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You cannot imagine the horror that it must have been in these early tank battles, that is for both sides men. I have nothing but empathy for all those poor souls.
That was WW1 for you. WW1 saw the advent of tanks, warplanes, wireless communication, non-line-of-sight artillery, mass issuance of repeating rifles, gas shells and machine guns. This was all while armies were still using the same tactics used by Napoleon and in the US Civil War.
@Lib Censorship That's war. Wars are the result of population pressure. When one population grows beyond their land's ability to carry them, they take what their neighbors have. Pretty much every war is over resources. Someone has to distribute those resources and is going to become wealthy and powerful. That's just the way it is.
@@StallionStudios1234 Right now is actually one of the most peaceful times in history. The World Wars were only 25 years apart, but there hasn't been one in 80 years now. At any other time, countries in the EU would have been at each other's throats, and there is some grumbling among the member states, with populist parties and candidates becoming more and more popular.
Had a great uncle that was in the Great War as a 18 yr old that never left the county he was born in. Said the hardest thing to deal with was the rats and the gas, “never volunteer for anything and keep your head down!” Never really spoke about the war and by the time it was of interest to me , he had already passed.
It´s unbelievable how much tank design changed from WW1 to WW2. In WW2 you already have powerful "MBT"s like the Panther, King Tiger, IS-2 and the Pershing.
Not just tanks, planes, cars, the first half the 20th century was insane. 1903, first powered flight, 40 years after that Jet fighters, 70 years after first flight we landing on the moon. And 50 years after landing on the moon, nothing note worthy.
I wonder if David Fletcher was meant to be in this video or if they just found him living inside the Mk4 one day? Also its slightly odd that the rest of him is younger but his moustache is exactly the same age as it is now!
My father was a boy in WW1. At a nearby engineering works (Fowlers Leeds) there was a great commotion in the neighbourhood. Strange noises were coming from the engineering works, lots of clattering and the noise of engines. The young lads in the area climbed the wall of the factory to see one of the very first tanks being driven around the factory yard. Soldiers were on guard and playfully threatened the lads with their bayonets. Every time the bayonets came near them the boys jumped down from the wall only to jump up again when the soldier moved down the line. My grandfather on my mother's side saw the Tanks at Cambrai going into action. It was the 2nd time they had been used and it was a far more successful attack than the first where the tanks got bogged down in the mud.
4:30 "Wheels at the back help keep it stable." No, it wasn't to "keep it stable." That's how these things were *_steered._* The tracks on these tanks couldn't move independently of each other like on later and modern tanks. The only way to make it turn was by using those wheels as a rudder. The extra drag generated by pulling them to one side or the other was the only way to control the direction of these machines. I learned this as a teenager in the 1980s from a library book. You'd think someone able to secure a budget to produce an actual documentary would have done enough research to know something like that.
@Guitcad1 In this video a military historian explains the purpose of the wheels on the back of the tank and the reason they were no longer put on the future Mark Tanks. th-cam.com/video/NBf-GgVdIr8/w-d-xo.html
The first tanks were called 'Land Ships' because it was Winston Churchill -- who was, ironically, the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time -- authorized 70,000 pounds for their development. That's equal to more than ten million in today's dollars, and was a huge sum back then.
The Krupp field gun. Germans seem to be extremely efficient at converting a gun from its original form, to a tank killer. Starts in Cambrai WWI, continues in Africa, USSR and France in WWII with the Flak 18 88mm formerly AA now AT gun.
I can't imagine how terrifying seeing a Tank coming at you. You probably haven't seen a car before, and now here comes something that's not only bigger than a car. But it's coming at you, it's shooting at you, and your weapons aren't working against it. It must've been truly terrifying.
I didn’t realise tanks were this effective in WW1. I mean, loads were lost to mechanical failures, which I knew, but on the other hand it’s apparent they did work in conflict.
I miss the show!!! We all hate war because of lose of life but so many hero’s over the past 100 years that fought for our freedom and gave us the life we have today! I wished this show had more episodes!! I have both seasons and if your looking for great series to sit around the house and have a relaxing day … well this is a most have !!!
