German Artillery Tactics & Combat in WW2

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

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[@billjunior94]

do tactics and other stuff on other nations because you only do German this German that you can clearly see that you hoped on their train and don't want to hop off

[@glandhound]

Howitzers and proper artillery serve slightly different roles.

[@bill920]

Your channel is incredible! You provide so much useful information on the topics covered.

[@GugSport]

Great video as always 9:11 what exactly is the scale of this map? It would help visualize better. Edit: how much of this applies to SPGs in armored support? (Or maybe an entire video about the tactical use of SPGs would be better?)

[@henrikg1388]

I am really considering it, but it would break my rule of only supporting my Scandinavian compatriots with my limited resources. Your channel is so good though. And I know you shouldn't answer this question and I know you're Austrian, but you like metal, so what do you think about Rammstein's latest hit? ;)

[@nova85233]

Finally, I too can set up my artillery position in my back yard with the help of this video. Thank you MHV, very cool!

[@dariusniederer856]

Useful for that hoi4 artillery only challenge as well

[@HiTechOilCo]

A bit warped to actually crack *jokes* about weapons that killed millions of people.

[@yuhengw.9093]

I think I just found my next target to fire at with my 80cm Gustav Rail Cannon (I know it got dismantled, I’m making a joke xD)

[@conorclimo8534]

@@HiTechOilCo Well... Any yahoo can make an Artillery piece (hell the Stokes Mortar was basically a homemade Mortar).

[@rubo111]

@@HiTechOilCo why do you exist?

[@shadow2593500]

As a former Artillery observer for the US army, it interesting to think that we use many of the same tactics and methods that the Germans employed during WW2. Though obviously we have different names for things. For instance, annihilation fire, would be called grid suppression fire for us.

[@violentscorl697]

Douglas Troop That’s because during and after the war most militaries took whatever original/modern/new inventions and tactics the enemies had made and established it in their own military.

[@Bird_Dog00]

Douglas Troop I'm not surprised. Warfare hasn't changed that much since WW2. The equipment got better, yes. Tanks are better armoured, faster and more reliable, artillery has more range and better mobility, and every soldier now has a select fire weapon. But the basic things were all there. What woked then still works now. If an artillery piece can shoot 15 or 30 kilometers doesn't change the principles of how it's employed, just the scale increases.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

Douglas Troop don’t know if that is the case, because suppression is a temporary psychological effect that once fires are lifted is lost, were annihilation fires are massed surprise fires to maximize lethality prior to the enemy being able to get under cover or move.

[@thejohn6912]

@@ronhmclaughlin thus why its grid suppression, key word: grid, it is a concentrated barrage in one specific area (say an enemy fortification), though it is "suppressive," it would completely level what area they're suppressing (not military, but this is what I gather) edit: did more research, its called Suppression because it is an indirect fire, they wouldn't just bombard a small position (say, a machine gun post) but would bombard and level the nearby area

[@ronhmclaughlin]

The John over the 30s years I have been in Artillery I have shot tons of DPICM before, it does not suppress it creates zones in which everything above ground is destroy and every human is turned into piles of hamburger. The only time you won’t get the effect is against bunkers or against tree lines, which an FDO would never use ICM against because it does not work on them You may want to get back in the books because the term suppression is applied to both direct and indirect weapons (machine guns and rifles shoot most of their ammo as suppression) and have nothing to with annihilation or destruction

[@cynthiabauer5763]

Sniper: one shot, one kill Artillery: one shot, twelve kills

[@gabrielnieves3972]

More like 200 shots 1 kill and 300 people shat their pants and discovered how much they loved their mothers

[@TommygunNG]

Twelve kills... And a lot of materiel destroyed.

[@readhistory2023]

To paraphrase a German general. When the American's start using 155mm as a sniper weapon it's time to surrender.

[@m1ndfr34k7]

@@gabrielnieves3972 lel

[@eugeneoliveros5814]

rupert kiler oh I assumed we were still shelling Warsaw

[@Hadeshands]

Artillery.... The flower of land battle.... shrapnel: slices through muscles and bones like wet napkins. heat: burns and sucks air from invincinty causes collapse of lungs on impact pressure: busts soft tissues causing internal and external bleed out vibrations: causes internal bleeding within the body and organ failure

[@solidsinek14]

Soldier who got hit by one: bro im straight up not having a good time

[@AlejandroRodriguez-le7pm]

The shockwave is both in the bottom. The shockwave may be the most dangerous, it pushes you away but it crushes you against yourself, you may not be hit by shrapnel, but the shockwave of the blast and velocity will rupture organs, break/shatter bones, and rupture blood vessels.

