History of WWI Primer 034: The Lewis Gun Documentary

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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
Cartridge: .303
Capacity: 47 rnds
Length: 50.5"
weight: 28
Additional reading:
Daniel Watters found a lovely link to Crozier's book:
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The Belgian Rattlesnake
William M. Easterly
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[@ralphmills7322]

In his book "Iron Men with Wooden Wings" (1967) Lou Cameron wrote that Raoul Lufbery would spend the night before an air mission to inspect and refill the ammo of his Lewis magazines. When told he didn't need to do that by the other squadron members he would just just show a can full of dirty, damaged or imperfect ammo he rejected.

[@poop-for-brains]

"Thank you for your patience," pssh. No Othais, thank you for dedicating so much of your time to this project, and that is to be said for Mae and your entire production team too. You all are on a shoe-string budget and are under personneled for the upload schedule you are trying to keep, and you're still nailing it. I'm really glad I stumbled across this channel.

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks for that. I think most people believe we are rich and could be doing weeklies.

[@poop-for-brains]

Ah yes, the average youtube user...

[@robinst-pierre9600]

@@Candrsenal About the canadians, there's a saying: "Its never a warcrime the first time."

[@OsOQRT]

"Savage loved pissing off Colt" best line of this whole video. RIP Original Savage Arms Co.

[@davidstevenson9517]

So "Savage'" by both name AND nature!

[@OsOQRT]

@@davidstevenson9517 indeed lol

[@adam9ish]

“Lewis Gunners” They dwell in a medley of pawls and springs, Of pinions, and lugs, and racks, Of cylinders, vents, and various things Which the average rifle lacks. My word! How they polish, and oil, and clean, Ad Nauseam every day, But you’ll always find them alert and keen - For that is the gunner’s way. At night-time they dream the most terrible dreams Of feed-arms and left-handed screws; Their slumber with grooved-tailed monstrosities teems Till they’re nigh in a fit of the blues. Those number two stoppages haunt them by night, And also far into the day; Their remarks would, I’m sure, set asbestos alight - That is also the gunner’s way. Up on the fire-step they’ll often be found Peering earnestly over the top, Taking mental impressions of all that’s around, Watching planes, and where Fritz’s shells drop. On the qui vive for gas, ready for the alarm At all hours of night or of day; Alert and intelligent, watchful and calm, As is always the gunner’s way. They pound Fritz in gaps which are torn in his wire, When his gangs are out working at night; They rake all his trenches with enfilade fire Till he’s thankful to keep out of sight. They draw all his fire till the bombers get near, And pepper him from the next bay, Then it’s “Kamerade, mercy!” and off to the rear - That’s the Allemand gunner’s way. There’s a deadly “Five-nine” that’s a fav’rite of Fritz, There are glistening Taubes overhead; There’s a gun and its gunners now shattered to bits, There are several more names ‘mong the dead. But their duty is done, as was e’er their proud boast, For the peace of their souls let us pray: God rest them, brave lads! For they died at their post - That is ever the gunner’s way.

[@Candrsenal]

holy crap.

[@CalebLikeTheCreeper]

Jesus Christ my dude.

[@TheBrickBaron]

where did this come from?

[@TheRealColBosch]

TheBrickBaron: Near as I can tell, he wrote it himself. (Though I'll admit to not being that huge in poetry.)

[@51WCDodge]

Where does this come from? Brilliant!

[@MandaloretheSavage]

the crozer angry face is pure happiness for me

[@Vespuchian]

It really is a great gag. The only possible improvement is to make his eyebrows larger each time.

[@jonwingfieldhill6143]

The nemesis of almost all the guns that went before the great war

[@fshn4x4]

Visions of whistletaters danced through his head...

[@randythomet2385]

The Lewis Gun was an important WWI weapon and deserved the 81 minute video. Nor was I bored at any time watching this video.

[@Candrsenal]

hurray

[@FlutterGuy121]

Nearly an hour and a half video on the Lewis gun. Yes please.

