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Can you guys make an episode on the 30 year civil war of Sri Lanka? SL is the only country in the entire world to completely eliminate a terrorist organization. Something not even US or Israel could do.
The idea of The Armchair Historian virtual firearm museum is pretty interesting. I want to visit it to see the full history of it, from the birth of black powder to the least design of today's small arms
Have you gone to the Forgotten Weapons TH-cam Channel? You want a virtual firearm museum, that's your best bet. History of the firearm, firearm take down so you can see how the mechanisms work, and occasionally live fire footage of the firearm previously shown. It's amazing, and if you haven't seen it, give it a watch!
Actually if you want to see how firearms moved from black powder to modern smokeless powder weapons I'd recommend watching the videos of C&Rsenal .They're a WWI documentary channel for the weapons of the Great War but they also included the history of the weapons they created those used in the war . Then you can move on to Forgotten Weapons . If your interested in black powder firearms I'd recommend the duelist1954 as his channel will give you a broad over view of the history of the weapons prior to the turn of the 20th century .PS as a former 18B for 20+ yrs who's job was small arms these are some of my personal favorites as they tend toward accurate historical presentations .
C&R'senal + Forgotten weapons are prime sources - but if you want to see something entertaining as well as educational, you MUST also check Rob from "British Muzzleloaders" as well as Balazs Nemeth's "Cap+Ball" from Hungary and the two fellows from the "Paper Cartridges" channel. Also highly recommendet: "Bloke On The Range" and "In RangeTV"
@@JosipRadnik1 yup, for black powder, Cap and Ball is the go to video. He did the intro for the guns of the Franco Prussian war for the Realtime history channel
I know that I might be in a minority of super-nerds regarding this stuff, but I would be interested to see the "chain" of discoveries that led to the developments in metalurgy and chemistry necessary for these military technologies. For instance, I know that germany's dye and color industry was instrumental in their domination of chemical research in the 19th and 20th century and dye research pretty much directly led to developments in chemical warfare and explosives. Often in history talks or docs, developments in metalurgy seem to come out of the blue and revolutionize some aspect of industrialization, weaponry, transport, energy, etc and it would be nice to know the context behind some of these developments.
You'd be surprised to hear that most advances in research derive from luck. A lot of discoveries have been made not because someone was looking for them but because they made an observation in an experiment completely irrelevant to the discovery.
@@richardmoon3745 I saw a few more references but that one I may have missed. Still, it’s like a little treasure hunt watching each of these videos, it adds to the entertainment!
30 year civil war of Sri Lanka, underrated and underappreciated AF. SL is the only country in the entire world to completely eliminate a terrorist organization. Something not even US or Israel could do. LTTE had access to navy, air, and ground forces yet they were completely wiped out.
In reference to handguns, the Walker was most definitely not known as "The Gun That Won The West", that distinction goes to the 1873 Colt Single Action Army, also called the Colt Peacemaker. In general reference, the 1873 Winchester lever action repeating rifle is "The Gun That Won The West." In reality, single and double barreled shotguns probably did most of the daily work and truly, "Won The West", due to their cost, utility and ubiquity. Hell, they only made 1000 or a bit more 1847 Walker revolvers in total.
Between the XVI and XVIII centuries, each Spanish Tercio/Regiment had a dedicated gunsmith workshop. This was the cause for a Spanish idiom: "las reclamaciones, al maestro armero" ("all complains must go to the gunsmith master"), as there were many complaints from officers to the soldiers when their muskets (specially the early models) malfunctioned. Also, Spain kept the same basic musket/rifle design for about a century, though with refit updates. This was the model 1752, which had a Miquelet lock (unique kind of flintlock). After the Napoleonic wars, they made a rifle version (model 1828 rifle) and later a percussion cap version (model 1836 rifle). I think there was even a breechloading version, but wasn't produced due to budged constrains, and afterwards Spain adopted the Mausers.
The Mausers made a significant impact on U.S. troops during the Spanish-American War, where the Spanish Mausers were able to fire much faster than American Krag-Jorgensen rifles, which were loaded tubulally rather than by clip. It was so impactful that the U.S. Army manufactured its own copy of the Mauser, the M1903 Springfield, to which Mauser sued for plagiarism and managed to win.
@@angusyang5917 What impacted the most was the range and lack of smoke (the Mauser used cordite), in fact a Spanish sharpshooter could wipe an American squad before they were able to find him.
Too bad they didnt mention about another advancement in ammunition; Grain. Instead of using powdered propellant those catridge was fueled with a huge chunk of propellant with many small holes within or having a small bead-liked shaped propelant placed inside catridge, esentially creating a closed environment for ammunition to be fired regardless the element outside of the chamber. Also near the beginning of WW 1, the invention of stripper clip and steel magazine phased out old traditional rifle and pistols bringing a dawn of new lighter and simple descendant,Individual firepower that brought them to another conflict within 30 years. I hope there's part 2 that mark the end of single action cumbersome riffle and heavy lumbering machine gun into smaller mobile carry LMG and SMG up to the end of 20th centuries.
Small note on the Needle gun. Ive shot them a few times now and the gas seal on the Dreyse, especially the newer ones with improved seal, were sufficient enough. The biggest problems were the larger caliber of the Dreyse which caused the shorter range and the extra step needed for reloading. The Dreyse has some advantages though, especially the cartridge is much easier and faster to make and even if the seal isnt perfect after fouling, any escaping gases would be directed forward due to the maching of the cylinder head and breech so its much safer than a broken Chassepot seal. Also the needle isnt that much of an issue if properly taken care of, itll last many hundred shots and can be replaced easily.
