What Makes a Good Gun Design

[@heckler3119]

And not a single underslung chainsaw attachment? Clearly unrealistic

[@funrun07haan50]

😂

[@KF99]

And it should be powered by gun recoil

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

gears of war reference :) ​@@KF99

[@cloutgrabber]

Chainsaw bayonet?

[@Gameprojordan]

​@@KF99 powered by Imulsion

[@TheLastArbiter]

6:50 switching to your pistol is always faster than switching to your buttstock pistol

[@KageNoTora74]

It seems to solve a problem that was solved long ago.

[@idorandomthingsjpg]

​@@KageNoTora74 or, hear me out it could be used as a backup to the main pistol.

[@Eroxally]

@@idorandomthingsjpgconfusion +19

[@eksbocks9438]

18:37 This makes the gun a lot more versatile than people think.

[@brando7130]

i agree

[@macobuzi]

But reliability will be questioned...

[@somerandomdragon4655]

@@macobuzi Just as reliable as an m4 just has its recoil spring somewhere else

[@GeorgeCowsert]

None of this video talks about design. It's all just "neat features this gun and that gun has" when true design lies in the internals and how they affect performance.

[@chesspiece81]

Imagine if the WWI pilots had something like a Glock Switch for their 1911. The 30.06 is such a great round.

[@gyromurphy]

I still remember the first time I shot one. I was 11, and the largest gun I shot up to that point was my dad's 3030. Well, I asked him if I could shoot the 30.06 and I should've known to maybe wait till I was bigger when he asked me If I was really sure I wanted to. The thing damn near knocked me over

[@Trey-p2x]

30-06 in a 1911?

[@monomono9627]

The M1911 was never chambered in .30-06, which is a fully powered rifle cartridge that the gun can't even fit in the chamber...

[@Trey-p2x]

@@monomono9627 He was talking about a 1911 and then 30-06, so I was asking if he thought the 1911 was chambered in 30-06.

[@monomono9627]

​@@Trey-p2xmy comment wasn't directed at you

[@Finnish_Gingafan_Iga]

38:16 Shooting rapid fire while safety is on. Truly soviet.

[@Starihidze]

Пакистан

[@TheRussianEvil]

In soviet Russia putting a gun in to a safety on position makes it even more deadly 😁

[@Ididitlikethis2079]

*“The answer is a gun, and if that don’t work use more gun”* - The Engineer (Team Fortress 2)

[@dukstedi]

🫡

[@knrz2562]

Wo0w😅😢

[@ToddAdams1234]

On the MP90, it’s most interesting trait is the way that it operates. It’s ammo goes into the weapon sideways, and then turns the proper orientation to chamber. It also ejects from the bottom.

[@Swagjagson]

*p90

[@Ohnobro707]

@@Swagjagsonare you alphabetical

[@glubglub7982]

@@Ohnobro707numerical i think

[@Ohnobro707]

@@glubglub7982 nah he’s eletric

[@ThirtytwoJ]

My luck id put my and over the ejector in a rush. Then again 3 times ive had rounds go down my shirt back or land in my pant pocket. One in my boot. Same luck with stray cigarette butts actually..

[@shaider1982]

You guys need to collab with Ian Mcollum and Jonathan Ferguson. I would like how you guys will animate those two. Merry Christmas🎄

[@kmatford]

I personally think that the pedersen device would've been good as a standalone submachine gun. A weapon that tries to do two things at once may seem good on paper but in practice not so well.

[@flyingace1234]

I find it interesting because I could see it having been an alternate path to assault rifles had it actually entered combat? Like I can see them thinking "HUh, it's nice to have the high rate of fire but swapping bolts out was slow. I wonder if there was a way to combine the two into one."

[@kmatford]

@@flyingace1234 I'm not saying it doesn't always work assault rifles are perfect example of a great and proven concept. Military doctrine is always one step behind technology in WW1 army's we're using Napoleonic era tactics against machine guns.

[@YourPalHDee]

That doesn't make sense. The point was a cheap modification for an existing weapon, of which they had millions, in a short time period. I feel like you don't understand how expensive and time consuming it would be to design, test and mass produce an entirely new weapon.

[@kmatford]

@@YourPalHDee yah your right

[@kmatford]

​@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5joke's on your I'm agnostic.

[@magfal]

The 416 is the standard conscript weapon in Norway. With a red point sight, flashlight and verical foregrip. Really nice smooth shooting rifle.

[@VideoSpectator1223]

As an American who is into firearms. I'd say a beautiful gun design all comes down to personal preference. For pistols the Sig P320 and 1911 really catch my eye Aesthetically. For rifles I'm a big AR guy (Daniel Defense M4).

