History of WWI Primer 06A*: German Reichsrevolver M1879 Documentary
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Othais and Mae delve into the story of this WWI classic. Complete with history, function, and live fire demonstration.
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Der Reichsrevolver und seine Varianten
Heinrich E. Harder
The Revolver 1865 to 1888
A.W.F. Taylerson
Central Powers Pistols
Jan C. Still
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The Reichsrevolver is like that movie or videogame that's been stuck for years in production hell and when it gets released, you realize immediately that it was made for the market nearly 10 years ago and you hate it.
Like Duke Nukem Forever, right?
*cough Call of duty*
Reminds me of "Can't Stop the Music", a movie featuring The Village People, also starring Steve Gutenberg. A disco movie that took so long to produce that when it was finally released, disco was no longer a thing.
@@grungar3x7 I'd say Cyberpunk tbh
@@grungar3x7 considering dnf was good, nah
Seeing this hand cannon makes me understand why Hugo Borchardt thought the metal tumor growing on the back of his C-93 was acceptable.
I'm honestly surprised someone hasn't stuck a scope on a C-93 and made it look like a Star Wars gun. It's one of my favorite weapons to use in Red Dead Redemption 2 because of how "futuristic" it looks.
@@Edax_Royeaux probably just due to their rarity. We might get it now that they made their own bergmann pistol for mando
That's a pistol brace bulge. It helps stabilize while firing one handed.
And now I'm getting flashbacks to kindergarten cop.
@@GunFunZS no, its place for a ridicoulusly large clock spring, watch the episode
Knowing the Germans that brass rod was probably serialized.
Can confirm the rod is serialized lol
@@AdmiralNelson-lo9ys Really? That's hilarious.
You don't want someone messing with your little rod
@@Victoroftheapes yes Sir! they have imperial and regimental markings on them I believe.
Lordy, German OCD knows no bounds!
The German Officers joked about this weapon: What is a camel? A horse designed by an experts commission!
Reminds me of “what kicks up a ton of dust and smoke, is loud as hell, and cuts and apple into three pieces? A Soviet machine designed to cut an apple into four pieces!”
@@scottydu81 I like that series.
@@scottydu81 This in turn reminds me of a Finnish joke: "Millainen on venäläinen perseensuristin? Ei mahdu perseeseen eikä surise." Translates to approximately "What is a Russian ass-buzzer like? Well, it doesn't fit in ones ass, nor does it buzz."
Bismarck : We need a revolver.
Ordnance board (average age 110) : But we want another flintlock!
Bismarck : Fine, we'll compromise.
Underrated comment of the day right here, true AF
If they really wanted to compromise halfway ,then adopt the Remington Rolling Block Pistol in .50 cal. ( Usually associated with US Navy , but were 5 minor variations , sold in small numbers to both US Navy and US Army in 1866-71 .)
Still a single shot , but strong action , serious caliber , and comparitively fast reloading in context of early breachloader single shots .
They would endure into the 1950s and 1960s, joining the Army Ordnance Corps
@@filianablanxart8305 Why adopt that when they already had the Werder?
@@filianablanxart8305 Might as well go for the Nagant side-by-side at that point.
The original video made such an impact on me, I referred to an old, outdated electronic device we had at my last job as our own Reichsrevolver.
I call a cut down wrench at my workplace "the obrez"
I'm going to start referring to my computer like that from now on
Prussia: “Each of the German states should have their own unique acceptance mark… We Prussians will use our eagle; a proud symbol steeped in history and tradition. How about you Bavaria… what mighty symbol will you use?”
Bavaria: “Whatever” (GF)
Winged Beer Stein!
GF?
Get F****d
Over a hundred years later Bavaria still feels the northern provinces are too uptight. I heard that straight from a nice old inn keeper in Lindau, Germany.
Every state had his coat of arms at the Helm mit Spitze.
@@phprofYT wich is funny cus bavarians are the overly religious '' things were better in the old days" type of people
Coming from Reprocussion the Reichsrevolver seems like a massive improvement.
...thought that might help a BIT when you realize that the prior pistol was a single shot cap shooter.
@@Candrsenal I think I’d rather have an 1860 Army or a Remington New Model Army over the Reichsrevolver...especially with the combustible paper cartridges.
i'd rather have the pocussion pistol, i just hot swap the cylinders
The irony in then realizing they tested the S&W Model 3 and said "nahh, danke schön" and picked a balanced spot right between those two milestones
@@Candrsenal well now you need to do a series on single shot flintlock pistols to give some context on what a massive leap in capability cap and ball revolvers were. And on and on to a series about rocks you can just throw.
And to think that we _almost_ had Prussian Cowboys
Well, the Prussian Navy standardised on Colt 1851 for a while, so we kinda had Prussian sea cowboys.
@@janwacawik7432 well every good story has Pirates, so yes.
