Solothurn S18-1000: The Pinnacle of Anti-Tank Rifles

Among all the antitank rifles developed between the World Wars, the highest quality and most sophisticated was the Solothurn S18-1000. It fires the 20x138B cartridge which was also used in the Finnish Lahti L-39 and the German 20mm Flak guns, and it does so using a semiautomatic action and an 8-round box magazine. It is a short-recoil system, with a rotating bolt rather similar to that of the MG-34 machine gun.
The recoil-operated action of the Solothurn helps dampen its recoil more than the Lahti, and is definitely a more comfortable gun to shoot. The Solothurn is equipped with both iron sights and an optical sight (we used the irons in this shooting, because the rubber eye cup on the scope is fairly hard and brittle on this example). Remarkably for its 100+ pound weight, the gun definitely jumps back a few inches when fired unless one has firmly sunk the bipod feet into the earth. However, the recoil force is really more of a push than a sharp impact, and combined with the large surface area of the shoulder pad it is not at all a bad experience.
A number of different countries bought the S18-1000 (and many others bought the smaller S18-100), including the Italians and Hungarians. The only combat account I was able to find was from a Dutch antitank gun team that used one to successfully engage several German armored cars during the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.
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[@rastafari8459]

Not sure if those magazines were made to hold 20mm ammo or whole Toblerone bars.

[@childofslaanesh1251]

yes

[@ShiverMeTimbers93]

Wait people use ammo instead of toblerone bars?

[@R1davies]

Carrots

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@ShiverMeTimbers93 the fastest way to gift a Toblerone to your crush:

[@kevynhansyn2902]

No and HELL YES!

[@NothingXemnas]

2:36 "that fired a 20x105mm cartridge". "A wimpy version" That's how you know the gun is a freaking monster, when its downsized version is still gigantic.

[@cron1807]

Minigun

[@trolleriffic]

That's the pistol cartridge!

[@timwatz2948]

"So how big is your new gun?" "So there's this ratchet, that you use to rack the bolt back."

[@Sabrowsky]

"talk soft, and carry a bigass cannon" -Swiss foreign policy

[@gianurwiler5098]

;D

[@umbrellashotgunman]

Roosevelt must have been thinking of big pointy sticks in the original quote. :p

[@scabthecat]

When the anti-tank gun gets so big it has to be mounted on a vehicle.....creating another tank.

[@theone-tg4ey]

😍😎🌞 iconic

[@obi-wankenobi2533]

Bitches love cannons

[@avandermeer948]

Friend: Who the hell would pay 18 grand for something like that?! Me: *mumbling and pouting*i would if i could...

[@marksullivan2978]

Same guy.

[@glennbrymer4065]

It sold for $300. Surplus in the 50s.

[@kirsch1616]

A Van der Meer surprised its not more honestly. Junk Mac 10s are going for almost 10 grand now.

[@comradevlad7459]

I’d pay arm and leg

[@fragglefknrock7568]

18 grand for this is much more reasonable than small arms being sold for hundreds of thousands and or over 18 grand. A 50cal barret brand new with scope and a box full of rounds is around 10 grand... so. Yeah

[@Rx_Vitamin_R]

“That didn’t hurt in the least.” Off camera: “MEDIC!” Also, this sold for $18k. I’ve seen UZIs go for $18k. This was a steal!

[@samuelnakai1804]

Uzis fire the 9mm parabellum. Easy to aquire. This fires steel carrots, which take a while to grow in a garden.

[@ruslankazimov622]

And unlike that big ass too large for inf. and too small for tank gun, UZI may have more use in home defense...or school shootings!!!

[@happyfreeliferc]

Uzi go for 18k lol where ?they are garbage

[@MrMightyZ]

I’ll take four. One for each direction.

[@crazybrickstudios7482]

@Robert Chapman He probably meant the fully automatic civilian legal (in America) ones. They are expensive because the factories weren’t allowed to make any more full auto guns after 1986 (unless for the military and such) so people can only buy ones that were made before that thing was passed

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Watching Ian crank that bolt back took me right back to 1961. The M39 cannon used on the F-100 and other fighters was a revolver cannon, which meant that you had to cycle the ram several times against the recoil spring to fully charge the gun. This was done by pulling repeatedly on a tee handle terminating a steel cable that drove the ram back when pulled. You had to add a bit of a snap as the cable reached full extension. If you failed to do so, the revolver drum would not fully index and you had to pry it over to release the ram. I weighed maybe 135 pounds at the time and found it a hard task. After I got the hang of it it was easy. By mid-1962 the F-100s with their M-39s were replaced at the base by the F-105 and its M-61 gun. All in all, the F-100 had fire power superior to the F-105 and, particularly, reliability of its guns.