[@C0astDelta]

Honestly I love easy to carry concealable guns like the NTW-20. Compact, light, great for teaching the kids too!

[@kerrychen3015]

you don't need to clarify you are into firearms when u start the sentence with "As an American" we all know you guys already love guns and Big Macs

[@VideoSpectator1223]

@@kerrychen3015 Well if I just left "As an American" it would've came off as Arrogant.

[@andrewkoehn6619]

While I agree with preference because the individual handling the firearm needs to comfortably and safely handle it. You also need to take into account the reason for the firearm. Weather it is for home defense, everyday carry, hunting, they will also have an impact.

[@DrenchedCanadian]

@@kerrychen3015 Californians and New Yorkers or really just anywhere more liberal

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

Simple and reliable. Prefer revolvers myself, very little to break

[@avian68tb]

Depending on the lockwork of your revolver.

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

@@avian68tbColt Single Action Army

[@jason200912]

The turning arm is the most fragile piece of a revolver

[@robertsmith4681]

Depends what you intend too use it for ... A pistol sucks at taking moose at 500yds and a 30-06 precision rifle sucks for concealed carry ... The mission determines the gear, not the other way around.

[@BxBxProductions]

shut up lmao all you need is one well placed shot. skill issue, spend more time at the range. copium lol

[@YourPalHDee]

The Pedersen Device was so fuckin cool. It was such a game changer and came just slightly too late.

[@KS-PNW]

Seriously! I wish I could get one lol.

[@redboy2789]

Thumbnail:Santa bringing a gun while the soldiers mukbangs

[@darius0lupus]

One issue with dont hold by mag part. Some guns likely were designed as to be grabbed by the mag. One example that comes to mind is the ppsh41 (papa shaw) as it was designed to be held by the mag.

[@JamaicanFutbol-Stxr]

The thumbnail is perfect, crisp, and refreshing for it being the holidays while i am watching your content at the same time I luv it :)

[@kenji1340]

I love the voice of the channel host. It sounds like the kind of uncle who just came back from wars and wants to unleash tons of knowledge, making you want to sit for hours just to listen.

[@TheJoshChannel317]

I love using the experimental M1903 Springfield in Battlefield 1. It's such a comically unique design.

[@Voucher765]

Same, My friends August and Eugene who were in basic trained on the Springfield before switching to the M1 Garand

How do I become a gun designer? “Don’t.”

[@Generalofplasticarmymen]

When I get older I will become a military engineer

[@robertsmith4681]

Mechanical engineering. Guns are no different than other machines that use high pressure gases to operate. A steam engine and a machinegun are very similar in the way the function under the hood.

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

true, a train engineer can also be boiled down to engineer :) ​@@robertsmith4681

[@machector892]

I love how the video about gun designs also has a thumbnail of history’s most ‘famous’ leaders having a feast.

[@fesco4752]

7:41 hahaha, BF1 reference, The servant quaarter or point B on Ballromm Blitz. Its the same building, with the tall structure and windows

[@Warwisel-bk3lu]

19:50 was that a war crime ?

[@williamthompson1109]

I don’t THINK so, but Idk

[@H8TRG8TR]

I really like the thought process behind the MULE stock, no longer need a holster for your side arm so nothing on your leg/hip, quick ish draw, like I can see the want behind it

[@oliversherman2414]

This reminds me of those people who add every single attachment available to a standard weapon in a CoD game lol Also Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@DevSpaCito]

i learn more from simple history than my history classes

[@mr.notperfect2716]

Who doesn't tho

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

they should show these vids. :)

[@jason200912]

Schools don't teach about guns. Only that you need to hate them and let them brainwash your vote to help them ban guns by the time you're 18 (founding fathers actually viewed adults as 21, not 18)

[@RealNaisuCinema]

0:44 that guy on the left needs to call his hits.

[@Zsana21]

nobody likes people who don't call hits

[@xT0xicz0mbi3x]

Hi simple history I absolutely love videos and your voice is so soothing. Have you ever considering having celebrity guests that are a fan of history or gun fanatics do voice overs. Donut operator, demolition ranch, Brandon herera, popo medic

[@johnmcfarlane3147]

Anything that is easy to handle, and that you can trust to work no matter what kind of pain you put it through

[@temkin9298]

Almost all guns can be trusted. The problem is the familiarity of the gun and some imperfections of the gun which is usually not intentional. I wouldn't want a loose mag socket no matter which gun it is.

