"This Is The Only Rifle In The World!" - Firearms Expert Reacts To Sniper Elite 5’s Guns

[@gabed.101]

In my opinion, there are no better "experts react" than these videos with Jonathan. He not only understands firearms but understands video game design and doesn't knock game designers for making compromises. Just a class act all around. 10/10

[@Pyke64]

Tbh I haven't watched any other "experts", I just watch Jonathan

[@thegamingkaiser2874]

Him and Ian McCulloum

[@kalamir93]

I'd want to add David Rawlings, the Sword Master. He's quite similar with his approach to Johnathan, pointing out artistic licence and different premises (like a strong Dwarf weilding a overly heavy hammer and stuff). And he's as humble as to say "I have no experience with this, but try to reach XY, he knows!".

[@neilholmes8200]

100% agree

[@kayagorzan]

Yea, absolutely

[@un1d]

It's very interesting to see johnathan also discuss some concessions that developers have to do for technical/gameplay reasons. Gamespot couldn't have found a better guy for this.

[@kenz2756]

@Jim Bianco It's Jim Bianco, the local tough guy.

[@kamikazemelon787]

"This is actually a franchise I've worked on with these guys" - it's exactly why this series is so great :)

[@MrGrimsmith]

@@kamikazemelon787 Rebellion know who to talk to about this sort of thing and take both the time and effort to do so. The CEO there has his own channel (Modern History TV) and also does weapons but just a touch earlier in origin. Like a few centuries. He's just as passionate about his area so I'm not in the slightest bit surprised that his company listened to experts. Then again, we all would if they were as genuine as Jonathan.

[@theitalianfukr4270]

@@kenz2756 excuse me what did he say?

[@ReubenAStern]

I agree, he's a very open minded chap.

[@gordondelacroix253]

The silencer on the springfield is the Moore silencer, something that was tried pre ww1 by the US army. The youtube channel the Armourer's bench has a video on it along the maxim silencer for the 1903.

[@purplefood1]

How effective was it?

[@Emperor54mm]

The main reason for the weird shape was that it included a bayonet mount. Can't imagine stabbing someone with a blade on the end of my suppressor.

[@tristanc3873]

@@purplefood1 Trials reports come off as extremely complimentary. Pretty much everyone that used one liked it.

[@yagami1134]

I hope Jonathan sees this

[@gordondelacroix253]

The US ordonnance department liked both the moore and maxim designs, has they had similar performance. an earlier report saying the maxim eliminated roughly one third of felt recoil and sound. Tho, the moore was deemed the most accurate of the two and had a far better attachement system (the maxim needed the front sight to be removed before installing). you could also mount a standard bayonnet Meanwhile, the maxim was deemed more robust and could withstand rapid fire far better.

[@eloquentsarcasm]

Refers to Hickok45, yet another reason Jonathan is THE "go to" guy when it comes to proper knowledge about historical firearms and skilled shooting techniques. Always enjoyed the SE series, Jason has done an outstanding job with that franchise over the years, have to pick up SE 5 this weekend, Warlord and Ghost deserve some cash!

[@caprise-music6722]

Yes. Lovely surprise that he mentioned Hickok45. That’s just brilliant

[@Xphinity]

Just something I learned for emphasise is doing this: -the- instead of THE. It allows the emphasis without the "yelling"

[@ethinos2719]

@@Xphinity That's not the point of strike-through and doesn't emphasize what you think it does. Instead, it makes it look like you were going to say something, changed your mind, and then said something different.

[@TastyMackerel]

@@Xphinity I'm not sure where you got that idea from but I don't suppose strikethrough is meant to be used that way.

[@badwolf4239]

@@ethinos2719 This might be overly charitable, but I'm assuming they meant to use italics, which are often used for emphasis. They're both done with the same key (underscores for italics and dashes for strikethrough), so it would be pretty easy to type the wrong ones, hit "reply," and then not notice the error once the formatting gets applied.

[@ModernKnight]

Thanks Jonathan, great video.

