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Carl Walther was a third-generation rifle-maker with a small factory
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Guns That Changed The Game

Carl Walther was a third-generationrifle-maker with a small factory manufacturing...

Carl Walther was a third-generation
rifle-maker with a small factory manufacturing hunting
and target rifles in Thuringia, Germany

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Carl Walther was a third-generation rifle-maker with a small factory
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manufacturing hunting and target rifles in Thuringia,
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Germany.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:51
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Hirschman/Northern Productions

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As each new century unfolded, guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons became more and more contested. These are the Guns the Changed the G...
S01 • E02 In 1963, the Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara, concluded that the - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
In 1963, the Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara, conclude...
S01 • E03 The British Army was looking for a light, frontline weapon that - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
The British Army was looking for a light, frontline weapon t...
S01 • E02 The air-cooled, gas-operated, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
The air-cooled, gas-operated,
S01 • E03 In 1941 they found a real game changer. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:05
In 1941 they found a real game changer.
S01 • E01 Walther's son Fritz convinced him that pistols were the future - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
Walther's son Fritz convinced him that pistols were the...
S01 • E02 A manual bolt was added at the behest of senior leadership, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
A manual bolt was added at the behest of senior leadership,
S01 • E03 Mortars are short barrelled, muzzle loading weapons that fire - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
Mortars are short barrelled, muzzle loading weapons that fir...
S01 • E01 Their first nine models were unremarkable - - Guns That Changed The Game 00:14
Their first nine models were unremarkable -
S01 • E03 They had been in use for hundreds of years prior to World War 1 - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
They had been in use for hundreds of years prior to World Wa...
S01 • E02 In March 1965, the M16 was issued to infantry units - Guns That Changed The Game 00:12
In March 1965, the M16 was issued to infantry units
S01 • E01 Around this time, Walther also diversified into calculators, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:08
Around this time, Walther also diversified into calculators,
S01 • E03 Consequently, they were dense, cumbersome and designed - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
Consequently, they were dense, cumbersome and designed
S01 • E01 The size of a typewriter, they were a mechanical forerunner - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
The size of a typewriter, they were a mechanical forerunner
S01 • E03 The battlefield of World War 1 offered new ways of using mortars, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:10
The battlefield of World War 1 offered new ways of using mor...
S01 • E02 A Marine Corps rifleman reported, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
A Marine Corps rifleman reported,
S01 • E01 Electronic versions of this machine were still on sale in the 1970s. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
Electronic versions of this machine were still on sale in th...
S01 • E02 "Practically every one of our dead was found - Guns That Changed The Game 00:19
"Practically every one of our dead was found
S01 • E01 In 1929, they began to make the PP, Police Pistols series and suddenly - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
In 1929, they began to make the PP, Police Pistols series an...
S01 • E03 Wilfred Stokes was a civil engineer who went to work at the Ministry - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
Wilfred Stokes was a civil engineer who went to work at the ...
S01 • E03 Curiously, Stokes' mortar design was initially rejected in June 1915, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
Curiously, Stokes' mortar design was initially rejected...