Hiram S. Maxim was born in the USA, he emigrated to Europe where there was a bigger market and less competition from other inventers. His brother Hudson Maxim, and his son Hiram P. Maxim stayed on this side of the pond. Hiram P. invented the silencer which is ironic because his father went deaf testing his machine gun.
It was said, once a friend said to the ambitious Hiram in 1883, "Hang your electricity. If you want to make your fortune, invent something to help these fool Europeans kill each other more quickly!" And then the rest was.. . history
One of my favorite weapons from that era is the M1 Carbine, I'm planning to buy one sometime in the future when I get my gun license although NJ bans it
I love the new animating, but there seem to be more mistakes now; like at 2:54, calling 1800-1899 the "18th Century"... come on... and the guy's wearing far later clothing than 1800.
I love talking about guns and history. I imagine the world would be very different if certain folks were armed to the teeth. Like Africa what if they had what America had far as cannon fire and unlimited rifles. Where is the country without slave trade? What about the Mexicans they didn’t have the proper equipment. I’m sure that’s one the reasons they took the money on all those offers from America. It was by gun point gangster styles take the money or else we’re gonna have war and take the land anyway. If certain people were armed correctly America doesn’t have Texas California the whole southern boarder.
1944 - 2022: Basically the same firearm designs but with better ergonomics. 1837-1901: From a little more than a couple inaccurate shots per minute to hundreds of rounds per minute and tens of thousands per hour.
so basically, 1944-2022 is the virgin "same firearm designs with better ergonomics" while 1837-1901 is the chad "from a couple of innacurate shots per minute to hundreds of rounds per minute and ten thousands per hour."
@@alexzero3736 Gewehr 43/SVT-40 already filled that role and the PTRS-41/PzB 39/Lahti L39 did the same thing as the Barrett M82. Like I said, modern guns simply have better ergonomics.
The seminal .44 Russian cartridge for the Model 3 revolver is a somewhat surprising omission. Surprised to see the Walker labeled as "the gun that won the West" also. Overall a great video though, and the museum sequences were a great visual.
@@Master_Yoda1990 The Mitrailleuse is mentioned at 14:00 as a contrast to the major technological development that the Gatling gun represented. The Puckle gun on the other hand is a fascinating piece of engineering but was conceptually too ahead of its time and didn't make any major impact on technological development; Puckle may have been a great firearms designer if he had been born a hundred years later, but in the flintlock era the practical implementation of his ideas were too unwieldy. It's also outside the development timeframe of the video.
The most alarming bits for me is things like 2:54, which I've seen with other videos - while animations are better, they're more inaccurate. This guy is dressed about 80 years beyond his time.... he's shown to be an old man, dressed circa 1850s, when the Armchair Historian is talking about the "dawn of the 18th Century", when he'd have been in his 20s, and of course clothing didn't look remotely like that... heck, he lived to about 40. This portrayal of Howard is as accurate as a picture of George Washington meant to represent Elon Musk.
This is an absolute masterpiece of a video, the history, the animations, the diagrams of the guns, every bit is perfect. Bravo to you and your team good sir!
2:52 Certain fulminates were known a long time before him, even in the middle ages. The problem with them was that they were too impractical, too unstable, and too expensive. Also, repeaters existed a long time before the 19th century, some even as early as the 16th century. However, they were too expensive to make, and before industrialization they had to be made individually, parts were not interchangeable, so they couldn't be repaired in the field, and required expert craftsmen for maintenance. Therefore it was never widespread as a soldier's standard equipment, and remained a hunting weapon for rich noblemen. (look up the Kalthoff repeater, for example)
No wonder The armchair firearms museum is mostly empty, you got a 99% change of getting shot by guns that can load and fire themself without anyone touching them That being said. 10/10 would revisit the museum again
This is an era of weapons development I've always been into but never got around to learning about. A lot of the guides and timelines I read growing up made the transition from musket to rifle seem like an afterthought, maybe with some throwaway lines about minie balls or breech loaders. Thank you THANK YOU for the deep interesting look into this interesting period of history!
I was literally lying in bed last night wondering how this evolution occurred, as popular history seems to skip straight from the Napoleonic Wars to WW1. Thank you for making this, as interesting and useful as always! :)
the fact that pop history ignores the 19th century is fucking wild, the century was earthshattering in many ways in its developments, even from a nation POV. The unification of Germany and Italy, the rise of Japan, the fall of Qing China and the Ottomans under foreign and internal fuckery, and the scramble of Africa are all major events in world history. Not to mention its scientific advancements such as evolution and germ theory. It really is such an interesting time period that nobody cares about.
And so it begins. The musket to modern firearms. It is interesting to see how technology improve with each century and war made new firearms. From lead balls, lead minie bullets, nose bullets, big pointy bullets, and small nose bullets. I wonder now, what would be the next firearm of the future. Only one can wonder.
I’m interested in a lot of things from 1870s-1890s, including military gear, and one of my favorite subjects is that sort of intermediate periods of firearm development were black powder paper cartridges were still being used but in breach loading weapons before the invention of metal bullet casings.
Interesting how the Maxim Gun, a museum piece mentioned in history videos, is now being used by two major modern militaries in a conventional war in Europe.
@kirkstinson7316 in the fine words of Indiana Jones: "it belongs in a museum" also those guns must be 100 years old at this point and I highly doubt they've had good upkeep so they would likely break pretty quickly
My favorite guns of the 19nth Century are: the Winchester Gun, the perfect rifle for calvary. And The German Mauser Bolt action gun, which was the perfect rifle for infantry until the adoption of semi-automatic rifles.