The amazing speed of technological advances during the First World War are staggering. The Tank, Aircraft and increasingly sophisticated and highly accurate Artillery combined to change the face of Warfare and modern conflict that would reach throughout the 20th century and still have dominant roles over 100 years later. I could not begin to imagine the sheer horror of being a member of one of those early tank crews let alone a German infantry soldier confronted by one for the first time- it must've seemed like like some alien craft from Mars.
27:20 I'm surprised to see that the tactic of filling up a trench with bundles of wood already was part of a tank attack as early as 1917. I only knew that the Germans used it during an offensive early on during Op Barbarossa to overcome entrenched Russian positions defending Brest or Minsk. I had no idea.
Can barely even imagine what it'd be like to either have seemingly indestructible metal vehicles just slowly approaching while you can't do anything to them or being inside one of those things with it being hot and cramped and having the constant fear of randomly stopping and then being a sitting duck or getting hit with artillery
Being able to hear the memoirs from both sides is a chilling reminder at just how lethal and cruel the conflict during The Great War truly was, but pales in comparison to those who were actually there and fought at the front. How I cannot thank them enough for what they did and what they had to endure for peace, although as we know, it wasn't for long until a second conflict began!
Very interesting. Picture was terribly dark, however; so difficult to see. I have fiddled with my monitor controls all through to no avail. I've not read much about WWI, so I found this material fascinating. As someone else mentioned, quite amazing to realize that tanks have been around now for 100 years. Thank you for presenting this.
Im proud to say that my grandad. was a crew member of the first, he was a gunners mate/loader. he was just 17..if a proven historian gets in touch i will supply his name..he survived the 1st and 2nd world war. and became a RSM. i wont say to which regiment.. see the conditions again.He was a proud man a great man and my Grandad..
One question.. If the Germans had not seen Tanks before why did they have armour piercing ammunition? Ammended! Armour Piercing bullets were developed for anti sniper use to deal with personal armour. You learn something new every day
@@alastair9446 I guess it just seemed in the film that although they had not seen a tank before they had belts of AP machine gun ammo at hand but thats the film not reality i suppose
@@zulubeatz1 it is only mentioned once but the part with the AP bullets was in 1917, something like 7 months after the first mass appearance of the tank the previous year. Given how many down etc it wouldn't surprise me if some battlefield testing took place to see how much it would take to pen the armour
Honestly its quite a scary prophecy, seeing tanks for the first time back then must have been like seeing a bunch of otherworldy technology being deployed
Such a MK tank is standing in front of the historical museum in Charkov, Ukraine. I was there in 2019. Its also visual on film from ww2. So its there for a while already.
Well, not really, most of the innovation came from tractors. The tank is a armored tractor in many ways. So the need for food was more the reason for innovation.
In WW1 infantry tactics were based upon the old European model of lining up and charging at the enemy. The advent of the machine gun put a large dent in that idea. However, the Generals (who did not lead their troops into battle) continued to send wave after wave of soldiers to their death. Witness the enormous casualties sustained by both sides and the stalemate of trench warfare.
You're right. 20 minute video stretched out to 40 minutes. It seems to be a format used in history video's. I like the old tanks but it became unwatchable.
Did not mention the 7 Medium Whippet that stormed in to mop-up? One of the reasons why the 2 A7Vs retreated because they seen these 7 Tanks in the distance.
Possibly it penetrate cover or fortifications or any armor a person may be wearing, they experimented heavily with body armor back then since a scant few infantry weapons could peirce thick enough armor.
The wheels behind the Mark I were for steering, not for stabilizing. Basically, the first tanks were pretty much crap, terrifying, yes, but not much of a practical value. It was more an propaganda item, than an effective war machine. Besides, the French had tanks too.
@@andrewmontgomery5621 Yes those and the Schneider CA (6 crew/ 14 tons) and the Chamond (8 crew/22 tons). Besides: Tanks as such were the idea of an austrian reserve officer, who fancied tanks after seeing battleships and then tried to sell his idea to nearly every country in europe and only the french were kind of interested.
Scared or scary? I think some crew members of the first tanks could have been scared - new technology, unreliable, extremely noisy, and full of petrol fumes. For soldiers in trenches and strongpoints facing the tanks these machines could have been scary - new, big, armed, and invulnerable to grenade, bullet, and bayonet.
