Seeing the three gun battery of QF (Quick Firing) 25-pdrs in action, I can understand why the Germans accused the Royal Artillery Corps of secretly producing an "automatic" 25-pdr. It was common practice to get 8 shells or more off per minute.
@SuperDarkSamurai1 It was an operation to shorten the war not end the war. A huge sacrifice on both parts of men and materials and in theory it did work as it drained Germany of many men and munitions from other concentrated areas albeit at a significant cost to the allied forces. Ultimately it did affect the war as the Americans were able to make a breech across the Rhine as Market Garden was operational.
@MrMilfhunter2003 Don't worry, there is only so much shit we will take before the civil war starts. Me you and the rest of the Brits i know are fed up with it. Only a matter of time.
@britgary Mate, at last a sensible comment on the tube. I work hard, pay the bills and try to get ahead only to see other people doing nothing getting more. It's a sad day when we can't fly our National flag for fear of offending some "minorities". Maybe one day we'll stand and be counted.
@96rottie You're very welcome. We sound as one and should stand as one. There are many pissed off people in our society with the rhetoric that comes our way which we have to swallow for the sake of being PC.
It's a wonder how Attenborough managed to conjure up all these Shermans and halftracks. Most of the German equipment was just applique parts attached to trucks but how they got the authentics i'll never know.
@Rilurio War is 90% logistics and 10% tactics. Allied advance was slow simply because they couldn't get supplies fast enough to the front line troops. Prior to D-Day, Allied Air Force systematically destroyed railway network throughout france to prevent Germany from resupply and reinforced it's forces in France. This turn out to be a double edge sword as it also disrupt allied logistic as well.
you underestimate patton; in 1943, patton, disobeying orders, flanked the germans with such speed on sicily that he made montgomery look bad. in normandy, his 7th armoured, once one of the worse units in the military, shaped up by him, had to stop their advance, because the british couldn't keep up. his brutality, combined with his expert use of armour, made him both respected and feared by those who opposed him. trust me, he could of won the war by '43
@Rilurio Thats so very George Patton "A Legend in his own mind !!" In both Sicily and in Normandy the British were facing the brunt of German resistance. Patton was twice in the enviable position of facing little German opposition as in Sicily or mostly 2nd rate German units in Normandy. The British and Canadians had to contend with the majority of the best German Div's in normandy including the Elite Waffen SS Panzer Div's. Overwhelming airpower won Normandy not Patton!!
@Flashaman1845 Gerd von Rundsted (chief of german forces in the west) had quite different opinion. He said - "Americas were more dangerous than British". Read C. Ryan's "One bridge too far". Of course this doesn't mean British were inferior. Both allied airborne forces proved during operation "Markted Garden" they are highly skilled in combat (great example are actions of col. Frost at the Arnhem bridge and maj. Cook in Nijmegen).
@yasiu1918 Yea I have read the book and I am familiar with Von Rundstedt's quote,his colleague Erwin Rommel considered the American's to be amatuerish in their approach to war. He believed that the British in general had the better infantry, whilst the American's were more adventurous in their use of armour. Regardless it is a known fact that in Sicily it was the British who bore of the fighting, and again in Normandy it was the British who blunted the main thrust of the German counter attack.
@Flashaman1845 In that way of thinking we will end up in the point that soviets were even better becouse they destroyed more german divisions (of course thanks to their suprior material advantage, large distansces and hard winter). I can admit that british forces throw Rommel out form North Africa but in Italy and Eastern Europe situation was different. For how long British fought Germans at Cean? six weeks ? Mayby US forces would defeat them quicker...
you underestimate patton; in 1943, patton, disobeying orders, flanked the germans with such speed on sicily that he made montgomery look bad. in normandy, his 7th armoured, once one of the worse units in the military, shaped up by him, had to stop their advance, because the british couldn't keep up. his brutality, combined with his expert use of armour, made him both respected and feared by those who opposed him. trust me, he could of won the war by '43
I like this part the most. I just like seeing the explosions really. All that artillery, the whistling, the blast, the death. It's crazy but i like it.
@Trashcansam123 Its pupose is to Make the hostile forces run, but as you can see from the germans, they were to sure of themselves and held the line and lost in the end.
I was on exercise with the Canadian military about 25 years ago, and some twit in Observation got his numbers mixed up and called a short, sharp strike down on us. Just a half dozen shells, and no one hurt (just a couple of cases of "filled" pants, which I hear is a common and totally involuntary reaction). For about 15 seconds the ground shook, my teeth chattered, and one had an odd feeling of senselessness - being conscious, but somehow in an "unreal" situation. Pity the Germans here.
@Anekantavad never pity the enemy. No pity, no mercy, no remorse. I'm quite sure the FO that got Danger Close on you guys was probably relieved of duty.
