World War One German Stormtrooper Combat Training (Der Infanterie-Nahkampf)

[@bwda666]

I'm obsessed with stormtroops,& have been all my life! I'm 63 now. This is FABULOUS. All the typical storm weapons shown....mainly. German,AustroHungarian,Italian,Russian,Bulgarian,Turkish,.....I don't care! As a Brit we had none. We had problems with elites at the time!? Doctrinal problems,so we just used Canucks,Aussies,& Kiwis......errrrr-lol??? Evidence Bulgars used storm units in Balkan wars,in 1912-3? Seems many people do not understand difference between offensive & defensive grenades? Or even know there is a difference?? Mills bombs are defensive hand grenades & need to be used from cover or you eat your own fragments!!! BRILLIANT BRILLIANT VIDEO thanx m8

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

Very glad you enjoyed watching! Also yes, many people are completely unaware that there are such things as an offensive and defensive grenade. The HE grenades commonly employed by the Stoßtruppen were meant more to concuss and disable rather than to outright kill. When one brings thought to the idea of assaulting a static position with a fragmentation grenade, the glaring problem can be seen.

[@bwda666]

Yes m8 offensives,& who doesn't love the humble potato masher? Tyvm for your reply & keep up the good work. Cheers

[@meowass1455]

Thats not entirely true sir, British may didn't have their own assault units but Canadian forces often were a spearhead of assault batallions and they were also great at conducting trench raids. Serving under the British command

[@bwda666]

Think that you've misunderstood my point? In NO WAY were differences between Commonwealth units training & British units training comparable to differences ,in training,between regular & storm troops,in the German,A-H,Italian,&c units! As stated GHQ had a problem with elite units units until well into WW2. Look at resistance at HQ to forming SAS,for example? Put your best men and training into elite units means that casualties in those units can be more damaging then casualties in regular trained units!? As ,in fact,happened to German storm units in 1918. Canadians,Australian,NZ units were used as storm units-yes- but they were not trained hugely differently from British units. So not really sure what point you are trying to make here. GHQ also believed that Scottish & Irish units should be used in attacks but should be replaced by English and Welsh units because they were more "solid" in defence!? These are national differences NOT training differences?? Hope I've made my point clear here my friend. Anywho......cheers brother

[@meowass1455]

@@bwda666 ah, now I do understand, I am fairly certain if Douglas Haig wasn't so delusional about cavalry making a breakthrough in heavily fortified position untill 1918 there would develop some kind of british shock troops, but since he didn't learn from his mistakes and enemy tactics till 1918 there was no specificaly trained shocktroops He deserves to be remembered as bad general but not a terrible one, he deeply cared for his men but in many scenarious he was so certain to make a breakthrough against heavily armed german trenches he dragged the offensives for too long and it was both a slaughter by gun and nature But in 1918 he finally learned from his mistakes and also listened to his subordinates which he was known for not doing. If you did or have not watched yet there's a channel called The great war in which they cover many aspects of the war, every year week by week and some special events have their own episodes like for example german defensive tactics and offensive tactics

[@lg2058]

After watching this video, I stopped having issues with my discipline.

[@fredetricko5555]

Most valuable document! Thank u for sharing!

[@chevinbarghest8453]

I like the way he stands to attention after... Falling prone would be better... but then one's uniform would become dusty

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

I'm sure if he was throwing a live grenade there'd be cover, but it was just throwing training.

[@chevinbarghest8453]

@@Kriegserinnerungen For realistic training there should be someone throwing it back... WW2 Harris: > "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them"

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

@@chevinbarghest8453 The Sturmtruppen of WW1 were taught directly to time their throws so that their grenades go off relatively as soon as they go into the enemy trench or position, which is why in that scene they are training throwing the grenades at a high arch so that they come down at a steep angle. They practice more practical combat procedures and formations later on in the video.

[@chevinbarghest8453]

@@Kriegserinnerungen ..Makes you wonder why they lost.. Mills bombs were handier... especially for troops used to cricket.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

​​​​Here you go with the Keyboard warriors again who know shit about war, Stick Grenades are for offensive Operations they have bigger distance then round ones it was the perfect grenade for stormtroopers, during ww2 and the cold war stick grenades were still made that way especially anti tank ones, why becouse again you can throw them further then round ones which are defensive grenades. @@chevinbarghest8453

[@bearboy879]

Its cool, in World War 2, countries extensive used films to train their troops, as filming and cameras were cheap and VERY common. But in World War 1, at the beginning, they film and cameras were more luxury and less of a common thing, but by the end of the war, cameras were very much more common, and this is a great one of the first examples of training films, which in future wars would play a massive part in training troops.

[@AftonRobotics1753]

11:00 Their really just playing hot potato wholesomely! :3

[@saba6743]

Fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@josephorton8987]

Danke Schoen

[@ahsansariyadi29]

wunderbar

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

Danke schön, ich bin froh dass du es magt. es kommt direkt aus das bundesarchiv deutschlands :)

[@hermannaldinger9893]

Ohne Handschuhe im Stacheldraht 😮

[@thunderkatz4219]

They need to bring back the German empire

[@nistaffsubs6787]

The russian empire Is doing what Hitler did but raping women in the process...

[@gworsham32290]

I agree

[@Zippoguy338]

Yeah fr

[@alecjsanjian9923]

That's what I've been saying.

[@Rokaize]

No

[@tristanholland6445]

Interesting to see the knee pads way ahead of the trend on that for sure.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

That's the leather patches of the riding breeches I think they wear.

[@kadeberrier3799]

​@jasonnicholasschwarz7788 Not reithosen but Berghosen. These just had knee patches. There were ones with the Lederbesatz in the rear but it wasn't like the Reithosen pattern. These knee patches became very standard among mountain troops and assault troops

[@bonsaibaum5348]

Ach daher kommt die Bezeichnung bis heute 08/15

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

Genau. Das MG 08 und seine 08/15 variante war eine der berühmtesten waffen des 1.WK

[@SevenRavens007]

The guy at 4:32 forgot to pull the pin

[@phillippatterson9484]

At 15 minutes those fellers cutting thru the barbed wire should be wearing gloves. A safety violation!

[@TheYeti308]

Just a flick of the wrist .

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

Genau :)

[@Sebastianfebruar]

Handgranate werfen und still gestanden.

[@historyworld204]

30:34

[@broken1394]

Benny Hill would fit right in.

[@jasonnicholasschwarz7788]

Oh, you're nasty. But I like it 😎

[@OnkelMedic]

Das outfit schreit ja fast „ICH BIN RESERVE!“ er da mit seinem stoffbäutel voll Granaten, der 1915 Bluse und dem Hässlichen und Missratenen Bruder des 98ger Mauser Gewehr, dem Gewehr 88. der arme Kerl hat ja nicht mal Munitionstaschen.

[@Kriegserinnerungen]

Ich glaube, dass er den Karabiner 98AZ dabei trägt, und nicht das Gewehr 88. Der Karabiner 98AZ wurde an die Sturmtruppen ausgegeben, da er für den Nahkampf ziemlich geeignet ist. Der trägt doch keine Munitionstaschen, weil in dieser Phase des Krieges, manche Sturmtruppeneinheiten mit Bandoliere ausgerüstet wurden, um das Kriechen durch den Schlamm zu erleichtern. Auf dem Bauch durch den Schlamm mit rechteckige Munitionstaschen zu krabbeln ist ja ein bisschen schwer.

[@Lagstudio12345-K]

Indeed. I heard they had the permission to carry the ammunition in their pockets.

[@andrewhill4986]

And that’s where “Lawn Darts” Originated