FG 42 - Germany's WW2 Paratrooper Automatic Rifle
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- An overview of the FG 42 one of the most advanced weapons of WW2.
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Movies/Video Games Featured:
Hell Let Loose
The Eagle Has Landed
Enlisted
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Najica Blitz Tactics
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly
Post Scriptum
Call of Duty: World at War
Memorial Day
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Call of Duty: WWII
1944 (2015)
Battle of the Bulge
Hot Shots! Part Deux
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Nice to see this video get an update, especially the part about why the grip on the first model wasn’t for shooting while descending. Another side note about that, Fallschimjaeger dropped a lot lower than other nations paratroopers so they would have little time to fire at the enemy while descending.
This was my favourite single weapon when playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein many, many years ago and possibly one of my favourite weapons in any first person shooter I ever played.
It and the Sten gun there sure are extremely effective in RtCW, so much so that they feel a bit nerfed in multiplayer and Enemy Territory, far as I know.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Ya'll making me want to reinstall wolf.
@@goobernoodles Will probably recommend The New Order+The Old Blood as well.
take a look to cultic
FG-42: the Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R NisMo V-Spec of WWII automatic rifles.
More like Z-Tune
The fuck is wrong with you and your weak sauce analogy?
That's an amazing comparison. We'll done
Overrated, but gets the job done in style.
@@cac_deadlyrangbro, go check the price of a FG-42 in 2024. Literally one of the most expensive weapons out there.
Sweet, criminally overlooked piece of unique WW2 weaponry.
overlooked is the perfect word
"Overlooked" as he watches a video of the thing anachronistically being used by every videogame fallschirmjäger ever
@@Bonk4Me Who made you so angry? Jeez calm down little boy.
@@Bonk4Me i have gamed religiously my whole life and have never used a rendition of the FG 42 that does it any justice whatsoever. Hell let loose might be the only accurate depiction. however the mp40 and kar98? everywhere. so yes overlooked, not underrated, but overlooked.
@@bearboy879pointing out historical inaccuracy has been ruled legitimate. It's not been overlooked in the slightest. Tons of representation in film, video games and of course anime. An automatic rifle like the LS/26, now that is an overlooked weapon!
Glad you included Post Scriptum footage this time (I think you didn't in the previous version of this video). The weapon handling as well as the sound of the FG 42 is portrayed extremely well in PS. Compared to other guns, the FG 42 is ridiculously loud.
An unwritten rule says that it's not really anime if it isn't lewd - oh, well.
Your channel is a real gem - combining solid information with nostalgia fueled video games from yesteryear and classical war movies. Thanks, Johnny - cheers!
2:15
Explaining it again because why not.
The "egg-laying woolly dairy pig" ("eierlegende Wollmilchsau" in German) is a colloquial term in German that (often jokingly) describes something seemingly being good at everything imaginable and/or having advantages only/no disadvantages one can think of. The term works with a fictional animal that can lay eggs (hen), give wool (sheep), give milk (dairy cow) as well as give meat (pig), so something having advantages only.
And the designers ended up making a Platypus. Literally one of the most respected weapons in the history of mankind. Look up prices of FG-42. Costs as much as a car
You should hear the original sound the FG42 makes in Forgotten Weapons. It was louder than what video games made it to be.
That's the exact audio I edited over top of the game play 😉
Ian gets to play with some of the coolest stuff.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq ALL HAIL GUN JESUS!
I'd settle for being one of Ian's disciples. Too Canadian to be anywhere close to that guy.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq If you ever get to the US you can certainly find at least one of your viewers to help you feel the full experience.
Drachinifel came here last year and one of his fans gave him the opportunity to do just that. It made for an amazing video, too!
When I was younger and before I moved to California I'd have set it up. Unfortunately, now I live in a restrictive state, plus my eyesight deteriorated to the point that I would be more of a menace so I passed everything over.
Not the same as being one of Ian's minions, but still a good taste of that life. 😁
(I grew up in Illinois and Missouri, back in the days when restrictions only applied to full auto weapons...and I knew both legal and illegal owners of some of those. I got to handle and in some cases try out a huge array of historic weapons.)
It still blows me away that somehow the Germans made a 9lb gun chambered for a full powered rifle cartridge that’s somehow still controllable in full auto. most modern battle rifles can’t even pull that off today.
