wz.96 Beryl: Poland's 5.56mm Military AK

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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2024

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  • @GalanThings
    @GalanThings 3 года назад +944

    2:58 Its cute how Ian accidentally said "Beryl" like a Pole would say it and then corrected himself

    • @janwacawik7432
      @janwacawik7432 3 года назад +83

      Yeah, made me chuckle.

    • @shado9779
      @shado9779 3 года назад +21

      Ikr?

    • @matic4175
      @matic4175 3 года назад +18

      Yeah, it's great

    • @F1ghteR41
      @F1ghteR41 3 года назад +59

      Interestingly enough, he corrects himself to a Russian pronounciation.

    • @moonriva
      @moonriva 3 года назад +10

      first pronounciation was closer to the correct one, if he only rolled his "r"

  • @budyniozaur
    @budyniozaur 3 года назад +797

    That giggle every time Ian says "Beryl barrel" is so adorable

    • @Axonteer
      @Axonteer 3 года назад +16

      THEM GIGGLES.... cant wait for the Ura rifle... Uranum Barrel :D

    • @rayjfroehlich84
      @rayjfroehlich84 3 года назад +19

      So Gay

    • @vetsplay7899
      @vetsplay7899 3 года назад +14

      Ian is so adorable*

    • @buka168
      @buka168 3 года назад +4

      @@Axonteer there is a WW2 Polish rifle called Ur :)

    • @FunBoysGaming
      @FunBoysGaming 3 года назад +17

      @@OneHunnitNoCapStannitOnBidnisz what are you talking about? even if op were gay it wouldn’t be your concern.

  • @breadoffender2738
    @breadoffender2738 3 года назад +1008

    You've been going thru Polish firearms recently and I like it

    • @underpaidmook
      @underpaidmook 3 года назад +24

      Now we need WW2 stuff!

    • @KapteinFruit
      @KapteinFruit 3 года назад +4

      I like it too :)

    • @sober667
      @sober667 3 года назад +22

      now we waiting for Ur wz 35

    • @michaziomek
      @michaziomek 3 года назад +14

      Waiting for the wz35 Ur anti tank rifle.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wz._35_anti-tank_rifle

    • @saiberunato
      @saiberunato 3 года назад +13

      We need a PM-98 review.

  • @simplemann101
    @simplemann101 3 года назад +295

    I've been waiting years for this one...

    • @Poolboy001
      @Poolboy001 3 года назад

      Why? It's just a big standard AK.

    • @Jarzyn44
      @Jarzyn44 3 года назад +4

      @@Poolboy001 Does standard AK has 3 modes of fire?

    • @Bolshevik.remover
      @Bolshevik.remover 2 года назад +1

      @@Poolboy001 it's the best iteration of the AK platform.

  • @MrHws5mp
    @MrHws5mp 3 года назад +673

    Victory does not lie in selling stuff to Nigeria: victory lies in getting paid for it....

    • @petesheppard1709
      @petesheppard1709 3 года назад +116

      They must have hooked up with a real prince...

    • @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh
      @fidjeenjanrjsnsfh 3 года назад +44

      Probably why they let nigeria manufacture instead of importing whole firearms.

    • @manuelcjr52
      @manuelcjr52 3 года назад +9

      Based

    • @moosemaimer
      @moosemaimer 3 года назад +75

      "Hello, I am calling you from the Nigerian military and would like to buy $1m in rifles from you!"
      _"Yeah, sure you are. "_ **click **
      "... hello? "

    • @andreibaciu7518
      @andreibaciu7518 3 года назад +55

      "Hello i am a rich Nigerian prince and you have inherited my entire fortune, however i will require a shipment of 2000 units of wz. 96 Beryl Assault Rifles as collateral"

  • @engineergaming4872
    @engineergaming4872 3 года назад +137

    In case anybody wondered, Z is "zabezpieczony" (safe) and o is "odbezpieczony" (fire)

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 3 года назад +21

      I understand why they just use a single letter instead :p

    • @Jarzyn44
      @Jarzyn44 3 года назад +20

      Literally saved/unsaved

    • @engineergaming4872
      @engineergaming4872 3 года назад +3

      @@Jarzyn44 kinda yes

    • @murmaider2
      @murmaider2 2 года назад +15

      @@Jarzyn44 secured/unsecured

    • @MACTEP-il1eu
      @MACTEP-il1eu 2 года назад +3

      The direct translation for the words is "for safety" and "no safety"

  • @ExrerminateMoonCrickets
    @ExrerminateMoonCrickets 3 года назад +404

    bardzo fajne, dziękuje panie Ian McColumowski

    • @1brytol
      @1brytol 3 года назад +32

      Bolzga gurom

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 года назад +34

      Polski nikt nie pokona ... Bo my pratyzanci będziemy z krzaków nakurwiać wrogów patelniami

    • @Mark.13.
      @Mark.13. 3 года назад +18

      @@stapi_0627 Co ty pierdolisz LOL

    • @corneliussulla9963
      @corneliussulla9963 3 года назад +1

      @@ocwpzw Ale to się u nas tylko wtedy dzieje ,kiedy nam wrogów z zagranicy brak.

