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"Indonesian Semiauto Imports - FNC BM59 PM12"
YouTube Link 2024-01-26T17:00Z 3.2M followers, 756.9K engagements
"Japanese National Police Revolvers: S&W 37-2 and 360J The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-19T13:10Z 3.2M followers, 2.1M engagements
"Why Drum Magazines are a Bad Idea http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I often see questions form people asking why drum magazines are not more widely used - the BAR and the MP40/I in particular. People often view the box vs drum magazine question simply in terms of capacity - where the drum is obviously superior. However there are several other elements to the question and drums don't fare so well with most of them. Drum magazines are heavier more expensive to make and"
YouTube Link 2020-01-09T12:09Z 3.2M followers, 3.9M engagements
"Shooting the FG42: The Hype is Real http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The hype Yeah it's real. The FG42 is the nicest full-auto full-power rifle I have yet fired. This is a recut of a previous video that YouTube decided to squash. fg42 fg-42 shooting firing first model second model ww2 world war forgotten weapons mccollum fallschirmjager fallschirmjaeger gewehr history machine gun full auto original fg42 fg42 fg-42 shooting firing first model second model ww2 world war forgotten weapons mccollum fallschirmjager"
YouTube Link 2018-12-03T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 4.3M engagements
"Russian [----] Nagant Revolver One of the mechanically interesting guns that is really widely available in the US for a great price (or was until very recently it seems) is the Russian M1895 Nagant revolver. It was adopted by the Imperial Russian government in [----] (replacing the Smith & Wesson No.3 as service revolver) and would serve all the way through World War II in the hands of the Red Army. As with its other standard-issue arms the Russian government intended to manufacture the M1895 revolvers domestically. However when the Nagant was officially adopted the major Russian arsenals were"
YouTube Link 2013-05-20T14:02Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Ultima Ratio: RAID and the Founding of PGM Precision Thanks to Creedmoor Sports for sponsoring this video and providing a couple of fine shooting mats to experiment with. Check them out for all your long range competition needs The Ultima Ratio was the rifle that created PGM Precision as a company. It originated with a tender for a new sniper rifle by RAID (Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion) a French Police intervention unit formed in [----]. They initially used Steyr SSG-69 rifles but wanted something better. Six companies entered rifles for consideration in 1989/1990 and the two"
YouTube Link 2023-06-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 157.5K engagements
"New Springfield Echelon: Croatia's Chassis System Pistol https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Springfield Echelon pistol was released today and it's a significant step forward for Croatian manufacturer HS Produkt. In an effort to appeal to new military and police tenders as well as introduce a forward-looking new design the company has brought out a pistol based on a serialized chassis like that of the SIG P365 and P320. HS Produkt"
YouTube Link 2023-07-12T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 240.8K engagements
"USAS-12 Combat Shotgun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The USAS-12 is one of the few fully-automatic shotgun to actually be put into mass production aside from Russian 12ga AK conversions. It was designed in the late 1980s based on the work of Max Atchisson and manufactured by the Daewoo conglomerate in South Korea. About [-----] were made in all mostly sold in Asia for police and military use. Importation of semiautomatic examples into the US was hindered by the Treasury Department determining them to have no sporting purpose and thus to be legally classified as Destructive Devices"
YouTube Link 2015-12-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 779.5K engagements
"You Can Copy Anything: Chinese Bolt Action M1 Carbine #forgottenweapons #chinese #mystery #copy #clone #m1carbine #30carbine #wauser How to pronounce "carbine": https://youtu.be/Vg2fSD2Vl58 history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-06T12:45Z 3.2M followers, 3.2M engagements
""Fat Mac" - SSK Industries' .950 JDJ Rifle #forgottenweapons #rifle #950jdj #jdjones #huge #elephantrifle #fatmax #sskindustries history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-07T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"All the Blammo: HK51 at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Just how concussive is the HK51 And how hard is it to control Let's find out history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly hk51 mc51 h&k heckler kock range mag dump [---] [---] [----] nato concussion recoil muzzle blast sas sbs special forces attention getter machine gun class [--] transferrable sear pack g3 hk91 Fleming bill Fleming history development mccollum forgotten weapons design"
YouTube Link 2021-10-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 653.3K engagements
"Costa Rican Breda PG: The First Burst-Fire Rifle The Breda PG ("Presa Gas" - Gas Operated) was developed by Sestilio Fiorini in [----] and put into production at Breda's factory in Rome. It was offered as a weapon for commercial sale and export as well as being one of the several entrants in Italy's semiautomatic rifle trials in the late 1930s. Unlike most of the other competitors in that trial the Breda PG did actually find a commercial buyer (albeit a small one). The government of Costa Rica purchased [---] PG rifles. These were designated Moschetto Automatico as they were equipped with a"
YouTube Link 2017-08-11T11:27Z 3.2M followers, 433.7K engagements
"From Bespoke Showpieces to Surplus Collecting The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 32.6K engagements
"Shooting the Yugoslav M84 PKM: Arguably the Best GPMG http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com If I could have any one machine gun (but only one) it would be a PKM - in my experience thus far this is the best universal machine gun that has been designed. Kalashnikov's design team took the lessons of the MG42 and created a machine gun that does an excellent job of balancing the capabilities and costs of the concept. The PKM is easily controllable despite being relatively light weight. It can fit optical sights but has rugged and"
YouTube Link 2017-09-30T12:13Z 3.2M followers, 971K engagements
"ZK-466: CZ Makes a Folding Submachine Gun The ZK-466 was one of the post-war submachine guns developed in Czechoslovakia as part of the competition for a new Czech military SMG. Developed by Josef Koucky (who was also designer of the ZK-383 before the war) it is a 9x19mm open bolt simple blowback system with a collapsing stock and folding magazine well using ZK-383 magazines. It was designed in [----] and it was Kouckys sixth design project for the year (hence [--] [--] in the designation). The ZK-466 was part of the large trial in [----] and a different system won the military contract. After that"
YouTube Link 2025-10-17T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 96K engagements
"H&K's Middle Child: The HK33 and HK53 in 5.56mm http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Introduced in [----] the HK33 was Heckler & Koch's adaptation of their roller-delay operating system to the 5.56mm / .223 Remington cartridge. In addition to the standard full-length rifle (with a [-----] inch barrel) a shorter version was made as the HK33K (with a collapsing stock and [----] inch barrel) as well as a "submachine gun" variant the HK53 (with an [---] inch barrel). While it was"
YouTube Link 2020-03-18T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 550.6K engagements
"Chinese Type [--] AK-47 (Shooting and History) One of the most common types of AK rifle in existence today is the Chinese Type [--] in its several variations although very few of those rifles are in the United States in authentic full-auto form. This particular one was captured by a US soldier in the Vietnam War who brought it back and registered it making it a fully transferrable gun. The Chinese received the technical package for the AK (and also the SKS among other weapons) from the Soviet Union in the 1950s as part of the USSR's policy of providing military and technical aid to other nations"
YouTube Link 2016-09-23T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 933.7K engagements
"Navy 7.62mm NATO Conversion M1 Garand - Mk2 Mod1 When the M14 rifle was developed to replace the M1 Garand is was met with some uncertainty by the US Navy. The Navy had a lot of things to spend money on and not a lot of need for a replacement for the M1 Garand (note that the Marine Corps did adopt the M14 despite being a component of the Navy). So instead of buying new rifles the Navy opted to see if it could just convert its existing M1 rifles to the new 7.62x51mm cartridge. Because of the similarity between the two cartridges this seemed to be a fairly simple conversion. A chamber insert"
YouTube Link 2017-11-22T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 258.8K engagements
"MG-34: The Universal Machine Gun Concept The MG34 was the first German implementation of the universal machine gun concept - and really the first such fielded by any army. The idea was to have a single weapon which could be used as a light machine gun heavy machine gun vehicle gun fortification gun and antiaircraft gun. The MG34 was designed to be light enough for use as an LMG to have a high enough rate of fire to serve as an antiaircraft gun to be compact and flexible enough for use in vehicles and fortifications and to be mounted on a complex and advanced tripod for use as a heavy machine"
YouTube Link 2017-10-07T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Print Gun Magazines are Dead (or are they) The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Print gun magazines used to be the standard way to stay tuned to the new scholarship in the world of collectible firearms. Then we got the internet. Today researchers paid to write articles for print magazines have been effectively supplanted by collectors posting equally detailed and well-researched pieces on free public forums. While this is obviously sub-optimal for the people who relied on printing magazines and selling writing services it has made information more available"
YouTube Link 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 75.4K engagements
"The Model SS41 - A Czech Bullpup Anti-Tank Rifle for the SS http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The SS41 was a bullpup bolt action antitank rifle manufactured in small numbers by CZ for the SS. contrary to common assumption the SS were not a part of the standard German military arms procurement system and were forced to scrounge for their weapons from other sources. Czech factories were one of the more popular sources as smaller production lines could escape being integrated into Wehrmacht oversight and were able to contract"
YouTube Link 2017-06-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 878.9K engagements
"M240 Bravo: America Replaces the M60 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the US military adopted the FN MAG as the M240 in vehicular configuration to replace the less-than-successful M73/M219 machine guns. The USMC would get an early start adapting the [---] to ground configuration (the M240G) but it wasnt until [----] that the Army formally replaced the M60 with the MAG in M240B layout. The M240B has a number of differences from the"
YouTube Link 2022-11-07T13:28Z 3.2M followers, 498.3K engagements
"Czech ZK-383 Transferable Submachine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Czech-made ZK-383 submachine gun is a bit of an oddball in the world of submachine guns. It has several design features typically associated with rifle-caliber light machine guns - an integral bipod and a quick-change barrel. In fact the ZK-383 was designed to be a hybrid gun usable as either a standard SMG or in a support role off the bipod. Another interesting mechanical feature of the ZK-383 is the removable weight in its bolt which allows the shooter to choose between fast and slow rates of fire by"
YouTube Link 2016-03-05T12:12Z 3.2M followers, 689.7K engagements
"Walthers Forgotten SMG: The MPK (and MPL) The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Walther began developing a modern stamped sheet metal SMG in the late 1950s and it entered production in [----]. It was an open-bolt simple blowback gun available in a short (MPK; [----] barrel) and long (MPL; [-----] barrel) version. It was cheap and simple but well thought out with a number of quite good features. The standard design was just safe/full but a semiautomatic selector position was available if desired by the client. An excellent safety sear prevented the bolt from bouncing"
YouTube Link 2025-12-03T12:58Z 3.2M followers, 163.3K engagements
"Swiss [----] Simplified Luger (Yes Swiss and Simplified) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Switzerland was the First Nation to adopt the Luger as a service pistol and they purchased them DWM in Germany from [----] until [----]. World War One stopped deliveries of course and after the war the Swiss opted to begin their own production at Waffenfabrik Bern. These Swiss Lugers have become known as the model 06/24 by collectors and were made until [----]. During that time Bern was looking for ways to simplify and economize their"
