#  @ForgottenWeapons Forgotten Weapons
Forgotten Weapons posts on YouTube about history, gun, in the, germany the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Top Social Posts
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"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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MlFdhAK5c7Q) 2016-03-05T12:12Z 3.2M followers, 689.9K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cPyvg5-drLM) 2018-11-08T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 648.9K engagements
"LMG-25: The Swiss Toggle-Locked Light Machine Gun 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=j7pw2eBqSPU) 2025-12-29T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 370.9K engagements
"Germany Adopts the PPSh in 9mm: the MP-41(r) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com During World War Two both German and Russian soldiers often thought that the other side's weapons were better than their own. In particular both sides often preferred their opponents' SMGs. In late [----] a group of German officers formally requested that Germany simply copy and produce the PPSh-41. This led to the HWA formally studying the question of PPSh-41"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Jdd-yUNfHg) 2023-02-20T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 357.7K engagements
"Coenders' Bolt-Less Last Ditch Bolt Action Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com When the German Army tested last-ditch Volkssturm rifles late in World War Two one of the particularly obscure submissions was August Coenders' Coenders-Rochling Volkssturmkarabiner. This was a bolt action rifle chambered for 8mm Mauser with a 5-round magazine. However instead of using a traditional bolt action system it had a fixed breechblock and the handle was attached tot he barrel. Cycling the action meant unlocking the barrel and sliding it forward while the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6dq5K1cwdyY) 2026-02-04T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 244.9K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=95Mz-aLbcJE) 2020-03-18T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 551K engagements
"Which Customer Are You (w/ Mike Branson of Gideon Optics) Suit from Grayman & Co: https://grayman.co Today I'm speaking with Mike Branson from Gideon Optics at SHOT Show [----] about what he sees in the industry. Specifically the three categories that customers fall into. 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"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GSdi7z964ac) 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 58.7K engagements
"ZB26: The Best of the Light Machine Guns The ZB-26 stands as one of the best magazine-fed light machine guns developed during the 1920s and 30s - it was a very popular gun for small military forces and many countries which did not directly buy it were strongly influenced by it. The Japanese Nambu Type [--] and [--] were heavily based on the ZB the the British Bren was a direct evolution licensed from Brno. The design dates back to [----] when the Czech government began searching for a modern light machine gun. They tested pretty much all the guns available on the market at the time and also"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HcbFEIomzm4) 2017-10-26T12:54Z 3.2M followers, 696.3K engagements
"Engineer's Delight: Stemple 76/45 Becomes the Stemple Takedown Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The saga of how the original Stemple 76/45 became the Stemple Takedown Gun is a fantastic story of engineering design choices. Essentially John Stemple began by building a rather crude copy of the Swedish K in .45 ACP in the mid 1980s called the Stemple 76/45. He produced and registered [----] transferrable receivers for the gun (pre-1986) but only built them slowly a few"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RlHzy2LtS4k) 2021-09-17T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 755K engagements
"BSD's VSS Vintorez Reproduction: Beyond the Hype The reproduction VSS Vintorez announced and shown by BSD Fabrication & Works at SHOT Show [----] has garnered a tremendous amount of excitement and attention. This is understandable as the VSS is a very cool rifle and there are a lot of people who would love to have one. However I the coverage from SHOT is seriously lacking in any sort of realistic assessment. So as a guy who has been badly burned once by a reproduction rifle preorder and has seen lots of other people also burned I wanted to give this project a bit of a reality check. To"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VBjwTc_vWo0) 2025-01-26T12:38Z 3.2M followers, 324.7K engagements
"The Ching Sling - A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise Sold for $1955. The Ching Sling is an answer to the question "how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of" The formal shooting sling was a part of US military training for many decades and is still a staple of long range marksmanship competition. However it is a complicated process to set up a shooting sling and in World War Two it proved thoroughly impractical in combat conditions. The idea of using a sling for a support aid was not necessarily a bad one though. Eric Ching devised this"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WLISJXm42Lk) 2017-06-22T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 308.3K engagements
"Ask Ian: Single Feed vs Double Feed Pistols https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Asked by Tyler on Patreon: "Why are there so few double stack/double feed handguns I can only think of a couple off the top of my head. It makes the worst part of handgun shooting (loading the magazines) a complete non-issue." There are a series of interacting considerations when choosing between single feed and double feed. Single Feed: - Magazines are less"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=brVYI4-NILA) 2022-07-05T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 508.1K engagements
"Communist Heresy: Norinco's M305A M14 in 7.62x39mm 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kFOL6REHIK8) 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"The Bolt-Less Coenders Bolt Action Rifle 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m1j-vKi4qC8) 2026-02-04T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 263.9K engagements
"Winchester Lever Action Development: [----] Henry The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms reliable in function and very fast to shoot (much faster than the contemporary Spencers). The Henry used a simple toggle lock locking system with a single throw of its lever performing all the elements necessary to reload and recock the action. The Henry's quick action was coupled with a 15-round magazine more than double what the Spencer offered. It fired the .44 Henry"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ofGnRSE7lpI) 2017-06-05T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 720.7K engagements
"America's First Assault Rifle: Burton [----] LMR http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://centerofthewest.org/explore/firearms/ America's first assault rifle Well it does meet all the requirements - select-fire intermediate cartridge and shoulder-fired. It was never actually fielded though. The Burton Light Machine Rifle was developed during World War One with the firing model completed in [----]. It was intended as an aircraft observer's weapon for attacking balloons - a role which required incendiary ammunition.With this in mind Winchester's Frank Burton adapted the .351 WSL cartridge"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-OGyJPFzNfU) 2016-07-04T10:17Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Why Yugoslavia waited until the 1990s to build a Krink style AK M70 M80 M90 M92 timeline 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-eqY1ugybaQ) 2026-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 172K engagements
"America's Forgotten SMG: The Hyde/Marlin M2 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The United States went into World War Two with the Thompsons submachine gun - a weapon far too heavy and too expensive for its role. The British went to the other extreme with the Sten and while the US did not want a gun quite that crude the Sten did spur a desire for something cheaper than the Thompson. George Hyde (the working for the Inland Division of GM) had worked on submachine gun designs in the 1930s and he put together a weapon that would"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=08_mAlLrbTI) 2019-10-04T11:47Z 3.2M followers, 656.4K engagements
"Taser X12 XREP: A Taser in a Shotgun Shell #forgottenweapons #12ga #shotgun #taser #x12 #riotcontrol #xrep history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0r52ZOGMH20) 2025-07-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Combloc SAW: Chinese RPD at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I am excited to take an RPD out to the range today - I've wanted to try one for quite a while. The RPD is a very light and compact weapon for a squad automatic and I'm curious how it will actually handle. This particular example is a Chinese Type [--] with many of the improvements that were made over the course of Soviet adoption and field use of the gun. history development mccollum forgotten weapons"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0x6ntFONOXQ) 2021-07-31T10:00Z 3.2M followers, 380.4K engagements
"Denel NTW 20: A Multi-Caliber Anti-Materiel Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Created by noted South African gun designer Tony Neophytou the NTW-20 is a bolt action anti-materiel rifle made in 20x82mm 20x110mm and 14.5x115mm. The weapon began as idea to use the large quantities of surplus 14.5mm ammunition available at the time and a recognition that the 14.5mm Soviet cartridge was an excellent anti-armor round with a really remarkably high muzzle velocity. To widen the rifle's capabilities it was decided to incorporate an easily interchangeable barrel and also chamber it for the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1FMeG60vLfQ) 2018-09-07T10:44Z 3.2M followers, 4.5M engagements
"How Is Ammunition Made A Tour of Sellier & Bellot's Factory Today I am in Vlaim in the Czech Republic where Sellier & Bellot has allowed me to film a tour of their ammunition plant. This is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world and they start with basic raw material like lead copper and brass and ship out complete case ammunition. The machines involved in this process are really interesting - let's have a look http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1RN2vDgLIY4) 2024-12-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 870.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2VrFV-AYCbY) 2026-02-11T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 39.8K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3dGCSutRXFM) 2020-05-08T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 747.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4HNaB7l2GQk) 2015-04-11T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5HqOjUCriOQ) 2022-11-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 147.2K engagements
"PSS: Russia's Silent Captive-Piston Handgun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The PSS is a semiautomatic pistol using captive piston ammunition to achieve a comparable level of sound suppression to a .22 pistol with a good normal suppressor. It was developed to replace a couple multi-barrel derringer style captive piston pistols in Soviet use with the semiautomatic action and (6-round) detachable magazines making it suitable for a wider variety of missions than the previous guns. It was given the GRU catalog designation 6P28 and entered service in [----]. It"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6RDS92zBv6k) 2025-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 221.8K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6tFEXzzilOg) 2018-08-31T11:40Z 3.2M followers, 352.7K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7M91tTJkyMM) 2018-06-02T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 582.8K engagements
"Panzerschreck: Germany Makes a Bazooka #forgottenweapons #ww2 #germany #panzerschreck #bazooka #antitank #history history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7NubKCIFEI0) 2025-01-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3.5M engagements
"Colt LE-901 Modular Multi-Caliber AR: A Well-Designed Failure Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Best Korea Propaganda short available here: https://varusteleka.com/en-us/products/forgotten-weapons-best-korea-propaganda-t-shirt Colt originally developed the [---] as part of the US Army SCAR program with the intention being to create a 7.62x51mm rifle that could also use unmodified 5.56x45mm upper assemblies. This would allow special operations units to customize a single weapon to a variety of different"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7QnK6FMxdxY) 2025-10-29T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 156.8K engagements
"Enjoying Black Powder Episode 9: [----] Swiss Vetterli For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-9-swiss-vetterli-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced and they are actually pretty easy to reload for. The unavailability of factory ammunition (for most although not so much for the Trapdoor) makes them seem like a daunting prospect but for a pretty simple investment in tools and time one can make up ammunition and have a"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7WfqFHy98C0) 2025-03-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 89.1K engagements
"Soviet PPD-40: Degtyarev's Submachine Gun Degtyarevs PPD-40 was the first submachine gun adopted in a large scale by the Soviet Union. Its development began in [----] with a locked breech gun modeled after Degtyarevs DP light machine gun but evolved into a much simpler blowback system. It was accepted as the best performing gun of [--] different submissions in Soviet trials of 1931/2 and first entered production in [----]. In this form it used a [--] round curved stick magazine and was chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge. In [----] Degtyarev made a number of changes most importantly developing a drum"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8A6bYa3HgCs) 2017-08-28T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 574.7K engagements
"Dragunov Variations: Military SVD Izhmash Tiger Chinese NDM-86 The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman's rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT-40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in [----] after about [--] years of development and its scarcity in the United States has led to the development of a loyal and dedicated group of admirers. This of course has led to much spirited debate about the relative merits of the different variations of the SVD which have been imported into the US. Today we will look at three in detail: a genuine Soviet military-issue SVD a"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8gcE45knbNA) 2017-04-20T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Bren MkI: The Best Light Machine Gun of World War Two http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the years after World War One the British military wanted a new machine gun and they wanted it to replace both the Lewis and the Vickers. Through the 1920s the British would tinker with most of the light machine guns that became available but it was not until the early 1930s that a serious formal trial was conducted. The initial trials found three particularly encouraging guns;"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ArsBC8HWiOs) 2021-02-24T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2M engagements
"Beretta 93R: The Best Machine Pistol The Beretta 93R ("Raffica") was developed in the 1970s by Beretta engineer Paolo Parola at the request of Italian military special forces. It took the basic Beretta [--] pistol design and added a well-thought-out burst mechanism under the right-side grip panel. It does not have a plain full-auto setting but only semiauto and 3-round burst. To help keep the gun controllable it has a heavier slide to reduce cyclic rate a detachable shoulder stock and a folding front grip to help control the muzzle. It uses extended 20-round magazines and is actually remarkably"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BPf5quy8_nM) 2024-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 346.9K engagements
"The Blanchard lathe and the secret behind massproducing millions of identical wooden gun stocks 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CdWZC9ehSSo) 2026-01-31T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 243K engagements
"How to Identify a Real M1A1 Carbine vs a Fake Looking for a light and compact weapon to equip its new Airborne units the US military adopted the M1A1 Carbine in May of [----]. This was mechanically identical to the existing M1 Carbine but with a wire-frame side folding stock in place of the standard wooden stock. This allowed the M1A1 to fit into a very handy leg bag for paratroops. Deliveries began in October [----] with all of the guns being manufactured by the Inland company. A total of [------] were made in two batches (71000 between October [----] and October [----] and another [-----] between April"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dx-8QgkbIiU) 2018-02-10T13:40Z 3.2M followers, 723K engagements
"Mateba MTR-8 #forgottenweapons #revolver #automaticrevolver #mateba #mtr8 history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Eos17VerxPA) 2025-08-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 325.8K engagements
"The Iconic "Burp Gun" - Shooting the PPSh-41 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun is most distinctive for its very high rate of fire - approximately [----] rounds/minute - and large drum magazine. What may come as a surprise to those who have not tried it is how this very high rate of fire does not actually make the weapon difficult to control or hold on target. In fact the PPSh-41 is an easier SMG to shoot effectively than the later PPS-43 at leas tin my opinion. The Soviets and the Germans make"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FAIyQ5yqVu8) 2017-12-16T11:41Z 3.2M followers, 2.9M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KC7fLfI9DNU) 2025-02-12T12:13Z 3.2M followers, 130.1K engagements
"The Erma EMP at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Having taken a close look at this original Erma EMP submachine gun yesterday we are out at the range with it today. Like several of the interwar SMGs the Erma was designed with a magazine well long enough to accommodate 9mm Steyr (9x23mm) ammunition and it was offered in several different calibers. The 9mm Parabellum magazines have a spacer at the rear to hold the rounds forward for proper feeding. In addition"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q0rxAPuNf6U) 2020-10-24T12:18Z 3.2M followers, 236.1K engagements
