Testing The Greatest Light Machine Guns Of All Time | Weapons That Changed The World
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- Join Wil Willis, former Army Ranger and Air Force Pararescue, as he delves into the history of the light machine gun. From the WW2's iconic MG42 to the M249 SAW that American soldiers use today, discover how these deadly weapons transformed military tactics and capabilities. Witness live demonstrations, expert insights, and thrilling combat scenarios that highlight the power and precision of light machine guns.
00:00 Intro
02:00 M249 SAW
12:15 Maxim 1884
15:50 Madsen
18:30 Chauchat
22:15 BAR
23:40 Lewis Gun
26:15 Bren LMG
30:10 MG42
34:15 HK21E
36:30 M27
41:25 Combat Simulation
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Ww2 in a nutshell: German, Italian and Japanese walk into a BAR.
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Understand comment fr 😂😂😂
Made me chuckle 😂😂
🤣🤣man is speaking truth and spittin BARS😂
Thats setting the BAR high
I’ve had pizza with less cheesiness than this.
No mention of the FN MAG (known in the UK as the GPMG or "jimpy")? Very poor.
FN MAG is the base design for the M240 right?
@@dennisseah9403 The M240 is an FN MAG. It is one of the versions of it.
The General! I loved it.
The title says LIGHT Machine Gun.
The US designation for the same GPMG is the M240. As this video focused on light machine guns, it was not mentioned.
I like how they made it look like the host was explaining to the rso why each guy was less accurate with the saw lol
The Madsen LMG was not sold in limited numbers due to complexity but due to Danish export policies as a neutral country, by the time.
You forgot the MG34, which was havier and way more expensive to produce than the MG42.
Not way more expensive. I think it was only like $30 more to produce.
A Browning Automatic Rifle is a real crowd pleaser. The M-14 as the US Military called it was a Favorite and still is a Favorite for Special Operations Teams Snipers. You don't get up from a round from this gun.
The chauchat was good in the fact it made it in great numbers to the field for half the war. Lewis and BAR were better but they didn't have the numbers and time. Having a Chauchat beats having nothing.
M60 ?
It is a wonderful video about the most swiftly firepowers light machine guns infamous( M249 ) with excellent accuracy ... thanks ( war stories) channel for sharing...
I've no idea how they've designed it to absorb all that kick-back
Canadians used the Lewis gun too
Imagine there is a machine gun in belted 5.56mm that is 5 lbs lighter than a M249 and much less recoil impulse oh wait there is and its 20 years before the M249 aka the Stoner 63. The first beltfed 5.56mm SAW not even addressed.
Guess they're focusing on weapons that were used in large numbers/stood the test of time 🤷♂️
@@PurceyMiles The HK21E was never adopted by any major military yet they addressed it.
@@Mongo63a interesting, yeah. Who knows, then? It's not my video, so I couldn't tell ya.
Looks like Mexico, Brazil and Portugal adopted it, as well as like 15 other armies adopting variants. Perhaps not "world superpower" armies, but it definitely outsold and outlasted the stoner, I think we could both agree.
I'm not trying to say the stoner wasn't revolutionary in the applied concept of being a mobile weapon platform, I'm just guessing why it might not be on the list.
"Greatest" is a pretty vague metric, I guess the title of the video leaves a lot open for interpretation/discussion
It's a shame that we can't get the Negev to our guys. Light weight, single & full auto and extremely reliable. Oh yeah, Tannerite is so over played!
There's also the ultimate from singapore
Didn't really care for the closeups or the explosive targets but other than that great video. 🙂
The M249 action is a direct descendant of the Lewis.
a portuguese soldier in ww1 stoped an entire regiment using the lewis,
the "saw" is just a combination of the FG.42 and the MG.34
French teacher here.👨🏻🏫 "Chaudchat" is pronounced as "SHOW-SHAAH," not "SHOWSHOW." It means "HotCat."
nice to see the Madsen in another gun documentery, just one observation the "D" in madsen is not pronounced in danish so it should be pronounced "massen"
Please add the Israeli made Negev 5.56 light machine gun.
Wheres the Stoner?
So wåm with the us m240
I carried the M60 in 1984 as a newbie Combat Engineer. for six months . I did not like it because it was unreliable and it was easy to put together wrong. To change the hot barrel you had to replace it with your hands using gloves. Better to have adopted the MG42.
Hopefully the armorer from “RUST” was not in charge.
i dont get it..... the m27 is the same as the m16/m4 no?
I’m responsible for the changes to the saw. Soft bag and the two rail (mp5) stock is missing.
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FN MAG Has been around for almost three quarters of a century and is used in the majority of NATO member countries, but It's not mentioned.It is almost as well known as the Browning M2 50 cal.
So what they already covered the m249
Except Rambo machine gun
Maxims are still used in Ukraine right now. Talk about immortal weapons...
Yes alongside Mosin nagant and Ptrs 41 anti tank rifle
Before disposing of them in the 60s, the British ran 5 million rounds through a Vickers Maxim.
Continuously, the gunners worked in shifts over days.
Apart from replacing the barrel many times, it was still perfectly in-spec at the end of the test.
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Ok
A maxum is not light.
Neither is a Maxim 😅
@@PurceyMiles yep it didn't quite look right. Oh well
That's unfair, a SAW against Jesse James.
What about the soviet RPD LMG
Missed the PKM
You do it all wrong One shooter with a H&K G3 and me with the MG 42me and my brother clean a town DANISH STYLE
No disrespect but the vicars and maxim are medium or heavy machine guns. Area denial weapons.
They are hmg.
Pkm
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They all copied the Germans MG42 and their tactics even to this very day.
GTFGU! 2-1 IN A Co, 3rd Plt, Weapons squad.
Semi auto replicas ruin the history. Most of those are not genuine guns
Mostly US hype/drama with some opinions, exploding targets for the toddlers, great propaganda , and marketing vehicle. I thought these died after the cold war ?
PLEASE, WHEN is this series going to end? These shows are NOT worth re-showing!
These are great speak for yourself.
Then don’t watch it or is that to complex of a concept
Somebody needs to say the truth about slanted drama , an bs marketing to the sheeple. Most viewers are US , so .....yeah.
@@deeejaaay8518 I do! 🤣
Perfect example of how to make a terrible documentary show.
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