    • @corneliussulla9963
      @corneliussulla9963 3 года назад +5

      @@stapi_0627 Dlatego namawiajcie przyjacieli i rodzinę aby załatwili sobie chociaż czarnoprochowca którym można wroga znienacka zabić i zabrać mu jego lepszą broń.

  • @Chiller01
    @Chiller01 3 года назад +96

    Polish weapons seem really cool though I’ve never even seen one first hand. The Maroszek wz.38M is my favourite rifle of all time.

    • @mayhem9052
      @mayhem9052 3 года назад +5

      Fr man, Poland had some of my favorite guns out of the WS pact

    • @Bolshevik.remover
      @Bolshevik.remover 2 года назад +4

      @@mayhem9052 it had it's best designs in the 20s and 30s. Warsaw pact period is actually considered to be a downfall of our military industry,

    • @detroitvseverybody3813
      @detroitvseverybody3813 Год назад +2

      There is one in the Warsaw uprising musuem in Warszawa

  • @pandastical9205
    @pandastical9205 3 года назад +91

    I’ve been in Poland for a vacation this whole month, it’s a nice coincidence to suddenly see content about it haha

    • @kajetandziebaj6405
      @kajetandziebaj6405 3 года назад +5

      What are your general impressions abut our glorious country?

    • @pandastical9205
      @pandastical9205 3 года назад +11

      @@kajetandziebaj6405 I have travelled far and low. God bless the EU for road money haha. It had a very cute rural vibe where I am now, tho big cities feel kinda depressive

    • @kajetandziebaj6405
      @kajetandziebaj6405 3 года назад +8

      @@pandastical9205 Yeah the farther from civilization the better, to an extent of course.

    • @lookinside7625
      @lookinside7625 3 года назад +1

      Very same man haha

    • @donmagulon
      @donmagulon 3 года назад +1

      @@kajetandziebaj6405 glorious XDDD chyba dziura europy

  • @ivaivaivaivan7
    @ivaivaivaivan7 3 года назад +544

    As a representative of Polish Armed Forces:
    Yes. Good.

    • @gunner678
      @gunner678 3 года назад +15

      Yez dobja a benje jascha lepjier! Sorry, it's been a very long time since I tried to communicate in Polish.

    • @makapaka_madafaka_
      @makapaka_madafaka_ 3 года назад +9

      @@gunner678 Tak. Dobrze i będzie jeszcze lepiej. Welcome back brother. Or sister. Bro. Just bro.

  • @peterbeerman4982
    @peterbeerman4982 3 года назад +61

    Can't wait for MSBS on Forgotten Weapons or 9-hole reviews

  • @MBkufel
    @MBkufel 3 года назад +13

    1. Many of them keep the Tantal-style selector lever,
    2. The rifle Ian is showing us is already adapted for the optics rail. The little vertical peg on the stock mount and two cuts in the rear sight block are there to allow attachment of this rail. Early we had a weaver that was lower, but didn't allow for use of irons from below the mounted optic. New rail is a picatinny, and it gives an ever larger HOB.
    It's overall an adequate rifle for an evolution of an AK, if only THE FUCKING HANDGUARD RETAINING LEVER STAYS SHUT UNDER RECOIL

  • @HalIOfFamer
    @HalIOfFamer 3 года назад +159

    There is no "ium" in chemical elements in polish. So beryl, tantal uran, tytan(titanium) etc.

    • @y2a1979
      @y2a1979 3 года назад +7

      @@tacticalmattfoley Just going by the given examples, I would assume it ends up as Alumin.

    • @messmeister92
      @messmeister92 3 года назад +23

      Pretty sure he was just giving us the English version for clarification…

    • @lucky43113
      @lucky43113 3 года назад +3

      Who cares

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 года назад +23

      @@lucky43113 You enough to comment on it?

    • @jmjones7897
      @jmjones7897 3 года назад

      @@tacticalmattfoley Alumin;
      At a minimum, because English.
      We can sure 'nuff minum

  • @FrederickApollyon
    @FrederickApollyon 3 года назад +25

    Finally Ian got his hands on a Beryl! I was soo eager to see that! Now I'm waiting for an MSBS episode.

  • @Nacjo_Farmer
    @Nacjo_Farmer 3 года назад +33

    After the Tantal episode, I dreamed that Ian would also present Beryl in the far future, but I didn't think it would happen so fast :)

  • @stradleybidley8893
    @stradleybidley8893 3 года назад +49

    Love the polish ak content. Has given me some ideas for a personal build. Especially that beryl folding stock. Keep up the good work Ian!

  • @filipkoz7480
    @filipkoz7480 3 года назад +32

    I've shot it a few times at the range and it was quite nice

  • @dupa333jelenia
    @dupa333jelenia 3 года назад +20

    @2:59 the first pronunciation was actually closer to how we pronounce it in Poland :).

