The REAPR to Replace M240B???
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
- John Lovell gets a unique FIRST look at the REAPR by Ohio Ordnance! Chambered in high performing .338 Norma Mag and featuring a handful of clutch advancements, will this specter of death be the long sought after 240B replacement?
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I used a 240b for several years, in Iraq, and Afghanistan. I learned over time that I could lower the gas selector which controls rate of fire, and squeeze out single rounds. It took alot of practice, but hitting a man sized target with a single round at 800 meters was definitely doable. I got my experience doing this on dismounted patrols in Afghanistan. The entire reason was dealing with multiple engagements on each patrol, and having a limited ammo capacity. You don't want to get 30k into rural mountain areas, and have your biggest gun run out of ammunition.
To the person or persons who made this weapon with a single fire option, good job!
I could squeeze out single rounds without changing anything, just takes feel and practice. I'm sure lowering the gas helps, but can be done without it.
literally a modernized mg42
They actually removed the adjustable gas regulator at some point. I carried an M240L from 2016-19 and all of our gas regulators had one setting at about 600 RPM
@@justinmcmanus1764 I didn't know that. Got out in 08. That's actually lower than my 240 could even go, was about 700 rpm on the lowest setting. In 05 in Iraq the army gave the platoon three new barrels per 240, and we pretended they were 249s for a day before turning the old ones in. I can definitely understand why they removed the gas selector.
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What really astonishes me is that Ohio Ordnance was able to accomplish this with less parts than 240. Out of all the guns to be put into this competition, the REAPR easily seems the best choice based off what I've seen.
Too bad sig is gonna win due to back door deals.
@@FXIIBeaverthe sig is 5 pounds lighter. that's why it deserves to win.
@@davewebster5120 Yeah with the REAPR being 26.8lbs vs 21.4lb of Sig's MG338, that is a pretty convincing reason to go with one over the other. I do think the REAPR concept could be interesting for some certain use cases like in a vehicle turret coaxial gun where you don't want to sacrifice width for a M240.
@@davewebster5120 doubt that. The sig machine gun is massive. I think you are thinking of the XM250 which is replacing the 249. The MG338 is most definitely not lighter than this.
@@FXIIBeaverthe MG338 is literally five pounds lighter. Do a quick Google search before talking out of your ass next time 😂
So not only can you carry this in a backpack, but if you're on single fire, you have a sniper rifle with a pretty long range optic, a round that can reach that range, and switch to machine gun mode to lay down a wall of lead. And its lighter than a 240. Its the perfect machine.
Only problem is that wrecked brass 0:53
Why does that matter?
@@rzr2ffe325when the boys are done wreaking havoc on the enemy, they collect the brass and go back to base to reload their own ammunition… wym?
Sounds like a very good system
@@Jessekarey but they dont do that..?
As an old 60 gunner just gotta say. I would have loved this!
Former machine gunner. Huge woody. Wish we had that in 05
Going from the M60 to the 240B was a mistake but this REAPR looks great.
@0WickedSensation0 did my basic 03. They fired the 60 over us for MUDF, think it was what we fired in basic too. But only ever carried or really shot the 240. I loved shooting it, loathed carrying it on patrol or in field problems
@@pseudosnark386 yea nobody likes humping 25lb machine guns haha. I grew up with the 60, went to war with the 240. Never liked it.
Same
@@0WickedSensation0the 240b is more reliable than an m60
338 in an LMG is absolutely insane and I'm here for it. Ohio Ordnance is based af. What is that, a 2000m range???
1600 meters equals 1760 yards 1 mile effective range.
With the SIG MG338 using the same round, point target accuracy was 1800 meters, area target further than that.
@@Fellegar123 1700 meters. But then again the purpose of a machine gun is suppressive fire. The REAPR deserves to be adopted. The MG-338 isn't bad either.
