Between the cats meowing, the goofy cork popping noise the dart made at 1:02, and Ian's WTF face afterwards, this has to be the most unintentionally funny Forgotten Weapons episode ever.

@OlOleander

6 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say this. It's a bizarrely funny pop for a device made for clandestine murder. And the cats just added to the spectacle.

@spazmonkey2131

6 жыл бұрын

Kill them with laughter lol

@alanowa123

5 жыл бұрын

at least when you miss they start laughing to tears and you can kill'em with knife or something xd

@wastedangelematis

4 жыл бұрын

Alternative cartoon physics world confirmed

It seems overly complicated plus it makes cat noises?

@Tekdruid

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, who hasn't seen the typical "oh, just a cat" reaction every guardsman is obliged to make whenever half of your evil lair explodes in flames and then a moment later they hear a single meow?

@Kickthelighter

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@zanearmstrong6776

5 жыл бұрын

This made me bust out fucking laughing

@thespiritof76..

5 жыл бұрын

Spilt my beer you bastard!

@therugburnz

4 жыл бұрын

@@thespiritof76.. camera out my nose

Sounds like a Forgotten Cat in the Forgotten Weapons shop.

@rickh3714

3 жыл бұрын

I like cats but it was starting to annoy even me. I wondered if he was going to jokingly(?) take the Bigot dart gun, point it at the cat and say to the cat on it's last meoww interruption- " Go ahead. Make my day ! "

@fordi_lajorge8399

3 жыл бұрын

Forgotten Felines

@Puckerupbuttercup261

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha I thought so too. I was starting to wonder how the dart would work on the cat. I know, I know, I’m a Bigot.

@aquarius5264

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickh3714 dude, *_w h a t ._*

@rickh3714

3 жыл бұрын

@@aquarius5264 It's called a joke. A 'Dirty Harry' line.

It goes without saying that at least once during development, the engineers played a game of darts with this. Because I absolutely would.

@mysss29

8 жыл бұрын

omg

@TexasADV

7 жыл бұрын

"I wish I could play lawn darts with my 1911" OSS Engineer: "don't worry...I got this!"

@allhumansarejusthuman.5776

3 жыл бұрын

... That gotta be the actual purpose of this. 😂😂😂

@TheArkTheArkTheArk

3 жыл бұрын

“Look, we’re testing the viability of this device and the fact that there’s a dartboard down range is entirely coincidental.

@Galahad_Du_Lac

2 жыл бұрын

@@TexasADV That sounds like the start of a commercial.

"this is an otherwise *meow* stock 1911, the idea is *mrooowww* it shoots *meow* this dart "

@MrMisterDerp

4 жыл бұрын

8:48 the kitty knew which one was the most accurate.... Ian just didn’t want to take his meow for it

@helbent4

3 жыл бұрын

@Marino Do I look like a cat to you? Meow, where is the secret rocket base?

@aliceharris9030

3 жыл бұрын

@@helbent4 * waves nine fingers *

The two little *pop* noises that the dart makes when he pulls it off the gun at 1:02 is absolutely wonderful.

This episode is somehow hilarious, and I think it's mostly the relatively low production quality of the older Forgotten Weapons videos versus today's nice, high quality videos.

@19SLATER95

6 жыл бұрын

BTW, Ian you're the man.

The cat is cracking me up! Makes me miss my little buddy. She used to great me at the door every day when I got home from work. Wouldn't leave me alone until she had a good pat on the belly, then bit me good. Had to put her down after 14 years. Loneliest day of my life coming home to that empty house the first day after seeing her off to the other side.

Ian, thank you for reviewing the Bigot. I know that sometimes it may be emotionally difficult to be in close proximity to abrasive entities such as this but I, for one, appreciate it.

yes very stealthy Enemy Soldier:JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ! THERES A DART IN MY CHEST! PULLITOUTPULLITOUTPULLITOUT!!!!!

What was the co-hosting cat's name? I think it's rude not to introduce him.

