Imagine you're crawling with your last breaths in the heat of a battlefield and an Aussie crouches next to you and says "Yeah this uniform historically checks out."
@@AnimarchyHistory Imperialism Stick cannot be bested, the exact reason why my 1917 SMLE Mk.III is still my favourite rifle, just barely beating my undefaced Russian capture Kar98k, but still. SMLE supremacy
It had its flaws but basically everything after it has been handcrafted of nothing but flaws and glue so it stands out as the closest thing to a good historical shooter in the modern era.
Like Victory says, its the best of a bad bunch. It deserves some praise for what it got right, but not for what it gets wrong. Just like everything else.
Can we appreciate the fact that most recent showings of Australian troops always put their leaders as shithead British officers, but BF1 shows Whitehall as a flawed officer, but ultimately good man, who respects his Australian troops. Most video games would've had him been like "I sent the men to the fort!" and nixed the "Only those who volunteered," line that makes him much more of a reasonable leader
Yh games and films tend to portray British officers as stuck up and condescending to the colonial troops. This may be true for some of them but not all. In the Gallipoli Landings Anzac Divisions still had a 1/3 of their men being British born.
@@MyH3ntaiGirl read ones about the experience of Anzac troops under the commend of British officers and then you’ll maybe see how the game depicts British officers as arrogant idiots
8:51 - that's the Pedersen Device. It was made to convert the M1903 to a semi-automatic carbine. Thousands were made by the US, but almost all of them were destroyed after WWI. Wasn't made until 1917. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_device
One of the pros of the war stories mechanic is You can write off all the minor inaccuracies as the person telling the story misremembering the details of their experience
I'm really happy that you went back to BF1. It's the game that effectively made me interested in history. I Cry every time i see the ending to this war Story or the final ending Cinematic. It migh not be the best game in the series, and might have some macanical problems, but for me, this game is one of the best Games ever made. It did for ww1 what BF5 tried to do with ww2. Before i Played Bf1, never knew of stuff like the Brussilov offensive, the Battle of Passendale, or the Battle of the Somme. To quote "The Act Man": "It made me interested in History (again)" And that's what matters to me.
It's worth checking out the week by week coverage of WW1 on 'The Great War' channel for more on WW1 and how it progressed if BF1 peaked your interest like that =)
@@MortRotu I second this. Indy and co. are so astoundingly dedicated to history and the effort they put into putting those videos out weekly along with all the extra content for both world wars (and the interwar period) is awe inspiring.
@@MortRotu And it's to be noted that DICE saught historical advice from them during the development of the game. It's a real shame DICE became what it is today.
@@hauptmannhk8805 they also apparently were the ones who reasearched/wrote/were consulted regarding the codexes Edit: and there's around 261 codexes, some of them being the literal length of some articles on history-websites (Elite MP18, Blood and Sands for example)
So! Actually, the armor suit is historically accurate. And it could be surprisingly effective at times! Decent amount of shrapnel protection, and sometimes it even faired well against rifles. The Italians made use of it more with their Arditi units, but the Germans made some for machinegunners to use, specifically for shrapnel protection.
@@AnimarchyHistory By the way! In the Gallipoli maps in the multiplayer that came with Turning Tides (Cape Helles and Achi Baba) the Ottomans do indeed have their khaki uniforms present. They also redid the facial textures as well to make them dirtier/have more stubble on the cheeks and jaw. Of course, this came out after the campaign, but it would've been cool if Dice had retroactively updated the models of these missions to reflect those uniforms. ANZAC troop uniforms are present in those maps as well, but instead of recording whole new voicelines for them they just repurposed the British voicelines from the base game.
Kinda, It's a whole mix of different armor from across the war, The mask is the German Marksman shield The chest is the German Machine gunner lobster armor The legs and arms I don't really know, But they were not all on the same person at the same time
@@AnimarchyHistory if the m1903 is put into bolt action you can actually swap the bolt and you can see the gun without its experimental upgrade of pistol rounds. It’s a little unknown fact and it’s super fun to use the gun in its proper bolt action configuration. You have to try it!
