ❤❤❤

[@misiekmisuek4421]

Thank you for this video and all the work you do. I need to visit this museum. I hope than you have enjoyed the polish beers and polish food. Take care and thank you for all the work.

[@Oblivisci........]

Mmm Polish food is amazing.

[@ajdo1991]

I love these virtual museum tours you’ve been doing lately. I can’t be the only one who hopes they become a regular part of the channel!

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Ian . 🐺

[@Artur_M.]

Fun fact: at 4:06 the uniform on the left belonged to an NCO of the 'Mustafa Achmatowicz' Tatar Cavalry Regiment (Pułk Jazdy Tatarskiej im. Mustafy Achmatowicza) - a unit existing in the years 1919-1920, recruited from the members of the unique Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Muslim Lipka Tarar community. It was later reduced to a squadron in the 13th Wilno Uhlan Regiment.

[@glenpick1]

There are a number of Polish private arms museums around that have incredible displays of mostly WW2 & cold war era material. The Museum of Arms & Weapons in Witoszow was sensational. If you showed interest in any items there - they would be handed to you to enjoy them. Poland I found was a mecca for firearms & militaria enthusiasts - thanks for the interesting video.

[@GazalAlShaqab]

Thank You for the information. As a Pole, I grew up nearby the Warsaw Museum and went there many times in my childhood & early youth, but for now I do not live in my homeland anymore and a lot of things has changed, so every info like that is good to me for the future. Thanks! :)

[@glennsimpson7659]

Nothing like actually handling a firearm to understand how useful it was. PPSh Soviet SMG, for example, is hopelessly unbalanced - I got to handle one at the Budapest military museaux. More hands on, please!

[@austinhughes1924]

When it comes to museums.Ian is always the best tour guide.

[@davidcox3076]

It's amazing what the Poles went through in the 20th Century. From chopped up among three empires to free and independent. It's great to see so much of their history preserved.

[@berzerkinglemur6534]

As Ian suggested, prepare for more videos from Poland. The Polish Army Museum was not the only place Ian visited. There will be some modern firearms too.

[@HanSolo__]

I just hope they corrected the MSBS Grot issues.

[@elevenm.a.1125]

@@HanSolo__ They did - supposedly - but I'd absolutely love Ian to take a look at the uncorrected version. It caused so much stir in Poland, I'm dying to hear the opinion of an unbiased expert.

[@Borsuk3344]

Museum is cool but the fact the you visited it makes it better. Greetings from Poland

[@prime_enigma]

I'll be in Warsaw in a couple weeks. I will have to keep this museum in mind. Thanks for the tour, Ian!

[@waldemargiers9535]

Great tour. Last time I was there I was 17 during school trip back in 1970-ties. There is also cool display of various armor pieces outside not shown in your tour. I can’t wait to visit new location. I’ll visit it during my next visit to my old country. Thanks for the tour Ian.

[@skenzyme81]

2:15 Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down the mountainside Then the winged hussars arrived Coming down they turned the tide 🤘🏻

[@deathcogunit106]

CANNONBALLS ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE SKY JANISSARIES ARE YOU READY TO DIE? WE WILL SEEK OUR VENGEANCE EYE FOR AN EYE

[@FishKepr]

Scrolled down looking for this. Was not disappointed.

[@ironwolfF1]

I suspect the Poles have the largest collection of Ottoman arms and kit outside of the Balkans. ✌

[@karolpiotrowski3511]

As much as I like theire music, fuck Sabaton for their Crimea concert some time ago

[@nitt3rz]

Heheh I was thinking exactly the same thing

[@tarkparlaker8341]

As a Turk, I was very proud to have memories from us in this magnificent museum. we have a piece of you too; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonezk%C3%B6y I wish success to the friendly and ally Polish state, and happiness to its brave and heroic people. Your resistance against the Nazis in Warsaw will not be forgotten. I am also excitedly following your successful, rational and stable armament program. I wish you success in this.

