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WW2 Rifles Explained
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- Published on Apr 17, 2026
- In this video, WW2 rifles will be explained like never before. I break down each rifle in a clearly and easy-to-understand way. Every rifle will be explained step by step using advanced stickman animations that visually show how the rifle function. If you’ve ever wanted WW2 rifles explained clearly without boring lectures, this is the video for you.
NB: This is part 1, if you want part 2, here is the link: • Every WW2 Rifle Explained
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NB: This is Part 1.
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4:12 its even funnier considering the reload time for the Garand is like putting a toast in the toaster. By the time the enemy out to charge, the thing is already blasting again.
And the Carcano has still a bullet inside when the clip fell down by gravity.
I really love the ping myth cause yeah sure im going to wait for an specific ping sound while multiple m1 garands are firing at me doing pings lol
The entire section about the 35M is wrong mostly because the strait pull thing is from the previous Mannlicher 1895 wich was rather successfull I don‘t know where he got that info but it‘s not very correct
Real
and also Hungary never switched sides, it was the Romanians
@balazsadam3861 They did try to peace out separately and the Germans invaded them and installed a loyal government.
Horthy did try to switch sides but the fascist started a coup before he could
35M is not a straight pull, it has typical bolt action mechanism combined with mannlicher magazine.
The name "Mosin Nagant" is erroneous and was established in a court dispute. Officially, the rifle was called the "1891 three-line rifle", and since 1924 it has been called the Mosin rifle
They wanted their names on it
2:08 seems like that robot arm is rifling it
Bro, the days of $200 Mosin are long in the past. It's insane
In ukraine or russia you can get one for $200
@dataillusion oh that's cool!
Of course, I'm speaking from the American context. When I was getting out of high school in 2012, I remember seeing Mosins for as little as $70. $150 for a nicer one. I'm kicking myself for not getting one then
uh still around 350$ its not much even Mauser 8mm clones from Turkey if you know where to look are still 500$ don't listen to fudds be smart and you know buy an Ar-15 and Glock instead if you really want a gun thats ergonomic cheap and ammo is easy to find.
YYeah, the Fedorov was the first automatic battle rifle, but it wasn’t used on a large scale. So I’d still say the STG was the first assault rifle to be widely used - a bit like the MP18: it wasn’t the first SMG, but it was the first one used extensively.
Some honorable mentions include the French Berthier, which was still somewhat in use; the Russian SVT/AVT rifles used by Soviet marines; the German semi-autos like the Gewehr 41/43 and the Fallschirmjägergewehr 42; and a few Czech and Belgian rifles, though many of those were Mauser copies.
Overall, good video!
Thanks for mentioning all the rifles i forgotten, i'm gonna make a part 2
Federov also doesnt use an intermediate cartridge, so its not an assault rifle
@Zilliguy the main argument of people is that the 6.5 arasaka is as powerful as your average intermediate cartridge
MP18 was the first mass-produced SMG and STG44 was the first mass-produced Assault Rifle
The Federov also used 6.5 Arisaka and is a full powered, albeit lower than most, rifle cartridge. It really was the grand father of the concept but it wasn't quite an assault rifle as they became. It's reminiscent of the original tank argument to me. Britain made and fielded the first tanks but the French were really the ones who made the first true tank as it would become known. The FT was the first tank that had the modern layout and rotating turret. The British tanks were the first to see widespread service but were a dead end design. The FT was the design that would become standard for tanks. So yeah, the STG-44 and it's predecessors were the first true assault rifle, the intermediate round, high capacity, magazine fed, automatic and semi-automatic fire, shorter than most carbine rifles but longer than most submachine guns and produced in a large quantity. But there were outliers before it, just like the tanks. There were designs that can be argued to be the first tanks that came before the British designs. It's subjective but for me, there's a difference between being the grandfather of a new concept and the first of it's kind.
You missed out the US Marine Corps Johnson M.1941 automatic rifle. It had a telescoping barrel recoil system, but due to its complexity regarding maintenance, it was only used by special forces during WW2.
They only made about 35K to 40K of those in total, practically all going to the Marines because the Army had first dibs on the M1 Garand. Most Johnson rifles were ordered destroyed after being traded in for Garands circa '43/'44, partly because logistics and partly due to the government's petty chagrin over how the Marines had gone behind their back and acquired the guns without their permission.
