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Green Berets watch episode 4 of Band of Brothers.
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[@maryb3909]

Best tv show ever made

[@sirmonkey1985]

agree, although masters of air is getting really good as well.

[@alexfilma16]

Agreed!

[@texandy89]

I have Band of brothers and the Pacific two great show the Pacific is the underrated one

[@Dtrent81892]

Absolutely true. Except now ive been searching for and buying anything related to band of brothers/easy company. Rip to my wallet

[@Dtrent81892]

@@texandy89 i agree, the pacific theatre as a whole doesn’t get the recognition that the ETO got.

[@Daddy53751]

The M1 Garand was a massive improvement over the what was it, the 1903 Springfield? Imagine going to war with a bolt gun!!!😮 My grandfather told me when he was in North Africa, crates of M1G’s just showed up, and they had to have a replacement newbie show them all what the hell it was, and how to use it!😂

[@notthestatusquo7683]

Plus a big chunk of the troops had SMG's, either Thompsons or grease guns, and M1 Carbines later on in the war. So there was versatility, just not on an individual level. It wasn't as bad as WWI where basically the whole company was just dudes with long rifles trying to clear trenches.

[@fester2306]

Patton called the M1 "the greatest battle implement ever devised."

[@samanderson7745]

@@notthestatusquo7683 Uh, shotguns, flamethrowers, and chemical agents used in WWI have entered the chat.

[@davidazzolin1019]

What would you rather fix bayonets and butt stroke with? Lol

[@scotth5038]

I thought he said the Jeep.@@fester2306

[@TrevorBeaman]

When I was in my twenties I would watch this series every New Years Day. It made me think about all the Hard Men that fought for America and the world. An amazing series for anyone wanting to join the paratroopers and special operations. Airborne just breeds another type of bad ass soldier. This series epitomizes what it means to be a quiet professional. Love it!!!

[@Rynyn]

In defense of digging the thing out with the knife.... medicine has advanced a lot in the last 100 years haha.

[@warhammer312]

If I remember correctly, this is supposed to portray Bull's hand to hand combat encounter on D-Day. In the book, it states that Bull was found by some of his buddies in D-Day after they heard sounds of beating in the middle of the woods. When they went to check it out, they found Bull wiping blood off his face right next to a dead german on the ground. This is a great TV Show, I'm glad a lot of kids in this generation are now getting a good glimpse of it due to it being posted on netflix for the past few months. Good reaction Kurt and Buck!

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

In the first scene, to be fair to Cobb, he was already a veteran of fighting in North Africa and survived having his troopship sunk by a U-Boat. On D-Day he was ready to jump into Normandy but a flak shell put a piece of shrapnel through his leg that put him in the hospital for a month. So he really had nothing to prove to the new guys or the other veterans. He was apparently the type of guy whose behaviour pissed off the officers and NCOs but he got along fine with the rank privates after they got to know him. He did become a serious discipline problem later on.

[@QuicknStraight]

That was still a dick move.

[@wesleysim1805]

He didn’t fight on d day. He was a dick in this action. Bull put him in his place

[@MrJrv1993]

Winters has said in interviews that Bull was one of the finest soldiers he ever served with. Very high praise

[@paulready8897]

The scene with Sobel in the truck reminded me of a Chief I had, was an a-hole to the people under him, but was the total opposite to people that did not work for him.

[@gman52712]

Funny. I had to go through some boxes today and found my Band of Brothers box set from Christmas 2001. I dont need the dvds anymore but ill Always keep that set. The Pacific is in the same box.

[@Daddy53751]

I just finished streaming both those for the first time. Both are fantastic!

[@7bootzy]

Man, that was a badass gift in 2001. Shit was crazy expensive. Somebody really like you!

[@gman52712]

@@7bootzy my best friend for the past 34 years- my dad!

[@Shadowking8]

Can’t wait until you guys get to episodes 6-7. Turning point for how excellent this show could be and a reminder what a bunch of young dudes endured.

[@sketchygetchey8299]

The show that got me to join the Army! Don’t know whether to love it or hate it for that. Anyway, I love it by default!

[@Daddy53751]

Mine was “Stripes”!😂😂😂

[@JohnWick-hb3ft]

As a Brit, I can honestly say I enjoyed your attempt of the English accent, fkg hilarious fellas!.

