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Explore the personal firearms of world leaders. Power, politics, and the weapons they carry., Enjoy
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Ever wondered what kind of firearms world leaders have used, carried, or favored? In this video, we dive into the surprising firearms used by current and historical world leaders.
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AI voice sucks..
Put that on simple history
Thank-you putin 😂
Putin appears to be using a 1960s Soviet BARS bolt action (normally 5.6×39 caliber - unconfirmed). Novosibirsk PO-4×34 and TO-4 scopes were standard optical sights for BARS.
Additional: I read that he prefers a Saiga-12 shotguns (unconfirmed). There are several pictures of him firing assault rifles but not much video.
People like to point out that most of his photos are staged, but 99.9% of the time… everyone is being photographed holding a rifle is staged.
May God bless the USA and our services members! 🇺🇸
Stop using AI and learn how to pronounce these guns if you are going to produce firearm content.
Castro having the most American loadout is wild.
What Cuban manufacture of guns are there?
It's either that or some old Mauser 93. The USA pumps out guns like a factory while the rest of the Americas have little to no manufacturing.
he led a revolution against a US backed dictatorship, no other guns were avaliable
why is HE HERE? HE LOST
Batista was a US puppet of course they pumped him up with WWII surplus.
Saddam really grinded out those gold camos bruh 😭
Underrated comment
lol
Trump loves gold so I'm sure all his weapons are made of gold.
He must’ve been really good a cod bo1
I came to the comments just to see this.
For a split second, I thought Hitler was sponsoring the video.
🤣😆😎
One time a reporter asked Patton about his "pearl handled" pistol. The response was" They're ivory, I'm not a pimp!" Take the lesson, they were ivory
Only cheap New Orleans pimps carry pearl handled pistols - George Patton
Patton was such a fucking neurotic weirdo lol
That’s not a real event. It’s just a quote from the movie Patton.
@MelvintheDewhe did have ivory revolvers tho
@MelvintheDew The quote is "only a pimp in cheap New Orleans wh*re house would have a pearl handled pistol" and yes its a real quote
@4:13 you say Adolf Hitler and then say lemme introduce you to our sponsor and Hitler still on the screen 😂😂
Respect
@Max-yo4czos os fiungraund
For a man who claimed to hate the United States, Castro seemed to have a fondness for American weapons…
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed lol
Most of them were probably captured, not unusual given he was a political leader for the foco guerilla campaign
He wanted the best so obviously he was willing to compromise.
The RG is German...but a crappy one
Что тебя удивляет? Много антикоммунистов любят АК.
Ah yes. The .356 magnum.
😂😂😂
😂🤣
There is a .356win that's designed to be a lever-action chambering roughly equivalent to .358win ballistically, but we all know that's not what he was talking about, lol
That same series also produced a .307win, a semi-rimmed meant to provide .308win ballistics in a tube-fed lever, 1894. They never took off though... Then Marlin tried to do it again 30 years later with the .308 Marlin Express and .338 Marlin Express, which sold a bit better (I found a new production box of 338 Marlin on the shelf last week) but they were still a flop.
I love old dead cartridges... almost every time a "new" cartridge is released, there are at least 1-2 others from past decades that did the exact same thing that had fallen out of favor. I think the 8.6 Blackout is the first truly new concept (thanks to the insane twist rate) I've seen since the ultra magnum revolver cartridge craze in the early 00's. "There's nothing new under the sun"
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And hecker and coke USP
*Churchill had 17 guns in his gun collection*
Innocent Law Abiding British Citizens: *Internal Screams*
This was before the uk suffered its one and only school shooting and decided to actually do something to stop it happening again
He's not the one who disarmed the British public, pretty sure that he gave the public more guns with the home guard.
@oliverking8633I'm not suggesting he's the one who F'd us and our rights to them, but he was obviously an advocate, just highlighting the irony
Lessons need to be learned.
@oliverking8633why did the Home Guard not stop what has happened to innocent law abiding British citizens?
> George S. Patton
> Two Colt SAAs
"Twelve shots."
"This time I got twelve shots."