Not saying it was a bad gun, just that its impact is often overinflated.
6:26 hungary didn't switch sides, Romania and Bulgaria did as did some Slovaks
The Hungarians did seriously consider making a separate peace deal but Hitler got suspicious and ordered Budapest be taken over and Horthy replaced with a puppet. So on paper they didn’t switch sides but also weren’t given the chance to.
@tylerst1996 That is true it is said Horty considered shooting Hitler, but in fact Hungarians were fighting against Soviets until and beyond capitulation on May 8th 1945.
Lots of rifles are missing, most notably :
Lee-Enfield no 1 Mark III 🇬🇧
G41, G43 and FG-42 🇩🇪
SVT-40, 38, AVS-36 ☭
Krag-Jørgensen and variants 🇸🇯
FN model 24 and 30🇧🇪
ČZ vz.24 and 33🇨🇿
Type I, Type 35 and Type 44 🇯🇵
Berthier rifle and variants 🇫🇷
Norway metiond
Thanks for mentioning them, i'm gonna definetly make a part 2 for them
@dataillusion yeah and I forgot what the FG 42 is classified as.
@dataillusionty
@dataillusion Yes please do, this was interesting, but missing a lot of key weapons.
AI content like this makes everyone dumber, didnt even bother properly checking sources
Ai comment's like this makes everyone dumber, didnt even bother bother properly checking sources
@pawernielsbroek3971 what sources?
@salokin3087chat gtp
I don't think it's made with AI but it's still ugly
@tiburtinagvng Not the animation, the script is AI generated
35M is not straight pull action rifle. Austrian Mannlicher M1895 and M1895/30 is. Also, France had more men than ammo for MAS 36? I don't buy that, they had less rifles than men though. Should have mentioned Berthier rifles, SVT 38/40, AVS 36, Fedorov M1916 (Winter War), Gewehr 41 (Mauser and Walther), FG42, Finnish Mosin Nagants, vz.24, other Lee-Enfield variants, M1917 Enfield (same as P14 but still), Swedish Mausers (used by Finland in some numbers), Krag-Jorgensen, Dutch, Greek and Belgian used or manufactured Mausers/Mannlichers
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Gonna make a part 2 for sure
10:51 It seems to me that the STG 44 is the mother of assaults rifles and the Fedorov Avtomat is the father of assaults rifles
ah, but the fedorov avtomat is not a assault rifle, it is a battle rifle like the m14 or g3 because it 6.5×50mmSR Arisaka, which while smaller than other cartridges at the time like the 30.06, it is still a full sized cartridge so it is a battle rifle, while the stg 44 and other assault rifles fire intermediate sized cartridges, ex 7.92 by 33 Kurz, much smaller than the 6.5 arisaka.
Attually no because in 1917 US have Burton LMR that caliber length middle of pistol caliber and rifle caliber so it a true first assault rifle, the Fedorov more like battle rifle than Assault rifle because it use 7.62x54
@tychoyoon Fedorov Avtomat is really an underpowered hybridization of a battle rifle=Fedorov M1913 semi-automatic rifle & an LMG=light machine gun.
Fedorov Avtomat is far from an Assaul rifle though a significant advancement for it's time in 1913 even if only 3200 roughly were made by 1925.
Saying a Fedorov Avtomat is an Assaultrifle is like saying a Sten is an Assault rifle when it is really a hybridization of an SMG & LGM though more parts German SMG then LMG.
Russians had some briliant gear but most of the better stuff they didn't make in notable quantity with rare exceptions like the PPSH41 made in the millions though it was pricy but it is not like a communist regime pays it's workers for their labour.
Britain did pay it's workers which is why Britain went cheap cheap with the Sten that eventually adapted into the Sterling machine gun.
What always amazed me is the USSR is they never updated from their antitank rifle to a proper anti-tank weapon in ww2 as even britain in a hurry made the PIAT=Projector Infantry Anti Tank.
Still at least the USSR made plenty of mortars which was one of the biggest deciding fqactors in the eastern front that most gloss over or know nothing about.