[@themulattomaker2602]

5:03 One of my favorite tiny moments from this whole series is when Sobel spots Malarkey and is getting ready to bust his balls about the motorcycle, so Skip Muck looks down at his clipboard and suddenly remembers he has important business elsewhere 😆

[@ExUSSailor]

You gotta think about the Garand in context, though. Just about every other army at the time were primarily armed with versions of what they had been armed with during WW1. Bolt-action, 5 shot (except the SMLE), rifles. Here come the Americans, with a self loading rifle, with an 8 shot magazine. It was actually kind of revolutionary.

[@jakester455]

Hits like a freight train too, way harder than a 5.56, NATO or not.

[@snowbear163]

Not really. Other armies centered firepower around machine guns. The squad was there to basically support the machine gun and its capabilities. You can't just line up a rifleman with a rifleman and compare it like that.

[@twrampage]

@@snowbear163 American units still made use of smgs, and only really two smgs and one machine gun at most among the other nations standard deployments. The other 5-9 men would be carrying a bolt action.

[@benn454]

@@snowbear163 That's a difference in doctrine. European (especially German) doctrine centered around machine guns. The riflemen were there to flush out the enemy into the MG's killbox. Not being the main focus, bolt guns were adequate for the job. US doctrine was the opposite. The MG supported the unit by laying down suppressing fire so that the riflemen could maneuver, flank, and advance on the enemy. This is where the Garand shined. It had both higher capacity and rate of fire than the K98 and Arisaka, giving GIs the advantage in a firefight.

[@koreancowboy42]

​@snowbear163 they werent centered around the fire power of machine guns alone. Well trained military during ww2 yes indeed relied on machine guns but it was the combined arms tactics and also superior weaponry. The germans probably had some of the best equipment at the time. The kar98 is comparable to the Mosin and Springfield. Just that the Springfield fired a better round. And that the germans brought the MP40 9mm luger, amazing smg. Walther p38 and or Luger pretty amazing pistols. The germans then also have the mg 34 and mg 42 amazing machines. Hence made the amercians needing to design their own machine guns the browning m2 and browning m1919A4, of course can't forget the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) which in replaced the need for an squad to carry along an M1919A4 and that M1919A4s would go along with some platoons to be positioned in like towns or defensive perimeters

[@edm240b9]

Fun Fact: Cobb, the guy who told the newbie Miller to remove the medal from his uniform, was one of the few Easy Company members who had combat experience before Normandy. He was with the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

"My country can never again afford the luxury of another Montgomery success," Bernhard, the Prince of the Netherlands. RIP to all the servicemen and Dutch who died for Montgomery's ego.

[@eventingcrazy]

I doubt you need to worry. The man has been dead for decades.

[@combatwombat2134]

"Victory has a thousand fathers while defeat is an orphan."

[@christophertaylor9100]

If his plan had worked it would have shortened the war by months. It was bad intel, just ended up a disaster, but if it had worked, Monty would be the most praised General ever

[@andrewmondeik4728]

Best mini series ever, great insite into the inner workings of military.

[@prestonla2588]

I'm a long-time follower; I enjoy the content and appreciate y'alls hard work. Thank you, Abel, Kurt, Sean, and any others.

[@JG-ld4rs]

Yes thank you guys for getting back to this show

[@SYBEX21]

Love seeing g that they were taking chute material. During WWII it was used as a neckerchief during combat, also it was used as a class A combat patch backer to show combat jump along with the stars on the wings.

[@edm240b9]

Regarding the M1 Garand, it was the first successful semi automatic rifle to be standardized by any military. We always bring up the Germans with the MP40 and STG44, but there were more M1 Garands made than both of those weapons combined. Most Germans are issued bolt action Kar98ks. There’s a reason why the M1 Garand was such an important firearm; it pretty much proved to the world that something like the M4 would eventually come down the line. I own an M1 Garand, and it is probably my favorite weapon to bring out to the range. And I would even argue that if you took away everyone’s M4s and gave them M1s, that unit would still be 90% combat effective. It is heavy (but look at what we’re replacing the M4 with, it’s heavier than the M1) and the lack of optics would put you behind the curve, but it still would be an fairly effective fighting force. One other note; at this time, America was NOT using 9mm. They were using .45ACP in both their pistols and subguns. The Thompson, Grease Gun, and M1911 are all in .45.

