Reminds me of our introduction to the M-16 back in Basic Training, the year was 1970 and nobody really knew what an M-16 was, so one of our drill sergeants took an M-16 with a full magazine, put her on rock and roll, put the butstock on his nuts and dig a mag dump. This to demonstrate how little recoil the rifle had. We were impressed. While I knew about the .222 rifle, as my cousin had one and we both used it to hunt White Tail Deer back in his dad's pasture land, it was still amazing to see what little recoil there was in the rifle from MATEL Toy Company!
I just can't get over how it literally has almost no recoil. That looks so boring to shoot but when you're dependant on it saving your life, that's exactly what you want!
Stoner 63s were awesome if you got the complete kit. We had several and it was fun to read the manual and assemble the different models and even make up new combinations like heavy barreled carbines.
No way could I have done a 50 round dump with an M60 from the shoulder like that..... And I humped one for 7 years....... And as for the 200 rd dump in 5.56mm , I'm impressed even more......
200 round box is the standard now. i was a SAW gunner for 6 years and it's what i used. you can use the 200 round box like i did or use the smaller 100 round "nut sacks"
@@exactinmidget92 I was speaking of the recoil and control.... My M60 would have walked away with a dump like that from the shoulder...... And back in the day, my baby could do some talking, but not like that.....
@Dalle Smalhals She was what we had in the 70's and 80's, but how I wish I could have had one of these..... Reminded of Will Smith in Independence day when he first took off with the alien fighter... "I gotta get me one of these❗❗❗" 😜😃🇺🇸
@@livingcorpse5664 I feel like recoil is not really an issue with a power-suit. Depending on its weight and strength, you could probably get away with a .50 calibre machine gun or a 7.62 mm rotary gun (or possible even more than that), especially if it is intended to be used in a suppressive role.
Probably because the report is too violent for the mic to record. My muzzel brake on my AR is louder than most but just sounds like thep thep thep on video, but irl sounds like SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE to unprotected ears.
It's the corrugated wall beside Ian. When I walk on gravel beside a length of corrugated wall it gives a similar effect. Imagine echos so closely spaced the all combine to a longer pingy sound.
WITE FOX Hey, at least it caught the guy’s interest and exposed him to this amazing gun! I mean, think of how BF1 put WW1 in the forefront of media for awhile. Got millions of people to look into the history of WW1
@Ohanzee I would LOVE BF2142 Remastered, or BF2142-2...BF2145? COmplete with the being able to fight vs AI. Cuz, fighting AI is fun stuff to, esp if you can make mods for the game.
2:08 It's interesting to see the old saying, of "it's not the speed, it's the sudden and abrupt stop that kills you" pop up in a different context from the classic vehicle scenario.
It definitely suits him well, but you also have to keep in mind that getting to shoot some of these cool guns is only a fraction of his actual work. He doesn't show on videos the hours and hours of research and digging for information he has to do leading up to a video to properly record it.
@@shlamimk4664 Oh he 100% absolutely loves it I'm sure. He's a large part historian too, not just with weapons but with general war history as well. It's just the majority of people would not be as keen on it as others are lol
Honestly this is what the USMC should've adopted to replace the M249 (perhaps with a heavier barrel if they insisted on more sustained fire, still way lighter and more controllable), instead of the M27 IAR... Which is basically just a heavy HK416
Nah. 5.56/7.62 is soon to become somewhat antiquated. Loads of militarys have been trialing telescoping, caseless/plastic case intermediate ammo for years now. They want to reduce weight so our current ammo is not going to cut it soon.
These are absolutely brilliant weapon systems. That last mag dump with the goofy grin and pulling the gun off your should with NO loss of control. That was impressive.
Indeed. The future is here! Now , if only the military can be convinced to buy practical weapons. He's right about the FAL gas settings, of course. This seems pretty soldier proof.
Sure beats my old Pig M60, especially when you have to drag it around with you.... Set it up with a scope and it looks like where you could squeeze off a round of LR-7.62 at a DMR problem at say 800M..... You could give a 10 to 15 rds squirt from one of these and be finished before your first shot arrived to spook the target..... And with that suppressed barrel it would really twist their spooky nob....
The first prone shooting with the 5.56mm version looked very much like that and the audio compression on the shots made it sound more like a gel-blaster or airsoft mechanical/motor noise.
The is the most "pew pew" sounding pew pew I've ever heard. Sounds like a laser, especially with the suppressor and it is so cool. That recoil impulse is insane!
I don't know why, but it always surprises me how long 200 rounds last on machine guns. Maybe I'm just used to seeing 30 round mag dumps or something, but man, I would not want to be in the other end of one of these. Kind of makes you appreciate just how much of a force multiplier/how effective SAWs/GPMGs are.
Absolutely. Especially when you consider the fact that each 200 round drum weighs about 7 lbs. Very easy for one person to get around with 900 rounds on them.
This is the kind of guns we need in NGSW. This in the plasitc case 6.8mm (not that cigar looking thing, the other one) would be awesome. Like good ballistic coefficient, less chamber heating, even lighter overall gun with this system... That would be awesome.
It actually went into the NGSW and has a 6.8x51mm version that uses true velocity’s ammo. It likely got eliminated early in the competition, along with FN’s Evolys LMG which not only is quite similar but also much better than the SIG LMG.
@@snood3948 So, surface area and exposure time are the same, only thing is that the chamber is not getting any heat as the plastic case doesn't let heat trough. Also, these loads tend to use 2-2.5% less powder with the same velocity as they have FuNkY internal shapes helping with burn. Conclusion: It doesn't really matter. The difference is so little maybe it'll heat up 1-2 rounds earlier, but it will be safer both with open bolt MGs and if you spray cases at DOC next to you.
I wanna see this thing run Project Lightening alongside the ole Great War guns, it really is astounding how much of a difference there seems to be in something that is still at it's core the same thing. "You can't cheat physics" but this thing looks straight up unfair.
Thanks, Ian. I'm currently activated with the guard for covid and actually have the dreaded Rona as I type this. I'm not dying but I really needed this. The dorky little smile at the end when dumping the 5.56 made me laugh out loud. Thanks brother and keep up the great content.
