Top Ten Combat Rifles Part 1

[elox02]

@hybridpyrotech there is a reason 5.56 rated body armor is thicker then 7.62x39.

[dickbuttttx4]

The Springfield is not a "stolen" design from the mauser. They shoot different rounds and the 1903 was originally a hunting rifle. The Ak 47 was not designed, and not, have good accuracy. The iron sights are terrible. IT was NOT designed as an accurate weapon, but to lay down supprot fire to make the enemy duck his head , PS The M16 is a high velocity rifle. it could go through a car, much less a sandbag. There is no real meaning to "Bulletproof" because, well you cant wear 9in. of concrete

[MrDip02]

@dickbuttttx4 yes it was a stolen idea of the mauser there almost exactly the same and were sued for making it but they did not give a shit and used it anyways -_-

[dickbuttttx4]

If you look it, the only non WW2 era (1930s-1950) are the M- 14(CLOSE) Steyr AUG, and M-16. Ak-47 was first used in 1947, FN FAL 1948 PS th e STG 44 was not a very good rifle, it was heavy, its action was ackward, loud and klunky and it ate up ammo. Look at the FG-42 or johnson machine guna and you see many things never used before on an automatic weapon, but is now standard on most assualt/battle rifles today. the most obvious is the stocks design, sending all recoil into the shoulder. look

[EyIchBinSowasVonBoss]

@dickbuttttx4 so the first machine gun wasnt "good" compared to newer rifles. You are nothing but an american fuck who loves evrything american and hates the rest, you fat fag.

Btw, no one uses US weapons in the world, except like 1-2 guns. People use H&K guns, not fucking m16 or m4's, because they suck.

[theproudicelander]

Hitler in the trenches, right, he was a messenger late in the war and was in hospital because of gas

[MACEX1000]

is dr aryheh nusbacher on cocaine

[MACEX1000]

why doe dr william atwater look like an egghead  or humpty dumpty

[myBad321PSN]

At 5:48 Nikolai was firing the STG-44 :P

[justinjacques766]

@myBad321PSN lol

[the308capital]

My opinion on top 3 infantry rifles per period:

WWI- 1st: Lee Enfield, 2nd: Mauser 98, 3rd: 1903 Springfield

WWII- 1st: M1 Garand, 2nd: Lee Enfield SMLE, 3rd: MP-44

Cold war- 1st: AK-47, 2nd FN FAL, 3rd: M-16

21st Century- 1st: SCAR, 2nd: ACR, 3rd: HK-416

[AlleyBottomPictures]

there is no such thing as "top 10 battle rifles" there is always the 1 rifle that is the best for the 1 mission, the 1 condition and the 1 enemy. so there can't be a top 10. only if you mean "top 10 combat rifles in the desert for stealth missions against terrorists. ....'nuff said

[ThePerfectRed]

Lol all other nations already had assault rifles in 1957 yet the USA still introduced a clumsy, heavy full-power rifle.

[LeeCarlomagno]

@ThePerfectRed The Battle Rifles aren't clumsy. Battle Rifles have a ton of more stopping, and distance down range. the 7.62 (.308) is one hell of a round. and in 1957 the stoner rifle and a few smgs like the .45 Thompson, and the Grease gun were in service i believe. Assault rifles are worthless compared to a battle rifle. I'd rather have one shot on kill then multiple shots to one target..

[docthegamer]

guys why dont people give credit to the stg 44 we probably wouldnt have the ak 47 m16 g36 tar 21 and the f2000

[christopherlng753]

@Kalashnikovfan your not crazy, i prefer 7.62 than 5.56

[kazetehskylord]

@Kalashnikovfan Me too.

[Froggy22651]

I don't mean to knock either weapon, as I think they are excellent. But what the heck are the M14 and the Springfield 1903 doing on this list? The M14 is basically a Garand with an updated round, an external magazine, and a far less impressive service record. And the Springfield? They flat out say in this that it's a Mauser copy!

More worthy rifles could have been on this list. Like, say...the Mosin Nagant and the G3.

[gahool50]

ak47 is always the bad rifle. Not right. you cant judge by just how people use it

[christopherlng753]

@gahool50 but its a good gun for teaching noobs how to hold a gun! can also helped teach noobs how to PROPERLY clean a gun when its their first time!

[bosoxboy1468927]

gotta love the springfield, should be higher

[akdude182]

what people dont understand is that the m14 is more of a battle rifle than a assult rifle and yet they still judge the controlability of it on full auto fire.its mor like a m1 garand with a 20 round detachable mag

[jlc2100]

good thing that german gun came late

[hybridpyrotech]

isn't the 1903 springfield that rifle used by private jackson?

