Q&A 33: It's All About Compromises

[@SurajGrewal]

When Ian was at a bar. Customer: I asked for a wine not a glass of water Ian: look again Customer: wow, when did that happen?

[@BrassCatcher]

You win

[@jjarechiga]

Wrong mesías, gun Jesus converts surplus ammo to the caliber that you need

[@nichevo1]

@@jjarechiga or reloads fired casings

[@nichevo1]

@Joe Ç loaves and fishes

[@bjm1219]

@@jjarechiga 7 Ian said to the servants, “Fill the ammo cans with Hirtenberger”; so they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the K31.” They did so, 9 and the master of the banquet chambered the 308 that had been turned into GP11. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the milsurp knew.

[@tangero3462]

"In the right place, _for a long time_ " might be the best descriptor of the M14's survival in service I've yet heard

[@samg5463]

Imagine a bar where you walk down into what is essentially a World War I bunker. On the walls is oak paneling and sandbags. The room is illuminated by oil lamps on the tables and low watt bulbs in the ceiling. All across the area is military surplus, battle flags, and recruitment posters. The bar is reclaimed teak from a dreadnought, and Ian is slinging sazeracs and talking shop in full French military kit. Now that's a bar.

[@AM-hf9kk]

I'm in. Where? Tucson? Is this Ian's next Kickstarter? Sounds like an amazing place to debrief after a range day.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Sounds like Indy Neidell's home office

[@Wunderbolts]

Sam G yeah but how would you get people to leave?

[@knusern666]

Matthew Sonn open the GarageDoor?

[@loreman2803]

Put it in Verdun

[@fishook96]

there's a relatively large section of the Musee d'Armee in les Invalides on the resistance and Free French forces. I would highly recommend spending a whole day as the Musee is absolutely huge

[@williestyle35]

Thank you for the recommendation.

[@oklahomahank2378]

I have also been there. Agree with the recommendation.

[@benjaminjohnson628]

Scholagladatoria produces interesting content on bladed weapons, covering most things from ancient to the mid 1800's

[@Gakulon]

Warning, the world of historical arms and armor youtubers can be a bit addictive. Be aware of what you're getting in to

[@torbenjohansen6955]

@@Gakulon than dont watch tod from tods stuff.

[@Gakulon]

@@torbenjohansen6955 Too late man, I'm already in too deep

[@deannorris5662]

I second Schola

[@torbenjohansen6955]

@@Gakulon Oh sorry to hear that. he is the worst when it comes to being addicted. He is the bedst in my opinion. He puts the bar up high. making it hard for others to follow. and he is making good stuff to. Not to talk about his good videos especialy his latest armor longbow test series of videos.

[@nokiot9]

Question: do people ever ask you to bless their guns?

[@kurtbergh]

I've got a box of 50 rounds of 9mm Geco with Ian and Karl's autographs, it's blessed ammo right?

[@thedrifter2790]

*Thats a solid +10 Holy Damage!*

[@Brez1969]

Oh yes, oh gun jesus bless this ammo we are about shoot

[@MisterTengu]

or turn their hoppe's into whiskey.

[@laggymclaggylag5882]

He sanctifies it with WD40 to remove the sin of cosmoline.

[@ax9897]

About resistance places in france there are the Arras Undergrounds that are very insterestibg to visit as they were used during both World Wars as shelter/ hidding / regroupement / ambush places and all. (Arras is around two hours north of paris by car and less with trains)

[@michaelhorning6014]

As late as 1990, unmodified M-14s were issued as Designated Marksman rifles to troops patrolling the Korean Demilitarized Zone, one per squad.

[@thkarape]

Chinese guns use the same word for "type" as japanese (式) which can be translated as type, model or pattern in this context.

[@SpaceCowboyfromNJ]

Is it the same for Korean or Thailand as well? Though I guess with China and Japan being the two major sources for Asian firearms in the US it's probably just as likely to be the default.

