Entire "Guns of WWII" series on History Channel

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Just finished US weapons, on Japanese now. Series is a couple of years old IIRC, but still pretty accurate.

Will be on till 4AM eastern

Episode for each of the major countries

US
Japan
Russia
Germany

 

[Phuz]

Argh.. I miss a lot of cool stuff on TLC/History because of my wierd work hours... blah.

Sounds cool.

 

[Darein]

The History Channel is the best channel. There is almost always something good.

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: Darein
The History Channel is the best channel. There is almost always something good.

Thumper calls it "the Hitler channel" because every other program is on WWII.

Grasshopper

 

[SuperTool]

History channel used to be good until they started running this reality show BS. I hate that crap.

 

[Yzzim]

Originally posted by: Darein
The History Channel is the best channel. There is almost always something good.

Agreed.

None of my friends will watch it with me though.

Time to find new friends I guess.

 

[Nemesis77]

Does it mention the finnish Suomi-SMG? It should, it's one of those guns that changed the war (even if you didn't know it).

 

[CJZ]

I love the history channel. Too bad I can't afford cable tv.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Series is a couple of years old IIRC, but still pretty accurate.

Come to think of it, given that WWII ended in 1945, the series could be 40 years old and still be "pretty accurate"...

I love the History Channel myself.. Owning a Tivo is mandatory here.. Anyone watch Mail Call? That guy's hilarious..

 

[OFFascist]

yeah I saw it earlier.

One of my goals in life is to get myself a fully functional Thompon SMG, a BAR, along with a good old Garand.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77
Does it mention the finnish Suomi-SMG? It should, it's one of those guns that changed the war (even if you didn't know it).

Nope, the 31 was Finnish, therefore not covered.

Come to think of it, given that WWII ended in 1945, the series could be 40 years old and still be "pretty accurate"

Har har, I knew when I wrote that, that someone would say something.

I meant that the series is a couple of years old, AND is pretty accurate. Not like anything has changed I just meant to add that is was really accurate. Only a couple of things weren't exactly right, but no big deal (like with the M1 Carbine they were showcasing was really an M2).

One of my goals in life is to get myself a fully functional Thompon SMG, a BAR, along with a good old Garand

Right now I'm looking for an Eddystone to round out my infantry rifle collection. The Thompson and the BAR are going to be tough

Real BARs go for $15K+, and M1A1 Thompsons about $9K+

Dizam

What was suprising was the "attic" thing they showed. Had no idea that place existed. New in box BARs, M3A1s, Jeeps, etc. Crazy.

 

[burnedout]

I missed all but the German segment. Found that quite interesting though.

Yeah, History Channel is quite good. Took our cable operator a while, but they finally got it earlier this year.

 

[Emos]

I love the History Channel myself.. Owning a Tivo is mandatory here.. Anyone watch Mail Call? That guy's hilarious..

The host is R. Lee Ermy, otherwise known as Sgt. Hartman from "Full Metal Jacket". Yeah, he's an awesome dude but they have him tamed down too much for the Mail Call show IMHO!