And you could have been having all that fun of shooting people and doing the thumb shit to some dudes eye socket, but instead you chose to stay home, smoke weed, and watch the X-files lol
My grandpa joined the Marines in 1958 and carried a BAR during the beginning of his time in the Marines, naturally they gave it to the tiniest guy in the unit. I find it really cool he was among the last Americans to field the BAR, as when he was discharged he carried the M-14. I wish I could’ve picked his brain more when I was younger.
My father served as a BAR gunner in the Korean War with USMC. I have some good pics of him in country with his BAR, he barely mentioned his fighting with it. But he loved the BAR and his fellow Marines spoke highly of my father and his use of the BAR. RIP dad miss you daily!
My dad served also in Korea in Marine Corps! He was BAR man as well- his unit was Howe- 3- 7! My dad was wounded 2 days before the cease fire,spent 3 months on a hospital ship in the Sea of Japan! We can be thankful for our fathers’ service ! May they RIP! Take care- God bless them!
@ Respect for your Father’s service. My Dad was there during the winter,on the front lines. From Nov to March he was in the mountains. Between the brutal weather and the combat action, his unit suffered 70% casualties during those unbelievably brutal conditions. War is hell on earth. We must remember and show utmost respect for our veterans.
My grandpa Pablo was in Korea too, pretty sure he was the BAR gunner in his squad too. He got frostnip on his toes that affected him for the rest of his life, but he still volunteered twice to be a tunnel rat in Vietnam, first tour was 1962, second was in 1966. Staff Sergeant Pablo Rodriguez, Sr. US Army, 1948-1970.
My grandfather carried the BAR in WW2. The ship he was on (SS Leopoldville) was sunk on Christmas Eve crossing the English Channel (on its way to Cherbourg, torpedoed by a Uboat)....760ish soldiers died that night (mostly from drowning). My Grandfather knew not to get in the water, he waited onboard until eventually, another boat pulled alongside the sinking ship. I remember him telling me, he had to time it just right - as the ships were bouncing off each other, and he saw many men miss-time the jump. It was the 2nd largest loss of life of any transport ship in the European theatre, and it was not acknowledged publicly, until after long after the war ended. My grandfather said this tragedy likely ended up saving his life, as they were on the way to reinforce the Battle of the Bulge. Since his Infantry was decimated, (66th), they ended up regrouping and having their assignment changed to mop up the German troops left behind in port cities like Lorient, St. Nazaire, Royan and La Rochelle. After that they were routed to Germany to pull security outside Koblenz, then back to France - and eventually home early 1946. He married my Grandmother right away - I remember him being so Pissed off because he had to ask parental permission to allow them to marry (he was not technically old enough? 20yo). He was a butcher, Elementary Teacher, Principal, who retired in 1988 - Fly fished and hunted until dementia eventually came for him. He was married 68 years, and died in 2016. "They don't make em' like they used to" RIP Pop Pop. Thank you for reading.
Interesting sidenote to your grandfather's story ... my late uncle (d. 2001) was a wire chief in the U.S. Army Signal Corp. He was stationed in Cherbourg in July 1944 - early 1945. He was responsible for leading a team of former linemen who were restoring and maintaining the trans-channel communications cables that came from England. He told the story (on tape to his daughter) of having dinner in Cherbourg on Christmas Eve 1944 with a nurse friend of his when they learned through other diners that the Leopoldville had been hit and this nurse told him to get his things and let's get out there to the docks to help, as they brought survivors ashore. They spent the rest of Christmas Eve helping survivors from your grandfather's ship. Small world. I always wondered what happened to those survivors of that horrible night. Glad to read your grandfather survived and lived a long happy life.
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 yeah but I think Garrand has something special in his intros that could really make some magic if they were strung out for a 45 min gun tuber fire fight.
My favorite part on every historical gun video is GT saying "we'll put some pictures up here" like 3 times a video and 95% of the time there's no picture.
We rocked one in Vietnam. Often carried it on patrol. Heavy, but twenty rounds of 30/06 was great for suppressive fire. I got to use it several times. I was a Corpsman with a Marine Combined Action Unit.
90% of a good war movie is good one liners and insults mixed with a couple of combat scenes. I just rewatched Battleground(1949) it fits this perfectly.
My father carried the BAR in WWII. His original MOS was as an MP, but when he got to England he was assigned to the infantry. He told me that the biggest mistake he ever made was volunteering to carry the BAR. It was just so dam heavy, he could convince anyone else to take it over. Plus, since it was the squad automatic weapon every time they made contact with the enemy that is where he ended up. Also he was with Patton which meant he saw lots of combat from Normandy until they were racing to get to Bastogne to relieve the Americans in the battle of the bulge and his squad came under heavy mortar fire. Everyone in his squad was killed except for my Dad. He was in the hospital until after VE Day, then rejoined his unit with Patton for several months, back to MP duty. Overall he was damn lucky and YES the BAR was one hell of an effective machine!!
I had an elderly neighbor growing up who had been a BAR man in the pacific with the marines. That man had the most INSANE stories to tell and would talk about his experiences so matter-of-factly. God bless those men for their heroism.
You are a lucky man. My great grandfather was a forward observer for the 87th infantry division's field artillery battalion. He wouldn't talk at all about it, it was far too painful for him up until the last decade of his life. He was racked with PTSD for his entire life afterwards
I have a old buddy he still has his bar he carried in Vietnam and converted it to his hunting rifle! Also has his kbar still and the stories he tells are definitely crazy!
