FN Model 30: The First Belgian BAR

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FN played a role in the production of Polish wz.28 BARs, and in the process obtained a copy of the technical package for the weapon, and converted it to metric measurements. Under the supervision of Dieudonne Saive, this was used as the basis for FN's own BAR production, called the Modelé 30. Production was done with a license from Colt, who owned the rights to Browning's patents on the BAR.
The Model 30 was basically a Colt R75 (Model 1925), but incorporated a few improvements. Most significantly, the male and female parts of the gas system were swapped, which prevented carbon from building up and eventually jamming the gas piston. In addition, the bolt removal latch was improved form he US pattern, and the Polish wz.28 style rear sight was used. Lastly, a rate-reduction mechanism oil the fire control group gave the gun "slow" and "fast" settings, of roughly 350rpm and 600 rpm instead of the traditional semi and full auto settings.
Production began in 7.65mm, and the Belgian Army adopted the weapon, taking deliveries form 1930 until occupation in 1940. The Model 30 was also made in 8mm Mauser, and exported to China and Ethiopia. The design was fairly quickly supplanted in 1932 by the FN Modelé D, which added a quick-change barrel mechanism to the design, and this pattern sold more widely.
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  • @bami2
    @bami27 ай бұрын

    Belgian Assault Rifle

  • @WARHOUND1986

    @WARHOUND1986

    7 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @dashingdave2665

    @dashingdave2665

    7 ай бұрын

    Oh, now we know it's really Belgian Armalite Rifle 😊

  • @skeven0

    @skeven0

    7 ай бұрын

    the A in BAR stands for Automatic btw@@dashingdave2665

  • @dembro27

    @dembro27

    7 ай бұрын

    Belgian Belgian Assault Rifle Assault Rifle.

  • @Kremit_the_Forg

    @Kremit_the_Forg

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@dembro27 Ngl gun's kinda sus... Doesnt read BELGIQUE BELGIQUE BELGIQUE anywhere.. propably a fake.

  • @wesleymiles8756
    @wesleymiles87567 ай бұрын

    The US’ refusal to adopt a rifle with a pistol grip until well into vietnam is baffling to me.

  • @WALTERBROADDUS

    @WALTERBROADDUS

    7 ай бұрын

    Try 500 years of firearms stock design....

  • @alm5992

    @alm5992

    7 ай бұрын

    Rifles without grips look a lot more aesthetically pleasing, but I doubt that is the reason lol!

  • @hailexiao2770

    @hailexiao2770

    7 ай бұрын

    Fudds: holding back US firearms procurement since 1889.

  • @User_Un_Friendly

    @User_Un_Friendly

    7 ай бұрын

    @@alm5992 You'd be surprised...

  • @Joe45-91

    @Joe45-91

    7 ай бұрын

    The whole M14 project has a lot problems besides no pistol grip. As far as the BAR, I think the mag release is more a significant upgrade than the pistol grip. Just a personal opinion

  • @HasturT
    @HasturT7 ай бұрын

    I would love to see Ian going through all the Swedish versions of the BAR. They even made one that was belt-fed.

  • @JosephShemelewski

    @JosephShemelewski

    7 ай бұрын

    That sounds awesome I never knew that

  • @HasturT

    @HasturT

    7 ай бұрын

    Kulsprutegevär m/1937 Bandmatat. 6.5x55@@JosephShemelewski

  • @JosephShemelewski

    @JosephShemelewski

    7 ай бұрын

    @@HasturT Cool thanks

  • @hailexiao2770

    @hailexiao2770

    7 ай бұрын

    Ah, the missing link between the BAR and MAG!

  • @JosephShemelewski

    @JosephShemelewski

    7 ай бұрын

    @@hailexiao2770 It looks nuts based on the pictures I've seen lol I can see why it was never officially adopted

  • @USAACbrat
    @USAACbrat7 ай бұрын

    The addition of a pistol grip really changes to operation of the BAR.

  • @gooondie
    @gooondie7 ай бұрын

    I’ll never tire of BAR variant content. What a fantastic video to wake up to, thanks my guy

  • @SA-xf1eb

    @SA-xf1eb

    7 ай бұрын

    I agree.

