How to Make a WWII Bedroll
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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2019
- In this video I discuss a few variants of the bedroll used during WWII. The first version is probably the most common style used. The second is another style utilizing the shelter half as a waterproof cover. I threw in the version where I try putting everything into the roll because I wanted to prove a point. They end up being too heavy and too wide and look ridiculous. The last version in the video is the way the 7th army was told to roll their bedrolls. It consisted of 2 blankets, a sleeping bag, any additional articles of clothing and then the shelter half. This is also not exclusive to the 3rd Infantry Division. It’s appropriate for some impressions during specific points in the war. If you need any further assistance then this I’m not too sure what to tell you. If the farm boys with a 3rd grade education could figure it out, so can you. Please don’t over complicate this, it’s a bedroll.
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It’s funny how often I see these in wartime photos, now that I know what they are. Thanks for explaining things.
This was really helpful! I love that the Late War G.I. in Europe is becoming a more popular impression. The U.S. Army had such a variety of field gear but by that point in the war nothing could beat the simplicity of some basic kit & a bed roll with the bare necessities for the day.
I look forwards to more new videos in the future!
My great grandfather was in the 6th armored division. I haven’t seen many summer/fall of 44 pics but winter 44 and spring 45 show that they just carried whatever they needed for that specific engagement, and everything else was left on the vehicles.
Essentially just rifle, jacket, and weapon belt.
It's good to have you back
Good video. Thank you for sharing!
Fold the ends of the blankets back so they will be protected from the wet.
Thank you great video!
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What happened to Airborne boy 506 because it's been a year
@@cctproductions6976 do you think that he quit reenacting and youtube?
@@Militariahistory i dunno about reenacting but probably quit youtube
Hey, I love your videos! I would love to see you make a uniform review on all of the uniforms you have. I feel like if would be pretty cool. By the way, thank you for this. I have been looking for the right way for a while now. Nice video, and please consider the idea.
So a bunch of GIs are out on patrol. It might turn into an overnighter so they take their blanket rolls.
It starts to rain, hard, cos it does in Europe and they need their raincoats which are buried, deep, inside their blanket rolls.
The blanket rolls are opened up, the raincoats extracted and the blanket rolls re-rolled on the conveniently flat forest floor (have you ever been in the Ardennes forest?) and off they go.
A while later Sarge calls a halt for chow time. The K rations are also buried deep inside their blanket rolls but they too are extracted and the blanket rolls re-rolled on the conveniently flat forest floor once more . . . . . I don't think so.
Sometimes I wonder how we ever managed to win WW2 with all this packing and unpacking going on.
I like your video because I was trying out new ways to do it. What I have to say about your blanket roll is I think you could fold the end in before completing the roll to keep water out and to keep everything dry.
Awesome!!
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I made a snarky comment about you talking too much and repeating yourself too many times but I deleted it. Just remember the Three Bs that Army officers use to prepare for a briefing . . . Be Brief, Be Blunt, Be Gone.
This is really a great video. You speak well, sound quality was good and your demonstrations and explanations were excellent. I think a lot of guys will benefit from your hard work. Many thanks. I wish you continued success with your reenacting endeavors.
Johnny Quest all good lol it’s my first few videos back and trying to get everything I want to say into a video that isn’t half an hour long can be annoying. Also my editing isn’t too great and some clips aren’t edited properly.
Yeah, army officers don't use that anymore. It's 'Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, then tell them again what you just told them." I'm seriously not kidding. I learned that at WOCS as well as the instructor course and it's taught in many other army schools now as well.
You should do a airborne gear video
Can you show what knots you used to tie it?
Watched this to hear this guy's balls drop from his first videos 9yrs ago lol. Seriously Great content and great work!
Thank you lol I really should get around to making videos again sometime.
Very interesting even as someone who doesn't do GI!
You don’t see many reference materials for this subject. This is a very interesting topic.
A lot of it comes from memoirs and stuff seen in original pictures.
BTW . . . if you go here: czcams.com/video/gKs-8jmJIy4/video.html you can see a young lady folding a "blanket pack" which is totally different than what you're doing. However . . . pay attention to how she folds things in thirds to make sure nothing falls out. Also, pay attention to how she focuses on making very tight folds. Finally, see how she creates a "pocket" at the end.
So while what she is folding up is totally different from your impression . . . I think you can copy some of her techniques to make your WW 2 blanket roll a little tighter and neater.
Can you do videos on your German impressions?
So this is what you mean when you say your “cleaning” your basement...
Also what's in the ditty bag? Can it be lighter?
Is 100% Merino Wool Lighter or Heavier than 100% Regular WOOL?
Just curious because I'm not a reenactor but why would you roll up your raincoat inside the bedroll? Are you wearing a poncho over all that?
is this a triangular shelter tarp?
Hey, do you think you can do a Uniform Video? Where you go over all of your uniforms?
unfortunately Airborneboy506 was arrested for choking a fat man last weekend and won't be making videos anytime soon.
@@aidenhlebechuk nah
@@aidenhlebechuk wait really
It's gonna be how to make a WW3 Bedroll pretty soon.
Where is the new helmet net video ? :(
What did they sleep on top of to stop moisture from getting into the bedding from the ground?
In many instances, the shelter half.
room tour?
the blanket you rolled is wool right?
Yes it is a wool blanket
U. S. Army veteran here (1964-66). I just can't get over the idea of war-enacters trying to play war, much less trying to tell someone how to do it without ever having been shot at. Where's the fun? Do you have a way to re-enact limbs blown off, spilled guts and bullet holes (a misnomer; they aren’t neat round holes) ? Do you have people who volunteer or are assigned to scream in pain, or do you have that on CD's? Do you lie in the same place for hours, so scared that you shit your pants, not that you wouldn't because you can't get up to go to the Porta-Potty? And what do you do about the smell of the shit and the puke and the burnt flesh and the blood?
Don't get me wrong. The video was interesting, if a bit misinformed. Nobody carried bedrolls. You carried one or two canteens, a couple of field dressings, a poncho, a shit pot of ammo (for an M-1, as many bandoliers as you could grab, ten clips per bandolier), 2-3 packs of smokes and a few (2-6) grenades - and a shelter half. Oh, and if you were lucky, dry socks, definitely the socks, lots of socks (you could, if you were the type, sell extras for a small fortune).
Hear ur Voice all those Videos from years ago
What is a "spy button sweater?"
5 button sweater.
I add 2or socks
Your voice got so deep
Wanna do some more usmc vids?😂
Good video but you need to work on your volume. I had my phone as loud as it would go AND used a volume booster and it was hard to hear you. Thanks
Nah your audio just sucks
7:58 I'm dead hahhahaha
Umm, are you familiar with the M1944 pack set? why are you rolling it along the short end. These bedrolls were meant to be strapped around the top and sides of the pack. the pack set itself has straps for this very purpose.
All you seem to have is a list of what was frequently rolled in the bedroll and not actual instructions as to HOW it was rolled and carried.
More research less intuition dude.
The m1944 and 45 field packs were issued in very limited quantities, not every soldier had them... also, soldiers had bedrolls way before the m1944/45 field packs came along. The way you are saying it makes it seem as if they made the bedrolls Specifically for the m1944/45 field packs.. i'm not very good at explaining so hope you get my point
its a proccesss of eliminating... HA this guy doesnt live in Canada i can tell. full MSS plus poncho liner and poncho at the very least i nwinter, maybe even a casualty reflective blanket to reflect heat fom the fire
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Have you ever lived out?, don't think so🤨
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