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@trevorphillips2250]

4:36, i got your awnser. Many differences in the mags. Some 28, 36 and one rare variant 42 but so rare probably none exist this day.

[@batboylives]

My Winchester 70 .220 swift cal. is my fav, also have a Remington 870 Express.

[@docnatigee]

Remember, switching to your secondary is faster than reloading!

[@NebulaHasADigBick]

my build in PF is demon

[@ThirtytwoJ]

So is not missing, spray n pray just leaves ya out of options.

[@minerrem7188]

​@@ThirtytwoJ easier said than done

[@ThirtytwoJ]

@@minerrem7188 makes good cover i guess, if ya have some to spare.

[@ElvargsBane]

For a light machine gun, what if the mag was on the bottom but the gun could be rotated 90°. Like give it sights along the side and the top and fold out stand and maybe even a trigger and grip that rotates or is duplicated.

[@ThirtytwoJ]

Ive seen people do this with red dots and sometimes an extra foregrip. Mostly though theyre not thinking through that theyll have shells and gas ejecting in their eye.

[@jmanj3917]

17:12 Right. But the SAW has that "capability" only as a last resort. Anyone who has ever had to rely on magazines to feed the M249 will know just how "good" an idea these things were...lol

[@Flugel971]

That's the MA-E-211 SAMPU from Armored Core 6

[@w1zz0d45]

Yes it is!

[@spynetwork2664]

Why is it Xmas themed!!! So cool!!!

[@Eadxgu]

What the dude doing? 1:16 the gun hold backwards and near two dude fight a soldier down

[@jmanj3917]

27:51 Ok, that's at least two times in this video that you have mentioned the cyclical rate of fire of a weapon by stating, "...between seven hundred and nine hundred rounds per minute..." Wth? Seriously. EVERY machine gun operates in that range, with very few exceptions (like the Mk-19 and similar guns that fire large, slow projectiles). So... Why bother with bringing up the cyclical rate at all? I mean, it's only for a couple of the weapons you're describing...And you don't bother with an actual cyclical rate of fire for the few guns whose cyclical rate you do mention. Idk...Maybe drop the whole idea of tossing in a bit more (but incomplete) information? Or, maybe just include the cyclical rates of fire for all of the machine guns, but with a proper citing of the specs.

[@vladislavshevchenko9970]

9x39mm (for comparison Ak-47 fires 7,62x39) it is not a pistol cartridge, it's a rifle cartridge and therefore a weapon firing it is an assault rifle, not an SMG.

[@nastymkfan]

If I ever designed a pistol, it’d be the size between a Glock 19 and Springfield XD9 Sub-Compact, striker fired, would take Glock magazines for sure, and it’d look similar to a mix of various pistols (such as Beretta Pico, Walther PPK, Mauser HCs, Sccy pistols, and PX4 Storm) with the slide having that curve nose while its own original magazine will have that pointed pinky extension. Either it’d be metal frame (with customizable grips similar to 1911/2011 grips and Kimber CDS9) or polymer with a variety of colorful options like the Beretta Pico, Sccy pistols, and Taurus Spectrum. If ever designed a rifle, it’d be an AR style rifle that can chamber 5.56, .308, 6.5 Creedmoor, and other rifle calibers with a 16 inch barrel, 18 inch barrel, and 20 inch barrel (like the Primary Weapons Systems UXR). It’d also have colorful options (especially the rainbow color). It’d also have options to have bayonets and grenade launchers attached to it.

[@Daniel4646]

31:02: That guy certainly would *not* have gotten the starring role in Commando (1985)! 🤣🤣

[@dthantw1468]

20:42 what’s with the name on the tail of the helicopter? Is that just who did the animation?

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

15:04 yeah well the p90 has a very odd magazine design that makes it flat and it still has normal sights

[@Sus_Blanket_Stain]

Most SMGs made in the past were supposed to be held by the mag, how else would you hold it? By the insecure area behind the mag? Or the superheated metal directly touching the bullet when firing?

[@drydogg]

Didn't the US carry the Eddystone M1917 in WWI? It was also 30/06 but built to function better in the mess of trench warfare.