YouTube Link 2019-05-15T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 294.1K engagements
"Gordy's Gone Man #bhd #gordy #shughart #delta #deltaforce #operator #blackhawkdown #m14 #clone history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-09-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 876.2K engagements
"H&K's New SP5 - A Civilian Semiauto MP5 Pistol http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MP5 is widely regarded as the best submachine gun ever made and it has been widely copied. But only now has H&K released a semiauto civilian version of it in pistol form. Prior to the AWB the HK94 was available as a semiauto carbine (with a 16" barrel) but that was prohibited in [----]. H&K followed it with the SP89 from [----] until 1993; a semiauto only version of the MP5K (which was originally designed without a stock). Today with the"
YouTube Link 2019-12-02T17:00Z 3.2M followers, 673.1K engagements
"Steyr's New Modular Pistols: AT-C Competition and AT-D Defense #forgottenweapons #steyr #austria #atc #atd #new #release #pistol #competition #carry #defense #servicepistol #modular #customizable history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-06T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 123.7K engagements
"Ian Takes the Pepsi Haaste: Suomi vs Stemple-Suomi http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Yesterday we took a look at the Stemple-Suomi on the bench - today it's time to find how similar it is in handling to the real thing I have a Danish M41 Suomi a Stemple-Suomi and a couple of 71-round drums all ready to go. The result The Stemple pattern is virtually indistinguishable from the real thing on the range. If I was blindfolded I don't think I could tell the difference between"
YouTube Link 2021-09-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 177.5K engagements
"Who is Colt A History of the Colt Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company Today we will take a look at the history of the Colt company from Sam Colt's first efforts in Paterson (and before) to the West Hartford remnants that survive today. If you enjoy this type of history please let me know in the comments http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com colt samuel colt sam colt col colt hartford paterson patersen revolver patent manufacturing company history corporate colt defense zilkha colt industries colt manufacturing patent firearms"
YouTube Link 2017-02-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 475.5K engagements
"L4: The Bren in 7.62mm NATO http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com When the British military transitioned form the .303 British cartridge to 7.62mm NATO in the 1950s it replaced the Enfield rifles with the new L1A1 SLR (the FAL) but retained the Bren gun as a support weapon. The Bren was updated to use 7.62mm in a process more complicated than most people would think. Ultimately about [-----] thousand L4 series Brens were made as they were rather quickly supplanted by the FN"
YouTube Link 2021-03-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 425K engagements
"Samopal vz.58: The Czechoslovakian Answer to the AK http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Among the nations of the Warsaw Pact only Czechoslovakia designed and produced its own infantry assault rifle - everyone else used the Kalashnikov. The Czech vz.58 is often mistaken for an AK because it has the same basic layout but is in reality a completely different gun mechanically and has no interchangeable parts with an AK. It is a short stroke gas piston system will a pivoting"
YouTube Link 2020-06-19T11:58Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Hungarian K1 "Kucher" Light Submachine Gun In the early years after World War Two the Hungarian government needed new small arms but chose to license Soviet designs instead of developing their own. when it came to submachine guns this entailed production of the PPSh-41 at FG in [----]. Josef Kucher was a talented Hungarian arms designer who had worked with Pal Kiraly on a number of designs and when Kiraly left post-war Hungary Kucher remained. He was able to successfully petition the government to adopt his submachine gun as a supplemental weapon for tank crews and others where the fixed stock"
YouTube Link 2025-10-20T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 146.5K engagements
"Can WWI trench armor stop bullets US Army test results explained Full video: https://youtu.be/kNVfe5Et9-I The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 158.4K engagements
"FN FAL With an Original FN Scope http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com When the FN FAL was first being sold many militaries that bought it opted to mount optics on a small percentage of their rifles. These military setups used a variety of different optics and mounts and led FN to develop their own OEM solution. By the 1970s the FN industrial conglomerate including an optics workshop and so they produced their own 4x optics for the FAL and FNC rifles. We have an example of one here today a 4x28mm FN scope on an FAL. Note that the"
YouTube Link 2019-11-28T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 166.4K engagements
"Shooting a DShK Heavy Machine Gun Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons We're still working on an extended write-up on the DShK heavy machine gun but thanks to our friend Leszek in Poland we have some nice HD video of one firing. The Russian counterpart to to Browning M2 the DShK uses the same flapper-locking system as the DP and RPD machine guns and is chambered for the 12.7x108mm cartridge (9mm longer than the .50 BMG cartridge). This particular gun is the updated 38/46 version which has the distinctive wheel-shaped muzzle brake. DShK machine gun"
YouTube Link 2013-02-11T01:34Z 3.2M followers, 8.7M engagements
"The First Browning 1919: The Automatic Tank Machine Gun https://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-first-browning-1919-the-automatic-tank-machine-gun/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons In [----] the United States began manufacturing tanks for the war effort in Europe and these tanks naturally required armament. The British were mostly using the Hotchkiss Portative for they new tanks and the French were using the Hotchkiss [----] heavy machine gun. The initial American weapon of choice for tanks was the Marlin [----] as straight gas piston conversion of the Colt [----] design - but the Marlin had"
YouTube Link 2018-10-14T11:16Z 3.2M followers, 283.6K engagements
"Little Tom: the World's First DAO Automatic The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-27T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 872.1K engagements
"CheyTac M200 Intervention http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The CheyTac M200 Intervention is a massive precision rifle chambered for the .408 CheyTac cartridge (although it can also be had in .375 CheyTac). It uses an action made by EDM Arms and is capable of sub-MOA accuracy out to 2200-2500 yards (2000-2300 meters). There are other rifles that fulfill those specs as well but the M200 Intervention gets an exaggerated amount of attention because it has a pretty distinctive look with its large under-barrel carry handle and collapsing stock (you may recognize it from the [----] movie"
YouTube Link 2016-08-18T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 4.2M engagements
"ASh-78: Albania Makes the Worst AK #forgottenweapons #ash78 #albania $ak #kalashnikov #spiker #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 389.8K engagements
"Llama M87: Everything You Would Want for IPSC (at the time) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Llama M87 was Gabilondo y Cia's high-end competition pistols based on the M82 action and made in both 9mm Parabellum and 7.65mm Parabellum. This was mechanically a copy of the Beretta [--] system and it was adopted in basic form by the Spanish Army. For the commercial market Gabilondo took all the upgrades that were being popularly made to"
YouTube Link 2023-08-18T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 107.1K engagements
"OSS "Stinger" Covert Cigarette Guns http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons During World War Two the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) was the primary US clandestine operations organization. It was responsible for making all sorts of unique weapons including these "Stinger" cigarette guns. They were single shot disposable .22 Short pistols. The first pattern was contracted and manufactured entirely by the OSS and [-----] of them were manufactured early in the war. They proved to have a myriad of minor to moderate problems though including failures to fire and burst barrels. A second version"
YouTube Link 2018-07-16T11:26Z 3.2M followers, 535.6K engagements
"A New Enfield for a New War: The No4 MkI http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The stalwart No1 MkIII "Smelly" served the United Kingdom well during the First World War but by the 1920s it was growing obsolescent. The war had revealed a number of shortcomings of the design and in the interwar years the British developed a replacement. The main issues that the new rifle would address were: - Better mechanical accuracy through use of a heavier barrel - Better practical"
YouTube Link 2021-07-07T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 453.5K engagements
"MG11: The Magnificent Swiss Maxim Gun The Swiss were one of the first countries to test Hiram Maxims new automatic machine gun in [----] and they found it far superior to their just-recently-purchased Gardner guns. The first Swiss maxims were delivered in [----] and the country came back three more times for newer models. The MG94 was the first major adoption followed by the MG00 for cavalry. Finally after the Maxim patents expired and DWM introduced their improved [----] commercial pattern the Swiss adopted it as the MG11. The first [---] MG11s were produced by DWM but deliveries ceased in 1915"
YouTube Link 2024-04-19T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 214.3K engagements
"Steyr [----] Gas-Seal Trials Revolver http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are looking at a pair of Steyr [----] trials revolvers. Only about [---] of these were made primarily for Austro-Hungarian military trials. These two are early pattern examples with Pieper-type gas seal systems in which the cylinder is cammed forward upon firing and an extra-long cartridge case bridges the gas between cylinder and barrel. This slightly increases muzzle velocity by eliminating the gas leak at the cylinder gap but it does so at the cost"
YouTube Link 2018-12-26T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 122.5K engagements
"GHM-9: B&T's 9mm Budget Carbine (Well Swiss Budget) #forgottenweapons #history #b&t #ghm9 #pcc #smg #swiss #switzerland"
YouTube Link 2025-06-04T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 65.6K engagements
"PGM Hecate II: A Battle-Hardened .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Courtesy of PGM Precision USA we have a chance to take a look at a Hecate II sniper rifle today. This rifle's story begins with the Ultima Ratio a classic-based 7.62mm precision rifle designed by Gilles Payen in France circa [----] for the French RAID police unit. The rifle was very well-received and Payen partner with colleagues Alain Gonnet and Franois Morier to form PGM"
YouTube Link 2020-05-08T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 746.2K engagements
"Apache Arms Carbine: A Saga of Compliance and Crappy Manufacture The Apache Arms carbine was a Thompson SMG lookalike that was made in small numbers in the late 1960s. It was the successor to the Spitfire carbine made by the same people after the Spitfire was deemed a machine gun by the IRS. The Apache used M3 Grease Gun magazines and was chambered for .45 ACP. It uses a square receiver tube and many of the same cast parts as the Spitfire. It is a very interesting look at how the design was adapted to be legally considered semiautomatic. Spitfire Carbine video: https://youtu.be/GHJ7OHzlFGg"
YouTube Link 2025-11-03T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 185.8K engagements
"Aly & Kaufman AKB-23: Better Than the SA80 / L85 Penguin Brutality t-shirt available from Varusteleka: https://varusteleka.com/en/products/forgotten-weapons-penguin-brutality-t-shirt The Aly & Kaufman AKB-23 is a set of parts that allows one to use a Brownells BRN-180 upper to create an SA80 / L85 lookalike. It's a very clever adaptation based on the fact that the original British L85A1 was essentially copied from the AR-180 design. By creating a new bullpup lower for Brownells' modernized AR-180 (the BRN-180) the basic mechanics of the SA80 are used but in a form that is well tested and"
YouTube Link 2025-11-19T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 221.4K engagements
"A Selection of Chinese Mystery Pistols During the 1920s and 1930s a combination of civil wars and international arms embargoes led to a lot of domestic firearms production in China. The size and quality of manufacturing facilities varied widely - everything from massive factories established with European technical assistance to one-man shops only a step or two above being blacksmiths. The weapons produced varied in quality to match. Among other weapons made during this period were handguns mechanically based on several European designs (the Browning [----] Mauser C96 and Mauser 1910/14"
