This is a heavy caliber gun range, like you said and it's design is quite intelligent. The walls are meant to prevent stray rounds from heading off site. The troughs in the actual tunnel were meant to hold tracks for moving targets. The tunnels at the end, were obviously meant to keep shrapnel under control when using HE and AP rounds under control. not only was this meant for the training of the men it was also meant for the proper sighting in of the large caliber guns, whether it was in a tank or an anti-tank gun the sights had to be sighted into the barrel of the gun at one point or multiple times throughout the war, because sometimes guns needed to be repaired and resighted in. That would be something I would like to be a part of, sighting in a heavy caliber cannon, like an 88mm! A nice find, for sure Eagle eyes! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
lol, just wanted to type the same ... in Scandinavian the walls are called blenders just to avoid any projectiles going anywhere you dont want them :) .. nice video :)
So glad to hear eagle eye's speaking to show us his teaching us what's going on in video great job eagle eye's and great find sharing history with your father. Outstanding location and yes that scale of this place is massive.
What a great gun range!!!! Those walls were huge!!! Those little rooms were for someone to talk to the tank in adjustments on their firing. Can't imagine the noise that was there when it was in use. Thanks EE and HH for taking us to this "monument " of history. I hope it remains. Until our next adventure, stay safe,smile......................................
What a great place, you have to admire the precision with which these walls were built, all in line and at the same angle. And they still standing proudly 90 years later. Well done EE for researching this touching history tour, and well done your dad for driving! 😏
What an impressive German Panzer target practice facility. Does seem like a massive tunnel system. Yes, you are touching history EE and your English is improving immensely. We could all take a lesson from you and learn one or more other languages fluently. Can't begin to imagine all the activity that transpired there. Definitely, wouldn't want to be inside when that was going on. The structures there sure handled some major hard hits. Very interesting place. Thank you HH and EE for taking us there. Looking forward to more.❤
I never knew this range existed, so thank you for producing this video. Like you, I'm glad that the range wasn't destroyed post-WW2 as it's an important piece of military archaeology and history. And it appears to be use today as well. Best wishes to you and to EE!
What a unbelievable place I’ve never seen anything like this before.Thank you both and your patrons for giving me a chance to enjoy such incredible features.👏👏🙏🙏🇬🇧
Seen this location on an episode of "Mysteries of the Abandoned " I believe. You and EE did much better explaining what it was used for. This is what makes you, EE and BBG so much better than most. Great job EE and thank you for taking us along. Can't wait for more from your trip. Take care and stay safe out there my friends.
Thy are very special to stand next to and EE did such a great job finding that. Thanks Allen for your incredible support and we shall share so much more for this epic journey :)
an old friend of mine Hans Leücke spoke about facilities like this. He was a panzer commander in the 2nd SS Panzer Division but this facility would have mainly been used for calibrating their gun sights for their cannon and mgs. The hut would've most likely been used as a track operator for sheet metal targets that they had back in the day but in terms of actual training they had different facilities that they would've actually trained at great find and great videos i thoughly enjoy them
Thank you EE and HH for sharing your passion for WWII history and you EE for this wonderful journey through touching WWII history. As always " Good Hunting "
All the different walls, tunnels, structures built to make the firing and usage of tanks more reliable and accurate is astounding. Nothing was left to chance. Everything was studied as a science. Thank you for sharing this site. Thanks for your curiosity, EE! Great idea to follow through on your curiosity.
Thank you both especially EE for this most interesting and educational adventure. What a way to learn history and experience too. be safe, stay healthy and always be careful.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB EAGLE EYES WITH THE RESEARCH AND THE PLANNING FOR THIS TRIP AND WHAT AMAZING LOCATIONS YOU HAVE SHOWN US , LOOKS LIKE THE BUNDESWEHR IS TRAINING ALL AROUND YOU , COOL LOCATION MY FRIEND
All ww2 history buildings, defences or whatever should be preserved so that future generations can learn what happened, no matter what Country, it fascinates me as a veteran myself, my father was at Dunkirk & other locations during that war, as were others no matter wat country they served, we as humans should remember what happened, Thank you.
Most of the facilities in Canada for training have been dismantled. There were many air training facilities in Canada and I think they are all gone. This was decided shortly after the war and many of these were made from wood.
Wow, what a cool location. I could not believe how stunning it was, what it was like when it was in use. Great video. I can't wait to see the next one.
Thank you EE and HH for showing us this amazing place. Having read of them, but never seeing one, this was fascinating. The little rooms attached to the walls may have been where various calibration panels were kept. These had marks on them at specific points that the gun crew could use to align their optics, MG's, and main gun, on. For Tiger's these were set at 50m from the tank. After they had been adjusted, they'd move the panels out of the way, and fire 2 or 3 shots down range into the tunnel at various targets to check the accuracy. So cool to see one of these practice range's still standing, and stunning to see the work that went into build them. Hopefully this one will stand for a long time yet. Thank you EE for putting the "Touching History" tour together, and thank you HH, for leading the way. Looking forward to more fascinating finds from the tour ahead! Cheers to you both! Stay Safe!
