if you (like me) like to be anal about such things, the Sturmgewehr was given the title storm rifle, not assault rifle.
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surely to be pedantic, thats being literal rather than anal - the common transaltion of sturm in a military context is assault. Literal translations often fail to convey the true sense - eg Waffen SS translated literally would be something like Arms Protection Squadron - whereas Armed Defence Corps maybe makes more sense
Does anybody know how much the turn of the pipe would affect velocity and accuracy of the rifle? My initial thought would be that it must have been almost useless over anything but a very short distance?
Well the fear of gun can't in fact be called irrational because they are in fact to be feared. An irrational fear is based solely on emotions like the fear of open spaces or the fear of fish, but surprisingly enough people that have survived being shot will confirm that guns are in fact to be feared,
@SquirrelFromGradLife If you fear inanimate objects then something is wrong with you. No gun has ever killed anyone. It's humans who do the killing. Whether through the use of firearms, explosives, knives, sticks, rocks, etc...
@preemptivestrike20 You must be fucking retarded. No gun has ever killed someone..LOL.. Are you fucking kidding us with that shit. yeah and landmines they're just misunderstood right, those poor things..
@SquirrelFromGradLife Wait a second. You think that a gun woke up one morning and decided that it would kill someone? So in that case spoons make us fat and vehicles are murderers as well. You're a fucking idiot and people in your category should learn to stfu so as not to appear dumber than you already are.
@preemptivestrike20 Actually there's lots of cases where people have been killed by guns without other humans involved.. that's why you're a fucking idiot
Which cases? When. Where. I've never heard of a gun spontaeneously go off - if you mean someone accidentally/deliberately shooting themselves - thats still human involvement (even people doing things like dropping a Sten gun and it then going off)
@GNRGC it's because you're a fucking retarded idiot...there are many reported cases of military M16/M4 DI weapons spontaneously cooking off a round and even wounding someone..
whats the problem in making that point without swearing and abuse. I've never anyway heard of it happen in the British Army with SLRs (when in use) or SA80s
Looking at the US Army manual on the M16 it says "Firing 140 rounds, rapidly and continuously, will raise the temperature of the barrel to the COOKOFF POINT. At this temperature, any live round remaining in the chamber for any reason may cook off (detonate) in as short a period as 10 seconds". So yes cooking off is possible - but only after someone has fired quite a lot of rounds
The British SLR etc is a single shot weapon which is what I have carried so hence why cooking off would be rare in the British Army, as you woudl have to go some to fire 120+ rounds through it at a single rate
@SquirrelFromGradLife Buildings also collapse, they must also be murderers. Quick ban buildings! You are a funny person and I have pity for you. Enjoy your life, pussy. Bye bye! :)
@preemptivestrike20 Quickly looked at your profile and saw you're an American, so now I feel obliged to explain myself. Your point about buildings is flawed, because buildings aren't designed to kill people, unlike weapons. You could have just as easily said: apples kill people, because we can choke on them, we should ban all apples.
@preemptivestrike20 dude are you serious? one of the main things developers look at is how and what for it's going to be used. Using an object in a way that it's not intended often leads to art or nice fail vids on youtube. Anyway you can't deny guns are designed and used to kill people. There are indeed products with a lot of purposes, but guns aren't among them.
@Raznor83 Killing is necessary for survival. How do you think the chicken on your plate got there? How do you think innocent people survive attacks by violent aggressors? How do you think the Nazis were beat? Grow up will you. You'll never get rid of the gun because killing is ingrained in human nature. And as long as the bad guys have them, the good guys must as well. And since you're not from the US, I'd appreciate if you didn't involve yourself in our politics or debate over our Constitution.
@preemptivestrike20 Erm I work at a farm, but I don't kill chickens with a gun ;-), we usually use a hatchet. Growing up has nothing to do with being either for or against guns. I'm not involving myself in your politics, do whatever you like. I just wanted to point out to you that your first argument made no sense (comparing buildings to firearms), that was all.
Seriously .. why are all you internet geeks bitching about who won ww2 and why ? Do you not get that nobody actually cares about you and are more interested in the video posted then your failed knowledge on a 70+ year old subject . Grow up and just enjoy the video, stop ruining it for the rest of the people.
