Weird Guns From History | Tales From the Bottle

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[@JadeTheWolfie]

I really like your accent just because People get confused when I tell them you're Irish

[@xman9354]

Harrier Du Bois studied the square bullets

[@myblacklab7]

I'm only 90 seconds into the video, and you've already made one small error. If you have the hammer over the empty chamber, then pulling the trigger, or cocking the hammer will rotate the cylinder, and then you're going to be firing a bullet. Note that if it is a single-action design, then pulling the trigger shouldn't do anything, unless the weapon is already cocked. (I say "shouldn't" because lord knows how many ways a piece of junk like this gun might malfunction). If you kept the weapon cocked, which would be weird for many reasons, then it would make sense to have the hammer over an empty chamber. Note that some weapons, especially janky ones like this, can discharge even if the trigger isn't pulled. Thus, if you cared about gun safety, you'd probably want to keep two chambers empty. Personally, I wouldn't want this gun (except as a museum piece), even leaving aside the fact that it looks like something that would blow up in your hand.

[@BlazingOwnager]

I love the Guycot Chain Pistol. The thing held *40* rounds in a little pistol in 1855. I mean it was practically as terrible as the rest, but if you ever do a sequel video.. it's worth a look.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@myblacklab7 dude read the manual of old revolvers such as cap and ball and you will see keep the hammer over an empty chamber as a safety measure. this is because being bumped the hammer will transfer the force and fire the gun. you clearly also don't know the difference the between a single and double action.

[@Kasrkindedelta]

1:35 "you're being beset upon by four evenly-space rapscallions" Say your prayers weezer!

[@ChesterManfred]

"What did we ever do to these guys That made them so violent?"

[@mildlymarvelous]

@@ChesterManfredPerfect comment 😂

[@sighcrates]

Heck you beat me to this comment

[@RdTrpBrgr]

will this make their bodies hole-y?

[@jesseh.5223]

Finally, every Beatle, beat.

[@wolffang489]

The idea of a bank guard using the duck's foot in a crowded bank is horrific.

[@Apple_Beshy]

hahaha

[@deborahmumford3051]

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[@antman7673]

Is getting 3 bad guys and 1 customer a good deal?

[@ironraccoon3536]

As for weird things done with *normal* guns, an honourable mention that could go in a follow-up video is a Soviet mechanism used during WW2 which was just 88 infantry submachine guns stuck together on a rack and set up to shoot out of the bomb bay of a Tupolev bomber. Gotta love it.

[@pomodorino1766]

Now I have to look it up.

[@Free_Krazy]

Ive seen similar things like 6-8 AKs made into an AA gun, but 10x that? I need to see this!

[@Loadlng]

dont forget the ac 130 with the cannon attachment

[@dlxmarks]

Mark Felton released a video on it last year. The Tu-2Sh “Fire Hedgehog” with 88 PPSh-41infantry submachine guns mounted in its bomb bay for laying down a carpet of ground fire.

[@OPEK.]

@@Free_Krazyyou talking about those fuckers in Ukraine shooting a cruise missile with the quad AK AA gun?

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

Honestly, as a Qxir fan and historical gunsmith/collector, I'm surprised by the accuracy and lack of notable errors. Even better than TodayIFoundOut and they're usually pretty close. I'm especially impressed by him mentioning that the Puckle gun requires separate revolution and firing actions. Even other highly knowledgeable gun channels often assume that it works more like a Gatling gun, automatically firing each round as soon the chamber is rotated into position. This has given me a newfound respect for Qxir's research and credibility. Bravo, sir, literally faultless.

[@jeffreese1828]

Which is why it's rate was so low ... be like changing each barrel of a Gatling , once it had fired once . How bout that square ammo ?!? Far out . Lol. 👍🍻

[@kaasmeester5903]

@@jeffreese1828 Not quite as weird as the "tround" (triangular round) used in the Dardick revolver. These special rounds allowed the revolver's cylinder to be fed from a magazine in the gun's grip. Yes it looks every bit as janky as that sounds... it's my favorite cursed gun.

[@osmium7738]

Unfortunately, he did say "Nucular" instead of "Nuclear" so I will be removing my subscription. 😞

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

@@kaasmeester5903 I mean, it's not a terrible idea for a high-capacity sorta-autoloading revolver that can be topped up like a pump/lever gun without removing the mag.

[@jeffreese1828]

@kaasmeester5903 Never heard of that one ! The "tround" , huh ? Classified as "Dangerous To User" , no doubt ? I'll have to look that up , but bullets with sides and corners WOULD leave some badwounds ... just , uh , wouldn't have much range or , like , y'know, accuracy , and stuff . Bet they would sound wicked spinning through the air , though . Your best bet , if you were being directly aimed at , would be to stand completely still ! 👍🍻

[@richardsanchez5444]

The Davy Crockett is the definition of "private, see that city over there? Yes sir. I dont want to"

[@heliosgnosis2744]

And also that is when the word "Broken Arrow" entered military nomenclature which kind of explains the force behind the idea getting cancelled, a broken arrow being a lost or stolen or misplaced nuke

[@seanmalloy7249]

I'm reminded of the joke about the development of a nuclear hand grenade, which supposedly would blow a hole in the ground about a hundred yards across; supposedly, they were having a hell of a time testing it, because you could only throw it about forty feet...

