Infantry Weapons of WWI

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  • The first world war saw many varied weapons being used by soldiers. Let's look at what was manufactured and being used on the battlefield.
    Infantry weapons of WWII
    • Infantry weapons of WWII
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  • @elliottyancey804
    @elliottyancey804 Před 5 lety +4190

    We have lost objective Butter

  • @captainmorgan9399
    @captainmorgan9399 Před 5 lety +3836

    "Hey America I know we invented chlorine gas and the wex flamethrower but shotguns are really mean so pls stop" -Germany

  • @Missing_exe
    @Missing_exe Před 5 lety +1297

    The raffles most commonly used by the allies.......

    • @matthewd.d238
      @matthewd.d238 Před 4 lety +66

      Jek Trava buy your premium raffles at the raffle shop, and for each raffle increases the chance to get extraordinary prizes, such as the premium award that includes: the stokes mortar, a Lewis light-machine gun, four mills bombs, a standard British gas mask, a SMLE raffle, a raffle grenade projector with two raffle grenades, a British uniform, and a trench club.
      All for the price of 8000 raffles.

    • @andrealugo841
      @andrealugo841 Před 4 lety +14

      HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA BRUUUH HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA

    • @Anglisc1682
      @Anglisc1682 Před 4 lety +2

      LmAoOoOo

    • @snakeeateerrrrr
      @snakeeateerrrrr Před 4 lety +8

      And the draft raffle, used 100,000 young men as ammunition

    • @noone6766
      @noone6766 Před 4 lety +1

      Jek Trava he’s saying it the cool way lol.

  • @Judge_
    @Judge_ Před 4 lety +446

    0:10 Does that sound remind you of anything BF1 players? It’s the battle pack opening noise.

    • @michaelradev2710
      @michaelradev2710 Před 4 lety +7

      VladdyDaddy it is the opening sound

    • @BopLouie
      @BopLouie Před 3 lety +22

      Woah another skin for the mp 18, wowiwowthankyousomuchohthankswow

    • @miguel.sa_
      @miguel.sa_ Před 3 lety +1

      @@BopLouie bruh until today I don't have any mp 18 skins

    • @idewabagusariwicaksono2864
      @idewabagusariwicaksono2864 Před 2 lety +1

      And you now what i still opening those crate every weeks the game is still fun tho

    • @lightningstrike5280
      @lightningstrike5280 Před 2 lety +1

      the feeling of disappointment when you get a really nice skin for a premium gun you dont have

  • @csjdruid434
    @csjdruid434 Před 7 lety +2215

    0:10 Is this the sound when you open a crate in battlefield?

  • @Filiplego1
    @Filiplego1 Před 7 lety +582

    I think those German grenades (Used in WW1 and WW2) had a very smart design... It's allot easier to throw it than the round ones...

    • @KaiservonKrieger
      @KaiservonKrieger Před 7 lety +61

      Filip The Stielhangranate or in literal term Stick Hand Grenade was the Germans good grenade. longer ranges for it. but today round ones are used for cqc and very compact. If it were a full fledged war, I'd go with the stick grends

    • @ianh7268
      @ianh7268 Před 7 lety +73

      Filip with the handle they could throw it much farther than the baseball-shaped grenades used by other powers, but they lacked fragmentation abilities, and relied on purely the concussive blast, which had a smaller kill radius than the fragmentation grenades. In WWII they started to put metal jackets on them to widen said radius. so it's really some give and take with that design

    • @KaiservonKrieger
      @KaiservonKrieger Před 7 lety +4

      Ian Huffdog Yes that is true. There are lots of grenades with other uses. Like the Japanese grenade of WW2 can be used as a landmine.

    • @veryconcernedjesus2584
      @veryconcernedjesus2584 Před 7 lety

      Filip
      Smae

    • @SolelyACasualRambler
      @SolelyACasualRambler Před 7 lety +5

      Filip
      yeah, because with the round ones, they're much easier to fall if you don't hold it hard enough or (maybe) if your hands are wet...