[@yuyuyu25]

@@SpaceCowboyfromNJ Probably true for NK, SK uses a different designation system.

[@williestyle35]

Thailand uses a different script. The designation maybe similar, the printed character won't be.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

@@yuyuyu25 Actually NK completely eradicated the chinese from their writing system.

[@donnkelley6823]

I've been cruizing through old videos today. I've gotta say you've really hit your stride Ian!!!! I still like the old intro but I judge all other videos, creators etc. By your video quality, presence, and over all feeling and professionalism...... You and Karl have forced everyone else to step it up or just fade away...... I'm extremely grateful....

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

Is that a picture of the "holy hand grenade" on your left?

[@philllax1719]

It's a common catholic symbol. As a high school student (catholic school) I noticed one of the statues was holding one. I asked my religion teacher about it, he was rather upset to explain it wasn't the holy hand grenade of Antioch

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

@@philllax1719 So you're saying the Catholic Church stole it?!! How dare they!!

[@chrisplumb4284]

Chartreuse is known for removing varnish if u spill it, not for it's explosive properties!

[@Nooziterp1]

I think Robban Dahlgren Jonsson is referring to a scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 'First you pull out the holy pin. Then you count to three. No more, no less.'

[@Robban.D.Jonsson.]

@@Nooziterp1 so...you're saying that wasn't a documentary?

[@savitbharadwaj4023]

Q&As sessions in a podcast format would be amazing imo!

[@thedrifter2790]

Savit Bharadwaj legitamitely, if he could upload these to a podcast channel after the fact that could be downloaded for later use well... That’d be simply amazing!

[@StacheMan26]

The QBZ-95 may be thoroughly unimpressive, but given the frankly ludicrous number of soldiers and support personnel the PLA has to arm that is completely understandable. Instead of putting their engineering time into making a good gun, they focused on making one cheap enough that they could reequip their entire force with weapons chambered for the 5.8mm cartridge in a reasonable amount of time and without cutting too deeply into the budget for other projects, which it can be argued is an engineering accomplishment in and of itself. The resulting weapon is, as expected, generally crap, but it is crap that fulfilled its design requirements.

[@jaspercorbyn8678]

all very true, but slightly off point

[@turdferguson3803]

The PLA isn't much larger than the US Army and is still smaller than the current Russian Army. Also the PLA is nowhere even near the size of what the Soviet Army was, yet the Soviets were equipped with high quality small arms. It's not that it's a cheap design, it's a matter of China being bad at domestic arms production.

[@turdferguson3803]

@Yankee Gohome Both those rifles originate from Soviet designs and are not domestic Chinese designs like the QBZ-95. China still copies/steals the majority of their military designs, the QBZ-95 is an exception to that and unsurprisingly it's the worst made rifle the PLA has ever adopted.

[@turdferguson3803]

@Yankee Gohome Also I should mention the Soviets directly taught the Chinese how to make those rifles, which is mainly why they are so well made.

[@taggartlawfirm]

I watched a WW2 training film made circa 1942 (?) for the tank destroyer training command, and the film depicted the crews in training using the 1917 in rifle marksmanship training.

[@0b3rz0nK]

The small engine mechanic job is a cool connection. Not only is it something carriable driving stuff by explosions, I also made the experience that small engine documentation is a lot harder to come by than for bigger engines. So you really have to understand beforehand what you are dealing with by looking at it. Perfect preparation for taking apart forgotten weapons!

[@deanstalk8116]

(On the subject of blade youtubers with extensive knowledge.) For me, it's a three way tie between Skallagrim, Shadversity, and Mettatron. Blades historical or modern are Skall's bread and butter. Shadversity is the go to channel for swords used by european mercenaries/foot soldiers from all kinds of historical time periods, and Mettatron knows his onions when it comes to Asian bladed weapons and bushido doctrine.

[@Likexner]

I can hear distant cries of "context".