[@dkoz8321]

If you have a chance check out feed system for German Mauser BK27 27mm cannon used in many European NATO jets , which don't use Vulcan. It's a German nightmare maze of parts. The weapon and 27mm round are potent but are maintainers nightmare. Aviation armorers in NATO air forces form a small and tight brotherhood. Like Free Stonemasons of mideval tomes.

[@cementer7665]

This weapon was described, and used to great effect, in the most excellent book "Unintended Consequences" (authored by John Ross)

[@TheGosslings]

I was looking for someone to make the reference. Glad I'm not alone. Everyone should read that book.

[@silverbankruptcy]

That's what brought me here. An Excellent book, in need of an Editor. 750 Pages for God sake. At least it's available via a Google search.

[@dongilleo9743]

Weapon of choice for Henry Bowman.

[@rebel-yell9453]

@@silverbankruptcy It would make an epic mini-series. Maybe get Mel Gibson to produce it.

[@silverbankruptcy]

@@rebel-yell9453 where's Netflix when you need them?

[@jeremiasastorga8399]

But is it good for concealed carry?

[@the_burger]

Nope.It is too small,you cant even quickly find it in your pocket if shit happens.

[@HenrySomeone]

It's perfect for an ankle strap...

[@michaelr1664]

Can't wait to use the line when getting mugged even if its a shotgun, "THAT'S NOT A GUN, THIS IS!" xD XD!

[@Chris_FMS_Redfield]

Perfect for pocket carry.

[@HadToChangeMyName_YoutubeSucks]

to paraphrase the jaws movie...you're gonna need a bigger coat

[@user-pe5nu3qs7j]

Nice little plinking rifle for the weekend.

[@Grobut81]

Bit weak though, it's only a 20, and you normally use a 22 for plinkinking. That's a whole 2 extra! On the plus side though, i think it may be compatible with Glock mags, so that's good.

[@George_Doc]

For Chuck Norris weekend.

[@totenkopf28]

hickok45 plinking rifle :v

[@Grobut81]

Dredd, which do you think sounds more likely: A) That people somehow can't tell the difference between a massive 20mm Anti-tank rifle and a small .22 varmint rifle? Or.. B) That people are simply having a bit of fun using sarcasm, hyperbole and memetics? Pssst... it's totally A dude, we're really that stupid!

[@taktikbegeistert8506]

And by the way, for plinking with this...witch kind of of bullet stop you will need? My suggestion is around 20 PIECES of two-by-four...and better the god one out of oak wood. Or what did you think? Greetings from 'the plinking not allowed' Germany

[@lashlarue7924]

4:40 - "Life pro-tip: don't stick your finger into the breech of an anti-tank cannon." 😂😂😂

[@tnwnl]

AT guns: guns that are dangerous to the user simply firing it 😄 -edit- even dangerous without live cartridges 😄

[@franznarf]

also not recommended to put in the nose

[@R1davies]

Or any other part of your anatomy you dirty boy!

[@user-gs6wt5op7p]

Pro-life tip

[@PaxEmpyrean]

Garand thumb from this thing would take your arm off at the shoulder.

[@ek8710]

"If you'd like to own this one yourself" Yes, i would like to own this one myself.

[@mrkilla1990]

"schlepping it around the battlefield." made a german laugh. Thanks Ian. Greetings from Germany :)

[@juliusfucik4011]

Yiddish makes me smile quite often 😊

[@janprochazka6330]

It entered English most likely from Yiddish

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@abi dabi no need, Stalin had already taken care of that.

[@antonk3533]

dražen g interesting, that the spelling is different.

[@rudiausbuddeln3652]

Haha ging mir genauso

[@curiousfurious5877]

Here in Switzerland we carry them inside the waistband....some use them to shoot the holes into the Emmentaler Cheese...

[@bmw_fantopdrives5501]

hahahaha

[@frankmonro2311]

Can't spell Emmentaler without Mental

[@petesahad3028]

Sounds legit😁

[@RasieRen]

das isch doch ehh Huere Chäs🧀

[@ThrashRoC]

Ja GOTTFREDSTUTZ !! :-D,

[@alastairatcheson1407]

"That didn't hurt", as a tear falls off his cheek. Lol

[@Juup2003]

I carried one around once and I was surprised that it was as “light” as it was, I expected it to be much heavier. And yes the Dutch indeed used these quite a bit and with good effect. There is one in a Dutch display in the Overloon War Museum, i also believe it was used in the Dutch East Indies if I’m not mistaken

[@coenijn]

It looks like they used a regular bicycle chain for the ratcheting system, it at least looks extremely similar to a bicycle chain in both size and shape. Bicycle chains can take a lot of stress and are in mass production anyway so it doesn't seem like a very weird idea to do so.

