History of WWI Primer 060: British Webley Self Loader Mk I N Documentary

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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
C&Rsenal presents its WWI Primer series; covering the firearms of this historic conflict one at a time in honor of the centennial anniversary. Join us every other Tuesday!
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Worldwide Webley: And the Harrington and Richardson Connection
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@mattalex543 6 жыл бұрын

Wow those new gen five glocks sure do look promising.

@Frank-bc8gg 6 жыл бұрын

The .455 GAP is the future.

@norcofreerider604 6 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment.

@johnd2058 5 жыл бұрын

IDK, but I'll tell you this: that "Mars" at 1:00 or so gives me feelings that make me question my heterosexuality... ...Guess I'm the type to marry a digital piano with weighted and graded keys, but cheat on her with campy WWI-era tech.

@jayfelsberg1931 4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@jayfelsberg1931 4 жыл бұрын

The Bizzaro Glock

@anderseriksson6926 6 жыл бұрын

I've always felt that the Webley automatics never quite got the recognition they deserved. So thanks for shedding further light on this interesting pistol!

@EDSKaR 6 жыл бұрын

"...Because it looks like a drawing of a gun, drawn by a five year old" This gun may be a Webley, but Mae is a Savage!

@bushwhackedonvhs 4 жыл бұрын

I carry revolvers nearly daily and my nephew drew a picture of me in which I was wearing a duster for some reason and his depiction of my gun looked like a Webley autoloading pistol. I keked.

@sawyere2496 2 жыл бұрын

@@bushwhackedonvhs because revolvers are for cowboys. You carry a revolver, ergo you are a cowboy

@bushwhackedonvhs 2 жыл бұрын

@@sawyere2496 I now carry a Ruger P89 with a 17 round Mec-Gar mag

@marksaxby607 7 ай бұрын

She's not wrong though and I'm British :)

@Procket12 6 жыл бұрын

Magazine cutoff.......in an automatic pistol..........*BRITISH INTENSIFIES*

@johnfisk811 6 жыл бұрын

The Royal Navy wanted this as only so many magazines per gun were issued (2?) so they wanted to be able to use loose rounds until magazine fire was necessary. In boarding or on service on land the idea was to reserve the magazine for a rush by defenders or assault by cavalry. Officers and Petty Officers would have the pistol in boarding but the sailors had cutlasses or rifles.

@baker90338 6 жыл бұрын

The magazine is for using loose rounds for *_NEGOTIATING_* with less than permissive soldiers.

@planescaped 6 жыл бұрын

You know the Japanese version would've had a bayonet lug...

@jackandersen1262 5 жыл бұрын

planescaped the British did just that with their Webley revolvers.

@someguy3766 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnfisk811 I can't imagine a combat situation within pistol-firing range where I don't want a full magazine, lol.

@Ashfielder 6 жыл бұрын

After that fantastically brutal roast of Mae at 27:35, I was expecting the ‘War Were Declared’ thingy.

@john-paulsilke893 6 жыл бұрын

There is something confidence building in having a big bore cartridge. And the age old, "if you run out of ammo it's still a good club" adage.

@mrLebesgueintegral 5 жыл бұрын

I own one of these pistols. It was the property of Lt Col Thistlethwaite who served at Gallipoli. He contracted amoebic dysentery and spent the remainder of the war in a sanitarium, so survived. Excellent presentation, as always

@ZGryphon 6 жыл бұрын

I love the Mars. That insane magazine system. That rotating breech thingy. It's not a big handgun, it's a tiny naval artillery piece. I mean, don't get me wrong, I recognize that that is ridiculous and commercially nonsensical. I'm not saying it should have succeeded. I'm just saying I love it. :)

@Victor-056 2 жыл бұрын

The Desert Eagle proves that the Mars Pistol could have been successful had Hugo Mars not been so caught up on making his gun so mechanically complicated that it requires a Swiss Watchmaker to clean it.

@ward1476 6 жыл бұрын

If 4 out of 10 is passable, i want you to be my university professor, Mae.

@knightmarex13 6 жыл бұрын

The Mars really tanks me back, some of the first forgotten weapon videos I watched were about the Mars

@tedking6790 6 жыл бұрын

I just want to thank you guys for all that you do. My whole life I’ve been obsessed with the history of small arms, particularly military small arms, and it makes me happy to see others are as well. For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted your KZfaq channel to exist, I just didn’t know it.

