I haven't seen this anywhere, so I decided to make it. Also, it's really cool to see a normal military fight in an anime. The battle for Central does not count.
You gotta give it to Kimblee he’s much smarter than people give him credit for. He wanted to kill the soldiers in fort Briggs to make the crest of blood at first but when he realized they were way too hard of a target he manipulated the enemy into an unwinnable battle and got them all slaughtered and still succeeded in his mission
Note to self, even if you think you have the win in the bag, do not commit to a siege with your men in parade formation while the enemy has accurate long range guns on the high ground.
@@_fontoura How do you know that? Have you actually fight against my people? A soldier? On what war, in what country? Answer please. Because words are just images on the screen without proof. And by proof i mean real experience. You see, history versions is different in different countries. The only truth is what you know by yourself.
@@joseromanferreno528 a history lesson for you. In a WW2 Soviet Union fought against Germany for four years. Allies went to it in 1944, when it was almost over. Then Germany was almost beaten by USSR. USA had it's issues with Japanese Empire from 1942. But it was a war outside USA territory. The Great Britain suffered from bombardment but was not pillaged by invasion. Imagine Pearl Harbour in most of USA territory. Destroyed cities, starvation on the occupied territories. Genocide. Everybody talks about Holocaust, but what about 40 million deaths of my people? From that miserable desolated point to unbreakable war machine in times of constant war for four years. That what USSR did. At first, there was no other way but to retreat. Fronts was in the poor condition. Germans had more firepower bechase Barbarossa plan was come in realization in the moment then Soviet Army was in the process of reorganization. And then, our factories was suffered bombardment, so we had to evacuate all of them to Ural. Japanese invasion never started, but just in case, USSR needed forces there in the east. So many battalions was absent where they was truly needed. I hope i enlightened you in some way.
The soviets had better technology and more men than Germany but were a bunch of incompetents and were obliterated if not for the USA and British Empire lend leasing trillions and sending thousands of tanks, ammunition and food the USSR wouldnt have lasted more than 1942, they were also obliterated against less developed and far smaller forces in the soviet-polish war and the winter war and the Hungarian-soviet war, so in general the Russian military of the 19-20th century was mostly a shitshow.
One of the many things I love about FMA is it's very WW1/WW2 military setting in the uniforms, equipment, battles, etc. It's something I wish more anime would do.
I remember seeing this army ascending from the snow the first time I was watching the anime. It felt epic that a huge war with a bigger country is coming with a long siege- and it was over in the first minutes of the next episode. This general was an idiot.
Camilo Ordoñez And still. He knew they had those guns, which would be used even with sabotage. You don't walk up to a fortess you want to besiege in full formation, wearing black in the snow. He should've dug trenches just outside the range of those guns and try to place his own within range covered by a bunker. Use snipers to pick of the guards and don't stand out in the open. It's just common sence people.
see this is what happens when you try to play by 19'th century rules of war in the 20'th century. you don't group your men up into columns when you're fighting artillery.
Something like that happened in World War 1. Austria-Hungary marched an entire army in full formation into Serbia. Unfortunately for them, they marched right through the artillery practice field and the army was vaporized.
A lot of WW1 was learning that you can't use 19th century tactics against cannons and machine guns. Imagine being a soldier mowing down the enemy as they charge you. You think you're hot shit taking down line after line of men. Then you realize your side is about to do the same thing and send you in to charge.
It is this moment when you realize...a crest of blood had to be carved...no one ever said Fort Briggs had to die to carve it...to Kimblee, there is more than one way to make an omelette
Jotaro97 first of,all names are unisex. So saying “calling your daughter Jason” isn’t a good excuse as again,names are unisex. Second,bringing up French is irrelevant as 1 the writer is Japanese,2 This anime takes place in Germany,and 3 names come from all over the world. Hence why an African can have a Spanish name. Did you read my comment? Literally the “it’s male in French” doesn’t matter as that’s a completely different culture and it’s irrelevant.
1:42 I find it funny that these cannons even have cranes cleary designed to load ammunition, but there isn't any ammunition lying around to actually load :D
and think about that: how did they got these giant cannons into this terrain? there where neither horses nor truck, nothing to drag them out into firing position
@@keithsinter5611 They could shipped in pieces and assembled on-site. Briggs seems like they would be held to a standard of competence where that really wouldn't be a big deal to pull off.
@@odinfromcentr2 but those weren´t briggs soldiers. And you can Disassemble cannons so much, you still have giant hand way too heavy pieces for transport per hand
@@keithsinter5611 I also wouldn't put it past General Armstrong to simply have all the artillery built on-site. It does sound like something she would do to get around the issue.
About 19 years ago I was shooting the AT guns of 85 mm and 100 mm and also the howitzers of 122 and 152 mm. Only the 100 mm AT gun was managing to make my ears to "ring". We never received ear protection and only some of us improvised from cotton some plugs. Still, because I was the servant no7 (taking care of charges) my right ear lost about 40% of the sensitivity.
There's a part of me that wonders what Amestrian officials told Drachma about this incident after the Promised Day Battle. Cause I'm pretty sure the Drachmians(?) would want an explanation about what happened. Did the Amestrians just straight up tell them that they were tricked into coming to Briggs by someone working with "demons" to destroy Amestris? That the Drachma soldiers were used as a sacrifice to make a bloodcrest to be used in a huge alchemic seal? And if they did, would Drachma believe them? This is one of the few gripes I had with this show: not enough world building. The show pretty much focused on Amestris and Ishval, with just a bit of Xing into the mix. But we know next to nothing about the other countries next to Amestris: Creta, Areugo, and Drachma. The only thing we know about them is there are constant border wars with them, which was all part of the Homunculi's plan. There are so many questions that I wished got answered. What are the other countries like? What are their stances regarding alchemy and such? What was their reaction to the Promised Day Battle; did it affect them in any way? Were they even made aware of what was happening to their neighbor? Did they manage to establish peace with Amestris after the Homunculi were defeated?
On the one hand, this is true as far as world building goes. But it doesn’t serve much of a purpose for the plot as it would be nothing more than extensive padding. The theme with a majority of the series is that everything and everyone involved is connected in some manner, whether it be through actions, fate, or what have you. But I do agree that I’m curious as to other countries viewpoints. But on the other hand I like to imagine it myself. Though technically the Star of Milos movie took place on Cretas (I think), and they had different usage of alchemy like healing (separate from Alkehestry), and one of the villains carving transmutation circles into his hands to fire frost and purple lightning.
