Handheld Shields (World War I)

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  • @mccabber24
    @mccabber24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3784

    The problem was it wasn't round.
    It wasn't painted like a giant target.
    And it wasn't given to Captain America

    • @polykritos9769
      @polykritos9769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      true.

    • @mattwells5347
      @mattwells5347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      Nor could it be thrown like a frisbee

    • @Tugboat1861
      @Tugboat1861 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ikr??

    • @pzyqux6641
      @pzyqux6641 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      and it was not made of a made up marvel universe metal either.

    • @davidj3841
      @davidj3841 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      And it wasn't made out of vibranium

  • @desgreyskry8792
    @desgreyskry8792 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2207

    It reduces 3% of projectile damage and slows you by 20%. I got it.

    • @Enzo012
      @Enzo012 5 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      It reduces your ballistic skill by 20% as well. Melee hit chance and is unaffected.

    • @reveniantgoh7868
      @reveniantgoh7868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      No damage mitigation from flank or rear

    • @cooliobob1274
      @cooliobob1274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Your melee defense increases though.

    • @gabriel300010
      @gabriel300010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It does give you blast damage resistance though

    • @thraknar3363
      @thraknar3363 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shields in Savage worlds only apply to the front and the flank of the shield.

  • @hairypancake
    @hairypancake 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I love how experimental everyone was during WW1, they just kinda tried out every idea they had to see what worked.

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They barely half assed it then quit if it didn't work half assed.

    • @dannyzero692
      @dannyzero692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It was a new type of war that nobody was prepared for back then, so you have to innovate wherever you can to get the upper hand on your enemy.

    • @jaymesthededengine5237
      @jaymesthededengine5237 ปีที่แล้ว

      The number of likes is perfect, no one ruin it please.

  • @TreacherousFennec
    @TreacherousFennec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i remember my great grandfather who fought for austria hungary had a picture with him showing one of such shields, captured from an italian post. he was some sort of a trench raider with small arms and short rifles, and although i'll never be sure, i heard that he later used it as a makeshift breastplate to cover himself from shrapnel, melee weapons, bullet ricochet or maybe even small arms.

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Salute to your grandfather bruv.
      I don't think that they would have been useful against melee weapons, at least way less so than rifles. It's designed to block direct gunfire so if it's not useful doing that than it's only going to be marginally better doing other things. Interesting that they could be used as breastplates though, they look kinda big for that.
      Edit: did they have rigid exo-carriers back then? Or did they only use straps? Because they could have fully protected the carrier if they kneeled and turned sideways with it.

    • @TreacherousFennec
      @TreacherousFennec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lawrencemorris2261 I only have couple photos of him as proof-of-existance, and apparently he used sandbags as sacks to carry grenades, other than that his gear was mostly the same as a regular trooper. He carried a Kar98az which he got to keep after the war and I still have it today. I'm thinking he used some belts to strap that shield thing on his back, so a blow from rear as he was in enemy trench wouldn't knock him out. But honestly we will never know.

  • @vincentrostan9898
    @vincentrostan9898 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1323

    Why was this not in battlefield 1

    • @Chuuhya
      @Chuuhya 6 ปีที่แล้ว +207

      Because ea is cheap

    • @ElDiddy13
      @ElDiddy13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +174

      Because robot armed western service ladies.

    • @Joshua-ep1dj
      @Joshua-ep1dj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Because balance?

    • @Sprottel_SFM
      @Sprottel_SFM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Because we have the horses as bullet sponges

    • @ゆい-c2y
      @ゆい-c2y 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The shield could work like the R6 siege shield.

  • @cptjackpl8690
    @cptjackpl8690 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3444

    Can you do the history of bulletproof vest?

  • @leonb5497
    @leonb5497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    A video about the creative military bunkers of Switzerland in the mountains in WW2 would be great

    • @skrubdotsskrublites7664
      @skrubdotsskrublites7664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The howitzers in houses?

    • @caelodevorago608
      @caelodevorago608 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I can't remember, did they cover how advanced the Maginot line was?
      Like, despite being overly outflanked, it did do it's job. The Germans tried assaulting it a few times, and couldn't do it, even with days of artillery barrages and airstrikes

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      maginot line was never used.... that is why today the french are ashamed of it and they are not preserving it.... it was very expensive and the germans just went around it...

