How Aliens’ Iconic Pulse Rifle Was Created - Loadout

Few fictional weapons are as iconic and influential as the Pulse Rifle. First seen in James Cameron’s 1986 sci-fi blockbuster, Aliens, the M41A has undeniably become a cornerstone of pop culture. Its sleek futuristic design has influenced everything from the armoury of Halo to the prototype weaponry of the US military, and the rifle has appeared in a range of video games including Alien Versus Predator and Aliens: Colonial Marines. But how was this sci-fi icon created? Watch and find out.
Thank you to Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery, as well as the Royal Armouries museum ( / royalarmouries ) for helping make this video happen.

[@IrregularDave]

Thank you to sci fi fans young and old for watching this episode of Loadout. And an extra thank you to Jonathan Ferguson and The Royal Armouries for helping make this intimate look at the Pulse Rifle happen!

[@jonathanferguson1211]

No problem Dave, it was a pleasure.

[@kapteenikorkki2535]

What about 2008 AVP pulse rifle? That was nice.

[@TheXanderGrim]

you missed the 1988 game Aliens and you missed the platform beatem up AVP both had the rifle in it .

[@bashkillszombies]

Wouldn't it technically be an SMG given it's firing 40 caliber pistol rounds? :P

[@bombomos]

John is that best

[@RainOfAshes]

Fun fact: the AvP game developers 'nailed the sound' of the pulse rifle because they got their hands on the original sound files from the movie late into development of the game.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I'm sure they could have just recorded the sound directly from the films themselves, it's not exactly hard.

[@enlightenerofcryptozoology8761]

The Aliens Pulse Rifle will forever remain a popular and iconic weapon of the science fiction genre as a whole. Alongside the guns of Star Wars and their light sabers, and pistol from Blade Runner

[@alrush34]

All firearms function in vacuum, though. To make that a selling point is like lauding it for having a functioning trigger.

[@gawthic1]

Thank you! I was just scrolling down to see if this had already been said.

[@alrush34]

@@gawthic1 You're welcome! I noticed some other stuff but they were already covered in other comments.

[@Nia-qf4jp]

iirc the problem is that the lubricant and such dry up causing it to break down in space?

[@BigSwede7403]

@@Nia-qf4jp There would probably be some trouble with overheating as well. No gas medium to transfer the excess heat means it gets "caught" in the material of the gun for some time.

[@Abrxas01]

@@Nia-qf4jp They do make lubricants that can withstand extreme temps so I doubt you'd design a brand new gun for it. The real challenge is, while modern firearms can be used in space, you really wouldn't want to. The recoil, even from small calibre weapons, would be enough to send you into an out of control scenario if you weren't braced against something and you could end up going dutchman. Coming up with a weapon that had self stabilizing / recoil elimination would be the key for space combat.

[@Nobody-os3hc]

When the grenade launcher is a sawed down spas

[@daleflannery7667]

God I love a prop replica of this

[@leerobinson6086]

Back when films were badass!!! 👍

[@chrisdooley6468]

RIP Bill Paxton. He was awesome in Aliens as Hudson

[@largol33t1]

What a loss for movies. When I heard about his passing, I immediately thought of his famous line from the movie "Game over, man! Game over!" RIP Mr. Paxton, your fans still miss you.

[@tfrye1232]

Rip he will be missed

[@luigivincenz3843]

Coincidentally, he and Lance Henriksen are the only 2 actors to be in the Terminator, Aliens and Predator series.

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@largol33t1 and "Game over, Man" was NOT in the script. It is one of of the most famous improvised lines in movies.

[@blackdragon5274]

I disagree with the counter being pointless, if it was on the inside (or if a leftie held it) it would be a good way to keep track of shots since it holds so many rounds, and doesn't eject shells.

[@UnitSe7en]

If it's supposed to be caseless, why does it have what looks like a standard shell ejection port near the counter?

[@blackdragon5274]

@@UnitSe7en because it's built on top of a Thompson, and it had to be able to eject shells to get realistic recoil. Like star wars blasters, in lore, looks like an ejection port, but is probably something else, or just a way to open the gun to get into the bolt and clear jams easier.

[@achtsekundenfurz7876]

Also, many caseless designs have an extraction port to clear misfires. Under ideal circumstances, it wouldn't be necessary, but if a single round fails to fire, there has to be a way to get rid of it without stripping the weapon down. Another thing the Vietnam war has amply demonstrated - the battlefield is rarely if ever ideal. The M16's issues were many: flawed cleaning/maintenance gear, weak spot on the stock, unnecessary logistical complexity (the two halves of the heat-shield weren't identical, leaving some soldiers with the wrong spare part, a burst counter which failed to reset reliably after even slight wear, etc. Not a bad gun, but rushed into battle with lots of teething problems exacerbated by the unforgiving jungle environment it hasn't been designed for.

