Rifles of Fallout: Part 1 REMASTERED

[@zoura_3025]

The handmade rifle is likely a reference to the "true shovel AK", which was a homemade AK using the handle of a shovel as a stock in addition to the blade of the shovel as the dust cover. It was apparently very well-made, hence the fact that it looks nearly professional quality in-game.

[@matchesburn]

IIRC, even the receiver was made from a shovel, albeit "just" the metal of it pressed and bent into an AK receiver.

[@zoura_3025]

@@matchesburn Good catch! It's been a while since I refreshed myself on the story.

[@jooot_6850]

rust reference 😲

[@matchesburn]

@@jooot_6850 Nah.

[@YazzPott]

@@jooot_6850real life reference 😮

[@Analog_Mind47]

I don't think Fallout 4's Assault Rifles would have been so hated if it had been the Machine Gun & there had been 2 Assault Rifle options, like originally intended during development

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

Yeah your right

[@georgemcfadden680]

I agree but still think the design is really odd even for an MG or LMG

[@alexiel4406]

They could of made it a LMG made specifically for Power Armor . It would make sense with the prevalence of PA in the Post war military to make weapons specifically for PA use

[@Jackal7783]

​@@alexiel4406it would still look like utter garbage.

[@_The_Seeker_]

What happened to F3’s assault rifle? I don’t get why a literal LMG is the Assault rifle

[@octavianhughes4493]

I'm very glad you're taking the time to not only produce new and fascinating content but also remaster older videos. Thank you!

[@pavelmorozov6599]

he just ran out of ideas thats all

[@patchez058]

@@pavelmorozov6599 duh, dude. They were trying to act like they fell for it to make him feel better. Shut up and play along. His excuse is good enough. Praise atom.

[@LucyWest370]

@@pavelmorozov6599 given how many of his videos dont have part 2s I feel like this is incorrect. This is likely just fixing poor information in the old videos and rerecording the bad audio.

[@trevorrussell40]

The Survilast is my favorite character of all time. He was really the only “human” in the series. He wasn’t some demigod from a vault or computer. He lived, loved, fought and founded an amazing tribe. It is an honor to get his rifle and use it to protect the Sarrows.

[@andyfriederichsen]

The Sorrows don't deserve to lose Zion to the White Legs. TBH, Randall Dean Clark is one of the best characters in the entire series.

[@superiorrule34]

He was only human.

[@SnakeEater449]

Why thank you sir👍

[@bsherman8236]

Real human bean

[@LucyWest370]

@@andyfriederichsen Daniel would say otherwise.

[@shadow-squid4872]

There’s actually a fully modelled R91 skin for the handmade rifle within the files of Fallout 76, it’s been in the game for years but has never been made officially obtainable in any way as of now. I highly recommend looking through content within the files of 76, as there are a LOT of cut/unused items that could fit into your videos as well as future ones!

[@matchesburn]

I mean... that's interesting and all... but if it's not content that is actually accessible and available to players and hasn't been for years... It's not really worth talking about.

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@matchesburn RadKing still talks about cut content within the files of all of the other games when the need arises, so it would only help to make sure he covers as much as possible

[@YazzPott]

@@shadow-squid4872I thought Fallout 76 wasnt canon? Im joking I just wish it was true…

[@shadow-squid4872]

@@YazzPott How come? 76 is full of awesome lore and especially environmental storytelling, plus the game itself is actually decent now and has been for some time

[@YazzPott]

@@shadow-squid4872 Mostly because of the Brotherhood and Enclave lore. The line is also blurred with how insane some of the events and seasonals get. Is there really a 500 foot molerat? I dunno, seems too much, even for a whacky world like Fallout. Its always a problem with online games, they have to escalate things over time, and its up to the developers to decide if its canon in the offline games. Is there really a time period after the war where everyone ran around in flaming rabbit suits and jester costumes? I have played the game a decent bit btw, up until the Pitt which didnt have enough to keep me interested. BUT, despite not minding the game, I could never get on with the main story, though I agree the environmental stories are very good!

[@Tundraviper41]

Fun fact: the Lewis gun was nicknamed the Belgian Rattlesnake. The combat rifle, if I remember correctly, is a mix between a PPSH 41 and the B.A.R ( Browning Automatic Rifle)

[@georgemcfadden680]

Nice fact

[@furimindusties5736]

​@@georgemcfadden680agreed

[@Vityanvityan]

PPSH 41 (pistolet-pulemiyot Shpag'ina)

[@tonierbuckle0202]

The forgrip also seems to be taken from the ks-23 shotgun

[@DoctorProph3t]

@@tonierbuckle0202 ehh seems closer to the Reisling smg

[@Pigness7]

I've spoken about this before but the Ak prefix doesn't always mean Russian, for example the swedish Ak5, which stands for Automatic Karbine instead.

