How Semi-Auto and Full Auto Rifles Work

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  • čas přidán 2. 05. 2012
  • An old film showing slow motion cut aways of semi and full auto fcg's while in use.

Komentáře • 441

  • @ScoobieDoobieDoob
    @ScoobieDoobieDoob Před 5 lety +302

    The thing about old informative/educational videos is that they assume you know absolutely nothing. So, they always teach you from the ground up with basic terminology, and explain any bizarre vocabulary.

    • @robertmartin8907
      @robertmartin8907 Před 3 lety +28

      This is from the 1950's, people back then literally didn't know anything.

    • @ambi_cc8464
      @ambi_cc8464 Před 2 lety +17

      @@robertmartin8907 it’s not that they knew nothing, it’s just that they didn’t have quick access to lots of knowledge like we do now so they just made it to where no matter what part of it you knew, you could understand it anyway

    • @jackmeyers7805
      @jackmeyers7805 Před 2 lety

      @@robertmartin8907 maybe after they killed so many smart Germans...

    • @screener545
      @screener545 Před 2 lety

      @@robertmartin8907 lol. They knew a lot more than idiots these days. Have you seen the stupidity produced?

    • @BamBam-ch4vu
      @BamBam-ch4vu Před 2 lety +5

      ​@@robertmartin8907 we still know nothing

  • @noopdaa4478
    @noopdaa4478 Před 9 lety +636

    64 years old video still being more informative then today three-D videos, wow.

  • @exterbush1253
    @exterbush1253 Před 8 lety +461

    thats intersting, the most informative video about semis and autos on youtube is 60 years old.

    • @user-oy9zy4ds9m
      @user-oy9zy4ds9m Před 8 lety +24

      It's like 75 years old actually lol

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Před 7 lety +32

      That's a really nice model they made for the demonstration. Even in black and white it's much easier to see what's going on than with fancy 3D computer models you see today, which show way too much other stuff in an actual gun that isn't part of the mechanism.

    • @jasonwinback
      @jasonwinback Před 7 lety +9

      same goes bmp with those old car tutorial videos they re from de 50's and explain way better than anything from today

    • @benjaminyu8545
      @benjaminyu8545 Před 5 lety

      DEMONETIZED

    • @WapTek123
      @WapTek123 Před 4 lety +1

      yes!

  • @OmarDelawar
    @OmarDelawar Před 3 lety +93

    That was just beautifully explained. I'm a bit disappointed we don't have educational videos like these nowadays.

    • @rodneyws1977
      @rodneyws1977 Před rokem +5

      Now go watch the one explaining how a car's differential works. That one is amazing.

    • @JoseRodriguez-dw9dv
      @JoseRodriguez-dw9dv Před 9 měsíci +1

      ​@@rodneyws1977yesss lol

  • @col.cottonhill6655
    @col.cottonhill6655 Před 7 lety +173

    wow who needs fancy graphics or modern CGI that video is 70 years old and still informative

    • @peterloftus6259
      @peterloftus6259 Před 7 lety +18

      Dk Kevorkian I love the way they showed it with a model ...

    • @potc420
      @potc420 Před 7 lety +10

      I know right!? I love these old vids. This one kinda reminds me of that "how a differential" works video I've seen floating around on Facebook a few times

    • @Peagaporto
      @Peagaporto Před 6 lety +4

      anyone got a full collection of these mechanical videos?

  • @bryanstephens3562
    @bryanstephens3562 Před 9 lety +197

    Leave it to the Army to explain things so even a 19 yr old guy can learn it.

    • @spoilersincominghoide9582
      @spoilersincominghoide9582 Před 9 lety +27

      Bryan Stephens These videos are so informative that even 8 year olds can understand and learn it.

    • @donjuan6118
      @donjuan6118 Před 9 lety +6

      A 19 year old in the US is already sexualy active, can buy cigarettes, and has hundreads of hours behind the car.
      What I'm trying to say is that a 19 year old in the US may already have and STD/STI, has probably started a long road of addiction to a death by cancer, and probably knows the best place to drive the car you gave him/her through a crowd.
      But they shouldn't know how mechanics work? And as if an 8 year old will carry out a semi automatic to automaic conversion. There are too many helicopter parents now to prevent that from happening.

