The Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle

[@KentuckyBallistics]

Ok… what do we blast first?!? I hope you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching! 

[@curtismann109]

Not first

[@Wiesel-1a4]

A pz2

[@jeb-the-doomed]

A FRIDGE!!!!

[@pnarbediz5127]

Never expected a anti tank gun

[@hunterlawson370]

What’s up Kentucky 💪

[@BrandonHerrera]

*HEAVY BREATHING*

[@Pariatech]

AK20 when?

[@DangerDoc]

AK-Solothurn?

[@afonsoamaro3948]

Big bullad make big hole, careful bruder

[@Tactical_Arborist_1776]

Who's gonna shoulder fire it first? 😂

[@nawver4848]

Anti-tank AK when?

[@alanwiggins47]

Dude's got a 20 mm semi automatic rifle. If he wants me to call it a soda, I will call it a soda

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Nope.... its still POP

[@alanwiggins47]

@@Spike-sk7ql if that rifle was pointed at you, you would call it whatever he wants 🤣

[@Thin447Line]

Nope. It's pop.

[@ufeelinselfrighteous8470]

Pop. Just cause Scott tells you to do something, while menacig a 20mm rifle, doesnt mean you have to take it. POP POP POP POP POP

[@chokol8cuvrdantz]

It's a coke

[@fridengieger999]

Scott in a few years: “Boy do I have a treat for you guys! Today we are firing the Schwerer Gustav railway gun!”

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

I wonder what he would say about the recoil 🤔

[@guntherhuemer1767]

@@rhabeldibabeldi6812 "nah, mid" XD

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

@@guntherhuemer1767 if he comes to that point in his recoil addiction, he should start substituting because there isn't much more to gain for him in that sector 😂😂

[@shaggybaggums]

@@rhabeldibabeldi6812 She be kickin'! ?

[@hrureyryythf]

Im not from 'merica, but can you tell me if the schwerer gustav railway gun automatic or a semi-automatic like this 20mm anti-tank rifle?

[@Jutocha]

Used and licence built in Hungary from 1936 as well as 36M nehézpuska. Wasnt a huge success on the Eastern Front though, it could penetrate armored cars and the lightest soviet tanks, but they were mostly used against small fortifications and live force. Biggest disadvantage was that the Wehrmach didnt use it - we couldnt nick or borrow ammunition for it. We also used it as the main gun on our armor cars and small tanks.

[@WegeroQ]

Мы? Вермахт?

[@OfftheWalllll]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@WegeroQI think there’s an if missing from their sentence. Probably meant to say “the biggest disadvantage was if the Wehrmacht didn’t use it - we couldn’t take ammo from it”

[@iandixon9675]

​@@WegeroQI think the guy must be a German.

[@trotamarmorata2673]

​@@iandixon9675No hungarian,!!!more nation use the soloturm in WW2 Italian use soloturm in North Africa !!!

[@trotamarmorata2673]

​@@WegeroQHungarian !!!

[@josemfernandeza5979]

A SOLOTHURN!!! A F***ING SOLOTHURN!!! SCOTT HAS A FRICKING SOLOTHURN!!!!!

[@victorpapaavp]

that 4.5 million subs is paying off :D

[@NVGGETMXNE]

hes evolving

[@mrbreck1]

Thats a beast, looks like he stole a boltgun from warhammer.

[@Pkilk]

Weird

[@craigjewell6230]

Seriously, how much does each round cost???

[@OneMoreGrave]

Scott's got 400's, 500's, 600's, 700's, 4bore, punt gun, now a 20mm. What's next a howitzer? Please let it be a howitzer....❤

[@thebikecast2733]

60mm mortar

[@22tmercer]

I'm waiting for the 88mm flak cannon😂

[@tigo01]

Bofors!!

[@indycharlie]

Quad 50 :D

[@user-xj3mo2lx9z]

a war ship with 32 pound field cannons.

[@TributesCarlson-im4be]

4:40 I think Scott might be the first person ever to get to be sad that there’s less recoil on a gun

[@billysmith5409]

He is the recoil king after all.

[@buckfutter99]

That muzzle brake is putting in the lords work.

[@synicyst9925]

@@buckfutter99 And the recoil still rippled through his body

[@bryanhk1982]

"She be ain't kickn!" 😂

[@Member3285]

Yea, it only jumped off the ground, dug the spade, and booped his nose with the scope. His dog could probably handle this gun, but he was kind enough to let Scott do the shot.

[@RoyalMela]

Finland had very similar Lahti anti tank rifle in their war against Soviets. That gun was just terrifying. They blasted tanks, machine gun nests, even did some anti-sniper shooting as well.

[@TheUndeadOfNight726-oy8us]

I'll never forget the Twitter comment when Scott showed the mags side by side and it said, 'We're gonna need a bigger thumb'. Bravo

[@AntonAdelson]

OMG thanks for sharing that!!! xD

[@TheKingsapostle]

We're gonna need a...... Grand Thumb!

[@TheUndeadOfNight726-oy8us]

“We have an army.” “We have a Thumb.”

[@rekabelenta3684]

I can imagine Scott saying in three years : Ok guys here we have some armor plates and a 17-pounder cannon. Damn she be kickin?😊

[@Minebrawlzzz]

Next is the 20 pdr against steel plates

[@TheDaroza]

And he will try to shoulder fire it 😂😂😂

[@Crowbars357]

Then in 5, he’ll have an MLRS

[@joshlower1]

Except that he will shoulder fire the 17 pounder. No carriage needed

[@zadtheinhaler]

@@TheDaroza Nah, he's gonna hand that off to Eddy Hall.

