WW2 Infantry Weapons and Their Effects

U.S. WWII War Department training film -- "Infantry Weapons and Their Effects" -- covers the major infantry weapons in use by the U.S. Army.
#okrajoe

[@mmclaurin8035]

"You ever hear a conversation between two machine guns? They talk back and forth for a while, then one of them runs out of dialogue."

[@Deltron1337]

M McLaurin80 I love old humor

[@tezz19937]

That is exactly the point I started to check the comments lol

[@Steve_1999]

I thought they ran out of ammunition but I guess they know more about it than I do...

[@30cal23]

*runs empty* GET ME MORE DIALOGUE PRIVATE PYLE!

[@30cal23]

@juggliar not funny at all typical asswipe

[@AckzaTV]

"IF A FELlA WANTS TO THROW A PING PONG BALL DOWN A BOWLING ALLEY, THATS HIS BUSINESS "

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

Yup, best let him be!

[@idlehour]

If he got a strike. Gee wiz i would be giddy

[@kirkfosher7501]

This is a perfect euphemism for a lady with loose morals shall we say

[@ianhale4466]

Thats what I say when people talk about my ex

[@kirkfosher7501]

@@ianhale4466 same with my ex had to tie a plank on my arse to stop me falling in

[@thehermeticgamer3736]

Love how the anouncer's voice suddenly changes when he's listing the various munitions, he sounds like a robot drill sergeant.

[@buddy5196]

I can’t un hear that

[@ce641]

Sounds like snl guy saying how dare you that can't stop screaming

[@marconino5824]

Time stamp?

[@thehermeticgamer3736]

@@marconino5824 1:05

[@marconino5824]

The Hermetic Gamer thanks

[@technicalspaghetti2560]

"white phospor grenades are for "smoke" not offensive purposes, but here is what happens if you use them offensively!"

[@g__wizz]

even the smoke can kill you.

[@somethingelse4878]

WP was hell It burns to the bone and is hard to stop

[@tuannguyenhuy77]

@@somethingelse4878 Spec ops the line will be my example

[@HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat]

He only said it's not an offensive weapon.

[@charlesmckinley29]

That is because it is against the Geneva Convention to use it against troops. It is permissible for smoke and anti material use.

[@tmseh]

My Dad was in the USMC in 61 or 62. He trained with an M1 rifle and crewed on a heavy weapons team with a 30 cal water cooled MG. My Mom found a surplus M1 through one of his machinists at his factory back in the early 90s for his 65th birthday. I think she paid about $800 for it. The first time we took it to the range my Dad had it sighted in 6 shots. Standing, kneeling and prone. He never forgot his training. He did it being legally blind in one eye, just like he was at Paris Island. The Marines caught him after boot camp. He was picked to be sent to helicopter pilot school and the Major that gave him his medical evaluation couldn't believe it. The Doc was going to give my Dad a medical discharge but some how convinced the Major to let him finish serving in the New York Marine Reserve. We're planning to hit the range in a few weeks, I gaureente my Dad still got it!

[@West_Coast_Gang]

Amazing

[@KR72534]

But your father must be 95 years old. Wow.

[@tmseh]

@@KR72534 Lol! He's in his 80s. Close though.

[@binder946]

❤

[@Underscore23]

"Plenty of Pepper for a dish like this" "How's that for the master race" Hmm 40's semantics are awesome.

[@remotedoor9502]

i think pervitin will do

[@jjjkoy]

finally, someone who remembered what pervitin was!

[@shawn20667]

Ronald Pagan

[@ilikeike2337]

hello

[@lol70721]

hey

[@OleJoe]

My dad was in the army in Europe during WWII. He said the Germans were battle hardened trained killers, not a bunch of mindless heel clicking clods, American movies made them out to be at the time. They were tough. It was not an easy job to defeat them.

[@dan-ul8wx]

@Herr Oswald Mosley You're acting as if they never committed double as many war crimes but your profile is also named after a fascist

[@NovaXP]

@Herr Oswald Mosley begone wehraboo.

[@PbZeppelin]

They were also fueled by methamphetamine more than half the time, making it extra difficult too.

[@OleJoe]

@@PbZeppelin I remember reading that somewhere.

[@PbZeppelin]

@@OleJoe yeah. “Pervitin” was the brand name back then.. came in a little roll of tablet as if they were sore throat lozenges or something!

