Ian from forgotten weapons also mentioned in a Q&A video I think an anecdote of someone firing a liberator pistol and having the weld seam on the back strap fail, causing the two halves of the frame open up under recoil, only to close back up around the skin of his palm.
It's not anecdotal, both he and Karl did some firing with a Liberator on InRangeTV (back when Ian was a part of InRange) and that very thing did happen to the both of them. Now it is worth noting that it took far more rounds than one was ever expected to put through a Liberator to actually reach that point. Especially as basically ALL Liberators had at least one test load fired through the pistol during manufacturing to ensure it was good, so it's not as if it's wildly unsafe.
Yeah, though in that particular case it was quite a "Run Through" example IYKWIM; having been fired something like 50+ times when they were only really AT MOST meant to survive being shot the same number of cartridges included in the grip. Because as a weapon meant to be used once to get a better weapon, if you've somehow managed to make enough attempts that you've shot ALL the single shot and stick ejected bullets included with the gun; yet STILL haven't acquired ANY other firearm, you're doing something VERY wrong (Though oddly something else VERY right to somehow have survived that many failed attempts in the first place...)
fun fact the box the Liberator FP-45 came in cost about a fourth of what the "gun" itself did. without the box the Liberator FP-45 was $1.73 ($27.34 today) and with the box it was $2.10 ($40.43 today).
@KnabeRussenschar4859 beside the meme it is surprisingly good for what it is. Honestly you eat the first two slices while still hot then refrigerate the rest because it's great cold.
I mean, that *WAS* it's purpose. The entire point of the Liberator was to be extremely cheap to churn out, then airdrop them en masse to Resistance groups in Europe who would then use them to kill a German and take their gun for actual fighting purposes. They were never meant for any real fighting use. Purely a shoot once and get something better type of deal. Also they were barely actually dropped, if at all, not for their practicality, but due to the fact that Allied command was deciding to weigh whether it was worth dropping them as the only aircraft that could carry them with range and be able to drop were often needed for other sorties dropping actual bombs. Plus the whole Normandy landings and liberation of France did put things on hold as other nations with resistance movements that could use them were often further than Allied command would want to send said aircraft.
@@PhoenixOfArcadiaThe crazier part was that post-war, a handful made its way to the Philippines. Some of these ended up in the hands of the Philippine Constabulary, who pressed them into service for a few years AS SIDEARMS. Not the most confidence inspiring.
All the pipe weapons in Fallout 4 carry multiple rounds. The semi-auto and automatic pipe pistols are magazine fed, chambered by default in .38 Special, which is stupid because rimlock would be abundant. The pipe revolvers come chambered in .45 ACP by default, almost like the devs mixed up what gun should take what cartridge. The Liberator was made by real gun manufacturers, so it actually makes sense. It was also made to pop nazis, so its incredibly based too. The two are not the same.
The 3D replicas come in a few different colors and *_do_* have moving parts. They *_are_* disassemble-able, but don't have any springs or anything like that.
I mean the idea was for the liberator to be an actual throwaway weapon, made from cheap metals, a rolled tube without rifling, single shot which you have to literally push out of the front of the barrel through the back and load another cartridge into, The intent was that resistance fighters assassinated a soldier and took their gear instead. There was no real functional purpose to having a working magazine on it if it was really going to be shot once and immediately replaced by a proper gun. If you had to reload it for any reason, it either malfunctioned or you really, really fucked up and are probably getting charged and shot or beaten/stabbed to death before you can load another shot The kolibri was essentially supposed to be a handbag sized personal defense weapon for women going out, which, had it more in mind you were carrying it around daily and using it to defend yourself from a mugger or someone else, not to acquire gear in an occupied region, made more sense to be made with a magazine and more functional use in mind.
The it is a travesty that I do not know of a single piece of media shows the protagonist starting with one of these for the first kill and then later uses it in a desperate hand to hand struggle.
It would be neat if maybe one of the Sniper Elite games had a "Liberator Mode" where you started with one of these things only and then had to loot weapons as you went through the level.
tip for showing the mechanisms. At the bottom when an animation is going on, a slider/timeline(? what evs) appears so that you can pause, or look at the animations closer at your leisure. Rewind and slow down, ya know.
Yeah, that's extremely helpful for showing more complex bits because you can wind back and forth at *_your_* speed and without needing the rest of the animation to fully cycle. One other to add, the cutaway view mode, on guns that support it, also visibly shows gas pressure in the action (as opposed to X-ray). As a teaching aid I use the cutaway mode when discussing/demoing the whole weapon system, or when first introducing a new platform to unfamiliar learners. X-ray &/or 'tap to remove' is better when discussing individual parts or more granular aspects of the weapon's operation. Though, I have found that quite a few of the WOG models are at bit out of dimension or the timing of the mechanism is sometimes a bit incorrect (eg:P90, MP5, etc...). But overall it's a great tool and a wonderful resource. I actually assembled my first Vz.61 Skorpion using just this program and hand-tools (in that case WOG put every build guide video to shame).