It's amazing how quickly militaries changed in the 19th century. From flintlock smoothbore muskets to percussion cap rifles, to repeaters, to bolt action magazine rifles. Everything was just moving so fast that somebody who fought in the war of Greek Independence would have a different experience to someone who fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, it was that wild.
13:10 Just a clarification here. The reason why center-fire cartridges could be much more powerful than rim-fire cartridges was due to the fact that the rim-fire cartridges require the firing pin deform the rim of the cartridge upon contact, compressing it onto the opposite side of the rim (which acts as the anvil), causing the priming compound to detonate and the powder to ignite. This limited how thick the rim-fire casing could be, therefore limiting the pressures the relatively thin-walled cartridges could be loaded to. Center-fire cartridges, on the other hand, did not have this restriction, allowing much thicker cases that could withstand more pressure.
Soooo, when will there be a video about the evolution of British tanks? As although foreign upgrades aren't counted in this series, mentioning foreign modifications of British tanks like the Sho't ,Kalied, and Al hussaini tanks could be an interesting twist to this series and can shine a light on more obscure foreign modifications around the world.
I think stripper/charger clips were later developed by Mauser and not Lee. Lee just invented the box magazine. Also, smokeless powder was invented in France in 1884, before cordite was developed in Britain.
I thought the French came up with smokeless powder and that was why they rushed the 1886 Lebel into production in order to capitalize on the invention. Am I missing something?
One thing that I think it’s important to also consider is how much faster the *civilian* market advanced. Because civilians are just buying for themselves and don’t normally have as much massed firepower even when they unite to hunt or defend their town or whatever, things like accuracy were always much more important to them. And a number of interesting inventions came from that market. In fact, civilians not being allowed to own weapons of the same grade or better to what the military has is an extremely recent phenomenon historically.
The 1860 Henry rifle was also a contender that was used during the Civil War with a 16 round capacity It had a very well built lever action system People said you could load it on Sunday and shoot it all week
Really an amazing and so well done video, Armchair Historian! I have always wanted to learn more about the development of the firearm and switch in fire mechanisms. This surely was just what I needed. I am very grateful and your visuals are so well done. Love your content, A history enthuastiast
I have this idea for an animation that begins with a man throwing a spear, and as it flies through the air, the spear morphs into an arrow, then a crossbow bolt, then a musket ball and so on through each new type of projectile until it ends as an ICBM and explodes. I don't know how to animate things though.
This is what I love about this channel, a ton of references from movies, games, etc while still keeping the historical content in there. I hope you grow bigger soon
I always look with awe and horror at the ingeniosity of the people who made such scientific progress to develop killing tools. There is no denying the genius and the hard work of those many arms manufacturers, but the number of humans lives taken indirectly by each of them must have been staggering.
Damn, no wonder the world was locked in an arms race. It was either continue improving your weaponry or be defeated in the next possible war. And it also makes sense how the arms race slowed down for a time after World War 1 for most countries except Germany because most countries believed there couldn't possibly be another great war after a war that just dragged the entire world to war. American tanks almost didn't advance in development were severely behind in technology than their European counterparts until 1940 and 41. Most of the technological advancements made in WW2 was almost always after the starting of WW2 except for Germany's technology/
Another fun fact (splitting them to not mix discussions): Gatling gun concept basically lives up to modern day. Minigun is basically an electrically operated Gatling gun, which was btw tinkered with at the end of XIX century, but at that moment was considered useless, because there was no technology for feeding a gun with such high rate of fire reliably.
I would love a vid on the Portuguese Colonial War. It is such a unique and vastly underappreciated conflict, and I bet it would make for a fantastic video.
My grandfather fpught in the Portuguese colonial war, he fought in Angola and served between 1969 and 1971. He is a great grandfather and a good person despite remembering the war.
a person with a last name of Burton upgraded the Minie bullet by thinning the walls slightly and removing the plug that expanded the wall of the bullet making it cheaper and function well
One of the main constraints that commanders had was that of communications on the battlefield. This is why they wore brightly colored uniforms and marched in close order drill formations. This is also why that in the U.S. Civil War, that the Signal Corps of both armies suffered the highest casualty rates, as they were targeted more frequently due to their military importance in a fire fight. Not until industrialization produced weapons with higher rates of fire and field communications improved, were commanders obliged to break up their unit formations and issue uniforms in more drab colors. "The musket is a lazy fellow" and training with the bayonet was emphasized over firearms.
The irony behind the Gatling gun was that the inventor wanted to reduce casualty that resulted from soldiers being shot while trying to reload their guns.
This video was great but I think there should've been more focus on smokeless powder and the introduction of the Lebel 1886 by the French. These two inventions completely revolutionized weaponry and Warfare as a whole. While magazine fed guns did exist before hand, the black powder and large bore these rifles had made their magazine systems unreliable and very expensive, the introduction of small bore, smokess cartridges made magazine rifles reliable, practical and far easier to produce. It cannot be understated how truly revolutionary smokeless gunpowder was. Again, great video
Brilliant video, I've been searching for this exact topic for a while now. Would love to see another about the big guns ;) Artillery made some very interesting strides during this period too!
Agreed! I haven't searched for it myself but I can only imagine the difference it made to naval combat going from muzzle loaded cannons to breach loaded.
New video request: Evolution of Thai and Siamese military uniforms 15:52 The rifle you see here (Mauser Gewehr 71) was the standard bolt action rifle used by the Siamese army during the late 19th century, replacing the British Snider Enfield Mark II. It was probably used in the late stages of the Haw Wars and the Franco-Siamese war of 1893.
