Stupid Things that Bored Soldiers Do

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Рік тому +89

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    • @GMT439
      @GMT439 Рік тому

      All Wars are Fake and you know it.

    • @quinnwaloch9750
      @quinnwaloch9750 Рік тому +4

      Damn everything ways to end up in field hospital

    • @davidspencer8373
      @davidspencer8373 Рік тому +4

      Like video

    • @choppalungon
      @choppalungon Рік тому +3

      why man why

    • @ARMYCBRNSGT
      @ARMYCBRNSGT Рік тому +1

      lol the teeth of the characters XD Also don't drink the water used to heat up an MRE heater packet lol Angry Cops did an episode on a soldier who did that

  • @garystielow232
    @garystielow232 Рік тому +875

    I was an Army Medic for 3 years active (5 years reserve). There seems to be no end to the stupid things a soldier will do. They definitely kept us medics busy.

    • @GhemourMoncef
      @GhemourMoncef Рік тому +17

      What did they do

    • @zarandadam1718
      @zarandadam1718 Рік тому +13

      Fr, i'm curious too

    • @MotoB108
      @MotoB108 Рік тому +40

      My grandpa in Vietnam cooked steak on a refrigerator rack. He got so sick on that and the medics were very frustrated with them 😂😂

    • @garystielow232
      @garystielow232 Рік тому +6

      @@MotoB108 Oh man that is terrible (and more than a little funny).

    • @MyDeadRespect
      @MyDeadRespect Рік тому +9

      @@garystielow232
      I’m in AIT training to be a medic right now, so I guess I’ll find out 😭

  • @loganbrown3334
    @loganbrown3334 Рік тому +528

    Rule of thumb don't irritate the medics. Remember they're the guys that have to patch you up in the field.

    • @Archivist-Immortal
      @Archivist-Immortal Рік тому +32

      Extend that to the armorer, repairmen and mechanics too

    • @gamewatch6861
      @gamewatch6861 Рік тому +33

      @@Archivist-ImmortalDon’t forget the cooks.

    • @Archivist-Immortal
      @Archivist-Immortal Рік тому +16

      @@gamewatch6861 yeah, after watching former military UA-camrs and their horror story’s of incompetence… no thanks

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 Рік тому +1

      How about the higher ups?

    • @bigdaddy7119
      @bigdaddy7119 Рік тому +5

      As a former Infantry Medic, I concur

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Рік тому +451

    You'd think these would be common sense, but you know how things are on the battlefield. Good for us that we have Simple History here to teach us about both history and safety.

    • @smileman4746
      @smileman4746 Рік тому +13

      The military has safety briefs every week because some genius finds a dumb thing to add to the list. 1 of them is dont put reflective belts on a deer

    • @WarriorsWay780
      @WarriorsWay780 Рік тому +2

      😂

    • @Wonderwhoopin
      @Wonderwhoopin Рік тому

      Have you seen the current generation?! He is gonna have content for days with these woke broke limp wrist people 😂😂😂😂

    • @Potato96977
      @Potato96977 Рік тому +4

      At times, you can describe the military as a bunch of man-children equipped with expensive gear, full of imagination yet dumb at the same time 😂

    • @trophy117
      @trophy117 Рік тому

      Yeah because going to war so rich people get richer and brainwashed poor people killing each other by the thousands is a prime example for common sense😆🤣

  • @timkeenan7419
    @timkeenan7419 Рік тому +152

    I've served in the military and you'd be surprised how many times the troops find ways to hurt themselves in new and innovative ways every day. It boggles my mind how some of them made it home alive.

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK Рік тому +2

      So you were ready to kill people for money? How noble.

    • @5poopy
      @5poopy Рік тому +2

      Wow, you’re such a revolutionary for your super introspective take. Go play in traffic.

