@@chrisbrent7487Those use 8mm mause, I highly doubt theyre using that instead of 7.62 NATO firing guns from Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, sweden etc.
"We don't really mind that it loses accuracy after 15.000-20.000 rounds, because we're probably wounded or incapacitated at that point anyway". This definitely isn't Garand Thumb or Forgotten Weapons.
ian actully brought this up when talking about the NGSW gun he said it might not matter if a gun can get to 20-30000 rnds becuse its prob been destroyed by then
guntubers seem so cringe to me after watching videos by a guy like this even guys who used to serve like garand thumb just feel so corporate in comparison
@@anon_researcher 💯 sponsored by this, sponsored by that, they don’t pay but sent me this rifle and all the ammo 🙄 This guy is reviewing from actual combat not just some operators that train. Huge difference.
I recommend an American Green Beret active since the GWOT era until 2017, Jeffrey Gurwitch from the Modern Tactical Shooting channel. He also has a video on the SCAR-L but he has negative experiences with the teams running it, very refreshing to hear that newer soldiers running with the SCAR-16 have positive feedback.
@@ASqdrnDA thanks will check him out..just followed his channel. I have heard other units that run it, have big problems w the stock but it’s crazy how you get mixed opinions..who’s word do you take? How do you make the decision to purchase?? Lol decisions decisions
@@pingusbror He had a video up of his 4x4 covered in Bandera pictures and quotes with the red and black flag. He tried defending it then took it down it seems.
@@LaughingMan44 look bro, Bandera is a hero to some Ukrainians for his fight for ukrainian freedom, you need to know the historic context as a whole. Theres a reason why he was put into a concentration camp by the nazis.
@@Murdoc__ hahaha the fucking cope you idiots go through to defend opinions dictated to you is insane. If the western establishment decided tomorrow that Ukraine are all evil Nazis you'd go along with it. He and his fascist organization the OUN collaborated with Nazi intelligence before WW2 even started, the OUN conducted terror attacks on Jews and Poles in Poland to soften them up before the invasion. Bandera wasn't put in a concentration camp, he was arrested for declaring an independent Ukraine (which would be on the side of the Nazis) without their consent, and put in prison till 1944 when he was released to help them fight the Soviets. I don't personally care about these things, but I find the hypocrisy fucking disgusting.
Outstanding English skills, including slang jargon. Proper use of adverbs, as well! Better than most native English speakers. He must have paid attention in school. Well done.
@@gardeningniceperson *average scandinavian (finnish) NATO advisor trained in language skills to be fair. finns do speak really good english esp considering their native tongue is basically eskimo compared to other euro languages
@@kiwanozukai1180 Finnish is not "Eskimo", it's Uralic. Hungarians and Estontians speak languages derived from Uralic as well. If they have learned early enough, anyone can speak any language, regardless of their mother tongue.
"He must have paid attention in school." His English is at a higher level than high school leaver's. Must have practiced a lot in his professional environment or by himself.
Keep up the video's. These are some of the best laymen documentation and real world experience I've ever seen. I'm not a knife guy.. but I like how that one looks.
"guys im currently deployed so dont expect good production quality of the video" this is why we love you, when ian from forgotten weapons is always in sterlie conditions and on some proffesional shooting range, you shot them from wherever you can currently and you are using field shooting ranges just behind frontlines, bonus points for artillery in background
You're right. A middle-aged historian, that records and examines weapon from an academic/historian's POV, where it's his day job should move to a warzone so you can get a "more authentic viewing experience." You are mentally challenged.
@@peeneye8274 oh no how i dared to compare two weapon review channels! you miss the point, valgear gives you "real use experience" knowledge while ian gives you history and some internals, guess which approach is superior in my eyes
@@wojszach4443 Its just not comparable, but nice of you to mention Gun Jesus. I imagine a lot here watch stuff like Gun Jesus and Kentucky. Different gun channels have different angles. Valgear has the "authentic no tacticool, actually currently using it against orcs" angle.
I know this video is older so I’m not sure if you’ll see this comment. But stay safe man, you’re awesome and I greatly value your channel and you as a person. You are obviously a good man.
