The Fallschirmjäger have always been elite soldiers.

@Lobain

4 ай бұрын

Yes, till this day paratroopers are very respected

@patrickkloiber741

3 ай бұрын

Sadly they where treated like waffen ss pows

@user-ki9td1qx9n

3 ай бұрын

​@@patrickkloiber741they commit war crime too like SS did

@karstenseterbakken3617

3 ай бұрын

@@patrickkloiber741 because they where putting a real fight. Allies killed them out of sheer fear if they had the chance to.

@Augusto-dn3sj

3 ай бұрын

Das beste❤ Soldat kameraden

The average age of the Fallschirmjager in Normandy was 17. In photos some appear to be a lot younger. The German high command did not expect the invasion to happen in Normandy so these soldiers, barely more than children, were critically under supplied with ammunition. They nevertheless gave the US Airborne one hell of a fight around Carentan. It took 9 jumps to qualify as a Fallschirmjager.

@Mike-rm1lb

5 ай бұрын

Fodder, baby!

@user-kg3lu6nz3z

5 ай бұрын

That's a lot of jumps

@Buildingerror500

5 ай бұрын

The fallschrimjager in 1944 were acting like normal infantry still with the uniform during the D-day landings the fallschrimjagers are shocked that are alot of Americans chutes around

@michaelquigley9719

5 ай бұрын

well they were led by experienced officers and NCO's

@Ballinalower

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelquigley9719 And teenage boys are often crazy brave, or oblivious to danger.

German paratroopers! famously shown in band of brothers , 6th fallschirmjager's known as the green devils!

The main difference were the german paratroopers were part of the Airforce not the Army. Thats the main reason theres not much parity in unforms, equipment and rank insignia.

@ericoberlies7537

4 ай бұрын

Wehrmacht was the term used for the overall German military. The Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, and Heer were all part of the Wehrmacht. But it is somewhat different to have paratroopers as part of the Luftwaffe rather than the Heer. Modern Bundeswehr Fallschirmjäger are part of the Heer rather than the Luftwaffe.

@ka4zam

4 ай бұрын

At first they were part of the Heer, but then Goering transferred them into the Luftwaffe as 7. Flieger-Division.

@genebandy

4 ай бұрын

@ka4zam I had forgotten that, Goering must have had an ego larger than his belly. Lol I mean not to knock other forces but the Hermann Goering division was some of the best troops in the Army. Equipped as well as any of the Waffen SS divisions which seemed to be better equipped than the regular army.

@ka4zam

4 ай бұрын

@@genebandy Depended on the Division. A German historian wrote an interesting essay about it. He found out that some of the SS-Divisions had really high combat stats and performed above average, also because they were better equipped and very experienced. But this were only a few Divisions (if I remember correctly 1. - 5. and 12.), rest of the SS Divisions, especially the late ones were often a waste of material and all in all more a prestige project than helpful. Best equipped German Division was the ,Großdeutschland’ (Heer), best armoured Division the Panzer-Lehr-Division, which performed poorly because of the lack of air superiority.

Well my great grandad wrote about them in his memoirs, after becoming a major after the victory el alamein he was sent to take monte cassino and spoke highly of the fighting skill and motivation of these men and had alot of respect for rommel after el alamein for his tactical skill

@Melior_Traiano

3 ай бұрын

My grandfathers neighbour was a German Battle of El Alamein veteran. My grandfather himself was wounded in the Battle of Germany and taken prisoner by what he believed to be Canadians.

@oliverorchard2296

3 ай бұрын

@@Melior_Traiano gosh well I'm sure your share my upmost respect for all the men who fought bravely. Are you in Germany now or elsewhere in the world?✌️

@Melior_Traiano

3 ай бұрын

@@oliverorchard2296 I certainly do and yes, I am back in good old Germany, although I do have Fernweh (German word for "wanting to travel and see the world again").

Man this is one of my favourite units fun fact these guys would attack the enemy with gliders only equipped Walther when landed

@Mike-rm1lb

5 ай бұрын

War is sick, but I love it.

@wert7773

5 ай бұрын

Descending upon the enemy with Proto Glocks, gangsta

@jnairac

5 ай бұрын

Hollow Charges and Mp40s ...Walters were secondary on EbenEmmaël

@christopherbuck8593

5 ай бұрын

As much as i know during the earky stages they landed with pistols near marked ground from wich they will got to a specially desined crate with additional guns and equipment. As exampel in greece they landed in small groubs, picked up the equipment [there where also small artillery and motars who got airdropped] and had quite a big firepower in a small amount of time.

