Fun fact: the MG 42 was called Luluzinha by the Brazilians in Italy because it was almost as fast talking as the fiancée of one of the soldiers

Whenever I hear ‘Sten gun’ it’s always followed by my brain saying, in Mike’s voice, “Hi, I’m Stan, here’s my gun!”

Fun Fact: The Gyrojet was ALMOST used in star trek instead of phasers, but the show runners decided it would be cheaper and more easy to handwave a non-lethal option on an entirely fictional weapon. They did inspire the 40k boltor though.

I feel like Mike finding out the Steyr AUG has a quick change barrel is going to break him.

I want you two to play the Metro games and watch Zach rant about the homemade guns in them so badly.

Every time we get a new gun rant it feels like a fever dream 😂

Mike actually pointed out (14:16) one of the very first realizations that German tacticians had when experimenting with infantry doctrine using the STG-44. Assault rifles essentially turn every rifleman into a machine gunner.

Recently, I was in a discord call with a friend of mine who was playing Tarkov. I spent 4 hours going through a bunch of stuff with him and explaining different things to him. I now know how Zach feels every time he does one of these

Zach: Let's ignore the bayonet Mike: But what if we didn't?

Gun fact #2: The gyro jet weapon line was designed for space combat. They have no recoil and accelerate after leaving the barrel so there is no backwards inertia

I feel like Mike asked someone to make the most cursed kitbash guns they could just so he could install the mods and watch Zach have an aneurysm.

Props to all the amazing mod authors who make these weapons! Thanks for taking the time and effort into giving us fun mods!

Speaking of buzzsaw, I remember a story my great grandfather once told when he was fighting in WW2, he used to be a combat engineer and machine gunner, so he had a lot of experience with the MG34, and he said that the tactic his squad used was to fire full auto and sweep the butt in an arc for a cone of suppressive fire, and since 8mm Mauser is a full power rifle cartridge, this would turn anyone who stepped in front of him into Swiss cheese. So when they got the MG42, the speed of the sweep didn't change at first, but because the MG34 fires at 800 rounds per second, and the early MG42s at 1500, it meant that anyone shot by them would get _cut in half_ by machine gun fire.

"Time to step down, smith and methson, there's a new junkie on the streets" That one's goin' straight in the vault.

Would love to see what Zach thinks of all the another Millenia uniques and things we did to some of the base guns 👀

11:38 One of the coolest battlefeild details. Since some gunner models don't have gloves, the animations have your guy use a spent casing to extract the barrel on the MG42.

17:48 if you thought that was impressive, the Maxim gun is still seeing limited service in the Russo-Ukranian war. They had a couple in stock that were still functional and still had ammo for it, so Ukraine put them back into active duty. A weapon that first entered production in *1884* is still doing the same job its always had. Because in that limited role, static defence, the Maxim gun is still just as much a threat it was back then. As long as you dont care about having to move it around afterwards, its still holding up against weapons more than a century younger than it

The makeshift shotgun at 31:12 is most likely a recreation of the Uboinik (or Shambler) from the game Metro 2033. That weapon does have a legit chamber but it also has 5 clamps that can hold additional shells. After a shot is fired, the clamps rotate like a revolver's cylinder and another shell is loaded into the chamber. The reason for the shells being exposed as well as the huge spring over the barrel is that the gun was made from scraps in the metro tunnels under post-apocalyptic Moscow. Metro 2033 has some other neat makeshift firearms like the Bastard carbine and the Tikhar air gun that Zach would find interesting. The game's quite good, too.

I’ve started calling anytime I launch into a long, in depth explanatory rant a ‘Zach Moment’

Zach's pronunciation of Schnellfeuer was really good the second time around.

"It's more bark than bite" Meanwhile the MG-3 is basically an MG-42 in NATO flavoring lmao.

OK So hear me out here. They make a companion model for Anne to join Zach- and maybe even Mike, too- in either NV or 4 and her default gun is the Pancor Jackhammer. She innocently asks what the heck is a Pancor Jackhammer is and no matter how many times Zach throws it away, the gun keeps coming back to her as it's her default weapon.