They're scary. Especially if your having a rifle and you're riding you're horse and something made of metal with a huge gun on its front comes fast and starts blasting your fellow soldiers to pieces
British: "Here's something new for you!" (deploy hundreds of Mk IVs). Germans: "Ja? Well look at this!" (deploy less than 20 A7Vs total by end of the war). British (with much smirking) "Ah, how cute!".
Well the Germans were lacking supplies, due to naval blockade, while UK was kept supplied by its colonies. Germans came up with clever way to make explosives, they were even lacking the supplies for that. World War 2 same story but with oil this time.
The germans actually did captured and converted MK IVs to Beautenpanzers which im suprised none ever encountered other enemy tanks. The Germans as well nearly completed their K-wagen superheavy tank but the war ended so they were interested by the idea of tanks at least late into the war.
Imagine: all you knew until this point was the tactics of the era of Napoleon and silly propaganda and all of the sudden a mountain of steel on tracks, with cannons and machine guns drives towards you. It's like you fight in Afghanistan or the Iraq and the enemy has flying saucers.
I have (had, he's gone now) who served in the First Canadian Tank Battalion. He lost a leg and had to have it sized back three times during his life after the war. At least he survived, which is more than a lot of others could say.
Sure they did. It wasn't about accuracy as much as making all the noise you could and discomforting the enemy. Mind you, these animations show just the tanks and big guns, but there would have been infantry in support too. If you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an enemy soldier, might as well fire the 6-pounder that direction too!
Prima! Prima! Fantastisch Lukas Reitmeier von Europa! Jetz ich sollen mein Spearhead auch veranderen nach ein Wasser-fliegboot. It is a very-very BIG project. (Straks oorseil van Zuid-Afrika na La Reunion...)
Drones and airpower cannot take and hold ground. I don't disagree with armour's vulnerability to air and drone attacks but armour will always be required to support infantry.
Actually, the first tanks got knocked out quickly. The sides had only 1/2" iron plates and rifle bullets went straight through and killed all the crew.
The only place they could land would be a port as landing craft etc were not likely even thought of. The gallipoli campaign was incredibly costly and the trenches were already claiming too many lives. Also would be an infantry only assault and with the mobile warfare of the first few weeks/months of the war claiming thousands, it would likely be a massacre
steering wheelset. Early tanks did not yet have any reliable way of steering. Later tanks could put their tracks in different directions to turn, but tank designers hadn't figured that system out yet
Check out the real breakthrough. The battle of Hamel. The 1st totally synchronised use of machinery ( tanks for attack mk 2s and resupply, aircraft for reconaiscence, bombing and resupply of infantry. Artillery for prescision strikes upon german artillery and comand bunkers and the AIF under the planning and command of their own General Monash. The result was the establishment of a salient against the German lines and the beginning of the end of WW1.
No, the end of ww1 was the Americans joining the war and Spanish flu among German ranks. If I remember correctly the Germans had developed effective tactics at this point using stormtroopers to capture trenchers. The Germans did one last desperate push to finish the war before the Americans joined but they just ran out of man power.
@@alastair9446 wrong, artillery always was and will always be king of battle. Just like in chess, the game is not over till you lose the king, and as long as you still have the guns..... the war is not over.
![The First Mass Tank Attack | Battle of Cambrai 1917 [World War One Documentary]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/DX_BnN4cWbo/mqdefault.jpg)
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You cannot imagine the horror that it must have been in these early tank battles, that is for both sides men. I have nothing but empathy for all those poor souls.
That was WW1 for you. WW1 saw the advent of tanks, warplanes, wireless communication, non-line-of-sight artillery, mass issuance of repeating rifles, gas shells and machine guns. This was all while armies were still using the same tactics used by Napoleon and in the US Civil War.
@Lib Censorship That's war. Wars are the result of population pressure. When one population grows beyond their land's ability to carry them, they take what their neighbors have. Pretty much every war is over resources. Someone has to distribute those resources and is going to become wealthy and powerful. That's just the way it is.