    • @b00bpooper
      @b00bpooper Рік тому +1

      either u rnt a soldier or u have no respect for u r brothers and sisters in arms, saying it boggles u r mind some of them made it home alive is fucked up to say on so many levels, it boggles my mind u would say something like that about the ppl that had ur back and protected their country

    • @JM.MEL_
      @JM.MEL_ Рік тому

      @@b00bpooper Relax boobpooper, some people are idiots, and that's fine to point out. Theyre in every walk of life, from military to civilian.

    • @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont
      @B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont Рік тому +4

      @@b00bpooper I think what he meant was some people were their own worst enemy and it was a wonder they didn't off themselves before "Charlie" (or another enemy) got them. He was NOT conveying displeasure that they survived...merely wonder.

  • @beeking1792
    @beeking1792 Рік тому +94

    I remember one of my teachers in High School, who was a former US Marine, told the whole class about how a lot about his time in Marines. One time he told us that when he was in the marines (which was around the 1990’s early 2000’s) a lot of the vehicles & Equipment were hand-me downs from the US Army, which were mildly damaged, when I asked him how does the equipment get that badly damaged if there isn’t any active war, he responded with “Well when you have a bunch of 18 year olds behind the wheels of the vehicles, and there are no roads in sight, and the kid goes “But Sargent, there are no roads in front of us” and the Sargent says “We don’t need any roads where we’re going!”” Probably the best School Teacher I’ve ever had.

  • @nicholasmontgomery8594
    @nicholasmontgomery8594 Рік тому +224

    I'm surprised anything involving touching enemy weapons.
    During WWII, the defense department had to release a statement to troops that the type 89 "knee mortar" actually cannot be fired from the knee. This was due to the number of marines coming back with broken legs after playing with them.

    • @kikibirdcorralandfriends1685
      @kikibirdcorralandfriends1685 Рік тому +22

      Actually it was called the leg mortar because it was strapped to such but someone mistranslated it to knee mortar.

    • @alanmacpherson3225
      @alanmacpherson3225 Рік тому +20

      It had a curved baseplate which was supposed to rest on a log but allied soldiers mistakenly thought it was to rest on their thighs.

    • @wolftamer5463
      @wolftamer5463 4 місяці тому

      @@kikibirdcorralandfriends1685A similar thing happened to Finnish soldiers who used the panzerfaust. The instructions were in German so they didn’t understand they were supposed to hold it over their shoulder vs pressed against their chest, and many were killed by the back blast.

  • @niceofgames
    @niceofgames Рік тому +102

    General rule of thumb:
    When about to attempt ANYTHING the seems unsafe, just think “Will the medic hate me for doing this?” If the answer is “Yes.” Then just…don’t…

    • @astro_mapping1
      @astro_mapping1 8 місяців тому

      That's stupid because they WILL. ALWAYS.

    • @niceofgames
      @niceofgames 8 місяців тому

      @@astro_mapping1 exactly.

  • @wuzziemaster
    @wuzziemaster Рік тому +124

    I've never owned a gun.
    I had a machine gun in the military.
    But looking down the barrel of any weapon is as wise as planting your hand on a glowing hotplate to see if it is on.

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Рік тому +1

      What about just a finger or four?

    • @wuzziemaster
      @wuzziemaster Рік тому +6

      @@leighz1962 Just the tip? :)

    • @bigman88george3
      @bigman88george3 Рік тому +3

      Even if the magazine is removed and the chamber cleared? Making it impossible to fire?

    • @noktinnkynoktinnky1329
      @noktinnkynoktinnky1329 Рік тому +6

      ​@@bigman88george3man people gonna say "you still shouldn't do it" cause magic bullet exists for some reason

    • @CPFMTKV
      @CPFMTKV Рік тому +11

      @@bigman88george3 It’s not that big of an issue until you forget to clear the weapon before looking down the barrel at some point.
      This happens so commonly it’s actually concerning.