@mta415 He caught it alright. It's funny, once we all realized that we were all okay, we had a good laugh in proper soldierly fashion. "Man, that was a RUSH!" etc, and we were all careful not to bug the guys who'd had a bit of an accident. The FOO was thrown to the wolves, however, and we all actually felt sorry for him. Every soldier out there lives in mortal dread of that momentary lapse that will haunt him forever. You know that feeling, I suspect :-)
Compared to most movies, this one does a very good job of truly re-creating the historical facts of "Market-Garden". Read the book by Cornelius Ryan (published in 1974) and I'm sure you'll agree.
Funny that they mixed up the two Vandeleurs. Michael Caine plays John O.E. and Michael Byrne Giles Vandeleur. Here we see Michael with the Black Tank Beret of the 2nd Irish Guards, that was Giles Unit. The white on red 53 on the Humber is also 2nd IG. Michael should wear an infantry GS Cap and his Car a white on green 62 for his own 3rd IG. John served as Brigadier Irish group commanding both so he might have taken one of Giles's cars but no explanation for the wrong Beret. Any ideas ?
@warwatcher91 Surely not, I have the GS cap in my own collection. They are not rare and 30 years ago there had been large stocks of original WW II items. Battle dress, helmets, caps. Thank you for reasoning why they did it wrong. My personal view is simple, nobody cared. Perhaps Michael tried a GS one and it was too small or the director disliked the colour. Directors have the worst influence, they prefer look to reality..
Pounders used were Irish Army kit - the only operational ones available when the film was being made. One of them was donated to the Canadian museum in Normandy recently - when they took receipt, they checked the carriage number and it was actually one of their own which was landed on D-Day and saw action.
@FlawdaFootball It was a tactic wich was extremely effective. At one point, the wehrmacht thought the british had developed an automatic firing 25PDR.
@FlawdaFootball Well they didnt use those small 25 pounders, the Royal Artillery used 5,5 long range guns to clear the way. They placed those guns in a field 10 meters from my grandpa's house to support combat operations in Overloon which was the only tankbattle in The Netherlands also called Operation Aintree.
What's great about this flick was that it was made in the pre-cgi era, so the filmmakers actually had to do things for REAL. Gives everything an authenticity. Today, they'd use cgi explosions that would have none of the same visceral menace.
Responding to Montgomery's self serving claim that Arnhem had been a 90% success, the Prince of the Netherlands was more forthright: " My country", he told Cornelius Ryan, "can never again afford the luxury of another success."
@Anullu22 Just one thing wrong with that .... The Netherlands was not his country. btw ... his royal playboy Bernard is linked to 'King Kong' Lindemans who is suspected to have been a german double agent for the Germans and go his intelligence from ..... yes, Prince Bernard von Lippe Biesterveldt's headquarter.
Same Bernard who was a member of the SS prior to the war, same Bernard who tried to have Queen Juliana institutionalized ....
The movie scene is great, but in 1944 German AT or Artillery units had learned not to deploy at a wood edge. Far to easy to range for allied artillery and planes. And as rightly shown here, grenades exploding in the trees cause much more harm than on free land. A tree is offering no protection against HMG bullets. Camouflage in the open field was used to minimize allied fire power. Sounds strange, but a camouflaged AT gun dug in on open field is harder to hit than one in a tree line.
@Eyyoh77 brave yes...but the main reason why they stay is for them to not give up their position, if they move they'll be totally out in the open, better off staying where they are....kind of a no win situation when an artillery barrage comes your way...just stay down and hope for the best
A Bridge too Far, The Blue Max, and Paths of Glory are in my opinion the three most impressive war movies ever made. This scene depicting the advancing British barrage that 30 Corps was to follow is simply impressive and illustrative how 30 Corps immediately got tangled up in their first contact with the Germans as they tried to enter Holland.
The whole point of a creeping barrage is that the following troops have to be close to the bursting shells. If the barrage passes over and the recipients are allowed time to recover before the PBI arrive then it is a waste of time shelling them in the first place.
In WW1 troops followed the barrage so closely that they suffered casualties from their own shells. They had to be that close for reasons already explained.
This barrage shows what happens when the enemy is allowed to recover.
@billace90 its a "walking" barage in arty term its really simple the arty moves foward with troops following it at a safe distance and moping up any survivors
Stop fucking saying America is better than briton if it wasn't for us America would not be hear and also your mother fuking army is shit there so scared they pulled out of afgahnastan and thanks to a American solider fucking around with a hand grenade my legs are now amputated so that's how sums you guys are
@annlouiseish omfg BS alert and dude learn proper english before you spew BS and flame at the same time ,well not that it matters you are still a total douchbag go talk like that to some retarded pacifist
How do we go from a clip from one of the greatest motion pictures of all time (depicting a battle where British & American troops fought together heroically) to this childish biccering, its pathetic!
dont mind them. those that bicker are so insecure about their country that they are have no choice but to bash another. I've never seen this movie but at 2:30 in the morning, I've just found myself something to do.
By this time in the war, I'm sure the Irish Guards had Sexton SP guns which mounted the same 25-pounder seen firing here. Limited budget and resources for such a movie as this means we only get to see the towed version firing, which is certainly impressive enough!
