RT20: Croatia's Insane Kludged 20mm Anti-Materiel Rifle

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

Reject materialism. Embrace antimaterialism

[@g54b95]

Actually, it's 'anti-materielism'.

[@leszekkadelski9569]

​@@g54b95 can't hear the difference due to concussion 😂

[@rogerramiussergeialexander5541]

Somebody has been watching *burial goods*

[@VYBEKAT]

Brilliant

[@Nemioke]

@@EddieTheH You should actually recheck yours. Theirs is correct in this application...

[@СергейМалышев-ю8щ]

The sheer ingenuity of this gun is colossal. It's like an illustration of perfect result in the "we have this and this and we need that" situation. I love it.

[@Grubnar]

"MacGyver, the gun".

[@vlachyna]

100%

[@kutter_ttl6786]

For an ad hoc rifle, put together under difficult circumstances, it looks surprisingly well made. I suppose it's a testament to how much industry was in Croatia before the war.

[@GianmarioScotti]

At the conflux of creativity, manufacturing resources, and sheer desperation/motivation.

[@metalmessiahmetal]

yeah i agree there's a fair bit of heavy duty machining threading and milling. they probably could have saved a fair bit of weight off it idk if theyd want to tho

[@stephencolley334]

​@@metalmessiahmetal Lighter = MORE recoil!🥶

[@metalmessiahmetal]

@@stephencolley334 i think ntw20 from south africa used to do a 20mm and some of those old anti tank rifles are pretty close ptrd etc

[@Sandwich13455]

I know next to nothing about guns,being a eurofag 😂, but damn that's pretty sexy looking piece of kit.

[@MyDoMiXD]

My uncle used this gun in the croatian independence war. He told me, how he had a mission to secure a village with his squad. He said that usually nothing spectacular happens during these kind of missions as the main battle usually already cleared pretty much everything. On this day, he happend to take extra ammo with him (with this gun, the amount of shots jumps from 3-4, to 5-6 shoots... lol). He had this gun with him, and was positioned on a hill for overwatch. He was meant to recon the area and disable vehicles that could transport enemy troops. Not much else. At one point, shooting started and and enemy sniper opened fire on his squad from within a building. My uncle was able to locate the sniper, but he wasnt able to get a clear shot as the sniper was behind a wall in the building. He than wanted to take a shot at the sniper, forcing him to take cover so that his squad can retreat to a better position... His shot though, took a huge piece of wall off and killed the sniper in a very bad way. He said that he only saw the wall get hit and a bloody mist behind it, and that it's a good thing that he didnt see much else.

[@somechinesedude5466]

Food paste 😂

[@TheClayKnight]

When using a 20mm for anti-material, walls are just a suggestion.

[@mihael64]

Yeah that sniper ceased to exist

[@maximilianrobespierre8365]

Good story

[@skullfracture2]

@@maximilianrobespierre8365 there’s cover and concealment. With this gone, everything is just concealment.

[@rickb1973]

See that's the thing about Ian...He can just be there, talking to you about something, and you don't even realize that he's also got an automatic grenade launcher in his lap. It's like Bugs Bunny just reaching behind his back and producing dynamite and a match.

[@AndreyVonVL]

You could tell from his expression he really enjoyed doing that bit

[@FarzadMohseni-w2v]

He's gun Jesus what do you except?

[@derrickfoster644]

My favorite part was how small it looked relatively

[@robmanueb.]

I like how he returns it to his lap, "my baby".

[@CarlAlex2]

I am pretty sure its NOT an automatic - you need to pull the trigger for every round you fire. Automatic grenade launchers are vehicle- or tripod mounted.

[@Espersontheone]

The "I don´t like that thing over there" gun. Absolutely fantastic.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Officer: "See that thing over there?" "Yes, sir!" O: "I don't want to." "YES SIR!"

[@Kneon_Knight]

Or as The Chieftain would have it "That object offends me. Remove it."

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

@@Kneon_Knight 😂

[@andersjjensen]

"I don't like that thing over there. I also don't like the shed behind it. And I most certainly also don't like the 10 guys hiding behind the shed".

