The Advanced Combat Rifle Program by TheFatElectrician| The Chill Zone Reacts

This is yet another wacky finacial dumb by the DoD.
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[@LordRaine]

For me, it was a lawnmower blade, and it worked. Never before or since have I felt such power.

[@dasji2]

Show me your ways great leader!

[@sharojak9401]

As a German/Austrian I can confirm that we conduct dark sorcery to repair our machines

[@Dexter_1309]

The omnissiah protects.

[@grimsladeleviathan3958]

I swear the Adeptus Mechanicus are originally goddamn Germans

[@sharojak9401]

@@grimsladeleviathan3958 Quite possible, considering the three colors most often present in their themes are combinations of red, gold and either silver or black. Then you have names like Belasarius wich are still s thing in old Germans those days. Yes, this is my headcanon now. Machine spirits are why German engineering is the finest in the world. We created machines so strong and put so much heart and soul into it that they became spiritual beings.

[@rmartinson19]

I'm still in awe that attempting the weed-whacker saw-blade is pretty much a universal male thing. I had that moment of contemplating whether that would work to deal with a stubborn sapling literally about 2 days before I saw this video for the first time. The only reason I didn't was, you guessed it, because I looked at both tools and decided there was no way they would fit together. I just about choked on my drink when he brought it up.

[@terryhiggins5077]

If there is one thing I've learned, that kind of thing a near universal for us guys, I guess it's just how we are wired, for I to have tried it, and it did not fit.

[@angus4202]

i fuckin tried it and the saw blade ended up in a tree a 1/4 mile away (i forgot to think of kinetic energy when letting off the throttle and it spun the bolt loose)

[@brigidtheirish]

@@angus4202 I mean, it makes sense. Weed whackers make things spin *and* are designed to spin at ground level. If it fit, you wouldn't have to crouch while using the saw.

[@PhycoKrusk]

Now we must wonder how many of us _didn't_ know for sure because while we were trying to find a saw blade, we remembered that we had a chainsaw and used that instead? (I mean, let's face it, the only reason we remembered we had a chainsaw is because we looked at it while looking for the saw blade, but the point stands)

[@rmartinson19]

@@brigidtheirish Right? it would be perfect. In theory, anyway. There's got to be a tool like that though, right? A circular saw on the end of a long handle for really low or really high jobs? If there's not, that just might be a million dollar idea. Quick, someone call a machinist and start working on a prototype! We need to make this thing a reality!

[@Zero-tk1hb]

When i saw the German gun the only thing that i could think was Stroheim saying "YOU UTTER FOOL!! GERMAN SCINCE ITS THE WORLD'S FINEST!!!"

[@catherder6552]

Is that guy psychic? A few monthes ago I went to myself "I bet I could put this angle grinder blade on this strimmer" luckily my atrophied sense of self preservation kicked in. 😂

[@Kronosphere100]

"My atrophied sense of self preservation kicked in." What a fuckin' description! Take my like! XD

[@SPastaL]

at least it hadn't become completely vestigial yet.

[@BaratAnemica]

​@@SPastaLemphasis on 'yet'

[@justahologram2230]

Done it to deal with some thick brush, it works fine

[@BrutalButtSlap]

one thing not mentioned properly is that Colt technically was tryng to sell a less accurate gun them their previous one XD

[@Snipez4104]

US-"Hey guys, anyone see an F-35 around?" UK-"A WHAT?! YOU LOST ONE?!" habituallinecrosser

[@NohorseRU]

"What do you mean you LOST the F-35? Go find it."

[@brilobox2]

The factory produces 10-20 a month. A couple ‘lost’ every year is almost a rounding error.

[@Mare_Man]

"We didn't lose it, we just don't know where it is right now"

[@The_Lone_Outlaw]

You think that’s bad, wait until you hear about broken arrow.

[@Snipez4104]

​@@The_Lone_Outlaw Ah yes all 32 (unofficially the US definitely has way more "Broken Arrow" incident reports collecting dust in a forgotten basement somewhere)

[@aganaom1712]

17:23 he kind of did bottom line: the MCX isn't anything special on its own but it's also not all that bad. chances are good it's going to end up occupying a DM role, largely because of it's weight and also because 5.56 is still good enough to contest with modern body armor however the new machine gun seems to be a general step up from the ones currently in US service and the new optic that came as part of the package is a massive advantage and a significant potential improvement to current service optics

[@joecrazy9896]

Real question is why wouldn't we make lasers.

[@blackvial]

Power issue

[@MungoMcGhee]

Because they're technically complex and resource intensive to the point where it's incredibly impractical and uneconomical to justify having them as infantry weapons. Power is another major problem. If we do develop laser weaponry, then they would be heavier weapons used in specific roles, or mounted on ships and planes, etc.

