Seems to be missing a large part of the base, namely a pre 1990 Toyota pickup truck.

@FSM1138

7 жыл бұрын

B. Hagedash youd be surprised what hajis manage to pile on the suspension of those poor trucks

@KB4QAA

7 жыл бұрын

BH: Look in the auction catalog under "Technical"!

@willkenny5687

7 жыл бұрын

FSM1138 a guy in my unit talks about being harassed in the Stan by a truck mounted ZPU.

@Hurricane2k8

7 жыл бұрын

Ex Nihilo - especially if you consider the often very limited resources and lack of proper tools etc, you gotta be pretty smart to overcome such challenges and end up with a combat effective solution.

@SpectralNova

7 жыл бұрын

B. Hagedash just duct tape it to a Honda Civic and you'll be fine

"In the next video, I will be doing another fun facts series on the M777 Howitzer being sold here at the auction. If you are in need of a large artillery piece in your backyard instead of that in-ground pool your wife really wants, this is the ideal way to go."

@LynxSnowCat

7 жыл бұрын

Would getting planning permission to use a Howitzer for an in-ground pool not be prohibitively difficult? I would think that the neighbours would raise concerns about periodically excavating the pool (crater, w/ explosives) instead of having a permanent install-- ah, I see. After the purchase they could well be less reluctant to deny permission to construct permanent features.

@TheAshenCrow

7 жыл бұрын

I think it would be a good investment in the long run to get the Howitzer first and then make a pool with it with craters because a pool cannot make a Howitzer. This way, you could make a business by making pools for people by shooting Howitzer shells in their backyards. It might be a good idea to use yellow caution tape around the target zones so people know where not to stand while their pool is being made.

@Stoic_Lizard

7 жыл бұрын

TheRageDragon oh shoot. I've been waiting for my pool to produce a howitzer all his time for nothing!

@TheAshenCrow

7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I had to shatter your dreams like that.

@Stoic_Lizard

7 жыл бұрын

Tomartyr you can clean them off and shoot heroin all you want. a few cents to get new needles could easily be used to get more drugs. life hack

This will be ideal. The drones around the neighborhood have become quite the pest lately.

@twogenders

7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this gun can fire proximity fused rounds.

@NardoVogt

7 жыл бұрын

TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit what are you doing here? Looking for a weapon to hunt down the next bad Warhammer 40k game adaptation?

@JohnEdwa

7 жыл бұрын

Naturally, when your airsoft replicas don't drop the drone the only logical escalation of force is a 20mm naval AA-cannon. Everyone knows that.

@thepiuma

7 жыл бұрын

A defective 2.4 ghz signal extender is going to make any radio operated object unusable for miles. You'll still need the cannon to explain your neighbours why their garage doors doesn't work anymore though.

@RampantFury925

7 жыл бұрын

You are just about the last person i expected to see here.

It was one of these weapons Edward “Teddy” Sheean used to earn an extremely overdue posthumous Victoria Cross in 2020 for his bravery in WWII onboard HMAS Armidale by shooting down one Japanese aircraft and damaging at least 2 more while injured. His shipmates had already abandoned their sinking ship and were being strafed by the Japanese, and it was reported he was still firing as he slipped beneath the waves. He is now the only member of the Royal Australian Navy to have earned a VC, and the only junior sailor in the RAN to have a major combatant named after him, the Collins class submarine HMAS Sheean.

@marvindebot3264

3 жыл бұрын

Better than that, he was wounded early in the battle and he lashed himself to the gun in order to continue firing.

@NoName-ds5uq

3 жыл бұрын

@@marvindebot3264 indeed you are correct!

@ericboyle8296

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is the definition of a hero. Sacrificed himself to save his shipmates. RIP.

@EvMund

3 жыл бұрын

It’s perfect that the guy who kept fighting as his ship sinks, gets a submarine named after him

@stevekillgore9272

3 жыл бұрын

... that such men lived ...

My dad was a gunners mate on board USS Amsterdam CL - 101. His duty station was one of these. He told me they couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with them. They just threw a wall of HE into the air and if the planes flew into it good. And many times they did just that. But that was his job. Stand behind one of those and pull the trigger.

@Kriegerdammerung

3 жыл бұрын

I would go to the United States only to ask farmers the standard dimensions of a barn, and with that data I will produce an average, I was given to understood their broad side are like 19 metres or similar.

@chrismaverick9828

3 жыл бұрын

Quantity is a quality all its own. Also, if the AK-47 could barely hit the broad side of a barn from the inside, I think the 20mm can be given some slack.

Wow, the recoil spring itself is so strong that you could shoot a lethal crossbow bolt with it! There were military crossbows which weren't this strong!

When I'm out hunting in Finland, I always shoot the ice off my Lahti before striking down an elk with a high explosive round. Nothing to see there... Seriously that whole shooting the ice off the muzzle thing and cocking the gun with a cocking rope is so incredible. Love the attidue of the guys who came up with this!!!