@@figtree_video_archive Well, you can watch videos from the channel, Siam Historical Cafe. Most videos are in Thai but there are some English videos there.
The advancements made during this time were insane. And I'm glad you ended the video mentioning WWI, because many military leaders went in to the war thinking it was business as usual. You would line your troops wearing bright colors and cloth caps and equipped with single fire rifles, fire off a few volleys to wear down your enemy, then equip bayonets and charge. But, the machine gun and the large gun artillery just destroyed any advancing line. One of the most extreme example of "the old guard" were the French Cuirassiers who went into battle looking like they had just finished a command under Napoleon with shiny breast plates and huge plumes on their helmets and riding high on their horses. By the end of the war, the French military (along with everyone else) had realized camouflage, steel helmets, digging in, and a very defensive strategy were they keys to fighting a war with these new weapons.
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Can you do a video on the Mexican American war
Like video
Can you guys make an episode on the 30 year civil war of Sri Lanka? SL is the only country in the entire world to completely eliminate a terrorist organization. Something not even US or Israel could do.
Bro make vedio in Bangladesh liberation war .
Imagine seeing Napoleonic grenadiers going full head against a well entrenched maxim gun
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The idea of The Armchair Historian virtual firearm museum is pretty interesting. I want to visit it to see the full history of it, from the birth of black powder to the least design of today's small arms
Have you gone to the Forgotten Weapons TH-cam Channel? You want a virtual firearm museum, that's your best bet. History of the firearm, firearm take down so you can see how the mechanisms work, and occasionally live fire footage of the firearm previously shown. It's amazing, and if you haven't seen it, give it a watch!
Actually if you want to see how firearms moved from black powder to modern smokeless powder weapons I'd recommend watching the videos of C&Rsenal .They're a WWI documentary channel for the weapons of the Great War but they also included the history of the weapons they created those used in the war . Then you can move on to Forgotten Weapons . If your interested in black powder firearms I'd recommend the duelist1954 as his channel will give you a broad over view of the history of the weapons prior to the turn of the 20th century .PS as a former 18B for 20+ yrs who's job was small arms these are some of my personal favorites as they tend toward accurate historical presentations .
Well that's what the internet is for lmao
As the previous comments also said there are a lot of YT channels dedicated to firearms.
C&R'senal + Forgotten weapons are prime sources - but if you want to see something entertaining as well as educational, you MUST also check Rob from "British Muzzleloaders" as well as Balazs Nemeth's "Cap+Ball" from Hungary and the two fellows from the "Paper Cartridges" channel. Also highly recommendet: "Bloke On The Range" and "In RangeTV"
@@JosipRadnik1 yup, for black powder, Cap and Ball is the go to video. He did the intro for the guns of the Franco Prussian war for the Realtime history channel
As a history teacher, I can always allow on the Armchair Historian to sharpen my game. Thanks for all you do!
Based off your China videos, I'd love to have you as my history teacher!
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"Sharpe"n your game ;)
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“Allow on”? Good thing you’re not an English teacher lol
I know that I might be in a minority of super-nerds regarding this stuff, but I would be interested to see the "chain" of discoveries that led to the developments in metalurgy and chemistry necessary for these military technologies. For instance, I know that germany's dye and color industry was instrumental in their domination of chemical research in the 19th and 20th century and dye research pretty much directly led to developments in chemical warfare and explosives. Often in history talks or docs, developments in metalurgy seem to come out of the blue and revolutionize some aspect of industrialization, weaponry, transport, energy, etc and it would be nice to know the context behind some of these developments.
Yeah, sadly, most people just care about „haha, warfare goes boom“
I've been waiting for this comment for years. It's worth a deep dive...
100% you articulated exactly what i wanted but didn't realise
and medicines. some of the early proto-antibiotics were dyes.
You'd be surprised to hear that most advances in research derive from luck. A lot of discoveries have been made not because someone was looking for them but because they made an observation in an experiment completely irrelevant to the discovery.
19th century was a revolutionary age of firearm evolution.
Many new firing mechanism were tested by many nations.
And the best came from America and Prussia
Can’t help but appreciate the Breaking Bad reference squeezed in when speaking about the fulminate. Love the content!
Did you see the “Demolition Man” reference? Actually there were a few squeezed in here that I noticed.
@@richardmoon3745 I saw a few more references but that one I may have missed. Still, it’s like a little treasure hunt watching each of these videos, it adds to the entertainment!
Mr. Bean reference too
“You’ve got one thing wrong, this… is not black powder”
We don’t talk about the Victorian era much. It’s great to have games now focusing on it.
30 year civil war of Sri Lanka, underrated and underappreciated AF. SL is the only country in the entire world to completely eliminate a terrorist organization. Something not even US or Israel could do.
LTTE had access to navy, air, and ground forces yet they were completely wiped out.
@The Philosoraptor Victoria 3!
YOU don't talk about the Victorian era. YOU died before it started.
Hell yeah!
In reference to handguns, the Walker was most definitely not known as "The Gun That Won The West", that distinction goes to the 1873 Colt Single Action Army, also called the Colt Peacemaker. In general reference, the 1873 Winchester lever action repeating rifle is "The Gun That Won The West." In reality, single and double barreled shotguns probably did most of the daily work and truly, "Won The West", due to their cost, utility and ubiquity. Hell, they only made 1000 or a bit more 1847 Walker revolvers in total.
The Henry 1860 was also pretty important.
@@MrMalicious5 It was, as a precursor to the more modern leverguns that followed.