[@Alex-co5co]

Yeah, the only way you might have a chance against it is when you hear the whistle to lie down flat and open your mouth as wide open as possible. This way you avoid shrapnel, which flies above you mostly, the shockwave not hitting you in the whole body to crush you and the open mouth regulates the pression to avoid internal damage. It was pretty good, as you can even see in Wochenschau, a german soldier attacking a trench having 2 shells landing just a few meters from him in a few seconds

[@tavish4699]

the heat myth is utter bullshit and doesnt work like that

[@tavish4699]

@@AlejandroRodriguez-le7pm not correct just recently i watched a video of a guy who fought in ukraine and he said artillery hit right next to him and threw him into a fence he was fine as the russian shells have quite the bad shrapnell dispersion they usually break into 3 or 4 big parts the shockwave itself doesnt do any of the things you described unless its litterary a direct hit the shrapnell part is what kills most deaths until 1916 in the german army during ww2 were head wounds from shrapnel when the helmets were introduced the death rate was radically lowererd

[@jamesonlegend]

Yea you realy want to avoid skin rash. Sensitive it is.

[@DylanJo123]

Speak like yoda, you do

[@Tuck-Shop]

Or Welsh.

[@johnnypopulus5521]

I just commented about this. I didn't think he said that at first. Had to go back & listen again😆

[@heinzgodinkhan1599]

Then you really want to avoid Death!

[@vinzentmeier3040]

We need a MHV vid on Wehrmacht skincare in WW2

[@prof_kaos9341]

The tactic of bouncing shot is an old one. I remember reading of Nelson's ship successfully besting a Spanish battleship with a broadside described as a "Yorker," a cricket term for a ball that bounces close to the batsman, referring to bouncing the shot of the water close to the ship to hit about the water line. I did check and the cricket term does date back to the 18th century.

[@arowan8170]

thank you for posting your sources, it is quite annoying when people put documentaries on you tube and don't provide sources.

[@billcallahan9303]

The work that goes into this "simple" video is tremendous! Thank you for posting & your excellent, highly descriptive work! Very informative for me, an armchair Eastern Front "veteran!" It must've been hell on earth for both sides.

[@Alakazzam09]

I like to see more on how organic infantry support pieces worked in the German army in WW2. Examples being the IG 7.5cm, 50mm mortar and rifle grenades.

[@wisedonkey7644]

could you cover different types of tank Shells during WW2?

[@marcroelse9517]

aphe, ap, apcr, heat, he, smoke and there was some limit use of special ammunition but would love an vid on it to

[@OmarSlloum]

@@marcroelse9517 as well as apc, apcbc and ac (anti concrete)

[@marcroelse9517]

@@OmarSlloum ac was that in ww2 thought it was after ww2 i know how the round looked i saw it in rl

[@OmarSlloum]

@@marcroelse9517 crap we forgot about apds

[@mrmacedon]

@@marcroelse9517 and APFSDS

[@r.gilman4261]

I'm sorry, you got me with the teddy bear as the soft target icon, damn near needed a new keyboard.

[@RudolfJelin]

Also he says "at first Glantz" :)

[@gabrielnieves3972]

I cri everytime

[@admiralepstein467]

Very interesting video, my great grandfather was an artillery battalion commander on the eastern front from 1941-1945 he died last year at the age of 104, amazing man.

[@terminallydrunk1900]

Lucky he survived

[@VRichardsn]

"First Glantz", nice one. Quality job, as it is customary. And a question: I have heard the statement that the German artillery was set up with accurate fire in mind but it lost flexibility and became relegated when compared to the artillery of the their enemies. What do you make of that statement?

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

sadly, I can't answer your question, yet. Generally, German quality decreased over the course of the war. I also read a bit into the famous artillery book (forgot the name), but the author seems very dismissive towards the Germans to a degree that feels quite off.

[@VRichardsn]

@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Thank you for the reply nonetheless. And indeed, after a reading a book or two (hundred) one starts to "perceive" some red flags when an author is showing a bit of bias. From the technical aspect, which seems a bit easier to judge, German pieces were serviceable and reliable, but somewhat bulky, and the sFH 18 in particular appears to be somewhat short ranged when compared to some of the competition. It would be great to see a video in the future about the differences in artillery regarding the major combatants. Artillery is a fascinating subject ("things go up, things go down" said Helmut) and it has received little screen time when compared to other more "glamorous" arms. Cheers and keep up the great wörk!

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

yeah, Wettstein in Wehrmacht in Stadtkampf particularly pointed out that the Germans had problems with the long range of the Soviet artillery arm. might happen, but it depends on the success of the video etc. the whole artillery stuff takes quite more time than Panzers due to source situation, my prior knowledge and accessibility, similarly Panzer videos generally do better. So, every artillery video involves more investment and risk. The "ad" in the beginning was not a joke, but it seems like around 40 K people that watched it don't care at all or think it was a joke.

[@larrywinn5751]

Even today Soviet artillery out ranges most NATO artillery.

