Sten owner: "My Sten is the most rudimentary machine pistol on the planet" Viper owner: "Hold my beer.... on second thoughts I can keep holding my own beer".
@takeawaykitty.5 жыл бұрын
This disserves more than 4 likes here is the 5th if I could give more I would, well done sir
@MrRugbylane5 жыл бұрын
@@takeawaykitty. :) thanks
@RNKel15 жыл бұрын
You mean hold my tea?
@alf89165 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@RasputinReview5 жыл бұрын
Owen gun owner: :^)
@immimm95865 жыл бұрын
When hearing SIMPLIFIED STEN I think of someone beating the primer of the cartridges with a hammer
@AdamWhistle15 жыл бұрын
I think the next step on simplification would have been that, more or less. Maybe with a cranky.
@Tacticaviator75 жыл бұрын
I though of a pipe gun
@texasforever69505 жыл бұрын
@Luke Z idk bro, us Texans like it too
@aroniense215 жыл бұрын
I mm I mm so the Cobray Terminator?
@afs1015 жыл бұрын
Throwing handfuls of brass
@kaffykathy87295 жыл бұрын
"We need to make a one handed SMG." "Why sir?" "Well what happens if we get attacked during Tea Time?"
@PHOBOS3005 жыл бұрын
to free up your other hand for another gun
@cleanerben96365 жыл бұрын
@@PHOBOS300 In your other hand you unscrew your pommel from your sword so you can finish the enemy rightly.
@Dick_Gozinya5 жыл бұрын
"Bloody hell! My monocle keeps falling off when I shoot the Sten gun! Tell Q to make me one I can shoot one-handed, so I can keep my monocle in!"
@ketsuekikumori91455 жыл бұрын
Isn't it obligatory British politeness to give them baddies a two-finger salute while shooting them?
@flightlesschicken77695 жыл бұрын
@@cleanerben9636 I approve of this statement. The gun is just there to buy time while you unscrew the pommel.
@Tobascodagama5 жыл бұрын
"We need something even cheaper than the Sten to issue to military police." "Great. Here's my idea. First off, instead of stamped or milled metal, let's have everything, even the screw threads for the barrel nut, hand-crafted out of wood."
@StrawberryShmello4 жыл бұрын
*dual wielding these things and wearing sunglasses while they burst into flames and heavy metal plays* G R O O V Y
@joshuahadams Жыл бұрын
@@StrawberryShmello looking like the worlds smallest dual-mounted AA emplacement.
@OCTO358 Жыл бұрын
Why not bakelite, I wonder
@tomaspabon2484 Жыл бұрын
@@OCTO358I assume thats what would've been done if it had somehow been adopted. Its hard to justify the cost of a mold for a prototype
@mojolotz4 ай бұрын
To be fair the idea was probably to press this from plastic.
@ianmacfarlane12414 жыл бұрын
Advertising for 200 new positions at armaments manufacturer - "Gunsmith?" "No, cabinet maker".
@Chrisket5 жыл бұрын
A simplified Sten? Pretty sure the next step down is a brick that you just chuck at people...
@bleh87895 жыл бұрын
You mean a cramped Mosin?
@Killatomate855 жыл бұрын
you fail to grasp the brilliance of this design. you cannot miss your target because you are not aiming at a target in the first place. spray and -pray- win.
@Arynkows5 жыл бұрын
So L.M.P. 1889 then -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZ2vm4uPgMuIj6M
@davidhonfi26835 жыл бұрын
god damnit I wanted to make that joke dude.....:(
@seankeaney8235 жыл бұрын
My first thought was: Simplified Sten isn’t that like a more complex Rube Goldberg Machine?
@BennettIsAmazing5 жыл бұрын
Why one handed? DUAL WIELDING OF COURSE!
@ArcturusOTE5 жыл бұрын
Macedonian shooting as they used to say
@Lobosatirico5 жыл бұрын
What they wanted was for the officer to be able to fetch a new magazine while shooting, so the reload time was minimised. It makes no sense though.
@556deltawolf5 жыл бұрын
I think another reason could've been because the occupation forces would mostly serve as police and the idea is that with a particularly stubborn criminal you could use your free hand to do the arresting but still have your weapon drawn in case you needed it. Still impractical. @@Lobosatirico
@SeraphinaPZ5 жыл бұрын
Dual wielding is great and all, but can it shoot .32 ACP?
@brottarnacke5 жыл бұрын
Can't believe he even had to ask. :-D
@svtirefire5 жыл бұрын
A super-simplified mechanism, wrapped up in the most complicated machined wood stock ever made.
@fuzzydunlop79285 жыл бұрын
This is how I feel about soft shell tacos that are too intricately folded.
@borismuller865 жыл бұрын
It’s honestly the sort of thing a carpenter would make to show off...
