The Evolution of Firearms

[@Lloyd_CK]

10:14 i thought my alarm was going off and I thought damn how long have I been up!

[@skepticalcynic3022]

That was so annoying I fucking hate that sound

[@CuteFuzzyWeasel]

whoever picked out the music for this should maybe not be in charge of music picking. When i watch something about firearms I should be looking around trying to figure out what's making that beeping sound.

[@beardlessodin945]

14th century: handgonne 21st century: handgun If it ain't broke...

[@leram648]

It's fascinating how far humanity has come from rocks and sticks to now

[@HaloFTW55]

We still throw rocks and hurl sticks. Just very engineered engineered lead rock with a copper metal jacket, and explosive sticks that propel itself towards a target after it has been programmed to do so.

[@clintjanes3784]

That frontal lobe and cooked protein diet hit different.

[@teacopem]

​@@clintjanes3784 cooked protein huh

[@clintjanes3784]

@@teacopem yeah. Cooking food allowed us to have a less complicated digestive system and allocated nutrients more efficiently. It allowed for growth in the brain

[@SpecialAgentJamesAki]

10:34 10:45 10:50 12:07 12:11 12:23 12:25 13:21 13:29

[@DubcityTX]

I enjoyed how your presented the information with models and pictures. Thanks and good job. 👍🏽

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

I've never really been into guns but especially towards the beginning of the video, it was so cool to see the innovations and how humans realized that a trigger or a slow burning rope was more effective. It's very interesting stuff

[@abstractapproach634]

Comfortability breeds complacency....I can't imagine myself not being into guns, lately every century has had multiple wars in mist countries, except the baby ones like the US. However, being the only country to recognize (without meaning to restrict or define) the God given human right to prepare your defenses is right on the middle of this newly inhabited continent (for all intents and purposes, people were here but what you don't know of doesn't really exist yet) may have something to do with its success keeping wars at arms legnth so far .... I digress. *please learn to defend yourself and at the very least don't try to give big gangs (governments) your endorsement to so so*

[@markhunt4618]

The greeks not the romans developed the phalanx. the romans developed the legion. so much for even a cursory glance at basic military history.

[@PlanesTrainsTV]

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[@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn]

Matthew Hutt well even you're wrong here as the Romans did not invent the legion as well but copied it from the samnites after their defeat at the battle of caudine forks in the 2 samnite war

[@markhunt4618]

I said developed not invented. It was not a static formation.The Catalan company reintroduced elements of it in the sixteenth century to good effect.

[@SasukeUchiha-pv4xn]

Matthew Hutt your right it was it's flexible structure of maniples that allowed the Romans to manuver across the apanines to fight the samnites

[@KunjaBihariKrishna]

I wish all youtube discussions were like this.

[@andredornelles8014]

Beautiful, from the old ages of gunpowder to the modern days in the hands of American kids

[@justaguy4real]

Sure is incredible how accurate rifles can be at such far distances

[@jimmyhuesandthehouserocker1069]

as a writer, i appreciate the high quality script writing of this documentary

[@skylerdavies8228]

the constant stock music is awful spoils it totally

[@evann1136]

40:50 beretta 94 wow cool must be rare that model 94...

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

LOL - he even contradicts the graphic!

[@austincollier14]

I came here just for this comment lol it even had model 92 on the screen and he still said 94

[@hindsight2022]

There was a 96 in .40 cal but nope no 94 .. Or was there ???

[@cmonkey63]

Many have commented on the music, myself included. But having just watched again what might be the first episode of the series on innovation, I have grown to like the choice.

[@adamvasquez9926]

I absolutely love how people say the founding fathers couldn't see where firearms would be today and therefore the 2nd amendment is outdated. The founding fathers were mostly very educated men who maybe not entirely in the beginning but by the time of the writing of the constitution were masters of military arms in certain rights. These mf's saw from the flintlock to early repeating rifles and revolvers, canons, siege weapons, fucking submarines. They knew damn well where firearms were going and specifically made it very clear they shall not be infringed. Blows my damn mind, how can it be confused. George Washington was the general of the armed forces of the United States of America. Do you not think he saw a demonstration or 2, for everything from canons to warships, pocket pistols to puckle guns. Ffs puckle guns, exploding shot, warfare was even insidious back in that day but it's necessary for a free state to remain free and shall not be infringed.