[@meatpuppet5036]

The Crockett wasnt a city killer. Not big enough.

[@andrewholden1501]

@@meatpuppet5036 Should be great for home defense, though!

[@chrisball3778]

The Puckle Gun actually had a pretty sound design and application. It was ridiculously expensive by the standards of the early 18th century, but Puckle had actually identified scenarios where it would have been useful, like defending ships against pirates in small boats and bridges against attacking armies. Unfortunately he chose to launch it right in the middle of an early stock market bubble, and chose to hype it up with gimmicks like the square ammo for use against non Christians. By the time it came to demonstrate his gun to the army and navy he managed to get it to fire dozens of rounds reliably in the rain, but the stock bubble had burst and it was basically lumped in with a whole bunch of scams in the media reporting of the era and laughed out of town. He managed to sell a few to the Royal Navy for trials, but there's no evidence the ships that got them ever ran into the pirates they were intended to fight, so there were no repeat orders.

[@spook9155]

A stern warning? 'You better put my playstation down, dont make me get out the infernal machine!'

[@wessltov]

You mean the XBOX?

[@Sk0p3rIII]

Nah "Don't make me get out my Davy Crockett, you don't me to do that, believe me! So do what I say or I turn your house into an empty lot"

[@Pangloss6413]

@@spook9155 lol

[@I_like_big_bombs]

Send out an RC car with a paper note and a microphone to hear their response. They refuse the warning naturally. Then they just see the infernal machine wheel out around the corner.

[@HarrisonSolie]

"don't make me get out the infernal machine" i'm not gonna test a threat like that.

[@Coast-n7x]

Firing depleted uranium in the corridor of my apartment building sounds like good home defense to me.

[@BasstoMouthFishing]

Screw that guy and whatever walls he’s hiding behind 😂

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I have a Davy Glockett for home defence, one shot and the intruder is vapour! So is the room he's in but that's neither here nor there ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@qdaniele97]

Then shout out loud: *_"That was the aiming device!_* *_Now comes the tactical nuclear warhead... 3... 2..."_*

[@chemolcalico6792]

cruelty squad

[@toakongu1]

@@Flesh_Wizard Its everywhere

[@blu12gaming44]

11:04 Pretty sure I'd choose the multi-barreled rifle. Sure it would probably dislocate my shoulder and set the house on fire, but it WOULD work, and that's what's REALLY important.

[@ChesterManfred]

Knock Volley Home Defense On hit: Bleed and (somehow) burn for 8 seconds Target gets knocked back 12 feet away, limbs disintegrate immediately. +200% exit wound size Melee +300 damage +250 Firing speed +25% Damage at less than 25 feet +200% damage against burglars -275% Reloading speed -30% Walk speed -20% Aiming speed -5% Priming speed +40% Recoil

[@stripedassape8148]

The German assault rifle, just take off the bendy barrel extension and you're good to go, unless theres a corner you might leave that on😅

[@torpedo996]

I'd choose the bent barrel STG-44. Take the attachment off and it's just a normal gun.

[@dabbinghitlersmemes1762]

The british should've just made it fire one barrel at a time. You KNOW that son of a bitch takes half an hour to reload anyway, why not let your soldiers be a little more selective than firing all seven bullets at the same thing?

[@railbaron1]

You come mitigate the recoil by having it fire in sequence rather than a single salvo. I'd recommend a reputable gunsmith make this modification

[@crazeelazee7524]

Let's be honest, the Davy Crocket is the best self defense weapon. Picture this; you're a burglar and you broke into a house in the middle of the night. Suddenly a light down the hallway flicks and you hear footsteps. You draw your weapon. Then some guy walks out the bedroom holding a *mothef-ing nuke* and half asleep says "do you feel lucky, punk?" I wouldn't. Not only would I leave the house, I would leave the city. A man ready to nuke you, himself and the entire neighborhood is not a man to be messed with.

[@MadWatcher]

Good news, they're dead, bad news, you're also dead

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

On the other hand, if you win this fight, you just saved the city from a madman and can be the hero :D

[@trueaussie9230]

'A man ready (and willing) to nuke you, himself and the entire neighbourhood'. Sounds like most - if not all - POTUSs since 1944.

[@resinks2269]

@@aramisortsbottcher8201 ...and have a nuke to hold the city ransom, like the mad Batman villain you are supposed to be

[@justasidequestnpc6396]

I own a nuke for home defense, since that's what the Founding Fathers intended.

