German Armored Infantry WW2 Commandments

The 30 Commandments of the Panzergrenadier Company Commander published in July 1943 by the Generalinspekteur der Panzerwaffe. These commandments cover a wide range of topics like tactics, combat, marching, camouflage, reconnaissance, communications and many more aspects.
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#Panzergrenadier #MilitaryHistory #WW2

[@mariusdragoe2888]

I'm slowly starting to realize that my parents don't love me

[@wartornworld]

Life is a confusing and very dificult experience for most people. None of us are perfect and most wisdom is earned the hard way. Many will make a mess of things they tried to do right. Trial and error. Learning from others in the same predicament maybe. Don't be too quick to say your folks don't give a shit. Talk to them. Tell them how you feel. Help them. Help each other. Life is precious. They gave you a part of thiers and now its yours they dont know what to do with you. Say thanks for EVERYTHING and give em a hug. Trust me they love you but love can take many forms. Many not so wonderful but thats ok. Reality doesnt give a chuff. Do you love them? One day they will need you. Be there when its time. Childhood is what makes life worth living. They gave you a good one? I hope so. If so they did a good job of a hard often thankless task. Go easy on the poor buggers. Have a good christmas. Ps sorry for the wall of text.

[@Odin31b]

Do your pets know they are adopted?

[@lucianograff6512]

Join the club. Happy Christmas

[@shorewall]

I think OP was referring to the fact that their parents haven't gotten them a Panzergrenadier company for Christmas. Rest assured, OP, your parents do love you. ...Just not enough. :D

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Your parents love you alright, its just that the panzergrenadier company got lost in the USSR enroute.

I got a penal batallion instead. Maybe I was on santa's naught list. :-(

[@dans.5745]

Not necessarily. Maybe you need some work done around your place.

[@oleskool4413]

That's simply Santa's way of telling you you got a minefield in your backyard.

[@dasmorbo3508]

Less hassle. No one will look at you sternly when you report 50% losses back to HQ.

[@gloomwoodguard9527]

Your lucky! All I got was a company of Volksstrum and half of them ran away!

[@thurbine2411]

Kiaser Willy and a quarter died of age

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

Commandment 9 would come in handy when stuck in a traffic jam: "Throw single vehicles from different units ruthlessly out of your column......"

[@spot1401]

That awkward moment when the column of half-tracks is not a Christmas present but accidentally followed you home after a traffic stop...

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

lmao good one

[@dans.5745]

@@spot1401 That actually happens, I've seen it. Bottom Line: Don't allow other units to cut into your march column, and don't do that to others.

[@QemeH]

@@dans.5745 Useful advice in civilian live as well. Can't tell you how often people try to cut into disaster relief/fire rescue convoys...

[@trashtrainpunk1542]

Was in a traffic Jam today, thought about the same tactics using my Cherokee to clean the column

[@tomservo5347]

Having been a platoon commander's driver in an M113A3 APC I can testify about the starting the engine every 15 minutes per hour. We had two radios, one for platoon the other for company and battalion command. Couple this with the 'laser tag' system we used for maneuvers (that never seemed to work correctly) that had to be active and working, and it makes for serious battery drain. Also if you did run the batteries dead, be prepared for a total ass chewing and waiting for the subsequent miracle of the mechanics showing up and actually doing something.

[@christiandauz3742]

How effective would you APC be in WW1 for the Allies?

[@siegfried2k4]

@@christiandauz3742 Were there any Apcs in ww1?

[@jesspayne5548]

Justin Alexander sorta kinda the st charming the first French tank I believe was used sometimes as a APC I know they were used as such in the Spanish civil war.

[@thoughtfox2409]

@@siegfried2k4 In WW1 the British had the Mark IX APC, wich was based on the Mark V, in WW2 the Halftracks acted as APCs and the British had the Universal carrier.

