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Жыл бұрын

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@SAMEERxGAMINGx

Жыл бұрын

Wow

@xfacial

Жыл бұрын

W

@mm-hq4qh

Жыл бұрын

now let us see what east side say today ...

@fauhans1393

Жыл бұрын

All the leaves are brown

After watching this I feel a lot better about my odds of surviving a German tank offensive

@RamadaArtist

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that was one million percent of the idea behind this training video.

@DVD927

2 жыл бұрын

No goose steppers are gonna take advantage of you! Buy ‘em a drink.

@georgiabigfoot

2 жыл бұрын

I like how that guy had some glass bottles handy

@Cwra1smith

2 жыл бұрын

Unless they area bunch of Tigers, then forget about rifle gernades.

@ctdieselnut

2 жыл бұрын

As well you should.

So many great one-liners: "When he gets within throwing distance, buy him a drink: a Molotov cocktail." "You got a job to do before you get back to that dame in Brooklyn", and so on

@erickernfeld4977

2 жыл бұрын

"I'd rather be in a straitjacket with a wildcat than--"

@switchfoot19802000

2 жыл бұрын

@@erickernfeld4977 in a box. 😂

@richardvilseck

2 жыл бұрын

“That Dame in Brooklyn” killed me. They don’t make this guy or that accent anymore.

@codemiesterbeats

2 жыл бұрын

Rather be in a straight jacket with a wild-cat lol

@johncartwright8154

2 жыл бұрын

Compare with the stuffy humourless and somewhat superior sounding narrators of the equivalent British films of the time!

"Tanks are badass - but people who kill tanks are even more badass." I love how this video is so motivating, it makes you believe you could be a successful foot soldier, it doesn't make you feel bad about not being in a big metal monster, it does the opposite in many ways.

Anytime I think I'm having a bad day, I watch this and think about the men this video was made for.

@texanarchy666

Жыл бұрын

That would just make my day worse

@BWeManX

Жыл бұрын

Yeah whenever I'm having a crappy day I also remember that I'm not getting a battlefield amputation before general anesthesia...and it doesn't seem so bad.

@hattielankford4775

Жыл бұрын

​@@texanarchy666 It doesn't make the bad day BETTER. It changes the mindset that you think this day is bad at all, when it might just be inconvenient or mildly stressful or some other better descriptor that can be addressed.

@peterborg3340

11 ай бұрын

Why not also of the ones INSIDE those tanks? Humans, fathers, sons......

I think the thing I love the most about this is that the guy tries to manage your expectations. He basically says "You aren't supposed to be fighting tanks, they're STRONG, but if you have to, here's how".

@adcoxrobert3786

Жыл бұрын

lol ah yes. The soft 21st century beta male whose idea of a bad day is running out of hair mousse.

@MasquedJustice

Жыл бұрын

And he reminds you that you've got a whole Hell of alot of support for it

@everettjohnson5709

Жыл бұрын

Nice last name

@therobloxiangang3218

Жыл бұрын

thousandth like

@thefatcoolguy

Жыл бұрын

8709p

The fact that this guy is genuinely explaining to us how to defeat a tank is badass

@jimbomclimbo7467

Жыл бұрын

Well a tank from the 1940s so it's not so useful anymore

@Im_oofman232

Жыл бұрын

@@jimbomclimbo7467 some of the tips still work sooo

@BullsMahunny

Жыл бұрын

@@jimbomclimbo7467 I'd like you to tell any group of people, trained or otherwise that doesn't have any access to AT weaponry that a tank from 1940 isn't any good. A tiger tank is still terrifyingly intimidating. Even a StuG or a Panzer IV is still a tank and it will beat that ass 10 ways from Sunday. I dunno about you, but I don't have an AT weapon sitting in my bedroom.

@InquisitorShepard

Жыл бұрын

@@BullsMahunny psssh, everyone has a 105 mm gun T8 anti-tank gun laying around in their bedroom closet somewhere. If you can't find it just use your 105 mm M101A1 howitzer artillery cannon easy pz.

@jimbomclimbo7467

Жыл бұрын

@@BullsMahunny I'm not saying they arent good I'm saying there arent a lot around anymore

I love how he reassured the soldiers that they’re not alone out there

"just because you're playing the line and you can't see the backfield, doesn't mean it isn't there" is probably one of the coolest quotes I've ever heard

@booqrdoit9138

Жыл бұрын

I imagine this is important for all servicemembers to know and remember. Those guys from the different branches and divisions want nothing more than to protect you and neutralize the enemy

Absolutely love the fact that it was OK to be pounding beers while explaining how to blow tracks off of tanks It almost makes sense that my grandfather put an entire career in

@mikeb.7722

Жыл бұрын

"Pounding"

@thewiseoldfox

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeb.7722 Child.

@edwardhunts

Жыл бұрын

If you watch closely, he never actually takes a drink on film...

@minorclips7541

Жыл бұрын

@@edwardhunts 1:38 takes a drink 🍸 🤪

@edwardhunts

Жыл бұрын

@@minorclips7541 the level of the drink doesn't change, it's a very old film trick

"You cant stop a tank with your bare chest, no matter how much hair you got on it" I know a guy with two bags of groceries who stopped a whole column in China once!

@maximsavage

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that guy... That guy didn't make it long. Those tanks hadn't received the order to engage the protesters yet, and when they received it, they hesitated for a long while, because they were told to shoot and run over their own people. But once they did engage, well, many people died that day.

@noah4822

2 жыл бұрын

that picture lie they photoshop china great china tank stop any man with bag. CHINA #1

@MomMom4Cubs

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr!

@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. That was the last time anyone saw him too...

@ryanadams0922

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO XD

I actually appreciate how reassuring he is when speaking on the topic. He buys you a bit of confidence without telling you a tall tale, and reminds you multiple times that you have support units fighting for you. This must have been a terrifying time to be living especially if you were fighting.

@M4A1BestGirl

5 ай бұрын

It's an older documentary but it is still extremely useful, even 80 years later. On the battlefield, we are not only warriors, but also scholars.

@rustyshackleford7265

4 ай бұрын

A famous Austrian painter, whose name escapes me at this time, made predictions of what would happen if the allies won the war. They all came true. I'd argue it's more terrifying to be alive right now

@moodswingy1973

4 ай бұрын

He told PLENTY of tall tales, the most unforgivable one being: "You can take out any tank with a rifle-mounted grenade launcher." Another tale: "Shoot the periscope and you blind the tank." Both of these pieces of advice would do nothing but make an infantryman a target and get him killed.

@vespaman101

4 ай бұрын

@moodswingy1973 that was the best a soldier may have had at that time however. It's either make the attempt or die. This wasn't a war where we had overwhelming firepower and advantage like we have for decades now. At many points during the war we didn't know if we'd win. It was a harrowing time. That means even if it probably won't work if it's your best shot you better take it.

@Herperof1000derps

Ай бұрын

@@rustyshackleford7265 You can just say Hitler.

