Snipers in WW1

[Zeanu]

If only the Kaiser had reached Mexico in time...

[MrLulzerz]

INCORRECT: "ghillie suits were used for catching poachers"

ghillie suits were actually developed for stalking deer for several days and eventually pouncing on the deer capturing it and letting a nobleman use the deer for a "mock hunt"

[freakyflow]

@MrLulzerz Scottish Gaelic gille, "lad,or servant " which the servants or hired staff would hide out in the brush and watch for poachers hunting fowl such as "snipes" thus were the word sniper came from aswell These fast moving small birds were hard to hit killing a few was skillfull

[claytownusa1]

WOOOOOOT SCOTLAND! 

[2fast4uhaha1]

2:50 Bruce Willis

[JohnVAce]

Does anyone know what program this was on?

[Will4074]

@thelampwithbreasts

Dude.. youre retarded.. yeah, youre grandfather just starts quickscoping and getting 360's in WW1 ?? you fuckwit.

[thevladdo]

@Will4074 He was joking and you got trolled. ha-ha.

[thelampwithbreasts]

my grandfather invented quickscoping

[Sturmmann]

@thelampwithbreasts

please tell me thats sarcasm and you DONT believe its possible in real life

[thelampwithbreasts]

@Sturmmann yeah dude im being serious. it is possible in real life. thats why they invented the sniper..to quickscope and rush the spawn

[Sturmmann]

@thelampwithbreasts

spawn = baby hospital?

you sick fuck....

[thelampwithbreasts]

@Sturmmann me=dont give a shit

you=jackass 12 year old

[Sturmmann]

@thelampwithbreasts

please tell me you dont have a MW2 profile pic

[Themadaussie1973]

Australians invented the periscope at Gallipoli

[McLarenMercedes]

@Themadaussie1973

Well done Aussies.

They also pretty much stopped a serious German breakthrough in the 1918 Spring Offensive. Two divisions of Aussies held back several German ones. This pretty much saved the day for the Entente and meant the German Spring Offensive (the last desperate attempt to win the war) came to nothing.

German troops wrote in letters to their relatives that they feared Australian troops more than any other.

[Themadaussie1973]

@McLarenMercedes

Thanks for the reply, I did'nt know that about the 2 Aussie divisions holding back 7 German ones.

Many allied armies had acheived amazing feats, unfortunately at the cost of so many lives.

[McLarenMercedes]

@Themadaussie1973

I think their sacrifice wasn't in vain.

Although some people today claim the Versailles treaty was "unfair" (the war damage Germany owned was cut almost by half in 1922) it was very lenient compared to the peace treaty the Germans would have given the British and French had Germany won the war. Witness the Treaty of Bretsk-Litovsk, in which Russia lost a lot of its territory (9/10'th of its coal reserves) to Germany.

The Great War wasn't for nothing.

[LineDoggie]

@Themadaussie1973 really? what did submarines use before then?

[Themadaussie1973]

@LineDoggie

[Themadaussie1973]

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[nevikffud]

awesome vid 

[cheese319]

Did the ghillie suits make them color camouflage back then or just texture camouflage?

[warwrit]

@cheese319 They also painted their suits and great coats with Earth tones. Some would wear sandbags over their heads with eye holes cut in them, or hoods covering their heads.

[mattyo30]

nice keitha

[warwrit]

I think Native Canadians were some of the best and highest scoring snipers of all the British Empire at the time.

[mastermiky2299]

ya they were one of them was the most decarated soldier in canadian history but i cant rembmer his name

[warwrit]

Well I know of Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow, he had up to 378 kills as a sniper and scout. I also know he was the most highly decorated Native soldier in Canadian history. Military Medal and two bars.

[mastermiky2299]

ya the fella im tlaking about is tommy prince

[squirlboy006]

@warwrit

you should read "Three Day Road"

[ACX352395]

@squirlboy006

hey. its funny because i just read the first 2 chapters.and when i read about smithy i wanted to search about snipers in WW1 :P

[danielchilds1]

@warwrit the Canadianis took some ov the bigests hit in ww1

[danielchilds1]

@warwrit the Canadianis took some ov the bigests hit in ww1

Respect to you`s all

[raynus1]

@warwrit: Albertan Henry Norwest, a Meti serving with the 50th Battalion, had 115 confirmed kills.

[jealousmucheshays]

australia invested the periscope wtf germans no

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Yep too true mate,Australia brought in the periscope tactic

[jealousmucheshays]

i know they invented it why they going on bought germans nd shit. we also invented the basis for the modern day hand grenade but using gunpowder small bits off metal and a bully beef can.

[fpvshitsonhsv]

Nice i didnt know we invented th modern nade

[pikaovi]

that doesn't even mean anything.

[jealousmucheshays]

australians invented the periscope not the germans.

[050948706]

The Scottish/British are the best people for Special Units, Its a Fact

[BloodOfLove]

my grandfather was in WW1 & he used a Lee Enfield rifle

i would have liked to have listened to some stories from him but he died lon b4 i was born :(

[mayson12451245]

Im sorry for your loss do you keep his memory alive?like pics his favorite thing or somethin?

[BloodOfLove]

he died b4 he was born. i try to become a sniper for real to pay my respects to him

[ultradumbass]

@BloodOfLove the average age of a ww1 veteran was actually 48. most were actually dead by the time ww2 came because they would have been exposed to toxic environments, such as poison gas, shells, rotting corpses, diseases etc.

[RhamosVhailejh]

Great video, Tupakki, as always. I want to watch the rest of this program. What's the full video called? Since I'm sure it's longer than just three minutes.

[Blue3289]

Hyvä video.

[Concrob63]

Noice video, it's been a while since you posted one:}

[0finlander0]

great video tupakki ! kiinnostusta herättävä video tosiaan tupakki...5 tähtee.

[tupakki]

Kiitti.