Single-Rune bnz43 SS Contract K98k

[@L5GUK]

A 17min video on a K98k. We know this one's gonna have the history.

[@ithinkihadeight]

I wonder how many people have one of these and have no idea, it's just "Grandad's old rifle from the War."

[@bintjbeil7892]

And proceeds to sell it and one Fudd picks it up to resale it at 300% value.

[@bintjbeil7892]

@@ithinkihadeight "I know what I got son"

[@rrmordikay]

Not a lot of people. Germany was very thoroughly de-militarized after the war ended. Are there some guns who got squirreled away ? Of course, but way less than you'd expect for such a huge number of weapons produced in that time. German collectors/hunters nowadays usually source ww2 german guns from outside the country. Where a lot of them were left/ended up after the war.

[@desperado8605]

Even sadder thought how many got bubba'd

[@Blechfuchs]

Along with the electrician hard hat. That with the two ⚡️⚡️

[@christianstahl4099]

Es ist echte Vortragskunst, aus einem extremen Nischenthema ein unterhaltsames Video zu machen. Kudos!

[@dennisg.7777]

Absolut. Der Kanal ist einfach Klasse.

[@OneShotStop229]

Single Rune? Does it do Soul Entrapment or is that a multiple rune thing?

[@jaanikaapa6925]

Looking around the world, I think the single rune does trap souls even now.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“…used to bind spirits to articles….”

[@AlexanderTzalumen]

Well, it can certainly separate the soul from the body

[@DaveF.]

They were made by death camp slaves. I think they probably come pre-cursed.

[@thomasshoe92]

@@AlexanderTzalumen😂

[@Easyflux]

This sounds like a nightmare to collect and distinguish

[@The_SmorgMan]

Very much so. Lots of fakes

[@Wazup13579]

You have no idea…

[@andrewallason4530]

How about the nightmare of having had to make them?

[@gears7734]

when it comes to anything collectable with a lot of fakes im sure it becomes part of the fun. Becoming a niche detective and finding the true "holy grail." Less fun when folks spend thousands on something more than worthless.

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

The Rune adds +2 to accuracy but a -1 to rate of fire.

[@remlapwastaken8857]

Well, I mean, it's a bolt action. -1 rate of fire doesn't really matter.

[@trenchmouse2438]

@@remlapwastaken8857The bolt is magically slower to cycle or something like that.

[@remlapwastaken8857]

@trenchmouse2438 touching the rifle gives you rheumatoid arthritis for as long as you hold it, but fixes your nearsightedness

[@joebob502]

Also 10% fire damage 😂 warning: may cause levitation.

[@cleanerben9636]

every time the bolt cycles, it causes the user to have an itch

[@Witzkatz-vd5pt]

These historic deep(ish) dives into how an otherwise well-known gun differs from the "standard" are very interesting to watch, as always. More of that!

[@Goc4ever]

These single rune guns would be great pieces of a gun collection, a pity there are so many fakes. Once again you never cease to amaze Ian.

[@MsJoao101]

Holly crap! There's a lot of firepower behind Ian today!

[@storytimedavidcollins2897]

