Most interesting fact about the MP 18 is the MP 3000 which is a German copy of the Sten gun which is a simplified version of the Lancaster SMG which is a British copy of the German MP 28 which itself is an refined version of the MP 18!
Yeah...um...Dad here...I'm going to inflict this AWEOME "dad joke" on one of my unsuspecting boys....of course, if they didn't expect it...I have failed as a dad. This is the TRUE life balance.
I loved how Captain K used it in the movie instead of a newer SMG. The whole idea of his outfit was about showing he was loyal to Germany but not the Nazis (and implying he was gay), the deliberate use of a World War 1 weapon shows just how knowledgeable and dedicated the crew were in designing it.
uh thats not from jojo rabbit? sam rockwell plays that character. the thumbnail is a asian man from the movie assassination which is shown in this video
I've always liked the design of the MP-18. I used it a lot in BF1 and it became my main SMG in the game. The MP-18 really has such an incredible legacy with all the successor models and other weapons based on it going all the way to WW2.
Honestly never knew the MP-18 existed, only closest thing to that I knew was the Sten but I've loved the MP-18 ever since BF1. Thank you for this vid covering the MP-18 and I hope you also had a great Christmas.
The MP-18 was also used in BIGGLES the WW1 fanatasy/time travel film. Unfortunately I missed that scene when the British Pilots escape the Prussian firing squad and "UFO ' battlefield scene.
The gun was extensively used in the Spanish Civil War, both licensed (and unlicensed!) copies aswell as imports, by both sides. It was referred to as the "Naranjero" which means Orange Tree. The licensed variant was chambered for 9x23 (Spanish 9mm Largo). It saw service into the 60s with the Gendarmerie. If you see an MP-28 with a charging handle in the shape of a T rather than a slim hook, it's of spanish manufacture. If it's got a foregrip, it's usually postwar.
Rat Patrol is so epic lol. Sorry if I've mentioned it before but you need to watch Combat! If you haven't. By far the best written and acted series of the late 50s/60s tv era. Also interesting to see a somewhat rare relic of TV at the time; alternating between two leading actors. This is something pretty common in lower budget westerns but in such a character-driven show like Combat!, the differences between the two leads, naturally becomes very apparent. Rick Jason plays it very cold and professional, being a model soldier for the men. Vic Morrow's character is almost physically draining to watch as he looks so tired and sick of war but i find him more interesting when we get to see the actually kind, thoughtful man who is buried under all the weariness. Not many other series of the time did that much with the characters so it stands out as a special thing for me
Whenever I think of a story set in the 1920s or 30s with 2 factions fighting each over some artifact or expedition. The MP-18/28 I always have as the bad guy weapons while 1921/28 thompson as the good guy weapon.
Practically every country post-WW1 made or bought an MP-18 or variant in some way that plus almost every WW2 shooter has at least one MP-28 or some other variant
I remember seeing an original Mp18 with a snail drum magazine in the Australian War Memorial Canberra many years ago. (For all the foreigners Canberra is actually our Capital City not Sydney).
Fun point of interest, when talking specifically about submachine guns and machine pistols, maximum effective range is determined by at least one hit from a short burst, as opposed to single, aimed fire, which everything else does. So if you're wondering how come a pre-World war I German machine gun can make hits on man sized targets at 200m, it's not with a single bullet unless someone gets lucky, it's max range is for full auto, as many early submachine guns and machine pistols did not have the capability for single fire
@@weaston243Unlikely it was actually issued to the Canadian Mountie by the government. It was probably brought back by him or another Canadian soldier after the first world war.
