The entire production is first rate. It's really good stuff. Deep research, excellent graphics, perfect audio, great clips and snaps...dude knows wtf is goin on, and whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough.
The Colt Single Action Army is the best handgun ever made, loaded with six powerful 45 Long Colt ammunition... *A few hours later* Also became famous as a weapon wielded by Revolver Ocelot, a skilled gunfighter and twirler. So, are you gonna buy it?
Took me until my teens to finally figure out the difference between an SMG and an LMG, and even when I realized that the SMG is smaller, I thought that meant that LMGs were things like Halo's Assault Rifle. After all, that was kind of all I had to go on at the time.
> Initially, the Thompson's prior association with unsavory characters hadn't been forgotten. Some anti-US propaganda attempted to paint America as a bunch of gun-toting criminals. But we are a bunch of gun-toting criminals...
Oh we still have fuckin' murderers in the Army. Drill Sarge would just pat him on the back. This is not a problem - it is the most virtuous aspect of the Army.
When you talk about the thompson you have to use one of three accents A brooklyn accent An italian accent A brooklyn italian accent You also need a fat cigar, a black fedora, and the italian mafia
Tr4wnet Videos like this requires a lot of efforts, information and personal experiences. Ahoy fulfills it all; very few can accomplish such feats, and even so, takes a long time to master. Unless you're a superhuman!
Don't forget that the Thompson was also used by the U.S. in Korea and in the early days of Vietnam until it was replaced by other rifles such as the m3 grease gun, M14/m1a and the m16. The Thompson was also seen in several other countries after WW2 such as China, Indonesia, Greece, Yugoslavia and Algeria. The last known use of the Thompson in the U.S. was in the early 1970’s by the FBI when they were declared obsolete and ordered to be destroyed
Well, the M14 was moreover a replacement of the M1 Garand, and the M1 Carbine respectively. By those times the M3 Grease Gun had already pretty well replaced the Thompson in most areas, as it was cheaper, lighter, and easier to use. If you wish to look for a more fitting replacement of the Thompson/M3 Grease Gun, then I believe the ArmaLite AR-15/Colt M16 would be a more fitting replacement, as it was lighter and had much more fair recoil control compared to the M14, but more range and stopping power(in some respects) compared to the Thommy/M3. Not completely wrong on your end, but definitely a little misguided, I would say.
@@sylokthedefiled3047 Except literature at the time by the Army showed the M14 replacing everything except the general purpose machine gun which was to be the M60. So on paper, yes the M14 was to replace everything. In practice it didn't happen and in many instances some of those weapons outlasted the M14 until the early 2000's when it was brought back in to service as a 7.62 DMR.
@@OriginalBongoliath As I stated then. Although the M14 *was* to replace everything, that was not the case. That was what I was getting at, not what they *hoped* would happen, but what actually did.
For me it’s the length of the vids, the gun are very well put together but still manage to maintain a good time for casual viewing. Although I did recently watch his Polybius vid and I’m definitely going to find time for the rest of his feature length vids.
master keksi Indeed. Less processing power from the PC, and still with a good quality view. And also, games from the late 2000s aren't in HD that time, easing the making of the videos.
@@hasty416 The Army and Marines used several variants. You can find many pics of troops using the drum mag variants, especially tankers for some reason.
@@Nyx_2142 yeah the 1928/1928A1 Thompson variants with the front grip and without the front grip were used by America when they entered in 1941. They had the charging handle located ontop of the receiver instead of on the right side of the receiver, and could take drum magazines aswell as regular stick magazines.
This is because the early Thompsons could accept the drum magazines, while the military M1 and M1A1s could not. The reloading procedure for the drums is different than loading in the stick mags. That being said, both the 50 round drum magazines and the 20/30 round stick magazines saw service in WWII. Even though the M1/M1A1 replaced the M1928A1 officially, both models saw usage until the end of the war. There were still guys that had drums in their Thompsons in 1945.
I always see the scene in "the mask" where he goes "and my favorite (makes ballon gun) a tommy gun, then hoses em down.. When i hear of or see a thompson
Jagannath Barman Chiacgo Typewriter. Pacifier. The AK-47. The Golden Gun. The Minigun. Clever Girl. Man-Stopper. American Classic. Terrorist's Bane. Riflemen/s Tradition. Two Smoking Barrels. Always On Your Side. Powerhouse. Action Hero. Patriot. Pick A Gun. (Had to watch every video and grab every name here.
"... the gun that made the twenties roar." Sent a shiver down my spine. I have been watching this in the background of doing work or playing video games, and that line still hit me. It pierced through any focus I had with perfect accuracy, quite unlike the thompson itself. Just like words, it's not what they put across, but the user that makes it deadly.
2000rayc People are always complaining about lack of content so it's better to go a little out there when it comes to guns and the like. And a jam just doesn't fit the pacing of a game like Battlefield.
Ahoy's content is what I call 'Real Content'. It's entertaining, it's full of information, and he puts a lot of work into his videos. I just wish people would support youtubers like Ahoy instead of random people playing horror games with facecams Oh I also watch his vids so I can learn new vocabulary lol
You can’t compare two different types of TH-camrs. They are entertaining for sure but comparing to different things is like comparing a banana with strawberry
I'm not even interested in the video but I hit that like button before hitting play out of respect for the quality I know Ahoy puts in to his craft. One of the few people on youtube that goes above and beyond the call of duty. (pun intended)
Well I must say that given how most gaming channels have hosts that know virtually nothing about guns, I sort of avoided this channel from its appearance but my initial apprehensions have proved wrong. My older brother and I have watched a few of these and fell in love with how you actually know the history and technical specs of the guns. I have subbed, keep up the good work. :)
They're pretty decent. They don't go super into detail and sometimes they say things that are a little bit of a stretch like saying the m1 Garand was the best rifle of ww2 or talking about it's limited use in Vietnam yet totally glossing over the Garands heavy use in Korea. They don't lie or falsify facts though which is great. They might omit some things or miss some details but they don't ever knowing get something wrong.