Spectacular structures like huge monoliths ,breath takingly awesome. I never realised there were such ranges for precision targeting. Once again HH and EE bring history alive.👍
Nice video! I remember seeing one of these tank firing lanes in Schweinfurt in the early 90s. That one had two lanes for firing. I believe it is still there just north of town (Waldgaststaette Schiesshaus). If you head to that area, the barracks building of the former Ledward Barracks next to B303 still has the German WWII eagle on the side with the swastika chiseled out. You can see it on street view of google.
Good morning EE & HH. I have been watching and rewatching your videos, but I have not been fortunate enough to leave a comment of late. This is a very interesting find and a clever solution to their practicing and gun sighting requirements. It is interesting to see the effects of the pressure waves preceding the projectile, on the barricades.
At first I thought maybe that would have been some type of control room. After seeing it though you're right. I would not want to be in there when those shells come crashing in and exploding. Nice find EE!!!
Very cool as always. The protruding rebar on the walls was to hold the forms in place as it was the simplest way to construct it quickly pouring the concrete. What blows my mind is I have never seen such large rock in concrete like that, they must of had some crazy big mixers and huge pump lines to move that kind of stuff. Fritz Todt did some really remarkable things just with German manpower getting it done quickly where Speer was more into the architectural design of things, they worked together. Todt was removed in 42 after a meeting with Hitler where he told him Germany will lose the war unless he makes peace with Russia, there was a reason Speer wasn't on the plane.
Another "first" for me in terms of WWII history; I had no idea that there were tank firing ranges like this! I can imagine shells spinning off into the dirt on the sides when there were misses that hit the concrete! When I was in the military we only fired our artillery in direct fire mode out in the open, never in this kind of facility. Leave it to the Germans to come up with such an interesting type of facility. The round "trap" at the end of the range was really cool! The noise must have been something during practice! I can see while the clean up was challenging for the bomb disposal folks, there must have been a lot of stuff laying around. Thanks so much for taking us along! Stay safe and stay well!
Great find EE. I noticed the horizontal wood strips on the first 3 or 4 baffle walls, betting they were plated with wood to absorb the lighter rounds of errant firings. Great video HH and like you I am pleased that they are kept standing. Well done my friends. Stay safe and well.
What a fascinating place! I never knew such firing ranges existed. Awesome job EE! You did an amazing job finding this place. I can just see one of those tanks firing down that range. And to see it's still standing after all these years is very cool. It really saddens me to see and know areas of history being destroyed. You and EE are the best. You find it and take us to see it. Thank you both so much. Take care and stay safe. 💖💯
Great find Eagle Eyes! They really thought through the design of the place. How great is it that they have left it there so people can come and see it. Do wonder what those little huts were for. When you showed the soldiers hiking by, I flashed back to my days in the U.S. Army and the ruck marches we went on.
Yes EE did so well discovering that and we loved to see and share that special location. Huts seems to be for filmatic measure procedures to calculate velocity and speed of rounds. Thanks so much for your incredible support and greetings from us :)
Being a former US tanker I was particularly interested in this site. While you were walking up the path I was thinking a drone overview would have been nice but perhaps you can't fly there being so close to training grounds. The thought also passed my mind that a metal detector sweep of the target path would be great until you mentioned that they just dug it up and refilled. TY
Been watching you for a few years now and it’s brilliant to see how ‘eagle eyes’s confidence has grown, he’ll have his own channel soon! Great to see a father and son with a shared interest. Keep up the good work!
Awesomeness you guys! Great place to see, shame there isn’t any historical film footage of this place or like it in action. THANK YOU for the special thanks & of course being a part of the HH EE BB team there with you on the roll call lol 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💙💛🫡
Absolutely amazing. Too big to destroy after the war and probably repurposed and used for the same purpose after the war. Thank you E.E. for all your research and H.H. for taking us all there. Well Done !
Great work and commentary EE. The walls around the aiming point were beaten up badly from hits and exploding rounds. A firing range is usually boring, though I always seemed to like going (except in the winter).
That Tank range is amazing, as you say so large, but then, firing 88mm or 105mm down that range, the walls needed to be tick and tall. The curved ones at the end are to help catch any stray rounds and bounce them back into the next wall. Sadly those numbers on the door frames look like dates to me. EE, Well spotted on Google earth, must have been really hard to spot them. Thank you for sharing this with us, and I ook forward to seeing even more from ypur "Touching History" road trip. Stay safe and well my friends
What a interesting place this is and very glad EE spotted that and did the research for it. Loved to see it and share it with you. Thanks my friend and more to come :)
Each wall looks so much more inpressive then they are. Not to hard to replace if damaged to much. Good to have EE doong more and more. A Eagle Eyes helmet camera?
I have never seen anything like this before. You both do a great job of bringing us locations that you won’t see anywhere where else. I wonder if they fired closer to the target and each structure is where they moved back to get accuracy at each structure? Wonder if it was designed for firing at the enemy as if they were in a city or town? I find it very interesting to see locations like this that I’ve never seen before.
