English Army: We need a high performance submachi- Sterling: D U A L B A Y O N E T
@andrewmoore70224 жыл бұрын
@War Zone they're actually have in a few designs similar to that they just don't work very well and are typically restricted to a small not very effective caliber
@TheHeavyModd4 жыл бұрын
@War Zone like the one Squall has in Final Fantasy?
The MP5 might have taken away a lot of Sterling's customers, but H&K was never able to secure that lucrative Galactic Empire contract.
@quentinchambon93625 жыл бұрын
It do indeed look like a E-11
@XanderTuron5 жыл бұрын
@@quentinchambon9362 It's almost as if the E-11 props were Sterling SMGs.
@MandalorV75 жыл бұрын
@@XanderTuron Stormtroopers never used the folding butt stock. That's why they are poor shots.
@terranempire25 жыл бұрын
Jacob Clark Nore the duel laser bayonets
@rays50735 жыл бұрын
They did get in on the scoundrel market though
@2MeterLP4 жыл бұрын
Imagine telling your engineers to come up with a competitor to the MP5 and they bring you this. Probably no christmas bonuses that year.
@ZealothPL2 жыл бұрын
It really looks like first years student first project he kinda forgot about until a week before deadline lol
@george2113 Жыл бұрын
So the Uzi was later?
@CrizzyEyes9 ай бұрын
"best I can do is a side-loading Uzi with a big knife on it"
@ManDuderGuy4 жыл бұрын
"They made one." This thing's forgotten as fuck.
@ricojes3 жыл бұрын
It should be the mascot for this channel then lol.
@edwinalexis59310 ай бұрын
Hellriegel is even more forgotten There was just a pic of it
@h.plovecat43075 жыл бұрын
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him...But we don't want to spend too much.."
@rileydavidson2074 жыл бұрын
"we can build him better. Stronger, faster, more reliable... But that would cost to much so let's just not do it"
@TrollOfReason4 жыл бұрын
The 1100 dollar man!
@bastionunitb73884 жыл бұрын
We also lack the technology
@Gussyboy064 жыл бұрын
"We have the technology, we have the money, but we don't want to spend that much"
@jeromelawson77824 жыл бұрын
Peter Griffin, the $300 man
@Calvin_Coolage5 жыл бұрын
This is the firearms equivalent of that English paper you write all of 2 hours before it's due.
@Roshake775 жыл бұрын
Ok, so if I add two bayonet lugs maybe they won't notice that the barrel is not in the middle
@charleswindsor78355 жыл бұрын
@Calvin_Coolage ahh now i see where i went wrong with my education
@Anon_Omis5 жыл бұрын
I mean, to be fair, this was experimental. Your first draft never looks as good as the final.
@Calvin_Coolage5 жыл бұрын
@@Anon_Omis Perhaps, but if your first draft looks like this it's probably time to go back to the drawingboard.
@Anon_Omis5 жыл бұрын
@@Calvin_Coolage which is what they did.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
"There's no particular reason why" just about sums this gun up perfectly.
@twentylush5 жыл бұрын
Thank god, i was tired of my bayonet running out of ammo
@onebritishboi98924 жыл бұрын
Hehe
@tristanperciful66094 жыл бұрын
Destiny players: (;-;)
@Thy_Boss3 жыл бұрын
All right, boys, ready for your *S U B M A C H I N E G U N C H A R G E*
@ther6sshieldmain9373 жыл бұрын
"well achtualli, thueh bladche wuldchcsnrap, not rhun oucht of ammo"
@braveworld27076 ай бұрын
I worked with a Pom in Australia who fought in Korea and he didn't like that war. Stuck his bayonet into an enemy and it got jammed in his ribs so bad he couldn't pull it out and had to leave it embodied so to speak. The _didn't like_ part comes from him being charged for losing his bayonet and had to pay 15/- (shillings) for a replacement. 25 or 26 years after the event and he was still unhappy with that.
@jameskoch95675 жыл бұрын
Ian: "And the barrel is also offset for no particular reason." Gun Designer, years earlier, walking in on his wife sleeping with a left-handed man
@leafbone14 жыл бұрын
Don't be silly, if it was down the middle it would have missed the ejector on strip down, giving no reason to piss about with a hard to access screw in battle conditions🙄
@betwixtX4 жыл бұрын
its off center for balance
@colbeausabre88424 жыл бұрын
You caught it, too....it's my belief that any weapon that requires a tool to field strip it is poorly designed
@michaelcrockis76794 жыл бұрын
@@colbeausabre8842 It's just a prototype issue. Would be fixed in serial items.
@badlandskid4 жыл бұрын
Barrel is offset in order for the side bayonet to be fixed.
@jghutta5 жыл бұрын
"Mr. Waters, are two bayonets really necessary?" Waters: "Yes, it'll help get the point across!"
@hawk61114 жыл бұрын
10/10 sir
@pd41654 жыл бұрын
Da-boom-tish
@colbeausabre88424 жыл бұрын
It balances the weight of the offset barrel
@ziliestarrive4 жыл бұрын
@Jesus Christ thank you for letting us know
@lazorr32604 жыл бұрын
Take your damn upvote
@tws1man5825 жыл бұрын
Everyone gangster till a mad man runs at you with two bayonets on the same gun
@vattmann13875 жыл бұрын
Only upgrade I can see is attaching a Gurkha and a couple of kukris to it
@soumyajyotimukherjee47525 жыл бұрын
@@vattmann1387 that would be bad. Bayonets are straight for a reason. You wield it like a spear. Kukri is for slashing.. Though it might work with a one handed gun, like a sidearm
@kirbyis4ever5 жыл бұрын
@@soumyajyotimukherjee4752 You have to think outside the box, with a curved blade your gun turns into a glaive instead of a spear! With two bayonet lugs you can choose to slash in two different directions, or slash AND stab!