[@filipkralj2618]

there is a interview with Croatian war veteran where he admitted burning a house because "it didn't fit with our concept" so I am sure many thing were destroyed in war because someone didn't like that thing over there :D

[@rotwang2000]

The RT20, not only does it hit your target like a runaway supersonic freight train, it will clear your sinuses, remove superfluous eardrums, reset your fillings and test your collarbone integrity.

[@stephenbritton9297]

Gotta imagine its like a Lati or Solothurn (not sure I spelled those right), but on your shoulder, not on a massive bipod!

[@joshrivet6225]

Also protects against enemies sneaking up behind you (or unfortunate allies)

[@DoongBetel]

@@stephenbritton9297 Not quite, both the Lahti L39 and Solothurn S-18/100 are more than twice this rifles weight and are semi-automatic on top of that. This is single-man-portable, unlike the first two listed.

[@51WCDodge]

and require three days of massage to return your gentleman's accoutremants from behind your ears, to their proper place.

[@weareallbeingwatched4602]

It will also yeet pretty hard. In facc it will even yyyee my EYEBROWS

[@SwtorSateleShanFan]

A 20mm shoulder fired hispano cannon is the most hardcore thing i‘ve seen in a long time

[@TongorBlackHawk]

23mm 4 gauge shotgun?

[@charlesdemers1197]

@@TongorBlackHawk Nah, it’s still impressive though don’t get me wrong.

[@alejandrotevez6302]

Looks like someone in Kentucky is gonna be looking for a new toy...

[@Andrew-on5do]

I was just thinking that

[@johnathanmcdoe]

Unlikely he'd fire it from the shoulder though. He could, but this thing looks like it would make his neck itch pretty badly lol.

[@god1971b]

Like someone in Texas after they took the 'Texans make it bigger' to its limit. lol

[@garethsheppard240]

My first thought also - very suitable for the Tactical T-Rex 🦖🦖🦖🦖

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

😂

[@Takenmynameandmycat]

After seeing the HAND grenade launcher, I was already convinced that they were madlads, and this has done nothing to convince me otherwise.

[@andersjjensen]

Yes... it's as if invading a highly industrialized and well educated people goes very very badly unless you can completely paralyze every part of society decisively in very short order. If only a certain other country had taken note of this fact...

[@danglinbolas5547]

We thought the krauts were mad, but then the croats dropkicked the door in.

[@peropero2307]

@@danglinbolas5547 Most of those guns were made in somebody's garage, it was just improvisation, cuz Cro was under embargo, so ppl made what they could.

[@EzEcro]

When someone tries to ethnically cleanse your country you get a little cross

[@sealpiercing8476]

Not crazy, just brave in the face of a difficult situation

[@Yizahi]

Croatian weapons are on the whole other level. Someone should make an action movie set in the 90s, with nothing else that weapons of the era :)

[@zeljkokuvara6145]

Try “Broj 55” on for size. 90s? Yes Action? Yes Weapons of that era? Yes. No RT-20, but you have a home made APC :-)

[@russbilzing5348]

Robo Cop 4

[@Yizahi]

@@zeljkokuvara6145 nice suggestion, thanks 👍

[@choo_choo_]

So any action movie already made in the 90s and set in the 90s then.

[@NocturneDarkness-gs4rc]

@@russbilzing5348 Cro Cop 4

[@jonp8015]

"Firing it inside a building would have deleterious effects on the building and on yourself." I think I could hear Kentucky Ballistics buying a plane ticket to Croatia in the background.

[@MmMm-f2y7c]

Kentucky ballistics lol I'm sending him the link.

[@Sadlymagic3]

20mm hispano from the shoulder is crazy

[@DeetexSeraphine]

Fallout4 has a mod for that. Modular Simonov PTRS-41 on Nexus, for those curious.

[@saitani123]

For whan you need a shoulder dis located and relocated.

[@Vincent-q4q]

Denel NTW20 also fires the 20x110mm

[@Jack-sh6xr]

@@DeetexSeraphineI know you need to download a manager and all that extra stuff for nexus mods, is it an easier process modding through Bethesda?

[@arthurmoore9488]

@@Jack-sh6xr You don't need to download a manager, but it helps keep track of everything and is actually worth it. Once you start using mods you realize how many bugs Bethesda left in the game that helpful randos have fixed for you. So you end up with at least a dozen mods real fast.