Full auto sniper rifle. heard
@@noturspageti8780yeah the MG338 is what SOF field-tested ~2018-2020 and supposedly loved it. Which likely led to this competition that both Ohio Ordinance's REAPR and SIG's MG338(also GDLS and I think Textron Systems) are taking part in.
That thing is massive. The sliding feed tray, inertia driven, barrel swap and 300 norma. Damn that’s impressive
Inertia mechanism that's like in Benneli m4, right?
@@AntonAdelson I don’t know if it is exactly like the m4 but I would way fairly similar
@@BiblePatriot Ahh, dark magic then. NO idea how it works!! Has it ever been done on an MG before???
.338 Norma
My jaw dropped when I saw Ohio Ordnance drop their video of this a few weeks ago, this thing is incredible and makes me wish I were in a position to get my hands on this someday. Incredibly jealous you got to play with this beast, John. Good on you!
This is why the Hughes amendment needs to go.
Why a half measure? Why not the whole NFA?
@Ungood-jl5ep the Whole NFA is unconstitutional....
Agreed! And the NFA and GCA too!
@ChristianGunNut2001 Agreed, they ALL NEED to go, along with the ability to enforce them or any other tyranny. I was thinking that IF we go after the unconstitutional bit by bit, we should go after the fact that WAR is a lawful purpose for the 2A, then anything else that they want to ban is void. The fact that they want to tax our rights away in some blue states gives us the best chance to open the door for going after the NFA as a tax. Only the Hughes amendment would be left...and that's not very solid if the rug gets pulled out of the NFA.
How About Abolish The
B.A.T.F.E All Together, And Those Needing Honorable American 1789 Style Constitutional Amendments Oath Keeping Work, Can Train Other Gov't: Departments, Bureaus, Agencies, Etc, On What Not To Ever Do To;
"We The People!", Children, Dogs, Livestock, Or Fire Arms, Etc!
Praise The Good Lord Jesus,
GOD Bless America,
One Nation Under GOD,
In GOD We Trust,
Pa-Pow, Amen! 😎 🇺🇸
It looks like the love child from the MG42 and a Barrett. Made in America by former operators. Awesome.
Wrong a MG wouldn’t lower its standards nor would a PKM
don't disrespect the MG. That thing is timeless
More like the mg 34
John, I'm listening to your book at work! I can gladly say it is pure gold. I can't wait to buy a hard copy so I can take notes and share it with friends and family. If you are half the man you write about, you are a GOOD man John Lovell. God bless you!
Very impressive seeing that breakdown into a backpack. Awesome !!!
And where do I put the barrel?
Has there ever been a product more appropriately named?
The can opener 🤔
Volkswagen Beetle sir
“Sliced bread”
Walkie-talkie.
@@nurse-dudeha this got me. Hahaha
I am aboslutley in LOVE with this gun
Damn I remember back when John had 50k subscribers and I told myself with the training videos he keeps putting out he'll be at 1 to 5 million subscribers. Glad to hear your almost to 2m 👊🏼🇺🇲
I love to see content like this from WPSN
Side note I have been listening to your book on Spotify!! It is absolutely phenomenal … well done sir
Amazing book! is was so good I still bought the physical copy just to support John and more content
Say the book! JIC
@@johnnottahcal5725 “ the warrior poet way “ it’s for sure worth it
I need to finish it. I sometimes start a book and then leave it for another one. After I get done reading The Fourth Turning I think. I like to read a fiction and non-fiction book at the same time, alternating between them lol.
Please sir buy the book and read it. And btw stop when he tells you to and do the assignment.
American ingenuity right there! Big ups to Ohio ordinance
Only in Ohio
Now this is ART!!!!!!
The way it can break down and store into a bag like that. Man, that’s really cool.
There have been concepts like this in terms of attempting to create machine gun sniper rifles to cover the movement of infantryman. The AUG squad automatic weapon with its 24-inch barrel attachment. And then Russian modifications of 12.7 machine guns with rifle scopes, bipods, and rifle stocks. This is an incredible concept.