"M79: The Iconic "Bloop Tube" 40mm Grenade Launcher http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Combat experience with the bazooka rocket launcher in World War Two and its larger versions in the Korean War convinced the US military that a better weapon was needed to give front-line troops a direct-fire way to attack enemy strong points. The bazooka was bulky not particularly accurate and created a lot of backlist signature when fired. This led to a multi-part development effort"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qk1R2oY4_VA) 2020-12-04T12:39Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Mauser M80SA: Actually a High Power and Actually Hungarian Our book on Hungarian AKs "Rifles on the Danube" is available here: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/danube-book In the 1980s the Mauser company was completely adrift without any real plans or goals or good leadership. They had been trying to get by on relaunched old designs and not been very successful. By the late 80s they move on to just buying guns from other companies (like Renato Gamba) and relabelling them as Mauser. One of these partnerships was with FEG in Hungary. In [----] Mauser contracted with FEG to buy Browning High"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qke2sUb5P0s) 2026-01-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 72.5K engagements
"What's the Deal with the SIG P320 Exploding and Firing "Un-Commanded" (April 2023) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Social media is very excited these days about "exploding" SIG 320s.so let's consider what might actually be happening. Of course this discussion is invariably clouded by the fact that the P320 did have a legitimate drop-safety problem a few years ago. It was fixed but many people don't bother to distinguish between that"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QusWrho19zE) 2023-04-20T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 870.4K engagements
"10mm is the Best Millimeter: the Colt Delta Elite http://www.forgottenweapons.com/10mm-is-the-best-millimeter-the-colt-delta-elite http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Colt introduced the Delta Elite in [----] to take advantage of the hype and publicity surrounding the 10mm Auto cartridge in the Bren Ten pistol. When the Bren Ten became such an ignominious failure it left Colt in an excellent position as one of the first companies to actually have a viable offering in the caliber. However the gun never sold particularly well despite its cult following and it was removed form production in"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qxv8dw2hTBQ) 2018-06-08T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Colt Tries DA/SA: The Colt Double Eagle (in 10mm) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Double Eagle was Colts foray into the DA/SA pistol market in the 1990s. It was effectively just a standard [----] with a Seecamp-type double action trigger mechanism and a modernized (for the time) trigger guard profile. Available in .45ACP 10mm 9mm .40 S&W and .38 Super it never did sell well and was discontinued in [----] (having been introduced in 1990). history development mccollum"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RMlN5BNbqgE) 2020-12-03T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 208.7K engagements
"Nock's Volley Gun: Clearing the Decks in the 1700s The Nock Volley Gun was actually invented by an Englishman named James Wilson in [----] and presented to the British military as a potential infantry weapons. This was declined as impractical but the Royal Navy found the concept interesting for shipboard use. In [----] the Navy ordered two prototypes made by the British gunsmith Henry Nock and finding them suitable proceeded to oder a total of [---] of the guns (thus forever associating Nocks name with the gun instead of Wilsons). A further [---] or so were ordered in [----] and the guns were in fact"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=SbDhwdjL0jo) 2018-03-03T13:13Z 3.2M followers, 682K engagements
"The test that never happened - why Germany never ran a formal study on G36 accuracy Full video: https://youtu.be/MfPHZFsw40M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UTxYFfArelk) 2026-02-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 199.7K engagements
"wz.96 Beryl: Poland's 5.56mm Military AK http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com With Poland's entry into NATO in the 1990s a new service rifles was needed chambered for the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990/91 to adapt the wz.88 Tantal to 5.56mm and this project was dusted off in [----] to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in 5.56mm the Beryl includes an improved folding stock a shorter muzzle device (and correspondingly longer rifled"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VGUHYjZFg5c) 2021-07-26T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 333K engagements
"Born in the Heart of Besieged Leningrad: the PPS-42 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com One would think that the Shpagin PPSh-41 was as simple as a submachine gun could get but that wasnt the case in World War Two USSR. Barely had the PPSh gotten into real production than the Army was looking for something even simpler. An answer came from young designer Aleksey Sudaev with a completely-stamped gun that used about half the raw material and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbTNE0NVUMw) 2022-11-11T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 526.4K engagements
"Israeli Light-Barrel FAL (from DS Arms) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Israel was one of the very First Nations to adopt the FN FAL rifle - after Canada but before many actual NATO nations. Israel made its first purchases of the rifles in [----] and delayed them almost immediately in the [----] Suez Crisis. The first rifles were wholly made by FN in Belgium but over time IMI in Israel would produce almost all parts except receivers (they had a good working relationship with FN which had licensed production of the Uzi"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZxZqFULfhaI) 2019-03-23T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 365.5K engagements
"Canadian 8mm Sterile Bren Gun The John Inglis company in Toronto first opened in [----] as a metalworking shop and grew steadily over the decades under first John Inglis and then later his sons. Inglis did substantial amounts of military work during World War One but the Great Depression hit it hard and both William and Alexander Inglis died in [----] and [----] respectively. The company went into receivership but was purchased by one Major James Hahn (DSO) and a group of business partners in November of [----]. Hahn and his associates saw an opportunity to use this large manufacturing facility to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_CfjbWpozTg) 2019-04-12T12:35Z 3.2M followers, 305.8K engagements
"Where to put your money - gun optic ammo or training Full video: https://youtu.be/GSdi7z964ac 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d3g5XYFmWM8) 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 52.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dIv7k227Vqc) 2024-11-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 450.4K engagements
"Czech ZH29 early semiauto rifle The Czech ZH29 was among the first modern battle rifles. It is a very well made semiauto design in 8x57 caliber. Unfortunately they were too expensive to attract many buyers - the only sales were to China Ethiopia and Siam (this particular rifle came back from China). ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e5dyjhcxGMI) 2011-06-08T04:34Z 3.2M followers, 139.7K engagements
"Romanian ZB-30 LMG: Improving the Already-Excellent ZB-26 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Brno's ZB-26 was one of the best light machine guns of the 1920s and it was widely adopted by countries that did not have domestic arms design and production capacity (and it would eventually become the British Bren gun as well). It was designed for the 8mm Mauser cartridge and had a simple fixed gas system that ran very well - until countries"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fjjFCoiQWoM) 2023-08-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 170.4K engagements
"Shooting the H&K MP7 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Thanks to H&K and Trijicon I have a chance to do some shooting with an MP7A1 PWD today. The MP7 is unusual for a gun of its size and configuration in having a fully locked operating system; essentially a G36 scaled down to 4.6x30mm. This allows the gun to be lighter as the action is not dependent on bolt mass to delay the breech from opening. I was expecting the MP7 to be extremely soft shooting and was rather surprised to find it with more pronounced recoil than I"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gJp7a_muHs0) 2019-03-30T10:55Z 3.2M followers, 2.7M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gZsln5GfipQ) 2025-10-16T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 178.6K engagements
"France's Ultimate WW1 Selfloading Rifle: The RSC-1918 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The French RSC-1917 semiauto rifle was a major step forward in arms technology during World War One offering a reliable and effective self-loading rifle for issue to squad leaders expert marksmen and other particularly experienced and effective troops. No other military was able to field a semiauto combat shoulder rifle during this was in anything but very limited numbers. However the RSC-1917 definitely had some shortcomings: - It"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=h6FNkMXECeE) 2017-09-14T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 622.2K engagements
"SIG AK-53: A Truly Weird Forward-Operating Rifle #forgottenweapons #ak53 #weird #strange #prototype #experimental #swiss #sig #switzerland #battlerifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m1TQ07LSLxY) 2026-01-18T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 169.2K engagements
"Only [--] Made [--] Known SurvivorsHunting the Rarest Mauser C96 Variant 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oqx5irCtDpo) 2026-02-03T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 628.6K engagements
"The Swiss Almost Adopted a Czech Roller-Locked Pistol 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sOAtddn3_3g) 2026-01-26T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 70.8K engagements
"Does the Boberg/Bullpup9 Design Reduce Recoil #forgottenweapons #history #boberg #bullpup9 #bondarms history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=sgn4GMcI5Ls) 2025-04-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"PGM Precision Hecate II 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 taking the PGM Precision Hecate II out to the range. It is a rifle designed for use out to 1800m but I have neither the skills myself nor the range facility to do something like that - instead I have a target set up at 200m. I was quite surprising by just how soft-shooting the Hecate II is for a rifle chambered for .50 BMG. I can very honestly say that many .308 precision rifles have"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v_vfXcvWkps) 2020-05-09T12:43Z 3.2M followers, 676.2K engagements
"Development of the Model [----] Pistol Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Here I present the developmental history of the [----]. http://www.forgottenweapons.com Theme music by Dylan Benson - http://dbproductioncompany.webs.com Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB recoil slide Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vgOicEVA4u8) 2014-11-30T21:30Z 3.2M followers, 3.2M engagements
"Peak American: the Winchester [----] Trench Gun in WW1 The United States was the only country to use shotguns in World War One in a substantial way. It was not the first time the US had used such guns either; shotguns were used in the Philippines against the Moros and on the Mexican Punitive Expedition. For use in the Great War however it was deemed necessary to fit bayonets to them. At the request of the War Department the Winchester company designed a bayonet mounting adapter for their Model [----] pump-action shotgun to use the M1917 bayonet that Winchester was also making at the time for the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=viWAUjkz9UY) 2023-09-13T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 699.8K engagements
"Reproduction T48 FAL by DSA/PSA"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vyuG_tVAubE) 2025-01-21T22:07Z 3.2M followers, 298.9K engagements
"SR3M (VSS/Vintorez) 9x39mm by Roswell Rifle Works - SHOT Show [----] 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=w6ScYWpHBB4) 2026-01-22T14:11Z 3.2M followers, 251.1K engagements
"Vaporware or Successful Release: SHOT Show [----] Retrospective The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com 0:59 Primary Arms HTX-1 1:49 AKB-23 2:37 BNT BSD 9x39 8:10 Insite Armory SVD 9:45 Angstadt Arms Prophet 11:10 Gearhead Guns Type [---] SMG 12:49 SNT Motiv South Korean firearms (Daewoo etc.) 14:51 PSA / H&R / DSA T48 FAL 16:39 Aimpoint COA Today we take a look back at last year's SHOT Show. Of all the products I did videos on which ones successfully came to market and which dissolved into vaporware BSD Vintorez Video: https://youtu.be/VBjwTc_vWo0 Hop's HTX-1"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=yBJRUx2nfcs) 2026-01-25T13:15Z 3.2M followers, 206.5K engagements
"BE Meyers "MILR" Heavy Weapons IR Laser - SHOT Show [----] 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=45T7poJp9hg) 2026-01-23T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 374.7K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8a8fKH3rQdY) 2023-12-16T12:48Z 3.2M followers, 227.2K engagements
"Cobray Lady's Home Companion The Ladies Home Companion was a pistol (technically) made by the Cobray company on the same frame as their 12ga "Street Sweeper" shotgun. It had no stock or front grip and was chambered for the .45-70 rifle cartridge carrying [--] rounds in its fixed drum magazine. It's kinda like watching a train wreck.you know you shouldn't but you kinda want one anyway. These sold even worse than the Streetsweeper but they at least didn't have an egregiously offensive name and thus were never the target of a major lobbying campaign. Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TygqLGNnXJE) 2015-02-08T17:46Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"The M1 Garand's Mysterious 7th Round Stoppage http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The M1 Garand ran great in testing but as soon as Springfield began to crank out production-line guns a mysterious problem appeared. If the top round in the clip was on the right-hand side the 7th round in the clip would often run askew and malfunction. Where did this very odd problem come from and why the connection to how the clip was loaded In a classic example of "guns are hard" going"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=s5V_qIZEOUg) 2021-06-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 873K engagements
"Ian Must Face the Cursed Chauchats The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Just for reference here's the Belgian M1927 Chauchat: https://youtu.be/0RtTck6tLIU 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zSVY5l5FP84) 2025-12-23T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 324.9K engagements
"The Albanian SKS: A Few Different Details The Albanian SKS is the rarest of the major adoptees of the SKS rifle (Russia China Romania Yugoslavia Albania) and has a handful of interested details that differ from all other examples of the SKS rifle. The gun came about as the result of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxhas pivot from Soviet to Chinese alliance in the 1960s. Mao granted Albania a license to produce the Type [--] SKS in [----] and the country would produce between [-----] and [-----] or the rifles by [----]. Mechanically the Albanian version is identical to the Chinese Type [--]. It differs in a few"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-g0YFJ24OTc) 2018-02-02T12:03Z 3.2M followers, 566.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-lFslAG9m-o) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0zZx2SQLzcs) 2021-07-07T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 453.5K engagements
"The Soviet Jackhammer: Shooting an AVS-36 Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of the Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle and today we are taking it out to the range. As a light rifle firing full-power 7.62x54R ammunition this is sure to be an exhilarating experience. I am curious to see how the muzzle brake performs and if this rifle can be any better to handle and shoot than the M14. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv avs simonov"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UMBQPrWXZE) 2019-04-06T12:41Z 3.2M followers, 800.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2LW67KnNPqo) 2018-12-26T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 122.6K engagements
"L118A2: Accuracy International Arctic Warfare http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com After the British adoption of the Accuracy International PM as the L96A1 sniper rifle other nations began to give a very serious look at the company and its rifles. One of the first was Sweden which requested a rifle like the PM/L96 but with a few changes to better suit the northern environment of Scandinavia. The bolt body surface area was reduced with scalloped relief cut to prevent ice form locking up the bolt and a 3-position safety designed"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2lVRi8GOvIc) 2019-03-22T12:04Z 3.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality [----] (Day 1) All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices: weaponsandwar.tv Finnish Brutality [----] took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again - this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka a Finnish military and outdoor good supplier it was ten stages of shooting over two days and took place a bit north of Helsinki. There were [---] competitors this year and two thirds of them were in the Armored division shooting with rifle plates and other gear (mandatory minimum"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3V5VoGhAcwI) 2024-09-06T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 62.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=46VV5KdS-aQ) 2021-09-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 291.4K engagements