@clmwrx5 жыл бұрын
Halbred smg
@clmwrx5 жыл бұрын
Funded.
@vDullahan5 жыл бұрын
Donkey in a Thoroughbred Race is quite possibly the best thing I've read this year.
@mazkact5 жыл бұрын
Ya know on "The Walton's" John Boy won a race against Thoroughbreds riding a Mule(not a donkey I know) albeit a race in mountainous and wooded terrain :)
@matthewspencer50865 жыл бұрын
There's a song about this sort of thing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2etfqmthLerY7M
@IanKayGee5 жыл бұрын
@@matthewspencer5086 Love a little Rusby, but I was expecting OG Val kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Kyl5ueaJWfrbM
@SlimRhyno5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I feel like a donkey in a thoroughbred race... And sometimes I feel like a thoroughbred in a donkey race. Oh, life.
@irenerivera48275 жыл бұрын
Slim Rhyno I also choose this guys throroughbred
@eriolhiiragizawa7294 жыл бұрын
GAU-8 Avenger engineers: "We need a plane on a gun!" Sterling S11 engineers: "We need a gun for our Bayonets!"
@bthsr71134 жыл бұрын
The A-10 is a beloved CAS aircraft, unless you're its target, this thing...
@Alpostpone4 жыл бұрын
@@bthsr7113 Some ideas are better than others.
@cheyannei59834 жыл бұрын
GAU-8 only has around 80mm penetration at combat ranges, tanks have more to fear from the MANY precision munitions the A-10 carries. Fortunately, with the advent of IFV's, there's a new generation of vehicles on the battlefield completely defenseless against GAU-8.
@austinm.98324 жыл бұрын
@@cheyannei5983 don't forget the top armor on tanks is a lot thinner.
@cheyannei59834 жыл бұрын
@@austinm.9832 I'm not. Don't forget that even the roof has a spall liner and the rounds aren't coming in straight up and down, either. Active protection systems further defang poor old A-10... though many can't reach up towards the sky, being little more than an alternative for vehicles too light to mount N/ERA.
@iamzid4 жыл бұрын
i remember someone told me once, "just because something's rare doesn't mean it's better, it just mean's that there's less of them."
@pd41654 жыл бұрын
Think about those pretty English villages with half timbered houses. So historical! What really happened was the village used to be important enough to have grand houses - but then the village failed economically and wasn't worth improving, so they left the old houses alone. Go somewhere successful - new everywhere, except where the old stuff makes a massive profit by attracting visitors. That sounds like a massive tangent but the principle stands - useless old things are best kept to show the future where we went wrong. And charge them for the lesson :-)
@iamzid4 жыл бұрын
@@pd4165 I feel like you must have replied to the wrong person or something, because that doesn't really apply to what I said.
@rays51634 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but this has two bayonets
@kameronjones71394 жыл бұрын
@@pd4165 you replied to the wrong person
@scottyj62264 жыл бұрын
Like a rare disease
@damiangrouse45644 жыл бұрын
I was left with the empty feeling that both bayonets should have been tried on for our benefit. To be clear...at the same time.
@ootdega4 жыл бұрын
They are in the thumbnail. i.ytimg.com/vi/BZ3zvE8qcq8/hqdefault.jpg
@damiangrouse45644 жыл бұрын
ootdega Thanks you’re right! Just would like to have seen it done live video.👍
@Thy_Boss3 жыл бұрын
Perfect for engaging 5th-dimensional invaders from Universe X
@keithklassen53203 жыл бұрын
@@Thy_Boss The ones with two hearts.
@MediumRareOpinions2 жыл бұрын
If your desire goes yet unfulfilled, do check out the Video by Jonathan on the Royal Armories channel, you won't be disappointed.
@RailgunCyclops5 жыл бұрын
So the Empire contracted Sterling for their E-11 blasters
@irtazaazam25734 жыл бұрын
No wonder stormtroopers cant hit anything.
@NexusDex4 жыл бұрын
They should have kept the knifes xD
@simonh63714 жыл бұрын
@@Shakezulla WWII not WWI
@Stefan-Astro-Art4 жыл бұрын
@@simonh6371 well the Lewis is also in the original, that gun was used in WW1
@CrizzyEyes4 жыл бұрын
@@Stefan-Astro-Art The C96 is in there as well (Han Solo's blaster), it was used in WW1 I believe.
@JudgeLazar5 жыл бұрын
The second bayonet was added after many Imperial storm trooper casualties were caused by missing stabs at point blank range.
@potatoradio5 жыл бұрын
Its got 1 lower down for ewoks ...
@hcctendeep70475 жыл бұрын
@@garymitchell5899 let them, star wars used a lot of sterlings as the base for the blasters.
@leeboy29680-ol7gf4 жыл бұрын
@@garymitchell5899 some one who cant pass a joke they dont like on youtube without being a bitch, how.....well you know
@Poorgeniu55 жыл бұрын
If this were to be a Borderlands weapon, it'll certainly add 200% melee damage.
