Artillery - German anti - aircraft guns of WW2

[@SanDiegoPsychology]

The narrator shouldn't have been standing so close to the weapons as he was reading his copy.

[@panzerken]

+John T. NO KIDDING!

[@linokleinmeuleman5233]

John T. Funny.

[@phvaguiar]

Lol 😂

[@geodavids]

Can't hear the narrator

[@fatdad64able]

@John T.: best comment, lmao ^^

[@salami99]

Obviously the Germans had superior audio to the British narrators mic. At the time.

[@stevemoore6245]

ConcurrentFlame The Germans recorded speechs by Hitler a wire recording device they invented, and they would play speeches from different cities so the Americans sometimes wouldn't know his actual location.

[@pbrstreetgang2467]

ConcurrentFlame lol...

[@miles2378]

Steve Moore The Germans used high fidelity magnetic tape to record voice and music during the war.

[@t3h8d9]

A fantastic weapon for the time and never equalled by the allied in the field! A masterpiece by Rheinmetall.

[@BewareOfTheKraut]

Best narrator ever. Does not interfere with the battle sound at all.

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

That guns were backone of German defence artillery in the last stages of the war with very big quantities which operated in Flak Towers and RADAR stations.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat ...rounds ... BOOM....per minute...Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat... it was---BOOOMMM... basically....Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat.. ...it was replaced by the.....ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatRatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat...............Fuckfeeling??? (3:19mins)...BOOOMM... WTF, I give up .....BOOOMMM........Ratatatatatatatatatatatatatatatat........

[@FMHammyJ]

+Ralph Bernhard ....my thoughts exactly.....I wonder if the sound mixer was deaf.....

[@sejongchoson8208]

I like the 88 and 75 shell extractor, It's like you shove shells in a 2 second reload

[@aliaswrong9004]

Ralph Bernhard super funny

[@floppybollox3]

Exactly!

[@jerrymail]

Ahahah exactly ! :D

[@watdeneuk]

...providing BAMBAMBAM the ground troops BAMBAMBAMBAM a close BAMBAM support BAMBAMBAM weapon...

[@egorvongorr5209]

watdeneuk 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@skullofserpent5727]

watdeneuk winning comment right there :D

[@leongaultier554]

😆

[@dasSofa]

to get the destination distance. in this pipe are mounted 2 mirrors in the left and right end of the tube.if you look through the optics (in the middle section) you get 2 pictures from the mirrors. if you bring the 2 pictures one above the other by ajustments you see the distance in the optics. it is very accurate.

[@kevinanderson3849]

German optics have always been the finest anywhere.

[@Mirpurmad]

respect to the Germans, they were lead by a questionable leadership but hats off to their soldiers

[@opoxious1592]

👍🏻🏆👍🏻

[@cyberslueth3492]

They were absolute lions.

[@IAL164]

Yee.. They fight till the end without hesitation

[@IAL164]

@@asddsa-lw7dl absolutely nothing just destruction and death. What did you expect?

[@seanmoran6510]

@@IAL164 There wasn’t a lot of choice really.

[@stoprightthereclicker218]

...development of the earlier model .... RATATATATATA BOOM ... operating as one ... KRAKRAKRA BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM .... deployed in a ground ... BRRRRRR .... 1000 rounds per minute .... TATATATA ... provided ground troops .... BOOM - BOOM - BOOM - BOOM - BOOM

[@jamesarmijo4169]

As a student of military history, I thought of it as enjoyable and interesting.

[@spottydog4477]

+James Armijo James, thank you

[@DalonCole]

+James Armijo I agree.

[@knightwind5967]

🤘👽

[@hansmueller3029]

What ?!?

[@glasswipe2059]

Someone needs to learn how to mix audio.

[@MrROTD]

These German War Files documentaries are good but the audio mix is terrible

[@spottydog4477]

Rex Holes i know

[@rdoble]

True.

[@airwolf232]

They kept a STANDARD for every weapon they made!

[@batumba123]

The V shape thingy is a field periscope for ground war, being used as a substitute. Air rangefinders kinda look like a big rifle scope, but are rare. They mostly used the mark 1 eyeball.

[@Theakker3B]

Can hear a word the guy is saying

[@xX5THGROUPXx]

It would be great if the narrator was yelling as if he was there during the firefights.