[@illuminatus3125]

Whenever Mr. Ian does a video on guns from the Croatian wars, I'm always like "okay what ridiculous shit did they do this time," and they did not disappoint here.

[@rogiervis2306]

The Dutch army actually tested this gun approximately in 1997 or 1998 to select a anti material rifle. I saw an a article about it in a Dutch gunmagazine around that period. No suprise the M82 was selected. BTW, this gun is still in the Dutch Army reference collection. It is green/ brown camo painted

[@rays5073]

Is deze voor publiek te bezichtigen?

[@jobo12345689]

Ja ik ben nu ook wel heel benieuwd!

[@nosuchthingasshould4175]

I swear some of these trials are just to get the chance to play with cool toys, this was obviously never going to be accepted

[@MlatiMudan22]

@@nosuchthingasshould4175 yea for real , its a makeshift rifle out of necessity , not a fine polished product

[@wingracer1614]

@@nosuchthingasshould4175 No but I could see many practical reasons to test one. If nothing else, it allows you to test the cartridge without having to build a gun for it.

[@aidanfarnan4683]

Every time I think we've seen the most bonkers Croatian Homeland War weapon, someone says "Hold my rakija."

[@7r1p0d5]

when your gun has two separate muzzle brakes and one is a 10 pound tube the size of a small child, and the recoil is still described as "substantial"

[@camillosteuss]

Šta`s reko? Di`s bija `91? Would be more in line with kind of situation, then after you answered those, the ¸¸hold my rakija`` follows, as you are confirmed as a friend and the dude decides to show you the war crime trophies from the attic...

[@milovanstojanovic7261]

... must go in Serbia for arms... riflles, Guns, artllery etc, and rakija too. Croatia dont have it.

[@zlocerekzlo2254]

​@@milovanstojanovic7261serbia,lol

[@Mercenary0712]

We Croats were quite silly in the 90s

[@commanche235]

The thought of the cops coming at with a 20mm Hispano is terrifying

[@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k]

The same cops were faced with an actualy pretty strong army in east european measures and paramilitaries, so I think it might have been needed.

[@commanche235]

@@CreativeUsernameHere-r1k I mean modern day cops homie, not during the war I mean just in general modernized cops

[@Volatile127]

That thought made me chuckle pretty good.

[@gingermcgingin4106]

RoboCop

[@dscrappylocogolani9555]

Wonder just what the heck are croat cops fighting..... werewolves? Vampires? Terrorists with tanks?

[@beltfedfanatic]

the Croats are madlads. 👍

[@tonyk1993]

Thanks, and world too.

[@jdalbion]

Yeah when someone attacks your country, and your country gets banned from importing weapons (for no reason), you become creative, very creative.

[@keltongaming5484]

This needs to be added to the “Dinosaur hunting” playlist you guys have. I’d carry this in Jurassic park

[@GreekGuy72]

In Jurassic Park 3, the mercenaries refer to a Barrett M82a2 falsely as an “Einhorn 20mm” and proceed to blow up a plane with one shot. So, you’re not far off (but that gun didn’t help them against the Spinosaurus)

[@russbilzing5348]

You wouldn't carry it very far, and Bob help you if you miss the first shot...

[@keltongaming5484]

@@russbilzing5348 but it would be so fun

[@keltongaming5484]

@@GreekGuy72 that’s wild

[@L0stEngineer]

"clever girl"

[@SarcastSempervirens]

My father used this gun in the war. He said after 3-4 shots you have to switch to another guy cause your hand is numb and your ear protection is not protection anymore. This thing rings right next to your right ear. At one instance her used it lying down from a wooden shed on top of a hill, he was badly positioned cause the shed was torn down by enemy bombs and as he fired it dislocated his shoulder. He was firing onto vehicles used to move howitzers around cause they were being positioned to fire onto the village. He secured the gun on his left side with a piece of steel wire, attaching it to a big oak stump used to hold a blacksmith's anvil. The high explosive rounds don't care about absolute precision, you just have to hit a few key things. This was like using old water pressure boilers filled with explosive and nuts and bolts to throw out of old agriculture biplanes over enemy positions - you use what you have to do what you must. You have to remember, we had no army when the war started, the army itself was what we had to fight and JNA was the 3rd European army by force. This is all romanticized today in movie-fashion, but it was cruel reality of the time - fighting tanks with pistols and hunting rifles.