[@samholdsworth420]

SIR Jonathan! Lol

[@atom8248]

Love your videos

[@drzero1131]

One thing to note about the vampyr night sight for the stg-44, is that the guy isn't wearing the required backpack that goes with it to power it. They were powered by a battery that weighed 15 kg that was carried in a bulky backpack

[@roskcity]

the backpack is worn by enemies

[@druisteen]

It's a " vidéo game " , the French doesn't even fought WW1 ! Not before the DLC was released ...two years later ! Quite funny but historical video game .... just can do better ...who need a scoped Luger carbine .... seriously 🙄

[@LadyLuck-rd5vi]

​@@druisteenthe French...did fight in WW1.

[@zetatech77]

@@druisteen Try googling "Battle of Verdun"

[@McMxxCiV]

@@druisteenI think you'll find it's in fact the nazis, a very integral part of this game, who didn't fight in WW1. Which is OK, because this is a WW2 game.

[@JVLY]

I didn't know what this night vision scope at 13:49 was called before so now knowing it's called the Vampir, it makes so much more sense as to why it makes critical hits heal you in Zombie Army 4. Pretty clever.

[@PurpleCh4lk]

I don't really know that game but would be even better if you'd only heal from neckshots :p

[@9patrickkelly]

Glad to see Jonathan again this week, missed him last week!

[@DatDavdus]

This was one of the most delightful episodes yet. You could really feel Jonathan's genuinely happiness to talk about the guns he helpen influence and see how it came out. Loved this episode!

[@FCV0511]

The first thing I thought of after that long range Welrod shot was Hickok45 and the gong. Glad to see him get a mention immediately thereafter! Love this video series - keep 'em coming, and Jonathan is always a pleasure to watch. :D

[@timmooney7528]

Not sure if a 32acp would have enough velocity to stay stable at long distances, let alone retain enough energy to be lethal. I always picture a 32scp pistol as something tiny you use very close up, like in punching distance. The baffles in the suppressor would also affect the stability and accuracy. Did the suppressor use a packing material to slow down the gases, or chamber s and baffles. Packing material would degrade after every shot, hence the pistol getting louder as it was shot more.

[@eatmynoodlez5527]

Request for Johnathan to react to guns from Killing Floor 2. It has tons of unique weapons like the AF2011s and a sledgehammer that shoots shotgun shells whenever it strikes something. Plus, all the animations are smooth as well, so I’d love to see him break those kinds of weapons down.

[@-MATER.DEI-]

yea I wonder how he would react to the spitfire revolver

[@tyhutchings6890]

Seconded, plus with ever gun having two sets of reload animation with skilled and unskilled there would be a good bit to talk about. Thats alot of guns to pick from

[@scytheiota7144]

The guns made by Saber are horribly animated, unlike Tripwire guns, so it will be best to save Jonathan's eyes and exclude the new weapons.

[@niinkaunis5514]

Bought Killing Floor 2. The floor poses no threat, and it cannot be killed. Would not recommend.

[@keepironman14]

Ness with him by showing him the dlc lightsaber (it behaves like tge hacksmiths original protosaber that used metal rods instead of gas)

[@rowanbae4031]

Hickock 45 and Jonathan collaboration. Its now the Gun Multiverse. Jonathan, Ian, Hickock, Garand Thumb, DemoRanch, AK guy. We need this

[@iamlormenkal6266]

Dont forget 9hole review

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

Kentucky Ballistics and Kirsten Joy Weiss too

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Eww Brandon Herrera. Gross

[@samholdsworth420]

@@fromthebackseat4865 you just hate him because he's handsome

[@depressedTrent]

Green cartridges as subsonic were a thing in ww2 Russia, at least for Mosin Nagant. There were some limited numbers of suppressor equipped Mosins issued to units, but most people probably didn't ever heard of this modification...

[@quadnudli1380]

Late response, but the suppressor is called the Bramit if i recall correctly

[@johnnyramone8051]

@@quadnudli1380 yeah, just a fun fact: "bramit" word is formed out of two words: "brothers" and "mitin" (it's a surname), so it means "mitin brothers" and btw both brothers died in the gulag after the war

[@DaRadicalCavy]

Karl's actually German-American. His father was the American ambassador when karl was born so he was born in Germany. He then moved to America where when they refused to join the war, stopping him from going to fight the fascists from his homeland he asked his parents to pull some strings to transfer him to the UK where he was recruited by SOE due to German being his Native tongue.

