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0:00In common parlance
0:01>> Uncle Vanya.
0:01>> Uncle Vanya. I want to thank another
0:04serviceman for his two machine guns.
0:07Doc, thank you. Cool stuff. The "
0:11Pokemon" is the best. It seems like
0:13they don't just recruit them, it’s
0:15like you’re cloning them all in the
0:17back room. You said it perfectly. And I
0:20started thinking, yeah, it really seems
0:23like you’re cloning them.
0:25>> Well, but then we'd have to feed all
0:27the soldiers who served there.
0:28>> Named the baby Pokemon. Who says: "Fire
0:30!"
0:31>> For any question you have, we have an
0:32answer. We have a machine gun, and you
0:34don't.
0:35>> Please subscribe to our channel so you
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0:44well.
0:49>> Hi, I'm Dmytro. You are on the Orgovnet
0:51channel. Today, I and you have a guest,
0:54none other than Ivan Savelyev,
0:56commander of the repair platoon of the
0:58512th Separate Repair and Restoration
1:00Battalion of the 3rd Army Corps, in
1:02common parlance
1:04>> Uncle Vanya.
1:05>> Uncle Vanya, the well-known, famous
1:07Uncle Vanya. And, accordingly, his
1:10machine guns.
1:11>> Yes,
1:12>> Uncle Vanya's RPDN machine guns. That's
1:15an N, right, definitely for night,
1:17right? RPDN.
1:19>> RPD Vanya. Baby Pokemon and that's it.
1:23Yes, yes, yes. Everything else we have.
1:26Yes, here for—oh, by the way, I want
1:28to thank another serviceman for his two
1:31machine guns.
1:32>> Yes,
1:33>> yes, two, two machine guns. Doc, thank
1:36you. Cool stuff.
1:39>> Yes, Doc is also a well-known officer
1:42of the 3rd Army Corps, a big fan of
1:45various small arms. Why did the desire
1:48to talk about machine guns arise?
1:49Because I once filmed videos and said
1:51that, well, in my personal opinion, the
1:53Pokemon is the best, but people argued
1:55with me, like, what are you talking
1:57about, that’s crap. I still stand by
2:00my opinion that the Pokemon is probably
2:02, at the moment, the best
2:03general-purpose infantry machine gun.
2:06It probably can't be called
2:07general-purpose. Wait,
2:08>> why can't it be called general-purpose?
2:12The PKM has a tripod that is quite
2:14successful, quite light, like, even,
2:16well, it's light even by modern
2:18standards of weight and all that, it's
2:21quite light, and quite convenient. Well
2:24, it's just that they aren't used as
2:27much, given that the form of our combat
2:29operations has changed a bit. That’s
2:33how it was created, you see, the PK
2:36machine gun itself was designed as a
2:39general-purpose machine gun, because by
2:43the mid-60s, when it entered service,
2:46the Soviet Union had managed to
2:49replicate what our German comrades had
2:52come up with back in the 40s. Well,
2:56essentially, the concept of the
2:57general-purpose machine gun dates back
2:59to the early 30s. The first one was the
3:02MG-34, then the MG-42, and by the end
3:05of the Second World War, those were the
3:08only two examples of such weapons in
3:11the world, because everyone else used
3:14either light machine guns or heavy
3:17tripod-mounted machine guns. There.
3:20>> So explain the logic of a
3:21general-purpose machine gun to me. I
3:24mean, in my understanding, why it—
3:25well, a Maxim, for instance, cannot be
3:27fully considered a general-purpose one,
3:29because to mount it on a tank, which is
3:30called the PKT, it has to be
3:32significantly modified. But the MG5,
3:34for example,
3:35>> can be mounted on a tank. You just
3:37change the stock.
3:38>> The ideology is universal. A
3:41general-purpose machine gun is
3:43>> a machine gun that can be used as a
3:44light machine gun,
3:45>> yes,
3:46>> and as a tripod-mounted one.
3:48Specifically tripod-mounted, meaning on
3:50a mount.
3:51>> There. And tank modifications of
3:54machine guns are, uh, really a
3:56completely separate story. Why? They
3:59have entirely different requirements.
4:00>> All right, I understand. So,
4:02>> so a general-purpose machine gun,
4:03>> right? The PKM is a true
4:04general-purpose machine gun. It allows
4:07you to engage in combat, attacking and
4:11assaulting. It allows you to conduct
4:13defensive combat. It is, well, on a
4:16tripod. And the tripod allows for
4:19anti-aircraft fire. It does have that
4:22function, it's not very convenient, but
4:24still. So back in the 40s, the sign
4:27that a machine gun was a
4:28general-purpose one—meaning the
4:30complex of the machine gun and the
4:33tripod—meant that it had to have a
4:35tripod, it had to have a bipod, and the
4:38tripod had to allow for firing at both
4:40ground and aerial targets. That's it.
4:42And it was within this concept that the
4:46PKM was built, because its predecessor,
4:49the Goryunov SGM-43, SG43, and then SGM
4:53, could be used as a tripod-mounted
4:56machine gun and could be used as an—
5:01anti-aircraft gun on its own tripod,
5:04but it couldn't really be used as an
5:06infantry machine gun for assaults. The
5:09RP-46 machine gun, which was in service
5:12at the same time as the SGM. It's a
5:14Degtyaryov machine gun. Well, another
5:18one of its modifications.
5:20>> The third one. And, uh, it couldn't
5:24really be used as a—general-purpose
5:29machine gun either. Why? Because it
5:30couldn't be placed on a tripod, and you
5:32couldn't attach a box with a belt to it
5:34. It already had belt-fed ammunition,
5:36the RP-46. But nobody knew where that
5:39belt was supposed to go. So, somewhere.
5:42And, accordingly, there was a need to
5:45create a light machine gun. And, well,
5:47the end of the war, the forty-fifth,
5:50forty-sixth, forty-seventh years—that
5:52is, the moments they were adopted—
5:54three breakthrough weapon models were
5:56accepted. These were the Kalashnikov AK
5:58-47 assault rifle, the self-loading
6:02>> Simonov carbine. The Simonov carbine
6:05and the Degtyaryov light machine gun,
6:08>> the RPD-44. There. Well, it is clear
6:11that none of these models took part in
6:13the Second World War. These are purely
6:16post-war models. That is, their first
6:18war was the Korean War, the Vietnam War
6:20. That is, uh, and from, uh, to this,
6:25well, that is, for almost 20 years,
6:29from '45 to '65, this whole story
6:32continued. And then, somewhere, they
6:36managed the PK first, then the PKM.
6:40Essentially, this is the mid-60s. It
6:45was adopted for service in the mid-60s.
6:51The PKM, like it is now, it was, well,
6:57a rather significant weapon model. Why
7:01so? Because its main opponent from the
7:06NATO bloc was the M240 machine gun.
7:11>> And the 240th,
7:12>> right? Because the M60 is not a machine
7:14gun, it’s an evolutionary glitch. So,
7:17uh, the M240 machine gun traces its
7:20origins back to the Browning Automatic
7:24Rifle of 1918. It has an absolute, well
7:29, locking system, all those bells and
7:31whistles are the same. It is very well
7:34made. It is very reliable. Uh, there
7:38are absolutely no questions about it,
7:41except for the weight.
7:42>> Except for one thing. Weight,
7:44>> yes, weight. Well, again, when you have
7:48, say, FN FAL rifles and an M240
7:51machine gun in service, then
7:54>> in principle, it is comparable, but you
7:56understand that
7:57>> Well, you understand, you have a very
7:59heavy rifle and a very heavy machine
8:01gun. For the Soviet Union, for the
8:04Soviet army, there were two ways out.
8:08Either make a normal machine gun,
8:12weighing about 8-9 kg, with a milled
8:16receiver.
8:18>> Uh-huh.
8:18>> With all the features, but then you
8:20would have had to feed all the soldiers
8:22who served there. That is very
8:24expensive. Well, practically impossible
8:26. I am not joking right now, Dim.
8:28It’s just that, yes, you had to feed
8:30them so that a person could actually
8:33carry it, because the fighters weren't
8:36as buff as the ones running around in
8:38kit now. Well,
8:41>> and they still say it is a bit heavy.
8:43Still a bit heavy.
8:44>> Well, a bit heavy. A bit heavy. Just a
8:47bit heavy. There. Uh, that is why these
8:50models were adopted. Listen, I get the
8:53impression that they aren't even being
8:55drafted, it seems like you’re cloning
8:57them there by the trio. You hit the
8:59nail on the head. And I was just going
9:01to mention it, yeah, it really feels
9:03like you're cloning them there.
9:05>> Well, good fodder. Yeah. Well, ac...
9:10well, we have very different people in
9:13terms of size, but, uh, the point is...
9:15well, it’s clear that people nowadays
9:17are more physically developed and
9:19well-fed. It’s clear that, for the
9:22most part, our stormtroopers and
9:24infantry have a level of physical
9:25training that, well, God willing,
9:27everyone would have. But this assault
9:30machine gun is 6.7 kg, right, so,
9:33>> Yes, yes, 6.7. That is just really cool
9:36. Awesome. Right now, that means that
9:39when you’re heading to position with
9:41it, You can carry a kilo more food, a
9:43kilo more water, and a kilo more ammo.
9:46>> Ah, well
9:48>> that’s what, let’s say, I called
9:50the Pokemon,
9:51>> right?
9:51>> It’s a cut barrel, modified stock,
9:53relocated gas block, the piston is
9:56literally shortened, yes, and the
9:58weight of this machine gun is now 6.7
10:00without ammo. And, again, I am not a
10:03machine gunner. The only thing I
10:06didn’t like about it—but this is
10:08purely my impression and shouldn’t be
10:10taken as a negative characteristic—is
10:12that I personally found it
10:13uncomfortable to shoot, because due to
10:15its lightness, due to the reduced
10:16weight, it kicked a bit. Once again,
10:19this is solely because I’m not used
10:21to it. It’s not a flaw, it’s, well,
10:23just a feature. The people who work
10:26with it constantly, I’m sure, are
10:27very glad it exists. I know one such
10:31guy who says, "Fire."
10:33>> Uh-huh. So, uh, besides, well, yeah,
10:37let me look at it. That's the barrel.