I love how he mentions that even though you have options, the best course of action is hunker down and let the Artillary and bomber team do the big damage very realistic as you wouldn't wanna lose infantry to armor if you can easily avoid it.

@nastykhan7746

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. The whole message is: "you're there to fight FOOTMEN, not tanks! If you can kill a tank - do it, but in general - focus on surviving. Your real job is still to come."

This man literally described firebombing a tank as "buying em a drink"🔥

@jacksonhillhill3805

Жыл бұрын

Badass

@TheNugettinage

Жыл бұрын

That's also the origin of the term "Molotov". While the gasoline bottle firebomb was first used in the Spanish Civil War, the name was given to it by Finnish soldiers during the Winter War. The Finnish army was poorly equipped with the advanced weapons of the time such as antitank weaponry. Gasoline bottles became a common antitank weapon, and was dubbed "Molotov's Cocktail" as a way to make fun of Molotov, a Soviet minister at the time.

@MonManco

Жыл бұрын

@@poeepee1715 And Finns responded by dubbing the Molotov cocktail as "a drink to down the food with".

@SlumberBear2k

Жыл бұрын

well technically...

@jackgamerreal

Жыл бұрын

1’000th like

I’ve never more prepared for WWII than I am now

@luminousfractal420

Жыл бұрын

Gotta encourage the grunts to sign up.

@mrcregg0915

Жыл бұрын

You're not alone, Jonny. You got a lot of stuff pitchin for ya. Big stuff. Just because you're playing the line and can't see the backfield doesn't mean it isn't there. It's there brother.

@jennifersilves4195

Жыл бұрын

I feel ya.

@Anonymous-ny1fu

Жыл бұрын

I think you may be a few years late don’t know though

@StygiaN-WeB

Жыл бұрын

your over 80 years late johny 😆

The term Molotov cocktail was first coined by the Finns when the bottles were thrown at Soviet tanks during the Winter War. Named after Vyacheslav Molotov who claimed Soviet bombing missions were "food deliveries" for humanitarian causes so the Finns threw these cocktails to go with his "parcels". Love the focus on familiarizing the infantry with the tank and their weaknesses while trying to counter morale shocks from tank attacks. Have to tread a line between accepting that they are dangerous buggers but also emphasizing that they are not invulnerable

@michaeltelson9798

Жыл бұрын

There was a print article about the origins of the Molotov cocktails in the New York Times about 1980. One thing mentioned was that a frustrated Finnish soldier had nothing to deal with the Russian tank in his area. Out of sheer frustration he took a nearby kerosene lamp and throw it at the tank. In winter operations tanks have extra grease applied and that started to ignite after the flaming kerosene splashed over the engine deck. Soon the tank was engulfed in flames. The story got around and the Molotov cocktail became useful antitank bomb.

@Moxilock

Жыл бұрын

The best part is, they ended up calling those bombs "Molotov Bread Baskets"

@cubechan1938

Жыл бұрын

Does a Molotov make a good cocktail?

@Drzahman

Жыл бұрын

Spanish invention thank you.

@JGalt-em4xu

Жыл бұрын

Probably were food deliveries if the propaganda's anything like it is now.

my grandpa's friends was a sniper in WWII, when I did a paper about the history of WWII I asked him for some stories, He has this one story in which a tank was retreating and had his back turned to him. He decided to take some potshots at it as a retreated and Accidentally hit a thin piece of its armor remaining and into Reserve ammo, That caused the tank to explode. Now there's a decent chance that none of this ever happened but I like to imagine it did.

@warbrain1053

Жыл бұрын

I mean some rifles were pretty powerful for then, and some tanks were light, made to only survive rifle or mgs from the front. Also lots of stuff was misqualified as a tank, but it also could be an armored car or a light tank made pre-ww2

@nick_steele9790

Жыл бұрын

I have no way of verifying if that was even possible but I like to think that happened too :)

Another subtle incredible part of this video is how it acknowledges the danger & threat of a tank but makes you feel almost lucky to be an infantry man.

@luketimewalker

Жыл бұрын

very true

@tbotalpha8133

Жыл бұрын

It's a standard part of military rhetoric, that's been understood since the days of the Romans. You don't tell your soldiers that the enemy is of no threat, or tell them that they will feel no fear. Because battle is scary, and your soldiers WILL feel fear, no matter how stoic they try to act on the outside. You do your soldiers no favours by lying to them. Instead, you acknowledge that yes, the enemy is very threatening. And then you counter that fear by explaining how you hope to win anyway. You remind your soldiers that they are better trained, better equipped, better provisioned, better positioned, whatever the case may be. By doing so, you offer an antidote to fear. You acknowledge your soldiers' concerns, and then offer them something to cling to psychologically in the hours, days or weeks ahead. You can go look up Eisenhower's speech on D-Day, or Patton's speech to the Third Army, and see this exact approach. It worked for the ancient Romans, and it worked for 1940s Americans. Because human psychology hasn't changed much, in the past 2000 years.

@EmpureMedia

Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 I know I’m just saying it’s exceptionally well done and efficient. I feel like I can take out a tank now lmao

@luketimewalker

Жыл бұрын

@@tbotalpha8133 brilliant

@tbotalpha8133

Жыл бұрын

@@EmpureMedia Atta boy. Go show those krauts who's boss!

Well written, performed, and produced. I particularly like the emphasis on survival and doing a job, rather than heroism.

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

listen to that that's enough to make a man nervous🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@meangreen99

2 жыл бұрын

thats some high quality propaganda alright

@maxwell_edison

2 жыл бұрын

@@meangreen99 Not sure how a training/procedure video for military is propaganda. This isn't exactly designed to be shown to the public. (hence *RESTRICTED* - did ya miss that part??) Be honest. Are you just trying to start an argument? Or are you really conflating "training video" with "propaganda"? Ah yes, how not to be blown up by a tank. Truly, insidious!

@dankbank7424

2 жыл бұрын

The video is designed to change soldiers opinion about German tanks, and teach them how to combat them. It's both propaganda and training, which isn't a bad thing. Propaganda is just designed to change the viewers opinion-- in this case it seems to replace an incorrect opinion that german tanks are unstoppable with a more correct opinion that they can be stopped in the right circumstances. The thing about moltov cocktails seems a bit far fetched but other than that it seems fairly reasonable

@Pimps-R-us

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxwell_edison Just look at his name, That tells you everything you need to know

I was an 0352 (TOW anti-tank guided missile gunner) for about 7 years, 1986-1993. Amazing how far the art of tank-busting has advanced since the video was made.

This guy is so charismatic, witty and charming - I really love how he explains and describes things!

@nastykhan7746

Жыл бұрын

That's an actor who played original Captain America. I wonder how Chris Evans will handle this role...

@Lo-cn5kp

Жыл бұрын

He really is right? The sip of beer, the casual smoke and extinguishing it as he makes his point. This guy is one manly mofo. No wonder people dove into this thinking they'd be captain america. Respect to these men and many thanks for their service.

10:17 There’s something intriguing about how he can make a pop culture reference in 1943 that we all understand just as well 80 years later. (Superman has been around since 1938, for those wondering.)