  • @ChrundleTGreat
    @ChrundleTGreat Рік тому +18

    On my 3rd tour in Afghanistan I was promoted to SFC. As a result I took an admin job behind the wire running the Mine Action Center and had free time to take some college courses. I took the EMT-Basic course through Central Texas College. During my clinical rotation at an aviation regiment aid station a pair of knuckle draggers came in with SEVERE frostbite on their feet. They’d decided to STAND on a sheet of ice in sub zero temps on a date to see who could stand it the longest. They both were treated and returned to duty.

  • @alexrompen805
    @alexrompen805 Рік тому +61

    1. I'll bet you a million dollars someone has tried to light a smoke with a flamethrower in use
    2. I'm betting those were Marines doing something that stupid
    3. Drinking from a Howitzer barrel is perfectly safe as an initiation, IF you PROPERLY CLEAN it first
    4. The mocking of Meal Team Six members in this is hilarious and priceless

    • @Shaun_Jones
      @Shaun_Jones 8 місяців тому +2

      There was a guy who would light cigarettes with a nuclear bomb. He was a scientist on the Manhattan Project, and decided that a nuclear cigarette lighter would be a neat party trick. Since this guy was smarter than you and me combined, he knew that the bomb’s flash wouldn’t be strong enough at the minimum safety distance, so he mounted a mirror to concentrate the flash. When the bomb was set off, he put the tip of the cigarette just outside the blast shield in front of the mirror until it ignited. He did this on multiple occasions, and even got it on film.

  • @josephattwell1006
    @josephattwell1006 Рік тому +15

    Lighting cigarettes in combat comes with other risks, namely revealing your position. At night even the small flame can make you easy to spot, and the rise of thermal imaging makes this even worse.

    • @abcdefghijklmop7659
      @abcdefghijklmop7659 10 місяців тому

      Smell too

    • @chrisferrell1037
      @chrisferrell1037 8 місяців тому

      ​@@abcdefghijklmop7659the biggest concern was the cherry, something the enemy snipers can see from a distance. When we would smoke at night in Iraq we would cup the cherry in our hands when we smoked.

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 Рік тому +64

    “California I’m fine, somebody check my brain! California is alright, somebody check my brain! Check my brain!” Alice In Chains

  • @PinkLasers
    @PinkLasers Рік тому +42

    i love this channel, any and all audiences can be entertained and learn actual history

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 Рік тому +95

    Don’t play with a loaded gun, even if the safety is on

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Рік тому +26

      Treat every gun like it is loaded

    • @nightmaretrooper5064
      @nightmaretrooper5064 Рік тому +10

      Exactly. I approved this message as a gun owner.

    • @nyotamwuaji6484
      @nyotamwuaji6484 Рік тому +4

      Correct. Always practice proper gun safety.

    • @st4rship_780
      @st4rship_780 Рік тому +6

      No its don't EVER play with a gun, regardless if its loaded or not, even a safety can fail, its a weapon designed to fire a projectile intended to cause damage, harm, death etc. Its a weapon and not a toy, it should be respected and treated safely

    • @slade666
      @slade666 Рік тому

      @@leighz1962a family friend of mine taught me the same line when I was younger, but added “because it is and that’s how it should be” at the end, I love guns, and respect them even more so.

  • @shaho3125
    @shaho3125 Рік тому +21

    Nice Band of Brothers reference. 😆 0:37

  • @notaspy1227
    @notaspy1227 Рік тому +17

    Listen if I wasn't supposed to light my cigarette with a flame thrower pilot flame, they wouldn't have put it on the flame thrower.

  • @hugosinclair6798
    @hugosinclair6798 Рік тому +20

    thanks talos I'm not a medic, I'd be too bamboozled as to how these guys got themselves in the situation to actually help, seriously

  • @WarriorsWay780
    @WarriorsWay780 Рік тому +18

    “ as well as using common sense” as we like to say in our family though, common sense isn’t very common. Judging by this video I am wondering if that applies to the military too.😂

  • @SgtLuke
    @SgtLuke Рік тому +11

    I couldn't help but laugh at the lighting a cigarette with a flamethrower one. I don't know how that just causes me to laugh. I'm thinking it just has to be the waste of fuel for that entry.