[@vyse102]

That's a backstory to envy right there. Man's a badass.

[@rustyshackle8000]

There's actually a line in the first mission right at the end, where Karl is talking to a friend of his in the Resistance and a member of the French Resistance. His ancestry is brought up, and he says, "I chose my side." Legitimately gave me a lot of respect for him as a character.

[@Voucher765]

If he's German descent he probably came from Pennsylvania which has a large German Dutch population

[@PurpleColonel]

My man was told he couldn't shoot nazis so he MOVED just to do it.

[@rscoops3986]

​@@Voucher765 What's German Dutch? Yeah there's a few million with German ancestry in Pennsylvania. Their descendants were spread all over America and still are. By proportion the Midwest is the most Germanic, with Ohio having a lot of 'German communities', which celebrate the culture, as almost entirely the town is made up of Deutsch settlers. If it wasn't for the world wars & anti German sentiment (think prohibition!), German culture and language would be a lot more prevalent in the states.

[@otbc1999]

I love how even though he points the innacuiries, he understands the reason for it, for example he understands why the night vision imagery isn't accurate because it would frustrate the player if it was. All my homies love Jonathan

[@ktgiffin8147]

He mentioned that he's played the games since the beginning, so he understands gameplay and how some accuracies don't really affect it. I'm the same with film; I don't really care about inaccuracies as long as they don't ruin the story.

[@nick31092]

Love to see Jonathan react to the guns of Killzone, particularly 2. Futuristic enough to be interesting but still extremely grounded (for the most part) designs; I think he'd have a lot of fun examining them!

[@100nitrog]

Killzone's weapon designs are mostly bullpup, and unfortunately frequently suffer from 'where does the bolt go?'.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

@@100nitrog To this day I'm still trying to find the bolt for the StA 52. Can you help me, good sir?

[@tom_606HQ]

Thank's for including the STREM, never know it was a Czech design! I would love a full video on that! Maybe on the Royal Armories, if it wasn't done before..?

[@Wheelz567]

I knew he'd call out the drum mag on the wrong model of Thompson Haha. It's actually funny if you look close in the footage. You can see the drum mag has a little notch that normally slides into the mag well of the 1928, but on this M1A1, that notch on the mag is clipping the model. They probably modeled the Thompson and the drum mag separately I suppose.

[@ChristmasMeat]

Well, the fact that they couldn't commit to one Thompson model didn't help.

[@hiredk3127]

This is a mistake in the video - in game you can modify weapons. The standard Thompson you get at the start looks like accurate M1A1. So you can put on the suppressor and it looks almost the same as the real SOE variant.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

The backwards rounds give you the yips as well.

[@PrimeGlaz]

I love when devs go to places to learn about the weapons, John is a great person to help out

[@epikmanthe3rd]

3:45 Almost certainly mentioned, it's the Moore suppressor. It was trialed in 1910 along with a Maxim design by the US military. As Jonathan pointed out, volume is crucial and the Maxim design which used what we would call a traditional design was cited as being superior in noise suppression.

[@lastwymsi]

A very similar design was used on the Chinese type 64 pistol. I remembered it because it was one of the pistols I saved reference photos of for drawing XD

[@ferdinand12390]

talking about that Luger, i see that it has a vertical grip attached directly to the barrel, that would cause a lot of issues since the pistol was a short recoil design and the barrel moved with each shot

[@ErwinPommel]

I paused the video to angrily say that aloud to myself.

[@caprise-music6722]

Yes. I was saying out loud that I would simply use the version Johnathan was holding if I’m gonna use that firearm. That front grip really grinded my gears

[@ianwinter514]

extending the barrel can mess it also up the fancy one has some springs in the handguard to support the added weight

[@Grobut81]

Yup, i was about to comment on this aswell.

[@ДмитрийСлепцов-д6п]

@@ianwinter514 Well, if you lengthen it too much (and make it too heavy), then yes. However, there was a factory modification of the Luger with a long barrel (Jonathan even held it in his hands in the video), and it worked pretty reliably.

[@tenghiskhan2063]

Thank god he’s back, you guys scared me last week

[@fromthebackseat4865]

Yeah. I’m assuming they skipped a week to avoid the controversy from the school shooting in the US.