The Villar Perosa was definitely not a “novelty” weapon, it was originally an aircraft weapon designed to be mounted on the scarf mount around the navigator’s cockpit on early aircraft. It was a double weapon because even biplanes were passing each other so fast it was necessary to dump as many rounds as possible at the other plane. It was later experimented with as a light machine gun but proved to be awkward in in that roll, leading to the man carried single guns based on it’s design. The Lanchester’s brass front receiver assembly had nothing to do with corrosion resistance. How do you imagine that working when the rest of the gun was steel? It was brass because that was easier to cast for a part that wasn’t pressure or stress bearing, brass was also cheaper & more available at the time as was the casting process. The Lanchester wan’t made for the Royal Navy specifically, it was originally intended for all armed services. Also FYI, on later guns it was changed to steel as that became more available & production became less urgent. This is why you shouldn’t make gun videos if you don’t know what you’re talking about, @Jonny Johnson
The Lanchester was a blatant copy as you say. The Royal Navy loved them a bought a load when they realised the pongoes weren’t going to design a newer gun. As the navy didn’t need so many they were ok with the expensive gun and the fact it was difficult to produce. Lanchesters ended up with navigator/telegraphists in the back of FAA Fulmars. They had a fierce bayonet attachment but bear in mind the navy still issues its boarding parties with cutlasses at this time. My mad theory is this. With no “machine-carbine” and war looming - and the lanchester deemed too expensive and too difficult to mass produce - the Army held a competition to select the best SMG to buy. They narrowed it down (quite correctly) to the Suomi and the Beretta. They decided against the Beretta ‘cos ‘Fascists’ so ordered 25,000 from the Finns who were delighted as they mainly swapped them for Boys AT rifles and Hurricanes among other stuff. However, just as us Brits were about to take the order Uncle Joe turned up and the Finns said “sorry, gotta keep these, ‘fraid!” Fair enough, mind. OK, so here’s the mad bit. The Finns went on to have a lot of SMGs available to their troops because of this and this turned out to be effective. The Russians noticed this and did the same. The Germans noticed this and did the same only they got clever and made the round bigger to do a dual job. Hence assault rifles were born. What do you think?
Can say looking good JJ and also the design will help many other SMG's years later like the MAC-10 and MP-5 which who knows could look into doing a video about as well. Among other ideas like the MIG Jets of Korea and Vietnam, MANPAD's most famous the Stinger and SA-7, MI-24 Hind helicopters, RPG-7, M-14 rifles, AK-47 and it's variants, DSHK Machine guns and M2 Browning can also be good candidates on this channel in the future could also throw in the infamous VC booby traps like the punji pits of the Vietnam War among other traps since there really was a lot of them in that conflict both primitive and modern and also could look into S-Mines as well.
The MP18 deserves a lot more attention. For being the first mass-produced SMG to see combat, it’s impressive how well it performed, even if it wasn’t perfect. It also just looks cool asf.
IIRC, the RN version of the Lanchester or perhaps all of them had a lot of brass fittings, presumably to avoid corrosion, or to give bored sailors something to polish so they don't get into trouble.
Would’ve been interesting if, when discussing the Villar Perosa, you had used the clip of one from The Sicilian. Although that prop was fabricated from 2 regular SMGs, with a wooden front grip from a Bren gun.
you forgot to mention the mp34. the mp34 was an update to the mp 28 and using half of the the metal for the receiver and making it hinged open for ease of cleaning and manufacturing . sorta like the ppsh 41 just a short 7 years prior.
So Johnny, when can talk about the Sling? It's a fame Ancient Weapon that uses rope to throw rocks (& sometimes lead) tgat are deadlier & outranges the Bow & Arrow (until Composite), if wielded by an amateur, getting hit by it would felt like being pelted but wielded by those grew up in Balearic Islands can pierce like a bullet. It's still used today by protesters such as in W. Bank
Given that several of the films shown aren't American the answer is no. For example Assassination is a 2015 South Korean film that was partially filmed in China. The Keep was a Hollywood film, but was filmed mainly in Wales and on a soundstage in England.
@@inversion66 Oh no, not every single one, but there are armories in Hollywood that rent/provide firearms, so for the American ones I wonder if it might be the same gun from the same armory.
