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

@brianmunich553

2 жыл бұрын

100% agreed

@bradleywilson5641

2 жыл бұрын

Give me a ww2 british bren gun any day deadly

@johndowe7003

2 жыл бұрын

@@bradleywilson5641 yep just don't drop it

@kevray

2 жыл бұрын

ahh yes I love my flintlock pistol

@stormtruppen4039

2 жыл бұрын

Give me a pointy stick! WAAAARGH!

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

@GreencampRhodie

2 жыл бұрын

A shame Mark hasn't been a workaholic in exposing the TRUTH behind this latest GLOBAL conflict & the REAL agenda behind it.

@blackmantis3130

2 жыл бұрын

The war is a perfect opportunity to get more views and subscribers.

@elektrotehnik94

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackmantis3130 & people need education on what is going on, since apparently wars might sadly be a thing some of us might need to again participate in. I hope not, but I hope for the best & prepare for the worst ^^

@richardgreville6855

2 жыл бұрын

The 762. X 54R the R does not stand for Russian , it stands for rimmed cartridge

@EshBBX

Жыл бұрын

I mean the fact that every vid has an ad now is a massive overall drop in quality but sure..

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

@ilikelampshades6

2 жыл бұрын

British/American

@virginiasaintj

2 жыл бұрын

He was an American who got sent to Britian for his job.

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869

2 жыл бұрын

If it can handle modern ammunition, it’s modern enough for an emplacement weapon.

@Svensk7119

2 жыл бұрын

During WWI, it was used by both sides. No other comparable heavy machine-gun existed. That is iconic.

@crypticreality8484

Жыл бұрын

nice observation. Astounding indeed

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

@ronrobertson59

2 жыл бұрын

@Colin Mor No I sold my lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1 sniper rifle during a divorce and could never get it back. I plan not to sell any others.

@99somerville

2 жыл бұрын

I have a 44 carbine that I bought 20 years ago when milsurp rifles were cheap.

@Theiliteritesbian

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronrobertson59 this is what wisdom actually looks like

@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869

2 жыл бұрын

I have a 1943. It was gone over by a master gunsmith before I bought it. I’m convinced it never saw combat.

@mr.tall-man1573

2 жыл бұрын

@@99somerville My 91/30 with gold bands from aimsurplus was $80. Bought it around 2007. I feel ya.

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

@Mortablunt

2 жыл бұрын

I love my Mosin. I use it for hunting, and I have used it for dangerous animals calls, so professionally, too. There are stronger and slicker actions than the Mosin action. There are bigger and better magazines than the 5 round integral. There are far sexier and cooler cartridges out there like 6.5 Creedmore, 338 Lapua, 300 WinMag, 375 H&H, but I stick with it because it suits my needs, and most critically, 7.62x54R is very affordable, so I can hold a higher level of skill by getting more practice.

@WhatIsYourMalfunction

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mortablunt "Beware the man that only owns one gun." He will know how to use it expertly.

@IosifStalinsendsyoutoGulag

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't outdated, what do you mean?

@olgagaming5544

2 жыл бұрын

It's not like it was a bad rifle, just the soviet factories made things with a various range of quality, you could get a great Mosin and a very shitty Mosin. That's how it works in communist countries

@nedludd7622

2 жыл бұрын

The Mosin-Nagant was used by the most successful sniper of all "The White Death" Finnish sniper Simo Hayha. He also used the Finnish submachine gun Suomi KP/31 which the Soviets adapted as their PPSH-41.

You have no idea how much guys like us look up to Mark Felton, absolute king!

@Doddster1983

2 жыл бұрын

@MiniMania yeah but Felts is the boss!

@dallesamllhals9161

2 жыл бұрын

But then why is Greg' angry? ..is it just an Avro and A-bombs? (Not on SoMe = What do I know)

@Doddster1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@dallesamllhals9161 you had a pipe?

@dallesamllhals9161

2 жыл бұрын

@@Doddster1983 I'm danish! Røvhul! Look it up?

@Doddster1983

2 жыл бұрын

@@dallesamllhals9161 what does being Danish have to do with you smoking a pipe?

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

@alleystargrowley2784

2 жыл бұрын

My grandpa a ww2 and korea vet is still alive at 95

@alleystargrowley2784

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeautifulGreen252 will do thanks I always do. He opened up a bit to me after Afghanistan. Stories for days shun

@alleystargrowley2784

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeautifulGreen252yeah bro

@wstevenson4913

2 жыл бұрын

War stories from someone born in 1938 ?

@joshostrowski8411

2 жыл бұрын

@@wstevenson4913 she grew up in Germany during the war and had many stories from the different towns she lived in, like watching allied bombers going down and being shot at by an allied fighter on her way to school.

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

@gregmendoza1915

Жыл бұрын

Jelly

@mz3752

3 ай бұрын

When I first shot my M44 from a shooting shed at a gun range I thought someone was throwing rocks at the metal roof! Turns out it was the reverberations of this "flame thrower" making the roof dance.

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

@daviddoran3673

2 жыл бұрын

The democratic Ukraine is short of weapons??? Didn't the Azov division hand out AK47's to grannies and hobo's at intersections????

@InvestmentJoy

2 жыл бұрын

I think about the battle of Crete, where civilians resorted to flintlock and even wheel lock rifles to fight the Germans. Sadly they weren't super useful in said engagements. This time around, I can think of very, very few widespread ww2 designs that couldn't be used to devistate an enemy in a conflict like this.

@LostShipMate

2 жыл бұрын

@@InvestmentJoy The only weapons that wouldn't be useful are those without ammo. I can't imagine Thew Ukrainians have a vast stockpile of STG-44's with 8mm kurtz lying around. Luckily the Soviets used only a half dozen types of ammo for most of their weapons.(7.62x54rmm, 7.62x25mm, 7.62x39mm, 9x18mm, etc)

@anarchyandempires5452

2 жыл бұрын

And just because something is obsolete doesn't mean you are immune to it, if somebody stabbed you in the neck with a gladius you are still just as dead today as your ancestors were 2,000 years ago.

@rodiculous9464

2 жыл бұрын

There's already significant improvements being made. Look at the ngsw competitors. Idk how I feel about the textron rounds but the other two are very promising.

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

@chipnormandy4537

2 жыл бұрын

You should expect the same from your pro- fessors. Show him/her this channel.

@tonycatat6522

2 жыл бұрын

Oh heck yeah 👍

@billevans7936

2 жыл бұрын

Affirmative

@Mr_Buzz_Aldrin

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Felton is the way.

@BottleBri

2 жыл бұрын

Er, yes we all appreciate him. That’s why we are here.

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

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

The fact that Ukraine is using weapons from World War 2 is yet ANOTHER reason why NATO needs to step up their military support of that country. If our supposed allies are using weapons from WW2, that is an embarrassment! Time to step it up.