Not so much a machine gun sniper, just because a weapon has an optic and can launch a round pretty far doesn't mean it's a sniper rifle, or even that it can do it nearly as accurately.
You mean that Russian Kord?
@@kasmidjan yes sir
HK21 did this already
The old M2 had single shot ability. My father told me a story about the time he was in Korea and used the semiauto feature of the M2 to range in on the long range position of an NKA forward observer. When the observer showed himself dad let go with full auto.
Man! I emailed Ohio Ordnance Works this morning asking about a semi-auto civilian version. Then a new video gets thrown up! Overly excited for this new weapon system! Want it, need it, love it!
Great work! 😎
Did they say what this would cost?
Keep us updated! Please!!!
Wonder if a binary trigger would allow "rapid-fire" on a semiauto/civilian version, without throwing off the accuracy....
Have not heard anything yet, will keep everyone posted.
makes me wonder what the trigger group is like, you could potentially get a full auto or binary or force reset in it depending on what it is
I want 2. Thank you. I've had to deal with hot barrels on the M60 and the 249; the REAPR makes me happy.
Thank you!
Just wish it was available for civilians! Very good video and as always loved John’s humor! Keep up the good fight.
Should be available for civilians. Theres absolutely no reason why the government should have such high performance weapons while civilians only have weaker versions of whatever the government has.
Should be, so says the 2A. Unconstitutional crap started happening around the turn of the last century.
The 2nd Amendment was unequivocally written with modern military hardware in mind. No one ensures the ability to resist a tyrannical government by limiting said capabilities to neutered technology and implements.
This is for yeeting you and your friends and family, you can’t have it! 🤣
You are now the goat herder. We tried to warn you.
Mind Blowing. Literally.
Thank you Sir
I learned something today about myself. It doesn't bother me at all watching someone make a ballistic fruit salad with watermelons because I don't like watermelon, but it was painful watching you destroy those beautiful pineapples.
The reapr is something I will never need, but now I want one. Thanks a lot!
This is needed for self defense
@austindiaz6767 If I am ever at the point where I need fully automatic suppressing fire at 1600m range, my opponent will most likely have already removed me from the field of combat via a drone strike.
At my age and fitness level, escape and evasion is a much more appropriate self-defense tactic under any scenario where the reapr would be deployable.
Fun toy, and now that I've seen it in action, I definitely want one, but most certainly not a self-defense weapon for me personally.
I never understood why the M240B had to be so bulky and heavy, the MG42 shot a bigger caliber much faster and was lighter and that was decades prior to it. There’s no excuses for bad designs
I have a friend that owns a MG42. He says when he shoots it, it eats itself up. Apparently the maintenance kit, is huge with a ton of parts that break and tools to fix it. The 240 just ran and ran and ran and maintenance is a breeze.
mg3 is harder to maintain, has a lot more parts, recoil blowback is less reliable, no mounting options, is outdated overall
@@zacharycox2014 I can definitely see that, I haven’t really seen any problems with the 240 but also I’ve never used it until it broke either. It’s always maintained and barely shot
@First_name_youtube_doesnt_like I shot the shit out of mine. Never seen one break.
We ran our 240Ls hard in 2nd batt. Tens of thousands of rounds a year. I have seen only one “break”. One of the rails that is riveted to the receiver where the feed tray latches had cracked on the end and could wiggle, but was still held in place. I say it broke because it was deadlined when we took it to the battalion armorers, but it was working fine still. We only noticed it when we were cleaning it after that training event.
This stuff is much bigger than the stupid XM7 rifle. Not everybody should be a DMR marksman.
But replacing the M249 with the XM250 that has twice the power for less weight and the M240b with this which has again twice the power for less weight is actually huge.
I agree. I'm more interested in the M250 as a replacement for the SAW than I am the M7 replacing the M4. The M250 seems to me more capable than both the M249 and the M240 while being lighter. The REAPR seems to bridge the gap between the M240 and the M2A1 while being noticeably lighter. It's the ammunition that might bring the system weight to the point where it's an issue.