Cannonfodder43 yeh, although I know many of these weapons from games and movies, I know barely anything about them.... Ahoy tackles this issue well however. Also his RetroAhoy series is stellar ;).
@@jozinek876 If you want to know more there's no channel better than forgotten weapons on TH-cam. In terms of the best rifle that's a hard one because there's so many types rifle. Overall the best one could very easily be considered the stg44. It could do everything a rifle could plus it had a 30 round mag and was automatic. That combined with the intermediate cartridge made it both accurate at long range and controllable in close quarters. Had that gun been rolled out in larger numbers or utilized effectively it would have terrorized the battlefield. The stg birthed the ak 47 and created the assault rifle and intermediate arms cartridges so it's hard to not consider that one in the running. If we had to say overall I'd have to say the stg. However, There's just too many categories of rifles at this point in time. If I were to break it down into 3 categories, assault rifle, semi auto rifle, and bolt action it would be easier. Best bolt action hands down the K98 of which the best version was the m41 out of Sweden. It was just the best version of the best rifle. In semi auto rifles it is highly debated but many people consider the French semi auto rifles like the Mas 40 to be the best. The g43 was kind of garbage, finiky, and prone to breaking a good gun for the range not for a war. the SVT 40 is actually a great gun but had some weird accuracy issues at long ranges. the m1 Garand is well known but only because it was the only semi auto of the war that was standard issue for all troops. It's shortcomings are made up for by having a dozen of them where the other rifles only had one. The En Bloc was genius though which severely cut down reload times where as the other semi autos usually fed from stripper clips and even the ones that had detachable mags were only issued with 1 or 2 because they were expensive. Most of the other semi autos were either obscure oddities that never really got battle tested or prototypes or were cobbled together. In autos the stg kinda wins by default. Nothing was really competing with it.
@@pfitz9346 The M1 was the best general issue rifle of WW2. Semi-auto beats bolt-action hands down as a general issue combat rifle. It made everything else obsolete overnight. The SVT-40 came close and was better on paper but in practice was a disappointment. Don't get me started with German semi-auto rifle attempts that were abysmal failures. The StG-44 came too late to have any meaningful impact, wasn't general issue, and was going to be replaced by the StG-45 anyway that never saw service. The MAS-40 never saw combat so completely irrelevant and stupid to call itself the best when it was never proven. Practice always beats theoretics.
I would love a deck of playing cards with different firearms appearing on each face, with four of the most iconic as the aces alongside the Thompson Ace.
One noon he lied on his bed, and suddenly his heart stopped pumping blood in his vital organs, staying awake was an impossible task yet he tried. But the blood loss on his brain succeeded to put him in a sleep that he never woke up of.
And that is the problem with all gun laws trying to cut criminals from getting weapons. They do that in the way that hits no criminal and all civilians. In Poland (and by extend European Union) we have very restrictive gun law (there is no way for you to have automatic fire gun legaly and any short smallarm with calliber of over 12mm- something like S&W 500 is not legal for ordinary people). What did it achive? Almost no civilian has gun (it is like 1 gun per 100 people, where in Germany it is 30 per 100 people and in Swizerland it's 70 per 100), but there are still criminals with guns. How? Black Marcet. It is mind blowingly easy to get illegal gun in Poland (before 2010 there was marcetplace in Warsaw where you could buy all sort of illegal or stolen things- I even once saw automatic AK for 200 PLN- About 60$). Yet there is one type of weapon you can buy without any regulations- Black Powder Guns. You can buy one like bag of sugar and some stores even offer shipping package with one to your home. This law is in existance since early 2000 and we have 2017, and still there was not a single report of someone robbing shop with blackpowder gun or something like that.
One thing I find interesting is that this gun was designed in the 1920s which was a time of class and elegance, and so that was a part of its design. But later after WW2, the country focused more of functionality, and so new guns were fitting with the ages as they went along.
The Thompson has also found itself the preferred firearm of superheroes from time to time as both Logan (before becoming Wolverine) and Captain America (and that one intelligence agent from the SHIELD precursor) have used it in movies. Also it and its designation were the basis for the iconic pulse rifle in the Aliens movie: The M41A (and later in Alien: Colonial Marines M41A2). Basically they took the Thompson and gave it a sturdier frame and a 12 gauge shotgun barrel for the grenade launcher and bingo got yourself one of sci-fi's best firearms.
@@cay7809 the fact that you said poggers instead of any other word is quite possibly the single most telling and evocative way you could have told everyone reading your comment what you're about, how old you are, and what part of the world you live in congratulations
So, instead of buying guns through a process as simple as mail order, they had to spend another $4100 dollars in today's money or try and rob a fortified and garrisoned government building... Doesn't sound useless to me.
@@Nyx_2142 are you stupid? the man got us through the bloody war, so gallipoli was hardly his fault, the aussies can't beat fucking emus let alone actual soldiers.
Mustard Bastard Tbh it wasn’t Churchill or the Aussies and Kiwis fault The Ottomans were just very VERY well prepared, they had sea mines and naval guns installed And the campaign did cause 250K casualties on the Ottomans as well
I'd say it's even more. a car was around 500 $ in the 50ies. Just adding the inflationrate over such a long time does not really work out. you have to compare the average wage now and then and see how long you had to work for it comapred to today. another important point is the non existing gold standard since bretton woods has been cancelled. we could compare it with dollar / gold then and now and have a number, but I am too lazy.
If it weren't for the 1986 firearms act select fire AR-15s would be the same price as an semi auto only variant. You still would have to pay the 200 dollar tax stamp to have it registered as an NFA weapon. I guess they can't have us normal folk making middle class wages owning select fire rifles at affordable prices.