@antonw-uw4ov5 жыл бұрын
svtirefire wood is very easy to machine compared to any metal, it does'nt stick to the cutting tools, require no lubricants or cooling to cut and does not dull the tools. So regadless of it being a bad idea to make gun parts from wood; it's very fast and easy.
@svtirefire5 жыл бұрын
@antonw194200 I'll agree that wood machines quicker than metal, but wood most certainly does dull tools!
@antonw-uw4ov5 жыл бұрын
Technically speaking yes, but practically no. Steel and aluminum will dull endmills and such in a matter of hours, wood will probably take years, i haven't really managed to dull a bit on wood so i would not know… but I'm guessing it would take a while…. My point is that from a manufacturing standpoint the tool life on a mill that only sees wood is almost endless compared to a mill that sees a lot of brass, aluminum and steel.
@KRIMZONMEKANISM5 жыл бұрын
"One-handed weapons suit me just fine, they leave one hand free for making rude gestures." - Inigo, unofficial follower from Skyrim
@GoredonTheDestroyer4 жыл бұрын
That's a mood.
@MayDayMei984 жыл бұрын
The Viper Sten does seem like the sort of weapon one would use while making rude gestures at the enemy.
@kure75864 жыл бұрын
Actually this could make sense. Policeman need to be able to communicate with the populous and he doesn't speak German. If he doesn't holds the weapon in both hands at least he can gesture to stop or go left. It's a stretch though.
@S0renz4 жыл бұрын
Why use one Viper when you can use two? It leaves the other hand free for another one-handed weapon.
@jidk6565 Жыл бұрын
Best Skyrim follower
@MidnightRobotics4 жыл бұрын
"That's a Sten? Oh, next thing you'll tell me is that it has to be disassembled like a nerf gun lmao" *Viper opens like a nerf gun* ._.
@Agentcoolguy15 жыл бұрын
They developed this so that British officers can hose down ruffians with one hand while holding their cup of tea in the other, as God intended.
@thedeterminedsoul49005 жыл бұрын
Ah yes. Doing God's work.
@DatBoi-mo9vc5 жыл бұрын
This is a proof of concept if all you have is a knife, a block of wood, a tube, and one single spring
@ILikeToLaughAtYou4 жыл бұрын
For king and country!
@JDWDMC4 жыл бұрын
A pipe, actually.
@JDWDMC4 жыл бұрын
@@spyczech What on EARTH is a muffet?
@JonathanFergusonRoyalArmouries5 жыл бұрын
As is often the case, more research gets done after filming wraps. We have the surviving documentation on the Viper. This type was invented in 1943 (by Derek Hutton-Williams), so definitely not for police or border guards. The only mention of its intended purpose is actually 'over the beach' Commando-style operations (including the casing being intended to float!), the other hand being free for grenade use, with an additional covert role (in which case you could use the free hand as a support hand). This first pattern gun (they had no official designation) went nowhere. The totally different 'No.3' version appeared in 1945 feeding from Mp40 mags. It's possible that this was proposed as a border guard weapon.
@ptonpc5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That makes sense.
@decnet1005 жыл бұрын
This should probably get upvoted by Ian, so people can stop guessing what it was actually intended for :) I may have gotten the purpose entirely wrong in my own reasonings, but at least I was right about the year of development probably giving the best hints in that regard. Cheers!
@ptonpc5 жыл бұрын
@@decnet100 Agreed. It should be pinned
@wisecrack34615 жыл бұрын
Any sources I can look into? I wanna look into this gun some more :D
@willdavis78465 жыл бұрын
So this is like a special forces kinda gun? Like used in certain missions and shit?
@cargo_vroom97295 жыл бұрын
"What if, now stick with me, we made a gun that makes no sense." "I'm listening."
@aparisio0075 жыл бұрын
im in
@spudgunn86955 жыл бұрын
They needed to be able to shoot it one handed, as the other hand would be holding an English-German phrase book!😂🤣😂
@Im_The_Slep4 жыл бұрын
Wanker
@samholdsworth39574 жыл бұрын
Nein!
@josecbritos4 жыл бұрын
I wonder how do you say “my hovercraft is full of eels” in german 🤔🤔
@spudgunn86954 жыл бұрын
@@josecbritos mein luftkissenboot ist voller Aale . You're welcome!😘
@spudgunn86954 жыл бұрын
@@josecbritos sorry I screwed up the translation first time!
@PNSHDSako5 жыл бұрын
“At first I was joking about them threading the wood” Say sike “And lo and behold” Please-
@bleh87895 жыл бұрын
Finally I can scratch my taint while laying down automatic fire as God intended
@kieronwithano5 жыл бұрын
I've been having a rough day but this comment just made my night. Thank you random stranger on the internet. Also good taste in albums.