There you go Anthony. Very glad EE found that so we could experience that together. Mot likely there were targets at several distances. Loved it and thanks my friend for your great support :)
Amazing how you're discovering all these awesome places. It seems like they've been preserved for you to explore. Your work and dedication are impressive. I'm enjoying all these WWII sites you're representing and the detailed history behind it. I salute you. Keep it up. New follower from the Bay area. Just one question.. where was the Falaise pocket battle in 1944?
EE this place is what my friends and I would call "Wicked cool" it shows how old we are as that is an old expression but WOW WOW WOW what a place you found. With this site EE I have to say I can not wait to see what else you have in store for us, thank you for taking us along on your Touching History Tour. Is that desert camouflaged model a Hetzer? With love as always from Canada
Totally agree , EE found a WOW location and so glad for that. Model is that if i am not mistaken. Thanks for your great support and more to come soon :)
Probably lots of shrapnel around if you metal detected in the forest 😉 I imagine that many trainees passed by this facility, eyes opened to the immense power of the tools of war that they were controlling…
What a place. Wonder how long it took to construct? It was extremely well made as it was able to sustain blasts from many sources. Very strategically constructed. What was that little hut? Just trying to imagine a Tiger Tank there. Thanks for your commentary, EE. It adds to your Dad's dialogue. It is interesting to see the soldiers training and preparing for possible war today. That was a cool shot, HH. The concrete does look hamnered. So much going on there. Could hear the military practicing. It would be something to see a tank charging towards you. 😅 Would like to see it preserved also. Good job on the model tanks EE & Dad. Thanks for taking us. ❤
17:25 You need to go back there with the metal detector. This is like the shooting ranges we used in the services. If you dig around in that sand bank you will find HUNDREDS of fired rounds they wont be in bad condition either as they are only hitting sand. We could dig up the bullets we fired at the end of the session and find them in near perfect condition. You would likely find some 88mm, 76mm 20mm from the PAK guns! BRILLIANT explore HAPPY NEW YEAR!
What a fascinating place - so much hardware for a firing range! I live on the edge of a UK firing range which was used by the British and Canadians during WWII, and they got nothing like that, if they missed the drag then the round would end up in a local village! We have the same little boxes behind the drag that face backwards. These are for the officer to direct the firing with a simple telephone-pole for the telephone line which ended in the pit beneath the targets (which can be winched up from the same pit). Still used today for small-arms with a separate mortar and grenade area. Very busy at the moment that's for sure. Thanks as usual from the UK to HH and EE!
I've never seen a range like this one, where you can fire large weapons like tanks before, though I have fired down ranges made of sewage pipes laid on their sides, ranges that are approximately 25-50 metres long with deep sand banks behind to stop the rifle rounds, this is turning out to be an amazing tour Eagle Eyes, well done buddy
Hello HH & EE, The training location for the panzer is unknown to me. It is an interesting location to explore. It is special to see that soldiers are practicing in the area.
15:09 we Americans call that peppering! The multiple dents in the ceiling is peppered like pepper on a bowl of my grandma’s mashed potatoes!!! God I miss her!
That is a neet place although the tank I trained in we were able to live fire at old broken trucks and cars i trained on the largest training base in Canada its 400 square miles of base so we could fire in any direction without endangering anyone live firing a tank on the move is not an easy task but with the right training it can be done
wow that must have been so interesting to say the least.Great experience you must have from that :) Thanks my friend for sharing and for being here with us :)
This was also for muzzle brake design on the 88mm guns as infantry could get hurt standing near the firing the Tiger 's gun and the exhaust gasses could and did concuss infantry also the shell banding for barrel wear of these guns. The cupping of the muzzle brake to direct gasses would help the hydraulic oil on gun recoil system so the gun wouldn't smash it's self.
Interesting place, at the start the doors were closed, you opened them, but seemed to have walked off down the outside road, and left them "Open", which no one else has noticed?, which surely may encourage these to be locked in future, or even stop public access to the area, by who ever looks after it, so everyone should always leave places exactly as found, and if you open something make sure you close it. I did notice the closer to the tunnel, the more damage to each of the separate walls top arches, so they took a lot of hits when they aimed to high, or wanted to see what damage they could do to concrete maybe.
These door can be opened and shut as you wish. There are no locks or rules or regulations stating how these doors are to be. At any given time if you go there they can be open or closed or whatever. Also by the way they were opened and shut several times while we were there and not by us. Thanks for watching.
@@WW2HistoryHunter Well that is OK then, just used to how they do things here in the UK, when some visit places, and it is obvious due to things like that, they tend to add cameras, or make it harder or impossible to go any more, , so you can understand why I left that comment, and by the way, I enjoy both yours and Tino's channel, as your passion for WW2 History is clear to see, and I have learned a lot about the real history they never teach you at school, and you both bring it to life, in ways that are both fun, and detailed, which I love. was amazed you found those Bakelite and aluminium containers under that rock, after all these years, what a find in that video!, and make you wonder what else could be hidden out there? you might find.
