The COG WEAPONS in Gears of War Lore

The COG WEAPONS in Gears of War Lore
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0:00 Intro
0:26 Gnasher Shotgun
1:13 Retro Lancer
2:20 Lancer Mark 2
3:34 Hammer of Dawn
4:30 Longshot
5:26 Combat Knife
5:56 Commando Knife
6:30 Machete
6:45 MX8 Snub Pistol
7:21 Mulcher
8:02 Mortar
8:43 Scorcher Flamethrower
9:39 One Shot
10:23 Sawed-off Shotgun
10:53 Chain Gun
11:18 Twin-Barrel Turret
11:46 RPG
11:59 Vulcan Gatling Gun
12:22 Tripwire Crossbow
12:44 DMR
13:06 JACK's Zapper Stun Gun
13:28 Bolo Grenades
13:47 Beacon Grenades
14:04 Stim-Gas Grenades
14:16 Cytostatic Gas Grenades
14:42 Smoke Grenades
14:57 Molotov Cocktails
15:16 Lightmass Missile
15:55 Lightmass Bomb
16:28 Ball Turrets
16:52 Defence Missile System
17:32 Torpedos
17:53 Blow Torch
18:05 COG Ammo Crates
18:17 Propane Tanks
18:44 Imulsion Countermeasure Weapon
Welcome back to another Gears of War Lore video! In this video I'm going to be presenting you with a Gears of War lore episode based on the Gears of War COG Weapons.
Including lore on the Gears of War Lancer chainsaw, Gears of War Locust Horde, Gears of War Grenadiers, Gears of War COG lore, Gears of War Adam Fenix and much more! In this video I run through the Gears of War story.
I talk about the Gears of War Pendulum Wars, including Gears of War Lambent, Gears of War Imulsion, Gears of War Savage Locust, Gears of War skorge, Gears of War RAAM, Gears of War Emergence Day, Gears of War COG vs UIR and more!
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[@KnightSlasher]

I love how a lot of the gears weapons have stuck around for awhile, they truly are iconic and very fun to use

[@oldhunterundol3243]

If you can remember the name of the guns you know they're iconic

[@Son_Kar]

@@oldhunterundol3243 agreed

[@BTreal734]

​@@oldhunterundol3243 nasher shotgun Lancer boltock pistol sniper and alot more amigos

[@pupstxrxl9714]

@@BTreal734hammerburst (including the assault rifle version from the first game), retro lancer, sawed off shotgun, boomshot, mortar

[@alice-dl6mf]

@@BTreal734isn’t the boltok locust?

[@agentcoxack7368]

Just to note the Retro Lancer’s bayonet WAS usable against Locust Grubs, but only if the soldier built up enough momentum via a Bayonet Charge to actually be able to penetrate the Grub’s thick hide. They weren’t necessarily useless, but if you’re charging an enemy strong enough to rip off your arm and beat you to death with it, I reckon you’d rather have a chainsaw.

[@irionuchiha3823]

I prefer the retro myself and you are right lol bc i was impaling locusts left and right in the campaign and versus

[@KopperNeoman]

You could also slash or jab with it. It really was just a case of early game writers throwing out a cool weapon to justify a less realistic, more iconic and equally cool weapon. The jab in particular was really underutilised by most players in GOW3. Soften up a shotgunner, hold B, then just before you start charging, wallbounce his shot. You'll start charging instantly once you cancel the cover slide.

[@BeagleBuddy-qf7uw]

I remember getting my hands on the Scorcher for the first time on Gears of War 2. On Dirty Little Secrets in New Hope Facility. Dom and Marcus talk about Benjamin Carmine with his fascination of Fire, even to this day when I replay Gears of War 2, I cannot see the hints of Ben being a pyromaniac.

[@Iluvlollipops]

It was from a cut segment, they ended up moving the flamethrower later I'm the campaign. He does get a Lil fire crazy in MP and Horde with the flamethrower tho

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

In gears 5 Ben’s dialogue talks about it when you pick it up/kill someone with it and he has awhole “fire starter skin” but yeah in gears 2 they just mention it

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

@@Iluvlollipops yeah in gears 5 n he has the firestarter skin

[@rubenlopez3364]

It’s more in Multiplayer when you kill with Flamethrower and incendiary grenades he will laugh and say he loves fire. He does it in every Gears

[@sethleoric2598]

What i love about this game is that all the downright insane handheld weapons can actually be viable in this universe because all the humans are basically natural demi-ogryns from Warhammer.

[@daswordofgork9823]

For the Mark 2 Lancers origin you could argue that when it was produced, the Onyx were able to get access to the weapon first before the rest of the COG soldiers received it.

