G33/40: Special Carbine for the Gebirgsjager

[@Mustard_Face]

Ian’s hammer-space/pocket dimension is always ready to produce any firearm to compare with the subject of any video.

[@jeromethiel4323]

I could see that in a tabletop RPG. Very high skill level in firearm knowledge, can speak French, and can pull any firearm out of nowhere (with ammo) once per round. ^-^ Disadvantages: disliked by social media (looking at YOU tuotube...)

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

​​@@jeromethiel4323 The main disadvantages would be min-maxing along with a few classics like Obsessive, Perfectionism, and/or Know-It-All, or possibly Avarice (depending on your play style) so you can collect 'em all.

[@buncer]

Gerber rifle. For all of life’s stages.

[@kalebspencer6310]

There’s gotta be a joke out there for Johnson’s no more tears shampoo

[@Gurkenkasper]

Rubbel die Bratwurst und gewinne tolle Preise für dich und deine Liebsten!

[@TheRogueWolf]

(Not for use for teething.)

[@shaunpatterson9148]

It gets cold up there in the mountains....

[@chartreux1532]

As a Gebirgsjäger who served for 6 Years with the 23rd Gebirgsjäerbrigade and in the 231st Battalion i'm especially happy for a Video like this! Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps

[@AlanAhlman]

Prost! From North Alabama!

[@Weidenalex]

Horrido from ex 5./231

[@hansmeyer7225]

Servus 👋🏻

[@vaskoz3700]

did you get a unique shortened rifle or did you get the same as standard infantry?

[@MrTeddy12397]

did you use the G36K or the G36C

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

I had one of these as a teen in the 1970’s. Czech VZ33 version. It was as new condition but the bolts had been indiscriminately thrown in by the NZ importer, so unusual to find matching numbers. Mauser manufacturing tolerances being exact, it didn’t affect headspace. Pretty sure mine was 1934 manufacture. It was absolutely beautiful. Had a very soft rifling form - lands were almost semicircular. I had a scope fitted and played with handloads. Managed a five shot .629” at 100 yards with the old Lapua 170gr step-base spitzer. It was very lively to shoot and I wish I had it now. 👍🏻

[@JeremiahSchreffler]

Very lively is definitely a kiwi-isn.... I'm sure the recoil is quite *stout*. Thanks for sharing 👍😎

[@ericwethington]

So yours was made by Mauser and not Brno?

[@mothmagic1]

That's a nice looking carbine. Looks short and handy for confined spaces.

[@HellbirdIV]

Confined spaces... like mountains! Wait a minute...

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Hearing, huh. What is it good for...when high/in ZE mountains 😕

[@hoilst265]

I got a Dyson hair straightener mid-roll ad for this. Guess we all know how Ian keeps his hair so shiny and straight.

[@causewaykayak]

Lucky you. I got two guys of doubtful gender promoting an 'Easy Life'.

[@causewaykayak]

Lucky you. All I got was two chaps of doubtful gender promoting their 'easy life style'

[@causewaykayak]

Lucky you. All I got was two chaps of doubtful gender promoting their 'easy life style'

[@bencejuhasz6459]

Greetings from Hungary! Ian, I am sorry,but I need to clear things. There are some towns in Slovakia with the second part of their name being Bystrica. The Brno-owned factory was indeed in Slovakia, but the town's full name is Považská Bystrica. During German occupation,there was an ammunition factory there as well, which used slave labour. A couple of years ago, my father found(in Hungary) a single piece of sabotaged 7,92 mm Mauser ammunition which was produced in that factory.

[@wolframbenz1828]

A 33/40 was the first rifle I bought when I started with shooting. I already collected deactivated rifles for a couple of years before. Thats a thing in Europe. So I knew al little about history. But shooting it is not really fun. It weighs 3,3kg. Normal K98 is about 4.8 with wood stock and over 5 with laminated stock. The twist ratio is also different with these guys and they have not only a bang, they have also a kick. I sold mine soon and now have a G24(t) instead. ( After a couple of years with searching for a good one ) Much nicer to shoot and for my opinion the best 98 model. Very nice to see those two together. Hope you do a video about the G24(t). Very interesting model. Only two years in two options. Ca. 100 thousand of the first and about 150 thousand of the second, so pretty rare in terms of 98k

[@frcrr]

It's not "Zubrowka Brno", it's "Zbrojiovka Brno". Zubrowka is a kind of hard liquor, it's made with bison grass, "zubr" being a general slavic term for bison. Zbrojiovka means "armoury", "zbroj" being "armour".