[@ewill3435]

I have a proposal The Duck's Foot Crockett: For when you REALLY want to make sure WW3 starts on time

[@cocacola4blood365]

Just make sure the rounds are square, lest your superiority comes into question.

[@arx3516]

Nah, the "infernal Crockett" Is better.

[@bloodking73]

Infernal crocketts foot

[@Flesh_Wizard]

​@@cocacola4blood365oppenminecraft

[@lsswappedcessna]

For when you need to dispose of four evenly spaced rogue nations at once in the most American way possible. Extreme use of force.

[@mikedawolf95]

The Davy Crockett was the main inspiration for the Fatman launcher in fallout, except instead of being set up on ground with a tripod, it is a shoulder mounted launcher.

[@FishVETTE]

Big fan of the gun that shoots Qxir videos

[@pomodorino1766]

Best sniping rifle, it never misses the target.

[@Free_Krazy]

Certainly one of the weirdest guns from history, but also one of my favorites!

[@FLPhotoCatcher]

Shoots Qxir videos? In a destructive way? I mean, this video was inaccurately slanted in an anti-Christian way when covering the Puckle gun, so it would be no big loss.

[@spanishflu7MaDaFaKa]

Grow up kid🙄

[@relwalretep]

​@@FLPhotoCatcherperhaps you should consider getting a sense of humour, or at least getting out more.

[@fiascothe63rd]

Take a look at that Soviet fighter jet design that failed because the gun on it was so powerful it ripped the plane apart upon first test. That’s a fun one.

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

The Soviets also hold the record for the first gun fired in space. They emptied the rotary cannon (think Vulcan/Gau-8/Minigun) on a counter-spy satellite, just blindly firing out into open space before de-orbiting (aka: crashing) the sat into the ocean. I sure hope some alien race doesn't show up someday fully prepared to return fire over our "unprovoked and entirely unwarranted attack on their Tau-Ligma 12 colony outpost"

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@dark2023-1lovesoni Yes, those bullets will get to them eventually...

[@97SEMTEX]

The Davy Crockett also had a big brother, or should I say sister. They made a 280 mm Cannon called "Atomic Annie". This fired a 15 Kiloton Nuclear Warhead about 10,000m (10km). For refernce, the Little boy bomb was 20 Kilotons and Fat man had about the same. It was tested a few times in 1953 and Retired less than 5 years later, for obvious reasons...

[@nikolaideianov5092]

Fun fact They lost atomic annie for years They confused it with the backup cannon Atomic annie was found in europe

[@Alexophant]

fucking hell, imagine if they actually used that in a real-life scenario? damage 3/4 of Hiroshima / Nagasaki in a cannon

[@Gojiro7]

I'm pretty sure Qixr got his info wrong on why the Davy Crockett was retired, it was a weapon made while army scientists were still learning about the dangers of how wind conditions can easily blow fallout directly back at the ones firing the weapon who are for all intents and purposes out in the open, I don't think someone looked at the DC and in a bubble figured out the nightmare of Mutually assured destruction from the world's most deadly Nerf gun

[@iamnoname-a1]

*Stands up and salutes*

[@ManScoutsofAmerica]

@@nikolaideianov5092I wonder if the one in Ft Sill is the real one. They have an atomic Annie sitting in a park.

[@a.person1805]

at 3:16 , when you mentioned guns you don't have to hold, I was REALLY hoping you'd talk about the Chambers Flntlock Machine Gun. It just keeps going once the trigger is pulled once!

[@rustymustard7798]

"The Davy Crockett program was discontinued when the Marines requested a full auto version." - Probably.

[@baldeaglearrage3450]

you'd have to be on a good sized hill for it not to kill you too

[@hoilst265]

The Davy Crockett was discontinued when they realised that it put nukes under the command of young officers, and fuck me, no one wants that.

[@MadWatcher]

​@@hoilst265Sounds like a fun Friday night to me

[@spartanonxy]

@@hoilst265 Worse it puts it in the hands of the E-4 and the rest of the grunts.

[@deltaneptune5985]

At first glance the infernal machine looks like some kind of music instrument

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

No sh1t

[@FireAngelZero]

“No more guy around the corner, no more corner” American problems require American solutions… Edit: thanks so much for 1K+ likes!!!

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

They did invent nukes after all

[@Notapizzathief]

Ah yes, that classic piece of infrastructure only America has...corners

[@leviminton3320]

@@Notapizzathiefright. You’d think other county’s would have come up with corners by now. I guess that’s American superiority for you

[@TheNewRobotMaster]

Can't be cornered if there's no corners. The best defence is a strong offence after all.

[@JumpCutThis]

@@TheNewRobotMasterI uhhhh………..I don’t…………..ermmmmmmm………….. Never mind.

[@ea5yliver]

*"Hi! Welcome to another edition of Forgotten Weapons, I'm Qxir McCollum, and I'm here today with the Puckle Gun."*

[@C21H30O2]

Ian is a commie

[@45bang]

2:27 Sergeant Patrick Harper had great success with his nock gun, the key is you have to yell “AHHHH” every time you fire it. You could take out half a French platoon in one volley if you yelled it loud enough.