[@coolguy91919]

They are a warcrime. They cause unnecessary suffering by burning and blinding before potentially killing.

[@zakkuthedreamer4138]

lasers blind you

[@joecrazy9896]

@@MungoMcGhee But pew pew tho

[@jonathanrichwine1996]

I’ve never tried the weed whacked saw blade but when he brought up the question my first thought was “…. I don’t know. Let’s try” now I know not to do that lol

[@alexisrivera200xable]

The english word you were looking for a adding a thing to something is thingamabob. As in "Colt just added an ugly thingamabob to the M16 and resold it to uncle Sam yet again."

[@datmanydocris]

Doodad or Doohickey would also work.

[@johngillespie3409]

The channel Angry Cops, whose friends with the fat electrician did a little skit of the actual 911 call.

[@datmanydocris]

I believe an equivalent English word for that Danish word you said would either be "thingamajig", "doodad" or "doohickey".

[@identity7536]

The thing is that the F-35 Project is extremely expensive, yes, but not NOT waisted money. if your aim is to basicly end any ideas of visual range combat and at the same time put as many roles as possible in ONE aircraft that also ahs to be extremely stealthy compared to anything out there and you make it work in 98% of all the things you wanted (even with some problems now at the start) you wonÄ't be able to make it cheap but it will save alot of money in the long run. you don't have to develop it 10 times from scratch.

[@raylenn4444]

Just make a cheaper, more modular design instead.

[@cheeseninja1115]

​@raylenn4444 The F-35 is the cheaper, more modular design. Hell the entire airframe of the A variant is cheaper than some recent 4.5 Gen aircraft coming out of Europe. Not to mention the per unint costs have continually gone down as more and more nations are added to the order list and it less of a luxury and more of a mass production aircraft.

[@brilobox2]

@@raylenn4444 ‘just do thing, i am very smart’ It was designed with open systems architecture. Thats as modular as a military jet can get.

[@identity7536]

And the system is going to be extremely cheap for all it can do and alot of other platforms can be retired over that meaning less maintance cost overall as well as revenue from Industrie as soon as it is built. Those are the development costs before any uses are in. And also before it was sold to anyone. And since russia showed surprising weakness in comparison there are even more sales than ever projected

[@jakesanchez7235]

The F35 isn’t a waste of money, it comes at a cost of my god damn healthcare. No but really though, I live by one of the Air Force bases here, and the F35 sounds reallllllllllllyyyyyyyy nice. Sounds like freedom flying in the air. 😂 No but really though, the F35’s are worth it, just look at all the Countries who are buying them. To bad y’all can’t get F22’s.

[@hbsavage0387]

That’s the entire reason they were made and to also faze out our much older aircraft that were filling the multipurpose fighter role we made them to sell to other nations because everyone had such a hardon for the F-22.

[@jakesanchez7235]

@@hbsavage0387it’s also illegal for the United States to sell F22’s compared to the F35’s.

[@hbsavage0387]

@@jakesanchez7235 that was made a thing cause of how advanced it was. It was done after the fact that everyone was asking for it. The F-35 had two purposes to satiate our allies desire for a highly modern aircraft and to replace the very old planes we still had in service.

[@cleomance7694]

Just wanna say I love your videos keep up the good work

[@Registered_Simp]

Fun Fact: The F-35 in the grand scheme of things when adjusted for inflation isn't even that terribly expensive of a program. But it certainly was more expensive to develop than it needed to be for a variety of reasons. Considering what the plane brings to the table and the development debacle, I'm shocked it is only projected at 1.7 Trillion over its whole lifetime of 40+ years. The economics of scale have brought the per-unit price of the F-35A down to ~80 million USD. That's not too much more than a Block 3 Super Hornet and 2/3 that of a new Eurofighter with WAY more sensor capability and stealth.

[@anzaca1]

13:11 The G11 also had a system where all the internals are able to move. The way it works is that when you fire, the internal mechanism, including the barrel and magazine, start moving back under recoil. By the time all three rounds have fired, the mechanism comes to a stop, which is when the shooter feels the recoil. This is why you can see the magazine moving in the footage.

[@khylerbane4523]

When the G11 was presented. Germans: “It fires 3 round bursts, has caseless amo, a futuristic look, and a scope.” USA: “It’s perfect.” Germans: “And here is how it works.” *opens up the gun revealing a grandfather clock of machinery* “Truly a marvel of engineering, wouldn’t you say?” USA: *complete incomprehension* “Why are you like this?”

[@autisticwarguy]

To answer your question on why we are making lasers/over powered shit: it’s to let everyone know in military terms they are competing for second place and the only way for them to make first requires the Fallout to become real. We make stuff so we are never challenged to war out of fear.