[@PurpleSnake]

AK means Avtomat Kalashnikov. Ak means Automatkarbin. If the 'k' is big it's a Kalash and if it's small it's the Swedish AR.

[@Pigness7]

@@PurpleSnake Not exactly, Korovina made a prototype automatic rifle in compitetion with Kalashnikov. That gun, Avtomat Korovina, is also an AK but not a kalashnikov

[@pavelmorozov6599]

@@PurpleSnake no. both of them are written with big "K". the number is what matters or what letter comes after it. AK5 or AK5C are clearly the swedish rifles. AK74M or AKM or AK105.... and many many more are of course the russian. if you say "AK" by default people are going to think of the russian line of rifles, thats why you need to specify which one are you talking about.

[@DS-wl5pk]

Maybe they need to stop trynna be pretenders and come up with their own damn names!!!!

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

@@Pigness7 Why would that matter? Neither of Sergey Korovina's rifle designs were ever accepted for service and never went into production. A vast majority of people don't even know they exist. Extremely obscure prototype weapons are not relevant to a conversation like this.

[@Arkangelx98x]

I believe the cut Assault Rifle from Operation Anchorage name being "Wanda" is that soldiers would often name their rifles after people they know back home so that's why I believe is the reason for it's name

[@anthonythanghe4755]

“She’s my very favorite. I call her Vera.”

[@jonskillings1258]

It might be interesting to note that Wanda would have been in FO3, where you play as the Lone Wanda-er

[@BrGuardian]

Giving names for gun models is kinda common IRL, for example during WW2, the FEB used to call the MG42 as Lurdonha as a joke with the wife of one soldier that talked too much.

[@bigghoss762]

The shovel handle stock on the handmade rifle is a reference to a picture of an AK found overseas where someone did that in real life to replace a missing stock. Later someone completely built an AK using the blade of the shovel to make the receiver. Look up "shitshovel AK" to see that. It's really funny. The name for the handmade rifle in Fallout 4 might be a reference to that. Later, Karl Kasarda from the InRange TV YT channel and Henry of 9 Hole Reviews would come up with the Wasteland Shuffle which is very much inspired by Fallout and Karl would shoot the drill using an AK that he put a shovel handle on.

[@dakotagummo1847]

The Automatic Rifle is actually based on a Colt Monitor, which was basically a BAR with a pistol grip.

[@mtfcadet7569]

Quick note on the AK-112 (6:00) the AK designation isn't exclusively Russian. The AK-5 is a Swedish assault rifle where the "AK" designation comes from the Swedish "Automatkarbin" which translates into "automatic carbine".

[@rickythreeewiththreees3940]

It's really awesome to see the improvement and the difference in quality between this and the old videos. Keep it up!

[@kabardino1337]

Yeah, our man is growing 👏🤩

[@randomkriegsman8444]

In the Museum of Technology in fallout 3 there’s a display that makes reference to an assault rifle called the M199, this could be the assault rifle in fallout 4 because it’s described as “Perhaps the most well-recognized weapon in the modern U.S. Military arsenal, the M199 earned its nickname 'The Backtalker' from the unusual report the firing mechanism makes as it ejects a spent shell. Firing standard 5.56mm rounds, the M199 is still the official infantry weapon of the U.S. Army.” also several creation club paints write “M199” on the drum mag of the assault rifle.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

Wow thanks for the info that’s cool lore

[@jaytrashwade1-1]

I'm willing to bet that was a missed detail.... Interesting though.

[@CinderBurn04]

The original rifles video was what introduced me to your channel it’s nice to see how far you’ve come

[@Rad_King]

That’s crazy to think about. Thanks for sticking with me this whole time!

[@MiamiMarkYT]

The Service Rifle goes so hard and deserves to come back

[@arkurianstormblade4109]

The FO4 "assault rifle" does start to make sense if it was meant for power armored soldiers (given the largerness of PA). To a normal person, it would def be far too big and bulky to be anything under a LMG/HMG, but power armor would easily allow it to be held like a 'rifle'. it reminds me of other weapons in other series, such as the Boltgun from 40k, which may be standard issue rifle to 3 meter tall space marines, but would be otherwise unwieldy to anything not in power armor. perhaps they should have called it the "Power Armor Assault Rifle" or something

[@emilienvanlinthout6505]

I would have love if the power armor had their own weapons only usable by them and the super mutants (machine gun/assault rifle, 10mm pistol, etc.)

[@skitariiranger4346]

Whats also funny is the "combat rifles" in game are by default chambered in pistol calibers, so they're closer to being SMGs than rifles

[@hewhoplugwalks]

@@skitariiranger4346 I think the idea to give a weapon reminiscent of something like an M1 carbine. Bigger than a typical smg, but smaller than a full sized rifle.

