RESTRICTED WWII TRAINING FILM "CRACK THAT TANK" ANTI-TANK WARFARE 27424

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Made in 1943 as part of the "Fighting Men" series, CRACK THAT TANK explains the tactics an infantryman can use to disable or destroy an enemy tank. Vulnerabilities of the tank include its track, which can be destroyed with a grenade, mine or a shell. A disabled tank is a sitting duck. A "closed" or buttoned-up tank is vulnerable because its crew cannot see the battlefield well, just through slits and periscopes. Taking out vision slits and periscopes can make a tank blind. Infantry that is well hidden is difficult for a tank crew to see or attack. Interestingly, most of the direct destruction of enemy tanks seen in the film, is accomplished by artillery, air strikes, and American tanks. The bazooka, designed in 1942, is not seen in the film but 22mm rifle-fired grenades are employed at the 9:00 mark. Molotov cocktails are also shown being used at the 9:30 mark.
The 22mm rifle grenade is inserted over the firing mechanism on the front of rifles that are equipped with the appropriate launcher, either in the form of an integral flash suppressor or a detachable adapter. As with most rifle grenades, it is propelled by a blank cartridge inserted into the chamber of the rifle. 22mm grenade types range from powerful anti-tank rounds to simple finned tubes with a fragmentation hand grenade attached to the end.
The first rifles to utilize the 22mm grenade were the American M1903 Springfield, M1 Garand and M1 Carbine, all of which required an adapter (the M1, M7, and M8 grenade launchers, respectively). After the formation of NATO, the 22mm grenade was adopted as its standard rifle grenade. Many NATO small arms, such as the Belgian FN FAL, West German Heckler & Koch G3, French MAS-36/51, MAS-49/56 and FAMAS, British SA80, and American M16/M4 are equipped to launch 22mm grenades without an adapter. Some non-NATO firearms, such as the Yugoslavian SKS and Spanish CETME (which predated Spain's entry into NATO) are also compatible with 22mm rifle grenades, and Israel employed a 22mm adapter for the Mauser K98k rifle.
The German tank most often seen in the film appears to be an American tank that's been modified for the role, possibly an M2 Medium Tank. The type was built prior to the war and never used in combat, but strictly for training purposes.
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[@SAMEERxGAMINGx]

Wow

[@xfacial]

W

[@mm-hq4qh]

now let us see what east side say today ...

[@fauhans1393]

All the leaves are brown

[@rexstuff4655]

So many great one-liners: "When he gets within throwing distance, buy him a drink: a Molotov cocktail." "You got a job to do before you get back to that dame in Brooklyn", and so on

[@erickernfeld4977]

"I'd rather be in a straitjacket with a wildcat than--"

[@switchfoot19802000]

@@erickernfeld4977 in a box. 😂

[@richardvilseck]

“That Dame in Brooklyn” killed me. They don’t make this guy or that accent anymore.

[@codemiesterbeats]

Rather be in a straight jacket with a wild-cat lol

[@johncartwright8154]

Compare with the stuffy humourless and somewhat superior sounding narrators of the equivalent British films of the time!

[@hanswolfgangmercer]

After watching this I feel a lot better about my odds of surviving a German tank offensive

[@RamadaArtist]

I'm pretty sure that was one million percent of the idea behind this training video.

[@DVD927]

No goose steppers are gonna take advantage of you! Buy ‘em a drink.

[@georgiabigfoot]

I like how that guy had some glass bottles handy

[@Cwra1smith]

Unless they area bunch of Tigers, then forget about rifle gernades.

[@ctdieselnut]

As well you should.

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

"Tanks are badass - but people who kill tanks are even more badass." I love how this video is so motivating, it makes you believe you could be a successful foot soldier, it doesn't make you feel bad about not being in a big metal monster, it does the opposite in many ways.

[@MrIanWebb]

Anytime I think I'm having a bad day, I watch this and think about the men this video was made for.

[@texanarchy666]

That would just make my day worse

[@BWeManX]

Yeah whenever I'm having a crappy day I also remember that I'm not getting a battlefield amputation before general anesthesia...and it doesn't seem so bad.

[@hattielankford4775]

​@@texanarchy666 It doesn't make the bad day BETTER. It changes the mindset that you think this day is bad at all, when it might just be inconvenient or mildly stressful or some other better descriptor that can be addressed.

[@peterborg3340]

Why not also of the ones INSIDE those tanks? Humans, fathers, sons......

[@chaosrealmer3455]

The fact that this guy is genuinely explaining to us how to defeat a tank is badass

[@jimbomclimbo7467]

Well a tank from the 1940s so it's not so useful anymore

[@Im_oofman232]

@@jimbomclimbo7467 some of the tips still work sooo

[@BullsMahunny]

@@jimbomclimbo7467 I'd like you to tell any group of people, trained or otherwise that doesn't have any access to AT weaponry that a tank from 1940 isn't any good. A tiger tank is still terrifyingly intimidating. Even a StuG or a Panzer IV is still a tank and it will beat that ass 10 ways from Sunday. I dunno about you, but I don't have an AT weapon sitting in my bedroom.

[@InquisitorShepard]

@@BullsMahunny psssh, everyone has a 105 mm gun T8 anti-tank gun laying around in their bedroom closet somewhere. If you can't find it just use your 105 mm M101A1 howitzer artillery cannon easy pz.

[@jimbomclimbo7467]

@@BullsMahunny I'm not saying they arent good I'm saying there arent a lot around anymore

[@whg_brianferguson]

"You cant stop a tank with your bare chest, no matter how much hair you got on it" I know a guy with two bags of groceries who stopped a whole column in China once!

[@maximsavage]

Yeah, that guy... That guy didn't make it long. Those tanks hadn't received the order to engage the protesters yet, and when they received it, they hesitated for a long while, because they were told to shoot and run over their own people. But once they did engage, well, many people died that day.

[@noah4822]

that picture lie they photoshop china great china tank stop any man with bag. CHINA #1

[@MomMom4Cubs]

Ikr!

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

Yep. That was the last time anyone saw him too...

[@ryanadams0922]

LMFAO XD

[@vespaman101]

I actually appreciate how reassuring he is when speaking on the topic. He buys you a bit of confidence without telling you a tall tale, and reminds you multiple times that you have support units fighting for you. This must have been a terrifying time to be living especially if you were fighting.

[@M4A1BestGirl]

It's an older documentary but it is still extremely useful, even 80 years later. On the battlefield, we are not only warriors, but also scholars.

[@rustyshackleford7265]

A famous Austrian painter, whose name escapes me at this time, made predictions of what would happen if the allies won the war. They all came true. I'd argue it's more terrifying to be alive right now

[@moodswingy1973]

He told PLENTY of tall tales, the most unforgivable one being: "You can take out any tank with a rifle-mounted grenade launcher." Another tale: "Shoot the periscope and you blind the tank." Both of these pieces of advice would do nothing but make an infantryman a target and get him killed.

[@vespaman101]

@moodswingy1973 that was the best a soldier may have had at that time however. It's either make the attempt or die. This wasn't a war where we had overwhelming firepower and advantage like we have for decades now. At many points during the war we didn't know if we'd win. It was a harrowing time. That means even if it probably won't work if it's your best shot you better take it.

