Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "Shooting the British Farquhar-Hill rifle" video.

  1. It was first adopted as aircraft observers gun. Capacity and reliability were more important than bulk.
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  2. The Lewis Gun was too heavy for a squad level gun. The intention was to issue one or two Farquar-Hills to each rifle section. With the Lewis Gun at platoon level.
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  3. ​The Army adopted the Farquar-Hill as a squad support weapon in August 1918. But no contract could be placed before the War ended.
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  4. Too long and not reliable enough.
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  5. The F-H rifleman would have carried two drums, as well as rounds in pouches and bandoliers. And the other men in each infantry section would probably have carried loaded drum each.
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  6. Gallipoli was 1915. The Farquar-Hill was still being developed. And small-arms are insignificant when the strategy is wrong.
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  7. ​ @pancholom The magazine could be refilled with chargers as well as single rounds.
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  8. It was a Webley revolver with a Pritchard bayonet.
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  9. The gun was designed with a simpler box magazine. The 19 round drum magazine was first requested for aircraft use. And retained when the Farquar-Hill was chosen as a section level support weapon.
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  10. There was no Royal Air Corps. Although the Army Air Corps was raised in WW2 and still exists.
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  11.  @OriginalNiceButOdd  When a channel is supposed to be an accurate reference site. Pedanticism is not a bad thing.
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  12. They didn't. It was only ordered in 1918. And as it was expensive the ordered was cancelled post War.
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  13. But then we wouldn't have had the Bren. The Army did order the Farquar-Hill as a section support weapon. But they considered it too complex and expensive to be a rifle for individuals.
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  14. The Royal Naval Air Service used early versions of the Farquar-Hill as observers gun. That's why the drum magazine was developed.
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  15. Rifles were issued before the machine guns were available. And were used by observers, not pilots.
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  16. The Rifle was designed with a box mag. The drum was developed for aircraft observers.
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  17. No, it's a Webley with a bayonet.
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  18. The British Army asked for 100,000 Farquhar Hill rifles, for the 1919 offensive. This was approved in August 1918, but the War ended before a contract had been placed. The requirement was cancelled during the Post-War run down of the Army.
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  19. We had the Bren Gun. The Farquar-Hill was to be employed as a section support weapon, not an individual small-arm.
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  20. The same reason the USA never adopted the BAR as an individual weapon. Too heavy and costly. And by WW2 we had the Bren. So the Farquar-Hill was redundant.
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  21. The Farquar-Hill was too expensive to be a general issue small arm. The ones ordered by the Army were meant for use as section level fire support weapons in the 1919 offensives. When that role. disappeared so did the Farquar-Hill.
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  22. The Farquar-Hill was not a production weapon. And what Ian didn't show was that the magazine could be refilled using chargers, not just loose rounds.
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