[@thomasweeden2683]

My grandfather, who served in Vietnam by the way, described the M1911 like so: "It may not be the fastest bullet, but if it hits something like say, your hand, its gone."

[@tylerbrown2187]

Thomas Weeden a 45 won't blow your hand off

[@autoclockk]

it'll make it damn near unusable

[@thomasweeden2683]

PLPSAutomatic Damn right. Appreciate the support.

[@korvtm]

Probably won't completly destroy the hand but the hand will be almost useless after being ht by a .45.

[@thomasweeden2683]

charles woods Yes, finally! Someone who gets it.

[@kurtyb7565]

“Anyone using that wall for cover will do it Just Once.” Badass

[@zakiranderson722]

Can't see him on starlight! Switching to thermal.

[@vincelok894]

"THat's the same .30 caliber in your catrdige bel ... , but pouring out of a machine gun, light or heavy, can make a man look like a sieve in seconds ... " Brutal!

[@aryanson]

And yet, with soft nose expanding bullets, this cartridge known to sportsman as the 30'06, is probably the most popular big game cartridge in America, and one of the most popular in the world.

[@augusthoglund6053]

At least it’s a quick way out. I hope.

[@sluggger]

I watch a lot of these old training films but I'd never seen this one. Gotta say it's a real gem. Going through (pretty much) the entire infantry arsenal of the United States Army of the time would be good enough but they show the effects of the weapons across semi-realistic scenarios, and in some detail. It's pretty well-written too with some funny quips that are really embody the kind of sentiment of that era and its war.

[@SinerAthin]

3:10 "He'd need more than aspirin for that hit." I love that humor xD

[@keyboardwarrior0082]

Like everything.

[@allee6096]

Motrin and a change of socks..

[@berend1301]

Humor in war always great

[@naturalascension7013]

gonna need a necromancer asprins made from willow tree It's the salicylic acid in the new growth bark

[@ponraul1221]

Just walk it off and remember to take your essential oils.

[@johnorlitta]

At 18:04 he says "If any of those supermen are within 5 yards of either burst," I thought he was going to finish with "They'll be super dead".

[@theartistformallyknownas2677]

i thought he'd say "they'll be dead men"

[@FIREBRAND38]

For all you philosophers out there, it's a training film for soldiers NOT a documentary. Also WW2 was a 40's thing not a 50's thing...but you knew that.

[@FIREBRAND38]

According to the Chicago Manual of Style both forms are correct just not both in the same text. english.stackexchange.com/questions/107691/which-abbreviation-for-the-world-wars-is-more-correct-wwi-or-ww1 In future you probably want to make sure you have the facts on your side before you go straight to condescension.

[@Zeph_]

strted in 30's

[@FIREBRAND38]

Technically correct, specifically September 1939 with the invasion of Poland but you will concede the bulk of the war occurred in the 40's?

[@cyprescrow]

Zephyr0ner Though the USA didn't enter the war until 42. And this is an American info video.

[@eminemishh]

@@FIREBRAND38 Some Historians are pushing for the offical start of WW2 to be recorded as the date when Japan Invaded China. The 1939 Invasion of Poland starts European WW2. In my opinion it gives a more accurate view about the war and its grand scale.

[@ColonyChap]

These videos make my patriotism levels rise off the charts.

[@christophertuttle6244]

same

[@alanjeff505]

That's what these propaganda war videos were supposed to instill. A euphoric rise in patriotic sentiment that led the listener to his first battle, forgetting that war is indeed horrific.

[@cosmicaverage3986]

+Alan Jeff these videos are all correct I have personally used almost every one of these weapon

[@cosmicaverage3986]

+Tolik L. every weapon that the US used where more accurate

[@cosmicaverage3986]

+Tolik L. every weapon that the US used where more accurate

[@pabcde.babcde.5741]

The Luger is comfortable. A 1911A1 is comforting.

[@cameronnorton5898]

If only the sights weren't useless.

[@robertlaube574]

@@cameronnorton5898only yanking your sidearm at close quarters, so only a bad shot needs a sight.

[@chrismc410]

And a .357 Magnum double-action revolver is both comfortable and comforting. Don't take my word for it. One George S. Patton used his ivory handled Smith and Wesson N-Frame, (it could have been a Registered Magnum or what would later be known as either the Model 27 or 28) to great effect. He preferred it to the 1911. Considering his background as a Cavalry officer when semiautomatic pistols were in their infancy and not as nearly as powerful or reliable as the revolver was in his day, not an unusual attitude. The Colt Single-Action Army was still a go-to gun for him and many.

