Every Sniper in WW2
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2023
- Recently we've watched a few Sniper scenes from such greats as Saving Private Ryan, and we realised this video had to be made. Sadly, a German ZF scope alone is almost a year's budget for us! So we figured out a way around that... Download Opera GX for free using our link: operagx.gg/Squire2.
A lot of you have been asking where we get our equipment from; we've been using Colchester Militaria recently for all of our lovely, original WW2 guns - if you choose to check them out, let them know we sent you! They're on CZcams @colchestermilitaria1667 and their site is colchestermilitaria.co.uk - Komedie
Only on THIS channel, would you see a real 1945 Kar98k, with a scope made of low qaulity cardboard taped to the top of it. Anyway, thanks to our Sponsor Opera GX! Download it for free using our link - operagx.gg/Squire2
Ah, it's always good to see the classic cardboard.
Well done sir, as always! Seriously, I'm totally convinced every single video you've ever done is a banger.
It's the standered issue german sniper scope in 1945
Hello
Your keen attention to details keeps bringing me back. 🍻👍
Your using a real Kr98K but not a real kr98k scope
0:24 "I can't drink, I'm the designated marksman" is the kind of joke that should be followed by a laugh track. it's perfect xD
IMHO a following laugh track is the hallmark of a lame joke. It lacks finesse. That joke is perfect without one.
@@maxlutz3674 I tend to agree, it just seems like one *would* go there if it was the kind of comedy that used them. It definitely doesn't need one to be funny.
Laugh tracks are for simpletons. The joke is either funny or not it stands on its own, one shouldn't need to be prodded and "told$ when to laugh.
It's a pun, the most dry type of joke... A laugh track is always used in the most unfunny, dry jokes, so it adds a satire layer to the joke, making it more funny If you understand.
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As a totally real history expert on ww2 I can confirm literally every single marksman had a ridiculously bright flashlight instead of a scope mounted to their gun this was of course done for the sake of balancing so that regular soldiers could see them from afar.
You experts are coming out of nowhere suddenly, telling us what to think. Memers got ridiculous.
I see. So _that_ is the reason why grunts usually get flashlights that run out of power every ten steps or so - the snipers get all the ones that actually work!
When the Midnight Sniper... shines a light on you...
When the Midnight Sniper... ask you for some spare batteries..
When the Midnight Sniper.. curses "Das wackelcontact" and throws a tantrum..
When the Midnight Sniper.. walks off asking for their money back .. this is not what he ordered.. was written in contract.. told at enlistement..
hands over the gun and requests his bike..
and drives off into the night .. never to be scene again..
Fun fact: Reflection of the sunlight into a scope could reveal a sniper, and that's why the famous sniper Simo "White Death" Häyhä ditched his scope and relied only on his iron sights to snipe.
That said, movies exagerate it as the sunlight isn't going to magically align against every scope in the city and reflect straight into normal infantry. It's easier to spot the sniper's "light" with a NCO's/Officer binocular or with your own sniper rifle, specially if you're on a situation like Stalingrad where you don't even have time to be looking around before getting a grenade on your face.
@@mafia_boss_neto Fun fact: although you are of course correct with what you wrote about revealing reflections, this was not the reason why he did not use scopes or at least the least important reason for not using scopes, according to Häyhä's own statements.
The more important/main reasons why he was not using scopes were that he wanted to provide a smaller target, since a sniper has to raise his head higher when using a scope, and that he wanted to prevent sight problems, since scopes have a tendency to get steamed over under conditions occuring in the finnish winter.
The detail of the Me-262 used as bomber. Unlike the German snipers in the movies, you guys never miss.
Didn't get that joke, could you explain please?