@@StallionStudios1234 Right now is actually one of the most peaceful times in history. The World Wars were only 25 years apart, but there hasn't been one in 80 years now. At any other time, countries in the EU would have been at each other's throats, and there is some grumbling among the member states, with populist parties and candidates becoming more and more popular.
@Lib Censorship what a ridiculous comment. This is one of the most peaceful periods in history. Wars used to last hundreds of years.
@Lib Censorship ok boomer
Had a great uncle that was in the Great War as a 18 yr old that never left the county he was born in. Said the hardest thing to deal with was the rats and the gas, “never volunteer for anything and keep your head down!” Never really spoke about the war and by the time it was of interest to me , he had already passed.
Not his fault he didn’t say much about the war. He obviously had PTSD.
It´s unbelievable how much tank design changed from WW1 to WW2. In WW2 you already have powerful "MBT"s like the Panther, King Tiger, IS-2 and the Pershing.
maus
Not just tanks, planes, cars, the first half the 20th century was insane. 1903, first powered flight, 40 years after that Jet fighters, 70 years after first flight we landing on the moon. And 50 years after landing on the moon, nothing note worthy.
@@cutterbacon well, the Maus didn’t make it past the prototype phase
The mk5 landship is the most beautiful tank des8gn
T34
My hometown has a decommissioned restored mk4 tank in its town centre. It was gifted to us for our help building them during ww1.
I wonder if David Fletcher was meant to be in this video or if they just found him living inside the Mk4 one day?
Also its slightly odd that the rest of him is younger but his moustache is exactly the same age as it is now!
Lol bleed him he's a legend! 😜
I don't care where did they find him, but I do thank God for someone having found him.
It was pretty cool to see him here. I don't know how old this is.
It was all about promoting his impressive moustache.
This was my introduction to fletcher. Love that man.
My father was a boy in WW1. At a nearby engineering works (Fowlers Leeds) there was a great commotion in the neighbourhood. Strange noises were coming from the engineering works, lots of clattering and the noise of engines.
The young lads in the area climbed the wall of the factory to see one of the very first tanks being driven around the factory yard. Soldiers were on guard and playfully threatened the lads with their bayonets. Every time the bayonets came near them the boys jumped down from the wall only to jump up again when the soldier moved down the line.
My grandfather on my mother's side saw the Tanks at Cambrai going into action. It was the 2nd time they had been used and it was a far more successful attack than the first where the tanks got bogged down in the mud.
Must have been quite a sight
I kinda wanna see a movie about a boy in WWI watching the first tanks being built 😅
Wow. Your father saw the birth of the landship. What a memorable and incredible sight that must have been...
Thank you for sharing that with us.
MK1: 3:23 to 5:26
First Battle: 11:55 to 13:02
Krupp Field Gun: 31:07 to 31:31
A7V: 34:29 to 36:14
Finally! a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
2 British tanks: Nah bro we're girl tanks.
2 German tanks: Nah bro we're scared.
37:09
Ha ha ha kung fu panda reference
Those Heavy Machine guns sound designs were impressive. 10/10.
If only there was a tv channel dedicated to history. They could even call it the History Channel.
in Russia there (still) is one
@@warmike i miss the old history channel. some good content here on youtube
@@warmike You refer to Viasat History?
That's as crazy as stereo - it'll *never* catch on! 😆
@@Shojikitsune1 guess i will have to actually read a book.
I finally found my favorite episode of Greatest Tank Battle i haven't seen it in years
And i mostly forgot about this 🤔
I just started binge watching all these tank battle videos
4:30 "Wheels at the back help keep it stable."
No, it wasn't to "keep it stable." That's how these things were *_steered._* The tracks on these tanks couldn't move independently of each other like on later and modern tanks. The only way to make it turn was by using those wheels as a rudder. The extra drag generated by pulling them to one side or the other was the only way to control the direction of these machines. I learned this as a teenager in the 1980s from a library book. You'd think someone able to secure a budget to produce an actual documentary would have done enough research to know something like that.
I was very curious about those two extra wheels.....thank you for taking the time to accurately explain it.