[@alchemist889]

Gimme a Hi-Power thanks.

[@lutenut7215]

@@chrismc410 a single action is useless in combat since like 2 decades before ww2

[@taofledermaus]

Brother, that 30 cal stuff is your right arm!

[@elgostine]

+TAOFLEDERMAUS the fact those smaller rounds can do THAT to a tree is pretty damn nasty, Jeff you should test it in your next vid, various rounds going through a stack of wood

[@WanderingShadow100]

+Stephen Anthony Really ? War only looks like fun for people who have not gone through it...For me, I will stay away from it as far as I could.

[@shilelea]

+Stephen Anthony what the hell? Phosphorus burning your skin and lungs? Mgs mortars, artillery this looks like hell. It sounds to me like you just want to be in a video game and murder people.

[@Neomalthusiano]

+shilelea The great fun of war is massacring poor bastards who have no chance of fighting back effectively and plundering government property. None of those happened often in the WWII. Even when Germany was weakened, they could pose a threat for the individual soldier and every side (except Germany x Soviet Union) punished looting heavily (death sentence). But there always were some nuts who liked combat for itself. Jack Churchill for instance. Even today, you can find plenty of these guys in elite units of armies and police departments or as volunteers in Crimea.

[@Nattleby]

Smack em in the eye!

[@kieranr3343]

I can tell you guys that the part at 4:55 with the 30 06 round blasting through the tree is not propaganda. That cartridge is extremely powerful. I own an 1903 Springfield and I can blast through trees, car doors and motorcycle engines all day long. You guys need to shoot a high power rifle round before you die, its a blast!

[@SinerAthin]

I always thought they were powerful, but that even surprised me, lol Fighting in a modern battlefield must be a nightmare. How can you ever find a safe position? xD

[@johnsonmcbronson605]

Ikr?? After playing videogames I never thought a tree could be penetrated by a bullet

[@montanabulldog9687]

Ever since they went over to the "Toy Guns", they, for the most part, have NO IDEA of what a "Full Power" cartridge even is ! . . . ( or "What it can Do" ! )

[@Kriegerdammerung]

Mate, please subject me to your knowledge: the target depicted in the video is a 30 cm diametre live tree, could the .30'06 really bypass it?

[@tommybear1097]

@@Kriegerdammerung I've shot through trees this size with 30-06 AP, API, and ball ammo. The 30-06 is one hell of a powerful round and in the platform I have, it's a shoulder kicking, ear drum shattering round.

[@plymouthrock3406]

From a new soldiers point of view I think this type of film describes the weaponry in simple and straightforward terms which is what you want with minimal training , it was straight to the point and told you exactly what your weapons can do .

[@dominicvasquez6469]

Makes sense since they were conscripting millions of men.

[@jonathanbaron-crangle5093]

Newer US equipment sometimes even has instructions printed on them, ie, FIM-92.

[@entropy156]

I'm really enjoying the "Fuck those Krauts, we'll cut 'em to pieces!" tone of the whole thing. I miss that...

[@DerAua]

Vote in Trump again, you may try it on those Amigos...

[@alchemist889]

Just play Call of Duty, it's the same thing only interactive!

[@harryhirsch8527]

pieces in the Hurtgenforest

[@entropy156]

@@alchemist889 you maaay have missed the point...

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

@@DerAua can't wait to get you people on the gallows

[@Hevyupgrade]

Wow, I never realised just how powerful a 30cal round was. Shame they talked so little about the legendary 50cals though.

[@Rhett_Kierbow]

let me tell you what a fifty did to a person blew them apart like a person tearing paper

[@anthonychirico5658]

I'm sure that is on another training video for the Air Corp.

[@nomadpi1]

Nearing my eighth decade now, I was in the Army in 1964-70 and 1976-1978. I'm "ole school" Army. I had a "love-hate" relationship with the M-1 Garand. Even though I used the m-14, if civilization falls, give me a Garand!

[@braininavatnow9197]

@@nomadpi1 not a good choice....heavy ammo and rifle with limited capacity and too much wood...30 ought 6 is overkill for most engagements..ammo is expensive and harder to get...no flexibility and parts for repair can be hard to find....that being said we all love the rifle and sometimes we make choices based on emotions...its certainly one of the greatest battle rifles ever.

