Firearms Expert Reacts to '83 Guns | EXP

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Jonathan Ferguson, an expert in firearms history, and the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, heads to a Cold-War-Gone-Hot to break down the era-defining arsenal of NATO and Pact, including the iconic M16 A1, an M27 LAW with a high risk of backblast, and an AK 74 fitted with the ‘mortar we have at home’ GP 25 Grenade Launcher.

00:00 - Intro
01:31 - M16 A1
08:28 - M16 A1 w/ M203 Grenade Launcher
14:22 - AK-74
18:21 - AK-74 w/ GP-25 Grenade Launcher
21:50 - MP5SD3
27:19 - AKS-74U/AKS-74UB
30:53 - 1911
33:37 - Makarov
37:59 - M653
41:02 - SVD
44:55 - M27 LAW
48:31 - RPG-18
51:14 - Closing Thoughts
51:46 - Outro

In this episode of Expert Reacts on EXP, Jonathan Ferguson--an expert in firearms history and the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK--breaks down the guns of ‘83, and compares them to their real-life counterparts with artefacts from the Royal Armouries archive.

If you're interested in seeing more of Jonathan's work, you can check out more from the Royal Armouries right here. - https://www.youtube.com/user/RoyalArmouries

If you would like to support the Royal Armouries, you can make a charitable donation to the museum here. - https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/donate

And if you would like to become a member of the Royal Armouries, you can get a membership here. - https://royalarmouries.org/support-us/become-a-member

You can either purchase Jonathan's book here. - https://www.headstamppublishing.com/bullpup-rifle-book

Or at the Royal Armouries shop here. - https://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/thorneycroft-to-sa80-british-bullpup-firearms-1901-2020

You can subscribe to the Armax Journal that Jonathan Associate Edited here: https://www.armaxjournal.org/