[@TheStewieOne]

There was man like William Crozier during the American Civil War. His name was General James Wolfe Ripely. This guy was beyond the times, he didn't like cartridge guns at all. He was appointed to the Chief of Ordnance of the Army which means he had 100 percent control of what weapons was going to the field and what was going to be adopted. During the Civil War a man by the name Christopher Miner Spencer came along with his repeating rifle. The Spencer rifle fired seven rounds of ammunition and when he saw that the Union Army needed weapons, he came and offered his rifle to the Army to the Department of War and guess who was in the one who shot the rifle down. General James Wolfe Ripley. As I said before he had a great hate for cartridge guns with the thought. "It would be a great waste of ammunition." he didn't let the Spencer Rifle get adopted in the Unions hands. Spencer tried two times to get his rifle in Unions hands. It was until the Battle of Gettysburg, that he Spencer managed to get a meeting with the President of the United States. Lincoln and Spencer took one of the Spencer's rifles and went on a walk to the spot in where the Washington Monument would later be build. After some firing of the rifle Lincoln was so impressed saw the potential of what the rifle can do and he orders General Ripely to start production of Spencer Repeating Rifles. But guess what happened. He disobeyed him and stuck with Single shot rifles. When Lincoln learns of that no rifle had been produce. He had General Ripley "Resign" his seat of the Chief of Ordnance. But in simple terms, he had him fired. After that the Union Army started buying any Single Shot or Cartridge rifle. There are plenty of man like like Crozier and Ripley that always step in the ways of progress. Hell I can think of few more people like them.

[@Ben_not_10]

TheStewieOne oh... so army ordnance was behind the times and rooted in tradition, which got men killed on the front lines using inferior or tampered with weaponry.... hmmm sounds awfully familiar... to be fair though if it hadn’t been for army ordnance we would’ve adopted a funky repeating flintlock after the revolutionary war, sure army ordnance was a pain in the ass for generations, but there were many cases were them saying no prevented men going into combat with something that would’ve failed even more horridly than what they had.

[@natedunn51]

@CipiRipi00 mm, yeah but it's not like the t-34 was that great of a tank, I mean it's at best in the top 5 tanks of all time.

[@blairbuskirk5460]

Not an entirely fair assessment of William Crozier's involvement with the ordinance department though he was a "follower of the old guard "

[@allangibson8494]

To add to the fun - Napoleon Bonaparte was offered metallic cartridge firing double barrel rifles and shotguns in 1812 - he turned them down. (Look up Pauli guns (basically a 12 gauge shotguns a half century early)).

[@RaderizDorret]

We would see a repeat of this with the M16. It resulted in the Ordnance Department being totally dissolved, government armory factories shut down, and all weapons sourced by private enterprises.

[@imbeauski8872]

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!... I'm a fan of the small touches of humor sprinkled around all this information.

[@maewinchester2030]

You'd be thuroughly entertained with his day-to-day antics then.

[@Candrsenal]

Yeah no, my web antics are more subtle and cute. My real antics are overwhelming and bodily.

[@thomaskok5773]

22:33 ian mccollum ancestor

[@marcomartini9239]

lol

[@BushcraftingBogan]

As soon as I saw it I came to the comments! Lol. Gun Jesus is eternal.

[@JonDoe-ef4tz]

@Baron Von Grijffenbourg Can we get a time machine mud test. :P

[@BushcraftingBogan]

C’mon. We all know Ian was conceived by the ghost of Napoleon and the extractor of a Lebel. His hair glowed smokeless on the testing ground. John Moses Browning reached across time to behold the child. Even JMB looketh upon the long haired frog lover and sayeth, “Behold The Gun Jesus, in whom I am well pleased.” And the Glock Fan Bois rent their Glock T-shirts, declaring “This is blasphemy! For only Glock Perfection along with our host of upgrades and after market improvements can be regarded as ‘gun jesus’!” Ok. I’m done goofing on the Glock kids. ;)

[@justinleland7461]

expected a guy that maybe kinda looked like Ian, but nah...this is full on Ian in cosplay uncanny and eerie.. seen this episode idk how many times before, never caught that lol

[@kimchipig]

This has always been my favourite gun, and being a total nerd, I watched the whole thing through and really enjoyed it. Thank you for saying nice things about us Canadians. We are pretty cool, thanks. I was at Vimy Ridge two weeks ago and it was very moving. Thanks for an excellent production.

[@Candrsenal]

We're glad you enjoyed it

[@frankpienkosky5688]

Hollywood LOVES this gun!...all the way from Rory Calhoun carrying one around in a bass fiddle case in "Treasure of Pancho Villa" to a Star Wars stormtrooper wielding one in the first movie!....

