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Infiltrating America: The Type 93 Chinese Assault Rifle

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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
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    The Type 93 Chinese assault rifle is a development of the Type 56 Kalashnikov, produced by the People's Liberation Army of the PRC. While the Type 93 designation suggests that the design originated in 1993, there is no evidence of production before the mid 2020s at the earliest.
    Fundamentally, the Type 93 represents a shift towards a rifle more practical for hand-to-hand fighting, as ammunition supplies became scarcer and more expensive with the progression of the Resource Wars of the 2050s, 60s, and 70s. The barrel and has tube were reinforced, and a new RPD-style handguard added which provides a much better grip for bayonet fighting than previous Kalashnikov models used by the PLA/PRC. However, some changes were also made to improve the shooting effectiveness of the rifle, most notably moving the rear sight onto the receiver cover and extending the sight radius.
    Perhaps the most unique feature of the TYpe 93 is that it was originally produced in 7.62x39mm, for domestic Chinese use. However, the models found in the United States (which come from the invasion of Anchorage as well as Chinese infiltration efforts in the Washington DC area) are all found in 5.56mm. This change was made to allow use of American ammunition, but limited industrial resources prevented the development of a new magazine by the time this adaptation took place. Instead, the existing 7.62 magazines were kludged to use 5.56mm cartridges, resulting in a capacity restricted to 24 rounds as the basically straight-walled 5.56x45 cartridge does not fit well in a magazine body designed for a more tapered case.
    Many thanks to Elder Alex of the Brotherhood of Steel for giving me access to this rifle for today's Holotape!
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @justinoriginalgangster
    @justinoriginalgangster 2 года назад +4221

    Imagine knowing nothing about Fallout and watching Ian casually explain all *this*

    • @blueleader8323
      @blueleader8323 2 года назад +99

      Congratulations now you do know some stuff about fallout. :)

    • @nash3364
      @nash3364 2 года назад +392

      Causally explaining a war between the US and China that led to a thermonuclear war
      non fallout player: 👁👄👁

    • @pfg72
      @pfg72 2 года назад +3

      I hear you...

    • @obviousgreyman
      @obviousgreyman 2 года назад +13

      I know nothing about fallout (except fallout 4) and I watched the whole thing. I did know enough that that’s a gun from the game though.

    • @paavobergmann4920
      @paavobergmann4920 Год назад +103

      ...."of course, when the PLA invaded Alaska in, I believe 2074,..." wait what??

  • @aronahlback7903
    @aronahlback7903 Год назад +1363

    This might be the best Fallout lore content on youtube

    • @PalleRasmussen
      @PalleRasmussen 3 месяца назад +1

      Nah, look for "The Storyteller" or "Radking".

  • @trainknut
    @trainknut 2 года назад +6548

    So let me get this straight
    Someone built a whole ass working Type 93 from Fallout 3 in real life.
    But Bathesda couldn't even be bothered to finish modeling one for Fallout 4?...

    • @MWGScorp
      @MWGScorp 2 года назад +354

      Thanks to wastelandmelody and wardaddy for making it a dream come true

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish 2 года назад +115

      I think it's still actually chambered in 7.62 other than that.

    • @trainknut
      @trainknut 2 года назад +155

      @@DIEGhostfish I don't think there really is a way to make a 7.62x39 magazine and rifle work in 5.56 without having to redesign a lot of things, so it most likely is just a 7.62 AK underneath.
      It should be noted that 7.62(x39) is an ammo type in Fallout 4, so I would assume the Chinese used it in their standard infantry Type 93s and Type 56s not being sent to spies in the US.

    • @DIEGhostfish
      @DIEGhostfish 2 года назад +17

      @@trainknut 74's 5.45 is probaably a thing too.

    • @trainknut
      @trainknut 2 года назад +51

      @@DIEGhostfish probably but we don't know much about Russia or the USSR in Fallout other than that they existed and apparently had a fairly decent relationship with the US.

  • @Mikey-xz4vn
    @Mikey-xz4vn 2 года назад +2599

    Normally the wooden furniture on salvaged Chinese Assault rifles are seen 'petrified' white by age; clearly this rifle has been dutifully maintained by Brotherhood scribes for quite a length of time!

    • @Xictlii
      @Xictlii 2 года назад +185

      Actually this might be one from the anchorage bunker in Washington DC.

    • @directorprime2338
      @directorprime2338 2 года назад +39

      That's a great detail!

    • @Mikey-xz4vn
      @Mikey-xz4vn 2 года назад

      @@Xictlii 'Anchorage Bunker' - I think you've been hitting the Jet too hard, friend - next you'll be telling me that there's a Vault-Tec Vault out there comprised solely out of numbered clones 🤨

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 Год назад +40

      I'm surprised nobody has tried to make bleached wood furniture for guns. Gotta get that battle worn look

    • @Mikey-xz4vn
      @Mikey-xz4vn Год назад +17

      @@minhducnguyen9276 Like buying jeans that are pre-'acid-washed' 😁

  • @SephiMasamune
    @SephiMasamune 2 года назад +2724

    Ian has maxed out his Charisma and Speech perks.

    • @Helperbot-2000
      @Helperbot-2000 2 года назад +127

      and has 100 in guns

    • @thyme1483
      @thyme1483 2 года назад +69

      Probably a fairly high repair too

    • @rps215
      @rps215 2 года назад +54

      I know he has all these perks:
      Gun Nut
      Jury Rigging
      Cowboy
      Commando
      Grunt
      Gunslinger
      Rapid Reload
      Vigilant Recycler

    • @Fish-ub3wn
      @Fish-ub3wn 2 года назад

      Gun Jesus mfw

    • @vangoghaway626
      @vangoghaway626 2 года назад +38

      @@rps215 in new vegas he'd have "messiah" under reputation everywhere he goes

  • @doktour_tie
    @doktour_tie 2 года назад +3874

    I don't know what's worse: the fact that this video is lore accurate, or the fact that I knew that this is lore accurate.

    • @Simriel
      @Simriel 2 года назад +211

      Right? I kept waiting for a slip up that would ruin my immersion, but nah, he nailed it. 10/10

    • @DTOStudios
      @DTOStudios 2 года назад +74

      @@Simriel a true professional. I am now replaying Fallout 3 because of this video

    • @Simriel
      @Simriel 2 года назад +10

      @@DTOStudios You shouldn't, it's pretty bad xD

    • @DTOStudios
      @DTOStudios 2 года назад +77

      @@Simriel now this is truly a bad take

    • @J0J0Reference
      @J0J0Reference 2 года назад +28

      @@Simriel let people have fun

  • @UselessFox
    @UselessFox Год назад +2449

    "Chambered for 5.56, I believe it was the NATO cartridge"
    I love that Ian pretended to not be sure about it. It's so accurate to the setting.

    • @AnarchyMeansIHateYou
      @AnarchyMeansIHateYou Год назад +150

      I think he was trying to remember if NATO existed in fallout

    • @josephcometa1992
      @josephcometa1992 Год назад +131

      @@AnarchyMeansIHateYou it did for a good while. Then dissolved in 2030 I believe.

    • @diogeneslantern18
      @diogeneslantern18 Год назад +6

      It shot 5mm rounds in the game iirc.