As one notices the shells hitting the open terrain look out how when they reach their targets on the dug in Germans the diminished width of the impact blasts. The only disappointing part of the movie for me.
want to see something funny? in the movie "patton" american equipment must not have been available.....the artillery barrage is courtesy of 25 pounders!
@IkmalUSCG The barrage they're using is a walking barrage. They basically keep a line of explosions in front of friendly forces as they advance. This means that the barrage is actually moving forward over the German positions. If the Germans ran, it is likely that they would get hit by the barrage as it moved up. One of the most dangerous positions to be in during a barrage is standing, as you can get hit by shrapnel easily. Staying in their foxholes was probably best.
@starbar58 Its valid.. because when Britian declared war, it was pre-emptive to control the territory so the UK could not get a foot hold other then the Epedtionary force already there.... You need to control the territory. not sure why you thought this invalid.. this is basic military strategy, deny the enemy space.
I have to admit that soldiers in the past had more courage than present ones. They didnt affraid about their lives when they had to face "crippling barrage" and present ones they complain just because of IEDs and flying bullets.I'm not trying to play as brave guy because I'm coward- if I could have been told to go for patrol ( not mention artillery barrage) I would just run for my life.
luv them guns, :) british and american forces were still using them in the 70's and 80's at least the allies could build a decent gun (same can't be said for their tanks xD)
Your Country-that is, the Island in General of Great Britain-Was about to fall. We-the Americans-sent you supplies that your King and Prime Minister begged our President for. After a short while, we joined the war--and we did more in a month that the entire British Army did in years. Whether you like it or not, the countries of the U.K and the U.S are tightly bonded. We're more like you than you care to acknowledge. When you call us idiots, you're insulting yourself.
@RADIOWebcast Actually we're not, thus, you're a fucking idiot. Your post is so absurd that if it ain't trolling I can only feel sorry for your total lack of education regarding this conflict. 'Island in General of Great Britain'? Are you retarded in some way? Or was that some weird attempt at trying to be clever. I suggest you drop that high school history education of yours before you make an arse of yourself in real company.
There are three countries, Wales, Scotland, and England, are there not? Is the island not called GREAT BRITIAN?
Boy, you're real brave, arguing with a twelve year old. When are the Briitsh going to realize that one country is not better than another? You people have problems just as much as we do. You know, we have a rhyme over here:
"Those boys are from the British Empire, the British think they're keen. If that is what the British desire, god save the queen!"
@RADIOWebcast ,"we did more in a month than the entire british army did in years" don't make me laugh, your lack of basic knowledge is amusing. stop watching the history channel and do some real research before making absurd statements
@MrFlix76 For you to insult Americans fighting in the Vietnam War...considering what my grandfather goes through every day, It makes me want to shove your keyboard up your ass.
There are hard-working children like me who actually give a rat's ass about my education--someone who, because of No Child Left Behind (or No Child Goes Forward) and the tax cuts, is not challegend enough and does not get a good foundation for my education.
@Ralivina oh shut up i dont care about your grand father and i dont thik u wil stick the keyboard up my bottom because u dont know where i live and also u make no scence!!!!
@Ralivina Um. Why do I have to pay attention in school? Why do you expect that teachers know about war? - they don't.
I would like to point out one thing. The clip from this movie depicts a artillery moving barrage. It is set in the Netherlands, not in Vietnam. The battle occured in Suptember 1944, not 1964, and depicts (rather incorrectly) the 4th Mechanized Brigade, a British Commonwealth armored unit. Unfortunately, as with most English war movies, it is largely fiction.
The person down there was insulting the US Army, so I told him off, for no country's military deserves to be disgraced like that. I know this isn't the Vietname War.
Although the explosions are clearly exagerated (87,6 mm), this is the best portrayal of a creeping artillry barrage I've seen in a movie.
caporalchef4 6 days ago
Seeing the three gun battery of QF (Quick Firing) 25-pdrs in action, I can understand why the Germans accused the Royal Artillery Corps of secretly producing an "automatic" 25-pdr. It was common practice to get 8 shells or more off per minute.
jmac0414 2 weeks ago
i love this movie
182guns 1 month ago
My great grandfather was in the Royal artillery corps!
owner8515 2 months ago
Advancing blind takes balls.
britgary 2 months ago
i still don't think that Market Garden was worth it. not for all the lives lost and men taken prisoner, and not make it all the way.
SuperDarkSamurai1 2 months ago
@SuperDarkSamurai1 It was an operation to shorten the war not end the war. A huge sacrifice on both parts of men and materials and in theory it did work as it drained Germany of many men and munitions from other concentrated areas albeit at a significant cost to the allied forces. Ultimately it did affect the war as the Americans were able to make a breech across the Rhine as Market Garden was operational.
britgary 2 months ago
@britgary im sure the men who died and the officers that lost those men didn't think that it was worth the loss of good men.
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slizzler1 3 months ago
germans must be scared shitless
polcooler 3 months ago
@polcooler - watching a rolling barrage getting closer and closer and knowing that you've got to stay put.