[bosoxboy1468927]

@hybridpyrotech yah

[hybridpyrotech]

@Kalashnikovfan ,m 14's one of the most hardcore rifles of all time , i agree it does outstrip the m16 , the m16 can't even penetrate a sandbad while an ak 47 and m14 can!

[lifes40123]

whats with that robot voice describing the rifle?????

[USMCM249gunner]

you better be within a 100yds to be effective with the AK, if youre at 200 or farther out, youre at our mercy 

[EmpireIraq]

@USMCM249gunner Actualy the AK47 can shoot up to 440 yards, and ive seen people make it effective.

[USMCM249gunner]

@EmpireIraq

i call huge bullshit on that, since Ive tested a pair of them and they could barely graze paper at 150 yds.

either way a Marine with an ACOG is gonna have fun sniping you from 400-500 yds if you attempt to shoot your little pea shooter at him that far

[EmpireIraq]

@USMCM249gunner Your calling the ak47 a peashooter?

[USMCM249gunner]

@EmpireIraq

because of the range, yes, it has the range of a pea shooter

it's "equivalent" the M4 has been known to kill people beyond a 1,000 yards

the kentucky musket was more accurate than the AK.

[EmpireIraq]

@USMCM249gunner And does the m4 have the same reliability as the AK?

And what about the tabook rifle its basically an AK and it can hit at the sort of range.

[USMCM249gunner]

@EmpireIraq

M4 is the most accurate rifle Ive used next to the M16A4.

With an ACOG you cant miss a man sized target at 500 yds.

the AK doesnt even come close to the M4A1.

[EmpireIraq]

@USMCM249gunner yea that mite be true but that still doesnt mean that the AK is inacurate.

Also you completley avoided my second point.

[FunSudioz]

@Kalashnikovfan lol you are crazy.why you like the m14 more?

[MRM14MAN]

hey you little bastards and game faggots stop comparing call waw to REAL LIFE.and the m14 is a great rifle just load,the amunition a little bit lighter,now shut the fuck up about how it sucks (which it does not) until you have tested it

[OzzyOrozco]

@MRM14MAN thats wuts up man!! LONG LIVE THE M14 BICHES!!!!!

[gekalskip]

yeah that makes sense: giving the credit to the springfield while immediately after they say they copied it from the mauser g98, which they did, well copied!

And the mp44 was incredibly accurate as well, this program really sucks (which was to be excpected)

[Ismalith]

I think the Sturmgewehr is placed much too low

[Rangerhalt1]

@Ismalith It was a good weapon, but I think we've all learned from playing Call of Duty: World at War that it's not the most accurate weapon.

[Ismalith]

Call of Duty is a Game and because of balance and fairness the weapons are not 100% real.

And many good Guns aren´t in this raiting but shit like M14, and many other which are not worth to be told in an world top raiting.

[Rangerhalt1]

@Ismalith Have you ever shot a M-14 rifle? Stop exaggerating. They rated it at 10. It's not like they put it in the top three like they did the AK-47 which shouldn't be there. When you hold a AK-47 you have the satisfaction of knowing that it's accurate enough to shoot stuff no more than 5 feet away. That's why they use it for a spraying weapon. Using it as an accurate weapon is impossible. But it's okay, they make the 74 that can go 10 feet, so life is good.

[esh325]

@Rangerhalt1, Have you ever shot an AK? I can get 3 inches at 100 yards with my Chinese AK. The AK has an effective range of 300m.

[musicroks1597530]

@esh325 ya you little fuck i can shoot less than a 1 inch group with my dads m21 at 300 yards and i am the best shot world

[esh325]

@musicroks1597530, maybe in Call of Duty.

[kazetehskylord]

@musicroks1597530 FAKE and GAY

[Ismalith]

@Rangerhalt1

I also fired some, low precision anf much too low weight.

[Rangerhalt1]

I think the M-14 should be at least 7. Although it does have it's weight you heard the high praise of those experts. I have a question though, I could be wrong but isn't the Thompson excluded in this? That's just wrong on so many levels. Not even including the fact that the M1 Garand wasn't at 2 is wrong. Concerning the Ak-47, I still wonder why it's on this list.

[menelson45]

I don't think they where slighting the Thompson, I imagin that their criteria excluded the Thompson because it is a SMG with a pistol cartridge chambering, among SMG's it would have to be in the top 3 imho.