[@simguns8388]

interesting comments about the Johnson LMG. My Dad was a Marine in WW2 and carried a BAR. He was able to get a Johnson LMG on Guam. He LOVED it. He said it was lighter and easier to get through the jungle plus it had as much fire power as his BAR. He said it made him cry when they made him get rid of it. He called it a "Buck Rogers" gun.

[@Plastikdoom]

Don’t forget the dardick, the magazine fed, revolver thingy...

[@ZGryphon]

IHNJ, IJLS "Trounds".

[@HALO-2304]

Imagine being served drinks by Ian, a.k.a Gun Jesus, a.k.a the Holy Bartender! [Dogma reference]

[@jameskazd9951]

i didnt know you went to purdue, im from indiana so knowing one of the most knowledgeable gun guys on the net went to school in my state gives me a little extra appreciation for purdue.

[@williestyle35]

Ian was on the shooting team at Purdue as well.

[@ahahahahah74]

The best channel about bladed weapons I know of is Scholagladiatoria Mainly about british saber but he talks a fair bit about bayonets and other subjects

[@guymitchell2357]

Thanks so much for doing these q&a vids Ian! Always very enjoyable and interesting. I’m not in the financial position to support you on patreon yet but hope to in the future. Keep up the good work sir!

[@rodoflife]

Been watching your channel for several years! Glad to see a fellow alumni! BTFU!

[@samarthur591]

I’m glad he cares enough to do these q&a videos

[@hingefallen8260]

schola gladiatoria has to be the answer to the bladed weapons question, right?

[@GunFunZS]

Yeah. He tends to ramble though. Ian and othias have the discipline to keep on topic and not repeat themselves much.

[@molochi]

Matt does nice stuff about fighting, the Wallace Collection channel's curator has some great armor vids (both are HEMA guys), but for accurate info about swords, bows, and xbows I'd say kzbin.info Tod's Workshop is a fantastic source of no-BS info. All three of those guys have done teamup vids. There's a vid now that uses a 160lbs Mary Rose Long bow with the correct correct arrow/arrowhead vs an accurate breastplate. and shots over a chronograph with that bow and 1000lbs crossbows and newer weapons to get a real idea of facts vs wishful thinking. great stuff.

[@jacobharris7711]

at 58:40 he explains why he is actually an expert... Those who know get it. Thank you Ian.

[@dcerioclt9942]

I always look forward to these Q&A videos

[@5anjuro]

Thanks for the good callout on Taiwan's Bren. It'd be great to have a mini series on the firearms of the R.O.C. Taiwan.

[@chrisf247]

The ironic thing about the Glock is that its partially-cocked striker action isn't really copied that much. It sold everyone on the idea that striker-fired guns without a manual safety were safe, but then all of Glock's competitors eventually just went with true fully-cocked single action mechanisms.

[@Kar-wm5on]

On the Paris-related question : the « Musée de la Libération » opened at the end of the summer, and it includes an access to an underground resistance HQ bunker. And if you know the right persons and have some minimal equipment, you can access a german bunker via old quarries under Paris. But it’s not exactly 100% ok with the authorities.

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

The sharpest memory I have of war related sights in France was seeing all the bullet scars in the buildings in Northern France. It was both shocking and chilling. Paris did have them but other towns I visited had far more, but it too long ago for me to offer suggestions as to were to look..

[@duanesamuelson2256]

Perhaps an even sharper memory would have been East Berlin before the wall came down. Even 45 years later large areas were still rubble. Times have changed but during ww2 the allies targeted civilians intentionally (not sticking up for the axis here).

[@kurttank_1909]

For the last question I was so sure he was going to say the magazine was the most important design element.....

[@joshuabaker5712]

Always enjoy the Q&A vids.

[@russellflemister393]

another awesome video

[@tenney15]

Didn't know you graduated from Purdue too. Boiler up!

[@williestyle35]

p. s. Ian was on the shooting team at Purdue.

[@ivanprihhodko2278]

Schola Gladiatoria is a channel that deals with bladed weapons, although Matt is primarily a sword guy. He did talk about bayonets several times though.