[@Herperof1000derps]

@@rustyshackleford7265 You can just say Hitler.

[@AbsoluteS1th]

I love how he reassured the soldiers that they’re not alone out there

[@coreyeverett5500]

I think the thing I love the most about this is that the guy tries to manage your expectations. He basically says "You aren't supposed to be fighting tanks, they're STRONG, but if you have to, here's how".

[@adcoxrobert3786]

lol ah yes. The soft 21st century beta male whose idea of a bad day is running out of hair mousse.

[@MasquedJustice]

And he reminds you that you've got a whole Hell of alot of support for it

[@everettjohnson5709]

Nice last name

[@therobloxiangang3218]

thousandth like

[@thefatcoolguy]

8709p

[@Houd_Vast]

I’ve never more prepared for WWII than I am now

[@luminousfractal420]

Gotta encourage the grunts to sign up.

[@mrcregg0915]

You're not alone, Jonny. You got a lot of stuff pitchin for ya. Big stuff. Just because you're playing the line and can't see the backfield doesn't mean it isn't there. It's there brother.

[@jennifersilves4195]

I feel ya.

[@Anonymous-ny1fu]

I think you may be a few years late don’t know though

[@StygiaN-WeB]

your over 80 years late johny 😆

[@LogisticalTacos]

"just because you're playing the line and you can't see the backfield, doesn't mean it isn't there" is probably one of the coolest quotes I've ever heard

[@booqrdoit9138]

I imagine this is important for all servicemembers to know and remember. Those guys from the different branches and divisions want nothing more than to protect you and neutralize the enemy

[@MISTAKEWASMADE4live]

I love how he mentions that even though you have options, the best course of action is hunker down and let the Artillary and bomber team do the big damage very realistic as you wouldn't wanna lose infantry to armor if you can easily avoid it.

[@nastykhan7746]

Yeah. The whole message is: "you're there to fight FOOTMEN, not tanks! If you can kill a tank - do it, but in general - focus on surviving. Your real job is still to come."

[@EmpureMedia]

Another subtle incredible part of this video is how it acknowledges the danger & threat of a tank but makes you feel almost lucky to be an infantry man.

[@luketimewalker]

very true

[@tbotalpha8133]

It's a standard part of military rhetoric, that's been understood since the days of the Romans. You don't tell your soldiers that the enemy is of no threat, or tell them that they will feel no fear. Because battle is scary, and your soldiers WILL feel fear, no matter how stoic they try to act on the outside. You do your soldiers no favours by lying to them. Instead, you acknowledge that yes, the enemy is very threatening. And then you counter that fear by explaining how you hope to win anyway. You remind your soldiers that they are better trained, better equipped, better provisioned, better positioned, whatever the case may be. By doing so, you offer an antidote to fear. You acknowledge your soldiers' concerns, and then offer them something to cling to psychologically in the hours, days or weeks ahead. You can go look up Eisenhower's speech on D-Day, or Patton's speech to the Third Army, and see this exact approach. It worked for the ancient Romans, and it worked for 1940s Americans. Because human psychology hasn't changed much, in the past 2000 years.

[@EmpureMedia]

@@tbotalpha8133 I know I’m just saying it’s exceptionally well done and efficient. I feel like I can take out a tank now lmao

[@luketimewalker]

@@tbotalpha8133 brilliant

[@tbotalpha8133]

@@EmpureMedia Atta boy. Go show those krauts who's boss!

[@jimmilton9157]

This man literally described firebombing a tank as "buying em a drink"🔥

[@jacksonhillhill3805]

Badass

[@TheNugettinage]

That's also the origin of the term "Molotov". While the gasoline bottle firebomb was first used in the Spanish Civil War, the name was given to it by Finnish soldiers during the Winter War. The Finnish army was poorly equipped with the advanced weapons of the time such as antitank weaponry. Gasoline bottles became a common antitank weapon, and was dubbed "Molotov's Cocktail" as a way to make fun of Molotov, a Soviet minister at the time.

[@MonManco]

@@poeepee1715 And Finns responded by dubbing the Molotov cocktail as "a drink to down the food with".

[@SlumberBear2k]

well technically...

[@jackgamerreal]

1’000th like

[@chrisnizer5702]

I was an 0352 (TOW anti-tank guided missile gunner) for about 7 years, 1986-1993. Amazing how far the art of tank-busting has advanced since the video was made.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The term Molotov cocktail was first coined by the Finns when the bottles were thrown at Soviet tanks during the Winter War. Named after Vyacheslav Molotov who claimed Soviet bombing missions were "food deliveries" for humanitarian causes so the Finns threw these cocktails to go with his "parcels". Love the focus on familiarizing the infantry with the tank and their weaknesses while trying to counter morale shocks from tank attacks. Have to tread a line between accepting that they are dangerous buggers but also emphasizing that they are not invulnerable

[@michaeltelson9798]

There was a print article about the origins of the Molotov cocktails in the New York Times about 1980. One thing mentioned was that a frustrated Finnish soldier had nothing to deal with the Russian tank in his area. Out of sheer frustration he took a nearby kerosene lamp and throw it at the tank. In winter operations tanks have extra grease applied and that started to ignite after the flaming kerosene splashed over the engine deck. Soon the tank was engulfed in flames. The story got around and the Molotov cocktail became useful antitank bomb.

[@Moxilock]

The best part is, they ended up calling those bombs "Molotov Bread Baskets"

[@cubechan1938]

Does a Molotov make a good cocktail?

[@Drzahman]

Spanish invention thank you.

[@JGalt-em4xu]

Probably were food deliveries if the propaganda's anything like it is now.

[@icollectstories5702]

Well written, performed, and produced. I particularly like the emphasis on survival and doing a job, rather than heroism.

[@raven4k998]

listen to that that's enough to make a man nervous🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@meangreen99]

thats some high quality propaganda alright

[@maxwell_edison]

@@meangreen99 Not sure how a training/procedure video for military is propaganda. This isn't exactly designed to be shown to the public. (hence *RESTRICTED* - did ya miss that part??) Be honest. Are you just trying to start an argument? Or are you really conflating "training video" with "propaganda"? Ah yes, how not to be blown up by a tank. Truly, insidious!

[@dankbank7424]

The video is designed to change soldiers opinion about German tanks, and teach them how to combat them. It's both propaganda and training, which isn't a bad thing. Propaganda is just designed to change the viewers opinion-- in this case it seems to replace an incorrect opinion that german tanks are unstoppable with a more correct opinion that they can be stopped in the right circumstances. The thing about moltov cocktails seems a bit far fetched but other than that it seems fairly reasonable

[@Pimps-R-us]

@@maxwell_edison Just look at his name, That tells you everything you need to know

[@minorclips7541]

Absolutely love the fact that it was OK to be pounding beers while explaining how to blow tracks off of tanks It almost makes sense that my grandfather put an entire career in

[@mikeb.7722]

"Pounding"

[@thewiseoldfox]

@@mikeb.7722 Child.

[@edwardhunts]

If you watch closely, he never actually takes a drink on film...

