Test Firing Dangerous Bob's Restored WW2 Artillery Gun
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- When you’re sick you call a doctor. When your car breaks down, you call a mechanic. When you want an artillery gun, you call Bob Bigando, or Dangerous Bob, as he’s more commonly referred to in the firearms community. Bigando is the one of the nation’s leading experts when it comes to big guns. He helps collectors find, buy, restore and fire large caliber weapons.
Video by Ben Philippi.
The people I admire most do not play sport's for a living or act in tv or movie's. They rebuild old into new, Turn forgotten into unforgettable and remind us of our past good and bad. Nice Thumbs up!
True that !
well said my man
100% IMO nothing feels better than fixing something that sat broken and unused for a while.. or even just fixing something broken… gain that knowledge and confidence
The sound of that brass ejecting is pure music.
Rock Island Auction Company ...that was a nice sound though, but back in the day it would have been followed by yelling Germans. 😂
I haven't had a proper brass ejection since 1986. Ahh happy memories.
Sounds so much better than blanks feels more complete blanks just go poof
Yeah! I love that sound too!
@@joeshmoe9978 More like laughing germans , behind their 88 mm guns...
19 years ago this man taught us how to bump fire. Hats off:)
Las Vegas.
@@neilwilson5785 Las vegas is a great city indeed!
IIRC, the 2-pounder (and it's 6-pounder brother) was a very effective weapon. Ultimately, tho, it was rendered obsolete as tank design progressed beyond its capabilities. That said, the 2-pounder remained very effective against most Japanese tanks encountered in the Burma / New Guinea / Borneo / Tarakan campaigns.
And Malaya Jan 1942 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment (Australia) destroyed six of the nine Japanese tanks during the Battle of Muar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muar
The QF 2-pdr was THE best anti-tank gun from the beginning of its service to 1941.
UBIQUE
I was wonderring where the dents in the brass came from until I saw the ejection process...great video thanks!
Great to see! My Grandfather fired these as an Anti-Tank Gunner with the Royal Australian Artillery in WW2.
My Grandfather was gun crew on these in the desert. He said that it was like firing a peashooter at German tanks.
@ph0b0s they "where" until the 17pdr which was better then the 8.8 cm flak
@ph0b0s even without it the solid apcbc flew faster and could punch through more steel, same with the soviet 122mm
@ph0b0s compared to the 122 yes to the 17pdr no, not at all, the 8.8cm flak was horribly outclassed, at longer ranges the 8.8cm KwK 43 L/71 (tiger 2s gun) was better but horribley unreliable
@ph0b0s holy shit 15km??? Dude mbt guns cant fire that far
@ph0b0s 15km is for aircraft, the ground target range was 8km, even then it struggles to pen the turret of a bt7
Thanks for uploading. This is the gun my grandfather was part of a crew for in WWII. He was in the South African army and fought at Tobruk where he was captured . He was part of the rear guard left to slow the Germans down as the rest of his unit and others escaped to fight again at El Alamein. Its good to see the gun in action even though the shots would likely have been fairly ineffective against the German armour.
Great comment. Thanks for sharing.
Great job Buddy...
What a beautiful piece of History 😎👍😁
What a great country the US of A is! Try firing this gun in Britain, Canada or Germany and I bet you wind up in prison!
Chuck Wagon depends on the state. You can't do this in all states. Also you can own guns in Canada. Hell you can buy ak47 more readily in Canada because the us banned any more imports from Russia.
Also you can own sports shotguns for trap and hunting in Britain and Germany just fine. Most of Scandinavian even Sweden permits high powered rifles. There's even a channel dedicated to long range sniper shooting in Scandinavian countries. It's better to know the facts than to just repeat 5hings because it makes you feel good.