Ian I had a 1944 WWII bring back BNZ. Near the 29 Palms Marine Corps base in Southern California there where a large number of retired WWII veterans in the early 2000’s that were selling off their collections and there was a gun shop that I would frequently visit and one day they had a WWII bring back 98K on consignment for $150 missing the floor plate follower and spring. So I bought it, but I had to wait 10 days to pick it up due to California anti gun laws. This was in like 2006 ? 8 ? I think, it was when all of the Russian captured guns were coming into the US and that was why the owner/ veteran was selling it so cheap. So I let the gun shop owner Gouge Minstrol of Lock Stock and Gun on Hyw 62 in Yucca Valley know when I was going to be by to pick it up, so when I was there I WWII veteran who bought it back was there and I got to speak with him. He said that he had gotten the gun at the very end of WWII at a Russian prisoner of war camp in Poland where he just pulled it out of a pile of 98K’s and he said that he released the floor plate spring and flower and threw it back into the pile, because if you brought back a non functioning gun that you didn’t have to do any paperwork on it so that was why it was missing. I still don’t really know anything about 98’s other than BNZ’s. I got it home and looked up BNZ and the only information that I could find was that it was made at the Styer plant in Austria. So I took it with to a gun show in Costa Mesa, California and I found out all kinds of information about it from people who knew about BNZ’s and how rare they were/ are. Everyone who knew about them looked it over and told me that it was a real one. The serial number was 773, the inspectors marks were 77 and people knew that gentleman by name, the forward edge of the barrel and receiver were they joined together were concave instead of convex like the one in your video. It had a large Eagle taking up the crest of the receiver with an SS in the tip of the wings coming together and a swostica in its talons with just a 4 at the bottom center, with BNZ vertical placed on the left and a Deaths head on the right. I had several guys fall in love with it and make me very serious offers for it in the $2K range, until I told them to take a look at the rifling. The barrel had been drilled out to about 40 caliber from the muzzle to 10 inches in. A gun show friend of mine Found information that the reason for that was a in the field modification that was done on the Eastern Front to keep the barrels from blowing apart like a banana peel if they got jammed into the mud and fired at a later time. Everyone who saw this modification didn’t know what it was and didn’t want anything to do with the gun. I ended up trading it off for an all original upgrade 1886 M93 Lebel made and barrel dated to 1887 in like brand new condition that I traded for a type two Nation Match M1 Garand. Thanks again Ian.

[@av8bvma513]

Fascinating story, thanks!

[@brooksman10]

Extremely cool you got to speak with the soldier who brought back, thanks for sharing.

[@hernandovillamarinbuenaven7476]

Thanks for such an interesting story!!.

[@jasonz7788]

Thanks Ian

[@Herr_Schick]

Thank you, Ian, for working out the historical background so well. These are things to really know and remember. Thank you very much. :D

[@patricks.6812]

I have a 43 BNZ that was hopelessly sporterized when I got it. But it does have a beautiful Fajen stock, and it's a great shooter. It's cool to learn some of the history around it.

[@MaxWray111]

I have one as well. Not a fancy stock, just a cut down military one, but action is bedded and barrel is free-floated. It was also rebarreled to 7x57. But it shoots like a dream.

[@lance3540]

I also have a 43 single rune bolt doesn't match and stock also have a 42 with death heads under the stock. I tried collecting all years and codes and found this to be way to expensive so I gave up at 27 k98s.

[@edwardhawkey5714]

Ian, you are a legend

[@The_SmorgMan]

So cool to see these. I have a 44 handstamp BNZ single rune built off a salvaged 41 DOU G24(t) receiver. Thing is in very rough shape. Most of the finish is gone, pitting throughout, and forget about rifling. You need a 9mm brush to scrub the barrel

[@Nadtochy]

Thank you for the history lesson. I have not been thinking the organisation would have different gun suppliers.

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

As always another good informative video, thank you.

[@johngayder9249]

Important history. Thanks Ian.

[@timothyedge6100]

Love these types of videos. Thanks!

[@alexbeer4705]

Shed little bit of light ??? Ian you’re just an amazing and talented expert ! It is an honor and a privilege to learn about “ Our “ not forgotten weapons. Keep it up for a long time to come.

[@Corben1302]

“I have a waffen ss deaths head Mauser on gunbroker 22000000 dollars hard deal no wiggle room”said every fud ever 🤦‍♂️

[@Banned_and_Redacted]

"1944 BYF Mauser K98 98 SS Death Head German Germany WWII Original WE TRADE!" Unit Price $14,995.00

[@BleedingUranium]

Excellent and interesting history coverage, as always! A great example of how to cover history and historical topics professionally too. :)

[@propdoctor21564]

Great info as always 👍👍

[@sv5813]