[menelson45]

Also I love my M1A, but an older friend of mine who used the M-14 during Viet Nam said that not only was it heavy but very hard to control in automatic fire. He is a little guy though haha.

[airbornghost123]

l85a1 pwnes all

[CarbineKingClassic]

Avtomat Kalashnikova Systema 1947. The finest weapon ever devised by any human. My favorite. I sleep with my AK-47 at my bedside.

[scrubnub100]

LOL, Same here literally, I don't know if you were being serious but I am.

[CarbineKingClassic]

No, I was being serious. I love mine

[Nefus2]

5:15

Wasn´t the BAR the first automatic rifle?

[kla671]

@Nefus2 techniclly yes, but the STG44 is the first ASSUALT rifle

[ywe3]

the first modern the first was a russian made in 1913

[ithurtz23]

the modern m14, aka mk14 mod 0, simply looks great.

[HalcyonSkies]

I thought it was the M21 Sniper System that was the 'modern' M14. Although they have the new M14 AICS now, which looks sexy.

[8ranger88]

the weapons for the elite class in america, because they can't get their hands bloody.

[Xeven90]

the german STG-44 is the best weapon on the world

[StPaul76]

1957..? Did the U.S really do with M1 Garand 10 years while the Warsaw Pact had the AK..? 8 rounds of semi-auto 30-06 rounds in world full of full-auto 30 round magazine AK's..? I never realized that before.. And the assault rifle had been around since Stg.44.. Surprisingly slow for the Yanks.

[blkwj1]

The M1 is an excellent gun. Very accurate, the AK really wasnt. that is one of the reason we could go long without changing it out.

[StPaul76]

Yes I know it is a superb semi-auto rifle and the 30-06 is a flat shooting and very powerful round. Actually I'd like to own one. If I ever get a semi-auto rifle it will be an M1 Garand. I was just wondering because I never had thought the fact that U.S military went so long with the M1.

[disturbedone5009]

The Military was in the process of developing the 7.62 NATO round and the M14 at the time Korea broke out so it was not ready yet.

[StPaul76]

Yes I know that. I just hadn't realize how short life-span the M-14 had as a primary rifle for the U.S military. But than again the first actual time the U.S forces went against the AK in large numbers was in Vietnam I believe..? And the first time the AK became known world wide was in the Hungarian uprising in 1956 where it was seen carried by the Soviets.

[disturbedone5009]

I think Korea was mainly the SKS so yeah Vietnam was the first time the US met the AK47 in any large numbers.

[StPaul76]

Ok. Have ever fired an AK/AKM..? I was once shooting multiple targets about 150-200 feet away with a Chinese AKMS.. On full auto and the trick was that it had to be done over the edge of a trench an from my left side with the butt folded.. And I'm right-handed.. The bursts went all over the place and I'n ot even a bad shot.. I got them all 5 down but I used 60 rounds of ammo.. Difficult as hell. :D

[disturbedone5009]

I got to shoot some AK variant but it wasn't very accurate. The problem is the 7.62x39 is too slow for more than 300 yards and the gun is so loose that its accuracy suffers too.

[StPaul76]

Yes you are quite right. 7,62x39 is just not a long distance round. It's relatively slow and it looses speed very fast and is not ballistically stable because the bullet is kind a short for it's caliber for a rifle bullet. In the FDF we use Rk.62/95 which is a very accurate AK derivative. But quality-wise it is just about as far from AK/AKM as a derivative can be. It's almost like H&K G-3 meets AK-74 with Finnish made ammunition too. An excellent assault rifle but not good enough for 300m.

[disturbedone5009]

That was the thought process when weapons like the M16 and AK47 were developed. They only needed to be accurate to 2-300 meters. Now in Iraq and Afghanistan it can be from much longer distances. That's why some old M14s have been put back into service.

[ArmaFennica]

M1 is an accurate weapon but long reach is not really required for combat rifle, as range of engagement is much shorter than effective range of the weapon.

-I have used AK-47 as my service weapon, and I really must address your notion of inaccuracy. It's an accurate assault rifle at normal combat ranges. And it takes abuse like non other.

[ywe3]

which vesion the 47 or the 74 because the 47 is very inaccurate while the 74 is moderately accurate to about 350 metres

[ArmaFennica]

The AK-47. The real, old rifle I used in the FDF recon company.

It's not inaccurate, but it really takes anything.

-Combat range in here, these conditions really do not demand long reach.