@bandere4ka743

Жыл бұрын

@@williamyoung9401 Russian soldiers, then

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

@jonathangreenlees4772

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!👏

@ghandimauler

2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine was infantry for a hitch then 2 in MPs in Vietnam. He said they had a mix of WWII weapons (M3 grease gun, Thompsons, M1 Carbines, maybe an M2 Carbine or two) and they'd use them when under attack and the M-16s started to get messy and drop out to clean, the MG gunner would pickup the rate, but many others just reached for the backup weapon. And then some muckety-muck saw them doing that and they confiscated all the WW2 weapon systems... THOU SHALT USE THE M-16! He ended up having his folks ship him a Remington pump 12 ga. and they shipped him boxes of shells. When Tet went down, it was street to street and MPs had very flexible tables of equipment (whatever they could get their hands on) and he had an M-79. He used it take out a VC group on a nearby rooftop. Of course, the top of the building wasn't empty of other stuff... and the M-79 round knocked out the VC on that roof as well as some key commo links.... it was always written up as a VC action... *chuckle*. Miss ya, Dawgie. You were a good man.

@alleystargrowley2784

2 жыл бұрын

13 bang bang hoah....edit: Ooorah for yo crayon eaters

@jonathangreenlees4772

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghandimauler Awesome story, Sir! Thank you for your service!

@richardhoelscher5125

3 ай бұрын

​@@ghandimauler In service M60a3 in 1989s The loader n driver Our service weapon was a m3 grease gun

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

@kilo21swp

2 жыл бұрын

We had some old Sten guns lying around in ‘03.

@rubiconnn

2 жыл бұрын

Yep they all fire bullets powerful enough to kill. Essentially the improvements made over the last 80 years to weapons has only made small improvements and many still shoot the same ammo as they did back then. Weapons made of lighter plastics don't really make the weapons any more lethal, it just makes it more convenient for soldiers when they have to carry them over longer distance.

@rickdarris6152

2 жыл бұрын

My brother said the same thing

@arthurbouwhuis1647

2 жыл бұрын

@@rubiconnn Don't underestimate the logistical dificulties of these older weapons. That M1910 Maxim looks like a lot of work to move around. But yeah, if it shoots its usefull.

@longrider42

2 жыл бұрын

@@arthurbouwhuis1647 Thats why its on wheels.

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

@scruffysstash

2 жыл бұрын

there are still multiple ww2 era M2 receivers in use last I heard in the US.

@RW4X4X3006

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta keep Ma happy!

@VisibilityFoggy

2 жыл бұрын

The Ma Deuce is used all over the U.S. military to this day, including, gunwale-mounted variants on destroyers. It's the gun that probably will never die because, frankly, there's nothing that can be made better or worse of it lol.

@RW4X4X3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@VisibilityFoggy Started a lot of fires with it.

@keithmoore5306

2 жыл бұрын

the Aniston arsenal reported servicing and upgrading an M2 made in 1923 (according to the stamp on it) and sending it back to a issue depot for reissuing a couple years back!! they're built like battleships with plenty of spare parts so they're going to keep going!!

Impressive that a nation as wealthy and advanced technologically as the US is still using reliable, well-engineered weapons such as the M2. If it ain't broke...

@peterwilliams2152

2 жыл бұрын

The best BMGs (M2) were made by sewing machine manufacturers. Much better than those made by car manufacturers.

@ottopartz1

2 жыл бұрын

Hell, I saw video of a Ukrainian unit with a ma duce. Made me smile!!

@peterwillians1273

2 жыл бұрын

@@ottopartz1 It's a lovely weapon for it's purpose, but only with enough ammunition. The RAN still uses them.

@ottopartz1

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterwillians1273 it's a beautiful weapon, simple, durable and reliable. Even more beautiful when she's fed Raufuss or Slap-T rounds. Still a beauty even though she'll be pushing 100 soon.

@geraldmiller5232

2 жыл бұрын

john browing was a gun expert. god bless him and samuel colt.

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

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

@mauertal

2 жыл бұрын

Germany delivered hundrets of MG3 to Ukraine in the last weeks!

@mauertal

2 жыл бұрын

@@meeow1900 Es wird nicht alles gemeldet, was geliefert wird.....

@donaldtrump2598

2 жыл бұрын

@@meeow1900 Man darf Deutschland nicht überschätzen🤣

@kevinlove4356

2 жыл бұрын

When I was in the Canadian Forces I used a variant of the MG-42. Nice machine gun. Unfortunately, Canada slowed the rate of fire down from the original.

@mauertal

2 жыл бұрын

@@donaldtrump2598 Für ein paar tote Iwans mehr, werden die schon gut sein!

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

@88997799

2 жыл бұрын

Did ya ask to see the scar?

@norths21

2 жыл бұрын

@@88997799 You know that silly thing called respect?

@karlhans6678

2 жыл бұрын

@@norths21 an old man showed me his bullet scars, i asked him if they were real, he got mad.

@norths21

2 жыл бұрын

@@karlhans6678 Most of the people would get mad

@karlhans6678

2 жыл бұрын

@@norths21 i would laugh. He's probably dead by now. This was years ago, he was like in his 50s and very overweight. I was very bad at socializing so i asked that dumb question.

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

@retrogaminggenesis6102

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your service man that's a cool story

@Nattleby

2 жыл бұрын

I would not feel unarmed with an M1 Carbine in the jungle. I have a Rockola that’s a bit beat up, but shoots very accurately. My great uncle used one in the mountains of Italy during ww2.

@shockwave6213

2 жыл бұрын

They never told anyone this to keep it secret, but part of their adamance to keep troops from using captured enemy weapons was because of Project Eldest Son. They were actively feeding sabotaged ammo that would explode and hurt the user or destroy their weapon when it fired to the NVA supply lines in an attempt to turn the NVA and VC against their Chinese backers.

@coltleathers3562

Жыл бұрын

Funny my dad, a Vietnam get, told me the same story about the Ak. He didn’t trust his M16 and said he carried a Thompson for most of his tour.

@lassmichruhe

Жыл бұрын

Have you ever thought about uploading videos talking about your experiences and stories from the vietnam war? i know many people would be very interested.

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

@hb9145

2 жыл бұрын

Germany has sent in some MG3s - a reverse engineered and slightly modified version of the MG42. Some of them even have parts from original MG42s.

@enki9013

2 жыл бұрын

It's mostly not, it has too high rate of fire, it's simply very hard to supply ammo for it

@hb9145

2 жыл бұрын

​@@enki9013 It's recommended to fire short bursts with it. Secondly, that sound alone is terrifying.

@tigr1021

2 жыл бұрын

there were MG42s, MP40s, MG34s, PTRD41 and PTRS41 in use since 2014. The Soviet Antitankrifles on both sides and the german weapons mostly by ukrainian fashist groups.

@theirishhammer9451

2 жыл бұрын

Former East German MP44 are showing up in Syria being used daily! Now that's a fun weapon. As long as you have ammo.

Not just then and there. I used a 1911 when I was in the Marines in the 80s, my mortar was a WW2 design built during the Korean War. When I got out and went into the Guard, we had M3 (grease gun) submachine guns for the tankers.

@KB4QAA

2 жыл бұрын

RR: I last re-qualed in the navy with the 1911 (1945 mfg stamps) in late 1995, one week before they were officially retired. At that shoot i did have one disassemble in my hand, fortunately I wasn't injured. :)

@letoubib21

2 жыл бұрын

In 1980 I got from the WAARNG an M1911 built in *1942* as my sidearm *. . .*

@patrikrenmark2010

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the thing is that in some fields (like machine guns and auto cannons) things have made little progress since wwii. Not because technology has stalled, but rather because some of the designs that came out back then has prooven to be really really good.