[@Gundumb_guy]

Just started playing this on game pass yesterday and it’s actually pretty fun! Obviously the sniping aspect is great but the invasion mechanic makes things pretty interesting

[@MrStonerLP]

I agree, until you get stuck on a part and get invaded over and over and over nonstop.... They really needed to implement some kind of secret cooldown for that.

[@rambledogs2012]

@@MrStonerLP They have, you run away :-)

[@StuPV]

@@MrStonerLP You just disable invasions lol. Side note, invasions are super one-sided. The invader doesnt have objectives to follow or anything, and if they've played the map they can get a pretty good idea of what you're up to.

[@myreaper311]

Petition for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. It featured a lot of modern gear and had a fairly comprehensive modification system

[@KICKASSoBASSIST]

It a shame Medal of Honor warfighter was a flop. Despite the mess of a game it was I was still able a lot of fun with it. Including the campaign

[@SavageBunnyGetMoney]

I still have memories of Frontline 😿

[@jakkals8328]

@@KICKASSoBASSIST No flop, only pure perfection.

[@RK-zf1jm]

sure did 20 different ways to breach a door non of which made a difference

[@pixelpowder8371]

Despite the unnecessarily short sniping mission, it's an underrated classic.

[@thest0mpa]

I'd love to see Jonathan react to titanfall 2's guns. Lots of interesting futureistic designs but still decently real plus there are multiple bullpups and several sight variants for some guns that might be interesting

[@marcellosilva9286]

Jonathan has always commented on futuristic FPSs not making semi-auto shotguns the standard, but in Titanfall 2 all of them are, which would make him a happy man, lol. I'd also like to hear his takes on the Titan weapons, he IS the Keeper of Firearms and _Artillery_ , after all.

[@bombomos]

I think he did Apex. Same guns more or less

[@Eagle3302PL]

@@bombomos He did and yeah, they're the same guns.

[@weakestbutterscotchenjoyer]

I've been requesting this for months gonna reply to boost this comment

[@nepi7847]

well if we look at titanfall + apex not all shotguns are semi, for some reason the pk is lever action lol

[@MostCoolestName]

love seeing videos with this guy, i feel like he'd be so interesting to talk to, would LOVE to visit that museum someday

[@Not_Dio22]

3:47 I don’t remember all the details off hand but the US did trail suppressors for the 1903 between the two world wars and that was one of them. That design was from what I remember the quieter out of the two or three in the trail but had a ridiculous muzzle flash Edit: it’s based on the moore Springfield’s Silencer

[@craigkonowal1260]

Love the Hickok 45 reference. This was a great video. Really enjoyed listening to this guy

[@WolfoftheAurora]

17:40 The SREM's cocking mechanism reminds me of the Burgess folding/takedown shotguns. Quite a funky operation.

[@SloppokeymaX]

I was so worried when we skipped a week Jonathan is the only reason I’m subscribed keep making these videos!!!

[@fromthebackseat4865]

I assume they wanted to avoid the controversy because of the school shooting in the US.

[@SloppokeymaX]

@@fromthebackseat4865 that’s exactly what I thought

[@535phobos]

@@fromthebackseat4865 If we skipped a week anytime there is a shooting in the US there wouldnt be any content at all anymore...

[@TylerMcL3more]

13:07 that muzzle looks period correct because that muzzle comes off of the Colt Monitor Rifle. :) Also-I feel like Johnathon would have a field day with the weird weapons we’re starting to get in the game “Enlisted”. I feel he should check that game out: it’s almost a combination between a RTS game and an FPS in that you control both a 1st person soldier as well as a squad of 4-8 other soldiers(of whom you can also choose to inhabit in a 1st person view). You also can control tank crews, planes of all sorts and build MGs, AAA, and AT guns as engineer class players…. Pretty much all combined arms weapons are available except for naval stuff. It’s an amazingly fun game (and its mostly free to play, although some things have paywalls) and deserves a bit more attention imo.

[@rambledogs2012]

I'm playing this at the moment and thoroughly enjoying it. Nice to see some historical vids about the weapons used in game.

[@TheSpectacledSteve]

The SREM-1 was an interesting weapon concept

[@EddieRiggsBF3]

Similar system using pistol grip and trigger as charging handle can be found on Czechoslovakian UK-59 machine gun.