"Stechkin APS: The Soviet Machine Pistol Sorry slight mistake on my part - the arsenal mark on this is Molot not Tula http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The APS is a machine pistol developed by Igor Stechkin in the late 1940s and adopted by the Soviet Union in [----] basically at the same time as the Makarov pistol. The Stechkin and Makarov share many characteristics - both are double action both fire the 9x18mm cartridge both have decocking mechanisms both have heel magazine releases and both are simple blowback actions with"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4J-1y5RKnNo) 2019-01-11T10:59Z 3.2M followers, 467.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4SI9BwnSnV4) 2026-01-28T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 71K engagements
"Type [--] North Korean Tokarev/High Power Hybrid http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Type [--] is a North Korean hybrid of the Tokarev and the High Power used as a military service pistol until replaced by the Beak-Du-San copy pop the CZ75. The general outline of the gun is a copy of the Tokarev with a modular removable fire control group lack of manual safety and tall thin sights. It is chambered for 7.62x25mm and uses a magazine identical to the standard Tokarev except"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=50OZ9fmiOFs) 2020-05-18T12:25Z 3.2M followers, 346.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=58ij_tjb0YY) 2015-02-25T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 115.5K engagements
".50 BMG and the Geneva Convention Adorable Penguin Brutality shirt available from Varusteleka: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/forgotten-weapons-penguin-brutality-t-shirt/81986option=81709 I'm sure you've heard the one about how targeting an enemy soldier with a .50 BMG is a war crime but targeting his belt buckle is okay because it's "materiel" Yeah it's totally false but boy does that story get around. The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5yQF7bbYmv4) 2025-07-22T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 294.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Qsxf6GkNhQ) 2022-01-19T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 171.4K engagements
"Flux Raider 365"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=76c5kB1oJOY) 2024-01-25T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7BxgB1zoqKQ) 2017-10-27T11:57Z 3.2M followers, 294K engagements
"SHOW 2025: Aly & Kaufman L85A1 From BRN-180 Aly and Kaufman LLC has produced a new receiver to turn a Brownells BRN-180 into a functional lookalike of a British L85A1 bullpup. These are not strict clones of the SA80 but rather an approximation to give the vibe. They are shipping as kits to be assembled with your own upper and are FFL items. The first batch has sold out and the second batch is coming soon. A neat option given the utter impossibility of getting an L85A1 here.and possibly the first example of a repro that will likely work better than the original it is copying. history"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7IG5f-fjMzM) 2025-01-25T17:00Z 3.2M followers, 208.4K engagements
"TOZ-36 and TOZ-49: Soviet Gas-Seal Target Revolvers These two revolvers were developed for competitive sport shooting in the Soviet Union. They are usually described as variants of the Model [----] Nagant but they actually work on a different mechanism despite both being gas-seal designs. The TOZ-36 was designed in [----] and it was a single action six-shot revolver in 7.62x38mmR - the standard Nagant revolver cartridge. It was made until [----] and in [----] it was supplanted by the TOZ-49. That was essentially the same design but chambered for 7.62x26mmR - a shorter version of the gas-seal"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7kg89f3fT1k) 2025-01-22T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 152.4K engagements
"M1E5 Experimental Paratrooper Garand The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com In January [----] men of the 93rd Infantry Division field-modified an M1 to give it a shorter (18") barrel and the rifle was sent back to the US and tested by the Infantry Board. The idea was that a rifle like this might be of use to paratroopers being more powerful than the M1A1 Carbine they were already using. The job of exploring the idea was given to John Garand at Springfield Armory and he began work that same month. One example was made in the spring of [----] using an underfolding"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8JVBCchQ_fM) 2025-12-17T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 158.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8kbzqWdD7LE) 2016-02-07T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 834.2K engagements
"Book Review: Vickers Guide to H&K Volume 4: Rifles & Machine Guns (and more) Available directly from Vickers Guide: https://www.vickersguide.com/purchase/heckler-koch-vol-4-standard The fourth and final volume of the Vickers Guide to Heckler & Koch covers the post-roller-delayed long guns made by H&K. This begins with the G11 and then the G36 HKM4/HK416 HK417 MG4 and MG5 families. It also covers a number of other related groups of guns including H&K grenade launchers the OICW the L85A2 and A3 and more. While it is formatted primarily as a coffee table book with outstanding photography it"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8ylB4thQ17g) 2026-01-27T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 26.7K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AHOx1jaHhQI) 2019-09-05T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 291.6K engagements
"Erma EMP: Heinrich Vollmer's Interwar Submachine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Developed by Heinrich Vollmer in the 1920s this quite distinctive submachine guns was marketed by the Erma company starting in [----] and sold quite well internationally. This particular example was used by the German police and is chambered for 9x19mm. Many of these guns were also sold to Spain where they were popular with the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. At the end of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AxObwYbXUik) 2020-10-23T11:55Z 3.2M followers, 196.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=BlBihMdHW_I) 2025-09-14T13:55Z 3.2M followers, 118.9K engagements
"Olympic Arms' OA-98 AR Pistol - A Strange Product of the AWB The AR-15 does not lend itself to stock-less use because its basic design places the recoil spring in the length of the stock and requires that space for the bolt carrier to travel in. Olympic Arms however developed a way to modify the basic AR-15 design to allow for a pistol version that did not require a rear buffer tube (it was also made into a carbine with a folding stock). This was the OA-93 and it was unluckily introduced just before the implementation of the [----] assault weapons ban in the US. With that law in place the OA-93"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CcNS4JdprWc) 2017-06-01T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 901.7K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cn2Z0O1ft6M) 2025-11-25T14:00Z 3.2M followers, 346.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D9M6Wxolfuo) 2018-06-30T12:21Z 3.2M followers, 348.5K engagements
"The Brazilian Uru SMG: A Study in Simplicity The Uru named for a tropical bird is a Brazilian 9mm submachine gun made from [----] until [----] and used by Brazilian military and police forces. What makes it interesting is the designers focus on simplicity - the gun has just [--] parts and basically no screws or pins (except the bolt holding the pistol grip on). The trigger mechanism and drop safety are quite interesting to see http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com uru uru smg submachine gun brazil brazilian smg brazilian gun 9mm 9x19"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=D_dXVwZb33Q) 2017-04-26T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1mojMaEtM) 2013-05-20T14:02Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M engagements
"OSS Flying Dragon: A Silent Poisoned Dart Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The OSS experimented with a lot ofunorthodox weapons during World War Two and one of their overarching goals was a weapon with a [---] yard lethal range but without flash or noise. To this end they experimented with a number of suppressed firearms as well as weird stuff like various crossbow designs silenced dart gun pistol conversions and in this case a CO2 powered dart gun. It was code aimed the Flying Dragon and first mentioned in documents"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E0R8FHpGQis) 2018-04-07T13:04Z 3.2M followers, 746K engagements
"North Vietnamese SKS http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com North Vietnam set up a small arms factory north of Hanoi (12km north of Yn Bi to be specific) with the assistance of Chinese factory #296 starting in [----]. The goal was for this to become a substantial arsenal for both repair and production of arms including barrel-making and forging capabilities. It would never reach this potential but it was able to assemble about [----] SKS rifle between [----] when it opened and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E20-m1hbuhk) 2020-10-02T12:04Z 3.2M followers, 413.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FWIgmIm6Uh0) 2020-08-04T12:35Z 3.2M followers, 703.8K engagements
"The FG-42s in Saving Private Ryan https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Did you know there was a scene in Saving Private Ryan filmed with original FG-42 rifles Alas it hit the cutting room floor and never got into the final edit. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FZT2m8ePL0U) 2023-08-27T11:00Z 3.2M followers, 160K engagements
"Armalite AR-17: A Shotgun from the World of Tomorrow #forgottenweapons #ar17 #12ga #shotgun #armalite history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FbEivcAysaA) 2025-10-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 584.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FnqrU9YiUvY) 2018-03-13T11:03Z 3.2M followers, 298.4K engagements
"Reject Modernity; Embrace Tradition: The Type [--] Shin Gunto "Swords of the Emperor" still available for discounted preorder - get your copy today https://www.headstamppublishing.com/swords When Japan opened up to the outside world and began to industrialize in the late 1800s it instituted major military reforms. In place of the samurai tradition the new Japanese Imperial armed forces emulated the major European powers - France Germany and the United Kingdom. One element of this was the replacement of traditional swords with European styles for officers and civil officials. These swords"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GGoQYELw1Eg) 2022-04-28T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 974.8K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GiVA7a2eIVg) 2019-11-19T11:45Z 3.2M followers, 1.5M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HAPk4Fq-jsI) 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 75.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HrI_-W2rIX0) 2019-01-08T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 670.3K engagements
"Israeli Mauser K98k Sniper Rifles: Wild Heerbrug & Nimrod The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The first Israeli military sniper rifles were German K98k snipers obtained by the nascent Israeli armed forces in the late 1940s. These were used in Israel's independence war and served well. When the IDF decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge and converted its Mauser rifles to that caliber using new barrels the best-shooting examples were help aside for use as sniper rifles. These were initially fitted with Swiss Wild Heerbrug 4x30mm scopes using a rather"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=I3OPzdhah6U) 2026-01-09T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 117.2K engagements
"New CZ Bren 3: What Did They Change #cz #bren2 #bren3 #update #ukraine"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=IV9UJGrlMpM) 2024-09-09T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 159.6K engagements
"Remington's Revolving Rifle: Not Expensive but not Successful http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com While Colt put significant effort into developing a revolving rifle design Remington chose to simply use their existing New Model revolver architecture. Remington introduced it's Revolving Rifle (it had no other model name) in [----] and a total of about [---] were made by [----] when it was gone from their catalog. The rifle was available in both .36 and .44 caliber (both holding"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Itrgwf0dBBw) 2021-10-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 286.9K engagements
"Colt 601: The AR-15 Becomes a Military Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The AR-15 rifle was originally developed by Armalite as an offshoot of the AR-10 rifle designed by Eugene Stoner. How that second-thought rifle became the US standard military rifle - and the longest-serving infantry rifle in US military history - is a winding story. From Armalite's sale fo the design to Colt to sales trips to India and the Philippines to an Air Force general's birthday party we will follow that story today. We will focus on the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Iv7xEuTM36o) 2019-12-25T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JXz_NcrJc-4) 2018-07-08T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 129K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kyh3FuDNbUs) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L8YvOvCyvcI) 2025-01-08T12:37Z 3.2M followers, 555.2K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPZGwxYT4hU) 2023-03-03T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 263.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M2OEoGHtc0o) 2015-08-10T15:30Z 3.2M followers, 533.4K engagements
"CETME LC: Last of the Roller-Delayed Carbines 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 centime lc corto spain spanish marcolmar roller delay roller lock hk h&k heckler koch history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv centime lc corto spain spanish marcolmar roller delay roller lock hk h&k heckler koch"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=M7x0FL2LrY8) 2020-09-18T13:40Z 3.2M followers, 231.5K engagements
"SIG M5 Spear Deep Dive: Is This a Good US Army Rifle https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - TLDW 01:18 - NGSW history 04:11 - 6.8x51 / .277 SIG Fury cartridge 09:14 - Suppressor 12:53 - Rifle features and disassembly 23:42 - How it handles 80k psi 28:44 - Conclusions and rollout plans The NGSW (Next Generation Squad Weapon) program began in [----] to find a replacement for the M4 M249 and 5.56mm cartridge. It came"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MTZRCEh1Czg) 2022-06-03T12:43Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Kord: Russia's New .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun The Kord was developed to replace the Soviet NSV heavy machine gun. The NSV was developed in [----] to replace the DShK and it was a pretty good gun - but it was manufactured in only one factory and that factory was located in Kazakhstan. When the Soviet Union crumbled that left the new Russian Federation without and heavy MG production. So in [----] a design team at the Kovrov plant developed an improved model of the NSV both to improve it and to provide domestic Russian production. The first prototypes were ready in [----] initial production began in"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MYk_a9WAuW4) 2024-06-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NBAqqRiJRLQ) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NOu5c7uHmi8) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=NVs1LPg-pYE) 2022-02-13T13:21Z 3.2M followers, 537.2K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N_gZquhgRYk) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=No0EuFlwZss) 2025-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 72.9K engagements
"Hitler's Zipper: The MG-42 Universal Machine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MG42 was developed to be a more reliable and easier to manufacture replacement for the MG34 although both would serve side by side until he end of World War Two. Designed by Grossfuss company engineer Werner Gruner with no previous military or small arms design experience the MG42 used heavy stampings for its main assemblies thus reducing German need for expensive and difficult to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=OVPxZdBxUJU) 2020-11-04T11:58Z 3.2M followers, 3.8M engagements
"Kraut Space Magic: the H&K G11 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I have been waiting for a long time to have a chance to make this video - the Heckler & Koch G11 Specifically a G11K2 the final version approved for use by the West German Bundeswehr before being cancelled for political and economic reasons. The G11 was a combined effort by H&K and Dynamit Nobel to produce a new rifle for the German military with truly new technology. The core of the system was the use of a caseless cartridge developed in the late 60s and early"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QGKcvM2Hh4g) 2018-12-25T13:12Z 3.2M followers, 10.3M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QYWwyzEt-hc) 2024-05-13T12:36Z 3.2M followers, 171.2K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RxmOamgrVMo) 2013-07-14T23:30Z 3.2M followers, 304K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0YfOPrE3u0) 2020-08-21T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 549.7K engagements
"Czech vz. 52/57: The SKS We Have At Home We don't need the SKS we have gun designers at home In the early days of the Cold War the Czechoslovak communist party was on very good terms with Josef Stalin and were able to design and use their own small arms. A whole new slate of small arms were developed in the early 1950s with a rifle pistol and light machine gun all adopted in [----] as vz. (model) [--]. The rifle used a short-stroke annular type gas piston that was located around the barrel. It was chambered for a proprietary Czech 7.62x45mm cartridge as was the vz.52 light machine gun. When"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=T2NfQU7RUbM) 2023-11-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 181.6K engagements
"Swiss Prototype von Steiger Auto-Ejecting Revolvers http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the 1870s Switzerland was looking for a new military revolver and they were particularly interested in finding a system which would allow faster reloading than the standard loading gate and manual ejection rod. A military veteran and gunsmith by the name of von Steiger in Thun submitted a design which automatically ejected an empty case each time the gun was fired. This did dramatically increase the rate of fire (one Swiss officer in the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TQCUIpbSHlc) 2018-02-19T11:42Z 3.2M followers, 497.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TrNdMuTLFhE) 2024-12-03T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 202.4K engagements