@@quattro4468 AK-47s are prohibited in Canada mandatory 10-year sentence if you get caught with one I'm Canadian I know also all Centerfire rifles are restricted to five rounds all ar15s are restricted and can only be transported 2 government approved ranges to be fired our laws are f****** garbagarbage
I do love my country but there’s something majorly wrong with a nation that’s so obsessed with violence and has more mass shootings of innocents than any other developed nation on earth.
@@nebulousisgod i agree with you
My grandfather used that weapon in ww2 in north africa against the germans
MrPickledede he died ?
I’ve seen someone hit in the gut by a 120 mm recoil
I WANT ONE!!!
Me too..!!😆😆
Yeah as if someone didn't.
as a non gun person and a non historical person, this was pretty damn cool!
They used one of these to take out two Japanese light tanks in Hong Kong back in December 1941.
The 2 pounder was a brilliant little gun in its time…… glad to see there are still examples doing the do!!👍
One might call me a mad man, a pervert... But I want to see someone go hunt big game with this thing.
Look up the Victoria Cross citation for (ironically named) British 2nd Lieutenant George Ward Gunn, 3rd RHA. His unit, equipped in 1941 with Ordnance QF 2lb AT guns (this gun) mounted "portee" on the back beds of trucks, was attacked in great force by Afrika Korps armour at Sidi Rezegh during Operation Crusader in the western desert campaign. They fought the position till all the guns but one were knocked out and all the other crew except one Sergeant were either killed or out of action, at which point Lt. Ward Gunn and the Sergeant continued to operate the last serviceable 2 pdr and were able to put 40 rounds down range on target (under very heavy fire) during which they accounted for 2 attacking tanks knocked out before Lt. Ward Gunn was finally killed. He was awarded the VC posthumously.
Should have put the front stabilizer feet down :D
He stated to do that, you need to remove the wheels.
*1:51*
Put a shot shell in there and you have an awesome duck gun
So good to see a fella like you fixing up old guns and test firing them without all the vanity and testosterone of some on RUclips.
The development of the 2 pounder was delayed when the ammunition originally produced in advance (562,000 APHE shells between 1934 and 1937) failed to achieve the war Department's strict criteria that at 500 yards 70% of direct hits on a 90 degree 25mm. face Hardened Rolled Homogenous Armour Plate target should penetrate. In other words 7 out of 10 hits should punch through enough to detonate on the far side. In reality it achieved less than 30% in hundreds of test firings.
The 2 Pounder 40mm. APHE shell was a scaled down 47mm. 3 Pounder APHE shell, which was a lower velocity gun. This was a tool steel hollow projectile with a Hotchkiss Mark.IV. base mounted inertial impact triggered fuse. A similar arrangement was used with the serrated 2 Pounder HE shell.
I happen to have one of these unfired 1934 pattern APHE projectiles in my collection, complete with fuse. It appears to have been an instructional prop for training gunners pre-war.
During test firings it was found that the APHE shells either:
(A) had the base mounted fuse fall out in the barrel during acceleration and become a separate projectile whilst the "uncorked" now inert APHE shell spilt its Lydite filling (sometimes burning) as it flew up the range.
(B) the base mounted fuse fell out on impact with the target and the shell then acted like an AP shot. This led to later experiments of firing the projectile empty at targets.
(C) the shell dug partially in an detonated without penetration, bursting backwards away from the target plate.
(D) the shell detonated on impact just like an HE shell causing superficial damage to the target's surface.
Both the 1934 pattern APHE and HE shells contained 1.89 pounds of Lydite explosive granules.
It was also found that the APHE shell performed better without a filling or fuse. However the APHE shell still failed to meet the WD's criteria.
This is when the British Army abandoned APHE shells and converted to the better performing AP shot (1937).
Existing stocks of the useless 1934 pattern APHE shells were never issued for combat but were instead used up as inert target practice training ammunition on UK ranges from 1937 until 1960.