[@ryanlong1]

PLEASE turn these in to podcasts!!!

[@MrPanzerDragoon]

Okay, Ian's forgotten backstory was the highlight of this video!

[@GinSoakedBoy]

Maybe I missed it, and I'm sure Ian are aware of them too, but there are also some 8 shot revolvers chambered for .357 magnum, such as the S&W M&P R8. Also, cosign the shouts for Scholagladiatoria as a source for bladed weapons.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

I know Ruger made an 8-shot .357. And 9-shot .22 S/L/LR were once quite common. I had a High Standard back in the day.

[@jeffreydonaldson576]

what brand of garage doors did you install? I worked in a factory for 37 years called Raynor Garage doors.

[@jerryw6699]

Right next door to the Raynor beer factory.

[@MidnightSvn]

Jeffrey Donaldson Ian doesn’t remember bc he blocked out the traumatic garage door installing memories.

[@mrjurun]

The US Navy had M-14's in use until as late as 2007. They were a standard watch standing/SSEW weapons.

[@matthaught4707]

I'd say the P38 was hugely influential in the post-war period. The mechanism (either the lockwork or the locking system or both) was widely copied by Smith, Sig, Beretta and others. The magazine was essentially the pattern for almost all post-war single-stack 9mm mags, much like the BHP mag was for post-war double-stack 9mm mags. It's just that, 80+ years later, the market has moved on beyond either of those features and the influence is no longer felt as strongly. The Glock certainly has more current influence on pistol design, but Walther's influence was substantial for half a century.

[@fizhbing]

Can you do a shooting test with Russian AN-94 "Abakan" ?

[@blue_ridge_shooting762]

Unless he goes to Russia, that's not gonna happen.

[@johnm3907]

There is only 1 video of anyone other than a russian shooting that. No way he can do it really

[@myanaloglife9450]

Starline brass is great, always consistent it’s a little thicker then other brass so it may have a lower grain count but that’s nothing because that means you can usually get 15/20 + reloads and this is based on a AR-10 which are brutal on brass you may get more reloads. Your mileage may vary

[@harrypeterson9287]

I've heard accounts of starline being so thick with certain calibers that you need to reduce your powder charge.

[@wadekirby8575]

The new SIG 365 SAS has sights kind of like the ASP's Guttersnipe sight.

[@IndianaJoe3]

I don't know if it was serendipity or the KZbin algorithm, but the Gerat 06/06H was one of my recommended videos today (before I watched this one!).

[@ysmaliwr]

For bladed weapons see Skallagrim and Scholagladiatoria.

[@williamsager805]

Seeing that you can now buy French 7.65mm Longue, when do we get a video of you firing your MAS-38?

[@darthhodges]

I can't help with modern blade advice (bayonets, modern knives, etc.) but if you're looking for traditional sword advice Shadiversity, Metatron, and Skalligrim are all well versed but usually approach with a middle ages angle. Skalligrim is the most likely to demonstrate actual moves on video.

[@loquat4440]

I think the controlled feed versus push feed deserves it own video. In a short question and answer format it is not really possible to discuss it. I doubt that many if any modern semi and full auto weapons use controlled feed feed, Just how feasible is it to design controlled feed with the modern bolt face that typically more fully surrounds-encloses the head of the cartridge case. There is of course a lot more to this subject.

[@robashton8606]

Apparently Che Guevara had much the same opinion of the Johnson LMG. He said it seemed more intent on injuring whoever was using it than whoever it was being shot at.

[@dwightehowell8179]

46:17 They did try interchangeable cylinders but they would have most likely had to have been custom fitted for each gun.

[@SWEmanque]

Ian; I can see your point about heavy machineguns not needing constant recoil due to tripods, but wouldn't a constant recoil allow for the gun and tripod to be lighter? I've also heard that putting a heavy machinegun on some vehicles can be problematic since the recoil still is enough to rock the vehicle. Constant recoil doesn't seem to add a lot of complexity, so wouldn't there be very little reason not to add it?