@bleh87895 жыл бұрын
@@kieronwithano
@brucebaxter69235 жыл бұрын
yee haw
@kaplox5 жыл бұрын
The best comment I have ever seen. I hope Gun Jesus sees this.
@siegfriedsiegfried7265 жыл бұрын
god bless
@sadkat91625 жыл бұрын
Obviously, they were doing rude gestures with the other.
@Christoff19965 жыл бұрын
As somebody who comes from the UK this is 100% correct 😂
@walkercobb28085 жыл бұрын
@@Victor-056 mard, not mood for Scots.
@ph58325 жыл бұрын
Algebrag winning comment !!!
@sidecharacterC5 жыл бұрын
No lollygaggin'
@robgoodsight62165 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahahahahah
@killerdove1235 жыл бұрын
The damn thing needs a “This side up” sticker
@DarknessViper995 жыл бұрын
“Let me just casually grab this Sten Mk. II we have lying around for comparison.” Say what now?
@peterlewerin42134 жыл бұрын
Of course I always have a Sten Mk II with me. I'm not some kind of animal.
@ledichang97084 жыл бұрын
It's the Royal Armoruy.
@waynemongo4 жыл бұрын
@@peterlewerin4213🙂
@alvaricoke414 жыл бұрын
Now I'm feeling dumb for not having a Sten Mk. II for technical purposes.
@bobcostas62724 жыл бұрын
>he doesnt carry a sten in the keester bag 24/7
@sliceofbread26115 жыл бұрын
"They just threaded the wood." i want that on a t-shirt
@AirJimInCT4 жыл бұрын
Slice of Bread, new favorite quote
@bofoenss83935 жыл бұрын
I just love the incredulous tone in Ian's voice at "they actually managed to simplify the Sten gun(?)"
@styx70275 жыл бұрын
who would not be? during the war, you could build a Sten gun in your garage with only a few tools and a parts kit
@andrewlee-do3rf5 жыл бұрын
@@styx7027 So tru. That's how the Germans did it with their own versions (MP 3008). Apparently it was so damn simple to build that contracts to build the guns were given to small workshops (not dedicated factories)
@bluemonday095 жыл бұрын
I wonder if this was created due to a rule or law that the police couldn't carry rifles or sub-machine guns, but could carry pistols (with pistols defined as guns used one handed)
@tigercustardman35675 жыл бұрын
Id argue that the one handed design was because its for policemen, who would need to use the other hand for different tasks (checking documents, handcuffing people etc) Military police in this period were carrying Enfields and Stens already, they probably wanted the same degree of firepower but better handiness (basically what the Skorpion would offer)
@dirus31425 жыл бұрын
@@zoiders That makes sense. The other hand is reaching for documents while still being able to cover the person in question. Then again, you could have had a second guy covering the one asking for documents.
@kohinarec65805 жыл бұрын
@@zoiders I thought of that too and made a fool of myself by suggesting that idea after you in this comment section. A tip of my hat to you sir but keep those hands visible!
@TheSuburban155 жыл бұрын
My first reaction was - pistol arm brace v1.0. Or, I guess, Mark 1 in British parlance.
@juliosunga35305 жыл бұрын
if that is ur definition of a pistol, i guess my dick would count as one
@curtiskeele61835 жыл бұрын
I've never just sat and laughed at a gun before. makes you wonder if "experimental" meant "our manufacturing capacity has been decimated due to all of the bombs from WW2 and Ralph says he can make a bloody lot of these in his garage".
@shaunportlock49244 жыл бұрын
Probably not far from the truth.
@JDWDMC4 жыл бұрын
It would be a "Herbert" or a "Cyril".
@craigward76914 жыл бұрын
mate, you've just made my day
@jestnutz4 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking I could make this...
@zooeyhill60064 жыл бұрын
This is a great comment
@theorangeofallahpbuh18404 жыл бұрын
It’s literally just a tube with side holes and a spring encased in wood
@MrSaywutnow4 жыл бұрын
"It's not entirely clear what they were doing with the other hand." Firing another viper?
@repletereplete80025 жыл бұрын
Has the added benefit it can double as a cricket bat.
@thedeterminedsoul49005 жыл бұрын
Now I can't unsee it. Thanks for that.
@ericx7775 жыл бұрын
A poorly trained, overzealous cop firing a full-auto weapon with no sights from the hip in an urban environment... what could go wrong?
@elroyscout5 жыл бұрын
Probally everything
@paperclass40095 жыл бұрын
civilians ? nah more like acceptable casualties
@User07685 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the possibility of sparking an international incident if some major accident occurred in Berlin.
@JennyGormanRitter5 жыл бұрын
You guys do understand that MP is an actual job, right? It's a soldier, nothing more, nothing less.
