@@rednecksniper4715 they are similar but not identical, the FG was designed and manufactured in 1940-41, the ZFK55 was designed after the ww2 k31, the 55 being produced in the 50s, it was actually the Swiss who stole the similar design, but I think it’s more than likely a case of “parallel thinking or multiple discovery” as the dates are so close together, when weapon manufacturing was truly at the height of the new age in innovation. (I’m a nerd you can’t pull the wool over my eyes)
@@mihir1700ain't no paratrooper military issue rifle in NINETEEN FORTIES NAZI GERMANY would cost anywhere near that much. TWENTY THOUSAND dollars was money that they most certain allocated to things such an fuel or ammunition for their fleet of vehicles. TWENTY THOUSAND IN THE FORTIES is such an obsurdly unintelligent guess for a price at that time. Also what's my guess? I don't know man but it ain't that's
@@travisbryan663 The FG 42 had several design faults: its complex yet ineffective muzzle brake failed to eliminate flash, the bipod proved too fragile for sustained firing, and the lightweight barrel quickly overheated during continuous use. Was it a terrible weapon? No, I don’t think so. But its over-complicated design paired with its low production (~7000 or less were made) makes it hard to determine its combat effectiveness. Like the panzers, too little were made, it had an over-complicated design (like literally anything made by Germany during the war) and suffered from the aforementioned design flaws making it unreliable as a mass produced and mass issued weapon.
@@noahsenz854 German industry got totally wrecked by allied bombing starting in 1942, and were on the back foot in the east from 1943, so they didn't have the time or resources to improve on those flaws.
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh It wasn't meant to replace all those things, it was meant to do all of them pretty well for german para troopers. It was flexible enough to do any of those roles, area denial, suppression fire, designated marksman, rifleman, submachine gunner. Does all that with one platform, pretty well, you cant tell me you'd rather have a kar 98 or mp 40 😂😂😂
Isn’t that to be expected? One is a leading expert on an extremely niche genre of science/history, and the other is a world class athlete. There are plenty of SEALs that look like nerds, anyways.
Yes and no, inside 300 yards its more powerful than a 7.62x63 or 30-06. Outside 300 the 7.92x57(Mauser) has very fast drop off as it bleeds velocity through those first 300 yards. 13 inches drop at 300 then -30 at 400. Where with a 30-06 you’re still making a 16 inch drop at 400, -35 at 500.
@@StainlessTom Oh really? I've thought it was pretty on par with 30-06 (never shot 8mm mauser but assumed it was since they seem pretty similar ballistically out the muzzle). Why does it lose velocity so much quicker? Is it just the ballistic coefficient? Maybe that's why you didn't see any new 7.92 bullets after WW2 but they're still coming out with new 7.62 to this day.
@@TheRealRusDaddy I know of only two , the Stg 52 and the M-60. Comment said "so many designs took inspiration from this this gun" Two is not "so many” Do you know of others?
@@guaporeturns9472 AR-10 is a direct descendent. Also EM-2 (EM-1 I think as well). Well, for that matter probably dozens of post-war experimental firearms. It's tough indexing with things like this, though. There was a huge push to downplay just how much in every field was pulled directly from the Germans mixed with people just stealing their intellectual property without sourcing it (Stoner however was open about the AR-10). For instance the first Soviet MiG fighter jet was basically a direct copy of the German jet that was slated to replace the Me-262. I'm only bringing that up to point out that you have to use your brain, common sense, and hard facts in some cases. Most battle/assault rifles post-WWII took very heavy influence from the FG42 and/or the STG44. It gets tough, though. For instance it was widely accepted for years that what any man could see plain as day (that the AK was derived from the STG44) was true. Today however our Western academia takes the Soviet position in it's entire. Which, like so many other things (they made the same claim when they copied the B-29 lol) is that they did it all themselves by virtue of their utter lack of creativity and strangulation of skilled labor and intellectuals. The AK is product-improved (everyone knew the STG44 needed a wood hand guard) with the bolt swapped out. A few other minor differences but the gas piston looks incredibly similar, stamped construction (cutting edge at the time), practically the same sight layout & similar design, I mean the inventor of the STG44 was even held at the same place where the AK was designed. I've probably gone well past your interest in the subject but hopefully that helps illustrate both some lineages to follow and why follow-up work or searching out more honest (Western) period sources is so necessary.
