The Most Gangster Tanker Of WWII - Lafayette "War Daddy" Pool | Paws React

[@geoffreyentwistle8176]

Well... Paws saying "daddy" wasn't something I needed in my life before... 😂

[@williamstufflebeam4285]

Well for me I'm the opposite I wanna call her mommy 😂

[@TexanDynamite69]

​@@williamstufflebeam4285I want both 😭

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Lol

[@renaissancenovice7202]

WWIII has a lot of downsides but the vanishingly small chance she has to call me "War Daddy" is an upside. 😅

[@EatDatBitchAwp]

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[@HawkTheRed]

17:18 The reason they continued to advance is because for a armored advance (or in general, any vehicle advance), the standard procedure to getting ambushed is to not become trapped and to try and break the ambush. It's not a good idea to stand still, because you're in the kill field and they already have to sighted up, and you can't really go backwards, that'll take too long. So the best solution is to become hyper aggressive and run the ambush down or at least attempt to break through.

[@yyglsiirrequiredtohavealas7254]

Not to mention the troops behind the tank using it as cover

[@Tang-qi6zw]

37:30 the publicity tours are actually a smart thing. One, nearly everyone loves a good war hero and meeting one might just boost recruiting numbers, and volunteers have much better moral than draftees, quite obviously. Two, it gives the war hero a bit of time off after an exceptionally stressful situation in wartime and the guy can see his family who will be relieved that he’s still alive. You also don’t need to give the guy leave since he’s still working for the government!

[@drewwar9344]

True , but the main reason was for them to become teachers to train the next generation of combat troops in their field And pass down that knowledge and experience

[@Tang-qi6zw]

@ that might be after the promotion tour. I was focusing on the promotion tour itself, and not placing into a home front teaching role.

[@brennanleadbetter9708]

The Germans didn’t really have that luxury.

[@Jalandarah]

17:20 when ambushed, the first thing you have to do is get out of the "kill zone", the most effective way to do that is to push forward. Ideally, one section/platoon pushes forward aggressively to keep the enemy's attention, while another section or platoon flanks them to attack from the side. Tanks don't have rear view mirrors, so backing up is extremely dangerous to everyone else on the field. The strongest armor is in front, so turning sideways to the enemy, or turning your back to them is a sure way to take catastrophic damage.

[@tristanschmidt1239]

i dont think your mind is in the Gutter i think your mind is becoming the gutter

[@pawsvtuber]

LMAO

[@tristanschmidt1239]

@pawsvtuber it's true between this and the pump AK video

[@renaissancenovice7202]

I'm sure this has already been explained but let my put it in a memorable way that Paws will understand. A tank (especially back then) is basically a "Naked Apron" there may not be much armor up front but if you turn around, you've got (basically) no armor.

[@pawsvtuber]

LMAO, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS WOULD MAKE ME UNDERSTAND BETTER 😂😂😂😂 , i'm dying, this is hilarious, thanks

[@DragoonWarrior790]

It generated a very "inspiring" image in my head that should help this fact become memorable. 😄 Thank you.

[@mako8091]

A+ for imagery

[@lingeringwill9270]

36:30 So this is a common tactic that the USA uses is they take their best, and remove them from the front lines and use them as propaganda heroes for citizen morale, and also to continue training the next set of soldiers about to deploy. TFE gives a really good reason for why they do this in his video about our Ace of Aces Richard Bong, in that instead of having 1 amazing fighter pilot and 30 good ones, they take out the amazing pilot and have him train instead, and now they have 30 great other pilots.

[@drewwar9344]

And arguably, this is one of the main contributors to why we won the war. It is most certainly why we won the war in the Pacific. Because the japanese did the exact opposite they kept their best pilots in combat and when they would die they would lose that experience and knowledge So itbasically breaks down to quality over quantity.Yet again a prime example of why training is important

[@GregAtlas]

The tank was named "In The Mood" after the popular Glen Miller big band song from 1939. One of my favorite songs from back when I used to perform with our local jazz band. Very fun listen if you have the time to look it up. It's also in the library of congress.

[@theawfulspartan4557]

Unfortunately, friendly fire from aircraft was extremely common, and still happens It's hard for a pilot to know if the tanks he's seeing are friends or enemies

[@LanceLeaderSawyer]

Looking at you, A10. Yes, let's have a shitty brick with wings, an inaccurate gun and no radar, surely this will be a good idea.

[@Off-HandedBarrel]

​@LanceLeaderSawyer Great as an Ordinance truck. Terrible as a gun platform. As long as they rolled in and dropped something guided, we were fine. Got splashed by gun runs three times in 2 1/2 years. ~500 m out still isn't safe apparently.