[@kingleech16]

Tom Selleck used an aircraft variant in High Road to China.

[@britishmuzzleloaders]

THAT,..... was a tome..... and loved every minute of it... Great animation, hold onto that guy, if you can. The stripping was particularly interesting... I mean, where else will you learn how to strip a Lewis? Right here,...... right here..... The political intrigue is just as interesting.... You and the team are to be commended on presenting what is obviously the product of a gargantuan effort. Size matters and you gave the gun it's due. Thank you........ "Canadians are cool",...... I like that...... Cheers!

[@Candrsenal]

This is such strong praise from such a detailed documentarian!

[@LibertyLou_]

C&Rsenal ✌🏻😁🥃I concur. Absolutely outstanding!

[@clayh254]

britishmuzzleloaders is it bad that I read that in your voice?

[@mattyallen3396]

Sir Rob has spoken!

[@hamsterlover1888]

You have to love the huge grin on Mae's face when she was doing mag dumps with the Lewis!

[@davidtiganila27]

the "bang bang bang bang" sounds at 8:20 made my day

[@Candrsenal]

hooray!

[@903lew]

Bloody hell, this must be the best documentary about a firearm I have ever seen! History, humour, the actual firearm and context! I just love the story about Crozier & Lewis. Seriously guys, this made my entire day and I'm ashamed to say I haven't supported you on Patreon yet but I sure am now. You guys rock!

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@pshabino]

don't ever sell your usual animations short. They're awesome. War were declared.

[@sailingmaster]

No! No! No! This is just more lustful heresy! Othais has feet?!? What's next??? And if I may quote The Book of Armaments, Chapter Six, Verses 7-8: "The individual blessed details of holy firearms shall be brought to the faithful onlookers' attention with the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand. Red is not the color of the sacred yellow plastic pokey hand." Great video, crew! Love it! XD

[@kennya90j]

I see you're using the NIV translation.

[@sailingmaster]

Of course!

[@gamesbok]

Sailingmaster, Updated from the Othias Mk. 1, the Othias Mk 1* is equipped with Battle Feet for close range engagements.

[@dutch9357]

Love that scene in “The Professionals” when Lee Marvin is shooting a Lewis gun at the Mexican Irregulars from the train. That was a movie.

[@JRS2791]

Every time a Lewis Gun was in a movie, I found myself watching that movie again and again. 1 scene in the Sand Pebbles too. The ending to High Road to China, just about the most screen time a Lewis Gun has ever had, to my knowledge. I can see Tom Selleck wanting to show it in action.

[@briantaylor9266]

Thanks for the plug for Canadian troops!

[@rlbadger1698]

You should read about what the Brits did to Currie. The policy was "down play what the colonials do" (don't want them getting ideas or uppity). So much so that no one knew what he had done when he got back home.

[@RobertoDonatti]

Who was Currie?

[@monkeyfarmer1138]

Sir Arthur Currie.

[@rlbadger1698]

RobertoDonatti en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Currie

[@alganhar1]

Do not recall that being the case, the Colonial troops were *very* well regarded by both British troops and the British population as a whole, no matter what some amongst the High Command may have wanted. It is no accident that the Canadian and Australian Corps made up 2 of the 4 Corps that formed the most effective British Army of the War, Rawlinson's 4th Army. And it was not because the British wanted to use them to soak up casualties, it was because they were bloody good. Fact is the post war problems Sir Arthur Currie had were caused by two jealous men, one of whom Sir Arthur, quite rightly judged a potential danger to men under his command and refused him a battlefield position. Unfortunately he was the son of a major Newspaper magnate. He was also, in British parlance, an utter twat. I believe the court actually found in favour of Sir Arthur Currie in that case as well.... I cannot for the life of me remember the Newspaper owners names, I believe they were father and son though. So please do not tar the entire British Nation with that brush just because of what two men did. Sir Arthur Currie quite rightly recieved many honours from a grateful British Nation, and he is regarded by most who know even a little about the Great War as being one of the finest British Empire and Commonwealth Generals in Uniform during that period. His troops were also universally admired by both military and civilians (as were the Australians and Newzealanders). Incidentally, they were also highly admired by British troops and civilians during the Second World War also. Something of a theme there :)

[@JunafaniFIN]

This was my favourite episode so far. Intresting political scheming, twice as long as normal, bigger gun than normal, longer even more detailed animation, Mae having extra fun at range with that huge grin after shooting...

