Let's not forget that these are films, and as such they are meant to be entertaining. For the most part muskets were levelled, not aimed, with no allowance for range. This, combined with the fog of gunsmoke and other factors such as misfires, resulted in an actual hit rate under battle conditions of around 2% or less. This is how you got veterans of several campaigns and old soldiers in general. Most battles were decided by moral, not casualties.
@Glamaryllis3 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to see a reply about this era that doesn’t consist of “god, look at how stupid this is, there all just standing there!?” Like people 170 years from now won’t say the exact same thing about us.
@Gabryal773 жыл бұрын
Commanders as distinct as Suzurov and Jackson both felt the bayonet was the superior weapon to the bullet
@daegnaxqelil27333 жыл бұрын
it depended of the army politics and the circumstances i guess. No need to be so negative
@fleckoxd48203 жыл бұрын
Agreed explains why most of the battles fought during those times had so little casualties
@cannonf_odder30413 жыл бұрын
I read before that soldiers would aim their muskets slightly above their enemies head as to not try and kill anyone. How true is this
@user-ih9ed9yn3g4 жыл бұрын
1:21 that guy had a good excuse to stay back line lol “yo keep walking. I gotta take care of him. Will catch u up later”
@saintsaens214 жыл бұрын
That Barry Lyndon
@siazonmarcusr.94344 жыл бұрын
that was an officer who was shot, they cant leave him out there.
@Trolleyatthestation3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing lol.
@Schwarzvogel13 жыл бұрын
@@siazonmarcusr.9434 They could, and they would. What Barry Lyndon did there was potentially a court martial offence. Unless ordered to pick up a wounded NCO, one is not supposed to leave one's position without orders. A junior naval officer on the USS Chesapeake was court-martialed for the very same thing in the early 19th century, and his family struggled to get his named cleared even over 100 years later. Imagine what would happen if everyone decided to break formation to pick up wounded comrades? That's part of the reason why the inane argument that it is better to wound enemy combatants than kill them outright is a myth. No trained or disciplined soldier would break off the fight without orders to tend to the wounded until the threat is resolved. Every military force in this world trains its soldiers to neutralise the threat _then_ aid the wounded. Wounding one man just takes him out of the fight, but depending on how badly you wound him. Killing him guarantees he won't trouble you again until Judgement Day.
@georgepopescu13273 жыл бұрын
@@Schwarzvogel1 Barry was a not a man very keen to follow the law :) The movie is a masterpiece.
@amirlou87004 жыл бұрын
Army budget: 90% uniforms 10% weapons
@nzoththecorruptor97554 жыл бұрын
I'd say 80% artillery 20% anything else.
@siazonmarcusr.94344 жыл бұрын
guess what they didnt have the M4A1 back then.
@mikehurst32453 жыл бұрын
You do realize that back then those muskets were cutting edge technology right?
@zubuk.3 жыл бұрын
Total budget source: %10 Main country %90 Colonies
@andreasd12023 жыл бұрын
they need pride
@ignitetheinferno18585 жыл бұрын
"My lord, my lord! Your men are running from the battlefield! A shameful display!"
@muhammadaris77264 жыл бұрын
Damn total war narrator
@x-raygames96194 жыл бұрын
No! They will dismorale other units!
@llexades.3874 жыл бұрын
LMFAO
@cowboy43784 жыл бұрын
“Our men are running, sir!”
@russko1184 жыл бұрын
"A shameful display" i hear HIS voice
@Emoryyy1235 жыл бұрын
5:15-5:25 is some of the most unbiased hand to hand fighting I've seen in film in a while. Very realistic.
@ReckerFidelWOLF5 жыл бұрын
Hand to hand is unarmed bro 😂😂
@Emoryyy1235 жыл бұрын
@@ReckerFidelWOLF Good point, I guess close quarter combat would've been a better term.
@ReckerFidelWOLF5 жыл бұрын
@@Emoryyy123 I still got what your saying I just like being a smart ass since nobody else was 👀
@Emoryyy1235 жыл бұрын
@@ReckerFidelWOLF that's what the internet is for lmao
@ReckerFidelWOLF5 жыл бұрын
@@Emoryyy123 😂👏🤝✌💯
@omathanis21434 жыл бұрын
The "Sweden vs. Russia" scene is actually from a movie about the Great Northern war. It portrays the battle of Poltava, which was not fought in a Seven Years' war
@Terrorwanderer3 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@failmarine2.03 жыл бұрын
Well, it's not really about the Great Northern War. It's about 2 French men sent to spy on the Swedes and Russians DURING the Great Northern War
@omathanis21433 жыл бұрын
@@failmarine2.0 well, it doesn't really contradict what I wanted to say. The movie is set during the Great Northern war, anyway
@newstages95ay873 жыл бұрын
7yr war was Austria France Sweden and Russia going against the prussians and losing and russia withdrew I count that as a prussian victory even though the new tsar was just biased to prussia and Britain just for the most part threw Colony fights with the French and Indians and I guess that one country in the hre forgot the name but Britain barely did anything in Europe even stopped financially helping prussia even though its 1 v 4 in Europe
@omathanis21433 жыл бұрын
@@newstages95ay87 Hanover
@cyka77055 жыл бұрын
Battle of poltava (swedish vs Russian) wasn't part of seven years war. But great northern war
@FieldMarshalYT5 жыл бұрын
Sweden did however, participate in campaigns in Pomerania against Prussia.
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
@@FieldMarshalYT but sweden vs russia is incorrect though
@FieldMarshalYT5 жыл бұрын
@@Kriegter That's why I said "Against Prussia"
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
@@FieldMarshalYT you also had to explain that
@patrickaalfs95845 жыл бұрын
@@FieldMarshalYT Wasn't Sweden pretty much played out by the Seven Years War? I thought they were effectively impotent about the same time as the death of Charles XII
@LostEmpireProduction5 жыл бұрын
When the rules of war were literally patiently wait your turn
@JonatasMonte5 жыл бұрын
Who would imagine they already played turn based games back then.