I have a unfortunately (till I have the licensing to fix that) deactivated/demilled MP18,I and a couple of additional things is despite the magazines size its not all that obscuring for a sight picture, whats really a hinderance is the weight, pulling the thing down drastically to one side, especially with a loaded drum. Granted im no where near the average height or build for the time but the mp18 really doesnt have any good way to hold it, by the magwell and your craning your hand terribly, by the grasping groove on the stock and its awkward with the magazines weight compounding it, and by the shroud theres just no good way to reload/swap magazines quickly. I love the mp18 to death but it really is an awkward thing to hold. Additionally as a random factoid, it was originally designed to take 20 round box magazines dubbed the "shmeisser system" at the time, which German ordinance denied, forcing Hugo to redesign certain aspects for the luger trommel mag since it was already in production last thing, in peak German fashion they designed the simplest functional mechanism for a gun and paired it with a magazine so complicated that literally winds like a clock, outstanding
The Keep, a 1983 horror film by Michael Mann, based on the book of the same name by F. Paul Wilson. German troops in Romania in 1941 accidentally unleash a force of evil in an ancient castle, and a champion soon arrives to battle it.
I thought that bad sci-fi movie at the beginning was at least period correct with small arms and realistic with the results on a dinosaur. Hate when movies act like a bullet wouldn't work on something big
Yeah ... all these gun designers that have the magazine sticking out the side. I guess (???) they did that so the mag wouldn't be in the dirt for someone firing it prone. .
This channel often makes me think "I must watch that Film" when I see the name top-left in the clips. Thank you so much for making me avoid watching 'New Kids Turbo' . . .
For a brief period the Alberta Provincial Police were the best armed police in Canada. This is somewhat justified in the fact that the APP was involved in a number of large and deadly shootouts with American and interprovincial bootlegging gangsters, especially along the Crowsnest Pass on the south west border with British Colombia and Montana.
Cheers Johnny. Isn't WW1 era firearm development fascinating? WW2 saw the maturation of some ideas originating here but WW1 era has some truly freakish ideas on offer. But don't let the video games fool you. Not everyone was running around with hellreigels!
I watched Assassination on Tubi a couple of weeks ago and it was a bit of a surprise to see it. But China was a big market for guns between the world wars, so a Korean hitman having one isn't that unlikely. SIG made versions were imported into China, and as was often the case Chinese arms factories made copies, just like they made copies of guns like the Mauser C96 pistol and Thompson submachine gun.
the US Army had something worse in the Great War's trenches than the MP18 - the Winchester M1897 shotgun. The Germans complained about this "barbaric weapon" & said they would start executing US POWs if we didn't cease using shotguns. The US ambassador in Switzerland sent a letter to the German ambassador to forward to the German High Command "let's not hear anymore about this... we have a lot more German POWs, and regarding barbaric weapons, didn't you invent the flamethrower & poison gas?"
As cool as that story is, it's mostly myth. The trench guns barely saw frontline use in France and had all sorts of issues with the 12 Gauge cartridges of the time. They were made of paper and tended to swell or become useless when damp. While it's true the Germans did make a complaint, the trench gun was mostly used to guard POWs and was not the famous "trench sweeper" people often talk about.
Most interesting fact about the MP 18 is the MP 3000 which is a German copy of the Sten gun which is a simplified version of the Lancaster SMG which is a British copy of the German MP 28 which itself is an refined version of the MP 18!
Was just thinking about this yesterday
Ah, we had went full circle
Meanwhile, no one likes a smart ass
I disagree.
Smartasses are great!
@@stevenpeiper5538 give me a smart person instead of yet another proud to be ignorant dumbass any day
“…none the Schmeisser” the weapon-related pun that I didn’t know I needed. Until now! Merry New Year! 🎉👀😁
Yeah...um...Dad here...I'm going to inflict this AWEOME "dad joke" on one of my unsuspecting boys....of course, if they didn't expect it...I have failed as a dad. This is the TRUE life balance.
I always look forward to the pun. It's a thing.
I love that you used Captain Klenzendorf for the thumbnail, Jojo rabbit is such a great movie lol.
Never seen it but the cinematography stands out to me when i see clips of it!
CAPTAIN K, WOOOOO!
I loved how Captain K used it in the movie instead of a newer SMG. The whole idea of his outfit was about showing he was loyal to Germany but not the Nazis (and implying he was gay), the deliberate use of a World War 1 weapon shows just how knowledgeable and dedicated the crew were in designing it.
uh thats not from jojo rabbit? sam rockwell plays that character. the thumbnail is a asian man from the movie assassination which is shown in this video
@gavinedgerton5880 ??
