Hotchkiss Universal: The Most Folding Gun Made

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The Hotchkiss Universal was a closed-bolt submachine gun submitted to French military trials in the late 1940s to replace the MAS-38. The French were looking for a compact SMG in 9mm Parabellum, and tested guns form the state arsenals as well as the Hotchkiss and Gevelot companies. The Universal (also designated the Model 010 by Hotchkiss) really doubled down on the compact elements, with a design that incorporated a folding stock, grip, magazine well, and telescoping barrel. It could fold up in to a remarkably compact package, complete with a loaded magazine in a completely safe stowed format.
A total of about 7,000 Universals were made, in what appear to be two series. The first were marked CMH (Carabine Miltrailleuse Hotchkiss) and serialized on the trigger assembly and the second marked CMH2 and serialized on small plates riveted to the stock tubes. Several variations on parts can be founds, including simplified front sight blocks and simplified rear sights - I suspect the simplified patterns were the CMH2 as an attempt to reduce the cost of the guns. Small batches were sold to Venezuela and Morocco, as well as an unidentified middle eastern nation and a few even to the French CRS security service. A small number were also tested by the Foreign Legion in Indochina in 1954.
Ultimately, of course, the MAT-49 won the military trials. The Universal was rejected for being too expensive and too complicated - both totally valid assessments. It is a gun that put all its chip on compactness, and made way too many tradeoffs in the process to be really viable.
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@HandsumeAJ 3 жыл бұрын

Can imagine a French man sitting in a corner doing butterfly knife tricks with the gun

@dog_king_ 3 жыл бұрын

Le spy .tf2

@soldier1913 3 жыл бұрын

It’s me heavy

@scslre 2 жыл бұрын

During which he accidentally shoots himself in the baguette.

@tomaszwota1465 2 жыл бұрын

@@scslre "Merde, ma baguette! Encore?!"

@melee-dexterdexterious2878 2 жыл бұрын

ah and the particular style he using with it is known as Savate..

@trevorchouinard7474 3 жыл бұрын

Bop it, twist it, pull it, unfold it, extend it, load it. I feel like I've heard this before.

@philismenko 3 жыл бұрын

School

@dutchvanderlinde5812 3 жыл бұрын

AIM IT!

@newttonium 3 жыл бұрын

Robot chicken?

@ropeburn6684 3 жыл бұрын

Buy it, hold it, see it, fold it, latch it, match it, quick-unfold it Hotch it, kiss it, load it, charge it, bolt it, flip it, cock and lock it Automatic Technologic Automatic Technologic *Oon tz Chak tz Oon Dabachak tz*

@pablitoperez9109 3 жыл бұрын

Tucker Dennis lol no he’s talking about a old toy called “bop it”

@eanschaan9392 3 жыл бұрын

*Folds Magazine "More" *Retracts Barrel "More!" *Folds Stock "MOOOOORE!"

@danielm.595 3 жыл бұрын

*Folds folded gun in half

@museves 3 жыл бұрын

unfold my wallet. shut up and Take my money

@Ub3rH4L0 3 жыл бұрын

It got me when he retracted the barrel! Really lol and take my money! Nice gun! It's even a close bolt smg!

@Mr.Marbles 3 жыл бұрын

„Show me your compactness“ *folds the magazine „No i meant the real compactness“ *folds grip and retracts barrel Perfection

@Excaliburumbra801 3 жыл бұрын

*folds bol*

@TheMrPeteChannel 3 жыл бұрын

The saying is so true. "The French copy no one. And no one copies the French".

@michaelguerin56 3 жыл бұрын

Who invented the modern flintlock, i.e. combined the striker with the pan cover? The Bourgeoys brothers of Normandy! Safe canal locks instead of flash locks? De Dion suspension? Tanks with rotating turrets. Self-contained ammunition? Pasteurisation?

@teakkaye5364 3 жыл бұрын

Liberty , Equality , Fraternity

@daltongarrett7117 3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelguerin56 took the words from my mouth

@silvadossantos6803 3 жыл бұрын

Dessault planes, famas, exocet; the list goes on, while few french stuff is best in category, in a age when this systems are mult-nation made this auto suficienc is remarkeable.

@wkslicex2508 3 жыл бұрын

Henri Delacre's bullpup mechanism...

@VargasKoch 3 жыл бұрын

Franceformers - weapons in disguise!

@benhickey3189 3 жыл бұрын

is this Megatron's grandfather?