82mm Model of 1938 which is likely a copy of the Finnish 81mm mortar was a briliant simple but realiaboe easy to produce design.
USSR had good gear but most people look at the one offs or rifles rather then what really made the USSR capable in very short time as even more so then Britain the USSR had not prepared for Britain at least had the shadow factories.
The USSR had to move everything west to eat of the Ural mountains which was a massive undertaking that paid off with so many cmplications.
Still the USSR on short notice made the best of awful choices to stay in ww2.
All fedorov did were being able to select fire and using intermediate cartridge.
StG had more.
1.Having upper and lower receiver separated
2.lowering line of fire down to shoulder level to reduce vertical recoil
3.having selector and safety switch near firing hand to be able to operate one handed
4.stamp press manufactured
5.having various accessories like scope, night vision, corner shot, underbarrel grenade launcher
6.a 30 rnd mag
I never said that it was an assault rifle, it is. battle rifle
Thankyou so much for this awesome vid!!
Thanks for watching
The carcano rifle was fast and accurate.
It saw action in the lybian civil war and some voices claim that some italian snipers in afghanistan used it.
Both the 1891 and the m38 carcano were good, but somehow you trashtalked on it.
Good video though!!
And they were not underpowered. Other rifles of that era were way too overpower actually by modern standard, while 6.5 Carcano (and 7.35 as well) was quite similar to 7.65 NATO in handling.
They weren't as powerfull as their rivals
Thank you
Obviously, everything Italian is trash! This is the classic meme, but they don't get information from experts who have tried it and found it to be a good rifle.
Many "myths" stem from the fact that the Americans (always them!), even today, are using it with unsuitable cartridges, which lack the characteristics of the originals, thus compromising the result.
It wasn't a powerful rifle, partly because of its smaller caliber than the others, but with the original ammunition it was accurate, fast, lightweight, and easy to use, ideal for infantry with little training.
Italian budgets didn't allow for the development of new products that could replace it, but it did its dirty work in the hands of Italian soldiers.
Well it's good basic knowledge for toddlers if this was released back in 2000s this would be viral
“Gave it a new paint” couldn’t even make it to 15 seconds there chief
7:37 To be more specific, Emile didn't take part in Mosin rifle creation directly, the only thing the rifle got from Emile is a cartrige clip, which was took from Emile's rifle and then added to Mosin's by a commitee of that gun design competition
He might have invested a lot of money.
@dataillusion, he actually didn't, as Nagant and Mosin were rivals at that gun design competition, there was no reason for him to help Mosin, Nagant obviousely wanted his rifle to be adopted
Lee Enfield No 4 Mk 1 was the standard issued British rifle in North Western Europe Theatre of operations in WW2, elsewhere in North Africa, British mandate, Iraq, Iran, India Burma and Austrialian threatres of operation the SMLE No 3 MK III was standard. No 4 Mk 1 was produced in large numbers in UK, USA (Savage) and Canada (long Branch) and many produced in Canada had the number of grooves reduced to two to speed manufacturing but it didn't appreciably affect accuracy.
Thanks for sharing more information
Gewehr 98 was produced and widlely used in Poland untill September Campaign so it wasn't only used by reserve units
Gewehr 98 was produced in Poland only up to 1924, as karabin wz. 98. That rifle was replaced by carbines karabinek wz. 98 and later karabinek wz. 29. Poles started producing long rifles again in 1936, as karabin wz. 98a.
You forgot the greek mannlicher shonauer 1903 it was in ww1 and ww2
Find me a mosin for 200 bucks and I will personally give you 100000 grand
😂 you can find one for sure
@dataillusion where buddy I’ll buy a ticket right now
Why do people still pay the current ridiculous prices for those. They were worth it when they were $150, not worth anymore than that. Same with sks's. The best milsurp are long gone aka the garands, 1903s, kar98s, 1911s, m1 carbines ect.
The 35M wasnt a staright pull rifle, his "father" the M95 Mannlicher was the one that had the staright pull system. (no offense)
The carbine shown in the photos at the beginning of the video is not a Polish wz.29, but rather some sort of mix assembled from random parts in a Czech stock from a vz.24.
0:48 did they even use mags as standard issues for the lee Enfield no4 mk1?