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      most of those bunkers are still in use. They even have a whole airport inside a big mountain.... legend says that the cows are in fact secret spies, working for the government, that is why the meat is so expensive in Switzerland, almost no cow gets killed because they are precious agents.

    • @11Survivor
      @11Survivor 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bunkers are very creative aren't they?
      It's not like they've been used since WW1 or anything...

  • @miennam8
    @miennam8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    I never knew they used shields in ww1

    • @LazOyuncu61
      @LazOyuncu61 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Bf1 player confirmed!

    • @astrodreamer946
      @astrodreamer946 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      No, they just didn't know that fact. Why must you assume that he plays BF1, just because they don't know that fact? Yes, BF1 is extremely inaccurate on almost all accounts and only covers a few fronts, but you have to realize that WW1 is hardly taught in most school systems around the world. It's only covered briefly and the history curriculum doesn't usually dive into the more "obscure" stories. Especially in countries that weren't massively impacted by the Great War, like the U.S and most of Asia.

    • @Mixpat69
      @Mixpat69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@LazOyuncu61 well i did not know that, and i never played/can because im on tablet...

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@astrodreamer946 Yep. It's a shame they don't cover it all that much.

    • @LazOyuncu61
      @LazOyuncu61 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mixpat69 it is just a joke man. I never knew it before i watched this video too. (And i played bf1 once.)

  • @KeeperCharlie
    @KeeperCharlie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    This love for shields continued to their modern counter terrorism unit GIGN as they are well known for their shield strategies during entries. As the short durstion nature of CQB, shields are very effective and provided much needed cover during moving

    • @ericconnor8419
      @ericconnor8419 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are used by nearly all Police forces for riot control.

  • @davudlastname2545
    @davudlastname2545 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1345

    So you are telling me captain America is actually from World War I and not II

    • @ainakbasu8398
      @ainakbasu8398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      a suprise to be sure but a welcome one

    • @tikhonatorplays7756
      @tikhonatorplays7756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      NANI!!

    • @jbarral6509
      @jbarral6509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Maybe there was Captain America before Captain America in World War 2

    • @johnnysiera9352
      @johnnysiera9352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The sheald of captain amereca is inspired in ww1 and maybe the wars is just biggining

    • @hellopeople4038
      @hellopeople4038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @GYPSY KING FURY
      ...

  • @TheInfographicsShow
    @TheInfographicsShow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2349

    • @NoseEnjoyer379
      @NoseEnjoyer379 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      The Infographics Show l am smarter thx from youu🤝🤝

    • @kluthbrunner4254
      @kluthbrunner4254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sup

    • @g.s.8393
      @g.s.8393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The Infographics Show Who sent you?!

    • @jonnyboi2865
      @jonnyboi2865 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hi

    • @poet8708
      @poet8708 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I ship it.

  • @brattlready2314
    @brattlready2314 6 ปีที่แล้ว +215

    You know, I think the way the shields would be affective is that they can jam the shields into the dirt ground making a sort of wall where they can lay down and fire from

    • @dragonsword7370
      @dragonsword7370 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Just like a medieval crossbow man's (I don't remember the name for it.). it was essentially a tower shield with legs to shoot from behind with.

    • @oetz_p
      @oetz_p 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@dragonsword7370 You must be referring to the genoese crossbowmen's pavise

    • @moep03
      @moep03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Bullshit why would someone slowly climb out his trench without cover run a meter than stop try to slam his shield into the ground so that it is stable and then wait behind little to no cover

    • @rafaelomansan
      @rafaelomansan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They actually used shields like that during WW1, Snipers also had shields with firing ports.

    • @moep03
      @moep03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      rafaelomansan ofc cause but within the trenches und other covered locations and maybe sometimes during trench raids but these things did not prove effective or at least not effective enough to outclass the negatives

  • @CheeseburgerFreedomMan_
    @CheeseburgerFreedomMan_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    That's a lot of leg injuries.