I had one, I was stationed in Germany in the late 90s and met a German importer at a Berlin gun show. He invited me to come to his warehouse in Mannheim and allowed me to search through his warehouse full of 17K+ K98ks. In just one hour I was covered in cosmoline and straw, but I hand picked 5 x K98ks. One being a bnz 43 single rune rifle. The only issue was that it had some of the Deutsches Reich Adlers de-nazified with a punch. I did have to pay to have an importer take care of importing them for me. And yes they were import marked.. 😢

[@causewaykayak]

Another forensic exposition. Great job ❤

[@SS-tr5ru]

Steyr is one of the best firearms manufacturers to ever exist

[@BigBigBigJeff]

Another definitely not monetized vid 😂

[@davidbrennan660]

Cool history.. thanks Ian.

[@craigfurey942]

I’m diggin’ the mauser videos lately

[@pollyskirt1]

Excellent vid as always Ian ,seriously your the Man .

[@GarGhuul]

One Rune to Ring them all!

[@richardjames1812]

Some Russian Capture K98k's that came in during the big lots like 20 years ago were these single rune ones. They sold for (then) premium prices - like $250.

[@pwa8453]

A real beauty of a gun!

[@sthrich635]

It felt like in this whole SS K98 contract the SS was being played as fools but Himmler's probably too preoccupied with the perceived "importance" of having its own private arms production lines by its own camps to notice this. The private 98K contract with SS at first glance seems to display some kind of preferential treatment, but in reality the Steyr company was using them as dumping ground on substandard parts rejected by the army, while the Wehrmacht would likely be happy to hear SS had its own rifle contract and didn't need inspect these rifles that were going to SS only. More importantly, the Wehrmacht could let the SS did the testing and thinking works on how to use camp labors on arms production effectively, and when the processes sort of matured and then the productions got short-handed by worsening war situation, the Wehrmacht probably simply thanks SS for its work and gladly took over the Gusen production lines SS had set up for a year more prior. No doubt SS got "special treatment", and in Germany back then the term "special" is rarely positive.

[@DeliveryMcGee]

I admit I giggled when Ian said the SS rifles got the bits that didn't pass inspection for the real army. Fuckin' clowns.

[@Kovaray]

The SS didn't produce their own rifles for "importance". The Wehrmacht refused to give the SS access to state arsenal weapons, so they had no other choice.

[@sthrich635]

​@@Kovaray Depends how one looks at it, the SS wanted to establish its importance and standing in Germany's politics by creating its own "private army" in Waffen SS, which was what the SS rifle contracts were made for. This ended up mostly backfired for them since SS was cut off from Wehrmacht's supplies and then had to make their own weaponry, which in the case ended up receiving sub-standard arms, hence led to less-than-stellar battle performance in early SS units and somewhat damaged the SS image instead of improving it like Himmler wanted. And when needs arose, the Wehrmacht just plainly took over the SS production for their own, like the SS was always the actual "underdog" in German armed forces. By mid-war when the Waffen SS finally got access to Wehrmacht weapons, most (quality) Waffen SS divisions already had many Army personnel transferred to and running it that they were practically army divisions with SS name on it.

[@kingnull2697]

Given Ian's description of the rejected parts, I think the SS kinda lucked out by finding a ready source of perfectly functional, unwanted parts.

[@ninjaturkey100]

@@sthrich635 Reading about the political infighting of the Nazi hierarchy is fascinating - I have only really looked at the political/governance side of things, so thank you for sharing something about the military side!

[@rufus-h4h]

Very interesting, from a collector perspective.

[@Rajonas007]

I'm so happy to see gun KZbin to be still alive and to be pushed out for subscribers ❤

[@thelaughinghyenas8465]

Very interesting! THank you very much.

[@TheWonderman1964]

The BNZ in much better than other clone and not vulnerable to rust and wear .

[@Vincent_Quak]

It would be interesting to see a video dedicated to the Gusen/Steyr production and how much of a proportion of the arms production it was compared to Mauser and the likes

[@bber45]

Woo beautiful. That's a pretty Unicorn Right there. And if you're a 98k Mauser owner you know.

