In the automotive world I've heard it said "The French don't copy anyone. and no one copies the French." Apparently this also extends to firearms.
@codyarmstrong55266 жыл бұрын
canicheenrage hon hon hon
@Mikey-pq4zf6 жыл бұрын
Ever hear of smokeless powder????
@g.55centaurosimp186 жыл бұрын
Mike 32haha I think it was known before the adopted it
@GR464046 жыл бұрын
That is a brilliant way to put it, havelock bingley. All the way up until World War 2, the French put more emphasis on a weapon being French than on being effective, with frequently dire results.
@Noel130026 жыл бұрын
True...😊😉
@fien1117 жыл бұрын
The front is a train, the piston cycles backwards, and there's a gear system in it. Ladies and gentlemen, this might just be the single most French gun ever made. The only thing you could add would be a adaptor for firing rifle grenades
@russetwolf137 жыл бұрын
Fien Don't forget the hydraulic rate reducer that takes it down to 8 rpms.
@Statusinator7 жыл бұрын
They'd probably develop a metal strip system to fire rifle grenades fully automatically
@russetwolf137 жыл бұрын
Statusinator they'd get it to work too. Completely pointless and overcomplicated, but it would function through sheer nationalistic pride.
@albrechtshnoodle11286 жыл бұрын
Where is the bayonet?
@conorclimo85346 жыл бұрын
* Rifle Mortars
@resonance3147 жыл бұрын
Damn the front of this gun looks like an art deco locomotive.
@mrkeogh7 жыл бұрын
Res Why does it also remind me of Boba Fett???
@Democracy-is-non-negotiable7 жыл бұрын
I see a train.
@Taistelukalkkuna7 жыл бұрын
Bécauz eetz French gun, oui.
@KorbinX7 жыл бұрын
My first thought as well...looks really cool. Cheers ^-^
@spankeyfish7 жыл бұрын
The League of Extraordinary Machine Guns
@StAlchemyst7 жыл бұрын
That "thermal expansion sight compensating rod" is insane. Only the French would come up with something so overly complicated yet impressive in their firearms. Well, maybe the Swiss!
@dchil157 жыл бұрын
The swiss or the germans wouldn't have had to design that rod as they would have thought of it in the first place and concocted some weird sight mount that you can swap onto different barrels.
@seanhenry80307 жыл бұрын
dchil15 exactly. Except the Swiss version would've added roughly 105,000 hours of complex machining operations, exotic alloys, and careful heat treating. All resulting in the best weapon no one can afford.
@StAlchemyst7 жыл бұрын
lols
@balduir52597 жыл бұрын
Alain Portant *simplified*
@maxsimeck9026 жыл бұрын
and useless
@Selador_7 жыл бұрын
Oh my god, I had to pause for a moment when the door was opened at 7:30, what an absolutely beautiful window of access to the moving parts. I repair mechanical cameras, and this reminds of how beautiful it was to lift the body in one piece off a leica m3 and see the whole skeleton laid bare. I'll never grow tired of well-crafted and sometimes eccentric mechanical systems.
@Sn4k3f1st7 жыл бұрын
K. Martin I do the same and this reminded me of removing the advance side panel on a rolleiflex. I'll never foget the feeling. For those who have no idea what we're babbling about, search 'advance side rolleiflex' on google, its a beautiful view for anyone here mechanically inclined.
@PassiveDestroyer7 жыл бұрын
That search was worth it.
@bluesmandingo7 жыл бұрын
I like guns like i like, cameras, or watches. The precision and design is soo neat, and i'm a Nordic-country-liberal want-to-be: and i'm steal all about it. MORE!! :D
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III4 жыл бұрын
It's like they were building a cuckoo clock
@dennisyoung46318 ай бұрын
Easy to just use a paintbrush with oil, then, to keep the weapon running?
@MrKa_Rate7 жыл бұрын
From the front it reminds me of imperial warships from Warhammer 40k
@EDSKaR7 жыл бұрын
i.imgur.com/lkNQOyV.jpg
@philips.55637 жыл бұрын
Ramming speed with an emplaced MG? The commissar is impressed with your zeal
@ineednochannelyoutube53847 жыл бұрын
+Song in Silence We shall run them over with the entire bunker!