[@mvximus3188]

@@nomadpi1 for apocalypse scenario you want an ak or sks since they are pretty durable. I would probably take an sks

[@PassifloraCerulea]

"The penetrating force is the same―murderous" 😂 Love their way with words.

[@sleeperawake9818]

"He won't get very far, not with that kinda ventilation." Twenty-eight minutes of hilarity! This is what the 1940's US govt. thought soldiers would relate to.

[@E.D.998]

*no nazi was harmed during the making of this film

[@oskarrunhaar6607]

Ernesto Duchini I don't think so Tim... (wrong series😉)

[@williamdiggs4085]

Ok!

[@georgehall7749]

Many were harmed after it!

[@gaborkiss1425]

@USA STRONG I can give you some Zionist HQ addresses, if that is you are after.

[@gaborkiss1425]

@@georgehall7749 Likewise, many U.S. infantrymen had MG 42 bullets for lunch.

[@debtoralive4693]

I was in the army in the early '80's and believe it or not, my job title was motiom picture specialist and we made training films. But I never got to participate in a production like this one. We mainly shot boring classes from a stagnant position. Hard to stay awake sometimes. I'd have loved to be able to shoot something with an actual script. Making this training film would have been a blast. Get it...blast. Ha!

[@CondorSkyGhost]

Yeah, too bad, they should have got you out to the graffenwohr and hoenfels training areas. We would ride the apc out to points a and b, sometimes in the rain....snow....then we'd get pop.up.targets after we had dismounted and marched awhile....then meet back up with the apc. Guess the scary thing about the apc was it was so damn loud....when we marched through the forests on foot in full NBC gear, much quieter obviously. I was a 60 gunner.....but obviously could drive and use my own arsenal of weapons....spare barrel and ammo needed a little help carrying now and then.....what a work out in full NBC.....they didn't show nightfire here and how to walk in with tracers. Our nightfire looked bad ass. Me on the 60 and the 50 next to me in the tc seat....lighting it up

[@eddielung31]

Now l know how to dsiable a german canon. Lunch time well spent

[@andrewholdaway813]

Would have been better spent with a dictionary😎

[@Paciat]

You learned just in time too. Grammar nazis are coming.

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@Paciat The grammar is ok, the spelling, not so much.

[@memorylane3866]

Andrew Holdaway He also typed "canon" instead of "cannon" and made a punctuation mistake but you didn’t notice... You just made a fool out of yourself, well done!

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@memorylane3866 What? I said his grammar was OK i.e. not perfect, a full stop at the end would have been nice, but it's quite common for people not to bother with a final full stop, I would have used a semicolon after can(n)on, and I suppose german should have been capitalised. I said the spelling, not so much i.e. _dsiable_ and _canon_ (TBF dsiable is more a typo and _maybe_ canon is too). The whole was a throw away comment on a previous _three year old_ comment; so frankly my dear I don't _give_ a damn.

[@WelloBello]

Why is this ww2 weapons introduction funnier than most daytime television programs? What's wrong with this picture?

[@kbholla]

Our generation sucks

[@EmillioMelendez]

You need more than aspirin for that head

[@studyinsteel5186]

+Kbholla Your generation sucks, mine is pretty good for the most part.

[@kbholla]

StudyinSteel mmm no my generation is the only thing holding this country above water buddy. go do your homework boy.

[@tubbiele2]

They are done with a lot of thought

[@erictheboringone5292]

As an Infantryman I love these old training films.

[@thomasgilson6206]

Thank you for your service

[@CondorSkyGhost]

That's for sure....even in training, these guys in the field had their shit together.....that's how we were in my 8th Inf. Div Germany.

[@dextersauve5491]

Thank you for your service

[@sergeantmarcusstackerM1903]

The grunts said the bazooka looked like a piece of scrap metal? Guess the M3 Grease Gun wasn't around yet.

[@oceanhome2023]

When the Krauts got ahold of a Bazooka it got copied and upgraded in a way only Krauts can do and then the Reds took it all to another level . Copying stuff that works is what we should not be embarrassed to do LOL !