I think the sound is actually the noise bouncing off of the ribbed shipping containers at weird angles. I wonder if it sounds pretty normal out in the open.
I carried an M249 for about five years. I loved it, but I’d trade it and my grandma’s cooking for that 5.56 Knight’s! I’m pretty big, and with a lot of experience/practice could treat the SAW like most people treated their rifle. I ran it with the bipod removed and the heavy duty grip-pod mounted on the knights tri-rail, then I ran my personal Trijicon Reflex on the rail. It seemed really handy in 2008, but this assault machine gun gives me a belt fed erection I’m going to have to report to the doc for lasting more than 4hrs. Thanks for the vid. All it needs is one of Ash’s “run your gun not your mouth” patches since you were at Knights!
banditone00, just imagine what you could do with something lighter. I luckily never carried the M249 for very long. However, seeing the 5.56 Knight’s I see a lot more use from that than the M249. Especially for Airborne, Air Assault, or Light Infantry use.
I carried the SAW for a time also and really appreciated its ability to lay down accurate fire from the bipod, but I always hated the fact that it was way too heavy for what it was providing. I was a smaller built back then too but the SAW is just too much gun for 5.56 in my opinion. This Knights machine gun looks like the absolute ideal solution to me followed closely by the modernized Ultimax variants.
Sir Grumples I’m only 5’10”, but in my saw toting days I was about 230-240lbs and wore 30” waist pants. Somehow I’ve failed to maintain that at 40yrs old and spending 8hrs per day seated in a patrol car.
@@banditone00 Yeah I was the same height but topped out at 160 then...The dad bod has since set in lmao. A smaller guy like me had trouble shouldering the SAW for anything other than very close range stuff. Luckily I got switched over to a Mk12 eventually. Much more my style.
I as well accidentally reverse boosted myself doing this in plunder because I didn't want to download the billion petaflops of data for multiplayer weekends. Took like 9 matches dropping on superstore and stadium, by the end i was getting one every time with the SBMM. It only took 4 matches for it to catch up once I stopped though.
I'm always so sad when Knights Armament gets their patents ripped off and then the US army adopts a "similar system". Knights does so much cool work and has yet to get a contract.
@@peterson7082 It is. Like all contracts done before; the "best" cheapest contract wins. So if Colt makes a knock off that works 60% as well but only 50% of the cost colt's product will win. Knights Armament can't compete as their IC can't cut down unit costs. It's a tale of woe for inventive products like this.
I ran a 240 Bravo and I would have given my left nut for a LMG with minimal recoil that didn't deafen everyone in a 10 meter radius, came with a changeable barrel and was light enough for one man to operate without a bipod or a support crew. At this point I would have paid them extra to air drop one and I would hide it in my kit. The armory would still rip my ass for not cleaning that 240 even though I never fired a round through it
Tommy Bear sure I ran with it for 6 years running up mountain's and Forrest trails during training exercises for 48 hours at a time, got sick of it and jumped to fsg 2 or security, still remember it pulling me towards the target over the forwards recoil and having to dig my feet into the ground while prone and to not let it run away or automatically eat 300 round belts, I did this during the reserves in Ireland so it rained most years, I'll be going out in about two weeks to glantanasic and Forrest trail near the Brandon mountain's in Tralee for two weeks but this time I'll be carrying the aug77 and only 200 rounds of 5.56, yay
It reminds me of how silly the L-SAT was on Battlefield 3 and 4, all you needed was a ×4 sight, and you could easily get accurate kills by doing 4 to 6 round bursts at 300m. Id like to imagine thats the way these IARs are meant to be used IRL
I'm sure the Rangers or SF has that already damn it's so light, I carried a 240B and I would have loved to have that instead. I would like to see a stress test on the barrel to see what sustained fire it can handle and how hard is the barrel to change, how easy it is to clean in the field, just regular grunt shit basically lol.
A 21" barrel, as on full-length M249, would be a useful option. Or longer, if required completely to hide flash for night work. KAC LAMG's is only 15", with 1:7 twist.
I feel like I've just seen the future, where you can look to the side and smile while dumping 200 rounds standing on the same point target without compromise.
If you have an amazing, innovative, and cost-effective weapons platform, count on the U.S military to completely ignore the fucking thing because of their parasitic relationship with the defense contractors.
the sig option allows for much more powerful sustained fire with considerably more range. but this thing is so badass and ought to be used by SOF or Marines in some capacity
There was one European SOF unit that purchased the previous KAC LMG. The same country considered adopting it for their regular forces too to replace their Diemaco C7A1 LMG.
How to get shot in a warzone: 1) walk 2) fire Reason: fire invites fire. If the enemy can hear or see you and you have no cover, you're doing something wrong. No modern military employs the cannon fodder tactics of the world wars and earlier. It is too expensive to maintain armies that way these days. How one actually stays alive: Rush between cover while your buddy suppresses enemy cover with either an accurate rifle, or one of these nice LMGs.
bANoMia You’re incorrect. In Vietnam the Navy Seals used full auto from the stoner 63 to great effect. It was similar to this gun as a lightweight and light recoiling weapon, and a whole squad with stoners had a massive amount of overwhelming firepower. But then the stoner wasnt so reliable and it was replaced my the m249 weighing twice as much.
@@VRichardsn We still have machine guns lol, a rifleman squad weren't trained to be machine gunners. So it makes sense to give them a automatic rifle, instead.
@@JacksDaRipper It is more complex than that. My 1944 reference was to the French campaign, during which the US Army found itself consistenly losing squad level firefights due to the lack of machineguns, which were back at the company level and were much less flexible. The Army had bought into the notion that accuracy could replace suppressive fire, which wasn't true. _ a rifleman squad weren't trained to be machine gunners_ Plenty of armies train soldiers to be machinegunners in a squad. The British, the Germans, the Turks, the Swiss, the Singaporeans, the New Zealanders...
