South African Kommando: The "Rhuzi"

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  • Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024

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  • @Echin0idea
    @Echin0idea 5 лет назад +924

    Someone needs to make a forgotten weapons playlist for "guns that balance on their own magazine"

    • @rangernolen8291
      @rangernolen8291 5 лет назад +22

      If someone makes this please send me a link

    • @GunsNGames1
      @GunsNGames1 4 года назад +36

      @@rangernolen8291 ruclips.net/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/видео.html

    • @opdo8523
      @opdo8523 4 года назад +9

      @@GunsNGames1 damn you kid, you got me

    • @vm_duc
      @vm_duc 4 года назад +24

      @@GunsNGames1 ive known that url for a long time, yaint trickin me

    • @thomas-ud1fs
      @thomas-ud1fs 4 года назад +2

      Kel tec rfb, with no mag

  • @wetald7569
    @wetald7569 4 года назад +1062

    “A man would typically run around the farm with a rifle”
    Oh like a lever action
    “Like a FAL”
    Oh

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 4 года назад +119

      Tough crowd, especially with poachers and what not.

    • @casinodelonge
      @casinodelonge 4 года назад +78

      @@WingMaster562 I think I know the "what-not" to which you refer......

    • @judaspriestchild
      @judaspriestchild 4 года назад +10

      @@frickpoo6644 How is it a problem to own guns?

    • @wittedshampoo3299
      @wittedshampoo3299 4 года назад +6

      Real man like real gun you know what I’m sayin

    • @aandrews7733
      @aandrews7733 4 года назад +20

      @@WingMaster562 Especially the what not.

  • @BSKustomz
    @BSKustomz 5 лет назад +852

    I still don't understand how you don't sell branded pens labeled as "universal gun disassembly tool"

  • @johnsig7100
    @johnsig7100 5 лет назад +960

    South African here. These are super common to see in the hands of private security officers. I am not the most knowledgeable on the intricacies of the gun law here, just enough to have licensed my guns, but it is my understanding that these are easier to license as they technically fall under a pistol category and are therefore less restricted than a semi auto rifle. Essentially low level companies can purchase a ton of them, have a gun that is legally a pistol which handles like a rifle and so match most threats they would face. I think they look sexy in a sten gun sort of way, simple but extremely useful.

    • @johnstacy7902
      @johnstacy7902 5 лет назад +14

      I'd rather have an R5. BTW I love SA...

    • @johnsig7100
      @johnsig7100 5 лет назад +65

      @@gingerfitzgeraldtv2896 There are around 7 million whites if I recall correctly. So basically a sliver of the population here. I'm English and Greek.

    • @lucidnonsense942
      @lucidnonsense942 5 лет назад +60

      @@gingerfitzgeraldtv2896 what's wrong with you boy...

    • @MrDmitriRavenoff
      @MrDmitriRavenoff 5 лет назад +15

      Thanks for the info and that Christiano is a racist POS.

    • @nicksande6880
      @nicksande6880 5 лет назад +66

      He is, but he isnt completly wrong, sa is starting to get more and more racist against whites...

  • @jazzmaster909
    @jazzmaster909 5 лет назад +1144

    Me: Looks like a strange but interesting gun
    Ian: *says a french sounding name*
    Me: That makes sense.

    • @johnstacy7902
      @johnstacy7902 5 лет назад +35

      Lots of Belgiums settled South Africa.

    • @marthinusdawidvanrooyen2508
      @marthinusdawidvanrooyen2508 5 лет назад +47

      Afrikaners are descended in part from French Huegenots.

    • @WolfRichter337
      @WolfRichter337 5 лет назад +84

      @@johnstacy7902 "Belgiums"

    • @b.hagedash7973
      @b.hagedash7973 5 лет назад +45

      Back in the '80s in Johannesburg my high school maths teacher was a Mrs du Plessis which naturally, behind her back, evolved into Mrs Two-plus-three.

    • @kevincharles4505
      @kevincharles4505 5 лет назад

      Ian is ENGLISH!