  • @H0LDUPWAlTAMINUTE
    @H0LDUPWAlTAMINUTE 10 місяців тому +2

    9:34
    I CANT WITH THIS IMAGERY 🤣🤣

  • @billmadison2032
    @billmadison2032 Рік тому +11

    lead poisoning and rdx syndrome were the last thing on the minds of the Vietnam vet. acute lead poisoning was definitely a daily struggle to avoid

  • @user-gq3ig3jv9e
    @user-gq3ig3jv9e Рік тому +6

    I was a medic for 14 years and 2 tours. Dumbest thing I've had to treat that fits this video was in Afghanistan the soldiers I was with liked to shoot each other with their tasers as a joke. One afternoon a soldier did this to a soldier that was just exiting thw shower when his buddy shot him in the back with a wet taser. The soldier that was hit was knocked out when he hit the floor and split the back of his head open. He recieved 8 staples, a concousion and a trip to Craig in Bagram. Needless to say it became a big deal.

  • @lordofanchor
    @lordofanchor Рік тому +10

    You forgot the most important gun safety rule "all safeties fail" your safety will fail at some point of use

    • @VikOlliver
      @VikOlliver Рік тому

      Safety is a thing in your head, not a part of the gun.

    • @stephweasenforth7891
      @stephweasenforth7891 8 місяців тому

      The most effective safety is common sense

  • @CzarnyHusarz_
    @CzarnyHusarz_ Рік тому +3

    0:52
    Cpt. Ronald C. Speirs to a German P.O.W.s:
    ,, Cigarette? "

  • @PorkChopSammie
    @PorkChopSammie Рік тому +11

    Here’s one: Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Also: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.

  • @FastTquick
    @FastTquick Рік тому +9

    Here’s probably an extreme example, but DON’T be like Homer Simpson and use a gun for anything other than what it was designed for.

  • @cascadianrangers728
    @cascadianrangers728 Рік тому +6

    There's badass, and then theres taking weed shotguns through the barrel of an 1897 trench gun

  • @spaceshuttle777
    @spaceshuttle777 Рік тому +4

    Love the band of brothers reference 0:50

  • @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk
    @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk Рік тому +72

    Can we all appreciate that Simple History is the best educational channel?

    • @BlitzkriegRap
      @BlitzkriegRap Рік тому +7

      lmao than it's the only one u watch

    • @ScottWaa
      @ScottWaa Рік тому +3

      You need to watch The Fat Electrician
      He does a pretty good job

    • @texastoast9629
      @texastoast9629 Рік тому +1

      this and infographic channel

  • @Work-cc5fw
    @Work-cc5fw 9 місяців тому +2

    I usually hate ads and skip them but Chris’s voice is so soothing and rough I find myself letting them play. 🤣

  • @richcrime
    @richcrime Рік тому +25

    thank you for always giving me my knowledge for the day sir, could you maybe dig into chemical history with disasters and whatnot?

    • @SomeBoredTanuki
      @SomeBoredTanuki Рік тому +2

      Like that one phosgene mishap? I know that happened. I'd be interested in that

  • @dylancarter5331
    @dylancarter5331 Рік тому +2

    Key word Treat Never Keep Keep.
    Treat every weapon as if it were loaded.
    Never point your weapon at anything you are not willing to shoot.
    Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until ready to shoot.
    Keep your weapon on safe until ready to fire.
    Number 5 is know your target and what lies beyond and between.

