As a Greek, I can confirm the popularity the Gras rifle enjoyed among the people long after WWI. I come from the island of Crete and I can still remember stories from my grandfather and his contemporaries of how they stashed and used the "γκράδες" (grάthes - i.e. the "plural" of the word "gras" in greek) they had kept from the Blakan Wars and WWI, in the greek resistance during the second WW. Great show, cheers from Greece!
Yes sir... I have a Gras, and yes I'm Greek. Got it from my grandfather, and It have seen a lot of action in WWII !! I even grew up thinking that Gras was the word for "riffle" n Greek.
kimon114 Well now .So it is simply a wall hanger,and your family can use it to pass on the history of your family. The Greco-Turkish war,the Second world War, the post war years,somehow enough members survived to be able to tell coherent stories.Get the older ones together and record the stories they tell.Those were upheavals of history the young ones will not understand on a personal level unless there is a record. More important than you might think.
Too late, all of them dead now, sorry to say. Yet my Grandad never spoke about the war, not once. All we know is from other people. My dad kepr some notes, I've got to find them. You are right, I agree.... Just imagine people that lived throught three wars to listen to young people nowadays compaining about everything...
Well, you could've done the opposite like Brazil and just buy Taurus handguns, then realize how much money you wasted despite wanting to save money by buying cheap guns in the first place. The litmus test for being Brazilian or American is whether you hate Taurus guns or not.
I feel this dedicated episode is a better type of episode than a live stream - nice to see you guys edit the live stream down to a more concise episode rather than leave its by itself.
Greece was in unstoppable wars in this period so they spent a lot of monay in army ... characteristic example of this was when they buy with donations the best 'ultrasonic' battleship in Mediterranean the battleship 'Averof' in 1911 ..with which destroy the Turkish navy and control the Aegean sea
keep up the good work guys!!!the truth is that you can still see some of those rifles in mountain greece,,in taverns and kafenia(small coffee shops ...kind of)as displays or family rellics...
Hello channel,im Greek,i have to add that our army kept using GRA as their basic weapon even in WW2, and im proud of our soldiers back then ,that had to use a single shot weapon against Italians and Germans that were equiped with more modern guns most of them submachine guns or semi automatic rifles.
To be fair you also had the Manchlier and Mauser so single shot rifles next to the two nicest Bolt actions probably ever that must’ve been confusing for the Italians lol
Kai egw ellhnas eimai , ta sub machine guns htan kala apo konta to Gra mporei na eixe 1 sfera alla mporouse na varesei apo pio makria alla ta Gewehr Ton germanon htan ontos kalitera toufekia ekei simfono
The hand writing on the colt gun Ε.Β.Σ actually means Greek.Royal.Army . It was propably found in turkey after the disastrous anatolian campaign after the war. Thanks Indy and team :)
The moment that you can consider yourself a real historical weapons specialist : you are form the US and know details of greek light guns in WW1. And you really know your business in the minute details (the Gras comment is a killer)
Great video guys on both channels.This channel has made me understand World war 1 so much better.Would it be possible for you guys to make a video on the role Spain played during ww1.Thank you very much for the great video
something interesting, WE just found a Colt 38 from my great grand father. The gun has the greek marking but obviously end up in France. my great grand dad fought only on the western front. very strange how this gun ended up here.
after the 1897 war that was lost for greece, there was a revolution from the army demanding several social and political and army reforms. we knew we were outnumbered and outgunned so they bought the best items for the our military not only rifles but heavy weapons as well such artilery. those gras and manlichers served greece with pride and success from the balkan wars of 1912 to the resistance to the italian german forces of the ww2.
After the King Constantine Special i would think that because of his field expieriences he maybe was leaning towards giving his soldiers proper equipment.
King Constantine I of Greece You should have been more like your daddy. That would have been a benefit to the nation, the people and not the least to yourself, your majesty
Nice! I own a Mannlicher-Schönauer hunting rifle, produced 1927 by Breda. I think it was one of these rifles Italy made for Greece between the wars. Of course it got a new stock and trigger and was rebarreled to 7x57 Mauser. Works still fine today.
