WW2 Guns That Have Made Their Way Onto Modern Battlefields

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[@mikect500]

When I was in the US Army we did things in Liberia and Somalia in the 1990's. In both places we came upon quite a few STG44s. Let us not forget that the post war East German army used those for years. We also came across some MG42s also in the original 8mm.

[@huyang7734]

Did you ever find out how the locals procure ammunitions for such obscure firearms ? Were they relying on old ammo stockpiles or loading their own cartridges?

[@mikect500]

@@huyang7734 both WW2 German and eastern block post war production. The DDR made ammunition for those for years after the war because they still used them and some of the ammunition production plants were in what became East Germany. The NVA used them quite a bit when they were fighting the French in Indochina and some American GIs captured some there also.

[@hangonsapto2338]

​@@mikect500 Did they use flintlock too?

[@mikect500]

@@hangonsapto2338 i didn't see any buy I am sure some of their sporting hunters do.

[@hangonsapto2338]

@@mikect500 It is not surprising that there is still someone who uses it because Somalia is a country that cannot produce its own rifle. Let alone the rifle, they were not even able to make a quality pan.

[@tk-6967]

0:16 Missed opportunity to say 'war never changes'

[@ShadowMark3_]

It's a reupload of stuff compiled into a video

[@winkoman3]

😂😂😂😂😂 so epic 👌👌👌👌👌👌 I heckin love Fallout ever since my wife's boyfriend let me play '76 on his Xbox.

[@tk-6967]

@winkoman3 What a poor attempt at mockery, I don't even have 76 or 4, lol. I have played some of New Vegas, but it crashes too often for me to get stuff done (yes, I have the anti crash mods). I tried to play Fallout 2 and 3 to no avail since I can't work the controls for the former, and the latter refuses to actually start up on Steam because Bethesda are morons. I'd get TTW on Nexus if New Vegas ran properly.

[@weirdpeanuts]

FPV drone bro

[@thesovietduck2121]

Flying an fpv drone to a fallout fans house to tell them war always changes

[@julianowyujie]

If it ain't broken, dont fix it

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Every several guns during the 2 World Wars & other wars still used today

[@cinderanmagnus]

Your Samsung smartphone from 2013 still works Will you replace it? Yes Why? Because a new model does its job better

[@Anti-ml9rw]

Mosin Nagant and 7.62x54r

[@chayanatchusiangjaew8054]

​@@Anti-ml9rw 7.62×54r still use in svd and pkm too long service cartridge 😂😂

[@billclay9511]

@@cinderanmagnus 😂

[@yexe9129]

for those who don't know: the bullet of the 1911 was meant to be as small as possible while still being able to one-shot a cow. the .45 ACP round is an anti cow projectile. (No that's not what ACP stands for, unfortunately.)

[@KEVENSIN]

I will now adopt that as the new meaning of ACP, thank you.

[@greycommotion]

Too late; that is now the new meaning in my mind.

[@reluctantheist5224]

Haha and me..

[@yatsumleung8618]

ACP = Automatic Colt Pistol

[@reluctantheist5224]

@@yatsumleung8618 lalalalalalala, fingers in ears.. Nope, anti cow projectile..

[@Weaver1812]

My 1911 pistol is my favorite. I bought a cheap one, modified the trigger, leaf spring a little, and honed the delivery chamber. Works like a charm

[@Nico_mandraza]

I dont think its legal to modify firearms….

[@fiat1314]

​@Nico_mandraza these things don't change the gun much, don't worry.

[@BLVCKO]

@@Nico_mandrazawho told you that?