[@minorclips7541]

@@edwardhunts 1:38 takes a drink 🍸 🤪

[@edwardhunts]

@@minorclips7541 the level of the drink doesn't change, it's a very old film trick

[@greenknight9000]

This guy is so charismatic, witty and charming - I really love how he explains and describes things!

[@nastykhan7746]

That's an actor who played original Captain America. I wonder how Chris Evans will handle this role...

[@Lo-cn5kp]

He really is right? The sip of beer, the casual smoke and extinguishing it as he makes his point. This guy is one manly mofo. No wonder people dove into this thinking they'd be captain america. Respect to these men and many thanks for their service.

[@johnnylasagna5758]

my grandpa's friends was a sniper in WWII, when I did a paper about the history of WWII I asked him for some stories, He has this one story in which a tank was retreating and had his back turned to him. He decided to take some potshots at it as a retreated and Accidentally hit a thin piece of its armor remaining and into Reserve ammo, That caused the tank to explode. Now there's a decent chance that none of this ever happened but I like to imagine it did.

[@warbrain1053]

I mean some rifles were pretty powerful for then, and some tanks were light, made to only survive rifle or mgs from the front. Also lots of stuff was misqualified as a tank, but it also could be an armored car or a light tank made pre-ww2

[@nick_steele9790]

I have no way of verifying if that was even possible but I like to think that happened too :)

[@dyhall]

10:17 There’s something intriguing about how he can make a pop culture reference in 1943 that we all understand just as well 80 years later. (Superman has been around since 1938, for those wondering.)

[@TheZigzagman]

Just imagine how blown your mind would be if he said Hercules.

[@kevine9474]

@@TheZigzagman Um difference is superman was new and only 5 years later hes still popular

[@TheZigzagman]

@@kevine9474 Difference is irrelevant, friend. You still got the reference.

[@MasquedJustice]

I didn't even think about it or need to do a double take either, that's a really good point

[@ridikipicklepeckinpuff583]

I was more intrigued with the "I'll give you the straight dope" line

[@alanstringer.]

The way he goes, "we're all playing on the same team, ain't we?" and then stares daggers into the camera while taking a sip. My sides.

[@jankutac9753]

The guy was with a 70% probability not even a tanker. He got hired for his looks and voice. But hey, it was watchable and informative

[@ronthered138]

@@jankutac9753 Perhaps he was a gangster from Brooklyn before the war. At any rate, he was definitely channeling James Cagny.

[@yeturs69420]

We all got a job to do before we get back to that dame in Brooklyn

[@maskedbadass6802]

​@@yeturs69420 Ay youse can'ts be talkin bout the chickadees so disrespectful like. Da babycakes and broads don'ts like it when youse calls em dames. 😉

[@qpSubZeroqp]

@@maskedbadass6802 😂 that is so impressive! Nailed it

[@Lemon_tea104]

The fact that he referred to throwing A moltov cocktail at them as buying the drink is amazing

[@fox5animations790]

I love how he makes it informative without making the subject too scared or too dialed up to fight effectively

[@Peterat25Manners]

Don't forget one purpose of this film was to convince the infantry to stay in their foxholes as tanks approached. To build confidence that someone would knock out the tank. To emphasise the limits of the tank crews' vision.

[@Wiromax3]

Had that tank stayed over the fox hole and done a twist, that would have been a buried soldier.

[@douglasborel955]

The German Panzer Commanders used that tactic against enemy infantry entrenched in fox holes and trenches a lot.

[@dgd947a15fl]

@@Wiromax3 Sure, if they sit there and twist over and over for a few minutes, which would leave them a stationary target for rockets or artillery. Two or three twists is just going to throw a pile of dirt on their heads.

[@billwilson3609]

That's why US tanks had rotating vision periscopes with vision blocks that could be quickly replaced by the crewman from inside the tank. That allowed the crew to have a 360 degree field of vision of their surroundings.

[@scottwillis5434]

@@Wiromax3 ...and if that twist shows the side armor to the rifle grenadier...

[@ninhomanoel7874]

This guy is awesome. 1920's gangster meets Hollywood tank commander.

[@raven4k998]

Crack that Tank!

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

@@raven4k998 and crack open another cold beer

[@pfnicvhd453]

His name is Dick Purcell (1905-1944)

[@raven4k998]

@@pfnicvhd453 and he was murdered cause he only lived for 39 years that's nothing at all

[@BlooCollaGal]

"I'll give you the real dope ya see"

[@1ngame263]

i love about 9:51 where he says "and this is what you get, a litlle piece of hell on the outside. and on the inside, alot of barbecued heinies"

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

“Well ya wrong see” 😂. These old school brothers got some charisma.

[@charliem989]

Looking at the year ('43), this film was probably made as a response to the Battle of Kasserine Pass in North Africa. The 8th Army had gotten roughed up by Rommel's 5th Panzer Army and one item of particular worry was how US Infantry got rolled over by the panzers. Not digging their fox holes deep enough and getting mowed down when they got up right in front of them to run. American forces had been out maneuvered by the Germans and the infantry shouldn't have been in the spot they were, but they needed to hold up better if they did. All in all the higher ups were worried across the board, this was their first major engagement with the Wehrmacht and it did not go well. Kasserine Pass on wikipedia for more info.

[@NemoBlank]

The National Guard generals were political appointees unfit to command a marching band and much of the early WW2 officer corps was of the same ilk. Kasserine Pass perfectly demonstrates the folly and false economy of not maintaining a proper army.

[@vash_the_stampede6570]

Now I know what that Guy from CoD WW2 2017 was talking about.

[@anthonycracchiolo3226]

@@vash_the_stampede6570 watch the "big red one". lee marvin,mark hamill, and a bunch of other guys u might reconize

[@CheapCheerful]

Thanks, interesting info.

[@billwilson3609]

Patton trained the 8th Army in the Mojave Desert to get them accustomed to fighting in desert conditions. He emphasized constant movement so they had to dig deep slit trenches for defensive positions and shelter from bombs and artillery each night when they stopped. That required hard labor using picks and shovels on the hard rocky ground so the soldiers were happy not being forced to do that once in North Africa since Patton was no longer in charge.

[@genepozniak]

My dad, a staff sergeant (acting platoon sgt) was running after a Mark VI King Tiger and fired his M9 rifle grenade and pop, it went right into the open hatch, and that was that. One bronze star. He got wounded later that month.

[@Cwra1smith]

1 in 100 shot. He got lucky there bigtime.

[@genepozniak]

@@Cwra1smith 1) A lot of skill involved, as he was a high school football quarterback. 2) He had a lot of practice, so he was sure he could at least hit the top of the turret, which was only ~1.75" thick, and the M9 could blow through 2". :-)

[@vardito10]

LOVE this kinda story that destroys the BS idea that king tigers were somehow invinsible

[@larryz2492]

What outfit was he with?

[@genepozniak]

@@vardito10 My dad's Tiger was on a road when he knocked it out, but before he saw it, he had been chasing a half-track through the woods and then out onto the road. But the half-track was quickly out-distancing him when suddenly--out of NOWHERE--the King Tiger came crashing out of the woods between him and the half-track. He was so frightened by the sudden appearance of what he described as "this gigantic monster which looked even larger because it was covered with tree branch camoflage" that he instinctively dropped to the ground. The tank didn't see him though, and turned to follow the half-track. I had never heard about Tigers being "invisible" but maybe it was sort of true because of the thickness of the German Black Forest. 😲They were also infamous for hiding behind the German hedgerows.

