A Soldier's Kit - WW1 Uncut: Dan Snow - BBC

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[@marzattackz6736]

Talk about inappropriate music... fire ur editor.

[@TheRdamterror]

and the camera men

[@aquitehandsomebrit5613]

When you say 'fire' do you mean shoot him?

[@everythingyouneed8957]

Bio-kMedia

[@mickhall88]

Bio-Media agreed mate. Completely inappropriate

[@kathrynisabelserrano8310]

Yeah

[@paulyang2]

The music.. Make it feel like I am watching a kid show. not ww1.

[@imightbearacist6613]

+ronnie kray Its still awkward to hear dubstep while they are talking about the Lee Enfield.

[@stefanandrian7446]

We re watching these in history all the time

[@Oldcollegework]

it's for educational purposes and to get the chavs and chav queens interested in history, thank god they didn't drop any innits there

[@scottwarwick5026]

-PaulYang2- exactly

[@shultz4877]

Well that music didn't work on me.

[@zoomopticsproduction]

"You know what this WWI series needs? Dubstep." *board claps*

[@tangoland]

😂

[@Kiyoko504]

Really, you couldn't of found some WW 1 era music for the montage sequence ?

[@wwllworkshop862]

Kiyoko504 ikr

[@GardenFootCreature]

Isabella Haines Please leave. Just.... leave.

[@theflyingpig6361]

Kiyoko504 or no music who asked for it?

[@dedblin8256]

@@theflyingpig6361 a WW1 british march would be ok, or no music as you say

[@diefreikorps9754]

It's a long way to tipperary wouldve worked. Hell, Wo Alle Strassen Enden wouldve been better, and that song isnt even from WW1! It was made over 100 years later!

[@billfluffenstein5129]

What the actual fuck is the music I'm listening to right now? Why is a shitty pop song playing in a video about a war in which millions of people died and many more soldiers suffered through horrible PTSD-inducing experiences? I mean, what the fuck?

[@jamesnicholson5179]

Exactly, this is like the majority of the French people being snobby at the U.S even after we essentially saved the Western font and liberated France.

[@Merf_Gaming]

"Essentially saved the western front and liberated France." Haha, nice one.

[@jamesnicholson5179]

Undead Unicorn. Southern England was being bombed constantly and Japan was winning in Asia. It wasn't until D-day, when the Allies, with help from America,Canada, and I'm not sure but I think Australia as well, got a hold on part of France. If America didn't get involved it is very likely Germany could of eventually invaded Britain. Whether it be a invasion from France or Norway, they would of eventually gotten somewhere in the UK.

[@jamesnicholson5179]

But yes, I see your point. It wasn't America by itself but they were a large help.

[@Merf_Gaming]

The Random Panda right, I got a little bit confused there. You're talking about the Second World War, right? Because of the video, I just assumed you were talking about the First World War, of which America contributed very little. Sorry for the misunderstanding

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

Could they have picked any more god awful music? Regardless of taste and genre, she's singing horribly out of key. And the editing gave me eye-aids..

[@Abw21877]

Illiminatie overlord Gurglekoks its better listening to that music than listening to you

[@mememad2857]

Abw21877 good point

[@mememad2857]

Illiminatie overlord Gurglekoks this is place to learn not to complain

[@ExMuffin]

Well this is video was made in 2014 and everyone thought "OH DUBSTEP IS SO GOOD!"

[@lilyberrill-gould7235]

pwnznoobs7 its not dubstep

[@TyingCaptainKnots]

This editing and music choice is just cancer.

[@koniko1243]

tone it down a bit jezus christ

[@grayaegis6746]

Your shinji pfp explains EVERYTHING

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

The dubstep music is the worst choice ever for explaining the Lee-Enfield.

[@zakkyun]

Video: About Soldier’s Kit in World War 1 Also Video: Skrillex

[@SergeantSavage7]

Why are there so many jump cuts. I think that this was edited by a hyperactive child.

[@theanxiouscatechist2504]

An adult with ADHD here. Trust me, hyperactive kids can do better than this.

[@PureM_]

It’s supposed to look cool lol

[@celebrategout1008]

zoomers love jump cuts. what an abomination this is

[@yourfatboy5359]

​@@celebrategout1008dude the whole jumpcut thing has been a thing since the 90s, it ain't a gen z thing.

[@catdog1997]

Why would anyone put music like this in a video like this???

[@catdog1997]

ChaplainHaladriel what are they even singing about?

[@MrKirby2367]

Couldn't be bothered.

[@catdog1997]

Darude - Sandstorm would fit better

[@nathanielrincon7907]

why do you care? The music doesn't actually affect the content, yes it's out of place but I came here to learn about WW1 Soldier kits not listen to music.

[@catdog1997]

Nathaniel Rincon I care because I watch the video... It makes it seem weird and I had to mute it...

[@cooperwebb7389]

Me seeing the comments before the video starts: "the music can't be that bad" Me now:

[@Salguine]

This is an official BBC production. It makes you wonder how many pairs of eyes and ears this had to go past before it was show to the public, and not one person in the chain of command said "This music has to go." Not one.

[@ManOfScienceManOfFaith]

my great grand father used to say that they could only push forwards when skrillex bangarang was on the radio

[@marchindley9856]

I think the God awful music was a decision made by an out-of-touch TV director, desperate to try to appeal to the younger generation and make learning fun. Bit disrespectful if you ask me.