Twirlyhead 3 months ago 4
what a barage,,alough im english i would of prefered to sided with germany to stop the islamic rot today...what a mistake we made...
MrMilfhunter2003 3 months ago
@MrMilfhunter2003 Don't worry, there is only so much shit we will take before the civil war starts. Me you and the rest of the Brits i know are fed up with it. Only a matter of time.
britgary 3 months ago
@britgary Mate, at last a sensible comment on the tube. I work hard, pay the bills and try to get ahead only to see other people doing nothing getting more. It's a sad day when we can't fly our National flag for fear of offending some "minorities". Maybe one day we'll stand and be counted.
96rottie 2 months ago
@96rottie You're very welcome. We sound as one and should stand as one. There are many pissed off people in our society with the rhetoric that comes our way which we have to swallow for the sake of being PC.
britgary 2 months ago
Being on the receiving end of that, watching the shell hits creeping closer and closer, must be pants shittingly terrifying beyond words.
smsteve888 3 months ago
I think I might become the laziest reenactor ever and simply purchase a 25 pounder, sit in camp participating in the battle a half mile away
phantom12321800 3 months ago
It's a wonder how Attenborough managed to conjure up all these Shermans and halftracks. Most of the German equipment was just applique parts attached to trucks but how they got the authentics i'll never know.
Trashcansam123 3 months ago
@Trashcansam123 Attenborough ?
britgary 2 months ago
@britgary Yea Richard Attenborough. The guy that directed this film. He was Hammond in Jurassic Park.
Assuming you watched this you should know he directed it.
Trashcansam123 2 months ago
Those tanks liberated my hometown!
nielscarp 4 months ago 20
@nielscarp Those tanks were probably built near my hometown.
tromuniapp 3 months ago
@tromuniapp What a coincidence.
nielscarp 3 months ago
@nielscarp Those tanks liberated half of the europa ! ;)
SkavenVideo 3 months ago
@SkavenVideo True, first Caen,then Antwerp and then Eindhoven.
nielscarp 3 months ago
@nielscarp You forgot brussels ! ;-)
SkavenVideo 2 months ago
fantastic yankees and pirats! aajaj the germany army was the best !!
merecondenare 4 months ago
brassing this muddabitches up!!!!!!!
muldroonz 4 months ago
WOW!!!!there some good stuff for porn movies
MrSAS1997 4 months ago
from what film is it?
markuskaffe7d 4 months ago
@markuskaffe7d A bridge too far.
britgary 2 months ago
Patton could of won the war in europe in 1943, had he been given the leeway he needed.
Rilurio 5 months ago
@Rilurio War is 90% logistics and 10% tactics. Allied advance was slow simply because they couldn't get supplies fast enough to the front line troops. Prior to D-Day, Allied Air Force systematically destroyed railway network throughout france to prevent Germany from resupply and reinforced it's forces in France. This turn out to be a double edge sword as it also disrupt allied logistic as well.
lanunselat 5 months ago
@Rilurio
i doubt it, the germans were still far to powerful in 1943
VigisKane 4 months ago
@VigisKane
you underestimate patton; in 1943, patton, disobeying orders, flanked the germans with such speed on sicily that he made montgomery look bad. in normandy, his 7th armoured, once one of the worse units in the military, shaped up by him, had to stop their advance, because the british couldn't keep up. his brutality, combined with his expert use of armour, made him both respected and feared by those who opposed him. trust me, he could of won the war by '43
Rilurio 4 months ago
@Rilurio Thats so very George Patton "A Legend in his own mind !!" In both Sicily and in Normandy the British were facing the brunt of German resistance. Patton was twice in the enviable position of facing little German opposition as in Sicily or mostly 2nd rate German units in Normandy. The British and Canadians had to contend with the majority of the best German Div's in normandy including the Elite Waffen SS Panzer Div's. Overwhelming airpower won Normandy not Patton!!
Flashaman1845 4 months ago
@Flashaman1845 Gerd von Rundsted (chief of german forces in the west) had quite different opinion. He said - "Americas were more dangerous than British". Read C. Ryan's "One bridge too far". Of course this doesn't mean British were inferior. Both allied airborne forces proved during operation "Markted Garden" they are highly skilled in combat (great example are actions of col. Frost at the Arnhem bridge and maj. Cook in Nijmegen).
yasiu1918 4 months ago
@yasiu1918 Yea I have read the book and I am familiar with Von Rundstedt's quote,his colleague Erwin Rommel considered the American's to be amatuerish in their approach to war. He believed that the British in general had the better infantry, whilst the American's were more adventurous in their use of armour. Regardless it is a known fact that in Sicily it was the British who bore of the fighting, and again in Normandy it was the British who blunted the main thrust of the German counter attack.