[@PBRatLord]

Lol love it; flechettes are just analog lasers XD

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

It sounds like you are describing the “Bells & Whistles” type of accessories.

[@foxleader3253]

Funny thing is the Russian Badger has a video on this it's a short but it's still funny as gets out

[@paranoidsoldier]

We are getting closer to the glorious Lazgun!

[@HorFrench]

Colts philosophy: if it ain't broke don't fix it, also charge lots of money for it

[@Louse1021]

Thingy-mi-jig is also a common American saying lol

[@smithertoddsforge2625]

Stuff like this is why us Americans have 0 respect for our government, and even less for All politicians there in. Lol

[@michaelforster8617]

Heya, military nerd here! The F-35 program actually hasn’t been a waste of money (despite the setbacks). The cost of each airframe currently is 80 million USD with the new Pratt and Whitney F135 engine. The aircraft got a bad name after an article was released on ‘War is Boring’ by a journalist named David Axe. The article detailed how the F-35 fell short in many ways when dogfighting an F-16, which is a near 50 year old 4th generation fighter. Here’s the problem though, that F-35 was incomplete. It’s stealth coating was not applied, it’s off-bore sight was unusable (meaning it had to aim it’s nose at a target, which the f35 was not designed to do). It also has g limiters placed on it. Meanwhile, the f-16 had no restrictions whatsoever. In modern combat trials, the F-35 has scored kill ratios of 20-1, and in the case of the F-35B, it scored a whopping 24-0. Trust me, the DoD gets many things wrong, but this plane was not one of them.

[@hbsavage0387]

Also it will be sold to just about all our allies so toss in the money generated from that and this project is probably one of the most successful in Air Force history

[@YuriiTemnikov]

And what - American engineers have already corrected those hundreds of shortcomings of the F-35, many of which are critical?

[@trollingpcgames]

1.7 trillion dollars for the entire lifetime of the program is not a lot if you compare it to other fighter jets. Yes it’s a lot of money but it’s over a 30+ year time line and it includes salary for staff and pilots, buying the actual jets and maintaining the jets. War has never been cheap and the f35 jet is comparable in price to many 4th gen jets so it’s a good choice if you’re nation is looking to acquire them. Wish sweden would stop buying saab gripens and buy f35s that whould actually survive a proper fight.

[@hbsavage0387]

Tbf that 1.7T doesn’t account for how much will be earned back by selling the damn things which was half of the point of building them in the first place.

[@trollingpcgames]

@@hbsavage0387true, it was built to be sold to other nations, that is why it was over budget, because it needed to fit multiple roles for multiple nations so the r&d budget went out of control. But America also needed it, America has been upgrading the f16 which is a almost 50 year of jet so it needed a replacement.

[@hbsavage0387]

@@trollingpcgames I forgot I mentioned that in another comment that it was meant to also replace our outdated and craft also it didn’t necessarily go over budget cause of it being a multi purpose fighter that’s actually kinda the point of it. It’s a completely jack of all trades master of none but so damn advanced that it’s a master of most.

[@logangrimnar3800]

Just once I wish the DoD would contract out to Kel-Tec, just to see what sort of weirdly functional abomination would be born.

[@alexpott6138]

10:53 Can confirm, I watched my dad try it 🤣😭

[@ScarriorIII]

FT just dropped a vid on the OICW, which also covers the XM8 and the XM25.

[@scyfrix]

17:10 Well good news, he made a video on the XM-29

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

This is also the program that inspired the M41A pulse rifle from Aliens. While yes the prop was a Thomson attached to a 12 gauge, the rifle is a 10 mm caseless carbine that uses an electric pulse to set off the propellent block and uses an electric motor to load the rounds rather than gas-operated blowback like the AR-15 and M-16.

[@TheMajorActual]

11:28 -- I never caught that font before; I saw it, and probably recognized it, but it never jelled. Damn it. Well done.

[@aganaom1712]

3:23 universal unhealthcare for all, baby. USA * laughs which then slowly turns into a dying whimper at the generational tax burden *

[@brilobox2]

The US spends several times more per capita on healthcare than comparable nations for worse healthcare outcomes. If you fixed your healthcare system (ie remove insurance parasites) you could have twice as much military.

[@rosehaley6012]

If you're interested in learning more about guns, I'd recommend Zach's Gun Rants

[@ObservingLibertarian]

7:11 You're not wrong - iterations of Colt AR type rifles are like iterations of iPhones. By that I mean some intern hops on a computer terminal in the back room, does some photohop to look at the iPhone 15, move the camera .5 cm and suddenly it's an iPhone 16. With Colt it's more like "Oh, we changed the thickness of the buttplate and gave it a slight angle so it's easier to shoulder, and also our 34th flavor of ar from 5 years ago? yeah, we took that exact model and slapped in a new bolt so now it fires .300 black out." then that is sold as a whole new gun - a decade late to the .300 black party - and nothing's new about it aside from what anyone could have done by buying an after market bolt...

