FAMAS In Ukraine

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • Since September 2023 there have been scattered sighting of French FAMAS F1 Valorise rifles in service with the Ukrainian armed forces. In this video we'll take a look at all available imagery of the rifles in theatre.
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  • @TheArmourersBench
    @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +16

    Thanks for watching! Don't forget to check out our accompanying article for this video here -
    armourersbench.com/2024/06/09/famas-in-ukraine/

    • @iatsd
      @iatsd 3 месяца назад +1

      It's not just the rifling that limits the use of round. The recoil delay system itself is designed for the lower powered steel cartridge. Using the higher power SS109 rounds poses an increased danger of failure over time.

  • @donttreadonmemes
    @donttreadonmemes 3 месяца назад +994

    Ukraines logistic situation has to be a nightmare.

    • @rklkify
      @rklkify 3 месяца назад +154

      maybe, probably isn't that bad for small arms and ammo. Vehicles and tanks are probably harder to maintain

    • @banger2998
      @banger2998 3 месяца назад +1

      Arguably one of the worst in modern military history they have to call Germany USA uk to get spare parts for a broken tank or artillery piece and instructions. Then they have to convince Vietnam the next day to sell them Soviet ammunition.

    • @ethansleepybear
      @ethansleepybear 3 месяца назад +104

      @@rklkify I was gonna say most of the guns they are getting meet the NATO standard for ammo/mag so different housing but same ammo largely. Obvi there's a lot of exceptions to this. Just generalizing

    • @pluemas
      @pluemas 3 месяца назад +44

      Maintenance in the field is taxing, to say the least, but most of the big jobs they just ship it back west and the countries that ruj them refit and repair them. Could be far worse.
      ​@@rklkify

    • @pluemas
      @pluemas 3 месяца назад +7

      ​@@MartinMcAvoy it is obvious you know nothing of the situation on the ground.

  • @thegael1996
    @thegael1996 3 месяца назад +667

    The variety of weapons used in this war is like a bloody Counter Strike game.

    • @quakethedoombringer
      @quakethedoombringer 3 месяца назад +30

      I am pretty sure except for the desert eagle (because of how rare it is), every firearm in this game has seen actual use in this war

    • @nickkennedy9034
      @nickkennedy9034 3 месяца назад +6

      @@quakethedoombringer I don't know if the Glock 18 has shown up yet either

    • @johnfrost1814
      @johnfrost1814 3 месяца назад +26

      ​@@nickkennedy9034 pretty much sure that GRU units use them

    • @G-Mastah-Fash
      @G-Mastah-Fash 3 месяца назад +22

      @@quakethedoombringer I can guarantee you some Ukranian commander is carrying one on his hip as I write this comment.

    • @BaconSlayer69
      @BaconSlayer69 3 месяца назад +1

      @@nickkennedy9034pistols are barely if not used in large conventional wars

  • @christiananderson1419
    @christiananderson1419 3 месяца назад +116

    So basically Ukraine has the same sort of arsenal as the Russian forces in the original MW2 at this point.

    • @razgriz1258
      @razgriz1258 3 месяца назад +19

      Kinda, just more AK-74s than AKMs...

    • @GaionSputro
      @GaionSputro 3 месяца назад +19

      Tar-21, PP90, F2000, and etc...
      So ridiculous back then when l see those game🤣

    • @worz4662
      @worz4662 3 месяца назад +3

      The FA-MAS was made in the 1973 so after that

    • @worz4662
      @worz4662 3 месяца назад

      @@Volvotryggve oupsy hahaha

    • @manueljesussanchezfuente8449
      @manueljesussanchezfuente8449 3 месяца назад +1

      No, now there are more diferent kinds of arms and ammunition…

  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 3 месяца назад +195

    Ian McCollum: *happy french noises*

  • @ianray8823
    @ianray8823 3 месяца назад +175

    If youre into JDM cars: IS THAT A SUPRA?!
    If you're into guns: IS THAT A FAMAS?!

    • @riclate2013
      @riclate2013 3 месяца назад +10

      Its more like is that an HK? A famas is more like seeing unicorn in civilian life

    • @uss_liberty_incident
      @uss_liberty_incident 3 месяца назад +3

      Oh Frankie McBaseball.
      I wonder if he ever got to hold an actual FAMAS.

    • @comethiburs2326
      @comethiburs2326 3 месяца назад

      @@riclate2013 yeah well, a Mk4 is a 45K car run, 11K sold in the us, a good chunk of the cars are gone... it looks great and is a lot more in looks than it really was a performer (as it was a GT after all...) honestly it fits.
      the famas is too "common" to say IS THAT A VENTURI? (actual exotic french sports car)

    • @thekinginyellow1744
      @thekinginyellow1744 3 месяца назад +1

      Is the Nissan Skyline no longer the archetype JDM car? I must be getting old.