  • @TheTigerOC
    @TheTigerOC 3 года назад +13

    I owned an LDP in Rhodesia for a couple of years. The advertising said it was capable of firing 600 round a minute. I used it a lot on the range and never had any issues with it. Very nice size and it sat between the driver and passenger seat when travelling because there was always a threat of ambush even on the main roads. South Africa refused import when I immigrated there in 1980. I gave it to a friend who had been in the BSAP Special Branch and was then farming.

  • @BSE1320
    @BSE1320 5 лет назад +84

    That little hook disconnector is a dremel tool cut away from being full auto.
    Which is why the ATF got the red ass for open bolt guns in the 80s.

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 4 года назад +38

      All gun laws are unconstitutional. They should all be thrown out.

    • @alekpo2000
      @alekpo2000 3 года назад +18

      i can imagine that was the whole idea, u get the gun and then ur a dremel away from an uzi

  • @superbun277
    @superbun277 5 лет назад +411

    Looks like an M3 "Grease Gun" had a baby with an Uzi...

    • @hendriktonisson2915
      @hendriktonisson2915 5 лет назад +48

      Looks more like Czech Sa vz. 23 to me.

    • @francislematt7079
      @francislematt7079 5 лет назад +4

      More like the Tech 9 (or KG-9 or whatever) than the Grease Gun.

    • @austinslaughter319
      @austinslaughter319 5 лет назад +4

      I saw it and instantly thought it was a pem63 knock off.

    • @AlexH-cx8or
      @AlexH-cx8or 5 лет назад +4

      Lol my thought exactly on seeing it a m3 and a uzi had a drunk one night stand 😂

    • @hankshepherd2.086
      @hankshepherd2.086 5 лет назад +6

      To me it looks like a beretta m12s at least the top half anyway

  • @shawnr771
    @shawnr771 5 лет назад +102

    Excellent simplistic design. Easy to manufacture.

  • @alwaystinkering7710
    @alwaystinkering7710 5 лет назад +61

    That feed ramp is genius. Somebody put a lot of thought into making it simple to manufacture. [takes notes]

    • @donjones4719
      @donjones4719 2 года назад +2

      Looks like it's a (very heavy) stamping. Idk if something like this would fit in the Grease Gun, but if so it would have been a celebrated innovation.

  • @kempenstein8341
    @kempenstein8341 5 лет назад +80

    South African guns are legit the most interesting by far!

    • @AntonAdelson
      @AntonAdelson 2 года назад +7

      Israel: takes European guns and makes them better
      SA: takes Israeli guns and makes them better

    • @jared.p240
      @jared.p240 2 года назад +2

      @@AntonAdelson Basically 😂 But we do have our own interesting designs

  • @darrenjacobson7456
    @darrenjacobson7456 5 лет назад +72

    You can just imagine some South African guy buying one of these as a cheap, compact, second gun for the wife and kids.

    • @codeguise
      @codeguise 5 лет назад +10

      Except we are only allowed 1 gun for defence. Lame.

    • @highjumpstudios2384
      @highjumpstudios2384 3 года назад +6

      Welcome to africa. The Balkans of of the world instead of just Europe.

    • @faizahmohdfauzi1584
      @faizahmohdfauzi1584 3 года назад +1

      @@codeguise Better than a knife, a machete and a slingshot.

    • @hoagielamp6543
      @hoagielamp6543 2 года назад +2

      @@codeguise What, like per domicile? Build a shed for your child/armed guard.

    • @codeguise
      @codeguise 2 года назад +1

      @@hoagielamp6543 we need to apply for a liscence for each firearm, and each person my only own one for self defense

  • @kurtbergh
    @kurtbergh 5 лет назад +393

    Balashnikov and Rhuzi, the South Africans sure know how to pick a good name.

    • @jackrush8752
      @jackrush8752 5 лет назад +79

      Wasn't Balashnikov an Isreali?

    • @kurtbergh
      @kurtbergh 5 лет назад +46

      @@jackrush8752 Oops, you're right. l was thinking about the Vektor R4, but Balashnikov designed the Galil instead.