I’m convinced that the XM250 is the only one of the two weapons that will actually see widespread use. The XM7 with the new optic will end up being used as a DM/Sniper rifle, which it will no doubt excel at. I’m betting the XM250 will end up coming in both .277 and eventually 5.56.
Anyone know the cost. 240 is about 7 Grand
Rounds weigh more... you all are good little NPCs that just listen and believe.
The XM7 is just some overinflated Pentagon Wars bullshit. Thing looks super heavy and for close combat is where the M4 shines because you can shoot multiple shots in quick succession because the recoil is so low.
Woah. Wasn't expecting you to get your hands on the modernized MG3 (REAPR)! that's really cool!
I've seen some talk about "Carrying a conversion kit adds more weight and you lose the point of the weapon if you switch to 7.62." No. You don't carry the conversion kit on missions. And the point is that even in 7.62, it's no LESS effective than the 240 with the added benefit of being able to shoot the more effective .338 when available. The tool-less conversion matters when you're at an isolated post and have to adapt to existing logistics
Just keep the caliber specific parts next to the ammo that youre going to use.
"Brought to you by the Hughes Amendment."
Fuck Reagan for that bullshit
Thank god for the Hughes Amendment. Lord only knows how worse things would be.
@@DocMitchell69 yep, thankfully it was only a little bit of infringement...
@@DocMitchell69 The Hughes Amendment left automatic weapons in the hands of criminals only. Some improvement that was.
That gun is so sick it looks like a cross between an intervention and a barrett.
I'm Australian, I was just amazed with the barrel change and to fit it into a backpack and reading some of the comments about the select fire which seems to be well liked. Having a Ruger M77 in 308win, I just know how heavy it gets after walking 15km so less weight than a M240B would also be appreciated by those who had to carry the 240.
I'm excited about its .338 Norma Mag chambering and advanced features showcased by John Lovell.
Heck yes. Would love an in-depth review of this new gun.
No bayonet lug?!
I was just watching the video when the auto comments filtered yours in and I snorted laughing at that😂
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That is a game changer. A belt fed 338 Norma machine gun that’s THAT light and compact! I’m in love
This is why I'm a happy subscriber. Made my whole day!
Thought it was a sniper... instead its a belt fed fully automatic sniper machine gun🤣Awwwwwwsome
As opposed to a belt fed semi automatic machine gun 😂
This is very cool, it would be nice to see a side by side next to the sig MG 338. This system seems much more simple although the sig has some good simplifications as well.
I feel like it’s a better design and more ergonomic
@Ben-xf1ym agreed. Maybe less parts which is always good. We will see how cost effective it is. Then there is always the behind the scenes negotiations that we never see between the government and the company
Outstanding so far!
That looks like so much darn fun... Great machine.
You Reap what you Sow.💯
Finally, someone that realized you don't have to make them with massive frames.
I'd never realised John was so short. Explains alot.
Question: How do I sign up for pre-order? When will Costco be carrying them??? Will they sell these in bulk, with a few cases of ammo included? This is something EVERY prepared citizen MUST have!!!
It’s a medium machine gun/sniper rifle hybrid and I love it
Why is it a medium and not a light?
@@noone-pg4lr because it fires a medium sized round
@@Tony27654 oh ok thanks for explaining
I did not believe you could convince me there is an improvement on the 240, but that looks amazing.
This one might have me sold
i have absolutely loved lmgs for what they are and what they can do. and by god i love this thing and want your entire stock
This is the coolest LMG i have ever seen. Thank you for bringing this to us
I carried an M-60 from 1990-1994. Occasionally carried a Mk-19, but my primary was the sixty. Loved that gun so much.
You carried a Mk-19? You must be 10ft tall.