3:00 Putin owns an Ukrainian honorary award pistol (awarded in Oct, 27, 2010)
For UZI fans:
Naruhito(Japanese Emperor since 2019) is gifted UZI by Israel, its only one UZI legally exists
Only one to exist in Japan?
@ShellShock11C
Yes. Only one UZI in Japan.
It is on display in the museum now.
@かみしゅん-g9u Oh, that is pretty cool. I've always wanted to visit, but I dont think Japanese people want Americans there after that idiot Johnny Somali.
Well the minibea pm9 is licensed by iwi so...only exist one israel uzi in japan
@かみしゅん-g9u the insinuation is that theres hundreds if not thousands in the area, just not legal ones. criminals will always have guns, and theres always a bigger fish.
Putin rifle - MTs-552 (МЦ-552), caliber 9.3X62. It's very powerful and for civilians it's very rare and expensive. Hello from Russia!
Plus there is a video and photo where Putin shoots PM and APS pistols at a shooting range. And he has a unique shooting style - he holds the pistol with his right hand and closes his right eye. Apparently that's how he was taught.
@ВрагНарода-в7д "Cross dominance". Usually people like my dad who had problems with his "dominant" side vision.
Thank you. For me, it was hard to know its name and model
Wow thanks for knowledge 💪🇷🇺🤝🇲🇫
Спаси́бо
Ah, yes. My favourite firearm manufacturer, Hecker & Coke…
It actually depends on pronunciation. Heckler and Koch in British pronunication is "kok" but in US pronunication it is "coke".
that's the way Koch is yet pronounced in german
@daegnaxqelil2733
Not really.
@daegnaxqelil2733 The "ch" vokal is sometimes pronounced like "k" in german, but not in "Koch". Maybe just put "Heckler und Koch" in the Googletranslator for German and hear it there. Then you know, how it's pronounced
Hecklers love kok
1:19 What a coincidence, i was born that day.
Chat we found him
Welcome back
Welcome back!
Choosing a Colt Single Action Army as a main sidearm in the 1940s is the most Patton thing I’ve ever heard
Why do leaders and their Secret Service all get guns but they don’t want guns for the common citizen. Seems like guns for personal protection would be for everyone.
Because the first thing dictators do is disarm the citizens
Because an armed society is one where politicians are held accountable to the people
Thats the left for you my guy
@JulianLopez-yf2di it's not the left it's the dictators and the wanna be God's
Go ask the Democrats.
Most of these leaders need guns for "personal defense" but do everything they can to disarm their subjects. Rules for thee, but not for me.
You're right
Don't be silly. Guns only kill innocent people, and are never any good for personal defence. That's why EVERY major world leader is carrying one at all times. :)
This is what made Washington different and what continued to make America different. But half the country wants no guns... no gun or police to boot. A lot of older white woman who live with a big dog and big husband in a big gated community occupy 90% of the conversation and say how it is so silly to be afraid, what is a black person going to rob you? Meanwhile the only blacks she sees are those who clean the house and they pay so well that it really is not worth risking theft.
When vocal minorities become the vocal majority it is bad....
that is how th whole country thought Hillary had a 99% chance win rate. And how the master satirists, the South Park creators, had their whole season ready to mock Trump for his loss fucked up.
@dataillusionI got a questcould you do the firearms in the movie trilogy of bad boys
@NicholasIrvin, good idea
I like how fast you are going with those guns without empty explanation. I got what i came for and my time is not wasted.
@mordur2739 That's what this channel is all about, fast and informative. And thank you
2:16 that’s literally Justin treaudos twin or poppi
His dad.
@billm2078his mom literally had affairs with Castro right?
Yeah has to be
can’t even spell his name right
"Trudy Castroson" ... 😉
The Colt M1911 is still my favorite too. I own three.
As for Mussolini
Beretta M1934 is chambered for .380 acp
A .380 ACP is also a 9mm, but shorter, its case length is 17mm while 9mm are usually 19mm in length
In Europe, .380 ACP is known as "9mm short" among other names.
Does that mean it can be used interchangeably
.380 ACP is known as 9x17 in Europe
@Rain-q4x absolutely not. Don't you ever think about using ammunition differs from the one designated to your firearm.
Chuck Norris carried two side arms. His right and his left. which is more than enough to handle anything.