@@orinik9332 Sure, it will be a pleasure. The Messerschmitt Me-262 was developed as super weapon to counter the allied strategic bombing campaign, it was heavily armed with four 30mm cannons and planned as an interceptor fighter. If the Luftwaffe had enough units, B-17 and B-24 losses would become unsustainably high, making daylight bombings impracticable. But not only the Germans were already having trouble fielding enough units due to material shortages, damage to industrial complexes, and reduction of available pilots, upon being presented to A. Hitler, he made a famous question: "Does it can carry bombs?" That resulting in the most advanced German fighter being used on a kind of mission it was not designed for (tactical bombing), further reducing its availability for the missions it was actually intended for. Among aviation's history enthusiasts this went down as a joke, because it is considered one, if not the biggest, of Hitler's blunders regarding German aviation. That's why Squire brought it here. I hope you enjoyed my answer.
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@@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689 Sorry to be "THAT GUY" but the Me-262 had 4 30mm cannons :)
@@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689 Except it wasn't Hitler delaying the ME 262 by insisting on bombs, but a general specification demand placed on EVERY German fighter series before 1944. Both TIKhistory and Military Aviation History has debunked the Hitler story as a mere postwar myth.
"We love burning things. Books, Rotterdam..". As a Dutch person, I'd like to applaud this reference. And thank the German Luftwaffe for all the modern architecture in Rotterdam. It's a popular attraction and yes, we do hold an 83 year old grudge.
Did you ever get your bicycles back?
Graag gedaan! Rotterdam is nou echt één unieke plek!
Well the Germans are still crying about Dresden so it evens out
@@louisavondart9178 still waiting for them. Same goes for the radios haha
Your German accent has gotten WAY better.
Really? I shat this one out and did all my lines in about 30 minutes, because of the rain.
Usually we do LOADS of takes...
@@SquireComedy Its because you didn't try to overpower your real accent. You kept it subtle instead.
@@SquireComedy ja, das ist uber kasual.
@@SquireComedy The scopes are obviously cardboard, but the rifles seem real. Are they? 🙂
Also, 2001: A Space Odyssey was a bit boring. And switch from Chrome to Brave.
Ah ha! Made it to the end; I KNEW those rifles were real.
Reminds me of the scope glare in the Battlefield 1 Ottoman campaign. How did it glare in the middle of the night?!
By the light of the moon! Next question!
Even if it faces away from the moon too also what kinda low quality graphics on the (in 1945) standard issue scope has high enough quality to use glint
They're just silly like that.
Its simple. They werent using their shade tube so it was catching the ambient sunlight from the night air
Also, yes. Bill is wearing cowboy boots...
I don't know why.
I guess his mother let him be a cowboy. Much to the dismay of Willy and Waylon.
Why? Why not?
He took them from Oberstleutnant Klint von Eastwoodstein.
Looted from the GI he caught snogging his gf, Ermentrude
@@ShladTheTonkLover My favourite bit from Generation war.
Mothers, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 🎶
The german sniper scope is just a standard issue in 1945
had the war gone into 1946 the stock wouldve been cardboard as well.
the scope looks like its made out of cardboard ant taped to the rifle it doesnt look real
@@bludeuce3855 oh really?
@@PrivatePaul it looks like the scope was jsut make out of a old cardbord box. i dont think they had a original k98 scope and just took some cardboard, painted it black and then taped it to the rifle
@@bludeuce3855 huh now that you say it, you might be on to something, but i'm not 100% sure. But thanks for clarifying anyway :)
Squire really does hit EVERY WWII trope imaginable with every video.
Bloody Good Work!
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It’s funny, that quote about the Americans reminds me of a saying that was born from WW1 - when German artillery fires the allies duck, when British artillery fires the Germans duck, when American artillery fires everyone ducks. Nice video as always, and watch out for the show off who shoots through peoples scopes, there’s always one.
Obviously no truth in that at all nowadays. Yeehaaa!
as the Soviets once said, "A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their doctrine."
@@cheeseninja1115 Which is why we always win
I honestly thought it may have been about the infamous A-10 blue-on-blue incident during the second Gulf War when a n A-10 straffed a British column.