@@Cortinaman63 Yes one should always leave things as they were when you came and we strive to do so. Sometimes that is easy to do sometimes impossible to do. Like when you enter a bunker with a steel door halfway open and you can just about sneak inside to have a look but when you leave you find that the door is fully rusted stuck , one wants to shut it but just cant. Thank you for taking interest it is appreciated.
This is definitely a super wow its got to be surreal being at a german training facility from ww2 and then modern day soldiers using that traing area today wow
You are so fortunate to have a son like Eagle Eyes. As most men, boys, women, girls, have zero interest in history, especially war history. So, us few that do, do our research, collecting alone. Then there is no one to share our finds, collection with, which really becomes a problem as we age, trying to find someone to pass it all along to that will cherish it as much as we do, is a real challenge.
I remember when we did war games in Germany. A lot of the locations were on old WWII German bases. Thanks for bringing back some old memories.
Must have been exciting indeed. Very glad we can share with you Larry and more to come soon :)
This is a heavy caliber gun range, like you said and it's design is quite intelligent. The walls are meant to prevent stray rounds from heading off site. The troughs in the actual tunnel were meant to hold tracks for moving targets. The tunnels at the end, were obviously meant to keep shrapnel under control when using HE and AP rounds under control. not only was this meant for the training of the men it was also meant for the proper sighting in of the large caliber guns, whether it was in a tank or an anti-tank gun the sights had to be sighted into the barrel of the gun at one point or multiple times throughout the war, because sometimes guns needed to be repaired and resighted in. That would be something I would like to be a part of, sighting in a heavy caliber cannon, like an 88mm! A nice find, for sure Eagle eyes! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
Loved to be there and share it with you. Thanks and greetings from us.
Love it!
lol, just wanted to type the same ... in Scandinavian the walls are called blenders just to avoid any projectiles going anywhere you dont want them :) .. nice video :)
So glad to hear eagle eye's speaking to show us his teaching us what's going on in video great job eagle eye's and great find sharing history with your father. Outstanding location and yes that scale of this place is massive.
Thanks 👍
What a great gun range!!!! Those walls were huge!!! Those little rooms were for someone to talk to the tank in adjustments on their firing. Can't imagine the noise that was there when it was in use. Thanks EE and HH for taking us to this "monument " of history. I hope it remains. Until our next adventure, stay safe,smile......................................
Imagine sitting in there knowing a Tiger I tank is to fire down range,,must have been very scary :) Thanks Colleen and more to come soon :)
I had no idea a place like this existed! Thank you so much for helping to educate me. Never too old to learn, even at 58!
Thank YOU for your great support my friend it is appreciated :)
What a great place, you have to admire the precision with which these walls were built, all in line and at the same angle. And they still standing proudly 90 years later. Well done EE for researching this touching history tour, and well done your dad for driving! 😏
Pretty accurately placed in the nature there and loved to see that. Thanks my friend and greetings from us.
What an impressive German Panzer target practice facility. Does seem like a massive tunnel system. Yes, you are touching history EE and your English is improving immensely. We could all take a lesson from you and learn one or more other languages fluently. Can't begin to imagine all the activity that transpired there. Definitely, wouldn't want to be inside when that was going on. The structures there sure handled some major hard hits. Very interesting place. Thank you HH and EE for taking us there. Looking forward to more.❤
Yes EE did so well finding this and so glad we could share it with you. Thanks Girl :)
I never knew this range existed, so thank you for producing this video. Like you, I'm glad that the range wasn't destroyed post-WW2 as it's an important piece of military archaeology and history. And it appears to be use today as well. Best wishes to you and to EE!
Yes it is great ot find such great places to share and EE did a great job finding that. Thanks Sue :)
Keep history alive and this is the best way for children to see and live history
It is very important for the younger ones to see and learn from history indeed. Thanks for being here :)
What a unbelievable place I’ve never seen anything like this before.Thank you both and your patrons for giving me a chance to enjoy such incredible features.👏👏🙏🙏🇬🇧
Glad you enjoyed it
Seen this location on an episode of "Mysteries of the Abandoned " I believe. You and EE did much better explaining what it was used for. This is what makes you, EE and BBG so much better than most. Great job EE and thank you for taking us along. Can't wait for more from your trip. Take care and stay safe out there my friends.
Thy are very special to stand next to and EE did such a great job finding that. Thanks Allen for your incredible support and we shall share so much more for this epic journey :)
an old friend of mine Hans Leücke spoke about facilities like this. He was a panzer commander in the 2nd SS Panzer Division but this facility would have mainly been used for calibrating their gun sights for their cannon and mgs.
The hut would've most likely been used as a track operator for sheet metal targets that they had back in the day
but in terms of actual training they had different facilities that they would've actually trained at
great find and great videos i thoughly enjoy them
Thanks for watching and for sharing.
Thank you EE and HH for sharing your passion for WWII history and you EE for this wonderful journey through touching WWII history. As always " Good Hunting "
Our pleasure and thanks for being here :)
All the different walls, tunnels, structures built to make the firing and usage of tanks more reliable and accurate is astounding. Nothing was left to chance. Everything was studied as a science. Thank you for sharing this site. Thanks for your curiosity, EE! Great idea to follow through on your curiosity.