@davidplatenkamp

7 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see what you could come up with.

@herrbratwurstje

7 жыл бұрын

You hunt elk, with HE rounds? Gotta love Finns

@zJoriz

5 жыл бұрын

It also makes me suspect that being an anti-aircraft gunner on a warship was not a fun job. At least this gun has a somewhat proper magazine, there were also guns with just 15 rounds. And the whole ship depends on you and a few of your still living colleagues while you're busy hauling the bolt back into firing position. Much respect, but I'm glad I have another job.

@hansmueller3029

5 жыл бұрын

Had to be naval gunners

@omanimitokanimi7976

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I bet there really isn't nothing to see in a elk shot down by a 20mm HE round.

A Swiss gun that isn't massively overengineered, to the delight of gun mechanics around the globe.

@ragnarokstravius2074

7 жыл бұрын

Ain't the Germans the over-engineers?

@coenijn

7 жыл бұрын

Ragnarok Stravius The Swiss and Germans are both known for over engineering things, same goes for Sweden in various engineering fields/areas (cars for example).

@HazardousMoose

7 жыл бұрын

How was that sneaky? The patent was bought legitimately, and then improved significantly in the years between the wars.

@HazardousMoose

7 жыл бұрын

Not denying that. But a lot of things would be different if that happened. But given the circumstances calling it "piggybacking" and "sneaky" is just a bit too far. The original inventor got paid for his work!

@ineednochannelyoutube5384

7 жыл бұрын

I thought the swiss autocannon was the Solothurn S18 1000

So when do the main battleship guns go up for auction?

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Turner That would be a sweet bed, wouldn't it... ;-)

@Ebolson1019

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Turner I think the 16"/50 caliber three gun turret is in the October auction

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

SonsOfLorgar Hmm... I suspect local building codes don't allow for heavy naval artillery expansions...

@coenijn

7 жыл бұрын

I'd like to add a Schwerer Gustav to my collection of train and railway related memorabilia please. Just for personal use

@LieutenantTbone

7 жыл бұрын

Michael that made me laugh so hard I almost peed myself .

Next video: one of Yamato's 460 mm turrets!

@rj4590

4 жыл бұрын

They are at the Bottom of the East China Sea courtesy of the U.S.Navy.

@sandydennylives1392

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent for home defense, as long a you wear ear muff's and are happy for it to take your home with you.

@bluemarshall6180

3 жыл бұрын

@Rafael Enriquez Its not the yamato. It's the Mushashi that sunk in the philippines.

@bluemarshall6180

3 жыл бұрын

@@rj4590 That was the mushashi.

@rj4590

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluemarshall6180 Okay,but wherever they exactly are it's thanks to the U.S.Navy...

Underway the 396lb of resistance would officially make it a 2 marine job (a private to shoulder the rope and an NCO to motivate them) yes?

@notablediscomfort

2 жыл бұрын

"Lance Corp'ral, there's a squadron of zeros headed in our direction and if you don't use that big ol' boat rifle to shoot em down, they're gonna sink this boat and you won't get anymore crayons." "AYE, SARNT." [metallic rustling, grunting, and a loud kerchunk] "SIR, MY FINGER HURTS NOW." "Do hwat?" "HARD TO PULL BOLT BACK, SIR. BOAT RIFLE IS READY BUT FINGER HURTS." "Did you...uh.." "DO WHAT SIR?" "Uh. Nevermind. Shoot good, Marine." "KILL."

On the cocking: You missed option 4: 3 strong men and a rope. (Not kidding; AIUI, that was one of the official procedures if you were in a hurry and the elevation cocking wasn't an option.)

The cocking rope is also the sling.

@timdowney6721

5 жыл бұрын

David Platenkamp Single or double point?

@gangleweed

4 жыл бұрын

I think Daniel Boone had one of these...…….the flintlock was a pain to cock.

@myparceltape1169

3 жыл бұрын

"And this is the Swivel Point which you do not have"

Do you recomend it for consealed carry ?

@quiglypigly

7 жыл бұрын

Not this model, but the snub nose pocket edition is coming out soon!

@Arthurzeiro

7 жыл бұрын

If you find a good holster, let me know, i've been trying to find one for a while now.

@quiglypigly

7 жыл бұрын

I think ankle holster is probably the only way to go.

@VallenChaosValiant

7 жыл бұрын

If you are able to carry that gun, then you don't need it. You would be both bulletproof and able to crush skulls with your biceps.

@user-sn8zs9yn5c

7 жыл бұрын

No. It did not take glock magazines..