  • @HenryThe2ndAnimator
    @HenryThe2ndAnimator 3 года назад +93

    Hey, you guys over there should make a video of a highly forgotten weapon: the FX-05 Xiuhcoatl

  • @bragz81
    @bragz81 3 года назад +24

    After serving for almost two years in Poland, now Ian does the Tantal and Beryl. But, I love it! While there I got to handle the Beryl and MSBS Grot. So, now, like everyone else, I’m waiting for the Grot video! There are a few units in the Polish Land Forces using AKMs, but those are rear echelon units. I’ve got some good pictures from local military museums in their armories with Polish firearms from WW2 to present. I can’t wait to get a chance to go back to Poland.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 3 года назад

      Interesting. How do you find service in Poland and cooperation with Polish Army? Curious Pole here.

    • @bragz81
      @bragz81 3 года назад +5

      @@kamilszadkowski8864 I worked with both the Land Forces and the Territorial Defense Forces. Both are very professional and completely competent soldiers. Definitely can tell there is a little animosity from the Land Forces towards the TDF, but that’s understandable with everyone always trying to get their budget approved.

    • @kamilszadkowski8864
      @kamilszadkowski8864 3 года назад +3

      @@bragz81 Thanks for answering. The Polish military gets a lot of bad press in the country so it is hard to get an accurate assessment of the current situation within the army. Thanks again.

    • @bragz81
      @bragz81 3 года назад +7

      @@kamilszadkowski8864 no problem. Don’t get me wrong every army has its problems. The issues I could see from the outside were there seemed to be a lot of nepotism and we had questions what money was being spent on. But, soldiers were very competent and could perform their jobs.

    • @maotisjan
      @maotisjan 2 года назад

      GROT didn't turned up to well according to some of the media in Poland

  • @majster3783
    @majster3783 3 года назад +158

    So, next up is MSBS Grot?

    • @lukas1392
      @lukas1392 3 года назад +14

      Yup, I'm waiting too. Specially on bullpup version.

    • @lukas1392
      @lukas1392 3 года назад +2

      @@lefunnyN1 i saw video where Radom Factory ppl change from Grot to bullpup. I'm just curious whats the difference between grot bullpup and DeserTech MDR. They look almost identical (on the outside) at least for noob like me.

    • @carlll6101
      @carlll6101 3 года назад +7

      Yep, as everyone say here. Bullpup is only one of proposed prototypes. If it was adopted at all it was some hush-hush deal for small batch. Never saw any info about it besides promo shots and videos.

    • @sahalin12345
      @sahalin12345 3 года назад

      Yes! Please!

    • @jakubw.2779
      @jakubw.2779 3 года назад +2

      @@carlll6101 Yeah, it's proposed version, however there's no interest in it So far, So it's not produced, besides maybe few prototypes

  • @leonardmoucha1503
    @leonardmoucha1503 3 года назад +5

    When I saw the Tantal video last week, I got really excited about the possibility that there might be a Beryl video following...
    And now you uploaded one on my Birthday!! What coincidence, after following this channel for 4 years! Thank You!
    That's the most thrilling video for me since you got your hands on a full auto FAMAS!
    Keep up the good work, I look forward to see some day every gun covered I can only dream of

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 Год назад

      Happy birthday 🎉

  • @talscorner3696
    @talscorner3696 3 года назад +13

    The rifling in the barryl? Absolutely top notch

  • @tunamouthtemple6574
    @tunamouthtemple6574 3 года назад +299

    The unstressed pronunciation like "berrill" is much closer to the Polish pronunciation than "beREEL"

    • @miwoj
      @miwoj 3 года назад +39

      its *BEryl.*
      _y_ not _ee._ also in polish stress is always on second to last syllable.

    • @user-uq7io2os3r
      @user-uq7io2os3r 3 года назад +9

      Beryl and Tantal not "berril" but close enough😉 BTW some of examples was in test use in 96' Balkan war with Polish/ ONZ peace mission.

    • @bobbyacid1221
      @bobbyacid1221 3 года назад

      B.E.R.Y.L.

    • @xboxnube
      @xboxnube 3 года назад +30

      these guys are completely missing your point. lol. your trying to use English spelling 'paradigms' to give a close approximation of the pronunciation of the word in the original polish. "y" in polish is similar to the pronunciation of "ы" in Russian which is represented in the ipa by [ɨ]. Beryl is realised in IPA as ['bɛ.rɨl]. The way Ian is pronouncing it is [bə.'ɹi:l] or ['bɛɹ.əl].

    • @paulcoffey1837
      @paulcoffey1837 3 года назад +10

      I'm a geologist, its pronounced "beryl"

  • @Durandalski
    @Durandalski 3 года назад +5

    So cool to see a video on this! When I was in Poland in 06-07 this is the rifle they were issued. I saw them in both full size and carbine lengths, as well as with an under-barrel 40mm launcher.

    • @Durandalski
      @Durandalski 3 года назад

      And it is actually pronounced Barrel, no “ee” sound, and the R is rolled.

  • @szymon.szynom1234
    @szymon.szynom1234 3 года назад +50

    Tantal: done
    Beryl: done
    MSBS: when?

  • @Acin75
    @Acin75 3 года назад +3

    Thank you very much Ian! I can't wait for you to grill the MSBS and all its modularity, as well as the tendency to fire when dropped!

