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@goji3908

4 ай бұрын

3:04 simulated spelt wrong

@jacobv6505

4 ай бұрын

honestly with all of the roadmap changes to war thunder im happy for new players to come in, still one heck of a (exploitative) grind but much better now for sure

@davidspencer8373

4 ай бұрын

Like video

@dertupp7610

4 ай бұрын

I don't want to be picky, but the Berlin wall fell on November 9th. Greetings from germany.❤🇩🇪

@user-mh9qz4qi1f

4 ай бұрын

i heard that canada did a lot of war crimes is that chru

The German military may lose a war but they would always win in a fashion show.

@jw1731

4 ай бұрын

Heute Deutschland, Morgen Balenciaga!

@HerrZenki

4 ай бұрын

Theyre good at being fashionably evil historically.

@CrossOfBayonne

4 ай бұрын

Their uniforms were so prevalent in pop culture that it even inspired the look of Darth Vader in the Star Wars films, His helmet was said to be inspired by the Stalhelm which was heavy featured in anti Axis propaganda

@theunknown8075

4 ай бұрын

Man, German uniform has the best drip. 🗿🍷🔥

@scrappy9133

4 ай бұрын

I love how the german military still uses the traditional German uniforms while performing military Traditions. Search up the “Großer Zapfenstreich” and you will see what I’m talking about.

The uniform of Germany has always been aesthetically pleasing

I always love how the german uniforms looked

@iknowurip8151

4 ай бұрын

mfw the germans uniforms looking odly grey while in poland

@seanmatto2258

4 ай бұрын

I don’t blame the Chileans for taking inspiration, and along with the Finns and Hungarians

@unorthodoxpickle7014

4 ай бұрын

Can't blame them. It's drippy as hell. @@seanmatto2258

@daegnaxqelil2733

4 ай бұрын

they always had a sense of aesthetics

@bottle3124

Ай бұрын

Wants Celtic detox Zeno Zeno using voice sumo

“This enraged the allies, who punished Germany severely.” Oversimplified

@nursestoyland

4 ай бұрын

ah, a fellow oversimplified fan i see

@Jameswebbtelescope7484

4 ай бұрын

@@nursestoylandyeah there is gonna be a tax for that.

@pabcu2507

4 ай бұрын

@@Jameswebbtelescope7484watch, someone with a tiger pfp will hate this comment

@lsgmatt9817

4 ай бұрын

Dow NoOOoOoOOooo

@Paris-xv9sj

4 ай бұрын

Based Allies.

It would be cool to see early modern German uniforms too. From before 1871.

@ghostie7028

4 ай бұрын

Kinda difficult cause tons of nations had different uniforms

@user-yh1nm1vy3i

4 ай бұрын

@@ghostie7028 it wouldn’t be too hard to do the major ones. Like Bayern, Sachsen, Prussia etc

@genx7006

4 ай бұрын

Heck yeah! You need to do these at minimum: Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, Württemberg, and Prussia.

@michael-prime9567

4 ай бұрын

It would be cool but unlikely seeing Germany before its unification existed out off 32 states with each there own uniform and depending on the regiment and where from the uniform might change where talking easily around a 100 different uniforms So as I said unlikely its sadly unlikely but understandable

@genx7006

4 ай бұрын

@michael-prime9567 Not as difficult as you would think. Most of the state uniforms you mentioned are relatively generic and similar to one another. The only ones that really stand out are the ones I mentioned earlier.

The story of how the G3 came into being is one of my favorites. Basically Germany wanted to employ FN to provide them with FAL rifles, but the Belgians (to some degree understandably considering the history) said no, so Germany basically said "Fine, we'll make our own FALs!" and developed the G3.

@teoborges3949

4 ай бұрын

Germany initialy had some licensed built Heckler & Koch Gewher 1 (FALs), however H&k bought CETMEs rifle reinforced to withstand NATOs 7.62x51mm pressure, it was then put to compete in Bunderswehr to replace their G1s, with CETMEs rifle winning the competition nd deseguinated a G3

@17cmmittlererminenwerfer81

4 ай бұрын

You imply that the G3 and FAL are the same. This is false. They couldn't be more different, and have nothing to do with each other, beyond using the same caliber cartridges. Completely different. No connection at all.