@ZeroGravity9354 жыл бұрын
And manufactured by Bandit
@GabrielWarlock4 жыл бұрын
Even 400% melee damage
@TemptationsEnd4 жыл бұрын
*insert, that's a lot of damage! meme*
@NullElemental4 жыл бұрын
@@TemptationsEnd terrible terrible damage
@rag3ac3344 жыл бұрын
Da
@EPWillard4 жыл бұрын
"at least on this one" he says with the only one in existence
@iraizsanchez72924 жыл бұрын
It replace the sten so that means there's more than one dude
@austinm.98324 жыл бұрын
@@iraizsanchez7292 what, no, he said that they made only one in the very beginning.
@Sip_Dhit4 жыл бұрын
@@iraizsanchez7292 they made one of these, the gun that replaced the sten was the sterling (the starwars blaster) this is the failed attempt at its update
@WesternSpy7624 жыл бұрын
@@iraizsanchez7292 Ian: The S2 replaced the STEN gun. This gun was a failed upgrade, so there is only one. Iraiz: *forgets to smart* MAnY s11 aRe eXIst
@loomspace5 жыл бұрын
All of the beautifully crafted antique weapons I've seen him review, and this sheet metal crinkle finish brute is the first I see the white gloves!
@pd41654 жыл бұрын
What you saw WAS a beautifully hand crafted antique (kind of) weapon. It's a one off - even using cheap materials it's mind bogglingly expensive to make a prototype - to make something that fires full auto at all is an achievement beyond the scope of hand crafted single shot crap with chequering and gold plating BS. Think of a Ford Fiesta. Make one and it would be hand made and the price of a Ferrari (more expensive - a lot of Ferrari parts are hand made because mass producing things costs millions...spread over the production run). Make millions and an ordinary person can afford one. Even with a crackle finish there are lots of exposed parts that need protecting from human touch - it's a one off and the aim is to conserve it FOREVER, not have fingerprints that would need cleaning off (friction and/or chemical cleaning - both eroding the metal). It may not be pretty but it's unique.
@universate53324 жыл бұрын
@@pd4165 do you think he read your reply?
@Predator203574 жыл бұрын
Universate I don’t know if he did, but it’s not that long
@warrenharrison94904 жыл бұрын
LOL
@shtf30884 жыл бұрын
Ian doesn't want to cut his fingers on the crude finish.
@Roshake775 жыл бұрын
Hey, the charging handle is in the way of the sights, maybe we should cut a hole in it or move it to the side Nah fam lets just move the rest of the gun to the side
@VancouverCanucksRock5 жыл бұрын
They moved the Gun, and not the Sights? LOL
@B3RyL5 жыл бұрын
This is Britain. Here, there are two taps on each sink, the bus stops are listed in alphabetical order, and black leggings are the height of fashion. What did you expect from their firearms industry? Logic?
@redwolfexr5 жыл бұрын
looked obvious to me, they moved it offset because they wanted to use the rifle bayonet on it and centered the barrel was too far away. As soon as that bayonet clicked home and it was a perfect fit...
@nikitakindon42565 жыл бұрын
Miłosz Skowroński well if this place is so bad why don’t you go back to where you came from
@redwolfexr5 жыл бұрын
I thought it was only in the US they used that "right-think or go home" line of crazy...
@GrosserHund875 жыл бұрын
2 bayonets at once... and one might have wondered why it was the Brits who came up with Warhammer 40k and its shenanigans.
@roguereaver6345 жыл бұрын
One for the heretics, one for the xenos!
@PvtMartin785 жыл бұрын
For killing astartes.
@REX-gq6ur5 жыл бұрын
*Stab him before he bleeds on the models!* Japanese guy: AyyyEEEEEEEAAAAAH!!!
@isaacburrows84055 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealColBosch god is there one witcher player that doesn't have the game as 80% of their identity?
@Web7205 жыл бұрын
@@isaacburrows8405 you can say the same with WH players.
@roguereaver6345 жыл бұрын
It looks like the neglected love child of a Sterling and an Uzi
@madquack64495 жыл бұрын
that what I was thinking too.
@StanislavG.5 жыл бұрын
That's what happens when you have unprotected gay sex...
@sidewinder6666665 жыл бұрын
I was thinking more along the lines of the red-headed bastard step-child, but..... eh.
@fadedjate72305 жыл бұрын
The Sterling Dad left to go get cigarettes. And the Uzi mama just could not even.
@sonofdrjekyll5 жыл бұрын
Snuzi
@justincarrasco36804 жыл бұрын
Peter: “What would you do if you had a million dollars?” Lawrence: “I tell ya what I’d do, man. Two bayonets at the same time, man.”
@justincarrasco36804 жыл бұрын
Onkel Pappkov Yup!
@chrisreid52724 жыл бұрын
Dead eyed stared after he says it lol
@RyeOnHam4 жыл бұрын
Barrel is offset for two reasons: 1) to line the sights up with the eye with such a large, wide stock 2) so that recoil is in line with the longitudinal center of mass that is effected by the magazine on the side. This should negate the tendency of the gun to 'climb' to the right under recoil. My opinion is that if you were to place a half-loaded magazine in the gun, you could balance the weapon on its muzzle.