[@thoughtfox2409]

@@christiandauz3742 An M113 would have been pretty ineffective in WW1 actually, as it is to short to climb ww1 trenches effectively. And even then they lack offensive weapons quite significantly. Sure, a .50 cal could do more damage than a lewis MG but there is only one .50 Cal on the M113, and the female versions of the Mark IV had five lewis MGs, the male version having only three but two 6-pounder guns... And the M113 could probably be penetrated by a german Tankgewehr. Additionaly they severly lack carrier pigeon cages for communication, so that would be another problem...

[@clevermcgenericname891]

Well my SO is got me some bolt action Panzergrenadiers for Xmas, so technically the intro is applicable to me.

[@DagarCoH]

You have a nice Staff Officer...

[@Chrinik]

@@DagarCoH *Significant Other[sic]*

[@DagarCoH]

@@Chrinik I know. It was a joke...

[@rokassan]

I got my older son US Airborne and Marines for Christmas. Younger son one got Soviets.

[@QemeH]

@@rokassan Way to tell your second son to get out the house, I suppose... :D

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Agree on sleep. We all fell asleep in the back of an open truck. In November, during a light rain. I also fell asleep standing up in formation once. My buddies grabbed me before I fell forward on my face. 😬

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

One of my best sleeps ever was on a winter camouflage net in the back of a.

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

BV2062 during a winter march

[@talknight2]

The inside of an M109A5 self-propelled howitzer can be surprisingly snuggly :P

[@dans.5745]

Walking quickly down a trail at night on patrol in Florida phase of Ranger School.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

😀

[@robertward7382]

Turning the engine over for 15minutes every now and then....risky if you're guarding a bank full of gold, someone might sneak up and shoot you with paint.

[@dasgruukmaster1520]

Always with them negative waves Robert, always with them negative waves.

[@Chrinik]

I was a modern german Panzergrenadier. This stuff is still around. Minus the russia part. Oh and it add's a line about being lucky to receive a IFV from which to fight on. XD

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

do you know where I can find the modern version?

[@Chrinik]

@@MilitaryHistoryVisualized I mean, I don't know if anyone ever wrote a book about it specifically, it was moreso conveyed during training, alot of it is common sense stuff now. But alot of it is in the Reibert, which I'm sure you already know about, and the ZDV 3/11 "Gefechtsdienst aller Truppen" which is a manual explaining how to Soldier in general.

[@thomaszhang3101]

Chrinik your counterparts in WWII were not much luckier. The halftracks were so scarce that only elite pioneer squads and battalion leaders get to ride them.

[@kushanblackrazor6614]

@@thomaszhang3101 It seems on average maybe one company to one battalion out of a regiment would be fully furnished. Somewhat more as the war progressed.

[@benjeiy7347]

@@thomaszhang3101 I mean the bundeswehr is a bit of a meme ngl

[@derbananenbaumler9482]

ENDLICH!!! habe die Panzergrenadier Kompanie schon vor 4 Monaten zum Geburtstag bekommen und wusste bis jetzt nicht was ich damit anfangen soll danke

[@mikeromney4712]

Aufgrund persönlicher Erfahrung - Beschäftigen......^^

[@QemeH]

Er ist kein Mensch, er ist kein Tier, er ist ein Panzergrenadier :)

[@leonardusgroenendyk6027]

I look back on my days in Panzers (Australian army when we had Leopards) and all this was taught, and when I commanded a Troop (company + in size) of assault troopers, although in slightly different wording. Great video as always.

[@mikeromney4712]

Some things work evidently upside down......^^

[@popefang]

You didnt come across a Doug McDonald in Armoured did you? I worked with him in his job outside Army when he had triplets

[@mikhailv67tv]

Do you think the leopard a better tank than the Abrams?

[@leonardusgroenendyk6027]

@@popefang We had a McDonald as an ssm but what years was he in the system?