@unclestone84067 жыл бұрын
AVEC LE XENOS *_J'ATTAAAAAAQUE!!_*
@vmaldia6 жыл бұрын
Yeah or a steam train
@MrSebfrench767 жыл бұрын
as a french , i find this machine gun way too simple.There's surely a way to complexify it more.
@blakecushman58707 жыл бұрын
What's the point of you are just gonna give it away if you surrender
@COCOniTOOOOOO7 жыл бұрын
If it's complicated enough feeble minded foreigners might leave it on the ground, you've got to think ahead.
@bulacomunistu87276 жыл бұрын
I thought that as a French guy you would notice Ian's T-shirt and the nod he gives in remembrance of all the French soldiers that died in those battles.
@r3cy6 жыл бұрын
bonus points for making the word 'complex' more complex :)
@kipter6 жыл бұрын
It should be foldable like the mat 49.
@Uranprojekt7 жыл бұрын
Naturally, being French, the tripod can be converted into a bicycle thanks to the handy bicycle-style seat they provided on the rear tripod leg.
@LeminskiTankscor7 жыл бұрын
*ring ring*
@Hirosjimma7 жыл бұрын
Hey that'd be a Dutch design feature, thankyouverymuch.
@psychedelia68917 жыл бұрын
Uranprojekt built in retreat bike
@CaptainGrief667 жыл бұрын
Well, the Swiss dragged Tb-41 25mm automatic cannons around with bicycles, so why not.
@CaptainGrief667 жыл бұрын
Laird Cummings Who wouldn't?
@PBG7626 жыл бұрын
I can confirm that Romanian military had them in WWI. I grandfather told me stories about it. He was a watchmaker. He really liked it from mechanical POV, but was a nightmare to maintain it. Was working great in fortified positions but not in the tranches.
@BillKillerz Жыл бұрын
Oh that's just so nice ! That's cliché swiss :P
@TheBardo247 жыл бұрын
From an engineering standpoint....this is by far the BEST video you have ever put out! Absolutely unique and fascinating!
@Papperlapappmaul7 жыл бұрын
Have you seen his video on the Russian AN-94?
@TheBardo247 жыл бұрын
TOTALLY forgot about the AN-94 video! It also incredibly impressive engineering, I have to go re-watch now!
@antivalidisme56697 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thought! And when I heard about the gas trapped Pluto prototype I was like "What?A Machine gun size Abakan design 90 years before the Nikonov assault rifle?" Crazy shit incoming! And despite the fact they had the good idea to leave that concept behind, the front sight system alone is such a thermodynamics equation by itself - Chemical engineer here- awesome.
@lenheinz66467 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, in all senses of the word. I recall reading a quote from an International Brigade member in Spain, who said that the gun was a marvelous collection of clockwork wheels and gears that no one really understood and that (at least in their hands) never really worked well.
@moosemaimer7 жыл бұрын
Dirt? In war? Good Lord! Have the men tidy that up, I want this battlefield tip-top!
@EDSKaR7 жыл бұрын
I'll get my trench broom.
@jeredhersh7896 жыл бұрын
Notice- the war has been postponed so soldiers can police call the battlefield.
@soopahjj113 жыл бұрын
I want to be able to eat off this dirt!
@sorrenblitz8052 жыл бұрын
I will not fire a shot until I can see my reflection off of every blade of grass.
@thegoldencaulk27427 жыл бұрын
I call it the Iron Giant. No, not because of the weight or size, but because of that enormous chin!
@datguy88057 жыл бұрын
c h i n k i l l a (The kind of joke leno battlebot from the comedy central battlebots)
@ОлегКозлов-ю9т7 жыл бұрын
Dakka dakka dakka
@jjkroll327 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't it be the Bruce Campbell then?
@DonHaussettler7 жыл бұрын
At first I had no idea what you were talking about...then I moved the messenger bubble from left of screen. Oh boy.
@vaclav_fejt7 жыл бұрын
S U P E R M A N . . .