[@podfuk]

Close enough ;)

[@JiriStransky-sr8uq]

zbrojovka, but yes you are correct

[@frcrr]

@@JiriStransky-sr8uq oof, you are right, my bad

[@vendybirdsvadl7472]

i laughted so hard when i heard his prouncounation. irony is that i cant spell it neither.

[@frcrr]

@@vendybirdsvadl7472 irony is that "can't... neither" is a double negative, mate.

[@skillz7119]

Im glad to see you redoing some of your older videos. So much more information. The history of the Czech occupation arms production is an excellent microcosm of all the problems German arms production got itself into as the war progressed.

[@LEXxTALIONS]

Another amazing lesson about history of guns. Thank you Dr. Ian👍💯

[@DefunctYompelvert]

Good carbine for mountain troops in 1940 but not for cavalry troops in 1905 when their horse is esentially flashbanged after every shot lol

[@darthck5066]

“sorry horsy, your sight and hearing loss was not service related”

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Donkeys FTW

[@teadrinker3290]

⁠@@dallesamllhals9161(hiyahs with donkey pride)

[@allangibson8494]

Cavalry was essentially toast with the invention of automatic weapons - they just didn’t realise it yet.

[@Cojasvim]

That Czech(oslovak) flag in the thumbnail has it's colors flipped.. the red is on the right when hoisted vertically!

[@causewaykayak]

I see the German insignia was defaced too.

[@jean-francoislemieux5509]

love the font they use and stamping quality on serials

[@atsonaga5520]

I don't know why but German bolt actions are the most beautiful rifles

[@Compulsive_LARPer]

they smooth af

[@Goc4ever]

Ian, once again you delivered spectacularly, well done. The G33/40 is very interesting simply because it's short and it got a unique stock making it ideal for mountain troops. The stock essentially makes it an improvised stick and due to having a short barrel makes it a perfect compact gun.

[@kasperjam]

8mm out of a barrel that short? Hmm, It appears we found the original flashbang dispenser before the HK51 was invented!

[@richardjames1812]

I think the little Carcano conversions to 8mm would the worst. But there were other really small 8mm carbines.

[@jessphuqette1716]

HUH?😂😂😂

[@hackerbot809]

even better, the swedish used something like this in 8×63mm called the gevär m/40

[@hakon5873]

i have have one that that was gifted to my father by a norwegian police neighbor. fully registered and marked with both nazi and norwegian police, original cartridge. most of the guns were assigned to the army and navy after the war but a small number were kept by the police and my i am very lucky to have this in my collection.

[@SzymonWlazlowski]

I can almost imagine the local Czech engineers and workers fueling up this confusion about Brno factory production profile and delaying the ramp-up of production : "But Herr Mueller, are you sure we want to re-re-tool? Perhaps we should re-tool or re-re-re-tool afterwards? Take your time, it's an important decision".

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

Hehe, I read a book, probably by Ludlum, where the Allied intelligence provided the Germans with great managers who were to use their knowledge... in the opposite way to specifically make production ineffective. In fact, I know that something like this happened in one of the Polish factories under German occupation. The resistance movement persuaded the factory boss to mismanage.

[@viandengalacticspaceyards5135]

@@Zbigniew_Nowak Reminds me of a WW2 bucket I had, factory marked "Kartoffeleimer" (potato bucket) in enamel military stencil writing. Maybe an indication why they lost the war - not a water bucket, not for onions, but strictly a Kartoffeleimer. Makes me want to shout 'Zack Zack' everytime I say the word.

[@michaelwhite9199]

I like the fact you are updating your older videos.

[@jadger1871]

Love your videos Ian, but a couple things to correct: 0:22 is wrong. The factories already existed in Brno before WWI ended, they had been an arms factory and artillery workshop for years under the Vienna arsenal called "K. u. k. Waffenhauptfabrik - Filiale Brünn". 1:05 is wrong as well. Germany never annexed Czechoslovakia. Germany annexed the predominantly German Sudetenland, made Bohemia & Moravia a protectorate, while Slovakia declared independence and became a German satellite state.