[@yumtig7444]

There were Polish-Turk enterprises before, and there will be more in the future. There is a common ground for thoughtful action and a true common responsibility for Türkiye Cumhuriyeti and Rzeczpospolita Polska to bring about peace to multan countries and Black Sea countries, from Moldova to Ukraine. Greetings, friend. I greet the Poles, too. There is a lot to do what only the two Great Nations, acting together, can and will achieve.

[@azzazel225]

There was nothing heroic, other then individual actions, about the Warsaw uprising. It was a despicable betrayal by the exiled government of polish people. They had reports from AK, that it would fail and cause mass casualties. The goal of establishing control of Poland by AK before the advansing Soviet Union sets up temporary administrative structures was impossible. The western allies were nowhere near, the US weapon drops only marginal effectiveness, most going to benefit Germans, and not coordinating with Stalin simply ment that any Polish people that claimed authority was hostile to every entity in their immediate area.

[@bogdanbogdanoff5164]

​@@yumtig7444 Lol. A country currently illegally occupying 3 to 4 others and an american backstage for weapon smuggling and mercenary activity will surely "bring peace" somewhere if they try hard enough.

[@tarkparlaker8341]

@@azzazel225 while the resistance continues , stalin s army stands and waits on the east bank of the Vistula river ; One of the historical questions still unanswered is that he did not send a single infantry weapon and a single ammunition to the Polish insurgents, leaving them alone and in need of British and allied aid 3000 km away. Rather than helping the Polish insurgents, stalin allowed the Nazis to exterminate resistance leaders and followers, such as "bromine", who might cause her trouble in the future.

[@azzazel225]

@@tarkparlaker8341 there is no historic questions. Everything is quite clear. The relevant correspondence is even available online, scanned by the archives. You can literally find everything you need to understand everyone's motivation and choices in one evening, by reading reports and orders from national archives.

[@TheMisiekMisiek]

Ian forgot to mention, that outside museum building there is a nice tank collection. Highly recomend.

[@arturrutkowski2100]

Right next to this museum there is National Museum. At the moment an exhibit of one of the best polish painters is available to see there. The guy is Witkacy, he painted some truely psychodelic stuff. It takes around two hours to see everything, but one can always skip some. If I am not mistaken there is a Chagall's work exhibition available to see also.

[@jjforcebreaker]

Awesome you found some time to visit Poland. Not that far from Finland, so I was expecting this would have to happen sooner than later. Nice vid as always!

[@Budietoyka]

Museum employee: Would you like to hear about some of our exhibits? Ian: I know more than you do.

[@Dziki_z_Lasu]

I bet that both would be reported missing after a couple of days spent in museums storage watching, dismantling and discussing 🤣

[@HZ_Mike]

Welcome to Poland Ian. We have a lot of museums here, some of them are specifically with just firearms. I wish I could name them all, but I can't. Not all of them are so shiny like this one, but on the other hand you can feel or even literally smell the history here.

[@luutzu]

Its cool to see the same Maroszek rifle you did a video on ended up in museum since its in such great condition.

[@Jurodiwiec]

I was born in Warsaw and used to live there for the first years of my life, and Muzeum Wojska Polskiego was one of my favourite locations which droived my mom to complete despair. Almost every sunday i wantaed to go there and see what i saw so many times ... so its like you showing me my playground after many decades

[@mpersad]

Ian, thank you, that was fascinating. Really enjoyable, and great to see so many fine exhibits and to hear thay the museum is expanding!

[@Rudra0141]

Beautiful exhibits, just marvelous, thanks Ian 🙏

[@Akasazh]

I got a private tour by one of the curators when I was an intern at a Dutch museum and had the honor of returning the lended uniform of the famous polish general Sosabowski (portrayed by Gene Hackman in a bridge too far). It's a fabulous museum, shame there where no shots outside as they have a great collection of tanks and aircraft as well. Visiting their new location will be on my bucket list.

[@Sturmpionier]

7:43 you can see a really neat ROKS-3 flamethrower (tanks painted yellow). The wand for both the ROKS-2 and 3 we're disguised as Mosin Rifles.