@@AnimarchyHistory another cool tip. The smle is the only gun in the game that’s bolt action and allows you to remain looking down the sight when you cycle the bolt. This means the devs understand why the gun is chosen by the birtish. This is one of the few bolt action rifles that a allow bolt cycling with aiming
The real stand-out thing about BF1 even after all these years is the codex. By playing the game and completing challenges you get pages of information about the actual history that the game is based on, from the battles and tactics to the weapons. It is very cool to see how committed to history the team was even with the liberties taken for gameplay and aesthetic reasons. Also, fun fact: When they added Gallipoli-themed maps in a later DLC, they updated the British and Ottoman forces' uniforms on those maps to be more historically accurate.
This. A lot of people forget about the codex and just focus on the prototype weapons to discredit the game, but it's one of the few games that reward your good gameplay with true historical knowledge. DICE knew they were taking huge liberties to make WW1 fit into the Battlefield formula but they still put effort into making it authentic and believeable. Not to mention it sparked interest into WW1 (and History as a whole) in the hearts of lots of people, perhaps far more than any historical shooter before it. It really is a fantastic game, too bad they didn't stay on this track with BFV.
@@Taishisama always have to remember that battlefield is a video game first and foremost. Gameplay has to be fun and it's ok to take liberties for gameplay reasons.
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 well generally you'll be burst firing, not just firing continuously although there were battles in ww1 where they didn't have time to burst fire so i guess there's that
This game gets a lot of hate due to the surface level inaccuracies, but if you look past them, it’s got a remarkable amount of history attached to it. The most fascinating one I found, was the Tanker story. There was a female Mk1 Tank crew during the battle of the Somme (HMLS 13A, We’re All In It!) that punched through German lines, got stuck in an impact crater, and had to send for help. They were stuck fighting off the Germans from inside the tank until the Black Watch showed up to help the survivors. How I actually found the original sources for my college paper five years ago, I have no idea, as the links from the forum I originally discovered the existence of this story no longer work… but I know the after action report exists in some book about WWI tanks, and it’s remarkably similar to what happens in the tanker mission. This game deserves more credit than it gets. No, it’s not really accurate, but it’s authentic, and respects the history despite the liberties it takes. It’s not trying to glorify the war, and it shows how brutal, and pointless the whole conflict was… rather than the historical comedy show that is vanguard.
Have to disagree entirely. It's good that the game inspired further research but this game is just as bad as vanguard.. if not worse because y'all seem to defend battlefield because apparently your immersed.. okay.
They just didn't show respect over the multiplayer where you had to buy a DLC to play france wich was one of the main belligerents, this is the only thing that really angered me
Agreed BF1 is at least a possible in it's time frame, which I think is is more important than complete historical accuracy, Vanguard on the other hand is completely impossible no matter what part of your story you are in.
CORRECTION: HMS Iron Duke is the model for the Dreadnought and she was based in Scapa Flow with Home Fleet at this time. But it is a historically accurate battleship that was in service with the Royal Navy at the time, in fact there were four of them. So, not impossible, plus, saves on assets given they only appear here and as a behemoth in Multiplayer. And its not "inaccurate" per se. Also, noted that in the last mission there was an aircraft I didn't see. That is a Bristol F2B "Bristol Fighter" or "Biff", would not exist yet. BUT, it is a magnificent aircraft.
The only RN battleships present at Gallipoli were Queen Elizabeth, of the class that bears her name, and a cacophany of old pre-dreadnaught battleships. While none of the Iron Dukes themselves were present, I still like that they included the bombardment at all, and the fact that they used the behemoth model to save on resources is fair. The French actually had a significant naval commitment in Gallipoli aswell, but I understand that would be asking too much from any videogame
Actually, when it comes to graphical assets like uniform, you must now be aware that they mostly did the "incorrect time" uniform because they wanted to use the most common one + the coolest one in the Multiplayer... instead of having the whole dozen maps MP content adjust to the couple of Singleplayer missions 🙂
Ah yes, BF1 It got all the hate back then, but my God, does this game aged like wine The Multiplayer as well. Even with several cheater issue, its still active. Also, lol > Everyone is dying all around him "EXCUSE ME, I AM DUMPING SOME HISTORICAL LORE HERE!!"
Man bleeding out on the ground crawling away from the gun fire. Animarchy: You see THIS is the correct uniform, everything on him looks historically accurate.