  • @Melody_Raventress

    @Melody_Raventress

    6 ай бұрын

    BAR is BEST.

  • @csipawpaw7921
    @csipawpaw79217 ай бұрын

    After watching you disassemble the B.A.R. and talk about how the U.S. version was harder. I have greater respect for my father. He carried a B.A.R. during world War two in France. He never mentioned how hard it was to maintain.

  • @jonmeray713

    @jonmeray713

    7 ай бұрын

    Im sure if its all you know then its not an issue. We have it easy being able to look at all the designs years after the fact

  • @Zach_Hazard
    @Zach_Hazard7 ай бұрын

    It’s really interesting to me how similar to the mag-58 or m240 series the bolt, gas plug and piston are. At a glance you could be forgiven for thinking they came from a 240. It’s neat that FN looked at those designs and went “if it ain’t broke…”

  • @calvingreene90

    @calvingreene90

    7 ай бұрын

    Especially when you turn the BAR upside down.

  • @MaHaL1337

    @MaHaL1337

    6 ай бұрын

    I think the funniest description I ever heard of the MAG/240 was "upside down beltfed BAR"

  • @hoilst265
    @hoilst2657 ай бұрын

    I hereby declare this the "Chocolate BAR". Because it is sweet. And, y'know, Belgian.

  • @TheIndianalain

    @TheIndianalain

    6 ай бұрын

    As a Belgian, I'll allow it.

  • @eriksechobase
    @eriksechobase7 ай бұрын

    Ha! I bought this gun at the Morphy auction. It's badass.

  • @DB-yj3qc

    @DB-yj3qc

    7 ай бұрын

    Congratulations on a fine example of the BAR, I wish you many years of pleasure owning it.

  • @cassandrajoiner9933

    @cassandrajoiner9933

    2 ай бұрын

    Jealous.

  • @andrewmacintosh1388

    @andrewmacintosh1388

    Ай бұрын

    What's going on with that chunk of metal that "ripped off" the receiver? Any issues? Repairs?

  • @AxethatGuy
    @AxethatGuy7 ай бұрын

    I have to say FN made the BAR practical. And it looks awesome

  • @krissteel4074

    @krissteel4074

    7 ай бұрын

    Blaster from another age, all the curves, bevels and dovetails make it look like like an artisan built piece. Even the bluing on an old gun still holds up because sections were highly polished.

  • @bobbressi5414

    @bobbressi5414

    7 ай бұрын

    The rate reduction system seems overly complicated. I am assuming modifications to the bolt or recoil spring were not practical for some reason. I wonder how robust that rack and pinion system is.

  • @IceWolfLoki

    @IceWolfLoki

    7 ай бұрын

    Strangely enough the Belgians also did the same for the Chauchat.

  • @RedXlV

    @RedXlV

    6 ай бұрын

    If you want to see FN making the BAR practical, this is only the start. The Mle D was a vast improvement.

  • @adamannala5498
    @adamannala54987 ай бұрын

    I can’t help but admire the design and engineering of some of these old firearms. The tech that went into them was truly revolutionary at the time

  • @normanmccollum6082
    @normanmccollum60827 ай бұрын

    I really like that the Hi Power designer, that Belgian with the funny name doesn’t get the respect he deserves for that LEGENDARY 9mm pistol.

  • @JohnHughesChampigny

    @JohnHughesChampigny

    7 ай бұрын

    Mr God Given Saive. Also responsible for the FAL and the initial work on the MAG.

  • @WALTERBROADDUS

    @WALTERBROADDUS

    7 ай бұрын

    Mr. Saivé really deserves more props than he does. He sort of gets lost a little bit in the great firearms designer mix.

  • @ROBERTN-ut2il

    @ROBERTN-ut2il

    7 ай бұрын

    I have two. One is a pre 1939 model with a slot for a holster stock (which I don't have and don't want, thank you) and the other is 1976 build with a beautiful bluing job, walnut grips and target sights as I shooting competitively back then. As I was living on post, I kept it in the company arms room. Apparently, the armorer had never seen anything but parkerized M1911A1's, fell in love with it and showed it to the First Sergeant. So I was greeted one morning with, "That's quite a pistol you have, El Tee." I just grinned, "It sure is, Top"

  • @mcqueenfanman
    @mcqueenfanman7 ай бұрын

    I met a WW2 vet who said they made you clean BARs as discipline for messing up, kinda like peeling potatoes.