Greg enter's scene Stats show up *Good with the ladies* *Bad at keeping them* *Will commit suicide this coming tuesday* *Will be forgotten the tuesday after*
i once fired a thompson in the "chicago typewritter" configuration, i wasn't expecting much from such an antiquity, well was i in for a surprise when i realised this thing barely had any recoil. from such an old design, made to be mass produced the cheapest way possible, it's genuinely impressive to be able to shot 10 round bursts in a target 30m away when it's not only your first time firing the gun, but a full auto SMG. honestly against soft unarmored target, and as far as big bore SMG, i think it's still among the best one after a Kris Vector.
Would you consider making a video on the M60 Machine gun? I would love to know the history on that beauty. Edit: I already noticed that he made one now. This was from months ago. Thanks for telling me but you can stop now.
I realy enjoy his work, I dont understand why he took/takes long breaks. But I too am glad he still supports his channel. I wish the best for you Ahoy, what ever you decide to do
He has a second channel where he answers questions. It is called Ahoy2. A couple of episodes ago he mentioned why there are time gaps between his videos.
There was a man named baby face nelson, he was a mobster. My great grandpa met the guy during the great depression. He drove by his house and asked for water for his car because it was over heating or something like that. Everyone in the car had a tommy gun. I've been told that my family did not have much during that time and they really did not want to give up the water, but they gave it up,. I bet if they did not give it up it would have been the end of my family line.
An amazing commentary and an impeccable presentation! I love these historical videos, they should show these videos in college/schools. Not only will it attract the target audience of teenagers with the gaming history of the gjns, the viewers will also learn how weapons and munitions have developed through technological advancements in the 1900s.
Robbie Straschewski From Wikipedia article for this gun: ‘Thompson then envisioned a "one-man, hand-held machine gun" in .45 ACP as a "trench broom" for use in the ongoing trench warfare of World War I...’
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"Part sinner, part saint."
Perfection.
And then bloodthirsty catholic Sean from the saboteur playing on screen
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
War veterans turn gangsters
“Part sinner, part saint.”
All Sainer
Sounds like a movie tagline
12:24 - "You're shooting at the wrong side!"
"Shut up, I'm posing for a box art!"
"YOU'RE LOOKING THE WRONG WAY DICKHEAD"
"how do I quickscope"
Underrated comment of the ages ladies and gentlemen.
@@HipsterDog-do3mm no, a very often used joke actually
bro how closely are u looking, looooooooooooool
🤣
Whoever designs the thumbnails for these iconic arms videos is doing an amazing job
He did them himself if I'm not mistaken
He does everything by himself. Which is why the uploads are inconsistent but, quality over quantity
The entire production is first rate. It's really good stuff. Deep research, excellent graphics, perfect audio, great clips and snaps...dude knows wtf is goin on, and whatever he's getting paid, it's not enough.
eod696 That's true. But like Ben Port said, his videos are really quality work. So having to wait for great videos is the only thing we have to do.
Yes, tightly written, informative and very stylish videos, is the reason why I'm subscribed.
“The Thompson.”
“Annihilator, Chicago Typewriter...”
“...Tommygun.”
God, that’s perfect.
Part-sinner. Part-saint. Known by a hundred names, an incredible gun that spits unbelievable tales.
But the most amazing thing...
Is that they are all true.
"Thank You very much for watching - and until next time. . ."
*_" F a r e w e l l "_*
This guys vocabulary is off the charts and his voice is so damn relaxing!! He makes learning shit so enjoyable😂
Ahoy is like a British Morgan Freeman.
Morgan Freeman is like an American Stuart Brown.
VmtoS01XUkhhSHBhVjFaeVdsaEpQUT09 This Is The Best Comment I Have Seen In My Life
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Well Frankieonpc would take that title I'd argue.
f1r3 hunt3rz well Morgan is older so I don't think that's the right order
he's like the gun seller in john wick 2
"Spirits were slightly dampened by prohibition."
I see what you did there lmao
Only slightly, it was mostly ineffective
BA DUM TSSSSSSSSSS
@@acatwithafancyhat5782 the joke is that certain types of alcohol are called spirits
@@theprincipalityofbelka4646 it ain’t funny if you explain it.
I'm glad someone else noticed this.
*Great Inventions*
Sliced Bread, yeah boy
Wheel will never hold a candle to fire
but wheels don't have hands
@@waffles6280 Neither does sliced bread, but no one ever wants to talk about that, now do they.
@@tastygravy4410 I mean your right but a slice of bread holding a candle would have candle wax in it and that would be gross
Intellectuals discussing about bread holding candles
Could’ve sworn this man was trying to sell me this gun for a moment
The Colt Single Action Army is the best handgun ever made, loaded with six powerful 45 Long Colt ammunition...
*A few hours later*
Also became famous as a weapon wielded by Revolver Ocelot, a skilled gunfighter and twirler. So, are you gonna buy it?
Either way I want it but closest I can get is vr Thompsons
😂😂😂😂😂
When I was younger I thought sub machine gun meant it can be used in submarines
Pajamapants Jack lol
Pajamapants Jack
Not entirely wrong. Not a lot of space in subs, they would be right at home. Imagine hauling a garand in a ww2 sub.
urbi3006 personally I wouldn't wanna use any gun in a pressurised can 200m below sea level...but I guess if you had to there's worse guns for the job
Took me until my teens to finally figure out the difference between an SMG and an LMG, and even when I realized that the SMG is smaller, I thought that meant that LMGs were things like Halo's Assault Rifle. After all, that was kind of all I had to go on at the time.
It's a submarine gun!
"As America went to war, the Thompson went with them."
Am I the only one who thinks that this is extremely well-worded?
Adam Borseti i mean hes scotish or british so yeah
What are you saying about us Brits?
ignore my idiocy from these comments please, I was dumb as hell then
Are we all stupid or something like that?
I am not Jon I think you misunderstood his comment, cause he's actually calling Brits smart/wellspoken
> Initially, the Thompson's prior association with unsavory characters hadn't been forgotten. Some anti-US propaganda attempted to paint America as a bunch of gun-toting criminals.
But we are a bunch of gun-toting criminals...
Italian American GI in basic: I know how to use this sarg.