@arsonmarathonpowerfuneral6037 6 жыл бұрын

You can't put off the Mosin forever, Oatboy.

@alphaomega2937 6 жыл бұрын

Arsonmarathon Powerfuneral we need the mosin!

@grenmoyo3968 6 жыл бұрын

I was saying this for a while....and now look. ITS RIGHT THERE! I SEE IT!

@colfury100 6 жыл бұрын

Tbh what russian weapoms has he done?

@tacomancers12356789 6 жыл бұрын

Why did I read this in Idubbbz' "foreign" voice?

@wangl601 6 жыл бұрын

Da! Mosin has been there for month!

@MrCarsandguitars 6 жыл бұрын

"it's got a lot of girth to it, but it's very comfortable" Oh my

@larrythorn4715 4 жыл бұрын

Literally came to the comments to find the comment on this I knew had to be there. Was not disappointed.

@someguy3766 4 жыл бұрын

@@larrythorn4715 Sama, haha.

@jezblades9913 3 жыл бұрын

@@larrythorn4715 Literally Came!

@chriswarren1618 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job, guys. This is the best historic gun site I have come across on You Tube. Although your videos are lengthy, I really never want them to end. There's a compliment! My Father was in charge of Naval outdoor ranges at (UK) Whale Island/HMS Excellent, which you correctly quoted in the history of this Pistol. I never knew this one existed, so very interesting for me, thanks. Keep up the great work and keep away from too much shooting/penetration.

@Treblaine 5 жыл бұрын

ooooooh, that "thwack" of the breech closing... that's something special.

@ashleysmith3106 5 жыл бұрын

Regarding Webley's ergonomics; while not the big .455, my M&P .32 model I found surprisingly to be one of the most comfortable AND accurate pistols in my collection, especially on moving targets (and I have a couple of hundred 20th century pocket pistols)! I can't explain it, it just feels GOOD! Incidentally, it's a shame you don't do a moving target test, as men didn't always stand still in WW1.

@Procket12 6 жыл бұрын

This really was a pistol that deserved more than it got.

@norquay626 6 жыл бұрын

I've just come across this site. It came out of watching the Great War channel. I'm Canadian and love that period of our history, so ended up here curious about the Ross rifle and loved your historical as well as technical review of the rifle and you gave me a better insight as to what was going on with the rifle at the time. You guys do a wonderful job of reviewing these historical fire arms

@nicholasmazzarella2720 6 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable as usual. You guys rock. Thank you for always doing a super fabulous job. I not only collect WW1 and WW2 firearms for the shooting but also the history and you guys always do a fantastic job with the history of each firearm.

@peterlynch1458 6 жыл бұрын

At 0:40 Othais isn't joking. This one time, I was in space, and I looked down at earth and saw a Webley self loading Mk1N.

@trainsbangsandautomobiles824 6 жыл бұрын

"A 7?! I feel ripped off, I should at lest get 10!" The amount of unintentional innuendos in this show is awesome lol

@EarthenDam 6 жыл бұрын

I notice a recurring theme with British weapons, the small arms committee was a nightmare to deal with, constantly changing it's mind on what it wants and being vague. Plus that obsession over controlling soldiers fire with only allowing one round at a time, I am almost surprised their machine guns were not required to have single shot capability.

@baker90338 6 жыл бұрын

EarthenDam basically to some what girlfriends are like.

@zoiders 5 жыл бұрын

Exbiditionary warfare makes you rather reliant on not running out of ammunition. Its not like the world beyond Europe and America was covered in railway lines at the time to deliver more when you needed it. Once you marched away from that ship or rail head you were on your own.

@stevencali3539 5 жыл бұрын

@@zoiders and even America at the time was fairly sparse on railroads once you left the east coast.