[@BurnerTactical]

Marc Hindley This music unbearably loud and distracting... what ever happened to a good classic piece to accompany a War World I documentary?

[@Belgian_Boi]

Marc Hindley you are right. i find this some serious matter. they don't need to screw it over with that crappy as music. it's spretty disrespectfull.

[@mrflibble101]

Marc Hindley Apparently young people will only pay attention if you through in some naff dubstep....

[@strangeyoungman]

Marc Hindley Yeah... some love song might have been the worst possible choice. Does the BBC not have a sufficient music library for this? It doesn't have to be macho and militaristic -Why not some sort of pop music from the era for greater immersion?

[@TheTofuGod]

Marc Hindley the director was out of their fucking minds

[@user-dd8vo7or2d]

The music tho. God damn

[@ZanOGAL]

dem dutch video editors man

[@phantomwhite7972]

I had to mute it thanks to that horrible music. Whoever signed that one off deserves to face the firing squad at dawn!

[@hannorasmusholtiegel6044]

The music gives this the feel of a comedie show

[@admiralackbar3615]

War is a comedy. - BBC (British brain control) -

[@blursedvark4973]

SNL skit energy

[@MrRemicas]

Goat : eaten by the French, worn by the British. Team work at its finest.

[@stefanpaulsedlak9951]

That guy is supposed to be a historian? Well, then I am a surgeon starting from today. ( I am a butcher.)

[@BeybladeSuomi]

Oh god that pun XD

[@jangelnar5624]

+Herr Karl True... Lee Enfiled is worse than Mauser rifles and German used Stahlhelms more.

[@brittlespy9083]

i mean.... a bad surgeon is a butcher but a good butcher is a surgeon, not that far off.

[@michaelmuller6890]

@@brittlespy9083 the very first surgeons were "barber surgeons" - the english term yet tells a lot about the profession's history, bath owners or morticians. Why not butchers? They had the practice with anatomy, at least that of animals.

[@Frserthegreenengine]

@@jangelnar5624 not worse at all. Depends what you mean by worse. In terms of accuracy yes the Mauser is better but in terms of capacity, rate of fire and ergonomics the Lee Enfield is superior.

[@khanyay6262]

That’s right the Germans and French kept their original headwear the ENTIRE war guys

[@diefreikorps9754]

I also heard that the Americans went in with just scala hats and cowboy hats, alongside their bright blue and tan uniforms.

[@jasonw4053]

The thing that blows my mind about this series is that, apparently not a single person objected to the obviously misfit and awful music.

[@Loo0Lzz]

Fast editing, woa, that ought to get the kids interested. Let's add some of the "dubb step" as well, shall we. This is really going to make the "cool kidz" like history.

[@jettrooper3rd930]

Yeah. Fuck them for trying to get kids interested in history!

[@Loo0Lzz]

jettrooper3rd Maybe they should make this in to 10 second vines instead, because that seems to be the average attention span of kids today.

[@grayaegis6746]

@@Loo0Lzz Bruh been five years and vines dead😂😂😂😂

[@TIkayview]

French definatly should of won some fashion awards for that uniform in ww1, its stylish as he'll

[@marcellabutay1090]

2:00 Could you please zoom in a bit more? I can't see.

[@RamblinRick_]

The trenching tool was also the weapon of choice when fighting hand-to-hand. It was short, so very maneuverable in the trenches; it was sharp and it was heavy to do lots of damage.

[@Spetsnaz0o1]

For the Germans perhaps, not the British, Although the entrenching tool handles were used on their own, once you add the head onto it it becomes quite useless for fighting with

[@RobinRako]

The leather version of the german helmet was ceremonial.

[@dredlord47]

Indeed. Leather Pickelhaube were for special occasions only. The men in the trenches got cloth ones with some leather reinforcement to keep the shape. They didn't get Stahlhelms until rather late in the war, and even then they didn't get many unless you were part of a Sturmtruppen unit.

[@Haulvarn]

the stahlhelm was introduced in 1916, just like the british helmets. Stormtroops were prioritized, but the Helmets were issued to all troops. in 1917 and 1918 slightly altered versions of the stahlhelm were produced.

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

Leather helmets are still better than hats against shrapnel.

[@MajorCoolD]

Not only that, the spike on top, the so called Pickel also had a chance of deflecting blows from the top in close combat, which once you got into the trenches were an actual issue.

[@RobinRako]

like a 5% chance?

[@TheSuspectOnFoot]

"The Brits were famously fast and accurate using this rifle" -a Brit

[@NotSoLucky_]

1914 British Expidetionary force could fire 20 rounds a minute which was better than any of germanies troops however they were quite heavily outnumbered

[@nahuatl3092]

+HavokLoL germans*

[@samswann3727]

+suicidal Although this is very biased, and there I'd false/exaggerated information, it's not exactly untrue is it. There was on fire fight where 30 Germans surrender to a smaller British unit, despite having more ammution and men, when asked why he surrender he said "the fire was so fast and accurate, we where losing men to quick, and could not put fire back nearly as fast"

[@meanguy1243]

British soldiers at the beginning of the war were very well trained, but there weren't many of them, and thus they conscripted everyday people into the army. Those earlier trained were far better at rifle discipline and of course general training. It's intellectually dishonest however to say they were this on point throughout the entirety of the war of course. At the beginning of the war they did have the best trained troops, absolutely, but they lacked the numbers, meaning it was mostly for nought since the rest of the war was more of "How many soldiers can we throw at a defendable position until we obtain that defendable position."