Maximum penetration for various 2 Pounder 40mm. shot and shells before and during WW2:
Versus Face Hardened Rolled homogenous Armour Plate @ 100 yards @ 90 degrees. Test target was a 25mm. plate and penetration taken from projected extrapolation method on judged successful penetrations of target plates over 100 hits.
APHE = 46mm.
APHE (no filling & no fuse) = 58mm.
AP/T (Tool Steel) = 62mm.
AP/T (Hadfield Steel) = 77mm.
APCBC/T = 84mm.
APCNRSV (Littlejohn Adapter with cast iron cored shimmed shot) = 103mm.
Although available until 1943 when stocks exhausted, the 2 Pounder HE shell was shunned by tank crews and only found use with AT guns for anti-infantry and soft targets.
Thank you. I like information like this, it fills the gaps.
I have a 90mm atg I need restored, already have the form 1 approved.
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British artillery was called either by the calibre in inches (2" mortar, 3" mortar, 4.2" mortar, 5.5" howitzer/field gun, 4.5" naval dual purpose gun, 3.7" anti aircraft gun, etc) or by a weight in imperial measurements (lbs - pounds) like the 2lb, 6lb, 17lb anti tank guns, the 25lb field gun, the 60lb howitzer, etc.
The 2lb was equal to a 40mm, the 6lb was equal to a 57mm and the 17lb was the equivalent to roughly a 75mm gun.
17pdr was equivalent to US 76mm.
Another quality blast shield by Dodge.
4:07 Haha! He looks at the hill, then at the cannon and then back at the hill as if the round went over and god-knows-where LOL
I finally found what I'm gonna use for home protection in this cannon !
I knew this was a british 2 pounder almost the second I saw it.. took a while or about 2 seconds to recall a game I havent played in hmm 11 or 12 years.
Forgotten Hope,, mod mod for a good game.
BF 1942. The original. That was superb and not to brag I found an old cd box like 2 years ago. Installed it and voila was online again original in aberdeen I think.. anyway Im not kidding in my first roud I was n1 of about 40 players
I STOLE A TIGER FROM A DUDE THAT THOUGHT I was going to bazooka his butt but I waited🎶🐶✅ anyway...FH mod is best shooter ever always an almost full 64 player server and sometimes a few on the side. I managed to get 22k 1d win after being ridiculous on the Panther.. sniping far away tanks and artillery my friend next to me didnt see when I told him where they were hahaha! ridiculously fun! GL hf!🍌
Hey dude I live in Az, I will sweep your floors, shine your boots, whatever the hell I can do to help just to be a fly on the wall and learn what I can.
Well done! Good job!l never seen British 2 pounds canon firing?!
How do u own an Artillerie piece or anti-tank cannon like this?
Real cool thanks for the video
president great gun still working deadly powerfull strong fantastic great alot of fun shooting there great excited everyshoot perfict "
Bob's secret spot to fire the gun without getting arrested.....
Dangerous Bob! I still have tinnitus from that 90mm , haha!
Great segment. Top Notch!
Thumb nail looked like a bigger John. ( hickok45’s son)
This man is a legend
Old but not obsolete...badass gun
Thank you Bob . There is a Trophy Cannon from the Spanish American war up at our Burial Ground . It is a 2 pounder . I have a lot to learn about the Gun , and know your 2 pounder is not the same as far as Ammo . 6 Mile range 1890 specs ? I can use your great Video as a step to learn more . And it is very entertaining !
Thanks for the sharing
Amazing! Did not even think anyone would have one! And this guy gets to fire his! What a clever platform design also 😀 K
Too good for its own good. What with having a desperate need to replace all the A/Tk guns lost in France 1940 (and doing that, rather than modernising), the Brits stuck with the 2-pdr for much longer than they should have. In its day, this little Swiss watch of a gun was world's best in the anti-tank class. And, no, the US M3 37mm gun introduced in 1940 wasn't better than this 40mm 2-pdr..
Awsome....that was a cool 5 mins & 30 seconds. More please.