[@kawaiiarchive357]

This looks like Bethesda designed it however the extra pieces actually have a function.

[@osmium7738]

Lmao if it was bethesda, it would be full auto, and the bolt + lever would reciprocate.

[@Gameprojordan]

Don't insult this by comparing it to bethesdork slop. It actually makes sense mechanically

[@chuck2998]

More like a Torgue weapon from borderlands, especially the exhaust feature

[@CAL1MBO]

Never seen a Bethesda weapon that would function irl. You give them too much credit

[@kawaiiarchive357]

@CAL1MBO I don't think you know how to read, I'm saying that Bethesda designs guns with extra parts straped to it as aesthetic as opposed to a function without understanding that parts to guns usually have a function.

[@ReZel80657]

I have plans for a trip to Zagreb and this museum is my number 1 place to see

[@robertsmith4681]

I vaguely recall seeing a single grainy picture of this thing in a magazine in the 1990s, very cool to see it filmed in glorious HD.

[@AltarenGalil]

My man pronounced "Ručni top" like he was born there xD great job!

[@andersjjensen]

I'm very impressed with Ian's ability to pronounce foreign languages in general... But his attempt at Danish did not go too well. I don't hold that against him, as nobody, even if they've been living here for 30 years after arriving as an adult, can do it.

[@dembro27]

@@andersjjensen​​⁠ Indeed. I once saw a comedy skit where two men conversed in Danish, but neither understood the other. Lots of smiling and nodding! Forgot the name, sadly. As for Ian and foreign languages, it reminds me of Steve, who can read and pronounce any language as long as it’s printed on an MRE. For Ian, it has to be related to firearms.

[@KristianRobertsen]

​@@dembro27 it's from a Norwegian comedy sketch show called Ut i Vår Hage, searching for "kamelåså" will get you there :)

[@evanc.9186]

*Casually whips out a 40mm from fkn nowhere...*

[@lancerevell5979]

That's Ian's CCW. 😅

[@K__a__M__I]

Gun Jesus' lap produces any firearm he desires at any moment. That is established canon.

[@egomania2792]

He is Gun Jesus, for from his lap spring all the firearms he imagines.

[@warlordshaxx856]

he pulled it out of his ass

[@hughgordon6435]

canon?, or cannon?

[@1SaG]

I'm sure most on here will know, but just to put this thing into perspective: 20mm Hispanos were commonly used as the main armament on WW2-era fighters. Various marks of Spitfires and Hurricanes carried them in their wings and the Lockheed P-38 had one mounted in its nose (along with four Browning .50 cals).

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

Some tanks too

[@zxcymbal]

​@@Meyer-gp7nqwhich exactly?

[@proCaylak]

@@Meyer-gp7nq you might be thinking of panzer II, but it had a different 20mm, specifically 20x138mm. AFAIK, this 20mm, 20x110mm, was only used on aircraft and anti-aircraft guns during WW2.

[@mbr5742]

@@zxcymbal Post WW2 some german "almost IFV" used the round (The HS-30 and Hotchkiss)

[@zxcymbal]

@@mbr5742 the HS. 820 cannon, installed on HS. 30, fires the 20x139 cartridge, the only AFVs using the Hispano rounds (that i'm aware of) are Israeli TCM-20 AA platform with Hispano 404 and Yugoslavian ones with M55 cannons.

[@bLEKI557]

Yes! Yes! I knew there'd be a video about this crazy piece. Greetings from Croatia.

[@TerjeMathisen]

This is totally nuts! I'm a Norwegian reserve officer, my posting was as commander of a 20 mm AA gun, firing the same Raufoss 20 mm shell as the F16 fighter. AFAIR the barrel itself was 28 kg, so in the same ballpark as this one before they cut it down. It had a couple of gas channels to significantly reduce the recoil while operating the belt feed. Together with the recoil spring meant that when firing a burst, the gun assembly would float back & forth, never touching either the front or back stop. Total cannon weight including the tripod and manual sighting apparatus was around 620 kg?