Why would they want an explanation tho?? All Drachma knows is that one of their generals tried to invade Amestris cause some guy said briggs was in chaos
For those who maybe don't know, because I missed it the first time. This was to make a massacre to complete a part of the transmutation circle that father would use to become god. Kimblee fooling them into a massacre on part with the one in Ishvale
Briggs is not your average fort its very hard to take out Drachma were arrogant and not very careful of the opponents artillery cause kimblee told them briggs was in chaos
This is when you realize just how advanced Amestris is! They’re using ww2 tech, like 50 cal’s, ww2 tanks and semi-auto rifles! The Ishvalans were using Maxim machine guns and bolt-action rifles supplied by Aurugo. Drachma is using ww1 artillery with shells so heavy, they need to be loaded using a crane! The weapons supplied to the Revolutionaries by Xing are also ww1-era! I also think the reason they don’t use planes in this universe isn’t because they don’t know of them but because no other country would know how to build a runway on which to land them!
While I agree with most of your point, the huge artilleries likely have less to do with technological level, and more likely because they are dealing with gigantic fortification. Amestris doesn't have the same limitation, so they can just use the smaller, more generic field guns they always use.
@@PaiSAMSEN That just adds to my point; the less advanced countries rely on presentation and intimidation, Amestris relies on functionality - nothing fancy, just get the job done! It’s been stated that Amestris is based on ww2 Germany and funny they should mention that, Germany took most of Europe using Blitzkrieg tactics while the rest of the world thought it would be just another ww1!
Large artillery is always very inaccurate. After all they are designed for power and not accuracy. You use it to bombard an area to smash their fortifications and inflict casualties.
They did hit the fort, you can see the holes during 1:57 and 2:21. The fortress is likely well-built against artillery strikes or decent damage-control in Briggs.
I personally think that the most respectful detail in this fight is the fact that this is not the first time the Briggs soldiers encounter Drachma. The same thing has happened before. Still, they didn't underestimate their opponent and fight in such a serious manner
They never say how many people need to die in order to carve a crest of blood. It took 7 years to carve the crest in Ishval. But it took a day to carve the crest in the North.
Ok so this is going to be some deep lore shit but I can't help but mention how minstralized the Drachma commander is. I don't think it was done out of malice but is an interesting example of world building. The FMA setting is what as known as a "strangeworld" depiction of existing real life States. Amestris is Germany, Xing is of course China, the Ishvalans are arguably perhaps Kurdistan and Drachma...Drachma is Russia. Germany and Russia have historically been notorious rivals and my point is that its interesting that the Drachman commander was depicted with very menacing Slavic characteristics. As is he has Slavic features but represented in a negative light IE very aggressive and angry. Once again I think this was done to emphasize Drachma's role as minor villains given the story is told from the perspective of Amestris AKA Germany. And not a necessarily hateful or derogatory way as despite being negative the Drachma caricature is still one of strength albeit an abrasive strength. It's also interesting to note that of course FMAB was also created by the Japanese who have a history of conflict with Russians and a previous alliance with Germans....but also also a previous conflict with Germans as well..... In closing, I'm not trying to imply this was done with malicious intent or suggesting any kind of real world bias; just that FMAB's production payed attention to detail and committed to great world building. That's why it's great.
We don't think Drachma is the villain in the story. Pretty much like other neighbours , they also tolerated aggression of Amestris . It resulted in a stalemate and Drachma became very angry .
Bro. Back when I knew NOTHING of this series and binged it for the first time I started getting uneasy when I saw Drachma pull up. "Oh fuck. That's a LOT of soldiers. I'm a little concern- Oh. They're dead."
One of the meany e reasons Drachma lost is their Cannons were too massive to reload it a more fashionable manner. I mean come on bringing extremely big guns and no medium cannons was a death wish not to mention having your troops out in the open 0/10 it was over before it began
Did Drachma not have any combat alchemists with them? How is ANY nation that doesn't have alchemists, let alone combat specialist ones not steamrolled by countries that do like Amestris? Being a combat oriented alchemist with pre drawn circles whether on gloves, gountlets, or otherwise is basically like having super powers and having said alchemists in your military is like having super powered human weapons of mass destruction. I mean even alchemists that don't have the ability to do transmutations without circles, (which frankly isn't much of a limit anyway) especially those with pre drawn ones can still radically shape a battlefield in mere seconds or minutes and render static defenses pointless. As long as the circles touche and the alchemist knows what a wall is made of they can tear it down near Instantaneously at the molecular or even atomic levels no matter how tough the material is!
The only nations that have Alchemy (atleast on large scales) are Amestris and Xing, both of which have used it to become giant superpowers, with Amestris not expanding because of Father and the Promised day while Xing has that giant ass desert.
Obiwan: IT'S OVER ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND The Briggs: (Has a literal wall that's the height of a mountain with 100 anti armor canons) WHO HAS THE HIGH GROUND NOW FOOL!!
Military Knowledge Nugget for you amazing people those artillery pieces are actually 17 pounder Anti Tank guns that were used by the British and Canadians during World War II. Like the name suggests these heavy weapon platforms were designed with the purpose of eliminating tanks. They would be towed by trucks and jeeps, a infantry Regiment would have an artillery Battalion of 16 guns 4 batteries each battery has 4 guns. These units would be in place to give heavy weapon support to an infantry unit when encountering tanks. The 17 Pounder Gun was the most powerful allied gun for army operations capable of penetrating a Tiger Tank up to a kilometer away. It would later be adapted to the Sherman Firefly. Sorry about that, be safe and have a fantastic day
Just because the battle was outside the boarders doesn't mean it wasn't inside the circle. For all we know sloth could have extended the circle several miles north of Ft. Briggs.
Deivi Valdepena IIRC Amestris is not a perfect circle, and in the area around where Fort Briggs is, there's a little chunk missing from the circle where the battle took place
I hope FMA gets a sequel about Ed and Als adventures (it would be intresting if they mainly focused on Al this time) that dives more into the rest of the world
I'm so desperate for information on Drachma, Xing, and the rest of the world ): Sadly I guess that's all up for fan fiction and all, but with nothing to really go off of, it's not as fun. But I mean, I think it's heavily implied that Xing = China and Drachma = Russia and since Amestris is basically Germany, and the time period is early 1900s... just with alchemy? I guess that's all there really is to it. FMA has me more interested in world history than ever and it's all because I'm imagining how Drachma and Xing could be like , lmao.
