Japanese Snipers during the Second World War (1941-1945)
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Japanese snipers during the Second World War have, surprisingly enough, not been subject to a lot of research and writing. The Japanese army began deploying snipers much later than any other major participant of the Second World War. Japanese snipers used tactics that generally were dissuaded by other armies because of their high lethality ratio.
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It took the Kiwis to come up with a counter tactic to Japanese snipers hiding in trees. They had been gifted a number of M3 Stuart tanks, when US divisions in NZ upgraded to the M4. Being Kiwis, they worked out a way to use them. They changed the Stuart's 37 mm gun for the British two-pounder, but not satisfied with that, they manufactured a shrapnel round for it, turning the gun into the world's biggest shotgun. Japanese snipers in trees discovered to their cost that foliage was no protection. But that's the Kiwis. Ingenious, those blokes.
Canister shots are still used today for similar purposes. The Abrams have a few of these 120mm canister shots in their standard loadouts
They had to make up for the Semple.
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@@lisasmith516 that's the Aussie's there the convicts lol
@@kansascityshuffle8526 yes, using the deadly Bob Sample would have been a war crime against the Japanese
I had a distant relative that was shot in the foot by a Japanese sniper in a tree on Bougainville. According to him, the sniper was indeed tied in and that kept the sniper from being able to reposition himself and finish him off. He had a Thompson so the story didn't end well for the sniper.
What unit was he with at Bougainville? My grandfather was at Bougainville with the 2nd Raiders. He was also shot in the foot but that was at Iwo Jima.
At 8:13 you talk about 37mm anti tank gun being used. For those wondering why an A.T. gun was firing at one man, the 37mm had a very effective canister round it could fire. Turning it into one heck of a shotgun. The same gun was mounted on the M5 Stuart. The Marines loved them, as a giant shotgun was just what they needed to clear jungle foliage and the Stuart was light and small enough for that terrain.
Thank you, Bill. I am not a weapons expert but that indeed appears to be the reason they preferred it.
@abis9 alpha9 Good question. I wish I knew! But I'd want a few hundred yards between me and it.
Yarrrr give them grapeshot matey!!
@abis9 alpha9 Thats alot of havoc for such a small round! The tech involved in that must be very advanced. We've come a long way from hurtling rocks with a catapult, huh?
@abis9 alpha9 That"s wild! All that info transmitted at peak muzzle velocity. Dang.
A friend of my dad's, Robert Pickled, was one of our soldiers tasked with locating and eliminating Japanese snipers. Often they were in the tops of palm trees, literally on a suicide mission. Mr. Pickler used rifle grenades to take them out on several occasions.
* Pickler 🤣
The amount of satisfaction you must get lobbing one of those old giant rifle grenades a few hundred yards and obliterating a tree that kills a sniper that has been pestering your friendlies. That should be on the highlight reel
Timber! (in japanese)
@@abenshnegalboff he was probably within spitting distance when he got to his launch point, meaning he snuck up in the sniper's blind spot, and shot straight into the tree top. That's the impression that I got when Dad was telling me of the exploits.
In the book "The old Breed" Japanese snipers killed tank crew members who exposed themselves due to their hot interiors.
Got a smoke sledgehammer?
Imagine getting shot because your CO said the Palm Olive Oil Company's trees were more important than you and your friend's lives
I cannot imagine the Aussies of the day paying much attention to that. Most accounts of Aussie troops point to their irreverence and disain for nonsense orders.
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I’ve read several books on the pacific. When a marine or army soldier got shot with a rifle they were considered to be “snipers universally” but in reality I feel like it was just a Japanese infantry man waiting in a concealed position with iron sights for the perfect shot.
Hi Evan, you are right. That is what John N. Rentz writes in his work 'Marines In World War II - Bougainville And The Northern Solomons.'
House of History I want a video about specific Japanese snipers. Ones who had kill counts. I feel like if that information is out there it would be fresh.
@@evandotterer4365There was this one dude whose name I forgot that killed 30-40 marines on Sugar Loaf hill, managed to survive the war and live to 100 years of age.