My dad carried a BAR in the 29th during the Overlord. The Army loaded BAR gunners in the LVCP with heavy weapons amidship. That saved his life since he and his NCO went over the side when the ramp dropped. With that said, the BAR almost drowned him because they hit a sandbar and unloaded in deep water. He picked up another one on the beach. What you said about the life expectancy of BAR gunners was accurate. He always was sent on OP duty or forward for fire support and was severely wound on D plus three during a German counterattack. Great channel!
HO... LEE..... SHIT. That intro had better action, strangely believable comedy, and more character/personality than most movies do! I tip my hat to you, sir. Keep up the excellent work.
@@seguridadcorporativa2419 Ha ha ha! I meant it as a compliment to Garand Thumb, but you're NOT wrong! I'm a VERY amateur writer and stuntman myself. I actually focused on action/adventure films for a short while in college, but I turned away from that pretty quickly after I found out just how bad Hollywood was. I'm not saying there's no talent there. There certainly is. And much, much better than I could ever be. But the ones in charge unfortunately didn't get there because of talent, and now the whole movie industry is on the decline. Still, it's funny to me how a RUclipsr with probably less than 2% of the budget can produce better scenes. I sincerely hope that Hollywood lives to see another golden age, but credit where credit is due. Serious props to Garand Thumb. After this and Corridor Digital's "Tiny Guns 3," I'd HAPPILY pay to watch a show produced by Garand Thumb, Donut Operator, and other gun/military history RUclipsrs!
@@haveUSPwilltravel AND I LOVE THAT. 🤣 SUCH a great reference! Granted, I'm very biased, but I love to see it. Not sure about other people, but those kinds of references make me look stuff up, learn more, and find out more stories and stuff like that. I'm a really big fan of that, and I'd LOVE to see more of it.
Thanks for making this video! My grandfather was a BAR gunner with the 75th Infantry Division. It's always great seeing breakdowns about the rifle and it's history.
I worked with an older gentleman years ago who was an army BAR man in the pacific. He told me they stripped it down of all the extraneous parts to better blend in as the BAR was immediately sniper bait . Ralph was 5'6 thin as a wire but tough as hell carrying that big ass rifle . RIP Ralph Basore ... they made men differently back then ..
I disagree. Those were properly heated treated and work hardened men. Today they are just cast aluminum men, or just wrought iron men, with no heat treatment and no work hardening.
I remember the first time my old friend Jack told me about a gun that was a fully automatic 30 odd6. My jaw dropped and my heart pumped with pure happiness.
Another really cool figure of US gear during Vietnam was that the BAR mag pouches from WW2 were occationally used by MACVSOG and other SF groups because the length of the mag pouch allowed each pouch to hold 4 m16 20 round mags in them, so four pouches on your web gear allowed for up to 320 rounds ready to rock.
The B.A.R was used in RVN also . Some Teams had them , as did we . I saw one being carried by a " Ruff Puff " one time . When he set it on the butt , it was as tall as he .. doc 70-71
A note to the Garand Thumb editing team, there were a few times where Mike would mention "we'll put a picture up of X", and there was no picture provided in the video.
Especially around San Antonio, infested with them. Years ago there was an Iwo Jima reenactment in Doss Texas where they even had a half scale version of suribachi, rattlers all over the place.
This made me remember a great Saving Private Ryan quote- "Sergeant Horvath: [On Omaha Beach] Reuben! Hey, Reiben! Where's your BAR? Private Reiben: Bottom of the channel sir. The bitch tried to drown me!"
He referenced San Antonio…a very blue/democrat/progressive city. I live just north of it in Boerne…Just about all businesses in San Antonio have signs on their front doors not allowing concealed or open carry. Texas is not nearly as pro-firearm as people think. My wife’s home state of Wisconsin has a much more ingrained gun culture as just about every family has rifles and shotguns for hunting, they just don’t make a big deal out of it or talk about it much like people do here in TX, which seems to amplify the feeling that TX is so pro-gun when in reality it isn’t as the big cities are democrat-run.
@@90whateverI live in SA. You’re absolutely right about the politics. People just assume Texas is a hardline red state, in reality the major cities have turned this state into a “purple” state.
Got an OOW 1918A3 last year which is the closest I got to the real deal! Love it and gets a lot of attention at the range and ppl wanting to even hold it for a picture! It’s an amazing piece of history that still fascinates me till this day!
In Sledge's memoir, there's a part when a marine is attacked while relieving himself and the BAR man is careful to open fire just at the right time because he wanted to see if he could cut the enemy in half at the waist with a single magazine from his BAR. He succeeded. Edit: Just for where that reference comes from to anyone who was wondering
The use of Various musical excerpts from the Medal of Honor series of games is just.... *chef's kiss* There are a multitude of very fond memories attached to that music for me.
My Dad was a WW2 veteran. He was not a BAR man but he sure loved the BAR. Thanks to your Dad for his service, God Bless the United States’ Misguided Children! My uncle was a Lance Corporal in Vietnam, KIA March, 1967. Magdaleno Tarango, has a middle school named after him in Lordsburg, NM. along with another young man, Jim Dugan, USN.
Please do videos on the following: -Shotgun Mud test -Review the ARAK-21 -Battle of the Belt feds-Which is better, the PKM, M249, MCR FiteLite, RPD, M240B? -Possible Sand Tests for the future? -How good are mini shotgun shells vs 2 3/4? -Invite all the GunTubers you can to Idaho with a rifle that they would take into combat and have them run drills and compete with each other to see which rifle set up would work best.