🎶🎵Like a Rhineland cowboy🎶🎵
@@ColburnFreml OK so I’m thinking our skills are wasted here in the CZcams comments...let’s put this show on the road...to Paris ...or Moscow
@@janwacawik7432 Prussian sea cowboys sounds like a very low budget b-movie
A handgun so big, even Othias needs 2 episodes to fit it!
For the issue of the grip: Put on heavy cavalry gloves and you will see how natural the grip feels.
Also keep in mind doing this while in full galloping.
Designed for cav used by everyone
He mentioned specifically that it was keeping the ergonomics of the old horse pistols.
Thing is, the other military pistols of the time were also generally fired with gloved hands, leather gloves worn by officers as well as cavalry troopers. Most everybody else moved away from those silly grips and were fine.
@@joearnold6881 Most everyone else wasn't tradition obsessed Willy 1 though.
He was in his head still fighting the german revolutions of 1848, fearing the rabble rising against it's natural superiors...
I just realized something: the Bodeo has a simpler lock work than the Reichsrevolver. Gotta love that Galand action
update: I just realized that the Galand was out before this gun. That beautiful action predates the Reichsrevolver
Just realized that the galand action is universally copied by revolver manufacturers
@@blairbuskirk5460 Colt uses it. Smith and Wesson uses a derivation of an earlier version of it. And everyone else uses some derivation along the same lines as Colt's.
Which boggles me why the Germans didnt know about it. Sheer oversight?
@@BHuang92 Maybe it’s the view that the saber or lance and cavalry charges are the primary weapons of the cavalry with the revolver as a backup weapon?
Yes! The ultimate handgun of WWI, one that can act as an anti-tank melee weapon is back!
it will be the perfect backup weapon for your T-Gewehr
I've just worked it out! Prussians loved duelling, this is the duelling pistol for the busy Prussian who needs to fight 6 duels in an afternoon!
Frankly, I don't want to know your political view. I greatly appreciate your dedication to keeping this a history channel, and not a political one. And the only time I would care would be a situation like what you mentioned. I come here to relax and get a break from the filth of politics. That's how I discovered this channel, needing an escape from a situation I could not get out of. And it did that for me. For that, and all you continue to do, I thank you.
The epitome of " A pistols is the officers backup to their saber" thinking in warfare.
"The Single Action Army was too delicate"
*WAT*
Your profile makes it much better
1. beat 50 horses to death with it
2. fire 6 rounds
3. beat another 50 horses to death
4. produce it domestically
I know, right? How they could have thought this giant hunk of shit is superior to the Colt is beyond me.
Blind nationalist pride at its best, I guess?
I think that explains the design.
High on the hill was a lonely goat-herd *yodelady-yodeledy-yodele-he-hoo*
Another reason to yodel: Being up high in the mountains gives you a better chance of seeing enemy airplanes incoming, which is good, because they might drop high-explosive bombs on you, or even worse, the Reichsrevolver.
Couldn't resist going back to the best handgun of the war, eh?
well it does make the best club out of all the handguns so that is something.
Stylistically? Yes it is. A true imperial German gentleman officer would eschew the needless complexity of Lugers and Mausers in favor of the rugged simplicity that is the reichsrevolver.
was just about to say: Mae's favourite is back :-)
@@tenofprimeBetter than the Gasser?
@@Victoroftheapes hmmm... they might be tied for it but I wonder which one would fair better for shooting afterwards.
*engages with a video but in a playfully sarcastic way that shows I'm just doing it to support the show*
a post for the great youtube algorithm
For the algortihm.
CZcams comments for the CZcams God!
Just an engagement addition.
Just here to engage with a comment, don't mind me. Have a great day.
I don't know if it looks Brutalist, but it definitely looks brutal. Like you could beat someone to death with it.
Yeah, I don’t think Mae considered its great value in the trenches as a bludgeon with an ability to shoot someone on occasion.
If it was Brutalist, the grip panels would be made from concrete.
@@IndianaJoe3 I want concrete grip pannels
Y'all think you're joking , but seriously , a 50 oz plus solid frame revolver would have great potential as a * Field Expedient Impact Weapon * aka Pistol Whipping .
Given the reloading sequence , I could see actually reloading after 6 shots being Plan B .
Actually, Mae was holding correctly but handling it wrong. The revolver was intended to be used in a "flick" style similar to US Calvary doctrine of the time. Under recoil the revolver muzzle is allowed to rise and the grip to rotate in the hand. The shooter's thumb is automatically brought up and over the hammer spur. At that point the muzzle is "flicked" back down onto the target which results in the hammer being recocked and the grip is brought back into position. With practice this allows the shooter using a single hand to easily recock and get the pistol back onto target while leaving the off hand available to manage reins or other tasks.