@@dobridjordje interesting.. I like reading and learning everything about those Japanese positions and defenses. A lot books are bland about it. “We hit shuri line” ….. “three weeks later we took sugar loaf” like cmon have some context.
@@evandotterer4365 Exactly, nobody mentions that a couple of thousand marines had to pay with their lives due to Japanese implacements, artillery, small arms , booby traps and such. Okinawa was an absolute meat grinder for the US forces and just a preludium for the massacre that Operation Downfall would have been. I have heard that in Japan they do have a lot of memoirs from the Japanese side (soldiers, sailors, airmen). There is this one I'm trying to find in English about the fighting on Saipan, from s perspective of a single private armed with a type 38 Arisaka. I only read excerpts, it's basically like their "With the old breed on Peleliu and Okinawa" and doesn't sugarcoat anything, it's extremely brutal, bloody and gory. For example, a guy in the book stabbed a US marine in an ambush, watched him die with the bayonet in his stomach, and later that day cried his soul out for that marine but couldn't continue because his commanding officer would have shot there for showing sympathy towards the enemy.
"Did you kill a lot of Japanese soldiers?" - 'No, i killed a lot of trees. Greenpace is still upset about it' (Liked your video. Well done)
Haha, yeah the Palm Olive Oil Company wasn't too happy about it. Thanks, Marco!
Snipers doesn’t need to be lethal, their mere existence makes the enemy to thread cautiously, and that’s already a win
Forty years ago I still vividly remember a vet from the Pacific theater telling me about getting shot in the shoulder by a Japanese sniper. His unit was pinned down and he remained stuck in the front line for about an hour. When the fighting finally let up they were able to evacuate him to a medical unit. As the doctor removed the gauze he told me of the putrid stench that emanated from his open wound. Evidently the filth and heat of the tropics would cause damaged flesh to immediately start decomposing.
The rifles you showed were Imperial Japanese Army issue. There was one more rifle used by their marine snipers named the Type I (for Italy). I own one, given to me by a US Marine Raider. He picked it up off dead sniper on Okinawa. These rifles were shipped from Italy and were a copy of the Arisaka Type 38 except for the receiver, which was Carcano style.
Hi Planet. That's very interesting, I had no idea as none of the books/articles I used for this video made mention of it. Funny how history always has many more surprises for us, no matter how much we study it. Thanks!
Your enthusiasm for history and fantastic research make your channel a YT gem. Thank you!
Happy you think so, thanks!
This was the ONLY story my Grandpa told me in detail about his time in The Pacific during WW2.
Apparently he and a buddy were on a navy ship a literal stones throw from the shore.
Well, the buddy had to use the bathroom. While “taking a seat” a Japanese Sniper blew his brains after scoping him thru the porthole window.
Or as my Grandpa said,
“I am not to sure what killed my friend. The Shit or the Sniper. Both ends looked bad. Heck, the Sniper may of done him a favor 😣.
He told me that story after, as a young girl, I took to long in the bathroom one day. When I got out he looked me dead in the eye and stated “I was starting to worry if it was the shit or the sniper that had killed you....”
I later figured out Grandpa had a phobia of Bathroom Windows. The house he had custom built had no widows in the bathrooms. When he visited us, he would only use the windowless bathroom! Dad confirmed this, but made me swear to keep my big mouth shut!
My Grandpa retired a Brigadier General after the Cuban Missile Crisis.
He saw Hell in war.
A guess a phobia of a sniper getting you while on the toilet is a mild phobia after what he went thru,
It's amazing what you learn from history and the depths to which it can take us. GREAT SHOW, THANKS 👍👏
Thank you, Teresa!
hey, i've got a suggestion, would you consider covering the extraordinary tale of baltic SS units that went from being members of a waffen SS grenadier division to guarding göring at nuremberg?
Good video thanks man. As a comment, in the book "Sniper on the Eastern Front" Allerberger does comment that a few Red Army snipers hid in trees as well, he saw it in a Red Army sniper training video. He got into a sniper battle with a group of Red Army snipers at one point and some were hiding in trees
The Germans used snipers in trees during the Battle of Arnhem, according to one source I've read, particularly when the British were besieged in Osterbeek.