YouTube Link 2015-04-11T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Walther MP-PP Prototype During the late 1920s it looked like the German Army was going to replace the P08 Luger with a less expensive sidearm and several major German companies developed prototype guns to meet this anticipated need. The replacement ended up being postponed for nearly a decade (the P38 would be the eventual result) and this led to most of the prototype ideas being dropped. The Walther company had designed a scaled-up version of its very popular PP which was to be called the MP. Only a small number were made - Fritz Walther himself carried one in 9x19mm and this example was"
YouTube Link 2015-02-25T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 115.5K engagements
"Evolution of the Submachine Gun: Three Distinct Generations http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Followup: Addressing the P90 and MP-7: https://youtu.be/4RulAbiRc_Q Submachine guns have gone through a distinct evolution over the past one hundred years. Today we will look at these changes specifically identifying: - 1st Generation guns from World War One and through the 1930s - 2nd Generation guns of World War Two - 2nd Generation guns after World War Two - 2nd Generation"
YouTube Link 2020-10-20T11:49Z 3.2M followers, 933K engagements
"Swiss Model 1893: A Mannlicher Cavalry Carbine http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Swiss were the first country to adopt a bolt action repeating rifle with their Vetterli and followed this by changing to a straight-pull design in the 1880s. The straight-pull Schmidt-Rubin system was quite good but one potential flaw was that it was a quite long action. This became an issue when the Swiss began looking for a short cavalry carbine variant to use and decided that the Schmidt-Rubin action sacrificed too much potential barrel length in a short rifle. Instead a series of trials were held to"
YouTube Link 2016-06-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 73.9K engagements
"Remington-Lee Model [----] http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The model of [----] (a modern collector designation; Remington called these the "Remington Magazine Rifle" and did not differentiate between the different versions) was the final iteration of James Paris Lee's bolt action rifle made by Remington. It incorporated a number of improvements from the earlier versions including a relocated bolt handle improved bolt head and a magazine that could now hold cartridges securely without the use of a sliding catch at the nose. These rifles were made in .45-70 caliber for US use and in .43"
YouTube Link 2015-09-05T19:30Z 3.2M followers, 96.1K engagements
"FK Brno 7.5mm at the BackUp Gun Match The FK Brno is a take on the classic CZ75 pistol made in the Czech Republic. It was originally released as a boutique steel-framed gun and then later as a much more affordable polymer-framed model. I have one of those polymer framed ones with barrels for both 10mm Auto and the unique 7.5mm FK cartridge designed for this pistol. I decided to use the 7.5mm barrel for the BUG Match today which is a 95gr bullet moving at [----] fps. It should definitely knock down steel.if it can run long enough to get there. Note that I am in "Big 5" division for pistols too"
YouTube Link 2025-07-05T12:37Z 3.2M followers, 89.6K engagements
"The Fitz Special: Art of the Gunfighter Circa [----] http://www.forgottenweapons.com/the-fitz-special-art-of-the-gunfighter-circa-1926 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons John Henry Fitzgerald was not the first person to cut down a revolver barrel nor the first person to bob the trigger guard or hammer. But he was the person who put all these modifications together as a package and popularized it as a self-defense piece. Fitz was a former NYPD police officer very successful competitive and exhibition shooter and a gunsmith and representative of the Colt company from [----] until [----]. He made"
YouTube Link 2018-06-02T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 582.6K engagements
"PMM: Russia's Modernized Makarov (Now With 50% More Mag Capacity) EDIT TO ADD: I didn't realize the heavy-slide model was actually put into production - my mistake I will film one of those when I am able to find one - until then the civilian model in this video does correctly show the changes to the frame and magazine of the PMM. --------- Having served as the standard Soviet military sidearm for several decades the PM Makarov was getting a bit obsolescent by the late 1980s. More of the world was using locked breech 9x19mm service pistols but the Soviet Union still had essentially a domestic"
YouTube Link 2023-12-16T12:48Z 3.2M followers, 226.9K engagements
"Porter Turret Rifle: Awesome But Dangerous The Porter was one of the few turret rifles ever put into serial production. Turret rifles are similar in principle to revolvers but they is a cylinder with radial chambers (like the spokes of a wheel) instead of parallel chambers. Herein lies the potential problem: there is always a chamber pointing right back at you the shooter. In an era of percussion guns that could occasionally chainfire the notion of having a loaded chamber pointing at your face was less than appealing to most people. As a result turret rifles (and pistols) never became"
YouTube Link 2016-02-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 834.2K engagements
"Remington EtronX: Electrically Primed Ammunition One of the more mainstream attempts at incorporating electronic into firearms technology on the civilian market was the Remington EtronX introduced in [----]. It consisted of a standard Remington [---] bolt action rifle with the trigger and firing mechanisms replaced by electric versions. The firing pin itself became an insulated electrode the trigger operated an electronic switch instead of a mechanical sear and a 9V battery feeding a capacitor provided the energy to ignite the new type of primer - basically a resistor that would generate heat to"
YouTube Link 2017-02-13T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"PTR-44 Sturmgewehr at a 2-Gun Match Today I'm taking the PTR-44 Sturmgewehr out to the local 2-Gun match. I'm excited to get a chance to run it in a competitive environment - I have shot some original StGs but only on very basic flat ranges. This should be a much more interesting experience. For a pistol I'm using an Arex Delta L as practice for Polenar Tactical's upcoming Lynx Brutality match. And for kit I thought it would be fun to use a French Algerian outfit since we are in the desert here. The original Sturmgewehrs managed to find their way into nearly every corner of global conflict"
YouTube Link 2023-05-17T12:48Z 3.2M followers, 189.3K engagements
"French [----] Rampart Musket from the American Revolution American forces in the Revolutionary War took in a bunch of different types of surplus small arms and one of the interesting ones was the French Model [----] Rampart gun. When the French created the first standardized military rifle pattern in [----] they made two versions - an infantry musket and a rampart or wall gun. These wall guns were more heavily constructed and has larger bores to allow them to fire a heavier powder charge for a longer effective range. Specifically they were .78 caliber weighting about [----] pounds with 46+ barrels."
YouTube Link 2024-12-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 117.8K engagements
"Steyr-Solothurn MP-34 in .45 ACP at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are out at the range with the .45 ACP Steyr-Solothurn MP-34. I was curious to see how this submachine gun much more commonly found in 9mm would handle with the big .45 caliber cartridge. The answer Quite nicely It has a slightly lower rate of fire than the same gun chambered for 9x23mm Steyr and is very pleasant to shoot. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design"
YouTube Link 2020-10-31T12:23Z 3.2M followers, 212.6K engagements
"Ingram M10 & M11 SMGs: The Originals from Powder Springs #forgottenweapons #smg #machinepistol #Mac #m10 #m11 #mac10 #mac11 #history #ingram history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-14T13:55Z 3.2M followers, 118.9K engagements
"The Extremely Rare Folding Stock Beretta 38/43 The Beretta Model [--] SMG was a very successful design and a folding-stocked version of it was a natural development. Beretta first made a prototype of such a thing in [----] but it never went into production - possibly because Italy ceased to have an effective paratrooper corps after El Alamein. However many of the design elements from this experiment saw use in the simplified 38/42 and 38/44 models of the Beretta SMG. Late in the war a small batch of folding-stocked guns were actually produced (one source says about 200) specifically for the RSI."
YouTube Link 2025-12-12T12:37Z 3.2M followers, 77.8K engagements
"Shooting the Techno Arms MAG-7 (properly) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons A while back I filmed some shooting with a Techno Arms MAG-7 shotgun in the US. It had been set up in the American non-NFA configuration with a terrible wooden stock and long barrel and I had not been able to find the appropriate mid-length shells for it. Well on a trip to South Africa I had a chance to try shooting another MAG-7 in the proper intended configuration and with actual Techno Arms ammunition. It was much better this way not surprisingly The metal folding stock is still pretty poor but the recoil"
YouTube Link 2018-06-30T12:21Z 3.2M followers, 348.4K engagements
"M1 Carbine: A Whole New Class of Weapon http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The United States developed the M1 carbine very quickly at the beginning of World War Two once the German "blitzkrieg" made it clear that highly mobile enemy forces could threaten rear echelon troops in a modern war. The M1911 pistol was seen as a difficult weapon to use well and a light carbine would offer much greater effectiveness with less training. It was estimated that [------] would be needed"
YouTube Link 2020-04-09T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 4.1M engagements
"One Million Subscriber Special The French [--] - Guns Drinks and Shirts Holy cow a million subscribers When I started Forgotten Weapons I never for a moment suspected it would end up this popular. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed I think this required a celebratory cocktail.specifically a French [--]. So let's talk about the French [--] the gun - the Canon de [--] modle [----] - as well as the cocktail named after it. In celebration of the milestone we have a two-day sale on some of the merchandise at the Forgotten Weapons store - which you should check out: Cool Forgotten Weapons merch"
YouTube Link 2018-12-09T13:16Z 3.2M followers, 175.6K engagements
"Ian's Customs: Left-Handed G3 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I used to say that one really common and popular rifle that I really didn't like was the H&K G3. Well putting together this rifle for myself really changed my opinion. The roller locking system is accurate simple and reliable - you just have to fix all the ergonomic problems with the G3 in order to take advantage of it. Specifically I had this made with a reversed left-handed charging handle (and the handle"
YouTube Link 2021-10-14T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 219.2K engagements
"Japanese Contract Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 (aka MP34) In order to circumvent Versailles Treaty restrictions on arms manufacture the German Rheinmetall firm purchased a small Swiss company called Solothurn Waffenfabrik in [----] allowing it to route its business through Switzerland instead of Germany. One of its first products was the S1-100 submachine gun designed by Louis Stange. This was an excellent example of a first generation submachine gun made to very high standards with an elaborately milled receiver. They were expensive premium guns in the 1930s and were sold worldwide including"
YouTube Link 2018-03-13T11:03Z 3.2M followers, 298.4K engagements
"Fabryka Broni "ucznik" Radom Factory Tour https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Fabryka Broni originally dates to [----] when it was set up as a factory to make small arms for the Polish military. It was occupied be German forces during World War Two and on the post-war Communist years it was designated Factory [--] - it's products are identified by an oval around the number [--]. It reverted to a state-owned metalworks company in [----] but went"
YouTube Link 2023-06-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 256.1K engagements
"Experimental Bullpup Over/Under Shotgun with a Secret http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com This is a prototype or one-off over/under sporting shotgun made in a bullpup configuration. It is basically two long slabs of wood clamshell around a pair of barrels with the action at the very end in the stock. The breech rotates up to open activated by a lever on the surface of the buttplate. Thats certainly strange enough to be interesting but theres morethe barrels are actually gently curved inside the furniture. And they have to be in"