[@rogerduke5341]

I hope I'm not the only one who sees a remarkable similarity between the Mclean Musket Machine Gun and the assault rifle in Fallout 4.

[@Jargolf86]

You are not.

[@tacomas9602]

@@Jargolf86 I’ve never heard this mentioned before, perhaps a niche video

[@Candrsenal]

So, this got kicked back on copyright and while probing I found a huge editing problem, cue 7 hour render and re-upload. Now I can't edit the description without a 500 error. Until I get there, here is the link for the vidya games: candrsenal.com/how-to-play-vidya-games-with-us/

[@paullytle1904]

can you split the 80 minute videos in half in the future

[@Candrsenal]

NEVER

[@paullytle1904]

It just some people with avid historical interest don't have time to spend a hour and twenty minutes on the Lewis gun no offense intended

[@Candrsenal]

paul lytle No I get it. You will just have to come back later is all. Working in a break can be awkward once the story is moving and it means we end up with videos without live fire segments etc. People get confused WAAAAAY too easy. You'd be surprised how many though the address line was optional when ordering a shirt in the mail.

[@Candrsenal]

I'm sorry. We'll give it a think for the next one on the technical aspect. Here this will help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gICYl6Oqn9Kmnbc

[@Strawberry92fs]

Othais has a very soothing voice. sometimes i like to listen to old episodes qhile trying to sleep and really long ones where theres one shooting segment late in the video are best for this.

[@Hawkeye308]

I would love to see a full biographical episode on William Crozier once you guys get done with WWI.

[@Candrsenal]

Oh an all hate about Pan > Drum for the terminology here. You're correct. My only excuse is I had 3 nights of 4 hours sleep and constant editing nightmares in between. Worst episode ever in terms of labor.

[@SunnyAznable]

But BEST episode ever in terms of Lewis gun content, and I think we all know that's what's important here. Fascinating video as always.

[@MilesStratton]

Othias and gang, words cannot describe the amount of AWESOME this episode was! I do KZbin my self for video games such as war thunder so I know how much effort even a short video, like the FN 1900, takes, let alone an hour and 20 minutes! And you guys in combo with Forgotten weapons and the Great war are my favorite gun history channels of all time! One day Othias we will have to do something on Verdun (the game I mean). I just wanted to tell you that I had no idea the amount of info and background there was behind the Lewis gun. Thank you so much for your hard work. And just know that you and your whole team are AWESOME. Hope to speak with you guys in person someday! Let me know if you are out in the L.A. area!

[@Candrsenal]

Many Miles Away Thanks, that really means a lot. We have a Mumble server so just drop in whenever. I'm pretty sure I'm not allow in California though.

[@MilesStratton]

C&Rsenal Oh yeah thats right gunpocalypse land! Mind linking me to your mumble server? Just PM me on KZbin.

[@MilesStratton]

Nevermind! figured it out myself! Hope to see you guys on there sometime soon!

[@danielkorladis7869]

Imagine being a marine and having your M1917 Lewis taken away and being issued a Chauchat.

[@Vtarngpb]

22:48 There's the angry furrowed brow of Crozier that we know and love (or rather hate 😂) Re-watching a bunch of vids, and liking them along the way 😇

[@neanderthor66]

The limerick around the 27:00 mark alone is worth a thumbs up.

[@Candrsenal]

POETRY

[@UkDave3856]

A great episode! The animations are superb and well worth what you paid, and really made the gun's functioning easy to understand. Finally, best of all was that Mae's usual post shoot smiley face became an out and out cheesy grin. You can tell that she's just having the best time :)

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@42astrutsen]

The pure joy on Mae's face while firing these lovely guns is just fantastic and Othias' calm and educational talk on the technical details is great too! Thanks for sharing it all with us! :)

[@Kubiac79]

8:20 Thank you Othais for these wonderful sound effects! In another life you could have been a perfect voice actor!

[@MegaBait1616]

amazing job showing how everything worked. very good job.

[@MegaBait1616]

first time i watched a video this long. lol.

[@maewinchester2030]

He made a movie.

