Strange Gun Upgrades in History

The packapunch truly is one of the greatest inventions for weapon upgrades of all time

7:30 Remember switching to your pistol is faster than reloading...

1:07 love the sailor who didn't have anyone to fight so he just started fighting the air

M.U.L.E stock is the literal definition of “switching to your pistol is faster than reloading”

In 2004 I saw a pederson device for sale. Out of my 35+ years of collecting militaria it was the only one I've seen for sale in person. It was the rifle, device, magazines, magazine bag and tools. $80,000 in 2003. To say they are rare is an understatement. But side note, the magazine bags still show up from time to time for not to expensive.

“Use a gun, and if that don’t work, use more gun.” Engineer, Team Fortress 2

The 'Stinger' M1919 was an impressive field-expedient weapon system in the Pacific Campaign during WW2. Simple History did a video on it in the past.

7:48 Literally the meaning of "Switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading."

During the Rhodesian Bush War, many unorthodox weapons were developed. The Bren in 7.62x51 had modified FAL mags welded together to make 35rd mags, The Rhoedesian SAS modified a Hispano 20mm auto cannon to be light enough to carry in a small helicopter and pushed on a specially-made bipod with wheels through the jungle to overlook a bridge at the Zambian border. Farmers would often make a wide variety of slam-fire shotguns arranged in rows or circular pinwheels around their vehicles to defend against a roadside ambush. Most designs had a series of pipes on either side of the vehicle loaded with 12gauge shotgun shells. When the driver pulled a lever, the barrels (pointed upwards) would drop down to hit a firing pin and discharge to fend off an attack. Thats not even including the weapons modified for special forces. RPDs with chopped barrels, suppressed AM-180s, or AKMs with suppressors and subsonic ammo. One AK was heavily customized to include a variety of built-in survival features like a .22 flare launcher in a folding stock, a compass in the hand guard, and illuminated night sights, and a few other features. Edit: Revised a few small details and provided photo sources: Rhodesian 35rd Bren: https://peashooter85.tumblr.com/post/642323944233435137/embed Modified Hispano: https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/g8a74i/this_is_a_rhodesian_soldier_i_am_trying_to_figure/ Patented anti-ambush weapon design: https://m.facebook.com/rhodesiabook/photos/schematic-diagram-of-the-kq/250699598283438/ Specialized weapons: https://www.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/2vlwv6/rhodesian_security_forces_soldier_with_a_sawed/ https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/07/11/stille-vuurkrag-documented-combat-usage-american-180-sadfrhodesian-sas/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgottenWeapons/comments/qe1xdd/custom_ak_of_rhodesian_special_forces_captain/

Imagine being the first guy to pull out a gun while flying when the other pilot expects a salute

The Pedersen device was a brilliant feat of engineering. The Rifles were ultimately sold as surplus, though they still were kept in service until the 1903 and 1903A3s were completely retired from service. They are safe to use as they aren't low serial numbers. The devices themselves were mostly gathered up and destroyed. Few examples survived, I've seen one for sale at a gun show. I don't believe it was necessary to remove the standard rifle rounds from the rifle regular magazine since the device would take the space of the regular bolt and wouldn't be feeding rounds from it. The device also filled in the chamber so it's impossible to feed both cartridges at the same time. There was also a modified 1917 Enfield rifle that had its own Pedersen device made, but they're about as rare as hens teeth

Could've the Pedersen Device made an impact on the battlefield? Beside the really awkward magazine on the side, being able to fire semi-auto with lighter rounds sounds really ahead of its time.

5:23 imagine that your grandpa was doing drive bys in the sky.

8:41 battle field 1 be like:

Love how your animations used to be just simple back then, but now look at it! Working guns, recoil, sprites looking front/behind, the landscape being more 3D, more.detailed guns, more back props, Etc... Etc...

4:29 I literally thought about this when I was playing with a ballpen as a pistol with the cover clipped to the side acting as a magazine and a catcher

2:16 bruh what those guys doing standing there watching him fight

God I hope to see that brass catching cage on a Forgotten weapons video someday

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