    • @SW-ii5gg
      @SW-ii5gg 5 лет назад +7

      @@kurtbergh didn't Balishnakov change his name to Galilee or something like that when he moved to Israel ?

    • @tightcamper
      @tightcamper 5 лет назад +15

      It was not the South Africans that called it a Rhuzi, it was the Rhodesian press. In fact there were a number of similar firearms manufactured in Rhodesia at the time and journalists lumped them all together as Rhuzis.

    • @CES-dh4ut
      @CES-dh4ut 4 года назад +2

      @@s.marcus3669 Hey there, I'm German and jewish, and there's something called "Schinui Schem" that allows us to change our names. That's kinda common in Germany, but I don't know how it works in the United states. I guess it depends on local laws if it's possible to change your name. In Germany it's very hard and expensive to change a name. You have to pay at least a couple thousand euros. Ah, and one last thing: Verstehst du denn noch Deutsch, oder haben deine Eltern dich direkt englisch erzogen, und die Deutsche Sprache ganz verworfen? 👋

  • @sacoolman
    @sacoolman 2 года назад +10

    Great weapon.I used to carry one of these in my trips throughout Rhodesia doing service calls.Very managable weapon while driving and initial shots...

  • @alfaholic3
    @alfaholic3 5 лет назад +26

    I have been asking for this video for a while now, so glad to see it. My grandmother had one of these during the bush war. It saved her and her 3 daughters lives and if it wasn't for one of these i would likely not have been born. You would be absolutely amazed by the stories she has to tell. I have been begging her to write book for years haha.

  • @FacelessDeviant
    @FacelessDeviant 5 лет назад +286

    "Tony Stark built this in a CAVE!" more or less.

    • @Unknownmonkey13
      @Unknownmonkey13 5 лет назад +27

      FacelessDeviant ”WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!”

    • @Devil-tm4nu
      @Devil-tm4nu 5 лет назад +2

      FacelessDeviant F for Iron man

  • @williamprince1114
    @williamprince1114 5 лет назад +124

    Reminiscent of the Czech vz 26.

    • @Sseltraeh89
      @Sseltraeh89 5 лет назад +15

      It's actually direct copy of Sa vz. 23, the 9mm predecessor to vz. 26 with some minor (mainly ergonomic and visual) modifications.

    • @milanstepanek4185
      @milanstepanek4185 5 лет назад +12

      Reminiscent is an understatement.

    • @gabber88ful
      @gabber88ful 5 лет назад +5

      Was looking if someone noticed that too

    • @kpitts8921
      @kpitts8921 5 лет назад +3

      that was the very first thing i thot

    • @levirockstube
      @levirockstube 5 лет назад

      Teh Check lordz hath grinned!

  • @dchucksucksuck
    @dchucksucksuck 5 лет назад +21

    This gun is built around the principle of "work smart not hard"

  • @Saltpork305
    @Saltpork305 5 лет назад +12

    You have to admit, there's some interesting engineering takes in this to make it functional and to simply manufacture, specifically the bolt and feed ramp. That thing is neat as hell.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 5 лет назад +53

    "Unintentional" two and three round burst. Right.

    • @stoneblue1795
      @stoneblue1795 5 лет назад +5

      Perhaps loosely controlled by buying some shiddy ammo?

    • @tackytrooper
      @tackytrooper 5 лет назад +12

      Lol you could have designated "burst magazines." Like load one mag with hot ammo, and then the burst mag has like 3 crap rounds, a good round, three crap rounds, a good round, etc.

    • @thesturm8686
      @thesturm8686 5 лет назад +1

      I guess whoever receiving the leads won't mind

  • @georgewood9482
    @georgewood9482 5 лет назад +36

    I suppose it's not entirely necessary, but I feel like they missed a trick in using the latch for the stock to also lock the end cap for the receiver into place

    • @MaaveMaave
      @MaaveMaave 5 лет назад +4

      Yeah I fully expected that piece to be a detent for the end cap.