[@JaelaOrdo]

Not sure what COG weapon I love more, the Gnasher or the Lancer (or retro lancer), but what I am sure of is I wish I owned one of each. “Shall not be infringed” and all that.

[@oldhunterundol3243]

I still use the old lancer that gun go hard

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

@@oldhunterundol3243 the retro?

[@NoSoulJoel177]

@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx if we’re thinking 5 it may just be referring to the mk3 instead of retro, but I think he means the retro.

[@fictionforeternity8926]

I’m pretty sure the lancer in judgment was simply an oversight. But in my personal head cannon the lancer mark 2 already existed but either had a bayonet or a grenade launcher, it was the chainsaw bayonet concept that didn't exist until a year later.

[@KopperNeoman]

It was more a case of "can't have Gears without the chainsaw gun!"

[@flabbywall1780]

I wanted calibers involve in this too. But its still pretty neat.

[@SwiftGundam]

In the books, Adam Fenix called the Hammer of Dawn a tactical weapon. Not strategic.

[@some_shitposting_idiot3023]

Literally the same thing

[@ntfoperative9432]

@@some_shitposting_idiot3023 literally not the same thing. Tactical means Battle, think Kiev, while Strategic would be Campaign, think Operation Barbarossa. So a Strategic weapon would be used to change the course of the entire Campaign, while a Tactical weapon, would be used to change the course of the battle. It's why the Tactical Nuke, and the Strategic Nuke, are two separate things

[@SIRslipperyasp91]

Grunts currently getting shot at don't fire things called "strategic weapons," those are things like the US's nuclear arsenal. The HoD is a tactical weapon used by small units like they'd use a javelin anti-tank Missile launcher.

[@ntfoperative9432]

@@SIRslipperyasp91 well, in all technicality, the Hammer of Dawn was a Strategic weapon at first, as it was powerful enough to level entire cities, but as the satellite network deteriorated more and more, it started being used more as a tactical weapon

[@SwesomegamerX]

cog makes weapons the locust: i’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move

[@zerocrusader7314]

You forgot the Lancer MK3, it appeared in 4-5 but the main difference was that the Lancer has a stock now, so I understand why you didn’t worry about it. Either way amazing video

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Thats the custom lancer the mk3 is the grenade launcher attachment one

[@zerocrusader7314]

@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx the custom lancer is now the primary weapon for the cog in gears 5, the lancer gl was made by db industries. But it is technically the mk3/mk4

[@MrChaosOK]

​@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx The Custom Lancer technically is the mark 3, and the COG started making more for their soldiers after the events of Gears 4. GL lancer is a different variant of the lancer.

[@Aidan_H4]

Nobody cares about Gears 5. That game was terrible. 4's multi-player was good but campaign was terrible like 5

[@Vipero_official]

3:41 Just realized when the Lazer hit the earth the impact looked like a cog wheel, which is the symbol of the cog. That's frigging cool

[@GSGNightCrawler]

I would like too see the swarm make their own shotgun, sniper and pistol variant weapons. Swarm already have there lancer counterpart the claw. So have the swarm make their own batch of weapons instead of recycling them.

[@KingAbzTV]

definitely and hopefully they're unique weapons and not generic

[@davidfranks9725]

​@@KingAbzTV hey by any chance can we see the UIR weapons or did you do that already and good job on the videos man keep up the good work 👍

[@SteCollects]

I can see the locust making a comeback

[@redpandafirefox9434]

Same. But the Coalition probably not gonna do that. Cuz they garbage.

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

The claw is probably the coolest swarm weapon , u can actually chainsaw duel with it too!

[@mattmason4013]

Onyx guards are the only ones that can use a Vulcan solo. Makes them even more badass.

[@themeanestkitten]

The one sound i'll never forget is "GRIND!" My brain just thinks, find cover🤯 NOW!

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

I like to call that as "mulcher rape".

[@tdpuuhailee8222]

Now Abz only needs to make a video on UIR and New COG weapons.

[@nathanielmoran1819]

Another great lore video for a franchise that defined a generation of gamers.

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks Nathaniel, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@LT.MinhYoungKim]

One of the many voicelines of Minh, and my personal favourite is "Ooh ouchie, better get some cream". After he gets a Scorcher kill.

[@bartisreallykewl]

You sort of glossed over the part where the cog had the problem that their bayonets didn’t work so the voluntarily switched to a smaller caliber Bullet to facilitate the chainsaw. Granted the locus right close up so higher rate of fire and chainsaw kinda makes sense but in cannon they came up the idea of the chainsaw gun and worked backwards to make it work.