Τhat was my grand grandfather's rifle.He went to Ankara with that rifle.My granddad told me he killed more than 1000 Ottomans during that war.That rifle killed Ottomans,Albanians,Bulgarians,Romanians,Germans and Italians.
Can you explain the role of the Nepalese Gurkhas in the British Army? P.S. I really like the shirt that says " I've got 99 problems I'm an Austrian-Hungarian Soldier in 1915"
Indiana Jones the Gurkha Rifles were part of the Indian Army, which was part of the armed forces of the British Empire. Today they still form regiments, but now they are parts of both the British and Indian armies. I'm not certain of just were they served, but I think they were were in France and the Miidle East.
Also,when the French landed in Thessaloniki and established the Armee d'Orient and the Salonika Front,they equipped the Greek Army divisions which sided with the allies(the government of National Defence),with a considerable amount of Lebel rifles and Bertier carbines(I think carbines).By the end of WWI,the Greek Army had received 60,000 Lebel rifles,689 St.Etienne machine-guns and 3,980 Chauchat LMGs.
the rotating mage might have an easy flow but anything with more bits is going to be easier to screw up as opposed to the straight action of the Enfield and mauser
Interestingly it is no more complicated mechanically. Just an internal clock styled spring, the follower, and the magazine body. Making it quick-detach added more parts for sure, but that wasn't necessary to the design.
Steyr Model M, S , L of modern make , previous before the SBS action of today ,they have the rotary magazine of the MS type, similar also with the Steyr M72 sporter model .
The Greeks never stopped producing black powder rounds. My grandma was 10 when the invasion of Crete happened and has showedme the tools she used as a little girl to make the gras' rounds for her father who served in the Albanian border and then returned on foot and by fiahing boats to Crete to fight as a rebel
Hey Indy and crew can you do this same kind of video with the romanian rifles and small arms, I know you did a 1+hour episode but will be fantastic if can do this kind of summary for the people like me that doesnt have alot of time to watched and fantastic work with the channel
It's all Greek to me. But seriously, it is interesting to note that they were willing to spend a lot on their weapons. As I recall, Greek finances even then weren't that great.
By 1904-1905 the economy had start to gain momentum thanks to effective handling and foreign investments and donations for the military. The biggest climax was the purchase of the Armored Cruiser Averoff. Fan fact, that flagship defeated single handed the ottoman navy
lol you must be new to Greece's level of political corruption. The same 3-4 families of politicians have been governing and ripping off the Greek people for over 100 years now.
Your right actually 😂 and Austria offered to recognize Greek ownership over Macedonia, it worked out in the end because it’s an incredible rifle but still hilarious that you got that right
Steyr manlicher was the favorite rifle of Greeks. The gras were just a "necessary bad". At 1904-1905 the Greek fighters of the macedonian struggle, described the gras as an old and not good rifle and they were eager to take the new manlichers and use them against the bulgarian komitatziis
Interesting you talk during this video (on the Mannlicher) about the rifles that the portuguese army used. Are we gonna have an episode about the Portuguese rifles and pistols of the WW1? I'm curious!
hey FUNtastic !!!!!! and also Othais and his better half are a pair that shoots every life obstacle down!! !does anybody know what happened to all those large stocks of mannlichers ,gras and also m1 garands of the greek army??
I've been looking forward to this edited version. The Mannlicher-Schönauer 1903/14 is probably the most beautiful gun of the war. I HAVE to get me one some day and have a Steyr collection. One mistake, at 3:30 you show a picture of the 6.5x54 cartridge the Greek rifles shot but the label is wrong. It says 8x56 which is a cartridge that was invented in the 1930's and used in the Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher M95.
Would you ever consider doing some sort of poster / perhaps future book signing down here in Gothenburg? Would be honored to shake the hand of someone so dedicated to knowledge.
To those that doubt why Greece bought such expensive weapons the reasons are simple. Half of today's territories were under Ottoman occupation and 90% inhabited by Greeks. This was a liberating war hence the though was one: We must have the best weapons to regain our ancestral territories. That's why we bought those guns, that's why we were the first to buy Hybrid submarines and the heavy cruiser Averof. At least we made it...