@christopherbuck8593

5 ай бұрын

Latter on they stopped to make paradrob operations and where quite popoular for their high figthing qualitis in the balkans, Italy and the france.

And don't forget the FG-42.

@royaltoadclub8322

16 күн бұрын

yeah how the hell is he going to get his hands on one lol

@erikbender1967

15 күн бұрын

@@royaltoadclub8322 there is a company who makes a semi auto version. Can't remember the name.

Great video as always. I'd love to see soviet uniforms and japanese uniforms too

@badmonkey2222

5 ай бұрын

Real WW2 Japanese uniforms are hard to come by and if you do find one in good condition your thing to pay serious $, Soviet stuff is much more common and cheaper I've got a friend that does reenactments and he's got tons of Soviet gear. American uniforms are expensive AF also and hard to find in good condition, some German stuff is pretty common and then other stuff is really hard to come by and high dollar.

@renanmattos9021

2 ай бұрын

Não precisava a música ao fundo.

@KhmerRestoration

Ай бұрын

​@@badmonkey2222 Reproductions exist

@GunstockBayA90

Ай бұрын

I will do a video today with WW2 Russian items, come check it out

The Fallschirmjäger boots are a hell of a job to tie

The model guy looks so cute and innocent.

I like the blue MP40 mag pouches some of the Deputy Squad Leaders used. The FG42, beautiful bit of engineering. Nice impression you have 👍🍻

the olive "Overall" is called "Knochensack" which means "Bone bag"

@DarkMatterX1

3 ай бұрын

I thought it was Hodensack?

@thomasbrumm5634

3 ай бұрын

@@DarkMatterX1 Hodensack means Scrotum

@DarkMatterX1

3 ай бұрын

@@thomasbrumm5634 I know friend. Where Knochensack is "bone bag", Hodensack is "ballbag", coarse colloquialism for scrotum. That was the joke. Nevermind.

@thomasbrumm5634

3 ай бұрын

@@DarkMatterX1 Nevermind, didn't get it. Take care and god bless :)

@DarkMatterX1

3 ай бұрын

@@thomasbrumm5634 No sweat friend. Just got lost in translation.

You should start making long form videos! BTW these impressions are just too good!!

@virgil.101

5 ай бұрын

Mabey I should!👀

@floydmaster-kg3fe

5 ай бұрын

​@@virgil.101definitely explaining some of the gear and I'm sure you go to reenactments that's good footage. That's one thing I regret from my several years of doing ww2 reenactments was never filming any of them

The difference between the paratroopers and the regular troops is the helmet, the weapons that were used, and initially the equipment was stored in drop containers and the soldiers only jumped out of the plane with a pistol. The normal soldiers always had their luggage on them and had the well-known weapons Kar 98, MP40 or G41. The uniform was mainly in green.... the paratroopers were assigned to their branch of service in blue

@WALTERBROADDUS

5 ай бұрын

How do you sort of glossed over the major fact they are part of the Luftwaffe?

@badbotchdown9845

5 ай бұрын

You forget the FG 42

@comsubpac

5 ай бұрын

​@@WALTERBROADDUSthat depends. Originally they belonged to the Heer.

@WALTERBROADDUS

5 ай бұрын

@@comsubpac what are you trying to say?

My Erasmus-schoolmate's great grandfather was KIA back in 1941 in Crete. It was the very 1st Day of Mercur Oeration (20th May 1941). Bludgeoned to death by a screaming Greek mob

@badbotchdown9845

5 ай бұрын

Cool

The German and British paratrooper helmets were almost identical, and the rest of the uniform was quite similar. This did confuse some Americans and there were friendly fire incidents.

@jamesross1799

5 ай бұрын

Apparently so do british tanks with union jack flags re 91 gulf war and A10s😮

🎶Narvik. Rotterdam, Korinth...🎶 I have so many favourite German uniforms, but the Fallschirmjäger set up, is my overall favourite.

@laurentdevaux5617

5 ай бұрын

Narvik. Rotterdam, Korinth... and how about Kreta, where their losses were so high the german paratroopers were never used again as such ?

@Eire_Aontaithe

5 ай бұрын

​@@laurentdevaux5617 we don't talk about Kreta, my friend

@badbotchdown9845

5 ай бұрын

Do you wet your underwears?

@andrissanta9905

5 ай бұрын

​@@laurentdevaux5617Just don't mention the civilian and allied casualties...

@motorrebell

3 ай бұрын

@@andrissanta9905 Yes , Partisan Warfare was very brutal .