[@ruKUSS_.117]

Gotta give the locust credit as they were willing to adapt and even use COG weapons and specialize rather than just scorn human weapons in general.

[@cssib]

9:41 Ah my beloved, rest easy with Dom in Gears 3 or with Karn in Judgement. She was my favorite Heavy Weapon, by far.

[@projectlessweforget]

My personal favorite is the Retro Lancer because I find it to be more badass than the MK2 Lancer. I literally don't have any issues with the recoil of the Retro Lancer in fact the Retro Lancer is very accurate fired in short control bursts. Plus the bayonet charge and execution is very satisfying.

[@brandonparson8821]

The only COG weapon you forgot to cover was the Fortress Artillery Cannon from Gears of War 4's mp map titled Glory. Otherwise great video man, keep it up✌

[@jmsgridiron5628]

My favorite weapon has gotta be the Longshot. It's just disgusting in every game in the series

[@themrfives]

I know that sometimes the GOW devs will include something purely because it's fun to use, even if it doesn't make sense from a story perspective. That's the entire reason why we can use the Lancer mk1. I distinctly recall reading in a quote from a dev in a game informer issue about the first game to let us use the Lancer mk1 where he basically said "Yeah it doesn't make sense story wise but fuck it, it's cool." So that's probably why the Lancer mk2 is in Judgement.

[@josephsuh525]

I hope you do killzone game soon, because it's very underrated.

[@markfreeman4727]

i thought scorcher was a locust weapon also why aren't the newer weapons like the enforcer and overkill on this list?

[@KingAbzTV]

- scorcher was a cog manufactured weapon - if the lore in gears 6 onwards is good then I can cover all of that altogether along with new swarm weapons

[@idied2]

The only problem i have with this video, is not the video. Its thw fact that i didn't make popcorn before watching lol

[@KingAbzTV]

Hahaha! Well make sure to have popcorn on the ready next time! As I have another lore movie in the works!

[@michaelcrawford3663]

I really appreciate videos like these thank you for your effort.

[@KingAbzTV]

You’re welcome! Glad you enjoy the videos so thank you!

[@joshbecker7396]

To me personally in gears judgment seeing in the cutscense the onyx guard with MK 2 lancers kinda makes sense since the onyx guard are a elite unit they would probably be first in line to get them before standard cog troops

[@prayforbeans1955]

Post testing would make sense,but you wouldn't want to give a brand new system without knowing it works. Idk much about that in regards to lore though, I could be wrong

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

They weren’t invented yet though was the thing definitely an oversight

[@AlwaySolkim]

Good video man, can't wait for more gears content

[@user-ou9cg7jg4o]

so Baird's DB weapons aren't considered COG weapons? loved to know the lore of those ones too.

[@KingAbzTV]

They are cog weapons but I just want to cover the newer stuff later down the line, hoping the lore in Gears 6 is good!

[@user-ou9cg7jg4o]

@@KingAbzTV well I like DB weapons especially overkill, and lancwr gl is a blast so I want to know the lore. Claw is unique because it reminds me of 40k ork technology were things are made of trash but somehow works. And considering coalition added markza mk2 that definitely acts like breach shot. We'll see more wacky stuff later down the line.

[@BIGBRAINED8159]

Thank you for this video!

[@KingAbzTV]

My pleasure sir

[@vibezzz7211]

Lancer mk2 is up there with the AR from halo and the blades of chaos in terms of iconic

[@Mainohh]

fantastic video man

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it!

[@SpecimenX-9000]

I was exited for this one after the locust weapons

[@Chief-Seventy-Six]

You forgot about the lancer mk3 and lance gl but good vid none the less

[@KingAbzTV]

Thanks! & I didn’t forget them I just want to cover all of the newer stuff later down the line!

[@Chief-Seventy-Six]

@@KingAbzTV OK. got it hope to see them included some time soon but can you please also talk about Marcus's custom lancer. Keep going and keep this franchise alive. Great Work.

[@josuefernando7102]

Ahora necesitamos un video sobre las armas de las Nueva Coalición (Vista en Gears 4 y 5, y posiblemente en Gears 6). Igual se agradecería uno sobre las modificaciones a las armas, vistas en Gears Tactics (Donde a las armas se les ponen miras, culatas, cargadores extendidos, etc).

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

I love Gears Judgment and miss the Markza and the other weapons from that game.

[@sethmende]

You know I have been going back and forth for the past 4 years which game series I like more fallout or gears it's hard I love them both

[@kingwendi5010]

Next should be resistance weapons!

