@@internetexpert8153 The GIGN is a counter terrorism unit and only that. The pistol bipod sniping thing is used in very specific situations, like when you don't want a huge rifle barrel sticking out of a window. If they are far away they just use a normal rifle...
As a French citizen , you should know that access to these prototypes is extremely rare (I only knew one ..). Very impressive !!! Thank you again Ian for your passionate and fascinating work . From France : bravo et merci ...
FAMAS= i protect les borders from zhe communists with accurate fire FAMAS commando= ohhhh bonjour monsieur Gerard! I am tres good! Why thank you merci! Je suis tres happy to be your rifle Gerard= QUE????
He's at the ministry of the interior. It'd be the Police Nationale, not the Gendarmerie. But giving the stuff he's got his hands on it should probably be RAID.
JohnHughesChampigny during peacetime the national gendarmerie answers to the minister of the interior. Except when preforming is military police duties
@@mkvenner2 You are assuming that whatever horrible grey office building Iain is filming in is in a rural commune. I doubt it. A big ministry of the interior office like that is probably in police territory.
"Ah, bonjour Ian, I believe you are here to do your video on the FAMAS Commando, oui? Oh, that's a strangely large camera bag you've brought this time, wouldn't you say? Doesn't seem like you've brought nearly enough equipment to warrant such a bag..."
Guy 1 - "Hey, where are those new compact Famas' at?" Guy 2 - "I think Ian got to them. Hes probably doing a review of them right now." Guy 1 - "Damn it, I thought we finally got rid of that guy!?" Guy 2 - "I dont know, sir. He seems to always find a way in, no matter what we do." Guy 1 - "(sighs) We need to put bells on all of our doors. Or rig them with explosives or...something!" Guy 2 - "At least he puts them back when hes done...thats not so bad, right?" Guy 1 - "Dont encourage him! Next he will try to get Karl in here too with a wheelbarrow of mud..."
@@Jamesgates355 Guy 1 - "That only works for so long. We are lucky he is an American and therefore doesn't believe in having too much ammo. Even so he will come back."
@@Hybris51129 Guy 3: Merde! hmm....maybe we could make him an offer. We will give him an FR F1 in the original français 7.5x54 calibre and ship it to the United States on the condition that he is not to return for another year! In six months we will give him more ammo. That should give us some time to finish our work in peace, yes?
@@phillgizmo8934 he explained that it's not just access to the weapons. He also needs a space to be able to film without interruptions. An expert on the guns he can easily communicate with. And a few other things he all mentioned in one of his Q&As.
If you got acces to these hidden treasures of the French interior ministry, you know that you've made some good friends over there. Something to do with a great book about French rifles & their history? :-)
@@Hawkeye83627 A long time ago, Tokyo Marui made several 75% sized rifles, one of which was a FAMAS. I think they were called boys series replicas. Completely proprietary accessories, but looked really cute, being small. Other manufacturers have made small guns, but these have always been more toylike than the TM ones.
@@DavidLee-df888 Were they popular and common enough so that those could be the ones the original comment referred to? I've never heard of those although a friend of mine had the original Marui Famas which is very plasticcy, wobbly and toy-like.
@ZMan1471 when ASP was first written about in the early 70s or 80s, it was really one of the first 'melted' or 'dehorned' autos out there. And the S&W 39 wasn't as bad as a lot of other semi-autos around at the time, at least in 9mm. So the ASP got a bit of attention. The smooth, translucent grip panels and the gunsmithing for reduced size was thought to be nice. but as I recall the two things that got the most attention were the 'melting' to reduce the 'snaggyness' of the gun and the Guttersnipe sighting system. the so-called and self-proclaimed were usually of two minds about it; the target shooters worried about the lack of precision and the hip-shooters, literally, this was when the FBI and major police departments had just recently stopped teaching hip shooting as the preferred method of shooting, the hip shooters basically said 'What sights?" I did see a mockup by a gunsmith that used the idea on a S&W model 59, I think, but it seemed ok. I was never a fan of the 59, so that may have colored my opinion, for what its worth.
That trench style sight really reminds me of the ASP “guttersnipe” type sights. I think by coloring the nub at the end and the 'trench' itself, it might significantly improve the ability to pick up your sights and distinguish between the two. I wonder why they haven't done it.