[@jacksoncz8536]

A great movie

[@veeas11]

this is riveting television!!!!!!!!! great work othais.

[@veeas11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ3WdqB7atWAZ5Im8s

[@Candrsenal]

ties the whole thing together.

[@joewalker2152]

I have deliberately waited until i could sit down and thoroughly enjoy this video without being disturbed. WOW! the best episode YET! you guys are simply the best,no other channel comes close full stop. Please keep up the great work, i know its hard but the quality of the content is second to none and just gets better. You are the best. Love from the UK!

[@Candrsenal]

Glad to hear it went over well!

[@joewalker2152]

Thank you for your replies to each one of my comments. It shows how much you value your viewers and makes me feel connected to the shows. Once again, keep up the good work guys!!

[@caveymoley]

24:05 "Oww, my foot, shh nevermind roll with it, work through the pain, feel the burn, lust it"

[@counterstrifekid]

bang bang bang bang.... made me laugh

[@TheRealColBosch]

Bang! Bang! ... Bang...Baaang...Baaaaaang... :D

[@therugburnz]

I'm still laffing. The cartoon flame adds to my brain laff. God Bless America

[@mrxcman9272]

@@therugburnz Its spelled *laugh*!

[@therugburnz]

@@mrxcman9272 not on the intewebs and not by me

[@sharks3010]

Came down to comment on the "bang, bang, bang". Glad someone else noticed it! 🤣

[@illiaflannery7312]

I had never looked at the Lewis gun in any detail but this thing is awesome. I had never heard of that barrel cooling system but that was so cool. I had also always written that drum mag off as witchcraft. Awesome video.

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@alecblunden8615]

I understand post war tests found the cooling fins and shroud did very little and could easily be deleted without affecting the normal operation of the weapon. Ie, several pounds of excess metal for the poor grunt to put around.

[@OldFellaDave]

Fantastic video Othias and Mae! The Lewis has always been my favourite WW1 weapon and it was great to sit here for for an hour and 20 odd minutes listening to both of you break it down! I could have listed for another 2 hours! One thing I'd like to add is that the Lewis Gun also changed the face of the Infantry Battalion during the war - I'm talking from a British Commonwealth perspective here Originally the Commonwealth Infantry Battalion had a Machine Gun Section, several large heavy Vickers Guns. These were used at the Battalion Commanders command to strong point areas. In attack they were bloody heavy and used in a consolidation roll. The Lewis Guns arrival saw them issued first at a Company level and then down to the Platoon level, and the heavy machine Guns were moved to permanent Machine Gun Battalions. Companies and Platoons now became serious tactical units rather than blocks of battalions of Riflemen. Keep up the great work!

[@rickcrist6089]

Loved how her smile got bigger and bigger as she emptied the mag. lol

[@dashsocur]

"some silly little pistol contract" I pretty much lost it at that point. Your talent for understatement is positively brilliant. :D

[@Candrsenal]

I'm always dead serious 100 great job.

[@jcardboard]

Beautiful bit of engineering this.

[@Candrsenal]

s'neat

[@guywerry6614]

Nice to see the Canadians getting some love!

[@alanfhall6450]

Great video guys. Watched it a while back but, having just watched the 08/15 episode, you mentioned the impossibility of clearing a Lewis double feed. Dug out my copy of 'The Complete Lewis Gunner' which is undated but looks semi-official and it has this to say: Chap. XXII - Additional Notes on Stoppages etc To remove a round which has passed under cartridge guide where there is an empty case or live round in chamber: 1. Pull back cocking-handle. 2. Take a spare round in right hand and with the point draw back and depress base of round under tongue. 3. Seize bullet of round in left hand, draw it forward, and place the spare round bullet downwards behind its base. 4. Hold cocking-handle in right hand, press trigger, and allow cocking-handle to move slightly forward to bring feed arm over to the right. 5. Pull forward to right front the offending round. [NB direct quote, not my punctuation - to forestall you smart-asses out there ;-) ] Don't know if that helps as I don't have a Lewis on me right now but it looks like the official stance. Love you both. Keep up the good work. Alan.

[@jbc98k]

This does help and I will remember for the next range day, thank you!

[@H_412]

Re-watching the forbidden knowledge in protest. Wish I could do something effective

[@Tula1940_LB]

I love this channel. No other channel goes into this level of detail on firearms. You don't just show a gun you tell a story and give a comprehensive background on it. Keep up the great work this video like all the others was great.