[@uglypineapple03]

@@skitariiranger4346 Nice Name All Hail the Omnissiah

[@bsherman8236]

I love it, looks like a big shoota

[@frohenleid]

31:40 for anyone confused: it doesnt do 2x damage but rater the unmodded damage is added to the weapons damage and this total is split into two projectiles.

[@aaronbosen6743]

During the time period of the Great War, the US and Russia were at peace, and had fairly normal diplomatic relations. The fact that China was at war with both of them probably contributed to better relations. One of the canonical default starter characters in Fallout 1, Nadia was even descended from a soviet (later patched to say russian) diplomat who's family got in from the consulate in San Francisco.

[@furimindusties5736]

Didn't know this. Thanks for the fun fact!

[@blueberet0]

China wasn’t at war with the Soviet Union in the fallout timeline. Tranquility lane has a thing where you can enable communist invasion, with the soviets and Chinese both being involved

[@AliUsama-v9i]

@@blueberet0I disagree, I believe the communist invasion only spawns in Chinese soldiers. I may very well be wrong but I played the quest not too long ago and don’t recall seeing Russian troops present

[@blueberet0]

@@AliUsama-v9i Yea my bad, i mixed it up. The communist invasion does only spawn in chinese soldiers, but in fallout 4 there is a location called the Switchboard, a pre-war military facility. It states that there was a chance that the soviets and chinese could invade america

[@Somajsibere]

I dont think its ever stated that China was at war with the USSR, but as far as I remember USSR hadnt collapsed in the Fallout series.

[@lysawolf]

I really really really love your content but I always found it difficult to watch your older videos. This tho. This is PERFECT. Thank you for your time and effort 👌

[@ChristianNiegemann]

07:10 not entirely true, the AK prefix stands for different things, in Sweden we use the AK4 and AK5, where the AK stands for "AutomatKarbin" Automatic Carbine/rifle, and the FN FAL was tried for Swedish service under the name AK1.

[@juan_vater]

please please keep doing the remasters! i just love them

[@Rad_King]

Will do!

[@alexanderzagula1994]

The rifles video was actually how I found your channel, I’m so glad you’re doing it over with *much* better quality

[@generalawing]

I’ve been with this channel since the beginning. It’s so nice to see how far its come. Before 10k subscribers, that I know for sure.

[@Rad_King]

One of Atoms early followers! Thank you for the constant support. A lot has changed since 10k!

[@generalawing]

@@Rad_King I can’t always remember correctly, so it may be after 10k. Either way there’s a reason I started keeping a list.

[@generalawing]

@@Rad_King Sorry if I’m being annoying.

[@Khanclansith]

Did you know that the Volsturmgwher rifles are actually in production right now? A few gunsmiths are out there making new reproductions of it. And in Maine they have Windham Weapons who do already make repros of classic M-16s and others.

[@owenburt1606]

Your videos got me interested in the world of fallout which led me to play the games and now it's one of my favorite series

[@Rad_King]

This makes me so happy to hear. Tbh I never geared my videos towards non fans, generally assuming people know basic information. So I am happy you’re here and impressed that you stuck around 😂

[@patrikhjorth3291]

I always though the Combat Rifle looked like something evolved from the BAR (though the Papasha inspiration is also visible). It's what would happen if the US armed forces had decided to base their standard rifle on the work of John Browning rather than Eugene Stoner. As for the Radium Rifle, I imagine that it's a weapon designed for use by submachine crews, on account of being more compact than the Combat Rifle. It would explain how it is more or less exclusively found around the submarine base at Far Harbour. That said, its presence in Appalachia could suggest that it was also used by nuclear silo crews.

[@Piratenklo69]

The VG 1-5 was mainly a project of the Germans to create an effective “Stg” that was cheap at the end of the war. It was intended to be used by the “Volkssturm” hence the name “Volkssturmgewehr”. I see why you imagined it as a compact and effective rifle for crews in limited spaces but the I think the many Smg of the Germans would fit the need of such crews. Needless to say, the VG 1-5 was too little, too late and, imho used the wrong caliber. The 8 mm kurz was pretty rare at the time of the VG 1-5 and Smg calibers would be a better fit since the intended use behind the weapon would be mainly city’s and 9mm was much more common

[@patrikhjorth3291]

@@Piratenklo69 Oh, I know what the real world Volkssturmgewehr is, I was talking about its Fallout counterpart.

[@dylanhaugen3739]

Personally I think the combat shotgun, and combat rifle were mainly civilian weapons. Since they're so similar, it'd make production cheaper and the combat rifle mainly being chambered for pistol calibers makes it more of a carbine than a rifle, but the manufacturer could of called it this for marketing. And the government may of preferred civilians having access to less powerful rifles considering how much civil unrest there was. Alot harder to take down soldiers in power armor and sentry bots with pistol rounds and shotgun shells if civilians decided to revolt.