10:42Actually, this is a former PKT barrel
10:44too. It’s already a bit, yeah,
10:48>> if it had the original PKM barrel, it
10:51would be even lighter. They weigh next
10:53to nothing. Subscribed.
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11:11we will give our answer. We have a
11:13machine gun, and you don’t. Why would
11:15someone with a machine gun need
11:16Instagram? A machine gun, right? And
11:18not just one. Van, we skipped ahead.
11:20Can we go back to the RPD? We have two
11:23of them here. Let’s set this one
11:25aside. So that
11:26>> and these two RPDs.
11:28>> Uh-huh. So,
11:31>> this one I weighed, how much did I
11:33write, six—also 6.7. Yes. Yes.
11:36>> A standard-issue RPD weighs 7.3 or 7.4
11:39kilograms, as far as I remember. This
11:42one, modified by Uncle Van’s workshop
11:44, is 6.7.
11:46>> Yes.
11:47>> Tell me, please, what is your
11:49experience working with the RPD? Ah, at
11:53that time, as I understand it, it was
11:56truly revolutionary because of its use
11:58of the intermediate 7.62 x 39 cartridge
12:01in a belt-fed design. It was a
12:04breakthrough. How is it now? Is it
12:06needed or not?
12:07>> Well, right now we’ve ended up with a
12:09very interesting story, Dima, and to my
12:11great regret, it’s not just very
12:13interesting, it’s also very sad. And
12:16it consists of the fact that at the
12:19moment there are virtually no Western
12:26models comparable in reliability and
12:31weight to the PKM or RPD machine guns,
12:35except for the 249. And it has to be a
12:43249 made in the United, yes, in the
12:45United States of America, because
12:48everything else comes in such a quality
12:51that, well, you had this show about
12:55>> the M249,
12:56>> we had a case with the M249. Well, we
12:59have guys fighting, the "Shkval" unit,
13:01they fight excellently, no questions
13:02there. And these Shkval guys, they are,
13:06you know, they are honest in their own
13:07way, very sincere. I mean, they look at
13:11life quite simply. They went out with
13:14the M249s, it jammed once, it jammed
13:16twice, they threw them the hell away
13:18and took [others]. Well, and then they
13:22got some. Well, we didn't have RPDs,
13:26baby, just the "Pokemon."
13:28>> Their commander issued them, they went
13:30on a storming mission once, twice. Well
13:32, he comes and says, "Hand over the
13:33machine guns, other guys are going now.
13:35" They say, "No, we won’t hand them
13:36over." I say, "What do you mean, you
13:37won’t hand them over?" Yes. Just like
13:39that, we won't hand them over, that's
13:40it. Damn it, these are our machine guns
13:41, we take them on storming missions.
13:43You need a machine gunner for the
13:44assault, I’ll go. But I’m not
13:46giving this machine gun to anyone.
13:47>> Well, that speaks volumes,
13:48>> yes, because, well, yeah, the 249 is
13:53good. Also, just no questions about it.
13:57If it is manufactured in the United
13:59States of America, it’s an excellent
14:02machine gun, and the concept is right,
14:04meaning the dual-feed system with the
14:06option for magazines; the only drawback
14:09is that when you storm enemy positions
14:11and finish the assault, unfortunately,
14:14there is no 249 ammunition at those
14:16positions. Right. And for the PKM,
14:19usually at these,
14:20>> well, about the RPD, I don't know, by
14:21the way,
14:22>> they don't use 7.62 x 39, to my great
14:25surprise, practically at all. Right.
14:31Although, well, yes, it's a classic,
14:34there are fans of this caliber. So, for
14:39infantry sitting in defensive positions
14:41or elsewhere where there is high
14:43ammunition consumption. That is where a
14:48full-fledged M240 or a full-fledged PKM
14:51is, of course, better suited for
14:52assault operations or those actions
14:55that are very common now. These are the
14:58so-called search-and-assault operations
15:00, meaning clearing the near rear. Where
15:03engagements are quite short and quite
15:06intense, once or twice. So, why the RPD
15:11? You asked why the RPD. Well, because
15:14PKMs don't just lie around on the road.
15:16Right. But RPDs do lie around.
15:18>> RPDs are in the warehouses.
15:22>> I'll tell you now how they are in the
15:23warehouses. RPDs are in storage, but
15:25why are they used so little? Because,
15:27first of all, the belts,
15:29>> well, they say there is little ammo.
15:33>> Uh, both ammo and belts for them are
15:36available. All the machine guns in the
15:39warehouses are more or less in good
15:41technical condition. The very design of
15:45this machine gun suggests that it is
15:48impossible to kill it just by shooting.
15:52Why? Because it is so redundant in
15:55strength relative to the power of the
15:57cartridge it is designed for.
16:00>> I mean, during Soviet rule, the
16:03coefficient was usually 1.4 for
16:07reliability. Here, it is built in and
16:10over-built. So, this machine gun,
16:14relative to the ammunition it is
16:17designed for, is structurally redundant
16:20by many times.
16:22>> Why are they used so little? I mean,
16:24the RPD is used very, very little. Then
16:27tell me, why are they used so little?
16:29>> Listen, that story has always surprised
16:31me. Why? Because, well, they appeared
16:35situationally in 2014 and disappeared
16:39again. Before the start of the
16:44full-scale war, when Degtyaryovs were
16:46issued, they usually issued Maxims,
16:49>> but RPDs were not issued on a mass
16:51scale. These machine guns always seem
16:55to be in the shadows. In fact, when the
16:58issue arose, well, during a period of
17:01quite intense combat operations for us,
17:03there was a constant shortage of
17:06machine guns. You just don't have
17:07enough machine guns. In essence, if you
17:10have a company carrying out, well,
17:12tasks like assault or search-and-strike
17:15operations, you should count on having
17:17at least 10 machine guns per company.
17:21And you need these 10 machine guns at
17:24any given moment; if the situation
17:26changes, you should have a unit where,
17:28well, a few fighters, including a
17:30machine gunner, are ready to go at any
17:32time to do something useful. So,
17:35accordingly, his machine gun must be
17:37fully combat-ready and equipped, right?
17:41>> And it's like it all started with the
17:47fact that we actually first developed
17:49not a PKM modernization program, but a
17:51PKT modernization program. We have both
17:58PKMs and PKTs in this form factor.
18:02>> Uh-huh. Specifically, this one has a
18:06PKT barrel,
18:08>> just with the gas block and front sight
18:11moved over from a destroyed, unusable
18:14barrel. And for the PKT, we ordered and
18:17made a monoblock. Meaning, we had the
18:21gas block combined with the sight post.
18:25Here. Then, the mechanical sights were
18:30replaced with a Picatinny rail with a
18:32slot for 100 meters. Yes, yes, yes.
18:35>> On a bracket.
18:36>> No, no, no. Right here, where the
18:39mechanical sight is, the PKT just has a
18:42plug.
18:43>> And on this plug, on a small pedestal,
18:46we mounted a Picatinny rail, designed
18:49with a longitudinal slot. Well, you
18:51don't have that here. I don't. Uh, so
18:54you could shoot at 100 meters. Well,
18:58according to the technical, well,
19:00technical requirements, you must have
19:03mechanical sighting devices on the
19:05machine gun anyway. So, by all means,
19:09we kind of cleverly bypassed this
19:11requirement. We calculated the position
19:14of the Picatinny rail. It was mounted
19:17on a bracket just like this one. Like
19:19here. It's screwed on here.
19:20>> Wait, this is welded. And welded just
19:23in case.
19:25>> It’s the army, after all. So they
19:27screwed it on and welded it too. Great,
19:29well done. A design of this type. A
19:34slot of a certain width and depth was
19:36made, and at 100 meters,
19:39>> it is zeroed.
19:39>> Zeroed using this slot. That's it.
19:43Furthermore, thank God, we are doing
19:45well with optical and electronic
19:47sighting devices. The guys install
19:51either a red dot sight or an Archer
19:55thermal imager. Yes. Well, the Archer
19:58is definitely the premium option. Well,
20:00with the Archer, there are no questions
20:01. So, this is kind of the pinnacle.
20:05There. But in principle, back in '22,
20:08there were trophy PKTs, there were just
20:11, well, tens and hundreds of them. Uh,
20:15we, uh, I was recently looking, well,
20:18scrolling through my feed, we issued
20:20the first converted PKT in '22 in the
20:23first days of March already. Meaning
20:28>> in 20 what?
20:29>> In '22,
20:30>> at the beginning of March,
20:32>> yes, already at the beginning of March.
20:36So we managed to mobilize, gather,
20:38assemble a company. I was the first
20:41sergeant of the company. Uh, set up a
20:44small arms workshop. And trophies
20:47started coming in immediately, and we
20:49started the conversion right away
20:51because there weren't enough machine
20:53guns then. Well, and back then, it's
20:56clear it wasn't that beautiful.
20:58>> Well
20:59>> we just cut the barrel to an acceptable
21:03size, put on a Kalashnikov stock. I
21:08quickly came up with some kind of
21:10trigger group back then. I still come
21:12across those machine guns, like, and I
21:14see them in photos. We made a lot of
21:15them back then. There. And at that time
21:18, it was the solution. And the second
21:20time, we approached it more responsibly
21:22, that is, with milling. Well, my
21:24workshop is a little better now than in
21:262022. Well, significantly better. And
21:29more people too,
21:31>> a lot more. So we made it in the same
21:34PKT form factor, that is, the same
21:37length, it's a little heavier because
21:40the receiver is a bit denser,
21:43>> the receiver,
21:44>> but everything else, like the grip, the
21:46guard, and the same type of stock. I
21:49mean, the stock actually migrated from
21:51the PKT here, because, well, how do you
21:53put a stock on a PKT, where do you get
21:55one? Well, so we took it, yes, and put
21:58it on.
21:59>> A telescopic one. That's how it turned
22:01out. There. And accordingly, like back
22:11then
22:12>> a question, not for the video, but
22:14you'll tell me later how you used the
22:17AK trigger group.
22:19>> No, we didn't take the stock from an AK
22:21, but this trigger group here
22:23>> we reworked ourselves. We reworked the
22:26standard one.
