Britain's WWII silent assassin with Senior Curator Mark Murray-Flutter, as seen on TikTok

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@mog398 2 ай бұрын

The Royal Armouries Cinematic Universe is taking shape nicely

@bobskool 2 ай бұрын

Captain Midlands?

@j.robertsergertson4513 2 ай бұрын

I like Mark ,he reminds me of the original " Q " in the Bond movies

@pinerider19 Ай бұрын

I am going to call him that now.

@StuartWhelan-up8vs Ай бұрын

I was thinking exactly the same..

@StuartWhelan-up8vs Ай бұрын

Thanks very much Mark

@RaskStar 2 ай бұрын

Great job Mark, that was entertaining and informative

@stevebigfoot1287 Ай бұрын

Hello Mark. My maternal grandfather was one of the engineers that worked at Station IX, located at The Frythe in Welwyn, during the war. Sadly I never got to meet him as he split with my grandmother at the end of the war and emigrated to New Zealand, where he continued to use his skills in various engineering projects. He used to sail to various islands around the South Pacific and build projects to help the inhabitants etc. My mother was born in 1944 and does not remember her father, but my sister did track him down and met him when she was on a trip to New Zealand. She just knocked on his door unannounced and said ' Hello I'm your grand daughter'. We did receive a lengthy letter from his second wife after his death which gave more details about his life and engineering skills. I believe I have a copy of this still and may be able to provide you with more details if you are interested. Coincidentally I was only talking to my mother about the welrod last Sunday when I saw her, I will certainly show her this video when I visit her this weekend. If you would like more details please let me know, I could maybe e mail you any information I have.

@Eulemunin Ай бұрын

Always good to hear an expert talking about their passion.

@AllAboutSurvival Ай бұрын

The engineering behind it is a testament to the ingenuity of its time.

@postmandnb Ай бұрын

Fantastic presentation Mark.

@ParanoidCarrot Ай бұрын

Thanks ! Senior curator mark ! wonderful video !

@VisibleNinja5674 Ай бұрын

I didn't realize Mark did the video where he says all the memes! That one really have ne a good laugh. Thanks!

@DSlyde Ай бұрын

Excellent presentation! Interesting topic in its own right but I also love hearing for the other staff about their special interests. I hope Mark didn't find the process too laborious and comes back again sometime!

@thatdudeinasuit5422 Ай бұрын

Well hello to Mark Murray-Flutter, Senior Curator of firearms at the Royal Armouries in the UK, which houses a collection of thousands of iconic weapons throughout history.

@roygardiner2229 Ай бұрын

Thank you. That was most interesting

@JordanFlayer 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! I don't think there is anyone better to cover the Welrod!

@TheWarmotor 2 ай бұрын

I really want a Welrod. The monocore suppressors widely available for the firearms I own don't come close to integrally suppressed guns with disposable wipes... So damn cool.

@PorcoWest Ай бұрын

Yet another fantastic video full of great info thank you greatly chaps

@dr.chrismort8448 Ай бұрын

An excellent narrative well presented about an iconic weapon

@stacksmalacks8826 2 ай бұрын

Mark Murray-Flutter is great, really enjoyed listening to him.

@Mulvers 2 ай бұрын

Great stuff, thanks Mark and team!

@DS-kg4do 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks Mark!

@patrickrose1221 Ай бұрын

They've always given me the chills, like a bolt retaining pistol used in abatoirs 😬😅👍

@spicyjakob234 2 ай бұрын

Very Interesting!

@alexanderhikel2350 2 ай бұрын

The resentment for Jonathan by fellow employees has to be off the charts at the royal armories 😂

@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries 2 ай бұрын

Actually it's very much a "rather him than me" situation. Christian is happy doing the occasional stand-in for me and everyone's happy to do these occasional UIA videos but no-one wants to join me in the content mines lol

@LiveDonkeyDeadLion 2 ай бұрын

I feel that with the level of knowledge and skills at the museum there’s no resentment, but admiration for helping to raise the profile of a world renowned museum and collection. Plus, my own experience tells me how hard it is to get experts in a specific and unique field to ‘volunteer’ to take part with media like this

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

@@LiveDonkeyDeadLion'twas a jest methinks:)

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

@@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouriesWas it a sneaky trick game of musical chairs, or hide n seek where you were it and they fecked off to the pub, to sit on their chairs?😊 In another comment here I took an oblique swipe at you Jonathan. Deepest apologies but my fingers did the walking... 😮Your stuff is excellent, as is Mark. I'm 57 and finding it funny how we identify generationally.

@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries Ай бұрын

@@djd8305 I hadn't seen it but I have now. The comment was doubly ironic since a) we are part of the same generation - Gen X, most of which has some background in video games, many of which are bigger gamers than I am (I recently played a game online with a Vietnam veteran) and - b) you pegged Mark as being somehow more serious and perhaps with a military background - not only does he have no military experience but he recently went "viral" for clowning about saying 'Gen Z' catchphrases - something that I would never personally do because I think it's too silly (but as his boss I was happy for him to make that choice, it's a personal one and I certainly don't think less of him for it, but based upon your comment, you might? I hope not. Essentially the difference you are identifying here runs across personal preference lines, not generational ones. Anyway, thank you for the apology).