I call bs on carrying a mk19
@@enclave9614 my guess is you never served. When you are issued a weapon, whether a pistol, a rifle, a machine gun... Whatever, the term we used was carrying the weapon. You didn't actually physically carry it. It was in a box like a coffin that we carried in our Peacekeeper trucks. Our job was to set it up on a tripod overlooking the missile sites we worked on in case they were attacked. F.E.Warren A.F.B. Response Force Defenders, 1991-1994.
@danieldavis3761 transporting and carrying are two diff things. Dont need to lie on the internet trying to look cool everyone can see thru your bs
@@enclave9614 whatever troll.
Man, that's an impressive-looking design. Clearly, some thoughtful engineering went into that bad boy. I'd love to see a more in-depth presentation in the future.
Looks like a great system. I am a fan of 300 and 338 Norma.
This and the RM338 look fantastic
Another fantastic product that would be much better to whatever was choosen from Sig. This is really a ground breaking MG
That is a bad ass design.
That is one potent round! Just looked up its ballistics chart. Wow.
I want one! Uncle Sugar!
This knocks the sig 338 out of the water
Love it!
Excited to see what magazines will be made for this beauty. The standard hanging belt is all well and good, but sometimes you need that little extra spice that only comes with a magazine for your belt
Hey a gun video from WPS!
That thing is awesome! I'd normally say "I'd be shocked if the military didn't adopt this gun" but after the last three years I wouldn't be shocked if they gave all our guns to the enemy and forced our soldiers to use spears.
That's a beautiful system right there
I loved your interview on the Sean Ryan show
Awesome idea and looks great 😮
Simply amazing! This is definitely a "winner"! ❤
This is incredible. Wow.
Amazing!!! I want one!
Sounds about perfect really. Good on ya sir
This weapon is absolutely beautiful. How light it is with that cartridge size, rate of fire. Just a perfect design
I like this gun great work building this definitely one of the best of seen in a long time.
The 240 was great i carried that 25lber with 80lbs of ammo for the longest time. This sucker is a force multiplier!! Designated marksman as well as support and heavy gunner. This makes sense!!!
I like the shake weight grip for the barrel.
This is awesome!
This looks exciting! It appears to be an awesome design.
God bless all here.
Very cool. Less weight is always good. I remember switching to the 240B from the M60 when I was with 2nd ID in Korea and was not happy with how much more the 240 weighed.
I just love the way it looks for some reason
This is Awesome!!!
Thats awesome
Thats just awesome!
It needs a way to hang a sand bag from the front Bipod. Just a small loop or hook with rounded edges so it doesnt cut the Cord.
It's actually pretty funny how people forget that the MG34, which is the first general-purpose machine gun in the world, also had single shot fire capability and that was back before WW2 even started for the exact same reason as stated in the video.
Impressive!
Such a phenomenal piece of weaponry. I'd kill to talk to the machinists who worked on these. They engineered this beast to perfection. Less parts is wild..
One of the coolest things I've ever seen on TV
My father before he passed aways told me something that made me change my mind about firing. In the army,they actually show/tell you to fire in semi-auto to preserve ammo and to be more precise. Nice gun,to be kibda likw an lmg/sniper is awesome. We need more hybrids.
Robert Landies is an iconic innovativer. Great job.
John love that platform 🤘🏻
Dude this thing is amazing 👏
LOVE IT!!!
One thing I absolutely love, is the fact that grip is shaped and sized like a pistol. As someone who has shot the 240b more times than I can count - that was one of my biggest 'gripes' (If you can call it that) The grip was oversized. Even for what it was (And I have large hands). Having a handgun sized grip and trigger group, etc, just makes all the sense in the world.
Incredible.
Very cool!
Bro the single shot feature if used only for zeroing is still a game charger on its own.
The front end of the muzzle reminds me of the WWII Japanese Woodpecker, the Type 92 HMG.
3:02 I love my 240 my old faithfull...now i want a reaper...😊
That has some awesome features!