The German FG 42

[@That0Homeless0Guy]

That muzzle break is sexy as fuck.

[@tiafolla]

Right??

[@rednecksniper4715]

Stolen from the Swiss ZFK55

[@MortallyConfused]

⁠@@rednecksniper4715 they are similar but not identical, the FG was designed and manufactured in 1940-41, the ZFK55 was designed after the ww2 k31, the 55 being produced in the 50s, it was actually the Swiss who stole the similar design, but I think it’s more than likely a case of “parallel thinking or multiple discovery” as the dates are so close together, when weapon manufacturing was truly at the height of the new age in innovation. (I’m a nerd you can’t pull the wool over my eyes)

[@billeastwood597]

@@MortallyConfused got em bro

[@dissociativealeks]

Correction, all of it is sexy as fuck

[@bigisrick]

Used to rip this up in World at War

[@randybobandy9828]

Absolutely the rate of fire and 20round mag was its downfall. That thing burned through a mag instantly

[@oneounceslugAPEX]

The best cod every released

[@SamHowzer-to1zm]

Trash in zombies but god tier in multiplayer

[@oneounceslugAPEX]

@@SamHowzer-to1zm dude, that was the most fun zombies. It was the 2pac of zombies. The newest. The most nostalgic. Undeniable.

[@Z3R0NU11]

@@oneounceslugAPEXit was by far one of the most shallow zombies experiences, really can’t beat black ops 1-3

[@indigomer]

Pretty sure the one Forgotten Weapons looked at sold at auction for about 300,000

[@mihir1700]

Back in ww2. 20k 💀. Now it's going for 10 times it's price😂

[@jigbie7922]

@@mihir1700ain't no paratrooper military issue rifle in NINETEEN FORTIES NAZI GERMANY would cost anywhere near that much. TWENTY THOUSAND dollars was money that they most certain allocated to things such an fuel or ammunition for their fleet of vehicles. TWENTY THOUSAND IN THE FORTIES is such an obsurdly unintelligent guess for a price at that time. Also what's my guess? I don't know man but it ain't that's

[@danielfulbright8685]

​@@mihir1700Lmao not even close. Back in WW2 the cost about $100usd, adjusting for inflation that's just a little over $1700

[@samuelodziomek1085]

@@mihir1700bro, 20k USD was roughly 420k USD in 1940s

[@chadgrov]

Took me 50 hours to get it in Hell Let Loose 😂

[@IceMan8123]

The holy Grail of World War 2 collector firearms.

[@SungazerDNB]

Thing is, they were unreliable as fuck and very complicated to service.

[@travisbryan663]

@@SungazerDNBlmao what a load of garbage. cite a source proving that right now.

[@Dont_Tread_on_Me448]

​@@SungazerDNB why do people always love making up lies ??

[@noahsenz854]

@@travisbryan663 The FG 42 had several design faults: its complex yet ineffective muzzle brake failed to eliminate flash, the bipod proved too fragile for sustained firing, and the lightweight barrel quickly overheated during continuous use. Was it a terrible weapon? No, I don’t think so. But its over-complicated design paired with its low production (~7000 or less were made) makes it hard to determine its combat effectiveness. Like the panzers, too little were made, it had an over-complicated design (like literally anything made by Germany during the war) and suffered from the aforementioned design flaws making it unreliable as a mass produced and mass issued weapon.

[@hasselnttper3730]

@@noahsenz854 German industry got totally wrecked by allied bombing starting in 1942, and were on the back foot in the east from 1943, so they didn't have the time or resources to improve on those flaws.

[@justmyaverageranommoments7899]

One of the most beautiful guns ever made.

[@RealGregJamesBeam]

Absolutely.

[@mark8544]

POS never worked properly.

[@richardhicks5031]

Still sexy xD ​@@mark8544

[@ladiezman1277]

@@mark8544wehraboos disagree

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@mark8544What evidence supports this claim? I wanna know

[@dominus3858]

The fact that it looks like a weapon from the 60s and not the 40s already shows how advanced it was, incredible!

