I love that you're not gonna stop making vids with historical uniforms even after being doxxed. Those of us who are sane know that it's merely about the history. Good for you, man. 👍 💪

An old fella from my hometown was Mechanized Recon in WW2 and he would tell me about doing reconnaissance along the Rhine River. He said they would move into a position and the Germans would light it up from across the river with MG 42 fire. He said none of them had ever seen a gun fire so fast for so long. This guy was a superb shot too. I watched him level down on a coyote from well over two hundred and fifty yards away with iron sights and drop it one shot when he was 85 years old. No one else saw it until it fell and we were walking when he stopped and said "there that sucker is" and the he shot. That generation will truly be missed.

"This uniform came with some funny electrician signs" Lmao I'm freaking dying man.

Grandpa told me that the MG42 was the only weapon he truly feared. Just hearing the insane cyclic rate of fire it produced could freeze an entire platoon in it's tracks. Just a 2 second sweep of it could also destroy that platoon.

That getting shot at segment was wild, really drives home the oh shit factor this weapon gives.

Admin I simply cannot explain how immeasurably based you are for not giving a shit what ppl think and just having fun with these videos.

Dad went from Omaha Beach to the Bulge, said the weapon that scared him most was the MG-42. Found myself on wrong end of MG-42 in Balkans circa 1992/1995, when lots of WW-2 weapons in use by all sides. Dad had it right.

During my military conscription, I was assigned the role of machine gunner, and the weapon I carried was a MG3. Almost identical to the MG42. The only difference being that the MG3 fires the NATO 7.62x51 round, and the MG42 used the 7.92x57 german Mauser round. So basically the same thing. It was heavy to carry around during training, but super fun to fire. Bushes, trees, wooden houses, cars.. no matter.. they turn in to fire wood in seconds.

this is the most high quality audio of an actual sound that our grandfathers could only describe via words. the historical value on this is underrated.

When I was trained on the MG3 in my time in the German army I looked down at the receiver and the 42 was just crossed over and a 3 engraved next to it. Kinda wild thinking about this thing having been used 70 years prior

Very nice vid. Thx. I am German and my grandpa didn't talk about what happened in "the second"... The only thing he told me a few days bevore he died was "Das MG42 war das Schönste, was ich jemals in der Hand hatte". Rest in Peace. Love ya Opa!

"That's right...its bark is worst than its bite!" *stands up to charge* **Brrrrrt** *Falls over*

The guy is cool (His clone is cool) The uniforms are great The gun if fabulous But the man behind it is pure gold

Never will forget the day when i was in the Army and we had some sort of Weapon Show for civilians. A ~80 year old guy showed up, did see the MG3. Said: "I know this one." And disassemled it in no time, so fast it was already done when we noticed. Then he said its a little bit different then what he knows from his time and put it together in no time under astonished looks. Last thing he said: "You dont forget this kind of stuff." And went away. We all were like what the f. just happened :).

This gun was decades ahead of its time. The fact it is unironically still used in some militarys around the world, speaks for itself. BTW, in the german military a time of about 4 seconds is recommended for the barrel change :D Ofcourse this is different in real warfare, but the barrel system is genius on this gun. You can do it from a prone position without risking exposing anything.

My grandfather loved it during WWII, but didn't have much use for it while flying the Bf109 and FW190. Both of his brothers were WWII "Electricians" in some special united and they used this gun extensively doing "electrical" work and believed it was the best tool in their "electrical" tool kit.

Awesome and entertaining video my dudes! As a former German mountain infantry soldier, I´d just like to point out, that the barrel change can be done without leaving the prone firing position. The spare barrel is laid out next to you, so the change takes only a few seconds when trained a little. Keep up the great work and stay free!

“I don’t have an assistant gunner” I volunteer as tribute😂

I cannot imagine the bravery needed to be suppressed by that thing, plus riflemen, plus maybe even more MG42s, and get yourself up into the line of fire to shoot back. Those guys were insane

4:05 Imagine WWII, you're an allied soldier advancing through a grassy field.... all is quiet..... there's a little breeze and then you hear this shit. Damn..... I think my ass would make the same sound as I hit the ground!

Dude, this is easily your best opening LARP, and that's running against some strong-ass competition. Y'all were running that thing HARD, and your cameraman/editor went above and beyond earning his sushi treats.