[@ragesamuraix5498]

@@EddieRiggsBF3 and the CMG-1

[@EddieRiggsBF3]

@@ragesamuraix5498 And SS41, Czechoslovakia anti tank rifle for SS.

[@firesturmgaming]

At first I thought they made a WW2 bullpup then Jonathan said it was a pump action rifle.

[@BeeBoo2024]

very cool. thank you for this. enjoyed every second of it. died a little inside when i saw the thompson's rounds backwards!

[@skoopsro7656]

I strongly appreciate the realism and attention to detail rebellion paid to details like subsonic ammunition and weapon manipulation animations. Excellent.

[@chrisandrew7577]

So professional, yet artistically involved. You understand guns as much as you understand games. I need you to collab with forgotten weapons or something

[@jacobleukus6930]

Ian from forgotten weapons (Gun Jesus) is fantastic and I love his work but Jonathan is the best for these videos because he not only has the firearms knowledge but a good knowledge base for video games and video game logic. He sticks to the facts but will acknowledge gameplay choices

[@florentjendrysiak3396]

The compensator on the STG44 is a Cutts-type compensator used between WWI and WWII on the Colt Monitor, so I think it's period appropriate.

[@afd19850]

Thanks Jonathan for helping to include the SREM. I always find the base 1903 to be the best all rounder in the series and now this is literally best all rounder in the game!

[@giantenemycrab5596]

Can’t wait for the Arma Reforger episode which you guys must definitely be working on at the moment

[@Selendryle]

The SREM-1 in game has a barrel option (short carbine) that looks closer to the one here.

[@TylerMcL3more]

Hey Johnno! Good to see you rocking some awesome firearms knowledge for all of us once again my friend! Cheers bro! :)

[@フミヅキ-s8m]

I feel like having the Welrod be an extremely effective gun that steadily grew weaker the more you used it in a level actually would've been a really fun mechanic.

[@glennpruess6936]

1:35 I don't remember the designation of that scope but from what I remember is it was a scope that was mainly used in the pacific theater

[@wotwott2319]

amazing that they've gone through all of the trouble of designing a pump action rifle for the purpose of not disturbing the sniper's sight picture when lever action rifles have existed for more than half a century at that point

[@buttnutt]

can't use lever actions efficiently when prone.

[@filmandfirearms]

Try operating a lever action while prone and keeping it target. Unless you shoot with the gun sideways, the only way to do it is to tilt it to allow the lever to clear

[@pv8685]

Thanks for helping out Rebellion! You are a Part why those Games are so good!

[@Ignonym]

Something Jonathan didn't mention: that customized Luger has the vertical grip attached to the barrel (instead of the frame, as on the real Luger carbine). The Luger is recoil-operated and depends on its barrel being able to move back and forth, so trying to actually hold onto that grip is liable to stop the gun from cycling.

[@samholdsworth420]

Don't hold on too tight then 😂

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

or sprain your wrist depending on whether you or the recoil won the strength game

[@SNAO69]

13:07 Thats the compensator off of a BAR style rifle, the Colt Monitor. It has no place on a STG 44, but was extremely helpful on the Colt Monitors, with Ian from Forgotten Weapons saying it noticeably helped recoil.

[@Commander-vf1lk]

Fun fact: STG44s were equipped with infrared scopes as prototypes. Not many were made but they did as well as Infrared searchlight half tracks.

[@pz_faust6866]

Vampyr

[@Commander-vf1lk]

@@pz_faust6866 Hi! Yes, I just forgot how to spell it. Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@Blazcowitz1943]

Towards the end of the war the U.S also issued versions of the M1 carbine that had early and extremely bulky night vision scopes. They were used on Okinawa to detect Japanese attacks/infiltrators at night.

[@Commander-vf1lk]

@@Blazcowitz1943 Hi! Oh, cool! Didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing! Much appreciated. I hope a WW2 RTS game could implement that someday.

[@christophergonzalez3359]

I just found your channel, watched a few videos. I appreciate that you understand there is a compromise to be made when designing a game, in that some aspects of realism or accuracy are sacrificed to make the game possible.