[@flight2k5]

M4 over an m1. M4 is far more reliable.

[@viper2165]

@@flight2k5 M1 was just as reliable as an M4

[@flight2k5]

@@viper2165 no it’s not

[@viper2165]

@@flight2k5 whatever you say

[@flight2k5]

@@viper2165 look up in range tv. They’ve tested it.

[@krisfrederick5001]

"Quit looking at me like that! Am I alright??" Is one of my favorite moments. Between Winters and Nix, the care is there. Not bad for Nix, with bullet holes in his helmet, having never fired his weapon in combat. ♠

[@andrewcoulter323]

love band of brothers and the Pacific.... thanks for getting back to it

[@speedracer2336]

The scenes of soldiers bailing out of C-47s on fire were very impressive! Previous movies of D Day did not capture this real life effect!

[@QuicknStraight]

Maybe the shrapnel was impinging on shoulder movement? Winters said Bull was one of the best soldiers he ever had for a reason!

[@chadlariviere8018]

This. It was shrapnel from when the British tank took it's hit. Bull knew he'd need to be able to swing his arm in order to get back to his lines.

[@V1LLN556]

Im glad u guys are back into this Show, See yall on the next one!

[@joseyse7en973]

I appreciate you guys. Keep it up! AND keep up the comedy! Love it!!

[@PR0BEE]

Respect from one of your Brothers! Keep up the great reacts.

[@djelliott4524]

Love it!! Thank u fellas 🙏🏻

[@thatguyoverthere2288]

Yall skipped over an important part of the experienced guys taking care of the new guys. In the fire service you watch the new guys like a hawk until theyre squared away.

[@sparkiegaz3613]

One of the best shows I watched with my late farther 👍👍👍 ,,going rewatch this and the pacific box sets soon..😊

[@paulbilger3782]

Thank you guys.

[@juicev25]

Thanks for the video guys!

[@therealkevan8158]

great show, just like the old days. I love when they say " I don't think I 've told this story before" and Sgt. Rangalman had a piece of a tank in his shoulder

[@bandit6272]

Regarding the knife vs embedded shrapnel scene. As someone in the medical field, we tell people NOT to do that. However, playing devil's advocate, if the shrapnel was embedded in a muscle or muscle group that you needed to use in order to not get killed in the battlefield, you "might" not want this sharp piece of metal moving around and slicing more tissue/muscle everytime you HAVE to use those muscles (because the Germans aren't going to let you take it easy). Imagine someone wiggling that jagged shrapnel in your upper back/posterior shoulder area every time you had to move your arms or contract your back muscles. In that context, I can see maybe wanting it out. Usually your health and wellbeing are paramount. But sometimes it's pure functionality you need, and that might be a reason to do things your local doc would shriek at you about.

[@slavaukraine5245]

Looking forward to seeing yall finish this

[@jonlauermann3214]

Just wanted to comment and support you guys in what you do

[@ExUSSailor]

Such a masterpiece of a show!

[@mcard616]

I’ve been waiting for this one 😭

[@kevinrandolph9109]

Served in the modern Easy Co from 10-14, met a lot of the originals from WWII at the " Golden Eagles" reunions. Was awesome to get their take on the series verses real experiences.

[@gandydancer823]

My JROTC instructors in high school were both WW2 vets. One in Europe under Patton and the other in the Pacific. I really appreciated their stories of the war many years later while watching this mini series and reading the book.

[@andyb9763]

👍 👍 Kurt's story was fkng wild 😮!!.

[@davidazzolin1019]

When theybsaid starfish I was just picturing Patrick starfish

[@grimper35]

Have you guys ever watched the TV series ‘Southland’? It’s a cop series based in south-central LA. It stars Michael Cudlitz (who you just watched in this episode of B.o.B.). I think you’d really dig Southland. Really high quality.

[@elsuperpollo2273]

I'm not military, I just enjoy your channel and I enjoy the motivation. I do miss hearing the old og red vision tainted song, I found the song on KZbin and converted it to mp3 regularly sing to it, cause I'm a dork.

[@josephlbrown]

I hate when I’m told to like and subscribe, but I did like this and I have subscribed. I like listening to you guys and your comments on tactics are well done. You’re less nit picky about stupid crap.

