Infantry Weapons of WWI

The first world war saw many varied weapons being used by soldiers. Let's look at what was manufactured and being used on the battlefield.
Infantry weapons of WWII
• Infantry weapons of WWII
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[@elliottyancey804]

We have lost objective Butter

[@aceofcheems7685]

*_The enemy is being reinforced with an armored train_*

[@tjhopup6070]

We have taken objective butter

[@zanejay4056]

😂

[@spicy_overkill_2294]

We have secured the sector

[@Men_Man_The_Wo_Man]

We have taken objective Apple’s

[@Missing_exe]

The raffles most commonly used by the allies.......

[@matthewd.d238]

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[@andrealugo841]

HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA BRUUUH HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

[@Anglisc1682]

LmAoOoOo

[@snakeeateerrrrr]

And the draft raffle, used 100,000 young men as ammunition

[@noone6766]

Jek Trava he’s saying it the cool way lol.

[@Judge_]

0:10 Does that sound remind you of anything BF1 players? It’s the battle pack opening noise.

[@michaelradev2710]

VladdyDaddy it is the opening sound

[@BopLouie]

Woah another skin for the mp 18, wowiwowthankyousomuchohthankswow

[@miguel.sa_]

@@BopLouie bruh until today I don't have any mp 18 skins

[@idewabagusariwicaksono2864]

And you now what i still opening those crate every weeks the game is still fun tho

[@lightningstrike5280]

the feeling of disappointment when you get a really nice skin for a premium gun you dont have

[@connorfalcon7080]

1:53 I like how excited he gets when he talks about the BAR

[@vermark8719]

You don't?

[@EgelundB]

Connor Falcon lmfao idk why i find this so funny

[@doctorlove3536]

Braning atamatic rafle

[@brandonholt2071]

true patriotism

[@Awfulfeature]

Funny how just 20 years later it was more so obsolete.

[@csjdruid434]

0:10 Is this the sound when you open a crate in battlefield?

[@ilovegamingsomuchfun550]

Ya

[@SolelyACasualRambler]

csjdruid omg...

[@markstewart9125]

ya

[@user-xu6py2nt2k]

yea lol

[@christophersalinas2722]

csjdruid yeah it is!

[@notjeeves5454]

Plays battlefield 1 once, Hello class I will teach World War I

[@jolly9966]

Grape Mental Actually, if I do a 828 million hour marathon I would be able to

[@apinyabuakla5196]

Plays battlefield 5 once, Hello class I will teach World War 2.

[@gergoa]

@@apinyabuakla5196 no play bfv once hello class i will teach how to make the worst intros.

[@thunderkatz4219]

soviet is retarded me plays battlefront chosen A280 ok class let’s talk about rifles

[@blankblank5409]

Apinya Buakla N

[@simonnachreiner8380]

A bunch of Germans walked into a BAR None came out

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

*Woody laughs sarcastically*

[@azurecho8570]

Allies:germany wanna see magic Germany:yes Allies:come here Axis:ok Allies:*grabs bar strarts shooting* Germany:AHHHHHHH Allies:see they are gone that's magic Germany:where are they Allies:they got shredded by our guns

[@RDAScout]

B A R also stands for bolt action rifle

[@jonathanquintero550]

I get it

[@Awfulfeature]

In the context of WW2 they had a garand time!

[@gnumblinjones69]

0:31 “THE RAFLES”

[@Shotgun_N_Boots]

IKR

[@theshirtman7232]

McDonalds has good tastes apparently

[@mattwalters6834]

A fellow rural guy

[@adamyt826]

very American

[@Wanda_Maximoff832]

The Royal Air Force les

[@captainmorgan9399]

"Hey America I know we invented chlorine gas and the wex flamethrower but shotguns are really mean so pls stop" -Germany

[@owenkrahl7446]

Its tru tho Germany was pissed about us using shotguns

[@wingblitz2216]

Salty much germany

[@literallybacon7720]

Dear, Germany No -America

[@n.m.s7552]

LOL! Ain't that the truth!

[@paisleepunk]

@Christian Pujols Germans did worse anyway.