[@DXLT2]

This is excellent. I realise that panzervideos draw a bigger crowd. But artillery really is the forgotten arm in historybooks and popculture. I know only of one book that is only about artillery and that is about the artillery of the Brits when dropping over Arnhem (and it is mostly about the crews of the ATguns). So I greatly appriciate this video.

[@YourSideHoe]

Me at 3 am: watching artillery combat strategy

[@riveragallardodavid8558]

As a true wehrmacht high officer

[@YourSideHoe]

David Rivera lmao

[@sora64444]

A thing that you will never use or remember

[@موسى_7]

@@sora64444 Never use?! Err... What if he needs to take over Europe? We've all been there...

[@JohnDoe-jq4re]

You can never be too prepared to refight WW2

[@bhangrafan4480]

In general the tactical employment of artillery nowadays has been classified as: PREPARATIVE (massed fire against defensive structures, trenches, obstacles etc. prior to an attack to disrupt and degrade them), SUPPRESSIVE (massed fire against enemy defences during an attack, as described in this video), PROPHYLACTIC (covering gaps in defences, blocking enemy advances and manoeuvres, or covering a retreat etc.), COUNTER BATTERY (as described in the video, taking out or suppressing enemy heavy artillery batteries in the rear, usually using the largest calibre heavy artillery.)

[@nks406]

artillery is still the king of the battlefield

[@luuk341]

I think aircraft are

[@nks406]

@@luuk341 Air support can be denied much easier than artillery, plus artillery doesnt have to worry about time over target.

[@luuk341]

@@nks406 Thats true, but artillery isnt nearly as precise as an airstrike.

[@nks406]

@@luuk341 it may be not as precise as smart ammunitions but its accurate enough to destroy mechanised formations on the move like in ukraine and syria.

[@marcroelse9517]

@@luuk341 the artilerie is as accurate or more accurate with smart amunition as aircraft bombs

[@JohnDoe-on6ru]

Artillery only video.

[@johnnypopulus5521]

The infamous Rail Guns....perhaps?

[@hulyan8944]

me: needs to review for amt exam also me at 2am: oh i wanna know how germans plan arty

[@SNOUPS4]

The question is: how many of the 1937-1939 regulations still were kept until the end of the war; probably many, but maybe not all of the ones showed here? Too bad there isn't more litterature, but maybe you'll come across another book some day :)

[@joearnold6881]

“So you don’t get a skin rash” I lol’d.

[@eggneck9046]

Echt gute Videos ich mag die idee fahinter es ist echt sehr informativ und ich habe deine Videos auch als lehrmaterial vorgeschlagen 😊

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

danke!

[@WR-hg1ou]

Interessting my great grandfather was an artillerist in the 1. Gb.Jg Division 79th Gebirgs Artillerie

[@valtterimakitalo9564]

Great video! Thank you for that. I would like however to point out that one of the main targets for a sensitive fuze is to hit foliage and therefore explode before hitting the ground so it explodes in the air and causes the best possible shrapnell pattern. Sensitive fuzes main disadvantege however is that it cannot be fired on cloudy or foggy weather as a hail could explode it midair. The artillery and fuzes are somewhat a complex topic on how to use them and on what especially to explain all of it on a 13min video. But just wanted to point that out.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

are you sure that is correct for the Germans as well? Since, I can't remember anything being mentioned about foliage.

[@gusbailey68]

2:54; I had to recycle three times to get past the accent, but German humor for the thumb!

[@percyfaith11]

For your edification, annihilation is pronounced in English (at least in the US) by giving a long I sound to the initial I. Ex. An n-eye hill ashun

[@2adamast]

English annihilating latin

[@DonMeaker]

Modern US term for Notfeuer is Final Protective Fire- ordered to catch an enemy crossing an area in assault. I also note this disregards the critical importance of rifle grenades or 5cm Leichter Granatwerfer 36.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

> I also note this disregards the critical importance of rifle grenades or 5cm Leichter Granatwerfer 36. those are not weapons of the artillery arm, but infantry.

[@sanuku535]

Artyllery barrage sound I dont know why but when I hear the artyllery barrage I feel so damm good.

[@xirensixseo]

while describing harassing fire, i imagined an artillery commander laughing maniacally as he hives the order exactly when he knows the enemy was just about to deliver letters

[@mind7106]

Nice video and in very detailed

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Thank you!

[@akgeronimo501]

Another good one. I would love to get a reading list of English versions of German Army TTP's. I have found some and it is fascinating to me how the war in Russia forced changes to their operations at the Squad, Platoon and Company level.

[@stevebohlin7245]

Segues nicely into a discussion of the target & mission difference for geschutzen (leIG, sIG infantry artillery), haubitzen (leFH, sFH-howitzer) and kannonen (K, FK, sK - cannons/field guns) - very poorly understood by many historians and military professionals who use interchangeably; e.g. referring to the leIG/sIG as an infantry howitzer or using the terms howitzer and canon/gun synonymously confusing very different distinctions.