[@beardo52]

Mr. Scott, it's a pleasure to see that you've joined the Brotherhood of A.T. Rifle owners, It's a fairly exclusive club, so enjoy your membership. The S18-1000 Solothurn is one of the best of the breed, and will provide you with a great many hours of fun (and cleaning. ) The Ammo you're using looks like the Finnish made A.P. from 1941, and it will still knock holes in a steel plate with ease. That ammo has its powder charge in a Silk Bag, and sewn to the bottom of that is a 10 grain black powder initiator, so cleaning is important soon after firing. Get a Steel plate 1-1/2 in. thick, fasten it well, and commence fire.

[@fpstest8250]

Guys, today we are firing the 800mm Gustav cannon. Its recoil is so high that the earth's orbit has shifted by 1 meter.

[@YanniXRS]

😂😂😂

[@zachboyd4749]

I have an idea for a target Scott! Since it’s an anti-tank rifle, you should take some steel plates of various thickness to simulate tank armor and see how many inches of steel the 20 mm will penetrate! You could even put some ballistic gel or a zombie torso on the other side to see how the round and spalling from the plate would affect the tank crew on the other side!

[@briandishroon9147]

OR... He could get a tank.🇺🇲

[@MarkusMöttus-x7j]

OH LAWD! YES PLEEEAASE!😱🤩

[@tgould91]

Call up Whitstindiesel. Bet He'd let you shot his tank

[@mateuszdombrowski1689]

Also Scott should do mag dumps on a armor truck

[@johnnyboghean2242]

that is what I was kind of hoping to see in this video

[@Allurade]

Finally. A gun that makes SCOTT look like a normal sized person. Rather than Scott making big guns look tiny.

[@jokerboy6247]

I wanna see Brian Shaw with this gun

[@Dimitri88888888]

It would be like him holding a small pistol lmao 😂 and he could probably hold it up with one arm with ease lmao

[@FreddieTurner-f9f]

Bro make shaquille o neal hold one

[@Cool_guy-i1u]

Scott will slowly make his way to artillery guns soon 😂😂😂

[@Explorer_25_S.T.A]

what about railguns

[@matthewlong9369]

I am just waiting for him to get his hands on a 52 pound carronade or a 777

[@chrisquiett1776]

And he will still one hand it 😂

[@MLaak86]

Frankly feel like he's already got access to what amounts to artillery in the form of the Punt Gun, the 4 Bore and now this beauty.

[@2ndAmendmenttillIDie]

About the only thing left. 😂

[@TheAnimationist820]

2:20 the mag and round comparison is INSANE. I mean from history I’ve learned anti-tank and ain’t material rifles are big, BUT I DIDNT KNOW THAT THEY WERE THAT BIG

[@NearlyBatman]

Hi. Tank nerd here. Something really cool that you could do would be to show people who don't already know why angled armor was more effective in tanks, (not even considering ricochets) even when angled even slightly. (And show us who do know something awesome) Get a thick armor plate and shoot it dead on, then angle the plate (not enough for a ricochet, just 20-30 degrees). Get the slo-mo's of both and that'd make the days of tens of thousands of tank nerds. Edit: Also, If by doing this you can get a high enough frame rate along with perfect circumstances to show an example of shell angle normalization, that would be even crazier.

[@highlandergunn9240]

You could angle the metal plate so that ricochet goes DOWN, into the ground.

[@ecurbbb]

​@highlandergunn9240 or ricochet UP to hit a duck at the same time so you have dinner for tonight!

[@notestine0221]

War thunder community would thank you

[@endless3cho]

What duck? It would be feathers and mist

[@evanshannon]

@@highlandergunn9240angling it down is just asking for it to skip off something and come right back at him. Ricochets aren’t predictable. That’s why they’re so dangerous

[@mattj.7756]

Automatically loads the first round, Locks the bolt to the rear after the last round, Ejects the magazine after the last round. This thing was ahead of it’s time.

[@InfamousTub]

Most modern weapon technology was made during WW2 and everything else is just a refinement of such advancements.

[@trashcompactorYT]

@@InfamousTub Funny enough, most was during WWI but not put into use until WWII

[@KillerKev1961]

True statement!!!!

[@nineisamagicnumber]

hell, ahead of OUR time

[@ΣτελιοςΠεππας]

Terribly expensive, though... Which was why it didn't see widespread use. Very typically Swiss now that I think about it.

[@stephenm8107]

"To feed my big-bore addiction, I purchased a 50 caliber Mark 7 gun off of an Iowa-class Battleship. As you can see, I have moved to a place with more mountains because that's about the only thing that will stop this monster. Now let's see what it does to a torso at 100 yards!"

[@codebasher1]

And next we feature a semi auto 50 calibre Mk7 16" Gun.... We had to hire a 247 man crew to catch the magazine when it ejected.

[@michaelpierson7256]

We fired my buddys M115 8 inch howitzer here in central oregon at about 600 yards. I've got the 35 inch tall 235 lb projo right here. I dug a cave looking for it😊

[@stevenlefebvre2991]

I love your new rifle Scott.

[@Valen-mh9fh]

😂😂😂

[@JTM1010]

😂😂😂😂

[@cooldman8379]

I like the slow motion you have on there you can actually see the bullet traveling through the air awesome!

[@cartercaden278]

"Oh f**k that's an anti-tank rifle" "OH F**K THAT'S AN ANTI-TANK RIFLE!"

[@Shiftmys5]

i honestly had the same thought

[@kendalldalton3111]

Damn it you beat me to it

[@pdubascrub]

"B÷!/%s, love cannons!"

[@ilduce4298]

Hellsing

[@Spartan9320]

Finally I see someone make the reference.

[@theknifedude1881]

I’m an old dude and remember 20MM Anti-Tank Guns advertised FOR SALE in/on the back cover of The American Rifleman. I don’t specifically remember The Solothurn but 20MM’s were available through THE MAIL.