@@Pratt_ That incident is probably the most notorious, but the US forces' reputation for being trigger happy (if justified or not, is another story) comes from a long way, and Squire frequently makes references to it.
The “shot through the scope” and “fountain” references were great 😊
A "couple"? No. Just the one...
@@antonycharnock2993
No, it's two separate references.
USMC Scout Sniper Carlos Hathcock actually did kill an enemy sniper by shooting him through the scope. That's what inspired the scenes from 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Enemy at the Gates'.
are the references cod waw and enemy at the gates?
@@NewPaulActs17
The fountain is 'Enemy at the gates' and the through the scope shot is 'Saving Private Ryan'.
@@NewPaulActs17 Shot through the scope is from Saving Private Ryan (germans sniper is shot through his scope), and Enemy at the Gates.
That's why Simo Hayha, the White Death, didn't use a scope. He knew it would give away his position.
Yep, and he was quite a badass for it
Didn't he lose his jaw? Or was that someone else?
@@abdurrazzaqmumin1574 He did lose his jaw, yes, but it was reassembled as best as possible, but hey, he still took out plenty of Russians
@@welkingunther5417 took an explosive bullet to the mouth and was disappointed when they wouldnt let him fight because of it
@@welkingunther5417 I think he may still be alive today.
"Hey, how did you shine the scope glare into my eyes when there's no sun out?"
"Old British trick, we had to learn it to get around the fact that no Brit has ever seen the sun."
I love how they talk about their weapons like experts in every video
I’m not sure if this video demonstrates an obsession with Saving Private Ryan, or if it shows how well that movie captures all the WW2 cinematic tropes.
Did you notice the "Enemy at the Gates" reference aswell?
@@d3al3rplays68 a sniper who doesn't relocate, made me chuckle
@@d3al3rplays68 I haven’t seen that one actually.
@@falcore91 Yeah it was the bit about as a sniper in the fountain with all the bodies around you and how bad your view then would be.
It is a scene out of that movie.
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@@d3al3rplays68 There were several Enemy at the Gates references.
i hope im not the only history movie nerd to notice the german sniper fired the exact same 9 rounds out of a 5 roung magazine that jackson did in saving private ryan.
This notification popped up as I was showing my 62 year old mom the Victoria 3 video laughing our ass off. Your content is always great. Thanks for the entertainment.
This reminds me of „The Sniper“, a short story set in the Irish Civil War. Also involves two enemy snipers running into each other.
Already know it's a good day when squire uploads
Man your production level has gotten really good over the years. I still like the cardboard scope on the Kar98k though.
Yeah honestly I like that they keep some props obviously made of cardboard, it give it a charm I think
Best conceptual ad I've seen on CZcams. And I've been working as a copywriter in the ad industry since 2005.
Nice dudes. Really nice.
Wow, thanks! Would love to get into that one day.
@@SquireComedy just bear in mind that it doesn't pay well at the start. In fact, there's a good chance you'd make way more with your channel!
*meets enemy sniper*
*Casual conversation ensues*
*Random cut to 2001 space odyssey*
All in true squire fashion, congratulations, you have made another excellent video
Lmao the opera gx add is brilliant! XD
Hahaha! Glad you thought so!
Production quality is getting better with every video. Awesome as always ❤
I just love this channel and videos. You guys need to be in the movies. Just incredible
Two different Churches serving as the exterior and steeple-top of a single, imagined, building! Will these wonders of modern cinema ever cease!
Haha! Good eye.
Impressed that you are allowed to wear a 1939 Iron Cross with a Hakenkreuz. Love the accurate uniforms!
Only in Germany mate😢
UK allows that.
Aaaaah. I keep forgetting.
oooooooo youtube overlords not gonna like that one!!!
@@vvr881 uhhhh that rly depends here if i remember correctly we got strict anti nazi laws that include shit like that but in the right context (educational or artistic or smthing) it might be allowed
The most realistic video about snipers. Especially the helmet tactic .