[@brighamromish7661]

Please make a weapon list for the Swarm next

[@blacktronpavel]

1:58 yet in later games the bayonet became a satisfying method of killing a locust…

[@ZmbiSlay]

So yes, the COG knife is useless against the locust. But ( and idk why ) there is one time i know of it actually killing a locust . Bernie Mataki in The Book that is "Gears Of War Jacinto Remnant" Kills a Locust drone with her Combat Knife by stabbing it in the ear canal. How does this work ? Idk . If the retro lancer bayonet didn't work idk why it worked for Bernie one singular time, but okay, sure, i guess. Anyways, i love your videos. Thank you for helping keep Gears of Qar and its lore alive !!

[@crimsonking4151]

The retro lancer is supposed to be worse than the lancer 2 but the retro lancer was me primary weapon of choice on and offline. I got all my best kills with the retro lancer. With good trigger discipline you can really control the midrange and stands a chance against snipers. Retro charges were fun but not all that practical. I can see the argument for the chainsaw bayonet but that’s why I have a sawed off. For those close encounters. Sawed off beats any type of melee. All n all I personally prefer the mk1 but I see why others like the mk2. But I’d prefer the mk1 in firefights.

[@thitipongkasemwarit3560]

What I like about GOW weapons is that they're bulky, big, and cool. I hope in the future they add more DB/COG/UIR weapons into the game. For example: DB/COG LMG/SAW DB/COG Auto Shotgun DB/COG DMR/Battle Rifle DB/COG Rocket Launcher/RPG DB/COG PDW/Carbine DB/COG Incendiary Launcher UIR Assault Rifle/Carbine UIR Battle Rifle UIR Pistol/Machine Pistol UIR Pump Shotgun/Auto Shotgun UIR SAW/LMG UIR Rocket Launcher/RPG UIR Flamethrower/Incendiary Launcher

[@daviescott1406]

GREAT VIDEO

[@KingAbzTV]

Thank you my friend, glad you enjoyed it!

[@hawkcybergear]

The lancer, gnasher, and boltok, man 🤌

[@EliteKnight97]

Gears judgement is probably the only gears game that I want to get a full remake and it’s mainly on grounds of lore concerns, have kilo squad outfitted with retro lancers, make their armours look a little less grandiose and set it another three months after E-Day to fit with Baird and Cole’s lore as being in boot camp for as long as they were

[@michaelsouslin891]

Whoever thought of the chainsaw bayonet is either a genius or a total pyscho, or maybe a little of both I'd guess 40% genius 60% psycho

[@cole9083]

You forgot the Lancer Mk 3 with the grenade ability found in I believe GOW 4 + 5. Which I also believe there’s more weapons in those games too I just haven’t played in a while

[@jakebob7521]

I love your videos

[@BTreal734]

Good video amigos

[@phat_kid5934]

I am an amazing sniper I also love the markza. It’s all for Anthony

[@jackdeviluke3969]

Honestly glad gears of 2ar hasn't fallen victim to the boring practical tactical trend games are falling to these days

[@lonewarrior7400]

Which game was the sense of 4:03 from? I don't remember that one, I've might have seen it. But, I don't remember when and where it's from

[@user-kj6sw3to4m]

Gears will always be my favorite multiplayer gamss

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Favorite weapon has to be hammer of dawn or longshot

[@theonewithnoname1922]

Really wish the sawd off was in the newer gears

[@SteCollects]

Nah the amount of people that would sit third person on a corner just to 1 shot you was daft, now people have to hit their shots with gansher and makes gunfights better imo

[@josephbonofiglio6582]

Yes but it only had one shot

[@Veed.l0]

Does the frost cannon count as Cog weaponry?

[@d.r.dproductions6519]

What about the weapons of the deebees they technically count as cog weapons right ?

[@ashtonkamien8542]

Hey man I want to ask you a request can you do a game series called Killzone lore please I hope you're okay with that

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I think this might be my favorite channel to go to for consistent Gears content

[@KnightSlasher]

Same

[@dracyhines]

Very good information

[@masteryodagaming6028]

For almost 8 years i thought it was called the gasher shotgun not gnasher

[@brxken_samurai8530]

Am i the only one that would NEVER Switch out a lancer. Retro or not the lancer was awsome in my opinion

[@CRAM079]

I'm curious why you didn't mention gears 4 and 5 cog weapons

[@huntersleepybrown2988]

wish there was a hoi4 mod of gears of war or coh game like it or mod

[@Rawr93]

❤

[@kylemathenia7967]

Not gonna lie I want a pendulum wars gears game

[@rick_chong6688]

You forgot to say the mmk 3 and lg in gears 5

[@ntfoperative9432]

If Gears wasn't an Xbox exclusive, I would so be playing it right now

[@darienevans6229]

You think with things like the burmacks the Cog would make some kind of rocket launcher.