They were the Master Race for a reason.
@@sztypetttono they weren’t
@@jasonarmstrong5750 read your op comment one more time.
@@sztypettto they still were not the master race
@@jasonarmstrong5750 they were categorically better than you.
A very great design, and very overshadowed one at that. The FG-42 is an amazing gun and it was very useful to me in COD WW2 multiplayer. So I'm glad you could cover such an amazing and interesting weapon.
Nice Seeing this Vid Updated and the Fact the FG-42 was used as the Basis of the M60 along with MG42 makes this gun so cool
Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Love that game! I still play it now. What a beast the FG-42 was, in the later levels.
Great video. Type 2 next? Been in some iconic movies.
Cool video! I came from the Self-Infliced Injury video, and Im incredibly glad to see a firearms content creator who talks actively about mental health and the horrors of state violence. i hit sub immediately
Hey, thanks so much. I'm glad there are lots of like-minded people out there.
Thanks to you for making the videos. Most firearm content is far from any kind of stance on mental well-being. Have a good one
The major nations in WWII had researched the best weapon for paratroopers.
The American made M1 Carbine, it is easy to use and easy to produce, it is semi-sutomatic that it can give a okay spread of firepower but good accuracy. However, the .30 caliber rounds are weak.
The Japanese made the TERA rifle, it can be split into two parts for easy carrying and it will be attached back together when landed on the area of operation. You can say it is a Arisaka rifle that cut into two halves. However, it is still a bolt-action rifle and the gun's air tightness is the problem, it is easy to get blown up when shooting.
The Germans made the FG 42, it uses standard rifle rounds and selective fire function, it can work as both battle rifle and light machine gun. but it still too heavy and expensive to produce.
Until the birth of the assault rifle, the assault rifle with the shortened barrel and the folding stock which it called as "carbine" such as M4 and AKMS is the best answer.
I can't decide if Johnny was inspired to do these videos by Anime, games, or both.
Both!
0:35 and 4:54: This. This brilliant yet somewhat overlooked game and subsequent footage made sure of me starting having interest on the weapon. Helps that the mission where it and its Fallschirmjäger users honestly gave them one of the best introductions for elite mook enemies in video gaming. Also, kriff those bloody Lopers and those Ubersoldats!
I always loved using this thing in Return To Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory, it absolutely shreds.
Hi! Belated shout out to your use of cartoons lately! Makes the videos more fun! Futurama in the one about body armour, and Bugs Bunny in the one about that Napoleonic pose. Cheers!
Can you do a video on the Johnson LMG, Johnson rifle, or Reising SMG? (The main weapons for the Para marines in ww2)
My great grandfather fought for Fatherland..he and his four brothers too...all died except one and we're proud to have this FG 42 in our family arsenal along with some others...the gun don't shoot anymore but its a heritage 😻
If you want you can make it work again
Rip bozo
If he does it make it work doesn't he need a license for it?
@@M26E4SuperPershing well... idk where to or how? And also WW2 guns are not allowed for public use
@@nandinhocunha440 that's the problem... see guns like from WW2 are not for public use
My first experience with this gun was on the wall on Der Reise on CoD WaW. It's in the middle corrider behind the main courtyard. It absolutely ripped when pack a punched and was always reliable to last at-last 1 round but ran out first in the higher rounds.
I believe that Goring refused to consider having these weapons chambered for 7.92 kurz. I personally think this would have improved the weapon no end. The magazine housing could have been adapted to accept the Stg44 magazines. The main advantage with this would be the low profile that the side mounted magazine offered, as opposed to the Stg44. That said, there is plenty of pictorial evidence of paratroopers using the Stg44 in the latter part of the war, especially in the Western theatre.
Najica Blitz Tactics and Jin Roh: Wolf Brigade? You're a truly a cultured man👍😄
Good Job using enlisted for weapons or even war thunder for tanks. Those two games Show a lot of interesting prototypes and unique guns!
How dare you did not put good old CoD 1, there is FG-42 there. I met this beauty in those game years ago
Whenever I play Call of Duty or Day of Defeat, this is the one gun I always try to get my hands on.
Video suggestion: Tranqlizer guns - in the movies.