Wouldn't Gallipoli be the most nationally and ethnically diverse front of the war, and possibly of all time? Literally a battle between the two most diverse empires on the planet at the time!
Potentially, although I’d say the western front probably had the most diversity towards the end of the war as many different ethnic people were fighting on it. Also the Balken front was ethnically diverser with Germans Austrians and Bulgarians fighting Serbs, Greeks, Italians, British (some ANZAC’s and other colonial troops), french, Romanian, and Russian troops
During WW1, Gallipoli was one of the more diverse fronts of the entire war. However, I assume that the Balkans Theatre would have been more ethnically diverse. Every faction of WW1, except the USA, fought in the Balkans campaign. Each faction, except Serbia, is an empire consisting of a wide array of ethnic groups. However, the most nationally & ethnically diverse fronts are to be found in WW2. The British Empire, consisting of subjects from a wide array of countries & backgrounds, fought in every front except the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front features a multitude of ethnicities within the Red Army ranging from ethnic Russians to Siberians to Tajiks. The Wehrmacht, despite being predominately German, consisted of over a million foreign volunteers from across the globe. The Normandy Invasions involved countries such as the British Empire, the US, France & their Empire, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands & Greece.
So you mention that the Warships we see at 6:16-6:18 are correct but having had a look they look to be Iron Duke class ships and none of those were at Gallipoli, in fact the only 'super dreadnought' present at all was Queen Elizabeth along with some of the Battle Cruisers and none of them used a 5x2 centre line gun layout. Most of the Battleships present were the older pre-dreadnoughts that were considered obsolete and could be freed up from other duties to be assigned there. Which in turn lead to one of the main issues with the naval bombardment in that they couldn't elevate the guns high enough to properly bombard a good number of the defensive positions.
4:50 It wouldn't look like this, but that type of sight is real and period correct. It's called Martin Galilean Sight, and there are some Lee-Enfields equipped with it. The Gun Jesus have a video about it: ua-cam.com/video/c5f--O2UQNc/v-deo.html 8:49 You don't know about it? It's a Pedersen Device, a semi auto conversion of the Springfield rifle made for the 1919 Spring offensive.
@@AnimarchyHistory Btw, one advice for future BF1 videos - grab those weapons that are laying around, some of them are really interesting - this is a WW1 game, so they took just about everything they could to make it more BF like.
@@AnimarchyHistory BF1 devs in an interview said paraphrased: "This is OUR version of a WW1 GAME, it may not be the exact piece-by-piece ww1 in our history(and we know that) but we want you to have fun in OUR take on it as a GAME. See that gun nobody ever used and nobody ever known about? Here! Why don't you go use it and have fun! 🙂 "
Later on when the Turing Tides dlc added Cape Helles and Achi Baba to multiplayer, DICE went ahead and remodeled the British faction to give them proper 1915 uniforms. Same thing to the Ottomans.
This is top-tier content, mate. From one "Johnny Turk" to "Anzak Bey"(turkic word Bey for "gentleman, proper chap"), frickin awesome, glad that today i stumbled upon on this channel. Earned a sub and cheers from Baku, Azerbaijan. Lest we forget o7
it nice seeing anzac history got represented in battlefield one, it's a delight that part of our history and one of our founding moments as a national identity formed as new zealanders
Thats a Winchester M1895 at 5.23 as used by the Russian Empire . Thankyou C&Rsenal for providing me with that knowledge with their series on the history of small arms used in the war. I also think Forgotten Weapons has done something about these Russian Winchesters . The Russian were sold nearly 300000 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company .
Without having to tell you (since you've realized it in the game), some of the weapons you'll encounter were either prototypes or experimental during WWI but from other nations and like you pointed it out later on in the war. Gun Jesus (look him up) of Forgotten Weapons did mention one of the inaccuracies of the game is not having a gun jam on you when in mud and etc. But he did also say that he understands that if such a feature was in the game, there's a likelihood that frustrated people would not play the game.
weapons you can see that wasn't supposed to be here in this video/mission: Winchester M1895 Russian model 5:36 Remington Model 10A 8:41 Springfield M1903 with a "Perdersen device" 8:47 Vickers Gun Mk.l 11:05 Vickers gun in a Maxim 1910 type tripod 14:43 C96 Carbine 18:19 Madsen machine gun 30:41 MG08/15 31:19 overall thoughts? compare to COD: Vanguard, BF1 is kinda more historical accurate, but we actually can get over this facts because BF1 is actually fun to play Edit: also when i played this mission i also found a Browning Auto-5
Both the Turks and our Australian soldiers used maxim machine guns on the tripod and wheeled mounts, there weren't enough vickers to arm the Australian s at this early stage of the war. A couple of fullas from the 1st light horse later in the campaign also brought along double barrel shotguns for trench raids which they had confiscated off them by officers.