[@Voucher765]

Yes, The M1917 was a filler for the Springfield as there wasn't enough produced

[@blaze_hammer]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@connori1324]

Cheap and easy to make, easy to use, reliable. Boom, best gun

[@zyvernious]

So the AK

[@jason200912]

@zyvernious Ak took like 30 years until it finally became cheap and easy to make. I'd say it was the Chinese that perfected it first in 1956. Soviets only sold or gave out sks to save on the at rhe time expensive ak47s

[@jason200912]

Nvm akm came out in 1959. China didn't do stamped type56 until 1965isj

[@Amariayoutuber]

The Peterson device well is the m14 carbine but ww1😮

[@xXAmaroqXx]

I find it interesting how different armies utilize different stances, despite each countries soldiers having the same anatomy. When I was in the german army in a recon batallion, our prone position would often have one leg pulled closer to the torso than the other for added bracing particularly on uneven surfaces, or we would dig holes for the front part of the feet to be put in, for more comfort and additional support if we knew we would be lying there eventually. Shooting while standing would often times happen from a pose effectively called "pooping deer stance" which is a half ducked-half standing pose with legs and arms being close to each other and the torso, that attempts to minimize the profile towards the enemy while still being able to move at an accelerated pace (rather than ducking completely or standing wide open), reducing their chances to hit you, or a vital organ (by having your arms partially in front of your torso acting as a meatshield if you happen to be lucky). Its largest drawback would be that it can get quite uncomfortable when exhausted or over prolonged times, as the pose is pretty unnatural to the body.

[@TimberWolf99]

All FN Minimi-based machine guns have the back-up side magazine well. The Canadian C9 also sports it. It also barely fucking functions even in ideal circumstances.

[@Sevbyy]

What's the use of Muzzle breaks? Just asking

[@Sevbyy]

Them jus standing there 2:22

[@DobleWhiteAndStanley]

6:15 they called the ar15 an assault rifle. Lol!

[@kainigwon5433]

6:03 This really proves that the American army is a 'Rich' army. The Soviet army on the other hand had 1 rifle per 2 soldiers. They were Legendarily Poor. The're still poor.

[@thekraken1173]

They had 1 rifle per 2 soldiers because the other soldier was armed with a submachine gun. Soviet Army had no arms shortage its a myth.

[@youknow3916]

1:18 ayo

[@sirnikkel6746]

0:08 MOAR DAKKA! WAAAAAGGGGHHH

[@vedsky2501]

it can perform reliably and accurately, it is easy to use, its not too heavy, it can kill

[@Britishbolls]

The Officer: "Struggling" Those Riflemen: "Standing Around Watching"

[@arthurmorgan9665]

Merry christmas S.H. team

[@FluffyTsoggy]

first thing that came to mind was the very old simpson episode with the revolver and the loudener and "this is for shooting down police helicopters" attachment

[@turqeeman]

I like the bottle opener on AKs

[@alexanderkidonakis9185]

NASA has a special response team?!? That’s very cool. Sometimes the aliens get out of hand

[@TheRandomSandwiches]

I had to rewind so many times to hear what he said 😂

[@mikitz]

They're the MIB.

[@W1LDF0X_33]

I Don't Know Why I Got Recommended This Video But At Least Is Very Informative And Maybe Useful

[@kirstywalker6950]

The UZI having the magazine in the grip and the kris vector having the bolt go down into the gun to mitigate recoil as I heard.

[@camamac7787]

Love the mechanics of the vector, very exotic. When shooting the Uzi I'd recommend burst fire as you can feel the balance of the gun go whacky due to the bullets weight not being there anymore 😂

[@paulahillier1390]

It makes a"Pew pew" sound.

[@johnbrooks595]

There was a cartoon with a guy in the back seat with a. 45 saying "Let's strafe 'em "

[@joeh2236]

Colt 1911 and Browning M2, perfection. Only if they could create the B.F.G. How does it not hurt doom guy?!?

[@normalhuman9260]

I fully agree with the 1911,never needed changed, because they nailed it.

[@proxlordz]

Why don’t they mount magazines... in the stock? So when you reload, you pull out the magazine from the back

[@chalion8399]

Depends on the weapon. Some rifles/weapons, like the M16/AR15 and those variants have a recoil spring in the buttstock, to reduce recoil. Also, it sounds like that is complicated and slow, to put your rifle down, to get a mag out of the stock. I find it pretty fast to get a mag from pouches on a plate carrier, or belt pouches. I do know some smaller sporting rifles had storage for mags in the stock, but they weren't combat weapons for the most part.

[@proxlordz]

@@chalion8399 I don't mean store them in the stock. I mean that the magazine well and all the mechanisms are in the stock, to create a goofy bullpup gun

[@ThirtytwoJ]

Would be unreliable and heavy complicated parts to make a mag that loaded that way, having to get rounds pointed forwards. At best a p90 style might work but it would be awkward and poorly positioned to change quickly, and butt isthe best spot for recoil assemblies.