@martinm63685 жыл бұрын
@@JennyGormanRitter, if you think that gun was appropriate for MPs, I think it's you who doesn't understand the actual job. Hint: It's not mowing down crowds of unarmed people.
@SibbTigre5 жыл бұрын
This gun would have been perfect for all bad-guys in films that never used the sights on their firearms.
@benpeters58515 жыл бұрын
And here I thought it was only communist countries that didn't care about aiming.
@borismuller865 жыл бұрын
You wouldn’t want our hero getting hit now would you?
@styx70275 жыл бұрын
so it is perfect for the stormtroopers?
@Floris_VI5 жыл бұрын
So about every bad guy?
@Hebdomad75 жыл бұрын
Weapon of choice for the imperial storm trooper school of marksmanship?
@pco19845 жыл бұрын
How about for use at checkpoints? You then already have a gun at the ready and you can check papers at the same time, decreasing reaction time between "holy shit this guy has a gun" and "get the coroner" as they wouldn't have to step back, grab a firearm, rack, aim and fire.... that's pretty much the only situation I can think of...
@flyboymike1113574 жыл бұрын
Wrestling one guy who threw a molotov and a volksturm tween comes around the corner with a panzerschreck.
@YourSideHoe4 жыл бұрын
That’s actually pretty on point
@jacobmccandles17674 жыл бұрын
"Simplified Sten"? That cracks me up. Isn't that like trying to simplify a rock?
@OddballSherman5 жыл бұрын
"Wouldn't it be hilarious if they threaded the wood?" Chuckles, unscrews nose cap. "They actually threaded the wood!" Falls off chair laughing.
@chubbycatfish45735 жыл бұрын
This looks like an alpha version 0.0000000001 FN P90.
@vabu945 жыл бұрын
More like P90 2.0 With modern polymer body and a little more work on the metals it would look pretty nice.
@94EyeEagle5 жыл бұрын
or mp7?
@gustavgnoettgen5 жыл бұрын
"But we have to talk about the magazine... Later"
@zgmfx-09a5 жыл бұрын
89 models earlier
@rifles_up22635 жыл бұрын
😂first gen
@leokafig53545 жыл бұрын
Is it possible, that this was designed for Motorcycle Police? A lot of Police Motorcycles had the throttle on the left side of the handle bar, so they could shoot handguns properly. A machine gun would provide even more Firepower. (I´m imagening very awesome Police chasings with those sten guns.)
@PonzooonTheGreat5 жыл бұрын
@Jim Man still much better than pinking away with a pistol on a moving bike.
@petebeatminister5 жыл бұрын
I think this is well possible.
@smoketatum67305 жыл бұрын
Thats exactly what I was thinking too. I cant see another explanation for this. Short bursts are best way for moving targets.
@420JackG5 жыл бұрын
Motorcycle police were my first thought as well. No trigger guard so you can wear road gloves, single arm sling.... screams bike gun.
@ugafangpulliam5 жыл бұрын
Precisely what it is. There are pictures and videos showing British soldiers and police training as well as patrolling with these guns on motorbikes. The idea was to shoot your twenty round burst at the first instant of trouble to get the upper hand ... shoot the tyres of a car, get a fleeing prisoner to dive into a ravine, etc. Then pull out your pistol ... on or off your motorcycle ... for more accurate fire and subduing of fleeing personnel.
@jabiliuson12704 жыл бұрын
"yes, they simplified a Sten" *this is beyond science*
@NoahLappen4 жыл бұрын
6:00 that's not a simplified Sten... that's a tube with a sear
@barrygeistwhite34744 жыл бұрын
The fuck else would a "simplified Sten" be?!
@eduardotrillaud6962 жыл бұрын
Hey, according to the ATF that's literally an assault rifle!
@TheDrLeviathan5 жыл бұрын
Taken from the manual: "While firing at those woebegone ne'er-do-wells, your free hand should be holding your tea, using your cane, or tipping your hat."
@riflegreen9374 жыл бұрын
Proper handling for proper gentlemen.
@afunnyman4 жыл бұрын
The weapon of choice for a redditor
@trogdor87645 жыл бұрын
An automatic weapon for firing from a motorcycle so you can keep one hand on the handlebars...? Or perhaps from behind a riot shield, though this gun seems to precede that concept...
@alekpo20004 жыл бұрын
shooting a riot whit a machinegun? just spraying bullets lol
@pauladams18294 жыл бұрын
Be good for winter troops skiing? No trigger guard so no need to take off your gloves.
@matthewbrasel27374 жыл бұрын
Perhaps for while the mp was checking papers
@MisterSingh. Жыл бұрын
you were right in the first sentence
@trogdor8764 Жыл бұрын
@@MisterSingh. Either that or from some other moving vehicle like a train?