@november_victor9693 2 ай бұрын

I love firearms history and soe weapons. I always wanted an soe pen knife.

@supremeghost7950 Ай бұрын

I just love the Welrod. It's simple, yet effective and is a pioneer, when it comes to suppressed weapons in general. A little bit of history in here, even though it is basically just a toob with a suppressor on it.

@chanman819 2 ай бұрын

Photos don't get across how physically large the Welrod is when fully assembled, especially if you consider how people were generally smaller at the time.

@EXO9X8 Ай бұрын

Love this guy.

@enigmabodylanguage 2 ай бұрын

"Well" also stands for the "Well Sh*t" the Guard would exclaim when he realized he had just been shot.

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

"Well shot, but..." If he survived.

@NoorAgafia Ай бұрын

I was reading about suppressors recently and came to know the company, B&T from Switzerland. Supposedly they make the finest one's, even though many Americans, even Seals, are unfamiliar with them and when I looked at their website, I came across the B&T VP9. Thank you for explaining the Welrod's illustrious history! For some reason the spy weapons of old remain fascinating and I had no idea they were used for so long. In any case, to think that even the engineers of today, and a company like B&T, continue to build upon it's design is nothing short of remarkable. It really is the ultimate silent pistol. (Ps. The SPR300, which some dub as the quietest rifle ever made, is also very interesting - though in most countries of course limited to law enforcement and military only.)

@derekp2674 Ай бұрын

Thanks very much, Mark and team. Clearly a fascinating history and just the sort of weapon one might use for operations in the pale moonlight.

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

@@derekp2674 The poetry🥰

@agentvx8320 Ай бұрын

The B&T VP9 kind of speaks for itself in terms of the demand for new manufacture welrod pistols from the special operations community.

@gonzo_the_great1675 Ай бұрын

Always been fascinated by the mechanics of these and wanted to build one. Though might need to be a modified design to fit in with the UK firearm laws.

@MarkGarth 2 ай бұрын

Fascinating and interesting 👍

@ryanpenrod1859 Ай бұрын

David Hahn came across the ocean and stole the sights from that Welrod.

@Getpojke 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video Sir, thank you. They've always been a point of interest for me too. I don't know if you ever saw the 1976 film Logan's Run or it's later TV series? But the guns that the Sandmen used, DS gun (or Deep Sleep gun) looked really like the Welrod. Made a younger me sit up & take notice. Looking forward to more videos from yourself.

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

More please Mark. Your presentation style reminds me of Chris Coxon down at The Tank Museum; David Willey yoo but you and Chris carry an ex military sense. No video games for you guys:)

@karood-dog3584 Ай бұрын

A niche firearm designed in the 1940's so out of date today that Brugger and Thomet make a modernized version that looks back to it's history called the station six. looks like the designers where on to something from the very start.

@Punisher9419 2 ай бұрын

I just realised Mark is missing a hand/arm.

@pdunderhill Ай бұрын

Doh, why is that relevant to the chaps presentation?

@markplaw9496 2 ай бұрын

I was thinking of the De Lisle carbine, happy to be wrong.

@geiroveeilertsen7112 Ай бұрын

I'm sad that the only available video of a live fire of the Welrod online is from a Norwegian "WW2 weapons demonstration", where the people talking in the background and the quality of the video really doesn't show how silent it was. In the video, the ambient noise of the people talking masks the sound of the gun even being fired, so all you hear is the bullets hitting a steel target (granted that that was the main reason the gun was made), so it makes it difficult to compare it to any modern silencer,.

@pdunderhill Ай бұрын

Makes me wonder just how many quiet and discrete Country Houses were adapted for 'other purposes' in the two Wars.

@AndrewTBP Ай бұрын

Pretty much _all_ of them.

@workmandan87 2 ай бұрын

Mark you are an excellent orator! Looking forward to more content in the future

@marckroll9544 2 күн бұрын

I think radium would be the least of your worries if you were using one of those.😊

@bolshevikproductions Ай бұрын

Watch out! Their coming to Leeds to steal all your weapons 👀

@ronwingrove683 Ай бұрын

Well, 18:25 was certainly an unexpected interlude!

@november_victor9693 2 ай бұрын

Did anyone else glance at the cover pic and think is that a gun disguised as a left hand rifle bolt?