I usually have a dad joke but this time I've come up MP with any sarcasm.
You’re my favorite commenter on this channel. Keep it up
@ExtantPerson thank you I do what I can.
I don't get it.
@@Local_Entertainer-g2y MP sounds like empty
I've always liked the design of the MP-18. I used it a lot in BF1 and it became my main SMG in the game. The MP-18 really has such an incredible legacy with all the successor models and other weapons based on it going all the way to WW2.
Wow Johnny that Mountie with an MP18 must have been a rare find to make.
It's great to come upon photos like this
Not a mountie, Johnny explicitly and correctly stated that the officer in that photo was a part of the Alberta Provincial Police.
@MaxwellAerialPhotography appreciate the accuracy
Honestly never knew the MP-18 existed, only closest thing to that I knew was the Sten but I've loved the MP-18 ever since BF1. Thank you for this vid covering the MP-18 and I hope you also had a great Christmas.
It also served in Indonesia during the National Revolution and by the Korean Liberation Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War
Yeah, there were some very early pics from WW2, mostly internal security troops, but photos were rare.
First side clip SMG
I love the fact that you included the sig 1920 in that presentation! It’s a beautiful gun!
Opening with a Doug McClure moive, excellent choice. That was a good episode of MST3K
3:30 wow, nice shout out to Alberta. I never even new Canadian cops ever had those.
That was a cold hearted pun at the end, you sure you wouldn't rather be called the Ice-Bergmann?
It’s interesting to see that the MP-18 and the German Stormtroopers are getting some recognition as they are a interesting topic in my opinion of ww1
The MP-18 was also used in BIGGLES the WW1 fanatasy/time travel film. Unfortunately I missed that scene when the British Pilots escape the Prussian firing squad and "UFO ' battlefield scene.
Next week's episode " Biggeles Flys undone "
I think the makers used a Citroen Kegresse halftrack from Raiders of the lost Ark in it also.
I was getting scared there wasn’t gonna be any BF1 footage but thankfully there is.
*”FUR DEN KAISER!”*
The gun was extensively used in the Spanish Civil War, both licensed (and unlicensed!) copies aswell as imports, by both sides. It was referred to as the "Naranjero" which means Orange Tree.
The licensed variant was chambered for 9x23 (Spanish 9mm Largo). It saw service into the 60s with the Gendarmerie.
If you see an MP-28 with a charging handle in the shape of a T rather than a slim hook, it's of spanish manufacture. If it's got a foregrip, it's usually postwar.
FINALLY THE MP18!!!!! If you can't tell it's my favorite gun
Rat Patrol is so epic lol.
Sorry if I've mentioned it before but you need to watch Combat! If you haven't. By far the best written and acted series of the late 50s/60s tv era.
Also interesting to see a somewhat rare relic of TV at the time; alternating between two leading actors. This is something pretty common in lower budget westerns but in such a character-driven show like Combat!, the differences between the two leads, naturally becomes very apparent.
Rick Jason plays it very cold and professional, being a model soldier for the men. Vic Morrow's character is almost physically draining to watch as he looks so tired and sick of war but i find him more interesting when we get to see the actually kind, thoughtful man who is buried under all the weariness.
Not many other series of the time did that much with the characters so it stands out as a special thing for me
Whenever I think of a story set in the 1920s or 30s with 2 factions fighting each over some artifact or expedition. The MP-18/28 I always have as the bad guy weapons while 1921/28 thompson as the good guy weapon.
If it's Chicago gangsters versus Canadian police hunting some first nation artifact, you could get the reverse situation!
Practically every country post-WW1 made or bought an MP-18 or variant in some way
that plus almost every WW2 shooter has at least one MP-28 or some other variant
Seeing Doug McLure in action made me so happy. I am that generation.
Love your selection of movies ;)
Great video again Johnny!
I remember seeing an original Mp18 with a snail drum magazine in the Australian War Memorial Canberra many years ago. (For all the foreigners Canberra is actually our Capital City not Sydney).
I really love these old school early sub machine guns.
Thanks for listing the movie clips!