[@slashtonio9216]

@@oceanhome2023 Trust me Germans did the least copying

[@Jesu-s0967]

@@slashtonio9216 the panzershrek is a litterly a copy of the booska (with upgrades)

[@slashtonio9216]

@@Jesu-s0967 I know but in ww2 and after the Germans did the least copying

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@slashtonio9216 MP 3008 sten copy???

[@DylanWarren1]

videos actually suprisingly well put together.

[@demonjmh]

Well it's a military training video what'd you expect a video with G.I. Joe's?

[@anthony2002able]

So these were produced by hollywood

[@davidmeehan4486]

Very likely. The whole country was in the war effort, so the military training films were state of the art.

[@kenfrievalt7826]

No such thing as video at this time it is called film

[@paulperez4958]

You left out the best. The Flamethrower.

[@paulperez4958]

👍

[@Jason607]

I love the light hearted dark humor of that generation. People were looking to be happy during dark times instead of being offended during really easy times.

[@stanpotter7764]

Well put, my dude. 👍

[@jac0b770]

That’s just general military humour

[@5678sothourn]

This is the world they fought for. They wanted the world to be free, not demanding what we do with that freedom. They died for this future and are proud of it

[@ghtbb]

Well said

[@danielmocsny5066]

Those old-timers didn't have Fox News to feed them a constant stream of terrifying propaganda about all the gay liberal abortion doctors coming for their guns and bibles. Never mind that as soon as you turn off the TV, the danger vanishes, and you're only left with Trump's science denial to kill you with COVID-19 like the 198,000 Americans he's killed so far with his ignorant conservativism and constant lies. Nah, turn the TV back on so you can get whipped into a frenzy of fear about the real threats - maybe a cross dresser in the bathroom.

[@robdee81]

Thanks Sarge!! and here i was about to take on a tiger tank with a feather duster...... That was a close shave thats for sure.

[@EdWeibe]

+robdee81 gee thats swell

[@darkblood626]

You may think you’re too smart to read the manual but when reading it can mean the difference between life and death for you or others then you shut the fuck up and read it twice, and then three more times for the parts you THINK you already know because knowing something when you’re sat at a computer and knowing something while under pressure are entirely different things and attitudes like yours got people killed.

[@EdWeibe]

good tactics

[@deltacomander13]

He made a joke... He isn't discrediting everything in the video.

[@johnsonmcbronson605]

Made me lol

[@Verrskel]

I love those old training films. After reading so much about the WW2 engagements and equipment, it was very interesting to see what kind of damage those weapons could do.

[@jonathanbethards3689]

that 81mm mortar was terrifyingly effective

[@hoodoo2001]

Very instructive. When this movie was shown a lot of kids were seeing these kinds of weapons for the first time, it was a new reality for them. A lot of guys who saw this movie never came home. The movie educated the soldier on the capabilities of his weapons and to some extent their limitations. Even then they were saying light and medium tanks, not heavy tanks.

[@dennisfitzgerald9434]

My first Job when I was 13 was a "Pin Setter" at my local Bowling Alley. Crazy dangerous Job when it was 10pin on Men's Night. Thank goodness for automatic revolution .

[@jamesslick4790]

I did it at a duck pin alley. Smaller, faster balls, shorter, fatter pins than Ten-Pin bowling. I had to get REAL GOOD at getting the hell out of the way! 😲 or 💀 LOL! Not much money in it, But Hey, I got a lost of free Pepsi!

[@duanehonegger7471]

My dad took the small arms course at Aberdeen Proving Ground during WWII. I have his hand written notes from the course.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Awh shucks Sarge... you had me at hand grenades!

[@osric1730]

Narrator: "Mow 'em down like wheat at 250 rounds per minute" MG42: "Hold my beer"

[@kendog84bsc]

B-b-but it was firing slower than M3 Submachine gun in this video! (Actually, maybe it was MG34)

[@patton333]

Ever heard what a fight between two machine guns sounds like?

[@osric1730]

@@patton333 Not the point is it? I'm not the bloke suggesting 250 rounds per minute is impressive and thereby wins the dick measuring contest, particularly when the likely opponent has one with 5 times the rate, am I? Be that as it may there's a reason why the Wehrmacht wanted what would be regarded today, and was regarded by its opponents, an an excessive rate of fire, because the role of the MG34/42 in squad tactics was to be supported by the bolt action wielding grunts, not the reverse, with the aim to allow it to pour out as much lead as possible. I doubt very much whether you've heard that.