  • @SLZABBJNGO
    @SLZABBJNGO 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for reviewing Polish arms! It means a lot

  • @phreakmode
    @phreakmode 3 года назад +4

    Thank you for this. When I was building Tantals 10 years ago, the Beryl items were fun to use, hand guards and rails. Pricey but fun to use on builds.

  • @Hansengineering
    @Hansengineering 3 года назад +2

    I love the automatic subtitles on these videos. They change the spelling of "tantal" and "beryl" every single time.

  • @Thebakedbaker413
    @Thebakedbaker413 3 года назад +7

    5:35 saw a video a while back where some soldiers had the dust covers off already, before firing the rifle grenades, it all makes sense now!

  • @thelaughinghyenas8465
    @thelaughinghyenas8465 3 года назад +14

    Thank you very much! I really appreciate the story of Polish weapons.

  • @1brytol
    @1brytol 3 года назад +183

    Maybe do a vid on MSBS GROT if you could put your hands on a civilian model

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 года назад +12

      Good idea
      Dobry pomysł

    • @1brytol
      @1brytol 3 года назад +13

      @@stapi_0627 powiedziałbym że wręcz zajebisty

    • @peterbeerman4982
      @peterbeerman4982 3 года назад +9

      @@ocwpzw ale może 9-hole reviews czy inny kanał. Chociaż wydaje mi się, że jeszcze poczekamy, bo w europie można kupić MSBSa, ale przez te prawa importowe do USA to jeszcze się zejdzie.

    • @stapi_0627
      @stapi_0627 3 года назад

      @@peterbeerman4982 no musimy być cierpliwi

    • @butspan7618
      @butspan7618 3 года назад +6

      he had a short hands on with it ruclips.net/video/iDFL5S-s46Y/видео.html

  • @SimonBannow
    @SimonBannow 3 года назад +8

    beautiful AK! Job well done Poland.

  • @keithallardice6139
    @keithallardice6139 3 года назад +8

    Polish firearms are very interesting, liking this series a lot, thanks for enlightening me, as always.
    Blessed are the followers of GJ indeed, for they shall learn something new every day...

  • @deutschlipinoblazer3976
    @deutschlipinoblazer3976 3 года назад +9

    The FB Beryl had a capable of Attaching a GPBO-40 Grenade Launcher that uses a Grip and Side Opening version like M320.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 года назад +1

    Thanks

  • @piotrdudek219
    @piotrdudek219 3 года назад +1

    I have waited a long time for this episode. Thank you.

  • @sanguinemoon9201
    @sanguinemoon9201 3 года назад +55

    Poland 🇵🇱 does not receive enough credit for their small arms.

    • @Franek-ct1py
      @Franek-ct1py 3 года назад +2

      Whoh the wis episod won of the Best polisch gun.

    • @Erreul
      @Erreul 3 года назад +7

      Neither does a majority of the countries that produce weapons around this planet.

    • @Rambo_kit-kat908
      @Rambo_kit-kat908 3 года назад

      The Best Polish Guns it's msbs grot A2 and wz.35

  • @John-ro3vu
    @John-ro3vu 3 года назад +2

    I’m glad I have one! Very nice AK. Thanks for doing a video on these.

  • @lookinside7625
    @lookinside7625 3 года назад +68

    Weird I go to Poland for 2 weeks and gun Jesus starts cranking out the polish weapon videos...🤔😂

    • @KapteinFruit
      @KapteinFruit 3 года назад +1

      HE IS IN YOUR MIND MY DUDE! ;)

    • @gary6576
      @gary6576 3 года назад +1

      Where did you go my guy

  • @operatorhoot470
    @operatorhoot470 3 года назад +41

    interesting that they kept functionality for both rifle Grenades and an underslung grenade launcher.

    • @insertnamehere001
      @insertnamehere001 3 года назад +13

      Rapid fire grenade launching power.

    • @STRAKAZulu
      @STRAKAZulu 3 года назад +18

      Yo dawg, I heard you like launching grenades...

    • @somebrains5431
      @somebrains5431 3 года назад +1

      They restricted noob tubes to 2 shots unless running Scavenger Pro.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 года назад +16

      Makes sense as the Poles couldn't know for sure what NATO would expect of them, and not everyone had given up on rifle grenades yet because they can do things that the 40mm bloop-tubes can't. Poland knows its only real enemy is Russia, which means thousands of BMPs and other softer vehicles that are hurt a lot worse by a large anti-tank riflegrenade than a 40mm blooper.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 года назад +7

      @@0neDoomedSpaceMarine Considering how lousy Poland has had it for the last three centuries, I don't blame them one bit for wanting more kaboom.

  • @matic4175
    @matic4175 3 года назад +6

    I find Ian trying to pronounce Polish names (for both people and firearms) greatly entertaining

  • @edwinprewitt9218
    @edwinprewitt9218 3 года назад +2

    I love your videos. I watch almost all of them ;) cheers from Poland!

  • @contemporiser
    @contemporiser 3 года назад +6

    Haha, I love like in 3:00 he properly pronounced the name of it, and than immediately corrected to polish-american pronunciation

  • @AweEmperorofChickenKilling
    @AweEmperorofChickenKilling Год назад +1

    it's such a nice looking ak

  • @CrazyRider751
    @CrazyRider751 3 года назад +3

    Was waiting for this one, sure enough saw it only 5 min after release, nice.