"1847 Walker Revolver: the Texas Behemoth http://www.Patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Colt [----] Walker revolver was a massive [--] 1/2 pound handgun made for Samuel Walker of the US Mounted Rifles (he also served with the Texas Rangers) as a way to equip mounted troops with greater firepower than single-shot carbines. The Walker was the first true martial handgun made by Colt and despite its problems (nearly a third of the guns procured by the military would be returned to Colt for repairs and more than a few literally blew up) it would save Colt from bankruptcy after the commercial failure of"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=UhYlzTABNI0) 2015-11-18T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3M engagements
"German Jager Pistol Today we have a video for you on a German "Jager" pistol so named because it was made by the Jager company. Jager was a well-respected maker of high quality sporting arms having been established in [----] in Suhl Germany. With the onset of World War One Kaiser Wilhelm decreed that all arms manufacture would be directed to military needs and Jager responded by designing this pistol for use by the officers' corps. It was not formally adopted by the German army but several thousand were purchased privately and used by German officers. The pistol is very interesting mechanically"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VKkUUr4wSrM) 2012-10-08T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 277.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vn08yZAC2V0) 2022-09-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 597.5K engagements
"Gearhead Guns Type [---] Nambu PCC Recreation - SHOT Show [----] 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vzvtn2vQl4o) 2026-01-21T14:01Z 3.2M followers, 324.7K engagements
"The French Finger Trap: MAS-36 Bayonet Shenanigans #forgottenweapons #france #french #mas36 #bayonet #docking #shenanigans history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W0eMpm_Nkmw) 2025-04-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 14.7M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WE0kUg4fGOI) 2021-02-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 205.7K engagements
"The Official American Boy Scout Rifle: Remington 4-S Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten The scouting concept exploded into the American culture after [----] with a multitude of local regional and national organizations setting up in the years before World War One. Among these was the American Boy Scouts founded by William Randolph Hearst. In [----] they adopted the Remington 4-S as their official rifle a .22 Short caliber rolling block. It was initially sold directly and exclusively to Scouts for $5 although it"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WQ_V-ljJ9Wo) 2025-08-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 156.7K engagements
"Swedish m/41B - Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Everything was going great in Sweden until [----] when they looked up and realized that on one side they were next to a bunch of Finns busy trying to fight off the Russians and on the other side were a bunch of Norwegians not being quite so successful at fighting off the Germans. It was a dangerous looking world and Sweden realized that it somehow had never bother to get any scoped snipers rifles. So they made a quick deal with the Germans to"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Uoxg-Nsa8) 2018-06-16T13:30Z 3.2M followers, 909.8K engagements
"Apocrypha: Tour of the Kyr Distillery While I was in Finland for Finnish Brutality [----] I took a day to hitch a train ride up to Isokyr about 400km northwest of Helsinki. The Kyr distillery was founded there in [----] making single malt Finnish rye whiskey and several varieties of gin. Their own video does a fine job describing the origins of the distillery: https://youtu.be/6Q35akNanEs But I wanted to get a look at the production process - and it's impressively well set up The rye is made in a pair of imported Scottish pot stills and the gin uses a combination of pot and column distillation."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YM7dGuGd404) 2021-03-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 196.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ypn7UJvHNtM) 2019-12-10T13:02Z 3.2M followers, 782.9K engagements
"Calico Liberty [---] Carbine on the PCC Evaluation Course http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Before I even started filming this video the Calico's muzzle brake fell off.not an auspicious beginning But we will push on without it and see if the Calico can even finish the course without malfunctioning.and what sort of of time it gets if it does history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv pic carbine pistol caliber 9mm carbine"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YqhLfEmNuEA) 2020-07-11T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 590.7K engagements
"He Bought W.W. Greener & Co with a Worthless Check 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zj69IYkRBo0) 2026-01-07T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 87K engagements
"Ishapore Enfield.410 Shotgun Conversion Quick think of the first thing that comes to mind when I say "riot shotgun" Does it have a brass buttplate A tangent rear sight Is it a single-shot weapon Does it use a shotshell smaller than 28ga No Well I guess you have a different notion of riot gear than the Indian military. Huh. Today I've got a video on the Indian answer to the mass-issue riot gun a SMLE rifle with the magazine well plugged and the barrel bored out to .410. They are pretty neat and this one's in really nice shape. It seems that the bored-out version like mine that use American"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZzWrMhDYL3M) 2013-09-08T23:00Z 3.2M followers, 350.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_9gEl4xXGLg) 2021-09-25T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 177.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_jUxKPoFwDM) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_wPB2S-6YFM) 2021-05-29T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 446K engagements
"Forgotten History: World's Biggest Black Powder Cannon - a 100-Ton Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The largest muzzleloading black powder cannons ever built were the Armstrong 100-ton guns which saw service with the Italian Navy and with British coastal fortifications on Malta and Gibraltar. They were purchased by the Italians first to outfit a pair of new super battleships each vessel having two turrets with two of these guns in each. To avoid being outclassed the British ordered two guns for installation to protect the Grand Harbor of Malta and two more to protect Gibraltar."
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aKmi0PN7LxM) 2018-07-10T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M engagements
"SIG MKPS at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are taking the SIG MKPS out to the range. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly sig mkps range swiss vatical papal guard Switzerland rof mg42 fast history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly sig mkps range swiss vatical papal guard Switzerland rof mg42 fast"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aLkpvWB3Ubk) 2022-04-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 246.3K engagements
"Olympic OA96 Pistol: A Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons In [----] Olympic Arms introduced an AR-15 with a side folding stock as well as a stockless - and buffer-tube-less - pistol version. They did this by relocating the recoil spring of the AR to a tube running above the barrel and receiver. It was a clever modification (although the execution left something to be desired) but it came at a very unfortunate time. The very next year in [----] the US Assault Weapons Ban was enacted and Olympics"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=apd6NXWgBZk) 2018-06-15T13:30Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Yugoslav M92: The Serbian 7.62x39mm Pseudo-Krink The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The Yugoslav M92 rifle is most often compared to the Soviet AKS-74U "Krinkov" - it is a compact folding-stock version of Zastava's M70 AK just as the 74U was the compact version of the AK-74 series. However the M92 was actually not made for a particular military requirement but rather for commercial export sales. While it is based on the 7.62x39mm M70 family of rifles it was released in [----] after both the 5.56mm M80 and M90 series were in production. Today it serves a"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aqhHzANgNWg) 2026-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 153.8K engagements
"FN CAL: Short-Lived Predecessor to the FNC http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The CAL (Carabine Automatique Leger; Light Automatic Carbine) was FN's first attempt to produce a 5.56mm rifle as a counterpart to the 7.62mm FAL. While light and handy the CAL was a relatively complex and expensive design and failed to garner many sales. About [-----] were made in total before FN pulled the gun in favor of the FN FNC which would prove to be much more successful. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=as5g-qqNdOU) 2019-01-04T12:10Z 3.2M followers, 286.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ateT144BgPk) 2017-03-23T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.4M engagements
"Johnson M1941 Rifle #johnson #m1941 #rifle #forgottenweapons #ww2 #wwii history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLb0imkltWw) 2026-01-15T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 83K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ba7mDVZYpSM) 2024-08-28T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 340.1K engagements
"Beretta's "New Assault Rifle Program" (NARP)"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bnu_tsVFpJ8) 2024-02-28T20:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c-uxemHyZPE) 2025-08-06T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 942K engagements
"HK 41: "Paramilitary Rifle" for the Bundeswehr The HK41 (designation: paramilitary rifle caliber 7.62x51mm) was the first semiautomatic version of the G3 military rifle. It was made for the Bundeswehr reservist market; a rifle that could be privately owned in Germany but which would duplicate the handling of the G3 for reservists to practice with. It went into production in [----] with a standard pinned lower and S-E semiautomatic trigger group. To comply with German laws it would only accept a 5-round magazine and could not mount a bayonet or rifle grenades. In addition to German commercial"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=c6T8ghI6OtU) 2019-08-31T09:59Z 3.2M followers, 241.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cmLnwiJRr78) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=crWYvyD7EfY) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=d5NK0M6HE3Y) 2016-12-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 886.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eDhEOQPaDu0) 2019-06-27T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 299.1K engagements
"Detonics MkI: The Original Sub-Compact [----] http://www.Patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Today we are accustomed to seeing sub-compact 3.5" [----] pistols for sale from a whole bunch of manufacturers - but this was not always the case. Making a really small [----] actually run reliably is not a trivial proposition as the slide velocity and spring force become very touchy and small changes can have major repercussions. The first company to get the kinks out of the mechanism and bring an effective pistol to market was Detonics. Their MkI has a number of interesting features that were quite novel at the"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ebzv1T-mBHA) 2015-11-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 392.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fRLIYz8f58E) 2024-05-08T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 601K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g-VS_ZwXxF0) 2025-10-27T13:36Z 3.2M followers, 155.2K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gREdXONWsRU) 2025-05-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 672.8K engagements
"DTM: The Soviet Tank Version of the DP-27 LMG http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Almost as soon as the Degtyarev DP-27 was put into Soviet military service variations were developed for aircraft (DA) and tank (DT) use. The tank pattern we have here is actually a later improved DTM model but it shares most features with the DT. It has a collapsing stock to save space inside a vehicle and a pistol grip in place of the more traditional DP stock and grip (the original DA and"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=goLAR1KdqRw) 2020-02-08T12:50Z 3.2M followers, 404.6K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iDDoRgmvN0Q) 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ijwO-41ahIM) 2024-12-29T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 20.7M engagements
"AR-16: Armalite's Lost Battle Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The AR-16 was developed in the late 1950s as a less manufacturing intensive option to the AR-10. It began with the AR-12 which was a prototype intended to use a stamped receiver with the Stoner DI gas system. When Armalite sold the AR-15 patents to Colt they had to revise that design and it became the AR-14 with a Tokarev type short stroke gas piston and a stamped receiver. Two of these rifles were originally made both chambered for .308 with folding stocks and mostly stamped parts. They"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jBl6ERBZ4sw) 2025-12-22T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 313.8K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jMoR_xjEcrY) 2020-12-12T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 232.4K engagements
"Why so many different Type [--] guns #forgottenweapons #type56 #clower #china #q&a @Type56_Ordnance_Dept history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jZa3KXZUBHs) 2025-07-26T12:27Z 3.2M followers, 438.4K engagements
"S&W's Pistol-Carbine for the South Australian Police http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the South Australian Police service was introduced to the Smith & Wesson No3 New Model revolver at the Melbourne Exhibition. They took a liking to the design and promptly ordered [---] of them nickel plated with [--] barrels and detachable shoulder stocks (as well as [--] more with [---] barrels and no stocks). These would be issued to mounted officers of the police for whom they would"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jq9btTlv5Mc) 2020-12-01T12:17Z 3.2M followers, 204K engagements
"Q&A November 2025: The 6.8x51 is Still a Bad Idea Use code "FORGOTTENRYE10" for 10% off Kyr Distillery spirits at their web store: https://kyrodistillery.com/ "Forged in Snow" available now on Kickstarter discounted from the retail price: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snowref=c6odcj 00:00:20 - Aimpoint offering multi-reticle options 00:01:55 - Blood lead levels from shooting 00:05:59 - Combining scuba with history and guns My scuba channel; Deep Dive With Ian: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDiveWithIan 00:07:51 - Change in rifling twist rate for 5.56mm 00:10:30 - Does"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k4rRDm5mRD0) 2025-11-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 215.9K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=k9z02ZKqEB4) 2019-12-06T12:24Z 3.2M followers, 89.8K engagements
"Heckler & Koch's Modular Machine Gun: the HK21E http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] Heckler & Koch introduced a new light machine gun based on their roller-delayed blowback system as a companion piece to the G3/HK91 rifle. While the German military was quite happy with its MG3 machine guns H&K expected that other smaller nations adopting the G3 would be interested in a support weapon that worked the same way. They were not wrong and the first adopter was Portugal"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=kZWtGiESQ4s) 2020-10-26T11:53Z 3.2M followers, 746.7K engagements
"FP-45 Liberator Pistol #forgottenweapons #liberator #resistance #ww2 #wwii #45acp #pistol #stamped #parachute #oss #secret"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l8W8X-4NRT8) 2024-12-01T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 122.1K engagements
"Perdition to Conspirators Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock #forgottenweapons #crazy #massive #14barrel #perdition #flintlock history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l8ujHAJftIQ) 2026-01-06T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 555.7K engagements
"Experimental Bullpup Over/Under Shotgun with a Secret #forgottenweapons #shotgun #bullpup #secret #weird #strange #overunder history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lXBppdxAnUM) 2025-12-16T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Afghan Martini Carbines: The Kabul Arsenal In the late [----] or early 1890s a British engineer and adventurer settled himself in Kabul Afghanistan and at the request of Emir Abdul Rahman organized and build a rifle factory for the Afghan government. This factory would operate for nearly [--] years producing a series of different types of Martini-Henry rifles and carbines. Today we have three example to look at. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com martini afghan rifle kabul khyber martini henry 577-450 [---] carbine gunsmith crude"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lsYZPhdxGZM) 2017-01-16T16:30Z 3.2M followers, 244.1K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=m7QootpiLPg) 2012-07-06T13:13Z 3.2M followers, 486.4K engagements