[@adam2082]

Absolutely agree with you... A quick check a weapon is still ready (slide forward) which is a standard check would allow you to see the rounds you have left too!

[@paulclementyonkers4604]

Being a "lefty," I agree with this assessment. 👌 😁

[@ODST_Parker]

One of the coolest looking, sounding, and functioning weapons in all of science fiction. I really love the M56 Smart Gun as well, for all the same reasons. They had brilliant minds behind those weapons, absolutely fucking brilliant.

[@johnjeromson3471]

The smart gun looks to me like an MG42 on a steadicam mount. pure genius.

[@ODST_Parker]

@@johnjeromson3471 That's because it literally is, plus some motorcycle parts on either side of the barrel and a new grip/trigger at the rear.

[@arnox4554]

I thought it was kinda meh, but I loved it a whole lot more when I played AVP1/2 where they gave it limited seeking and aimbot functionality which was a great idea and was cool as shit.

[@themisfitbrigade]

@From a DOOM fan they actually did

[@themisfitbrigade]

@@ODST_Parker actually the “trigger” was a lever that connects to the actual trigger

[@jonathanferguson1211]

Psst, guys, that was an Ingram Model 10, not an Uzi ;)

[@Strawberry92fs]

Right? and Clearly Snake likes the Ingram because he uses one in Captain Ron as well. I always wondered when Captain Ron took place in the Escape From series, I always figured it happened before Escape from New York when Plissken was on the lamb.

[@arthurmorgan2418]

Like how the "ar-15" is actually an m16?

[@ayuchanayuko]

@@arthurmorgan2418 no the MAC 10 is different vs the uzi. For starters, the former is American-made while the latter is Israeli.

[@arthurmorgan2418]

@@ayuchanayuko I know, also I don't even remember making that ar15 comment lmao

[@Patrick-vn4sb]

@@arthurmorgan2418 the ar15 is an m16 and an m4. Ar15 is a platform the military adapted to make m16 and m4.

[@HappisakVideos]

I actually had the honour of handling the M41A Pulse Rifle hero weapons back in 2003 as a film student. Bapty's in North London. Very heavy thing, they say in the video 'extreme.' Yep it was. I handled it for like 5 mins during my tour. All the students had a go so we all took it in turns to hold it. Very beaten up and weathered. Not just due to weathering effects but lack of use. They did say it was the 'hero' weapon and they had two there at that time I knew of. They did say they were due to be sold on. So one of them could have been the one in the video at the Royal Amouries. It was a 'squee' moment for me I loved this weapon as a teenager watching Aliens. (Age given away there!) Thanks to the guys for letting me see it. :)

[@daegnaxqelil2733]

heavy, like a real gun

[@thefunnyweegman]

Wanna know something cool, I got a replica in my closet

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

​@@daegnaxqelil2733way heavier. The actual Thompson under the shell is already VERY heavy by itself. I say this as a Thompson owner, they're about 10-12lbs alone. Then the Remington 870 easily adds another 5-7lbs. I'm sure the shell weighs a bit too. So all together it's likely between 17-21lbs (7.7-9.5 kg).

[@donhughes8465]

I was working at Picatinny Arsenal (US Army weapons development facility) when they were researching "the Aliens gun". I would have sworn some Generals went to see the movie and came out with strange ideas!

[@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487]

The XM8 was literally based off the gun from Starship troopers. So...

[@anthonytuccillo6274]

Yea like who would want to know how much ammo they have left in a battle? Nobody apparently 😏

[@Wraithbored]

I am actually lucky enough to own an airsoft variant of the pulse rifle, it does count down bullets, but sadly the grenade launcher is only cosmetic.

[@charlessenecal4706]

Do you know where I could get my hands on one? Thnx.

[@Wraithbored]

@@charlessenecal4706 Sadly I do not know. I found it by pure chance in a local air-soft shop.

[@charlessenecal4706]

Ok, thnx. I'll try to find a store nearby. Or maybe on- line.. 👍👍

[@Wraithbored]

@@charlessenecal4706 Best of luck to you, and a happy new year :)

[@bombomos]

You could jimmy it

[@Ianorig]

Furia 161 is the planet from Alien3, not Aliens. (6:20)

[@ArchonTimatron]

I know, such a glaring error considering how well researched the video is overall.