    • @moncorp1
      @moncorp1 Před 8 lety +7

      Donald Lanoux ~ I didn't see where anyone said a 19 year old shouldn't know these things. What are you questioning?

    • @donjuan6118
      @donjuan6118 Před 8 lety +1

      moncorp1 I mistakenly read the original comment as criticism of the Army and the uploader for providing this information. But you're right, there is no suggestions saying it's wrong, which is the way it should stay.

    • @moncorp1
      @moncorp1 Před 8 lety +3

      Donald Lanoux Roger that

  • @klendathusfinest4126
    @klendathusfinest4126 Před 6 lety +132

    I literally found this trying to find out why full auto Nerf guns need batteries and real full auto guns don't. Was not disappointed.

    • @turboshaft1959
      @turboshaft1959 Před 6 lety +33

      Lesensketch
      in a real gun, the energy required to accelerate the projectile is stored in each shell. a little bit of that energy is used to cycle and load a new round.
      however, nerf "shells" are only "bullets" with no energy stored. so you need to add another form of energy, in this case electricity, to cycle a new round. The electric energy is also used to accelerate the dart.
      In semi automatic nerfs, you add the cycling and firing energy by hand. it gets stored in a spring and released when you pull the trigger.

    • @klendathusfinest4126
      @klendathusfinest4126 Před 6 lety +9

      Thanks for explaining it in more detail. Thanks to the video I was able to understand that real guns use the energy from the shell's explosion to move the mechanism, so it no longer requires manual action or electricity

    • @Skyfighter64
      @Skyfighter64 Před 6 lety +8

      The funny thing is that, say in late 90's Nerf full auto designs, they were still fully air powered. Not anything as neat as the new belt-fed NERF guns, but interesting in their own right.

    • @qoph1988
      @qoph1988 Před 3 lety +2

      @@klendathusfinest4126 Yeah. Nerf darts don't contain chemical potential energy. Well, maybe just a little bit if you set them on fire but I'm guessing they mostly melt. A gatling gun or more modern minigun does need a motor (or a conscript with a hand-crank) to make it work, though.

    • @SpaceMarine113
      @SpaceMarine113 Před 3 lety

      @@qoph1988 the motor is needed for a faster rate of fire to rotate the drum, but it's not required for the firearm to function. It's just that you won't be able to achieve such a high rate of fire on a normal full auto rifle.

  • @cpt.iceman4880
    @cpt.iceman4880 Před 4 měsíci +2

    No bullshit, straight to the point, no history references, 10 minutes long and you know all you need to know.

  • @MachineGunMike
    @MachineGunMike Před 8 lety +129

    I love these old videos!

  • @jsrl77
    @jsrl77 Před 9 lety +21

    Old stuff is the best stuff.

  • @asteph5500
    @asteph5500 Před 6 lety +9

    Its amazing that this informational video is over 60 years old. I must admit I was surprised as to how simple the process is.

  • @hritikvaishnav603
    @hritikvaishnav603 Před 6 lety +10

    I have to say. This old video is much much better in explaining the mechanism than modern 3d videos. Agree?

    • @Captain_Vitorio_Muscovy
      @Captain_Vitorio_Muscovy Před 6 lety

      The problem with some modern 3D mechanism explanation videos is that some are more focused on weird camera angles and look unfinished or rushed, whoever produced them doesn't really seem to care if people understand it or not.
      I saw a Cat® video about differential steering and the video quality was 240p on their official CZcams channel, the mechanism could not be visualized well (the explanation was ok) and only through intense research on other websites I found a detailed diagram to understand the mechanism (I am addicted to studying and working on machines).
      Have a great Day/Night

  • @blakewooley2500
    @blakewooley2500 Před 9 lety +57

    Very educational. It's funny how so many people use firearms, yet they don't even know how they work.

    • @bearly1727
      @bearly1727 Před 3 lety +4

      For years I was one of those people until a friend asked me to help him with a malfunctioning firearm. It opened my eyes and after watching countless videos on CZcams I am helping others and myself fix minor issues simply because I now understand how they function. I am NOT in business but I help for free. If replacement parts are needed they pay for the part and nothing else. Some I have looked at were just filthy and hadn't been near an oil bottle in 50 years so I try to get them to clean their firearm at least once in awhile. Not surprisingly, many don't know how.