"Radom's Vis 35: Poland's Excellent Automatic Pistol In the 1920s Poland began looking for a new standard military pistol and tested a variety of compact .380s. The representative from FN brought along an early iteration of the High Power (along with their other entry) even though it was much too large and heavy to meet the Polish requirements. After a couple iterations of testing it became clear to the Polish Ordnance officers that the High Power was a much more effective service pistol than the compact guns they had been instructed to look for. Lo and behold the ultimate choice was a"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mSH9VvQAvog) 2016-02-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Larry Vickers' Delta Force Colt [---] Carbine The newest Vickers Guide book WWII Germany Volume II (which I co-authored with Larry) is now available along with AR Volume I and AR Volume II at: https://www.vickersguide.com Today I'm with Larry Vickers taking a look at the recreation of his Delta Force Colt [---] carbine - the rifle he used at Modelo Prison in Panama and in Desert Storm hunting for SCUD missiles. Use of carbines like this one by Delta and other special forces groups set the stage for the adoption of the M4 Carbine and Aimpoint M68 optic by the US military at large and it's very"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n6zfTYQ09Rs) 2019-07-15T11:02Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=n8ex12CTwoc) 2025-06-24T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nllZnCcYy-w) 2018-10-10T13:06Z 3.2M followers, 2.2M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nvXCDhDgNdc) 2025-04-17T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 562.2K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=nvwf3QA4TJo) 2025-10-20T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 146.5K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5UzLsGyKZk) 2024-02-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 158.3K 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p0YYrHQtMac) 2025-05-16T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 91.3K engagements
"H&K UMP: An H&K SMG Made for .40 and .45 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com H&K introduced the UMP (universal machine pistol) in an effort to attract sales from American law enforcement by offering a modern submachine gun in .45 ACP and .40 S&W calibers. The MP5 was and remains an extremely popular SMG but it has never been made in .45 caliber and that was seen as a popular option in the United States. The UMP was designed as a thoroughly modern gun with polymer upper"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pM7QVbMx1Eo) 2020-03-06T12:16Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M 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](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pS9mAIK9W9s) 2023-05-06T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 105.1K engagements
"Deckard's Pflger-Katsumata Series D [----] #forgottenweapons #bladerunner #deckard #pflauger #katsumata #d5223 #harrisonford #movieguns #pistol #prop history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p_5AGcU5AUk) 2025-02-08T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
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"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, 689.9K 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, 648.9K engagements
"LMG-25: The Swiss Toggle-Locked Light Machine Gun 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 2025-12-29T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 370.9K engagements
"Germany Adopts the PPSh in 9mm: the MP-41(r) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com During World War Two both German and Russian soldiers often thought that the other side's weapons were better than their own. In particular both sides often preferred their opponents' SMGs. In late [----] a group of German officers formally requested that Germany simply copy and produce the PPSh-41. This led to the HWA formally studying the question of PPSh-41"
YouTube Link 2023-02-20T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 357.7K engagements
"Coenders' Bolt-Less Last Ditch Bolt Action Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com When the German Army tested last-ditch Volkssturm rifles late in World War Two one of the particularly obscure submissions was August Coenders' Coenders-Rochling Volkssturmkarabiner. This was a bolt action rifle chambered for 8mm Mauser with a 5-round magazine. However instead of using a traditional bolt action system it had a fixed breechblock and the handle was attached tot he barrel. Cycling the action meant unlocking the barrel and sliding it forward while the"
YouTube Link 2026-02-04T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 244.9K 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, 551K engagements
"Which Customer Are You (w/ Mike Branson of Gideon Optics) Suit from Grayman & Co: https://grayman.co Today I'm speaking with Mike Branson from Gideon Optics at SHOT Show [----] about what he sees in the industry. Specifically the three categories that customers fall into. 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"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 58.7K engagements
"ZB26: The Best of the Light Machine Guns The ZB-26 stands as one of the best magazine-fed light machine guns developed during the 1920s and 30s - it was a very popular gun for small military forces and many countries which did not directly buy it were strongly influenced by it. The Japanese Nambu Type [--] and [--] were heavily based on the ZB the the British Bren was a direct evolution licensed from Brno. The design dates back to [----] when the Czech government began searching for a modern light machine gun. They tested pretty much all the guns available on the market at the time and also"
YouTube Link 2017-10-26T12:54Z 3.2M followers, 696.3K engagements
"Engineer's Delight: Stemple 76/45 Becomes the Stemple Takedown Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The saga of how the original Stemple 76/45 became the Stemple Takedown Gun is a fantastic story of engineering design choices. Essentially John Stemple began by building a rather crude copy of the Swedish K in .45 ACP in the mid 1980s called the Stemple 76/45. He produced and registered [----] transferrable receivers for the gun (pre-1986) but only built them slowly a few"
YouTube Link 2021-09-17T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 755K engagements
"BSD's VSS Vintorez Reproduction: Beyond the Hype The reproduction VSS Vintorez announced and shown by BSD Fabrication & Works at SHOT Show [----] has garnered a tremendous amount of excitement and attention. This is understandable as the VSS is a very cool rifle and there are a lot of people who would love to have one. However I the coverage from SHOT is seriously lacking in any sort of realistic assessment. So as a guy who has been badly burned once by a reproduction rifle preorder and has seen lots of other people also burned I wanted to give this project a bit of a reality check. To"
YouTube Link 2025-01-26T12:38Z 3.2M followers, 324.7K engagements
"The Ching Sling - A Simpler Shooting Sling Compromise Sold for $1955. The Ching Sling is an answer to the question "how can one have a sling that is both a useful shooting aid and also quick to get in and out of" The formal shooting sling was a part of US military training for many decades and is still a staple of long range marksmanship competition. However it is a complicated process to set up a shooting sling and in World War Two it proved thoroughly impractical in combat conditions. The idea of using a sling for a support aid was not necessarily a bad one though. Eric Ching devised this"
YouTube Link 2017-06-22T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 308.3K engagements
"Ask Ian: Single Feed vs Double Feed Pistols https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Asked by Tyler on Patreon: "Why are there so few double stack/double feed handguns I can only think of a couple off the top of my head. It makes the worst part of handgun shooting (loading the magazines) a complete non-issue." There are a series of interacting considerations when choosing between single feed and double feed. Single Feed: - Magazines are less"
YouTube Link 2022-07-05T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 508.1K engagements
"Communist Heresy: Norinco's M305A M14 in 7.62x39mm 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 2025-12-28T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"The Bolt-Less Coenders Bolt Action Rifle 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 2026-02-04T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 263.9K engagements
"Winchester Lever Action Development: [----] Henry The Henry Repeating Rifle was a truly revolutionary development in firearms technology. It was not the first repeating rifle but it was the best of a emerging class of new arms reliable in function and very fast to shoot (much faster than the contemporary Spencers). The Henry used a simple toggle lock locking system with a single throw of its lever performing all the elements necessary to reload and recock the action. The Henry's quick action was coupled with a 15-round magazine more than double what the Spencer offered. It fired the .44 Henry"
YouTube Link 2017-06-05T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 720.7K engagements
"America's First Assault Rifle: Burton [----] LMR http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://centerofthewest.org/explore/firearms/ America's first assault rifle Well it does meet all the requirements - select-fire intermediate cartridge and shoulder-fired. It was never actually fielded though. The Burton Light Machine Rifle was developed during World War One with the firing model completed in [----]. It was intended as an aircraft observer's weapon for attacking balloons - a role which required incendiary ammunition.With this in mind Winchester's Frank Burton adapted the .351 WSL cartridge"
YouTube Link 2016-07-04T10:17Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Why Yugoslavia waited until the 1990s to build a Krink style AK M70 M80 M90 M92 timeline 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 2026-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 172K engagements
"America's Forgotten SMG: The Hyde/Marlin M2 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The United States went into World War Two with the Thompsons submachine gun - a weapon far too heavy and too expensive for its role. The British went to the other extreme with the Sten and while the US did not want a gun quite that crude the Sten did spur a desire for something cheaper than the Thompson. George Hyde (the working for the Inland Division of GM) had worked on submachine gun designs in the 1930s and he put together a weapon that would"
YouTube Link 2019-10-04T11:47Z 3.2M followers, 656.4K engagements
"Taser X12 XREP: A Taser in a Shotgun Shell #forgottenweapons #12ga #shotgun #taser #x12 #riotcontrol #xrep history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1M engagements
"Combloc SAW: Chinese RPD at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I am excited to take an RPD out to the range today - I've wanted to try one for quite a while. The RPD is a very light and compact weapon for a squad automatic and I'm curious how it will actually handle. This particular example is a Chinese Type [--] with many of the improvements that were made over the course of Soviet adoption and field use of the gun. history development mccollum forgotten weapons"
YouTube Link 2021-07-31T10:00Z 3.2M followers, 380.4K engagements
"Denel NTW 20: A Multi-Caliber Anti-Materiel Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Created by noted South African gun designer Tony Neophytou the NTW-20 is a bolt action anti-materiel rifle made in 20x82mm 20x110mm and 14.5x115mm. The weapon began as idea to use the large quantities of surplus 14.5mm ammunition available at the time and a recognition that the 14.5mm Soviet cartridge was an excellent anti-armor round with a really remarkably high muzzle velocity. To widen the rifle's capabilities it was decided to incorporate an easily interchangeable barrel and also chamber it for the"
YouTube Link 2018-09-07T10:44Z 3.2M followers, 4.5M engagements
"How Is Ammunition Made A Tour of Sellier & Bellot's Factory Today I am in Vlaim in the Czech Republic where Sellier & Bellot has allowed me to film a tour of their ammunition plant. This is one of the largest ammo manufacturers in the world and they start with basic raw material like lead copper and brass and ship out complete case ammunition. The machines involved in this process are really interesting - let's have a look http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development"
YouTube Link 2024-12-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 870.5K 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, 39.8K 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, 747.3K 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
"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
"PSS: Russia's Silent Captive-Piston Handgun The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The PSS is a semiautomatic pistol using captive piston ammunition to achieve a comparable level of sound suppression to a .22 pistol with a good normal suppressor. It was developed to replace a couple multi-barrel derringer style captive piston pistols in Soviet use with the semiautomatic action and (6-round) detachable magazines making it suitable for a wider variety of missions than the previous guns. It was given the GRU catalog designation 6P28 and entered service in [----]. It"
YouTube Link 2025-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 221.8K 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, 352.7K 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, 582.8K engagements
"Panzerschreck: Germany Makes a Bazooka #forgottenweapons #ww2 #germany #panzerschreck #bazooka #antitank #history history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-01-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3.5M engagements
"Colt LE-901 Modular Multi-Caliber AR: A Well-Designed Failure Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten Best Korea Propaganda short available here: https://varusteleka.com/en-us/products/forgotten-weapons-best-korea-propaganda-t-shirt Colt originally developed the [---] as part of the US Army SCAR program with the intention being to create a 7.62x51mm rifle that could also use unmodified 5.56x45mm upper assemblies. This would allow special operations units to customize a single weapon to a variety of different"
YouTube Link 2025-10-29T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 156.8K engagements
"Enjoying Black Powder Episode 9: [----] Swiss Vetterli For the full episode with the hand loading instructional section click here: https://forgottenweapons.vhx.tv/videos/ep-9-swiss-vetterli-app Black powder military rifles of the 1860s-1880s are a really enjoyable group of guns. A lot of them are relatively reasonably priced and they are actually pretty easy to reload for. The unavailability of factory ammunition (for most although not so much for the Trapdoor) makes them seem like a daunting prospect but for a pretty simple investment in tools and time one can make up ammunition and have a"
YouTube Link 2025-03-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 89.1K engagements
"Soviet PPD-40: Degtyarev's Submachine Gun Degtyarevs PPD-40 was the first submachine gun adopted in a large scale by the Soviet Union. Its development began in [----] with a locked breech gun modeled after Degtyarevs DP light machine gun but evolved into a much simpler blowback system. It was accepted as the best performing gun of [--] different submissions in Soviet trials of 1931/2 and first entered production in [----]. In this form it used a [--] round curved stick magazine and was chambered for the 7.62x25mm cartridge. In [----] Degtyarev made a number of changes most importantly developing a drum"
YouTube Link 2017-08-28T11:56Z 3.2M followers, 574.7K engagements
"Dragunov Variations: Military SVD Izhmash Tiger Chinese NDM-86 The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman's rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT-40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in [----] after about [--] years of development and its scarcity in the United States has led to the development of a loyal and dedicated group of admirers. This of course has led to much spirited debate about the relative merits of the different variations of the SVD which have been imported into the US. Today we will look at three in detail: a genuine Soviet military-issue SVD a"
YouTube Link 2017-04-20T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.9M engagements
"Bren MkI: The Best Light Machine Gun of World War Two http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the years after World War One the British military wanted a new machine gun and they wanted it to replace both the Lewis and the Vickers. Through the 1920s the British would tinker with most of the light machine guns that became available but it was not until the early 1930s that a serious formal trial was conducted. The initial trials found three particularly encouraging guns;"
YouTube Link 2021-02-24T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 2M engagements
"Beretta 93R: The Best Machine Pistol The Beretta 93R ("Raffica") was developed in the 1970s by Beretta engineer Paolo Parola at the request of Italian military special forces. It took the basic Beretta [--] pistol design and added a well-thought-out burst mechanism under the right-side grip panel. It does not have a plain full-auto setting but only semiauto and 3-round burst. To help keep the gun controllable it has a heavier slide to reduce cyclic rate a detachable shoulder stock and a folding front grip to help control the muzzle. It uses extended 20-round magazines and is actually remarkably"
YouTube Link 2024-12-13T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 346.9K engagements
"The Blanchard lathe and the secret behind massproducing millions of identical wooden gun stocks 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 2026-01-31T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 243K engagements
"How to Identify a Real M1A1 Carbine vs a Fake Looking for a light and compact weapon to equip its new Airborne units the US military adopted the M1A1 Carbine in May of [----]. This was mechanically identical to the existing M1 Carbine but with a wire-frame side folding stock in place of the standard wooden stock. This allowed the M1A1 to fit into a very handy leg bag for paratroops. Deliveries began in October [----] with all of the guns being manufactured by the Inland company. A total of [------] were made in two batches (71000 between October [----] and October [----] and another [-----] between April"
YouTube Link 2018-02-10T13:40Z 3.2M followers, 723K engagements
"Mateba MTR-8 #forgottenweapons #revolver #automaticrevolver #mateba #mtr8 history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-08-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 325.8K engagements
"The Iconic "Burp Gun" - Shooting the PPSh-41 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun is most distinctive for its very high rate of fire - approximately [----] rounds/minute - and large drum magazine. What may come as a surprise to those who have not tried it is how this very high rate of fire does not actually make the weapon difficult to control or hold on target. In fact the PPSh-41 is an easier SMG to shoot effectively than the later PPS-43 at leas tin my opinion. The Soviets and the Germans make"