Yes such a great place and so glad EE picked up on this. Thanks Stephanie and more to come soon :)
Amazing place to see. Glad they went in and cleaned up the unexploded ordinance. Thank you for sharing this with us
Our pleasure!
Thank you both especially EE for this most interesting and educational adventure. What a way to learn history and experience too. be safe, stay healthy and always be careful.
So glad you liked it and we thank you for your great support :)
Great find eagle eyes! Looking forward to more of your chosen locations! Thank you both!
Our pleasure!
YOU DID A GREAT JOB EAGLE EYES WITH THE RESEARCH AND THE PLANNING FOR THIS TRIP AND WHAT AMAZING LOCATIONS YOU HAVE SHOWN US , LOOKS LIKE THE BUNDESWEHR IS TRAINING ALL AROUND YOU , COOL LOCATION MY FRIEND
All ww2 history buildings, defences or whatever should be preserved so that future generations can learn what happened, no matter what Country, it fascinates me as a veteran myself, my father was at Dunkirk & other locations during that war, as were others no matter wat country they served, we as humans should remember what happened, Thank you.
So true and thanks for being here with us :)
Most of the facilities in Canada for training have been dismantled. There were many air training facilities in Canada and I think they are all gone. This was decided shortly after the war and many of these were made from wood.
No channel shows appreciation for their viewers like this one!!!❤
Thank you my friend :)
Wow, what a cool location. I could not believe how stunning it was, what it was like when it was in use. Great video. I can't wait to see the next one.
Thank you very much!
What an impressive position!!! Those walls took sooo much punishment!!! Thank you for sharing this with us, HH and EE!!!❤
Interesting place and we thank you for being here with us Cynthia. Greetings and keep smiling :)
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY USA brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures in history
Good morning Earl and glad you are here with us :)
Thank you my friend and everyone else
Really cool tiger tank firing range. Thank you, Eagle Eyes, for all the research you have done.
EE says thank you for being here it is greatly appreciated :)
Fantastic informative video. Great thanks to EE for the great commentary. Stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Thank you EE and HH for showing us this amazing place. Having read of them, but never seeing one, this was fascinating. The little rooms attached to the walls may have been where various calibration panels were kept. These had marks on them at specific points that the gun crew could use to align their optics, MG's, and main gun, on. For Tiger's these were set at 50m from the tank. After they had been adjusted, they'd move the panels out of the way, and fire 2 or 3 shots down range into the tunnel at various targets to check the accuracy. So cool to see one of these practice range's still standing, and stunning to see the work that went into build them. Hopefully this one will stand for a long time yet. Thank you EE for putting the "Touching History" tour together, and thank you HH, for leading the way. Looking forward to more fascinating finds from the tour ahead! Cheers to you both! Stay Safe!
Very interesting and we thank you for being here :)
Spectacular structures like huge monoliths ,breath takingly awesome. I never realised there were such ranges for precision targeting. Once again HH and EE bring history alive.👍
Loved that place and thanks my friend :)
Nice video! I remember seeing one of these tank firing lanes in Schweinfurt in the early 90s. That one had two lanes for firing. I believe it is still there just north of town (Waldgaststaette Schiesshaus). If you head to that area, the barracks building of the former Ledward Barracks next to B303 still has the German WWII eagle on the side with the swastika chiseled out. You can see it on street view of google.
Thanks for watching.
Brilliant information and location well done Eagle eyes your touching history tour is a fantastic start. Great stuff young man.
Much appreciated
Good morning EE & HH. I have been watching and rewatching your videos, but I have not been fortunate enough to leave a comment of late. This is a very interesting find and a clever solution to their practicing and gun sighting requirements. It is interesting to see the effects of the pressure waves preceding the projectile, on the barricades.
we thank you for that and glad we could share this with you :)
Brings new meaning to you couldn't hit a barn door! Wonder how effective it was at reducing the sound? Thanks for showing us this amazing structure.
Well i have read that they worked pretty good and that they just scaled up some experimental ones to full size and used them. Thanks for being here :)
Outstanding EE!
Wonderful job your both doing to bring such beautiful history to everyone.
Thank you so very much and Rock On 🤘
Our pleasure!
Thank you both for terrific video documentaries!!
Appreciated my friend :)
At first I thought maybe that would have been some type of control room. After seeing it though you're right. I would not want to be in there when those shells come crashing in and exploding. Nice find EE!!!
So true and we loved to be there and share that with you. Thanks Timothy :)
Very cool as always.
The protruding rebar on the walls was to hold the forms in place as it was the simplest way to construct it quickly pouring the concrete. What blows my mind is I have never seen such large rock in concrete like that, they must of had some crazy big mixers and huge pump lines to move that kind of stuff. Fritz Todt did some really remarkable things just with German manpower getting it done quickly where Speer was more into the architectural design of things, they worked together. Todt was removed in 42 after a meeting with Hitler where he told him Germany will lose the war unless he makes peace with Russia, there was a reason Speer wasn't on the plane.