[@Stargazer80able]

The 7,92 carbines are LOUD and kicking like a beast. Have tried one and do not like to try it again.

[@DonMeaker]

Recoil is much more gentle if between the rifle stock and your shoulder you interpose your purse.

[@CarolinaRimfire]

Just a wittle guy!

[@J.E.C]

Great look into this weapons history.

[@MrKronikDeception]

It's just an attractive rifle.

[@daylight39]

Never knew this gun existed until I played Enlisted. I now like it because it is obscure.

[@marcstirrup9262]

Quite normal for mountaineers to tap their boots/crampons with their ice axe to prevent wet snow balling up under the soles. I suspect soldiers might do the same with their rifle, hence the metal plate otherwise you’d trash the stock pretty rapidly! Is the large sight hood to cut out glare when operating on snow or was it a carry through from Czech production?

[@brandoncoleman673]

I believe the sight hood is mostly to prevent it from getting bent. There are cheaper ways to prevent glare I think

[@brittakriep2938]

According to german weapons magazines ( Waffenzeitschriften) the sheet metal ( Blech) was realy to protect the stock from the shoenails of the mountain boots . In contrast to boots of ordinary soldiers ( known as Knobelbecher/ dice cup), the mountain boots had not only shoenails on underside of sole ( german: Sohle!), but also one row of nails on the sides, so the sheet metal protects the stock, for example in formal drill. Btw., german names of Brno and Bratislava are Brünn and Pressburg.

[@marcstirrup9262]

@ Ian seemed to think it was unusually large for its normal function, that’s all.

[@marks1638]

I own the predecessor to that rifle. The Czech built Model 1390 with even shorter barrel based of the Czech VZ-24 (built for the Persian Military in the later 20's and early 30's and sometimes called the Camel Carbine). A later version of it was built by Iran called the Persian Model 49 using Yugoslavian Mauser Machinery. It's very accurate to five hundred yards (even after almost 90 years). But the shorter barrel and lighter weight makes recoil with military 8mm loads a bit hard on the shoulder.

[@unexpected9370]

i always found them extremely cool. they so nice looking and short

[@GunsmithSid]

I had one for a couple of weeks before I traded it to Eric Kincel for a nice AR. It was in great condition but I knew I wouldn’t shoot it as much and Eric would be a good steward. I did fully disassemble it and took digital pictures that are archived somewhere to document it’s features and differences to a K98. I might have to look for that file…

[@realvargr]

Oh wow that's a cool little carbine :)

[@jansenart0]

Czech involvement = something different. Even to a bolt-action rifle.

[@janwitts2688]

The metal plate is to protect it against the rock.. the bit on the inside will be under and left when slung and will strike the clifface.. same reason why lamchesters were made so solidly due to naval ships being made of steel

[@notesfromthebunker6250]

A couple other notes on the 33/40 - the front sight hood is unique and specific tot he 33/40. Not swappable with other Mausers. Also, if you pull the action from the stock, there are lightening cuts on the receiver to reduce weight.

[@hetzertankdestroyer]

Enlisted's default weapon for some reason

[@darthshaggy9697]

ikr a kinda weird choice lol. Kar98az or some G98 variant would've made more sense at that point.

[@Calvin_Coolage]

​@@darthshaggy9697I think the intention for balance is that every starts with a short carbine version of their mainline bolt action rifle, except for the USA/Britain who all start with 1903 Springfields. The Kar98az is baaically a Kar98k as far as barrel length goes. Of course back before the merge they started with a Kar98k and a Kriegsmodell Kar98 in Normandy and Berlin respectively.

[@scottrobinson3281]

I don't think the G33/40 could top the recoil, report and muzzle flash of the 8x57 Dutch Police Carbine, which is diabolical.

[@laurentdevaux5617]

Never saw how diabolical were the recoil, report and muzzle flash of the 8x57 Dutch Police Carbine, but there's maybe worse with the French 1892 Berthier carbine : a weight just over 6 pounds and a length of just little more than 90 cm, but firing the powerful Lebel 8 mm cartridge. My grand-father who used it during WW2 told me that if you didn't care and hold it firm, it could give you a strong slap and even break your shoulder. And the muzzle flash was impressive also...