[@elmolikesdrugs7279]

@@nahuatl3092 speech 100

[@jakobunsworth7332]

German uniform is still the best!

[@126Edward]

Jakob Unsworth German weapons too

[@jakobunsworth7332]

Fair enough

[@126Edward]

only the mark V is on german xD

[@jakobunsworth7332]

xD

[@dogestranding5047]

Shay Patrick Cormac.

[@TFFYoutube]

"A Soldier's Kit - WW1" 4 minutes for the British, 10 second for French and German, nothing else. What is this shit ?

[@RyanSvahn]

The Brit is bias and forgot about the Germans he completely forgot about the Gewehr 98 which its action is still used this day not the lee enfield Remington 700 m40 almost every modern bolt action uses the gewehr98 action from WW1 also know as the Mauser action

[@RyanSvahn]

This idiot also forgot about the stahlhelm which the Germans made in ww1 which was made of steel and is the best helmet design and is what almost all militaries use for the helmets but now with Kevlar and steel

[@joell1076]

No one cares you virgin

[@jokerhut3914]

Alot of people care

[@joell1076]

JokerHut Well I guess there are a lot of losers.

[@jokerhut3914]

Joel L Well i assume you're British?

[@ErikGPL]

The German Stahlhelm was the best helmet during WW1.

[@simonondrejkovic9461]

3:55 actually in 1916 the German introduced the m 1916 Stalhalm made of steel

[@ilikepankakesuk]

I think its safe to say that we all agree when I say the British had the most proffesional and best army going into the war but very quickly declined. By the end of the war the Germans got far superior in regards to trench warfare and shock troop attacks, but there issue by that point was the sheer numbers and the use of tanks going against them.

[@frederickhudson5017]

In fairness to the British they started with a very small cadre of soldiers who were destroyed in 1914 and early 1915, Germany had a much larger force from the getgo and experience of training and using such an army. Britain meanwhilst was trying to create a modern mass army which it had no real experience of doing so, they never planned for it. The BEF in 1915 and 1916 was arguably catching up with the other powers, compare and contrast the French and British attacks on the first day of the Somme for instance. Even then though by even 1917 and certainly by 1918 the British army was a force to be reckoned with and Germany had to take very heavy losses in order to try and hold it back. It is perhaps forgotten that Germany suffered similar levels of casualties to the British in the battles of 1916 and 1917.

[@JavaScrapper]

Also the fact that the Germans had moldy bread as rations pretty much

[@flip849]

The issue was that they didn't have any food left. The naval blockade might be why the entante won the war

[@Popityman]

@@JavaScrapper Naval blockade which is what the germans tried to break at jutland

[@QuickLode]

"But just how ready?" *TV Show about education of WW1 degrades into 15 year old high school dance music* *WUBUWBUUWBUWBUWUBUWBUWBUWBUWUBUWBUWBUWUBUWBUWBUWBUWB*

[@whyit454]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣LMFAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mokinsen]

The Pickelhaube in ww1 was camouflaged with brown or grey cloth. Nobody in the German army wore a black and gold Pickelhaube on the battlefield. Also in 1916 they adopted the M1916 Steel helmet, the best design out of all in ww1, because it also protected the neck and it had a 1cm space between helmet and head, so if the metal dents it doesn‘t injure the soldier. In fact, the German uniform was almost equally as good, as the british.

[@watch7966]

It was. But remember, this is BBC...

[@maxparker7371]

This editing made my epileptic brother start break dancing on the floor

[@GZA036]

The music and editing is absolutely absurd. Whoever edited this is insane.

[@guigui11001]

The french uniform was changed in the middle of the war...With another camouflage, the "bleu horizon", and with a very nice helmet. For me, the french uniform of 1916-1918 is the most prestigious uniform of this war.

[@justinhemboorger1620]

guigui11001 i always thought of the british ww1 ones as the coolest looking myself. The frenxh adrien helmet was a great design too

[@zyrlsvlogs4159]

Great music brings me back to hearing these while in the trenches 🤙

[@reb-dom1ne]

🤙

[@thotspecialforces1341]

🤘

[@laslw]

🤙

[@1293ST]

'The best-prepared soldiers during the war' quite the British propaganda. Germans used steel helmets too ya know..

[@UGLEIV]

He didnt say during the war, he said going into the war. And they were, by a large margin. Its worth noting that the British Army was the only fully professional army of some size.

[@rachelpurity1]

Blank Yeah, they/he actually is veery proud of his brits. Also the Germans had steel helmets, the Pickelhaube was just ceremonial, but that's what he just glances over.

[@paddyob9537]

The Disturbed guy but the Picklehaube was used by the German army at the beginning of the war like how the British used caps it was only in 1916 that the Germans and British transitioned entirely into steel helmets (Stahlhelm and Brodie respectively)

[@GhilleInTheMist13]

And not to mention that the German helmets were far superior to British helmets

[@MarineAqua45]

Blank The British were the best prepared in WW1 & in WW2 & Germans loved British rations when they captured any British or commonwealth soldiers as those rations were far superior to German ones, as one ex-Afrika Korps soldier said ' the reason I think why their rations were so good, was because of centuries fighting in their colonies) German favourites from British rations were John Players cigarettes & Cadburys Chocolate or Kitcat bars.