  • @slappydave4241
    @slappydave42416 ай бұрын

    I know a lot of things are better than this but man I love this aesthetic of the BAR

  • @MrRaintall
    @MrRaintall6 ай бұрын

    The bolt, bolt carrier, piston and gas plug look very similar to those from the FN MAG. Very cool to see the lineage

  • @ROBERTN-ut2il
    @ROBERTN-ut2il7 ай бұрын

    My uncle Art was the hunter in family (his stories of hunting for the mess hall with a M1 carbine while on occupation duty in Germany were classics). He had been an infantryman late 44-45 on the Western Front. He told me once, that after Bulge they got some strange looking BAR's with pistol grips and finned barrels to give two guns to a squad. As I got to know firearms better, I doubted his story - maybe just a mistaken memory of 30 years before. Then I discovered the Model 30. Did FN have some 30-06 Model 30's in stock that had sat in a warehouse since 1940? Did it make new barrels or rechamber existing Model 30's in other calibers? How did the US Army get ahold of them? Mysteries we'll almost surely never know the answer to.

  • @shaunw9092

    @shaunw9092

    7 ай бұрын

    I might have answers. Luxembourg used 30-06 as their standard cartridge, they were probably FN-D's. The Battle of the Bulge was fought in this area.

  • @ericbergfield6451
    @ericbergfield64516 ай бұрын

    The "rate-reduction" feature of the FN Model 30, is very cool

  • @ndenise3460
    @ndenise34607 ай бұрын

    My stepfather had a BAR-D in Canada. It had been converted to single shot by cutting off the gas piston, and welding the gas system and bbl latch. A travesty I know but kept it from the cutters torch, until it was consumed in a Fire

  • @mrkeogh

    @mrkeogh

    7 ай бұрын

    Did this fire occur during a "boating accident"? 😉

  • @Jreb1865

    @Jreb1865

    6 ай бұрын

    Actually, it sounds kinda cool...

  • @anomonyous
    @anomonyous7 ай бұрын

    It's always a good day when Ian uploads Belgian weapons.

  • @AxLWake

    @AxLWake

    7 ай бұрын

    As a Belgian, I have to agree.

  • @grimlock1471
    @grimlock14717 ай бұрын

    The Madsen he covered the other day was like a Rube Goldberg but the BAR isn't exactly simple either.

  • @ROBERTN-ut2il

    @ROBERTN-ut2il

    7 ай бұрын

    True when I was a freshman in Army ROTC 1970-71 we still had some to familiarize with as some low priority units still had them. Complicated to field strip with lots of little parts to get lost. Not a fun time in the field.

  • @aaron6178

    @aaron6178

    7 ай бұрын

    Dude, totally. I'd rather service an antique swiss chronometer than the Madsen.

  • @schmaelturmturret19
    @schmaelturmturret196 ай бұрын

    I find it really cool that you can look at the swapping of parts on the gas piston/plug and see how it is incrementally becoming closer to the M240/FN Mag gas system, which uses the same bolt and piston system over a century of history from the original BAR to the Lima variant, and not a whole ton has changed internally

  • @zulkifligumilang3155
    @zulkifligumilang31557 ай бұрын

    We still use these beauty even today in 30-06 caliber, mainly by our Navy (mostly by ship crew, sailor and naval base personel). FN D just like the Madsen can serve really well for decades

  • @robosoldier11

    @robosoldier11

    7 ай бұрын

    I mean if it aint broke. Seriously though I'm sure there are plenty of older rifles that can still be quite viable in modern situations. Even if they aren't top of the line.

  • @Joe-hz1nw

    @Joe-hz1nw

    7 ай бұрын

    @@robosoldier11their biggest issue is the inability to add modern optics/force multipliers

  • @jeramyw

    @jeramyw

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​​@@Joe-hz1nw The model D would be even nicer with a pic rail and a free floating handguard rail

  • @jalpat2272

    @jalpat2272

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​@@Joe-hz1nwNo biggies,I hate picatinny regardless their practicality

  • @WALTERBROADDUS

    @WALTERBROADDUS

    7 ай бұрын

    What nation?