Us hunters naturally look for suitable trees to hunt from. I’m surprised this wasn’t more common
In Winter War russians called finnish snipers Kukuška or cuckoo as they were also hiding in the trees.
Aw man not using your house of history intro? I think it’s one of the coolest on CZcams!
Hey, happy to hear that! I've noticed a bit of a drop in views during the intro, so I figured I'd try it without... although I too really like it.
@@HoH i enjoy the intro a lot but i think you should disregard our opinions and go with whatever makes your channel most successful
The Japanese often used trees in locations where they were less likely to be surrounded or bypassed for example supporting fixed positions or gun emplacements. This was therefore somewhat less suicidal.
I wish what you would talk about ( if you haven't already ) the Italian Folgore division who fought in the WWII. My grandfather spoke of them as incredibly brave and ferocious paratroopers who covered the retreat of the Afrika Korps from El Alamein by beating the English one after another. I understand that of the 5,000 who started the fight, only a couple hundred were left alive.
Thank`s and congrats for your channel. It`s brilliant.
Thanks for the suggestion and kind words, Alex! I'll have a look
@@HoH Gracias a ti.
most of the soldiers you mention were sharpshooters not snipers. it is different their tactics and equipment. the bottom line as you mentioned they caused havoc. very good video
Thanks for your excellent work !
Thank you, Eric!
Two kids I went to school with in Australia lost uncle’s to Japanese snipers during WWII in New Guinea. A friend of my dad’s encountered a sniper during wwii. The sniper dropped his rifle, and so the Australians chopped the very high tree down, and he was killed.
Great video 👍🏻
Thanks 👍!
Good video.
We Wish to feature about the March on Rome and Benito Mussolini
It's on the list of topics I want to cover, but I have to wait for the local library to reopen (closed due to the lockdown) before I can get my hands on a book about it!
On that, I would be interested when Italy surrendered, what happened to the Italian Army. Was it useful to the Allied cause or completely lost the will to fight?
I heard he took the train !
very interesting. good job
Thank you, Melvin!
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You're welcome!
Cool story. Great to see a request video.
Glad you liked it!
Good video. Good Channel
Thanks!
My Dad was in the 6th I.D. He Landed at New Guinea and on Luzon in the Philippines. After the war ended he did occupation duty in Korea. He was a combat medic in the 95th regiment. Do you know where I can get Mr. Price’s book? Thanks, I liked your video.
Sorry, I meant 63d regiment.
Not so much the book, but there's a pretty extensive blog: www.6thinfantry.com/a-brief-history-of-the-us-army-6th-infantry-division-by-thomas-e-price-on-behalf-of-the-national-association-of-the-6th-infantry-division-inc/
My dad was in New Guinea and was wounded for the second time at Guadalcanal. He didn't talk about his experiences much, so I don't know a great deal about them.
9:44 I like to believe the Japanese soldier was wearing a captured Frogskin camoflauge uniform
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Great video, how do you get the time to upload so often?
I've been doing CZcams fulltime for a few months now, and basically work on the channel 7 days/week over 8 hours/day. It's genuinely a lot of fun to do so, and barely feels like work (for now).
@@HoH Congratulation man! It's impressive how you managed to get so much success in such a short period of time. :)
Very interesting in the context of British officers keeping their hats soft, clothing bright and disobeying orders to crouch and avoid tee brakes within enemy firing range.
My relative's sniper encounter on Luzon (Philippines) spoke distinctively of the smoke from the poorly manufactured Japanese powder. Sniper scored one hit. Next round missed, but the smoke gave away the sniper position. When his .30 cal carbine failed reach the target, he grabbed a BAR, which set the tree ablaze. He carried a BAR for the rest of the war (including occupation in Japan), which was rare for a SGT., but he never again wanted to be ill equipped. The lessons holds true today, some 80 years later.