@gabrielstrong2186 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Megatron! Yo momma was a Hotchkiss

@richieb7692 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielstrong2186 😅😅😅😅😅😅

@njones420 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielstrong2186 Now i have the Johnny-5 voice stuck in my head! "Hey laser-lips, yo momma blows snowmen" ... or something like that ;)

@boymahina123 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@mattisvov 3 жыл бұрын

Gunsmith: "So what do you want?" French*shows butterfly knife*: "Like this.. ...but an SMG."

@Koozomec 3 жыл бұрын

Gold

@mikesadillan5834 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Hotchkiss: "Say no more"

@dogcarman 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Butterfly gun?

@sefrautiq 3 жыл бұрын

"French showing butterfly knife" sounds like Spy

@pussyslayer2295 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine somebody doing tricks with the smg as if it was a butterfly knife

@akashmukherjee2405 3 жыл бұрын

Paper: You cannot fold me more than 8 times Hotchkiss SMG: Hold my Bière

@basspanda21 3 жыл бұрын

"My dust cover doesn't want to stay closed." I believe they have medicine for that

@user-xq5og9lt8p 3 жыл бұрын

An American who traveled to France to develop guns? Ian, admit that you have his portrait somewhere in your bedroom

@themeatpopsicle 3 жыл бұрын

@グールにも愛が必要 move over, Alyssa Milano

@methodeetrigueur1164 3 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss also designed cars at the beginning of the 20th century.

@comradesam3382 3 жыл бұрын

He makes his wife wear the dudes face in bed

@joshglover2370 3 жыл бұрын

@@methodeetrigueur1164I didn't know that! Do you know which cars?

@floatingchimney 3 жыл бұрын

@Олег Козлов , It's in his spank bank folder.

@baronofhell2277 3 жыл бұрын

*Gets Robbed by a guy with a folding glock* "Thats not a folding gun" *Whips out Hotchkiss Universal* "Thats a folding gun"

@Koopax13 3 жыл бұрын

'Takes ages unfolding it whilst guy holding Glock just looks confused'

@GigaDanMan 3 жыл бұрын

I came here for this comment.

@maverick_ii746 3 жыл бұрын

everybody gansta until the FMG 9 gets beaten by the Hotchkiss Universal

@zondazerda2230 3 жыл бұрын

A Crocodile Dundee reference, you are a man of culture I see.

@soggysocks9650 3 жыл бұрын

My new set up will be a Hotchkiss, a folding Glock and a folding knife

@illiteratebrian1707 3 жыл бұрын

Ian: “Unfortunately I do not have an MP40 magazine here to try it”.....My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

@edzbienen 3 жыл бұрын

As we use to say in french : "Plié en quatre" (the expression literally translated "folded in four" but means "laughing my/his/her ass off")

@izperehoda 3 жыл бұрын

PEQ

@edzbienen 3 жыл бұрын

@@izperehoda For us this is "MDR" : "Mort de rire" (dead of laughter) Our "LOL" ;)

@frankkrunk 3 жыл бұрын

French Gangsta rap be like "Mon Hotchkiss va CRA-CLAQUE-SCHNIC-CLIQUE-CLAQUE-RA-CLAQUE"

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoooo I can't xD

@blackace7782 3 жыл бұрын

Bruh...this is gold😂

@stonedsnakestudios 3 жыл бұрын

"Bonour, petit bitchue"

@Aaaaaaaartem414 3 жыл бұрын

@@stonedsnakestudios (bonjour)

@Zorglub1966 3 жыл бұрын

ah, mais carrément, quoi!!! :D

@elcuervacho9423 3 жыл бұрын

"Hotchkisses, more than meets the eye. Hotchkisses, SMGs in disguise"

@Ideo7Z 3 жыл бұрын

I see you are a man of taste and culture...

@michaelblacktree 3 жыл бұрын

El Cuervacho beat me to it. 😎

@harbl99 3 жыл бұрын

* watches Ian do the transformation sequence * Huh, these French third party not-Megatron toys are pretty weird.

@spiv_gennedy 3 жыл бұрын

"Origami SMGs wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the sensible carbines"

@fullmetalarshole 3 жыл бұрын

The grip looks like the most uncomfortable thing ive ever seen

@mynamejeff4142 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. A knife blade. The ultimate grip.

@adamofblastworks1517 3 жыл бұрын

I think the Zip-22 might be worse in that area too.