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@@a.N..... Facts is facts...
It's also the favourite gun of a man who calls himself after a certain south American feline.
Between the XVI and XVIII centuries, each Spanish Tercio/Regiment had a dedicated gunsmith workshop. This was the cause for a Spanish idiom: "las reclamaciones, al maestro armero" ("all complains must go to the gunsmith master"), as there were many complaints from officers to the soldiers when their muskets (specially the early models) malfunctioned.
Also, Spain kept the same basic musket/rifle design for about a century, though with refit updates. This was the model 1752, which had a Miquelet lock (unique kind of flintlock). After the Napoleonic wars, they made a rifle version (model 1828 rifle) and later a percussion cap version (model 1836 rifle). I think there was even a breechloading version, but wasn't produced due to budged constrains, and afterwards Spain adopted the Mausers.
Didn't the Spanish use Remington Rolling Blocks before using the Mauser? Just wondering.
@@classifiedad1 I'm not sure, I'll have to look it up.
The Mausers made a significant impact on U.S. troops during the Spanish-American War, where the Spanish Mausers were able to fire much faster than American Krag-Jorgensen rifles, which were loaded tubulally rather than by clip. It was so impactful that the U.S. Army manufactured its own copy of the Mauser, the M1903 Springfield, to which Mauser sued for plagiarism and managed to win.
@@angusyang5917 What impacted the most was the range and lack of smoke (the Mauser used cordite), in fact a Spanish sharpshooter could wipe an American squad before they were able to find him.
Too bad they didnt mention about another advancement in ammunition; Grain. Instead of using powdered propellant those catridge was fueled with a huge chunk of propellant with many small holes within or having a small bead-liked shaped propelant placed inside catridge, esentially creating a closed environment for ammunition to be fired regardless the element outside of the chamber.
Also near the beginning of WW 1, the invention of stripper clip and steel magazine phased out old traditional rifle and pistols bringing a dawn of new lighter and simple descendant,Individual firepower that brought them to another conflict within 30 years.
I hope there's part 2 that mark the end of single action cumbersome riffle and heavy lumbering machine gun into smaller mobile carry LMG and SMG up to the end of 20th centuries.
Very much so...
The next phase of firearms maturity.
black powders came in various grain sizes since the 18th century. Smokeless has came in flake, ball, and cylinder since it was invented
I loved the Mr. Bean scene in 9:45 , so accurate
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YEA I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT
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the pop culture references are both surprising and well done. Last episode had a thumbnail based on the Far Cry 3 video game
THANK YOU! I was looking for this comment lol
Small note on the Needle gun. Ive shot them a few times now and the gas seal on the Dreyse, especially the newer ones with improved seal, were sufficient enough. The biggest problems were the larger caliber of the Dreyse which caused the shorter range and the extra step needed for reloading. The Dreyse has some advantages though, especially the cartridge is much easier and faster to make and even if the seal isnt perfect after fouling, any escaping gases would be directed forward due to the maching of the cylinder head and breech so its much safer than a broken Chassepot seal. Also the needle isnt that much of an issue if properly taken care of, itll last many hundred shots and can be replaced easily.
small note back in the day, they were bad
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Yup. So bad that an entire army used them to beat the French
Hiram S. Maxim was born in the USA, he emigrated to Europe where there was a bigger market and less competition from other inventers. His brother Hudson Maxim, and his son Hiram P. Maxim stayed on this side of the pond. Hiram P. invented the silencer which is ironic because his father went deaf testing his machine gun.
Its not ironic, Hiram P invented the silencer specifically because his father was going deaf from gunfire.
It was said, once a friend said to the ambitious Hiram in 1883, "Hang your electricity. If you want to make your fortune, invent something to help these fool Europeans kill each other more quickly!" And then the rest was.. . history
Love the Breaking bad reference at 3:20
Exactly ...
“This is not meth”
-Walter
This is not black powder
As always, a masterpiece by Armchair Historian team. We would love to see it's part 2 from 1901-45 and part 3 from 1945-present day.
TH-cam might get mad
@@bigredwolf6 who cares about these greedy capitalists
this 100%
One of my favorite weapons from that era is the M1 Carbine, I'm planning to buy one sometime in the future when I get my gun license although NJ bans it
I love the new animating, but there seem to be more mistakes now; like at 2:54, calling 1800-1899 the "18th Century"... come on... and the guy's wearing far later clothing than 1800.
I always found guns not talked about enough. it was always the person, never the Springfield or the Berdan. Nice someone’s covering guns
2nd amendment boys !
We must fight for it and if necessary die for it ! Long live our mighty republic the United States!
Guns are not talked about enough? Ever heard of Forgotten Weapons?
@The Philosoraptor I forgot all about them. 🤦♂️
@Just anything happens how about no and take that crap elsewhere.
I love talking about guns and history. I imagine the world would be very different if certain folks were armed to the teeth. Like Africa what if they had what America had far as cannon fire and unlimited rifles. Where is the country without slave trade?
What about the Mexicans they didn’t have the proper equipment. I’m sure that’s one the reasons they took the money on all those offers from America. It was by gun point gangster styles take the money or else we’re gonna have war and take the land anyway. If certain people were armed correctly America doesn’t have Texas California the whole southern boarder.
1944 - 2022: Basically the same firearm designs but with better ergonomics.
1837-1901: From a little more than a couple inaccurate shots per minute to hundreds of rounds per minute and tens of thousands per hour.
so basically, 1944-2022 is the virgin "same firearm designs with better ergonomics" while 1837-1901 is the chad "from a couple of innacurate shots per minute to hundreds of rounds per minute and ten thousands per hour."