[@ShawnWilsonPrime]

yeah i think the planet in aliens was Lv426

[@gold333]

Fury, not Furia

[@willbo6530]

Thanks. Now I don’t have to.

[@steveflatman]

It’s actually Fiorina 161, Fury was a nickname.

[@MakCurrel]

The smartgun is still way cooler. I mean the combination of a MG42, a motorcycle handle and a steadycam rig. What's not to like! It's so dirty and crood... And nice.

[@Nemoticon]

Narp, the M41A is and always will be the daddy firearm of the scifi world, (smartgun is fucking cool though xD)

[@rickhunter6513]

@@Nemoticon nothing sounds like that M41a👍🏼

[@rickys7883]

Ten millimeter explosive tip caseless, huh? Sounds like a standard, light armor-piercing round.

[@alaric_]

And they seem to be right under the primary cooling towers..

[@Dr_Fuzz]

When I seen this guns cameo in Ready Player One, I lost my shit! My favorite movie gun, next to Zorgs ZF1 in The Fifth Element.

[@largol33t1]

The nostalgia and little historical bits like that pulse rifle are why I love Ready Player One. Nothing more 80s than running through a street in your Delorean, shooting at Bowser with your M41 pulse rifle!

[@jeffhreid]

Caseless ammo means the round has no metallic cartridge. So like a muzzle loader, there is just propellant and a projectile. The main advantage to caseless ammo is weight savings from not needing the cartridge. The main problem is heat. The metal cartridge soaks up heat from the firing process (hot brass down your shirt is a thing). Without a good way to get rid of heat the problem of a firearm overheating is difficult to solve. Caseless ammo is also susceptible to the effects of weather as it’s not self contained and sealed in the same way a metallic cartridge is. And obviously caseless ammo cannot be reloaded as there is nothing to “reload”. It’s a bit of a white elephant

[@largol33t1]

I think the idea is to cut production costs of ammo and save some weight. But like cased ammo, it isn't without its drawbacks. I'll stick with cased ammo for self defense until technology can produce a real, reliable caseless ammo handgun.

[@iskandartaib]

Of course, if this is set in the distant future - I suppose they'd have much better propellants than we do today that would produce far more gas with far less heat... As far as "reloading" goes - sure, it's a great hobby, and a way for police departments to get cheap ammunition for target practice, but in wartime no one reloads, at least no one reloads small arms ammunition. The thing _I_ wonder about is how they manage to fit 300 rounds of 10mm ammunition (caseless or not) into that weapon. I also seem to remember that Ripley's gun had a 3 digit round counter (everyone probably remembers it counting down to zero), the ones in this video only have 2 digits. Also, if they want to pack as much propellant into the same amount of magazine space, they should have used propellant blocks which were square (or rectangular) in cross section rather than round, like the H&K G11 did.

[@randypullman1155]

Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!

[@alaric_]

Oh man, Paxton really made that character. Highly doubt doubt anyone else could have made it as good. Funny parts all around, car sales person from True Lies was absolutely hilarious :)

[@auning]

When mentioning modern assault riffle design don’t forget H&H G36 - looks very similiar!

[@Punisher6791]

lets not forget their Sidearm, the H&K VP70. which also happens to be Leons Gun in Resident Evil 2.

[@Abrxas01]

Cept Vasquez's SW Model 39

[@slapstickcomedy2.0.18]

The Matilda yeah that's an actual gun with the actual stock the converts the pistol to a 3 round burst.

[@Justin_GFM]

I wish he mentioned the 2010 AVP game

[@offensivebiasmusic]

Justin same, I still play it from time to time

[@ayuchanayuko]

Same here. Going bug hunting once in a while

[@jrreedve2825]

9:06 it’s shown!

[@AntiHamster500]

It's a shame that AVP 2010 wasn't more popular. It is without a doubt a better game than Colonial Marines yet it sold far fewer copies.

[@arnox4554]

@@AntiHamster500 Compared to the classic AvP2, it was kinda lackluster. That's why it didn't really take off. This was also just before social media really took off as an insanely good way to promote games just by word of mouth alone. Kinda pisses me off though. You can, digitally speaking, buy the first AvP. You can buy the latest AvP. You can even buy fucking Colonial Marines. But you can't buy the best one, which is AvP2.

[@darkspire91]

2:24 That's not an AR-15, he even calls it the proper name: the XM-177. That's a variant of the M16 family, totally different from the AR variants.

[@jankthunder4012]

M-16 is literally just the military designation of the AR-10 design, so he got the generation wrong I guess.

