@@rednecksniper4715 they are similar but not identical, the FG was designed and manufactured in 1940-41, the ZFK55 was designed after the ww2 k31, the 55 being produced in the 50s, it was actually the Swiss who stole the similar design, but I think it’s more than likely a case of “parallel thinking or multiple discovery” as the dates are so close together, when weapon manufacturing was truly at the height of the new age in innovation. (I’m a nerd you can’t pull the wool over my eyes)
@billeastwood597Ай бұрын
@@MortallyConfused got em bro
@dissociativealeksАй бұрын
Correction, all of it is sexy as fuck
@bigisrickАй бұрын
Used to rip this up in World at War
@randybobandy9828Ай бұрын
Absolutely the rate of fire and 20round mag was its downfall. That thing burned through a mag instantly
@oneounceslugAPEXАй бұрын
The best cod every released
@SamHowzer-to1zmАй бұрын
Trash in zombies but god tier in multiplayer
@oneounceslugAPEXАй бұрын
@@SamHowzer-to1zm dude, that was the most fun zombies. It was the 2pac of zombies. The newest. The most nostalgic. Undeniable.
@Z3R0NU11Ай бұрын
@@oneounceslugAPEXit was by far one of the most shallow zombies experiences, really can’t beat black ops 1-3
@indigomerАй бұрын
Pretty sure the one Forgotten Weapons looked at sold at auction for about 300,000
@mihir170029 күн бұрын
Back in ww2. 20k 💀. Now it's going for 10 times it's price😂
@jigbie792228 күн бұрын
@@mihir1700ain't no paratrooper military issue rifle in NINETEEN FORTIES NAZI GERMANY would cost anywhere near that much. TWENTY THOUSAND dollars was money that they most certain allocated to things such an fuel or ammunition for their fleet of vehicles. TWENTY THOUSAND IN THE FORTIES is such an obsurdly unintelligent guess for a price at that time. Also what's my guess? I don't know man but it ain't that's
@danielfulbright868528 күн бұрын
@@mihir1700Lmao not even close. Back in WW2 the cost about $100usd, adjusting for inflation that's just a little over $1700
@samuelodziomek108527 күн бұрын
@@mihir1700bro, 20k USD was roughly 420k USD in 1940s
@chadgrov17 күн бұрын
Took me 50 hours to get it in Hell Let Loose 😂
@IceMan8123Ай бұрын
The holy Grail of World War 2 collector firearms.
@SungazerDNBАй бұрын
Thing is, they were unreliable as fuck and very complicated to service.
@travisbryan663Ай бұрын
@@SungazerDNBlmao what a load of garbage. cite a source proving that right now.
@Dont_Tread_on_Me448Ай бұрын
@@SungazerDNB why do people always love making up lies ??
@noahsenz854Ай бұрын
@@travisbryan663 The FG 42 had several design faults: its complex yet ineffective muzzle brake failed to eliminate flash, the bipod proved too fragile for sustained firing, and the lightweight barrel quickly overheated during continuous use. Was it a terrible weapon? No, I don’t think so. But its over-complicated design paired with its low production (~7000 or less were made) makes it hard to determine its combat effectiveness. Like the panzers, too little were made, it had an over-complicated design (like literally anything made by Germany during the war) and suffered from the aforementioned design flaws making it unreliable as a mass produced and mass issued weapon.
@hasselnttper3730Ай бұрын
@@noahsenz854 German industry got totally wrecked by allied bombing starting in 1942, and were on the back foot in the east from 1943, so they didn't have the time or resources to improve on those flaws.
@justmyaverageranommoments7899Ай бұрын
One of the most beautiful guns ever made.
@RealGregJamesBeamАй бұрын
Absolutely.
@mark8544Ай бұрын
POS never worked properly.
@richardhicks5031Ай бұрын
Still sexy xD @@mark8544
@ladiezman1277Ай бұрын
@@mark8544wehraboos disagree
@Dr.KarlowTheOctolingАй бұрын
@@mark8544What evidence supports this claim? I wanna know
@dominus3858Ай бұрын
The fact that it looks like a weapon from the 60s and not the 40s already shows how advanced it was, incredible!