YouTube Link 2019-11-19T11:45Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"Ammo Evaluation: Romanian 8mm Mauser http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Towards the end of the Cold War Romania was a major exporter of arms and ammunition on the world market. Today we are looking at Romanian pattern [----] 8mm Mauser ammunition made between [----] and [----] (this particular sample is form 1972). It was produced at the U.M. Sadu plant in Bumbesti Jiu Romania. At the time of production Romania had no 8mm Mauser firearms in active military service suggesting that this ammunition was made for export (or perhaps a"
YouTube Link 2019-01-08T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 670K engagements
"Winchester [----] & [----] Pump Shotguns The Winchester [----] was the gun that really set the standard for the now-ubiquitous pump action shotgun. It was designed by John Browning but was not the first pump action designed and sold. That credit goes to Christopher Spencer who put the first pump action on the market in [----]. His patent on the concept (in conjunction with co-designer Sylvester Roper) forced competitors to develop workarounds (like the sliding trigger and grip of the Burgess pump shotgun) until [----] when Winchester released Browning's design. Winchester was promptly sued by Bannerman"
YouTube Link 2015-02-12T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 438.4K engagements
"Pearce Armory SK-X"
YouTube Link 2024-02-01T20:05Z 3.2M followers, 285.4K engagements
"Small Arms History of the Falkland Islands Defense Force Apparel in this video: Srm Henley Shirt Merino Wool: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-henley-shirt-merino-wool/33118 Srm Merino Wool Hoodie: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/sarma-merino-wool-hoodie/30651 Various militias existed on the Falkland Islands since its earliest settlement but the Falkland Islands Defense Force of today traces its roots to the [----] Falkland Islands Volunteer Corps. This force was equipped with Martini Henry rifles. With the outbreak of World War One the Falklands were a strategically"
YouTube Link 2025-02-12T12:13Z 3.2M followers, 130K engagements
"Preproduction wz89 Onyx: the Polish Krinkov After developing the 5.45mm Tantal rifle (adopted in 1988) the Radom factory moved on to designing a compact "SMG" version. This would be designated the wz.89 "Onyx" but never made it into mass production thanks to the collapse of the Communist government in Poland. The first production batch was made in [----] using a top cover permanently mounted tot he rear sight block with a pivot like on the ASK-74U. This model (which we are looking at today) only lasted for a single preproduction batch as it was decided to change the design to a removable top"
YouTube Link 2025-11-26T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 92.1K engagements
"Steyr AUGs of the Falkland Islands Defense Force #forgottenweapons #aug #steyr #fidf #falklands #malvinas #rifle #history history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-08T12:37Z 3.2M followers, 555.2K engagements
"Fort 221: The Ukrainian Tavor TAR In [----] Ukrainian manufacturing conglomerate RPC Fort received a license from IMI to produce a variety of Israeli small arms including the Tavor TAR and Tavor X95. In Fort's catalog these were designated the Fort-221 (TAR) and Fort-224 (X95). A small number were allegedly produced for special forces the Presidential Guard and the Ukrainian National Guard - all elements run by the Ministry of the Interior (which also owns RPC Fort). In [----] all of the IMI licensed products were removed from Fort's web site. Most likely the small initial production of guns were"
YouTube Link 2024-06-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 272.7K engagements
"Czech Sa vz. [--] SMG The Czech Samopal vz. [--] was one of a family of submachine guns (the vz 23-26) that pioneered the use of bolts telescoped out forward over the barrel allowing guns to have much better ratios of barrel to receiver length than before. The guns actually have quite a few interesting mechanical details although in my opinion they fail to make it a particularly desirable gun for actual shooting. Sa Vz. [--] Submachine Gun vz23 sa23 sa24 sa25 sa26 vz24 vz25 vz26 Czech Czechoslovakia 9mm 7.62x25mm Tokarev SMG subgun high speed slow motion Russia Soviet folding fixed open bolt full"
YouTube Link 2015-08-10T15:30Z 3.2M followers, 533.4K engagements
"The US Adopts A Maxim: The Colt Model [----] https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The US Army spent nearly [--] years languidly testing the Maxim gun but was never willing to actually make a decision until a final trial in [----] finally settled the matter. The Maxim was deemed the best available machine gun and a contract was signed with Vickers Sons & Maxim to purchase [--] (later increased to 90). Eventually a total of [---] were procured; [--] from"
YouTube Link 2022-11-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 193.7K engagements
"Gas Trap M1 Garand http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The original design of the M1 Garand as adopted in [----] used a gas trap system instead of a gas port drilled in the barrel. This system used a type of muzzle cap and false muzzle to redirect gas into the gas cylinder in the short distance between the end of the rifled barrel and when the bullet left the muzzle. The system worked but was not ideal. Several problems were found with the gas trap system as the guns went into production. These included cleaning complexity an"
YouTube Link 2016-09-29T11:59Z 3.2M followers, 211.3K engagements
"Making Do: South Africa's 7.62mm NATO Bren Gun Conversions See the full version including range time at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93067061/ During World War Two the South African military used a lot of .303 caliber Bren guns. When 7.62mm NATO became the standard cartridge after the war the Bren guns were put into storage as converting them to the new rimless cartridge was a fairly complicated process. Instead they purchased new FN- MAG machine guns and supplemented them with conversion of Vickers and M1919 Browning guns (which were much simpler to do). However as the war in South"
YouTube Link 2023-12-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 152K engagements
"I Tried to Use the GR-1 Anvil at the BUG Match. https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2022-02-13T13:21Z 3.2M followers, 537.1K engagements
"The Mini-14: A Cost-Effective Scaled-Down M14 #forgottenweapons #ruger #mini14 #m14 #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 393.1K engagements
"Aimpoint's New COA: Clever Optics Advancement #aimpoint #optic #forgottenweapons #glock #coa #new history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 72.9K engagements
"WF-54: The Swiss FG-42 Scaled up to 7.5x55 After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and the other being a derivative of the German FG-42 at Waffenfabrik Bern. Bern under the direction of Adolph Furrer had been experimenting with intermediate cartridges since the 1920s and they used this as a basis to develop an improved FG-42 using an intermediate cartridge (7.5x38mm). The program began in [----] and went through about a half dozen major"
YouTube Link 2024-08-19T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 163.4K engagements
"Model [----] Officer's Pattern: The Finest Trapdoor Springfield As the main national armory Springfield got a number of requests to make specialty rifles for commissioned officers and important dignitaries each year. These were essentially all custom sporting rifles and the orders were duly filled. In [----] however the decision was made to standardize a formal pattern of Officer's rifle - the Model [----]. This was mechanically a standard Trapdoor Springfield but made to a very high standard of fit and finish. They were given very nice wood for stocks and the metal elements were engraved. A 26""
YouTube Link 2025-04-19T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 103.9K engagements
"M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle: When the Bazooka Just Won't Cut It Note that this is a rewelded action. It should be inspected by a professional before being fired (the firing footage in the video is a different example). The M20 75mm Recoilless Rifle was developed starting in [----] as a replacement for the [---] bazooka in an antitank role. It was developed and produced in parallel with a 57mm recoilless rifle (the M18) and both entered service in March of [----] seeing just a slight bit of combat use before the end of World War Two. It would be a mainstay of US troops in the Korean War however along"
YouTube Link 2018-03-08T20:15Z 3.2M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Finland's Prototype Belt-Fed GPMG: L41 Sampo During the 1930s there was interest in Finland in replacing the Maxim heavy machine gun with something handier and more mobile. There were experiments with large drum magazines for the LS-26 light machine gun but these were not satisfactory. Aimo Lahti began to work on a gas-operated GPMG but lack of funding and competing priorities led to it having slow progress until the eve of the Winter War. By the time the gun was completed and the first preproduction batch ready for troop trials the Continuation War was underway. Twenty eight of the L41 Sampo"
YouTube Link 2024-05-13T12:36Z 3.2M followers, 171.2K engagements
"Remington 1890: A Half-Hearted Attempt to Dethrone the Colt SAA https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the Remington company fell into financial insolvency. It was reorganized as the Remington Arm Co under the leadership of Marcellus Hartley and in [----] the company made an attempt to compete once again with Colt. Remington introduced the Model [----] which was essentially their tried-and-true Model [----] revolver reimagined a bit to look"
YouTube Link 2022-10-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 185.8K engagements
"Cheek Pistol Concept: Unorthodox But Effective http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com My friend Rhett Neumayer has been experimenting with an unorthodox but very interesting way to use handguns that don't have reciprocating slides. He fits a red dot optic on a relatively tall mount then presses the back of the pistol into his cheek while gripping it over the top of the frame with his support hand. There are only a few pistols that can be used this way like the KelTec CP33"
YouTube Link 2021-09-07T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 769.4K engagements
"H&K VP-70M on the Range: How Useful is the Burst Fire http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons After looking at the history and mechanics of the VP-70 yesterday we are heading out to the range to try it out (and thanks to Trijicon for generously offering use of their range). I am curious to see just what that [----] rpm rate of fire is like to shoot and whether the awful trigger is as much of a hindrance to effective burst shooting as it is to simple semiauto. So in addition to some shooting of the VP-70M I will also be comparing it to an MP5. Thanks to H&K for providing access to bring you this"
YouTube Link 2018-12-01T11:46Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements
"FN Model D: The Last and Best BAR http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv fn-d fabrique nationale bar John browning Belgium belgian history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv fn-d fabrique nationale bar John browning Belgium belgian"
YouTube Link 2020-08-21T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 549.7K engagements
"Subguns for South America: the Steyr-Solothurn MP-34 in .45ACP http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MP-34 was made by Steyr-Solothurn in four different calibers - 9x19 for the Germany army 9x25 for the Austrian army 9x23 for the Austrian police and .45 ACP for the export market. This is one of the .45 caliber examples of which only about [---] were made all for South American countries (including El Salvador Chile Bolivia and Uruguay). The gun shares most of its parts"
YouTube Link 2020-10-30T11:50Z 3.2M followers, 156.5K engagements
"What's Wrong with Private Jackson's Sniper Rifle (Saving Private Ryan) #forgottenweapons #histoiry #savingprivateryan #moviefail #sniper #rifle #wrong history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-05-13T12:14Z 3.2M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Solothurn 20mm S18-1000 Wheeled Carriage https://www.forgottenweapons.com/solothurn-20mm-s18-100-wheeled-carriage/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Before they became obsolete antitank rifles were a way to bring substantial firepower to small infantry teams - but they were never light weight. As with some of the early water cooled heavy machine guns designers looked for ways to make the weapons more easily transported and the solution arrived at for the Solothurn S18-1000 20mm cannon was a small wheeled mount. Complete with"
YouTube Link 2018-10-18T10:49Z 3.2M followers, 92.7K engagements
"SVD Dragunov: The First Purpose-Built DMR #forgottenweapons #sniper #dmr #svd #russia #dragunov #coldwar #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-12-03T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 202.4K engagements