[@Chris-yy7qc]

German here. Your pronouncing of "Gebirgsjäger" was actually pretty good! 3:52

[@TheGrimFoot]

The smaller guys are saying the recoil is pretty harsh? Add a hardened steel buttplate.

[@trygvegabrielsen8120]

The recoild is harcher than one would think.

[@davidlynn7161]

Thanks for the interesting video and for showing a nice looking rifle.

[@colt45acp1000]

Hey Ian! Gebirgsjäger! Sheesh! Enjoy your channel!

[@Bear-hr1xo]

These were used after the war by the Norwegian police and as a rifle on trains to kill animals that were hit by the train. The police carbine was marked "Politi=Police"

[@norwegianwiking]

And Kongsberg used them to build hunting rifles in the 70s/80s.

[@paleoph6168]

Hopefully Ian will remake his video on the Gewehr 98/40 and its parent 35M rifle.

[@darthmartinez]

Ian has a stack of WW2 Mausers under that table.

[@VaronPlateando]

maybe, the morph up on demand.

[@samuelleal6149]

For anyone curious: T stands for Tschesiche, czech in german

[@Enraged-Gecko]

10:27 The Czechs turned the bolt handle of a Mauser into a melon baller… Neat

[@Jame5man]

Germany arguing over which guns they should be making at a Czech plant and not making a decision for 3 years is so accurate to how they did anything under the Nazis it’s almost cliche

[@oldesertguy9616]

Beautiful rifle. I just wonder how far Czech engineering would have gone in terms of semi-auto rifles and other innovations had they not been invaded. Btw, Germany "annexed" Czechoslovakia is a very polite way of putting it, lol. I would ask the people of Lidice how they liked the annexation, but it was kind of wiped off the map by the new German government.

[@brittakriep2938]

Was from early 10th century to 1806 regular part of HRE. In 955 Lechfeld battle, first campaign where a realy german army appeared on battlefield, bohemian levie was rearguard of german army.. And from about 1400 to 1918 part of Austria/Habsburg territories. So starting in middleage, when a native dynasty ruled, to wwll a large german minority lived there, and some bohemian towns ( Städte) had a germanstyle lawset. When in 1918 Czechoslovakia was founded, there had been in reallity a bit more germans than slovacs, and german people had been, at least in first years threated bad, was one of the reasons, why a man named Henlein (?) a supporter of Hitler was successfull among german inhabitants of Czechoslovakia. When in 1919, treatises of Versailles and St. Germain, the Allied nations would have used their brains better, wwll surely would not have happened.

[@causewaykayak]

Wasn't the Sudetenland a Germanic enclave forcibly allocated to the newly founded Czechoslovakia after WW1. In keeping with the American Wilsons demands that populations got self determination swathes of land were forced at gunpoint into changing nationality. The South Tyrol could be another example ... remember the Polish Corridor and loads of other examples of compulsory freedoms 😂.

[@brittakriep2938]

@@causewaykayak : The socalled Sudetenland was in Austrohungarian time a part of Bohemia / Böhmen ( austrian part of Austria/ Hungary) and Moravia/ Mähren (hungarian part of Austria/ Hungary). In 1919 ( Treaty of St. Germain) Austria lost Bohemia, and ( Treaty of Trianon) Hungary lost Moravia. From middleage to 19th century. Bohemia and Moravia bordered german Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, the thuringian principalities, and prussian province Silesia. For this reason for centuries german speaking Austrians, Bavarians, Saxons , Thurigians and Silesianw moved into Bohemia and Moravia. Those german speakers lived mostly along the borders.

[@causewaykayak]

@@brittakriep2938 Thank you. You know great detail. Are you an Historian or just incredibly well informed 🤗

[@causewaykayak]

@@brittakriep2938 Supplementary question if you please. Was Glass making a famous speciality in these areas. I once saw a play about a journey man (geselle?) glassmaker who produced most beautiful drinking vessels. It was most interesting. Secondly the Allied powers were not at all smart. WW I was totally uneccessary. I went to a military type school, and even there it was taught that WW1 was the result of a ambitious diplomats and cruel dynasties making secret treaties. The people's duty was to obey without question regardless of cost. Looks like we are seeing a repeat in our own times. Anyway thank for the history. 👍🏼

[@JGCR59]

My maternal Grandpa, Narvik and Caucasus veteran, must have carried one of those

[@Sean-cz77]

Love Mausers. Obviously its a no brainer bolt action rifles are outdated and obsolete. But the aristocratic, historic and class of owning a manually loading historic firearm will always go hard.