[@Ragnarok6664]

Sure would make it more clear what he’s actually saying...

[@amirzenkovic4806]

Brave freedomfighters.

[@mauriceupton1474]

How did they ever lose, what a beast.

[@rayjin7448]

Pure numbers.

[@yankees29]

Spread themselves too thin. The Russians unleashed the largest artillery strikes in mankind on them.

[@vanpallandt5799]

@@rayjin7448 quantity has a quality all of its own...

[@vanpallandt5799]

Good soldiers in a shitty cause

[@kateverrall3015]

bad leder

[@Antichrist04]

This entire series is very informative and neutral, only problem is that the voice volume is low, or better to say the Footage explosion sounds are too loud

[@kollafrey-x4n]

Loooool ..... epic sound mixing.... nice weapons btw

[@FairladyS130]

Being able to use these quick firing cannons in the ground role gave the Germans a big advantage eg a much more effective weapon than the American 50 cal.

[@scottleft3672]

The twin 3.7cm was the best by far....it's over and under style was unique....basically one half of a quad.....they even made good park rides after the war.

[@mattiasarvidsson8522]

still better guns than toyota put on their hilux :)

[@P.I.G.GAMING]

WHat did you say????? *rattatatatatatatatatat

[@spottydog4477]

He said....bam-bam-bam-bam-bam-bam

[@Gromit801]

Can't hear the narration.

[@spottydog4477]

+Gromit801 what?..speak up mate

[@casualguy393]

spottydog4477 He said "I __n'_ _e_r ___ nair_sh__."

[@spottydog4477]

"LOL

[@hansmueller3029]

WHAT ?

[@egorvongorr5209]

Never thought a German flak documentary could have me in tears laughing ! And the comments ! Lolz 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@Johntrena]

soooo funny dude. greets from hamburg

[@talijamir5395]

Seems so funny and easy to comment from your comfort room.. It's not your cup of tea mate.. Those are real heroes not troll guy like you

[@georgiamule]

The most effective and deadliest weapon of WW2. Its crew included a man whose job was to exchange barrels to avoid damage from overheating. In heavy combat usage barrels had to be replaced every few minutes. They would be placed aside to cool, and other barrels would be installed. Once cooled the barrels would again be reinstalled. The procedure was quite simple, with just a few movements. Typical German efficiency.

[@neone4759]

How advance Germans were at ww2

[@orley104]

yeah a range finder. I think they had one that looked like an upright twin tube Periscope about 50cm in a V shape with a 5cm lens facing front at the top of each tube and a viewing port at the bottom facing back or is it the same one with folding arms?

[@marktucker7454]

Narrator needs to shout above the noise of the guns

[@ricopedrajrs]

Sound editor was fired, right? Right?

[@johorridoh]

My grandpa was an operating officer on a Vierlings FLAK . He got killed in 1943 in Russia..... So I never got to meet him.

[@robinblankenship9234]

The audio track with the gunfire is SO loud that the voice over is largely buried and very difficult to understand.

[@spottydog4477]

Hi BOOM there, It not RATATAT really BOOM-BOOM than bad

[@jackzero99]

@SpenzOT The 20mm was better as it could be belt fed and mounted in a quad. The bofors only had a 5 round mag.

[@JoeyStarley]

Nice piece of weaponry.They were ahead of their time.

[@MrDatu2000]

Althought Great Germany vs (Russia+USA+UK+France)...germany truly great soldier not a coward....have dignity and honor.... battle proven warriors

[@GarrisonFall]

Does anyone know of the effect of frozen barrels on the function of the weapons? The question only occurred to me after seeing the footage of the barrel being changed by the soldier in winter camouflage. Did the barrel diameter shrink or expand after the gun hadn't been fired for hours in freezing conditions? Did it ever become 'brittle'? (Eastern front where minus 40°c temperatures were experienced.) Were the spare barrels kept warm somehow? Did the ammunition expand when frozen? (I live in a warm climate where the temperature rarely falls below 0°c and have no experience of these temperatures.)

[@spottydog4477]

They actually use anti freeze liquid. The Norwegians perfected winter warfare which was copied by the Germans and Russian as the war progressed

[@AKUJIVALDO]

They changed barrels to prevent overheating...nevermind summer or winter. Shells have copper bands which engage rifling so there is no "too small barrel for shell to fit" AKA "shrunk barrel".