Flashaman1845 4 months ago
@Flashaman1845 In that way of thinking we will end up in the point that soviets were even better becouse they destroyed more german divisions (of course thanks to their suprior material advantage, large distansces and hard winter). I can admit that british forces throw Rommel out form North Africa but in Italy and Eastern Europe situation was different. For how long British fought Germans at Cean? six weeks ? Mayby US forces would defeat them quicker...
yasiu1918 4 months ago
@yasiu1918 *form *Western Europe
yasiu1918 4 months ago
@Flashaman1845 BS
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@VigisKane
you underestimate patton; in 1943, patton, disobeying orders, flanked the germans with such speed on sicily that he made montgomery look bad. in normandy, his 7th armoured, once one of the worse units in the military, shaped up by him, had to stop their advance, because the british couldn't keep up. his brutality, combined with his expert use of armour, made him both respected and feared by those who opposed him. trust me, he could of won the war by '43
Rilurio 4 months ago
Lots of Shermans :D
kennychan100 5 months ago
I was here!
uzickimajmunac 6 months ago
I like this part the most. I just like seeing the explosions really. All that artillery, the whistling, the blast, the death. It's crazy but i like it.
Trashcansam123 6 months ago
Wow.That tactic was cheap.
MrLdbz 6 months ago
Lovely use of the "Creeping Barrage" Tactic, True it wastes Ammo, but is very effective.
MrZombiehugs 6 months ago
@MrZombiehugs And it alerts your enemy and lets them prepare quicker
Trashcansam123 6 months ago
@Trashcansam123 Its pupose is to Make the hostile forces run, but as you can see from the germans, they were to sure of themselves and held the line and lost in the end.
MrZombiehugs 6 months ago
"Maybe we should have dug a little deeper Hans?"
DavidLister6000 6 months ago
There are actually only four operational Shermans in the movie rest are all props. The German panther used in later scenes is leopard 1.
karthikbans 6 months ago
@karthikbans OMG seriously I had no fucking Idea.....that that wasn't a real panzer!!
Trashcansam123 6 months ago
go lads go go
MrMilfhunter2003 6 months ago
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Is this film worth getting?
berserker276 6 months ago
THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
mad1966dog 6 months ago
Expandable is nothing compare to this classic all star~!
GoodFebruarian 6 months ago
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stringerboi 7 months ago
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stringerboi 7 months ago
his would make a great ring tone.
twinsonicguy 7 months ago
I was on exercise with the Canadian military about 25 years ago, and some twit in Observation got his numbers mixed up and called a short, sharp strike down on us. Just a half dozen shells, and no one hurt (just a couple of cases of "filled" pants, which I hear is a common and totally involuntary reaction). For about 15 seconds the ground shook, my teeth chattered, and one had an odd feeling of senselessness - being conscious, but somehow in an "unreal" situation. Pity the Germans here.
Anekantavad 8 months ago
@Anekantavad never pity the enemy. No pity, no mercy, no remorse. I'm quite sure the FO that got Danger Close on you guys was probably relieved of duty.
mta415 8 months ago
@mta415 He caught it alright. It's funny, once we all realized that we were all okay, we had a good laugh in proper soldierly fashion. "Man, that was a RUSH!" etc, and we were all careful not to bug the guys who'd had a bit of an accident. The FOO was thrown to the wolves, however, and we all actually felt sorry for him. Every soldier out there lives in mortal dread of that momentary lapse that will haunt him forever. You know that feeling, I suspect :-)
Anekantavad 8 months ago
@Anekantavad glad no one was hurt, and I know the feeling oh so well!
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MrChatItOut 8 months ago
Compared to most movies, this one does a very good job of truly re-creating the historical facts of "Market-Garden". Read the book by Cornelius Ryan (published in 1974) and I'm sure you'll agree.
omegaman196601 8 months ago
RECOIL!!!
xjager513 8 months ago
squad member: "We need artillery support over here sir!
squad leader: "Enemy activity, requesting a barrage"
commander: "Roger that" "Artillery your area!"
F22raptor272 8 months ago
This is like a company of heroes online match against britts lol...
MikkroBitti 9 months ago
Funny that they mixed up the two Vandeleurs. Michael Caine plays John O.E. and Michael Byrne Giles Vandeleur. Here we see Michael with the Black Tank Beret of the 2nd Irish Guards, that was Giles Unit. The white on red 53 on the Humber is also 2nd IG. Michael should wear an infantry GS Cap and his Car a white on green 62 for his own 3rd IG. John served as Brigadier Irish group commanding both so he might have taken one of Giles's cars but no explanation for the wrong Beret. Any ideas ?
crematio 9 months ago
@crematio What the hell? An intelligent youtube comment?