I laughed so hard when you told him to take off the IDF uniform. Also, Nick is awesome! Love the collaboration.

Props for being the first American YT team who actually lean into the weapon the right way. How you need to do. You need every single pound to master this beast.

It really makes the review of the weapon complete when you reenact the user and period of its action. Well done.

My man just doubling down on the haters with the larp, respect

I've always wondered what it'll sound like being fired at by a MG42 that many soldiers had experienced during WW2. Much appreciated. Love this type of content.

While in action the MG42 was commonly shot in bursts to counter the recoil displacement of your sights. Also to conserve ammo as it could easily burn through your field resources quite fast.

Great and fun video! When I did my service in the German military, the MG3 was the most fun weapon to fire, but the worst to carry. Since I was one of the biggest guys in my platoon, I was one of the designated machine gunners so I ended up using it more than the G3 and G36.

Back in WW2, there was no thought of who the "bravest generation" was, there was only the guys who ran at the MG42 and the guys who hid.

German Airborne infantry here. These 1200 rounds of freedom per minute saved our ass in Afghanistan multiple times. Just the sound of a few MG3s firing bursts had an enormous impact on the battlefield. Taliban shit their pants and we gained lot’s of confidence at the same time. Sad it’s slowly getting replaced by the MG5. Thank you for the great video. 💪

@ 11:57 ... "The Germans won the fashion contest of World War II." At the Nuremburg Trials, in addition to all those life and death sentences for Crimes Against Humanity, the Germans also received the Award for Best Costume Design.

11:24 your german really killed me 😂😂 “kommen sie schnell!”

You should do an All Quiet on the Western Front style ww1 larp. An mg08/15 would be badass.

Doxxers: "Noooo you can't just ignore us and keep making WWII LARP content!" Admin: "Huh huh huh, MG-42 go Brrrrr!"

3:40 - jesus hearing that many bullets snap right by your head is fucking terrifying...it just makes the D-Day landings even more insane to think about...thousands of men poured out of their landing crafts and were face to face with this monster machine gun...I can't imagine what they must have felt hearing an MG-42 be dumped on them.

We still had the MG3 back when I was serving in 2010 (NOR). I believe the 2011 contingent finally switched to 2x FN Minime instead of a duo on the MG. I was not an MGer, but got to shoot it on the range from time to time. What a beautiful instrument of war. Keep rockin'

This kind of firearm is not cheap, and Nick is obviously expending tremendous resources to make this video possible. Thank you, Nick!

The buzzsaw. Having been shot at by the Tali with a PKM, I can't get my head around what it would be like taking fire from that beast. That rate of fire is just brutal.

The MG-42 has to be one of the most recognizable guns in history

1:17-2:36 best part of the video…love the world at war song with the MG42, brings back memories

I've sent tens of thousands of rounds down range {M2 50 cal, M1919 30 cal, Mag-58 (M240B) & Minimi (M249)}...but dare I say..."nothing compares to the sound of that 42 firing & those rounds hitting the berm & going overhead"...that was incredible.

the video ,the uniforms,the MG42,the humour,its all gold.

The saving private ryan line "I could use a little ma ma ma morphine" had me dying 😂😂

2:00 The way they carry and run with the Mg42 is top notch, very close to real ww2 footage of mg 42 teams.

Allied Interrogator: “TELL ME HOW YOU’RE RELATED TO GARAND THUMB!” Admin: “Das ist mein soulbruva”

This sort of stuff is even funnier now that AR has been "identified", the guy is even more "wholesome" than we thought he was ...... Keep on LARPing man.

They are wearing German camouflage uniforms from 80 years ago in a desert area of the United States, and in my opinion the color pattern looks great with the tones of the environment.

MG42 is like pull the trigger for half a second and missed the target twice but hit it 8 times

Me as a german can confirm, the historical accuracy of the montage. My granddad, who also was electrician during WW2, would proudly salute you

Twitter: Admin is a fascist and needs be cancelled. Admin: Aight, Imma make an MG-42 vid with larp kit.

Me: Taking a night walk in San Fransisco The homeless guy I just tripped over: 4:13

As my great grandfather's brother who served in the WW2 said MG42 was good but was too expensive on ammunition with lower damage per bullet and lower accuracy compared to the venerable M2 Browning. It lost to the M2 Browning when it came to the most important requirement of a machine gun during the war and that is brush-firing.