[@yelocalwierdo2440]

lets also not forget to point out soon after 1914 the french came up with totally new horizon blue uniforms which were very effective and i think looked the best!

[@darkfishthedestroyer139]

Me as a German: sees bright blue dot across no man's land

[@yelocalwierdo2440]

@@darkfishthedestroyer139 lol yeah

[@SirAroace]

In love the fact that he forgot that the Germans introduced a vastlly better helmet then the UK later in the war.

[@catdog1997]

In the end its not the helmet that wins the war... But yeah they made quite a big deal out of the helmet thing.

[@Pitcairn2]

+Sir Aroun and Germany ... LOST

[@rosso4122]

+Phil H ... why did they loose ?? .. cuz the allies / entente had more numbers .. thats really all too it ... the entente/ allies woud have won firing muskets instead of the enfield ... cuz of america india and such

[@diefreikorps9754]

@@rosso4122 If India wasnt a British colony, the Germans wouldve had a better chance of winning. The British Indian Expeditionary Force literally formed the largest volunteer army during WW1

[@8yearoldwithagun426]

Well considering the German's switched to stahlhelms about half way through the war and had better functioning rifles... no the british weren't the best.

[@konstantinvoberg8576]

+Zelik Engel Best fact, the british Soldier werent equipped handgrenades, they were discarded as issue equipment in the early years before WWI

[@chap0syoutuification]

+Zelik Engel Considering the Germans lost yes they were. lmao you butthurt kraut. Keep on trying fritz. 10 German bombers in the air...

[@konstantinvoberg8576]

Initially in the War they werent actually, thats what i was trying to say^^

[@marcus4048]

Zelik Engel IX THE AMERICANS WERE!!!! AMERIKA (This is A parody)

[@HaHa-ij2bg]

Zelik Engel IX y

[@joemo1033]

Nailed it with the music. I only threw up in my mouth twice.

[@ciaranthayer3967]

To be fair the Germans changed the helmet to the iconic stalheim which was pretty awesome

[@watch7966]

Even then, the Pickelhaube had a leather cover, so it wouldn't stand out as much as suggested in the video.

[@RCascade1996]

Pop is too distracting for videos like this, pls stop lol

[@beatitkidnow]

I know right !

[@breaknchain8057]

Why this fuckin inappropriate music ?

[@JackSmith-nd5tl]

Why does it matter, it's an educational video

[@andrereinhold2430]

This Video completely ignores that the uniforms actually changed during the war. The german Stahlhelm ended up being the most efficient helmet in the war

[@user-oo8wt3hr1t]

British self importantance never ceases to amaze

[@williamsmeds1368]

Most arrogant people in Europe.

[@urmum3773]

He says, in English

[@elliotyourarobot]

They have an inferiority complex. They hate anyone who has equal or more power than them.

[@paulemann1999]

The leather Pickelhaube was replaced in 1914 by a steel Pickelhaube and a feldgrau (fieldgrey) helmet cover. In 1916 it was replaced by the Stahlhelm. German battle gear was really good and the grenades were way better than the allies ones.

[@Killerpixel11]

bullshit broadcasting corporation? What a bunch of crap. Pickelhauben made of leather, really? And the Enfield the best rifle on the western front? Bit of a stretch. There's a reason that, even today, every major bolt-action rifle is using at least a variation of the Mauser action (if not the Mauser action itself) introduced in the Gewehr 98. Hell, even back then, the yanks copied it strraight up for the '03 Springfield. The Enfield was in service for a while because it simply wasn't replaced with anything. It was nothing special.

[@dredlord47]

There were leather Pickelhaube with metal reinforcements and such, but most were cloth with some leather reinforcements.

[@EASY7356]

The Pickelhaube was made of Leather and that's one Reason why they introduced the Stahlhelm

[@EASY7356]

Carolus Rex Doctrine is the right Word The British had a Combat Rifle whereas we Germans had a Target Rifle neither is better than the other they are just different Someone can learn to shoot a mauser or Springfield almost as fast as an Enfield or even faster than someone who shoots an Enfield "slow" it's just that the Enfield is easier to shoot faster And with enough practice you can shoot better with an Enfield than someone less good with a Mauser can In the End it all comes down to the Person behind the Rifle

[@pulkmees]

Best rifle it terms of speed. He does another test in another clip. Enfield could be loaded faster, which means more bullets firing at the enemy. And he is talking about during the war, not whatever happened after the war.

[@EASY7356]

pulkmees Loaded faster? I think you mean it can be cycled faster Read Carolus Rex's and my second comment

[@MCMXCII]

Ever so slightly biased.. The French altered their standard issue uniform in early 1915 to be horizon blue and camouflaged, also adding that French uniforms were better suited to the "runways of Paris" - what the hell? The French bore the brunt of the fighting on the Western front, and the British learned a lot from them in terms of trench warfare, strategy, and tactics (though arguably not until after they had learned their own lessons at the Somme in 1916). Mirroring other comments below : what is with the wildly inappropriate music?

