Steyr StG 77, aka the AUG
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Today's rifle is not quite an Austrian military StG-77, but it is virtually identical. This is one of the commemorative rifles sold by Steyr, which has been rebuilt with military parts and is a registered dealer sample machine gun (which is why I can show you the complete full-auto functionality in the trigger group.
The AUG (Armee Universal Gewehr) was one of the wave of bullpup-style military rifles developed and adopted in the 1970s, along with the British SA80 and French FAMAS F1. The AUG embodied a number of very forward-looking elements in its design, including extensive use of polymers (including the entire fire control group), a completely modular barrel, and standard integrated optical sight (albeit one considered obsolete today). Mechanically, the rifle's operating mechanism is a derivative of the Armalite AR-18, as are many other service rifles from this period.
Special thanks to Bear Arms in Scottsdale, AZ for providing this rifle for video!
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it's crazy that this design is so old. Looks futuristic still
Indeed, my thoughts
@Ryan Yarnevich Yeah the 2 stage trigger is probably the worst part of the aug. Though I'd say the no iron sights isn't a problem because most militaries have standardised on just using scopes. It would be a problem if it broke though. A backup sight would be nice Another thing is that newer Augs have a rail now to mount scopes. So the scope can be replaced easily to something else.
@Ryan Yarnevich The old trigger was a bit heavy but I felt I got used to it. However, I absolutely hated the old design for switching between semi and full auto. It was that crappy little switch underneath the trigger. It was so easy to accidentally switch it to full auto and then a pain in the ass to switch it back because you had to stick in a pin to flick it back down to semi. That new mechanism looks so much better.
All bullpulp weapons looks pretty futurstic, let's be real here.
It is in Modern Warfare after all.
Cool its a nice gun, it was my service rifle when i was in the austrian army, cool to see gun jesus blessing it
Gun Jesus 😂😂 greetings from the UK. How did you find the select fire. My rifle was the SA80.a1 and 2.
We still use it here in Ireland, never handled any other rifle so cannot really comment on how good it is...btw man do you guys still do the pointless bayonet rush training ?
@@kyliewynne638 infantry guys do yeah. 2 weeks of being treated like a wanker then sent screaming down the range to stab sandbags lol fuck that. That's why I went armoured corps 👍😂
@@kyliewynne638 curious about the select fire seems it could have advantages but I can't see myself getting used to it after having the fire rate switch .
@@noth606 haha fair enough man. Why though?
Still in service in the Australian army, who changed to these from SLRs. Rumour has it someone mispelt Austria and we got a box of them and decided that they were better than SLRs.
No, it was a case of nearly every rifle being better than the SLR
@@pv3566 dont disagree, but we didnt get free boxes of M16s
@@pv3566 honestly what a shit gun
@@anchorbubba SA80A1: 'Hold my beer'
@@stevefoster7529 mmmmmmmmmmmmm
This looks like something a CIA operative with shades would use when he’s raiding a research facility in Mt. Yamantau, Russia
WHERE’S THE BROADCASTING STATION?!
god damn you... now the memories are flooding in
THE NUMBERS JASON!
Alec Jones *Mason
it does sound very familiar, if memories serve correctly, there was one casualty
The AUG is one of the sexiest guns on the planet.
DeadlyFredXXX tbh the only true 10
this and f2000
It is a good reliable gun, but it is ugly as sin
I can see it being attractive if you were around when it debuted. But from younger eyes it looks dated in the same way that KITT or Darth Vader’s chest controller seems clunky, old fashioned, and not attractive
FN 2000
hat to clean 600 of these.... and disassemble another 500 help the quartermaster inspect them. I went from thinking they were pretty cool to not wanting to see another one of these for a while.
The austrian way of making young men dislike weapons. having them cleaned over and over again, unless they know in advance they don't like guns and choose the civilian alternatives to military service ;-)
Haha, yes the ÖBH is cleaning its rifles to death.
I'm an armourer. This was our service rifle. Get in line.
there is just no motivation to clean a gun 10 times after having fired 60 rounds and get rid of every single spec of dirt when its not even your gun. When I bought my first rifle i had no trouble finding the necessary motivation to clean it a lot since its my own property.
I think that not getting killed in combat because weapon malfunctioned because lack of maintanance is pretty good motivation.
I was in the Australian Army and I remember the transition from the 7.62 SLR to the Austeyr. There were some of my mates that thought it looked weak. I thought it looked cool. Our WO2 showed us a video on VHS the durability of the rifle. They put that thing through hell, like driving over it, pouring cement on it, throwing it into muddy water (shouting obscenities at it :). The tester then quickly picked up the rifle up into a crouch position and fired it downrange with the rifle functioning perfectly. So it impressed me right from the start. I was never a fan of the SLR anyway. It was inaccurate, heavy and just too long and awkward. I thought if I ever have to go into combat with an SLR, I'd have a greater chance of killing the enemy by throwing the rifle at them, I hated the fkn thing. But the Austeyr fit me like a Speedo. The accuracy with it was outstanding. My grouping went from basketball size at 300 meters to a golf ball size and that was my first experience shooting with it. The fore-grip allows you to make adjustments measured in microns. With the fore-grip hand on your knee or any stable platform, you can make easy and accurate adjustments by squeezing the fore-grip. As your fore-grip fist tightens the rifle's aiming elevation increases and relaxing the fore-grip decreases the aiming elevation. This allows you to make pinpoint shooting easy as piss. Someone told me that when the Kiwis (NZ) got their Steyrs they got a cross reticle in their scopes. The Kiwi's were targeting for head shots with it (and getting head shots btw), which is not what you're trained to aim for. We're trained to aim for the center of the seen mass, which of course is to maximize your chances of hitting your target. So anyway I think they had sorted that out when we got our rifles with the standard donut of death. So that's our rifle, as beautiful as a Penthouse pin up and as deadly as the plague. If only she were a real woman, I'd marry her :)
My marksmanship with the F88 improved too, from the SLR. The F88 did have it's problems but they seemed to have been ironed out with the new EF88.
@@jeffveraart2695 And relatively a lot quicker and easier to field strip and clean I thought. Which meant less time fuckn around cleaning and more time to eat, shave, take a shit or make a brew.
Saw a similar video in NZ Army, one got backed over by a Unimog one day and it cracked like a egg. Absolutely hated the AUG.
We saw a similar video in the NZ Army, one got backed over by a Unimog one day and it cracked like a egg. Absolutely hated the AUG.
I think drill also looked better with the SLR than it does now with the F88.
Every modern gun is just a cold war mechanism with attachment rails on every inch of it. This gun and its iconic scope are simple yet elegant, still looking more revolutionary than the tacticool stuff of today.
Except the G11.
@@DKNguyen3.1415 The G11 is just a cold war gun.