The vertical grip on this FAMAS (3:05) is very similar to the one used on the FAMAS Félin, but in the Félin you have the scope and intercoms settings....wonder if Ian is going to look at the Félin system on the FAMAS and on the other weapons like the Minimi or the Fr-F2 I'm still amazed about the "collaboration" between Ian and the French Government....😳 PS: till waiting on a AA-52 or AN-F1 video... I know you filmed one, I know it, just let me see it 🙃
Some additionnal informations : During the run of the army and air force contracts (F1 configuration) there was no real attempt made to get export contracts for the rifle as the manufacture was operating at normal speed (enough rifles and spares were produced each year to keep the workers busy). Toward the end of the F1 production, a deal was made with the Navy : they would support the cost of developing and tooling for the G2 version so that an export version would be available. At that point it was recognized that in order to get a chance at sales, it would need to use FNC type magazines and SS109 bullets. This is the reason why funcky looking prototypes are based on the A serie of the G2. The A serie of the G2 was produced at the same time as the M serie. There is one Famas that Ian has not covered and it is the Nato proofing center F1 serie. These are totally regular F1 Famas except that they have a 1:9 twist rate. They are marked 5,56N if i recall correctly. Fun fact about the Famas : the production started without the 3 rounds burst and once the first got issued to consripts it was discovered that due to the insane rate of fire (close to 1k/min) the soldiers would spend the ammo too quickly in full auto. The 3 rounds burst was then retrofitted. This is the reason why the burst selector is on the trigger pack rather than as a position of the main safety. Fun gun but bit too heavy for what it does
At some point two years ago, I spent time in Gabon, western africa, and some local gabonese military troops (gendarmerie maybe even?), often visible in the streets, were equipped with FAMAS; some others had AKs though.
Other RUclipsrs "thanks to the generosity of bud gunshop" FW:"thanks to the generosity of the French Ministery of Interior" That show some diferences...
These are super neat thanks for showing us. I was watching one of your videos on Mondragon rifles last night from 2014 and you have grown a lot more as a presenter. Thank you for giving us ever increasing quality and good information.
@@ommsterlitz1805 rifling from the G2 Famas is different from the rifling from the F1 Famas because ammunitions are different (F1 use steel jacket and a bit less power, G2 use Nato ammo)
This reminds me of the Tavor series that had a Micro-Tavor 21 that is similar to the FAMAS Commando shown here, with integrated foregrip. Looked like a neat and handy little tank-crew/spec-ops gun. I hope you get a chance to go through the Tavor history in a future series!
I think it's just large-order of standard secured cabinets. Do you imagine the guys setting them up "wait, so the 4 non-locking cabinets are going in office 34-A, 47-B, right? Wait, no, they changed the affectation, now they are for offices 12-C and 45-A" It's much easier to deliver secured cabinets everywhere and leave the keys if the contents are just desk furnitures.
@@Brigand231 There are safety locks models that only let your remove the key when it's in the locked position. It may be one of them. Or it's an internal rule.
Had they offered it with suppressors, they probably could've found some buyers for it. Just think about it, compact suppressed full auto 5.56 during the cold war era in Europe. Pretty sure James Bond would've been interested.
*Several months after filming* Ministry of the Interior inspector conducts a routine inventory: "Didn't we used to have a couple of baby FAMAS rifles in the racks?"
French military bureaucrats: “Wait, so your telling us cutting of this some barrel on our famas’es, well make us baddass commandos?” French engineer:”uuuuh . . . Sure?” French military bureaucrat: “ya know on second thought”
"It'd be super cool to have one. But the next best thing is being able to look at it here today" On an unrelated note, one of the prototypes went missing after Ian made his video. The ministry of the interior has no suspects in sight, Ian's smile could be seen for miles when he boarded his plane back to the US.
My thought too! With some 3d printing it should be quite easy to mimic this smol boi very closely, the one with the frontgrip integrated would be my choice :). As far as I am aware there's no gbb versions of the famas yet though, which would have my preference for these kind of novelty builds
A long time ago, Tokyo Marui made several 75% sized rifles, one of which was a FAMAS. I think they were called boys series replicas. Completely proprietary accessories, but looked really cute, being small. Other manufacturers have made small guns, but these have always been more toylike than the TM ones.