Wow, that's a real weapon review! No bs, lots of user feedback... and, when you are deployed, in the way of the orcs, it says *everything* when you say that it's a weapon that you would be happy to take into the field... Last, most important, i wish you success in battle, and safe return to us, and, to your family and friends!
I think the Belgian army had a lot of issues with the stock latches breaking on the original rifles. The double latch probably came about due to that. I’m pretty sure that the non reciprocating charging handle came from the SOCOM program as Americans have this think about having to be able to have a way to force a weapon into battery. Same reason why the SIG MCX had to have a bolt assist button and the M16A1 and on had one. Really though I think if a weapon isn’t going into battery you’d be best to just rack it again and if it still won’t close take steps to figure out why rather than forcing a round into battery and risking a torn case head or some other stoppage that is going to take the rifle out of action for a long time.
Can you please do a more extended video on the AK74/Ak74M/AK12/AKS-74U and your opinion on the different variants compared to some of these western guns in terms of reliability, accuracy, general soldier opinions, etc? I still see a lot of troops using them and am wondering if they are just not given a choice to get an m4/scar/bren , or if the aks just perform better in some ways.
Short Answer - AK-74M best russian assault rifle that combat tested in Ukraine. It's the same AK-74 but lighter, more durable and had folding stock. Absolute weapon for any soldier in any country. And from AK-74M you can make better Ak-12 that real Ak-12. Just buy Magpul parts. I guess russians will never make better 5.45 weapon than AK-74M but now they developing AK-22 with new 6.02x41 ammo.
Why do you prefer something like CZ Bren 2 and SCAR-L over traditional AR15? Do you just prefer short stroke piston over direct impingement? Or do you just like cool rifles? Stay safe val.
Definitely one of my favorite rifle I would take that rifle in any caliber the SCAR-H or scar-l it is such a beautiful rifle and very reliable an accurate as long as I got a optic on it I would be happy u cannot go wrong with a scar 17s but I have fell in love with the scar20s DMR. But the new sig spear I think has taken the spot in my top favorites between Scar and the Sig mcx spear
I own a FN SCAR 16S (the semi auto version of the SCAR L) and I use the 11 o'clock gas regulator setting when I shoot it with a silencer because it uses less gas on this setting.
Thanks for video... Feels a little cheeky as you're in the field.. Shot the SCAR-H ... my favorite rifle. Would like to try the L to see the difference. I'm Australian so have to travel to try these types of weapons. Cheers Val.
I think a fair comparison between standard 74/M with no sights vs red dot NATO rifle on combat size targets would be interesting. We've seen everything from Mosin to Thermal scopes on custom PKM and it'd be interesting to know how much of a difference it really makes.
Biggest difference you get with a red dot/holographic over irons is better low light capability and the new sight picture can be good, but it depends on the shooter
Man... Comparing 300-400$ AK-74M to 3000+$ Scar-L is somewhat unfair. For one Scar you can buy 6! military M4A1 carbines and even more AK-12. Is Scar better than M4? Not really.
@@rinaldoman3331 All of them get the job done... it's like dirt bikes from major manufacturers - it's 20% the bike and 80% the rider. Expect in this case it would be 50% luck, 45% the user and 5% the rifle. If it can hold enough rounds, can hold zero, has select fire, can mount optics, and is reasonably accurate and reliable then its good enough. Almost all service rifles in the world can fill these criteria, so honestly I have difficulties to understand why people fetishize over them so much. For example I know Finnish volunteers who were issued stock M4s in Ukraine described them as flimsy and toy like compared to RK-62 and RK-95. In field conditions they had to be cleaned more often than RKs back home. However they still got the job done like any other rifle. They are tools. If you can turn the screw and do it over and over again, fundamentally it does not matter what your screwdriver is like.
its a good step, i am mentioning that in bren 2 videos, that it might become main ukrainian assault rifle, but it will be further updated, so iam exited about that
Greetings from Poland, my question is how popular are sights with optical magnification? In the combat footage that I've seen so far red dots are by far the most common. With an exception of a few acogs and red dot + magnifier combos here and there I don't recall seeing any magnified sights on assult rifles, notably no lpvos whatsoever. Best of luck to you and your fellow soldiers.
