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Jonathan breaks down the weapons of the Captain America film franchise, including Cap’s iconic Colt 1911 and Bucky's M249 (or is it...?)

The third episode of Expert Reacts on EXP is here, and we're off to the movies for the first time. As an Extended Episode patron you get an extra long episode with a bunch of extra weapons, a week earlier than the main feed, and it's ad-free. Enjoy!

Jonathan Ferguson, an expert in firearms history and the Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in the UK, breaks down the weapons of the Captain America film franchise, including Cap’s iconic Colt 1911, the retro-futuristic, Tesseract-infused Hydra arsenal and Bucky’s M249 (that, as it turns out, isn’t Bucky’s at all…)

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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, breaks down the weapons of the Captain America film franchise, including Cap’s iconic Colt 1911, the retro-futuristic, Tesseract-infused Hydra arsenal and Bucky’s M249 (that, as it turns out, isn’t Bucky’s at all…) 00:00 - Intro 01:13 - Red Skull’s Laser Luger 03:08 - Thompson M1921 05:04 - Walther PPK 07:39 - Walther P38 vs Lucky Star Car Company Door 10:16 - Captain America’s costume 10:58 - Should Cap use a gun? 12:27 - Hydra’s Energy Weapons 13:55 - Zolanator 2000X 18:21 - Captain America’s Shield and Colt 1911 Combo 20:12 - M1919 20:36 - M1941 Johnson Rifle 21:11 - Reloads, tactical and awkward 21:51 - Captain America’s Shield (continued) 22:55 - Hydra Mech Suits 23:48 - Hydra Energy Weapons (continued) 24:27 - Black Widow’s Glock 26s 25:41 - Nick Fury’s Quad-barrel Car Gun 27:32 - The Winter Soldier 29:30 - Hipfiring a Minigun 30:43 - The Winter Soldier Part 2 32:31 - Falcon’s Steyr SPPs 34:25 - Crossbones’ Mark 47 Striker Grenade Launcher 35:07 - Bucky’s M249…or is it? 38:15 - The final time Captain America uses a firearm 40:00 - 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 the Captain America film franchise, 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/

Comments

William

This was great. The Matrix series would be a cool one to analyze too; still love the infinite armory scene in the endless white void from the first film.

Tom Painter

The Zolanator took notes from Azrael's 3rd edition combi-bolter as far as magazine placement goes.

Terry

Great production. So happy you guys are back!

Batcat

This was awesome! These videos are a reason why I'm paying much more attention the the weapons when I'm watching movies now. A look at the guns from the Die Hard series would be interesting. A lot of "older" firearms and film techniques to talk about there I reckon.

Juno Milizé

i wonder if cap being blown physically back by crossbones's grenade launcher might be because he doesn't know what Mk 47s are, and as such he wasn't expecting to have to brace for the explosion? this all hinges on his knowledge of contempary weapons, of course. it might also be because crossbones has found some way to potentially increase the explosive's power and resultant shockwave, maybe as anticipation from knowing who cap is and what he can do? just some theories of mine to help it make more sense.

EivorKS

So I went back and watched First Avenger and as far as the car door, he picks it up totally a ok, but after he drops it and runs after baddie and the kid hes got a graze on his rib that kinda lines up with the lower impact from the 9mm. Was Johnathans followup with the prop-guy about the Zolanators ever published?

Jack Ravenswood

8:16 if you look close one of the bullets actually grazed his ribs you can even see blood but the impact is significantly lower