Firearms Expert Reacts To Battlefield 5’s Guns
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- Jonathan Ferguson, a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries, breaks down the weaponry of Battlefield 5, including the FP-45 Liberator pistol, the Boys AT Rifle, and the M3 Carbine complete with Infrared Sniper Scope.
Battlefield V sees EA’s shooter franchise enter the Second World War, and naturally, the game includes a range of period weaponry, including the M1 Garand, the MP28 2, and the distinctive Fliegerfaust rocket launcher.
In this video, Jonathan Ferguson--a weapons expert and Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries--breaks down the guns of Battlefield V and compares them to their real-world counterparts.
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Everytime there is holographic sights on a weapon Jonathan cries a little inside.
*Reflex sight*
I've watched tons of his reviews, I feel like this is one of the few times he is actually truly annoyed/disturbed by the bullshit in a game. He usuallys love whatever wacky shit goes on in games, but this one is just too stupid.
@@garycheung4658 To be fair, I think anyone that played BF5 felt the same.
As do I
I remember CoD World at War had reflex sights for some of the weapons but at least in that they were just glass apertures. Still fictional afaik, but at least visually befitting of the time period. LED/Holographic sights in WW2 is just dumb.
"i have tiny curator arms.." that's a double like from me
Tiny curator arms that can somehow carry an entire channel
So, you liked and unliked?
@@NuubiTuubi1000 lol..
You can’t like twice that would be stupid
Curator of arms... arms
Supposedly, the Liberator could be made faster than it could be reloaded.
I recall one book I read, written by a German foot soldier who fought in France, mentioned that the allies would airdrop crates of these things that had 1000 pistols each. They were basically assassination weapons for the French resistance and were used quite effectively for that purpose. Didn't need to reload if you point-blank ranged a headshot on an unsuspecting officer or whatever.
@@Sunstreaker2k5 Ideally, you fire it once, and take the weapon the guy you shot was carrying.
Edit: Well, ideally, you don't shoot it at all. You carry it so that you feel less vulnerable while you rig detonation charges, or whatever your actual mission is. If your mission is expected to involve shooting someone, you want something better than a Liberator.
Thats one if the funniest things I've ever read
@@Sunstreaker2k5 A lot of people think the US were inconsiderate when dropping the liberators into German controlled lands for resistance fighters to use, but they never thought about WHY they went with these shitty little pistols instead of something more effective. They did the job just fine in killing a single target if you can hit said target, so that you can then grab their gun and use that instead. The US also didn't want to drop high-grade firearms into German controlled territory either, in fear of German soldiers getting their hands on them instead. All of that, and the fact that they're very cheap and easy to manufacture compared to other firearms, makes the liberators the perfect "shoot once and never use it again" weapon for resistance fighters who had no other means of ranged combat at the time in heavily controlled enemy territory. Liberators were absolutely made to be temporary, and the fact that they were pretty much decommissioned after the war shows that.
@@Sunstreaker2k5 Jonathan also pointed out on the royal armoury channel during his video on the pistol itself that it was often intended to be used to capture better weapons and simply for the psychological affect it would have on the Germans
Edit: He got into some of it on here too, I was about halfway through the video when I commented so I wasn’t sure if he was going to mention it like he did on the Royal Armoury channel
"Cause that- that gold black finish is pretty horrific"
*The Mexican Drug Cartels will remember that*
😭 that shit made my day
Well those cartels did go back in time to do this
Those pimped out guns are more about showing wealth and power and less about actually functioning as a weapon.
They have the cash so they might as well use it on something stupid.
@@walnzell9328 They choose to decorate the guns because it's the guns that brought them to all that wealth in the first place. A sort of respective decoration.
@@itstiny. It all comes full circle.
'I think I've seen what happens when a Mexican drug cartel get its hands on time travel technology'
It needs some figures of rusters on the grip to feel complete
That line would have been edited out were it not for this series keeping the channel afloat
@@TheSundayShooter Why would they edit it out? It's a good joke
Or when the USA government give them weapons xD
Im mexican and i've seen a couple of MP or STG 44's around here, i think one of them was gold plated but narcos mostly like to do that with ak47's and pistols like the m1911
For the love of God, GameSpot, sponsor this man a PC!