  • @lafaglobe6025
    @lafaglobe6025 Před 8 lety +20

    I usually don't comment, but when I do,it means that the video is truly awesome and informative as well as useful.

  • @BaileyStokes-
    @BaileyStokes- Před 4 lety +77

    Damn since the government trying to take our guns, I guess we all going to have to do some modifications. So thanks old WWll video

    • @Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT
      @Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT Před 3 lety +1

      I've heard, the confederate states of america have been destroyed very long ago.
      They fought for liberty to have slaves.

    • @kentuckywindage222
      @kentuckywindage222 Před 3 lety +9

      @@Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT
      Sorry guy, but there isn't anybody wanting slaves today. Well, except for the government.
      That bullshit was wrong and everyone knows. Having the means to defend yourself and loved ones has nothing to do with slavery.
      The power to own a weapon is to prevent a tyrannical government or regime from putting you into slavery. Like a locked door only keeps an honest man honest, no doubt. Still something rather than nothing.

    • @qoph1988
      @qoph1988 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT Dunce

    • @whomagoose6897
      @whomagoose6897 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT: Slavery in America was on it's way out due to inventions of agricultural machinery. Starting with Eli Whitney's cotton gin. That one machine did the work of at least 120 people. Next was steam powered tractors that pulled plows far wider than a team of horses could ever do. Further reducing the need for labor. Every horse team needed at least one driver. One modern tractor & plow can turn over the soil in an 60 foot row. One modern tractor & plow can do more work in one day than a guy guiding a plow could do in two weeks with a team of horses.
      Just look at the mechanisation used to make automobiles. With the current highways transportation of products is cheaper, faster and way more efficient.
      Cotton is still marketable product. No longer hundreds of slaves needed. Cotton combines can harvest about 800 tons of cotton every day. My grandparents harvested their cotton by hand. A good day was 75 pounds of cotton per day by one person.
      Slavery was only a form of cheap labor. Just like today cheap labor is needed. As the cost of labor increases and machines can replace humans. Humans labor is replaced, perminently.
      Remember this when you hear demands of $15 per hour minimum wage. With machinery the fast food industry has eliminated ⅓ of it's labor requirements. Just by putting those kiosks in the McDonald's restaurants you hardly see more than one person at the order counter anymore.
      Civil War or not slavery was on it's way out.

    • @lrodriguez6691
      @lrodriguez6691 Před 3 lety +3

      @@Only_God_Is_Allah_SWT for your information , slavery happened worldwide, involving all races ...yes whites were slaves too..and it was a normal and accepted .tendency through history ...the result of the "way of conquer " where tribes first and nations later fought for power. The American Revolution created the path to destroy slavery for the first time on history declaring that all men were created equal and creating a way of government to organize society and allow law and order, creating a constitution to limit the government's power to control the People....meaning giving the people freedom.
      Today people like you undermine that constitution and give more power to the government, allowing slavery to come back , but this time the Government are the masters and all the people the slaves...like in Fascism and communism. ...

  • @mikestiekema8283
    @mikestiekema8283 Před 6 lety +4

    I've been searching for a tutorial on how this works and a 70 + year old video nailed it in an easy to understand manner......amazing :)

  • @Anino_Makata
    @Anino_Makata Před 8 lety +39

    CZcams, please dont bring this down.

  • @douglaskrumlauf2962
    @douglaskrumlauf2962 Před 3 lety +1

    These old army videos are awesome found myself down a rabbit hole of old videos

  • @neverleavingmyshadow
    @neverleavingmyshadow Před 10 lety +5

    i love these old educational videos. the fact that its so accurate and straightforward means that i now have a solid reference for when i start manufacturing small arms.

  • @CoolStuffZone
    @CoolStuffZone Před 11 dny

    I finally understand how the mechanism works. It just took an old black and white military training video to show me. Thank you to all keepers of history and the past.

  • @SystematicMechanic
    @SystematicMechanic Před 9 lety +18

    This video needs to be shown in High School Shop Classes.