[@michealohaodha9351]

Correct, the regulations were passed on December 9th 1914 and implemented from early 1915. On the whole the section of this video on the French uniform is inaccurate, poorly researched and overall rather dismissive (perhaps reflective of the bias?) - they never wore jackboots as shown here, the uniform is for an enlisted man but with officers insignia, incorrect webbing and the comment about the "runways of Paris" is very disparaging.

[@eanschaan9392]

This whole video is a dumpster fire.

[@nikolauskotzinetsi7529]

I like this music. Because it gets so many people triggered.

[@notfarinthepast7212]

It is not the music for me but the context that it is used in that annoys me

[@gringobingo471]

Nikolaus Kotzinetsi We got a millenial over here! Phew..i almost cut myself with that edge

[@wtfboompirotecnia]

This BBC videos are British propaganda they showed how they replaced the British cap with the helmet but they didnt show how the Germans improved the pickelhaube into the stahlehm which provided much more cover than the british helmet and was much better. Most of ww2 and ww1 movies and documentaries only show the good things of the allies or in this case the triple entente and not in the axis or German side. They were humans too guys they were not savages don't believe in this shit propaganda.

[@magicoddeffect]

Of course it's British propaganda...what does BBC stand for?

[@daihuantran9928]

WTFBOOM PIROTECNIA 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% TRUE

[@daihuantran9928]

magicoddeffect to control British brain

[@qwertygoyle5921]

yeah :/ while the british helm was more flat the german stahlhelm was pretty much superior (if you compare both of them you see what i mean)

[@fritz4860]

The helmets now are similar to the Stahlhelm. And not the british one for obvious reasons.

[@urielventris3117]

I think this video is pretty one sided, especially the part with the enfield being the best weapon and the british soldier being the best equiped soldier.

[@uncle7215]

+Uriel Ventris this whole video is bullshit

[@michaelmilburn911]

The British Expeditionary Force was arguably the best army in the world at the time. They were an all volunteer force (as oppose to Germany and France's conscript army) so would get full time constant training as oppose to getting called up when they're needed. A lot of them also had experience in the colonies of the British Empire. The BEF was a lot smaller than Germany's conscript army though. I found this out on a channel called The Great War which I recommend because it's got lots of great information about WW1

[@michaelmilburn911]

+Michael Milburn (MILBURN98) oh you said best equipped hahah I misread your comment. Anyway still have a look at that channel because it's interesting

[@poweraverage5773]

The US was probably the best equipped unless you were unlucky enough to be issued a shotgun.

[@notactuallytesco]

@@michaelmilburn911 Well, it was fully volunteer at the start at least. Even we succumbed to conscription later on in the war

[@OzonesElbows]

Obviously this was written by a high school (college) student who'd only studied the great war in minor detail and read a few wiki articles here and there. Calling the Lee Enfield 'the best rifle on the western front' is obviously forgetting that the Kar98 was also carried on through to WWII and variants were used years before! And god forbid, if he said best weapon of the war I would've lost my shit comparing the Lee Enfield to the Mosin Nagant. Really in reality though there was never really "a better gun", each played their roles in the war, and wars to follow but eventually as we all know each fell victim of the machine gun's prevalence.

[@micksquizzy]

The Kar98 was used by Calvary during The Great War. The standard German infantryman used the longer variant known as the Gewehr 98. During WWII the Germans used the Kar98k. Kar98 - Karabiner (Carbine) Kar98k - Karabiner 98 Kurz (Short Carbine)

[@OzonesElbows]

In whole though - the message i'm trying to get across is that there wasn't a better rifle as such.

[@micksquizzy]

Read my comment again more thoroughly you imbecile. I said, during WWII the Germans used the Kar98K. Notice the 'K' at the end. Now, during WWI, they introduced the Kar98, a variant of the Gewehr 98 that was shorter and was meant to be used by cavalry. All in all they use the same action and look similar. But they are different in their one ways. And that is why we don't call all them Gewehr 98s

[@OzonesElbows]

I guess their similar I mean i'm not German so don't quote me but Karbiner - Carbine and Gewehr - Rifle, it makes sense to get confused.

[@micksquizzy]

OzonesElbow Yes you are correct

[@UltimateHandler]

Good intentions, terrible music. Seriously - you felt this was an appropriate song for such a video??? O.O

[@abuseofviolence]

the french red trousers dissapered quickly already during the winter 14-15 (black pants or civilian models were sometimes used). The french were the first to introduce a steal helmet the adrian in 1915. In 1916 the entire french army was in "bleu horizon".

[@vasilikosolov]

Kinda biased documentary if you asked me

[@FaithRox]

Biased in what way?

[@wyattshelley5483]

+Kiki Is Nice to the British. What do you think

[@samswann3727]

+Kiki Is Nice Much of the information here is slightly false or exaggerated, the British infantry where not some God soldier, at the start of the war they where better trained than the Germans, but equipment was practically equal, and after a year training was basically equal for both side. (I am British by the way)

[@samswann3727]

+Attilla TheFunnn That's not true at all, the basic tactic for assaulting a fixed positing is know as the section attack, it was made during the boar war and is still used by the British army today and the US army ( however the us version is very slightly diffent to compenste for equipment abd training differences), also this idea of one army just chariging across open ground was uncomment, every effort was made to cover troops but there was very little that could be done, however there where plenty of idiotic generals.