[@Nico_mandraza]

@@BLVCKO bro its the law💀💀

[@redrider7xbilly548]

​@@Nico_mandraza bro some of us live in America where we at least have the illusion of freedom and can not only have guns but modify them how we want.😊

[@SeanDahle]

As long as they work and there's ammo, that's all that matters. The best weapon designs are the ones that endure the test of time

[@welkingunther5417]

I've got a feeling the Maxim machine gun might be the prime example of that as a whole

[@SeanDahle]

@@welkingunther5417 yeah

[@FreedomAssassin64]

​@@welkingunther5417yeap and same goes with M1911, the fact it is still being used till this day really makes it a prime example of how influential the gun really is

[@welkingunther5417]

@@FreedomAssassin64 Might as well just add the M2 Browning to the list, since it was first designed not long after WW1, if I recall correctly

[@SeanDahle]

@@welkingunther5417 beginning in 1921 to be exact. Went on to be refined in 1933 despite John Browning's death

[@robertdacquisto6871]

Not gonna lie having an STG-44 in a modern firefight still makes you very lethal. Firearms have t changed that much if you think about it. A self loading rifle with an intermediate cartridge that can reach out to a few hundred yards is still extremely deadly

[@prod.byjoker3778]

even an old, scoped bolt action would still be a lethal tool in the hands of a skilled rifleman/sniper.

[@GoozaWoW]

an STG-44 is basically an AK-47 except it has smoother recoil and a tad less fire rate

[@kadenlang8979]

@@GoozaWoW erm actually the stg-44 has nothing mechanically similar to the Ak-47. its closer to the AR-15 ☝️🤓

[@GoozaWoW]

@@kadenlang8979 LOL SEEMS LEGIT

[@alexmason5521]

@@GoozaWoWwhat are you smoking

[@christiandanks8154]

17:29 Kalashnikov wrote in his memoir that he took inspiration for the AK from the m1 garand rifle. And if you look at the bolt of an AK and the bolt of an m1 grand and turn it upside down and sideways the resemblance shows

[@wesleybarrett9502]

I wanted to add that yes he respected the Sturmgewr 44, but he stated that he had organically thought of the idea in a hospital bed at the same time as its production. His main inspirations (citation needed on this exact statement) was the PPH, gewher 39 (i dont remember the exact name of the particular submachine gun, but it was a German interwar submachine gun that wasn't feilded), and the M1 grand. The AK47 and the M14 are very similar weapons, so much so that with some machining they can almost work on the other.

[@randomAFbotaccount]

Still unbelievable that the m1891 Mosin Nagant's Service life has lived and outlived the entire Soviet Union just goes to show as the top comment says if it ain't broke don't fix it

[@DuxpaOfficial]

MOA VIOLATION THEORY OF CONSPIRATION PUNISHMENT - DEATH

[@eccentricthinker142]

Look at the Maxim gun. It was around during the Russian Empire, and is even older than the Mosin. Yet it's still popping up over a century later

[@KudoRedfox]

Jugging spears is still deadly so we don't need to improve it or replace it

[@DuxpaOfficial]

@@randomAFbotaccount i hate when youtube deletes my replies and then still gives me notifications

[@Артур-ц2э4и]

We used a PTRD in Donbass in 2015. I've a photo of it. I used an SKS at times as well.

[@guts-141]

Damn bro

[@Артур-ц2э4и]

@guts-141 SKS is still a good weapon, more accurate than an AK but is only 10 rounds in semi. You wouldn't want to assault anywhere with it.

[@magistrmaestro2845]

​@@Артур-ц2э4иwhat about sks's that are capable of taking 20 or 30 round magazines?

[@Артур-ц2э4и]

@@magistrmaestro2845 Then find one.

[@et9625]

Sk yes !!!!

[@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk]

The guns from the Second World War will always be used, no matter the conflict

[@weebsmcgee7012]

Master chief pulling out a 1911 and absolutely rofl stomping an elite

[@JamesTodorovich]

Yeah next few hundred years at least they will be in service in at least limited form. Poor countries especially will be using old weaponry though their mostly equipped with cold war era stuff.

[@disgoyknows88]

I'm not sure about the Sturmpistole being used today.

