Comments by "1IbramGaunt" (@1IbramGaunt) on "Smith & Wesson Light Rifle M1940" video.

  1. RedXlV maybe they were worried about the Germans finding out about them and using how crap they were for propaganda or something
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  2. HotCuppaCoffee only if you've a bias toward the American style of revolver, the Webley after all stems back to a long line of powerful, reliable British-made revolvers with a signature style to them that clearly caught on enough to keep going
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  3. HotCuppaCoffee also if you think early S&W designs were all beautiful you need your eyes checking lol
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  4. Trygve Blacktiger it IS, just a very bad one that for some reason they tried to sell as a kind of carbine, hence the solid stock and unnecessarily huge magazine well to give the impression of greater range and ammo-power. To be fair that WAS what the British had requested, but I think they had something more like the Reising Model 60 in mind
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  5. Not Pulverman it was just an idea to explain it, as you say it's not very likely but they must have had SOME legitimate reason to their minds for doing so, and they clearly didn't see a use for the weapons. What I don't understand is why they didn't either just melt them down like you said or, even more practically just give them to the Home Guard, funnily enough the direct equivalent of the Volkschturm you mentioned; terrible design or not it was still a modern sub-machine gun and would have increased their effectiveness in the face of a potential invasion considerably, much more than the old World War One P17 rifles and Lewis Guns they were given as it was
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  6. Heart of Fire hey we just ordered a design FROM Smith & Wesson and this is (somehow) what they came up with, it's still an American weapon whether you like it or not lol
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