YouTube Link 2017-12-16T11:41Z 3.2M followers, 2.9M 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, 130.1K engagements
"The Erma EMP at the Range http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Having taken a close look at this original Erma EMP submachine gun yesterday we are out at the range with it today. Like several of the interwar SMGs the Erma was designed with a magazine well long enough to accommodate 9mm Steyr (9x23mm) ammunition and it was offered in several different calibers. The 9mm Parabellum magazines have a spacer at the rear to hold the rounds forward for proper feeding. In addition"
YouTube Link 2020-10-24T12:18Z 3.2M followers, 236.1K engagements
"M79: The Iconic "Bloop Tube" 40mm Grenade Launcher http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Combat experience with the bazooka rocket launcher in World War Two and its larger versions in the Korean War convinced the US military that a better weapon was needed to give front-line troops a direct-fire way to attack enemy strong points. The bazooka was bulky not particularly accurate and created a lot of backlist signature when fired. This led to a multi-part development effort"
YouTube Link 2020-12-04T12:39Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"Mauser M80SA: Actually a High Power and Actually Hungarian Our book on Hungarian AKs "Rifles on the Danube" is available here: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/danube-book In the 1980s the Mauser company was completely adrift without any real plans or goals or good leadership. They had been trying to get by on relaunched old designs and not been very successful. By the late 80s they move on to just buying guns from other companies (like Renato Gamba) and relabelling them as Mauser. One of these partnerships was with FEG in Hungary. In [----] Mauser contracted with FEG to buy Browning High"
YouTube Link 2026-01-21T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 72.5K engagements
"What's the Deal with the SIG P320 Exploding and Firing "Un-Commanded" (April 2023) https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Social media is very excited these days about "exploding" SIG 320s.so let's consider what might actually be happening. Of course this discussion is invariably clouded by the fact that the P320 did have a legitimate drop-safety problem a few years ago. It was fixed but many people don't bother to distinguish between that"
YouTube Link 2023-04-20T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 870.4K engagements
"10mm is the Best Millimeter: the Colt Delta Elite http://www.forgottenweapons.com/10mm-is-the-best-millimeter-the-colt-delta-elite http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Colt introduced the Delta Elite in [----] to take advantage of the hype and publicity surrounding the 10mm Auto cartridge in the Bren Ten pistol. When the Bren Ten became such an ignominious failure it left Colt in an excellent position as one of the first companies to actually have a viable offering in the caliber. However the gun never sold particularly well despite its cult following and it was removed form production in"
YouTube Link 2018-06-08T12:30Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Colt Tries DA/SA: The Colt Double Eagle (in 10mm) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Double Eagle was Colts foray into the DA/SA pistol market in the 1990s. It was effectively just a standard [----] with a Seecamp-type double action trigger mechanism and a modernized (for the time) trigger guard profile. Available in .45ACP 10mm 9mm .40 S&W and .38 Super it never did sell well and was discontinued in [----] (having been introduced in 1990). history development mccollum"
YouTube Link 2020-12-03T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 208.7K engagements
"Nock's Volley Gun: Clearing the Decks in the 1700s The Nock Volley Gun was actually invented by an Englishman named James Wilson in [----] and presented to the British military as a potential infantry weapons. This was declined as impractical but the Royal Navy found the concept interesting for shipboard use. In [----] the Navy ordered two prototypes made by the British gunsmith Henry Nock and finding them suitable proceeded to oder a total of [---] of the guns (thus forever associating Nocks name with the gun instead of Wilsons). A further [---] or so were ordered in [----] and the guns were in fact"
YouTube Link 2018-03-03T13:13Z 3.2M followers, 682K engagements
"The test that never happened - why Germany never ran a formal study on G36 accuracy Full video: https://youtu.be/MfPHZFsw40M 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 2026-02-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 199.7K engagements
"wz.96 Beryl: Poland's 5.56mm Military AK http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com With Poland's entry into NATO in the 1990s a new service rifles was needed chambered for the 5.56mm NATO cartridge. Initial development work had been done in 1990/91 to adapt the wz.88 Tantal to 5.56mm and this project was dusted off in [----] to create the Beryl. Essentially a Tantal in 5.56mm the Beryl includes an improved folding stock a shorter muzzle device (and correspondingly longer rifled"
YouTube Link 2021-07-26T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 333K engagements
"Born in the Heart of Besieged Leningrad: the PPS-42 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com One would think that the Shpagin PPSh-41 was as simple as a submachine gun could get but that wasnt the case in World War Two USSR. Barely had the PPSh gotten into real production than the Army was looking for something even simpler. An answer came from young designer Aleksey Sudaev with a completely-stamped gun that used about half the raw material and"
YouTube Link 2022-11-11T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 526.4K engagements
"Israeli Light-Barrel FAL (from DS Arms) http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Israel was one of the very First Nations to adopt the FN FAL rifle - after Canada but before many actual NATO nations. Israel made its first purchases of the rifles in [----] and delayed them almost immediately in the [----] Suez Crisis. The first rifles were wholly made by FN in Belgium but over time IMI in Israel would produce almost all parts except receivers (they had a good working relationship with FN which had licensed production of the Uzi"
YouTube Link 2019-03-23T12:11Z 3.2M followers, 365.5K engagements
"Canadian 8mm Sterile Bren Gun The John Inglis company in Toronto first opened in [----] as a metalworking shop and grew steadily over the decades under first John Inglis and then later his sons. Inglis did substantial amounts of military work during World War One but the Great Depression hit it hard and both William and Alexander Inglis died in [----] and [----] respectively. The company went into receivership but was purchased by one Major James Hahn (DSO) and a group of business partners in November of [----]. Hahn and his associates saw an opportunity to use this large manufacturing facility to"
YouTube Link 2019-04-12T12:35Z 3.2M followers, 305.8K engagements
"Where to put your money - gun optic ammo or training Full video: https://youtu.be/GSdi7z964ac 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 2026-02-09T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 52.3K 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, 450.4K engagements
"Czech ZH29 early semiauto rifle The Czech ZH29 was among the first modern battle rifles. It is a very well made semiauto design in 8x57 caliber. Unfortunately they were too expensive to attract many buyers - the only sales were to China Ethiopia and Siam (this particular rifle came back from China). ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons ZH29 czech rifle battle rifle semiauto 8mm 8x57 experimental prototype rifle forgotten weapons"
YouTube Link 2011-06-08T04:34Z 3.2M followers, 139.7K engagements
"Romanian ZB-30 LMG: Improving the Already-Excellent ZB-26 https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Brno's ZB-26 was one of the best light machine guns of the 1920s and it was widely adopted by countries that did not have domestic arms design and production capacity (and it would eventually become the British Bren gun as well). It was designed for the 8mm Mauser cartridge and had a simple fixed gas system that ran very well - until countries"
YouTube Link 2023-08-30T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 170.4K engagements
"Shooting the H&K MP7 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Thanks to H&K and Trijicon I have a chance to do some shooting with an MP7A1 PWD today. The MP7 is unusual for a gun of its size and configuration in having a fully locked operating system; essentially a G36 scaled down to 4.6x30mm. This allows the gun to be lighter as the action is not dependent on bolt mass to delay the breech from opening. I was expecting the MP7 to be extremely soft shooting and was rather surprised to find it with more pronounced recoil than I"
YouTube Link 2019-03-30T10:55Z 3.2M followers, 2.7M 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, 178.6K engagements
"France's Ultimate WW1 Selfloading Rifle: The RSC-1918 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The French RSC-1917 semiauto rifle was a major step forward in arms technology during World War One offering a reliable and effective self-loading rifle for issue to squad leaders expert marksmen and other particularly experienced and effective troops. No other military was able to field a semiauto combat shoulder rifle during this was in anything but very limited numbers. However the RSC-1917 definitely had some shortcomings: - It"
YouTube Link 2017-09-14T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 622.2K engagements
"SIG AK-53: A Truly Weird Forward-Operating Rifle #forgottenweapons #ak53 #weird #strange #prototype #experimental #swiss #sig #switzerland #battlerifle history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-18T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 169.2K engagements
"Only [--] Made [--] Known SurvivorsHunting the Rarest Mauser C96 Variant 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 2026-02-03T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 628.6K engagements
"The Swiss Almost Adopted a Czech Roller-Locked Pistol 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 2026-01-26T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 70.8K engagements
"Does the Boberg/Bullpup9 Design Reduce Recoil #forgottenweapons #history #boberg #bullpup9 #bondarms history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-04-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M engagements
"PGM Precision Hecate II 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 taking the PGM Precision Hecate II out to the range. It is a rifle designed for use out to 1800m but I have neither the skills myself nor the range facility to do something like that - instead I have a target set up at 200m. I was quite surprising by just how soft-shooting the Hecate II is for a rifle chambered for .50 BMG. I can very honestly say that many .308 precision rifles have"
YouTube Link 2020-05-09T12:43Z 3.2M followers, 676.2K engagements
"Development of the Model [----] Pistol Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.bbtv.com/collections/forgotten-weapons Here I present the developmental history of the [----]. http://www.forgottenweapons.com Theme music by Dylan Benson - http://dbproductioncompany.webs.com Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB recoil slide Colt Browning [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] [----] 1911a1 savage [--] [--] swinging link tilting barrel trials Army DWM automatic pistol semiauto pony JMB"
YouTube Link 2014-11-30T21:30Z 3.2M followers, 3.2M engagements
"Peak American: the Winchester [----] Trench Gun in WW1 The United States was the only country to use shotguns in World War One in a substantial way. It was not the first time the US had used such guns either; shotguns were used in the Philippines against the Moros and on the Mexican Punitive Expedition. For use in the Great War however it was deemed necessary to fit bayonets to them. At the request of the War Department the Winchester company designed a bayonet mounting adapter for their Model [----] pump-action shotgun to use the M1917 bayonet that Winchester was also making at the time for the"
YouTube Link 2023-09-13T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 699.8K engagements
"Reproduction T48 FAL by DSA/PSA"
YouTube Link 2025-01-21T22:07Z 3.2M followers, 298.9K engagements
"SR3M (VSS/Vintorez) 9x39mm by Roswell Rifle Works - SHOT Show [----] 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 2026-01-22T14:11Z 3.2M followers, 251.1K engagements
"Vaporware or Successful Release: SHOT Show [----] Retrospective The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com 0:59 Primary Arms HTX-1 1:49 AKB-23 2:37 BNT BSD 9x39 8:10 Insite Armory SVD 9:45 Angstadt Arms Prophet 11:10 Gearhead Guns Type [---] SMG 12:49 SNT Motiv South Korean firearms (Daewoo etc.) 14:51 PSA / H&R / DSA T48 FAL 16:39 Aimpoint COA Today we take a look back at last year's SHOT Show. Of all the products I did videos on which ones successfully came to market and which dissolved into vaporware BSD Vintorez Video: https://youtu.be/VBjwTc_vWo0 Hop's HTX-1"
YouTube Link 2026-01-25T13:15Z 3.2M followers, 206.5K engagements
"BE Meyers "MILR" Heavy Weapons IR Laser - SHOT Show [----] 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 2026-01-23T21:00Z 3.2M followers, 374.7K 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, 227.2K engagements
"Cobray Lady's Home Companion The Ladies Home Companion was a pistol (technically) made by the Cobray company on the same frame as their 12ga "Street Sweeper" shotgun. It had no stock or front grip and was chambered for the .45-70 rifle cartridge carrying [--] rounds in its fixed drum magazine. It's kinda like watching a train wreck.you know you shouldn't but you kinda want one anyway. These sold even worse than the Streetsweeper but they at least didn't have an egregiously offensive name and thus were never the target of a major lobbying campaign. Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch"
YouTube Link 2015-02-08T17:46Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
"The M1 Garand's Mysterious 7th Round Stoppage http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The M1 Garand ran great in testing but as soon as Springfield began to crank out production-line guns a mysterious problem appeared. If the top round in the clip was on the right-hand side the 7th round in the clip would often run askew and malfunction. Where did this very odd problem come from and why the connection to how the clip was loaded In a classic example of "guns are hard" going"
YouTube Link 2021-06-10T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 873K engagements
"Ian Must Face the Cursed Chauchats The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com Just for reference here's the Belgian M1927 Chauchat: https://youtu.be/0RtTck6tLIU 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 2025-12-23T12:56Z 3.2M followers, 324.9K engagements
"The Albanian SKS: A Few Different Details The Albanian SKS is the rarest of the major adoptees of the SKS rifle (Russia China Romania Yugoslavia Albania) and has a handful of interested details that differ from all other examples of the SKS rifle. The gun came about as the result of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxhas pivot from Soviet to Chinese alliance in the 1960s. Mao granted Albania a license to produce the Type [--] SKS in [----] and the country would produce between [-----] and [-----] or the rifles by [----]. Mechanically the Albanian version is identical to the Chinese Type [--]. It differs in a few"
YouTube Link 2018-02-02T12:03Z 3.2M followers, 566.1K 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
"The Soviet Jackhammer: Shooting an AVS-36 Yesterday we looked at the history and mechanics of the Soviet AVS-36 battle rifle and today we are taking it out to the range. As a light rifle firing full-power 7.62x54R ammunition this is sure to be an exhilarating experience. I am curious to see how the muzzle brake performs and if this rifle can be any better to handle and shoot than the M14. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv avs simonov"
YouTube Link 2019-04-06T12:41Z 3.2M followers, 800.5K 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, 122.6K engagements
"L118A2: Accuracy International Arctic Warfare http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com After the British adoption of the Accuracy International PM as the L96A1 sniper rifle other nations began to give a very serious look at the company and its rifles. One of the first was Sweden which requested a rifle like the PM/L96 but with a few changes to better suit the northern environment of Scandinavia. The bolt body surface area was reduced with scalloped relief cut to prevent ice form locking up the bolt and a 3-position safety designed"
YouTube Link 2019-03-22T12:04Z 3.2M followers, 1.6M engagements
"The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality [----] (Day 1) All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices: weaponsandwar.tv Finnish Brutality [----] took the standard for practical shooting matches and raised it again - this was the best match that I have ever had the chance to shoot. Run by Varusteleka a Finnish military and outdoor good supplier it was ten stages of shooting over two days and took place a bit north of Helsinki. There were [---] competitors this year and two thirds of them were in the Armored division shooting with rifle plates and other gear (mandatory minimum"
YouTube Link 2024-09-06T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 62.6K 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
"Stechkin APS: The Soviet Machine Pistol Sorry slight mistake on my part - the arsenal mark on this is Molot not Tula http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The APS is a machine pistol developed by Igor Stechkin in the late 1940s and adopted by the Soviet Union in [----] basically at the same time as the Makarov pistol. The Stechkin and Makarov share many characteristics - both are double action both fire the 9x18mm cartridge both have decocking mechanisms both have heel magazine releases and both are simple blowback actions with"
YouTube Link 2019-01-11T10:59Z 3.2M followers, 467.6K 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, 71K engagements
"Type [--] North Korean Tokarev/High Power Hybrid http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The Type [--] is a North Korean hybrid of the Tokarev and the High Power used as a military service pistol until replaced by the Beak-Du-San copy pop the CZ75. The general outline of the gun is a copy of the Tokarev with a modular removable fire control group lack of manual safety and tall thin sights. It is chambered for 7.62x25mm and uses a magazine identical to the standard Tokarev except"