[@samswann3727]

+sam swann sorry about the typos, auto correct is a bitch

[@Lov3d.Miah_]

We watched this in school today and my class started singing to the song whilst he was changing

[@celebrategout1008]

sorry for your loss, kid

[@dantrack1563]

someone needs to fire the music editor

[@MrHeidenthommy]

this is not correct . since 1916 german troops had the famous Stahlhelm which was the best of the war and also the K98 was a great rifle so Germany had really fine gear , in my opinion the best . The damn Entente had only one Advantage .... They had a lot more soldiers on the western front than Germany and even with that conditions Germany would have been able to be victorious until the USA joined the war then there were too much enemys .

[@germanikus243]

***** It's really what he has written. The model 98 has the 88 rifle replaced in 1898 and has been standart in ww1. Pioneers and cavalry got 98k model. The Wehrmacht used the 98k in WW2. Of course, 88 guns were used but what is logical that served with the 13 million soldiers in the German army ;) Greetings from Germany

[@MrKirby2367]

The Mauser action is the basis for most bolt action sporting rifles today.

[@motorrebell]

and not forget to mention the german o814 machinegun !

[@germanikus243]

motorrebell Its MG 08/15 ;) Greetings from Germany

[@theTF2sniper]

Bloodaxetheirritable And very easy to clean and maintain on the battlefield in comparison to the SMLE & Lebel, The gewehr 98 was also the first bolt action rifle that had a safety on the bolt that prevented it from ever blasting back in your face if the weapon missfires ,so it was the safest rifle you could have on the battlefield.

[@schizoidboy]

The British were probably the best prepared to fight a modern war because they fought in the Boer Wars where they had to fight a mobile, entrenched, and fully armed force that used modern weapons such as the bolt action rifle and the machinegun.

[@MajorCoolD]

schizoidboy true but the Boers were a MUCH smaller number in terms of their military force than ANY european nation and hardly truely prepared to face another european power either. Though they did fairly good with their initial clashes with the locals.

[@notactuallytesco]

@@MajorCoolD I suppose the Brits at the time must've looked at their kit and thought to pinch it

[@alfredlaursen4633]

The music in this video makes me feel I'm watching this while I'm in a low lass stripclub..

[@Titanlord10000]

You missed the Stahlhelm :-P

[@Dantick09]

French offier's first orders: roll in the mud untill that fucking uniform turns brown! XD

[@ItzzDigiorno]

Dantick09 yes

[@landvogt3450]

In ww1 the most German Pickelhauben were metal not leather lol Besides that Germany also used first versions of the Stahlhelm which is known from ww2. "Easy target for marksmen" It actually doesnt matter if the helmet is leather or metal, headshot = dead The best rifle on the western front was clearly the Gewehr 98.

[@simoncox1861]

+Dixon GER the Pickelhaub was often worn with its cloth cover (light brown) and the later patterns had a detachable spike - this whole video is poorly researched and almost feels like it came out of a 1950's English textbook.

[@deathmasta22]

+Simon Cox and it was replaced by the stahlhelm later on in the war. I agree by the way, this video is trash

[@landvogt3450]

Yeah it is really shit.

[@nikolamujan6695]

Lebel was also benn good end in my opinion better then lee enfield

[@CplBurdenR]

Only certain German Cavalry units had metal Pickelhauben, and they were not designed for modern warfare but for 19th Century Cavalry warfare (they'd stop a sabre perhaps, but were not hardened against shrapnel etc)

[@michaelm4939]

All the clips from this show have horrible music, considering the topic

[@benjaminfrancis1577]

I love finding out new things about ww1 but one thing I've noticed while watching this is, they get so many facts wrong and it just disappoints me because there not hard facts to get right

[@75midge]

seriously, the music??

[@davidbowen5621]

Pickelhaube was a stiffened leather cap with a thick brass frontplate. There is no way it provides less protection than a felt cap. German soldiers were provided with camo cloth cover, and were ordered in 1915 to paint over the brass parts with a gray green paint. The french kept the same uniform cut, but adopted a pale blue, or "horizon blue" uniform that faded with use anyways. The German army later adopted an early model stalhelm which was still better than the british ones

[@poil8351]

also the had oilskin covers and by 1914 almost all units had grey overcovers. in fact the brodie helmet was inferior to both the stanhelm and the adrian helmets in design.

[@poil8351]

french horizion blue was proabbly one of the best camouflage of the first world war it was very effective by all accounts.

[@kingofhogwarts9499]

"This was the best rifle in the western Front" RSC 1917 would Like to have a word with you. And If you dont feel like nomination semi-autos it would bei the P14-Enfield/M1917

[@sirstahlhelm6977]

Don't forget the Ross rifle

[@Cube210]

I won't deny the success and strengths of the Lee Enfield. It was indeed fast and held 10 rounds. However the Springfields where the most accurate and the Gewehr 98's where the best overall. This stems from design choices. The Americans at that time believed in high marksmanship and all their rifles where built as competition rifles (still in use to this day) triggers, to sights to barrels they were made for accuracy. The Lee Enfield was built with unique features such as serviceability with it's multi piece stock, but all of it's bulky crude parts though seemingly rugged hurt accuracy. The way the barrels where made and secured o the stock are blatant indicators of this. And the Mausers were extremely innovative and personal as the one who designed them was a combat veteran adding little touches to make it safer, more reliable, and easier for the individual soldier. Of course bias will present itself and many will argue claiming their nations weapons were the finest of them all.