Thanks for sharing and for being here :)
Merci beaucoup à vous deux pour nous avoir fait découvrir cet incroyable endroit insolite 👍!! Bonjour depuis la France 🇲🇫😉
Thank you both for the fantastic video beautiful architecture that
Was left behind for you and
Eagle eyes to explore
Glad you enjoyed it
That is awesome. I am a huge WW2 tank fan and I have never seen such a range!
We loved to share that with you and thanks for your great support and greetings from us.
Lucky for you to see a Maus on the tank range. Love the content.
Thanks :)
That is something even Germans never saw.
Another "first" for me in terms of WWII history; I had no idea that there were tank firing ranges like this! I can imagine shells spinning off into the dirt on the sides when there were misses that hit the concrete! When I was in the military we only fired our artillery in direct fire mode out in the open, never in this kind of facility. Leave it to the Germans to come up with such an interesting type of facility. The round "trap" at the end of the range was really cool! The noise must have been something during practice! I can see while the clean up was challenging for the bomb disposal folks, there must have been a lot of stuff laying around. Thanks so much for taking us along! Stay safe and stay well!
There you go Donald , always interesting to see new stuff and we thank you for your great support :)
There seem no end to the interesting places left over from the war. Thanks for another great video.
Great place to explore and thanks for watching.
Wow EE what an amazing find. This tank firing range is fascinating to see and explore. This was a real touching history moment ❤
EE says thank you and hello and thank you for being here with us :)
Great find EE. I noticed the horizontal wood strips on the first 3 or 4 baffle walls, betting they were plated with wood to absorb the lighter rounds of errant firings. Great video HH and like you I am pleased that they are kept standing. Well done my friends. Stay safe and well.
Yes we saw that i think that is correct. Loved this place a lot as it is rare and special to see. Thanks and more to come :)
Try going to Samuer near Angers in France. There are wrecked Panzers that have been used for target practice.
Thanks for watching.
This was awesome . Thanks eagle eyes and history hunter 💜💜💜👍👍👍 this was super interesting. It was very cool to see the soldiers 👍👍
Those 2 "Guard Huts", were used to put photographic equipment to measure projectile speed and height path.
Cool ad thanks.
What a fascinating place! I never knew such firing ranges existed. Awesome job EE! You did an amazing job finding this place. I can just see one of those tanks firing down that range. And to see it's still standing after all these years is very cool. It really saddens me to see and know areas of history being destroyed. You and EE are the best. You find it and take us to see it. Thank you both so much. Take care and stay safe. 💖💯
Yes EE really did well on that and impressed with what he finds out there. Thanks Julie and more to come :)
Great find Eagle Eyes! They really thought through the design of the place. How great is it that they have left it there so people can come and see it. Do wonder what those little huts were for. When you showed the soldiers hiking by, I flashed back to my days in the U.S. Army and the ruck marches we went on.
Yes EE did so well discovering that and we loved to see and share that special location. Huts seems to be for filmatic measure procedures to calculate velocity and speed of rounds. Thanks so much for your incredible support and greetings from us :)
Being a former US tanker I was particularly interested in this site. While you were walking up the path I was thinking a drone overview would have been nice but perhaps you can't fly there being so close to training grounds. The thought also passed my mind that a metal detector sweep of the target path would be great until you mentioned that they just dug it up and refilled. TY
Great place and glad we could share that with you :)
Been watching you for a few years now and it’s brilliant to see how ‘eagle eyes’s confidence has grown, he’ll have his own channel soon! Great to see a father and son with a shared interest. Keep up the good work!
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It's good that he takes such an interest in history.
yes i love to see EE out there looking for history. Thanks.
Awesomeness you guys! Great place to see, shame there isn’t any historical film footage of this place or like it in action. THANK YOU for the special thanks & of course being a part of the HH EE BB team there with you on the roll call lol 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💙💛🫡
Glad you enjoyed it and we appreciate YOU being here with us my friend :)
Absolutely amazing. Too big to destroy after the war and probably repurposed and used for the same purpose after the war. Thank you E.E. for all your research and H.H. for taking us all there. Well Done !
Yes a interesting place it is and thanks for being here with us.
Great job, EE What an interesting location. Thank you for sharing it with us.❤
Our pleasure!
Great work and commentary EE. The walls around the aiming point were beaten up badly from hits and exploding rounds. A firing range is usually boring, though I always seemed to like going (except in the winter).
Great place to explore and we thank you Paul for being here with us.
Wonder if the small rooms on the back of the walls held equipment to measure the speed of the projectiles. Interesting location EE
I wonder too and what a great place to see. Thanks and more to come :)
That was really cool. Never thought that something like this would exist.