[@9HolyDiver]

More like a 520 motorcycle chain to me.

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

Which are jsut upscaled bicycle chains anyway

[@Badatname]

I mean if I were using a chain for something where a generic chain would do I'd reach for a bicycle chain.

[@PureCountryof91]

Timing chain... Made for higher stresses

[@Rudofaux]

PureCountryof91 higher stress tolerable chain wouldn't be needed for this purpose. The chain is only used for cocking of the bolt only. If it was used also as a part of a buffering system then yes go for the chain made for stress. Otherwise it'll be just wasteful.

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

When you see gun jesus heavy breathing after just pulling the bolt.. you know it's a good gun.. also awesome hair too

[@lyquidsnake4202]

That should definitely be his name.

[@tomaszmazurkiewicz7770]

I'm pretty convinced that is bicycle chain half inch size.

[@VetusMundus]

One good reason on it's self to not stick your finger near it

[@maxpulido4268]

@@VetusMundus nor your toes

[@HolkHugan]

You've all heard of the Streetsweeper. This is a Battalionsweeper

[@AllAboutMiims]

Battalionbroom*

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

Battalion, hell. That's a Division Decimator.

[@AllAboutMiims]

@@macgyveratlarge2133 Army annihilator

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

@@AllAboutMiims Military Masticator.

[@Oltys]

Convict muncher?

[@jackharter660]

You should have showed the round hitting a tree or steel plate a junk car.... We would have liked to see how much damage it did.

[@Asghaad]

its 20mm AP round ... im pretty sure it will make around 20mm hole in whatever you aim it at ...

[@jackharter660]

@@Asghaad maybe, maybe not.

[@Asghaad]

@@jackharter660 definitely ... its a uniform rigid projectile ... what do you expect it to do, tumble like some featherweight 5.56 ? it will go in on one end end exit the other ...

[@jackharter660]

@@Asghaad the weight plus velocity Is the determining factor how much damage it does.

[@Beethoven80]

They probably did but they don't find the car any more.

[@mbr5742]

Perfect to mount on the Howdah of your Brontosaurus when going TRex hunting in the Amazon basin

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

I guess too many cavemen had these, and killed off the dinosaurs.

[@amirrezaa3808]

If you just slammed a dino with that,it would just shatter.

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

@@amirrezaa3808 The bullet, or the dino?

[@hardmcshaft5665]

If they had these in the first jurassic park movie i dont think there would have been any sequels

[@Abdega]

Nothing says Thanksgiving dinner like a TRex drumstick

[@christhesmith]

From now on, I will never put my fingers in an open anti tank gun action. Thanks Ian. Watching that chunky barrel noodle away on firing was almost as satisfying as your commandment.

[@BeardDaddyGrimm]

thank you sooo much for doing a vid on the s18-1000, it is by far my fav old school anti-tank cannon :) keep up the epic work

[@luggilu7864]

Wait.... So.... It shoots the German 20mm AA rounds.... So.... Theoretically you could load 20mm HE as well? Sounds like a moral-killer-sniper-rifle to me....

[@rpscorp9457]

yeah, should be no problem for it.

[@gubbikiller]

for when the Daemons and Xenos come for us ;)

[@rpscorp9457]

@@gubbikiller if you happen to have 25k lying around yep lol.

[@AmbiguousEntity]

gubbikiller all we need are our flashlights, our manly grit, the spirit of cadia, and THE EVER BLESSED LIGHT OF OUR DIVINE GOD EMPEROR.

[@Harlequin1103]

@@AmbiguousEntity For Tannith For Gaunt FOR THE GOD EMPEROR !!!!

[@tomw377]

The Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) used the S18-1000 to equip its forces on the island of Java in the early 1940s. They had ordered 322 rifles, but only 72 were delivered. The KNIL placed them on small hand-pulled, wheeled carts, from which, the tires could be removed prior to firing the rifle. I've seen reports that several Japanese tanks / tankettes or armored cars were knocked out by these guns when the Japanese invaded the island of Java in March 1942. Although the Dutch took steps to destroy them when they surrendered, at least a few Solothurns were captured by the Japanese. Can't say what ever happened to the surviving weapons tho.

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

The colonial army were too small for the guns, even Caucasian like Ian have it quiet hard, but the gun pretty overpowered when it use to hit IJA tanks

[@creditcard3466]

@ALCHEMIST Lol, there were no Punjabis and pashtun in KNIL Java region, never were. All of them were European whites

[@creditcard3466]

@ALCHEMIST So, you are responding with an Irrelevant information, since the people who operates this gun is in Java region and there were no punjabs serving in there

[@creditcard3466]

@ALCHEMIST You clearly misunderstood what the guy says and slightly insulting him because ur ignorance

[@MegaMalik90]

@ALCHEMIST "apalaharti sebuahnama" is a Indonesian nickname, he was talking about KNIL in Java, and there were only white guys in there back then. So You responded in a semi irrelevant way, he was not talking about the army in general. No need to tell him out of his village.