[@leonardusgroenendyk6027]

@@mikhailv67tv I remember when we had an exchange American and he showed us the promo film (35mm) we laughed as we knew at the time the early M1 had their tracks fall off took them somewhat 2 years to fix. As for the Leopard AS1 we had the best gunnery system which Leopard 2 took on board. Both current M1 and Leopard 2 are good vehicles. However Australia acquired second hand M1's that were as old as our Leopard AS1 when we retired them.

[@brianhuss9184]

I concur with Soldiers falling asleep anywhere. I have seen them, and once did myself, fall asleep while road marching. You just reach out and gently guide them back if they start walking off the road. When I did it I recall beginning a march after dark and waking up in Company formation as the sun rose. I'd marched at least twelve miles while sleeping.

[@ibraheemshuaib8954]

Aye, my brother is currently in training and claims that falling asleep while jogging is normal, though there was a time like 7 people fell into a ditch and the 8th barely woke up in time to avoid falling.

[@_Jaspy_]

I did not know that you could sleep in a standing position untill i joined the army😂 I've also seen dudes sleep while marching, it's pretty bizzard.

[@talknight2]

As for commandment 26, that's true even with modern armored vehicles. You have to run the engines regularly not just to keep them warm, but also to recharge the battery that all the computerized systems and lights rely on. From my experience though, the noise of an armored vehicle's engine - even though it's almost deafening up close - doesn't travel quite as far as you'd think, even in open spaces. You'd start seeing lights and movement long before you heard anything.

Really interesting. Thank you. I was a platoon commander in the mechanized infantry of an armour brigade here in Sweden.

[@JasperFromMS]

In his book, "Tank Sergeant" Ralph Zumbro talks about his year in Vietnam with Company A, 1Bn, 69th Armor. One of the things that he mentioned was how drivers kept the M3A1 submachine guns in their laps in combat ready to snap shoot at pop up targets.

[@dans.5745]

Always a good idea. Even the loaders carried the grease gun (SMG) to shoot at any VC with an RPG.

[@Riceball01]

On a similar note, from what I understand, troops riding in M113s tended to ride unbuttoned either sitting on the roof of the vehicle (with sandbags lining the floor) or standing with the top hatch open and facing out. I've seen pictures of M113s with M60s behind shields sitting on the sides and back of the roof of the vehicle to help supplement the .50 in front.

[@dans.5745]

@@Riceball01 Yes. That is fact. Was common practice. Measures taken to reduce injuries from land mines. Was safer to be blown by concussion out of the vehicle than rattle around inside.

[@marcelosilveira2276]

I thought you were going to talk about wargames like BoltAction when you started with “you got a panzergranadier company with a ton of halftracks” and my first thought was “f***... that will take a long time to paint and glue...”

[@Ork20111]

Painting a couple of halftracks take a lot of time, so you're rigth. But don't worry you have a lot of men to do it.

[@patmos09]

The “subvert expectations” icon is Princess Leia.

[@looinrims]

Rian Johnson Definitely subverted everyone’s expectations, it just cost the franchise

[@juliantheapostate8295]

It certainly subverted my expectations. I expected it to be good

[@pRahvi0]

0:37 "grab a plate of cookies... [shows meat grinder / wurst machine] ...with a glass of milk... [shows a bottle of wine / beer]" I see, I see...

[@01Ezio]

In addition to Number 16 Even today a Recon-Element uses at least two soldiers or vehicles. One vehicle can´t fire and drive. But two vehicle can secure each others movment. (One drives, the other provides fire if needed). That Marching is a big part isn´t really suprising. You can be the best fighter in the world, but if you never reach your assembly area, reach it only in an very inefficient way or reach it only tired the unit might be useless in the fight.

[@williamscottshelton945]

a few years ago I did receive a panzergrenadier company for Christmas! minitures for the game "flames of wars!" :) made it for a unit of Grossdeutsland

[@robertascii5498]

The "Monty Python Doctrine" that's just brilliant!!!