@rickey53536 жыл бұрын
Now I can appreciate the correct term “machine”gun. The entire works looks as much like a metal lathe, as well as a weapon.
@dennisyoung46318 ай бұрын
Sewing Machine…? Wants regular cleaning and oiling….
@minisciencedude7 жыл бұрын
Ian is really happy that he is going over a early French heavy machine gun.His francophile senses are tingling.
@NSUSashiel6 жыл бұрын
Colt McCurry Well he goes shooting with a French expat that likes to crossdress as 2B from Nier: Automata at the range sometimes so at least he doesnt hate us.
@worldtraveler9306 жыл бұрын
It's probably a Good guess that he put a bid on this gun.
@groovy_bear Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ian for this thorough description! I was born and raised in Saint-Etienne so naturally I can't be prouder when I see the fine workmanship and that went into the design and production of this machine gun. Fun fact: during the French revolution, Saint-Etienne was actually renamed Armeville ("Armsville" in English) for a while, which says a lot about the historical importance of the military industry in that city. But despite that, and knowing that my hometown was the birthplace of the FAMAS and other MAS rifles that preceded it, I had no idea that SO MANY types of rifles and machine guns were designed and made there... Also Saint-Etienne steelworks made a lot large caliber guns, howitzers, navy guns and so on, and they still do. I actually worked in one of them for a summer job when I was young.
@GazalAlShaqab Жыл бұрын
Salutations aux Stéphanois ! Oui c'est une magnifique machinerie, même si dans les commentaires les Ricains se moquent ("Les Français ne copient personne mais personne le copie les Français"…). Mais c'était une époque où les Français partaient à la conquête du monde grâce à ces machines fabriquées à Saint-Étienne (et quelques autres endroits), ça fait mal au cœur rien que d'y penser en ce temps de "liquidation" post-nationale :(
@shreks_loins39636 жыл бұрын
The amount of ingenuity and engineering that went into this machine gun is incredible. It is truly a piece of art.
@YourAverageStrummer7 жыл бұрын
That thing is so French it makes my moustache grow. Totally awesome.
@twistedsis1007 жыл бұрын
Tuomas Raatikainen made my baguette grow
@kellyhill12652 жыл бұрын
It’s just mind boggling to think that someone invisioned all these rotating sliding moving parts in their mind then implement them into practice and it all come together to fire at that high rate. PURE GENIUS
@papyshak7 жыл бұрын
Theres not even a single video of St Etienne shooting on the internet Do someting about it
@XenoTechnian6 жыл бұрын
I second this notion
@chedsalvia62705 жыл бұрын
it is so bad that no one wants to buy it... save your money for some sturmgewehr!
@MrXxHunter5 жыл бұрын
@Dan The Man Sturmgewehr
@toastpuppy34915 жыл бұрын
Tim why buy a sturmgewehr when you can buy the obviously superior AK-47
@Zane_Endicott_5 жыл бұрын
Maxwell Kattner why buy an ak when you could buy this thing
@alanpassat67597 жыл бұрын
The barrel dress was by Jean-Paul Gaultier, from his spring collection.
@sockmon14 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@messmeister924 жыл бұрын
The French: “Carrying extra water into battle is impractical.” Also the French: *Dress their army in pale blue and red combat uniforms.*
@Martel_Clips4 жыл бұрын
water cleanliness was such a problem in WWI that some isolated fort/ front in the mountains had cask of wine delivered instead of water because it wouldn't turn bad also water supplies in the Sahara desert are kinda precious while going to WWI french armies had a kinda Napoleonic doctrines in which surprise and concealment is far less important than mobility and organisation, hence why the red pants didn't matter that much, they dropped the red pants in the 1915 uniform when the war transformed into a position war. and the jacket turned grey/brown with the mud and water. so their uniform made sense in a way
@ferdblu19464 жыл бұрын
Rémi Marchese didnt it turn into a blueish „Horizontblau“?
