This video delves into the 'Gerat 06', exploring Germany's developmental journey towards roller-delayed blowback firearms. It connects this experimental weapon to the lineage of iconic German rifles like the STG series, including the MP44, MP43, STG44, and STG45, highlighting the incremental steps taken in firearm design during and after WWII. The analysis likely focuses on the technical evolution and historical context of these firearms.
This video from Armament Research Services (ARES) delves into the British Thorpe EM-1, a post-WWII bullpup rifle development. It highlights the EM-1's ambitious goal of replacing both infantry rifles and submachine guns, its roller-locked operating system (akin to the German Gerat 06 but with key differences), long recoil gas piston, and the .280 British cartridge. The analysis notes its innovative automatic bolt-chambering mechanism upon magazine insertion but also points out its overly complex design, which led to its discontinuation in favor of the simpler EM-2 for NATO trials.
This video explores the Spanish Mosqueton CB-51, a rare intermediate cartridge rifle prototype developed in the late 1940s and 1950s. Influenced by German designs like the StG-44, Spain experimented with self-loading rifles before adopting the CETME. The CB-51 features a Mauser-style stock with a long-stroke gas piston and rotating bolt action. Only 12 of these rifles were produced, alongside other concurrent CB-51 prototypes. The video also references related Spanish firearms like the FR-8 and CETME-L, as well as German designs like the MP-44 and Gerat 06/06H.
This video explores the "Last Ditch Innovation" of two late-WW2 German prototype rifles, the Gerat 06 and Gerat 06H. Presented in cooperation with Oleg Volk, the content delves into these firearms as the evolutionary ancestors of the CETME and Heckler & Koch roller-delayed blowback systems, including popular models like the HK91, HK93, and MP5. The video features disassembly and shooting of both prototype examples, offering a detailed look at their development and historical significance.
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