  • @connorfalcon7080
    @connorfalcon7080 Před 5 lety +578

    1:53 I like how excited he gets when he talks about the BAR

  • @gnumblinjones69
    @gnumblinjones69 Před 5 lety +290

    0:31
    “THE RAFLES”

  • @notjeeves5454
    @notjeeves5454 Před 6 lety +1767

    Plays battlefield 1 once,
    Hello class I will teach World War I

    • @jolly9966
      @jolly9966 Před 4 lety +12

      Grape Mental Actually, if I do a 828 million hour marathon I would be able to

    • @apinyabuakla5196
      @apinyabuakla5196 Před 4 lety +30

      Plays battlefield 5 once, Hello class I will teach World War 2.

    • @gergoa
      @gergoa Před 4 lety +27

      @@apinyabuakla5196 no play bfv once hello class i will teach how to make the worst intros.

    • @thunderkatz4219
      @thunderkatz4219 Před 4 lety +5

      soviet is retarded me plays battlefront chosen A280 ok class let’s talk about rifles

    • @blankblank5409
      @blankblank5409 Před 4 lety +2

      Apinya Buakla N

  • @simonnachreiner8380
    @simonnachreiner8380 Před 4 lety +1459

    A bunch of Germans walked into a BAR
    None came out

    • @kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151
      @kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151 Před 4 lety +64

      *Woody laughs sarcastically*

    • @azurecho8570
      @azurecho8570 Před 4 lety +44

      Allies:germany wanna see magic
      Germany:yes
      Allies:come here
      Axis:ok
      Allies:*grabs bar strarts shooting*
      Germany:AHHHHHHH
      Allies:see they are gone that's magic
      Germany:where are they
      Allies:they got shredded by our guns

    • @RDAScout
      @RDAScout Před 4 lety +14

      B A R also stands for bolt action rifle

    • @jonathanquintero550
      @jonathanquintero550 Před 4 lety +5

      I get it

    • @Awfulfeature
      @Awfulfeature Před 4 lety +22

      In the context of WW2 they had a garand time!

  • @connerkerrison2579
    @connerkerrison2579 Před 5 lety +152

    0:31 The Rafles most commonly used

  • @KUGURS2020
    @KUGURS2020 Před 4 lety +44

    0:53 one of my favorite gun

  • @JoshuaBegin
    @JoshuaBegin Před 7 lety +136

    learning about ww1 makes you realized how terrifying it must have been to be a soldier in a trench. Plus the majority had no say in whether they went or not, it was conscription. I'm thankful I never have to go through that experience.

    • @norgan5064
      @norgan5064 Před 7 lety +16

      Joshua Begin read "all quiet on the western front" it's called one of the greatest books of all time, and really shows those fears you said in better light. It was written a few years after world war 1. Check it out, you'll love it.

    • @erikbortuzzo8968
      @erikbortuzzo8968 Před 7 lety +10

      War sucks, but a lot of people are too pattriotic or nationalist to admit it!

    • @koffieslikkersenior
      @koffieslikkersenior Před 6 lety

      Not eachother. Only chimps and humans do so regularly. Also, watch The trench. Captures what living in a Brittish Trench must have been like quite well

    • @paroxysm_brian7817
      @paroxysm_brian7817 Před 6 lety

      A few years later... NORTH KOREA DECLARE WAR ON USA.

    • @reedsexton3973
      @reedsexton3973 Před 6 lety +1

      Ummm no the British propaganda campaign got millions to join willingly

  • @theshirtman7232
    @theshirtman7232 Před 5 lety +158

    1:30 the way you said toasting bread was funny to me. And also:
    TACTICAL BREAD TOASTING

  • @Jg87761
    @Jg87761 Před 5 lety +324

    The most common rifle used by the U.S forces was the Enfield Model 1917, 3 times more than the Springfield 1903

    • @woodslore8537
      @woodslore8537 Před 4 lety +11

      A retooled variant of the Pattern 1914 rifle designed by the British.

    • @tinytank7815
      @tinytank7815 Před 4 lety +4

      I’m not sure why they didn’t include it

    • @barccy
      @barccy Před 4 lety +13

      The Chauchat was more significant than the BAR, but also went unseen, though it did get a verbal reference.

    • @williams6206
      @williams6206 Před 2 lety

      And the Lewis gun was American not British

    • @aquelacoiso6684
      @aquelacoiso6684 Před 2 lety +8

      @@williams6206 the Lewis was created by americans, but Great Britain was the one using

  • @kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151

    1:16 Well I found a new meme template.