  • @Dabcoolmoo
    @Dabcoolmoo Рік тому +15

    a day goes from normal to good when simple history uploads

  • @aterxter3437
    @aterxter3437 Рік тому +3

    About the matter of staying in front of a gun's muzzle, one of my shooting instructors told me the story of one of his colleagues, who stayed no straight in front of the muzzle, but a less than a meter away from the muzzle, only a few centimeters away from the firing axis of a gun loaded with blank rounds (just propellant, no bullet), it was during a practical exercise. The flame created by the blank round, despite the muzzle plug required to ensure auto reload gave him second degree burns all over the face

  • @denvermaddox67
    @denvermaddox67 Рік тому +2

    Shortly after getting out of the field, my uncle (who was a corpsman with the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines from 1968-69) temporarily became a forward area ambulance driver. Which entailed driving around and picking up injured Marines on base.
    He once had to go get this one kid. Who had killed/shot himself through the eye & out the back of his head while he and his friend were playing Russian roulette with a loaded .45 (M1911 pistol) to pass the time - Some stupid game!

  • @TheTacticalHillbilly
    @TheTacticalHillbilly Рік тому +5

    We used c4 to heat our coffee or just to stay warm in Afghanistan. Just cut off a little and light it. We didn't use our claymore though. We had actual angry putty.

  • @littlebritain64
    @littlebritain64 Рік тому +1

    In the italian army they taught us to consider as a killing weapon an unloaded weapon.
    Nobody had accidents giving respect to them.

  • @WarInHD
    @WarInHD Рік тому +3

    You forgot the most common game played, Mumblety-Peg. You stand across from one another and throw a knife at their feet. Closest throw wins, oh and you lose points for flinching

  • @c0las_bike265
    @c0las_bike265 Рік тому +3

    who ever drew/animated the frames of the incompetent gun user made my day

  • @franksalvatore4094
    @franksalvatore4094 Рік тому +2

    Flamethrowers were also used in the european theater against pillboxes and other concrete fortifications during the Second World War.

  • @displacedyankee7819
    @displacedyankee7819 Рік тому +19

    We had stupid rules in the Army because privates did stupid stuff

  • @troymillion8510
    @troymillion8510 Рік тому +1

    Don't light a cigarette with a flamethrower. And don't use your sidearm to kill a mosquito!!! LOL

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 Рік тому +1

    Things to do in the army.
    Simple History: "THINGS NOT TO DO! That means you as well Marines."
    Marines: "Party pooper."

  • @carlosajames
    @carlosajames Рік тому +1

    Absolutely brilliant videos and at 7:30 I love the platoon reference.

  • @no_idea8012
    @no_idea8012 9 місяців тому +1

    9:34 What an absolute unit

  • @Goc4ever
    @Goc4ever Рік тому +7

    Very good video as usual Simple History. Well-done video about the dumbest things no soldier should ever do.

  • @nightmaretrooper5064
    @nightmaretrooper5064 Рік тому +2

    As a Long Time Gun Owner and Firearms Enthusiast? I approve this video.
    We don't play with guns. Even if the weapon is NOT loaded or the safety is on? Once guns go off? You can't call back the bullet. Yes I had a few neglect discharges on my life on both airsoft's and a firearm. Many years ago when I was 16. I accidently shot the old couch with my airsoft M4 Rifle. I thought it was completely unloaded but every time I keep pulling back the sling? It wouldn't come out. Another example I shot myself in the finger with my airsoft gun and it felt like I got stung by a big hornet. That was very stupid of me.
    When I was 24? I had a neglect discharged on my father's Smith and Wesson Model 10 .38 Caliber Revolver at the gun range. Luckily I didn't get caught and I had it pointed at the target. I wasn't used to holding on to a revolver. Now I've learned these lessons I haven't had a neglect discharged in 3 years.

  • @Hal_2189
    @Hal_2189 Рік тому +1

    As an avid smoker I don't smoke around gas pumps and I certainly wouldn't light up with a tank of napalm strapped to my back. Jesus.