@@VRichardsn I think you obviously don't know that marine corps has actually machine gunners who are not rifleman, that support rifleman even in the squad level. Another thing to note is suppression by volume of fire isn't that effective and accuracy is the end all be all of true suppression. Which is why real machine gunners shoot with a tripod and T&E. Rifleman in previous deployments were shooting m249s in 3 round burst to compensate for lack of uncontrollable inaccuracy while shooting a normal burst of 10-20 rounds on bipods. I'm speaking from experience btw.
@@JacksDaRipper _marine corps has actually machine gunners who are not rifleman, that support rifleman even in the squad leve_ Maybe I am missing something, but under the current reorganisation, the Marines have no machine gunnners at the squad level. Machine guns are in the company. _Another thing to note is suppression by volume of fire isn't that effective and accuracy is the end all be all of true suppression_ Not disputing the rationale behind it (because it is sound in principle) but if it were so easy to achieve, militaries around the world would be ditching their squad machineguns, something we do not see happening.
Perhaps. I can easily see this being popular in urban ops and in situations where it can be easily kept clean/handled with reasonable care. However, I haven't heard of anything so light being good for heavy combat (see M4 Carbine).
Source: I've been issued an M4 and we had to be relatively careful not to crack the plastic stock, and due to overheating issues it isn't well suited to long firefights.
@@reckyourself6948 or left accidently hanging on the outside mirror in a sandstorm. Can confirm sand will eat through aluminum and Marine armorers have no sense of humor LOL
Everyone talking about the FiNN in Modern Warfare fills me with such glee that the KA LAMG is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I hope they add the .308 win version too.
@@DACFalloutRanger Hey, I like firearms, and the history behind it too. I just have the understanding that the only way to keep idiots from killing eachother is to take away their most dangerous toys.
I remember how I got yelled at for letting 15-20 rounds go though a 240 (the cadre said he wanted all the rounds gone by the time a fire team got back) during training, so seeing that many more rounds go through a system is wild to me, on top of that the recoil looks virtually non existent. I love it!!
I remember when you reviewed this at SHOT Show, it looked extremely impressive, i'm glad it's actually in production, it's so well designed in pretty much every manner, a true modern SAW
Slick guns! Kudos to Knight's!! The most telling part is where you are trying to talk while burning through the belt. Usually, your full attention is devoted to controlling the gun. Due to the recording equipment, though, the suppressed and unsuppressed guns sound the same.
I’m loving this design, it helps keep the unity of element ammunition, but is somewhat more oriented to allow a marksman with enough sense to disorient his opposition. You think that’s just a squad of riflemen? Jokes on you there’s a LMG. And it’s so light, you could lug it around with a lot less trouble. The Ammo’s the same too, which is good, but that recoil is going to be murder for anyone who’s on the receiving end. Accurate, consistent fire, very good. To be honest i’m extremely impressed with their craftsmanship. I’d love to try it out myself just to see if it fits something of an idea I’ve had.
To eliminate any remaining felt recoil. ATI scorpion grip, FAB VZ-58 recoil buffer stock w/ Fab GL-shock stock w/ cheek piece & ARP buttplate on the .308 model.
I heard the British marines had purchased some "kinight" guns, if they are these then good choice! amazingly quiet without the silencer, sound like one of the guns out of BF2142.
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Constant recoil is just another word for explaining away magic, i'm on to you Knight's Armament.
David Copperfield got nothing on them.
"Constant recoil." Mhm. Im assuming you're "not a wizard" either. Right.
Jfm
Magic is just a form of science we don't understand.
The Doctor.
... constant recoil, check. Inertial lock, check. What else do I need for a magic gun?
I like how during the 5.56 mag dump he moves the stock away from his shoulder and he is still able to control it easily
Reminds me of our introduction to the M-16 back in Basic Training, the year was 1970 and nobody really knew what an M-16 was, so one of our drill sergeants took an M-16 with a full magazine, put her on rock and roll, put the butstock on his nuts and dig a mag dump. This to demonstrate how little recoil the rifle had. We were impressed. While I knew about the .222 rifle, as my cousin had one and we both used it to hunt White Tail Deer back in his dad's pasture land, it was still amazing to see what little recoil there was in the rifle from MATEL Toy Company!
shades of FPS Russia and the dual AA12s.....
What about the grin at the 12:24 minute mark.
@@TheWolfsnack I thought that too!
Denis O'Brien came to the comments just to find this one, couldn’t agree more
I just can't get over how it literally has almost no recoil. That looks so boring to shoot but when you're dependant on it saving your life, that's exactly what you want!
Its Hollywood recoil lol
I like how it sounds ppew pewpewpew
Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen Ian so bored shooting.
There’s another video of a guy firing it like a pistol, one arm out, no problems at all it seems. Perfect akimbo gun 😂
Actually it's really fun to shoot with no recoil too! My .22lr rifle is so fun to just magdump into a tiny target, because it has no recoil at all
"The spiritual successor to the Stoner 63"
*HEAVY BREATHING BEGINS*
SAME :D
@@prussr1885 no one ever said that
Stoner 63s were awesome if you got the complete kit. We had several and it was fun to read the manual and assemble the different models and even make up new combinations like heavy barreled carbines.
chill out dude, you'll cook off your load
🥰🥰🥰
That 200 round mag dump at the end looked like some magic shit when you removed it from your shoulder and it just....stayed in place.
Gun Jesus performs another miracle
I half expected him to let go with his forward hand and have a drink, it was so stable.
Graham Baxter that would of been awesome! Haha!
totally expected him to do the one-handed FPS Russia AA12 LOL. Great video
Walking on water is for pusses. Watch this gun sit on air!
I've had relationships that didn't last as long as that final mag dump.
Haha
Cool. But,technically, it's not really a "mag dump", since these weapons are belt fed. Still it was groovy though.
No way could I have done a 50 round dump with an M60 from the shoulder like that.....
And I humped one for 7 years.......
And as for the 200 rd dump in 5.56mm , I'm impressed even more......