[@colincampbell767]

#27 (about fuel cans outside the vehicles) is a lesson we had to re-learn in Iraq.

[@1337penguinman]

Wouldn't it be smarter to put them outside the armor, though? Since if they get hit it won't set the crew compartment on fire.

[@onyxguardian1756]

@@1337penguinman burning fuel has a nasty habit of finding all the tiny gaps in the armour. Also the heat might turn the vehical into an oven.

[@Ruhrpottpatriot]

@@onyxguardian1756 Eh, it's not that bad, as you can see in most eastern block tanks. Just don't put them directly on the flat engine deck, but mount them on the sides.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

In fairness, the external fuel blivets on the M1s were mounted very high on the vehicle. Lower mounts are not a particular issue.

[@jamesmortimer4016]

Shooting with an SMG out of a STUG´s vision slit *Stuglife intensifies*

[@maxkennedy8075]

James Mortimer Stug drive by shooting

[@dans.5745]

I found this very interesting, and can agree from personal experience (Company Commander of a Mechanized Infantry unit in Germany during the Cold War). The March Commandments are very important because normal infantry training does not cover this. Making sure the drivers are awake is especially important, and the same applies to dismounted troops at night that temporarily halt during single file movement. It is even possible to literally fall asleep while walking. Make sure soldiers don't fall asleep while manning weapons (& having their fingers on the trigger) with live ammo. Some people wake up with a jolt & are disoriented. No one likes to be around trigger-happy soldiers. Temporarily halting during a night march is one of those things that can cause the most problems for maintaining unit cohesion. Even at night halts, you have to keep vehicle separation and you can't use normal lights or talk on the radio. It is also not a good idea to stay stationary out on a road for too long. If halting for a known period of time, you have to determine if it may be necessary to pull off the road or trail & take concealed or protected positions while waiting for the March to resume.

[@Thirdbase9]

During a training exercise we had a vehicle crew fall asleep during a stop on a night move. We ended up losing the front half of the column. Not a fun occurrence.

[@jackee-is-silent2938]

#16 about 2 vehicles for recce is still done today. In the Canadian Armed Forces, a Recce Patrol is two vehicles and is the smaller unit sent on a tasking, even short-ranged. This also goes back to the principle of pairing weapons as a minimum. Learned by Lord Wellington in one of his battles in India, where he had a single artillery piece go out of action. Never should be less than 2 weapons.

[@twostep1953]

You always need one recon vehicle in over-watch. If the other gets blown up there is still someone left to report the location of the bad guys.

[@Bj5m17h]

From the perspective of an old American recon/cavalry scout, most of this is sop. I could make a detailed list and might... As it were, the primary weakness of the Panzergrenadiers was that there were not enough to begin with, in the way of units, vehicles and reserves. This of course led to a number of problems, making things harder for the panzers and the regular infantry alike, both tactically and strategically. In Barbarossa especially, combat formation losses were unsustainable early on, and only got worse. Great video to round out the year. Looking forward to more :)

[@johnwakamatsu3391]

I received the Panzer Mark IV book in the mail yesterday. I enjoy watching your videos.

[@MatoVuc]

The sleeping thing in the military is def a thing. Normally, you wouldn't think that sleeping on top of an APC around noon in the summer sun in full combat load would be particularly pleasent, but i swear that was one of my most enjoyable 20 minutes during my service. I sweat it felt better lying flat on that metal roof then in the climatized dismount compartment.

[@logoseven3365]

My grandfather moved a field artillery battalion across the USA to a east coast port. Every exit on the route had MP’s blocking it. Moving a unit is almost as difficult combat.

[@twostep1953]

The importance of M.P.'s during Movement is definitely under-rated. During a brigade field exercise, the other Mech battalion was late getting through an intersection, and with no M.P.'s - which should have been there (failure on the part of brigade and division staffs) - our units got intermixed down to individual vehicles.

[@eugenvonsurschnitzler9588]

Frohe und besinnliche Weihnachten - Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr und genieße Deine Auszeit.