Zach is genuinely the reason I chose Weapons Technician when I joined the Canadian Armed Forces.

Can we get a Zach’s kitbash hell compilation? Learning about how the actual guns are great, but him losing his mind as to how someone jammed tab A into slot T and it working as intended is so much fun.

"Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying." sounds to be a reference to Pink Floyd's Comfortbly Numb

Feels weird as a British person recognising things with guns that are clearly about to trigger Zach before Mike does... personally, I suspect Mike is playing out a gun illiterate persona (M4 and M9 excluded from his Maribe water purification days) to heighten the chemistry / tension in their duo. Which to be fair is the reason we love your videos! Alone, you guys are good. As a duo; you play off one another so well. Always look forward to gun rants and campfire stories!

Didn't expected part 6 so soon, but I'm so glad for it...

6:57 Zach losing his mind upon spotting the MG42 like a little kid spotting his a toy gun at the store is so heartwarming and wholesome. And then he talked about doing these things with MGs 9:56. I love it when Zach talks about WW1 and WW2 guns and fawns over them.

"Why is a trigger guard important, anyway?" Because it guards the trigger, Mike.

two gun rants within two months? Christmas came early for us boys

That weird kitbash over-under shotgun's receiver and stock are from one of my favorite weapons in the game, the Recharger Rifle, which is a rare spawn n Bright Follower corpses, I believe. It's a weird, unique laser rifle that uses something called "MF breeder" cells that basically give it infinite ammo, it just needs a few seconds to recharge after draining the charged shots. It's got a really fun retro future model with glass tubes that flash yellow whenever it fires. People like to call it weak, but with the ight energy weapon build and a jury rigging perk to smash regular laser weapons into it for repairs, the infinite recharging ammo makes it absolutely busted overpowered if you know how to use it and make effective use of cover when it recharges.

The US actually had their training video on the MG42 put a lot of focus on the barrel change, it gives you a 5 second window in which to act before all hell breaks loose again, so your can pop the gunner with a rifle shot or advance up to cover that's closer to your target.

Bren Gun is actually a very well made machine gun that just so happens to have a top loading mag. Oh hey they have a tiny Bolter.

Ah yes the mg 42 fun to shoot not so fun to carry. Had it when i was in the Austrian millitary and the cleaning is horror. We had 3 barrels, 1 extra trigger system, 1 kevlar glove, 1 special tool. 2x 50 mags 2x 100 box. We where 2 guys in 1 team mg1 and mg2, 1 being shooter 2 carrier. If your unlucky and one gets out of combat (sick or "shot") you can do all of it on your own.

10:17 That is something that I've seen done in an old anime - with an MG42 no less - and so it's weird to hear Zach has done that IRL while an MG42 is on the screen (even if Zach didn't commit arborcide with it)

Fun fact, during WW1 the British would indiscriminately shoot their water cooled machine guns at the German lines till the water in the case boiled, then pour the water out and make tea

To be fair, I think the designer of either the Gatling gun or the Maxim gun demonstrated it to the military and other interested parties by chopping down an oak tree with it so Zach was recreating history.

These gun rants are just the best thing ever after a stressful day. XD

I love this series, really kept me entertained about a year ago when I was stuck in a hotel room for a couple days.

Interesting fact: in 1906 Georg Luger designed and patented a Self-Loading rifle called the Selbstlader 1906 rifle that took advantage of one of his famous creations: the Luger pistols Toggle-Lock firing mechanism but Scaled up to accept 7.92x57mm rifle ammunition. however since a very few of them were Made, the information Available on the Gun is VERY Limited. Of the Few Prototypes that were manufactured by Luger, only ONE is left in existence and from what I know, The Selbstlader 1906 Rifle is preserved and protected in a Private collection somewhere. Its a Shame it never got past the prototype stage :( Also: The makers of the Battlefield series DICE actually got permission to take Careful measurements of the gun itself, and from those measurements, we Gamers could use the Rifle in Battlefield 1 and 5.