    • @warhog2299
      @warhog2299 Před 9 lety +1

      Live In The Now yeah that would be funny i have a welding/metal shop class

    • @moncorp1
      @moncorp1 Před 8 lety +2

      Trump Knows Best You're Fired! ~ We used to build crossbows in shop and part of the final grade was to take it out and shoot it on the football field. I still have mine. We never had any trouble in that class because if there was, the shop teacher would board you up inside a dog house project for the rest of class if you did cause trouble. I can imagine the heart attack all the weak kneed cunts would have about that nowadays.

    • @IronPiedmont
      @IronPiedmont Před 8 lety

      moncorp1 I wish my time in High School was like that. And I graduated last year.

    • @IronPiedmont
      @IronPiedmont Před 8 lety +1

      Trump Knows Best You're Fired! I agree.

    • @ronharper469
      @ronharper469 Před 6 lety

      Dog house? We got a WHOP to the back of our head.

  • @alexmoss5879
    @alexmoss5879 Před 10 lety +8

    This video was clear, precise, and helpful. Thank you for uploading it.

  • @bloodruststaples
    @bloodruststaples Před 6 lety +2

    Found this looking for the video of how differentials work. These people had an amazing way of teaching.

  • @BlitzkreigWTF
    @BlitzkreigWTF Před 10 lety +12

    another helpful vault-tec video

    • @chronicpain9531
      @chronicpain9531 Před 6 lety

      Just because this video is black and white doesn't mean its been recorded by vault tec...

    • @forest3945
      @forest3945 Před 3 lety

      @@chronicpain9531 no crap oh and also r/woooosh

  • @ilovesprinting2012
    @ilovesprinting2012 Před 9 lety +4

    wow, this video is fantastic! I watched a bunch of 3d demonstrations of this and I didn't understand but this is clear as day thank you!

  • @skyym3629
    @skyym3629 Před 8 lety

    This was demonstrated in the utmost easiest way to really grasp the concept of semi and full auto firearms. Thanks for posting this, I enjoyed it very much.

  • @sumitdevbharadwaj
    @sumitdevbharadwaj Před 10 lety

    Highest level of clarity shown in any of the youtube videos on this topic!!! Kudos to uploader and thumbs up for creator (which might be 60-70 years back!!)

  • @alpha3836
    @alpha3836 Před 3 lety +2

    This video is so informative and beautiful! I love the way he explained! Just wow!!

  • @SKALS-ICY-TOM
    @SKALS-ICY-TOM Před 5 lety +2

    Very nice vid. Had to show a friend how the systems work, and stumbled on this one, really nice with the large model, alot easier to see what is going on than the vids where people show it on regular guns

  • @ValexNihilist
    @ValexNihilist Před 6 lety +2

    Watched a similar vid on how a differential works. These old videos describe things in a way sooo much better than newer videos

  • @ScooterDoge
    @ScooterDoge Před 5 měsíci

    Man I love these old army videos. That was excellent.

  • @CurlytopGaming
    @CurlytopGaming Před 7 lety +1

    this is such a helpful video. I like how it breaks it down into steps this makes it very easy to understand

  • @ninjasc
    @ninjasc Před 7 lety +1

    awesome video, i love old videos like this.

  • @KnighTnGunZ
    @KnighTnGunZ Před 11 lety

    Ive seen videos attempt to explain how they work but I always get lost, this one really did a good job explaining it.

  • @TheSIDHARTH007
    @TheSIDHARTH007 Před 7 lety +2

    beautiful.... this is much more than any engineering book....!!! Thanks...

  • @pablodimitrius7053
    @pablodimitrius7053 Před 6 lety +1

    Melhor canal que já assisti sobre explicações de mecanismo de armas automáticas e semi automáticas...parabéns

  • @wuzimaru900
    @wuzimaru900 Před 7 lety +2

    Amazingly explained in the smallest detail. Strangely, I couldn't find any nowadays video explaining it just as well.

  • @rickschannel521
    @rickschannel521 Před 10 lety

    great video. awesome of you to post

  • @steveupton2511
    @steveupton2511 Před 3 lety +1

    This is one of the best video explaining how a gun works

  • @philli67
    @philli67 Před 11 lety

    This video made it so clear to understand ! I love it !

  • @adamr9720
    @adamr9720 Před 6 lety

    This explained it to me so much better than CGI auto sear demos I have seen. Very clever. I can't even glue a popsicle house together to help my kids with their homework without making a mess.