@@symenbrug1992 check this out : ruclips.net/video/NKQz7i-q_xs/видео.html I discovered him on our French airsoft forum, he started a topic showing how he'll proceed and kept updating and then he made videos, he started with a F1, but it evolved into a Felin
Hi , nice vid , i used the "normal" version in the french army in the late 80's and there is nothing alike in those it seems apart the look .... Interesting . ; ) from france
Ahhh, another "big ticket item" off my "want to see that gun" bucket list, and of course, even with an additional variant prototype I'd never seen before at all! Thanks Ian, this is quality stuff here, absolute quality stuff.
Ministry of défense : “ hello mr mc Callum ! Welcome back ! Your suite is ready for you to enjoy ! “ Ian : “ thank you Francois ! I ll have two short barrelled Famas in my office please “ Ministry of défense : “ oui monsieur “
@@durandil Well it`s not impossible to design a trigger style mag relase for the STANAG mags. It has been done on the Tavor rifle so there has to another reason
You know, I hope I get to see these prototypes in a game like Squad. If a PMC were a faction, this would be their bullpup carbine. Meanwhile, their bullpup AR would be the F2000, standard carbine being the G36C, and the standard AR being the BRN-18 (BRN-180 select-fire version).
Looking forward to your review of the FAMAS FELIN, with all the dumb optics and body worn computer junk. That rifle and whole set up is absolutely ridiculous.
Actually it did. Its called x95. (The civilian version is the same length as the Tavor because of legal reasons in the US. The old model of x95 the IDF using is much shorter.)
Sraya Cohen That’s not exactly what I meant. I am well aware of the x95. But, when the tavor (tar-21) was in the initial planning stages, the x95 wasn’t even an idea. The tar-21 had few different model mock ups like a longer barrel for a m203 grenade launcher, a regular tar-21, a sbr tavor (which later did become x95) and a commando tavor which never evolved beyond initial planning. They may have called it star-21 (like short - tavor)
Wow, I can’t believe you made it through that whole thing without gleefully giggling. 1. Rare 2. French 3. Prototype 4. Famas rifles They checked all of your personal boxes. Like... did someone call and say “hey Ian, would you like to ride a unicorn... in France... with a Famas... prototype... or two?”
@@isakwennstig6471 I agree, we should remove any all infringements on the inalienable rights the founding fathers outlined as to never be infringed upon by any government 😊
Interesting. Never heard of these. They make some sense, maybe for vehicle crews, protective service officers, etc. The ramp and pin sight to me look like a twist on express sights. Done right, they are effective. I put some XS big dot express sights on my G30 years ago, and i love them. Great video as always. Thank you
Hi Ian, really enjoying the shows, despite not having any guns of my own ( live in England, laws are tight ) as you like bullpups so much how about a look at the desert tech srs a2. Thanks for making waiting at the hospital more interesting:)
Can you imagine how ludicrously loud these things are? Combined with the Famas's rate of fire. You can set off every car alarm on the block, and rattle out your entire squad's fillings when room clearing. Still super cool!
I like the front sight post because when in use and you’re aligning the front sight you just wait for the little ball to nest itself as it were in the v-notch. Tbh I’ve never handled a gun or rifle so I’m just speculating but I guess that’s what they were thinking
The ball pin and notch sights on the "bigger" shorty reminds me of sights on a couple of old Belgian production Beaumont Adams revolvers I have from the 1860s. I like that style, at least on a revolver
Yeah, the one with the 'standard' style trigger guard looks like it would benefit greatly from splicing an FN P90-type front grip on it. I'm not sure I'd be entirely comfortable holding it as is.
French Minister: *Wakes up at 5 in the Morning to Ian standing outside his house with a boom box * if I give you a Famas will you BUGGER OFF!?
How do you think he got his sniper rifle :P
"I would... for the moment."
actually laughed at this
What would be playing on the boom box? Lol.... Fuckin..... "True" by Spandau Ballet! 😂
The Boom Box can change the world...
You have to know the French searched Gun Jesus extra carefully when he left that day.
And the only reason he looks unhappy at the end was because he couldn't convince them to sell.
Do you have a short-barrelled FAMAS prototype in your pocket, or are you just pleased to be here?
If Ian keeps this up, he's going to wind up with French citizenship and an honorary rank of Colonel or something.
Well, he can always try and join the Legion....
@@ohauss
The man has a point, the Foreign Legion is open for all that are eager to join
Will he have to make French fried chicken with that rank?
@@creepmen1867 I think Iain might be a little over the age requirements. Also, why is he going to join? To get an HK416? He can buy that in America.
Are you sure that's not the plan?
When you're such a Francophile that the French ministry of the interior lets you into the secret stash.