@ItsJustVirgil 3 жыл бұрын

I’m like 4 months late, sorry, but the wood bits on the sides are what sticks out forward so you don’t cut yourself on the metal frame. Probably would still be a bit cautious with it if your hands were small enough to not wrap around the whole handle, though.

@theinstitute1324 3 жыл бұрын

@@adamofblastworks1517 I didn't think the zip 22 was all that bad it just could have used more of a bottom, but how much does having the extra purchas matter on a .22, really?

@brendanhere.6400 3 жыл бұрын

Picasso to Dali after sharing a bottle of Absinth..."Have you ever designed a sub-machine gun?" Dali stares into distance and twirls moustache......

@TeeBar420 3 жыл бұрын

It's like if a MP40, a grease gun, and an owen gun had a kid raised in a circus.

@GaryHamad 3 жыл бұрын

Which that kid Works as Contortionist

@globeparasite9381 3 жыл бұрын

I think exactly like you but I did not understand it until Then.

@andrewleger37 3 жыл бұрын

That's literally almost verbatim what I was thinking,except for the bit about a circus. That's kinda freaky lol. Great minds think alike!

@fullmetalarshole 3 жыл бұрын

A triple jointed circus child

@intermenater 3 жыл бұрын

"Look at those fleas riding bicycles!"

@supersonicbros23 3 жыл бұрын

*cornered in an alley* "Hey Joe this guy's pulling a bundle of scrap metal out of his coat" *bundle of metal turns into machine gun*

@Aliyah_666 3 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss Universal: I'm about to end this muggers career

@Skelosk 3 жыл бұрын

Autoguns, Assemble!

@markrainford1219 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, slightly lacking in a quick draw though.

@hansyolo8277 3 жыл бұрын

Fullmetal Jacket Alchemist

@Corvus__ 3 жыл бұрын

@@Skelosk I think you mean diseptiguns. In the original cartoon series, Megatron can turn into a gun.

@felixcat9318 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that it's fair to say that the Engineers really took it to heart when the request came down to produce a type of SMG that collapsed down to a compact size, suitable for use by armoured vehicle crews, aircrew and transport units. From an engineering perspective that gun is a masterpiece! No firearms engineering departments before or since have ever designed a weapon that collapsed to be quite as compact as this. That is a gun I would love to own, with two displayed in an illuminated glass display case, one folded, the other in the ready position. What a great team of Engineers they were to have come up with this truly remarkable configuration. Thank you so much for introducing such fantastical machines.

@silvadossantos6803 3 жыл бұрын

As a mechanical engineering student a say that is a nightmare to project and even more to make with tight tolerances.

@michaell6335 3 жыл бұрын

Magpul fmg9

@lagg1e 3 жыл бұрын

It seems they latched onto a single word very hard.

@apretarded7248 3 жыл бұрын

If you like this gun you’ll probably find these ones really cool too especially the magpul There’s the already mentioned magpul9, great gun and when folded almost looks like a brief case with a flash light on it. There’s also the XAR invicta it’s an ar15 type that folds and the barrel and the stock not near as cool as this

@nathanbanks7091 2 жыл бұрын

Keltec makes the Sub2000. It folds in half at the breach face, has a folded length of 16 inches, and it runs on glock magazines. I like the one I have, but I spent more than the original purchase price of the gun to replace a bunch of garbage grade plastic factory parts with quality machined steel and aluminum bits. It went from a cool novelty range toy with a horrible trigger, to a very good shooting, reliable pdw with the upgrades. I keep it in my SHTF kit.

@BinBintheRiceCake 3 жыл бұрын

"I raise" "All in" "I fold" *visible confusion "Sorry, I meant, I *un*fold"

@insert-name-here3350 3 жыл бұрын

I dont think I could use that gun without humming the transformers theme every time I unfolded it.

@MrJonsonville5 3 жыл бұрын

I'll sing the Flintstones song to confuse the enemy long enough for me to unfold it and get it ready for firing.

@Superabound2 3 жыл бұрын

Id have to do that BRRKCKCKXK sound with my mouth

@thomaschongs3456 3 жыл бұрын

Megatron's older brother

@willowwu8061 3 жыл бұрын

I would just make the ZchickSizGlickChick noise, like when they transform.

@joshuahadams Жыл бұрын

@@thomaschongs3456 _younger_ brother. He was a P38 in the original series. They’d be both in 9x19mm, though.