@mrLebesgueintegral 5 жыл бұрын

The single shot feature was for training. It wasn’t intended for battlefield use

@keithorbell8946 4 жыл бұрын

It’s important to remember with the Wembley Automatic is that the Admiralty wanted, so they lead the design (magazine cut off etc.) for the Admiralty’s tactical requirements in the early 1900’s, before the complete change in understanding of requirements that WW1 created. However, the Army had no tactical requirement for an automatic, pistols were really just for officers at the time, who were expected to provide their own, and certain troops who did not require / could not carry a rifle - machine gunners, drivers, MP’s etc. It’s only in the last 10 years that British doctrine has lead to pistols being issued to most troops. In terms of military weapons, the Admiralty were considered to be the experts in large calibration, longe range, big-bang making equipment, sometimes fitted into turrets etc., while the Army were considered to be the experts in weapons that could be carried by a single person. This meant small arms testing tended to be referred to the Brown Jobs.

@SeraphinaPZ 6 жыл бұрын

Literally saw this uploaded as I was lying in bed and now questioning if I really need the hour of sleep I would miss to watch this.

@canicheenrage 6 жыл бұрын

Sera Do night shifts. Or come li e in Europe. You'll get them when waking up.

@SeraphinaPZ 6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind living in Europe if I had the money, I hear the Netherlands is lovely.

@neutronalchemist3241 6 жыл бұрын

Why the heel rlease? Cause those pistols were worn in belt holsters that could take a lot of hits (the officer crawling out of the trenches, artillery craters, under the barbed wire, ecc...) before the weapon was draw. Imagine the guy finally drawing the pistol, and the magazine, that had been already unlocked by the button being pressed at some point, flying out of it.

@SgtKOnyx 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, much better to have the release exposed to the elements

@aussiebloke609 5 жыл бұрын

One more reason - an old digger once told me that back then, the brass generally didn't want mags dumped onto the ground where they could get trampled and possibly destroyed, and a heel release means it pops out directly into your off-hand (which is operating the release) so you can quickly and easily pop it into a pocket for reloading later.

@SgtKOnyx 5 жыл бұрын

@@aussiebloke609 now that makes more sense

@TheRealTurd 6 жыл бұрын

This pistol looks like Hi Point attempted to make a P38 clone.

@morriganmhor5078 4 жыл бұрын

And this thirty years before invented!

@chaimafaghet7343 Жыл бұрын

It looks like Luger tried to make a Glock.

@IndianaJoneFan24 6 жыл бұрын

Does seem like it'd be good in naval use. If the anchor goes missing, you can just use one of these.

@FireAssayDevil 6 жыл бұрын

Spiffing! Jolly good show old boy!

@grenmoyo3968 6 жыл бұрын

OldContemptible pip pip

@FireAssayDevil 6 жыл бұрын

What's that old bean?

@MrSaerrock 6 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see a modern interpretation of this in 9x19 with a double feed mag

@roseybut 6 жыл бұрын

Great Informative interesting pair of Webley videos keep 'em coming. Love the channel.

@thegoldencaulk2742 6 жыл бұрын

This is what they really should've called the "Box Cannon"

@GrimHellscream 6 жыл бұрын

What is it with RLM fans and guns? Seems like antique guns and Mike Stoklasa are as hand in hand as Filthy Frank and youtube cancer. Just something I've always noticed.

@baker90338 6 жыл бұрын

RLM?

@ZGryphon 6 жыл бұрын

What does the _Reichsluftfahrtministerium_ have to do with anything here? Wrong war, anyway. ;)

@henryroberts532 6 жыл бұрын

with both this and the Mk6 I was so so hoping Mae's verdict was going to be; "I've just bought a bigger handbag as this is now my EDC."

@dmanx500 6 жыл бұрын

some awesome concepts.

@rikuurufu5534 4 жыл бұрын

The purpose that the heel release serves is to prevent you from dropping your mag accidentally, which is a problem if you have a grip release.

@bumpercoach 2 жыл бұрын

saw/handled one at a local pawn shop ... very cool to see such a fairly rare item

@anthonypeters6861 3 жыл бұрын

Great shooting pistol, Fun to shoot And very accurate!

@dillong7951 6 жыл бұрын

Hey guys great episode thanks for adding a price tag

@ghalmarraz8706 6 жыл бұрын

Love your work, love the tshirts. Thank you. I know you are focusing on guns used in the war but I was hoping at some point you would get to other weapons of that time or other you just find interesting. If possible, I would suggest the Swedish mauser and the Schmidt Rubin.