"And zis is where wi keep the too cute for the world variants"
As a French, Im fucking flabbergasted
@@Palora01 word variante*
Don't forget that the Ministry let the FAMAS away for the French Army ... and buy instead ... Deutsch products ! - -"
I am so happy Ian got the chance to look at these so that I had a nice 7 minutes of entertainment while eating my soup.
“With a little sub-gun style like this you don’t need a bipod on it.”
“...But for this GIGN revolver you most certainly DO!”
FRENCHS
Doesn't GIGN sometimes use their revolver as a low silhouette sniper or something? It makes sense in that case.
@@Poopooslinger yep you are right :)
@@Poopooslinger hows that make any sense? Anyone with any sort of rifle knows rifle beats pistols in any precise shooting
@@internetexpert8153 The GIGN is a counter terrorism unit and only that. The pistol bipod sniping thing is used in very specific situations, like when you don't want a huge rifle barrel sticking out of a window. If they are far away they just use a normal rifle...
As a French citizen , you should know that access to these prototypes is extremely rare (I only knew one ..). Very impressive !!! Thank you again Ian for your passionate and fascinating work . From France : bravo et merci ...
So basically they decided what if FAMAS.. but *cute*
😳
FAMAS= i protect les borders from zhe communists with accurate fire
FAMAS commando= ohhhh bonjour monsieur Gerard! I am tres good! Why thank you merci! Je suis tres happy to be your rifle
Gerard= QUE????
Chibi, perhaps.
the FMS
Twe twees are spewaking viwetnawese uwu
I'm loving all of the comments calling these things cute.
Because they are. Adorable.
Kyle Morgan Aw shit, boss we shrunk a batch of those G2 FAMAS’ in the wash.
FATM: Fusil Automatique Trop Mignon
Basically a loli famas
"Hello, Gendarmerie? Yes, the pervert is back again. Please hurry."
He's at the ministry of the interior. It'd be the Police Nationale, not the Gendarmerie. But giving the stuff he's got his hands on it should probably be RAID.
@@JohnHughesChampigny The Gendarmerie answers to the ministry of the interior too (since 2009)
JohnHughesChampigny during peacetime the national gendarmerie answers to the minister of the interior. Except when preforming is military police duties
@@mkvenner2 You are assuming that whatever horrible grey office building Iain is filming in is in a rural commune. I doubt it. A big ministry of the interior office like that is probably in police territory.
They'd send GIGN because the dudes in GIGN would want to meet Gun Jesus and have him give autographs.
"Ah, bonjour Ian, I believe you are here to do your video on the FAMAS Commando, oui? Oh, that's a strangely large camera bag you've brought this time, wouldn't you say? Doesn't seem like you've brought nearly enough equipment to warrant such a bag..."
''Oh that? Ya I just have a picnic to get to right after the filming. Thought I would bring some extra long baguette is all, heh heh!''
Guy 1 - "Hey, where are those new compact Famas' at?"
Guy 2 - "I think Ian got to them. Hes probably doing a review of them right now."
Guy 1 - "Damn it, I thought we finally got rid of that guy!?"
Guy 2 - "I dont know, sir. He seems to always find a way in, no matter what we do."
Guy 1 - "(sighs) We need to put bells on all of our doors. Or rig them with explosives or...something!"
Guy 2 - "At least he puts them back when hes done...thats not so bad, right?"
Guy 1 - "Dont encourage him! Next he will try to get Karl in here too with a wheelbarrow of mud..."
Guy 3 - “Maybe we can lure him away with some .32 Longue ammo.”
@@Jamesgates355 Guy 1 - "That only works for so long. We are lucky he is an American and therefore doesn't believe in having too much ammo. Even so he will come back."
@@Hybris51129 Guy 3: Merde! hmm....maybe we could make him an offer. We will give him an FR F1 in the original français 7.5x54 calibre and ship it to the United States on the condition that he is not to return for another year! In six months we will give him more ammo. That should give us some time to finish our work in peace, yes?
😭😭😭
100/100
Good to see Ian moving up in the world - literally rolling up to the French Ministry of the Interior to make a Forgotten Weapons vid
Why won't he go to Russia? So many weapon models that can only be reviewed there.
@@phillgizmo8934 he explained that it's not just access to the weapons. He also needs a space to be able to film without interruptions. An expert on the guns he can easily communicate with. And a few other things he all mentioned in one of his Q&As.