@adamweed7462Ай бұрын
probably my favorite german gun of WW2. Really incredible idea, execution and design
@eastonseiler1774Ай бұрын
Execution? Probably not so much
@adamweed7462Ай бұрын
@@eastonseiler1774 absolutely executed perfectly for what it was made to do
@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhАй бұрын
@@adamweed7462an automatic rifle meant to replace the kar98k, mp40 and mg34 but should still be lighter than a kar98k? Not really.
@adamweed7462Ай бұрын
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh It wasn't meant to replace all those things, it was meant to do all of them pretty well for german para troopers. It was flexible enough to do any of those roles, area denial, suppression fire, designated marksman, rifleman, submachine gunner. Does all that with one platform, pretty well, you cant tell me you'd rather have a kar 98 or mp 40 😂😂😂
@PilotAweАй бұрын
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhIts not possible to replace those all with one gun but FG-42 comes really damn close.
@jeremiahwelborn5526Ай бұрын
That is some gorgeous craftsmanship
@koltenmiller7160Ай бұрын
This is literally my favorite historical firearm. If only it didn't cost as much as a small house
@grimassassin9722Ай бұрын
They were only 7000 ever produced sadly
@ProvisionalPatrioticAllianceАй бұрын
@@grimassassin9722I had no idea...
@TH3L33TM3XICANАй бұрын
@@grimassassin9722so sad there’s so few. Didn’t know.
@austingonzalez715521 күн бұрын
I just bought a small house for less than half the price of this gun 😂
@NatedawgontherightАй бұрын
It was a masterpiece, so many designs that took inspiration from this gun
@guaporeturns9472Ай бұрын
What designs would those be?
@TheRealRusDaddyАй бұрын
@@guaporeturns9472silly question
@guaporeturns9472Ай бұрын
@@TheRealRusDaddy I know of only two , the Stg 52 and the M-60. Comment said "so many designs took inspiration from this this gun" Two is not "so many” Do you know of others?
@gratefulguy4130Ай бұрын
@@guaporeturns9472 AR-10 is a direct descendent. Also EM-2 (EM-1 I think as well). Well, for that matter probably dozens of post-war experimental firearms. It's tough indexing with things like this, though. There was a huge push to downplay just how much in every field was pulled directly from the Germans mixed with people just stealing their intellectual property without sourcing it (Stoner however was open about the AR-10). For instance the first Soviet MiG fighter jet was basically a direct copy of the German jet that was slated to replace the Me-262. I'm only bringing that up to point out that you have to use your brain, common sense, and hard facts in some cases. Most battle/assault rifles post-WWII took very heavy influence from the FG42 and/or the STG44. It gets tough, though. For instance it was widely accepted for years that what any man could see plain as day (that the AK was derived from the STG44) was true. Today however our Western academia takes the Soviet position in it's entire. Which, like so many other things (they made the same claim when they copied the B-29 lol) is that they did it all themselves by virtue of their utter lack of creativity and strangulation of skilled labor and intellectuals. The AK is product-improved (everyone knew the STG44 needed a wood hand guard) with the bolt swapped out. A few other minor differences but the gas piston looks incredibly similar, stamped construction (cutting edge at the time), practically the same sight layout & similar design, I mean the inventor of the STG44 was even held at the same place where the AK was designed. I've probably gone well past your interest in the subject but hopefully that helps illustrate both some lineages to follow and why follow-up work or searching out more honest (Western) period sources is so necessary.
@guaporeturns9472Ай бұрын
@@gratefulguy4130 You aren’t telling me anything I didn’t already know there hero. I stand by what I say , but by all means keep typing , that’s obviously what makes you feel good about yourself 👍🏻
@William-Morey-BakerАй бұрын
i love how real gun nuts look like nerds, not wannabe operators...
@JacobS-yz7pyАй бұрын
Honestly airsoft has let alot of weirdo young guys into the sport of real guns. Neckbeard intensity might reach critical mass
@LeBronJames-vn8tgАй бұрын
@@JacobS-yz7pyis it a bad thing more people are getting into guns instead of trying to get rid of em?
@JacobS-yz7pyАй бұрын
@@LeBronJames-vn8tg when they wind up on Brandon Herreras Darwin awards no
@rooknadoАй бұрын
Isn’t that to be expected? One is a leading expert on an extremely niche genre of science/history, and the other is a world class athlete. There are plenty of SEALs that look like nerds, anyways.
@boydridАй бұрын
Like the people on Tales of the Gun that used to be on the History Channel? Didn't they also have someone from the FBI's gun museum on?