    • @UselessFox
      @UselessFox Год назад +70

      @@diogeneslantern18 Pretty sure you're thinking of the assault carbine from New Vegas. The American assault rifle and Chinese assault rifle both shot 5.56

    • @diogeneslantern18
      @diogeneslantern18 Год назад +8

      @@UselessFox I swear I don't remember 5.56 ammo at all in FO3 lol but I see it indeed is there!

  • @Ba11leFieldAce
    @Ba11leFieldAce 2 года назад +3170

    Clearly Ian is a fan of fallout. He explained the games lore waaaay to confidently to just simply be casually reading a script. He was doing some deep dives with his explanations.

    • @CobAAOff
      @CobAAOff 2 года назад +231

      I wouldn´t be too sure of this.. Ian´s strength is getting a detailed introspective into relatively complicated matters in a rellatively short time... And he´s known to talk to people who know more about stuff than he does so yeah I think it´s entirely possible he never touched one of the games

    • @HomeboyMcGoo
      @HomeboyMcGoo 2 года назад +185

      @@CobAAOff I mean you can be into Fallout lore without playing the games. But this isn’t the first fallout video he’s done, though.

    • @J0J0Reference
      @J0J0Reference 2 года назад +10

      @@HomeboyMcGoo he’s done others?

    • @HomeboyMcGoo
      @HomeboyMcGoo 2 года назад +34

      @@J0J0ReferenceYee with 9 hole reviews, pretty cool video.

    • @parsecboy4954
      @parsecboy4954 2 года назад +15

      @@J0J0Reference InRange has done a few too

  • @theduke7539
    @theduke7539 2 года назад +3592

    This is the most in depth April fools joke ever. I am gobsmacked at the effort that went into this one.

    • @cplpuddingpop
      @cplpuddingpop 2 года назад +56

      Garand Thumb did a pretty similar and equally high effort video in 2020!

    • @Voron_Aggrav
      @Voron_Aggrav 2 года назад +20

      There's a few channels I follow that are quite good at this, making me look forward to this day to see what they've come up with this year

    • @EX7RUD1CON
      @EX7RUD1CON 2 года назад +16

      What’s funny though is polytech and norinco name their firearms like this, I own a type 81 which is pretty much an Ak clone

    • @jkfozul2316
      @jkfozul2316 2 года назад +11

      Idk man look up the French rock video Ian did 😂

    • @veekay391
      @veekay391 2 года назад +15

      For a split second I thought it was a real rifle

  • @johnpenwell6402
    @johnpenwell6402 2 года назад +3216

    I prefer the warm glow of a plasma rifle myself but the type 93 is good in a pinch, just don’t let Liberty Prime catch you holding it.

    • @mpcrauzer
      @mpcrauzer 2 года назад +1

      Liberty Prime need to undestand that every weapon we use against comunism is a weapon of freedom, using the enemy Guns against then

    • @Daniel-Weaver
      @Daniel-Weaver 2 года назад +74

      In the 40 watt range?

    • @reliantncc1864
      @reliantncc1864 2 года назад

      ALL CHINESE COMMUNISTS WILL BE ELIMINATED!!

    • @kellyalger2394
      @kellyalger2394 2 года назад

      Democracy is non negotiable

    • @johnpenwell6402
      @johnpenwell6402 2 года назад +64

      @@Daniel-Weaver I don’t know it’s exact power output but I think the Winchester P94 is a bit spicer than that

  • @drmaudio
    @drmaudio 2 года назад +375

    I remember the second battle of Anchorage. By the end, Type '93s just littered the ground. We used the handguards for firewood.

    • @McCaroni_Sup
      @McCaroni_Sup 8 месяцев назад +37

      Ah, a fellow ghoul are you? The smoothskin explained it well, I've seen plenty of these during my time in service when America still existed. I actually have one on the West Coast, they're way rarer in the NCR.

  • @badpritt3845
    @badpritt3845 2 года назад +785

    Just imagine a historian 2000 years from now, has to make sense of this.

  • @511tactical
    @511tactical 2 года назад +1850

    When you take the Life Giver and Gun Nut perks.

    • @extremepredudice
      @extremepredudice 2 года назад +61

      I understood that reference. Have a like.

    • @bastianmerriman3389
      @bastianmerriman3389 2 года назад +2

      When u don't understand the reference

    • @IMALAPTOP
      @IMALAPTOP 2 года назад +16

      thanks, 5.11. very cool!

    • @extremepredudice
      @extremepredudice 2 года назад +71

      @@bastianmerriman3389 Lol, the image for the lifegiver perk in fallout is a picture of vault-boy dressed as Jesus, the gun-nut perk is Ian in a nutshell. Ian's internet nickname is Gun-Jesus haha.

    • @User_Un_Friendly
      @User_Un_Friendly 2 года назад +3

      What idiot takes Gun Nut? Lifegiver is BARELY adequate as a perk. You’re better off with Toughness, or even Adamantium Skeleton, so you can toss grenades anywhere you want, even point blank. 🤓

  • @chopinbloc
    @chopinbloc 2 года назад +4164

    In all seriousness, whoever built that rifle is a man among men.

    • @LcGrande
      @LcGrande 2 года назад +259

      Seriously, I wanna know who tf made it.

    • @christopherbishop4927
      @christopherbishop4927 2 года назад +75

      Like I said I would sacrifice my Hunter for this mod

    • @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
      @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon 2 года назад +63

      @@LcGrande You don't need it. Your dance moves alone could destroy the world in seconds.

    • @chopinbloc
      @chopinbloc 2 года назад +87

      @@Xtoxinlolinecronomicon I don't want to set the world on fire.

    • @Davoda2
      @Davoda2 2 года назад +24

      @@LcGrande the 1 true God: Gunbuildus Maximus
      well or RNGesus

  • @pharisaeus6493
    @pharisaeus6493 2 года назад +204

    He looks like he didn't age a day in those 250 years! Not all ghouls are so lucky...

    • @AnikaJarlsdottr
      @AnikaJarlsdottr 6 месяцев назад +7

      he might have been put on ice, like the lone survivor of V-111? no idea, guy is looking pretty smooth to be a ghoul.

  • @L3M0N4NDCH3RRYZZ
    @L3M0N4NDCH3RRYZZ 2 года назад +251

    Hopefully one day Ian will get his hand on the ultra rare Xuanlong variant.

    • @dd11111
      @dd11111 Год назад +17

      What I'd really like to see is his breakdown of the protoype Zhu-Rong Pistol.
      I'd love to see how that thing's barrel causes ammo to superheat to combustion!