  • @garlicbreathandfarts
    @garlicbreathandfarts7 ай бұрын

    I lived in the Netherlands for a couple of decades and was often in Belgium. They know firearms there!

  • @garlicbreathandfarts

    @garlicbreathandfarts

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Elatenl Museums and lore

  • @garlicbreathandfarts

    @garlicbreathandfarts

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Elatenl Dutch art is nothing special these days, but there are plenty of museums there that glorify the past.

  • @hoilst265

    @hoilst265

    7 ай бұрын

    Of course. They've gotta keep the Dutch at bay!

  • @garlicbreathandfarts

    @garlicbreathandfarts

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Elatenl I agree, but there are some pretty cool and informative museums in and around Liege.

  • @rvanhees89

    @rvanhees89

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Elatenl having connections.. I live in the netherlands and have acces to the weapons depot of the Dutch Military Museum. 8000 unique fire-arms that I can touch... So yeah, connections..

  • @RonZertnert
    @RonZertnert7 ай бұрын

    You are a such a blessing Ian. I am making a video game featuring rare older fire arms and every time I think of something I would like to add, you do a full breakdown of it. Thank you so much.

  • @robfromgpw5243
    @robfromgpw52437 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Ian. Hope you have a great Thanksgiving

  • @avp5964
    @avp59647 ай бұрын

    The craftsmanship on interwar guns is so pretty. Nice machining gorgeous finish

  • @BatCaveOz
    @BatCaveOz7 ай бұрын

    Any reliability updates on the Calico? (Asking for a friend).

  • @dirtyd2316
    @dirtyd23166 ай бұрын

    One of the best versions of the BAR in my opinion.

  • @andersmaidment
    @andersmaidment7 ай бұрын

    I remember going through Tanker OSUT and working on the M2 and M240. Any time we had a pin or, especially, a detent to pull to a specific point to see in a hole in the receiver or frame our Drill Sergeant would say, "You got to see the titty in the window." It was a different time.

  • @dougler500
    @dougler5007 ай бұрын

    Love the FN BARS, god they look so well made for early LMGs

  • @practicaloccultist231
    @practicaloccultist2317 ай бұрын

    I love the BAR. Any video with a BAR in it instantly gets a like

  • @Archie2c
    @Archie2c7 ай бұрын

    My father was a BAR man in the 101st as they were converting to the M14 from the Garand.

  • @hendriktonisson2915

    @hendriktonisson2915

    7 ай бұрын

    So did all the BAR men get M60s?

  • @tomhenry897

    @tomhenry897

    7 ай бұрын

    They would have got full auto M14s

  • @hendriktonisson2915

    @hendriktonisson2915

    7 ай бұрын

    @@tomhenry897 Interesting. I would've thought the men who had M1 Garands got M14s and BAR men M60s. So were the BARs replaced by the standard M14s or a special LMG version with bipod and heavy barrel?

  • @BeltFedSelfDefense

    @BeltFedSelfDefense

    6 ай бұрын

    ​​@@hendriktonisson2915pretty much, nomenclature M15, short lived obviously. If you ever played CoD black ops, and saw the M14 and said that looks wrong, that's because it was modeled after the M15. Edit: did a double check, apparently no M15s were actually built, they just used M14E2s/M14A1s. Ian did a video about it like 8 years ago

  • @masahige2344
    @masahige23446 ай бұрын

    Some of the Chinese KMT 1933-39 contract of these have been seen with the Japanese triangle 'captured re-issue' mark. It's always amazing to think of the variety of people who used guns of a particular iconic origin!

  • @jjforcebreaker
    @jjforcebreaker7 ай бұрын

    Great story as always!

  • @TMFShooting
    @TMFShooting7 ай бұрын

    Great Stuff 💯 Thank you Ian 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

  • @thedevildick1
    @thedevildick17 ай бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @TreacherousFennec
    @TreacherousFennec6 ай бұрын

    I don't know exactly why, but there is something so appealing about this gun, i felt very similar for the M1907 as well Might be called "Browning Charm", as a diagnosed phenomenon, i am not sure

  • @roadsweeper1
    @roadsweeper17 ай бұрын

    I wonder what happened to all the tooling for the FN30 when WW2 started. You didn't see any German manufactured BARs, implying the tooling wasn't available to them. The Germans were quite good at taking over factories and continuing production for their own forces. Did the Germans just not appreciate the weapon when they conquered Belgium, or was the tooling destroyed?