[@danielbesco1722]

Another great video from the team

[@EpsteinNooseSolutions781]

Episode 5 is my favorite episode. Definitely a lot of tactics for you guys to breakdown

[@DJJ81]

Best series ever

[@cheffrey9016]

Hands down best war series ever!!!

[@dottormetile777]

Love this series of video

[@paddle123]

Best series ever!...

[@fredjasper7378]

Just a top notch t.v. series!

[@viper31stvfw86]

19:06 shrapnel can do more damage, when it stays in the wound. can cut open blood vessels, so you really wanna remove it. every movement of the shoulder makes the wound bigger and more bleeding, if the shrapnel is still inside.

[@George713M]

Love this series

[@The_Argent]

Good work guys. Keep it up

[@BirdDogey1]

I've been fortunate to meet some amazing people in my life. One of those was Carwood Lipton at a private screening of Band of Brothers.

[@Fit-4-life-]

Please do " The thin red line " after Band of brothers. Your take on it would be so interesting !!

[@darthjoo8896]

Love this show

[@sakalaathletics]

I love your videos fellas. I am almost caught up on your whole backlog!

[@claytonemerick6376]

The show is great. The book is great.

[@probower4726]

Here's a comment for the algorithm. Love you guys' channel!

[@amarchandler565]

I have run off the top of the a canopy in Airborne school. 2nd jump and it was now the funniest thing ever. In the moment though I was freaking out.

[@fosterfuchs]

There was some horizontal collaboration with allied troops, as well. My mom was 7 years old when WWII ended, living in Germany, with 2 siblings and her mom. Her dad had been killed on the Eastern Front. They rented an apartment in the biggest house in their village. So they ended up getting kicked out for a while by American troops. As seen in a later Band of Brothers episode. My grandma was a modest woman. She went back and asked if she could work on the garden in the backyard. When the Americans moved on, they left behind a large consignment of food that was hard to get for Germans at the time. My parents still have the furniture where they left the food. So huge sentimental value. A woman down the road decided to fraternize with Americans horizontally. She found her mattress cut to shreds after the Americans had left.

[@Nghilifa]

In Norway where I grew up, the same thing happened. The women were treated just as in this clip, if not worse. Many of these women were actually stripped of their citizenship after the war, and deported to Germany.

[@joegibson4946]

In WWII they didn't have the technology that has been available for the past 20 years so they had to make do with what they did have. What they learned during WWII, Korea and Vietnam was also passed on so the soldiers of today could benefit for lessons learned.

[@djeasy9978]

I love what you guys do.

[@donalddouds6033]

Funny story about the SF patch that happened to me in Iraq (but the opposite). I was going to BIAP from RPC for my leave and I had my unit patches on (8th med brigade) and the SF patch on my deployment side. The PA from 2BN 10th group walked up to me and said “what’s this shit?” pulled off my patch and took his SF patch off and slapped it on me and said “You belong to us” One of my best memories from that deployment.

[@Ashley-zw9jg]

Poor kurt. My brother told me about his poor battle buddy on their last jump before graduation that he landed wrong and his bones went through his legs. Just hearing him tell me that has made me never want to jump out of an airplane in my life

[@wtls000]

Just found your channel. This is classic 😂 you guys do better British accents than most US actors!

[@robertzenniful]

Great review

[@matthewkuaiwa9884]

Keep em comin

[@Frankierios22]

Great breakdown

[@mikeriv60]

The Pacific should be on your list if not already.

[@liftme225]

i grew up when world war 2 and korean war vets were men of the time. 70's into 1980's they were a tough breed man.

[@vlpahb]

You guys Rock!

[@crispy_338]

These men were build fucking different. I feel like we lost some of the courage and dedication they had to fight savagely for their country and defend their way of life

[@robertchapman6822]

Read some history. US didn’t want war but got ready fast when they had same thing will happen in the future

[@Jeffro5564]

Imagine today 18 to 25 being drafted. They be tik Tok their experience and getting upset on negative comments hahahha

[@davidazzolin1019]

The same was said about them as so many other generations. In Guadalcanal Diary Lewis Seiler commented, while riding in the ship with the first wave of Marines something to the effect of, 'how is this generation of party boys going to fight such a fearsome enemy...'

