Wagner Finds Only Antique Weapons In Ukraine's Underground Weapons Cache

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The Armourer's Bench

The Armourer's Bench

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@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Edit: 3:20 the stocks are for SKS not Mosins, I missed the cutout above the trigger guard and sling loop. Thanks for watching, here's the accompanying article - armourersbench.com/2023/05/21/what-weapons-did-wagner-capture-in-the-soledar-mines/
@midknight9327
@midknight9327 Жыл бұрын
Pin this
@Dailymailnewz
@Dailymailnewz Жыл бұрын
the wagner boss said in the video that most weapons were delivered to soviat union by USA during 2nd world war to fight Nazi germany.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Yes, a portion of it, like the Thompsons, is Lend-Lease materiel.
@wakeupcanadians
@wakeupcanadians Жыл бұрын
fool you are this is old news weeks weeks old
@steveshoemaker6347
@steveshoemaker6347 Жыл бұрын
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@deanrobinson4129
@deanrobinson4129 Жыл бұрын
Those crates of Thompson with original paperwork is unreal part of history
@caroltenge5147
@caroltenge5147 Жыл бұрын
worth more money than a patriot missile...
@devil5cry
@devil5cry Жыл бұрын
@@caroltenge5147 not NFA item well at least not in pre sample decease the vale
@shareurtube
@shareurtube Жыл бұрын
Just how the hell did they make it to the salt mine and who did they buy them from?
@deanrobinson4129
@deanrobinson4129 Жыл бұрын
@@shareurtube given as part of lend lease by USA in ww2, how they ended up not being used I don't know
@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563
@klubberzvonhatzenbuhl563 Жыл бұрын
@@deanrobinson4129 - 9mm and makarov rounds were more plentiful in Russia during WWII.
@chriskortan1530
@chriskortan1530 Жыл бұрын
No one wanted crates of brand new Thompsons? He didn't contact me !
@marcusott2973
@marcusott2973 Жыл бұрын
I wanted to say the same, but then I thought of the legal ramifications of buying trophy guns off a sanctioned war criminal. 😅
@cantsneedgaming4591
@cantsneedgaming4591 Жыл бұрын
​@Marcus Ott who cares!?
@jjjr.1186
@jjjr.1186 Жыл бұрын
@@marcusott2973 no worse than fast and furious.
@jjjr.1186
@jjjr.1186 Жыл бұрын
@@marcusott2973 no worse than fast and furious.
@LRRPFco52
@LRRPFco52 Жыл бұрын
Collector market in Europe would buy them. Can't import them into the US though, because....reasons.
@moredistractions
@moredistractions Жыл бұрын
A sheriff's department here in America still had a Thompson submachinegun in their inventory which they had bought in the 1930s. They recently sold it at auction for $90,000. Those crates of Tommy guns are literal treasure chests.
@БелыйВолк-с4б
@БелыйВолк-с4б Жыл бұрын
всем все равно на это подобие оружия никому оно даже даром не сдалось
@Gangster88232
@Gangster88232 Жыл бұрын
Old trash. Melt it for rebars.
@jamroast
@jamroast Жыл бұрын
$150k+ usd.
@GiuseppeSimonetti
@GiuseppeSimonetti Жыл бұрын
​@@Gangster88232Why would you melt something worth money into scrap?
@RoofKoreanInTheWild
@RoofKoreanInTheWild Жыл бұрын
Only problem is getting them into America to sell as the importation of machine guns was banned. anywhere else in the world they aren't worth as much, a original WW2 full auto Thompson in places like New Zealand are only worth $2500-5000 depending on condition and history of course
@jefferynelson
@jefferynelson Жыл бұрын
4:55 it never occurred to me that large stockpiles of Thompson submachine guns still existed anywhere
@youboob91
@youboob91 Жыл бұрын
To the best of my knowledge America exported a load to Russia and the uk during WW2
@zoiders
@zoiders Жыл бұрын
They got sent to lots of places. The problem has always been ammunition. Hence them being left behind as you can't even convert to other calibres.
@NineSeptims
@NineSeptims Жыл бұрын
​@@zoidersa shame. Soviet weapons are the opposite tho they are still in use.
@zoiders
@zoiders Жыл бұрын
@@NineSeptims The Thompson was effectively a victim of a format war much like VHS/Betamax. Most SMGs can quite easily be converted to 9mm Para, 9mm Largo, 7.65 Luger, 7.63 Mauser, 7.62x25 etc etc. Not so the Thompson.
@xthee_0nly_1x11
@xthee_0nly_1x11 Жыл бұрын
Lend Lease Act
@trevorsutherland5263
@trevorsutherland5263 Жыл бұрын
Those Thompsons would be worth their weight in gold here in the US to collectors. Maxim guns?? Over 100 years old and in pristine shape?? After the war the whole mine should be turned into a museum. Tourists from all over would pay to see all that perfectly preserved history.
@MrSwccguy
@MrSwccguy Жыл бұрын
Depending on the dates yes
@ArnoSchmidt70
@ArnoSchmidt70 Жыл бұрын
Without the right paperwork they aren't worth anything anywhere. And the right paperwork means "registered pre 1986 in the US". Do you have a time machine?
@jamesramirez85
@jamesramirez85 Жыл бұрын
​@@ArnoSchmidt70 technically they were manufactured BEFORE 1986 in the US and then sent abroad, maybe, MAYBE they are legally importable and salable as trasnferable machineguns
@nadjiguemarful
@nadjiguemarful Жыл бұрын
Thats what I was thinking! The condition they're in is amazing. They're walking through a History Museum with the most prestine condition things ever lol..
@commiesnzombies
@commiesnzombies Жыл бұрын
and now the russians have their grubby dick beaters on them...shame
@jlsaz
@jlsaz Жыл бұрын
I worked with that facility back in the 90's. They had 5,000 new Colt 1911A1's that Waffen Frankonia bought. They have thousands of P38's, Lugers, Mausers, as well as other equipment from WWII, including Indian, Harley Davidson and German WWII motorcycles. They also have tons of other WWII vehicles and according to the documentation I received, several ME-262 jets.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Wow. I imagined that there would be more than we've seen. It surprises me there haven't been more photos.
@RobertBosley-wh9tl
@RobertBosley-wh9tl Жыл бұрын
I can't even afford to shoot..the peoples time and money stole from them for such absurdity s we cant enjoy or use sad..such controlled waste
@cdt996
@cdt996 Жыл бұрын
No V2 rockets? Bummer
@ΑλέξανδροςΧουιαζης
@ΑλέξανδροςΧουιαζης Жыл бұрын
Vehicles and jets!? Its not a really known place I wish there was a video exploring the whole mine
@badcornflakes6374
@badcornflakes6374 Жыл бұрын
Wow, hoarders
@onlinebills9169
@onlinebills9169 Жыл бұрын
Owning a Thompson here in the US is not only nearly impossible, but it would also cost a fortune. And these guys have CRATES of brand-new shipments sitting there for 80 years!
@MysticalJessica
@MysticalJessica Жыл бұрын
Sadly there's lots of things that are nearly impossible in the US that in other countries aren't!
@Sombre____
@Sombre____ Жыл бұрын
I don't understand why Ukraine didn't sold them on the market already. They could buy modern weapons with the money.