22:27>> No, no, the stock and grip we put on
22:29were from a Kalash. Well, there were
22:31different variants. So the first batch,
22:34seven or eight machine guns, we welded
22:36handles from square tubing, made a
22:38plunger trigger. So that whole back
22:42part of the PKT remained. And these PKs
22:45went to Moshchun, they went into battle
22:48. Well, and not just to Moshchun. There
22:52.
22:52>> And is this conversion a custom one-off
22:56piece? Or is it a working model? It
22:59goes like this. It's not mass-produced.
23:03So we made a project, meaning, the
23:07point of this project was
23:11>> we issued a very large batch of
23:12converted PKMs and PKTs back then; well
23:14, we practically collected everything
23:16we possibly could. There. Well, trophy
23:20ones. There.
23:21>> But the need, well, it didn't decrease.
23:26And my friend, the brigade commander of
23:28the 3rd Assault Brigade, gave me a task
23:30back when I was still serving in the
23:32Third. I was in the 3rd Separate
23:35Assault Brigade commanding the missile
23:37and artillery armament repair company.
23:39He set the task just like that. There
23:41are machine guns, this is a machine gun
23:42. There is a machine gun. There is
23:44everything. So, take the RPD and make
23:47it, you know, an assault variant, the
23:49way you know how. That’s it. And we
23:53did it, well, we did it well,
23:56test-fired it, everything was good, but
23:59because the converted PKMs and PKTs
24:02were so well received by the fighters
24:05of the brigade, the 3rd Assault, and
24:08other brigades that joined the corps.
24:13Well, plus certain events. Accordingly,
24:17the flow of trophy machine guns hasn't
24:19gone anywhere. People realized they
24:20needed to take them. Carry them out.
24:22It’s heavy to carry, but it’s no
24:24big deal, yeah. But this conversion of
24:28PKMs and PKTs is a serial process for
24:31us that has been going on for over a
24:34year and hasn’t stopped for a second.
24:39>> So, even for you, the RPD is still not
24:40a mass-produced machine gun?
24:42>> No, our RPD is not a mass-produced
24:43machine gun. It’s just a beautiful, I
24:47made a beautiful project to soothe my
24:49ego, and, like, the handguard is
24:51detachable. You know what that reminded
24:53me of? It’s like those Turkish
24:55shotguns, you know, when there’s a
24:57fake Your commentator who wrote that I
25:03copied it from a Beretta was right,
25:06after all. This specific idea came to
25:12me after we received the Berettas. I
25:14was playing around with it, shooting it
25:16, running around with it. And I really
25:18liked it. See,
25:21>> you know, Italians are guys who take
25:23any technical solution and bring it to
25:26some kind of absolute. Yes. And I liked
25:30so much how they solved the issue of
25:31mounting the barrel to the receiver,
25:33the mounting, and the whole
25:35assembly-disassembly of the gas system.
25:37Well, I couldn't just walk past it. I,
25:39well, I really liked it. I made it, I,
25:42of course, simplified it, meaning I
25:46used a spring-loaded barrel tube lock
25:51instead of theirs. There. But
25:54nevertheless, and again, in principle,
25:56the main problem with the Degtyaryov
25:59machine gun is this extremely poorly
26:01designed assembly,
26:03>> which gets clogged.
26:05>> Which gets clogged, which
26:07>> Yeah, screw it. Well,
26:09>> they modified it several times, so
26:12>> and as far as I remember, by the way,
26:14they were never able to make it work
26:15properly.
26:15>> No, they couldn't do anything with that
26:18whole story. And It turned out that,
26:23well, in real combat conditions, if you
26:25use the RPD in the form it stands here,
26:28I don't know how they fought with it in
26:31Vietnam, but...You've fired your rounds
26:34, and you have no opportunity to
26:36service the weapon. Well, you're there
26:38for two or three days in combat,
26:40constantly firing, especially with
26:42humidity or something else. This whole
26:45thing just seizes up completely, and
26:47that's it. Meaning, your piston remains
26:51, yes, in the extreme position. So, the
26:55only option here is to constantly carry
26:58the machine gun cocked. So that, well,
27:00like this, like this, so that your
27:03piston isn't sitting in the gas block
27:07assembly. But it’s still sitting in
27:09the tube anyway. So it won't rust here,
27:12but it will rust there. And it turns
27:15out that it’s impossible to clean it.
27:19So that is its main drawback. And then,
27:22your bolt is stuck in the forward
27:24position, and you need to unjam it
27:27somehow. And we unjam it using one
27:30well-known method: hitting the handle
27:32with the stock. That's it. And that's
27:34where the whole story ends.
27:35>> Well, by the way, this problem also
27:37exists with the PKM, when they unjam it
27:39with a strike to the handle.
27:40>> Well, yes. Uh,
27:42>> don't do that. Don't do that, because,
27:45well, it’s unrealistic; now, like,
27:47there's a critical part, which is the
27:50bolt charging handle on the PKM. It’s
27:53clear that new, fairly high-quality
27:56ones are being produced, which are much
27:59more reliable than the originals,
28:02because, well, the original part is
28:05actually a bit weakened. There. But
28:09it's still a fairly critical point.
28:14>> Why am I comparing this not to a
28:16Beretta, but to a Turkish shotgun?
28:19Because the vast majority of military
28:21personnel currently using a Turkish
28:24shotgun for anti-drone work will
28:26recognize exactly this,
28:28>> right?
28:29>> Yes. When you unscrew the muzzle brake,
28:31>> right? on the BTS 12 or Sierra,
28:36>> yes, you take it off. Here we have, yes
28:39, a washer, op,
28:42>> which you shouldn't lose, yes,
28:44>> and the handguard comes off.
28:46>> That's all,
28:47>> damn, the gas block is just elegantly
28:49done. We had the exact same gas block
28:54on our converted PKTs. So, I
28:57essentially took it in a ready-made
28:59form factor, only changed the mounting
29:01dimensions and all that. But otherwise,
29:04in principle, it's our standard product
29:06.
29:06>> Vika, get a more detailed shot.
29:09>> Let's detach it.
29:13>> We, yes, take the gas block off the
29:16barrel together with the integrated
29:18front sight. The gas block is
29:20integrated into the front sight.
29:21>> Yes,
29:22>> it's all beautiful, all elegant. Yes,
29:23it's all well made.
29:25>> Oh. There. And, like, if we go back to
29:29the RPD question,
29:30>> yeah,
29:33>> based on the results of the Vietnam War
29:35, certain conclusions were drawn.
29:42Moreover, while the American side drew
29:45the correct conclusions, the Soviet
29:47side drew the wrong ones. That is, the
29:50Soviet side concluded that we needed a
29:52PKM. Well yes, that's actually correct
29:56in a way, but the Americans realized
29:58they needed a proper belt-fed machine
30:01gun in an intermediate caliber, and
30:03they made the M249. That's it. And when
30:09, well, this continues, well, you have
30:12to understand that, well, if you look a
30:15bit deeper into this question, neither
30:18in the Soviet nor in Tsarist Russia,
30:20nor in Soviet Russia, was there a
30:23proper machine gun until the PKM, in
30:25principle. That is, the curse of that
30:297.62 x 54 R cartridge hung over them.
30:34>> And they sort of stepped out of that
30:36paradigm once, creating a normal
30:38machine gun with direct cartridge feed
30:40for a rimless round. So, I mean, they
30:43did everything right once. Except for
30:45the gas block.
30:46>> Well, the MG one. No,
30:47>> no. Yes, of course, this is the upper
30:49part of the MG. The internals are
30:53DP-style, essentially the same story.
30:56There. But the Americans, they went
31:01further; they saw the advantage of such
31:03a machine gun. Belt-fed for an
31:04intermediate cartridge. They make the
31:07M249, and the Soviets make the RPK.
31:11>> Ah, right, the RPK.
31:13>> They make the RPK instead of taking a
31:15ready-made machine gun where, in fact,
31:17you just need to replace the barrel.
31:22It's a 2-second job. It changes here,
31:25>> right? Here,
31:26>> right?
31:27>> How?
31:28>> So, how, how? You just take it,
31:31>> it's screwed in, isn't it?
31:32>> Well, just unscrew it.
31:33>> No, well, not in 2 seconds.
31:35>> Well, okay, for me, everything is a 2-
31:37second job. No, yeah. Well, meaning
31:39there is no problem unscrewing the
31:41barrel here. Meaning you punch it out,
31:43it's fixed with this little pin, you
31:44punch out the little pin, and turn the
31:46barrel. The point is that these machine
31:48guns—so, when I started this
31:50modernization, I had the idea to make
31:53it in .223 caliber after all. Uh-huh.
31:56>> So, uh, why? Because it is very, very,
32:01very simple. Meaning to make it .223
32:05caliber, you need to replace this
32:07little part here. I can't pop it off
32:12with my hands right now. It's sitting
32:14tight. Well, replace the feed tray, uh,
32:18replace the feed slide to match the
32:20pitch for the NATO belt.
32:23>> There. And replace the bolt body. Uh,
32:27>> so that it feeds,
32:28>> yeah, so that it feeds the NATO belt.
32:31Moreover, you can already abandon this
32:34reflector. It is an absolutely obsolete
32:36design.
32:37>> That is, switch to a normal reflector,
32:39a more modern one in the bolt face, and
32:42that's it. That is,
32:43>> can I get some footage from over here?
32:49So, once again, we definitely change
32:52and adjust the pitch for the belt.
32:55>> We have to change this part here. Well,
32:58it comes off along with the cover. You
33:01take off the cover, and you get the
33:02opportunity to remove the feed tray. It
33:04sits there tight. Uh-huh. There. We
33:07change this little rail to change the
33:09belt feed pitch.
33:10>> Well, we change the bolt body. I mean,
33:12everything else here is made in such a
33:15way that, honestly, it could even be
33:17converted to the 51mm cartridge. There
33:19is enough metal here for that. Well,
33:22look at the thickness. There.
33:25>> Ah, okay. Then the question is about
33:28the 51. Does it have enough clearance
33:32to feed it in there properly? The 51
33:35cartridge.
33:36>> Yes.
33:36>> Yes. You have your own margin.
33:38>> And here, oh,
33:39>> you have your own margin, so to speak.
33:41Uh-huh.