[@robertslivonik6176]

Amazing video. Keep up the support

[@JackOQuin]

Excellent video, I'd love to see a similar one covering US artillery tactics!

[@timk9727]

Another great deep dive

[@vibe9120]

Thanks, my school stood no chance

[@weirdshibainu]

Wish I could get my hands on one of these...sometimes my neighbors are a pain in the ass.

[@achris1]

Finally an artillery video!! More German artillery theory please, this is great!

[@remc70]

It’s very interesting to read on German Artillery in WWI where they use indirect fire, where the French and British use direct fire. And how are 105 (USA) is a direct descendent of the German 105.

[@worstcase1331]

funfact: Wenn man die automatische Übersetzung der Untertitel auf deutsch stellt,übersetzt er das englische Wort für Artillerie als "Terror"

[@matheusimon7316]

How someone could dislike the videos of this guy?

[@blackedelweiss601]

Obviously they are on the receiving end of the Feldhaubitze 18.

[@Therationalnationalist]

Please do more WW2 artillery videos!

[@jimcase3097]

Very good 👍

[@karlp8484]

I think there was another type of round which used a small impact explosive charge to throw the round back into the air a few meters and then explode in an airburst.

[@anderschristianboss2628]

Nice informative video. Were German artillery tactics different from those of USSR, US and GB? Seems to me that British artillery tactics were very similar to those used in WWI, at least in the Normandy campaign.

[@markheramis7749]

it would be interesting to have a video covering counter-battery as well no?

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

yes

[@alesisanchez9728]

lol sensitive fuse "so you don't get a skin rash" said dry with no pause

[@darsteckelberg]

From now on I will spell "Warfäre" with an umlaut!

[@Weak1987]

I want to see more of this. And also other topics too 😁 never enough MHV

[@yoyomodiji]

0:50 can anybody tell me what is the size of german artillery regiment of ww2

[@eetuhannola]

Great video!

[@songkran4life]

Love it when he has to say something in German

[@yurykomarinskiy9497]

The rules are cool but were they implemented as intended? It would be great to see actual implementation rather than paperwork for how it should be.

[@t8r507]

On a ricochet! It's going to hit you.. It's always funny until someone gets hurt!

[@krausatorseins584]

I made my service in 1992 on a M109 A3, partually as a vice tankleader. There ist no difference to the tactics due to the principle of artillery support didn't change since hundreds of years. You forgot one of the main functions of the DZ. The ignition of Support shells like smoke or light on the battlefield. This shells ignite in 50 meters, magnesium lights up everything. But you can even start at cool bushfire with it exploding on the ground when forgetting to fix the timer.😎

[@hibco3000]

Didn't they also have 17 cm howitzers?

[@czwarty7878]

yeah, 17cm and 21cm morser, but those were corps artillery iirc, this video talks about divisional artillery

[@yoyomodiji]

Excellent video love from india, can you make video regarding modern artillery organisations..

[@McGovern-vc3fv]

Would you be able to cover the different Uniforms of WW2? I recently read War In The West by James Holland and in there he mentioned that the British Battle Dress at the start of WW2 was one of the best uniforms for it's cost and practicality, while the German M36 was good for parades and show but not very practical and took too much skill and money to make it. And from there could you be able to compare the modernity of the armies in WW2 and the situation they found their selves in with their uniforms? Thanks.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

able yes, interested not really. Might do something if I get proper access and somebody who knows that stuff.

[@gamingcollection270]

Where do you buy your books? And are they E-Books or normal books from paper?

[@DonMeaker]

How did German 88mm Flak augment artillery fires?

[@monstrok]

How thoughtful of the Germans to add skin rash protection to their shells and the snowflake at 2:53. Brilliant!

[@photonoasis664]

What were casualties like if you were in the artillery battalions?

[@hellbreaksloose5536]

Could you do a video about the invasion of Iraq. Going from Kuwait to Baghdad.

[@goldleader6074]

Were the Americans + British more advanced in artillery methods/capabilities than the Germans during WW2? I've always heard that was the one area where we were better than the Germans on the battlefield. May have had something to do with the US having so many field radios at low levels (sections/squads)?