FAMAS: “don’t laugh!!!! It’s cold outside!!!”
"I was in the pool!"
If you got acces to these hidden treasures of the French interior ministry, you know that you've made some good friends over there. Something to do with a great book about French rifles & their history? :-)
They look like those tiny little airsoft copies and they're adorable.
There's a tiny famas airsoft variant? Where?
@@Hawkeye83627 A long time ago, Tokyo Marui made several 75% sized rifles, one of which was a FAMAS. I think they were called boys series replicas. Completely proprietary accessories, but looked really cute, being small. Other manufacturers have made small guns, but these have always been more toylike than the TM ones.
I used to have the baby mp5 in airport, it was soooo cool
@_ noob
@@DavidLee-df888 Were they popular and common enough so that those could be the ones the original comment referred to? I've never heard of those although a friend of mine had the original Marui Famas which is very plasticcy, wobbly and toy-like.
"Can you tell me about that rifle?"
"Okay, so basically, it's very smol"
"But can you make it.... SMOLERERER."
Cringe
France ministry: "ok guys, Ian resurrected Calico guns, let's show him ours FAMAS prototypes".
"It'd be super cool to have one" says Ian, dropping a hint to the French Ministry of The Interior.... lol
i can only imagine this to have been used in all of the movies had it been more than a prototype. Really like the look of the thing.
Perfect Sci-Fi weapon.
1:49 "Don't talk to me or my son ever again"
LMAO
Kind of a 'guttersnipe' sight picture, like on that pistol you showed once. interesting... doesn't show up often it seems.
Asp
I'm also surprised that sight style doesn't show up more often.
Yeah the asp for under cover agents
@@ohg4338 But wasn't the ASP marketed or use by undercover agents, or those needing deep concealment?
@ZMan1471 when ASP was first written about in the early 70s or 80s, it was really one of the first 'melted' or 'dehorned' autos out there. And the S&W 39 wasn't as bad as a lot of other semi-autos around at the time, at least in 9mm. So the ASP got a bit of attention. The smooth, translucent grip panels and the gunsmithing for reduced size was thought to be nice. but as I recall the two things that got the most attention were the 'melting' to reduce the 'snaggyness' of the gun and the Guttersnipe sighting system. the so-called and self-proclaimed were usually of two minds about it; the target shooters worried about the lack of precision and the hip-shooters, literally, this was when the FBI and major police departments had just recently stopped teaching hip shooting as the preferred method of shooting, the hip shooters basically said 'What sights?"
I did see a mockup by a gunsmith that used the idea on a S&W model 59, I think, but it seemed ok. I was never a fan of the 59, so that may have colored my opinion, for what its worth.
That trench style sight really reminds me of the ASP “guttersnipe” type sights. I think by coloring the nub at the end and the 'trench' itself, it might significantly improve the ability to pick up your sights and distinguish between the two. I wonder why they haven't done it.
I had the same thought myself.
Reminded me of the Tikka "Battue" rifles.
When you think a bullpup can’t get any shorter...
I feel that SBR bullpups defeat the purpose of a bullpup.
Guess you've never seen the Micro Tavor's
Vous êtes omniprésent mon cher empereur !
The vertical grip on this FAMAS (3:05) is very similar to the one used on the FAMAS Félin, but in the Félin you have the scope and intercoms settings....wonder if Ian is going to look at the Félin system on the FAMAS and on the other weapons like the Minimi or the Fr-F2
I'm still amazed about the "collaboration" between Ian and the French Government....😳
PS: till waiting on a AA-52 or AN-F1 video... I know you filmed one, I know it, just let me see it 🙃
Buzat Théo is the Minimi the FN 5.56 machine gun? No need, we have them in the US called the M249.
@@509Gman yes, the Minimi is what you call the M249 SAW. We also have some MAG 58 you call M240.