    • @aribantala
      @aribantala Год назад +17

      I doubt he'll get one. Xuanlong Variant are more of an experimental attempt by the PLA to create an IAR (Infantry Automatic Rifle).
      It's essentially the same rifle but made with lighter materials, I presume bakelite nstead of wood and some kind of composite steel instead of regular steel, and have a more calibrated sights so one theoretically can use it with less amount of focus when, for example, using VaultTec Assisted Targeting Syatem implemented on a RobCo Pipboy.
      And thanks to the lighter material + better milled Magazine well, I hear you could fit the weapon with a special 36 rounds sized magazine without making it any heavier than a standard Type 93.
      Though All in all, that's just speculation. The Xuanlong Variant probably isn't real. But who knows, their Spec Ops "Hei Gui" Units are apparently real and do use special kind of Reflective Camouflage armored suit. We can only hope at least

  • @healthycrackhead2273
    @healthycrackhead2273 2 года назад +2103

    The thing I absolutely adore about Ian's shitposts is how his tonality and voice is exactly the same as a normal video with the same pauses and emphases. Also, whoever made this made gun deserves a medal for how true it is to the games

    • @andrewweitzman4006
      @andrewweitzman4006 2 года назад +150

      This isn't a shitpost. This is the finest merde sourced directly from high end French sources, carefully curated and served, with a fine explanation of the subtleties of its terroire.

    • @NoOther1
      @NoOther1 2 года назад +102

      It's something that Ian and LockPickingLawyer have in common, the ability to deliver a joke video completely straight-faced.

    • @apossessedbagel
      @apossessedbagel 2 года назад +49

      The only time I could really see him start to crack was at the very end as he wrapped up the video. Definitely did a great job on his delivery. Now, back to work for me, Corvega doesn't like it when we take too long to eat our Blamco.

    • @SaintedPIacebo
      @SaintedPIacebo 2 года назад +14

      In fallout3 they were indeed stamped with type 93 (on the texture) instead of 56 though, curious on why that was the case on this one, perhaps because it is legally classified as a type 56 and cant be marked otherwise ? i literally have no idea.

    • @peterdathug5297
      @peterdathug5297 2 года назад

      Oh ya definitely

  • @ziqianli6764
    @ziqianli6764 2 года назад +1042

    As a Chinese, I can CONFIRM that the Type 93 rifle is absolutely legit and definitely not some April fools joke. I remember carrying them fighting in Alaska before the thermal nuclear war, it was a long time, a long time.

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy 2 года назад +91

      That was a close-run thing. Imagine if you'd fielded those stealth suits earlier. We're all friends now of course.

    • @stefanstoyanov7460
      @stefanstoyanov7460 2 года назад

      How did you ghoulified? What happened right after the bombs?

    • @OtakuGekko
      @OtakuGekko 2 года назад +89

      Howdy fellow ghoul.

    • @bambon6184
      @bambon6184 2 года назад

      @@AshleyPomeroy speak for your self they are still commies in my book

    • @andrewmodjeski4680
      @andrewmodjeski4680 2 года назад +31

      What was it like fighting against T51-b power armour units?

  • @colewyatt5298
    @colewyatt5298 Год назад +152

    Crazy how practical this rifle is and then in fallout 4 we get a 35 pound abomination with a water cooling jacket for some reason

    • @christinesulyvahn6043
      @christinesulyvahn6043 7 месяцев назад +10

      Fallout 4 Assault Rifle is an mix between an Lewis Machine Gun and the M249

    • @colewyatt5298
      @colewyatt5298 7 месяцев назад +33

      @@christinesulyvahn6043 that doesn't make it any less stupid

    • @TheSemajshadow
      @TheSemajshadow 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@christinesulyvahn6043 you are correct. But it's still a dumb design

    • @christinesulyvahn6043
      @christinesulyvahn6043 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@colewyatt5298It have it's charm to me

    • @christinesulyvahn6043
      @christinesulyvahn6043 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@TheSemajshadowI know how to fix it

  • @crabman3144
    @crabman3144 2 года назад +1114

    I love that, even in an April Fools video, Ian understands Fallout and the Brotherhood of Steel more then the writers of Fallout 4 seem to.

    • @zombiefinatic7033
      @zombiefinatic7033 2 года назад +49

      "Seem to"
      No.. do, like actually they did not and do not know a single thing about Fallout

    • @CoolAndrew89
      @CoolAndrew89 Год назад

      @@zombiefinatic7033 How?

    • @akicauchemar7286
      @akicauchemar7286 Год назад +46

      @@CoolAndrew89 play fallout 1/2/nv and you'll see why. Bethesda's vision of the brotherhood is completely wrong and childish.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn Год назад +13

      @@akicauchemar7286 except in 1 and 2 they were never the genocidal pathetic maniacs Obsidian made them into in New Vegas. As much as I love this game, this one thing always bugged me.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn Год назад +18

      @@akicauchemar7286 their canonical ending in 1 makes them into a "major research and development house." and in 2 they are generally pretty nice guys.

  • @trikelife4960
    @trikelife4960 2 года назад +2006

    This can't even be classified as bullshit. This is art. Beautiful art. Well done, Ian and crew!

    • @AidenKerr944
      @AidenKerr944 2 года назад +3

      What year is it

    • @jansenart0
      @jansenart0 2 года назад +10

      A better tribute than Bethesda deserves; this was for the lore.

    • @stevewilson6723
      @stevewilson6723 Год назад +2

      @@jansenart0 This was not for Bethesda (Which is actually located in Rockville MD) but for the fans.

  • @jacobhuntson9486
    @jacobhuntson9486 2 года назад +502

    The Fallout theme and the dedication to the bit is perfect

    • @KingofGermanic
      @KingofGermanic 2 года назад +20

      He even changed his contact info in the description!

    • @mikecampos1193
      @mikecampos1193 2 года назад

      God help us if certain questionable left-leaning movement arm themselves with these cuz China thought yeah let's make it more difficult for America let them fight themselves they do it just the slow us down.

    • @KingofGermanic
      @KingofGermanic 2 года назад

      @@mikecampos1193 what the fuck are you talking about

  • @intelligenthoodlumpodcast7627
    @intelligenthoodlumpodcast7627 Год назад +41

    When he said the resource wars of 2050 I legit got scared and looked at my phones to see what year it was.

  • @TheSkullPanda
    @TheSkullPanda Год назад +110

    I can't believe i'm only seeing this now, a year after its release. this is genius. This Follower of the Apocalypse thanks you for your dedication to this history.

    • @TheSkullPanda
      @TheSkullPanda Год назад +3

      I'd love seeing a follow up contrasting the Wattz 2000 and the AER - 9 model laser rifles. I'm still convinced the Wattz is the superior for anti armor and long range uses, even though we only see AER's around these days.

  • @snarkywriter1317
    @snarkywriter1317 2 года назад +1768

    See, now I want a Wasteland Codex style mod of just Ian giving the in-universe histories of the various weapons you pick up. I'd bet the FO4 Assault Rifle entry would be hilarious.

    • @DSmith-hk5kj
      @DSmith-hk5kj 2 года назад +95

      I would love a breakdown of the fallout 3 combat shotgun.