[@Filiplego1]

I think those German grenades (Used in WW1 and WW2) had a very smart design... It's allot easier to throw it than the round ones...

[@KaiservonKrieger]

Filip The Stielhangranate or in literal term Stick Hand Grenade was the Germans good grenade. longer ranges for it. but today round ones are used for cqc and very compact. If it were a full fledged war, I'd go with the stick grends

[@ianh7268]

Filip with the handle they could throw it much farther than the baseball-shaped grenades used by other powers, but they lacked fragmentation abilities, and relied on purely the concussive blast, which had a smaller kill radius than the fragmentation grenades. In WWII they started to put metal jackets on them to widen said radius. so it's really some give and take with that design

[@KaiservonKrieger]

Ian Huffdog Yes that is true. There are lots of grenades with other uses. Like the Japanese grenade of WW2 can be used as a landmine.

[@veryconcernedjesus2584]

Filip Smae

[@SolelyACasualRambler]

Filip yeah, because with the round ones, they're much easier to fall if you don't hold it hard enough or (maybe) if your hands are wet...

[@connerkerrison2579]

0:31 The Rafles most commonly used

[@meeiteinongshaathoubaa2441]

Right

[@jherman6132]

Not raffles it’s waffles

[@heanvisalseyhak9487]

@@jherman6132 that’s why Belgium lost ww1 Lmao

[@kingchubbythe1541]

@@heanvisalseyhak9487 lol

[@R4ndomUser567]

Yeah the accent just randomly changes lol

[@Jg87761]

The most common rifle used by the U.S forces was the Enfield Model 1917, 3 times more than the Springfield 1903

[@woodslore8537]

A retooled variant of the Pattern 1914 rifle designed by the British.

[@tinytank7815]

I’m not sure why they didn’t include it

[@barccy]

The Chauchat was more significant than the BAR, but also went unseen, though it did get a verbal reference.

[@williams6206]

And the Lewis gun was American not British

[@aquelacoiso6684]

@@williams6206 the Lewis was created by americans, but Great Britain was the one using

[@JoshuaBegin]

learning about ww1 makes you realized how terrifying it must have been to be a soldier in a trench. Plus the majority had no say in whether they went or not, it was conscription. I'm thankful I never have to go through that experience.

[@norgan5064]

Joshua Begin read "all quiet on the western front" it's called one of the greatest books of all time, and really shows those fears you said in better light. It was written a few years after world war 1. Check it out, you'll love it.

[@erikbortuzzo8968]

War sucks, but a lot of people are too pattriotic or nationalist to admit it!

[@koffieslikkersenior]

Not eachother. Only chimps and humans do so regularly. Also, watch The trench. Captures what living in a Brittish Trench must have been like quite well

[@paroxysm_brian7817]

A few years later... NORTH KOREA DECLARE WAR ON USA.

[@reedsexton3973]

Ummm no the British propaganda campaign got millions to join willingly

[@KUGURS2020]

0:53 one of my favorite gun

[@malcolmmitchell1410]

Same

[@theshirtman7232]

1:30 the way you said toasting bread was funny to me. And also: TACTICAL BREAD TOASTING

[@therossionfan]

You need the tactical butter knife my dude

[@harlesem7334]

Lol

[@korfrag6865]

Toasting bre- *gunshot* Machine guns

[@saffroncoasts6950]

Are you tactically toasting bread or toasting tactical brwd

[@cay7809]

@@korfrag6865 he was shot lmao

[@slayer788]

when ur scary knife that intimidates enemies is really just ur way of making toast

[@retroybd2780]

One way to pit it, King XD

[@calcutt4]

Ever watched Villager News 3?

[@derbotgaming3394]

1:20 Hi, your probably wondering how I got to this moment...

[@balasankarajith2923]

... Well let me tell you a story of....

[@springtrap2671]

@@balasankarajith2923 ok grandpa

[@edgemaxxer1573]

Baba o'riley plays

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

1:16 Well I found a new meme template.

