China Lake 40mm Pump Action Grenade Launcher

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    Possibly the coolest small arm used by the United States in the Vietnam War was the China Lake 40mm pump action grenade launcher. Only 24 of these were made, each fitted by hand. Of those, 2 went to MACVSOG, 2 to Army Force Recon, and the remaining 20 the the Navy SEALS. They were used as an ambush initiation weapon, with 4 rounds of rapid-fire 40mm HE grenades available.
    Only five original examples survive today; four in US museums and military institutions and one in a museum in Saigon. An effort was made in 2004 to build reproductions, it is one of those used in this video. This project was not ultimately successful, but did lead to a very interesting series of events with the Airtronic company and the US Marine Corps, which will be detailed in a following video. Special thanks to Dutch Hillenburg and Kevin Dockery for making this video possible!
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Комментарии • 3,2 тыс.

  • @johnth3mighty877
    @johnth3mighty877 3 года назад +3907

    “No it doesn’t slam fire. I know people are going to ask”
    He knows us too well.

    • @DamazViccar
      @DamazViccar 3 года назад +81

      To Gun Jesus we are an open book.
      Bless us all!

    • @Shadow_Hawk_Streaming
      @Shadow_Hawk_Streaming 3 года назад +112

      Bet at least one special forces guy tried to modify it to slam fire

    • @pneumaticpanther
      @pneumaticpanther 3 года назад +103

      Follow up question. Does it have a bayonet lug?

    • @johnth3mighty877
      @johnth3mighty877 3 года назад +38

      @@pneumaticpanther these are the questions we need answers to

    • @sawyerawr5783
      @sawyerawr5783 3 года назад +13

      @@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming I mean you gotta know they did right?

  • @LazyLifeIFreak
    @LazyLifeIFreak 3 года назад +11

    "To whom it may concern" pretty much describes this weapon's lethal radius.

    • @LazyLifeIFreak
      @LazyLifeIFreak 3 года назад

      @Alexi Malenkov Could be.

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage 3 года назад

      @@LazyLifeIFreak Yeah 40mm grenades strike me more as a 'Dear sir or madam' kind of munition.

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 3 года назад +2

      It's never the bullet with your name on it that you need to worry about. Those rounds addressed "to whom it may concern", however...

  • @mistzy8435
    @mistzy8435 3 года назад +1

    imagine a 40mm double feed. that would be terrifying.

  • @zthechicken6818
    @zthechicken6818 3 года назад

    ‘It doesn’t slam fire. They’re Grenades. just pull the trigger every time.’

  • @heinrichwonders8861
    @heinrichwonders8861 3 года назад

    This looks pretty well made.

  • @jerseydevil1
    @jerseydevil1 2 года назад

    My grandpa told me about these things😂😂 he said they were lucky enough to to have one assigned for a couple weeks 😂😂 said they lost it but the carrier told higher ups he had to leave it to reduce battle load

  • @rangerismine
    @rangerismine 3 года назад

    Looks like something the Doom slayer would carry

  • @terrytytula
    @terrytytula 3 года назад

    M 79, my favorite weapon in farcry 4-5 , wish I had this though .

  • @philbertlovely7724
    @philbertlovely7724 3 года назад +4

    'Bout to Noob Toob ourselves back to 2010 with this one, Resnov.

  • @STRAKAZulu
    @STRAKAZulu 3 года назад +25

    Last time I was this early, there was still intro music!

  • @mattweger437
    @mattweger437 3 года назад +3

    Joe biden- " buy a shotgun"
    Me-"okay"

  • @thedwightguy
    @thedwightguy 3 года назад

    May I assume the "Sons of Guns" that busted this lock at 9:30 know about as much about gun safety as those "restoration" shows know about muscle cars??? Fire them all. Never seen THAT show.

  • @pbs1516
    @pbs1516 3 года назад +4197

    For shotguns, people always discuss between 12 gauge and 20 gauge, whereas the only reasonable answer is 40mm.

    • @grate9
      @grate9 3 года назад +79

      What about 8 gauge?

    • @juanordonezgalban2278
      @juanordonezgalban2278 3 года назад +70

      This can't fire buckshoot sadly. Althought there might be timed fuse stuff yo blow stuff behind cover nowadays 🤔

    • @prouddegenerates9056
      @prouddegenerates9056 3 года назад +74

      @@grate9 4 gauge wall gun from the hip!

    • @johnm3907
      @johnm3907 3 года назад +14

      You would be better off with a 410.

    • @michaelmartin8446
      @michaelmartin8446 3 года назад +62

      @@juanordonezgalban2278 The m203 does with an aluminum tube. They're anti-personnel rounds. I've personally fired one, and will say that they're a lot rougher on your shoulder than a 12 gauge. I assume the m-79 had similar rounds.

  • @FallenCause
    @FallenCause 3 года назад +1284

    "But getting the China Lake? That's not the hard part.
    It's letting go."

    • @kovacsnovak6745
      @kovacsnovak6745 3 года назад +111

      Ah yes Dead money.

    • @Ken-no5ip
      @Ken-no5ip 3 года назад +14

      40mm grenade launcher

    • @seamusslymon4691
      @seamusslymon4691 3 года назад +66

      Holorifle is my baby

    • @4skintim962
      @4skintim962 3 года назад +96

      That dlc is all about letting go.... the Sierra Madre letting go of it’s 37 gold bars that is

    • @tuoy1
      @tuoy1 3 года назад +8

      @@4skintim962 naw, just place all the bars at the door near the elevator .

  • @user-ns3vs3bp3e
    @user-ns3vs3bp3e 3 года назад +2202

    Ian “It does not slam fire”
    The entire audience “yeah but what if it did...”

    • @anna_arw6006
      @anna_arw6006 3 года назад +267

      "Be a lot cooler if it did."

    • @googletristinthefoxngamer4709
      @googletristinthefoxngamer4709 3 года назад +62

      Just as long it doesn't jam in a way it accidentally trigger the grenade in a way that could end badly 😅😅😅😅

    • @GENERICNICK-kj4lm
      @GENERICNICK-kj4lm 3 года назад +44

      Pocket artillery

    • @mavrickmiller2755
      @mavrickmiller2755 3 года назад +15

      @@anna_arw6006 is that a Dazed and Confused reference? 😅

    • @C4VEM4NL4WYER
      @C4VEM4NL4WYER 3 года назад +18

      insert matthew mcconaughey's be a lot cooler if you did gif.

  • @juggernautstyle3944
    @juggernautstyle3944 3 года назад +940

    “Reported being able to empty the entire tube before the first Grenade hit the ground”
    Just straight up terrifying... where do I get one?

    • @ajorsomething4935
      @ajorsomething4935 3 года назад +33

      Honestly at enough range that's entirely feasable. H3VR (virtual reality firearms simulator that has great shooting mechanics) has one of these and it just makes bloopin' enemies so easy.

    • @googiegress
      @googiegress 3 года назад +25

      What you want is the belt-fed full auto version

    • @danlewis6157
      @danlewis6157 3 года назад +12

      Obviously it needs a “snow goose” magazine extension.