[@trolltime2128]

Well im sure weapons today will be used after the 3rd ww

[@cococock2418]

Imagine thinking this. I swear the internet and video games have been the worst thing for the firearms community. Every 14 year old European clown who’s never touched a gun in his life thinks he has a valid opinion on firearms because he played escape from Tarkov once. Absolutely no one is “choosing” to use World War Two weapons in 2024. They are resorting to them because it’s literally “world war 2 weapons or we fight with sticks and stones”. That’s not a compliment to ww2 weapons…

[@rajbiswas9077]

It's not the tool It's the craftsman.. remember a highly skilled individual can hammer a well equipped squad with an old German Kar 98k or Gew 98 or even a SMLE rifle only if he knows the necessary skills

[@Joesolo13]

Yea a rifle is still a rifle. Semi is always preferable but a bolt action is much better than no gun

[@princessmarlena1359]

Beats throwing shoes at them.

[@wannahuckaloogy5]

A old weapon can still kill as well as a new one

[@Germain-ys8zz]

No anywhere as well when you play a game do you use a mosin or an assault rifle

[@MrTable678]

​@@Germain-ys8zzbullet is bullet. Doesnt matter what it comes out of

[@SpazzT1600]

@@Germain-ys8zzdepends on the person

[@reetial]

Debatable

[@SpazzT1600]

@@reetial wym debatable you can find hours of footage of people using a Mosin in different games you’re literally on the app to watch it

[@SentinelNishizumi]

Just want to slide this in, the Grease Gun is actually also still in limited service within the Philippine Army as well, acting as a Personal Defense Weapon for some AFV crewmen of the Army’s M113A2 Armored Personnel Carriers, supplementing the Army’s several Heckler & Koch MP5A3s currently being used by some operators from units like the Light Reaction Regiment (LRR).

[@SentinelNishizumi]

Our Coast Guard is going down the route of ordering the CZ Scorpion EVO 3 as their new standard issued submachine gun, which i hope the Navy will also follow suit. (CZ and IWI are making huge sales in the Filipino firearms market.)

[@chen1227]

​@@SentinelNishizumiIsn't the main Tank used the Phil. Military a Israeli design?

[@SentinelNishizumi]

@@chen1227 Yes, the newest AFV in the Army’s inventory are the 30 Sabrah ASCOD-II Light Tank that we procured from ELBIT Systems last 2020 after awarding the contract to them for an order of 18 Sabrah ASCOD based light tanks and 10 Sabrah Pandur II based fire support vehicles. (the other two are the ASCOD armored recovery and command & control vehicle variants.)

[@SentinelNishizumi]

@@chen1227 Although there have been some complications with the delivery of the 8x8 Sabrah Pandurs, so it’s likely the Pandurs will be discontinued and ELBIT will substitute them with more additional Sabrah ASCOD platforms.

[@matiaallkanjari]

My Grandfather told me that it dosent matter if its old or new if it can get the job done then its perfect

[@edvoon]

You forgot the DShK “Dushka”, the Russian equivalent of the M2 HMG. It has been in service since 1938 and is still current.

[@max_anims]

I swear Russia be like: we are one of the most advanced armies in the *world* but we are going to use a rifle form 1891 and a submachine gun from 1927.

[@callumlucas4444]

They didn’t stop producing the mosin until 1971 so most of the rifles that will be using are not near a century old.

[@jacobs964]

Okay like I'm with you but 1911 is eternal. Sometimes designs just work. And yeah we got rid of it but it's still a staple.

[@IoannesPetrvs]

The Mosin is being used in Ukraine by separatists, who are militiamen who probably don't even have formal military training. Giving your best weapons to this type of soldier would be a waste.

[@max_anims]

@@jacobs964 fr no matter if you find it in a abandoned ww1 trench, 1911 is still legendary

[@adrnacad3434]

Guns don't get old, they just get dusty.

[@n.npixel2937]

Its amazing to see 75 year old guns used today its crazy how good they are in some ways :) i learn this kind of stuff all the time.

[@phillipschaber7836]

The enlarging the water cap to allow for snow in the Maxim is an simple stroke of absolute genius.

[@hellorasyaderi2226]

The thumbnail change from a mosin rifle to a grease gun as soon as i watched it lmao

[@mitchpalmer5116]

A musket can still kill you. Jus' sayin.