My Grandfather was a skipper for a mine-sweeper with a few of these on it during WW2 and they had a near tragedy with the muzzle cap because not only did someone forget to remove it, the magazine actually didn't have the inert rounds in it. However, the HE round didn't actually explode passing through the cap because its fuse was faulty, so it managed to get a few hundred meters before finally half-exploding. Once in a while, things go so wrong that the worst wrong is cancelled out in the process...

"... or, if you just happen to be an idiot ..." Ian, your videos are the absolute best!

The bolt-bone is connected to the action-arm bones, the action-arm bones are connected to the sleeve bone. The sleeve bone is connected to the recoil spring bone.

Many years ago I came across a stash of old "Guns & Ammo" magazines from the early fifties. There were adds in the back selling these things as military surplus to the general public. I can't remember the price but I remember thinking "wow, that's pretty affordable!", and I was 10 years old.

@negroraven9458

Жыл бұрын

That’s funny!🤣🤣🤣

I can just picture Matt from Demo Ranch buying this... lol "Don't tell Mere. SERIOUSLY DON'T."

@gangleweed

4 жыл бұрын

Give one to Dirty Harry so he could really say with passion...….."Go ahead Punk, make my day".....I love the way he curled his lip when he said those iconic words.

@jacobuponthestone9093

4 жыл бұрын

We can hope

@dougscott8161

3 жыл бұрын

It's already sold, so, he probably did.lol.

@wadoo-it

3 жыл бұрын

Reckon the gun itself would tell Mary

Thanks for the great video! I just finished re-reading Alistair MacLean's excellent WWII naval battle classic "HMS Ulysses". The book vividly describes the Arctic convoy runs from Iceland to Murmansk and this gun shows up many times as the heavy cruiser tries to ward off German bombers and dive bombers. One of the gunners does, indeed, blow up his gun by firing an HE round with the cover iced up. Reading that book gives one a whole renewed sense of respect and even awe at the men in the British and American Navies and the men who served as Merchant Mariners.

@Matracokura

7 жыл бұрын

I read the book a long time ago, it is a really good one. I am pretty sure the gun cap mishap was on a 40mm Bofors tough.

@Jon908584

4 жыл бұрын

AFAIK the nearest that the USN got to a convoy going to Russia was when the USS New York was part of the distant cover for one convoy. She was withdrawn soon afterward and assigned to one of the Pacific fleets. The USN built ships to operate in the Pacific and they were totally unsuitable for the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. BTW I am not trying to stir up inter Navy rivalry. If my understanding is not correct please feel free to correct me. Back on the subject. On one ship that I served in the Chief Petty Officer Gunnery Instructor hated the Oerlikons but reserved most of his spleen for the 'Chicago Pianos' but we shared a love affair with the Bofors and the ubiquitous twin 4".

@TraceCoburn

3 жыл бұрын

@@Matracokura Quad-mount two-pounder "pom-pom", to be pedantic. That said, the Bofors *is* (distantly) descended from the two-pounder.

@raptor4916

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jon908584 USS Wasp and USS Washington were assigned to convoy PQ17

@marvindebot3264

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it should be on every school reading list to remind them that while demand "safe space" rooms their 17 and 18 year old forebearers were dyeing at sea in below zero temps. I doubt anyone who has ever read that book will forget it, it's his masterwork IMHO.

The Oerlikon management must have worn mourning bands for 6 months after peace was signed in 1945.

@ulrichkalber9039

5 жыл бұрын

maybe, but most of these were built elsewhere on Licence.

@DreadX10

4 жыл бұрын

We were still shooting these guns in 2001!

@aryanson

4 жыл бұрын

Oerlikon management must have learned that trick from Baron Rothschild, the way to huge profits during a war, sell weapons to both sides...

@DinnerForkTongue

4 жыл бұрын

@@aryanson Getúlio Vargas also did that, but with latex.

@realhorrorshow8547

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt they've had time, probably still counting the profits to this day.

I served 11 years in the Royal Navy and one of the ships I was on was a minesweeper in the Persian Gulf and this ‘sweeper had a double barrelled Oerlikon mounted just abaft the funnel. The firing position for the aimer was on the left of the mounting with both guns on his right-hand side. One day when the squadron was at sea it was decided that a practise shoot was needed, the first time the Oerlikon had been fired since I'd been onboard. One of the ‘sweepers towed a splash target and as it passed, the other ‘sweepers steaming line astern opened fire on the target as it came to bear. Our gunner opened up on the target and the left gun jammed, the gunner looked over his right shoulder at the gun saw that the next shell in the magazine, which was a tracer, had somehow been activated and was burning in the magazine. He calmly unshipped the magazine and threw the whole thing overboard before any more rounds in the magazine caught fire. The he threw that magazine a distance of about 15ft, straight over the side, which was a fair feat of strength because those magazine are not light when they are empty but full of rounds they are weighty piece of kit..

Estimated Price: $25,000 - $40,000 I would have thought higher

@Flexsan

6 жыл бұрын

Probably a pretty limited market.