Fun point of interest, when talking specifically about submachine guns and machine pistols, maximum effective range is determined by at least one hit from a short burst, as opposed to single, aimed fire, which everything else does. So if you're wondering how come a pre-World war I German machine gun can make hits on man sized targets at 200m, it's not with a single bullet unless someone gets lucky, it's max range is for full auto, as many early submachine guns and machine pistols did not have the capability for single fire
This guys channel is amazing
I briefly had a British Lanchester with a 50 round magazine. It was a heavy solid beast that was very stable when shooting.
The sheer variety of the MP-18 and its cousins between WW1 and WW2 sure goes way over the Berg, Mann.
For some reason I really love the asthetics of the MP18 and MP28 so much that I had to buy an airsoft replica of it.
Wild to see a Canadian mountie with one!
You’d be surprised to know how many countries this weapon served in
@larryalvares1369 I just don't think of Canadian Police force when thinking about adopters of the first successful submachine gun!
@@weaston243 Maybe a response to US Prohibition gangster cross-border activity?
@@weaston243Unlikely it was actually issued to the Canadian Mountie by the government. It was probably brought back by him or another Canadian soldier after the first world war.
Never miss your videos. They are so entertaining and informative
Very odd that this video pops up as i get a email saying the book i ordered, which has a chapter on this said the store run out of the book.
Coincidence....
🤣 That pun was golden johnny. Keep up the wonderful work, and thanks for another great video.
Also in the armory of Troy McClure.
Hugo Schmeisser just casually invents two entirely new weapon types that are still in use today
The Villar Perosa was definitely not a “novelty” weapon, it was originally an aircraft weapon designed to be mounted on the scarf mount around the navigator’s cockpit on early aircraft. It was a double weapon because even biplanes were passing each other so fast it was necessary to dump as many rounds as possible at the other plane. It was later experimented with as a light machine gun but proved to be awkward in in that roll, leading to the man carried single guns based on it’s design.
The Lanchester’s brass front receiver assembly had nothing to do with corrosion resistance. How do you imagine that working when the rest of the gun was steel? It was brass because that was easier to cast for a part that wasn’t pressure or stress bearing, brass was also cheaper & more available at the time as was the casting process. The Lanchester wan’t made for the Royal Navy specifically, it was originally intended for all armed services. Also FYI, on later guns it was changed to steel as that became more available & production became less urgent.
This is why you shouldn’t make gun videos if you don’t know what you’re talking about, @Jonny Johnson
I'll be watching The Keep tonight. None the scm.. I had something to say but that took it away. Thanks, Johnny, catch ya for another one.
Remember about the Tsing Tao ? It's based on SIG M1920 which the mags are upside down. The short is, it's MP 18 with upside down magazine.
Is the Algemeine SS soldier in "the Keep" movie Rick Mayal back in 1983 ??! I think the keep is a great horror movie missing 60 minutes or so....!!
Rik Mayal was an extra in "Eye of the Needle ""
The Lanchester was a blatant copy as you say. The Royal Navy loved them a bought a load when they realised the pongoes weren’t going to design a newer gun. As the navy didn’t need so many they were ok with the expensive gun and the fact it was difficult to produce. Lanchesters ended up with navigator/telegraphists in the back of FAA Fulmars. They had a fierce bayonet attachment but bear in mind the navy still issues its boarding parties with cutlasses at this time.
My mad theory is this. With no “machine-carbine” and war looming - and the lanchester deemed too expensive and too difficult to mass produce - the Army held a competition to select the best SMG to buy. They narrowed it down (quite correctly) to the Suomi and the Beretta. They decided against the Beretta ‘cos ‘Fascists’ so ordered 25,000 from the Finns who were delighted as they mainly swapped them for Boys AT rifles and Hurricanes among other stuff. However, just as us Brits were about to take the order Uncle Joe turned up and the Finns said “sorry, gotta keep these, ‘fraid!” Fair enough, mind. OK, so here’s the mad bit. The Finns went on to have a lot of SMGs available to their troops because of this and this turned out to be effective. The Russians noticed this and did the same. The Germans noticed this and did the same only they got clever and made the round bigger to do a dual job. Hence assault rifles were born. What do you think?