@TheZigzagman

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine how blown your mind would be if he said Hercules.

@kevine9474

Жыл бұрын

@@TheZigzagman Um difference is superman was new and only 5 years later hes still popular

@TheZigzagman

Жыл бұрын

@@kevine9474 Difference is irrelevant, friend. You still got the reference.

@MasquedJustice

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even think about it or need to do a double take either, that's a really good point

@ridikipicklepeckinpuff583

Жыл бұрын

I was more intrigued with the "I'll give you the straight dope" line

The way he goes, "we're all playing on the same team, ain't we?" and then stares daggers into the camera while taking a sip. My sides.

@jankutac9753

Жыл бұрын

The guy was with a 70% probability not even a tanker. He got hired for his looks and voice. But hey, it was watchable and informative

@ronthered138

Жыл бұрын

@@jankutac9753 Perhaps he was a gangster from Brooklyn before the war. At any rate, he was definitely channeling James Cagny.

@yeturs69420

Жыл бұрын

We all got a job to do before we get back to that dame in Brooklyn

@maskedbadass6802

Жыл бұрын

​@@yeturs69420 Ay youse can'ts be talkin bout the chickadees so disrespectful like. Da babycakes and broads don'ts like it when youse calls em dames. 😉

@qpSubZeroqp

Жыл бұрын

@@maskedbadass6802 😂 that is so impressive! Nailed it

I love how he makes it informative without making the subject too scared or too dialed up to fight effectively

The fact that he referred to throwing A moltov cocktail at them as buying the drink is amazing

Don't forget one purpose of this film was to convince the infantry to stay in their foxholes as tanks approached. To build confidence that someone would knock out the tank. To emphasise the limits of the tank crews' vision.

@Wiromax3

7 жыл бұрын

Had that tank stayed over the fox hole and done a twist, that would have been a buried soldier.

@douglasborel955

6 жыл бұрын

The German Panzer Commanders used that tactic against enemy infantry entrenched in fox holes and trenches a lot.

@dgd947a15fl

5 жыл бұрын

@@Wiromax3 Sure, if they sit there and twist over and over for a few minutes, which would leave them a stationary target for rockets or artillery. Two or three twists is just going to throw a pile of dirt on their heads.

@billwilson3609

2 жыл бұрын

That's why US tanks had rotating vision periscopes with vision blocks that could be quickly replaced by the crewman from inside the tank. That allowed the crew to have a 360 degree field of vision of their surroundings.

@scottwillis5434

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wiromax3 ...and if that twist shows the side armor to the rifle grenadier...

This guy is awesome. 1920's gangster meets Hollywood tank commander.

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

Crack that Tank!

@jeffreycoulter4095

2 жыл бұрын

@@raven4k998 and crack open another cold beer

@pfnicvhd453

2 жыл бұрын

His name is Dick Purcell (1905-1944)

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

@@pfnicvhd453 and he was murdered cause he only lived for 39 years that's nothing at all

@BlooCollaGal

2 жыл бұрын

"I'll give you the real dope ya see"

i love about 9:51 where he says "and this is what you get, a litlle piece of hell on the outside. and on the inside, alot of barbecued heinies"

The actor's name is Dick Purcell. He died in 1944. One year after this film, he was also the first actor to portray Captain America on screen The vehicle appearing at 3:15 appears to be an M9 Gun Motor Carriage. This tank destroyer was designed and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which also made M3 (and afterwards M4) medium tanks while continuing to build locomotives. It used an older 76 mm gun, which however was in short supply. It was designated "limited standard" and did not see combat; only a few were built, as the M10 was on the way, quickly replacing the stop-gap M3 and M6 Gun Motor Carriages in 1943. German tanks shown include various models of the Panzer I, II and III, maybe the Panzer 38 (t) and possibly the earlier Panzer IV support tanks. The later Panzer IV was still a rare bird in early 1943, as was the Tiger I. Such Panthers as did exist were all in the east, being hoarded for the Kursk offensive.

@o_ver2.094

Жыл бұрын

🤓

@diamondgirls6141

Жыл бұрын

I thought he is a real soldier

@narsakucanada154

Жыл бұрын

@@diamondgirls6141 That's the point, it's manipulation and propaganda.

@rushnerd

Жыл бұрын

Any idea how he died? I figured he was an actor, but that's interesting enough to follow up on.

@ThreatInstinct

Жыл бұрын

@@rushnerd Seems it was heart issues, which would be unfortunate considering he was only 38.

Looking at the year ('43), this film was probably made as a response to the Battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa. The 8th Army had gotten roughed up by Rommel's 5th Panzer Army and one item of particular worry was how US Infantry got rolled over by the panzers. Not digging their fox holes deep enough and getting mowed down when they got up right in front of them to run. American forces had been out maneuvered by the Germans and the infantry shouldn't have been in the spot they were, but they needed to hold up better if they did. All in all the higher ups were worried across the board, this was their first major engagement with the Wehrmacht and it did not go well. Kasserine Pass on wikipedia for more info.

@NemoBlank

2 жыл бұрын

The National Guard generals were political appointees unfit to command a marching band and much of the early WW2 officer corps was of the same ilk. Kasserine Pass perfectly demonstrates the folly and false economy of not maintaining a proper army.

@vash_the_stampede6570

2 жыл бұрын

Now I know what that Guy from CoD WW2 2017 was talking about.

@anthonycracchiolo3226

2 жыл бұрын

@@vash_the_stampede6570 watch the "big red one". lee marvin,mark hamill, and a bunch of other guys u might reconize

@CheapCheerful

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, interesting info.

@billwilson3609

2 жыл бұрын

Patton trained the 8th Army in the Mojave Desert to get them accustomed to fighting in desert conditions. He emphasized constant movement so they had to dig deep slit trenches for defensive positions and shelter from bombs and artillery each night when they stopped. That required hard labor using picks and shovels on the hard rocky ground so the soldiers were happy not being forced to do that once in North Africa since Patton was no longer in charge.

It's amazing how much of this advice is still effective even today. Technology has improved, but physical laws remain the same

@hashchief664

2 жыл бұрын

I've worked for a short time in Tank refurbishment, within the last 10 years. It's definitely still very relevant.

@midcenturymodern9330

2 жыл бұрын

Just look at Ukrainians. They still roast those soviet, yes soviet, tin cans with molotov's cocktails. It's a very simple and effective weapon. (I refuse to capitalize anything having anything to do with russia.)

@BosonCollider

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Except that infantry has much better dedicated anti-tank weapons available, and tanks are slightly less blind than before. Otherwise its very similar

@BillAnt

2 жыл бұрын

Instead of optical periscopes of the past, modern tanks use pinholes cameras which are a lot harder to shoot out.

@mitzikolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@BillAnt except for Russian tanks. although they will probably run out of gas long before reaching you and get towed away by the local farmers union.

“Well ya wrong see” 😂. These old school brothers got some charisma.

The German manual has the line “experience shows that attacks against tanks with close combat weapons by a sufficiently determined man will basically always succeed.”