    • @lamchops6105
      @lamchops6105 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Timmy loves cupcakes more like a lot of damage. heheh

    • @hayougotjebaited2401
      @hayougotjebaited2401 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      *NOW THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE*

    • @Grymbaldknight
      @Grymbaldknight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Leg injuries are less often fatal than hits to vital organs.

    • @tahabashir3779
      @tahabashir3779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Grymbaldknight lol no. The leg has the largest artery and if you're hit there, it's a slow and painful death brother.

    • @PretzlcoatlTheFirst
      @PretzlcoatlTheFirst 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I used to be a soldier like you
      Until I took a bullet to the knee

  • @daetslovactmandcarry6999
    @daetslovactmandcarry6999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    They failed in WWI, but they're comming back in law enforcement today.

    • @sirknight6283
      @sirknight6283 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      It’s more modern and would use a sidearm and not a rifle

    • @daetslovactmandcarry6999
      @daetslovactmandcarry6999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@sirknight6283
      Generally true; Rifles maybe, _"probably"_ not, and mainly for riot (clear) and SWAT (bullet resistant).

    • @christianmoeller4397
      @christianmoeller4397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      I have a light police shield, They are used to break up fights and offer more protection to the user

    • @daetslovactmandcarry6999
      @daetslovactmandcarry6999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@christianmoeller4397
      I used one in Colorado. Fortunately only in training.

    • @Romanov117
      @Romanov117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Potato_ Juice51 A Military Grade Riot Shield will be effective with an SMG.

  • @flamo3961
    @flamo3961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Suddenly, Captain America seems slightly more realistic...

  • @antoniocorak9081
    @antoniocorak9081 6 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Can you do Balkan War 1990-1995. Love from Croatia

    • @vanja2565
      @vanja2565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Previse je taboo tema da napravi video tesko je ostati subjektivan I nepristrasan I on je prevelika picka da napravi slican...a takodje treba se dosta posla uraditi oko animacije I kvalitetnih validnih informacija

    • @НиколаИвошевић
      @НиколаИвошевић 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yugoslav Civil War*

    • @ΛιβσυΙστδ
      @ΛιβσυΙστδ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Comments......

    • @thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529
      @thereareantsbehindyoureyes7529 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      is Croatia good to live in?

    • @PIERCESTORM
      @PIERCESTORM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Time for some serbian genocide

  • @cookiesw9270
    @cookiesw9270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    What girls think guys want: sidechicks
    What guys rly want: wearing medival armor and carrying a longsword daily *deus vult!*

    • @higahiga
      @higahiga 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      What guys really want is to invade France with a pickelhelm and musket.

    • @willw1980
      @willw1980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @cookiesw I think it's legal to carry a sword in public areas in almost every state in America

    • @weaponsgradepotato
      @weaponsgradepotato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@willw1980 in California you have to carry any fixed blade knife with a blade over 2 inches long in a visible place but there is no limit to how long the knife can be so you could carry swords in their sheaths if you wanted to lol.

    • @DragonguyA
      @DragonguyA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DEUS VULT

    • @jony5669js
      @jony5669js 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@weaponsgradepotato I carry a 14 inch machete daily in CA

  • @lost8828
    @lost8828 6 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    And I though my laptop was heavy o_o

  • @ZWIPPMANN
    @ZWIPPMANN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Shields were dropped as a concept from ww1 untill modern times...
    Modern warfare 2.

    • @elflakeador09
      @elflakeador09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In fairness though those shields in MW2 are top notch 😎👍

    • @tahabashir3779
      @tahabashir3779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn right.

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elflakeador09 they are too op and mock shields in gameplay. Now people are going to piggyback off of that as reasoning why shields aren't a good addition.

    • @jackfruit420
      @jackfruit420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      those shields be like made from bedrock

  • @Fnyx_BodyWorks
    @Fnyx_BodyWorks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this channel
    It's simple, short but straight to the point unlike other channels.

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I never knew this fact about the Great War. Thank you.

  • @fredricknoe3114
    @fredricknoe3114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Man Black beard was so under powered back in the day.

  • @nacen4410
    @nacen4410 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Learned so much from your Videos! Used many facts and stories in my history lessons!Thanks!