[@Hunne2303]

they still are on sale in switzerland sometimes...and yeah...basically still available through mail around here^^

[@theknifedude1881]

@@Hunne2303 Thanks for the info. I’m probably not in the market for one. But when advertised, and I was 10 or 12, armed with a slingshot, an Anti-Tank Rifle looked like my answer to the gopher problem.

[@Hunne2303]

@@theknifedude1881 the only issue in CH is, where would you shoot that beast, cuz I was thinking about buying one...IF you had ammo for it...pretty sure there is some left with the military but without the proper connections impossible to get a hold of, me thinks

[@monkeyabattoir8501]

They were $99 with a box of ammo But the nfa waiting times back then kinda soured the market

[@squidy4082]

That’s literally insane dude

[@Elden_Lean]

That is a beautiful rifle. Probably wasn't really designed with the aesthetic in mind, but it certainly has it.

[@lafeelabriel]

It's Swiz, they definetly had aestetics at least in mind while designing it.

[@drigondii]

It looks like a star wars stormtrooper rifle

[@adamclark-joseph2581]

Totally agree!

[@NecronomnomnomZ-xz4qs]

depends if you're into plumbing

[@lafeelabriel]

@@drigondii Way too large and heavy for that.

[@theyeeterg]

"Sir do you have a liscense to own that weapo-" 8:00

[@AidenR1]

Lol

[@rogiervis2306]

Cool, our Army (Dutch) used this in the 1930's. I saw it in different museums. Nice to see it fired.

[@TimmWebbYT]

So you’re telling me Scott is shooting guns so old it’s in a museum

[@Nantosuelta]

@@TimmWebbYT I mean I have an Garand and those are in museums

[@R0bertG-w8i]

If you lay warthunder you know the l3 has a similar gun

[@christopherduthu2452]

People after Scott’s accident: “wow, are you ever going to shoot .50 cal again?” Scott 10 years from now: “what’s up everybody my name is Scott and you’re watching Kentucky ballistics, and today I finally got someone to build me a full size magnetic accelerator cannon from Halo!”

[@MravacKid]

"We've managed to procure the world's largest surviving rifle, a 16"/50 naval cannon from an Iowa-class battleship. Let's see what this puppy can do!" :)

[@Gemidori]

Next week: "AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA TRY OUT THE BFG 9000"

[@darthsonic4135]

There goes the neighborhood…

[@MrTwags05]

.50 cal is for amateurs...

[@IronSharpensIron127]

And today we have a warthog... But not just any warthog, this baby has a full auto 120mm Cannon 😂

[@VintageWarfare]

I knew an AT rifle was the next step, I didn’t know it would be one of the more interesting ones. Good for you thing is beautiful.

[@Logic44]

If anyone is wondering why the mag auto-ejects, this was probably meant for a gunner AND a loader, meaning you'll almost always have someone to put in a fresh mag, and if not, you can still reload it yourself and keep up the pressure. It's designed to be primed once and then fired for ages, if I had to guess. Same idea as a 40mm Bofors, you have a loader shove mags in the gun (clips in the case of the Bofors) and fire until you run completely dry.

[@codiegibson2244]

Scott. We gotta do the armored truck. Straight through the length of the truck. From block to bumper. Or line up multiple cars and see what penetrative force you can get. Given this was meant to pierce tank armor

[@genalon9587]

My thoughts too idk why he used a 20mm AT round on ballistic gel and water. I wanted to see what it did to armour plating

[@Grim712]

How many engine blocks will it go through 😈

[@egoalter1276]

I'm not sure if swiss gunpowder of the 30s deteriorates to be more or less energetic, but the lacquered nickel steel core aluminium bullets shouldnt lose penetrative power. Which means it can go through more than 4cm of face hardened steel. This thing can potentially still pierce some MBTs of today from the side.

[@Duluvra]

Just when I thought Scott can't find any bigger gun, he surprises me. And I love it! Damn, she be kickin'!!

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

trying to convince him to get a 25mm m242 bushmaster bolt action rifle

[@Kmodoe]

Soon enough he's gonna be like "I'm an here on a battleship from world war 2 and we made the main guns operational"

[@tenofprime]

​@@Kmodoepretty sure the Iowa class ships are maintained so they can be called back up if necessary.

[@HartenDylan]

"The enemy is coming from over there!" "Destroying 'over there', sir"

[@Uppersun_1]

Thats perfect

[@CarlosGonzalez-ch6xw]

This is a real man that sweat tell me he's enjoying some cold brew after the video. Like a real Hombre.

[@Miraak0Konahrik]

As someone from Solothurn I can feel proud watching this gun function despite its old age.

[@m1ghtypotat074]

I was looking from a comment from a fellow country man😊

[@tde1964]

@@m1ghtypotat074Here is another, from Westschweiz. Grüezi! I wonder if the Solothurm is worse to shoot that the Stgw 57 anti-tank grenades.

[@Genesis23OPB]

they were made in zuchwil and were designed in germany. just made by solothurn waffenwerke in order to circumvent the treaty of versailles.

[@Miraak0Konahrik]

@@Genesis23OPB Interesting but still something to be a little proud of i'd say ;)

[@Miraak0Konahrik]

@@m1ghtypotat074 We can be proud of the quality that our country produces and used to produce :)

[@KickinBird]

Ironic: Eddie Hall bought a British Tank yesterday. Kentucky Ballistic has 20 MM anti tank rounds. 😂

[@eddyflo2978]

Cross over

[@landonmartinez2596]

Their battle will be legendary

[@TheAsakararen]

He didn't buy a tank he bought a self propeled artillery

[@justinbachand4254]

Sound like a match made in heaven.

[@GerinoMorn]

@@TheAsakararen tbh in this case it prob makes a huge difference, the "armour" on SPAs is legendar...ily thin xD

[@xxshocklordxx4327]

Takes shrap to the neck. “So I got some original ammo for this 20mm, it’s about 100 years old” love it

[@alvarvillalongamarch3894]

What a beauty!Sheer engineering!Thanks for showing such a lady!