[@jackleslie7391]

Lol

[@artizzy2k2k]

My brain reminding me of all the cringy stuff I did years ago while I'm trying to sleep

[@willikins5095]

exactly what i thougt

[@Ajay-dy3xw]

Soldier walking: Me trying to go outside my room to socialize Soldier with a bayonet: "Look who decided to get out of his cave"

[@nitrous8547]

0:09 battlefield 1 battlepack opening sound

[@lioubastoupakova3770]

1:32 “opening can and toasting bre...” BAM!!!

[@loki96k]

Lol

[@user-cu8wg9jk6x]

Who's here because they have had an interest in ww1 and historical weapons before battlefield 1 was announced?

[@user-cu8wg9jk6x]

im macedonian tovarish

[@pyroparagon8945]

Кристијан Ристески me

[@stroppy3245]

Кристијан Ристески ooooh I'm sooooo cool

[@obamabarack4046]

Кристијан Ристески me /:

[@justinwolfenden5897]

Кристијан Ристески me

[@tardarsauce1842]

Never knew that the bayonet was used to open a can of beans, roast some food and make a toast

[@secondcoolestyoutubechanne2123]

Also soldiers would stick cheese on the bayonets to lure rats out.

[@Spuurtzithink]

I bet the brits used the bayonets more for cooking and other things besides killing

[@thegamer31tfr10]

And to kill each other

[@Spuurtzithink]

Carthago Delenda Est it’s a joke genius

[@TorontoJediMaster]

One historian said it was useful for such things as prodding POW's along, opening bully beef tins and toasting bread. But as a tactical weapon, it was antiquated.

[@harlesem7334]

1:33 such as opening cans and toasting brea

[@bogi2557]

Brea- *Gets shot*

[@brianrobbins1961]

The rafles though, and the brea, so much brea

[@Boxocook]

I know I'm late but did they really use a bf1 battlepack opening for the sound 0:08

[@michaelradev2710]

Luke Lawson ya

[@chasehunter3741]

omg

[@Gage-nt]

yup

[@mattwalters6834]

I think that was intentional

[@josephs-d8731]

The writing on the stick grenade translates as: Before use insert detonator. Thought You Should Know

[@Simplehistory]

Surprised it took so long for someone to point that out :D

[@bockbock2121]

JoJo4514 cool

[@bockbock2121]

JoJo4514 dAnkashen

[@ethanringelberg9771]

JoJo4514 thanks

[@ellenthroneberry1815]

Joseph S-D 9

[@u.h.forum.]

And pickaxes, for making trenches, and for putting to enemy helmets. Horrible.

[@thatlegoclone515]

Favorite melee weapon of BF1

[@thatlegoclone515]

Lol

[@AA-me2rw]

Man I love history who’s with me

[@snailetiquette]

History is cool.

[@balasankarajith2923]

🙋‍♂ Wait doesn't this emoji resemble something historical......

[@ironforger2511]

Meeeeee!!!!

[@stevenwithanl115]

@@balasankarajith2923 ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I think

[@seradginasuioloer8727]

🔫 🐎💂

[@USSBOAT]

It is Ottoman Empire not Turkey

[@tomithino456]

I mean they were still Turks so

[@Alexander-hi8bo]

They were basically the same thing at this point since the empire pretty much lost everything that wasn’t turkey

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

No one cares we sometimes call the soviets Russians because there russian

[@luigimrlgaming9484]

Overrated Seagull I meant the other way around

[@gamingwolffox7121]

ZachAttack28 the Ottoman Empire was also known as the turkerish empire

[@dahpython7764]

Battlefield 1 Battlepack opening sound affect 0:10 maybe it's not just from Battlefield 1 (like a stock sound affect) but that's where I heard it from

[@rylanaranaydo3480]

@0:09 Sound familiar my fellow gamers?