@Guitcad1
In this video a military historian explains the purpose of the wheels on the back of the tank and the reason they were no longer put on the future Mark Tanks.
th-cam.com/video/NBf-GgVdIr8/w-d-xo.html
Well I guess keeping something stable and steering something in this sense means the same? Idk but it's a good maybe.
The first tanks were called 'Land Ships' because it was Winston Churchill -- who was, ironically, the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time -- authorized 70,000 pounds for their development. That's equal to more than ten million in today's dollars, and was a huge sum back then.
The Krupp field gun. Germans seem to be extremely efficient at converting a gun from its original form, to a tank killer. Starts in Cambrai WWI, continues in Africa, USSR and France in WWII with the Flak 18 88mm formerly AA now AT gun.
I can't imagine how terrifying seeing a Tank coming at you. You probably haven't seen a car before, and now here comes something that's not only bigger than a car. But it's coming at you, it's shooting at you, and your weapons aren't working against it.
It must've been truly terrifying.
I didn’t realise tanks were this effective in WW1. I mean, loads were lost to mechanical failures, which I knew, but on the other hand it’s apparent they did work in conflict.
A war that actually happened. More interesting than a damn movie.
I miss the show!!! We all hate war because of lose of life but so many hero’s over the past 100 years that fought for our freedom and gave us the life we have today! I wished this show had more episodes!! I have both seasons and if your looking for great series to sit around the house and have a relaxing day … well this is a most have !!!
The amazing speed of technological advances during the First World War are staggering. The Tank, Aircraft and increasingly sophisticated and highly accurate Artillery combined to change the face of Warfare and modern conflict that would reach throughout the 20th century and still have dominant roles over 100 years later. I could not begin to imagine the sheer horror of being a member of one of those early tank crews let alone a German infantry soldier confronted by one for the first time- it must've seemed like like some alien craft from Mars.
15:38 the very first instance of a "drive by shooting"
Cowboys and Indians did it first. LOL.
@@neganrex5693 true, true
well, "creep by" anyway.
@@neganrex5693 - that would have been a ride by shooting. lol.
27:20 I'm surprised to see that the tactic of filling up a trench with bundles of wood already was part of a tank attack as early as 1917.
I only knew that the Germans used it during an offensive early on during Op Barbarossa to overcome entrenched Russian positions defending Brest or Minsk. I had no idea.
that is old as siegecraft mate
@@aldorea9240 Fancines as they were called.
Churchill tanks occasionally also did this during WWII, one of "Hobart's Funnies" set of AVRE vehicle designs
Now, the tank has been around for over 100 years.
I hope they do a remaster of the series for 2022
2:02 Anyone notice that guy?
Sad
Back off
I have this on DVD but haven't been able to find it. Great series.
Didn't you lend it to uncle Roger last summer? At the pool party remember
They showed the part about Germans not having seen a tank at least three times.
German soldiers in the dusk attack: * confused looking around * dose anyone else hear that?
41:23 the reason a gunner was mentioned was that the gunner had a wheel that via cable links all the way down to the main gun.
Can barely even imagine what it'd be like to either have seemingly indestructible metal vehicles just slowly approaching while you can't do anything to them or being inside one of those things with it being hot and cramped and having the constant fear of randomly stopping and then being a sitting duck or getting hit with artillery
“These guys have never seen a machine like a tank most of them haven’t seen a car “ ahhahaha 😂😂😂
Incredibly interesting! Can't imagine the horrors that these people, military or civilian, lived through...
Being able to hear the memoirs from both sides is a chilling reminder at just how lethal and cruel the conflict during The Great War truly was, but pales in comparison to those who were actually there and fought at the front. How I cannot thank them enough for what they did and what they had to endure for peace, although as we know, it wasn't for long until a second conflict began!
Very interesting. Picture was terribly dark, however; so difficult to see. I have fiddled with my monitor controls all through to no avail. I've not read much about WWI, so I found this material fascinating. As someone else mentioned, quite amazing to realize that tanks have been around now for 100 years. Thank you for presenting this.
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I have seen and been inside those tanks at bovington awfull cant imagine
Im proud to say that my grandad. was a crew member of the first, he was a gunners mate/loader. he was just 17..if a proven historian gets in touch i will supply his name..he survived the 1st and 2nd world war. and became a RSM. i wont say to which regiment.. see the conditions again.He was a proud man a great man and my Grandad..