    • @SuperPerry1000
      @SuperPerry1000 2 года назад +93

      It would just be "This is...uh...yep, I've got noth-"

    • @ZinkyStinky
      @ZinkyStinky 2 года назад +32

      All of you want fallout content, while I'm waiting for Ian to review the GEP gun from Deus Ex

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 года назад +57

      You wander the wasteland together with Ian in your Pip-boy. You have no grand objective, you just wander.
      And along your journey, you find two mercenaries by a campfire. One wearing a red beret and NCR jacket, the other wearing a ranger trenchcoat. Former watersmith and gunsmith respectively. Seems like the Gunsmith admires Ian on your pip-boy

    • @dossiebigham9113
      @dossiebigham9113 2 года назад +13

      I outright replaced that junk with Degenerate Daks M69 that redesigns it so it looks like the prototype M69 from Vietnam and cuts the weight down cause the default you can make HEAVIER THAN THE MINIGUN and its 30 pounds when you pick it up!
      Or i just replace it with the R91 & AK 2047 and the seen better days retextures or the AR-18 because that waste of steel is more of a eyesore than the pipe guns.

  • @mookfishtehwise
    @mookfishtehwise 2 года назад +470

    Ian's dedication to making this video seem, true, factual and historically accurate is absolutely insane. If one had never played FO3 I can imagine they'd take this information at face value! Ian, you astonish me with every single joke video. Thank you for improving my quality of life in this way!! 😂😂
    Edit: you astonish me with just about EVERY video I'd say, but my point remains... INSANE level of dedication lmao

  • @TheGrinXpedia
    @TheGrinXpedia 2 года назад +22

    >that moment when you remember the G11 is in Fallout 2 and Ian made a video for it, making this the 2nd Fallout "Forgotten Weapon"

    • @cristianarreola8582
      @cristianarreola8582 3 месяца назад +3

      Fallout 1 and 2 had a ton of real weapons. There was the AUG, the FAL, the SAW, and a bunch more. The M16 is in Fallut New Vegas too. It just has wooden furniture.

  • @Ashrubel
    @Ashrubel Год назад +39

    This is the definition of "Knowing your Audience"

  • @Pariatech
    @Pariatech 2 года назад +962

    Even after the fallout, Forgotten Weapons must go on! Bless Ian.

    • @Mygg_Jeager
      @Mygg_Jeager 2 года назад +38

      His hats provide a +99 Rad Resist buff.

    • @JackedRado71
      @JackedRado71 2 года назад +21

      Well he is Jesus after all..

    • @hippoace
      @hippoace 2 года назад +18

      Gun Jesus is needed more than ever in the wastelands

    • @joshsquatch7474
      @joshsquatch7474 2 года назад +15

      Imagine gun jesus but with a ghoul voice "ok smoothskins, today on forgotten weapons"

  • @-nomi.-
    @-nomi.- 2 года назад +42

    This is such a good video that it actually expands on the lore. It makes complete sense that this design would be scrapped in the 90s in favour of laser and plasma weapons then brought into production when those became unfeasible to produce

  • @michaellin2493
    @michaellin2493 2 года назад +67

    Damn, I totally didn't realize that this is an April Fool's day video when I only see the thumbnail and the title, and I'm Chinese😂 Ian and his team did such a great job of custom making that rifle, I can see a lot of design elements of other Chinese service rifles like Type-56 and Type-81 put into the Type-93, so when I first read the title, I thought it's probably just a figurative way of saying that this rifle is design by Chinese weapon company to enter the American market. Until I started to watch the video, then I finally realized that it's for April Fool's day and I absolutely love it.

    • @chudwick8814
      @chudwick8814 Год назад +1

      It's the Chinese Assault Rifle from fallout 3

  • @Autumn_DeeDum
    @Autumn_DeeDum 2 года назад +1052

    Ian's ability to stay in character while talking about the different lore bits like the dates and the Chinese Invasion, puts a huge smile on my face! Especially that little BoS bit at the end! This truly made my day, thank you Ian! 😁😁

    • @farhanhashmi2705
      @farhanhashmi2705 2 года назад +36

      I legit felt the same. 4 minutes in I had to start the video all over again. My mind couldn't make sense of what he was saying cuz he was speaking so naturally about the lore as if it really happened. Hats off for Ian.

    • @NateTheBrewer
      @NateTheBrewer 2 года назад +20

      Yeah there was an April 1 video on a rock used as a primitive weapon a few years ago, and his dry delivery and immense amount of made up historical details had me going for a good couple of minutes into the video.

    • @dlarsh
      @dlarsh 2 года назад +8

      @sgfhk321 Nah, BOS has been known to work with wastelanders of particular skill in the past, and Ian is clearly one of the best weapon historians outside their own scribes (might even give them a run for their money, but I know what's good for me, so I didn't say it lol). Besides, while a fascinating pre-war design, the tech itself isn't anything special; the GRA boys out west are starting to put out gear as good or better than these things nowadays, so there's nothing the Brotherhood would really need to keep to themselves here. If Ian gets ahold of something a Wattz 2000, or, be still my heart, a P94, then I'd be worried about what he's getting into.

    • @dlarsh
      @dlarsh 2 года назад +4

      @sgfhk321 Surely Ian, more than anyone, could stand beside such giants as well. He's Gun Jesus, after all. Rumor is he's even immortal and has been cataloging weaponry since before the bombs; some kind of Ghoul without skin condition maybe?

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 2 года назад +1

      @@dlarsh He could stand among giants, yes.
      And don't call me Shirley.

  • @SuperPerry1000
    @SuperPerry1000 2 года назад +3230

    SEE, this is the kind of April Fools stuff everyone should live up to. Not just "Oh here's a thing SURPRISE it's not a thing, fuck you lmao, I'm so cool", but genuine effort into something a silly project for a one-off sort of thing. This is the cool shit I love to see. I thought it'd be a non-firing replica, too. BUT NOPE. Ian, please. I may be British. BUT I WANT ONE.

    • @chrisbee1414
      @chrisbee1414 2 года назад +31

      yea me too, it's a beautiful weapon

    • @overboss9599
      @overboss9599 2 года назад +70

      renounce your tea and join us under the eagle.

    • @jasonleigh4938
      @jasonleigh4938 2 года назад +3

      Me too 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @stevenbobbybills
      @stevenbobbybills 2 года назад +59

      Yeah, Guntubers make the best April Fools content, like Garand Thumb reviewing the various MA5 series rifles from Halo in full.

    • @SuperPerry1000
      @SuperPerry1000 2 года назад +11

      @@stevenbobbybills Wait seriously? That sounds fun.

  • @pokemaster123ism
    @pokemaster123ism 2 года назад +48

    “Now this rifle was intended to be a long range sniper rifle, but whoever was given the task of designing the internals was given the wrong documents, and ended up making a light machine gun. The person who commissioned the weapon however, actually preferred what had been created by accident, and asked for the weapon to be built as an LMG. Once completed, it was given the name of Bozar, and sold at various Gun Runner storefronts”

  • @allenkennedy99
    @allenkennedy99 Год назад +19

    Awesome holotape Ian, was so glad to have found this on the body of the raider I killed. Anyway, I would love to see you cover the venerable N99 10mm pistol at some point in the future. I had one for a while and found it to be a reliable (though perhaps a bit bulky) sidearm. Regardless, I'd love to see you cover that, or maybe one of those NCR service rifles one day!

  • @loremipsum2508
    @loremipsum2508 2 года назад +763

    Honestly, Ian’s intellectual prowess with firearms is phenomenal on its own. But his Fallout lore? Fucking beautiful

    • @shamroc514
      @shamroc514 2 года назад +4

      The lore accuracy is unmatched. He was on the wiki for a long time reading up to do this.