@fdmackey3666 6 жыл бұрын

I hate you....No not really....But now I'm going to have to burn up the phone lines, so to speak, and find out which of my family friends/kin has the one and only Webley Self Loader M1 N, that I've ever seen with my own eyes up close and personal, in their gun vaults. Back around the early 1970s I had the pleasure of handling, but not shooting, an example that was brought back to the States after the end of WWI....I just can't recall, for the life of me, who owned it. I do recall that it was in pristine condition and was part of a collection of WWI and WWII pistols and rifles that had been "liberated" or purchased by a Grandfather who served in both wars....I just can't remember whose Grandfather it was! Excellent video as usual. You guys are the best! Keep 'em comin'!!!

@jamesross1834 6 жыл бұрын

I love how she was playing with the 1907 at the end !

@ae1aea363 6 жыл бұрын

Mae, looking good with the contact lens in!

@whitecloak11 6 жыл бұрын

The Webley fosberry I would love to have one of those what a strange idea for a semi auto pistol sounds good on paper ,the reliability of a webley with semi auto fire looks very complex though a nightmare for trench conditions

@jameskleatsch4069 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Hair May!!!

@nicholasford4820 6 жыл бұрын

Great video about one of my favoured oddballs but slightly bummed you skipped the .38 ACP models...

@MisteriosGloriosos922 2 жыл бұрын

*Thanks for informative video bro!!!*

@nathanphillips3251 5 жыл бұрын

While watching Mae's review I figured out how to fix the magazine spring that broke in half from my new (to me) Remington Model 8. I paused the video, ran to the workshop, used a half penny nail as a rivet, and ran back up to continue watching. Thanks Mae!

@Jesses001 6 жыл бұрын

I have shot one of these before, and I kind of liked it. It is a long grip for sure though, and I am with Mae on, where is my extra ammo?

@bosstube9046 6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on the Remington model 81 or Winchester model 1910 selfloader please

@nicolesusans2388 2 жыл бұрын

The action effects the recoil. The way the gun unlocks it directs part of the recoil force down into your hand.

@markstokes3685 2 жыл бұрын

The ability to single loading is very useful defensively, engaging full magazine when offender's get up very close. Especially as only two mags issued

@ANonymous-bh1un 6 жыл бұрын

May: "A lot of girth......but it's not uncomfortable." That's what we've all wanted to hear from her for a long time now...

@ayarzeev8237 6 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work man

@SPAZTICCYTOPLASM 4 жыл бұрын

Interestingly the glock actually does lock the barrel into the ejection port too and the tilting barrel works with an angled wedge. So who knows maybe there's some lineage.

@peterearden 4 жыл бұрын

It’s long gone, but I used to have some period trade literature talking about heel release magazine catches. I don’t remember it all, but apparently a lot of pistol companies and militaries figured that if your hand was going to be there to catch the empty mag, why not have that hand do the release work as well. Also there was a belief that thumb releases by the trigger were more prone to accidental release of the mag. I’ll contact the collector I sold all that to, and see if I can track it down.

@elpoderdelasgalaxias 6 жыл бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....

@dennisdenuto 6 жыл бұрын

Just got home from work. Ooooh notification! :)

@endutubecensorship 3 жыл бұрын

I would say that Mae has the manual of arms down pat. Well done

@neilmorrison7356 2 жыл бұрын

There was an interesting bit of history that helped explain my Great Uncle’s firearms collection over 20 rifles and shotguns but only 1 hand gun his service revolver. He would have bought most of them from 1901 to 1925 when he was in the Army.

@anchorbait6662 6 жыл бұрын

The mag release is on the heel because soldiers weren't just dumping empty mags all over the place. You would grab, stow the empty and then insert a freshy.

@johnb5461 5 жыл бұрын

The half mag makes sense if the feed lip on the magazine were damaged. It would still allow you to be able to use the gun at a reduced level.

@ztbmarine 6 жыл бұрын

I need sleep..ned slep..ne se..c n..C and..C&Rsenal..new C&Rsenal....pfft who needs sleep.

@michaelcoulter1114 6 жыл бұрын

Zachary Bowman You'll get plenty of sleep when you're dead, yeah?

@karlkruger7310 6 жыл бұрын

The mag release is to allow single shot system to work.What did she do with her thumb at 26.29? can;t make it out.