One question.. If the Germans had not seen Tanks before why did they have armour piercing ammunition?
Ammended! Armour Piercing bullets were developed for anti sniper use to deal with personal armour. You learn something new every day
They adapted the naval ones for field use...
They were used aginst mg implacements, sniper nests and any semi fortified structures
Well, the armor piecing was used later after the first battle. So the Germans started to prepare or at least make them more common.
@@alastair9446 I guess it just seemed in the film that although they had not seen a tank before they had belts of AP machine gun ammo at hand but thats the film not reality i suppose
@@zulubeatz1 it is only mentioned once but the part with the AP bullets was in 1917, something like 7 months after the first mass appearance of the tank the previous year. Given how many down etc it wouldn't surprise me if some battlefield testing took place to see how much it would take to pen the armour
I personally nicknamed the early tanks "Land Monsters" because they look like something out of HG Wells "War of the Worlds".
They were going to be called "landships", but the Allies knew that would be too obvious.
HGW wrote a short story "The Land Ironclads" where he proposed the idea of tanks.
Honestly its quite a scary prophecy, seeing tanks for the first time back then must have been like seeing a bunch of otherworldy technology being deployed
Perfect tank of choice for the pirates of Shark Team in Girls und Panzer
@@AlamoOriginal . Kind of the Martians in War of the Worlds
The video really should have some Sabaton music playing in the background
The future of warfare!🤩⚡️
And the Germans learned how to use and develop tanks properly in WW2 when the English did not
The English weren't planning an aggressive genocidal war...
The irony? The British wrote the book on mobile warfare...then germany picked it up and made blitzkreig.
May i also ad at that time the matilda was a superb and horrifying machine. And also why the germans probably started using flak88s as anti tank guns.
@@gunslingerluckytankijunky Germany sowed many ill winds...and then she certainly showed how to reap them...
And the Russians did it better than either.
I love war history ❤
Such a MK tank is standing in front of the historical museum in Charkov, Ukraine. I was there in 2019. Its also visual on film from ww2. So its there for a while already.
Hopefully the Russkies won’t be stupid enough to use it against your people.
The tank, like so many military innovations, came out of a need to win a war.
Well, not really, most of the innovation came from tractors. The tank is a armored tractor in many ways. So the need for food was more the reason for innovation.
Muy bueno ,gracias
Definitely a different breed of men. I always ask myself if todays mentality could fight yesterdays wars. The answer is always no
I doubt you work in the FBI, CIA or any country's army so Ill take that with a grain of salt...
@@rr.studios yeah all the best to you in that battle.
@@aewhatever Thanks bruv...I'll need it tmr😓
In WW1 infantry tactics were based upon the old European model of lining up and charging at the enemy. The advent of the machine gun put a large dent in that idea. However, the Generals (who did not lead their troops into battle) continued to send wave after wave of soldiers to their death. Witness the enormous casualties sustained by both sides and the stalemate of trench warfare.
Because ignorance is bliss. Before photographs and literacy among all many did not understand the true horror of war.
David Fletcher and Andy Robertshaw are superb presenters who’s knowledge of the Great War is unsurpassed.
20 minute video with a lot repeating over and over.
You're right. 20 minute video stretched out to 40 minutes. It seems to be a format used in history video's. I like the old tanks but it became unwatchable.
Did not mention the 7 Medium Whippet that stormed in to mop-up? One of the reasons why the 2 A7Vs retreated because they seen these 7 Tanks in the distance.
Good video . Thank you for sharing ...
MGs had special armor piercing rounds? How did they field them so fast, if the tank was new?
Possibly it penetrate cover or fortifications or any armor a person may be wearing, they experimented heavily with body armor back then since a scant few infantry weapons could peirce thick enough armor.
The wheels behind the Mark I were for steering, not for stabilizing. Basically, the first tanks were pretty much crap, terrifying, yes, but not much of a practical value.
It was more an propaganda item, than an effective war machine.
Besides, the French had tanks too.