Fun fact: The Owen Gun was designed by Evelyn Owen in '31 and finalised in '38 before the outbreak of WWII. When Evelyn submitted his design (not his father), the Australian military rejected it in favour of waiting for the Sten gun. In '40, just before deploying to the Middle East, Evelyn talked to the manager of a local Lysaght plant about his design. With an interest in his design, he was then transferred to the Central Inventions Board and began to manufacture the Owen gun in '41. In testing, it was found that not only did the Owen gun design prove to be a highly reliable design that was resistant to jamming due to dirt and mud (Even if it were to enter the weapon), it proved to be more accurate than both the Sten and the Thompson.

Fun fact about the mg3: it has a slower firerate (Down to 800rpm from 1000 AFAIK) and heavier bolt compared to it's predecessor, for the simple reason that it helps conserve and stretch out ammo reserves. Seems like a downgrade, but according to a drill seargent back in the Austrian Army, "When Ivan's on the wrong side of the Danube, we ain't getting resupplied, we got to make every bullet count."

18:06 Funny thing about the Gyrojet Carbine if it fires like the the Gyrojet Pistol, that where most conventional weapons have a hammer that strikes a firing pin that moves to hit the primer at the back of the bullet casing, the Gyrojet's hammer is positioned that it strikes the 'nose' of the round forcing it back against a stationary firying pin, and when the fuel is ignited and the jet moves, it pushes the hammer out of the way to be reset.

28:17 it is not based in a G3, it's based in the Spanish CETME rifle, yes Bethesda used the CETME in fallout 3

The pancor jackhammer is actually featured in fallout 2 as an endgame weapon that enclave uses. This means that evil zach is an enclave member that LOVES the pancor jackhammer.

4:13 I like the part where he slams the magazine into the side of the gun and not where the Mag goes.

My favorite MG42 story is from one of the poor sods manning the Normandy defense line. Like an hour into the D-Day landings he turns to his assistant gunner who says "Alright, we've got 150 left." and he's all like "What happened to the bunker's stock?" and his AG just says "You shot it all, what the hell are we going to do now?"

"You can use it cause your poor and only poor people use Ak."-Zach. I take offense to that! *stares at the 3 Aks i bought over the years.

I like how they go over the Owen gun a second time

24:13 To make the "Cross Machine Gun" even more cursed, I'm pretty sure the sounds for it is pulled from Call of Duty: World at War's MP-40. A virtual WW2 American SMG that uses sounds from a virtual WW2 German SMG. I only recognize the sound cause I played alot of WaW multiplayer back in the day and all the sweats ran the MP-40 nonstop.

Now that I work at a gun store/range, and apprentice at a gunsmith, I not relate to Zach’s anger towards various people, but I’ve also found myself recognizing random components and gun parts.

Oh boy, time to learn more gun knowledge with Zack!

Time for more quotes for my girlfriend and I to bounce back and forth whenever we see a specific gun from now on. Excellent as always!

Whenever I would shoot my laptop review videos, I keep this playing in the background. If you notice some shaky shots in any of them, it's because I was laughing at how frustrated Zach is with videogame firearms. Best series so far-- the MRE reviews are a close second!

I adore the original “Zach’s Gun Rants,” and I often listen to them on my way to and from work. Adding more installments to this dynamic debate is an absolute delight! Never stop ranting, Zach!

10:13 when my grandpa was in the Korean War, he used a quad .50 AA mount to cut down trees to make a clearing, apparently it worked pretty well.

The saga continues and I am here for it

We need a 3 hour gun rant of all the guns in FO76.

You can also get a around the quick-change barrel by making the barrel water-cooled, but those are really only viable on fixed emplacements near a steady supply of water so you don't have to worry about depleting the water supplies of the attached troops nor about transporting water over long distances.

That Ace of clubs gun makes my soul weep. I absolutely love c96 Mausers and they butchered it with that barrel 😭

With the MG-42 and it's pretty ridiculous rate of fire, the barrels were suggested to be swapped every ~300 rounds or every 2 full belts (depending on conditions, you could stretch it to 600). The number Zach mentioned of 2000-3000 rounds was more like an individual barrel's total lifespan, after which it would have to be gauged more frequently and then ultimately replaced when out of spec.