200 round box is the standard now. i was a SAW gunner for 6 years and it's what i used. you can use the 200 round box like i did or use the smaller 100 round "nut sacks"
200 rounds and half of that he pulled it off the shoulder. That is amazingly impressive.
Wouldn't be doable with the 240B either
@@exactinmidget92
I was speaking of the recoil and control....
My M60 would have walked away with a dump like that from the shoulder......
And back in the day, my baby could do some talking, but not like that.....
@Dalle Smalhals
She was what we had in the 70's and 80's, but how I wish I could have had one of these.....
Reminded of Will Smith in Independence day when he first took off with the alien fighter...
"I gotta get me one of these❗❗❗"
😜😃🇺🇸
Ian looks like a 80s action hero with those rifles and sunglasses
fallout0624 or an 80s villain LOL
@@williambinions4205 if it was an AUG he would be a villiam heroes generally use the big guns
fallout0624 Yep and the 80s hero always duel welded two handguns
Or Salt bae, but with bullets sprinkled instead of salt.
I'd just say gun Jesus
That old "walking fire" doctrine from WWI could actually be implemented effectively by this thing.
@Eric Nunya Plenty of trenches in the Donbass...
Lmao fr
@@Darwinist and how's that working for them?
*ahem * Russian artillery anyone?
I feel we would still need armored exoskeleton power suits first then pair it with constant-recoil firearms in order to make it a valid strategy.
@@livingcorpse5664 I feel like recoil is not really an issue with a power-suit. Depending on its weight and strength, you could probably get away with a .50 calibre machine gun or a 7.62 mm rotary gun (or possible even more than that), especially if it is intended to be used in a suppressive role.
"you guys have gotten spoiled on mag dumps at the end of videos."
*dumps mag*
"WEEEE!"
One of us! One of us! One of us!
From REEEE to WHEEEE in 200 rounds
And it produces a genuine "pew! pew!"-sound. I think I'm in love... ;)
This is the comment I came down here for; PEWPEWPEWPEWPEWPEWPEWPEWPEWPEW
Probably because the report is too violent for the mic to record. My muzzel brake on my AR is louder than most but just sounds like thep thep thep on video, but irl sounds like SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE to unprotected ears.
It's the corrugated wall beside Ian. When I walk on gravel beside a length of corrugated wall it gives a similar effect. Imagine echos so closely spaced the all combine to a longer pingy sound.
@@flinchfu yeah, sound that is too load really mess up the mic
Gun Jesus: “This gun is not designed to have a way to increase the rate of fire.”
Infinity Ward: “Duly noted, AND IGNORED!”
WITE FOX Hey, at least it caught the guy’s interest and exposed him to this amazing gun! I mean, think of how BF1 put WW1 in the forefront of media for awhile. Got millions of people to look into the history of WW1
@WITE FOX so? That could help him get into firearms at an earlier age. But If they’re on this channel, they’re probably not a kid
WITE FOX lol wut
WITE FOX LoL sChOoL sHoOtErS fUnNy
>Cries about someone else being childish
>Acts like a complete edgelord with school shooting jokes
I love that LMG its gorgeous.
i cracked up when Ian ran the gun and started talking hahaha, that thing has virtually no recoil.
didn't you listen? It has constant recoil ;)
It literally goes "pew pew pew pew pew"....thats funny shit.
Sounds like a laser rifle in basically every game ever.
its kinda BF 2142 guns
lol
@Ohanzee I would LOVE BF2142 Remastered, or BF2142-2...BF2145? COmplete with the being able to fight vs AI. Cuz, fighting AI is fun stuff to, esp if you can make mods for the game.
@@Ruzaraneh sounds like packerpunched guns in bo2 zombies
Load it up with only tracers and viola Hollywood laser rifle
best I can tell, the sound is reverberating off the containers beside the range and creating that pew pew sound
2:08 It's interesting to see the old saying, of "it's not the speed, it's the sudden and abrupt stop that kills you" pop up in a different context from the classic vehicle scenario.
I hope Ian realise he has one of the best job anyone can have on this planet
Look at his face, you can tell he likes his job and he knows it!
It definitely suits him well, but you also have to keep in mind that getting to shoot some of these cool guns is only a fraction of his actual work. He doesn't show on videos the hours and hours of research and digging for information he has to do leading up to a video to properly record it.
All for show he really is suffering for his art. Which is why I would gallanty volunteer to take his place.
@@FairlyUnknown Yeah, but I think he loves that part as well. He seems like the studious type. Lucky bastard.
@@shlamimk4664 Oh he 100% absolutely loves it I'm sure. He's a large part historian too, not just with weapons but with general war history as well. It's just the majority of people would not be as keen on it as others are lol
KAC: Behold
US Military: Yeah, we don't like belt fed anymore
Honestly this is what the USMC should've adopted to replace the M249 (perhaps with a heavier barrel if they insisted on more sustained fire, still way lighter and more controllable), instead of the M27 IAR... Which is basically just a heavy HK416
@@weasle2904 I believe the Army is yet to announce their M249 replacement. They could go for this if they could get it in 6.8mm.
@@thermobaric or keep it in 5.56/7.62 and get heavier barrels for it
Nah. 5.56/7.62 is soon to become somewhat antiquated. Loads of militarys have been trialing telescoping, caseless/plastic case intermediate ammo for years now. They want to reduce weight so our current ammo is not going to cut it soon.
Yeah I've looked into some gov't contracts that list 6.8 as the new cartridge they want for at least rifles idk about support weapons
These are absolutely brilliant weapon systems. That last mag dump with the goofy grin and pulling the gun off your should with NO loss of control. That was impressive.
That final mag dump with the 5.56 where you pulled it off your shoulder really showed what their constant recoil system means. That's really cool.
That was the best part. So stable despite all that ammo going down range.
@@andrekorenak2417 I love the grin, lol.
There’s a video of reed knight shooting it freehand out in front of him like a pistol
What they didn't show you downrange was the words "Chassepot to FAMAS" written in the berm!
Once again, modern warfare got a new gun, and gun jesus got recommended to me
They're watching us 👻
YEAH!
Same
thanks youtube bot.