@littlearsehole75

9 жыл бұрын

Lololololol!

@zbyszanna

8 жыл бұрын

+captaincrazyhat Test subject No. 175

@-tr0n

8 жыл бұрын

+captaincrazyhat fuck. i was just about to go hunting for my cat, he sounded stuck in something. turns out he's just a videocat.

Unfortunately, I don't, The firing pin on this one was frozen up, so it couldn't be fired.

The cat is either a fan or it's biggest critic. Anyone speak felanise?

@fireblazesmobileaccount2607

8 жыл бұрын

+Martin .Luther Correction "purrsians" ... ill see my self out.

@h.plovecat4307

5 жыл бұрын

That's catscist.

@manbunnmcfanypakjustacoolg4965

5 жыл бұрын

Cat want his gun back.

@baker90338

4 жыл бұрын

al t I do. You don’t want to hear what he said.

@justinwilliams9452

3 жыл бұрын

I can has snack. Is what every cat is saying.

Can you do a review/tech specs of the cat?

@fletcherreder6091

6 жыл бұрын

Self-propelled with hand launch capability, and feet full of knives. Motion and sound seeking, with optional laser guidance. At least that's what a quick internet search turned up.

@n.e.v.e.r

4 жыл бұрын

Disassembly might get a bit awkward

@Riplee

4 жыл бұрын

if only I could forget how Postal 2 did it 🐈

@Vanastar

3 жыл бұрын

@@fletcherreder6091 'Feet full of knives' is an odd way to say that it comes with bayonets attached.

@fletcherreder6091

3 жыл бұрын

@@Vanastar the integrated fold out type! Very fancy.

Did the thing actually make that "pop" sound, or was that post production? Also, cat.

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

It actually made the sound.

@dndboy13

7 жыл бұрын

Cat wants his damn dartgun back

@Cogglesz

7 жыл бұрын

Lol damn, was 2 minutes into the video looking all around for my cat. thanks for the clarification! :D

@Kumimono

7 жыл бұрын

Mine was sleeping at my lap, so I had no such issues. :)

@MRCOLOURfilld

7 жыл бұрын

Very cat.

In research I have done these darts where originally designed for use firing from underwater at targets close to the waters edge like standing on a dock or on other underwater combatants.

@ForgottenWeapons

8 жыл бұрын

Where did you find that suggested?

@KageShi

8 жыл бұрын

Old tv documentaries and some training manuals from the late 50's. If I going them in my library I will try and remember to reference you. My uncle is a big weapon and aircraft buff of ww2.

@BenWeigt

7 жыл бұрын

That makes a lot more sense.

@Psiberzerker

5 жыл бұрын

You're not going to name, or provide any source, whatsoever? Just vaguely allude to some research you have done, exactly how Historians do it?

@andrewroberts3187

4 жыл бұрын

Ask Kevin Dockery. I assume he has original documents on this.

I've seen the Welrod. I've seen the De Lisle Carbine. This... Can't be unseen. So bizarre.

I saw the old intro and felt like a time travaler

Down vote for not bringing cat-host into frame.

meow?

@zbyszanna

8 жыл бұрын

+Phil Latio A test subject.

@danielgreen6302

6 жыл бұрын

I thought a cat was stuck in my heating vent, i was wondering what happened to it, when i finished watching video.

@cameronwhelan2837

6 жыл бұрын

What do you mean Meow?

@nfsfanAndrew

6 жыл бұрын

Cameron Whelan meow?!

@clarencecarr3

6 жыл бұрын

Cameron Whelan at 1:00 a cat meows.

this is the best forgotten weapons ever I vote for more cats in the video

@Fish-ub3wn

2 жыл бұрын

bump

Clicked for the forgotten weapon, stayed for the feline.

Your cat wants something.

@ForgottenWeapons

10 жыл бұрын

Sons of Guns, season 5 episode 9. :)

@charlesballiet7074

4 жыл бұрын

@@ForgottenWeapons lol hahaahahah best answer

How much for the cat in the background?