@aidanfarnan46835 жыл бұрын
US MP: "You're drunk Private." *pulls out nightstick* UK MP "I'M DRUNK SIR!" *Fires wildly into the sky.*
@davidgreen50995 жыл бұрын
@Caffeinated Wizard I know, i just wear the insults proudly.
@davidgreen50995 жыл бұрын
@Caffeinated Wizard 😊😊😊😊 I had an older friend that flew the Airlift.
@greenbrickbox33924 жыл бұрын
@Marginally Sapient Cactus lol the average private is closer to the stereotype than to George Marshall
@ChiTownGuerrilla5 жыл бұрын
Such a cool gun. Basically a tube, bolt, barrell, trigger and mag! Awesome
@rileybailey88734 жыл бұрын
"Yes Tom, I do realize we already have a cheap sub machine gun" "Make it cheaper, and it better be finished when we meet for Biscuits and tea"
@jasonirwin46315 жыл бұрын
Simplified Sten? is that where you just throw a hand full of 9mm at some one.
@walkercobb28085 жыл бұрын
This feels like a gun designed by somebody who knows the minutiae and details of how to make a functional gun, but none of the broad strokes of ergonomics or important features. Like some kind of inverse SA-80.
@abk42020205 жыл бұрын
Thank God I had my m4
@jayzenitram96215 жыл бұрын
Exactly! How the hell do you hang that from your right shoulder when the mag sticks out of the left side of the gun?
@tSp2895 жыл бұрын
@@jayzenitram9621 Remember both the Sten and this were being produced by a country that had almost literally no money left. Quick, dirty, works (sort of).
@crc_mircea5 жыл бұрын
@@tSp289 You mean dirty deeds done dirt cheap
@liamkerr71835 жыл бұрын
@@jayzenitram9621 I imagine they didn't just walk around with it loaded especially considering the fact that it has a sketchy safety
@johnfisk8115 жыл бұрын
The key thing here is the sling system. Clearly a concealable SMG worn under a coat. The other hand opening the coat. I suspect the RMP reference is a cover story.
@ethanyeung62164 жыл бұрын
a smg for flashers, finally a weapons system that caters to people like me
@antjeeismann46842 жыл бұрын
I'd Imagine that the side Magazine would make this kinda incomfortable
@universal_exports32768 ай бұрын
RMP duties also include close protection, so it makes sense for one handed operation while the other is keeping a grip on your principle.
@dsandoval93965 жыл бұрын
2:05 "...hose down fleeing criminals in occupational West Germany..." First thing that came to mind was "...also known as refugees..."
@movessmitt64274 жыл бұрын
Disgusting.
@thishonestgrifter4 жыл бұрын
@@movessmitt6427 But funny
@anusalltheway4 жыл бұрын
Bruh i literally cried when I heard him say that 🤣
@ArmchairDeity4 жыл бұрын
Ian: “This was never adopted” Me: like the elderly cat at the shelter... yanno the one with one eye, 3 legs, no tail, and a bum pancreas? Imaginary Ian: Yes, Jared. Exactly like that one.
@munkSWE885 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing you use the other hand for a riot shield/flashlight or checking documents
@v.w.singer96385 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I would guess they envisaged groups of demobbed German troops, SS, and militia, wandering the streets without jobs and desperate. The MP goes, "You lot, halt! Show me your ... " and the group produce clubs and knives and rush him. Post war Germany was literally Mad Max territory in some places. I'm not saying this happened a lot, but what the Brits thought might happen.
@clawrence0345 жыл бұрын
@@v.w.singer9638 Especially given the recent history of demobilization after WW1, The western allies definitely didn't want to let history repeat itself. The Western Allies were worried about a communist uprising and definitely didn't want to have to rely on those demobilized SS troops to crush it, like they had done with the freikorps vs the Spartacist revolt. Having a large military police presence was part of this post war anti-communist strategy along with the Marshall plan, and the CIA's interventions in the Italian election of 1948 and elsewhere.
@fuzzydunlop79285 жыл бұрын
@@zoiders Can't say I'll lose much sleep over those. We're talking about the closing of the final act of the most barbarous war in both content and scope - am I supposed to be aghast because the Soviets did what Soviets had spent the entire war doing? If the US didn't want those people killed, they should've have given their details to the Russians - now, if the US WANTED those people out of the way it would be very convenient for us to quietly give their dossiers to the ruskies and then hold it against them later if/when the relationship turned sour - which almost everyone in the know knew was a 'when' instead of an 'if'. What the US should've done was hand over those Japanese murderers to the Communists - the same ones who had spent the war dropping pathogens on entire Chinese cities - instead of protecting and downplaying the Japanese atrocities. My point is that there are no 'good guys' in realpolitik.