@Martel_Clips4 жыл бұрын
@@ferdblu1946 well it was bluish grey when new, which it didn't stay for long
@renaudtheis11974 жыл бұрын
Cethoss "bleu horizon", I believe the reasoning behind it was that if a troop was marching on a hill or a crest it would be hard to silhouette them against grey blue horizon. It is possible that one day on one occasion it might have worked but it was a stupid idea like French bureaucracy has unsurpassed capacity for pumping out!!
@motoman22atgmail4 жыл бұрын
Youpi Youpla Here we call it 'bling'
@GoldplatedDeagle7 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to reproduce that flashhider for the ar15.
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
lmao
@worldtraveler9306 жыл бұрын
And for pump action 12 gauge and the 3 Line rifle. 😊
@mr.christopherp.48514 жыл бұрын
I'd buy 1 just solely based on looks that's f***ing awesome
@KermitTheGamer214 жыл бұрын
With an FH like that you could pin it to a 7.5" barreled 'pistol' and it would legally become a rifle! 😂
@undrgrnd7344 жыл бұрын
illegal in the state of California for assault weapon purposes
@davidgirkin77333 жыл бұрын
I’m super late to the party but holy shit this gun is fascinating from a mechanical standpoint. Having the machine tools to make these in 1907 is amazing. The whole thing is gloriously complex.
@Mildcat7437 жыл бұрын
When you first showed the gas piston system close up, I thought "huh, that sight looks a bit neat. Is that a spring?". When you showed that sight mechanism, all i thought was "*These Frenchies and their damn baguette space magic*"
@MrCh0o5 жыл бұрын
I thought the iron bar was to skewer the meat pieces so they can roast over a barrel nicely
@viperfan77 жыл бұрын
Needs a transparent side door, would be really cool to see that firing like that
@corsairsofnarshaddaa3 жыл бұрын
Yeah with some cool RGB
@andresmartinezramos75133 жыл бұрын
@@corsairsofnarshaddaa It would look unironically rad
@Attaxalotl6 ай бұрын
@@corsairsofnarshaddaa Gaming Machine Gun. That sounds suitably French
@plasticbeetle62095 ай бұрын
Maybe you could have it fireable if you used transparent aluminium. Probably would need to be replaced befre long, but god, the view
@Stylemaster9117 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is an exceptionally complicated weapon, my god.
@insta_7257 жыл бұрын
Steve LaForce j’avoue
@CzornyLisek7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely nothing complicated in it.
@Khalrua7 жыл бұрын
ikr, don't ya just love it
@hesperhurt7 жыл бұрын
Czorńy Lisek in comparison to its contemporaries... it is. It was even thought to be too complicated at the time. However, the the accuracy and efficiency of the assemply proved that despite this... it was an effective machine.
@asneakychicken3226 жыл бұрын
Compared to things like the AN-94 or the Model 30, it’s nothing too crazy
@TJ240502 жыл бұрын
From the forward action gas piston, to the side access door for the Rupe-Goldberg internals, I love it! The metal rod thermal self-adjusting front sight and the vented and funneled flash suppressor are my favorite features! This would be my center piece of my gun collection.
@littlegrabbiZZ9PZA7 жыл бұрын
This gun is the perfect trifecta of weird: * An early version of it's general type (heavy MG), * National pride -> We'll build our own damn gun, and * Annoying patents that needed to be designed around.
@Papperlapappmaul7 жыл бұрын
Yup, three ingredients to make wonderfully weird and interesting guns. BTW, there's a typo in your comment. The fifth word in the second line should be "its".
@alexguymon71177 жыл бұрын
Replace "MG" with "Service Rifle" and you got the Springfield M1903
@canaan53377 жыл бұрын
littlegrabbiZZ9PZA yeah I don't understand that if you are the government that issues patents and you're making guns for your military and you want your own government Gun Works or whatever to make the guns for your military why wouldn't the government just use whatever they wanted whether it was patented or not like how you can own a piece of property but if the government decides they want to put a road through there they're going to say eminent domain and put the road through there whether you like it or not
@ineednochannelyoutube53847 жыл бұрын
+Canaan Thats really bad for business in the long term Id imagine. Also Eminent domain mist be discally compensated.
@jackandersen12625 жыл бұрын
Alex Winebrenner the US payed Mauser for the rights to produce their “Mauser”.