[@brucecamparmament3728]

I have one of these, mine is a Russian capture. I bought it around 1998 for $125...

[@Zizoor]

Nice.

[@Grubnar]

The SS: "I will force the people I am trying to exterminate make the very weapons I am using to exterminate them. Cheaply! I am a genius!" Also the SS: "Those Soviets are getting awfully close ... why doesn't my gun work, aaaaa!!"

[@dylanhealy8126]

I mean Tywin Lannister explains it early in Game of Thrones, he stops the Lannister soldiers from pointlessly killing the young kids they captured and says they can’t afford to waste skilled laborers

[@thelastjohnwayne]

This video was like a cross between Forgotten Weapons and Legacy Collectibles

[@Sean-cz77]

Interesting they were made pretty late in period. I always assume SS contract arms were an early period thing, ceasing having once being fully incorporated into the Wehrmacht and/or made their own arms. Regardless, if everything checks out, that is such a fantastic rifle and is literally a dream gun

[@Damoinion]

The assembly on those starts to sound like "this is the axe of my grandfather..."!

[@lshstennis12]

I would love to see a revival of how much some of these auctioned guns go for post auction

[@WraithOfMan]

"The numbers go up to nein nein nein!" :)

[@tommytwotacos8106]

I immediately thought of the meme clip.

[@hawssie1]

And it's for sale this December 10-13. Murphy's has it valued between $1400 - $2000. But if your bidding done forget the FEES tacked on the top of the sale price they are not trivial.

[@ianseddon9347]

Really interesting!

[@colinpenfold9890]

My Grandfather in France had one it was sporterised with a German army letter ammo pouch

[@brettoverall5685]

Neat subject. Needs to do a video on late war commercial proofed rifles

[@TomSherwood-z5l]

I have owned at least two bringback type original 98K and I forget the codes. One was duffel cut and I repaired that and the other was not. One of them had a rune stamped but on the bottom of the receiver with some other odd marks. Also had a Norwegian 30 cal conversion. I wish I had the space because I never did and traded stuff off to keep my collection manageable. It would be beyond my imagination what the values would be now.

[@oddball_the_blue]

A reminder of sorts that "Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."

[@stephengamble9388]

Logistics win wars. A German POW said he realised the war was lost, when he saw the GIs that captured him carried nothing but a gun, ammo and a water bottle.

[@marrs1013]

Why on Earth do we need to hear this quote over and over again? When will it finally become cringe enough to people to feel bad enough to stop pulling it out? Then for others to keep pushing the like on it?

[@calebcornwell8473]

​@@marrs1013perhaps a better phrasing that I was taught was tactics win battles, logistics win wars. Have to have both

[@marrs1013]

@@calebcornwell8473 Just stop it, I'm begging you...

[@nolan1481]

​@@marrs1013 to quote Churchill "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job!" Logistics is key

[@travisdozier1357]

Not all army guns have the letter suffix. I have a bnz44 made at gusen that is army contract. I also have single rune bnz43. Some single rune rifles also are stamped 77 on the right side of receiver.

[@itsconnorstime]

Interesting to see what this goes for at auction, I wouldn’t feel comfortable knowing my rifle was made by slave labour. Mauthausen and Gusen were the only two camps in the reich rated as category 3, which meant they were the worst.

[@User1-o6f]

Wait till you find out where your shoes, phone, electronics, food comes from.

[@matthewgraham6980]

This is the k98K that you slay with in return to castle wolfenstein.

[@distalradius8146]

Best weapon. (Fight me.)

[@darioonofri544]

It would be very funny if there was a weapon that looked exactly like the one in your intro :D

[@Dapstart]

It's a strange thought that one of the defining reasons these are worth so much today is that they were made with forced labor by starving people

[@tomrobb9974]

I have in my ammo collection an example of 8mm Mauser cartridge with the SS sig runes on the head stamp; super interesting. Dated 1939.

[@theshadowrunner28]

Pretty sure you have that confused with s.S. Patrone "schweres Spitzgeschoß", which designates heavy ball.