I'm sorry to disappointing you but I wouldn't say that. The reason is simple. Money. Especially such as small in power that time we are forced to get old, expensive stuff from the big powers...
Exactly the Rifles the use in the Victorious for Greece...First and Secodn Balcan wars [1912 /1913...The Victorious ..1918 battle of Skra di Legen [against Bulagarians ]...
One thing that is bit sad, the magazine only works with cartridges in same case lenght and width. Like the .30-06 and 7x64, and the 6.5x54 and 9x57 . Any cartridge that is bigger will not work good in the magazine and not function properly.
If I had to choose between a 38 special revolver and a 32 acp pistol, I would certainly choose the revolver. I wonder why the French would hold onto their Rubies and pass the 38 spl Colts on to Greece. Logistics of supply is the only thing I can think of.
Dear gentlemen at "THE GREAT WAR", the Mannlicher-Schonauer rifle model 1903, was bought by the Greeks because the Germans or the British would not sell them their rifles... also they wanted to upgrade their army as soon as possible with the best equipment possible after the 1987 unfortunate results of the 1897 short skirmish with the turkish army... so they got the best rifle of the era... it was chambered in the unique 6.5x54mm M&S calibre only and not in the 8x50mm Mannlicher calibre of the type that you showed in the video which was used by the M&S straight bolt 1895 model, used mainly by the Austrian and Bulgarian armies but also by the Hungarians... Also the Colt revolver was chambered in .38 S&W...
hey Indy and team. could you explain the origin of some of the stock footage you use? You often show old footage of battles/men going over the top, which looks like it was shot from a position which would expose the camera operator/crew to danger. I.e. filming from an angle down into the trench. was this real footage? reenactment behind the lines? keep up the good work senpai.
Greece did not buy these guns for WW1. They bought them for the Balkan Wars. After the defeat during the 1897 war with Turkey, were the Turks had Mauser repeating rifles and the Greek army was still using the Gras and the Military coup of 1906, that made Eleutherius Venizelos prime minister, the Greek armed forces modernized. There is a tradition that holds to this day, that since Greece will always be small in numbers, it must be better in the quality of it's weapons relative to the weapons of it's adversaries. This trend, led the Greek armed forces, to buy expensive weapons that were considered to be the best in the world.
As a Greek, I can confirm the popularity the Gras rifle enjoyed among the people long after WWI.
I come from the island of Crete and I can still remember stories from my grandfather and his contemporaries of how they stashed and used the "γκράδες" (grάthes - i.e. the "plural" of the word "gras" in greek) they had kept from the Blakan Wars and WWI, in the greek resistance during the second WW.
Great show, cheers from Greece!
Two Greek episodes in a day? ΖΉΤΩ!
*Μεγάλη Ιδέα intensifies*
+Eleftherios Venizelos we thought Greece joining the Entente would be a good occasion for a Greece week.
Greece week? Oh boy! *puts on Euzone uniform* *grabs popcorn*
+Eleftherios Venizelos Final countdown to June 28
"Drop the base"
~Eleftherios Venizelos on his arrival to Athens June 1917
+Eleftherios Venizelos You'll return at Athens on June 27, Mr Prime minister
Οn the handle of the pistol, the letters EBΣ stand for Ελληνικος Βασιλικος Στρατος(Hellenic Royal Army). Great clip.
Yes sir... I have a Gras, and yes I'm Greek. Got it from my grandfather, and It have seen a lot of action in WWII !!
I even grew up thinking that Gras was the word for "riffle" n Greek.
fantastic
kimon114 So have you fired it ? Are the cartridges loaded with black powder or some modern propellant ?
Oh no... You see, after the Civil war, having any type of riffle was illegal, so in order to keep it he destroyed the firing mechanism.
kimon114 Well now .So it is simply a wall hanger,and your family can use it to pass on the history of your family. The Greco-Turkish war,the Second world War, the post war years,somehow enough members survived to be able to tell coherent stories.Get the older ones together and record the stories they tell.Those were upheavals of history the young ones will not understand on a personal level unless there is a record. More important than you might think.