  • @elitedavidhorne8494
    @elitedavidhorne8494 Рік тому +1

    I recently saw an aftermath video on Reddit. It was the result of drunk Russian soldiers that decided to play with a hand grenade

  • @agnosticlibertarian175
    @agnosticlibertarian175 Рік тому +1

    7:34 i already knew this from watching shotgunning 1973, i didn't know how common this practice was, my dad is a Vietnam war vet, so I'll ask him

  • @Owen88-bt2hl
    @Owen88-bt2hl Рік тому +1

    0:49 is this the scene from Band of Brothers? Or at least inspired

  • @ItsDeath-fr7wp
    @ItsDeath-fr7wp Рік тому +1

    As a US Army vet I can’t tell you the amount of diseases, injuries, dumb things we did the throwing darts and knives at eachother to repelling naked out of the barracks to doing stupid things with high explosives, grenades, flash bangs in the barracks buying a whole town dry of alcohol the list goes on and don’t get me started about IVs in your Pecker or the amount of diseases soldiers get by being stupid out on the town like it’s a different world. I miss it though not really but it’s nostalgic

  • @sammardock8403
    @sammardock8403 Рік тому

    0:45 lol😂 Band of Brothers reference is everywhere, Captain Spiers mowed some grass.

  • @Zack-Dean
    @Zack-Dean Рік тому +2

    9:34 WHY IS HE LIKE THAT 😭😭😭

  • @cruisinguy6024
    @cruisinguy6024 Рік тому +2

    Oh ffs, I can already see a spike in Marine injuries because the video title states to not do these “in the army” so of course the crayon munchers will take that as a challenge to show they’re better.

  • @ivanf4023
    @ivanf4023 Рік тому +3

    I've lit my cigarettes off of basically anything that would get hot enough during the time I smoked. If I'd been in the military I'd have probably found a way to use basically anything that gets hot enough.
    Household things I've used... stove (both gas and electric), toaster, toaster oven, the arc between two exposed wires, propane grill, campfire, fireplace poker, a magnifying glass...
    The trick with anything that'd be way stupid to put your face up to is to get the tip alight then pull the cigarette to your face. So I could see using a flamethrower's pilot light. Just tap the end to the pilot light, pull it back, inhale. Job's done.

  • @SirSoup
    @SirSoup 9 місяців тому +1

    0:40 band of brothers reference

  • @MrGCYRUS35
    @MrGCYRUS35 Місяць тому

    There's Something about your voice...
    It's jus so soothing to listen to .
    Plus I love these infographics. Keep it up

  • @SquareHotShot
    @SquareHotShot Рік тому +3

    7:42 isnt that scene from the movie Platoon?

    • @masterpython
      @masterpython Рік тому

      The guy sure looks like it. There is some news reel footage of soldiers doing it for real.

  • @JohnSmith-zw8vp
    @JohnSmith-zw8vp Рік тому +1

    1:43 -- I always wondered about these devices that use "pilot lights"...if it doesn't work is there a co-pilot light you can use as a backup?

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Рік тому

      It is called fixing the pilot light. Any torch would be static and if not close enough you could get a blowback.

  • @leonkleber5009
    @leonkleber5009 Рік тому +1

    "DON'T DO these Stupid things in the Army"
    First thing: join

  • @ChrisKetcherside
    @ChrisKetcherside Рік тому +3

    Honestly why anger the medic? They decide who to rescue first and seconds help

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 Рік тому +6

    “You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone! Even Tito looks better than you!” Michael Jackson

  • @bradyelich2745
    @bradyelich2745 Рік тому

    7:32 that was Walter Cronkite interviewing solders in Vietnam, and I met the guy that did that during the interview, i rode bike with his brother.

  • @handsomeblackman255
    @handsomeblackman255 Рік тому +2

    Don't make a bomb out of your MRE heater too......(military know what I mean)
    Had a guy stuff three into a plastic canteen.....I guess you know what happened next....