  • @cutedogsgettingcuddles9862
    @cutedogsgettingcuddles9862 3 месяца назад +247

    (Ian McCullum heeds the call of the francophile, immediately books a trip to Ukraine) 🤣

    • @beelow84
      @beelow84 3 месяца назад +4

      Even if he could take a crate home, he's not going to a warzone, guy. he's a tad too, bourgeoisie, if you will.

    • @xc43t
      @xc43t 3 месяца назад +1

      @@beelow84 being an expert or a historian and occasionally playing soldier in a safe environment is one thing, having grenades dropped on you by a drone is completely different game. Not to mention, people who go to war usually believe in the cause and those are mostly dead by now in this conflict. Next wave of recruits are usually those who have no other choice or are forced to participate. Ian is not your regular (redneck) youth with no other prospects. Good for him.

    • @minerran
      @minerran 3 месяца назад +2

      and you dislike france for what reason? Your "francophile" sarcasm makes it obvious.

    • @AirForceJuan747
      @AirForceJuan747 3 месяца назад +16

      @@minerran Ian has described himself as a francophile on occasion.

    • @insultinsultan705
      @insultinsultan705 3 месяца назад

      ​@@minerranany reason under the sun is good enough reason to spit on frogs

  • @marcg1686
    @marcg1686 3 месяца назад +43

    I'm surprised to see some soldiers removing the bipod. I greatly appreciated having one when I transitioned from the FAL to the Galil.

    • @felinvirginia1
      @felinvirginia1 3 месяца назад +21

      The bipod of the F1 was realy good, but the one from the Revalorisé is dog shit, very fragile and less rigide than the first version

    • @marcg1686
      @marcg1686 3 месяца назад +5

      @@felinvirginia1 Thanks for the clarification.

    • @victor6814
      @victor6814 3 месяца назад +4

      The bipod can fall dawn after each shot. That’s why.

    • @marcg1686
      @marcg1686 3 месяца назад +2

      @@victor6814 That sucks.

    • @victor6814
      @victor6814 3 месяца назад +1

      Yep.

  • @mikeblair2594
    @mikeblair2594 3 месяца назад +14

    The French naval FAMAS does use stanag mags. they did use the steel cased ammo originally because of the high pressure curve you get with a lever delayed blowback. it also has a fluted chamber for that same reason. They've changed the barrel and worked out the issues so firing brass cased ammo is fine

    • @mrreziik
      @mrreziik 3 месяца назад +5

      The F1 showed in the video is an earlier model and does not accept Stanag mags, don't know if they could be easily converted tho

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад +2

      Yep French navy FAMAS are the G2: reconizable with the gard from the pistol handle and can use curved STANAG 30 shot magazines, also M16 type ...

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад +5

      @@mrreziik the FAMAS whe see here is a F1 "valorisé", with a new barell adapted to NATO 5.56, but compatible only with M16 type magazine, only the G2 can use curved Stanag magazines

  • @Vicarious_Heart
    @Vicarious_Heart 3 месяца назад +48

    As much as Ukrainian logistics must be a fucking nightmare, I honestly think that it's a very precious learning opportunity for NATO logistics. From the get-go, the entire goal behind standardized interchangeable equipment like STANAG magazines, picatinny rail systems, 5.56 and 7.62 calibers, etc. was to make logistics simpler, especially even when faced with different member countries' varied weapon designs.
    The Ukraine War is the true testing ground for NATO logistics that GWOT and joint military exercises could never be.

    • @rustyshacklferd1854
      @rustyshacklferd1854 3 месяца назад

      research the Coo that happened in Ukraine in 2014. The people of Eastern Ukraine voted to join Russia again and a few days after the vote passed a violent overthrow of the government and installation of a puppet leader prior to Zelinski happened. Then for almost 9 years they have been shelling the cities of Eastern Ukraine and have been killing civilians daily. Totalling almost 20,000 civilians in almost a decade. Putin had warned Western leaders for years to stop killing ethnic Russians there and encroaching on Russian territory but They Refused to abide by there own (Minsk accord) and Putin finally said enough is enough and started the Special Military Operation. You have been lied to by Corporate media your whole life.

    • @spartacus7646
      @spartacus7646 3 месяца назад

      NATO exercises, protocols and requirements are all compatible for ammunition, ordnance, magazines (STANAG) etc it's never been an issue and was proven decades ago. Ukraine is not NATO, hence it is no testing ground nor proof of concept. Afghanistan was.

  • @TeletubbiesRcute
    @TeletubbiesRcute 3 месяца назад +83

    If I recall correctly, when the FAMAS F1s went through the revalorisé process at Nexter Mechanics, they were re-barreled with 1/7" twist barrels made by Beretta

    • @BaconSlayer69
      @BaconSlayer69 3 месяца назад

      Those aren’t f1s and

    • @vonderdynamite4435
      @vonderdynamite4435 3 месяца назад +1

      Did you watch/hear the video?

    • @TeletubbiesRcute
      @TeletubbiesRcute 3 месяца назад +5

      @@BaconSlayer69 Re-read the part where I mention "valorisé"

    • @TeletubbiesRcute
      @TeletubbiesRcute 3 месяца назад +1

      @@vonderdynamite4435 Yes, why?