[@paleoph6168]

Obsolete these days as a service rifle, but in specialized roles and civilian contexts, bolt actions are still very usable.

[@brittakriep2938]

Some rich german/ austrian hunters still use handmade breakaction/ tipdown rifles and combination guns like Bergstutzen, Büchsflinte, Drilling or even Vierling.

[@TylerMcL3more]

Ooh! It’s the ladder rifle!

[@jagrench62]

I had a 98 short rifle like that in 30 ought 6 another gun I should have never sold

[@Mister_____B3_______________B3]

This is a gebirgsjager. It jager gebirgs.

[@brittakriep2938]

Don't make fun about german language, if you don' t know spelling and grammar. C'est ne pas honoreuse. Antworten bitte auf Deutsch!

[@midweststrength]

I believe that the “rings” on the body of the receiver are also turned down to make them smaller than that of a typical Mauser in an additional weight reducing measure

[@باقرالزيادي-ل8ه]

رائع نشكرك على هذه المراجعه المميزه ياايان

[@ooloncaluphid]

I think there are also circular cutouts in the sides of the magazine well to take a little weight off there, as well.

[@JGCR59]

The irony is of course that in the Wehrmacht, the full lenght rifle was called a Carbine while the carbine was called a Gewehr :P

[@kenibnanak5554]

It looks like a fairly decent hunting rifle. Although a little heavy by today's standards.

[@krkprd]

Flags, when rotated like this should be mirrored, at least the czech one should. White and red fields should be switched. Not a big deal tho.

[@flhawki]

Gun Jesus "they take over production of the Gewher 24T...." and pulls one out from under the table. Only GJ can do that!

[@thatfriggingbathroom2656]

My dad's unit. They had G3s though.

[@jameshusband3302]

Again Ian gets the facts right. 8mm Mauser + carbine = flamethrower

[@kentr2424]

Forgot the Kicker after the flamethrower 😁😁

[@andrewallason4530]

And portable avalanche starter for mountain troops.

[@ArcticNemo]

My first centerfire was a Mauser cut to 18" with a brake...I was 9. First field use led to the world going white for a second until the color and sound came back to reveal a dead caribou.

[@patrickshannon4854]

The original scout rifle. Why are the Germans so wedded to open sights as oppose to the US & Britain largely favoring Aperture sights?

[@allangibson8494]

Open sights don’t get clogged with mud and snow… The US and Britain got crazy with rifle competitions over actual field serviceability.

[@watchdogCZ]

Ian, thank you for the video. Just a little thing. If you have the Czechoslovak or Czech flag displayed vertically, the white stripe must be on the left., not on the right.😉

[@schana96]

Ge-BIRGS-jäger, just to clarify the pronunciation, for anyone wondering.

[@uaputte]

Wherd when they put pu new production that they did not stat making semi automatic or sturmgever insted, i understadn when alresy making the mauser was good to keep the production up but now when starting new production!

[@TheInfidel_SlavaUA]

she be kickin?

[@AlanAhlman]

Re-tooling the factory three separate times equals time wasted, as in weopons NOT produced. Im thinking about the crappy last ditch rifles that Germany was desperately trying to mass produce towards the end of the war. There is a historical lesson in there somewhere.

[@blshouse]

All military carbines should have a kick plate.

[@albuerum]

It's 'Ge-BIRGS-jäger'. The emphasis is on the second syllable.

[@vaclav_fejt]

Which Bystrica was that? There are at least two in Slovakia, Banská Bystrica and Považská Bystrica.

[@RedBaronSVK]

Only Považska , Banska never had a gun factory , K98,VZ.24 , VZ.33 was made only in Považska in Slovakia ....

[@cyrusdarko9870]

here to support the channel! 💪🏻

[@jakubmotlik3719]

Great video, but just so you know, the way the czech flag is positioned in the thumbnail is incorrect - when you hang czech flag vertically, the white is supposed to face to the left.