Its great how they chose to have the tanker in a pub ... kind of lightens the subject.

@PeriscopeFilm

8 жыл бұрын

+Tony Long They had to get his lips loose to give away these tips -- lol

@lakyn5170

8 жыл бұрын

+PeriscopeFilm :D

@AF-nh2ux

8 жыл бұрын

+PeriscopeFilm Was he an actual tanker?

@SiO2win

8 жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure he was not, and he was not an inventor of the hole tactics either.

@Nonamearisto

2 жыл бұрын

@@AF-nh2ux Nope. He was the original actor for Captain America.

My grandpa was a tank destroyer in ww2, he always talked about how the last thing they ever wanted to see was a Panther. Cool content.

@5finger4head53

Жыл бұрын

Why panthers in particular?

@davestier6247

Жыл бұрын

@@5finger4head53 he was in western Europe and he said they never actually saw a Tiger tank, they were almost mythological. He was a gunner on a Hellcat and he said the sloped armor of the Panther was pretty much impregnable.

@davestier6247

Жыл бұрын

@@5finger4head53 this is just what I remember him saying he died when I was 9

@5finger4head53

Жыл бұрын

@@davestier6247 Oh I thought he was the same kinda tank buster the video spoke of in infantry platoons. Yeah if I lived inside any allied tracked vehicle in 1944 seeing a panther would warrant a lot of soiled undies.

@samadams8355

Жыл бұрын

​@@davestier6247 that makes sense. Less than 500 of the King Tigers were ever built. There were 150 of them in the Ardennes offensive.

This guy was great! Love the Brooklyn street jive in his presentation. If there'd been an Academy Award for training films, this guy would have gotten one. He probably saved American lives with this well presented advice.

I would have loved to see more "old world" training videos if they existed. Imagine the camera had been invented in, say, Alexander the Great's time period around 340 B. C. It would be incredible to watch a video of how the Macedonian Military lining up to create the Phalanx battle formation with their Sarissa pikes.

My dad, a staff sergeant (acting platoon sgt) was running after a Mark VI King Tiger and fired his M9 rifle grenade and pop, it went right into the open hatch, and that was that. One bronze star. He got wounded later that month.

@Cwra1smith

2 жыл бұрын

1 in 100 shot. He got lucky there bigtime.

@genepozniak

2 жыл бұрын

@@Cwra1smith 1) A lot of skill involved, as he was a high school football quarterback. 2) He had a lot of practice, so he was sure he could at least hit the top of the turret, which was only ~1.75" thick, and the M9 could blow through 2". :-)

@vardito10

2 жыл бұрын

LOVE this kinda story that destroys the BS idea that king tigers were somehow invinsible

@larryz2492

2 жыл бұрын

What outfit was he with?

@genepozniak

2 жыл бұрын

@@vardito10 My dad's Tiger was on a road when he knocked it out, but before he saw it, he had been chasing a half-track through the woods and then out onto the road. But the half-track was quickly out-distancing him when suddenly--out of NOWHERE--the King Tiger came crashing out of the woods between him and the half-track. He was so frightened by the sudden appearance of what he described as "this gigantic monster which looked even larger because it was covered with tree branch camoflage" that he instinctively dropped to the ground. The tank didn't see him though, and turned to follow the half-track. I had never heard about Tigers being "invisible" but maybe it was sort of true because of the thickness of the German Black Forest. 😲They were also infamous for hiding behind the German hedgerows.

Well, now my odds of surviving a German tank regiment went up, my odds of outrunning the FBI went down thanks to this handy public but restricted training video

@Borkendeneshk

2 жыл бұрын

KASPLOOSH!!!

@w.callens1629

2 жыл бұрын

They knew when you bought that one-way ticket to Poland...

@Dewelwield1010

2 жыл бұрын

*FBI OPEN UP!!!*

@Borkendeneshk

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dewelwield1010 KASPLOOSH!!!!

@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:34‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Old training video's are the best, highest quality things I've ever seen. I saw another old video explaining transmission and it's the best explanation I've ever heard. People nowadays should take a leaf out of their book.

I've been a Tanker for 30 yrs, started on the M1 and have been on every tank up to M1A2 SEPV2. Also have been on the Mobile Gun System. The thing he's saying still applies to new tanks lol.

My father fought his way from near Marseilles all the way into Germany. This gives me chills. Thinking about him and his fellow teenagers, gearing up for this. He lived through it and I am here to tell about it. But most of what he saw he never told a soul. The little bit I go from him? Now I understand why.

@ingrielelliomurre2246

Жыл бұрын

do you mean Versailles?

@OrigMaelstrom

Жыл бұрын

@@ingrielelliomurre2246 No, he's most likely talking about the battle of Marseille in Aug, 1944, just after Operation Dragoon

@mikek0135

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what kind of a man your father was, but he was a hell of a man!

@SuperSlick1996

Жыл бұрын

My Grandpa went onto Omaha Beach 2 weeks after they landed there. Not nearly as chaotic as the initial siege but I couldn't imagine what it must have looked like...I really wish I could have met him he passed in the early 90s and I never had the chance. I have nothing but respect for him.

@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist

Жыл бұрын

@Karl with a K Well people didnt have a choice, the governments around the world enacted conscription. If you didnt fight you would be thrown in prison, same for when Vietnam happened.

Having served with a tank battalion as part of a twenty year military career I felt the same sense of anxiety while watching this training film as I’ve felt during combat. And that is a testament to this training aids realism.

@replyifyourefumingandcrying

Жыл бұрын

K

@A5tr0101

Жыл бұрын

@@replyifyourefumingandcrying K

@josh1ng

Жыл бұрын

I'd be interested to hear a little more about what that experience is like.

@stephenkay1104

Жыл бұрын

I think that more a testament to your PTSD

@caralho5237

Жыл бұрын

@@josh1ng you're inside a tin can getting shot at and you dont know where its coming from

This is such a great instructional video, all jokes aside. And this guy should have won an Oscar for this performance, God bless him.

This really contrasts real life to video games. In a game like Civ, tanks mow down infantry like bowling pins. But in real life, tanks are far better suited to break fortifications, rather than the squishy troops inside. And of course, militaries didn’t want their troops to just sit tight and pray, so they developed countermeasures to make life ever so much more difficult for enemy tanks. They also emphasize the small psychological effects of war and how you can utilize them. A tank is scary, so you tell your troops to hide in their foxholes. Getting shot at is scary, so keep shooting at a tank even though your bullets probably won’t do anything. A little bit of encouragement about “hitting the periscopes” makes your troops feel a little more helpful even though the real damage is keeping the enemy in the tank and the drivers on edge. The idea that you can harm a tank if you keep your wits is a huge morale boost.

According to IMDB, the actor playing the soldier is Dick Purcell, who sadly died of a heart attack at a golf course in LA the following year. He was also the first person to play Captain America on screen.

@dzyanist

4 жыл бұрын

Well done man..Dick Purcell was in alot of lower budget, but VERRY GOOD film noir type moovees..One o' my faves..!!! 🎸☠👍🎸

@owenkegg5608

2 жыл бұрын

A true American hero.