I would like to see him make movies about. We're heroes that aren't as well-known or not known at all. Such as jake mcnees. Everybody knows about guys like Audy Murphy, which is fine, he deserves the recognition. But there are a lot of other guys out there that I think deserve their own movie.
When my Dad was in basic during WW2 he was qualifying on the range ,when the range master(or whatever they called them at the time) came up behind him and said "Nason one more grouping like that and you will qualify expert." His next group ended up in the target in the lane to his right, not a single hit on his own target. He DID NOT want to be a machine gunner.
If you read about About Face by Col. David H. Hackworth, Hackworth writes of his deep admiration for the BAR during his time in the Korean War. It was an excellent weapon for defending elevated positions, as much of the Korean War was a game of "hill-hopping," and could provide accurate fire over distance from one hill to the next.
My grandfather was a BAR gunner in WW2 and he only told me one story that he killed a truck full of German soldiers with the BAR .He loved that BAR and he never had anything bad to say about it. The BAR looked like a rifle in his hands he was 6'5 .
My grandfather told me about a story from Korea. He was issued a BAR and he loved it so much he “acquired” another broke it down and shipped it back to his dad along with some other things.
John Moses Browning was the greatest weapons inventor to ever walk this earth imo.I tuned in cause it was a Garand Thumb video, but I was pissed when the intro was over. Make the movie we all want...no, the movie we all need, already! Great intro, fellas! That was killer!
@@logangodofcandy I'm a fan boy of his designs. The 1911, the HiPower, the B.A.R., bulletproof engineering & I need a minimum one of each, since I can't have them all 😂
@clovistblowpop3060 i think you're right. I love the browning high power. It's a weapon that more people should know about, but because the 1911 was so popular and America was not interested in the 9 mm. The browning high power doesn't receive its due. Amongst american gun enthusiasts. The browning high power was used by many countries and many police forces. Far more than the 1911.
My XO had a family BAR passed down from Generations in PA during the prohibitions. It looked a lot like yours, no by pod in 30--06. Heavy as hell. Fun to shoot.
My grandfather was ROKMC BAR gunner and participated in korea war he said his gun was so heavy for asian but it was a only automatic gun at his platoon and he and his gun really do the job thanks for american who gave this guns to us 🇰🇷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇰🇷
@romeo_alpha0176 I played that game, too. I still remember the Japanese snipers would hide everywhere in that game. Also, I remember that one mission called Singapore Sling, where you use the Welrod and infiltrate under cover as an SS officer. Can't forget that Pearl Harbor opening too, literally waking up in your boxers to a full-on attack, putting fires out inside the ship and getting on the anti air gun.
@@BlueLightningHawk lol yeah same. I had it on my GameCube. The music that was playing was from the final mission where you’re tail gunning those Zeros on the Supercarrier. Singapore Sling was probably my favorite level because it was the only close quarters mission in the game that was as close to open world. The rest of the missions were very linear. All in all though, it was great fun.
My mom's dad was the trigger man on a BAR in the Korean war. I wish I could have watched this video with him to hear his input. He wasn't good at volunteering information. Most I got was me and him watching a History Channel show together and him saying "I used that gun" when the show started talking about the BAR
“Wanted to see if I could cut him in half with my BAR” is a reference to E.B. Sledge’s book ‘With the Old Breed’. One of his fellow marines said that during an encounter on Peleliu.
My pap was a bar man for the fifth division first wave on Iwo Jima he actually had his barrel so hot after the second bansi attack that he needed a new barrel due to it being bent but he said it never failed him but it was very hard to keep it clean in the volcanic ash! Your correct the first thing every bar man ditches was the bipod and carrying handle one cuz it was useless but also to avoid being targeted right after officers and flamethrowers.
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God that intro is so fucking good
I agree i just wish u were the real brandon and not some weird fan.
And you could have been having all that fun of shooting people and doing the thumb shit to some dudes eye socket, but instead you chose to stay home, smoke weed, and watch the X-files lol
Fake account 👆
Fuck Hollywood man, this shit slaps
@User71956 it was joke if u watched the unsub podcast brandon has you'd realize that
Really raised the bar on intro quality
Yeah. This is the best, BAR none.
Well, he suddenly found himself with a lot more free time on his hands
@@hakonandreasolaussen1949oooo too soon
Oh you went there didn't ya....😅
Fish gun intro: "Do I not exist?!"
Admin is fully embracing that larp. I love it.
I mean he started his channel by consistently wearing a balaclava..
Autism mode Engaged. Love that dude.
Tht edi has kicked in hard. lol.
That's not a Larp session Jagoff That's Motion Picture Excellence Worthy of the Silver Screen
He my boyfrien
My grandpa joined the Marines in 1958 and carried a BAR during the beginning of his time in the Marines, naturally they gave it to the tiniest guy in the unit. I find it really cool he was among the last Americans to field the BAR, as when he was discharged he carried the M-14. I wish I could’ve picked his brain more when I was younger.
I love how administrative results never broke character 😂
"He's literally me"
He's a professional
He doesn't break character until after the DVD commentary. He's head to toe legitimate.
“Ooo, they’re actin a lot like guys we’s fightin.” 😂
Seeing him patrolling in the background during tip to butt… was the best! Lmao
3 guys walk into a bar. You figured one of them would see it.