Bullshit. What about automatic sniper rifles? Or something like Barret gun?
@@alexzero3736 Gewehr 43/SVT-40 already filled that role and the PTRS-41/PzB 39/Lahti L39 did the same thing as the Barrett M82. Like I said, modern guns simply have better ergonomics.
On the flip side the 20th century saw us start with clumsy bi-planes and finish with 4th generation stealth jets
@@venturatheace1 *5th generation stealth jets
This video, apart from being informative, had the best easter eggs yet. I did not expect one from Demolition Man.
I loved Mr Bean copying Dreyse's plans.
Dreyse is even dressed in the same coloured clothes as the bloke from the original scene.
And the Breaking Bad fulminate one in the beginning
@@marcwhitlock5002 agreed om that👍
@@residentelect yeah, I also laughed on that reference.
The seminal .44 Russian cartridge for the Model 3 revolver is a somewhat surprising omission. Surprised to see the Walker labeled as "the gun that won the West" also. Overall a great video though, and the museum sequences were a great visual.
Not to mention volley guns and puckle guns of the late 1700s and early 1800s.
@@Master_Yoda1990 The Mitrailleuse is mentioned at 14:00 as a contrast to the major technological development that the Gatling gun represented. The Puckle gun on the other hand is a fascinating piece of engineering but was conceptually too ahead of its time and didn't make any major impact on technological development; Puckle may have been a great firearms designer if he had been born a hundred years later, but in the flintlock era the practical implementation of his ideas were too unwieldy. It's also outside the development timeframe of the video.
@@Master_Yoda1990 "puckle guns" of the "early 1800s"... ah, you mean the gun they made dozen of in the 1710s?
The most alarming bits for me is things like 2:54, which I've seen with other videos - while animations are better, they're more inaccurate. This guy is dressed about 80 years beyond his time.... he's shown to be an old man, dressed circa 1850s, when the Armchair Historian is talking about the "dawn of the 18th Century", when he'd have been in his 20s, and of course clothing didn't look remotely like that... heck, he lived to about 40. This portrayal of Howard is as accurate as a picture of George Washington meant to represent Elon Musk.
This is an absolute masterpiece of a video, the history, the animations, the diagrams of the guns, every bit is perfect. Bravo to you and your team good sir!
Flintlocks and Muskets to Self-Loading Rifles and Automatic Weapons.
9:55 that Mr. Bean Reference tho.
the meme references in each of your videos keep things lighthearted, bravo!
2:52 Certain fulminates were known a long time before him, even in the middle ages. The problem with them was that they were too impractical, too unstable, and too expensive.
Also, repeaters existed a long time before the 19th century, some even as early as the 16th century. However, they were too expensive to make, and before industrialization they had to be made individually, parts were not interchangeable, so they couldn't be repaired in the field, and required expert craftsmen for maintenance. Therefore it was never widespread as a soldier's standard equipment, and remained a hunting weapon for rich noblemen. (look up the Kalthoff repeater, for example)
That little Breaking Bad reference was what made me go from liking the video to loving it
No wonder The armchair firearms museum is mostly empty, you got a 99% change of getting shot by guns that can load and fire themself without anyone touching them
That being said. 10/10 would revisit the museum again
This is an era of weapons development I've always been into but never got around to learning about. A lot of the guides and timelines I read growing up made the transition from musket to rifle seem like an afterthought, maybe with some throwaway lines about minie balls or breech loaders.
Thank you THANK YOU for the deep interesting look into this interesting period of history!
14:32 - I see Mr. Phoenix is still a believer in tradition.
I’m happy you’re covering this topic, as I’ve been thinking about this myself. Thanks.
Same bro I was just thinking about this and looks for videos
Dude, how do you make an extremely good animation in 2 weeks? It's amazing.
Watch the credits, there is quite a large team making these videos, probably comparable to a TV show.
I was literally lying in bed last night wondering how this evolution occurred, as popular history seems to skip straight from the Napoleonic Wars to WW1. Thank you for making this, as interesting and useful as always! :)
Now you say this IM QUESTIONING MY WHOLE HISTORY CLASS
@@ErenYj999 Crimean war is mad 😊underrated
the fact that pop history ignores the 19th century is fucking wild, the century was earthshattering in many ways in its developments, even from a nation POV. The unification of Germany and Italy, the rise of Japan, the fall of Qing China and the Ottomans under foreign and internal fuckery, and the scramble of Africa are all major events in world history. Not to mention its scientific advancements such as evolution and germ theory.
It really is such an interesting time period that nobody cares about.
And so it begins. The musket to modern firearms. It is interesting to see how technology improve with each century and war made new firearms. From lead balls, lead minie bullets, nose bullets, big pointy bullets, and small nose bullets. I wonder now, what would be the next firearm of the future. Only one can wonder.
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@@jakobinobles3263 Currently the most powerful one is throwing refined radioactive rock to the other side of the world aka ICBM.
The next firearms of the future would include guns firing caseless ammunition, coilguns, or infantry scale laser weapons.
@@strategistj.baguilat9996 lasers are cutting tools, not projectiles. I would bet on miniaturized railguns
@@jakobinobles3263 Poking holes in each other
I’m interested in a lot of things from 1870s-1890s, including military gear, and one of my favorite subjects is that sort of intermediate periods of firearm development were black powder paper cartridges were still being used but in breach loading weapons before the invention of metal bullet casings.
That’s insane. They went from muskets, which were terrible to machine guns and magazine fed rifles.
Interesting how the Maxim Gun, a museum piece mentioned in history videos, is now being used by two major modern militaries in a conventional war in Europe.