@Thy_Boss3 жыл бұрын
Could be... but I’d point out that if a design for a SMG offsets the 1) barrel, to fix the 2) sights because of 3) the stock and 4) the magazine, the designer may have forgotten, out of 1, 2, 3 and 4, which is the part a soldier points at the enemy to do the whole “gun” thing the gun is supposed to do. This wasn’t meant for the job of a Bren in WWII, after all.
@Reneg4deVakarian2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, dumb as it may be... I think the barrel was placed there to allow for that jungle carbine bayonet. Why they didn't make the gun narrower (or literally any other solution) is beyond me
"Fix bayonets" "Fixing bayonet" "No, I said bayonets..."
@Cowinspace5 жыл бұрын
I would guess that the offset barrel was there to accommodate the bayonet.
@paulc28865 жыл бұрын
I suspect that it is there to reduce the angle/distance between the magazine lips and the chamber. They need a substantial bolt to keep the chamber closed for blowback, and therefore needed the width, but a central chamber would have made feeding problematic. I can see the sense in what they were trying to do - keep the angle the same as the L2A1
@milybanily5 жыл бұрын
Paul C That was my first belive, but if you want a heavier bolt there are 2 way wider or longer. Adding one inch in length would have cure asymmetrical..... Who knows..
@yvindalexanderfrivold5 жыл бұрын
@@paulc2886 maybe it is to balance the gun against the magazine
@TheWolfsnack5 жыл бұрын
my guess is that it was designed by a committee....
@SgtKOnyx5 жыл бұрын
Sounds possible
@ldobehardcore4 жыл бұрын
The finish is blistering my eyes. But I can see how it'd be good for keeping grippy when you drop it on the floor of the Vaseline factory.
@warrenharrison94904 жыл бұрын
Need the added grip after all the blood from the dual bayonets...😉
@asherhockersmith82713 жыл бұрын
Nick Shabazz would be proud.
@Colyo624 жыл бұрын
"... the guy behind the design of the SAR-80 rifles" "uh oh"
@neruneri4 жыл бұрын
SAR-80, not SA-80. I don't know if the SAR-80 rifle is bad, but I suspect it's fine since it's basically just an AR-18 variant as far as I can tell. Waters was NOT involved in the atrocity that was the SA-80 (the bullpup that doesn't work).
@TrueFlameslinger3 жыл бұрын
@@neruneri Well, at least the A2 variant of it is fairly good
@AleK04513 жыл бұрын
@@TrueFlameslinger thanks hk
@danbell38273 жыл бұрын
@@AleK0451 They funny thing is, while HK fixed the guns issues, they really didn't change that much. Most of their improvements simply involved changing alloys or heat treatments for parts that failed, or making extremely small adjustments. The A1 was almost a really good gun, they just couldn't quite figure out how to fine tune it. The core design works just fine
@AleK04513 жыл бұрын
@@danbell3827 i know, it's a nato gun so in theory it would literally just be a bullpup ar15 or something along those lines which as long as it isn't literally a converted bullpup ar15 should work fine, they just had no idea what materials to use and how to make those small adjustments
@iLano795 жыл бұрын
Can't lie, I watched because of dual bayonets. Solid clickbait thumbnail Ian Lol
@nextlifeonearth4 жыл бұрын
Well, it has two mounts for bayonets. Gotta admit that's pretty weird.
@roxasparks4 жыл бұрын
Same
@andyrihn15 жыл бұрын
Two bayonets...for making the enemy more deaderer
@ichijiroo5 жыл бұрын
Deadier?
@panzerlamb91965 жыл бұрын
Deadester
@HansLasser5 жыл бұрын
Is it like multi bladed razors?
@qwertyqwerty60995 жыл бұрын
For even fillets!
@Brandelwyn5 жыл бұрын
The deadest
@muiz88025 жыл бұрын
*Sees thumbnail* Attachment unlock: Dual Bayonet Description: Increase melee range by 75%. "What better than a one bayonet. TWO BAYONET. One for you and one for your MOTHER!" - Random Japanese guy
@robgoodsight62165 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahah!
@AlexanderSilver19965 жыл бұрын
got me
@michalwilk47485 жыл бұрын
Sound like the description of a borderland gun
@MrBioniclefan15 жыл бұрын
michal wilk true
@iaial05 жыл бұрын
@@michalwilk4748 Bandit SMGs happen to generate with TWO bayonets
@dillonpatterson43104 жыл бұрын
"They had an excellent reputation." Come on you missed an easy Sterling reputation there.
@jeromelawson77824 жыл бұрын
Somebody discovered LSD earlier than the other gun engineers.
@Thy_Boss3 жыл бұрын
“Barrel in line with grip, sights in line with barrel... it’s a _prison,_ Procurement Man! _Free your mind!!”_
@UziIdiot5 жыл бұрын
2 Bayonets on an SMG 2 Taps on a sink BRITISH ENGINEERING 🇬🇧
@Dom-J5 жыл бұрын
Except 2 taps makes sense one hot, one cold. At least to me but I'm British so...
@Max-fb5bm5 жыл бұрын
@@Dom-J 2 taps makes sense in every way possible, this man's joke was just stupid and braindead as a pebble
@immikeurnot5 жыл бұрын
@@Dom-J What do you do when you want to run water that isn't either ice cold or scalding hot? Me, an American, I just turn on the hot a little and the cold a little and get warm water to wash my hands in. Ahh, the luxury of not being in the UK. I can wash my hands in water that's exactly the temperature I want, among other things.