[@Abrxas01]

@@jankthunder4012 AR15 friend, AR10 is chambered in7.62 NATO, not 5.56 NATO.

[@reaperaf9511]

@@jankthunder4012 no... the m16 is not an ar10. the ar10 fires a harder hitting round (the 7.62x51mm NATO). the ar15 is the next generation, design was improved and the caliber was changed to the 5.56x45mm. the ar10 IS NOT an ar15...

[@jankthunder4012]

​@@reaperaf9511 You're right, I had always assumed the M16 was 7.62 and the M4 was 5.56 but it turns out that the M4 is just the carbine variant.

[@mistakenotou7681]

Isn't ar15 civilian version of M16? Also ar 10 is practically at 15 in 762 NATO ( it's older )

[@endplanets]

11:21 'Having a counter is total nonsense' What? I think he means that the counter is on the side (where it can't be seen by the user), because having an ammo counter is amazing. Gamers won't tolerate a revolver without an ammo counter. That's why transparent gun mags are popular in real life. And some vendors even sell ammo counter gun mods. A bit clunky mind you. A fully integrated ammo counter would be viewed favorably.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

I was talking about the gun as a practical concept for a weapon, which it mostly is - but the counter is to build tension for the audience and nothing more.

[@johnm3907]

Jonathan Ferguson some experimental versions of the lsat lmg have ammo counters. It cant hurt to know how many bullets you have left.

[@jonathanferguson1211]

@@johnm3907 Ah, no - different thing. Those round counters are not visible to the shooter and are there to aid armourers in maintaining the gun. Soldiers are trained to either count their rounds or check the chamber when the gun stops to verify whether it is empty or has encountered a stoppage. Visual round counters have been invented since Aliens, but are in fact useless in the real world, sorry.

[@johnm3907]

Jonathan Ferguson ah so a soldier in the middle of a gunfight has time to check his bullets? Rather than just glancing at an led readout doesnt make sense to you?

[@johnm3907]

Jonathan Ferguson and also iv read articles about the lsat that said readouts for the user on ammo capacity.

[@MrNeilfatmonkey]

In the film it’s referred to as an M forty one A not an M four one A.

[@wolfhuntergaming2040]

Around the 6 minute mark, you made a canon mistake. When mentioning Alien 3 the gun, you stated that marines return to Fury 161 the same planet in Aliens, when it's actually the planet from the third movie the game is named after.

[@hollowshrine4148]

Lv426 is the planet from aliens fury 161 is the prison planet from alien 3

[@alaric_]

@@hollowshrine4148 Fiorina "Fury" 161, later called "Fiori 16" in Alien: Resurrection. "Fury" was the nickname, no idea where the "Fiori 16" came from, though...

[@TheWasteOfTime]

Ye keep saying "USMC" but technically in Aliens it's "USCM." :-P Seriously though, this was a cool video!

[@aimanhaikalthemalaysian7089]

United States Colonial Marines :D

[@DocWolph]

The one thing that ticks me off to no end, is when comics just get lazy about futuristic or advanced firearms and drop an M41A.

[@thedean489]

3:41 that isn’t an uzi, that is a MAC 10 or 11. I can’t really tell from the video.

[@WhiteSuperMemeist]

All modern firearms can fire "in the vacuum of space"

[@hillaryclinton2415]

This needs to be higher. Hell, they fire underwater

[@boundtodie]

A few rounds maybe before they seize up from the heat they can't disperse

[@WhiteSuperMemeist]

@@boundtodie I suppose that would be an issue. Convection can't happen. But it does happen eventually. Something made hot in space wont stay hot forever.

[@noremorsewoodworking2258]

@@boundtodie Since space is already rather cold, the guns will (quite quickly) become very cold too which should negate any heat-build up issue. They may however become so cold they either seize to function or become so brittle the crack or splinter...

[@alaric_]

@@noremorsewoodworking2258 Except i've heard from many sources that total vacuum is extremely good insulator. Reason why they use it in thermos-mugs. So when something gets hot in space, it tends to stay hot longer than on earth where there is air to transfer the heat away. Like in the processor cooler. Normal processor would fry itself up very fast in space, even with the aluminium heat sink.

[@StopMoshin]

Another iconic weapon of that time was Megatron's original alt mode, the Walther P38 with it's sci-fi bells and whistles.

[@obiwanrussell1747]

It's M-FORTY ONE A not M-Four one A! Have you even watched the movie?

[@TotalRookie_LV]

"..suffered from a myriad of bugs..." A myriad of "bugs"? Maybe that wasn't intended as a pun, but sure does work like one.