@marcelo497
@marcelo497 Жыл бұрын
These old guns are all over the world. Here in Brazil the police ocasionally find guns from pre WW1 with drug cartels. Most conflicts in developing countries use guns from WW2 and Cold War
@alexeydyfort545
@alexeydyfort545 Жыл бұрын
The FDA is corrupt af unfortunately
@ibrahimaamir5554
@ibrahimaamir5554 Жыл бұрын
they could literally have sold those to collectors and bought modern weapons and ammo. I'm sure there must be people willing to pay astronomical money just too get one of these old guns
@chost-059
@chost-059 Жыл бұрын
These cold war era dooms day bunkers are absolutely mind blowing, the amount of equipment held inside them is insane
@JL-tm3rc
@JL-tm3rc Жыл бұрын
I guess an artillery shell bunker would be larger
@DerDrecksack87
@DerDrecksack87 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you havent seen anything. The UdSSR were extremely paranoid about being invaded as ww2 thought them a hard lesson about not having enough gear at the ready, these bunkers & dry saltmines are extremely numerous all throughout eastern europe, most being long since empty (mostly because the new govt sold it) or they have been filled up with concrete/made inaccessible. But even when i was a child we had atleast two in working condition filled with who knows what to the brim with constant guarding by the army one of them being right in the center of our town & the other a few miles away. But to be fair, i bet most of the stuff is rotted away by now, a salt mine is perfect because of the lack of moisture, but the big concrete ones above ground were compromised for sure. We even had an urban legend that several mountains were hollowed out as bunkers & long time storage vehicle depots with hundreds of new tanks as rapid response in case NATO invades. I could bet my meal today that the russians still hamster that way, they know satellites can see what they have & bet they have a humongous amout of stuff sealed away in case they get invaded, but who knows.
@ItsCrap97
@ItsCrap97 Жыл бұрын
Think the US has some forgotten ones in abandoned bases active in the Cold War?
@ItsCrap97
@ItsCrap97 Жыл бұрын
Someone contact Russia!!! Don’t fuck up those guns!! They are History
@JL-tm3rc
@JL-tm3rc Жыл бұрын
@@ItsCrap97 if you have artillery shells you can have it
@willmartin7293
@willmartin7293 Жыл бұрын
As a weapons enthusiast, this video was making my heart melt. Brand new Thompsons and Maxims in their original factory crates!!! What a treasure they have over there, and they don't have any appreciation of it! What a waste!!!
@penclaw
@penclaw Жыл бұрын
Maybe they seen something more impressive?
@OnlyGod33-inri
@OnlyGod33-inri 11 ай бұрын
You want them to wear white gloves?!
@willmartin7293
@willmartin7293 11 ай бұрын
The answer is "yes," because these rare, valuable weapons have probably been in their original factory packaging since they left the factory floor.@@OnlyGod33-inri
@willmartin7293
@willmartin7293 11 ай бұрын
Undoubtedly, modern weapons are more accurate and plentiful, but these Thompsons and Maxims are worth far more to arms collectors than their modern counterparts by a factor of ten or more.@@penclaw
@lastswordfighter
@lastswordfighter 10 ай бұрын
The Maxims are in enough numbers that both the Russians and Ukranians are still actively using them.
@undercoverhustler37
@undercoverhustler37 Жыл бұрын
Up until 2014 ukraine was the worlds premier surplus firearm dealer. My SKS, Mosin, tokarev pistol and SVT40 rifle all came from ukraine. paid under $300 Canadian for each one.
@LSOP-
@LSOP- Жыл бұрын
They are freezing the acceptance of registrations and will also not allow the transfer sale or donation of handguns at this time. Of note this does not effect pre 1998 handguns or collectors. Also: - Handguns were used in 59 per cent of violent crime involving firearms between 2009 and 2020, and there are 70 per cent more handguns in Canada today than in 2010. -There were over 3,500 reported thefts of firearms in 2018. -One in three women and girls killed by an abuser is murdered with a gun.
@SimpleHuman-ug8fk
@SimpleHuman-ug8fk Жыл бұрын
​@@LSOP-are you proposing to ban weapons for the civilians? In my country, when there was a complete ban, murder weapons still occurred... Only they didn't kill with firearms, but with axes, knives and pokers. Human violence cannot be stopped in any way
@usertom1967
@usertom1967 Жыл бұрын
Ukraine sold off all the wealth they inherited from USSR, the government is so corrupt
@skeletonkey6733
@skeletonkey6733 Жыл бұрын
@@ColinMor-fj3qc Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It has gained fame and notoriety for its bazaars packed with gunsmiths and weapons merchants. They can make anything
@wyattpeterson6286
@wyattpeterson6286 Жыл бұрын
You lucky man.
@davep5227
@davep5227 Жыл бұрын
That's not a salt mine, that's a Gold Mine!
@davidgalea6113
@davidgalea6113 Жыл бұрын
It's a waste of beautiful weaponry and a waste of taxpayer funds...impressive but a bit sad really.
@chianghighshrek
@chianghighshrek Жыл бұрын
​@@davidgalea6113 ummmmm okay we have like a 400000 thousand in stock piles probably
@williammcgaffigan9961
@williammcgaffigan9961 Жыл бұрын
@@chianghighshrek bro said “probably “ smh
@chianghighshrek
@chianghighshrek Жыл бұрын
@@williammcgaffigan9961 oh they made 1.5 million during the war and there are still Thompson's being made even today
@UAVet2022
@UAVet2022 Жыл бұрын
​@@williammcgaffigan9961 you do understand that this is equipment sold to russia before the soviet union collapsed?
@katana2665
@katana2665 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible. Maxims in brand new condition. Thompson's by the crate. Millions of dollars worth of black market, collector grade, weapons.
@artiomvv569
@artiomvv569 Жыл бұрын
Those brand new Thompsons are such a sight for a collectors eyes . They can fetch a hefty price, up to 40-80 grand. How can anyone not be interested in those Thompsons. It's insane.
@tashigyaltsen472
@tashigyaltsen472 Жыл бұрын
Dont worry wagner had already made deal in black market
@artiomvv569
@artiomvv569 Жыл бұрын
@@tashigyaltsen472 one of them Tommies would sure look good behind a glass case on someone's wall.
@tashigyaltsen472
@tashigyaltsen472 Жыл бұрын
@@artiomvv569 sure
@georgesakellaropoulos8162
@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Жыл бұрын
Worthless in the United States because they can't be registered.
@HDSME
@HDSME Жыл бұрын
Not that. U have but alot
@scottwilson9676
@scottwilson9676 Жыл бұрын
These old Soviet sites are all over Ukraine and the rest of Eastern Europe. Built to withstand nuke strikes, very impressive structures.
@shoeby9273
@shoeby9273 Жыл бұрын
I think the gem of it is the lend lease stuff with all the paperwork. Probably wont find a lot of that.
@emilynelson5985
@emilynelson5985 Жыл бұрын
Then why aren’t we giving them .45 acp? Thompsons have a wonderful reputation as a service weapon.
@Ukraineaissance2014
@Ukraineaissance2014 Жыл бұрын
​​​@@emilynelson5985 dont be insane. Sub mgs became obsolete 70 years ago. Especially ones which weigh more than a carbine and cost a fortune. You want to be in a trench struggling to find ammo for 3 magazines full with a gun thats useless beyond a few metres/against basic armour and weighs more than a dead cow?? great collectors items or last ditch weapons only, which is why they were there probably
@opairsoft8100
@opairsoft8100 Жыл бұрын
@@emilynelson5985 the ergonomics are absolutely dogshit, hell I would take a bolt action over a Thompson 99% of the time just do to how ungodly the selector and stock placement is.
@jeffmcewen1238
@jeffmcewen1238 Жыл бұрын
@@opairsoft8100 A Lee Enfield and lots of mags
@ifcdirector
@ifcdirector Жыл бұрын
The Thompsons were included with the tanks that we sent to the Soviets in WWII but they didn’t have any ammo for them so they just put them in storage.