Chants militaire qui ont été transmis et adaptés à la Légion Etrangère Française après la guerre tellement elle avait recruté de soldat allemands, chanson toujours chantées de nos jours par les Légionnaires.

@Ballinalower

4 ай бұрын

Après la fin de la guerre, La France avait besoin d'une armée forte pour combattre au Vietnam et rétablir la puissance française dans ses colonies. Et il y avait beaucoup d’anciens soldats allemands à la recherche de travail et d’anciens SS cherchant le refuge que leur offrait la légion étrangère.

@simonrobson2293

3 ай бұрын

Yes I sung a song serving in the legion to this tune,many years ago,a lifetime ago,now listening to this tune I'm trying hard to remember the song

@Ballinalower

3 ай бұрын

@@simonrobson2293 Many years ago I served in the British Paras with a former Legionnaire. He was and remains in my memory both the gentlest and the toughest 'gar' I have ever met.

@montrelouisebohon-harris7023

2 ай бұрын

I think there's little more handsome than the French Foreign Legion uniforms and the only uniforms I like more are the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps dress whites. Hot! I love the French Legion Air Force uniform in addition to the US Marine Corps and Naval dress uniforms because they have a blue and the dress white ..only the officers in the Navy and Marine Corps have dressed White

This guys builds an impression quicker then me with in 2 weeks I swear

Bro at first I thought the guy made his own action figure

The placement of the bread bag and bayonet should be reversed

@Zelurpio

4 ай бұрын

They can be worn in any way.

@Thedagda801

4 ай бұрын

@@Zelurpiono they can’t, there was regulations on ‘Ausrüstung’

@Zelurpio

4 ай бұрын

@@Thedagda801 regulations dont matter when you're in the heat of battle, every nation had regulations on how to wear their uniforms but if you look at amateur photos you'll find soldiers with their uniforms all messed up

@Thedagda801

4 ай бұрын

@@Zelurpio you can always find exceptions to the rule, but as someone who has studied the fallschirmjager and been involved with one of the well known European fallschirmjager groups for the last 20 plus years, I may know something about the subject!

Every time I see this guy he's depressed

@HiHi-nl5ju

4 ай бұрын

Hes being sent to the eastern front

@luisibanez3600

4 ай бұрын

😮

@calypsohandjack9278

4 ай бұрын

Because he knows the wrong side won WW2.

@Crackshotsteph

4 ай бұрын

He has experienced and seen some serious s**t.

If anyone wants to know, the song in the background is called "Auf Kreta bei Sturm und bei Regen“ („On Crete in storm and rain")

Damn this is amazing

The germans knew how to make war entertaining. These elite soldiers were my favorite

Wow, another one! So cool!

The Fallschirmjäger were really tough fighters. They also were the only ones that got to use the FG-42.

The difference between a Jäger and a soldier, is the Jager will kill you, and the soldier probably won’t.

@FuturisticCamouflageTimes2025

4 ай бұрын

Accurate comment

@MrPanos2000

3 ай бұрын

The jager will get killed by a Cretan girl armed with a rolling pin, the soldier might put up a fight

@FuturisticCamouflageTimes2025

3 ай бұрын

@@MrPanos2000the jager is more fit for Blending in during the day in a battle

@angryeliteultragree6329

3 ай бұрын

@@MrPanos2000 yeah we don’t fuck with the cretan. Crazy witch cursed me to live forever and mow her lawn.

@Tomszpl

2 ай бұрын

What do you mean ​@@MrPanos2000

To complete the impression, do more pt.

Going to war in wool clothing must suck. I hate wool so much, its so itchy

That song... was reprised by the Foreign Legion, after the 2nd WW. Truly, the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, etc. found a second home in there. To the Legion! 🍺

You'll be amazed what a 9 pound round from a Sherman right down the regiments mid section.

Thanks so much for doing fallschirm I reenact it and love it!

Cool, but the equipment on the belt should be flipped. The bayonet goes on the left side, not the right and the bread bag on the rear right

Finally, I’ve been waiting for this!

@virgil.101

5 ай бұрын

I'm glad you like it!

@FuturisticCamouflageTimes2025

4 ай бұрын

​@@virgil.101nice outfit I love their splinter rain camouflage that later because strictarn in the 1950s to 1990

record a Wehrmacht tank driver

They actually had knee pads and elbow pads

All uniform versions of German Falischirmjäger were great; early M38 smock and later camouflage smocks M41(tropical style for Ramcke Brigade) and M42 (all type of cammo patterns and colours, helmet M36, and especially weapons; P08,P38, MP38/40, FG42(early type with ZF), MG34 or MG42. All Allies troops which fought against 1.Fallschirmjäger Division at Monte Cassino, have said they never fought with better and harder soliers than those German paratroopers 🥁

The Fallschirmjäger were Luftwaffe, no Heer. The blue blouse and cap shows it.