@randallbelstra7228

2 жыл бұрын

And frankly, the M3 and M1911 are still excellent weapon designs. The M3, remains the simplest and most reliable submachine gun design ever. It just lacks the cool appeal of other submachine guns. I and my son, both commercial M1911s. That weapon is also an outstanding weapon that still compares well with any modern pistol, and, it still has incredible stopping power.

@lokomike2911

2 жыл бұрын

Still a great sidearm I carry a GI model Ria 1911 in 45auto it's close to the A1 but has flat mainspring housing and slightly longer trigger and the hammer spur isn't as wide as the actual 1911A1. I been thinking about replacing those parts to make it a 1911A1 spec gun.

Recently went on a little hunting trip with my mosin and I can safely say you do NOT want to get hit anywhere by those rounds.

@rongray8416

2 жыл бұрын

Haha very true the 54R does hit very hard...you also notice the muzzle flash on the vid from the carbine, its also very common, shoot it at night you can see everything like its daylight then your blind as a bat lol,.. still I love my mosin carbine...If you ever get the chance to shoot the SVT 40 take it,..It shoots way different (not the heavy kick after every shot do to the gas operated system) just be aware that its much more susceptible to jams do to the gas system being kind of weak (doesn't fully eject the round and there is a wedge the round will get stuck on and catch the cartridge case) Mostly annoying because if it does that you cannot reload the case ever (for those who do reloading the case is split at the opening for the bullet and goes back usually about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch...yeah the wedge is fairly sharp and no way to dull it down...the main spring is pretty strong and the ejection of cartridges is pretty weak)

@simplymadness8849

2 жыл бұрын

I can safely say you wouldn’t want to get hit with any bullet of any caliber.

@triadwarfare

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I can see sparks fly on the video on the Mosin.

@828enigma6

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like yours needs the gas port adjusted. When I had mine, it ran well with no jams, and amazingly light recoil for a full power battle cartridge. They had a problem with a wandering zero so instead of sniper use, it was relegated to squad leader use. If the Russians had time to work on the wandering zero problem, I'm satisfied it could have been fixed. Wish I'd kept mine.

@rongray8416

2 жыл бұрын

@@828enigma6 lol wow I never had the wandering zero issue mine was dead on and never wandered...On my gasport I pretty much opened it up as far as it would go and got it fairly reliable... Never got the chance to take it to a gunsmith and see if anything could be done do to it being stolen and not being able to find as nice an example (fit and finish were very nice on it) all the ones i saw after were damn near scratch and dent yard sale ones...like oof bad looking, gouges, deep gashes, bad bluing, bent parts even :( ended up replacing it with 2 other rifles later on

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

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

That footage is WELL known to have been staged. Even during WW2. (5:45)

@nicholasmiller667

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone caught this… “Rimmed” not “Russian”

@soloban81

Жыл бұрын

And kicks like a horse!

the number of Maxim's in store really shocked me. if they have the belts, loaders and spare parts i could see them being rather useful... remembering that maxim family watercooled machine guns were tactically at thier best in the trenches of WW1 and there are a lot of fixed trench lines in the Donbas.

@ATruckCampbell

2 жыл бұрын

They are very useful. I don't understand why people are shitting on these old weapons, if it shoots bullets accurately and reliably then what is the problem? A Mosin is just as deadly now as it was 130 years ago.

@thelordofcringe

Жыл бұрын

@@ATruckCampbell and it wasn't very deadly then. The mosins were mostly absolutely dogshit rifles, but simple ones so easy to mass produce. Only before ww2 was there a good run of decently made rifles, which were promptly downgraded again during the war.

@littletweeter1327

Жыл бұрын

The maxim mg design is to my knowledge still the most reliable and sustainable mg design to date. the British had one firing for a week straight during a test and only stopped due to running out of ammo.

@timonsolus

Жыл бұрын

@@thelordofcringe : Yes. Only the highest quality Mosins (of pre-WW2 manufacture) were selected for conversion to sniper rifles.

@Jv-ce7qn

Жыл бұрын

water cooled Maxims will fire forever as long as the water is availablel...

As a Norwegian we still use the mg3 in the army. Still one of the best lmg out there Even tho its from 1942

@Republic3D

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. And the .50 (12.7mm) M2. Many of them were actually manufactured during the war. Recently the military ordered new stock of the exact same weapon.

@kelikatikarl1718

2 жыл бұрын

Mg3 is from 1959. It’s an upgraded version of the mg42.

@thomasrothiii524

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelikatikarl1718 same damn thing just in .308

@the_retag

2 жыл бұрын

@@kelikatikarl1718 biggest difference is it ses 7.62x51 nato

@tavish4699

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasrothiii524 its not the same damn thing ....it appears however no parts are interchangable

It's amazing to see how in WW1 we (humans) used to drop darts out of airplanes and used simple artillery while nowadays we have the ability to send GPS guided inter continental missiles able to blow up entire cities on the other side of the planet, but we still use the Maxim machine gun from 1886(!)

@John77Doe

2 жыл бұрын

If it jambs, club your opponent to death with a rock. 😂😂😂😂

@jimmyd1337

2 жыл бұрын

But they put a red dot on it atleast 😁

@cmdrgarbage1895

2 жыл бұрын

Look at a railway gun and tell me it's simple

@tomsoki5738

2 жыл бұрын

@@cmdrgarbage1895 It is, relatively speaking. Big tube on a big frame with an oil recoil buffer system

Firearm is like the internal combustion engine. The principal stayed the same. When a bullet, that has not evolved at all is still the same when fired out of any weapon. Still lethal! Even a couple of T34 can be dangerous today.

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

Yep, all they have to do is run over the retreating Russians!

The video inserts of the guns firing really demonstrates their power. Thank you again Dr. Felton.

5:57 The "R" in 7.62x54mmR stands for rimmed, as the cartridge has a rim that protrudes rather than a notch inside the circumference, as is standard on most other rifle cartridges.

@sandy2995

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly correct. A small error in detail of what was a truly excellent post by Mark.

@thoriated

2 жыл бұрын

Rimmed cartridges were the norm in the 19th century. It provides a positive stop for chambering and robust extraction. They are problematic in vertical feed magazines, so the move to rimless cartridges. Rimless requires precise chamber machining to set headspace.

@redtra236

2 жыл бұрын

Not really the norm since around the year 1900

@jamesp8459

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying that detail, I wasn't sure what the "R" stood for.

@miketaylor5212

2 жыл бұрын

@@redtra236 he said 19th century 7.62x57 r british .303 french lebel 8x whatever were all designed in the late 1800s i think mauser started using rimless cartridges in their rifles first in the late 1800s.

It's actually amazing just how many WW2 guns are being used in Ukraine, I was fairly surprised when I saw a guy with a Mosin Nagant and Maxim

@amicusfelium6335

2 жыл бұрын

The missile from these ancient weapons is just as deadly as from modern weapons. Old does not necessarily have to be worse.

@CFarnwide

2 жыл бұрын

The Mosins didn’t shock me in the least. The Maxim however 😵! I half wonder if a museum was raided.

@Dirtysouth210210

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean WW2 guns? The Maxim and Mosin we're from the 1880s, way before WW2.