He's easily bringing in 80 percent of their Ad revenue for them!
I will sign this petition
He’s in the U.K. can’t someone get PC Specialist to get him a pc? They sponsor other creators ?
yup
Look he needs to play tarkov
Jonathan: "That SGT 44 looks awful."
Me with the same SGT 44 skin: "It looks awful."
To quote Waterworld: IT does look like shit!
It's not sgt it's stg not being mean
@@creepergaming3280 Habit of saying SGT.
The fact you can’t say STG shows why you make it shit
@@33jewjewish64 No... No. It just shows that I, as stated, have a habit of saying "SGT".
"Are you seriously hunting tanks on your own?"
"Nah I'm with the boys!"
"Putting one on the end of a stick and poking a tank with it seems like... the bottom of my bucket list, to be honest."
I love Jonathan.
Actually, that AT stick was, as far as I know, basicaly a suicide weapon. The explosion of the warhead within that small distance from you would most likely kill you.
Krieger horseback spearmen be like
@@doublegamessk189 then again Kamikazies
Double Games sk not only that, you’d have to actually get close enough to the tank to smack them with it, and the shrapnel and shockwave from that blast would either kill, maim or knock you down.
Get a bigger stick
Lol did he just say "You'd have to be a complete unit to run and gun with the Boys" LMAO
U N I T
Doomguy would make it fire full auto
@@graysonbyass-rascoe4326 absolute C H A S S E
well he's right
Wish they showed him the default guns and not the god awful customised versions
well yes but how many people you know run stock? (outside of ppl who just got the gun)
@@Wolvenworks I run stock, never like camos or weird color options in guns.
@@AnthropicUniverse. same
@@Wolvenworks I run stock
Always loved the mentality if i do it then everyone else do the same as me
"Engravings. Offer no tactical advantage whatsoever." -Some Russian revolver wielding cowboy.
Originally spoken by some operative who's code name was Naked Snake.
That was some fancy shooting. You're pretty good
I’m so happy to see this comment here.
*American-Russian
@@Sip_Dhit *And also French
“Bayonet a tank” sound like 40k stuff
I haven't checked if the lore has changed, but I think that atleast used to be how the Imperial Guard horsie bois lances were supposed to work. Like a krak missile warhead on a stick.
40k would prob be just like that
Except when it goes off it's strong enough to kill a baneblade and kills the user though lmao
That's Imperial Japan in a nutshell
@@meanmanturbo Still there for the Death Korps of Krieg Death Riders
Or CIvilization games.. if you get far enough ahead in technology.. enough spearmen will take out a tank. lmao.
I feel like he would love to look at Rising Storm 2. The only game I ever played with realistic shotguns.
yup its the Vietnam War version of Escape Of Tarkov but without attachments
I'm glad someone else is saying the same
S H O T G U N
Max Payne 3 also understood how shotguns work
Man I love 1 shotting people 100m away with a double barrel shotgun on DMZ. So satisfying.
"try to bayonet a tank" now i can't un-see it
@Sparks always though of it as a spear.
the death korps of krieg: I’m interested.
4:09 you can feel all his emotions from that single "good lord.." lmaooo i feel you Jonathan
"are you disabling tanks all by yourself"
"nah im here with my boyyyysss!"
underrated comment 💀😂
"DA BOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYZZ!!! ... ... ... 'n Krash."
My god.
Wish they would've shown his reaction to the occasional "garand thumb" reload you can get
I think that animation should do like 1 damage, imagine you're capturing that objective after just barely surviving wiping the squad defending it, only to be killed by Garand thumb while trying to reload your rifle...
@@honolulublue72 I felt this
he did talk about that in a previous video
@@honolulublue72 I’m pretty sure it does
@@honolulublue72
"Gets shot and blown up"
Survives
"Gets Garand thumb"
*instantly dies*
Do you know what I love about this guy? He’s got a sense of fun and humor. He knows his stuff, but he also understands games, and why certain alterations might have been made.
I'm still rooting for the guns of Titanfall 2, those were made with some true love and passion
Agreed.
tf2 guns not real guns, they’re in a sci-fi game that takes place 700-800 years from now, so he couldn’t really judge them.