Doesn’t make sense…most snipers produced no muzzle flash or any profile whatsoever…not sure if this story adds up
@@fender7695 Remember, we're talking WW II here, not modern day. Muzzle flash is not the same as smoke report. It does add up, brought home the rifle and helmet to prove it. Profile, well, never said they saw the sniper, only the smoke report. World War II powder, not modern day.
A Movie To Watch About Japanese Snipeing Is Called: "The Last Bullet,"
A Great Movie...
The term sniper is broad but one always think they use rifle with telescopic sights. According to my grandma's account of his father (A guerilla officer in the Philippines) encounter with Japanese snipers are not mostly equipped with telescopic sight rifle but use regular rifle so we can think of them as marksmen. They use jungle foliage well and the ones tied to the trees are mostly the small ones.
being monday morning quarterback to WW II< I would have dumped the 2.5X scope and went to a 6 power on a 22 mag rifle, they could carry 7 times more ammo with same weight and up to 500 yards 22 mag is very deadly
Could u please make a video about the merchant marines of occupied nations ? im sure there are tales to be told of cargoships and tankers who sailed the whole war.
I'll second that. The MM doesnt get enough credit for their contribution to the War effort. I cant imagine sailing in freezing waters while imagining a torpedo attack at any moment. Almost sure death. But what other hazardous runs did they make?
Hi 123Dunebuggy, thank you very much for your recommendation. It's actually on my list, although it has been there for a while. The topic caught my attention because the MMs have the highest casualty rate of any service during the War.
Once I get to making a video about it I'll be sure to include your comment.
I've always been curious about Japanese snipers, they were terribly effective. I am also interested in the Free French Territorial mountain soldiers the "Gormiers" who were instrumental in the final breakthrough in the Battle of Monte Casino.
good stuff - what about Burma?
You know that a red cross usually means some kind of health care but in Japan it's a green cross. I assume that they got this from the Americans whose "medics" had a green cross painted on their helmets. It was not red, as in Europe, because it was more easily spotted by those Japanese snipers. Can anybody confirm this assumption?
Something to share that is related to this video. There's a Filipino short story called "Tawag ng Sikmura" (Call of Stomach), it's a dark comedy short story about a Filipino who joined the guerilla because you know, the title makes it obvious. The story mostly focused on how the guerillas almost cornered the Japanese troops in a forest but cannot made another move because they were stretched on their supplies and the snipers are giving them a hard time. One part of the story is when they are briefed by their captain to have a minimum lighting in the forest because of the Japanese snipers because they were assigned as guards on that night. Because he didn't took the soup that were given to them, he urged his partner in duty to cook a rice because of the call of his stomach.
Thankyou
One of my great uncles was wire section chief for 163d Field Artillery Battalion in the Philippines, 38th Inf Div. He had the largest section in the Bn, 24 men. His notes in his war book said the Japanese would sneak through the lines at night and cut the commo wire. As I understand it, the Japanese snipers would overwatch the cut wire. He lost several men as I understand it.
It is hard to buy the Line that the 6.5mm round was less smokey than other cartridges. By the start of WWII smokeless powder had long been in use. Having fired hundreds of rounds of German, US and Russian surplus ammo from the period I can tell you from experience there is no smoke. Maybe the smaller cartridge with a reduced muzzle blast kicked up less dust or did not disturb foliage as much as 30cal or 8mm rounds.
My grandfather had a radio shot out of his hand by a Japanese sniper on Saipan at Tampachu Hill.
A video on the sino Vietnamese war would be cool
[Let's hear it for the Kiwis! [ puffin51] ] Thanks for this interesting discussion. I've reviewed histories of snipers in various other theaters, and this has an interesting, different flavor. It sort of helps me to understand where the U.S. military's later obsession with defoliation (as in Indochina) came from.
I had an uncle who is killed by a Japanese sniper on Guam. His body was relocated to the Hawaiian military cemetery after the war
That's the national memorial cemetery of the Pacific located in punch bowl on Oahu Island in Hawaii. The opening credits to Hawaii Five 0 with Jack Lord feature this sacred place prominently.