@Unwarranted yeah, he brutally massacres stephanie meyers and dan brown for creating twilight and the da vinci ciode, the latter he hates in particular
@1CONK1 yea but honestly they lucked out lol, we all did, b,c hitler was a moron and didnt listen to his generals, but yea russia did help a lot, a lot a lot haha
@lsisoccer5 While the US was making a profit out of the War over the British and French munitions contracts, the whole British empire was fighting for dear life against the combined forces of Germany and Italy. And for your information, the British contribution in the European Theatre was always equal, if not higher measured in brigades in contact with the enemy, until a week after DDay, in 1944. Yes, the US helped but the war began in 1939. So Jerry did get a good, royal British spanking.
@AnonRanGER01 Much of which was never paid back for and all of which was sold at below market value. The US had the highest deficit in its history during WWII.
@Delacroixet And before you get even more emotional you would do well to remember that it was Britain that declared war on Germany. The US had the common sense to prepare first.
1) US consciously avoided active participation in WWII as part of their isolationist politics of the time. Pearl Harbour forced their entry.
2) "Royal British spanking"? The 'Jerries' had to be wrung down inch for inch across every conceivable front across the whole of Europe & central Northern Africa over 6 years. No other army proved so efficient & effective.
Good that D-Day succeeded... bloody, horrific but a spanking?
1) US consciously avoided active participation in WWII as part of their isolationist politics of the time. Pearl Harbour forced their entry.
2) "Royal British spanking"? The 'Jerries' had to be wrung down inch for inch across every conceivable front across the whole of Europe & central Northern Africa over 6 years. No other army proved so efficient & effective.
Good that D-Day succeeded... bloody, horrific but a spanking?
"The first assault rifle there ever was." *KLAXON* It was the first assault rifle to enter regular service in any kind of numbers (although it was still quite rare). The Fedorov avtomat was an abortive Russian attempt at an assault rifle from 1915, although it eventually became a battle rifle, firing a full-sized rifle round instead of an intermediate-sized one, and its mechanical complexity made it unpopular. Before that, several other prototypes were developed, but none of them went anywhere.
And also, if you (like me) like to be anal about such things, the Sturmgewehr was given the title storm rifle, not assault rifle. Anyway, back to trying to have a life.....
"machine gun - for Steven Fry's use only"
Yeah I'd buy that :)
MrTawnyMan 3 weeks ago
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if you (like me) like to be anal about such things, the Sturmgewehr was given the title storm rifle, not assault rifle.
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surely to be pedantic, thats being literal rather than anal - the common transaltion of sturm in a military context is assault. Literal translations often fail to convey the true sense - eg Waffen SS translated literally would be something like Arms Protection Squadron - whereas Armed Defence Corps maybe makes more sense
GNRGC 1 month ago
the Sturmgewehr 44 looks rather like a kalashnikov, the Sturmgewehr 44 must have had a profound influence on weaponary.
timthemagicbus666 1 month ago
Does anybody know how much the turn of the pipe would affect velocity and accuracy of the rifle? My initial thought would be that it must have been almost useless over anything but a very short distance?
BoyKissBoy 1 month ago
Stephen Fry just used Urban Dictionary as a reference. Can I use it my school papers now?
Mx41204 2 months ago 2
I thought the first assault rifle was made by a *KLINGON*
leavetheherbitalone 2 months ago
i wish i was on this episode as i know so much about these firarmes
WW2AirSofters 2 months ago
Well the fear of gun can't in fact be called irrational because they are in fact to be feared. An irrational fear is based solely on emotions like the fear of open spaces or the fear of fish, but surprisingly enough people that have survived being shot will confirm that guns are in fact to be feared,
SquirrelFromGradLife 3 months ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife I Think the fact it can blow your brain out the back of your head is reason enough to fear them.
PripyatSurvivor 3 months ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife If you fear inanimate objects then something is wrong with you. No gun has ever killed anyone. It's humans who do the killing. Whether through the use of firearms, explosives, knives, sticks, rocks, etc...
preemptivestrike20 1 month ago
@preemptivestrike20 You must be fucking retarded. No gun has ever killed someone..LOL.. Are you fucking kidding us with that shit. yeah and landmines they're just misunderstood right, those poor things..
SquirrelFromGradLife 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife Wait a second. You think that a gun woke up one morning and decided that it would kill someone? So in that case spoons make us fat and vehicles are murderers as well. You're a fucking idiot and people in your category should learn to stfu so as not to appear dumber than you already are.
preemptivestrike20 1 month ago
@preemptivestrike20 Actually there's lots of cases where people have been killed by guns without other humans involved.. that's why you're a fucking idiot
SquirrelFromGradLife 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife
Which cases? When. Where. I've never heard of a gun spontaeneously go off - if you mean someone accidentally/deliberately shooting themselves - thats still human involvement (even people doing things like dropping a Sten gun and it then going off)
GNRGC 1 month ago
@GNRGC it's because you're a fucking retarded idiot...there are many reported cases of military M16/M4 DI weapons spontaneously cooking off a round and even wounding someone..
you're a moron... a fucking idiot...
