Wehrmacht combat footage, WWII

[Ioncannon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nzaKWuMj7os
Pretty cool video.

 

[Cdn303]

[youtube]nzaKWuMj7os[/youtube]

 

[Travis Bickle]

Oh man!

The ol' Flamenwaffen.

They just don't make horrible weapons of destruction like they used to eh?

 

[ilikeoldguns]

wish we still used em

 

[9.3mauser]

Just remember your fathers/uncles/grandfathers were on the receiving end of all that stuff.

 

[Desert_Fox]

Just remember your fathers/uncles/grandfathers were on the receiving end of all that stuff.

Well.... Many Europeans moved to Canada after the Second World War... so.....

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Some color footage there, which is kind of neat. Lot of reality, which is kind of unusual. I would think the guys in the tank that went flying weren" 't having a particularly good day. Some of those guys look scared, absolutely s**tless.

Grizz

 

[Andurp]

Just remember your fathers/uncles/grandfathers were on the receiving end of all that stuff.

Absolutely.

With that said, that doesn't make it any less interesting.

 

[daniel_250r]

not quite the villains that are depicted in all war films. very cool footage.

 

[Skaal-tel]

Some color footage there, which is kind of neat. Lot of reality, which is kind of unusual. I would think the guys in the tank that went flying weren" 't having a particularly good day. Some of those guys look scared, absolutely s**tless.

Grizz

I couldn't agree more. The submarine section was a bit .. edited. With the torpedo launch and all. That said, I've never seen deck gun action like that before!

 

[Ioncannon]

What really gets me is no one is wearing ear protection. Oh giant ass artillery cannon beside you? Just plug your ears!

Wonder how many of those soldiers were deaf after the war... gunshots at the range are bad enough but a huge cannon?

Also, why does artillery in WWII footage always sound like it does in 50sec? Is it the shape of the shell?

 

[Recce21]

Just remember your fathers/uncles/grandfathers were on the receiving end of all that stuff.

Depends who's family

 

[L42A1]

I wouldnt have minded watching this through a CMkIII.

 

[Cdn303]

Does that NCO at 1:45 have a Browning P35? or is it a Colt?

 

[Cdn303]

What really gets me is no one is wearing ear protection. Oh giant ass artillery cannon beside you? Just plug your ears!

Wonder how many of those soldiers were deaf after the war... gunshots at the range are bad enough but a huge cannon?

Also, why does artillery in WWII footage always sound like it does in 50sec? Is it the shape of the shell?

Usually it's not the boom of the heavy stuff like that, that causes hearing problems. It's usually the crack of the smaller caliber stuff.

I remember hearing of US sailor serving on battleships. They said the 18" guns were loud but not that bad. It was the crack of the anti aircraft guns (1.1" or 20mm or 40mm) that would have your ears ringing hours later.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

I'll bet most of those Germans either froze to death, didn't make it back from Russia and didn't survive the Gulag.

Interesting footage from the losing side that crumbled like a Cookie.

 

[Recce21]

And the usual suspects come to suck the fun out of it.

Thanks Gents!

Haters Gonna Hate

 

[the Dakota kid]

Does that NCO at 1:45 have a Browning P35? or is it a Colt?

Looks like an FN P35 to me. Appears to be a double stack magazine if you pause it.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

[youtube]34ag4nkSh7Q[/youtube]

 

[Andurp]

Does that NCO at 1:45 have a Browning P35? or is it a Colt?

Looks to be a P35, which isn't too surprising. The P35 was quite highly regarded by the Germans.