I love how you're an Australian but you don't give the Ottomans a lot of shit just because they were our enemies. (I've seen a lot of hate towards them now)
There was great respect from both sides. Even a cease fire so both sides could collect the dead. They shared cigarettes and conversed a little, as well as could with the language barrier. There was even occasions where they would throw food to each other when there was no fighting.
I served 9 years and no Ozzie digger would ever hang shit on the Turks. Both countries regard this as the foundation of their identity as a Nation. Lots of respect for them.
One thing I really like about Battlefield 1's war stories is that they're just that: stories being recounted at a later date. Any inaccuracies and exaggerations can be attributed to that.
Maybe through mud and blood next? It is probably the most ahistorical campaign (from my memory) but also has the greatest level of vibes and it feels absolutely amazing
The Ottoman Vickers gun is representative of BF1 as a whole for me. Yeah, technically it shouldn't be there, but it's more fun that it is, and it looks absolutely perfect. The history is often set aside for gameplay, but it's still there. It's still respected to a high-ish degree. This game never got the love it deserved, and I'm so glad it is now
@@nipplecream3099 The Ottomans had a bit of damn near everything, made me feel for the poor logistics guys who had to find and move all the various ammunition types the Ottoman forces were using during the war.
7:00 “you don’t know how close you are to dying compared to cod” also visible on bottom right a number health bar with the actual amount of health you have left displayed instead of a red filter
even at 43:23 they use the correct Australian flag with the red background instead of blue, I love how much you can tell they cared making this game with tiny details like that.
I think this is the last AAA title where I had THAT moment I can't remember what there "breakthrough" gamemode was called but I remember there was this one time playing with my 3 friends where, as the whistles were blowing, artillery pounding around us, vehicles engines surging, the new zone opened up, and my squad/the team charged down the hill with the sun at our backs. The music swelled up and I got chills. I miss these kinds of moments and nothing since then has been able to give me that feeling.
You left out the Irish from "the Empire's bad boys" :D Also just a historical fun fact: I can't remember if it was at Gallipoli - think it was - but the Ottomans actually used centuries-old black powder bombard cannons to defend against the British-- to great effect.
Can confirm, Canadians may be known for being polite and all that jazz, but we're the last people you want to see assaulting/inside your bunker or town. It's the polite/quiet ones you've gotta watch out for.
I bet you didn’t know this but if you put the Springfield experimental on single fire the game plays a swap bolt assembly animation and you can use a actual Springfield.
So I wish that “thru the mud and blood” was a Canadian tank crew because that is the actual Canadian armoured corps motto (though it would be a bit of inaccurate because Canada did have tank regiments but they didn’t see service)
I love BF1. It's not accurate, but it captures a sense of reverence for the source material that most AAA game publishers just don't have anymore. Helps that the game is actually fun too.
Like it was pointed out in the video, the game still took the time to educate you about the proper history behind the events (even if some cosmetic liberties were taken for gameplay purposes). That’s what Vanguard gets wrong. The small details could be more forgiven if the game actually showed respect for the true history it was portraying, or at least was up front about being an alternate history sort of thing.
