The Terrifyingly Effective Nazi De-Bollocker
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While landmines have existed as a concept as early as the 13th century when they were used by the Chinese to repel Mongol Invasions, it’s Imperial Germany that is credited with making the advances that led to modern landmines as we understand them. Utilised extensively during WW1 by the Germans, the weapons proved to be so effective that they were rapidly copied and deployed by all the major superpowers involved in the conflict. When Hitler assumed power of Germany in 1933, landmine technology was once again pushed to the forefront of military research. This brings us to the topic of today.
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why didnt you say "today I found out"
I genuinely hope you regret that segue
Watched the tank game bit, knew instantly I'd be about as apt at it as Simon. Oddly comforting to register om some level. (:
Oh Bouncing Betty World at war made me very aware of you
Yeah, usually followed by a "OH SHIT" before you watch your legs go off into the distance.
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For me it was the movie Blown Away, it came up several times.
@@imperialguard28 i used to buy them early, stack them every round in bad corners, teleporters, near jug, etc. Der reise teleport camp method was 10/10. Funny how much we remember even though that game is 11 years old. I can remember playing the original map, trying so hard to do insane glitches with my friends for hours. If you used them in multiplayer, please die irl
WAW and modern warfare (1) were fucking PEAK cod.
Blackadder Goes Forth:
'Captain, what should I do if I *do* tread on a mine?'
'Well, George, standard procedure is to leap two hundred feet in the air and spread yourself over a wide area.'
Such a great series! Brits have the best comedies by a large margin.
What is this from? It sounds so familiar lol
@@Draugonauv , Blackadder Goes Forth.
My grandfather, Norwood Thomas, jumped over Normandy on D-Day with the US Army 101st Airborne, and he was one of the last surviving WWII vets, although he sadly passed at 98 just over a month ago. He had some great stories, good bad and horrifying, but great always.
My Father was in the US infantry during WWII and served in the Pacific Theater. He told that during training, his battalion was sitting on bleachers at an outdoor athletic field while an "Expert" showed them how to safely disarm a Bouncing Betty Mine with nothing but a bayonet. The "Expert" was wearing his combat helmet with the chin strap loose, as most GI's did. He knelt down in front of the mine, did something with the bayonet and the Bouncing Betty Mine popped up, went under his helmet, exploded and scattered his brains all over the athletic field! My Father said, after that "demonstration,' during the whole war, not one man in his battalion ever tried to disarm a Bouncing Betty Mine. They always called for an "Expert."
Apparently it was a production flaw he was talking about in the video.
It was his first one.
Now that was a demo...
The variant glass mine; blowing shards of glass into your groin.
That's cold blooded man!
Not to mention being made of glass makes it more likely to not malfunction over the years(a metal one would rust and malfunction). Walking around the German wilderness doesn't sound that appealing anymore. I've seen videos of people hunting artefacts with metal detectors in Germany stumble upon a rusted broken metal one, I'd be scared shitless of the chance of finding one that is still working.
Ashley Palmer I would probably just finish the job myself if one of those blew my nuts off.
They also make a plastic mine. It's banned from use in war like mustard gas. The plastic pieces float around in your body till they get stuck in your heart and you die a couple days later. They call them the walking dead. Being plastic makes it impossible for a doctor to heal you thus being inhuman
I think the pinnacle of cruelty for armaments is "salted" nuclear bombs.
Nazis.
Detonates at testicle height. Could they have made it any more inhumane?
Proof that it was invented by an ex wife.
That's what happens when feminist's get violent!!!.
I think the real reason was to hit either the leg artery or the one in your stomach (with the added bonus of severe wound inflammation)
@@TheIndulged1 feminazi's?
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I have seen a glass mine on a mine sweepers display at a fair, here in Germany. He told me, they were designed to withstand the corrosive effects of sea water. Their designated purpose was to block beaches. After portable electronic metal probes were developed during the war, their design was reviewed and freed from all metal. Thus, they are nearly undetectable and still functional today.
Another reason for glass mines was that glass is made literally out of sand, and some metal that would have been used for the casing can be saved for other purposes, making the mine cheaper.