[@whitetiana3022]

swiss engineers: "we did everything we could to reduce the recoil" scott: "and i took that personally"

[@Vootekk0815]

The Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm anti-tank cannon was a German and Swiss anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War.

[@chrisschlentner7557]

Designed in Germany, built by Rheinmetal in Solothurn ​@@Vootekk0815

[@fjkfkfkf]

@@Vootekk0815 produced in the city of solothurn in switzerland, by a swiss company that was part of Rheinmetall, a german company

[@tapiolautavaara9532]

@@Vootekk0815 How does this even differ from the finnish Lahti L-39 designed for the same round? I watced gun-Jesus Ian having a blast with that thing years ago and looks like if A. Lahti didn't straight up buy the rights to this gun, he also didn't bother to fix anything that wasn't broken and redesigned just minor details for winter usage. Rheinmetall might have had several other matters at hand in 1939 to not care to send someone over to ask, is he effing kidding them; barely legal production or not.

[@egoalter1276]

The lahti has a cometely unique reciever and self loading system. Its a different gun. The successor to this is the S18/1000 which was fully automatic, and used an even more powerful cartridge.

[@Helviuss]

Honestly Im more impressed by the fact that, that gun nearly made his burm collapse than the damage dealt to the objects he fired at. Watching all the dirt around the cinder block shift at 10:31 is mesmerising.

[@201bio]

Yeah I’m guessing the shells were just penetrating the objects without much energy transfer as the damage wasn’t that spectacular. But that’s pretty cool in its own way

[@GerinoMorn]

^absolutely, this is just a teaser to get folk excited, have some clips for shorts etc., I get it 100%, they have to recuperate the costs of buying/renting/feeding that monster. Plus proper targets for sth like that also will have to cost pretty penny. I'm fully expecting there to be some "worthy targets" in the future :D One would be to actually get some work done and build like a proper reinforced concrete "mock bunker", maybe with like a trapezoid shape, so it could be "how many inches of concrete you need to survive 20mm". Or maybe feet. It might be feet of concrete.... xD

[@kelainefes]

@@201bio That's what I was thinking as well the projectiles must be solid core or something similar to deal with vehicles so they're just zipping through these "soft" targets.

[@kelainefes]

@@GerinoMorn Yeah I think that if the fortified position is small, this rifle can take it down chunk by chunk.

[@gearloose56]

That gun was available to purchase for about $150 in 1965, no paperwork no permits nothing. Delivered to your door. Ammo too.

[@umbrared9327]

as god intended

[@kravin74]

We need time machines! I wonder if that's the gun they used on Thunder Bolt and Light Foot!

[@xandermichael836]

This makes me sad to hear, boomers killed us.

[@MrSweeperUSA]

I miss those days. Wasn’t alive yet, but I still 😢 miss them

[@clappincheeks5584]

15k now. Good luck finding ammo too

[@uriahgarrett8779]

The fact that your a "soda" guy makes me very happy. I'm one of the only soda people I know. everyone I know is a "pop" person. Thank you sir.

[@The_real_Arovor]

A little background on the point of origin of this beast. It was produced in the Swiss town of Solothurn. Solothurns history goes back to 25 B.C. where the roman Empire first built a small City there. It’s possible that at the same location there already was some sort of a settlement back in the bronze age, but nothing conclusive. The oldest surviving building in the town dates back to 1150 B.C. that’s older than the old Swiss „Eidgenossenschaft“ which it became part of in 1393. The oldest parts of the still standing old part of the town dates from 1520 to 1790. Which is around a 100 years older than the direct democracy in Switzerland. These buildings are still visitable today. Solothurn is one of the many cities with their centuries old city cores still intact in Switzerland, and if you’re interested in old architecture, it’s certainly worth a visit. An exemplar of the Solothurn rifle can be found in the military museum in Solothurn. Cheers from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@fergiebiker]

Is this Ian from Forgotten Weapons?

[@beardedchimp]

Did Switzerland ever use this beast directly in active combat, or was it only used after export? It could be considered the precursor to the LHC. It certainly collides a whole lot of hadrons.

[@peternorton5648]

I feel like a simple 👍 is lacking for the information gleaned from this comment. Tyvm.

[@jacobystonecypher791]

Prime example of the saying, "learn something new everyday." Awesome history, thanks for sharing!

[@benjaminsommer3581]

And i live there!

[@benwespi8672]

Solothurn is also the name of a town in Switzerland, and the gun was actually designed by a company called Solothurn AG, based in that town, which was a subsidiary of Rheinmetal.

[@fjkfkfkf]

I live in solothurn

[@mikecounsell]

@@fjkfkfkfSwiss folks you make some sweet engineering inc weapons !!

[@bibermen]

@@fjkfkfkf a was born there and never heard of it

[@MarcoGruber]

First video I'm watching on this channel, as a Swiss myself, the name of the weapon made me curious. I figured there must be a correlation. 😀

[@Mek_Alenes]

Not just a town, but an entire Kanton (which is like a state).

[@chargerman440]

Barrett 50 cal: You Solothurn 20mm: The guy she told you not to worry about.

[@gratefulguy4130]

Hey I'm happy with being a .50 cal rifle 🤷

[@101skills.]

😂

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

⁠@@gratefulguy4130name checks out. Also I agree

[@bfg9223]

To you: 50BMG is a perfectly adequate anti-material rifle To her friends: 11:34

[@fortheloveofnoise]

Im 30 06, 50 cal is the guy she said sont worry about 20mm is her study buddy

[@BigChungus378]

Mellow yellow is great soda

[@NiqScott]

I remember as a kid reading about the Solothurn in Guns & Ammo in the early 1970's. I was fascinated by it. Not an easy magazine to get in England. My dad would always buy me a copy when he saw one, and bought me the annual every year.