[@finaladvance5085]

The German manual has the line “experience shows that attacks against tanks with close combat weapons by a sufficiently determined man will basically always succeed.”

[@tankcommander33]

I've been a Tanker for 30 yrs, started on the M1 and have been on every tank up to M1A2 SEPV2. Also have been on the Mobile Gun System. The thing he's saying still applies to new tanks lol.

[@njordhamr2563]

Its great how they chose to have the tanker in a pub ... kind of lightens the subject.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Tony Long They had to get his lips loose to give away these tips -- lol

[@lakyn5170]

+PeriscopeFilm :D

[@AF-nh2ux]

+PeriscopeFilm Was he an actual tanker?

[@SiO2win]

Im pretty sure he was not, and he was not an inventor of the hole tactics either.

[@Nonamearisto]

@@AF-nh2ux Nope. He was the original actor for Captain America.

[@samadams8355]

It's amazing how much of this advice is still effective even today. Technology has improved, but physical laws remain the same

[@hashchief664]

I've worked for a short time in Tank refurbishment, within the last 10 years. It's definitely still very relevant.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Just look at Ukrainians. They still roast those soviet, yes soviet, tin cans with molotov's cocktails. It's a very simple and effective weapon. (I refuse to capitalize anything having anything to do with russia.)

[@BosonCollider]

Yep. Except that infantry has much better dedicated anti-tank weapons available, and tanks are slightly less blind than before. Otherwise its very similar

[@BillAnt]

Instead of optical periscopes of the past, modern tanks use pinholes cameras which are a lot harder to shoot out.

[@mitzikolo]

@@BillAnt except for Russian tanks. although they will probably run out of gas long before reaching you and get towed away by the local farmers union.

[@robertplemmons3321]

This guy was great! Love the Brooklyn street jive in his presentation. If there'd been an Academy Award for training films, this guy would have gotten one. He probably saved American lives with this well presented advice.

[@lavardboyle9752]

Old training video's are the best, highest quality things I've ever seen. I saw another old video explaining transmission and it's the best explanation I've ever heard. People nowadays should take a leaf out of their book.

[@davestier6247]

My grandpa was a tank destroyer in ww2, he always talked about how the last thing they ever wanted to see was a Panther. Cool content.

[@5finger4head53]

Why panthers in particular?

[@davestier6247]

@@5finger4head53 he was in western Europe and he said they never actually saw a Tiger tank, they were almost mythological. He was a gunner on a Hellcat and he said the sloped armor of the Panther was pretty much impregnable.

[@davestier6247]

@@5finger4head53 this is just what I remember him saying he died when I was 9

[@5finger4head53]

@@davestier6247 Oh I thought he was the same kinda tank buster the video spoke of in infantry platoons. Yeah if I lived inside any allied tracked vehicle in 1944 seeing a panther would warrant a lot of soiled undies.

[@samadams8355]

​@@davestier6247 that makes sense. Less than 500 of the King Tigers were ever built. There were 150 of them in the Ardennes offensive.

[@notdaveschannel9843]

According to IMDB, the actor playing the soldier is Dick Purcell, who sadly died of a heart attack at a golf course in LA the following year. He was also the first person to play Captain America on screen.

[@dzyanist]

Well done man..Dick Purcell was in alot of lower budget, but VERRY GOOD film noir type moovees..One o' my faves..!!! 🎸☠👍🎸

[@owenkegg5608]

A true American hero.

[@ghost2coast296]

Just look that up he was 37 in this video. He looks 50

[@braidena1633]

@@ghost2coast296 he seen some shit

[@SniffyPoo]

@@ghost2coast296 notice how much he smokes in this video. that did it.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The actor's name is Dick Purcell. He died in 1944. One year after this film, he was also the first actor to portray Captain America on screen The vehicle appearing at 3:15 appears to be an M9 Gun Motor Carriage. This tank destroyer was designed and built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, which also made M3 (and afterwards M4) medium tanks while continuing to build locomotives. It used an older 76 mm gun, which however was in short supply. It was designated "limited standard" and did not see combat; only a few were built, as the M10 was on the way, quickly replacing the stop-gap M3 and M6 Gun Motor Carriages in 1943. German tanks shown include various models of the Panzer I, II and III, maybe the Panzer 38 (t) and possibly the earlier Panzer IV support tanks. The later Panzer IV was still a rare bird in early 1943, as was the Tiger I. Such Panthers as did exist were all in the east, being hoarded for the Kursk offensive.

[@o_ver2.094]

🤓

[@diamondgirls6141]

I thought he is a real soldier

[@narsakucanada154]

@@diamondgirls6141 That's the point, it's manipulation and propaganda.

[@rushnerd]

Any idea how he died? I figured he was an actor, but that's interesting enough to follow up on.

[@ThreatInstinct]

@@rushnerd Seems it was heart issues, which would be unfortunate considering he was only 38.

[@52flyingbicycles]

This really contrasts real life to video games. In a game like Civ, tanks mow down infantry like bowling pins. But in real life, tanks are far better suited to break fortifications, rather than the squishy troops inside. And of course, militaries didn’t want their troops to just sit tight and pray, so they developed countermeasures to make life ever so much more difficult for enemy tanks. They also emphasize the small psychological effects of war and how you can utilize them. A tank is scary, so you tell your troops to hide in their foxholes. Getting shot at is scary, so keep shooting at a tank even though your bullets probably won’t do anything. A little bit of encouragement about “hitting the periscopes” makes your troops feel a little more helpful even though the real damage is keeping the enemy in the tank and the drivers on edge. The idea that you can harm a tank if you keep your wits is a huge morale boost.

[@greasereal]

Well, now my odds of surviving a German tank regiment went up, my odds of outrunning the FBI went down thanks to this handy public but restricted training video

[@Borkendeneshk]

KASPLOOSH!!!

[@w.callens1629]

They knew when you bought that one-way ticket to Poland...

[@Dewelwield1010]

*FBI OPEN UP!!!*

[@Borkendeneshk]

@@Dewelwield1010 KASPLOOSH!!!!

[@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6:34‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[@Dr.Jiggles]

Holy shit that "$10,000 check" line was cold!

[@capnobvious2718]

Was it? When Germany rolled through everywhere stealing everything? The comments here are humorous if not naive. Sure run up and throw a grenade inside a tank, as you're dodging the infantry using it for cover, or the halftrack, or the machine gun nest a mile away that you can't see as it cuts you in half.

[@markcollins2666]

Dr.Jiggles, that's SGLI, Serviceman's Group Life Insurance, which you have to pay for, yourself. It's really the only game in town, because no other life insurance will cover a death due to an act of war. 10K at the time, when I was in, from 76 to 96, it was 50K, I think it's up to 200K now.