[@GhostlyTurtle]

The reason would still be what he listed: this cost of completely replacing the current firearms, their ancillary equipment, and the entire logistics tree that goes with them. That is a lot of cost for a small payoff in the grand scheme of things. If all LMGs were to disappear tomorrow and new designs had to be adopted from scratch, it is likely the clear choice. However it doesn't offer enough of an advantage to justify replacing the current standard.

[@Kaboomf]

If you're a western military then you have thousands and thousands of old perfectly functional .50 Browning machineguns lying around. They pretty much never wear out and more than a million were made. What is cheaper and more reliable, a shock absorbing mount for good old Ma Deuce, or some newfangled weird thing that doesn't have nearly a century of battle-proven history behind it? Yes, the recoil from a heavy machinegun in an AA mount has been known to crack windshields on Scania trucks etc but the cost effective solution to that is a better mount. Lots of people have tried to make a lighter and better alternative to the M2HB over the years, but Brownings will be the mainstay heavy machineguns of the western world until long after we're fighting wars on Mars. You simply cannot convince an army to replace something that reliable and effective that's been paid off decades ago with something that promises to cost money but won't kill the enemy any more dead.

[@SWEmanque]

@@Kaboomf Well, there are still NATO members that have Russian HMGs, I'm sure someone would be interested in developing the idea just in case. The firearms industry is usually quite good at making products with a very limited market. At the very least I think it is odd that noone is trying.

[@Kaboomf]

@@SWEmanque those Russian HMGs are also pretty damned reliable and most importantly they've already been paid for. Also, I think most of them are installed in various vehicle turrets etc. Your new gun has to fit the old turret with the ammo feed in the same place and the same trigger arrangement etc. Not gonna get replaced for the lifetime of the vehicle, at least. Note that several attempts have been made at marketing new, lightweight and lighter-recoiling .50 HMGs for decades now but very few sales have been made.

[@lottjohp]

I bet the rim on most (all??) black powder cartridges was a huge hindrance in developing a black powder semi auto.Not to mention the size of the cartridges?? A 45-70 Bren, wow, imagine that.

[@SlavicCelery]

Fouling is still one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue.

[@DirtyHairy1]

I did'nt expect the US to use Kilowatts and not Beedulpadoops as a measure for power

[@DSlyde]

I'm confused why Constant Recoil is not applicable to semi auto rifles. Its not API where it has to be open bolt to function - any rifle that allows its bolt to fully decelerate under spring pressure rather than hitting the rear of the receiver is constant recoil and that means it can reduce felt recoil of basically any self loader. Even if you argue its a slip up and he meant its less important not no benefit at all, reducing felt recoil is still important for follow up shots. He even talks about the semi-auto Drors being unpleasant in part because of the bolt hitting the end of the receiver, which makes it a perfect example of where a constant recoil system could be useful. But maybe I missed something?

[@alexandermarinin7036]

Constant recoil system allows series of slams be felt like one constant push. But it does very little to one slam. Russians tried it and found accuracy improvement less than 10% at the cost of significant weight and complexity increase of gun

[@DSlyde]

​@@alexandermarinin7036 It is still lengthens the recoil impulse of hard recoiling though? Just like bolt actions have more felt recoil than semi-autos. Again the Dror is an example of this, but also fullsized rifles in general. The difference between a battlerifle with the right tuning (bolt/BCG weight, spring, gas) and with poor tuning is significant and constant recoil should mean you have the space to have maximally soft recoil like a perfectly tuned rifle but without the risk of short stroking and the ammunition sensitivity that doing that in a regular rifle can bring. And weight yes definitely, but I dont think I agree with complexity. Essentially you're adding more spring and depending on the weapon in question, lengthening the receiver.

[@jonasstrzyz2469]

In theory it should still work, although would a counterbalance system not be better than a constant recoil one?