@blackjack9612

8 жыл бұрын

3.50

@OlOleander

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure it's listed on Rock Island's site for the spring auction.

@AllAboutMiims

5 жыл бұрын

Kitteh not for sale, it also has access to more fire-Meower then any human alive.

Just when you think you have seen it all along comes and even odder oddity. It is easy to forget that early in the war there was an almost frantic effort on to find new and better weapons, especially for clandestine and other "unusual" applications.

Hello and good evening. Thank you for purchasing this Forgotton Weapons VHS tape.

Man, some of the wildest and wackiest weapons are the first ones you ever did! I love browsing through your archives

Lmao the freaking cat 😂

@stephenlussier9243

7 жыл бұрын

Blake Bramley glad someone else noticed it. Thought it was my cat talking. #notcrazy

mreow meow meow mreow

This is the coolest thing you guys have found so far. Truly a unique piece of equipment.

Watching this shows how much better at these videos you have gotten.

The Meowing action must really distract guards. Good move OSS. Very cleve.

Someone out there is considering carrying a grenade equipped Bigot as their CCW weapon.

@coltenmeyer2775

9 жыл бұрын

Lol have the big one on your hip n have a compact for the lil one as backup talk bout tactical lol

@notpulverman9660

7 жыл бұрын

Sckakal012 still not enough stopping power

Nice to come back and look at your old editing styles Ian. Love watching the videos!

The low quality sound and video makes it so much more atmospheric and enjoyable

It's possible. The sharpened dart that is flared at the rear would probably perform well underwater and that may have been it's original purpose. The standard finned dart was more common, it was developed under the assumption that a heavy steel dart would inflict a greater wound and be quieter than a conventionally suppressed pistol. I've never heard any stories about the Bigot being used in WW2 (although it probably was), but it was alleged to have been used in Vietnam by tunnel rats.

god damn it kitty its my pot pie

@jugularspeed774

8 жыл бұрын

Bad kitty

@andrewroberts3187

4 жыл бұрын

I got that one!

It is very interesting to see how far this channel has gone.

You're scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not the could they never stopped to ask if they should

I like the live translation in cat language

@Wavemaninawe

6 жыл бұрын

Checked the closed captions. Was dissapointed to not find a 'cat' option.

What a cool device! Thanks for making the video. I was thinking about the name; could 'Bigot' be a play on the word 'spigot'? This type of device (a rod for a grenade to mount on) was definitely called a spigot in the UK at least. Our first RPG was a spigot type.

@ForgottenWeapons

9 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's exactly where the name came from.

@TeamFortressFag

9 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: The name also comes from the fact that the pistol thinks its beliefs are better than anybody else's. It's true!

@ZGryphon

8 жыл бұрын

It also happened to be a codename for a very high Allied security clearance level during WWII. Personnel with BIGOT clearance were said to be "bigoted". Probably at least a little convergence there.

@jaybee9269

4 жыл бұрын

ZGryphon >> I know this is old but I’d heard BIGOT came from TO GIB since a lot of folks were deployed via Gibraltar. For what it’s worth!

Great video! Would be nice to see you come back to this now that you have better production!

BEST LAWN DART EVER! This was never intended as a weapon system. There is no practical application for it. But as a lawn dart setup the potential for carnage is unsurpassed. Truly the best British “hold my beer” product ever made.

*somewhere in an underground bunker in 1942, the president meets with the OSS over a "new stealth weapon"* Behold Mr.President! We the OSS,predecessors of the CIA, have devised a multitude of tactical tools for our commandos in the field to make their simple tasks, ultimately very silly and not very operationally efficient or effective but will still sound good when written into a spy novel.First off is a conversion kit for our 1911 to shoot a semi-silent massive dart instead of its already potent .45 cartridge. Sounds tricky and kinda hollywood level unnecessary, Will it win us the war? Its possible the fascists will die of laughter before our operatives can even fire it, sir. PERFECT!..Build 20 of them and save one for the historical society. Future generations will want to see just how we developed our own sense of effectiveness while still managing to be ineffective! Now if you'll come over here..we have an incendiary bat bomb to show you...Which we believe will terrify tojo so much the war will be over in 10 days!...and because this is 1942 we won't incidentally piss off any PETA people. GREAT! Sounds terrific! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ...and it was on that day, the bigot dart attachment went into production and a precedent was set for future generations on how to fight wars by the CIA's bad ideas. The end.