@enormhi
@enormhi Жыл бұрын
That's pretty wild, just thousands and thousands of 'Forgotten Weapons'
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Жыл бұрын
They were never forgotten... Bout sold them to make his millions...
@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73
@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73 Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite someone didn’t get the joke
@pilotmanpaul
@pilotmanpaul Жыл бұрын
Don't summon Gun Jesus now
@josephmontanaro2350
@josephmontanaro2350 Жыл бұрын
the best way for Ukraine to take it back would be to say there's stocks of .32 French Longe in there, it's like the US with oil/WMDs, say they are there and he will come :D
@SuperErikRoss
@SuperErikRoss Жыл бұрын
And in comes Ian 🙂
@Covert_Arrangements
@Covert_Arrangements Жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a mouth watering supply of usable hardware. As a gunsmith I’d be in literal heaven!! 😂
@DefiantNX74205
@DefiantNX74205 Жыл бұрын
Now Imagine being the fellas who worked with all that !
@orzorzelski1142
@orzorzelski1142 Жыл бұрын
I think I can hear Brandon Herrera salivating.
@dewboy910
@dewboy910 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, me too. And if my brother was still alive, he would have been hugging the screen!
@bibekjung7404
@bibekjung7404 Жыл бұрын
KAVEEER ALMIGHTY GOD 🙏+🙏+🙏
@DerDrecksack87
@DerDrecksack87 Жыл бұрын
​@@DefiantNX74205i think constant bombing takes the fun out of working with it, especially when you have to be evacuated because the russian frontline is moving fast towards you, like these guys who probably had to leave in a hurry judging by all the unfinished work. But maybe they could zen out by doing what they like, who knows.
@kenibnanak5554
@kenibnanak5554 Жыл бұрын
As a US based weapons collector I can only dream of a whole crate of early WW2 vintage M1928 Thompsons NIB still wrapped in oil paper. Even the crate of M1 Thompsons is probably worth a million dollars (also the crate of (pretty) Maxim guns. I am amazed no one thought to get them out of the mines before Ukraine pulled back and sell them to Western collectors. Just recently I saw someone on a different site whining bout not finding good condition, original, Mosin stocks. There they are. LoL
@jamallabarge2665
@jamallabarge2665 Жыл бұрын
" I am amazed no one thought to get them out of the mines before Ukraine pulled back and sell them to Western collectors. " Joe Biden would have cut off their military aid... then bragged about it on TV. Joe doesn't like arming the proles... now his kid can use dope and buy a handgun, but he's a Biden.
@cdt996
@cdt996 Жыл бұрын
They’re only worth that because of the NFA which limits the supply of them. While I’m sure they would still be valuable, if these among other non registry guns could be sold, the prices would plummet.
@jamallabarge2665
@jamallabarge2665 Жыл бұрын
@@cdt996 "They’re only worth that because of the NFA which limits the supply of them. " The goal of Hughes Rangel was to "poison pill" the Firearm Owners Protection Act. Instead those two dullards ruined the prospect of anyone trusting a Federal Gun Registry. Why register something so that it is frozen, the owners taxed to death or saddled with expensive crap? The gun control lobby has become a money making institution. This is why it never wins much. It relies upon people to "overcome reaction" but cheats them because of a continous stream of donations.
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 Жыл бұрын
They turned out to be sks sticks anyway it seems.
@squidwardo7074
@squidwardo7074 3 ай бұрын
To be fair, if there weren't any import regulations, they wouldn't be worth a million dollars for very long
@ratscoot
@ratscoot Жыл бұрын
About 15 years ago WW2 lend lease weapons arrived from Ukraine in the Eu. You could buy an unissued Thompson M1 for 500€ or a 1928 for 650€. PPSH 41 and 43 were around 250€, a Maxim on wheel carriage was 1000€.
@Chiller01
@Chiller01 Жыл бұрын
That’s really interesting. For a weapon with a fallacious operating system the Thompson would have been an excellent WW1 weapon.
@johngreen-sk4yk
@johngreen-sk4yk Жыл бұрын
I remember Ryton arms had a big stash of ukraine ww2 /cold war warehouse stuff , everything from German 98k mausers to mint condition sks carbines , most of it extremely cheap, collectors in the UK won't see bargain deac deals like that again ! Sigh 😕
@pablo-xf3jb
@pablo-xf3jb Жыл бұрын
@@johngreen-sk4yk same state side
@markthompson8656
@markthompson8656 Жыл бұрын
I want one of the THOMPSON'S
@ratscoot
@ratscoot Жыл бұрын
@@johngreen-sk4yk Indeed, bought a lot of these guns. Tokarev SVT40, Tokarev TT33, Makarov, brand new unissued 1948 dated SKS with laminate stock. 1895 Nagant revolver. Supply has dried up over the years and have doubled or tripled on those guns.
@EuroS50
@EuroS50 Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of people need to keep in mind - this is ONE such depot. There's TONS of them all over not only Ukraine but Eastern Europe.
@Pentazemin44
@Pentazemin44 Жыл бұрын
just imagine amount of ak variants stocked all over europe, mind blowing
@marcelogonzalez8547
@marcelogonzalez8547 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Lynch's Dune, when Sitlgar says "Greater than treasure, Usul. We have thousands of such caches, and only a few of us know them all."
@ClaudeMagicbox
@ClaudeMagicbox Жыл бұрын
Yeah... most people don't know how heavily stockpiled the Soviet Union was I've done business with Russians and went around a bit, they told me the West doesn't even imagine the size of the ex Soviet stockpiles of anything war related, they told me that in remote parts of the Urals there are literally artificial LAKES of millions of gallons of diesel and kherosene, enough to fuel thousands and thousands of tanks, planes and military vehicles for at least a century
@AlexMilenk
@AlexMilenk Жыл бұрын
@@ClaudeMagicbox last autumn Russian artillery has used shells made 1971.
@williamkunte5361
@williamkunte5361 Жыл бұрын
​@@AlexMilenk 😮
@gusgone4527
@gusgone4527 Жыл бұрын
Those Maxims are still viable weapons for fixed locations. Dependant on ammunition supplies or the ability to convert. Museums would take them in a heartbeat.
@gwydionrusso3206
@gwydionrusso3206 Жыл бұрын
If I understand correctly those are 7.62x54R caliber the caliber is still very common in Russia and around the world it’s been used from the late 1800s in the early Mosin-Nagant till now it’s used in everything from the old Mosin-Nagant PKM machine gun and Dragunov marksman rifle
@gusgone4527
@gusgone4527 Жыл бұрын
@@gwydionrusso3206 I think you are correct. It should be easy to check. If it reigned supreme in WWI/WWII, cutting down massed infantry attacks. There is no reason why it can't be effective today in a true sustained fire role. I suppose training the gun team would be the difficult bit. Not many veterans from that era left. Incidentally, my grandfather who died in the early 1980's. Fought during the last year of WWI and again in WWII. Firstly as a private in the MG Corps, as part of the crew for the Vickers Maxim. (That's why it caught my eye and why I commented.)
@SwedishEmpire1700
@SwedishEmpire1700 8 ай бұрын
@@gusgone4527 Bro, they are a tool, tools can be learned with training like any other tool.
@VanzerPanzer
@VanzerPanzer Жыл бұрын
Damn, these might be the last pristine vintage guns
@eminence_
@eminence_ Жыл бұрын
There are hundreds of thousands more
@123456qwful
@123456qwful Жыл бұрын
Their prombly more depot just like this throguht out the former soviet countries so their apt more out their
@owllymannstein7113
@owllymannstein7113 Жыл бұрын
It is a safe bet that every developed country on the planet has similar facilities.