[@danieldennis7508]

Rylan Aranaydo Lmao that battlepack noise XD

[@icantthinkofaname7293]

Rylan Aranaydo ye

[@404user_not_found_error7]

Daniel Dennis K

[@stuckonaslide]

Yep

[@christophersalinas2722]

Rylan Aranaydo BF1 opening a crate

[@dillonb.2048]

I didn’t know that Joe Swanson did voices for WW1 stories

[@majingucci9827]

That sounds nothing like him

[@ninjablade6145]

They sound completely different

[@dillonb.2048]

seserty gh it’s been one year you don’t have to respond

[@GangsterWaluigi]

@@dillonb.2048 2 years now

[@dillonb.2048]

@@GangsterWaluigi idc

[@l-shadow1775]

1:58 that gun looks like the T-21 heavy blaster from star wars good inspiration

[@michaelradev2710]

The Lewis gun?

[@l-shadow1775]

Yah

[@schiltno.3bis]

The T-21 in the origional movies was literally a Lewis gun with the magazine removed and ribs added to the barrel shroud.

[@huntrainpartrain4185]

One issue, you put experimental submachine guns, but no shot guns? Shotguns were used fairly widely during both world wars

[@Simplehistory]

That's because I want to make a unique video on them, give me a chance yeh?

[@karstenschoenberg9736]

The mp18 wasn't experimental it was actually adopted by the German imperial army for ludendorff 's offensive the hellrigel was experimental

[@Banginyermamsince93]

Huntrain Partrain not widely used during WW1, only when the U.S joined the war at the end.

[@Roman-wm4ji]

@Simple History ikr

[@tangmingchen9237]

And now we have bunch of Automatic and semi-matic weapon in battlefield 1, only sniper can use the most common rifles.

[@bennycheca9426]

Tang Mingchen don’t forget medic

[@ww2stuff279]

My Most interessting weapon is The MP 18

[@local38on-tv]

Actually Italian weapons are more interesting

[@grzyruth9205]

@@local38on-tv not really

[@local38on-tv]

@@grzyruth9205 I mean your probably right as I don't remember typing this

[@mupedhead3794]

Tbh I prefer the Winchester model 97

[@riowarner0617]

lee enfield and lewis gun

[@nathanboolin4944]

Working on a power point for World War 1! Thank you so much for gun information!!!

[@nebiyuesayas5600]

Fun facts: The Steyr-Mannlicher used a straight pull bolt, giving Austro-Hungarian troops a slight advantage. Also, several rifles made it into WW2: the Springfield carried over as a sniper rifle, while the 1938 carbine version of the Gewehr 98 (Kar98k) was common among German troops. The M1918 Bar also transfered over, with updates made in between the wars. In 1915, there was actually an experimental SMG called the Standshutze Hellriegel M1915, made by Austria-Hungary (never left prototype phase). The M1911 did come over, with few changes.

[@justforrow]

Nice

[@behindthespotlight7983]

The ‘03 Springfield was the standard issue rifle to the US Marine Corps through the end of 1942. They also took Thompson’s with the round drum mags and gangster foregrips to Guadalcanal and other early land battles

[@echozero8213]

The raffles used by the allied powers

[@thatlegoclone515]

Echo Zero LOL I thought the same thing

[@krashsite2125]

Raffles?

[@evanlol05]

You ever heard a southern accent?

[@v2_missile456]

your uncle no southern accent is THAT accented. I’m from the south and I’ve heard some pretty DISTINCT accents... but none that turns a type of firearm into a type of ticket lol

[@evanlol05]

Jimmy Freakin’ Hendricks I’m also from the south. But where I am, most adult men sound just like he does.

[@heinzwilhemguderian6202]

The rifle used by the Ottoman army in the early years of the war was the old Martin rifles, but later these rifles were replaced with the 1903 Turkish Mauser

[@cribinspace7079]

0:10 that sound gives me flashbacks of getting skins for pistols in legendary battlepackd

[@bisonfunyuns4988]

I really liked the Lewis Gun

[@alexkasema3575]

fuck you buddy, fuck you and your auto weapons

[@bisonfunyuns4988]

Sark Kaunzen Lmao

[@feztarausch]

Sark Kaunzen well, that escalated quickly...

[@Scazoid]

@@alexkasema3575 lmao triggered

[@sialin8813]

I like the SMLE MKIII it's interesting

[@KaiservonKrieger]

Rongxia Lin Yea it's like a machine gun when used by a mass line of troops because of its VERY smooth bolt.