Hahahahahah!!!
2 guys walk into a bar, the 3rd ducks.
Browning auto magic machinegun
So, Steve Irwin walks into a barb...
Bonk, clank klong
My father served as a BAR gunner in the Korean War with USMC. I have some good pics of him in country with his BAR, he barely mentioned his fighting with it. But he loved the BAR and his fellow Marines spoke highly of my father and his use of the BAR. RIP dad miss you daily!
Sounds like pops was a badass. Preshate your service. Rest easy.
My Dad served in Korea as a corporal and he was the Bar man in his platoon. Bar men were highly targeted by the enemy. RIP Dad.
My dad served also in Korea in Marine Corps! He was BAR man as well- his unit was Howe- 3- 7! My dad was wounded 2 days before the cease fire,spent 3 months on a hospital ship in the Sea of Japan! We can be thankful for our fathers’ service ! May they RIP! Take care- God bless them!
@ Respect for your Father’s service. My Dad was there during the winter,on the front lines. From Nov to March he was in the mountains. Between the brutal weather and the combat action, his unit suffered 70% casualties during those unbelievably brutal conditions. War is hell on earth. We must remember and show utmost respect for our veterans.
My grandpa Pablo was in Korea too, pretty sure he was the BAR gunner in his squad too. He got frostnip on his toes that affected him for the rest of his life, but he still volunteered twice to be a tunnel rat in Vietnam, first tour was 1962, second was in 1966.
Staff Sergeant Pablo Rodriguez, Sr. US Army, 1948-1970.
11/10 production quality. I would watch the 2 hour movie.
My grandfather carried the BAR in WW2. The ship he was on (SS Leopoldville) was sunk on Christmas Eve crossing the English Channel (on its way to Cherbourg, torpedoed by a Uboat)....760ish soldiers died that night (mostly from drowning). My Grandfather knew not to get in the water, he waited onboard until eventually, another boat pulled alongside the sinking ship. I remember him telling me, he had to time it just right - as the ships were bouncing off each other, and he saw many men miss-time the jump. It was the 2nd largest loss of life of any transport ship in the European theatre, and it was not acknowledged publicly, until after long after the war ended. My grandfather said this tragedy likely ended up saving his life, as they were on the way to reinforce the Battle of the Bulge. Since his Infantry was decimated, (66th), they ended up regrouping and having their assignment changed to mop up the German troops left behind in port cities like Lorient, St. Nazaire, Royan and La Rochelle. After that they were routed to Germany to pull security outside Koblenz, then back to France - and eventually home early 1946. He married my Grandmother right away - I remember him being so Pissed off because he had to ask parental permission to allow them to marry (he was not technically old enough? 20yo). He was a butcher, Elementary Teacher, Principal, who retired in 1988 - Fly fished and hunted until dementia eventually came for him. He was married 68 years, and died in 2016. "They don't make em' like they used to" RIP Pop Pop.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for the story you share ❤
You are very fortunate to have family history. As some don’t have any.
Interesting sidenote to your grandfather's story ... my late uncle (d. 2001) was a wire chief in the U.S. Army Signal Corp. He was stationed in Cherbourg in July 1944 - early 1945. He was responsible for leading a team of former linemen who were restoring and maintaining the trans-channel communications cables that came from England. He told the story (on tape to his daughter) of having dinner in Cherbourg on Christmas Eve 1944 with a nurse friend of his when they learned through other diners that the Leopoldville had been hit and this nurse told him to get his things and let's get out there to the docks to help, as they brought survivors ashore. They spent the rest of Christmas Eve helping survivors from your grandfather's ship. Small world. I always wondered what happened to those survivors of that horrible night. Glad to read your grandfather survived and lived a long happy life.
@@KM-oi9ks thanks for sharing your grandfather’s story! That must have been one hell of a harrowing night in the channel!
This was the reason they where called "The Greatest Generation". 🫡
Garand may as well just make a full on war movie starring every single guntuber
Tiny Guns is already a thing
@@LeaveMeArone I'd pay good money to see that.
This 🙌🙌🙌🙌
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 yeah but I think Garrand has something special in his intros that could really make some magic if they were strung out for a 45 min gun tuber fire fight.
@@Daves_Not_Here_Man_76 with actual guns
My favorite part on every historical gun video is GT saying "we'll put some pictures up here" like 3 times a video and 95% of the time there's no picture.
Lol so true
I feel like it’s the editor going “we?”
@@rollastudent lol
Im glad I wasnt the only one who noticed lmao
I get that reference!
We rocked one in Vietnam. Often carried it on patrol. Heavy, but twenty rounds of 30/06 was great for suppressive fire.
I got to use it several times.
I was a Corpsman with a Marine Combined Action Unit.
I didn't know the bar was used in vietnam. Did it see extensive use?
@@garyfullmer4353you’d be surprised how long some guns stay in rotation,WW1 maximum guns was actually in use and captured in Ukraine
You guys seriously need to make a movie, your intros are better than 99% of war movies
90% of a good war movie is good one liners and insults mixed with a couple of combat scenes.
I just rewatched Battleground(1949) it fits this perfectly.
the 1911 one was mental..... Best WW1 film ive ever seen!