@quentinmarshall7916Ай бұрын
Battlefield: secret weapons of 1942 was the first place I saw this beast. It was a one hitter quitter on infantry and the grenade attachment was fantastic for jeeps and lightly armored vehicles. Being a soldier of the "AXIS forces from Germany"with a jet pack and one of these was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had 😅
@-Billerboller-Klangtherapie28 күн бұрын
Also in RTCW😂
@CaseyC-bg4bb3 күн бұрын
What game was that?
@rundllx3228Ай бұрын
This thing has some serious power
@MortallyConfusedАй бұрын
Yes and no, inside 300 yards its more powerful than a 7.62x63 or 30-06. Outside 300 the 7.92x57(Mauser) has very fast drop off as it bleeds velocity through those first 300 yards. 13 inches drop at 300 then -30 at 400. Where with a 30-06 you’re still making a 16 inch drop at 400, -35 at 500.
@angryzergling7832Ай бұрын
@@MortallyConfused Oh really? I've thought it was pretty on par with 30-06 (never shot 8mm mauser but assumed it was since they seem pretty similar ballistically out the muzzle). Why does it lose velocity so much quicker? Is it just the ballistic coefficient? Maybe that's why you didn't see any new 7.92 bullets after WW2 but they're still coming out with new 7.62 to this day.
@leonidaswe7878Ай бұрын
Wenn der noch einmal "Fallschirmjägergewehr " verhunzt dann ist aber Ziehung
@brentongersbachАй бұрын
You're saying it's *not* a Fall-shmeer-gevey?
@costatitan845828 күн бұрын
@@brentongersbach🤣🤣
@edwardhalpin750321 күн бұрын
Fall shield hunter rifle
@DeadGothicRedАй бұрын
If anybody cares, the FG42 shown is legit a first Gen.
@ilhamnumberАй бұрын
Is that other distinction than other the grip?
@Pilgrimm21Ай бұрын
It's a muzzle "BRAKE" as in "stopping the recoil"! And that one is a beauty!
@carlgreisheimer8701Ай бұрын
Submachine guns shot pistol. This thing shot a FULL rifle cartridge.
@donarthiazi2443Ай бұрын
With all the expected recoil... even with that fine muzzle brake.
@PrestonSikes25 күн бұрын
What in the galaxy far far away is that beauty!?!?
@manuelve1998Ай бұрын
That’s very stable for firing a powerful cartridge.
@RailGunsDayZАй бұрын
Heaven music should be playing in the back ground softly
@mikerogers7502Ай бұрын
Such a beautiful weapon.
@IFORBIDANYDATACOLLECTIONTOALLАй бұрын
An 8mm rifle with that little recoil? Oh daddy
@M60gunner1971Ай бұрын
The handle is maddening.
@ReactordroneАй бұрын
It replicates the grip angle of the K98.
@KrantiwarriorАй бұрын
I saw this gun first time when I was 14 years old in.....call of duty 😂
@strix1121Ай бұрын
I saw it in starwars battlefront 2 as the clone sniper lol
@KrantiwarriorАй бұрын
@strix1121 yea they had many ww2 era reskined weapons for starwars
@Shwilly80512 күн бұрын
8mm full auto is wild
@PlanetX87Ай бұрын
My right ear enjoyed this short.
@AnonymousAdolfАй бұрын
The best gun ever made
@donarthiazi2443Ай бұрын
Stop being so silly 🙄🙄
@AnonymousAdolfАй бұрын
@@donarthiazi2443 oh stop it you😘
@Dr.KarlowTheOctolingАй бұрын
A stretch.
@tsvorbear3908Ай бұрын
Right after ak and ar platform…. Maybe.
@costatitan845828 күн бұрын
@@tsvorbear3908AR15? This gun is based on the STG44
@chevyvet6923 күн бұрын
My all time favorite German gun. It was what our M60 was. Semi based off of and could fire on an open or closed bolt
@user-wf2lm3vi7oАй бұрын
I’m sure the noise made in slow-mo sounds like the guns saying edelweiss…. 😅
@chemistryofquestionablequa6252Ай бұрын
Closer to $200-300k these days
@gratefulguy4130Ай бұрын
500k
@LyricClock-fo8heАй бұрын
Jesus christ
@LyricClock-fo8heАй бұрын
@@gratefulguy4130 😭😭😭
@peterslaby9782Ай бұрын
@@LyricClock-fo8he Probably less than a dozen transferable examples in the USA.
