Italy's next-gen Beretta ARX160 assault rifle with grenade launcher capability

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Ай бұрын

The Beretta ARX160 rifle is designed to give soldiers a next-generation weapon, firing the same Nato rounds but being much lighter to carry thanks to the use of polymer.
Loved by Italian soldiers for being extremely easy to handle, it's also ambidextrous, allowing users to set the rifle up with the cocking handle on the left or right hand side and to adjust the extraction system, so empty cartridge cases can be ejected from either side.
It's simple to disassemble - even for barrel removal - and no tool is required.
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@Rolodzeo Ай бұрын

Ah yes, slap the rifle for maximum firepower!

@droman752 27 күн бұрын

Don’t forget the slap of the already closed launch tube. This makes it extra closed.

@Abefroman-lq3md 24 күн бұрын

Like they slap their boyfriends!

@GameFuMaster 24 күн бұрын

don't you know? It's part of the QTE that allows you to reload faster. The extra slap is actually the animation cancellation part for the successful QTE part

@wiryantirta 23 күн бұрын

idk man the Baretta slap doesn't sound as cool as the HK slap.

@techtoth1 28 күн бұрын

It performed impressively well in Afghanistan. A lot better than its competitors. And for those calling it a Fiat, remember that Beretta pistols are used in a heap of armies around the world. Should tell something about Beretta's know-how...

@dragon12234 26 күн бұрын

And they do have 500 years of experience in firearms

@techtoth1 26 күн бұрын

@@dragon12234 I believe they may be the oldest running arms manufacturer, but I have no certain data.

@ohredhk Ай бұрын

ARX160 came out in 2008... So much for next gen weapon

@_spooT 25 күн бұрын

the time it came out doesn't really matter. How it's designed does. You can design and manufacture a weapon today, but if it's ass, it will always be ass

@Rashed1255 22 күн бұрын

@@_spooTare u talking about the L85? 😁

@realitygaming4088 Ай бұрын

Looks bulky asf

@armageddonready4071 Ай бұрын

It’s a mobile mortar, of course it’s bulky.

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

Very light however

@firstcaptaingabrielsantar5235 25 күн бұрын

@@armageddonready4071 M16 also have grenade launcher capabilitty yet its way more slim design than this

@chost-059 Ай бұрын

it still looks like a goofy experimental 80's concept rifle

@matsumbra4984 Ай бұрын

Kazakhstan adopted berwtta arx-160 chambered in 7.62x39

@VincitOmniaVeritas7 25 күн бұрын

@@matsumbra4984Kazakhstan is goofy

@garand999 Ай бұрын

Italy has a large small arms industry, which the UK no longer has !

@tongferlion Ай бұрын

i think rather the UK has a small large arms industry instead

@Biketunerfy 29 күн бұрын

Yes we do and we make some of the best small arms in the world.

@murphy7801 28 күн бұрын

@@tongferlionsure but most of those companies are owned by the french and Italians.

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

@@tongferlion and the results are usually medium good.

@EpicThe112 24 күн бұрын

Spot on and speaking of the Italians they made the M9 from 1985

@Belisaur 24 күн бұрын

several rounds per minute? goddamn

@JanFWeh 23 күн бұрын

Game changer

@alanmcmillan6969 Ай бұрын

Thank you. A good gun.

@jessicaregina1956 26 күн бұрын

Omgggggg!!!! Grenade launcher capability! GAME CHANGER 😂

@just-incase3483 Ай бұрын

I didn’t like the way he slapped that rifle😳

@VrigeHD Ай бұрын

HAHAHA he smacked the shi out of that xD

@ExplosiveBolts Ай бұрын

Lotta excess slaps. Maybe he was having a bad day.

@railworker8058 Ай бұрын

He’s Italian. The slaps were morse code for I surrender.

@Abefroman-lq3md Ай бұрын

@@railworker8058bahahahahhaha

@hgv1883 Ай бұрын

It's the same he would slap you

@edking5125 Ай бұрын

Interesting forces news published this ad for an italian weapon system. Interesting rifle of course.. But you'd probably be better off getting some common ar-15 derivative for cost efficiency and commonality. Otherwise for it to truely be considered 'next gen' it would have to be a different caliber, and also not from 2008. A polimer l85 in 6.8mm with swappable cocking handel and ejection port and ambidextrose controls in a couple of different barrel lengths would be a win. Looks like Steyr are doing something along those lines in the near future.

@GameFuMaster 24 күн бұрын

honestly saw nothing "new gen" about this gun. All it's really got is ambidextrous extraction. Even that is pretty old tech

@vencislavgynev8282 23 күн бұрын

Damn, everyone on internet now is a weapon or military expert.