  • @R4ZOR154
    @R4ZOR154 2 года назад +220

    I just love how seriously he’s talking about this thing as if it were mass produced and not just the best custom job I’ve ever seen. Props to Ian and who ever was inspired to make a real Type 93 Chinese Assault for the best April Fools video today.

    • @sneedchuckington
      @sneedchuckington 2 года назад +25

      Not sure what "April Fools" is supposed to mean stranger. Are you one of those jet fiends?

    • @thewretchedpleb7484
      @thewretchedpleb7484 2 года назад +4

      @@sneedchuckington Watch out, there. He looks dangerous, buddy. Could have some psycho and a switchblade in his pocket

    • @pinkyfull
      @pinkyfull 2 года назад +3

      I doubt that whoever made it made it FOR the April Fools joke. But regardless of why they made that rifle it is a beautiful piece of gunsmithing.

  • @RodBatten
    @RodBatten Год назад +27

    Don't know how I missed this one, it's fecking brilliant!
    Somehow the actual rifle even kinda looks like a 3d model of a real gun.

    • @hotturnips7692
      @hotturnips7692 Год назад +1

      same

    • @ricojes
      @ricojes Год назад +4

      Boxy construction might have something to do with it.

  • @1944Baker
    @1944Baker 2 года назад +32

    Absolutely love this! Could you cover the NCR’s current service rifle? XD

  • @Mygg_Jeager
    @Mygg_Jeager 2 года назад +512

    Ian would make be the best Rogue Caravan Trader in any Fallout game.
    Especially if he wore a different hat every time you encountered him in the wastelands.

    • @Retr0Whiskey
      @Retr0Whiskey 2 года назад +41

      Someone has to make this idea into a mod... :)

    • @TheAkrillion
      @TheAkrillion 2 года назад +42

      @@Retr0Whiskey I'll do you one better: Ian as a character in an indie post apocalyptic FPS where he acts as the all-in-one weapons merchant, being everywhere at once, wearing a different hat every time you encounter him.

    • @_gary_s
      @_gary_s 2 года назад +15

      Ian is the gun runners
      😲 😮 😲 😮

    • @_Smile_Today
      @_Smile_Today 2 года назад

      He’d be a gun runner in legion territory

    • @Scuzz1204
      @Scuzz1204 2 года назад +7

      I could see him working with Blue Ridge Caravan. He would absolutely want to get information on those prototype weapons, like that Gauss Minigun

  • @MrYaniv99
    @MrYaniv99 2 года назад +197

    It makes sense that Ian is reviewing this weapon after showing the earlier models of the current Gauss Rifle. Good thing we now use microfusion cells to power them

  • @bradybaker7650
    @bradybaker7650 2 года назад +5

    I’m glad there’s no ads on this video. I’m tired of seeing the same abraxo comercial

  • @shamroc514
    @shamroc514 2 года назад +27

    The amount of incredibly accurate lore in this video is impressive.

  • @wolfy07ro
    @wolfy07ro 2 года назад +151

    Telling all this with a straight face... that's an achievement in itself

  • @sanarcher
    @sanarcher 2 года назад +775

    The marking "五六式” has nothing to do with "type 56". This was a miss understanding in America. “五六” does indeed mean "56". However, “式” means "compatible". This rifle was designed for Chinese special ops to use behind enemy line(NATO area) where 5.56 ammo is widely available

    • @Ovokor
      @Ovokor 2 года назад +32

      I am not sure if your picking up on the fact that this video is in fact satire. The video game Fallout references are interlaced heavily within the video. I do appreciate your insights on the markings.

    • @TehScareM8
      @TehScareM8 2 года назад +85

      @@Ovokor I don't want to be the one to say it but... Woosh

    • @bigangenbygang
      @bigangenbygang 2 года назад +34

      Oh my god, you just made me realize that Ian left a mistranslation in this video. Probably on purpose too. He really went all out on details to make it seem as real as possible.

    • @gregmcb5305
      @gregmcb5305 2 года назад +6

      it’s A joke did you not hear him talking about dates in the far future lol

    • @johanmetreus1268
      @johanmetreus1268 2 года назад +16

      @@Ovokor You realise that the OP falls in line with the notion that the main supply was from pre-chased weapons for Chinese infiltration units, right? ;)

  • @jr5469
    @jr5469 2 года назад +3

    Up next. Larry Potterfield
    " Making a Railway Rifle is easy, if you have the right tools. Let me show you how."

  • @StockBrokersLTD
    @StockBrokersLTD 7 месяцев назад +7

    I swear this video lives rent free in my head whenever I think of fallout. Just goes to show how great of a content creator Ian is

  • @ollanius_papyrus80
    @ollanius_papyrus80 2 года назад +534

    I just love the idea of going into vault 34 (the one with the All-American) and finding an entire file cabinet full of holotapes like these, where a gun historian, with nothing left to do, attempting to document information on all of the different guns in the vault.

    • @Brandelwyn
      @Brandelwyn 2 года назад +25

      Dont forget your rad-x, though

    • @Kingsquad2011
      @Kingsquad2011 2 года назад +16

      I'm fairly certain the Boomers would have taken copies with them in Nellis AFB after leaving.
      One could wonder if they'd allow access to it for people like the Gun Runners or caravans like the Crimson Caravan or Happy Trails

    • @subduedreader5627
      @subduedreader5627 2 года назад +3

      @@Brandelwyn And RadAway.

    • @afrozen10-02
      @afrozen10-02 2 года назад +2

      @@Kingsquad2011 I could see the gun runners taking interest into using the holo tapes for their sales bots.

    • @willnease8474
      @willnease8474 2 года назад +2

      This has to be a mod. Or creation club

  • @cbyrne9703
    @cbyrne9703 2 года назад +239

    This needs to be a series; Wasteland Survival Weapons.
    What gun is best for hunting? What gun do I need to fend off Raiders? What is the best way to deal with a Deathclaw?
    Coming to a terminal near you in 2289 by Moira Brown Press.

    • @MiloNgoReborn
      @MiloNgoReborn 2 года назад +10

      Answer to all of them: a Never Ending Double-Barrel Shotgun

    • @SpacePatrollerLaser
      @SpacePatrollerLaser 2 года назад +4

      @@MiloNgoReborn What I want to see are the 2-pun match and the Nuclear Brutality match, probably after the hunger games of 2399 or the Mutant Squid Games: Noting like trying to bayonet a 5.3m, 1080kkg calamare coming at you

    • @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon
      @Xtoxinlolinecronomicon 2 года назад +3

      I'm throwing my bottle caps at the terminal right now, please make it happen.

    • @thetruerift
      @thetruerift 2 года назад

      Answer to all of the above -> Fat Man.

    • @97Crazysteve
      @97Crazysteve 2 года назад +1

      "Hey guys, thanks for tuning in to Forgotten Weapons, I'm Ian McCollum and this is a rather unique lever-action rifle called the 'Medicine Stick'. Despite it being called the 'Medicine Stick', and it being chambered in .45-70 Government, I don't think it's designed to do a lot of healing. So let's take this thing out to Quarry Junction for a little accuracy test..."