    • @BaconSlayer69
      @BaconSlayer69 3 месяца назад

      @@TeletubbiesRcute still the Famas rifles in the video aren’t f1s my point remains look at the upper receiver

  • @nilspochat8665
    @nilspochat8665 3 месяца назад +15

    he pronounced everything (mostly) right 🤩

  • @MayumiC-chan9377
    @MayumiC-chan9377 3 месяца назад +42

    i wouldn’t be surprised if we see the Howa Type-89 there but my country never sells it

    • @schweinehund3497
      @schweinehund3497 3 месяца назад +1

      you're not real

    • @nam430
      @nam430 3 месяца назад

      @@schweinehund3497indeed, we all know japanese people cant speak english because they can never do it properly in anime

    • @dannyzero692
      @dannyzero692 3 месяца назад +8

      I thought Japan doesn't sell weapons? So far all I've known is that Japan only sent helmets and other infantry equipment that isn't a firearm.

    • @MayumiC-chan9377
      @MayumiC-chan9377 3 месяца назад +14

      @@dannyzero692 I know i said it in Jest, My father served in the JGSDF from 1974-89 and utilized the Howa Type-64 my older brothers used the Type-89 during their time.

    • @Liam1991
      @Liam1991 3 месяца назад +7

      It would be interesting to see Japanese weapons being field tested in live combat. Especially the Japanese military is in the middle of replacing their rifles

  • @s.k.6616
    @s.k.6616 3 месяца назад +7

    I am a bullpup fan. Former Army Infantry , I totally get the reason why they serve their purpose. Everything in life is a compromise, but in mount and vehicles the modern bullpup rules.

    • @christopherneufelt8971
      @christopherneufelt8971 3 месяца назад

      In the field, what rules, is how much maintenance the equipment requires,. Having said that, in the current theater, 6 months are rain, and the ground is sandy and muddy, which very quickly can demote the capabilities of the equipment mentioned in this presentation. It would be prefereable something like HK for this situation, or better, peace.

    • @s.k.6616
      @s.k.6616 3 месяца назад +1

      @@christopherneufelt8971 Then a short stroke or long stroke piston.

    • @christopherneufelt8971
      @christopherneufelt8971 3 месяца назад

      @@s.k.6616 Or free netflix, amazon, disney channel so that suddenly all war parties stop to fight. Oh, I forgot: free only fans for the warzone.

    • @olddog-fv2ox
      @olddog-fv2ox 3 месяца назад

      The bullpup brings the centre of gravity closer to the shoulder making it easier to hold accurately

  • @eboomer
    @eboomer 3 месяца назад +11

    I imagine they also have a SOCOM, PSG-1, Nikita, and... A HIND D?!...

    • @wh8787
      @wh8787 3 месяца назад +2

      What's a Russian gunship doing here?!

    • @nielsmichiels1939
      @nielsmichiels1939 3 месяца назад

      @@wh8787
      It just downed two F16's!

    • @eboomer
      @eboomer 3 месяца назад +1

      @@wh8787 I have no idea... but it looks like our little diversion got their attention.

    • @TheGelatinousSnake
      @TheGelatinousSnake 3 месяца назад

      😎

    • @phillipmartinez9232
      @phillipmartinez9232 3 месяца назад +1

      Nice, that's what I think about every time I see a famas or socom since 1998 when I was 8. And a stinger for that matter. 1 of best video games ever.

  • @TheKsalad
    @TheKsalad 3 месяца назад +10

    Man what the hell was France thinking with those proprietary magazines they're literally right smack in the middle of NATO countries

    • @jarink1
      @jarink1 3 месяца назад +2

      The French copy no one and no one copies the French

    • @chasespeer251
      @chasespeer251 3 месяца назад +2

      Every since the end of the war France has had a stick up their backside about all things military. As far as I am aware, they went with those proprietary mags out of stubbornest as the most obvious solution would be to use the same mag as the rest of NATO

    • @billm2078
      @billm2078 3 месяца назад

      The French are stupid when it comes to weapons design.

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад +7

      The FAMAS was designed for M193, BEFORE the adoption from the definitive Nato SS109 ammo, this is the real cause from this probleme, but the older Famas with proprietary magazines and steel cases are scraped or improved (new barell and magazine attachment) to be compatible with M16 type magazines (Famas valorisé, Felin or surbaissé) or Stanag curved magazines (Famas G2)

    • @chemcom276
      @chemcom276 3 месяца назад +10

      We use Famas since the 70’s, when Germans used G3, Italians the BM59, Brits the FAL…. Nobody used stanag mags in EU 50 years ago, because there were probably NO stanag mags during this period.

  • @donwyoming1936
    @donwyoming1936 3 месяца назад +23

    They'll probably end up armory oddities like the M14s & FALs due to the lack of magazines.