@@gratefulguy4130 You aren’t telling me anything I didn’t already know there hero. I stand by what I say , but by all means keep typing , that’s obviously what makes you feel good about yourself 👍🏻
Battlefield: secret weapons of 1942 was the first place I saw this beast. It was a one hitter quitter on infantry and the grenade attachment was fantastic for jeeps and lightly armored vehicles. Being a soldier of the "AXIS forces from Germany"with a jet pack and one of these was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had 😅
The German subways run to the second-- end of story. Not a good idea takin' on the Russian theater, however. Wallpaper soup. Now the absolutely stunningly beautiful Ukraine is rubble. To quote my nephew, "Wars are scary." And i thought my ghandi/bruce lee quote was good, " if you have to resort to violence, you have already lost." And "..Boards don't hit back." I will leave you with the Vietnam helicopter pilot vet quote that now drops extreme skiers off on cliffs with hardly any atmosphere.. "..at least no one is trying to shoot at me.." Compilation by sfp.
Why do "experts" say 8mm when it's a 7.92mm. Aren't they the same who would say .357 or .45. Be exacting, it helps show that you know what you are talking about.
This is the difference between the alleged "Wunderwaffen" and the FG42. With the Wunderwaffen people who do not understand anything about the topic technical details think they are the greatest weapon of its kind in WW2. With FG42 people who do not understand anything are like: FG42? Never heared about that. While people who know about firearm technology are like: FG42? Hold everything I have!❤
NATO should have a program to invest fully into German design for medium machine guns and assault rifles/DMRs. They know what they're doing- they make heavy ass guns but they're unsurpassed.
The reproductions can never be exact because of its odd and intricate design. Its quirks made it very expensive and lengthy to produce in WW2 (especially the early model), but today? They wouldn't want to do that to themselves financially even if the tooling still existed to make it possible to produce a 100% period correct FG42.
@@CatnamedMittens I know. Buffer tube and spring inside the stock and a fixed telescoping barrel with an additional spring buffer. Was more so referring to other less well designed weapons that used the same ammo. Bolt action rifles in 8mm Mauser kick pretty hard too
I wanted one since I was 6 watching my day play return to castle wolfenstein. Obviously I'll never own an original or any kind of full auto. But I do have a semiautomatic type 2 in 8mm and it's my holy grail.
Does that pistol grip float forward and back adjusting to the firing persons comfort of it? Cuz it looks like it's positioned way too far back to be practical, or to even get your hand in there really..
Very expensive to produce and the weapon was not a main battle rifle and it was produced in limited numbers for the German airborne troops and the mass amounts of them compared to the others are not there and if you can get one for that today, get as many as possible for that price. Good morning and enjoy your Monday morning.
Привет из России , ППС 43 и Т 34 были лютьше , дешевле , быстрее. Про АК-47 вообще изображено на гербах некоторых стран. Германское оружие дорогое и не долговечно , поэтому коллекционируют .
That muzzle break is sexy as fuck.
Right??
Stolen from the Swiss ZFK55
@@rednecksniper4715 they are similar but not identical, the FG was designed and manufactured in 1940-41, the ZFK55 was designed after the ww2 k31, the 55 being produced in the 50s, it was actually the Swiss who stole the similar design, but I think it’s more than likely a case of “parallel thinking or multiple discovery” as the dates are so close together, when weapon manufacturing was truly at the height of the new age in innovation. (I’m a nerd you can’t pull the wool over my eyes)
@@StainlessTom got em bro
Correction, all of it is sexy as fuck
Used to rip this up in World at War
Absolutely the rate of fire and 20round mag was its downfall. That thing burned through a mag instantly
The best cod every released
Trash in zombies but god tier in multiplayer
@@SamHowzer-to1zm dude, that was the most fun zombies. It was the 2pac of zombies. The newest. The most nostalgic. Undeniable.