    • @jackleslie7391
      @jackleslie7391 Před 3 lety +1

      Lol

    • @artizzy2k2k
      @artizzy2k2k Před 3 lety +9

      My brain reminding me of all the cringy stuff I did years ago while I'm trying to sleep

    • @willikins5095
      @willikins5095 Před 2 lety +1

      exactly what i thougt

    • @Ajay-dy3xw
      @Ajay-dy3xw Před 2 lety +2

      Soldier walking: Me trying to go outside my room to socialize
      Soldier with a bayonet: "Look who decided to get out of his cave"

  • @slayer788
    @slayer788 Před 4 lety +121

    when ur scary knife that intimidates enemies is really just ur way of making toast

  • @derbotgaming3394
    @derbotgaming3394 Před 4 lety +90

    1:20
    Hi, your probably wondering how I got to this moment...

  • @lioubastoupakova3770
    @lioubastoupakova3770 Před 5 lety +36

    1:32 “opening can and toasting bre...” BAM!!!

  • @nitrous8547
    @nitrous8547 Před 4 lety +32

    0:09 battlefield 1 battlepack opening sound

  • @user-cu8wg9jk6x
    @user-cu8wg9jk6x Před 7 lety +581

    Who's here because they have had an interest in ww1 and historical weapons before battlefield 1 was announced?

  • @tardarsauce1842
    @tardarsauce1842 Před 6 lety +235

    Never knew that the bayonet was used to open a can of beans, roast some food and make a toast

    • @secondcoolestyoutubechanne2123
      @secondcoolestyoutubechanne2123 Před 5 lety +13

      Also soldiers would stick cheese on the bayonets to lure rats out.

    • @Spuurtzithink
      @Spuurtzithink Před 5 lety +11

      I bet the brits used the bayonets more for cooking and other things besides killing

    • @thegamer31tfr10
      @thegamer31tfr10 Před 4 lety +2

      And to kill each other

    • @Spuurtzithink
      @Spuurtzithink Před 4 lety +3

      Carthago Delenda Est it’s a joke genius

    • @TorontoJediMaster
      @TorontoJediMaster Před 4 lety +2

      One historian said it was useful for such things as prodding POW's along, opening bully beef tins and toasting bread. But as a tactical weapon, it was antiquated.

  • @harlesem7334
    @harlesem7334 Před 4 lety +60

    1:33 such as opening cans and toasting brea

  • @Boxocook
    @Boxocook Před 4 lety +65

    I know I'm late but did they really use a bf1 battlepack opening for the sound 0:08

  • @josephs-d8731
    @josephs-d8731 Před 7 lety +547

    The writing on the stick grenade translates as: Before use insert detonator.
    Thought You Should Know

  • @u.h.forum.
    @u.h.forum. Před 7 lety +96

    And pickaxes, for making trenches, and for putting to enemy helmets. Horrible.

  • @AA-me2rw
    @AA-me2rw Před 4 lety +26

    Man I love history who’s with me

  • @dillonb.2048
    @dillonb.2048 Před 5 lety +118

    I didn’t know that Joe Swanson did voices for WW1 stories

  • @rylanaranaydo3480
    @rylanaranaydo3480 Před 7 lety +515

    @0:09 Sound familiar my fellow gamers?

  • @dahpython7764
    @dahpython7764 Před 7 lety +56

    Battlefield 1 Battlepack opening sound affect 0:10
    maybe it's not just from Battlefield 1 (like a stock sound affect) but that's where I heard it from

  • @nathanboolin4944
    @nathanboolin4944 Před 5 lety +13

    Working on a power point for World War 1! Thank you so much for gun information!!!

  • @l-shadow1775
    @l-shadow1775 Před 4 lety +5

    1:58 that gun looks like the T-21 heavy blaster from star wars good inspiration

    • @michaelradev2710
      @michaelradev2710 Před 4 lety +1

      The Lewis gun?

    • @l-shadow1775
      @l-shadow1775 Před 4 lety

      Yah

    • @schiltno.3bis
      @schiltno.3bis Před 3 lety

      The T-21 in the origional movies was literally a Lewis gun with the magazine removed and ribs added to the barrel shroud.