  • @ilcattivo13
    @ilcattivo13 3 года назад +1

    Ian probably won't read this, as there's 816 comments so far, but Nigeria doesn't have to adopt Beryl to 7.62x39mm, as Radom/Fabryka Broni makes Beryl chambered in this calibre for years - it's called Beryl M762. So it is more likely that Nigeria has just purchased this design.

  • @Herintruththelies
    @Herintruththelies 3 года назад +9

    He finally got one boys!

  • @AWPtical800
    @AWPtical800 3 года назад +51

    TFW Ian keeps complaining about how short the stock is but my short ass is over here like "that sounds perfect"

    • @paranoiia8
      @paranoiia8 3 года назад +12

      Short stock is actually good when you have full body gear.

    • @matthayward7889
      @matthayward7889 3 года назад

      Same here!

    • @AgamemnonTWC
      @AgamemnonTWC 3 года назад +8

      I have one of those stocks. Aside from a cheek weld with optics just not being a thing, it's the most comfortable AK stock I've ever used. Ignoring the cheek weld, it beats out the wooden fixed stock.

    • @genericpersonx333
      @genericpersonx333 3 года назад +7

      @@paranoiia8 Yeah, common problem of gun experts on the RUclipss and such is that they tend to view most everything through a lens of civilian casual or competition shooting, so they don't always appreciate what the soldiers are actually doing and using with these weapons. Ian tries to address that at times, but he still mostly defaults to his casual shooting perspective when judging a military firearm.

    • @TheEchelon1619
      @TheEchelon1619 3 года назад

      @@genericpersonx333 Except Ian and Karl do use body armor with some of their gun runs so whatever is coloring Ian's perspective on the rifle stock probably has some credit.

  • @Fiotr
    @Fiotr 3 года назад +7

    The optics rail is not a part of any modernisation, it can (and always could) be attached to any pattern of the rifle including the one presented in the video. Over the years there has been a couple of optics rails patterns, the most modern ones are slightly taller standard M1913 rails that allow co witness with the iron sights, the previous ones were Weaver, both of them are in use but, regardless of that the rail has always been a part that is shipped with the rifle to the military. The muzzle device has never been changed.

    • @vonschlesien
      @vonschlesien 3 года назад

      How is that rail attached to the rifle? Generally with AKs the rear sight is so far forward because the dust cover isn't stable/solid enough for a sight; the Finnish and Israeli ones made the cover a lot more precision-fit and solidly built so they could move the sights back, am curious how the Beryl solved the problem.

    • @Fiotr
      @Fiotr 3 года назад +1

      @@vonschlesien here is a link to a video where they show the way the rail is mounted. Despite what he says the rifle in a video it is not an actual beryl but it is made to look like one, bud regardless of that the rail is attached in the same way. ruclips.net/video/YFZcwsyrPWI/видео.html

    • @vonschlesien
      @vonschlesien 3 года назад

      @@Fiotr ah. Interesting - same connection points as the dust cover, but laid over it. Looks like it adds a step to disassembly, but still quite easy.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 3 года назад +34

    Pity that poles haven't used Beryll helmets. Or that soviets haven't used this rifle. I really want to see if it would have caused some people in logistics to have grey hair:D

    • @MrSinny
      @MrSinny 3 года назад +8

      Logistics people already have to deal with 10 different M1 and M4 whenever the US comes over, it's no big deal for them

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 3 года назад

      @@bartuomyej if you have watched the video, this rifle was developed even before Poland left Warsaw Pact, it was just mothballed for a few years before being recalibered for NATO round.
      The context is Beryll vs Beryll anyway.

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 3 года назад +2

      @@MrSinny you don't get it, it's perfectly reasonable. We have new semiautomatic M1 in 7.62mm produced by Winchester and new semiautomatic M1 in 7.62mm produced by Winchester, how could anybody mix them up?

  • @medveavatar
    @medveavatar 3 года назад +14

    The mental gymnastics behind having a quick detach front grip in order to accept an underbarrel grenade launcher on a rifle that is capable of firing rifle grenades, then telling the designer to put an uncomfortably short stock on it, because they want to have a long barrel while at the same time have a short overall length because of small gun racks. Which they don't want to change lol
    Ah, Eastern Europe, I love that I was born here

    • @funkyfresh1013
      @funkyfresh1013 3 года назад +3

      the short stock might be helpful when they have body armor and gear on

    • @Myrth1
      @Myrth1 3 года назад

      If it helps you with anything, the troops deployed in Iraq apparently complained and complained a lot about the stock being... too long. They wanted it to be even shorter.
      Also, the gun was designed in a truly weird times in terms of politics (it went through 3 different governments to be finally approved and it wasn't all that clear if Poland would indeed be admitted to NATO), meaning it managed to still be surprisingly good despite all the idiotic and ever-changing demands from both military and politicians toward the final specs.