[@Candrsenal]

Nice shirt bro.

[@Captain_Flyn95]

His T-shirt got a good chuckle out of me. A Bycicle with a Vickers(?)-Machine Gun mounted to it. Looks awesome.

[@jonkissinger426]

It's a potato digger - and not seen on screen is the text that says Cycle of Violence.

[@sassyviking6003]

I've always loved how he knows so much but is also always willing and able to understand where compromises in realism are necessary for gameplay and enjoyment. We like as much realism as we can get in our video games, but at the end of the day it is a game meant to be fun, not a strictly accurate military simulation.

[@UselessBunny]

Every time i see this guys smile on the thumbnail i have to click it and everytime i hear this is Jonathan Ferguson it makes me happy good guy 10/10 one day i will visit the Museum to maybe meet him irl.

[@paavobergmann4920]

I happen to own an old, battered civilian 1st Gen. Night vision device. The image quality is absolutely abysmal. If you fiddle enough, you can actually get the centre pretty sharp, but it has a) terrible edge distortion, b) no contrast whatsoever, and c) the image is grainy. In addition: You need to keep the button pressed for some seconds to charge the high voltage cascade and make the image brighter, and when you release the button, the image quickly dims and fades away over maybe 10-15sec, so you need to press the button again at intervals. it´s ok for spotting boar, but to actually use it for night shooting, there would be a certain amount of fidgeting involved, so for me, it is displayed way to much "point and shoot" in the game. It´s really a little help for that one shot you couldn´t otherwise take, and much more useful as an obervation device for semi-comcealed targets in dark corners.

[@remander3873]

Used the SREM throughout my play through. As far as video game play, it was a very versatile weapon. Loved the feel and the available mods.

[@capitantilapia]

Miculek hitting a 1000 yards 9mm revolver shot is the ultimate prove that you can do basically anything if you train enough.

[@Tatwinus]

Hitting a huge immobile steel plate with lots of time, prepwork and unlimited tries doesnt prove anything tbh.

[@capitantilapia]

@@Tatwinus a steel plate? He hits a balloon. Second try.

[@Tatwinus]

@@capitantilapia first of all: second try that he SHOWS us he could have done 1000 tries before that cylinder. Second: its pretty much agreed that its shrapnel from the bullet hitting steel that pops the balloon. Miculek is a showman, hes the street magician of the gun world. Theres a reason he has no experience of live fire because his tricks dont work against a real target.

[@psych0CS2]

6:50 really nice touch showing the bullet deform and break apart as it passes through there. I never see that in games

[@sw_tower8530]

The silencer on the 1903 looks like it was designed after the Moore's pattern one. If I recall correctly it was one of the two being looked once upon a time.

[@morgonfr33m4n1337z]

3:20 that is a Moore-pattern suppressor They were offered alongside the Maxim-pattern ones during the ww1 era, both of which had to be gumsmithed onto the 1903's barrel

[@the_ur3an_myth]

We need another video on the guns from Battlefield 1, mostly the unknown or lesser known weapons

[@bchearne]

21:47 reminds me of the chainsaw chain being backwards on the Doom Eternal chainsaw. I’ve seen saw blades on circular saws on backwards in video games, too

[@Randscorporation]

Loved the mention of Hickock45. Jonathan really knows his stuff lol

[@UncleManuel]

I just started playing SE5 - and it makes me REALLY happy that Jonathan has an episode on that game. 😎🤘

A classic JF quote: "You could do this.. but you wouldn't"

[@aaront4494]

Jonathan, thank you for all that you do sir. I truly appreciate all that you do for history and for gaming.

[@kevinmoore5674]

Personally I would love to see Jonathan wrap his head around the insanity that is Remnant: From the Ashes. Ranging from existing modified firearms, to improvised firearms, to. . . well i don't want to spoil anything but lets just say magic.

[@daviddavidson2357]

About the night sight, I've not got a gen 0 one (like the German Vampyr) but I do have a gen1+ starlight tube which is 3 gen 1 tubes in series. It gives a fairly sharp image at the centre, extremely sharp but there is a serious amount of fisheye and distortion around the sides. The one ingame looks like a Gen2 or Gen3 sight. Also the German Vampyr had a large and heavy backpack with a *huge* battery to generate the 1000+ volts needed to power the tube as transistors (and therefore boost converters) didn't exist back then so the only way to get the amount of power needed was by putting cells in series.