[@brendanboomhour7606]

You can also use Gary 23's corpse to obtain the sim version of the Chinese assault rifle outside the sim, the same goes for the entire sim loadout

[@AttakusZakus]

Elaborate 👀

[@brendanboomhour7606]

@@AttakusZakus drag Gary's corpse onto the lounger, collect as many pieces of equipment as you want while in the SIM, and after beating it, while the game's loading, point the camera to where you remember placing Gary, then attempt to loot Gary and place your SIM inventory into his, after the game loads fully you can retrieve your SIM inventory and it's yours to keep

[@DS-wl5pk]

@@brendanboomhour7606 I assume you don’t need Gary’s corpse and that any would work… but this one is funnier

[@brendanboomhour7606]

@@DS-wl5pk you can use any corpse, Gary's is just convenient, cause you don't have to risk getting caught killing someone else

[@The_Obsessed]

You have to do some Pick Pocket fuckery to get the sim Chinese assault rifle, yeah?

[@andrews.4780]

Thanks for remastering this bro this was very detailed and the backstories on each rifle make so much sense in the grand scheme of the Fallout timeline. W video.

[@Rad_King]

Thank you!

[@bryanohara5872]

The Radium rifles are a nod to Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoon series of pulp sci-fi, (John Carter and the Princess of Mars is the start of the series) especially the Kiloton rifle’s explosive effect, as the Radium rifles of the green martians fired explosive projectiles.

[@kotzpenner]

I actually watched your original video some time ago, great how you improved! Easily my favourite fallout channel now!

[@Rad_King]

Thank you! The plan is to keep improving for you guys 🙂

[@jacobcrowley1675]

I'm so happy you are remaking old videos, I hope you mention some comment's that were from the older video's such as how some speculate that the recharger rifle was made for space with it's repcon like design and what not. Also the Survivalists Rifle is my Favorite Gun in the game and the only reason not to kill Contreras is because he has insane amounts of 12.7 ammo

[@Rad_King]

I do go through the comments and vet the informative comments. I just haven’t been screen shotting them for inclusion.

[@SasoriZert]

The alloy steel assault rifle I believe was more likely a cut pitt dlc weapon that you would make with the steel ingots or could been a reward for collecting them

[@anthonypickens7772]

Man awesome remaster, I've just recently started watching your vids and all of them have been really fun listening too can't wait to see what you come out with next

[@Rad_King]

Thank you!

[@jasonhare8540]

Definitely a salute to all the modders . I can't tell you how excited I was to have my service rifle back

[@gendermuttreal]

7:37 From what I remember the Soviet Union had an embassy in Los Angeles before the war, and a Soviet diplomat got accepted into Vault 13.

[@fearmasterm.m.z7139]

Why do I get the feeling that they were part or the experiment ?

[@hewhoplugwalks]

And that diplomat's granddaughter is one of the preset characters for FO1.

[@atompunk5575]

The Automatic Rifle in Dead money is closely relatable to a Colt Monitor, and so very few were made, estimated price are $90,000 per gun

[@SethUnderWater]

Always just assumed it was supposed to be a BAR. Didn't know about that rifle before. Neeto

[@Figwumberton]

I would say its more like the F.N. made BAR. The Automatic Rifle looks more like those than the Colt Monitor, because the Monitor is shorter and has a pretty distinct muzzle brake while the F.N. BAR's look just like normal ones with just a pistol grip thrown on.

[@atompunk5575]

@@Figwumberton i have to agree🧐

[@Figwumberton]

@@atompunk5575 I would recommend checking out all the different BAR variants made by other countries, its funny how much they improved it while the US was still giving troops a slightly "upgraded" version that was pretty much the same as the WW1 design lmao

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

@@SethUnderWaternato

[@marcus5202]

Rad King is my favourite creator right now, im loving the in depth explanations and discussions. One day, I'm sure he can run out of current content to talk about, and I hope that one day he uses his knowledge to talk about what could be possible in the world of Fallout

[@notdukko4123]

this guy is underrated, hope you get to 100k soon! your very close to it. I usually watch these videos while playing the corresponding fallout game, Game pass is a dream come true

[@Rad_King]

You’re are too kind 😊

[@notdukko4123]

@@Rad_King i see you have hit 100k good sir, good job and 150k is in the way.

[@lunanyx8592]

I've been binging your videos, they're so good. Much love to Rad King, Rad Queen, and Rad Kiddo.

[@Rad_King]

Aw thank you. The only the most dedicated know of the whole rad family :)

[@Theegreygaming]

Love it Rad, I had wondered if you were going to remaster some of these older videos. the wood furniture on the AR15/M16 platform isn't completely unheard of. I used to have an AR15 with wood furniture, but it was very fragile. in just 2 years I had to replace it with more "traditional" plastic furniture because it was completely falling apart. the requirement for a hollowed out stock, and very thin handguards forces compromises which negatively impact structural integrity.