[@7nthsense]

Hi Ian, I came across a weird question and I don't know if there's a good answer. With gatling guns it seems like the use of four barrels is rare. Four barrels is used either internally or externally in the F-35 and another is used in the chin turret of the mil mi-24 Hind. Three is used in a GAU 19 but it seems like six and above is most common like the M134, seven used in the A10's GAU 8. Do you know why the use of four or five barrels is so uncommon in gatling guns?

[@miloskaluznik48]

Hi Ian, I have a question as a Slovak person! When you say there was a factory in Bystrica, which Bystrica would that be, considering there is multiple cities called that such as Banská Bystrica, Stará Bystrica, Stará Bystrica etc.

[@RedBaronSVK]

V Banskej Bystrici nikdy nebola žiadna zbrojovka ! on má na mysli Považsku Bystricu , tam sa vyrabali počas druhej svetovej vojny aj K98 , VZ.24 a VZ.33 . V dobových dochovaných dokumentoch sa dá dočítať že Zbrojovka Brno po roku 1939 si pridružila Považsku ako svoju sekundárnu fabriku , je teda vidieť že prvé kusy vyrábane v Považskej mali na púzdre záveru skratku DOT - čo odpovedalo v nemeckom značení Zbrojovka Brno a až neskôr prešli na vlastnú skratku DOU ktorá značila už Zbrojovku Považska Bystrica .

[@flhawki]

Only Gun Jesus can reach under the table and pull out a full arsenal.

[@trygvegabrielsen8120]

I believe the cleaningrod is not original. Mine has finally gotten an original. Long time searching

[@m.m.2137]

Meine Traumwaffe🇩🇪

[@jeffreyoldham55]

Hickock45 claims that the _bolt disassembly disk_ is actually a cigarette holder. 😀

[@foreststalkerbrothers]

It's so funny, how after many visits to Czechia, Ian still cannot pronounce one simple word : Zbrojovka. West slavic and south slavic word for armory.

[@3746463]

Brno = Brünn in German, that city had german speaking inhabitants for many centuries.

[@brittakriep2938]

Bratislava - Pressburg, Zagreb - Agram, Lubjiana- Laibach in austro/ hungarian days.

[@causewaykayak]

​@@brittakriep2938 Thanks. not to be airbrushed out of memory. Either by politically correct 🏳️‍🌈 eurocrats or any others.

[@owenjv3359]

Are the guns he pulls up for reference just sitting on his lap or is there a table we don't see?

[@tinymud3324]

Kinda compares to the Enfield No5 MkI Jungle Carbine ?

[@geoffreypiltz271]

Was all that delay in getting full capacity production going at Brno possibly deliberate stalling tactics by the Czechs?

[@kimjanek646]

The default Axis Rifle in Silent Storm :3

[@Calvin_Coolage]

And Enlisted.

[@youknowme1475]

Did the Hlinka guard or the Slovak military use that in WW2?

[@josephmosser5203]

Ian, can you elaborate on the reliability concerns about the MG34 after the invasion of Poland?

[@sandromicic6102]

Pfft, i've got plenty of these in Enlisted

[@ruud1955rdg]

Gebirgsjager sounds like Guh-birgs-jager Uhhh with a G infront of it.

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

Of course, I understand why a longer barrel suppresses gunshot flash better. But why does it reduce recoil? Is it the slight difference in weight between the shorter and longer barrels?

[@MangasColoradas941]

weight is a big factor but i believe theres also some physics involved where theres more leverage over a longer rifle

[@minuteman4199]

I would imagine that the recoil energy generated by the cartridge is the same from both barrels, but since it happens while the bullet is in the barrel, it gets spread out over a longer period of time in a longer barrel and thus feels reduced.

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

@@minuteman4199 Maybe this is the difference between a short "stock strike" and a longer "stock pressure".

[@robertkalinic335]

If gun weighs more, the recoil accelerates it less. If the gun was the same weight as the bullet somehow just for the example, it would travel at the same speed as the bullet itself.