Petition to get Zack to do a range day with Brandon Herrera

"I'm sorry, we're getting another gun rant here!" No no! Don't apologize! These rants are great!

Find someone who loves you like Zach loves the Owen.

1:08 thank you Zach, someone remembering the full phrase for once makes me happy

The trick with giving your wife a 357 Magnum, is that they are heavier, and you give her 38 Special. Supposedly.

I just love to imagine it's just 2 dudes roaming the post apocalypse and one is just VERY knowledgeable about guns.

"I have cooked bacon with a machine gun" that is the most American phrase I have ever heard

Zach squealing will never stop being funny.

Who ever sees this have a good day❤

That thing about water cooled machine guns reminds me of something I heard about the Vickers machine gun. Apparently in the trenches in WW1, the water going through the cooling system would end up at the perfect temperature to brew a pot of tea, which is just the most British thing ever. Of course, in Africa, where clean water was at a premium, they used a...less sanitary source of water.

The fact that Fostech is actually producing .50 BMG drum mags now make this video even more serendipitous.

Wow! Just finished gun rants 5 and this shows up! Let me take the time to thank you Mike and Zach for the great content! Back on August 1st I had a small brain tumor removed, and your content helped me so much in keeping me sane. Also Zach, I love your rants and the information! I want to be an American History teacher and guns and America go hand in hand.

Very excited for a new gun rant! Love watching y'all, seriously

1:02 counter argument, a spoon, made for scooping and stirring and does both really well

1:02 "Never half-ass two things. Full-ass one thing." -Ron Swanson

"The tree made me a Lumberjack." And that's OK.

Zach is my number 1 source for gun facts he is truly the library for gun knowledge

I love that I have more rant to listen to at work!!

Praise be, another glorious day when I see a new Zach gun rant vid🙏🏻 genuinely love these videos so much

I will never get tired of these

Awesome an early Xmas gift. Love listening to these whilst travelling

"Only poor people us AKs." Brandon Herrera disliked that. - Karma down

I will always love zach ranting about guns. its not perfect, but it's always with feeling.

I remember in band of brothers they show how the gunner team do carry around hot pads to deal the browning .50

I'm pretty sure Todd Howard saw the gun at 25:53 and said "Hmm yes, let's hire this modder to work on the guns for Starfield."

For people who want to know where the "Ace of Clubs" got inspired from, is that it going off the Exotic Handcannon "Ace of Spades" which is used by Cayde-6 and among many Guardians now in Destiny 1 and Destiny 2. And for the "Ace of Diamond" I have no clue what it going off of if people are going to ask. Sorry

I know he said "generally" but the bayonet on the end of a musket didn't make the musket any worse, but made it a whole lot better at stopping a cavalry charge, as it turned your musketeers into both musketeers, AND (emergency) pikemen.

Another fun fact about the MG42 is that the barrels have little loops at the end of them that fit the neck of a discarded 8mm mauser shell. So anytime a soldier needed to change it out in a pinch, he could just pick up any of the hundreds of shells scattered around and pull it out that way.

I would *LOVE* to see Zach rant about 40k guns

I love the dynamic you tow have!

I always love learning gun facts with zach and mike they make it more fun

Eyyyy, and i get a new gun rants for my birthday! Thanks zach and mike!

Will never get enough of these gun rants they're like a podcast in of itself.

Warhammer 40,000's iconic boltguns are based on the gyrojet concept. Supposedly, in 40k's early years, they were just giant machine guns, but as Games Workshop developed the universe more, they changed the way they functioned while retaining their oversized visual design.

"Only poor people use AKs" Brandon Herrera requesting your location

I love the clockwork joke lmao

Keep it coming I love these vids

Getting these is like an early Christmas. I live to listen to my favorite fellow autist go to town on whatever gun facts he knows.

I literally said the exact same thing right before you mentioned the difference because I was like, "But wait, isn't that sqaure?"