    • @KevinRhoads
      @KevinRhoads 3 года назад +2

      The Milkor could also do this, which is why they are still very popular. ruclips.net/video/BRb2iFkwDC4/видео.html

    • @donjones4719
      @donjones4719 3 года назад +10

      Have an assistant gunner next to you with rounds in his hands. Put 7 or 10 rounds in the target area in a very short time. (Assuming 4 in the weapon initially.) What's left of the enemy won't have much in the way of situational awareness.

  • @Hammer_Of_Olympia
    @Hammer_Of_Olympia 3 года назад +452

    “Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men” - JFK rallying the troops to fight the Zombie outbreak

    • @riverjordan2004
      @riverjordan2004 3 года назад +12

      On five

    • @Sovietghostdivision
      @Sovietghostdivision 3 года назад +8

      "Time to kill some hippies. "
      Nixon

    • @Adam-qv2bd
      @Adam-qv2bd 2 года назад +3

      @@Sovietghostdivision - Nixon hated the hippies so much he created the DEA to deal with them. They first went after pot mainly and LSD. Then the crack explosion in the 1980s made pot and LSD less of a priority. They actually had undercover agents going into high schools to bust pot and acid dealers. Ala 21 jump street.

    • @scytheofdeath08
      @scytheofdeath08 2 года назад +4

      F I V E

  • @TomElliottJackson
    @TomElliottJackson 3 года назад +1989

    The disappointment in his voice, "they're grenades, just use the trigger"

    • @M1tjakaramazov
      @M1tjakaramazov 3 года назад +132

      More like the voice of resentful reason... 😅

    • @jeffreydahmer3995
      @jeffreydahmer3995 3 года назад +72

      He sounds sad that he had to say that lmao

    • @therugburnz
      @therugburnz 3 года назад +17

      He is just making sure you know it is not a toy and should only be used for its intended purpose. It is a tool. A quite cool tool !

    • @Gojiro7
      @Gojiro7 3 года назад +90

      it sounded more like the tone of "guys, its a grenade launcher, you dont wanna be slam firing something that blows up"

    • @dethklokicksbutt
      @dethklokicksbutt 3 года назад +48

      That jab at Sons of Guns too 😂

  • @malusignatius
    @malusignatius 3 года назад +573

    *Racks a grenade, bottom half of the gun falls off*
    "Well, that's inconvenient."

    • @justiron2999
      @justiron2999 3 года назад +40

      "Just throw them manually."
      Whether they explode afterwards is a different issue.

    • @kentlindal5422
      @kentlindal5422 3 года назад +40

      @@justiron2999 apparently the Germans would shout "Grenade!" And throw empty mags. While everyone was diving for cover you'd have time to reload. Like that but with slightly more confusion?

    • @justiron2999
      @justiron2999 3 года назад +4

      @@kentlindal5422 Funny enough so would the Americans if they M1 Garands. Since they made the distinctive ping everyone would know that they were out of ammo. So they threw the empty bandolier to lull Germans into a false sense of advantage.

    • @grayeaglej
      @grayeaglej 3 года назад +6

      Pull the trigger anyway o.o
      Either nothing happens or it fires, either way you are in combat and dont have a lot of options o.o

    • @shamwowser6510
      @shamwowser6510 3 года назад +39

      @@justiron2999 That ping myth has been debunked several times, no one would hear your gun ping when there's explosions and gunfire all around.

  • @dionysus6892
    @dionysus6892 3 года назад +781

    I could not imagine the abject horror of being in a firefight, in the Vietnamese jungle, and your grenade launcher suddenly coming apart in two pieces in your own hands.

    • @theglacier3367
      @theglacier3367 3 года назад +58

      Yeaahh... they really should have made that trigger guard out of a sturdier material given the design. Or had a secondary retaining mechanism.

    • @FS2K4Pilot
      @FS2K4Pilot 3 года назад +35

      TheGlacier Make it out of steel. Who cares if the gun is two ounces heavier?

    • @Adam-qv2bd
      @Adam-qv2bd 2 года назад +24

      @@FS2K4Pilot - Or Steel and aluminum, a mixture. Having it all aluminum worries me, not only is it flexible and prone to bending. It doesn't have a long service life.

    • @Morbus47
      @Morbus47 2 года назад +30

      *Trees start laughing at your misfortune*

    • @tcuegonbear
      @tcuegonbear 2 года назад +10

      True, but not nearly as horrifying as being on the receiving end of those first few rounds.

  • @IncredibleMD
    @IncredibleMD 3 года назад +521

    4:52: The tone of Ian's voice saying "just pull the trigger" made me imagine he suddenly started channeling the ghost of some poor ordinance officer from the 1970s.

    • @njts6862
      @njts6862 3 года назад +6

      When he said "just pull the trigger" I immediately thought of the song pull the trigger by Russ

    • @Marksman1023
      @Marksman1023 2 года назад +11

      Any Ordnance Officer from any time period. Any. Time. Period.
      "Troop, just read the TM, OK?"

    • @wanderingwonder111
      @wanderingwonder111 2 года назад

      @@Marksman1023 TM?

    • @Marksman1023
      @Marksman1023 2 года назад +2

      @@wanderingwonder111 Technical Manual/Training Manual/etc depending on the service.
      "The TM" is the little book issued with a weapon, vehicle, radio, or other piece of equipment containing all relevant data on and procedures for the use of said item.

  • @scooterking136
    @scooterking136 3 года назад +2119

    “It does not slamfire, I know people are gonna ask this”
    “Just pull the trigger every time. They’re grenades. Pull the trigger every time”
    Ian, you are a blessing.

    • @v1_rotate638
      @v1_rotate638 3 года назад +142

      He sounded so disappointed in us when he said it too 😂😂

    • @foxtrotdelta225
      @foxtrotdelta225 3 года назад +67

      @@v1_rotate638 true but imagine, what if it did slamfire... just saying

    • @scooterking136
      @scooterking136 3 года назад +9

      @@foxtrotdelta225 would be pretty cool 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @jehoiakimelidoronila5450
      @jehoiakimelidoronila5450 3 года назад +16

      A wise wisdom from Gun Jesus 🤣😂.

    • @mikegonzalez1821
      @mikegonzalez1821 3 года назад +10

      Probably why the SEAL was able to empty the mag before the first shot hit the ground.

  • @Helios8170
    @Helios8170 3 года назад +844

    "It does not slamfire."
    "Just pull the trigger each time."
    I know good and damn well slamfiring this thing is a bad idea. I want to do it anyway.

    • @charliethedoomslayer2793
      @charliethedoomslayer2793 3 года назад +18

      Let the vietnamese trees taste some slam fired grenades oh yeah!!!

    • @mrkeogh
      @mrkeogh 3 года назад +3

      It's nice to have the option...

    • @whytho2109
      @whytho2109 3 года назад +4

      you wake up in a hospital to find your arms amputated

    • @BlueLightningHawk
      @BlueLightningHawk 3 года назад +12

      @@whytho2109 But luckily you have been hand picked (pun intended) to enter a program for some high tech cybernetic augmentation. Cybernam 1967. China Lake arm augmentation? Yeah we got those too.

