WW2 German Squad Tactics | Animated History 

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7:20 .... the level of animation of this machine gun... perfect! Congrats for the animator team

WHO DOESN'T LOVE THAT THUMBNAIL!?

Missing the longer 30 minute videos, but understand the shorter length content to fight the algorithm. Great work as always.

The editing and animation is insane. Great video!

5:58 No way he really just snuck in the Amongus horn 💀💀💀

My grandpa was a Wehrmacht veteran. Thanks for this video! It’s really interesting to see what kind of tactics my grandfather saw in combat

I really hope you all decide to do a series on the Spanish Civil War, hopefully something about the Siege of the Alcázar in Toledo, great video as always tho.

the animation quality was spot on !!!! you guys really improved over time and it shows !!!!

I think it's interesting to see that the basic infantry fighting doctrine of infantry groups frog-leaping forward under heavy machine gun cover has been basically the same since then. In my basic training (2014) as a Panzergrenadier in the german army we were taught that exact standard tactic.

Hello Griffing. I would love if you could do a ww2 perspective of some smaller contribuit like romania hungary or even Bulgaria. Keep the good work comming :)

One of my combat instructors at SOI told me a lot of the tactics we use as infantry marines was founded from the wermachts blitzkreig tactics, after watching this I can say that the marine rifle squad and small unit tactics is definitely very close to the germans

Armchair Historian will never die. Best of luck to you Griffin and the entire team. You've been amazing, been watching a good 2 years now. Loved them all.

The visuals get better each time. They have improved so much.

Great video, My grandfather was a soviet veteran. Its real intresting too see what his enemies squad tactics were.

That MG animation though… absolutely stunning.

I think the combat scenes from Generation War showcase these German squad tactics perfectly

It’s these tactics that Steiner’s men will use when he launches his counter attack. Any minute now.

Thanks for making amazing history videos Griffin!

I always admire that taking the initiative and maintaining fire superiority is considered to be of the utmost importance. Even infantry can be considered a mobile task force in their own right. Even modern militaries are still trying to learn this...

I served in the British Army mostly in the Parachute Regiment for 22 years. Our section attack tactics evolved following the 1982 Falklands War. Then we had a GPMG machine gun to each section of 8 men. When the new SA80 arrived we adopted our section tactics with the section broken down to 4 man fire teams each with a light machine gun, which we thought was inadequate. We preferred that each section still retain the 7.62mm GPMG which was a fantastic addition to section fire power. In each operational deployment they did issue a GPMG to each section, along with grande launchers. But mostly our section tactics was an adaptation of the `German squad tactics and generally the mission command doctrine in where junior officers and NCO’s where encouraged to use initiative within the framework of understanding the main mission objectives. The downside to this as mentioned in the video clip is that this is all fine until the experience is lost due to casualties. There is a big difference to passing basic training and a few years operational training. For the British Army, Northern Ireland was a good training ground for junior soldiers and junior officers to gain experience in leadership working detached from higher command. It all about good teamwork. Fellowship is also just as important as leadership. War is unpleasant but anyone who has served on operations especially in a tight formation such as a section (squad) or platoon will know how tight that sub unit is.

the quality of animation has been amazing recently great job!

The only nitpick I can make about this excellent and we'll produced video, is that the machine gunner shouldn't be spraying as they were trained to fire in short bursts haha, this video is so good. Loved it

Love how you made the cards of the German squads like MtG. It would be awesome if they had a real card game like that!

The classic hip firing MG42 guy, leading the assault and decimating loads of enemies.

7:20 we gonna talk about how smooth that animation is?

Hey Griffin, I would love to see a video comparing the basic trainings between the major nations at this point. German, Japan, American etc.

About the sponsor of the video. I can personally recommend it. The prices on some of the watches aren't completely insane and many of them look great and fit nicely.

Very good work on the explanation and the animation got a level up for a great video. ❤

People scream the tanks, the planes, the ships. I scream the Infantry. I'd say when the war broke out, she was the closest in the world to having what I'd consider modern Infantry when taken down to the squad level, not the battalion, company or division level. The German Rifle Squad which normally had 1-3 SMGs, 1-2 Light Machine Guns and Riflemen filling up the rest is a good example of this. It was light, mobile, and had the potential firepower to be unmatched even by the end of the war. Add in other weapons later in the war like Panzerfaust, Panzershrecks, STG-44s, and German Infantry only became potentially more dangerous. But we all know on paper you'd rarely have these perfectly equipped squads that they had in the field manuals. But that being said, the Hurtgen Forest to me is a good example on how difficult it would of been trying to handle German Infantry without armored support, only relying on infantry and artillery. Even late in the war the German Infantry were to be feared, and any advantage to defeat them I'd argue was necessary. So I will not call the American's cheaters for having vehicle, artillery and mortar advantages. I wouldn't want to be told to attack a position manned with men using STG44s, MG34s, grenades, Submachineguns among other munitions. Even if the men using them are poorly trained, or half crippled returning veterans.

Bruh please make something other than ww2 content it is so beyond over saturated. Your 19th century, medieval, ancient, and modern era videos are so awesome and interesting.

Good job on the animation , it really shows. I love these videos and hope to see more of them!

Great video, can’t wait to see other armies throughout history examined like this

Really superb illustrations and explanations! I’m an infantryman and find this extremely fascinating. The modern US army models itself a lot after how the Germans did it. They really revolutionized things. Our guns are the key of any squad or platoon. I’d like to know more about what the riflemen did, you made it sound like they just bounded/rushed straight forward? Sounds pretty sketchy with just a bolt action rifle, maybe they relied heavily on grenades or instead of rushing forward they flanked very wide and used the range of their rifles when possible from superior angles. Very interesting man. I’d like to hear more details on the lowest level rifleman’s role. Nice job!