@covlinuxguy Ай бұрын

Karl Fairbourne Approves This Video:-)

@stoatystoat174 Ай бұрын

Slightly grizzly thought but i wander if it was even quieter when you use the person you are shooting to mute it

@Maple-Sizzurp Ай бұрын

The end cap is actually designed for that exact purpose. Pressing it against a target makes it quieter

@fraserconnell21 Ай бұрын

Our Grandad was posted to s.o.e. during WW2. One of our uncles worked for the M.O.D. as an archivist and upon his retirement he tried to get grandads ww2 service records, most of which was redacted. After ww2 grandad and our grandmother were cordially invited to a reception at the "new" Yugoslavian" embassy in grandads honour ! He did serve in the balkans during the nazi occupation. Anybody out there can help our family fill in the redacted gaps..? Thank you YT. 👏

@bakedbeanzontoast9078 Ай бұрын

It's wellhard........😮

@ss181292 2 ай бұрын

Good to listen another point of view on this gun.

@jonb3311 Ай бұрын

It is believed that the SAS were using the Welrod until quite recently. It is rumoured they had one to use during Desert Storm, in 1991.

@JelMain Ай бұрын

I certainly heard from those sources.

@rikimarco1826 Ай бұрын

I would like to have been told who specified the gun? Was it someone inside SOE itself, or some other military or civilian dept.? What was the specification, was it detailed or a 'fag packet' requirement? The 3 people mentioned as the gun's originators, did they personally make the weapon? My very small experience of engineering would suggest that the 'designer' would put together drawings and parts lists, etc., hand them to a drawing office who made detailed plans and then given to the shop floor to actually make the prototypes for testing etc., before production was begun. Another point, how were they carried? They seem too bulky for pockets or holsters. It reminds me of 'From Russia with Love', when Bond can't draw his suppressed Beretta because it gets stuck in his clothing; consequently is nearly killed by Rosa Klebb. What range was it most used? I assume it is used as close as possible. To kill someone with a single bullet from a handgun implies excellent marksmanship or extreme closeness.

@AsbestosMuffins Ай бұрын

blokes in sheds, british technology is always blokes in sheds

@markgallagher1377 Ай бұрын

Being pedantic, it's the village of Welwyn. The nearby city is Welwyn Garden City.

@LawrenceJoel-q6m Ай бұрын

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

@scottmasson3336 Ай бұрын

I believe it has been used relatively recently by the SAS and others.!

@capt.bart.roberts4975 2 ай бұрын

Ian, has a review of the Chinese suppressed weapon.

@jonesthemtb 2 ай бұрын

Great video, is it true they were used in Northern Ireland during the troubles?

@jonr6680 2 ай бұрын

Two by two, hands of blue...

@111doomer 2 ай бұрын

Shiny!

@ByronFrancis-p5l Ай бұрын

If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.

@martkbanjoboy8853 Ай бұрын

hello globalist bot.

@martkbanjoboy8853 Ай бұрын

We have more advanced arms such as the Brugger & Thomet copies. I bet the sights were destroyed due to OHSA fuss bodyism.

@earlofpurple2852 Ай бұрын

My initial thought was they were removed to smuggle it past geiger counters and such. You don't want it found, after all.

@SeanG-v8p Ай бұрын

Trying to explain to your commanding officer you were shot with a bicycle pump. I once read that one SOE agent claimed to their German captors it was a bicycle pump and got away with it! Can’t remember where or when i will let the younger enthusiasts research that one.

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

@@SeanG-v8p I think either Jonathan or Ian McCollum said that .

@danielbeattie4186 Ай бұрын

The Wel-der...

@karlslicher8520 2 ай бұрын

Britain always: "Hold my beer!"

@capt_flapper Ай бұрын

Check DayZ game, there is the exact same gun called the MKll and chambered in 22 calibre

@salty4496 2 ай бұрын

@Slake2 Ай бұрын

The Brügger & Thomet VP9 is based on the welrod.

@Mountain-Man-3000 2 ай бұрын

Tell the videographer to steal some lights from Jonathan's table setup. Ha!

@WrightJoule Ай бұрын

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

@John-rr4zz Ай бұрын

A good vid BUT please , please do something about the lighting. The lighting is something like a halogen spotlight. Everything is so contrasty. some things are lit brightly and others namely the guns which should be the stars of the show are so saturated that they just look like cardboard cut outs. can't see any definition much. Go and watch the video.

@FredBlogs-j7j Ай бұрын

Don't bother looking for the article - it is behind an expensive paywall and so of little use.

@XOIIOXOIIO Ай бұрын

"And so of little use" Congrats, you've won the "stupidest comment" monthly award. Someone had clearly never looked up scientific publications or research documents. This isn't some IGN shit, it's thorough careful research that takes a long time and is geared towards those who need that resource. For someone like you and many others the video is sufficient.

@ZackC 2 ай бұрын

welrod… is brat?

@djd8305 Ай бұрын

Oh, I can't resist.... Mark just said ".. create havoc in the rear areas of the advancing Russians; "Well comrade is that a ....... in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

@SusanPearce_H Ай бұрын

One can now 3D print a silencer with intricate gas passages.

@jackem8922 Ай бұрын

I hope that you don't mind constructive criticism Mark. If you're demonstrating a weapon, you need to showcase it early in the video, and feature it prominently. The details and history can be filled in later. Try watching Forgotten Weapons, or your colleague Jonathan Ferguson for tips. I trust that's helpful.