Musket to M4: Evolution of US Infantry Longarms from 1775 to Today | Critical Rifle Theory
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The Fort Benning School of Infantry calls the soldier and his rifle the Ultimate Weapon. From the start of our history the critical factors of Rate of fire (how many rounds per minute and for how long it can be sustained) Effective range (how far away can we expect the average soldier to hit his target). Terminal Effect (ability to kill or render combat ineffective an opponent) have played significant roles in firearms development and tactics. This presentation shows the evolution of the most common Army infantry longarm in American history and why it was chosen.
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I can listen to Mr. Gurski talk for hours. He was a great social studies teacher at ACHS.
Thanks for recording an uploading these. I am always impressed by the quality of the collected materials as well as the quality of information shared. Clearly a few gathered lifetimes of collecting and experience.
This channel and TNP are about the only hour long youtube lectures that I can sit the through... kinda funny to think about when there are the other 2.5 billion or so 10-15 minute videos by other people which make you feel like you are being strung along for clickbait.
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10:25 this is kind of accurate, but needs qualification. 50 yards is about the distance at which a perfectly aimed musket would be guaranteed to hit a 40cm target (about the width of a human chest. The point target effective range (the distance at which a single shooter was considered effective against a single enemy soldier) was considered to be about 75 yards. The battle range (the distance at which a battalion of several hundred shooters was considered to be effective against a battalion sized target in close order) was considered to be about 200 yards. I don't know what the maximum range is (the distance at which the round is still lethal), but ironically it would have been further than for rifled muskets, since smoothbores generally fired higher caliber rounds.
14:53 now hold on. 1842 is when the Americans introduced a weapon that used the percussion cap. But the percussion cap itself was invented in the 1820s
21:10 battle range for a rifled musket was considered about 500 yards (again, the assumption is that the target is a battalion in close order). Point target effective range was considered around 200 yards.
50:56 4 minutes of angle means 4 60ths of a degree. As it happens that comes out to about 4.2 inches at 100 yards. But a minute of angle (also called an arcminute) means one 60th of a degree. At 4 minutes of angle a perfectly aimed rifle will have an impact area of 35 centimeters at 300 meters, which is just under the average width of a human chest of 40cm. Meaning that a perfectly aimed rifle with an accuracy of 4 minutes of angle could guarantee a hit on a single man sized target at 300 meters.
Thanks for adding intelligent comments and constructive criticism. The goal of this forum is to increase knowledge not create "fudd lore".
Honestly because of the US Military's marksmanship requirements for the Army and Marine Corps which had separate marksmanship requirements but it was the same to engage targets up to 300 meters. The Army went to the Aimpoint CCOs which required first zeroing the BUIS Back Up Iron Sights and qualifying with it then doing the same with the CCOs Close Combat Optics. The Marines did the same with their ACOG scopes and BUIS as the Army. During the Stan and Iraq combat actions that the enemy could not keep up with US infantry in stand up engagements because of marksmanship and fluid tactics employed that the enemy had to resort to IEDs to disrupt US infantry tactics of being outflanked and enveloped with accurate fire they are being engaged with. During my combat deployment to Iraq I got my own AGOG 4X32 and found it effective in suppressing enemy individual firing positions, machine gun PKM positions, and RPG positions in urban combat. But taking well aimed shots at positions in conjunction with automatic weapons fire to suppress and maybe kill those positions was essential as well as flank or breach those firing positions. Good communications in a company, platoon, squad, fire team, and individuals works well if luck was on our side that day in combat. The enemy is doing their best too to try and kill you doing the same as an ambush or meeting engagement. The enemy is not stupid, by all means they will study us and try other tactics to test us and to learn from our movements and TTPs Training, Tactics, Procedures. Combat is always a learning process for both us and the enemy. Battle Drills how basic they can be used but modified to any situation to suit your needs. Always remember the enemy is there to kill you. Firepower with more ammo to place accurate fire in a zone will make him change his mind in a close fight.
It would be cool if Stan did a presentation on the American civil war and the Mexican American War.
Unless I heard you wrong the British had three ranks during most of the Revolutionary War. They changed it towards the end but when they came back to Britain they went back to three ranks because the military commanders that didn't go to America thought it was a dumb idea to have two ranks. They had to find out later that they were wrong
It was Fallujah when they started investigating possible war crimes, because of all the headshots. It was the first major operation where every GI had an ACOG.
Great American riffle progression! Well done!
Very informative and just an overall awesome video thanks for the upload! Lots of these rifles I’ve been wanting for years and you’re helping with information on them!
The maximum MOA for US military rifles is 4 , I misspoke when i said minimum.
Lots of great information in this video. I always wondered why the brown bess was so prolific. Never realized all the backdoor deals with colonials made with the French. Those things were the smooth bore AKs of their day.
That’s a great collection
Teaching CRT I see... lol. Great lecture.
Great video and really interesting. I loved the West Point videos mentioned early on in that presentation. They are around in the depths of YouTUbe and we’ll worth watching.
I will have to watch again and catch the name so I can search for them.
@@someonewhocares5033 ASP has all of them in its reference library and may eventually release them. I believe they were called the History of Small Arms Development. The speaker was a Major Alphens or Alpens. Filmed at West Point they had some short ones like Long Bow vs Crossbow, Kentucky rifle and smoothbore musket, as well as a condensed version that ran about half hour.
It's called "Weapons of Westpoint," and I have the playlist saved on my channel (shameless plug). If you just search "Weapons of Westpoint," you'll find them.
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Thanks! I added all these to my queue. Ive seen one before, had no idea they were a series
I guess you never heard of AF soecial ops.
The M1 Garand is the one I would want out of all of these.
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Very knowledgeable. However, the AR (M16/M4) are minute of angle rifles. I’ve never handled one in the Army that wouldn’t shoot under an inch to 100 metets. In fact, they are MORE accurate than M14 (I have a lot of experience on that platform too) . He’s a little off on M16A2 history but, overall, good presentation.
Even the mention of the term "original ghost gun" is irresponsible, just like the repetitious use of the bs term "assault weapon" instead of Armalite Rifle. It only encourages
Another "expert" fails!! There are SO MANY weapons missing in this man's display and in his speech. M1 carbine, Colt model 600 and 639. 30-40 Krag rifles and on and on and on. 590s and other variants. The lever guns issued in small numbers after the civil war to troops who were fighting the Indians. There are some very large gaps here. When you have been to graduate school you never put on a presentation when your misleading people and when you do not have all of the information needed. Its a sign of someone who does not have an education and who has no standards.
Krag is the top rifle on the rack on the right side. This video is about the basic issue standard longarms for frontline infantry only.
The Lever guns were never adopted by the US military. The point of the video is about the standard issue rifles that were commonly issued to the US military.