    • @lilfattcatt7758
      @lilfattcatt7758 3 месяца назад +3

      Really sucks that the FAL and M14 are oddities rn they’d both make killer DMRs
      Shit the FAL can shoot some rifle grenades too I believe

    • @thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361
      @thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361 3 месяца назад +1

      Stanag work on Famas

    • @felinvirginia1
      @felinvirginia1 3 месяца назад +2

      FAL are largely used in Ukraine since they are still made by FN. A shit load of them have already been sent with good reputation

    • @wh8787
      @wh8787 3 месяца назад +2

      They've had M14s for a while. I forget why.

    • @AndrewAnderson-vb4pp
      @AndrewAnderson-vb4pp 3 месяца назад +2

      The already have m14 and fal

  • @gureno19
    @gureno19 3 месяца назад +3

    Ukraine war is the only one that comes close to a COD game in which every single conceivable small arm from every nation is being fielded simultaneously 😂

  • @WanderlustZero
    @WanderlustZero 3 месяца назад +4

    Ditching these in favour of HK416 was a crime

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад +1

      The Best FAMAS was the G2, i did use it in the frnech Navy and realy like it, but objectively, for me, the best bullpup on the market today is the Thales F90 MBR, a evolution from the Steyr AUG who appears ~in same time as the FAMAS in the 70's...The F90 was adopted from the Australian army after the previous version F88

    • @WanderlustZero
      @WanderlustZero 3 месяца назад +3

      @@leneanderthalien People say the reason for losing the FAMAS was the loss of production capacity, but if Thales can build a perfectly good rifle, I don't understand / The Russo-Ukraine war shows the necessity of being able to build for yourself when you can't rely on imports.

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj 2 месяца назад

      @@WanderlustZero Globalists are trying to defeat us from within. The US has lost most of our chemical plants due to the EPA so most of our ammo primers and gunpowder actually comes from South America.

  • @RecipeForDeath
    @RecipeForDeath 3 месяца назад +31

    Babe wake up, new Armourer's bench

  • @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88
    @Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88 3 месяца назад +5

    Ukraine will be giving just about every western arms manufacturer a report card at the end of the year.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      The quote like the CZ Bren from what I’ve seen.

  • @СтёпаЭлектрик
    @СтёпаЭлектрик 3 месяца назад +1

    Винтовка безусловно хорошая, НО, американские винтовки на базе AR-15 и Российские АК, а также аналоги Американских М4 и АК-а - оказались более надёжными. Ну и бельгийские FN FAL тоже оказались хорошими.

  • @1111Tactical
    @1111Tactical 3 месяца назад +7

    4:03 The trigger is so bad you can visually see the shooter struggling with it.

    • @felinvirginia1
      @felinvirginia1 3 месяца назад +1

      Bullpup guns always have weird triggers but not sure looking at how he is shooting that he is a very experienced shooter

    • @1111Tactical
      @1111Tactical 3 месяца назад

      @@felinvirginia1 The Famas is particular bad among bullpups

  • @MadDogCommunity
    @MadDogCommunity 3 месяца назад +4

    famas and fnc squad is peak sovl

  • @3DSlav
    @3DSlav 3 месяца назад +2

    About time we see the Famas.

  • @blacknote6945
    @blacknote6945 3 месяца назад +11

    Gun Jesus looking at it: *weeps a tear*

  • @krow7402
    @krow7402 3 месяца назад +1

    As an American, I would like a FAMAS. Are we not a friendly nation? Is our Government OF the people? The people demand FAMAS.

    • @mmmmburgerz9442
      @mmmmburgerz9442 3 месяца назад +2

      You have your law makers to blame for that one, especially this administration. There’s maybe 400 FAMAS’s in the US and they call for a hefty price when found. After playing Ghost Recon and FEAR games as a kid, I always wanted the FAMAS or HK SL8. Hell, I’d quit my job and become a arms dealer to obtain a G11 or any rare gun.

    • @krow7402
      @krow7402 3 месяца назад +1

      @@mmmmburgerz9442 Man, if you could get a G11, you could quit your job and just live on what you could make selling it. I first learned about the G11 from Delta Force 2 way back in 2004-ish. My love of the FAMAS comes from Metal Gear Solid.

    • @chemcom276
      @chemcom276 3 месяца назад +1

      I don’t know how to explain this simply, but we signed a threat, Non proliferation armes petit calibre, we don’t sell weapons to civilians, only state to state. That’s stupid indeed, we could sell a bunch of old Famas to US, instead of destroying them.

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      Blame American importation laws.

  • @EzraeL91
    @EzraeL91 3 месяца назад +1

    I was wondering a similar question: has Italy offered AR70/90 to Ukraine since it has recently adopted the ARX160?

  • @Max_Da_G
    @Max_Da_G 3 месяца назад

    It IS possible to adapt FAMAS to use STANAG, if memory serves. FAMAS G2 is one such rifle which French navy uses. Wonder if anyone in Ukrainian industry bothered to look into it.

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +1

      For 1,000 rifles, probably not. Thanks for watching!