[@mordapl1641]

Artillery only as Germany challenge

[@nerino_chan]

Can you make a video about mobile Arttillary also known as tanks with huge short barrel guns (like kv-2)

[@nerino_chan]

Ya wat you said

[@nattygsbord]

Brummbär, sturmtiger and such were mostly used for blowing up buildings in city fighting. Their huge short fat gun were excellent at delievering a big heavy explosion, and their armour were super-thick so they could take much fire in the fighting inside cities. And having a short gun barrel might not being a bad thing when you try to move a tank around in the narrow streets in a city. But these machines were bad for everything else. Their heavy armour made then slow. Their big guns made them slow to reload. Their short gun barrel made their shots flying out from the gun barrel at a slow speed which gave their shots bad precision at longer ranges, and it made it more difficult to hit moving targets at longer ranges as they could just evade the shots. And when you fight enemy tanks you also want fast flying shots so you can punch through the enemy armour and make an explosion inside the enemy tank and knock it out. Leaving a firecracker on top of a thick armour plate will not cause much damage, and the same thing goes with a high explosive round hitting a heavily thick armoured tank - it would simply be more effective to fire a fast moving projectile of a hard material that could punch through the armour and then explode inside the tank instead. The Russians would also like to use big tanks for city fighting. ISU152 was a monster with thick frontal armour and its massive gun was able to take down a multiple floor building with just 1 shot. And likewise was IS-2 and its massive gun also useful in city fighting. Bombarding buildings with a 37mm armour piercing round will not be effective to take out a machine gun nest. But if you fire a 105mm high explosive round into the room then you will silence it.

[@JENKEM1000]

I like this Q. To Blah b and natty, I think Isaac meant specifically the turreted assault guns/tanks like KV-2, early Mk.IV, and M4(105) that were a supporting component to tank units, usually at a 1:3 ratio to the regular tanks. The difference between these (1)"tanky" assault guns supporting tank units versus (2)regular assault guns supporting infantry units versus (3)the Soviet "triplex" SPGs doing whatever they did, should be interesting.

[@nerino_chan]

@@JENKEM1000 correct

[@c0nstantin86]

Like fore the aczent alone!

[@murray1453]

Do you know what the Maximum effective range of the 10.5 cm and 15 cm guns where?

[@Fewrfreyut]

48 howitzers? I’m no expert, but that seems fairly light

[@hjorturerlend]

Not really, and there were also 75mm and 150mm infantry guns at the regimental level. If I´m not mistaken American infantry divisions had the same number and overall layout in artillery. Late war British infantry divisions had 72 25 Pounders, but those are lighter guns, so still comparable.

[@Fewrfreyut]

Kawaiiser-Genosse fair enough. You think division and you think several thousand soldiers, but it’s easy to forget how much of that is logistics and behind the lines support. So strip that away from quantifying combat calculus, and i guess 48 guns for a whole division doesn’t seem all that light.

[@auguststorm2037]

@@Fewrfreyut plus you have light artillery as well as mortars and assault guns...

[@jrd33]

@@hjorturerlend British armoured divisions only had 48 24 Pounders (half self-propelled) in 1944. But the British and US also had a lot of Corps and Army artillery which was assigned to support specific missions. For the Goodwood offensive, for example, the British allocated 37 regiments of artillery to support 5 divisions (a total of 760 guns!)

[@erichvonmanstein1952]

Well,per German infantry division had 48 howitzers,25 light field guns and 75 anti tank guns during most period of the war and you’re saying that’s small?Look at Japanese and İtalian one then.You’ll probably disappoint.

[@johnw5584]

The U.S. had a special fuse, that was detonated by radar at the proper height. The Germans said the U.S. artillery fire was he'll on earth.. I'm order to keep us casualties liw, we had more artillery. Better to send a shell than a man.

[@lukasBe77]

Your german pronounce is pretty good

[@haney3773]

Artillery was my MOS of choice...until I flunked my physical. A physical wasn’t required to earn a degree in accounting. 😐

[@Compcube]

Annihilation fire sounds very similar to Soviet artillery "shock fire."

[@amaladiguna8873]

How about modern artillery tactics? Is it any different to this one?

[@robertparobechek6580]

If this is about "artillery" I am surprised Stuka's were not mentioned.... it is NOT a bomber.... it was supposed to be an alternative to wasting 12 hours to set up an artillery battery to hit a target! Hitler tried using Stukas as bombers against UK because he found out Stuka pilots were politically popular but Spitfires kept shooting them down because they are NOT really a true bomber!

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

o.O

[@t.swallgren9204]

One thing really amazes me a lot. All those armchair generals are interested in aircraft and especially tanks. But hardly many even think about the fact that field artillery and mortars caused many times 60-70% of all combat losses. Just think about armoured brigade of 50 tanks trying to make break trough but then face horrific artillery bombardment of 2 000 shells per one minute per 5 hectares. Average one shell per 25 m2. Direct hit of 150 mm shell of howitzer and that tank is damaged badly. Yes - WW2 artillery if used effective way blocked armoured units and well.

[@firepower7017]

France fell simply to aircraft and tanks alone. A country which was in the forefront of military technology was easily beaten in such a short span of time. You also have to remember that France was preparing for a siege with artillery in mind, they kept the old doctrine of entrenching themselves for what would be a repeat of WW1, but look here, the Germans decided not to waste resources or men, or work labor over developing weapons which would essentially cause a long drawn out fight over unbreakable defenses.

[@mr.knochenhosentyp4359]

Gibt es die Videos auf deutsch?