No
Watch Mercenary Fighters its 80s intrnse@@jefferydraper4019
Tinyguns 3 was a masterpiece
My father carried the BAR in WWII. His original MOS was as an MP, but when he got to England he was assigned to the infantry. He told me that the biggest mistake he ever made was volunteering to carry the BAR. It was just so dam heavy, he could convince anyone else to take it over. Plus, since it was the squad automatic weapon every time they made contact with the enemy that is where he ended up. Also he was with Patton which meant he saw lots of combat from Normandy until they were racing to get to Bastogne to relieve the Americans in the battle of the bulge and his squad came under heavy mortar fire. Everyone in his squad was killed except for my Dad. He was in the hospital until after VE Day, then rejoined his unit with Patton for several months, back to MP duty. Overall he was damn lucky and YES the BAR was one hell of an effective machine!!
'Murica 🇺🇸
A MP with a CIB is badass
Love that generation of heroes.
I miss my Father so much.
Do or die people who just got it done!
Sounds like a good man and a great soldier.
I had an elderly neighbor growing up who had been a BAR man in the pacific with the marines. That man had the most INSANE stories to tell and would talk about his experiences so matter-of-factly. God bless those men for their heroism.
You are a lucky man. My great grandfather was a forward observer for the 87th infantry division's field artillery battalion. He wouldn't talk at all about it, it was far too painful for him up until the last decade of his life. He was racked with PTSD for his entire life afterwards
Heroes don't wear uniforms.
No… they wear wings….
I have a old buddy he still has his bar he carried in Vietnam and converted it to his hunting rifle! Also has his kbar still and the stories he tells are definitely crazy!
Love the BAR, but the BREN was a superior weapon. Change my mind.
My dad carried a BAR in the 29th during the Overlord. The Army loaded BAR gunners in the LVCP with heavy weapons amidship. That saved his life since he and his NCO went over the side when the ramp dropped.
With that said, the BAR almost drowned him because they hit a sandbar and unloaded in deep water. He picked up another one on the beach.
What you said about the life expectancy of BAR gunners was accurate. He always was sent on OP duty or forward for fire support and was severely wound on D plus three during a German counterattack.
Great channel!
My step dad saved his platoon with his BAR and became a purple heart recipient he was a dorky humble guy. I respected him deeply may he rest in peace.
R.I.P. big guy
What an unfortunate misspelling.
@@colins5142 I pray he rests in peace in one piece. ✝️
@@colins5142 oops 😬
Yaper 🤦♂️
How did guntubers become better cinematographers than most of Hollywood?
passion
@@GarandThumb hi mr garand
@@40mmea That's Mr. Thumb to you.
Found the guy who doesn't actually know cinematography
@@Studio23Media Which is most of us, really. We just know what we like watching, and most of what Hollywood cranks out today isn't what we like.
HO... LEE..... SHIT. That intro had better action, strangely believable comedy, and more character/personality than most movies do! I tip my hat to you, sir. Keep up the excellent work.
I wonder if they'd just been watching The Thin Red Line? Although that had lots of Springfields from what I remember.
Imagine who bad is the movie industry , to state what you said.
“Strangely believable comedy”
That last bit about why did he wait so long to shoot him, was strait out of E.B. Sledge’s book “With The Old Breed”
@@seguridadcorporativa2419 Ha ha ha! I meant it as a compliment to Garand Thumb, but you're NOT wrong! I'm a VERY amateur writer and stuntman myself. I actually focused on action/adventure films for a short while in college, but I turned away from that pretty quickly after I found out just how bad Hollywood was. I'm not saying there's no talent there. There certainly is. And much, much better than I could ever be. But the ones in charge unfortunately didn't get there because of talent, and now the whole movie industry is on the decline. Still, it's funny to me how a RUclipsr with probably less than 2% of the budget can produce better scenes. I sincerely hope that Hollywood lives to see another golden age, but credit where credit is due. Serious props to Garand Thumb. After this and Corridor Digital's "Tiny Guns 3," I'd HAPPILY pay to watch a show produced by Garand Thumb, Donut Operator, and other gun/military history RUclipsrs!
@@haveUSPwilltravel AND I LOVE THAT. 🤣 SUCH a great reference! Granted, I'm very biased, but I love to see it. Not sure about other people, but those kinds of references make me look stuff up, learn more, and find out more stories and stuff like that. I'm a really big fan of that, and I'd LOVE to see more of it.
Thanks for making this video! My grandfather was a BAR gunner with the 75th Infantry Division. It's always great seeing breakdowns about the rifle and it's history.
"Oh, they're acting like the guys were fighting." That's gotta be the truest statement I've heard all day.
Sad but true
They _are_ the guys we're fighting
Japan is pretty bad about their censorship.
I worked with an older gentleman years ago who was an army BAR man in the pacific. He told me they stripped it down of all the extraneous parts to better blend in as the BAR was immediately sniper bait .
Ralph was 5'6 thin as a wire but tough as hell carrying that big ass rifle .
RIP Ralph Basore ... they made men differently back then ..
Definitely were built differently.
I disagree. Those were properly heated treated and work hardened men.
Today they are just cast aluminum men, or just wrought iron men, with no heat treatment and no work hardening.
They're called the"Greatest Generation" for a reason!
No they weren't
@@TheNapalmFTW is a big bad man (on his computer).
Mikey, get that BAR up!!
Was that from saving private ryan
"Mike proceeds to throw the BAR up in the air"
It also strangely makes me think of Super Troopers "Get that gun out, Rabbit!!"