[@JamesTodorovich]

Yeah but its a bit too ancient, bolt actions are still highly effective, especially at long range. Russia especially in ww1 and ww2 made a ton of bolt actions so they should still have a fair amount of them. Though I think they mostly give them to marksmen/snipers and militia or rear guard troops who don't exactly need top stuff.

[@Themaniacis_back]

Great vide! "War never changes" would have been better than "War never ends".

[@pelinalwhitestrake3367]

Meanwhile there're still Mosin-Nagants being used with some of them being older than any currently living person.

[@stevenk7904]

I love this video, a tribute to history and a testament to the true statement that if something isn't broken don't try to fix it. 🤘👍👍

[@legacyvaultchannel]

I had no idea that weapons like the Mosin Nagant and the Maxim machine gun were still being used today. It’s incredible how some designs stand the test of time.

[@TheJeverson]

As long as it can still fire, it will kill.

[@digitalghost1042]

Was watching a video of when Wagner captured a Ukrainian repair depo that was in a salt mine the leader of Wagner was walking around giving a tour showing off weapons including a creates of lend lease Thompson sub machine guns.

[@mattmiller6147]

Do you have a link?

[@digitalghost1042]

@@mattmiller6147 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6GphWCmgch0jrMsi=0NXY5raRCJdrkWFH

[@digitalghost1042]

@@mattmiller6147 not the exact one but it’s a voice over of the original you briefly see the group leader but yeah

[@digitalghost1042]

@@mattmiller6147 I think it’s deleting the link but if you look up Wagner group captures Ukrainian arms depot in salt mine on KZbin it pops up

[@EBOWSAGOE-BIRIKORANG]

I love this new series

[@aurathedraak7909]

If shoots, it can kill, and these old weapons are much easier to operate and can be cheaply recopied and and remake and takes literally less time to train

[@BeansMcGriddle]

I think people have tried to remake like BARs and Stg 44s but they sadly aren't reliable as repros

[@BigBinky_Gaming]

Its impressive to think such old tech could still be so useful today. A fast moving piece of metal will always be dangerous.

[@aspopulvera9130]

grandpa always used to say "i ain't old! only buffalos gets old!"

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Multiple submachine gun designs, emplaced machine guns and rifles like the STG44 can still hold their own on a modern battlefield.

[@JamesTodorovich]

Anything 1900 and up is still effective basically, maybe not ideal, depending on which weapon but all viable enough to still pose a threat. Like put any of the armies in ww1 up against a modern army and it still be capable at least the infantry vs infantry would be, mostly they would get screwed due to airforce.

[@Theedd9991]

War, war never changes.

[@WhiskeyInspekta]

It did in ww1, just ask the Calvary.

[@disgrntledcanadian]

The Canadian army only recently replaced their WWII pistol, the Browning hi power with Sigs.

[@TrapperAaron]

Lol the browning HP was just a pissing contest. Germans went w 9mm, America and Canada turned it up to 11. Or 10 actually. It was a failure overall. Ammo was expensive and still is and took up far more space than 9mm. Why have a 10 round clip of 10mm when u could have 18 rounds of 9mm?

[@Cross-ns9vu]

I saw a KZbin video from Mikeburnfire, they have a series called Campfire stories, theyre both military vets and one of the named Zach mentioned he found ww2 era weapons when he was in Iraq, some were even modified to have lasers on them

[@richardm3023]

Tokarev ammo used to be cheap and easy to get, especially surplus. Not anymore. If you can find it, it costs more than the old surplus pistol I bought for $119.00.

[@shinyvictory-uj2ti]

let's be honest: the Mosin Nagant has seen more FPS video game combat than real combat 20 times over

[@mrbig4532]

The Israeli army used a beefed up Sherman tank up into the 1980’s . They put a big gun onto the Sherman so they modified the turret by cutting a box into the rear of the turret so the gun can have enough room to recoil.

[@eccentricthinker142]

*Blinks an look at the Fireflies* Did the scripts get switched somewhere?