Plus the idea of razor sharp glass flying in all directions is not pleasant.
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I love how passively aggressive he is when referring to the French. A true Brit.
Perfect comment.
A French offense. Apparently that's a thing...
And an ignorant Brit at that...
Are they hiring down at the Department of Redundancy Department?
I bet he's an Englishman... At least his arrogance and douchbaggery in this case hints to it.
S mines were designed to injure not kill. One injured soldier will take not only him out of the fight but also those requires to take care of them.
Best to critically injure the enemy soldier as the enemy nation has to spend resources on his recovery but he is either left crippled or dies in the (field) hospital thus demoralizing the enemy even further.
@@Gaehhn If he is going to die anyway, what difference does it make whether he dies on the battlefield or in a hospital somewhere? Ever hear of a simple concept called triage--all militaries use it, especially when resources are scarce. No fighting force, whether an organized military or a band of guerillas or bandits, will waste resources trying to save someone who is clearly bound for the pearly gates within a day.
The S mines were designed to injure rather than kill outright because it takes less explosives and shrapnel to blow a man's foot, legs, or bollocks off than it does to blast him into small chunks. And a soldier missing a leg probably will die anyway without prompt medical attention, and he certainly isn't going to be fighting any more.
Don't kill him, don't injure him so much that it is clear that he will die. Just destroy his combat capability for this fight, ideal for ever. So someone needs to take care of him, ant that guy is a good target. But even if he is just minor wounded, he will need some care. And every soldier that is screaming in pain is defenetly not raising you motivation, a dead soldier can't scream and doesn't need any attention. That's why mines are so terrible, they were not made to kill, just injure, bind recourses and personal,and demotivation
I always understood that this was why the larger powers were happy to observe the Geneva Convention regarding non-expanding bullets, which are more likely to wound than kill.
@@cnocspeireag It's simpler than that. Major powers don't want expanding bullets because they have much less armor defeating capability. Military bullets need to go through soft armor, car doors, walls, etc.. Hunting bullets not so much.
Wow, I never thought that the strategy in Call of Duty of just going prone after setting off a bouncing Betty was a real military survival technique.
Truth is stranger than fiction
3:15 is the last evidence one needs to be sure that Simon is a brit!
As if the accent did not already make it obvious....
Brits do have a long history of French armies being on the run. Apart from Hastings. And Bordeaux at the end of the 100 Years' War.
He did say “last evidence” for a reason.
@@oddballskull1941 Perhaps, but if someone put their mind to it, I'm sure they could find further evidence.
@@psk1w1 and what about the 300000 english soldiers being on the run crossing the channel at Dunkirk, while french soldiers fought and died to protect their retreat but obviously this battle is better to be forgotten by the brits
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How many Frech soldiers were taken off along with Brits? how many Brits didn't make it off the beaches along with the French fighting the rear hiard action ? and oh yes who's country was it in the first place ?
Get your facts right and dont dishonor those all those brave people
Horrific. I'd heard of the mine as the "bouncing betty". Grass seed. SMH
Someone must’ve had a really bad relationship with a woman named “Betty”...
"A french offensive... Apparently thats a thing"
Freaking hilarious
The remains of S-mines are still being found along the Atlantic Wall as well, including the Normandy beaches, although those that are in the sand are essentially rusted out and inert. Cross reference WWII History Hunter channel, among other metal detecting channels here.
My dad fought in Italy, Holland and Germany with the Canadian Army. He told me about an anti-personnel mine that our side used which also was called the de-bollocker by our guys, as well. It consisted of a metal tube that had a .303 rifle gas cartridge and steel dart on top of that. They were buried behind German lines on trails used by German troops. When a stepped on by a person, the gas cartridge was fired which shot the dart upwards, through the foot, up the leg (shattering the bone as it went) and frequently removed the bollocks too boot. Dad said they came across more than one guy who'd stepped on one and lay there until they died from the wounds. Both sides were scared of these things as they didn't descriminate between friend or foe, military or civilian.
"... a French offensive - apparently that's a thing..."