Interesting place and we love to share with you :)
That Tank range is amazing, as you say so large, but then, firing 88mm or 105mm down that range, the walls needed to be tick and tall. The curved ones at the end are to help catch any stray rounds and bounce them back into the next wall. Sadly those numbers on the door frames look like dates to me. EE, Well spotted on Google earth, must have been really hard to spot them. Thank you for sharing this with us, and I ook forward to seeing even more from ypur "Touching History" road trip. Stay safe and well my friends
What a interesting place this is and very glad EE spotted that and did the research for it. Loved to see it and share it with you. Thanks my friend and more to come :)
“Holy pancake” is my favourite saying ❤😂
There you go and thanks my friend :)
even i did start saying that :) i just cant curse and this is the best way to say it :) Holy Pancake
Each wall looks so much more inpressive then they are. Not to hard to replace if damaged to much.
Good to have EE doong more and more.
A Eagle Eyes helmet camera?
Indeed and such a interesting place that is. EE will surprise you all in the future with some rather cool footage. Thanks.
I have never seen anything like this before. You both do a great job of bringing us locations that you won’t see anywhere where else. I wonder if they fired closer to the target and each structure is where they moved back to get accuracy at each structure? Wonder if it was designed for firing at the enemy as if they were in a city or town? I find it very interesting to see locations like this that I’ve never seen before.
There you go Anthony. Very glad EE found that so we could experience that together. Mot likely there were targets at several distances. Loved it and thanks my friend for your great support :)
What a great place! I wonder if those little shacks were for range personnel, that way they could check the targets and radio back the results?
That could be but pretty scary place to be if you ask me :) Thanks for being here with us.
Biggest gun range I’ve ever seen. Loved to have been there when the guns go off.👍
Crazy cool place and thanks for watching.
Amazing how you're discovering all these awesome places. It seems like they've been preserved for you to explore. Your work and dedication are impressive. I'm enjoying all these WWII sites you're representing and the detailed history behind it. I salute you. Keep it up. New follower from the Bay area.
Just one question.. where was the Falaise pocket battle in 1944?
Thanks for your kind words it is appreciated. Your question can easily be Googled and you will find out more. Thanks.
EE this place is what my friends and I would call "Wicked cool" it shows how old we are as that is an old expression but WOW WOW WOW what a place you found. With this site EE I have to say I can not wait to see what else you have in store for us, thank you for taking us along on your Touching History Tour. Is that desert camouflaged model a Hetzer? With love as always from Canada
Totally agree , EE found a WOW location and so glad for that. Model is that if i am not mistaken. Thanks for your great support and more to come soon :)
Probably lots of shrapnel around if you metal detected in the forest 😉
I imagine that many trainees passed by this facility, eyes opened to the immense power of the tools of war that they were controlling…
Great place to explore and thanks for being here :)
What a place. Wonder how long it took to construct? It was extremely well made as it was able to sustain blasts from many sources. Very strategically constructed. What was that little hut? Just trying to imagine a Tiger Tank there. Thanks for your commentary, EE. It adds to your Dad's dialogue. It is interesting to see the soldiers training and preparing for possible war today. That was a cool shot, HH. The concrete does look hamnered. So much going on there. Could hear the military practicing. It would be something to see a tank charging towards you. 😅 Would like to see it preserved also. Good job on the model tanks EE & Dad. Thanks for taking us. ❤
We read that it took around 4 months to create it. very special place that is and loved to see it and share it. Thanks Laura.
Thing at the end looks like a giant gun range bullet trap. tank round bullet traps
i agree and thanks for being here :)
Nice find by EE. Would the huts be to house high speed cameras to film shot in flight?
we really could not tell but exciting place that is for sure. Thanks and greetings from us.
17:25 You need to go back there with the metal detector. This is like the shooting ranges we used in the services. If you dig around in that sand bank you will find HUNDREDS of fired rounds they wont be in bad condition either as they are only hitting sand. We could dig up the bullets we fired at the end of the session and find them in near perfect condition. You would likely find some 88mm, 76mm 20mm from the PAK guns! BRILLIANT explore
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Could be lots of stuff around there yes. Loved this place and thanks my friend :)
Very cool ! EE is going to find a tank..mark my words. Fantastic video guys !
Thanks 👍
Great tour well done both fascinating,it never occurred to me that they would have to be ranged or sighted in like that
Thanks for watching :)
What a fascinating place - so much hardware for a firing range! I live on the edge of a UK firing range which was used by the British and Canadians during WWII, and they got nothing like that, if they missed the drag then the round would end up in a local village! We have the same little boxes behind the drag that face backwards. These are for the officer to direct the firing with a simple telephone-pole for the telephone line which ended in the pit beneath the targets (which can be winched up from the same pit). Still used today for small-arms with a separate mortar and grenade area. Very busy at the moment that's for sure. Thanks as usual from the UK to HH and EE!
Yes this is a very interesting place indeed and so much history to be seen out there. Thanks for being here with us :)
I've never seen a range like this one, where you can fire large weapons like tanks before, though I have fired down ranges made of sewage pipes laid on their sides, ranges that are approximately 25-50 metres long with deep sand banks behind to stop the rifle rounds, this is turning out to be an amazing tour Eagle Eyes, well done buddy
Yes very interesting and you just wait to see what EE has up his sleeve next :) Thanks and greetings from us.