@mikkel066h

2 жыл бұрын

@@CFarnwide The Maxim works great for emplacements and on the defensive which Ukraine mostly is. Good at sustained fire because its water cooled and the shield can give some protection to the gunner in case of small arms fire.

@stephencarroll9935

2 жыл бұрын

If its not broken don't fix it

Minor correction. The sniper configuration of the Mosin rifle cannot use stripper clips. You must hand feed it 1 cartridge at a time.

Interesting. I also saw - from what I believe - a Mauser 98k.

@vaughanerwin7195

2 жыл бұрын

yes there are the odd one in use as sniper rifles

They may be old but still very effective. I know my fellow gun owners are drooling and would love to get their hands on every one of them. Of course the heavy machine guns would be grabbed up immediately by the very serious collector who would pay whatever it takes to possess them legally. Granted, in a war zone I would prefer to have the modern weapons just the same.

@juniorsanchez4157

2 жыл бұрын

As long as it shoot bullet I would be fine with whatever honestly

@avian68tb

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the weapon makes the angry pointy bullet hit the target effectively, a gun is a gun.

@csme07

2 жыл бұрын

@@avian68tb and also has armor piercing rounds in huge quantities

@tomjackson4374

2 жыл бұрын

Mark failed to mention that the AK 47 has been in service since 1947 and both sides are using them as their primary assault rifle.

@brianaguila6925

2 жыл бұрын

Btw, the guy firing the mosin-nagant seems like he's doing a mad minute that was done by soldiers using the lee-enfield

Happy to see this video. Some reports I've seen stated that the Ukraine had about one million surpluses ww2 era firearms they likely pulled out of stockpiles for this conflict. With General mobilization, you need every gun you can get. I don't think a person would notice whether they were shot by a ak47, rpd, svt-40 or a k98. All still can play a 2nd line role in a modern conflict, it surely also helps so many use ammunition that is still made today.

@sequence-gaming4841

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion the difference could be told byt the size of the hole that's put through you ! 😉

@mtvrchannel3051

2 жыл бұрын

@@DutchGuyMike so foreign volunteers got shafted?

@sequence-gaming4841

2 жыл бұрын

Dont fight a war that isnt yours I always say

@quanbrooklynkid7776

2 жыл бұрын

@@sequence-gaming4841 damn

@Past10Performance

2 жыл бұрын

@@DutchGuyMike that war tourist's video hasnt been confirmed. He was complaining about no body armour but they were told to bring their own. And also they were at a rear staging area it makes sense they wouldent be issued combat ammo loads till they got to the front lines. Buddy volunteered for a war thinking it was gunna be a walk in the park, not fighting farmers they are fighting a "near peer" (lol) enemy ffs of course its not gunna be a walk in the park. And yes deserters are shot in many major conflicts all over the world.

That Mosin Nagant guy was incredible.

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, except every modern military rifle in service today fires more rounds with more accuracy.... but yeah...

My grandfather's unit had German Mausers and PPSH. Back then one could still find German Mausers along with Yugo ones. But Mauser k98k wasn't the only German weapon copied by SFRY. MG42 was also copied and was in use with the JNA even during the wars in Yugoslavia. And another interesting thing is that the JNA uniforms and helmets were always a sort of mishmash of influences (from ww2 German, pre war Yugoslavian royal army, Soviet WW2 to American early cold war). Also the TO units had a lot of old vintage ww2 and ww1 stuff weapons (because they were a sort of a stay behind army, meant to emulate ww2 partisans, while JNA was a regular armed force)

Never judge a weapon by its age, but by the skill of the soldier weilding it.

@tmartin34

2 жыл бұрын

True , it is not about gun , every shot can be deadly no matter if it is from newest AK or almost 100 years old mosin if its well maitained. I personally would even prefer mosin in some situations like long distance (200+ meteres) shooting.

@allangibson2408

2 жыл бұрын

A crap gun is still a crap gun. Militaries don’t however tend to issue crap guns. Anything issued after 1888, that has ammunition available, will give you a bad day if you are within a half mile down range from someone who knows how to use it. The oldest Mosin’s will be 130 years old this year…

@tmartin34

2 жыл бұрын

@@allangibson2408 yea , why would you use crap gun for military ? You dont want to have unreliable or danger gun if you life depends on it

@allangibson2408

2 жыл бұрын

@@tmartin34 Corruption happens… That’s why the Russians only have iron sights on the current issue AK-104’s (in spite of the optics rail’s being standard…).

@tmartin34

2 жыл бұрын

@@allangibson2408 true , but optics are very expensive and russian economy isnt great neiter and with large scale corruption they can be glad even for guns ...

Mark never fails to make these titles so damn interesting for those who are obsessed with ww2

I'm scared that the PPSh-41, just like the MG-42, both made 80 years ago, still are gold standards in both SMG and Machine Gun designs.

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

M-240 is better...

@reallyhappenings5597

10 минут бұрын

PPS-43 is truly the best SMG of the era. Stamped > milled for armies

The TT-33 is best used pointing downward at point blank range, sometimes after giving the order "please face wall" or "please face hole"....

@NonConformistPsyche

Жыл бұрын

Also the Makarov

I seen Ukrainian video's with some of their manpower using Russian SKS rifles, I know this because my dad has a 1953 vintage SKS he purchased back in 1995. I shot that SKS a number of times, it is every bit as good and sturdy as the AK47, just no full auto and only carries 10 rounds, two 5 round stripper clips. The DP27 is just as good as the Bren gun. The DSHK is a good machine gun for fortified positions. As for the Browning 50 cal, that gun just proves a point, if it not broke, no need to fix it, that weapon will be around for decades to come.

@aitorbleda8267

2 жыл бұрын

The 50 cal has an issue with head spacing. It is adjustable and that is both good and risky in the hands of an unexperienced person.

@juliogonzo2718

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure lots of sks's being used.

@rickdarris6152

2 жыл бұрын

Great rifle

@user-njyzcip

2 жыл бұрын

SKS has dedicated 10 round clips, don't need to feed it twice with 5 rounders

@oveidasinclair982

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-njyzcip Dad only had 5 round stripper clips

When l was in Iraq we repeatedly took fire from a certain apartment complex A few days later l heard through channels that a sweep of the building yielded many weapons including a Lewis Gun that had three full ammo wheels ,( drums) , and was fully operational. I hope that weapon made it into a museum.

@vlad_47

2 жыл бұрын

@Neo Cortex America's whole powertrip in the 90's and 2000's was ridiculous

@jerryle379

2 жыл бұрын

@Neo Cortex alway wonder what the yellow powder they wave in un really are ?

@maskedguy2101

2 жыл бұрын

War criminal

@maarten1115

2 жыл бұрын

@@maskedguy2101 📮

@neemiasguedes8803

2 жыл бұрын

yeah thx for the iraq kids

I love your channel. thank you for all this great information. I played the heck out of call of duty world at war 12 years ago, most of the weapons you gave info about were in that game and I loved hearing about the real world applications to some weapons manufactured almost 80 years ago

When you realize the 1910/30 is just a variant of the Maxim gun 1883, you realize a gun does not need to be modern to put some undesired holes in you.

WWII: The gift that keeps on giving

@ArmyJames

2 жыл бұрын

My great-Grandfather died in a concentration camp, so wasn’t much of a gift.