AKA: the four winds shotgun. Literally 3 pieces of iron piping and either a BB or nail. Most popularly used by Philippino resistance fighters or turned in at "gun buyback" events.
i can make you a 3d printed replica of the liberator that is a 1-1 copy of the original. if you have a PO box it can be sent to would even be able to cycle 45acp dummy rounds
“So easy even a child can use it, and they do”
"So simplistic even a child could make one, and they do!"
Only 4 years old and theyre already talking about drive-bys!!!
“Ahoy” me matey
Was.... Was that a NerdCubed H3VR reference?
@@smtrop more like a lord of war reference
Ian from forgotten weapons also mentioned in a Q&A video I think an anecdote of someone firing a liberator pistol and having the weld seam on the back strap fail, causing the two halves of the frame open up under recoil, only to close back up around the skin of his palm.
It's not anecdotal, both he and Karl did some firing with a Liberator on InRangeTV (back when Ian was a part of InRange) and that very thing did happen to the both of them.
Now it is worth noting that it took far more rounds than one was ever expected to put through a Liberator to actually reach that point. Especially as basically ALL Liberators had at least one test load fired through the pistol during manufacturing to ensure it was good, so it's not as if it's wildly unsafe.
Yeah, though in that particular case it was quite a "Run Through" example IYKWIM; having been fired something like 50+ times when they were only really AT MOST meant to survive being shot the same number of cartridges included in the grip.
Because as a weapon meant to be used once to get a better weapon, if you've somehow managed to make enough attempts that you've shot ALL the single shot and stick ejected bullets included with the gun; yet STILL haven't acquired ANY other firearm, you're doing something VERY wrong (Though oddly something else VERY right to somehow have survived that many failed attempts in the first place...)
fun fact the box the Liberator FP-45 came in cost about a fourth of what the "gun" itself did. without the box the Liberator FP-45 was $1.73 ($27.34 today) and with the box it was $2.10 ($40.43 today).
"uncle larry's daily carry" is quite an incredible title.
Remember: It's faster to switch to an enemy's pistol than reload your Liberator.
just like little caesers. it is hot, it is ready, and it is cheap.
Is it good?
@@KnabeRussenschar4859 he said: it's hot, and its ready.
@@KnabeRussenschar4859 it is hot, and it is ready.
@@kurskfirebrand4494 👁️👄👁️
@KnabeRussenschar4859 beside the meme it is surprisingly good for what it is. Honestly you eat the first two slices while still hot then refrigerate the rest because it's great cold.
I just imagine a french man in a striped long sleve and beret with a bandolier of Liberators. Like Pirate's with flintlocks lmfao
“Was it six guys with Liberators? Or one guy with six Liberators?”
Big 'Brace of Glocks' energy
From what I read even the resistance groups we gave these things *HATED* this “gun” it was literally a throwaway gun to them
yeah no wonder, a single shot of 45. You'd have to be on some sniper elite shite to use it for its purpose.
I mean, that *WAS* it's purpose.
The entire point of the Liberator was to be extremely cheap to churn out, then airdrop them en masse to Resistance groups in Europe who would then use them to kill a German and take their gun for actual fighting purposes.
They were never meant for any real fighting use. Purely a shoot once and get something better type of deal.
Also they were barely actually dropped, if at all, not for their practicality, but due to the fact that Allied command was deciding to weigh whether it was worth dropping them as the only aircraft that could carry them with range and be able to drop were often needed for other sorties dropping actual bombs. Plus the whole Normandy landings and liberation of France did put things on hold as other nations with resistance movements that could use them were often further than Allied command would want to send said aircraft.
@@PhoenixOfArcadiaThe crazier part was that post-war, a handful made its way to the Philippines. Some of these ended up in the hands of the Philippine Constabulary, who pressed them into service for a few years AS SIDEARMS.
Not the most confidence inspiring.
The liberator is literally a fallout pipe pistol equivalent, I dare anyone to prove otherwise.
All the pipe weapons in Fallout 4 carry multiple rounds. The semi-auto and automatic pipe pistols are magazine fed, chambered by default in .38 Special, which is stupid because rimlock would be abundant. The pipe revolvers come chambered in .45 ACP by default, almost like the devs mixed up what gun should take what cartridge.
The Liberator was made by real gun manufacturers, so it actually makes sense. It was also made to pop nazis, so its incredibly based too.
The two are not the same.
The 3D replicas come in a few different colors and *_do_* have moving parts. They *_are_* disassemble-able, but don't have any springs or anything like that.