  • @smartstop1092
    @smartstop1092 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1295

    What if u were left-handed? lol

    • @dirpyturtle69
      @dirpyturtle69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      SmartStop 10 you were fucked

    • @aidenbatista5986
      @aidenbatista5986 6 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      Back then they made you learn to shoot right handed there was no left handed soldiers

    • @Ju5-I-S0m36UY
      @Ju5-I-S0m36UY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      you just had to deal with it i am left handed but i have learned to shoot guns with my right hand

    • @StuSaville
      @StuSaville 6 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      In those days being left handed was considered abnormal so schools forced you to do everything right handed including writing.

    • @awishforpeaceinthevoid9653
      @awishforpeaceinthevoid9653 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      U mean Devil Handed?

  • @usernamenumbers6652
    @usernamenumbers6652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    you're saying handheld shields as if most shields aren't handheld
    "darn they're shooting us! get the handheld shields!!! NOT THE FOOTHELD SHIELDS!!!"

    • @eliad6543
      @eliad6543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      XD
      But for real now, there's large shields that you stick into the ground and use as cover, and there's breastplates/bulletproof vests that are TECHNICALLY body-held shields.

    • @durakeno5575
      @durakeno5575 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Eliad654 I think they're called "Pavise"?

    • @britishsoldier1186
      @britishsoldier1186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@durakeno5575 pavise crossbow men are over powered REEEEEE.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      headheld shields

    • @loserface3962
      @loserface3962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Nugcon lol the amount of strain on your neck when wearing that shield

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Steel, steel alloys, and foam-rubber, huh? That's cute. We here in the States? Our shields are Vibranium & Adamantium. No big deal.

    • @karolean8342
      @karolean8342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It was 100 years ago...

    • @bloodyfx1065
      @bloodyfx1065 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@karolean8342 he is joking...

    • @arnav7493
      @arnav7493 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Ince B It's a captain america reference...

    • @thatonecrytian8997
      @thatonecrytian8997 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just Some Guy with a Mustache: Oh it’s you

    • @Wabbaaajack
      @Wabbaaajack 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@karolean8342 r/wooooosh

  • @finnishgermanguy7445
    @finnishgermanguy7445 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Really good! I love it when you make so much about wwi!

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Great video, very informational

  • @ابوابراهيمحفيدابوحنيفة
    @ابوابراهيمحفيدابوحنيفة 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favourite channels.

  • @Jamie_Holiday
    @Jamie_Holiday 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    So Montagne's great grandfather did it before Montagne was cool?

    • @abrahamloza7577
      @abrahamloza7577 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      R6s reference??

    • @unskilledwarthunderplayer4011
      @unskilledwarthunderplayer4011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blitz great grandfather was fighting against Montagne great grandfather,meanwhile Fuze was is St. Petersburg for the October revolution.

  • @Bladeki
    @Bladeki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    So...will these shields be unlocked in the next expansion pack on Battlefield 1?...

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ye we don't know whether or not BF1 is still going to have more content drops

    • @11Survivor
      @11Survivor 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      End of the line for BF1 as far as I know.

    • @satan3200
      @satan3200 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shut up kid.

    • @Bladeki
      @Bladeki 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      kid? get your eyes checked. I can be your dad, lol

    • @Bladeki
      @Bladeki 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Survivory Tube @Yayo Ariowibowo Aww man, there goes my favorite war game of all time :/

  • @UninstalledGamer
    @UninstalledGamer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +271

    Does France still think that it's the Napoleonic era?

    • @saff1kill
      @saff1kill 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Evil Justin.Y
      Why would you say that?
      They seem pretty modern

    • @Jelkiin
      @Jelkiin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Youre evil

    • @hardcorehardo
      @hardcorehardo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Kinda.. look at the uniforms they first used..

    • @karolean8342
      @karolean8342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Shield during napoleonic Era? What are you talking about?

    • @noger1234
      @noger1234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Lmao shields in the napoleonic wars

  • @josephjackson1956
    @josephjackson1956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Eventually we just put this shield on our body armor

    • @encyclopediaamericana7234
      @encyclopediaamericana7234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seems like a "duh" moment. Haha

    • @geese573
      @geese573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We?