[@calonarang7378]

Indeed, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! GOD BLESS THE COLONISTS!!!

[@sylvanorboiciuc9352]

I think they wanted a free country with free men , people what have fire arms could defend themselfs against bandits external invaders and state tirany .Bandits don t have any problem to have weapons when law forbid its . Controling weapons is a way to control people .Bad use of weapons in US is because some other things creats many frustrations and education and information is not based on right values.I said my opinion like an eastern european who never been to US

[@FactoryOldFork]

27:38 lmao half life 2 magnum model

[@joaquimmuler5746]

what is with the muzak

[@Constantine_IA]

50:30 T-800 “Excellent”

[@evann1136]

9:54 wheellocks do NOT take flint!!

[@evann1136]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@calonarang7378]

They did at first. There were experiments of trial & error.

[@matthewmillar3804]

Looks like some decent effort was put into this, but random that rifles were covered until percussion caps, but pistols were covered up to Glocks and biometric safeties. Also, grenades aren't firearms.

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

The music! Why...

[@marvwatkins7029]

No black powder is better known as gunpowder.

[@protectorategeneral]

The first firearm was used during later tang era, a war lord li ke yong’s army used it against another war lord zhu wen ,but fire arm back then were very much undeveloped.it merely scared zhu wen’s army but failed to do any real damage.

[@DarkMonster771]

You know its funny how the world switched from swords to guns!

[@SlyPearTree]

Aren't they breaking some of the basic rules of using firearms at about 52:00?

[@pikeywyatt]

an interesting 52 minutes.thanks.

[@hindsight2022]

I have a c96 flatside and a erfurt luger but still no borschart ...

[@dylanbraamse8365]

what weapons did they use before they were replaced by guns (firearms) of evolution?

[@DarkMonster771]

There were guns in 1200! That's insane!

[@Nobodyknowsm]

They were called hand cannons not guns

[@generalpatton8468]

@@Nobodyknowsm Still a gun.

[@seanshepherd8144]

Great docu. I love it, the only thing wrong is that at around 2:47 the narrator claims the phalanx is Roman; it is Greek, however, the Romans might have borrowed it but it was a Greek invention =)

[@brianrockwood2018]

Actually, The Sumerians, not the Greeks developed the Phalanx, the Greeks simply adopted it and improved on it. www.britannica.com/topic/phalanx-military-formation

[@senseishu937]

@@brianrockwood2018 Thanks for the info! Sick!

[@ronaldobenitez9409]

Same I know the Greeks had the phalanx and the Romans had the legions he had it all wrong

[@jacco_por]

They also claim that Egyptians used the composite bow. While showing a picture of Dzjengis Khan. He was a mongol leader. He used this bow. Also he lived centuries later. Egypt never had this technology. I wonder what else is wrong...

[@robertkrawchuk9684]

At 2:45 it is mentioned that the Romans created the phalanx but it was the Greek city states that invented it.

[@brianrockwood2018]

That's not true, it was actually the Sumerians that first invented and used the phalanx. The Greeks simply adopted it and improved on it. www.britannica.com/topic/phalanx-military-formation

[@tnekkc]

MIstake: The 9mm Luger was larger, not smaller.

[@abstractapproach634]

10:40 use us tour phone ringing? Tf is that noise

[@gamiezion]

"which the romans used to develope the phalanx" which was notably a greek formation the romans developed into the legionary system.

[@WayneCahalane]

Wrong I'm afraid. The first evidence of the use of the Phalanx is by the Sumerians in approx. 2500 BC, Then the Egyptians and onto the Greeks!

[@gamiezion]

@@WayneCahalane idiot.