  • @kevinoliver3083

    @kevinoliver3083

    7 ай бұрын

    I don't think the Wehrmacht were interested in the BAR, or in the Browning 1917. They used the 7.92x57mm guns they captured in Poland. But didn't continue production of either weapon in during their Occupations of Belgium and Poland. Apart from pistols, FN was used to make components for German gunmakers, including Walther. And also military motorcycle/sidecar combinations.

  • @WALTERBROADDUS

    @WALTERBROADDUS

    7 ай бұрын

    They had stuff like the fg-42 to use.

  • @tomhenry897

    @tomhenry897

    7 ай бұрын

    Didn’t want these Not sure why Made the Chec Bren gun Had FN making other weapons

  • @hailexiao2770

    @hailexiao2770

    7 ай бұрын

    My guess is that most of FNs technical and management staff fled to the UK, so the Germans couldn't make good use of the tooling. The Reich was already short one both, and you can't just lapanka some Poles to crank out BARs.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@kevinoliver3083they were when they were used against them....

  • @johndaniels1197
    @johndaniels11976 ай бұрын

    Is it just me, or does it seem really crazy to include a rate reducer that works by making it harder for the bolt to return forward and go fully into battery through just pure friction from having to push a lever out of the way? That seems like it would be inviting malfunctions.

  • @mr.apsylone9191
    @mr.apsylone91917 ай бұрын

    Such a good looking gun

  • @LAHFaust
    @LAHFaust5 ай бұрын

    FN and Browning, name a more iconic duo.

  • @AyoRabiu-ss9fr
    @AyoRabiu-ss9fr6 ай бұрын

    Good explanation mccolins

  • @SNOUPS4
    @SNOUPS47 ай бұрын

    Un magnifique fusil-mitrailleur modèle trente belge!

  • @BerndFelsche
    @BerndFelsche7 ай бұрын

    What a nightmare to strip. Don't believe that I could ever do that blind-folded. Unlike a Bren of similar vintage. Czech mate!

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    7 ай бұрын

    Bren? You might as well have a grease gun.

  • @MarvinCZ

    @MarvinCZ

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kenneth9874 What a silly comment.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MarvinCZ have you ever fired one?

  • @MarvinCZ

    @MarvinCZ

    6 ай бұрын

    @@kenneth9874 I fired a ZB-26 but even if I didn't, comparing a Bren to a Grease gun is so stupid, anyone who knows anything about those guns is facepalming.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    6 ай бұрын

    @@MarvinCZ they're both cheap and simple and they both work ....

  • @SA-xf1eb
    @SA-xf1eb7 ай бұрын

    Very nice.

  • @superkjell
    @superkjell7 ай бұрын

    If Dieudonné Saive was American, he would be right up there with John Browning and Eugene Stoner as the most famous gun designers.

  • @georgesheffield1580

    @georgesheffield1580

    7 ай бұрын

    In the rest of the world he is "right up there "

  • @hoilst265

    @hoilst265

    7 ай бұрын

    Dieudonné Saive IS right up there with John Browning. Because John Browning said so.

  • @ROBERTN-ut2il

    @ROBERTN-ut2il

    7 ай бұрын

    I always say he was Browning's disciple.

  • @paulbervid1610
    @paulbervid16107 ай бұрын

    Very cool

  • @ArykSapien
    @ArykSapien7 ай бұрын

    I really like that magazine release.

  • @biggerbehindthetrigger2814
    @biggerbehindthetrigger28147 ай бұрын

    That's a really nice rifle.

  • @danilonakazone386
    @danilonakazone3867 ай бұрын

    The first Belgian BAR is better than all the BAR USA used inWWl, WWll, Korea War and so...

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    7 ай бұрын

    Nah, not bad for a copy of a great American design though

  • @chaosXP3RT

    @chaosXP3RT

    6 ай бұрын

    Nope

  • @dennispeadero9513
    @dennispeadero95136 ай бұрын

    It's even got the shoulder thing that goes up.