Can say looking good JJ and also the design will help many other SMG's years later like the MAC-10 and MP-5 which who knows could look into doing a video about as well. Among other ideas like the MIG Jets of Korea and Vietnam, MANPAD's most famous the Stinger and SA-7, MI-24 Hind helicopters, RPG-7, M-14 rifles, AK-47 and it's variants, DSHK Machine guns and M2 Browning can also be good candidates on this channel in the future could also throw in the infamous VC booby traps like the punji pits of the Vietnam War among other traps since there really was a lot of them in that conflict both primitive and modern and also could look into S-Mines as well.
The MP18 deserves a lot more attention. For being the first mass-produced SMG to see combat, it’s impressive how well it performed, even if it wasn’t perfect. It also just looks cool asf.
I have BF1 to thank for introducing me to this weapon.
Maybe the real friends were the MP-18s we made along the way
Neat that the MP18 ended up in the hands of the APP back in the day. If only they could talk...
IIRC, the RN version of the Lanchester or perhaps all of them had a lot of brass fittings, presumably to avoid corrosion, or to give bored sailors something to polish so they don't get into trouble.
you make the best videos!
Would’ve been interesting if, when discussing the Villar Perosa, you had used the clip of one from The Sicilian. Although that prop was fabricated from 2 regular SMGs, with a wooden front grip from a Bren gun.
This SMG was also in the movie The Good, The Bad, and the Weird.
4:02 the guy shooting at Indy doesn’t just run out of ammo his gun seems to dismantle itself witch is odd
Every once in a while I'll learn of a new to me movie from your videos.
Moviehead are you? Good
MP-28's were also used, anachronistically, in the WWI scenes in Biggles: Adventures in Time. Though it's a time travel film so no biggy.
Video on the Skorpion and FN P90 would be cool. Also known as the Klobb and RCP90 from Goldeneye N64.
Well done sir.
you forgot to mention the mp34. the mp34 was an update to the mp 28 and using half of the the metal for the receiver and making it hinged open for ease of cleaning and manufacturing . sorta like the ppsh 41 just a short 7 years prior.
So Johnny, when can talk about the Sling?
It's a fame Ancient Weapon that uses rope to throw rocks (& sometimes lead) tgat are deadlier & outranges the Bow & Arrow (until Composite), if wielded by an amateur, getting hit by it would felt like being pelted but wielded by those grew up in Balearic Islands can pierce like a bullet.
It's still used today by protesters such as in W. Bank
Watching Johnny's various Hollywood clips of such a rare weapon, I am again left wondering - is it the SAME exact subgun in each film?
Given that several of the films shown aren't American the answer is no. For example Assassination is a 2015 South Korean film that was partially filmed in China. The Keep was a Hollywood film, but was filmed mainly in Wales and on a soundstage in England.
@@inversion66 Oh no, not every single one, but there are armories in Hollywood that rent/provide firearms, so for the American ones I wonder if it might be the same gun from the same armory.
There's a great scene in the Victors of a free French soldier using one.
Excellent video
2:20 the keep is an underrated but crazy film … in my mind at least 😊
Cheers!
That scene from the land that time forgot gave me friggin nightmares as a 10 year old...
none the Schmeisser might be my favorite one yet!
Can you make a video on the Villar perosa and the Beretta Revelli?
great video
Dammit, can't remember if the grandma's SMG in Hot Fuzz is a MP28 or a Lanchester... Must rewatch it to confirm 🤔
Could you also pls do a video about the panzer 2 pls?
Zonnuh Grote vuurbal Jonguh!! 💥 BAM! 🔥🔥😆👍
I have a unfortunately (till I have the licensing to fix that) deactivated/demilled MP18,I and a couple of additional things is despite the magazines size its not all that obscuring for a sight picture, whats really a hinderance is the weight, pulling the thing down drastically to one side, especially with a loaded drum. Granted im no where near the average height or build for the time but the mp18 really doesnt have any good way to hold it, by the magwell and your craning your hand terribly, by the grasping groove on the stock and its awkward with the magazines weight compounding it, and by the shroud theres just no good way to reload/swap magazines quickly. I love the mp18 to death but it really is an awkward thing to hold. Additionally as a random factoid, it was originally designed to take 20 round box magazines dubbed the "shmeisser system" at the time, which German ordinance denied, forcing Hugo to redesign certain aspects for the luger trommel mag since it was already in production
last thing, in peak German fashion they designed the simplest functional mechanism for a gun and paired it with a magazine so complicated that literally winds like a clock, outstanding
Hell yeah ❤
Always figured that guy in the last crusade had a sten
03:30 Uh, no? He's not holding it correctly, as you described. He should be holding it by those horizontal grooves in the stock
Well close enough to not damage the weapon
What movie is it where the guy has green/ blue blood?
