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This is a complete garbage video explaining ranks.

The only specialist rank now is E4?

They should reintroduce them they look good

I want seven

Despite all of this amazing technology, the Allies beat these guys who thought they were so superior. I bet they couldnt believe that the master race was beat by a bunch of scruffy guys from all over the world!

Listening to the witnesses to the impacts in London, they often stated that due to the incoming speed of the V2's, they didn't hear the rocket until after the impact explosion.

You'd think they would've had a cork on that tip, it could have your eye out 🧐

Almost made it to the two minute mark before I had to sit through two commercials.

3:34 What position is a cheek turret?

Yes: in 1917 and 1918.

Makes me think of the Robert Harris novel V-2

My favorite position was to be the lead ground crew mechanic or perhaps supply sergeant?

Jericho Trumpets💀

Great panzer

The grand mufti of Jerusalem helped the SS with the recruitment to the Division by participating in propaganda tours in Bosnia. Anti-semitic sentiments were obviously common in Palestine before 1948

It took out a lot of allied tanks

Exellelent

Bravo.......job security.........rockets dangerous stuff in early days........wow.........I'm glad Germany is on our side this time.......cheers

I read the book "V2" by Robert Harris and it descibed the launch of V2 in simpler terms, so thank you for all the detail. In the book there's mention of the inverted cone on the ground centered below the rocket exhaust used to channel the rocket flame in equal directions. There it was! FYI, the book is very good!

It’s tha engine revving up from going straight down . It’s not a siren. Why put a noise maker on your plane to alert your enemy before you shoot em??? Makes no sense.

Well I paused at 01:11, definition of "squad", to check against czcams.com/video/Qxs3gmewuhI/video.html. All seems well so far.

Better than the Italian ones, which were just as scary for the guy throwing it.

What about German tanks and vehicles from Stalingrad recaptured by the Germans and returned to their original intended use after the Third Battle Of Kharkov which the contemporary situation could very well turn into. Or even the Second...

It was so bad that Colonel Klink didn’t want to go.😂

There is no rank as the backbone of the marine corps. As long as they’re the marine breed. End of story

What about the classified ranks? 😎 is it called the “show off” rank?

the bizarre fact is that towards the end of the war the limiting factor for number of launches was not the liquid oxygen supply not the supply of rockets, but the potato harvest. they distilled ethanol from potatoes, while people were hungry... insane.

Fascinating

The amazing part about the V2, is the tiny 4 cent doorbell buzzer button on the bottom of the fin, that started all of the guidance systems, once the rocket lifted off the pad and took the pressure off of that button so it could close.

Imagine a larger, 1000 lb incendiary bomb loaded with napalm along with a hardened penetrator, a slightly excessive burst charge and a very short delay hitting one of those loaded LOX lorries.

Here I am using the Internet to fact check for myself the accuracy of a movie I'm watching: The Flight of the Phoenix. Cool, it is real.

Germany had a chance starting with a retreat in Stalingrad, to regroup and rest during the winter 42-43. It was suggested to Hitler by his staff, instead, upon hearing that 'R' word, he would infuriate and holler "nein, nein nein!".

A nice picture of a vickers k gun in the infantry role.

In effect, the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany (with substantial help from the United States and the British Commonwealth). On the other hand, Stalin's cynical alliance with Nazi Germany in 1939 and 1940 allowed Nazi Germany to start the war in the first place.

I began as an E1 in 1980 and retired in 2004 as an E7. My MOS was being phased out so higher grades were not available.