    • @AzureRoseMarshal
      @AzureRoseMarshal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Y’know I wonder why nobody tried reducing the armor weight from the shoulders, back, sides, etc, and just concentrated it to a plate that could stop bullets. Like today’s plates.

  • @uberyeets1538
    @uberyeets1538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Australia WW2 factions Plz
    Edit: call 000 there's a emu coming towards me, oh god HEELP!!

  • @Etherion195
    @Etherion195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think one really underappreciated "feature" of those videos is the fact that all units are mentioned in BOTH unit systems.

  • @dirtydiesel1149
    @dirtydiesel1149 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    3:09 can we get an F in the chat?

    • @Mothlord03
      @Mothlord03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      FFFFFFFFFF
      F
      FFFFF
      F
      F
      F

    • @tackedon3569
      @tackedon3569 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no

    • @Kazunerd17
      @Kazunerd17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
      HNNNGGGGGGGGGGG
      **press F for respect intensifies**

    • @pitcheralex1262
      @pitcheralex1262 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      **F

    • @invschematics
      @invschematics 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fu

  • @thatrandomguy8157
    @thatrandomguy8157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I guess we can say they're a handful

  • @ButFirstHeLitItOnFire
    @ButFirstHeLitItOnFire 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m sure with new tech, a modern take on these shields may far exceed these ww1 versions in terms of protections and practicality.

  • @lawrencemorris2261
    @lawrencemorris2261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn. clubs, shields, armor, wwi is becoming more and more interesting. I wonder what else creative ideas that existed.

  • @YEAHKINDA
    @YEAHKINDA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Military General: Oh boy I wonder what we could do to reduce the weight of a shield whilst also increasing its protection...
    Hey science guys what do you got on stronger lightweight materials to protect our troops?
    Science guy: We got steel and steel, take your pick.
    Military General: Can't you like come up with something?
    Science guy: Uhhh... We can make the shield green with a cloth sack.
    Military General: You gotta be kidding...

  • @maksploszaj4063
    @maksploszaj4063 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Can you do a video about the Napoleonic Wars?

  • @thegameres816
    @thegameres816 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    So basically one arm was mega buff and the other was eh

    • @dirpyturtle69
      @dirpyturtle69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Guess which hand they jacked with

    • @Limp1996
      @Limp1996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The other arm had other training

  • @podderz1720
    @podderz1720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video like always!

  • @marscaleb
    @marscaleb ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay, the rat scurrying across the laptop at the end really made my day.

  • @jacobbuxton932
    @jacobbuxton932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love learning about early forms of ballistic armor

  • @Jegenye
    @Jegenye 5 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    Nobody: ...
    Montagne mains be like:

  • @elmarino6235
    @elmarino6235 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The Blackbeard buff looks great 👍🏼

  • @kroee
    @kroee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good video. Can you include the measurements in standard units in the next videos? (for example: spoken imperial units, written standard units)

  • @major949
    @major949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do a video a bout the Norwegian Jan Bålsrud. Crazy story!

  • @Alessandro-vl8bu
    @Alessandro-vl8bu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can always count on your for those quality wix segues

  • @andyarroyo4441
    @andyarroyo4441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Can you imagine if this was in BATTLEFIELD 1 (as in a mobile one shown in the video)

    • @gamingpikachu7719
      @gamingpikachu7719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Andy Arroyo, could’ve made for an interesting elite kit. Or maybe a scout gadget.

    • @perico17
      @perico17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There was a deployable shield, but you couldn't move with it.

    • @gamingpikachu7719
      @gamingpikachu7719 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Kuba !, you’re completely right! I forgot about that thing. :D

    • @t.rawding6889
      @t.rawding6889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ikr

    • @AKALeon-ir8ww
      @AKALeon-ir8ww 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@gamingpikachu7719 an elite would of been interesting, even more when introducing Apocalypse DLC

  • @ConFall
    @ConFall 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This is why Valve don't added shield on CSS and CS:GO

    • @madensmith7014
      @madensmith7014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The shield in CS was too op

    • @captainaya3415
      @captainaya3415 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      so why did Valve remove shields in CS, i mean there is shields in CS 1.6 but then after CSS it was removed

    • @iwillwait90daystosimplycha5
      @iwillwait90daystosimplycha5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@captainaya3415 its too op

    • @projectkepleren
      @projectkepleren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      they did. the css shield just never was coded to be usable

  • @Carl15O3
    @Carl15O3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Please can you do the St Nazaire raid. Named the greatest raid of all. Thanks

    • @Carl15O3
      @Carl15O3 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      ZMan1471 check out the documentary with Jeremy clarkson. It’s a fantastic watch

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks video was great, I still would like it if you did more Agricultural history videos.