Grace Quach Nope, Germany hence the Fuhrer. Also the map of amestris looks close to Germany, although I would say you could argue it looks similar to France as well, but the Furher is the dead giveaway
I mean it was proving the point of the blood sacrifice being so heinous, but I really want to see some major fighting, especially since besides Valkyria Chronicles or a few other anime that actually show somewhat of conventional warfare which made a really interesting, and compelling background. We sadly only get to see a modicum of conflict, even though it may be one sided, but with the Drachmans it doesn’t seem to be. They are basically Tsarist Russia in this universe, and quite possibly are the biggest threat to Amestris. I say this because if you look at the map of FMAB official or otherwise, Drachma is HUGE compared to Xing, so it is not just the large amount of territory but it’s well-disciplined army and seems to be relatively well equipped compared to its’ WW1 counterpart and relatively good on supplies to the Soviet type. but due to their extreme belligerence and focus on military conduct, and possibly survival within their country. I honestly found them interesting not only to this fact, because it is like the Soviet and German Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 between the Soviet Union and Germany discussed on the Wiki, which in our reality was a nonaggression pact between the two powers in invading Poland, and to not fight each other, but eventually the Pact was broken by the Germans in Mid 1941 on June 22nd when the German Wehrmacht launched one of the largest offensives in Military history in the form of Operation Barbarossa. The resulting action had the Soviets being caught unawares and poorly equipped, until mass swaths of their territory where taken by the invading Germans until they where pushed back into their heartlands at Stalingrad and Moscow, until finally consolidating their forces and finally breaking the German lines, and forcing the enemy back. Also there were of course several horrors that took place around the time of the German invasion, of course we hear about the Lebenstraum and the horrific treatment of ethnic Russians and other people with Slavic blood in them, which of course made the Russian even more revenge fueled when they took back their territory and ended WW2 with the Allied Powers. What I am getting at here is that they had a major missed opportunity, Drachma is one of the few countries that is strong enough to stand against Amestris without yielding any territory, and so fierce they had to erect a massive fortification to contain the Drachman fury (Fort Briggs), and besides that the ONLY other obstacle is the mountains, but without the Fort, the Drachmans would be free to burn a path straight into Amestrian territory. Here is another factor, we know that this is Drachma declaring war against Amestris, in accordance to the Pact in the real world, discussed above, who started hostilities in the beginning? Was it Amestrian thirst for new territory, or Drachman Belligerence, and did the Amestrians do something much more horrible to the Drachmans than wage war on them, or Drachma commit a horrible action against them. It seems with the few Context clues we have concerning this nation, is that fighting the Drachmans is hard due to the mountainous terrain, but as demonstrated they are capable of field organization as well. Due to the North being much more isolated than that of the other bordering countries such as Aerugo and Creta, in a fight for their life and territory. I want to point out that back to my further question if Amestris did something horrible to Drachma, the Drachman Commander calls Fort Briggs an “abomination”. Now this could just be insulting the concrete monstrosity of a fort, but alluding to it, Briggs could not only be a symbol that the Drachmans wish to conquer, but possibly have been something more oppressive. In this universe however, the countries of FMA are scattered and are pretty much on their own against Amestris until Father is dethroned, and it seems only that time Amestrian successor leadership under former General Grumman and very possibly Mustang himself, that the fighting may possibly be over, but besides rebuilding Ishval, people don’t seem to understand that these nations aren’t just going to roll over. Of course they where already struggling against Amestris, but they invaded their homeland and butchered their people, and the end of the show, doesn’t make it clear whether to end hostilities with these countries, or that they will continue.
Lololol this is like a somewhat veteran strategy game player with their comfortable standard equipment vs someone new to strategy games who thinks they'll win because they got awesome huge new weapons
well, they did mention that the north use special types of metal alloys to deal with the weather for their automail. makes sense they would use it for their weapons too.
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor _a year agO, my army was sieged by millions of NA₺o ₺erroris₺s. ._ *dey were bRoKen, nOwadays we aRe rushed by millions of Sovie₺s.* ✓
me: playing cheeki breeki anthem on all speakers and fire the Kondensators, a few moments later, hordes of T34s will roam the battlefield and the weeaboos don't stand a chance!
Okay the only problem with this series is their buried touches upon war, it really irritated me, because you hear of Amestris’ war with Aerugo, Crete, and their major hostilities with Drachma with the non-aggression pact being signed. I mean even the Ishvalan war was shown very briefly in only a few flashbacks, that is not enough to go off of.
Maybe Amestris was powerful enough to enforce the pacts? Amestris is a military dictatorship with wizards after all, so it's unlikely the other countries were able to compete.
Well the guy was a known murderer that killed his fellow soldiers. Pretty sure enough time passed for word to spread around that he wasn't a loyal soldier of Amestris.
To spill blood. Father's ultimate goal was to challenge God and he first obtained immortality by tricking an ancient Civilization into preforming a nation-sized human transmutation circle. It's almost like a Connect the Dots puzzle. He needed a rune on the northern edge of Amestris to complete his ritual. He was initially going to use the Ft. Briggs soldiers, but they were too mighty and paranoid. So Kimblee was sent even further north to FMA's version of Russia and he tricked a military commander into attacking. He knew they'd be wiped out, but he needed blood for the crest.
the fact is that they are using artillery against infantry. it's simply not the "heavy artillery" like the one used by the Drachmian. What define an artillery piece as "anti-tank" is the ability to fire anti-tank shells but having that ability dont stop them from firing high explosive shells as well. those guns were "field guns" that can fire both type of ammo. they also have a better rate of fire and maneuvrability than the heavy artillery making them better at firing at moving target while heavy artillery is better at destroying fixed positions.
Well the country is based on Germany and the Germans were very fond of making compromised weapons. The most famous example is them fusing the light and medium machine guns together in creating the MG34. Maybe they are using a compromise field gun that can be effectively used against both infantry and tanks. The Germans never fielded a piece like that in WW2 but they could have. It isn't the only time FMAB has made devices that never existed. In the battle for the capital they have an infantry tank and the Germans never used that. Their tanks were build for mobility and infantry tanks were called that because they usually were not much faster than infantry. By far the most famous infantry tank was the Matilda II with a top speed of only 20 km/h which is very low compared to for example the British Crusader which could reach 50. That 20 km/h was on the test track under ideal conditions so in battle it is likely to be half of that if not even less. In the tank stats of mobility, armor and firepower the British went for armor and mobility. The infantry tanks might have been slow but they could go over truly any terrain. But by far the most important thing was armor, they had to be armored enough that they could stand up to pretty much anything the enemy could be firing on them. In the battle for the capital it looks most like a fusion between the British Matilda II and the German Panzer III. The Panzer III was made largely with mobility in mind as it's most important feature. firepower was compromised severely leaving them utterly helpless against the British Matilda II as they couldn't even pierce it in the weak points. Their lack of armor also made even the small British 2lbs gun able to pierce them no problem. It's armor was also weak. However those guns indeed look very long and of a fairly low caliber. Often actually heavy artillery is just as if not more effective in firing against moving targets. It's lower rate of fire is easily compensated for by the far larger blast radius. Across long distances the accuracy of light and heavy artillery is also the same. The finer aiming of the light artillery is easily compensated by the fact that because of it's low inertia it is easily affected by wind. The reason light artillery was used was because it was faster to set up and easier to move around if the battle conditions changed. Not only that but a larger number of small pieces is more strategically flexible than a smaller number of large pieces. They can't use heavy artillery on the wall as it will likely damage the wall with the recoil. It is weird though that the wall doesn't have some pieces of fixed heavy artillery. While you can't just move heavy artillery onto a wall it is easily possible to design a wall to have strongpoints in it that can support heavy artillery. It's odd that this wasn't done. I would imagine they would have several large fixed guns on the wall and supplement them with the field guns.