[@leahall]

I remember reading it well. Accurate as a match rifle. slightly less powerful than a locomotive. W.H Smiths used to stock it.

[@NiqScott]

Our WH Smith was quite small. They didn't sell 20mm ant tank weapons. Spud guns were about the best we could hope for.

[@leahall]

@@NiqScott LMAO. Nice one Centurian. I should of been more clear.W H Smith used to stock Guns and Ammo magazine. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@Egress_Operator]

For those who still don’t understand how crazy this is, Scott is shooting a round that is the same size as the 20mm Vulcan Cannon. That is a the gatling gun used in and on many airframes such as the F-15 and the F-16… thats freaking insane!!

[@41-Rem-Magnum]

A-10 Warthog...The Tank Killer...

[@tyler_bt3326]

@@41-Rem-Magnumwarthog uses 30mm, GAU-8 Avenger not a Vulcan

[@jadall77]

@@41-Rem-Magnum I don't know if it is real life but I think in DCS you can get an A-10 with 2 20mm pod guns (along with the 30mm it already has)

[@Mario_has_a_gun]

@@jadall77probably since that's how they gave F4's guns in the 60's

[@gzuzsavz]

a bit different 20mm round than the Vulcan here, but seems to be about the same specs.. give or take a measly 1,000 ft/lbs, aha.

[@Kragatar]

13:01 Gold chains. Scott got some bling for his truck.

[@wesley8599]

Good ol video write offs lol

[@TheTomyossarian]

Your straight cutting pattern in the lawn makes my Kentucky go ballistic

[@bobmigarski283]

That gun is a piece of art,the steampunk look is just perfect.

[@geigertec5921]

*Diesel Punk Steam Punk it would be made of brass.

[@Tentacl]

Exatly how I felt looking at it, it's so perfect it doesn't look real.

[@egoalter1276]

It honestly looks like a star wars prop

[@kennethfharkin]

I have stopped at Solothurn Switzerland several times as I travel to Switzerland, mostly staying in nearby Biel, for work for 25 years. In Solothurn there is the Museum Altes Zeughaus which has one of these on display as well as an early 1yth century ORGAN GUN!!! You can see both in their online collection under artillery. Check that insanity out! The museum is literally the armory from the early 1600s which housed the personal military equipment for the city's citizens, all of whom were required to maintain arms and armor to repel any incursions. In the 1800s it turned into a museum. The first floor is mostly firearms and artillery, the higher floors are swords, armor, etc. The city itself has been supplying mercenary companies with everything from leased suits of armor to artillery since the middle ages. It is definitely worth a stop if you are in the area.

[@Pfannkuchenkanone]

Ty for sharing :) I myself am from Solothurn and I think KZbin found out so they recommended this video to me :D

[@juppidisco]

Huregeil, struber Heib !😂

[@johngross8300]

Thank You!

[@hardcharging]

I've also been to Solothurn many years ago. They don't f*** around!

[@ChortleChortle]

That's is the best looking gun I've ever seen in my entire life. The bolt crank, the sideloading magazine, the two-finger trigger, the cylindrical barrel housing and beveled receiver edges, the finish... the whole gun is so fantastically extra. Get the Slow Mo Guys back out here ASAP and dedicate the entire video to filming just the gun itself firing!

[@mercer982]

If you like this, you might also like the Lahti 20mm also.

[@eastafrica1020]

Couldn't agree more. A beautiful piece of machinery.

[@mechadonia]

@@mercer982this thing is basically a Gucci Lahti lol

[@samdoors5132]

My brother was a crew chief in the Air Force back in the Vietnam days, he brought back some live rounds from the jet, fighter, phantom, and those rounds were huge larger than 20 mm on this program, so I’m not sure what it was or what they were. But then it was easy to bring back I guess whatever somebody wanted to bring back. He also brought back a duffel bag full of magic mushroom. Cousin of mine brought back live grenades and A hand held rocket launcher and song, phosphorous explosives. He burnt down the wooden bridge in Cypress Park that connects Lincoln Heights to it. This is in the county of Los Angeles, not far from dodger Stadium

[@bingbing-ti2rv]

The fact that this round crumbled a berm that was compacted with a bulldozer only after the second / third round shot into it, is actually the most impressive thing of this video. It crumbled like it was a sand dune. This behemoth of a gun could almost be considered an earth-moving machine Another Legendary finding from Scott !! Love the vids man keep it up.

[@egoalter1276]

This was the Javelin of the 1930s. The premium infantry anti tank option. With 45mm of armour penetration at 200m it could threaten just about any armoured vehicle of the time. The round it used was also selected as the main armement of multiple tanks. This thing is a very serious piece of kit.

[@sebbes333]

5:08 That's some AWESOME reloading features, especially the mag-ejection & locking, so you don't need to "crank start" the gun again :D

[@PearlJam2k6]

Honestly the auto-mag drop is quite genius as an idea on a gun like this. Saves time for the gun team on having to manually unlock the thing then crank it back and re-aim the weapon from scratch. Seems like a very efficient way to keep a lot of rounds on track.

[@pasqualecuda5165]

G'day from Australia 🇦🇺, I thought that 50bmg was an absolute animal but that 20mm just ripped it a new ahole😂wow what a beautiful speciem. God bless America 🇺🇸

[@garyparry]

AFT: Is that an antitank rifle? Scott: Are those level 50 plates?

[@KamenRiderRaiden]

More like ATF: That an anti tank rifle? Scott: You wearing more than one layer of tank armor? ATF: A'right, good chat, let us know when the vid goes live

[@kaydenwallace5642]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@coletonjackson3159]

If you don’t get Ballistic Highspeed out to do some video of it, I’m going to be VERY disappointed. Can’t believe you still manage to find yet another way to 1-up your biggest firearm. The GOAT.