  • @alin_ilies
    @alin_ilies 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like that you tell the dimensions in international system (meter, kilograms)

  • @generalflowerhead2047
    @generalflowerhead2047 6 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    In soviet russia you don't use shields. Shields uses you!

    • @HausAbendrot
      @HausAbendrot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Fun fact: The Soviets were so reckless, they actually did use Infantry as Shields.

    • @Mothlord03
      @Mothlord03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HausAbendrot oh frack

    • @kameradin8964
      @kameradin8964 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In Russia you don't get shot by bullets, bullets get shot by you

    • @AnOverratedMon
      @AnOverratedMon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      in soviet Russia you don't live in Russia Russia lives in you

    • @Mr_Speed_
      @Mr_Speed_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In soviet russia, you don't use shields. You are a shield.

  • @pauk7082
    @pauk7082 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Make video about ustashe and partizans in yugoslavia during ww2

  • @birubu
    @birubu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The only situation when a melee weapon is more useful than a gun 2:50

  • @g0d3mp3r0r
    @g0d3mp3r0r 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I believe I can come up with useful tactics to use this piece of equipment effectively. Use short carbine rifles, SLRs or Automatico 1918s with the shield. Use the troops equipped with them for pure shock purposes. The troops would have many grenades equipped for trench busting. You could use them loosely in front of other troops directing enemy fire when not used for shock purposes/operations.

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or you could use a mobile shield with kanabo-like clubs. Your soldiers use the shield as a second pair of legs and launch themselves forward with ferocity. The shield has a chest saddle so you can rest your weight over it without having to strain yourself holding it. Once they puncture the enemy's line the troops then swarm raid the enemy like a Mongol horde. You can possibly train dogs to stay behind the shield and then run out and help maul the enemy when they're close.
      You do this by concentrating all your troops on a single weakly defended section of the enemy and charge forward with a freight train of soldiers each having the inertia of a galloping horse, and then after your army thunders their way through the enemy lines, they diverge or turn the stream toward the enemy on the sides. The personell will form a 270° shield wall, with the soldiers in front pointing their shields forward and, the personell on the sides pointing their shields sideways(the carriers have 4 wheels), with the attack dogs in the middle. You can send multiple streams in multiple sections in various orders, constantly making yourself unpredictable to the enemy. Once the enemy line is decimated, turn to the next objective and commit to another bullcharge.
      If your going to shock the enemy, do it right.

  • @araarasayonara6163
    @araarasayonara6163 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best war histroy channel ever!

  • @jetpackboy09
    @jetpackboy09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Early concept of shield and crossbow being used by a player for Village and Pillage
    *Colorized 2019*

  • @HNNLUND
    @HNNLUND 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Can you make a video about Fanta?

    • @vanja2565
      @vanja2565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      War poisons hmmmm I think he made video about em

    • @HNNLUND
      @HNNLUND 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idc

    • @jamwither9847
      @jamwither9847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      fanta was made my nazis (or germans, some germans in 3rd reich weren’t nazis) and coca cola was made by a confederate

    • @HNNLUND
      @HNNLUND 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      i know

    • @imppro
      @imppro 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The drink?.....

  • @MsHarpsychord
    @MsHarpsychord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "they were used in conjunction with a club".
    Oh so like how shields have always been used for centuries? XD

  • @ReMeDy_TV
    @ReMeDy_TV 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @ 1:48
    PRIVATE: "Umm, sir. What if I'm left-handed?..."
    COLONEL: "Then hold it with both hands!"

  • @evenriss
    @evenriss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One hand, one live and there is no respawn...