In an interview, he said if anyone was in his house uninvited, he'd grab his 10 gauge shotgun.
Don't forget his chin-fist!
356 magnums are TIGHT!
WTF is a 356 magnum? Obviously you don't know much about guns! 🤔🤦
@johnruiz6743
Must I explain to you the concept of HUMOR?
They are for when the recoil of a .357 magnum is just a tad too snappy and the .38 special is just not quite it. Plus you can fire .37 specials in the .356 magnum for plinking and not have to buy another gun. Qadaffy doesn't seem like a guy who hand loads and can work up loadings to his liking.
@johnruiz67433:37
That was one of many errors.
Something i notice is that dictators seem to have an obsession with golden weapons
The man with the golden gun perhaps !
Like Trump, turning the White House into a tacky gold brothel.
It’s for the same reason rappers like golden weapons; they like to think they’re pimps.
For those who are wondering: The engraving on Adolfs gun says "Ehrengabe der Familie Walter" which means "Honorary Gift of the Walter Family"
That HK USP picture was a 9mm one
Bought a colt detective 38 special in 1973. It’s still my favorite carry gun.
It's a very fine pistol caliber. Fantastic performance
My grandpa handed his down to me. He carried it while he was an assistant US attorney then judge here in AZ.
The world would be a better place if we still used .38
You’d love the upgraded jframes.
Eisenhower carried something like that during WW2.
3:13 it’s Izh from Izhevsk firearms manufacturer.
Wrong
@Electricfield_731what is it then
@Electricfield_731it’s right
I googled it
Это однозарядный карабин МР-121 "Лис", сделаный на базе одноствольного ружья МР-18
Hello from Izhevsk)
When a leader is photographed testing a submachine gun or rifle it doesn't mean he keeps one handy for self defense. Same with gifted golden sidearms.
Fun fact, At 1:52, you can see one of castro’s men in the back holding an M1941 Johnson rifle, a pretty rare weapon uncommonly seen in historical pictures
I said that too. That plus Che's KE7 really took me by surprise.
3:37 I may be wrong, but I don't believe there is a S&W 356 Magnum. There are 357's, but no 356.
Was going to point that out. No 356 mag.
I saw that also, googled it just to make sure but yeah..never heard of a 356 mag..maybe he meant 357sig?
356win exists, but it's not chambered in a Smith & Wesson revolver frame, lol
There was a .356 TS&W at one point, another effort to recreate 357 ballistics in a pistol. It was a limited interest project at best, and the 357 SIG killed it.
@oddish4352 I forgot about the 356TSW... It's a shame too as it was a straight wall, just stretched a bit longer than 9x19, with beefed up brass.
They should revisit the concept and try to keep the same overall length as the 9mm para. With newer alloys it's probably possible to go the "45 Super" route with 9mm, get similar (if not better) performance than the 357 SIG, while still being able to chamber 9x19 parabellum. Wouldn't need a bottleneck like the 357 sig/9x25 dillon/etc so you could keep the same frame size, magazines, etc.
It'd still probably flop, but if designed properly you'd just need a full-support barrel/cahmber and heavier recoil spring to convert your G19, M&P, etc. I'd buy it...
1:27 jeez is that a Nambu in the foreground?
Yeah, A Golden Nambu
Looks more like The C96 Mauser that came before it
@yurrrrr-g8lHe's talking about the gun to the left of the C96 Mauser, which is in fact a Nambu
Putin be like: hold my firearm😂
Saying "Adolf Hitler" and then announcing the sponser is wild
Fun Fact: Churchill was one of the biggest spokesperson for the Mauser C96 without his own knowledge.
During the Boer War, he was sent to South Africa as a war correspondent and his unit, one day, was under fire. As he didn't have a rifle, all he had was his self-purchased C96 as officers back then didn't get issued with pistols or revolvers and your own sidearm are bought. To fight his way out, he used his C96 for days on end and managed to finally fight back to London. When the press did a public interview with him, he praised nothing but the C96 for it's robustness to take abuse, holds 10 rounds unlike the normal revolver that holds only 5-6 rounds and it reloads quickly with stripper clips too rather than reloading individual rounds into the cylinder.