@marinus18 First WOW thats about the longest answer i ever got on anything. Second thank you for that answer and exactly that Thing with no fixed guns anywhere in or on the wall was whats been my Problem/question.
Rice Calculator what, the Drachma army invading Briggs? They’re schmucks. The blood spilled in that area? Well, if it isn’t a spoiler for you, then it’s because the blood is required to transmute the country into a Philosopher’s Stone. Contained inside of the homunculi’s progenitor.
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You gotta give it to Kimblee he’s much smarter than people give him credit for. He wanted to kill the soldiers in fort Briggs to make the crest of blood at first but when he realized they were way too hard of a target he manipulated the enemy into an unwinnable battle and got them all slaughtered and still succeeded in his mission
He was also given direction by Pride to do so.
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor Pride just ordered him to kill, he figured out the rest
He knew trying to kill the people in brigs would be stupid because they over power him so he did smart thing to do which paid off.
Well there idiots
I love manga scene because in manga kimblee actually said "He died in the middle of our conversation. How rude"
FeYrUk GaMiNg
I’m sad that it wasn’t here
That just makes me love Kimblee even more lmao
FeYrUk GaMiNg did he say it before or after there general was killed
They took out a lot of manga scenes, especially in the War of Ishval, which kind of saddened me. Epic anime though!
@@BonazaiGirl correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t they take out a fight scene with Envy in it?
Note to self, even if you think you have the win in the bag, do not commit to a siege with your men in parade formation while the enemy has accurate long range guns on the high ground.
In his defence he thought the fort was already experiencing infighting and thus wouldn't be able to use those cannons.
It's over Anakin I have the high ground!!!
Ryan Wilson That's no excuse
FIRE THE PANZERSCHRECCKKKKK
Also don’t wear any flashy or visible colors in the area fighting. Wearing black in a winter tundra is plain dumb.
the problem with drachma is their hats are more durable then their soldiers
just like their real counterparts, russians.
@@_fontoura How do you know that?
Have you actually fight against my people? A soldier? On what war, in what country? Answer please. Because words are just images on the screen without proof. And by proof i mean real experience. You see, history versions is different in different countries. The only truth is what you know by yourself.
@@ivanpopov2788 he probably refers to the second world war Soviet Union
@@joseromanferreno528 a history lesson for you.
In a WW2 Soviet Union fought against Germany for four years. Allies went to it in 1944, when it was almost over. Then Germany was almost beaten by USSR.
USA had it's issues with Japanese Empire from 1942. But it was a war outside USA territory. The Great Britain suffered from bombardment but was not pillaged by invasion.
Imagine Pearl Harbour in most of USA territory. Destroyed cities, starvation on the occupied territories. Genocide.
Everybody talks about Holocaust, but what about 40 million deaths of my people?
From that miserable desolated point to unbreakable war machine in times of constant war for four years. That what USSR did.
At first, there was no other way but to retreat. Fronts was in the poor condition. Germans had more firepower bechase Barbarossa plan was come in realization in the moment then Soviet Army was in the process of reorganization.
And then, our factories was suffered bombardment, so we had to evacuate all of them to Ural.
Japanese invasion never started, but just in case, USSR needed forces there in the east. So many battalions was absent where they was truly needed.
I hope i enlightened you in some way.
The soviets had better technology and more men than Germany but were a bunch of incompetents and were obliterated if not for the USA and British Empire lend leasing trillions and sending thousands of tanks, ammunition and food the USSR wouldnt have lasted more than 1942, they were also obliterated against less developed and far smaller forces in the soviet-polish war and the winter war and the Hungarian-soviet war, so in general the Russian military of the 19-20th century was mostly a shitshow.
One of the many things I love about FMA is it's very WW1/WW2 military setting in the uniforms, equipment, battles, etc. It's something I wish more anime would do.
Agree!!
Check out "the saga of Tanya the evil" it's set in a WW1 parallel universe
I'm conflicted, Looks awesome yet small anime girl that looks like an evil loli don't look serious
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Yes, young girl in appearance but evil man inside. Waiting for Tanya S2.
I can see pak anti tank gun
Drachma got destroyed so hard that the series couldn't even show a massacre that brutal on television.
Enjoy your heart.
I remember seeing this army ascending from the snow the first time I was watching the anime. It felt epic that a huge war with a bigger country is coming with a long siege- and it was over in the first minutes of the next episode. This general was an idiot.
Nialen Capefet Kimblee had told him that he had men inside the fort to sabotage it, he was expecting that which was a lie.
Still an idiot of a general. He just believed some random fuckwit who came with a really nice sounding plan?
Camilo Ordoñez And still. He knew they had those guns, which would be used even with sabotage. You don't walk up to a fortess you want to besiege in full formation, wearing black in the snow. He should've dug trenches just outside the range of those guns and try to place his own within range covered by a bunker. Use snipers to pick of the guards and don't stand out in the open. It's just common sence people.
And the fact that they had the high ground
Drachma: We DECLARE WAR!!!
Fort Briggs: Hold my beer.
Enjoy your heart.
You misspelled “terrible coffee”.
I'll hold it for two cens, battle tax and all.
see this is what happens when you try to play by 19'th century rules of war in the 20'th century.
you don't group your men up into columns when you're fighting artillery.
Yes!
Something like that happened in World War 1. Austria-Hungary marched an entire army in full formation into Serbia. Unfortunately for them, they marched right through the artillery practice field and the army was vaporized.
A lot of WW1 was learning that you can't use 19th century tactics against cannons and machine guns. Imagine being a soldier mowing down the enemy as they charge you. You think you're hot shit taking down line after line of men. Then you realize your side is about to do the same thing and send you in to charge.