@sasquatchycowboy5585

10 жыл бұрын

Except the bat bomb woud have actually worked.

@SuperFunkmachine

9 жыл бұрын

Jack Gordon You forgot the pigeon missiles.

@markyes2041

4 жыл бұрын

dolphin anti-ship mines

@blarpnarp

2 жыл бұрын

i like how you made the guy announce the oss as predecessors of the cia although the cia wasnt even a thought that entered anyones mind during that time period (at least as far as i know)

@conmcgrath7174

Жыл бұрын

But it's cleverly disguised as a cat? Fiendish!

I totally thought that was my cat. It wasnt til I read the comments that i realized it was the video. I actually meowed back to see where he was.

The cat clearly agrees with Ian, every time Ian was making a good point, *MEOOOW*

You guys never cease to amaze me! Thanks meow!

Perhaps ask the owner of it if you can load the ones that can be reloaded and do some balistics gel tests.

WHERE IS THAT CAT

The ingenuity that a war brings out in people is astounding! It never ceases to amaze me.

Me: Man I wish I could play lawn darts with my 1911. Sheriff: Go home...you're drunk OSS Engineer: Don't worry... I got you bro

"So it slides in like..." "Meow?"

I found these so interesting that I tried to find if someone fired a replica online. To my surprise I haven't found much information about the device. Great videos, love watching them, and hope to see more!

It pleases me greatly that this video has shown up in my feed. The cat gun must not be forgotten.

The name could be from bullet and spigot. Spigot mortars were common in WWI and this is identical, mechanically, to those mortars. And to the PIAT anti-tank projector.

Be interesting to know how “silent” & accurate it was and it’s range

I have found an bold exactly like that as a kid in a WW2 bunker in costal town called Zandvoort. Those bunkers where part of the German Atlantic Wall, although The Kingdom of the Netherlands border's the North Sea and the Scandinavian Sea via the Wadden Sea in the North. It was a German WW2 made and manned bunker, it was accompanied by a German helmet and a chair and table with remnants of WW2 German documents (to far gone to handle or really readable), and two Nazi wall graffiti's . The bolt was very rusty and seem to have nicked the German helmet on the right lower side, gave it to my friend all those years ago in trade for a knife, but always wondered what that weird looking short bolt did there in the far corner of the bunker past the chair and table, thought it came out of a small sized crossbow back then . Thanks for showing this !

I don't know if my information is correct but what I have read is, that device was made for shooting guidelines up into trees or similar orientations to pull up climbing ropes/wires. How that works I don't know. But I have read that the bigot was mainly used by snipers trying to have a easy access up into trees. And help the supply tropes put up lifting-blocks high up in what ever they used for stationary cranes.

You forgot to feed the cat

1:01 is where I paused the vid to go find out what's going on with my cats. Sigh...

When you made this video a full decade ago, did you ever dream your channel would get to the size it is now & you would become an icon in gun culture? Denzel, the guy you used to interview in South Africa works at the shop here in the US now & is a buddy of mine. He had nothing but good things to say about you.

From what I've heard, this was meant to be use on U-boats, where using a silencer would still have enough velocity to have repercussions when fired. Also, I think it was a .32 cap, not a .25.

Back here watching this again since Phantom Forces added this.

I like the cat. He;s a talker.

This is the oldest episode that I’ve ever seen, and that cat 😂. The film quality is totally par with a new KZread channel, I love it!