[@brittakriep2938]

​@@theshadowrunner28: Heavy pointed ball. ! We talk about german products, so german 150 % spirit should be respected :-))

[@toasty5478]

Thanks Ian! Actually just bought a bnz a few weeks ago and you clarified that its an army rifle and not an ss.

[@J.E.C]

Interesting gun.

[@kylebennett4261]

Idk Ian were the ss tied in woth the whermact arms industry? I kid your awesome Ian keep doing what your doing I've learned a ton from you

[@elektro_knete792]

I was just reading up on these karabiners, and now Ian has a Video about them 💀

[@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595]

During the early 2000s Mitchell's Mausers was importing bnz-marked K98k's with the SS-rune (ᛋ) on the receiver. I never saw any news articles about their authenticity or accuracy. I've only fired a Mauser once (a friends), but have enjoyed firing his 50-100 Sharps more than once.

[@NevermindThee]

Thanks for what you do. On a personalö note: I'm always impressed to the extend I react on seeing german ww2 memorabilia. Just lookinig at certain markings makes me physically sick - heck, I don't even want to write their names out. I remember a story of my grandmother being in a concentration camp. One of her very first memories, must've been 3 or so years of age. They didn't have much to eat and a falmily next to them somehow managed to aquire some potatoes. I have never experienced someone describe anything more vividly as my grandmother desribed the smell of those potatoes.

[@libb3n]

I own a Tanaka Kar98k BNZ43 with zf 41 scope :) Airsoft replica. It's fricking awsome!

[@robl956]

I have a regular g98 to k98 conversion in EU deco (so a demilled gun as that is the best you can get without a permit in the most of the EU) I would love to see a video on the conversions.

[@1945Ace1]

Will this lead up to reviewing a series of Mitchell’s Mauser’s? I remember seeing catalogs of them being advertised growing up and the controversy among gun forums about “forced match numbers” polished bolts paired with dark oxide finishes” and mostly their “elite rifles” with the s runes along with tokenkopf skulls.” And how their early works were them trying to past m48s as such without any reworking of the stocks with the high rise handguards (until they wise up later)

[@MichaelWarman]

Is the discussion of conditions before the war conflating the SS with the SA?

[@doctordoggo8604]

Yes but no. The army's relations with the SA and SS are basically the same entirely outside the magnitude of them. The problems with the SA were due to the SA leadership vying to become the new army after the party took power. This did not happen due to the night of the long knives. Himmler was wise enough to not follow Rohm's path until he thought himself ready, which never came due to the war, though argueably the SS and army were on a near equal level after the attempt on Hitler's life.

[@brittakriep2938]

​@@doctordoggo8604: Not wrong, but not totally true. Some higher rank men of SA wanted a compromise. Those wanted that Reichswehr, somehow extended, became professional core of German Armed Forces, while SA becomes the Reserve Force Milita. At first SA was armed wing of NSDAP party, to fight against armed wings of other political parties ( for example communist KPD had Roter Frontkämpferbund), to fight police or officials, to frighten/ scare persons, parties , organisarions with different ideas. And: At first some SA members joined SA because they liked the ideology, others joined the SA , because it was organisarion of conservative fellow wwl Veteran. In 1920s there had been many SA members, who had been no members of the polical party..

[@doctordoggo8604]

@@brittakriep2938 Yeah, a lot of what you are talking about is the reason why the SA was castrated. Though, the beginning is only kinda true based on what I know of things. There were people arguing for a compromise, but the army wasn't going to have it be the case that the SA would be a military force. Gotta remember that the majority of the Reichswehr were "totally not officers". It was an organization of the old nobility who turned their nose up at the street thugs and hooligans of the SA. The SS managed to slip past because at least originally they were a body guard which grew to be the guard of the party(buildings, rallies, high ranking members).