YouTube Link 2020-05-18T12:25Z 3.2M followers, 346.3K 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
".50 BMG and the Geneva Convention Adorable Penguin Brutality shirt available from Varusteleka: https://www.varusteleka.com/en/product/forgotten-weapons-penguin-brutality-t-shirt/81986option=81709 I'm sure you've heard the one about how targeting an enemy soldier with a .50 BMG is a war crime but targeting his belt buckle is okay because it's "materiel" Yeah it's totally false but boy does that story get around. The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons"
YouTube Link 2025-07-22T12:33Z 3.2M followers, 294.3K 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
"Flux Raider 365"
YouTube Link 2024-01-25T15:00Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M 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, 294K engagements
"SHOW 2025: Aly & Kaufman L85A1 From BRN-180 Aly and Kaufman LLC has produced a new receiver to turn a Brownells BRN-180 into a functional lookalike of a British L85A1 bullpup. These are not strict clones of the SA80 but rather an approximation to give the vibe. They are shipping as kits to be assembled with your own upper and are FFL items. The first batch has sold out and the second batch is coming soon. A neat option given the utter impossibility of getting an L85A1 here.and possibly the first example of a repro that will likely work better than the original it is copying. history"
YouTube Link 2025-01-25T17:00Z 3.2M followers, 208.4K engagements
"TOZ-36 and TOZ-49: Soviet Gas-Seal Target Revolvers These two revolvers were developed for competitive sport shooting in the Soviet Union. They are usually described as variants of the Model [----] Nagant but they actually work on a different mechanism despite both being gas-seal designs. The TOZ-36 was designed in [----] and it was a single action six-shot revolver in 7.62x38mmR - the standard Nagant revolver cartridge. It was made until [----] and in [----] it was supplanted by the TOZ-49. That was essentially the same design but chambered for 7.62x26mmR - a shorter version of the gas-seal"
YouTube Link 2025-01-22T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 152.4K engagements
"M1E5 Experimental Paratrooper Garand The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com In January [----] men of the 93rd Infantry Division field-modified an M1 to give it a shorter (18") barrel and the rifle was sent back to the US and tested by the Infantry Board. The idea was that a rifle like this might be of use to paratroopers being more powerful than the M1A1 Carbine they were already using. The job of exploring the idea was given to John Garand at Springfield Armory and he began work that same month. One example was made in the spring of [----] using an underfolding"
YouTube Link 2025-12-17T12:47Z 3.2M followers, 158.6K 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
"Book Review: Vickers Guide to H&K Volume 4: Rifles & Machine Guns (and more) Available directly from Vickers Guide: https://www.vickersguide.com/purchase/heckler-koch-vol-4-standard The fourth and final volume of the Vickers Guide to Heckler & Koch covers the post-roller-delayed long guns made by H&K. This begins with the G11 and then the G36 HKM4/HK416 HK417 MG4 and MG5 families. It also covers a number of other related groups of guns including H&K grenade launchers the OICW the L85A2 and A3 and more. While it is formatted primarily as a coffee table book with outstanding photography it"
YouTube Link 2026-01-27T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 26.7K 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
"Erma EMP: Heinrich Vollmer's Interwar Submachine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Developed by Heinrich Vollmer in the 1920s this quite distinctive submachine guns was marketed by the Erma company starting in [----] and sold quite well internationally. This particular example was used by the German police and is chambered for 9x19mm. Many of these guns were also sold to Spain where they were popular with the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War. At the end of"
YouTube Link 2020-10-23T11:55Z 3.2M followers, 196.5K 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
"Olympic Arms' OA-98 AR Pistol - A Strange Product of the AWB The AR-15 does not lend itself to stock-less use because its basic design places the recoil spring in the length of the stock and requires that space for the bolt carrier to travel in. Olympic Arms however developed a way to modify the basic AR-15 design to allow for a pistol version that did not require a rear buffer tube (it was also made into a carbine with a folding stock). This was the OA-93 and it was unluckily introduced just before the implementation of the [----] assault weapons ban in the US. With that law in place the OA-93"
YouTube Link 2017-06-01T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 901.7K 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
"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, 348.5K engagements
"The Brazilian Uru SMG: A Study in Simplicity The Uru named for a tropical bird is a Brazilian 9mm submachine gun made from [----] until [----] and used by Brazilian military and police forces. What makes it interesting is the designers focus on simplicity - the gun has just [--] parts and basically no screws or pins (except the bolt holding the pistol grip on). The trigger mechanism and drop safety are quite interesting to see http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com uru uru smg submachine gun brazil brazilian smg brazilian gun 9mm 9x19"
YouTube Link 2017-04-26T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 1M 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
"OSS Flying Dragon: A Silent Poisoned Dart Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merchandise http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The OSS experimented with a lot ofunorthodox weapons during World War Two and one of their overarching goals was a weapon with a [---] yard lethal range but without flash or noise. To this end they experimented with a number of suppressed firearms as well as weird stuff like various crossbow designs silenced dart gun pistol conversions and in this case a CO2 powered dart gun. It was code aimed the Flying Dragon and first mentioned in documents"
YouTube Link 2018-04-07T13:04Z 3.2M followers, 746K engagements
"North Vietnamese SKS http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com North Vietnam set up a small arms factory north of Hanoi (12km north of Yn Bi to be specific) with the assistance of Chinese factory #296 starting in [----]. The goal was for this to become a substantial arsenal for both repair and production of arms including barrel-making and forging capabilities. It would never reach this potential but it was able to assemble about [----] SKS rifle between [----] when it opened and"
YouTube Link 2020-10-02T12:04Z 3.2M followers, 413.5K 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
"The FG-42s in Saving Private Ryan https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Did you know there was a scene in Saving Private Ryan filmed with original FG-42 rifles Alas it hit the cutting room floor and never got into the final edit. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2023-08-27T11:00Z 3.2M followers, 160K engagements
"Armalite AR-17: A Shotgun from the World of Tomorrow #forgottenweapons #ar17 #12ga #shotgun #armalite history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-10-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 584.1K 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
"Reject Modernity; Embrace Tradition: The Type [--] Shin Gunto "Swords of the Emperor" still available for discounted preorder - get your copy today https://www.headstamppublishing.com/swords When Japan opened up to the outside world and began to industrialize in the late 1800s it instituted major military reforms. In place of the samurai tradition the new Japanese Imperial armed forces emulated the major European powers - France Germany and the United Kingdom. One element of this was the replacement of traditional swords with European styles for officers and civil officials. These swords"
YouTube Link 2022-04-28T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 974.8K 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
"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, 75.5K 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, 670.3K engagements
"Israeli Mauser K98k Sniper Rifles: Wild Heerbrug & Nimrod The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The first Israeli military sniper rifles were German K98k snipers obtained by the nascent Israeli armed forces in the late 1940s. These were used in Israel's independence war and served well. When the IDF decided to adopt the 7.62mm NATO cartridge and converted its Mauser rifles to that caliber using new barrels the best-shooting examples were help aside for use as sniper rifles. These were initially fitted with Swiss Wild Heerbrug 4x30mm scopes using a rather"
YouTube Link 2026-01-09T12:15Z 3.2M followers, 117.2K 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
"Remington's Revolving Rifle: Not Expensive but not Successful http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com While Colt put significant effort into developing a revolving rifle design Remington chose to simply use their existing New Model revolver architecture. Remington introduced it's Revolving Rifle (it had no other model name) in [----] and a total of about [---] were made by [----] when it was gone from their catalog. The rifle was available in both .36 and .44 caliber (both holding"
YouTube Link 2021-10-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 286.9K engagements
"Colt 601: The AR-15 Becomes a Military Rifle http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The AR-15 rifle was originally developed by Armalite as an offshoot of the AR-10 rifle designed by Eugene Stoner. How that second-thought rifle became the US standard military rifle - and the longest-serving infantry rifle in US military history - is a winding story. From Armalite's sale fo the design to Colt to sales trips to India and the Philippines to an Air Force general's birthday party we will follow that story today. We will focus on the"
YouTube Link 2019-12-25T12:53Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M 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
"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
"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
"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
"CETME LC: Last of the Roller-Delayed Carbines 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 centime lc corto spain spanish marcolmar roller delay roller lock hk h&k heckler koch history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv centime lc corto spain spanish marcolmar roller delay roller lock hk h&k heckler koch"
YouTube Link 2020-09-18T13:40Z 3.2M followers, 231.5K engagements
"SIG M5 Spear Deep Dive: Is This a Good US Army Rifle https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons http://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - TLDW 01:18 - NGSW history 04:11 - 6.8x51 / .277 SIG Fury cartridge 09:14 - Suppressor 12:53 - Rifle features and disassembly 23:42 - How it handles 80k psi 28:44 - Conclusions and rollout plans The NGSW (Next Generation Squad Weapon) program began in [----] to find a replacement for the M4 M249 and 5.56mm cartridge. It came"
YouTube Link 2022-06-03T12:43Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Kord: Russia's New .50 Cal Heavy Machine Gun The Kord was developed to replace the Soviet NSV heavy machine gun. The NSV was developed in [----] to replace the DShK and it was a pretty good gun - but it was manufactured in only one factory and that factory was located in Kazakhstan. When the Soviet Union crumbled that left the new Russian Federation without and heavy MG production. So in [----] a design team at the Kovrov plant developed an improved model of the NSV both to improve it and to provide domestic Russian production. The first prototypes were ready in [----] initial production began in"
YouTube Link 2024-06-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M 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, 537.2K 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
"Hitler's Zipper: The MG-42 Universal Machine Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The MG42 was developed to be a more reliable and easier to manufacture replacement for the MG34 although both would serve side by side until he end of World War Two. Designed by Grossfuss company engineer Werner Gruner with no previous military or small arms design experience the MG42 used heavy stampings for its main assemblies thus reducing German need for expensive and difficult to"
YouTube Link 2020-11-04T11:58Z 3.2M followers, 3.8M engagements
"Kraut Space Magic: the H&K G11 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com I have been waiting for a long time to have a chance to make this video - the Heckler & Koch G11 Specifically a G11K2 the final version approved for use by the West German Bundeswehr before being cancelled for political and economic reasons. The G11 was a combined effort by H&K and Dynamit Nobel to produce a new rifle for the German military with truly new technology. The core of the system was the use of a caseless cartridge developed in the late 60s and early"
YouTube Link 2018-12-25T13:12Z 3.2M followers, 10.3M 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
"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
"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
"Czech vz. 52/57: The SKS We Have At Home We don't need the SKS we have gun designers at home In the early days of the Cold War the Czechoslovak communist party was on very good terms with Josef Stalin and were able to design and use their own small arms. A whole new slate of small arms were developed in the early 1950s with a rifle pistol and light machine gun all adopted in [----] as vz. (model) [--]. The rifle used a short-stroke annular type gas piston that was located around the barrel. It was chambered for a proprietary Czech 7.62x45mm cartridge as was the vz.52 light machine gun. When"
YouTube Link 2023-11-17T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 181.6K engagements
"Swiss Prototype von Steiger Auto-Ejecting Revolvers http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In the 1870s Switzerland was looking for a new military revolver and they were particularly interested in finding a system which would allow faster reloading than the standard loading gate and manual ejection rod. A military veteran and gunsmith by the name of von Steiger in Thun submitted a design which automatically ejected an empty case each time the gun was fired. This did dramatically increase the rate of fire (one Swiss officer in the"
YouTube Link 2018-02-19T11:42Z 3.2M followers, 497.6K 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
"1847 Walker Revolver: the Texas Behemoth http://www.Patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The Colt [----] Walker revolver was a massive [--] 1/2 pound handgun made for Samuel Walker of the US Mounted Rifles (he also served with the Texas Rangers) as a way to equip mounted troops with greater firepower than single-shot carbines. The Walker was the first true martial handgun made by Colt and despite its problems (nearly a third of the guns procured by the military would be returned to Colt for repairs and more than a few literally blew up) it would save Colt from bankruptcy after the commercial failure of"
YouTube Link 2015-11-18T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 3M engagements
"German Jager Pistol Today we have a video for you on a German "Jager" pistol so named because it was made by the Jager company. Jager was a well-respected maker of high quality sporting arms having been established in [----] in Suhl Germany. With the onset of World War One Kaiser Wilhelm decreed that all arms manufacture would be directed to military needs and Jager responded by designing this pistol for use by the officers' corps. It was not formally adopted by the German army but several thousand were purchased privately and used by German officers. The pistol is very interesting mechanically"
YouTube Link 2012-10-08T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 277.6K 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
"Gearhead Guns Type [---] Nambu PCC Recreation - SHOT Show [----] 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 2026-01-21T14:01Z 3.2M followers, 324.7K engagements
"The French Finger Trap: MAS-36 Bayonet Shenanigans #forgottenweapons #france #french #mas36 #bayonet #docking #shenanigans history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-04-10T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 14.7M 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
"The Official American Boy Scout Rifle: Remington 4-S Check out Headstamp Publishing's extensive catalog of excellent books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com/home-forgotten The scouting concept exploded into the American culture after [----] with a multitude of local regional and national organizations setting up in the years before World War One. Among these was the American Boy Scouts founded by William Randolph Hearst. In [----] they adopted the Remington 4-S as their official rifle a .22 Short caliber rolling block. It was initially sold directly and exclusively to Scouts for $5 although it"
YouTube Link 2025-08-15T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 156.7K engagements
"Swedish m/41B - Best Sniper Rifle of World War Two Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Everything was going great in Sweden until [----] when they looked up and realized that on one side they were next to a bunch of Finns busy trying to fight off the Russians and on the other side were a bunch of Norwegians not being quite so successful at fighting off the Germans. It was a dangerous looking world and Sweden realized that it somehow had never bother to get any scoped snipers rifles. So they made a quick deal with the Germans to"
YouTube Link 2018-06-16T13:30Z 3.2M followers, 909.8K engagements
"Apocrypha: Tour of the Kyr Distillery While I was in Finland for Finnish Brutality [----] I took a day to hitch a train ride up to Isokyr about 400km northwest of Helsinki. The Kyr distillery was founded there in [----] making single malt Finnish rye whiskey and several varieties of gin. Their own video does a fine job describing the origins of the distillery: https://youtu.be/6Q35akNanEs But I wanted to get a look at the production process - and it's impressively well set up The rye is made in a pair of imported Scottish pot stills and the gin uses a combination of pot and column distillation."