[@chriscormac231]

So did Thomas MacGruder and Colton White

[@bestaround3323]

Okay mind explaining the joke please?

[@puffdaddy420]

💪😤

[@kellymountain]

​@@bestaround3323 the more angry you are, the more damage it deals

[@dlxmarks]

I don't know how many times Harper was shown firing his nock gun in the Sharpe series but I'm very certain he was never shown loading its multiple barrels.

[@wishdj]

This was a masterpiece of sarcasm to weapons you would hardly find anywhere in the web. A well deserved small gift for your efforts in research and presentation with thanks!

[@Qxir]

Thank you!

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

1:10 In this design, the folding trigger is the safety mechanism. Leaving the hammer down on an empty chamber wouldn't prevent the gun going off if the trigger was accidentally pulled, since this is a double-action revolver. Pulling the trigger advances the cylinder to the next chamber, which would be loaded. I think the idea with these revolvers is that you would carry it with the hammer resting between two chambers, with the trigger folded up. You showed a couple of different models in both pinfirre and rimfire. This technique would work with either. In the former case, the firing pin (part of the hammer) would rest between the rims of two adjacent cartridges. In the latter case, the firing pins are part of the cartridge itself. The hammer would rest between the pins of two adjacent cartridges. This isn't really up to the safety standards of modern fireams, but it's still pretty safe. The main weakness is if the pivot of the trigger got loose, enabling the trigger to flop down into the firing position, and perhaps catching on the edge of a pocket. That could be mitigated with proper maintenance though.

[@balazsolah1976]

@@Joe-sg9ll No, it wasn't. The gun fired from a hole above the knife

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@Joe-sg9ll No. As he said in the video, there is no barrel on these guns, and they were designed to be used only at very close range. The cylinder is somewhat longer than the cartridge, so the chambers themselves act as a very short barrel. It's basically a pepperbox revolver

[@LendriMujina]

Catching on the edge of a pocket? Nobody tell Vallandigham.

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@Joe-sg9ll Oh, I see what you mean now - you're asking if it could have been redesigned to act as a barrel. I think it would probably be possible to design a sort of break-action barrel that could fold, but that's honestly probably outside the intended use of the weapon. The pepperbox design was good enough for the up close and personal range it was intended for.

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@Joe-sg9ll How would it work though? It would have to be sharpened to act as a blade, and I can't imagine that would make for a very accurate barrel.

[@V0W4N]

home defense options: stab gun 4 gun 7 gun crooked gun nuclear fuсking bomb

[@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

6:40 there’s a company that created ammunition made from pork products called “JiHawg ammo” specifically intended for US military personnel to use in the Middle East.

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

ironically that wouldn't be haram, what would have been haram was what the british got muslim sepoys (indian army soldiers) to do during the 1800s, which is to follow a protocol of having to put the bullet cartrige in their mouths, which had bacon grease on it. They did a similar thing with hindu soldiers and beef grease

[@logemcdoge4620]

why do people seem to think that pork is some sort of kryptonite but for Muslims?

[@surprisedlobsta8543]

see, the religiously unclean bit is putting it in one's mouth, so unlike just firing things made of pork at someone, having them ingest it is more offensive, which makes it all the more evil

[@jays.6843]

​@surprisedlobsta8543 Even then, the Quran is very clear that it is a choice you shouldn't make, but if you can't avoid it, it's okay. Like if you're starving, you can have a porkchop and Allah will understand. Even if firing pig blood into someone was against Islam, they wouldn't be making that choice, so it wouldn't be a sin regardless.

[@Gencrossbones]

​@@logemcdoge4620 extremely religious and misinformed people.

[@God-ch8lq]

2:20 u can hold it sideways

[@wantyoursleep6701]

Thats gangster as fuck

[@kylemackinnon5696]

This was my thought lol turn it sideways into a gat and peper their whole height

[@noobderpington3065]

Well no you can’t as the gunpowder on the side would fall off

[@captaintk5901]

Bruh i was just about to says.Stepeth back G'th

[@captaintk5901]

Run thine coin purse

[@Kier4n99]

I had flashbacks to my childhood during that "Bang And The Dirt Is Gone!" bit

[@angusmatheson8906]

*Bam

[@q163.]

I'M BARRY SCOTT AND THIS IS MY INDOOR VOICE.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

was almost surprised it wasn't kitchen gun.

[@kud5659]

"Oh god I can already tell this one f*ckin sucks." Lmfao 😂

[@Peanutgallery69]

My dog passed away yesterday and seeing Qxir upload has made me slightly less sad. Thank you

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'm so dreadfully sorry for your loss. Been there, done that, as they say. Losing them never gets easier, though time takes the edge of the pain away. The best way to start recovering - _when you are ready!_ - is to rescue another one. It won't replace your lost friend, but you will get the room in your heart for another with its own reasons to be loved. Trust me, I know! Much love to you. I hope you're coping as well as can be expected ❤

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@freyathedragon899]

I’m very sorry, bud.