  • @MatthewHodges
    @MatthewHodges 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Modern Day Riot Shields: Grandpa, can you tell us about the great war?
    WW1 Shields: Well grandson..

  • @criwel7949
    @criwel7949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Make about the Spanish civil war

  • @edysipunct6500
    @edysipunct6500 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Please faction romanian ww2

  • @atharvakulkarni3189
    @atharvakulkarni3189 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    An video on Kevlar suit story. It's was really interesting one. Shooting a bullet on self to prove kevlar , was heroic.

  • @avinashmishra1404
    @avinashmishra1404 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video great information excellent graphics and presentations

  • @maxkosterlitzky6597
    @maxkosterlitzky6597 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you guys plz do a vid on Tuskegee airmen/ red tails and Navajo code talkers much appreciated I love ur videos and help alot

  • @griffin3366
    @griffin3366 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    OHH LOOK LEGS BOOM
    MY LEG AHHH

    • @griffin3366
      @griffin3366 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Michael_06 yup

  • @paperxzone4938
    @paperxzone4938 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You should start a WWII aircraft series! Example mustang! :)

  • @combat_npcgaming1919
    @combat_npcgaming1919 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine wielding the obrez and the infantry shield, that would be so cool

  • @conradovillegasalvarado6392
    @conradovillegasalvarado6392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When you fighting in the Somme at 8 but gotta get to the crusade reenactment at 9

  • @epg96
    @epg96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Can u do video 'bout Nanjing Massacre, Indonesian war of independence, or Phillipine American war?

    • @randomvideos7028
      @randomvideos7028 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      do you want some history in the philippines?
      its all about TRAITORS that you call them heroes today

    • @Kazunerd17
      @Kazunerd17 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomvideos7028 George Washington was sort of a traitor to the British Empire. Formerly in the Red Coats, he went to the colonies sides.
      History in most countries are made by heroes that were actually traitors to the previous government. Do not point your finger on a single nation.

    • @randomvideos7028
      @randomvideos7028 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kazunerd17 im from philipines mate

    • @Kazunerd17
      @Kazunerd17 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomvideos7028 Same here.
      I'm sorry. You sounded quite... I don't want to say offensive. Err... sorry again

    • @epg96
      @epg96 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@randomvideos7028 i'm from Indonesia

  • @swedishstyle9778
    @swedishstyle9778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Do a Video about FINLAND during WW2!!!

    • @HausAbendrot
      @HausAbendrot 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      They did a video about the Winter War. Does that count, or do you want Continuation War Finland?

  • @efeseymen1015
    @efeseymen1015 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really want your books but dollar expensive in Turkey now :(

  • @holyrat3082
    @holyrat3082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    WW1 generals, "This is the modern age, we have machine guns, tanks, and whatnot!" also them, "Let's give them fucking shields and clubs and chainmail armor.'

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah but all of those aren't useful when it's infantry vs infantry. Tanks would be countered by other tanks. Artillery by other artillery. Machine guns could be countered by... Machine shields?? :O

  • @imsohungrysgt9458
    @imsohungrysgt9458 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    One thing I know is that if you hold it horizontally your arm would get tired very fast but if you held it vertically you can carry it much longer anold with added mobility

    • @lawrencemorris2261
      @lawrencemorris2261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you carried it on both arms, it would be easy to move. And instead of a firearm, you could have attached or welded a polearm on the top of it. Whenever you need to strike, you hold it to your hip, then you hold the upper handle, and the lower handle to form an easy powerful downward diagonal strike. If you have you right hand on the upper handle, you put your right hip forward and vice versa. And keep edge alignment.

  • @rhojandano801
    @rhojandano801 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do a video about the autoloaders in tanks?

  • @KatakMelayu
    @KatakMelayu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Montagne, Blitz, Clash, Fuze and recruit shield: *heavy breathing*

  • @dufe990yt7
    @dufe990yt7 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can u guys do history on the Templar Knights

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      stop pillaging my village pls

    • @dufe990yt7
      @dufe990yt7 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah

  • @dalde0534
    @dalde0534 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like six will sponsor every vid you guys made. Anyway great video I shall use this for a history paper I need to do about weird weapons

  • @redsauce9135
    @redsauce9135 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should’ve made more of these.