[@Candrsenal]

kill the casuals!

[@zagrosgh8641]

@@Candrsenal Please enable Persian subtitles in all your videos

[@pd4165]

That animator deserves a medal. Between the animation and your explanation I understood how it works, a small triumph considering that I know nothing about firearms. Overall - a little wordy in parts but otherwise entertaining and informative, a bloody good effort. Thank you for taking the time (I hope my presentation tomorrow is as well organised and useful).

[@davidbrown1166]

I was enthralled, total consumed, Loved the back story, just enough to get the point. When I was young, would spend alot of time cleaning and tracing the mechanics of operation. So, now to be able to see some really famous weapons, and their design and operation, along with an evaluation of the shooting and handling, is Awesome. As I will never get to do it on my own

[@aries_9130]

What an absolutely amazing episode! I really loved the animation, it really was outstanding.

[@MIron992]

can we get an "angry chief of Ordnance" gif?

[@Candrsenal]

Probably

[@EminemLovesGrapes]

I don't why but I got really excited by that spring that acts upon the bolt. Such a cool little mechanic way of not having a traditional recoil spring that Ian would note "would shoot across the room" during disassembly.

[@bchin4005]

I, for one, really enjoy the long form programming you folks present, thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication!

[@Irelym]

I'm glad this video is still up.

[@chriscary4074]

46:01 with the Light Infantry Troops? Man those guys sound LIT ;-)

[@brucechamberlin9666]

Terrific episode! So very well done, especially the animations made this complex gun understandable. The genius of the design is just awesome.

[@terrysurface2501]

when out in my shop working on some of these old guns I watch and listen to your videos, I just hope you keep them coming. Best history of firearms ever.......

[@jaydog7690]

dude you are awesome the person throwing parts back on the table was great your info is great

[@Candrsenal]

thanks!

[@wikur6119]

Thanks Othais and Mae! Exellent show. Keep em coming!!!

[@Candrsenal]

Okay doky

[@BennettIsAmazing]

Oh and as if you now have 3D animations for the mechanism! This channel is one of the most impressive on youtube at conveying information in an in-depth yet entertaining way. It's clearly incredibly well researched and the information imparted is well chosen and always fascinating. There is definitely an audience for this stuff and I'm happy to be a part of it. Good luck for the rest of this project and whatever else you do after!

[@owenmerrick2377]

All your labor was worth it to me, I thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. I always liked the Lewis (I should- being Canadian), and I like it even more....what a tale. I started with the T-Gewehr, and I may get to bed late tonight!!

[@donaldatherton86]

Interesting fact: there is a Lewis gunner on the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa.

[@mitchellseffens6713]

Love, love, love the history of firearms.

[@madcowrebel4216]

Always loved the look and attitude of this gun but I was never able to truly understand and appreciate the engineering that went into this gun. amazing video

[@fastmongrel]

I remember this being a brilliant episode 4 years ago. Just rewatched it and my memory is not faulty this is a brilliant episode one of the best bang bang bang bang

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Fascinating history!!! Together with Forgotten Weapons these are my two fave channels!!

[@Candrsenal]

No ur my favorite

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

C&Rsenal Getting all tingly inside....thx m8!!

[@Phoenix-ej2sh]

Amazing episode. Love the level of detail and care you put into these.

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@dougchittum7835]

Othais & Mae, This was an awesome video with LOADS of information. I made it all the way thru and enjoyed every minute! Thank you for all your efforts! You got a subscriber!

[@incognitones5604]

The smile on Mays face as she shoots, that is a thing of beauty. Feral poetry at it's best! :)

[@Bikerbob59]

Love the giggle Mae.:)

[@georgeeverette3912]

One of the best, especially about the personal politics.

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@sargeinamerica]

Watched the entire video and I thank you for sharing this with us awesome work!!

[@Trekpanther]

Thanks for doing this one. I never quite understood how that big shroud thing worked, I just knew in general it helped cool the barrel, but now I understand the ingenuity of that design.

[@JoJoJoker]

@8:31 - BANG! BANg! BAng! Bang...bahg bong bung bahhh....

[@the51project]

Your videos are brilliant. You deserve to make your passion your business. Hat's off to you and Mae.