I think he got tackled after that first burst of ammo while papa thumb was talking. 😂
A reference in HBO Pacific one of Memoirs of Sledge even how it depict is somewhat similar and the BAR is a weapon of assault even for veteran rifle
I remember the first time my old friend Jack told me about a gun that was a fully automatic 30 odd6. My jaw dropped and my heart pumped with pure happiness.
The intro is the best so far. No cheesy story. Just believable (in some way) action.
THIS IS WHAT I WANT
hilariously unbelievable lol
Another really cool figure of US gear during Vietnam was that the BAR mag pouches from WW2 were occationally used by MACVSOG and other SF groups because the length of the mag pouch allowed each pouch to hold 4 m16 20 round mags in them, so four pouches on your web gear allowed for up to 320 rounds ready to rock.
The B.A.R was used in RVN also . Some Teams had them , as did we . I saw one being carried by a " Ruff Puff " one time . When he set it on the butt , it was as tall as he .. doc 70-71
"Why are you looking at me? They ain't paying me." Classic line.
5:53 that subtle little detail where his buddy walks to his other side. so he puts the barrel in the air. I always like seeing it.
"If you aren't familiar with John Moses Browning, stop whatever you're doing & get familiar with him, then come back."
It’s hard to imagine that anyone who owns guns or knows a little bit about the world wars wouldn’t know Jesus Moses Browning.
We pray to the alter of gun Jesus… amen
Dare I say, yes I must there are heretics in the Society of Guns……
There should absolutely be a gunsmithing award and the recipient gets a golden 1911
@@jackthorton10 Blessed is the ammo can of Antioch, for he makes you see the light, and sometimes the light is muzzle flash.
Admin aimlessly wandering around in the background is too good
It's clearly not aimless. He's on patrol
@@jongreen5638 true
Filling in for Charlie lol
This was issued to my platoon during WaW back in ‘08.
Thank you for your service
Same but i swapped mine for a pack-a-punch mp40 to keep up with the onslaught of zombies
You mean when we had to take the airfield
I was assigned a decade later in bf1 in the Argonne first. A train ended up crushing it.
The Medal of Honor music in the background brings up so many memories, fantastic video guys!
Pretty sure it’s the Bf1 music
Definitely BF1, recognized it instantly
Should be music from the Pacific or COD WAW
The PTSD from the Rising Storm 1 voicelines also hit.
There’s definitely Medal of Honor music going on
BEST INTROS ON RUclips!! Makes Hollyweird jealous!!
YOU GUYS NEED MAKE A MOVIE
What a strange comment
No pdf files were employed in the making of this intro.
@@matroxman11 No Holly in a Diddy Party
@@matroxman11 I bet you can eat a whole hotdog without chewing
A note to the Garand Thumb editing team, there were a few times where Mike would mention "we'll put a picture up of X", and there was no picture provided in the video.
That’s pretty common here, and I’m 90% sure it’s intentional on the part of the editing fellows
It’s part of the schtick
its aristocratic
They know... Oh, they know.
That’s a common thing in Grand Thumb vids. Maybe it’s now a running joke.
Admin walking out in that field had me stressin for rattlesnakes...😅
He had me rolling. Just casually patrolling with his Thompson
Yeah ... poor little snakes 😢
end of october, overcast day... they probably move too slow to worry about
Especially around San Antonio, infested with them. Years ago there was an Iwo Jima reenactment in Doss Texas where they even had a half scale version of suribachi, rattlers all over the place.
@@RP-ks6ly : "tastes like chicken to me ..." 🐍🤤
That was an awesome intro....next level, honestly. The BAR is awesome. My grandfather carried it in ww2 and then in Korea for a while.
out of all the gun tubers garand thumb actually pulls off the "as in a movie" before "as in a movie" was ever a thing
Pop's carried the BAR on guadalcanal. He loved it. Just found your channel. Thank you this made my day. 🇺🇸💪
Semper Fi to your Pops...!!!!
He might’ve come across John Basilone 🪖
Holy shit, these intros have become absolutely incredible! And it's great to have Admin back.
Him and Jonesy just got beck from tha pacific.
My grandpa carried one of these in the Pacific. Fought on Saipan and Tinian. Love getting to see the breakdown.
This made me remember a great Saving Private Ryan quote- "Sergeant Horvath: [On Omaha Beach] Reuben! Hey, Reiben! Where's your BAR?
Private Reiben: Bottom of the channel sir. The bitch tried to drown me!"
Find a replacement.
Reiben looks stressed but runs off to find another.
The medal of honor frontline music :)
Thank u for giving me back those memories of playing ps1 and ps2 moh with my dad
And jap battlecries taken from Rising Storm😅
THIS!!! The nostalgia is real
and the bf1 theme
Beautiful work dudes.
You dudes make some amazing stuff as well!
Love your channel as well.
As a fellow Idahoan, I approve of this message
Those marine jungle cammies are so cool, that pattern is great
Best intro yet bar none
You mean B.A.R. none 😂😂
Solid Dad Joke 😂
Nicely done
@@alexc4115 Makes sense, seeing as GT is a joke of a dad.
You would make The Humble Marksman proud.
3:17 considering where they're filming, I thought full auto could be shown in an artistic fashion such as a film.
we wish
He referenced San Antonio…a very blue/democrat/progressive city. I live just north of it in Boerne…Just about all businesses in San Antonio have signs on their front doors not allowing concealed or open carry. Texas is not nearly as pro-firearm as people think. My wife’s home state of Wisconsin has a much more ingrained gun culture as just about every family has rifles and shotguns for hunting, they just don’t make a big deal out of it or talk about it much like people do here in TX, which seems to amplify the feeling that TX is so pro-gun when in reality it isn’t as the big cities are democrat-run.