@Kramplarv5 жыл бұрын
Not really. That is a popular misconeption. Most armies at the time tried to minimize the exchange of fire. The Caroleans for example had a very strong focus of hand to hand combat. The entire swedish warmachine were built for that purpose. The same with the redcoats, they were very fast and agile on the battlefield. At the time, only about 2% of the shots fired hit their targets so a lengthy exchange of shots on open grounds would in addition to the casualites and disorder it bring also mean shortage in powder and shot. And artillery for that matter. And lack of powder could mean the end of a campaign.
@oliverludwig61484 жыл бұрын
When people get their "knowledge" from clips on KZbin.
@SparrowNoblePoland4 жыл бұрын
The main point of these tactics was to rather to scare the enemy off by showing your immunity, rather than actually attacking him.
@Leaffordes4 жыл бұрын
@@Kramplarv I've read that the Brits fought according to the Dutch-Swedish school (how Gustavus Adolphus armies fought in the 17th century) in the 18th century; meaning they prioritized firefights over melee. The French school, however, was more focused on the melee and columns etc.
@patwiggins69693 жыл бұрын
The british actually did the science to determine how many steps a soldier could take while the enemy was reloading. Everyone firing at once can be devastating but there is a lag while reloading which allows the enemy to close. Most effective would be to fire by ranks as portrayed in the film Zulu. That way you keep the enemy under constant fire.
@SwedishSocialist15462 жыл бұрын
Yes but its not the british fighting
@vetiarvind Жыл бұрын
it doesn't really matter - it's the same number of musketballs per minute... fire by rank is useful to stop melee charges that's all.
@vinz4066 Жыл бұрын
Fire by rank was rarely done during this era. With breach loaders Like in "Zulu" it was very effective. But Not in the 18th century. And If you want to keep the enemy under Constant fire "fire by platoon " was More effective.
@SStupendous Жыл бұрын
@@SwedishSocialist1546 uh, it is.
@SStupendous Жыл бұрын
@@vinz4066 Very correct. In the mid 19th century breech-loader wielding soldiers could utilize the firing by rank much better.
@CHUCKBALLER20245 жыл бұрын
War is Hell....But dam you look good in uniform
@lasharshar51275 жыл бұрын
Ya should see the girls in uniform or more preferably half in uniform.
@comradekenobi69084 жыл бұрын
Girls love men in uniforms
@DrillEntertainmentNetwork4 жыл бұрын
gay
@upstreamtoast35124 жыл бұрын
German ww2 uniforms were better
@comradekenobi69084 жыл бұрын
@@upstreamtoast3512 you're 3 centuries early bro
@richardlew36675 жыл бұрын
"We approach you with open arms of peace. Please do not fire on us- " "FIRE!"
@matteow1015 жыл бұрын
when is this
@richardlew36675 жыл бұрын
@@matteow101 Whenever they march towards the firing enemy lines
@armangorjipoor25633 жыл бұрын
what is the name of this movie ?
@haydnmcpherson90223 жыл бұрын
The bravery and discipline of these men is astounding
@sauerkrautjr3 жыл бұрын
Pretty easy since these guys know they're gonna be fine
@Gog.Magog.3 жыл бұрын
@@sauerkrautjr he did not mean the film actors Sauerkraut Dödel
@sauerkrautjr3 жыл бұрын
@@Gog.Magog. oh, they got real footage of an 18th century battle? Incredible. Truly astounding.
@nighttripper14322 жыл бұрын
Yes acting is tough
@Messer-16810 ай бұрын
@@sauerkrautjrare you that stupid that you think 18th century Era Combat can not be displayed and recreated in film? That this is all just inaccurate and never once could be like this
@DjuraValtr5 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, linear warfare gotta be the most unique and cinematic type of battle to watch and the most horrifying to participate. The way each faction are colored and the way each platoon are set up in perfect rectangular shaped form just looks unique. It also must be extremely horrifying and stress. You're literally slowly walking up in a field just to get shot by a musket or a canon ball.
@hannibalburgers4773 жыл бұрын
Canon Balls* This shot is made by Cannister gang
@gyron3 жыл бұрын
Then imagine it irl with Long barrel and stock muzzle loading high power jolts and nerf cannons
@liamike64813 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating because for the most part how these battles worked was not who was the most advanced in tech (there wherent many huge improvements in these wars anyway) but rather just a _contest of wills_. Who broke first died, because cavalry could obliterate any routing force
@SStupendous3 жыл бұрын
@@hannibalburgers477 It's cannonballs.
@SStupendous3 жыл бұрын
6:38 first time I've finally seen 1700s grenade launchers depicted!! (They were called 'Grenadiers' for a reason)
@adeptusastartes13925 жыл бұрын
And there's George Washington with his Dodge Challenger.
@simonpaynter87655 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there. Well done.
@patrickaalfs95845 жыл бұрын
@Mooseheads True, if your willing to forget that they modeled their republic after the Dutch, and they suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus at the drop of a hat. Not to mention they occasionally choose to install dictators to lead them.
@hansgruber7885 жыл бұрын
I don't get the reference pls explain?
@cyrus69215 жыл бұрын
*performs drive by with muskets*
@aether36975 жыл бұрын
@@hansgruber788 " Murica! Fuck yeah!"
@RaharijaoDavid3 жыл бұрын
Imagine training like 10 men for like a whole three month, feeding them, giving them a place to sleep, just so you can have all of them get rekt by a canon ball before they could even fire a volley
@iama25093 жыл бұрын
Fuckin' Mount and Blade
@Tonyx.yt.3 жыл бұрын
after all, training for a musket only need few days meanwhile training for long bow required many and many years, basically since you are a child
@clover_thorns3 жыл бұрын
it's quite cheap when compared to other soldiers Archers need years of training Spearmen need months Musketeers need weeks
@user-ip8bw7gt2x3 жыл бұрын
same today lol Imagine a Navy Seal getting trained through those horrors and a farmer takes you down lol
@rahatzaman81202 жыл бұрын
And imagine being one of those "10 men" . Time for me to run towards the opposite direction .. as far from that shiite as possible . Catch me if you can Napoleon 😆
@nzoththecorruptor97554 жыл бұрын
For those who asks why they waited to be fired and some other questions. It was considered that firing a volley the second has some tactic advantages: instead of reloading you can send men in charge right after they shot, and the enemy line would not be ready by the time they meet. Moreover seeing your mates being killed makes you more angry so you charge with more ferocity. Why would they stay in lines? Three main reasons: low accuracy, managing troops and morale. People standing shoulder to shoulder tend to feel more... comfortable.