[@kosmokramer3772]

If you listen closely you can hear a British guy in the background

[@mr.samurai901]

I remember reading how early in the war the 2 cm Flak 38 was particularly deadly against slow flying obsolete Allied bombers. Aircraft like the Fairey Battle were easy prey while attempting to bomb German columns. In one account, almost the entire squadron of Battles was wiped out by 20 mm Flak in a raid on a German column in France.

[@danieldreher7543]

Das waren noch Soldaten .

[@linokleinmeuleman3348]

the flak 38 could penetrate 50mm at 100 metres .

[@chadmysliviec8449]

No, the German 20mm cannon using APCR rounds could only penetrate 39mm of armor at 100 meters.

[@leibstandartejager8582]

We are Victorious after all 🇩🇪

[@vanpallandt5799]

No

[@vanpallandt5799]

@The One what did they win?

[@vanpallandt5799]

@The One you mean that a culture based on paganism the occult and a heretical form of Christianity really won?

[@ArtVandelay00]

Exactly you are ruling the European Union now

[@yankees29]

I like when they change out the barrel on that one gun. The guy has asbestos gloves on. Amazing how fast they could swap barrels.

[@wasabuful]

what did he say?

[@juarezcardoso9972]

ta ta ta ta ta

[@anthonyglennmollicasr.425]

+Juarez Cardoso lol

[@hadiwibowo1703]

germany is the best....long time ago..

[@Ocker3]

is it just me, or do the background sounds often overwhelm the announcer's voice?

[@arizonaatheist]

@Anvilshock Yeah, it's real hard to hear what the narrator is saying with all that noise in the background, that sounds like anti-aircraft machineguns or something.

[@mohammedkhadhum6382]

German the best

[@N0_1.]

Being the "best" doesn't help you while losing.

[@kevinanderson3849]

@@N0_1. - Sometimes losing becomes epic, and winning turns out to be a shame.

[@enigmax44]

ahh.....you know they lost right?

[@sirnugget517]

Not due to inferiority of equipment or soldiers.

[@_____Z_____]

Jesus Christ don't know why you guys always support Germany for no reason while they're racist towards your religion 😑 grow up man

[@CarmineKar98K]

This is the best anime I've ever watched.

[@kovalskiyt264]

Idiot

[@SpenzOT]

@Paciat Agreed. The allies didn't need an equal 20mm cannon. They had the superb bofors 40mm which the axis never had any real answer to. The germans had some 40mm bofors cannons, but not enough.

[@vanpallandt5799]

You dont need masses of AA went by mid war you have air superiority

[@vermillion.__-_.]

Why did they place the narrator stand so close to the guns 😂😂😂😂 I'm dead. I can't stop laughing this video must be meme by now

[@superwout]

3:22 always wondered what that horizontal tube is that he's looking through ?

[@kevinanderson3849]

A range finder.

[@opoxious1592]

That horizontal tube is comparable with a set of binoculars. But with this horizontal version, you can calculate the distance, height, and speed of the enemy planes.

[@deltaone9432]

It's good that you can hear everything the narrator is saying :/

[@elcoba3298]

0:17 me and the bois when a mosquito gets inside the room

[@ww298kscope]

I have some original videos of these AA`s on my channel but sadly they are not in HD...

[@ALEXANDER1318]

1:04 The kriegsmarine also used the Flak 30/38 in the "zwiling" (double) form though. Just saying.

[@Johntrena]

ALEXANDER1318 thought they used it as quatro also

[@donrolo6499]

Zwilling ! Jur gschermän ist scheisse

[@scoutsnipercanada]

what documentary is this from?

[@markselvin2230]

What's the point of having narration if you have difficulty hearing it Mute and cc is the answer

[@spottydog4477]

WHAAAATT????

[@tommccormick9290]

This reminds me of my great uncle who was a Lieutenant in WW2 saying something about, "The Germans used a 20 millimeter cannon on us in the Ardennes."

[@shaul76239]

I love it, how the narrator is drowned out by the gunfire, fucking real man ! Wish I had been there

[@kevinparker5557]

I watched this, now I'm deaf and also suffering from shellshock!😩

[@Jungleland33]

The commentator should have used an interruptor gear for the narration I think.