BF1 literally made me care for World History class back in high school. I'm actually glad too that during that time, BF1 was also coming out, and one of the projects I've done for WH was for Kaiserschlacht. BF1 gave me "some" background but did literal research on the event itself
I have to say, the Runner is probably my favourite War Story, though it could be ties with BF5 The Last Tiger. But as a history nerd, learning about the wars that impacted our world and those who were involved in them really interests me. And as I delve deeper into them I start to find out that Australians have usually made a impact in them too. As a Brit, I look back and I really feel bad for how Australians were treated, I mean I think the whole area of Australia and New Zealand and etc. (Not really great with geography, so not sure what other countries are there), I just think you guys are pretty cool and interesting as a whole. Also, you guys seem to go almost everywhere, I recently found out that Australians were in Vietnam, obviously not as much as the US, but watching the film "Danger Close" really opened my eyes for what Australians have contributed to history. Been watching a few of your videos recently, including the Last Tiger one, and I like the content. As I said, I'm a huge History nerd myself, though I'm probably a bigger fan of WW2 and the war in Europe, mostly the Brits and Americans against Germany, I know a little about the eastern front with Russia but I wouldn't be great in a trivia game about it. The war in Italy, is something I've only just started to learn about. But I'm definitely interested to see what else you bring to your channel.
Some notes: The Springfield thing you picked up was an experimental conversion of the Springfield rifle in what i think was 32 ACP. As for why Bishop's uniform looks like ones from the Boer War, its because He did serve in the Boer War, and was part of where his war hero status came from Anywho, I hope you decide to do a video on Storm of Steel
the 1903 experimental you picked up at around the 9 minute mark is a 1903 springfield with the Pedersen Device (a replacement bolt that would slide into place after taking out the normal bolt) allowing you to fit a magazine of .45 ACP ammo which you'd use to suppress the enemy as per the walking fire doctrine that was being developed as a means to break the stalemate. It was invented in 1918 to be produced in large enough quantites for the never-to-come-to-be 1919 spring offensives. C&Rsenal have a primer episode about it
Even with all the inaccuracies the game felt like WW1, its period correct in a way that doesnt really match others cause its also fun on top of being as accurate as possible. Many people will state issues with it and its multiplayer but nobody cant deny the kind of atmosphere the game created with its setting.
Hello to my friends in australia from turkey 🇹🇷❤️🇦🇺 like a australian company who gifted the turkish a flag during korea, “From your brothers in arms sons of mustafa kemal”
I love this mission, and the campaign for this game a lot. It may be as inaccurate *as* Vanguard at times, but it's definitely authentic, and incredibly respectful to their history. Instead of shoving forced, fake, 'woke' culture down your throat, they give you beautifully written summaries of historical events, and let you play as historical minorities without even telling you, such as the Harlem Hellfighters in the first prologue of the campaign, and the British and other European colonial troops in the multiplayer. Even the small details like the models of weapons, background noises of combat, NATIVE LANGUAGE SPEAKING, and even just the mud, blood and grime that smears your equipment when you move around just makes this game one of my favorite historical, casual FPS games to go in and have fun in.
I commented as I was watching, but I love you for saying the things I was already thinking! Great shit man, prepared for Kanalsturm to continue BTW! >:D
@@Dayrahl vanguard is a bad faith failed representation of a ww2 shooter. BF1 is a good faith representation of a ww1 shooter. Its problems and innaccuracies stem from different areas.
It's interesting that while in the campaign mission the Australian uniforms are really wrong, but in multiplayer their uniforms are far closer to being accurate.
Well, it's not necessarily wrong since he mentioned it's more late war uniforms. But not a problem, tbh since it still fits the time frame of WW1. Even if some uniforms don't fit their respective events
The multiplayer maps for Gallipoli came out much later than the single-player and they put effort into making the uniforms accurate, but didn't go back and change it for the single-player.
Dude, 8:49 I think this is a Springfield 1903 with a Pedersen device! It really was a thing, but it was developed for the Spring 1919 offensive, that never came.
One thing to note as well is in Multiplayer the Ottomans were in fact given their historically accurate uniform (Khaki) and featured mostly Historically accurate Anzacs on the Map Called Acchi Baba probably spelt that wrong, anyhow take a look!
i dont know what i found more entertaining, you finding all the historical relevance of the mission and enjoying the cutscenes, or you tearing apart Vanguard with a game that came out like 5 years prior lol. Either way, great reaction and breakdown. im glad you understand as a gamer osme things arent going to be 100% accurate, but at least DICE tried with this one. Still a great game.
The 1903 Experimental was a real thing. It was a modification for a Springfield called a Pedersen Device, basically you take the bolt out, drop in the device and it turns the springfield into a .30-18 Auto carbine. However, the inaccuracy part is in that it didn't exist at the time of this mission. It was designed in 1917 and didn't enter production until December 1918. And the cool part was you could very easily convert the rifle back to firing .30-06, which they did after the Pedersen lost out to the Garand in semiautomatic rifle trials. Nice to see cool things like that get a little bit of limelight.