@Curien2477 жыл бұрын
Like a deadly pocketwatch, complicated and timely.
@CGoody5646 жыл бұрын
Wow. This seems like a masterpiece of craftmanship. Forget about various firing rates, adjustable height, and avoiding patents; "Want anti-aircraft mode? We have that covered; just turn the gun around and reattach it". Although this may be considered "overdesigned" by many, the simple fact is that it is marvelously well manufactured metalwork despite not being practical in any sense regarding firearms. I consider it a work of art more than anything, but oh, what a work of art it is indeed.
@ChaosPootato7 жыл бұрын
Love the leather bicycle seat xD
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
True hahahahahaha
@51WCDodge7 жыл бұрын
I'm suprised they didn't put wheels and a chain on it!
@PlymouthT207 жыл бұрын
Add a basket and bell as well.
@DivingHawker7 жыл бұрын
*DING DING MOTHERFUCKERS!!*
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
DivingHawker hahhahahaahha
@4991Ares7 жыл бұрын
There's only one thing worse than Swiss matchmaker levels of engineering: Swiss matchmaker levels of engineering, as done by the French.
@DickHolman7 жыл бұрын
*watchmaker.
@Anangryviking5 жыл бұрын
*matchwaker
@gastonbell1085 жыл бұрын
............I believe the word you were going for was "watchmaker". The Swiss are not known for their online dating services.
@trabant30603 жыл бұрын
*mechwarrior
@Za7a7aZ4 жыл бұрын
I should ...am instructed...to clean-up the dishes but got caught binge watching this channel.. I am so impressed by Ians knowledge that he will absolutely sure can get a job as a professor at westpoint.
@bohoffman7747 жыл бұрын
I just want to say, that apart from beeing very, very interesting videos of ''forgotten guns'', I very much appreciate your excellent english! Me, beeing from Sweden, have no problems understanding all of the interesting historical knowledge you give us. A big, big ''thank you'' for that!... /BoH
@larrygall58316 жыл бұрын
Fantastic example from the earliest days of MGs. Very good, very good indeed. You never cease to amaze with the selection of rare weapons. Very happy to have found this channel.
@Bobby_Snoof3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Saint Etienne, and I like the simplicity of this machine gun !! :D
@jackdipicche_7 жыл бұрын
This is the machine gun we saw a lot time ago isn't it? The other one was inevitably broken Never thought I'd see an entire one
@DashinGhost7 жыл бұрын
Maxduty97 It is, I was really excited when I saw this pop up in my sub feed!
@SeraphinaPZ7 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who wants to see a picture of this mounted on a vehicle or an early tank?
@davidmbeckmann7 жыл бұрын
Would have to be modified to belt feed.
@GunSperg6 жыл бұрын
Hannibal EnemyofRome, in the video Ian states that they made 300 rd cloth belts
@104thDIVTimberwolf4 жыл бұрын
They used the Hochkiss Portative Mk1 in their tanks.
@brianj.8413 жыл бұрын
I agree. That would solve many of the 'cleanliness' issues; especially mounted in aircraft. :) Yes, it would definitely need a 300-round belt.
@gdp52513 жыл бұрын
A technical using that and an old Chevy pickup!
@SleeperNO3 жыл бұрын
As gold as the video in itself is as usual from Ian (and I'm not even a firearms enthusiast!), the comment section thoroughly made my day. Well done, internet. Well done.
@awmperry7 жыл бұрын
That’s some lovely arcane engineering inside.
@Spitsz017 жыл бұрын
Wow, steampunk indeed! This thing is awesome. Seen one in France on static display but the innards are incredibly beautiful. A mechanics dream.... Great vid Ian, thx mate!
@mrkeogh7 жыл бұрын
The French absolutely rock at Steampunk!!!
@Greg419827 жыл бұрын
That front sight compensation rod is amazing. How many partial differential equations were used to figure that thing out!
@GTO60063 жыл бұрын
My guess is : trial and error is quicker.
@CthulhuInc7 жыл бұрын
best 30 minutes i've spent in a long time - thank you!