[ywe3]

I guess it depends on how u use it but i fired one i thought it was ok at range but i was firing at a 4x3 target at 500-550 metres and i got a 6in spread but i still prefer the G3 rifle the same stopping power but more accurate ur opinion plz pm me

[ArmaFennica]

G3 is a formidable weapon(one of the finest of all times), but I have been trained to use the AK, and thus I'd prefer it.

-Also, being trained to the AK-47, I know about the realities of the weapon, myths and misconceptions aside.

-And another point is that I have been through numerous combat trainings and "cat-paths"(walk a path with rising targets all over the forest), so I know the combat distances of our conditions and areas.

The M16/AR family would not be very suitable here.

[ywe3]

depending on thev situation a 556 round is no where near as effective at range then a 762 but uf the rifle firing the 762 is not up to par then the 556 wins i would prefer a m-16 carbine (CAR-15 OR M-4) when entering a building because of shear compactness but for all around combat (i.e. open range or street fighting) the ak with its heavier round will always have my vote but the M-16 has is strong and weak points as do all guns + training aside the people who use the ak are usually peasants

[nero91]

@ywe3

Well, if you wanna go to drastic measures you can simply turn the building into swiss cheese with the .308.

[ywe3]

thats a real mg round not a rifle round but y the 308 when the 303 has the same power practically

[kulaznikov]

Stop playing FPS games, would ya'?

[christlubas]

Why no ACR SCAR XM8 REC 7 HK416 and more

[tdog19951]

@christlubas beacause there prototypes and arent fully developed

[christlubas]

@tdog19951 How about the 416/417? the ACR is prototype no more cause bushmaster is already selling it.

I vote the Garand and M14 though, Wood furniture + .308 > sissy 223 and Mattel guns any day

[Danie9989]

dosent surprise me that almost all the people at the intro is the usa why dont they show some russians, germans or british

[vraciudude]

the narrator is so cheesy

[dcgj45]

Gangsters? M14 was not around in the 1920's But, the Thompson that is the gangster gun! Booth have a lot of firepower!

[gapanlilio33]

HK B3ST

[cedaytonarydr]

M14 "approximate" range 2,799 FPS...?

Sounds pretty "exact" to me... ;)

[K1W1nat0r]

its range isnt its feet per second (FPS) FFS

[cedaytonarydr]

Typo..

I meant muzzle velocity...

[K1W1nat0r]

np :)

soz about the *FFS* bit :(

[hrhitter92]

what if it was 2,798.96786? they probably rounded

[cedaytonarydr]

Well, if we're rounding, why not just say "2,800 FPS"...

I just thought it was funny... ;)

[CarlynK66]

the AK  is gangster crap

[Tcreature358]

umm... no.... i have never seen a gangster with an AK exept in video games. no the AK is the pride of the former soviet union. it was the bane of US troops in vietnam, and to this day, remains the most amazing gun out there.

[oldchilltortoise]

4:53

looks like a cartoonish scope.

[heyXD101]

the m4a1 sopmod should be the best

[InDiViDuAlItYiScOoL]

too bad it jams and is plastic huh?

[pyromaster55]

its like they made the top 10 list, then made the matrix to fit the list and make it seem more scientific. that matrix is stupid.

[Gunluver1]

"hard to get ammunition for these" wtf they all shot the 30-06 round except the m1 carbine

[ajdevozibre]

Serbian rifle M-21 from Zastava Arms factory 5.56x45mm NATO or .223 Remington, it is fantastic!

You can check it out on wikipedia,just tupe Zastava M-21.

[disturbedone5009]

uh no. name another way the m1903 and kar98 are identical.

[samuraiofhonor]

the m1903 (springfield) is a copy of the gewehr 98 (which was the predecessor of the kar98)

[disturbedone5009]

the only thing the springfield copies is the clip fed action. the rest is completely different.

[DonMeaker]

The US had to pay royalties to Mauser for each Springfield produced. The P14 and P17 Enfields were also mauser copies, as was the Japanese Ariska.

[disturbedone5009]

yes i know we did. it was for the clip fed magazine design he came up with. the rifles are completely different except for the bolt and receiver designs.

[riseld4]

LOL you are so arrogant. It also copied the same cocking mechanism and the same safety mechanism. The only thing different was the shape which doesent count for shit.

[disturbedone5009]

the cocking mechanism and safety are part of the bolt. thats why i said the bolt and receiver were copied.

the bolt handle, caliber, barrel length, and sights are different. the m1903 also has a magazine cut off. the rifles are not the same.