[@josephalexander3884]

Excellent video. Thank you very much for sharing these superb museums. I really enjoyed these tours. Thank you to the museums for giving you access to film.

[@bobjordan8283]

As always an educational tour and knowledge shared with us who unfortunately cannot be there in person! Thanks again for everything you do!!

[@matthaft2048]

Nothing gets me more excited than hearing Ian say “this museum grade piece is not in its exhibit because I had them out for filming”

[@ArcturusOTE]

5:09 Holy cow there's a Bergmann MG15 in one of the displays, I wonder if it's the older or the newer models?

[@BleedingUranium]

I noticed that too! :O

[@cheesenoodles8316]

Great timing, I was waxing on about Polish history, heavy on the Winged Hausars to my Mom. There was the perfect picture. Great Museum.

[@barbarian92]

By the way Ian, if you're ever in Bucharest, the army museum there had some fairly interesting weapons on display

[@Hanitcal69]

YES! I asked a while ago for you to do tours of all the museums you go to hope we get to see more

[@dscrappygolani7981]

Thanks, man. It was a great experience. Wish you had more footage though. Felt a little rushed.

[@DrakeSP4]

I love Ian's videos and I love the Polish Army Museum, so going on this virtual tour with Ian is just the coolest thing ever! Thank you for this video!

[@beefgoat80]

I love museums. My father told me to always give 10% of your income to charity. So, I give that 10% to museums. I don’t see it as money wasted in any way shape or form. Thanks for the video!

[@Bandini68]

Thank you for showing us the exhibit.

[@Ubersmieszek]

It's great to see you visit Poland, Ian! Welcome :D

[@LiezAllLiez]

8:25 Quote on the left: "Work like a turtle You will hasten the liberation" Quote on the right: "We will take revenge for Pawiak" (Pawiak is the name of a prison used by krauts during WW2)

[@ryanchristensen5266]

I appreciate the well shot, if very cursory, glance through the museum - Your interest bias is quite pronounced, possibly due to time constraints, understandably.. I was sort of heart broken at the disregard of the paintings (and many, many other things) but it certainly served as strong incentive to visit the museum personally and experience an absolutely amazing historic collection.

[@jakubgodowski4741]

Welcome to Poland, Ian! Enjoy your stay here :)

[@soozikins]

What a great museum, thanks for the tour Ian. :)

[@agenturawubekistanie]

Thanks, mr Ian, for sharing your tour with us :)

[@azsswim]

I am absolutely elated you went to the museum in Warsaw!

[@joed2392]

Hello Ian, Sorry for this off-topic post ! But I just watched a couple of your videos, on the M-1 carbine. It's been over 20+ years ago, since I was there... There being, the ACE Pawnshop in Fayetteville, NC. "Willie" the shop owner, has placed an item over a door leading to the backroom of the shop a very rare item ! It is a gift from his friend, Marsh Williams ! It is an original carbine that he made using his gas tappet design. I wish that I had picture of it but we all didn't have cellphones at the time ! lol The rifle didn't look anything like the standard M-1 pattern.

[@jonminer9891]

hi, Ian. Thanks for a walk through the museum. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!

[@codicusshafficus5055]

I could spend days in this place. Thanks for sharing, Ian!

[@HypnoticChronic1]

Myself being a Polish-American I want to thank you Ian most of our history is never shown or told outside Poland so I appreciate somebody from the States particularly a non Pole showcasing it. While you are in Poland I would also highly suggest visiting Malbork Castle (it still retains quite a few battle scars from WWII despite the restoration that's been done), Wawel Castle, Oświęcim-Brzezinka (Auschwitz-Birkenau), the Hel Peninsula, the Warsaw Uprising Museum all of which have great museums, I would also suggest visiting the Wieliczka Salt Mine it is quite the wonder to behold. Another little tidbit of history that most Americans don't know that ties the US and Poland together back to the foundation of the US, is the fact that Kazimierz Pułaski and Tadeusz Kościuszko fought for Washington and the Continental Army with the former being considered the father of the American cavalry and the latter being the founder/builder of West Point where a statue of him still stands today.