    • @michaelmckinnon1591
      @michaelmckinnon1591 3 года назад +1

      @@whytho2109 and legs

  • @rollastudent
    @rollastudent 3 года назад +271

    Like we needed another reason to dislike Sons of Guns

    • @sjcommander91
      @sjcommander91 3 года назад +22

      Lester The Molester 's Discount Gun Destruction Warehouse? How could anyone really dislike them?

    • @sheldoniusRex
      @sheldoniusRex 3 года назад +11

      I guess there were a few things which he couldn't claim had "neva been dun befoe."

  • @PotentialHistory
    @PotentialHistory 3 года назад +3957

    Welp, time to go play Kino.

  • @60sSam
    @60sSam 3 года назад +207

    "It does not slam fire."
    Well *someone* hasn't play Fallout: New Vegas recently.

    • @vizzy61
      @vizzy61 3 года назад +4

      It's slam fire in FNV?

    • @60sSam
      @60sSam 3 года назад +7

      @LOAN NGUYEN With enough perks, chems and skill points you can slam fire ANYTHING.

    • @AlexWithington
      @AlexWithington 3 года назад +3

      @LOAN NGUYEN well if you slam it off someone's head hard enough there might be enough heat energy to make it catch fire

    • @AlexWithington
      @AlexWithington 3 года назад +1

      @LOAN NGUYEN still slam firing lol technically

    • @60sSam
      @60sSam 3 года назад +1

      @LOAN NGUYEN A slam was involved, and that's the main thing.

  • @vncube1
    @vncube1 3 года назад +483

    Ah yes, the "Click, Click, Bloop" Tube.

    • @sleepyrasta420
      @sleepyrasta420 3 года назад +8

      Click click noob tube

    • @TheGM-20XX
      @TheGM-20XX 3 года назад +28

      @@sleepyrasta420 Pro Pipe.

    • @Dick_Gozinya
      @Dick_Gozinya 3 года назад +3

      We used to call the M203 the "Thump Gun" when I was in.

    • @DamazViccar
      @DamazViccar 3 года назад +15

      "Should I audibly rack the slide to scare off a home invader?"
      "Shotguns are scary but you should not give your position away."
      "It's not a shotgun."

    • @JCGver
      @JCGver 3 года назад

      @@DamazViccar Can't steal what is blown to bits! 4d chess move to destroy your house and everything in it when a burglar is in your house

  • @ShadrachVS1
    @ShadrachVS1 3 года назад +407

    Okay... They have a 40mm in break over, pump, and revolver... Where is the lever action!?

    • @thatguy.9886
      @thatguy.9886 3 года назад +76

      Nah, belt-fed 40mm is where it's at.

    • @temkin9298
      @temkin9298 3 года назад +19

      @@thatguy.9886 Right now I imagine a machine gun that is also an granade launcher.
      Machine Grenade Gun
      *Over Kill is achieved*

    • @theshankman8682
      @theshankman8682 3 года назад +31

      @@temkin9298 just google automatic grenade launcher, every army has one as far as I know

    • @halo7oo
      @halo7oo 3 года назад +30

      @@temkin9298 Look up the MK19

    • @temkin9298
      @temkin9298 3 года назад +19

      @@halo7oo Just did and OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT.

  • @EarlMerGerdsGarage
    @EarlMerGerdsGarage 3 года назад +751

    I like how you can tell Ian's throwing slight shade to "Sons of Guns"

    • @REexpert44
      @REexpert44 3 года назад +192

      im shocked the tube of this thing wasnt packed with meth

    • @wewd
      @wewd 3 года назад +256

      Isn't that the show where the owner went to prison for raping his daughter?

    • @MongooseTacticool
      @MongooseTacticool 3 года назад +114

      @@wewd yes.

    • @Grognarthebarb
      @Grognarthebarb 3 года назад +76

      Yeah. We were talking about that show at work the other day and we're like. Damn. What happened. Well we looked and now we know 😂😂😂

    • @ElitePreferredSpecies
      @ElitePreferredSpecies 3 года назад +135

      It seems like the cast from all of the Discovery/history channel gun shows had done something illegal.

  • @davidgreen40
    @davidgreen40 3 года назад +455

    “... shoot it from the hip, by feel, quite accurately.” More evidence that “close does count” in hand grenade horseshoes.

    • @JunkyardBashSteve
      @JunkyardBashSteve 3 года назад +17

      Close only counts in hotdogs, horseshoes and hand grenades.

    • @JayWC3333
      @JayWC3333 3 года назад +13

      @@JunkyardBashSteve and nuclear warheads.

    • @JunkyardBashSteve
      @JunkyardBashSteve 3 года назад +38

      @@JayWC3333 one could argue that a nuclear warhead is just a very, *very* angry hand grenade

    • @JayWC3333
      @JayWC3333 3 года назад +10

      @@JunkyardBashSteve Then you could argue a horse shoe is an angry hot dog too. LOL

    • @arsenalxa4421
      @arsenalxa4421 3 года назад +5

      Well, yeah, I mean you've got a five meter kill radius with a ten meter wound radius. Drop three rounds in a tight grouping and, well, "that's a lot of damage!"

  • @decibelfilm
    @decibelfilm 3 года назад +299

    I hadn't realised how large it was from photos I'd seen previously.
    Its scale and proportions are a little comical, like something Hellboy would have in his arsenal!

    • @kot1pelto
      @kot1pelto 3 года назад +8

      That's what she said.

    • @ryangoepfert9112
      @ryangoepfert9112 3 года назад +26

      Knowing Hellboy it would fire solid shot slugs AND WOULD BE BADASS!!!

    • @TomasPabon
      @TomasPabon 3 года назад +9

      @@ryangoepfert9112 or the bones of St Roque, or pieces of the Temple of Herod or some other outrageous bullshit.

    • @VCXZ883
      @VCXZ883 2 года назад +10

      To me it looked like a Metal Slug weapon.

    • @decibelfilm
      @decibelfilm 2 года назад +4

      @@VCXZ883 Absolutely! Good shout.

  • @guypierson5754
    @guypierson5754 3 года назад +343

    THAT's how you thank a man for flying you out of hell: you give him your most prized possession.

    • @jamesb3497
      @jamesb3497 3 года назад +36

      "This kept me safe. I hope it does the same for you."

    • @lavrentivs9891
      @lavrentivs9891 3 года назад +16

      *You give him something belonging to the Navy ;)

    • @guypierson5754
      @guypierson5754 3 года назад +2

      @@lavrentivs9891 Porque no los dos?

    • @banjobill8420
      @banjobill8420 3 года назад +11

      "It's dangerous to go alone, take this"

  • @Chyrosran22
    @Chyrosran22 3 года назад +691

    Been waiting for this one for so long :D .

    • @4skintim962
      @4skintim962 3 года назад +22

      Is that the real forgotten keyboards?

    • @Crimsaur
      @Crimsaur 3 года назад +7

      Aw fuck, didn't expect to see you here tom.

    • @Chyrosran22
      @Chyrosran22 3 года назад +20

      @@Crimsaur I even referenced his intro in one of my videos xD . Ian is basically what I'd have been if I'd grown up in the US :p .