@@Olson323compared to elcans, they are light. And considering elcans have/were used heavily in combat and loved/hated, a lpvo would be fine considering it weighs less
Don't know if it will help. But if you grind the three prongs to be all different length it will stop the annoying tuning fork issue the flash hider has.
I've only just come across your channel. I'm quite surprised by this review. From what I've heard from online, the SCAR L is not very reliable. The H version is meant to be more reliable, hence why its more popular. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos like this in the future 🙂
Waiting for the MG3 video
Iggy be an M53 from Yugoslavia. Serbia / Bosnia. There are quite a few of them in Ukraine.
omg yes
@@chrisbrent7487Those use 8mm mause, I highly doubt theyre using that instead of 7.62 NATO firing guns from Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, sweden etc.
@@wheneggsdrop1701They are there. I have seen a review video of one though not by Val.
Heck yeah, that's a bad gun right there.
"We don't really mind that it loses accuracy after 15.000-20.000 rounds, because we're probably wounded or incapacitated at that point anyway".
This definitely isn't Garand Thumb or Forgotten Weapons.
those "big" names pale in comparison to real mean doing real things who are not not chasing youtube clout
@@TJtheShooter Lets be fair to Ian, he's defiantly not clout chasing and is a true weapons historian.
ian actully brought this up when talking about the NGSW gun he said it might not matter if a gun can get to 20-30000 rnds becuse its prob been destroyed by then
@@Kolor-kodeeh I’m recent years he’s gotten a lot more focused on the business aspect of his work if you catch my drift.
@@baneofbanes Blame TH-cam for that.
Such an amazing video! Love seeing reviews from actual frontline soldiers and not by American gun tubers who are swayed by sponsorships.
guntubers seem so cringe to me after watching videos by a guy like this
even guys who used to serve like garand thumb just feel so corporate in comparison
@@anon_researcher 💯 sponsored by this, sponsored by that, they don’t pay but sent me this rifle and all the ammo 🙄
This guy is reviewing from actual combat not just some operators that train. Huge difference.
@@anon_researcher GARAND THUMB WAS A POG ASS OFFICER HE ISNT SHIT
I recommend an American Green Beret active since the GWOT era until 2017, Jeffrey Gurwitch from the Modern Tactical Shooting channel. He also has a video on the SCAR-L but he has negative experiences with the teams running it, very refreshing to hear that newer soldiers running with the SCAR-16 have positive feedback.
@@ASqdrnDA thanks will check him out..just followed his channel. I have heard other units that run it, have big problems w the stock but it’s crazy how you get mixed opinions..who’s word do you take? How do you make the decision to purchase?? Lol decisions decisions
Brilliant insights thanks so much. Interesting to hear the original Canadian Thermold mags don't fit well.
MODS BRO
What got me binge watching your channel is the way you sound 1 on 1 as if you were actually teaching me to fully use the weapon lol. I love it
Stay safe out there Valgear, thank you for your content!
don't worry, Bandera is watching over him
@@LaughingMan44 Hopefully not.
"Always with the oppressed against the oppressors!"
@@pingusbror He had a video up of his 4x4 covered in Bandera pictures and quotes with the red and black flag. He tried defending it then took it down it seems.
@@LaughingMan44 look bro, Bandera is a hero to some Ukrainians for his fight for ukrainian freedom, you need to know the historic context as a whole. Theres a reason why he was put into a concentration camp by the nazis.
@@Murdoc__ hahaha the fucking cope you idiots go through to defend opinions dictated to you is insane. If the western establishment decided tomorrow that Ukraine are all evil Nazis you'd go along with it.
He and his fascist organization the OUN collaborated with Nazi intelligence before WW2 even started, the OUN conducted terror attacks on Jews and Poles in Poland to soften them up before the invasion.
Bandera wasn't put in a concentration camp, he was arrested for declaring an independent Ukraine (which would be on the side of the Nazis) without their consent, and put in prison till 1944 when he was released to help them fight the Soviets.
I don't personally care about these things, but I find the hypocrisy fucking disgusting.