As well as trenches
And why not? They work just fine and being water cooled they can shoot sustained fire for long periods
@kirkstinson7316 in the fine words of Indiana Jones: "it belongs in a museum" also those guns must be 100 years old at this point and I highly doubt they've had good upkeep so they would likely break pretty quickly
My favorite guns of the 19nth Century are: the Winchester Gun, the perfect rifle for calvary. And The German Mauser Bolt action gun, which was the perfect rifle for infantry until the adoption of semi-automatic rifles.
Love the 19th century Heisenberg 3:00
"You got one thing wrong , this is not black powder"
It's amazing how quickly militaries changed in the 19th century. From flintlock smoothbore muskets to percussion cap rifles, to repeaters, to bolt action magazine rifles. Everything was just moving so fast that somebody who fought in the war of Greek Independence would have a different experience to someone who fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, it was that wild.
14:35 Let's go Wesley Snipes! It's Demolition time!. So cool of you to include that! Had me laughing and stopping to comment.
I loved the cameo by Simon Phoenix.
14:40 love that demolition man reference
13:10 Just a clarification here. The reason why center-fire cartridges could be much more powerful than rim-fire cartridges was due to the fact that the rim-fire cartridges require the firing pin deform the rim of the cartridge upon contact, compressing it onto the opposite side of the rim (which acts as the anvil), causing the priming compound to detonate and the powder to ignite. This limited how thick the rim-fire casing could be, therefore limiting the pressures the relatively thin-walled cartridges could be loaded to. Center-fire cartridges, on the other hand, did not have this restriction, allowing much thicker cases that could withstand more pressure.
4:50 "The Gun that Won the West" was the marketing slogan for the Winchester model 1873.
Honestly, watching this is fascinating to see all the details laid out, so I'm going to do the right thing and thank you very much for this!!!
Soooo, when will there be a video about the evolution of British tanks? As although foreign upgrades aren't counted in this series, mentioning foreign modifications of British tanks like the Sho't ,Kalied, and Al hussaini tanks could be an interesting twist to this series and can shine a light on more obscure foreign modifications around the world.
He already made one
It took longer for humanity to go from the bronze age to the iron age than it took for humanity to go from the iron age to nuclear bombs
Nice "Demolition Man" reference. Great video!
Murder death kill!
and breaking bad in the beginning
This is like a compilation of everything I've learned from forgotten weapons in order. This is great
"Artillery has simplified the art of government', Lewis Mumford
"Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim Gun
And they have not"
Hillare Belloc
The Simon Phoenix was a nice touch! Bravo! That earned a subscriber! I'm a big fan of the content. :)
Nice inclusion of Simon Phoenix (from Demolition Man) as a character!
I think stripper/charger clips were later developed by Mauser and not Lee. Lee just invented the box magazine. Also, smokeless powder was invented in France in 1884, before cordite was developed in Britain.
I thought the French came up with smokeless powder and that was why they rushed the 1886 Lebel into production in order to capitalize on the invention. Am I missing something?
I thought the same thing, the French war minister did rush the lebel to get the advantage as soon as they could
One thing that I think it’s important to also consider is how much faster the *civilian* market advanced. Because civilians are just buying for themselves and don’t normally have as much massed firepower even when they unite to hunt or defend their town or whatever, things like accuracy were always much more important to them. And a number of interesting inventions came from that market. In fact, civilians not being allowed to own weapons of the same grade or better to what the military has is an extremely recent phenomenon historically.
The 1860 Henry rifle was also a contender that was used during the Civil War with a 16 round capacity
It had a very well built lever action system
People said you could load it on Sunday and shoot it all week
"Doctrine marches one step behind technology" that's really interesting.
Really an amazing and so well done video, Armchair Historian! I have always wanted to learn more about the development of the firearm and switch in fire mechanisms.
This surely was just what I needed. I am very grateful and your visuals are so well done.
Love your content,
A history enthuastiast
now this might already be in the works given the sharp cutoff at 1901, but i personally would love to see one detailing 20th century advances as well
looking forward to the "Modern wing" episode that will probably be out next week. Keep up the good work! 🙂
This the video much awaited and needed. Evolution of small firearms and guns is the thing worth knowing than evolution of uniforms.
18:50 little correction. France did not used maxim system. Just like Japan the opted to use gas opearted Hotchkiss system.
Of course they’d use the French Hotchkiss system over the maxim.
19:25 The zoom in has the energy of " We went from this to this to now this"
I'd love to see a sequel of this up to the modern day
I have this idea for an animation that begins with a man throwing a spear, and as it flies through the air, the spear morphs into an arrow, then a crossbow bolt, then a musket ball and so on through each new type of projectile until it ends as an ICBM and explodes. I don't know how to animate things though.
at 7:52, the guy just has a look of "bruh" on his face
ive been watching this guy for about 2 years and i can safely conclude hes abolustely amazing i love your work armchair historian u are super good
Brilliant channel, good and ironically funny cartoons (mercury fulminate Breaking Bad reference). Excellent!
5:30 this is the famous painting "Thin Red Line", this is also available on the F&M merch store
This is what I love about this channel, a ton of references from movies, games, etc while still keeping the historical content in there. I hope you grow bigger soon
Thanks Griffin, As a gun geek I'm pretty satisfied with this lecture about the history of firearms
8:48 gawd dammm his face is shining
Big thanks to the cameraman that time-traveled back in time to film this for us👍
15:28 LOOK AT DA DUDES FACE
I didn’t see anyone’s face that looked funny only a little bit before did you mean this time? 15:26
I noticed the Wesley Snipes demolition man cameo I love that movie
Man we need more history youtubers like you!