Sargent: Uh...
Oh we still have fuckin' murderers in the Army. Drill Sarge would just pat him on the back. This is not a problem - it is the most virtuous aspect of the Army.
@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 you have inevitably started either an arguement or circle jerk. Congrats.
4 months and nothing’s happened, ya sure? @Deadpan
@@GregoryMom inevitably
Some guy will probably come along and respond and get their panties in a twist
@@mirthless5603 argument or circle jerk... Why not both?
When you talk about the thompson you have to use one of three accents
A brooklyn accent
An italian accent
A brooklyn italian accent
You also need a fat cigar, a black fedora, and the italian mafia
Brooklyn more like Chicago accent
@@crazytigerspy9420 exactly
and u need to have played mafia
Well he isn’t
Nah ya just need to souls like you just got of the beach’s of Normandy or landed on Okinawa
These videos are absolutely unique. Something that is unfortunately scarce on TH-cam.
Tr4wnet HEY WHATS UP GUYS, SCARCE HERE
hey guys its scarce here
*shits bricks*
Tr4wnet Videos like this requires a lot of efforts, information and personal experiences. Ahoy fulfills it all; very few can accomplish such feats, and even so, takes a long time to master. Unless you're a superhuman!
GOT A STORY HERE FROM A TH-camR. YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM, HAS OVER 700K SUBSCRIBERS
Could you please read bedtime stories? I would love to hear you say"The third bowl of porridge was, .... just right"
Lol "juuuuuust right..."
It was an era... of bear civility.
"The porridge was hot... and so was the bears blood"
How about "Go the Fuck to Sleep?"
Eric Davis Samuel L Jackson's reading cannot be topped mate
4:44 "Truly it was the gun that made the twenties roar" This mans script writing skill is just godlike.
that's a reference to the roaring 20's
@@zachnado69 I know, that makes it even better :D.
it's not his writing, he's quoting a book
"I believe ya, but my Tommy gun don't!"
-early 20th century gangsters when told that cigarettes, alcohol,and drugs are bad for you
Angels with Dirty Souls
"Keep the change, ya filthy animal."
Do you believe weed counts?
@@razrdemonic only if it's laced, shit-tier weed with bad balance or you're an easily addicted type
Angels with dirty souls
Don't forget that the Thompson was also used by the U.S. in Korea and in the early days of Vietnam until it was replaced by other rifles such as the m3 grease gun, M14/m1a and the m16. The Thompson was also seen in several other countries after WW2 such as China, Indonesia, Greece, Yugoslavia and Algeria. The last known use of the Thompson in the U.S. was in the early 1970’s by the FBI when they were declared obsolete and ordered to be destroyed
Well, the M14 was moreover a replacement of the M1 Garand, and the M1 Carbine respectively. By those times the M3 Grease Gun had already pretty well replaced the Thompson in most areas, as it was cheaper, lighter, and easier to use.
If you wish to look for a more fitting replacement of the Thompson/M3 Grease Gun, then I believe the ArmaLite AR-15/Colt M16 would be a more fitting replacement, as it was lighter and had much more fair recoil control compared to the M14, but more range and stopping power(in some respects) compared to the Thommy/M3.
Not completely wrong on your end, but definitely a little misguided, I would say.
@@sylokthedefiled3047 Except literature at the time by the Army showed the M14 replacing everything except the general purpose machine gun which was to be the M60.
So on paper, yes the M14 was to replace everything. In practice it didn't happen and in many instances some of those weapons outlasted the M14 until the early 2000's when it was brought back in to service as a 7.62 DMR.
@@OriginalBongoliath As I stated then. Although the M14 *was* to replace everything, that was not the case. That was what I was getting at, not what they *hoped* would happen, but what actually did.
Mp5
F in chat for the tompson F
Why people just see the weapons videos ? this entire channel is awesome.
These are the ones that pop in my recommended section
Yes, only there is. One that needs. To Change and I guess. We all agree what. It is.
I just like guns
For me it’s the length of the vids, the gun are very well put together but still manage to maintain a good time for casual viewing. Although I did recently watch his Polybius vid and I’m definitely going to find time for the rest of his feature length vids.
AkMaSk I watch all his types of vids :D
i love how my pc plays the video at 144p and an ad at like 1080p
welcome to the internet, pipsi heathen.
master keksi same😂😂
Hi, I'm Jamie Foxx from Verizon...
master keksi Indeed. Less processing power from the PC, and still with a good quality view. And also, games from the late 2000s aren't in HD that time, easing the making of the videos.
how did u know are u a scientist
Thompson is probably the only weapon that seems to change image depending on which magazine is loaded in. At least for me.
This is actually accurate because there are multiple models of the Thompson. The model the army used couldn’t even take the drum mags.
@@hasty416 The Army and Marines used several variants. You can find many pics of troops using the drum mag variants, especially tankers for some reason.
@@Nyx_2142 yeah the 1928/1928A1 Thompson variants with the front grip and without the front grip were used by America when they entered in 1941. They had the charging handle located ontop of the receiver instead of on the right side of the receiver, and could take drum magazines aswell as regular stick magazines.
This is because the early Thompsons could accept the drum magazines, while the military M1 and M1A1s could not. The reloading procedure for the drums is different than loading in the stick mags.
That being said, both the 50 round drum magazines and the 20/30 round stick magazines saw service in WWII. Even though the M1/M1A1 replaced the M1928A1 officially, both models saw usage until the end of the war. There were still guys that had drums in their Thompsons in 1945.
"Spirits were dampened slightly by Prohibition."
Goddamnit, I just got that.
I GET IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE SPIRITS AS IN DISTILLED ALCHOHOL BUT ALSO HIGH SPIRITS LIKE GREAT TIMES AND GOOD MOODS. HAHAHAHA.
Understatement of the year.
*SLIGHTLY*
ahoy has a terminator voice
Vestis he'll be back
Vestis I dunno
Plot twist, ahoy is tommy
VA7 And a pinball wizard.