Some additionnal informations : During the run of the army and air force contracts (F1 configuration) there was no real attempt made to get export contracts for the rifle as the manufacture was operating at normal speed (enough rifles and spares were produced each year to keep the workers busy). Toward the end of the F1 production, a deal was made with the Navy : they would support the cost of developing and tooling for the G2 version so that an export version would be available. At that point it was recognized that in order to get a chance at sales, it would need to use FNC type magazines and SS109 bullets. This is the reason why funcky looking prototypes are based on the A serie of the G2. The A serie of the G2 was produced at the same time as the M serie. There is one Famas that Ian has not covered and it is the Nato proofing center F1 serie. These are totally regular F1 Famas except that they have a 1:9 twist rate. They are marked 5,56N if i recall correctly. Fun fact about the Famas : the production started without the 3 rounds burst and once the first got issued to consripts it was discovered that due to the insane rate of fire (close to 1k/min) the soldiers would spend the ammo too quickly in full auto. The 3 rounds burst was then retrofitted. This is the reason why the burst selector is on the trigger pack rather than as a position of the main safety. Fun gun but bit too heavy for what it does
If the balance is like the airsoft one I had, very well balanced so you don't really notice the weight in hand, though.
@@ScottKenny1978 real one is rear heavy (in my memory at least)
@@vincentkermorgant okay, thanks!
Though you could add something up front to fix the balance (scope, laser, light, whatever), you're adding weight.
The French Ministry of the Interior! I can only imagine the cool places you’ve been allowed access to. Thanks for taking the time to bring us along.
At some point two years ago, I spent time in Gabon, western africa, and some local gabonese military troops (gendarmerie maybe even?), often visible in the streets, were equipped with FAMAS; some others had AKs though.
What if you wanted to get a FAMAS
But French ministry of defense says: short barrel commando configuration FAMAS
"My little Commando-Rifle can't possibly be this cute"
FAMAS Commando: Exists
Me: Who is it that let a gun be this cute
ian: i will marry it and u wont stop me
ç:
french republic ... lol Peace from france
It's not the size that matters, it's the cuteness.
“Aw shit, boss we shrunk a batch of those G2 FAMAS’ in the wash.” The designers of these FAMAS’
Other RUclipsrs "thanks to the generosity of bud gunshop"
FW:"thanks to the generosity of the French Ministery of Interior"
That show some diferences...
These are super neat thanks for showing us. I was watching one of your videos on Mondragon rifles last night from 2014 and you have grown a lot more as a presenter. Thank you for giving us ever increasing quality and good information.
A FAMAS that's shorter than most SMGs and feeds from AR magazines. It's an identity crisis that shoots bullets!
And if I would be shooting that gun then I would be "an identity crisis shooting an identity crisis that shoots bullets"
@@kaffohrt9858 use the new intermediate caliber bullets, the 6.8mm. Then you'll be shooting an identity crisis too.
this isnt a bullpup its a pugpup. the barrel looked like they punched it in
PUGPUP
Last time I was this early the French had just discovered smokeless powder.
How about a FAMAS but with no barrel at all :ad
size the 1886 Lebel Rifle ...
@@ommsterlitz1805 rifling from the G2 Famas is different from the rifling from the F1 Famas because ammunitions are different (F1 use steel jacket and a bit less power, G2 use Nato ammo)
This reminds me of the Tavor series that had a Micro-Tavor 21 that is similar to the FAMAS Commando shown here, with integrated foregrip. Looked like a neat and handy little tank-crew/spec-ops gun. I hope you get a chance to go through the Tavor history in a future series!
Wish we had those in the legion back in the day, that version would be great for us in 1 REC getting in and out of the AMX-10.
Gotta love the cabinets in the background, the locks are kinda pointless when the keys are left in them.
I think it's just large-order of standard secured cabinets. Do you imagine the guys setting them up "wait, so the 4 non-locking cabinets are going in office 34-A, 47-B, right? Wait, no, they changed the affectation, now they are for offices 12-C and 45-A" It's much easier to deliver secured cabinets everywhere and leave the keys if the contents are just desk furnitures.
I have trouble believing that a locking cabinet can't simply be "locked open" and the keys put somewhere safe or even taped to the inside of the door.
@@Brigand231 There are safety locks models that only let your remove the key when it's in the locked position. It may be one of them. Or it's an internal rule.
FAMAS' lil bro, so cute
These two FAMAS Commandos look like they could be straight out of the classic "Ghost in the Shell".
Des passionnés d'armes à feu du monde entier: MERCI au Ministère Français de l'Intérieur d'avoir permis à Ian.
My French is just good enough to understand that this is a joke but not good enough to understand it. Will practice more and check back in
I still have my fingers crossed for an AA-52 video.
I was about to say pretty certain he's done that one, then I realised that it was the AA-12 shotgun..
Underrated GPMG!!!!
There’ll be one along from me when I get around to it 😊
@@loiccardenas Hard to be rated when barely anyone knows it exists.