[@johntaylor-lo8qx]

Definitely one or your best yet !! Love everything, cldnt imagine how to do it better. Amazing piece of technology for the times. To see you use it just as the warrior's close of 100 years old did is amazing. Great job, and thank you.

[@olliefraga]

**Barrett owner here discreetly putting my M82 back in the safe.**

[@JayWye52]

a dealer at the Orlando gun show had a Solothurn next to his Barrett M82,and the .50 cal looks dinky compared to it. He also had a 1.5" thick steel plate that he fired a 20mm round into,with a bullet stuck into the resulting hole. I imagine the original bullet was demolished on impact,but it did penetrate the plate.

[@douglasabp]

Ian's hair is magestic in slow motion 7:45

[@jeffreytam7684]

I have the hair. Now all I need is a 20mm AT rifle.

[@TheBegby71]

So majestic it stopped the shell from ejecting

[@brianbutton6346]

Yeah, I watched the shot and thought, "what kind of conditioner does he use?".

[@forrestgumball]

You know you've designed a kickass weapon when it has the numbers "1000" in it

[@joshwest4710]

The Doomslayer called. He wants this gun as a DLC weapon in Doom Eternal.

[@burnerheinz]

Give him an oerlikon he might have more fun with it

[@ironie5319]

dual wield!

[@nowanimportant8887]

Give him a GAU-30 instead.

[@someguyontheinternet5944]

The 20mm would be a good secondary weapon

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

@@nowanimportant8887 was it the catling gun? Becouse he already has one.

[@MaxwellBenson80]

Another awesome video as always! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with all of us.

[@_faultee_]

Perfect for a small mech

[@GwyndowsXP]

TJ Suydam No joke, I'm writing a novel where the main characters pilot realistic, bulky, 5-6 meter tall mechs, and this gun would be perfect.

[@vguyver2]

Probably wouldn't need a mech, just a exoskeleton considering what the military is doing now.

[@nosferatu5]

It looks exactly like something from a video game Silent Storm. The game is set in an alternate universe ww2 where later in the game you can use small mechs/exosuits "panzerkleins" which you could equip with various weapons.

[@GwyndowsXP]

nosferatu5 I've got to check that out. What's it for?

[@mr.caswell2388]

If anything, a weapon such as this Solothurn might do much to provide 'mech' type systems with issues on the battlefield. The geometry of a large mechanized humanoid shape probably lacks the armor logistics and speed capabilities of an MBT while providing a somewhat negligible mobility advantage for a highly complicated (and likely expensive) unit. I'm not saying that the concept is impractical or non valuable however. Developments in composite armor, reactive defenses, high performance batteries, and increased robotics technology may make personal full body armor not only practical but desirable under certain circumstances. I myself have thought about mechanized body armor in some detail. I consider a 'mech' to be more of a humanoid vehicle.

[@erikgustavsson]

To confuse people, that Swiss rifle is apparently ex Swedish issue - the plate on the mag well lid says "20 mm pvkan m/39". Pvkan is short for pansarvärnskanon, anti tank cannon. Don´t know how many of those we had or for how long. I saw the Swedish looking nameplate and had to check if it had been used by Sweden, which it had.

[@ZeroneAngel]

Not the first time people mix up "Swiss" and "swedish". I'm surprised that the James D Julia auction house made that kind of mistake tho.

[@erikgustavsson]

ZeroneAngel no mixup - it IS a Swiss gun, but of former Swedish service. :-)

[@ZeroneAngel]

Ah, true. I just figured since Solothurn was owned by the German firm Rheinmetall, that it was a german design, made in Switzerland and (this particular one) used by the Swedish Army. I may very well be wrong on the "german designed" part.

[@renhanxue]

I've seen the number 450 guns cited, but the source isn't particularly reliable (unsourced table "found on the internet"). They were purchased around 1939 when the army tried to buy every reasonably modern weapon it could possibly get its hands on, but it seems to soon have been largely overshadowed by Bofors' 20 mm dual-purpose (AT/AA) autocannon, 20mm lvakan m/40, which - although it was about 15 kg heavier than the Solothurn when fitted with a tripod - had about the same armor penetration and was far more flexible as an infantry support weapon (could fire HE and be used as an AA gun). Solothurn-equipped units disappear from organization tables in the mid-1950's and the guns the seem to have been sold not long after that. There was a whole bunch of very obsolete equipment being exported from Sweden to various weird places in the late 1950's (such as the strv m/40 light tanks sold to the Dominican Republic) but I'm not sure exactly where the Solothurns ended up and I can't say what winding path this one took to end up in Maine.