Awesome history thank you
thank YOU for your great support :)
I wonder about those little rooms on the range if there was equipment to measure the foot per second and trajectory of there ammunition
We think that could be it actually yes. Thanks and greetings from us.
Hello HH & EE,
The training location for the panzer is unknown to me.
It is an interesting location to explore.
It is special to see that soldiers are practicing in the area.
Yes EE loved to find that and so did i. Thanks for your great support Oma and greetings from us.
that was a cool thing to see thx for bring us along
Appreciated :)
15:09 we Americans call that peppering! The multiple dents in the ceiling is peppered like pepper on a bowl of my grandma’s mashed potatoes!!! God I miss her!
Thanks for watching.
That is a neet place although the tank I trained in we were able to live fire at old broken trucks and cars i trained on the largest training base in Canada its 400 square miles of base so we could fire in any direction without endangering anyone live firing a tank on the move is not an easy task but with the right training it can be done
wow that must have been so interesting to say the least.Great experience you must have from that :) Thanks my friend for sharing and for being here with us :)
This was also for muzzle brake design on the 88mm guns as infantry could get hurt standing near the firing the Tiger 's gun and the exhaust gasses could and did concuss infantry also the shell banding for barrel wear of these guns. The cupping of the muzzle brake to direct gasses would help the hydraulic oil on gun recoil system so the gun wouldn't smash it's self.
Thanks for feedback and for watching.
Lol finally found the page 😅 wasn't getting any notifications some of the bells were disabled I'm way behind
Thanks my friend for being here :)
Chapeau bas !
What was the distance between those practice "gates" ? And the total length of the "tunnel" ?
Interesting film, could the sheds by the walls been for parts of a chronograph to test the velocity of shells?
Actually we thought about that but not sure. Like the new modern chronos for air rifles and such perhaps. Thanks for being here with us.
I believe the small huts were used to hold instruments to measure the speed of the projectiles used
Could very well be yes and thanks for watching.
❤ excellent find Eagle eyes. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the trip.❤👍✌️🥸
EE say thank you here on hus way to school and more to come Robert :)
That was very interesting I never knew there was such a thing I would e very interesting to see it being used
Great explore and thanks Gary for being here :)
Are you able to do your videos full-time nowadays? Youre lately hammering out quite many videos :)
greetings
No , that will most likely never happen :) Thanks for being here :)
Incredible and unusual place !!!
First shot under to kick up the dust and blind them, better than over the top and miss completely, cheers
Very special indeed and loved to share that :)
Amazing Video 😉❤ in near my home was one for plane-maschin-cannons ! Like this but smaler ! 😉
Thanks for watching.
Like to see the gunners face to be the 1st to damage the wall 😮
Would not be fun for sure. Thanks for being here my friend :)
Interesting place, at the start the doors were closed, you opened them, but seemed to have walked off down the outside road, and left them "Open", which no one else has noticed?, which surely may encourage these to be locked in future, or even stop public access to the area, by who ever looks after it, so everyone should always leave places exactly as found, and if you open something make sure you close it. I did notice the closer to the tunnel, the more damage to each of the separate walls top arches, so they took a lot of hits when they aimed to high, or wanted to see what damage they could do to concrete maybe.
These door can be opened and shut as you wish. There are no locks or rules or regulations stating how these doors are to be. At any given time if you go there they can be open or closed or whatever. Also by the way they were opened and shut several times while we were there and not by us. Thanks for watching.
@@WW2HistoryHunter Well that is OK then, just used to how they do things here in the UK, when some visit places, and it is obvious due to things like that, they tend to add cameras, or make it harder or impossible to go any more, , so you can understand why I left that comment, and by the way, I enjoy both yours and Tino's channel, as your passion for WW2 History is clear to see, and I have learned a lot about the real history they never teach you at school, and you both bring it to life, in ways that are both fun, and detailed, which I love. was amazed you found those Bakelite and aluminium containers under that rock, after all these years, what a find in that video!, and make you wonder what else could be hidden out there? you might find.
@@Cortinaman63 Yes one should always leave things as they were when you came and we strive to do so. Sometimes that is easy to do sometimes impossible to do. Like when you enter a bunker with a steel door halfway open and you can just about sneak inside to have a look but when you leave you find that the door is fully rusted stuck , one wants to shut it but just cant. Thank you for taking interest it is appreciated.
Thanks!
Very cool location!
We loved it and thanks for being here :)
This is definitely a super wow its got to be surreal being at a german training facility from ww2 and then modern day soldiers using that traing area today wow
very interesting!!
what an interesting video
Great explore and thanks for being here.
Great place to see 😎😎😎😎😎😎
Thank you from us :)
You are so fortunate to have a son like Eagle Eyes. As most men, boys, women, girls, have zero interest in history, especially war history. So, us few that do, do our research, collecting alone. Then there is no one to share our finds, collection with, which really becomes a problem as we age, trying to find someone to pass it all along to that will cherish it as much as we do, is a real challenge.
Yes so true and thanks for being here with us :)
I would say if you metal detected the berms you would find some spent rounds.
Could be yes and thanks for watching.