  • @Jesses001
    @Jesses001 5 лет назад +2

    manufacturing wise, this is a very clever design. Everything is a bent piece of sheet metal, a milled tube, or a milled piece of round stock. The lower is a piece of molded plastic. The barrel is about as simple as a barrel can be. I love all the work that went into making this easy to build.

  • @stickfighter1038
    @stickfighter1038 5 лет назад +12

    I do remember the Rhodesia version of the Kommando so great to see more info on this innovative firearm. Recall the demilled part kits advertised in Shotgun News (USA) in the late 80s or early 90s came with smoothbore barrels.

  • @roguereaver634
    @roguereaver634 5 лет назад +195

    As a South African I got a little giggle out of the attempt at pronouncing Du Plessis like its French origin

    • @liamnisbet9720
      @liamnisbet9720 5 лет назад +9

      I know right😂😂

    • @SgtKOnyx
      @SgtKOnyx 5 лет назад +4

      Care to try to put the local pronouncing into text form?

    • @roguereaver634
      @roguereaver634 5 лет назад +22

      @@SgtKOnyx Really similar, just without the French twang. "Doo Plissee" I guess but it's really just the difference in accent.

    • @rztrzt
      @rztrzt 5 лет назад

      @@SgtKOnyx forvo.com/word/bismarck_du_plessis/

    • @toast2610
      @toast2610 5 лет назад +3

      I didn't think it was that bad

  • @pizzerinoitaliano3049
    @pizzerinoitaliano3049 5 лет назад +232

    *TIGER* *MAFIA*

  • @Atarnal
    @Atarnal 4 года назад +5

    So glad this channel has the support it has, really quality content and thoroughly investigated, giving one insight into not only how, but why the weapon was made. Epic 😍

  • @russelsellick316
    @russelsellick316 Год назад +2

    My aunt had one and carried it when she went out at night with my uncle, the only doctor in his town willing to go out at night to see patients during the Rhodesian war....I did meet Alex du Plessis a few times in South Africa.

  • @Piefaic
    @Piefaic 5 лет назад +63

    Yay more South African space guns

    • @AsbestosMuffins
      @AsbestosMuffins 5 лет назад +9

      more like engineered pipe guns. The devs for Fallout 4 should have taken some note

    • @crushglobalists8640
      @crushglobalists8640 5 лет назад +16

      @@AsbestosMuffins I doubt anyone in that studio has ever even fired a gun before much less researched any.

    • @johannbezuidenhout2976
      @johannbezuidenhout2976 5 лет назад +2

      @@crushglobalists8640 Yip, allot of guns in fallout have the bolt and charging handles setup for left handed use while the player character is holding it right handed.

    • @thesturm8686
      @thesturm8686 5 лет назад +1

      @@johannbezuidenhout2976 a lot of gamedevs put the "fancy nitpicks" of a gun on their left side so players can see them, nightmarish for people who actually know how they work sadly

  • @IvoStefanov-yj3gb
    @IvoStefanov-yj3gb 4 месяца назад +2

    The two bandits who were constantly playing cards in the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy" were armed with this weapon.😊

  • @worldtraveler930
    @worldtraveler930 5 лет назад +19

    Yeah, we have a return of the universal gun disassembly tool!

  • @Glurgi
    @Glurgi 5 лет назад +21

    "Aimed more at women then at men".
    Phrasing, dude! ;)

  • @Calvin_Coolage
    @Calvin_Coolage 5 лет назад +71

    It looks like a caulk gun from Hell. I love it.

  • @556hp
    @556hp Год назад +2

    Found out minutes ago that the motorcycle gang chief in Mad Max Fury Road packed a stockless Kommando LDP. I first thought it was some kind of cut down Sten that had been augmented to look "post apocalyptic" but now know it's actually a very practical, real world firearm. The more you know 🌠

  • @TraTranc
    @TraTranc 5 лет назад +3

    FYI: Alex DuPlessis worked for Wilson Combat in the mid-to-late 2000s, at the time when the company manufactured his own ADP pistol.