RichardTaylor1800 8 months ago
@crematio Maybe couldn't find one? This movie was made over 30 years after the battle.
warwatcher91 8 months ago
@warwatcher91 Surely not, I have the GS cap in my own collection. They are not rare and 30 years ago there had been large stocks of original WW II items. Battle dress, helmets, caps. Thank you for reasoning why they did it wrong. My personal view is simple, nobody cared. Perhaps Michael tried a GS one and it was too small or the director disliked the colour. Directors have the worst influence, they prefer look to reality..
crematio 8 months ago
which movie??
mumpfi1994 9 months ago
@mumpfi1994 The clue is in the title -_-
PrometheusZero 9 months ago
@PrometheusZero lol sorrry xDD
mumpfi1994 <---- Idiot
mumpfi1994 9 months ago
@mumpfi1994 A bridge too far.
britgary 2 months ago
@britgary thx
mumpfi1994 2 months ago
Epic
yomaninthehouse 9 months ago
say those are 76mm shermans or fireflies? couldn't tell cause i can't see them clearly.
beohel 9 months ago
@beohel Standard issue run of the mill short barreled Shermans by the look of it.
The legendary Ronson.
KiwiKugai 9 months ago
@beohel
mark V shermans and sherman VC fireflies
dalek900 8 months ago
Pounders used were Irish Army kit - the only operational ones available when the film was being made. One of them was donated to the Canadian museum in Normandy recently - when they took receipt, they checked the carriage number and it was actually one of their own which was landed on D-Day and saw action.
DynamicsGPie 9 months ago
Pretty good use of 150 Munitions for that Creeping Barrage. Killed a couple of vetted Pak 38s
FlawdaFootball 9 months ago 11
@FlawdaFootball haha company of heroes..
williamm3889 4 months ago
@FlawdaFootball
germans/nazis are not ppl so I am happy that so many of them got killed
kerimil 4 months ago
@FlawdaFootball It was a tactic wich was extremely effective. At one point, the wehrmacht thought the british had developed an automatic firing 25PDR.
F4Wildcat 3 months ago
@FlawdaFootball Well they didnt use those small 25 pounders, the Royal Artillery used 5,5 long range guns to clear the way. They placed those guns in a field 10 meters from my grandpa's house to support combat operations in Overloon which was the only tankbattle in The Netherlands also called Operation Aintree.
nielscarp 3 months ago
eat lead jerry
TubeYouIHate 10 months ago
Creeping barrages FTW!
apoco 10 months ago
What's great about this flick was that it was made in the pre-cgi era, so the filmmakers actually had to do things for REAL. Gives everything an authenticity. Today, they'd use cgi explosions that would have none of the same visceral menace.
northlightartists 10 months ago 2
@northlightartists Agree entirely re CGI. Just wait until they release the remake of, 'The Dambusters,' standby to be totally underwhelmed........ :(
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 7 months ago
best part of the film :D
tomato6999 11 months ago
Wow, the art to glorify a big defeat......
Responding to Montgomery's self serving claim that Arnhem had been a 90% success, the Prince of the Netherlands was more forthright: " My country", he told Cornelius Ryan, "can never again afford the luxury of another success."
Anullu22 11 months ago 13
@Anullu22 Just one thing wrong with that .... The Netherlands was not his country. btw ... his royal playboy Bernard is linked to 'King Kong' Lindemans who is suspected to have been a german double agent for the Germans and go his intelligence from ..... yes, Prince Bernard von Lippe Biesterveldt's headquarter.
Same Bernard who was a member of the SS prior to the war, same Bernard who tried to have Queen Juliana institutionalized ....
remko2 3 months ago
This battle showed exactly what happens when politics and the battlefield go together. The answer: A lot of good soldiers killed!
historyman9 11 months ago
good ol creeping darrage i could think of a few places i would like this done?
weliketogloatitfc 11 months ago
The movie scene is great, but in 1944 German AT or Artillery units had learned not to deploy at a wood edge. Far to easy to range for allied artillery and planes. And as rightly shown here, grenades exploding in the trees cause much more harm than on free land. A tree is offering no protection against HMG bullets. Camouflage in the open field was used to minimize allied fire power. Sounds strange, but a camouflaged AT gun dug in on open field is harder to hit than one in a tree line.
crematio 11 months ago
@crematio Good info!
northlightartists 10 months ago
So this is where on time deliver got started. I always wanted to know. As a trucker I don't like it. The on time delivery that is.
beerrunner81 11 months ago
Brave germans! Hell is unleashed - But the krauts don´t leave their foxholes!
Eyyoh77 11 months ago
@Eyyoh77 brave yes...but the main reason why they stay is for them to not give up their position, if they move they'll be totally out in the open, better off staying where they are....kind of a no win situation when an artillery barrage comes your way...just stay down and hope for the best
Brian79camino 7 months ago
@Brian79camino Yes, you are right! What you say makes sense.
Eyyoh77 7 months ago
what is the movie? please
sasindu8vegas 11 months ago
Awesome walking barrage!
MrJohn49g 1 year ago
A Bridge too Far, The Blue Max, and Paths of Glory are in my opinion the three most impressive war movies ever made. This scene depicting the advancing British barrage that 30 Corps was to follow is simply impressive and illustrative how 30 Corps immediately got tangled up in their first contact with the Germans as they tried to enter Holland.