[@wyattfrye8262]

I’m still waiting for my sergeant reckless video

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Waiting for Ching Lee

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Actually, waiting for the taxes rant

[@PolymurExcel]

@@renaissancenovice7202I thought she already reacted to two of them. Which one?

[@renaissancenovice7202]

@@PolymurExcel now that I've had some sleep, I think she or someone else reacted to the taxes video.

[@coffeehousedialogue]

You know,if want collaboration ideas, Remi Springs would be a good choice formilitary history and gun-related reactions. That is basically right up her alley. Just saying.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Facts

[@FourEyedFrenchman]

10:04 Yes, that was a huge propaganda opportunity, and the US military capitalized on it. Putting military dudes in front of cameras and getting their names broadcasted on radios was cheap and highly effective for recruiting in those days. It's the same reason the military is in movies like Transformers today. Macho stuff like that motivates guys to sign up by pumping up their bravado and making them feel like they can be a badass, too.

[@Yam737]

5:04 if you aint cheating, you aint trying It's not cheating. It's finding a loophole in the system where you're able to take advantage

[@Window_ig]

31:58 If a unit advances too fast they could end up lost behind enemy lines, or even worse, surrounded and cut off from supply lines which, if not reconnected soon, could be catastrophic especially for tanks. A soldier with an empty stomach _might_ still run a bit, but a tank with an empty fuel tank is a sitting duck. That's not even mentioning how much faster fuel can run out.

[@PolymurExcel]

Now you know you have to do the other videos of the bad asses with bad eye sight. Willis “Ching” Lee needs to be next on that list!

[@pawsvtuber]

I'll add it to the list, thanks!

[@renaissancenovice7202]

100%

[@barrag3463]

3:10 "How does that work?" Basically Lee made his own glasses frames specifically for sharpshooting, and you are of course allowed to wear glasses at the Olympics. You are not allowed to wear them for the Navy eye exams though, so he had to find ways around the exams; later on by getting a bunch of recommendations from previous people he served under (the rejection being described occurred when he was not yet an admiral), or in the academy, where his fellow cadets liked him so much they basically told him the answers. Admiral Lee was a very interesting individual; shooting was a passion for him that he translated to improving the accuracy of the guns on the ships he commanded (like, revising powder and range tables and coming up with a formula to take into account the rotation of the earth in your shot levels of improvement). In fact, the reason his eyesight wasn't perfect was as a result of a childhood accident involving screwing around with gunpowder.

[@NagaTales]

37:10 - Actually, one of the reasons the US did so well in WW2 was that they took everyone of their "best" in every field, pulled them back to the rear, and turned them into instructors. So yes, this does mean taking the best off the front line and losing that immediate edge, *but* then the average soldier/sailor/pilot/marine was being trained by the best to a higher standard, so the average competency of the US's troops as a whole went up. This was especially true in the Pacific war with our pilots. Japan had the opposite approach of keeping their best on the attack, and their best aces were eventually all shot down, while our best aces were back in the US teaching other pilots how to become aces themselves.

[@cesareborgia-78]

Rocky Marciano is the best boxer. Record: 49 wins with 43 of those are knock outs, 0 losses. Unfortunately he died in an accident. Rip Rocky.

[@MrBruh77]

Not even here because I wanted Paws to say “daddy”. Nah, I’m here because I saw Lafayette, and my Louisianan self just smiled.

[@DragoonWarrior790]

"In the mood" is such a dad thing to do and I love it. 😄

[@NonConformistPsyche]

3:09 It's the military doctor that has the bad eyesight.😂

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Wasted

[@Echo4Sierra4160]

I was in the United States Marine Corps... my Sgt called me "Crazy" and I'll leave that there

[@i.c.7296]

THE REAL RAMBO FAT ELECTRICIAN is a bad ass story you should react to it

[@LRSNRCNG309]

7:53 no offense or nothing but you'd absolutely be "Tiny" 😂

[@FuzzJunker]

"in the mood" goes hard..

[@Drachenkonig2]

In The Mood. A great Jazz song. It would be funny if the song was named after the tank. 😂

[@mako8091]

37:04 Americans ask themselves that all the time. Blame the people in Washington D.C.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Oh, you know what else would be fun? Some of Count Dankula's "Madlads" videos.

[@undyingwolf]

3:15 when it came to recruiting a man must have 20/20 vision in order to join because glasses and bad eyesight were easily noticeable in combat and would lead to many deaths

[@DominicWinchester]

Paws is war mommy 😏

[@brandonosborne5690]

The Germans’ anti-tank guns if I’m not mistaken, had more range than the US tanks, hence why they had to close the distance to be effective at that point

[@shanebell9017]

I'm a happily married man, but Paws saying, "daddy" gives me heart palpitations.