@VanzerPanzer
@VanzerPanzer Жыл бұрын
@@owllymannstein7113 but conditions of maintenance might be worse. I made a pretty bold claim overall tho, yeah
@owllymannstein7113
@owllymannstein7113 Жыл бұрын
@@VanzerPanzer You might be surprised. In 1945 when Japan's general issue rifle had devolved to abysmal quality manufacture they still had stores of pristine pre-war rifles they were saving for the US invasion of the home islands.
@michaeldenesyk3195
@michaeldenesyk3195 Жыл бұрын
The Thompsons must be worth their weight in gold!
@davep5227
@davep5227 Жыл бұрын
How about those water cooled machine guns! Yummy, this place is a Gold Mine!
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Жыл бұрын
@@davep5227 *salt mine... ^^
@B.Krol.050
@B.Krol.050 Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite gun mine?😉
@zoiders
@zoiders Жыл бұрын
Only on the US market. Surplus has not much more than scrap value in the rest of world.
@geroutathat
@geroutathat Жыл бұрын
@@zoiders Even in the US this amount put on the market would make the market for them collapse. They sell one a day/week to a collector in the US for like 300-400 bucks instead of dumping the whole lot on the market for a buck each.
@atlasguns11
@atlasguns11 Жыл бұрын
Unironically more valuable than the modern small arms they could've found.
@therideneverends1697
@therideneverends1697 11 ай бұрын
Not really, on much of the euro civil market semi converted tompsons and PPSHs are worth less than a off the shelf AR
@thomas_jay
@thomas_jay Жыл бұрын
There are probably lots of collectors in the USA who would give tons of money for some of the older guns.
@barrybb5409
@barrybb5409 Жыл бұрын
There are about150k atf agents that would shoot you to prevent you from owning them.
@xJDMWaRRi0Rx
@xJDMWaRRi0Rx Жыл бұрын
Not probably, definitely. The problem is they legally can’t own them let alone import them from a war zone that the US is actively fighting and sanctioning against.
@duc696monster6
@duc696monster6 Жыл бұрын
And now the us is giving then tons and tons of money just to keep Bidens secret ..
@scar3xcr0
@scar3xcr0 Жыл бұрын
Ukraine should sell most of its antique firearms caches to collectors and use the money to buy modern weapons. They could probably get a couple of modern equivalents for each rare but outdated weapon. Mosins aren't worth that much but those tommy guns must be work bank, too bad Wagner has them and you know they will engage in corporate looting
@therealgaben5527
@therealgaben5527 Жыл бұрын
@Quin and?
@peterwilson5528
@peterwilson5528 Жыл бұрын
Those weapons like the Thompsons are priceless for collectors. It is a goldmine for collectors.
@CROSSofIRON-uk
@CROSSofIRON-uk Жыл бұрын
I wonder what will happen to their values when collector's realise there's probably tens of thousands unused and still in their original war packing. I guess mass produced war finish not really top collector's items?
@jamallabarge2665
@jamallabarge2665 Жыл бұрын
@@CROSSofIRON-uk The challenge is getting them into the US. Just shipping them in a plain crate would get them siezed and trashed.
@FumblsTheSniper
@FumblsTheSniper Жыл бұрын
Loved growing up in a rural town where there was absolutely 10,000 ar patterned rifles and ammunition locked up underneath a national guard depot in the middle of town. Who even knows what else was in there. The underground part is underneath a elementary school and above ground building is fifty yards from the cafeteria lol.
@Sean--
@Sean-- Жыл бұрын
the massive gallery of crates is insane to see i wonder how much more interesting weapons were carried away when they left
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
There could be anything down there. The videos show so little really.
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET Жыл бұрын
@@TheArmourersBench Russian sarcasm is lost on westerner's. He teased the Thompsons M1928 original models. these are priceless in factory condition
@ИльяЧендемеров
@ИльяЧендемеров Жыл бұрын
Оттуда вынесли 90% содержимого. Осталось 10% , а может и меньше. В начале распродавали, а потом вывезли всё чем можно воевать
@edwardsallow6518
@edwardsallow6518 Жыл бұрын
@@ИльяЧендемеров I wonder who they sold them to or if they just moved them to a different wear house in Russia
@МегафонМегафон-в3я
@МегафонМегафон-в3я 11 ай бұрын
​@@edwardsallow6518 Он имел ввиду что 90 процентов вывезли за время существования Украины, ибо они продали все что можно. Но оставшиеся 10 процентов это десятки тысяч стволов и миллионы патронов.
@koganinja100
@koganinja100 Жыл бұрын
I’m sure plenty of collectors around the world would be interested, I hope these historical weapons are not destroyed. Great video. All the best from down under. Lewis Sydney Australia
@DerDrecksack87
@DerDrecksack87 Жыл бұрын
Don't worry mate, i doubt they go out of their way to destroy them, they either sell it inside russia for cheap or just let it in the salt mine, wich probably would be best, in those conditions these beauties have atleast another 40 years to look shiny.
@rufiorufioo
@rufiorufioo Жыл бұрын
Those Thompsons are actually worth a lot. Incredible weapon. Expensive to make. Expensive now.
@Swindle1984
@Swindle1984 Жыл бұрын
Worth a lot to who? They're worthless in the US due to the 1986 ban on registering machine guns. Anything that wasn't registered by July of 1986 is illegal for civilians to own. At best, these guns would be cut up into pieces and imported as parts kits without barrels, as per ATF regulations. As combat weapons, they're horribly obsolete. Heavy, not especially reliable, and they use ammunition that is next to impossible to find in most of the world and not standard issue in any military or police department, even in the US. .45 ACP, while popular with civilians in America, is incredibly rare elsewhere and is actually illegal to own in many countries in Europe and South America because civilians are banned from owning any caliber used by police or a military, past or present. It's illegal to own a machine gun in most countries, and in the ones where nobody cares (mainly African and Middle Eastern hellholes) they still wouldn't be worth anything because they can get AK-47's for the price of a live chicken, and those they can actually find magazines and ammo for.
@wahtx7717
@wahtx7717 Жыл бұрын
​@@Swindle1984 bc people just want to flex
@corneliusmcmuffin3256
@corneliusmcmuffin3256 Жыл бұрын
@@Swindle1984 Collectors would pay thousands for one in a good condition, I cannot fathom why Ukraine did not sell them before now, they could get some very expensive military equipment for the price, yea the Thomson is basically useless, it only might be effective at CQC and even then, But none of that matters for collectors who have a lot of money and want a iconic piece of history.
@Swindle1984
@Swindle1984 Жыл бұрын
@@corneliusmcmuffin3256 But collectors can't legally own them. If you can't sell them to anyone, they're worthless.
@tommyvercetti2424
@tommyvercetti2424 5 ай бұрын
@@Swindle1984it’s still a machine gun with a decent caliber, yes compared to others it’s not the best but it can still do a lot of damage. you’re stupid
@mattfleming86
@mattfleming86 Жыл бұрын
So this is as close to heaven as one can find. An "infinite" number of guns to fix, assemble, and shoot with a neverending mountain of ammo. That is just amazing.
@SuperErikRoss
@SuperErikRoss Жыл бұрын
Yup gun heaven !!!!
@Stephen85
@Stephen85 Жыл бұрын
Yeah except for the whole war thing going on.
@SuperErikRoss
@SuperErikRoss Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen85 uh yea that whole thing hopefully it will be over soon
@rsuriyop
@rsuriyop Жыл бұрын
It would be even better if they were able to find the much more advanced modern weapons that NATO has been supplying Ukraine with.