[InDiViDuAlItYiScOoL]

the springfield you have to load each individual bullet tho ?

[disturbedone5009]

No the 1903 had an internal magazine like most bolt action rifles. To load the magazine you used a stipper clip.

[InDiViDuAlItYiScOoL]

you sure? i could have sworn it was single fed :P that might have been the one i was shooting :P

[disturbedone5009]

Yeah it has a 5 round internal magazine.

[Michelbernier16]

Springfield FTW bitches.

"If you hear this weapon, you know you're already dead"

[thesmellypockets]

why is the M1908 in this,its just a clone of the german 98....they should rename the history channel "americas the best" :P

[disturbedone5009]

the only thing the 1903 has in common with the gewer 98 is the bolt and receiver.

[m3850d]

AK 47 Rules! M14 and M16 are just plastic toys!

[disturbedone5009]

haha m14 is wood and steel douche bag. the m14 is better than the ak in almost every way.

[yeahmaen]

they are very diffrent weapons

[disturbedone5009]

yeah they are different because the m14 is superior in every way except cost.

[VagMan123]

no ak is the best

[Chilote91]

m14. the best

[Gunluver1]

mauser for the win!

[oysteinbaadsvik]

Yeah american patriot side :-D :-D :-D.

[eduardoatrisk]

what show is this??

[xXINFINITOUSXx]

i think that he m1 garand is the best

[8MunchenBayern8]

K98, German is the best

[SniperXxX505]

the top 6 weapons 4 me is at #6 XM8 ,#5 SCAR,#4 HKG3,#3HK416,#2 CAR 15 thin at #1 the best gun in the world "thats just me" the M14 EBR

[SavageArms357]

I believe the Lee-Enfield to be the best.

[kabusogotkilled]

you might be right,

there both bullpup designs, so they are a bit the same.

[kabusogotkilled]

your right, it also has a 1,5x scope, its not as reliable, but the l85A1 and the l86A1 are the followers of the steyr aug, that makes them better so they had to be in the list of top 10 rifles

[JAISE1994]

The M14 is a modified version of both M1 rifles.The power,look,and sight of the M1 Grande.But the clip of the M1 Carbine.

[5oreo777]

it's kind of like a carbine and garand huh?

[loooodoooog]

Why cant all telly be like this????

[TheGriffin1988]

The MP44 should have been higher it was the first assault rifle , its power and speed was tremendous from this the AK-47 was created 3 years later and from that many modern rifles. My favorite rifle is the Lee Enfield , classic British engineering

[stephensk1]

There point is that the Ak-47 is the most extensive used assault rifle in the world and that is why it is the best.

[TheGriffin1988]

errr I hate the American accent.

[ynot1993]

Adenoids!!!!!!!!!!

[akamouse213]

or the xcr...

[weasel49]

ridiculous,.... the springfield xD

so whats about the K98k? it was even better

[kavikruneslayer]

most all of these are wrong just no the Aug is the only one i would even agree with these might have been good back then but now days no

[COLUMBINE1818]

They aren't camparing them with modern day. They were looking at the best weapons of their times. It's simply not fair to compare the Springfield 1903 with a Bushmaster ACR for example.

[Nuclearwarhead357]

They dident even have have some of the modern German assault rifles which have been proven to be the best in the world.

[3ruza]

why are people even on about the ak47, have they never heard of the ag94?

[akamouse213]

or the xcr..

[plopudom]

the steyr is good but the sa80 a2 is better much better actually. it is more accurate more reliable. but when in prone position mag can be hard to lload and it is really only a right handside shot. but because of interchangeable barrels on the steyr it is less accurate.

[assasinator77]

I love the AUG

[jairus1230]

very handsome rifle stery aug..

[TakaiKami]

Indeed, Though I REALLEY like the F.A.M.A.S.

[whatsmynameA4]

The AK-47 is so cool

[samrscales]

i have a german luger and when i go to clean it ill film it and put on you tube!

[philippo25]

what was that scope on the m14, lol it was HUGE

[sens45]

The K98 and Stg4 are the very essence of today's assualt rifle and sniper rifles =)

[whatsmynameA4]

The Sturmgeweren-44 was the predacessor of today's assault rifle, but I'm not so sure about the Karabiner98kurz being the predacessor of today's snper rifles.(even though its accurate as heck!)

[ArmaFennica]

Mauser bolt action really was the predecessor of all bolt action rifles, the Kar98 was just a version of it. So, yes, Mausers were the grandfathers of all sniper rifles of today.