33:43>> Okay. Yes, well, it's possible, yes,
33:44for example.
33:45>> Well, it's not just possible, I
33:46measured everything.
33:47>> Ah, yes,
33:48>> yes. Okay.
33:49>> That's why this is the situation. There
33:53. And, well, I have spoken with several
33:56manufacturers in Ukraine who are
33:58currently designing their own machine
34:01gun. Well, several, I'll tell you. Yes.
34:05And
34:07>> yes, and it won't be a Heckler, not a
34:08Heckler&Koch. Well, they are trying
34:11>> to design their own, but it will be
34:13something very similar, as I understand
34:15it.
34:16>> They are designing it, but it's already
34:19clear that the Czechs tried to copy the
34:21249, and the Turks tried to copy it.
34:24Well, it's not working for them, yes,
34:27well, they can't manage it.
34:29>> This machine gun is technologically...
34:32well, a very interesting point came up
34:34with it. When they were developing it
34:38in '44-'45, all this milling—it’s a
34:41fully milled bolt, all that stuff—it
34:43was quite expensive, quite
34:45labor-intensive, yes.
34:47>> Uh-huh.
34:48>> That's why they switched
34:50>> to the PKM, yes, to stamping. But while
34:54they were switching and doing that
34:56stamping, people invented the CNC
34:59milling machine. There. And
35:02>> on a CNC machine, all this stuff...When
35:05I went and showed the guys, and took it
35:08apart, it's actually made in two setups
35:10. Meaning you just clamp this part, the
35:13blank, and there's a minimal set of
35:15cutters; I've even figured out which
35:17cutters are used to make it. It is
35:20perfect for production on a CNC machine
35:22, for a mill, it's just like that.
35:25>> And how much will its weight change,
35:26how much lighter can it be made now?
35:28Because, well, for me another argument
35:31not in favor of the RPD is that its
35:34weight is almost compatible with the
35:36standard weight and barrel length of
35:39the PKM, 7300, 7400, 100 grams here or
35:42there.
35:42>> Well, you know, you can't get it down
35:45to 5 kg, but there aren't really any
35:47machine guns at 5 kg anyway. Uh, that's
35:50the first question. The second question
35:52. We must fully understand, we are both
35:54familiar with the PZD machine gun,
35:57>> which, well, they made it, but it
36:00didn't really help it.
36:02>> So, uh, it's clear that the locking
36:04design won't allow for a lightweight
36:07alloy receiver, because the locking
36:09occurs within the receiver itself.
36:11>> Yeah. But, in principle, well, it would
36:14have been a very simple, very fast
36:16solution, actually. Well, like, well,
36:21it's really fast and simple.
36:23>> In short, do you think that this
36:24concept, it's still,
36:25>> well, this concept, you understand,
36:27right? They approached it, they did it
36:29a bit differently, but they started
36:31thinking about this concept after being
36:32introduced to this.
36:33>> Uh-huh.
36:34>> Yeah. And it happens that you see
36:36something new for yourself, and there
36:37are people who draw the right
36:38conclusion, there are people who draw
36:40the wrong conclusion. They drew the
36:41right conclusion. And the Soviets drew
36:45the wrong conclusion, so to speak, that
36:47is, they went into the cartridge
36:49concept.
36:50>> No, they went into the concept,
36:55essentially, an assault rifle with a
36:56heavy barrel, the RPK. That is, NATO
36:59also has this history, like, but it
37:01didn't take off for NATO, and it didn't
37:04take off for us either. That is, if you
37:06recall now, how many based on
37:09>> the AR-15 were there of such models,
37:11right? Well, in principle, and based on
37:14the FN FAL, based on anything,
37:16everywhere there is selective automatic
37:19fire, they tried to put a heavy barrel
37:22and bipod and get, uh, well, a
37:24imitation of a light machine gun. Well,
37:27it doesn't take off like that. That is,
37:28yes, this concept of belt-fed, backup
37:31magazine is amazing. It is amazing,
37:34because, well, like in the Wehrmacht,
37:36for example, we take an infantry squad,
37:39they have a general-purpose machine gun
37:41. Well, they carry the MG-42 around,
37:44and the whole fight, their entire
37:47tactic, they build around this machine
37:49gun. And essentially, even if you look
37:52at the photos, like, everything that is
37:54happening there, they have the machine
37:56gunner, the person who carries the
37:58tripod for him, and everyone else,
38:00their task is to carry ammo. That is,
38:03they loaded up and went somewhere. They
38:05know that when they arrive, they will
38:07solve any problem with that machine gun
38:08. The main thing is to have enough ammo
38:10. That's why the concept of having
38:14magazine feeding for the 249 exists:
38:16you arrive, you run out of belts, you
38:19take it, and you will still be firing
38:21accurately, faster, further. As far as
38:26I understand, they abandoned this and
38:28switched to the RPK because
38:29mechanization in the Soviet army
38:31increased, there were more vehicles,
38:33troops were dismounting from vehicles,
38:35and this machine gun was used
38:37specifically from vehicles. No, I'm
38:39mistaken. And therefore, well, like,
38:42there was no need for this machine gun.
38:44>> Well, look, you have
38:46>> The idea is that an 11-man squad should
38:49dismount from the vehicle. Yes. Now
38:53let's count. Well, motorized infantry.
38:56What do you have in this squad in terms
38:57of calibers? You have some guys with
39:00assault rifles, that is, either 7.62 or
39:045.45.
39:05>> In that same squad, you have an SVD,
39:09which is 7.62 x 54 R, but those have to
39:12be different 7.62 x 54 R rounds.
39:15Meaning, they have to be special rounds
39:17so that it hits anything at all.
39:18>> Well, you can shoot those too, it's not
39:20a big deal. And on top of that, you
39:22have a guy with a PKM. Who, against
39:26this backdrop, is just a person from a
39:27different area, because, well, he needs
39:29his own specific ammo. And, well, Dim,
39:33it was 2015, I think. I fought for a
39:36season as a machine gunner, two seasons
39:38. The summer of '14, well, on
39:42large-caliber ones, and the winter of
39:45'14-'15, we were near the DAP back then
39:49. Well, near the DAP. So yes, that was
39:53near the DAP. I fought, and I had two
39:56machine guns. I had a PKM, a PKMN to be
39:59precise, and I had an RPK. An RPK-74,
40:05factory-made, from storage, with a
40:09mount for optics and a PSO-1 sight, and
40:14a POSP 4x42 sight.
40:18>> Uh-huh.
40:19>> That's it. And later, I got a thermal
40:22imaging sight. A 50th something model
40:26already. Well, something inexpensive,
40:28something cheap. That's it. And so, we
40:31go out on a mission. You drag this ammo
40:36on yourself. You drag that ammo
40:38separately. You drag this ammo
40:39separately. Damn, and if, let's say,
40:42you can actually take 5.45, you take a
40:44box, and you have 100 rounds.
40:48>> Well,
40:49>> yes. And, well, 100 will be enough for
40:51something at least. But for the PKM,
40:53you took a box, well, 440 rounds. What
40:56next? And considering we were going out
41:00, there’s food, water, all that stuff
41:02, well, you’re carrying it yourself,
41:04well, great. I took the PKM, took 440
41:07rounds for it. I also have a
41:09hundred-round belt attached, sort of.
41:11And I took a 250-round box just in case
41:14. Well, we were in a positional fight
41:15there. Meaning, I wanted to be able to
41:17work quickly, and I left the
41:18hundred-rounder, because if some kind
41:19of action starts, I just won't be able
41:21to lift all that now. I mean, I'm in
41:23decent physical shape. But if you load
41:25all that onto me right now, I’ll just
41:26stay sitting where I am. That’s
41:29exactly why an intermediate caliber
41:31machine gun, in 5.45 or 5.56 with
41:33belt-fed capability, makes damn good
41:36sense. I mean, that is just what’s
41:39needed, damn it. They just don't exist.
41:42I mean, guys would happily take them if
41:44the PKM were a proper machine gun, or
41:46if we had plenty of
41:50>> M249s, people would gladly use them,
41:53and we wouldn't have to deal with all
41:56this circus.
41:59>> Everything. So, once again, this is
42:02good, but for us, it didn't really take
42:05off, because the need for it is such
42:08that this project is just listed as a
42:11reserve. So, like now there's a need
42:16again for well, for instance, there's
42:21this topic now, these mobile firing
42:23groups that don't target big Shaheds,
42:25but mobile groups that work on
42:28>> FVP drones. Uh, there are tracers for
42:32it, comfortable recoil. This part here
42:35is very simple to remove. You put a
42:37swivel mount here.
42:39>> That's it, the machine guns work, and
42:41the mobile group doesn't lose the belt
42:43like you would during an assault,
42:45walking through the brush and spilling
42:47it everywhere. That's it, just take it
42:50and shoot. You need to put a modern
42:53electronic sight on it. It takes two
42:56seconds to screw it on and grab it. And
42:59then, you're pretty much all set.
43:04Especially since these are, like, the
43:06night-vision ones. You can put one of
43:08those on here too. So, damn it,
43:10>> why is it sitting okay?
43:12>> Well, it sits fine, but you have to
43:15keep an eye on it. A machine gunner has
43:18to be constantly monitoring it anyway.
43:21It's better to peek in there every now
43:23and then, in short, to see what's
43:24actually happening inside. And you
43:26start jerking, I mean this thing.
43:28>> Yes.
43:29>> On the night version. Well look, you
43:31flipped it away, so you flipped it away
43:32.
43:32>> Yeah. I mean, there is a mount, and
43:35they even have these first-generation
43:38thermal, these night vision sights.
43:44They copied the German Vampire back
43:46then. Well, from the war era, with an
43:48illuminator. I mean, there's a lamp
43:50there. That's all total nonsense. You
43:52can, without too much trouble, just put
43:55a standard mount, a Kruk or whatever,
43:58on this rail. There. And mount any
44:01optics or optoelectronics on it.