[@Max_Chooch]

Man that sucks. I'm going to give my doggo extra pets and loves for you. 🐾

[@onionhead5780]

It’s a sad day when you lose your hairy child. Been there. Condolences. 🙏

[@keelerrobinson5772]

“Just imagine you’re being beset upon by four evenly-spaced rapscallions” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve encountered this precise scenario, I gotta get my hands on one of those duck-foots

[@svenrio8521]

The Soviet umbrella poison gun is an interesting design

[@Free_Krazy]

It is also quite effective, if i remember correctly the guy that was shot thought it might have been a bee or something and only noted the man with an umbrella behind him. So imagine all the times it had been used and never noticed...

[@scottneil1187]

​@@Free_KrazyI think you'd notice when you start dying from polonium poisoning.

[@kyuofcosmic]

@@scottneil1187the umbrella gun used ricin, not Polonium 210.

[@ithasnomen9253]

The line of burglars down my stairs watching as I wheel out my infernal machine

[@aprendizdecapivara2841]

The guy who tought square bullets were some kind of brutal weapon reminds me of how germans reacted to shotguns in WWI

[@bmstylee]

They really didn't care for trench guns and buckshot.

[@WineScrounger]

They don’t like it up ‘em!

[@rgbx6923]

Shotguns are a war crime, so the reaction was reasonable.

[@slytlygufy]

"It's never a war crime the first time."-The Fat Electrician

[@deathbringer9893]

​@@rgbx6923 fun fact america does not follow every geneva rule and whatnot we always used shotguns and will keep using shotguns(using a shotgun to breach a door then shoot the other "door" that had a towel on)

[@Unknown_Ooh]

Only in the 1700s could a lawyer come up with and manufacturer a machine gun 😂 he probably did some dentistry on the side too for all we know.

[@ElHombreGato]

The Puckle Gun One of my favorite stories. Please do more weapon/war videos PLEASE

[@bmstylee]

If not for Forgotten Weapons and the most holy Gun Jesus I would not know about all of these.

[@ZACKMAN2007]

​@bmstylee what about assassin's creed rouge?

[@bmstylee]

@@ZACKMAN2007 no idea what that even is.

[@ZACKMAN2007]

@bmstylee it's the assassin's creed game before unity, and after black flag

[@Christophe_derBerge-op9zh]

Dude, the drawing of the guy with a square hole in ‘em is priceless! Brings a tear to me eye! 😅

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

I feel like 500 years from now, things like DDoS attacks or AI generation from text prompts will be seen the same way we look at volley guns- "oh how cute, they hadn't figured out the magazine yet."

[@Free_Krazy]

Lmao! Perfect analogy for how cyber warfare is/will evolve!

[@NicolasChiribelo]

I think we will be lucky if mankind still exists in 500 years.

[@scottneil1187]

We'll be lucky to make it close to another 500 years.

[@danielflanard8274]

​@@NicolasChiribelo People have been betting on the fall of humanity for centuries. Civilization may not make it another 500 years but I doubt that our species is going anywhere anytime soon. There is no guarantee that an all out nuclear war would even do the trick. It would take a planet sized meteor or the sun to fizzle out.

[@BuckBlaziken]

Nockguns were also notorious for their barrels getting hot extremely quickly. So much energy is produced in each of the chambers that the gun instantly became so hot it could light paper on fire instantly in some models. It’s reported many sailors had to drop the gun because the barrels became so hot it radiated intense heat.

[@Free_Krazy]

Prison guards and police men using that quad barrel sounds like a one REALLY bad idea lol But in the case of a captain/naval officer this gun would be perfect for sending shots across a nearby enemy ship where all you have is hostile targets often grouped close together.

[@ChesterManfred]

yar har, four gun better than one

[@krakenpots5693]

Their use by prison guards and police officers was to discourage riots. There was no need to aim, you just shot at the crowd. The indiscriminate nature of the handing out of death was believed to be enough to deter potential troublemakers. As for sea captains, you're absolutely right, they were used to "rake the decks" prior to boarding action!

[@yungfunyun913]

Yeah that’s actually what they were developed for

[@Hyperlingualism]

Also naval captains (and pirates for that matter) had other weapons to fight with. So reloading 4 barrels wasn't really a concern, the point was to drop it after shooting and switch to your saber or other firearms.

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

I assumed it was more about fighting off mutineers.

[@barrag3463]

The Infernal Machine might seem silly but volley guns had existed before, and in fact in the 1865 the French adopted the Mitrailleuse; instead of firing all barrels at once it fired them in series, sometimes with a lever, and sometimes with a crank; it was comparable in role to the Gatling Gun and Augur Gun in that it was basically an early machine gun. They were produced in low numbers and by order of Napoleon III they were kept as somewhat of a secret weapon of the French army for a few years before actually being issued en masse- meaning that when they were used in the Franco-Prussian War no one really knew how to use them effectively.