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpqZh6qqZZmmjdk

[@lislisser6036]

what about mortars?

[@greybone777]

The Russians proved conclusively that the one with the most artillery wins. We also were able to control large sections of Vietnam with well positioned arty.

[@romegavadquez6310]

Boom boom artillery

[@mudslide-of-the-mudwing1569]

Ah yes this will be well used in the boogaloo

[@jerga2002]

2:55 good to know they also have good skin care

[@heckinmemes6430]

Remember to always take 2 combined arms warfare in the morning with your breakfast. It's good for you.

[@jonashellsborn7648]

"Warfäre"? 8:10 U funny. I see vot u did there.

[@_dmf]

Schade das du die Videos nicht in deutsch kommentierst. Zumindest mit dts. Untertiteln.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

ich füge inzwischen englische Subtitles hinzu, allein das Copy-Paste von denen dauert 15 Minuten (weil Überschriften raus, Zitate bereinigen, etc.) . Wenn ich da deutsche Subtitles machen würde, gehe ich mal von "schlappen" 2-4 Stunden extra Arbeit aus. Für jede Minute video auf den Kanal stecken so 2-3 Stunden Arbeit drin. Kurz: es ist einfach nicht möglich. Volle Erklärung hier am 2. Kanal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmTTZZeLe6eSrLc

[@_dmf]

@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized Danke für deine Antwort. "Trotzdem" tolle Arbeit!!!

[@TheGrenadier97]

The man is right, there's few english-speaking sources on the matter. Thanks for bringing the german sources to us.

[@roberttange805]

lmao what . u actualy notice u watching an animated video huh ?

[@AlexanderSeven]

"Artillerieverbindungskommando" I wouldn't be surprised if these people could write the whole Mein Kampf book using only one very long word.

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

does it say much if this word doesnt even sound too long for me as a german? :D

[@KenshiroPlayDotA]

@@TheKnaeckebrot I guess being exposed to the Donau-something word must have numbed you. :D Or even Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer. Heck, I even found a recipe of Kartoffelfleischpflanzerl once. That's really a mouthful. I suggest we shorten it to... Kartoffelpanzer ! Cue the Kartoffelpanzer song ! : Ob's brät oder backt, Ob die Küchin uns lacht, Die Pfanne glühend heiss Oder kalt der Gefrierschrank. Bemehlt sind die Gesichter, Schmutzig ist unser Kinn, ja unser Kinn. Fahr, Kartoffelpanzer, Im Ofen dahin. :D

[@TheKnaeckebrot]

@@KenshiroPlayDotA i love your poetry! xD

[@KenshiroPlayDotA]

@@TheKnaeckebrot Blame my having watched many many times the Battle of the Bulge movie and finding this Kartoffelfleischpflanzerl recipe ! But I must say nothing compares to the poetry of... ARTILLERY ONLY !

[@AVKnecht]

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz. Look it up on Wikipedia and use the "listen" function

[@sevenproxies4255]

Remember to play "Battery" by Metallica when setting up your battery position.

[@alexdavn6093]

Wrong!!! We are talking about German Artillery, so play Rammstein - Feuer Frei! (:

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

I saw MetallicA like 7 times live and Rammstein about 1. I don't want to see Rammstein again, but definitely MetallicA. So, alex, you are wrong.

@@terminallydrunk1900 Erikaaaaaaa!

[@sufimuslimlion4114]

@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized yeah but that's because you're self hating, American worshipping & have an inferiority complex. Very sad actually considering how rest of the world including Americans (soldiers as well) have a deep respect & even are a bit intimidated by German ability ESPECIALLY military.

[@evilestwheat8266]

@@sufimuslimlion4114 get some basic manners

[@Zereniti77]

Would be interesting to learn about Finnish artillery tactics during WW2. Finland made several advances when it comes to use and tactics of artillery, and some of those are still being used by modern artillery. Also, would be interesting to learn of the Fire correction circle and teachings of Vilho Nenonen, the General of Artillery of Finnish army.

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

They more or less put in words the strategical moving artillery.

[@EisblockTV]

I'm right now serving as an forward observer in the finnish military and I can assure you that our tactics these days are surprisingly same as the ones you saw here in the video. One thing that differs is the way how we get the targets etc.. In ww2 80% of all the losses and damage we finns did to our enemies were made by artillery. And finnish artillery is still these days a really powerful force on the battlefield.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Finnish artillery is frightening. As a Canadian, we have amazing artillery too, but I don’t think anyone else can beat Finnish artillery.

[@roberttange805]

lmao finnish country was run over by wehrmacht in 60sec. to the moment they did surrender. great tactics LMAO

[@Zereniti77]

​@@roberttange805 Are you confusing Finland with Denmark, which was invaded by Wehrmacht in 1 day in 1940, as Finland was never invaded by Germany?