@Autechltd

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArmyJames The gift was you, live well

@Whyoakdbi

2 жыл бұрын

It was hardly a gift

@ComissarYarrick

2 жыл бұрын

Well, more like "gift that keeps on killing" :P

@mgoblue9389

2 жыл бұрын

Yikes 😬^ Of course he didnt mean it that way. I imagine he meant that 80 years later and there's still endless content, lessons to be learned, and equipment being used. It of course wasn't a gift to the people who lived then or still suffer the consequences of what happened to their ancestors who were alive then. But it is to people like us who can't get enough content. Obviously if I had a magic wand and had to choose btwn the content or undoing the suffering, I'd choose the latter. But since I can't, I enjoy the content

Mark, Thanks for these reports. I first came across your work with the WW2 and WW1 clips, but this new work is fascinating. JB

Can we all just appreciate the beautiful sound of that tokerev

the same thing happened in Syria, government supply dumps got opened up by rebels and WWII vintage firearms bought from the USSR in the 1950s and forgotten in the desert suddenly started getting used. A lot of it was captured Nazi equipment, so suddenly these guys were using in combat priceless antique StG 44s!

@r563

2 жыл бұрын

Now that all the 8mm kurtz ammo has been used up you can buy one for around 50 bucks in Syria .

@startingbark0356

2 жыл бұрын

Stg44’s are basically less reliable german AK-47’s

I just love the fact that Maxim guns are still in use. I’d love to add one to my collection.

@nikolapavlovicsova5010

2 жыл бұрын

I saw one from WWI in a museum in Serbia. Iconic weapon from history and old war stories :D

@josehernandezmartinez8719

2 жыл бұрын

Is insane that Ukraine still has 35k units in storage. It makes sense to put these lethal weapons in service.

@nikolapavlovicsova5010

2 жыл бұрын

@@josehernandezmartinez8719 YES 35k INSANE ahhahaha It just shows how war is war and weapon is weapon if it shoots.

@sirboomsalot4902

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a deactivated Vickers for 2 grand at an Antique shop; if I had the money then I uhhh just have gotten it lol

@historicmilitaria1944

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirboomsalot4902 I bought mine in 1990 when it was 350 quid...currently sitting nicely in the living room

So consistently thorough and interesting as always! Thank you Mark.

You are 2nd to none Dr. Felton... your channel is more informative than any history class or youtube channel when it comes to war, ww2 till modern and everything in-between. Thank you for all your dedication & hard work. Im sure im not the only one that truly appreciates you. 💯🙏🙌

I'm stunned to see the SVT -40 still in action! Thank you Dr. Felton you made my day by this presentation.

@improvisedsurvival5967

2 жыл бұрын

Heard they can be bought in Canada but not here. They won’t import them. There is some out there of course

The old M2 or Ma Duec. Still a wonderful weapon. US Army tried to replace it some time ago, but no one had anything better. Its said, "If you can see it, you can hit it" with a M2

@petergray7576

2 жыл бұрын

It's the Goldilocks Gun: it has the right combination of accuracy, lethality, portability, reliability and versatility. In fact aside from adding a quick change barrel and adding chromium inserts, there have been very few modifications added to the M2 since 1945. And the Browning tipping bolt design at the heart of the BAR/MAG series also continues soldiering.

@Archeangelous

2 жыл бұрын

I remember training on the Ma Deuce in School of Infantry at Camp Pendelton in the 1994 prior to us being broken up into further specialization. A wonderful weapon. We had one guy get a meritorious Lance Corporal [E3] promotion because he humped [force marched] carrying the 50lbs receiver the entire 20 miles for 8hrs. Incredible but heavy lady, still wowing the boys today

@VisibilityFoggy

2 жыл бұрын

The Marines might literally mount a revolution if you tried to take the Ma Deuce away lol.

@Archeangelous

2 жыл бұрын

@@VisibilityFoggy i seriously could see that as one of the few causes for an insurrection, Ma Deuce is one of our favorite mothers

@kingcobra7183

2 жыл бұрын

I am amazed when I see it tear apart a tank/heavily armoured vehicles I don't even want to see the damage a burst does to Squishies (humans) straight break a human apart like throwing a Lego creation at the ground, just break into pieces with those rounds bigger than Andre the giant fingers

This is excellent. Thank you Dr. Felton as always.

@Mark Felton Productions outstanding video!!! I loved your WWII content so seeing it in modern day form is really refreshing. It seems to me though, that you have missed a weapon. @4:22 in the video, you can see a Kar 98k leaning on the sandbags. I completely didn't expect to see it there so it stood out! Keep producing a1 content!

@tomw.6511

2 жыл бұрын

Good eye, it is a Kar98! Russian captures (RC) are a thing on the collector's market in the West. I wonder how much 8mm ammo they had in storage too.

Fascinating watching the firing of the Mosin rifle. Brings back memories of firing the Lee-Enfield No. 4 rifle. And I love WWI era medium machine guns. Water-cooled is heavy, but the gun can do sustained fire forever without the need for a barrel change. As a Canadian Army officer, my own Second World War weapon experience was using the 9 mm Inglis pistol. This was manufactured just down the street two blocks away from Fort York Armoury where I served with The Royal Regiment of Canada.

@tubthump

2 жыл бұрын

Does the thought of those antique weapons tearing apart flesh and bone in Ukraine right now get you hard?

@APersonOnYouTubeX

2 жыл бұрын

How often do u apologise

@tubthump

2 жыл бұрын

@@APersonOnKZreadX Z

@Joshcodes808

2 жыл бұрын

Firing them yourself is wild. I don’t know why but the percussion is more intense than any other rifle in it’s class.

@magnashield8604

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm just hearing things, but when he was firing the pistol at the range. Right at the end, is that and M1 Garand clip hitting the ground? 2:44 Edit: watching the rest of the video, it could have been a mosin stripper clip hitting the ground.

I find the longevity and usefulness of military hardware perversely comforting. Along with the ageless .50 cal machine gun there's the .303 Lee Enfield rifle which had an almost century-long service life (and is still useful as a sniper weapon), the B-52 bomber first used in the 1950s and not planned to be retired for another 20 or more years, the Russian Mil Mi-8, helicopter still in wide use sixty years after its first flight. There's a ton more...

@carlost856

2 жыл бұрын

A sturdy stick is still a pretty damn good way to end your opponent rightly if you think about it.

@Dont_Tread_on_Me448

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the tupolev Tu 95 bomber , still one of the best and the fastest turboprops out there even tho it entered service in 1952

@Leo3ABPgamingTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlost856 For that a man of culture would use a pommel, not a stick.

@graememorrison333

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dont_Tread_on_Me448 Yup. Those too! If it ain't broke...

@sulphurous2656

2 жыл бұрын

It's a shame all of our other technology has fallen to planned obsolescence. Even the household furniture for god's sake.

Watching that man fire his mosin like that was very impressive.

6:27 The Mosin-Nagant rifle leaves one heck of a muzzle flash for counter snipers to focus on.

Remember one thing - there is no such thing as "old" weapon, if it shoot and kill its dangerous enough.