  • @dustinsmith2021
    @dustinsmith2021 5 лет назад +17

    Looks like a kid drew a tech 9 from memory and then someone built this to match.

  • @HATERED0001
    @HATERED0001 5 лет назад +10

    I honestly would buy this! It looks awesome!

  • @Psiberzerker
    @Psiberzerker 5 лет назад +13

    I'd love to see this on the range, and hear you impressions on accuracy. Practical accuracy, because that's what things like this are all about. (Meaning semi-auto carbines, or subguns converted to semi-auto) Compared to a Pistol, this has a shoulder, and offhand contact point, so you can hold it steadier, and get a better sight picture. Also better site distance, though these crude sights probably don't let you really take advantage of that. You can't really adjust the zero on a hole drilled through a sheet metal bracket.

    • @davidsolyom5604
      @davidsolyom5604 3 года назад +1

      Also fires from open bolt.

    • @Darthdoodoo
      @Darthdoodoo 9 месяцев назад

      Sure u can just bend the piece of metal til its on target😂😂

  • @Not-TheOne
    @Not-TheOne 5 лет назад +33

    Hey, you pronounced my surname pretty well! +respek!

  • @potatoradio
    @potatoradio 5 лет назад +231

    Ha the gun for ladies comes with a purse...

    • @Minejokey
      @Minejokey 5 лет назад +6

      @@gehtdianschasau8372 i think Lara only used the M1911, Desert Eagle, Browning HP and my favourite one the h&k usp 9mm match

  • @leterrierdinari2861
    @leterrierdinari2861 5 лет назад +59

    It looks a bit like someone put a glue-gun on a pistol body and added a few parts.

    • @MrZippy052
      @MrZippy052 5 лет назад +4

      My first thought was "oh look a baby m3"

    • @nap8187
      @nap8187 5 лет назад +1

      Maxime Vincent More so a grease gun.

    • @orangelion03
      @orangelion03 5 лет назад +1

      We made several caulk gun "guns" when we were kids playing army. One of them was supposed to be an Uzi but actually looked a lot like this thing!!

    • @pauldogon4831
      @pauldogon4831 4 года назад

      @@orangelion03 I've shot one, they work

  • @cptreech
    @cptreech 5 лет назад +75

    There's a bottle opener on the South African carbine, why no cork screw on the "Ladies" gun? (Marketing opportunity missed!)

    • @mariusoneill8102
      @mariusoneill8102 5 лет назад +7

      cptreech cause our ladies drink beer

    • @tamlandipper29
      @tamlandipper29 5 лет назад

      @@mariusoneill8102 - or that stuff that's beer mixed with something else?

    • @blahorgaslisk7763
      @blahorgaslisk7763 5 лет назад

      I know about the bottle opener on the Israeli Galil but can't remember anything about one on a South African rifle. Any details?

  • @dobiem1
    @dobiem1 5 лет назад +4

    One fun little PDW to learn on.
    Sad day when my father had returned with his welded up bolt for deactivation.

  • @aserta
    @aserta 5 лет назад +1

    In theory, the whole bolt assembly can be done on a lathe, all the vertical machine operations can be done using the cross slide and an angle bracket, where the cutting implement is held in the chuck. Those are simple enough to not miss the lack of a fully operational slide as in a vertical mill.

  • @Frontstaab
    @Frontstaab 5 лет назад +7

    Happy to see Universal disassembly tool comes back again

  • @dabolicious3363
    @dabolicious3363 4 месяца назад +1

    I subscribed because you can pronounce du plesis correctly,showing you done extensive research

  • @j4ff4c3ks1
    @j4ff4c3ks1 5 лет назад +1

    Really slick construction with the two-piece bolt and receiver-mounted feed ramp. And in addition to easing disassembly, the semi-captive recoil spring is there because the ejector rod is off-center on the plug, which obviously wouldn't work with a thread-in piece. I bet that if there was a full-auto version, any police, security or even military would've been very happy with them.

  • @bobbyshaftoe
    @bobbyshaftoe 2 месяца назад +1

    Early PDW! Nice! It seems really simple to maintain. Though the trigger and sear system seems like it could be simplified to make it more reliable and cheaper.