[@Theegreygaming]

sorry to spam, I'm commenting as I watch through. the shovel stock/handmade rifle is actually a real world thing somebody did. I used to frequent gun forums, and back in the early 2000s you could purchase parts kits for AK47s (semi automatic versions anyway), that had everything you needed to build one, except for the receiver. these kits get around certain legislature that makes it illegal to import weapons from certain countries. one fellow decided to make a receiver out of a shovel blade, heating it, hammering it into the proper shape and drilling the holes where they needed to go. to top it off, he used the shovel handle for the stock.

[@Rad_King]

Not at all, I enjoy seeing you in the comments!

[@pavelmorozov6599]

3:36 thats a type 56 sks not the type 93. you should have also mentioned that the type 93 uses the handguards, dust cover and charging handle from an rpd. if you want to get technical. 27:38 marksman carbine has a vltor casv handguard, magpul prs stock and a trijicon acog. 34:10 no. svd is chambered for 7.62x54r and has a different receiver, dust cover, handguard, gas block, front sight and many more. it resembles a tabuk marksman rifle or tabuk sniper rifle.

[@Honor_and_Steel]

Glad to see there are other people who are neurotic about mistakes with firearms like me. 🤣🤣🤣

[@joebyrnes9254]

Have a buddy of mine who absolutely loves the survivalist’s rifle. Actually ended recreating it in real life with the actual front sight bent to the side and everything. It’s even chambered in the .50 beowulf like in the game

[@kbo8029]

The Fo3 assault rifle used by the guard looks like a H&K G3. The one mentioned looking like a FAL I thought looked more more like a Galil or possibly even an HK33. Both have blockier receivers and handguards and similar generation of rifle.

[@moedwarfort]

The difference of quality between the og video and this one is immense good work.

[@SavageK1ng]

One minor thing regarding the Handmade Rifles resemblence to the Dragunov, I would argue instead that it is closer to the Romanian PSL. The Dragunov, while having similar controls and aesthetics, is mechanically different from the Russian AK platform, whereas, long story short, Romania couldn't get the tech package for the SVD, so they upscaled an AKM to 7.62x54R to get their own DMR, and viola, you get the PSL

[@robobatboy101]

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[@The_Dude_Rugs]

My interpretation with the radium rifle is that the children of atom made them themselves, hence the resemblance to the last ditch rifles the Nazis made at the end of the war

[@randomkriegsman8444]

Ah yeah Rifle time baby! My personal favourite is the radium rifle from fallout 4, it’s a Volksturmgewehr that shoots radioactive bullets and I find that neat.

[@LoneWolf-kw3ol]

So my theories for the first few guns are as follows: R91 was only widely used in the DC military. Commonwealths had more independence than we thought, leading to each functioning as its own independent nation under the federal, sort of like a King rules many lands, but those lands are wildly different between each other. The west, being the west, chose to use its overwhelming surplus of M16/M4 (or, Service and Carbine rifles) it never destroyed. The NCR reverse engineers these, and is easily capable of building their own, albeit without the advanced polymer materials pre war models used. This leaves the R91 for the east, which was likely influenced by imported models (real G3 and FALs) used for RnD. Being DC, they overproduced the hell out of these without a thought to what their army would do in a civil conflict, and thats why they are everywhere. Chinese rifle- I theorize that there was actually a real invasion taking place the day the bombs fell. We know from F4 the chinese had subs ready to fire everywhere, even as far as boston, so it stands to reason they intended for a full ground assault to take the Capitol, with nukes in their back pocket. Over a period of years, they moved hundreds, maybe thousands of troops into the DC area and hid huge stockpiles of rifles and bullets until the day came. Whether or not the troops ever received their orders, most of these caches would be discovered or, more likely, raided by survivors who knew of their locations, and thus became common as the supply grew, thanks to their simple design and reliable construction. AK-47 (AK-103). AK-47 was in development as early as 1942, and the RPK was cited to be in heavy testing during 1945. The 47 would have certainly existed in Fallout, and as russia follows its real world history, so too would its successors and variants. This would lead to the 'AK vs M4' of Fallout, and the two nations paid obscene amounts of money to import the weapons of their rivals by the thousands for RnD, and then resold them to the public to offset costs. We can simply assume this doesnt change in Fallout, which is also why the M1 Garand appears in New Vegas (even today, Springfield Armory is empty but there are easily over half a million Garands stashed across the US military depots, and another 850,000 Surplus in South Korea alone), and why Colt 1911s are common too.