[@jankutac9753]

Yeah they talked a lot about money in those days. Interesting. I don't think other countries did that so much

[@jankutac9753]

@@capnobvious2718 no machine gun nests. Those are used on the defense mostly. And infantry only gets to fight tanks like this when the tanks are on the offense and the infantry is on the defense. Also sometimes tanks would advance on their own or simply get separated from their infantry. And half-tracks are like tanks, just easier to destroy. Open top, less armour. You can take them out from further away

[@bendyer1465]

This is such a great instructional video, all jokes aside. And this guy should have won an Oscar for this performance, God bless him.

[@CrestedSaguaro520]

I would have loved to see more "old world" training videos if they existed. Imagine the camera had been invented in, say, Alexander the Great's time period around 340 B. C. It would be incredible to watch a video of how the Macedonian Military lining up to create the Phalanx battle formation with their Sarissa pikes.

[@billwilson3609]

These training films were an effective way to educate the huge number of draftees and enlistees that were illiterate or couldn't read and understand anything past the 4th grade level. Many signed papers using a mark since they couldn't spell or write their own name. Much of that was due to the poor economies in the Dust Bowl regions and during the Great Depression where children didn't go to school because those were closed down or had to work to help feed their families. The military gave the local draft boards a wide leeway for giving out draft exemptions early on so they could keep the better educated there to work on getting the War Effort in gear so had to accept whatever was available. The minimum requirements were that they be at least 5"1" tall, weighed at least 105 pounds and had vision that could be corrected. Shortly later the military began developing a training program to bring recruits' reading skills up to the 4th grade level while at the boot camps and training bases so they could understand the training and operation manuals of the equipment and munitions they'll be using. Some of those manuals resembled comic books that used characters to showed how to do things and what could happen if they didn't pay attention to what they were doing.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

Thanks for the great insight!

[@billwilson3609]

@@perryfenton8569 The US Government played their cards right after the Depression hit. They kept funding the Navy and aircraft development then started training more men and women by using Army officers and NCO's to run their public works projects and the Civilian Air Patrol. Many stayed in barracks with a mess hall while they received training and did work for pay. The CAP was nationwide where pilots and mechanics were trained at new small local airports built by the WPA. That paid off when the government decided it was time to enlarge the Army in 1939 since those provided more trained workers that were used to taking orders for the war effort and for the Army. The CAP provided trained pilots and mechanics that were ready to move up to larger aircraft, powerplants and more complicated ground control with the small airports being handy for training raw pilots in small aircraft.

[@ChrisWojoDotCom]

Not true. Period. "the huge number of draftees and enlistees that were illiterate or couldn't read and understand anything past the 4th grade level. Many signed papers using a mark since they couldn't spell or write their own name." *I thrust with ad-hominem, pejorative, insult and then slur.* You're frame is inaccurate and outright b.s. I'd encourage all of you to look this stuff up before you 'nod your head in bovine agreement.'

[@billwilson3609]

@@ChrisWojoDotCom Sorry pal, but that's the way it was back then. Rural children didn't attend school for nine months straight like they do today since their school districts didn't hold classes during the planting and harvest seasons. Wide spread unemployment led to less property taxes being collected so many school systems were closed due to a lack of funding while others cut back on staff which led to overcrowded classrooms with kids without pencils and paper that had difficulty learning anything due to being malnourished. Children also could drop out of school at the age of 13 so a good number did if they had an opportunity to work at a paying job or somewhere for room and board. A large number of the population from the Dust Bowl region became migrant farm workers where the children worked in the fields and orchards with their families since the school systems refused to take them into their classrooms. It's all in the historical records. The US Army and Navy also became alarmed at how scrawny the enlistees and draftees were so revamped their boot camps by feeding them large meals with plenty of protein and forcing them to do vigorous exercises to put more meat on their bones.

[@voxveritas333]

@@billwilson3609 the description of life in the Thirties sounds like our nation was very ill-equipped to handle the future, and depressing indeed. Sadly, we are approaching that state of affairs again, with all the disruption during the pandemic and the after-effects of the Trump administration on our population. History repeats, and we have none to blame but ourselves. From Washington DC down to the local school boards, this nation is fraying apart.

[@firstladt8787]

The calm and pieceful way he talks about killing people makes me surprisingly relaxed.

[@travisjohnson6676]

The modern pansy "man" would need to find his safe space and pet his "My Little Pony" plushie after hearing this

[@MisfitRecords]

Brainwashing

[@Sarah-ie9xb]

@@travisjohnson6676 This is such a dumb comment.

[@codyluco6835]

@@Sarah-ie9xb shut up, pussy. This is literally a war training video from ww2

[@thatsclassified1]

@@ItsMrJoshua786 Shut up, pussy. This is literally a war training video from WW2

[@laserdiscisawesome1263]

I like how they make these videos simple and easy to understand since a majority of these WW2 soldiers are straight out of high school

[@frostedbutts4340]

Hell a huge amount of kids never even finished highschool back then

[@zanieyoung2201]

As a Signal Corps soldier, I approve of this message, and many like it. They may be dated, but it's very effective at keeping many soldiers alive in the heat of battle. Hooah!

[@Ndlanding]

It was very kind the way the tank driver carefully manoeuvred his vehicle to make sure the tracks were on either side of the foxhole. A true gentleman.

[@justforever96]

Yes, especially since he could collapse the hole and bury him alive otherwise.

[@zeening]

only 1 of the times, the first time they lined it up perfectly to drive the treads over where the dudes head was seconds before lol risky manuever for a training video

[@Spudtron98]

You usually don't want to run a single track into a hole like that. Good way to get stuck.

[@mikemoore8808]

Yeah he's not being a gentleman he's just not wanting to get stuck in a foxhole and be a sitting Target for the joy of killing one infantry man maybe

[@marcgambone4240]

Did you think he should bust his track running over a pothole from hell?

[@drop12341]

Having served with a tank battalion as part of a twenty year military career I felt the same sense of anxiety while watching this training film as I’ve felt during combat. And that is a testament to this training aids realism.

[@replyifyourefumingandcrying]

K

[@A5tr0101]

@@replyifyourefumingandcrying K

[@josh1ng]

I'd be interested to hear a little more about what that experience is like.

[@stephenkay1104]

I think that more a testament to your PTSD

[@caralho5237]

@@josh1ng you're inside a tin can getting shot at and you dont know where its coming from

[@salvatorecorleone1008]

I’m surprised they were able to preserve the quality of this video so well.

[@BrothermanBlue]

10:11 an incredibly quick frame of a prop person used in the fire, with a 'this is fine' smile on his face 😂

[@Anthony-V-Music]

Thanks for keeping history alive, you're doing a great service!

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[@NeverNotNaprt]

@@gagelink2457 lol

[@speedball23]

what's the matter you don't enjoy Ancient Aliens on History Channel

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@Anthony-V-Music]

@@gagelink2457 don't be a prick

[@Resetium]

Summary: Tankers can't get you in a foxhole. The best they can do is waste several minutes caving in your foxhole to kill one enemy, if they even spot it. You should start shooting at them to get them to close their hatches the second they get in range. Mines, artillery, and anti-tank divisions tear through tanks. If they close their hatches, start shooting at their viewports until they're close enough for the rifle grenadiers to punch a few more viewports in them. Once they pass you, toss a molotov onto their back. *Never leave your foxhole when the tanks are coming through.* Climb further in, do not start running. Again, they can't run you over in a foxhole, and they quite likely can't even see you.