@1179125

6 жыл бұрын

Damn, miss my chance for a automatic 20mm cannon in my living room.

@christophercripps7639

6 жыл бұрын

lucky43113 It's like 50-60s safety razors - sell the handles at cost & profit on the blades. In this case bet the ammo costs! Probably still made somewhere in the world but just try 2 explain 2 Feds why u r importing 20 mm cannon rounds.

@diogeneslantern18

6 жыл бұрын

Christopher Cripps you're thinking about cartridge razors, and it's still modern practice (just like ink jet printers)

@Bikerbob59

6 жыл бұрын

They reload.

Just informed the missus that I'm off to auction to buy a 20mm anti-aircraft gun. She informed me that if I go to auction again, she goes for good... On the bright side, at least now I have enough space in the living room for my new Oerlikon!

@chrisnedbalek2866

4 жыл бұрын

... yeah, lots of women just aren't visionary.

@robertkondik4313

4 жыл бұрын

Did you tell her you're going to miss her

@sergarlantyrell7847

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertkondik4313 ...yeah but only till a radar guided fire control computer goes up for auction. ;-)

@gaughantony

4 жыл бұрын

Did you not tell her it was in Farrow & Ball paint colours?

Four years late but I yelled out loud "COOL" at that cocking mechanism.

@brucelownhole

3 жыл бұрын

Six days later, so did I.

Alright... Now I want to see Ian do a mag dump on this gun! 😁👍

@MarsFKA

4 жыл бұрын

Could be expensive. How much does a single 20-mm round cost these days?

@sumvs5992

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarsFKA less than toilet paper

@mr.pavone9719

3 жыл бұрын

Watch any navy film made during the service life of the gun. There's gotta be at least one.

@cdbtheclaw

3 жыл бұрын

Or five mag dumps...but never nine.

Funny that Ian mentioned the "...free space in your living room..." Back in the late 1980's, I knew a guy who had a de-activated Oerklikon in his living room; mount and all. Damn, it was so cool.

Would you recommend it for home defense?

@MrJest2

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely; it will make short work of any rampaging homes that are attacking you.

@scribejackhammar

7 жыл бұрын

Robber: OH S***! _RUNNING!!!_

@Omen_Seven

7 жыл бұрын

lol Just sitting there in your living room with a beer, waiting for the intruder to come through the front door, and a camera set up to capture the look of terror on the poor bastard's face.

@D8W2P4

7 жыл бұрын

According to a user on /k/ they had used a single shot 20mm conversion for a Barret M82 in a self defense situation (cleaning the gun at the time and therefor closest weapon to use when heard someone force their way into his house) against two robbers killed one (basically evaporated the deceased's torso) and the other ran. However it severely damage the user's hearing (temporarily deaf) with a degraded ability to hear afterwards.

@scribejackhammar

7 жыл бұрын

D8W2P4 Not too surprising about the collateral damage, both to the assailants and the defender.

30 seconds to change the barrel and we didn't even get hand motions to describe the procedure? 8.5/10

Cue "That's not a gun...THIS is a gun." in an Australian accent.

Had these on the Viet Nam PTFs. 1 each on port and starboard. I was a loader on my first PTF and the snail mags were really heavy for a skinny 20 year old. The big risk was a hang fire - if it blew it would take the whole mount (and crew) out - unscrew and throw over the side. If you were lucky.

The 20mm was effective in US Navy service until the Japanese resorted to Kamikaze tactics late in the war. It could not stop Japanese aircraft on a crash course. Navy personnel above decks knew "When the 20mm kicks in, that's when it's time to hit the deck," and crew members below decks knew it was time to close off the air intakes to avoid the fire from the Kamikaze strike from being drawn into them. Even the 40mm Bofors guns had a hard time stopping the Kamikazes. They were replaced by a 3-inch AA gun shortly after the war, and the 20mm was removed entirely. Still, a great weapon up to 1945.

Anyone with a yacht a that wants to sail all over the world needs one of these especially if they are planning to sail around Africa.

@floydvaughn836

2 жыл бұрын

I know it's not real, but check out Soldier of Fortune. Clark Gable puts one of these to good use.

Does your new display wall have a hook for this one?

Cool video, Ian. I knew everyone used these but your other 3 facts are new to me. The bit about loading solid shot at the top of magazines to clear ice is a bit mind-boggling.

Excellent video, learned all about the Oerlikon back in the 1970's from "Boats" Newberry at the PT Boat museum, fascinating gun.

"or if you just happen to be an idiot" sounds like my kind of gun

Funfact nr. 1 is: this is legal not a weapon in switzeland! I know a guy who owns such a thing.

I used to work on a Oerlikon. It was a horizontal borer we used to machine the mine hunter HMAS Huon exhaust manifolds for re-sleeving. Was old but worked well.