Lol
"Wheeeee!"
-Gun Jesus 2019
It’s what Rambo would have done
I cant like this because it has 420 likes goddamn it
Actually a quote from the Faxon barrel guy.
Time stamp??
11:30
It looks like you're shooting an Airsoft machine gun now that's saying something
Well it looks like a custom built gun and a lot of airsoft guns don't get modelled from rl stuff time to time
Sounds like it too in that range.
Sure is a lot different then ruclips.net/video/VAABMvmaGWQ/видео.html
that's exactly what I thought when I saw it fired for the first time.
and on mag dump, Ian do twice offhand shooting without leaning on the shoulder
that is a fantastic design
Indeed. The future is here! Now , if only the military can be convinced to buy practical weapons. He's right about the FAL gas settings, of course. This seems pretty soldier proof.
He like shooting an airsoft gun ,I reporting him
@@yeoshenghong4802 eh?
If the military doesn’t adopt this, they’re idiots.
Sure beats my old Pig M60, especially when you have to drag it around with you....
Set it up with a scope and it looks like where you could squeeze off a round of LR-7.62 at a DMR problem at say 800M.....
You could give a 10 to 15 rds squirt from one of these and be finished before your first shot arrived to spook the target.....
And with that suppressed barrel it would really twist their spooky nob....
Ian McCollum is...
THE FORGOTTEN WEAPON
Featuring Karl Kasarda as the Disciple
Summer 2019
@@jochenheiden Who wouldn't?
This NEEDS TO HAPPEN
"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire 200 shots or only 199?"
This must happen.
Best comment ever
Am I the only one who heard the gun fire and thought ian was shit posting with an airsoft gun
Adam s yeah the sound bouncing off those containers sounds like airsoft!! 😂
That recoil at the end looks like airsoft.
The first prone shooting with the 5.56mm version looked very much like that and the audio compression on the shots made it sound more like a gel-blaster or airsoft mechanical/motor noise.
I honestly want to see him Rambo dual wield the 5.56's and shred a car or something
It either sounded like an airsoft gun or something akin to a pulse rifle in some Sci-Fi game xD
"Wee!" and Ian's face at 12:25. That too is how I feel watching these videos.
same!
Lol like in worms, Ian just needs a holy handgrenade.
Yeah, that "WHEEE" at the end got me as well. Plus that face was almost like "look ma, no hands"
Sweet
The is the most "pew pew" sounding pew pew I've ever heard. Sounds like a laser, especially with the suppressor and it is so cool. That recoil impulse is insane!
Something with his camera microphone trying to digitally balance audio levels that's not howit actually sounds
if the MG42 was the buzzsaw, this is the sewing machine. amazing work.
I don't know why, but it always surprises me how long 200 rounds last on machine guns. Maybe I'm just used to seeing 30 round mag dumps or something, but man, I would not want to be in the other end of one of these. Kind of makes you appreciate just how much of a force multiplier/how effective SAWs/GPMGs are.
Absolutely. Especially when you consider the fact that each 200 round drum weighs about 7 lbs. Very easy for one person to get around with 900 rounds on them.
Oh, how wonderful! A 240B and a Five-seveN fell in love and had the most _adorable_ baby.
Lol
You got a good chuckle for this.
Isn't that pedophilia????😨😨😨😰😰😰
Abul Fazal Md Shameen Yeasar oh shit M240 be going for the lolis
@@hater-0-154 more like a mandingo and a dwarf 🤣
That 7.62 LMG weighs exactly like my Makita 230 mm angle grinder, but seems far more controllable.
@@LOLHAMMER45678 Sounds like a challenge.
@@LOLHAMMER45678 hold my beers
But reaches out a bit further?
Lol, those can also send projectiles down range if you're not careful...
@@flinchfu I got a battery powered one, tape the trigger down and Chuck it like a grenade 😂🤣😂🤣
This is the kind of guns we need in NGSW. This in the plasitc case 6.8mm (not that cigar looking thing, the other one) would be awesome. Like good ballistic coefficient, less chamber heating, even lighter overall gun with this system... That would be awesome.
It actually went into the NGSW and has a 6.8x51mm version that uses true velocity’s ammo. It likely got eliminated early in the competition, along with FN’s Evolys LMG which not only is quite similar but also much better than the SIG LMG.
@@iterationfackshet1990 So basically what I described drunk. Yeah, SIG has -bribed- lobbied a lot!
Wouldn't the plastic case cause more heat (No hot brass to act as a heatsink)?
@@snood3948 true velocity’s ammo did the opposite, it trapped the heat. People who shot the GD NGSW said that the chamber was cold after shooting it.
@@snood3948 So, surface area and exposure time are the same, only thing is that the chamber is not getting any heat as the plastic case doesn't let heat trough. Also, these loads tend to use 2-2.5% less powder with the same velocity as they have FuNkY internal shapes helping with burn.
Conclusion: It doesn't really matter. The difference is so little maybe it'll heat up 1-2 rounds earlier, but it will be safer both with open bolt MGs and if you spray cases at DOC next to you.
Gun Jesus blesses us with mag dumps out of no where and now we got a 200 round belt! What a magnificent time to be alive!
I wanna see this thing run Project Lightening alongside the ole Great War guns, it really is astounding how much of a difference there seems to be in something that is still at it's core the same thing. "You can't cheat physics" but this thing looks straight up unfair.
12:24 this needs to be a gif
Damn, I’m watching it again and again
🤣😂🤣
Why are we not funding this? Thank you Knight's Armament for letting Ian fire these amazing weapons!
"This isn't designed for sustained suppressing fire," proceeds to mag dump a full box of 556
It's cool, if he can afford 200 rounds of 556, he can afford a new barrel for that!
A weapon to surpass metal gear
This is why Ian is our "Gun Jesus"
@@Pprokop87 no it's not why, hes gun jesus because God sent him down to amass followers of the gun
What I love is that he didn't even have to really shoulder the weapon when he was doing the mag dump that is some fine recoil.