@donjurga5 жыл бұрын
Oh that's it. And I thought it was the perfect gun for shooting / wanking akimbo style. Man has to deal with Testosteron, this gun - the ideal solution
@TheNovaks475 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine someone staring at a Sten, and thinking, "Too complex, this needs to be simplified". It's amazing the thought and care that went into making such an utterly useless firearm.
@DrEisenhower5 жыл бұрын
Just when you thought British small arms design couldn't get more niche, this thing pops out of the archives and decks you in the jaw.
@JL-cn1qi5 жыл бұрын
" Are they still walking around doing that silly Hitler mustach with their fingers ?" -" Yep, doesn't look like that one is getting old anytime soon" " Goddammed! Allright, ... show me damn Sten schematics again"
@KRiSK90005 жыл бұрын
0:48 Akimbo. They were visionary men.
@artemoz7265 жыл бұрын
Occupational Germany? MP? I guess you hold documents of people you check in your left hand and you can still use the gun with your right hand. This explains the lack of sights too.
@OAlemaozinho5 жыл бұрын
Right, would've been my guess as well.
@antongrahn14995 жыл бұрын
Its the best guess i think, but you could use a pistol. No Wonder it never got off the ground.
@brucebaxter69235 жыл бұрын
thanks for stating the obvious. Zu papieren bitte!
@HerrCherno5 жыл бұрын
Makes sense at first but I guess you really need two hands to properly check papers. Imagine someone handing you their passport, which would be more than a small card (it's a folded booklet-type), and you have to clumsily try to open it with one (weak) hand :)
@HingerlAlois5 жыл бұрын
Bruce Baxter Die Papiere bitte...
@rad666a5 жыл бұрын
I find it rather startling you can even simplify the Sten.
@davehopkin95025 жыл бұрын
Easy, you throw 9mm cartridges at the enemy.......
@bruceinoz80025 жыл бұрын
That's some neat wood-working. A "production" version would surely have an injection-moulded "plastic" stock kit that could easily include a triggerguard. Then again, there was the Patchett / Sterling looming over the horizon...
@iaminside14 жыл бұрын
"We modified a Sten to make it weird." "Why not just use the Sten?" "Do you see this silly looking wooden thing? C'mon?"
@chrissheppard50685 жыл бұрын
Its so some military police rozzer can mow down the bad guys while also directing traffic. Multitasking at its worst. The designer behind this then went on to make the SA80.
@GermDGator5 жыл бұрын
Yes Ian, it is quite hard to believe that there is a simplified STEN gun. I’m actually impressed.
@argenti36095 жыл бұрын
2 reasons why you need a one handed smg. A: another SMG or weapon B: to drink tea
@TotalRookie_LV5 жыл бұрын
Simplified STEN? Pardon, did I hear that right?
@Ben_not_105 ай бұрын
People talk about Bubba and his kitchen table but Nigel in his shed is almost more terrifying
@JugglesGrenades4 жыл бұрын
"A simplified STEN gun." Never thought I would hear those words used together.
@garyneilson18335 жыл бұрын
If it's for UK Military police then the other hand would be used for raising the barrier
@AdamWhistle15 жыл бұрын
Barrier? Could you please elaborate?
@Head-the-ball5 жыл бұрын
Gary Neilson or whilst checking documents
@dongblak70485 жыл бұрын
For holding a cup of tea.
@gfarrell805 жыл бұрын
@@dongblak7048 yes... holding a cup of tea, or, if they were English bobbies, blowing a whistle.
@bilbobaggins47855 жыл бұрын
@Nasim Aghdam what?!
@5chr4pn3ll5 жыл бұрын
...Every once in a while you manage to find something that just astounds. What were they thinking? And why have I never known about this monstrosity?
@Gojiro75 жыл бұрын
This thing is the living embodiment of Shoot first, Ask questions never XD
@334825 жыл бұрын
Simplified Sten: *Exists* Fallout Pipe guns: Am i a joke to you?
@silasisaspicyboi74584 жыл бұрын
Judge Dredd I know right?
@SantaClaus-kk8zr4 жыл бұрын
The comment authenticator OWO Oh heaven forbid you get offended by memes.
@silasisaspicyboi74584 жыл бұрын
Santa Claus it’s just over used you know
@334824 жыл бұрын
Memes: *exist* Offended People: Are we a joke to you? Me: Yes 😃
@vampyr29364 жыл бұрын
When you need to make more STENs but ran out of bedposts but you still have plenty of 2×4s
@Qardo5 жыл бұрын
Man walks into the board room: Gentlemen. We need need to make a simpler Sten. All for a man to use in one hand. *Those in the room look at each other* Yeah. That is how I view this idea came to light.