Yeah. Those little Renault FT-17 light tanks
@@andrewmontgomery5621 Yes those and the Schneider CA (6 crew/ 14 tons) and the Chamond (8 crew/22 tons). Besides: Tanks as such were the idea of an austrian reserve officer, who fancied tanks after seeing battleships and then tried to sell his idea to nearly every country in europe and only the french were kind of interested.
Very interesting!
So why were the tanks scared? I didn't get that from the the video.
Scared or scary?
I think some crew members of the first tanks could have been scared - new technology, unreliable, extremely noisy, and full of petrol fumes.
For soldiers in trenches and strongpoints facing the tanks these machines could have been scary - new, big, armed, and invulnerable to grenade, bullet, and bayonet.
They're scary. Especially if your having a rifle and you're riding you're horse and something made of metal with a huge gun on its front comes fast and starts blasting your fellow soldiers to pieces
Another awesome video 👍
British: "Here's something new for you!" (deploy hundreds of Mk IVs).
Germans: "Ja? Well look at this!" (deploy less than 20 A7Vs total by end of the war).
British (with much smirking) "Ah, how cute!".
Well the Germans were lacking supplies, due to naval blockade, while UK was kept supplied by its colonies. Germans came up with clever way to make explosives, they were even lacking the supplies for that. World War 2 same story but with oil this time.
The germans actually did captured and converted MK IVs to Beautenpanzers which im suprised none ever encountered other enemy tanks. The Germans as well nearly completed their K-wagen superheavy tank but the war ended so they were interested by the idea of tanks at least late into the war.
too nice video from excellent specific channel
Oh!
The fun days of first tank warfare.
The Brits made that thing as monstrous looking as possible.It's a very intiimidating looking tank, By comparison with others
Dave Fletcher made this worth watching! But hes not on long enough! 😭
why does the ww1 tank drag the two wheels behind it? what's those for?
Trunk space
Imagine: all you knew until this point was the tactics of the era of Napoleon and silly propaganda and all of the sudden a mountain of steel on tracks, with cannons and machine guns drives towards you. It's like you fight in Afghanistan or the Iraq and the enemy has flying saucers.
I have (had, he's gone now) who served in the First Canadian Tank Battalion. He lost a leg and had to have it sized back three times during his life after the war. At least he survived, which is more than a lot of others could say.
Best video ever
They got Mr Fletcher to trim the mustache and get a haircut for the documentary
A Tank named "Harvester," Apocalyptic name, fitting for a great war battlefield. 👩🌾🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
Hahaha! The gunner who knocked out that German sausage box deserves a crate of beer. 3 on 1 and they nailed it Bravo !
My Oldest Great Grandpa served in World War One. Henry Otto Grill Private First Class United States Army 1895-1979.
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the guy speaking in 3:59 david fletcher looks like a Colonel Mustard from Cluedo
No mention of the Battle of Amiens Aug 1918..
Yes when John Monash organised combined arms. Infantry, Tanks and aircraft. Lundendorf called this the Black Day.
Germans sees tank 'franz I think we're going to need a bigger gun.
Thanks so much for uploading these great Doc's! You have a subscriber for as long as you do the youtube thing! RLTW!
Rule Britannia! This was the chapter, the chapter of the land.
I was a soldier who drove one of the first tanks in world war 1
So that would make you 120, and some undead considering the last ww1 soldier died some years ago and who was 16 back then.
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There is a brilliant Anti Tank Chat on the Tank Museums channel which answered a few of my questions. Well worth watching.
An "anti tank chat" ?...
@@Frosty_tha_Snowman dunno what the dude meant
Good video, but needs much better effects
Was probably from the early 00s
Imagine thinking delville Wood was called devil's wood because of the way it looked and not the fact its name literally sounds like devil
Anyone eles get high and watch this sorts stuff ?
Literally me 💨
degenerate
Yea bwoyy! I smoke crack and watch stuff about Stalingrad..
Yeah. I do.
So let the British build a 1,000 off their trench climbing tanks. 20 of our falling over A7Vs will soon deal with those !
In fairness, only about 20 of ours made it across no man's land! 😂
Artillery is the King of the Battlefield....smfh
artillery is technicallythe king out of the battlefield since if the enemy gets to battling where the artillery is emplaced, the artillery are toast.