    • @thealandude9146
      @thealandude9146 3 года назад +1

      Holy crap

    • @rhinovirus2225
      @rhinovirus2225 3 года назад

      Me as well

  • @Kaarl_Mills
    @Kaarl_Mills 3 года назад +322

    TIL that Specialist Zach is just as qualified as a god damn SEAL with 40mm grenade launchers. Never underestimate the determination of a small arms repairman with nothing to do

    • @somerandomguy8491
      @somerandomguy8491 3 года назад +35

      A man of culture I see

    • @jacobparker5358
      @jacobparker5358 3 года назад +8

      Nice freaking reference

    • @gmailquinn
      @gmailquinn 2 года назад +14

      Yes Mikeburnfire fans unite

    • @SoulKiller7Eternal
      @SoulKiller7Eternal 2 года назад +22

      @@gmailquinn "I wanted a grenade launcher, so I had a grenade launcher."

    • @frds_skce
      @frds_skce 2 года назад +5

      We stan specialist Zach

  • @B9oyd
    @B9oyd 3 года назад +890

    This would cause what your buddy nick would call "a significant emotional event"

    • @lycossurfer8851
      @lycossurfer8851 3 года назад +23

      Yeah @4:25 or so moment especially

    • @Stoicswimfish
      @Stoicswimfish 3 года назад +35

      As a fellow Nick, I can attest to the truth of that statement. We Nicks are simple folk, easily entertained.

    • @joemama-zn6lu
      @joemama-zn6lu 3 года назад +12

      @@Stoicswimfish Hey Nick, Nick here. Sounds about right to me

    • @IIIVI
      @IIIVI 3 года назад +15

      @@Stoicswimfish My brother in laws name is Nick. I can attest that he is a simple man.

    • @nickalmond3240
      @nickalmond3240 3 года назад +7

      @@Stoicswimfish Nick to Nick, I can confirm

  • @ssoos7701
    @ssoos7701 3 года назад +520

    I liked this for the Indiana Jones Warehouse comment, Ian..

    • @sniper59jl
      @sniper59jl 3 года назад +6

      Ian , you should go , .... shurely you will find MANY forgotten weapons there....¡¡¡

    • @danmanmcleod
      @danmanmcleod 3 года назад +19

      Ian: "Hey guys, today we have the Ark Of The Covenant, a truly forgotten weapon. Let's disassemble it and see how it works...."
      Us: NNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

    • @Mekkes76
      @Mekkes76 3 года назад +5

      @@danmanmcleod Ian already has the Ark in his possession, he uses it to store the Holy Trinity.

    • @Edax_Royeaux
      @Edax_Royeaux 3 года назад +3

      @@danmanmcleod Ian: "It's beautiful! ARRUGHGH"

    • @Blei1986
      @Blei1986 3 года назад +2

      @@sniper59jl but don't look at the light

  • @floydoroid
    @floydoroid 3 года назад +314

    Ian: "seriously, just pull the trigger every time."
    Mk19: No *CHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNCHUNK*

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 3 года назад +7

      Hehe Belt fed 40mm FTW.

    • @ajhewitt8405
      @ajhewitt8405 3 года назад +19

      Mk19: CUNCHCUNCHCUNCHCUNCH*jam*

    • @WildBillCox13
      @WildBillCox13 3 года назад +3

      @@ajhewitt8405 The plot thickens: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_47_Striker

    • @DGneoseeker1
      @DGneoseeker1 3 года назад +1

      @@WildBillCox13 MK19 on steadycam hardness with power armour suit FTW.

    • @derekbrogan5008
      @derekbrogan5008 3 года назад +3

      CUNKjamCHUNKCHUNKjam

  • @TheFatNumpty
    @TheFatNumpty 3 года назад +231

    I was so hoping to hear Ian say "lets take this out on to the range"

    • @TheFatNumpty
      @TheFatNumpty 3 года назад +4

      @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Shame.

    • @victorwaddell6530
      @victorwaddell6530 3 года назад +2

      @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Navy MR . ' Hold my coffee mug . '

    • @anna_arw6006
      @anna_arw6006 3 года назад +1

      @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine nothing a few beers and a tig welder can't fix!
      But i won't be the first to shoot it, lmao.

    • @ivgotballsofsteel4048
      @ivgotballsofsteel4048 3 года назад +1

      i read this in the same way i would, "lets get this out onto a tray" nice

    • @TheFatNumpty
      @TheFatNumpty 3 года назад +1

      @@ivgotballsofsteel4048 I’m glad someone made that link!

  • @collinmclaren6608
    @collinmclaren6608 3 года назад +139

    "That was done by the cast of Sons of Guns-"
    _Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time..._

    • @BigIronEnjoyer
      @BigIronEnjoyer 3 года назад +41

      Happily he's in jail, where he can no longer rape kids or butcher historic firearms.

    • @blus17
      @blus17 3 года назад +4

      @@BigIronEnjoyer huh?? Thats what happened

    • @colemanmoore9871
      @colemanmoore9871 3 года назад +40

      ​@@blus17 I boiled down Wikipedia.
      "On August 11, 2014, Hayden was arrested and charged with molestation of a juvenile and aggravated crimes against nature." "On August 27, 2014, the series was abruptly cancelled after it was revealed that child endangerment, child rape, and abuse charges were brought against Will Hayden""In September Hayden's eldest daughter, business partner, and 'Sons of Guns' co-star, Stephanie Hayden, changed her claims from that of defending her father to accusing him of also raping and abusing her as a child."'Hayden has now been sentenced to three life sentences plus 40 years"
      "Since the cancellation of the show, Kris Ford (guy that was hired by Will and eventually married Stephanie)was arrested on child abuse charges and for assault on a minor. Stephanie Hayden-Ford, who is the mother of the child from a previous relationship, was also arrested for assault charges on Friday October 17, 2014."
      Whole group was some kind of screwed up. And that was five years after they shut down by the ATF for missing registered firearm parts. Red Jacket Inc was shut down in 2009, Red Jacket L.L.C. was opened shortly after.

    • @cdzrocks
      @cdzrocks 3 года назад +26

      @@colemanmoore9871 Yikes. That show did have a weird vibe, now I know why.

    • @roughneckmp
      @roughneckmp 3 года назад +17

      One of the guys that was on Sons Of Guns went on to found Aklys Defense, he’s making some very interesting suppressed firearms and even has a 10/22 bullpup conversion chassis.

  • @johnmeyer2932
    @johnmeyer2932 3 года назад +99

    Good morning. Enjoyed your production on the M-79, Thumper. During the secret war in Vietnam, we cut down the M-79 for additional firepower that all the Green Berets on missions across the fence in Laos, Cambodia or N. Vietnam. We also used them to aim strobe lights at Spectre aircraft close air support. Enjoyed your presentation. Also, we had the very first experimental pump M-79s. John S. Meyer, Franklin, TN.

    • @robertupson5274
      @robertupson5274 2 года назад +4

      Tilt?

    • @johnmeyer2932
      @johnmeyer2932 2 года назад +3

      @@robertupson5274 - Yes sir.