  • @leneanderthalien
    @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад

    Ukrainians also use they own bullpup the Malyuk (in 5,45 soviet, 7,92 soviet and 5.56 Nato), based on the AK74 mechanism, first models was not realy optimised (bad selector positon for example), but the most advanced version is now realy good and is use by the Ukrainian special forces...

  • @sergiom9958
    @sergiom9958 3 месяца назад +1

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @fireflyredux3373
    @fireflyredux3373 3 месяца назад +1

    Screw the FAMAS, that FN FNC is a beauty

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +2

      I know! I need to do a video on them. MSBS Grot first though, the MSBS mob will kill me otherwise.

    • @DaveSmith-cp5kj
      @DaveSmith-cp5kj 2 месяца назад

      @@TheArmourersBench MSBS master race. The Desert Tech MDR is better but before that was out, I really liked the MSBS as it really pulled the design from Magpul's PDW which never got a firearm release due to issues with Bushmaster.

  • @THF117
    @THF117 3 месяца назад

    The fact some guys can choose their rifle from their armory seems like a big logistical oversight, but you fight with what you got I guess

  • @TheInfekt
    @TheInfekt 3 месяца назад +4

    Do you know if the VHS2 is currently being used in Ukraine as well?

  • @justinbellio2285
    @justinbellio2285 3 месяца назад

    That Famas was not being tested by the "armed forces", it was being tested by the "Arm" forces

  • @akramouru3443
    @akramouru3443 3 месяца назад +1

    Hey thanks for the video. Do you have the name of the channel that showcased the FAMAS with the acog?

  • @killzoneisa
    @killzoneisa 3 месяца назад

    I think i like the early gen model look over the later gen models,

  • @stevenseibel9216
    @stevenseibel9216 3 месяца назад

    i love that particular one with its massive optic futuristic as fuck

  • @JC.Denton.
    @JC.Denton. 3 месяца назад +17

    An absolute great firearm that has proven its worth in many battles and was ahead of its time back then. Unfortunately internal politics, the frenchs aversion to NATO and their inability to adapt has lead to its demise and subsequent replacement. Had the french a bit of foresight and updated the rifle to NATO standard (30rnd STANAG, brass cartridges, picantinny rails etc. ) it would still be around. They should have done what the croatians did with the HS VHS2, which ironically was developed as a replacement for all the Famas types. Truly a shame, especially now where gun design has stangnated and every nation just adopts soje form of M4 clone. I hope the ukrainians that use the Famas can atleast get some use out of it.

    • @biggie10101
      @biggie10101 3 месяца назад +3

      Hk416 > baguettemas

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 3 месяца назад

      What's worse, is that they did have the G2 version that made it more NATO compatible but, aside from the French Marines, it didn't achieve widespread service. And putting flutes on the chamber was apparently an easy fix for the ammo problem but for some reason it was never implemented.

    • @Dov4485
      @Dov4485 3 месяца назад

      @@kutter_ttl6786 The reason why is pretty well known. The reason is the guns are nearly 50 years old and the company that made them ceased to exist 20 years ago.

    • @kaamoshaamu
      @kaamoshaamu 3 месяца назад

      Famas is total shitshow. That's why they transferred to 416.

    • @yenko5196
      @yenko5196 3 месяца назад +3

      @@kaamoshaamu Hmmm no, they’re changing to the HK because the FAMAS has been at the end of its lifespan for like 10 years…

  • @frankopanklaric
    @frankopanklaric 3 месяца назад +1

    So holosun's are good to go. Nice to know.

  • @MrRedeyedJedi
    @MrRedeyedJedi 3 месяца назад

    Now they just need steady aim pro and to unlock the m203

  • @impcec6734
    @impcec6734 3 месяца назад +1

    Ian McCollum has entered that chat

  • @AndyWoohoo666
    @AndyWoohoo666 3 месяца назад +7

    Le Clairon, had it for 5 yrs when I served in the Legion...love that gun.
    Edit: I know it's not called Le Clairon in the legion just saying it's nickname.

    • @alexandrelarsac9115
      @alexandrelarsac9115 3 месяца назад +1

      Nobody calls it le Clarion in the legion. You're full or it. "Clarion" is not even a French word. A real légionnaire would know it.

    • @AndyWoohoo666
      @AndyWoohoo666 3 месяца назад

      @@alexandrelarsac9115
      I did not say it was called that in the legion. It was nicknamed that before I got in the legion.
      1REC 3esc 88-93 mle 176-0XX

    • @LuluBear974
      @LuluBear974 3 месяца назад

      ​@@alexandrelarsac9115Hello troll! I'm french. CLAIRON is a French word. Of course is you Google it well spelled... not CLARION! What a troll you are in all ways possible!

  • @tehw000000t
    @tehw000000t 15 дней назад

    I love the FAMAS. It's just cool.

  • @Scout339th
    @Scout339th 3 месяца назад

    5:44 Do you know where you can get more info about that gray radio box with two antennas sticking out of it? I know that it's used for drone detection, but I don't know how it works, or how it informs troops of nearby drones and I'm quite curious.