@@90whateverthis isn't a Texas issue, it's a new RUclips rules issue. This range is in boerne,TX.
@@90whateverI live in SA. You’re absolutely right about the politics. People just assume Texas is a hardline red state, in reality the major cities have turned this state into a “purple” state.
This guy gets it…
Got an OOW 1918A3 last year which is the closest I got to the real deal! Love it and gets a lot of attention at the range and ppl wanting to even hold it for a picture! It’s an amazing piece of history that still fascinates me till this day!
In Sledge's memoir, there's a part when a marine is attacked while relieving himself and the BAR man is careful to open fire just at the right time because he wanted to see if he could cut the enemy in half at the waist with a single magazine from his BAR. He succeeded.
Edit: Just for where that reference comes from to anyone who was wondering
With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge.
@@barriolimbas Yes, Sledge's memoir
Yep. I Listened to the audio book twice.... just another 30 something Dad studying for that WW2 quiz
I like the idea that admin went off screen to fight the Japanese with his tommy, but died instantly because things went quiet real fast 😂
Nah, He just Decided to go Melee
I may be stepping out here a bit, but I think yall need to make a short war film, thats how good that intro was. So dam good.
The use of Various musical excerpts from the Medal of Honor series of games is just.... *chef's kiss* There are a multitude of very fond memories attached to that music for me.
thank you for being so respectful with your history retelling
underrated comment
I thought BAR stood for Bad Ass Rifle, my Grandpa who recently deceased trained in the 101st with this gun
Dude, you have the best cinematic openings of any gun Channel on RUclips! Matt is a close second but you have taken the lead!
If you're referring to Matt Best, you owe us all a dollar.
You Mean Demo Ranch Matt?
im out of toilet paper
Kentucky Ballistics is up there too
My Dad was a WW2 veteran. He was not a BAR man but he sure loved the BAR.
Thanks to your Dad for his service, God Bless the United States’ Misguided Children!
My uncle was a Lance Corporal in Vietnam, KIA March, 1967. Magdaleno Tarango, has a middle school named after him in Lordsburg, NM. along with another young man, Jim Dugan, USN.
Please do videos on the following:
-Shotgun Mud test
-Review the ARAK-21
-Battle of the Belt feds-Which is better, the PKM, M249, MCR FiteLite, RPD, M240B?
-Possible Sand Tests for the future?
-How good are mini shotgun shells vs 2 3/4?
-Invite all the GunTubers you can to Idaho with a rifle that they would take into combat and have them run drills and compete with each other to see which rifle set up would work best.
arak is heavy and not that great
These are actually good ideas
@@ace_gamerno they are boring and almost all these topics have been covered by a billion channels already
these are great ideas, hope they write this down
I like the last idea
The intro was insane! You should make a full WW2 movie if you had the budget of one of these Hollywood movies it would be the best war ever made.
I would like to see him make movies about. We're heroes that aren't as well-known or not known at all. Such as jake mcnees.
Everybody knows about guys like Audy Murphy, which is fine, he deserves the recognition.
But there are a lot of other guys out there that I think deserve their own movie.
When my Dad was in basic during WW2 he was qualifying on the range ,when the range master(or whatever they called them at the time) came up behind him and said "Nason one more grouping like that and you will qualify expert." His next group ended up in the target in the lane to his right, not a single hit on his own target. He DID NOT want to be a machine gunner.
This was the weapon my dad carried in the PTO. Guam, Guadalcanal, Iwo. All the campaigns that he engraved on his canteen, which I still treasure.
amazing. hoping for more "becoming deadly" videos in the future though
Me too
Agreed. I'd like to see him do a desert survival video
If you read about About Face by Col. David H. Hackworth, Hackworth writes of his deep admiration for the BAR during his time in the Korean War. It was an excellent weapon for defending elevated positions, as much of the Korean War was a game of "hill-hopping," and could provide accurate fire over distance from one hill to the next.
He also loved the M79...a man of discerning tastes
Mike you and your team really put on a good show. Admin just makes such good sense for your intros. He's one class act on the big screen
I have a buddy who was a BAR gunner in Korea, where it was used to defend positions. He is in a nursing home now but still with us. 😊
the intros blow hollywood out of the water. and hattori han? best collab
Great uncle carried one on Guam, Iwo and Oki. Never ever talked about it, at his funeral his kids thought he was in Korea.
My grandfather was a BAR gunner in WW2 and he only told me one story that he killed a truck full of German soldiers with the BAR .He loved that BAR and he never had anything bad to say about it. The BAR looked like a rifle in his hands he was 6'5 .
My grandpa was a bar gunner in Korea. He said once during training a rabbit ran across the raage and they vaporized it.
My grandfather had a similar story, but it involved a Panzerfaust and an American halftrack.
@@silkyjohnson4208before or after he headshotted a rattle snake?
My grandfather told me about a story from Korea. He was issued a BAR and he loved it so much he “acquired” another broke it down and shipped it back to his dad along with some other things.
John Moses Browning was the greatest weapons inventor to ever walk this earth imo.I tuned in cause it was a Garand Thumb video, but I was pissed when the intro was over. Make the movie we all want...no, the movie we all need, already! Great intro, fellas! That was killer!