44:03Everything works here, everything is
44:04good. I mean, please, it turns out that
44:07you can equip your mobile fire groups
44:09with an older machine gun that is no
44:11worse. You won't have any failures with
44:14it. Well, you won't. Technically, it
44:16will work perfectly for you. Your
44:19mobile fire groups have moments to
44:21catch their breath; they will maintain
44:23the gas system and figure it out, by
44:24and large. There. And the more modern
44:28machine guns issued to mobile groups,
44:30for example, can be given to assault
44:31troops. So in this context, you see,
44:34when you have many different machine
44:36guns, every machine gun has its own
44:38drawbacks. Well, if you have the
44:41necessary quantity and the ability to
44:44maneuver, you can slot them in
44:46somewhere. I mean, heavier ones for
44:50fixed positions, for instance, like the
44:52RPD, which has its own belt, or
44:54remember those Czech fifty-nines?
44:57>> No, I haven't seen that one.
44:59>> Haven't seen it yet?
45:00>> Alright. So, well, it's that Czech one
45:05that is cocked with a handle.
45:06>> Uh,
45:07>> the Czech fifty-nines. They also have
45:09an excellent mount. It even has the
45:11capability for anti-aircraft fire. The
45:12whole story. You have the ability to
45:15maneuver when you have a decent repair
45:19unit. Just like in the 3rd, like we
45:21have in the corps now.
45:23>> You can bring it there and say, "Make
45:24it how you know how." Yes.
45:26>> You can bring it in, set a technical
45:29requirement,
45:31>> not like "I need a stock from this firm
45:34here, a tube from that one." Technical
45:37requirements. Uh...it must fulfill this
45:40specific function for us right now. I
45:42need 10 machine guns that will do this.
45:45And for this function, we can adapt, in
45:47principle, anything. So it's clear that
45:49there are some requirements for
45:51anti-aircraft. And for assault, for
45:53example, those are different
45:54requirements. For anti-aircraft, for
45:55example, you don't need to cut this
45:57barrel like it's been cut. It will work
45:59as is. So, there is an opportunity when
46:01you have complete communication,
46:04starting from the brigade commander and
46:06in some cases even the corps commander,
46:09all of whom are very knowledgeable
46:12about weapons. Both Bot and Andrey
46:15Evgenyevich, they can, for example,
46:17pass this task down to my leadership;
46:19they know we will do it, and then we
46:21execute the project. So, it's quite
46:26fast. Everyone understands what we’re
46:30doing, so, kind of, for us, well, this
46:31whole thing is really taking off. In
46:34our brigade, in our corps. The corps
46:36has expanded now, other brigades have
46:38joined, everyone knows what to do, you
46:40know. But, mostly, of course, the king
46:43right now is this "Pokemon" here.
46:45>> Let’s compare this one and this 249.
46:48We’ll set this aside,
46:50>> yes, the sling.
46:51>> I’ve attached it. So we have the 249
46:55and the shortened one.
46:58>> Yes. Like this. Let's start comparing.
47:02So, first of all, yeah. Here we have
47:06the stocks folded. Well, you know, Dima
47:09, that
47:11>> the 249 is shorter, but it could be cut
47:14even shorter.
47:16>> But there’s no point in that.
47:17>> Well, let’s start with something. The
47:21actual barrel length. So, we’ll take
47:24out the 249. Yes,
47:26>> let's measure it. You understand, like
47:45>> this. Well, this one is even shorter.
47:50Like this,
47:51>> yeah. Let’s measure it. Vika.
47:59>> We’re measuring the rifled part with
48:01the chamber up to the muzzle brake.
48:05Okay, here it shows 30 that’s 14
48:13inches. A bit shorter, right?
48:17>> Measuring the "Pokemon." Same story, 18
48:23inches, a 4-inch difference actually in
48:26the rifled part.
48:29>> Well, the cartridges are completely
48:30different.
48:30>> Yes, different cartridges, well, for
48:33.30 caliber group cartridges, I believe
48:35that 16 inches is
48:39>> short.
48:40>> No, that’s the minimum possible, like
48:41, for example, the AR, there’s a 10-
48:43inch now.
48:44>> I don’t understand why it’s needed
48:46at all, even in combat, I’ve seen it,
48:48it's heavy. Just to hold it in your
48:51hands, understanding the power in it,
48:53yeah, but shooting it, I don't get why.
48:55>> I don't know,
48:57>> touched a nerve there.
48:58>> No, listen, about the nerve, I actually
49:00have one. I mean, not an army one,
49:02specifically, a civilian type.
49:05>> Okay, then never mind. No, well, when
49:07it's civilian, I’ve seen them. Cool.
49:09It looks, you know, kind of like a
49:10little boar. You understand that
49:12it’ll burst into the tree line and
49:13punch through anything you want. Damn,
49:15but it’s heavy.
49:16>> It’s heavy. It’s heavy.
49:18>> The barrel, damn, it's super heavy.
49:19Well, a heavy barrel in general. And it
49:21is heavy.
49:22>> Are you referring specifically to the
49:2416-inch M4 or the 20-inch one?
49:26>> No, the 16-inch.
49:28>> Well, the AR, but again, still, you
49:31know, we go back to the fact that we
49:33have, please, the SVD over there, which
49:36is light. Well,
49:38>> that’s it. And on that, the questions
49:39are closed, it’s useless.
49:40>> For a civilian, I understand why it’s
49:42cool. It’s really cool. Look, uh,
49:45again, we return to where we started
49:47the conversation: you are faced with a
49:49choice, either feed the fighter, or
49:51make a lightweight rifle. So we fed the
49:55fighter, we give him a proper rifle
49:58with a thick, good barrel that shoots
50:00very accurately. His underfed opponent
50:03comes along with an SVD. Well, that’s
50:06it, the conversation can basically end
50:08there. With a rifle that lacks decent
50:10target ammunition. With a rifle that—
50:14well, today is Monday,
50:16>> right?
50:17>> Well, I was shooting an SVD last week.
50:20>> It’s just a nightmare that I try to
50:21forget every time. I mean, you have to
50:25zero the SVD, then you go back, and I,
50:27for example, have a .30-06 bolt-action
50:29rifle as a personal weapon.
50:32>> Uh-huh.
50:33>> It has a recoil pad. Well, it's a good
50:36rifle. And the recoil on it, right?
50:41It's strong, but it's, you know,
50:43tolerable, thanks to the fact that,
50:46well, at least the butt plate is made
50:48properly. On the SVD, there’s this
50:51[ __ ] crutch bolted on, which just
50:53leaves a piece of meat on your shoulder
50:55instead of a shoulder. And the second
50:58point is that the theme of these long,
51:01thin barrels,
51:02>> it is, well, it's a path to nowhere,
51:05really.
51:06>> And that’s why, in a way, the AR
51:08makes sense. So.
51:10>> A slight digression, if I may.
51:13>> The AR, well, I really like both the 15
51:17and the 10. So.
51:20>> Let's return to these two machine guns.
51:225.56 and 7.62. Here, it’s clear that
51:27you carry more ammo with you.
51:29>> Ammo, yes.
51:31>> And it's clear that you can find spare
51:32ammo in the enemy's trenches.
51:35>> Yes. And it lays down more power.
51:38>> It definitely lays down more power.
51:41Next, the possibility of alternative
51:44feeding. Yes, let's not forget,
51:48>> that there is a magazine option.
51:51>> But, as I understand, in the newest
51:52versions, the magazine...
51:55>> In the base version, there was an
51:56option with a mag well and without one,
51:59the 249, and maybe it was called the
52:01248, something like that. So they made
52:03it that way from the base model, both
52:05like this and like that.
52:07>> Moving on, specifically on this PKM,
52:10there’s a mount for optics, but we
52:12just install it without a second
52:14thought, we just bolt it on. There are
52:18mounts, well, both Kruk ones, and
52:25>> captured Zenit ones,
52:26>> Zenit ones, and Lviv ones. Nazarov has
52:30been making them since 2012. So you put
52:33a mount like that on and you just
52:34forget about the whole story. So it’s
52:37not really a problem. Yeah. What else?
52:43Here, it's a disintegrating belt.
52:45>> Yeah. And here, let's get a bit more
52:46detail.
52:47>> And here, let's get more detail. Here
52:48you have a disintegrating belt. Here
52:50you either have a 25-round belt, which
52:54you will never find again in that tree
52:58line. Or you make yourself a belt, say,
53:0150 or 100 rounds. And with that belt,
53:03you snag every tripwire in the same
53:05tree line.
53:05>> This is one of the main problems they
53:08mention,
53:09>> that I’m sick of looking for the belt
53:11later,
53:12>> well,
53:12>> and collecting it.
53:15>> You see, friend, the main problem is
53:17when a huge disaster happens to you,
53:19and you literally snag something with
53:21this belt, like, you snag a tripwire,
53:26and that’s the end of your military
53:29career. Tangled up in it,
53:30>> yes. So, this whole thing, frankly,
53:33screw the belt, you'll never find it
53:36anywhere anyway.
53:37>> They say there is already a
53:38disintegrating belt for
53:39>> that disintegrating belt has existed
53:40since 2022.
53:41>> Yes, but it costs a pretty penny.
53:43>> Well, it costs, yes, it costs. And what
53:45doesn't cost money now?
53:46>> Well,
53:47>> the problem is simply that it isn't
53:49being purchased. A disintegrating belt
53:52appeared for 7.62 x 39. That was in the
53:55early 30s for the ShKAS machine gun.
53:58There you go. And they could have
54:01adapted it 300 times to do the same
54:04trick for the PKM, like the guys did.
54:08Well, the plastic belt is essentially a
54:10ShKAS belt.
54:10>> Well, yeah.
54:11>> And there’s the Finnish
54:12disintegrating one, too. Right. And no
54:15need to worry, but they went a slightly
54:17different path. Sticking with this
54:21reusable belt, which everyone else has
54:23already abandoned. Nobody uses that
54:24anymore. So, we continue to mess around
54:29with this whole thing. Again, in 5.45,
54:31well, in 5.56, this problem is
54:34essentially non-existent. I mean, you
54:37load up, you fire, and that’s it.
54:40>> Let’s put it this way. Tell me,
54:42please, if you had the choice, let’s
54:44say command comes and says, "Hey, Uncle
54:46Van, we have an option. We can get
54:501,500 PKMs or 1,500 of these. And you
54:58have to decide between PKMs and these
55:00for the unit’s assault operations."
55:03>> Eh, I’d take 50/50 on that. Uh-huh.
