Comments by "Ember Fist" (@emberfist8347) on "Ask Ian: Did the Finns Hate the Carcano?" video.

  1.  @luked2767  The carcano is not a bad gun.
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  2.  @LegendStormcrow  Probably had someone remove the firing pin and put it is on too shallow
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  3. No he got an Italian model. It was mail order and it was a M91/38 in 6.5 not the 7.35 the Finns got. The M91/38 was reconverted to original 6.5 to simplify logistics.
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  4.  @mattthekiller9129  Well Italy had an Aircraft Carrier the Aquila and were building a second a carrier called the Sparverio that were never used. They were late to the game with both carriers being converted passenger liners when even Germany was building purpose built carriers. The problem, which plagued all Axis nations was their belief that Battleships would still rule the seas and Carriers wouldn’t surpass them. Italy’s tanks were mostly a combination of the lack of industry and the terrain of Italy. Italian industry wasn’t up for the war even with the build-up and so they had larger use of WWI equipment than every other major power save for France. Italy’s terrain isn’t conductive for large tanks due the narrow roads and mountainous terrain so combined with their limited industry, they mostly stuck to copies of the Carden Loyd Tankette and their main series was inspired by the Vickers Type E. They also did import some German AFVs getting 12 Panzer IIIs, Panzer IVs, and Stug IIIs each.
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  5.  @lampreyjaws1736  Subaru’s had a bad rep before that. The 360 was banned in Japan because it was a lemon imported as a motorcycle due to the lack of horsepower and it didn’t have many safety features due to be a bike legally
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  6. The ammo wasn’t unreliable but there was no quality control so you had ammo from different lots in the same clip making them rather inaccurate.
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  7.  @Jay22222  Well the accuracy I think is the chief issue as it was also documented as a problem for the Italians. I never heard it had problems jamming so they probably were not stored right as Ian suggested or just cut out for the winter environment l.
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  8.  @WardenWolf  The ammo was a problem with Italy too. The issue is that the ammo was made by different factories and each batch from those factories performed slightly differently. The issue is that Italians had clips loaded a mix of rounds from different batches.
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  9. The rifle was good if you got ammo from the same lot.
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  10. They already plenty of Mosins of their own.
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  11. The carcano wasn’t a lemon.
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  12. SMGs are more useful for Finns as the combat was close range in their dense forests.
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  13. The MG-42’s quick change barrel system made it hard to mount in anything but an open turret.
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  14. Ammo wouldn’t be a problem if they had cleaning kits.
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  15. Not really most combat is around 300 yards
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  16. The is arbitrary with how powerful guns are. The Volcano is a hand cannon in the game stronger than the starting Colt Single Action Army when in reality, the Volcano never was successful because it was weaker than a peacemaker.
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  17.  @Never_heart  I think that is true. The problem with the Carcanos I read was the ammo coming from different batches being mixed together in the clips.
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