Love how you can see both norwich cathedrals in the distance
Two cathedrals to choose from and you pick a church in the middle. Love it!
Another video, awesome! I’ve been binging Squire content, all the way back to some of the 2016 stuff!
But for all that scope glare, you guys might have never even seen each-other up there. Pretty accurate, I’d say. Thought this was a documentary at first! Thanks for this, boys.
Considering there’s hardly any Sun in England I’m genuinely surprised.😅
Squire really likes playing the German characters apparently
Edit: Nobody read into that too much just making a observation
It's because of the German's sharp looking uniforms.
@@andrewmiller407 Yeah that is true.
Well, because he is German, born and bred in Norfolk.😅
@@inisipisTV Really? How do you know this?
@@andrewmiller407 yeah, those were very sharp safety pins holding his shoulder boards on!!!
I’m really enjoying all the obvious vantage points in the background
Been following for a few years now, I've seen the growth and change in detail. Love the work Lads. And the continued cardboard gag is a good call back. Though I do miss the plywood Sten Guns...lmao
Nice cardboard scope! I'm surprised the guns aren't cardboard too
they were once, lol
They were for a while lol
I've been a sqidonian for so long that I remember the days where they were a cardboard lol
Yeees
"We love burning things - books, Rotterdam..."
As a Dutchman, I felt that
Great job as always chaps :-) Loved all the references to Saving Private Ryan and Enemy at the Gates :-P Keep up the good work!
I have definitely got to give you props for not just grabbing a normal Iron Cross, but one with a Swastiaka in it considering that’s what the Nazi’s Iron cross would look like. Though one thing to note the soldier won’t have been wearing it in a combat situation, but only during parades and special events.
this is hilarious and and the small game hunting is so accurate 😂
I watched enemy at the gates yesterday, what timing! 🤣
My favourite line is "Ah you're such a cheetah!"
@@SquireComedy Read in my internal monologue in Ron Perlmans voice
Well done! Thank you for making this.
This videos just get better and better.
"I'll call in the Americans to do a bombing strike if you go there" "woah woah woah, calm down" I love how everyone's scared of how reckless the Americans were (and still are) 🤣
Every line, every joke and reference was excellent!
Hilarious
Really cool videos.
Thank you!
That Opera ad integration was flawless. Well done boys, well done.
If Sniper Elite were a German game
roses are red, viles are blue...
"What the hell was that? WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT??!?!"
...it was the Messerschmitt 262....
❤
Great video.... Actually wanna quote all the great one liners 😅
Brilliant 👌🏻
Please make more of this stuff! It is amazing!
These videos alway bring a smile to my face! I love them so funny so clever and the acting is incredible!!! Keep it up!
That German late war scope from 1944
The Barmaley fountain, full of bodies, worked pretty well for Vasily Zaitsev during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Smashing. Brilliant. Funny. Nice detail on the uniforms and kit.
1:17
*both fire at each other and miss*
Also them: "We shouldn't fire at each other or our comrades will hear and blast us to smithereens"
Perfect logic, great work as usual Squire.
Idk what Squire's talking about, thats a legit late ww2 German Zeiss scope!
I can't help but gush at how well made your ads are. I don't think I've ever skipped watching one. On another not, eyyy, I'm watching this in an Opera GX browser!
Those were some wicked snipes! Loved it!
it's really funny that when the british man shot the german's scpe off he said, you shot my "very authentic looking scope." that's funny because his scope is made of cardboard.
Yes we got thejoke
When one laughs, air comes out from the lungs and is modulated by one’s vocal cords. On Earth, air is largely composed of nitrogen and oxygen and these two elements can be combined. This is funny because that combination is sometimes called laughing gas.
@@b.w.22 When one inspires too much laughing gas, an acute hypoxaemia and suffocation can be the consequence. This is colloquially called 'dying from laughter'.