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How about that one French offensive in Rocroi in the year 1643 where they smashed the formidable Spanish tercios into bits? Or how about that one time a certain Little Corporal took over most of central Europe, totally humiliating their militaries, until finally being defeated by the combined might of several European powers? Or how about the numerous French offensives during the First World War? Or how about we forget the offensives, and talk about how those men on the beaches of Dunkirk would have never made it home, unless the French covering their retreat fought like hell, and well they did.
@@RickSanchez-gg1to such a closed minded ignoramus
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@@HandleMyBallsCZcams Or how about that time an army of 20,000 French soldiers including heavily armored Knights lost spectacularly to a retreating English army numbering between 7000-10,000 and comprised mostly of Archers.
"Toe Poppers" were used a bit too as an ad-hoc AP device on both sides. Troops often made them when setting up a defensive position. Basically a rifle cartridge set on a small board with a nail pointing at the primer. Stand on it and lose some toes. A modern version involves a shotgun shell. It can also be varied to mount on a tree or similar object with the shell held in a piece of tubing such as PVC and a mouse trap and fishing line for the trigger and triker. Limited range and effect but excellent for creating confusion.
in Denmark the last landmines where removed in 2012
but ~50000 mines are expected at sea back from both WW1 and WW2
In Germany about 5000 aircraft bombs from mainly WW2 are found and defused every year.
I could not find any numbers for all of Germany, but in the state North-Rhine-Westphalia alone they found 132 mines, over 5500 grenades of all kinds (throwing grenades, for grenade launchers, for bazookas and more), and over 1000 other explosives just in 2017
There is also a forest in Germany that is forbidden to enter, because there are still undetectable glass mines there.
@@whuzzzup that forest is the Hurtgen Forest. Look that battle up if you don't want to sleep well.
Something's rotten in the State on Denmark.
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There were no Wal-Mart's in WW2 Germany....only Targets.
I know of a different Bouncing Betty that will also take your rocks off.
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French: T h e S i l e n t S o l d e r
Americans: Bouncing Betty
British: De-Bollockers
Germans: Explosive Pellet Device Type-A-01 Created by The Generic German Name Company Version 00091
Wrong. I'd say they named it Metallkugelnexplosionswaffe zur Demoralisierung des Feindes.
about right
That's a fairly standard Britishism. Commonwealth armies tend to have pretty creative names for things.
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mines are designed to maim: a dead soldier can be left until after the battle, a maimed one needs stretcher bearers, hospital care and feeding using up resources and his screams before the bearers get to him damage morale.
I'm actuly sticking around for the advert because you're playing it on screen. I love lets plays, and it just feels more like you're invested in your sale pitch. It's wonderful to hear you relax and laugh too.
When I was younger, I thought the "D" in D-DAY was for "dooms-" like as in"Doomsday".
I always thought it was THE day, shortened to D day. As in "the" day the shit comes down.
@@aylemao6181 Shit I never though of that.
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Same
For Jerry and Frittzy.
Gotta love the allied sense of humour 🤣
When Simon called it the "Bouncing B!+ch," I choked on my coffee laughing. Thank you, Simon. That was hot. Worth it. XD
"Injury from the mine could be avoided by immediately laying down"
Who knew "assdestroyer420" was such a well versed military historian every time he dodged my proximity mines in cod
I've heard the myth about mines triggering if you step off was planted deliberately to (ironically) save soldiers' lives.
Reason being that when the mine detonates with a foot on top it can't launch upwards. So while one soldier gets severely wounded or killed, if you are lucky the rest of the soldiers won't.
The Glasmine works on completely different principles to the S-mine, so it shouldn’t be describe as a ‘development’ of the S-mine
As a prior Combat Engineer, mines are horrible things. I know as an officer I had to be an expert of all of them. Like you said, a LOT of mine designs still carry on to today. Bouncing Bettie's are some of the worst. Especially when time delayed fuses were/are employed
Another thing about D day that was not mentioned was the military code breakers. A lot of historians believe that the D in D day was a way to confuse the German Code Breakers from finding out the plans of the Brits, Canada, and the US storming the beach.