@clover_thorns3 жыл бұрын
firing in lines also defended against cavalry and because of the low accuracy of muskets firing in volleys helped ensure a hit and was much more intimidating than individual fire
@nekrataali3 жыл бұрын
It's how humans fought for thousands of years, pretty much up until WWI. You can't really tell what's happening when you're in a large battle with thousands of people on both sides. There's too much dust, smoke, shouting, banging, etc. This means you're wide open to get body slammed by a 900 pound animal, ridden by a guy who wants you dead, who then tramples you to death, all out of fucking nowhere. For most of human history, battles were basically giant games of "Chicken," where the side who lost their nerve first was ran down by cavalry. To get around this problem of communication and defending yourself from mounted enemies, you need close-knit formations. By standing close together, you can hear the instruments and songs of your unit that give audio cues of what you're supposed to be doing. Your unit's standard (or flag) is used to communicate with leaders who can see what's happening from afar above all the dust and smoke. It also turns out horses really don't like running into walls of sharp metal, and their riders really don't like getting flung from their mounts. Bayonets, pikes, and spears serve this function and it only works if you have groups of troops standing together. If one guy with a spear tries to stop a horse, the horse isn't going to give a shit and you'll likely get killed by the rider anyway. If ten guys with spears try to stop a single horse, that horse isn't going anywhere near them. This all changes with the invention of barbed wire, chemical weapons, machine guns, aircraft, radio/telegraph, and artillery that can hit targets 45 miles away. With WWI, battles no longer became questions of morale and cavalry maneuvers, but the question of how many troops your side actually killed and not just captured or routed.
@SStupendous3 жыл бұрын
@Cameron Pangborn They aren't rifles mate. Do you even know what you're talking about, calling 1760s muskets "rifles"?
@SStupendous3 жыл бұрын
@@nekrataali Yes and no. You've LITERALLY just said warfare was the same for THOUSANDS of years and magically changed in WW1. You honestly think the Seven Years' War was fought the same as a war 150 years earlier, like the Thirty Years' War, or Agincourt in 1415, or Salamis in 480 BC? Really ignorant comment.
@SStupendous3 жыл бұрын
@@nekrataali If you think "just about" every war "until" ww1 was fought with cavalry, destroying infantry then you've skipped just about all of history. We still use bayonets because horse cavalry is a massive threat, right? You know little.
@larcdetriomph77903 жыл бұрын
This Is gentleman's warfare. Everyone is formally dressed People are so polite they will let you reload if not dead And they play some music to lift the moods of the battles
@warrencourtney47864 жыл бұрын
"Sir, we have fired a volley, should we now bayonet charge directly?" "No you fool, its not our turn, wait for them to return fire first!"
@siazonmarcusr.94344 жыл бұрын
Actually, that's a myth, they didnt wait for each other to fire, the truth is that whoever reloads the fastest wins.
@firstconsul72863 жыл бұрын
@@siazonmarcusr.9434 I think it's just a commentary on the volleys during the Poltava bit
@alifr40883 жыл бұрын
They do it for the movie sakes...
@clover_thorns3 жыл бұрын
running into melee destroyed your formation and left you as easy picking for enemy cavalry
@MkVainilla3 жыл бұрын
In any case, it is to avoid being fired at point-blank range while charging at them.
@fujitofusan3 жыл бұрын
call what you guys want but these kind of engagement required huge courage and guts. walking straight into enemy sight of fire with zero cover is what i called a well earned respect.
@philpants44 Жыл бұрын
some would call it stupidity
@steviechampagne Жыл бұрын
@@philpants44do not disrespect your ancestors like this. Without them, you would have nothing. These tactics were the most advanced strategies for the geometric war of the time.
@vinz4066 Жыл бұрын
@@philpants44 If it was stupid people would have Not done it for over 100 years
@95DarkFire4 жыл бұрын
There is actually a really good reason why these Swedish soldiers just wait patiently before the charge: Once the enemy has fired, they cannot do so again before the charge hits, so they cannot fire into the charge at point-blank range.
@Alexx-uf2lj3 жыл бұрын
Marching Band at school Girls: Smiling and dancing Boys:
@JonatasMonte5 жыл бұрын
Back when your battle uniform could double as your funeral one.
@normalnoodles93833 жыл бұрын
The movies are bad depictions of line battles, and for one, there was no “wait your turn”. They fired in volleys to hit things past 100 yards, since muskets weren’t accurate. They stood in lines so everyone could shoot at once by being able to see. They stood close together to protect against cavalry. And they used music to issue commands among the large lines.
@clover_thorns3 жыл бұрын
@@normalnoodles9383 And these films don't show the bloody business of war being shot at doesn't seem that bad when a few men fall down instead of blood flying everywhere and the screams of the wounded & dying are absent this I feel like doesn't show the bravery of the soldiers of the time
@namelessentity58515 жыл бұрын
That damned tune being played on the fife......have had that stuck in my head for about a year.
@davidgregorious30615 жыл бұрын
Nameless Entity haha same.
@guyguy33165 жыл бұрын
If i'm going to march into a wall of lead i better have someone jamming out a banger behind me
@scribblerjohn15 жыл бұрын
It's "The British Grenadiers."
@mariacornwallis16025 жыл бұрын
@@amirbrody You have got too many notes
@klabumalami66995 жыл бұрын
Try "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner..... its also goosebumps 😋
@mad14782 жыл бұрын
As Keith wortelhock said, there was only a 2% chance of you hitting someone, it was on the late 1700s and early to mid 1800s where you started seeing muskets actually hit heir target, since then they started shoving musket balls the size of the barrel down then barrel, before musket balls would rattle down the barrel. Remember. 1860s is where you started seeing armies use rifling and bullets, the American civil war was deadly because they were still using linear warfare with very accurate weapons.