Thank you for trying to stay apolitical. I feel that we don't give CZcamsrs (particularly American CZcamsrs) enough credit for that. Other than that I do enjoy the show and the in depth look you guys do into the design history of these firearms.
“I am really simplifying this.” Classic and true, even better that you know the context well enough to make an understandable story speaks well for your scholarship.
Let me engage the algorithm to say. It’s so fitting for the Bavarians back in the day to prefer a makeshift single shot instead of a Colt SAA for it being to fiddely
The Werder was actually insanely complicated and complex for a single shot. It worked really well though. The prize pig...
The early episodes are good, but it's incredible to see how you've grown.
21:20 Another reason to have the ratchet as a separate piece is that it allows you to use 2 different materials/tempers for the ratchet and the chambers. The chambers need to be able to withstand high pressures, the ratchet needs to be hard to reduce wear.
*most people* "man what a hulking piece of metal. why would you make that?!"
*me* "I never knew I required a handgun as much as I do on this moment. Reichsrevolver, you will be mien!"
I actually love the reichsrevolver... part hand gun and part bludgeon.
I still want one of these for some bizarre reason.
Ah yes the time honored tradition. Dinosaurs in Ordinance hindering progress "all this new fangled technology. Things were just fine back in my day".
come on, its probably the BEST sub compact club! It can even shot. Maybe. In a pinch.
Activating community engagement Yodel!
YOOOOOOODDDDDDAAAAALLLLLLAAAAAYYYY
Good thing the design committee didn't see the Walker's 60 grain powder load.
Every time I’m about to go to sleep, I see it there. In my memories, trying to come back to reality. The Reichs Revolver
Just got off a live chat with Fudd Busters talking about C&Rsenal and then BAM! New video!!! 😍🥰😍
On the positive side, you can use the reichsrevolver as a really nice club after you empty the cylinder
I rarely comment here, but watching this episode, I once again was very happy to be able to support the show even a little bit through Patreon. Just wanted to stop by and tell you guys how awesome you are! Greetings from Germany :-)
thank
Always up for watching an updated video from C&Rsenal!
Another masterwork of concise, information packed, yet eminently entertaining communication.
C&Rsenal ist wunderbar!
3 minutes in and we’re already into the Third French Republic.
Got there faster than the French people get to revolting!
The French need a good arse kicking once or twice every century
So this is basically "embrace tradition reject modernity", the handgun? 🤣
I dunno, i see this revolver and im drawn to think of military standard feeding trays. i know it sounds crazy, but both are build to be more sturdy then ergonomical while beeing as cheap as possible. Also, both can be used as melee weapons :P
I was waiting for this one! Glad you covered it again
Just yodeling for the algorithm! Thanks for remaking old videos! Still watching all the series and it's really great!
“Can I shoot a banana?”
Go back to the range, hang a banana at ten yards, and shoot it. Post as one of your short two minute videos.
I love the amalgam guns from this time. "Let's just do what they did."
"Who?"
"All of them..."
Thanks for what you do. I enjoy these deep dives into history. It's such a respite.
Great video on a obscure piece of firearm history Othias. Wow, May good job getting in shape! Great animation once again Bruno!
Good to see our good old bludgeoning handgun back!
I would love to see an episode on the Russian Berdan Rifles as i understand they were used in the Great War & The Russian Civil War.
glad to see an update on this video and it does add a lot. Good work!
"Somewhat more sensible, in hindsight, sort of" High praise indeed
I have a revolver that I have yet to hear mention of. It resembles a Schofield, it's in 44 Russian, it has a safety lever on its right side, a takedown lever on the left and is proofed at Berlin, Germany (crown over crown over "U"). I think that it was a bring back. I can send detailed pictures as I would like to get both of y'all's thoughts on it.
Already watched using Patreon app, but if this helps bring in new viewers...
Thanks for the support!
The hero we needed
Thank you for leaving the politics aside. As an amateur historian, I really try to keep MY politics out of any presentation. Love the show!!!! And I have massive respect for all you guys!
Oh, but I will take this over a glock any day.
Wow, this timing was perfect. I've just watched several revolver episodes where you referenced the reichsrevolver, and you release the interesting history episode for it.
I'm a simple German Man, i see Reichsrevolver i press Like :3
The German empire was founded 150 years yesterday. So good timing I guess
Still work in progress, they have had a few setbacks but all is in order.
I’m really glad you all went back to this one, definitely one of my favorite revolvers of the war, horse guns are always fascinating to see, especially going late into WW1. Great video as always!
Up to 1945 in some cases.
this is a really underrated channel!! love it.
greetings from Austria!
...one tool per ten Reichsrevolvers...kinda like P-38s in the Army "C" rations - IIRC 3 per case of 12
Wait, each case of C rations came with 3 twin engine fighter planes? Awesome! :D
Yet more engaging content! Perhaps it will trigger more engagement algorithm if I add numerous exclamation marks!!!!!!!!