[@brianrockwood2018]

I know a LOT of people on here are criticizing the video for saying the Romans 'invented' the Phalanx, and that it was actually developed by the Greeks. Sadly, both of the assertions are incorrect. The Phalanx was first developed by the Sumerians, but then later adopted and improved by the Greeks. Sorry to be "that guy", but I hate when people point out a flaw, and their response is also flawed lol. www.britannica.com/topic/phalanx-military-formation

[@lambastepirate]

I am at the 30 min mark and I have seen 4-5 mistakes

[@calonarang7378]

Every one who had spears and Shields did the formation.

[@JnEricsonx]

14:40 Is that Sharpe's men?

[@user-lx6bl2wd8g]

I enjoyed that. Thank you.

[@JoshdaKnight]

The Romans didn’t create the phalanx. They created the maniple that was an evolution of the phalanx, made to be more malleable in a battle. The phalanx is a creation of the Greek people. They used it very effectively and it was near unbeatable in a front on front battle. Please redo this with better research. I love the effort but fact check it too.

[@brianrockwood2018]

The phalanx was not a creation of the Greeks, but rather the Sumerians. The Greeks simply adopted it and improved upon it. Please redo your comment with better research. www.britannica.com/topic/phalanx-military-formation

[@derekvargas4308]

Thanks. But are we talking about pistols and grenades. Or rifles too

[@desthomas8747]

Not Chain Mail but Ring Maille or Mail, Maille is a derivative of the Latin word Macula or rings, the spots of a Leopard are called Macula. Chains are also known as Macula so chain Mail would be Chain Chain

[@outdooraddventure]

This is my rifle this is my gun this is for fighting this is for fun

[@cajonjackie2075]

Chemistry, Metallurgy, Automation and "As near to perfection that could be achieved at that place and time". Not until the computer was put to drawing, then manufacturing (AFTER a human created the initial "Gizmo") could a "More" perfect Gizmo be possible. Of course it isn't possible to know which is the "Perfected" Gizmo when it, and the pre-computer made model, both act exactly the same with the same reliability. Now Cajun boy "Why did you mention Gizmo's so much"? Because, as an old man now, I've learned, over all those years, to admire the amazing workmanship involved in a Presentation Weapon, such as the "Belgian Browning" OVER the young man's admiration for the weapon that can destroy a brick wall in 10 seconds or less. All those things I mentioned, at the beginning of my comment ALL of them, every-fucking-one enjoyed rapid advance's in make up and design due to the desire to more efficiently KILL the other guy. Like the barrel. Why is it called the barrel? First correct answer will achieve the rank of "Field Marshal" in the army of "Useless and Trivial knowledge" Ready Set """"""GOOOoooooo" But seriously. Let man make a diametric shift in thinking then invent a "Gizmo" that's "amazingly life improving" and "NOT horrendously life ending"!

[@kenfrievalt7826]

Cool. Steve Austin was part computer

[@sergiosanchezpadilla6941]

3:30

[@baker90338]

These are sidearms, what about rifles?

[@jeremiahjerms7301]

They completely skipped over bolt-action, semi-automatic, and assault rifles.

[@baker90338]

And lever action. And all three kinds of modern repeating semiauto mechanisms

[@kaibaskywalker2725]

Baker Tankersley "fire arms"

[@marvwatkins7029]

The narrator sounds like the late Sean Connery's kin. Hoot Mon!

[@aidencortinas17]

Jeez just tell me what guns came first

[@TheWeaponChroniclesX]

The evolution of firearms is truly impressive, from gunpowder to the Colt 45! But why does the video skip over automatic rifles like the AK-47 and M16, which completely changed modern combat tactics? #TheWeaponChroniclesX

[@danilosegura2539]

You forgot the Spanish Miguelete pistols

[@erickdupont4503]

Full of inaccuracies. Flint was NEVER used in a wheelock. Iron Pyrites only. Flint would destroy the serrated wheel and never even provide a spark.

[@calonarang7378]

No, flint is britle, obviously they went through trial and error. Fools gold "may" be soft like actual gold or copper but the britle flint would chip. Probably that's why they switched to iron-pirite cus it kept being spent to fast.

[@hylianmango8272]

No it was used, quickly changed due to breaking by was originally used in early models.