Other then Griffin only Epic History TV can rival the Armchair Historian. I love both of them
@@theleftflank17 and invicta
I think these 3 are the best here
Yes, like Armchair Historian is the best for WW2 stuff, Epic History for Napoleon and Invicta for more Ancient stuff and interesting questions
@@theleftflank17 exactly not only for ww2 but for more modern history in general
I always look with awe and horror at the ingeniosity of the people who made such scientific progress to develop killing tools. There is no denying the genius and the hard work of those many arms manufacturers, but the number of humans lives taken indirectly by each of them must have been staggering.
Damn, no wonder the world was locked in an arms race. It was either continue improving your weaponry or be defeated in the next possible war. And it also makes sense how the arms race slowed down for a time after World War 1 for most countries except Germany because most countries believed there couldn't possibly be another great war after a war that just dragged the entire world to war. American tanks almost didn't advance in development were severely behind in technology than their European counterparts until 1940 and 41. Most of the technological advancements made in WW2 was almost always after the starting of WW2 except for Germany's technology/
Dr. Gatling expressed the hope that the Gatling gun would reduce the size of armies. It certainly succeeded in that aspect...
This was great do a sequel please
Another fun fact (splitting them to not mix discussions): Gatling gun concept basically lives up to modern day. Minigun is basically an electrically operated Gatling gun, which was btw tinkered with at the end of XIX century, but at that moment was considered useless, because there was no technology for feeding a gun with such high rate of fire reliably.
I would love a vid on the Portuguese Colonial War. It is such a unique and vastly underappreciated conflict, and I bet it would make for a fantastic video.
My grandfather fpught in the Portuguese colonial war, he fought in Angola and served between 1969 and 1971. He is a great grandfather and a good person despite remembering the war.
a person with a last name of Burton upgraded the Minie bullet by thinning the walls slightly and removing the plug that expanded the wall of the bullet making it cheaper and function well
Great video, please make another one for the 20th century
Nobody calls them "point four four bullet" "point two two rimfire cartridge". They are called "forty four caliber", "twenty two short".
One of the main constraints that commanders had was that of communications on the battlefield. This is why they wore brightly colored uniforms and marched in close order drill formations. This is also why that in the U.S. Civil War, that the Signal Corps of both armies suffered the highest casualty rates, as they were targeted more frequently due to their military importance in a fire fight. Not until industrialization produced weapons with higher rates of fire and field communications improved, were commanders obliged to break up their unit formations and issue uniforms in more drab colors. "The musket is a lazy fellow" and training with the bayonet was emphasized over firearms.
"Now you got one part of that wrong, this is not gunpowder"
Can’t wait to see your next part!
The irony behind the Gatling gun was that the inventor wanted to reduce casualty that resulted from soldiers being shot while trying to reload their guns.
Love the breaking bad reference @3:25
Fun fact: some of the more neglected units in WWI were still using muzzle loaded muskets during 1914 and 1915
Imagine, soldiers using muskets against troops with bolt action rifles, well entrenched, with machine guns and using gas
Literally feels like a movie! Great work.
This video was great but I think there should've been more focus on smokeless powder and the introduction of the Lebel 1886 by the French. These two inventions completely revolutionized weaponry and Warfare as a whole.
While magazine fed guns did exist before hand, the black powder and large bore these rifles had made their magazine systems unreliable and very expensive, the introduction of small bore, smokess cartridges made magazine rifles reliable, practical and far easier to produce.
It cannot be understated how truly revolutionary smokeless gunpowder was.
Again, great video
I love mrbean is this shot 9:51
The attention to detail is wonderful. The Maxim gun did, indeed, discharge from the BOTTOM. Which is very unusual for belt-fed guns today.
Brilliant video, I've been searching for this exact topic for a while now. Would love to see another about the big guns ;) Artillery made some very interesting strides during this period too!
Agreed! I haven't searched for it myself but I can only imagine the difference it made to naval combat going from muzzle loaded cannons to breach loaded.
I _loved_ the animation of the maxim gun. So satisfying!
New video request: Evolution of Thai and Siamese military uniforms
15:52 The rifle you see here (Mauser Gewehr 71) was the standard bolt action rifle used by the Siamese army during the late 19th century, replacing the British Snider Enfield Mark II. It was probably used in the late stages of the Haw Wars and the Franco-Siamese war of 1893.
If they do that, they should do one for China as well.
Problem is, most people don't really know Thai history
we need this to happen
@@figtree_video_archive Well, you can watch videos from the channel, Siam Historical Cafe. Most videos are in Thai but there are some English videos there.
It would be cool but it’s probably too fringe
The advancements made during this time were insane. And I'm glad you ended the video mentioning WWI, because many military leaders went in to the war thinking it was business as usual. You would line your troops wearing bright colors and cloth caps and equipped with single fire rifles, fire off a few volleys to wear down your enemy, then equip bayonets and charge. But, the machine gun and the large gun artillery just destroyed any advancing line. One of the most extreme example of "the old guard" were the French Cuirassiers who went into battle looking like they had just finished a command under Napoleon with shiny breast plates and huge plumes on their helmets and riding high on their horses. By the end of the war, the French military (along with everyone else) had realized camouflage, steel helmets, digging in, and a very defensive strategy were they keys to fighting a war with these new weapons.
Must of been so rough in those early years where commanders didn't know. Charge the machine guns! Wait you want us to what.
The most legendary slide of the video 9:56 Mr.Bean copying.