Too late, all of them dead now, sorry to say. Yet my Grandad never spoke about the war, not once. All we know is from other people. My dad kepr some notes, I've got to find them. You are right, I agree.... Just imagine people that lived throught three wars to listen to young people nowadays compaining about everything...
I am Greek, and I was literally screaming to my screen for the Gras. Greece's hero gun.
Well, overpriced military purchases from abroad is kind of our thing here in Greece.
A very particular hobby.
This is more savage than any ol' semi-automatic you can find.
Well, you could've done the opposite like Brazil and just buy Taurus handguns, then realize how much money you wasted despite wanting to save money by buying cheap guns in the first place. The litmus test for being Brazilian or American is whether you hate Taurus guns or not.
Yeah
👌
Mannlicher Schönauer. One of the most beautiful hunting rifles ever made.
Greekin' awesome.
Stop with the puns. *slaps*
I don't know why but I really love watching these while playing BattleField 1
I'm here for my Greek Manlicher rifle! So hyped, CLICK!
I feel this dedicated episode is a better type of episode than a live stream - nice to see you guys edit the live stream down to a more concise episode rather than leave its by itself.
And a lot of other people prefer the live streams. So we use both.
Greece fought wars in 1897, 1912 (A Balkan war) and 1913 (B Balkan war) before entering the ww1
FUNNY THING IS THAT I SUBBED TO C&R'S CHANNEL TODAY AFTER I FOUND THAT M10 VIDEO .... GREEK AND PROUD KEEP THE VIDS GOING GENTLEMEN :D
glad to hear
Greece was in unstoppable wars in this period so they spent a lot of monay in army ... characteristic example of this was when they buy with donations the best 'ultrasonic' battleship in Mediterranean the battleship 'Averof' in 1911 ..with which destroy the Turkish navy and control the Aegean sea
I found c& arsenal thru the great war and have watched every single episode of their stuff
keep up the good work guys!!!the truth is that you can still see some of those rifles in mountain greece,,in taverns and kafenia(small coffee shops ...kind of)as displays or family rellics...
Hello channel,im Greek,i have to add that our army kept using GRA as their basic weapon even in WW2, and im proud of our soldiers back then ,that had to use a single shot weapon against Italians and Germans that were equiped with more modern guns most of them submachine guns or semi automatic rifles.
To be fair you also had the Manchlier and Mauser so single shot rifles next to the two nicest Bolt actions probably ever that must’ve been confusing for the Italians lol
@@Danheron2thing is the Gras was black powder and black powder guns velocity was slower but the Gras was powerful lovely gun
Kai egw ellhnas eimai , ta sub machine guns htan kala apo konta to Gra mporei na eixe 1 sfera alla mporouse na varesei apo pio makria alla ta Gewehr Ton germanon htan ontos kalitera toufekia ekei simfono
The hand writing on the colt gun Ε.Β.Σ actually means Greek.Royal.Army . It was propably found in turkey after the disastrous anatolian campaign after the war. Thanks Indy and team :)
The moment that you can consider yourself a real historical weapons specialist : you are form the US and know details of greek light guns in WW1. And you really know your business in the minute details (the Gras comment is a killer)
Really interesting episode, love the explanation on the guns.
Great video guys on both channels.This channel has made me understand World war 1 so much better.Would it be possible for you guys to make a video on the role Spain played during ww1.Thank you very much for the great video
+Spanigo Saturday
I can almost feel how smooth that action is when he works the bolt.
love these guys
joedude971 We love you too.
Well done to Greece
Love these episodes, give much more depth to what is going on with the individual entities in the war
Yay Othais and Mae are back
something interesting, WE just found a Colt 38 from my great grand father. The gun has the greek marking but obviously end up in France. my great grand dad fought only on the western front. very strange how this gun ended up here.
that intro will never get old
Good job on the video!
Gras IS the national rifle of Greece!! The weapon of the Resistance during the Axis Occupation!
great clipping of their video with yours!