That effectively shot the sale figures of the C96 to the moon.
Nice, was the mauser semi-auto ?
@dataillusionSeriously?
@dataillusion yes it was semi auto. But it was an older design based on rifle physics. That's why the magazine area is in front of the trigger.
It was replaced by semi auto pistol technology (not just in Germany, but everywhere it was sold) that allowed the cartridges to be loaded into the handle with a separate magazine, a practice which continues to this day. It allows for a more compact gun even if the barrel is longer. The c96 was huge for how short the barrel was.
The C96 was largely forgotten about for a few decades, until someone noticed It was the same gun Hans Solo was using...
@dataillusion The Mauser was a semi-auto pistol, the first of it's kind. However much better ones were coming.
I've never been a fan of the Mauser C96, while an interesting and historic collectible it's far from a practical pistol compared to the Luger, Colt, and Browning pistols that followed by the turn of the 20th Century. Still, for a while it was "The only ball game in town!"
@wayneantoniazzi2706Being semi-auto was a step ahead from most other pistol, I would say that at that time it was one of the best pistols.
2:50 He loved fencing and swordfighting, which makes it understandable as to why he wasn't such a big fan of firearms. From 1915 to 1922 he fought in at least 5 fencing duels, one of them he picked the weapon (fencing swords), in the same duel it lasted up to 40 minutes. He won all of them, btw
The Henry Repeating Rifle you showed for Abraham Lincoln was incorrect. The image was of the modern Henry Repeating Arms company, while Lincoln's was of the original 1860 Henry Rifle.
As Supreme Commander in WW2, Eisenhower carried a .38 Spl. revolver.
Notice how all these leaders have guns but don't want you to have them or restrict only the law abiding citizens
Why did you put a sponsor before an Austrian painter?????
@im_Paulie just a coincidence
Why the hell does it matter
You know why. He wanted to give the sponsor as much attention as possible.
Because mentioning Hitler is enough for demonetizing the video
For a moment i thought it was going to be an elon musk sponsorship LOL
You forgot that saddam hussein also had a Ruger M77 in .243 winchester, he used to shoot it in the air, there's videos and photos of this very gun
Good 👍
nice rifle and cartridge, wonder if he did any hunting
@nathanexplosion743 I think he did hunting. You can't own that rifle without using it to hunt
@dataillusion i think he used it mainly for demonstration purposes, like shooting it in the air during or after a speech, theres footage of him shooting it in the air and one thats kinda hard to find but he commerated the opening of a hotel by shooting into the air with it and what appeared to be a gewher 98
Во времена своей бурной молодости, а я напомню, что Сталин был революционером, занимался экспроприациями в пользу революции, Сталин носил два пистолета Маузер 1910 г., к: 6,35 мм, с патроном в патроннике. В качестве верхней одежды он использовал армейскую шинель из плотной шерстяной ткани, Маузер 1910 достаточно компактный, что бы поместиться в боковых карманах. Открыть огонь можно не доставая пистолетов из карман, что очень ценилось революционерами находящимися в розыске.
Sadam's golden guns :)) in some American soldier's attic, for his retirement.
thank you for the video!!😀
0:34 Favorite sidearm of Josef Stalin was a Mauser M1910 Taschenpistole. Also he used the Browning M1900. The rest of the pistols were given to him as gifts.
Josef🥀
He was a bank robber before the revolution. His experience with guns goes beyond his time in office.
2:28 ''Hacker and Coke USP''
It will never sound right as long as Americans are trying to pronounce German words with English letters.
It seems to me that Americans simply cannot understand that the letters in a non-English word/language are not pronounced in English.
No mention of Washington's Kentucky rifle that is on display in Louisville KY
A cardboard picture of a dragon sold for more than George Washington's pistols...
Teddy Roosevelt even had a suppressor for his Winchester 1876, so he could shoot it on his property in New York without bothering his neighbors
MacArthur also carried a over under derringer .41 short model 95...
I was dissappointed by not seeing Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founder of Republic of Turkey and its Marshall but still nice video
Complete AI slop.
Ai Slop as a Service.