"Between SMG and PDW: Sweden's CBJ-MS The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The CBJ-MS is a submachine gun designed by Swedish arms developed Carl Bertil Johansson perhaps better known for his remarkable armor-piercing 6.5x25mm CBJ cartridge. He developed the gun at about the same time as the cartridge on his own time while working at the Carl Gustafs factory in Eskilstuna. While it bears a lot of visual similarities to the Uzi and it is an open-bolt simple blowback action it has a unique and clever fire control system - and several other creative features as"
YouTube Link 2025-12-20T12:50Z 3.2M followers, 256.8K engagements
"Armatix iP1: The Infamous German "Smart Gun" https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Armatix iP1 is a pistol created by former H&K designer Ernst Mauch that was released - or almost released - in the US in late [----] and early [----]. It is a .22LR caliber semiauto pistol that incorporates an RFID-connected authentication link between a watch and this pistol so that the pistol can only be fired (in theory) when the authorized user is wearing"
YouTube Link 2022-09-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 597.5K engagements
"Very Rare and Mostly Pointless: the Bren Fixed Line Sight http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The very early production MkI Bren light machine guns were made with two dovetail brackets on the left side of the receiver. The rear one was for the standard rear sight and the front one was to accommodate two types of optical sights. A mounting for the No.32 telescopic sight (the same one used not he No4(T) sniper rifle) was planned but never produced. What was made in small"
YouTube Link 2021-02-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 205.7K engagements
"Stalin's Record Player: The DP-27 Light Machine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Despite having early experience with the Madsen LMG prior to World War One the Soviet military opted to follow the German path of machine gun development after the war. Valuing the sustained firepower of belt-fed guns like the MG08-15 and MG08-18 over the portability of guns like the BAR or Lewis the Soviet Union formally adopted the Maxim-Tokarev in [----]. However Degtyarev developed"
YouTube Link 2021-08-13T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 886.2K engagements
"Remington M1903A4 Sniper at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are taking the Remington M1903A4 out to the range for some shooting. This was the standard US sniper rifle during World War Two and I'm curious to see how one actually handles. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2023-06-24T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 188.3K engagements
"Maschinengewehr des Standschtzen Hellriegel: A WW1 Phantom http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I have gotten quite a lot of questions about this experimental Austrian [----] machine gun or submachine gun since it was included in the Battlefield One computer game. Unfortunately the sum total of information we have on this weapon is three photographs found in an Austrian archive. Extrapolating from those photos we can tell that it was a water-cooled pistol caliber weapon fed by both stick magazines and drums. To the best of"
YouTube Link 2018-05-08T12:06Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements
"3.7cm PAK - Germany's Basic WWII Antitank Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Germany developed its first 37mm (or as German designations put it 3.7cm) antitank gun in the last months of World War One; a very simple design built using barrels from obsolete Hotchkiss revolving cannons. In the mid 1920s the concept was reinvigorated by Rheinmetall which developed a much more modern 37mm gun using a much larger and higher-pressure case (37 x 249mm). In its initial pattern the Tak as it was called (Tankabwerhkanone) has wooden"
YouTube Link 2019-12-10T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 782.7K engagements
"Bren 805: A Rifle for the Post-Communist Czech Army https://www.instagram.com/czguns/ https://www.facebook.com/CZfirearms https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2022-02-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 371.3K engagements
"An Economy Model WWSD: The Civil Defense Rifle The initial rollout of the WWSD2020 rifles has been slow as a shortage in a couple key components (primarily carbon fiber hand guards) has been a bottleneck in completing rifles. However KE Arms and Brownells in collaboration with Karl and InRange and myself opted to offer a second version to alleviate these problems. Thus we present the CDR (Civil Defense Rifle). The CDR is a rifle designed on the same principles as the original WWSD and the WWSD2020 but with an eye towards budget and parts availability. By changing a few elements it was"
YouTube Link 2021-05-29T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 446K engagements
"Remington-Lee Model [----] http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons When we think of James Paris Lee we usually think of the British family of Lee-Enfield rifles. However the US Navy actually adopted an early version of Lee's action before the British in [----]. In addition this rifle was the first use of the detachable box magazine a patented invention of Lee's. Lee initially took his design to the Sharps company because Remington (where he did have ties form previous firearms endeavors) was trying to push the tube-magazine Remington-Keene rifle into military service. Lee's design was founded on"
YouTube Link 2015-09-04T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 110.8K engagements
"Colt [----] in US Military Service (and for the OSS) The Colt Model [----] aka Pocket Hammerless aka Model M was a massively successful design for Colt on the commercial market. It was chambered for the .32ACP cartridge with a .380 model introduced in [----]. During World War Two the US government took an interest in the pistol. A total of [-----] were purchased in .32 ACP and another [----] in .380 ACP. The .32 caliber examples are found between serial numbers [------] and [------]. Some were purchased by direct contract and some procured independently from dealers. These were never used as combat pistols"
YouTube Link 2023-11-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 154K engagements
"M2 Carbine: Assault Rifle or Submachine Gun The M2 Carbine was a mechanically simple modification of the M1 Carbine to allow fully automatic fire. The fire prototypes of the M1 Carbine had actually been selective-fire guns but that requirement had been dropped by the time the Winchester design was officially adopted as the M1. It was a feature quickly requested by troops once the Carbine entered active service though. In [----] the US Army acknowledged this and introduced the M2. A total of [------] were manufactured at the end of WW2 and did see limited service on Okinawa - and then extensive"
YouTube Link 2017-03-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Type 63: China Makes an AK/SKS Hybrid Starting in [----] China ran a program to develop an infantry rifle that would combine the accuracy of the SKS with the firepower of the AK. The result was the Type [--] which used the general layout of the SKS along with its short stroke gas piston and an SKS-like fire control system (with fully automatic capability) in combination with an AK-like rotating bolt and a detachable AK-style magazine. The rifle performed well in trials and as best as I can tell about a million were produced. Mass production quality control was sub=par though and rifles in the"
YouTube Link 2024-08-28T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 339.6K engagements
"East Germany's Nice .22 AK Trainer: KK-Mpi-69 #forgottenweapons #22lr #rimfire #trainer #eastgermany #ddr #ak #kalashnikov #kkmpi69 #history #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-08-06T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 942K engagements
"B&T APC-9: The Swiss Answer to the MP5 #forgottenweapons #apc9 #mp5 #swiss #b&t #brugger #smg #pcc"
YouTube Link 2024-10-28T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 37.1K engagements
"Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS This rifle will be sold at Rock Island in their Spring [----] Premiere auction - it was moved after this video was filmed. Sorry http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons One of the rarest patterns of the SKS is the East German type - the Karabiner-S. Total production quantity is not known but their survival rate is quite low and most of the examples in the US are Vietnam War bring backs. At any rate the Karabiner-S is not quite an exact copy of the standard SKS. While it does share all the same mechanical features the East Germans opted to leave out the"
YouTube Link 2018-11-08T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 648.4K engagements
"East Germany's Nice .22 AK Trainer: KK-Mpi-69 Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten The KK-Mpi-69 (Klein Kaliber Maschinenpistole 1969) was a .22 rimfire training model of the standard East German stamped AKM. It used a simple blowback replacement bolt assembly and proprietary front trunnion along with a standard AKM receiver and fire control group. There is no gas block since a gas piston is not used and the sights are calibrated for short range rimfire shooting only. The magazines are standard AKM magazine"
YouTube Link 2025-08-06T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 137.7K engagements
"Ma Deuce: The Venerable Browning M2 .50 Caliber HMG http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The M2 Browning machine gun was first conceived in [----] as a request by General John Pershing of the AEF for a large-caliber antiaircraft and antitank machine gun. John Browning scaled his M1917 water-cooled .30 caliber design up to .50 caliber and the first prototypes were test fired in November of [----]. Impetus behind the project faltered after the Armistice but Colt continued to"
YouTube Link 2020-12-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.6M engagements
"Remington EtronX: Electrically Primed Ammunition #forgottenweapons #Remington #etronx #electronic #ammo #rifle #history #electricprime history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-27T11:59Z 3.2M followers, 712.6K engagements
"Crossfire MkI: A Creature from the AWB Lagoon http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Crossfire MkI is a combination gun - both a rifle and shotgun with the two barrels sharing a single pump action mechanism. The shotgun is a 12ga bore with a 4-round tubular magazine located on top of the buttstock. The rifle is a 5.56mm NATO barrel feeding from a bottom-mounted AR-15 pattern magazine. The initial design was debuted at SHOT Show in [----] as a semiauto .308/12ga combination gun with a more conventional appearance but it wasn't"
YouTube Link 2016-12-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 886.1K engagements
"SPAS-12: Franchi's Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun Franchi introduced the Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun (SPAS-12) for Italian military and police agencies in [----] and it quickly because popular worldwide. Based originally on the gas-operated Franchi [---] that SPAS-12 was robust reliable and designed as a semiautomatic action with a backup pump action operation for use with underpowered ammunition (like beanbags or other less-lethal loads). In [----] they began to be imported into the US through FIE which was replaced by AAI as the importer in [----]. Eventually the [----] Assault Weapons Ban"
YouTube Link 2024-11-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 448.9K engagements
"Sheet Metal and Wood: The Polish Sudayev PPS 43/52 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Poland was one of the states which manufactured the Soviet PPS-43 submachine gun under license but they decided to make a change to is in [----]. Where the original PPS-43 used a top-folding metal stock the Poles decided to instead add a fixed wooden buttstock. This made the gun substantially more comfortable to shoot and also less compact to transport. Was the tradeoff worthwhile Let's see how it shoots. Thanks to Marstar for letting me"
YouTube Link 2018-02-17T13:19Z 3.2M followers, 429.6K engagements
"Albania's Rather Odd Grenade Launching AK In addition to its regular ASh-78 (fixed stock) and ASh-82 (under folder) Kalashnikovs Albania also made a model specifically for launching rifle grenades and it has some odd features. The rear sight block was redesigned to have a hinge permanently attached the top cover and the rear sight was moved back onto that top cover. The top cover rear attachment was also strengthened. At the front a gas cutoff was added as well as a grenade spigot. In another unusual twist the barrel was lengthened to be as long as the spigot itself. I suppose this makes"
YouTube Link 2025-10-27T13:36Z 3.2M followers, 155.2K engagements
"Colt's Unicorn MG: The CMG-3 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons In the mid/late 1960s Colt was manufacturing AR-15 rifles and wanted to supply light machine guns to go with them - so they developed the CMG-2 ("Colt's Machine Gun"). The CMG-2 competed against the Stoner [--] in trials for the Navy SEALs (among others) and narrowly lost out. It was a very well designed and thought-out weapon but not quite as good as the Stoner. A few years later in the early/mid 70s Colt brought the design back in response to a request for a belt-fed 7.62mm machine gun for special operations units."