  • @nebiyuesayas5600
    @nebiyuesayas5600 Před 5 lety +52

    Fun facts: The Steyr-Mannlicher used a straight pull bolt, giving Austro-Hungarian troops a slight advantage. Also, several rifles made it into WW2: the Springfield carried over as a sniper rifle, while the 1938 carbine version of the Gewehr 98 (Kar98k) was common among German troops. The M1918 Bar also transfered over, with updates made in between the wars. In 1915, there was actually an experimental SMG called the Standshutze Hellriegel M1915, made by Austria-Hungary (never left prototype phase). The M1911 did come over, with few changes.

    • @justforrow
      @justforrow Před rokem +3

      Nice

    • @behindthespotlight7983
      @behindthespotlight7983 Před rokem +1

      The ‘03 Springfield was the standard issue rifle to the US Marine Corps through the end of 1942. They also took Thompson’s with the round drum mags and gangster foregrips to Guadalcanal and other early land battles

  • @bisonfunyuns4988
    @bisonfunyuns4988 Před 7 lety +46

    I really liked the Lewis Gun

  • @cribinspace7079
    @cribinspace7079 Před 3 lety +5

    0:10 that sound gives me flashbacks of getting skins for pistols in legendary battlepackd

  • @byronthomas1726
    @byronthomas1726 Před 4 lety +26

    I very much appreciate your informative videos. My great grandfather served in WW2 my great uncle in Vietnam. One of the guns first listed in this video the Einfield .303 is in my family's possession and I am doing research to find out if the cereal number on the gun could be used to identify if it was used in WW1. Any tips or information on that would be well appreciated thank you.

  • @tangmingchen9237
    @tangmingchen9237 Před 7 lety +42

    And now we have bunch of Automatic and semi-matic weapon in battlefield 1, only sniper can use the most common rifles.

  • @sialin8813
    @sialin8813 Před 7 lety +27

    I like the SMLE MKIII it's interesting

    • @KaiservonKrieger
      @KaiservonKrieger Před 7 lety

      Rongxia Lin Yea it's like a machine gun when used by a mass line of troops because of its VERY smooth bolt.

    • @thatlegoclone515
      @thatlegoclone515 Před 6 lety

      Great sniper in BF1

  • @heinzwilhemguderian6202
    @heinzwilhemguderian6202 Před 3 lety +2

    The rifle used by the Ottoman army in the early years of the war was the old Martin rifles, but later these rifles were replaced with the 1903 Turkish Mauser

  • @dukleinergo7073
    @dukleinergo7073 Před 4 lety +7

    0:10 Battlefield 1 chest opening

  • @echozero8213
    @echozero8213 Před 7 lety +153

    The raffles used by the allied
    powers

    • @thatlegoclone515
      @thatlegoclone515 Před 6 lety +2

      Echo Zero LOL I thought the same thing

    • @krashsite2125
      @krashsite2125 Před 6 lety +1

      Raffles?

    • @evanlol05
      @evanlol05 Před 5 lety +1

      You ever heard a southern accent?

    • @v2_missile456
      @v2_missile456 Před 5 lety +4

      your uncle no southern accent is THAT accented. I’m from the south and I’ve heard some pretty DISTINCT accents... but none that turns a type of firearm into a type of ticket lol

    • @evanlol05
      @evanlol05 Před 5 lety

      Jimmy Freakin’ Hendricks I’m also from the south. But where I am, most adult men sound just like he does.

  • @gnochhuos645
    @gnochhuos645 Před 7 lety +285

    What about the Kolibri gun XD

    • @mannygardner1151
      @mannygardner1151 Před 7 lety +69

      Vietnam Mapper The Kolibri was the best thing ever invented

    • @tno847
      @tno847 Před 6 lety +6

      theyve forgotten the AutomaticoM1918
      and the Standschütze Hellriegel M1915

    • @clover4522
      @clover4522 Před 6 lety +24

      T No The Hellriegel was LITERALLY NEVER used.