This is just a snippit from an awesome longer episode....!
Some people prefer the shorter versions.
Not this guy :D Those streams were so fun and informative. Great work!
The writing at the bottom of that pistol: ΕΒΣ = Ελληνικός Βασιλικός Στρατός ? - Greek Royal Army ? I suppose so
This is some very good stuff. Potentially quite helpful as well I might add.
I LOVE these joint videos. Keep it up
This will be a great episode as usual!
uhhh Indy why do you have an elmo mug..
+Jack Evey Why not?
Every great presenter needs a weird mug. Craig Ferguson had the snake cup, Brian from Tech Yes City has the Jar Jar mug and Indy has the Elmo mug.
why don't you have an Elmo mug?
after the 1897 war that was lost for greece, there was a revolution from the army demanding several social and political and army reforms. we knew we were outnumbered and outgunned so they bought the best items for the our military not only rifles but heavy weapons as well such artilery. those gras and manlichers served greece with pride and success from the balkan wars of 1912 to the resistance to the italian german forces of the ww2.
There are even folk songs where the word Grass stands for the word riffle.
After the King Constantine Special i would think that because of his field expieriences he maybe was leaning towards giving his soldiers proper equipment.
King Constantine I of Greece You should have been more like your daddy. That would have been a benefit to the nation, the people and not the least to yourself, your majesty
Nice! I own a Mannlicher-Schönauer hunting rifle, produced 1927 by Breda. I think it was one of these rifles Italy made for Greece between the wars. Of course it got a new stock and trigger and was rebarreled to 7x57 Mauser. Works still fine today.
best channel in youtube
An episode on Baron Roman Ungern-Sternburg and his experiences during the war would be awesome.
Τhat was my grand grandfather's rifle.He went to Ankara with that rifle.My granddad told me he killed more than 1000 Ottomans during that war.That rifle killed Ottomans,Albanians,Bulgarians,Romanians,Germans and Italians.
I am greek. Do more episodes of greece
I am greek
Keep up the good job!!!
Speaks to the smoothness of the first rifle's action, as the girl struggles to chamber and unchamber rounds.
7:38 "They actually had ordered tons of gras".
I wish my government would order tons of gras, and then maybe sell me just a few grams of it.
7:50 "If we have any Greeks watching, I guarantee the minute they see the gras they'll light up..."
xD xD This is comedy gold!!
Hi just to clarify something, the revolver has the initials ΕΒΔ which stands for Ελληνικός Βασιλικός Στράτος which means Greek Royal Army.
amazing
Can you explain the role of the Nepalese Gurkhas in the British Army? P.S. I really like the shirt that says " I've got 99 problems I'm an Austrian-Hungarian Soldier in 1915"
Indiana Jones the Gurkha Rifles were part of the Indian Army, which was part of the armed forces of the British Empire. Today they still form regiments, but now they are parts of both the British and Indian armies. I'm not certain of just were they served, but I think they were were in France and the Miidle East.
I had a Ruby 38. It nust have had a 25 pound trigger pull and shot 3 feet high.
But what about greek shotguns or machine guns? Were such weapons used at all by Greece or Balkans in general?
We only used bolt action rifles and stationary machine guns. Shotguns were used from American shock troops.
Also,when the French landed in Thessaloniki and established the Armee d'Orient and the Salonika Front,they equipped the Greek Army divisions which sided with the allies(the government of National Defence),with a considerable amount of Lebel rifles and Bertier carbines(I think carbines).By the end of WWI,the Greek Army had received 60,000 Lebel rifles,689 St.Etienne machine-guns and 3,980 Chauchat LMGs.
the rotating mage might have an easy flow but anything with more bits is going to be easier to screw up as opposed to the straight action of the Enfield and mauser
Interestingly it is no more complicated mechanically. Just an internal clock styled spring, the follower, and the magazine body. Making it quick-detach added more parts for sure, but that wasn't necessary to the design.
Steyr Model M, S , L of modern make , previous before the SBS action of today ,they have the rotary magazine of the MS type, similar also with the Steyr M72 sporter model .