[@daveizms01]

Bullpup 20 Hispano... Thank you so very much, Ian.

[@Ranger_Kevin]

When a Panzerschreck and a .50 Cal really love each other something magical happens and 9 months later this pops out.

[@johnsanko4136]

My shoulder hurts just looking at this. Despite being a slap job, it looks really well made.

[@andersjjensen]

My lower back, my ear drums and my cavity fillings also hurt just looking at it. But I'm sure the reaction of those those at the business end makes it worth the pain.

[@agusega4261]

If you fire this while wearing it as a backpack it's basically a jetpack 😂

[@alexs5814]

In the early days of crossout, a giant minigun was genuinely effective as propulsion and vertical bullet-rain-hose all at once^^

[@zf9903]

@@alexs5814wow, first time I’ve heard a Crossout reference in the wild. That game had so much potential before they decided to go all-in on the weird sci fi apocalypse angle

[@Iwillfigureoutanamelater]

The tube points up and the barrel points down when on the backpack, so it winds up being the opposite of a jetpack.

[@StarkRaven59]

@@alexs5814 In the early days of War Thunder, shooting your gun backwards was a somewhat effective means of acceleration.

[@alexs5814]

@@zf9903 eh the gameplay was a bit too grindy and the economy was full of whales but me and my mates still had a lot of fun playing.

[@Almightyrastus]

Now that's a proper boom-stick

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

More of a BOOM-TREE, I'd say! 😱🤕

[@griffn14]

Hear Springfield is going to import these. It will be called the Hellyeah.

[@angusmillerable]

When Ian held up the 40mm, I thought it was a miniature replica for a second.

[@ch2507d]

I saw it in action on a training ground in Pula,Croatia in 1996,we had a rifle grenade basic training and one of the officers brought this to show how it works. That was some noise man....

[@vbcountryboy]

Slav ingenuity at its best.

[@DiggingForFacts]

"Man, that is a cool sniper rifle" < "Backblast! Area Clear!" "What?" < BOOOOM

[@lairdcummings9092]

Wow. That's a great red-neck garage build.

[@orko714]

"If the police come after you with a 20mm RT20, I don't know what you did wrong, but it... it warranted a response."

[@andersjjensen]

Remember the killdozer? If local PD had one of these that show would have ended pretty quickly.....

[@davidcox3076]

@@andersjjensen "But sergeant, the perp is driving an armored bulldozer!" "Don't worry. The boys in SWAT just got back from Croatia with a nice souvenir."

[@rnabo031]

Im from Croatia and never heard about this rifle/cannon. There is so many weapons from the homeland war produced out of nessesity.

[@andersjjensen]

It's the most Croatian thing I've ever seen: A make-due solution that is borderline overkill for the task at hand while not looking the least bit like a make-due solution. It's the physical embodiment of "Too angry, too stubborn and too skilled to die!". Every other conflict, where people have been in a similar solution, has produced some absolutely janky crap where you're not entirely sure if it's the shooter or the enemy they're trying to kill. But this thing is only a bit of titanium and carbon fiber away from being a legit special forces weapon.

[@FullyWovenBeethoven]

I'm imagining Mirko Cro Cop with one of these beasts on an anti-terrorist raid during the 90s. The hardest human being ever, maybe?

[@marioduspara]

@@andersjjensen gas brake of rt-20 is made of titanium and the stock is made of fiberglass reinforced plastic, so that's as close to carbon fiber as you can get in the 90's:)

[@zagrepcanin82]

because youre to young brother

[@MrSatelit28]

@@zagrepcanin82 To sam i ja pomislio :)

[@Marcellogo]

Jan, you have made my Dan Pobiede! Sretan 5 kolovoza svima vama!

[@mark_williamh1340]

* Elbonian heavy breathing *

[@crushingexistentialism]

Elbonias standard issue squad marksman rifle! Who needs one of those baby SVD or M21s when you have THIS?

[@andersjjensen]

@@crushingexistentialism It needs speed holes, though....

[@TheCaptNoname]

@@crushingexistentialism A wonderful counter-sniping rifle! Penetrates the barricade, penetrates the sniper (lengthwise) and then airbursts onto his comrades in the trenches! Also uses the surplus AA gun shells, which makes the logistics so much easier!