[@snowbear163]

People have been saying that for literally thousands of years. The ancient Greeks were writing about how the young generation was too soft and the world was ending. It gets old dude. This is a Hollywood depiction of events. A ton of veterans from WW1 and WW2 went straight to AWOL to avoid combat or shot themselves in the foot or hand to avoid fighting.

[@davidazzolin1019]

@snowbear163 The reference to "greatest generation" isn't solely based in WWII combat. It is also all the accomplishments post war.

[@chrisarmstrong9081]

Love it!

[@alfredosoler8620]

You guys are awesome

[@davidazzolin1019]

I want to see your reactions to Masters of the Air just to how horrifying it would be to be in a B17 and flak and fighters. I think it would only be slightly better than being in a troop transport with sub attacks, at least you can shoot back.

[@gofoats]

My dad was US ARMY 1942-1947. He was in N Africa and came home after the European Theater. He had shrapnel work its way out of him 30 years later. He didn't talk about it much; except when he woke up in the middle of the night shouting at stuff.

[@philragu5298]

A lot of Airborne had the Thompson submachine gun, that was a great weapon system as was the Browning automatic rifle. Also your patch story made me think of tabbed guys who weren't in the Regiment claiming to be Rangers... On a side note, it's funny to think that the 101st is now a light infantry air assault division. It has no organic airborne battalions. The 82nd Airborne Division is the only division with organic paratrooper (“airborne”) infantry.

[@edm240b9]

Paratroopers weren’t actually issued the BAR until the last year of the war. The reason was because they didn’t have a good way to jump with it. Glider infantry units were issued them, but the paratroopers were using belt fed M1919 Brownings for the LMG role. It wasn’t until Jan of 1945 when the paratroopers were allotted one BAR per squad, but unlike the regular army, they gave the BAR to a rifleman and kept the belt fed M1919s for the LMG role. They were allotted more Thompsons and Grease Guns than other units.

[@logruszed]

We had a ton of them, and I may be misremembering here, but I believe unit citations were a part of dress reg. I think you could wind up buffing halls at 85% pay for a week for failing to put them on.

[@PoliticallyInsensitive]

Even though it's a 4' long, and 9# of wood and steel the M1 is beautiful piece of engineering. I don't shoot them much but my 2 M1's hold a special place in my collection...at least for me.

[@glencarle1009]

In Webster's book (which the series used a lot of information from) he said that the jump was perfect but there was so much equipment raining down on them that they were worried they would be killed by it. Basically the equipment that they were carrying came loose during the drop, bags broke etc.

[@jasontotalwar]

any mention of why he cuts a chunk of chute or was it just a souvenir?

[@charlielenk1677]

Webster's one of my favorite enlisted characters on the show - guessing his book was a good read.

[@JosephRich-tw3yk]

I appreciate you guys and usually I just sit in the backseat so I don’t have anything interesting to say but much love

[@davidyoung745]

I had no idea you guys were watching the series. I’ll be back to check ‘em all out with you.

[@SnakeBitBob1982]

You guys rock

[@maddermax74]

he had shrapnel from the tank in his back shoulder he knows he might have to fight his way out as he is behind enemy lines and needs to be able to move his arms and that's dam hard with razer sharp shrapnel imbedded in his shoulder so can understand why

[@juicypanda677]

Great video!

[@patrickmcgehee22]

Just commenting for the algorithm. Keep going, guys.

[@nathanhill3348]

Love the Chanel

[@JG-yc2fr]

Thats the brotherhood we all want yet only a few get.

[@roxannevanberkel]

The part about the shaving of the heads is in the Netherlands. You can hear them speaking Dutch. :)

[@daviddonaldson1096]

Thanks for the good content. Could you guys do a video on the movie The Thin Red Line?

[@PumpkinDefender]

Kurt rockin that Casting Couch Camo

[@michaeltudda8462]

Bill Guarnere did my cover quote for my novel Moses Trinidad Buffalo Soldier. Very proud moment for me.

[@Failer145]

Best feeling to wake up hangover as shit, and see a beers and breakdowns😂

[@kenstroede1742]

Finally!!

[@earljohnson2676]

Like watching and listening to guys it’s cool

[@willcarson]

Goated show

[@rossriley2719]

Saturday upload is based. Huge fan, just a suggestion, you can use it or not all good. At the end of each video, make an announcement for the next video that is coming out so we know what to look forward to.