  • @samiabdul9949
    @samiabdul9949 3 месяца назад

    Interesting fact - firearms account for just 5% of casualties, with the majority resulting from shells and glide bombs. Don't think FAMAS do much in favour of Ukraine

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      That’s literally every war ever. Still need rifles.

  • @farhanhashmi2705
    @farhanhashmi2705 3 месяца назад

    I'm starting to believe that this influx of so many different kinds of weapons, along with this conflict, will create a gun culture in Ukraine similar to that in the US.

  • @saltykrug
    @saltykrug 3 месяца назад

    You would think there has to be some simple way to modify the gun to use regular ole STANAG mags so that way the proprietary ones would not be such a pain in the ass. The Croatian VHS-2 ought to be obtainable in that area. I have the civvy version of the VHS, the Springfield Hellion and I love that gun. The trigger isn't near as bad as other bullpup rifles.

    • @pluemas
      @pluemas 3 месяца назад +2

      There is. Theres a modification package to the FAMAS called the G2 that gives is a lower that takes STANAG magazines. They are, for french reason, quite rare.

    • @lougrims
      @lougrims 3 месяца назад

      The French Navy had a kit for that but IIRC it was quite rare.

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 месяца назад

      @@lougrims The FAMAS G2 from the french Navy is not a kit but a specific version...Other versions still in service are F1 valorisés or similar, compatible to M16 magazines and Nato 5.56, older versions F1's are scrapped ...

  • @speclove1
    @speclove1 3 месяца назад

    looks like we are all friends now

  • @zorgius
    @zorgius 3 месяца назад

    I didn't know FAMAS was French, cool!

  • @CDNR711
    @CDNR711 3 месяца назад

    If they get the navel version which uses AR mags as it was a compatibility request/requirement laid out by the Naval Commandos.

  • @sgtjarhead99
    @sgtjarhead99 3 месяца назад

    Doesn't surprise me that many nations upgrading to new weapons systems would be "gifting" it's old armament to Ukraine and similar countries that they want to build good will with. With Ukraine however, they seem to have a zillion different small arms of all eras and calibers right now. I'm sure they're happy to have whatever they can get their hands on, but I can't imagine how much of a logistical nightmare that must be in regards to ammunition, spare parts, etc..

  • @michaelguerin56
    @michaelguerin56 3 месяца назад

    Thank you.

  • @Liam1991
    @Liam1991 3 месяца назад

    I would be interested to know how the Ukrainian military decides decides which regiments are distributed with foreign weapons. I would also be interested to know which rifle the majority of the soldiers prefer to use. I've just recently come across a Ukrainian RUclipsr. He seems to have access to all kinds of weapons. On his latest rifle video, he claims the SCAR-L is the best rifle so far. He prefers this rifle over the AK-74, Bren 2, and Daniel Defence. I'm quite surprised considering the The SCAR-L's reputation is not very well received

  • @gunner678
    @gunner678 3 месяца назад +2

    Good rifle

  • @WhoThisMonkey
    @WhoThisMonkey 3 месяца назад

    25 round magazine, on a rifle that fires 3 round bursts... this really bothers me, I guess it's better than having one round left in the magazine though.

    • @druisteen
      @druisteen 3 месяца назад

      Semi- Full Auto and Burst ... it's in most video game it fire burst only ..

  • @dadinkle
    @dadinkle 3 месяца назад

    Engagement. Comments, likes.

  • @masterbaiter9856
    @masterbaiter9856 3 месяца назад

    NATO: alright lets standardize.
    France: Yes, on OUR magazine.

    • @petesheppard1709
      @petesheppard1709 3 месяца назад

      'The French imitate no one*, and no one imitates the French'
      *Well, until 2016...

    • @chemcom276
      @chemcom276 3 месяца назад

      Maybe because we use this mag since 50 years now, before the stanag on 5.56 mags

  • @FrauFitzer
    @FrauFitzer 3 месяца назад

    I am a member of 128th brigade and I do confirm that we have a few Famases. But only a few.

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for sharing that! I've no idea how Ukrainian logistics decides where things go. They do seem to have been spread round in small numbers.

    • @FrauFitzer
      @FrauFitzer 3 месяца назад +1

      @@TheArmourersBench we just use what we we’re issued with. Some of us would rather choose to get a brand new ak, mainly because of ammunition

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад

      @@FrauFitzer absolutely makes sense, ammunition is key. Helps the AK is a familiar platform too.

    • @FrauFitzer
      @FrauFitzer 3 месяца назад

      @@TheArmourersBench in addition, when I mentioned a “brand new ak” - it’s never a Russian ak-12.
      I tried it, it performs well but as soon as you leave without cleaning after shooting, it gets rusty immediately. Much worse than soviet ak or any AR-15 I tried. Almost nobody talks about that, but the quality of metal in Russian ak-s are absolute crap.