@alphanomad511

2 жыл бұрын

how about muskets in today's battlefields 🤣

@mixedtv7083

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphanomad511 okay, that's actually old haha. However, I think we can all agree that it's still dangerous though

@kristoffermangila

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphanomad511 hell, a replica Japanese "peppo" musket can be dangerous if it was loaded with a metal ball...

@jakegarrett8109

2 жыл бұрын

@@alphanomad511 I'm in the US, I would totally have a sawed off musket in my car for carjacking if I were allowed to keep and bear that, unless I could get something better of course. Sadly we have no right to keep and bear arms in the US, so you unfortunately can't even keep a musket ready in your car or legally use for self defense where I'm at. Not that criminals follow laws, so you're just dead when they want your car, self defense not allowed. Musket at close range is better than nothing, sadly we are allowed nothing.

@alphanomad511

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakegarrett8109 what state do you live in 🤨

7.62x54R - the R stands for Rimmed. It's the stepped rim at the base of the cartridge which the extractor grabs onto to eject the round.

@scavulous6336

2 жыл бұрын

There are other 7.62x54mm cartridges, maybe that's what he meant by adding russian who knows

@oldesertguy9616

2 жыл бұрын

@@scavulous6336 I don't think there are others with the same designation. The Fins used 7.62x53, which was essentially the same cartridge, but John Citizen was right about the R standing for Rimmed. I think Dr. Felton may have been trying to tell the people that don't know where the cartridge originated.

@reallyhappenings5597

8 минут бұрын

It actually stands for "rimjob"

Operator Starsky spoke about the AK on one of his Q&A uploads....he stated that nearly all Kalashnikovs in use in Ukraine by both sides are AK-74u in 5.45mm

One of the best KZread channels by far. Hope to see more World War Two videos. Thank you Mark

Note: The SKS was fielded in small numbers during final months of ww2, was popular with soviet units that tried it out.

@daniellejones5981

2 жыл бұрын

I have a 1954 Russian SKS and i love it! I bought it in 1996 and I could hit 3" targets at 200 Yrds, with no scope! Ugly but Accurate!

@ragingjaguarknight86

2 жыл бұрын

@@daniellejones5981 Cool. Does your SKS have the blade bayonet?

@sirboomsalot4902

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragingjaguarknight86 Most likely, only the very early (pre-1949) Russians, all Albanians, and the later Chinese had spike bayonets

@ragingjaguarknight86

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirboomsalot4902 good to know. 😎👍 I only have a type 56 carbine, and it has a spike bayonet.

@olgagaming5544

2 жыл бұрын

Ugly? I love the look of sks

KZread veiwers are lucky to have a historian with the knowledge of Mr Felton that enjoys producing great and accurate video content. Take Care, John PS, For veiwers who don't know, the Soviet/Russian .50 caliber cartridge and the American/Nato .50 are not the same. They are ballisticaly nearly identical but are not interchangeable. Just wanted everyone to understand that 'feeding' the DSHK and the US M2 does require different ammunition. This war is like comparing the Logistics to WW2...

@deniahmadhendra8842

2 жыл бұрын

Thats true, Mr Felton was part of history itself... :D for us the viewers.

@nuggetella

2 жыл бұрын

Basic simple weapons, one shot per kill.

@straightshootingtalk6715

2 жыл бұрын

Correct on the 2 ammo types. The 50 BMG (Browning Machine Gun) case measures 12.7 x 99mm, while the Soviet round is 12.7 x 108mm. I was hoping to see the WW2 era Soviet Anti-Tank rifles mentioned also. Both the bolt-action PTRD and the semi-auto PTRS fire the 14.5 x 114mm round. I have seen photo proof of their use currently, but I suspect so.

@BOB-wx3fq

2 жыл бұрын

He has a PhD, should be Dr mark Felton

@nuggetella

2 жыл бұрын

@@straightshootingtalk6715 Metalurgy has evolved in leaps and bounds, not the 7 deadly sins.

There was a huge cache of old Soviet weapons dumped in Ukraine as the forces withdrew from Eastern Europe in the 1990s which is what started this thing off. Was detailed in CJ Chivers writing for the New York Times including people collecting bullet casings from the battlefield in various conflicts.

It's not always the weapon that counts, but how well one knows how to utilize it effectively. Plus those things are rugged and durable, given they were used in a war that broke out some 80 years ago and STILL function. They really don't build stuff to last anymore. And that's sad. Still; when something works, it works. The Mosin-Nagant was also used by the (in)famous Finnish sniper Simo Häyhä during the Winter War with well over 500 confirmed sniper kills, without a scope. Granted it was a Finnish retrofit version, affectionately called the Spitz.

Every single WW2 rifle and pistol were and still are fully capable!

@toddwebb7521

2 жыл бұрын

Just because you have stuff that's newer and higher capacity doesn't mean it won't still kill you just as dead as it would in 1945

@xGoodOldSmurfehx

2 жыл бұрын

You people say that like its a good thing Yes, its always good to bring back the good old weapons tainted with blood of millions in the most destructive war in history just so we can kill a few more peope with them isnt it?

WW2 weapons has shown up in other conflicts as well, while they may look out of place and the common perception might be that they are obsolete; the truth is that in the right hands they can be just as deadly as any modern equivalent weapon…..keep in mind; a competent soldier can be far more deadly with a WW2 rifle than a newbie with the latest and greatest weapons. Also the Mosin Nagant PU model pictured here; all look to be equipped with the 3x optic used in WW2 as well, while this scope was okay for WW2 standards, it might show its limitations today

@louisecollard2320

2 жыл бұрын

Read an article earlier today. A lot of the equipment the Ukraine's are getting from other countries are made in Russia. Interesting.

@luigi55125

2 жыл бұрын

Same concept with a bow and arrows. Completely obsolete, but an arrow will still kill you the same way it did 1000 years ago.

@TheFirebird123456

2 жыл бұрын

@@louisecollard2320 they were apart of the former ussr. So they have experience using and maintaining soviet weapons not to mention spare parts etc. The nato stuff they are getting that are not former soviet stuff tend to be one time use or simple weapons that don't require much maintenance or training to use. They just don't have the time right now.

@RW4X4X3006

2 жыл бұрын

@@luigi55125 And I saw some video footage of a Ukie unit with crossbows last week. Open season thereabouts.

@nicolasclermont893

2 жыл бұрын

No not at all. If you use any bolt action or any small magazine semi auto weapon from ww2 you would immediately be outclassed at any range and any situation by a modern rifle. There is absolutely no comparison between the two. Its the same jump between musket and bolt action.

I don't know if you do requests, but I enjoyed your story on Gull force in the East Indies and would love to see more of this part of the Second World War fleshed out. Keep up the great work!

It simply amazes me that when earliest models are taken into account, being first manufactured 1884, the Maxim is closer to the American Revolution in the timeline than it is to the current Ukraine-Russia War, yet it is still chugging along to this day. That is just mind boggling to me.

@ziumzium5049

2 жыл бұрын

I'd even say it's five times closer in the timeline to the American Revolution than current events, now that tells something...

@454FatJack

2 жыл бұрын

Was it the Siege of Capitol?

@tireddtd4444

2 жыл бұрын

Civil war my friend. The Gatling was 45-70 and such but revolution was flintlock

I'm enjoying this series of videos on current events, Mark. Keep'em coming.