[@adamweed7462]

probably my favorite german gun of WW2. Really incredible idea, execution and design

[@eastonseiler1774]

Execution? Probably not so much

[@adamweed7462]

@@eastonseiler1774 absolutely executed perfectly for what it was made to do

[@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh]

​@@adamweed7462an automatic rifle meant to replace the kar98k, mp40 and mg34 but should still be lighter than a kar98k? Not really.

[@adamweed7462]

@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh It wasn't meant to replace all those things, it was meant to do all of them pretty well for german para troopers. It was flexible enough to do any of those roles, area denial, suppression fire, designated marksman, rifleman, submachine gunner. Does all that with one platform, pretty well, you cant tell me you'd rather have a kar 98 or mp 40 😂😂😂

[@PilotAwe]

​@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhIts not possible to replace those all with one gun but FG-42 comes really damn close.

[@jeremiahwelborn5526]

That is some gorgeous craftsmanship

[@William-Morey-Baker]

i love how real gun nuts look like nerds, not wannabe operators...

[@JacobS-yz7py]

Honestly airsoft has let alot of weirdo young guys into the sport of real guns. Neckbeard intensity might reach critical mass

[@LeBronJames-vn8tg]

​@@JacobS-yz7pyis it a bad thing more people are getting into guns instead of trying to get rid of em?

[@JacobS-yz7py]

@@LeBronJames-vn8tg when they wind up on Brandon Herreras Darwin awards no

[@rooknado]

Isn’t that to be expected? One is a leading expert on an extremely niche genre of science/history, and the other is a world class athlete. There are plenty of SEALs that look like nerds, anyways.

[@boydrid]

Like the people on Tales of the Gun that used to be on the History Channel? Didn't they also have someone from the FBI's gun museum on?

[@koltenmiller7160]

This is literally my favorite historical firearm. If only it didn't cost as much as a small house

[@grimassassin9722]

They were only 7000 ever produced sadly

[@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance]

​@@grimassassin9722I had no idea...

[@TH3L33TM3XICAN]

@@grimassassin9722so sad there’s so few. Didn’t know.

[@austingonzalez7155]

I just bought a small house for less than half the price of this gun 😂

[@Natedawgontheright]

It was a masterpiece, so many designs that took inspiration from this gun

[@guaporeturns9472]

What designs would those be?

[@TheRealRusDaddy]

@@guaporeturns9472silly question

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@TheRealRusDaddy I know of only two , the Stg 52 and the M-60. Comment said "so many designs took inspiration from this this gun" Two is not "so many” Do you know of others?

[@gratefulguy4130]

​@@guaporeturns9472 AR-10 is a direct descendent. Also EM-2 (EM-1 I think as well). Well, for that matter probably dozens of post-war experimental firearms. It's tough indexing with things like this, though. There was a huge push to downplay just how much in every field was pulled directly from the Germans mixed with people just stealing their intellectual property without sourcing it (Stoner however was open about the AR-10). For instance the first Soviet MiG fighter jet was basically a direct copy of the German jet that was slated to replace the Me-262. I'm only bringing that up to point out that you have to use your brain, common sense, and hard facts in some cases. Most battle/assault rifles post-WWII took very heavy influence from the FG42 and/or the STG44. It gets tough, though. For instance it was widely accepted for years that what any man could see plain as day (that the AK was derived from the STG44) was true. Today however our Western academia takes the Soviet position in it's entire. Which, like so many other things (they made the same claim when they copied the B-29 lol) is that they did it all themselves by virtue of their utter lack of creativity and strangulation of skilled labor and intellectuals. The AK is product-improved (everyone knew the STG44 needed a wood hand guard) with the bolt swapped out. A few other minor differences but the gas piston looks incredibly similar, stamped construction (cutting edge at the time), practically the same sight layout & similar design, I mean the inventor of the STG44 was even held at the same place where the AK was designed. I've probably gone well past your interest in the subject but hopefully that helps illustrate both some lineages to follow and why follow-up work or searching out more honest (Western) period sources is so necessary.