When I see the golden gun collections, my mind goes to Max Payne 3's golden gun parts easter egg idk why
The fact that on preview these three ended up next to each other is, of course, just a coincidence 😂
1945 and Patton was still rocking the colt army revolvers. My man was a cowboy at heart.
He took being a cavalry general to heart, he was trying to be like John Wayne in True Grit 😂
You can view his revolver at the fort knox museum
Tankers are cowboys.
He generally used that 357 they showed, he carried the colts for style points. He called the 357 his “killing gun” and I imagine he meant it.
@eancola6111
Hella Good description of the .357 mag!
Putin has confirmed that he used a Makarov Pistol while he was in the KGB and very much liked that firearm. Based on his comments in the past on it I would not be surprised if he had kept his standard issue Makarov for all these years tbh. He probably carries it if he hasn't upgraded to something more modern. In many ways the Walther PP and clones like the Makarov were my absolute favorite firearms for carry and use up until very recently with more modern designs that have way better sights, rails and are MOS compatible. The Walther PP style pistols were mangable in recoil, had crisp DA/SA trigger pulls, and were extremely easy to clean and maintain. I still own a Bulgarian Makarov though only for recreation. I carried a Bersa Thunder 380 CC with Federal Hydra-shok and a spare mag for about 10 years. It performed flawlessly for thousands of rounds, was very accurate, and the Hydra-shok 380 had a lot of street cred.
2:48 IDK why but whenever I see the Mussolini picture at the top I think of The Rock
Lol, he had a tough face
M1911 is such a great pistol that even the guys that had beef with America used them as their sidearms.
AI is ruining RUclips.
Ok
Churchill was the most bad ass, i believe he kept a tommy gun in the boot
Are you sure it wasn't a Mk VI howitzer?
@winnietheshrew2957 Of course! Pocket-size! :)
Yes, he killed 10 million people in India!
And his ankle muscles were so ripped that it his the drum mag on his fat legs.
Pity the UK has no right to bear arms :(
How many leaders just so happen to own golden guns...
That makes it really easy to spot the narcissists.
@winnietheshrew2957 These are gifts they dont actually carry. They carry practical stuff, like everyone else.
straight to the point. thanks.
Thank you
USP 45 and S&W 642 are pretty based options
Someone should make a game where you play as a president and each one has their own loadout based on their real world armament.
fun fact: gaddafis hipower pistol was stolen by a teen dude
That's true
He was shot with it or the revolver he had been carrying it was a bad way to go along with the 🔪 before..
7:40 the image used is not an m2 carbine it is an m1 carbine chambered in the smaller 45 acp
Are you sure? Looks pretty correct to me
@BackyardShenanigansYT yeah just looked it up thats an m2 carbine sight i was confused by the small straight mag
The M1 Carbine was not chambered in .45 ACP, it was chambered in .30 Carbine you numbskull
And every single one of them enacted some form of gun control
No, not every single one! 🤔
George Washington enacted gun control?..Lol no.
DT; 2nd most anti 2A POTUS
Huh? are you saying Stalin tightened Soviet gun laws? Under Lenin they were already rather tight. Also Churchill? What laws did he tighten? etc etc
Lincoln?😅
Stalin, Trotsky, Lenin, Marx all had tiny hat blood in them.
1:20 bro got that street cred
Joe biden carryed a fully loaded diaper !
Psa: they put President Trump’s picture between mustache man and Putin to play visual mind games with you. Yeah it’s deeper than you think.
I mean...if the shoe fits....
World's worst gun pronunciation I've ever heard bro 😭
Thoses pronunciations had me dying inside😭
Its ai
Narrated by AI
@DrownInLysergic
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The golden Walther PP with AH, in Willy Wonka text, on it looks magical lol.
Putin definably carries a pistol. It's obvious when he walks.
1:43 Thats a Winchester 1866, not Henry Repeating Rifle
What the heck is a 356 magnum I cannot watch anymore after that
Thank u
You are so pretentious it was clearly a typo
holy shit man get over it
Such an intellectual you want a cookie?
I run the same setup as Churchill on rdr2😂😂😂
straight to the point i love it xD
Winston had elite taste
La makarov es posterior a la era Stalin....Ya con eso, que credibilidad se le puede dar al resto?