[@danh8302]

Love the videos, thanks! Tip on pronunciation for “Column”. You are a saying it co-lumn, it should be col-umn. Short on the O sound instead of long. Evenly paced no emphasis. Not to nitpick, most words you say are spot on. Thanks again.

[@1johnmthompson]

It amazing how much of that translates to U.S. Mech Infantry. I would suspect that it should be taught in all platoon leader courses and the warrior leader course etc.

[@ofcr3237]

Suprisingly not a lot. Since U.S. was on the winning side most of these lessons learned from Wermacht were not taken to account. And this can be easily explained. Winning means that you are doing something right so no point on adjusting your equipment and tactics. This later proves a fatal error.

[@markcantemail8018]

Thank you Bernhard for the Christmas Translation .

[@frankmueller2781]

The perfect Christmas gift: a Panzergrenadier Company!

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

Just imagine what could be done with your very own Panzergrenadier Company that recondnises you as the commander and will do what you say.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

@Ted Hubert Pagnanawon Crusio Make sure to call reinforcements just in case!

[@kingofdragonsgameplay1369]

Love your content! Please do a video on tankettes in WW2, specifically the way they were intended to be used, the way they were used in actuality, and how effective they were at their roles (and if they were worth it). Thank you!

[@thomasglessner6067]

Thank you for the great information. I really like the text you show and the commentary you add. Very easy to grasp. 30 commandments for commanders, fascinating.

[@Pantsugrenadiere]

A vidéo about panzergrenadier for Christmas......cannot expect better from you ^^

[@napoleonwilson3912]

Merry Christmas Bernhard. Thank you for the excellent videos.

[@smeb4086]

Motorcycles were quite effective tho. Cheap, fast, easy to repair and the MG increases scouting elements firepower by alot.

[@godweenausten]

The motorcycles were loud though. Imagine a recon motorcycle company driving through the countryside. You could hear them and locate them from miles away. And somewhere I read that comparatively, motorcycles were actually not that cheap.

[@smeb4086]

@@godweenausten Well on a forest road you cant hear motorcycle from that far, on open and flat terrain like russia, sure they are easy to hear. Motorcycles were cheaper than cars and cars at that time were quite loud too. Motorcycle is also easy to pull away from mud for example.

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@@smeb4086 the Kübelwagen was cheaper then the heavy Wehrmacht motorcycles :)

[@arsenal-slr9552]

Expectations definitely not subverted with these videos!

[@seaape1070]

Merry Christmas and thank you for another fantastic year!

[@samcollins8291]

Thanks for mentioning the sleep issue it answered a question from a previous video.

[@CB-vt3mx]

ruunning the vehicle 15 minutes per hour not only keeps the engine warm, but also keeps the batteries charged. AFVs are not forts.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

The Krauts were burning fuel around the clock. WWII was an oil war.

[@dans.5745]

Your radios & interior lights drain the battery on the vehicle, so you have to run the engine to recharge the battery.

[@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs]

During Barbarossa fuel consumption was 6-10 times estimated requirements primarily due to the need to use the half tracks as tractors or transports because the trucks eg semi trailers and medium trucks couldn’t get through the quagmire. I think problems with using the captured Russian rail system figured as well. Towards the end of the war the majority of German trucks were a 2.5 to 3 ton capacity 4WD truck eg Opel. While the Germans had plenty of good truck designs the more complex 6wd drive Trucks and semi traitors were too hard to mass produce. Masses of American 6WD Trucks developed for the US logging industry gave the Russians an advantage. The disadvantage the Germans suffered in oil was massive. They had less than 1/10th the oil. On the eastern front they would somtimes have to shutdown operations and manouverung for days due to lack of fuel. This meant their tactics couldn’t be put to use.