    • @robertupson5274
      @robertupson5274 2 года назад +5

      @@johnmeyer2932 I just listened to all of your episodes on Jocko’s podcast. You had some insanely fascinating and unbelievably wild stories and experiences, I can’t wait to check out your books, man!

    • @DamplyDoo
      @DamplyDoo 2 года назад +3

      John, huge fan of your SogCast, I've listened to every episode. I once had the pleasure of meeting a man who served on a hatchet team in "project Delta". Very nice and humble guy. I found an interview with him here: ruclips.net/video/BqjfjSqyBqs/видео.html

    • @johnmeyer8140
      @johnmeyer8140 Год назад

      Thank you Jared. I hope all is well in your AO. @@jaredcaldwell4270

  • @rhubarbpie2027
    @rhubarbpie2027 3 года назад +576

    Sons of guns was a worthless show that disparged the entire firearms community. Shame to see they ruined this DD.

    • @Razgriz85
      @Razgriz85 3 года назад +129

      Not only that, but several of them (father, daughter and her boyfriend) were found to be pedophiles.

    • @sqike001ton
      @sqike001ton 3 года назад +43

      It was a bad show for gun owners but it got a few guys I know into guns so I guess it was as much a curse as a blessing. Tho I still have my red jacket firearms rifle I bought when the show was new and I bought into the hype. I think I only put a few mags through it and put it in the case where is been since 2011ish.

    • @Predalien195
      @Predalien195 3 года назад +47

      Terrible show yes, but they did some good work on Saiga shotguns. Had a friend who had his sent to them for work and came back a brand new machine and ran fantastic up till the time he sold it.

    • @thekoolaidkid337
      @thekoolaidkid337 3 года назад +66

      it also brought disparage to my dang state, how do you think I feel when the thing on display for Louisiana is literally a bunch of idiots who happen to also be criminals is now at the center of attention? At least we still have Jerry Mickuleck though

    • @braydenh190
      @braydenh190 3 года назад +12

      He molested his daughter.

  • @jake9705
    @jake9705 3 года назад +203

    "Pump shotguns are the best!"
    "Hey chum, have you ever tried a pump grenade launcher?"

  • @mattdale8675
    @mattdale8675 3 года назад +109

    "fire a warning shot!" "Sir, this is a 40 mm Grenade launcher." "YOU HEARD ME!"

  • @TheMailmanOfSteel
    @TheMailmanOfSteel 3 года назад +153

    Pretty sad that this China Lake is one more victim to those hacks who did that Sons of Guns TV show.

    • @OlderSpud
      @OlderSpud 3 года назад +27

      This one broken part doesn't looks like it would be too hard to machine anew.

    • @MattMerica76
      @MattMerica76 3 года назад +23

      Luckily its a repro

  • @GaryHamad
    @GaryHamad 3 года назад +105

    When Ithaca and M79 have a One Night Stand in the 60s

    • @fruitbat4429
      @fruitbat4429 3 года назад +12

      Technically it's a one night stand between Remington and M79, but I guess Ithaca used a false name when they checked into the motel . . .

    • @GaryHamad
      @GaryHamad 3 года назад +2

      @@fruitbat4429 I don't remember 870 was used in field in large numbers so I pick Ithaca, Ambi, User Friendly, and WWII proven

    • @GaryHamad
      @GaryHamad 3 года назад

      @Juan Sanchez yeah sure

  • @neovenom9833
    @neovenom9833 3 года назад +311

    Armory: "So, do you want a grenade launcher or a shotgun?"
    Soldier: "Yes"

    • @thanatos5729
      @thanatos5729 3 года назад +3

      well there were actual 40mm buckshot rounds sooooooo......

    • @Novur
      @Novur 3 года назад

      Finally, someone who understands that this meme requires a multiple choice question

    • @venerablebrothergoriate5844
      @venerablebrothergoriate5844 3 года назад +2

      Soldier: “it’s great. I love it. Now swap that stock out with a pistol grip and put a rail on the top so I can put it on the underbarrel.”

  • @alexdemoya2119
    @alexdemoya2119 3 года назад +208

    "It doesn't slam fire, just pull the trigger every time" For some reason im making a mental note for a gun ill surely never own.

    • @lanceroark6386
      @lanceroark6386 3 года назад +5

      Based on 870...
      Doesn’t slam fire...
      Does an 870 slam fire? Hmmmmm

    • @CxOrillion
      @CxOrillion 3 года назад

      @@lanceroark6386 I don't believe so, no. The Ithaca 37 shotguns used in Vietnam by similar special operations forces did, however. I don't think those were ever official inventory either though.

    • @lanceroark6386
      @lanceroark6386 3 года назад

      @@CxOrillion copy

  • @roflchopter11
    @roflchopter11 3 года назад +350

    "they're grenades,just pull the trigger every time"

    • @justiron2999
      @justiron2999 3 года назад +2

      How about.....no?

    • @nocturnal0072
      @nocturnal0072 3 года назад +9

      Gun jesus has spoken.

    • @DH-xw6jp
      @DH-xw6jp 3 года назад +8

      If you cant slam fire a couple of 40 mike mikes, can you really say you are Free?

  • @loganpeterson8341
    @loganpeterson8341 3 года назад +169

    I made Ian in Fallout 4 as an excuse to collect and display every gun I saw.

    • @loganpeterson8341
      @loganpeterson8341 3 года назад +36

      Update: Ian is so bugged out that it literally broke my game and I kid you not, my disk will not even read. Maybe the world of Fallout is not ready for Ian McCallum.

    • @neilyb5012
      @neilyb5012 3 года назад +16

      Medical Milk it was the facial hair the game couldn't render it successfully

    • @loganpeterson8341
      @loganpeterson8341 3 года назад +11

      @@neilyb5012 probably

    • @Funnel2TV
      @Funnel2TV 3 года назад +38

      @@loganpeterson8341 "what we have here today is a low quality pipe rifle with a bayonet I found off a dead raider 20 minutes ago"

    • @G1rlyP4ws
      @G1rlyP4ws 3 года назад +7

      Lol, just a few days ago, I got a mod that puts the china 40mm in the game.

  • @ericcosta92
    @ericcosta92 3 года назад +127

    "They're grenades" is the best explanation as to why you shouldn't attempt whatever questionable action you are about to perform with a grenade. Nothing more should need to be said.

    • @LuvzToLol21
      @LuvzToLol21 3 года назад +16

      "As soon as you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend"

    • @jrobson100
      @jrobson100 3 года назад +17

      I remember hearing a story from a friend who carried an M203 who had a chucklefuck toss a 40mm to him softball style from the roof of a 2 story building. As he put it "In theory a 40mm shouldn't arm from the spin and velocity of being tossed, but fuck if I was going to stand there and test that theory." He and everyone near him dove for cover, the grenade thumped into the ground harmlessly, and the idiot was confused, at least until the sargent got to him for his epic ass-chewing.

    • @Adam-qv2bd
      @Adam-qv2bd 2 года назад

      @@jrobson100 - Ass chewing deservedly so.