@kutter_ttl6786

4 ай бұрын

There's a bit of misinformation in this thread that needs to be cleared up. The newly formed Bundeswehr initially adopted the G1 as their standard rifle, and the Belgians were willing to sell it to the Germans (they ultimately sold 100K of them). However, once the topic of licence production came up that's when the Belgians refused, and the Germans instead took to adapting the CETME rifle into the G3.

@busch_ii7450

4 ай бұрын

@@17cmmittlererminenwerfer81i mean they do serve the same role. I guess thats what counts

@daegnaxqelil2733

4 ай бұрын

it seems to me that the G3 was a copy of the Spanish rifle CETME, and it has finally eclipsed that gun

Fun Fact: The Bundesgrenzschutz also used the Stahlhelm in maneuvers

@theotherohlourdespadua1131

4 ай бұрын

The Bundesgrenschutz is basically the most Wehrmacht of all the West German security services. They used the same Stahlhelm as the Wehrmacht, the same cut of uniform as the Wehrmacht, the same boots as the Wehrmacht (just with an additional "democratic boot buckle" to make it not-Wehrmacht), used the same guns as the Wehrmacht, and are allowed to sport the same awards as the Wehrmacht (cleansed of any past symbolism obviously)...

@roo99710

4 ай бұрын

And the stg44

@P4Tri0t420

4 ай бұрын

@@roo99710 U r absolutly correct

@rajahmaduthien5614

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact ddr army is call volksarmme

The German uniforms is by far the one thing I always get fascinated with, no matter what time period it’s in, they’re just far too iconic for it to be forgotten.

Finally, the lineage of modern uniform videos are complete! Farewell good series of 2 years, you will be missed. Or not...

@bensrandomshows1482

4 ай бұрын

There are other nations they could do, India comes to mind, China too

@TheArmchairHistorian

4 ай бұрын

We're all done with uniform videos for now! No more scheduled so far in 2024.

@thetomatoking9714

4 ай бұрын

​@@TheArmchairHistorian Love the content, maybe in 2024 we will get a Spanish uniform history video? Often overlooked for a former military power haha

@Maliers

4 ай бұрын

​@@thetomatoking9714yeah or a chinese Evolution video

@willfakaroni5808

4 ай бұрын

@@thetomatoking9714I feel like China or Italy would come before that

"Hey Siri, what's the definition of drip?" Siri: "Evolution of German Uniforms | Animated History"

@user-gk7zy3hu4p

27 күн бұрын

True😂

@jamesvictorbarrera6836

24 күн бұрын

Dude, VERY COOL!

Just a few quick corrections: The Camo pattern at the very end (20:08) is called "Multitarn" and is as of now only being issued to the KSK and KSM but is supposed to become the standard camp pattern of the entire Bundeswehr sometime in the next couple of decades. And the Hk418A8 or rather it's military designation the G95 is being service tested right now while the KSK and KSM are using the Hk416A7 (G95k). Great video otherwise, I always love these sort of deep dives into military history.

@hermanus8373

4 ай бұрын

Also the color of the Batlskin helmet is wrong, it should be green (shape is also wrong but i suppose it was just repurposed)

1:46-6:33 As with the _WW1 From Russia's Perspective_ video, Germans shown using *Ottoman* Mauser 1893 rifles, despite mentioning and showing a Gewehr 98 at 5:38.

I was hoping to talk about the black Prussian uniforms that were kept during the German Empire that were worn by the Marshal August von Mackensen

Danke für diesen tollen beitrag, auch ich habe hier was gelernt. Vielen dank das ihr mit Leib und Seele dabei seid!!!

Thank you for yalls awesome content, I love the uniforms you cover!

With Evolution Uniforms making a return, i was curious if you guys could do a Ottoman/Turkish Uniform evolution?

Nice to see this video is getting a remaster

The Stahlhelm is the best and the most badass helmet ever made!