[@ThommyofThenn]

The Communion of Rad. Edit: sadly I've only gotten the All-American once. This is due to a game breaking bug occurring nearly 100% of the time for me every time I go to the vault to get it. After visiting this vault I am unable to level up the rest of the game as the level up screen seems to just vanish. Exp keeps building up but no level up screen or sound will play

[@Rad_King]

Oof that’s a show stopper right there. I don’t know how, but I’ve never had a game breaking bug yet…

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@Rad_King the blessings of Atom truly are limitless. Amazing!

[@wayneigoe6722]

When Rad-senpai notices you not once, but twice in the same video... Truly, Atom shines on me this day.... Thank you, Rad King!

[@Rad_King]

Thanks for the good comments!

[@Tuberuser187]

Theory for how the Children of Atom got all those old German weapons would be the Allies dumping millions of tons of weapons and munitions into the sea in various places after the end of the war, they had too much to even make scrapping them viable. They didn't want stockpiles around to end up in "the wrong hands", some of it had been poorly stored and transported during/after being captured and was damaged or degraded, in the case of ammunition and explosives unstable and in some cases massive amounts of chemical weapons. The North Eastern American coastline was one of the spots, they still have not found all of it to this day when surveying the region for possible clean up. Maybe the Children of Atom found a scuttled barge full of those carbines.

[@itz_jur0330]

2:28 you can get it out of the simulation if you stuff the dead Garys into the pod with you and mash the E key as the simulation ends (you can get every wepon if you drop them on the ground before changeng equipment, and stock on ammo in similar way)

[@miniterrarian]

Actually the semi auto version of the handmade rifle would be closest to a Romanian PSL as the PSL is a AK reciever made to work in semi auto as a marksmans rifle, while the SVD (dragonov) has a completely different reciever and almost no parts in common as well as being a completely different platform.

[@joewoodland8635]

i think the fallout assault rifle would have been better as a higher calibre mmg (like perhaps intended) it's design borrows from the maxim/looks water cooled in design. a barrel mod to swap that out for a lewis style shroud for increased recoil but greatly reduced weight could have been cool. as for the design of an assault rifle to take its place, there are such a wide variety of aesthetic options available to draw inspiration from they could have gone buck wild.

[@MrAirpumpkin]

35:33 Since I didn't see anyone jumping to draw this connection the "Colt Rangemaster" may be based on an obscure non-AK/non-AR rifle from the 70's called the GWINN Bushmaster, the "master" name alone is already to big of a coincidence to pass up, but add on the boxy slabsided reciever and wood foregrip and it would be hard to argue its from anything else (especially not an M1)

[@dr5750]

I believe the perforator/infiltrator can be found in mick and ralph's secret weapon rack at their store in new vegas

[@robertmagill6005]

I still prefer the idea that Mr. New Vegas is a ghoulified Wayne Newton who kept his normal voice because of an abnormally high Luck stat.

[@majorstrelok1754]

I have a theory about the AK112, since it has a look similar to the FAL and G3 rifles, what if it is reconned and it is now the R91 assault rifle from Fallout 3. Also noticed that in terms of weapons tech, it appears to have at least advance to at least the 80's with things like picatinny rails for mounting optics were created in the 80's and other firearms created after the 50's.

[@HungyDaSk8r]

I think it's funny how he just walks into a town and guns down everyone with the weapon he's showcasing whether they're friendly or not

[@iondina8081]

32:48 my personal preference for this gun comes from the presence if the "assault" rifle in FO4. I have a bunch of unused 5.56, so I wanna spend it with a less visually offensive gun.

[@lexus8018]

I think the best explanation to the Radium Rifle is that the children found an original Volksturmgevehr somwhere in a museum, uppon investigating the gun a techincally skilled child of atom saw the cheap and simple source of firepower they could make by copying it's design. After making it to the Nucleus they scavenged parts from old rusted army rifles scattered across the place and retooled them into their radium rifles with an extra radiation kick. This is my best guess since there is no way the children found a stash of these in america, the weapons were rare even in 1945 and since they were issued to german civilians most were confiscated and melted down by the allies after the war so only a few survived to this day.

[@Huy-G-Le]

The Combat rifle is interesting, I think it's meant to fill the role of both an Military version of an Ruger Mini-14, while also be a M14 rifles. Imagine if the M14 design, the army want an something that can fill the role of an assault rifle, battle rifle and SMG or whatever the M1 and M2 carbine is consider to be, and that Arms combat say "WE can made something that fill all of those role, but with stamping technology". So they made, their own version of First being an either a 5.56x45mm rifle, that can be converted, by replacing the barrel and receives with one that chamber 7.62x51mm NATO/308 (differ from Holy Kalash 7.62x39) and at some point, they also chamber the thing in either .45ACP or more likely a cut or concept 30-30 Carbine round. Which mean it is a rifle, build off of stamps technology, the same as the AR-18, G3 and AKM, but can be manufactures into three different rifle for three different role, out of the frame.