[@veerchasm1]

As a sidenote the Spas Autoloader shotgun used to make up the pulse rifle was also used by Arnold in the Terminator

[@nicholasdickens2801]

I absolutely love the Pulse rifle. I remember even seeing it in the (not very good) Dredd film in 1995. It’s always to me the most iconic Sci-Fi weapon of all-time like the Lightsaber is.

[@xiphossigil8302]

The Harrington Assault Rifle can be used in the Aliens Colonial Marines game, and fires by bursts of 3 or 5 (upgraded). I personally like it very much especially the attached mini flamethrower, but it ran out of ammo quicker than the Pulse Rifle

[@JimPerdue14]

I always liked the Thompson based design of the pulse rifle. I also like the Ruger AC-556 based Morita bullpup rifles used by the Mobile Infantry in Starship Troopers.

[@bb5242]

The one thing you failed to mention is that the XM29 was a near total failure because the grenades were so small, they had very little useful fragmentation and the rifle part didn't do anything better than an M4.

[@TheJedaiHero9000]

REALLY liked and enjoyed watching this!!!! One of my most favorite weapons in Sci-Fi!!!!

[@Pvt_Hudson]

Pule Rifle is the greatest sounding movie weapon of all time!

[@Azreal20]

It was also used in GPolice , however only in some of the very few CGI sequences.

[@papypoulet]

This game was awesome thanks for the memories !

[@ScornedOne1080]

They forgot AvP2 game, released in 2001.

[@emperorofthegreatunknown4394]

I know! Literally didn't mention or even show the best game of the series.

[@judsongaiden9878]

0:28 Kudos to the animators for putting forth the effort to animate ejecting casings. The gun's supposed to be caseless, but its base components certainly are not. 1:51 Apone: "Fasten that chinstrap, Hudson!" 2:23 Before the M-203, there was the XM-148. Jesse Ventura had one of those. 3:39 That's a MAC-10. The Uzi's way better. And the MP5 is the best (for the era). 4:05 Hicks describes the grenade launcher as being "30mm." A 12-gauge bore in metric is 18.5mm, so "20mm" would be more feasible. By comparison, a .45 caliber bore is 11.43mm in metric, so "10mm" is close enough. IRL, a caseless rifle would inevitably use a much slimmer bullet with an aerodynamic spitzer shape. 9:29 Sometimes, the launcher element is on top, as with the OICW. But not just an ordinary launcher. That's a "smart cannon." It's semi-auto, magazine-fed, and has a bullpup layout. The rifle element is actually underslung on the launcher/cannon. 10:16 More left-handed characters in vidya games! 10:46 20mm over 5.56. The pulse rifle's U1 grenade launcher would use grenades like those, but most likely shorter (and without the "smart" chip). So maybe more comparable to 18.5mm FRAG-12 grenades.

[@leeahare]

This video owned, every second was a joy to watch and listen, more of this please.

[@tomarnold7284]

I love what they did to the sound, the high pitch burst was like nothing I ever heard!

[@Abrxas01]

IDK, stating that an ammo counter is superfluous is well, inaccurate. A typical magazine on a modern combat rifle carries 30 rounds, which on full auto you can burn through in around 4 seconds, bust fire (which is the correct way) slightly longer and of course on semi even longer. Point is however, it's relatively easy to keep track of your rounds and MANY modern magazines includes a window or are semi-transparent to give an idea of how full that mag as and whether you needs to replace it. On a weapon like the M41A with it's INSANE 100 rounds mag, I'd say having SOME indicator of your ammo level would be quite necessary.

[@eriktrimble8784]

that is true - a counter would be useful. The major problem is that the magazine in question could never hold 100 rounds, even caseless ones. they're 10mm in a rifle cartridge.That is, the rounds would be absolutely no smaller than the AK's 7.62x39 in size. Given how big the magazine is shown to be, there's no way it could possibly hold more than 50 rounds. Frankly, 20 would be more realistic given how narrow the mag looks like (it's a typical 30-round Thompson mag on a larger baseplate in reality). A 100 round caseless mag would be at least twice the volume of a 30-round STANG box mag for the 7.62mm M14, and more likely thrice the volume. Caseless ammunition does not really reduce the volume much (maybe 10%) over what the equivalent cased ammunition is. The savings is WEIGHT, not volume.