@henryrodgers7386 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone else: So, the guys and I are adopting tubular 9mm SMGs, because they're simple, cheap, and easy to use. Hotchkiss: Hold my wine, would you? ... ANTON! TO THE SPARE PARTS SHED!! AHA! An SMG that folds 9 ways to Sunday, has 463 parts, sounds like a maraca when fired, and looks like it escaped a steampunk convention. Neat. Send it off to the Army, boys, we're going to make a million of these.

@harbl99 3 жыл бұрын

"" My sides!

@genetichell 3 жыл бұрын

@@harbl99 When I read that, I could faintly hear the sound of power tools accompanied by accordion music.

@quintenhobman4326 3 жыл бұрын

@@genetichell to me it sounds like the shitposts of the tf2 spy's snort laugh

@JanTuts 3 жыл бұрын

"French technology noises" I imagine an air wrench going *_Hon! Hon!_*

@JenniferinIllinois 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@morteforte7033 3 жыл бұрын

France: have we made anything batshit crazy lately? Hotchkiss: I'm your huckleberry.

@thatjimboguy5005 3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@navykeef 3 жыл бұрын

Say when!

@tigfickler7353 3 жыл бұрын

Funny when Ian edits out ramblings... he goes back and realizes he was preaching and says...”did I really just ramble there again?” And cuts out a good 5 minutes of history lessons

@Xerxes17 3 жыл бұрын

I want to see a "shooter NOT ready" *beep* 'Ah! Germans!' of this in the fully folded position with you and Karl seeing how fast you can get it ready from stowed.

@bobystevsn5751 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@boymahina123 3 жыл бұрын

This. Bump this up.

@franekfrankowski339 3 жыл бұрын

That`s the only correct way.

@Marc_Wolfe 3 жыл бұрын

same

@vaclav_fejt 3 жыл бұрын

"Ah! Allemands!"

@TheHacknor 3 жыл бұрын

It would have been adopted if they made the bullets foldable as well

@fanta4897 3 жыл бұрын

I assume that they would travel to target folded to create less drag, but would unfold once they entered target.

@nikkorap 3 жыл бұрын

@@fanta4897 You are literally describing hollow-point ammo lol.

@FedoraSpunk 3 жыл бұрын

Folding Metal Jacket

@fanta4897 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikkorap Yes, although we could argue if foldable means that some mechanics besides deformation of metal would have to be involved.

@floatingchimney 3 жыл бұрын

@GreenManAiming , I have a foldable girlfriend, best investment ever.

@MostlyPennyCat 3 жыл бұрын

"There is a _safe_ position that's, aha, a little tricky to get to" 😳...

@potatofuryy 3 жыл бұрын

*safety is our number 5 priority*

@tomaszwota1465 2 жыл бұрын

With a hard French accent: "Safety? Monsieur, this is a tool of war. War and safety do not go hand in hand."

@Justanotherconsumer 3 жыл бұрын

Kenny Rogers intensifies, because he knows when to fold ‘em.

@texastuna7819 3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Kenny Rogers

@EchosTackyTiki 2 жыл бұрын

It also bears mentioning that you walk away if the enemy has a FAMAS, but if he has a MAS-36, that's when to run.

@eg5443 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, Transformers toys in 30's France were lit.

@gingergorilla695 3 жыл бұрын

It's Megatron's brother

@info3915 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like something that a kid that kinda knows how mechanics work but does not know how guns works would build from lego.

@comradeurod9805 3 жыл бұрын

With the difference that it actually works lmao

@TurtleStranger 3 жыл бұрын

I used to do that with Legos... i think i still have one in the miscellaneous cabinet from 15 years

@jamesliu8095 3 жыл бұрын

@@comradeurod9805 Ork gun

@MrPanzerDragoon 3 жыл бұрын

More like a foldable Nerf gun!

@Immopimmo 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesliu8095 Orks wouldn't bother making something that sophisticated. 😋

@SinisterGerbils 3 жыл бұрын

In this latest installment of Freaky French Firearms, Ian shows us a postmodern steampunk masterpiece. Sorry to stereotype, but is it a coincidence it folds up like a frog's legs?

@flipeverything2734 3 жыл бұрын

This would be a great design to update and try on the civilian market. PCC’s are really big right now and a retracting barrel would help to keep it legal but short.

@Bacteriophagebs 3 жыл бұрын

Two (hyphenated) words: Kel-Tec Sub-2000

@flipeverything2734 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bacteriophagebs yes but the barrel doesn’t retract

@Bacteriophagebs 3 жыл бұрын

@@flipeverything2734 Why does it need to retract? The Sub-2K is actually shorter when folded than the Hotchkiss Universal, less than 17 inches.