Gotta love that little Ian smile when his internal kid is super excited about something.

Argh now “Gun Jesus” Ian you could ask C&Rsenals gun smithing guy Mr Novak, if he can reproduce these in modern materials and try them out ? would be at least 4 episodes long for both channels how there made is 1 what they were propsed for 2nd how they work in reality npw 3rd , grenades 4th , would be fun if you can get that sorted out for the hell of it , great video more !

@bensmith4563

4 жыл бұрын

Thats a great idea

@logancurl9526

4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see that very thing happen!!! I love both channels, and I know that subject would make truly great content!

Lawn darts kill

One word - OUCH! Love the cat in the background audio, love the channel, you just don't get to see these things in the UK.

I recall another of your videos where there was a cat in the background making a lot of noise. During filming you mentioned the cat as I remember. The whole dart thing was cool, but Dude the cat rocked.

Can it kill dragons?

In Silent Storm they had these as a hidden weapon. They actually thought they fired exploding rockets lol.

The reason you would use the Bigot rather than a silencer is that with the Bigot, you do not have the sound of the 1911 action cycling. The 25-caliber charge is small and the tube of the dart is long so there will be very little noise from that cartridge firing.

The kitty keeps correcting Ian's mistakes. Ian: "This contains basically a .25 caliber blank." Kitty: 'no.'

I'm no expert but....I imagine the designers at OSS had visions of commandos sneaking up to a factory and taking out the tower and fence guards. Then dumping the piston and loading a .45 sneaking in, planting explosives. Then a factory exploding in the background, panzer turrets popping off for no reason, and germans yelling achtung!, while the commandos walk away. Then the allied commanders said......meh we'll just bomb the factory....

@RobinTheBot

6 жыл бұрын

Found the Nazi Sympathizers.

I wanna know what's going on in the background with the cat and someone that needs help.

Yes, almost certainly.

This show sure has come a long way since these days.

what was the cabinet behind you full of

@lonelypotato520

7 жыл бұрын

Cats

@caryr.7089

7 жыл бұрын

Lonely Potato LMFAO!!!! 🐱🐯🦁😂😂

@punishedmeridia

7 жыл бұрын

Michael King Looks like rolled up posters

Can you send me some photos of the one you found? I would be very interested to see them. My email address is admin at forgottenweapons. Thanks!

The gun for the history, Ian for our lord and savior, and the cat just going meme lord all video. So proud of how this channel has grown. Top 10 of History KZread

Thank you for the awesome history demo, and enduring these commentards...

"Hey guys I'm here for the game of lawn darts, I brought my own!!"

Please show the kitty

Interesting- both the weapon and seeing your earlier work. Still great stuff though!

thanks for tuning in to Forgotten Kitties 😼

I saw the SOG episode with the bigot, Now I remember why I stopped watching that show by season 2. I'm pretty sure you could make a better reproduction with less sensational crap. Hell they couldn't even make the fins right. To make matters worse, the footage was typical "didn't work well so we had to get best shot and make it look better than it actually was". Hate reality tv... end rant

KITTY!

This video needs to be featured on your channel!

For a second I thought the stray cat that I fed the other day made itself into the house XD. Awesome video as usual, Ian.

I have to admit, I would love to fully test a reproduction on our channel

I told my cat to shut up like 3 times before I figured out that it was the video

@donaldbarden6274

7 жыл бұрын

Meme Man me too!

Sofa King cool. Really loving this channel.

Dudes channel has come so far

Show us the cat already!

Anyone else hear a cat in the background? Kitty wanted petting :( do not ignore kitty

@nobodyfromnowwhere7510

8 жыл бұрын

lol, it really amused me because i could clearly picture it, a cat rubbing his legs just screaming "Hey fucker, pay attention to me"

Here im 8 years later.... Got this recommended

This is my favorite forgotten weapons episode ever now, who ever came up with a dart firing 1911 was definitely on LSD

review the cat

PAT THE DAMN CAT!!!!