@Dom-J5 жыл бұрын
@@immikeurnot You turn both taps on at once. Sounds silly but you use the amount of each to sort the temperature. Like lots of hot + some cold = hot water that's good for washing hands in. To you this may sound ludicrous to you, but I have never had issues with it.
@nicksande68805 жыл бұрын
German here and we have them too sometime, i prefer them, then again we also love to drive stick/manual so....
@AlexanderSilver19965 жыл бұрын
An English SMG with unexplained and pointless design choices? It must have secretly been built in Birmingham
@s4mur41RPG5 жыл бұрын
What makes you say that 😂
@masonsykes22405 жыл бұрын
I'd say it has a point. Two of them, in fact.
@xXxKAMIKAZExXx5 жыл бұрын
It’s sad how accurate this is.
@mellonbread5 жыл бұрын
British Military: Mum, can we get an MP5? Sterling: No, we have an SMG at home The SMG at home:
@LowEndMarauder4 жыл бұрын
Like when I asked my dad for a skateboard when I was a kid and he offered to take the handle off my scooter lol
@isaacdepaula21034 жыл бұрын
@@LowEndMarauder Well, it worked on Back to the Future, so your dad is not 100% wrong, stonks
@LowEndMarauder4 жыл бұрын
@@isaacdepaula2103 haha thats very true I forgot about that scene
@redrb26dett4 жыл бұрын
The empire likes them so they must be good
@SexySkeletons694 жыл бұрын
@Judge Dredd ok boomer
@casinodelonge4 жыл бұрын
I had an impressive stoppage with a Sterling once when a round lodged itself sideways across the breech. I've no idea if this was common but I was impressed.
@Thy_Boss3 жыл бұрын
“But with S11’s Dual-Bayonet System®, you’re fully prepared, as your single stopped weapon becomes two swords at once!”
@keithdurose70579 ай бұрын
It wasn't that uncommon in the British Army. For training purposes, some 9mm was bought from India or Pakistan. It was known to be substandard but very cheap. Inconsistent powder in the cartridges caused these weak ejections. The Radway Green ammo didn't have this problem. I'm also glad that the L2A3 was adopted and not this hedgehog version!
@matthuckabey0074 жыл бұрын
It is a privilege being able to view these treasures alongside your outstanding knowledge of the machining and history associated with each design. Thank you so much for putting this series at such a high quality standard and for everything you do for this artform.
@h2o2go1415 жыл бұрын
"Oh no, the MP5 threatens our market! Clearly, the response to this new premium firearm that threatens our market is an esoteric uzi clone!
@scooty65205 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of when you see that truck that someone decided to cover in bed-liner.
@WILSON-tc4bb5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and goes down the road crooked and only runs on 5 cylinders lol
@korbetthein30725 жыл бұрын
Hey, that's pretty impressive for a four cylinder engine!
@justicemoody64295 жыл бұрын
Star Wars imperial blaster
@stephennelson49545 жыл бұрын
Oh cool! Didn't realize Ian was looking at a BlasTech E-11 with optional expanded tibanna gas canister!
@potatoradio5 жыл бұрын
And option for ewok (low) or wookie (high) bayonets
@NgocLe-yi2pf4 жыл бұрын
The engineers of this gun be like: "There's something wrong with those firearms out there ya know, they're way too symmetrical!"
@ukgun13 жыл бұрын
As a British soldier serving in the Gulf war and equipped with the Sterling SMG, I was approached by a US marine who offered a straight swap for his m16 because he recognised it from star wars, obviously I had to decline...we in the British military are far too professional to do that sort of thing! It made me laugh though
@mattleeson72795 жыл бұрын
I did my work experience at the Leeds Royal Armouries, the amount of guns they have in storage is unbelievable.
@mattleeson72795 жыл бұрын
@@ejmuerterisefromthedead8924 some very unique and rare stuff but also rack after rack of Lee Enfield SMLE's. Some interesting walking stick guns if i remember correctly. Way too many to have o display. Worth a visit if you get a chance.
@justanotherrandomfilipino90185 жыл бұрын
Sterling S-11: **exists** Japanese Soldier: **HEAVY BREATHING**
@thesturm86865 жыл бұрын
* burithingu
@tilobidaLP5 жыл бұрын
I can't help but think that most submachineguns of the time look so antiquated in comparison to the MP5.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
The Germans, Russians, and Americans have always been big on innovation. The germans are the only ones constantly innovating and actually developing new concepts. Which is why everyone loves them with their guns.
@alexanderstrickland90365 жыл бұрын
To be fair smgs are not nearly as adequate for purpose as they used to be. PDWS with fancy ammo and assault rifles take their place. They’re still cool but they’re a innovative dead end(for now)
@coolsenjoyer5 жыл бұрын
MP5 just looks fancier than most SMGs of the time because it's basically a scaled down G3.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderstrickland9036 that does make sense. SMG's were phased out by assault rifles.
@gregoryfilin80405 жыл бұрын
@@coolsenjoyer right. A more advanced system on a more simple firearm. That's kinda what a PDW is.
@Zeppelinfaktor4 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to see a company actually kill a project rather than forge ahead with a terrible idea that is bound to be a failure.
@a.k8185 Жыл бұрын
*stares in zip.22*
@royalirishranger19314 жыл бұрын
I used the old Stirling on operations and it never let me down, I liked it. It could be a little dodgy on the safety side. I even fired it at Bisley with some success.