@TacticalTerry
@TacticalTerry Жыл бұрын
​​@@rsuriyopIf you listen to the video, the Ukrainians took those with them when they left the mine.
@jamesdc9595
@jamesdc9595 Жыл бұрын
Anyone have Prigozhin’s number? Those belong in collectors’ hands and museums, not rotting away in a Ukrainian mine.
@alanxu3936
@alanxu3936 Жыл бұрын
Indiana Jones moment.
@MaxwellAerialPhotography
@MaxwellAerialPhotography Жыл бұрын
@@alanxu3936 That should have been the new Indiana Jones movie, not the self insert fan fiction that Phoebe Waller Bridge cooked up.
@Spudtron98
@Spudtron98 Жыл бұрын
I'd rather have Prigozhin's current location and a cruise missile.
@jamesdc9595
@jamesdc9595 Жыл бұрын
@@Spudtron98 cringe
@thegamiac9539
@thegamiac9539 Жыл бұрын
@@Spudtron98 goof ball
@galesams4205
@galesams4205 Жыл бұрын
The arms caches we found in vietnam always had THOMPSON MACHINE GUNS in 45 apc and were found on some VC soldiers. Mostly they used AK-47, Molson nagant, SKS, and B-40 rocket. 4th div. recon 1969.
@whakatu4life285
@whakatu4life285 Жыл бұрын
@@henrydevree8382 Nup, shouldnt have been there to start with. F for Failed
@henrydevree8382
@henrydevree8382 Жыл бұрын
@@whakatu4life285 don't hate the player, hate the game dude. He just did his job
@whakatu4life285
@whakatu4life285 Жыл бұрын
​@@henrydevree8382 Not hating the player at all, just the BS "thanks for your service" type crap that comes out of the US when the US shouldn't be meddling in other countries issues, nothing to congratulate someone for when civilians die, shame the US only felt that sort of thing when the towers came down, US has killed 100s of thousands of civilians in the illegal wars and invasions over the years so yeah F for Failed in Vietnam and same gonna be the result in Ukraine. US needs to wake up it ain't all it thinks it is and the majority of the rest of the world is sick of its BS warmongering, dictatorial ways. No wonder the US armed forces are struggling for man power, seems lots of the younger ones have woken up to the BS corporate controlled Govt there.
@atatterson6992
@atatterson6992 Жыл бұрын
@@whakatu4life285 no, F for Fucc Off and Dye
@charliemclegend4885
@charliemclegend4885 Жыл бұрын
I saw this video on telegram where Russian war journalist interviews Wagner fighter in this mine. Now i don't speak Russian, but a related language. And i think i understood that the number of Thompsons held in that mine is around 23 000 guns. The number of PPSh is around 300 000 guns. Ukrainians carried out most of modern weapons and almost all of the ammunition.
@Stephen85
@Stephen85 Жыл бұрын
Just imagine what they took with them, this is just the stuff they left.
@spongebob7296
@spongebob7296 Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen85 It was all theirs for the taking.
@catharineblore7302
@catharineblore7302 Жыл бұрын
If the Thompsons are chambered in 0.45 ACP, the PPSh in 7,62 x 25 and the Maxims in 7,62 x 54R the Ucranians did well to leave them behind.
@Jangimiau
@Jangimiau Жыл бұрын
Wow tens of thousands of brand new WW2 guns? This stuff must be worth multi if not hundreds of millions... What an incredible treasure!
@therideneverends1697
@therideneverends1697 11 ай бұрын
Not really, WW2 MGs are valuable in the US because we are not allowed to import anymore of them. In euro countrys that allow semi auto conversions guns like those tompsons might be worth 1k each or so, possibly 2k for the maxims, really not particularly valuable to go to much effort
@snooks5607
@snooks5607 10 ай бұрын
@@therideneverends1697 probably half that if this stockpile ever flooded the market
@squidwardo7074
@squidwardo7074 3 ай бұрын
Not really. It's simple supply and demand. In the US a original WW2 thompson is worth 10s of thousands because demand is extremely high and the supply is extremely low
@Chiller01
@Chiller01 Жыл бұрын
Oh my god. Collectors are sending dark web messages to Prigozhin as we speak.
@Addi_Teacha509
@Addi_Teacha509 Жыл бұрын
😂, even Putin
@Santucho999
@Santucho999 Жыл бұрын
this will fuel the war effort for a couple of months lol
@TheSMR1969
@TheSMR1969 Жыл бұрын
​@@Santucho999 nah, weapons are too old.
@ryanward8039
@ryanward8039 Жыл бұрын
I would definitely be one if I had access. LOL
@aaronlopez492
@aaronlopez492 Жыл бұрын
That Thompson's got my attention!😮
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Same!
@Yankeepride03
@Yankeepride03 Жыл бұрын
😮 Those Thompsons are worth a lot of 💰
@aaronlopez492
@aaronlopez492 Жыл бұрын
​@@Yankeepride03Last time a used Thompson's was sold it went for $90,000 used. But the dealer tells me that the bidding on in the crate oiled Thompson's would start at approximately 150 to 300 k. That is a literal gold mine.
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Жыл бұрын
@@aaronlopez492 No, it's a literal salt mine and a figurative gold mine... Speakz!
@Erpyrikk
@Erpyrikk Жыл бұрын
@@aaronlopez492 no, as someone mentioned these thompson's were for sale at about 500 to 650 on the European market. the only reason machine guns are so valuable in the US is because the machinegun registry is closed.
@pauliecopez2683
@pauliecopez2683 Жыл бұрын
So freakin cool. The mine has no humidity. No rust.
@runelokas-zm1bs
@runelokas-zm1bs Жыл бұрын
The WW2 mint condition guns are a incredible find!!!
@nkristianschmidt
@nkristianschmidt Жыл бұрын
Prigoshin is about to throw out a fortune
@dantheshredder1973
@dantheshredder1973 Жыл бұрын
​@@nkristianschmidtYeah about that...
@beepbeeep9343
@beepbeeep9343 Жыл бұрын
i wish i could have all of that for myself
@DNS-Freakz
@DNS-Freakz Жыл бұрын
Agreed
@murmenaattori6
@murmenaattori6 Жыл бұрын
We all do.
@gmarie701
@gmarie701 Жыл бұрын
Start a new PMC and just go get them before they are gone. A piece of pie...💂‍♂
@thegamiac9539
@thegamiac9539 Жыл бұрын
Join wagner for a stash of those now I mean adding these as trophies in payment will sure pump their recruit numbers
@carloko08
@carloko08 Жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAH, don't be greedy, man, I want all that for myself too, what do we do? hahaha, let's share all that with all our good bellicose brothers better, beers and whores I invite them XD
@nateone9588
@nateone9588 Жыл бұрын
I read once that the Thompsons came in crates like that and in the trucks and tanks we sent the Soviets. Problem apparently, was the availability of .45 acp which is why they were never utilizedm
@mr.unknown5353
@mr.unknown5353 Жыл бұрын
For some more info on this mine in Paraskoviivka , this is the Kuzminovsky Mine/Volodarsky Mine No. 1/Artyomsol Mine No. 8. It was opened in 1911 as the Kuzminovsky Mine. After the Russian Revolution it was renamed Volodarsky Mine No. 1 after the Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician V. Volodarsky. On March 1st, 2019 Artyomsol renamed the mine the Artyomsol Mine No. 8. After the mine fell into Russian hands mid-late February, I was curious how long it would be before we got pictures and videos from inside the mine.
@ritterbruder212
@ritterbruder212 Жыл бұрын
Quick correction: those are SKS, not Mosin stocks, at 3:20.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
You're right, my mistake, I missed the inlet above the trigger guard. Thanks for watching.