  • @diegoferreiro9478
    @diegoferreiro94787 ай бұрын

    Some of these popped up in the Spanish Civil War (or at least some BAR version with pistol grip).

  • @Jon-lq1of

    @Jon-lq1of

    7 ай бұрын

    Moustache

  • @tomhenry897

    @tomhenry897

    7 ай бұрын

    Bit of everything showed up there And China

  • @bchin4005
    @bchin40057 ай бұрын

    The main reason I appreciate Ian is his correct pronunciation of "height".

  • @stanfordwillis4841
    @stanfordwillis48417 ай бұрын

    We pronounce the T in trente because there is an E after the T, otherwise it would be silent indeed ! Good work dude, your pronunciation is starting to be outstanding

  • @HellbirdIV
    @HellbirdIV6 ай бұрын

    I admit I wasn't ready for the Fire Control Group to start quacking.

  • @denisvermeirre1024
    @denisvermeirre10247 ай бұрын

    Excellent Ian. Simple pronunciation tip: Saive's name is pronounced as if it were spelled SEV in English. Also, in "fusil", the L is silent.

  • @martkbanjoboy8853

    @martkbanjoboy8853

    7 ай бұрын

    The Flemish BAR is vastly superior in all respects to this clearly Wallonian BAR. 😅

  • @mikeblair2594

    @mikeblair2594

    7 ай бұрын

    @@brianferguson7840 Thems fightin words boy!!!!

  • @martkbanjoboy8853

    @martkbanjoboy8853

    7 ай бұрын

    ​​@@brianferguson7840messin with the pomme frites - ono you dit-nt!This is the third rail issue for any nation to not go to. wrt Belgium 😅

  • @fratercontenduntocculta8161
    @fratercontenduntocculta81616 ай бұрын

    That's a big FN BAR

  • @CaptnHayward
    @CaptnHayward6 ай бұрын

    4:50 ah yes. I believe the technical term is ‘the shoulder thingy that goes up’

  • @9mmthroatpunch211
    @9mmthroatpunch2117 ай бұрын

    The shoulder thing that goes up

  • @williamjensen4531
    @williamjensen45317 ай бұрын

    Thank s

  • @GearsAndGuns
    @GearsAndGuns7 ай бұрын

    You should try to tie in war / hero stories that used the firearms you talking about if possible when applicable. Great video

  • @SA-xf1eb

    @SA-xf1eb

    7 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a new channel is needed. 😊

  • @Stevarooni

    @Stevarooni

    7 ай бұрын

    He rarely does battle history unless it's a specific firearm used by an individual. His channel is largely the broad history of firearms from a technical, technological, and logistical viewpoint.

  • @cristiansalguero9036
    @cristiansalguero90367 ай бұрын

    🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 DESDE ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES, SALUDOS.A MORPHY muy buenos los vídeos siempre los veo son muy bien esplicado le mando un abrazo 👍👍🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

  • @jameslawrie3807
    @jameslawrie38077 ай бұрын

    I wonder what the best bipods of the '20s and '30s was? Sort of 'the bipod to rate against'.

  • @cedhome7945
    @cedhome79457 ай бұрын

    I call for the Ian drinking game (take a swig even time he tries french )😜

  • @matthayward7889

    @matthayward7889

    7 ай бұрын

    Take a shot for every “but I digress…”

  • @westerngothia59
    @westerngothia597 ай бұрын

    If you can do a video about the Swedish Kg m/1937: modified version of m/1921, with quick-detachable barrel.

  • @MrBrentSke
    @MrBrentSke7 ай бұрын

    Im from belgium ^^ nice looking gun

  • @sillygoose7646
    @sillygoose76467 ай бұрын

    That’s a beautiful weapon… I mean Ian’s mustache, though the BAR is a close second.

  • @parkerottoackley6325
    @parkerottoackley63257 ай бұрын

    Nice,,,

  • @trottermalone379
    @trottermalone3797 ай бұрын

    E Gads! I had not seen a BAR striped. No wonder they were so expensive!

  • @lawrencelewis1036
    @lawrencelewis10367 ай бұрын

    It seems to me that magazine release could be a problem in brush or when going prone. More likely to lose the magazine than inside the trigger guard.

