How an ArmaLite AR-18 works

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
  • The AR-18 is a gas-operated, selective-fire rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Sullivan, and Charles Dorchester in 1963 as an alternative to the AR-15 design, which had just been selected by the U.S. military as the M16. While the AR-18 was never adopted as the standard service rifle of any nation, its production licence was sold to companies in Japan and the United Kingdom, and it is said to have influenced many later weapons such as the British SA80, the Singaporean SAR-80 and SR-88, the American Adaptive Combat Rifle, and the Heckler and Koch G36. Through the Provisional IRA, which was noted for its use of the rifle, the rifle became known as the "widow maker".
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Комментарии • 123

  • @jonaswennstrom6634
    @jonaswennstrom6634 5 лет назад +42

    And it's down along the Falls road
    that's where I long to be....

  • @phucgiang395
    @phucgiang395 5 лет назад +68

    The Japanese made their version of this masterpiece, the Howa Type 89, and it accepts STANAG magazines.
    The AR-18 also might have influenced the H&K G36 and SA80.

  • @ek9509
    @ek9509 Год назад +4

    I remember that assault rifle from The Terminator (1984). That rifle has no stock, and 40-round magazines taped together in a jungle-style sort of way. The T-800 uses it (one-handedly) on the police station attack.

  • @leminhtrinh5926
    @leminhtrinh5926 6 лет назад +66

    and a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite

  • @zekayman
    @zekayman 6 лет назад +44

    I never understood why this wasn't favored over the AR-15. The direct impingement system in the 15's makes cleaning an all too common occurrence.

    • @absoluteinfinity1197
      @absoluteinfinity1197 6 лет назад +4

      I don't now why either but my guess is the cost maybe is less with the ar15 becuz there is no piston? and it requires one more spring perhaps idk

    • @zekayman
      @zekayman 6 лет назад +22

      From what I've read, it was purely due to circumstance. The ar-15 was already commercially successful, so I guess nobody had the ambition to re-outfit the existing infrastructure for ar-18 production. We basically got shafted out of a superior rifle for shitty reasons. The benefits of the gas impingement system don't justify how often the rifle needs cleaned, in my opinion.

    • @bisterkding9249
      @bisterkding9249 6 лет назад +5

      But didn't the AR16/AR18 designs eventually lead to the inception of the ACR?

    • @alexrain8586
      @alexrain8586 5 лет назад +7

      Во Вьетнаме АR-18 пригодилась бы гораздо больше чем M-16.

    • @fs2127
      @fs2127 4 года назад

      Потому что на AR-18 компания Кольт имела бы гораздо меньше прибыли чем на AR-15.

  • @DeusJudexMeusEst
    @DeusJudexMeusEst 4 года назад +15

    Fun fact this was used in the Terminator 1984 movie!

    • @harrybarton2150
      @harrybarton2150 4 года назад

      yeah it’s a awesome gun

    • @Sampletext2509
      @Sampletext2509 3 года назад +1

      And it was modified to be full auto

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 2 года назад +1

      @@Sampletext2509 Canonically anyways since realistically no one even in California was gonna sell a full auto AR-18.
      Behind the scenes wise, the film crew definitely used an AR-18 and not a converted AR-180.

    • @danielbrstak5730
      @danielbrstak5730 2 месяца назад

      Only because they weren't able to acquire plasma rifle :) .

  • @glorydictionary
    @glorydictionary Год назад +2

    Oy blud! That bloke has an 18! Get him lads!

  • @VentiVonOsterreich
    @VentiVonOsterreich 3 года назад +11

    And it's down along the New Lodge it's where I long to be
    Lying in the dark with a Provo company
    A comrade on me left and another on me right
    A clip of ammunition for me little ArmaLite

  • @Bernin88
    @Bernin88 7 лет назад +9

    Great work! thank you very much for your videos!

  • @utahraptor4729874
    @utahraptor4729874 4 года назад +101

    The last thing a Brit sees.

  • @toki89666
    @toki89666 4 года назад +4

    Very cool, only complaint is it was hard to see how exactly the auto sear was tripped by the bolt.

    • @brendanakers7294
      @brendanakers7294 3 года назад

      Are you trying to figure out if the brn180 upper is compatible with a m16/m4/ full auto ar15 lower

    • @izaakb
      @izaakb 3 года назад

      @@brendanakers7294 totally different fire control group and FA actuation on the AR-18 vs M16. The autosear on an M16 is in the lower, next to the FCG. On an AR-18, it is actually attached to the upper. Since the BRN is a hybrid, it would likely work on a registered full auto lower since the the auto function is self contained.