A strangely soothing terminator though.
Germany: look at those gangsters with Thompson guns!
America: oh cool we're like gangsters!
"Keep the change you filthy animal"
When i see this gun, that's the first quote that came to my mind.
I am really mad that it's not a real movie.
"Leave the gun, take the cannoli."
@@oz_jones Me too.
I always see the scene in "the mask" where he goes "and my favorite (makes ballon gun) a tommy gun, then hoses em down.. When i hear of or see a thompson
I hate watching this.
Without good wi-fi.
I almost just died.
fucking feel ya man
Useful Advice I hate watching this video
Without my resolution set at 1080p
Same...
Math Redone i watch this with internet and wair over 20 minutes for a 10 minute video
Whenever I see your vids in my sub feed, I get unnaturally excited.
Anyone else?
Yes, but not so much for the weapons. I love the game-themed episodes more.
I bounce off bloody walls and instaload these videos :D
Just Someone i do.
Same here
Just Someone I do, and I also get unnaturally angry when they're interrupted by ads.
i would kill to have a voice like that
so smooth so soothing
Ethan Oh The question is...with which gun?
+Jagannath Barman Your comment underated as fak. Its purfect.
Ethan Oh
Jagannath Barman
Chiacgo Typewriter.
Pacifier.
The AK-47.
The Golden Gun.
The Minigun.
Clever Girl.
Man-Stopper.
American Classic.
Terrorist's Bane.
Riflemen/s Tradition.
Two Smoking Barrels.
Always On Your Side.
Powerhouse.
Action Hero.
Patriot.
Pick A Gun.
(Had to watch every video and grab every name here.
he sounds like Captain price from modern wafare
"... the gun that made the twenties roar." Sent a shiver down my spine. I have been watching this in the background of doing work or playing video games, and that line still hit me. It pierced through any focus I had with perfect accuracy, quite unlike the thompson itself. Just like words, it's not what they put across, but the user that makes it deadly.
If a prototype existed before 11-11-1918 and it looked cool, you can bet they'll feature it in Battlefield 1.
It isn't in the game.
yet.
thats fucking stupid put games that never where used or seen action. or have guns work great that always fucking jammed
2000rayc It's a video game jackass
2000rayc People are always complaining about lack of content so it's better to go a little out there when it comes to guns and the like. And a jam just doesn't fit the pacing of a game like Battlefield.
Ahoy's content is what I call 'Real Content'.
It's entertaining, it's full of information, and he puts a lot of work into his videos.
I just wish people would support youtubers like Ahoy instead of random people playing horror games with facecams
Oh I also watch his vids so I can learn new vocabulary lol
Triggerhappy 720 And support Ahoy rather than clickbait youtubers.
*There
You can’t compare two different types of TH-camrs. They are entertaining for sure but comparing to different things is like comparing a banana with strawberry
HexoStatus what if the strawberry gave you cancer and the banana had the smoothest voice ever.
Triggerhappy 720 I agree with you.
Got a notification, went to the video, liked before watching, now I'll watch it. 'Cause I know 110% this video is of extreme quality.
yeah man. its like that dealer who's your best friend that you can always count on
I'm not even interested in the video but I hit that like button before hitting play out of respect for the quality I know Ahoy puts in to his craft. One of the few people on youtube that goes above and beyond the call of duty. (pun intended)
normally id say thats stupid fanboyism but for these videos? completely justified
It's unbelievable how much effort he puts into each and every video...
His videos are some of the highest quality on this website
You cant buy a drink but a gun you can
The most american thing to hear or say
i wish that was still true today
Damm
Sam The Destroyer It technically is a thing today
@@TheUKNutter well drugs are legal today and full auto guns are harder to get and expensive
If your too young to have a beer
Your old enough to have a gun
AR : Complies With NFA
AK:Nyet NFA
Thompson : Caused NFA
I would totally create a petition to repeal the NFA
@@96_stars22 There has been one. I signed it too. It was a few thousand short though. So yeah, it blew over!
@@Nyx_2142 the idea that you would like to shoot people who created the NFA is probably the reason the NFA exists
@@shamrock141 yea, they're not exactly the brightest of the bunch
@@shamrock141 To be fair though, they'd shoot first. They've got automatics. Their opposition only has semis.
3:56 America in a nutshell
@SmokeFan2014 Unfortunly you cant buy any new automatic weapons for over 30 years right now without being police or military etc.
@@wadimek116 All I want is a world where a biracial gay couple can defend their weed farm with military grade hardware.
NO STEP ON SNEK
@@wadimek116 Even then, you have issues buying it when it is that old.
I'm in love with this man's voice
Garrett Sullivan the 23rd k
I love the bit at the end where he says "The Thomson", and then he says 3 things to describe it afterwards.
Me too!
Yea his voice is amazing, he should audition to be a voice actor in Call Of Duty, It's just great to hear him.
Giancarlo Amaya i do the same)) but guides in survarium
The Thompson spits a lot of stories and the best part is that they are all true
My favorite line
I would love to see him do the aug
or the P90
***** ikr dude
RIISCO T "It has grown popularity on the internet in recent times. As it has been associated with rushing B in CSGO, cyka blyat."
Ventroid so tru
Joan Jimenez the zombies map is in both games
"Spirits were dampened by prohibition"
How daaaare you~
Nekkowe masterful wordplay right there
Nekkowe It had to be done, gotta be glass half full about puns, my man.
that put was hard to swallow
Well I must say that given how most gaming channels have hosts that know virtually nothing about guns, I sort of avoided this channel from its appearance but my initial apprehensions have proved wrong. My older brother and I have watched a few of these and fell in love with how you actually know the history and technical specs of the guns.
I have subbed, keep up the good work. :)
They're pretty decent. They don't go super into detail and sometimes they say things that are a little bit of a stretch like saying the m1 Garand was the best rifle of ww2 or talking about it's limited use in Vietnam yet totally glossing over the Garands heavy use in Korea. They don't lie or falsify facts though which is great. They might omit some things or miss some details but they don't ever knowing get something wrong.