[@dans.5745]

@@WilliamJones-Halibut-vq1fs Yes, but we must also factor in the German Army's traditional failures in intelligence, strategy & logistics versus their stunning successes in combat operations at the tactical & operational level. Unlike British & American military planners & staffs, the Germans paid much less attention to the absolute necessity of good logistics & a coherent national military strategic vision. The Germans had no clear idea of how to defeat the USSR's national government, despite knowing how to win on the battlefield in 1941 against an poorly trained, led & equipped army that was surprised by the attack. The German Army was under-supplied, over-extended, exhausted, depleted & over-confident by November 1941, and without any sizable reserves of combat troops, equipment, or transport. The Soviet Army by contrast was getting larger, more lethal, more mobile & better led by mid-1942. If Stalin refused to negotiate, die or surrender, then the Germans would be stuck with a long & brutal war of attrition against a larger enemy.

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@dans.5745 "USSR's national government" What? Are you a boļševik that you say there is a soviet people and the party is its government? You clearly speck a different language.

[@nagamanjunath2102]

Wonderful explanation. This is exactly the kind of channel I was looking for.

[@AndreiTupolev]

#8 "Your most energetic officer". Meaning the company's Little Hitler.

[@johnnypopulus5521]

Well, the Stug School Pamphlet & these commandments need to be the next Indiegogo campaign. Merry Christmas to you, Bernhard.

[@nancybarnes29]

i just read the comments that preceeded mine..... im amazed at your patience and incite sprinkled with candor !! very very good, your almost ready for total metaphysical combat! i really did enjoy the 30 dictums for pz gtrnd. officers, merry christmas and may peace break out everywhere vty r.g.wachendorf

[@podvac3437]

Love your videos merry Christmas

[@DoomDutch]

Hahaha, that Jingles reverence :D Now back to the salt mines with ya!

[@Subsidiarity3]

I would love to hear Nicholas Moran's, the Chieftain, take on this document. I'm probably not the only one. He might be able to illustrate them with personal anecdotes or additional knowledge.

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

Agreed, sent him a message about it.

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

I'll have a look at doing so.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

And if anyone's wondering, The Chieftain did: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4fXp36ZoJdopJI Enjoy

[@jaimejaime2930]

Happy new year! I'm happy to know you intend to create for another year.

[@michaelhorning6014]

"Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can be asleep."

[@samstewart4807]

lol love all your videos! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@teaser6089]

Jeez, Didn't expect that Panzergrenadier division this Christmas If I'd know, I'd baked more schnitzels

[@wntu4]

The emphasis on the march is no surprise to me. It is said that Confederate Cavalry General Nathan Bedford Forrest attributed success in battle to 'getting there first and with the most'. Words of wisdom for the mounted warrior to live by.

[@MaxSluiman]

Top video! Happy Christmas! And a good 2020!

[@MilesStratton]

Well I know what next years christmas present will be...

[@keithplymale2374]

Merry Christmas to your and yours at Military History Visualized.

[@briandamage5677]

Merry Christmas, MHV!

[@ModernGamesSuck]

What I've learned from these manuals is that despite the fact that much of the German grand strategy of the war was flawed and resulted in the loss, the rank and file had plenty of common sense. So Hollywood's portrayal of German soldiers being easily dispatched may be a bit of an exaggeration.

[@Grimpy970]

In part, it cheapens the victory our ancestors achieved if we portray their adversaries as bumbling idiots. It's like that "slap a jap" scene from The Pacific

[@ModernGamesSuck]

@@Grimpy970 I want a WW2 film that shows things as they were. We clearly have the information.

[@VadarVadar]

@@ModernGamesSuck yeah like save private Ryan is completely bullshit.

[@ModernGamesSuck]

@@VadarVadar The opening is about right but the rest of the film is just movie magic.

[@aluckyshot]

You're the type of guy that REALLY badly needs to watch "The invisible critic" here on KZbin. Watching Jewish portrayals of their victims is for sheep.