[@Abrxas01]

@@eriktrimble8784 I meant in universe, but yes I agree, the 100 round thing was a joke. Also, according to lore it was unwise to load to max capacity as the autoloader would usually jam, so they only loaded to 95. Still though, that's a pretty substantial rifle round. If you look at the latest caseless offerings that are in the running for the Army's new LMG, you'd see they are still pretty long. The way they get around this in universe is by saying that the bullet was wrapped in a block of solid propellant. Also, since it was packed with an explosive charge instead of depending on the mass of the round only for damage, you could get much more from less. But we're nowhere close to that yet so not an option.

[@Satsujinki1973]

5:55 That one in the museum looks filthy. Someone needs to give it a clean.

[@leekeyser1968]

So, essentially, the Marine Pulse rifle in Aliens is a Sub Machine Gun, on Steroids...(It fires a 'handgun' round, rather than a 'rifle' round.)

[@slavsupreme5129]

I mean 10mm Auto (since that’s the closest to what we see used in the film) is a HEFTY round some people even use for protection against bears, I’d call it more of a carbine since 10mm is a big round for handguns

[@leekeyser1968]

@@slavsupreme5129 Ever hear of the Colt Delta Elite...???

[@slavsupreme5129]

Lee Keyser Absolutely and for example just because something like .50 AE is fired out of a handgun doesn’t mean that it’s a “handgun caliber”. The power output on a round like that is so large it’s more fitting to be used in a sub gun of some variety

[@jackiesantos2121]

The m41a pulse rifle my favorite science fiction weapon long side with the Space Marine Bolter yeah better than the Star Wars Blaster will by Stormtroopers

[@matthewramirez6896]

Incorrect. Fury 161 is alien 3s planet. LV 426 is aliens. The ill fated mission happens on lv426. Not fury 161

[@franksargente1080]

Typical brit. Called an m-16 an ar-15. The ar-15 is the civilian production as compared to the combat experienced an famous m-16

[@Yora21]

Now that someone mentioned the Thompson, I can totally see it peeking through the frame.

[@Kyle-ht5qg]

Did people in the 80s just not know what a buttstock is for? Everyone in old movies sprays rounds from the hip.

[@Hellseeker1]

I want Alien Isolation in an Aliens setting with Aliens weaponry. All they need to add is make the xenos killable, give ya a hub ya gotta defend from waves a couple times with automated turrets. Ammo can still be scarice and it still be an action horror survival game, just keep the elements of hiding and sneaking in. Maybe introduce other ways to kill or disable enemies to conserve your ammunition for heavy resistance. Maybe warn the player at the hub before he embarks on a mission if an area is densely populated by enemies, like in resident evil you don't run around grenade launching everything just because you have ammo for it, you save it for the hard stuff right? Whatever you do, don't do another Aliens Colonial Marines, man what a let down.

[@tristanbackup2536]

Exactly what I been thinking. Assembly needs to make a sequel & give some shooter action over the survival horror elements.

[@dannyd464]

Poor little hipster has to talk about something he doesn't like, dose the smelly hipster wanna huggy wuggy ? or a safe space.......... remember in safe spaces no one can hear you scream.

[@lpgibbo7463]

I don't get all the hate for the colonial marines game? It wasn't perfect but it wasn't half as bad as the reviewers make it out & a hell of a lot better than most hastily rushed movie tie ins out to make a quick fortune off the back of cinema success.

[@aisutistoto5771]

Yet another video tainted by Prometheus's timeline retcons.

[@shrinewitch]

The amount of knowledge Dave has of guns has convinced me that he's the guy under the Doom guy helmet. It's canon now, there's no going back.

[@IrregularDave]

Rip & tear my friend, rip & tear...

[@johnm3907]

Hardly. He said the gun could fire in space? All guns can. And he couldnt tell the difference between an uzi and a mac 11?

[@BradSimkiss]

The plant from Aliens is called LV-426

[@andygreener3130]

No, that's the planet. The planet/moon they refer to in this video is from Alien 3

[@BradSimkiss]

@@andygreener3130 6:15 he said return to fury 161 the same plant from ALIENS not alien 3 which is wrong the moon they’re on in alien and aliens is Acheron or LV426

[@andygreener3130]

@@BradSimkiss Sorry, you misunderstood my response but that’s my fault. I thought I was correcting you as you refer to the “plant” as LV-426. I now see it was a misprint. You meant planet. So yes, I totally agree with you

[@noble5856]

why did they call the M-16 an AR-15?

[@johnm3907]

Ghobi Echo m16 is the military designation for the ar15. Armalite rifle 15.

[@johnm3907]

Mike Griffith Masaki i know that. But whats the point in going into details of the differences to someone that doesnt care

[@Riceball01]

@Mike Griffith Masaki Not better, just different, unless you feel that having a 3 round burst, or full auto capability makes the M16 better. It could be argued that some AR-15s are better because of the components that they have in/on them such as precision barrels, better triggers, lighter or heavier bolts, etc.