The "doughnut of death" reticle is a stadiametric rangefinder. The outer diameter is as high as a Soldier at 150m. The inner diameter is as high as a Soldier at 300m.
Good to know! Thanks for the info.
so if you waiming at a guy bellow average or over average height, you are going to miss
@@peter4210 Even a pretty short or tall person will probably get you closer than a rough guess. Also remember that mitaries usually have height standards.
King Peter Realistically no. The trajectory of the 5.56 is so flat that pretty much for any man sized target between 100 and 300m so long as you aim right on the sternum you should reliably be able to hit he target. For a target within 100m you want to aim a little low or around the belly button area. The Soviets had a similar ranging gauge built into the original Dragonov scopes. And it seems to work pretty well with slight variance in the targets height not affecting an effective gauge of range.
bubbleHeadft, height standards is a thing of the past, but they are still enforced in ceremonial guards
AUG is the sound you make when shot at by the StG-77.
Laura Flemming that’s an acronym that stands for universal army rifle.
Jack Andersen woooooosh
Jack Andersen And "Awwgh" is an acronym for being shot by something. Sounds the same. Strange.
Jack Andersen *OOF*
@@Sableagle But the question remains: are you gey?
A good gun when you're hunting down a lone off duty cop in a skyscraper that's making life difficult.
@Greg Douglass thank god someone agrees that it is a Christmas movie let alone one of the greatest (Home Alone is also really good)
The Devils Own - you only unlock that mission once you’ve grown a luscious head of blonde hair.
#1 choice for deposed Val Verde dictators as well.
And still works after John makes him that mad...
Yippie ki ay.
American GIs in Nam: "These new M16s are just plastic junk." Austrians:
More like the American bureaucrats, which fucked up logistics and the M16 variant before the A1
@@nafisbernafas9073 right but the US GI’s were the ones who said that the Mattel 16 was shit
Floyddog22 the M16 (prior to the A1) was supplied w underprimed(?)/less pressure causing(??) ammunition and something something tolerances were too tight and, then the A1 and new ammo fixed it. Idk shit though but I know it wasn’t cause the m16 was garbage it was the ammo or some dumb grunt keeping his chamber and gas port dirty as shit. M16 is superior, and a super tight closed bolt much better in dirty environments
@@floyddog2283 Yeah, because they got issued shoddy ammo and weren't given cleaning kits lol. After the issues were sorted out it worked just fine.
I'm wary of liking this comment because it has 762 likes right now...
"Forgotten weapons"? The AUG will always be in my heart.
Y'Alldabaoth in my..... Die Heart..... badummm tssss
And the heart of every counter strike player lol
But that’s the channel name. Nobody said the aug specifically was forgotten...
aug is epic
mw2 aug is also quite nice
I love the smell of forgotten weapons in the morning
Austin Drumhe but this gun hasn’t been forgotten
Austin Drumhe what is it smells like?
Ali Rama smells like a combination of Cosmoline, Lucky Strikes, and Coffee Instant Type I.
But it's a reproduction you can buy today... Not quite forgotten. x,x
I love this weapon. Don't forget - the cleaning gear is also included in the backside of the weapon, and it is very easy to clean.
Easy but also annoying if you shot a couple of rounds of practice ammunition (K-Mun)!!!
@@warriortdrei4555 just Bundesheer things
Die war wirklich einfach und schnell zu putzen!
@@warriortdrei4555 K Mun is crap. If the insructor caught us not shooting it in the "Feldwoche" so we had lesser cleaning to do, they took your gun and fired the whole magazin. (well they tried. That crap failed in full auto more often than not)
@@kitsunefani just set the gaspressure higher. for grenade.
This gun is OP in literally every game it appears in.
Well in R6 it's just a pretty average rifle
@@evose1238 well, the one in R6 is the 9mm parabellum version of the original 5.56 rifle, with 5 less ammo...
@@slowdriver6868 that's kaids aug, which is actually a sorta decent smg, wamai and iq's AUG is just an ok rifle, and Gridlock's Australian AUG is also just an ok rifle
it's shite in payday 2
It just looks hideous tho. The British SA80 A2/A3 looks really good and the French one looks decent too but this thing is just disgusting and the built in scope is absolute wrank
you know what else uses a substantial amount of polymers? the Zip22
Passwalker The bullpup design isn't great but it's nowhere near as bad as the Zip22. Haha
Alex Postma Why would they use so much oil on a polymer firearm?
@@donaldferguson9418 can you really call the zip a bullpup? It's a pistol
Brett Adams I didn't call the Zip22 a bullpup. I know what it is.
@@donaldferguson9418 And the Glock X)
My former service weapon... If you care for it, it cares for you :,-) 2:14 Mine had a ring with a cross hair instead of that odd circle. 3:08 In a shooting position (or any other position), you can quickly remove the magazine with one hand by grabbing the magazine with your hand (d'uh) near the magazine well, putting thumb against the release lever and draw the magazine out while "assisting" the draw by pushing with the strength of your thumb against the lever (that lever is actually pretty strong). This explanation may sound awkward, but once you try it a few times, you will discover that it works really well. 4:44 The progressive trigger is no problem at all since the modern soldier is drilled hard into shooting individual shots at their targets. The reasons for that are many. Suffice it to say that automatic fire is a thing you do very consciously. 6:45 The little button on the charging handle is the forward assist (as the actual handle you grab doesn't move while shooting). If the gun doesn't close properly for whatever reason, by keeping the button pushed while pushing the handle forward, the handle grabs the rod inside and pulls it forward. 7:24 During my tour, when we showed our gear to the French, their eyes almost fell out when they saw just how easy one could remove the barrel XD (I thought the FAMAS to be unnecessarily complicated. The difference really showed in how long it took us and the French soldiers respectively to go through all the explained steps to disassemble/assemble them as you would with a fresh recruit. It must have been twice as long with many more little things out had to watch out for that you could get wrong with you were not 100% there. Exhaustion is a huge factor for soldiers on deployment. The FAMAS looks like a beast though and the basic handling was good too. Just a bit more rattly.) 8:46 The AUGs assembly/disassembly is difficult to mess up as all parts only fit in one exact way, except ONE piece. That one piece is the little piston in the gas regulator which you have to put in pointier end first. It will also fit in the other way, but the gun will not work entirely and you have to pull the charging handle each time. The gun actually works without the gas regulator, but one has to pull the handle each time and each time you do, a cartridge is ejected without having been fired. That means without the gas regulator, you waste a cartridge for each shot fired. 9:07 Pushing is unnecessary, if you want to disassemble, just pull it out immediately. There in the back is also the basic cleaning kit (2 brushes, 1 rope with attachments for these brushes and a small oil can), a red "cork" that screws into the muzzle for using blank ammo and a additional, removable cover that is supposed to keep the stuff in, but in reality makes it too thick and the large cap cannot close anymore. (We took it out and left it at the barracks; I never lost that stuff in the field as you don't really have to open the rear end in the field anyway.) 