[@andrewholdaway813]

@@osric1730 Calm down

[@Pain-mr2hn]

*over heats instantly*

[@thetayterminator1436]

This Blows a lot of Hollywood Gun fighting myths out of the water. In real life during WW2 there was not very much to hide behind that the enemy couldn't just shoot through to kill you.

[@user-tx3xy7lw6w]

That doesn't necessarily matter tho. They have to know you're there to shoot you.

[@C.C_23]

Best off to dig in

[@parker7411]

Average American family in the 1940's: Mother: Oh! Look honey we have one of those! Father: ah! Yes we do; little timmy, could you fetch me the *fragmentation grenade* from the kitchen? Little timmy: *THE WHAT*

[@mohdzarrinjustin6899]

SHAUUUUN

[@RyanTheHero3]

TIMMY? WHERES MY 60 MM MORTAR FRAGMENTATION SHELL

[@MichiganPeatMoss]

"Now ya did it see!!"

[@Barzins1]

To all those who donned the uniform and protect my kids in my stead, I owe you a debt of gratitude. God bless you for your service and sacrifice.

[@MisterBroad]

Huh? That would have been appropriate 70 years ago. Nowadays US Troops aint protecting kids. They kill them.

[@gort7562]

@@MisterBroad Don't worry, you'll get over it eventually.

[@danielmocsny5066]

It's always funny when people invoke pretend Gods in the context of warfare. Mankind has never invented a more effective argument against the existence of pretend Gods than warfare. Wars prove that either God does not exist, or he doesn't care what happens to people, or he lacks the power to do anything about it.

[@icedog3636]

@@MisterBroad they wouldn't have to kill them if you and people like you were more concerned about ISIS

[@kevinmathewson4272]

@AcoolCat most deaths are non-combatants.

[@hausser0815]

Imagine whta it must have been like to first watch this film, and then realize what combat is actually like ... for example, its not really a conversation between MGs, while yours says hello, the german one has already made a whole list of very good arguments, etc

[@Nattleby]

"3 pounds of carbine is betta than a 10 ton roadblock!" lol

[@studyinsteel5186]

+Nattleby 5 pounds.

[@johnsonmcbronson605]

Get it right

[@EddieLeal]

I absolutely love this old war training films. Thank you for uploading these treasures!

[@theartistformallyknownas2677]

honestly this could be 4 hours of just weapons peppering away at cars and blowing up bunkers and I'd say it's the greatest film ever made

[@Sig320]

Now I am going to go watch Band of Brothers again. #1 TV show of all time. #2 The Pacific

[@timerover4633]

I use this video in my World War 2 history class to show what weapons are capable of doing. It is a very good training film.

[@cjheaford]

Damb fine generation if you ask me. I see these "Old men" from time to time in the nursing home I work at. They are so full of stories from the war. It's easy to dismiss them - but I'm guilty to do so. These old men were BADASSES!!!

[@HydraHolden]

Ultraspontane what’s with all the anti-semitism? Are you a nazi?

[@esoopthederp7672]

Ultraspontane sounds like a nazi

[@Astyrical]

Because chopping off your dick doesn’t make you any or more less of a man than it did before. You can’t switch over to a woman from a man. That simply isn’t how biology works.

[@gaborkiss1425]

@@HydraHolden Fuck you, he is telling the truth. And truth hurts.

[@Jesu-s0967]

What did he say?

[@mountainhobo]

+Martin Johansen '"Nothing but the best for the master race" LOL! Sounds awfully familar' It was sarcasm.

[@orangedac]

9:59 "But a machine gun is more powerful than the BAR. Nothing but the best for the master race..." XD

[@jonathanbaron-crangle5093]

Love these old school training films.

[@boscojacko2485]

"Victory at sea" documentaries were popular bed sheet cinema on my carrier in the early 70's. Right before the stag movies

[@miscmilitaria8566]

10:25 top notch acting

[@fetusman2248]

OWWWW HOT BULLETS OUCH

[@Svensk7119]

I love the smart, sharp comments of the narrator. I remember him from the tank-busting film.

[@scubaguy007]

I love the Noir style one liners. Murica! 🤙🏼🖖🏼🇺🇸

[@SagedSoviet]

Why is everyone watching this at 2 in the morning?! I'm so confused, I thought I was the only one!

[@_Gnomeblaster]

Boredom...

[@MediocreMachining]

HOW DID YOU KNOW?!