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@gratefulguy4130 You aren’t telling me anything I didn’t already know there hero. I stand by what I say , but by all means keep typing , that’s obviously what makes you feel good about yourself 👍🏻

[@quentinmarshall7916]

Battlefield: secret weapons of 1942 was the first place I saw this beast. It was a one hitter quitter on infantry and the grenade attachment was fantastic for jeeps and lightly armored vehicles. Being a soldier of the "AXIS forces from Germany"with a jet pack and one of these was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had 😅

[@-Billerboller-Klangtherapie]

Also in RTCW😂

[@CaseyC-bg4bb]

What game was that?

[@PrestonSikes]

What in the galaxy far far away is that beauty!?!?

[@Pilgrimm21]

It's a muzzle "BRAKE" as in "stopping the recoil"! And that one is a beauty!

[@leonidaswe7878]

Wenn der noch einmal "Fallschirmjägergewehr " verhunzt dann ist aber Ziehung

[@brentongersbach]

You're saying it's *not* a Fall-shmeer-gevey?

[@costatitan8458]

@@brentongersbach🤣🤣

[@edwardhalpin7503]

Fall shield hunter rifle

[@rundllx3228]

This thing has some serious power

[@MortallyConfused]

Yes and no, inside 300 yards its more powerful than a 7.62x63 or 30-06. Outside 300 the 7.92x57(Mauser) has very fast drop off as it bleeds velocity through those first 300 yards. 13 inches drop at 300 then -30 at 400. Where with a 30-06 you’re still making a 16 inch drop at 400, -35 at 500.

[@angryzergling7832]

@@MortallyConfused Oh really? I've thought it was pretty on par with 30-06 (never shot 8mm mauser but assumed it was since they seem pretty similar ballistically out the muzzle). Why does it lose velocity so much quicker? Is it just the ballistic coefficient? Maybe that's why you didn't see any new 7.92 bullets after WW2 but they're still coming out with new 7.62 to this day.

[@DeadGothicRed]

If anybody cares, the FG42 shown is legit a first Gen.

[@ilhamnumber]

Is that other distinction than other the grip?

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

Submachine guns shot pistol. This thing shot a FULL rifle cartridge.

[@donarthiazi2443]

With all the expected recoil... even with that fine muzzle brake.

[@RailGunsDayZ]

Heaven music should be playing in the back ground softly

[@manuelve1998]

That’s very stable for firing a powerful cartridge.

[@mikerogers7502]

Such a beautiful weapon.

[@IFORBIDANYDATACOLLECTIONTOALL]

An 8mm rifle with that little recoil? Oh daddy

[@Shwilly805]

8mm full auto is wild

[@M60gunner1971]

The handle is maddening.

[@Reactordrone]

It replicates the grip angle of the K98.

[@Krantiwarrior]

I saw this gun first time when I was 14 years old in.....call of duty 😂

[@strix1121]

I saw it in starwars battlefront 2 as the clone sniper lol

[@Krantiwarrior]

@strix1121 yea they had many ww2 era reskined weapons for starwars

[@PlanetX87]

My right ear enjoyed this short.

[@user-wf2lm3vi7o]

I’m sure the noise made in slow-mo sounds like the guns saying edelweiss…. 😅

[@AnonymousAdolf]

The best gun ever made

[@donarthiazi2443]

Stop being so silly 🙄🙄

[@AnonymousAdolf]

@@donarthiazi2443 oh stop it you😘

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

A stretch.

[@tsvorbear3908]

Right after ak and ar platform…. Maybe.

[@costatitan8458]

@@tsvorbear3908AR15? This gun is based on the STG44

[@chevyvet69]

My all time favorite German gun. It was what our M60 was. Semi based off of and could fire on an open or closed bolt

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Closer to $200-300k these days

[@gratefulguy4130]

500k

[@LyricClock-fo8he]

Jesus christ

[@LyricClock-fo8he]

@@gratefulguy4130 😭😭😭

[@peterslaby9782]

@@LyricClock-fo8he Probably less than a dozen transferable examples in the USA.

[@cmppett8780]

An amazing piece of technology….maybe a little too amazing for practical use to be designed during a war when cost and time to test mattered

[@pe.bo.5038]

Exactly!