@argenti36095 жыл бұрын
Gun Jesus has brought us another strange firearm. Blessed be this gun
@nickjohnson7105 жыл бұрын
🙏
@JohnnyBurnes5 жыл бұрын
Definitely looks cursed. #thoughtsandprayers
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
Nah, man, this gun went straight to gun hell, where the only rounds are blanks!
@marzcapone99395 жыл бұрын
Once the MP5 came out, what else could Sterling have produced? Ah, ours has two bayonets!
@highsocks59145 жыл бұрын
8:35 from this perspective, i get the feeling the double bayonet feature was the main cause of the barrel offset...
@pjnoonan14234 жыл бұрын
Or maybe it has something to do with the feed mechanism?
@aubrey_d4 жыл бұрын
@@pjnoonan1423 Thats what I was thinking. Maybe with the form factor they wanted, the weight they needed on the bolt, they couldnt make the receiver thinner so, to use the Patchet magazine with that thick a receiver they had to offset the barrel? Thats like one of the only reasons I could think of, and its very likely false, I just cant think of why else.
@Daksys-4 жыл бұрын
This wonderful trainwreck of a gun reminds me of the line "Just because you're unique doesn't mean you're useful"
@TH3L33TM3XICAN4 жыл бұрын
Damn. He click baited me with that thumbnail, I wanted to see this puppy with bayonets on it.
@jc62264 жыл бұрын
so you claim got clickbaited and then you didn't watch it?
@TH3L33TM3XICAN4 жыл бұрын
J C ????? I watched the whole thing. I was just sad to not see the bayonet on the gun.
@AK_Respecter5 жыл бұрын
Put both bayonets on at the same time!
@jacobbrown14075 жыл бұрын
Looks like he did that in the thumbnail
@BleedingUranium5 жыл бұрын
I wish we had a full size picture of it. :(
@joevidya5 жыл бұрын
@@jacobbrown1407 That's illegal
@planescaped5 жыл бұрын
@@BleedingUranium Probably is one over on forgottenweapons.com
@charlesadams17215 жыл бұрын
Sounds like mid-60’s British industrial design. The goal was to build a competitor to an elegant competitor, by cheapening an excellent design we, Sterling, already produce. So well take design elements from all sorts of places, with little thought to unity of design though, apparently from a committee of blokes walking by the conference room. They took design elements from the UZI and Mac-10, stuff in their own shop, etc. Someone with pull had to think the charging handle needed to be mounted so as to accommodate right and left hand.
@turbografx165 жыл бұрын
Its like the Morris Marina or Reliant Robin of British SMGs
@MrGrimsmith5 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately very much a st5aple of British engineering. When we get it right it's generally two blokes in a shed or a single person leading the way. When we get it wrong it's usually because a comittee was involved and they didn't understand the concept of "Cheap, fast, good. Pick two" but insisted it had to be possible to have all three.
@charlesadams17215 жыл бұрын
MrGrimsmith understood, but I think the Brits often add.... odd or weird.
@charlesadams17215 жыл бұрын
iatsd; wait, US vehicles of the 1960’s weren’t bad, now the 70’s were absolutely unadulterated, crap.
@zupperm5 жыл бұрын
I bet one guy designed the magazine well and other the receiver. When they found out the magazine wouldnt feed with the barrel in the centre they said bolliocks and just bodged it.
@AsbestosMuffins5 жыл бұрын
I know 4 out of 5 bond villains preferred the sterling smg in its day
@bb52425 жыл бұрын
Bond fired a Sterling in more than one film.
@nicholasbreecher93155 жыл бұрын
That and Calypso handguns (They're absurd US guns, look into it you'll love it)
@johannesruf59035 жыл бұрын
@@nicholasbreecher9315 Maybe you mean Calico? No such thing as a Calypso gun...
@baronoflivonia.35125 жыл бұрын
Sten was in Dr. No.
@neilfurby5554 жыл бұрын
Probably the best researched, presented and narrated series on KZbin. Full of interest, even if one lives in places like the UK where firearms are such a maligned engineering/historical/sporting topic. And a masterful presenter. Never a bad episode. Great stuff! Thank you.
@StoopidAnimul4 жыл бұрын
"Cheap, reliable, lightweight, and incredibly fast reload speeds. Tediore makes an easy to use gun!"
@Pprokop875 жыл бұрын
"Hey, You know how to reckognize a british sordier? Yeah. WW2 ended, and they still have magazines standing horizontaly."
@erikrungemadsen20814 жыл бұрын
Hey it works for the Gurkhas.
@jackaubrey86144 жыл бұрын
Hey, if you're under fire and want to get REALLY down in the dirt.... don't knock it - it really works well (the Stirling SMG, not this thing!).
@koekiejam184 жыл бұрын
Thats true, ive wondered about this for quite some time but i think ian told the basic benefits to where the magazine is: topfeed is for better reliability (but the magazine gets in the way of the sights), side feed good for easily getting as low on the ground as possible (but ofcourse the guns center of gravity is quite shifted to the side) and then bottom feed which gives you a gun which has the center of gravity in the middle but it does get in the way when going prone and has a little less reliability
@naeemsarwarmirza8354 жыл бұрын
@@jackaubrey8614 so does a kalash and its infinitely more functional than the hot garbage that was the sterling
@TortillaChip5213 жыл бұрын
@@naeemsarwarmirza835 right? Why didn’t those dummies in WWII just use m16’s?!??