CZ is indeed watching :) I will certainly pass the info regarding mag release on ;)
wow that is actually awesome
As a Belgian this makes me happy and proud. The scar is 100% on my guns i need to own
Outstanding English skills, including slang jargon. Proper use of adverbs, as well! Better than most native English speakers. He must have paid attention in school. Well done.
average european speaking english
@@gardeningniceperson *average scandinavian (finnish) NATO advisor trained in language skills to be fair. finns do speak really good english esp considering their native tongue is basically eskimo compared to other euro languages
@@gardeningniceperson Yes, but English natives rarely speak a foreign language.
@@kiwanozukai1180 Finnish is not "Eskimo", it's Uralic. Hungarians and Estontians speak languages derived from Uralic as well.
If they have learned early enough, anyone can speak any language, regardless of their mother tongue.
"He must have paid attention in school." His English is at a higher level than high school leaver's.
Must have practiced a lot in his professional environment or by himself.
SCAR light, SCAR bright, may I vanquish my foes tonight...
Stay safe Valgear, wishing you the best
That bayonet is a serious piece of kit. Thanks again Val.
Keep up the video's. These are some of the best laymen documentation and real world experience I've ever seen.
I'm not a knife guy.. but I like how that one looks.
Good work man another very informative vid big love from Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇦
"guys im currently deployed so dont expect good production quality of the video"
this is why we love you, when ian from forgotten weapons is always in sterlie conditions and on some proffesional shooting range, you shot them from wherever you can currently and you are using field shooting ranges just behind frontlines, bonus points for artillery in background
You're right. A middle-aged historian, that records and examines weapon from an academic/historian's POV, where it's his day job should move to a warzone so you can get a "more authentic viewing experience."
You are mentally challenged.
@@peeneye8274 oh no how i dared to compare two weapon review channels!
you miss the point, valgear gives you "real use experience" knowledge while ian gives you history and some internals, guess which approach is superior in my eyes
@@wojszach4443they're apples to oranges
@@wojszach4443 which in the end would watch both 😎 👌
@@wojszach4443 Its just not comparable, but nice of you to mention Gun Jesus. I imagine a lot here watch stuff like Gun Jesus and Kentucky. Different gun channels have different angles. Valgear has the "authentic no tacticool, actually currently using it against orcs" angle.
Whoo boy that compensator ring is insane
Never clicked on a video so fast before. Love the content bro.
+1
I know this video is older so I’m not sure if you’ll see this comment. But stay safe man, you’re awesome and I greatly value your channel and you as a person. You are obviously a good man.
Wow, that's a real weapon review! No bs, lots of user feedback... and, when you are deployed, in the way of the orcs, it says *everything* when you say that it's a weapon that you would be happy to take into the field...
Last, most important, i wish you success in battle, and safe return to us, and, to your family and friends!
Thank you for a interesting video as always 👍
Keep up the good work 😊
Both on deployment and with your channel 👍
"Most likely you'll be injured or incapacitated before you shoot 20000 rounds"
This hits hard!! Fuck! :(
What did you expect
Do you know how much 20,000 rounds is????
Okay, but what if it's been handed down a few too many times?
I have an idea....19999 and i swap my gun🧠
Nobody in war has fired 20000 rounds.
I think the Belgian army had a lot of issues with the stock latches breaking on the original rifles. The double latch probably came about due to that. I’m pretty sure that the non reciprocating charging handle came from the SOCOM program as Americans have this think about having to be able to have a way to force a weapon into battery. Same reason why the SIG MCX had to have a bolt assist button and the M16A1 and on had one. Really though I think if a weapon isn’t going into battery you’d be best to just rack it again and if it still won’t close take steps to figure out why rather than forcing a round into battery and risking a torn case head or some other stoppage that is going to take the rifle out of action for a long time.
Funny enough, I have a .22 LR copy and the stock latches never worked.
3 of the best guns in the world in one shot,. Mg3, FN MAG and FN Scar. nice.
😂
what a lineup. beautiful
Stay safe, mate! Thanks everything you're doing.
MG3 casually chilling in the background, nice. Enjoy our german tech!
Any of those FN F2000’s floating around out there ? Seen lots a year ago then they seemed to disappear
Can you please do a more extended video on the AK74/Ak74M/AK12/AKS-74U and your opinion on the different variants compared to some of these western guns in terms of reliability, accuracy, general soldier opinions, etc? I still see a lot of troops using them and am wondering if they are just not given a choice to get an m4/scar/bren , or if the aks just perform better in some ways.