  • @sappert1952
    @sappert1952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Me “ Who is giving you dislikes “
    Simple History “ Competitors”

  • @theannihilator1173
    @theannihilator1173 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I wish this was in battlefield 1

    • @jondoe230
      @jondoe230 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They added pink hair dye for the women marines instead

    • @ashc4167
      @ashc4167 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steiner 01 it’s pretty real compared to COD

    • @priyankasinha5442
      @priyankasinha5442 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about cid world at war

  • @d3xter275
    @d3xter275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Got out from shower first thing to do: watch simple history :D

  • @darthchungus8286
    @darthchungus8286 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    OkAy here’s the real question! Simple history what’s your favorite video that you guys have made so far? Also great videos it’s always cool to watch these for I haven’t heard of some of these stories and equipment

  • @submoto
    @submoto 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    we should be able to do this now with Dynema and other materials

  • @Kostur998
    @Kostur998 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Engineers: how about give shields fromm all sides like square and add wheels? Lets call that TANK

  • @ADRay1999
    @ADRay1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Terrible idea to use a shield on a modern battlefield today

    • @mortache
      @mortache 6 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      Modern battles are often not on fields, but CQB where swat teams excel at using shields

    • @Einherie
      @Einherie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      Then why it's being used by most spec ops forces around the world?

    • @ADRay1999
      @ADRay1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Those special ops are a different story, I’m talking about the average soldier, because right now they carry approximately 60 pounds of gear on their body, adding a shield will just add more weight

    • @Einherie
      @Einherie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      Average soldiers now don't assault trenches while running trough empty fields. Warfare changed a lot for the past 100 years, and it's more about economical and technological superiority rather than just protecting your cannon fodder from bullets which account for way less casualties than artillery and air strikes.

    • @PIERCESTORM
      @PIERCESTORM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Einherie Infantrymen aren't cannonfodder. 5 deaths is looked at as a big deal nowadays. Just look at how much people get mad over the deaths of Rangers in Somalia and Panama and then compare Panamanian and Somalian casaulties. Also to people saying spec ops use shields, FSB use Vant shields but those are Russian CTs. CTs and spec ops aren't the same. Green Berets don't use shields as far as I'm aware.

  • @richardlew3667
    @richardlew3667 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Should have invested in armor or vests instead

    • @artificialintelligence8328
      @artificialintelligence8328 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even today, body armor/vests are usually only able to absorb small caliber guns, such as pistols, and larger caliber guns only at significant distance. Even then, the blunt force of the bullet will still (at the very least) bruise you.

  • @davecrupel2817
    @davecrupel2817 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    There should be extra thick placeable shields, half an inch thick or more. That you can ram into the ground and put 2 feet out the back like a bipod. Portable cover of sorts. Not meant to be carried around constantly like in this video. But like a machine gun, set-up able, and usefull in a pinch against small arms and some shrapnel. Thoughts?

  • @tiagorodrigues179
    @tiagorodrigues179 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Talk about millions soldier love from Portugal

  • @marcreyes7275
    @marcreyes7275 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ironically' the Ad before this video started was for a ballistic shield

  • @fremdschamen8446
    @fremdschamen8446 6 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    She protecc
    Shè comforcc
    But most importantly,
    *shes useless*

    • @tronerman
      @tronerman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Aqua?

    • @wetrice2397
      @wetrice2397 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      S. S *"KAAAAAAZUMA"*

    • @chefcandy4035
      @chefcandy4035 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This comment doesn't make sense in literally every context

    • @Crispy_pata
      @Crispy_pata 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who is that?

    • @tronerman
      @tronerman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chefcandy4035 Basically, you don't understand weeb language

  • @Dailypanther
    @Dailypanther 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simple History I think a good video idea is Why did he concept of darts firing from pressured plates and in temples? Like if you agree or is this too confusing?

  • @MichaelOnRockyTop
    @MichaelOnRockyTop 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In a lot of ways, WWI is where the classical age met the modern age.

  • @RAMON-pv8ej
    @RAMON-pv8ej 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played the game noblemen its a game like that i remember they added that shield too