[@Candrsenal]

You haven't even seen this on yet! It's still all blurry and pseudo processed from YT

[@the51project]

C&Rsenal I know your track record, and what to expect - just watching now.:-)

[@maewinchester2030]

Daww.

[@the51project]

My Grandfather fought in a Scottish Regiment in WW1, aged 14 or 15, as was more common than most know. He also fought in WWII, leaving as a Sergeant Major. Understanding what these men went through has always been an interest. BTW: 2.5 Million dollars in 1918 is equivalent to $39,842,218.54 according to usinflationcalculator. Quite a patriot.

[@badcallsign4204]

Ridiculously amazingly outstanding graphics for the animation! Wow! That's some ingenious clockwork on that gun for its time!

[@eric21881]

i really dig these long stories attached to the guns these are my favorite episodes soetimes i fall asleep......but ill com back to what i remember last and finish. these really are way cool

[@Bob1942ful]

Great show. Looking at the magazine while Mae loaded it made me wonder how well the rounds would have stayed in place during the rigors of combat.

[@Candrsenal]

Just fine

[@wbertie2604]

The issue was probably more mud and getting the rounds out and into the gun for a magazine that was on the gun whilst being moved around the battlefield.

[@BikerJim74]

Holy crap. hour and a half! I'm so excited for this one.

[@Candrsenal]

Let me know how it ends. I fell asleep.

[@BikerJim74]

+C&Rsenal haha! I will probably have to watch it over a couple days.

[@keithbrown2458]

An outstanding and very thorough review of the Louis gun thank you so much

[@evanweightman527]

A thorough, historical and practical review of a wonderful piece of early technology. Well done video lacks nothing. Outstanding!

[@DubbleTwice]

Awesome video guys. So well done.

[@Candrsenal]

Thanks!

[@attilarischt2851]

With that firing sound of course the army didn't approve the first version. You may say anything about the steam, or the magazine being silly, but it was obviously because nobody would take it seriously with that noise.

[@Candrsenal]

THAT WAS NOT THE REASON

[@kaneo1]

They muted it considerably in the animatic. Those bangs were ScaRy during exhibitions.

[@blakecacini8016]

@@Candrsenal pretty sure it was

[@DougieMClark]

Utterly splendid from start to finish!

[@mcfontaine]

Without any doubt this is the best episode you have produced to date. The huge amount of detail in the back-story, the new animations and the amount of editing you must have had to do with multiple shoots. Well done all of you, you should be really proud to have created this.

[@Candrsenal]

d'aww thanks!

[@yamapopi]

Would you mind doing the same with the Chauchat please. The most misunderstood LMG of the war, but also the most commonly available ! From a fellow french fan.

[@lawrencebautista1]

Yamapopi I agree. Ian of Forgotten Weapons demonstrated it and already cleared some misunderstandings mainly asserted by American soldiers.

[@SvenTviking]

Lawrence Gabriel Bautista It still wasn’t a very good gun.

[@Roflcopter4b]

@@SvenTviking What is a "good gun"? Bic ballpoint pens are unpleasant to use, ugly, and too thin but they cost like $5 for 20. For this reason they're the most widely used pen in the world by far. This is representative of a distinct positive quality. The same logic can apply to many products.

[@23GreyFox]

@@Roflcopter4b It was a terrible LMG. It was everything a solider never wanted and wasn't what a solider needed. But it was light.

[@greybayles7955]

@@23GreyFox It was a terrible LMG, however for WW1 it wasnt a bad semi automatic rifle that possessed fully automatic capability.

[@minirock000]

Valedictorian in Homeopathy! He got duped into paying for an education on how to dispense water, hilarious.

[@ZGryphon]

Funnily enough, in those days, homeopathy was a more-or-less-valid medical discipline. I'm not saying it wasn't just as scientifically absurd then as it is now, but at the time, that wasn't well-understood, and orthodox medicine of the era wasn't a hell of a lot more effective, anyway, so it had a few decades there around the turn of the 20th century when it was a generally respectable field.

[@minirock000]

@@ZGryphon For the most part at least it wouldn't drain your blood till you died, made you eat a horrible diet or didn't make you take deadly poisons at full strength through ignorance. I know we do the latter but that is backed by evidence. So it was the least harmful of the medical practices to date but make sure not to ride a horse or masturbate and avoid sex while on your treatment, funny. There was no science based medicine at that time. Scientific based medicine is less than a hundred years old.