YouTube Link 2015-09-21T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Enfield L85A1: Perhaps the Worst Modern Military Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The L85A1 (part of the SA80 small arms family) was adopted by the British military in [----] as a new generation of small arms to replace the L1A1 FAL (one quick note where "A1" indicates a revision in American designations it is simply the first iteration in British ones - there was no "L85"). As a bullpup rifle the L85A1 was intended to replace both the FAL and Sterling SMG similar to the French replacing the MAS 49/56 and MAT [--] with the FAMAS. Unfortunately the L85A1 had massive problems of both"
YouTube Link 2016-12-29T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 7.5M engagements
"China Lake 40mm Grenade Launcher at the Range #forgottenweapons #range #shooting #chinalake #40mm #grenadelauncher #chalk history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-05-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 672.8K engagements
"Italy's Worst Machine Gun: The Breda Modello [--] #forgottenweapons #lmg #machinegun #italy #ww2 #wwi #breda #breda30 #carcano #italian #worst #terrible"
YouTube Link 2025-12-14T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 545.3K engagements
"Beretta 57: Italy Makes a .30 Carbine SMG for Morocco #forgottenweapons #smg #carbine #model57 Beretta57 #Beretta #Morocco history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-16T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 178.5K engagements
"H&K VP70Z - Disassembly and shooting I recently had the chance to hit the range with a VP-70Z the semiauto civilian version of H&K's [----] machine pistol. It is notable both for being one of the few production machine pistols around (and it would only fire automatically when its optional buttstock was attached) but also for being the world's first production polymer-framed handgun. On a less positive note it's next-most-known feature is it's trigger pull which is very reminiscent of a staple gun. The VP-70 was a very simple design using a plain straight blowback action and an 18-round"
YouTube Link 2013-09-22T22:30Z 3.2M followers, 224.6K engagements
"Beretta M1918: Italy's Semiauto 9mm Carbine from WWI The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Italy adopted the Villar Perosa in [----] a gun that is sometimes considered the first submachine gun. Despite being fully automatic and chambered for pistol ammo (9mm Glisenti/Parabellum) it was actually not a submachine gun in practice. It was actually a twin gun fired usually from a bipod using spade grips. It had some very specific applications but was generally not very useful and Italy set about looking for alternative uses for them. The solution they found was to"
YouTube Link 2025-12-31T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 129.2K engagements
"M1 Carbine on the PCC Course of Fire http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today I am running an early-configuration M1 Carbine through my standardized Pistol-Caliber Carbine course of fire. This consists of a selection of cool target systems from MOA Targets - an 8-plate dueling tree a mini-Mozambique and a Redneck Star. These will serve to test target transitions precision shots and moving targets respectively. I expected the Carbine to do well and it did. These targets"
YouTube Link 2020-12-12T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 232.4K engagements
"Bulgarian M1911 Luger http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Bulgaria bought its first Lugers in 1903; [----] Old Model guns in 7.65mm. It bought another [----] New Model Lugers in [----] (again in 7.65mm) but both of these orders were intended for private purchase by officers. It wasnt until [----] that Bulgaria formally adopted the Luger as an army sidearm and placed an order for [-----] gun in 9mm to be issued at large. The guns were delivered in [----] and have a couple unique features: * The toggle has a Bulgarian crest and the chamber a"
YouTube Link 2019-12-06T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 89.8K engagements
"Q&A: The Falklands War of [----] Want a patch or t-shirt with our adorably heavily armed rockhopper penguin Both are available from Varusteleka: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/searchq=penguin #forgottenweapons #falklands #malvinas #bayonet #fal #history #war"
YouTube Link 2025-01-03T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 303.4K engagements
"Competition with a Galil R5 and Armson OEG http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today I headed to the monthly 2-Gun match (which is rifle-only for this month) with a semiauto Galil R5 clone outfitted with an Armson OEG (Occluded Eye Gunsight). This particular OEG has a base specifically made to fit the Galil gas tube and should be a really interesting experience to use on the clock in a practical match. The stages this month consist on a round of Rifle Burpees a long range"
YouTube Link 2020-08-08T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 209.6K engagements
"M1915 CSRG Chauchat We have a brief video from a friend of the Forgotten Weapons site showing a standard M1915 Chauchat in use. Although short the video does a good job of showing the gun's rate of fire and general operation. You can see the open magazine design that caused so much trouble and see how the heavy reciprocating bolt and carrier cause the gun to bounce as it fires. http://www.forgottenweapons.com/chauchat-followup/ CSRG M1915 machine gun Chauchat Sho-Sho French 8mm Lebel CSRG M1915 machine gun Chauchat Sho-Sho French 8mm Lebel"
YouTube Link 2012-07-06T13:13Z 3.2M followers, 486.4K engagements
"French Trials FN CAL: Adding Rifle Grenade Capability Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten In the 1970s when the French Army was looking for a new rifle 5.56mm they tested a number of foreign rifles alongside development the FAMAS at St Etienne. These included the HK33 the M16 and the FN CAL - and today we are looking at the FN CAL. It already had a four-position selector switch (safe/semi/full/burst) fulfilling one of the French Army requirements. But it did not have sufficient grenade launching capability"
YouTube Link 2025-09-10T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 83.4K engagements
"AK4: Sweden's Beefed-Up Take on the G3 Order your copy of Small Arms of the Cold War: Battle Rifles of NATO today: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/cold-war-battle Or if you are in Europe please order through our European site: https://www.headstampbook.com/cold-war-battle When Sweden decided to replace its bolt action Mausers and Ljungman semiautomatic in the 1960s it had four main choices to pick from. One was the domestic GRAM-63 a modernized version of the Ljungman the FAL and the G3. They ended up choosing the G3 but not without a number of changes. Mechanically the Swedes insisted on"
YouTube Link 2025-05-19T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 375.4K engagements
"Bren Ten: The Most Tactical Pistol #forgottenweapons #brenten #10mm #bestmm #pistol #cooper #miamivice #history #collector #tactical #best history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-06-24T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Kresimir: Croatia's Truly Insane Grenade Launcher #forgottenweapons #insane #grenadelauncher #croatia #history #grenade #kresimir history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-04-17T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 562.2K engagements
"Confederate Morse Carbine: Centerfire Cartridges Ahead of Their Time George Morse of Baton Rouge patented a design for a remarkably modern centerfire cartridge and breechloading rifle action in [----] and [----] using a standard percussion cap as a primer. This was coupled with a gutta percha washer for sealing and a rolled brass cartridge body that was strong and robust - easily reloaded if somewhat complex to manufacture. After positive trials by the Army and Navy Morse received a contract to make first complete guns and then a royalty contract for the conversion of existing muskets to his"
YouTube Link 2017-10-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 577.1K engagements
"DSA's Modernized Mini-RPD at the Range (YouTube Cut) Full video available at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97925889/ Today I am at the range with one of DSA's mini-RPDs. The RPD is a nearly 80-year-old design (doesn't that make you feel old) and a really good candidate for modernization. DSA made a whole bunch of improvements - new dual-spring recoil system fluted barrel solidly fitted handguard with a nice repeatable optics mount and adapters to use SAW belt bags. I will be doing a short series on the whole RPD modernization program at DSA but here's a short range teaser until that"
YouTube Link 2024-02-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 158.3K engagements
"B&T VP9 Silenced Pistol: A Modern Welrod Armament Research Services (ARES) is a specialist technical intelligence consultancy offering expertise and analysis to a range of government and non-government entities in the arms and munitions field. For detailed photos of the guns in this video don't miss the ARES companion blog post: http://armamentresearch.com/swiss-vp9-suppressed-pistol/ The VP9 "Veterinary Pistol" (um.yeah) from Brugger & Thomet is a manually operated 9x19mm handgun with a quite effective suppressor built right onto the barrel. It is in fact a remarkably close copy of the"
YouTube Link 2017-07-18T12:14Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"CZ Bren [--] MS: The Civilian Version of a Modern Combat Rifle CZ's Bren [--] is one of the more successful recently developed military service rifles having been adopted by the Czech Republic and Hungary as well as entering licensed production in Ukraine. The semiauto Bren [--] MS is a fine rifle on its own merits but also offers an opportunity to build a near-perfect clone of a current service rifle. This used to be possible with imported rifles before [----] and is seeing a bit of a revival these days with companies having domestic American manufacturing facilities."
YouTube Link 2024-06-26T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 160.6K engagements
"Beretta Model 1934: Italy's Unassuming Workhorse Service Pistol #forgottenweapons #Beretta #34 #model34 #380 #history #pistol #ww2 #wwii history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-05-16T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 91.3K engagements
"BUG Match: SIG P220 Elite 10mm vs Six Hi-Point JXP 10mms https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Previously I did a Totally Scientific (tm) comparison between Bruce Gray's personal SIG P220 Elite and a flock of six of Hi-Point's new 10mm JXP pistols. Today I want to see how the two compare in a more practical test so I brought them out to the monthly BackUp Gun Match. Note 1: What I realized by the end of the match is that all the malfunctions"
YouTube Link 2023-05-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 105.1K engagements
"Dardick Model 1500: The Very Unusual Magazine-fed Revolver http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Dardick [----] was a magazine-fed revolver designed by David Dardick in the 1950s. His patent was granted in [----] and somewhere between [--] and [---] of the guns were made in [----] before the company went out of business in [----]. The concept was based around a triangular cartridge (a tround) and a 3-chambered open-sided cylinder. This wasnt really of direct benefit to a handgun but instead was ideal for a high rate of fire machine gun"
YouTube Link 2019-11-12T12:36Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Marlin 7MG aka Model [----] Aircraft Machine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com John Brownings original Model [----] gas-lever machine gun was still in production by Colt when World War One broke out. It was not the most modern gun around by then but it was available - and that was the most important feature for many potential buyers. Colt however had a lot of other larger orders to fill and so in [----] it arranged to subcontract the [----] pattern gun to Marlin. Marlin"
YouTube Link 2020-11-09T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 242.3K engagements
"Chang Feng CS/LS [--] - China's Take on the Helical-Mag SMG https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Chang Feng is named for the company that developed it the Chongqing Chang Feng Company Ltd in (you guessed it) Chongqing. It was designed by one Qing Shangsheng who had ample prior firearms design experience (including the Type [--] and [--] pistols and Type [--] SMG). The design is based around a helical magazine inspired by the Russian Bizon and"
YouTube Link 2023-06-05T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 327.9K engagements
""Fat Mac" - SSK Industries' .950 JDJ Rifle JD Jones .950 JDJ cartridge is a generally described as the largest sporting rifle cartridge ever produced producing more energy than even the 4-bore cartridges that match it in bore diameter. Only three of these rifles were made and the original loading was a [----] grain (168g) cast bullet moving at [----] fps (670m/s) for a whopping [-----] foot-pounds of muzzle energy (38kJ). There are some antitank rifles that produce more but nothing comparable in both energy and bore diameter in the sporting realm. The rifle is built on a McMillan stock and action"
YouTube Link 2017-11-17T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Steyr Hahn Variants The Steyr-Hahn is one of the less glamorized pistols used in WWI despite being made in quite large numbers (250000-313000 depending on who you read). The gun is an interesting mix of features including bits from the Roth-Steyr M1907 and the early Colt/Browning 1900/1902/1903 pistols. The gun was the standard pistol for the Austro-Hungarian Empire (albeit supplemented with M1907s M1898 Rast-Gassers and more) during the Great War. It was also purchased in quantity by Romania Chile and Bavaria. We will look at a couple of these variants today and also an example of the guns"
YouTube Link 2016-06-02T14:09Z 3.2M followers, 183.2K engagements
"The Bosnian Full-Auto SKS with AK Mags During the Balkan Wars a great many oddball guns were built and used. One of them was a Bosnian conversion of the Yugoslav M59/66 SKS to have a select-fire trigger and to use modified detachable AK magazines. These are extremely rare today as only a few of them (probably a dozen at most) came into the US with the bulk of Yugoslav SKS imports. The ones that did arrive came with regular trigger assemblies and regular 10-round fixed magazines (and are not legally considered machine guns by ATF). Today we will take a look at two examples and go over the"