[@wildbill6976]

modern mlrs systems are essentially volley guns

[@barongerhardt]

@@wildbill6976 Maybe the older ones, but modern ones are more like volley guns with individually amiable barrels/projectiles.

[@iangibbsproductions]

I didn't think the Davy Crockett was a real weapon, I thought it was made up as part of a mod pack for a sandbox game I enjoy playing. Thanks for this eye-opening information, Qxir!

[@randominternetuser5872]

Same Thought it was a made up weapon for MGS3 lol

[@evandaymon8303]

It is interesting launcher. Also it is what inspired the fatman from fallout.

[@jonathanjuillerat9831]

You should look up back pack nukes.

[@BeamBinge]

​@@evandaymon8303 the fat man was a real bomb. One of the two atomic bombs dropped on japan.

[@SneakyBeakySpy]

I wonder if that game would be Gmod

[@Omicron9999]

The Cillit Bang gag had me in stitches, instant like right there, haha.

[@LightBlueVans]

i’m literally in the middle of watching your Last Moments playlist and now you upload. love it. you’re the best.

[@artiomvv569]

The Davy Crockett was an insane weapon. It was also on Metal Gear solid 3.

[@fattiger6957]

I think that's where most people learned about it.

[@scottneil1187]

​@@fattiger6957That or Fallout.

[@kittytrail]

@@artiomvv569 how many would we need to clean an _Edisonian swampey_ place near the pot 'o mac? 🤔

[@artiomvv569]

@@kittytrail how big is the area

[@kittytrail]

@@artiomvv569 big enough to let hundreds of thousands if not millions of swampey creatures roam free day 'n night and do evil and vile shenanigans. there's also quite a lot of _Masonry_ structures that protect them. 🤔

[@daviddavidson2357]

The "person straight in front of you" problem isn't really an issue with the ducks foot. Just turn it on its side and you give them 4 evenly spaced holes.

[@DeadBaron]

Note to self, mold square 12ga slugs and disintegrating wads, the perfect modern parallel

[@moonliteX]

And send them to taofledermaus

[@Sharpless2]

@@moonliteX how has no one done this yet? Im pretty sure square rounds would do a lot more damage.

[@TWOHEADEDOGRE]

9:06 davy crockett could also be mounted on a jeep to make it more mobile so the solders could turn around and drive off before the radiation could be blown back to them or be carried in on foot by three to five solders. Also I believe one of the reasons it was ultimately withdrawn service because some random sergeant or staff sergeant could be in control of it and just get pissy and pop off nuke

[@RobertBirtchImperfectStone]

Exactly. It would go from using tactical nukes to strategic nukes pretty quickly.

[@Eboreg2]

Wait until you find out that Israel actually made a functional Krummlauf called "Cornershot". Instead of attaching a bent barrel to the front, they put a bendy sighting mechanism to the rear. That way, you can fire a pistol around the corner.

[@bmstylee]

Yeah that was an odd invention.....well both of them.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

I'm pretty sure I've seen it on an episode of Future Weapons back in the day.

[@LlamaBobby]

Isn’t this the one they “camouflage” by having a plush cat with the barrel poking through, so rather than seeing the business end of a gun you just see a puffy cat? Which is the last thing you’d see. (And I just read that with Qxir’s voice)

[@dark2023-1lovesoni]

Yeah, it's still a REALLY niche weapon and rarely worth the weight it would cost to carry. The most common and efficient solution is a technique referred to as "Slicing the Pie". Basically, step out away from the corner, aim weapon, and move in a large arc around the corner, allowing you to both reveal yourself, & expose what's behind it, incrementally.

[@Mr.Midwest]

As an American who enjoys Qxir's videos and watched this video while while I sat atop my chair made entirely of surplus military rifles which is located near my wall that holds a partial display of my favorite entries in my personal firearm collection, I am very willing to forgive him for having little knowledge about firearms, their history, their use, and their nomenclature. I mean it would be unfair of me to ask any Irishman to know anything about a firearm unless he or she happened to be going through some troubles.... I cannot forgive him mentioning the Davy Crocket and not giving a shoutout to its most famous use which was after the intro mission of Metal Gear Solid 3, have some respect for your channel Qxir and show your application for the arts and culture that you usually put into your videos!

[@leonius]

0:10 wait....... I know this room from somewhere... Hmmmm.......

