WW2 Weapons Used in Ukraine War

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[andrewhicks]

You've been a workaholic recently without any drop in quality, very welcomed and very impressive dr. Felton!

[Vin_Andrei]

As the saying goes "No weapon is ever obsolete, as long as it can kill".

[victorwaddell]

The Maxim MG was designed by American Hiram Maxim in the 1880s . That's closer in years to the US War of Independence than to the year 2022 . Astounding .

[ronrobertson]

I own an original Mosin sniper rifle manufactured in 1942 with the original PU scope matching numbers with the scope mount being force matched. It is still a very accurate rifle and is a Vietnam bring back.

[expandedhistory]

Can we all just appreciate how Dr. Felton has been nonstop with these up to date quality videos in regards to modern conflicts and past conflicts intertwined. As a College student majoring in History and as a History content creator myself, that takes a lot of work.

[Mr_M_History]

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[joshostrowski]

This video reminds me of my grandma. She was born in Germany in 1938 and grew up during WWII. She later immigrated to the US and settled down in San Diego. I really enjoyed hearing her stories from the war and over the last year we had many hours long discussions about her experiences, both of us learning many things. She passed away just a few weeks ago and it has surprised me that WWII stuff is what makes me miss her most.

[Vienna]

Mosin might be ancient but it’s incredibly lethal and from personal hunting experience with it, its an amazing Sniper Rifle

[AJ-nrcg]

I'm always fascinated by the Mosin's longevity. It was practically outdated when it first entered service, but here were are in 2022 and it's still being used lol.

[dbmail]

As Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons has pointed out more than once, only incremental improvements can be made until significant improvements are made in ammunition. Hunters in the US use replicas of flintlock and caplock rifles for hunting large game. The 7.62x54r cartridge is still being used in combat. Obsolescent does not mean obsolete.

[Tapsomebong]

I bought my M44 Mosin carbine in 2008 for $75. That thing kicks like a mule but is a great rifle. It still has the original factory markings, built in Tula Arsenal.

[dannygunsix]

During my tour in Vietnam in 1969 we Marines fired a 105mm howitzer that was dated 1943 Rock Island Armoury. It looked new and shot very accurately out to 7 miles.

[xevox]

Fun fact: recently i saw a video of ukrainian soldiers setting up a browning M2. The video description claimed the M2 originated from ww2 when it was delivered by America to the USSR as part of the land lease program. It had been taken out from an old storage facility and is now used against the russians.

[jeffblacky]

I seen old WW2 weapons when I was in Iraq, one Iraqi police officer had a old Thompson sub machine gun. I even seen a couple of M40s in 07 while I was there. Any weapon with ammo and can fire is used … you don’t need a Roman scribe to figure that out

[TheMilitantHorse]

Imagine shooting a weapon that potentially your great grandfather would've shot. The Maxim still being in service is just nuts to see.

[TSemasFl]

That's pretty cool, I wonder how many of these Soviet WWII weapons were actually used on the eastern front and now being used today? No doubt some of these guns have a story to tell, they out live their users. I was waiting to see if the German MG 42 would pop up, another timeless weapon still in use today.

[kevins]

This proves that some weapons are timeless in design and usefulness. One shining example of this is Germany's continued use of the MG-42 machine gun. All they've really done is modify it from using the 7.92x57 round to using the 7.62x51 NATO round, and redesignating it as the MG-3.

[michaelchandler]

I have an SVT-40. I took it to the range about 10 years ago. An older man watched me shoot it. I asked if he had ever shot one and he said "No but have been shot by one. In my first tour in Viet Nam,
the VC had them. By my second tour they had AKs".

[jmanj]

6:00,
The Mosin-Nagant fires a 7.62 x 54R round. The "R" is for "rimmed", as the very bottom of the case has a small rim sticking out, all the way around it.
Thanks for (yet another) interesting video!

[malcolmmarzo]

In Vietnam I had a .45 grease gun and a .30 M1 carbine. Good backups for the unreliable early M-16s. From the other side we shot at by old Russian weapons. Some of us wanted to use AK-47s. But were warned against this because the distinctive sound would attract "friendly" fire. Some nights we had to spend time figuring out who was firing overhead. Sometimes you could judge by what the tracer round colors were. Memories from the Vietnam slaughter.