@nardgames5 жыл бұрын
The off center barrel may be to keep the spacing from the magazine the same as the standard sterling.
@Falkuria5 жыл бұрын
no wonder the Empire liked it so much.... even Darth sideous and Vader bought the design for ther E-11
@Gebunator5 жыл бұрын
I bet the S11 stands for "SHit, it's 11 PM and I've to turn in the design tomorrow!"
@metalsurgeon91962 жыл бұрын
I like the unique action of the stock. Seems pretty solid and doesn't almost catch on the weapon like others that swing from under.
@robert369025 жыл бұрын
I love how guns are meant to be taken apart so we can see how they work, even rare experimental ones, unlike most modern products
@CameraHam2 жыл бұрын
That’s because you can sell the average person a vacuum that they’ll never have the know how or need to open but you’d be one brave SOB to try and sell the military a gun they can’t fix
@johnblackstone52615 жыл бұрын
UZI? Glock? PM63? Sten Gun? 2 Bayonets? Yes all in one.
@AreGeeBee5 жыл бұрын
Metal Gear?
@Qtiptheburninator5 жыл бұрын
@@AreGeeBee No, a weapon to surpass even that...
@lordemarsh68045 жыл бұрын
Your display picture...aint that the dude who shot himself?
@jacobishii61215 жыл бұрын
The sten was designed with clandestine manufacturing in mind.It specifically used machining and components in it's design so it could be made by unskilled workers in any basic tool shop such a mechanics garage,plumbing shop, carpentry shop etc.
@dylancarroll46235 жыл бұрын
All it needs now it a cup holder and it will be perfect.
@thearousedeunuch4 жыл бұрын
Have one made to fit the bayonet assembly.
@starlettmassacre57904 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. So primitive yet elegant in design.
@widgren875 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the "Pipe" weapons in Fallout 4, not sure what to make of that... Anyway, fun video as usual :-)
@WeDontTalkAboutJosh5 жыл бұрын
This at least looks like the rounds don't have to go round a 90 degree bend from the mag to the chamber.
@widgren875 жыл бұрын
@T-Jay I stayed away from from 76 so I'll take your word for it :-) Funny how many old and experimental guns looks right at home in Fallout.
@widgren875 жыл бұрын
@@WeDontTalkAboutJosh There is that as well :-)
@farmerboy9165 жыл бұрын
The visual design of the weapons of the new fallouts is quite cool, at least. As long as you ignore the mods and the rationale behind them.
@widgren875 жыл бұрын
@T-Jay That works as well :-)
@thedarkzibba70595 жыл бұрын
Galactic empire wants to know your location
@1r0zz5 жыл бұрын
Is this gun the base for star wars blasters?
@99thJediWarrior5 жыл бұрын
Ikr. It looks so much like the Stormtrooper rifle from Star Wars.
@michaelfodor62805 жыл бұрын
@@99thJediWarrior Close, Lucas used the L2A1 Stirling as the base for the Blastech E-11. If you check the weapons used in Star Wars you'll recognize a lot of actual firearms being used. Lucas did it to give the blasters an air of being real and well used. Which works well in my opinion.
@99thJediWarrior5 жыл бұрын
@@michaelfodor6280 Yea I remember that the MG34 (or 42) was used for Chewbacca's rifle from Empire Strikes Back (not the bowcaster)and I think it was used for the bigger blasters that the Stormtroopers used. You can tell from the stock and grip on it as well.
@butterfinger43935 жыл бұрын
It would be cool to see this as the new blaster
@Themanwithnoscreenname5 жыл бұрын
Two bayonets? Seemed like a sharp idea, I guess.
@scottyj62265 жыл бұрын
you really cut to the heart of the matter.
@SkinlessBody354 жыл бұрын
I see your points
@sirtornado29384 жыл бұрын
Does this rlly cut it though
@sillylittleowlguy23924 жыл бұрын
Ba dum tsssss
@bigguy11644 жыл бұрын
"Gee Nigel, why does your mom let you have TWO bayonets?"
@user-wx3wc4bo7c4 жыл бұрын
Old episodes remind me of the before times ..better content than the history channel these days...
@alexm566 Жыл бұрын
Old? This is from 2019
@leathery4205 жыл бұрын
The barrel could possibly be offset to aid in more reliable feeding from the magazine seeing as it is off set to the side of the magazine. That and likely wanting a clearer sight picture probably contributed to the off set barrel. Edit- also can you use two bayonets at once?
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
No reason why you can't.
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
@@smittysmith6173 Perfect answer, sir. Just perfect.
@hlund735 жыл бұрын
Possibly so, the breech block has to be a certain mass for the blow back action. If the barrel was central the block would have to be longer or taller to maintain the same proximity in the feed and taller would compromise the basic round return spring design. Sadly, the multiple bayonets were probably just to evaluate the options on the prototype.
@Madchefred5 жыл бұрын
Two bayonets? I'll take two for dual wielding and opening my mail!
@DarkestVampire925 жыл бұрын
Now the important question: Can you mount both bayonets at the same time? For... tactical reasons.
@bwcmakro5 жыл бұрын
DarkestVampire92 reference thumbnail
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
I see no why you can't.
@sirwoollyjumper48934 жыл бұрын
Love the way the stock unfolds on this, I’m not gonna lie.