@ghost2coast296

2 жыл бұрын

Just look that up he was 37 in this video. He looks 50

@braidena1633

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghost2coast296 he seen some shit

@SniffyPoo

2 жыл бұрын

@@ghost2coast296 notice how much he smokes in this video. that did it.

This is very profane, very tough talk for 1943. They were addressing men who had about a 100% chance of seeing combat, and one chance to train them.

@fintonmainz7845

2 жыл бұрын

100%? Nonsense

@leroyjenkins4811

2 жыл бұрын

@@fintonmainz7845 It worked. These films motivated allied soldiers to do their jobs to win the war. Straight and to the point. I paid attention and I learned exactly what I needed to take out a 1943 era tank in 13 minutes. The tactics worked in 1943 and guess what? They still work today. These same tactics are still being taught because tanks of any era still have the same vulnerabilities. You’re not speaking German right now. Better yet, if the Nazis had won, you might not have ever even been born. War is always a bad thing but the Nazis needed to be stopped and somebody had to do it. We had to go. I have a degree in history and consider myself something of a historian. I look at the reasons wars are fought from all of the various angles. Yes, a lot of wars are fought for some very frivolous reasons. They’re fought over land, property, natural resources, religion, business interest, politics, corporate interest behind the scenes, conflicting ideologies, etc. Wars are fought for a number of reasons that could have been settled peacefully. Wars are fought over fear of not having enough. Sometimes wars are fought simply because one nation state wants to take another nation state’s stuff and they don’t want to even pretend they’re doing anything else. They don’t want to pay for another country’s goods when they figure they can just take them. Even though they know it’s wrong. WW2 was different. Germany had decided everyone else didn’t deserve to live. And they were doing their best to see that decision become a reality. Although the Germans had allied with several other countries to defeat the Allies, Germany had plans to betray and destroy their so called friends once the war with the Allied Powers was done. It would have been war, death, and suffering without end. Nobody wanted that. They had to be dealt with. Nonsense or not, Germany had to be taken care of. To say that war isn’t necessary is an overly simplistic view of reality. Sometimes, people need their asses kicked because they just will not stop messing with other people otherwise. They bully other countries. Germany was trying to bully the whole world.

@donlove3741

2 жыл бұрын

Profane ?

@donlove3741

2 жыл бұрын

@@leroyjenkins4811 What ?

@ChildovGhad

2 жыл бұрын

@@fintonmainz7845 This film was made specifically to train infantry in preparation for going into battle during the 2nd world war, so yeah, pretty damned close to 100%. If you were sitting in a group and watching this film, and you didn't see combat, it's because something happened to you in between watching this film and going into combat. Appendicitis, a Jeep rollover accident, food poisoning, etc.

Thank you. This will come in handy in the coming WWIII and US Civil War II.

I’m surprised they were able to preserve the quality of this video so well.

Thanks for keeping history alive, you're doing a great service!

@PeriscopeFilm

Жыл бұрын

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@NeverNotNaprt

Жыл бұрын

@@gagelink2457 lol

@speedball23

Жыл бұрын

what's the matter you don't enjoy Ancient Aliens on History Channel

@PeriscopeFilm

Жыл бұрын

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@Anthony-V-Music

Жыл бұрын

@@gagelink2457 don't be a prick

I had a granduncle that was fighting in the Eastern theatre. He was positioned on the side of a hill overseeing a narrow passage. A German tank line was moving into the passage with their hatches up. This passage was the only way through for a mile or so, so when he got the chance, he crawled to the top and dropped a live grenade into the commander's hatch of the first tank. The whole line was stopped and separated, giving time for the allied fighters to descend hell onto the tanks. He got an award for it. Sadly, I never got to meet the man before he passed, but heard plenty about him from my grandfather.

@gyozakeynsianism

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome story.

@Hellsong89

2 жыл бұрын

And this is why you never send your armor alone into potential hostile areas like urban city, cause those get over run and smacked around by infantry. There always needs to be infantry supporting the armor and armor supporting the infantry and taking out those enemy hard points.

@dgage1776

2 жыл бұрын

That's a bad mfer

@deeffourjay5632

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hellsong89 Do you think the Russians in Ukraine ever saw this movie?? Sending tanks without supporting infantry is eventual suicide.

@mightyluv

2 жыл бұрын

How was he able to crawl to the top like that with balls of steel?

As a Signal Corps soldier, I approve of this message, and many like it. They may be dated, but it's very effective at keeping many soldiers alive in the heat of battle. Hooah!

I find all this very interesting. The fundamentals of specific instances of warfare. The theory that all follow and make some men great.

The calm and pieceful way he talks about killing people makes me surprisingly relaxed.

@travisjohnson6676

7 жыл бұрын

The modern pansy "man" would need to find his safe space and pet his "My Little Pony" plushie after hearing this

@MisfitRecords

5 жыл бұрын

Brainwashing

@Sarah-ie9xb

3 жыл бұрын

@@travisjohnson6676 This is such a dumb comment.

@codyluco6835

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sarah-ie9xb shut up, pussy. This is literally a war training video from ww2

@thatsclassified1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsMrJoshua786 Shut up, pussy. This is literally a war training video from WW2

It was very kind the way the tank driver carefully manoeuvred his vehicle to make sure the tracks were on either side of the foxhole. A true gentleman.

@justforever96

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially since he could collapse the hole and bury him alive otherwise.

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

only 1 of the times, the first time they lined it up perfectly to drive the treads over where the dudes head was seconds before lol risky manuever for a training video

@Spudtron98

2 жыл бұрын

You usually don't want to run a single track into a hole like that. Good way to get stuck.

@mikemoore8808

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he's not being a gentleman he's just not wanting to get stuck in a foxhole and be a sitting Target for the joy of killing one infantry man maybe

@marcgambone4240

Жыл бұрын

Did you think he should bust his track running over a pothole from hell?

I like how they make these videos simple and easy to understand since a majority of these WW2 soldiers are straight out of high school

@frostedbutts4340

11 ай бұрын

Hell a huge amount of kids never even finished highschool back then

this is an audio and video sample gold mine, I can't thank you enough for this...

@PeriscopeFilm

Жыл бұрын

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@travestyblak2911

Жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm will do

This was actually really well done, even after all of these years.

@FadkinsDiet

2 жыл бұрын

Some footage repeated, some obvious practical effects, but gets the point across very well.

@Astrobrant2

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Considering the content and the intended audience, it was very well thought out and produced. I have to wonder if this guy ever got any talking parts in '40's and '50's movies about WWII. He certainly had all the right stuff. I'm thinking about some of the roles he would have been perfect for. Trivia: if all the film used in WWII movies was spliced into one movie, it would last longer than the war did.

@EricMalette

2 жыл бұрын

I swear he's sitting in Bogey's lounge.

@ysteinjohnsen8845

2 жыл бұрын

Basically what's now happening to the russians...