[@austJW]

Tldr

[@Resetium]

@@austJW 118 people disagree.

[@anthonyfrost1123]

I learned something new. I didn't know about those rifle grenades. Those are pretty cool and they probably evolved into the underslung grenade launcher or the actual grenade launcher itself... Neat bit of history to learn!

[@jamesmatthews2966]

Here's to all the service men and women in America thank you from the bottom of my heart, your the greatest

[@undeniablelogic1963]

Not gonna lie, some of that advice was pretty good.

[@snolbie1016]

GreatMindsofEarth If we would have to fight tanks in ww2 yes

[@undeniablelogic1963]

+SnolBie I'm talking about infantry. I never thought about shooting out the viewports to make them blind. Why wasn't that a more used tactic?

[@snolbie1016]

GreatMindsofEarth Idk maybe not the first thing people would think of

[@thedesertfox8737]

Yeah... So was the point that hiding in a foxhole was pretty good, unless they decided to pivot around on your little foxhole :)

[@undeniablelogic1963]

+TheDesertFox Well. That's why you duck. M22s constantly got stuck in trenches on their light tank missions.

[@charleshill3802]

This guy should have had a whole line of educational films. The greatest missed opportunity of the 20th century.

[@briana7515]

Worth it to mention to you that back then, almost everyone sounded that way with a similar accent. Maybe hard to imagine but legitimately: This was how almost every man talked almost a century ago. The novelty of voice would wear itself people down eventually I wager.

[@davidtravis306]

"...and when you're finished with that essay, you can get back to that dame in Brooklyn."

[@zeening]

just read a comment saying he died the year after this was shot from a heart attack at a golf course, big oof guess all those ciggs and booze did a number

[@briana7515]

@@zeening He lived fighting for what he believed in though: "The freedom to smoke his ciggs and drink like a fish."

[@spacelemur7955]

I swear I saw him in a driver's ed film in 1969 talking about parallel parking and making 3-point turns. He had a beer gut by then.

[@guitardoug12]

I love the fact that the instruction was no nonsense. Most of the fighting force were citizen soldiers, plenty tough, but green, until they knocked out their first tank! Great job boys! We’ll never forget you.

[@firenzarfrenzy4985]

I find all this very interesting. The fundamentals of specific instances of warfare. The theory that all follow and make some men great.

[@gcnd9031]

This was actually really well done, even after all of these years.

[@FadkinsDiet]

Some footage repeated, some obvious practical effects, but gets the point across very well.

[@Astrobrant2]

Agreed. Considering the content and the intended audience, it was very well thought out and produced. I have to wonder if this guy ever got any talking parts in '40's and '50's movies about WWII. He certainly had all the right stuff. I'm thinking about some of the roles he would have been perfect for. Trivia: if all the film used in WWII movies was spliced into one movie, it would last longer than the war did.

[@EricMalette]

I swear he's sitting in Bogey's lounge.

[@ysteinjohnsen8845]

Basically what's now happening to the russians...

[@achannelwith53subsfornorea38]

Lots of the info was just propaganda for the soldiers to feel confident. Molotovs were very ineffective and it is much harder than you would think to throw one. Also German tanks were more expensive than Allied ones but had better optics and speed so the visibility issue wasn’t entirely true. However all around, it was a very good video

[@billbrydon3725]

I think that's a modified M3, because it has the offset turret, as well as the offset fighting compartment to allow for the 75mm in the sponson (covered over here). The tough-guy sergeant is Dick Purcell, the first actor to play Captain America on screen (1944).

[@mikeellis8339]

So was he a tank commander orpart9f the film corp?

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Ok. It looks a hell of a lot like an M3. Must be a training version of it? It's got some funky running gear tho so maybe it's also just something they threw together for the video lol

[@kevingoebel170]

@@5peciesunkn0wn No, it's the Bob Hope MkIV: "Tanks... for the memories... of hatches and of treads, of shooting tankers in their heads... of rifle grenades and diving planes, even heavy artillery 'rains', we thank you... so much!"

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

@@kevingoebel170 oooh. neat.

[@adamnicholl1254]

Thanks For the detail really helped :)

[@travestyblak2911]

this is an audio and video sample gold mine, I can't thank you enough for this...

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Glad you found it. For licensing information please visit stock.periscopefilm.com

[@travestyblak2911]

@@PeriscopeFilm will do

[@gamerman7276]

I wish people still talked like this it sounds so cool

[@josephdonais4778]

It is a northeastern accent, Jersey probably though all of the northeast has a variant. The attitude is hype, ego and testosterone and needed at the time. If it is used in everyday one begins to see it as a farse and full of hot air. It is a tool and used properly in this and then for good reason.

[@user-tl4fi6oy8d]

Joseph, you don't know what you're talking about, see? I'll give you hot air when I buy you a drink for that moving pill box you're riding around in, you goosestepping dandy kraut.

[@gamerman7276]

@@josephdonais4778 Keep the change, ya filthy animal!

[@AdamsBrew78]

He sounds so much like Humphrey Bogart

[@loadeddice4696]

Be the change you wanna see in the world, see? Give it to 'em straight, partner!

[@reidplombon3604]

This is very profane, very tough talk for 1943. They were addressing men who had about a 100% chance of seeing combat, and one chance to train them.

[@fintonmainz7845]

100%? Nonsense

[@leroyjenkins4811]

@@fintonmainz7845 It worked. These films motivated allied soldiers to do their jobs to win the war. Straight and to the point. I paid attention and I learned exactly what I needed to take out a 1943 era tank in 13 minutes. The tactics worked in 1943 and guess what? They still work today. These same tactics are still being taught because tanks of any era still have the same vulnerabilities. You’re not speaking German right now. Better yet, if the Nazis had won, you might not have ever even been born. War is always a bad thing but the Nazis needed to be stopped and somebody had to do it. We had to go. I have a degree in history and consider myself something of a historian. I look at the reasons wars are fought from all of the various angles. Yes, a lot of wars are fought for some very frivolous reasons. They’re fought over land, property, natural resources, religion, business interest, politics, corporate interest behind the scenes, conflicting ideologies, etc. Wars are fought for a number of reasons that could have been settled peacefully. Wars are fought over fear of not having enough. Sometimes wars are fought simply because one nation state wants to take another nation state’s stuff and they don’t want to even pretend they’re doing anything else. They don’t want to pay for another country’s goods when they figure they can just take them. Even though they know it’s wrong. WW2 was different. Germany had decided everyone else didn’t deserve to live. And they were doing their best to see that decision become a reality. Although the Germans had allied with several other countries to defeat the Allies, Germany had plans to betray and destroy their so called friends once the war with the Allied Powers was done. It would have been war, death, and suffering without end. Nobody wanted that. They had to be dealt with. Nonsense or not, Germany had to be taken care of. To say that war isn’t necessary is an overly simplistic view of reality. Sometimes, people need their asses kicked because they just will not stop messing with other people otherwise. They bully other countries. Germany was trying to bully the whole world.

[@donlove3741]

Profane ?

[@donlove3741]

@@leroyjenkins4811 What ?