[@ZGryphon]

@@minirock000 What I was getting at was, he didn't get duped, he was going into what was in his time a respectable field. Its practitioners didn't know it was pseudoscientific nonsense, since, as you say, science in medicine wasn't really a thing yet anyway (although it's a _little_ older than you say, or at least its primitive roots are; antisepsis and the germ theory of disease go back to the 1860s).

[@minirock000]

@@ZGryphon In fact it is so respected or was so, the modern royal family still practices. I am unsure about the idiot that married that murcan and gave up the crown, although to give up all that free money because a mutt told you to, you would have to be pretty stupid, so he probably does. I came back to inquire though, while mentally rereading your post you had said "orthodox medicine". That sounds a bit creepy when a person utilises that terminology do describe a science based practice. Germ theory goes back how far? How long ago was it before we realised consumption was not inherited? That was really what kicked germ theory in pants and got it going. Anyway, I don't know shit really but thanks for commenting because I see my little quip received quite a few thumbs up. Funny.

[@ZGryphon]

@@minirock000 If I were doing a thesis defense on the topic, I would argue that the work which gave the germ theory of disease most of its first real traction was done by Louis Pasteur starting around 1865, culminating in his 1878 book _Microbes Organized, Their Role in Fermentation, Putrefaction, and Contagion._ Pasteur didn't propose the idea, but the investigations summarized in that book went a long way toward confirming it. (Among other things, Pasteur's work inspired Joseph Lister's promotion of surgical antisepsis at around the same time.) The TB bacillus was positively identified in 1882. "Orthodox medicine" is the term that usually crops up in historical writings about homeopathy, perhaps because the authors think "evidence-based medicine" sounds too confrontational. I just used it as a term of art. No creepiness was intended. :)

[@viktors5507]

Great Video! Your simple "Hi!" might just be my favorite part.

[@ludditeneaderthal]

Mae giggling joyously like a kid on christmas morn after the first 20 rd burst pretty much sums up the recoil, lolol. awesome episode, one and all!!

[@Candrsenal]

thanks!

[@ajttambo]

Gosh darn dude you know how to tell a damn story. I don't know what it is but these videos just grab my attention and hold it well.

[@Candrsenal]

the trick is to talk until you're tired and hungry

[@frankpienkosky5688]

@@Candrsenal ...or have to take a whiz?.....

[@peterlynch1458]

This episode was amazing! It's so cool how you guys put out such a high quality documentary every other week. Is doing these videos a full time job for the (is it 3?) 3 of you?

[@Candrsenal]

Othais is the only one burning full time, he's got about 70 hours a week into the project. Luckily his take home each month after production cost is $200.

[@philshifley9014]

When I was a little kid I saw "For Whom The Bell Tolls", Gary Cooper was using a Lewis and I absolutely fell in love with that machine gun and it's been the top of my list ever since.

[@DelSimmons]

Absolutely loved this! Thanks for all the effort put into it!

[@OlaJustin]

Over an hour! Duuuuuude, I've died and come to heaven!

[@michealderaemaeker5028]

"God I love Roosevelt" XD

[@xeverettx2564]

The quivering passion in his voice as he softly said that, was like a young boy getting ready to go to third base with a girl for the first time! I whole heartedly agree with his sentiment as well. If you love guns, and America it’s built in as a default setting that you also LOVE Teddy, the original Ruff Rider!!! This channel always amazes me, and never even comes close to boring, or redundant yet managing to give you an hour, and one half of pure knowledge bombs!

[@mugwump20061]

Fabulous! I enjoyed it as much as the equally excellent review of the Ross rifle. Well done!!

[@rshiell3]

I'm a Canadian from a military family. Thanks man!

[@willmo42]

I'm just saying Canadians are cool. -Othias 2016

[@lancerd4934]

The little guys that engage the notches around the magazine edge are called an escapement; it's much the same mechanism as what is used on pendulum clocks to transfer energy in measured increments. I love the engineering in this gun.

[@Candrsenal]

Ooh neat

[@nauticalwolf6649]

There is just something mesmerizing about that slow speed footage.

[@Toastification]

Just seeing this, four years old... wow! What a great program!