@jims9249 6 жыл бұрын

Great,as usual.I hope Jay has gotten back up :)

@norcofreerider604 6 жыл бұрын

What other pistols will lock open on their own without an empty magazine, or is this the only pistol that will do that?

@ribbit876 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome. And the ethanol in fuel can reek havick on MC carbs . Almost as bad as leaving them full of race gas .

@jeyendeoso 6 жыл бұрын

27:30 "what a fantasticly weird thing to see on the range... also this gun is a little odd." LOL POOR MAE

@admiralpercy 6 жыл бұрын

2:00 JOHN CARTER OF MARS

@MorningGI0ry 6 жыл бұрын

Can you put a bayonet on it

@Diebulfrog79 6 жыл бұрын

They did, Greene had attachment for trench raiding.

@markknife1 6 жыл бұрын

I think that was only for the webley revolver line.

@exploatores 6 жыл бұрын

do you realy need to make it more heavy.

@markknife1 6 жыл бұрын

sure we do. how do you think nails are being hammered into wood in the trenches?

@jayfelsberg1931 4 жыл бұрын

And the long barrel makes it a handy club

@walterbigsby6380 2 жыл бұрын

I love Whiting's story, tale of a functional meritocracy

@Mike-im5bo 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, a thought on all of those heel magazine releases of that era; was it because the purchasing authorities and/or the manufactures did not trust the magazines to fall out of the guns by their own weight and by putting the mag release on the butt it placed the hand in a position to withdraw the magazine after the release was activated? Or was it felt that after activating the release and drawing out the empty magazine the shooter was expect to pocket the empty mag and not discard it?

@rogerpattube 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Scaramanga’s gun. Also Captain Scarlett’s.

@Domfass21 6 жыл бұрын

who needs sleep when you got C&R to watch!

@KebeQ 6 жыл бұрын

I can see that RSC in the background ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)

@piatpotatopeon8305 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite gun, aesthetically.

@RobertoDonatti 6 жыл бұрын

These pistols were issued to the Railways Police in Argentina as the Railways were owned and operated by the Brits until 1948

@sandratovar7116 6 жыл бұрын

Mausers we want more Mauser episodes

@hippomanjp Жыл бұрын

ウエブリーMk1の詳しい情報がなく、この動画は大変参考になりました。いつも感謝しています。😎😎👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@Procket12 6 жыл бұрын

You going to find one of those 1911's chambered in that semi rimmed .455 Auto cartridge Othias?

@hanskc3302 6 жыл бұрын

I might be wrong, but 1911 spoiled in this episode looks like .455 one (for me).

@Baygul318 6 жыл бұрын

It looks like a pistol the South Park Canadians would use.

@generalwaste2062 6 жыл бұрын

Is the 1895 becoming the next lee enfield/m1911 in that people will ask for it and you might tease us about it but it's not coming for a while but will be beautiful production quality?

@maewinchester2030 6 жыл бұрын

PPK418 To be honest we end up holding off on those episodes most of the time because a lot of pieces get sent to us from viewers and those we want to get out the door, back to the owners as soon as possible.

@leehotspur9679 2 жыл бұрын

I had a Webley ,455 sa 1913 pistol, 8000 were made but failed the mud test for the trenches and were issued to the RN instead. Mine was a mint specimen very slick and smooth in its action vulcanite grips one of the first composites Sold it after 5 years a mistake I regret See Webley story for more Info

@sharkfinbite 6 жыл бұрын

When will we get a video about the U.S. Springfield? I heard it was basically a copy of the mauser , but didn't surpass it.(I heard it is not as good as the Mauser) I also heard there was a legal battle Mauser had with Springfield where they wanted royalties for the copy. I want to see how it fairs against a Mauser and listen to the... drama behind the U.S. company had about paying money to Germany, during Ww1 was going on. I think that would make a fascinating story to hear about it all regarding this gun. (It would be ironic if the p-17 rifle (American Lee Enfield) turns out to be better than the Springfield, according to you guys haha)

@RockSolitude Жыл бұрын

I feel most of its problems could be solved with further development and a full length slide.

@user-ud2ij7ro5c 6 жыл бұрын

Does it fire square bullets too?

@MarkiusFox 6 жыл бұрын

So, is Mae saying the Webley Selfloader is...T H I C C ?