Which is exactly why I want Ian to do a video on it.
Had they offered it with suppressors, they probably could've found some buyers for it. Just think about it, compact suppressed full auto 5.56 during the cold war era in Europe. Pretty sure James Bond would've been interested.
The fact these guns never made it to commercial production is a sin. Guns this cute deserve to be a commercial success.
Ian’s just out here being some sorta international diplomat or something. I love it.
*Several months after filming* Ministry of the Interior inspector conducts a routine inventory: "Didn't we used to have a couple of baby FAMAS rifles in the racks?"
Terrorist: "Are you happy to see me or do you have a mini famas in your pocket?"
GIGN sporting a maniak grin: "Both!" *brrrrrrrrrrrt...*
Literally everyone I know in the military who is interested in firearms and history of them watches your channel.
@Glorious Bastard the catch is " who is interested in firearms"
French : I don’t want it
French: I really don’t want it
Americans: WE NEEEEEEED ITTTTTT!!!
FAMAS sights have always intrigued me. Thanks for showing them!
French military bureaucrats: “Wait, so your telling us cutting of this some barrel on our famas’es, well make us baddass commandos?”
French engineer:”uuuuh . . . Sure?”
French military bureaucrat: “ya know on second thought”
"It'd be super cool to have one. But the next best thing is being able to look at it here today"
On an unrelated note, one of the prototypes went missing after Ian made his video. The ministry of the interior has no suspects in sight, Ian's smile could be seen for miles when he boarded his plane back to the US.
Would love to see a airsoft version of this produced since the real one was cancelled
I have a springer FAMAS with a removable barrel, without that it looks exactly like this
My thought too! With some 3d printing it should be quite easy to mimic this smol boi very closely, the one with the frontgrip integrated would be my choice :). As far as I am aware there's no gbb versions of the famas yet though, which would have my preference for these kind of novelty builds
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A long time ago, Tokyo Marui made several 75% sized rifles, one of which was a FAMAS. I think they were called boys series replicas. Completely proprietary accessories, but looked really cute, being small. Other manufacturers have made small guns, but these have always been more toylike than the TM ones.
@@symenbrug1992 check this out : ruclips.net/video/NKQz7i-q_xs/видео.html I discovered him on our French airsoft forum, he started a topic showing how he'll proceed and kept updating and then he made videos, he started with a F1, but it evolved into a Felin
These things have a really slick futuristic PDW look to them.
Most firearms: Kill people with boolets
FAMAS Commando: Kill people with cuteness uwu
they would have probably found a market for it if they made it pink and slapped some hellokitty stickers on it
@@calinsa3880 I think it was too early for that, doing that now would work.
I have long awaited this moment, since reading about the Commando model in your book. Thank you, Ian.
Reminds me of the X95,mini tavor
Nice to see you still (presumably) have some stuff from the Before Times in the can.
Hollywood in the late 80- early 90's: I'll take your entire stock! Wait, how much? I'll take your plastic body and put Mini14 into it.
Yeah, I've seen that conversion.
I'm sure I've said this on other famas videos, but I didn't know I desperately wanted one until he showed me how simple their design and operation is.
Hi , nice vid , i used the "normal" version in the french army in the late 80's and there is nothing alike in those it seems apart the look .... Interesting . ; ) from france
you're the best..extremely well documented reviews. Won't miss a single one! \p/.Stay safe guys!
What happens when you CommanDO instead of CommanDON'T
,nDo kill grammar nazies.
,nDon't doesn't.
That hand rubbing at the beginning makes you know just how excited Ian is to be looking at these puppies
That thing looks like a toy gun, kinda cute
Ahhh, another "big ticket item" off my "want to see that gun" bucket list, and of course, even with an additional variant prototype I'd never seen before at all!
Thanks Ian, this is quality stuff here, absolute quality stuff.
Activision watching this finding out they can put an “smg famas” in their lootboxes:
We should all congratulate Ian on the glowing review of his book in the August 2020 issue of Guns and Ammo.
The "sight picture" was the human form foward of the operator. Using the actual sights were, optional.
So you made a video of the long-barreled sniper variant too? I cannot wait
Ministry of défense : “ hello mr mc Callum ! Welcome back ! Your suite is ready for you to enjoy ! “
Ian : “ thank you Francois ! I ll have two short barrelled Famas in my office please “
Ministry of défense : “ oui monsieur “
Why did they change the mag release from the trigger style infront of the mag to a less ergonomic side mounted button release?