[@Swingin_wit_Willy]

My thoughts exactly, the energy transfer into the bank was insane, would love to see it filmed in 100,000 fps that would be nuts.

[@italiangunpowder]

i love 20mm rifles, and this is one that i didnt know existed but im so glad ive discovered it through your channel. its mechanisms are so neat and interesting. a reciprocating barrel obviously isnt all too unique, but between the charging crank, the auto charging upon mag insertion, and auto mag ejection are all functions i absolutely love

[@KarlDRG]

Forgotten weapons has a few videos on the Solothurn if you want to know more

[@flinch622]

I kind of cringe at the combat scenario - this beast needs a 3 man team to deploy on a battlefield.

[@marvindebot3264]

This is the king of them all. It's just a pity the propriety rounds are so hard to come by. Due to ammo being everywhere, the Lathi is a lot more practical to own.

[@KarlDRG]

@@marvindebot3264 you aren’t buying an anti-tank cannon to be practical, your buying it because it’s an anti-tank cannon.

[@Cooe.]

​@@KarlDRGWrong. You are buying it to shoot it. And if ammo costs a fortune you can't do that as often.

[@darylkik777]

As always I find your site by accident and I always smile and say things like, "damn, wow, so that is a Punt gun." Thank you for the knowledge and the laughs.

[@IsaacBarfield1115]

"Ooo a little cicada shell, the are always fun... AGHHH!" got me dying lol.

[@luketrower8217]

Same lol

[@kurtkenehan8017]

11:27

[@Mad_Medz]

Imagine hearing this thing go off in the distance "Wtf was that?!" - "Oh thats just scot playing with his anti tank cannon" 😂

[@TheRodriSosa]

Funny way of telling 😂

[@Jodie-G198]

"Ah, that ol' boy! Him and his need to shoot high-caliber. Hahaha!"

[@alexandersytnik1157]

Soon: “Hello my name is Scott and welcome to Kentucky Ballistics! Today we will shooting this 100% historically accurate full-scale reproduction of Schwerer Gustav and I could not be more excited! We will be testing both the 74 million grains and 109 million grains projectiles on the variety of targets.”

[@Cat-Lover87]

honestly it would not surprise me if he really did that id be like of course he has one, ITS SCOTT FOR CRYIN OUT LOUD! lol

[@DFloyd84]

Somehow he still manages to hit a watermelon from 40 kilometers away.

[@AutoBrawn]

He's gonna need a bigger berm lol

[@c-jam6392]

Scott never fails to impress. I was blown away when he got the 950 jdj. There’s like 3 total in whole world and he got one.

[@wellmanj28]

I don't think he has a rail yard for the transport of said weaponry.

[@andrewbrungardt2274]

The "don't mind that hole, gotta make sure it's safe " had me dying 😂😂😂🤣

[@eddawg79]

The slow mo shots with the muzzle blast are the best, all the grass being blown down is pretty neat.

[@Coletumlin-pk3qc]

7 minutes ago??!d

[@eddawg79]

@@Coletumlin-pk3qc 33 minutes ago?

[@IceSki117]

@@eddawg79 Makes a barret look like a breeze.

[@thelivelygamer5269]

This is an absolutely beautiful gun. The craftsmanship and features of it are amazing. The power that this gun has is phenomenal. The Solothurn is an amazing 20mm rifle. I love how it looks.

[@davemccage7918]

I’m going back woods hiking in Sweden next summer, I might need to borrow this gun…. 🤔

[@Myomer104]

Well, it is a Swiss product...

[@keithv2974]

What's amazing is that this was designed in the 1940's. It looks very modern. If I had only seen a picture of it, I'd guess it was designed in the early 00's, maybe for the Iraq war. Maaaybe I could see it in the '80s, when everything had a tough scifi military aesthetic to it. But something like that in the '40s must've really shocked people. Definitely looks like it inspired a lot of modern fictional weapons.

[@clarkcowan3984]

Slow mo shows how accurate that action is. The cartridges all follow the same track.

[@TheLOUDERMAN]

I can't believe you made an 811 joke! 15 years in underground utilities and I've never heard a joke about confusing 811 and 911!

[@RachDarastrix2]

I didn't know there was an 811.

[@Bumafa]

​@@RachDarastrix2 I'd love to give you the 411 on 811 but I don't have the time.

[@andrewramsdale]

@@RachDarastrix2811 is like 911 but instead of emergency service It lets you know if there are power lines gas lines or anything in your backyard or wherever your digging

[@calvinclark10]

I work utilities too. One guy told me 911 is for when someone is about to hurt you. 811 is for when you hurt someone else. Not so much of a joke as it was a lifestyle for him 😂

[@Ethan-rh2nz]

dude i know, no one ever knows the 811 number unless they are in the business of digging xD

[@ROIBR]

Im Swisss, but even as an non Swiss you can certainly appreciate the built Quality in this Rifle. Semi automatic, reciprocating Barrel, automatic Mag release... THis thing is crazy. Didnt even know we had "Man portable Semi Auocannons"... hahaha Insane. The only ones i knew are Bolt Action. Dont wanna know how much this Baby Cost Really wish you had an old Car for Target Practice

[@pauljacobi340]

He could line up his armored car in front of the berm. But, some of his other weapons have already passed through both sides of it so this beast would crush it. Maybe aim at the engine compartment assuming it's still got one in it? Though the angles in an engine might not be best for safety in controlling deflections.

[@Freeman-Dl70]

​@@pauljacobi340Unless he uses AP rounds. Then that won't be a problem.

[@morrius0757]

As an American, the Swiss makes some damn fine firearms.

[@flummi6966]

Im german and the swiss sometimes overengineer things a bit.