  • @aaron6178
    @aaron61787 ай бұрын

    I prefer to refer to the BAR as Barely Any Rounds. All that metal and the bastard is out of hurty bits after a couple of controlled bursts of fire.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    7 ай бұрын

    No one cares what you think

  • @charliepoole9320
    @charliepoole93207 ай бұрын

    I didn't scan through all the comments so apologies if somebody else already covered it but... while the updated mag release does look nice... form a pure military / law enforcement perspective... I like the original button mag release as, with proper training, I think one is just as fast as the other and, to me, I would be concerned about unintentional mag drops with the sliding release... e.g. it gets snagged on something or in "the heat of battle, the user getting "excited" and accidentally grabs the release instead of the trigger 😮

  • @dude126
    @dude1267 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't want to take that apart on a freezing rainy January night in the pitch dark.

  • @petesheppard1709
    @petesheppard17097 ай бұрын

    Firearms made from milled steel forgings have a character that stamped gins just can't match.

  • @fvzz1
    @fvzz17 ай бұрын

    Would this be the model that the polish postal workers used to defend their post office at the start of WW2 ?

  • @MerrilSmith

    @MerrilSmith

    7 ай бұрын

    You just watched The Fat Electrician's video didn't you.

  • @kevinoliver3083

    @kevinoliver3083

    7 ай бұрын

    No, FN developed the M1930 after the Poles had adopted their version of BAR. Most Browning wz 1928 guns were made in Poland, under licence. With only the initial batch of Colt made guns being bought from FN.

  • @alaskanbullworm5500
    @alaskanbullworm55007 ай бұрын

    The best BAR

  • @RobertPilla
    @RobertPilla7 ай бұрын

    BAR: Big Ass Rifle!

  • @grayearly3116
    @grayearly31166 ай бұрын

    This gun has the real life "fuller auto" lmao

  • @michaelpeltier2772
    @michaelpeltier27727 ай бұрын

    Can someone with better editing skills than me put together a super cut of the o loving pronunciation of Dieudonné Saive.

  • @jessicasimp4459
    @jessicasimp44597 ай бұрын

    Speaking of FN, and you did the teaser video of “The Most Expensive MG Ever Sold”… all I want for Christmas is the FN Minimi formal history and mechanics episode and it’s coming soon on almost definitely Christmas of this year 2023.

  • @ke6ziu

    @ke6ziu

    7 ай бұрын

    I'll take an FN-MAG!

  • @bobbressi5414
    @bobbressi54147 ай бұрын

    I had the opportunity in 94 to buy an original select fire BAR for 1700 plus 200 for the class 3 tax. I turned it down. If any of you invent a time machine I can go back and punch myself in the face.

  • @dwightehowell8179
    @dwightehowell81796 ай бұрын

    I would assume the gun is in the German 8mm. That is what the Polish were using along with many other countries.

  • @iffiorida1072
    @iffiorida10726 ай бұрын

    Ideal for vaporising GIs in Enlisted

  • @billykershaw2781
    @billykershaw27817 ай бұрын

    Some dummy ammo with various comparisons and useable empty cases would really be nice...x

  • @MushroomSnake2077
    @MushroomSnake20777 ай бұрын

    I'm curious what the absolute unit of an anti tank rifle behind him is, is that one of the russian 14.7mm's or a 20mm cannon?

  • @jslaon

    @jslaon

    6 ай бұрын

    Boys anti tank rifle I think.

  • @_draculas_castle_
    @_draculas_castle_6 ай бұрын

    The BAR drawn with a crayon

  • @GeotuberIsola
    @GeotuberIsola7 ай бұрын

    Can u do more Croatia?

  • @psp1921tsmg
    @psp1921tsmg7 ай бұрын

    The bar from Kelly’s heroes.

  • @nowthenzen
    @nowthenzenАй бұрын

    early US Army org charts show the BAR used in the AA role. This changed quickly when the US entered the war.

  • @iosis2009
    @iosis20096 ай бұрын

    Anyone know how to get in touch with Ian? I have an old revolver I'd love to learn more about. Reason to believe it may have been a civil war piece

  • @Se7enBeatleofDoom
    @Se7enBeatleofDoom7 ай бұрын

    I guess you can say the BAR was set high for bAT variants.