@@oneounceslugAPEXit was by far one of the most shallow zombies experiences, really can’t beat black ops 1-3
Pretty sure the one Forgotten Weapons looked at sold at auction for about 300,000
Back in ww2. 20k 💀. Now it's going for 10 times it's price😂
@@mihir1700ain't no paratrooper military issue rifle in NINETEEN FORTIES NAZI GERMANY would cost anywhere near that much. TWENTY THOUSAND dollars was money that they most certain allocated to things such an fuel or ammunition for their fleet of vehicles. TWENTY THOUSAND IN THE FORTIES is such an obsurdly unintelligent guess for a price at that time. Also what's my guess? I don't know man but it ain't that's
@@mihir1700Lmao not even close. Back in WW2 the cost about $100usd, adjusting for inflation that's just a little over $1700
@@mihir1700bro, 20k USD was roughly 420k USD in 1940s
Took me 50 hours to get it in Hell Let Loose 😂
The holy Grail of World War 2 collector firearms.
Thing is, they were unreliable as fuck and very complicated to service.
@@SungazerDNBlmao what a load of garbage.
cite a source proving that right now.
@@SungazerDNB why do people always love making up lies ??
@@travisbryan663 The FG 42 had several design faults: its complex yet ineffective muzzle brake failed to eliminate flash, the bipod proved too fragile for sustained firing, and the lightweight barrel quickly overheated during continuous use.
Was it a terrible weapon? No, I don’t think so. But its over-complicated design paired with its low production (~7000 or less were made) makes it hard to determine its combat effectiveness. Like the panzers, too little were made, it had an over-complicated design (like literally anything made by Germany during the war) and suffered from the aforementioned design flaws making it unreliable as a mass produced and mass issued weapon.
@@noahsenz854 German industry got totally wrecked by allied bombing starting in 1942, and were on the back foot in the east from 1943, so they didn't have the time or resources to improve on those flaws.
The fact that it looks like a weapon from the 60s and not the 40s already shows how advanced it was, incredible!
The Germans were way ahead not only in the beginning but all throughout the war. Hitler was the reason they lost
One of the most beautiful guns ever made.
Absolutely.
POS never worked properly.
Still sexy xD @@Beauloqs
@@Beauloqswehraboos disagree
@@BeauloqsWhat evidence supports this claim? I wanna know
That is some gorgeous craftsmanship
probably my favorite german gun of WW2. Really incredible idea, execution and design
Execution? Probably not so much
@@eastonseiler1774 absolutely executed perfectly for what it was made to do
@@adamweed7462an automatic rifle meant to replace the kar98k, mp40 and mg34 but should still be lighter than a kar98k? Not really.
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfh It wasn't meant to replace all those things, it was meant to do all of them pretty well for german para troopers. It was flexible enough to do any of those roles, area denial, suppression fire, designated marksman, rifleman, submachine gunner. Does all that with one platform, pretty well, you cant tell me you'd rather have a kar 98 or mp 40 😂😂😂
@@fidjeenjanrjsnsfhIts not possible to replace those all with one gun but FG-42 comes really damn close.
i love how real gun nuts look like nerds, not wannabe operators...
Honestly airsoft has let alot of weirdo young guys into the sport of real guns. Neckbeard intensity might reach critical mass
@@JacobS-yz7pyis it a bad thing more people are getting into guns instead of trying to get rid of em?
@@LeBronJames-vn8tg when they wind up on Brandon Herreras Darwin awards no
Isn’t that to be expected? One is a leading expert on an extremely niche genre of science/history, and the other is a world class athlete.
There are plenty of SEALs that look like nerds, anyways.
Like the people on Tales of the Gun that used to be on the History Channel? Didn't they also have someone from the FBI's gun museum on?
Wenn der noch einmal "Fallschirmjägergewehr " verhunzt dann ist aber Ziehung
You're saying it's *not* a Fall-shmeer-gevey?