[@hiddokramer]

there's more countries with other times than the usa, you're not the only country

[@sean668]

+the official kramer Who said he was American

[@AlfaPvP]

I'm watching at 3

[@blueduck9409]

Pretty cool. Love the ww2 jargon. Those were the days when the military was serious!

[@mxplk]

@10:50 "When the 30 caliber is pouring out of a machine gun, it can make a man look like a sieve in a matter of seconds."

[@DuhThyHiTickler]

Wow I'm impressed with the war scene they have at the end there. It's really well made, And usually directors don't make them like that.

[@HO-bndk]

I wonder at what point the original audience watching this suddenly realised that the enemy's weapons could do exactly the same to them.

[@thcscarface1]

Love his one liners when he brings up nazi's, fucking great. Also when that tree was cut in half with the 30cal machine gun, very cool.

[@DavidGalich77]

I have come to love watching these movies from the past.

[@crankysports]

I can't get enough of these old videos "Plenty of pepper for a dish like this!"

[@djones9122]

it takes a cool cat to dance with a tank

[@eeshsinger]

eventhough im not a soldier i felt like one when i watched this and eventhough i already know what are these equipment this is still fun to watch and its fun to watch them inform you what the us military informs to soldiers in ww2

[@infosneakr]

That last part was really good at showing what war looks like. Just hell on earth, that's all

[@sloanchampion85]

I love these training films...reminds me of the greatest army in the world

[@joshbrekke6374]

This is So awesome and badass!! Both my Grandfathers served in WWll. American proud, through and through! Thanks!!

[@repent4christ541]

I thank them for their service

[@richardhoepfner1633]

Love these old military military films.

[@knutclau705]

Absolutely awesome to remind you of those "oldtimer" arms and ammonition, never to be underestimated! 😮

[@Billy-I-Am-Not]

i love these ww2 training and orientation films

[@docraineyiii8789]

Best WWII training film in anyone’s library.

[@veinbanger9381]

17:30 "it's like sending your Sunday punch, Air Mail"

[@craigdouglas9806]

Ive Never seen a video like this before OUTSTANDING !!!

[@crankygunreviews]

I love these old wartime training videos

[@MotherGunner]

Respect to my fellow 11's and 03's. Love you all!

[@TommygunNG]

8:57 point -- Classic squad/fireteam fire-and-maneuver. Standard U.S. Army doctrine since 1940.

[@dr.barrycohn5461]

Good stuff. Straight up. Nice shootin' Tex.

[@kiki_yagelovskaya]

"So here we go: Your pistols are to weak to even pierce their helmets. - Good luck boys..."

[@myblacklab7]

That part is actually pretty smart. Rifles are much more effective than pistols on the battlefield, so this video discourages the soldiers from carrying sidearms, which are unnecessary weight for most soldiers (although it depends on the soldier, of course, and a pistol could occasionally come in handy).

[@pyronixe]

This is amazing.

[@crisibarra6850]

*5:30* Can we just stop for a bit and appreciate the soldier slinging lead at 200yrd thru the same hole with nothing but iron sights 🤯

[@pearlysplayhouse7761]

I thought that too, hell of a shot

[@langleysenterprise5134]

Well back then you just gotta hope for the best since there was only iron sights

[@Redhawk85]

Great video Okrajoe - thanks!

[@tracyjaggers4140]

Wonderfully nostalgic!

[@amazoniancustodian]

This video seems to have brought out all the experts

[@dudududu1926]

If only the US has these weapon experts back then. The war would've been shorten by a year or two.

[@peterking2651]

You have one M1919 firing 400-600 rpm, but you’re facing 2 MG42s firing 700-1300 rpm. In US tactics the MG supports the riflemen, in German tactics the riflemen support the MGs. I’m only pointing out the differences in tactics, not offering an option on which was better.

[@AR15andGOD]

The american way is superior, otherwise we would use the german way. We're the ones that won, after all. Riflemen have far more versatility in their capabilities compared to mgunners

[@vito7428]

@@AR15andGOD If the American way was superior why did they take away so much from what the Germans learned and use after the war from tactics to future tank and weapon development

[@myblacklab7]

@@AR15andGOD America had overwhelming air superiority, and out-supplied the Germans by a large margin. Even with such huge advantages, which included a lot of German tanks, planes, etc. running out of gas, the U.S. still only achieved about a one-to-one casualty ratio against the German armed forces. In fact, the German Offensive that led to the Battle of the Bulge counted on capturing allied gas supplies, because they didn't have enough gas to reach Antwerp. The Germans must have been doing something right, to inflict so many casualties even when they lacked almost every essential to win a modern war (planes, ammunition, gas, etc.).