@Dockie2726 күн бұрын
This guy is really proud of the fact that he knows what the F and G stand for.
@Regularguy637Ай бұрын
Fg45 and the Mg42 go crazy
@peterpiper000227 күн бұрын
Honestly has been my dream gun since Call of Duty 3
@leobuscaglia5576Ай бұрын
Built in compensator at the muzzle. Nice.
@jeffw.935811 күн бұрын
Love the design of this particular weapon, I'm curious on the comfortability of the grip angle
@treefer6Ай бұрын
I really never realized these were meant to be shouldered. I always mixed them up with the MG42 and thought they were general purpose machine guns, belt fed and uses with a bipod or in a fixed position. Beautiful firearm
@patta8388Ай бұрын
They were designed to fulfill both roles. They do have a bipod. No belt feed, only magazine fed, but can't have it all.
@gratefulguy4130Ай бұрын
We tried to make a belt fed version after the war since we still didn't have a light machine gun. Wound up going back to an updated Maxim instead after the M-60 (which does have the same bolt).
@treefer6Ай бұрын
@patta8388 I truly don't think there was a better 100 years of firearm design then from the 1860s to 1960s
@patta8388Ай бұрын
@@treefer6 I kinda agree, there haven't been any real new developments in decades. Until we get portable railguns or something like that, I guess we're stuck with 60-70 year old tech, with some lightweight materials and fancy scopes.
@treefer6Ай бұрын
@patta8388 totally agree. But I love me a first gen Ar-10 with the Tupperware furniture and standard irons. I truly would love if we could get exact reproductions of rifles like the jungle carbine chambered in .308 instead of the British cartridge or even a new grease gun. The old tech was iust too good man. Simple engineering meant to do it's job can't ask for much more
@SlowMotionFoMeH624Ай бұрын
One of my favorite weapons in D.o.D
@lockiholmes763Ай бұрын
So nice he say Fallschirmjägergewehr 😊 greetings from 🇩🇪
@vasiliy4266Ай бұрын
Привет из России , ППС 43 и Т 34 были лютьше , дешевле , быстрее. Про АК-47 вообще изображено на гербах некоторых стран. Германское оружие дорогое и не долговечно , поэтому коллекционируют .
@user-rl1dz9jy1vАй бұрын
Now that's the kind of gun you sleep in the bed with you give it his own pillow and everything the wife can sleep on the couch
@TarmanTheChampionАй бұрын
This is one of my favorite fire arms
@Dr.pepper457Ай бұрын
Kendrick called in backup😭😭🔥
@cmppett8780Ай бұрын
An amazing piece of technology….maybe a little too amazing for practical use to be designed during a war when cost and time to test mattered
@pe.bo.5038Ай бұрын
Exactly!
@SpielkindFRАй бұрын
Dude didn't even try saying the name the right way.
@josedeall8317Ай бұрын
Seth rogen really likes the fg42
@mikkelsrensen5892Ай бұрын
Quality second to none . Like Leica camera . Mercedes Audi wolksvagen BMW 🎉🎉🎉
@jamescorfield534Ай бұрын
That’s insane! What a cool rifle
@chase4821Ай бұрын
Kinda funny how the rare guns are always the best lol
@jonathanblose17422 күн бұрын
A beautiful weapon.
@MindfulnessGamer28 күн бұрын
Lots of people remember this gun from call of duty world at war. I remember it from return to castle Wolfenstein
@jacoburstupid5315Ай бұрын
that camera angle at the end was sick asf
@PromethiaSHADOWАй бұрын
8mm mauser is a punishing round on full auto. Rip shoulder
@CatnamedMittensАй бұрын
The rifle was made by a genius because it doesn't kick as much as you'd think.
@PromethiaSHADOWАй бұрын
@@CatnamedMittens I know. Buffer tube and spring inside the stock and a fixed telescoping barrel with an additional spring buffer. Was more so referring to other less well designed weapons that used the same ammo. Bolt action rifles in 8mm Mauser kick pretty hard too
@williamyelton6351Ай бұрын
@@PromethiaSHADOW Love my old 8mm Mauser.
@yo.mama100Ай бұрын
😂 this is up there with one of my favorite Firearms of all time I like it even more than mp44
@MrBahjatt29 күн бұрын
Beautiful bespoke design. It fires well.