@@attackbrains2095 Say that to Star Wars pal, or Cyberpunk.
All guns have the based off current ones or have similarities. There’s no such thing as an original gun anymore.
@@xbrossiveaggro8346 there was Never such a thing as an original gun in media
unless your an engineer your probably not drawing an original gun that can actually work.
@@attackbrains2095 its not that far
"I can imagine a few things I would like to do less, then to try and bayonet a tank".
The Japanese are maybe the only people on the planet who can give the Brits and Americans a run for their money on nutty macho BS like that. Engaging a tank with a melee weapon? That sounds 1000% like a Japanese idea! The only thing that's missing is a katana blade.
"Enter Warhammer 40K joke here"
`that made me laugh WAAy too hard
@@Ctrl_F_U_2 That pretty much is what the Dkok have on their calvary lances is it not?
@@Chasmodius We can even tell it was a Japanese idea because of how completely ineffectual it was, it was just an excellent way for a solider to suicide without causing much damage.
Make a workout series where he gets swole enough to shoot the Boys Rifle from the shoulder
Nobody:
That one guy who decided to create the Liberator: I'm gonna create this drawing!
Reminded me of the man who turned his son's animal drawings into realistic animal images (on the verge of horror).
Concerning the Suomi SMGs drum magazine, my grandfather was part of a recon unit that were primarily using Suomis and he told me that most soldiers in their unit preferred the stick magazines over the drums. Primary reason was that the drums were cumbersome to carry and very noisy. They carried the stick magazines inside wool socks that were looped around the belt so you didn't get metal on metal bangs and you could carry more ammo overall.
can he review Rising Storm 2 ? There's lots of rare guns like Owen, MAS-49, RP-34 and such
They are not rare, especially the Owen
@@hoppinggnomethe4154 think he meant guns that are underrepresented.
@@hoppinggnomethe4154 the Owen was one of the best SMG’s of WW2 yet its only been in like 2 games
Rs2 would be great
YES Please been requesting this for a while.
"I can think of a few things less that I would want to do than bayonet a tank"
*Angry Death Korps noises*
The Death Korps may be suicidal but not stupidly suicidal.
@@matthewfritz4629 I mean the Calvary Lance of the death riders are basically the banzai stick with a regular spear tip lol
I craked laughing when he said that.
*laughs in Catachan*
I mean, the Death Korps would probably be using shovels instead of bayonets. lol
I love this guy. He gives interesting tidbits and real criticisms without sounding uptight or looking down on the games.
Out of all things BF5 did wrong, it’s great to see how accurate they were in terms of weaponry.
Except the flamethrower
Fun fact: The early Suomi KP/31 recoiled so much, that the soldiers were told to "fire at the balls" (in Finnish "tulta munille"), to land center mass shots.
Finnish were so ahead of the world, already learning recoil patterns by then.
they were playing csgo
Not saying that's not true, but what a stupid concept. Recoil doesn't hit you until the round has already left the barrel
@@shane7051 They meant that the recoil will drag the 900RPM SMG upwards, stitching a line in the target.
The Suomi doesn't recoil at all. Just watch anyone fire it on video. That thing is heavy as fuck.
I want to hear his opinions on Metro series guns, mods & using ammo as currencies
Omg yes!
This!
This, please.
yes this
@@alexanderdvanbalderen9803 the military ammo that's from the pre-war is what they use as currency. What they shoot is what they've been making by hand. in the game you can choose to use some military ammo to much greater effect but you're literally pissing money.
"I'm starting to sound like I want you to get off my lawn so I'll stop talking"
lmao that's why we are here! 😂😂😂
3:47 "You'd need to be a serious unit"
I wish they would show him the default weapons not the customized ones.
The custom guns give him an opportunity to correct potential inaccuracies people might learn from the game, hence why the repeated refrain of 'optical sights weren't a thing pre-1980.' The Garand skin is another teaching opportunity, since changing standards and the prominence of special forces in pop culture could have some people thinking painting issued firearms a camo pattern is common practice. Gamestop and Ferguson are doing a fine job balancing between recognizing what games get right and calling out inaccuracies.