[@SRNF]

The bg music is annoying as fuck

[@horizonr639]

Liver action pump active rifle are missing it's a uncomplete video

[@rexmundi3108]

When doing an historical documentary you should actually study history.

[@lordfarquar9215]

Before you comment and criticize someone you should do your research.. if you did you'd know this was a BBC story and that this person didnt have anything to do with the research on the topic.. smh fool

[@PaLMROXVIXIII]

Why would you even say such a stupid thing nevertheless the video was fascinating even when stupid people like you have to shit on it what do you know of history lets hear it shall we :)........ And im not just talking out of my ass you say something with no knowledge in your comment to even back it up so i ask you enlighten us will you ?

[@SuperBadwilly]

​@@lordfarquar9215thank you for shedding light on how ignorant some comments are.

[@brandonly27]

Yes. Also your use of "an" before "historic," ironically, requires some historical reflection. If should be "a historic" because the H is pronounced. In the olden days, in the word, "historic" "h" was not pronunced. Hence the word " historic" began with "vowel sound " and as such "an historic ...." was used. But the time has been changing. The method of pronunciation is also changed. At present, in the word "historic" " h"is being pronunced. Hence now the word "historic....." begins with consonental sound and as such " "a historic ... :" is used contemporarily.

[@pilentus]

If you spread information before verifying it, you are part of the problem

[@kingdaviYT049]

Reference to "The Roman phalanx" tells me that trying to learn anything from this video is a waste of time.

[@supertrooper4381]

Matthew Hutt is right

[@garrysmith815]

Is he saying handgun or handguan?

[@otpays8552]

Dude right wtf. Was driving me nuts

[@otpays8552]

He says it every fuckin time omg I’m only ten min in

[@vinnydaq13]

I believe he is pronouncing the original spelling, “handgonne”, or I should say TRYING to pronounce it.

[@fighter500mx3]

Guns are cool and all but come on any coward can pull the trigger! I wish humanity stayed with swords live by the sword and die by the sword as a true warrior!

[@hylianmango8272]

"A man whos says rifles are cowardly has never seen a battle." -some US general i forgot about

[@fighter500mx3]

Yeah I agree with you in that I even want to join the National guard and own a handgun so I can protect my family and loved ones, but when some coward gets his ass beating and chooses to get his vengeance by firing a gun at his opponent instead with his fist like a real man should do! That’s what I mean any coward can pull a the trigger.

[@ahoxx5982]

Interesting documentary spoiled with annoying music!

[@righthandman7330]

The phalanx was greek way before the romans adopted it

[@Cloudberry46]

Music AAAGGGHHH!!!

[@ZacharySkan]

IRUN

[@StephenGillie]

Fun fact: Wikipedia says Alexander Forsyth's middle name was John, not James. Nerd fight! Edit: Not to be confused with Col. James Forsyth, best known for Wounded Knee.

[@stephenwills980]

there was a naval battle won by firing cheese out of canons. what cheese was it and what year was it

[@firststep7483]

When making pointless idiotic benign comments on mediocrity found on internet comment one should study everything what everything is the key to idiocracy and idiocracy is the key to every comment Shaolin Master

[@liamleonard9120]

During the age of muskets it seems like it would’ve been smarter to just rush the musketeers with swords and kill them in between reloads

[@sirsteam181]

Thats why Pikemen were there and why bayonets were invented

[@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193]

So initially that would work. However development of tactics would eliminate the effectiveness of such a charge. Mostly because you would have several lines of men. Ones in front would fire, second line would step forward and fire, first line finishes reloading, steps forward and fires.

[@liamleonard9120]

@@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193 yeah this is obvious I’m not sure what I was thinking back when I wrote this comment 😂😂

[@wonderoushistoryofclassicf9193]

@@liamleonard9120 no worries man. Bayonet charges were actually fairly commonplace at the time but their effectiveness varied wildly depending on the situation and depending on when exactly this was your suggestion to charge them with swords might actually be quite a good idea.