It was his faith as a Mormon that made him so good. Probably the Mormon angels or something lol
@@logangodofcandy I'm a fan boy of his designs. The 1911, the HiPower, the B.A.R., bulletproof engineering & I need a minimum one of each, since I can't have them all 😂
@clovistblowpop3060 i think you're right.
I love the browning high power. It's a weapon that more people should know about, but because the 1911 was so popular and America was not interested in the 9 mm. The browning high power doesn't receive its due. Amongst american gun enthusiasts.
The browning high power was used by many countries and many police forces. Far more than the 1911.
My XO had a family BAR passed down from Generations in PA during the prohibitions. It looked a lot like yours, no by pod in 30--06. Heavy as hell. Fun to shoot.
I love the Medal of Honor mission music in the background, nice touch.
Yeah and BF1. Both good stuff.
Great music!
I thought I recognized the music!
The bread is delicious 🍞
@@JFlo-ny4bj you know it!
I think you boys just did and intro every bit as good as saving Private Ryan... Excellent Work gentleman.
Clyde Barrow’s (Bonnie & Clyde) favorite weapon was the BAR. If possible, they would break into small town armories to get a BAR.
And then chop them down a few inches. My brain went straight to Bonnie and Clyde too
Bonnie Parker used a chopped-down BAR. Imagine a 5' tall lady, 90lbs soaking wet, strapping that thing!
My grandfather was ROKMC BAR gunner and participated in korea war he said his gun was so heavy for asian but it was a only automatic gun at his platoon and he and his gun really do the job thanks for american who gave this guns to us 🇰🇷🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇰🇷
The Garand Thumb Cinematic Universe goes kinda hard wtf
That intro was better than most movies released nowadays, good job!!!
The bf1 music at the backround gives it such a nice aura!!
Sounds like Medal of Honor Frontline to me...either way, nice vibe!
@@DaMickLNPFirst song I believe is BF1
The Pacific - Deleted scenes. With BF1 menu music! sick.
Insane intro, battlefield music, collaboration with other guntubers = fantastic video
Y’all produced one of the best ww2 scenes I’ve seen in the past 10 years
Love the use of the bf1 operations music as the background music ❤2:50
Indeed good choice! Also this was one of my favorite LMG in Battlefield V.
Got me all pumped lol
Thats why I knew it's lol
What’s their main BGM?
Couldn't put a finger on it but it felt oddly nostalgic, the soundtrack from that game is peak
The cinematics keep getting better and better
I loved the intro! Reminds me of the intro from the mission "Hard Landing" in Call Of Duty: World at War.
Reminds me of the end of the Thin Red Line (the 90's one).
SHIT, GRENADES!!
The music is from Medal of Honor: Rising Sun.
@romeo_alpha0176 I played that game, too. I still remember the Japanese snipers would hide everywhere in that game. Also, I remember that one mission called Singapore Sling, where you use the Welrod and infiltrate under cover as an SS officer. Can't forget that Pearl Harbor opening too, literally waking up in your boxers to a full-on attack, putting fires out inside the ship and getting on the anti air gun.
@@BlueLightningHawk lol yeah same. I had it on my GameCube. The music that was playing was from the final mission where you’re tail gunning those Zeros on the Supercarrier.
Singapore Sling was probably my favorite level because it was the only close quarters mission in the game that was as close to open world. The rest of the missions were very linear.
All in all though, it was great fun.
Eli is that friend that everybody needs at any time of day no matter what mood youre in.
My mom's dad was the trigger man on a BAR in the Korean war. I wish I could have watched this video with him to hear his input. He wasn't good at volunteering information. Most I got was me and him watching a History Channel show together and him saying "I used that gun" when the show started talking about the BAR
OMG the music in the background when you're explaining the gun. Plus the random dude walking around. Perfect, down to the last minute detail
"It was 🅱️erfect. 🅱️erfect. Down to the last minute detail."
“Wanted to see if I could cut him in half with my BAR” is a reference to E.B. Sledge’s book ‘With the Old Breed’. One of his fellow marines said that during an encounter on Peleliu.
These intros are better than A list movies at this point
The Music. The Acting. The Gun. This is nostalgia!
The production value is amazing!
Battlefield menu music @ 2:05🤙 Love it
My pap was a bar man for the fifth division first wave on Iwo Jima he actually had his barrel so hot after the second bansi attack that he needed a new barrel due to it being bent but he said it never failed him but it was very hard to keep it clean in the volcanic ash! Your correct the first thing every bar man ditches was the bipod and carrying handle one cuz it was useless but also to avoid being targeted right after officers and flamethrowers.
I would love to see Garand and Admin in a gritty WW2 movie or series similar to "Thin red line" or "The pacific" they pull of the look!
I was coming home from hunting today and thought of the BAR, wondered if GT had done anything on it. Well, this is fortuitous
those intros are better than full on movies these days
Best intro youve ever done. You cant go back now. Keep that shit coming
2:02 dude I’d love an entire movie like this with yall 😂😂!!!
I'd thumbs this video up twice if I could; 1st for the intro and 2nd for the breakdown of one of the baddest guns to grace the battlefield.
It would have been an honor to serve alongside Mikey, what an absolute lad 🫡
That reference to "The Old Breed" was a nice touch 👌
Is that Eugene Sledge? Or did he di helmet for my pillow?
@@PorkChopAChunky That would be Sledge, correct
Ayy, someone else noticed. "Wanted to see if I could cut him in half with my BAR."