The magic cards were such a nice touch!

Great video as always, I love the topics lately especially the Axis Powers as they aren’t talked about or viewed at this prospective very often. Keep up the amazing work and videos!

Ok. This finally got me to subscribe. I come from a town in south Hessen, Germany and I just love how in some videos you guys use perfect grammar german and in some it's just funny sounding jibberish. Perfect. 👍😂

Amazing work on the animation here, this is some of your best!

The video, the sound, the animation and the voice, everything Is great.

I would love to see more of this sort of thing. Like British squad tactics for comparison.

Thanks for uploading more often. Your videos are always amazing and I always look forward to watching them?

Awesome vid, love the MTG reference, hope you use it again for any other nation squads you may have upcoming

this video could be used by real military classes to study german infantry squad tactics. very well done. i hope we see more of this in the near future!

Oh my god the animations are so badass in this video. So satisfying too.

The animation is incredible.

God damn this video looks badass! Nice work animators and thanks Griffin for another cool history details!

“I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill

Dude!!!! I love that you used Magic the Gathering cards to illustrate the individual members of the Rifle Squad. As always, awesome job my man.

Loved it, keep it up! 😊

I like how in 4:48 that's it's representing Band of Brothers, but German nice little secret and touch. 😎👍

a little error: at 8:32 the Czech "záchvat" doesn't mean attack, it means seizure 😂

another fantastic video, the detail in this video is none other, keep up this hard work

Great video, I would love to see videos on other countries tactics

Love the video and that MTG reference

A Soviet-Afghan War vid would be super duper awesome

I just love the animation level achieve on this video, looking the curve from past years to now ... this is absolutely awesome. I really enjoy this kind of content :D

I would love to see similar videos, because now I'm curious how the other axis and allied armies handled their operations. I also can't help but note how similar these tactics are to modern ones, particularly the US.

really amazing new cinematics! 😮 i love it! ❤‍🔥❤

They were doing great until they had a war on 2 fronts.

it's interesting the German military doctrine emphasised on offense but centered their squad tactics on a defensive/static weapon... I personally think several Stg44s and MP40s would have fulfilled this role much better... giving fire superiority and maneuverability to all the members of the squad

Keep up the great work!!

4:00 That stamina meter needs a "+50%" for each Pervitin tablet the soldier eats...lol 🤔👍😆

7:20 this is the type of scene that makes AH special

Mission Command gives the troops more freedom in how they accomplish the objective. It encourages the exercise of initiative and creativity. Allied soldiers were trained in Order based doctrine which assumes the planner has correctly anticipated every contingency and has included a response in the plan.

I’d love if all nations could get this! Brilliant video!

I liked the imagery of the Soviet bear, but it would have been neat to have also The American Eagle screaming out of the sky, The British Lion roaring and (Being biased as a Canadian) the Canadian Beaver morphing into a Wolverine as well.

Great video, as always would like to see the squad Tactics of USA or Great Britain in WW2

5:51 you couldn't fire the machine gun for long like that since the barrel would heat up and burn your hand

pretty early - for an absolutely insane video as usual!!

This video was awesome. Great presentation. This is the kind of stuff that I think would better hold kids attention in history classes.

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I just love this channel man, like dude the quality.....

The attic was to make one group to surrender and give low moral to enemy It would fail if moral of enemy is higher cause no turn back means over runned

Thanks for the videos! 🫡

My grandpa was in the Army for 30 years he was a E-8A in Bravo Company he was in Germany and saw the remains of the Reichstag

Another awesome video. Thanks guys

Best animation ever made in history of mankind

pervitin kept them going

Video starts at 2:20

Has the Armchair Historian ever tackled any Napoleonic content? Not that I’ve seen but it would be a great. Great channel.

Loved the MTG cards for the different soldiers

Nice video. Interestingly enough I'm currently working on a novel (part of a series) involving a German infantryman in an alternate history where Operation Valkyrie succeeded and a civil war broke out between the Army (and left-wing factions) and the SS, my protagonist is fighting against the Nazis. But still it will make some interesting dynamics as both sides will have been trained in these tactics and be used against each other.

I've been looking for a nicely presented video on this exact topic for a long while now

I'm currently beating it to a tiger 2

you guys should make videos other than ww2 especially about the 1700s and 1800s, i would love to see a remaster of the spanish war of succession

For your next video, could you maybe cover d-day from the Norwegian perspective or cover the German invasion of Norway?

The thumbnail alone was enough to click this video, it is badass

it would be amazing to see the american or british army versions of this

your work is amazing

Really good video! could you make a video about the irish rebellions? (1916-19210) and the troubles?

germans soldiers would also say Meine Ehre Heisst Treue which means My Honor Is Loyalty

What an outstanding video... Really enjoyed this one, keep it up!

The toughest army of ww2

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Hi giys

That’s The Best World War II Thumbnail I Seen

Do you think you could cover a topic similar to this one but about the Waffen SS ? The SS having Himmler as there boss and Patron meant they got the newest and most valuable equipment compared to there army counterparts in the Wehrmacht in terms of small arms,machine guns,heavy weapons, and panzer and mechanized equipment. I’d love to see how you cover there squad tactics as you did in this video. Keep up the excellent work Armchair 🤌

After playing the original Fire&Maneuver I feel like we need a WW2 version.

The Germans had the best tactics

During 5:00 the magic cards form of the squad brings alot of memories. Thanks for it.