[@leewilkinson6372]

As others have said, part of it is the weight of the weapon. Some of it, however, is the amount of unused power pushing out of the barrel afterwards. The pressure inside the barrel is pushing only forward and rear ward on the user (radialy, it is contained by the barrel, more or less). When it exits the barrel, that force can now travel in every direction. Think of it as a tiny explosion at the end of the barrel. The more of the propellant that is burned off in the barrel, the smaller the "explosion" at the end of the barrel. This is the part of recoil that is changing with different length barrels. So in a longer barrel, the "explosion" at the end is less, because more ot eh propelling burned off in the barrel. (I know this isn't exactly what happens, but feel it's a useful illustration. I'm positive the math is a TON more complicated. Lol)

[@martinroskres1297]

Bent bolt was this a factory job?

[@viandengalacticspaceyards5135]

What is the logic behind a shorter barrel causing more recoil ?

[@UlisseDizante]

A cartridge is designed to burn all the propellant in the standard barrel. As the bullet leave the barrel, only hot gasses came out after. In any short-barreled gun, not all the propellant burns inside: some came out and burns outside, with a bigger flash, more noise and an increased recoil. Basically the propellant burning after the bullet left the barrel "shot" the carabine into the shoulder.

[@novarat4089]

always a laugh when i place bets on how many markings will be stamped on a german gun and i always end up short

[@WetDoggo]

Was jagst du? Mountains!

[@brittakriep2938]

Not Fallschirme?

[@koenvangeleuken6544]

i would expect mountain troops, more than regular infantry, have to take long range shots, for example across valleys......then a longer barrel would seem more appropriate!!??

[@leewilkinson6372]

Only if you're on top. And you gotta climb to get on top. Lol Seriously though, everything is a compromise. They spent far more time marching and climbing than fighting, and it was better to have a short rifle in good shape than a long rifle beat to hell. Having only carried a pellet rifle through flatland scrub, i can tell you it's almost phenomenal how much that little weapon can catch on....can't imagine climbing with a real rifle!!

[@tiborkovacs-vass1327]

So early, my girlfriend set off to find a new lover.

[@MakingMoneyyy857]

Plate shoulder pads? German shoulders must hv been made of granite 😂

[@AsbestosMuffins]

german is such a serious sounding silly language as opposed to dutch which is a silly sounding silly language

[@blackore64]

So the Short carbine is a "Rifle" and longer, arguably short rifle is "Carbine".

[@brittakriep2938]

In military german a Gewehr was usually a fullsized battlerifle. A Karabiner ( in Austria also Stutzen was used ) was a shorter rifle , mostly for cavallry. After wwl ( Allied nations made trouble) the rather long fullsized battlerifles and carbines been standardized to one model 98k. Was shorter than wwl Gewehr and longer than wwl Karabiner, but called Karabiner. That those shown rifle was called Gewehr is indeed unusual, i only can assume that someone ordered this name ( in reallity the important Nazis often had not been realy correct in traditions) or because this rifle was the battlerifle of the Gebirgsjäger. Today in german Military nearly everything traditional is forbidden, or german terminology is replaced by english words. In civilian context Gewehr is umbrella term for all kind of long gun, when a correct description is not necessary. But attention! In old texts, before about 1800, Gewehr is also used as umbrella term for all hand weapons, even swords or spears. Reason: Gewehr consists of Ge- ( meaning a lot of/ for example Gesang - a lot of singing, or Geschrei - a lot of shouting) and Wehr ( meaning weapon or defence/ sich wehren - to defend yourself). Btw., bayonnet is in german language either Bajonett or Seitengewehr.

[@couchbear6108]

Jager roughly translators as hunter in German if I'm not mistaken

[@brittakriep2938]

Jäger ( writing ä as ae, ü as ue, ö as oe or ß as ss is also correct german) means either hunter or light infantryman, because first Jäger units of about 1700 realy had been professional hunters or forrestry officials with their green jackets and private weapons: Büchse ( rifle, no smoothbore) and Hirschfänger, a long huntingknife ( some rather old huntsmen still carry a Hirschfänger as dressweapon for ceremonies). A rarer used outdated word for Jäger ( meaning huntsman) is Waidmann.

[@couchbear6108]

@brittakriep2938 thank you for your insight. English is my first language

[@brittakriep2938]

@@couchbear6108 : I am german, the anglosaxon part of your language has after 1500 years still similarities to german..

[@karlhakansson1706]

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