Rare Guns you've never heard of

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Show Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)

[Tyu-bi]

Who wouldn't know the Hellriegel M1915, the standard issue firearm for both Allied and Central powers in WW1, made in millions.

[KnightSlasher]

Simple history has been really appealing to us gamers lately even including featuring the mystery box in the thumbnail, can't wait to see the real life version of the ray gun

[smtoonturkce]

*In an alternate timeline, the Hellriegel was a standard issue weapon.*

[stevencolor]

Some of these are well known.

The Type 100 is a requirement for any ww2 shooter taking place in the pacific and is the go to smg option for japanese factions like how the Thompson is the default american smg in said games or the mp 40 for the German faction.

The fg42 is the gun given to elite German units in video games taking place on the western front of ww2, usually in later missions as a way to convey fighting elite units and making the game harder.


The kolibri and hellrigel were made well known by BF1, the kolibri as a meme weapon and the hellrigel as being a very power weapon in the assault class, the federav automant also getting some noterity from that game but also the game hunt showdown where it is a unpredictable terror.

[believeinmatter]

Weapons of WW2 are particularly interesting to learn about, just by the sheer advances in technology in such a short time

[n.a.]

It's not just the use of plastic and metal construction, the M60 is essentially an upgraded belt-fed FG42. For reference look for the US made T44 machine gun prototype.

[Moc_Builder]

At 16:00 the Volkssturmgewehr is translated as Peoples(Volk) Assaultrifle(Sturmgewehr). While this is correct in grammar, it’s name actually came from the Volkssturm(the Homeguard) Gewehr(Rifle). Meaning it’s the Rifle of the Homeguard, not an Assaultrifle. It’s a bit confusing since the Homeguard is named Volkssturm.

Edit: Timestamp correction

[janwettstein]

I learned from video games:

Japanese soldiers were mostly issued Type 100s and didn't fire a single shot, but did a bayonet charge against everything because the health regeneration is too fast for those puny bullets.

And WaW was one of the better Call of Dutys...

[spencermeredith]

I think the most distinctive thing about the MAS-38 is its stock/recoil system. Rather than an inline path of travel for the bolt the '38's bolt reciprocates at an angle to the bore axis. The extra force required to push the bolt at an angle acts as a slight delay to lower the rate of fire and allows it to use a slightly lighter bolt than would be required from a more conventional action in the same cartridge.

It's a really interesting SMG from the design perspective. Easily in the top 5 most unique SMGs of its era.

[woobharb]

“Nobody has ever heard of the Hellreigel”

Unless if you’re a Battlefield 1 player

[muddbear]

This was SUCH a fantastic video. Forgotten Weapons might be my favorite channel and this is a top notch compliment to that content

[squirrele.]

Remember when Simple History uploaded content that weren't just compilations of their other videos?

[ApacheBruv]

The Austrian inventor: "You know what? I'm done with these pocket watches, I'm inventing a pocket pistol!"

[mrjockt]

The use of the De Lisle didn’t end with the end of W.W.II, the weapon went on to be used in both the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency, there’s also rumours that the British SAS made use of the weapon in the early days of the troubles in Northern Ireland.
Here’s another nobody has ever heard of even though it was officially adopted by the U.S. military, the Hyde-Inland SMG which was officially designated as the M2 SMG and was supposed to replace the M1 Thompson, only around 400 were ever produced, the contract was cancelled when the M3, an even cheaper design, came along.

[charlessalmond]

Never heard of? Let me introduce you to gun Jesus at "Forgotten Weapons "

[jdestrodegr]

I've seen a lot of these in games. They're so unique and fun to play around with

[TreeBarkSide]

You guys should do a video on the M30 Luftwaffe Drilling. It has a very interesting history.

[anatolianshepard]

Very interesting and informative video. Loved the touch with the C.o.D zombies mystery box in the thumbnail. ;)

[smorrow]

5:30 The operating system went into the M60, too. Unique operating system, solves at least two of the Luftwaffe design requirements in one fell swoop, all while being about the only German gun that's actually simple. Louis Stange was a genius.

[UN-RANDOM-OLOR-A-QLO]

Just putting together fragments of two videos from 2 years ago, you are a genius