@MegaRAMBAUD Жыл бұрын
Merci mon ami pour ce documentaire intéressant🟦⬜🟥
@eisenkrieg5537 жыл бұрын
I think this has been the most interesting HMG I've ever seen.
@dacoobob5 жыл бұрын
what a crazy mechanism! gilded-age automatic firearms were super cool in a rube-goldberg-machine kind of way
@Chairman_Savage7 жыл бұрын
Another episode of Ian being obsessed with French Weaponry. 'Tis a good day.
@magpiejames14407 жыл бұрын
That is a truly beautiful machine! Thank you for showing it to us :)
@CaptainGrief667 жыл бұрын
French guns from the first world war are my absolute favourite ones, so cool and weird, love 'em!
@billd.iniowa22635 жыл бұрын
Wonderful show and tell! Never heard of this HMG before. Reminds me of an overgrown sewing machine with all those working parts. I ran across this channel recently and am enjoying it very much. It caters to two of my interests: Warfare and antiques. Your expertise is quite appreciated. Thankyou.
@StrohmaniasFlyingCircus7 жыл бұрын
No hip shooting with this one. :- |
@dust2dustjb7 жыл бұрын
Strohmann Arnold could do it lmao jk jk....I don't know how the two man crew dealt with this gun on a daily basis I'd rather a bolt action lol
@Papperlapappmaul7 жыл бұрын
Justavious, please don't use "rather" as a verb. "I'd prefer a bolt action" or "I'd rather pick up a bolt action" both sound so much better.
@DashRendar3087 жыл бұрын
Why not? This is still 7,5 mm right? So as long as you can lift it, it shouldnt be a problem to hipfire.
@LoneWolf0517 жыл бұрын
if it was in Call of Duty it would be duel wielded with drum magazines, suppressors and laser ACOG reflex sights
@johnnyfedpost17767 жыл бұрын
not with that attitude
@grh_angelone7 жыл бұрын
That's one of the most interesting guns I've ever seen. There are so many cool thing going on here. Not only the wacky internal mechanism, but also that automatic sight adjustment, the rate reducer and that funky flashhider. Thanks for the insight Ian!
@grh_angelone7 жыл бұрын
I recon, the grand-grandchildren of the engineers who developed this system are now building cars for peugeot and renault :)
@williamprince11147 жыл бұрын
If Ian did this in French it would have been an excellent tutorial for French Army recruits. Impressive how you do these treatments so thoroughly and so often.
@eric218814 жыл бұрын
This channel made me fall in love with all sorts of weird and older guns that bored me before The damascene video started it all Really love the channel Ian You’re a fantastic educator
@Dreska_7 жыл бұрын
Nobody warned me this video would feature *strong pornography*
@nobleactual76164 жыл бұрын
That guns chin is so well-defined and hot
@cuddlepaws4423 Жыл бұрын
As an ex engineer , I became more and more impressed the longer I watched the clip . It is like a giant Swiss watch in how all the seemingly confusing parts work smoothly together . The amount of thought and planning that went into it is amazing 🙂
@Viraqua7 жыл бұрын
This would look great mounted on my steam powered dinosaur.
@gerry3433 жыл бұрын
19:30 I have a photo in a book on machine guns ( by Terry Gander) of a 1907 St Etienne with the same muzzle attachment. It says it was a fortification weapon and the attachment was to deflect exhaust gases away from the interior of the casemate.
@BYLRPhil7 жыл бұрын
Real life steampunk gun.
@BYLRPhil7 жыл бұрын
And he said it right after I typed that...
@MattM04817 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me, but I was texting a friend about the episode!
@God-mb8wi7 жыл бұрын
+Michael Eversberg II Wrong. Dieselpunk denotes the aesthetic being reminiscent to the interwar period. This was made in 1907. It's steampunk
@stephenborntrager65427 жыл бұрын
But it's way closer to the interwar period than it is to the (typical) Victorian era of steampunk. Not to mention that steampunk is usually about non-war scenarios, wheras dieselpunk almost explicitly focused on these kinds of convoluted war machines. It's a wobbly line, but it's way more dieselpunk than steampunk. If it had pressure gauges and an 'aether' meter, then it would be steampunk, for sure.