D-Day and H-Hour were both terms that came into use by the US during the First World War. I'm not sure if the US military was the one to first use it, I think it's doubtful they did
“The exact lethal range of the mine isn’t clear.”
Hey ordnance lab, I’ve got an idea for your next video.
Even in Germany.. Hürtgenwald.. You're not allowed to go in the woods in some spaces because of mines... Sorry for my bad English... Greatings from Germany.. 🙏🤣🤣
Your English isn't bad at all. It's just as good as many native speakers. There are one or two errors, but English is one of the harder languages to learn. Anyone learning a second (or third etc.) language has my respect. My cradle tongue is English, though I have studied French and a bit of Latin. I know words and phrases in several other languages, mainly enough to get into trouble.
Love the casual digs at France by the Englishman.
7:50 I started playing crossout a year ago because of your videos XD It is adorable to watch Simon play crossout. Your cabin has zero armor sir. lol
There were a lot of mines. A lot of my buddies lost their nuts. It was crazy.
Lol I thought he said “land lines” instead of “land mines” at first and wondered what could be so terrifying about land lines except how Spectrum forces you to bundle them into every plan they have 😂
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Watching you play though... oh man I had a laugh. I've been playing that game since Alpha and you reminded me of myself when I started out. XD
My great grandfather was an anti aircraft gunner in North Africa in WW2. His squadmates were digging an emplacement, and an S mine killed 6 of the men.
I mean, I don't "like it" but, well you know what I mean. Thanks for sharing the story.
3:15 that stab at France tho.
I could tell this was a Karl Smallwood written episode it had a Fact Fiend feel to it. I love how this channel collaborates with different authors.
It has genitals in it.
No one knick-naming the S- mine a "ball buster" seems like a real missed opportunity.
I wouldn't be surprised if the mines most of the time maiming instead of killing wasn't due to shoddy quality from hasty production, but a very deliberate design choice. A wounded soldier is a far greater hindrance to his squad than a dead one.
Also a heavy injured soldier will not be coming back to combat any time soon and if the squad attempts to save them they have to waste time
As I've been told: "a dead soldier takes one out of the fight. An injured soldier takes at least two out of it: the injured and the one(s) treating him."
A severely wounded enemy soldier is worth 10 DEAD ones.
It can destroy moral if the other men see their friends with their balls blown off NPI.
I love your commentary Simon some brits like you are really good at explaining things.
Like inbreeding.
@@tommyodonovan3883 You have posted this comment before. It seems important to you. But I don't see evidence that the Brits do inbreed significantly. Some cultures do, like cousin marriage among Pakistanis. But Brits don't. So why do you need to keep posting this sort of comment?
One of the most effective and dangerous weapon ever created. If I remember it correctly, my grandpa was almost crippled in the Philippines because of it during WW2, I'm glad he was among those who survived the war without a scratch despite being at the frontlines
another point in the D in "D-day" just being a placeholder/meaning just "day" is in the french variance of the term we encounter the same construction "jour-J"
this little naming thing is quite good as it simplifies organisation, ocult the timeframe of the event to the enemy and even it's scope as it makes no reference to the place or even what the event will be so without getting precise plans of what this fabled D-day will be, it'll make the enemy preparation to counter such event more difficult
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At first, I heard "the D&D day". Now I want to play. Dang it.
That, the proper explanation of the place holder D. Got you a like and a new sub. It makes me so happy when someone gets it right .
Not just North Africa and Eastern Europe. We found a minefield of 80 "S" mines in a wood near Aachen in Western Germany. We lost count eventually but there were 80+ mines in the wood back in the mid 90's
" Mein Meatballs! " Explosive device. Terrifying concept & indiscriminate killer - to this day.
D Day means nothing. The official name of the operation was Operation Overlord.
Kazimierz Wróbel d day was like battle of the bulge and such. Your correct i believe. My grandpa was part of SHAEF and the air force.