A few years and Five hundred videos in, I just realized I am not subscribed.. I have failed myself. I absolutely love this channel
12:14 even knights wants to see a mag dump "you really want me to dump 200 rounds?" "YEAH go for it it'll be awesome"
5:09 And here we see Ian testing out the latest phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range
No really what the heck is that sound
Hey just what you see on the shelf pal.
@@trashpanda314 Da oozineinmilluhmeetah
@@forrestgumball da .45 long slide, with lazuh sighting.
*Hey, you can't do that.*
@@five5105 wrong!
The smile he gave at the end when he just started holding it off of his shoulder. It's beautiful.
Wow it’s like you’re shooting an airsoft gun! That’s incredible.
12:26 ... That is priceless.
I almost kind of want that on a shirt...
The look of a man that is having way too much fun :D
Thanks, Ian. I'm currently activated with the guard for covid and actually have the dreaded Rona as I type this. I'm not dying but I really needed this. The dorky little smile at the end when dumping the 5.56 made me laugh out loud. Thanks brother and keep up the great content.
National Guard 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Big_AlMC I know right? Lol
who care
Sounds like THE SEWING MACHINE OF FREEDOM.
All the noise and recoil of an electric typewriter
I think the sound is actually the noise bouncing off of the ribbed shipping containers at weird angles. I wonder if it sounds pretty normal out in the open.
More like wobbly 4t scooter that just got dumped into a fliid
oh my god it does
Germany:Hitler's Buzzsaw
US:
I carried an M249 for about five years. I loved it, but I’d trade it and my grandma’s cooking for that 5.56 Knight’s! I’m pretty big, and with a lot of experience/practice could treat the SAW like most people treated their rifle. I ran it with the bipod removed and the heavy duty grip-pod mounted on the knights tri-rail, then I ran my personal Trijicon Reflex on the rail. It seemed really handy in 2008, but this assault machine gun gives me a belt fed erection I’m going to have to report to the doc for lasting more than 4hrs. Thanks for the vid. All it needs is one of Ash’s “run your gun not your mouth” patches since you were at Knights!
banditone00, just imagine what you could do with something lighter. I luckily never carried the M249 for very long. However, seeing the 5.56 Knight’s I see a lot more use from that than the M249. Especially for Airborne, Air Assault, or Light Infantry use.
I carried the SAW for a time also and really appreciated its ability to lay down accurate fire from the bipod, but I always hated the fact that it was way too heavy for what it was providing. I was a smaller built back then too but the SAW is just too much gun for 5.56 in my opinion. This Knights machine gun looks like the absolute ideal solution to me followed closely by the modernized Ultimax variants.
Sir Grumples I’m only 5’10”, but in my saw toting days I was about 230-240lbs and wore 30” waist pants. Somehow I’ve failed to maintain that at 40yrs old and spending 8hrs per day seated in a patrol car.
@@banditone00 Yeah I was the same height but topped out at 160 then...The dad bod has since set in lmao. A smaller guy like me had trouble shouldering the SAW for anything other than very close range stuff. Luckily I got switched over to a Mk12 eventually. Much more my style.
When you get at least 1 melee kill in 7 different matches with your LMG.
DYING!!!!!! omfg
When you think about it, all guns are melee. The bullet literally comes up and touches you!
Attach breacher
Quick Melee perk
Make mobility high
BANZAI
I as well accidentally reverse boosted myself doing this in plunder because I didn't want to download the billion petaflops of data for multiplayer weekends. Took like 9 matches dropping on superstore and stadium, by the end i was getting one every time with the SBMM. It only took 4 matches for it to catch up once I stopped though.
@@Mike_Rogge petaflops lmao
I'm always so sad when Knights Armament gets their patents ripped off and then the US army adopts a "similar system". Knights does so much cool work and has yet to get a contract.
Thats the millitary industral complex for ya, lowest bidding.
Unfortunate it's all about money, and it's not exactly a simple issue.
@@fireblazesmobileaccount2607 Not really the case
@@peterson7082 It is. Like all contracts done before; the "best" cheapest contract wins.
So if Colt makes a knock off that works 60% as well but only 50% of the cost colt's product will win.
Knights Armament can't compete as their IC can't cut down unit costs. It's a tale of woe for inventive products like this.
Fireblaze's mobile account I’ve been saying this about gov contracts for years: “Won by the lowest bidder, for the highest price.”
Dumping without even using the stock looked like great fun. It barely even moved!
You can really see that recoil system work so well when you put the vid in slo mo, fascinating! Great vid, awesome gun
Apparently all the guns in video games were equipped with the constant recoil system.
I did two years on a weapons squad using the m240L, I would have killed to have this weapon
Ya, that in 5.56 is a beautiful gun
brett jones Thank you for your service.
Is the gas port as much of a bastard as the m240 b, I hated striping that lmg, I still remember the pain taking that gun apart for cleaning
I ran a 240 Bravo and I would have given my left nut for a LMG with minimal recoil that didn't deafen everyone in a 10 meter radius, came with a changeable barrel and was light enough for one man to operate without a bipod or a support crew. At this point I would have paid them extra to air drop one and I would hide it in my kit. The armory would still rip my ass for not cleaning that 240 even though I never fired a round through it
Tommy Bear sure I ran with it for 6 years running up mountain's and Forrest trails during training exercises for 48 hours at a time, got sick of it and jumped to fsg 2 or security, still remember it pulling me towards the target over the forwards recoil and having to dig my feet into the ground while prone and to not let it run away or automatically eat 300 round belts, I did this during the reserves in Ireland so it rained most years, I'll be going out in about two weeks to glantanasic and Forrest trail near the Brandon mountain's in Tralee for two weeks but this time I'll be carrying the aug77 and only 200 rounds of 5.56, yay
Omg that’s about the coolest LMG I have ever seen! They all look like they’re horrible to control but this thing looks like a child could use it!
... and somewhere in the world,
a child has.
It's the ultimate Hollywood gun, now actors don't have to try and act out recoil and look dumb
No more American Sniper humvee chase recoil.
at that point the "reality is unrealistic" trope comes into effect. Most people are used to seeing bad recoil acting and expect that to be reality.