  • @NoahErickson
    @NoahErickson Год назад +7

    I cannot express how much I love Ian's ability to explain a fictional firearm exactly as he does a real one. Beautiful, 10/10, and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

  • @ironwolf2244
    @ironwolf2244 2 года назад +63

    Man.. Ian is so accurate in his presentation, that I feel like I'm a person actually living in the Fallout universe who's learning about the Fallout firearms history in the future. Good on you Ian!!

  • @brosefmalkovitch3121
    @brosefmalkovitch3121 2 года назад +145

    "..5.56, I believe that was the NATO cartridge..."
    Incredible commitment to the bit, salute.

    • @-YELDAH
      @-YELDAH 2 года назад +6

      He was using 100% of his brain to fight the knee jerk reaction to know what 5.56 is

  • @jelkehuisman
    @jelkehuisman 2 года назад +1016

    Ian, you're a madlad. Whomever made this gun is a legend though. The Chinese Assault Rifle was always my favourite Fallout gun.

    • @tulipalll
      @tulipalll 2 года назад +93

      Ian is actually a great actor! I literally cannot tell the difference between Ian joking and being serious!! Voice tone, cadence, word choice, descriptive style: all identical!!

    • @ollanius_papyrus80
      @ollanius_papyrus80 2 года назад +34

      “What if we made the kalashnikov sexier?”
      “Impossible, it cannot be done!”

    • @Orangejr36
      @Orangejr36 2 года назад +4

      Absolutely perfect

    • @paynekiller75
      @paynekiller75 2 года назад +6

      The maddest of all the lads!

    • @karlenglewood8940
      @karlenglewood8940 2 года назад +3

      @@tulipalll He raises his eyebrows when he lies.

  • @Kevbo2040
    @Kevbo2040 2 года назад +6

    My friend has been trying to get me to watch this channel for a while now, and this is what finally did it. Absolutely fantastic.

  • @swytchblayd
    @swytchblayd 2 года назад +5

    I could absolutely see Ian as a BoS scribe in charge of the armory.
    This is great! Might never see a real plasma rifle in action but cool to see a weapon from the games in real life!

  • @walterriblethegreat
    @walterriblethegreat 2 года назад +541

    Gun history? Fallout lore? April fools? It's the perfect combination!

  • @scoutrifle6827
    @scoutrifle6827 2 года назад +1005

    Ian's absolutely normal delivery of all this 'info' has started to make me question his usual reviews...if he's this good at sounding authoritative reciting fictional future-history, who's to say he's not just making up ALL the info on his channel? Are there really even AK-47's? :)

    • @anotherrandomtexan25
      @anotherrandomtexan25 2 года назад +54

      Is the Soviet union even a thing that existed? I am questioning EVERYTHING about my life nowwww

    • @trentn1127
      @trentn1127 2 года назад +1

      Weapons technology stopped developing past the 19th century in reality and fully automatic weapons are just a hoax propagated to make the idea of war and revolution seem impractical and suicidal

    • @anotherrandomtexan25
      @anotherrandomtexan25 2 года назад +23

      @@trentn1127 I knew those javelin missiles were figments of my imagination!

    • @dereksmith2929
      @dereksmith2929 2 года назад +36

      I had proof that AK’s existed, but I lost it in a boating accident 😞

    • @ifyoudontfailyouarenoteven6210
      @ifyoudontfailyouarenoteven6210 2 года назад +43

      @@dereksmith2929 I had proof that boats existed, but I lost it in the AK accident ;)

  • @jorisbinkhorst7466
    @jorisbinkhorst7466 8 месяцев назад +3

    Barely two minutes into this video and i already utterly love it. Great work for this particular day, Ian. The vault overseer should reward you handsomely.

  • @ILikeToLaughAtYou
    @ILikeToLaughAtYou 2 года назад +100

    This hints that Ian was turned into a synth. No doubt because of his vast firearms knowledge being preserved in his psyche.

  • @UlookinMe
    @UlookinMe 2 года назад +135

    The amount of custom machining work that went into that… god that’s cool.

  • @zXPeterz14
    @zXPeterz14 2 года назад +178

    This is the best type of april fools because it has actual enjoyable content in it rather than just a silly joke!

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 2 года назад

      Ian has always been the gold standard of gun tubers... the exact opposite of Demo Matt and his myriad personalities, created to express his suppressed urges. Ask Mere.

  • @9HoleReviews
    @9HoleReviews 2 года назад +5253

    Enjoying my video this morning on my pip boy with a fresh bowl of sugar bombs for breakfast 🥣.
    Appreciate you for making content for us vault dwellers!

    • @Kelvin_Foo
      @Kelvin_Foo 2 года назад +93

      Wash it down with some Nuka-Cola Quantum and embrace the glow.

    • @Excalibur01
      @Excalibur01 2 года назад +62

      One of your settlements needs attention, Henry

    • @Tanithst
      @Tanithst 2 года назад +36

      You got sugar bombs, I had iguana bits. Such a strange meat those hunters had! Wonder why they were chasing that person...

    • @dtluna1312
      @dtluna1312 2 года назад +6

      mmmm, that sweet sweet Jet with Mentats

    • @johngulyas695
      @johngulyas695 2 года назад +6

      I appreciate nuclear winter

  • @dustincole2086
    @dustincole2086 9 месяцев назад +3

    This is so cool. I can’t believe I’m just now seeing this. I was literally playing the simulated mission for the outcasts today too lol. Love this channel so much

  • @cahalja16
    @cahalja16 2 года назад +1

    Ian your an amazing person, there's not much else to say. Thanks for putting so much work into your videos.

  • @rosestrohm7986
    @rosestrohm7986 2 года назад +433

    Whoever recreated this rifle put more thought into it than Bethesda did designing it

    • @tamashi1094
      @tamashi1094 2 года назад +5

      Is it not a model of the one Bethesda designed? As far as I can tell there aren’t many differences between them.

    • @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917
      @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 2 года назад +7

      ​@@tamashi1094 I don't play the game but just looking at it, the receiver is canted at an angle on this one (as opposed as square and larger on the Bethesda one), and the stock has a thinner profile.

    • @Jan_Strzelecki
      @Jan_Strzelecki 2 года назад +23

      @@tamashi1094 The overall shape is the same, but there are a number of differences, small and large, to make this rifle actually functional.

    • @Timberwolf581
      @Timberwolf581 2 года назад +12

      @@tamashi1094 Looking at the model on the fallout wiki it seems to me like this one has a longer receiver and a longer barrel.
      I suspect this rifle might originally have been a Galil that's been modified to look like a Type 93.

    • @Jack958
      @Jack958 2 года назад +2

      @@tamashi1094 the point went over ur head

  • @KrisHandsome
    @KrisHandsome 2 года назад +363

    I wonder if it’s called the Type 93 because it entered service 93 years after 1949, putting its adoption at 2042. Definitely love this video about one of the best weapons in the Fallout series

    • @lucassnyder3957
      @lucassnyder3957 2 года назад +47

      Or it could be 93 years after 1927 would match when Ian stated theses entered production of 2020

    • @KrisHandsome
      @KrisHandsome 2 года назад +1

      @@lucassnyder3957 Yes, I indeed watched the video as well. Good work👍

    • @themagicminstrels476
      @themagicminstrels476 Год назад

      @@lucassnyder3957 no lol

    • @TheFunniBaconMan
      @TheFunniBaconMan 5 месяцев назад

      Unless somebody finds some PLA documentation that explains it, I guess we'll never know. Of course, the Brotherhood could already know, but for some reason, Elder Alex might've decided to not tell Ian.