@flipeverything2734 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bacteriophagebs it doesn’t need to retract but if it did it would be a popular design

@Bacteriophagebs 3 жыл бұрын

@@flipeverything2734 Eh, I don't know. Civilians want accuracy, since we can't "spray and pray" for a number of good reasons. A retracting barrel would be harder and more expensive to make accurate.

@JimmyEatDirt 3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a folding gun. I've seen a tiny gun I've seen a ludicrously large 950 JDJ I dont think I've ever seen a gun actively replicate the image of the dragon eating its tail

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

El Famoso ouroboros

@dudesqr 3 жыл бұрын

Stop. Look. Think. Are you eating yourself?

@chuckhainsworth4801 3 жыл бұрын

It is a little too common in some circles, if you apply the rubric (ouroboros) you wind up in the classic shape of man eating gun. Some metaphors do not mix well.

@highlands 3 жыл бұрын

But I think I seen about ev'rything When I see an SMG fold

@chuckhainsworth4801 3 жыл бұрын

@Sean Wilkinson "man eating gun" as in the classic suicide pose. You can't get 'man-eating' from the text without a deliberate misunderstanding.

@artfact2 3 жыл бұрын

"'Voila, you now have a very compact package', 'Your mother was a hamster.' and other outrageous French insults."

@jimpilcher4000 3 жыл бұрын

Now go away, before we taunt you again!

@adler830 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine MAT-49 that can collapse barrel into receiver. BOOM, best concealable SMG of it's era.

@sheltowee8079 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most complicated firearms made.... Ian: " let's get into the internals" like a boss!! Love this Channel!! Always something new, well new to me anyway.

@vargr8435 3 жыл бұрын

I don't care what people say, this is such a beautiful gun.

@AndrewKidd14145 3 жыл бұрын

It’s crazy cool

@soggysocks9650 3 жыл бұрын

lmao gun ugly lol

@therewillbefire1833 3 жыл бұрын

A wonderful piece of engineering.

@RNKel1 3 жыл бұрын

AndrewKidd14145 looks like a grease gun and an MP40

@colinwinkler3425 3 жыл бұрын

@@RNKel1 that's what I thought too 😂😅

@osoman818 3 жыл бұрын

now THAT'S a bug out gun. as old as it is. that is engineering at its finest. ahead of it's time.

@werwolf412 3 жыл бұрын

But it's french🥴

@johnxina2465 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a grease gun had a baby with a mp40

@jongreenshields2815 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnxina2465 I see it. Weird

@reallife3338 3 жыл бұрын

The first sub2000

@grayeaglej 3 жыл бұрын

I had the same thought.

@Nevernotalone 3 жыл бұрын

This is just about one of the most if not the most interesting smg I’ve ever learned about. I love these videos and this channel is always above and beyond.

@ericbergfield6451 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing engineering for that long ago, totally impressed with this Hotchkiss Universal. Would bet a modern take on this design, would see some great ergonomic improvements.

@user-xq5og9lt8p 3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, forgotten weapons had an intro with a catchy beat

@JoshuaC923 3 жыл бұрын

I remembered that hahaha

@harryedmondson9382 3 жыл бұрын

With gun sounds synced with the music

@hasdarivahsla6351 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I wonder what happened to that intro. Did I miss something? When did he stop using it?

@MrLego3160 3 жыл бұрын

@@hasdarivahsla6351 he forgot it

@hansmueller3029 3 жыл бұрын

I gave it a 7 back then. I could dance to it.

@joelmuller358 3 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss: "We can't have a front grip! How would you even fold it?" MAT-49: "Hold my Cabernet Sauvignon..."

@JohnHughesChampigny 3 жыл бұрын

We don't drink grape juice in France, we drink wine. If you want something with Cabernet Sauvignon in it you're probably drinking a Bordeaux.

@TheSurogate 3 жыл бұрын

Nice comment Mr. Joel. I googled twice because of you.

@bodyno3158 3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnHughesChampigny So, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz are the grapes and Bordeaux or Burgundy are the wines? I can say "a bottle of Bordeaux wine made with Cabernet Sauvignon" but mentioning "Cabernet Sauvignon" only is wrong?

@JohnHughesChampigny 3 жыл бұрын

@@bodyno3158 actually, you would never mention the grapes, only the region, the vineyard and the year. The sommelier might tell you about the mix of cépages, to which you would reply "very interesting". For example I pull out a mediocre bottle of Medoc I bought in LIDL today and it blathers on for many words about exactly where the wine comes from and what temperature to serve it at but it never mentions the grape varieties at all. It's a Medoc ffs, why would you want to know more.