Operation Neptune was the official name for the landings on D-day which was part of Overlord. It would not be wrong to say that Paris was captured during Overlord
ok , nice info :) i did not know that of the D-Day explanation. i always thought it was Dooms Days because landing operations are very lethal.
Super interesting. Thanks for sharing this video!
French offensive
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unlike shitty nolan movie depict, french military stopped germans for quite some time, lost more than 50000 soldiers and gave brits a chance to save their asses.
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@@Dukeofvampires1 they still got fucked in six weeks because their generals where old ass idiots who didn't understand the concept of a "mobile war" because they still where stuck in WW1
Ouch “French offensive, apparently that’s a thing” lol
I laughed so hard!
That line alone earned my subscription.
It is in line with "British Car", "British Food" and "German Humour"...
I think you're the first youtuber to recommend an actually good game. Good on you Simon!
As I can tell from my service with the German army engineer corps, the successor system of the 'Bouncing Betty' was still in use in 1988, when we prepared anti-tank obstacles near the Czech border. The 'Schützenabwehrverlegemine DM31' was put out of service from 1995 on, when Germany joined the Ottawa Convention. 3./220L
I always assumed A, B and C days were already taken.
For the lesser rest of the world, 460 feet is just over 140 meters.
Someone has been thankful of size conversion rates, all but the ladies appreciate the effort.
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@Horatio Moonraker It isn't "metric" based on the length unit. Also, "soccer" and "Aluminum" came first from the mouths, or hands, of British people.
Imagine....Every one of them volunteered....For the 1st two yrs of WW1 anyways...Then the mothers didn't want to give up their last sons to the meat grinder, so a draft was implemented.
So effective in fact that it was reversed engineered by the US and used at least up into the Gulf War. We still called them "Bouncing Betty". Last I knew, (2003) the USA still uses landmines because Russia, China and N. Korea still use landmines.
(Please excuse my bad english). I’m in German EOD specialized in WW2 Ammo and in my eyes this is a good Video. „Fun“ Fact: The small expulsion charge that launched the S-Mine 35 out of the ground is strong enough to lift the body of the mine up to 65m (200ft or so) up in the air. I find that impressive bc the damage of that alone is devastating. Keep up the good work 🤙🏼
(of course it should explode at 80-120cm (~3ft). Also it had up to 3 fuzes. 2 for wire traps and 1 to step on with a crown of 3 metal pins. It really is an arsehole of a mine.
Clearly you didn't earn that scorpion
Bu-Bah! ...it doesn't "implode" (pressure inwards) it explodes! (pressure outwards)
There are two distinct detonations. One is and implosion, the second an explosion. Implosions are used typically when a pipe is loaded with media, it is then encased by another larger pipe, or jacket. Between the interior wall of the large pipe and the exterior wall of the small pipe is where the TNT is packed. When the charge goes off, it implodes the smaller pipe, acting on the media inside. These mines worked a little differently, but the same principal applies.
ok that "french offensive" jab was the funniest thing i've heard on this channel
Interesting, I thought the "Bouncy Betty" was from the Vietnam era. Your video's are increasingly informative :)
I meet WW2 veterans and they told me about this mine and what it could do to a man, and by god I felt so sorry for them.
Then It's official, Call of Duty didn't actually make these mines bounce higher in their games they just used 3 feet tall soldiers!
Child soldiers
Accurate
Hi, former Navy guy here. Its not just for combat operations. Any official operation planned ahead of time uses D-Day and H-Hour. Speaking of, if you want a really interesting and action packed topic, you should do a video on UNREP, or how the Navy gets their mail and groceries while underway. At the least look up a video of one. They're truly insane undertakings. Think Fury Road but on the ocean.
I want Simon to do let’s plays because these sponsors or ads are just wonderful.
Too many bad memories from playing World at War...
"Release the dogs"! Recently found out that the voice of Kiefer Sutherland was included heavily in that game. All those years of game playing with Jack Bauer and I never knew 🤣
As an American, I love listening to Limeys rip on the French.
Bugger off yank lol
We still use a version of the S Mine today!! In Australia we call them jumping jacks!! They new ones can also be set up with a trip wire as well so you can either step on it or trip it. Mines are technically illegal in the Geneva convention but they can be used if your enemy uses them!! But they have to be in marked fields, mapped and fenced off with warning signs!!