[@cliffsimmons9692]

7:02 my dude, you should look up Glock if you're going go on about a firearm company selling the same thing with only minor differences. They have 30 models over 5 generations and the only thing different between them is the size and caliber for the models with an ambi slide lock, a different recoil spring and no finger grooves between generations. And the worse part about it is the hype they have for "new" stuff. I remember a few years ago, Glock had this big ad hype up about a new item of theirs. Everyone got excited, thinking 'oh damn! they might be bringing out a cool new polymer frame carbine, finally'. Then the item in question came out, the Glock 44. And it's just a G19 size frame chambered in .22LR. That's it. Hype crashed and burned. Then rumors went around that Austria was looking for a new carbine and that they had picked Glock. This threw people for a loop. And the thought 'oh damn! they might be bringing out a cool new polymer frame carbine, finally' started getting thrown around and then the leaked pictures came out that Glock later confirmed. It's just another AR-15, but this time with 'Glock' written on the gun. Ridiculous. All this from a company that has "Perfection" as their tag-line, while most owners of said firearms change the parts (sights, mag release and slide stop being the three most likely). And this is coming from someone who's carry gun is a Glock 19.

[@RageinriotTJ]

if you do that Cassius clay video from the fat electrician you got my sub

[@Bossaru9000]

He already did

[@2Potates]

I am disappointed we never got flechettes.

[@Shideous]

Why did one of them look like a Tau weapon? If they are going Sci-Fi, invent the Lasgun or Bolter and not any weibu-guns.

[@MacKnight]

7:24 so Colt is basically the 'Apple Inc' of the gun maker world?

[@leechowning2712]

To answer your question, yes, he did a followup video. Looking forward to seeing your response.

[@gups4963]

Basically adding a greeblie

[@dramspringfeald]

2:15 the 911 operator lives next to and within an acceptable distance of a known military aircraft training facility. This literally would have a book that she has to read every month and sign off on that she has read it. This would have been the meme of "oh my god its happening" and or calling a supervisor over about it. She should not have been confused, she should have been "okay, which base? What condition is the pilot in?"

[@chugachuga9242]

I didn’t realize you were Danish until now, answers a lot of questions.

[@hf117j]

4,900 fps = 3,340.9090909091 mph = roughly mach 4.354285714285726527 You can shoot at most jets flying away from you full burn and your shots could catch up.

[@MoonTiger88]

7:07 possibly thingamajig in English?

[@christianschack9777]

Non-freedom units made it for me😂

[@Effect-Without-Cause]

random fyi to anyone; circular saw and angle grinder discs don't fit each other.

[@LordOfEssex]

5000....kilometer per hour....thats no bullet thats a fucking hitscan

[@natsucadogan]

A couple things. First, I like the videos. Secondly, I would be interested to see what you make of The Fat Electrician’s videos on Aimo Koivunen and Jake “McNasty” McNiece. Thirdly, all I can say about our military is that it’s America, we go overboard on everything regarding weapons and hatred.

[@benjaminhewitt2376]

I think you’d like his video on the M50 Ontos

[@bulldowozer5858]

I think in english it would be a Thingy bob

[@Dr.Kryptanical]

All I had to do is play video games as a kid to realise an acog improved my accuracy and I didn't need to spend a dime!

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

you want infuriating military spending look up UCP cammo and you'll see stupid

[@j0246]

girls' frontline players when they hear G11: she was taken away from us!

[@dasji2]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall because of a ACOG.........and what ever the fuck was in that gun

[@USMCScorpi02]

It works. Look at glock

[@emeraldwarrior588]

honestly, i still think the flechets go hard

[@genericscottishchannel1603]

no that's pretty close to what it'd be called in english too you missed the bloopers

[@kokaomf]

I want a gun that can shoot shit at 5000 km/h >:(

[@RageinriotTJ]

alright im gunna give you a run down of all the videos you REALLY need to watch from the fat electrician 1. the most bad ass politician of all time Cassius clay 2. american's war house sergeant reckless 3. the most bad ass marine of all times dan daily 4. the last war chief Joe medicine crow all great stories and will have you saying wtf, wait there is no way.

[@Bossaru9000]

He's already done cassius clay and dan daly, so there's 2 down lol

[@justgreg8270]

you say "wasting money" at this point the power of the US miliary and its power projection is what makes our dollar worth anything