Soviet BMP-1 APC ride at Hätilä Ranges in Finland #panssarikilta
Courtesy of www.panssarikilta.fi , Mike gets driven around the ranges at Hätilä in Finland in a BMP-1 Soviet armoured personnel carrier! A somewhat bumpy ride, with a thrown track for good measure. Thanks, guys!
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Part 1 or a two part series on the French 1867 conversion, usually called the Tabatière, Tabby or "that French Snider knock-off". In this episode we take a look at how similar the 1867 action is to the Snider and what prior breechloading systems might have influenced it. As a bonus we look at the Snider patent itself and whether it was valid in itself.
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In 1866 Switzerland takes the bold step to universally adopt a breachloading repeating rifle. Why the sudden transition? What was their first choice? All this is explaining in this very nerdy video which contains NO SHOOTING!
We also take a very very deep dive into the mechanics of the rifle design and discover a very unique primary extraction system.
Part deux will feature the individual rifle patterns, ammunition and some shooting.
For those interested in the predecessors of the Vetterli:
Prelaz-Burnand rifled musket.
Milbank-Amsler conversions.
Swiss Peabody:
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Les gars discutent un peu en français sur le thème de l'adoption du fusil Lebel M1886.
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Bloke and Chap take you through the Swiss Stgw 57 (not StG, that's German), in a video liberally sprinkled with live fire footage from "Kampf der Infanterie". Also known as the SIG 510, this rifle was in Swiss service from 1960 until the 1990's, and fires 7.5x55 GP11 .
Footage from "Der Kampf der Infanterie" used under fair use. Whole film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmibfBVMJB8
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Official Finnish Brutality Stage 4 Video Here: hhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-r-i2TBmM
This video is Mike's complete run and talk-through of Stage 4 of Finnish Brutality 2019: 3rd person and headcam footage! Starting in his comfort zone with a bit of fast and accurate middle-finger shooting, and ending with hefting bags of sand around and blazing away at steel poppers!
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Bloke gets a rare opportunity to shoot a Swiss ZFK 55 telescopically-sighted rifle in 7.5x55 GP11. Well, it's mostly (but not exclusively) a designated marksman's rifle (aka DMR), developed right at the end of the straight-pull era and overlapping with the Stgw 57 (aka SIG 510)
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A commercial endeavour by the Sterling Armaments Company to make a cheap second-line rifle for 7.62mm NATO by converting existing .303 Lee-Enfield No.4's, this particular example is an all-singing-all-dancing conversion with all the bells and whistles.
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308 win winchester .308
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So, BotR got terminated without warning on 23.05.2018 - see earlier video on BoffTR here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mioaK67utgs
20 hours after being terminated or suspended, it's not clear which, and thanks to the AWESOME help and support from everybody (I am not worthy), we were reinstated but have a community strike against us. It is currently under appeal.
Here's the state of play at around 2030h on 24.05.2018 and a bit of discussion of the bigger picture.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4td1K2u8fA
Hosted in Finland by @varusteleka Ian joins the lads of Bloke on the Range to discuss how the French could be simultaneously so backwards and yet so forwards-looking.
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2:02 – The Lebel as the embodiment of French backward and forward thinking
4:50 – The 1866 Chassepot: metallic vs paper cartridges, comparison to contemporary needlefire rifles
11:44 – Early French auto-loading rifles: Meunier, Chauchat, RSC 1917
16:32 – French machine guns before and during WWI: Hotchkiss, St. Étienne, Puteaux, Benét-Mercié
22:45 – French interwar arms development: 7.5x58mm and subsequent ka-booms, 7.5x54mm, FM 24 and 24/29 LMG, legacy usage of French small arms
31:55 – French interwar arms development: self-loading rifle development to MAS-40, MAS-36 as the backup rifle, delays due to French politics in late 1930s
40:30 – Interwar and WWII pistols: replacing the Ruby, 7.65 French Long (.30 Pedersen), SACM 1935A, MAS-1935S, legacy usage of Mle 1892 revolvers and Ruby pistols in WWII
47:35 – Interwar and WWII Submachine guns: MAS-38, Thompsons bought from US, captured Erma EMPs
56:18 – Postwar French arms and development: MAS-44 (briefly) MAS-49 and 49/56, legacy use of MAS-36, MAT-49, AA-52 machine gun, MAC1950
1:03:42 - Postwar French arms and development: rifle grenades (back to WWI), MAS-36/51, MAS 49/56 vs FAL and G3, optics mounting
1:13:47 – Post-colonial conflicts and arms: France encounters the AK, SIG SG 540 as a stopgap, the FAMAS
1:27:23 – Beyond the FAMAS: HK416, loss of French state arsenals, FAMAS safety and selector
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