Because it's a STANAG mag, not the one from the FAMAS F1
@@durandil Well it`s not impossible to design a trigger style mag relase for the STANAG mags. It has been done on the Tavor rifle so there has to another reason
* Wakaliwood accent *: COMMANDOU!
Those are interesting. I'd love to see the sniper version you mentioned, too.
"It would be super cool to have one..." (hint hint, France)
You know, I hope I get to see these prototypes in a game like Squad. If a PMC were a faction, this would be their bullpup carbine. Meanwhile, their bullpup AR would be the F2000, standard carbine being the G36C, and the standard AR being the BRN-18 (BRN-180 select-fire version).
Looking forward to your review of the FAMAS FELIN, with all the dumb optics and body worn computer junk. That rifle and whole set up is absolutely ridiculous.
The weight and battery life are the icing on the cake.
From the sublime to the ridiculous, as it were, huh?
I didn't realise how much shorter it was until you showed the standard one. It's teeny!
Sooo, mud test when?
Why bother bullpups always fail them by virtue of their operating system leaving a hella lot exposed.
You see, when two bulpups love each other very much...
I want to adopt these snuggily things and watch them grow up to become proud and strong Famas G2 UwU
That's a Bullpup I could get behind! Gorgeous!
when you think the FAMAS isn't "cyberpunk" enough..
Very cool
Funny, the tavor also had a “commando” prototype that never came to be
Actually it did. Its called x95.
(The civilian version is the same length as the Tavor because of legal reasons in the US. The old model of x95 the IDF using is much shorter.)
Sraya Cohen
That’s not exactly what I meant.
I am well aware of the x95. But, when the tavor (tar-21) was in the initial planning stages, the x95 wasn’t even an idea. The tar-21 had few different model mock ups like a longer barrel for a m203 grenade launcher, a regular tar-21, a sbr tavor (which later did become x95) and a commando tavor which never evolved beyond initial planning. They may have called it star-21 (like short - tavor)
Wow, I can’t believe you made it through that whole thing without gleefully giggling.
1. Rare
2. French
3. Prototype
4. Famas rifles
They checked all of your personal boxes. Like... did someone call and say “hey Ian, would you like to ride a unicorn... in France... with a Famas... prototype... or two?”
Sure
Can we order them here in America or is there some sort of infringement on our 2nd amendment that blocks that?
Sure let's cancel laws
The invisible hand said no. MAS shut down in 2001, so no more FAMAS rifles are being made.
@@isakwennstig6471
I agree, we should remove any all infringements on the inalienable rights the founding fathers outlined as to never be infringed upon by any government
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Super cool!! Thanks Ian!!
HISTORICAL!
Thank you Ian on behalf of many MANY french firearms enthusiasts.
Thank you , Ian .
If they made a semi-auto version of this, chambered in 9x19mm, available on the commercial civilian market, I would buy one in a heartbeat!
Interesting. Never heard of these. They make some sense, maybe for vehicle crews, protective service officers, etc. The ramp and pin sight to me look like a twist on express sights. Done right, they are effective. I put some XS big dot express sights on my G30 years ago, and i love them. Great video as always. Thank you
Hi Ian, really enjoying the shows, despite not having any guns of my own ( live in England, laws are tight ) as you like bullpups so much how about a look at the desert tech srs a2. Thanks for making waiting at the hospital more interesting:)
Can you imagine how ludicrously loud these things are? Combined with the Famas's rate of fire. You can set off every car alarm on the block, and rattle out your entire squad's fillings when room clearing. Still super cool!
I like the front sight post because when in use and you’re aligning the front sight you just wait for the little ball to nest itself as it were in the v-notch.
Tbh I’ve never handled a gun or rifle so I’m just speculating but I guess that’s what they were thinking
Looks like it would make for a handy little PDW for aircrew.
The ball pin and notch sights on the "bigger" shorty reminds me of sights on a couple of old Belgian production Beaumont Adams revolvers I have from the 1860s. I like that style, at least on a revolver
Yeah, the one with the 'standard' style trigger guard looks like it would benefit greatly from splicing an FN P90-type front grip on it. I'm not sure I'd be entirely comfortable holding it as is.
Merci pour cette super vidéo, un plaisir de découvrir d'autres versions de notre "clairon ".
Dudes effeing cool. I could watch him explain a french toast recipe let alone an experimental french rifle.