Fake it till you make it? How 3 dudes in a garage tricked British government and won a military contract

Jul 1, 2026 2:40 PM

https://www.youtube.com/@Ryan-Kelly-Comedy

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'Spose it beats some guy with a computer and phone set up in an economically challenged zone winning bids and then just outsourcing everything while skimming 20% of the costs.

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A few lads in a shed is the backbone of the British military industrial complex.

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Gamed the system well

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Bunch of fucking con men. Nothing new here

3 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

ahh the AWP from counter-strike

3 weeks ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

As a brit, this guys fake British accent is quite good.

3 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

*Artisan sniper rifles thank you very much. HAND CRAFTED with precision and quality. Our aim is you don't miss.

3 weeks ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 0

This seems to happen a lot.

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Most success is fraud up until the perception of success becomes actual success

3 weeks ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Can these be used to solve a specific problem? I can throw a few bucks for someone’s benefit.

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Those guns solve problems from a mile away.

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Craftsman make quality, corporations make quantity

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And I make stupid comments that add nothing of substance to the conversation.

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It’s pure greed. They coulda licensed the design to a proper armory with proper tooling but they wanted to not share a cent with anyone, so they did their damndest to do it alone. Raw greed.

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Many small businesses fail because they try to apply large scale manufacturing ideas from the start to make their products cheaper, but it never works because the only reason large scale production is cheap is because it's large scale.

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Totally similar story to Lancia. They had a couple race cars with the full on safety rails inside, and only half the total cars they needed. So, they went to ONE parking lot where most of the cars had cardboard tubes painted blue to look like the real roll cages……. Then took the inspectors to lunch, got them good and drunk, then took them to a different parking lot where ALL THE SAME CARS had been moved….. solving two problems. v

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At least they make a good product?

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Their rifles are exceptional

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From what I hear, they did.

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There's a lot of examples like this, which is great for making a singular good product, but lousy for wars. Like, Italy had amazing engineers and craftmanship... and a guild system that was basically hundreds of 3 guys in a shed making everything up to planes and tanks. Great for Lambos and espresso machines, bad for arming a million dudes to go kill other dudes with.

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Italian army wouldn't know what to do with good weapons even if they had them.

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Great coffee tho.

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