As a German I couldn’t stop laughing the whole video 😂 Absolutely love you guys ❤

It's always a good day when Admin drops a video! Bro, you're killing it with the production value and your LARP skills are unmatched. The doxxers hate you cuz they ain't you! You're the man!

I love the way you talk about things, you don't pick a side, you just talk about the gun, where it came from and why you love it, definitely subscribing!

As a german i appriciate this video, i'll be making a history presentation and your video helped alot, thank you

Gotta say, even through video audio, that mg42 sounds terrifying. Understandably a dangerous firearm to be up against

As an MG3 gunner, this Barrel change made me laugh so hard. Keep it up. Nice Video.

This 82 year old bone saw would still spread fear and terror in the field today, even if you only heard it from afar...

The fire rate on this is insane. I can’t imagine the fear this created on the battlefield

Awesome content. Love that gun. Its MG3 variant is still used by our army today. Its bolt assembly is an engineering masterpiece.

My guy got doxxed and is still bringing us these videos with his amazing personality intact. Huge respect o7 Not that anybody is insane enough to charge Kanye’s buzzaw with based Admin behind it, but it’s still shitty to doxx people and that’s just a statement of Karl being a huge loser and disappointment to his bloodline.

i am from austria. the barrel change part where you guys spoke partly german was really enjoyable :D

Hey there, former MG3 Gunner here. Fun Video to watch. Next time you get a chance, try to hit some targets with that beast. Trust me, if you don't go for short (3 rounds) bursts, that Gun is all over the place. In addition to that you give your barrel a longer lifetime. Anyways, you guys are fun to watch. Keep it up! 😉✌

My grandpa had one of those electrician uniforms too! It was odd though, since he ran some kind of adult summer camp

you hiding behind that berm has the same vibes as brandon hiding behind the blue barrel

I was in the German army for 10 years from 1989 at the end of the 90s. I was stationed in Schwanewede with the "Panzergrenadiers". PzGren.Btl 323. I was a machine gunner MG3 there. Not far from us, about 5 miles away in the Lucius D Clay barracks, the Americans were stationed in Garlstedt near the city of Bremen. And whenever we were on the firing range and the US soldiers were there too and we were shooting with the machine gun, the US soldiers came onto our lane. And so it happened again and again that we let the US Army soldiers shoot with our machine guns. These are still fond memories today. Sorry for my bad english

I just got back from Omaha Beach, and visited the exact spot near WN62, where Heinrich "Hein" Severloh singlehandedly dispatched with 1-2000 men. Seeing this gun in action really brings home the industrialized slaughter that generation had to face.

Imagine stepping off on the beaches of Normandy and hearing that as well as artillery???

when changing the barrel: 1. prepare a base beside your gun before starting the firefight. Piece of cloth, some stones, anything will do that keeps dirt from getting into the hot barrel - after all, you want to reuse it soon when it's cooled. Also have a handguard prepared as well. We had a special glove for it but I personally never used it - too much effort. Piece of cloth will do perfectly as long as you're fast and experienced. 2. hit hard against the interlock, so the barrel will already jump out a little bit, makes it easier to grab 3. pull it out and just let it fall onto the base, don't bother with repacking it until it has cooled down a bit 4. let your number two hand you the new barrel, that will work smoother than let him insert it, especially if you need to stay in cover. Best option is to already have it unpacked and at hand before the firefight. Loved the baby in my time in the german army over 30 years ago - well not the MG 42 of course but the MG 3. 3-4 seconds for a barrel change.

The Call of Duty World at War music is an ELITE addition.

If that was me being shot at, I'd need a new pair of pants, jeez that sound is terrifying.

Sadly I've never fired one of those. But I did have the privilege of watching a local (I believe) retired sherrif who was an MG42 owner light up a range near Louisville KY with one - his was mounted on a quad pod and super stable. I had to pick my jaw up off the range floor when the casings stopped dropping. He totally covered about 250 yards of dirt with bullet impacts. Mad respect to our grandfathers and great grandfathers who went up against these magnificent weapons.