    • @tno847
      @tno847 Před 6 lety +2

      Clover The Gun Nut itwas used but in very limited numbers

    • @kasperikalervo91
      @kasperikalervo91 Před 6 lety +14

      T No it was a prototype that was mever used

  • @ww2stuff279
    @ww2stuff279 Před 5 lety +30

    My Most interessting weapon is The MP 18

    • @local38on-tv
      @local38on-tv Před 4 lety

      Actually Italian weapons are more interesting

    • @grzyruth9205
      @grzyruth9205 Před 4 lety +3

      @@local38on-tv not really

    • @local38on-tv
      @local38on-tv Před 4 lety +2

      @@grzyruth9205 I mean your probably right as I don't remember typing this

    • @mupedhead3794
      @mupedhead3794 Před 3 lety

      Tbh I prefer the Winchester model 97

    • @riowarner0617
      @riowarner0617 Před 3 lety

      lee enfield and lewis gun

  • @USSBOAT
    @USSBOAT Před 5 lety +274

    It is Ottoman Empire not Turkey

    • @tomithino456
      @tomithino456 Před 5 lety +33

      I mean they were still Turks so

    • @Alexander-hi8bo
      @Alexander-hi8bo Před 5 lety +14

      They were basically the same thing at this point since the empire pretty much lost everything that wasn’t turkey

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 Před 5 lety +8

      No one cares we sometimes call the soviets Russians because there russian

    • @luigimrlgaming9484
      @luigimrlgaming9484 Před 5 lety

      Overrated Seagull I meant the other way around

    • @gamingwolffox7121
      @gamingwolffox7121 Před 5 lety +1

      ZachAttack28 the Ottoman Empire was also known as the turkerish empire

  • @huntrainpartrain4185
    @huntrainpartrain4185 Před 7 lety +139

    One issue, you put experimental submachine guns, but no shot guns? Shotguns were used fairly widely during both world wars

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  Před 7 lety +59

      That's because I want to make a unique video on them, give me a chance yeh?

    • @karstenschoenberg9736
      @karstenschoenberg9736 Před 5 lety +11

      The mp18 wasn't experimental it was actually adopted by the German imperial army for ludendorff 's offensive the hellrigel was experimental

    • @Banginyermamsince93
      @Banginyermamsince93 Před 5 lety +5

      Huntrain Partrain not widely used during WW1, only when the U.S joined the war at the end.

    • @Roman-wm4ji
      @Roman-wm4ji Před 5 lety +5

      @Simple History ikr

  • @taegeonahn5147
    @taegeonahn5147 Před 7 lety +85

    The gewher 98 is my favorite

  • @bayanimockingjay
    @bayanimockingjay Před 4 lety +9

    1:18 Surely that isn't a military pratice. Pointing a bayonet that close to another allied soldier?

  • @fjord9145
    @fjord9145 Před 4 lety +12

    The canopener was invented years after canned food, because it was only available for soldiers who always had a knife or bayonet with them.

  • @dark_emperor9427
    @dark_emperor9427 Před 7 lety +373

    infantry weapons of ww2 please

  • @topdog5628
    @topdog5628 Před 7 lety +15

    The flamethrower because of the shear fear and intimidation factor.

  • @missymiami6798
    @missymiami6798 Před 5 lety +70

    Germany: were gonna be mean >:D
    Us: use shotgun
    Germany: no pls stop :(

    • @Merc69420
      @Merc69420 Před 3 lety

      Copied..

    • @ILoveDucksVeryMuch
      @ILoveDucksVeryMuch Před 3 lety +2

      Germany used camping it wasn’t very effective
      America used shotgun it was super effective

  • @christophercastro360
    @christophercastro360 Před 4 lety +3

    1:26 pushing someone into a pool be like🗡

  • @sindey2000
    @sindey2000 Před 7 lety +282

    i feel battlefield had a heavy influence with the weapon choices in this video

    • @jayarmastice4010
      @jayarmastice4010 Před 7 lety +4

      sindey 2000 Obviously ya fucking idiot

    • @SolelyACasualRambler
      @SolelyACasualRambler Před 7 lety +5

      sindey 2000
      wow gee, thanks for telling us, we would've never guessed that without you... #sarcasm...