We have yet to see him fire a .700 or .600 Nitro Express standing. He's fired a .50 BMG before but prone. ruclips.net/video/CLxMlL333_Y/видео.html
This looks like the precursor to Doomguy's assault rifle.
Massage Dog the heavy assault rifle? I can see why although instead of 5.56 or 7.62 the rifle shoots .50 BMG
Doomslayer technically
It kind of is though, the controllability of a assault rifle and capacity of a LMG
RIP AND TEAR
@@ArcturusOTE yayo more like mayo
12:25 That reminds me of FPS Russia with the AA-12.
Same recoil system lol
It sounds like you hit the pack-a-punch
Bob_ Marley43 Lmao I’m dead.
That 5.56 Suppressed barrel model is truly something to behold!
Accuracy would be excellent on this system, thank you for this video.
this gun is honestly one of the coolest ive ever seen, Knights Armament doesnt miss!
The
Neat! And so good it got more than the "Ian Chuckle", it got a "Whee!!!"
12:22
Looks as though you could simply remove one’s non-firing hand and scratch your nose...
dual wield it instead lol
He didn’t even have the stock resting on his shoulder for a second and it still had no recoil
You can't because the gun still has weight
he should have filled it with tracer rounds and done a night fire only shooting from the hip. all rambo, all the time.
@@bernarddelossantos8083 have you seen the dual wield 249 video?
This whole video was pretty much just Ian being Ian. And I loved every part of it.
"Gun Jesus smites the unbelivers" -2019, colorized
Loved the slow-mo picture showing the muzzle end staying almost unmoved.
I sat up and took Gun Jesus's name in vain right there
It reminds me of how silly the L-SAT was on Battlefield 3 and 4, all you needed was a ×4 sight, and you could easily get accurate kills by doing 4 to 6 round bursts at 300m.
Id like to imagine thats the way these IARs are meant to be used IRL
That shipping container makes it sound like a space gun. Not the weird shotgun called the space gun, like a gun from space...
It literally makes a **pewpewpewpewpewpew** sound
It sounded like an airsoft. And looks like it shoots like one - amazing
I like that shot gun and a calico painted white. Dress up like a storm trooper and start yelling about the Schwartz. Space balls mother fur the win
Like mass effect
2:30; that’s so cool! You can actually SEE the energy from the bolt reciprocating and transferring into your cheek!
The sound it makes when it shoots is like something from the future, I love it.
The G11, German Space Magic. This, American Space Magic
So also German Space Magic, to an extent.
@@idontwanttoputmyname403 More Singapore than german space magic.
@@robertkubrick3738 Not really, more like James Sullivan Space Magic.
@@SnarkyPosters I see. How much of Sullivan is german? Or, did you not even process my comment before you replied? LOL
@@robertkubrick3738 The Ultimax is a great lmg this is like the ultimax's kid lol
I'm sure the Rangers or SF has that already damn it's so light, I carried a 240B and I would have loved to have that instead. I would like to see a stress test on the barrel to see what sustained fire it can handle and how hard is the barrel to change, how easy it is to clean in the field, just regular grunt shit basically lol.
A 21" barrel, as on full-length M249, would be a useful option. Or longer, if required completely to hide flash for night work. KAC LAMG's is only 15", with 1:7 twist.
Barrel is really easy to remove, see the inrange video
They have the MK46 and MK48 by FN. Wonder how those compare to Knight's Assault.
11B here. Yeah, this looks amazing!
@Aaron B dude, when i went thru basic we trained on the M60. Freakin awesome. My regular unit had 240B's. I was a 203 gunner.
I feel like I've just seen the future, where you can look to the side and smile while dumping 200 rounds standing on the same point target without compromise.
This gun is too amazing and innovative, hence why the US Army went with $ig instead.
If you have an amazing, innovative, and cost-effective weapons platform, count on the U.S military to completely ignore the fucking thing because of their parasitic relationship with the defense contractors.
@@ladygrey7425 International corporations are people too! (especially when they fund your campaign and build factories in your district)
pretty sure 75th ranger regiment has been using the lamg in some quantities but idk if it's seen combat
lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
the sig option allows for much more powerful sustained fire with considerably more range. but this thing is so badass and ought to be used by SOF or Marines in some capacity
"Hello, knights armaments? Yes, this is NATO. We'd like your guns please. How many? No, you've misunderstood. We want all of the guns that you have."
There was one European SOF unit that purchased the previous KAC LMG. The same country considered adopting it for their regular forces too to replace their Diemaco C7A1 LMG.
@@danielwatters1203 do you know which country?
@@jankaas4504 got to be either Denmark or the Netherlands, they're the only countries that ever adopted the LSW as far as I know.
@@JC_R8MEOW then its denmark, we cloggies still have the loaw (c7nld hb) in rnlmc
@@jankaas4504 - Had to check my notes. It was Denmark.
Probably the smoothest machinegun in existence. So cool!
Wow. Having spent a lot of time on the 240 bravo all i can say is "wow."
The perfect gun for walking fire!
@bANoMia the times are changing old man muahahaha!
How to get shot in a warzone:
1) walk
2) fire
Reason: fire invites fire. If the enemy can hear or see you and you have no cover, you're doing something wrong. No modern military employs the cannon fodder tactics of the world wars and earlier. It is too expensive to maintain armies that way these days.
How one actually stays alive:
Rush between cover while your buddy suppresses enemy cover with either an accurate rifle, or one of these nice LMGs.
bANoMia You’re incorrect. In Vietnam the Navy Seals used full auto from the stoner 63 to great effect. It was similar to this gun as a lightweight and light recoiling weapon, and a whole squad with stoners had a massive amount of overwhelming firepower.
But then the stoner wasnt so reliable and it was replaced my the m249 weighing twice as much.
@@notamouse5630 Hmmm some form of cunning walking fire camouflage is needed!
What is this? 1916?
Sheesh. Look how still it stayed in the high speed. Totally solid. That looks a lovely bit of kit in retrospect. Thanks Ian.