[@dredlord47]

I prefer the Vintovka Mosina M91 (Though, M91/30s that only have the minor improvements added are even better.) to the Gewehr 98, but I'd take a Gewehr 98 over an Enfield or a Springfield any day.

[@UGLEIV]

The Americans at the time belived in peace, so they didnt have an army. Let alone a service rifle, the production of the 1903 springfield never caught up to demand, so the service rifle of the US army in The Great War was a modified P13 Enfield produced by Remington and Winchester as the M1917. As for accuracy at the outbreak of war, its worth noticing that the accuracy of the SMLE was so great that a lot of nations experimented with their own versions. And at least Norway on to adopt a heavily SMLE influence version of its Krag-Jorgensen Rifle(The M1912), with the reasoning behind it being accuracy as much as ease of use. No one at the time look at the Springfield in the same manner, because after all it was nothing more than a Mauser knockoff. As for the Mosin Nagant, it was probably the worst rifle of both world wars, and is only known today because it have been imported in large numbers into the US, and sold cheap. Its beaten by almost every contemporary rifle you can name, with the exceptioon of the Nagant. The fact that it dosent eject clips should be more than enough to make everyone move on.

[@Cube210]

UGLEIV yeah sure. I mean contradicts what I've learned as a small arms specialist but OK. It was the P14 we modified and if you ever hold, own, shoot, work on all these rifles like I have you would know better as to how these actually compare. Your nogunz shows strongest when you suggest that .303 is a superior cartridge. Even the British government wanted to ditch it for .276 but when fighting started they just had to keep using the old cartridge already in stock.

[@UGLEIV]

Cube210 The P13 was the rifle, then it was rechambered to .303 and since to to 30-06, it dosent change the name of the original. I havent spoken hard out in defence of the .303 round, but I would like to mention it still is a potent round, in balistics its not far of from modern 7.62NATO. But being a rimmed round it was obsolete from the late 90's and on. And please dont tell me you are pulling the "Army Card" on me... The army once told me in medic school that drinking a hot bewerage don help for hypothermia!! And even in a winter warfare course told me the reason some people are white is to save the Army the cost of winter camo paint. Are these the guys you depend on for information? How many of them have a college degree???

[@bultrou]

le contenu de la vidéo est pas trop mal mais alors la direction artistique de cette dernière m'échappe complètement...

[@notfarinthepast7212]

I don't speak French but I think u are saying that the music is appalling

[@gabrielchcosta]

This music annoys me

[@ColonelSanders17]

ah yes the Le Enfield, one of the most iconic bolt action rifles.

[@B-radRogers1776]

It’s like a 5 yr old just took two doses of ecstasy and snorted cocaine then edited your video.

[@grk31fr44]

Plus you've forgoted the French uniform coming in 1915.

[@THEODSTKING117]

great upbeat music for a video about a horrible gruesome war!!

[@tylerv6341]

THEODSTKING117 The video is about the kit the soldiers used, not the war itself.

[@THEODSTKING117]

Tyler V okay? so I guess that makes it okay to use stupid music

[@notfarinthepast7212]

Basil II, The bulgar slayer. The music you say is upbeat to motivate soldiers. This is talking about one of the most horrific Wars in history and he uses this music.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

l like how they claim British headgear was superior but never mentions how the french were the first to introduced metal helmet or how the Stalhelm provided better protection. The British might of been the best equipped, trained and prepared during the early days of the war, but that quickly changed.

[@kanelupis]

For a moment I thought there was something wrong with my BT headphones cutting in and out

[@TheMightyPattarbard]

The lee enfield was the best rifle on the western front? Try the Mauser 98.

[@samhouston1288]

The Enfield held 10 rounds (5 more than the Mauser), had a slicker, faster action, and were known for their accuracy. The Mauser is not a bad gun whatsoever, but the Enfield has it beat on the battlefield. Both on paper, and in reality.

[@TroubleTwo]

+Molon Labe WW2 was quite the opposite though, the Germans had MG-42s and 34s, K98s produced by the millions, MP-40s and the worlds first Assault rifle, but the Brits only had the cheap Sten gun, lee enfield, PIAT, Lewis and Bren gun...

[@rachelpurity1]

Molon Labe Lee Enfield never beat the Germans. in the end everyone allied against them, that's all.

[@samhouston1288]

Skunk Gaming We're not talking about any of that. We're only talking about the K98 vs the Lee Enfield.

[@samhouston1288]

The Disturbed guy The Lee Enfield did beat the Germans, along with the M1 Garand and the Mosin Nagant. As far as gun vs gun goes, the Enfield was a superior gun to the Mauser period. It held twice as many rounds, it was faster to operate, and some models (like the No. 4 MkII) had better sights.

[@plolsteg7705]

Everytime someone talks about the french of ww1 They can Only think about those few Months when They wore the bright blue and red uniforms. But they actually redeemed themselves really well by being the first army to introduce a helmet and the first tank with a modern design onto the battlefield

[@diefreikorps9754]

the russians invented the first helmet, which was a tall spiked helmet. the germans stole the design though, made it smaller, and used it during the austro prussian and franco prussian wars. the germans had the first helmets.