Also would like to point out the detail in BF1 when you use the 1903 Experimental as your primary then equip the K Bullet or switching to .30-06 by pressing the fire mode key, it shows an animation of the player taking out the Pedersen Device, put in the regular 1903 bolt, and chamber the rifle/K bullet. Vice versa if you switch back to your primary
God I fucking love this game, True, Sometimes it may not be as accurate as it could be, And often it is quite bad in historical accuracy when you look at the details, BUT, Not Being Historically Accurate doesn't always mean a game can't be Fun or Authentic, And Unlike Vanguard, Battlefield 1 has Both of them, And does them REALLY well. Vanguard doesn't do any of them good, But Battlefield 1 manages to be Really Fun, And feel really Authentic at the same time, While also not always being historically accurate, As an example, the Hellriegel is in the game, A gun that there's only one or two Photos to prove it exists, Yet DICE was like "Fuck it, Here you have it, This is what we thought it would Feel like to shoot it!" And I love that, It is unrealistic, Sure, But unlike COD, the Fun and the Authenticity the game provides is enough to allow me to Suspend my Disbelief, Something in Wich Vanguard fails beyond words.
although BF1 isn’t 100% accurate, what matters is that it’s grounded in its foundation and the immersion/atmosphere makes up for it. BFV, although fun, lacks atmosphere and a heaping ton of historical accuracy, but at least the immersion is delivered through the chaotic gameplay. vanguard literally didn’t give a single shit about any of that. just straight goofiness to the highest degree
@@Fridgemasters I actually really like BFV and it’s good to see a ton of people are going back to it after 2042 Also I tend to classify BFV as alternate history ww2
@@Lady_Amelia-Eloise thats exactly how the devs thought about the BF games... BF1 and BFV devs said "this may not be ww1 exactly(and we know that) but here is what OUR version of a ww1 game would look like, see the gun that nobody used and you wouldnt be able to play in nay game? Here you go and play with it, have fun!"
I'm turkish and ı can say our people really like australian and kiwi soldiers in gallipoli war, our grandparents told stories about their respect and breavery in war
As a person who lost his great great grandfather in gallipoli,i wish the best for everyone that died in gallipoli,respect to my aussie and New zealender brothers!
I loved this game. I just wished they gave some more love into the campaign with a few more war stories. Like the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, or maybe the fighting in Serbia.
The sight on smle is based on martin galilean sight. The lever action gun is Winchester m1895 mainly used by Russians. While the semi auto Springfield is m1903 with pedersen device firing .30-18 auto also known as 7.65x20 longue similar to .32 acp. The cup type grenade launcher is attached to Winchester model 1907 chambered in .351 wsl used by both France and Britain. The top magzine feed lmg used by the Turkish forces is madsen machine gun (m1925, 26, 35 and 1937 models) chambered in 7.92mm
Great stuff. You should do videos on the other war stories from BF1 as well. I always thought that it was a shame that they never did a new one for each expansion. Would've been cool.
9:01 That is a M1903 Springfield with a Pederson device attached. The idea was during an attack on an enemy trench a soldier could remove the bolt and replace it with the Pederson device, and now the rifle fires pistol ammunition semi-automatically. The war ended before any could be fielded, but it was a real thing.
This game was made 5 years ago and is doing astronomically better than some games taking historical settings that are horrendously incorrect that it can actually make you sick. This game shines through all the dirt as an older and more valuable gem.
I told my friend who’s buying tabletop models from Ukraine that if he received a message of the Russians destroying his models during an invasion he should go to the government and say that the Russians destroyed his investments in Uktraine and boom we’re at war. That being said good to see you getting in BF1. Now I may wish and hope you do all of BF1, mainly because I like your commentary and historical breakdown but I also know this is your channel as well but I’d love to see what you think of the other missions.
I think you would love Through Mud and Blood. It is amazing and badass as fuck even though they get a major thing wrong, and that being the size of the crew for the Mark 4
“Is this what it feels like to be American” No that’s what it feels like to be Australian, don’t discount the unbelievable bravery and heroics that so many nations gave.