[@FedericoStivan]

It's Swiss, Solothurn it's a city and a canton in Switzerland where the armory was located :)

[@Pfannkuchenkanone]

Cool, I'm actually from the Swiss city Solothurn :)

[@setesh1294]

Fun fact. The Italians actually used these on a few modified L3/35 tankettes in North Africa.

[@axelschneider1678]

"schlepping around the battle field" Didn't know that was an english word as well...

[@michaeltempsch5282]

As someone said; "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar. "

[@axelschneider1678]

Oh the Schadenfreude...

[@minisciencedude]

We really don't use foreign words in our grammar.We have borrowed words but its not a common thing to use them.Although lots of our words we do use commonly are descended from different languages or have been Englishfied.Schlep would be one of this descended borrowed words.

[@axelschneider1678]

I didn't mean anything mean. I just found it curious. The "Schadenfreude" comment ist ment humouristicly sarcastic.

[@tisFrancesfault]

Actually its very common, for example; jungle, pyjamas,bungalow, thug, alcohol, Cheetah, Borax, Caravan, Chutney, Cot, cushy, Dinghy, coach, sabre, admiral, alkali, arsenal, average, Juggernaut, Khaki, Punch, Shampoo, Caddy, Ketchup are all word of foreign origin. Many entered the language dues to the British Empire.

[@fryingpan9812]

Does it take Glock mags?:

[@Whatsup8858]

I want to vigorously clap at your general direction.

[@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

Nah, they don't really get a proper gas seal in the barrel. You want Calico or Bizon mags for that.

[@George_Doc]

Christian Meyer Yes. One shot-one Glock mag.

[@totenkopf28]

yup, use it as a projectile i mean

[@tisFrancesfault]

Frying Pan it could probably fire one out the barrel.

[@williamdhughes6039]

That beautifully satisfying sound of the bolt moving to the rear

[@jamesharrison2374]

Really cool to see one fired on KZbin, have seen the write up on one in the 1976 Guns and Ammo Annual that I have in my collection. Think the owner of one at that time lived in the state of CA. Have spent a lot of time in Solothurn, and visited their military armament museum, well worth the visit! Many nice ranges around Solothurn as well that I have shot at, with the K-31, Stgw. 57, and Stgw 90.

[@sean7456]

Lol when he shoots, a freakin coke bottle flies out the side. Love it.

[@SortenRavn]

Ah the Space Marine bolter..

[@deleteduser87]

When you need a tank but only have the gun

[@fandango_buttlicks]

When you want a tank but can only afford the gun

[@robertagren9360]

When you can not defeat the tank with a heavy gun

[@_ArsNova]

If your rifle requires a roller chain just to open the bolt, you know you're doing something right!

[@alandonaly457]

Nice looking at the lovingly crafted innards of a very smooth gun. Very satisfying.

[@sandzibar]

If Gun Jesus was anime he could dual wield these, dressed as a schoolgirl. Truly a beast of a weapon. Thanks for sharing.

[@rabidwargamer68]

Or he'd be a magical girl using it as his "broom".

[@Menaceblue3]

*魔法少女銃コレクターIan*

[@PrimarySenpai]

shuumatsu no izetta But with Ian.

[@justinwangwang288]

Sandzibar someone draw this I need to laugh

[@Badatname]

I'd pay good money to see that in something like a 5 min short.

[@hellrazer7681]

That three-crank turning handle to open the bolt is a really fascinating feature! I would buy it just for that!

[@dylannix4289]

4:50 Seeing that there’s a literal bicycle chain used inside the gun makes me slightly less surprised the Dutch managed to use it effectively in combat lol

[@gabethedizzle]

There are only 2 types of people I can't stand. Those intolerant of other cultures - and the Dutch.

[@dylannix4289]

@gabethedizzle You sound salty, was your poor pathetic country colonized during the good old days perhaps?

[@ibubezi7685]

They had to stop using these guns as the Germans stole all their bicycles :-)

[@smogdanoff7053]

This gun is actually one of the 480 S18 ”anti tank cannons” purchased by the Swedish army. As can be seen by the Swedish markings on the dust cover (20mm Pansarvärnskanon M/39)

[@ramjb]

Not manly enough. Need video of a full auto version. Fired from the hip. XD

[@hsr0017]

While dual wielding and with 100 round drums.

[@cybercat1531]

That's called an anti-aircraft turret

[@heliosdelsol]

😆😆😆

[@andrewamann8855]

2 words: Hellsing Ultimate.