@@artemisfowl52 dude even the devs know these inaccuracies. They added them because they can. Also to make the game more fun
Speaking of decorated guns. There actually did exist a couple gold painted Suomi KP/31s.
@@artemisfowl52 optical sights surprisingly existed since 1918, though they where only used on aircraft with maybe a few experimental exceptions, probably never used on any rifles.
@@mikemasaki8193 optical sights have existed since at least 1850s.
And they were used.
They just weren't issued to the riflemen.
All we need now is battlefield 4 then we complete
3 would be better
@@prizrak-br3332 Nah man, 4 had way wackier guns. Mare's Leg, CBJ, MX4, Bulldog, etc... that game had so much variety. The only really interesting thing in BF3 I can think of (that's not in 4), is the Crossbow, that's made from an m16, and maybe the KH2002. Still a great game tho
That would be a 2 hour video.
@@andrew6978 no problem with that
@@blueteopadsnice5486 True! We need more!
My grandpa's unit, Merrill's Marauders, was issued a couple of the "sniper scope" gen 1 night vision sights in WWII in Burma. A couple of years ago I met one veteran from his unit who used it in combat and he said they mainly used them to watch jungle trails at night and they weren't good for much else.
I still would like to see him try to wrap his head around guns from sci fi games like Destiny, Halo or Warframe tbh.
I think Warframe would be really cool for him to see, since the Tenno guns do look quite reminiscent of Victorian-WW1 design. The Grineer have more WW2 based designs with bulging plastic receivers.
Corpus might be one he might have to wrap his head around, since they are very simply futuristic in terms of their design, I guess they do have flaws for Jonathan to point out if he knows anything about energy based weaponry.
Infested ones he might find REALLY bizarre for sure.
Halo would be awesome. I have a feeling he'd have something to say about the assault rifle, since unlike any real assault rifle and against almost all expectations, it fires 7.62 NATO.
@@handlesarecringe957 halo has some grounded in reality guns
@@Khronik_ Not really, considering both the fact that they fire large rounds with very little recoil even when normal soldiers carry them, and that their use doesn't match their names most of the time.
Oof don't give the guy a heart attack lol
I like how he knows what is incorrect in these games, but he still understands that they may change things for game balance and such
"You'd need to be a serious unit to be able to run and gun with this thing"
I love this man
4:58 This guy gets it
I love even he recognized the fliegerfaust had needed to be balanced as it one tapped most planes. Glad that's fixed
This guy during a war be like:
*pausing*
that made me laugh lol
Jonathon is getting shot at by an enemy gun that they modded themselves.
*pausing*
Guys rising storm 2 vietnam would be a great game for him to react because that game has quite the collection of exotic weapon
The "Fliegerfaust" started introduction in March 1945, just around when the whole WW2 mess finally came to an end.
Apparently only around 80 were fielded, one real surviving one is in the possession of your Russian colleagues in Moscow.
WW2 in Europe*
fun fact, the lunge mine sees far more use as a melee weapon in battlefield 5 matches
Jonathan was at the top of his game this episode. I love seeing him getting more comfortable with the format as the series goes on, it’s always fun to watch someone who really knows their stuff talk about it in an engaging way. Please keep this series going!
Petition to get these video titles renamed to "Ferguson Reacts" - we all know why we're here
Fun dact about the Suomi SMG. It was originally intended in a similar role than your typical LMG, firing from a pothole or trenches against assaulting enemies, supported by a squad who reloaded the magazines and changed the barrel when it overheated. A more defensive weapon. Troops in the field, however, recognized how useful it was for assaulting enemy positions as a personal weapon, which led to change in tactics after the brass heard about it. It was an excellent weapon at the time, although very expensive to make.
Would like to see guns from generation zero, with the Swedish guns of the 80's
Yes
"what happens when a Mexican Cartel gets their hand on time travel technology" Wow.
These are the types of things Hollywood should be making movies of lmao.
Loved that line.
Rising Storm 2 would be a good game for him to look at
Yes
OMD yes
How about Bioshock, maybe the whole trilogy, there are some real-life weapons like the Tommy Gun, The sniper rifle, the revolver, the hand cannon, the buck shot, a Mauser, and the Gatling guns from the patriot from Infinite.