[@Justice-ian]

"Constant Recoil", like most useful (not "change for change's sake") ideas, is not so much a new or novel concept as the recognition and correction of a bad idea - in this case, letting the recoiling mass impact the rear of the receiver. The idea that avoiding this (lengthening a rifle receiver at the expense of the buttstock, or extending it via a tube in the buttstock, to dissipate the recoil energy in springs) would come "at the cost of significant weight and complexity" is absurd. Ian is on record in many videos recognizing undamped slide or bolt impact with subject guns' receivers as the direct cause of their excessive recoil. He also clearly recognized the benefit, in Kel-Tec's RDB, of eliminating that impact. I'm not sure why he's allowing the term "Constant Recoil" to obscure this simple fact of physics.

[@Breakfast_and_Bullets]

To Alex the Bioshock player: look up "frankenruger" here on KZbin. It's on Jim March Simpson's channel. That's the best you're going to get.

[@dwightehowell8179]

I have a .30 carbine Ruger revolver. Looks like the cowboy guns. You do have to thumb cock it. Not a problem to shoot. Recoil is not a problem. (I also have a contender barrel.) I mean it .30 caliber and the bullet is 110 grains. The .30 carbine when fired in a carbine has muzzle energy similar to a .357 fired from a handgun so I'm not at all clear on why Ian thinks shooting one is a problem.

[@ByronGiant]

Ian starring in next years hollywood blockbuster: The French Collection

[@DeusGladiorum]

Someone that can afford things more than me please ask Ian why he didn't seem too excited by the G11? And what're the chances he would ever get the chance to fire one? Even with all of its logistical failures, I am painfully desperate to see what the accuracy of that 2100rpm burst is on a modern camera!

[@williestyle35]

At this point usable ammo for the G11 would be extremely hard to come by ( and might be dangerous ). "Caseless" ammunition of that type isn't really suitable for mass manufacture, at this time.

[@Skyrunner_84]

As a Forgoten Weapons community we need to agree not to ask Ian about the M14 ever again. I get the feeling that he distains that weapon so much that he does not even like to say he distains it. Lol.

[@HPWPAO]

Scholagladitoria is probably the Premier youtube guy on blades, hes a historian and runs a antique business on the sides. hes aproach is simalear to Ian's and is as knowledgeable.

[@CatTechSupport]

I feel like Ian had to say "light machine gun" after "Johnson" every time otherwise there would be some meme worthy content.

[@tonyhenthorn3966]

1:00 WW2 Marines be like, "We TOLD you so!"

[@LionofCaliban]

Ian, for Kyle's question, though it's more niche content there, ScholaGladiatoria Matt Easton's channel does the occasional bit on daggers, knives and bayonets. It's a bit of lean topic there, he's done some good dives on the kukri and the bowie knife, has discussed in some depth and even to a degree, has some sparring videos relating to. The rest of the stuff I can think of is very medieval, not so much modern stuff. I appreciate it's not the technical side of it, this is very much in the use of, what do the sword fighting manuals say about these situations, I think it might be a start for the guy. Channel link included below. kzbin.info/door/t14YOvYhd5FCGCwcjhrOdA

[@owenmayes2128]

Thank you for another informative video Ian. Where did you get you rather cool smoking jacket?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

My mother made it for me.

[@joshuabrown7815]

Oh my god, I can totally imagine Ian being a bartender

[@dirus3142]

On the U.S. Civil War question, the U.S. army already had it's doctrine and drill. To change the weapons to the Henry would have made even more of a mess of how the troops fought. The rifled musket already showed that older tactics were out dated by their increased accuracy at longer ranges compared to smooth bore in earlier wars.

