Cold War drops a new gun, Forgotten Weapons slides into my recommendations.

These dual wielded in a Nevada nuclear test town aren’t that bad

This guy comes up every time a gun gets added to cold war

Keep on creating, while dying of cancer. Polish resolve will not be questioned! Respect.

Rak also means crayfish in polish. We have a lot of weapons that are named after crustaceans, for example AHS Krab (Crab in english) tracked howitzer. So the name is less weird in that context.

It's the MP7 before the MP7. Also my BO1 SMG of choice

I’ve actually shot one, very cool design

It is actually used in war. Vietnam had a bunch of PM-63s which might be supplied as military aid. During the China-Vietnam borderland war, PM-63s were captured by Chinese and later copied as Type 82 Submachine Gun.

I'm a simple Pole. I see Ian reviewing a polish gun - I like.

I used that mofo in 2009(!) They assigned me one, I was a medic x) Gun was primary issued to drivers, medics etc, guys that don't need bulky AKMS. Cheers.

It is still a common sight with Polish Postal Service valuables convoys, railway Protection Service (SOK) and with the police on a rare occasion. I'm a big fan of Your work, Ian. Keep it up, cheers :) greetings from Gdańsk, Poland

Has anyone said 'Nice Rak' yet? if not, I'm claiming it.

Pair it with an M79 grenade launcher for the optimum pirate-killing combo.

Now featured in Warzone! It's like the algorithm works sometimes!

"In theory you can do it against your leg, but I wouldn't recommend that." I'm sure that has been tried more than once....

Oficers are used to use pistols like TT-33, P-64, P-84 not PM-63. He was used by crews of tanks ( T-54/T-55 - 3xPM-63+AKS/AKMS [loader], T-72 - 2xPM-63 + AKMS) drivers of some wehicles like SKOT, TOPAS, BWP, BRDM, soldier opereting RPG-7 as secondary wepon, WSW(Military Police) and Special Police units.

I was on a Polish air base recently, and the gate guards were equipped with these. It was quite neat to see in person.

I own a PM63 it‘s an awesome design for its time periode. It‘s very controllable in fullauto and also single shots are easy to perform and even with the fact that it fires from a open bolt, it‘s very accurate

@ForgottenWeapons "That went nowhere, they've built around 20 prototypes" and I'm pretty sure you will soon have like 5 of them in front of you at once soon.

"Poland joined the Soviet block" - hahahahahahaha good one

everytime cold war adds a gun i get these recommended

I loved using this gun in BO1

I went to a shooting range in Budapest where I fired one of these amongst other guns like a glock, 357, 44, MP5, M4, AK and a Draganov! Was good fun!

Hi Ian, Love your work. I'm retired Polish special forces lieutenant as well as a son of a special forces major. I have shoot the RAK on hundreds of occasions but my father was actually using it in Golan Heights mission. We called it a toothbreaker because of the slide and its a bit on the heavy side but it is a surprisingly good gun.

When in late 1980s or early 1990s (very ear;y, it was still in USSR) I saw in a pop-sci / technology magazine for youth a drawing of several SMGs (IIRC, others were Tompson, MP40, M3 etc), including PM63, this one definitely was the most unusual and eye catching.

Rak is also means Crayfish in Polish.

My dad used this while working with tanks! Thanks Ian!

I got the video recommended before the Amp comes out in warzone

It's a fun gun to shoot, very controllable in a full auto. Some commercial shooting ranges in Poland have them.

MAC did a collab with Ian a few years ago in Las Vegas. They were at Littlefield Vegas and were able to film inside the armory. Ian chose this very weapon to shoot.

There's a pretty common joke, that Rak is world's only SMG, which comes with bayonet by default.

When I see this weapon, I think of the Soviet general in Rambo III shoving this into Col. Truatman’s lower jaw. “I’ve tried to be civilized.”

I've actually had the pleasure to shoot one of these, and while the slide didn't hit me in the face it did lightly tap my glasses on the first burst. I quickly adjusted my face position. Yes, watching that slide slam back towards your face is a bit unnerving

Saw this gun in Rambo III. Awesome video. Thanks for the detailed run through!

It's really cool finally see the pm 63 on here. My father served in Poland during the cold war and his stories are where I first learned about this gun.

"After Poland joined the Soviet bloc"...that's like saying India "joined" the British Empire...Annexation

The RAK is may favorite of all the firearms I've fired I found the deflector helped quite a lot such a neat little gun.