@supremecaffeine26335 жыл бұрын
@@stephenborntrager6542 the Edwardian era is also lumped in steampunk.
@silentcontender2 жыл бұрын
Dude, I love you Ian. You’re literally the best.
@AsbestosMuffins7 жыл бұрын
"its steampunk" does it have gears? "here's the gear in the reciever...and the gear in the loader" its steampunk alright
@1SaG7 жыл бұрын
Crazy, strange or completely unexpected solutions for engineering problems ... welcome to the world of French engineering. Gotta love it! :)
@crwydryny4 жыл бұрын
despite the complexity of the mechanism I can't help but admire the elegance of it, there's so much going on it's easy for something to fail, but everything inside is set up so logically and simply with large simple parts any idiot in the trench could pop it open find what went wrong and fix it
@JohnDoe-fn1me7 жыл бұрын
What an awesome machinegun. I would love to have it just for the mechanics of it. It is awesome. Thanks for sharing it with us.
@kwacker457 жыл бұрын
Didn't we see a bullet ridden version a while back??
@CptMuttonchops7 жыл бұрын
We did, and actually now that I know how easy to open up it is, I kinda would have loved Ian to open that one up and see exactly what grits those holes went through.
@jamespowell6630 Жыл бұрын
I don't thumbs up enough. You're best on your own. You so know your shit. In old blighty we have no access to guns like you. Believe me, there are millions who what awe. Seen your hair for ages. Bravo Yankee. Jimxxxxx
@bitfreakazoid7 жыл бұрын
That is just one of the most awesome systems I've ever seen. I love this type of stuff. I didn't know that they had luminous sights back then. That's pretty interesting. That sight system is crazy. I wonder how much of a problem the two different metals expansion really was.
@sergei_18637 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful overcomplicated piece of machined steel! Quel magnifique!
@jeffengland27917 жыл бұрын
But can you conceal carry it?!
@andrewamann88557 жыл бұрын
Jeff England yes, but only if you're 3 children in a trenchcoat and a big, floppy hat.
@andrewamann88557 жыл бұрын
and on the plus side, if you are those 3 children, you already have a full gunnery crew.
@DivingHawker7 жыл бұрын
The tripod is foldable so I'd say yes, go for it.
@shadysandman48487 жыл бұрын
If you're creative enough and don't mind walking funny, it can be concealed anywhere
@HighlanderNorth17 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you could conceal carry it, as long as your first name is 'Paul', your last name starts with a 'Bun', and you carry an ENORMOUS axe! In that case, you could just 'un-tuck' your size 50-x plaid flannel shirt.
@travis0620037 жыл бұрын
So educating and entertaining at the same time, its a pleasure to watch. Thank you Ian!
@totalvvar7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see this shooting at its slowest RoF setting
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
Hopit same.
@EDSKaR7 жыл бұрын
dak.....ka....dak.....ka.....dak.....ka Dis iz not enuf DAKKA
@arya35287 жыл бұрын
Another great videos! And who doesn't love vintage over-complicated art deco machine gun!
@adonoghuea027 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't surprise me, given Ian's penchant for french arms, that this is one of the reasons he is selling his Vickers. A rather suitable replacement.
@adonoghuea027 жыл бұрын
Schmidt Rubin yes, but it's French.
@adonoghuea027 жыл бұрын
Simon White yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
@seculartapes7 жыл бұрын
Schmidt Rubin indeed, I've seen pictures of Maxims in action in both Syria and the current Ukraine conflict.
@zxggwrt7 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that, too. However, I bet he wants something he can get out and shoot without too much of a hassle. . . like a Schwerer Gustav!
@GazalAlShaqab Жыл бұрын
It is palpable here how much Ian LOVES French-made arms :) "Aux armes, les citoyens !!…"
@Panzersoldat7 жыл бұрын
Ian, in the off chance you should happen to read this comment, I'd like to offer a suggestion for a video you could make: If you could take designs from all the machine guns you have researched and inspected, what would your perfect machine gun look like?