9:25 Always let the handle fly forward if you can, let the gun operate as it was designed, (unnecessary) manually assisting the gun loading can cause malfunctions. Do not do it unless you have to. During assembly/disassembly, also let it fly, if it doesn't work properly, you now know where to start looking for malfunctions. 12:21 To (field)oil the gun, simply put a drop of oil onto each rod and a drop behind the odd button that moves in that odd cutout in the bolt carrier assembly. The rods are hollow and contain the springs, these need oil too, but not as often. To oil those, simply put a few drops into each rod (at the rear end where the thick piece of steel is) and then use the firing pin to push the springs down a few times to distribute the oil inside the rods (which are in fact tubes). Also, there are rods inside the stock which go into the tubes containing the springs. These can get bend. (Mine were and my gun had to get repaired by the armourer during basic training. Before the repair, my gun worked badly. (And I mean it, it malfunction almost every shot using blanks and I always got screamed at for it despite doing everything humanly possible to get it to work; super clean and it didn't work; the moving parts bathing in oil, still not working; when I finally asked if the armourer could take a look at it, I got screamed at again -.- . Then my superiour tested it after his field inspection and it sill didn't work and then and only then did he finally admit that my gun needed repairing) After the repair though, it worked like a charm and I only ever got problems after shooting tons of blanks. 14:53 The AUG has a fire select. It is on the backside of the trigger mechanism (you didn't show the backside to the camera, so I can't say if this particular one has it or not; the HB Version doesn't have it if I remember correctly; I also got to carry and shoot that one) and it lets you choose between infinite burst (keep the trigger pulled and it will shoot until empty) and 3-round burst (keep the trigger pulled and it stop shooting after the third round). After basic training, I had switched the little red lever to infinite burst and never switched it back again. AUG stands for Armee-Universal-Gewehr meaning universal army rifle. (the name is self explanatory^^) The gas regulator also allows for rifle grenade (I never saw one of these). In that mode, all the gas is directed into the barrel (for maximum push), it is FAR louder and you have to recharge each shot manually. It is also makes the gun far louder. The gas regulator has a total of 3 settings. A little gas into working of the gun (default), a lot of gas into gun (if starts getting very dirty and need the extra push to fully work) and rifle grenade (explained before). As far as I can tell, it is not particularly loud for an automatic rifle (in normal mode) and while it has a unique sound like each gun model, it sounds rather subdued and unremarkable. One of the nice things about the AUG is, is that it can be somewhat comfortably shot with 1 hand. (2 hands are better obviously ;) ) With an AK or an AR, you cannot do that, at least not for more than a few minutes as you cannot hold it for longer than that without your hand totally cramping up. Very reliable, never had a problem with live ammo. All problems with reliability comes from blank ammo which dirty guns tremendously in general and don't make the guns work well in general. The iron sights are BAD, fuck them. The scope is resilient though, even if even back then I had wished for some basic gradation in the reticle. That hand guard is fantastic if you are making your way through brush and trees in the dark. It prevents your shooting hand from being squashed instead of just the trigger and trigger finger being protected from branches and shit. An irony of the AUG's handiness (and bullpups' handiness in general) is that their stock-length is fixed. If you are a tall guy like me, the gun is essentially too short and you won't shoot very well until you found workarounds in stance and posture. (meaning you have to hold yourself weirdly and counter intuitively to adapt to a weapon that doesn't fit you) Also a lot of screaming from instructors because you shoot far less well than the other average sized guys. (This is something I found out years later after leaving the military when I was getting my hunting license and used various guns of various lengths for the different shooting skills including skeet, running animal and standing animal.) BTW just because superiours are instructors in the military, does not automatically make them into good shooting teachers or good teachers in general. -.- Another irony, I was a beast on the BMG .50 and at least equal to the designated gunners who each got twice as much ammo to practice. Ultimately, I am an autodidact (my merit) with steady hands. (family trait, I cannot claim personal merit for those)
Mine was old too! (apparently one of the first my army ever bought) Mine didn't really fit so tightly between the part with scope and the plastic body of the rifle. I was so used to it that when for reasons I had to deal with new (or rather mint condition, probably still bought at the same time as mine) one, I was perplexed that it was supposed to fit so tightly as all our guns had various degrees of looseness in that spot. I was lucky though as my gun felt very precise once I got the hang of it^^. We had brass blanks whose tips where pressed together. For other stuff, we got all brass dummy rounds that were so bent and dented, the extractor never got them out and I had to remove the barrel (which luckily comes off so easily^^) every single time to pull the damn thing out with the pliers of my multi-tool. The one good thing about the many malfunctions in training is that one really knows how to handle them should the shit ever hit the fan (as the americans like to put it ever so eloquently) The most insulting part about the screaming of my instructors was when I actually became better (meaning I was finally adjusting to an unfitting gun) and shot repeatedly through the same spot/hole, (and I could tell I had done everything right) they just declared that I had missed and got screamed upon some more and given bad marks -.- Fuck these assholes, half of them would not even be able to write something like this as they all flunked out of our equivalent of high-school while I was 1 of 2 guys (out of 40 in our platoon) that had finished school at all and the only one that had gone through the highest level of schooling. I studied with the other 7 in my section because the words in the laws and rules we had to learn were so foreign to them, they were unable to understand anything until someone (perhaps even for the first time in their life) had set down with them and explained everything to them step by step. Now I have finally received my Bachelor of Science in forestry (for which I had also acquired a German hunting license; I have studied in Germany) Fuck asshole teachers, get better ones whenever you can and research as much as you can yourself. @nirfz Österreicher? Australian?
Das ist aber lange her! XD Die Armeen des Westens benutzen doch alle seit Ende der 80er Kevlarhelme. Mein Land Luxemburg hat die Steyr irgendwann in den 90ern gekauft und ich habe 2010-2011 gedient. Da hatte meine Waffe mindestens 3 Vorbesitzer gehabt. Die Farbe war auch zum größten Teil ab. Ganz ehrlich, es war ein häßliches und maltraitiertes Ding, aber ich habe es trotzdem geliebt :) Ich habe mit Österreichern im Einsatz zusamengearbeitet. Sehr professionell, sie haben ihr Land gut repräsentiert^^
My pleasure. I met danish troops too. Also very professional.^^
My country also uses Glocks ;) Be careful that national pride doesn't make you burst XD
This was really interesting to read. Thank you for taking your time writing those! Cheers
"Das Sturmgewehr 77 ist ein Gasdrucklader mit starrer Verriegelung ..." I remember loving and cursing that thing during my time in the Austrian military xD.