[@brittakriep2938]

@@doctordoggo8604 : About 42% of Reichswehr officers had been part of former nobility, but only 0,42 % of population. This was critisized a lot. I personaly also think, that most Reichswehr officers, also nonnobles, had doubts about a Reserve formed by SA units. The older SA members had been veterans of wwl, some well reputated, the SA was organised similar to Reichswehr or any regular Army, but there was too much ideology, unfine behaviour and a lack of officers knowledge/ education among most SA ,officers'. But the sheer (?) number of four million men in 1933 and the attitudes of SA Commander Röhm had become dangerous for Hitlers plans. So the fake coup d' etat ( Röhmputsch) was used, to murder SA staff and reduce number of SA members to about one million. After 1933 SA was involved in sports and miliitary training of HJ and untrained men, after 1939, those SA men not taken in Wehrmacht, SS or other organisations, had to support Police, fire brigades, Air raid protection and lesser visible support of wareffort.

[@Jorgen9723]

3-4k rifle single rune right there where i live.

[@Wazup13579]

Mismatched stock. Not that at all. Maybe 1800 tops. Missing a lot of finish also.

[@djd8305]

Lots of fake comments today - I've not seen this before. Like weapons enthusiasts use emoji's

[@heinrichzerbe]

Definitely not suspicious at all.

[@DomWood]

😌🤢🤕😮‍💨🥶 my 🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫 kar98k🐏🐎🦓🦅🐸🐪

[@Gunbudder]

unfortunately we have to face that reality that there are nazis in this community, and they always try to come in the comments and dog whistle to each other. i find these guns about nazi rifles interesting because in most cases the nazis were better equipped. they had the first assault rifle. they still lost the war though (thank god). its better to keep the history on this stuff though instead of pretend it didn't happen. we just can't leave any room for neo nazi groipers to run around openly. they need to stay in their mom's basement lol

[@koenvangeleuken6544]

why not???🤔

[@turdferguson6709]

I bought a k98 from Cabelas a while back and I’ve tried looking up my markings but my gun is very miss matched in terms of serial numbers. It’s a bnz made in 1942 and it has either a zero or an O in between bnz and 42 on the receiver and the rest of the markings are the inspection stamps. What I think is weird about it is that on the top of the bolt where the serial number should be there’s a lightning bolt but not like the one in the video. There’s also what looks like the Star of David on the back side of the safety when you have it on safe which is kinda weird.

[@kiwisteve6598]

Israel used a lot of surplus German equipment, including K98’s, in the early post war years. Resulting in surreal events such as Israeli pilots in Messerschmitt 109’s dogfighting Egyptian pilots in Spitfires.

[@shogaal14]

The single lightning bolt really makes it look like Harry Potter's personal rifle.

[@kylec.6818]

Never ask Harry Potter what he was doing between 1939 and 1945.

[@cattacer]

All you need is a single rune in order for your gun to Schutz

[@ak47_762_]

I got one of those !

[@Numer1Polak]

I have a S/43 ( 42 I forget) marked 1915 Danzig gew98 that has been modified to look just like a k98 and has marks from both wars. Still have yet to find any concrete info on it. Would love to hear someone give me some background on it. So far all I figured out was that later in the war old gew98 rifles were being retrofitted for back line troops, but that bit at the beginning gives me some more ideas.

[@dallasgrant]

Monetising prisons, where have I heard that before. Cool video though.

[@jimrodriguez8047]

I always wondered why not two runes? That’s the unusual part in my mind.

[@cynthiakoehne7004]

are we ever going to see another Karabiner semi auto roller lock 8mm rifle again?

[@johnsmith-jq1uc]

wow, how many k98ks are there

[@bashitizingsmashmaster1155]

Millions

[@TorquilBletchleySmythe]

Commenting before I watch even sixty seconds of video, cause that's how I roll in the hood.

[@Profanus81]

Do you know by chance what type of rifle were used in Auschwitz Main camp at the black wall on Block 11? The only thing I know it was a silenced small caliber carabine.

[@no1DdC]

What kind of question is that?

[@Profanus81]

@ a historical question. Regarding the Auschwitz trials in Frankfurt in the 69ts. Someone mentioned the rifle and no one knows what type of rifle it was.