@JohnHughesChampigny 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is odd to non French people, but that is the way it is. Might as well ask where the iron ore used to make the FAMAS came from -- the steel was made in Alsace-Lorraine, who cares about the iron?

@thesleepyweasel3775 3 жыл бұрын

2:18 I heard, "Let me go ahead and show you..." and I immediately went full Jörg Sprave, finishing the sentence with "... it's features!"

@legocity2643 3 жыл бұрын

Ian's Hotchkiss Universal video was the first Forgotten Weapons video I ever watched. Great to see that it's getting a remaster!

@chrissullins3 3 жыл бұрын

When your great grandpa thought of it before you did, built it, used it and then you and your generation just rediscovered it.

@Joshua-hz3cl 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's how a lot of things seem to go. FMG 9 for example

@chrissullins3 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joshua-hz3cl I also like how a new generation are getting into mechanical watches because they appreciate the engineering.

@redram5150 3 жыл бұрын

“The hinge magnets on your sub machine gun” sounds as strange as “Your car needs blinker fluid”

@altogumanator3000 3 жыл бұрын

When he started pushhing the barrel into the reciever I audible went "ohOhoho"

@PeterNicholasBiddle 3 жыл бұрын

“Clean up in aisle H!”

@bend1483 3 жыл бұрын

I love the way you mentioned and noted the ergonomics. Very interesting!

@therewillbefire1833 3 жыл бұрын

The origami of guns.

@AlASokolov 3 жыл бұрын

Folding umbrella.

@intermenater 3 жыл бұрын

Now I waked up.

@johnmorgan1629 3 жыл бұрын

Today I've just gone from a recommended vid showing Japan building a life size Gundam, to one Ian's collection showing most foldable SMG.

@VK-sz4it 3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing, hotckiss means stapler in japaneese

@jimdorsett 3 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant. Amazing to see the innovations so long ago.

@pripjatyfighter3786 3 жыл бұрын

It was very timely to make an update for this really cool smg!

@r3fle851 3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Ian was still seeking for .32 longue

@rageagainstthehygiene2357 3 жыл бұрын

Isn't he still?

@genericfakename8197 3 жыл бұрын

@@rageagainstthehygiene2357 He got a supplier

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

Damn Ian, Im french and you taught me about Hotchkiss history's. I had doubt it was french, but with the anglo-saxon name I wasn'tsure, even though alot of weapon we used were Hotchkisses, while not many other country did. Thank you very much for that, and amazing video as always, I just love how you present all the internal components and their fuction aswell as assembly/disassembly. Truly a professional work ! Je te souhaite une bonne journée ^^

@GreysUES 3 жыл бұрын

For your information, Hotchkiss merged with Brandt in 56 and with Thomson-Houston in 1969 (all those are French brands) and is now known as Thales

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreysUES damn, thank you very much for the infos brother ^^

@Zorglub1966 3 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss was also a luxury car maker

@paint_thinner 3 жыл бұрын

>anglo-saxon name *cough* Norman *cough*

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

@@paint_thinner Je sais, je sais ^^

@crazyfvck 3 жыл бұрын

I've been fascinated with these, ever since you did your first video on them :)

@Taxandrya 3 жыл бұрын

@Ian, the trigger guard is large because you said it yourself, it's for paratroopers and other units that might have worn gloves.

@trblemayker5157 3 жыл бұрын

When your Hotchkiss unfolds itself and you hear "Sorry I got excited"

@notgray88 3 жыл бұрын

"my barrel is so extended right now"

@eizol568 3 жыл бұрын

“The Hotchkiss 1914 was the main stay of the French army of WW1....(Ian rolls eyes)...and WW2”...😂

@niksarass 3 жыл бұрын

World wars were around 20 years apart, many guns (mosin nagant, mauser, bar, etc) were used in both

@jon-paulfilkins7820 3 жыл бұрын

While it worked, with the strip feed and other quirks, many do believe it was outdated by WW2, or at least below average. But then, there is the Italian efforts in Machine Guns.

@chris22207 3 жыл бұрын

YAY, I've been waiting for this to be revisited ever since I first saw the old video.

@kaseychambers4788 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of "this might fix it.. No, now something else is broken" that went into designing this firearm makes me happy

@pyroclastictomato3278 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who's played Mass Effect knows what this is like.