Oerlikon cannon! And Ian! And.... DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA

Ian you NEED to do more vids about aircraft guns if you get the chance. Even if man of them are rather know, or obscure at best. It's hard to find some nice footage of those. I'd love to hear some more about those electrically primed M3 .50s or German MK103s.

Wish you could have demonstrated it, though...

@MrJest2

7 жыл бұрын

Would be nice, but at an estimated sale price of up to (or over) 40k not likely... at least pre-auction. I will admit if I had the cash and were able to bid on it and won, I'd be willing to put at least one mag through it at least once, and if that were the case I'd definitely contact Ian and see if he wanted to come over and help out. Somehow I don't think it would take much convincing... :-)

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

MrJest2 Yeah, I know... Sometimes he gets to test things to demonstrate they work, with permission of the owner, but this... Also, how the hell would you get it to the range? I'm pretty sure they're not just gonna 'take it out back' to test it like they have before with rifles...

@MichaelBerthelsen

7 жыл бұрын

***** Why I wish we could get a video with Ian having a go. Maybe once it's sold, as MrJest2​ mentioned... Would be cool!

@SnowmanTF2

7 жыл бұрын

It is probably a little difficult to haul over to the range

@gangleweed

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelBerthelsen I seem to remember a Clint Eastwood movie in the 60's where they set up one of these guns to break into a safety deposit place and blew the crap out of the whole building.

Holy crap that makes so much sense as to why you always see these things pointing straight up in vintage pics. I always thought it was to get the barrels out of the way but the cocking system explains it way better. Thanks.

That weapon was a gamechanger for light naval AAA ,setting the standard for most of the war. By 1944 however the 20mm Oerlikon was considered to be too light to deal with air threats (particularily so Kamikazes), and more emphasis was put in the Bofors as the baseline for light naval AAA defence. When are you going to get the chance to do a video about that one? ;). And...that's some amazing job you have Ian, will never stop repeating it. I'm just drooling each time you put up something like this :).

This is the gun that the Swiss wanted Charlie Wilson to arm the Afghans with to fight the Russians... They tried to convince him that it was mule portable...

@Bialy_1

4 жыл бұрын

"When compared to the Oerlikon cannon which was made out of 250 parts, the Polsten was made out of 119 parts, without sacrificing the effectiveness or the reliability of the cannon. Simplification of the design of the Polsten cannon made its production much cheaper. The cost of one Oerlikon cannon was about £350, while the cost of the Polsten was between £60 and £70. In January 1944, the 21st Army Group decided that only 20 mm Polsten guns would be used as a standard light gun to simplify supply. The Polsten was used as a substitute for the Oerlikon in the same roles, one of which was as an airborne unit anti-aircraft gun, used in Operation Market Garden. It was used on a wheeled mounting that could be towed behind a jeep. " Polsten is only 57 kg (126 lb)... and why swiss would be selling pre WW2 guns when USA was most likely full of this type of ex-WW2 equipment?

@eugeneoreilly9356

3 жыл бұрын

Let's just say,you need alot off mules.In my younger fitter days we used to carry a 50 cal browning with tripod in a six man team.Lets just say that you had blisters on your back.

@joshuahadams

2 жыл бұрын

I suppose you could put it in a wagon with some big spikes to pin it in place.

"Oh that's just a keyfob, Officer." Finally something useful to put in the back of my Ford F-650. Texas Technical.

Thanks for the excellent video! My father used to fire just the same gun - he was in The Royal Navy on a HDML and saw action on D-Day...

Thank for you posting this video. My father was a GM3 on the S.S. George W. Childs and was primarily assigned to the 20MM Oerlikon. He was aboard the Childs at the Normandy invasion. The Childs was deliberately sunk in the sand as part of the artificial breakwater for Mulberry A. My father and the rest of the crew were aboard the ship for two weeks before heading back to England. He's 92 and still sharp. I asked him about the manual for the Oerlikon. He says that he never saw one. He was trained at the Brooklyn Armed Guard Center. Armed Guard crews were pretty much on their own after that. He was aware that if a shell got caught in the breech, he had about a minute to clear it before it would explode. Fortunately, that never happened. Thanks again for the video. My father will enjoy seeing this!

Someone needs to let Burt Gummer know when the next one goes up for auction.

That would go nicely on my porch. "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

@tomwebb3081

5 жыл бұрын

I imagine this is for when you're done asking.

@anthonykirsch6482

4 жыл бұрын

nowadays not a bad idea

💪 vid, as always. Thanks for all the quality (entertaining) information. Take care & be well!

What a treat this video is. Thanks Ian!

Lol modern gun with medieval crossbow cocking system. Yes, the gun would look cool on my new torpedo boat. 😂

Wait... They are selling a f***** AA-Gun? That's what I call serious business ;)

@gangleweed

4 жыл бұрын

Only in America, coming to a school near you soon.