[@twostep1953]

(former Mech Infantry platoon leader) #25 Patton (as did all commanders) also had a problem with higher casualties among the infantry than any other type of soldiers. Life expectancy for infantry is a 50% chance of being hurt within the first 30 days of combat. In the U.S. Army in northwest Europe, something like 80% of all casualties were infantry, but this includes a LOT of them with small wounds from shrapnel after being hit with artillery or mortars. They returned to duty in a few months or less.

[@TheAmishStig]

Merry Christmas and Metal New Year! Silly as it sounds, this gave me a couple ideas for the next time I play Bolt Action by borrowing a friend's Panzergrenadiers...

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

A Happy New Year to you and yours as well. I once thought owning a Sdkfz 250 or 251 would be very fun. Then I stated to learn about the reliability of these vehicles and decided a jeep was much more realistic since I don't have a crew available.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

#7 at time mark 4:03 "In the case of trucks put the ropes on the front axle" Whoa, hold on there Commander. Thats likely to tear that axle right off. Always attach ropes and chains to the FRAME of a vehicle. I know, I seen a guy do this. Merry Christmas Bernhard.

[@talknight2]

Most military vehicles are designed with frequent towing in mind.

[@kevlarburrito6693]

@Military History Visualized I was wondering if you could do a video discussing the tactics described in the book, "The Anvil of War"? In particular, I'd be very interested to see your take on what was known as "The Snail Offensive" tactic.

[@b1laxson]

Can I get the fuel depot dlc for them?

[@sapperjaeger]

One of the best videos!

[@alekseichanyshev2931]

Well, damn - I recently recieved a Panzergrenadier-Kompanie. In a 1:100 scale, but still - a well timed video!

[@alanwright3172]

Fröhliche Weihnachten mien Herr

[@Jatischar]

Commendable effort, but it should be "mein" , simple mixup.

[@alanwright3172]

entschuldigung mein deutsch ist nicht so gut😂😂😂

[@billparker244]

Concerning #16, in the US Navy today, we go by TPI or "two person integrity" with high risk situations. That mostly concerns weapons safety during training but, is also extrapolated to include other high risk situations as well. The US Army says "battle buddy", Navy SPECWAR says "swim buddy", ETC. Something I'm sure you've all heard before. Just wanted to make a corollary point between the two ideas. Great channel!

[@neues3691]

Jetzt bin ich fürs Leben gewappnet.

[@runswithbears3517]

These videos are absolutely great to watch! Would you consider doing more videos on the Soviet tactics/doctrines? They did win the war, after all!

[@thefireisonfire]

The shirt finally arrived and I absolutely love it.

[@jhnshep]

Jingles salt mining Ltd,,,,, lol 6:35 Training jumps when I was in would involve a 10-15 min flight before standing up and jumping out, that time was spent mostly drooling on your reserve chute.

[@andrebas1124]

In Russian/Ukrainian, youalso have 2 types of counter attack, just like in German. 1) counter offensive "from wheels" or "from the move" - when you attack without preparations, f.e. immediatelly after the march to new position. "counter-ataka s hodu" 2) classical counter attack with preparations. Also, if you are interested, they have. "vstrechny boy" - literally "meeting fight" when both parties are in offensive formations, in oposite to situation when one of themis in defensive formation and other is in offensive

[@cptminime3944]

Best Intro of all time!

[@ZechsMerquise195]

That bit about sleep is dead-on. When I was in the military I prided myself to be able to sleep anywhere, within minutes of sitting or laying down.

[@dominicwroblewski5832]

Merry Christmas !

[@andypaine7489]

Wow, this is great stuff. Every lieutenant should read this. And a note on rule 16. I was taught that lesson as "two is one, and one is none..." Never just send or have "one".

[@MlTGLIED]

Frohe Weihnachten euch allen 🎄

[@ottovalkamo1]

Schönen Tag!