@daviddoran3673

2 жыл бұрын

The democratic Ukraine is the most weaponised state on the planet apart from our Democracy....Grannies have assault rifles there...

@sulphurous2656

2 жыл бұрын

@@daviddoran3673 The United States ain't a democracy, it's a constitutional republic.

Fun fact: The 7.62x25mm Tokarev has exactly the same case dimensions as the older, less powerful 7.63x25 Mauser from the Great War and the Russian Civil War. This was done so that Soviet troops could train and fight using old stockpiles of ammo from previous conflicts. So in other words, the Tokarev is still working as intended.

@billy56081

2 жыл бұрын

@@olliefoxx7165 He is talking about the C96 broomhandle pistol.

@Nattleby

2 жыл бұрын

Broom handles were made in a variety of different calibers, even .45acp in China. The 7.63 Mauser is the original caliber.

When I was stationed in South Korea in the mid 80's, The tripod for my section's M2 Browning had a data plate with the year of manufacture, 1943. The M1911 .45 was still in service in the late 80's.

I really enjoy Mark Felton's military videos.

The Tokarev is a perfectly serviceable sidearm even now, and the 7.62x25 is a screamer of a round, with 1700 feet per second not unheard of.

@angusmatheson8906

2 жыл бұрын

yeah I figured it was moving FAST considering the round is 7.62 x29. What's the grain load?

@angusmatheson8906

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, seeing how much it kicked when he was firing.

@TomaszRyszkowski

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusmatheson8906 the grain load is i believe 3

@cptpayday2080

2 жыл бұрын

The TT33 is a horrendously designed pistol, way too narrow and the grip angle is just predestined to cause your wrist to hurt.

@armorer94

2 жыл бұрын

@@angusmatheson8906 85 grains is the most common loading.

Appreciate your work, Dr. Felton. Edit: I imagine that Czech hedgehog would have an updated plaque to reflect its most recent service.

It still surprises me that the video of the man bumping it's head at 3:30 was ever released in a news bulletin

Excellent, Mark! Thank you for doing these episodes on the current Ukraine war. They are very informative.

I actually own one Tokarev tt-33, there were many in circulation in Sweden in the 90s, more than there was ammunition for them: D

I bought a surplus SKS around 2001, I got it at a military surplus store for $100. Looking up the maker's marks I discovered that it was manufactured in 1946. It used to jam on me once in a while, until I stopped using the Russian-made ammo, something about the propellant fouled the weapon rapidly. I began using the costlier US made ammunition and it hasn't jammed since. It's fantastically consistent. It's a little harder to control than my dad's Garand, because it's lighter, but that's just me. If I had to go to war and that was the only weapon available, I would at least have more peace of mind because it's so reliable despite its age.

@Doesitmatter113

2 жыл бұрын

I owned a Chinese SKS and after four or five rounds the accuracy sucked. The quality really relied on what country made the weapon.

@unabrett69

2 жыл бұрын

watch out for that floating firing pin. it will go full auto on ya

@Doesitmatter113

2 жыл бұрын

@@unabrett69 I heard that only happens if the firing pin was installed wrong (Upside down) that caused a slam fire. Either way, I got rid of mine and went to the AR platform.

@alittlebitmoore

2 жыл бұрын

First desire for any soldier is reliability, followed by weight :-)

@GunnerAsch1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Doesitmatter113 firing pins tend to stick in Sks with incompletly cleaned out cosmoline. Clean out the bolt well and most are good to go. There are some kits to spring load the firing pin so it will never hang.

Dr. Felton: I was wondering how you get so many great videos out there in the volume you do. Do you have a research staff who helps you find all of this great material?

Mark Felton is a great writer! Thank You, I enjoy your work...

"Any gun is better than no gun" Exactly, no need to a be snob while in danger.

Another outstanding article by Mr. Felton. You might want to know that I live out here in Montana, USA, after many years in Washington DC, horrible. Many people out here in Montana are well armed with old Garands, Enfields, Mausers, Springfields, M-1 Carbines, and SKS's. We love them.

@Antonio18677

2 жыл бұрын

Montana is one of the states in America where freedom truly exist

@BigSkyCurmudgeon

2 жыл бұрын

yes we are. with many flavors of Mausers in 8mm, 7mm, and 6.5 swede. SKS are like gold here

@loboheeler

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, there is no way I will part with my M1 Carbine. Easy handling, reliable, and effective at shorter distances with the right ammo. If you look at WW2 combat films, there are a large number of Carbines used in front line service. They fire so fast, you don't need full auto like the M2 had later.

Another excellent post, thank you professor.

1960s: In the year 2020 they will fight with lazer guns 2022: MAXIM TIME

The old Soviet Union never threw anything away when it came to serviceable weapons. I remember when not long after it's demise the military collectable firearms market was awash with wwii and older era rifles and handguns as Russia dumped them onto the US market to raise much needed hard currency. It surprises me Ukraine hadn't done the same thing but kept their weapons in storage for a rainy day. Fortuitous I reckon cause it is surely pouring down now.

@ianmedford4855

2 жыл бұрын

Saw some Azov guy carrying an RPG-7 and an MP-40... he absolutely looked like somebody you dont want to have a gunfight with.

@Memovox

2 жыл бұрын

Plenty of modern weapons from the UK/US Military Industrial Complex in Ukraine. UK/US taxpayers has blood on their hands - business as usual.

@GeorgeSemel

2 жыл бұрын

One of the admirable qualities of the Russians, is they don't throw stuff away, they figure they might need it one day, kind of like a pack rat nation. This war is a tragic mistake.

@RuiLuz

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianmedford4855 Of course the Azov guys would use use MP-40s and MP-44s (I have seen those too).

@ianmedford4855

2 жыл бұрын

@@RuiLuz you see the video where they had a bunch of Russians trapped in their BMP, and an Azov trooper knocks on the hatch with a hand grenade and shouts "Jutenmorgen Russian schwine soldaten!"? Can't imagine that turned out well for the Russians.

This old bolt action rifles like the moisin or Kar98 and so on is still a very potent and accurate weapon in longrange engagements. I have a Kar98k, is very accurate, powerful and reliable in all enviroments.

@maximilianolimamoreira5002

2 жыл бұрын

the famous:" old but gold", some older things work better than newer ones.

@RW4X4X3006

2 жыл бұрын

I have a Spanish version of it, short barrel. A damn fine brush gun.

@letoubib21

2 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 _My pretty aged (53), English, used car from Coventry says "Thank you"_ *. . . ;-)*

@maximilianolimamoreira5002

2 жыл бұрын

@@letoubib21 well, when it comes to cars it is even more true, cars today have potato armour, the old ones, like the famous ones from the 30s,40s,50s, and 60s were more resistant, in my country, a lot of people still drive the Volkswagen beetle, due to it's popularity in the past.

Great content as always. Thank you.

Thanks, Mark. Very enlightening I must say.

From what I've gathered from firearm enthusiasts and retired armed forces personnel from various videos and websites over the years, an older, "outdated" weapon in the hands of a capable shooter can be just as devastating to the enemy as any modern firearm, if not more so. A well trained shooter using an old bolt action who is familiar with his weapon system can be a more effective combatant than an inexperienced shooter with the most pimped out AR or AK imaginable.