@AlASokolov
@AlASokolov Жыл бұрын
​@@TheArmourersBench just Mosin, not Mosin-Nagant. Or call the rifle Springfield M1903 Mauser-Springfield.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Well I'm sure Mauser would have liked that haha.
@AlASokolov
@AlASokolov Жыл бұрын
@@TheArmourersBench He was so angry when he found out that the Americans had stolen the design of his rifle that he sued and won it. Мosin did not steal anything, he took only the clip from the Nagant, the design of the feeder. Nagant borrowed the design of the feeder from another designer. In turn, Nagant borrowed a lot of things from Mosin, and then patented it, that is, in fact, stole it. He is a thief, and you insert his name into the name of the rifle. Given the history of the creation of the Springfield M1903, it looks very symbolic, thieves cover the thief.
@ianpatrick6034
@ianpatrick6034 Жыл бұрын
Here in the US a class 3 mint Tommy gun like those are worth roughly 35k-45k and they have dozens, if not hundreds of them in just that location
@orzorzelski1142
@orzorzelski1142 Жыл бұрын
Mr Prigozhin, please don't let the antiques rot. Historical pieces like maxims and thompsons could be sold for a fair price. For this invaluable piece of business advice, an AK-74 with 10 spare magazines and 3000 rounds would be very appreciated. Yours sincerely, Orz Orzelski. Well, at least I tried!
@carloko08
@carloko08 Жыл бұрын
hahahah, dont worry dude, who know mr Prigozhin will know about your polite letter to him and he make an offer to you ;)
@NeostormXLMAX
@NeostormXLMAX Жыл бұрын
He wants to sell them actually
@carloko08
@carloko08 Жыл бұрын
@@NeostormXLMAX wooo really? where you saw that?
@Pentazemin44
@Pentazemin44 Жыл бұрын
oh yeah? and where is he going to sell them lol? like for real it would be transported to russia and disappear forever
@Journey_to_who_knows
@Journey_to_who_knows Жыл бұрын
You’ll have plenty of chances to appreciate it in ww3
@pilotmanpaul
@pilotmanpaul Жыл бұрын
Ukraine had one of the largest Black Market in all of Europe before the war. Its insane what antiques they have there and what equipment you won't find anymore they sell for dirt cheap prices.
@skeletonkey6733
@skeletonkey6733 Жыл бұрын
Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It has gained fame and notoriety for its bazaars packed with gunsmiths and weapons merchants.
@poes1314
@poes1314 Жыл бұрын
No it didn't
@spongebob7296
@spongebob7296 Жыл бұрын
Yes they even made a movie called Lord Of War about these weapons cashes and its a true story of Yuri Orlov a arms dealer that Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Yuri flies to Ukraine and illegally buys Soviet military hardware through his uncle, a former Soviet general who is overseeing the distribution of weapons to the newly-formed Ukrainian Army.
@poes1314
@poes1314 Жыл бұрын
@spongebob7296 it is based on viktor bout, and most weapons that are on the black market are straight from russia
@alexandercspmx7322
@alexandercspmx7322 Жыл бұрын
They still have the hugest black market selling American weapons to isis
@squidwardo7074
@squidwardo7074 3 ай бұрын
A thompson in such good condition, literally never fired, could easily be worth $150,000
@Darwinist
@Darwinist Жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is something about salt mines that caused this location to be chosen as a long-term storage depot. Stable temps due to being deep underground, and it's probably really really dry down there.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
Seems to be the reasoning. Thanks for watching
@benjamindover7399
@benjamindover7399 Жыл бұрын
The salt sucks every bit of humidity out of the air. As long as it's not touching salt, metal will last forever.
@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 Жыл бұрын
It is eerie to see the weapons then which apart from a proof firing have never been used
@izakvandermerwe346
@izakvandermerwe346 Жыл бұрын
You have a calm systematic way of presenting. Only a pleasure to listen to your presentation.
@jabonorte
@jabonorte Жыл бұрын
Shows the scale of lend lease that they still have whole crates of Thompson's. Not surprised that they were kept in storage - doesn't look like they had a space problem in there
@Grasyl
@Grasyl Жыл бұрын
5:27 Are those Thompson M1928? I think so, Thompson M1 and M1A2 does not have finned barrels ..
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET Жыл бұрын
they are yes. he just teased them, he knows what he has.
@brianhowe1982
@brianhowe1982 Жыл бұрын
Man.. really wish they'd put those on the C&R market. Beautiful classic guns
@VashPlissken45
@VashPlissken45 Жыл бұрын
At 3:21 that might be an SKS stock.
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
It is indeed, I missed the cut above the trigger guard. Thanks for watching
@VashPlissken45
@VashPlissken45 Жыл бұрын
@@TheArmourersBench Glad I could be of service 🙏🏼🇺🇸
@Luiz-jv8lu
@Luiz-jv8lu Жыл бұрын
People forget, but the URSS had the largest army in human history. That's why there is so many storages like that in all ex-soviet states. And that's why Russia can still fight till this day with old weapons in some areas. Thair stock is HUGE and spread all over the place in bunkers.
@ИльяЧендемеров
@ИльяЧендемеров Жыл бұрын
Не во всех постсоветских республиках так. Украине достались крупнейшие запасы. Также много в Белоруссии. В общем с западной стороны, со стороны НАТО. В республиках средней Азии такого нет
@StellarGryphon
@StellarGryphon Жыл бұрын
Would love to see some videos documenting the use of the older WW2 guns. I've seen pictures of people running around with Thompson's PPSH's, and I saw a video only yesterday of something running around with a MP-40, but apparently that one was a reproduction from some company in Ukraine
@sectero9450
@sectero9450 Жыл бұрын
Because they are no place for pistol caliber weapons in modern combat as main weapon. Only 7.62x54, 12.7x108 abd 14.5x114 guns were in active use, like DP-28/27/M , maxim guns, SG-43(replacement for maxim in Soviet army) , some ptrs, KPV(its 50s 14.5 machine gun) and of course DShK.
@Mortablunt
@Mortablunt Жыл бұрын
There’s been plenty of use in all the urban fighting and in the trench clearing.
@willong1000
@willong1000 Жыл бұрын
Several videos have surfaced of the Maxim guns in use against Russian invaders.
@TheJarric
@TheJarric Жыл бұрын
@@Mortablunt and as secondery for rpg and similar troopers
@carlospadilla4138
@carlospadilla4138 Жыл бұрын
Im sure, no, I hope, Prigozihn understands what they have found, and makes these antiques available for legal sale, to any and all private/civilian individuals interested in a purchase, and of course, at discounted prices.
@dondelchulia3189
@dondelchulia3189 Жыл бұрын
That crate of Thompsons is probably worth about a million USD
@lp9280
@lp9280 Жыл бұрын
One mans rubbish other mans treasure. For modern army all the Thomson's, PPSH, Maxims etc. are useless, or clearly excess amount of surplus AK/Mosin stocks... but for gunsmith working in that sort of area (Brandon Herrera comes to mind) this would be absolute goldmine. Even museums... I cannot imagine museums around the world would not be interested in absolutely brand new old stock Thomson's, PPSH, Maxims and similar weapons... surely not 10,000 of them, but couple of examples each... and there must be 100s of museums around the world.
@markthompson8656
@markthompson8656 Жыл бұрын
I would start a museum to get that collection!
@Stephen85
@Stephen85 Жыл бұрын
I am sure they have already be traded for potato vodka.