@@brentongersbach🤣🤣
Fall shield hunter rifle
@@edwardhalpin7503 more accurately, "fall screen hunter rifle" 😜
If anybody cares, the FG42 shown is legit a first Gen.
Is that other distinction than other the grip?
This is literally my favorite historical firearm. If only it didn't cost as much as a small house
They were only 7000 ever produced sadly
@@grimassassin9722I had no idea...
@@grimassassin9722so sad there’s so few. Didn’t know.
I just bought a small house for less than half the price of this gun 😂
This thing has some serious power
Yes and no, inside 300 yards its more powerful than a 7.62x63 or 30-06. Outside 300 the 7.92x57(Mauser) has very fast drop off as it bleeds velocity through those first 300 yards. 13 inches drop at 300 then -30 at 400. Where with a 30-06 you’re still making a 16 inch drop at 400, -35 at 500.
@@StainlessTom Oh really? I've thought it was pretty on par with 30-06 (never shot 8mm mauser but assumed it was since they seem pretty similar ballistically out the muzzle).
Why does it lose velocity so much quicker? Is it just the ballistic coefficient? Maybe that's why you didn't see any new 7.92 bullets after WW2 but they're still coming out with new 7.62 to this day.
It was a masterpiece, so many designs that took inspiration from this gun
What designs would those be?
@@guaporeturns9472silly question
@@TheRealRusDaddy I know of only two , the Stg 52 and the M-60. Comment said "so many designs took inspiration from this this gun" Two is not "so many”
Do you know of others?
@@guaporeturns9472 AR-10 is a direct descendent. Also EM-2 (EM-1 I think as well). Well, for that matter probably dozens of post-war experimental firearms.
It's tough indexing with things like this, though. There was a huge push to downplay just how much in every field was pulled directly from the Germans mixed with people just stealing their intellectual property without sourcing it (Stoner however was open about the AR-10). For instance the first Soviet MiG fighter jet was basically a direct copy of the German jet that was slated to replace the Me-262.
I'm only bringing that up to point out that you have to use your brain, common sense, and hard facts in some cases.
Most battle/assault rifles post-WWII took very heavy influence from the FG42 and/or the STG44. It gets tough, though. For instance it was widely accepted for years that what any man could see plain as day (that the AK was derived from the STG44) was true. Today however our Western academia takes the Soviet position in it's entire. Which, like so many other things (they made the same claim when they copied the B-29 lol) is that they did it all themselves by virtue of their utter lack of creativity and strangulation of skilled labor and intellectuals.
The AK is product-improved (everyone knew the STG44 needed a wood hand guard) with the bolt swapped out. A few other minor differences but the gas piston looks incredibly similar, stamped construction (cutting edge at the time), practically the same sight layout & similar design, I mean the inventor of the STG44 was even held at the same place where the AK was designed.
I've probably gone well past your interest in the subject but hopefully that helps illustrate both some lineages to follow and why follow-up work or searching out more honest (Western) period sources is so necessary.
@@gratefulguy4130 You aren’t telling me anything I didn’t already know there hero. I stand by what I say , but by all means keep typing , that’s obviously what makes you feel good about yourself 👍🏻
Submachine guns shot pistol. This thing shot a FULL rifle cartridge.
With all the expected recoil... even with that fine muzzle brake.
Battlefield: secret weapons of 1942 was the first place I saw this beast. It was a one hitter quitter on infantry and the grenade attachment was fantastic for jeeps and lightly armored vehicles. Being a soldier of the "AXIS forces from Germany"with a jet pack and one of these was one of the best gaming experiences I've ever had 😅
Also in RTCW😂
I saw this gun first time when I was 14 years old in.....call of duty 😂
I saw it in starwars battlefront 2 as the clone sniper lol
@strix1121 yea they had many ww2 era reskined weapons for starwars
FG42 1944 Price: $199
FG42 1994 Price: $125,000
FG42 2024 Price: Your Life Insurance + Powerball Winning Ticket 😂
That’s very stable for firing a powerful cartridge.
even in full auto amazingly stable
Funny how the subtitles just can´t write "Fallschirmjägergewehr". Well, obviously not made for german names.