Cannonfodder43 yeh, although I know many of these weapons from games and movies, I know barely anything about them.... Ahoy tackles this issue well however. Also his RetroAhoy series is stellar ;).
Pfitz indeed, although most of the Iconic Arms series covet pretty much everything there is to know. Also, what WAS the best rifle in WW2?
@@jozinek876 If you want to know more there's no channel better than forgotten weapons on TH-cam.
In terms of the best rifle that's a hard one because there's so many types rifle. Overall the best one could very easily be considered the stg44. It could do everything a rifle could plus it had a 30 round mag and was automatic. That combined with the intermediate cartridge made it both accurate at long range and controllable in close quarters. Had that gun been rolled out in larger numbers or utilized effectively it would have terrorized the battlefield. The stg birthed the ak 47 and created the assault rifle and intermediate arms cartridges so it's hard to not consider that one in the running. If we had to say overall I'd have to say the stg.
However, There's just too many categories of rifles at this point in time. If I were to break it down into 3 categories, assault rifle, semi auto rifle, and bolt action it would be easier.
Best bolt action hands down the K98 of which the best version was the m41 out of Sweden. It was just the best version of the best rifle.
In semi auto rifles it is highly debated but many people consider the French semi auto rifles like the Mas 40 to be the best. The g43 was kind of garbage, finiky, and prone to breaking a good gun for the range not for a war. the SVT 40 is actually a great gun but had some weird accuracy issues at long ranges. the m1 Garand is well known but only because it was the only semi auto of the war that was standard issue for all troops. It's shortcomings are made up for by having a dozen of them where the other rifles only had one. The En Bloc was genius though which severely cut down reload times where as the other semi autos usually fed from stripper clips and even the ones that had detachable mags were only issued with 1 or 2 because they were expensive. Most of the other semi autos were either obscure oddities that never really got battle tested or prototypes or were cobbled together.
In autos the stg kinda wins by default. Nothing was really competing with it.
@@pfitz9346 The M1 was the best general issue rifle of WW2. Semi-auto beats bolt-action hands down as a general issue combat rifle. It made everything else obsolete overnight. The SVT-40 came close and was better on paper but in practice was a disappointment. Don't get me started with German semi-auto rifle attempts that were abysmal failures. The StG-44 came too late to have any meaningful impact, wasn't general issue, and was going to be replaced by the StG-45 anyway that never saw service. The MAS-40 never saw combat so completely irrelevant and stupid to call itself the best when it was never proven. Practice always beats theoretics.
Thats 50 rounds of pure democracy in an all American smg
"50 rounds of pure democracy" that's used by very undemocratic organizations
@@MrHat. wasn't meant to be a gangster's weapon. Was supposed to make Germans die in WW1, turned to do that in WW2 instead.
@@MrHat. Excuse me but all guns are American™ and have to fire concentrated pellets of democracy™ regardless of the wielder
@@ineedaname5565 He meant that America wasn't as democratic as they themselves thought
2:12 If Colt was the equalizer, Thompson would tip the odds
Me: THATS COOOL DX
Class D Personnel I thought he said tilt the odds
I would love a deck of playing cards with different firearms appearing on each face, with four of the most iconic as the aces alongside the Thompson Ace.
NOW YOU RUINED THE QUOTE
I want this guy to narrate my death
One noon he lied on his bed, and suddenly his heart stopped pumping blood in his vital organs, staying awake was an impossible task yet he tried.
But the blood loss on his brain succeeded to put him in a sleep that he never woke up of.
@@tripaloski_6971 Beautiful
I wish I would get murdered by an assassin for this purpose
How is such a death so forgotten? Why is it used today in modern culture? What made it so worthless?
Goblin Slayer You *could* hire him, just put it in your will.
The NFA didn't really stop the criminals getting SMG's they were rich anyway and could afford to buy them
highlandrab19 all the NFA did was make firearms so expensive that normal joes couldn't afford them, but criminal no problem.
And that is the problem with all gun laws trying to cut criminals from getting weapons. They do that in the way that hits no criminal and all civilians. In Poland (and by extend European Union) we have very restrictive gun law (there is no way for you to have automatic fire gun legaly and any short smallarm with calliber of over 12mm- something like S&W 500 is not legal for ordinary people). What did it achive? Almost no civilian has gun (it is like 1 gun per 100 people, where in Germany it is 30 per 100 people and in Swizerland it's 70 per 100), but there are still criminals with guns. How? Black Marcet. It is mind blowingly easy to get illegal gun in Poland (before 2010 there was marcetplace in Warsaw where you could buy all sort of illegal or stolen things- I even once saw automatic AK for 200 PLN- About 60$). Yet there is one type of weapon you can buy without any regulations- Black Powder Guns. You can buy one like bag of sugar and some stores even offer shipping package with one to your home. This law is in existance since early 2000 and we have 2017, and still there was not a single report of someone robbing shop with blackpowder gun or something like that.
+Edim 108 "kalashnikov for $60" why didn't you pick it up?
he did say it was black market.
+Edim 108 Ever look at australia?
One thing I find interesting is that this gun was designed in the 1920s which was a time of class and elegance, and so that was a part of its design. But later after WW2, the country focused more of functionality, and so new guns were fitting with the ages as they went along.
Designed in the 1910s*
World War 1
The quality of this videos are just amazing 😉
Good shit, Ahoy 👍
Batman we know this already, your supposed to be the best detective come on man
I am Batman
1920's "Economic Boom!" Just wait 10 years...
2017?
I mean, trump
KDGCuber He's talking about the great depression you mong.
@@erojerisiz1571 ah yes
1,920+10=2017
great math job there
I was talking about how Trump made an economic boom, not the 1930's
@@erojerisiz1571 ok, so you missed OP's entire joke, got it.