[@TerryDowne]

There are many interesting things about this film. 1. The narrator's folksy-bloodthirsty dialogue is really grating. 2. The demonstrations of the power of the various rounds are graphic and convincing. 3. The M1 carbine round is touted here as being effective at 300 yards. That is about 100 yards too optimistic. 4. The use of real German equipment makes the demonstrations still more realistic. 5. I see that the men firing the MG 34 are using it properly, i.e. with short bursts. 6. The 37mm is demonstrated here, but so is the 57mm and the M1919A6 MG. It would be interesting to know when this film was made. I would guess late 1943.

[@MrDeplorable-sw9cz]

The gun crews talking in the background is great.

[@muzzlebrake6698]

"He'll need more than aspirin for that head"

[@gaborkiss1425]

Mocking the Germans, when a whole ocean is between you and them, and you know that they can't reach you...that's brave badassery.

[@patrickmcshane7658]

@@gaborkiss1425 Now, thats soldiering.

[@mafiahulk8196]

@@gaborkiss1425 You think the British or the French didn't do the exact same thing? lol

[@spiritmoon5998]

@@gaborkiss1425 Except the U.S. military was able to fight in Germany in WWII. German soldiers and nazis did not reach the U.S. Unless you count modern neo nazis.

[@gaborkiss1425]

@@spiritmoon5998 True, but it entered the war pretty late, similar to WW1. They waited till the Germans got weak enough for fighting the Brits, French and Russians.

[@SquillyMon]

This is the first film I've seen where the .45 doesn't sound like the big guns on a Battleship ! One of those sound effects must be wrong

[@edwingarcia2530]

Love it. It brings back memories. Even the uniforms. 1978-86 Nicaraguan war.

[@claytonmontanez2262]

Ahhh boys having fun in the yard. Brings me back

[@kevinhealey6540]

I asked one WW 2 Vet who fought through France if he ever used German weapons. He said "If you could get them, because there were superior to American weapons. It was forbidden to use them of which no one paid much attention to. Soldiers in combat became accustomed to the sound of each weapon, when it's fired and know from the sound of what weapon it is. Sometimes in advancing through France, I would hear a battle going on, from a distance and the firing from both sides were German weapons, so no one knew who was who.

[@edmundcharles5278]

If you are out of ammo, you use whatever weapon is lying about despite it particular muzzle Signature!

[@rufusleaking1884]

I liked this, and I guess it was meant for new recruits in early stages of basic training. They sure did a nice work-up for the .30 U.S. Carbine (better than it deserved, by many accounts). I recall one of the more respected firearms experts in the world described the Carbine as "a light, handy, unobtrusive little firearm that is immensely popular with people who've never had to shoot anyone with it." It's certainly FUN to shoot, but not very confidence inspiring beyond 150 yards. I guess the class/training film on the M1928(A1) the M3(A1), and the Reising SMGs was for NCOs & Jr. level officers. Over the years, and having shot several of each, I believe I'd rather have one of the SMGs than a carbine, if I was not issued an M1 Garand.

[@chuckhaggard1584]

Audie Murphy liked the carbine, and he killed a lot of Germans

[@edmundcharles5278]

The Tommy gun was heavy at 11 lbs and a leg infantryman could never carry enough ammo for it; however, it was great for armored and motorized troops. The Airborne used it too until the folding .30 carbine came out, it weighed a nice 6 lbs.

[@davidmann4071]

I hadn't seen an 105 before that didn't have the gunshield. That led to internet poking around to find the M3 105. I'd thought the only Airborne howitzer was the 75mm. Learned something new from this video.

[@craigdouglas9806]

WOW! What a Kick ass real video !!! THANX MAN

[@teddythefourth2831]

"He's gonna need a lot of aspirin for that headache"

[@The_RetroManiac]

10:07 sounded like he was about to rap

[@MajorKoenig156]

gotta love the intonation when he describes the different ammo types =D .30 CALIBER RIFLE AND MACHINNE GUN! .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN!

[@GermanMic]

The best gun demo vid I've ever seen