[@Yam737]

35:16 men are very simple creatures. When you put them in high distress situations

[@onewolf6419]

40:48 for it to count as a tank kill and the tank has to explode or be set on fire. the reasoning behind it the tank could be repaired after battle by the emery if they were still in controls of the area or the crew maybe return and after bailing out and start fighting again.

[@杠精-e3h]

I have nothing witty to say, this is a comment for the almighty algorithm.

[@joshuaturcotte6724]

So just to make a clear issue of civilians to military understanding. From a perspective of a tank you wont know what is realistically fighting you, everything sounds like metal woodpeckers on your tank with its limited visability. Generally most tankers only know they are under some type of cannon fire if it rings out deep enough which can also be concussive just like High Explosive splash and spall. Most tank crews have very limited view and WW2 was no exception having even less then most tanks that came just 10 years later. So with that known most of the Ambushes are often cleared by using the tanks as mobile shields to advance the Infantry to clear the positions. This is a Doctrinal choice and often tanks were used as "Infantry support" a artillary bunker on tracks if you will trying to push up and provide cover for infantry to move in and exploit weak cracks in enemy formations and defensive lines. The general rule of thumb in this is tanks usually operate in units and then they have squads of infantry with them when they know the fighting is closer. Ambushes are horrific and tanks are the only lifeline in these conditions. When the tanks were nocked out the fleeing infantry were hammered with automatic fire from MG34s and rifle fire. Tankers are hard to replace as well and so the loss of those tank crew is hard on the force. This became an issue, where tanks are expected to "Push forward" if there seems to be non-effective fire so the Infantry can push up and clear the entrenched defenses. This is also expected when tank forces were not understood in number, the expectation was "To charge the enemy ranks to create a brawl in close contact, preferably with sun at your backs" this is what the M4s charging the Tiger 131 was supposed to represent doctrinal wise. Shermans were mostly running into Panzer 3 and 4s threw most of the theater, they ran across very few Panther's and Tiger tanks, Durring 1945 the Germans had sent a large chunk of Panthers and Tiger 2s to try and break the allied lines but were screwed over by not having luxury of time or fuel (And then the Allied advanced halted them by accident). So the most prolific destruction of allied armor in the Western Theater of Europe was anti tank guns and ambushes. This is why air superiority was so heavily required and focused on by the allied power as they could bomb bridges, destroy supplies, rappidly recon, and so much more. C.A.S. or Close Air Support could also be noted as people were keen to use aircraft to support attack waves, the problem was at speed identifying friendly tanks fast enough to strike only enemy tanks, and newer pilots were slow at this at peek war. People like to compair American tanks to German tanks statistically, but the fact is that American tanks fought more infantry then they fought tanks most of the time causing very low interest in upgrading Sherman firepower, often crews prefered the 75mm cause the HE payloads were stronger

[@nomad628]

At the start it looked almost like you’re on set with Nick

[@generalhydra3006]

War daddy 2026

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Chubby Eletron Man's Berlin Airlift video is also great.

[@irystocrattakodachithatmooms]

It's funny with saying there would be no more tank battles, what with the fact the video came out a good bit after Putin decided he wanted Ukraine back.

[@TheDrunkenPhaeron]

@16:37 Something to keep in mind is that combat is messy like a German company that is equipped with a bunch of machineguns to cut down advancing allied infantry units might just throw all of it's anti-tank options (maybe a few guys with a couple launcher and rounds) at the first group of tanks they see either hoping the allies would assume they are an anti-tank element and/or tricking the allied forces into thinking they are stronger/bigger than they are then they are and have to divert more men and equipment to deal with a much smaller unit. Life is not like an RTS you can't take fire and then see "oh there is an enemy rifle squad there and an antitank squad there" You knida have to guess by what they hit you with and for how long which means the enemy also knowing this can fake attacks/defense and to throw you off.

[@ryimscaith1593]

Military Medical is a joke in all things, not just eyesight. I routinely got warnings for being "overweight". Due to the way they did neck and waist measurements, the charts always said I had 17% body fat. At the time I was 24 years old, was 6 ft in height and weighed 140 lbs. (That's 183 cm, and 64 kgs for my metric friends). My ACTUAL body fat percentage was around 2%. To say I was "overweight" was absurd, which I told them each and every time in great vitriol. Usually getting me a trip to see the Capt of the ship over my language to the medical officer. To be clear, the medics, or Docs, that actually fix us, and kept us alive are AWESOME!! The officers in charge of the bureaucracy of medical have their heads stuffed somewhere dark and stinky. Oh, and I cheated on my eye exam when I enlisted. I'm not vision impaired. I'm color blind, lol.