[@pascal5752]

The garand makes a apearence in new vegas gunrunners as thd battlerifle. Love the content!

[@YouTubeViolates1A]

The first G3 had the wood furnishing. I think that's why the devs called it that. Even then, it's not a real G3 if it shoots 5.56. That's like calling the MP5 a G3.

[@mcsmash4905]

honestly i dont have any issue with fallout 4 guns at all , while the lack of an r91 was quite odd it wasnt something i couldnt live without and the guns being cursed is perfectly fine by me

[@murksman]

ik this ain’t a rifle but im still annoyed that the 10mm smg wasn’t in fallout 4 shi fun to use in fallout 76

[@jameskazd9951]

noticed a slight error, the Lewis guns barrel shroud is not actually a water jacket, it uses cooling fins. the weapon is designed to force air through it when firing to better cool the barrel and was initially intended for aircraft use where heavy water filled jackets would be a detriment and the air speed of the plane would help cool it naturally.

[@jthablaidd]

Finally, someone covering fictional guns who actually knows a thing or two about guns Kinda disappointing how many dont

[@damienjackslicer7575]

He certainly knows a thing or two, however not a lot. "ItsYaBoyBrandyBoy" knows a lot more if you want to check him out. Rad King tends to know some weapon models but gets a few things wrong. The fact he knows what he does is refreshing however, I definitely appreciated his calling out of the absurdity of the Infiltrator and perforator.

[@abyss9316]

One thing that always fascinated me in the jump from Fallout 3 to 4 is whatever happened to the Chinese assault rifle disappearing from Fallout New Vegas THE Chinese assault rifle was one of the best weapons in Fallout 3 it did make a return somewhat in Fallout 4 with the nuka-world DLC proving the AK platform is by far one of the best rifles to customize and add to a Fallout game not to mention its wide range of accessories long barrel heavy barrel short barrel no stock just like the IRL AK -47. - AK-74.. variations

[@kabardino1337]

I like that gun, I customize it into what is practically a scoped rpk with the sniper stock, it's like a recoiless machine gun

[@devinhebert9792]

good way to pass time after i have finished my class work also i always enjoy your videos keep up the good work

[@senorsoloz3648]

Rad King has got to be top 3 fallout youtubers. Nerbit mantis and radking reign supreme

[@TokioHotelFan943]

The Fallout 4 Assault rifle has always bothered me. Everything from it’s weight to it’s design tells me it is in fact not an assault rifle, but a suppressive LMG. First off it’s about 20 pounds. That is machine gun weight. Second, the water cooled jacket. Water cooled machine guns only have one true purpose in the modern world; suppressing human wave attacks. The same strategy China uses. It’s why Russia keeps a ton of old maxims on their border with China. Water cooled guns don’t overheat as long as they have water. It makes sense only in that role or carried by a power armor user. No infantryman will be using that thing like a carbine.

[@dorpenka]

Actually perfect timing i was binging your old content!

[@EliteNeko420]

Woo it's 2023 and we are still getting fallout content from the best f*** yeah all hail the rad king!

[@Sgt_Robo]

The U.S.S.R. still existed by the time of the Great War, and seemingly had fairly cordial relations with the U.S.A. as one of the pre-made Vault Dwellers in fallout one is a child of one of the staff at the Soviet Embassy

[@Sgt_Robo]

Another thing is that the shovel AK is real, and a bit of a meme in the firearms community. The stock isn't the only part that's hand made, the receiver is actually made out of the shovel blade bent and hammered into shape, but yes, all the internal parts are from a regular parts kit.

[@weaponxx9467]

I totally use a mod that adds the service rifle to Fallout 4. The Survivalist is one of like 8 or so legendary variants of the service rifle that are included with the mod.

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

I remember hearing the reason for The Problem Solver and The Splattercannon having the same legendary effect is so that you don't lose out on a really powerful rifle if you decide to murder all the raiders in Nuka-World. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is true, it's a pretty cool way to allow the player to not have to devote to Charisma just to pick up one of the most powerful rifles in the game.

[@jordanmagpiebullet7978]

Amazing video I’ve been waiting for this one

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Can't wait for the Bozar

[@ding1725]

I'd like to say that AK is just a platform of rifle like the AR. The type 95 is an AK platform rifle and pretty much every country on earth has made or used an AK pattern rifle at some point so I don't really think it would imply and US-Russia relations. Also I refuse to believe that the wood on those guns hasn't rotted after like 200 years of neglect. Though there's also a real-life reason for having a wood stock being that wood absorbs energy wood far better than polymer stocks.