@mikeyp0131 3 жыл бұрын

Bring back memories like

@Oblithian 3 жыл бұрын

@Brotato Chip As the series went on they stopped animating them. Which was sad.

@jakeola10 3 жыл бұрын

Oblithian What? I remember the guns folding in all 3 games.

@oohyah7 3 жыл бұрын

All bad fool

@alpha_verun6784 3 жыл бұрын

Yep anti material rifle collapses into a small rectangle

@Apfsds120 3 жыл бұрын

Did Ian mention whether it was one of autobots or decepticons?

@charleshax 3 жыл бұрын

Probably a Decepticon becauser “GuNs BaD”

@samrodian919 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that Ian that is a very nicely designed gut with a lot of very cool features!

@georges.7683 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the redo!

@conjie1986 3 жыл бұрын

"in my case here this was a fairly easy conversion to semi auto" does this mean you now have a Hotchkiss Universal to call your own?

@tylerblubaugh5549 3 жыл бұрын

It looks to me the only thing that keeps him from being able to swap the firing mechanism to full auto is a few machine screws

@thesturm8686 3 жыл бұрын

Can one build a machine gun with license in the US?

@tylerblubaugh5549 3 жыл бұрын

@@thesturm8686 no its illegal but I'm saying it seems like and how dumb our laws are bc lots of stuff is easily converted

@agermangoose4797 3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerblubaugh5549 @Christopher If I'm not mistaken you can in fact legally build and import machine guns as long as you are in the possession of the correct FFL licences

@ForgottenWeapons 3 жыл бұрын

I bought this semiauto many years ago, but only very recently got around to registering it as an SBR. I didn't want to do a video on it before that, with the really ugly 16" barrel.

@jasonirwin4631 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely to complex for the military but I could see this being extremely useful for VIP protection organization like the secret service.

@theortheo2401 3 жыл бұрын

True that

@Zorglub1966 3 жыл бұрын

and in this case, it could be more refined.

@demonprinces17 3 жыл бұрын

Take too long to unfold

@JohnHughesChampigny 3 жыл бұрын

@@demonprinces17 AFAIR in his first video on this Ian did some speed tests and it can be done pretty quick.

@Chron0ClocK 3 жыл бұрын

Now we're putting Microchips in bullets. lol

@king124kine 3 жыл бұрын

The barrel springing out was just sick

@kubokoko7162 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful craftsmanship

@2MeterLP 3 жыл бұрын

4:26 The extending barrel is so cool! Ive never seen that in a gun before, that has some style!

@papersplease 3 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss shooters can count how many fingers they have, on one hand.

@thedevilinthecircuit1414 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! That lower front sight extension serves double duty; (1) allows two-finger compression of the recoil spring to stow the barrel, and (2) securely holds the magazine in the well when it's folded up. Kel Tec took a few cues from this for their Sub 2000 carbine.

@morrius0757 3 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest gun I've ever seen, wish there were modern versions of this. Love to take it to the range and show off how awesome the folding is.

@EarlMerGerdsGarage 3 жыл бұрын

YOOOOOO!!! Ian showed me this gun at my first 2GACM match!!!! Thank you you, Ian!

@themechanic.9545 3 жыл бұрын

If this were to exist in a WWII game, it’s gonna have the slowest deployment speed due to the many folding procedures. Here’s how it will be used if some devs of WWII games will portray this one of a kind SMG. 1. If the Weapon is deployed for the first time, the weapon will have a folding animation when a match starts or spawn. The weapon will not be folded when you switch to your secondary or melee weapon. 2. The weapon is compatible with the MP40’s ammunition of 9mm. If the player finds an MP40, you can have the option to either use the weapon or take its ammunition. 3. If the weapon is out of ammunition, the folding animation plays except it’s going to be put back to its folded configuration. 4. If the player finds an ammunition box or an MP40, the folding animation plays, but a special animation will play: the weapon’s original magazine is replaced with the MP40’s.

@aeroluster2689 3 жыл бұрын

A perk of the gun would be that you get an extra weapons slot for another grenade

@devincook2736 3 жыл бұрын

When carried in stowed position, agility loss from weight carried is reduced to 75% of other gear types. When carried in deployed position, agility loss from weight carried is the same as other smgs.

@ev6558 3 жыл бұрын

Also it gets a massively ahistorical optical sight that probably never went into production and didn't see combat, because the children who play these games can't even handle ironsights in a game that takes place 75+ years ago.