Grüß mir die Heimat, Kamerad, aus blutiger Schlacht... Schöner Ohrwurm

We defending carentan with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

I like that method of carrier for the magazines, it really caught my eye. I used to own a Springfield Armory SAR 8 and was experimenting with various ways to carry multiple magazines.

You for got the "green parachutes"

Very good video! I can’t say I’ve seen others detailing German military uniform. Do more and add some weapons!!

I knew a Fallschirmjäger. He lifed in the neighbourhood. After he survived his mission with a prothese leg he was Waffenschmied for the "Schweizer Garde" and made the helmets and hellebardes (dont know if it is right written) for the "Schweizer Garde" of the pope. Amen

One of my favorite KZreadrs, thanks virgil

That bandolier looks a lot like rhodesian brushstroke

The fallschimjäger is the paratrooper branch of the third riech

As basically paratroopers, they had more elite training then the regular infantrymen

Mein Vater war Fallschirmjäger. In Italien von Engländern gefangen genommen worden und dann nach Ägypten in Kriegsgefangenschaft.

Selten so gute Transitions gesehen😂

If you dont say the k in fallschirmjäger, you pronounce it perfectly

Do the SS 500/600 FJ regiment ( very rarely.seen) SS troops as FJ trained.

The jump smock was called "bone sack". Fallschirmjäger und Gebirgsjäger for ever.

“Yesh, yesh, put it in the Fall-schkin-box”

A Fallschirmjäger was a regular Wehrmacht soldier. By 1944 they had several divisions of Fallschirmjäger, making those guys as run-of-the-mill as every other soldier.

They did get their debut at Crete. Afterwards pretty much elite infantry.

@anthonymorgan6255

3 ай бұрын

Cos of Kiwis and our mates. So much for supermen.

@MrPanos2000

3 ай бұрын

​@@anthonymorgan6255New Zealand command was incompetant and incapable of communication. They gave up the airport of Malme without much of a fight and allowed German victory when the Nazi defeat should have been pretty straight forward. Early war Anglo forces were pathetic

@ethanwood6832

Ай бұрын

The Fallschirmjäger were used in the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, and Greece with mixed results. Then they landed on Crete. Even though they did take the island, it was a very costly victory. Hitler forbade the use of parachute operations on a large scale after that. From then on, the Fallschirmjäger were used as elite infantry on the defensive. I think only the first 5 Fallschirmjäger divisions were given formal parachute training. The rest after that were Fallschirmjäger in name only.

@ukasz-zm9qc

Ай бұрын

Not at all. They made their debut in Norway in 1940.

@pigmanobvious

Ай бұрын

@@ukasz-zm9qc yes technically. I guess I was thinking the first large scale drop and forgot about Norway and Eben Emaul if that’s how you spell those forts in 1940

Eben Emael,Creta,Monte Casino...!!honor y gloria

Bro also has the historically accurate underwear too!

Fallschirmjager fell under the command of the German Air Force whereas the Wehrmacht fell under the command of the Army

@BeedrillYanyan

13 күн бұрын

Wehrmacht = Armed Forces Heer = Army Luftwaffe = Airforce Kriegsmarine = Navy The Fallschirmjäger were under the Luftwaffe, which is under the Wehrmacht.

This is how the Krauts in MOH Frontline looked when I was a kid

Helmet is one of the differences. Also the eagle sign also slightly different.

Dude I use those eating canteens in the Bundeswehr today hahah

Fun Fact:in latewar 1944-1945 Fallchirmjager units were repurposed to fight on land because of Nazi Germany's manpower shortage.

If I wear that ammo thingy I swear it would fall off as soon as I run

Usually a wehrmacht soldier came from in front of you, a fallschirmjäger came from above

Ugly as you see them, those guys might just been the very best soildiers of the ww2. General Alexander said in Italy. "1st Fallshirmjäger division is de best division in any army on any front".

@badbotchdown9845

5 ай бұрын

My sister aswell

@VonRammsteyn

5 ай бұрын

@@badbotchdown9845 Your sister as well, yes.

They took part in every major WW2 Battles.they were well trained and were a tough bunch to defeat.they were the 1st to conduct a glider assault on.the Belgian Fortress Eban Emael.they also used shaped charges a 1st in WW2.