    • @sindey2000
      @sindey2000 Před 7 lety +2

      you're welcome

    • @seymourbrown4540
      @seymourbrown4540 Před 6 lety +2

      KOBF sindey 2000 wow it’s not like ww1 is not just for battlefield could be made

    • @VonTheDon11
      @VonTheDon11 Před 6 lety

      Agreed

  • @epicbestgamer9501
    @epicbestgamer9501 Před 6 lety +15

    0:31 "the rafles most commonly used are"

  • @WickedTester176
    @WickedTester176 Před 3 lety +5

    0:52 the Springfield was actually very uncommon in WW1, the M1917 Enfield was the most common rifle used.

  • @NO-poleon
    @NO-poleon Před 3 lety +10

    Weaponry
    0:13 Rifle
    1:15 Bayonet
    1:35 Machine guns + smg
    2:30 Flamethrower
    2:46 Grenades
    3:01 Pistol
    3:14 Club or Melee weapon

  • @simonbuzzi5758
    @simonbuzzi5758 Před 6 lety +6

    0:31 love the way he says "rifles"

  • @maximgun3833
    @maximgun3833 Před 7 lety +82

    isn't the M1917 Enfield more widely used by American Expeditionary Forces?

    • @clover4522
      @clover4522 Před 7 lety +8

      Maxim Gun US Marines and snipers still used the M1903, but yes, the M1917 was more widely issued.

    • @bodie6783
      @bodie6783 Před 6 lety

      Maxim Gun I think you are thinking about m1911

    • @CamperN00b47
      @CamperN00b47 Před 6 lety +1

      Bodenator That is a pistol, the M1917 Enfield he's referring to is a bolt-action rifle.

  • @seanrhayvendevera1308
    @seanrhayvendevera1308 Před 3 lety +3

    Girls Pillow fight: Ow you hit me to hard
    Boys Pillow fight: 3:21

  • @danielrose7566
    @danielrose7566 Před 5 lety +7

    0:06 haha I had my history test on trench life and we had to explain the trench conditions using that picture with the gas masks

  • @xirocastgaming4809
    @xirocastgaming4809 Před 7 lety +22

    Honestly, the most interesting gun to me seems like the MP18i

  • @Urlocaljfk
    @Urlocaljfk Před 4 lety +14

    0:10 when you get a new weapon skin

  • @Steven-dt5nu
    @Steven-dt5nu Před 2 lety

    I have been enjoying your videos. Thanks

  • @paullytle246
    @paullytle246 Před 7 lety +17

    most American were issued with 1917 Enfields

    • @MrWassup45
      @MrWassup45 Před 7 lety +2

      And not M1903 Springfields, ok

  • @tripwireunknown6747
    @tripwireunknown6747 Před 6 lety +184

    German army = Empires army
    German "storm troopers"

    • @a-aron691
      @a-aron691 Před 5 lety +4

      coincidence? i think not

    • @Roman-wm4ji
      @Roman-wm4ji Před 5 lety +3

      @rc car I’m with you

    • @Goober_80
      @Goober_80 Před 5 lety +12

      I bet the first German in space created a lightsaber

    • @Roman-wm4ji
      @Roman-wm4ji Před 5 lety +1

      @Lieutenant Dakota 😂

    • @Spuurtzithink
      @Spuurtzithink Před 5 lety +1

      Star Wars Get your own ideas

  • @AsaSumailer
    @AsaSumailer Před měsícem

    your video was exactly what i needed to understand this topic!

  • @MRBF1MAN
    @MRBF1MAN Před měsícem

    I love how u included the battle pack opening noise at the start of the vid ,from battlefield 1 , my favourite ww1 game and so is bFV

  • @badshiba1986
    @badshiba1986 Před 7 lety +101

    the trench club is terrtfiying

    • @terminator572
      @terminator572 Před 7 lety +17

      You clearly haven't seen how they used flamethrowers during trench cleaning operations.

  • @TuShan18
    @TuShan18 Před 6 lety +10

    Mp 18 is a very interesting weapon. Arguably the first smg that was used in combat. I think the thompson actually saw some action, but not anywhere near enough to prove it's worth. I think my favorite though is the flamethrower. It was without question the most terrifying infantry weapon in the war.