  • @Shchetchynianin
    @Shchetchynianin 3 года назад +3

    Been using Beryl C during my military service. Good, reliable and resistant. And easy to maintain. Still has some ex soviet drawbacks (like aiming way below the target to shoot in the target)

    • @arkadiusz3212
      @arkadiusz3212 3 года назад

      What do you mean? You don't have to aim below target to hit it with AK sights. If so you either have your sight set to wrong range (300 or S when shooting at 100 m target?) or making some kind of aiming error. I shot a few different AKs and beryls, but I only had similar issue with one Zastava M72 - I had to adjust front sight accordingly.

  • @Myrth1
    @Myrth1 3 года назад +1

    Father of my buddy from the uni was serving in Afganistan (he is now a retired captain), so I ended up with bunch of stories told from there. As far as he (the captain) was concerned, his and his troops biggest and major complain with the rifle was how ungodly hot it was getting in the local climate, to the point it was hard to just hold it properly without unpleasant feeling in your hands and cheek. Not from firing, but just from the ambient heat of the air and sun exposure. The Army never managed to address it properly until the full withdraw of Polish contingent.
    Which is funny, because he had a lot of harsh words to say about just about any part of the equipment and various vehicles, but his only complain about Beryl was just being too hot to handle comfortably.
    Also, some tid-bits of trivia I've managed to find while searching through mid-to-late 00s Polish articles dedicated to Beryl performance in "foreign missions"
    - They ALL list as serious issues in combat deployment the variety of things that were later addressed by production changes to the gun (different safety, extended mag release, transparent mags etc). Which is funny in the Polish style of humour, since "normally", the top brass would just ignore the complains and keep issuing the gun without any modifications.
    - Troopers in Iraq (but not Afganistan) apparently complained a lot about the stock being TOO LONG, rather than too short, because due to the nature of the deployment, the rifle as a whole was too long for urban combat they were often engaged in.
    - The introduction of Picatinny rail took extra three years, not because the military didn't want to nor there wasn't demand for better optics, but because handful of bureaucratic commissions were pushing papers between each other and there was also an issue of rivality among few politicians pushing said papers... and another conflict between potential manufacturers that would be tasked with needed modifications, slowing the adoption into a crawl and re-starting the paperwork from a scratch at certain point.

  • @BFVgnr
    @BFVgnr 3 года назад

    There was a detachment from the Polish Army at a southern FOB in Iraq. And being a gun guy, I asked one of them about his rifle. Through basic english and a lot of sign langauge he explained that Beryl was better than AK.
    AK *spits, mimes shooting, holds up hands like holding basketball* AK.
    Beryl *grins, mines shooting, holds of single tightly closed fist* BERYL!!

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker 3 года назад +1

    Very interesting story. Would be cool one day to see fully kitted, newest pattern Beryl with some sweet optics and barrel attachments. And ofc configurable stock.

  • @gunfanPoland
    @gunfanPoland 3 года назад +3

    It is a pity that you did not present the last version of the Beryl rifle, because this one is from the first years of production and looks like the zastava m21. Now the Polish army is starting to use the new Grot modular rifle.

  • @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk
    @RodrigoFernandez-td9uk 3 года назад +23

    Hell, Ian. How am I supposed to start telecommuting on time, if you upload a video every day at exactly 08:00 (GMT-4)?

  • @five5105
    @five5105 3 года назад +1

    any day Ian posts an AK video is a good day

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 3 года назад

    Thank you , Ian .

  • @plumbherhub1664
    @plumbherhub1664 3 года назад

    Very nice quality rifle. Those sights are dope

  • @davidgoodnow269
    @davidgoodnow269 3 года назад +6

    I tried to trade my issue M-16A2 for a Beryl, got no takers. The example here doesn't look as good as those I saw Polish soldiers carrying in Iraq. Seriously high quality!
    Also, Polish 5.56 mags are straighter than 7.62/5.45 mags, similar to East German AK-74 mags and Yugo M84 mags--easier to pull out of pouches.

    • @elgenerico6263
      @elgenerico6263 Год назад +2

      This is a *very* early series Beryl. The Beryl rifles our army uses are much better now.

  • @thenbenagcz3931
    @thenbenagcz3931 2 года назад +3

    In 90 in Polish Army we use AKS and Beryl all together

  • @F1ghteR41
    @F1ghteR41 3 года назад +1

    0:14 'Beryl' is stressed on the first syllable.
    2:34 Are we going to completely ignore Galil, Zastava M21 as well as AK-101 & -102? These are all military designs, after all.
    6:53 This is in fact a standard AKM (or more precisely, AKMP) design, it's called _6Ch3_ (6Ч3) and is still produced in a slightly modified form for AK-74M variants.
    9:17 I bet it's fine with a winter coat and armour vest on.

  • @jordanjenkins6279
    @jordanjenkins6279 3 года назад +2

    How does he learn so many nuances about every gun he covers?

    • @d.b.1176
      @d.b.1176 Год назад

      Gun Jesus knows all.

  • @samsham8218
    @samsham8218 3 года назад

    Cant wait to see the range video for this baby!! Hope there will be one!!

  • @tomt810
    @tomt810 3 года назад +2

    another great video!! keep 'em coming!