@stephenheath8465 Жыл бұрын
Same with the German Unification Wars around the same time
@Zippsterman Жыл бұрын
Bullshit. If you aim, even with an undersized ball in an old smoothbore musket (remember that 'undersize' is very rapidly going to close up to just be 'size', if you've ever shot black powder guns) you can hit a mansized target at 50 yards reliably and 100 yards with good chance. Multiply that by a formation. The real issue is the chaos and smoke. You volley all at once otherwise you can't see shit, and even then you may not be able to see shit. The improvement wasn't the rifle but expanding bullets that could be loaded with loose tolerances (necessary for black powder, see above) but then still have a tight fit on the rifling grooves once fired. Then you'd be right that everything got proportionately that much deadlier. Muskets get a bad rap, there's a reason they were so prized by everyone who first got access to them
@RealHumanPerson-zz7ix7 ай бұрын
@stephenheath8465 yes though I would add that the prussians adapted their tactics by the mid 19th century with looser line formations and more use of cover. Part of what made the civil war partocularly deadly was they used essentially napoleonic formation density and general tactics
@HDilk5 жыл бұрын
The fist minute and a half is England vs France then the scene after that is prussian vs France then the swedes vs russian
@yanliu66625 жыл бұрын
H.Dilk-Rivers Yeah only apart of the video is about France big country vs Britain
@JonatasMonte5 жыл бұрын
Yes I imagined it was either the Prussians or the Americans thank you.
@d.louisharrison94524 жыл бұрын
JonatasMonte why would Americans be fighting France?
@innuendoike10044 жыл бұрын
Actually it was Prussians vs Austrians, it’s an easy mix up thoe as Austria and France did have very similar uniforms back then
@maximkretsch71344 жыл бұрын
@@innuendoike1004 Yes but they didn't have similar flags, and the flag which can be seen in the Background is a French Royal Warflag.
@rossvolkmann11613 жыл бұрын
One of the things you really miss in these reproduction videos is just how bad visibility was on these battlefields. Modern firearms fire smokeless powder, but these powders were not widely available until almost 20 years after the American Civil War. In reality, after a few volleys the entire battle would basically be taking place inside of a rolling fog bank. Smoothbore muskets have atrocious accuracy under the best of circumstances, and when visibility is
@littleferrhis4 жыл бұрын
If you are curious where this is from(at least the first two scenes) it’s from Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, which is a masterpiece of a movie.
@patangman21173 жыл бұрын
For the video of the battle of Poltava, that is not how it went down. The Swedish army at that time had a tactic called 'Go Po' essentially to win by charging before the enemy had a chance to fire twice - once at the maximum range where it had the worst hit rate, and before a second or third shot closer up. The idea was to get into melee where the mixed rifle, bayonet and pike combo of the Swedish army would win the day, like it did many times. With Poltava the Russians had built several armored squares (as we see on the initial part of the battle) and by the time they fought beyond those, the Swedish army was so mauled that it couldn't win a charge. They were basically slaughtered trying. What we see is wrong. They didn't stop within 25 feet of the other army, fired and waited for them to fire their volley. That might be true of some other nations battles - but not Sweden and not during that time period. anyways, just a small correction. Russia found a great way to defeat the Go Po tactic and after that Swedens small empire crumbled and I believe that type of tactic was abandoned.
@Hello-eq4db2 жыл бұрын
Russia didn't "find a great tactic," they did what Russia does and sent 80,000 (with an extreme terrain advantage and multiple forts) against 20,000 starved and undersupplied soldiers. I agree with you on everything else, but I think that saying the Russians did something right is a massive overestimation of their abilities at the time.
@therac1972 жыл бұрын
@@Hello-eq4db 1 to 4 is not something the swedes couldn´t handle. Besides it were 30.000 vs 75.000 We are still talking about Peter the Great here. The forts were the base line of the strategy. It was the charge of the Swedes that was devastating. Force them into a longer engagement and they lose. They relied on breaking the enemy moral to win. By spreading out his forces and preparing his positions Peter made it basically impossible for them to win.
@jameshallinglong8695 Жыл бұрын
@@therac197No the swedes lost 50% of their army (from 40k to 20k) after having to chase the scared russians through one of the greatest winters in europes history, typical russian tactics, Charles XII was always better than Peter he kept one of the greatest armys in europes history and fought with them to the end. Peter just through more soldiers at the problem untill he won, that’s not a king with glory.
@kirgan1000 Жыл бұрын
Sorry what tactic did the Russian use to defend agenst Gå på? Beside be 3 time more and be in a fortified position, and have Charls XII shot repeatedly so he lost consciousness, and no orders was given.
@sergeik4143 Жыл бұрын
Зачем "маленькая" шведская армия зашла в глубь России против большой русской армии? Почему шведы не включили в состав своей армии украинцев?
@knightkeeper27395 жыл бұрын
Girls locker room: It boring I want to go home Boys: Edits:300 wow I never got so many likes before..Thanks guys
@pluto45985 жыл бұрын
AIII BOIII! Where is the battle?! Chaaaarge! *jumps up and runs screaming in the Neighbourclass*
@washizukanorico5 жыл бұрын
Happy to get likes on yt over a nonsensical comment? Get a life
@knightkeeper27395 жыл бұрын
@@washizukanorico jealous bitch cause you won't come up with comment like this. Get a life and make your own creative comments like mine.
@washizukanorico5 жыл бұрын
knight keeper no don t worry I got my ways to get my daily endorphins dose. Yt or fb likes aren t among them. Apparently it works for you .. I find it sad but hey whatever makes you happy!
@knightkeeper27395 жыл бұрын
@@washizukanoricoto be honest I was drunk when I watch this video, and wrote this comments. I didn't think that I'll get that much likes. I guess everyone appreciate my geniusness if that make sense. English is not my first languages just so you know.
@jimcrow5823 жыл бұрын
When you feel like millitary expert because you played thousand hours in Empire: Total War.
@romyarmada252110 ай бұрын
Yh but you know bro Empire did a good job and they did try to show what 18th century war was like
@yidy15 жыл бұрын
The words "Cannon fodder" take on a new meaning when watching this march to the death.