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +1

      @@FrauFitzer that's really useful info, I'd heard that the AK-12s had rust issues with the gas system being hard to clean too. I'd like to do a video on AK-12 use in Ukraine.

  • @JonathanCabanlit
    @JonathanCabanlit 3 месяца назад +1

    Good

  • @ptonpc
    @ptonpc 3 месяца назад +1

    I wonder what the burn out rate for Ukrainian logistic and supply personnel is?

    • @Demane69
      @Demane69 3 месяца назад

      The ones profiteering by selling massive amounts of equipment off likely love it and stick around. It's pure corruption over there.

  • @Raul-ns5up
    @Raul-ns5up 3 месяца назад +1

    Another Cold War classic ❤

  • @TheEarl777
    @TheEarl777 3 месяца назад

    Maybe some of the hundreds of French military advisors in Ukraine brought them in ?

  • @leeorr9071
    @leeorr9071 3 месяца назад

    They jam all the time

  • @doodskie999
    @doodskie999 3 месяца назад +1

    Imagine, after this war, there will be a lot of Ukrainian gun RUclipsrs that will pop up. And you can count on the feedback being legit as they have used it during the war.

  • @Verklunkenzwiebel
    @Verklunkenzwiebel 3 месяца назад

    Most probably evaluating canditate guns

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад +1

      I don't think the FAMAS is in the running for anything.

  • @youngdenard264
    @youngdenard264 3 месяца назад

    The only Bullpup rifle who did the Bush war and now Ukraine,what a legend!

  • @TMFShooting
    @TMFShooting 3 месяца назад

    Another Great Video ' 💯💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @azypk
    @azypk 3 месяца назад

    They should sell it abroad in Europe

  • @娄底警察
    @娄底警察 3 месяца назад

    This version of the famas looks much better the one with the huge handlebar looks terrible

  • @Adam-jt3fk
    @Adam-jt3fk 3 месяца назад

    wonder what rifle the french trained and equiped battalion will recieve

  • @fireemblemistrash75
    @fireemblemistrash75 3 месяца назад

    The rarest modern military rifle Ive seen, and it somehow made it to ukraine…
    Ukraine is the fortnite of wars officially

  • @aethertech
    @aethertech 3 месяца назад +1

    It will be interesting to see what Ukraine standardizes on after Russia is kicked in the balls and out of all of Ukraine. The FAMAS is probably to expensive overall to be their standard issue post-war. BUT it is a good firearm in some situations, such as driver pdw for vehicles, or rear-line guard duty.

    • @peabase
      @peabase 3 месяца назад

      The FAL, a full-blown battle rifle, good as a PDW? I served in the mechanised infantry, and it was a pain getting in and out of IFVs with that big lug. You must mean the FAMAS. Not exactly a PDW either, but a big improvement over the FAL.

    • @aethertech
      @aethertech 3 месяца назад

      @@peabase yes, sorry, FAMAS

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      Probably a either a homegrown design or a something licensed form the Czechs or Poles due to their close relationships with them. Almost certainly in 5.56 and taking stanags.

  • @nebraskanheathen2226
    @nebraskanheathen2226 3 месяца назад

    The famas is just not a good rifle but it's better than any m16 type variant.

  • @zefini7397
    @zefini7397 3 месяца назад

    Cai o rei de ouro, cai o rei de espada, cai, não sobra nada.

  • @28ebdh3udnav
    @28ebdh3udnav 3 месяца назад

    Wouldn't it have been better to just make copies of the Ak 74Ms with some sort of scopes and just make AK 74 ammo?

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      No. We make far more 5.56 then 5.45

    • @28ebdh3udnav
      @28ebdh3udnav 3 месяца назад

      @@baneofbanes there's dozens of gun manufacturers making Ak 74s for the civilian market. It would have been great to just order about 45k and ship it to them

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      @@28ebdh3udnav no there really isn’t. It’s not even a dozen. And those companies are already making guns for Ukraine.

  • @RynaxAlien
    @RynaxAlien 3 месяца назад

    Can it pierce vatnik standart issue airsoft armor?

  • @spartacus7646
    @spartacus7646 3 месяца назад

    Larping with a red-dot or acog 6 inches above your bore axis I'm sure these guys aren't hitting anything.

  • @jibcano1777
    @jibcano1777 3 месяца назад

    @1:26 pot leaf patch?

  • @jern_huang
    @jern_huang 3 месяца назад

    Oh, I thought it was the Croatian VHS.

    • @LuluBear974
      @LuluBear974 3 месяца назад

      VHS was created from the famas... VHS-2 was tested by the French army and passed as a replacement... what didn't pass was the minimum "company (HS Produkt) sales revenue"... too bad.

  • @christopherwang4392
    @christopherwang4392 3 месяца назад

    5:24 to 5:50 Is there any evidence of Ukrainian soldiers using the FAMAS G2? Unlike the F1, the G2 has a redesigned magwell and magazine catch so it could accept 30-round STANAG magazines.