@seanhiatt6736

4 жыл бұрын

You have to have ammo for something like this good luck with that; second these are for rich gun collecters and out of the price range of the average person.

Hey Ian, I like that you're starting to use more video editing techniques. It's great to watch this channel grow in production value.

Ian, I enjoy all your videos and your slightly restrained sense of humor... terrific reporting and of course, generally all that great research you put into your work. Please keep it up. (ex army competition shooter)

glock mags?

@CAL1MBO

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Carson I think so

@wingracer1614

7 жыл бұрын

It's 20mm so all you need is two 10mm Glock mags, duh.

@RebSike

7 жыл бұрын

*Browning Hi Power mags

@joehunt1980

7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind seeing it fired 80s hip fire style...

@stephanl1983

7 жыл бұрын

Wehen it was in use at the IJN, where's the bayonett attachement?!

Finally, a gun I can use to protect my vegetable garden from them squirrels and rabbits!

The model we used had cocking arms attached to the base. You would domp the gun and attach those arms to the lugs on the front side of the action-arms; then you would use your body-weight to raise the muzzle and while doing this the cocking arms would pull the action-arms back and cock the cannon. Extra fact: the last rounds out of a magazine need to be shot as a burst; if you try to single-shot these rounds, the spring in the magazine wasn't powerful enough to feed the cannon when said cannon was going up, down and rolling left to right on a moving ship.

Brilliant! I worked at a museum with one (old german one) and this really gave some background. Good on ya mate!

This weapon was the base design for almost all 20mm cannon in WW2

@IronPhysik

7 жыл бұрын

no, it was the 20mm hispano suiza HS.404 that was the base design of most 20mm cannons in WW2

@hjorturerlend

7 жыл бұрын

It was the base for the German MG FF.

@IronPhysik

7 жыл бұрын

well seems like I made a mistake then. thx for correcting me :)

@Angel24Marin

4 жыл бұрын

While USA failed to develop a reliable 20mm cannon from an European design. Japan took an american .50 and created one of the best 20mm cannons of the war with the Ho-5

@gangleweed

4 жыл бұрын

@@Angel24Marin I thought a cannon was a muzzle loader running on black powder.

Y'know, when we Europeans go "So, uh, you're from the US...?", this is the kind of thing that springs to mind for us... xD

@americanpanzer4163

4 жыл бұрын

20mm is tiny for us Americans

@5hiftyL1v3a

4 жыл бұрын

20mm? Seems about what I had in mind for the average American

@jungleknifetrader715

4 жыл бұрын

these probably more of these privately owned in european gun owners collections than americans.. there is several european countries where owning machine guns is legal..

@myparceltape1169

3 жыл бұрын

These things were sent to the UK 4 at a time on each Liberty Ship.

@sillylittleowlguy2392

3 жыл бұрын

@@jungleknifetrader715 you tell right now which ones

Wow. Four important points suitable for potential illustrators, novelists, and comic artists to freshen the popular perspective. Nice stuff, Ian.

Fun fact: In 1969 US Army, AIT 11Delta Armor Recon school, Ft Knox Kentucky, we were trained in the use of a 20mm cannon mounted on our APCs! It had a driver-controlled switch box with single, 3-shot burst, and full auto positions. The TC in the cupola aimed and ordered the shot sequence which the driver set and pulled the trigger! It was a fun weapon to play with but I didn't see any mounted on APCs in Vietnam.

Fun fact Nr. 5: The other most important AA gun of WWII, the Bofors 40 mm, also came from a neutral state. ;) What do we learn? Defensive oriented neutral states obviously design the best defensive weapon systems. Though I have to admit, coastal defense weapons are not really a concern for Switzerland.

@CruelestChris

5 жыл бұрын

The fundamental design of the Oerlikon is German, from the Becker M2. Kind of torpedoes that theory.

Will you make "final auction prices" episode for this piece?

@critteraf5ii605

7 жыл бұрын

Definitely want to see that.

@marvindebot3264

3 жыл бұрын

23,000

Thanks for an interesting overview. The widespread success of the design speaks for itself.

Awesome! You definately deserve more subscribers!

The perfect answer for dealing with your neighbor's pesky drone fly overs.

One of these mounted on each bridge wing would give "pirates" something to think about when merchant ships close Somilia.

@xXDESTINYMBXx

3 жыл бұрын

AFAIK Unfortunately it's illegal for a merchant ship to get some of these.

@stupitdog9686

3 жыл бұрын

Pirates are illegal too - and prohibiting M/S from protecting themselves is stupid; please change the law ASAP.

@atfyoutubedivision955

3 жыл бұрын

@@stupitdog9686 They just hire guards for the merchant ships and use actual warships to patrol the somalian coast. The Somalian pirates haven't been much of an issue in about 10 years.