[@americanwoodworkingtrickss6543]

O man... . I have been watching you for years and I did not expect to see an episode of the museum in Poland. I've been there, but it's been a long time. By the way, I was born in Poland and I speak this language. Pozdrawiam / Regards

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

That's some serious exhibition. Loads of interesting weapons. Thanks for sharing.

[@GutkowskiMarek]

I live in Warsaw, I haven't been inside the museum in something close to 30 years. I do go to the courtyard every few years, which is where the big cannons, vehicles, and air crafts are located, and it is free to go there. Yes, I am very very cheap.

[@lewissmith8743]

Thank you Ian for the fascinating tour of the museum. It was interesting to see real artifacts as opposed to virtual displays that some institutes have gone to. I look forward to seeing more videos like this on your channel.

[@Infernal969]

The WW1 exhibit should be particularly interesting, since at the time Poles would fight basically everywhere on behalf of other nations, since the country did not exist at the time, regaining independence in 1918. When the soldiers came back to the newly re-formed Poland, they often brought in their equipment with them as well, hence the Polish armory was a total mess during the inter-war period.

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

Hey, it was still good enough for the Bolsheviks! But yes, the interwar history of Poland is trying to stitch a country out of three parts- ex Russian, ex Austrian and ex German. Some of the divisions are visible still today.

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@bjorntrollgesicht1144 it required a huge logistical / organization effort (and a somewhat disorganised etc enemy too, as well as cyrptopgraphye tc)

[@bjorntrollgesicht1144]

@@mareksicinski3726 But we've made it! I mean sort of, with the war and everything. But hey, stopping the hyperinflation and building Gdynia- those were great achievements!

[@jak00bspyr72]

Its also due to the fact that during Polish-bolshevik war Poland procured everything that was available and accepted all kinds of military aid. Aswell as by the fact that Poland captured some weaponry after the ex-partitioning countries.

[@george2113]

Any gun is better than no gun, but standardation is preferred

[@janwacawik7432]

Great to see a video from our capital. I can't wait for all the exciting stuff to be uploaded, particularly the Mors SMG. Hopefully you'll visit Cracow one day, there are some juicy firearms on display in some of the museums, and maybe I'll finally make it to a Patron meet-up!

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

So much of history in that one building. Amazing!

[@grbdevnull5611]

Cool tour. I recognize a few of those exhibits from pictures in books, but it is neat to see them in context.

[@olekzajac5948]

5:46 WOW! I thought this gun doesn't exist anymore! There are like 2 photos of this gun on the internet (1.5 really - on one of them it's barely visible). Will you make a video about it? Poland didn't really have a lot of semi auto rifles before the WW2, so I think that besides the wz. 38M, this conversion is the only other existing type.

[@khadajhin5130]

I think the one is in Warsaw Uprising Museum

[@olekzajac5948]

@@khadajhin5130 You mean the wz. 38M rifle?

[@khadajhin5130]

@@olekzajac5948 Yes, but it was like 6-7 years ago. I’m not sure If its still there

[@XkondorX]

@@khadajhin5130 Yes, there's wz.38M in Warsaw Uprising Museum. It's hidden under stairs with poor light on it.

[@suma4m]

There is a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZzVh3mKettgn8U

[@DZSabre]

I cannot wait to see your Polish firearms videos from this trip! I am so excited. I recognized several of the other weapons, such as the home-made mortar used in by the AK. I am wanting to visit there after I retire as I study Polish military history.

[@swordsman1_messer]

I only need the thumbnail for this. WE REMEMBER IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!!!