Talking about the type 11 and how it operated make me think of one of the light machine guns in battlefield 1 which worked on a very similar principle I think it would be very cool if we had a second part to battlefield 1 looking at some of the more exotic and strange weapons that were introduced in the later DLCs
Can we just appreciate how Jonathan has to manually carry EVERY single weapon to the desk behind him in every episode?
This man is gorgeous and his museum too!
You’re weird
@@ViktoriousDead and so are you!
@@rainxer9561 I think we ALL are weird, because what do you define as normal?
@@mercenarygundam1487 that's something relative, i mean, the definition of "normal" depends on much variants such as: Country, state, town, society inside that town and the people whitin the society. Of course that doesn't prove anything whatsoever, because there's still some missing variants to the mix, so long story short: It all depends on the person and his sourroundings :P
@@mercenarygundam1487 But yeah, we all are weird at some point
All we need now is Battlefield 4 weapons!
what about 3?
@@rthe0 and 3 as well
@@rthe0 4 has virtually all the same guns as 3 but with more out there weapons
@@JanMichael-Vincent i know the MK3A1 jackhammer didnt feature in 4
Hell yeah
Been hooked on these videos since i discovered them. Would love to see some more ww2, ww1 discussions using games like Hell let loose or beyond the wire.
This guy lowkey needs his on CZcams where he just rates overall gun likeness to their real life counterparts in FPS games
Oh man, after the lockdown i gotta check out the armory myself, this series makes me really wanna visit it
You guys are still completely locked down?
I visited in 2019 and it was pretty good. Less guns than I expected but still worth a visit and I think it was free entry aswell so that's a bonus
I've been to the Imperial War Museum in London which is a part of the Royal Armories, as well as the White Tower of London which also has a few good firearms, they're both great museums and I highly recommend going to IWM if you like guns and you're in London after the pandemic.
"after the lockdown"
You're never going to this armory
@@gtassa01 exactly
I've watched literally all these museum vids, I absolutely love them and I love that the museum has teamed up with gamespot to try and get some pandemic income going to safe it because after all it's our history, it's worth saving, so thank you so much for helping these guys out in their time of need.
In game the Suomi actually has a 50 bullet magazine upgrade. But visually it doesn't change much and it still has the "stick magazine" instead of the drum when equipping that upgrade.
Actually the 50 round stick magazine is different and is real, as it is quad stack and is shaped like a coffin. It would be weird to show 50 rounds in a 71 rounder though...
@@rosaria8384 The upgrade is called Drum magazine, was kinda disappointed it didn't actually change the model. 71 round mag would be pretty inbalanced however
I really appreciate how he puts the weapons on the table behind him form the time frame of the game hes reacting to, A for effort dude
"You've seen the classic hit ""birdy legs"" now get ready for the soon to be hit ""little curator arms"" coming soon to a theater near you"
I want to see him react to the metal gear franchise guns
*fires 6.5 shots*
Suppressor: ight im outta here
@@etangbose4755 Suppressor degradation is a real thing. The way suppressors are made and function, they will lose their effect over time.
Of course it wouldn't be from about one magazine.
@ yeah it always bothered me that a stealth game barely let me use it
@ For old style suppressors with the inner seals which i forget the name of, sure.
More modern suppressors are a bit more rigid, baffels and metal and such. At the very least REALLY slows down the degradation, or outright nullifies it for private shooting.
@@c0baltl1ghtn1ng Yeah suppressor technology sure has improved a lot since Maxim's design about a century ago.
A lot of Generation Zero's guns are inspired by real world counterparts. It'd be interesting to see him try to not only identify, but also break down their plausibility in their ability to actually puncturing steel and/or machinery in 1989
You Sir deserve a complete channel. Thanks for the video.
6:06 this freaked me out so much lol i thought a face would pop out or something
9:19 There's also the Perino Mod. 1908 featured in Battlefield 1, except insread of stripper clips it uses twenty round metal strips and is gravity fed, not spring assisted. This and the fact that it was water cooled meant that a team could fire it almost continuously.