    • @TheArmourersBench
      @TheArmourersBench  3 месяца назад

      No evidence of G2s being in country at the moment, just the partially refit F1 Valorise so far.

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 3 месяца назад +3

    Famas was made in response to the AR15 only for it to be replaced by an AR15 variant.

    • @yenko5196
      @yenko5196 3 месяца назад +2

      “Famas was made in response to the AR15 ” Hmmm no, not at all, what makes you think that?

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@yenko5196 It's a 5.56x45mm rifle. There was a specific demand for a rifle in that cartridge to match the performance of the AR15/M16.
      The development of a 5.56x45mm FAMAS was begun in 1967, three years before the new NATO standard SS109 variant of 5.56x45mm which required a 1:9-inch twist rate, the FAMAS had a 1:12-inch twist rate, completely incompatible with the new NATO standard so it wasn't just France conforming to a new NATO standard.
      They didn't just want a NATO standard cartridge, they wanted the rifle used by the Americans, they wanted the 55-grain variant of the 5.56x45mm round.
      A HK33 rifle (in 5.56x45mm) was adopted in the interim there was such a demand for a rifle similar to the AR15 but not the AR15. Then also the Manhurin produced SIG SG 540.

    • @CROM-on1bz
      @CROM-on1bz 3 месяца назад +3

      The Famas was adopted by the French army to replace the FSA 49/56 (semi-automatic rifle) as well as the MAT49 (a submachine gun quite similar to the grease gun it was good weapons but obsolete and as at the time existed compulsory conscription in France required hundreds of thousands, which would have been prohibitively expensive if so many weapons had to be purchased abroad.
      NB The N are the year of commissioning (49= 1949)

    • @Treblaine
      @Treblaine 3 месяца назад +2

      ​@@CROM-on1bz Yes, but why adopt a 5.56mm rifle?
      Why not adopt a 7.62 NATO rifle?
      Particularly, why adopt a 5.56mm rifle with a 1:12-inch twist rate, the new NATO standard was a 5.56mm round which required at least a 1:9-inch twist rate and a 1:7 twist rate for the tracer-variant. They clearly weren't just following a NATO standard.
      The M16 the Americans used at the time, that used an ammunition that only needed a 1:12-inch twist rate. Same as the FAMAS.
      They were quite explicit in wanting a rifle like the AR15/M16 or better, not like the AK rifle, not like the FN FAL, not like anything else.

    • @LuluBear974
      @LuluBear974 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@TreblaineGuys Treblaine is a TROLL! Let IT be!

  • @keithcook3908
    @keithcook3908 3 месяца назад

    Question is it any good 😅

  • @thefunksbeats
    @thefunksbeats 3 месяца назад

    The Ukrainian front line might be the cheapest place to find a famas on the market... it only cost a chunk of your soul and maybe some serious ptsd if you survive that is ... But still cheaper than the Internet prices

  • @fredericdelmedico5251
    @fredericdelmedico5251 3 месяца назад

    a la hanche a djibouti 200 m dans la cible sans entrainement !!! juste faire attention a l'ejection sur le bras tireur hahaha

  • @fallskjermjeger.
    @fallskjermjeger. 3 месяца назад

    Bring them here

  • @AussieStandsWithRussia
    @AussieStandsWithRussia 3 месяца назад

    Don't fall over new guy

  • @johtor2358
    @johtor2358 3 месяца назад

    Even a Mosin Nagant is better than nothing.

  • @hyperbeast5717
    @hyperbeast5717 3 месяца назад

    What gloves are being worn in 4:34 ?

  • @slezyorla
    @slezyorla 3 месяца назад

    im just wondering why he looks like a pirate

  • @kevinstrade2752
    @kevinstrade2752 3 месяца назад +1

    Pretty useless against unremitting missile, artillery and drone attacks...

    • @baneofbanes
      @baneofbanes 3 месяца назад

      Doesn’t make it useless in all scenarios.

  • @superwout
    @superwout 3 месяца назад +1

    Vive La France!

  • @Aaryq
    @Aaryq 3 месяца назад

    Is that a famas?

  • @Lucas-qk8lc
    @Lucas-qk8lc 3 месяца назад

    The 3 round burst is a joke

  • @tristanfall2682
    @tristanfall2682 3 месяца назад

    I used Famas during my military service.
    The maintenance is complicated. I wonder how it reacts in the trenches.

  • @Mrgunsngear
    @Mrgunsngear 3 месяца назад

    🇺🇸

  • @uipph5892
    @uipph5892 3 месяца назад +1

    MSBS video? 😑

  • @CROM-on1bz
    @CROM-on1bz 3 месяца назад

    Having used the FRF2 and the FRF1, I found the F1 more precise, capable of removing a fly's anus at more than 800m.

  • @koa818
    @koa818 Месяц назад

    Polica 74 N.A 👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯×3 TNLA AA MNDAA 👍💪💪💪

  • @alan-sk7ky
    @alan-sk7ky 3 месяца назад

    Bugle will rise again..