The soldier had that 303 going fast 💨

@GK1976A

Жыл бұрын

He clearly knew what he was doing.

@bandpassmess

Жыл бұрын

@@GK1976A I had the jungle version years ago barrel was bad COULDNT hit anything at a 100 yards with consistently I never got to fire it like that I sold it for parts .

@lloyd9710

Жыл бұрын

he was a school instructor

@F4Insight-uq6nt

Жыл бұрын

The footage is sped up to impress obviously. If it was possible to shoot it that fast it couldn't be done accurately anyway. PS: Mad Minute = MM = 33.

@SpeedRunningWarcrimes

Жыл бұрын

​@@bandpassmess the jungle carbines had a wandering zero issue because they made lightening cuts on parts they shouldn't have trying to cut as much off the original platform as possible

The best rifle that never was. Destiny is forgotten weapons and gun Jesus.

@zaciscool3621

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but the fal was such a better choice tbh

@mr.atomic2970

7 ай бұрын

​@@zaciscool3621It wasnt the L1a2 could only fire semi.

@zaciscool3621

7 ай бұрын

@@mr.atomic2970 the l1a1 was also semi auto

@user-vf3pe9ce5x

3 ай бұрын

​@@zaciscool3621I still prefer em-2

0:54 Interesting to see the carbine version. Very handy.

Looking at this after reading Jonathan Fergusons excellent book!

The Americans with envy killed this rifle because it was better than anything they had in the 1950s. I wish Churchill was never reelected, and maybe this beautiful would have continued with multiple upgrades.

@TheGrenadier97

8 күн бұрын

Yes. Complete idiots.

Wish we had this in the Gulf!

@MzLunaCee

Жыл бұрын

@Stanly Stud Tired are we? Well it is 2pm and the adults are talking.

@MzLunaCee

Жыл бұрын

@Stanly Stud Probably the most interesting thing you've ever said. Better to keep quiet and be thought a fool than open your mouth and prove it. Goodnight Sadly Sud.

@FabianMacGintyONeill

Жыл бұрын

I'm not a military man but I can imagine a version of the EM-2 with 30+ years of tinkering would have been a million times better than the godawful L85A1 before they tore the guts out of it and made it into an acceptable gun (source: a couple of squaddies I've gotten drunk with)

Em2は美しい銃です。

The British could have had this seventy years ago, if not for the Americans. 😅

And no one has ear defenders...

@farii__

Жыл бұрын

it's 1951

@nathanboulton2066

Жыл бұрын

pardon!!

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

They were issued earplugs. Issued is not the same as wearing, but they were issued.

The .280 was a real intermediate round. 7.62 read 5.56 a pathetic M[l calibre around for 40 odd years now in all its configurations trying to make it work.

@danb4900

9 ай бұрын

Both 7.62 and 5.56 are fine for their intended purposes, though .280 would have been great for the 50s

Looks very controlable in full auto and in bursts.

Good, old days

Awesome!

It's wild that now they tell you that a single shot without ear pro will ruin your hearing. ( I don't doubt it, but that would mean all the soldiers that make it back from the front would be deaf, right?)

@RD-dn7yv

Жыл бұрын

Pardon

@silverjohn6037

Жыл бұрын

Not completely deaf but partial hearing loss and tinnitus (hearing a constant whine) is part of the life in the combat arms.

@lordsummerisle87

Жыл бұрын

Every unprotected exposure to extreme levels of noise like an unmoderated rifle will damage or reduce your hearing. That damage is cumulative (it adds up over time) and irreversible. The damage increases exponentially with the level of noise, so the louder it is the less exposure time it takes to cause damage. Under 60dB is ok for hours at a time. Over 100dB only takes an instant to cause damage. Yes, a lot of people regularly exposed to loud noises (factory workers, aircraft mechanics, soldiers, proof house workers, recreational shooters, shooting instructors etc.) universally suffered from partial or total hearing loss over time. Like loss of teeth, uncorrected hernias, haemorrhoids and reduced vision it was far more common just a few decades ago than today. They were seen as somewhat inevitable results of age -- and don't forget that life expectancy was about 65 years for men when this film was made so there was less time to have to live with the consequences.

@pzakp311

Жыл бұрын

WHAT? Speak louder!

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

They were actually issued with earplugs, but ones that fit into the ear. How many wore them other than artillery units is another matter.

1:29 Nice to see the Taden by the way. I hardly know anything about it. Anyone?

@Akm72

2 ай бұрын

It's based on the working parts of the Bren but designed to fire belts of .280 instead of .303 from 30 round box magazines.

A very early looking SA80 30 years before the Bods at the Ministry said the Squaddie could have it

@nathanboulton2066

Жыл бұрын

nope, other than being a bullbup, the EM2 shares no design lineage with the SA80

@TheStig505

Жыл бұрын

​@Stanly Stud England was looking into bullpup rifles since 1901, starting with the Thorneycroft

The bull pup design has been around.

Guy at 01:26 looks bored

Интересная была для 1951 года вещь!!!Но что - то пошло не так...Только в 80 - х годах подобная схема ,прижилась,...и то только после французов и австрийцев!!!

@SidneyBroadshead

Жыл бұрын

That "something" was the 7.62mm NATO cartridge favored by the US. THE EM2 couldn't be rechambered for it.

Thanks America 😡

BUT NOT THIS BABY

No hearing protection, and handling that frozen rifle with bare hands. I bet they didn’t whinge about it either.

Can anyone explain, I thought the FN FAL was adopted in the 50s.

@sruicruicplox9803

Жыл бұрын

it was a competition for the new british rifle 1950,the british army have put some of the "futuristic" bullpup 280 into trial,but all changes when nato standarisation came and they decided to adop the FAL/SLR so they can use nato standard/stanag 7.62x51

@Whiskey-cr9dq

Жыл бұрын

It was adopted in the late 50s Built in 1953. The EM-2 was supposed to be the new NATO universal rifle, but the US wanted .30 calibre minimum

@Westyrulz

Жыл бұрын

@@sruicruicplox9803 Amazing to think they had a bullpup in 1951,just imagine the war had only been over 6 years.Oz army went to the Steyr bullpup in the early 90's.

@Emdee5632

Жыл бұрын

In fact the EM-2 DID get officially adopted, but only for a short while. The Americans were adamant about a cartridge roughly comparable to their own 30-06: Nato's 7.62 x 51 mm. They were making large quantities of it and now they should use this "superior" intermediate cartridge in stead? Never going to happen. For the sake of military unity with the US and with Nato, it was decided the UK would use the standard Nato round. This cartridge was too strong for the EM-2, it had to be redesigned for it etc. In the end, a Belgian type of rifle, the FAL got adopted instead. In the 1960s, the USA switched over to 0.223...

@downunderrob

Жыл бұрын

The stupid Americans shoved 7.62 NATO down the throat of the Free-world. And as economically strained as the UK was, even Winston Churchill didn't want to piss them off.

BBC voice and a tweed Jacket lol

No ear pro on anyone

And they just about have now got all the glitches sorted! lol

@TeaDrinkersRuledTheWorld

Жыл бұрын

different rifle

That EM rifle looks fantastic and futuristic. Too sad its adoption was affected by political nonsense.

M-16 antecesor is nice👍👍👍👍👍