[@thatlegoclone515]

Great sniper in BF1

[@fjord9145]

The canopener was invented years after canned food, because it was only available for soldiers who always had a knife or bayonet with them.

[@bayanimockingjay]

1:18 Surely that isn't a military pratice. Pointing a bayonet that close to another allied soldier?

[@everettjohnson5709]

the backround of the image is an officer telling someone how not to avoid a bayonet attack. look it up

[@bayanimockingjay]

@@everettjohnson5709 ok, thank you

[@everettjohnson5709]

:)

[@gnochhuos645]

What about the Kolibri gun XD

[@mannygardner1151]

Vietnam Mapper The Kolibri was the best thing ever invented

[@tno847]

theyve forgotten the AutomaticoM1918 and the Standschütze Hellriegel M1915

[@clover4522]

T No The Hellriegel was LITERALLY NEVER used.

[@tno847]

Clover The Gun Nut itwas used but in very limited numbers

[@kasperikalervo91]

T No it was a prototype that was mever used

[@dark_emperor9427]

infantry weapons of ww2 please

[@toastydoesmco9856]

😁

[@Simplehistory]

Soon

[@TheByronpflug]

righit chaps we have oredrs to make the hit and use the lewis gun

[@pandamm7540]

yay!

[@ternellrogerroger2687]

KSA gamer To many really

[@byronthomas1726]

I very much appreciate your informative videos. My great grandfather served in WW2 my great uncle in Vietnam. One of the guns first listed in this video the Einfield .303 is in my family's possession and I am doing research to find out if the cereal number on the gun could be used to identify if it was used in WW1. Any tips or information on that would be well appreciated thank you.

[@dukleinergo7073]

0:10 Battlefield 1 chest opening

[@taegeonahn5147]

The gewher 98 is my favorite

[@lorypry2009]

Taegeon Ahn it's my favourite too

[@casualstoner4004]

Springfield I like. Also the mosin nagant.

[@Litany_of_Fury]

SMLE hold the crown.

[@clientsname2933]

Kar 98k's got the crown, the SMLE is the queen.

[@4tracim]

german!

[@sindey2000]

i feel battlefield had a heavy influence with the weapon choices in this video

[@jayarmastice4010]

sindey 2000 Obviously ya fucking idiot

[@SolelyACasualRambler]

sindey 2000 wow gee, thanks for telling us, we would've never guessed that without you... #sarcasm...

[@sindey2000]

you're welcome

[@seymourbrown4540]

KOBF sindey 2000 wow it’s not like ww1 is not just for battlefield could be made

[@VonTheDon11]

Agreed

[@WickedTester176]

0:52 the Springfield was actually very uncommon in WW1, the M1917 Enfield was the most common rifle used.

[@missymiami6798]

Germany: were gonna be mean >:D Us: use shotgun Germany: no pls stop :(

[@Merc69420]

Copied..

[@ILoveDucksVeryMuch]

Germany used camping it wasn’t very effective America used shotgun it was super effective

[@topdog5628]

The flamethrower because of the shear fear and intimidation factor.

[@maximgun3833]

isn't the M1917 Enfield more widely used by American Expeditionary Forces?

[@clover4522]

Maxim Gun US Marines and snipers still used the M1903, but yes, the M1917 was more widely issued.

[@bodie6783]

Maxim Gun I think you are thinking about m1911

[@CamperN00b47]

Bodenator That is a pistol, the M1917 Enfield he's referring to is a bolt-action rifle.

[@NO-poleon]

Weaponry 0:13 Rifle 1:15 Bayonet 1:35 Machine guns + smg 2:30 Flamethrower 2:46 Grenades 3:01 Pistol 3:14 Club or Melee weapon

[@danielrose7566]

0:06 haha I had my history test on trench life and we had to explain the trench conditions using that picture with the gas masks

[@thepancakeprotecter8661]

Gas hood*

[@tripwireunknown6747]

German army = Empires army German "storm troopers"

[@a-aron691]

coincidence? i think not

[@Roman-wm4ji]

@rc car I’m with you

[@Goober_80]

I bet the first German in space created a lightsaber

[@Roman-wm4ji]

@Lieutenant Dakota 😂

[@Spuurtzithink]

Star Wars Get your own ideas

[@badshiba1986]

the trench club is terrtfiying

[@terminator572]

You clearly haven't seen how they used flamethrowers during trench cleaning operations.