Heaven music should be playing in the back ground softly
Imagine if Germany had the infrastructure to actually mass produce their advanced weapon systems we would be speaking german.... well im European
It's a muzzle "BRAKE" as in "stopping the recoil"! And that one is a beauty!
Ah yes the der rise speed cola wall buy fg420
I think it was called the 420 impaler when it was packed
Closer to $200-300k these days
500k
Jesus christ
@@gratefulguy4130 😭😭😭
@@LyricClock-fo8he Probably less than a dozen transferable examples in the USA.
One of these sold in 2023 for a mere $411,250.... USD
Financially speaking, there are people who would and could pay more than my house is worth for this firearm alone.
Makes ya think hm
He is saying Falshmider Gewehr
But its actually called the Falschirm Gewehr 😅
I’m sure the noise made in slow-mo sounds like the guns saying edelweiss…. 😅
German technology was amazing. Still is
Talks about how rare it is and the cost. Yep! That's a boomer video.
M 60 ve m 1919 un atasıdır ondan ilham alınmıştır.
Such a beautiful weapon.
No hate but THE PRONOUNCIATION 💀😭😂
If i was a millionaire i would collect firearms rather than artwork or wrist watches.
Помню в вульфенштейн крошил из такого фашистов
Not something you shoot egyption surplus through 😂
Gun Jesus, does a good video on this weapon.😅
My favorite german world war two weapon
I SAW ONE AT THE GUN SHOW IN PHOENIX ATIZONA SAR SHOW THEY WANTED 255,000 AND WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE BUT DON'T TOUCH THIS PIECE OF ART WORK LOL
They had a Cali grip over 80 years ago😂
Mentions full auto, doesnt show it 🤬
Makes me all warm and fuzzy
It had to have a compensator.
She's absolutely gorgeous
My beloved fg42
What a fine piece of weapon
Im looking at you PSA. WHEN?
Never.
Now that's the kind of gun you sleep in the bed with you give it his own pillow and everything the wife can sleep on the couch
Almost no recoil!
My right ear enjoyed this short.
That grip looks incredibly uncomfortable
$125,000 for a Lovely Fallschirmjager gewehr. The more you learn about it... Ok, go ahead, you can call us gun nuts
Meh, I still prefer the American B.A.R.
cool video, but your pronounciation of Fallschirmjägergewehr gave me absolute ear drum cancer.
sincerely, a german.
Quality second to none . Like Leica camera . Mercedes Audi wolksvagen BMW 🎉🎉🎉
The German subways run to the second-- end of story. Not a good idea takin' on the Russian theater, however. Wallpaper soup. Now the absolutely stunningly beautiful Ukraine is rubble. To quote my nephew, "Wars are scary." And i thought my ghandi/bruce lee quote was good, " if you have to resort to violence, you have already lost." And "..Boards don't hit back." I will leave you with the Vietnam helicopter pilot vet quote that now drops extreme skiers off on cliffs with hardly any atmosphere.. "..at least no one is trying to shoot at me.." Compilation by sfp.
Why do "experts" say 8mm when it's a 7.92mm. Aren't they the same who would say .357 or .45. Be exacting, it helps show that you know what you are talking about.
This is the difference between the alleged "Wunderwaffen" and the FG42. With the Wunderwaffen people who do not understand anything about the topic technical details think they are the greatest weapon of its kind in WW2. With FG42 people who do not understand anything are like: FG42? Never heared about that. While people who know about firearm technology are like: FG42? Hold everything I have!❤
NATO should have a program to invest fully into German design for medium machine guns and assault rifles/DMRs. They know what they're doing- they make heavy ass guns but they're unsurpassed.
"You've crosaed the Rubicon. This my origin story." -Julius Ceasar
The reproductions can never be exact because of its odd and intricate design. Its quirks made it very expensive and lengthy to produce in WW2 (especially the early model), but today? They wouldn't want to do that to themselves financially even if the tooling still existed to make it possible to produce a 100% period correct FG42.
That grip angle looks very uncomfortable.