[@no1DdC]

@@Profanus81 I have access to digitized copies of the court documents. There's mention of a short small-caliber rifle with a magazine inserted in the bottom. Inmates claimed (speculated?) that it was specifically made for this purpose. Two pages mention a suppressor. One witness said that the gun was "noticeably short" and looked similar to a submachine gun with its magazine. Another witness mentions an air rifle, which however malfunctioned at least one time when a girl or several young Polish women (sometimes referred to as girls) were being murdered after they were forced to undress at the wall. This could be a different gun however. The same incident is described by another witness, calling it a suppressed rifle. One witness also noted that it didn't produce the same rapport as a normal rifle. I think I'll end it here. It doesn't really matter which specific gun was used, only that they murdered people with some sort of silent gun in the middle of the camp so that other victims who were still alive didn't notice - but they did, they were very much aware of this gun or these guns and noticed where they were being carried to and that people were being shot with them. Given that there's a not exactly small chance some Nazi collector would love to own the type of gun that was used for these heinous crimes, it's best that we don't exactly know which one was used.

[@Profanus81]

@ thanks for the clarification. I am quite obsessed since I’ve listened to the trial records. I’m kinda obsessed with details in general.

[@McClainJ]

KZbin might be hitting the blue context windows a little hard. It loaded up one about the US election on this video. I don't even know why.

[@malcaniscsm5184]

yeah it's a real mystery

[@Senthiuz]

My SAWG is they set up a policy anticipating the need if the election went the other way, and decided to do the same no matter what so they could avoid accusations of bias.

[@Jameson-d8x]

No Frankenberry on it? lol

[@marcogardella4794]

I've one of these

[@MichalKolac]

Wondering what guns the SA had.

[@brittakriep2938]

Not much..From 1921 to 1933 ordinary Sturmmann had NO weapon, perhaps hidden a private one like Schlagring ( knuckles) or Totschläger ( related to sap and blackjack). Socalled officers, ordinary men of a bit higher rank or bravery the SA dagger in style of Schweizerdolch ( literally swiss dagger, but as far as i know, in english known as Holbein dagger). Then Germany had good knife industry, quality was surely good, but was intended more as dress weapon, than fight weapon, so don' t know, if every owner had a handle, realy fitting in his hand. Officers, and relative few men, for example SA Police ( counterpart of Military Police) different pistols , mostly 7,65 Browning/ .32 Acp, lesser 6,35 Browning/ .25 Acp or 9mm Luger. Rifles had been rare. When in 1934 the faked Röhmputsch ( Coup d'etat) was over, SA was reduced from four to one milion men, SA got other tasks. Real military rifles had been rare, but there had been also .22 lr training rifles in larger number. And before 1933, especially in early years, weaponry was everything but standardized. For reason, that before 1933 SA ( and SS)men got mostly no ccw licence, even guarding an important member, also obscure weapons like Nilpferdpeitschen ( hippopotamus hide whips/ Sjamboks) had been used. I read magazines about military, weapons and history in general for decades, all kind of violent ideologists i don' t want.

[@MichalKolac]

@brittakriep2938 damn you know what you are talking about

[@brittakriep2938]

@@MichalKolac : I am german, of course i don' t like, what happened then, but it happened. There are good books of serious historians about SA, but rarely something about the weaponry, because in simple words: When SA was important, it was officialy unarmed, so no official service weaponry, being basicly a Schlägerbande ( rowdies/ bullies gang).

[@MichalKolac]

@@brittakriep2938 i am from czechia and i know a tiny bit of german ich komme aus tschechien und du kommst aus deutschland

[@WDC-r6z]

Have you done a video on 1939 Radom 98k / G29/40 ?

[@larryjenkinson5525]

🇦🇺 What is the point of putting the serial number on anything other than the bolt and barrell? Wouldn't the other rifle parts just be generic?

[@Daves-not-here]

If I wanted to find out more about a rifle that I own, where would be a good place to start?