[@ChildovGhad]

@@fintonmainz7845 This film was made specifically to train infantry in preparation for going into battle during the 2nd world war, so yeah, pretty damned close to 100%. If you were sitting in a group and watching this film, and you didn't see combat, it's because something happened to you in between watching this film and going into combat. Appendicitis, a Jeep rollover accident, food poisoning, etc.

[@littlewolf9049]

"But, don't get the idea that you can't handle those (Blitz boogers) just because they're big and they make a lot of noise." Great advice all around, regardless of time period.

[@Chop__.]

I had a granduncle that was fighting in the Eastern theatre. He was positioned on the side of a hill overseeing a narrow passage. A German tank line was moving into the passage with their hatches up. This passage was the only way through for a mile or so, so when he got the chance, he crawled to the top and dropped a live grenade into the commander's hatch of the first tank. The whole line was stopped and separated, giving time for the allied fighters to descend hell onto the tanks. He got an award for it. Sadly, I never got to meet the man before he passed, but heard plenty about him from my grandfather.

[@gyozakeynsianism]

Awesome story.

[@Hellsong89]

And this is why you never send your armor alone into potential hostile areas like urban city, cause those get over run and smacked around by infantry. There always needs to be infantry supporting the armor and armor supporting the infantry and taking out those enemy hard points.

[@dgage1776]

That's a bad mfer

[@deeffourjay5632]

@@Hellsong89 Do you think the Russians in Ukraine ever saw this movie?? Sending tanks without supporting infantry is eventual suicide.

[@mightyluv]

How was he able to crawl to the top like that with balls of steel?

[@vibratingstring]

My father fought his way from near Marseilles all the way into Germany. This gives me chills. Thinking about him and his fellow teenagers, gearing up for this. He lived through it and I am here to tell about it. But most of what he saw he never told a soul. The little bit I go from him? Now I understand why.

[@ingrielelliomurre2246]

do you mean Versailles?

[@OrigMaelstrom]

@@ingrielelliomurre2246 No, he's most likely talking about the battle of Marseille in Aug, 1944, just after Operation Dragoon

[@mikek0135]

I don't know what kind of a man your father was, but he was a hell of a man!

[@SuperSlick1996]

My Grandpa went onto Omaha Beach 2 weeks after they landed there. Not nearly as chaotic as the initial siege but I couldn't imagine what it must have looked like...I really wish I could have met him he passed in the early 90s and I never had the chance. I have nothing but respect for him.

[@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist]

@Karl with a K Well people didnt have a choice, the governments around the world enacted conscription. If you didnt fight you would be thrown in prison, same for when Vietnam happened.

[@steveroonie37]

This is freaking awesome! So cool to be able to watch this 80 years later

[@RagedolfQuitler]

This is more interesting than 90% what gets uploaded on KZbin nowadays

[@EricFB]

Love the fact that the guy is crushing darts and drinking a beer while freely explaining tank defense. Some things should have never changed.

[@ts4gv]

crazy how soon this is after Prohibition too. The govt changed their mind quick.

[@gilgograboid8244]

Found the Canadian lol

[@gilgograboid8244]

@@Lo-cn5kp sorry, I was totally just going on the "crushing darts" phrase. It reminded me of Letterkenny, a bit of TPB. I didn't realize it was used other places lol- I am a dingus. Good guys, those Canadians! I would have a hagelslaag in yours and Canada's honor, but only the import store carries real Dutch sprinkles, and they're closed right now. American sprinkles are literal trash. Thank God for Dutch chocolate laws lolol Have a good day!

[@EXCALIBUR_X6420]

​@@gilgograboid8244 as a dutchman myself this is good to hear someone other than a dutch person knows hagelslag

[@ahorserunning]

Next scene he already has the lit cigarette lol A true product of its time. I can't thank the people involved with getting a copy of this and uploading it enough.

[@someguywithbagels5907]

“You see that M3 lee?” “Yeah what about it.” “Remove the turret, place a white cross on it, now its a panzer IV”

[@davidty2006]

That is one of the most cursed tanks i have ever seen.

[@JedNadin]

Everything about this video feels like the presentation you get before you move along the line before the actual ride at Six Flags.

[@JAVTROOPER]

What a great speech. No wonder those young men accepted to go to war even i feel it now after watching this

[@youtubebot6297]

This is probably the coolest military training video ever.

[@billwilson3609]

There's a better German training film showing how to sneak out of trenches to destroy T-34's with hand placed charges.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

I thought the one about venerial disease was pretty legendary. Another film restricted from public view.

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

There was a cooler one about how to behave when you are in Britain. It's instructed by the same guy who trained Rocky Balboa in the movie, but I don't know his name.

[@MkeKen67]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 - Burgess Meredith. Also, I like that you are honoring the great cult classic movie, Buckaroo Bonzai.

[@stefanadamcik8221]

Agreed. Why don't we have cool training videos like this today?

[@alexturner8104]

I'm really glad I saw this. Just yesterday, as I was mowing my lawn , I was thinking, " Gee.. I wonder what I should do if a German tank comes up the road and tries to infiltrate my patio." Ok.. I admit the neighbor is getting a little concerned when I started digging foxholes on the property line and put a machine gun nest in the rose bushes, but when Rommel comes motoring up through the 4th hole of the golf course next door, I'll know what to do. Now, if you will excuse me, im going to have another beer.

[@mikemoore8808]

Yeah well Biden keeps doing The Splendid job he's doing you'll probably need this training for United Nation tanks so don't shake it off so lightly

[@patquint3291]

Gee, I sure enjoyed your post. You can never be too prepared for possible enemy attack 😉

[@Synactive]

this comment is underrated

[@alexturner8104]

@@Synactive You are awesome! Thanks

[@King_Dub_Dub]

I was skipping through and managed to land on 1:02 and nearly died. Even with context it still gets me.

[@tedwintheslyfox9382]

7:22 I feel like Anti-Tankers are quite underrated when there's a big clash between tanks. Given that one of the tank weakness is its poor vision, Anti-Tankers can hide in a bush nearby and wait for the tank to be in range. If there's enough Anti-Tankers squad(?) on the battlefield, surely they can take out quite a lot of the enemy tank without risking your own tank during a head-to-head battle.

[@iiiDartsiii]

I wonder how many of those watching this video back in the day were able to get back to their dames in Brooklyn.

[@davidsault9698]

Plenty. But then they were killed by their "dames."

[@bikerbobcat]

Not nearly enough.

[@junkmail7590]

anyone else love how this guy speaks

[@samuelsara9299]

Brother you got that right. Just mow down them rats so's we can can back to that dame in Brooklyn.....what happened to America? Nowadays they're "combatants" not rats, and we can't mow them down, we just "neutralize them" or "obviate their lethality." And if you're in the Navy ashore in Japan, brother, you ain't havin' no beer! Instead you've got lectures to attend about transgenderism and the importance of sobriety etc etc etc. And god forbid you feel good about mowin' down the dirty Krauts.. why, heck...they've got feelings and are people too, and they're probably just misunderstood,that's all...."Recruit! May I touch you to make a correction?" in boot camp....sigh....And for heaven's sake, don't hassle the detainees...give them ice cream sundaes and back rubs if we capture them, oops, er, I mean, detain them....