[@minisciencedude]

There was a anti air version called the Solothutn S-18/1100 which was selective fire.

[@420BulletSponge]

Was that Mrs Gun Jesus blessing the range with 20mm hotness?

[@thewags4720]

Is that his wife?

[@MeFee100]

Hail Gun Mary, full of grace !

[@FriedrichHecker1848]

I was really wondering, to be honest. Hailings and Blessings towards the Mrs Gun Jesus

[@JamesthePizzaMan]

Does he actually have a wife?

[@panzerkampfwagenvpantherau5770]

What kind of question is that, everyone wants to be Gun Jesus' wifey

[@jungblud59]

Talk about having a dream job! Ian I am so envious!

[@fxhood2114]

"schlepping around the battlefield..." made my day with this funny german word for "carrying heavy stuff" = "schlepping" 🤣

[@3starperfectdeer233]

Interesting. I've only heard it used as an insult

[@anthonygusman9909]

Pretty sure it's Yiddish

[@scratchy996]

@@anthonygusman9909 It is German, but it's also used in Yiddish, as that's a German dialect. Schlepper is also used for Tractor in German, as it's used for schlepping things around :)

[@comunistubula4424]

In Romania , "shlep" is a word for river barges.

[@csmaster65]

It looks heavy _It's over a hundred pounds_ t-t-thats 50 kg

[@minisciencedude]

Axel Pingol What country would that be?

[@jugganaut33]

Time to get ChuckleVision on the job

[@baronjphellingtonesq9636]

jugganaut33 To me....to you...

[@josiahgibson6373]

Axel Pingol Historically the most common cement bag size worldwide is 50kg. Where I grew up they were 80kg. 20 to 30kg bags have only started to become popular in the last 20 years or so because a lot of unions/governments have put limits on how much weight workers are allowed to carry at any given time.

[@ellemnist]

sounds reasonable, seeing as a worker probably are carrying multiples of a sack. less chance of breaking backs

[@Djrealfake]

I love he uploads his videos right when I'm driving to work I listen to him on the drive I have an issue.

[@KarlEller]

I hate how he uploads his videos at around 1 AM Australian time, when I should be in bed :P

[@apolloknight9521]

Enemy: Oh shit, that’s an Anti-Tank Rifle…*sudden realization* OH SHIT THAT’S AN ANTI-TANK RIFLE!!!

[@jacobpeacy4003]

Bitches love cannons

[@babachloe7140]

I was watching the PTRD 41 video. And came across many many other videos I haven't watched Now am binge watching your content.

[@samzala]

Always happy to see you wearing the M05 Verikauha fieldcap!

[@eiffon]

as a swiss guy i feel honored

[@chusamusic1409]

_ TheDaW33d _ I'm in Solothurn, Switzerland right now lol Riedholz to be exact

[@mikemike6908]

That's awesome. I'm Hungarian and always loved the rifle when I seen pictures of Hungarian ww2 soldiers using them.

[@MrAustinpen]

Herisau checking in

[@gummel82]

Mir mached ebe scho guets züg ;)

[@FLYSUBS89]

Solothurn is a great little town

[@astridvallati4762]

Used by Italy in North Africa. Used a two wheeled trolley like a Trotting Rig, with long handles to draw the gun along. Accounted for a few British tanks in the initial advance into Egyot in 1940. Afterwards mainly used against wheeled vehicles. But still able to disable a tank ( tracks, etc).

[@RasieRen]

Greetings from Solothurn 🇨🇭Switzerland🇨🇭

[@fredrogers8641]

You didn't break tunnel vision by whipping your head around after every shot. Not tactical.

[@hebus1986]

Fred Rogers true, but the main reason to look around after a few shots is to check your collegues and see he isnt hit by enemy fire,which can be forgotten when you got your sights on someone and are eager to drop him

[@sean7456]

Lol it looks so stupid.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Fred Rogers this gun does all the head whipping one could ever need.

[@-Oriana1113-]

-T-X-M- bs more tactical than the crappy type whatever north korean ak47 ripoff or is it Chinese it is so shitty that i only know its an asian copy of the ak47

[@AldanFerrox]

Seras Victoria approves.

[@MichaelMondragon1313]

It's the Harkonnen III, she could dual wield these.

[@jackdoe7401]

Facts

[@Overwatch9]

I remember a guy finding one with a metal detector here in Slovenia, dropped by the retreating axis forces. It was an unbelievable find. As a metal detectorist, I can only wish. It was the north-eastern part of the country and I suspected that it might have been dropped by larger axis formations, retreating from combat in Hungary in the late 1944.