[@jmanj3917]

37:00 Yeah, that was a good technique for the times, or for when you somehow end up with only a pistol and a flashlight on today's modern battlefield...or as a police officer. But now we just mount a Surefire flashlight to the pistol...lol

[@Doppele]

rifle bayonets werent used for combat but to give fallen soldier that were seriously injured a grace strike

[@RedVRCC]

Imo what makes a good gun design: - Good ergonomics - Ease of use - Can reliably hit what you're aiming at - Has reasonable stopping power - Physical reliability I'm a big fan of Glock pistols and AK style rifles. Glocks are easy to use and a blast to shoot, same goes with the AK. Ergonomics on the AK may not be _as_ good as the AR platform, but it's simple, reliable, and perfectly capable of stopping any threat.

[@culan_SCP]

British “seamen” 😂😂😂😂

[@AxoYT_4]

i knew someone was going to say that

[@culan_SCP]

@@AxoYT_4 and it was me 🥰😩

[@AxoYT_4]

@@culan_SCP ...

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a Simple History video on Human Experimentation in Wars.

[@makuballz6516]

Merry Christmas

[@Stealth86651]

A good gun design is whatever the generals/investors can be sold on, because like it or not that's what's getting made. Also whatever gun nerds will obsess over in 40 years as well, because plenty of those guns will be kept, treated well, etc for a long time.

[@anakinpendleton9231]

Can you answer this question who is better swat or military

[@Monkeman425]

The gun at 11 seconds is the most realistic in the whole video

[@JamesCampbell-vf3vb]

Can you do a video on Operation Pastorious

[@YahTemple]

It's quicker to switch to your secondary weapon than reloading!

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

"from a normal holster"* lol

[@KageNoTora74]

Yeah, that mule stock is a horrible solution to a problem that was already satisfactorily solved long ago.

[@Preaplanes]

19:48 Uh, isn't that a war crime?

[@Starihidze]

Ну это же под Патронажем Оон, значит можно. А русские как всегда едят младенцем, преверженцев Лгбт, ещё мы не навидим всех говнюков одинаково, не зависимо от вероисповидания и расы.

[@MrJello8bw]

You guys should make a game

[@AcidGambit419]

Ahh this is exactly what i need to watch on my first xmas eve on my own after dealing with idiots all day

[@DogHoldsController]

4:25 is that gun automatic cuz that guy never even pulled the trigger 6:20 Is that guy pointing the shotgun down to eject the shell becuase thats dumb becuase that is a semi-automatic shotgun 6:45 when breaching a building like that you would have the gun in semi-auto mostly and you wouldn't continue firing when turing the gun 7:47 why is he still firing he is firing at nothing Im done with this add more if you want

[@jarkoer]

3:35 Bro, if I saw that in the gun store today I would totally buy it. lol

[@NatanielFiucik-oo8hn]

No "fingerprint" on bullet feel you xD naughty boy

[@KarthikSibanyanam-o1y]

Your videos just make me want to play COD roads to victory

[@jason200912]

Lol the horse shoe magazines are always so silly

[@jimdigriz3436]

No bull pups, like the Steyr AUG, a superb select fire weapon.

[@johndolenc7658]

Merry christmas

[@Oafodqbnf]

ive got a question why didn’t they just turn the sten gun 90 degrees to the left and make it a overbarreled gun?

[@Oafodqbnf]

for urban environments

[@ThirtytwoJ]

Gas and brass in eye.

[@Amygameing]

The best upgrades for a weapon is the magazine

[@AlbanianBon]

20:49 “Heckler & cohke”💀

[@Joseph660]

Some also use the Harry’s technique to hold a knife instead of a flashlight, but they’re probably inspired from CoD.

[@AjJake1]

Fun fact: if you put fun fact at the start of a sentence there is a 99% chance they will read to the end

[@MedievalMadness10]

I’m taking notes

[@w1zz0d45]

The gun in the thumbnail looks like the Sampo from armored core

[@BckoftheWdz]

I shoot long guns with my left and hand guns with my right although i can shoot handguns with my left I prefer my right.

[@SchwarzerWolf1000]

Imagine when you see the other scout plane in early plane introduction: Helloooo! How is your day, klaut? Halloooo! Sehr gut mein Britisch Freund! Wie geht?"

[@commenter_in_the_light]

I guess that's why some people say that Vanguard is realistic

[@mikeemmons1079]

Left handed, have fired a Sten. The biggest drawback for southpaws is reloading. It is terribly awkward, I could see stuff being fumbled and dropped under combat conditions.