Yes although soldiers used the clips instead of mags
soldiers only carried 1 mag and would load the rifle via 5rd clips
Clips, mostly because a significant amount of the ammo they hauled was for the Brent. I may be wrong but iirc a rifle man was issued 56 rounds for personal use.
@josephgitau5000 yes, most british soldiers had two bren mag pouches as it was the most important weapon at section level
The mag was detachable but Brits only carried one extra and a bunch of 5 rounds clips
The soviets did care about the age of the mosin, that's why the SVT was developed
Either way they used it
@dataillusion The original comment has a point. In the video it was implied that they didn't care.
Le fedorov est le premier fusil d assault
The Carcano M91 did NOT make a "ping" noise when empty. ChatGPT when writing this script mistook it for the Garand.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD
7:22 The French army continued to use the MAS 36 well after the war, even in Algeria.
I have a soft-side for the Lee-Enfield and De Lisle, especially the latter because Imma Pistol Caliber Carbine nerd XD
The Fedorov automat is rather a Battle rifle than AR,since it fires standart 7.62
M1 Carbine - The M1 Carbine definitely can reach 200yrds reliably. It's maximum range was approx 400yrds and its effective range is about 150-250yrds. It's also a well-loved gun post-WW2 for armies that received it as aid like the French, South Koreans and South Vietnamese.
Type 99 - The Type 99 didn't become the standard issue rifle at all. The Japanese tried but couldn't make enough to replace the 38 so they looped both into service and called it a day but split it between theaters where the Chinese front sees the usage of the Type 38 where it's decade on entrenchment saw more of that variant being used there thus changing it all was dumb whilst the actual Pacific front saw the 99 being used more. Also, both the Arisakas are known to have the most extreme and robust receiver that it can chew up almost any condition of rounds as long as you have the strength to cycle it and it's been tested to still work even after an overpressure of 400% was tested where it would have blown up other guns like the revered Kar98K.
35M - Er... The 35M was not a straight-pull. The Hungarians got enough problems with the bottom hole on the mag to let the clip drop during the Asonzo Front battles during WWI that they swapped it to a conventional style turn bolt pattern and that's how the 35M came about which itself was a redesign of the 95/31 Carbine.
Thanks for the detailed info
I also love how they missed ALOT of not even that niche of weapons like the SVT series for an example
@glorifiedpotato6025 or thta finnnsih mosins whsio are bst pattern of mosin
This reeks of being written by AI…
AI slop channel yeah
@sylvananassbro doesn't know that "slop" does not have any meaning at all.
Love when you post
I don't upload so often, but when i do i do 🔥
@dataillusionHey add Brazil?
More videos like this
i remember talking to an old marine vet 41-44 before he passed and he was telling me all the marines who got garands in 43 weren’t as good a shot as the men who fought with the springfield
Were they unreliable?
@dataillusion no a guns a gun, the garand was rated very well but marines only got it because the commandant saw how effective it was guadalcanal and decided that the marines needed it if the army had it also you did skip berthier rifles which were common in french fort garrisons on the maginot
Bro said that the mosin nagant was the Nokia of rifles😂😂
A part 2 would be really cool
Its in the studio right now. Just suggest any rifles you want me to include
@dataillusionSwedish M38, M96, M94 and M41
American Krag Carbine
America. Remington rollingblock
Karabinek wz. 29 was much more important, becuase thanks to same ammo and many parts than in german Kar98k it made possible for many soldiers and resistance soldiers later to fight longer after capturing german equipment
9:59: little fact. Mauser tried to do it too. It had 20 rounds in the mag and a bayonet. But it's only copy is being in the french museum (I don't know the name) I'll just put a part of the text from the website i took it
"This rifle was originally chambered for the DWM 7x39.1 intermediate cartridge, which was also experimental at the time. Furthermore, this model features a gas-operated system. The system also features an annular gas piston located directly around the muzzle, just inside the cylindrical muzzle. The G.41(M) and G.41(W) self-loading rifles were designed in the same manner.
The charging handle has one unique feature: it can be located on either the left or right side. It also features a rotating bolt with two locking lugs. Apparently, this model's magazine holds twenty rounds.