@billbarton9046Ай бұрын
Gun Jesus, does a good video on this weapon.😅
@user-wv2fd4ld8oАй бұрын
That muzzle brake is wicked 🤙💯
@optiTHOMASАй бұрын
Absolutely sick! Beautiful thing of history! Such a cool design too! 😎👍🏻
@ProvisionalPatrioticAllianceАй бұрын
Such a badass weapon
@tryhardorgohome49Ай бұрын
Das Fallschirmjäger Gewehr ❤
@livingsacrifice7639Ай бұрын
Yeah a nazi
@Noel1272 күн бұрын
That California compliant grip 😂😂😂😂
@Dreamweaver94Ай бұрын
The coolest WW2 gun. They're so kitted out, I can only imagine the most elite soldiers got them.
@SpeakMusic25Ай бұрын
That wood grip 🤤
@LuciferBMDT31Ай бұрын
If Peter Griffen had a brother
@Hmmm0609Ай бұрын
Not even close kid
@danielhutchison7259Ай бұрын
I wanted one since I was 6 watching my day play return to castle wolfenstein. Obviously I'll never own an original or any kind of full auto. But I do have a semiautomatic type 2 in 8mm and it's my holy grail.
@terrybloom3777Ай бұрын
They had a Cali grip over 80 years ago😂
@manricobianchini5276Ай бұрын
One of my favorite WW2 rifles!
@joejohnson1004Ай бұрын
That's where star wars got their ideas from
@edm240b9Ай бұрын
Had a chance once to put half a mag through a transferrable full auto. Probably one of the most controllable full auto rifles out there, even given the age.
@qz2026Ай бұрын
It had to have a compensator.
@mikelang8020Ай бұрын
I SAW ONE AT THE GUN SHOW IN PHOENIX ATIZONA SAR SHOW THEY WANTED 255,000 AND WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE BUT DON'T TOUCH THIS PIECE OF ART WORK LOL
@lizardking613527 күн бұрын
"I dont know with what weapons WW3 will be fought. I just know that people will start it to see what germany builds" - Abert Something-or-other
@fringeminority15010 күн бұрын
Purdy gun ,insane condition !
@AndrewJTCooper-ks1ngАй бұрын
This i think was the only gun during ww2 to fire a full-length cartridge and have hardly any recoil and retain site picture.
@user-mb9dg1xq2k12 күн бұрын
Fun fact it's the James Bond sniper rifle off from golden eye
@ArronWimmer-vw5yxАй бұрын
That gun is hot af
@chriswilson9331Ай бұрын
Best gun in Return to Castle Wolfenstein
@MesserschmittMeB-U-Ай бұрын
The Type 1 jams alot as I heard.
@falconlips5474Ай бұрын
I'm sure I've seen a scaled up version of that muzzle brake on some of the bigger cannons mounted on Waffenträger, i wanna say like 128mm
@squidy4082Ай бұрын
That’s it I’m playing hell let loose
@HDSMEАй бұрын
Beautiful gun
@kasRose31122 күн бұрын
That’s a good looking gun
@thepancakemann29 күн бұрын
Coolest gun of all time
@TyTyMusic964Ай бұрын
The recoil is naughty
@lightsout176Ай бұрын
Enemy Territory vibes rn. It’s been years. I see you over there 🥝 Kashed and ScrewLoose 😂
@CEO_OF_BELLIC_ENTERPRISESАй бұрын
Ah yes the der rise speed cola wall buy fg420
@theOneandOnlyhomieGАй бұрын
I think it was called the 420 impaler when it was packed
@satanmitdengeilenbarthaaren15 күн бұрын
My favorite in MoH Airborne 😊
@Spearmint22425Ай бұрын
They legit called the gun a fall trooper gun/ paratrooper gun, all that fancy engineering and simple straight to the point name lol I love it! Tho the US does the same thing sometimes.
@terenceflanagan1225Ай бұрын
Parachute hunters rifle
@Bierz68Ай бұрын
I thought the voiceover in the beginning was Robert Downey Jr! Hahaha! Now I can't unhear it:P
@oler777Ай бұрын
I love the DC18
@hayleywilliams8750Ай бұрын
A gun born for the skies sent soldiers to the skies
@didntask4373Ай бұрын
Looks like something out of starwars
@robertwalker7454Ай бұрын
I'm just surprised they haven't made a airsoft gun version of this yet