@achannelwith53subsfornorea38

Жыл бұрын

Lots of the info was just propaganda for the soldiers to feel confident. Molotovs were very ineffective and it is much harder than you would think to throw one. Also German tanks were more expensive than Allied ones but had better optics and speed so the visibility issue wasn’t entirely true. However all around, it was a very good video

Love the fact that the guy is crushing darts and drinking a beer while freely explaining tank defense. Some things should have never changed.

@ts4gv

Жыл бұрын

crazy how soon this is after Prohibition too. The govt changed their mind quick.

@gilgograboid8244

Жыл бұрын

Found the Canadian lol

@gilgograboid8244

Жыл бұрын

@@Lo-cn5kp sorry, I was totally just going on the "crushing darts" phrase. It reminded me of Letterkenny, a bit of TPB. I didn't realize it was used other places lol- I am a dingus. Good guys, those Canadians! I would have a hagelslaag in yours and Canada's honor, but only the import store carries real Dutch sprinkles, and they're closed right now. American sprinkles are literal trash. Thank God for Dutch chocolate laws lolol Have a good day!

@EXCALIBUR_X6420

Жыл бұрын

​@@gilgograboid8244 as a dutchman myself this is good to hear someone other than a dutch person knows hagelslag

@ahorserunning

Жыл бұрын

Next scene he already has the lit cigarette lol A true product of its time. I can't thank the people involved with getting a copy of this and uploading it enough.

I love the fact that the instruction was no nonsense. Most of the fighting force were citizen soldiers, plenty tough, but green, until they knocked out their first tank! Great job boys! We’ll never forget you.

This guy should have had a whole line of educational films. The greatest missed opportunity of the 20th century.

@briana7515

2 жыл бұрын

Worth it to mention to you that back then, almost everyone sounded that way with a similar accent. Maybe hard to imagine but legitimately: This was how almost every man talked almost a century ago. The novelty of voice would wear itself people down eventually I wager.

@davidtravis306

2 жыл бұрын

"...and when you're finished with that essay, you can get back to that dame in Brooklyn."

@zeening

2 жыл бұрын

just read a comment saying he died the year after this was shot from a heart attack at a golf course, big oof guess all those ciggs and booze did a number

@briana7515

2 жыл бұрын

@@zeening He lived fighting for what he believed in though: "The freedom to smoke his ciggs and drink like a fish."

@spacelemur7955

2 жыл бұрын

I swear I saw him in a driver's ed film in 1969 talking about parallel parking and making 3-point turns. He had a beer gut by then.

These training films were an effective way to educate the huge number of draftees and enlistees that were illiterate or couldn't read and understand anything past the 4th grade level. Many signed papers using a mark since they couldn't spell or write their own name. Much of that was due to the poor economies in the Dust Bowl regions and during the Great Depression where children didn't go to school because those were closed down or had to work to help feed their families. The military gave the local draft boards a wide leeway for giving out draft exemptions early on so they could keep the better educated there to work on getting the War Effort in gear so had to accept whatever was available. The minimum requirements were that they be at least 5"1" tall, weighed at least 105 pounds and had vision that could be corrected. Shortly later the military began developing a training program to bring recruits' reading skills up to the 4th grade level while at the boot camps and training bases so they could understand the training and operation manuals of the equipment and munitions they'll be using. Some of those manuals resembled comic books that used characters to showed how to do things and what could happen if they didn't pay attention to what they were doing.

@deus_ex_machina_

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great insight!

@billwilson3609

2 жыл бұрын

@@perryfenton8569 The US Government played their cards right after the Depression hit. They kept funding the Navy and aircraft development then started training more men and women by using Army officers and NCO's to run their public works projects and the Civilian Air Patrol. Many stayed in barracks with a mess hall while they received training and did work for pay. The CAP was nationwide where pilots and mechanics were trained at new small local airports built by the WPA. That paid off when the government decided it was time to enlarge the Army in 1939 since those provided more trained workers that were used to taking orders for the war effort and for the Army. The CAP provided trained pilots and mechanics that were ready to move up to larger aircraft, powerplants and more complicated ground control with the small airports being handy for training raw pilots in small aircraft.

@ChrisWojoDotCom

2 жыл бұрын

Not true. Period. "the huge number of draftees and enlistees that were illiterate or couldn't read and understand anything past the 4th grade level. Many signed papers using a mark since they couldn't spell or write their own name." *I thrust with ad-hominem, pejorative, insult and then slur.* You're frame is inaccurate and outright b.s. I'd encourage all of you to look this stuff up before you 'nod your head in bovine agreement.'

@billwilson3609

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisWojoDotCom Sorry pal, but that's the way it was back then. Rural children didn't attend school for nine months straight like they do today since their school districts didn't hold classes during the planting and harvest seasons. Wide spread unemployment led to less property taxes being collected so many school systems were closed due to a lack of funding while others cut back on staff which led to overcrowded classrooms with kids without pencils and paper that had difficulty learning anything due to being malnourished. Children also could drop out of school at the age of 13 so a good number did if they had an opportunity to work at a paying job or somewhere for room and board. A large number of the population from the Dust Bowl region became migrant farm workers where the children worked in the fields and orchards with their families since the school systems refused to take them into their classrooms. It's all in the historical records. The US Army and Navy also became alarmed at how scrawny the enlistees and draftees were so revamped their boot camps by feeding them large meals with plenty of protein and forcing them to do vigorous exercises to put more meat on their bones.

@voxveritas333

2 жыл бұрын

@@billwilson3609 the description of life in the Thirties sounds like our nation was very ill-equipped to handle the future, and depressing indeed. Sadly, we are approaching that state of affairs again, with all the disruption during the pandemic and the after-effects of the Trump administration on our population. History repeats, and we have none to blame but ourselves. From Washington DC down to the local school boards, this nation is fraying apart.

Turns out the sticky bombs in Saving Private Ryan were actually a legit way of taking out at a tank.

@AdamsBrew78

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, all those Tom Hanks/Steven Speilberg WW2 movies were well researched and highly realistic - including Band of Brothers and The Pacific.

@jennifersilves4195

3 ай бұрын

It's how Hamas was taking out Israeli tanks.

10:11 an incredibly quick frame of a prop person used in the fire, with a 'this is fine' smile on his face 😂

This is probably the coolest military training video ever.

@billwilson3609

2 жыл бұрын

There's a better German training film showing how to sneak out of trenches to destroy T-34's with hand placed charges.

@icecreamforcrowhurst

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the one about venerial disease was pretty legendary. Another film restricted from public view.

@buckaroobonzai2909

2 жыл бұрын

There was a cooler one about how to behave when you are in Britain. It's instructed by the same guy who trained Rocky Balboa in the movie, but I don't know his name.

@MkeKen67

2 жыл бұрын

@@buckaroobonzai2909 - Burgess Meredith. Also, I like that you are honoring the great cult classic movie, Buckaroo Bonzai.

@stefanadamcik8221

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Why don't we have cool training videos like this today?