@daisho136 жыл бұрын
Might be my favourite video of all of fw. Awesomely enthusiastic detail from Ian, and awesome weird gun.
@calleb15947 жыл бұрын
Are you going to change your Vickers for this ?????, Thats really cool !!!!!
@chrisjones60027 жыл бұрын
That was exactly my thoughts too, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he buys it, nor would I blame him.
@THEfamouspolka6 жыл бұрын
That firearm is nothing less than an exquisite piece of art, belongs in the Louvre!
@ForceSmart7 жыл бұрын
Steampunk. That's a pretty apt description of this intriguing monster.
@amichiganboiwhosereallazy15443 жыл бұрын
The front is definitely more Art Deco though
@markvos26927 жыл бұрын
That muzzle break looks like a cow-catcher from a train haha! Great video Ian!
@KaletheQuick6 жыл бұрын
I just 3d modeled this for a D&D game. Thanks for the history, and great footage :D
@amichiganboiwhosereallazy15443 жыл бұрын
How was the game?
@alwaystinkering77107 жыл бұрын
That is an incredible piece of engineering and machining. The temp compensating sight dropped my jaw.
@EnderLord0077 жыл бұрын
It's so French. Well designed with interesting features, but weird as hell and probably not the best at what it does.
@superdupergrover98577 жыл бұрын
the heat compensating mechanism comes from, i believe , clock making. the pendulum in a clock would vary according to temperature as it increases in length and therefore time. a system of brass and iron rods(which expand at different rates) was used to counteract this. to perform this required a great deal of materials science, and so, the elevation compensation would be relatively easy to design
@RaptorBeast77 жыл бұрын
15:50 what exactly does adjusting the gas system do? Does it affect performance or something?
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
RaptorBeast7 That'd affect how the piston would be pushed which would affect the RPM. By the way, it wouldn't affect any performance apart from that characteristic because this machine gun only uses the gas to operate the piston.
@EDSKaR7 жыл бұрын
It is also to compensate for powder fouling. As you fire a gas operated gun for a large number of rounds (like, say, with a machine gun) burned powder residue builds up and can restrict the gas port. when this happens, adjust to a slightly larger aperture and you can keep firing.
@Isaac-ho8gh7 жыл бұрын
EDSKaR Fair enough.
@brandonloy73256 жыл бұрын
Quite a beautiful work of mechanical art, the door it get an the internals is awesome
@Jesses0017 жыл бұрын
What a wonderfully mechanism. I mean, it is WAY to complicated, but wow it is like looking at well crafted clock works. Also that tripod is great. It gives you all kinds of options. By the way, I think you did a video on this machine gun before, but that one was shot many times and not in good condition because of it.
@69mrsteveo7 жыл бұрын
That rod expansion mechanism to adjust the sight is incredible Magic. The whole gun is complex engineering.
@Freemyland7 жыл бұрын
Tried to find video of this shooting, no luck. Any hope you'd get to shoot this before the auction?
@darrellshoub75273 жыл бұрын
That is the coolest combination antique analogue computer/ car jack / drawbridge-raiser and Iron Bird Decoy .... I have ever seen. Thank you France !!!!!
@Omnihil7775 жыл бұрын
26:00 Welcome to Tripod-Yoga. My name is Mr. McCollum.
@davidkohler74543 жыл бұрын
I love how Ian spazes out on French firearms. He just about overloaded on that really cool tripod. Good stuff.
@Twirlyhead7 жыл бұрын
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen type gun.
@meparofr46943 жыл бұрын
I come from the city of manufacturing of this weapon ( Saint-Étienne), Very proud to see that my city is known through the world
@Matt_The_Hugenot7 жыл бұрын
The only appropriate description for this level of weirdness is French.
@SledgeHammerMindOpener5 жыл бұрын
said the guy who don't know shit about france .
@walterkurtz43607 жыл бұрын
Really glad you got to do a video on one of these thats not full of bullet holes this is an extremely kool weapon mechanically
@alpbartuakdemir64897 жыл бұрын
Interesting piece of gun art
@pkt12137 жыл бұрын
What a really cool/complicated machine gun. The side door really emphasizes the interesting internal workings.