@alijankhan3330 23 күн бұрын

Funny you mention that because Italian special forces agree and got Beretta to make them an AR15 variant, they don't use this rifle

@mousseman8239 Ай бұрын

Maybe add 2" to 4" of barrel length and finally one could have ammo flexibility plus extra muzzle velocity for heavier projectiles, plus some intrinsic flash suppression?

@jacobm.s.8543 Ай бұрын

looks cool

@burville100 Ай бұрын

Umarex sell a 22lr version of this rifle.

@armageddonready4071 Ай бұрын

Nomenclature usually includes WEIGHT, including loaded and unloaded.

@northamericanintercontinen3207 26 күн бұрын

Nuevo León’s Fuerza Civil (State Police) use them to GREAT effect in the limits with Tamaulipas

@Vantud391 27 күн бұрын

Look pretty futuristic.

@arnoldmayii3563 29 күн бұрын

Nice!

@thetimelapsesketchbook.9088 24 күн бұрын

Pretty pretty weapon, I want one.

@matteolozano3477 23 күн бұрын

I love it 😍

@Alex-lm7cx 24 күн бұрын

Is that an Imperial several or metric?

@popinmo 27 күн бұрын

idk why they say polymer guns are lighter when sadly they are usally heavier

@riccardomariani9648 26 күн бұрын

The old service rifle AR 70/90 was all metal and weights 4.7 kg and is not modular, this weights 3.1 kg and is modular.

@popinmo 26 күн бұрын

@@riccardomariani9648 you have no idea what your talking about the first ar15 the xm16 all the way to the m4a1 all had polymer and they all use the same interchangeable parts from 1960-present

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

@@popinmo i think RIC is talking about the Beretta AR70/90 (durable and accurate as hell) and for the ARX160 also referring to 'modular' as abled to swap out the barrels on the battlefield in less that 10 seconds. You have to bring your M16s and AR 70/90s back to the shop for that barrel change.

@popinmo 25 күн бұрын

@@al28854 changing the barrel isn't really necessary in combat

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

@@popinmoBut being able to mount an optic, a laser sight, a torch, a front handle and the like is, which the older AR70/90 wasn't capable of because it didn't have picatinny rails.

@sambrownski5449 Ай бұрын

Bring back the xm9

@KKPR533 25 күн бұрын

The way he slapped that😂😂

@CARL_093 25 күн бұрын

Cool

@Dasistrite 27 күн бұрын

That slpa was personal!

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

The Italians are trained to do that, if they don't slap their weapons like they slap their ..... 'partners', then it won't help them to survive and live to see the finish line.

@CoolSmoovie 23 күн бұрын

How heavy is it?

@nam430 Ай бұрын

the next gen rifle that is more than a decade old that looks like a tuna

@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling 24 күн бұрын

At least it doesn’t die when it stops moving.

@nam430 24 күн бұрын

@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling rolf

@cintulator2 22 күн бұрын

Just like ones in futuristic sci-fi role-playing games like Cyberpunk etc..

@markcassidy1428 27 күн бұрын

Heard someone called it the tactical tuna due to it's chunky shape 🤣🤣🤣

@kickmcmelon18 26 күн бұрын

Didnt we try this in the 2000s 😂

@TimE-er1kn Ай бұрын

If this is their next Gen rifle, it’s odd that they are sticking with 5.56 when the US is going to 6.8.

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

The rifle is from 2008, long before the US decided to test the 6.8

@kevincruz9012 Ай бұрын

Doesn't it look like the ISA Assault Rifle from KillZone

@JCOwens-zq6fd 23 күн бұрын

Taking a Q from the 3D printing space i see.

@Shimra8888 26 күн бұрын

What about the NARP ??

@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling 24 күн бұрын

Soon

@Isaac-ho8gh 24 күн бұрын

Its good that it may not be stupidly heavy, but its way more bulky than it needs to be and that a new under-barrel grenade launcher didn't need to be designed. Existing light grenade launchers in NATO service like the M203 would work just fine.

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

It's not that bulky tough

@Isaac-ho8gh 24 күн бұрын

@@thecommentaryking I know its not but it can still be much less bulky if designed better, it'd still be able to be done without many new parts.

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

@@Isaac-ho8ghIt is well designed, Beretta surely knows what it is doing

@EpicThe112 27 күн бұрын

Interesting rifle indeed and I wonder if there are parts to actually change the Chamber from Western NATO to the Russian Style 7.62x39 5.45x39 mm on the ARX assault rifle

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

Yes there are

@MyScotty7 27 күн бұрын

Love it! Get the British army these!