  • @iangrant2330
    @iangrant2330 3 года назад +261

    Very polite “sons of guns” burn

    • @firemedic1033
      @firemedic1033 3 года назад +13

      oh god. remember that show?! Just thinking about it almost made me throw up.

    • @badrolljoe
      @badrolljoe 3 года назад +4

      kinder than Hayden deserves.

    • @johnbacon4997
      @johnbacon4997 3 года назад

      When did he do that?

    • @QuasiMonkey
      @QuasiMonkey 3 года назад +3

      @@johnbacon4997 9:15 in the video when talking about the broken locking block.

    • @walker6296
      @walker6296 3 года назад +7

      Didn't one of those guys go to prison for sexually abusing his daughter or was that another gun show?

  • @Law0086
    @Law0086 3 года назад +27

    Everybody thats played New Vegas just went, "Ohhhhhhhh thats what that gun was."

  • @johnparrish9215
    @johnparrish9215 3 года назад +396

    Lesson One: NEVER loan Expensive and Rare guns to a damn TV show. They have no respect for them.

    • @GuardianOfTheHeaven
      @GuardianOfTheHeaven 3 года назад +36

      Dang straight. Those exotic guns deserves much better treatments.

    • @BillehBobJoe
      @BillehBobJoe 3 года назад +56

      Well i think the future weapons guy ( the one who died ) was able to work with exotic firearms without breaking them, or raping his daughter, so no not all tv hosts 😂

    • @cjmunnee3356
      @cjmunnee3356 3 года назад +21

      @@BillehBobJoe Mac died? That sucks!

    • @Shadow_Hawk_Streaming
      @Shadow_Hawk_Streaming 3 года назад +22

      Or have them sign a clause to say they'll pay the cost of repairs to any significant damage they cause

    • @kylelottridge8939
      @kylelottridge8939 3 года назад +20

      @@cjmunnee3356 According to his Wiki, it was brain cancer. Feels like a part of my childhood watching the military channel at 6am, just died.

  • @Arbiter099
    @Arbiter099 3 года назад +155

    "there's a batman logo on this grenade launcher but you'll never guess where"

    • @chrisj5036
      @chrisj5036 3 года назад +4

      Where lol?

    • @emperorbunnybun7513
      @emperorbunnybun7513 3 года назад +8

      @@chrisj5036
      9:36

    • @chrisj5036
      @chrisj5036 3 года назад +2

      @@emperorbunnybun7513 lol thanks I was thinking I was the joke and there wasn't one .

  • @DarkWizard83
    @DarkWizard83 3 года назад +22

    Allegedly, at least one wound up with the South American Lovelace household for use by one of their maids.

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 3 года назад +4

      Well, that one probably fell out of the MACV-SOG guys, too.

  • @magnusolsen691
    @magnusolsen691 3 года назад +97

    Haven't heard about Sons of Guns in many a year. It was a neat concept for a show. Too bad about all the kid diddling, though...

  • @Irondrone4
    @Irondrone4 3 года назад +134

    "A bunch of burly SEALs loaded with explosives..."
    I immediately thought of a family of wild seals covered in bandoliers of 40mm and trying to pick up China Lakes.

    • @SkyNinja759
      @SkyNinja759 3 года назад +25

      The real reason humans don't colonize the north.

    • @butterdogestarwars6709
      @butterdogestarwars6709 3 года назад +3

      They can (kind of) pick things up with the claws at the end of the flippers, but sadly (and luckily) not a 40mm grenade launcher.

    • @Nightdare
      @Nightdare 3 года назад +4

      @@butterdogestarwars6709
      North cape seal: Hold my fish

    • @epauletshark3793
      @epauletshark3793 3 года назад +2

      Make this a reality some how, put it in a meme, a book, a movie, use real seals, anything. Make it happen. Please

  • @yojon75
    @yojon75 3 года назад +50

    *racks grenade launcher**
    Me "Could you slam fire that sucker?"
    Ian "It does not slam fire, I know people are gonna ask that"
    Me "aaaagh c'mon"
    Ian ".... Just pull the trigger everytime, they're grenades just pull the trigger everytime"
    Me "Fine"

  • @Hybris51129
    @Hybris51129 3 года назад +152

    "This was done by the cast of Sons of Guns TV show." Someone get Mark Novak on the line! We got one hell of a Anvil episode for him to do!

    • @ScottKenny1978
      @ScottKenny1978 3 года назад +13

      I'm pretty sure that any halfway competent machinist could fab that piece.

    • @calebsyswerda
      @calebsyswerda 3 года назад +21

      Damaging Serial 01 of the China Lake might be the worst crime any of the former Sons of Guns cast has committed, and that’s fucking saying something. 🙄

    • @shred1894
      @shred1894 2 года назад +2

      @@calebsyswerda It's not an original, it's serial number 01 of a run of reproductions.

    • @zebdawson3687
      @zebdawson3687 2 года назад +8

      @@calebsyswerda rape, child abuse, sexual assault on a 12 year old... yeah, I guess a broken piece of metal on a reproduction is pretty bad though, huh? 😂

  • @bradymenting5120
    @bradymenting5120 2 года назад +23

    it's a shame how this thing never made it to widespread production, it's such a stylish and effective firearm

  • @jeffreydahmer3995
    @jeffreydahmer3995 3 года назад +108

    This video should be titled “M79 but cooler”

    • @jonathanlee5314
      @jonathanlee5314 3 года назад +17

      It's like the m79's chad brother who lettered in 3 sports

    • @rafox66
      @rafox66 3 года назад

      I always called it the M79 China Lake

    • @chrisperrien7055
      @chrisperrien7055 3 года назад

      "M79, but Total Bad-assery"

  • @ThisFinalHandle
    @ThisFinalHandle 3 года назад +220

    The clay pigeons never stood a chance.

    • @titter3648
      @titter3648 3 года назад +10

      Need a airburst variant for the clay shooting....

    • @spartanalex9006
      @spartanalex9006 3 года назад +3

      Imagine using this with one of the 40mm canister or flechete rounds.

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 3 года назад +2

      or the car in a parking lot 200m behind your clay pidgeon range :D

  • @rustyshackleford6143
    @rustyshackleford6143 3 года назад +20

    Ian: “Just pull the trigger every time. You don’t want it to slam fire.....”
    Me: “No.”

  • @MrGhjkl63
    @MrGhjkl63 3 года назад +311

    "That was helpfully done by the cast of Sons of Guns"
    A N G E R Y

    • @JayWC3333
      @JayWC3333 3 года назад +8

      They should fix the thing...not cool...

    • @DangerousKittenFangs
      @DangerousKittenFangs 3 года назад +59

      That show still haunts Ian to this day...

    • @Jak-it
      @Jak-it 3 года назад +2

      Angry*

    • @Jak-it
      @Jak-it 3 года назад +2

      @Billy Jack I figured as much

    • @williammagoffin9324
      @williammagoffin9324 3 года назад +42

      @@JayWC3333 kind of hard since the ATF shut them down for loosing registered parts and the owner is serving two life sentences for rape.

  • @MilitaryHistory2011
    @MilitaryHistory2011 3 года назад +393

    Everyone's laughing until Father Elijah turns one of these in to a HoloRifle...