EricTheOracle 1 year ago
This is the best arty in I ever seen in movies
7511232 1 year ago
The whole point of a creeping barrage is that the following troops have to be close to the bursting shells. If the barrage passes over and the recipients are allowed time to recover before the PBI arrive then it is a waste of time shelling them in the first place.
In WW1 troops followed the barrage so closely that they suffered casualties from their own shells. They had to be that close for reasons already explained.
This barrage shows what happens when the enemy is allowed to recover.
14067913 1 year ago
I wonder, ... how many from today's youth would stand their ground facing a artillery barrage like this approaching them ... ?
GR8TM4N 1 year ago
00:6 the guy at table stepping
urss2 1 year ago
ammmm..... sorry i only see shermans M4
the brithis used just Shermans Firefly, well, i see brends but shermans?
well...
0puest0 1 year ago
Good movie, and a very impressive artillery barrage. In air force terms, almost carpet bombing! Good scene, one of the best in the movie.
billace90 1 year ago
@billace90 its a "walking" barage in arty term its really simple the arty moves foward with troops following it at a safe distance and moping up any survivors
cropathfinder 1 year ago
Stop fucking saying America is better than briton if it wasn't for us America would not be hear and also your mother fuking army is shit there so scared they pulled out of afgahnastan and thanks to a American solider fucking around with a hand grenade my legs are now amputated so that's how sums you guys are
annlouiseish 1 year ago
@annlouiseish omfg BS alert and dude learn proper english before you spew BS and flame at the same time ,well not that it matters you are still a total douchbag go talk like that to some retarded pacifist
cropathfinder 1 year ago
@annlouiseish Someone needs to go back to school.................
ak47proshooter 1 year ago
@annlouiseish And your comments would be appreciated in English please
britgary 2 months ago
How do we go from a clip from one of the greatest motion pictures of all time (depicting a battle where British & American troops fought together heroically) to this childish biccering, its pathetic!
smillatt2 1 year ago 38
@smillatt2 - this is youtube, what do you expect but childish bickering about who's got the biggest penis?
adamswampy 1 year ago
@smillatt2
dont mind them. those that bicker are so insecure about their country that they are have no choice but to bash another. I've never seen this movie but at 2:30 in the morning, I've just found myself something to do.
ShitList2010 9 months ago
@smillatt2 no shit!
rkjdavis 8 months ago
@rkjdavis What?
smillatt2 8 months ago
@smillatt2 Just agreeing with you. LOL
rkjdavis 8 months ago
i love 2:09 its great!!!
MrFlix76 1 year ago
By this time in the war, I'm sure the Irish Guards had Sexton SP guns which mounted the same 25-pounder seen firing here. Limited budget and resources for such a movie as this means we only get to see the towed version firing, which is certainly impressive enough!
rredhawk 1 year ago
My dad was a locotenent or sergeant, I do not know how to translate, in one of the Artillery Supports!
egeseatr35 1 year ago
What's the point in cropping the image so small ???
yiblon 1 year ago
Yeah pound those German asses!
Rudolf555 1 year ago
As one notices the shells hitting the open terrain look out how when they reach their targets on the dug in Germans the diminished width of the impact blasts. The only disappointing part of the movie for me.
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
@IkmalUSCG
Germans never leave their duty. They stay or they fall - dead or alive!
Gen. Patton: " Krauts are crazy and stupid fellows...but they own a tough moral in combat !"
Eyyoh77 1 year ago
@Eyyoh77 Just gotta wonder what the hell "own a tough moral" means.
Salguine 1 year ago
creeping barragge
gillykiller316 1 year ago
want to see something funny? in the movie "patton" american equipment must not have been available.....the artillery barrage is courtesy of 25 pounders!
loflyerz7 1 year ago
@loflyerz7 And german tanks were americans with white crosses on them. XD
Wargoat6 1 year ago
@IkmalUSCG The barrage they're using is a walking barrage. They basically keep a line of explosions in front of friendly forces as they advance. This means that the barrage is actually moving forward over the German positions. If the Germans ran, it is likely that they would get hit by the barrage as it moved up. One of the most dangerous positions to be in during a barrage is standing, as you can get hit by shrapnel easily. Staying in their foxholes was probably best.
mercenary90 1 year ago 2
fuck the germans...for once allied artillery held em at bay for 5 min
0Zolrender0 1 year ago
Cheers to the royal artillery and the 25 pounder
now thats what i call firepower
Bloodravendude 1 year ago 18
@Bloodravendude 25 pounder sucks
Tigerkampfwagen 10 months ago
@Bloodravendude 25 pounder sucks its very small...lol england royal artillery sucks!
Tigerkampfwagen 10 months ago
@Tigerkampfwagen It was good enough to force the Germans back
aspiringdrummer17 10 months ago
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GETTYSBURGbook 1 year ago
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PorkIsHalal 1 year ago
@PorkIsHalal Fucken spot on.
gnarkillkicksass 1 year ago
That's a lot of bombs...
xD
SinerAthin 1 year ago
@SinerAthin Artillery shells
jangotrooper 1 year ago
@starbar58 Its valid.. because when Britian declared war, it was pre-emptive to control the territory so the UK could not get a foot hold other then the Epedtionary force already there.... You need to control the territory. not sure why you thought this invalid.. this is basic military strategy, deny the enemy space.