@EggwardEgghands 25 күн бұрын

Looks like fish-gun's back on the menu boys

@jarradmoore6939 29 күн бұрын

The fiat of guns!!!

@quattromori5496 27 күн бұрын

The Fiat of Guns?? Are you 12 years old? This Gun is built by an arms factory founded 500 years ago, the oldest in the world

@doublep1980 27 күн бұрын

Beretta makes some of the best and most expensive hunting rifles on the market. And also one of the greatest 9mm semi-auto pistols, the 92F or M9.

@alijankhan3330 23 күн бұрын

Italian special forces seem to prefer AR15 variants and their rifle from Beretta is an AR15 variant

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

The AR-15 system offers more modularity

@solinvictus1234 18 күн бұрын

This is a rifle for the infantry. SF of any country do not use the same rifles of their infsntry counterparts, cause they do not need a weapon for overall usage but weapons for specific uses.

@bremnersghost948 Ай бұрын

Very Gucci.

@motakk1569 25 күн бұрын

Looks like Imbel IA2 556, but i dont know who "copy" the other

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

The IA2 looks nothing like the ARX160. Putting that aside, the Brazilian rifle was designed after the Beretta

@jeremiahwaller1283 24 күн бұрын

"rate of fire is limited to the users reload speed but a good operator should achieve several rounds per minute" wut

@alijankhan3330 23 күн бұрын

Talking about the single shot underbarrel grenade launcher.

@budakRancak96 29 күн бұрын

Auto Pizza machine

@lepepelepub12 Ай бұрын

AR18 in a plastic chassis. Nothing wrong with that, that is the general trend in Western firearms always pushing weight reductions b/c guns are getting heavier with accessories.

@debdas9414 5 күн бұрын

Indian army tried this for several years and then rejected it

@rederickfroders1978 28 күн бұрын

Is there a secret pasta container?

@STEALTH1DAN Ай бұрын

The next brit armed forces service weapon?

@masterbeethoven8209 28 күн бұрын

Nope, they've gone for the KS-1

@lukelangley2852 23 күн бұрын

No KS-1 for SF, Rangers, Marines Not next Service Weapon

@pvtmalo3217 Ай бұрын

"The rate of fire is limited to the user's reload speed, but a good operator should achieve several rounds per minute." Are you using simple AI now? RPM pedantic for weapons? come on.

@freedom_seeker06 22 күн бұрын

How much it weighs?? It looks chubby.

@amhuman5138 Ай бұрын

Isnt this rifle from the 90s though?

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

No, first models entered service in 2008

@bobbuilder767 27 күн бұрын

the 90s is the AR 70/90

@eldritchmorgasm4018 26 күн бұрын

Interesting, but I fear this will be just another G36 kinda situation. To be fair, maybe someone learned something from the G36 problem...

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

In use since 2008, never had a G36 situation

@Bluecollarjoe6B9 26 күн бұрын

We coming closer to Colonial Marines

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

Aliens (1987) was a great movie wasn't it ??

@DamianAI9 24 күн бұрын

EXTRA CHONK

@whya2ndaccount Ай бұрын

Do they "love" the rifle or are they using it because its the one issued to them? I can just image the look if an Italian soldier asked for a non-Italian weapon instead when they get to the armoury.

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

There's no complaint on it by Italian troops, it was very well recieved

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

it only takes about 3 to 5 drops of gun oil for the bolt after each cleaning and then it's all gravy, unlike the M16/M4 it takes about more than a teaspoon to lubricate the vital parts between about 300 rounds in the Afghan desert at 11K elevation.

@daneurope9167 24 күн бұрын

the only problem is its not yet battle proven unlike the AR and an AK..

@AlFreeman-xy4jy 23 күн бұрын

Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico against narcos....

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

@@AlFreeman-xy4jyalso saw action in Lebanon, Somalia and Mali

@DARKSTAR-mn8ee 27 күн бұрын

Speck of Dust malfunction....😁👍.

@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling 24 күн бұрын

These aren’t that unreliable.

@maemilev Ай бұрын

Cod should add this weapon asap

@aleksandarstix3097 25 күн бұрын

Zastava m19 ak

@Swatmat Ай бұрын

looks like an evolution on the xm8

@kiwigrunt330 18 күн бұрын

A plastic rifle with metal magazines...🤔

@navsin17 24 күн бұрын

gun powder has become century old, current era we have atomic technology, sonic technology, thermal technology, chemical engineering technology, and many others these technology should not be limited to ships, aircrafts, or vehicles, a perfect modern combat and weapon system should come to soldiers hand - making him super soldier so he can fight land water air space without heavy carriers.