8:40 I believe that is an M1903 Springfield with a Pedersen device attached. This device allowed it to be fired semi automatically which eventually led to the M1 Garand and the Pedersen rifle.
5:44 Imagine firing machine guns at the invading forces and you randomly see an Aussie crouching and looking at another man’s riffle with no regards for his life. Lol.
There's an extra treat in the credits of BF1 for you Australians if you finish all the campaigns. Once you've done them all, there's an extra section called "Remember Us" followed by the credits. Watch them, you won't be disappointed. Also, bring some tissue
Great video as always!! Even though I’m a typical American nut, my grandmother was Australian and I still have family in Brisbane and Melbourne. Also her father served in WW1, I need to try to get his military records. I was also curious what do you think about the 1981 film “Gallipoli?”
More of these breakdown/playthroughs of BF1 PLEASE. So good! I would love it if you would play the British Flying Corps war story in BF1. One of my favorites.
Not gonna lie, As a Turk, once I played this game and especially this campaign, I got this fixation for Australians, especially Gallipoli. Rest in peace ANZACS.
That Semi-Auto firing thing on the Springfield rifle was a Pedersen device, which fires a 7.62mm pistol-like round in the rifle, here's the wikipedia article explaining it: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_device
You should do a historical breakdown of the BF1 war story "Avanti Savoia". It is my favorite war story because it is the only one I know so far that features the Italians. It is also a positive representation of the Italian Army in WWI because in this war story, you get to play as a volunteer in the Arditi, an elite shocker unit in the Italian Army during WW1. This war story also features the Austro-Hungarian Army along with some wrong but unique weapons.
Great video going into this Campaign, probably my favorite from BF1. Though- I'd say the one thing that always makes me sad when seeing Gallipoli presented in media, specifically the retreat at Sulva Bay, is the absence of (typically from lack of knowledge about) the original 1000 man Newfoundlander regiment sent by Canada to assist the Australians advance (nicknamed the blue Puttees) , who after facing massive losses during assaults (255 killed, 356 wounded, 61 lost), a tragedy that even Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle had commented on saying - "‘It was a magnificent display of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault only failed of success because dead men can advance no further’ - with only 68 men answering the roll call, they had been one of many tasked with holding their ground to stall enemy advancements, losing a number of the surviving men in the process. Now standing at the top of the hill where some of the men lost had fought to the end, there stands a bronze moose to remember them, a memorial that came 106 years far, far too late. comments getting long but- here are their names: -Private Edward Bewhey, 19, killed in action 30/11/15. -Private James Michael Brown, 23, killed in action 3/12/15. -Private John Dunphy, 20, killed in action 12/12/15. -Private James Ellsworth, 26, killed in action, 4/11/15. -Private John Fitzgerald, 31, Mentioned in Despatches, killed in action 1/12/15. -Private James Joseph Hynes, 19, killed in action 18/11/15. -Private George Samuel Knight, 21, killed in action 2/12/15. -Private Samuel Thomas Lodge, 23, killed in action 1/10/15. -Private William John Murphy, 29, killed in action 9/10/15. -Private Frederick Charles Roper, 19, killed in action 27/11/15. -Private James Joseph Tibbo, 20, killed in action 1/12/15. -Captain Charles Wighton, 35, killed in action 25/11/15. -Private Michael John Blyde, 19, killed in action 26/09/15. -Private David Michael Carew, 19, killed in action 7/10/15. -Lance Corporal Hubert Edgar Ebsary, 24, killed in action 1/12/15. -Private William Frank Hardy, 22, killed in action 23/09/15. -Private Samuel Hiscock, 20, killed in action 4/11/15. -Private Hugh Walter McWhirter, 21, killed in action 22/09/15. -Private Frank Roberts, 23, killed in action 23/10/15. -Private Josiah Squibb, 19, killed in action 19/10/15. -Private Robert Morris, 28, killed in action 7/01/16. -Private George Simms, 27, killed in action 30/12/15. -Private William Joseph Collins, 27, 28/10/15 -Private Frederick Columbus, 21, died 9/10/15 -Private William Duke, 21, died 27/12/15. -Private John Macdonnel, 21, died 29/10/15. -Private Frederick Ernest Ebsary, 19, died 23/09/15 -Private Edward John Hoare, 25, died 14/06/16. -Private Allan Augustus Sellars, 20, 19/08/16. -Private George Clarke, 19, died 24/11/15. -Private Walter Leonard Murphy, 19 died 29/09/15. -Lance Corporal Rupert King Watts, 21, died 27/09/15. -Private Ignatius Furey, 19, died 7/12/15. -Private John Myrick, 19, died 10/12/15. -Corporal Richard Fowlow, 23, died 23/11/15. -Private John Hardy, 20, died 14/10/15. -Private William Patrick Miller, 38, died 17/10/15. -Private Joachim Murphy, 19, died 7/11/15. -Private Frederick Charles Somerton, 27, died 25/11/15. -Private Morley Soper, 26, died 29/12/15. -Lance Corporal Walter Tucker, 21, died 25/10/15. -Private John Francis Viscount, 20, died 30/10/15. May they rest in peace.