Hello, I served in the Austrian army for longer time and know this gun very well. I don’t know if someone posted it here - One thing to the loading handle not important but one nice feature - the button on the top you can use for silent loading. Normally you pull the handle completely to the end and let it free slide to the front. If you load silent, you pull the handle back - slide it slowly to the front - the shutter is not closed yet. To close the shutter you push the button - hold them - and push the handle completely to the front.
Is that what that random button is for? No one ever uses it so I was always curious what the heck you do with it
@@casedistorted yes it is. you use it as an tactical procedure in an covert opreration to load or reload the weapon.
I can literally see it in front of my mind's eye how prototypes got tested, and somebody from the Jagdkommando (for non-Austrians, they are our special forces, who, btw, have the weapon on its emblem) suggested to add something to be able to load the weapon quietly. This weapon really is the full package!
On new American versions of the AUG the button is no longer present but the function is still there. Folding the charging handle against the rifle will grab the bolt carrier, and pressing it forward will pull the bolt carrier forward and closed. It's a pretty elegant update.
The AUG is a fantastic rifle and I'd have 0 issues trusting my life to one. Great info!
Have you done an AUG video yet?
Yeah, Mrgunsgear, why haven't you reviewed the A.U.G.??? You big silly! Just kidding! Love your channel. If I had two A.U.G.'s I'd barrow you one, but I don't, and live in a state that's becoming an anti-gun S-HOLE!!!
Id have 1 issue
I well remember the changeover from the L1A1 SLR to this plastic fantastic! (Australian Army)
How are you not verified yet lol
As long as Diehard remains a cult classic this weapon will NEVER be forgotten...
and counter strike
@@hochmeisterulrichoffrankfu8207 And Jagged Alliance 2...
Don't forget Commando, Dan Hedaya's character used it too
Die hard isn't a cult classic mate, it's just a classic.
Yeah this gun always make me think of Karl and his AUG.
The AUG still looks futuristic even by today’s standards.
Maybe if they painted it a different color
@@radioactive_noodle7885 it's offered in green, black, white, and tan in the A3 model.
@legendofLINK445 This is a 2 year old comment, I have since reconsidered my stance on the AUG and consider it to be a wonderful weapon in its own right, and wish for its continued use for a very long time
@@radioactive_noodle7885 redemption arc
Having been a New Zealand Army armourer that worked on these, I learnt only one thing from this video. The Austrian made Steyrs issued to us must have been adapted, as ours had 3 position fire selectors/safeties. Ours had Safe, Semi auto, and Full auto. The push bar selector kept the trigger from being pushed back in safe, then had a step cut in at the Semi auto position, and then a full cut through for the Full auto position to allow the trigger full travel backward. This did make it annoying to fire full auto, as they still had the 2 stage trigger, so they would fire the first round slightly slower in cadence than the following full auto: ie: Bang, brrrrt. This made the barrel climb off target just as it went full auto.
Also nice to know: Swarovski produces/produced the optics for this rifle
C Bats, get out of here!!!
How fascinating
Swarovski has a pretty sizeable optics division. A lot of the hunting rifle scopes in use here are swarovski-made, as are a whole bunch of binoculars and similar things.
Swarovski Optics are very high quality. I have a Swarovski scope on my AR-15 DMR build and it's fantastic.
They also made my girlfriends necklace
One of the best looking rifles of all time.
Nah the f2000 is wayy better looking
Agreed. Very beautiful.
... The only reason I dislike this rifle, is the silly "'70s futuristic" look.
*worst
I've had mixed feelings over the look. Originally, I agree with the "it looks like a silly ray gun" critique. However, it's grown on me, if only from a historical/aesthetic perspective.
I am Austrian and have worked with that weapon for years as a soldier. I am amazed how good and correct the background information about that weapon is presented! Good work!
Ein wahres Wort 👍
That's why I watch.
What do you think of the trigger?
@@FedoraSpunk The trigger is something to get used to. I'd argue that when untrained people press it too hard under stress, the acutal problem is the untrained people, not the trigger.
The optical sight is quite high above the barrel. Does that cause accuracy issues?
As a German I have to say: Still one of the most beautiful weapons today and still with a forward-looking design. The only thing that is really not quite up to date is of course the non-removable rifle scope and the lack of weaver rails or similar attachment options. But the design itself is still relevant to this day.
that's what the A2 and A3 versions are for :)
when i first trained with this beauty when doing my mandatory military service and i was at my limits i stumbled and went faceforward into the ground, my riffle too, the scope nearly broke my jaw... still worked like a charm... the scope, not my jaw bahaha. given the annual 20k who do service, its quite fascinating how durable this gun is, everybody is like: juck! cheap plastic! ... but when you climb mountains, march through forest, on glaciers, through rivers... this baby is a godsend.
Hy Ian. really enjoy your work. I am staffsergeant working as a gunsmith in the Austrian Army. Sorry to correct you, but the forward springs in the Stg77 are NOT locatet in the stock as you mentioned . There are actually 4 springs! 2 are located inside the left, and another 2 in the right guiderod. They have 2 different lengths. The long one is backwards and the shorter one in front. Inbetween there is a counter mass part which prevents the boltcarrier of bouncing back.
This gun was ahead of its time.
Definitely
*Like all the Austrian weapon inventions were. XD
I did not know or even thinking at all that it’s so old already lol
In the ‘90s I underwent some conversion training on the Steyer (Austeyer) as I had done my recruit training with the SLR. Small arms training doesn’t get a huge amount of emphasis in the Navy. The instructor asked, “any left handers?”, a few of us put our hands up. “Well you’re going to have to shoot right handed ‘cause I don’t have any left handed bolts”. This thing was so easy to use I was on target every time despite shooting in an awkward position. I loved it straight away!
I was the same , I liked the old elephant gun (Yanks name for SLR) but my groupings and the weight was so much better with the steyer . The only thing i missed the slr in was doing dawn service and resting your rifle , couldnt do that with the steyer .
@@blackg0076 Have you noticed that the current ADF Federation Guard use SLRs?
@@martinwruck2213 no I haven't been to a dawn service for a while , and its been a while since i did a dawn service so I guess they would issue slrs for that .
Used this in the Australian army. Very light and easy to use rifle. The circular reticle is designed so that the centre of mass of a person completely fills the reticle at about 50 metres, I believe. An entire person can fit inside that reticle at about 150 metres. This is how we learnt to aim effectively.
7:30 Man oh man, this sound, have heard it a thousand times, still love it xD
Exactly what I said. You know that sound
oooh! and the distinctive *pa-ting* when the round is ejected! The smell too, nose right opposite the ejection port. Ahh the nostalgia. lol
Yes 9 years nz army!
I don't even have to click. I know exactly what sound you're talking about.
This video is so gorgeous I'm crying Austrian tears of joy.
Which we all know will revive dead unicorns
God save Francis the Kaiser, our good Kaiser Francis.
