Comments by "The Immortal" (@theimmortal4718) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1.  @ashley587  It was a standard infantry rifle cartridge in most western countries for at least 30 years. The Germans used it for over 40. Many countries prefer it for their infantry rifles and won't go to an intermediate round, like Turkey. Against Soviet forces in Europe during the cold war, and in mountainous terrain like Korea, a 30 caliber infantry rifle made sense. In the jungles of Vietnam, the 5.56 made absolute sense, as the AK outpaced full powered battle rifles. Today, 7.62 will live on for many years to come in infantry platoons, especially with the addition of the M110A1 in 7.62 down to the squad level. Honestly, the military should have always retained at least two 7.62 rifles per squad as the m16 was fielded.
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  2.  @zoiders  Fought and hit their targets are two very different things. Yes, the 5.56 is more effective in combat than 303. That's why one is used still and the other isnt. The less corrections a rifleman must make to his point of aim at different ranges, the higher the probability of hitting his target. Yes, 303 British was a slow round, and the British also agreed that they needed a round with a flatter trajectory. In higher tempo fights, it matters. That's why almost all armies went to 5.56x45, 5.54x39, or 5.8x42 for their primary rifle. 53 to 77 grains with muzzle velocities from 2850 to 3200 fps.
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  3. I bet you that gun never left the arms room
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  4. 357 Magnum???
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  5.  @rotwang2000  3 round burst was never designed for or trained to be used past 50 meters. It's meant for the final couple of bounds on the assault when closing with enemy or when being overrun or outnumbered. Nobody's trying to hit targets at 300 with burst.
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  6.  @fathead8933  Honestly, I feel like the environment has changed and people are getting targeted for what they put online
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  7. Hidden, I wish we'd resurrect the Lafayette fir the US Army
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  8. We used them up out of the hatch on the highways in baghdad
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  9. They were promoting this in the middle of the Iraq war. Jesus, I'm glad this thing wasn't adopted
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  10.  @leadcounsel4869  Thank you for doing your part, as well!
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  11. Seen that exact situation play out just like that dozens of times
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  12. I have a cmmg 22lr conversion bolt. It works really well
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  13. I was in 2nd Plt, A Co 3-15 INF, 2nd Bde, 3rd ID. What company were you in?
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  14. Shotguns are incredibly rare in the US military. You hardly ever see them other breaching guns for blowing hinges off of doors
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  15.  @davitdavid7165  Weight is insufferable? It weighs the same as 7.62x39. and my M4 kitted up weighs the same as a Tommy. 45 for a fact hits harder than 9mm, especially when both are using ball ammo
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  16.  @davitdavid7165  Yeah, those 130 pound WW2 infantryman must have never been able to carry and shoot one, huh,? Please. Touch grass. In Iraq, i carried my SAW, 800 rounds, 4 smoke grenades, armor, water, and nods. That weighed over 90 pounds. Tell me again how a 10 pound SMG and a dozen one pound 20 round mags is just too heavy to carry 😂 Even if you carried 20 mags, a Thompson, 2 canteens, 4 frags, a helmet, and a knife, you'd come out carrying half of what I did sprinting from doorway to doorway. How weak do you think men are?
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  17.  @MrCheckitout123  Yeah, they spark off of 20 gauge steel
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  18. Looks perfectly fine for killing Bolsheviks at 300 meters
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  19. In Total Recall, Richter had the coolest .380 M11 with a square muzzle device. It was very cinematic
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  20. @Pepsi4815162342- other than the MP5, what other German weapon has the US used? Could you please name one weapon from Holland that the US has ever used?
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  21.  @Homie-cide  People have been making comments the whole time. It didn't stop 6 years ago
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  22.  @dominuslogik484  Yes, pistol fmj will penetrate massively. Subsonic rifle rounds like 300 BLK and 9x39 behave exactly like fmj pistol rounds. They don't expand. 9x39 won't penetrate hard armor, and only the AP rounds will penetrate soft armor. 300 BLK AP rounds will penetrate a 3A vest just as well as 9x39mm. There's just not that much difference.