  • @WarInHD
    @WarInHD Рік тому +2

    You’d be surprised how many guys light cigarettes with torches in construction or vice versa by lighting a torch with a cigarette. Surprisingly pretty safe

  • @b1bis204
    @b1bis204 Рік тому +1

    didn't know this was a tradition to drink alcohol throught an howitzer cannon
    the medics at the time must be ready at all circonstances

  • @smtoonturkce
    @smtoonturkce Рік тому +1

    *Don’t play with a loaded gun, even if the safety is on*

  • @donrosal9655
    @donrosal9655 Рік тому

    Damn that LTC Ronald Speirs reference at 0:36 made me watch another run of Band of Brothers. 😂

  • @filthyfranksmaccomputer1093
    @filthyfranksmaccomputer1093 Рік тому +2

    0:50 Ronald Speirs had entered the chat

  • @LambFlameman
    @LambFlameman Рік тому +1

    Correction “DON’T DO these stupid things in the Military”

  • @commanderpauline2763
    @commanderpauline2763 Рік тому +2

    fun fact the Mythbusters tested the Burning C4 trick and the way the method that were used to put them out and they didn't explode but thats still a risk i won't take and do not advise

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 10 місяців тому

      Burning C4 is not an issue only when it's the only thing burning and requires a shockwave and extreme heat to initiate explosion (usually achieved through electric charge). If you burn C4 itself not much would happen, but if you drop a bullet into it, you're standing on thin ice.

  • @uzkar-45
    @uzkar-45 Рік тому +1

    9:35 bros in 10X size 💀

  • @jaxjamgaming1553
    @jaxjamgaming1553 Рік тому

    “People get burnt alive trying to light cigs with flame throwers” advert starts “now we love nature” ends “don’t heat food with c4”

  • @thebilldozer7970
    @thebilldozer7970 Рік тому +1

    My Grandpa said the Army told him to smoke to keep the mosquitos away when he was island hopping back in WW2. It was the only reason he started.

  • @Bogusgassman
    @Bogusgassman Рік тому +4

    love the band of brothers reference at 00 41

  • @connorupton4200
    @connorupton4200 Рік тому

    “What’re you gonna do step-soldier?”
    Fifteen minutes later: 8:08

  • @KhaozVoid
    @KhaozVoid 11 місяців тому

    What was up with the super huge soldier? I waa not ready for that and just almost died laughing. Oh man, that was great. 🤣😂

  • @Dakota-iz3ff
    @Dakota-iz3ff Рік тому

    10:34 I didn’t know Cartman joins the military lmfao😂

  • @kaiserkick1397
    @kaiserkick1397 Рік тому +1

    0:55 Band of Brothers reference

  • @zombiehunter501
    @zombiehunter501 Рік тому +2

    Common sense is not as common as you'd think.

  • @harrowedone974
    @harrowedone974 Рік тому +1

    I love how you did not explain the "last smoke" scene; so we were all left guessing why armed Americans were giving armed Germans cigarettes, lighting them; then just gunning them down.

  • @DarthAchilles88
    @DarthAchilles88 Рік тому +1

    When I was in the navy we used to sit around and bounce racquet balls at each other's nads. Fun times

  • @StrahdVonZarovich.
    @StrahdVonZarovich. Рік тому

    Everyone is talking about the "Band of Brothers" and "Platoon" references, but I'm looking at the French Toast at 1:10 .

  • @drakovladceczsk3266
    @drakovladceczsk3266 Рік тому +1

    Love your videos its good to have someone like you

  • @kurtallenbasadre7636
    @kurtallenbasadre7636 Рік тому +2

    Appreciate this quality content👌

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre Рік тому +2

    9:35 True American look! :D

  • @FluffBear01
    @FluffBear01 Рік тому

    I love this channel so much. I love the stupid and the craziest things of history, Especially WW1 and WW2.

  • @kremepye3613
    @kremepye3613 Рік тому

    When i was in cadets there was a story about a group of cadets in the 60s or 70s that found a mortar unexploded and were carrying it around for a day or two and eventually played a game of rugby with it, where it eventually detonated, maiming many of them.