@Chironex_Fleckeri

2 жыл бұрын

The second part of what you said is something that is hotly debated, but in every military and practical test of this question show that modern combat rifles are far more effective even when compared to the most effective users of bolt-action rifles. No one would prefer to use a Lee Enfield over some AK pattern rifle in a large-scale firefight. The point is that they're lethal weapons still, and WWII bolt-action rifles are generally firing rounds that will be effective against light-skinned vehicles like trucks. Some Ukrainian college student might shoot out the radiator of a Russian truck as it turns down a street. That sort of thing is why all firearms must be respected for the lethal weapons they are. That said, give me an AK or AR any day. I am not speaking for Ian McCollum, AKA Gun Jesus, but he has talked extensively about this topic. Extensively. It's interesting to hear why that notion we have is wrong. In video games, a skilled player with a bolt-action rifle can easily compete with guys that are squeezing off 5-10x the volume of fire as you. But in real life, you really would not want to be the Bolt-action enthusiasts platoon taking rounds from soldiers firing from a 30 round detachable magazine. The advantages are numerous and decisive. Watching modern firefights, even ones that are relatively low intensity, substitute any modern military rifle with a bolt-action. Assuming even that the rifleman is average with an AR platform but world-class with a Springfield, you'd take the modern rifleman, all other things equal.

@Chironex_Fleckeri

2 жыл бұрын

But in general, down with tyrants like Putin. Glory to Ukraine's heroes, even if some paramilitary units are armed with less effective firearms. They will still get the job done. Especially old WW2 automatic weapons. Weight issues are negated by the fact that they're being used at fortified defensive positions. Awful to haul around, but very little downside if you're firing from an emplacement.

@notastone4832

2 жыл бұрын

@@Chironex_Fleckeri ukraine are not hero's.. they use civilian infrastructure to hide military forces and then complain when the russians bomb them.

@bremnersghost948

2 жыл бұрын

To see what a Well trained Shooter can do with WW1 & 2 Weapons I highly Recommend Bloke on the Range Channel, Especially his Mad Minute series!!

@wolfgangwust5883

2 жыл бұрын

Very true. I own a 1938 Mauser 98k and under no circumstance want to stand on the receiving side of the barrel.

Mark, your work is vital to ensure that we remember our history, as well as ensuring that we understand what is happening today. Thank you, I've donated a little cash in order to support you. The quality of your work is absolutely stunning, keep it it up!

Have several of these guns myself. I have a 1927 dated Mosin capture marked by the Finnish Army, and an unused Tokarev pistol from Romania. The Tokarev is crazy accurate, as it's high velocity ammo is a small bullet propelled by a lot of powder. The real story I wanna know about is the history and places my rifle fought in.

Funny you mention - I was just thinking same thing. There needs to be an Oscar for these KZread Docs. Don’t think Dr. Mark could loose. The Ken Burns of Military History on YT

What people sometimes tend to forget is that efficient use of the weapons of a infantry men means single fire. You can not shoot with full auto on a target 200 meters away unless youre sole aim is to supress but for that purpose you have machine guns. So the SVT-40 can be just as deadly as the AK when talking about range combat. It actually makes a lot of sense to hand these weapons out to reserve units which most likely don't find themselves in close combat. An Aussault Rifle has an advantage in close and urban combat but I don't see much of an advantage when 200m and above distance. Its been a while since I serves as a conscript with an SIG 550. Maybe I am wrong and this has changed since then with more modern weapons but I don't think this is wrong in context of ukraine since they mostly have Ak's from cold war era and their counterpart as well unless some kind of special unit.

@RJ-wx3fh

2 жыл бұрын

Also, less trained people may be more useful taking single potshots at multiple targets as it would conserve ammunition compared to having them accidentally emptying a full magazine with an automatic

@commanderfox4721

2 жыл бұрын

Guntard moment

@-few-fernando11

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest advantage of modern vs cold war era weapons (as long as they are self loading/semi auto) is the ability to use modern optics.

@l.h.9747

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe but i doubt the average conscripts can hit much of anything above 200m let alone with an old rifle that has ironsights

@l.h.9747

2 жыл бұрын

@@RJ-wx3fh problem with that is that single potshots dont even supress the enemy so the only thing it would do is make the enemy aware where the soldiers are while doing nothing.

Mark Felton never misses a beat. He targets his audience with historical accuracy so on point, Putins War generals wish they had employed him.

The Makarov 9x18 mm is a heavy duty sidearm, designed and built very well. This is an excellent video Dr. Felton!

@shockwave6213

2 жыл бұрын

I've shot both the Tokarev and the Makarov and if I was to pick one, I'd choose the Tokarev. Those relatively rare double stack Makarovs are the only meaningful challenger to the Tokarev imo.

@R4002

Жыл бұрын

The Makarov reminds me of a "heavier Walther PP" (or even heavier Bersa Thunder 380, if that's an easier comparison). The 9x18mm round fired by the Makarov is like a .380 Auto [9mm Browning Short, 9mm Browning Court, 9x17mm] "+P" (it's hard to tell the difference because the Makarov is a nice heavy pistol and that weight reduces recoil). Communist sidearm? I'll stick with my CZ 75B. The CZ 75, CZ 82 (vz. 82) and CZ 83 pistols (9x18mm and .380 Auto/9x17mm/9mm Browning Short) have all apparently been donated to the Ukrainians. How many of them are on the front lines is anyone's guess. I'd say there's more TT pistols, Makarovs, old Nagant M1895 revolvers...plus a hodgepodge of Western pistols in the mix (the M1911 family, the Browning Hi-Power, Beretta M9 / Beretta 92 family 9mm pistols, and a slew of others). The Soviet (and Russian) infantry doctrine put less importance on the sidearm once the AKM was fully adopted. The majority of AK rifles being used are AK-74 type, usually the AK-74M (there are others, like the AK-12) chambered in 5.45x39mm. The AKM (and all the other AK-47 variants) fire the famous 7.62x39mm round. There are modern Russian and Ukrainian rifles being built for 7.62x39

You are the content creator we don't deserve, Mark. Awesome as always.

There is nothing obsolete about the 7.62 x 25 Tokarev round. It has excellent penetration, is accurate and energy wise falls between the 9mm Parabellum and the .357 Magnum and is cheaper to produce than either of those cartridges. Maybe someone can explain why the Soviets did not continue on with this powerful pistol carriage..

@ognjenkarajic6343

2 жыл бұрын

That ammo was withdrawn from police service in Serbia together with the venerable M57(Yugoslav version of the Tokarev) as it did not have enough stopping power. When a policeman shoots a criminal, the round just goes through him, and puting to risk everybody behind the target.

@buckwylde7965

2 жыл бұрын

@@ognjenkarajic6343 Why were they using military ammo in a police weapon? 7.62 x 25 ammo is made with expanding bullets. I have serval boxes of it and it is made in Serbia by Prvi Partizan.

@buckwylde7965

2 жыл бұрын

@@ognjenkarajic6343 Why were they using military ammo in a police weapon? 7.62 x 25 is made with expanding bullets, I have several boxes of it made by Prvi Partizan. It has plenty of stopping power, more than 9mm Parabellum. Maybe it was more like "I want a shiny new. latest and greatest pistol" and those are not made in 7.62 x 25 Tokerev?