RARE guns of WWII - including PROTOTYPES!

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You don't see this everyday. We toured the Palmetto State Armory facilities and were shown some of the most amazing guns of WWII. Some of the guns shown were so rare only 3 are believed to exist. We take you along in this series of really interesting and rare firearms in this series. More to come!

#WWII #prototype #rare

[Militaryarmschannel]

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[johndeboyace]

Not all soldiers had a chance to get Lugers or Walthers, my father brought back a couple helmets and Mauser 98. Soldiers gambled and won and lost souvenirs. My uncle brought back two 1911s he secreted in boots. We found some dilapidated Thompsons in the M48 tanks we received in Vietnam.

[gregkerr]

My Dad legally sent back 27 pistols he acquired from German soldiers or civilians that surrendered to his platoon. He arrived back in the States in mid July and went into a military hospital near his hometown. He kept expecting the crate to show up and it didn't. Inquiries to the Army showed it arrived at a depot in Indian Gap Pennsylvania and disappeared after that. What a shame that someone...probably a Stateside soldier...purloined those pistols, when my Dad acquired them honsetly in combat.

[brettdowden]

My stepfather brought a Reising model 55 home from WWII. It was a very interesting piece and I grew up with it in the house. He passed away when I was eleven years old and later on, my mother's new husband turned it in to the Sanford Police Department in Florida because he hated guns. I would love to see it again, but I suspect it's long, long gone as I'm nearing sixty. Thanks for letting me see my old friend one more time, even if it's not the same one. I look forward to visiting your museum and own several of your current production rifles. Regards, Brett .

[Ivanovitch]

You can tell MAC is loving every second of this interview. I don't think I've ever seen him talk so fast. Can't say I blame him. And It's truly amazing to see such a well documented and curated collection of historic firearms.

[sgtdarkness]

Great collection!! A military friend in Vietnam would disassemble any weapon he wanted to have when he got home. He mailed each piece of the disassembled gun back to the states and when he finally got home he reassembled them all and had a nice collection, some legal and some not so legal. Enjoyed your video!!!

[TheBiggestIron]

Reason for the Rising's lower capacity mags was those two ribs reduced bearing surface, by nature friction on the cartridges and made them feed far better. Also they give sand an area to play. You see this in sten mags with the brass rod conversions and even beretta as a modern example with the less intrusive m9a1 magazine rib.

[timbow]

I know an old veteran of the South Pacific theater who had brought home a 7 piece collection of Japanese officers knives and swords. Those things were awesome. Craftsmanship beyond compare. He died several years ago and I have no idea where those ended up. I pray the family has taken care of them as they are super rare.

[HunterValleyDan]

G'day from Australia! Terrific video fellas! Absolutely fascinating to watch. I think the only SMG that Australia produced during WWII, was the Owen Gun for jungle warfare in Borneo and New Guinea. I had no idea that so many different weapons were developed, or at least prototyped by the US/Allies and Axis. Remarkable. The fact that you have paperwork that also provides insight into the history of the item and the soldier is amazing.

[coveredoutdoors]

This is awesome! I inherited a revolver my grandad brought back from WW2 with bring back papers. Now that he’s gone I’m really glad he kept the papers. It tells such a good story!

[coal_tactical]

you can see the passion when he talks, good man!

[MysticTheDarkElf]

So the mention of reliability for the Reising was one of the reasons why they went with the 12 round single-stack magazines versus the original full capacity ones.
Being double-stack but single-feed affected the reliability, along with them not being super sturdy.
The simple fix was to add reinforcing ribs to the inside of the magazines, which in turn limited capacity, but it did help with some of the issues the gun had with malfunctions.

[ricjaredpalandiano]

I've seen that funky looking SMG (Model 50) when I watched the Pacific from HBO. So glad I get to see it's full form.

[jakobnomlosiii]

Aberdeen Proving Ground, I was a dependant child there in 1979 to 1982. Being a Kid me and my friends would get in trouble for crawling under the historical WW1 and WW2 tanks and going inside and move the turrets around by hand crank, HA HA HA. The MP's had fits over this. Sadly, I was there a few years back and there is almost nothing left. All closed up and most of the tanks are gone.

[LeSkateWA]

This is amazing, id love to see this in person

[tombats]

I have an Arisaka type 99 and the paperwork. Captured during the island fighting in the Pacific. Obviously the chrysanthemum is intact. I am missing the dust cover, but I have heard that most soldiers threw it away to eliminate the clanking noise from it. The right side of the front sight is broken on one end, when it dropped from the tree, after it's owner was shot, by our guys. The sight is still connected on the other end. I will not be replacing it.

[robertad]

I took the family to surfside and we spent a week down there in SC … we loved it so much that we will be going down every year or at least thats the plan … myrtle beach area was just awesome, if this museum opens i will definitely go visit it next time i’m down there

[mongo]

My Grandfather brought back an Arisaka Type 38 Carbine in 6.5 JAP. It’s awesome and lives in the safe with the book he wrote about his life and service in WW2.

[boharris]

Just hearing guys like that run PSA makes me proud to be a customer. That some of the profits made on my purchases went to immortalize these solders.

[mohammedcohen]

...the M3A1 was our personal weapon for armored vehicle crewmen in Germany (Nov 71 - Jul 74)...