Iranian Embassy MP5

[ButcherBill]

I'm not a fan of Mark Felton video's as they tend to be a bit 'dry', but this one made me feel pretty good about my MP5 DIY build.

 

 

[Mtemprell]

It was a fairly interesting video of his. As you say he is a bit dry get much better videos from Ian on forgotten weapons and Jonathan furgason on royal armoureries page. 

[JimFromHorsham]

Seemed more about the raid itself , given its title I was hoping to see it ( the mp5 and its custom WL ) all broken down a bit more but nice to see all the same  

 

 

[1st commando]

also worth noting that Rusty was not one of the guys with a light on his MP5 during the raid 

[Tackle]

1 hour ago, 1st commando said:

also worth noting that Rusty was not one of the guys with a light on his MP5 during the raid 

Thats right, he was with me & the other 500 guys on the balcony 😉

[rj1986]

That balcony is an engineering miracle, just to support the weight of all 900 SAS operatives on it at one time. 

[Tackle]

23 minutes ago, rj1986 said:

That balcony is an engineering miracle, just to support the weight of all 900 SAS operatives on it at one time. 

To be fair, if it just took my weight it would be a miracle 🐷

 

🤣

[ButcherBill]

3 hours ago, rj1986 said:

That balcony is an engineering miracle, just to support the weight of all 900 SAS operatives on it at one time. 

Built to last back then. 🙄

[Anonymoose]

7 hours ago, Tackle said:

Thats right, he was with me & the other 500 guys on the balcony 😉

 

I knew we'd met before. I was there too, third from the right.

 

 

 

 

(Quite impressive really, as it happened 9 years before i was born.)

[Armo1000]

The main issue with Felton is that, despite being an established historian, the guy doesn't check his vids and even gets caught using Wiki word-for-word on occasion. That said, his vids are generally enjoyable, hence the large view count he gets, and he knows this for sure.

[NiallT]

1 hour ago, Armo1000 said:

The main issue with Felton is that, despite being an established historian, the guy doesn't check his vids and even gets caught using Wiki word-for-word on occasion. That said, his vids are generally enjoyable, hence the large view count he gets, and he knows this for sure.

I think 'established historian' is generous. He's a pop-history writer with a YouTube channel. A lot of his videos have turned out to be complete bollocks as well. I was a fan of his many years ago but I don't trust any of his claims anymore. 

[Darkmikey22]

My take on it too. 

 

@ButcherBill are you able to adapt or alter your mount/torch. 

just i would cut a gap between the mounting holes on the torch. 

[Colin Allen]

8 hours ago, NiallT said:

I think 'established historian' is generous. He's a pop-history writer with a YouTube channel. A lot of his videos have turned out to be complete bollocks as well. I was a fan of his many years ago but I don't trust any of his claims anymore. 

Indeed; Felton is an excellent self publicist who has made a career out of somewhat over sensationalised and sometimes historically dubious books and, in particular, his YT channel.

[DerDer]

Give it another decade and we will all be nostalgic about the ten minute video format. TikTok historian is quite a monstrous concept. 

[Mtemprell]

1 minute ago, DerDer said:

Give it another decade and we will all be nostalgic about the ten minute video format. TikTok historian is quite a monstrous concept. 

Give it 10 years and YouTubers will be retired or jobless due to AI videos taking over. 

[DerDer]

16 minutes ago, Mtemprell said:

Give it 10 years and YouTubers will be retired or jobless due to AI videos taking over. 

It's amazing the way it already starting to clog up the results page. Top ten/five videos featuring computer generated voices and nothing but stock footage. 

Not exactly hoverboards and flying cars. 

 

Still at some stage we might get a Tokyo Marui GBB Hi Power. Which would go nicely with an Iranian Embassy loadout. 

[Mtemprell]

5 minutes ago, DerDer said:

It's amazing the way it already starting to clog up the results page. Top ten/five videos featuring computer generated voices and nothing but stock footage. 

Not exactly hoverboards and flying cars. 

 

Still at some stage we might get a Tokyo Marui GBB Hi Power. Which would go nicely with an Iranian Embassy loadout. 

You never know. I have the we hipower MK3 and the original p35 they aren't bad guns but they are WE so bound to fail before long. 

[ButcherBill]

9 hours ago, Darkmikey22 said:

are you able to adapt or alter your mount/torch. 

just i would cut a gap between the mounting holes on the torch. 

Yeah, I'm also tempted to move the switch gear to the side but I'm happy with it for now. still got plenty of pipe & conduit left over.

Edited 1 hour ago by ButcherBill

[DerDer]

15 minutes ago, Mtemprell said:

You never know. I have the we hipower MK3 and the original p35 they aren't bad guns but they are WE so bound to fail before long. 

Had a tangent sight WE quite a few years back. Worked okayish as a holster filler but you're quite right, matter of when it would give up the ghost.

 

TM P320 seems to be making progress (ignoring real steel problem), so we might get a Browning at some stage.