The Keep, a 1983 horror film by Michael Mann, based on the book of the same name by F. Paul Wilson. German troops in Romania in 1941 accidentally unleash a force of evil in an ancient castle, and a champion soon arrives to battle it.
Heeeerrreeesssss Johnny! Great video as always I’m assuming.
Was indeed a great video as always.
I thought that bad sci-fi movie at the beginning was at least period correct with small arms and realistic with the results on a dinosaur. Hate when movies act like a bullet wouldn't work on something big
Yeah ... all these gun designers that have the magazine sticking out the side. I guess (???) they did that so the mag wouldn't be in the dirt for someone firing it prone.
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take a look towards the suomi-submachinegun
Good ,comprehensive account.
just like the airplane the SMG started out as awkward and funky
I find it funny that the name was Schmeisser... (it translates to thrower)
This channel often makes me think "I must watch that Film" when I see the name top-left in the clips.
Thank you so much for making me avoid watching 'New Kids Turbo' . . .
Yes, that was a good weapon. I heard that the Sten was a rip off of that weapon.
For a brief period the Alberta Provincial Police were the best armed police in Canada. This is somewhat justified in the fact that the APP was involved in a number of large and deadly shootouts with American and interprovincial bootlegging gangsters, especially along the Crowsnest Pass on the south west border with British Colombia and Montana.
Would love a arisaka or bambu rifle Video:D
*nambu
The Best Hip Firing SMG ever on BF1
Sounds like a potential New Vegas mod. (If you’ve ever been to Nexus)
Cheers Johnny. Isn't WW1 era firearm development fascinating? WW2 saw the maturation of some ideas originating here but WW1 era has some truly freakish ideas on offer. But don't let the video games fool you. Not everyone was running around with hellreigels!
Barrel shrouds are illegal in California because they look too assaulty.
Have a happy New Year Johnny
Fast firing gun with snail mag? How?
Always happy to see new kids XDDD
At last! A monster that isn't bullet-proof.
Good Video by the Way ;)
HEUJ, Das dn mp18 jongeuh!
Wooden stocked submachine guns are very sexy.
None the Schmeiser lol........Thank you JJ my friend..........
Old nasty F-4 Shoe🇺🇸
didn't expected korean movie would be referenced for mp28 lol
I watched Assassination on Tubi a couple of weeks ago and it was a bit of a surprise to see it. But China was a big market for guns between the world wars, so a Korean hitman having one isn't that unlikely. SIG made versions were imported into China, and as was often the case Chinese arms factories made copies, just like they made copies of guns like the Mauser C96 pistol and Thompson submachine gun.
For the most authentic German accent pronounce the first m part in machinepistole as "mock" or "mach"
new kids jongeuh!!!
the US Army had something worse in the Great War's trenches than the MP18 - the Winchester M1897 shotgun. The Germans complained about this "barbaric weapon" & said they would start executing US POWs if we didn't cease using shotguns. The US ambassador in Switzerland sent a letter to the German ambassador to forward to the German High Command "let's not hear anymore about this... we have a lot more German POWs, and regarding barbaric weapons, didn't you invent the flamethrower & poison gas?"
Ash from Evil Dead: Listen up you Germans. This is my War Crime Stick.
As cool as that story is, it's mostly myth. The trench guns barely saw frontline use in France and had all sorts of issues with the 12 Gauge cartridges of the time. They were made of paper and tended to swell or become useless when damp. While it's true the Germans did make a complaint, the trench gun was mostly used to guard POWs and was not the famous "trench sweeper" people often talk about.