  • @allowishes06
    @allowishes06 5 лет назад +1

    Ian. Your channel is one of only a few that I happened across and immediately got my subscription. I thoroughly enjoy everything you do. As well as with Karl on Inrange Tv. And you deserve the 1 million subscribers that you are surely about to get. Keep up the great work!

  • @SlimRhyno
    @SlimRhyno 4 года назад +2

    Very slick bolt design! It simplified production, thus lowering time and cost, and yet did nothing to functionality. Oh, and that rotating feed ramp? Awesome! 👌

  • @rexxsimba
    @rexxsimba 2 года назад +6

    I would love to see what a modern version would look like ...( Both 9mm and .22 - and full auto ) ...better sights , 12 inch barrel , sliding stock ... Easy to manufacture and maintain ..😌👌

  • @1Morey
    @1Morey 5 лет назад +2

    This gun was in Mad Max: Fury Road. Was used by the Rock Rider leader.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you ,Ian .

  • @Spafinky
    @Spafinky 5 лет назад +4

    HOLY MOLY! Forgotten Weapons is almost to 1 MILLION SUBS!!!

    • @Justanotherconsumer
      @Justanotherconsumer 5 лет назад +2

      Pine Cone guessing it’s mostly because Ian knows the tech and engineering and history and stays on topic (too many of the firearms shows get derailed into political posturing or talking about how manly it makes them feel or other nonsense).

    • @Spafinky
      @Spafinky 5 лет назад

      Ian is a gentleman, no doubt.@@Justanotherconsumer

  • @reggiemartin4505
    @reggiemartin4505 5 лет назад +2

    I have a parts kit for one of those. The barrel is a smooth bore. It's the one with the sheet metal stock catch. Had it for years.

    • @cadinbaldwin5020
      @cadinbaldwin5020 5 лет назад

      They are supposed to be rifled but to important the kits they had to do away with that. Was a real shame

  • @MG-lu9kr
    @MG-lu9kr 5 лет назад +3

    Dude, 10/10 for that Afrkaans surname pronunciation!

  • @Reckec
    @Reckec 5 лет назад +3

    I'm surprised we don't see more complex machined parts broken down into multiple, simpler to machine parts, like that bolt.

    • @turbocat8329
      @turbocat8329 2 года назад +1

      Some of it is probably reliability. Two parts that can move about (even a little) means a bit more wear than one part that does the same. That being said for cheaper guns it makes sense

  • @viktorplatson4121
    @viktorplatson4121 4 года назад +1

    This 2-piece bolt design is absolutely ingenious... and so is its ejector... and so is its feed ramp...
    How is it no one thought of it before?

    • @Tunkkis
      @Tunkkis 2 года назад

      The same sort of ejector was already in use with the Ingram M-10, also a telescoping bolt design.

  • @altanis1499
    @altanis1499 5 лет назад +8

    I like the look. I want one

  • @MP-zf7kg
    @MP-zf7kg 3 года назад +2

    seems like a sensible gun.
    I could also see this being useful with a small scope and a longer barrel, for light work against rodents and the like or for plinking cans and targets.

    • @scottallan5047
      @scottallan5047 7 месяцев назад

      It actually saved.lives in Rhodesia. So not a plunked but a legitimate weapon that was respected. Not everything can be an AR

  • @Touay.
    @Touay. 5 лет назад

    I love these attempts at really 'simple' guns. There is a real elegance to them ....

  • @Marcellogo
    @Marcellogo 3 года назад +1

    Kommando in South African military were the reserve/countryside militia.
    Kommando being the Boer's republics typical Citizen army units. So it retained original meaning there, where in the rest of world , thank to their daring feats, became an alternate name for Incursors/Assault troops.

  • @booqueefious2230
    @booqueefious2230 3 года назад +1

    Lol just imagine some lady carrying this around
    "THATS MY PURSE, I DON'T KNOW YOU"
    BRTBRTBRTBRTBRTBRTBRT

  • @daveh777
    @daveh777 2 года назад +1

    I love that the designer used an "epoxy putty" to make the original.
    I've used putty epoxies in the past to make some really clever things but never a complete firearm receiver.