Everytime a cold war weapon gets added this youtuber shows up in my feed

I've tried the semi-auto variant and it's a great PDW. Very controllable in rapid fire, very accurate despite the terrible sights, pretty light for a carbine, not that much bigger than an M17 (for example). It's not without its faults, but I enjoyed it way much than its competition (eg the vz61 or the Beretta 93R).

My Dad used one of this in the Polish Army in the 80's, he was a driver for an armored vehicle (BRDM 2) and he said it pretty much sucked to shoot. But still I was really excited to see you make a video of this! Please more Guns from Poland! Like the Błyskawica !

I always loved this thing, it's just so unique and cool.

A polish friend of mine who's grandfather was issued one of these says that RAK stands for " Ręczny Automat Komandosa" or "Commandoe's Automatic Weapon"

Im waiting for the c58 and the mg82 and the nailgun to be recommended

Cold War: drops new weapon KZfaq recommendations: here, have a 1-10 year old video about it

Looks like we are all being recommended this now that it’s coming to BOCW/warzone

Dammit I'm awake at this hour again, at least this is a lot cooler than a hand guard

Rak has two meanings: 1 crawfish 2 cancer (either as a constellation or sickness) My uncle had one issued when he served as a tanker. He told me he couldn't hit nothing with that thing no matter how hard he tried.

I swear to god every time a new cold war weapon drops out there is a video from this guy reviewing it in real life

There is also a legend that RAK stands for polish commando’s automatic pistol or dentist.

In BOCW this is under the pistol section. Very fun to use against hordes of zombies.

Hi Ian, now that you are "talking Polish" maybe IS a good time to talk about the "Polish home army" weapons ... We would surely appreciate/LOVE a good special about the Blyskawica... Greetings from Málaga, Spain

AMP63 drops and this video pops up in my recommended

Its Friday. Must mean a shooting video tomorrow.

Yes, RAK has in Polish at least three meanings; "cancer", connstellation of Cancer and crawfish. It was made also as abbreviation from Ręczny Automat Komandosów - which literally means Hand Automatic (gun) (for) Commandos. ;) Piotr Wilniewczyc is exactly the same person, which made desing of famous wz. 35 ViS pistol - he is a "letter S" in the name of it. ;)

I also heard the (impropper) explanation that RAK is an acronym for "Ręczny Automat Komandosa" (Commandos' Automatic Firearm)

My grandfather was issued one while he was in the Polish-Soviet military, and they were told not to use the sights, and only use the gun from the hip, not just because the slide could hit him in the face, but the gun was actually designed for hip fire/spray and pray purposes, or as a speed draw type gun, unlike the AKMs that were issued, as they were more difficult to aim quickly in an unexpected “attack”.

When Ian gets to 14:36 , "or in the hands of terrorists groups..." Well yeah, I distinctly remember the Baroness, Destro, and early Cobra Commander all rolling heavy with a Rak, circa '84-'86 graphic novels. Pretty sure this gun is directly responsible for launching my love for all things PDW/machine pistol. What's funny is how much this looks like a MakoGroup Glock "carbine" configuration, only in steel instead of polymers. Almost identical tactical principles, by the way. Compared to its contemporaries, like the Skorpion, the Barretta 93, the VP70, and Stechkin, it appears the Rak is the much better gun all things considered. High volume of fire, small profile, user friendly(ish), and mostly designed by Polish John Browning... DOBZE' DOBZE'

One of my favorite firearms of all time!

Ian, thank you for presenting polish home grown guns. I wonder when you will get to present the MSBS in its various configurations (regular/bulpup) Thanks anyway!

Ngl it was pretty satisfying when he slid the stock in

I can imagine the conversation that took place prior to the development of this thing: Desinger's friend: You know, Poland's weird. Why did we put wings on our damn cavalry? i don't think we can do anything more bizarre than that! Designer:HOLD MY PIVO!

RAK- cancer, lobster or ręczny automat komandosow ( cant event translet or even interpratete but the best meaning is : hand-operated smg for commando/spe. units )

This was my favorite SMG in Black Ops 1. I remember back when it first came out i googled it but found scant information on it online. Now here I am replaying BO1 and I find that Ian did a video on it three years ago

Between the feed lip/ejector combo, the sear, the rate reducer, and the overall weirdness of the design, this has to be one of the best guns you've reviewed.

You know the funny thing is his colleague after the war was in the UK and designed one of the British post war smgs. The MCEM-1 if think was the gun

Okay. I found the real life inspiration for PDW in my sci-fi novel. . This gun is perfect to model sci-fi weapon on. Thanks @Ian

Folded in that thing looks like something Robocop would shoot and I am immediately in love with it.