@lp9280
@lp9280 Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen85 I kind of doubt it. If they found any usable weapons then yes, but most of what wash shown were antique weapons for which you can't get ammo, can't use them anywhere etc. In piece time there would be people interested in them if not for utility then at least as collector piece, but in war time literally nobody are are interested. prigozhin is scum, but I do believe he is not lying here by saying "these are new weapons, I called everyone, nobody wants them"... because nobody wants them, not even for potato vodka.
@Stephen85
@Stephen85 Жыл бұрын
@@lp9280 good, I am glad they can't profit off of them.
@lp9280
@lp9280 Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen85 same... i hope Ukraine will be able to reclaim this catche and put it on the market once war ends.
@paulhudson6900
@paulhudson6900 Жыл бұрын
Friend few years back had a few crates with the Thomson's all for deactivation all welded up i nearly cried ,they came from that mine they have been flogging them for years
@ronaldroller7176
@ronaldroller7176 Жыл бұрын
In Syria about a year ago, a shipping container full of unissued STG 44s were shown in a video. Amazing what we produce for war.
@tommyvercetti2424
@tommyvercetti2424 5 ай бұрын
wow link please ?
@InstructorRandy
@InstructorRandy Жыл бұрын
I just wish we could get our stuff back and buy it at cost.
@Vingul
@Vingul Жыл бұрын
That’s what you get for helping out communists at the expense of Europe.
@ejharbord5966
@ejharbord5966 Жыл бұрын
if these were imported into the USA right now the barrels and receivers would be torch cut in several places. our government sucks
@anarchyscorner
@anarchyscorner 10 ай бұрын
I know salt mines are used for document storage. But it seems counterintuitive to store guns in there, wouldn't the salinity in the air rust then quicker? Those things didn't seem doused in cosmoline.
@TerraRubicon
@TerraRubicon Жыл бұрын
On the U.S. market people would pay real money for vintage WW1 and WW2 guns.
@carloko08
@carloko08 Жыл бұрын
in everywhere, dude, not just in yankeeland
@paogene1288
@paogene1288 Жыл бұрын
Goodness, to have such a slice of that arsenal in my armory. Welp, a man can dream,and dreams are cheap.
@carloko08
@carloko08 Жыл бұрын
hahahah, everybody wnat that right now :D
@JohnWaldron-cm7ce
@JohnWaldron-cm7ce Жыл бұрын
Whoa! Those Maxims and Thompsons are high dollar items worldwide!-John in Texas
@stanley1554
@stanley1554 Жыл бұрын
Those piles of crates of never used Thompson submachine guns are worth a fortune.
@MrCantStopTheRobot
@MrCantStopTheRobot Жыл бұрын
Keep Ian far away; once inside, he might never return.
@johnrambo5436
@johnrambo5436 Жыл бұрын
Down the rabbit hole.
@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profile
@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profile Жыл бұрын
For anyone interested 24 Thompsons have already been shipped to The DRC, some will end up in République du Cameroun as I understand General Jacob Kodji’s daughter has bought some as gifts. My got my eye on a couple.
@briang4914
@briang4914 Жыл бұрын
From this batch? How do you know this?
@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profile
@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profile Жыл бұрын
I am African Women… we have access to information that is banned in “Western Countries” and Russia is not sanctioned in Africa. We trade absolutely everything with anyone. C’est la vie.
@AquaticGems
@AquaticGems 10 ай бұрын
​@@MadeleineTakam_Info_on_Profileya you're full of shit
@MartiUK_
@MartiUK_ Жыл бұрын
Those pristine maxims, stuck in a cave for decades 😢
@alexsanchez3635
@alexsanchez3635 10 ай бұрын
Aww Im Sad too😢
@tavish4699
@tavish4699 Жыл бұрын
with all that hardware being assesed now i think i know why wagner is back in the game and doesnt complain about ammo shortages anymore
@ИльяЧендемеров
@ИльяЧендемеров Жыл бұрын
Он жаловался на нехватку артиллерийских снарядов.
@Rogue-7.62
@Rogue-7.62 11 ай бұрын
Holy Crap, those Maxims and Tommy Guns looked brand new. They are worth a small fortune individually.
@hankrearden5460
@hankrearden5460 Жыл бұрын
Man thats a nice find 4:49 they look to be in great shape.
@CarverPete
@CarverPete Жыл бұрын
Yeah no rust whatsoever so no pitting the wood furniture looks superb too with no deterioration I'm guessing that the humidity of that salt mine plus the correct way they were stored helped no end , BTW that's a gold mine for collectors literally.
@christopherwang4392
@christopherwang4392 Жыл бұрын
Imagine a _Battlefield_ or _Call of Duty_ mission or map with an underground weapons cache filled with usable antique weapons and ammunition such as this one.
@Agent_Clark
@Agent_Clark Жыл бұрын
A battlefield map that is just tunnels filled with Soviet era weapons
@DK-gy7ll
@DK-gy7ll Жыл бұрын
Imagine going into a deep cave, and in one corner you find piles of ancient plundered Aztec gold... and in the other corner you see crates of NIB WW2-era Thompsons. Which one would you take? 😁
@frankwood7878
@frankwood7878 Жыл бұрын
Take both piles
@jessicaregina1956
@jessicaregina1956 6 ай бұрын
The gold. Durr. Its kinda hard to sell thompsons. Something something batf.
@centercannothold
@centercannothold 3 ай бұрын
@@jessicaregina1956 Depend on where you are. In a middle of a war zones like Ukraine, guns is worth more than gold. You can't eat gold, you can't hunt with gold, you can't defend yourself with gold. It's up to the time and place.
@martkbanjoboy8853
@martkbanjoboy8853 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Imo engineering economy willdictate what happens to such a (rare) facility especially in an all out war. For example, it is clear the facility contents were stripped of high graded war materiel. Engineering economy again.
@FreedomsLife1776
@FreedomsLife1776 Жыл бұрын
It’s a real crime those Thompsons can’t be returned to the USA and sold privately.
@Addi_Teacha509
@Addi_Teacha509 Жыл бұрын
Let's keep the faith
@Ukraineaissance2014
@Ukraineaissance2014 Жыл бұрын
They will be. Russians are openly selling their uniforms and 'body armour' on western sites (ebay mostly)
@pauljmeyer1
@pauljmeyer1 Жыл бұрын
Sure! Pay Prigozhin and he'll have them sent to the USA at a bargain basement price, no worries.
@commiesnzombies
@commiesnzombies Жыл бұрын
@@pauljmeyer1 i would strangle prigozhin to death just to get 1 of those thompsons
@TheBauwssss
@TheBauwssss Жыл бұрын
@@pauljmeyer1 ...only for the ATF to confiscate 'em, after which they'll be forced to run each and every one of those beautiful, 100% pristine Thompsons through the shredder, with paperwork and all? 😢 Yeah nty bro, I think I'll pass. Those beautiful Thompson babies deserve so much better than a one way trip through the ATF shredder!!! 🥺😞
@dlb8432
@dlb8432 Жыл бұрын
One must wonder how do you get a case of antique firearms like the thomson SMG
@xntumrfo9ivrnwf
@xntumrfo9ivrnwf Жыл бұрын
Wow that would be an awesome museum!
@geraldtrudeau3223
@geraldtrudeau3223 Жыл бұрын
That's not a weapons Depot, it's an arms Museum.
@yelsew816
@yelsew816 Жыл бұрын
I would not be suprised, in light of Prigozhin's recent comments, to see these start to appear in Africa.
@123456qwful
@123456qwful Жыл бұрын
Africa, Latin America, and through out Asia, their enough to supply a nation armory for years
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Жыл бұрын
Yeah, because the rich Africans can afford crates of vintage Thompsons at 150.000-300.000 a pop to do their random killing in style! 🙄
@Akeem_768
@Akeem_768 Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite thos guns only have value to american collectors, to the rest of the world it's just another tool for a purpose.