Basically, generals cannot count. Because if they could, they would realist that the TOE of a unit is almost never at establishment. Units are almost always deployed below establishment strength. There are exceptions to this, for example on the eve of D-Day, 6th June, 1944. The assault divisions [airborne and seaborne], were deliberately reinforced above their official establishments. For example, as well as having a platoon sergeant, a platoon might have a platoon commander [ a lieutenant ] and a 2nd lieutenant in a US airborne platoon. The same occurred in an infantry company assaulting a beach, with extra officers, NCO's and men. This made sense, since moderate to heavy casualties was anticipated and planned for. But any formation will start to suffer from attrition over time, even when not in combat. A good principle is to keep a unit together for as long as possible. But people get ill, or go on long courses, they go on leave, they might be promoted out of the unit, etc, etc. So there is turnover. This attrition can get worse in war, because of KIA, WIA, POW, etc. AND in war new units often have to be created, so you have to pull out a cadre out of the original unit to form a new one. Replacements are especially vulnerable, especially if they are fed in as individuals. The replacement and the veteran members of the unit will be strangers to each other, and often, new replacements may not have had as much training as those who were original members of the units, and of course, no combat experience. So new placements often have higher casualty rates than seasoned troops. So say a platoon has 34 men total. One officer, one sergeant, a signaler, and a medic, and 3 sections of ten men. It is extremely rare they will go into battle with 34 men. And yet they are trained to operate like this. So almost immediately the unit loses it's shape from numerous forms of attrition. The survivors may not have replacements, so basically, you have to do more, or at least the same amount of work with less people. For example, the SAW team. it isn't really about the number of guns, but the ammo. So you need four people. One gunner, one assistant gunner, and two ammo bearers. The same goes for mortars. Once you have shot off your ammo, the mortar is just a piece of junk until or unless you get re-supply. This is why light infantry [paratroopers, air cavalry, etc] can be very fragile in combat. Not only do they have less heavy weapons, but supply for the MG's and mortars may not be reliable over an air bridge. And if you are only a platoon trying to do the job of a full company, everything becomes harder. Less men in a section, so less sleep because, you either have sentries, or you sleep forever. I was only a platoon commander, and times change. Probably the best command is a battalion. Mixed battle-groups have become smaller and smaller. Unless a unit is designed from the get-go to be lean [a special forces team for example], it is not good practice to send a unit off under-manned and equipped. Sure, if an enemy lands on the beach, and you only have about 3 people in the division, then you have to go with what you have got. But if you look at history, that is not often the case. The 1st Cavalry [air-mobile] Division in 1965 was brand new when it deployed to Vietnam, vastly under-strength. Many members had a year or more training in the 11th [Test] Division, and many more were simply transferred from mech infantry, infantry, airborne, rangers or whatever was available. In other words, many battalions were 40% or more under-strength before they entered battle. Lt Col. Moore's first battalion, 7th cavalry had an establishment of 767 [all ranks] but he could barely take more than 450 of his troops into LZ X-Ray in the Ia Trang valley. Moore and his battalion did a superb job, but I don't have any doubt that his unit suffered unnecessary casualties because it was under-strength Not Moore's fault, but the high command including the POTUS [LBJ] have a lot to answer for.

I have a k98 that has no emblems left on it it's obviously been captured. It's stamped dot 1941. Anybody know what it is

First Time I hear of this efficient plane. Interesting vidéo. Thanks you.

USA took 10,000 rounds to kill NVA , NVA took a 1,000 rounds to kill USA soldier

167 made is a pittance compared to usa a/c production 20k B24 liberators.

A very well designed aircraft with excellent performance and great looks. The H8K tested by the US was returned to Japan decades later and is on display there!

Funny how the Nazis only sent V1 and V2 weapons westward. Their greatest trouble was from the east.

After World War II, the H8K (Type 2 Amphibian) was transported to the Norfolk Naval Base for various flight tests, and in comparison with the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y, the H8K (Type 2 Amphibian) was by far the more capable, leading the American commander to praise it as “Japan's victory over the world in amphibian technology. Today, the company has changed its name from Kawanishi Industries to Shinmeiwa Industries. The company manufactures the world's highest performance rescue amphibian, the US-2.

Kuwait was a part of Iraq. The US government separated Kuwait from Iraq. Just like they did with Panama from Colombia, South and North Korea, Sudan and South Sudan

My father was a Warrant Officer of the RAAF, where he oversaw a fleet of aircraft. I always admired how every member of the workforce would look up to my dad with utmost respect when ever I visited his office

l am mostly intrigued by the fact that medics of both sides took jointly care for their wounded... there a a lot of examples. Brothers in arms. ❤

If I were a German soldier, I would have wanted to serve on a Puma, with its speed and defensive capabilities.

Lol I definitely heard that "like you" as a different four letter word that ends in a -k sound 😂 got my attention for sure!

soldiers are smoking on the louncher site? Seriously?

These spiral markings had some charme and character