@xXDESTINYMBXx

3 жыл бұрын

they hire mercenaries and/ or guard ships

There's two PT boats out there-fully operational, that I know of on the water. PT 658 in Portland, OR and PT 305 in New Orleans. Both are fully restored Higgins PTboats and are on the water.

i like it when ian uses his sarcasm for good . very entertaining

...they can sell that? Holy crap.

@trishooty4513

7 жыл бұрын

And you can own that! =D

@americanpanzer4163

4 жыл бұрын

You must be European, we can own tanks in the States

@imouse3246

4 жыл бұрын

They have penis size issues.

Is the Mjolnir armor and Warthog sold separately, or is a package deal available?

Fascinating stuff as always ian

I would seriously love to see a full review of this gun!

Imagine bolting that down on the back of your pickup truck :)

@CruelestChris

5 жыл бұрын

Lot of African militiamen don't have to imagine that.

I was completely mispronouncing "Oerlikon" until now. :)

@gfhjkfghj4208

7 жыл бұрын

It should sound like "early con" with the stress on the 1st syllable to English speakers, then it's correct.

@vaclav_fejt

7 жыл бұрын

That's the way Germans spell Örlikon when they can't have diacritic.

@beavisbutt-headson3223

7 жыл бұрын

We'd even spell it Oerlikon when we can use umlauts. You are in theory correct, but that name is just always spelt with OE.

@masterman1001

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his pronounciation was pretty great, I must say.

@andrewengel3023

7 жыл бұрын

I always pronounced it "Olerikon", but hey, that's fixed now huh?

Great presentation. You certainly know your stuff. Mesmerizing destructive power of this gun, and fascinating factual anecdotes. A cocking handle like a crossbow to start the blow-back mechanism, then firing H.E. rounds at over 400 rpm... Holy Christ!

These facts cranked me up so damn bad man

Gonna take this on my cruise through Somalia.

I've got too much free space in my living room, I think I need some self-defense against intruders... 1000 yards away (914m).... in airplanes... I live near an airport. I'm sure the Durham Region Police and the Mounties won't mind a Canadian owning a 20mm auto-cannon for self-defense. Might come in use one day :)

Thanks Ian, some interesting information i can put to use on my Oerlikon !

Thanks, Ian. I'm an armchair historian with particular interest in the weapons of the WW2 era. Oerlikon, and its descendant, the Polsten, figure heavily in accounts. It's nice to understand operation of such a weapon, but revealing its oddities and flaws tell us so much more about arms design and the evolution of weapons systems. Additionally, as a writer, knowing the quirks helps me both delight and better inform my reader base.

The Luftwaffe used this in aircraft as the MG FF, most famously on the wing mounts for the 109E but in a few turret installations when they realized they needed heavier bomber defense but the MG-151/20 wasn't ready yet (pretty sure some of the early model FW-200s had them in a ventral turret). I wonder how they dealt with the cocking issue in either case--hydraulic pressure?

@griffn14

7 жыл бұрын

Found this on the Google: "The operation of the MG-FF is standard, with electropneumatic cocking and electrical release."

@nicolatesla9429

6 жыл бұрын

The MG-FF is absolutely not the same as this Oerlikon! Sure, both were developed from the German WW1 era Becker gun, but that's where the similarities end. Both guns have completly different uses; the MG FF was a dedicated aircraft gun while this type of Oerlikon was a dedicated AA gun. Oerlikon made 3 models of 20mm guns, each having different casing lengths. The Oerlikon FF had the shortest casing and was the base for the development of the MG-FF and the Type 99 model 1. The Oerlikon FFL was used as a base for the gun in this video and the Type 99 Model 2. And the Oerlikon FFS (the longest of the three) served as the base for the Hispano-Suiza guns used by the British and the French. Impressive guns, all of them. Something about a big ammo drum on the top just seems more badass than a belt hanging on the side.

@martijn9568

4 жыл бұрын

Hispano's were also developed from the Oerlikon

Before video: "Oar-licka-loin cannon" After: "Er-lick-can cannon"

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

3 жыл бұрын

After reading the description of this video -- and BEFORE watching it -- I _was_ kind of puzzling over the pronunciation of that name...😊

Bonus Fact: An Oerlikon was featured in the movie "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" as an anti-tank gun used to penetrate the vault in the bank robbery

I’ve got a pair of mk4 oerlikon casings from 1944! Nice to see this video pop up

You know, I need this, for reasons. Pretty sure I'll come up with reasons, I know I have reasons, just not sure what those reasons are yet.

How hard is it to get ammo for that thing?

@MrJest2

7 жыл бұрын

Likely almost impossible; I don't believe these rounds have been made in many decades now and most of them were used up during the war. You would probably have to make it yourself (or more accurately pay people to make the rounds for you), and if you had the money to get this in the first place, that would be relatively simple.