@xxJacket 23 күн бұрын

Stop slapping it

@sunnyrobinson2128 26 күн бұрын

That barrel can’t take too much heat 🤔

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

if you don't care about hitting what you aim for than yes, it sure can.

@sunnyrobinson2128 26 күн бұрын

@@al28854 bonus shorter barrel equals less accuracy 🤔

@al28854 26 күн бұрын

@@sunnyrobinson2128 and I'm sure the other guy being shot at in that CQB gun fight will be filing a formal complaint.

@pineconehatfaludi6890 Ай бұрын

Nato is fr in their Wunderwaffe era

@superfamilyallosauridae6505 Ай бұрын

2003-present yessir

@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling 24 күн бұрын

Not really. That was in the 60’s through the 80’s. Now it’s just the normal same old standard.

@Aaron14LifeZZZ 27 күн бұрын

Bulky boi

@olegknowsbest4971 Ай бұрын

old news.

@bac135 Ай бұрын

A clumsy and weird AR

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

Weird? Yes. Clumsy? No

@bobbuilder767 27 күн бұрын

not clumsy

@AlFreeman-xy4jy 23 күн бұрын

At least it is not the same as the others, which are all clones of the M4

@andreamazzon3254 27 күн бұрын

it looks ugly...the new one beretta is developing is much better...

@nohow4715 27 күн бұрын

Fish gun

@swingingingerplums Ай бұрын

Bulky AF

@WlLKO 25 күн бұрын

Nice but unless there is a 6.8mm version in the pipeline it is very much last gen rather then next generation!

@geronimo5537 Ай бұрын

it was bulky and unwieldly a decade ago. and it still is today. I wonder if they ever solved the melting problem.

@MrPolicekarim 28 күн бұрын

Wasn't that the G36? Something to do with the ammo, I believe.

@bobbuilder767 27 күн бұрын

never had melting problems

@Peterkass235 24 күн бұрын

thing sucks and cant take gen 3 pmags, terrible trigger, not very accurate, flex on the top rail if you push the optic you can see the top rail twist. gross... uncomfortable, and awkward, the stock is terrible and you cant really change it.

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

It's a rifle designed for military use, not larpers

@Peterkass235 23 күн бұрын

@@thecommentaryking if by having massive point of impact shift from pressure applied to the handguard, receiver or optic, and being bulky and uncomfortable to use means it is designed for military use, then yes you are correct, however it is sadly more for larpers then real hard use, so enjoy your cope and your larp

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

@@Peterkass235 Larper detected, opinion rejected. Keep coping, 16 years of use by the Italian Army and others countries with plenty of actual field use and 0 complaints by servicemen, seems like you're talking from your ass here

@Peterkass235 22 күн бұрын

@@thecommentaryking popping back in to make fun of you for owning an arx, get a real gun twink

@cedhome7945 Ай бұрын

And if you left it too the m.o.d. procurement bunch they would fiddle about with it like they do so....late overpriced and probably unreliable due to interface by politics,until they send it to Germany at a vast cost to be fixed

@user-ex4eu9mh6z 26 күн бұрын

Gross

@Jib230181 Ай бұрын

Looks cheap and nasty sorry to say.

@thecommentaryking 27 күн бұрын

Neither cheap nor nasty. Well recieved by the troops also

@jb76489 Ай бұрын

Bad trigger, too bulky, charging handle is too small, bad at holding zero with LAMs, average accuracy at best

@thecommentaryking 28 күн бұрын

Nope to all your stetements

@jb76489 27 күн бұрын

@@thecommentaryking very convincing argument

@timmurphy5541 27 күн бұрын

@@jb76489 What argument did you present? What data?

@villigutvilligut4201 23 күн бұрын

Одно непонятно, зачем она итальянцам? Ведь у них самые бесполезные войска в мире. Им скорее барбершоп нужен, чем автомат.

@isenbull2242 22 күн бұрын

Какое счастье Ваня, что ты русский дурак 😊👍

@nathanruben3372 23 күн бұрын

As most beratta rifles look horrible and bulky.

@thecommentaryking 23 күн бұрын

"Most". How many Beretta rifles you know

@PRIMAL_HUNTER1988 23 күн бұрын

very bad design looks like a patle

@notyocousin999 27 күн бұрын

Yeah I don't this expect this rifle to perform well especially just by design of the gun itself. Just stick with pistols, not assault rifles, to the Beretta company

@thecommentaryking 24 күн бұрын

Despite your comment, the ARX is still a good rifle

@AlFreeman-xy4jy 23 күн бұрын

They have been shooting at us since 2008, how long have you been shooting at us?