The Greeks never stopped producing black powder rounds. My grandma was 10 when the invasion of Crete happened and has showedme the tools she used as a little girl to make the gras' rounds for her father who served in the Albanian border and then returned on foot and by fiahing boats to Crete to fight as a rebel
Doctor: You have 11:59 minutes until you die
Me:
Hey Indy and crew can you do this same kind of video with the romanian rifles and small arms, I know you did a 1+hour episode but will be fantastic if can do this kind of summary for the people like me that doesnt have alot of time to watched and fantastic work with the channel
Why would we only do the summary for the Greek part and not the Romanian part?
The Great War Im glad to heard that!!! Thanks for all the great content that you make The Great War crew!!!
It's all Greek to me. But seriously, it is interesting to note that they were willing to spend a lot on their weapons. As I recall, Greek finances even then weren't that great.
By 1904-1905 the economy had start to gain momentum thanks to effective handling and foreign investments and donations for the military. The biggest climax was the purchase of the Armored Cruiser Averoff. Fan fact, that flagship defeated single handed the ottoman navy
the cellulon triptometer Greek economy in a bad state? Wow, that's an unimaginable scenario.
...still, we got our hands on great stuff, and did great stuff with it!
lol you must be new to Greece's level of political corruption. The same 3-4 families of politicians have been governing and ripping off the Greek people for over 100 years now.
the cellulon We love our army,that s why. Constantinople awaits.
04:14 As a Greek I am guessing someone in Greece took a bribe to order these said rifles.
Your right actually 😂 and Austria offered to recognize Greek ownership over Macedonia, it worked out in the end because it’s an incredible rifle but still hilarious that you got that right
Great video🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
FIRST!!!! my life is complete. nice keyboard playing Indy!
Mr_Steaty except I was first
Mr_Steaty congratulations
Niels Van De Put I WAS FIRST
I was quietly first on the last video
we were all first XD
Man...that's a lot of guns behind him....
Steyr manlicher was the favorite rifle of Greeks. The gras were just a "necessary bad".
At 1904-1905 the Greek fighters of the macedonian struggle, described the gras as an old and not good rifle and they were eager to take the new manlichers and use them against the bulgarian komitatziis
Interesting you talk during this video (on the Mannlicher) about the rifles that the portuguese army used. Are we gonna have an episode about the Portuguese rifles and pistols of the WW1? I'm curious!
hey FUNtastic !!!!!! and also Othais and his better half are a pair that shoots every life obstacle down!!
!does anybody know what happened to all those large stocks of mannlichers ,gras and also m1 garands of the greek army??
+Gi Karadi A number of soldiers kept them home, others were sold
thank you very much for the info !!!
I've been looking forward to this edited version. The Mannlicher-Schönauer 1903/14 is probably the most beautiful gun of the war. I HAVE to get me one some day and have a Steyr collection.
One mistake, at 3:30 you show a picture of the 6.5x54 cartridge the Greek rifles shot but the label is wrong. It says 8x56 which is a cartridge that was invented in the 1930's and used in the Austro-Hungarian Mannlicher M95.
+TwentythreePER well, what can we say? we're hippies and these numbers could well be made up for us.
+The Great War its ironic that hippies are covering a channel called the Great War lol
Would you ever consider doing some sort of poster / perhaps future book signing down here in Gothenburg? Would be honored to shake the hand of someone so dedicated to knowledge.
+Johan Sjöö Ferm definitely thinking of expanding the fan meeting thing in some way.
To those that doubt why Greece bought such expensive weapons the reasons are simple. Half of today's territories were under Ottoman occupation and 90% inhabited by Greeks.
This was a liberating war hence the though was one:
We must have the best weapons to regain our ancestral territories. That's why we bought those guns, that's why we were the first to buy Hybrid submarines and the heavy cruiser Averof.
At least we made it...
I'm sorry to disappointing you but I wouldn't say that. The reason is simple. Money. Especially such as small in power that time we are forced to get old, expensive stuff from the big powers...
el poutsino ! The Mannilicher wasn’t “old” when the Greeks bought it. The exact opposite in fact.
