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Today we are going to take a look at the three main battle rifles of World War Two – the M1 Garand, the SVT-40, and the Gewehr 43. We will also consider the SVT-38, Gewehr 41(W), and Gewehr 41(M). The United States, Soviet Union, and Germany were the three countries that fielded large numbers of semiautomatic full-power rifles in combat in WW2; how did they differ in their approaches to infantry firepower?
Gas Trap M1:
SVT-38:
SVT-40:
Gewehr 41(M):
Gewehr 41(W):
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Thanks Ian. Quality, interesting, and educational content as always. Much appreciated.
I believe you missed one battle rifle, the British Lee-Enfield. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Enfield ) Rifle No. 4 Mk I .
Whaa? At 7:00 the slow mo is dramatic. I've seen slow mo shots before but I've never really seen one go so obviously full snake whip. Granted they're typically shorter larger diameter barrels which are stiffer and there isn't the nearby furniture doing a completely different thing because the harmonics of the wood and steel are very very different. Maybe it's because I wasn't paying that much attention before but that's awesome to see. Two thumbs up.
i wonder if the use of pervitin had anything to do with germanys inablility to pick something and stick with it
Will you ever do a video about the SKS 31
Delightful discussion. This is gonna be gud.
20:40 but are these issues a result of manufacturing issues, or of the rifle design itself?
More talky talk videos are fine by me. Keep them coming.
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Worth noting the USMC elected to not use the M1 early on, well not for infantry units. Guard and garrison units had them as did many of the rear area units. By Guadalcanal they were given enough Garands to equip the then two divisions. They chose not to. You actually had funny instances where the AA and coastal artillery units had M1s while the grunts had M1903s.
While there was some original skepticism and around the reliability of the new rifle (it's funny, you can see quotes about the M1 that you'd think were about the M16 in Vietnam) most of it was due to the "rifleman" culture of the USMC and general conservatism of its leadership. They did have to be more mindful about reliability for sure. Compared to the Army they'd be much further away, have to worry about sea-salt and sand as well as mud, and their units were generally lean on logistics being more of a "shock" formation than a balanced one. This is perfectly reasonable as they wouldn't be doing mass maneuver over hundreds of miles like in France, it would mostly be a front loaded action. Still though, the leadership's reluctance to adopt the M1 cost many lives, and the post war spin that it was because the Army got all the rifles was lies and propaganda that would serve to sow divisions (as if Holland Smith didn't do enough of that). They had the M1s. They just refused to issue them to the infantry early on.
Good broad history.
Himmler views on small arms seemed a lot less conservative than his boss, it would make an interesting subject.
Great video thanks
They aren't even black. How can they be battle rifles?
Just a minor point. Although the rifle has always been pronounced, 'GAIR-ind', John Garand's name is pronounced closer to, 'guh-RAAND'.
Absolutely fantastic video, I always love these history-oriented ones. 🙂
I like this kind of discussed comparison video.
The US Marines didn’t want the M1 at first, believing in the accuracy of the 1903. They soon changed their minds.
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I always for these one first. Specific guns are good of course but comparisons really me understand the pros and cons.
oh boy, this is a big topic
That was a really interesting discussion, Sir. The M1 is iconic, and based on the history of development I can see why.
Now if the Germans had thought of the G-3 in the '30s?
This may be the best video I have seen on this channel over the course of however many years.
My great grandfather loved those episodes.
Johnson M1941…
Krieghoff FG-42…
Simonov AVS-36…
Ljungman AG-42…
Please do more videos of this style Ian, I would love to see your comparison point of view of competing guns from various conflicts. Also, would you rather take an M1 in ww2 or an STG 44?
I really enjoyed this breakdown video and I agree. I own all three and you have them judged correctly. My M1's are fantastic and need nothing. So far my SVT has needed nothing, though it does have the rear stock repair behind the receiver same as yours in the video. As for my G43, I had to upgrade the gas piston system to get it to work reliably and not damage the gun, and I had to have the rear of the bolt welded where they are prone to crack. It takes a little extra bit of work to get the G43's to run, but when you put the improved gas system in them, they run just as good as the Garand and the SVT.
Also I know it wasn't made in as large of numbers as the other three but was hoping the 41' Johnson would get an honorable mention. Marines loved them and many kept theirs over the Garand and it in a way became more prolific as its basic bolt operating system outlasted all three rifles, becoming the basis for the AR/M16 series rifles to this day.
No Arisaka, type 38?
The M1 was always the most mature design of the three.
LOVE THE COMPARISON/CONTRASTS
M1 should have had 20rd mags
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I think it would been better if germans just sticked to the FG-42 as the standard semiauto and not only for the paratroopers, it would avoided all the G41 and G43 issues, plus, was a way better self loading rifle with selective fire and gas piston than both the G43 and the SVT-40.
As Ian himself said on his FG-42 vid "The most impressive rifle from WW2"
It’s good to hear an American admit that industrially the U.S. benefitted by being free from having their production capacity disrupted by enemy action. Having to relocate facilities and disperse production due to bombing and invasion had a huge detrimental effect to both quality and capacity all over Europe and the Soviet Union which probably isn’t well recognised by those whose cities never were never bombed, shelled or overran with troops. One of the many reasons I enjoy Ian’s content is the academic and analytical approach that he takes to the subject matter.