[@thecourier3152]

The Fo4 assault rifle was chunky to match power armor and your pronunciation is impeccable

[@brothers_of_nod]

Be it new content or remastered content, Radking is King

[@Jazkal-V420]

Oh, this was a bombshell of a video

[@sergioventura2595]

Thank you Rad Daddy

[@QuiteAce]

Love this guy. Only guy I watch to fall asleep, not that he's boring but its just nice to fall asleep to commentary lmfao

[@Dorkeydaze]

Maybe a reason for the large influx of foreign made weapons is because the US (which remain the sole superpower besides China since WW2) invested heavily into importing foreign made weaponry. Also if you notice a lot of weapons actually producers by the US post divergence we’re almost exclusively made for dealing with the resource riots the same also goes for things such as riot gear and the T-45 version of PA after T-51 replaced it on the Alaska front

[@pizza1530]

One rifle to rule them all.... Lincoln repeater good times till you ran out of 45 70 gov round really rare ammo

[@DarthFhenix55]

Now I will have the oportunity of revisit all the special rifles of Fallout 3 and New Vegas, thank you.

[@Treoization]

Mentioned the M1 Garand though missing a mention for "This Machine" found in Fallout New Vegas

[@Honor_and_Steel]

My personal favorite unique in the entire game.

[@sahelanthropus4991]

One minor mistake - whilst yes, AK-47 is widely considered to be the best AR ever made, it is not reliable at all. It has a very simple design based on the Nazi STG-44 with extended rifle to accommodate the Soviet 7.62×39mm bullet type, with very good accuracy, spread and strength, but lacking any safety features that makes it useable in any unfavourable weather, and only has a 6000 shot base life, while for comparison the M16A4 has a 45000 shot life.

[@vladushkolipprt1596]

As a military man from the countries of the former Soviet Union, I can tell you that you are completely wrong. The AKM is based on the M1 Garand mechanism and from the STG 44 they have only external similarities. But the AR- completely copies the mechanism of the STG 44 mechanismI work with AKM and its modifications - A simpler and more reliable assault rifle cannot be found. The supply of shots has nothing to do with combat operations at all. AKM and AK 74 are easier to use and cooler in active combat.

[@sahelanthropus4991]

@@vladushkolipprt1596 Too bad here I talk about AK-47 not AKM

[@vladushkolipprt1596]

​@@sahelanthropus4991AK 47 was a single copy and was never in service in any country in the world. For some reason, you guys from America call all versions of the AK Ak 47. Although in fact there are Ak 74 and AKM and their further development variants.

[@delverofsouls]

I love the video it is amazing. But as a Firearms enthusiast. It is a magazine not a clip. That was my only issue. Thank you for taking the time to remaster an old video and update lore and facts.

[@damienkimpel457]

Theres also an unobtainable infiltrator in the armory in NV inside mick and ralphs

[@freeze2642]

The handmade rifle is actually based off a reddit post where a guy used the head of a shovel and bent it into the ak reciever hence why the stock is a shovel handle the rest came from a parts kit

[@emilienvanlinthout6505]

they should have made it a unique weapon

[@freeze2642]

@@emilienvanlinthout6505 would have made it more special indeed but ✨bethesda✨

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@emilienvanlinthout6505. In a way, it kind of is since it was only introduced with the Nuka World DLC.

[@redcap1923]

33:45 This is actually a reference to a famous news article. A guy bought a shovel, an AK parts kit and and a barrel. The shovel was used to make the receiver of an AK he built, the only thing he lacked was a stock and used the shovel handle for it.

[@XQx424]

W Radking! Fr man makes anticipate the next episode!

[@insaneadem5014]

In fallout 3 operation Anchorage, you overhear a soldier say that his brother wants him to bring a chinese gun back. G.I. bringbacks were probably still legal in the fallout universe wheras they became illegal in ours after vietnam (some exceptions exists) this could explain all the foreign Russian guns. Also some post-war gunsmith could've just made them

[@PrestonSikes]

Adam be with you, almighty Rad King

[@sgl7007]

Skipped the bozar from 2 and NV again. And since you included the BAR, you might as well have included the LMGs from pretty much every game but 1 & 4

[@jaredmitchell568]

they could explain the AK 112 by saying the AK could stand for "automatic killer", I think it would fit well considering one of the combat shotguns is called the widowmaker. maybe colt wanted a peice of the AK action

[@fishyfish6050]

Just want to mention a small thing about the r91 likely being called G3 in the files The reason for it likely being called g3 in the files is because both the fact that Cetme is not well known but also that earlier G3 variants had wooden furniture. Denmark for example had wooden G3 rifles because they leased their G3s from West Germany and West Germany (likely wanting to get rid of their older G3s) gave it to the Danes

[@Kpimpmaster]

I’m pretty the Assault Rifle in the first three Fallout games are the same version they just changed the background info because no one reads those