[@pauginer2644]

My first gun and my favorite platform 1911 John M browning was truly a genius a timeless beauty

[@eliasroflchopper3006]

I'm pretty sure we had a video like this twice already.

[@Thenoobsofelement115]

vasily zaitsev's actual rifle was the mosin PEM he was wounded damaging his eye sight a month after the PU was put into service, his 225 kills are recorded as being in stalingrad and he most likely didnt get his PU rifle until he returned to combat after they were able to fic his eye sight.

[@ramamaulana8922]

Improvise, adapt, overcome

[@sheroisuitos222]

that mosin nagant never gets old

[@tomgrubber2081]

"The Mosin Nagant, a Rifle so Old your Grandpa's Grandpa used it. and its still deadly."

[@MrJackHagan]

The use of Soviet Magic on the D44 got me, lol.

[@screenname6829]

Imagine being a soldier 500 years in the future. Laser weaponry is so common body armor has been exchanged for force field technology capable of reflecting lasers. Your on patrol in enemy territory and then all the sudden you discover force fields no longer stop bullets because you're talking to god on account of how you got bushwhacked by some lunatic with a reloading bench at home slinging an m3 grease gun

[@kanayamaryam5088]

Yooo F2000 and P90 in thumbnail? Immensely cultured.

[@revolcane]

$660 for a Thompson nowadays woulda been a bargain compared to a lot of SMG's and PDW's in the market.

[@kkrummelrhs]

4:55 that was done originally by Finland. It wasn't until after the Soviets invaded Finland that they got idea.

[@TamaPlays-hn4qh]

The most deadliest sniper, the White Death used the Mosin Nagant.

[@MsaneGaming]

It's insane that despite their age they end up working far better than a lot of modern-day equipment, at least if they haven't been covered in a lot of rust and dust, water. etc., on top of possibly losing a few pieces here and there.

[@deadmeat3gaming]

At this point I'm certain like scientology the M2 will never die.

[@caryfrancis8030]

In the mid 80's, the Army base had 100's ( maybe more ?) Sten sub-machine guns in the armoury Nanaimo BC.

[@Troy_nov1965]

My main rifle I use is a 1919 Enfield 303 ....it shoots true and action is smooth as butter. I keep it locked and loaded right next to my fire place. I wouldnt trade it for anything.

[@ccs123451]

If it's still lethal, it ain't outdated.

[@cykopathegaming9870]

Reject modernity; embrace tradition

[@herecomestom2937]

The ACP will always be the Awesome Cow Puncher for me.

[@NaviTheNavajo]

Do a segment of Navajo Code Talkers please i would love to see your results and research!!!!???

[@ryszakowy]

well weapons stored in good conditions are still as deadly as the day they were put in service and they are in wide use around the world especially in places that do not have possibility to get old soviet AKs

[@TamaPlays-hn4qh]

I made a very effective and efficient lead pencil gun. Chambered in the back of a lead pencil cartridge (LOL), and its very accurate.

[@KoeSeer]

old guns still being used because it still shoots. i mean no matter how hi-tech and modern a new HK rifle is, a rifle job is to shoot bullets. And if an MP40 still could kill someone, it's still a good gun.

[@mediawarrior5957]

Grease Gun was used by the US ARMY up until Desert Storm as it was given to tank and artillery crews.

[@DeadLikeMe-ir9ix]

It doesn't matter how old it is as long as it works. Swords, bows, spears, and knives still work!

[@ryanstevenson2594]

If it hurts, it works.

[@bul-duckz]

this great

[@WarRaven38]

Old, but no obsolete! Aaa get in into the choppperrrr

[@leahymi100]

Can you do a simple history video on the flying Scotsman

[@1989gibbi]

No vasily did not use a model 1891 Mosin nagant. He used a model 9130 Mosin Nagant

[@TrapperAaron]

The M2 has been in use for over 100 years. Adopted in .50cal in 1921 and still puttingbdiwn lead to this day.