Just like my eyes filled with tears of joy in the anschluss
@@warrenlehmkuhleii8472 _Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser_
Noss Njeppa Sorry, despite my last name, I am a full blooded Yank, and I have no idea how to German unfortunately.
At my last job in Australia we manufacture these exact rifles and also a upgraded one. The magazine is made of polycarbonate. The body hammer is of glassed filled nylon, as is the cocking handle, grip barrel and main body. Those little pieces are made of polyacetal.
Can’t escape this gun, it gave me PTSD. The AUG haunts me in my dreams and melts me in Warzone
i’m not a victim, i’m a survivor from that gun
Gamer nerd
@@kingsley3208 this 👆🏻
The Irish Army’s service weapon. Vielen Dank Österreich! Schöne Grüße agus Irland ☘️
loved this weapon when I was in the Irish army reserve (62nd reserve mp coy)
Irish army's standard weapons in modern times. Lee Enfield FN AUG 'nuf said. Money well spent IMHO.
We've since upgraded. It's still a steyr but it's called the Mod 14 (Made in 2014). It's basically just the same weapon with an ACOG sight.
im just a little bit mad that the australians also use them. i mean come on its gonna be hard for amerikans
@@l.h.9747 I think the Aussies were first outside the Austrian Army to get them too, but we did have some problems with the barrels for a bit.
*Assembles AUG* "No one kills him but me."
Surviving the game?
Dunno why YT starts reccommending to me gun vids but hey, it's the one I had in the army so yay.
Apocalypse is coming. Steyrs everywhere
Used one of these babies in the Oz Army on operations, personally I loved it. Out of all the thousands of live rounds I fired through an F88, I only ever had 1 stoppage (double feed if I remember correctly). And that was in basic training with a heavily used weapon that had seen better days. As someone who grew up in the bush using firearms on an almost weekly basis, I rate the F88 very highly indeed. It is a well balanced, ergonomic, reliable, highly accurate and user friendly rifle. Great video as usual Ian - thanks alot
I call bullshit there. These rifles have plenty of stoppages, the same as any other rifle.
As an Australian and new to this channel this is DELIGHTFUL.
Welcome to a very deep rabbit hole mate. Been following gun jesus for a while now and doubt I'll ever get through all his uploads
Welcome to Gun Jesus' flock. You will be blessed with his bottomless gun knowledge as we have.
Dunno why the Steyr is classified as "Forgotten" though, as far as we are concerned lol
I don’t know if he says this in the vid but the Australian amry uses this weapon mainly but I did see that the special forces uses the m4 but I don’t know which
St0rMz i dont know if he says it either, however technically we (i say we because i myself am an aussie) dont use this gun, we use the f88 steyr, and now the updated ef88 austeyr, it’s a licensed AUG with a shorter barrel, i’m pretty sure the safety is different, and most of the gun is like a toy, being plastic and hollow, to make it cheaper and lighter. having fired the f88 it is a great gun, even when i shot a right handed rifle, and myself being a leftie.
6:40 - an interesting note regarding the sight picture: The later AUGs had a bit of a different style of sight picture - whilst it was still the circle in the center, that circle now had crosshairs going away from it. The reason for this was - at least according to a gunsmith from the austrian army i talked to - that the earlier types of sights (like the one in the video) would sometimes fog up in cold weather. This is due to the fact that the circle is chemically burned onto a lense that sits in the optic between the actual optical lenses. They later replaced that lense by a set of wires - so the later optics actually have a "physical" circle strapped on wires (hence the 'crosshair' going away from the circle) in the optics instead of a burnt on circle on a lense.
Interesting. Thank you for sharing it!
Thats an awesome gun fact
Thanks for the interesting anecdote, I noticed that there was a crossed version, and always wondered if it was standard.
I somehow doubt that. All reticles are etched pieces of glass that sit on the focal plane between the actual optical lenses and the tube has to be filled with some gas to prevent fogging. If the reticle gets foggy then so do the other lenses.
@@jackbauer7742 There are plenty of optics with wire crosshairs in them, but most modern optics have etched reticles.
Wow that brings back memories. In my mandatory military service in the Austrian army I assembled and disassembled this weapon several times a day in 6 weeks. We went to the firing range two times. Would have been nice to shoot it more often but that training was to be stationed as a guard in Vienna. I was jealous of the Jägerbattaillon who played in the woods all the time. Even when it's mostly plastic, it doesn't feel cheap at all, it's super durable.
When I did my military service, I first was trained on the old Stg 58 (Stg = Sturmgewehr), but after a while we got the new Stg 77. Much more lighter, less cleaning, easy assambling, better results in shooting. We loved it, and do so till today. Even if the Austrian army is not the strongest one, but we knew we have a most modern gun, better than many others.
Also used by the Falkland Island Defence Force instead of the SA80, which tells you a lot about the SA80...
Lol...it tells you alot about what the ex royal marines that set up the falklands defence force thought about the 'shit as' 80......and i don't blame them.....the sa80 is what happens when accountants are allowed to decide what equipment the military can have
That's interesting;do you know why this is so?(Did not know this)
@Zach cash Much like you copy pasting your comment despite not quite fitting
Pe Bo....SA80 was selected because it was the cheapest rifle that the british government could get produced in britain....find Ians video on the SA80.....and remember that he is pretty diplomatic when espousing a weapons shortcomings ....
@@unhippy1 the sa80 was margret thatcher corrution and privatization of government companies.
Cleaned this thing probably 434816 times :/
What did you think of it?
It was in my 6 months military time (in Austria every guy has do go six months into the militray after he is 18 years old ) ist was more cleaning than shoting but is was a nice funny gun :)
Stefan Kobler You should check out the ef88 the Australian Army uses from using it myself its a good piece of kit
That ef88 looks realy nice :)
Stefan Kobler Und die dumme K Mun macht mehr Dreck als die S Mun😂
Just got one. Its one of the coolest rifles ever. Doesn't leave much room for accessories but I still had to have it.
The guide rods hav the return springs inside them. There’s a couple of smaller rods integrated into the butt stock that ride inside the guide rods to depress the springs. A solid weapon!
Gotta give some credit to this giant black FAL just sitting here whole time. This thing looks EVIL
It's the unique Austrian version, with nifty features such as a pretty premium hammer forged barrel and the integral bipod.
Should have been a beast of a rifle
Oh trust me, it was. A very awesome club (or spear with the bayonet attached) that could, in a pinch, used as a battle rifle.
@@signorpippistrello We were told in the Austrian Army service that the Stg58 is a melee weapon with a shot function ;)
When Ireland adopted the AUG one reason given was that it was easier to teach marksmanship and increase the performance of the cooks, cleaners , drivers etc. First round hits on targets were greatly increased when compared to the FN Fal.
We found the same thing in Australia. They 1/2 the bull eye on the standard targets after the first year because so many were able to shoot marksman.