  • @nobutakaX
    @nobutakaX 3 года назад +3

    Mini Beryl video soon?? I know it would basically be the same but would still be a good video for the future with an SBR with all original military setup!

  • @saffi2007
    @saffi2007 3 года назад +15

    There you have "A" version of Beryl Ian. Now polish troops uses version "C".

    • @Upadek_Społeczeństwa
      @Upadek_Społeczeństwa 3 года назад

      Nope, they are using "Grot" rifle

    • @maciejj6152
      @maciejj6152 3 года назад +3

      You're both right, Polish army uses Beryl C and Grot at the same time.

    • @conradsz
      @conradsz 3 года назад +4

      Grot at the moment is only used in Territorial Troops (youngest branch of the armed forces)

    • @silalublin9064
      @silalublin9064 3 года назад

      @@conradsz nope, you are wrong - easy to check...

    • @conradsz
      @conradsz 3 года назад +1

      @@silalublin9064 Well, enlighten me then. The only info I could find is that they’re used by WOT + Kompania Reprezentacyjna but I’m not counting the latter because it’s not a line unit.

  • @chandlee3968
    @chandlee3968 3 года назад +7

    Thanks to the video game PUBG, millions of people think that the standard caliber for the Beryl is 762

    • @perfectlynormalhuman5473
      @perfectlynormalhuman5473 3 года назад +2

      There is a export variant of the Beryl, the M762 and is used by Nigeria. Recently released for sale in Poland.
      Also there are versions in 5.45x39, .223 and 5.6x15r (aka .22 lr)

    • @thesugardaddy7037
      @thesugardaddy7037 3 года назад

      We get the 7.62 ones in the states now as well

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 года назад

      @@perfectlynormalhuman5473 Surely that last one would just be an adapter? Also, you can fire .223 in a 5.56x45 chamber (although there's some debate as to whether that's safe the other way around).

    • @perfectlynormalhuman5473
      @perfectlynormalhuman5473 3 года назад

      @@jic1 yea kinda. Same reciever and stuff, but the front parts (barrel, furniture, gas system etc) are shortened. Also only fires semi.
      We once could get military versions of beryls, but our government and gun lobby has severely degaraded since then.

  • @TheOz91
    @TheOz91 3 года назад +2

    Oh my gosh, I was thinking about this today!

  • @M81_WOODLAND
    @M81_WOODLAND 3 года назад +1

    My name's Beryl, this is my brother Beryl and that's my other brother Beryl.
    I'm here all week folks.👍

  • @flashdancer42
    @flashdancer42 3 года назад

    Aesthetic of the rifle is very very nice!

  • @piotrwadoowski1280
    @piotrwadoowski1280 3 года назад +2

    Whoho ! Second Polish firearm in recent videos ... and it's one that I have been issued. Nice

    • @piotrwadoowski1280
      @piotrwadoowski1280 3 года назад

      @@hendriktonisson2915 yeah thanks, I did not notice the mistype ;)

  • @iamkinginmycastle2018
    @iamkinginmycastle2018 3 года назад

    It was my service rifle. Greetings from Poland.

  • @djdrack4681
    @djdrack4681 3 года назад +1

    I like videos like this.
    I always find it interesting when you look at non-US/non-ruskie arms. Here you got an AK meeting 5.56 nato cartridge which I find to be a bit of quite the crossover.

  • @stalkerponocy9116
    @stalkerponocy9116 3 года назад +1

    There was part of Beryl chambered in 7,62 M43 called M762 and produced in Poland as well. I think that they are still produced in small amounts, but i'm not sure.

  • @SlaySSatan
    @SlaySSatan 3 года назад

    Peter from Poland here, i love when u say "polish"

  • @dinoslavski
    @dinoslavski 3 года назад +1

    Great video, though the 2004 pattern is called Beryl B, along with modernizations from 2009 and 2014 being Beryl C and D respectively, though notably the D pattern (foldable collapsing stock and AR-15 magazines) was never adopted be the military because the AR magazines have proven to be less reliable than desired. What is also notable is that the Polish Military declared the Beryl unupgradeable after the 2009 modification.

  • @roanferguson8873
    @roanferguson8873 3 года назад +1

    I never knew about the elemental names. That's pretty dope

  • @PajungNiszczyciel
    @PajungNiszczyciel 3 года назад +1

    Greetings from Poland.

  • @pawemarcinjurkowski1491
    @pawemarcinjurkowski1491 3 года назад +9

    Tantal, Beryl... Should we expect MSBS Grot soon?

  • @earlyriser8998
    @earlyriser8998 3 года назад

    neat video on an interesting 5.56 varient...with an AK background

  • @saiberunato
    @saiberunato Год назад +2

    Thought it was odd the later Beryls came with the adjustable stock that could not be folded 🤔 Couldn't they design stock to do both?

  • @kennethstaszak9990
    @kennethstaszak9990 3 года назад +1

    There was also a trial folding/adjustable stock. Had an opportunity to buy one some years back but the price was too steep.