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

They have the grenade launcher lancer

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

But the mortar / hammer of dawn works best on brumaks / corspers

[@braxismight7337]

UIR weapons when?

[@Kaiber_Phoenix]

Upclose nothing beats the soup maker

[@brother_bear_one7340]

So how in GoW3 does a Retro Lancer's bayonet charge impale a Locust, if in the novel, they can't even breach the outer skin? How was this retconned?

[@user-hx5oe9iz1h]

Gameplay purpose

[@ntfoperative9432]

Coolness factor

[@mrandrew1017]

❤❤

[@departmentoftheeruseanroya9106]

Why were gears 4 and 5 CoG weapons included?

[@racspartan1]

👍

[@Vscojen]

Wait, no Mk3 Lancer and Mk4 Lancer?

[@KingAbzTV]

I'll probably do an updated weapons video later down the line, including all the weapons from Gears 4, 5, etc!

[@yolsil775]

Missed opportunity to call this Gears of Lore (if it hasn't been done by someone else before)

[@MrChaosOK]

Why not include the new lancers and the ones DeeBees use.

[@anthonypena5886]

Good video

[@sethmende]

Gears collection please be real

[@satnav1980]

A bit of a conflicting information. The Retro Lancer doesn't cut the hide of the Locus horde. But it does in its multiplayer?

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Only when charged at if you tried to just stab them up close without running force behind it , the locust skin is too thick hence why tai created the chainsaw bayonet

[@lorenzosyperreck8941]

3:06 that anacrhronism is also in the raams shadow dlc. Other thing I disliked about that dlc, is how they know the name of every locust personel, wasn't it supposed to be e-day? I assume at e-day they hadn't made names up to distiguish the various kinds of troops in the locust horde already, and everything would be discribed with a lot of confusion

[@savirianwinter1656]

It's not all of the weapons.

[@neilhannan7525]

Imagine the Board Meeting for the Lancer Devlopmenting COG Soldier: We need a Weapon that we can have equipment like the Retro Lancer but better Weapon Designer: How about a Chainsaw COG Soldier Maybe a Flashlight Weapon Designer: Chainsaw COG Soldier: But Designer Chainsaw

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Tai created the idea after using a saw when he ran out of ammo its in the comics/ books

[@neilhannan7525]

@@XXAnthonyCarmineXx Didn't Know that Tradegy Tai if was alive he would be Uncle Tai to JD and mentor to Kaitv

[@anthonypena5886]

Are you still doing the weapons from resistance fall of Man just asking

[@KingAbzTV]

Probably not anytime soon, need to get this cog lore movie done! Then I'll be away for a few weeks, when I'm back I want to get into more warhammer 40k lore content!

[@anthonypena5886]

Ok

[@anthonypena5886]

I like your videos

[@Catmandan42069]

Retro Lancer charge aaaaahh!!!!

[@sbevil_kinevil2898]

No boltok?

[@KingAbzTV]

That’s a locust weapon :)

[@sbevil_kinevil2898]

@@KingAbzTV oh, I didn't know that

[@anthonypena5886]

I heard a game called killzone

[@KingAbzTV]

heard of it but never played it unfortunately

[@user-sk8vc4eq1t]

It’s a great game series But I don’t recommend killzone: shadow fall

[@anthonypena5886]

You should I heard it's a good game

[@XXAnthonyCarmineXx]

Its mid

[@captaintino4720]

Boltok pistol?

[@KingAbzTV]

That’s a locust weapon

[@DaTrixie]

Sooo the CoG just "created" already real weapons...you know..irl.. :Clap:

[@Fingeringmyboarddude]

This just feels like reading the blurb in the game manual I guess the info I just isn’t there for real explanations and development of the guns and how they work

[@ZeruS117]

Just call it Gears of Lore bro

[@km6832]

You read seekinh perfection. Just read normally bro. It sounds like you're slow

[@KingAbzTV]

That’s my commentary style but thanks for the feedback!

[@Dave-dl6ql]

Why do you talk like that

[@RookCity94]

The way you. Talk in your. Videos is actually. Really annoying. Because you only. Say three words. Before you pause. I get reading. A script can. Be hard for. Some people. But seriously. Practice more before. You upload your. Content

[@KingAbzTV]

I used to talk a lot faster in my videos but looking back I don’t like that cos it doesn’t allow a topic to sink in before moving to the next one. But this is the style I like now, if it isn’t for you then it isn’t for you my friend. Thanks for the feedback though, I always appreciate feedback even if my commentary pissed you off by the sounds of it 💀😂