This needs to be in more films!

The point is that at that time Polish Army was looking for a specific personal gun for auxilary units, mostly drivers, cooks , tank crew and so on .Easy to handle, with pretty shooting power and constructors just replied to the demand :) The so called ,by narrator" spoon" was used to unlock the gun by knocking the spoon to any hard object :) by one hand in case of the other being useless :)

Anyone else get suggested this just before it's released to cold war??

Thats like 3rd time BOCW dropped a new gun and i got the weapon in my recommended

Very cool design I don't know how I missed this one

My father, who was polish army officer told me, that RAK goes from Ręczny Automat Komandosów, which can be translated as Handheld Commando Automatic Weapon. RAK's had bad habbit of shooting because of shock, so jumping from the truck, with gun facing ground could end with discharge.

Looks like a more complex scorpion. Even have the spring loaded reducer. Very cool gun, but I think is not a coincidence that the scorpion became more popular.

Every time a new gun in cold war comes out, I get to see a video by YOU! I love it

3 polish assassins brothers in Dallas hunting some heroes with one of these is kinda cool

i remember many broken cheekbones from my army times . This pistol is a nightmare for recruits

Another nickname they had for this was wybijacz zębów / Teeth knocker - I dont think I need to explain why

This was a great video, and it's reminded me that I need to get my PM63 built soon, so thank you for that

You can be a bass ackwards SMG that slams Ian's range goggles and spits lead in his face and he's still polite enough to call you "Interesting"

"After Poland Was forced against its will into the soviet block for the convenience of British and American Politicians" I think is what you meant.

It does retract in a very satisfying clean way.

Always a pleasure to watch

The feed lip/ejector is an interesting idea but it looks a bit flimsy. The slo-mo of the rate reducer working is awesome!

2:26 "Joined" is an incorrect term, we were literally under Soviet Union control.

Finally received my PM63 parts kit - time to try to figure out how to *legally* rebuild this monster.

Thank you , Ian .

Poland didn't join the Soviet block (2:28) but we were ocuppied by Soviet Russia and forced to join Warsaw Pact. Please keep it in mind. Great channel, anyway!

I have one. Compared to, for example, UZI, this machine gun is super light and comfortable. I have Uzi too, and for me it is simply too heavy and too big for 9mm. RAK is almost "elegant". Light, small, accurate.

The cycle rate reduction methods I find interesting. This gun is a good example. Thanks for another great video.

May not work in a warzone, but chuck one in a good ol' Pack-A-Punch machine and you're golden against the undead~

Id really like to see the spiritual succesor to the 63- the pm84 glauberyt, which is strictly superior. Nowdays it's valued so much the price is triple the price of the uzi.

Good weapon for DATs and Officers. I got to shoot onw way back at the Nigemgan March.

That lever and those weights in the back slowing down the slide is really cool and a clever way of reducing cyclic rate. Strange thing, weird to think that its from the early 60s. Taking a look at it, I'd guess its an 80s or even 90s Warsaw block design. It looks to be about as old as those late soviet and early Russian federation sub-machine guns like the pp-2000, Bizon etc. Not often you see a vertical grip on a 60s design.

Ian, thank You very much for this one. Once more a smal bit of a firearms history of My Homeland.

Funny how Everytime call of duty puts a new gun into a game I always get a video of that gun like the as val and other guns

2:27 "After Poland *JOINED* the soviet block". Bit triggered, must say. But great job, as always

I'm in service and now we have PM-84 Glauberyt SMG's but i had occasion to fire this gun (my friend owns one) and it's one of the most comfortable smg's i had to deal with. Greetings from Poland and thx for this vid! ;)

Of course I get this on my recommendation right after cold war released this gun

Well Rak in Polish army is also known for cutting fingers. This "protector" can easly work as cutter. There were situations, when soldiers would cock Rak one-handed, by pushing the spoon in front to their leg. Due to not fully cocking gun, it couse missfire. Aditional thing is the slide, which sometimes punch shooter in the face, so some people call Rak the Dentist due to lost teeth after punch in the face 😉 most popular myth about Rak is the name it stands for, a lot od people says it stands for "Ręczny automat komandosa" which is wrong. The main constructor who was working on developing this gun died before finishing it. He died of cancer (Rak can be translated as cancer) also a lot of military equipment in Polish army is called by names of animalas.