Love your vids and the citation of sources in the description, but I really think you should indicate in the video where you are drawing from each one

Great video, they’ve always made nice uniforms. 15:09 Ah, was surprised to see the BFC here! They also had the three lions of England on their collar

I’ve been hoping you’d do this, German uniforms are one of the most iconic in the world if not THE most and I love it. It’s a shame some of them have to be attached or remembered for some horrible stuff

Thanks for the video bro

Love this “remastered” version of the German army uniform evolution. Would love to see this for your evolution of British army uniform!! I felt that it missed out on some uniforms such as the Irish or Scottish regiment during the different periods, ww1 African & Middle East theatre, ww2 far east uniform in Singapore & Burma, The King’s African Rifles and some cavalry uniform like the life guards or even the King’s German Legion in the napoleonic wars

9:45 i love this part

Awesome Griffin please do one of your next videos on an updated version of the evolution of US Army Uniforms and maybe make a separate video on the Evolution of USMC Uniforms

17:50 The opening of the borders happened on Nov. 9th 1989 in reaction of a statement by Günter Schabowski during a press conference between 18:53 and 19:01, where he mistakenly declared that GDR citizens could travel to West Germany, and West Berlin, omitting the provisio that that would constitute a permanent emigration. The news was spread through West German media, specifically the main news segment Heute of the public broadcaster ZDF at 19:17. The news spread like wildfire throughout East Berlin and the rest of the GDR within reach of western media. East German citizens started to gather in huge crowds at the six checkpoints, until the checkpoint Bornholmer Straße was opened on 22:45 to relieve the mounting pressure. Thus the Wall came down on Nov. 9th.

finally, a new evolution video! :D

Wish I knew more history channels like this who actually cite sources

Nice, a remake of a good old video! Videos on earlier uniforms for many countries would be interesting, albiet likely unpopular. Love the video anyways.

1:30 his rifle randomly becomes bigger after passing the building

i would love to see a *Evolution Of Canadian Uniforms* video. we are in the background of history military wise still to much. Love the Videos as always!!!

I think, the FG-42 isn't usually considered an assault rifle. (Select fire, intermediary cartridge, and a detachable box magazine.) FG-42 still uses the full sized 8mm Mauser cartridge. But I'm no expert.

@busch_ii7450

4 ай бұрын

Maybe battle rifle? its really hard to put it somewhere because supposedly it was also supposed to be used as a squad automatic weapon with its bipod and open bolt (on full auto) design.

@vankraken5490

4 ай бұрын

FG-42 is basically an automatic rifle that does the job of a standard infantryman rifle (Kar98k) and a light machine gun (MG42) at the same time. Ultimately its a specialist weapon for paratroopers as its multi role weapon that sacrificed durability and cost to make a weapon that could be carried by paratoopers on combat jumps.

ur vids are great keep up the work

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Very cool vids. You explained the uniforms, vehicules, tanks, squad organisation. Can you also explain the ranks? And military schools and academyes of WW2 Germany? I think it would be a very cool vid

3:04 simulated typo

Really nice Video (: Vielen Dank dafür ^^

The "Tropentarn" you're displaying is actually the brand new "Multitarn", which is currently being issued to german military Special Forces, and its currently to my knowledge not planned, to introduce it to the regular armed forces - but i may be wrong on that. The Tropentarn looks different than the multitarn youre displaying here. Best Regards!

@captainiglu5586

4 ай бұрын

You're right 👍

@doctorkrieger4404

4 ай бұрын

And the New rifle the german army gets is not the 416a7 but the 416a8. Only the KSK/KSM get the 416a7(G95). But actually its planned to get multitarn into the force sooner or later. Its in testing at the moment but Nottings save yet

Please do one for the Canadian military

@appleofthegroundgaming3347

4 ай бұрын

For real I love Canada

@jerryu8166

4 ай бұрын

OH CANADA❤

@user-bv7um2ej2i

4 ай бұрын

Most of the uniforms were British infantry during ww2 but maybe

@trisgilmour

4 ай бұрын

That would be great 👍

@Tobi-ln9xr

4 ай бұрын

Nah Canada has no history…

As a German, I can only say that we had the most beautiful uniforms 🥲 Nice video from you 😊 Warm greetings from Germany

@reinercreekman

4 ай бұрын

good🇩🇪 american women love German men 🇩🇪❤️🇺🇸 there will be a lot of white children

@Ryder_666

9 күн бұрын

​@@reinercreekman💀💀💀💀

germany must always put dudes who failed art school as their commanders so they can get stronger

i just wanna say thank you for taking the time to make this video have a good day

Excellent video thank you

6:05 Wilhelm scream? 12:19 *Battle rifle. FG 42 used full caliber rifle cartridges.

