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Poland's WW2 Battle Rifle: the Maroszek wz.38M

- Well it may have the US Bar machine gun similarities, But the Tilting Bolt or Falling Block was first available in 1895 & truely perfected in1899 or otherwise Known as the - Savage 99.
While most would dismiss it as a Lever Action - a study of how the action works is that it 'controls' a falling block, which has same design Locking breech as this Polish rifle. Perhaps Forgotten Weapons could do a video on the Savage 99.
- That’s a really slick rifle. Doesn’t really seem to have any glaring weaknesses or concerns. Makes me wonder how many awesome pieces of firearms history we may miss out on because of bad timing or unknown designers
- Lots of BAR on This one
- A Beautiful Rifle
- wasn poland not the first country to lose in ww2?
- This design is amazing. I would purchase a modern production version of this rifle.
- Wejdź sobie na stronę, masz tu regeneracja-felg.pl - spawanie aluminium, można zawsze zdobyć nową wiedzę.
- It was the early premature and unfortunate demise of Jozef Pilsudski at this critical juncture when Poland became vulnerable.
- You are probably among a few who says that when 2WW started on Poland, it was started not only by Germans, but also by Soviets.
- I dunno why, but it looks a lot like the MAS-49's skinnier brother to me
- The socialism commercial right before Ian's video was 🙁😬🙄
- O and z on safety might reffer to otwarty (open) and zamknięty (closed)
- wzór means pattern not model x3
- It's like a BAR that took a year off of college to go backpacking in Europe, then came back real sophisticated. You can even disassemble it without cussing or pulling out your hair! In all seriousness, what a beautifully and monstrously built rifle; certainly a design I'd love to see carried on in the commercial market. A shame it never saw the light of day with all the slick features it boasted.
The nice ramp front sight lacking any protective wings or a hood makes it look rather 'sporting' already (that integral muzzle brake is the bee's knees, too!). Thanks, Ian!
- It's not attractive, but wow. They did a great job designing it for simple disassembly.
- Only thing I would change about this rifle is a rear receiver mounted aperture sight and a front blade with protective ears.

It is amazingly ahead of its time otherwise.
- 6:25 that is not 'zero', thats letter 'o' and stands for "Ogień" meaning "Fire" and 'z' is for 'zabezpieczony' meaning "(is) Safe". Propably of course. Actually very intuitive for a Pole.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/settlement-in-case-of-rare-polish-rifle-seized-from-virginia-gun-collector/2013/11/11/99d77bfa-48ae-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html
- I like how close and yet far away you are from pronouncing the Polish words correctly.
I am unsure if I should be impressed or dissapointed lmao
- you can just hear the awe in his voice
- why the magazine is fixed and not removable?