The S-Mine 35 could also set up with tripwires, and with 3 fuses.
Mines are illegal in the Ottawa convention and still are if the enemy use them, exept for the US, they do whatever they want and didnt sign the convention anyway.
'The france offensive because apparently that's a thing' oooooo Simon that made me choke on my drink laughing
D-day literally means Day day
DAY BOWBOW
This video popped up in my suggestions today after I checked-out *_Mein Kampf_* from the library. I swear Google is somehow spying on me in real life.
You could find me in kamph ?
@@mikearmbruster2171 My local library has two copies: One in the original German, and one in English.
If I recall correctly, Deadliest Warrior covered the "bouncing betty" landmine in their SS vs VIetcong episode. Definitely worth a watch.
yes they did. and it was every bit as nasty as they described
I'm watching 4 years later it seems, but I was kinda excited to learn if D-day actually had a meaning when Simon promised to explain it. Yet it was in the end just the one everyone knows, D-day, H-hour, S-second etc.
I thought it was devil's day, it having started on 6/6 at 6 in the morning 😈
Damn mines are so terrible . Thanks for posting .
If I remember mine training at the school of infantry (in 1991 so just a few years ago), there were even triggers with a tilt rod. What that means, is that in tall grass a 1/2 meter rod would be the trigger when it was moved a set number of degrees in any direction. I also remember a foot switch that was about 10 cm vertical rod and 4 more at 20 degrees....\|/ like this sort of. So even just bumping into it caused a trigger. Of course we were being trained on then current mines and I feel confident in saying these were later developments and not necessarily WW2 era.
I have a question for a possible future episode.
How is gunpowder made at an industrial scale without plants blowing up from sparks, heat, compression, or any of the other conditions you can get in an industrial environment?
Good job on addressing the myth that the S-mine would only detonate when the trigger is released. That trope has even been shown in some otherwise realistic films about WWII. In reality, the booster charge was strong enough to send it through your foot even if you stood still.
As for the Glasmine, that diabolical device was manufactured largely for two reasons:
1. The Germans wanted to make a mine that was even harder to detect
2. The Germans were also starting to run low on resources, and glass (and wood) are easier to obtain than metal, which is needed for other things like tanks.
Making a mine that would produce fragments undetectable under x-ray wasn't a primary goal of that design.
I also see _a lot_ of people claiming "it's better/more efficient/more demoralizing to wound enemy soldiers rather than kill them outright. Wounded soldiers have to be evacuated, which takes more men out of the fight." I'm guessing that a lot of these folks never served in any military nor are they well-versed in any military history that isn't in video format. They also clearly have not heard of triage, either.
In _most_ cases, it's better to kill enemy combatants than wound them. Any fighting force whose resouces are so strained that they cannot easily care for all of their wounded is simply going to focus on those who are most likely to recover to fight again, which means that your side will end up having to deal with those men once more. I have not heard of _any_ nation or faction that was crippled by the cost of caring for its wounded. I have heard, however, of factions being crippled by attrition due to combat deaths and permanently invalidated wounded.
Moreover, a dead soldier is actually worse for morale--and for his side--than a wounded one. A dead soldier is a net loss in terms of the resources spent to train and equip him. He also takes all of his combat experience and knowledge with him to the grave. Keep killing enough of the other side's best men, and eventually, they'll have nothing but underage boys, old men, and women to throw at you. By contrast, a wounded soldier may be able to return to combat. That fellow you wound today may return in a month to kill a few of your friends. If he is no longer fit for combat duties, he can play a vital role training new recruits, performing various noncombatant duties (e.g. administrative, transportation, or culinary work) that employ the vast majority of any nation's servicemen, or, if he's particularly dashing and heroic, be used to raise morale on the home front by contributing to propaganda.