[@peterpiper0002]

Honestly has been my dream gun since Call of Duty 3

[@Regularguy637]

Fg45 and the Mg42 go crazy

[@treefer6]

I really never realized these were meant to be shouldered. I always mixed them up with the MG42 and thought they were general purpose machine guns, belt fed and uses with a bipod or in a fixed position. Beautiful firearm

[@patta8388]

They were designed to fulfill both roles. They do have a bipod. No belt feed, only magazine fed, but can't have it all.

[@gratefulguy4130]

We tried to make a belt fed version after the war since we still didn't have a light machine gun. Wound up going back to an updated Maxim instead after the M-60 (which does have the same bolt).

[@treefer6]

@patta8388 I truly don't think there was a better 100 years of firearm design then from the 1860s to 1960s

[@patta8388]

@@treefer6 I kinda agree, there haven't been any real new developments in decades. Until we get portable railguns or something like that, I guess we're stuck with 60-70 year old tech, with some lightweight materials and fancy scopes.

[@treefer6]

@patta8388 totally agree. But I love me a first gen Ar-10 with the Tupperware furniture and standard irons. I truly would love if we could get exact reproductions of rifles like the jungle carbine chambered in .308 instead of the British cartridge or even a new grease gun. The old tech was iust too good man. Simple engineering meant to do it's job can't ask for much more

[@TarmanTheChampion]

This is one of my favorite fire arms

[@leobuscaglia5576]

Built in compensator at the muzzle. Nice.

[@josedeall8317]

Seth rogen really likes the fg42

[@mikkelsrensen5892]

Quality second to none . Like Leica camera . Mercedes Audi wolksvagen BMW 🎉🎉🎉

[@Dockie27]

This guy is really proud of the fact that he knows what the F and G stand for.

[@yo.mama100]

😂 this is up there with one of my favorite Firearms of all time I like it even more than mp44

[@user-rl1dz9jy1v]

Now that's the kind of gun you sleep in the bed with you give it his own pillow and everything the wife can sleep on the couch

[@Dr.pepper457]

Kendrick called in backup😭😭🔥

[@billbarton9046]

Gun Jesus, does a good video on this weapon.😅

[@jeffw.9358]

Love the design of this particular weapon, I'm curious on the comfortability of the grip angle

[@SlowMotionFoMeH624]

One of my favorite weapons in D.o.D

[@jamescorfield534]

That’s insane! What a cool rifle

[@chase4821]

Kinda funny how the rare guns are always the best lol

[@jacoburstupid5315]

that camera angle at the end was sick asf

[@MrBahjatt]

Beautiful bespoke design. It fires well.

[@SpielkindFR]

Dude didn't even try saying the name the right way.

[@PromethiaSHADOW]

8mm mauser is a punishing round on full auto. Rip shoulder

[@CatnamedMittens]

The rifle was made by a genius because it doesn't kick as much as you'd think.

[@PromethiaSHADOW]

@@CatnamedMittens I know. Buffer tube and spring inside the stock and a fixed telescoping barrel with an additional spring buffer. Was more so referring to other less well designed weapons that used the same ammo. Bolt action rifles in 8mm Mauser kick pretty hard too

[@williamyelton6351]

​@@PromethiaSHADOW Love my old 8mm Mauser.

[@MindfulnessGamer]

Lots of people remember this gun from call of duty world at war. I remember it from return to castle Wolfenstein

[@qz2026]

It had to have a compensator.

[@mikelang8020]

I SAW ONE AT THE GUN SHOW IN PHOENIX ATIZONA SAR SHOW THEY WANTED 255,000 AND WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE BUT DON'T TOUCH THIS PIECE OF ART WORK LOL

[@user-wv2fd4ld8o]

That muzzle brake is wicked 🤙💯

[@optiTHOMAS]

Absolutely sick! Beautiful thing of history! Such a cool design too! 😎👍🏻

[@terrybloom3777]

They had a Cali grip over 80 years ago😂

[@lockiholmes763]

So nice he say Fallschirmjägergewehr 😊 greetings from 🇩🇪

[@vasiliy4266]

Привет из России , ППС 43 и Т 34 были лютьше , дешевле , быстрее. Про АК-47 вообще изображено на гербах некоторых стран. Германское оружие дорогое и не долговечно , поэтому коллекционируют .