The barrel is quite long-55 centimeters. The muzzle velocity is quite high-approximately nine hundred and sixty meters per second. However, many believe this figure is greatly exaggerated. Wood, or more precisely, laminated timber, was an important part of the entire design. The manufacturer chose to use stamped sheet metal for the receiver. Moreover, the assault rifle is equipped with a hinged cover that lifts up, simplifying disassembly.
This model was represented by a single example, which is currently housed in a French museum. The rifle was originally captured by French troops in the spring of 1945 directly from the Mauser factory in Obendorf."
Thanks for sharing more information
I want to suggest that the BAR is the first rifle capable of automatic fire, but I bet it'll get me beheaded by gun nerds.
Most people consider the BAR as a light machine gun
@dataillusionfaux a été créé pour nettoyer les tranchées comme arme individuelle
Le mas 36 est considéré comme le meilleur fudil a verrou
@dataillusion yeah most but when we look at the name again... BAR = Browning AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
Pls do smgs next!
You should have ad into the description of the MAS 36 : the lever as same curves as the Lee-Enfields
The rifle was the cheapest and with the less parts to produce than any other rifle at the time, wich can explain there was more of them produces than bullets.
Thanks for the information, I'll keep that in mind for future videos
"You didn't fire the Mosin, it fired you." Ok I gotta admit that was funny at least, but they have a bit of recoil but no worse than a 12 gauge shooting turkey shot. I have the 91/30 and the M38, and the M38 is insanely LOUD. I've been asked if it was a .50bmg before at the range. Not great for a soldier's ears, but a hoot 81 years later at the range.
federov automat was a light machine gun with purpose to support. stg44 was first assault rifle since it was made for assaults or for medium long range. like todays rifles. which neither chachaut nor mp18 accomplished
The Fedorov Avtomat was ahead of its time.
the federov & even the AVT 40 are more so battle rifles similar to the M14 than a modern day assault rifle. The STG deserves the title of first assault rifle due to its intermediate cartridge
You're right
Just some other guns to mention or specify, and also correction.
The Hangyang Type 88 will explode if it used 7.92x57mm Mauser. They used Patrone 88, which is the OG 8mm Mauser.
The 35M is completely incorrect. The description provided was for the 31M (or M95/30). The 35M was a much needed reliable upgrade to the M95.
And now for the list of other considerations.
-FN 1924 and 1930
-Vz. 24
-ZH-29
-Berthier
-Mauser M1889 and M1889/36
-Dutch Mannlicher
-Mannlicher M1893
-Finnish Mosin Nagants
-Type 24
-Siamese Mausers
-Yugoslavian Modified Mausers
-M95/24
-Turkish Mausers
-Norwegian Krag-Jørgenson
-Danish Krag-Jørgenson
-G-41
-G-43
-FG-42
-Greek Shoenauer
-SVT-38
-SVT-40
-Johnson M41
-Volksturm rifles
-Brazilian Mausers
-Spanish Mausers
-No. 1 MK. III*
-Type I Arisaka
-Ross Rifle
-Type 30
-Type 35
-Type 44
-Type 97 Sniper Rifle
-Swedish Mauser (Used by the Finnish)
-Gewehr 98/40
-Kar 33
-M1930 Standard Mauser
And probably more besides im sure.
Thanks for the corrections and mentioning all forgotten rifles, I'm gonna make a part 2 and include them
The Hangyang 88 will not explode when You use regular 8mm mauser through it thats not how the difference between round nose and spitzer bullets work.
The 8x57 is not from Mauser, its like calling 9x19 Luger 9mm Glock.
Where is is from, and its also called mauser
Can you do every buck knife ever made throughout history.
I don't knives would be interesting to many people
3:48 " the greatest battle implement ever devised "... Gen George S Patton.. " of course he'd say that, he didn't have to carry one ".. Kenneth l Adams Sr AKA Dad..
ok so for france:
the lebel was still used during ww2 but only by the foreign legion, this make a million soldier using berthier rifle which was very good
the mas 36 bolt was made for speed rechamber and it worked and was loved by his user
also the german weren't the most notable user of it but it's the french, vichy and free france used it a way more than germans and also post-war france during his colonials wars in indochina and algeria
i am surprised that you did not include the soviet SVT-40
It will be included in part 2
I love how you show pictures of the svt 40 sevreal times but didnt mention it
I'm gonna include it in part 2
German army thought that was a machine gun but it just Lee Enfield bolt action gun
Hhh, yes
Dude, knew about Countryballs, not gonna lie
😂what proves that ?