The jack of all trades-master of none of WW2 small arms. Cool, exotic, but too fragile and expensive to affect the war.
It could fire full auto but if you actually tried to use one as an MG for squad tactics you'd quickly find the lightweight barrel overheating and the muzzle device deafening your comrades
Ultimately the FG-42 is another example of baroque Luftwaffe small arms, like their luxury Drilling survival shotgun/big game rifles. Neat, but decadent and wasteful
I saw it in the movie: The Mercenary, a 2019 American film starring Dominique Vandenberg. And the video game The return from Castle Wolfenstein (2002).
Using this weapon in Enlisted is one of the best experiences for me and my riflemen bot squads.
Oh hell yeah - Return to Castle Wolfenstein at the end there.
What's really interesting about this thing is that it's a semi-bullpup. How many other firearms can you think of off the top of yer head that have that configuration?! I can't think of a single one!
1:12 Jakobs grip.
2:53 Being side-loaded also makes it easier to reload from the prone position (same for top-fed).
3:42 Grasping the mag upside-down while inserting it offers no tactical advantage whatsoever.
Luftwaffe was thinking of adopting 7*57 Mauser for a semi auto rifle, or possibly the FG,,LW marked ammo have been found ,with a nickled bullet . But little further info. Seeing latin american countries had semi autos in 7mm,like Mondragon of Mexico it would been a good choice. 140-175 grain bullets. Modtly i think 162 or 150 would been chosen .
Very impressive weapon...another gem unearthed, well done sir, Kudos....E..
German weapon engineer in WWII: "So mein General, vat do you vant: a LMG, a DMR or a combat rifle?"
German Wehrmacht General: "Ja!"
Can you do a video on the use of the samurai sword in WW1 and 2
The term eierlegende Wollmilchsau stuck with the German language. WWI and WWII coined a surprising number of phrases such as 0815, Rohrkrepierer, and many more...
PS: if I could have one rifle, then it would be a replica of the FG42 chambered for modern ammunition.
the word is still used for everything in the german language thats supposed to be able to do everything at once.
FG42, the sexiest gun to come out of WW2.
Its by far, going away my favorite gun in RTCW. I usually cheat one in so I always have one with me lol. I even prefer it to the Venom, which while hilariously powerful and some of the most fun you can have with your pants on, I dont like its wind up time. I actually always thought the FG42 fired as slow as it does in that game, cuz until later times when I saw real life examples on youtube, I didnt have any reference for its RL performance.
Thanks again Johnny, see ya on the next one.
0:12 Michael Caine and Sven-Bertil Taube - an Englishman and a Swede - playing German commandos. “The Eagle Has Landed” was a rather good WW II film, but it had a really odd cast.
It's a good looking weapon. It wouldn't surprise me if that was also one of the design requirements. "A handsome, egg laying, wooly, dairy, pig?!?" I wonder how much one of those 1st variants goes for these days, a pretty penny I'm sure.
it is my favorite weapon in FPS WW2 shooter games you can purchase a copy of the rifle or replica of it but it will not fire the original rounds but the more modern ammo
*Uses FG42 in Hell Let Loose*
Very nice, Let's see Jhonny Jhonsons review on the gun.
*starts sweating*
My God, he even added a Jin Roh scene.
Good video
The best real gun in modern Wolfenstein games.
In some alternative timeline, the FG42 could have been rechambered in 8mm Kurz to be used instead of the StG44
My uncle bought one home from the ETO. I remember seeing it in 1966 on the wall of his gun room. One in 30.06 or 7.62x51mm would have been nice
I think that fg-42 was one of my favorite also the STG 44 both guns are pretty iconic weapons from World War 2 always wish I can own 1 one-day but I can dream I guess lol
lmao the gmod clip
Didnt you already make video on this weapon?
My favourite weapon in Return to Castle Wolfenstein
All riiiight cya on the next visit
I never knew it had a bayonet. Cool.
Really short looking one though.
good episode :-)
If I could choose any rifle out of WW2 it would be this. I've seen a few videos on RUclips where it's used on full auto and still looked relatively controllable.
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Wolfenstein...
Memories!
Who would have known that there are guns and rifles produced during the second world war?