55:07>> Then explain why once again. To have
55:10interchangeability, to have
55:11maneuverability, right, for
55:13>> No, because I'm the one who will have
55:15to decide. I'll say, give me, well, why
55:18I'd take half of these and half of
55:20those is because a bunch of fans of
55:23this machine gun will come running, and
55:25the other half will be fans of that
55:27machine gun. Yes. And they’ll ask,
55:31why didn’t you take the 249? Or why
55:33didn’t you take the PKM? And this way
55:34, you know, like in that joke, one foot
55:36in a sock, the other in a foot wrap.
55:37I’ll say, I took everything 50/50.
55:41Well, that’s why 7. I mean, a machine
55:44gun in the .30 caliber group makes
55:46sense, and a machine gun in the .223
55:49group—well, the 200 caliber group—
55:51also makes sense. They have their own
55:54pros and their own cons. It's clear
55:57that here you have more penetration,
55:58while there you are carrying more ammo.
56:01So, uh, in terms of weight, you can get
56:05them to be identical. And in terms of
56:06dimensions, too.
56:07>> Yes, yes, yes. Six, 6.7, exactly, yeah,
56:10it turned out nicely.
56:11>> You can bring it all together. Uh,
56:12there is excessive recoil. We also need
56:15to see what gas setting you were
56:16working with. You didn't mess with the
56:17gas regulator, I assume.
56:18>> No, no, didn’t close the gas block.
56:21Eh, ugh, good grief. Well, on two, on
56:24two ports. Both ports were open.
56:27>> They set it to one.
56:29>> Listen, I had the opening on this side
56:31and the opening on that side both open.
56:33Yes, yes, yes, yes.
56:35>> It is still light, though. It seems to
56:38me that part of the cartridge’s
56:39recoil energy is absorbed by its weight
56:41. Dim, look, it’s not the machine gun
56:44that’s light, it’s you who are
56:46light.
56:48>> Thanks.
56:49>> You're welcome.
56:51>> You know, like they say, the guy is
56:52sharp, of course, but he’s light.
56:54That’s just like you. That’s why
56:56there’s such a story with these
56:57machine guns. Well, and discussing this
57:01one, I don’t know, let’s just not
57:03discuss it, it’s a respected
57:05person’s machine gun.
57:07>> Yeah, yeah, yeah. And this is his, too.
57:10I know, only this one he built himself,
57:12well, his own vision. Right. And this
57:16is what the Russians sort of tried to
57:21portray. You gave me your arguments,
57:25and I completely agree. If you could
57:27explain to the camera why this is
57:29garbage. And not quite right. Not why
57:31it’s garbage, but why it doesn't work
57:33the way it’s advertised. Like, it
57:35doesn't work that effectively. Uh, well
57:38, why? Well,
57:41>> it is believed that injection—sure,
57:43you can—it is believed that injection
57:45cools the barrel.
57:46>> Ejection.
57:47>> Well, fine.
57:48>> Injection is intake. But injection,
57:51ejection, yes, I agree, that through
57:53ejection we—well, specifically this
57:55gas piston assembly, well, the gas unit
57:57, yes, the gas engine—we cool it, and
58:00in principle, it doesn't need to be
58:02changed. Well, that’s, in fact, what
58:04they do. They don't issue them. A
58:06second barrel for the Pecheneg is not
58:09issued. Which is why good barrels for
58:11it are a nightmare, right?
58:14>> Tell us why, in your opinion, this
58:16isn't exactly a sound solution. By the
58:18way, do you know that Mikhail
58:20Timofeyevich was also against this?
58:25>> Listen, well, Mikhail Timofeyevich, by
58:26that point, well, God willing, he could
58:28distinguish porridge from non-porridge,
58:33let’s call it that. Okay. Then,
58:34arguments against the Pecheneg, the
58:36Pecheneg barrel.
58:37>> Well, arguments against the Pecheneg
58:39barrel. First, this barrel is not
58:42interchangeable. It is removable,
58:45>> yes, but there is only one.
58:47>> But these are very different things.
58:48Like on the DP-27. The barrel there is
58:52>> removable, but it is not
58:53interchangeable. Now on the PKM, the
58:55barrel is, well, quick-detachable and
58:57interchangeable. What on earth were
59:03they thinking when they attached the
59:05bipod here? I mean, well, science
59:08doesn’t know. I mean, look, please,
59:11you have a standard mounting point that
59:13allows you to standardize, well, you
59:15want to modernize the machine gun. You
59:18came up with a cool idea and shared it
59:20with people. We will now make a barrel
59:23with forced air cooling. We will, well,
59:25because people confuse injection,
59:27injection. We will call it a barrel
59:30with forced air cooling. Just take your
59:34tube, you have your bipod. Put the
59:39barrel with this feature here, and,
59:42well, and, well, finish it off. But
59:49they start getting deeper into this
59:51machine gun. They put all of this stuff
59:54here. The Pecheneg barrel is heavier
59:59than the PKM barrel.
1:00:01>> Well, which is logical,
1:00:02>> yes, it is heavier. In such a form
1:00:06factor, a machine gun cannot be adopted
1:00:08for service. Why? Because every
1:00:11subsequent machine gun adopted for
1:00:13service must be
1:00:15>> at least 10 grams lighter. You have to
1:00:19specify that this one weighs 6.7, and
1:00:22this one weighs 6.5. That’s it, they
1:00:25put a checkmark for 50 grams. Exactly.
1:00:27>> And for that, they made it thinner.
1:00:29>> And to do that, they make a thinner
1:00:32receiver and receiver cover. So, what
1:00:35do we get? We get a machine gun with a
1:00:38non-interchangeable barrel. We get a
1:00:40machine gun with a reduced service life
1:00:43of the receiver. That’s it. And what
1:00:48is the gain? Oh, your barrel will be
1:00:51cooled, guys. When I first showed this
1:00:56trick, meaning when they first
1:00:58approached me, we were reading in the*
1:01:00Weapon*magazine in 2004, there's such a
1:01:03machine gun, 22nd year. We urgently
1:01:07need the barrel, we want to see how
1:01:08it’s designed. I said, you don’t
1:01:10need it. Well, why? I’ll show you
1:01:12right now. I show them. People look and
1:01:14say, "Wait, Uncle Vanya, that’s just
1:01:17a scam." Well, the point is what? That
1:01:19there is a whole range of machine gun
1:01:23models whose barrels have forced air
1:01:26cooling. And the first place in this
1:01:29whole history goes to the Lewis gun,
1:01:32>> Yes, the 1915 model.
1:01:35>> And
1:01:35>> the last place at the bottom, cookies,
1:01:38>> right? Then the Vickers machine gun,
1:01:41which they turned into a tripod-mounted
1:01:43gun by upgrading it—they cut gills
1:01:45into it, developed an injection muzzle,
1:01:47and made it an air-cooled machine gun,
1:01:50that's basically it. But there, the
1:01:53entire barrel is cooled along its
1:01:56entire length. So they have, on the
1:02:02Vickers, they have forced air intake at
1:02:04the breech of the barrel, which is
1:02:06logical because that part gets very hot
1:02:08.
1:02:10>> Here is the exhaust
1:02:12>> towards the enemy. They did everything
1:02:15well, it all works. So, what are these
1:02:19guys doing? They have their air intake
1:02:21right here. I mean, they write in the
1:02:24technical documentation that they
1:02:26specifically designed the cross-section
1:02:28of the ports. I'm just talking nonsense
1:02:30here. I've read it, I remember it by
1:02:32heart, that they supposedly tested this
1:02:35barrel in a wind tunnel. And so the air
1:02:38is taken in from here—
1:02:42>> somehow they shoved that handle in
1:02:44there, you know? They had to move the
1:02:47handle forward because they rebalanced
1:02:49the machine gun. On your PKM, the
1:02:51handle goes here. That's your center of
1:02:53gravity. Their center of gravity. They
1:02:55shifted it 10 cm forward from this
1:02:58machine gun. They rebalanced the
1:03:00machine gun. So you go on an assault,
1:03:02and all the load goes onto your left
1:03:04hand. Meaning you are holding this
1:03:07machine gun entirely with your left
1:03:08hand, not the right. They rebalanced
1:03:12the gun, and it's just a load of
1:03:15absolute nonsense. Well, if you're
1:03:18doing it this way. Make the air intake
1:03:21here, make longitudinal cooling fins,
1:03:23not transverse ones. Well, these are
1:03:26the 30s, these transverse barrel
1:03:28cooling fins. Film this here for us,
1:03:33please.
1:03:36>> They are technologically simpler
1:03:38because they are made on a lathe, not a
1:03:40milling machine. Yes,
1:03:41>> but
1:03:43>> make longitudinal grooves. Make an air
1:03:48intake port here above each groove. One
1:03:54could have even made the entire casing
1:03:56in this form factor, without tapering
1:03:58it. Before the war, I had to work in
1:04:02industry with injection supply systems
1:04:04for various products. In reality, all
1:04:07these transitions and all that stuff,
1:04:09it just looks pretty and is completely
1:04:10useless. A pipe with this cross-section
1:04:13could have just gone to the end, and it
1:04:15would have blown even better.
1:04:17>> Okay, let's just imagine, let's just
1:04:20[ __ ] imagine it. So why didn't they
1:04:23do that?