[@Manfred-cf9rn]

I have a 1943 BNZ Marked German weapon but it is an MP-40.. Found no SS Runes..😢 Serial number is in the 6,000 range. Does it have any value 😮 Bought it for an equivalent to $850( outside the USA 🇺🇸) about 20-years ago,from a non- collector who was migrating. Now l know what BNZ meant.. Thank you 😊🙏

[@liammeech3702]

What country are you from?

[@satansnarwhal]

A functioning MP-40? yea it has immense value

[@kurtwk]

Wouldn’t the G43 have to pass a firing and cycling test before being sent out to the troops? Because I’ve always heard about the sabotage stories…. But if there was sabotage, it probably wouldn’t have left the factory because the problems would have been discovered before delivery…..unless forced labor was doing the firing and cycling test ?

[@maciek19882]

I've got a single rune phone charger ⚡

[@jeffreyperretti4414]

Way to much brakes in the video , for commercials.

[@andyroberts4387]

*too many breaks

[@dcross6360]

Where does the soul gem fit?

[@Jinseual]

my Kar98k has no rune, has bnz written on it, serial number and the letter k below the serial number on the receiver, does that mean it's fake, since they don't follow standard protocol and just loop back?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

That just means it was a standard Wehrmacht contract gun, instead of SS. The bnz code means it was made by Steyr, and the k suffix is in the regular production range.

[@Jinseual]

@ForgottenWeapons ah, thank you.

[@SteppingR]

14:00 much to close

[@kaninerultralord8817]

How rare is a Cß 43 k98k?

[@JGCR59]

Re the early Waffen-SS, both Felix Steiner and Paul Hausser were ex Reichswehr officers, the former being basically retired because of his radical ideas on infantry tactics and organisation. So the early Waffen-SS was a mixed bag of armed amateurs and military radicals who used their connection to the Party leadership to implement their ideas. Re the czech arms industry, given that Reinhard Heydrich was the de facto ruler of the Czech Republic it is logical that he would supply "his" organisation

[@DestinationBarbarism]

Were single shot rifles actually useful in the war? Or to what extent. What were their tactical significance?

[@brittakriep2938]

What ever kind of weapon was available, was handed to Volkssturm. In wwl french Gouvernement bought a large number of Remington Rollblocks in 8mm Lebel and transformed many Gras singleshot blackpowder rifles for 8mm Lebel. Both rifles had been given to rearest rearline troops, repeating rifles for frontline or next to frontline troops. In 1940 german forces captured lots of these dated rifles..Also french security forces of Occipied France or Vichy France needed firearms.. According to a german arms magazine, german forces allowed those singleshot rifles for equippimg Gardes Champetres/ agricultural field/ vineyard guards.

[@DestinationBarbarism]

@@brittakriep2938 The question was the tactical use of single shot weapons. When competing against semi auto, submachine guns and working alongside machine guns.

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

​@@DestinationBarbarismHe says at the end of comment. There are obvious disadvantages with the scenario you described. I think that was well understood even 80 years ago. Single shot weapons would make most sense being issued to personnel who weren't on the front lines. It also frees up the better equipment. For a detailed answer there's probably some intersection between a collector's book with detailed primary accounts. It's tough to get answers to detailed questions, but they probably weren't very useful in the role you described.

[@liammeech3702]

​@Chironex_Fleckeri I think he's referring to bolt-actions.

[@brittakriep2938]

@@DestinationBarbarism : As i noted, in case of war, every weapon which is still working, is given to those persons, for which they can be still usefull. For guarding prisoners, you can still use wooden clubs, invented in stone age. Older, even oldest weapons are still nowadays existing in stock , for the case of emergency. For frontline use mostly to old, but in case of noted french fieldguards of wwll, they had a rifle, when food thieves had been armed with firearms, but not ( from german perspective) to fight good against german troops. Older weaponry was not only given to armed security personal not, or rarely fighting on frontline, older weaponry was also given to not so thrustworthy allies.