The best battle rifle ever made.
especially how it manages to keep a manageable recoil without using intermediate cartridge, would love to see the idea take off, or at least affordable repoductions...
@The_History_Animaniac its a multi-purpose rifle...
@The_History_Animaniac the BAR had never the intention to be used as a sniper rifle replacement.
Yes, they seem to be pretty similar but overall the FG42 has much more value
@The_History_Animaniac you can turn EVERY LMG into an HMG by mounting them onto a tripod
@The_History_Animaniac yes and now stop arguing… I can’t take you serious with the little bit of expertise you have and with the anime picture in your profile
Roses are red, violets are blue, Fallschirmjägergewehr-42
I swear these videos get reuploaded or me in the other universe has already watched this and relaying it to me what the hell.
The same thing happened to me with the mills bomb episode. Surreal
It’s an interesting sidelight to WWII arms. It was quite accurate, advanced and a good weapon. It just didn’t fill any role that wasn’t already taken. Too, bad. It is Uber cool.
The German practice of storing all weapons in separate canisters during parachute landings was a horrible decision that cost them dearly on Crete. Greek peasants decimated German paratroopers with the proverbial torches and pitchforks during that landing..
This left such a sour taste in High Command’s mouths that Paratroopers were rarely used in air drops for the remainder of the war.
Half Assault rifle Half light machine gun Best gun world war 2
Ian from forgotten weapons has entered the chat
The second one looks cooler imo
So popular among collectors, originals can be priced as high as US$100,000 and modern reproductions around US$5000.
I want one I need one
I love this gun in call of duty
this was my favorite weapon in COD irrespective of other better weapons, but hook me up with the bandolier perk and its a perfect combo,
20round mags burn out way too easily, however i guess in irl, perhaps the gun may overheat, or its weight distribution may be a factor
definitely an attempt at creating a do all kind of weapon
i also favor the RPK and IAR, and the stoner 63 as well
love to own a stoner, so modular carbine, rifle, belt fed/top magazine fed LMG
pls do a vid on the stoner its awesome lol
ps there was a previous stoner variant M69W whereby which ever way the receiver was placed, it was always M69W
3:18 "A clearer point of view"
Yeah, I'd say that's definitely a clear view. 😂
Worth noting the FG-42 bayonet was based on the bayonet from the French MAS-36 rifle
Great gun
Im surprises they didnt deploy this more.
This really gives vibe of an early assault/battle rifle that came to be before STG44. What would've happened if they had made the cartridge smaller (like they did for STG44)
They did make similar guns like the Mkb 42(H) and the MP 43/1 but not much is known about the guns
Ayy maybe firsr but keep up the good content johnny :)
underrated gun
I love that gun
Now do the Johnson 1941 LMG.
It was a great gun
FG-42는 독일 공수부대를 위해 만든 돌격 소총으로 이름 그대로 42년에 제작해서 FG-42로 지은것인데 이것도 히틀러가 직접 지은것이다.개전 초기 팔쉬름 야거들의 주력 장비는 슈마이저 MP40과 Kar-98K를 사용하였으며 그래서인지 국방군 장비와 많이 겹치는 경우가 많았다.하지만 크레타 공습때 공수부대의 손실이 많이 발생하여 이를 대응 하기 위해 FG-42를 개발한것이다.
희한하게도 탄창이 왼쪽으로 있어서 장전하는데는 별 문제가 없지만 문제는 생산이 워낙 적었다.대충 말하면 시대를 잘못 만난 소총중 하나이다.이는 STG-44도 마찬가지였다.
하지만 종전 이후 FG-42는 훗날 월남전에서 활약한 기관총 M60이 나오게된다.M60은 당연히 미국 무기이다.M60은 원래 MG-42 기반으로 만들려고 했지만 그게 잘 안되어서 FG-42를 참고하여 만들어진게 이것 M60이다.그래서인지 M60은 외형은 FG-42와 비슷하게 나왔다.MG-42는 나중에 나토탄 기준으로 개량해서 나온게 MG3이다.
If FG42 was so good then why did the .308 battle rifles fall out of favour?
