Videos tagged with Folding Bayonet

This YouTube Short provides a concise overview of the SKS rifle, highlighting its design by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov, unique features like a folding bayonet and fixed magazine, and its historical significance in Soviet and Eastern Bloc military units. The description also touches upon its use by insurgent groups and its presence in popular video games such as PUBG, Escape from Tarkov, and Call of Duty. The video emphasizes the SKS's enduring legacy and popularity, despite being somewhat overshadowed by the AK-47.

This video compilation celebrates the iconic SKS rifle, designed by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. It highlights the SKS's global popularity, its distinctive features like the folding bayonet and fixed magazine, and its historical role in various armed forces, even mentioning its presence in reserve units despite being overshadowed by the AK-47. The compilation also touches upon its widespread production, including by China, and its utility for insurgent groups. Furthermore, the video emphasizes the SKS's enduring legacy in the virtual world, featuring its appearance as a sniper rifle in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" (PUBG), a key weapon in "Escape from Tarkov," and its role in the "Call of Duty" and "Battlefield" series, showcasing its continued relevance across different gaming genres.

This YouTube video, part 2 of a series on the SKS rifle, explores its historical significance, design features, and global impact. It highlights the SKS's Soviet origins, its production numbers, and its adoption by various armed forces. The description also details its popularity among insurgent groups and its surprising presence in popular video games like PUBG, Escape from Tarkov, Call of Duty, and Battlefield, showcasing its enduring appeal across different mediums.

This video explores the iconic SKS rifle, designed by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. It highlights the rifle's unique features like its folding bayonet and fixed magazine, its historical significance in Soviet and Eastern Bloc military units, and its popularity among insurgent groups. The description also emphasizes the SKS's enduring presence in popular video games such as PUBG, Escape from Tarkov, Call of Duty (Black Ops, Modern Warfare), and Battlefield (3, 4), showcasing its transition into virtual battlefields and its continued relevance to a new generation of enthusiasts.

This video from Brownells Gun Tech features Caleb Savant detailing the Soviet SKS semi-automatic service rifle. He explains its historical context as a bridge between the Mosin-Nagant and the AK-47, its design by Sergei Simonov, and its chambering in 7.62x39mm. The video highlights the SKS's internal magazine fed by stripper clips, its traditional steel-and-wood construction, and features like its rear sight and folding bayonet. Savant also touches on its ease of field-stripping, design similarities to the AK-47, and potential aftermarket modifications like Picatinny rails. He notes its widespread use during the Cold War and its continued affordability for collectors, describing it as a rugged, reliable design.

This video showcases a rare Turkish Model 1903/30 Short Rifle, a modernized Mauser carbine. Originally a 1903 model chambered in 7.65mm Mauser, it was updated in the 1930s to fire 8mm Mauser ammunition, received longer barrels, and features a unique folding bayonet. The description highlights historical details such as receiver notches for the larger cartridge and pre-Arabic numeral markings, indicating its transition from earlier Ottoman/Turkish Mauser production.

This video from Forgotten Weapons explores the Soviet "M44L", an experimental midlength Mosin Nagant rifle developed in 1944. Featuring a 24-inch barrel and an M44-style folding spike bayonet, it was intended to be a universal replacement for existing Mosin variants. The program was dropped after trials began post-WWII, and surviving examples were refurbished and distributed as military aid. This specific rifle was imported from Bulgaria by Century Arms and is marked as an "M44". The "M44L" designation is a collector term for this specific pattern.

This video from Forgotten Weapons examines the Carcano Moschetto M91 carbine, highlighting its adoption by various Italian military units like cavalry and Bersaglieri. The review emphasizes its light weight and handiness, made more manageable by the low recoil of the 6.5x52mm cartridge. It also touches on the evolution of the Moschetto, including the later M38 variant, and its widespread production and issue during World War Two. The presenter thanks InterOrdnance / Royal Tiger Imports for providing the carbines for the video.