The “magazine” looks like someone welded additional metal plates to the top of a hollowed out zippo lighter.
The worst part is, there was a pistol SMALLER than the libertator in ww1 and it had a working magazine
I mean the idea was for the liberator to be an actual throwaway weapon, made from cheap metals, a rolled tube without rifling, single shot which you have to literally push out of the front of the barrel through the back and load another cartridge into, The intent was that resistance fighters assassinated a soldier and took their gear instead. There was no real functional purpose to having a working magazine on it if it was really going to be shot once and immediately replaced by a proper gun. If you had to reload it for any reason, it either malfunctioned or you really, really fucked up and are probably getting charged and shot or beaten/stabbed to death before you can load another shot
The kolibri was essentially supposed to be a handbag sized personal defense weapon for women going out, which, had it more in mind you were carrying it around daily and using it to defend yourself from a mugger or someone else, not to acquire gear in an occupied region, made more sense to be made with a magazine and more functional use in mind.
The it is a travesty that I do not know of a single piece of media shows the protagonist starting with one of these for the first kill and then later uses it in a desperate hand to hand struggle.
It would be neat if maybe one of the Sniper Elite games had a "Liberator Mode" where you started with one of these things only and then had to loot weapons as you went through the level.
"I just think they're neat"
tip for showing the mechanisms. At the bottom when an animation is going on, a slider/timeline(? what evs) appears so that you can pause, or look at the animations closer at your leisure. Rewind and slow down, ya know.
Yeah, that's extremely helpful for showing more complex bits because you can wind back and forth at *_your_* speed and without needing the rest of the animation to fully cycle.
One other to add, the cutaway view mode, on guns that support it, also visibly shows gas pressure in the action (as opposed to X-ray). As a teaching aid I use the cutaway mode when discussing/demoing the whole weapon system, or when first introducing a new platform to unfamiliar learners. X-ray &/or 'tap to remove' is better when discussing individual parts or more granular aspects of the weapon's operation.
Though, I have found that quite a few of the WOG models are at bit out of dimension or the timing of the mechanism is sometimes a bit incorrect (eg:P90, MP5, etc...). But overall it's a great tool and a wonderful resource. I actually assembled my first Vz.61 Skorpion using just this program and hand-tools (in that case WOG put every build guide video to shame).
I appreciate that Larry appears like a crusty old raccoon, but has a definite flamboyance to his voice.
Uncle Larry's daily carry
The causals may try to parry
He cant be stopped
It won't be dropped
When uncle Larry
Gets real scary
Zach, I feel like you should just admit it now. That larry is your fursona
Oh god lol
imagine a ww2 era blackbeard with a bandolier of 40 liberator pistols
Unfortunately, the reproduction FP-45s that I'm aware of are being sold for $600. I want one, but I don't want one for that price, lol.
Honestly, you could've said FP stood for "freedom pistol" and I would've believed you, given the name liberator and all.
It seems like the liberator pistol would have a pretty heavy trigger pull.
By all accounts it is, and the break point is supposedly a bit mushy/unpredictable on originals.
I mean at least the gun was made for a good reason
Rate of fire is: 1
then you just throw it and say "f*ck it"
There was also a version of the Liberator that was cast instead of stamped
I would like to see subtitles for Larry. If possible.
I feel like there was in fact a second monoxide leak
is uncle larry a brass goblin?
Are you truly American if you don't EDC an M2 Browning every day
YEAAAAAA UNCLE LARRRRYYYYYYY
I thought Uncle Larry would have Obrez with nailshot ammo for EDC.
Maybe a pennyshot derringer, then again he can't be wasting his life savings like that.
No no no Unc’s EDC is a .22 cal homemade pistol
God why do i kinda want one now
Cant wait to see the new brick that's being added to the game
there's possibly 1 gun that exists that is simpler than the liberator: the richardson guerilla gun
AKA: the four winds shotgun. Literally 3 pieces of iron piping and either a BB or nail. Most popularly used by Philippino resistance fighters or turned in at "gun buyback" events.
I downloaded this game cuz of you
Mando has one
I've checked the credit and it is in fact voiced by a Japanese dude
Chu chu chu
He needs to do the L85
Pretty Sick 👌
Im lost who is larry lol
Yes SGF
i can make you a 3d printed replica of the liberator that is a 1-1 copy of the original. if you have a PO box it can be sent to would even be able to cycle 45acp dummy rounds
Based WoG gameplay
What's the deal with racoons?
Are they characters that Zack voices and plays as or is it another person just doing silly noises and playing instead?
The voices taking Zack over
I don’t like the raccoon mascots…
... why what is wrong with you
What happened to the other ones from the Control vid/playthrough? I liked them way better.
Okay