  • @chasecannon7878
    @chasecannon7878 2 года назад +2

    Ian is just a brotherhood of Steel scribe

  • @uwugaloo
    @uwugaloo 7 месяцев назад +4

    Someone woke up from a coma, watched this video and thought they were out for 80+ years

  • @Leemacht
    @Leemacht 2 года назад +54

    Ian Mccollum
    The Gun Runner
    S: 5-Handles most firearms.
    P: 7-Pretty accurate.
    E: 3-Has a sparse upload schedule.
    C: 5-Average looking but puts points into Speech.
    I: 8 - Knows all about guns and world history.
    A: 2 - Shoots at one target each, never fires st multiple
    L: 10 - Gets the rarest of guns.

  • @rangeroftheeast9716
    @rangeroftheeast9716 2 года назад +234

    As a Ranger, I came across several of these during my journey through the Capital Wasteland. Great durable guns so it is no surprise they are so beloved in that region. When I brought one back west, some of the other rangers were surprised to see one as we mostly have Soviet AK-112s in 5mm on the west coast.

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 2 года назад +1

      Steel ammo casings? Not that it would matter in real life, the primers would be dead in a short time, exposed to world wide acid rain after the nuclear exchange.

    • @Atma_Weapon
      @Atma_Weapon 2 года назад +3

      not gonna lie, the 112 is great. but i like the 113.

    • @mikemcghin5394
      @mikemcghin5394 2 года назад +5

      At least You guys aren't stuck with rangemaster 14 chambered in 7.62x54 rim as we are here in Florida praise be the mouse. p.s the rangemaster 14 is a m14a2 built in the range master armory in free city of gainesville FL in fallout

    • @Ironman1o1
      @Ironman1o1 2 года назад

      Its funny how We were so worried about COMMUNISM, and the Chinese had to smuggle their rifles in, we just... happily bought the USSR's old suplus, and they were happy to sell it to us.

  • @directorprime2338
    @directorprime2338 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely amazing. Well done. Much appreciated!

  • @critter30002001
    @critter30002001 3 месяца назад

    This was an amazing video. He did a good job making it convincing in design, and the person building that rifle was really good at constructing a convincing replica.

  • @avilhelm1697
    @avilhelm1697 2 года назад +415

    I'd wager one of the reason for the extra steel thickness was because the lack of materials need to make alloys and high quality steel. So instead they just added more of the steel they could produce in significant quantities.

    • @henryrodgers7386
      @henryrodgers7386 2 года назад +33

      "Of course is heavy. Is made from recycled battleships"
      - a Russian explaining a Maxim 1910.
      Same idea, I suppose!

    • @Marci124
      @Marci124 2 года назад +17

      Mao's melted down pots and pans making a return.

    • @mattelder1971
      @mattelder1971 2 года назад +6

      Hey, it works for us in the 3D printed gun community. Just reinforce the heck out of any potential weak spots.

    • @Hypafrag
      @Hypafrag 2 года назад +8

      Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work you can always hit them with it.

    • @tortron
      @tortron 2 года назад +4

      Just like a Hangcha forklift. advertised as being SOLID STEEL. i.e its cheap steel so they have to use lots of it

  • @gokuss15
    @gokuss15 2 года назад +294

    Oh for the love of God please post the build list. I recognize the Galil receiver and RPD handguard, was the top cover custom fabricated? this thing is so sick.

    • @00Mchenry
      @00Mchenry 2 года назад +38

      Yes, it would be sweet to get one of these built! I think the lower receiver is Norinco Hunter model.

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 2 года назад +40

      Brandon Herrera, "The AK Guy" is getting his inbox molested by his more rabid followers, about making Type 93's for them ASAP, as soon as Ian's upload was live. Change my mind.

    • @owllymannstein7113
      @owllymannstein7113 2 года назад +3

      @@00Mchenry I don't think its a Hunter receiver, those don't have the cutout in front of the magazine well on the bottom.

    • @brasstard7.627
      @brasstard7.627 2 года назад +3

      it probably started as an 80% Galil receiver

    • @shred1894
      @shred1894 2 года назад +2

      @@debbiestimac5175 Rip Papa Kalash's inbox.

  • @madf00bar15
    @madf00bar15 2 года назад +1

    Genius Ian, favorite 4/1 video this year!

  • @FMJRN
    @FMJRN 2 года назад +7

    Really looking forward to the InRangeTV Mud Cookie Test for the Type 93

  • @chewyuanqiang
    @chewyuanqiang 2 года назад +216

    I like that Ian's explanations of Fallout's Chinese Assault Rifle would fit almost perfectly with Fallout lore down to giving real world connections to why it looks the way it does.

    • @tristanbrightenburg2477
      @tristanbrightenburg2477 2 года назад +50

      He’s better at preserving canon than Bethesda

    • @Atamosk-bu7zt
      @Atamosk-bu7zt 2 года назад +21

      @@tristanbrightenburg2477 not to mention that rifle. Jesus his repair must be at least 75 to keep it up to date and clean like that

    • @aquamidget1131
      @aquamidget1131 2 года назад

      wdym this is real world

  • @horny4violence
    @horny4violence 2 года назад +114

    I'd like to think Ian was actually in the H&K vault when the bombs fell

    • @ra_alf9467
      @ra_alf9467 Год назад +12

      Or explaining the feature and mechanism of a rebar club

    • @Jh5kRadio
      @Jh5kRadio Год назад +13

      @@ra_alf9467 Well he did eventually join up with the Brotherhood of Steel. He was probably was instrumental in collecting the rare and unusual technology that H&K was using.

    • @pedrofelipefreitas2666
      @pedrofelipefreitas2666 Год назад +2

      Turns out Ian is the founder of Gun Runners, gotta make a living

  • @ryancrawford6102
    @ryancrawford6102 Год назад +4

    Oh…love it, one of my favorite games. Don’t know Ian kept a straight face the whole time, I couldn’t.

  • @huntergant6518
    @huntergant6518 Год назад

    So awesome that you were able to make up and explain it's origin in great detail. just like you would a real forgotten weapon

  • @joelfilho2625
    @joelfilho2625 2 года назад +140

    Even as an April fool's video, this is a joy to watch.
    Being a fallout guy is just icing on the cake for me.

  • @singami465
    @singami465 2 года назад +572

    Ian put more effort into explaining the (missing) background of this rifle than Bethesda put into the lore of their Fallout games.

    • @emergingloki
      @emergingloki 2 года назад +22

      Or Bethesda put into some of their recent games at all.

    • @zombiefinatic7033
      @zombiefinatic7033 2 года назад +8

      Such a great series, poorly poorly handled

    • @chpet1655
      @chpet1655 2 года назад

      Fallout is a game ?