[@Mattie1492]

Brother....and how!! We'll show 'em we're no "weak sisters."

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Sounds like a refugee from a bugs bunny cartoon.

[@harrykuheim6107]

We lost...that's what happened...we have been beaten by the PC Crowd at NPR...

[@masculinebuddha8762]

You're not talkn' bout that "dame killer" from Brooklyn again, are ya?

[@John_Notmylastname]

Turns out the sticky bombs in Saving Private Ryan were actually a legit way of taking out at a tank.

[@AdamsBrew78]

Oh yeah, all those Tom Hanks/Steven Speilberg WW2 movies were well researched and highly realistic - including Band of Brothers and The Pacific.

[@jennifersilves4195]

It's how Hamas was taking out Israeli tanks.

[@nateums]

This has more production value than Hollywood has today

[@ubermench1000]

What a tremendous effort WWII was . It's hard for us to even imagine a war of the magnitude of WW2 .We should all take great pride in our young men of that era , they were amongst the best of us ever .

[@nolesy34]

Gillete shave commercial INTENSIFIES

[@booklover6753]

The greatest generation.

[@ultraniusmaximus1536]

There were, and still are, the best of us. #FJB

[@maureenogorman8740]

Ubermensch ? Big fan of the USA. As a member of the WW2 generation said it's always morning in America. We haven't had one greatest generation.

[@poisontacoz6864]

@@ultraniusmaximus1536 always people like u bringing politics in it. Moron

[@stewa4067]

If my experience has taught me anything, a small handheld torch to the side plating is often effective enough to disable and destroy modern tanks. If all else fails, ramming it with a fighter jet is a great way to send a message.

[@catfunt5583]

Average BF4 enjoyer

[@4Bucket2U]

Ahh of course the classic battlefield strategy

[@venerablebrothergoriate5844]

You say “ineffective hit,” I say “taxpayer dollars.”

[@zacharykilgore3275]

c4 jeep 💥

[@Resetium]

"We've got air support and that air support doesn't know how to fly!"

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Thank you. This will come in handy in the coming WWIII and US Civil War II.

[@kitosdigiovanni5926]

There's something really enjoyable about this film I can't quite put my finger on.

[@fadingbeleifs]

A reminder of a simpler time when men were men and women were women and they were very few pussies in existence..

[@jimboramba]

Legend has it he had that other beer.

[@jimsmith9819]

the whole purpose of these training films is for a morale booster and make people think. i remember similar training films when i was in basic training

[@dankbank7424]

In your opinion, how much of his advice was actually useful, and how much was just for boosting morale? The advice to stay in your foxhole has an obvious conflict of interest because the army probably wanted to keep soldiers at their posts even if fleeing would increase their survival odds.

[@dustinbrueggemann1875]

And it seems to work too. Look at any fight of any size and 9/10 times the winner is the guy who takes his time and thinks about what he's doing

[@dtptcn]

@@dustinbrueggemann1875 😂

[@unc1589]

Most of these were made at Kaufman Astoria Queens NY. Yaaa Get me?

[@jimsmith9819]

@@dankbank7424 thev tank cant shoot that low, but they could stop over the foxhole and a soldier shoot you since you would be a sitting duck

[@maxbgi70]

Everytime i watch films like this i feel nostalgic, the days I long for. Strange thing is that i was born after the baby boomer era, but evertime I watch a movie back in the 30s to 40s. I feel it, so strange.

[@marksauck3399]

Love these old films. Tanks for the memories.

[@spydude38]

The good ole Molotov Cocktail. Been working against tanks and armored vehicles for a long time.

[@davidty2006]

The fins used it against the soviets. it worked quite well so everyone else joined the party.

[@Roach_Dogg_JR]

This guy gives me more confidence than any motivational speech I’ve ever heard.

[@notleks2411]

I wouldn't normally sit down and watch this kind of stuff. But this was oddly really interesting to watch.

[@erics8192]

this confirms it, everyone in the 1940s talked like a new york prohibition era gangster

[@CrimsonSteelMoonTheWolf64]

I love how it's entertaining and really catches your attention as opposed to some boring monotone presentation comprised of slides.

[@ecrradio7620]

That's the point. An untrained soldier is just as good as a dead soldier.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

Pro Tip: Don't run away from an approaching tank in exactly the same direction when he is 50 feet behind you.

[@peter9477]

Ah yes, the original Prometheus school of running away from things.

[@ericstoverink6579]

Well, considering that there are other tanks stretching for hundreds of yards on either side of that tank, I'd say that if you were running, straight away would be your only option. That's probably why they said that it was best to not run at all.

[@goodbyemr.anderson5065]

@@ericstoverink6579 no they said its best not to run at all because infantrys job is to fight the german infantry coming up behind the tanks. if you can take a tank out do it, but hold the line let the tanks drive right over you.

[@samadams8355]

Don't run 180 degrees away from anyone or anything that can just shoot you while you run, unless you zig-zag or move behind cover.

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

@@samadams8355 Unless it is a bear; then, just run faster than your friend.

[@debruynvince]

I love how much this guy hams up his role, but to any regular infantryman, seeing a tank coming at you must have been true hell also, I had no idea the rifle grenades in WWII could do that much damage to armor; it's amazing that they could make a heat round that small be that effective

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

I imagine it was packed with thermite.

[@tsm688]

they ... mostly didn't. but this made the people firing them feel better

[@kingpin8735]

You learned a new skill : [Basic Anti-tank Training]

[@donaldwilliamfry]

9:04 rifle grenades "bore right through and splash hot metal all over the place." Unfortunately, they were totally ineffective. My dad, a WWII vet, said the first time against a Tiger he saw those things, and even 75's bouncing off even the sides of the Tiger. Getting the track was the most effective approach from what I recall him saying.

[@raptor2265]

Well, granted, this video was made around the beginning of the war, plus they were testing them on far older tanks (You can see in this video that they're *clearly* not Tigers or Panzers). Either way, sustained fire will eventually do some damage, even if it doesn't pierce through the armor.

[@donaldwilliamfry]

My dad was trained in June and July of 44, long after the Tiger was in battle. That the video did not account for the progress in German engineering did not bother dad. That they did not at least verbally give an update and things they might not want to try while giving others they might be successful with did bother my dad. We had encountered the Tiger since 1943, so they had a year of battle experience to draw on by the time he hit training, which was not added. BTW, from what dad said, the rifle grenade did absolutely nothing...except give away positions.

[@diggman88]

To be entirely fair. The US HEAT rifle grenade was only rated for 50 mm, being designed far earlier in the war. The US bazooka should have largely supplemented it by '44 but they remained standard issue for use against lighter vehicles. The Tiger was specifically designed to be resistant to most weapons at medium to long range of the time. By 1945, anti-tank weapons had progressed to a point where the Tiger 1's design had become obsolescent as a breakthrough tank.

[@donaldwilliamfry]

@@diggman88 And our army did not instruct the soldiers trained in 1944 what to watch for or how to counter in spite of the fact that they knew the rifle grenade would not work. That is my point. Of course things change over the life of a war. That does not excuse leaving troops being trained in the dark.

[@diggman88]

@@donaldwilliamfry Yeah, that's fair. I'm of course speaking from hindsight.