@ghost7344

4 ай бұрын

Yep, you spotted it! You get a plus from me! (The sounddesigner)

The U.S. Army's 1980s and 1990s era Kevlar Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops Helmet was sometimes called the "Fritz helmet" for its resemblance to the German Stahlhelm. The U.S. Army and Marines have continued to use a design akin to the PASGT heltmet with MICH TC-2000 Combat Helmet and Lightweight Helmet, respectively. The Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers still used M1935 helmets which were captured from the Chinese Nationalist Army during the Chinese Civil War until the 1970s.

As a former Soldier who served in the Bundeswehr, the timeline presented here from the olive to flecktarn to the modern variations seems inaccurate and wierdly explained. Main points I can direction adress: - No mention of the Lockkoppel, a equipment system that came before any proper wests and is still given out to recruits today xD basically a harness that you can attach mag pouches, pouches etc to. - the Flakwest which was depicted to be 2001 till present is also not accurate, the basic Flakvests are one of the few equipment items actually fully phased out very quickly xD - No mention of the actual full West system and "Infanterist der Zukunft" loadout, which came in multiple variations and included stuff like fully modular Vests incoporating SK4 protection - "in 2005 it became noticeably muted". I mean, thats what happens with old uniforms, yeah. New ones were still brightly coloured. I had both sets of old and new pants + field blouses and the old stuff which went through many reuse cycles was muted, new stuff was more vibrant. - Only mentioning G36A2, which is a very old model and afaik most of the afgahnistan kits had the G36K modular system (I personally saw / had training with A3/4). And most these Infos can be found my lookin at basic wikipedia pages even. This video gave me a feeling that the Bundeswehr part of the video was just poorly put together for looks and not really properly research or theres a point im entirely missing.

Awesome! Keep up the great work.

I collect a lot of modern and cold-war era camo patterns and field jackets, and by far the best looking contemporary stuff is German. The Flecktarn pattern is just pure fire, and East German Strichtarn is pure drip. West German gear is definitely monotone, but it just looks absolutely sleek, especially their Forstergrun Polizei jackets.

The olive green uniforms and the M1 helnets were still widely used until the mid 90s. The only Flecktarn equipment I had in 1994 were the Kampfrucksack (battle backback) and helmet cover, which was designed for the M92 helmet and therefore didn't really fit the old M1 steel helmets. As far as I remember units like the German-French Brigade. My sergeant who transfered from that brigade to my artillerie unit even had to return his Flecktarn uniform and get the old olive green uniform. During my basic training due to equipment shortage my unit (and probably many more) got AK bayonets that we, of course, couldn't fit to our G3 assault rifles, which were from the early 1960s. So, it is possible that my father who was in the same unit as I during his basic training was trained on the same rifle as I. 😂

This is a great remake of the old video

At 15:21, I can faintly hear General Weidling's capitulation speech from Downfall. Really cool, guys.

@ghost7344

4 ай бұрын

And I thought no one will spot it! Thx for spotting it. There is also another announcer in the Defense of Berlin part, I would like to see if you can find the source.

The graphics look amazing

@bottle3124

Ай бұрын

Try your mom

20:00 for those wondering camouflage is named Multitarn

Wishing you goodluck keep it up 🙏

I need more. I love these videos

I had just watched the previous version of this video when I received the notification 😮

The Bundeswehr hasn't gotten the G95 yet. They are in the final stages of evaluation. Also, the G95 that is going to be adopted is the A8 model of the 416.

@busch_ii7450

4 ай бұрын

I was getting kinda sad at the end there. The most average grunt has nothing of the shown gear. I still run around with the old helmet and the old ass chestrig from the 90s

@justsaying6341

4 ай бұрын

@@busch_ii7450Wo sind Sie denn stationiert? In Seedorf ist fast jeder Soldat bereits umgerüstet, meines Wissens nach sogar schon der Großteil der DSK. Die Umrüstung der restlichen Truppenteile sollte demnach auch in vollen Zügen sein.

@busch_ii7450

4 ай бұрын

@@justsaying6341 Lüneburg. Da werde ich neidisch

Best series!!

I ordered the poster with Christmas money I love the designs keep it up

Can you do evolution of Italian Uniforms next? They have amazing designs.

A remastered version from three years ago? Not what we asked for but, I’m okay with it. And it’s longer, so this is more helpful.