1:04:27>> I think that, uh—they were struggling
1:04:32with something. But not in terms of
1:04:34improving the machine gun. I mean,
1:04:36everything they did, it’s a
1:04:38meaningless story. It doesn't make any
1:04:40sense, not in principle, it makes no
1:04:42sense at all. This is from 2008, I've
1:04:47seen them from 2022, I haven't seen
1:04:53this machine gun from the '24 model
1:04:55year; I haven't come across it. And
1:04:57that's despite the fact that old PKMs
1:04:59come in by the dozens and hundreds. I
1:05:02mean, they made a thing, but I don't
1:05:04know if they're even producing it now,
1:05:06or in what quantities. I see them on
1:05:09their mobile fire teams, stuff like the
1:05:12Pecheneg—well, that's the National
1:05:14Guard sitting there shooting at
1:05:16something on the front with PKTs on
1:05:18their mobile groups, just like we had
1:05:20in '22. So, anyway, like as an assault
1:05:25machine gun. Well, maybe it can be used
1:05:28as an assault weapon. Only, damn it,
1:05:35>> this one is better. No, I mean, that's
1:05:38it; you take it, tuck the stock under
1:05:40your arm, and you work calmly. You're
1:05:44just working away comfortably. That's
1:05:46it. And even with the bipod
1:05:50repositioned—yeah, we do add an extra
1:05:54mount here if requested. We also add a
1:05:58Picatinny rail so you can attach a
1:06:00handle, so everything folds and unfolds
1:06:03. That's not an issue. You can deck it
1:06:05out however you want. The only thing is
1:06:08, while Krug was spending ages under
1:06:10our strict guidance making this
1:06:13handguard for the PKM, I made a short
1:06:15PKM that this handguard doesn't even
1:06:18fit. So,
1:06:20>> redo it,
1:06:21>> Max, we need to do something about this
1:06:23. I realize I’ve already worn you out
1:06:25over all the years we've known each
1:06:27other. Like, talk to Pasha and Artem,
1:06:29tell them to make a short handguard. I
1:06:33mean, when choosing between the 249 and
1:06:35the Pecheneg, the choice is obvious.
1:06:37>> Yes, of course. No, that's a completely
1:06:40pointless story. It’s pointless, just
1:06:43because it’s pointless, damn it. I,
1:06:47well, like if
1:06:50>> the Russians get their VPNs working,
1:06:52they’ll come and say we don't
1:06:54understand a damn thing and flood the
1:06:55comments defending the Pecheneg.
1:06:57>> Well, that's fine. Let them flood the
1:06:59comments defending the Pecheneg. Guys,
1:07:01tell me, where are those, I don't
1:07:04remember, are they on the bottom or not
1:07:07? I don't think they're there, if my
1:07:08memory serves me right. The lower air
1:07:10intake vents. How, how are you
1:07:13circulating that air? You stuck this
1:07:16handle on here?
1:07:17>> So,
1:07:18>> pull on it, I think. No, yeah.
1:07:26>> Well, they're very conditional. Yes,
1:07:30very conditional. It's all blocked,
1:07:31well, blocked from underneath. The
1:07:33mount, the bipod attachment. So, this
1:07:36part that blocks the air intake is the
1:07:38bipod mounting bracket. They have a
1:07:42handle on top right here.
1:07:44>> Yeah. So, Vika, we’ll show it. Vika
1:07:45will film it for us.
1:07:48>> And this whole story here. Well, what
1:07:51was the point of building this? To cool
1:07:54the last third of the barrel,
1:07:55>> right? And the gas block. Does the gas
1:07:59block cool it?
1:08:01>> No, listen, due to its weight and metal
1:08:04capacity, it heats up and releases heat
1:08:06more slowly.
1:08:08>> And so what?
1:08:09>> That’s it. And it needs cooling.
1:08:11What’s not to understand? Well
1:08:19>> well, okay. So, the 249.
1:08:22>> The 249th. Well
1:08:24>> then one more question. Can I? Yes.
1:08:27>> The 249. What do you think of it? Is it
1:08:30like, you know, with the Kalashnikov,
1:08:31where it turned out great right away?
1:08:33>> The evolution of the 249 is very simple
1:08:35, yeah. 6.8 by 45. Don’t touch
1:08:40anything else.
1:08:41>> No, well, the ballistics are different
1:08:43there, yeah, it’ll be better. And
1:08:46what do you think, will the chamber
1:08:48stay in this size?
1:08:50>> Why? Well, you understand the problem
1:08:53of converting it to 6.8 by 45. Replace
1:08:55the barrel.
1:08:56>> Yeah, yeah, well no, okay. The bolt.
1:08:58>> And why the bolt?
1:08:59>> Wait. Oh, well yeah, yeah, yeah. We
1:09:01don’t change anything. We just swap
1:09:03it. Yes.
1:09:03>> Well
1:09:04>> and
1:09:05>> that’s it
1:09:06>> and that’s all.
1:09:08>> Wait, why? Well, that’s it. Dima,
1:09:09that’s how it is with Kalashnikovs.
1:09:12You know, with one Kalash, you can make
1:09:15three: 223, 7.62, 5.45. Doesn't matter.
1:09:19>> No, I mean, well, in principle, the
1:09:22whole design. We leave everything as is
1:09:24. The Germans with their MG5. I mean,
1:09:27what was that all about, damn it?
1:09:31>> Big, powerful, beautiful, expensive.
1:09:34>> Well, there you go.
1:09:35>> A big machine.
1:09:37>> Look, if you don't like the barrel
1:09:39length, guys, just do what the Czechs
1:09:41did with the 59, an assault barrel and
1:09:43a long-range barrel. That’s it.
1:09:46Barrels in two lengths. The gas
1:09:48regulator here is advanced. It allows
1:09:50you to adjust it for a longer barrel,
1:09:52especially there. Well, that’s
1:09:54actually, like Oh, it’s well-made
1:09:58right here. There aren’t 12 positions
1:10:01like on the PKP, those clicks. Damn.
1:10:03>> They say it’s finicky.
1:10:06>> About what?
1:10:07>> Cleaning. Well, I mean, about dirt.
1:10:12>> Come on, you can trash any machine gun.
1:10:14Well
1:10:15>> no, it’s not finicky. It is finicky.
1:10:19>> There. Well, I didn’t get that. Well,
1:10:22any weapon needs cleaning. Well,
1:10:25>> if we compare it to the PKM.
1:10:27>> No, with the PKM
1:10:30>> it’s all good.
1:10:30>> You don't have to clean the PKM.
1:10:33>> Well,
1:10:34>> well, until the handle jams, then
1:10:35you’re kind of done. Well,
1:10:36>> The guys from the training center said
1:10:38everything is great, but it requires
1:10:40cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, and more
1:10:41cleaning. Lubrication for
1:10:42>> the guys at the training center. They
1:10:44have special sergeants in every unit
1:10:46who, like, yeah, they force them to
1:10:48clean their weapons. If you haven't
1:10:51cleaned your weapon, there’s no food
1:10:53for you, you won't be eating. Well,
1:10:55after the obstacle course.
1:10:57>> Come a bit closer so we’re in the
1:10:59frame.
1:11:00>> Yes, all weapons need cleaning, both
1:11:02large-caliber machine guns and these
1:11:04types need cleaning, because if you
1:11:05don't clean it, you'll go to the course
1:11:07with a dirty gun, and that's it. And
1:11:10like, eventually, everyone is doing
1:11:11fine.
1:11:13>> As someone who did such a great job
1:11:15with the RPD, what would you actually
1:11:17redesign here? Is there an
1:11:19understanding that something needs to
1:11:21be changed here besides the caliber?
1:11:23>> Uh, look, uh, uh, I would still choose
1:11:29a simpler gas regulator. Well, simpler
1:11:35than this one, I would make it. It’s
1:11:38not really used that much, to be honest
1:11:40. And when a person doesn't understand
1:11:44how to use it, they start doing crazy
1:11:45things, and, well, they might run into
1:11:47problems. Well, you know, I wouldn't
1:11:52actually be redesigning that specific
1:11:53part. I mean, I would design a machine
1:11:55gun. I mean, you have to realize the
1:11:58249 was made a long time ago. We
1:12:01considered a design option for a
1:12:04machine gun, let's say, based on an
1:12:08inverted Bren bolt.
1:12:12>> Well, have you disassembled a Bren?
1:12:13>> Well, a Bren 2.
1:12:15>> Yes.
1:12:15>> Well, of course.
1:12:16>> Well, so there you go. Now imagine you
1:12:18just took the entire Bren bolt group.
1:12:20>> Uh-huh.
1:12:21>> Flipped it upside down.
1:12:22>> Uh-huh.
1:12:24>> That's it.
1:12:28>> Well
1:12:29>> no, well I I Oh,
1:12:30>> yeah. And that solves all your problems
1:12:33. So you end up with a, well, much
1:12:37simpler product, because here we have
1:12:41this rocker arm ejector. Do you mean a
1:12:46short-stroke piston? Everything like in
1:12:48a Bren?
1:12:49>> Maybe even a short-stroke piston.
1:12:53>> It could even be a short-stroke piston.
1:12:55>> Uh-huh.
1:12:56>> A much simpler receiver. I can attach
1:13:01this roller to an inverted Bren bolt in
1:13:03, like, 2 minutes. Well
1:13:05>> okay.
1:13:05>> That's all. And like, well, we just
1:13:11opened up the 249. Remember, I opened
1:13:14the RPD. And I understand, it's a pain.
1:13:18Yeah. But-the attempt at an alloy
1:13:24receiver, where, well, one of the
1:13:26typical jams for a PKT is this axis
1:13:29loosening, and all reflection is lost.
1:13:32Like this.
1:13:33>> Just like that. So you end up with a
1:13:37blind hole in the receiver. In this
1:13:40blind hole, we have an axle inserted,
1:13:44it's secured. The slightest play and
1:13:46this rocker arm starts to wobble. Here
1:13:49it is done properly by the Americans.
1:13:51The Czechs haven't been able to fix
1:13:53this for four years. Just can't. Well,
1:13:55we know how to fix it.
1:13:56>> Listen, I talked, then I had
1:13:58correspondence with an armorer from PZD
1:14:00. "That's some machine gun. You are
1:14:02doing something wrong with it. You are
1:14:04breaking it on purpose." I mean, I
1:14:07understand that you can swear on air,
1:14:09but if I start talking about PZD here,
1:14:11I'm afraid your channel might... "
1:14:14>> You're wrong about everything. It's the
1:14:16most [ __ ] awesome machine gun."
1:14:18>> I talked to these armorers three or
1:14:22four times. Three. They show all this
1:14:26at the training ground. We're standing
1:14:32there, chatting. I say: "Well, guys,
1:14:36well you had a decent machine gun, a
1:14:40decent assault rifle, you once made the
1:14:42Vz. 58. Well, a well-made assault rifle
1:14:47." And he's like: "Yeah, I have one."
1:14:51And it still works, so why the hell
1:14:53can't you make a machine gun like that?
1:14:56We arrived, well, the machine gunners
1:14:58arrived, we're telling them something.