[@shred1894]

@@TheCaptNoname Actually makes it kinda make sense. Still a complete lunatic weapon system to field though.

[@CutlassOutdoors]

It's from Croatia, so I'm looking forward to the Springfield Armory remix of this with an Mlok handguard and some sort of 80s rock music throwback name. I suggest the Springfield Thunderstruck.

[@randompalmtopgaming7541]

Someone already came up with the perfect name - Hellyeah 😄

[@NocturneDarkness-gs4rc]

If it's from Croatia it should be named Croatian Thunderstruck xd

[@PalKrammer]

0:11 "20mm Hispano, fired from the shoulder" - your remaining shoulder.

[@mynick937]

Croatia and Slovenia made 45% of JNA(Jugoslav people's army) budget for arming. We were industrialy most developed. In the 1990s, when war broke up, Serbs took over the JNA bc 80% of officers were Serbian and took 90% of weaponry. They were killing us with our own weapons .

[@milovanstojanovic7261]

@@mynick937 Ingeniozo, mister @mynick937,let mee col you... 7,brightenes Mind you have. Articifient intelect, hay AI.

[@milovanstojanovic7261]

@@mynick937 sram ih bilo! Da vam oduzmu vaše rodjeno oružje i da vas istim tim vašim dragim oružjem mlate... Vrlo ponižavajuće. Ja se ne bih time hvalio, sramota je da ti neko otme oružje,

[@mynick937]

@@milovanstojanovic7261 Da, žalosno,ali nema veze,imali su svo to oružje ali nisu imali muda. Poslije smo nabavili drugo i isprašili ih do Banja Luke. Poslije je Srbija rasprodavala to,čak su Ukrajini prodavali. Pozdrav, komšija.

[@milovanstojanovic7261]

@@mynick937 uskoro im je Amerika dala sve što treba a imali su i muda, znam, Srbin sam, u ratu su mi bili protivnici. Muda i oružje, tudje pogotovu, nisu dosta za državu. Osjećaj gospodstva, samosvijest, korijeni, što krvaviji to dublji, mitovi... i još ponešto uz muda i oružje ide i država. Bez toga... to je samo nevladina organizacija

[@mynick937]

@@milovanstojanovic7261 😂😂😂 Lažete se,nije nama Amerika dala ništa. Hrvatskoj je uveden embargo na uvoz oružja,ali Rusi su nam rado prodali što nam je trebalo.

[@jamesdalton2014]

Ian: Hey, have you got anything interesting for me? Croatian Police Museum: Excuse me while I whip this out. All of us: Whoa!

[@SB-qm5wg]

Blazing Saddles reference? 😆

[@jamesdalton2014]

@@SB-qm5wg It seemed appropriate.

[@notreallymyname3736]

My brother in law's 3rd cousin's dog's roommate from summer camp was an Elbonian conscript in the early 2000s. He claims the Elbonian government tested several of these rifles in a couple of different roles. They plugged those gas ports, switched the backpack lug around, and tried to use it as a primitive jet pack. It worked pretty well; but they still ended up issuing pogo sticks instead. They also found a very interesting use for the recoil mitigation tube. Turns out; you can load several potatoes into it and put a grate on the flared end. This didn't help ths recoil at all, but this is the reason that the elbonian anit tank squads have mashed potatoes on their unit patches.

[@senorspicyboi]

Just casually pulls a grenade launcher out from under his desk, then puts it back like nothing happened.

[@choo_choo_]

It was sleeping and purring. Don't wanna disturb it too much.

[@ulrichkalber9039]

concealed carry

[@ALph4cro]

Thanks to Ian I'm learning that we are even crazier than I thought.

[@bennyboogenheimer4553]

And if you ever had any questions about why Werner von Braun loved Croatian Scientist, this is it.

[@zgazdag1]

Mike Vucelic was one of the most known...

[@thatdudeinasuit5422]

Turns out Croatia invented the Helldivers II Autocannon Stategem in the 90s.

[@NocturneDarkness-gs4rc]

don't forget about Torpedo

[@fromhelltocell]

@@NocturneDarkness-gs4rc - fingerprinting (dactyloscopy) (Ivan Vuchetich) Argentinian-Croat - a neck tie (Cravata) - a pen (Slavoljub Eduard Penkala) - an airplane built buy Penkala that flew longer than Wright brother's one, before them - electricity and other Tesla's schennanigans...