@weldonhudson5535 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome and that’s one transformer I would love to own! Thanks for all the fun and informative stuff you are able to show us!!

@oldscout7 3 жыл бұрын

That is a pretty slick gun! Very clever design.

@Captain-Jinn 3 жыл бұрын

Forgot to turn on speakers before I pressed play. Before I turned them on I could still hear clearly in my head as the video played "Hey guys! Thanks for tuning in to another video on forgottenweapons.com. I'm Ia-" and sounds back on. It's a beautiful thing how consistently and simply you're videos start.

@ThisIsAPlaceholderTM 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this beauty ever since your first video on it, such an interesting concept.

@fulcrum2951 3 жыл бұрын

Looks surprisingly easy to maintain

@birubu 3 жыл бұрын

Goddamn the unfolding of this gun is hella satisfying as everything just locks into place

@ColburnFreml 3 жыл бұрын

"The greatest pistol caliber carbine until the sub2000" -George Kellgren (probably)

@guardis6194 3 жыл бұрын

Pocket SMG, and I'm not talking about the FMG-9

@Davenzoid 3 жыл бұрын

Well technically the fmg is a machine pistol

@Hitscanister 3 жыл бұрын

@@Davenzoid I thought so too. I also believe that the name got updated some years ago to reflect its designation; FMP9.

@purplesweaterboi4763 3 жыл бұрын

Davenzoid does it stand fucking machine gun? Or am I dumb?

@theogarcez1999 3 жыл бұрын

@@purplesweaterboi4763 F: Folding M: Machine G: Gun

@Tacticaviator7 3 жыл бұрын

@@purplesweaterboi4763 Well it could be a folding machine gun but yeah your version's pretty nice too.

@mrfrosty3 3 жыл бұрын

There is something about the look of that gun that makes me want to decorate it with very pretty engraving or painting.

@thomasbernecky2078 3 жыл бұрын

Now that is a neat forgotten weapon. Thanks Ian.

@candeo3687 3 жыл бұрын

imagine if everything was spring loaded, so you could unfold it by pressing just one button

@agermangoose4797 3 жыл бұрын

Stop I can only get so errect

@themasterofdisastr1226 3 жыл бұрын

..."And whats with that button?" "This one makes your gun implode" "okay.."

@kmech3rd 3 жыл бұрын

Hit the button, flip it up in the air, catch a fully unfolded SMG, rack it and start firing. John Wick 100.

@sneakysnake7695 3 жыл бұрын

Switchblade but it's a gun!

@moonlightwarrior3769 3 жыл бұрын

"Carabine Mitrailleur Hotchkiss" I repeated this passage over and over, it was very cool. I like to hear american people speak in french. So satisfaying !👌😉 Salutations de Lille (France🇨🇵)

@patchmoulton5438 3 жыл бұрын

So did he pronounce it correctly?

@moonlightwarrior3769 3 жыл бұрын

@@patchmoulton5438 it was a little strange because I wasn't prepare, but yes it's quite good 👌😉

@yPhil 3 жыл бұрын

Mitrailleuse. Carabine is female.

@moonlightwarrior3769 3 жыл бұрын

@@yPhil je ne fais que retranscrire

@dointh4198 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the coolest gun- designs I've ever seen.

@cplinstructor 3 жыл бұрын

Somebody REALLY needs to make a semi auto version of this, that would make a FANTASTIC backpack gun, truck gun, or discrete carry PCC. Imagine this thing in a sling bag...

@PeterNicholasBiddle 3 жыл бұрын

Add nitinol wire and it can unfold itself

@leszekkadelski9569 3 жыл бұрын

Straight from ACME catalogue for sneaky hunting the Road Runner ;)

@michaelblacktree 3 жыл бұрын

When Ian started folding it up, I was hearing Transformer noises in my head. 😎

@asd36f 2 жыл бұрын

Hotchkiss also built cars between 1903 and 1955 - the badge/logo featured a pair of crossed cannons, showing their origin as an arms manufacturer.

@extremistcontent1337 3 жыл бұрын

Loved these, used to spray the british convoys with one down in Belfast back in the day.

@Howtwoeasy 3 жыл бұрын

Xhibit: "So I heard you like folds???"

@CrudeConduct666 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow, I've seen this gun before! It was one of the star performers at the Cirque Du Soleil!

@DeliveryMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

The selector/safety reminds me of the forward/reverse switch on my power drill. Which, amusingly, is a lot easier to stop in the center safe position.