“You see that M3 lee?” “Yeah what about it.” “Remove the turret, place a white cross on it, now its a panzer IV”

@davidty2006

Жыл бұрын

That is one of the most cursed tanks i have ever seen.

I wouldn't normally sit down and watch this kind of stuff. But this was oddly really interesting to watch.

This is more interesting than 90% what gets uploaded on KZread nowadays

I wonder how many of those watching this video back in the day were able to get back to their dames in Brooklyn.

@davidsault9698

6 жыл бұрын

Plenty. But then they were killed by their "dames."

@bikerbobcat

2 жыл бұрын

Not nearly enough.

If my experience has taught me anything, a small handheld torch to the side plating is often effective enough to disable and destroy modern tanks. If all else fails, ramming it with a fighter jet is a great way to send a message.

@catfunt5583

Жыл бұрын

Average BF4 enjoyer

@4Bucket2U

Жыл бұрын

Ahh of course the classic battlefield strategy

@venerablebrothergoriate5844

Жыл бұрын

You say “ineffective hit,” I say “taxpayer dollars.”

@zacharykilgore3275

Жыл бұрын

c4 jeep 💥

@Resetium

Жыл бұрын

"We've got air support and that air support doesn't know how to fly!"

Here's to all the service men and women in America thank you from the bottom of my heart, your the greatest

I wish people still talked like this it sounds so cool

@josephdonais4778

Жыл бұрын

It is a northeastern accent, Jersey probably though all of the northeast has a variant. The attitude is hype, ego and testosterone and needed at the time. If it is used in everyday one begins to see it as a farse and full of hot air. It is a tool and used properly in this and then for good reason.

@user-tl4fi6oy8d

Жыл бұрын

Joseph, you don't know what you're talking about, see? I'll give you hot air when I buy you a drink for that moving pill box you're riding around in, you goosestepping dandy kraut.

@gamerman7276

Жыл бұрын

@@josephdonais4778 Keep the change, ya filthy animal!

@AdamsBrew78

Жыл бұрын

He sounds so much like Humphrey Bogart

@loadeddice4696

9 ай бұрын

Be the change you wanna see in the world, see? Give it to 'em straight, partner!

Summary: Tankers can't get you in a foxhole. The best they can do is waste several minutes caving in your foxhole to kill one enemy, if they even spot it. You should start shooting at them to get them to close their hatches the second they get in range. Mines, artillery, and anti-tank divisions tear through tanks. If they close their hatches, start shooting at their viewports until they're close enough for the rifle grenadiers to punch a few more viewports in them. Once they pass you, toss a molotov onto their back. *Never leave your foxhole when the tanks are coming through.* Climb further in, do not start running. Again, they can't run you over in a foxhole, and they quite likely can't even see you.

@austJW

Жыл бұрын

Tldr

@Resetium

Жыл бұрын

@@austJW 118 people disagree.

What a great speech. No wonder those young men accepted to go to war even i feel it now after watching this

I learned something new. I didn't know about those rifle grenades. Those are pretty cool and they probably evolved into the underslung grenade launcher or the actual grenade launcher itself... Neat bit of history to learn!

Not gonna lie, some of that advice was pretty good.

@snolbie1016

7 жыл бұрын

GreatMindsofEarth If we would have to fight tanks in ww2 yes

@undeniablelogic1963

7 жыл бұрын

+SnolBie I'm talking about infantry. I never thought about shooting out the viewports to make them blind. Why wasn't that a more used tactic?

@snolbie1016

7 жыл бұрын

GreatMindsofEarth Idk maybe not the first thing people would think of

@thedesertfox8737

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah... So was the point that hiding in a foxhole was pretty good, unless they decided to pivot around on your little foxhole :)

@undeniablelogic1963

7 жыл бұрын

+TheDesertFox Well. That's why you duck. M22s constantly got stuck in trenches on their light tank missions.

anyone else love how this guy speaks

@samuelsara9299

8 жыл бұрын

Brother you got that right. Just mow down them rats so's we can can back to that dame in Brooklyn.....what happened to America? Nowadays they're "combatants" not rats, and we can't mow them down, we just "neutralize them" or "obviate their lethality." And if you're in the Navy ashore in Japan, brother, you ain't havin' no beer! Instead you've got lectures to attend about transgenderism and the importance of sobriety etc etc etc. And god forbid you feel good about mowin' down the dirty Krauts.. why, heck...they've got feelings and are people too, and they're probably just misunderstood,that's all...."Recruit! May I touch you to make a correction?" in boot camp....sigh....And for heaven's sake, don't hassle the detainees...give them ice cream sundaes and back rubs if we capture them, oops, er, I mean, detain them....

@Mattie1492

7 жыл бұрын

Brother....and how!! We'll show 'em we're no "weak sisters."

@robertmaybeth3434

7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a refugee from a bugs bunny cartoon.

@harrykuheim6107

7 жыл бұрын

We lost...that's what happened...we have been beaten by the PC Crowd at NPR...

@masculinebuddha8762

5 жыл бұрын

You're not talkn' bout that "dame killer" from Brooklyn again, are ya?

This is freaking awesome! So cool to be able to watch this 80 years later

Old but still useful info. Who knows what’s gonna happen nowadays?!!

Holy shit that "$10,000 check" line was cold!

@capnobvious2718

2 жыл бұрын

Was it? When Germany rolled through everywhere stealing everything? The comments here are humorous if not naive. Sure run up and throw a grenade inside a tank, as you're dodging the infantry using it for cover, or the halftrack, or the machine gun nest a mile away that you can't see as it cuts you in half.

@markcollins2666

2 жыл бұрын

Dr.Jiggles, that's SGLI, Serviceman's Group Life Insurance, which you have to pay for, yourself. It's really the only game in town, because no other life insurance will cover a death due to an act of war. 10K at the time, when I was in, from 76 to 96, it was 50K, I think it's up to 200K now.

@jankutac9753

Жыл бұрын

Yeah they talked a lot about money in those days. Interesting. I don't think other countries did that so much

@jankutac9753

Жыл бұрын

@@capnobvious2718 no machine gun nests. Those are used on the defense mostly. And infantry only gets to fight tanks like this when the tanks are on the offense and the infantry is on the defense. Also sometimes tanks would advance on their own or simply get separated from their infantry. And half-tracks are like tanks, just easier to destroy. Open top, less armour. You can take them out from further away

I think that's a modified M3, because it has the offset turret, as well as the offset fighting compartment to allow for the 75mm in the sponson (covered over here). The tough-guy sergeant is Dick Purcell, the first actor to play Captain America on screen (1944).

@mikeellis8339

2 жыл бұрын

So was he a tank commander orpart9f the film corp?

@5peciesunkn0wn

2 жыл бұрын

Ok. It looks a hell of a lot like an M3. Must be a training version of it? It's got some funky running gear tho so maybe it's also just something they threw together for the video lol

@kevingoebel170

2 жыл бұрын

@@5peciesunkn0wn No, it's the Bob Hope MkIV: "Tanks... for the memories... of hatches and of treads, of shooting tankers in their heads... of rifle grenades and diving planes, even heavy artillery 'rains', we thank you... so much!"

