Small Arms of WWI Primer 142: Early Release
Added 2021-07-06 03:08:23 +0000 UTCThis is an early release to all patrons/supporters, please let us know if you spot any errors and we'll get them fixed for the public release. Once we release the public version in a week, we'll pull this video down. Thank you for your support and we hope ya'll enjoy!
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I wouldn't call the Type 30 or Type 35 a great rifle. While they were good rifles they had some issues which is why they were relatively quickly replaced by the Type 38 which was a significant improvement over the Type 30's and 35's. Of course the Type 38 wouldn't exist for another 3 years. So between the Mauser and the Type 30's and 35's, the Mauser is simply the better rifle. Now that said the Type 30's and 35's aren't bad rifles, and Siam probably could have gotten them much cheaper then the Mauser since the Tokyo Arsenal wouldn't have had to tool up to make them, so why didn't they just buy the Arisaka and possibly savings else where? Well it's my personal opinion that it goes back to the self colonization theory that Othais mentioned. In order to maintain their independence Siam was attempting to modernize for the purpose of being recognized a legitimate country in equal standing to European counties. Having western model firearms would help support that image they were trying to convey, and since at that point Japan still wasn't seen a real power by the west, having Japanese model firearms wouldn't.
SpaceCowboyfromNJ
2021-07-10 11:17:23 +0000 UTCexcellent, thank you!
C&Rsenal
2021-07-08 08:26:44 +0000 UTCThank you
C&Rsenal
2021-07-08 08:26:13 +0000 UTCrofl, I didn't even hear myself say it!
C&Rsenal
2021-07-08 08:25:01 +0000 UTCWe'll get there. For now, however, we have to make sure people know what we're doing.
C&Rsenal
2021-07-08 08:24:20 +0000 UTCI think in the episode they mentioned that it predated the Arisaka.
Nicholas Resar
2021-07-07 03:54:23 +0000 UTCOh-boy! A new primer! Bonus, I've never heard of it. (Why didn't they just buy an Arisaka, it's a great rifle. Just one of life's unsolved mysteries.)
Brian Johnson
2021-07-07 01:38:08 +0000 UTCI thought that was the great war they were refering to? July 1917 Othias said.
Gavin Rea-Davies
2021-07-06 21:31:15 +0000 UTCI thought it was known that war were declared mainly meant the Great War.
Nicholas Otten
2021-07-06 20:47:10 +0000 UTCthat dust cover in se asian monsoon mud... good idea! the caliber Iḿ not so sure about. guess it went bang, huh. odd magazin or not.
Guido Schriewer
2021-07-06 19:45:43 +0000 UTCType 47 carbine graphic shows trigger guard floor plate release, not one forward of floor plate as noted at 34:15. Later 47/66 carbine graphic appears to include noted release. Also, thinking Mae might have meant “sling” instead of “strap” at 1:01:13. Overall, a GREAT episode!
Blake Kilpatrick
2021-07-06 19:13:57 +0000 UTCI can say I learned about a rifle I only heard bad things about. Now that I have some facts about it I can say it seems like a cool rifle. Thank you for my education, I feel better when I learn something.
Adam Junemann
2021-07-06 15:09:08 +0000 UTC1:06:09 Mae, you say "...Allan Francis..." but his name in text seems to be Francis C Allan. Am more confused than usual.
Minion
2021-07-06 12:49:41 +0000 UTCJust an observation, I checked three times and can’t see/here where Mae provides a rating on the rifles. I hear where Othais and May discuss the issue with not being able to find the ‘short rifle’/carbine, but no penultimate rating.
Charles Adams
2021-07-06 12:41:50 +0000 UTCWell that episode was a complete surprise. Great job.
Mark Clement
2021-07-06 12:24:30 +0000 UTCOnly issue I've found is that I know nothing of this gun so I'm about to fix that. Good work as usual.
Andrew Smelser
2021-07-06 12:15:11 +0000 UTCI think they have it up front because some people don't stay until the very end. It's better to get it out of the way ahead of time for those folks who are just going to scrub for shooting footage anyways. I like it where it is tbh. It doesn't bother me.
Andrew Smelser
2021-07-06 12:14:29 +0000 UTCOnly mistake I’ve noticed so far, and it’s a bit of a quibble, is that at 47:52, Othais mentions Thai soldiers were sent into “Burma, Myanmar, and Malaya” Burma and Myanmar are the same country, Burma the colonial name, Myanmar the current, post colonial one. Like French Indochina becoming Vietnam. Pick whichever one you feel more comfortable with. Otherwise haven’t noticed a thing!
Anders Patrick Bradley
2021-07-06 09:57:24 +0000 UTCHave you considered not having the disclaimer in the beginning and basically uploading it as a final version. Any time where there are no big issues, you can just make the vid public without the need to re-upload. If you do need to fix it, you can still do it.
Robert
2021-07-06 09:37:23 +0000 UTC38:15 a declaration of war, but no WAR WERE DECLARED?!
Gavin Rea-Davies
2021-07-06 09:21:21 +0000 UTCThey do not. She just likes that hat.
C&Rsenal
2021-07-06 09:19:58 +0000 UTCYup, I need to start checking those hand-offs.
C&Rsenal
2021-07-06 09:19:45 +0000 UTCTook a few goes to work out how to get it to show up on my youtube so I can enjoy in on my TV instead of a tiny phone, but finally managed.
Gavin Rea-Davies
2021-07-06 07:30:29 +0000 UTCQuestion: does Brownell's pay y'all to get Mae to wear that hat when shooting? If not, be cooler if they were
David Herman
2021-07-06 07:15:09 +0000 UTCJust one criticism: Mae repeats almost exactly what Othias said about the gun just seconds before in the animation portion.
Jun Kumazawa
2021-07-06 04:58:24 +0000 UTCThanks
Lucas Holwerda
2021-07-06 04:39:30 +0000 UTCMine doesn't have the muzzle cap, unfortunately. But it does have a rolled piece of cloth stored in the stock.
JARED
2021-07-06 04:37:21 +0000 UTCIf you found an error, report it. That's the point of THIS release.
Tiger in man's clothing
2021-07-06 04:31:33 +0000 UTCThere should be an option to "share". Press that and then pick "copy link". Then copy and paste it into a browser
Cosmic Atrophy
2021-07-06 03:41:36 +0000 UTCDoes anyone know how i can adjust video quality in the patreon player?
Lucas Holwerda
2021-07-06 03:32:16 +0000 UTCI get to enjoy them twice now!
Will Sanders
2021-07-06 03:27:21 +0000 UTCMae Responding: We'll still have to scrap them as the beginning has that floating trial image.
C&Rsenal
2021-07-06 03:25:11 +0000 UTCyay!! who needs sleep!! lol
George Hilty
2021-07-06 03:15:41 +0000 UTCI'm sure its great
Dan Schneider
2021-07-06 03:11:59 +0000 UTCand if this is error free? (it’s not). do you scrap this pre-release idea and tempt fate again? (you won’t)
Mark Clement
2021-07-06 03:11:09 +0000 UTC