@normalnoodles93833 жыл бұрын
The movies are bad depictions of line battles, and for one, there was no “wait your turn”. They fired in volleys to hit things past 100 yards, since muskets weren’t accurate. They stood in lines so everyone could shoot at once by being able to see. They stood close together to protect against cavalry. And they used music to issue commands among the large lines.
@normalnoodles93833 жыл бұрын
In other words, don’t get your historical depictions from movies
@patwiggins69693 жыл бұрын
Kinda where the term originated. I'm sure it goes back to ancient times. Idea is to put your weaker troops in front to absorb most of the damage and then use your best troops to do the real attack
@glassyy_4 жыл бұрын
How to survive. 1. be the cameraman Edit: tHanks For tHe likes
@neda88604 жыл бұрын
Nice pun
@jordanmcintosh15164 жыл бұрын
B L U E B E A R, Do u know the name of the movie?
@romano47364 жыл бұрын
@@jordanmcintosh1516 barry lyndon
@xd-vv4xs4 жыл бұрын
Nice one
@riovoneinzbern88494 жыл бұрын
2. Become medical personnel
@rec4shi6664 жыл бұрын
Soldier: Can we fire sir? Sergeant: No its not our turn.
@Qusaivonscham3 жыл бұрын
lol
@communism_is_wrong71673 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why movies like to do that, the combat was nothing like that, a lot of times they would be fighting in trenches and using forests and buildings to there advantage
@ElizabetFlores-qg4kk9 ай бұрын
@@communism_is_wrong7167Trench warfare didn't happen in that time.
@starkillercz148 ай бұрын
@@ElizabetFlores-qg4kk yes they did. They haved sandbags fortification and little deep trenches or wooden and sandbags walls
@roumeljohnsabillena-qr9zr2 ай бұрын
@@communism_is_wrong7167There's a reason why they do this. Muskets were known for being short ranged and inaccurate, so they form long lines to distribute as much firepower as possible. Also It's about who retreats first. They don't really wait turns. It depends on their commander. Muskets take a long time to reload. A ranker in the napoleonic wars are normally trained to fire 3 aimed shots per minute.
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
"Sweden vs Russia" Just... Whatever...
@djlipps99395 жыл бұрын
SHOWING NO FEAR THEIR JUDGEMENT IS NEAR MAKING THEIR SACRIFICE
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
Ywqh but thing is it's not part of seven years war guys
@annaphilip21885 жыл бұрын
Sweden Vs Russia Just...WHAT Alright I Have To Clairify Sweden Was Not In The Seven Years War What So Ever this is is wrong but they did not fight Russia in it The Evidence That I Got Is That That Is In The Great Northern War And The Battle You Played Was Poltava....
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
@@annaphilip2188 yes i know. What i'm trying to say is that in the seven years war, sweden DID fight, but against prussia, not russia. So i'm trying to be ironic against the creator here.
@Kriegter5 жыл бұрын
@@annaphilip2188 yea battle of Poltava search it and the scene will appear
@gustlightfall4 жыл бұрын
4:24 there's always that couple of guys who laughs in the film, like the one in dunkirk hahaha.
@justjeremy4413 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@myfavoritepointguard4464 жыл бұрын
Girlfriend: He's probably cheating on me right now *Me and the boys* :
@vintageoldthings92864 жыл бұрын
1st Lt. Rob Atkinson walking straight into bullets and then standing when your getting shot at not even crawling
@Trippl_E3 жыл бұрын
When you're standing in a line, getting shot and can't move a single muscle, but you look fresh af
@williampitt15374 жыл бұрын
The charge witnessed in Barry Lyndon was a common tactic used to simply overrun the enemy with the mass of your troops. The slow speed of reloading and inaccuracy of muskets made it worthy of use in some occasions. Like any tactics, the correct use of it is determined by timing.
@LibertyPotato3 жыл бұрын
Watching this makes me wanna get into Empire and Napoleon Total War again...
@bradsteinwehe32045 жыл бұрын
The true terror weapon of this age was the bayonets. One thousand of those charging would cause almost anyone to $hit themselves.
@temujin57434 жыл бұрын
Bayonets at this time where not very efectime, and in real life, nobady runs in the other bayonet, there will be Gap bettween the people.
@DidierDidier-kc4nm4 жыл бұрын
it was more psycolological but according to the memories of the soldiers it was more cannonball they fearded the most you could imagine why !
@communism_is_wrong71673 жыл бұрын
@@temujin5743 Bayonet charges were the reason why Europeans were able to take so much ground in such a short amount of time, and have such a low casualties in battles, because the bayonet charge is scary and will decide the battle right then and there, and it almost always went to the attacker, go look at the Crimean war, The British bayonet charged the Russians completely out numbered and pushed back that unit
@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin3 жыл бұрын
@Cameron Pangborn The Brits weren't considered especially dangerous. At sea, perhaps....
@dimapoc58533 жыл бұрын
Typically Battles were much more chaotic. Many Officers wrote about battles they had and they said sometimes it was hard to tell which side you were on.
@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin3 жыл бұрын
I look forward to when sensor tech reaches such a point that visual camouflage is obsolete. Then we can go back to looking FABULOUS on the battlefield.
@JB17521or5 жыл бұрын
Swedish-Russian war. Not 7 years war. ;)
@whiterosecicero48025 жыл бұрын
God of Empire it is funny as for part of the 7 years war they were on the same side
@JB17521or5 жыл бұрын
@@whiterosecicero4802 the war the second video is about is the great northern war (1700-1721). Yes, the first clip is in the 7 years war. But i was talking about the second clip, Battle of Poltava.
@petar62955 жыл бұрын
@@JB17521or where is poltava
@JB17521or5 жыл бұрын
@@petar6295 In the east of the Ukrain.
@ВладиславОвчаренко-я5ш4 жыл бұрын
Not a Swedish-Russian war,but the Great Northern War with Denmark,Saxony and Rzech Pospolita on the first hand and Sweden on the other)
@horationelson97545 жыл бұрын
I miss those days
@trollege96183 жыл бұрын
You miss Battle of Trafalgar?