Lon Horiuchi carrying on the tradition
Chiang wei-kuo is a good looking dude o.o
I was almost expecting to hear about a Japanese Sniper Bonzai attack.
Were they called "snipers" by the Japanese though? The term sniper itself is to hunt snipe, which takes patience and skill. Just wondering if the Japanese have their own names for an expert rifleman.?
Do the Video about the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution that topple President Ferdinand Marcos
Suggestion: a video on the German 1933 Enabling Act. Would like to hear the story of the political maneuverings behind it especially how the Nazis convinced the Centre party led by Ludwig Kaas to support it. The history channel Timeghost did not talk about it in detail.
@Off Road Guy What's your point? I was not talking about ideology.
My Dad was 81st infantry. He said they used a .50 cal. machine gun to spray the tops of the palm trees. He said they had one guy hit and then they took out all the tops of the trees.
What is this unit's number?
Just imagine the Japanese having German tanks British planes and Soviet manpower....
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A third of world would be speaking japanese
How about Custer Last Stand ?.
Thanks for your recommendation. I definitely want to delve more into the history of native Americans. Their history is endlessly fascinating. I've put it on the list of topics, as I will have to learn more about the context before I can make a video about it!
The Schnez Truppe was a 40,000 strong force of German regular army and SS troops assembled in the US zone at the conclusion of ww2 to fight off an ostensible Soviet invasion. Can you offer more details about this operation?
This is incredibly interesting, I hadn't heard about this. Thank you!
@@HoH I came across this info on wikipedia; the article stated that the German people were only made aware of it in 2014.
His dad may have stood in chowline next my uncle he was a loader on a 105 anti-aircraft battery
37mm had a cannister round
The German involvement with the Chinese while very interesting is confusing. How did this alliance change? How did the Germans switch sides? What happened to Chiang Kai-Shek's son? I know this is about Japanese snipers but there are too many open questions about the Chinese. Why not just leave it out completely.
Hi Allen, I will talk about the Sino-German alliance in a later video. As for Chiang Kai-shek's son: czcams.com/video/PF-7OpFlQOg/video.html
The Japanese just seemed like the stronger ally. It's comparable to the USSR sending Germany stuff before Barbarossa.
The Germans and the Soviets were allies and providers of the the Republic of China until Chiang's government leaned more to the right. The goal for the National Revolutionary Army was to modernized their whole army but there were only a few battalions that received proper training from German advisors. When Japan invaded through North China in 1937, Germany was neutral on the matter and eventually withdrew support from China when Japan joined with the Axis Powers. Nevertheless, some Germans in China decided to stay to continue to support the Chines until they were called back into Germany.
Chang-Kai-Shek had two sons, Chiang Ching-kuo who was Chang's biological son and Chiang Wei-kuo who was adopted. Ching-kuo studied in Moscow until he was placed under arrest when his father started purging the Communists from the KMT. He remained in hostage until 1937 when he was released. His career was noted for fighting corruption and for social equality of classes based on what he learned in the Soviet Union which he continued until the Communist victory of the Chinese Civil War. Ching-kuo was made director of the secret police in Taiwan in 1950 until he was made Chairman of the KMT after his father's retirement and death. He was president of Taiwan from 1978 until his death in 1988.
Chiang Wei-kuo was the son of a KMT member whom entrusted Kai-Shek to raise him after an external affair. Wei-kuo joined the Wehrmacht where he earned the rank of Officer Candidate. He even was in command of a Panzer unit before he was recalled back to China to help out with the war effort against Japan. Wei-kuo's service had strong support from the Americans and due to his training with the Wehrmacht, was a valuable asset in the Second Sion-Japanese war and the Chinese Civil War. He continued to hold military position after the KMT was exiled to Taiwan until the Hukou incident of 1964, an attempted coup d'état. His final years was marked with declined popularity and in 1997, he died at age 80.
why mention?BECAUSE THE GERMANS PREPARED JAPAN'S FUTURE TARGET AS THEY HAD NOT A MUTUAL AGREEMENT.
JAPAN WAS ALLIE DURING WWI.