SquirrelFromGradLife 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife
whats the problem in making that point without swearing and abuse. I've never anyway heard of it happen in the British Army with SLRs (when in use) or SA80s
GNRGC 1 month ago
@GNRGC So when you're confronted with reality proving you're an idiot you completely ignore that and continue on your retarded ways...
SquirrelFromGradLife 1 month ago
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GNRGC 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife
Looking at the US Army manual on the M16 it says "Firing 140 rounds, rapidly and continuously, will raise the temperature of the barrel to the COOKOFF POINT. At this temperature, any live round remaining in the chamber for any reason may cook off (detonate) in as short a period as 10 seconds". So yes cooking off is possible - but only after someone has fired quite a lot of rounds
GNRGC 1 month ago
The British SLR etc is a single shot weapon which is what I have carried so hence why cooking off would be rare in the British Army, as you woudl have to go some to fire 120+ rounds through it at a single rate
GNRGC 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife Buildings also collapse, they must also be murderers. Quick ban buildings! You are a funny person and I have pity for you. Enjoy your life, pussy. Bye bye! :)
preemptivestrike20 1 month ago
@preemptivestrike20 you're an idiot
SquirrelFromGradLife 1 month ago
@SquirrelFromGradLife Go play with your rodent and leave me alone pussy.
preemptivestrike20 1 month ago
@preemptivestrike20 God I hope you don't breed....
Raznor83 4 weeks ago
@Raznor83 How do you think you got here.
preemptivestrike20 4 weeks ago
@preemptivestrike20 Quickly looked at your profile and saw you're an American, so now I feel obliged to explain myself. Your point about buildings is flawed, because buildings aren't designed to kill people, unlike weapons. You could have just as easily said: apples kill people, because we can choke on them, we should ban all apples.
Raznor83 4 weeks ago
@Raznor83 Take a look at any fortress and you will see how flawed your argument is. An object's purpose depends on the human being employing it.
preemptivestrike20 4 weeks ago
@preemptivestrike20 dude are you serious? one of the main things developers look at is how and what for it's going to be used. Using an object in a way that it's not intended often leads to art or nice fail vids on youtube. Anyway you can't deny guns are designed and used to kill people. There are indeed products with a lot of purposes, but guns aren't among them.
Raznor83 4 weeks ago
@Raznor83 Killing is necessary for survival. How do you think the chicken on your plate got there? How do you think innocent people survive attacks by violent aggressors? How do you think the Nazis were beat? Grow up will you. You'll never get rid of the gun because killing is ingrained in human nature. And as long as the bad guys have them, the good guys must as well. And since you're not from the US, I'd appreciate if you didn't involve yourself in our politics or debate over our Constitution.
preemptivestrike20 4 weeks ago
@preemptivestrike20 Well the US seems quite happy to involve itself in others politics.
BabyFacedAsians 4 weeks ago
@preemptivestrike20 Erm I work at a farm, but I don't kill chickens with a gun ;-), we usually use a hatchet. Growing up has nothing to do with being either for or against guns. I'm not involving myself in your politics, do whatever you like. I just wanted to point out to you that your first argument made no sense (comparing buildings to firearms), that was all.
Raznor83 4 weeks ago
wait urban dictionary i love it i am going to look it up
dickcheese5150 4 months ago
I shouted out assault rifle before the guy in the audience! How sad am I?!
ben9DB 4 months ago
Seriously .. why are all you internet geeks bitching about who won ww2 and why ? Do you not get that nobody actually cares about you and are more interested in the video posted then your failed knowledge on a 70+ year old subject . Grow up and just enjoy the video, stop ruining it for the rest of the people.
ArmaTroop 4 months ago 3
If any one person is to go on a killing spree with a ST44, it should be Steven Fry.
Unwarranted 5 months ago
@Unwarranted yeah, he brutally massacres stephanie meyers and dan brown for creating twilight and the da vinci ciode, the latter he hates in particular
elgostine 2 months ago
Thanks to C.O.D I knew that 'Gewehr' was German for rifle.
BassaiDai123 5 months ago
can you upload whole episodes?
gtotheummi 5 months ago
"gave them a spanking"? you kidding me the germans raped the brits in wwii, if it wasnt for the usa they woulda been screwed
lsisoccer5 6 months ago
@lsisoccer5 Russia sort of helped too if you think about it. Kind of helped a little bit.