[@matrim1762]

Reused scene. The cheap bastard

[@_3tr1k_]

where

[@leonius]

@@_3tr1k_ "From Space to Jail: NASA's Craziest Story | Tales From the Bottle" at 5:30 and 7:17 on the video

[@CopenhagenMcjinkins]

A gory late 2000's flash game? Nostalgia anyone? 😂

[@LucyWest370]

@@leonius… okay

[@Gojiro7]

with the exception for the Davy Crockett, i'm fairly certain Ian on Forgotten Weapons has talked about all these guns while having them in front of him in person XD

[@Blitzkrieg_Wolf]

Credit where credit's do, the Puckle gun was essentially the world's first "machine gun"/multi-round gun to see real coverage (It was also used by a few ships during the American Revolution). So it deserves some respect for it's forward-thinking design, let alone it's impression on firearm design for the period.

[@Captain_Yogurt]

I’d always heard the duckfoots origin as being for captains of the tall ships as a mutiny deterrent. Hard to find people willing to rebel against the captain when the captain can volley half the deck in a moment.

[@martykarr7058]

The first one solves the problem of brining a knife to a gun fight.

[@Ihaveagasmask]

1:40 weezer

[@Night_Hawk_475]

That outro had me absolutely in stitches, lmao. I feel that one so much, take my subscription and a little bit more :D Always love your videos

[@Qxir]

Thank you so much!

[@jkaljkal2798]

My friend's family business includes a firearm museum. As a result i've seen a duck's foot blunderbuss, in case 4 normal barrels wren't enough spread

[@Abdega]

When the four scallawags aren’t evenly spaced

[@sergiom9958]

“… by 4 evenly spaced…” that made me laugh really hard

[@Ploxtifs_OldAndDeadAccountXD]

2:57 The Nock Volley gun Could technically be considered a “machine gun” under US law because it fires more than one bullet per trigger pull.

[@zm1786]

It is a machinegun. Machineguns have existed since before the second ammendment.

[@BatCaveOz]

Not really, the ATF have allowed several "volley fire" guns to not require the $200 tax stamp/class 3 treatment, recently the Thunderstruck revolver, that shoots two rounds simultaneously with a single trigger pull. Also, because the Puckle Gun is pre 1899... it isn't considered to be a firearm. (This "loophole allows convicted felons to own cap & ball revolvers etc.)

[@zm1786]

@@BatCaveOz a pucklegun would still be considered a machine gun or destructive device since it has 30mm projectiles, it would fall under the same categorie as grenade launchers

[@Fattts]

Legally speaking, a gatling gun isn't a machine gun if its hand cranked. I don't think US law should determine what is and isnt a machine gun.

[@tin2001]

​@@BatCaveOz It turns out that most convicted felons who seek guns aren't that worried about legal loopholes... Or laws.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

8:44 weirdly, ive seen people experiment with this, and they have had unusually good rates of successful shots

[@AtheAetheling]

I've owned both a real Nock gun, and a prop used for the Sharpe TV series, as wielded by Daragh O'Malley, who played sgt Pat Harper (and you played a clip too!) Pat Harper is a huge man in the novels so it makes sense for him to wield one; and Daragh isn't small either, but nonetheless the prop version is half the size and a third of the weight. They were tough men back then.

[@purpleneons]

the whole Davy Crockett thing is all basically just Metal Gear Solid 3 lmao

[@user-nj6hs8zy9b]

9:02 Colonel Volgin: "Remember the Alamo!"

[@irighterotica]

Kuwabara, kuwabara...

[@thetechfella1]

I wasn't expecting this to be particularly good or accurate, and I was very pleasantly wrong on both counts. Well done! I think the puckle guns' main issue was it's cost, but all the same, the detail behind all the guns were fairly thorough and accurate (puckle included).

[@CaptainXanax]

Now imagine this... A puckle gun with... TEN rounds.

[@anthonykissin8228]

so good, the skit with the square bullets had me in tears

[@ff05t81t]

4:48 dude had 400 bullets and still got less than a 20 to 1

[@SeptillionSeven]

i think its poetic the more guns you got the less likely u are to succeed

[@anotherfreakingaccount]

"Never been outclassed" "Krummlauf" The CornerShot would like a word with you

[@chedar1337]

bro doesn't know about my anti-qxir-inator 3000

[@sonja2730]

The German Krumnlauf now actually has a modern equivalent to it, called corner rifle. It works by having a small end with the actual gun & a camera on it you can point around corners, scout on the weapons' camera screen while behind the corner, and then shoot.

[@colbiashimaru]

As for the 4-Barreled gun, if you wish to attack one person while utilizing the design, just hold the gun sideways

[@WNaillon1995]

History's first gangster grip?

[@alaska7766]

I think this is his best video yet in terms of quality, animation, and script

[@dylanjwicklund92]

If you've ever watched demolition ranch, you'd know he's gotten bullets to travel through loop dealoops over 60 feet. He really set up plastic tubing to do it too. Some broke out, but a lot actually went through the whole thing and hit the target.

[@alexholker1309]

Mythbusters has done it too. They used a much gentler curve, but they successfully tested it up to 270 degrees. IIRC, there have also been other experimental weapons trying to fill the same niche, with a pistol mounted on a pivot on the end of a rifle-like handle.