Really awesome to see my home city (Leeds) where the royal armoires is located get so much attention online. It makes me want to go visit again :)
“Eject the partial clip under control and put it somewhere safe”
*I understand why very few footsoldiers did this. Hard to find a “safe” place to store half spent ammunition for your gun in a life or death situation.*
John seems like such a chill dude, plan on buying his book
Show him metro series Weapons
"Bottom of my bucket list" what a lovely expression. I need to use that.
Glad to see you include Suomi kp in this video
Rising Storm 2 an Post Scriptum would be nice!
Definitely RS2 and Post Scriptum
post scrotum
That was Hermann Göring’s STG44 obviously, come on Jonathan!
9:18 I know I'm very, very late to this, but there was an Italian system that uses a similar hopper mechanism, the Perino Model 1908. Coincidentally it was also featured in Battlefield 1, though it uses larger metal clips than the 5 round Arisaka clips of the Type 11
Great Video, I personally don't play Battlefield 5 but always nice to see. Side point, doesn't the Italian Breda 30 Machine gun also have a hopper system like the Type 11, I think I remember that from CoD II days.
Ithink Rising Storm 2: Vietnam would be a good game
Loved the "but I have tiny curator arms" and the "if i got taken out by a bunch of pipes" jokes. Hahah also, Jonny Boy has kick ass under shirts most videos. Lmfao
M1 Garand model D existed and was the sniper variant with the optic attached to side of the stock.
“I have tiny curator arms” that was so relatable
8:55
This thing use ARASAKA rounds?? This damn corpos...
Kinda like how the PKM uses Mosin-Nagant rounds
Arisaka*
I see someone is "chipped in" 😎
Arisaka, not Arasaka from cyberpunk
I love how careful jonathan is at handling the gun and then the player is literally slapping,slamming the gun
These videos are great - well done. I was really worried they were going to come across as condescending but instead they are informative. Keep it up!
More from the different departments of the Royal armouries would be awesome!
"Putting one on the end of a stick and poking a tank with it" the delivery of that was just fantastic
I can't even put to words how absolutely likeable this guy is. Hope to see much more of him in this context and immediately subscribed to the royal armouries YT channel.
That early night vision device, reminded me of the ZG 1229 Vampir.
M1C was a Garand sniper, that had a telescopic sight bolted onto the side.
I would love to see battlefield 4
you missed the fat mag on the Suomi, there's a 50 round mag in game that looks like a double layered magazine
Yeah the coffin Mag. It actually existed but was very unreliable because it was single feed with 4 stacks of cartridges beside eachother on the mag so a lot of times cartriges would get stuck while feeding.
Love these videos! Keep em coming 👌🏼
I don't comment very often on videos, but this was a good one. Well done.
The M1 Garand in BFV is portrayed so well, it auto closes, it eats your thumb, and it even lets you manually push it when not automatically closed.
if the player character knew how to properly load a garand he wouldnt get his thumb stuck.
That gen 1 night vision sniper rifle looks like the sniper's gun in tf2 with a lamp attached it to it.
thats basicly what is is, it is a infra red lamp, illuminating the landscape with IR light.
this was an active scope, not a passive thermal sensor like we have now.
which means as soon as the enemy has a way of detecting your source, well, your dead, and also why it needed that ridiculous amount of electric power, specially for that time
@@robertlinke2666 my dead what?
@@pipoper101 okay, the lamp on the weapon is a active IR lamp. which is why it needed the amount of power it did, and also if your enemy has a way of detecting where you are shining the IR from, you are a very easy target.
@@robertlinke2666 okay, I see that you are kinda slow. My comment referred to the way you used "your" instead of "you're". Keep on filling your head with weapon-related nonsense instead of learning the language you dare to speak, though.
@@pipoper101 okay, grammar police..
Y'all are so cool for doing this with johnathan
Something he missed is that for the Type 11 is that you don't take off the hopper system like the animation shows in the game. You just add more stripper clips into the hopper.
There’s even a reload for the garand in BF5 where the player gets garand thumb. Not super common but a nice little touch
Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Stalingrad/Rising Storm next pls
I love how he is politely mocking on B5 weapons.
It's WW2 themed fantasy game.
there was a boys AT rifle for private sale near me awhile ago