    • @EarlMerGerdsGarage
      @EarlMerGerdsGarage 3 года назад +60

      Fallout NV reference. Nice.

    • @owen4420
      @owen4420 3 года назад +64

      Truth is it was a holorifle from the start

    • @MU-oi1su
      @MU-oi1su 3 года назад +4

      My thoughts exactly!!!

    • @charon2588
      @charon2588 3 года назад +9

      Goddamnit I just finish the dlc 2 minutes ago

    • @muhammadnursyahmi9440
      @muhammadnursyahmi9440 3 года назад +23

      Father Elijah can go and stare the wall of Sierra Madre for all eternity. That's what you get for bomb collar and threatened to blow up people unless they do his bidding.

  • @dethklokicksbutt
    @dethklokicksbutt 3 года назад +251

    Got Ian over here sounding like a disappointed dad telling the fools he knows are about to think about slam firing one of these “They’re grenades...just...pull the trigger every time...”

  • @p0331546
    @p0331546 3 года назад +138

    This looks like something doomslayer would carry as a default weapon

    • @hexazalea1793
      @hexazalea1793 3 года назад +7

      Fallout NV's courier uses em infact one is the main energy weapon of the dead money dlc. its been converted to a sniper in that case though.

    • @Yominication
      @Yominication 3 года назад +5

      @@hexazalea1793 i was wondering why this thing was looking similar, turns out its the goddamn holorifle

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 3 года назад +2

      Well the 2016 and Eternal Combat Shotgun does double as noob tubes so yes

    • @AWolf-gq2vu
      @AWolf-gq2vu 3 года назад

      In concept, the sticky bomb mod for the Combat Shotgun in DOOM Eternal isn’t all that different, minus the fact that this wasn’t used with timed, adhesive grenades.

  • @Skankhunter420
    @Skankhunter420 3 года назад +63

    Haha! Sons of guns! What a shame. Doesnt surprise me they broke it. They were probably trying to build a suppressor for it lol.

    • @Etherman7
      @Etherman7 3 года назад +13

      Didn't they have a full CNC shop? What dicks, not replacing a simple aluminum part they broke.

    • @Skankhunter420
      @Skankhunter420 3 года назад +32

      @@Etherman7 he was too busy staring up his daughters dress to fix it. Freakin sicko!

    • @MongooseTacticool
      @MongooseTacticool 3 года назад +14

      @@Skankhunter420 Will Hayden received 3 life sentences for his crimes. Disgusting man.

    • @prouddegenerates9056
      @prouddegenerates9056 3 года назад +1

      I need a lazer and flashlight first, maybe a scope.

    • @bodyno3158
      @bodyno3158 3 года назад +4

      @@Etherman7 I'd mill out a full steel replacement, since the aluminum one broke.

  • @wiredloaf2050
    @wiredloaf2050 3 года назад +542

    “The numbers Mason, what do they mean”

    • @RandomGuy-sp8pr
      @RandomGuy-sp8pr 3 года назад +31

      I was not fast enough.

    • @dutchplanderlinde4845
      @dutchplanderlinde4845 3 года назад +77

      “Dragovich, Kravchenko, Steiner. All must die.”

    • @pokejust7045
      @pokejust7045 3 года назад +40

      We are getting old.

    • @Dylski.
      @Dylski. 3 года назад +22

      I wonder if in real life reloading is faster than the pump action

    • @wiredloaf2050
      @wiredloaf2050 3 года назад +1

      @@Dylski. lol

  • @TheGM-20XX
    @TheGM-20XX 3 года назад +195

    9:20 tragically this is not the worst thing sons of guns ever did.

    • @ferretwithagun9886
      @ferretwithagun9886 3 года назад +3

      Yeah it’s just a little rapeyish. I still want it though. I’d kill will for it.

    • @MongooseTacticool
      @MongooseTacticool 3 года назад +16

      Will Hayden received 3 life sentences for his crimes.

    • @horrorclose9462
      @horrorclose9462 3 года назад +28

      True. Pretty sure the whole "incest" thing takes the cake.

    • @Lrr_Of_Omikron
      @Lrr_Of_Omikron 3 года назад +1

      Yea that one kinda triggered me. I'm curious to know who and how it broke tho?

    • @wheedle
      @wheedle 3 года назад +15

      They were hacks, on top of the incest stuff...

  • @7758ari
    @7758ari 3 года назад +46

    "Shame" *loads 40mm pump action grenade launcher*

  • @GrizzoUK
    @GrizzoUK 3 года назад +235

    Oh ho, now this oughta be a good time.

  • @evilsigh86
    @evilsigh86 3 года назад +77

    this looks like something hellboy would definitely use

    • @jusdafax1
      @jusdafax1 3 года назад +1

      But he'd use the pistol version, one in each hand.

    • @ianwright4255
      @ianwright4255 3 года назад +1

      Don't wake the Baby

  • @b-conn6624
    @b-conn6624 3 года назад +16

    "This here is my BOOM stick!"
    Bet one of these is locked up in some crazy old mans basement.

  • @dylanskutches3539
    @dylanskutches3539 3 года назад +35

    Seeing the thumbnail and finally realizing my G.I. Joe’s shotgun was a grenade launcher

    • @chrisnelmes9220
      @chrisnelmes9220 3 года назад +1

      Gung -Ho came with one of these i think....

  • @Shawon65
    @Shawon65 3 года назад +55

    “Grenade launcher, China lake? What the hell are Russians doing with the American weapon?“
    - Sergeant Frank Woods.

    • @LesponeOne
      @LesponeOne 3 года назад

      Russians realy have pump action grenade launcher gm-94
      it's innovation

    • @thetalesofdaneandco
      @thetalesofdaneandco 3 года назад +2

      @Damon Ullerick Never directly. There's a vague implication that Mason was "off the ranch" for a period of time that the CIA lost track of him and he could have been doing pretty much anything else along with assassinating Kennedy.

  • @thekatjon20
    @thekatjon20 3 года назад +14

    Everyone's commenting on the 'slam fire' comment, while I'm simply drooling over my favorite Fallout franchise nade launcher. :3

    • @singularkakapo
      @singularkakapo 3 года назад +1

      Given the number you find in game, they were probably mass produced in the Fallout universe. Badass

  • @JippaJ
    @JippaJ 3 года назад +66

    Loaned to a "gun smith" who breaks it and somehow doesn't repair the gun?

    • @SpartanIV
      @SpartanIV 3 года назад +10

      Happens more often than you think. I have a ruined 1897 courtesy of a gunsmith that I had to pay $80 to just to get it back from.

    • @GunFunZS
      @GunFunZS 3 года назад +3

      Would you trust his repair? If I had done that, I would get a quote from someone solid, and send a bill.

  • @notinspectorgadget
    @notinspectorgadget 3 года назад +27

    "that sure is a nice fortified position you got there, it'd be a real shame if something were to happen to it."

  • @ChoomOfDoom
    @ChoomOfDoom 3 года назад +6

    When that squirrel in your front yard absolutely, positively, definitely must go

  • @ShaneDawsonsCat
    @ShaneDawsonsCat 3 года назад +21

    sons of guns was such a stupid show. they spent half the program following the romance between the owners daughter and a gun smith.