    • @theosis_.
      @theosis_. Před rokem +1

      The Thompson was just about to go into production to be given to American soldiers but the war ended before it could. It was sorta in a prototype phase at that time anyways so they fully finished it after WW1

  • @cillianmurphyofficial8511

    Brilliant guys keep this amazing work

  • @MarkBadia
    @MarkBadia Před 4 lety +12

    Someone may have mentioned this already, but you didn't include the use of pump shotguns by US troops. The use of pump shotguns was devastating in taking enemy trenches to the enemy that the Germans filled a grievance against the US. I believe they used modified Winchester Model 1897, known officially as the Model 1917 Trench Shotgun.

    • @zeldanerd08
      @zeldanerd08 Před 6 měsíci

      It was commonly referred to as the "trench broom" great weapon. The Germans have a history of calling "FOUL!" Whenever things don't go their way.

  • @EthanShreve18
    @EthanShreve18 Před 7 lety +86

    Mosin Nagant is one of my favorite rifles ever made.

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  Před 7 lety +28

      One of the most mass-produced military bolt-action rifles in history!

    • @sialin8813
      @sialin8813 Před 7 lety +2

      Moist Nooget XD

    • @KaiservonKrieger
      @KaiservonKrieger Před 7 lety +22

      Ethan Shreve Mosin is a bad rifle, it jams and has a hard bolt. the 98k is a more viable rifle for it's smooth bolt.

    • @datgaming301
      @datgaming301 Před 7 lety +8

      Even though it isn't the best rifle ever made. What other gun can you buy for 150-250 dollars, that is as cool as a Nagant. Plus it fires 7.62 which is a pretty easy to come by round

    • @SolelyACasualRambler
      @SolelyACasualRambler Před 7 lety

      Ethan Shreve
      i think the lebel rifle looks awsome...

  • @kalkovonschpritzendorf1914
    @kalkovonschpritzendorf1914 Před 5 lety +30

    Great video, but how could you forget the Feldspaten? It was used much more than the trench club, and is rather exclusive and iconic weapon of the Great War.

  • @potato23116
    @potato23116 Před 3 lety +2

    Gas, rifles, machine guns, planes, artillery those are simple words but it express horror in the field

  • @PAMIR-1
    @PAMIR-1 Před 5 lety +7

    0:31 "the rafle"

  • @jackdk970
    @jackdk970 Před 7 lety +32

    Awesome channel just found it love it

  • @samuelgann894
    @samuelgann894 Před 7 lety +34

    I like the BAR

  • @abelurinavasquez703
    @abelurinavasquez703 Před 5 lety

    This is so useful for my project thank ya

  • @Tahlicus
    @Tahlicus Před 3 lety +3

    Teacher: Ok everyone were gonna talk about the weapons off ww1
    History Nerd:I see this is a absolute win

  • @HausAbendrot
    @HausAbendrot Před 7 lety +35

    Yeah don't lie I heard that Battlepack open in the beginning of the video

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  Před 7 lety +14

      We put easter eggs in some of our videos, look / hear out for them :D

    • @krashsite2125
      @krashsite2125 Před 6 lety

      I've heard the BF1 Headshot sound somewhere in one of them...

  • @simonedaniel
    @simonedaniel Před 7 lety +16

    You could have went into detail on the pistols - that would have been interesting.

  • @SykeGetJuked
    @SykeGetJuked Před 5 lety +1

    *ALLIED POWERS*
    Brittish - SMLE MKIII
    France - Lebel Model 1886
    Italy - Mannlicher-Carcano M1891
    Russia - Mosin-Nagant M1891
    US - Springfield 1903
    *CENTRAL POWERS*
    Germany - Gewehr 98
    Austria Hungary - Steyr-Mannlicher M95
    Turkey - M1877
    Don't mind this I'm using this as a reminder for me when i play bf1 and would like to roleplay as infantry

  • @AC--oj9tq
    @AC--oj9tq Před 3 lety +3

    Flamethrowers definitely top the list, in terms of sheer psychological terror it inflicts. Machine guns also are efficient in killing hundreds. Now, regarding that trench club, was it really necessary, as impressive as it was? Surely a knife - or even a military shovel - already covered that melee role?