[@MrRadarrock]

Would be cool to see Johnathan react to the weapons in the Wolfenstein reboot series. Also, Metal Gear Solid V has that suppressor degradation mechanic he talked about; might be cool to see him react to that game too.

[@TuffMelon]

Tbf, the supressors in MGSV don't degrade in effectiveness, they just work perfectly for a number of shots until they break entirely, which isn't quite what Jonathan was getting at with the welrod. The reason the welrod works the way it does is because its a big suppressor that's actually sealed up (from what I remember) until the first shot pierces it, meaning that each following shot would open it up more and more until it works just like a normal suppressor would/wouldn't.

[@Themaxwithnoname]

@@TuffMelon yeah, it has rubber wipes. Forgotten Weapons has a video on one.

[@aslamc9288]

I always look forward to these videos with Jonathan. It’s an older game now, but I’d love to see him do 2017’s Call of Duty WW2. Fewer abominations than Vanguard, I’m sure, but I loved that game and seeing Ferg’s reactions to the weapons in that would be really cool.

[@ReanimatorsMutilations]

Thought I did see him talking about some from it somwhere

[@sweepingtime]

I remember playing MGS4 and being amazed that the weapons in it looked as though the individual components were modeled so that operating the weapon really seemed like using the real thing. In that era, CS 1.6 was still the most popular 'milsim' type game and weapon models were still quite simplistic. Now there is an art to how nice the weapons look AND feel, even if they get the fine details wrong sometimes.

[@The_Slavstralian]

I just finished playing through the first 4 games in this series. Really enjoyed it, sniping is very much to my playstyle's liking. Looking forward to getting the next one.

[@DocLeQuack]

Wait until Jonathan finds out the Zielgerät ZG 1229 Vampir sight is actually the correct size in game but is missing the massive battery pack that is supposed to be on the back of the unfortunate soul who is supposed to carry it.

[@wea69420]

the Hickok45 name drop was absolutely perfect lol

[@johntheexplainer]

I remember that Action Man had a Luger pistol with a clip-on stock and barrel extension. Even as a kid I wondered just how that would work. Maybe it’s a nod to that?

[@Vesspix]

I love the shoutout to hickock .45, a wonderful guy and I’m glad Johnathan mentioned him

[@mrwhiffy2045]

You really need to show Johnathan the weapons of Bioshock. Particularly Bioshock 2 and Infinite. Bioshock 2 cuz all the weapons are supersized to work for a Big Daddy and Infinite cuz they seem to be really advanced weapons for the time period. (In particular, the clip upgraded Shotgun from Bioshock 2, I need to see him react to that monster)

[@TheSundayShooter]

Never heard of a clip fed shotgun, should make for a good reaction-video

[@Iffem]

"they seem to be really advanced weapons for the time period" well, there's a reason for that in Infinite

[@plain_simple_garak]

The problem is, with a couple of exceptions, few of those weapons from the Bioshock series are based on real world designs. They're mostly fanciful, fictional weapons vaguely reminiscent of real weapons, but with no priority to make them period or design accurate to anything he would have expertise in.

[@lesliebrown3730]

what about the capacity upgrade for the pistol in bioshock 1? (how can it even function)

[@InchonDM]

@@TheSundayShooter Oh, it's even better than that. The Bioshock 2 shotgun starts out as a double-barreled side-by-side and can be turned, via upgrades, into a double-revolver shotgun by replacing both breeches with triple revolving cylinders. Bioshock 1 and 2's guns are _nutty_ and their Power to the People upgrades are magnificent, they should absolutely be covered in a video or two. Heck, since each of the P2P upgrades is added separately, they could be analyzed completely on their own.

[@saltygamingaustralia1758]

I was literally playing this last night and said to myself, Johnathan should definitely look at this

[@archvile9388]

Wished he would have talked about the bizarrely names M1 carbine. In game it's called the M1A, but no such model actually exists. There is an M1A rifle, but that is a civilian version of the M14 with the full auto capability stripped out and is not at all related to the M1 carbine. Maybe the devs were thinking of the M1A1 carbine, but that is an M1 with a folding wire stock for paratroopers, and the in game weapon is clearly a regular M1 with a fixed wood stock.