[@AtomicFire1972]

They were probably thinking of the Armalite AR-15 of the early 1960s issued to Special Forces advisors in Vietnam. The original AR-15 was the select fire rifle that would eventually be designated the M-16, once adopted as the M-14 replacement. The use of the designation "AR-15" for semi auto only variants came about in the late 1980s, and started as a colloquialism among black rifle enthusiasts. It caught on big time, and now all semi auto only clones of Eugene Stoner's rifle are referred to as AR-15s, even though the name is trademarked by Armalite

[@Ty-bg7kz]

Colonial Marines suffered to make Borderlands 2 great, just remember that

[@MrMightyZ]

The 1999 AVP pulse rifle’s sound did not pitch up and down in waves which is arguably the most iconic part of its sound. It just fired with a flat sample so to be fair, it can not be said that they nailed it. The actual sound effect was like a shriek and added greatly to the fear and excitement every time it was fired especially because the pitch of its terrifying and terrified shriek would wave up and down in faster or slower waves depending, to an extent, how long the trigger was held but was never an even and predictable wave so it hit the brain like an animal shriek encouraging a little squirt of adrenaline. Very hard to copy I’m sure but that game utterly failed or didn’t even attempt to emulate this key variance.

[@matandcat2506]

Franchi is pronounced like frankie!!!

[@colinmoore7460]

If it were designed today, it would be a bulpup.

[@jeffhreid]

So a hundred centimeter sized rounds are supposed to fit in that magazine? And a blunt nosed pistol sized cartridge is supposed to be accurate out to 800 meters? Movie directors really don’t know anything about firearms

[@largol33t1]

In the world of "Aliens," it's sci fi so I'll let that pass. But when they make a movie set in our world and they show a REVOLVER with a silencer, then they show how dumb they are!

[@golden_glitch_]

Jonathan Ferguson ❤️❤️❤️

[@AShogunNamedDavid]

"And casts the player as a marine returning to Fury 161, the same planet from Aliens." Clearly you didn't watch Aliens. Or Alien 3 for that matter. The planet from Aliens is LV-426. The planet from Alien 3 is Fury 161. HARD FAIL.

[@largol33t1]

What's crazy is that this "sci fi" rifle theoretically, can be made. There's even a video of someone firing a homemade version and he did the same thing: he used scrapped parts from a Thompson .45 submachine gun and Franchi shotgun and it looks exactly like the one in the movie. He even installed a digital timer so it "counts down" the rounds as the firing pin hits each round. The one big difference is his rifle can only fire 20 rounds, not 100!

[@이동연-c6d]

I wish Auto Ordnance produce this iconic weapon.

[@bashkillszombies]

Wouldn't it technically be an SMG given it's firing 40 caliber pistol rounds? :P

[@vizzy61]

And the shape and length of the bullet

[@chrisbrent7487]

That's not an UZI in the Aliens production footage. It is an Ingram MAC10.

[@stuffanthings]

11:16 This statement makes it clear this guy has never been in the military and had to count rounds or fear dead man's click

[@dwaneanderson8039]

Yeah, I was thinking that too. It even got me thinking about how you could put a counter on a real gun.

[@Looking4TravelingWelderJob]

I hate running out of ammo unpredictably like on 'CALL OF DUTY' Am I right???

[@DairyConnoisseur]

Please do the Morrita AR from the original Starship Troopers!

[@DwayneHicks426]

What's that device, Cameron is using at 2:43?

[@noneshallknowmyname]

900 WHAT?! How can you fail to kill anything with this gun

[@RamiTestsGames]

That shooting sound of the pulse rifle is so satisfying I would say more satisfying then the iconic m1 garand ping sound muhehe MUHEHE

[@Gusbus1138]

where can I get my hands on the prop you used for this?!

[@kolinmartz]

It’s the USCM not USMC

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

"Remember....Short controlled bursts..."

[@largol33t1]

"Fuck you! Fuck you!" BRRP! BRRP! "Fuck you! Oh, you want some more!?" BRRP! BRRP! 😂

[@tealwraith9045]

You are perpetuating a Hollywood sterotype about Vietnam that has been debunked, but the sterotype lives on in the memories of the worst people, who celebrate it. The Vietnamese admit to casualties of 10-1 when fighting the USA, so the real number may even be higher. The documented records show that, far from the ideas of James Cameron and George Lucas, small, poorly equipped native fighters are decimated by well-armed and well-trained military forces. We accept this in regard to history, such as the Roman legions conquering Europe, but when it gets to the Vietnam war, where the politics were such a divisive issue, people put their beliefs above reality.