[@lemoncandy2707]

9:10 I salute the absolute UNIT who has to carry this for any length of time!

[@MythicMagus]

20mm shoulder fired? Insane. I am a little disappointed you weren't able to show us the ammo to go with this beast though.

[@kylep3440]

*Some guy named Scott in Kentucky begins to sweat *

[@johnlowe37]

Sweat? Naw. He be droolin'!

[@sordbrute2753]

"I don't need it.... I don't need it..."

[@cbsboyer]

"Croatia's Insane" That's all I need {clicks video}

[@jensenthegreen6780]

Finally!!!! this gigantic shoulder fired thing, deserves a feature.

[@georgebulbakwa9017]

Yeah, I can just imagine a police officer on a bullhorn: "We have you surrounded. DO NOT SURRENDER. We beg you. We want to try out our 20mm anti materiel gun."

[@alfazagato1455]

There was an English king IIRC that made the same demand of a Scottish castle in the medieval era.

[@georgebulbakwa9017]

@@alfazagato1455 Yeah, I think that one was the big ass trebuchet. They watched as it was being built. When it was finished they surrendered. The English didn't accept the surrender until they got to test out the trebuchet.

[@Thunderous117]

Happy birthday Ian! Thanks for all you do preserving and sharing firearms history!

[@WasimWsM-c7l]

RT20 Croatia insane it's really awesome

[@cillcamst2]

As a Croat, I would love to see this thing in some future game.

[@korgothofbarbaria2841]

I was leaving comments for this baby for more over the year now and I'm so happy to see it. I heard so many stories about use of this monster from few guys that served in Cro Army during homeland war. One paticularly was that you needed to carry can of oil and use it after every shot fire beacuse charging handle was so rough and recoil so bad if you didn't oiled up everything it would stuck. Most of information I got was from ex sniper that hated this thing so bad beacuse it was so heavy.

[@extraordinary_ordinary]

I don't think I've ever been this early to a Forgotten Weapons video

[@isaiahgeithner8175]

Same lmao

[@TheVillainInGlasses]

Same!

[@Zoey_KL]

i got 56 seconds on the last one

[@snakemarcopercocet4413]

Same

[@djdrack4681]

Keltac: we're the OG designers of weird, 'novel' guns. Croatia: ??? WTF are you talking about. Have you even tried a 'hand grenade launcher' yet? Newbs

[@AuroraBoredealis]

I love how tiny the grenade launcher looked near this thing

[@stumpythedwarf8712]

Ian? That's the coolest thing ever. Double thank you for this video!

[@Puukyyhky]

Theres a book writtin by a Finnish mercenary about historian time with the Crotians. While there, there was a ex SAS soldier that gave up his 12.7mm rifle when the were given one of these. He named historian rifle "the Perforator" :) If interested, the book is called "Mostarin tien liftarit" (Hitchikers of the road to Mostar) but I don't know if it has ever been translated. It's a good read :)

[@martinsuper4545]

Its a testament to the Croatian fighting spirit. The opposition forces had every weapon at their disposal but courage. So they lost. The Croatians were literally slapping together anything to fight.

[@tonciperic8665]

Ja sam imao lovačku pušku i 5 patrona 1991. I dosta njih koji su bili samnom. Radili smo privid kao da nas ima stotine. Jugočetnici su imali sve osim borbenog morala i hrabrosti. Jači na papiru nije i onaj na ratištu. To smo imali priliku vidjeti mnogo puta kad s USA u pitanju.

[@martinsuper4545]

@@tonciperic8665 ZDS

[@RicoBanani]

Its amazing what the lads came up with those days

[@randomargument972]

RT20: blast from the past

[@kresbes7240]

There are days when I'm actualy proud of my people.

[@TorquilBletchleySmythe]

Can't wait for the range video!

[@DD-qw4fz]

Seen this as a kid in the 90s both in magazines and once irl, cool to see Gun Jesus explain it .

[@sirmister5383]

Thank you, Ian. I have been waiting for this video.

[@evanharrison4054]

The Crotes never fail to amaze me...