[@GregAtlas]

On the topic of whether or not he should have gone forward or backward in that fight: Range only really mattered for the anti-tank guns and/or enemy tanks. the panzerfaust he was mentioning is a HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) shaped charge so it doesn't care about range as long as it hits at the right angle. Basically a round like this explodes upon impact, forming a superheated plasma jet that burns through the armour and doesn't rely on any kinetic force. Typically they're pretty short ranged though due to accuracy, so the regular anti-tank guns are the ones you'd be more concerned about when it comes to range since they shoot a solid slug. The thing about a situation like that though is that you don't know what is hitting you in a tank like that. You don't know for sure what their effective ranges are, and you're so blind within a tank like that where you likely don't even know what is hitting you from where. This is where the training kicks in because you're trained to do something that may or may not get you and your buddies killed, but you still have a job to do regardless. You see in the clip where the infantry are lined up behind the tank? They're using the tank as mobile cover. The infantry have to get close enough to the enemy that they can do their job and you're basically a wall that moves and has a half decent gun on it. If you back up, your guys either get smooshed (They're called crunchies for a reason.) or they retreat, too, failing at your objective, or they're left without cover and die to the enemy because you ran away. Your objective is to take the territory the enemy is defending and the fact of the matter is that you're going to take losses no matter what you do. Another reason why retreating really isn't an option in an engagement like that is because going in reverse is super slow. 3 mph in reverse vs 24-29mph (4.8kph vs 38-46kph) going forward. Turning around to retreat exposes your significantly weaker side and rear armor to the enemy, making it even more likely to get killed.

[@Y3T1-512]

war thunder is not free, it costs your sanity

[@tehevilbunny]

War Daddy trying to speed run WWII.

[@renaissancenovice7202]

Oh yeah! I was saying we needed some Fat Electrician reacts earlier today. Everything looks like it's getting better since the 5th of November 😉

[@joespine4020]

Judging and berating war tactics and decisions that have been proven again and again to be extremely effective and crucial to a victory is kind of funny.

[@Utopied24]

Warthunder isn’t just tanks it’s planes helicopters and ships and it has over 2000 vehicles you can play, its players also take the game seriously some say too seriously…. Anyway I don’t know if you want to play it lmao

[@jacobytes8720]

What a great American hero, moral of the story is to cheat when possible on your eye exam.

[@niceguy60]

6:42..........Paws that is the type of burn I imagine you would deliver to a stranger............will you call me Baby.

[@viperbike2489]

"Inches are infact better then centimeters"

[@SaneIndividual]

Your nickname would be based on either last name or what you do. If you were on my crew and I knew about your youtube channel I would call you "patas", we called my loader bottom feeder.

[@viktorgabriel2554]

Paws you better cheat on your next eye exam

[@soldierfox7815]

What’s the “ like sub & bell “ that keeps popping up

[@mrSaber79]

Considering how much your mind goes into the gutter and what you say about it: your nickname would probably be something like Gutter or Gutterbug.

[@Saiper1990]

[@superchug2469]

What's your accent im curious is it Swedish?

[@Vibe_Master_007]

She's romanian.

[@DarthKilaj85]

Paws if you want another great story from the fat electrician watch the one about sergeant wreckless the ware horse marine

[@zetsumeinaito]

I pass on those F2P War games like War Thunder. Too much P2W.

[@AlexKS1992]

War Thunder is not bad but it’s a tedious grind fest. I played World of Tanks for 4 years and I played War Thunder for a few months before stopping. I’d go back to War Thunder but it’s not an easy game to play but if you want to try go ahead.

[@captainrabbit7903]

Eeeeeee

[@Sky_314]

Paws daddy

[@pbpixil417]

Comment tribute

[@dragonturtle2703]

It's not necessarily being a dumass. The only reason we lost Vietnam is moral.

[@MW_Asura]

Suuure

[@dragonturtle2703]

@ did you think they were going to invade America? Or run out of men and material before us? Hell, moral has lead to some of the most one sided defeats/victories in history because it’s a really important thing.

[@jondmontoto]

Actually we didn't lose. The north invades the south 3 years after the Americans left. The reason the war lasted so long is because of politicians getting involved.

[@dragonturtle2703]

@@MW_Asura does it look like Vietnam would exhaust America’s resources? Or would invade the mainland and conquered it? Hell, you act like moral is this dumb thing, and not one of the most important things in conflict. Even to a lesser extent individual conflict. And especially in nonviolent conflict/competition.

[@thescratchyscratch7848]

As a tanker within modern tanks, Uber cringe

[@m1xxx3r]

War daddy got Paws in the mood 😂