M27 IAR: *exists*
Knights Armament Light Assault Machine gun: “I’m about to ruin this mans whole career”
The Marines ditching all machineguns in favor of equipping the entire squad with HK416s baffles me. Looks like 1944 all over again.
@@VRichardsn We still have machine guns lol, a rifleman squad weren't trained to be machine gunners. So it makes sense to give them a automatic rifle, instead.
@@JacksDaRipper It is more complex than that. My 1944 reference was to the French campaign, during which the US Army found itself consistenly losing squad level firefights due to the lack of machineguns, which were back at the company level and were much less flexible.
The Army had bought into the notion that accuracy could replace suppressive fire, which wasn't true.
_ a rifleman squad weren't trained to be machine gunners_
Plenty of armies train soldiers to be machinegunners in a squad. The British, the Germans, the Turks, the Swiss, the Singaporeans, the New Zealanders...
@@VRichardsn I think you obviously don't know that marine corps has actually machine gunners who are not rifleman, that support rifleman even in the squad level. Another thing to note is suppression by volume of fire isn't that effective and accuracy is the end all be all of true suppression. Which is why real machine gunners shoot with a tripod and T&E. Rifleman in previous deployments were shooting m249s in 3 round burst to compensate for lack of uncontrollable inaccuracy while shooting a normal burst of 10-20 rounds on bipods. I'm speaking from experience btw.
@@JacksDaRipper
_marine corps has actually machine gunners who are not rifleman, that support rifleman even in the squad leve_
Maybe I am missing something, but under the current reorganisation, the Marines have no machine gunnners at the squad level. Machine guns are in the company.
_Another thing to note is suppression by volume of fire isn't that effective and accuracy is the end all be all of true suppression_
Not disputing the rationale behind it (because it is sound in principle) but if it were so easy to achieve, militaries around the world would be ditching their squad machineguns, something we do not see happening.
If these are durable I can see these becoming insanely popular among Special Forces community.
I don't imagine they're very rugged/durable. Very light, so probably a lot of plastic.
@@reckyourself6948 So kind of like a Glock?
Perhaps. I can easily see this being popular in urban ops and in situations where it can be easily kept clean/handled with reasonable care. However, I haven't heard of anything so light being good for heavy combat (see M4 Carbine).
Source: I've been issued an M4 and we had to be relatively careful not to crack the plastic stock, and due to overheating issues it isn't well suited to long firefights.
@@reckyourself6948 or left accidently hanging on the outside mirror in a sandstorm. Can confirm sand will eat through aluminum and Marine armorers have no sense of humor LOL
Everyone talking about the FiNN in Modern Warfare fills me with such glee that the KA LAMG is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I hope they add the .308 win version too.
Like.. finn FROM glee?
Holy shit imagine how op that would be in Warzone, but it would still be so fucking bad ass
LeGoldSoviet pls nerf
No but they did add a f’in chainsaw grip and rate of fire booster
Thats so cool. Sounds like a lazer, might just be the mic but awesome regardless.
Ivan Rogovskiy it’s probably the sound of the metal in the conex getting hit by the shockwave.
If only the machine gun registry was open...
We don't need a registry either. Not Gov's business if you want one
@@BigBoiBleu agreed
@@BigBoiBleu Unfortunately, it kinda became their business when people started buying them to shoot civilians in crowds in homegrown terror attacks.
@@kirknay lmaoooo what? You came to the wrong neighborhood son
@@DACFalloutRanger Hey, I like firearms, and the history behind it too. I just have the understanding that the only way to keep idiots from killing eachother is to take away their most dangerous toys.
On that final belt dump I was almost expecting you to light up a cigarette half way through!
Time to support on patreon
Did that earlier today ; )
This would’ve been awesome to see in a comparison video for Project Lightening.
I remember how I got yelled at for letting 15-20 rounds go though a 240 (the cadre said he wanted all the rounds gone by the time a fire team got back) during training, so seeing that many more rounds go through a system is wild to me, on top of that the recoil looks virtually non existent. I love it!!
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um akshually the main command is weapon_recoil_scale 0
@@soup6478 skin welding
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I remember when you reviewed this at SHOT Show, it looked extremely impressive, i'm glad it's actually in production, it's so well designed in pretty much every manner, a true modern SAW
That last mag dump was great. Only thing that could improve it would be to wait until after night fall. Maybe the barrel would start to glow a little.
Slick guns! Kudos to Knight's!! The most telling part is where you are trying to talk while burning through the belt. Usually, your full attention is devoted to controlling the gun.
Due to the recording equipment, though, the suppressed and unsuppressed guns sound the same.
It looks like something out of Starship Troopers.
I’m loving this design, it helps keep the unity of element ammunition, but is somewhat more oriented to allow a marksman with enough sense to disorient his opposition. You think that’s just a squad of riflemen? Jokes on you there’s a LMG. And it’s so light, you could lug it around with a lot less trouble. The Ammo’s the same too, which is good, but that recoil is going to be murder for anyone who’s on the receiving end. Accurate, consistent fire, very good.
To be honest i’m extremely impressed with their craftsmanship. I’d love to try it out myself just to see if it fits something of an idea I’ve had.
Now that puts some hard truth to the old 'bullet-hose' euphemism, KAC managed to build a lead-spewing firehose.
With the way those were staying on target it wouldn't be hosing, it would be hammering. That looked all in the A zone to me.
He said the magic words "it just works" 7:05
When he described the bolt not slamming into the back I was struck with a heartrending longing. A gun that smooth would never be actually adopted.
excellent quality of video Ian. Long time fan and watcher
To eliminate any remaining felt recoil. ATI scorpion grip, FAB VZ-58 recoil buffer stock w/ Fab GL-shock stock w/ cheek piece & ARP buttplate on the .308 model.
and that Dracos barrel that never heats up.
I heard the British marines had purchased some "kinight" guns, if they are these then good choice! amazingly quiet without the silencer, sound like one of the guns out of BF2142.
“But I suppose this is not the time to stop indulging.” -Cool nerdy fun guy