  • @ellk1991
    @ellk1991 5 лет назад +10

    well, it's down along the Falls Road is where I long to be...

  • @ThatGuy-te9wh
    @ThatGuy-te9wh 5 лет назад +10

    seamus
    GET TA FERTILIZER

  • @bighunterman77
    @bighunterman77 6 лет назад +15

    not much of a success in itself, but nearly every other battle rifle made uses its bolt and gas system...besides the ar15/m16/m4 variants...

    • @dylantheshotgunner5136
      @dylantheshotgunner5136 3 года назад +3

      Just a little FYI the ar platform is not a “battle rifle” that would be considered a rifle chambered in a full power cartridge such as 308. A 556 is an intermediate carriage so a m4 would be considered a infantry rifle. Sorry couldn’t help myself

  • @fpsfps3941
    @fpsfps3941 6 лет назад +2

    Oh thanks for this video
    Hope you can unload the video more

  • @ThatGuy-te9wh
    @ThatGuy-te9wh 5 лет назад +3

    1:04
    *flips to safe*
    *FIRES FULL AUTO*
    did george jennings make this

  • @kitchenjail3546
    @kitchenjail3546 5 лет назад +7

    AR-18: I'm already Widowmaker

  • @greatdane3343
    @greatdane3343 7 месяцев назад

    Great animation 👍
    It would be much easier to watch the detail without the rifle moving back with the recoil though.

  • @Boris_1010
    @Boris_1010 7 месяцев назад

    The mechanism is different from AR-15 and made by different technology (by stamping mostly). But generally it so much reminds AR-15.

  • @Glockler
    @Glockler Год назад

    Is excess gas allowed to escape via a forward vent?

  • @olejohannesesolhaug6101
    @olejohannesesolhaug6101 5 лет назад +9

    The rifle was also commonly called either "me little armalite" or "my little armalite" by the Irish Republican Army (IRA)

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 5 лет назад +2

      They nicknamed it widowmaker. Armalite is the actual company who made it

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 4 года назад

      @Eammon Wright yeah I know, it's down along the fall road blah blah up the RA, but either way, calling it an armalite is wrong, because armalite made a lot of guns, not just ar18s, which are bad ass( I have a 180)

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 4 года назад

      @Eammon Wright I also have a decommissioned rpg7, it was $900 on gunbroker lol but eh, it's not as easy as my ar15 is, but it's not hard. As for accuracy, it works as well as my ar15 does, and the folding stock is a brilliant touch.

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 4 года назад

      @Eammon Wright I've named mine the "de Thatcher ing machine"

    • @grahamlopez6202
      @grahamlopez6202 4 года назад

      @Eammon Wright I prefer the m4 carbine. It was issued to me when i was 17, and i fell in love with it. The ar180 has more of a history type feel to it, but the m4 will always be my favorite. I dont want no girl next door, I just want my m4!

  • @a.t6066
    @a.t6066 6 лет назад

    What a crazy looking hammer

  • @leminhtrinh5926
    @leminhtrinh5926 4 года назад +3

    Brownells BRN-180

  • @sotis1756
    @sotis1756 6 лет назад +9

    Terminator 1 made this My all time favorite mg

    • @SMD234WG
      @SMD234WG 5 лет назад +2

      Sotis175 it’s a battle rifle

    • @LawlessNate
      @LawlessNate 5 лет назад +6

      @@SMD234WG It's not. Being fully automatic and chambered for an intermediate rifle caliber, the AR18 would be an assault rifle. Battle rifles typically are chambered for full-power rifle rounds like .308 winchester, 30-06 springfield, etc.

  • @gunnbunny74
    @gunnbunny74 6 лет назад +2

    Thats dope

  • @PremierLopez4TheMasses
    @PremierLopez4TheMasses 3 года назад

    Thanks, ill be using this. 😁

  • @iac4357
    @iac4357 4 года назад

    Awsome job, Thanks !

  • @leminhtrinh5926
    @leminhtrinh5926 4 года назад +1

    Recently BRN-180

  • @TootsMacTait
    @TootsMacTait 4 года назад

    RIP Andy Gill.

  • @syazwanshapii9221
    @syazwanshapii9221 Год назад +1

    A better system than AR 15. Reliable and cleaner platform. HK also switch from delayed blowback to short stroke gas system in term of reliability and simplicity. In term of accuracy this system much more accurate than long stroke gas system of ak 47.

  • @2tl.662
    @2tl.662 6 лет назад +10

    Too bad that U.S. government didn't know anything about its advantage until now.