  • @appleseedenthusiast
    @appleseedenthusiast 5 лет назад +2

    That ejector is actually very clever

  • @pLAST3RdISAST3R
    @pLAST3RdISAST3R 5 лет назад +1

    Stylish purse with an even more stylish gun on the inside!

  • @Landsharkitis
    @Landsharkitis 5 лет назад

    a very well thought and simple carbine

  • @oli1764
    @oli1764 5 лет назад +1

    I love the fact most of the south african guns you find are basically just pipes that someone stuck some parts on

  • @greogebrewer9643
    @greogebrewer9643 5 лет назад +2

    this gun was in the move, the gods must be crazy.

  • @christopherdrekr1078
    @christopherdrekr1078 3 года назад

    Reminds me of the sterling maybe crossed with a grease gun. Very star wars blaster looking

  • @heathenshaunt681
    @heathenshaunt681 2 года назад +1

    Best line ever " universal disassembly tool"

  • @chrisbutcher2369
    @chrisbutcher2369 4 месяца назад

    i owned a very early one and later a much newer one i bought both new .i haver used a more usless weppon ,they both jammed all the time

  • @FreedomandBaconHomestead
    @FreedomandBaconHomestead 5 лет назад +3

    I recognized the gun from the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy so I had to see the video.

  • @johnriordan6510
    @johnriordan6510 5 лет назад

    Looks like you'll hit 1,000,000 subscribers by the end of the year. Congrats good man.

  • @alfredoe.laulopez4435
    @alfredoe.laulopez4435 2 года назад

    No sé quién habrá copiado al otro, pero en Cuba, utilizamos una metralleta la SA vz modelo 25 de fabricación checoslovaca, que es casi exacta a está, había dos versiones una como la que muestra, de culatín plegable metálico y otra con culatin de madera. Sobre todo era para artilleros y tanquistas. De calibre 9mm y con depósitos de 20 y 30 proyectiles. La mira posterior era para disparar a 30 y 50 metros. Su alcance bastante limitado. En el guarda mano anterior tenía un dispositivo para ayudar a cargar los depósitos de proyectiles más rápido.

  • @1feral1
    @1feral1 5 лет назад

    Back in the 80s, I owned one of these in Canada. There was not that many of them, imported by OGT out of Metachewan Ontario. Sold it after a few yrs. The LDP was an interesting gun fore sure.

  • @JaWz6
    @JaWz6 5 лет назад

    that bolt design is a great simplification

  • @RalphReagan
    @RalphReagan 4 года назад +1

    I like this, was really surprised

  • @LionofCaliban
    @LionofCaliban 5 лет назад

    I have to say, that little retaining plate at the back of the receiver, is pretty smart. Makes disassembly much easier and you're not looking around for that cap piece.
    I wonder if it adds to the strength of the piece, with the locking pin, spring loaded nub, whatever you want to call it. I have to wonder how it shoots, that doesn't seem to be much travel. Well, it's enough.

  • @arty7122
    @arty7122 4 года назад +3

    South Africa : "Hey Czech Rep. can we copy your VZ.24?"
    Czech Rep : "Yes, but change it a bit so it isn't too obvious."
    South Africa :

    • @gidi3250
      @gidi3250 3 года назад +1

      Sanctions did it. We where not allowed to get foreign guns so we took what we had and made similar stuff or copied the design and improved on it.

  • @rannyczech
    @rannyczech 5 лет назад +17

    Wait a minute... that looks like vz 26 ? :D

  • @SonOfAldabarran
    @SonOfAldabarran 5 лет назад +14

    Looks like a mash up of an Czech Sa vz. 23 & an Argentinian FMK-3.

    • @cpmtrad250
      @cpmtrad250 5 лет назад

      SonOfAldabarran I said exactly the same thing.