[@svenrio8521]

In the modern era, its cheaper to call in a drone strike

[@MintyLime703]

Garand Thumb also has a somewhat recent video on the German curved barrel and for them it was actually surprisingly effective, relatively speaking. At the very least it didn't break apart the bullets like how it's regularly claimed to do. At least not in their case.

[@primustheprotogen3169]

Fun fact: the Davy Crockett was also meant to be mounted and fired from the back of a Jeep, but the jeep couldn't move fast enough to escape the blast radius, so the Atomic Annie was the more developed weapon. Also, the Bat Bomb was far more deadly.

[@purplehaze2358]

"This sounds like a job for German engineering!" I've heard it's the greatest in the world.

[@Sharpless2]

as a german, that part left me in shambles. My stomach was aching but there was no stopping it. Havent laughed that badly in a very long time.

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

I have a storage crate that was used to transport the pitt of W33 Nuclar artillery shell. (The W33 was a slightly larger version of the Davy Crocket.) The crate is still slightly radioactive even though its been empty since the 1950s

[@Dr._Doppietta]

As a fellow Content Creators, those mean/nonsensical comments at 0:08 hit very close to home. Some people really need to learn how to stfu and *leave* before saying something so stupid.

[@Isaacthegamer123]

The Knock gun knock gun can be gotten in a configuration which features 12 barrels

[@Zxr-r6q]

Can't hit a single guy with the duck foot pistol? Easy, just turn it sideways.

[@MatthewBester]

Davy Crocket plays a role in the plot of MGS3 and yes you are right! A can of worms indeed.

[@least1]

"Oh my God they've got a Davey Crocket we don't stand a chance" !!!!! ....." Don't worry lad we've got a puckle WITH square bullets" 😂

[@wildbill6976]

If only they'd issued us infantrymen some davey crocket's firing square nukes in Afghanistan & Iraq...

[@sirawesomenessi1796]

6:04 ooo. Going to have to use that one in my next diss track.

[@Blahaj_IKEA]

Water gun filled with alcohol

[@thecanadianfuhrer8602]

piss

[@greggersonny]

first you need to poke the target with s needle and then you squirt them

[@Agentekd]

Blahajjjjjj

[@Tah-.]

Cover the holding tank with acid resistant materials then fill it with fluoroantimonic acid

[@c0okle]

blåhaj spotted

[@Т1000-м1и]

Reccomended viewing: weird guns throughout history while weird music plays

[@StayProteus]

As a gun nut and a fan of Qxir this is just pure perfection

[@teethgrinder83]

"Could dislocate you're shoulder or break your collar bone"-as someone who's had both (dislocation MANY times) i dont blame them for not being keen on using that gun lol

[@SilencedRage]

10:53 my favorite GI Joe Gung Ho.

[@adorp]

I kinda wish I could travel back in time to show those "three rounds a minute" guys a Kriss Vector.

[@Sharpless2]

but the original prototype TDI built. That thang was 1500 rounds per minute.

[@adorp]

@@Sharpless2 that's nearly half of the brrt gun. Not bad for a single barrel handheld.

[@folgado7424]

8:57 no way mini-nukes realy exist

[@AayYoWhatUp]

*MERICA*

[@BJ_Cooldud]

Yeah

[@foznoth]

5:35 Five shots per minute with a flintlock is a real stretch. As the Sharpe clip said, three shots was good. I could generally do four in the dry, and three in rain, and that was after a year or so of practice most weekends.

[@sergiohenrique2411]

6:34 - cant see why they didnt convert xD

[@mustbshady]

Love your videos brodie, definitely a must watch in my books

[@alexanderlevy158]

2:14 If yoy just hold it sideways gangster style then at least two of those barrels are now facing your attacker. Thats even better than one! 😂

[@zappababe8577]

1:55 I imagine the recoil from this gun would be pretty brutal! For when you're being set upon by 4 evenly-spaced rapscallions!

[@wickedmini6295]

6:15 - Those are the hands of Gun Jesus.

[@bmstylee]

All hail Gun Jesus

[@wickedmini6295]

@@bmstylee QXIR took the clip from this 7 year old Gun Jesus video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGmaH6fjqmmntk

[@jadetuin9086]

"Four evenly spaced rapscallions" followed by the infomercial cut made me lose it

[@Mate_Antal_Zoltan]

4:04 the more things change, the more they stay the same...

[@JoshJos-Shwa]

The German 45 degree barrel was actually tested on another KZbin channel that got their hands on a set and were given permission to shoot ten rounds from it. Apparently the barrels only lasted 200 rounds. But all ten of the bullets they fired did not break up and held solid. Accuracy was a problem though. I think it was within 5 meters it wasn't bad. Anything after was a crap shoot. The barrel came with an aiming device that allowed the user to look through a scope behind cover. Overall pretty interesting and worked enough that Germany made a decent amount of them that some still exist today even in the US

[@SOOKIE42069]

echidna pistol at 1:57

[@dgarrard100]

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