The P14 was also adopted by the US military as the M1917 Enfield during WW1, The AEF on the Western Front in France was equipped with more M1917s than Springfields and many American units still had them in WW2 especially during the early campaigns in North Africa and Sicily and Sgt York used it in 1918 with the 82nd Infantry Division later Airborne
Thanks for sharing more information, i'm gonna include that when explaining the enfield M1917
@dataillusion Yup and America still had them in WWII too
Undoubtedly the best is the M1 Garand.
i really love this
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, what did you like most ?
*Ping*! : CHARGE!!! :
Lots of infantry who ain't snipers are still using the Springfield actually
3:36 Why am I feeling a sudden, sharp pain on my thumb?
I think you got GARAND THUMB
The Hungarian 35M was a cock on close bolt action. The Mannlicher 1895 straight bolt was extremely reliable, just had a tendency to stick in extreme cold. Also, Hungary tried to surrender/switch sides, but Germany found out and dismantled the Hungarian government
You did forget
SMLE Mk III
M1917 Enfield
Ross Mk III
M2 Carbine
SVT 40
Gewhr 43
RSC 1917
Krag Joegensen
M1941 Johnson Rifle
Karabin 38M
MAS 44
AVS 36
Gewhr M96
Finish Mosin
BAR M1918A1 and A2 (technically a rifle, Browning Automatic Rifle)
FG-42 ( Translated to Paratrooper rifle)
Going to make a part 2
Marvelous video, how are things going with the ww1 weapons videos? 😊
I will first make a part 2 of this video, so many rifles i didn't include
@dataillusionAlright, also when ww1 weapons. I'm dying of excitement 😊
5:40
In China this made total sense since they were mostly going up against biplanes. A company of men with these could make for some deadly AA
Nightmare is shootin an obrez mosin pistop
11:15 I have shot both a Carcano and a Garand before, and I can tell you the Carcano does NOT make a ping sound. This is EASILY confirmed by watching ANY of the dozens of guntuber videos showcasing it.
I can confirm i accidently dropped my Type 99 down a full flight of stairs and the only damage was a small scrape in the wood. Things are TOUGH
They are really that tough!
You forgot the krag Jørgensen 😢
Krag was the Spanish American war
The krag Jørgensen is a Norwegian rifle. It was also in the rifle Norway used in ww2🇳🇴
@bigmyke2008 Krag was still used by the Germans after they took over Norway and forced the Norwegians to build rifles for them. 13500 Krag-Jørgensen rifles were supposed to be given to Germany, but Norwegian resistance managed to disrupt most deliveries, so less than 4000 were actually recived by Germany. These Krag-Jørgensens were also modified to be more similar to the Kar98k so they'd feel more familiar for german troops and some were even converted to fire 7.92×57mm Mauser
Mannlichers, Czech Mausers, Berthiers,you can name more
Gonna make a part 2, just mention all the rifles i forgotten
5:44 by shooting planes the Japanese knew china was still using wooden ww1 era biplanes so soldiers could snipe and destroy them with there standard rifles,thats why an anti-air sight for the arisaka 99 existed
So the ping sound was a bad idea on the Carcano because it alerted the enemy, but on the Garand it was epic and iconic???
On the Garand it also alerted the enemy. Its iconic because it was unique during that time
35m is wrong I it's not even a straight pull and the Hungarian 35m I think was considered a good and reliable rifle. I'm too lazy to elaborate further (But you get the point)
all this and no smle mk3... wild
The only reason I know about the Carcano is because of Attack on Titan
The Mosin Nagant is still reliable today. It's still in use in Ukraine.
Russians and Ukrainians used it alike for sniping. It's amazing how long this thing has seen active duty. It's a marvel of technology. Well not technology in the sense it's mind bending engineering but in the sense that a 200 year old rifle is still in use.