[@domodomo4032]

Almost broke my thumb gettin to this video

[@kichwatembo6551]

Thumbnail looks like Brandon Herreras wall

[@miked3502]

Love the smell of cosmoline lol

[@batboylives]

The narrator sounds like Martin Sheen, lol and he's done some narrating on some documentaries.

[@TempestPrepper]

War? War never changes

[@Darkmer666]

As the terminator in TG “I’m old, not obsolete”

[@lamnad]

Listen to the number of times you hear about John Browning in this video and tell me he was a direct descendant of Vulcan.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Turns out. bullet Kills.

[@BasedUMC]

4:31 the maxim was designed in 1884 it’s an older design than the mosin

[@InfernusdomniAZ]

Yes but they are talking specifically about the Russian version adopted by them in 1910

[@BasedUMC]

@ ok that makes sense

[@cool_davinci4220]

Nah the vietnamese having a billion different types of ammo from guns used all over the world must been crazy

[@JasonSpreyer]

The MAT-49 submachine gun was also used in the NVA and VC

[@seanb5724]

Made to do one thing. Still relevant today.

[@blaine7294]

And I love relics of tanks

[@KyleFriend-v1q]

I'm surprised the Fedorov Avtomat isn't still being used

[@enchanted7076]

While serving in the greek army they made us take the 50 cal m2 barrels back to their oil containers 2 people were carrying each barrel and they were soo damn heavy lol

[@bul-duckz]

when i hear philipppines * PHILIPPPPINEESS

[@jeremyronald]

I've had so many surplus rifles, shotguns, and pistols over the years. I've shot deer with Lee Enfieds, Mausers, and Springfields, I've taken ducks and pheasants with an 1897 Winchester in the Trench Gun variation as well as an old German Drilling Rifle/Shotgun, and I shot a hog with a 1911 from 1935 and also shot a rabid dog (under work orders, of course) with my conceal carry at the time, which was an original Tokarev TT-33 that was nickel plated (a captured bring-home from my step-grandfather on my moms side). The only weapon that is outdated and irrelevsnt is the one not being weilded. I wouldn't want to go against a squad with a bolt gun and I wouldn't want to clear a house with one, and I for sure wouldn't want to have to take to the urban environment with a double barrel shotgun. In the modern era, we are so advanced that almost all guns are a carbon copy simply for ergonomics. If I HAD to carry an older style firearm, it'd have to be an STG-44 and a Browning Hii-Power.

[@manikyum]

Do all those killings haunt your conscience?

[@jeremyronald]

@@manikyum nope, but they keep my fridge stocked with fresh meat for the family :)

[@WhoThisMonkey]

Anyone else seen the Maxim technical that someone built?

[@Kringe-Sama]

WW2 weapons were engineered to be very resilient and some were and still are very effective firearms

[@GeorgiiiVaampire]

Everybody gangsta till some dude starts shoulder firing anti tank rifles

[@DCT97]

Car-Beans

[@GuilePatrick]

The 1911 will still be here for another century...and will be still a sought out pistol...

[@xXMinion96Xx]

Old or new. If it works. It works ww1 crossbows 😂

[@francisp7980]

Mosin nagant is perfect example of this

[@blaine7294]

I love relics of gun

[@wow323_hd]

Funfact: the earliest of MG3's were rebored MG42s

[@nihilism2004]

This is how I find out I've been pronouncing the word anachronistic incorrectly for years

[@MandaloretheSavage]

Fyi the 75 round drum magazine had about 3 seconds of firing...makes me think iy was to keep the barrel healthy like the BAR's 20 round magazine.

[@geordiedog1749]

I’m a bit sceptical about ATRs being used as sniper rifles. They just aren’t built for accuracy like that.

[@tombearclaw]

Many people see any use of large heavy rifles with magnifying optics as sniping.

[@theimmortal4718]

They aren't anti-personnel sniper rifles, but will penetrate BTR 80s and BMP 2's at a kilometer, though. That seems very useful. Knowing a threat like that is out there would make crews more cautious

[@HolyKingofPoland]

What about World War I?