@fuzzydunlop79285 жыл бұрын
That's likely pretty accurate - though perhaps instead of the board room it was a game of telephone as the order was passed down the pipe - each response in the chain being "....really? Oookay..."
@jamesnorlin12735 жыл бұрын
Description says “WW@“. Love the channel. Thanks Ian!
@LovableCoolGuy5 жыл бұрын
wwat are you talking about? it clearly says WW2.
@jamesnorlin12735 жыл бұрын
LovableCoolGuy Because it’s been corrected since I posted my comment.
@borismuller865 жыл бұрын
Stands for “Wh-WHAT?”
@wstr14705 жыл бұрын
Although the later 1950s police shows were not procedurals by any modern meaning, the ubiquity of 'Bobbies' handcuffing themselves to at least compliant or semi-compliant arrestees, (effectively disabling one arm) must mean there was a kernel of truth, in the 'come along' posture being one of the common prisoner handling methods of the time. It is even still occasionally used today in low risk Prison to Court transport. Therefore maybe the one-handed requirement was for the scenario of being ambushed when bringing a local in; given the then expected anti-occupation hostility and the greater threat in a nation awash with weapons?
@richardmontgomery88635 жыл бұрын
Wstr Back when crims said ‘it’s a fair cop, you got me bang to rights’, or some such guff.
@wstr14705 жыл бұрын
@@richardmontgomery8863 Stone me I've been perishing nicked have I not. * constable cuffs ear * . I've learnt me lesson guv'nor and no mistake.
@pablorambo1235 жыл бұрын
I would use this 100% for room clearances, imagine opening a door and being able to comfortably suppressor any attackers. Or maybe it was used by MP's in prisons?
@AINGELPROJECT6675 жыл бұрын
"Now that we can fire these one handed, what do we do with our free hand?" "Hold another Viper, obviously."
@filmcameras4evr455 жыл бұрын
“We need something we can shoot one handed!” “I’ve got it!!! A Sten with some wood on it!” “Errr, guys, a pistol, maybe?” “STEN WITH WOOD!”
@NicktheMac5 жыл бұрын
"Simplified" and "Sten" in the same sentence... My first thought was "Pry bar".
@SquireComedy5 жыл бұрын
As if it wasn't simple enough...
@jamiebell3145 жыл бұрын
Holy crap its SQUIRE!!! You are a comedy gem sir, and also you got me totally addicted to war thunder for years
@tlshortyshorty58105 жыл бұрын
How's the Swordfish?
@nigelwhitaker97744 жыл бұрын
Wow... I thought I knew a bit about many wartime weapons, but this one is completely unknown to me ! Carry on the good work Ian (Proud to be a Patreon subscriber).
@jamiemoore25505 жыл бұрын
Great video,pardon my French but this is what my grandfather would've called "A bas**rd thing of hell with no name" hello from wales... R.I.P. POPS...⚡🐉⚡
@revolverDOOMGUY5 жыл бұрын
"you, engeneer, take the Sten gun and simplify it!" Engenner: "Ok, HOW!"
@liamkerr71835 жыл бұрын
Normally I'm not a spelling or grammar Nazi but you did it twice so here ya go Engineer
@fuz55674 жыл бұрын
how did you misspell engineer twice
@esh.8314 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there mate 😂
@charliemansonUK5 жыл бұрын
Guard dogs, they would have an attack dog in their other hand. Charlie 🇬🇧
@charliemansonUK5 жыл бұрын
@@CommiTsunami these things where an option for the border crossing areas...bizarre the things us old military guys know! Although this is before my time 👍
@estebanjimenez21455 жыл бұрын
Probably end up shooting the dog with that thing.
@irpsicologiayeducaciongrup82515 жыл бұрын
A simplified _STEN?_ What's next, a simplified PPS 43?
@ivankrylov62705 жыл бұрын
Laughs in full auto zip gun
@nikolai605 жыл бұрын
@@ivankrylov6270 this is funnier than it has any right to be, nice one.
@thesturm86865 жыл бұрын
A simplified liberator would be interesting
@user-njyzcip5 жыл бұрын
@@thesturm8686 You mean a .45 tube with a little hammer and stickle that you can strike the primer with?
@balderfrey205 жыл бұрын
THREADED THE WOOD. That is what im calling it from now on.
@alexalvarenga34825 жыл бұрын
Ian (jokingly): Do you think they just threaded the wood? *looks at threaded wood* Ian (bewildered): ...well, I’ll be darned.
@jerrykendall24265 жыл бұрын
Never trust a brit alone in his shed, he'll cook up the next best sniper rifle made out of plumbing parts
@edmundscycles15 жыл бұрын
Best things are knocked up by a brit in a shed .......hang on that sounded wrong !