@@Nimitz68503 what battle was this?
@@Nimitz68503 which battle please?
No wonder briggs is considered to be the state military's badass regiment, they won the moment they spotted drachma.
I love how kimblee completely played drachma for idiots.
probably some disobedient troop
unwilling to respect established diplomatic agreement who took
this false info as a chance to strike back
It is this moment when you realize...a crest of blood had to be carved...no one ever said Fort Briggs had to die to carve it...to Kimblee, there is more than one way to make an omelette
Kimblee: Making a mother of omlette here, Scarab! Can't fret over every egg.
Briggs wouldn't be an effective outpost if it couldn't function without Olivier
Olivier Armstrong: DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO ASSUME THAT YOU KNOW THE SOLDIERS I TRAINED!!!!!
It’s a male and female name. It isn’t pronounced like Americans say it. We pronounce it Oliver, but she pronounces it (O-Livy-air) so it makes sense.
Olivier Dubreuil-Gagnon You might have a bias in this case
@Olivier Dubreuil-Gagnon Just fort that I'm going to name my first daughter Jason.
Jotaro97 first of,all names are unisex. So saying “calling your daughter Jason” isn’t a good excuse as again,names are unisex. Second,bringing up French is irrelevant as 1 the writer is Japanese,2 This anime takes place in Germany,and 3 names come from all over the world. Hence why an African can have a Spanish name. Did you read my comment? Literally the “it’s male in French” doesn’t matter as that’s a completely different culture and it’s irrelevant.
1:42 I find it funny that these cannons even have cranes cleary designed to load ammunition, but there isn't any ammunition lying around to actually load :D
and think about that: how did they got these giant cannons into this terrain? there where neither horses nor truck, nothing to drag them out into firing position
Keith Sinter soldier march!!
@@keithsinter5611 They could shipped in pieces and assembled on-site. Briggs seems like they would be held to a standard of competence where that really wouldn't be a big deal to pull off.
@@odinfromcentr2 but those weren´t briggs soldiers. And you can Disassemble cannons so much, you still have giant hand way too heavy pieces for transport per hand
@@keithsinter5611 I also wouldn't put it past General Armstrong to simply have all the artillery built on-site. It does sound like something she would do to get around the issue.
Just thinking about standing that close to artillery makes my ears hurt.
CJusticeHappen21 Bitch, please. My dad was 17th Fire's Brigade.
About 19 years ago I was shooting the AT guns of 85 mm and 100 mm and also the howitzers of 122 and 152 mm. Only the 100 mm AT gun was managing to make my ears to "ring".
We never received ear protection and only some of us improvised from cotton some plugs. Still, because I was the servant no7 (taking care of charges) my right ear lost about 40% of the sensitivity.
Same
Lol "Battle?"
You should rename it to "massacre."
Battle?, i thought it was just target practice.
I mean yeah, they need that crest of blood.
There's a part of me that wonders what Amestrian officials told Drachma about this incident after the Promised Day Battle. Cause I'm pretty sure the Drachmians(?) would want an explanation about what happened. Did the Amestrians just straight up tell them that they were tricked into coming to Briggs by someone working with "demons" to destroy Amestris? That the Drachma soldiers were used as a sacrifice to make a bloodcrest to be used in a huge alchemic seal? And if they did, would Drachma believe them?
This is one of the few gripes I had with this show: not enough world building. The show pretty much focused on Amestris and Ishval, with just a bit of Xing into the mix. But we know next to nothing about the other countries next to Amestris: Creta, Areugo, and Drachma. The only thing we know about them is there are constant border wars with them, which was all part of the Homunculi's plan.
There are so many questions that I wished got answered. What are the other countries like? What are their stances regarding alchemy and such? What was their reaction to the Promised Day Battle; did it affect them in any way? Were they even made aware of what was happening to their neighbor? Did they manage to establish peace with Amestris after the Homunculi were defeated?
*VERY* Good Question!
On the one hand, this is true as far as world building goes. But it doesn’t serve much of a purpose for the plot as it would be nothing more than extensive padding. The theme with a majority of the series is that everything and everyone involved is connected in some manner, whether it be through actions, fate, or what have you.
But I do agree that I’m curious as to other countries viewpoints. But on the other hand I like to imagine it myself.
Though technically the Star of Milos movie took place on Cretas (I think), and they had different usage of alchemy like healing (separate from Alkehestry), and one of the villains carving transmutation circles into his hands to fire frost and purple lightning.
Why would they want an explanation tho??
All Drachma knows is that one of their generals tried to invade Amestris cause some guy said briggs was in chaos
Why would amestris have to explain anything to them tho?
It was dracma that tried invading first. If anything THEY should explain to amestris, right?
(Spoilers ahead)
But yeah
I still wonder what the other nations thought about A GIANT MONSTER emerging from amestris to kind of STEAL THE SUN
For those who maybe don't know, because I missed it the first time.
This was to make a massacre to complete a part of the transmutation circle that father would use to become god. Kimblee fooling them into a massacre on part with the one in Ishvale
The formations of Drachma's troops just scream "kill us for our commander's stupidity".
The only time you see Drakma, and this happens. Might as well have been Ishbalans with fuzzy hats.
In Drachma, you don't declare war, war declares you.
A battle so short, it took place between episodes
Men of the Night’s Watch: “Who are you guys?“
Forces of Fort Briggs: “We’re you but we don’t suck at our jobs.”
Enjoy your heart. You've earned it.
How is Drachma even around in the FMA universe when they can't even take out a one fort?
There must be at least one day where it isn't snowing.
Briggs is not your average fort its very hard to take out
Drachma were arrogant and not very careful of the opponents artillery cause kimblee told them briggs was in chaos
Adding on to the person above me, this is probably russia in FMA:B, which was going through some shit around this time.
They probably could do something, in a proper war . Here Kimblee was messing around.
1:51 That’s the face of a man who enjoys his work
This is when you realize just how advanced Amestris is! They’re using ww2 tech, like 50 cal’s, ww2 tanks and semi-auto rifles! The Ishvalans were using Maxim machine guns and bolt-action rifles supplied by Aurugo. Drachma is using ww1 artillery with shells so heavy, they need to be loaded using a crane! The weapons supplied to the Revolutionaries by Xing are also ww1-era! I also think the reason they don’t use planes in this universe isn’t because they don’t know of them but because no other country would know how to build a runway on which to land them!
While I agree with most of your point, the huge artilleries likely have less to do with technological level, and more likely because they are dealing with gigantic fortification. Amestris doesn't have the same limitation, so they can just use the smaller, more generic field guns they always use.