[@kronprinzfriedrichwilhelmv1564]

Frohe Weihnachten sehr coole Videos find ich sehr interessant die damalige Zeit und die Wehrmacht, du bist doch deutscher oder? Höre ich gleich an deinem Englisch^^ weiter so und finde es auch sehr gut das du es immer in Englisch und Deutsch machst:) MFG

[@leertaste_uwu8894]

er ist "Österreicher mit preußischen Tendenzen"

[@kronprinzfriedrichwilhelmv1564]

@@leertaste_uwu8894 achso okey na dann ist er bei uns herzlich willkommen wir sind doch eh alle Brüder egal ob Preuße oder Österreicher :)

[@greenmagic8ball198]

Es gibt nicht genug Lust auf deutsche Videos. Zwei Videos in verschiedenen Sprachen ist viel Arbeit mit wenige Vorteile.

[@chriscw3487]

the short "punchy" nature of the commandments speaks to me of an army trying to bring 2nd or 3rd tier officers up to speed in a hurry

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Keep things short and simple right?

[@chriscw3487]

@@neurofiedyamato8763 more than that I think ...the need to bring supply/rear echelon officers up to speed with the reality of combat NOW ...all those earlier German victories cost their army its spear point ...its a problem with having a two (or more) tier army

[@QemeH]

To this day, we call things that are designed to be understood by very simple minds "soldatensicher" (lit. "soldier-proof", as in "even a soldier couldn't fuck this up") in germany.

[@patrickwentz8413]

Good advice minus the motorcycles for a US Stryker company which is almost exactly the same size.

[@lavrentivs9891]

I'm a bit surprised that the distance between the vehicles during a march was so short (25 m). When I was a driver in the army, we had a 100 m distance between vehicles as standard.

[@dans.5745]

Agree, 100m was more standard for my unit. I think the threat of air attack is the primary difference.

[@lavrentivs9891]

@@dans.5745 For us it was the combination of air attack and if we were ambushed only one or two vehicles would be caught in the fire, giving the rest of the column time to pull off the road and fight back from outside the ambush zone.

[@dans.5745]

@@lavrentivs9891 Yes, that's correct.

[@adamfox1669]

Excellent.

[@Chabbrik]

The third commandment reminds about the Lean and ToC concepts of flow. So much ahead of its time.

[@thomaszhang3101]

Motorcycle messengers? Don’t they have a radios per column? It makes sense to have one per half track.

[@tf2664]

I love the intro

[@rune.theocracy]

Literally was thinking earlier how my jogging pants would look like Panzergrenadiers trousers if it had the camo design and if I had the German puttees along with jackboots, yes I was thinking about this while marching home from our christmas family reunion, thank you Military History very cool.

[@cascadianrangers728]

Some things never change. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the few times I was lucky enough to ride instead of march, vics kept 25m dispersion standard

[@ervinrommel1056]

Merry christmas could you please make a video on the gestapo or waffen ss

[@Flow95]

Asked for some action figures. Got a Panzergrenadier company instead.

[@meekmild8964]

Hahaha. Love your work, mein herr.

[@ForeverSwinging]

Going to do another Indiegogo? Looking forward to release of more tank manuals and etc....

[@LtColwtf]

Frohe Weihnachten!

[@jlozano2615]

“Mooooooom, a full sized armored panzergrenadier company followed me home. Can I keep them?”

[@darthkillhoon]

Really helpful to me as I'm writing a book where a quarter of my POV characters are Panzergrenadiers attached to a Gebirgsjager Division in Idaho

[@ciuyr2510]

I`m sorry, i can`t see the link to purchase the Panzergrenadier Company. Can you post it again? My bday is coming sewn

[@thomascalahan8494]

My uncle was an panzergrenadier. An 50 cal. machine gun could ventilate a hanomag in a heartbeat. He is lucky he lived thru the war.

[@terafilip999]

Well I didn't get a Panzergrenadier Company for Christmas but I did get a German army regulation on the medium tank company from may 1941 :D