  • @josephgoman8223
    @josephgoman82237 ай бұрын

    I love classic FN guns. They absolutely dominated military small arms for the past 100 years.

  • @AxLWake

    @AxLWake

    7 ай бұрын

    Truth.

  • @kenneth9874

    @kenneth9874

    7 ай бұрын

    That would be John Browning

  • @dzoniemco6929
    @dzoniemco69297 ай бұрын

    Dear Ian, why there has never been FN1910 and FN1922 review on your esteemed chanell? After all FN 1910 was the gun that started WWI so it deserves its own video. 🙂😁😎

  • @AxLWake

    @AxLWake

    7 ай бұрын

    Cool guns indeed. In Belgium, you can find them for dirt cheap in most gun shops. FN made A LOT of them.

  • @Mr.Atari2600
    @Mr.Atari26006 ай бұрын

    Belgian's Awesome Rifle

  • @ndenise3460
    @ndenise34607 ай бұрын

    After watching this breakdown, I have to say despite the massive amount of machining, the bren gun is better. I can't imagine having to field strip in austere conditions

  • @gunnargundersen3787

    @gunnargundersen3787

    7 ай бұрын

    To be fair on the BAR it was 20 years earlier than the Bren but yeah - Bren hands down.

  • @hendriktonisson2915
    @hendriktonisson29157 ай бұрын

    What advantages does having the fast (600 rpm) full auto and slow full auto (350 rpm) settings give compared to having one full auto setting (for example 550 rpm) and semi auto setting?

  • @ForgottenWeapons

    @ForgottenWeapons

    7 ай бұрын

    In my opinion, none. I think the idea was to allow more continuous covering/harrassing fire at a slower rate that would conserve ammunition.

  • @onelonecelt9168

    @onelonecelt9168

    7 ай бұрын

    Ammo conservation. It's magazine fed and those go dry quickly. Light machine guns of the day also were used for anti air applications. You would want a higher cyclical rate against aircraft. For a light machine gun against infantry a slower rate of fire was more desirable. Semi in a light machine gun is also kind of useless, that is what rifleman are for.

  • @hendriktonisson2915

    @hendriktonisson2915

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ForgottenWeapons I see. Thank You for the answer!

  • @hendriktonisson2915

    @hendriktonisson2915

    7 ай бұрын

    @@onelonecelt9168 The ZB26 and Bren LMGs had a rate fire of about 500-550 rpm and these were not considered to have too fast rate of fire.

  • @onelonecelt9168

    @onelonecelt9168

    7 ай бұрын

    @@hendriktonisson2915 I am aware of that, and agree with you, that they aren't too fast, but your question was on this gun and the possible idea behind the rpm settings. So I gave you an answer that probably sums up the idea behind it.

  • @minkinomics3002
    @minkinomics30027 ай бұрын

    "Nyaa" at 9:32

  • @runem5429
    @runem54296 ай бұрын

    Wow, this is the polar opposite of space magic 🤣 And seeing this dissasembled instantly answers the question everyone always have when they learn how heavy a BAR is, it seems every single part in there is made from the absolute largest volume of solid steel you could possibly fit in there - probably some of the parts even 3D-clip into each other 🤣 And that dissasembly out the bottom is just so insanely wonky, like taking random devices apart as a child and going "I always have something left over when I try to reasseble it and it never works again" - not exactly ideal for a weapon of war..Imagine you have this apart at the front and get told the enemy is approaching and having to quicly get it working the in the dark...

  • @loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
    @loganbaileysfunwithtrains6066 ай бұрын

    A BAR with a pistol grip should’ve been what the US adopted for use as a battle rifle in the 1950s instead of the M14.

  • @patrickporter1864

    @patrickporter1864

    6 ай бұрын

    The BAR was 18 or so pounds and the fbi version was 16 pounds. A lot of weight for an average soldier to carry around. The m14 itself was around 9llb. Imagine if they made the fbi version in 7.62 x 39 or in the kurtz round. They could have had the fn fal but the ordinance board would not allow it.

  • @justinriley8651
    @justinriley86516 ай бұрын

    the BAR is just cool 😎 👌!it's heavy, It's an antique but I still like it ! I think the pistol grip would be helpful in controlling this beast.