[@Wallyworld30]

On WW2 Round Table I listened to a lecture about the Battle of the Bulge. The Historian said the real unsung hero at Bastonge was the American Artillery. It was completely devastating and accurate and really the only thing that kept the 101st in the fight before the clouds finally cleared which finally allowed the Airforce to do its part. In the same video they let a veteran speak that was a American tanker that was a gunner in a Sherman equipped with a 105 MM Howitzer. He talked about taking out a Tiger using HEAT rounds. Which I thought was interesting because those are 2 very rare vehicles that fought each another. I'm suprised that little tank on tank fight isn't talked about more. We always hear stories about Pershings and Fireflys but not much about Shermans 105mm.

[@jameshorn270]

Likely describing the M7 Priest. This was a self propelled howitzer assigned to support armored units. It was a Sherman chassis with a fixed open top to allow the howitzer to fire at high angle. My unit was created after Vietnam, but we were assigned a name which put us in the 109th FA. During first day of the Bulge, they were supposed to be firing in support of the 110th Infantry Regiment. The FOs were screaming for fires, but did not get any. Panzers had got in behind the infantry and were attacking the artillery positions. The 109th had 105 mm towed howitzers and were firing directly at tanks coming into their position. They nailed some but there were just too many. When the battle was over, they had 2 howitzers left out of 18 to start. My unit, because of its association with the 109th, was authorized to wear the Presidential Unit Citation for this fight.

[@Wallyworld30]

@@jameshorn270 Excellent insight! I wish the Artillery praises were sang more for there crucial part in the Battle. Thank you so much for your service sir. Today I met a gentleman at work that was an retired Artillery man with hearing problems because he said they didn't give ear protection in the old days. His Artillery piece was a 155 mm Howitzer. What kind of Artillery piece were you equipped with? Kind of a coincidence I met him today and now I get to interact with another Artillery man. Thanks again.

[@jameshorn270]

Sorry, keyboard issues seem to have caused loss of original comment. The man was probably talking about the M7 Priest, a Sherman chasis with a fixed open top to allow the howitzer to fire at high angle. They were assigned mostly to support armored units. My unit was formed after Vietnam but received a designation placing it in the 109th Field Artillery. They were assigned to support the 110th Infantry. During the Battle of the Bulge, the 110th was one of the first units hit, and they were screaming for fire support, but it never came, German tanks had gotten beind the infantry and were attacking the artillery positions. The 109th was fighting for its life, shooting direct fire at tanks , ultimately a losing fight, both because artillery is designed for indirect fire and is far less efficient in direct fire than a tank. Nevertheless, they did take a toll on the attacking tanks, but there were too many. When the 109th finally got to safety, they 2 howitzers left out of 18. They were using towed 105s. Because of the connection with the 109h, we were authorized to wear the Presidential Unit Citation. Our Christmas banquet was usually close to the date of that fight, and I made sure to draw attention to it each year.

[@jameshorn270]

​@@Wallyworld30 Actually, I was target acquisition, intitially sound and flash ranging, then radar. The units I worked with were, at the start, equipped with WW II era towed 105s and 155s, and a battery of M110s (8 inch/203 mm) Later they transitioned to the M109A6 Paladin. I worked with every artillery battalion in the Division, ranging from the 109th, which was excllent, to a battlion I will not name but was, at the time, a sick joke. I learned, with the latter unit, to use the firing tables to aim my radar for registrations, because the data they sent me was often useless. My civilian job for much of that time was with the manufacturer of the M110 and M109 series as a new equipment trainer, so I did a lot of study of how the equipment was used. I think I could, if pushed, have run a section or worked in the FDC, though it would have been largely through my job rather than actual training. Since I needed to know how to use my radar most effectively, I did a bit of self training on ballistics.

[@Wallyworld30]

@@jameshorn270 Interesting. So as target acquisition would you be a forward observer and communicate to the guys on the gun where to target or would you acquire targets while being physically near the gun just using the Radar?

[@paulcziganj4257]

It's interesting how artillery tactics from all countries are so close to each other no matter the country or era. Infantry and tank tactics vary a lot, but the German way to use artillery sounds a lot like, for example, what I read in a 1934 vintage French army manual. I guess there are not so many good ways to use field howitzers!

[@badbotchdown9845]

@L. della Rovere they have devoured all the budget for a unfinished fortification belt. When Petain was minister of war 34-35 he doesn't want to ask for new credits for new tanks.

[@olafkunert3714]

"I guess there are not so many good ways to use field howitzers!" But then you have to explain, why German artillery caused more losses.

[@generaltom6850]

​@@olafkunert3714 It's similar, but small differences can cause big changes. Plus actual implementation is important.

[@lucaswatson1913]

Please do the organisation of Soviet heavy tank (KV-1S) regiments! Been wondering for ages and can't find a good source

[@filipopalka1417]

Were there actually entire regiments of KV-1s? Probably sometime during the later stages of the war?