[@dinodoljanin2713]

"during Croatian homeland war". Thank you. Indeed. Finaly someone who gives a shit.

[@martinswiney2192]

A true badass is the guy that packs a 20mm in a shoulder holster.

[@yukon065]

My shoulder hurts just looking at that thing! Another great video sir, thank you.

[@HarveyDangerLurker]

That muzzle break can probably shred any thing directly to the right of left of it.

[@thomasherzog2172]

it can also be quick detached and thrown at your enemy as a last resort

[@ulissedazante5748]

A cut in half 20mm barrel, with a backblast and a giant compensator. This thing threw anger in all directions.

[@Erden99]

​@@ulissedazante5748 the operator probably felt like they exploded with each shot, only to realize the explosion had been channeled in 4 different directions.

[@Guhimtired]

The way he casually put the launcher back on his lap was hilarious. The subtle smirk right after was perfect, Ian knew what he was doing.

[@Crangaso]

.50 BMG . . . that's not a anti-material round. 20mm now THAT"S and ANTI-MATERIAL round!

[@noobmaster4412]

25mm be chillin on a chair over there

[@some-replies]

Anti-... Rounds

[@Crangaso]

@@noobmaster4412 Faaaaaacts!!

[@loonatticat]

I can hear the Aussie accent “Twin-ee milla mee uh”…

[@Redchrome1]

You're going to need carbon-14 to date that joke pretty soon. ;)

[@Warhead-ds4dc]

I've been wanting to know more about this gun for the last few weeks. Thank you!

[@MravacKid]

Thank you for covering my favorite fever dream creation from the homeland war :)

[@mattmorrisson9607]

Well if Ian isn't going to take it out to the range, maybe we can all hope for.. WELCOME TO KENTUCKY BALLISTICS! MY NAME IS SCOTT, AND THIS IS THE RT20...

[@maceron4444]

"Is this a rifle or a cannon?" "yes"

[@JC-XL]

The Croatians beat Brandon Herrera in making the AK-20 😂 😂

[@htmn_2]

Thats AK-787 converting metric to imperials. And yes it sounds like some airplane too, funnily enough.

[@matthayward7889]

Absolute beast of a gun!

[@jacobstaten2366]

"Don't stand behind me. Don't stand next to me. Definitely dont stand in front of me."

[@aljole683]

Me: ohh, it’s like a recoiless rifle Ian 5 seconds later: this is NOT a recoiless rifle! Well….darn it. Live and learn.

[@cdbiehlful]

I said this exact thing to myself and then...😂

[@SergMuller]

It's not a recoil-less, but a less-recoil 😆

[@TheCaptNoname]

​@@SergMullerNow, to be fair, those are called recoil-less rifles, not recoil-not

[@beverlychmelik5504]

Semi-recoiless rifle

[@thescout6063]

It's a good day when the Forgotten Weapons video has the word "insane" in the title.

[@lancerevell5979]

This rifle makes my shoulder ache just looking at at! 😮

[@lerch400block]

That thing looks violent as hell

[@joza3592]

RBG-6 also has really cool history. Metallic originally "appropriated" the design for the first pattern of MGL. According to its designer, it was such an advanced copy of MGL with numerous design tweaks that Milkor basically licensed it to Metallic for these fixes. The revised MGL with these fixes went on to win the USMC contract and became one of the most popular modern grenade launchers.

[@PsihoKekec]

I remember reading about it in the 90s and thinking ''I Want this''.

[@fredrikvanlienden6749]

Clever design and quite well machined from what can be seen. I noticed that the scope seems to be mounted at an angle to the barrel which would suggest that the round follows a very noticable ballistic path. (yes, I know, -all- bullets follow a curved path, but here you can really see the difference in centerline axis of both barrel and scope.)

[@AnarchyShogun]

It's not a recoilless rifle, it's the recoilless rifle we have at home.

[@blakepeterson2533]

Nobody talking about Ian pulling a revolving grenade launcher out of his pants..?

[@MatthewSpragg]

Ian guarding that thermostat like a boss don't adjust the temperature

[@cedhome7945]

Mad as a box of ferrets......I want one for Wabbit season 😊

[@morgansmit8564]

Thank you Ian!