@5peciesunkn0wn

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevingoebel170 oooh. neat.

@adamnicholl1254

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks For the detail really helped :)

Everything about this video feels like the presentation you get before you move along the line before the actual ride at Six Flags.

"But, don't get the idea that you can't handle those (Blitz boogers) just because they're big and they make a lot of noise." Great advice all around, regardless of time period.

As a former tank crewman and tank commander I can appreciate this info as being still very relevant even today. 1st Battalion, 35th Armor, 3rd Platoon, 1st Armored Division, 1975-1978.

@replyifyourefumingandcrying

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@dreamwill7156

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@@replyifyourefumingandcrying I an fuming at your comment!

@marselo1316

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Thank you for your service

@gilgograboid8244

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@@dreamwill7156 don't feed the troll!

@Lo-cn5kp

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Thank you for your service, from the Netherlands 🤘🏻

What a tremendous effort WWII was . It's hard for us to even imagine a war of the magnitude of WW2 .We should all take great pride in our young men of that era , they were amongst the best of us ever .

@nolesy34

2 жыл бұрын

Gillete shave commercial INTENSIFIES

@booklover6753

2 жыл бұрын

The greatest generation.

@ultraniusmaximus1536

2 жыл бұрын

There were, and still are, the best of us. #FJB

@maureenogorman8740

2 жыл бұрын

Ubermensch ? Big fan of the USA. As a member of the WW2 generation said it's always morning in America. We haven't had one greatest generation.

@poisontacoz6864

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@@ultraniusmaximus1536 always people like u bringing politics in it. Moron

7:22 I feel like Anti-Tankers are quite underrated when there's a big clash between tanks. Given that one of the tank weakness is its poor vision, Anti-Tankers can hide in a bush nearby and wait for the tank to be in range. If there's enough Anti-Tankers squad(?) on the battlefield, surely they can take out quite a lot of the enemy tank without risking your own tank during a head-to-head battle.

This has more production value than Hollywood has today

the whole purpose of these training films is for a morale booster and make people think. i remember similar training films when i was in basic training

@dankbank7424

2 жыл бұрын

In your opinion, how much of his advice was actually useful, and how much was just for boosting morale? The advice to stay in your foxhole has an obvious conflict of interest because the army probably wanted to keep soldiers at their posts even if fleeing would increase their survival odds.

@dustinbrueggemann1875

2 жыл бұрын

And it seems to work too. Look at any fight of any size and 9/10 times the winner is the guy who takes his time and thinks about what he's doing

@dtptcn

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinbrueggemann1875 😂

@unc1589

2 жыл бұрын

Most of these were made at Kaufman Astoria Queens NY. Yaaa Get me?

@jimsmith9819

2 жыл бұрын

@@dankbank7424 thev tank cant shoot that low, but they could stop over the foxhole and a soldier shoot you since you would be a sitting duck

Legend has it he had that other beer.

this confirms it, everyone in the 1940s talked like a new york prohibition era gangster

This is great. It feels like a movie 🍿🎥

This guy gives me more confidence than any motivational speech I’ve ever heard.

9:04 rifle grenades "bore right through and splash hot metal all over the place." Unfortunately, they were totally ineffective. My dad, a WWII vet, said the first time against a Tiger he saw those things, and even 75's bouncing off even the sides of the Tiger. Getting the track was the most effective approach from what I recall him saying.

@raptor2265

2 жыл бұрын

Well, granted, this video was made around the beginning of the war, plus they were testing them on far older tanks (You can see in this video that they're *clearly* not Tigers or Panzers). Either way, sustained fire will eventually do some damage, even if it doesn't pierce through the armor.

@donaldwilliamfry

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was trained in June and July of 44, long after the Tiger was in battle. That the video did not account for the progress in German engineering did not bother dad. That they did not at least verbally give an update and things they might not want to try while giving others they might be successful with did bother my dad. We had encountered the Tiger since 1943, so they had a year of battle experience to draw on by the time he hit training, which was not added. BTW, from what dad said, the rifle grenade did absolutely nothing...except give away positions.

@diggman88

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To be entirely fair. The US HEAT rifle grenade was only rated for 50 mm, being designed far earlier in the war. The US bazooka should have largely supplemented it by '44 but they remained standard issue for use against lighter vehicles. The Tiger was specifically designed to be resistant to most weapons at medium to long range of the time. By 1945, anti-tank weapons had progressed to a point where the Tiger 1's design had become obsolescent as a breakthrough tank.

@donaldwilliamfry

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@@diggman88 And our army did not instruct the soldiers trained in 1944 what to watch for or how to counter in spite of the fact that they knew the rifle grenade would not work. That is my point. Of course things change over the life of a war. That does not excuse leaving troops being trained in the dark.

@diggman88

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@@donaldwilliamfry Yeah, that's fair. I'm of course speaking from hindsight.

Everytime i watch films like this i feel nostalgic, the days I long for. Strange thing is that i was born after the baby boomer era, but evertime I watch a movie back in the 30s to 40s. I feel it, so strange.

You learned a new skill : [Basic Anti-tank Training]

I love how it's entertaining and really catches your attention as opposed to some boring monotone presentation comprised of slides.

@ecrradio7620

Жыл бұрын

That's the point. An untrained soldier is just as good as a dead soldier.

Pro Tip: Don't run away from an approaching tank in exactly the same direction when he is 50 feet behind you.

@peter9477

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the original Prometheus school of running away from things.

@ericstoverink6579

2 жыл бұрын

Well, considering that there are other tanks stretching for hundreds of yards on either side of that tank, I'd say that if you were running, straight away would be your only option. That's probably why they said that it was best to not run at all.

@goodbyemr.anderson5065

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericstoverink6579 no they said its best not to run at all because infantrys job is to fight the german infantry coming up behind the tanks. if you can take a tank out do it, but hold the line let the tanks drive right over you.

@samadams8355

2 жыл бұрын

Don't run 180 degrees away from anyone or anything that can just shoot you while you run, unless you zig-zag or move behind cover.

@BrilliantDesignOnline

2 жыл бұрын

@@samadams8355 Unless it is a bear; then, just run faster than your friend.

Before you go hand to hand with a tank; may sure you've already had enough beer ... The guy gave me the real dope on that. Great post! Thank you.

I was skipping through and managed to land on 1:02 and nearly died. Even with context it still gets me.

Back in the day when you drank beer while making training films.

@nicholaspoplawski601

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good to me. Nick 67-68!

@icecreamforcrowhurst

2 жыл бұрын

The idea was to make the GI’s feel at ease, like it was a trusted buddy giving you advice. These films were not screened for the general public.

@IC-lz3of

2 жыл бұрын

@@icecreamforcrowhurst These days they'd be trying on dresses and preening themselves in the mirror.

@burtknighten1873

2 жыл бұрын

@@IC-lz3of make sure not to misgender the tank crew.

@purdyboi8078

2 жыл бұрын

@@burtknighten1873 🤣🤣