@@PaiSAMSEN That just adds to my point; the less advanced countries rely on presentation and intimidation, Amestris relies on functionality - nothing fancy, just get the job done! It’s been stated that Amestris is based on ww2 Germany and funny they should mention that, Germany took most of Europe using Blitzkrieg tactics while the rest of the world thought it would be just another ww1!
Perhaps if Drachma hadn’t hired the Russian equivalent of Stormtroopers they could have actually hit something with that humongous artillery.
Large artillery is always very inaccurate. After all they are designed for power and not accuracy. You use it to bombard an area to smash their fortifications and inflict casualties.
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Stormtroopers are actually quite accurate -_-
They did hit the fort, you can see the holes during 1:57 and 2:21. The fortress is likely well-built against artillery strikes or decent damage-control in Briggs.
LMFAOOO
"The Massacre"
-By Fort Briggs
Episode end: oh shit its Drachma
Episode start: oh shit it *was* Drachma
I personally think that the most respectful detail in this fight is the fact that this is not the first time the Briggs soldiers encounter Drachma. The same thing has happened before. Still, they didn't underestimate their opponent and fight in such a serious manner
They never say how many people need to die in order to carve a crest of blood. It took 7 years to carve the crest in Ishval. But it took a day to carve the crest in the North.
I mean the crest would already be carved by then, the orders to exterminate Ishval were also because of all the civil wars in the meanwhile
Ishval was also used to create multiple philosopher stones
Night's Watch vs The Wildlings
Gandzi yes💥
And it ended even more poorly for the invaders
Imagine how hard this man would get court marshaled if he managed to survive
Ok so this is going to be some deep lore shit but I can't help but mention how minstralized the Drachma commander is. I don't think it was done out of malice but is an interesting example of world building. The FMA setting is what as known as a "strangeworld" depiction of existing real life States. Amestris is Germany, Xing is of course China, the Ishvalans are arguably perhaps Kurdistan and Drachma...Drachma is Russia. Germany and Russia have historically been notorious rivals and my point is that its interesting that the Drachman commander was depicted with very menacing Slavic characteristics. As is he has Slavic features but represented in a negative light IE very aggressive and angry. Once again I think this was done to emphasize Drachma's role as minor villains given the story is told from the perspective of Amestris AKA Germany. And not a necessarily hateful or derogatory way as despite being negative the Drachma caricature is still one of strength albeit an abrasive strength. It's also interesting to note that of course FMAB was also created by the Japanese who have a history of conflict with Russians and a previous alliance with Germans....but also also a previous conflict with Germans as well.....
In closing, I'm not trying to imply this was done with malicious intent or suggesting any kind of real world bias; just that FMAB's production payed attention to detail and committed to great world building. That's why it's great.
I love this comment, very interesting indeed.
To be fair, plenty of Amestrian military officers have that same angry look.
We don't think Drachma is the villain in the story. Pretty much like other neighbours , they also tolerated aggression of Amestris . It resulted in a stalemate and Drachma became very angry .
Kimblee: “The Briggs soldiers are stronger than you think.”
Pride: “Then use that strength.”
The first and only scene with not-Russians in the whole show 😔 but they had a badass entrance at least
Bro. Back when I knew NOTHING of this series and binged it for the first time I started getting uneasy when I saw Drachma pull up.
"Oh fuck. That's a LOT of soldiers. I'm a little concern- Oh. They're dead."
One of the meany e
reasons Drachma lost is their Cannons were too massive to reload it a more fashionable manner. I mean come on bringing extremely big guns and no medium cannons was a death wish not to mention having your troops out in the open 0/10 it was over before it began
Kimblee a smart dude.
Chris Wright no wonder he's an insanely dangerous man.
That ain't no battle. That's a massacre.
one of those epic scenes from FMAB that are unforgettable!
Did Drachma not have any combat alchemists with them? How is ANY nation that doesn't have alchemists, let alone combat specialist ones not steamrolled by countries that do like Amestris? Being a combat oriented alchemist with pre drawn circles whether on gloves, gountlets, or otherwise is basically like having super powers and having said alchemists in your military is like having super powered human weapons of mass destruction. I mean even alchemists that don't have the ability to do transmutations without circles, (which frankly isn't much of a limit anyway) especially those with pre drawn ones can still radically shape a battlefield in mere seconds or minutes and render static defenses pointless. As long as the circles touche and the alchemist knows what a wall is made of they can tear it down near Instantaneously at the molecular or even atomic levels no matter how tough the material is!
The only nations that have Alchemy (atleast on large scales) are Amestris and Xing, both of which have used it to become giant superpowers, with Amestris not expanding because of Father and the Promised day while Xing has that giant ass desert.
Guy got played like a damn fiddle.
Oh no fiddles actually require a good deal of skill and practice to play.
This dude got played like the cheap kazoo he was.
I liked that Kimblee use Drachma's soldiers to do bloody circle not a Brigs soldiers
General Armstrong sure did raised good kids
I love this scene. It’s a slaughter that benefits a more sinister cause. Totally worth the bloodshed
Obiwan: IT'S OVER ANAKIN I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND
The Briggs: (Has a literal wall that's the height of a mountain with 100 anti armor canons) WHO HAS THE HIGH GROUND NOW FOOL!!
I comeback every once in a while just to see this scene whenever I listen to Akira Senjus "Next Chapter".
Military Knowledge Nugget for you amazing people those artillery pieces are actually 17 pounder Anti Tank guns that were used by the British and Canadians during World War II. Like the name suggests these heavy weapon platforms were designed with the purpose of eliminating tanks. They would be towed by trucks and jeeps, a infantry Regiment would have an artillery Battalion of 16 guns 4 batteries each battery has 4 guns. These units would be in place to give heavy weapon support to an infantry unit when encountering tanks. The 17 Pounder Gun was the most powerful allied gun for army operations capable of penetrating a Tiger Tank up to a kilometer away. It would later be adapted to the Sherman Firefly.
Sorry about that, be safe and have a fantastic day
But the blood was spilled just outside the borders. Just what is the range of death on these sacrificial circles?
Just because the battle was outside the boarders doesn't mean it wasn't inside the circle. For all we know sloth could have extended the circle several miles north of Ft. Briggs.
Deivi Valdepena IIRC Amestris is not a perfect circle, and in the area around where Fort Briggs is, there's a little chunk missing from the circle where the battle took place
@@Arthur-td2ph Hence why Kimblee had the Drachmans occupy that particular spot beyond the fort.
I hope FMA gets a sequel about Ed and Als adventures (it would be intresting if they mainly focused on Al this time) that dives more into the rest of the world
I'm always up for some World Building.