FallSchirmJägerGewehr ....its lovely he trys to say it right, but its an mashup of 4Words, so he only could get it right if he learnd the lingo
The best gun ever made
Stop being so silly 🙄🙄
@@donarthiazi2443 oh stop it you😘
A stretch.
Right after ak and ar platform…. Maybe.
@@tsvorbear3908AR15? This gun is based on the STG44
"I dont know with what weapons WW3 will be fought. I just know that people will start it to see what germany builds" - Abert Something-or-other
I really like firearms but a 125000 dollars I could have All kinds of cool things for that amount of money
Just way out of my league I guess 😁✌️
8mm mauser is a punishing round on full auto. Rip shoulder
The rifle was made by a genius because it doesn't kick as much as you'd think.
@@CatnamedMittens I know. Buffer tube and spring inside the stock and a fixed telescoping barrel with an additional spring buffer. Was more so referring to other less well designed weapons that used the same ammo. Bolt action rifles in 8mm Mauser kick pretty hard too
@@PromethiaSHADOW
Love my old 8mm Mauser.
I wanted one since I was 6 watching my day play return to castle wolfenstein. Obviously I'll never own an original or any kind of full auto. But I do have a semiautomatic type 2 in 8mm and it's my holy grail.
look for "The Weapon Hunter" series where the guy fires an original in full auto. from a VERY rich private collectors collection.
Sounds like the RTCW FG-42 D:
My only graph about the FG-42 is well, this one particular that handle, it's really weird.
What an odd grip angle, looks uncomfortable.
Does that pistol grip float forward and back adjusting to the firing persons comfort of it? Cuz it looks like it's positioned way too far back to be practical, or to even get your hand in there really..
That’s it I’m playing hell let loose
125k 😯 isn’t it possible to produce a 1:1 replica and sell it with a good profit margin 😂
Okay, you talked about the thing being full-auto, but where's the footage of you letting it rip?!?
8mm full auto is wild
is it really so difficult to just google how to pronounce foreign words? I cringed so hard, man...
I'm sure I've seen a scaled up version of that muzzle brake on some of the bigger cannons mounted on Waffenträger, i wanna say like 128mm
German flagship trooper automatic self reloading 8mm rifle
We humans build some cool shit.... granted, it's to kill each other, but the point remains 😂😂
Deutsche wertarbeit 🇩🇪
You can still pick them up here if you know the right people, between 1000€-1500€ not 125000$(wirklich?)
Viel Glück 🍺 🍺
This i think was the only gun during ww2 to fire a full-length cartridge and have hardly any recoil and retain site picture.
An amazing piece of technology….maybe a little too amazing for practical use to be designed during a war when cost and time to test mattered
Exactly!
Dude didn't even try saying the name the right way.
العاصفة عضو من الحرس القديم
$125,000 would be a bargain now!
В любой free to play игре по второй мировой войне, FG42 окажется за покупную валюту.
Very expensive to produce and the weapon was not a main battle rifle and it was produced in limited numbers for the German airborne troops and the mass amounts of them compared to the others are not there and if you can get one for that today, get as many as possible for that price. Good morning and enjoy your Monday morning.
An 8mm rifle with that little recoil? Oh daddy
Paratroopers Rifle
Fallschirmjäger Gewehr
The coolest WW2 gun. They're so kitted out, I can only imagine the most elite soldiers got them.
So nice he say Fallschirmjägergewehr 😊 greetings from 🇩🇪
Привет из России , ППС 43 и Т 34 были лютьше , дешевле , быстрее. Про АК-47 вообще изображено на гербах некоторых стран. Германское оружие дорогое и не долговечно , поэтому коллекционируют .
What's with the extremely slanted pistol grip?
Fun fact it's the James Bond sniper rifle off from golden eye
I'm just surprised they haven't made a airsoft gun version of this yet
Lots of people remember this gun from call of duty world at war. I remember it from return to castle Wolfenstein
125 K ! That's crazy money
That California compliant grip 😂😂😂😂
Doesnt even show full auto after talking about full auto 🤧🤧🤧