Q&A: British Small Arms of World War Two (Ad-free)
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01:11 - Was the Vickers .50 any good, and why did the British use 4 different heavy cartridges instead of consolidating?
07:35 - The Sten and its single-feed magazine design
10:27 - Owen versus Sten, and German use of the Owen.
14:38 - British wartime work on an "assault rifle" sort of weapon?
15:44 - Why no British semiauto rifle during WW2?
Jonathan Ferguson on British semiauto rifle trials:
https://youtu.be/ac5psNc445k?t=2531
18:04 - EM2's automatic bolt closure system
20:46 - Did the British use other allied weapons besides American ones?
23:15 - Is the PIAT a Destrucitve Device under US law and why?
26:07 - Bren vs Degtyarev
27:50 - Why not make the Sten in .45 to use Thompson ammo?
29:37 - Did the British get M3 Grease Guns?
31:01 - British SMG in .455?
32:03 - Sten vs Lanchester
33:26 - Was there an LSW version of the EM1/EM2 planned?
EM1 Korsac: https://youtu.be/A8ygMDJQ0iY
34:25 - Why wasn't the BESA in .303?
36:34 - Biggest British missed opportunity during the interwar period?
38:40 - British naval service small arms
41:45 - Did .280 cartridge development begin during the war?
43:24 - Impact of MP44 on British post-war small arms development?
44:25 - Gallilean sights on the Enfield
46:25 - Why is there a semiauto selector on the Sten?
49:17 - Did American soldiers use British small arms?
50:29 - Why did the British choose the Lee action over the Mauser action?
51:16 - Which was better, Sten or Grease Gun?
52:34 - Why did the whole Commonwealth not switch to the No4 Enfield?
Comments
Dear Ian, many tx for your reply. The unexpectd insight on the British Army platoon weapon use doctrine was outstanding. You rock!
Joao Espanha
2025-04-25 10:32:46 +0000 UTCMany thanks for the erudite answer and I hope to submit more each month. Slight correction; alias is Pumba’s Grandpa [I baby sit a very fat cat].
Pumba’s Gpa
2025-01-24 23:17:27 +0000 UTCI couldn’t think of any questions the other day. Now I wish he would have touched on the Swedish Mauser and the Winter War.
Plan9fromkansas
2025-01-24 18:32:50 +0000 UTCI think the actual problems of single-feed magazines are exaggerated.
Forgotten Weapons
2025-01-24 14:21:09 +0000 UTCThanks for the response on my question, Ian! Also, 10/10 for the username pronunciation o7
Slakrrrrrr
2025-01-24 14:03:04 +0000 UTCdpm a topbreak and a 303. that's a propper setting for the topic, I'd say. and with this topic that can only be great. how did you cramped FIVE pages into a 55minute vid?! much rather how about bren vs a type99 lmg. the dp can only loose against the bren but with the calibers.
Guido Schriewer
2025-01-24 13:48:21 +0000 UTCLots of criticism on single feed mags in retrospect, yet everyone and their brother wants a gun with Glock single feed mags today. : )
Kenneth Marshall
2025-01-24 13:41:35 +0000 UTC