The en bloc ping thing is a myth. Soldiers with rifles with en blocs would be traveling in squads and a soldier could reload relatively quickly
Did the Ping alarm the enemy ?
@dataillusion No, the RUclips channel Forgotten Weapons has a good Q&A video on that exact subject.
You forgot Finland man!
only one polish rifle? there was a couple. The Kbsp wz.38M, for example.
Gonna make a part 2
8:22 unfortunately mosins arnt 200 dollars in America anymore
Only in russia, how much in America
@dataillusion 350-450 is a good deal, most go for 500-600. sometimes up to 800
Next video as every smg of ww2? 😅😮
Next video is a part 2 of this one
@dataillusionok. Thanks
For the amount of times you have criticized countries for designing a bolt-action, when ‘other’ countries were designing semi-autos, it should be noted that the US was literally the only country that was using a semi-auto as a standard infantry weapon
I think STG 44 deserves the title if for no other reason than the Soviet uses a full size rifle round
For me also the STG deserves the title
I object the stg 44 was not the world's first assault rifle
You completely forgot about SVT-40. semi-auto rifle, more than 1 mln units.
Gonna make a part 2 and include it
You missed American cousin of Pattern 14 Enfield aka Enfield M1917 that was main WW1 rifle of US Expeditionary Forces and second standard of US Forces before being phased out by M1 Garand and was sent to Allied Forces.
Thanks for mentioning it, I'll include it in the next video
I propose a film showing all the equipment used during World War II, country by country, German weapons of World War II, then American, Soviet, Polish, French and so on.
That would be a very long video, but we can make it in series
@dataillusionIt would be nice
Good luck finding a Mosin for $200
The claim that the M1 gave US troops more fire power has been disputed by other sources that claim that retaining a bolt action was a conscious choice by the German who instead equipped units with more other types of automatic fires, which could result in the Germans being able to wield actually more total fire power on targets despite their rifle type.
Administrative Results tested it, you couldn’t hear a ping in battle at over 20 meters.
It makes sense
mostly good video, but mosins go for at least $400, maybe $300 if your lucky. Also the recoil is very manageable because the weight of the rifle dampens it.
In ukraine you can find it for less than $200
😄the Poilus they called the Lebel M.le 1886 canne a peche
The ping sound is definitely a myth, as someone who fired one, you a barely, and I mean barely hear it. Most movies and games over emphasize the sound as it does sound cool, but like suppressors they are misunderstood and done wrong
I understand
@dataillusionand the Carcano doesn't make a ping sound at all.
7:15 Bullshit the 7.5 mm x 54mm round dates back to 1929. originally it was issued in 1924 as the mle 24 7.5mm x 57 but it was found that rifles chambered in that calibre could inadvertently chamber a 7.92 x 57 Mauser round with tragic results. So the idea that France was short of 7.5 ammo is ridiculous, 7.5 mm was used not only in the majority of French pre WW2 infantry weapons such as FM 24/29 LMG, Mas 36 rifles M 31 fortress Machine Guns -which was also the standard co-axial weapon in French armoured vehicles, even the re-armed WW1 FT tanks had the 7,5 mm machine gun as FT 31
Thanks for the corrections, and sharing more information
Well, just NOT! Carcano discharged the block clip loading the last round (just by gravity) so they were not unarmed at all.
at the contrary they could prepare the change in advance.
was the script made by AI?
No
@Laffytaffy-s8o Yes
No
@dataillusionwell then it's not very well researched, as about half of these tidbits are stereotypes that are at best right for the wrong reasons and at worst spreading misinformation.
I mean it's not bad but it's over simplified. Like a clip and magazine are not the same. Honestly really simple and I don't mind but inaccuracies should be perfected. Same for video 2
So when will the ww2 smg video be made?
It's not like Enfield N.4 was born in ww2 to give more firepower than semi auto. It was an upgrade of the SMLE mk.3. And it already had such reputation from ww1. So I belive the section in the video was a bit misleading.
But it was designed in ww2
@dataillusion That it was, but it was just an upgrade. You made it sound like it was a new idea of the british military.
@Peter22055Ok i understand your point, sorry for that
Wepons in old 🕑 times is strongest 💪.
You're right
@dataillusionThanks