YouTube Link 2024-03-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 276.4K engagements
"Leningrad's Emergency-Production PPS-42 at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Yesterday we looked at the history of the PPS-42 and how it was developed into the much more common PPS-43. Today we are taking it out to the range - the only time one of these very scarce gun has been filmed in recent history. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design"
YouTube Link 2022-11-12T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 261.5K engagements
"How Does it Work: Blow Forward http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The blow forward system has only bee used on three commercially-produced firearms: the Schwarzlose [----] Hino-Komuro and Mannlicher [----] (The SIG AK-53 uses a forward barrel movement but in conjunction with a locked breech). It offers a simple system with a theoretical extra margin of safety because the side cannot come backward off the gun but at the cost of substantially increased felt recoil. Once the blowback system was out of patent protection there was no"
YouTube Link 2019-05-28T12:19Z 3.2M followers, 125.7K engagements
"Browning M2HB .50 BMG at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Browning M2 heavy machine gun is one of the longest serving firearms in US military service and still going strong. Let's take this one out to the range and find out why history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly browning m2 ma deuce m2hb tripod belt fed [--] [--] big fifty cal [--] cal range timing headspace head spacing armorer pintle machine gun full auto hmg heavy machine gun"
YouTube Link 2020-12-26T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 919.4K engagements
"Colt LE-901 Modular Multi-Caliber AR: A Well-Designed Failure #forgottenweapons #colt #le901 #ck901 #multicaliber #rifle #scar history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 832K engagements
"Bren Gun at the Range We take a [----] Bren gun to the range to demonstrate function disassembly and shooting from a variety of positions. For more information check out http://www.ForgottenWeapons.com . Bren tripod Forgotten Weapons machine gun [---] shooting Bren tripod Forgotten Weapons machine gun [---] shooting"
YouTube Link 2011-08-23T17:18Z 3.2M followers, 918.2K engagements
"What Are All These 9mm Cartridges And Why http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Limitations of this video 01:22 - 9mm Luger 05:22 - 9mm Largo 07:01 - 9mm Browning Long 10:11 - .380 Auto/9x17mm 12:08 - 9mm Mauser Export 13:38 - 9mm Steyr 15:50 - 9x18mm Ultra/Police 18:08 - 9x18mm Makarov Why do we have so many different 9mm cartridges and what are they all Why are 9mm Steyr and 9mm Largo virtually identical and yet different while 9x18 Ultra and"
YouTube Link 2021-12-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.4M engagements
"Johnson LMG: History & Disassembly http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Johnson light machine gun is one of the lesser-known US military machine guns of WWII although it seems to have been very popular with all those who used it in combat. Melvin Johnson made a commendable attempt to get his rifles adopted by the US military but was unable to unseat the M1 Garand as American service rifle. However he did make a significant sale of both rifles and light machine guns to the Dutch colonial army. By the time those Dutch guns were ready to ship however the Japanese had overrun most of the"
YouTube Link 2016-02-29T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 605.8K engagements
"Local Boy Saves Nation: The Australian Owen SMG #forgottenweapons #smg #Owen #owengun #australia #submachinegun #9mm #ww2 #wwii history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-30T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"M1918A2 MOR: How to Make a Non-NFA BAR Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent firearms books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Prior to [----] Group Industries imported BAR parts kits and then manufactured and registered full-auto receivers for them. This produced transferrable guns which were subject to NFA registration and the $200 transfer tax - which was a much more significant sum at that time than it is today. Some of the potential customers were people (like reenactors) who wanted guns that looked and handled like real BARs but were not"
YouTube Link 2025-09-24T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 128.4K engagements
"Vektor H5: Pump Action Adaptation of the South African Galil http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The H5 is a pump-action conversion of the South African R4/R5 Galil rifles developed by Vektor in the early 1990s. It was fairly difficult at that time to get a permit for a semiautomatic rifle in South Africa but manually operated rifles were much less strictly regulated - so the H5 was introduced to sell to the civilian market. It was found to be quite popular with private security firms and so a second version was introduced for"
YouTube Link 2019-01-02T12:19Z 3.2M followers, 256.4K engagements
"North Korean Type [--] AK North Korea was one of several recipients of Soviet military technological aid during the Cold War being provided the design package and manufacturing assistance for both he SKS and AK-47 rifles. The AK was adopted by North Korea in [----] in the Type [--] milled-receiver style. This was just shortly before the Soviet Union would introduce its stamped-receiver AKM having spent nearly [--] years developing and perfecting the sheet metal fabrication expertise required (the original stamped-receiver AK-47 was a failure in mass production). North Korea only produced something on"
YouTube Link 2016-09-19T12:13Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"PM63 Rak: An Interesting Polish SMG/PDW Hybrid http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The PM-63 Rak is a pretty interesting Polish Cold War machine pistol or personal defense weapon. It fires from an open bolt but uses a slide like a pistol rather than a bolt in an enclosed receiver like a typical SMG. There are several other interesting elements to the design so let's take a closer look. Thanks to Movie Armament Group in Toronto for giving me the opportunity to bring you this video Check out MAG on Instagram:"
YouTube Link 2019-06-07T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 807.9K engagements
"S&W Pinto: The Wide World of Collecting https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Pinto is a name given to a specific sort of Smith & Wesson revolver by collectors. It refers to guns - typically J- K- and N-frame revolvers but all some semiauto pistols - produced with a mix of blued and nickeled parts. The name derives from the Pinto horse which has patches of white and color. The guns were generally old as a way to use up excess parts from"
YouTube Link 2022-11-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 147.2K engagements
"Investing in Guns: Some Tips (But It's a Bad Idea) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com A lot of people see the constantly-increasing price of collectible firearms and assume that guns must be a pretty good investment. Well they really aren't. The stock market outperforms collectible firearms with ease. But if you want to buy guns with an eye to increasing prices there are a few things I would suggest. 1) Know your subject. The more specialized knowledge you have in a particular area the"
YouTube Link 2022-01-19T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 171.4K engagements
"Shooting the ZB-26: A Jewel of an Interwar Light Machine Gun Today we have a chance to do some shooting with a ZB-26 a German-occupation 8mm light machine gun made at Brno in Czechoslovakia. The ZB-26 does not get nearly as much attention as LMGs made by the better known powers during the war but it is an excellent weapon. In addition to being adopted by the Czech military the gun was sold to about [--] dozen other countries and used in significant numbers by the Waffen SS. As one would expect form its reputation the ZB was smooth reliable and very controllable. For all the reasons discussed in"
YouTube Link 2017-10-27T11:57Z 3.2M followers, 293.9K engagements
"H&K's Hydrocephalic P7M10 in .40 S&W http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Everyone has an off day eventually and for H&K one of those off days took the form of the P7M10. Introduced in [----] the M10 was based on the frame and magazine body of the double-stack P7M13 with a .40 caliber barrel and a substantially increased slide mass. This extra mass was deemed necessary by Oberndorf engineers to safely handle the .40 S&W cartridge although this was not a universally shared determination. In addition to slowing the opening of the"
YouTube Link 2020-01-08T12:34Z 3.2M followers, 167.1K engagements
"SSG-82: The Enigmatic East German Sniper Rifle When East Germany received the technical data package for the 5.45x39mm cartridge they began a program to make their own AK-74 model. Alongside they also wanted a precision rifle using the new cartridge and that became the SSG (Scharfschtzengewehr) [--]. It was developed for the internal security services rather than the army however and only about [----] appear to have been made all the the Ernst Thlmann factory in Suhl. The SSG82 is an interesting microcosm of East Germany - good engineering but lousy finishing touches. The barrel is well made and"
YouTube Link 2019-09-05T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 291.6K engagements
"Late-Production Degtyarev PPD 34/38 at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com A crash program to produce the PPD 34/38 after the initial battles of the Winter War even as the improved PPD [--] was being rapidly developed. These are very rare gun today and we have the chance to take the example out to the range and see how it handles. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum"
YouTube Link 2022-10-22T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 177K engagements
"Stemple 76/45 + Russian Lend-Lease Thompson Kit = STG-M1A #forgottenweapons #stemple #m1a1 #transferrable #thompson #tommygun #smg history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-11-25T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 346.5K engagements
"First shots: New FG-42 1st Model from SMG PLEASE NOTE: German paratroops originally dropped with only light weapons and their rifles and machine guns were dropped separately in parachute containers. This was a terrible idea as it led to the guns being lost and left paratroops fighting with little more than pistols. The FG-42's purpose was to serve as a rifle and light machine gun that could be carrier directly by the jumping paratrooper instead of using arms containers. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons"
YouTube Link 2020-08-04T12:35Z 3.2M followers, 703.8K engagements
"New CZ Bren 3: What Did They Change #cz #bren2 #bren3 #update #ukraine"
YouTube Link 2024-09-09T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 159.6K engagements
"Dreyse M60 Needle Rifle (Updated) This video has been updated from its original form to remove a reference to an erroneous claim that it did not effectively obturate and was thus fired from the hip. For a great video showing live fire of the Dreyse check out CapAndBall: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=S5xH1YELizY Originally published May [--] [----]. The Dreyse needle rifle (or zundnadelgewehr which translates to needle firing rifle) was a major step forward in military rifle technology although it did not remain at the forefront for very long (much like the Spencer repeating rifle in that"
YouTube Link 2018-07-08T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 129K engagements
"ZH-29 Semiauto Rifle The ZH-29 was the brainchild of noted Czech arms designer Emmanuel Holek in the late 1920s. It was one of the earliest practical and reliable semiauto rifles available although Holek and the Brno factory were unable to secure any large orders for it (the three known orders total about [---] rifles for China Lithuania and Ethiopia). Several other countries tested the rifle (including the United States) but none adopted it. The ZH29 was a long-stroke gas piston operated rifle with a tilting bolt which actually pivoted sideways into the left side of the receiver to lock. This"
YouTube Link 2015-04-16T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 287.9K engagements
"MAC Operational Briefcase (the H&K We Have at Home) Note: This video was proactively deleted to avoid a channel strike when YouTube went nuts over suppressors. I am reposting it today since they have rolled back those policy changes. https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com If a swanky outfit like H&K can make an Operational Briefcase with a submachine gun hidden inside it then you can bet Military Armament Corporation is going to do the same"
YouTube Link 2023-03-03T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 263.3K engagements
"Nazi Belt Buckle Pistol Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons There is a fair amount of debate as to whether these are authentic WWII German artifacts as opposed to post-war creations to feed the market for Nazi memorabilia. Authentic or not they are a very neat mechanism to take a look at. Theme music by Dylan Benson - http://dbproductioncompany.webs.com Nazi SS belt buckle pistol hidden firearm concealed secret strange weird WWII unique unusual Louis Marquis officer crazy [--] RIA Rock Island auction Nazi SS belt buckle pistol hidden firearm concealed"
YouTube Link 2014-08-27T21:30Z 3.2M followers, 2.9M engagements
"H&K P9S Pistol When we think about roller-delayed blowback firearms we generally think of H&K rifles - but H&K also made a miniature version of the system for the P9 pistol in the late 1960s. The P9 was made as a single-stack design in both 9mm and .45ACP along with a target version (with adjustable sights) and a suppressor-ready version (the P9S which is what we have in today's video). The P9 was a pretty good gun overall and I really don't have any complaints about it after shooting (although the cocking/decocking lever is not necessarily intuitive). http://www.forgottenweapons.com HK P9"
YouTube Link 2013-07-14T23:30Z 3.2M followers, 304K engagements
"Stamm-Saurer Model [----] Short-Recoil Light Machine Gun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s and today we are looking at a Model [----] light machine gun. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer company where he headed its small arms division. Stamm's prior straight pull manual rifle and long-recoil semiautomatic rifles had failed to win any commercial or military interest and so in his last major design he turn to yet another new action type: short recoil. He developed"