1:15:00"Well, look at how your cartridge feed
1:15:02works, how after two boxes the machine
1:15:04gun is covered in brass shavings. Brass
1:15:06shavings already. Look at all these
1:15:12parts, look at the quality of the steel
1:15:14.""We will give you spare parts.""Shove
1:15:16those spare parts up your ass. Make a
1:15:19normal machine gun that will work with
1:15:20its original bolt." No need to, no need
1:15:26. Calm down. That's it, that's it,
1:15:28let's not talk about the mentally ill.
1:15:30I mean PZD, because they're just head
1:15:32in the clouds, telling stories that,
1:15:34interestingly, are just like yours. I
1:15:37say, I'm reading this, and I say: "Why
1:15:39are you telling me this? I say:" I saw
1:15:41how it shoots. "I say:" Why are you
1:15:43writing me all this [ __ ], that at
1:15:46100 meters it can hit a squirrel in the
1:15:48eye? I say: "Let's just leave it at
1:15:52that." That's why we won't talk about
1:15:53PZD. Why am I asking Vanya what he
1:15:56modified in the 249? Basically, to
1:16:00conclude that it's not perfect, it has
1:16:03its own problems, its own flaws, and
1:16:06its own nuances in use. But it is, well
1:16:09, a good machine gun. A good machine
1:16:11gun. The 249. Specifically
1:16:13>> not the Turkish or the Czech one. Yeah.
1:16:16>> Well, not even Belgian, because, you
1:16:18see, they had certain issues with
1:16:20materials science back then. Yes. Yes.
1:16:23Yes, yes, yes. Europe is just not the
1:16:26same anymore, not the same craftsmen.
1:16:27Well, you know, the Belgians used to
1:16:29work very well, with high quality, and
1:16:34uh, how should I put it, with great
1:16:37dedication between 1940 and 1945 for a
1:16:40whole range of reasons. That was the
1:16:43peak, the golden age of Belgian
1:16:45gunsmiths. Their quality was excellent,
1:16:47they had mass production, and
1:16:49everything just shot and worked. Well,
1:16:51sort of,
1:16:53>> circumstances changed,
1:16:53>> circumstances have changed a little bit
1:16:55. And so, well, they have a problem
1:16:58there, they messed something up in heat
1:17:01treatment, maybe the guy at the furnace
1:17:03isn't exactly Belgian anymore. They
1:17:06over-tempered those extractors. And the
1:17:10whole batch just started shattering,
1:17:13damn,
1:17:14>> they’re snapping. Yes.
1:17:15>> Yes. Well, not snapping anymore, it's
1:17:17just, well, a defective part. And that
1:17:20kind of thing happens with the
1:17:22Americans too. I don't know, to be
1:17:26honest, they’ve brought us ones that
1:17:28were so beat up, just, damn, this, and
1:17:34you say the SAW is a bad machine gun.
1:17:39The biggest, you know, big plus of the
1:17:41SAW is that if you put a little effort
1:17:42in, a brand-new SAW barrel fits right
1:17:44in. Oh, I don't understand why they
1:17:48don't chrome-line SAW barrels, but,
1:17:49well, it is what it is. They claim its
1:17:51accuracy is much higher and better
1:17:54because of that.
1:17:56>> So, summarizing the 249, the American
1:17:58one is super, use it and enjoy, the
1:18:00Belgian ones, as Vanya says, well,
1:18:03there might be, there might be nuances.
1:18:06And there might be,
1:18:07>> but, but you shouldn't give up on it
1:18:08either. While I understand that the
1:18:11army is, let's say, a rather coercive
1:18:14organization, I still advise you, if
1:18:16you get your hands on a Czech SAW or a
1:18:19Turkish 249 clone, use every possible
1:18:21option to get rid of it. Because in my
1:18:24experience, in one airborne unit, I
1:18:26don't remember which, guys, forgive me,
1:18:28they were issued about 20 of them, as
1:18:30far as I remember. Only one shot
1:18:32properly, and even that was by accident
1:18:33, as far as I can tell. All the others,
1:18:35they keep calling me: one, two, three,
1:18:36they worked on them, worked on them,
1:18:37brought them in, worked on them. or who
1:18:39>> I don't remember, this was two years
1:18:40ago or maybe a year and a half, I don't
1:18:42remember, anyway, everything.
1:18:44>> We got the SAWs and turned them all to
1:18:46hell, a year before the
1:18:48counteroffensive, I think we were
1:18:50supplying the 47th Brigade for that
1:18:53operation.
1:18:56>> It even seems to me they were better
1:18:58quality back then than they are now.
1:19:02Let's say a few more words of praise
1:19:04for this one because, damn, it's cool.
1:19:08>> Listen, it turned out great, because if
1:19:11a machine gun is properly made from the
1:19:14start, it implies the possibility of
1:19:17upgrades. Some comrades at the front,
1:19:21who are not very conscious gunsmiths,
1:19:24just try to do the same thing by
1:19:26cutting the barrel. That’s all
1:19:29nonsense. I mean, it will shoot up to a
1:19:32certain point,
1:19:32>> as long as it’s more or less clean.
1:19:34>> No,
1:19:35>> what does being clean have to do with
1:19:36it? A dirty one will actually work
1:19:37better. It will shoot as long as you
1:19:41have a good, new barrel.
1:19:43>> Uh-huh.
1:19:45>> And the bullet fits tightly. That
1:19:47little piece left behind the gas block
1:19:50—we've done it this way too—is
1:19:53enough to cycle the action. There.
1:19:57>> Well, or clean; once it gets dirty, if
1:19:59the barrel is already worn out, you can
1:20:02clean it all you want—in that sense,
1:20:04I agree.
1:20:05>> You can clean it 20 times. It still
1:20:08won't work. But this approach—one of
1:20:12its advantages is that it allows us to
1:20:15take those PKM barrels that are already
1:20:19worn out—since a PKM barrel wears out
1:20:22at the section behind the gas block and
1:20:25at the muzzle—we just took it and
1:20:29shortened it. You have to understand
1:20:32that the old gas port is covered by the
1:20:34front sight.
1:20:35>> The front sight. Let’s say it again,
1:20:37just in case someone didn't understand:
1:20:39our gas block is moved
1:20:40>> by 85 mm.
1:20:42>> Yes. And a final question about this
1:20:44machine gun. Tell me, please, if it
1:20:47were up to you—I understand it’s
1:20:49your design and your brainchild, but
1:20:51still, if you step aside and look
1:20:53critically, if it were up to you, would
1:20:55you put this specific version into mass
1:20:57production? Let’s say, hypothetically
1:21:01, at a factory—we won't name it, the
1:21:02one somewhere around here that’s
1:21:03getting bombed a bit, bombed
1:21:04periodically. In short, should we put
1:21:07this into production, hundreds of them
1:21:10for the army?
1:21:12>> Well, it should be, well, there is
1:21:14sense in producing it as normal people
1:21:16do, as an upgrade kit,
1:21:17>> right?
1:21:18>> So, what do we need? We need the
1:21:24shorter barrel itself. Right, we buy it
1:21:27as a whole. So, we have a long barrel,
1:21:30and we have a short barrel.
1:21:33>> Next, we need a shortened tube
1:21:43>> and a piston.
1:21:45>> Well, I mean, do you think this has a
1:21:47right to exist, to live, and to go into
1:21:50series production? It has the right.
1:21:54And, for instance, if I were tasked
1:21:57with making a machine gun now, I would
1:21:59make them with a shortened piston as
1:22:02the base model.
1:22:03>> Oh, right,
1:22:05>> yes, and I would slightly overhaul and
1:22:08change this gas regulator system. So,
1:22:12here we have a release,
1:22:14>> yes,
1:22:14>> I would have still made it like on the
1:22:16240, a gas regulator, that is, well,
1:22:18positional. There. And I would have
1:22:21clearly marked it with big letters: L
1:22:24for long barrel, S for short barrel, F
1:22:27for fouled barrel. Three positions.
1:22:32Meaning you put on a long rifle barrel,
1:22:34you have position L. You put on a short
1:22:36assault barrel, you have position S.
1:22:38The machine gun stops working, you set
1:22:40it to F. That’s it. And it's already
1:22:44clear that, well, the handguard needs
1:22:46to be made of this type, the way Kruk
1:22:47made it. Well, that's not a problem.
1:22:52>> Make it shorter, right? It's actually,
1:22:54in reality, it is cut and welded
1:23:00exactly the same way. This, well,
1:23:03>> Vika, how are we doing on time?
1:23:05>> One hour 23.
1:23:08>> Uh, then let's summarize. Right now,
1:23:13this is a development implemented as
1:23:16correctly as possible in the Third Army
1:23:18Corps. By Uncle Ivan and his fellow
1:23:21soldiers.
1:23:22>> Yes.
1:23:23>> Yes.
1:23:25>> If you have the opportunity, adopt this
1:23:27concept, yes, rework your own "Pokemons
1:23:29," because, well, I'll say it again, I
1:23:31really liked it. It really is a light
1:23:34machine gun. I mean, it's exactly 6.7
1:23:36kg. 6.7 kg in 7.62 caliber. That is
1:23:39really good. The 249 is and will be
1:23:42great, but once again, the American one
1:23:44is definitely not a PKM, and definitely
1:23:47not the Czech one. Everything else is
1:23:49an intermediate option, yes, and well,
1:23:52not for assault. So, this specific
1:23:54version is our assault machine gun.
1:23:57Well, and the 249, of course.
1:24:00>> Op. Yes. Right here. And from your side
1:24:07, a summary on machine guns.
1:24:09>> Yes. What summary? The summary I said
1:24:13at the very beginning: for any question
1:24:14you have, we will provide our answer.
1:24:16We have machine guns, you have thanks
1:24:20again for watching and subscribing.
1:24:23Thank you. Now I will formulate it
1:24:26again. To the commander of the repair
1:24:28platoon of the 512th Separate Repair
1:24:30and Restoration Battalion of the Third
1:24:32Army Corps and the Third Army Corps in
1:24:33general. Also, thank you for the
1:24:35operation in Valdi. Real respect, much
1:24:38appreciated. Thanks to all the defense
1:24:40forces as well. Take care of yourselves
1:24:42, fight with good machine guns, and all
1:24:45the best.

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