This parallels the reason what the USA developed the venerable M1 Carbine. Support troops required a lightweight and compact rifle offering more stopping power, range and preceision than a pistol, but less recoil and time-on-range than a full size battle rifle. As a Australian Air Force Cadet I earned my crossed rifles with an F88 (85% at 300 yards). The optics are a brilliant setup. They're excellent for target acquisition at medium range, and strictly speaking don't completely suck at longer ranges where irons would be a real pain.
I was told we traded butter to the Russians and they paid for the guns, some sanction avoidance. Could be total bullshit
Optics obviously an advantage. Lightness and more friendly recoil are less obvious. After 120 rds in a day on the range with an SLR, I was quite shagged... And carrying one for tens of km a day definitely adds to overall fatigue. Not as bad as being lugged with GPMG M60 and AN/PRC-77 *at the same time* on small patrols...
Me little Armalite!
Note: the recoil springs are not in the stock. They live inside the rods attached to the bolt carrier, and are compressed by other rods in the stock.
I wouldn’t exactly call this gun “forgotten”.
The channel name is more of a formality at this point.
Where is that in the title?
Respectable Adult it’s the channels name
I, like any other Austrian doing their military draft service ever since 1978 or so, also carried the Stg77. It's a gun which was definitely designed with that draft service in mind. Simple, rugged, reliable and can be taught quickly to your average GWD (Grundwehrdiener = basic service soldier) with limited experience and training. The sight, while pretty outdated by today's standards, still works quite well in that role. Just put your circle on whatever you want to hit up to 300m (which is pretty much as far as you can see with the 1.5x) and fire away. The trigger is a mess, though. Like was mentioned in the video, you'd see it go off fully auto during training quite often. As soon as (again, limited training) soldiers were under stress, they'd just rip the trigger all the way. The 40th anniversary civilian AUG is of the A2 pattern, which means that you can take the sight off and add a picatinny rail instead. The regular military Stg77 version is an A1. There are currently some other versions in limited service with the Austrian military. Our special forces have a version called A2 Kommando, which is an A2 pattern with a shorter barrel. One of the airborne infantry batallions has the same. The military police has a similar variant with a picatinny and Aimpoint / magnifier combo. Interestingly enough, they don't really use the A3 version but rather modified A2s. However, the BMI (ministry of interior - so basically the police) recently received an awesome A3 version with a very short barrel (380mm, ~15") and a new 3 stage safety that goes safe-semi-auto to avoid the issues with accidental full auto mentioned before. The also get a badass rail system and shell deflector by Corvus Defensio (not sure if they have the extended mag release by the same), Magpul RVG, Blue Force Gear Vickers Sling, Aimpoint red dot and a Surefire X300 light. In addition a B&T quick detach suppressor. Really superb parts. I personally also own a semi auto AUG A3. I'd say it's pretty equal to AR-type weapons (I also own an AR15). There are pros and cons with both designs.
Did the BMI variant you mentioned replace the 2 stage trigger?
@@alephkasai9384 AFAIK it uses the same, so set to semi it does semi only and in FA setting it has the horrible trigger pull still (but you just pull it hard, as you intend to fire FA with the FA setting already anyway).
Hitler
@@crowmagpie you like him?
@ goku
10:45 The recoilsprings are inside the two guide rods, not the buttstock.
Praise be!
The receiver including the optic is also made from aluminum, not steel.
Beat me to it 😂
Figured someone else would have spotted the two obvious flaws Ian left in for us to catch. Receiver does have some steel inserts (rear for the barrel and bolt to lock into, front bushing for the barrel).
You're right I wanted to look up schematics to see exactly how they work
I love going back and watching these videos and understanding stuff I didn't the last time.
This was an excellent breakdown of one of my most favorite and cherished rifles (I own one). You did miss something that I think is pretty neat and that is the ejection port on later AUG's. While the first version of the AUG is a right handed weapon the Styer Aug A3 can facilitate either handedness on the fly. For example my AUG has an ejection port on both sides of the rifle with a rubber plunger or stop that you use to plug the side not in use. This has worked really well for me as I'm legally blind in my right eye. Even though I am right hand dominant, I fire a rifle with my left. This is one of the reasons I love my Styer Aug A3 so much as it's perfect for me. I have received many strange looks when I go to the tactical range as I shoot a handgun with my right and I fire rifles with my left (I pivot). It's definitely a conversation starter with the range master. "What in the Hell are you doing?" Is usually their first reaction. ;)
I know the feeling. I'm exactly 💯 percent the same way. Blind right but right pistol shooter dead eye my boss called me. Then, left handed rifle shooter and drove my Sgt crazy 😧 WTF are you doing son, Sir, I'm preparing to fire my weapon Sir, ! Aren't you using the wrong side there son ??? No Sir, bang, bang bang oh ok I see 🙈 go ahead on then ??? Hahaha 😂 LMAO. They were definitely confused .. 😕🤔 LOL😂!!
@@vernondaniels6506 Right on man!
The location of recoil springs is not stated correctly. They are within the guide rods, not in the butstock - there are just 2 additional guide rods. They ensure that the bolt carrier moves along correctly as it separates from the receiver and take care of the compression of the compression of the recoil springs in the bolt carriers' guide rods. In conjunction you could say that the bolt carrier rides on a train like track during operation...
Ok
if he disassembled the bolt group he may have seen into the rods better as he watched the carrier spring catapult the bolt across the floor because he didn't hold it right when removing the firing pin... lol
I loved this rifle when I was in the Irish military. We got round the accidental full auto by ordering an automatic lock out pin under the trigger. Pull it down for single, Push up for full auto. Simple 😊
"Give the new boy the rundown on the rifle, will ya." "See this here? Push it down, now you're killin'. Pull it up, now you're killin' faster."
Was this adjustment done by ur gunsmith or by the manufacturer?
Juan Zulu there was a single shot lock out button on the bottom of the trigger, pull it down and it clicks in place and prevents the trigger from being pulled to the auto position.
I'm not a gun guy, no idea why I'm even binge watching this channel, but it looks like a piece of garbage. The whole thing is made out of plastic. Is it actually a good, reliable weapon? This is a legit question.
IamI3rian yes it is very much a very good reliable rifle. Multiple European armed forces and Australia have adopted it as their standard issue rifle. If you are used to an AR pattern rifle transitioning to a bull pup is difficult.
Tunisian ARMY & Police using this as primary Weapon Since 1978
And the Vatikan army
And the Irish Defence Forces
lucky ones yall should belong to fränz ^ ^
Schiach is trozdem! LOL
@@jprracing1 najo, bessa ols des von da garde is
This gives military flashbacks: „Lauf ausschwenken!“ br from austria
Sicherheit überprüfen!