[@AsaSumailer]

your video was exactly what i needed to understand this topic!

[@MRBF1MAN]

I love how u included the battle pack opening noise at the start of the vid ,from battlefield 1 , my favourite ww1 game and so is bFV

[@xirocastgaming4809]

Honestly, the most interesting gun to me seems like the MP18i

[@epicbestgamer9501]

0:31 "the rafles most commonly used are"

[@balasankarajith2923]

🇺🇸

[@bradleymasters1456]

Rafles 100

[@pinballconejo]

he must have a southern accent

[@MarkBadia]

Someone may have mentioned this already, but you didn't include the use of pump shotguns by US troops. The use of pump shotguns was devastating in taking enemy trenches to the enemy that the Germans filled a grievance against the US. I believe they used modified Winchester Model 1897, known officially as the Model 1917 Trench Shotgun.

[@zeldanerd08]

It was commonly referred to as the "trench broom" great weapon. The Germans have a history of calling "FOUL!" Whenever things don't go their way.

[@Steven-dt5nu]

I have been enjoying your videos. Thanks

[@HausAbendrot]

Yeah don't lie I heard that Battlepack open in the beginning of the video

[@Simplehistory]

We put easter eggs in some of our videos, look / hear out for them :D

[@krashsite2125]

I've heard the BF1 Headshot sound somewhere in one of them...

[@cillianmurphyofficial8511]

Brilliant guys keep this amazing work

[@christophercastro360]

1:26 pushing someone into a pool be like🗡

[@sendnewbsskydiving7616]

The M1917 Enfield was used more than the Springfield by the US....

[@leneanderthalien]

Yes the BAR was not realy engaged in WW1 because comes too late and in little number (2 months before end of the war), the Lewis was heawy, so was near always use on support like the French Hotchkiss machine gun...

[@paullytle246]

most American were issued with 1917 Enfields

[@MrWassup45]

And not M1903 Springfields, ok

[@potato23116]

Gas, rifles, machine guns, planes, artillery those are simple words but it express horror in the field

[@abelurinavasquez703]

This is so useful for my project thank ya

[@kalkovonschpritzendorf1914]

Great video, but how could you forget the Feldspaten? It was used much more than the trench club, and is rather exclusive and iconic weapon of the Great War.

[@samuelgann894]

I like the BAR

[@goomanhlr5697]

This was the first vid I watched from this channel a couple years ago

[@troymillion8510]

Don't know why but, The mid evil type trench weapons interest me the most. Most were hand made, and very clever in a destructive way.

[@EthanShreve18]

Mosin Nagant is one of my favorite rifles ever made.

[@Simplehistory]

One of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history!

[@sialin8813]

Moist Nooget XD

[@KaiservonKrieger]

Ethan Shreve Mosin is a bad rifle, it jams and has a hard bolt. the 98k is a more viable rifle for it's smooth bolt.

[@datgaming301]

Even though it isn't the best rifle ever made. What other gun can you buy for 150-250 dollars, that is as cool as a Nagant. Plus it fires 7.62 which is a pretty easy to come by round

[@SolelyACasualRambler]

Ethan Shreve i think the lebel rifle looks awsome...

[@TuShan18]

Mp 18 is a very interesting weapon. Arguably the first smg that was used in combat. I think the thompson actually saw some action, but not anywhere near enough to prove it's worth. I think my favorite though is the flamethrower. It was without question the most terrifying infantry weapon in the war.

[@theosis_.]

The Thompson was just about to go into production to be given to American soldiers but the war ended before it could. It was sorta in a prototype phase at that time anyways so they fully finished it after WW1

[@aayanscreativelab1786]

1:38 the top middle one looks like the vickers machine gun

[@PAMIR-1]

0:31 "the rafle"

[@thepancakeprotecter8661]

[NSF] NF2015 XD

[@simonedaniel]

You could have went into detail on the pistols - that would have been interesting.