The Thompson has also found itself the preferred firearm of superheroes from time to time as both Logan (before becoming Wolverine) and Captain America (and that one intelligence agent from the SHIELD precursor) have used it in movies. Also it and its designation were the basis for the iconic pulse rifle in the Aliens movie: The M41A (and later in Alien: Colonial Marines M41A2). Basically they took the Thompson and gave it a sturdier frame and a 12 gauge shotgun barrel for the grenade launcher and bingo got yourself one of sci-fi's best firearms.
You're referring to Agent Carter right?
Thing cuts down Krauts and cops alike.
Quite the piece, if you ask me.
"This machine kills fascists"
@@DJstarrfish A dead socialist is a good socialist.
@@oz_jones a Alive communist is a poggers communist
@@cay7809 the fact that you said poggers instead of any other word is quite possibly the single most telling and evocative way you could have told everyone reading your comment what you're about, how old you are, and what part of the world you live in
congratulations
@@the-letter_s kill me
"You couldn't legally buy a drink, but you can buy automatic firearms". Now that's my country.
The NFA only made it harder to buy the Thompson for civvies.
+Officer Pete Malloy And that's what makes gun control useless.
Didn't Capone and others still pay taxes tho?
Officer Pete Malloy O. Yea, I didn't remember for sure.
So, instead of buying guns through a process as simple as mail order, they had to spend another $4100 dollars in today's money or try and rob a fortified and garrisoned government building...
Doesn't sound useless to me.
Until you realize criminals don't follow the law.
He should make an MG-42 video.
TheMegaZen Hell yeah
I'm still waiting for a video on lightsabers and phaser pistols...
pak _ tra Light sabers-spaceage,enlightening,force
+pak _ tra (PAKTRA) not happening cause they arent real
TheMegaZen mp40 and Stg 44 also
Uhhh can we repeal the NFA yet I want mail order Thompson's again.
Ask the leftists and other traitors.
someday we'll be able to enjoy shootin' guns, playing doom, getting sloshed and smoking joints without fedbois ruining the party.
someday.
*REPEAL THE NFA*
*DEFUND THE ATF*
I fucking wish. Fuck FDR.
Shall not infringed repeal the nfa give us are guns
"Un-savory characters"
Shows Churchill
He might be against Churchill
@@heckleypanes4988 He was a cunt, a shit prime minister and even worse military leader. Ask the men who were at Gallipoli.
@@Nyx_2142 are you stupid? the man got us through the bloody war, so gallipoli was hardly his fault, the aussies can't beat fucking emus let alone actual soldiers.
Mustard Bastard
Tbh it wasn’t Churchill or the Aussies and Kiwis fault
The Ottomans were just very VERY well prepared, they had sea mines and naval guns installed
And the campaign did cause 250K casualties on the Ottomans as well
@@Nyx_2142 Or ask the estimated 2.1 to 3 million victims of the Bengal famine.
$200 in the 1920's that's expensive now it would be $2,502.91 with inflation
I'd say it's even more. a car was around 500 $ in the 50ies. Just adding the inflationrate over such a long time does not really work out. you have to compare the average wage now and then and see how long you had to work for it comapred to today. another important point is the non existing gold standard since bretton woods has been cancelled. we could compare it with dollar / gold then and now and have a number, but I am too lazy.
It's exactly what's said above. There's even a calculator for American inflation. Besides, $2500 isn't expensive at all. Not for an automatic weapon.
Especially considering a semi-auto rifle can cost thousands by itself.
You can build an AR for around $450, I've seen some people claim to get as low as $300.
Though, you do have to assemble it.
If it weren't for the 1986 firearms act select fire AR-15s would be the same price as an semi auto only variant. You still would have to pay the 200 dollar tax stamp to have it registered as an NFA weapon.
I guess they can't have us normal folk making middle class wages owning select fire rifles at affordable prices.
Can you narrate my life? With the dark music?
Also provide a cool info graphic whenever an important person shows up.
Greg enter's scene
Stats show up
*Good with the ladies*
*Bad at keeping them*
*Will commit suicide this coming tuesday*
*Will be forgotten the tuesday after*
I wish
Tyler Storm why u mad 😂
i once fired a thompson in the "chicago typewritter" configuration, i wasn't expecting much from such an antiquity, well was i in for a surprise when i realised this thing barely had any recoil.
from such an old design, made to be mass produced the cheapest way possible, it's genuinely impressive to be able to shot 10 round bursts in a target 30m away when it's not only your first time firing the gun, but a full auto SMG.
honestly against soft unarmored target, and as far as big bore SMG, i think it's still among the best one after a Kris Vector.
Thompsons weren't cheap or easy to produce, that's why we sought a replacement throughout ww2. It weighed alot, which helped with the recoil.
Can you make a Mosin Nagant video
Aaron Lin maybe he would next season
Aaron Lin he already did
Wolfie Wiggins when?
or kar98k
Please, please, please, make a Mosin video.
Man i wish that can tell the story about the german equivalent the mp40
Rio Pratama Martin or the mp18
Come on mp40 was ww2 weapon i mean that stuff was good too please i want to learn the story about the mp40 please ahoy
Mp18 is the first machinepistole machine gun
Rio Pratama Martin I personally think the MP 34 is the equivalent.
I love call mp40 "shmaiser"
I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse. Make more of these
And then, you will take their entire stock.
he shouldve said "I forgive you, but my Tommy Gun don't."
“You couldn’t legally buy a drink.”
“But a automatic weapon.” No problem
That’s gotta be the most American ting ive ever heard
There’s an alternate universe where guns like the Uzi and MP5 are called “annihilators”
In that universe, a "sub-machine gun" is a weapon of mass destruction, so "annihilator" was chosen instead.
One of my favorite episodes, however I would ammend the last three descriptions of the gun.
The Thompson.
Annihilator.
Tommy gun.
LEGEND.
"okay i trust you, but my Tommy don't"
make a video of ppsh-41 pls
"Spirits were dampened by Prohibition."
I see what you did there.
Prohibition : exists
Mob: it's free enterprise
Japan: goes to war with amrica.