Malaya Jan 1942 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment (Australia) destroyed six of the nine Japanese tanks during the Battle of Muar.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Muar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2/4th_Anti-Tank_Regiment_(Australia)
Battlefield 1
Merica Rocks !!
I am so jealous
He said "Pretty Darn Cool". I concur.
I love that little carriage. I've got a spare bofors 40mm barrel that I was of a mind to make a recoilless gun, but a 2 pounder like this would be quite fun...
I am a retired "Redleg" - used to Chief an M102 for the U.S. Army. Love Artillery! - As a hobby i play a World War 2 table top wargame, and i am just interested in this gun. Thank you for sharing your hard work. Love it!
Wow of all places.. from maybe Birmingham UK in 1940s...to texust
I have a 1963 catalog, offering 37mm Rheinmetal cannons for $400, with shells @ $5. Then came LBJ...
I want a canon too! Looks fun! Plus how cool is it to tow it through town?
6ft trigger pull. ..great fun
Great hobby you have there! I'm happy RUclips sent me here even though its 5 years late, how much would/did you sell the 2 pounder for?.
Awesome men I really liked
Excellent. Well done!
Thank you for posting.
This was a great design. The deployment method was very rapid, and it was pretty decent on early Axis Armour, and fine (like the American 37mm m3) for the duration of the war in the Pacific.
Coolest video I've seen in awhile... Thanks for sharing.
became obsolete I'm sorry that gun was basically obsolete when it was manufactured if we're talkin about German armor
This. Is. Epic. Need one in my life!
Excellent. This gun is in our regimental museum, few pieces also issued to units for display.
I know I gotta find some pretty secluded spots when I go plinking, but this guy? He fucks.
Amazing he could import that with any hassle from customs for not having a tax stamp. 60s were a magical time
P.s when you can barely move something you’re probably not going to get it up a trailer ramp 👍👊🏽😀
Please learn how to pull a lanyard. Twist your upper body don't pull if your arms. Also try soaking your of lanyard string in vinegar while all knotted up it will stiffen it up and take the spring out of it.
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His like don’t mind me neighbors just moving my cannon. Lol great video 👍
Bob Big-Gun-Do, is what I heard.
I don't understand this. You develop load data for guns that already have load data. These guns are 70 years old. Who needs or wants that info?
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It's almost like the gun sound from WoTB
Damn, I need one of those, FIT IN MY PURSE YOU, lol.
Found a PAK 40 recently in front of a firestation. I need to find out if it is property of the Legion. I hope not because I really want to buy it and restore it rather than letting it rust away.
In Hindi And = testicals, Bigando? Seriously!
This is the majestic hair dude in Ian of Forgotten Weapon's cannon firing videos
That is a 2 PDR QF anti-tank gun...not really an artillery piece
More so Anti Tank gun than 'artillery' ;))
I hate that people do not bother picking up their spent small round casings like from shotguns especially its the least you could do to keep the area some what clean
I always see this guy in videos of machine gun shoots but couldn't figure out who he was.
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2 pounders were very effective from what i remember
Wouldn’t it have been easier just to tow the weapon. It does have a towing hook.
Hun, I'm going out plinkin?
You Taking the 2?
OOh Yea!
*CARA ISSO FOI SIMPLESMENTE SENSACIONAL E SUPER EFICIENTE*
Ballistol for the win!!! Shit goes on everything...
Ill sub if you can fire atomic annie.might have to talk to lawton fort sill.
Murica ^^
Menos mal que el cordel no media 20 metros si no logra disparar corriendo jajajajak
Very nicely done you do good work..
Je veux le même! J'ai quelques mosquées à defoncer merci.
Mdr
Outstanding video.
Thanks for sharing.
That is "pretty darn cool". Thanks Bob.
Excellent. Love the low Tech
What kind of model? Very interesting.
Sell it?? Mate, never-ever do that!
The title is click bait, there is nothing dangerous here.