    • @fuckheinschitt239
      @fuckheinschitt239 3 года назад +1

      AR-15 is much better.

    • @umarmars47
      @umarmars47 3 года назад

      Other than the short stroke, what's the other difference than AR 15

  • @kaelsandatu6102
    @kaelsandatu6102 4 года назад

    Man, I wish this gun is here in my country. Thing seems easy and cheap to copy. Ghost guns in this model would be more effective due to the simplicity compared to the shitty M16 and AK47 ghost copies I find on local gun runners.

  • @alexrain8586
    @alexrain8586 5 лет назад +4

    Во Вьетнаме АR-18 пригодилась бы гораздо больше чем M-16.

  • @HuyNguyen-iy5kv
    @HuyNguyen-iy5kv 3 года назад

    Gun very good

  • @JeezUriah
    @JeezUriah Год назад +1

    You know whatd be absolutely great? Is if a Canadian company (of all things) would resurrect (in lisence) in it's original form, the AR18, in all its be-etiful cold war era gloriousness! 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧💪👍⚔️🛡️☘️

    • @DelphonsosArmyOfAlts
      @DelphonsosArmyOfAlts Год назад

      referencing the british on a video about an armalite ar 18 is pretty ironic

  • @Razor_2960
    @Razor_2960 3 года назад

    Ar 18 is like AM AMR 4 for the MGS5

  • @User-nu6km
    @User-nu6km 7 лет назад +13

    Better than M-16

    • @bomeomuop
      @bomeomuop 6 лет назад

      yes!

    • @kitchenjail3546
      @kitchenjail3546 5 лет назад

      Better than the M16 but not better than the M16A1. There.

    • @five5105
      @five5105 5 лет назад +7

      It's different from the M16, not necessarily overall better. Both have strengths and weaknesses.

  • @Thevol40k
    @Thevol40k 6 лет назад +2

    And how the hell is this thing cheaper than AR-15 ?

    • @five5105
      @five5105 5 лет назад +10

      etozevol4ok
      Stamping rather than milling.

  • @rtyqwe8649
    @rtyqwe8649 Год назад

    Rr mười tám cho nước vào bùn kẹt đạn nữa ko

  • @HuyNguyen-iy5kv
    @HuyNguyen-iy5kv 3 года назад

    Ar 15 badboy

  • @androclesx704
    @androclesx704 2 года назад

    the recoil effect is insufferable as well as the gunshot sound effect.

  • @rtyqwe8649
    @rtyqwe8649 Год назад

    Cái tên giống pít tông AK hết kẹt đạn khối vào kim hoá

  • @rtyqwe8649
    @rtyqwe8649 Год назад

    Ar. Mười tám bằng akko kẹt đạn hơn bắn sa

  • @marlenesalvador9272
    @marlenesalvador9272 6 лет назад +1

    Otimo muito simples o funcionamento da de faze em casa😈😀✌

    • @icaroraul1358
      @icaroraul1358 4 года назад

      Pois é, do jeito que está pra comprar armas kkk

  • @rtyqwe8649
    @rtyqwe8649 Год назад

    Hết đạn đánh vỏ ko gãy súng

  • @frankluckythirteen
    @frankluckythirteen 6 лет назад

    NO BUFFER-SPRING ?!?!?! WTF !

  • @iamAwesomo1994
    @iamAwesomo1994 3 года назад

    this video is bad. should have slowed it down and gotten a good look at the mechanisms. you just fire it full speed a million times while moving around.

  • @inibrasiumthefirst2680
    @inibrasiumthefirst2680 5 лет назад

    Take a close look at first, the gun fires when the trigger is released no depressed. FYI, there are no guns on Earth with that trigger mech

  • @Jdmking-kp1mu
    @Jdmking-kp1mu 3 года назад

    It’s like the AR version of a VZ 58. Just ew. It’s still no where near as ugly as a VZ 58 though.

  • @โอภาสพยับแสง
    @โอภาสพยับแสง 9 месяцев назад

    ทุกอย่างผ่านหมดยกเว้นพานท้ายนะ

  • @radmin74
    @radmin74 8 месяцев назад

    ok, but this is a fal

  • @rtyqwe8649
    @rtyqwe8649 Год назад

    Hợp đàn bà năm viên là nhất

  • @leonardmoriarity7066
    @leonardmoriarity7066 2 года назад

    0

  • @leonardmoriarity7066
    @leonardmoriarity7066 2 года назад

    9

  • @alientitimilk9073
    @alientitimilk9073 6 лет назад +2

    A gay korean version of the fal

  • @leonardmoriarity7066
    @leonardmoriarity7066 2 года назад

    0