[@FowCowMow]

The framing of this shot is the weirdest flex. A $140 bottle of liquor across from a fake plant

[@tomalexander4327]

It's very Ian

Bladed weapons channels to recommend: - Tod's Workshop You Tube :: swords, daggers, crossbows including internal mechanisms, etc. - creates historical accurate reproductions, TV consultant - scholagladiatoria (Matt Easton) :: antique arms and armour (British military sabers, Indian swords and sabers), HEMA, etc. - HEMA instructor (Historical European Martial Arts), restoring and selling swords - IPostSwords :: swords, weapon technology Related channels that might also be interesting (bladed weapons, armor, history) - Skallagrim - Shadiversity - Metatron - Knyght Errant

[@MrWhitmen1981]

How come no one has designed a tripod for indirect machine gun fire. I would love to learn more about this art and history. Because I heard about it on Indy’s WW1 channel but I always wondered if there was an actual piece of equipment that makes it accurate and possible.

[@AM-hf9kk]

Indirect machine gun fire? As in lobbing rounds over a hill or wall? Are you thinking of the terrible "volley sights" that appeared on several historic rifles? I suppose you could use an anti-aircraft tripod for the purpose, but it seems like it would be horribly ineffective. There's no way to control the flight time of the bullets, or to control range except with angle. Most of the round's energy would be depleted by air resistance too... more of a lead rain nuissance than an effective tactic. You'd be much better off equipping one soldier in five (or one per four man fire team) with a lightweight mortar / grenade launcher (such as an M203). There are also crew-served automatic grenade launchers (like the Mk19 and Mk47) that fulfill the purpose you suggest.

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

Indirect fire with the Vickers was taught as standard in the British Army. In fact all machine gun tripods that could clamp the gun and then be adjusted by metered screw systems are capable of allowing indirect fire; the problem is that it took a lot of training, and the issues of observing fall of shot that artillery had applied, but more so because bullets make less of a picture than shells. There was a really good discussion on the Forgotten Weapons page about this years ago, but I don't have the reference.

[@WastelandArmorer]

Having fired both guns, I would say the 1903a3 version of the Springfield is a much nicer gun than the 1917. It has sights that are on par. A much smoother bolt operation, and is much lighter and handier.

[@XanderTuron]

33:50 Wasn't the Huot Automatic Rifle pretty close to being adopted, but then WWI ended so there was no need?

[@wh8787]

This has probably already been answered somewhere but how come, given the MP5s status as "the best modern SMG", closed bolt, locked breach design SMGs aren't more popular? It seems like a lot of the other post WW2 designs continued with the open bolt, blow back mechanisms of earlier SMGs, with the major change being telescoping bolts, or something similar. Was it just cost, difficulty competing with the MP5, industry inertia, or something else?

[@SafetyProMalta]

"The French Collection" starring Ian "Popeye" gun jesus 😂🤣😂

[@xnopyt13]

57:21 both the Chinese and the Japanese use 式 (shì for Chinese and shiki for Japanese), hence both are called "type"

[@01ZombieMoses10]

@Kyle Schola Gladitoria! This bloke covers all manner of bladed weapons and he is a HEMA instructor. Everything from Early Medieval to Post-Napoleonic. He even has several videos on 20th century bayonets and knives albeit they are a few years old.

[@torbenjohansen6955]

hmm not the Lewisgun ???????

[@ohwillyp]

Love that robe.... you should have had a glass of brandy to complete the look. Where can I get one (the robe, not the brandy)?????

[@olvrbmw]

Hey, Chartreuse! Been to the Rhone-Alps/Grenoble area recently?

[@williestyle35]

Or Voiron, perhaps ..

[@aaronrushton1]

54:49 scholargladiatoria is a great channel for bladed weapons he mostly focuses on swords especially 19th century but has some videos on bayonets

[@thecheapshot1065]

So that sounds to me like most of those jobs you could have been successful at with two-year trade school. The electrical is a little more specific but I got a degree in computer information systems and I find that majority of the training that I got was on the job was probably better suited to working out in the field for half the time I spent in school. Now and my later years I'm working on becoming an electrician. College although a great thing for many people is not for everyone and you can be a very successful individual without having a post high School education.

[@patrickpenton3429]

Friggin sweet suit!!!! GET IN THERE!!!!!!!!!!