  • @nickstanley5064
    @nickstanley5064 Před rokem +1

    If anyone is curious, the full thing is a 3 parts series titled "Fundamentals of Small Arms"

  • @TooManyChoices1
    @TooManyChoices1 Před 3 lety

    The F-ing beauty of simple machines in action... This is poetry in motion.

  • @VWfinatic27
    @VWfinatic27 Před 11 lety

    These old videos are basic, necessary and the most fundamental of all!

  • @davidetcheverry944
    @davidetcheverry944 Před 2 lety +2

    those were the days, not alot of bs....thanks for the vid, dme

  • @justinwalling4538
    @justinwalling4538 Před 3 lety

    i love these old training videos

  • @Henbot
    @Henbot Před 11 lety

    Holy Crap I love CZcams!!! Thank you so much for uploading this video!!! I am doing an animation and was going to have weapons in it, learn about lever action earlier and was just trying to learn how semi auto works so I can add realism to the weapons. Thanks so much for uploading this! Really helpful :D

  • @chapiit08
    @chapiit08 Před 6 lety +1

    What a simple yet elegant firing mechanism.

  • @carlchen5109
    @carlchen5109 Před 7 lety +1

    I really like this! mind-refreshing!

  • @madrobfl
    @madrobfl Před 10 lety

    Awesome video.

  • @Mr12345678901212
    @Mr12345678901212 Před 10 lety

    old videos love YOU!

  • @GreavesEc
    @GreavesEc Před 6 lety

    These videos are some of my favourite viewing on the Web.
    Thanks american army, and thanks to the uploader, for these informative videos.

  • @vectra9_957
    @vectra9_957 Před rokem

    While watching this, i fell asleep. Best sleep i had in a while (:

  • @ClupeGuitar
    @ClupeGuitar Před 12 lety

    this needs more views! i really enjoyed it.. awesome video

  • @TomMcIntosh11
    @TomMcIntosh11 Před 11 lety

    Amazing! What a great video.

  • @Jacob-yg7lz
    @Jacob-yg7lz Před 8 lety

    This was actually really informative and even fun to watch compared to other videos with cg or an actual gun, wow. Now I can finally survive selling assault rifles to people in the apocalypse.

  • @s.o.stackman3322
    @s.o.stackman3322 Před 6 lety

    Very cool , clear and to the point , thanks

  • @sanidabirial6277
    @sanidabirial6277 Před 11 měsíci +1

    This is awesome 😎

  • @TECNICO446
    @TECNICO446 Před 3 lety

    Very very very very infomative!!!

  • @DylanRed1394
    @DylanRed1394 Před 2 lety +1

    Now THIS is some *PROPER* educational stuff!!

  • @josueguzman602
    @josueguzman602 Před 11 lety

    I love these older videos

  • @jodidrake3386
    @jodidrake3386 Před 9 lety

    I'm an author and found this to be very helpful. Thanks.

  • @mercifulone7065
    @mercifulone7065 Před 7 lety

    Thank you so much for sharing!!

  • @noreqwan6437
    @noreqwan6437 Před 5 lety

    Now i really understand how semi auto pistol works...this is better explain than the other video..thnks for this video..now i can build my semi auto pistol..yes.

  • @commandvideo
    @commandvideo Před 6 lety +8

    Oh i watched many 3D animation but didn't understand exactly until i watched this that I understand !

  • @Guds777
    @Guds777 Před 7 lety +1

    its just like the video on how differential works, much greater info on things then most modern videos.

    • @monkeyorful
      @monkeyorful Před 7 lety +1

      back in this days no one lets you pull a trigger if you didnt know exactly how It works so you could manage every problem that you will encounter, nowadays they just told you pull the trigger and It shots. Notice that this is what have happened in every field and now we can understand why new workers need constantly assist from others

  • @67camaroblown
    @67camaroblown Před 9 lety

    very cool vid!! loved it

  • @twofortybravooperator6743

    I love it. Super easy to understand for a caveman like me. Simple, yet very informative. Behoove.

  • @garrylarry4865
    @garrylarry4865 Před 10 lety

    wow great video!