@rwps3677
@rwps3677 Жыл бұрын
@@mcbrite It's not like they pay Museum Quality prices, more likely they get sold by the Kilo.
@PaIaeoCIive1684
@PaIaeoCIive1684 Жыл бұрын
African warlords are getting plenty of better stuff (some western) from corrupt Ukrainian officials for over a year now.
Жыл бұрын
This is a fascinating story and piece of history. I hope some of those weapons will be preserved. Maybe the sale of them to our gun loving friends in the US could cover some reconstruction :)
@DerDrecksack87
@DerDrecksack87 Жыл бұрын
Imagine finding a mountain of all kinds of ww2 gems on your porch as a new way of psychological warfare by russians to piss of the anti gun leaning president in the US. Biden: Vladimir, did you just dump tons of guns across the US? Vladimir: Eh it fell off truck blyat! Biden: It is 2.000 trucks worth of cargo... Vladimir: ...yes .... Biden: I have to sniff on some refugee kids to calm down, but right after that we will have a serious talk mister!
@Lynsey-wh2jl
@Lynsey-wh2jl 3 ай бұрын
Holy shit the amount of money those guns are worth in that mine is insane.
@mcbrite
@mcbrite Жыл бұрын
Apparently those are the stocks that Victor Bout drew from throughout his career as an arms dealer?
@pilotmanpaul
@pilotmanpaul Жыл бұрын
Yup, many of his weapons came from Ukraine. As before the fall of the USSR. Ukraine was the Soviet Union's manufacturing heart. They made everything there from guns, to tanks, to jets and choppers and heck, even rocket parts and its all in the East. Near the Russian border in Donbass.
@korbell1089
@korbell1089 Жыл бұрын
Give me 30 minutes alone in that mine and I would die a happy man!
@commiesnzombies
@commiesnzombies Жыл бұрын
i would stuff my pockets and socks with thompsons
@RetroRetrieverSurplus
@RetroRetrieverSurplus 10 ай бұрын
Whoa a Thompson, I just posted a full auto one. Love these.
@trplankowner3323
@trplankowner3323 Жыл бұрын
If Prigozhin could sale those Thompsons, they'd bring him some good money. The thing is, Prigozhin is one of those "angry patriots" that keep denying that the USSR received any Lend Lease help.
@cm275
@cm275 Жыл бұрын
@@muhacnt7988 Shermans had no issue killing T-34s in Korea so it wasn’t some super tank - the Germans destroyed them by the thousands, the Soviets just outproduced them.
@trplankowner3323
@trplankowner3323 Жыл бұрын
For those of you that don't know any better, the average T-34 didn't last long enough to use a full tank of fuel. The T-34 was utter garbage, like most Soviet tanks.
@JesterEric
@JesterEric Жыл бұрын
Unused lend lease aid was supposed to be returned, destroyed or paid for at the end of the war. I believe the USSR paid $722 million in 1971. Most of the debt was written off
@theotherohlourdespadua1131
@theotherohlourdespadua1131 Жыл бұрын
​@@muhacnt7988 So why was the 1st Guards Tank Regiment using them in Berlin?
@trplankowner3323
@trplankowner3323 Жыл бұрын
@@JesterEric Yes and even though the USSR was seen as an ideological enemy, the terms were more favorable to the USSR than many of our true allies and friends.
@ryanthede4689
@ryanthede4689 Жыл бұрын
3:19 these are actually SKS stocks
@funklelester8646
@funklelester8646 Жыл бұрын
It's good to know that even back then the government was giving away stuff that they wouldn't let civilians have.
@andrew2353
@andrew2353 Жыл бұрын
Those Thompsons would make cool trophies, maybe Prigozhin could reward them like medals to Wagner veterans.
@ptbelttactics
@ptbelttactics Жыл бұрын
Most Wagner veterans get a free zinc crate as a reward.
@ednash4265
@ednash4265 Жыл бұрын
No one wants them! Blimey, I'll buy them! Another great video Matt.
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET
@BLACKxOPxPRExTARGET Жыл бұрын
Russian sarcasm is lost on westerner's. He teased the Thompsons M1928 original models. these are priceless in factory condition
@MrTopflight29
@MrTopflight29 Жыл бұрын
PPSH! Thompson! Damn! Would love to get my hands on these.
@christinepearson5788
@christinepearson5788 Жыл бұрын
Too bad we can't send some of these WWII to someone who would appreciate them
@danielkanawyer2273
@danielkanawyer2273 Жыл бұрын
Makes sense why he wanted those mines so badly. Lots of cash in those crates.
@ghostwriter2031
@ghostwriter2031 Жыл бұрын
I’ve had 2 Thompson’s out of salt mines in Ukraine. Both have been deactivated. There were lots for sale about 10 years ago
@TheArmourersBench
@TheArmourersBench Жыл бұрын
A chap was telling me about how quite a few were bought out of there in the 2000s.
@MrPotatochips4
@MrPotatochips4 Жыл бұрын
I guess that explains why so many men have died in the battles of Soledar and Bachmut. The fact that it wasn't sealed speaks volumes. I hope the documents found with the Thompsons are released. Probably arrived in Russia along with the P-39 Airocobras in 1943. Maybe not. Maybe later, or maybe captured and recaptured.
@AlASokolov
@AlASokolov Жыл бұрын
Probably major part Tommy-guns arrived with tanks and armored vehicles.
@ИльяЧендемеров
@ИльяЧендемеров Жыл бұрын
​@@AlASokolovправильно. Они точно входили в комплект поставки танка Шерман.
@ИмператорСметаны
@ИмператорСметаны Жыл бұрын
Это опись осмотра , не документы . Да и зачем они вам ? Оружие оплачено СССР и у Украины нет никаких прав владеть им .
@therideneverends1697
@therideneverends1697 11 ай бұрын
@@ИмператорСметаны The weapons where given to the USSR, which then transfered them to Ukraine in the 70s. they are Ukranian property
@yeugeniuss
@yeugeniuss Жыл бұрын
May I come with a truck there? I can help to clean the facility for free.
@30AndHatingIt
@30AndHatingIt Жыл бұрын
My god… the parkerization on those Thompsons… it’s like stepping out of a time machine in 1944. They look manufactured yesterday. Those would be worth millions if they made their way to the CMP and got turned into semi-autos.
@moemaster1966
@moemaster1966 Жыл бұрын
We shipped thousands of Thompson machine guns to the Soviet’s during ww2 from lend lease with millions of rounds of ammunition but for some reason the Russians didn’t like the tommy guns mainly supplied for mobile infantry units and tanks thousands have came back in parts kits but it’s ashamed that a new batch will probably end up being destroyed in the long run
@johnbrown8570
@johnbrown8570 Жыл бұрын
A lot of the 45 ammo was lost so submarines in transit. Just imagine what’s preserved in those watery graves in the Arctic. Sucks you can’t disturb the ships.
@JaykPuten
@JaykPuten Жыл бұрын
I found this video very interesting Though sadly I know some Russian oligarchs world war 2 weaponry collection has just been completed Maybe after the war, there'll be a sudden influx of parts kits from Russia, or well Belarus or whatever country the US doesn't have sanctions on firearm adjacent imports(or however US law treats "parts kits") but a sudden influx of WW1/WW2/AK74 furniture to every market that purchases firearms or deactivated firearms and magazines from foreign countries
@ptbelttactics
@ptbelttactics Жыл бұрын
After the war, the newly formed countries from the collapsed Russian Federation will not all face the same sanctions. And, the lack of employment opportunities will cause the sudden influx of cheep mil surplus.
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