[@DLV_Channel]

Copyright issues.

[@weewhiskydram]

Brilliant video. I'm not too far from the Royal Armouries museum its a very impressive place to go visit.

[@brandonwestfall3241]

I feel like Johnathan would get a kick out of Planetside 2, particularly guns like the NS-7 and the NS-44

[@philgreen8277]

Wow this is the first video I've seen of yours. Thank you. I found it very interesting

[@AE1OU]

Would be really cool if Jonathan made a video on *METAL GEAR SOLID 3* weapons. Been requesting for so long. So many weapons in that game to comment on like the patriot, the EZ gun, Snake's M1911, Ocelot's SAA and Eva's chinese mauser clone. Want to know your take on the Boss disassembling Snake's 1911 without removing the slide stop and many many more...

[@KanshunGanshun]

The muzzle brake on the STG-44 is period correct in terms of style, I have a very similar looking Cutts compensator on the end of my 1942 Remington model 11 shotgun. I can't say if anything like that was ever used specifically on a Sturmgewehr, but the general style checks out for WWII.

[@swegiboi4737]

Im guessing whoever made the model for the Thompson drum mag got confused and put the bullets in the wrong way and somehow everyone missed it

[@jasonvos4430]

i hope we never stop getting Jonathan Ferguson vids

[@acrienteangelic1862]

I honestly think it bugs me more that on the Luger you attach a foregrip using a clamp on the barrel. Let's reiterate: Attaching a grip, via a clamp, on the barrel, of a short recoil toggle-locked handgun.

[@atomicgamernl3671]

The muzzle device on the Mp44 seems to be based on a FG42 trial device. they probably used that as inspiration

[@TheSauceYouGetLostin]

What I like/hate most about this game is that the suppressors still make noise, like the enemies can still hear the shot but it makes it harder for them to pinpoint your location, like a real suppressor. I say hate because any and every other game it mutes the shot entirely, you could be right next to an enemy fire a shot and they wouldn't know about it. Do that in SE5 and you are going to be found.

[@7thboss931]

Gotta agree with Jonathan. The SREM is very cool

[@boogybox5000]

I feel like Jonathan would love the game reciever 2, if not for the show jut to fool around with in his own time. Very accurate gun models and all of the internal parts are modeled and animated.

[@jimbothegymbro7086]

it's so detailed that if you don't turn on the safety on some guns you can shoot yourself and die and the death screen passive aggressively bullies you for being dumb

[@abrb1223]

Wait, after the 200th time watching this video I just had an epiphany.....they claim the Welrod can't be as long as it should be because of the holster system, but the P08 with carbine barrel is actually longer lol

[@fireblast133]

truth be told even with suppressors on in this game, they're still able to be heard a decent distance away.

[@kurttank_1909]

First thing I did when I saw the SREM in the promo pics was pull out Jonathan’s book and critique the bejeezus out of Rebellion’s model.

[@ursa_margo]

In order to explain to the people what early nigh vision scopes were like, it is enough to simply point towards the NSPU-M scope in Tarkov. Even being a comparatively recent technology, it's absolutely hideous in terms of contrast and field of view, while simultaneously being huge and heavy like a brick.

[@MissKay1994]

So I can share some about the M1903. The gun you have at the museum is an M1903A4, with a WW 2 USMC scope mounted on it. This gun was based on the Remington M1903A3 which was a simplified version of the M1903A1 with different sights. I'm not going to type up a huge paragraph here about it however but that's the basics on the gun

[@arguekayes]

This game is one i was actually hyped to hear his input on. Cos Rebellion definitely tries to go historically accurate with their games and it shows, even though some of the weapon mods aren’t true to history.

[@thegoldenpepper8702]

That suppressor on the 1903 reminds me a lot of the type 64 silenced pistol. Forgotten weapons did a video on it

[@dixen200]

You guys gotta look at Killing Floor 2. It has many weapons, sci-fi and real world guns with really detailed animations.

[@MrPh30]

I liked the idea of Srem, that loading were on Czech lmg also, and on a couple of biathlon rifles.