WW I was changed not only by tanks, also by machine guns and airplanes.
Ahhh the British geniuses. Love you guys
13:58 what the tanker is saying ?
Might and main
11:45 I dont think they fired while moving.
Sure they did. It wasn't about accuracy as much as making all the noise you could and discomforting the enemy. Mind you, these animations show just the tanks and big guns, but there would have been infantry in support too. If you can't swing a dead cat without hitting an enemy soldier, might as well fire the 6-pounder that direction too!
@@Shojikitsune1 I was referring to that particular scene, shooting the observation balloon. Hence the time stamp.
David Fletcher looking very young
The future of warfare
Prima! Prima! Fantastisch Lukas Reitmeier von Europa! Jetz ich sollen mein Spearhead auch veranderen nach ein Wasser-fliegboot. It is a very-very BIG project. (Straks oorseil van Zuid-Afrika na La Reunion...)
"Through Mud and Blood"
me: *Battlefield 1 flashbacks intensifies*
Map at 2:23 shows post WWI boundaries. Why do documentary makers not use the right maps?
Most armour has been made obsolete by drones.
Just air power in general to be honest
Drones and airpower cannot take and hold ground. I don't disagree with armour's vulnerability to air and drone attacks but armour will always be required to support infantry.
@@Stuffandstuff974 you could have a pair of sattelites with direct laser weapons able to vaporize anything anywhere on the surface.
@@trapperofthecentury5438 but you still don't have that land.
Actually, the first tanks got knocked out quickly. The sides had only 1/2" iron plates and rifle bullets went straight through and killed all the crew.
Rifle bullets did go through it. Unless they were armor piecing. The bigger problem was splinters that were created when bullets hit the steel.
Wondered if an amphibious landing behind trenches in Belgium ever considered?
The only place they could land would be a port as landing craft etc were not likely even thought of. The gallipoli campaign was incredibly costly and the trenches were already claiming too many lives. Also would be an infantry only assault and with the mobile warfare of the first few weeks/months of the war claiming thousands, it would likely be a massacre
What’re those wheels at the back of the tank
steering wheelset. Early tanks did not yet have any reliable way of steering. Later tanks could put their tracks in different directions to turn, but tank designers hadn't figured that system out yet
I've never heard of a 6pdr called a "naval gun" before lol
i hate imbecilles why do i do that eh
Check out the real breakthrough. The battle of Hamel. The 1st totally synchronised use of machinery ( tanks for attack mk 2s and resupply, aircraft for reconaiscence, bombing and resupply of infantry. Artillery for prescision strikes upon german artillery and comand bunkers and the AIF under the planning and command of their own General Monash. The result was the establishment of a salient against the German lines and the beginning of the end of WW1.
No, the end of ww1 was the Americans joining the war and Spanish flu among German ranks. If I remember correctly the Germans had developed effective tactics at this point using stormtroopers to capture trenchers. The Germans did one last desperate push to finish the war before the Americans joined but they just ran out of man power.
Almost a century ago?
I think he means over a century ago >.>
This was made back in 2016
@@killualoa3240 but posted only a few months ago.
Also the fact it would have been more than a century when this was getting made anyway.
@@brentonherbert7775 he said almost
@@varunraju.g1022 -_- Exactly. Stupid.
It shouldn't have been almost a century he should have said over a century...
Wrong, the undisputed king of the battlefield, is and will always be the KING OF BATTLE, ARTILLERY.
Wrong!!!!!! Air power is the king of the battlefield since world war 2.
@@alastair9446 wrong, artillery always was and will always be king of battle. Just like in chess, the game is not over till you lose the king, and as long as you still have the guns..... the war is not over.
@@brightly9318main problem with artillery is that you can't rely on it to take out all of your enemies specifically if they are spreadout
But these tank are badly destroyed by the artillary of Turkey in WW1 but never show that.
Ww2 or ww1? In ww2 these things would have been horendously outdated, so of course
@@Maperator sorry it was typing mistake
That moustache is unreal, must be a stick-on surely? Ridiculous, lol.
Canned meat, Fray Bentos, humour is welcome any time in Combat