America: *Say hello to my little friend!*
There are Tommy Guns in Blood too and you can dual wield them, it would have been awesome to see some Blood gameplay with all those military shooters.
"-is that they're all true."
*JUST AS FOOTAGE OF NAZI ZOMBIES PLAYS.*
Wow.
*Slow clap*
ikr lol. Was looking for this comment XD
Was wishing they showed gameplay of Rust’s tompson
The scripts for these videos can be seen on the same level as high class poetry.
2019 and I'm still rewatching this. Both the dialogue and the visuals are a work of art. Going together better than booze and bootleggers
Liked before I even watched the video. That's how much I know this is going to awesome.
It was awesome!!
Me too !
laxpors I would actually prefer a video on either the AUG, galil, dragunov, the sten, or the STG-44
laxpors
How about the RPG-7?
I know it's not a gun, but still.
"You can't have liquor legally anymore."
"I believe ya. But my Tommy gun don't!"
"the Thompson was to reinvent itself in a rather different roll"
Insert *Add for a literal hentai game*
Well, that *is* pretty different.
*"A little heavy, but it worked and it looked pretty good in doing it"*
"Spirits were dampened slightly by Prohibition..." Lovely line.
Other weapons I'd like to see:
K98
MG42
G3
PPSH-41
FAMAS
L85
M14
Remington 870
Mosin-Nagant
SVD
C96
rpg
Geez, he's not gonna do a fucking documentary of every ww2 small arm.
Also, dont forget the M107 Barrett
G3 isn't a WWII weapon.
Steel Patterns 6 of 11 firearms I mentioned came into existence after WWII, but thank you for your concern.
"Part sinner...part saint..."
Entirely kickass.
This is the reason I love guns so much. There is so much history behind each design. If you’re a history nerd like me, they are addicting!
Would you consider making a video on the M60 Machine gun? I would love to know the history on that beauty.
Edit: I already noticed that he made one now. This was from months ago. Thanks for telling me but you can stop now.
it's on schedule
Good to hear :)
Based off the fg-42...this pig....is hog wild.
Look at his M60 Call of Duty Black Ops Guide for a brief history of it.
Baker Tankersley It was the mg 42.
Thanks for continuing to make these Stu, they are some of the best produced and informative videos on TH-cam (And one day the history channel)!
I realy enjoy his work, I dont understand why he took/takes long breaks.
But I too am glad he still supports his channel.
I wish the best for you Ahoy, what ever you decide to do
He has recently had a baby. And also the videos take a lot of time to create by one's lonesome.
Shaylan Patel Wow how do you know that? I havent seen a video about this.
He has a second channel where he answers questions. It is called Ahoy2. A couple of episodes ago he mentioned why there are time gaps between his videos.
Oh Thank you for this info. Ill look into it (:
Can you do the BAR 1918 next?
My man.
And they have a Garand time!
he's doing bow and arrow next read the des.
I always loved the BAR and its long ass reloading
1920's: Tommy gun is scary
2010's: **laughs in AR-15**
SSDD
2020: Laughs in virus
@EHnus Lover696 you are shit
@EHnus Lover696 yes but it is still good
@EHnus Lover696 You say that based on video games, don't you?
What a fantastic phrase for the weapon: "Part sinner, part saint."
Next up: Bow & Arrow.
Some people in these comments clearly don't read the description
quite hyped for this one
Its gonna be rather interesting to see him do a vid on that ^^
Yeah. I really don't get the whole hype it's got in popular media at the moment. You really wouldn't want to use one these days
Nicolas De Raedt The simplicity and deadliness of those skilled with a forgotten art probably.
I would love to see a series on ancient weapons, such as the trebuchet, crossbow etc.
Read the description of the video and get excited.
>trebuchet
DEUS VULT
DEUS VULT the next video *is* about the bow and arrow
Everybody living in chicago watching this is gonna have memories from they're grandpa's
A true american is a ronald with a thompson
And nothing...
I don't know how I forgot about the Thompson, it would have been a natural first episode
yea
There was a man named baby face nelson, he was a mobster. My great grandpa met the guy during the great depression. He drove by his house and asked for water for his car because it was over heating or something like that. Everyone in the car had a tommy gun. I've been told that my family did not have much during that time and they really did not want to give up the water, but they gave it up,. I bet if they did not give it up it would have been the end of my family line.
*A* *TOMMY* *GUN*
3:26 Solid pun, great delivery, overall fantastic. Love it, 10/10.
HE'S BACK
BACK AGAIN.
AHOY'S BACK
ShadowWarriorXI And he'll be back in another month, too.
Richard Nixon well that was anticlimatic.
BREAKING: Ahoy is back with a new Thomson video. More tonight at 8.
An amazing commentary and an impeccable presentation! I love these historical videos, they should show these videos in college/schools. Not only will it attract the target audience of teenagers with the gaming history of the gjns, the viewers will also learn how weapons and munitions have developed through technological advancements in the 1900s.
MG42 will be nice to see
The top three most memorable American guns of WWII, the Garand, the Thompson, and the 1911 were all designed by guys named John.
Also called a "trench broom".
I thought that was the 1897 shotgun.
@Travis Tucker I know but I've also heard it called the Trench sweeper.
Pretty sure that's the 1897...
Robbie Straschewski From Wikipedia article for this gun: ‘Thompson then envisioned a "one-man, hand-held machine gun" in .45 ACP as a "trench broom" for use in the ongoing trench warfare of World War I...’
he called it a trench broom in the video tho
Do the thompson's russian brother! The PPSh-41!
Why
And the finnish bigger brother of ppsh: suomi kp
@@AitoJaOikeaNippeliFaktaa More like grandfather, the PPSh-41 was derived from the PPD-40 which was derived from the KP/-31
"The early 20th century is defined by great invention"
Sliced Bread.
I reeeeeally hope Thompson himself got to hear some of these stories in the afterlife, because it's really tragic he died before WW2.