He gave his opinion in literally every gun you mentioned watch his videos
Short Answer - AK-74M best russian assault rifle that combat tested in Ukraine. It's the same AK-74 but lighter, more durable and had folding stock. Absolute weapon for any soldier in any country. And from AK-74M you can make better Ak-12 that real Ak-12. Just buy Magpul parts. I guess russians will never make better 5.45 weapon than AK-74M but now they developing AK-22 with new 6.02x41 ammo.
Great to see your all good my man, great video as always.
Stay strong and safe. Thanks for the video
Much love from Germany
Your English is very good. Great video
Stay safe and goodluck out there man looking forward to seeing more trophies
Stay safe that we can enjoy more videos
Valgear, I'm consistently impressed by your postings. Do you have an opinion of Zastava produced AKs? Thanks.
Thank you for all of your hard work after work
It’s always a good day when ValGear uploads
Good video, thank you and good luck.
thank you for being alive
Thanks for the review. Stay safe.
Really so much more reliable than other western rifles? Any issues with the charging handle getting caught on stuff?
Thanks for that one, stay safe Val!
Good luck out there. kick some ass!
Why do you prefer something like CZ Bren 2 and SCAR-L over traditional AR15? Do you just prefer short stroke piston over direct impingement? Or do you just like cool rifles? Stay safe val.
Good luck on your deployment! Videos you make are very unique!
Nice video! Love from italy🇮🇹
Definitely one of my favorite rifle I would take that rifle in any caliber the SCAR-H or scar-l it is such a beautiful rifle and very reliable an accurate as long as I got a optic on it I would be happy u cannot go wrong with a scar 17s but I have fell in love with the scar20s DMR. But the new sig spear I think has taken the spot in my top favorites between Scar and the Sig mcx spear
Beautiful scar my bro 🔥🥷🏻🇲🇽
you rule mate -pragmatic - honorable warrior -go at it with you anyday thanks -keep safe lol timothy
Man, that muzzle device RINGS
Filing the flash hider prongs different lengths might change the ringing.
I own a FN SCAR 16S (the semi auto version of the SCAR L) and I use the 11 o'clock gas regulator setting when I shoot it with a silencer because it uses less gas on this setting.
Please do a video on that MG 42/59! love the channel!!!
Thanks for video... Feels a little cheeky as you're in the field.. Shot the SCAR-H ... my favorite rifle. Would like to try the L to see the difference. I'm Australian so have to travel to try these types of weapons.
Cheers Val.
For designated marksmen 5.56 will better choice, because this ammo have everyone in your squad
The scar L bayonet is so based
My first experience with the Scar was back in Arma 2 Operation Arrowpoint, ever since I have loved the rifle especially in a beautiful tan finish.
Love the scar platform 🇺🇸 I trust it with my life. Much respect 🫡 from Los Angeles
Dont die bro
Your English is very good, if you’re self taught; you did a good job.
stay safe, brother
I wonder if you guys get any Sig Sauer MCX. Wondering how the scar compares to it,
Another great video. I'm just an enthusiast and collector, but these are too expensive.
Stay safe out there brother
I think a fair comparison between standard 74/M with no sights vs red dot NATO rifle on combat size targets would be interesting. We've seen everything from Mosin to Thermal scopes on custom PKM and it'd be interesting to know how much of a difference it really makes.
Biggest difference you get with a red dot/holographic over irons is better low light capability and the new sight picture can be good, but it depends on the shooter
Man... Comparing 300-400$ AK-74M to 3000+$ Scar-L is somewhat unfair. For one Scar you can buy 6! military M4A1 carbines and even more AK-12. Is Scar better than M4? Not really.
@@rinaldoman3331 All of them get the job done... it's like dirt bikes from major manufacturers - it's 20% the bike and 80% the rider. Expect in this case it would be 50% luck, 45% the user and 5% the rifle. If it can hold enough rounds, can hold zero, has select fire, can mount optics, and is reasonably accurate and reliable then its good enough. Almost all service rifles in the world can fill these criteria, so honestly I have difficulties to understand why people fetishize over them so much.