@brasstard7.627

7 жыл бұрын

I've got 40 rounds of 20x102mm with inert projectiles that I thought about selling but I didn't have any idea what it was worth

@Todd_Coward

7 жыл бұрын

for dummy rounds I can't imagine it's too much work, I actually have an inert one on my desk. But for the HE rounds, ie the fun ones, you have to go through a mind-numbing amount of paper work since explosive ordinance requires a whole other set of hoops. You have to create a proper storage set up for explosives and prove it in inspection, and of course you need to have an explosives handling license which is really hard for civilians to get after the bath school bombing. You have to pay a 200 dollar stamp tax for it, and I when I say for it I mean per round. There's also a ludicrous amount of regulations, i'd love to go into detail about them but you know youtube comment and all that. of course the problem you'll run into is absolutely no one will sell you explosives since if you decide to go full jihad with them it's on the seller. So really the only way you're going to get explosives is if you're a well sourced FFL holder or a LEO, and that's only a maybe at best. Also being a millionaire would help.

@Todd_Coward

7 жыл бұрын

That's why I think the firearms act was created by ATF agents, they want to keep all the cool stuff to themselves.

@DJRedSmile666

7 жыл бұрын

Jerry Long No not really. If you can actually get all the licencing and the permissions (as well as the actual destructive device), then you could go and use them at your leasuir. Don't take my word on that though.

Man, I would blow the NFA vetting for this gun for sure. I would be unable to stop myself from writing "anti-aircraft defense" in the "what in the world do you want it for?" blank on the form, and the ATF hates a smartass.

Once again Ian...a great video...

I REALLY want it. Now I just have to convince the bank that this is a "home improvement" item....... hmmmmm

Hey question for Ian or anyone that can answer. Is there a rifle or firearm that is open bolt, but does not have a bolt carrier (thus just has the bolt contained by the receiver). But also is lock breaching and operated through a gas piston. Because i can't think of one that has such a set up, but at the same time i highly doubt i came up with a new set up.

@ForgottenWeapons

7 жыл бұрын

I am not aware of any, no.

@ALegitimateYoutuber

7 жыл бұрын

That is kinda the plan, to have a video series that goes over the design and pretty much the whole process (thou still working rough sketches, and will be on a side channel). Also it's an select fire air rifle design meant to fire your average 12.7 nato bullet as well as cast bullets. But also look, feel, and operate like a normal rifle, well being useful for hunting or self defense. Which is all a pain in the ass to pull off, but that's why i'm doing it. Since it forces me to learn more information and think of new ideas, so I become better. Also i do plan to make a cartridge version, after the air rifle one. Because firearms are mechanical devices that have always fascinated me. Which is why I said i kinda want to relearn the swim using some concrete shoes. So I have to struggle and work to get there, thus when i do end up designing them again. I am at a level that i know will produce quality.

@skruvmaejsel

6 жыл бұрын

Any luck with the idea? Sounds interesting.

@clayz1

6 жыл бұрын

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@mrlucky5025

4 жыл бұрын

@@ALegitimateKZreadr "Also what about closed bolt?" The M-14 comes immediately to mind. Guessing you were referring to select fire rifles.

Another great video Ian! I wonder has that type of operating system been used anywhere else? Also was surprised to see how thin the barrel walls look.

wooow! i really like this version of your videos... fun facts is shorter and even more interesting than video describing full tech..!!! Ok those videos is also neccesary

DO A BOFORS!

Both a machine gun and a "destructive device", being .80 caliber, no? I think I've found a new home defense gun.

I qualified as a mount-captain on a 20mm Mk-16, which was the heaviest flexible-mount weapon on USN units from the '70s thru the mid '90s. It was originally an aircraft cannon (A-1D Skyraiders carried four of them) but was adapted for shipboard use out of necessity, I assume. It had many of the features of the Oerlikon, with the exception of the feed system, which was a rotating, five-stage carousel driven by a cam powered off the recoil of the bolt. It required an insane amount of oil to keep it running, including a large reservoir that had to be refilled regularly. It was charged by using a 3/4 inch ratchet to turn the carousel until a round dropped through the receiver and onto the deck, but only after the gunner used a foot-stirrup to simultaneously push down with his foot while pulling up on the grips like he's doing curls at the gym. once the bolt locks to the rear and the first round drops, we're ready to rock. There were no sights on the gun. I always told my gunners "Use the force"........ and then "Walk the tracers onto the target"....... Every fifth round was an AP(I), the balance being HE. A surprisingly effective weapon at a time when a gap in capabilities became apparent (this was when the specter of terrorist small-boat attacks became manifest). I believe it was superseded in naval service by suitably modified versions of the 25mm Bushmaster. No doubt a more capable weapon....................................

the cocking arrangement is brilliant.