My Dad took a sniper bullet across right eyebrow, I have original correspondence report to verify ... Okinawa
Pay-Ley-Lu. That is the correct pronounciation.
Thanks!
@@HoH thats really cool that you replied. Cheers!
Please, I would liked you to produce a video about the life of the legendary German political activist and spy Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter.
My father was a Marine in the Pac. during WWII he said the Japons would hide in the trees for several days until the main forces had passed forward, then open up on service troops who were lightly armed and unsuspecting of attack. These were often non combatant types, medics civilian contractors and the like. One reason they were shown absolutely no mercy.
Thank you for sharing, Charles. These type of tactics are indeed the general gist of personal stories from GIs in the Pacific.
Australia built a modern warship in the 1890's that served in the Qpium Wars, (which was the real First World War).
Regards.
Geoff. Reeks
How could a ship built in the 1890s serve in wars taking place between 1839 and 1860?
What about the 7 years war? an actual global conflict on all continents between global superpowers (Colonial powers) making it a world war?
MY NEIGHBOR HAD A SNIPER RIFLE WITH A SILENCER , A BULLET HOLE THRU THE STOCK, THE SNIPER BOLT ACTION GAVE HIS LOCATION AWAY
Pretty sure you pronounce it pay-lay-loo.
A tree sniper is how my great uncle got a Purple Heart. The problem was, my great uncle was a country boy, so he wasted the sniper.
He went from hunting deer to hunting men.
more of a marksman, not really equivalent to the modern day dedicatedly trained sniper
“Sniper: A Sniper is a Military Marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target’s detection capabilities.”
You realize there were snipers in WW1 too right? Trying to say “Oh well he’s not a sniper cus what the modern day sniper uses is better and at super range” is a pretty dumb argument considering snipers in WW1 and WW2 also routinely used iron sights.. Deadliest sniper in history with most of his kills with iron sights...
Are you showing us and US that the palm oil trees were assigned a value vs and above American lives?
That is an excerpt from Thomas E. Price's history of the 6th Infantry Division.
I'm not sure if your comment is the takeaway from the quote, as he clearly states they received the green light to deal with the trees when it became clear they were a hazard.
Hi tell us ninjas ractis in ww2
So I'm guessing the Japanese snipers were about s*** didn't talk much about them other than they hide the trees
The second word in the quote at 8:50 is to my understanding a slur for Japanese people. Im unsure if you know/knew that and i am utterly unsure if it is something that is ok to say in the context of a quote but nonetheless it is something you should think about. As always this is a great video. Have you considered doing a video on all the different coup attempts in japan post ww2. I think it would make a very entertaining video because you rarely see a coup against a monarch who’s goal is to strengthen that monarchs political power.
Hi Christopher, thank you for pointing it out. Why would it be not okay to use in the context of a quote? I don't see any justification for sugarcoating history or the way Americans talked about their Japanese adversaries.
I'm currently reading a book on Japan's post-war history so that might be a good topic for the future!
@@HoH Great response!
What of their appalling eye-sight?
Japans war started in 1936
Japanese snipers shot my father twice.
when the trees speak Japanese
you want to know how effective japanese snipers are? easy. Name one. Just one, you just can't. even Finland had a famous sniper.
That's a really bad logic my friend, they were absolutely devastating to US marines and army alike, but unlike other snipers, 95% of them were killed because they were tied to a tree due to Japanese code of honor.
Interesting split toe footwear.
One must wonder if they didn't dress some dupes up as higher ranked also...ahem! "Field Promotions of "undesirables..." The GOOD and THE SACRIFICE of useful "idiots" or now unwanted useful "BAD GUYS!" Breaking Bad... what ever that means... LoL 😉 Lisa Rae Rousseau. Quotation marks/ small cellphone screen. Edit sux.
There is a lot of effort in this video, but it is littered with inaccurate illustrations and/or irrelevant photographs and the complete use of western sources and no primary Japanese sources has resulted in a lot of misinformation.
and you had to mention that your entire story is based on Americans reports so it is biased
Boring, move along.