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  23.  @southerngunnut5661  Yes, it will. I've done it with 220 subs. It will pass through two full 16" blocks of gel and keep going. And it's not "anemic", especially with the supersonic variety. At the muzzle, a 125 grain 300 BLK has the same velocity as 123 grain 7.62x39 at 50 meters
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  24. With most of these open bolt smgs, you have to aim low on first shot. Usually at hip level and shots will rise to the chest
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  25. Hackathorn never went to Vietnam. He was in the national guard and was in college throughout his time in service. Not one day in a combat zone.
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  26.  @9mmARman  Hackathorn for years touted he was SF in Vietnam. He was outed by Larry Bailey a while back for it
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  27. I still find the KAC LAMG much more impressive
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  28. We all know what will be the most logical decision. Replace weapons and ammo in 7.62x51 to 6.8x51. Increases capabilities to machine guns and DMRs. At the same time, phase in the Spear Lt in 5.56 for everyone else.
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  29. I'm curious as to whether a constant recoil principal can be applied to an SMG
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  30. And we still use the 7.62x51mm today. A very successful cartridge
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  31.  @zoiders  Intermediate cartridges were never designed for shooting past 300 meters. They're supposed to have the weight of an SMG cartridge, be as effective on full auto, and be able to shoot out to the extend if the majority of fights (300 m). Even with full powered rifles like 30-06, 303, and 8mm, soldiers were rarely fighting past 300 meters. What rounds like 280 British have a problem with is velocity. It's mv was only about 2550 out of a 20" barrel, as apposed to m193 with a mv 3250 out of a 20" barrel. The trajectory is poor at combat ranges for that reason. What it does at 800 meters was irrelevant, as a soldier with iron sights can't see an opponent at that distance, let alone hit him.
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  32.  @zoiders  I didn't make the 5.56 out to be something it's not. It's a round designed for 300 and less, and that's where it's most effective. What I do say is that in combat, guy with iron sighted FALs don't have any more effective range than those with ARs. Ones with optics had much more reach. It's obvious that armies find weapons firing lighter, faster, flatter shooting rounds much more useful than heavier, slower shooting rounds.
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  33. You like broken rifles?
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  34. Why? These things sucked balls
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  35. This weapon is a good choice for snipers when they are stalking, since a bolt action rifle is a poor choice for reacting to contact in the deep brush of Vietnam, and a second rifle is bulky
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  36. The Scorpion Evo 2 is such a cool gun. Perfect insurgent weapon
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  37.  @SonOfTheDawn515  We trained with it a pretty good amount. It's also very useful when the SAW goes down
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  38.  @SonOfTheDawn515  Things happen. If you'd been there, you'd know this.
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  39.  @SonOfTheDawn515  And carbines picking up the pace until it it's fixed is a very standard technique
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  40.  @SonOfTheDawn515  If you leave it to officers, they'll skip it
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  41. "no ejection port needed because it's careless". How do you clear it if you don't shoot the round? Do you clear the weapon by firing it?
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  42. Fun fact: Canada allows these to be owned, as they were deemed to be not dangerous
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  43.  @fathead8933  Absolutely
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  44. This gun went on to spawn the 2 most modern MGs to date- the KAC LAMG and the LW-AMG
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  45. We had these in Iraq. 1 in 5 tracers. 30 rounds a second. Brrrrrrrr
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  46.  @Edeinawc  I agree
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  47. I don't understand why FN doesn't offer hand adjustable gas regulator equipped barrels for the Minimi
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  48. I'll say that most armored piercing rounds have interior terminal ballistics. The copper solid and ballistic tip rounds do a pretty solid amount of damage
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  49. I'd like to see this rifle revived with telescoped ammo from textron
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  50. This thing weighs 2 pounds more than an MP5K
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