La pistola Makarov fue adoptada en servicio en 1951 incluso antes de la myerte de Stalin (Perdón por el mal español, usé Google Translate.)
2:36 he has a Glock too
And special edition of CZ75 REPUBLIKA gifted to him by Czech prime minister.
No bro. You're just saying that to make yourself feel better
Talking about george patton, I know he had the one ivory handled a single action cult peacemaker, but he also had a ivory grip, nineteen eleven cult forty five a c p. And yes he had that three fifty seven. I'm not saying what you said he had, because I don't know about that one pistol. I just know he did have like.I said a colt nineteen eleven because i've seen picture with him with it. And read many other documents of the firearms that he has had on his side during the war.
He didn't like semi-automatic pistols. He was a fan of revolvers. He was issued a colt 1911, but he didn't like it.
Gen Patton‘s weapons are on display at „The Patton Museum“ located just outside of FT Knox Kentucky on hwy 31w. The pistols are : a Colt .45 Single Action Army revolver with custom ivory grips…. A Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum double action with custom ivory grips and a Colt 1911 .45 semi-auto that is heavily engraved. Both his actual weapons and the movie „PATTON“ props are on display. The museum also has his weapons from his participation in the 1912 Olympics. His fencing gear is also there..he place third in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. All of his medals and awards are also on display. A worthwhile visit that is free of charge. Cheers
@kenpatton8761 i didn't know he had a Colt 1911. Thanks for giving more information
Osama the trendsetter, using his rifle as a sidearm…very informative 😂
4:42 i can see why by the name...
Putin's firearm in the picture is the famous Austrian Steyr SSG69, usually chambered in .308
Trump and I have more I'm common than I thought, I have had a 642 in my pocket every single day for over 15 years and have an extensive HK collection.❤❤
His sons are gun guys. I'm sure they recommended them, as Trump doesn't seem to know much of anything about guns.
The USP in .45 ACP is like magic. It literally recoils like a 9mm. I love mine.
Trump can’t own a gum he’s a convicted felon 34 counts
@robertivanski3830all made up politically from a fake misdemeanor even Democrats admitted it was political persecution
@robertivanski3830 a fake convicted felon of fake 34 counts
@robertivanski3830 for more information on the rules he broke, look up 'Donald Trump Rule34,
356 magnum. Get it right
what do you mean
Explain
It is a 357 magnum. 356 is a caliber they made for a few years in the 90s. For a tactical automatic. Didn’t fair well so they dropped it.
@ which gun? the smith and wesson 357 that donald trump has? or i guess that would be 356 then
@ the khaddaffi gun was a .357. Not a .356
Introducing Adolph right before cutting into an Ad is hilarious hahaha
Hitler hätte niemals eine goldene Pistole genommen. Er war sehr spartanisch und einfach. Vielleicht hat ihm jemand diese goldene Pistole geschenkt weil er nicht wusste das Hitler nicht mit sowas angeben würde
6:33 is that a new vegas reference?!?!
MEDICINE STICK
I like how you just get straight to the point.
Thank you
2:41 is donald trump still allowed to own a gun?
Lol
Technically no. Being a felon he legally can’t own one. But even if he wasn’t a felon, sine he has secret service protection for life, the secret service doesn’t like anyone but them carrying a gun as they are afraid any gun not in their possession could be used against themselves or the person they are protecting.
Good reply
@Kelsmith2he can cuz he was never charged or sentenced. So he isn’t legally a felon
@kyleyoung1156technically ya
Roosevelt having a rifle named " the medicine" is the most badass thing possible
Carbine is pronounced like car'bean'.
9 x 18 I've spent my whole life thinking that was 9 by 18. A 9mm bullet diameter and an 18mm case length. NOW I know that is actually 9 times 18, a 162 caliber!
This video is AI right? What human being talks like that???
Correct
No it's not bro.
@T-90M2-E1 I put it through an AI checker website, it's 99.95% likely AI.
4:12 my favourite
what.
Are we deadass 🥀
FYI, Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering carried a Smith and Wesson .38 Military & Police revolver. He claimed that its workmanship surpassed that of any and all German pistols.
Putin's guards carry an interesting suitcases with aks-74u's inside, at least carried in 00s