@UnprofessionalProfessor5 жыл бұрын
@@edmundscycles1 No, it doesn't...( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
@johngrealey18945 жыл бұрын
Jerry Kendall haha good one .
@reverendharrypowell23905 жыл бұрын
This looks like it came straight out of Mad Max or Mortal Engine
@schlaubiderzweite21445 жыл бұрын
And Fallout 4 :)
@dak44655 жыл бұрын
THE BEST DESCRIPTION: its cheap done well
@gunner6785 жыл бұрын
Agreed, bull pup type weapon devoid of Sharpe bits to catch whilst in hot pursuit of a black marketeer.... I like it.
@axtmann5 жыл бұрын
I have a background in industrial design and while I have no firsthand knowledge of this gun, the wood stock looks to me exactly like the kind of carved wood patterns that used to be common for prototyping plastic products. 3D printers and CNC mills and urethane hard foams weren't available back then to make mould patterns or working prototypes. The hollow cavities, large radius corners, the buttstock grip, the stepped sealing lip around the outer edges as well as the threading for the barrel nut all seem designed with plastic moulding in mind. Especially early plastics that were difficult to force into moulds with sharp corners.
@BladeRicsi4 жыл бұрын
I never thought that sten gun can be more simplifiable:)
@jameswarner80385 жыл бұрын
Simplified sten gun, great band name
@bartoszlasota65475 жыл бұрын
But their music should be as simple and primitive as it is humanly possible, I guess.
@kaplox5 жыл бұрын
Bartek - Beating on rocks with sticks and Neanderthalic screeching. My kind of music.
@rhinovirus22255 жыл бұрын
"Glorified version of a pellet gun "
@edmundscycles15 жыл бұрын
That will start playing completely y accident if you drop the drummer
@stephenbinion63485 жыл бұрын
The Brits and Russians weren’t too worried about Germans after the war. Had there been collateral damage I doubt there would have been any British uproar. I laughed aloud at the simplified Sten remark.
@slavomirvenglarcik22765 жыл бұрын
looks like there is free space for backup magazine in gun-stock. am i right? 🤔
@samiam6195 жыл бұрын
Slavomir Venglarcik Kinda hard to get access to the spare mag...
@richardmontgomery88635 жыл бұрын
That’s why it has to be one-handed😊
@plasmahead25 жыл бұрын
The work that went into the tree carcass stock on that thing is insane... Its like it was built by a woodworker who wanted to show off more than someone trying to make a gun. And that is awesome to see the scribe marks. It's like they put all that work into it and didn't bother with the last few finishing steps to save time because it was on the inside???
@SS-zg5dv4 жыл бұрын
"What were they doing with the other hand..." Dual-wielding sten guns, of course.
@RaeSyngKane5 жыл бұрын
**AAA FPS Shooter wants to know your location**
@RaDeus875 жыл бұрын
I suspect that the other hand would be holding either a baton, a riot-shield, a barrier or a flashlight/torch.
@LukeBunyip5 жыл бұрын
*cough* Pint of lager *cough*
@dbmail5455 жыл бұрын
This is cool. I would bet that the production versions of this would have bakelite furniture rather than that handmade wood.
@ipodhty5 жыл бұрын
That makes more sense than hand carved wood
@mulgerbill4 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's some fabulous wood working, including the barrel nut fitting
@spacepirate90555 жыл бұрын
I just love how it looks and works
@discipleofsound45655 жыл бұрын
The original Uzi: spray and pray. Also, it had to be one-handed so they could get on the phone with the other and ask the government for permission to shoot.
@blueband81145 жыл бұрын
Would have been better( less obtrusive/ awkward) with the magazine accessing via the pistol grip. Or from behind it.
@spirotagnw5 жыл бұрын
but then you would have casings flying up into your nonexistent line of sight
@Gojiro75 жыл бұрын
when your a 1930's German cop, aiming is irreverent because everything you hit is guilty of something XD
@cmotdibbler44545 жыл бұрын
1930's? that would be before WW2
@fulcrum29515 жыл бұрын
Anyone who is arrested in Nazi Germany tend to ended up getting shot regardless of the severity of the crime
@heliveruscalion91244 жыл бұрын
@@fuckinantipope5511 the problem ia that this was made /after/ world war 2 to arm german police officers
@norrinradd35494 жыл бұрын
@@heliveruscalion9124. It was supposed to be for the British army’s MP’s, and it was probably so that they could check documents and have a useable weapon at hand, if they had produced it.!.!.!.
@patrickshannon48545 ай бұрын
I would’ve liked to have been a fly on the wall during the engineers presentation of that unique “whatsit”. What a bizarre firearm. The most interesting part is the craftsmanship & ingenuity that went into the design & fabrication of the wood stock.
@jakedee41174 жыл бұрын
A very fine piece of wood working, life was so different before molded plastics became a thing.