"Geladen und entsichert" - der beste Spruch, wenn man die Waffe an den Ausbilder zur Kontrolle übergibt ;-)
„Lauf frei, Sicherheit vorhanden“ 🇦🇹🇦🇹😬
Und dann das geknatter der K muni wenns die Rekruten doch ned frei gemacht ham... XD
jo leida
This is what the SA80 _should_ have been. Particularly since the MOD had been toying with the idea of a bullpup since the late 40's.
We did adopt one, the EM-2, in the mid 50's but NATO requirements saw it replaced in less than a year. There's a bit of a "what if" there, the L1A1 was good but it was heavy, semi auto only and fired a full rifle calibre as opposed to an intermediate round. Makes me wonder how different wars like the Falklands would have been with the EM-2 or a developmental improvement of it.
+Irish The EM-2 wasnt very good either. Ian has this wierd idea that it was super functional, that seems to be based on him firing a few shots out of one once and it not malfunctioning, but everything I have seen says it had the same reliability issued the weapons developed from it (ie the whole string that would eventually become the SA80 family) had.
Had the SA80 been designed by actual gunsmiths, it could have ended up to be something similar.
@Neutron Alchemist Exactly. By all accounts the guys tasked with the SA80 design, although doubtless competent engineers, had zero experience either making or using firearms. They knew all the bits a rifle needed to function (after a fashion), but they had no idea how to artfully combine those parts in a way that produced a reliable, user-friendly weapon. The fact that the thing was designed by committee didn't bode well for the project either. The committee approach nearly _always_ results in some kind of cluster-fuck. That British troops were being sent into combat with a rifle that many, through bitter experience, rapidly came to mistrust and dislike is a travesty that has yet to be rectified in any meaningful way. Given that even the latest "upgrade" doesn't seem to have made a great deal of difference beyond the cosmetic, the MOD could do a lot worse than arrange to buy the soon to be de-commissioned FAMAS off the French! At least the lads would have a weapon they could count on then.
@Tom Yorke it's so annoying the billions the UK government wastes on developing inferior weapon systems and piss poor planning.
I wasn't a fan of these until I used one, in the hands these are superb rifles and so comfortable to shoot. I would totally be confident taking this into battle.
Can confirm.
I mean there has to be a reason the Australian army just modernized them into the EF88 with no handling modifications, only picatinny rails and internal changes.
I used one as a sercicd rifle. Found them awesome to use. I understand the appeal of AR platforms for customisation etc however. But the ATRAX has addressed a lot of adaptability issues.
Great review. As an ex-Australian serviceman, I would love to see a review of the latest version in service with the Australian Defence Force.
From 1978- 2020 ...With SLR + M16 I could consistently shoot 200mm groups, F88 120mm groups and with EF-88 70mm groups. The last one was even when I forgot to change the sight magnification from 1.5 to 4 power. Hahahaha!
@@tonyrigby7948 Thanks for the info Tony. Sounds like the EF-88 is quite accurate and your body must be totally stuffed after serving for so long. LoL
Many happy years spent carrying one of these in the Irish Army. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
My all-time favorite gun. I fell in love with this, in the early 90’s.
Interesting that the Australian defense forces went from the SLR (FN FAL) to the Steyr AUG as well as the Austrian military
Yeah, when he had the two rifles up there I was like hey it’s Australia for the last like 50 years, but now I reckon we’ve actually surpassed them with the EF88
Dammit Lt Carl.. you having map troubles again?!?!? AustrALIA... not AustrIA...
The Irish Defence Forces went from the FN FAL to this weapon aswell!
Most NATO countries abandoned the FAL in the mid to late 70s/80s because the US insisted on using comparatively underpowered 5.56mm ammunition as the standard.
Underpowered for long range. Most combat takes place within ranges of 0-300 meters which is where cartridges like 5.56x45, 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 shine in terms of performance as much stronger calibers like 7.62x51 NATO and 7.62x54R although they chew up and spit out the previous 3 calibers in long range engagements ranging from 500-1000 meters generate too much recoil in CQB, limit magazine capacity, require much stronger soldiers thus reducing troop numbers and are simply overkill in terms of power for most situations. Most modern armies though still see the advantage of having full-powered rifles suited for long-range combat and as such the concept of the "Battle Rifle" in my opinion naturally evolved into the concept of the DMR (designated marksman's rifle), a self-loading or select fire rifle firing full powered ammunition designed primarily for precision shooting at long-range such as the Mk 14 EBR, HK417 and the venerable SVD, the first true DMR.
My favorite gun of all time. Love the sound, look, even the name.
Not really a gun fiend, but you've certainly taken much of my time over the last year or so, I wondered about the Steyr F88 and your appraisal and review makes this Aussie happy.
Many new features on this gun. You could say, it's been.... AUGmented ;)
You're awful. I like it.
Glurgi ba dum tiss 🥁
"Strange, my weapon seems to be augmented." I miss Deus Ex.
nice joke, altough the word AUG means Armee Universal Gewehr (army universal rifle)
It’s more like An Upgraded Gun compared to the older models.
That barrel removal and bolt assembly are so f. cool.
I have one just like this (40th anniversary STG77) and I absolutely adore it. It's easily my favorite 5.56 rifle to take to the range.
I love the aug visually, and as a ingenious machine. I really hope it continues to stick around. Curious to see how it might be upgraded in the future.
Bullpup’s are my favorite type of rifles, they’re just sooo beautiful
"If it runs on batteries, i'll see it!"
Heart Beat Sensor deployed!!!!
Ah a r6 player
Why would u use the Aug on IQ
@@dankninja9434 Because IQ can hold the AUG withing 3mm of her face ;D
@@islaymassive1530 that's why I don't use it lmao I need to see I feel like irl the gun would hit me in the face if I held it like that
Nice I learned some things about this gun that I didn’t know before thanks.
This may have been already mentioned already, and it's not a big deal, but the recoil springs are located inside the bolt carrier behind each guide rod. You cannot see them. The stock contains two fixed guide rods (on either side) that act on the bolt carrier when it moves backward. Excellent technical video, especially the trigger group explanation.
I have a first gen 1 stg556 Msar if you'd like to look at it Ian. It's basically an American made aug clone. It's very similar but with proprietary parts. It's basically a aug with a forward assist. It's weird and definitely forgotten
Send him an e-mail or talk to him through patreon, that would be fun to see
Do you know his email? I'd make a patreon but I'm not entirely keen on putting my credit or debit card on an online service I won't use very often
Just Another Videoless Channel I have a couple other odd rifles. Like a (supposedly rare and desirable) d-technik vz58 with mostly Czech parts, a ptr91 which is basically a cetme/ G3 hybrid made with original Portuguese tooling in the US. I like weird stuff
@@alexanderstrickland9036 Try going to the forgotten weapons website, it should be there. That, or make a thread on the Forgotten Weapons reddit page.
and a lot of people think they are worth as much as augs and they are wrong lol
Karl's weapon of choice ! ❤
The Austrian Army is blessed with small arms. The Stg 77, the MG 74 (a modernized MG42) and the Glock pistol as a sidearm
Beautiful work of art
damn... those two guns remind me of my military service. We've been using the STG-58 for drill and the AUG is still in use to this day (in it's A3 variant) Going to be shooting and mainly cleaning one in November again. You could leave it as is for a year and nothign would happen, but you clean it more often than you fire it if you're at the military here...
liquidminds you’re going to shoot and clean it again? As a civilian or are you one of our miliz-soldiers?