[@ghosty2.011]

Love watching these videos dude

[@StrohmaniasFlyingCircus]

The Prairie dogs won't know what hit them. :- |

[@iclimbeverything2990]

Strohmann and neither will the 10 feet of dirt that the 20mm round overpenetrates into

[@Panzermeister36]

There would be no prairie dog left

[@Nukle0n]

This gun must've been what they used in Exploding Varmints Vol 1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4TTYpimotlmmtU

[@confuseatronica]

The entire prairie won't know what hit it.

[@vascurten]

yeah, all 100 of them, if they line up

[@miss_bec]

"See that red mist over there, private?" "No, sir, I don't." "Well, private, I see an exposed infantryman that looks like a good fit." "I understand, sir." * equips S18-1000 *

[@allanragnarson7898]

Wow how original. As if this would be wasted or even useful against infantry.

[@miss_bec]

No fun allowed, I guess.

[@seanmalloy7249]

@@allanragnarson7898 If you could catch a squad in line ahead from straight ahead or behind, it would be useful -- you could take out six or seven with one shot. And probably terrorize the rest.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

Great, an accurate, informative video complete with important details. Kinda the opposite from the CNN and MSNBC videos I've recently watched!

[@thomaskirkscey4504]

"If you could get a hit a tread or view port" have you forgotten about the Swiss accuracy bonus!

[@Simon150999]

The bolt cover said "pvkan m/39". Pvkan is short for the Swedish 'pansarvärnskanon' which means armour-defence-cannon, or anti-tank-gun.

[@ArchaicWisdom]

I was surprised that he didn't mention that this was a Swedish issue.

[@PeTTs0n88]

I wonder how many of these made it into Swedish army service - there aren't a lot of references to them. But yeah, nice detail, nice piece of history.

[@ZzaphodD]

ArchaicWisdom : Perhaps didn't know

[@CynicalIndulgence]

Coincidentally, пукан (pukan) in Russian is what tightens right up when you're down the range from that cannon.

[@freibier]

"And by the way, this is the BIG version." Of course it is. We expect nothing less.

[@kaiserairsoftentertainment1129]

The little version is the Lynx

[@Calvin-pc6os]

“The most ballistic crossbow ever.”

[@MB-qw1eb]

Saw a black ops version of this using supersight with ballistic calculator, thermal etc etc. When used with companion flying xray you just follow the dot and wallbang hideouts from across a valley.

[@patrikhertzman1981]

That particular gun has been in service with the Swedish Army, as shown by the marking plate on the magazine cover: "20 mm pvkan m/39" (pvkan= pansarvärnskanon=anti-tank cannon).

[@johnpetty7066]

Always wondered what Henrys bad ass 20 mill looked like from Unintended Consequences. Thanks Ian.

[@EssexCountyPhoto]

Greetings from the UK, great video, what in-ear defenders do you use? Cheers! Keep up the good work!

[@de_anubis]

I totally lost it when he said „schlepping“. Didn’t know that „Schleppen“ has a English variant haha

[@anthonygusman9909]

Yeah I've heard it plenty of times. Yiddish gets used on occasion depending on regional dialect

[@SaberViper]

It shows up on English because English steals words from other languages like the English (UK) used to steal countries.

[@de_anubis]

@@SaberViper lol good one

[@sheyethppns2940]

At the start of 7:40 do I miss in the SlowMo the brass getting ejected or did it stay in the cannon?

[@GARDENER42]

Looked like it failed to eject.

[@peterwelsh6975]

I saw that too

[@Hawk1966]

Looks like the dust cover was locked down/closed and the gun kept the brass.

[@swright5690]

Noticed that too! Thought I was going crazy.

[@mamiferuD]

when the lady shoots it the brass is ejected.

[@Chickenassable]

Pzgr. 40 20x138b round with the tungsten core can pen 60mm of armor at 100m... That's Damn good

[@ruslankazimov622]

...and there are more mobile and cheaper RPG-7 (+rounds) that can penetrate like 8-10 times more than that.

[@JayWye52]

RPG-7 will penetrate 16 inches of RHA,and at a longer range. but beyond 400 meters,the accuracy is 50% or worse.@@ruslankazimov622

[@NiqScott]

I remember reading an article about this gun in an issue of Guns & Ammo somewhere around 1970. It was like a Lamborghini to a 8 year old English gun nut. It came in a case that wouldn't have looked out of place in a furniture shop.

[@vader88x]

The second round he fired didn't eject when I was watching the high speed footage?

[@DiggingForFacts]

One other use of the Solothurn I can think of is that Italy modified a number of CV.33 tankettes to mount this monster. They were known as the Carro L3 Contracarro and they ran around for a bit in North Africa. Not sure if they ever took anything out though...