@unbearifiedbear18853 жыл бұрын
*Gun Jesus:* _"It's a donkey in a thoroughbred race."_ *Me:* D U A L B A Y O N E T
@mrfuriouser5 жыл бұрын
Might I remind you, good sir, that my great-great-grandfather successfully homesteaded 160 acres whilst riding on a donkey during the Great Oklahoma Land Rush. A donkey may not be the pinnacle of performance; however, it is still incredibly capable overall!
@pd41654 жыл бұрын
It was the M4 medium of its day!
@georgiykireev96784 жыл бұрын
Donkeys are incredibly strong animals, especially for their size. One donkey can pull over 3 tons of stuff. That's a lot of performance from such an unassuming, small animal.
@adulescentuluscarnifex84124 жыл бұрын
You never told us to begin with so how can you remind us
@alluraambrose29785 жыл бұрын
Looks like something only a mother would love.
@makara805 жыл бұрын
Well each to their own but the gun's aesthetics look perfectly fine imo and pleasingly modern for the mid 60's. ....It just didn't _work_ (well) that's all!
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
...some mothers drown their kids, this is a perfect example of why.
@user-ns3vs3bp3e5 жыл бұрын
People mock the double bayonet but we’re the nation that turned the word glass into a verb... I wouldn’t want us having one let alone two 😂😂😂
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
Maybe I should cork it, just so you don't put both eyes out.
@user_name_redacted5 жыл бұрын
Australia actually beat the british at verb-ising "glass" by several weeks. It's actually a national holiday (except in WA).
@georgemorley10292 жыл бұрын
“What about a bayonet?” “You’ve already had it!” “We’ve had one, yes. What about second bayonet?” “I don’t think he knows about second bayonet, Pip.”
@joshtiscareno13124 жыл бұрын
Further enhancements include an attachment point for a Zip-22 and a single-shot Gyrojet launcher that mounts to the side opposite the magazine. The buttstock will have a slot on either side, depending on whether or not they want it to carry chopsticks or a spork, and a choice of two oil bottles, depending on whether they want one filled with soy sauce or Worchestershire sauce (under no circumstances is actual oil or yankee Tobasco sauce to be placed in this bottle). The sights will be offset even further to allow a GI angle-head flashlight to be mounted on top (but only the opaque white lens will be authorized for use).
@milesellis45345 жыл бұрын
Affix bayonets! Do it again!
@grandadmiralthrawn34125 жыл бұрын
*"These blast points too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise."*
@andrewkerr49653 жыл бұрын
Fascinating walk through. 👍
@adamcoleman40012 жыл бұрын
What a beauty-thanks for all your great content Ian
@p.t.anderson15935 жыл бұрын
I have an idea about why the gun appears to be offset to the left inside the receiver. Since it's a straight blow back operating system, it may have been an attempt to add mass to the bolt in the least offending direction. That may have been the best way to keep the bolt short or smaller in every other dimension???
@ninjabaiano60925 жыл бұрын
Legend says you can put a bayonet on the stock.
@NarfoOnTheNet5 жыл бұрын
For some reason, I'm thinking "What if Lucas used this instead?"
@jackson144315 жыл бұрын
Empire are the protagonist faction of the setting, stormtroopers are as powerful as they should be
@michaelfodor62805 жыл бұрын
Stormtroopers will still miss.
@NarfoOnTheNet5 жыл бұрын
@@jackson14431 you mean "antagonist," right?
@colmhain5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the "two bayonets" guy went on to help develop Warhammer 40k......?
@Spernova95305 жыл бұрын
No dude he is on the gears of war franchise
@sneakysnake76955 жыл бұрын
Clearly he went to work on the Borderlands franchise
@deranathonarkantos67124 жыл бұрын
SneakySneaky Snake I’m gonna have to agree with Bjarne on this one, I’ve never seen a gun with more than one bayonet in Borderlands, but GoW however: gearsofwar.fandom.com/wiki/Retro_Sawed-Off_Shotgun?file=Sawedoffelite.jpg
@joelwinters1005 жыл бұрын
It needs three bayonets. And gosh thank you for these vids. So enjoyable and relaxing
@georgerobartes2008 Жыл бұрын
The reason why its off centre is to reduce the magazine to barrel breech jump distance that had caused feed issues on the Sten . Sterling survived on the SMG and the AR 18 / AR180 rifle ( another pressed metal design in black wrinkle high temperature paint ) eventually closing the Dagenham plant in the 80 s after the failure of the 9mm /38 dual calibre revolver they hoped would be adopted by the UK police forces and change in UK legislation for civilian ownership of semi auto rifles , although the AR180 was notably absent from our ranges before then . Frank went on to produce high quality air rifles in a unit not far from the original works in Rainham Road .
@darrenbrashaw84095 жыл бұрын
2 bayonets, was this Cpl Jones's SMG?
@remcovanvliet30185 жыл бұрын
It's as if an Uzi, a Sten and a Swiss army knife met up for a drunken night of debauchery never to be mentioned again... I love it! I'll take 2, please!
@camelthegamer71655 жыл бұрын
You'll need to buy four blades, though.
@as-jp5cl5 жыл бұрын
"Still not enough stab"- Finland 1944
@Fractal_blip3 жыл бұрын
One of the best channels on youtube
@pdean69074 жыл бұрын
not sure if it was commented before but I'd say the barrel is offset to accommodate the first bayonet you showed off to the side. were the barrel and action centered it would not have worked with the shoulder recess in the barrel nut for the #5 loop.