    • @AvgGamerGuy15
      @AvgGamerGuy15 Рік тому +1

      Ok then, and I thought I was crazy lol

    • @kremepye3613
      @kremepye3613 Рік тому

      @nicolassmith362 kids and old firing ranges.

  • @Daniel4646
    @Daniel4646 Рік тому +2

    One can only shake their head at the sheer stupidity human beings can be capable of... 🤨😔😔😔

  • @JuggerNutzzz
    @JuggerNutzzz Рік тому +2

    I'm so glad you showed people the universal rules of gun safety, not enough know it 😊

  • @southtexaswater9592
    @southtexaswater9592 Рік тому +9

    I bought premium for no ads just to watch ads😒💀

    • @robloxserversded
      @robloxserversded 7 місяців тому

      UA-cam can't block sponsors for youtubers

  • @apeshyt01
    @apeshyt01 Рік тому

    9:35 glad you included an American soldier in this video😂

  • @cascadianrangers728
    @cascadianrangers728 Рік тому +1

    The U.S flame throwers didnt have a pilot light. They ignited the fuel with basically a tiny road flare loaded in a revolving cylinder, they only burn for a second, and the trigger pull ignites a new one every time.
    The fuel is projected with such force that it would immediately blow out any gas pilot light. You would also have to have an additional gas tank and plumbing for a pilot light as the m1 and m2 used jelly gas and compressed air
    Presumably you could turn off the fuel valve and spark an igniter and if they're quick enough tilt barrel up and light a cigarette just fine. You would spray your face with burning phosphorous that cant be extinguished and is hot enough to melt thru your skull, but you would damn sure light your cig

  • @DiyingIntelCpu
    @DiyingIntelCpu Рік тому

    8:57 The real slim shady has been sprained and cant stand up anymore

  • @ismayonnaiseanfruit2377
    @ismayonnaiseanfruit2377 Рік тому +2

    Medics should get special badges with an image of Charles Darwin on them to hand out to soldiers

  • @sheamartin911
    @sheamartin911 8 місяців тому

    The biggest rule you should follow to avoid pissing off your medics is "Wrap it before you tap it". Otherwise you may end up getting your bore punched.

  • @leondillon8723
    @leondillon8723 Рік тому +3

    In Viet Nam field medics did not wear a red cross. It made them a target. Some medics carried pistols or rifles to protect the wounded. Bounties were placed on commissioned medical personnel .
    1:04)The man had a bolt action rifle but had a pair of 3 magazine pouches for a 9mm MP38, MP38/40, MP40, MP40/I or MP41
    1:29)Flamethrowers have 5 igniters in the front. 5 short bursts or 1 long one. Never light 3 cigarettes on one match. At night, the 3rd man will be taken out by a sniper.
    5:25)1968, I was in B 1-2 BCT and C 1-1 AIT at Fort Dix. AIT we were using inert training aids to learn how to set Claymores. The front says "This side towards the enemy". One man set it up backwards. He was sent to Officer Candidate School(OCS). 5:49)Burning C-4 will explode when stepped on.

    • @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378
      @jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378 Рік тому

      Thanks for the corrections 😊

    • @AvgGamerGuy15
      @AvgGamerGuy15 Рік тому

      Actually burning c4 will NOT detonate when stomped, an episode of Mythbusters proved it

    • @bastiaan7777777
      @bastiaan7777777 Рік тому

      @@AvgGamerGuy15 Now I am confused and have to try this myself.

    • @AvgGamerGuy15
      @AvgGamerGuy15 Рік тому

      @@bastiaan7777777 no, just take the mythbusters word. They even went so far as to drop an anvil because it would not go boom

  • @Enexvitiy
    @Enexvitiy Рік тому +2

    The medics dont get enough credit. In real life and in video games. Always thank your medic.