@slugnoid3 жыл бұрын
the battle with the prussians shot from behind through the window is a really clever way to make the battle feel full scale when you're maybe short on extras and budget. kubrick was a fantastic film maker.
@knightstemplar42745 жыл бұрын
I feel like a Total War mad house right now.
@cyrus69215 жыл бұрын
Knights Templar Lol
@armaholic59494 жыл бұрын
were you the one playing the Gauls in a barbarian city siege?
@knightstemplar42744 жыл бұрын
@@armaholic5949 Which game are you talking about lol? ROME II....?
@armaholic59494 жыл бұрын
@@knightstemplar4274 yes
@knightstemplar42744 жыл бұрын
@@armaholic5949 I don't think so. I don't play pvp but I do play the pvp or coop campaign.
@Bigboibeven3 жыл бұрын
when the swedes charge, I can hear Pewdiepie in my head screaming "for Sweden!!!!" as he takes on an illager raid
@blackbird0004 жыл бұрын
2:33 not seven year's war. it's actually the great northern war. extra credits did an awesome series on it if you wanna know more.
@croesuslydias64885 жыл бұрын
A cool fact that the Russian v Sweden part gets somewhat incorrect: it’s become a more popular idea that line infantry rarely charged each other head on with bayonets as no one is wearing armor except maybe cavalry, so everyone would just be slaughtered. Yes charges occurred, but they were more likely to result in one side running away before people actually started bayoneting each other. Again, not to say it never happened, but that it doesn’t appear to be the goal to get into extended melee with the other side, but instead to take the ground
@patrickaalfs95845 жыл бұрын
Iv'e also have heard that bayonet charges were seldom used because they were very unpopular with soldiers. However, there is a huge and consistent catalogue of primary source material produced by the army provosts apposing Sweden during the reign of Charles XII. They all report that Swedish forces habitually advanced quickly with bayonets at the ready to within 50 meters without firing.. Each rank would fire a single volley followed by a full charge without reloading, This was so well documented because conventional military practitioners were attempting to develop adequate countermeasures to defend against Sweden. The assaults were usually executed so quickly that mass artillery had no time to deployed. These tactics seldom resulted in huge bayonet related casualties because frankly, the defenders were often compelled to bolt. At Poltava, they used bayonets extensively but they were responsible for very few battle deaths. Casualty reports at the time would only include a primary cause of death, Non mortal battle casualties gave no specific information except name and date of wound or date of capture.
@gorangustavsson46082 жыл бұрын
Sweden charged almost always.
@michaelrobinson26872 жыл бұрын
@@gorangustavsson4608 Yes, the principle of Ga Pa, firing close range volleys then charging while the opponent reloads, am I right? I'm never sure how it's pronounced though as I've never learnt to speak Swedish.
@rudolfsteyr52282 жыл бұрын
@@michaelrobinson2687 you are correct. Thats how the Charles the XII trained his smaller army to train and how his son used it in battle against a larger army. Violent action prevails against larger armies with low morale.
@kirgan1000 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelrobinson2687 It called Gå På. Its can mean different things. Like "Carry on" but also "walk that result in a impact"
@kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj69355 жыл бұрын
Would hate to be the soldiers at the front, get shut first! !!!
@lkvideos71815 жыл бұрын
It's not safe really anywere when you're being shelled in such tight formations lol
@akedus445 жыл бұрын
@@lkvideos7181 Even then, your chances of getting hit in the 18 century are still pretty slim.
@fellascallmethedrink5 жыл бұрын
@@lkvideos7181 True, true.
@lkvideos71815 жыл бұрын
@@akedus44 *doubt*
@akedus445 жыл бұрын
@@lkvideos7181 If your chances of getting shot was that high, then why was it done in the first place? Answer, because it wasn't.
@colinm82003 жыл бұрын
Here is why war was fought like this. Quick history lesson: 1. Guns were smoothbore in this period, meaning there was no rifling in the barrel. The bullet would wobble through the barrel and go into a random direction, being pretty inaccurate. So the best way of killing the enemy was to all fire at once like a line of shotguns. 2. Bullets were spherical, also adding to how poorly accurate they were. So once again "just everyone shoot at once". 3. Tight formations gave Officers/Generals where everyone was, so they could command the battle. Also it prevented heavy cavalry charges that could SMASH through if they were too loosely formation. 4. Also, usually the method was to do maybe a few volleys, fix bayonets, then charge. So you drop the front row of your enemy, then charge right after before they have a chance to reload and fire. These guns took a solid 20 seconds to reload (if you were good at loading). Now imagine trying to beat that time, but you're in panic mode as the enemy is charging with bayonets. Good luck with that. 5. As the 19th century began, rifling became more standard in muskets. Also the invention of the Minie Ball bullet was introduced which was pointy and more like the bullets we have today. So now instead of hitting 40 yards, now you could hit over 100 yards easily. Also the percussion cap was invented, making battle in the rain much easier and less prone to misfiring. Hence why the Civil War was a damn slaughterhouse. Using this video's tactics, BUT now everyone basically has sniper rifles.
@Pikkabuu3 жыл бұрын
Good to see someone who knows about linear tactics for once.
@colinm82003 жыл бұрын
@@Pikkabuu I loved history/war movies since i was a little kid. And i got a bachelors in History. I don't understand why people know so little.
@Pikkabuu3 жыл бұрын
@@colinm8200 Not everyone likes history and many just buy whatever tripe movies push to them. Just look at how many people still think that WW1 was just about soldiers charging towards MG-fire.
@colinm82003 жыл бұрын
@@Pikkabuu Well...WW1 was kinda that. Basically a bonzai charge if you were doing an offensive. People getting mowed down. So yeah WW1 was basically a slaughter fest. So usually it was just waiting in the trench. The Eastern front was different.
@Pikkabuu3 жыл бұрын
@@colinm8200 Not really. People understood quite quickly that just rushing towards the enemy trenches was a bad idea. So all sides developed new tactics to attack the enemy positions, creeping barrage, tactics, small unit tactics, infiltration tactics etc. WW1 being nothing more than human wave attacks is one of the biggest urban myths around.
@eliasbairamis60693 жыл бұрын
These brave men died for their prides, their nations, their monarchs and their God! God bless them! Long live King! Long live Emperor!