[@jonathanblose174]

A beautiful weapon.

[@fringeminority150]

Purdy gun ,insane condition !

[@AndrewJTCooper-ks1ng]

This i think was the only gun during ww2 to fire a full-length cartridge and have hardly any recoil and retain site picture.

[@squidy4082]

That’s it I’m playing hell let loose

[@tryhardorgohome49]

Das Fallschirmjäger Gewehr ❤

[@livingsacrifice7639]

Yeah a nazi

[@falconlips5474]

I'm sure I've seen a scaled up version of that muzzle brake on some of the bigger cannons mounted on Waffenträger, i wanna say like 128mm

[@Dreamweaver94]

The coolest WW2 gun. They're so kitted out, I can only imagine the most elite soldiers got them.

[@joejohnson1004]

That's where star wars got their ideas from

[@manricobianchini5276]

One of my favorite WW2 rifles!

[@danielhutchison7259]

I wanted one since I was 6 watching my day play return to castle wolfenstein. Obviously I'll never own an original or any kind of full auto. But I do have a semiautomatic type 2 in 8mm and it's my holy grail.

[@toddhenson5570]

$125,000 would be a bargain now!

[@ProvisionalPatrioticAlliance]

Such a badass weapon

[@edm240b9]

Had a chance once to put half a mag through a transferrable full auto. Probably one of the most controllable full auto rifles out there, even given the age.

[@user-mb9dg1xq2k]

Fun fact it's the James Bond sniper rifle off from golden eye

[@SpeakMusic25]

That wood grip 🤤

[@LuciferBMDT31]

If Peter Griffen had a brother

[@Hmmm0609]

Not even close kid

[@CEO_OF_BELLIC_ENTERPRISES]

Ah yes the der rise speed cola wall buy fg420

[@theOneandOnlyhomieG]

I think it was called the 420 impaler when it was packed

[@Memewasi619]

This rifke is far ahead from its time

[@chriswilson9331]

Best gun in Return to Castle Wolfenstein

[@Bierz68]

I thought the voiceover in the beginning was Robert Downey Jr! Hahaha! Now I can't unhear it:P

[@GhostTrain555]

Этот гроом-дрын стоит своих денег))

[@lightsout176]

Enemy Territory vibes rn. It’s been years. I see you over there 🥝 Kashed and ScrewLoose 😂

[@MesserschmittMeB-U-]

The Type 1 jams alot as I heard.

[@hayleywilliams8750]

A gun born for the skies sent soldiers to the skies

[@didntask4373]

Looks like something out of starwars

[@kasRose311]

That’s a good looking gun

[@AgamPratapsingh-kn2db]

looks like some Star Wars weapon tbh...

[@thepancakemann]

Coolest gun of all time

[@ArronWimmer-vw5yx]

That gun is hot af

[@HDSME]

Beautiful gun

[@TyTyMusic964]

The recoil is naughty

[@BobDog72]

It would be nice to see more about this gun

[@robertwalker7454]

I'm just surprised they haven't made a airsoft gun version of this yet

[@lizardking6135]

"I dont know with what weapons WW3 will be fought. I just know that people will start it to see what germany builds" - Abert Something-or-other

[@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren]

My favorite in MoH Airborne 😊

[@bigbadbamboo1]

It's in World War Heros too

[@johnathandavis3693]

Was hoping he would rock and roll😕

[@Spearmint22425]

They legit called the gun a fall trooper gun/ paratrooper gun, all that fancy engineering and simple straight to the point name lol I love it! Tho the US does the same thing sometimes.

[@terenceflanagan1225]

Parachute hunters rifle

[@damionnefelsch6546]

I've seen it before but at a distance. I'm jealous

[@alpsofsilence1461]

Almost no recoil!

[@oler777]

I love the DC18

[@wb20v4138]

German flagship trooper automatic self reloading 8mm rifle