  • @PistolManiac100
    @PistolManiac100 5 лет назад

    The lighting looks good.

  • @MrDgwphotos
    @MrDgwphotos 5 лет назад +1

    "It needs a bit of encouragement." *pulls out a mallet* Yeah, that's a bit of encouragement.

  • @donaldasayers
    @donaldasayers 5 лет назад +1

    Those "screws" that clip the stock in the forward position, are common or garden M6 roofing bolts.

  • @killakopter5193
    @killakopter5193 2 года назад

    This thing is like the bastard child of Intertech nine and A Mac 11…absolutely love it

  • @DavidVining1
    @DavidVining1 5 лет назад

    BOUGHT ONE IN CHIPINGA IN 1978, AT THE LOCAL LIQUOR STORE OF COURSE. VERY INEXPENSIVE. PAID CASH, THEN HAD TO WALK TO THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE DOWN THE STREET AND PAY RH4$ FOR A TAX STAMP, THEN BACK TO THE BOTTLE SHOP TO PICK UP THE GAT, 200 ROUNDS OF 9MM, AND A CRATE OF CASTLE BEERS.

  • @therugburnz
    @therugburnz 4 года назад

    I think that it looks beautiful.

  • @maxtracker2904
    @maxtracker2904 2 месяца назад

    Why is there an apparent holy light shining down onto Ian?

  • @ben5707
    @ben5707 3 года назад

    First video of the morning and I genuinely just said to myself "Good Morning Ian!"

  • @matthew_natividad
    @matthew_natividad 2 года назад +4

    As seen in mad max fury road

  • @Matias-nr6rm
    @Matias-nr6rm 5 лет назад +2

    0:06 perfectly balanced as all things should be

  • @johannjoubert5979
    @johannjoubert5979 3 года назад

    Alex du plessis also made a very nice 9mm in the 90s. Amazing little weapon

  • @kreefkreefie2808
    @kreefkreefie2808 4 года назад

    Rhodesian Uzi . Rhuzi . Light and close range effect .

  • @davewilson7092
    @davewilson7092 5 лет назад

    Cool! Fascinating design.

  • @crominion6045
    @crominion6045 5 лет назад +12

    It's sort of depressing that I'm old enough to remember Rhodesia (though just barely). 😂

    • @AntonAdelson
      @AntonAdelson 2 года назад +2

      On the plus side you remember when Zimbabwe wasn't a total craphole

  • @jerryjohnsonii4181
    @jerryjohnsonii4181 5 лет назад +1

    LDP made this gun with the K.I.S.S method. I like the engineering that went into this Firearm. Very interesting.

  • @porcelaenstaender9314
    @porcelaenstaender9314 5 лет назад

    I love these funky South African and Rhodesian guns from the 70's and 80's.

  • @VonRammsteyn
    @VonRammsteyn 5 лет назад

    Totally love it! I wouldn't have any problem in being seen carring this ''lady's SMG''...And i really like to see a video with Ian shooting one of these...

  • @horstboellinger6880
    @horstboellinger6880 5 лет назад +20

    Is there any chance to see the: PM-63 RAK?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  5 лет назад +21

      Yes, it's filmed and coming.

    • @bleh8789
      @bleh8789 5 лет назад +4

      @@ForgottenWeapons sweet! Got to fire it twice myself. Shooting video too, maybe?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  5 лет назад +10

      Yes, I did. :)

    • @horstboellinger6880
      @horstboellinger6880 5 лет назад +1

      @@ForgottenWeapons Wow! wonderful. A east german Para told me how awesome it is.
      I like to dream of: 5.7x28 in a weapon like the RAK, semiaouto wen folded and if the souldestock is set a high cadence like the H&K VP 70m. But Yeah silly dream.

    • @utubesuxbigdonkeybal
      @utubesuxbigdonkeybal 5 лет назад +1

      @@bleh8789 "Got to fire it twice myself." How many of your front teeth are remaining?

  • @ZionPattersonsprofile
    @ZionPattersonsprofile 3 года назад +2

    Sounds like if you gave Scooby Doo an Uzi