[@mihigyver]

@@flummi6966 thats why the germans have the G36 that is not precise when hot, and we swiss have the sig550... thats not overengineered... 😂

[@sathancat]

I'm kinda surprised this video didn't end with Ian coming up in a huff and taking this thing back to the museum/auction house. Cool rifle, thanks for always sharing great stuff with us Scott!

[@ShadowSentry211]

3:20 THANK YOU SCOTT IVE BEEN SAYIN THIS

[@BPS10-Ga]

We had two 20mm automatic cannons on our ship. 750 rounds per minute each, they rocked. But the Browning .50 caliber M2-M1 was my favorite.

[@skyraider87]

Oerlikons?

[@jaypaster8244]

CIWS?

[@skyraider87]

@jaypaster8244 CIWS is way faster than 750 rpm, it's more like 6000

[@BPS10-Ga]

@skyraider87 They were deck mounted weapons not CIWS.

[@BPS10-Ga]

@@jaypaster8244 No, deck mount weapons.

[@stefanhuber2956]

During my military time in Switzerland (1986), we used these rounds for air defense cannons.

[@Ninja_Archer_CDN]

Yeah, I was thinking the whole time. This was considered a big round to put inside of warplanes, they had to make bulges on the wings to fit drums for this caliber. Now Scott has one. I'm scared.

[@vahlak6554]

'Your 15 inch neck scars aren't tingling?' This fucking dude. I love him.

[@normtheteacher5485]

Another thing that helps on recoil is the barrel has a shock absorber. Slow motion is a great teaching and learning tool.

[@chomaaa]

From a German soldier to a American youtuber, we truly live in a simulation.

[@larsg.981]

🇩🇪

[@RootBert397]

Diese Kommentarsektion ist Eigentum der Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

[@jaredlange]

its literally like a lobby of grand theft auto at this point man... kinda why we film in the first place, its wild wild west out here 😏😉kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5WZoXefjZ2mjJI

[@jaredlange]

god bless you and god bless america!!

[@WardNightstone]

theres also a German youtuber who figured out how to make a Mad Fed Longbow and a scotish youtuber who makes Giant Swords

[@sealsurgeecho8879]

"did i get him" "i dont know, but i dont see him anymore... wait.. parts of him are falling down now"

[@alf3071]

hahaha

[@Coconut-219]

ballistics experts: * complaining about overmatch * Me: "holes is holes, looks effective to me!"

[@AllAboutSurvival]

the Solothurn 20mm is an impressive piece of history! Its sheer size and firepower are incredible.

[@MarkSmith-Uzor]

Awesome!!!! Awesome!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤ I hope you test it on an actual Tank!!

[@mancunian4eva332]

Just a quick message to say a huge thank you to you and all the amazing gun tube community, Brandon, Donut, Matt and Garand etc. I unfortunately live over here in grey drizzly UK where our notions on the freedom to own firearms is as restrictive as any tyrannical government would expect so I have to live vicariously through you amazing legends and I have to say, you guys never ever disappoint. Especially your very good self. Loved this episode in particular, as somebody served in the armed forces I can honestly say that firearms can be extremely fun to be around, but only when a good level of knowledge, safety and discipline are also im abundance. Thanks again Scott. Hopefully one day in the future my family and I will be in a position to be over in the states and get the opportunity to shoot a couple of rifles and handguns.

[@andrewmcewan8081]

so you think restrictive laws are tyrannical but firearms are only fun when a good level of knowledge safty and discipline . how do you stop people who don't have any of those things getting their hands on any without laws to restrict access. just wondering

[@mancunian4eva332]

I possibly worded things incorrectly. Maybe what I should have said is a similar arguement that is levelled in the U.S. In my personal opinion punishing a majority for the actions of a minority feels unfair. The truth of the matter is that those whom shouldn't have access to firearms in many cases find ways to obtain them however those who are sensible and law abiding have to face very heavy restrictions. I will add that I do 100% see your point and genuinely do appreciate that the point you've made is valid.

[@BreakThePendulum76]

@@andrewmcewan8081 the same way you stop any violent criminal. DUH

[@andrewmcewan8081]

@@mancunian4eva332 thank you . i understand that argument but without what you see as punishing the innocent you end up with the school shootings ect in my opinion you should look at it differently . it's making a sacrifice for the greater good .before anyone accuses me of hating firearms i'll just say i've been around them all my life ,worked in two gun shops where i looked after the competition guns for a couple of police shooting team and also as private contracts looked after the guns for 3 or 4 rifle clubs . your society has to decide if there is open ownership and the mass deaths associated with that or strong regulation . look at switzerland where there is almost the same percentage of the population owning guns but the regulations and culture around them are hugely different .or australia where they did a massive change from fairly open relaxed laws to more a european style regulation and law system . in aus even those who were completely against the change mostly now agree it was the right thing to do obviously some don't but not many.

[@anthonycarlton1286]

NGL the click at 0:43 scared the crap out of me lol

[@ShadowmanJaxson]

The Solothurn 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle, or, as I misread the title of the video: "The Sloth." Slow build-up, massive destruction. And this one just made it into my top 3 of these gun's you've given and shown to many on their destructive capabilities. "The Honey Badger", The 4 Bore, and now, "The Sloth". Keep doing what you're doing, Scott.

[@dylanthegamer95]

If there was a zombie apocalypse I would rather have a pistol or high capacity sub machine gun

[@dylanthegamer95]

sorry didn’t mean to reply it was meant to be a normal comment

[@chrishoward8187]

It’s nice that the shells don’t fly a mile away 👍🇺🇸❤️

[@Star_Wars_Nerd_6J]

Kentucky ballistic in one year, i found a original 15 inch navel canon and we are going to see just how lethal it is.

[@TheAruruu]

I'd be down for that.