JuergenGDB 1 year ago
I have to admit that soldiers in the past had more courage than present ones. They didnt affraid about their lives when they had to face "crippling barrage" and present ones they complain just because of IEDs and flying bullets.I'm not trying to play as brave guy because I'm coward- if I could have been told to go for patrol ( not mention artillery barrage) I would just run for my life.
garden2010city 1 year ago
whyd they destroy the field? why not the forest? i mean, what did they have against the field?
alejeron 1 year ago
Jeeze that would suck.. watching enemy rounds landing closer and closer until they finally hit your position.
BassDudeBear 1 year ago
cool scene!
techygrrlkush 1 year ago
Ah, the 25 pounder... That's on hell of a gun!
solbergsindre 1 year ago
you yell we shell like hell
nikeflyer 1 year ago
very bad
kisssuperv 1 year ago
at some point, the germans thought the British had developed an automatic version of the 25PDR, because of the so high rate of fire these weapons had
F4Wildcat 1 year ago
I love that they're still wearing brodie helmets. They're my favorite kind.
WendigoNights 1 year ago
A great scene from a nearly great movie.
prez58 1 year ago
@prez58 nearly right :-)
paimanish 1 year ago
Thats creeping barrage isn't it?
beohel 1 year ago
luv them guns, :) british and american forces were still using them in the 70's and 80's at least the allies could build a decent gun (same can't be said for their tanks xD)
relentlessaddict98jm 1 year ago
I'll tell it as it is:
Your Country-that is, the Island in General of Great Britain-Was about to fall. We-the Americans-sent you supplies that your King and Prime Minister begged our President for. After a short while, we joined the war--and we did more in a month that the entire British Army did in years. Whether you like it or not, the countries of the U.K and the U.S are tightly bonded. We're more like you than you care to acknowledge. When you call us idiots, you're insulting yourself.
RADIOWebcast 1 year ago
@RADIOWebcast Actually we're not, thus, you're a fucking idiot. Your post is so absurd that if it ain't trolling I can only feel sorry for your total lack of education regarding this conflict. 'Island in General of Great Britain'? Are you retarded in some way? Or was that some weird attempt at trying to be clever. I suggest you drop that high school history education of yours before you make an arse of yourself in real company.
Talbot6832 1 year ago
There are three countries, Wales, Scotland, and England, are there not? Is the island not called GREAT BRITIAN?
Boy, you're real brave, arguing with a twelve year old. When are the Briitsh going to realize that one country is not better than another? You people have problems just as much as we do. You know, we have a rhyme over here:
"Those boys are from the British Empire, the British think they're keen. If that is what the British desire, god save the queen!"
Go argue with a legal.
RADIOWebcast 1 year ago
@RADIOWebcast ,"we did more in a month than the entire british army did in years" don't make me laugh, your lack of basic knowledge is amusing. stop watching the history channel and do some real research before making absurd statements
bigchiefmingingbolok 1 year ago
@bigchiefmingingbolok You just made me laugh. A sad, sardistic, sarcastic, pitiful laugh.
RADIOWebcast 1 year ago
@bigchiefmingingbolok shut the hell up u bloody americans u know nothing!!!
MrFlix76 1 year ago
@MrFlix76 For you to insult Americans fighting in the Vietnam War...considering what my grandfather goes through every day, It makes me want to shove your keyboard up your ass.
There are hard-working children like me who actually give a rat's ass about my education--someone who, because of No Child Left Behind (or No Child Goes Forward) and the tax cuts, is not challegend enough and does not get a good foundation for my education.
Ralivina 1 year ago
@Ralivina oh shut up i dont care about your grand father and i dont thik u wil stick the keyboard up my bottom because u dont know where i live and also u make no scence!!!!
MrFlix76 1 year ago
@MrFlix76 , cunt!!!!
bigchiefmingingbolok 1 year ago
@MrFlix76 Oh, I see what you could be.
a) You're a troll.
b) You're a pedophile trying to get me to tell you where in the United States I live.
c) An uneducated dumbass with nothing better to do that post bogus comments on YouTube.
Ralivina 1 year ago
@Ralivina Um. Why do I have to pay attention in school? Why do you expect that teachers know about war? - they don't.
I would like to point out one thing. The clip from this movie depicts a artillery moving barrage. It is set in the Netherlands, not in Vietnam. The battle occured in Suptember 1944, not 1964, and depicts (rather incorrectly) the 4th Mechanized Brigade, a British Commonwealth armored unit. Unfortunately, as with most English war movies, it is largely fiction.
EasyCompanyAirborne 1 year ago
@EasyCompanyAirborne I don't understand what you're talking about.
The person down there was insulting the US Army, so I told him off, for no country's military deserves to be disgraced like that. I know this isn't the Vietname War.
Ralivina 1 year ago