    • @zombiefinatic7033
      @zombiefinatic7033 2 года назад +9

      @@chpet1655 Several, to varying levels of quality. Personally 1, 2 & New Vegas were great, 3 is nostalgic for me, not good but has good parts, 4 plays well but is real shit, Brotherhood of Steel is shit and 76 is a travesty to a great series. At least it was last time I checked out anything Fallout after New Vegas

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes 2 года назад +7

      @@chpet1655 It's perhaps the definitive post-apocalyptic RPG, but yes it varies in quality and gameplay a lot sadly. Its influence on the games industry is hard to overstate though.
      The guy above me forgot about Fallout Tactics. It's a decent game with some quality of life improvements over FO2, but it is a bit unpolished and unbalanced. It's like Fallout meets X-COM.

  • @donskiver
    @donskiver 2 года назад +6

    This was really enjoyable. As a fan of fallout and an avid firearms enthusiast, my hat is off to you good sir.

  • @michaelathens953
    @michaelathens953 2 года назад +6

    This is the best "joke" episode of "Forgotten Weapons" to date hands down.
    The dedication that must've been required to do that whole spiel without laughing and with a straight face must've been tremendous.

  • @PaperworkNinja
    @PaperworkNinja 2 года назад +209

    I'm surprised I didn't find any of these on the submarine "Yangtze" during my travels through the Commonwealth. I did find large numbers of "assault rifles" that were more like a lighter version of the standard Maxim-Browning system used during the Tropical Fruit Wars of 1915-1995, if my historical research is correct.
    I may have also found Benjamin Franklin's original .44 revolver while ducking Institute androids, or "synths" as they call them here. I'm still amazed how many Hessian Protectrons Franklin destroyed during the Revolution. Who knew that RobCo was using such an old design?

    • @56bturn
      @56bturn 2 года назад +8

      Please don't mention that, Zach will hear you and he'll rant your ears off.

    • @AzureRoseMarshal
      @AzureRoseMarshal 2 года назад

      “Ducking”

    • @0sm1um76
      @0sm1um76 2 года назад +4

      I never trusted RobCo. Their older models used to be adequate for home defense but they just cheaped out with the newer stuff. The securotrons were unreasonably heavy, buggy pieces of crap.

    • @SamuraiPie8111
      @SamuraiPie8111 2 года назад

      The b
      Brownings

    • @advictoriamsshitposts8689
      @advictoriamsshitposts8689 2 года назад +1

      IIRC, the Chinese Assault Rifle was cut during development for some unknown reason.

  • @pate7514
    @pate7514 2 года назад +156

    Man the way he stays serious through the entire thing...pricless.
    And the attention to the lore has also not gone unnoticed

    • @kenoath1313
      @kenoath1313 2 года назад +3

      Of course hes serious he's always serious about reviewing guns and what do you mean lore this is a real gun maybe you're delirious from too much rads.

  • @devinmcleod3395
    @devinmcleod3395 Год назад +1

    This by far is my new favorite video, he never breaks from the setting of Fallout and it works perfectly!
    Even the intro "...another Holotape from Forgotten Weapons"

  • @explosivelybrilliant
    @explosivelybrilliant 2 года назад

    Absolutely fantastic work, Ian!

  • @Pigness7
    @Pigness7 2 года назад +172

    Excellent holovid Scibe McCollum, very informative and entertaining, I'll personally be sharing this will all of my new recruits.
    Ad Victorium

    • @Ahnenerbe1944
      @Ahnenerbe1944 2 года назад +1

      Let’s be honest, Ian would definitely fit in with the brotherhood quite well

  • @LimeGreenMedic
    @LimeGreenMedic 2 года назад +495

    Until it is demonstrated, one rarely sees the difference between a merely competent amateur and the very expert professional.
    Mr. McCollum, this is brilliant in all sorts of ways - an April Fool's custom designer dessert confection amidst a sea of April Fool's cheap hard candies.
    And just as tasty.
    I want one.
    Hell, I want a rack of 'em.

  • @DireWolf505
    @DireWolf505 2 года назад +1

    This was awesome, man. Loved it. You should do more 'UnForgotten Weapons'.

  • @USAirsoft
    @USAirsoft Год назад +2

    I wonder how far someone not aware of Fallout lore can watch this before thinking, "Wait a minute, what?"

  • @detritus23
    @detritus23 2 года назад +97

    When you mentioned that the rifle was made during a period of resource scarcity and that the rifle had been enhanced for hand-to-hand fighting, I thought you would be discussing the venerable practice of using an empty rifle as a club.

    • @debbiestimac5175
      @debbiestimac5175 2 года назад +5

      Throat, solar plexus and groin strike with the barrel as a spear, is what I was taught, since everything is slung these days in CQB.

    • @earlwyss520
      @earlwyss520 2 года назад +2

      @@debbiestimac5175 Well, in truth the Austrian STG-58 didn't have a bayonet lug, nor a bayonet, because the pronged flash suppressor acted as the bayonet, so next time.....

  • @MobiusOneFoxTwo
    @MobiusOneFoxTwo 2 года назад +479

    I honestly just want a full series just like this exploring as many of the firearms of Fallout as possible. April Fool's Day aside, this is a great video and a fantastic concept for a series.

    • @sgas
      @sgas 2 года назад

      That probably already exists

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 2 года назад +8

      Talking about the Colt N99 and the LAPD Revolver would be cool.

    • @myparceltape1169
      @myparceltape1169 2 года назад

      O
      It was after midday when I saw it.

    • @bensmith8682
      @bensmith8682 2 года назад +1

      There’s more than enough of that content already.

    • @fox5235
      @fox5235 2 года назад

      Hell, an AK-112 video would be great, or better yet, an Assault Carbine or NCR Service Rifle video.

  • @dinsdalemontypiranha4349
    @dinsdalemontypiranha4349 Год назад +1

    Awesome Ian! What a great story to go with the gun. I used to read a lot of science fiction/speculative fiction. There's a subgenre called post-apocalyptic stories, and this story is definitely one of those. Thanks! One of my favorites among your videos.

  • @vulcanmm6573
    @vulcanmm6573 2 года назад +1

    I cannot believe i actually missed this when it came out i love it good job Ian

  • @DireAvenger001
    @DireAvenger001 2 года назад +61

    The Type 93 rifle saw extensive use in the Elbonian Wars

    • @The.Red.Tomahawk
      @The.Red.Tomahawk 2 года назад

      Elbonia is no more ,it's weapon procurement process got sabotaged by gun jesus.

  • @nitzel9909
    @nitzel9909 2 года назад +189

    this cant even be classified as a joke since this is an actual functioning firearm

    • @quentinburns8298
      @quentinburns8298 2 года назад +2

      What the heck is it, actually? a type 56?

    • @asicoshangus9506
      @asicoshangus9506 2 года назад +10

      @@quentinburns8298 Norinco hunter. Chinese valmet hunter ripoff

  • @quantummickey6875
    @quantummickey6875 4 месяца назад +1

    incredible recreation, and the lore was spot on. this is a masterpiece

  • @roachracer7074
    @roachracer7074 2 года назад

    Loved this, hope to see more alongside the usual videos!👍👍👍