  • @robertpena6611
    @robertpena6611 Před 7 lety

    This is very informative thank you

  • @ashersuissa5597
    @ashersuissa5597 Před 8 lety

    great video

  • @waynedaley7048
    @waynedaley7048 Před 6 lety

    Great video. Thanks

  • @BobSmith-eg6ku
    @BobSmith-eg6ku Před 7 lety

    Amazing video

  • @hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada

    This is one of the videos I remember watching in 45B AIT in 1991

  • @zacharyreid7557
    @zacharyreid7557 Před 10 měsíci +1

    the best part of this whole thing was the large physical model they used to demonstrate

  • @zionemmanuel7555
    @zionemmanuel7555 Před 5 lety

    Wow straight to the metal worship I go to produce mine,I searched this knowledge all through till now

  • @vinnybyrne09
    @vinnybyrne09 Před 10 lety +4

    Thank you for writing my report on rifles

  • @kevinroberts781
    @kevinroberts781 Před 2 lety

    This is exactly how I do it too!! Nice work!

  • @philipbaxter9339
    @philipbaxter9339 Před 11 lety

    very nice video
    thanks for posting

  • @abelloredo2014
    @abelloredo2014 Před 9 lety

    Cool video!

  • @thenikko8292
    @thenikko8292 Před 8 lety +50

    rip headphone users

  • @percybaite3419
    @percybaite3419 Před měsícem

    Best informative video 👍👍👍

  • @TheRaulr151
    @TheRaulr151 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant!!

  • @GermanBrother93
    @GermanBrother93 Před 10 lety

    Thank you very much for this video

  • @kylepls
    @kylepls Před 9 lety

    This video made the trigger mech easy to understand :)

  • @travosk8668
    @travosk8668 Před 6 lety

    I don't wanna sound like those people who constantly criticize our modern society and sais that everything was better back then (which clearly wasn't), but where did these type of short films go? They were perfect. When I was trying to understand car mechanics, I often used videos from this era as reference.

  • @bjangles-817
    @bjangles-817 Před 8 lety

    Very helpful. Thanks!

  • @duane8620
    @duane8620 Před 8 lety +1

    Great video, thanks for posting. They sure don't make infomercials like they used too :)

  • @user-pg7pq1ib9r
    @user-pg7pq1ib9r Před 5 lety

    Thanks for the video 👍

  • @rawouch
    @rawouch Před 8 lety

    Cool old video

  • @TheBiel188
    @TheBiel188 Před 10 lety

    dude i never understood this, but when I saw this video.... Congrats!!!

  • @jamiesloan5902
    @jamiesloan5902 Před 5 lety

    Amazing video, for people that didn't understand how a trigger disconnect works.

  • @hannibalmouja6548
    @hannibalmouja6548 Před 8 lety

    So Informative thx uploader

  • @TheCmondrag
    @TheCmondrag Před 11 lety

    Keep it simple, very nice!

  • @eugenekalashnokov1525
    @eugenekalashnokov1525 Před 11 lety

    This was reAlly interesting and formal, im more of a visual leaner, so this really made trigger function crystal clear for me. I had a basic understanding of how it worked before, but now i fully grasp it. One thing im trying to figure out now, is how 3 round burst operates. wish they had 3 round burst during WWII.

    • @therealmorf
      @therealmorf Před 2 lety

      The Russian AN94 USESES A WILD pull system so it can fire in two round hyper burst mode two rounds are fired before the recoil is felt in your supporting shoulder it's badass!!!Hk also had a hyper burst type of rifle three rounds at once with the recoil mitigation also space gun shit

  • @dominatorcfl
    @dominatorcfl Před 6 lety

    Great stuff

  • @umangbavalia1357
    @umangbavalia1357 Před 6 lety

    Great video
    , superb knowledge , superb superb superb superb superb superb superb superb , i like it

  • @jimmypagesnyper
    @jimmypagesnyper Před 4 lety +1

    Porra esses vídeos antigos explicam muito bem,consegui tirar a dúvida que eu tinha,agora já posso construir minha arma

  • @thanos-fo4px
    @thanos-fo4px Před 4 lety

    old is always gold

  • @99domini99
    @99domini99 Před 10 lety +11

    Damn! This video was fucking clear!
    Thanks for uploading, take my well deserved like :-)