  • @nekomasteryoutube3232
    @nekomasteryoutube3232 3 года назад +2

    Looking at some of the equipement of the Polish military, its rather interesting seeing all the polish designed firearms they use (or used). Its like poland to soviet russia was like "Ok if we're going to be part of the party we're going to do our own thing" (either that or Russia was like "Yeah poland, your in our house now but you get nothing! You lose!")

  • @fatherofliez9852
    @fatherofliez9852 3 года назад +6

    I want one of the modern polish AK’s in 556 so f’n bad

  • @mikewerden4056
    @mikewerden4056 3 года назад +1

    You didn't touch much on the Beryl barrel, but it looks very thin/light for select fire. Seems like you could really heat up and shoot out a pencil barrel like that.

  • @sqeeye3102
    @sqeeye3102 3 года назад +47

    6:55 has got to be the least militarily acceptable front sight I have ever seen.

    • @sir0herrbatka
      @sir0herrbatka 3 года назад +13

      Ain't that bad. You simply put it on for the nightime and remove when you can see your sights fine.

    • @infilader1642
      @infilader1642 3 года назад +1

      Agree

    • @sqeeye3102
      @sqeeye3102 3 года назад +8

      @@sir0herrbatka It obviously doesn't DQ the rifle but can you name any other military rifle with a sight that pathetic and fragile looking? I mean, there were plenty good flipping and sliding night sights from decades previous.

    • @OchotaJack
      @OchotaJack 3 года назад +13

      I was doing night shooting with those and it helps a lot. On the other hand it easly lost and kind of costs a lot.

    • @sqeeye3102
      @sqeeye3102 3 года назад +4

      @@OchotaJack How difficult is it to remove from the rifle? Was that typically done or left in situ?

  • @nigeh5326
    @nigeh5326 3 года назад +3

    If you pronounce it as Beryl for those of us in the UK of a certain age it reminds us of Beryl the Peril a comic book character 😊

  • @salthehamster9278
    @salthehamster9278 3 года назад +5

    The scenario that I feel would be plausible with the grenade launcher. Swapping launcher between squad members in transit where you don’t have the room to field strip it.

    • @randomnobodovsky3692
      @randomnobodovsky3692 3 года назад

      Well, there was an idea to have the grenade launcher convertible to stand-alone use. (It had stand-alone version). Of course, the idea was abandoned (probably due to slightly antiquated desing of the Pallad launcher).

  • @jac1207
    @jac1207 3 года назад

    I have that stock on a weird early WBP 7.62 "beryl". Notice to anyone with that old stock, please please PLEASE, if you put it on an AK that doesn't have that "cutout" at 5:05, please be aware you might need to do some light grinding/sanding to give that spring some "breathing room" because otherwise, it'll be pinched up against the receiver whenever you fold it, and they don't make that spring anymore. You don't even need to do that big a cut out, just 2 slight channels to allow the spring to not be pinched.

  • @noahuncapher9995
    @noahuncapher9995 3 года назад +4

    It would be awesome to see a APS underwater rifle.

  • @CHMernerner
    @CHMernerner 3 года назад +1

    I kinda love all those 5.56 AK pattern rifles. It's like AK74 but shoots more common ammo.

  • @Soundwave85
    @Soundwave85 3 года назад +4

    I hope Fabryka Broni invites you to Poland to try out the Grot!

  • @pablodead
    @pablodead 3 года назад

    thank you for this one!

  • @ukaszkowalski725
    @ukaszkowalski725 3 года назад +23

    Maybe GROT now. Newest polish gun.

    • @Joshua_N-A
      @Joshua_N-A 3 года назад +2

      The closest thing to an ACR/Masada used as service rifle.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 года назад +1

      Though an unfortunate name for speakers of British English...

    • @lesnik5003
      @lesnik5003 3 года назад +1

      @@jic1 As a Pole, I'm curious to what word it resembles. Btw "grot" means arrowhead in Polish.

    • @jic1
      @jic1 3 года назад +2

      @@lesnik5003 You mean 'arrowhead' in *Polish,* right? In British English, it means 'dirt' in the sense of 'dirty' (as opposed to 'dirt' as a synonym for earth or soil): 'There's some grot on that pan.'

    • @lesnik5003
      @lesnik5003 3 года назад +1

      @@jic1 Yeah, Thanks

  • @narr0wm1nd49
    @narr0wm1nd49 3 года назад

    This model has the parts to accept the dog leg picatinny rail. At the rear trunnion there is an round knob what looks like a button to fold the stock. As Gun Jesus pointed out that isn't the release that is the mounting place for the rail. The rail slots forward then squeeze down on to that peg locking into a cutout with a swing clasp. If you look at the front trunnion you will see a grove on each side that shallows out going forward just below the rear part of the rear sight. So the rail slots into those grooves with pushes forward to become tight and then pushed down on the peg for the final lock. Given all the choices its rather good for the AK pattern. The only downside being you need to remove it and possibly adjust zero should you want to remove the dustcover. With the cheek weld being a chin weld the Poles said screw it and made the rail sit higher so you can still use the iron sights with the rail in place.
    The WBP fox in 7.62 has these rail accepting trunnions.

  • @B52Stratofortress1
    @B52Stratofortress1 3 года назад

    I really like the look of this.