[@Dusk3e]

arguably the worst over simplification of the evolution of firearms ive ever seen, not to mention completely skipping bolt action rifles, smokeless powder, early semi automatic pistols were great commercial success and the smokeless powder of the 1900's wasn't unreliable, also why would you go with a fn 1900 then go backwards then skip the 1900 to talk about the luger p08 and you actually completely skipped how important the fn 1900 was, it was the first pistol to incorporate a slide in its design paving the way for 90% or so of all future designs. those large demands for 7.65 pistols from spain was cause by WW1 . the hi-power was more significant to pistol technology than the walther p38 since it was a double action as well as a double stack magazine, when you do get back to the hi power you talked about design being established by the late 1930's but the hipower was finished as far as design in 1934. the czech military never used the vz 38 it was made for german occupational forces, the czech military used the vz 24 and vz27 at that time. "evolution of firearms" why is there even a section for grenades? this video is so terribly written and misses so many major innovations in firearms technology and after black powder isnt even about evolution anymore.

[@leekelly4200]

P35 is single action.

[@stephenchristian5739]

& loaded with powd'A

[@ZacharySkan]

ITS IRON NOT I RUN LIKE SAY EYE ERN NOT I RUN

[@chaosregiment6341]

OH IM NOT WATCHING THIS VIDEO!!!!

[@kaibaskywalker2725]

Stalest Meme ever why

[@woozybydefault]

Why not?

[@elnericoo]

I like the, we don't know who invented it. Could have been the Chinese, Persians or Indians but it wasn't written down by western scholars so let's talk about who "invented" it in the west instead XD

[@SlyPearTree]

If you're talking about black powder then the documentary talks about the first written account in the west, it never imply that the writer came up with the idea himself.

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

*They need to stop including women in battle scene reenactments. It’s fucking ridiculous.* It’s not remotely historically accurate, which besides the lack of gruesome killing/maiming is the entire point of putting on a reenactment. If you’re going to include women in these battles wearing armor and swing swords why not include men shooting M-16’s? Ooooh.. because it’s completely historically inaccurate? EXACTLY!

[@calonarang7378]

Here in America 2 women held off 200 to 500 British men from Storming a town. Of course with muskets.

[@dejanbelec8611]

T

[@kellifarrow2907]

Mandable just means a handful of men like a Amanda bolt meaning like a claw or hand in the Romans were famous for basically what this guy is trying to say about everybody else Romans are famous for using other people stuff they would conquer and learn the short Spanish sword you know they call it the Roman Gladys that’s where they got it from just about anybody the Romans ever thought they took something that they learned from them which is the way warfare kind of works it’s the evolution of armor versus projectiles armor versus stabbing implements or Eno projectiles versus armor but that the main idea here is that whoever made this video doesn’t know what the hell they’re talking about their history is very very jacked up and they could use a little bit of a lesson from maybe a historian I can’t think of the guys name he’s British he’s awesome in something not important but oh he is and if this person had read anything by that person he would know that this is horrible to even say that the Romans had anything to do with the phalanx first of all the Romans had something to do with breaking the phalanx apart you know because because the phalanx was less maneuverable and was really good at going forward with the Romans broke that down in the smaller pieces and made more of a platoon system like we have today I’m not saying they invented the platoon system I’m just saying that the Amanda balls in the way that Mary is kind of broke down his army Marius is mules anyways this is a great discussion and I think you guys are both very very intelligent people and I appreciate you this isn’t me in the picture as my fiancé but that I’m a vet myself and history buff and I think that bad history sucks gonna take the time to make a documentary at least Take the time to make sure that you are accurate

[@xaviernacif1303]

The romans developed the phalanx? Your videos lost all value in that moment.

[@TheBasher-_-]

Lol omg total white wash

[@wavular]

Egyptians perfected the bow?...nope, Greek and Japanese first.

[@calonarang7378]

You don't see granite bowls in Japan as much as in Egypt or South America, you know anywhere there are pyramids.

[@calonarang7378]

Also it was the Mongolians that made the best bow along with perfecting it with "shock cavalry" tactics. You don't see horn-bows in Japan either.

[@benjamingessler5284]

L.

[@ZacharySkan]

IRUN