  • @oldesertguy9616
    @oldesertguy9616 3 года назад +66

    Add breaking the locking lug to the long list of stupid crap they did on that show.

  • @Alexander_the_Alright
    @Alexander_the_Alright 3 года назад +15

    Little known fact. This model was a favorite of many Colombian maids

    • @Hilpis
      @Hilpis 3 года назад

      Man of culture

    • @alastair852
      @alastair852 3 года назад

      *Mini Colombian maids.

  • @geicolizard8147
    @geicolizard8147 3 года назад +378

    Thought China Lakes were just fake guns added to call of duty because it was cool.

    • @chadodell4887
      @chadodell4887 3 года назад +22

      They kinda were

    • @echodelta2172
      @echodelta2172 3 года назад +35

      they only made a few so...

    • @zekrom141
      @zekrom141 3 года назад +49

      Same with the G11, my understanding was it never made it past prototype.

    • @duncanmcgee13
      @duncanmcgee13 3 года назад +31

      @@zekrom141 1000 units made

    • @thelastminuteman7513
      @thelastminuteman7513 3 года назад +27

      Kind of like the Pancor Jackhammer only a few prototypes were made but have been in countless videogames and movies.

  • @davitdavid7165
    @davitdavid7165 3 года назад +250

    Looks like what a child thinks a shotgun is like.

    • @Masada1911
      @Masada1911 3 года назад +24

      TIL i am a child

    • @sleepyrasta420
      @sleepyrasta420 3 года назад +40

      Basically is an upscaled shotgun for grenades

    • @xray8876
      @xray8876 3 года назад +3

      There are sub-caliber adapters available for the M203 grenade launcher which allows the use of 12 guage shotgun shells. Its not far off...

    • @gjgaming2133
      @gjgaming2133 3 года назад +3

      @@xray8876 what the fuck?! That sounds amazing yet so silly and unnecessary

    • @xray8876
      @xray8876 3 года назад +7

      @Chris Johnson That exists, its called the M576 40mm and can be used in almost any grenade launcher capable of firing standard 40mm grenades such as the M203 and M79. I'm quite sure you would be able to fire that from a china lake.

  • @1138Fallen
    @1138Fallen 3 года назад +10

    My first introduction to the CL was call of duty. I've always considered myself a gun buff and was shamed that I'd never known anything about this until then. Damn cool video as usual.

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 3 года назад +20

    oh look Sons of Guns ruined a perfectly good firearm, real shock, glad they kicked the bucket

  • @EricinSoKo
    @EricinSoKo 3 года назад +66

    “They’re grenades. Just pull the trigger every time.” 🤣 I’m dying.

  • @SergioMach7
    @SergioMach7 3 года назад +25

    One of these is on display in the Saigon War Museum, but when I had a look at it, it was still labelled as the M79 Grenade Launcher. It was really exciting to see it knowing that so few originals are out there.

  • @lowtdave
    @lowtdave 3 года назад +13

    I remember hearing a SEAL describe their Vietnam style of fighting. Each SEAL would put as much lead down range as possible. They wanted the enemy to believe they were up against a large collection of troops so they would not attempt to maneuver on them. And they could slip out in the chaos.
    The video then cut to 3 SEALS moving with m60s and shoulder firing them causing mayhem. It was kind of beautiful.

  • @livefire81
    @livefire81 2 года назад +6

    Could you imagine being a GI in 1967 and running around the jungle with one of these chonkers and a 1911? My god what a beast.

  • @tomarmstrong1297
    @tomarmstrong1297 3 года назад +91

    I just want to show my outrage that this isn't Slam-Fire, and that Gun Jesus himself said that was unnecessary.

    • @comradeurod9805
      @comradeurod9805 3 года назад +22

      But we shall not question his word, for we Lack his understanding

    • @Sim.Crawford
      @Sim.Crawford 3 года назад +9

      They're grenades, just pull the trigger every time.

    • @ballagh
      @ballagh 3 года назад +2

      @@Sim.Crawford that is the way

  • @Beyond115
    @Beyond115 3 года назад +143

    Remember when JFK hold this launcher in “Five”.

    • @unclesam5230
      @unclesam5230 3 года назад +21

      Pray to be stronger men

    • @lukasaran45
      @lukasaran45 3 года назад +4

      Always seemed way smaller in BO1 xD

    • @Abethor
      @Abethor 3 года назад +9

      Gentlemen, lock and load

    • @CD-ek3iq
      @CD-ek3iq 3 года назад +10

      It’s just a storm, Dick.

    • @balashibuyeeter2704
      @balashibuyeeter2704 3 года назад +7

      @@CD-ek3iq siddown.

  • @MasterJunus
    @MasterJunus 3 года назад +10

    Hey Ian. I-and many other fans- would love a playlist with all of your videos. I'm not aware of any that exist, though many have tried. Is there any way you'd be willing to make such a playlist? Thanks. Love your content!

  • @michellepuzon8282
    @michellepuzon8282 3 года назад +22

    Forgotten weapons:China lake
    Me: “bo1 flashback”

  • @moirakadhan745
    @moirakadhan745 3 года назад +99

    Oooo, them new vegas memories

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 3 года назад +1

      The 25mm APW innit?

    • @TheGM-20XX
      @TheGM-20XX 3 года назад +12

      @@ArcturusOTE Nope. It was the grenade launcher. Good ol' blooper was the grenade rifle. also this shows up as the holo rifle in the dead money dlc.

    • @moirakadhan745
      @moirakadhan745 3 года назад +14

      @@ArcturusOTE Not quite, that's even another one. This one was just called "grenade launcher" as opposed to the regular M79 which was called "grenade rifle"

    • @xeno_ripper
      @xeno_ripper 3 года назад +13

      It was also the template for the holorifle

    • @unironicdoomer614
      @unironicdoomer614 3 года назад

      When I got this assignment I was hoping there would be more gambling

  • @DesertDuc
    @DesertDuc 3 года назад +8

    With the way the elevator functions it looks like you could "ghost load" a 5th 40mm grenade, it's a wonder these didn't become more relevant.

  • @ivanpetrov5255
    @ivanpetrov5255 3 года назад +21

    Triple barrel, underbarrel, 40mm grenade launcher - this sounds front heavy.

  • @supersword44
    @supersword44 3 года назад +36

    "It's like Christmas...no, it's better than christmas.... it's Explosion Day!"

    • @TheGM-20XX
      @TheGM-20XX 3 года назад +1

      So Christmas in the middle east?

  • @davidreeding9176
    @davidreeding9176 3 года назад +8

    "We've made a grenade launcher with a capacity of 4 grenades!"
    "Excellent! I see you chose to model it after a revolver... wait, I see 6 chambers, don't you mean it can hold 6 grenades?"
    "No."

    • @classifiedad1
      @classifiedad1 3 года назад +3

      If you’re referring to the TF2 grenade launcher, I believe that it originally did have 6 grenades with 36 in reserve.
      Then promptly discovered how overpowered and broken that was, so cut down the capacity to 4 and the reloads to 16.