[@mrtechie6810]

"Navel"?

[@JayRock907]

I cant wait until any of the many guntubers aquire a 15 or 16" naval cannon! Theres literally no footage at all of any naval cannons firing in this modern day and age! that would be epic! last time that a 16 inch cannon was fired was back in 1990 if i recall correctly? i think it was the Battleship New Jersey too! anywho, its still a great idea and a worthy investment hahaha 😂

[@TheAruruu]

@@JayRock907 i just had a brilliant idea. the biggest guntubers need to team up with DriveTanks to purchase and mount a naval cannon, and construct a custom berm to fire it into. yes, it'll probably be something around $5,000-$25,000 USD, PER SHOT, but i think it'd be absolutely worth it. let's see Liberty Safes stand up to THAT! XD

[@CraftyGamerYT1]

11:29 "WAHH" first time i heard scott say that ever

[@NINEWALKING]

This thing is almost the size of the 20mm auto canons. I have seen BVP 20mm auto canon in person and it was this size with maybe a bit longer barrel. With those calibers projectile size becomes big enough to carry alternative loads. Even those 20mm anti aircraft canons were similar to this. She be kicking! Scott is the King of everything that kicks like a mule 😊

[@drtidrow]

I looked it up, and this thing fires a _bigger_ cartridge than either the WW2 20mm Oerlikon or the 20mm M61 Vulcan aircraft cannon.

[@NINEWALKING]

@drtidrow wow, impressive! What's the muzzle energy, though? Sometimes, big old cartridges use less potent powder, and sometimes that results in lower muzzle energy than with the smaller but more modern cartridges. I'm not saying this is the case here. Just wonder. Anyhow, 20mm is just insaine. Sure, some of the Scott's toys have higher caliber and heavier bullets, but they are way slower as well. This is definitely crazy round. Thankfully, this monster rifle doesn't count on weight only to manage the recoil. Muzzle break, barrel moves backward on firing, semi auto buffers the recoil, and massive weight helps as well. Still, it takes the real man to fire that.

[@drtidrow]

@@NINEWALKING Apparently there are two different variants, the S-18/100 with a 20x105mm cartridge, and this one, the S-18/1000, which uses a bigger 20x138mm cartridge and between 850-900 m/s velocity depending on the specific projectile. Looks like the Oerlikon also had two different chamberings, the largest being 20x128mm with a muzzle velocity of 1050 m/s. Must have been a fatter cartridge, or a lighter projectile, to get higher velocities. Of course, these are all off of Wikipedia, so no guarantee that they're accurate. 🙂 Surprisingly, the Oerlikon uses a variant of _blowback_ operation, which uses an extended chamber longer than the cartridge. The primer is fired while the bolt is moving forward (but still enclosed by the chamber), so the chamber pressure has to work against the forward momentum of the action in addition to the bolt's inertia. Never knew that until I started digging into this.

[@chaelodoul9401]

3:21 “POP” always has been. Always will be. 😂😂

[@Reznor44]

My dad grew up in Solothurn, Switzerland. Beautiful town.

[@dyldip]

how it feels to chew five gum 11:52

[@joshawott331]

Needs more likes!

[@colehansen178]

Lmao

[@colehansen178]

Look at the dirt move behind the skull. Crazy!!

[@jesseerickson662]

That honestly wouldn't be a bad way to go.

[@ethanhoward8573]

Stimulate your senses

[@AncientArchive]

Literally subbed just for the take on calling it "soda" instead of "pop." Absolute hero. Love your stuff!

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

we can't agree on sodapop but we can all agree cornpop was a bad dude.

[@chriskleinbach-vd5ch]

6 more powerful than the Soviet ww2 14.5 mm anti tank rifle, Word yo. 😮.

[@TechZACH16]

This is the first thing he’s shot on this channel that’s got me questioning the back stop a bit…WHICH IS AWESOME.

[@cpt.jamming]

I love that you can see the dirt wall sink a little bit deeper after every single shot. I wonder how many rounds more it would have taken to bring it down entirely

[@Nasty_Basel]

😂no cap, plus 1080p even better

[@fayvis]

Hitting the targets is interesting but I'm just as impressed by how much the entire face of the berm shifts whenever you shoot it! Can only imagine what you'd need to do to get those bullets back out of there lol

[@SeanHayes-g8g]

I had to calm down after watching that. Definitely jealous. I too was surprised at the recoil watching that. Looks like a fairly well engineered weapon. I wonder how prone to jamming it was? I can only imagine how difficult it might be to clear a jammed round in a weapon that requires a hand crank to pull the bolt to the rear.

[@cowtoss]

> has a 50. cal teeth cleaning. > continues to shoot larger rifles. > makes it a meme and sells shirts about it. > ultimate chad.

[@ВалерийФилатов-я6т]

So, that was cool. Now you should find other guys from this party, like PTRS-41, Pzb-38, T-gewehr and Boys ATR

[@ruusuthecat2444]

Lahti l39

[@markusmauno3034]

And lahti l-39

[@ashe1.070]

And the PTRD-41

[@metallicarchaea1820]

Sad never NTW-20 noises.....

[@ВалерийФилатов-я6т]

@@ashe1.070 Pure soviet bias

[@SgtNuker]

One of the most impressive things about that Solothurn is the sound of it. You think it's going to be loud enough to crack the sky, but in reality, it's actually rather soft and echo-y.

[@JohnBeck-pb9xl]

Probably because the old style propellant is very slow burning compared to the modern stuff.

[@MyAramil]

well when hunting tanks, gotta be quiet.

[@shady473gamingcm3]

​@JohnBeck-pb9xl it does seem kinda pushy rather than snappy

[@SKdestroyer95]

Next time, we'll be seeing Scott fire up a 30mm on a Warthog to give us that oh so sweet "BRRRRRTTT" (hopefully)