A question for Out of the Trenches. During the war how long would it take for rifles and artillery pieces to wear our their rifling?
What about the Mylonas rifle? Was it used during World War I?
Exactly the Rifles the use in the Victorious for Greece...First and Secodn Balcan wars [1912 /1913...The Victorious ..1918 battle of Skra di Legen [against Bulagarians ]...
ruclips.net/video/GrjHBGXopO4/видео.html
Where can you get these guns
G3 ΡΕ!
(Greek soldiers know)
G3A4
Pame to G3 to athanato
Awww snap!
I wish I could play around with all these rifles.
Nice !!!
I've got a 03/14 in which various parts are painted grey, other parts are blued...
With the Schlegelmitch what was ment when he said they cut them up ,were they turned into carbines?
One thing that is bit sad, the magazine only works with cartridges in same case lenght and width. Like the .30-06 and 7x64, and the 6.5x54 and 9x57 . Any cartridge that is bigger will not work good in the magazine and not function properly.
If I had to choose between a 38 special revolver and a 32 acp pistol, I would certainly choose the revolver. I wonder why the French would hold onto their Rubies and pass the 38 spl Colts on to Greece. Logistics of supply is the only thing I can think of.
Mays looking good.
This should be interesting. I'm expecting German influence to be quite common, which is unusual considering Greece's position later in the war.
This is all very interesting, but I have yet to hear what caliber these guns were. I assume 8mm.?
...so the Mannlicher M1903 is basically a bolt action revolving rifle? XD
Dear gentlemen at "THE GREAT WAR", the Mannlicher-Schonauer rifle model 1903, was bought by the Greeks because the Germans or the British would not sell them their rifles... also they wanted to upgrade their army as soon as possible with the best equipment possible after the 1987 unfortunate results of the 1897 short skirmish with the turkish army... so they got the best rifle of the era... it was chambered in the unique 6.5x54mm M&S calibre only and not in the 8x50mm Mannlicher calibre of the type that you showed in the video which was used by the M&S straight bolt 1895 model, used mainly by the Austrian and Bulgarian armies but also by the Hungarians... Also the Colt revolver was chambered in .38 S&W...
hey Indy and team.
could you explain the origin of some of the stock footage you use? You often show old footage of battles/men going over the top, which looks like it was shot from a position which would expose the camera operator/crew to danger. I.e. filming from an angle down into the trench.
was this real footage? reenactment behind the lines?
keep up the good work senpai.
+Joshua Neilson rule of thumb for ww1: it's staged. check out our Film and propaganda special
The Great War thanks! will do.
Why weren't lever action rifles used more frequently?
this would make a Nice addition to bf1
indy can you do a video of trench knifes
hi love the show could you talk about the role of the British army cadet force during the war thanks for reading this
Make more episodes about Greece
+Kostas Foteas sorry, in the foreseeable future there won't be more.
+Kostas Foteas Patience until Battle of Skra
Is the above colt revolver a model 1989 ?
1898
Perhaps the arms dealer Basil Zaharoff had something to do with those fine rifles. I think a special on his part in WW1 and beyond is due.
Η υπομονή είναι αρετή
Greek army manlicher used 6.5x54 cardriges no 8x56.
Who the hell dislikes this ? And why ? Trolls ? Austro-Hungarians ? Turks ? Hotzendorf ?
I love bear man and forest woman.
Always Greek army buys the best weapons. It is a tradition.
What nation had the best infantry weapons?
Greece did not buy these guns for WW1. They bought them for the Balkan Wars. After the defeat during the 1897 war with Turkey, were the Turks had Mauser repeating rifles and the Greek army was still using the Gras and the Military coup of 1906, that made Eleutherius Venizelos prime minister, the Greek armed forces modernized. There is a tradition that holds to this day, that since Greece will always be small in numbers, it must be better in the quality of it's weapons relative to the weapons of it's adversaries. This trend, led the Greek armed forces, to buy expensive weapons that were considered to be the best in the world.