@@Furzkampfbomber - “lol’d to sleep,” as it were
@@b.w.22 'Lol' is short for 'laughing out loudly' and 'sleep' can be an euphemism for 'death', so 'lol'd to sleep' means 'laughing unil one dies' which is funny. So I can say, I approve with your statement and I lol'd hard.
'Hard' in this context actually does not mean that I was 'hard' or 'rigid', as in 'epileptic seizure that comes with an overly raised muscle tone', which would not be funny, but 'quite loud and extensively''.
Oh god, I am dying here... 😁
By the way, 'dying' in this context does not 'mean'... 🤣🤣🤣
EDIT: I have to ask, is your profile pic from 'The Red Dawn'? The original from 1984, I mean, with good ol' Patrick? I am a connoisseur of movies from the 1980's, but I am not sure about this one.
You guys should do blooper videos. They would be so funny
A new upload from Squire, what a way to start a day
Quite possibly the best in video Ad I’ve ever experienced
Love it
It's far too early to tell! You couldn't possibly have watched it already! :D
damn ! You guys always crack me up laughing ! This was just too funny ! Are you interested in suggestions for story skits ? I think I may have a good one directly from my family history. It's nothing fancy, just a circumstance that might have affected many people during the war years.
I would love to hear that, although I am clearly not Squire (but for some strange reason, my german accent is even more authentic than his.)
Honestly, one of your better ad reads...almost had my converting...
And yes it was a very authentic looking scope sir.
“That went straight through my very authentic scope, *nice shot.* “ bro 🤣🤣
*0:30** every Battlefield game ever*
1 minute? damn
That's pretty early.
That was one of the best ads for Opera GX that I've ever seen and I might just get it now because of you.
this was really great
We apologize for the friendly fire. Goddamn, we sure do that a lot, don't we. 🇺🇲
Nice
Quite
Thank you for always making me laugh I really enjoy your humour
Never expected to see my most favourite Me-262 here nice video!
Sniper, the only kind of soldier that never was taken a prisoner in any conflict.
,and Flamethrower soldiers.
Lol what, of course they would be taken prisoner what are you talking about
@@inisipisTV it's also more of a myth than anything, I guess they would be more likely to be victim of this kind of summary execution, but giving that they were use on the offensive, so less likely to be taken prisoner in the first place and usually they would have a protection detachment, to cover them in the first place, they were used to clear our fortified position and for them to come close enough it means that most of the enemy are already unable to shoot.
So it would actually be extremely unlikely for a flamethrower soldier to end up in a situation where they would be captured.
When the German started to list what they liked to burn, I honestly got very nervous that this was about to take an extremely dark turn that would likely get the channel canceled.
to be fair they did assign the burning of that what you're thinking to the camp prisoner work units. which sounds like they didn't like doing it themselves.
Cool video mate!
Sniper Elite on Authentic difficulty be like:
Love that the scopes are cardboard XD
One is, the other is a wrapped up flashlight
The Germans used many guerrilla war tactics such as using helmets or land mines and also their ambush tactics were very affective by killing their front tank first then target the ones with long videos
This was hilarious. I love the references to sniper films 😂
Best inbedded Advertisement i have ever Seen Well done ^^
Thanks for telling us where you get your guns from, I've been wanting that Kar98 for so long
Yet another great video
You guys are on a roll
Hilarious as usual 😂 love your videos
I regretted watching Enemy at the Gates with such thick British accents for most characters, but this has made up for it!
Another great video.
This is perfect. 10/10
1:25.... EPIC, and also very true, i have an itch to dive toss that chuch with an F-16 at this very moment
I am glad we are back to cardbord Props.
Also Military Aviation History would like a Word about the Me262 Bomber Story 🙂
Ah yes another squire video my favorite.
You are awsome squire is my favourite channel
Absolutely amazing
I absolutely love these videos, but I'm still really hoping to get a Q&A video one day.
the ad was so good I actually watched the whole thing lmfao
Love your content
I love how he says they'll hear if he shoots him and level the church after they've both already fired a shot
I loved the comment on the misuse of the ME 262.