YouTube Link 2026-01-23T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 159.1K engagements
"Sudayev's PPS-43: Submachine Gun Simplicity Perfected #forgottenweapons #smg #pps43 #sudayev #russia #ussr #soviet #ww2 #wwii #history #sudaev history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-09-16T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M engagements
"The Soviet Union Adopts an SMG: Degtyarev's PPD-34/38 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Soviet Union adopted its first submachine gun in [----] after trials of some [--] different design in 1932/33. The winner of the trials was Vasily Degtyarev once of the Soviet Unions most prolific firearms designers. His model [----] was a simple blowback gun reminiscent of the MP-28II albeit with different trigger and magazine systems. The PPD34 und a"
YouTube Link 2022-10-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 224.1K engagements
"Shooting the Czech ZH-29 Rifle The Czech ZH-29 is one of the first well developed semiauto military rifles - it was light mechanically simple reliable and handled well unlike many of its ungainly or excessively complicated predecessors. It only found two buyers though in China and Ethiopia despite being tested by many major military powers. The production examples were chambered for the 8mm Mauser cartridge and several sources claim that it was a quite uncomfortably painful rifle to shoot. I want to know was that true To me the recoil from the ZH29 was not particularly bad. It was similar to"
YouTube Link 2017-03-19T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 154.8K engagements
"ASh-78: Albania Makes the Worst AK Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Albanian AKs are both pretty scarce to find outside Albania and also a bit unusual in the AK field. Where most countries followed Russian AK development Albania instead patterned theirs on the Chinese Type [--]. China had Russian assistance in producing the original milled-receiver AK but the milled AKM cam after the Sino-Soviet split and so China had to create their own stamped receiver design independently. We see those features in the"
YouTube Link 2025-10-11T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 442.4K engagements
"History of the SVD Dragunov with Max Popenker My first book is available for pre-order; check it out https://www.headstamppublishing.com/french-rifle-book http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Russian small arms researcher Max Popenker joins us again today and this time he is discussing the history and development of the Dragunov rifle. We start from the desire to match longer-ranged NATO forces and the competition between Simonov Konstantinov and Dragunov through its development and adoption. Then various experiments in"
YouTube Link 2019-06-27T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 299.1K engagements
"Tanegashima: Guns of the Samurai The first Japanese exposure to firearms came from Portuguese traders in [----] as the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima. They received a matchlock and quickly recognized its utility and potential - within [--] years matchlocks were in significant production in Japan. The style of gun took hold nationally and they became known collectively as Tanegashima. These matchlocks served as major military arms during the Japanese warring period between [----] and [----] and then remained standard arms until the reopening of Japan to the west in the mid 1800s. The"
YouTube Link 2024-05-08T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 601K engagements
"Stemple 76/45 + Russian Lend-Lease Thompson Kit = STG-M1A http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The modularity and clever design of the Stemple Takedown Gun is perhaps best illustrated by the STG-M1A and STG-1928 (these are the same gun with either a horizontal or vertical front grip). In the early 2000s a bunch of Thompson parts kits came into the US WW2 vintage lend-lease guns sent to Russia. They were M1 and M1A1 models and had intact barrels but torch-cut receivers. BRP"
YouTube Link 2021-10-08T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 184.3K engagements
"Experimental Romanian Paratrooper PKM https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Romania adopted the PKM in [----] and began manufacturing their own direct copy at Cugir. In the 1990s the plant designed a model intended for paratroopers with a shortened barrel and unique side folding stock. Romanian special operations and paratroop units tested them but declined to purchase any - funding was tight and the breakup of the eastern bloc meant offensive"
YouTube Link 2023-07-01T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 262.7K engagements
"Burgess Folding Shotgun #forgottenweapons #burgess #folding #shotgun #12ga #surprise history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-12-29T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 20.7M engagements
"Stemple Makes a Star Wars Blaster: the STG-34k https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com One of the best-looking versions of the Stemple is I believe the STG-34k. This was the result of BRP obtaining a whole bunch of MG-34 parts kits as part of a separate project to make an MG-34-style upper for the AR platform and thus having all the grip models leftover. Well why not fit them to the Stemple 76/45 tube Pair the MG-34 grip with a short Suomi barrel and shroud and an AK underflowing stock"
YouTube Link 2022-01-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 317.9K engagements
"Why the M7 and 6.8x51mm are Bad Ideas: Welcome to my TED Talk NATO Cold War Battle Rifles and much more: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Cappy Army video on the SIG M7A1: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=n06vpf-vaSg CBJ Armor Piecing ammunition: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=90ECrL_4GPc The plan to replace the 5.56mm M4 Carbine with the 6.8mm M7 as the US Army's standard infantry rifle is a bad idea and today I will try to explain why. In short both of the justifications used for the switch (long range engagements and armor penetration) are better solved by other options. Modern FPV drones"
YouTube Link 2025-12-06T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"PSA/H&R Clones the Department of Energy Colt 9mm SMG Palmetto State Armory under their Harrington & Richardson brand has released a particularly neat model of 9mm AR. They talked about doing this "at some point" at SHOT Show [----] but lo and behold it's here and available on the cusp of SHOT [----] Specifically this is the Colt [---] an extra-short version of the Colt 9mm SMG. Originally released in [----] Colt's 9mm adaptation of the AR/M16 platform was never hugely successful against competitors like the MP5. This particular model with a 7" barrel was only produced in very limited numbers"
YouTube Link 2025-01-18T12:29Z 3.2M followers, 326.2K engagements
"FN-DA1: The BAR for NATO https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com After World War Two FN put the BAR back into production. This was initially the FN-D version with a quick-change barrel but with NATO's adoption of the 7.62mm cartridge there was a demand for the BAR in that chambering. The Belgian Army adopted this new round and plenty of other nations did as well. This prompted FN to release a new version of the FN-D for it designated the FN-DA1. In addition to the new chambering the DA1 also"
YouTube Link 2022-04-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 247.9K engagements
"Panzerschreck: Germany Makes a Bazooka http://www.forgottenweapons.com/panzerschreck-germany-makes-a-bazooka/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The German military first encountered American Bazookas in Tunisia in [----] and quickly put in place a program to copy and improve on the design. At that point the latest German antitank weapons was the Raketenwerfer [--] Puppchen which was a locked-breech rocket launcher built on a carriage like a standard AT gun. It had a substantial range and a very effective 88mm shaped charge warhead but lacked the one-man mobility offered by the Bazooka. So"
YouTube Link 2018-10-10T13:06Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M engagements
"Spoils of War: French Occupation-Production Mauser K98k svwMB #forgottenweapons #svw #k98k #mauser #france #french #occupation #ww2 #wwii #rifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2024-11-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 30.8K engagements
"Blk Lbl Integrated Handguard/Bipod for the Q Fix Ever since I first saw Blk Lbl at SHOT Show many years ago I've really liked their handguard-integrated bipods. They are completely slick and unobtrusive when folded up but offer a good range of motion stability and adjustability when deployed while being lighter than all but the lightest polymer detachable bipods when combined with a handguard. In addition to making these units for the AR15 AR10 Tavor [--] Tavor X95 Tikka and MDR platforms they also offer them for the Q Fix (and also SIG Cross). I'm very happy to have one on my Fix"
YouTube Link 2024-05-12T12:58Z 3.2M followers, 62.8K engagements
"GunLab Tours Vltor Weapons Systems A little while back we had the opportunity to visit the extensive shop that is home to Vltor Weapons Systems. It's a huge facility and gives Vltor the ability to do almost every part of a manufacturing process in house - including stamping machining welding bending laser engraving and many different kinds of finishing. As a result they make a pretty wide range of products. Their ARs are their best known work but they also made the semiauto PKM receivers that came on the market a few years ago plus AUG receivers for Steyr and complete 40mm grenade launchers"
YouTube Link 2013-01-14T23:44Z 3.2M followers, 19.1K engagements
"Primary Arms' HTX-1: A Completely US-Made Red Dot Sight Primary Arms just recently announced their HTX-1 red dot and it sounds pretty cool. From a technical perspective it has a lot of good points - a clever adapter plate mounting system two different reticles and a fully enclosed emitter. However I think the more interesting (and less appreciated) story here is the work involved in actually producing a product like this completely in the US. So while at SHOT Show [----] I stopped by the Primary Arms booth to talk to them about it. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons"
YouTube Link 2025-02-01T12:32Z 3.2M followers, 76.6K engagements
"Modernizing Le Clairon: the FAMAS Valorise The FAMAS was the best bullpup rifle of its era but it was a difficult platform to modernize with optics. In [----] the "FELIN" (Fantassin quipement et Liaisons INtgrs; Integrated Infantry Equipment and Communications) was commissioned to create a next-generation weapons platform for the French soldier. This used a computerized multi-function optic mounted to a lowered rails system and a control keypad on a new front grip on the rifle. Like the American Objective Force Warrior and other similar programs FELIN was not successful - but the base rifle did"
YouTube Link 2024-12-25T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 382K engagements
"Buying W.W. Greener: Tales from the Golden Age of Surplus The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com I am joined today by Val Forgett III of Navy Arms for the first in a series of videos telling some of his stories form growing up in the golden age of surplus with a father who was one of the largest arms dealers in the US. Today we are talking about how his father ended up owning the W.W. Greener company for five days and taking a look at a sniper rifle from the Greener museum collection - a .280 Ross fitted with a Zeiss optic used by Greener's nephew to"
YouTube Link 2026-01-07T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 88.9K engagements
"Collette Gravity Guns: A 60-Shot Rifle in [----] http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com What we today call the Collette Gravity Gun was actually designed by a gunsmith named Jean Nicolas Herman in Liege between [----] and [----]. He was an employee of Victor Collette (note: spellings vary) and licensed his patent for Collette to produce. The system was first shown at the [----] Paris International Exposition and both rifle and pistol versions of the gun would be produced by Collette"
YouTube Link 2021-09-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 291.4K engagements
"Ross [----] Cadet .22: Not Supposed to Auto-Eject The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-28T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 70.2K engagements
"How Does It Work: Direct Gas Impingement Interested in small arms history Make sure to pre-order a copy of my bookChassepot to FAMAS: French Military Rifles [----] - 2016: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/chassepot-to-famas-french-military-rifles-1866-201ref=9kqy9c Direct gas impingement is an operating system that has been used only in a few production guns (all of them rifles). It is extremely simple although perhaps not well suited to adjustability. It is also not the operating system of the AR series of rifles - we will cover those in a separate video next month."
YouTube Link 2019-05-21T11:55Z 3.2M followers, 134.4K engagements
"BXP: Blowback eXperimental Parabellum http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Andries Piek was a farmer in South Africa in the late 1970s when he mail ordered an LDP 9mm carbine from Rhodesia. The gun was impounded by South African customs and Piek wound up designing modifications to the gun to meet South African laws. He was contracted to do this to all the LDPs sent to South Africa and after thus becoming interested in firearms design he went on to create his own light compact and inexpensive 9mm carbine. In its first iteration"
YouTube Link 2019-02-18T13:07Z 3.2M followers, 455.9K engagements
"The Last Lee Enfield: the L42A1 Sniper http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons When the British military adopted the FAL (L1A1 SLR) in [----] they adopted the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge along with it. While the Brens guns were converted to the new cartridge efforts at converting the Lee Enfield into a precision rifle were not successful t the time. However civilian target shooters and the British NRA would work on perfecting that conversion for use in competition and would ultimately produce very accurate 7.62mm rifles built on Lee Enfield actions - accurate enough that the military took notice."
YouTube Link 2018-08-31T11:40Z 3.2M followers, 352.5K engagements
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