[@drakadog7405]

do not confuse them with facts

[@tealwraith9045]

@@drakadog7405 My apologies, sir.

[@TieFighterPilot]

No mention of the 9mm functional version?

[@agusimron9268]

That's not uzi , it's an Mac11 or 10.

[@lionelthawne7723]

11:15 ....... Is he Smoking Crack?!!!

[@ColonelKorg1]

M41A was available as a pick-up kit in the Allied Intent eXtended mod of EA/DICE Battlefield 2 and several mods of the Battlefield 2 first-person shooter.

[@ts25679]

Doesn't all our ammo have the ability to be used in space?

[@alrush34]

Yes, any firearm is fully functional in space since the oxygen needed for combustion is already in the powder.

[@BigSwede7403]

@@alrush34 If by "Fully functional" you mean it will fire at least once. There are a few more things to concider than just the combustion of the propellant. Just as an example, how would the M-16/AR-15 platform react to not already having an atmosphere in the gas-tube of the direct impingment system? That might cause problems with reliability or even prevent the weapon to function as anything but a manualy operated straight-pull bolt weapon.

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Do the Oblivion gun!

[@Dr_Fuzz]

Yes please

[@rambdabamb4104]

That’s a bushmaster ACR

[@RogueBeatsARG]

@@rambdabamb4104 yeah looks like a modified AR-15 por something like that

[@rambdabamb4104]

Rogue yeah it could of been too but they used the ACR and just made a body to change its aesthetics that just drops over and they also had one that was a dummy made of rubber for the stunts where it got tossed around.

[@anamericancelt6534]

2:16 That's an M-16, not an AR-15.

[@ArcadeMusicTribute]

You can see a Pulse Rifle in the hands of the heroes in the game Contra by the way - the Arcade Version of it :)

[@apocacryptic2528]

It's reminds me of the G36C

[@white-dragon4424]

All of the Star Wars OT hand weapons were based around real guns too. For example, the Stormtroopers used heavily modified British Sterling and German MG-34 machineguns, whilst Han's blaster was a modified Mauser.

[@rippera45]

At 1:04 you list the NG23 Assault Rifle from Aliens: Colonial Marines as the Harrington Assault Rifle. The NG23 is NOT the Harrington; it's the alternative Weyland-Yutani firearm that competed against the M41A to become the Marines' standard-issue rifle (obviously, the M41A won).

[@themisfitbrigade]

It’s a Thompson sub-machine gun with a Spaz12 cut down and mounted on it. Literally all you have to say 😂 Funny thing is, it actually can be made legally and if you can go through the trouble, you can get shells for the shotgun that chamber grenades, meaning you can actually make it a grenade launcher. Edit: That’s an M16, not an AR15.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

Remember...Short controlled bursts.!

[@chimerical8746]

im pretty sure this man forgot about the AVP 2010 version of the pulse rifle

[@slapstickcomedy2.0.18]

9:04

[@lewisbenzie845]

@6:10 The weapon first appeared ..... ALIENS: THE COMPUTER GAME - 1987 ...... Commodore 64, Amstrad, etc...

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

The guns in Mass Effect probably take their cue from the XM8 more so than the Aliens pulse rilfe - though one could argue that the XM8 draws from the M41A.

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

Yeah, I don't really see resemblance between the pulse rifle and the Mass Effect guns.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@Jan_Strzelecki One thing they have in common is the clip size and/or capacity. Mass Effect guns have a tiny clip but an effectively unlimited amount of ammo because they fire slivers of material at extremely high speed thanks to element 0 circuits in the gun. And the M41A has an infamously high capacity clip despite it's small physical size (I don't know if this was ever explained but it's not the same as the Mass Effect gun mechanism).

[@vizzy61]

Magazine, not clip

[@T98-r6u]

Kinda missed out the 2010 AVP game

[@LEEMAN-X]

This video is awesome because last week a friend and I were watching Aliens and we started talking about this exact subject, " look how many video games have a pulse rifle all because of the movie Aliens" Halo 1 is basically an Aliens rip off, the evil have the black drill sergeant character in game just like the Aliens movie haha 😂

[@urbantwilight]

4:00 - I don't remember the pump-action grenade launchers ever being used against the Queen in the movie.

[@garymcconnachie]

Ripley fires a few rounds into the queens egg laying channel . The channel bursts and the queen dis attaches from it