@WJack972243 жыл бұрын
The Seven Years War was a global conflict which ran from 1756 until 1763 and pitted a coalition of Great Britain and its allies against a coalition of France and its allies. The war escalated from a regional conflict between Great Britain and France in North America, known today as the French and Indian War. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War
@Tysig9 ай бұрын
very well done top job!
@lengskeng10723 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to imagine that this was only 120 years before ww1 (or there abouts)
@andiansukmara3 жыл бұрын
So anyway, each about 120 years ,it should happen a war it is?
@normalnoodles93833 жыл бұрын
The movies are bad depictions of line battles, and for one, there was no “wait your turn”. They fired in volleys to hit things past 100 yards, since muskets weren’t accurate. They stood in lines so everyone could shoot at once by being able to see. They stood close together to protect against cavalry. And they used music to issue commands among the large lines.
@lengskeng10723 жыл бұрын
@@normalnoodles9383 yeh i know I play quite a lot of napoleon total war haha.
@garrettyoung58384 жыл бұрын
That must be the most gutwrenching thing, just standing there seeing all your comrades falling dead just feet away from you and staring your fate down the barrel just hoping a stray bullet from a volley doesn't find you.
@saintsaens214 жыл бұрын
Truly gut wrenching.
@benjohnson66644 жыл бұрын
I love your war videos and you have the best KZbin channel ever
@octodaddy44945 жыл бұрын
Sweden fought together with Russia against Prussia in the Seven Years War. Just saying.
@pabloruedafernandez20935 жыл бұрын
Ow, I thought that it was Prussia in the video, but I already found the uniforms a bit strange
@pyatig5 жыл бұрын
Sweden vs Russia depicted is the great northern war
@lobakputih2025 жыл бұрын
Why so many countries hate Prussia?
@octodaddy44945 жыл бұрын
@@lobakputih202 It's not that everyone hated Prussia but there were other reasons.
@klabumalami66995 жыл бұрын
@@lobakputih202 because Prussian are noob and sucks
@poutinelover58693 жыл бұрын
I just like how either French or Britain is just marching and get hit by cannon balls like bowling pins lol
@ALGORYTHM05133 жыл бұрын
I like how calm the beitish were, even though many guns were pointed at them. They are still marching calmly.
@EJ-ps6oe4 жыл бұрын
Interviews an 18th century British soldier. Me: "so how was combat like?" Soldier: "Like an RPG mobile game"
@mister-v-30865 жыл бұрын
BomBom's true goal becomes apparent: He wants to be MTV.
@scorpionjimmy87343 жыл бұрын
I feel like in 18th century, being glorious and formatted is more important than actually winning or losing a war
@Pikkabuu3 жыл бұрын
No. Winning was the most important thing.
@ankurshah234 жыл бұрын
5:02 Everything before this was a gentleman's war. But finally the order for some old school savagery rolls in. No matter how respectfully you fight the war. The final moments are pure madness.
@muhammadirfanyaqoob4294 жыл бұрын
Large cannons/motars infront of swedish infantry. Swedish Infantry: *Let's March in big tight line.*
@mrsupremegascon4 жыл бұрын
Well they didn't really had the choice, if they spread up, one cavalry charge and they are fucked. This why during this time, all the formation were tight, because cavalry charge destroyed any spread formation. It ended when rifle were introduced, so the infantryman could shoot the cavalry before it get to too close.
@Tadicuslegion78 Жыл бұрын
General: I need my biggest, puffiest hat and wig before I can even think of stepping foot on a battlefield.
@patwiggins69693 жыл бұрын
The reason the marching units don't shoot back is that it would take valuable time to reload. The objective was to get in close, unleash one volley and then charge with the bayonet
@h4ed4 жыл бұрын
I can't get the British granadier song out of my head
@ryuhadouken27222 жыл бұрын
The amount of balls you had to stay in a straight line and walk towards a wall of guns is crazy.
@musicilya66744 жыл бұрын
As a Russian person, I always loved and love French Empire more than the British. Greetings from Russia)!
@teviottilehurst4 жыл бұрын
As a British person, I have always loved the French empire over the backward, peasantry empire that was Russia's. Greeting from Britain 🇬🇧
@musicilya66744 жыл бұрын
@@teviottilehurst Like British Empire wasn't an empire of poor peasantries as Russian. British Empire had also many poor people, which began to conquer Indian lands in the North-East coast of North America and not only in North America. British literally have the most blood on their hands because the British conquered literally the most of the world. British were really cruel comparing to French to Indians.
@teviottilehurst4 жыл бұрын
@@musicilya6674 out of the British Empire came wealthy city states like Hong Kong and Singapore. Stable democracies were formed in what is now Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The British Empire speeded up/gave rise to the Industrial Revolution, an epoch making event that changed how we live our lives. Name a comparable empire? Certainly not the French or Russian. I acknowledge that evil was done by the Brit Empire . It's the nature of empire that others are oppressed. All empires are evil in that respect.
@musicilya66744 жыл бұрын
@@teviottilehurst You're right about the fact that all Empires are evil, but the British Empire was the evilest with the most huge amount of the blood on its hands. I meant that I love French Empire more than British because French wasn't as cruel as British regards to Indians in North America.
@teviottilehurst4 жыл бұрын
@@musicilya6674 most native American Indians sided with the British in the 7 years' war against France because of the level handed approach of the Brits. If you want an example of an evil empire, read up little Belgium's empire in the Congo.
@Axilec1004 жыл бұрын
Да уж суровые были времена для линейной пехоты...
@thezamoras1337 Жыл бұрын
The first battle is Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. It is regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made.
@blocso3 жыл бұрын
-enemy is litterally making a wall of fire -Proceed patiently walking towards them
@ShotgunBomBom5 жыл бұрын
Napoleon Total War & Empire should use clips' musket sound effects.
@lkvideos71815 жыл бұрын
Mate. Most of the major mods actualy use movie sound effects since like idk ages lol
@ShotgunBomBom5 жыл бұрын
@@lkvideos7181 Nap TW LME 4 mod is my favorite
@dhimanluy16405 жыл бұрын
What was the film , like I remember it
@ShotgunBomBom5 жыл бұрын
been playing lme from the first released great mod.