[@superwout]

thanx very much

[@DawnOfTheDead991]

Would you have them use live ammo instead in that movie?

[@SuperCody1124]

The thing that suks about these Videos is the Gun Noise is louder than the Narrator and you cant hear him. To Bad other wise the whole series Rocks

[@bermude8]

Flackvierling (4x20mm)is phenomenal !!!!!!!

[@opoxious1592]

❤

[@donrolo6499]

Flak

[@erich.marks0]

5:47 minutes of Boom ratatatatatat...boom boom boom ratatatat

[@shaul76239]

Yeah, isn't it great ?

[@pak3ton]

@@shaul76239 only on tv. In real life is not great being shoot with a 88mm :v

[@ottoskorzeny7984]

barrel change @ 00:39

[@Online-Trading-]

sehr gut

[@ottoskorzeny7984]

love those quads- Get Some! Get Some!

[@enterthevoidIi]

was this filmed with a potato? its 21st century people

[@AaroN62Gost]

What was that? You’re going to have to speak up, there’s a lot of loud banging.

[@AloneRW]

3:08 probably Crimea, Black sea

[@JoeyStarley]

Superb engineers in every field!

[@nagameister3633]

man ey die mini doku wäre cool wenn nicht die ganze zeit im hintergrund ne flak schießen würde und man den Kommentator garnicht versteht

[@valvoline8591]

how many allied aircraft shutdown by this gun?

[@rudolf69]

I don't know by this gun, but total allied aircraft losses are estimated between 30,000 and 32,000.

[@opoxious1592]

@@rudolf69 That's insane!!!

[@corradolaccetti1209]

Great video

[@redditaccount8936]

He said the 20mm flak single barrel and phalanx barrel was no longer deemed reliable towards the end of the war and they instead fielded the single barrel 37mm

[@kevinronske9894]

All I want for Christmas.

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

I gather those guns were loud.

[@sanwani5798]

Why most of plane couldn't escape/evade from AA gun firing?

[@opoxious1592]

Because the AA guns were everywhere around important targets.

[@Inquisitor6321]

Damn! The Narrator can't be heard over the sound effects and the background music. WTF?

[@spottydog4477]

Waaat??..speak up = can hardly hear you!!!

[@pbrstreetgang2467]

Great info but the narration almost drowned out by all the background soundtrack.

[@stevemoore6245]

They started with wire recordings, magnetic tape came later . The earliest magnetic tape recorders weren't commercial available until 1958. The nazies used wire and disks and other means the 30s and 40s. Their technology was discovered by the US in '45. Ampex was started in '44, they've developed recording technology from then until what it is today. You should really know what you're talking about before you correct somebody innaccurately, information is everywhere, you don't have to be stupid.

[@stevewilson111]

Amen

[@NovaFrederick]

*When you can't find the fly swatter*

[@V2FRANK]

...wenn's nicht so tragisch wär... Wahnsinn's Aufnahmen ...!

[@TheStarlitetraining]

Excellent!

[@mohammedilyas5984]

too much back ground noise

[@spottydog4477]

that's what's known as 'gunfire'....

[@RandySchaff-mu5gq]

Seemingly most effective on ground targets!

[@sidmeisterwerk8789]

Wäre ich dabei gewesen!

[@ManofCulture]

That year that no one shouts "Allahu ahkbar!" but only the nice explosion and guns firing! Ratatataat boom!!!

[@fougee1]

Shooting those guns can make you go deaf! That is probably the idea behind the narration! Huh what's that?

[@jusepdavid2757]

Ese podria ser jhosep Ratzinguer.. ??el estuvo en baterias antiaereas

[@tompease8810]

Could you repeat that

[@machinenkanone9358]

Who cares what the narrator is adding?

[@aggressivedemonizer]

These guns were so effective that russians copied them to the last nut and washer and still have them in service. (different caliber of course)

[@Ragnarok6664]

The narrator huh was just an afterthought?

[@daveybernard1056]

2:12, what opening day of dove season sounds like in the Central Valley.

[@moparoner]

soy el unico que piensa que los alemanes estaban adelantados a su epoca en cuanto artilleria!! increible!!