YouTube Link 2021-03-21T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 196.3K 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, 782.9K engagements
"Calico Liberty [---] Carbine on the PCC Evaluation Course http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Before I even started filming this video the Calico's muzzle brake fell off.not an auspicious beginning But we will push on without it and see if the Calico can even finish the course without malfunctioning.and what sort of of time it gets if it does history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda inrange inrangetv pic carbine pistol caliber 9mm carbine"
YouTube Link 2020-07-11T12:00Z 3.2M followers, 590.7K engagements
"He Bought W.W. Greener & Co with a Worthless Check 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 2026-01-07T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 87K engagements
"Ishapore Enfield.410 Shotgun Conversion Quick think of the first thing that comes to mind when I say "riot shotgun" Does it have a brass buttplate A tangent rear sight Is it a single-shot weapon Does it use a shotshell smaller than 28ga No Well I guess you have a different notion of riot gear than the Indian military. Huh. Today I've got a video on the Indian answer to the mass-issue riot gun a SMLE rifle with the magazine well plugged and the barrel bored out to .410. They are pretty neat and this one's in really nice shape. It seems that the bored-out version like mine that use American"
YouTube Link 2013-09-08T23:00Z 3.2M followers, 350.5K 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
"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
"Forgotten History: World's Biggest Black Powder Cannon - a 100-Ton Gun http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons The largest muzzleloading black powder cannons ever built were the Armstrong 100-ton guns which saw service with the Italian Navy and with British coastal fortifications on Malta and Gibraltar. They were purchased by the Italians first to outfit a pair of new super battleships each vessel having two turrets with two of these guns in each. To avoid being outclassed the British ordered two guns for installation to protect the Grand Harbor of Malta and two more to protect Gibraltar."
YouTube Link 2018-07-10T12:02Z 3.2M followers, 2.5M engagements
"SIG MKPS at the Range https://utreon.com/c/forgottenweapons/ http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Today we are taking the SIG MKPS out to the range. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly sig mkps range swiss vatical papal guard Switzerland rof mg42 fast history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly sig mkps range swiss vatical papal guard Switzerland rof mg42 fast"
YouTube Link 2022-04-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 246.3K engagements
"Olympic OA96 Pistol: A Loophole in the Assault Weapons Ban Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons In [----] Olympic Arms introduced an AR-15 with a side folding stock as well as a stockless - and buffer-tube-less - pistol version. They did this by relocating the recoil spring of the AR to a tube running above the barrel and receiver. It was a clever modification (although the execution left something to be desired) but it came at a very unfortunate time. The very next year in [----] the US Assault Weapons Ban was enacted and Olympics"
YouTube Link 2018-06-15T13:30Z 3.2M followers, 1.8M engagements
"Yugoslav M92: The Serbian 7.62x39mm Pseudo-Krink The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The Yugoslav M92 rifle is most often compared to the Soviet AKS-74U "Krinkov" - it is a compact folding-stock version of Zastava's M70 AK just as the 74U was the compact version of the AK-74 series. However the M92 was actually not made for a particular military requirement but rather for commercial export sales. While it is based on the 7.62x39mm M70 family of rifles it was released in [----] after both the 5.56mm M80 and M90 series were in production. Today it serves a"
YouTube Link 2026-01-14T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 153.8K engagements
"FN CAL: Short-Lived Predecessor to the FNC http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The CAL (Carabine Automatique Leger; Light Automatic Carbine) was FN's first attempt to produce a 5.56mm rifle as a counterpart to the 7.62mm FAL. While light and handy the CAL was a relatively complex and expensive design and failed to garner many sales. About [-----] were made in total before FN pulled the gun in favor of the FN FNC which would prove to be much more successful. history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly kasarda"
YouTube Link 2019-01-04T12:10Z 3.2M followers, 286.1K 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
"Johnson M1941 Rifle #johnson #m1941 #rifle #forgottenweapons #ww2 #wwii history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-15T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 83K 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, 340.1K engagements
"Beretta's "New Assault Rifle Program" (NARP)"
YouTube Link 2024-02-28T20:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M 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
"HK 41: "Paramilitary Rifle" for the Bundeswehr The HK41 (designation: paramilitary rifle caliber 7.62x51mm) was the first semiautomatic version of the G3 military rifle. It was made for the Bundeswehr reservist market; a rifle that could be privately owned in Germany but which would duplicate the handling of the G3 for reservists to practice with. It went into production in [----] with a standard pinned lower and S-E semiautomatic trigger group. To comply with German laws it would only accept a 5-round magazine and could not mount a bayonet or rifle grenades. In addition to German commercial"
YouTube Link 2019-08-31T09:59Z 3.2M followers, 241.1K 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
"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
"Detonics MkI: The Original Sub-Compact [----] http://www.Patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Today we are accustomed to seeing sub-compact 3.5" [----] pistols for sale from a whole bunch of manufacturers - but this was not always the case. Making a really small [----] actually run reliably is not a trivial proposition as the slide velocity and spring force become very touchy and small changes can have major repercussions. The first company to get the kinks out of the mechanism and bring an effective pistol to market was Detonics. Their MkI has a number of interesting features that were quite novel at the"
YouTube Link 2015-11-23T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 392.1K 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
"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
"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
"DTM: The Soviet Tank Version of the DP-27 LMG http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com Almost as soon as the Degtyarev DP-27 was put into Soviet military service variations were developed for aircraft (DA) and tank (DT) use. The tank pattern we have here is actually a later improved DTM model but it shares most features with the DT. It has a collapsing stock to save space inside a vehicle and a pistol grip in place of the more traditional DP stock and grip (the original DA and"
YouTube Link 2020-02-08T12:50Z 3.2M followers, 404.6K 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
"AR-16: Armalite's Lost Battle Rifle The best firearms reference books: https://www.headstamppublishing.com The AR-16 was developed in the late 1950s as a less manufacturing intensive option to the AR-10. It began with the AR-12 which was a prototype intended to use a stamped receiver with the Stoner DI gas system. When Armalite sold the AR-15 patents to Colt they had to revise that design and it became the AR-14 with a Tokarev type short stroke gas piston and a stamped receiver. Two of these rifles were originally made both chambered for .308 with folding stocks and mostly stamped parts. They"
YouTube Link 2025-12-22T12:31Z 3.2M followers, 313.8K 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
"Why so many different Type [--] guns #forgottenweapons #type56 #clower #china #q&a @Type56_Ordnance_Dept history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-07-26T12:27Z 3.2M followers, 438.4K engagements
"S&W's Pistol-Carbine for the South Australian Police http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] the South Australian Police service was introduced to the Smith & Wesson No3 New Model revolver at the Melbourne Exhibition. They took a liking to the design and promptly ordered [---] of them nickel plated with [--] barrels and detachable shoulder stocks (as well as [--] more with [---] barrels and no stocks). These would be issued to mounted officers of the police for whom they would"
YouTube Link 2020-12-01T12:17Z 3.2M followers, 204K engagements
"Q&A November 2025: The 6.8x51 is Still a Bad Idea Use code "FORGOTTENRYE10" for 10% off Kyr Distillery spirits at their web store: https://kyrodistillery.com/ "Forged in Snow" available now on Kickstarter discounted from the retail price: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/headstamp/forged-in-snowref=c6odcj 00:00:20 - Aimpoint offering multi-reticle options 00:01:55 - Blood lead levels from shooting 00:05:59 - Combining scuba with history and guns My scuba channel; Deep Dive With Ian: https://www.youtube.com/@DeepDiveWithIan 00:07:51 - Change in rifling twist rate for 5.56mm 00:10:30 - Does"
YouTube Link 2025-11-22T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 215.9K 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
"Heckler & Koch's Modular Machine Gun: the HK21E http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com In [----] Heckler & Koch introduced a new light machine gun based on their roller-delayed blowback system as a companion piece to the G3/HK91 rifle. While the German military was quite happy with its MG3 machine guns H&K expected that other smaller nations adopting the G3 would be interested in a support weapon that worked the same way. They were not wrong and the first adopter was Portugal"
YouTube Link 2020-10-26T11:53Z 3.2M followers, 746.7K engagements
"FP-45 Liberator Pistol #forgottenweapons #liberator #resistance #ww2 #wwii #45acp #pistol #stamped #parachute #oss #secret"
YouTube Link 2024-12-01T12:49Z 3.2M followers, 122.1K engagements
"Perdition to Conspirators Magnificent 14-Barrel Flintlock #forgottenweapons #crazy #massive #14barrel #perdition #flintlock history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2026-01-06T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 555.7K engagements
"Experimental Bullpup Over/Under Shotgun with a Secret #forgottenweapons #shotgun #bullpup #secret #weird #strange #overunder history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-12-16T13:01Z 3.2M followers, 3.1M engagements
"Afghan Martini Carbines: The Kabul Arsenal In the late [----] or early 1890s a British engineer and adventurer settled himself in Kabul Afghanistan and at the request of Emir Abdul Rahman organized and build a rifle factory for the Afghan government. This factory would operate for nearly [--] years producing a series of different types of Martini-Henry rifles and carbines. Today we have three example to look at. http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com martini afghan rifle kabul khyber martini henry 577-450 [---] carbine gunsmith crude"
YouTube Link 2017-01-16T16:30Z 3.2M followers, 244.1K 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
"Radom's Vis 35: Poland's Excellent Automatic Pistol In the 1920s Poland began looking for a new standard military pistol and tested a variety of compact .380s. The representative from FN brought along an early iteration of the High Power (along with their other entry) even though it was much too large and heavy to meet the Polish requirements. After a couple iterations of testing it became clear to the Polish Ordnance officers that the High Power was a much more effective service pistol than the compact guns they had been instructed to look for. Lo and behold the ultimate choice was a"
YouTube Link 2016-02-09T13:00Z 3.2M followers, 1.1M engagements
"Larry Vickers' Delta Force Colt [---] Carbine The newest Vickers Guide book WWII Germany Volume II (which I co-authored with Larry) is now available along with AR Volume I and AR Volume II at: https://www.vickersguide.com Today I'm with Larry Vickers taking a look at the recreation of his Delta Force Colt [---] carbine - the rifle he used at Modelo Prison in Panama and in Desert Storm hunting for SCUD missiles. Use of carbines like this one by Delta and other special forces groups set the stage for the adoption of the M4 Carbine and Aimpoint M68 optic by the US military at large and it's very"
YouTube Link 2019-07-15T11:02Z 3.2M followers, 1.3M 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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"H&K UMP: An H&K SMG Made for .40 and .45 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons https://www.floatplane.com/channel/ForgottenWeapons/home Cool Forgotten Weapons merch http://shop.forgottenweapons.com H&K introduced the UMP (universal machine pistol) in an effort to attract sales from American law enforcement by offering a modern submachine gun in .45 ACP and .40 S&W calibers. The MP5 was and remains an extremely popular SMG but it has never been made in .45 caliber and that was seen as a popular option in the United States. The UMP was designed as a thoroughly modern gun with polymer upper"
YouTube Link 2020-03-06T12:16Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M 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
"Deckard's Pflger-Katsumata Series D [----] #forgottenweapons #bladerunner #deckard #pflauger #katsumata #d5223 #harrisonford #movieguns #pistol #prop history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly history development mccollum forgotten weapons design disassembly"
YouTube Link 2025-02-08T12:59Z 3.2M followers, 1.2M engagements
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