@skepticaltv67695 жыл бұрын
@@ShotgunBomBom what is the music in the first clip, mate?
@seleukosnikator40363 жыл бұрын
from 1:45 onward theres the prussians and the austrians fighting (pov on the prussian side). you can see prussian standards and you can hear the hohenfriedberg march.
@Sunday_fits3 жыл бұрын
Very nice spot
@samwiserando5 жыл бұрын
such a gentlemanly way to wage war
@kennychung3515 жыл бұрын
I like to wear their uniform.
@whiterosecicero48025 жыл бұрын
Kenny Chung but which colour is your favourite. I do like all of them but if forced it would be the Swedish blue and yellow.
@Kramplarv5 жыл бұрын
@@whiterosecicero4802 you can get an entire carolean uniform at www.tailorandarms.com/ it only cost around 2000-4000 dollars.
@firstconsul72863 жыл бұрын
@@Kramplarv Then there's me who made a bootleg one for about 250 by buying a bunch of stuff off of amazon. But I know I'd get laughed off any battlefield if I showed up wearing that.
@ucnguyenvan89864 жыл бұрын
Thời này vui dễ sợ.quân mình đứng dàn hàng cho quân nó bắn.méo núp gì hết🤣🤣
@maxschneller59133 жыл бұрын
Sweden fought Russia around 40 years before the Seven Years War. It was at the time of the war of the Spanish Succession
@SwedishSocialist15462 жыл бұрын
Or as its more commenly know in the north the great northen war
@whiteanimsd77054 жыл бұрын
Girls Wearing the Same Costume: Ew why you Copy Mine! Boys Wearing the Same Costume: *0:01**-**8:34*
@vinz4066 Жыл бұрын
Quick reminder: this Style of combat made sense. There were no real alternatives. If you dont understand why people acted Like they did in 99% of the cases they were not stupid but you are.( Or just not educated about the topic)
@saturnrus58443 жыл бұрын
Вам не видать таких сражений!.. Носились знамена, как тени, В дыму огонь блестел, Звучал булат, картечь визжала, Рука бойцов колоть устала, И ядрам пролетать мешала Гора кровавых тел. Изведал враг в тот день немало, Что значит русский бой удалый, Наш рукопашный бой!.. Земля тряслась - как наши груди, Смешались в кучу кони, люди, И залпы тысячи орудий Слились в протяжный вой…
@_dlh_drl_3 жыл бұрын
Ни слова о дыме.
@СашаКривцов-л5ф3 жыл бұрын
Недавно фильм видел Три икса там тоже смешались в кучу кони люди...
@crestfallenknight7983 Жыл бұрын
@@jakubb.9945 it's from a great russian poet, Lermontov
@BladeNightWing5 жыл бұрын
how did they march without being hindered by their massive balls?
@shealton_39195 жыл бұрын
reinforced pants
@dwaipayanroychowdhury70354 жыл бұрын
@@shealton_3919 Breaches you mean?
@tpkoyr12824 жыл бұрын
Probably the neatest battles ever
@traceytraced3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being one of the soldiers.... Reloading your musket while the enemy has a clear view of you and can shoot you...
@Pikkabuu3 жыл бұрын
But then you remember how inaccurate guns are and that the officer next to you is a seasoned veteran and you stick to your position.
@jtf36975 жыл бұрын
this channel must start adding the movie names. great clip but missing info
@sunofpeter25 жыл бұрын
first scene is from Barry Lyndon, its a Stanley Kubrick movie, about a guy who is lives a shady life, kind of a depressing film but its good nonetheless. The rest i have no idea.
@arquitensproduction80012 жыл бұрын
I always imagine if at some point in history, one of the soldiers at the front made silly faces against the enemy few meters away
@a.trance69975 жыл бұрын
2:07 playing Napoleonic Wars in Warband and you don't have a line battalion.
@lkvideos71814 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. Nice. Very accurate.
@communism_is_wrong71673 жыл бұрын
The Napoleonic war DLC for warband is more accurate to real life than 90% of movies about that era, yeah they fought in lines, but loose formation was very common along with trenches and earthworks
@eizmann3 жыл бұрын
Straight slay for FooF and RooF and surely some FiC somewhere
@JonatasMonte5 жыл бұрын
Back when even the wars were "civilized"
@astrosherlock3744 жыл бұрын
They fought in lines for a reason, not cause they were "civilized"
@JM-dy4ty4 жыл бұрын
They weren’t civilized because they fought in lines. They were civilized for other reasons.
@firelordzuko79257 ай бұрын
Not a single phone in sight, just bros enjoying the moment
@Neinstika19405 ай бұрын
*people
@tea_otomo5 жыл бұрын
its crazy how bad battles are protrayed in movies. Just google the battles and you'll see that the numbers of fallen soldiers are often quite low. Also the accuracy of muskets is not soo good that half of the enemies row will fall
@2yshinyy2405 жыл бұрын
Ever head of dramatic effect
@no-gracias98635 жыл бұрын
Russia: "we have more men than they have bullets" Sweden: ....
@zaffronthebountyhunter41965 жыл бұрын
The Battle of Poltava is from the Great Northern War not Seven Years War.
@lobakputih2025 жыл бұрын
@@zaffronthebountyhunter4196 Yes you're right.
@juancarlosdegoya27575 жыл бұрын
This is 17th century not 18th everyone always mistakes there years
@kesarina5 жыл бұрын
Again a stereotype. Russia is not China. Our population has always been less than in Europe. We have always fought not by numbers, but by skill. And what the litigators say about us is only their miserable excuses.
@IncrediibleHauck5 жыл бұрын
Евгений Петров no it is in numbers
@schultzy1273 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes, the beautiful sounds of fife and drum playing grenadiers March
@voidlessfleet23104 жыл бұрын
We all secretly want a time machine just to go back in time an snatch a uniform
@Pikkabuu4 жыл бұрын
Uniform patterns can be found online so you can sew one yourself too.
@MrProsat5 жыл бұрын
Wow, exploding cannon balls during the 7 years war? Amazing.