[@williamsmeds1368]

@@diefreikorps9754 the French introduced the first modern steel helmets in late 1915. Germany and Britain introduced theirs in 1916. And even before that the French experimented with steel skull caps to protect the soldiers heads.

[@Everton18789]

The one ww1 veteran watching this what the hell is this music

[@Tfugtsgvufexv]

Joseph Scott there is no WW1 vet

[@Everton18789]

@@Tfugtsgvufexv it took me a year but they could be watching from heaven

[@funkophone]

Interesting series of videos, but I can't fathom why anyone thought that this music was suitable.

[@ottoman_reenactor_ct]

3:54 German Pickelhaube was bad true But german Steal helmet or m16 , 17, 18 helmets were the best steal helmets ever produced far better then the clumsy British Brodie and thin French adrian helmet

[@cosmoww1renactor182]

The m16,17,18 where great helmets but one draw back was it was so revolutionary it was harder to mass produce

[@rosso4122]

+CosmoWW1 Renactor ... not really ... after they found out that factories that made cookingpots could makes them very easy XD

[@yank-tc8bz]

Whats with the bad music ?

[@ackee39]

I cant believe an actual BBC production went with these music choices. Because obviously world war one was fought while headanging to dubstep

[@notloc9544]

The music makes me feel like I’m watching some sort of kids pop

[@unchainedirony9499]

Well, if the British were so well prepared, then howcome the Germans did far better in terms of casualties. The Axis powers only suffered 8 Million death Against the Allied powers suffering around 12 Million death And the Germans were fighting a two front war the entire time so were disadvantaged from the start, they lost but I have a hard time believing the British were much better equiped, cause in that case the Allied soldiers were pussies or some shit? Besides that they seem to mention the British exchanging their hats for helmets, did they forget halfway through the war the Germans replaced their Helmets with the Stahlhelm, you know that famous helmet which's design is pretty much used by every nation in the world today.

[@rorystockley5969]

Because (if you're still interested in knowing) the majority of the allied casualties in WW1 were French and Russian, not British. The Russians had to surrender they were losing so badly, and as noted the French equipment was hardly cutting edge. As a result, the casualty stats can be somewhat misleading.

[@primrosestanley7135]

Unchained Irony allied soldiers were pussies? They were anything but that they were the most fearless troops in the world the reason for there major losses was that British troops were still using traditional march that they had done since the early 17th century allowing german troops to gun them down easily that was a huge advantage to german troops .

[@rorystockley5969]

richard howe 1st Earl howe not exactly true. British troops did walk into battle, as is popularly known, but they did it behind a wall of artillery shells. The French were the traditionalists in WWI, still wearing bright red and blue.

[@primrosestanley7135]

Rory Stockley So really the german's had some huge advantages.

[@dbirdsofprey]

Unchained Irony the Canadians were not pussy's the Germans in fact feared them

[@FantaFuture92]

The fuckin music what the hell?

[@niclasandaima]

Nice music decision.. Really fits the theme.

[@josephlinden1630]

Lumidee and crookers always make me think of ww1

[@dustyn3737]

what is up with the constant gay music

[@JackSmith-nd5tl]

So if they used sad music in an educational video, something that goes with ww1, it would fit? Watch this video with no volume having Chopin in the background and tell me what should they do

[@dustyn3737]

i never said they had to play sad music just maybe some music from the time of WWI

[@dustyn3737]

techno just dont fit

[@pfalzer6216]

why are you responding on a 2 year old comment?

[@that1snowyguy251]

@@pfalzer6216 Im replying to a year old one right now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatcha' gonna do about it?

[@VincentiusSmith]

Although, to be fair. While I do agree the Brits were the most prepared, none of the factions in WW1 were prepared enough. Rifled barrels and long-distance ranged battles were something no side had faced before, so when it came to tactics and manoeuvres, a lot of lives were needlessly lost due to how officers treated their infantry like musketeers.

[@oneilstoast3896]

The music made me couldn’t even finish the video

[@tivonoston3068]

its the techno, dubstep and clapping that dates this.

[@raccoonmoustache]

The French uniform changed during the war!

[@strechemall]

RaccoonMoustache They change to a similar British uniform but still kept the fucking blue. lol damn French.

[@raccoonmoustache]

Ｉ'ＬＬ ＴＯＵＣＨ ＹＯＵ ＳＯＯＮＥＲ ＯＲ ＬＡＴＥＲ The blue was turning brown because of the dirt and mud anyway :)

[@shermonruler]

Ｉ'ＬＬ ＴＯＵＣＨ ＹＯＵ ＳＯＯＮＥＲ ＯＲ ＬＡＴＥＲ while not the best camoflauged, i like the horizon blue

[@rosso4122]

+shermonruler hey the horizon blue had a advantage .. u could stand on a hil and be mistacen for the sky XD

[@JamesTilsley1]

The music adds nothing and is extremely annoying

[@xxsirnicetvcopxx3697]

I thought my Spotify was kicked in while watching this video, then I realized this.....

[@AntifoulAwl]

I have one of those flannel undershirts. It is my most worn piece of clothing, it is really great. It's warm and hardy. My wife hates it, as it has many years of grime and not very fashionable.