@johnmetson7950 Жыл бұрын

This is the Wembley fosberry for sure the cartridge couldn’t be beefed up to operate the mechanism which led to an inadequate cycle of the mechanism it was a job to cycle it by hand

@richarddixon7276 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all at C&R for the show , Wonderfully informative , As ever ! . All opinions are subjective , so anyone who disagrees with Your findings is being equally subjective , ergo equally likely to be right or wrong depending on Personal opinion .Each to their own ! that's the beauty of living in democracy's We are all allowed to have opinions & express them (for now at least ) .Wars have been fought to defend such rights and Thankfully We (The Allies) Won and We Lucky viewers get to enjoy & learn history from Well informed and excellent researchers and presenters at C&R . Thanks Again to You All .

@willykanos1044 6 жыл бұрын

Is Mae wearing one of Othais' shirts?

@51WCDodge 6 жыл бұрын

Why a heel release,? So you don't drop the magazine by accident! Stop thinking modern Hollywood and speed shooting. An officer should be directing not fighting, so shouldn't empty the magazine that fast. When it comes to changing the magazine, you have a gaurded release, but still quickly.

@neutronalchemist3241 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Mind that those pistols were worn in belt holsters that could take a lot of hits (the officer crawling out of the trenches, artillery craters, under the barbed wire, ecc...) before the weapon was draw. Imagine the guy finally drawing the pistol, and the magazine, that had been already unlocked by the button being pressed at some point, flying out of it.

@schuttrostig5729 6 жыл бұрын

actually putting the release close to where the mag comes out makes it clear to identify. For someone not familiar with pistols about 1915 might want to push the button to release the slide or to remove savety and boom... magazine falls out.

@51WCDodge 6 жыл бұрын

To true Neutron. Will it work in the dark, yes, hand has a tendency to find hand, when I'm wet, cold, miserable and scared witless?

@robertneal4244 6 жыл бұрын

I hope Jay recovers quickly and I hope Othais learns the consequences of disagreeing with Mae....

@alganhar1 6 жыл бұрын

Why the complaint about the number of rounds? Colt 1911 also carried 7 rounds in its magazine and its grip is not that much smaller.... Its not a small round.

@larskunoandersen282 6 жыл бұрын

it is also called the Webley-Scott right?

@tmikesecrist3 6 жыл бұрын

I dont know why Europe seems to love the heal magazine release on pistols I think even most self loading hand guns form Europe still have heal releases.

@Palanibert 7 ай бұрын

The Webley-Fosbury automatic revolver was used to kill Sam Spade's partner in "The Maltese Falcon."

@mr.mercury4247 5 жыл бұрын

A real question is why he did all that v-spring lever mess when he could have just wrapped the recoil spring around the barrel.

@Wolf_Larsen 5 жыл бұрын

That really shows how uncharted the territory of self-loading pistols was at the time. All these random, unnecessary mechanics and wanton complexity make this period so interesting.

@aussiebloke609 5 жыл бұрын

We have to remember that the idea of wrapping the recoil spring around the barrel only showed itself with the Browning 1910 (and knowing Browning, he probably had a patent on the idea anyway.) Since this gun's inception would have been prior to that, it's understandable. Everything looks obvious in hindsight...but it's seeing it with foresight that made Browning's innovations so successful. PS: At least the V-spring keeps the barrel down low to minimize muzzle flip (even if they did still manage to get the balance wrong in the end) - something a lot of its contemporaries weren't too successful with. And...it certainly is interesting from the perspective of today.

@AARONSHEERN Жыл бұрын

It looks like a bigger version of the golden gun used by Sir Christopher Lee in the classic Bond movie!

@lenard982 6 жыл бұрын

Did Australia have unique firearms in the great war if so can you cover them please

@randisgreen 6 жыл бұрын

lenard ellis not sure about ww1 (I doubt it because our industry was pretty small then) but in ww2 we had the owen submachine gun which is fairly well regarded, we also had a tank program.

@MatJan86 6 жыл бұрын

That shooting sound of this gun, wow like a cannon or something.

@thurin84 6 жыл бұрын

did it give you ptsd?

@user-gg4bk3om7r 13 сағат бұрын

A pity the British never took on this pistol. It was put through extensive trials by the Royal Navy and they really liked it. This pistol was ahead of its time.