[@pijero1986]

As a Pole (and gun enthusiast legaly owning one ) I'm extremly proud and greatfull for you Ian for this tour on my home country museum. And the news there will be our "Bechowiec" and "Błyskawica" SMG on your channel just makes rest of my day. Again - thank you 🙏 P.s. Any plans for our new standard issue rifle - MSBS - to be on a channel ?? Just asking (and having hope).😜

[@berzerkinglemur6534]

There will some GROT video(s) for sure :-) Just a little patience :-)

[@muddyhotdog4103]

Ian said he already filmed the Grot and will be posted in the near future

[@jimmelnyk7506]

Ian - I'm so glad to see that you have visited Warsaw. I have been there several times and loved every minute of it. Warsaw is a beautiful city and the people there are justifiably proud of their musical and scientific heritage. Additionally, the architecture is beautiful. During WWII about half of the city was destroyed, so many of the buildings you saw that looked like they were built in the 1800s were built in the 1950s to emulate the old building. (Pay no attention to those gray monoliths built by the Soviets. They are blights on the landscape.) Warsaw is full of parks, supposedly, more green space than any other capital in Europe. It is also a great pedstrian city with super wide sidewalks. Old Town Square is full of great restaruants and in the evening there are street performers everywhere. I don't think most Americans have any idea the beauty of this city. I hope you had some time to relax and take in some of the music and food.

[@blase777]

actually, more than half of Warsaw was destroyed during/after the Uprising (the estimates are about 80-90% of all buildings), 200 000 people died. Americans (or Westerners) generally doesn't have any idea of Eastern Europe whatsoever, most of them think that it is a region which is still decimated by war and communism.

[@GazalAlShaqab]

THANK You Ian. I remember going to this Museum essentially since I started walking… Not have been there for a while though. Thank You :)

[@vega1287]

i allways love army/military museums and the coolest gift shop i've ever been to was in a military museum

[@Oblivisci........]

If you're American or get the chance to go to Pittsburgh they have an amazing Soldier's and Sailor's Museum. It goes from the French Indian War all the way through to the war in Afghanistan. It's one of the best military museums I've been to.

[@katanavx0331]

Great work, Ian! Thanks for the tour!

[@danlee5138]

You need to go to the Home Army Museum in Cracow, some really interesting exhibits there!

[@gregszy8575]

Greetings from Canada. Ian i am pleasantly surprised. I always loved this museum and even guided one Scotish friend of mi cousin, I used to know that much about this museum at that time. I follow Forgotten Weapons and find it the best channel of this kind. Thank you for this film.

[@Men_dra]

very nice tour! Hope you enjoyed your stay in Warsaw

[@TheSchmed]

Beautiful setup, I’m very impressed.

[@lm157]

Majority of Eastern weapons like Japanese or Persian are from private collections (pre-war and after-war) donated by owners. If you're interested in weaponry in general, there's a magnificent armory in Wawel King's Castle in Krakow. Really recommend to go there.

[@Styggson]

Thanks Ian for the walkthrough. epic stuff!

[@jeromethiel4323]

The poles have a lot to be proud of. Like a lot of countries in the interwar period, the armed forces were betrayed by the politicians. I have a lot of respect for any fighting force that will do whatever it takes, even if that means trying to charge armor on horseback. The Polish fighting man wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty, that's for sure.

[@TheChetsteadman]

Caught just a glance of the SMGs @9:18 and thought I saw a Magpul vertical grip! Damn you Vanguard for making that possible 😂

[@DSlyde]

Woah the 40mm Vickers at 6:42 is a beast! This comment is mostly just for engagement.

[@lekomato]

💥💥woop! woop!. 💥💥Glad to see that Borneo represented at the Museum, albeit only a small selection of weapons. Cheers Ian for sharing the video. Hope you have a chance to take a look at Sarawak, Borneo one day. Some interesting characters during the war with Japan (WW2 Pacific) i.e Major Tom Harrison

[@chedsalvia6270]

2:15 AND THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE!!!

[@Ink_25]

Something weird is going on with the video's audio, there is only audio on the right audio channel for me. Very interesting video, too bad some of the exhibits between the 1600s and WW1 is not visible for visitors

[@proman9849]

Yeah, there is. I don't get any sound at all.

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

Awesome, thx for running us through such an awesome museum!

[@LitD]

Just another comment saying that if you like military history and are in Warsaw that the Polish Army museum is worth a look as they do have an impressive collection inside and out.

[@KVW22]

I absolutely love these kinds of videos from you, keep up the great work!