Your channel is my favorite channel on KZread. Can you please cover the history of Italian, Chinese, Korean, Indian military uniforms and vehicles please. Thank you and please keep up the amazing content,.

finaly another evolution video

Updated version goes brrrr

Beautiful

Finland next?

@Harrold358

4 ай бұрын

YES! PLEASE!

A few points to the uniform, various units still use the 1990 helmet and only the ksk has the g95 while the infantry will get their hands on them in 2024-2026, also we have different uniforms for different Branches, we have the lochkoppel from the 2nd World war for non infantry units, then we have mobast for infantry and idz for panzergrenadiere and ksk

Will we finally get an Italian uniform video

A whole section you could've added; Friedensheer. Inbetween the end of war and 1919, the Friedensheer kept peace in Germany, they had blue lines on their uniforms. There's a wiki page on them I'm sure of it.

You forgot the camouflage smocks and uniforms of the wehrmacht during ww2.

I swear, this guy makes very interesting videos

Always great to see another uniform history! I love this stuff, especially since Germany has some of my favorites. Speaking of War Thunder, is there a chance of seeing videos like this for other branches? Pilots, tankers, sailors, etc?

Griffins german pronounciation is really getting better

You should start a series about the evolution of fighter planes or the air force in general of various nations.

12:12 came for this, World's 1st look at Modern Specs Ops Uniform & Weapon (FG-42).

It would’ve been nice if you also showed their Air Force and their special police force modern day uniforms in the end because of their headgear and armor including using chainmail at some points

Fun Fact: After the second world war the Bundesgrenzschutz had kept a lot of the former Wehrmacht Equipment and Traditions, They re-used: the Stahlhelms, Guns, Camouflage Smocks and also used similar Uniforms and Boots which were based off the original Wehrmacht Uniforms. The fact that they used Machine Guns and Camouflage Smocks is already to crazy. Sometimes the Bundesgrenzschutz was also referred to Germany's 2nd Military. The weirdest thing about this is, that the Bundesgrenzschutz nowadays is the Bundespolizei (Federal Police).

Yes he’s making uniform episodes again!!!

@ghost7344

4 ай бұрын

And it is the last one for 2023 or 2024, no more uniform videos.

i love the Prussian uniforms

oh hell yeah, a remaster!

You guys should do the Evolution of the German Navy

the german uniforms update is here!

Are we gonna get an updated Russian uniform video? Its quite short compared to this one, and its ad takes up like 20% of the whole vid

Do Italian uniforms!!!

That german drip is no joke

Love it

Great vid, but I have a small gripe: the colour of the Wehrmacht M 1935 field tunic was a greenish-grey. This colour was introduced in July 1929 and given the traditional but inaccurate title Feldgrau (field grey). Trousers were mid-grey. The Wehrmacht adopted full mid-grey uniforms with the M 1940 field uniform in 1940/41. And another aspect you didn't cover was the early field uniform of the Bundeswehr in the 1950s, which used extensive camouflage.

This guy Makes fire

Les goo more German videos. Edit: Wait didn’t we see this before?

Looks good can you do a what if like what if ww3 or Germany won WW1 or WW2

You should make a video on the history of Italian armies uniform

Italy next?

Bro you can do the evolution of italian uniforms from the unification to modern times?

Could you please cover the civil war in El Salvador that happened back in the late 1970’s-1980’s? My grandparents/parents were both refugees that fled, we lost family members just like many others. I’m only 20, I was never there and learning about that time in our history is important to me. I just never ask my family out of respect for their trauma, I don’t wanna make anyone relive those memories. (Asking again >:D)

Mobast (The Carrier System) and KBS SK (Combat Gear and Uniform) is still very limited available in the Bundeswehr. We barely have enough to equip our infantry forces. As for the so called HK416, it's supposed to replace the G36 by the end of this year, but somehow i haven't seen a single one of those yet...

Hello There! Will be ever a video about evolution of Romanian Uniforms?I really like your channel and I really wanna learn more about them

@ghost7344

4 ай бұрын

No, but there might be something else regarding Romania next year.

It should be mentioned that after reunification, the NVA wore their uniforms for sometime but modified with bundeswehr insignia, there are a few videos of NVA soldiers marching and drilling right after reunification. I will post in replies if I find them.

Thank god,you did a remake

Just this just got updated.