Man I love Nick's energy on the show, totally a vibe seeing him and his special gats

Anyone else see the fire 1:28 in the background?

My grandfather served in WW2, he said that MG42 gunners were executed out of revenge if they were caught. So the MG operators were fighting for their lived due to this weapon. He also said that the British officers would have to scream at his peers cuz that sound made soldiers hesitate and freeze for a few seconds (as if they are trying to question their life choices). Soldiers didn't cower in fear of this gun, but there was definitely a sense of deep fear in their minds due to the violent nature of this weapon. This weapon didn't just kill a man, it tore him up. The brain seems to glitch in fear as it associates the sound with that type of violence.

Dude the down range clips of being on the receiving end of the MG-42 was everything I imagined, it sounded amazing. As dumb as it sounds I would love to experience it first hand cause as cool as it sounds I know the video doesn't do the real experience any justice

Dude, what a freakin episode! The sounds from behind the berm was amazing! Gotta admit, love having admin clone #2 on the episode. What about admin clone #3?

I swear I can hear the background music from the later missions of CoD World at War playing in the background. That was the first CoD game I played and the only one I played for a good few years. Needless to say, your vid brought back sweet memories of effortlessly mowing down enemies on Recruit difficulty and then handing the controller to my older brother when I couldn’t beat the level on Hardened.

This is my first video of this channel. And you already have me tearing up. The little skit you did of being in "combat" unlocked a core memory of me and my buddies doing this with cap guns in the quarry behind my house

Very interesting to get a sense of what this really sounded like from the perspective of so many allied soldiers in WW2. Thanks for this.

As a german I can confirm that "scheiße" at 1:40 was pretty accurate

I remember hearing survivors of D-DAY comparing the sound of the MG42 to quickly ripping fabric and this video really shows why. Thank you for this amazing video!

about retaining a good sight picture, during training on the mg3 we were taught to really, really lean into the weapon. Basically brace your whole weight into the bipod and just hold the thing down tight. This helps for two reasons: First, it increases accuracy, and secondly, your shoulder will thank you.

A guy I know is a very skilled gunsmith/builder of combloc and other European weaponry. He’s spent the last year working on a semi-auto MG-34 build that was sent to him rife with problems. He never worked on one before, and there’s not much info out there on building them, so it’s been a learning process for him. Point of the story, these things were literal works of art. The way he described it to me was that, especially with the 34, each part was purposely made for one specific gun. Trying to work on them with different parts is extremely challenging, and is a testament to how much quality they were built with. A lot of hand labor went into these. I haven’t shot it (obviously it’s not mine nor his place to let me), but just getting to hold it and check it out was incredible. Hard to put into words to describe an MG34/42. It’s truly just a beast of a machine gun.

It’s great to watch an informative video while belly-laughing! Keep up the great work!

Wow, incredible. Our boys had the biggest hairiest balls going up against such a bullet sprayer: NUTS!

7:19 Thankfully my great uncle was a glider troop, so he didn't have to jump off a boat

Really gives you a new found appreciation for the guys that assaulted the beaches at Normandy. I can't even begin imagine how terrifying it must be to run onto an open beach under this level of mg fire

As an German I love your guys taste with guns and marching songs. Good job keep it UP

The IDF to Wehrmacht conversion gave me a hard laugh!

"Its bark is worse than it's bite". Lol

Out of everything in the 'getting shot at tests' this was probably the scariest of all holy shit.

Good lord what a terrifying weapon, I can imagine the sound of the cyclic fire rate + the zings and cracks of the rounds travelling through the air. They feared this weapon for a very good reason... I couldn't imagine what those folks went through

Never stop doing what your doing, don't listen to what people do or say if you don't acknowledge them they don't get the attention they want

Even the looks just of that German uniform alone is almost as deadly as the MG-42 itself.

Showed this to my grandpa and he showed me his war memorabilia! He said he loved using this thing!

10:38 "Hans Wir müssen den Lauf wechseln!!!" Greetings from Germany 🙋‍♂️

This has to be one of my favorite videos from you admin. It’s nice to see how great cinematography is each episode. You always make the larp go hard but that might just be the German drip they had back then

Love the video. I rebuilt 2 of them in Iraq; these were Pakistani-made MG3s but just as effective. We had mounts built for them and had them on our trucks. We named them Hans and Franz.