This was a win win for kimbly. Even if dracma werent complete fucking idiots and went in in parade formation, the crest wouldve still been carved
This has gotta be my faviroute scene
1:54 (French accent) "Two. Hours. Later."
played this with the judgement ost from devilman crybaby in the drop sync with the fire....
If you ever feel stupid, remember that this general used Napoleonic/American Civil War tactics against an army clearly fighting in WWII
nice to see imperial guard tactics at work.
Why is Drachma compared with Russia?
The hats and the beards. Though Briggs would also be a contender for that comparison since their soldiers can take down grizzly bears!
What if the Briggs soldiers where the children of a union between Amestrian and Drachman dissidents.
Drakma showed some extremely poor tactics here. Wow.
I know he's a bad dude but God I love Kimblee.
This is what happens when you invest too much in stealth and not enough in wisdom.
I'm so desperate for information on Drachma, Xing, and the rest of the world ): Sadly I guess that's all up for fan fiction and all, but with nothing to really go off of, it's not as fun.
But I mean, I think it's heavily implied that Xing = China and Drachma = Russia and since Amestris is basically Germany, and the time period is early 1900s... just with alchemy? I guess that's all there really is to it.
FMA has me more interested in world history than ever and it's all because I'm imagining how Drachma and Xing could be like , lmao.
Eeh, think Imperial Russia and Pre-Communist China respectively. But I feel your pain.
Briggs = Finland
Drachma = Russia
Even though Amestris is inspired by Germany
@@AlexiosLair I thought Amestris was inspired by Britan and/or America
Grace Quach Nope, Germany hence the Fuhrer. Also the map of amestris looks close to Germany, although I would say you could argue it looks similar to France as well, but the Furher is the dead giveaway
@@michaelturja1849 Oh, ok. I heard somewhere that the architecture was inspried by industrial era England
@Russian Bot #67580024 Finland was not under the control of germany they werent even technically part of the axis
What typa of foreign general listens to a no name foreign civilian looking maniac in a all white suit?
This was really one of the most hype scenes
What is this, WW1? Dudes have long range artillery and machine guns and they form lines like it's 1803
The commander made a huge mistake: Believing a complete Psychopath.
What's that epic music in the beginning?
Shavon Sheffa FMA Brotherhood OST Next Cuapter.
I have the high ground!!!!
Oh look its a bunch of angry Scandinavians fighting a bunch of angry Russians
Amestrice is based on WW1 and WW2 Germany combined, and Drackma is WW1 Russia.
I mean it was proving the point of the blood sacrifice being so heinous, but I really want to see some major fighting, especially since besides Valkyria Chronicles or a few other anime that actually show somewhat of conventional warfare which made a really interesting, and compelling background. We sadly only get to see a modicum of conflict, even though it may be one sided, but with the Drachmans it doesn’t seem to be. They are basically Tsarist Russia in this universe, and quite possibly are the biggest threat to Amestris. I say this because if you look at the map of FMAB official or otherwise, Drachma is HUGE compared to Xing, so it is not just the large amount of territory but it’s well-disciplined army and seems to be relatively well equipped compared to its’ WW1 counterpart and relatively good on supplies to the Soviet type. but due to their extreme belligerence and focus on military conduct, and possibly survival within their country. I honestly found them interesting not only to this fact, because it is like the Soviet and German Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939 between the Soviet Union and Germany discussed on the Wiki, which in our reality was a nonaggression pact between the two powers in invading Poland, and to not fight each other, but eventually the Pact was broken by the Germans in Mid 1941 on June 22nd when the German Wehrmacht launched one of the largest offensives in Military history in the form of Operation Barbarossa. The resulting action had the Soviets being caught unawares and poorly equipped, until mass swaths of their territory where taken by the invading Germans until they where pushed back into their heartlands at Stalingrad and Moscow, until finally consolidating their forces and finally breaking the German lines, and forcing the enemy back. Also there were of course several horrors that took place around the time of the German invasion, of course we hear about the Lebenstraum and the horrific treatment of ethnic Russians and other people with Slavic blood in them, which of course made the Russian even more revenge fueled when they took back their territory and ended WW2 with the Allied Powers.
What I am getting at here is that they had a major missed opportunity, Drachma is one of the few countries that is strong enough to stand against Amestris without yielding any territory, and so fierce they had to erect a massive fortification to contain the Drachman fury (Fort Briggs), and besides that the ONLY other obstacle is the mountains, but without the Fort, the Drachmans would be free to burn a path straight into Amestrian territory. Here is another factor, we know that this is Drachma declaring war against Amestris, in accordance to the Pact in the real world, discussed above, who started hostilities in the beginning? Was it Amestrian thirst for new territory, or Drachman Belligerence, and did the Amestrians do something much more horrible to the Drachmans than wage war on them, or Drachma commit a horrible action against them. It seems with the few Context clues we have concerning this nation, is that fighting the Drachmans is hard due to the mountainous terrain, but as demonstrated they are capable of field organization as well. Due to the North being much more isolated than that of the other bordering countries such as Aerugo and Creta, in a fight for their life and territory.
I want to point out that back to my further question if Amestris did something horrible to Drachma, the Drachman Commander calls Fort Briggs an “abomination”. Now this could just be insulting the concrete monstrosity of a fort, but alluding to it, Briggs could not only be a symbol that the Drachmans wish to conquer, but possibly have been something more oppressive.
In this universe however, the countries of FMA are scattered and are pretty much on their own against Amestris until Father is dethroned, and it seems only that time Amestrian successor leadership under former General Grumman and very possibly Mustang himself, that the fighting may possibly be over, but besides rebuilding Ishval, people don’t seem to understand that these nations aren’t just going to roll over. Of course they where already struggling against Amestris, but they invaded their homeland and butchered their people, and the end of the show, doesn’t make it clear whether to end hostilities with these countries, or that they will continue.
It was better to bring scouts or spotting scopes to verify Kimble's information and not risk the infantry.
Lololol this is like a somewhat veteran strategy game player with their comfortable standard equipment vs someone new to strategy games who thinks they'll win because they got awesome huge new weapons
And hasn't even researched tanks yet...
This gotta be be. At some point those soldiers would rush toward the war and not stand there like sitting ducks
It’s over drachma we have the high ground
I pity Drachma's soldiers. Not their general, though.
Am I the only one who got worried about Briggs' chances?
AMESTRIS! FUCK YEAH!!
Coming to town to save the motherfuckin’ day!
AMESTRIS! FUCK YEAH!!
what ost plays in this scene?
The Next Chapter.
I think the announcement should have been more accurate.
"Attention all men, the Dhracma forces are as stupid as we thought."