For those of you who believe the "wounded soldiers are worse than dead ones" nonsense, ask yourselves this: if wounds, including horrible wounds, were universally worse for morale, then why have there been numerous cases throughout history of soldiers shooting themselves through the foot or leg to avoid having to go into combat? Some even tried to contract veneral diseases to avoid being sent into battle. Was it because... these men feared being *killed*, and would rather be lame than dead? Why have there been numerous cases of officers being able to force their men to advance by threatening them with pistols? After all, a bullet to the back of the head is a much more painless way to go than having your guts splattered all over the place by an exploding shell. Was it because... these men were afraid of dying, but they realized that whilst the enemy **_might_** kill them, their captain *certainly would* if they didn't follow orders? And if wounded men cost more resources than dead men, then why does _every_ military in the world heavily disapprove of and forbid the idea of mercy-killing its own wounded? If any of you who believe this old canard are unfortunate enough to be sent into combat, I hope that you don't think you are doing anyone a favor by putting a round through the head of a critically wounded fellow soldier *or* enemy combatant. In both cases, you'll end up with a court-martial and a _long_ jail sentence for murder.
Finally, ask anyone who has served about their tactics for handling the wounded in a firefight. Soldiers and Marines will not stop shooting just to carry their wounded buddy out of the combat zone. Rather, they will keep firing until the threat is neutralized, _then_ administer aid to the wounded. Thus, it really doesn't impede the unit's effectiveness any differently if you kill or wound one of its members. In fact, seeing your best friend get his head blown off is _more_ demoralizing than seeing him have his arm shattered by a bullet, because in the former case, your friend is gone for good. In the latter, you'll be able to enjoy his company still, even if he does end up losing the arm.
Nice essay
Well said. These myths are heavily borrowed from dubious sources thT were not even referring to land mines in the first place.
I'm sick of boomers claiming 5.56 NATO was "made to wound"
I'm glad you shared this. I had formerly heard the "better to wound than kill" argument and found it convincing. I have no military or armed combat experience of any kind, and it isn't a subject I've ever studied, so I never thought of any of the counter points that you mentioned. Your mini-essay on the topic was very enlightening for me. Thank you for making me slightly less ignorant. 🙂
By the way, do you have any personal combat experience yourself? It sounds as if you do. I'm just curious.
That's a very modern viewpoint. Warfare today, at least for western soldiers, is far less gritty and gruesome than in the tire periods covered in the video. It's still hell, as General Sherman would say, but the challenges and strategies are worlds different.
This man moves his hands and head more then his lips
I always thought of D-Day as a deployment day. Like the day when troops has been deployed to their initial position.
My grandfather William (Bill) Pettengale joined the 1st East Surrey regiment as a professional soldier in 1931. During the battle for Randazzo in Sicily and the house to house fighting that took place there, he was wounded by a ‘Bouncing Betty’. That put paid to his career and his cross country running. It also meant that my father was his one and only child…..
“French offensive... apparently that’s a thing”
Lol
at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester they have a deactivated S-Mine that was tuned in to a camp stove and a deactivated T-mine tuned in to a teapot
I like how you make it seem like you really play your sponsors game. 😉
Get sponsors who dont harm consumers. Love your videos btw. 😎
One of the few videos where the bonus material is more interesting than the main content.
You should do a video of just an accumulation or an short session of just you attempting to play these games. That's hilarious stuff.
Simon, you must have played Crossout for ever to get access to that gear, or paid money...or been given access as they sponsored your fine, fine video. It takes absolutely ages to build up that kind of gear! Great video btw, I found myself subconsciously crossing my legs. Why is that? :)
"French offensive. Apparently thats a thing." You win the internet today sir
To the first Betty and right back.
D-Day, the first day back at work after a 2 weeks holiday
Horrific
Who the heck gets two weeks off?!
Simon, you forgot to mention the united States of America still uses mines. They have a pretty well documented mine field around GitMo.
At 2:08 that isn’t a picture of an S-mine. That’s a picture of a Schu-mine or “shoe” mine. It’s basically just a little wooden box filled with TNT. The allies hated them both because the wooden splinters were hard to detect and often got infected but also because magnetic mine detectors couldn’t find the things as they have very little metal in them.