My ex father in law was a Fallschirmjager in Italy. He was captured by the Americans after being shot in the arse, his life was saved.

Sehr Gut, Kamerade!

Huh, I found it curious how their jackets are blue grey instead of green/gray like the regular infantry. Turns out Fallschirmjäger were members of the Luftwaffe rather than the Heer.

I didnt know falshijagers have bread bag in Blue i thought they have it in almost in sand colored bag like every single German Soldier

@virgil.101

5 ай бұрын

They were part of the luftwaffe 😁

@Engineer1897

5 ай бұрын

During the war , there was actually a mixture of both in the Luftwaffe, and other services as well. Uniform regulations could be, and were relaxed, out of necessity, due to supply chain issues, and whatever was on hand , or what could be picked up on the battlefield. There are newsreels depicting Army soldiers wearing camouflage pattern smocks on the Eastern Front, designed for and generally attributed to the Waffen SS.

One jumps out of plane, one doesn't 😏

The only thing about the uniform that I like is just the cap that comes with it.

They were part of the Luftwaffe.

ERIIKAAAA!! ❤

One was airborne like me other was a leg infantry

The fallschirmjager were apart lf the luftwaffe and not the german army itself. I find it interesting since most countries have their paratroopers in the army branch

Okay... Start with the yellow Luftwaffe collar tabs in yellow.... and the Luftwaffe / blue colour of his tunic.

They're the Luftwaffe paratroopers.

Why did the fallschrimjägers have a different helmet

@tiagomonteiro130

5 ай бұрын

To not injure their neck when landing.

@Ballinalower

5 ай бұрын

​@@tiagomonteiro130 It was the same reason British paratroopers had the same style helmet. Nothing to do with landing but so as not to be caught by the slipstream when exiting the aircraft.

@tiagomonteiro130

5 ай бұрын

@@Ballinalower Well there are more then one reason why things were made the way they were made, the normal army helmet would catch strong winds and injure the Soldier the brims and bolts were also a problem and changed.

You forgot the parachute!

I love the uniform and the unit itself but i always thought the helmet looked a little silly

Virgin Waffen SS vs Chad Luftwaffe Fallshcirmjeager.

Great little video.

Fallschermjäeger were the paratroopers. Either weilding the MP-38/40, Gewher 43, and later in the war the MP-43/StG-44.

@karolkaraba7211

5 ай бұрын

And the MG42/34 and Kar98k

@johnswanson5051

5 ай бұрын

@@karolkaraba7211 oh yeah! Forgot about the buzzsaws. And yes...early drops would have had the Kar98...but once all the other weapons became more readily available they got replaced...not completely...but mostly

@jasonbarnes9781

5 ай бұрын

Fg42??

@stefanfarrugia6736

4 ай бұрын

​@@johnswanson5051That's a very false claim, no unit in the Wehrmacht nor Waffen S.S were ever given large quantities of neither Gew. 43, StG44s or any other "late war" weapons. The K98 was and remained the main rifle of the German combatants and even the MP40 was only used by NCO's, Officers or specialised units

@cemsaygn9248

4 ай бұрын

​@@jasonbarnes9781 they used fg42 just in crete

Dayum❤!

Fallschirmjäger were paratroopers, with different style of equipment and were part of the Luftwaffe versus a normal infantryman who were wearing M35 stahlhelms of a different shape and standard issue equipment at the time

Diavoli verdi, ottimi soldati con una uniforme strana ma inconfondibile e un elmetto che sembra un pentolino, però onore a loro da un vecchio parà italiano

Сто процентов в шкафу деда нашел

Bro, please do the Piron Brigade from Belgium 🇧🇪

They were basically paratroopers

That jumpsmock is like 300 euros

Oh wow great impression if I ever get into German reenacting can I have a black shirt or is the blue shirt 100% necessary

one of the best german uniforms, in my opinion.

I saw that in your British ww2 paratrooper impression that you had a ww2 lag bag I have tried to find one for sale but I can’t find one can you send me some tips to find a ww2 leg bag for sale

This is a Luftwaffe falschirmjager.

Fallschirmjager is that paratrooper?

@Obo67694

Ай бұрын

yup

The old man brought back a brand new German officer’s dress hat …. High quality even had the guys name in it ….. Hat factory Germany😊 nice broom handle pistol too

I think from mid-war onwards, German paratroopers were elite in name only. Most were half trained ground crew kit out in jump helmets and uniforms but has never been on an airplane let alone a jump.