0:43 I think that if you leave your cannons outside in such weather it wont take long before they dont work anymore
Damn right.
well, they did mention that the north use special types of metal alloys to deal with the weather for their automail. makes sense they would use it for their weapons too.
_The Fort Held out Nicely against the First TYFOWLIO Assault.._ ✓✓
What does that stand for?
Thank
You
For
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@@VoiceOfTheEmperor _a year agO, my army was sieged by millions of NA₺o ₺erroris₺s. ._
*dey were bRoKen, nOwadays we aRe rushed by millions of Sovie₺s.* ✓
me: playing cheeki breeki anthem on all speakers and fire the Kondensators, a few moments later, hordes of T34s will roam the battlefield and the weeaboos don't stand a chance!
The """""Battle""""" of Fort Briggs
Wish I could find the soundtrack that plays during this clip.
FMA Brotherhood OST The Next Chapter
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor You're awesome! ;D
The song in the backround is next chapter
Thank you!
Okay the only problem with this series is their buried touches upon war, it really irritated me, because you hear of Amestris’ war with Aerugo, Crete, and their major hostilities with Drachma with the non-aggression pact being signed. I mean even the Ishvalan war was shown very briefly in only a few flashbacks, that is not enough to go off of.
Maybe Amestris was powerful enough to enforce the pacts? Amestris is a military dictatorship with wizards after all, so it's unlikely the other countries were able to compete.
Why would you ever trust a state alchemist from your country’s arch-nemesis though 😂
Well the guy was a known murderer that killed his fellow soldiers. Pretty sure enough time passed for word to spread around that he wasn't a loyal soldier of Amestris.
Blink and you'll miss it :3
Can any fans tell me why Kimblee set these guys up to lose? I’d like to know and don’t mind spoilers!
To spill blood. Father's ultimate goal was to challenge God and he first obtained immortality by tricking an ancient Civilization into preforming a nation-sized human transmutation circle. It's almost like a Connect the Dots puzzle. He needed a rune on the northern edge of Amestris to complete his ritual. He was initially going to use the Ft. Briggs soldiers, but they were too mighty and paranoid. So Kimblee was sent even further north to FMA's version of Russia and he tricked a military commander into attacking. He knew they'd be wiped out, but he needed blood for the crest.
why are the Briggs soilders using ,what looks like, anti-tank guns on top of the wall insted of using artillery against infantry soliders?
the fact is that they are using artillery against infantry. it's simply not the "heavy artillery" like the one used by the Drachmian.
What define an artillery piece as "anti-tank" is the ability to fire anti-tank shells but having that ability dont stop them from firing high explosive shells as well.
those guns were "field guns" that can fire both type of ammo. they also have a better rate of fire and maneuvrability than the heavy artillery making them better at firing at moving target while heavy artillery is better at destroying fixed positions.
because they are modled after the PaK 40, I don't think there was much of a reason besides that.
Well the country is based on Germany and the Germans were very fond of making compromised weapons. The most famous example is them fusing the light and medium machine guns together in creating the MG34. Maybe they are using a compromise field gun that can be effectively used against both infantry and tanks. The Germans never fielded a piece like that in WW2 but they could have.
It isn't the only time FMAB has made devices that never existed. In the battle for the capital they have an infantry tank and the Germans never used that. Their tanks were build for mobility and infantry tanks were called that because they usually were not much faster than infantry. By far the most famous infantry tank was the Matilda II with a top speed of only 20 km/h which is very low compared to for example the British Crusader which could reach 50. That 20 km/h was on the test track under ideal conditions so in battle it is likely to be half of that if not even less. In the tank stats of mobility, armor and firepower the British went for armor and mobility. The infantry tanks might have been slow but they could go over truly any terrain. But by far the most important thing was armor, they had to be armored enough that they could stand up to pretty much anything the enemy could be firing on them.
In the battle for the capital it looks most like a fusion between the British Matilda II and the German Panzer III. The Panzer III was made largely with mobility in mind as it's most important feature. firepower was compromised severely leaving them utterly helpless against the British Matilda II as they couldn't even pierce it in the weak points. Their lack of armor also made even the small British 2lbs gun able to pierce them no problem. It's armor was also weak.
However those guns indeed look very long and of a fairly low caliber. Often actually heavy artillery is just as if not more effective in firing against moving targets. It's lower rate of fire is easily compensated for by the far larger blast radius. Across long distances the accuracy of light and heavy artillery is also the same. The finer aiming of the light artillery is easily compensated by the fact that because of it's low inertia it is easily affected by wind. The reason light artillery was used was because it was faster to set up and easier to move around if the battle conditions changed. Not only that but a larger number of small pieces is more strategically flexible than a smaller number of large pieces. They can't use heavy artillery on the wall as it will likely damage the wall with the recoil.
It is weird though that the wall doesn't have some pieces of fixed heavy artillery. While you can't just move heavy artillery onto a wall it is easily possible to design a wall to have strongpoints in it that can support heavy artillery. It's odd that this wasn't done. I would imagine they would have several large fixed guns on the wall and supplement them with the field guns.
@marinus18
First WOW thats about the longest answer i ever got on anything.
Second thank you for that answer and exactly that Thing with no fixed guns anywhere in or on the wall was whats been my Problem/question.
Yeah, sorry about that. Just got excited as it is something that really has my interest.
i still can't find that soundtrack that at 0:17
Literally called "The Next Chapter." In the OST.
@@VoiceOfTheEmperor thx lol didn't know wut it was called
The name of ost please ?
mistereasy59 next chapter.
that ain't a crest it's a paste a paste of blood
Wasn’t much of a battle a battle would assume the others made some attempt this is a bloody massacre
What is the song at the start of the video?
The Next Chapter. It's from the OST.
Its nice to see an anime on the ukraine war
if anyone knows the name of the song please tell me
FMA Brotherhood OST The Next Chapter.
My kind of people
My great grand-father fought for the drachma empire.
Fuck, this is russian empire.
I may have missed something but what did Kimblee do after the blood crest was made?
Rice Calculator nothing. Spilling blood is all that’s needed. The homunculi takes care of the rest.
stormrage2000 ok but why did they do that?
Rice Calculator what, the Drachma army invading Briggs? They’re schmucks.
The blood spilled in that area? Well, if it isn’t a spoiler for you, then it’s because the blood is required to transmute the country into a Philosopher’s Stone. Contained inside of the homunculi’s progenitor.
stormrage2000 oh crap! Lol totally forgot that blood needs to be spilled for the philosopher stone transmutation
I think he laughed like a maniac while the camera panned outwards so we could see the aftermath