Yodelody-oy I'm a lonesome prairie boy
Absolutely love this channel
Thank you for going further in depth on this!
My god you have to extract cases with some kind of separate push rod or a wooden dowel, perhaps a sharp stick. Good lord.
[Pale Rider Clint Eastwood performs quick cylinder swap on his Remington cap and ball, looks at the Reichsrevolver and sneers...]
@@ashcarrier6606 Then the Russian officer walks in with his Smith and Wesson No 3.
I am not sure when the first simultaneous eject double action revolver was developed/issued (the one I know of is the Enfield Mk 1,with a bad ejection system, in 1880), but both concepts were well known by the late 1870s. The British had double action cap and ball Adams revolvers in 1851 (and they saw a good deal of action across the Empire, they weren’t just a curiosity) and the Smith and Wesson No 3 top break was produced in 1970 for Russia.
I don't understand. They saw the Colt's system. Why didn't they give it its own ejector?
@@Maverick-gg2do I would guess the arguments from some of the old geezers who didn't want a revolver int eh first place were that it was cheaper and had fewer points of failure along with some guys who carried muuzzle-loading pistols saying that they carried a rod around with no problem.
Finally, there was almost certainly a focus on slow and carefully aimed fire (which would be why double action wouldn't be adopted) and the idea that if you went through six rounds, you are probably drawing your sword anyway.
Now these arguments have some merit on the face but fail horribly on deeper consideration, especially when one of your main enemies adopted a simultaneous automatic ejection revolver nearly a decade ago. But try telling that to some old geezers stuck in the past.
@@Maverick-gg2do Maybe they had their own version of Brigadier General Ripley? The ability to rapidly reload would encourage ammunition waste!
I got love the Reichsrevolver.
I got 6 bango and whats I hits, I keeps.
And then beats em with the blunt end.
Always good to see you guys go back and revisit some of your earlier video's
Great video. Thought I would be bored, but found myself fascinated and interested throughout. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks!
Would love to see this thing on the clock at Karl's 2GAC Match :-p
Ah the famed German handgun engineering I hear so much about.
Thank you for all your hard work
Been waiting for another video
Maybe the massive size and the shape of the handle are residual from when the single shot muzzle loading pistols were used as clubs once fired.
Compare the handle with smoothbore prussian pistol M (18)50.
considering that reloading in combat is out of the question you might be on to something
I can't even roll my R's, let alone yodel.
Very happy to see this beauty get a redone episode. What a fantastically out of date but neat gun.
Great as always!
0OOOoo-ee-ya-ledoy
6 years newer, but vastly inferior to the colt saa, at a time when much of Europe had adopted double action revolvers
I don't think I've ever been this excited for a Primer episode. Because I like to use old episodes as long-form background noise when I'm working on projects, I noticed how often the Reichsrevolver gets brought up as the metaphorical floor for handguns in the Great War, and I thought it'd be nice if the episode were remade for more detail since it gets referred to so often. Lo and behold...
[this is my support yodel to feed the algorithm]
I kept dreaming this * episode would arrive
What other gun was Othias talking about at the end?
Hello.. I'm verry happy to know you.. I'm is viet namese
I love your productions!
I just bought one of these yesterday, thank you guys for the awesome videos. They really help me out when I want to look into a gun I want to buy!
Now if I can just get some ammo for this hand cannon it'll make owning it even better haha
Was that a Minute of Mae fake out intro?
**yodel**
Look at me smiling like an idiot at the remake of the reichrevolver episode
Love this channel!
Well worth my support!! Love you all!
either that revolver is too big, or Mae's hands are too small.
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Maybe she needs to be wearing cavalry gloves? I don't know if that will make the grip better or worse.
Too small. Prussia was famous for recruiting big men for their cavalry.
@@wolfsoldner9029 I thought this revolver was meant for cavalrymen outside of Prussia?
@@Edax_Royeaux Still use their prussian standarts.
I wonder if the previous owner put the screw on the wrong side deliberately, so that it'd be clear that the grips are reproductions.
Yay! Knowledge! Now I know the history of a brick of a revolver from 150 years ago! You guys are the best.
I've been looking forward to this since the Patron only Podcast, and nice new intro.
There's actually an active recall on these pistols because of a safety issue with that safety mechanism. Something about drop safety issues?
Schweinshaxe in America we call that a hog leg.
Awesome, comprehensive work. 🧡💛🧡
I’m excited to see the show expanding beyond the Great War
This gun actually looks pretty nice, but is still pretty janky
8:42 I want to live in a timeline where Germany adopted the Big Iron .
Much knowledge. Such engagement. Wow.
Really good update. I'm certain You'll manage the changes that lies ahead very well. Really enjoyed the "trap" episodes and I'm looking forward to the upcoming(?) shotgun episodes.