[@brandondavis5249]

It's nice to see MET's make good. I to have that degree.

[@Timberwolf0419]

Chateau de Vincennes in Paris was the location of a sort of last-stand during the invasion, and has some interesting material inside. Things like propaganda posters and the like. Plus all but the chapel and keep are free to enter for anyone (EU residents 25 and under get free admission to said chapel and keep), and is nonetheless an interesting visit for other reasons as well.

[@onpsxmember]

51:25 If they'd taken a closer look, the M60 would be more reliable sooner. Is it possible with any type of M60 to move around without that much noise of the internals?

[@benhaney9629]

Considering no gun or historical or academic type job, I wonder how Ian made the contacts to start doing Forgotten Weapons in the first place. I mean why’d people let him mess around with their rare guns?. Maybe he just asked nicely and was persistent...?

[@danielfunderburg9370]

I've also played Bioshock, and what I think they do with the revolver (although you have to take the engineering in that game with several grains of salt) is to take the basic weapon (I think the closest real-world equivalent is the Webley .38 Mark III) and turn it into a bicycle-chain gun, with the cartridges carried in a series of chambers linked together like a bike chain that runs between two sprockets, one were the actual cylinder should go. This would actually have been an improvement over the few bicycle-chain guns that were actually built, which only had one sprocket and a massive loop of free-hanging chain.

[@scottmoody3926]

Gun Jesus in a sweet smoking jacket.

[@zorro456]

Logistics Beat Ballistics.

[@persallnas5408]

scholagladiatoria is a good channel for mele veapons in general

[@MCG55555]

58:38 is the wrong timestamp for the last question.

[@danielfunderburg9370]

My personal favorite channel on edged weapons is kzbin.info, which is actually run by a Historical European Martial Arts instructor. He mainly focusses on French and British blades, though he does through in some weapons from other countries, as well as things like armor and firearms from the same general period.

[@HeiniSauerkraut]

my M28/30 is built an a westinghouse receiver. The difference beween that rife and a russian mosin ist imense. They are much better rifles in almost every aspect. Better sights, better trigger and a very smooth action (at lest for a mosin system).

[@mahobgood30]

Dude your hair is fantastic

[@kendalllladnek9779]

Hey Ian, if I were to come up with my own gimicky soon-to-be-forgotten weapon, how would I be able to send one to you? I have this design I'm working on that you might like, one gun nerd to another. should I just send it to Rock Island or something?

[@ironanvil1]

Would the Farquhar-Hill buffered piston have had advantages for rifle grenade use?

[@dennisgarrett2044]

all those guns are a nightmare to build and use stick to new weapons

[@badnade4886]

What is your favorite gun from fantasy/sci-fi? And what do you think it’s characteristics would be, if it was real. (Mine is the 6 shooter from Trigun)

[@Ingsoc75]

I worked with an Air Force half bird on Redstone arsenal a few years back and asked him why we call Asian weapons by the word "Type". He said it's really just a western nomenclature.

[@seanseanston]

Seems to be used natively in Japanese though; e.g. the Wikipedia article in both English and Japanese for the Type 99 LMG use the kanji 式 which indeed appears to directly translate to type/formula/pattern etc. I remembered that from when I was curious after playing Rising Storm a few years ago... Of course, that's just Wikipedia, but considering it's used in the Japanese article as what looks like an inherent part of the name it's using, I suppose we can probably assume it must be the standard name for the weapon in Japanese. Some kind of internal IJA documents might be necessary to get any better answer. I also see the Chinese article for the Type 56 uses the same symbol, implying that's presumably the same situation. So I dunno, looks like the Type XX system is pretty standard. They just obviously use the local word for Type but it seems the same unless the militaries actually use a different nomenclature that Wikipedia hasn't caught wind of.

[@Ingsoc75]

@@seanseanston You're probably right. I was just going on what an Air Force intelligence officer told me. May not mean a thing.