[@lucaswatson1913]

@@filipopalka1417 1943 Guards heavy tank brigades mate, had 2 regiments of KV-1Ss/KV-1Es. Remember a regiment is only 20 tanks

[@filipopalka1417]

@@lucaswatson1913 Not sure, will check it later today, but a regiment definitely is not 20 tanks mate, that would be a battalion, of which the brigades were made of - 3 btls of tanks and 1 of motorized infantry..usually. Maybe the guards brigades from 1943 were made from regiments, though I highly doubt so.

[@potatopotato8360]

@@filipopalka1417 No they definitely had 20 tanks. I know this because in WiTE the guards heavy tank regiments in 1943 had 21 KV-1s at FULL TOE. They later had IS-2s.

[@filipopalka1417]

@@potatopotato8360 You mean Garry Grigsbys War in the East? Always wanted to try that one...Got a book in pdf about Red Army TOE, will check it soon, maybe we can find some info there, it has a whole chapter on Soviet armor. It simply seems too few tanks to be a regiment to me...will let you know soon if Ive found something there.

[@gings4ever]

"artillery was a supporting arm in the Wehrmacht" and then there are madmen that can't wait for a Bison SPG and instead shove a sIG 33 facing the building and yell out "EVICTION NOTICE!" in German

[@marionlara428]

How do rocket artillery tactics compare to the conventional artillery tactics described in the video? Especially since they developed later and could fire faster, it seems like they may have been used differently.

[@gafeleon9032]

As far as I know early rocket artillery was effective, but not precise, it could be used in large concentrations to great effect as there wasn't a gun to be overheated, but alone it could basically go anywhere so it wasn't so effective Artillery could be used as a more reliable way to provide precise fire support This is mostly speculation from what I know about the Soviet katyushas and artillery tactics which in this video says it can have targets as small as tanks or bunkers so I'm assuming it can get pretty accurate

[@Noble713]

Rocket artillery's advantage is that it delivers a VERY high "throw weight" of explosives VERY quickly. Since most of the casualties caused by artillery are in the first 90 seconds or so (due to surprise and being caught in the open, basically), this makes rocket artillery very deadly, but terrible for any sort of sustained fire mission requirement due to the long reload times and logistical burden. Given the 4 types of fire mission described in this video, I would say rocket artillery specializes in "Annihilation Fire": attacking concentrations of troops with almost no warning.

[@ronhmclaughlin]

Noble713 most casualties occur in the first 5 seconds that is why massed surprised fires were the goal

[@ronhmclaughlin]

Marcelo Henrique Soares da Silva maybe it does not translate well, harassing fire as understood by artillery is fire to disrupt the enemy’s daily activity. Only someone wgo does not know proper employment of Arty would use rockets in that nature, rockets provide the ability to put a large volume of somewhat less accurate fire quickly on a target. In fire planning, you would use that fire to attack your high value targets.

[@RichmondCaveMan]

Yo Maverick Lara, as you see the conventional artillery needs fronts or zones, to be effective (flanks, front, and support) and spotting certain enemy changes to your own position. Missile artillery in a preemptive sense are used to deter new enemy movement in covered areas such as blocks, roads, or zones. Missile artillery in a frontal sense is to provide anti mobile artillery (tanks, transports, other artillery movements and anti infantry equipment ). Missile is used contact directly in effect in most cases like herding enemy movement tactically, as conventional is to pin down or "smash" zones of fortified holds or great counter (or offensive) swells. All together artillery mainly used to support infantry or level a playing field for advancing your own forces, it's hard to bring in large numbers or bulls of weapons under a storm of lead and fire. Hope this was helpful ( also if mounting counter offensive with artillery supported by infantry, quickly secure high grounds as long as the enemy has no air superiority)

[@scottleft3672]

Arty....the true god of war. Your "skin rash" joke remnded me of something....Australian Artillarymen....Gunners....in the Pacific war....used the 25 pounder, and found that shells would sweat in tropical humidity, they had to wipe the moisture off the base of the shell and the timer on the 'buisness end" regularly....they refered to the chore with the standard larrikan terminology...."Make sure you wipe their noses and bums' ...was the order of the day.

[@michaelmenzinger5019]

Thank you for the video. As a german, its very nice that you've put the german translation on it.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

I'm glad you like it

[@Getpojke]

Excellent explanation. My Grandfather was in the 8th Army during WWII, I remember him explaining how they worked during battles. One thing left out here; though maybe subject in another video of yours, was the importance of mortars during engagements. Thanks for the videos, very informative.

[@pastajensen]

I actually fired German WW2 artillery in the 90's 127mm navy guns built in 1935, it was still with the original markings (used as coastal artillery). I think I was one of the few that found the compulsory military service fun.

[@Damezumari1]

Tremendously informative. A thousand thanks. I will be watching this video over and over for the next week or two.