[@matthewpalmer7184]

What's this? No girlish squeal or giggle of glee after the first shot? I am disappoint.

[@Halinspark]

Matthew Palmer Probably busy making sure he was still in the same state after that throw.

[@Linerax]

HEE HEE

[@matthewpalmer7184]

Michael Eversberg II I guess I can accept that ;)

[@matthewpalmer7184]

sman7290 Clearly, you have not seen his cute giggles on other videos when firing AT rifles ;)

[@philverhey7335]

.. yeah but two fingers to pull the trigger ... there's other things to make you appreciate it

[@punkr0cker22]

Those slow mo locs are sweet my friend

[@lolloblue9646]

The Italians mounted this on their CV33 and CV35 tanks, later known as L3/33 and L3/35, in the L3cc variant. At a range of 100m it could pierce up to 40mm of armour. (Perpendicular impact, I assume) Definitely far more effective against the British light and medium tanks in North Africa than the machine guns on the standard version of the tankettes. Still no match for the Matilda tanks.

[@jerkfudgewater147]

Does it have an optical sight below the iron sights? How is the kick compared to the NTW-20?

[@guilhermechecchia6914]

7:40 there was a failure to extract?

[@alexmartin9177]

That is what it looks like.

[@wadekirby8575]

I think I can see brass in the first one, so it extracted but didn't eject. My guess is the ejector is removed for some reason and the next round in the magazine is filling in when it does eject.

[@joeconrad3828]

Yeah, what gives? I always watch for ejection in ultra-HD vids because it looks so cool. I know anyone with the scratch to buy this from Julia will have no problem getting it tuned up, but it seems odd not to mention that there’s a deficiency.

[@wadekirby8575]

I'd guess the ejector is removed for some reloading reason. (So the brass doesn't fly into the next county or get beat up.)

[@ayylmao6266]

*slow motion shot* watches his beautiful hair move instead of gun

[@bigbadcivic2]

beast of a weapon and you look at a mans hair. Guess thats all people have to know about you.

[@ryanrising2237]

Can’t blame you, Ian’s hair really is a work of art

[@fabiana7157]

Why not look at both? 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

[@fandango_buttlicks]

lel

[@hennerzz3460]

@@bigbadcivic2 Im as gay as a bag of sand ( though there is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay, or bags of sand ) and I sat in mute admiration of Ian's splendid locks flowing majestically through the force of the recoil of that big old gun.

[@sametozer9439]

thank you bro that is videos great.you are the only one on youtube :D

[@jhenbob5374]

Wish you would show the target and the effect of the shells make -as you do often on your other channel. Would love to have seen what an anti tank shell has on several different targets.

[@theodoreroosevelt3143]

Call Mr.Miculek, we need that!

[@usmarine51519563]

Outstanding job ! I appreciate everything. I am a history man . I can go on and on. Carry on sir. I Tip my hat to you

[@vikdhillon3764]

This gun should be in more movies. Imagine this against a t800.

[@michealjordan3278]

Imagine hitting your neighbors Prius with this, now that will definitley teach them to not to park in front of your driveway,every single day

[@macgyveratlarge2133]

It would probably turn that Prius into a course powder. Problem solved. No corpus delecti, no crime.

[@lyquidsnake4202]

Imagine your neighbor sees you walking this from your car to your house.

[@loumorningstar7709]

@@macgyveratlarge2133 No delicious people? Or did you mean corpus detecti?

[@smack00]

Henry Bowman would be proud!

[@osamaalafghanee8868]

Timeless classic...just like everything else they make.

[@Sp1der44]

That thing is a beauty! Bet if you could hit a tanks drive sprocket with that it'd be a big ol' plate of mobility kill with a side of thrown track soup for lunch. I'm so jealous that y'all got to shoot that bad boy - but I heard the cash register sound like in Lord of War when you pulled the trigger. Great Video! : D - MM in Denver CO

[@filipsjoberg2]

its got to have been in swedish army use sometime because it has a plate saying "pvkan" which is swedish abbrievation for "pansarvärnskanon" literarly meaning anti tank gun

[@peervermeiren8902]

I expected it to be much louder, actually quite acceptable for the size of cartridge.

[@sirwilliam677]

As soon as he gun fired, I got an ad for that run hide fight movie where the first scene of the ad is a bullet putting a hole through a door. Very interesting ad placement.

[@thechancellor3715]

Lord help me...I'm so old I can remember pre-1963 mail order ads for the Solothurn in IIRC Guns & Ammo and Popular Mechanics. I was 14 or so thinking I really really need one. BTW, Surplus Lee Enfields an Carcano carbines were $10 at DC hardware store...take your pick from a barrel...in cosmolune.