[@willshealy5963]

I can’t even imagine hand to hand combat, no guns, no grenades, just the way men have been fighting for thousands of years

[@susanlissi9147]

Class enjoyed, and thought the flame thrower was the most interesting.

[@azrikail6825]

I actually didn't know about the existence of clubs or machine guns in that time frame. I found it interesting because I thought they just used battle rifles, snipers, or pistols. And the fact that the idea of secondary weapons wasn't invented at the time was also cool.

[@simonbuzzi5758]

0:31 love the way he says "rifles"

[@inasvids4747]

The waffles

[@angelobloodfest]

most terrifying weapon I've seen is my mom my pillow fort can't handle her rolling pin of suffering.

[@dispensergaming4503]

I might use this video for a project

[@Urlocaljfk]

0:10 when you get a new weapon skin

[@Ahmadabdal_]

1:26 german be like like a give a fuck

[@andywu9599]

Ahmad abdal L

[@dave9904]

Ahmad abdal I

[@vladimirputin8135]

Ahmad abdal english?

[@juggernautpig2650]

0:22 why does the whole thing go into the gun with metal still on it

[@angrynoodle5572]

I think they got confused between an en bloc and a stripper clip

[@inasvids4747]

The firing pin wouldnt like that

[@juggernautpig2650]

@@inasvids4747 lol definitely not

[@seanrhayvendevera1308]

Girls Pillow fight: Ow you hit me to hard Boys Pillow fight: 3:21

[@m.agussalmanalfarisi4921]

In 1:05 Styer Mannlicher M95 for Austria Hungary and Bulgaria

[@jackdk970]

Awesome channel just found it love it

[@alfop6405]

Hey at the start, isn't that the battlefield 1 create opening sound effect

[@AC--oj9tq]

Flamethrowers definitely top the list, in terms of sheer psychological terror it inflicts. Machine guns also are efficient in killing hundreds. Now, regarding that trench club, was it really necessary, as impressive as it was? Surely a knife - or even a military shovel - already covered that melee role?

[@weaponized_toaster]

AC-130 ABOVE

[@shark-gl8ol]

I love how they still show clips irl pics of ww1

[@_pennybags6210]

This channel is phenomenal! Can't wait to see more!

[@Rusty35]

0:55 the Springfield wasnt the standard issue rifle for the AEF, in 1917 only 25% of soldiers were issued with these.The rest being given American Enfields.

[@COUNTERCOM]

also another inaccuracy in that clip is that they used a Springfield 1903A3 instead of the mark I Springfield 1903 the 1903A3 wasn't used till world war 2.

[@josephpowell3127]

Evren Saygın the Lee Enfield was British, the American Enfield wasn’t. Better known as the United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917, or the M1917 Enfield was the American redesign of the British Pattern 14 Enfield.

[@wellthen.......9384]

Now for the idiots that are saying that the Springfield wasn't issued as much he's talking about the rifles that represented the countries involved each country brought their own rifle to the battle he stating generic rifles standard rifles not souped-up ones from a fucking video game

[@rickwalker2]

Evren Saygın the m1917 is the American designation for the British P14 after it was converted to 30-06.

[@assult78]

@@wellthen.......9384the Springfield wasn’t used as much as the m1917 in ww1

[@Tahlicus]

Teacher: Ok everyone were gonna talk about the weapons off ww1 History Nerd:I see this is a absolute win

[@weaponized_toaster]

That's koneko pfp

[@SykeGetJuked]

*ALLIED POWERS* Brittish - SMLE MKIII France - Lebel Model 1886 Italy - Mannlicher-Carcano M1891 Russia - Mosin-Nagant M1891 US - Springfield 1903 *CENTRAL POWERS* Germany - Gewehr 98 Austria Hungary - Steyr-Mannlicher M95 Turkey - M1877 Don't mind this I'm using this as a reminder for me when i play bf1 and would like to roleplay as infantry

[@Litany_of_Fury]

uhh the American's didn't use the Springfield in ww1 that much.

[@badshiba1986]

yes they did get your facts