For example I know Finnish volunteers who were issued stock M4s in Ukraine described them as flimsy and toy like compared to RK-62 and RK-95. In field conditions they had to be cleaned more often than RKs back home. However they still got the job done like any other rifle. They are tools. If you can turn the screw and do it over and over again, fundamentally it does not matter what your screwdriver is like.
متابك من العراق لا افهم اللغة صراحة لكن جمال الاسلحة يجعلني اشاهد الفيديوهات الجميلة وكذالك جمال شخصيتك الرائعة
Love the content! Keep it up. I would appreciate it if you could do a review of an HK416 if you can get your hands on one.
Like seeing the videos. Great English
Great video! Does the FN have a relatively light barrel for fully automatic fire?
WOW That looks like a brand new Buzz Saw leaning up in the back ground.
Probably an MG3 or MG54.
i think the scar L has a really nice sound
Stay safe val!! 🙏❤️
MG3 and FN MAG in the back?? Teaser for upcoming videos?
Awesome as usual
Thoughts on Ukraine taking over production of the CZ Bren 2 rifle?
its a good step, i am mentioning that in bren 2 videos, that it might become main ukrainian assault rifle, but it will be further updated, so iam exited about that
Greetings from Poland, my question is how popular are sights with optical magnification? In the combat footage that I've seen so far red dots are by far the most common. With an exception of a few acogs and red dot + magnifier combos here and there I don't recall seeing any magnified sights on assult rifles, notably no lpvos whatsoever.
Best of luck to you and your fellow soldiers.
LPVOs are great for table based flat range operators, they are heavy asf, wouldnt want to carry one on the rifle
@@Olson323plenty of SF use LPVOs
@@Olson323 also it is nice to be able to actually see what are you shooting at.
@@Olson323compared to elcans, they are light. And considering elcans have/were used heavily in combat and loved/hated, a lpvo would be fine considering it weighs less
If the enemy are past 300m you're better off just suppressing general area than trying to hit the target exactly
Brother be filmin' videos while on deployment though sheeeeeeesh. Respect.
Is the Minimi unreliable because you're getting old ones that are used up or is it crap in general?
My only reason to live is to see more of your videos.
@@ashifabedin Z these nuts across your Face
@@ashifabedin totally just the 24th letter of the english alphabet, not anything related to a fascist regimes baseless war right?
wow really?
@@ahoosifoou4211 maby
I wouldnt call it nit picking issues with your weapon I think the more upgrades your weapon has the better you will preform in battle
Brother, your English is sounding very good now. Thank you for these real, no bull crap videos. Slava Ukraini.
Wow that flash suppressor really sings
Have you ever seen a sig mcx in theater? If so how is the reliability?
nice to see SCAR L in use. They are not big in the states, everybody likes ar15s
Don't know if it will help. But if you grind the three prongs to be all different length it will stop the annoying tuning fork issue the flash hider has.
Our C7 plastic mags were a nightmare.
The thumbnail feels like the videos coming from 2000 era lol
thank you, another insightful lesson
I would like to see a top 5 Assault Rifles vid. Also thank you for the video.
I've only just come across your channel. I'm quite surprised by this review. From what I've heard from online, the SCAR L is not very reliable. The H version is meant to be more reliable, hence why its more popular. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos like this in the future 🙂
If you can get your hand on Polish MSBS Grot. I will love to hear your , and Ukrainian soldiers opinion about that rifle.
Never been a fan of the SCAR, but our ATF swears by them, lol.
It's been eight months since you've made this vid...can you provide any feedback on what parts have failed or need to keep an eye on?
Is that a mg3 in the background?
Is Valgear on Kraken? I just watched the OFFENSIVE video.
If its is, that would be so awesome!!! Great content as always!!
You should do an interview with Willy OAM
Thanks for review looking forward to VSS review once you can get your hands on one! Stay safe man!
Think the heavy version would be better then the light.
I dead ass thought you was trolling in the beginning then I saw the pkm n mg3 on the wall
Do you prefer your AK build or the western weapon youre being given now?
im curious what ua soldiers think about MSBS Grot, but newer version, not that shitty first edition. Thanks for intresting video and stay safe!
Will you review polish MSBS GROT ?. Stay safe Val !