Largely a change in battle doctrine/tactics. the 308-round battle rifles were often intended to be used as a means of eliminating an enemy by precisely aimed shots. Fighting at the end of ww2, Korea and especially Vietnam showed that the individual grunt on the ground may not always have a clear idea where the enemy is and had to fire in the general area of the enemy to hopefully keep the enemy behind cover while the rest of the unit/squad/platoon flanked and eliminated the enemy position. Keeping the enemy behind cover could take a lot of ammo so switching to the smaller bullets allowed troopers to carry more ammo for the same weight and be able to fight longer. There are a few other factors as well but more ammo for the troopers is a big one.
is this a re-upload?
I am concerned why Najica Blitz Tactics, an Anime with more pantyshots per episode than bullets fired per second....is in an informative video of the FG42.
And if you are asking WHY I know that anime....dude I'm a weeb, that's enough explanation
The real question is, why not?
@@radjadawamindra697 You know what....you right....If you guys want anime similar to Najica Blitz Tactics....watch Agent Aika
Honestly i almost shut the video off when that degeneracy came on.
My videos are half info half just exposing media featuring the topic for better or worse. Sometimes it's gold sometimes its wildness.
@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq PLease continue to do so.
An aside, but I never understood why German paratroopers simply didn't strap a MP40 to themselves. With the mag out and a folding stock, it seems a very workable "jump" weapon and better than carrying a pistol while you try to find a weapon canister.
There isn't a pragmatic reason why this wouldn't work, other than concerns over supply, such as issuing MP40s in the first place or the paratroopers being obligated to carry both a rifle and a submachinegun (and ammunition) after the dropped weapons were recovered. I think the main reason is that by the time Germany realized the problem, they already had plans to produce a new weapon specifically for the paratrooper role.
@@Nathan-Roman Hmmm, I could agree with the later part of your answer but not the first. Plenty of German soldiers carried a subgun as their primary weapon.
@@MM22966 not as a secondary weapon, which undermines jumping out of a plane carrying a submachinegun when a pistol much lighter and can at least be holstered. German paratroopers did drop with MP40s but as with the regular infantry, they were primarily issued to squad leaders.
Don't forget that the FG42 had a grenade launcher variant as well
This should be adopted by germany in large quantities, think about this, it uses the 7.92 mauser ammo, has a box magazine, not a lot of recoil, select fire, can fill the role of mg, assault rifle, semi auto rifle and sniper.
why bother to design the G43 or stg 44 if you already have this?
Most people forget to mention the most notable successor of the FG42, the AR15. Although the FG42 actually has more manageable recoil than an AR platform in a similar cartridge.
100% noooo. The successor of the FG42 is the M60: its first prototype/base was a belt-fed FG42 called T-44.
The AR-15/AR-10 predecessor could be the Johnson Rifle/LMG: the inventor worked together with Stoner, and the bolt is pretty much the same.
Bruh this is so wrong. I think you are mistaking the fg42 with the stg44/43. The fg42 shoots the full 8mm rifle round. The stg used the 8mm kurtz which is a intermediate cartridge simillar to the ar15. It is interesting that the germans had a cartridge and weapon pretty much 30 years before most other militaries finally understood they didnt need the 7.62 in assault rifles. And the UN. had the fn fal in 8mm kurtz ready by 1950. But nobody wanted the intermediate cartridge especially america.
Note: whsts incredible with the fg42 tho. For such a compact and powerfull rifle it shoots extremely smooth.
Imagine if the German soldiers were equipped with FG-42s or STG-44s instead of KAR98Ks and MP-40s at the start of World War 2!
Dude, you sound *EXACTLY* 💯 like another RUclipsr Under the Mayo.
I keep hearing that!
Maybe it’s the coolest gun from WW2 but I think not the best. Full auto with 8mm too hard to control. Lower capacity. I’d rather carry the MP 44 with intermediate cartridge and higher capacity. Love the anime.
To be fair it is anime. Check suspension of disbelief at the door.
You can own one too for the low low price of around 250k USD.
Re-upload?
Aye
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Fallschirmjägergewehr
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Now that I’m thinking about it the m60 looks a lot like the fg-42
I played a class I don't really like for hours in HLL to get this gun. First time I played with it, I was jumpy and excited and accidentally shot my squady
we all make mistakes in the heart of passion, jimbo
Forgot cod 1 and brothers in arms
Is this a reupload?
Am I going nuts or have I seen this before