Ich hab das liebe Ding in Luxemburg getragen. :)
+Marvin Xox Miliz. I don't really see a use in having one as a civilian.
+Jacquirius Schöne Grüße aus meinem liebsten östlichen Bundesland an mein liebstes westliches Bundesland ;-)
The a3 isnt adopted fully(and might never be given that we still order A1's for some stupid reason), its also notworthy that the Variant in use by the JaKdo and JgB25 is dubbed the A2 Kommando(fixed optic, but with three rails, usually used with an Aimpoint on top and LLM), despite being called "A3 SF" on the commercial market, one config of the A2 Kommando is also dubbed STG 77 KPE for the Kader, which just comes with the integrated optic and LLM, the MP recently got the STG77A1 MP, which is more or less an A2 on the commercial Market(just a rail on top and on the side of the receiver, usual config in its case is an Aimpont Micro with a 3x magnifier.
When the Dutch army tested rifles to replace the FAL, the AUG was best tested. In my army time with maintenance platoon, I helped making cut away models from a few test AUG'S. My sergeant litterly said: here is an AUG. Go the the lathe and milling machine. I wanna see the inside of this rifle, but it must keep its functionality. It was fun to do. Cool rifle. Wished we adopted it.
Colt had a better loby. The American industry is helped by the CIA to push it's crap on US allies, like The Netherlands. Same with the Starfighter and the f35. They own us. That is why we go help fixing US problems in Afghanistan and the middle east, whenever and how often they want us to. We Dutch just lick American boots.
@@MaxSluiman In Australia we tested the M16 and the Steyr Aug. The M16 narrowly beat the Steyr Aug but the US would not give Australia a license to build them. Hence the Steyr Aug was adopted.
This thing is really an unforgetable gun. Very cool, thanks.
I served with one of these as a conscript in 2014. I managed to shoot a tighter group with the AUG at 300m than I could ever manage with our "sniper rifle" at 200 meters. It's a wonderful gun beloved by most.
I had the privilege of using this rifle in my time at the Irish defence forces many years ago,never failed me in my service.
This was my Stg in 1994/95 here in Austria. The Stg 77 is a extremly reliable gun, you can bury it in Sand or mud ind it will still fire.
Shows that polymer is actually a reliable material to make heavy duty guns from. You can make most parts of a gun, unless it has pressure, has abrasion or has to fasten something.
I'm from Austria and I was able to hold one twice bc we went to a police station multiple times and every Austrian police car has one in the back for scaring off people etc. and it's used in pretty much every armed sector like military, police, cobra etc and it has a ton of different variants I think the police uses the 9mm version for example.
Any chance on seeing the Japanese Type 89.
Extremely unlikely, as they've never been exported anywhere from Japan.
Unless he get access to one in Japan then no.
He can only get it STRAIGHT from a JSDF base in Japan. And given the JSDF are somewhat open in using them (I remember IMFDB mentioning some Japanese films use actual JSDF equipment with consent).
I also want to see the type 99 smg. Very few videos on it.
@Grady Braky That is pretty possible due to the fact that some are in the US.
Thanks for this video but you totally forgot to mention that the gas piston can be turned and removed for cleaning as it has a lateral spring loaded tang. That also bumps up the gas return if you have a dirty rifle with a slowing rate of fire or stoppages. The fishing pin is removed by pushing it in and rotating it 90 degrees and is removed rearward, thus releasing the bolt and bolt cage forward to remove it for cleaning and repairs after depressing the guide button that doubles up as the bolt rotation guide. You don't need to push the rear sling swivel in first to release the butt plate, you can just pull it straight out. There used to be a small plastic cover under the trigger mach for a small oil/cleaning kit but they just got lost. The optic sight on the Australian/New Zealand F-88A1 is slightly different with vertical and horizontal bars across the centre circle aiming point. The scope also dosen't have this "horns" in front of the scopes adjusting knobs and our military version has a NATO style bayonet lug. The magazine can also be broken down by pushing in the two buttons on the base plate and sliding the base plate forward to replace the spring, the follower plate, the base plate and wash the magazine out of sand/mud etc. The F-88A1 also had a "single shot" lockout button that could be pushed down from a cut out on the side/base of the trigger with a casing lip which would also allow the rifle to fire single round semi-auto which was much quicker. It's muzzle velocity was 980mps I believe on standard NATO ball. It's also tail heavy which made it very uncomfortable to carry on pack marches.
Always loved the look of these still looks futuristic today!
Steyr, ah I miss it thank you Austria for giving that to Ireland, one of the most trustworthy guns I've fired in the Irish reserves.
and a Glock 17!
Make a Holiday in Austria, Steyermark is so amazing. Drink Vino like in Italy take a bath in a great Resort in the mountens or simply Hiking. If Wuhan19 is gone.
The Irish army also adopted this weapon with one change an Automatic Lock Out on the trigger ( a button that could be pulled down to prevent firing full auto.
The 'Gorilla Button' or 'single shot lock-out' device was on the triggers of Australian and NZ weapons too. It was used in Basic Training and on annual requalification grouping serials. Every Australian soldier had to shoot four 150mm 5-round groups from 20 rounds to qualify for the firearms aspect of the Army Individual Readiness Notice (AIRN).
The NZ rifle did not have the auto lock out fitted.
Welp, STEYR has more polymer than my ex
Lol good one.
shots fired
That's a good thing. Unless you like carrying unnecessary weight.....
this is still better than your ex
It's great because you can put a suppressor on it, but not always your ex.
I always thought the AUG looked cool but never knew anything about it until this video. What a magnificent weapon!
The AUG has always been a pretty iconic weapon
Here in the Irish Army we also used the steyr aug to replace the FAL in the early 80s
As seen by your channel picture.
Never thought that this was modeled in the 70s . It just looks so modern now
The Irish variants have an ALO, automatic lock out button incorporated directly onto the trigger , it prevents you pulling back the trigger the whole way and firing full auto, and they also came with sight covers , the rangers(irish special forces) used drum mags and heavy barrel variants , the sound of the barrel being pulled out brings back memories, ribbed for her pleasure....
Having used these and the SA80 A2, I’d choose the AUG any day.
My sin is my preference on the FN FAL. I just love the marksman rifle feel to it, even though it’s not in that classification of rifle. I’ve always found it in a sweet spot between a DMR and a standard “assault rifle”