  • @willshealy5963
    @willshealy5963 Před 6 lety +6

    I can’t even imagine hand to hand combat, no guns, no grenades, just the way men have been fighting for thousands of years

  • @angelobloodfest
    @angelobloodfest Před 7 lety +4

    most terrifying weapon I've seen is my mom my pillow fort can't handle her rolling pin of suffering.

  • @Private_United_States_Of_Canad

    1:25 Me When someone stole my Toy Plane:

  • @aayanscreativelab1786
    @aayanscreativelab1786 Před 3 lety +2

    1:38 the top middle one looks like the vickers machine gun

  • @sendnewbsskydiving7616
    @sendnewbsskydiving7616 Před 7 lety +97

    The M1917 Enfield was used more than the Springfield by the US....

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien Před 6 lety +2

      Yes the BAR was not realy engaged in WW1 because comes too late and in little number (2 months before end of the war), the Lewis was heawy, so was near always use on support like the French Hotchkiss machine gun...

  • @_pennybags6210
    @_pennybags6210 Před 7 lety +8

    This channel is phenomenal! Can't wait to see more!

  • @susanlissi9147
    @susanlissi9147 Před 4 lety +3

    Class enjoyed, and thought the flame thrower was the most interesting.

  • @goomanhlr5697
    @goomanhlr5697 Před 4 lety +2

    This was the first vid I watched from this channel a couple years ago

  • @Ahmadabdal_
    @Ahmadabdal_ Před 7 lety +156

    1:26 german be like like a give a fuck

  • @willdavey2237
    @willdavey2237 Před 7 lety +31

    You deserve waaay more subs. Good job👍

  • @troymillion8510
    @troymillion8510 Před rokem +1

    Don't know why but, The mid evil type trench weapons interest me the most. Most were hand made, and very clever in a destructive way.

  • @kaceypamintuan773
    @kaceypamintuan773 Před 4 lety +4

    2:25 sounds like when your getting hit by a gun in call of duty WW2

  • @Rusty35
    @Rusty35 Před 7 lety +12

    0:55 the Springfield wasnt the standard issue rifle for the AEF, in 1917 only 25% of soldiers were issued with these.The rest being given American Enfields.

    • @COUNTERCOM
      @COUNTERCOM Před 7 lety +3

      also another inaccuracy in that clip is that they used a Springfield 1903A3 instead of the mark I Springfield 1903 the 1903A3 wasn't used till world war 2.

    • @josephpowell3127
      @josephpowell3127 Před 6 lety

      Evren Saygın the Lee Enfield was British, the American Enfield wasn’t. Better known as the United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917, or the M1917 Enfield was the American redesign of the British Pattern 14 Enfield.

    • @wellthen.......9384
      @wellthen.......9384 Před 6 lety

      Now for the idiots that are saying that the Springfield wasn't issued as much he's talking about the rifles that represented the countries involved each country brought their own rifle to the battle he stating generic rifles standard rifles not souped-up ones from a fucking video game

    • @rickwalker2
      @rickwalker2 Před 6 lety

      Evren Saygın the m1917 is the American designation for the British P14 after it was converted to 30-06.

    • @assult78
      @assult78 Před 4 měsíci

      @@wellthen.......9384the Springfield wasn’t used as much as the m1917 in ww1

  • @evanb4466
    @evanb4466 Před 7 lety +10

    My favorite is the MP 18 it is very interesting.

    • @sabot2947
      @sabot2947 Před 6 lety

      Edward Hahm I'd take a 1911, and a BAR.

    • @afnanthebabaofgamers3209
      @afnanthebabaofgamers3209 Před 6 lety

      Heinrich BAR is light mahinegun it is very very heavy thats why it is not the recommended one if you are looking for light portable weapons

  • @grandpa1139
    @grandpa1139 Před 5 lety +4

    When the allies didn't know Germany made the flamethrower
    The battle of vurdun
    France:The Germans are coming with fire??
    Germany:Say hello to are new weapon the flamethrower!

  • @shark-gl8ol
    @shark-gl8ol Před 3 lety +1

    I love how they still show clips irl pics of ww1

  • @MrSuperchicken95
    @MrSuperchicken95 Před 7 lety +6

    I would like to see one about the war between Denmark and germany in 1848 and the second war in 1864. Ps love your Channel! I'm crazy about history and these are like a drug to me