1CONK1 6 months ago
@1CONK1 yea but honestly they lucked out lol, we all did, b,c hitler was a moron and didnt listen to his generals, but yea russia did help a lot, a lot a lot haha
lsisoccer5 6 months ago
@lsisoccer5 While the US was making a profit out of the War over the British and French munitions contracts, the whole British empire was fighting for dear life against the combined forces of Germany and Italy. And for your information, the British contribution in the European Theatre was always equal, if not higher measured in brigades in contact with the enemy, until a week after DDay, in 1944. Yes, the US helped but the war began in 1939. So Jerry did get a good, royal British spanking.
Delacroixet 6 months ago 5
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@Delacroixet The US did not make a profit off of WWII in anyway shape or form you asshat.
njdevil281 5 months ago
@njdevil281
You are sadly mistaken. The US leased Britain arms, ammunition, tanks, planes, ships, fuel oil and other supplies.
AnonRanGER01 5 months ago
@AnonRanGER01 Much of which was never paid back for and all of which was sold at below market value. The US had the highest deficit in its history during WWII.
njdevil281 5 months ago
@njdevil281
I stand corrected.
AnonRanGER01 5 months ago
@Delacroixet And before you get even more emotional you would do well to remember that it was Britain that declared war on Germany. The US had the common sense to prepare first.
njdevil281 5 months ago
@njdevil281 @Delacroixet
... when two ignoramuses meet on the net...
1) US consciously avoided active participation in WWII as part of their isolationist politics of the time. Pearl Harbour forced their entry.
2) "Royal British spanking"? The 'Jerries' had to be wrung down inch for inch across every conceivable front across the whole of Europe & central Northern Africa over 6 years. No other army proved so efficient & effective.
Good that D-Day succeeded... bloody, horrific but a spanking?
mctabla 5 months ago
@njdevil281 Is that the excuse over there nowadays?
blackvapour 5 months ago
@blackvapour It is not an excuse when it is true little boy.
njdevil281 5 months ago
@Delacroixet @njdevil281
... when two ignoramuses meet on the net...
1) US consciously avoided active participation in WWII as part of their isolationist politics of the time. Pearl Harbour forced their entry.
2) "Royal British spanking"? The 'Jerries' had to be wrung down inch for inch across every conceivable front across the whole of Europe & central Northern Africa over 6 years. No other army proved so efficient & effective.
Good that D-Day succeeded... bloody, horrific but a spanking?
mctabla 5 months ago
@mctabla Well, the US kinda did everything possible to get the Japanese to attack but yeah, agreed.
Naddoddur 5 months ago
@mctabla Well, the US kinda did everything possible to get the Japanese to attack but yeah, agreed.
Naddoddur 5 months ago
now why isn't that an attachment on call of duty o.0
zibafu 6 months ago
i love ross noble
CRileymcr 7 months ago
irrational fear of weapons...?
BaratoneBass 9 months ago 4
"The core problem of being a sissy". YES. So true.
NewFormofSilence 9 months ago 3
Whoa whoa whoa...Jack Dee just SMILED! An OFFICIAL grin from the miserly comedian! Hell's temperature just dropped by a few degrees
Tarynus 9 months ago
Stephen Fry (whilst holding a machine gun/very valuable museum piece): "...it's going to spend the night in the Tower of London tonight..."
Thank you for reminding me how awesome our country can be when it tries.
HordrissTheConfuser 9 months ago 3
Come the day...
Nimnimn 1 year ago 7
"The first assault rifle there ever was." *KLAXON* It was the first assault rifle to enter regular service in any kind of numbers (although it was still quite rare). The Fedorov avtomat was an abortive Russian attempt at an assault rifle from 1915, although it eventually became a battle rifle, firing a full-sized rifle round instead of an intermediate-sized one, and its mechanical complexity made it unpopular. Before that, several other prototypes were developed, but none of them went anywhere.
Strategiain 1 year ago 99
@Strategiain
thank you for taking your time writing this - it's quite interesting :D
Akfilm92 1 year ago 57
@Akfilm92 No its not xD
codeyday 8 months ago
@Strategiain You're that bloke that said assault rifle in the audience, aren't you?
Zorbo88 10 months ago 3
@Strategiain Also look up the Ribeyrolle 1918, if you haven't heard of it before.
w35m4n 2 months ago
@Strategiain
And also, if you (like me) like to be anal about such things, the Sturmgewehr was given the title storm rifle, not assault rifle. Anyway, back to trying to have a life.....
artiz29 1 month ago