I also like that a lot of the a-historical guns are labeled "Experimental" or "Custom". that being said I thing Verdun (game) proves you can have a good historical ww1 game. 40:30 to be fair he is surprised that its here as well.
So, an interesting fact about the rifle with the mag coming out of the receiver at an angle, the thing did in fact exist. Ian from forgot weapons actually did a video about it. I didnt know until I had watched the video.
One thing I do like about BF1's unicorn guns and attachments is that they are things that existed, sometimes in somewhat substantial numbers (compared to Vanguard and some of BFV's), even if they are slightly anachronistic and seem implausible (because a lot of them were pretty close to implausible, hence my use of the term "unicorn"). A first example would be those enfield sights, they are meant to be Galilean sights, a sort of tubeless telescopic sight that did exist prior to the war. The Brits were interested in them as they started their sniper program because the tubeless telescopic sights would have been easier to make and fit than regular scopes to extant rifles, but in the real world they proved to be more troublesome and less useable than actual scopes. For another example, at 8:42, the "M1903 Experimental" is an example of the real life Pendersen Device, or "US Automatic Pistol, Caliber .30, Model of 1918." The device converted surplus M1903 rifles to fire 7.65mm Long with a semi automatic action, and it was planned to be issued in large numbers alongside the BAR in 1919; unfortunately for both weapons the war ended before the 1919 spring offensive could happen. The rifles modified to accept the devices were later put back into service as regular M1903 rifles, and unfortunately most of the Pendersen devices were destroyed after being declared surplus, because the army did not want to pay for storage costs.
Imagine you're crawling with your last breaths in the heat of a battlefield and an Aussie crouches next to you and says "Yeah this uniform historically checks out."
i would think my life is complete and i could bleed out and die in peace
You don’t half talk some horse shit on this forum.
"There's nothing better than a well modeled Lee-Enfield" - James Paris Lee probably
I like my imperialism stick.
@@AnimarchyHistory Imperialism Stick cannot be bested, the exact reason why my 1917 SMLE Mk.III is still my favourite rifle, just barely beating my undefaced Russian capture Kar98k, but still. SMLE supremacy
@@AnimarchyHistory Well Ukraine Kickoff
-Douglas Haig (maybe)
tf you doing here alfonse? last time I saw you you were mowing me down at guardian centers in December
I love how Battlefield 1 is the last AAA shooter that cared about a historical setting and was given justice in the most beautiful way possible.
It had its flaws but basically everything after it has been handcrafted of nothing but flaws and glue so it stands out as the closest thing to a good historical shooter in the modern era.
Like Victory says, its the best of a bad bunch.
It deserves some praise for what it got right, but not for what it gets wrong. Just like everything else.
It’s a good step in the right direction, unfortunately what was supposed to surpass it flopped miserably
Except when 25% of the german army was black in multi
@@user-ok8yq6nc6x that's multi, so it's excusable imo
Can we appreciate the fact that most recent showings of Australian troops always put their leaders as shithead British officers, but BF1 shows Whitehall as a flawed officer, but ultimately good man, who respects his Australian troops.
Most video games would've had him been like "I sent the men to the fort!" and nixed the "Only those who volunteered," line that makes him much more of a reasonable leader
Yh games and films tend to portray British officers as stuck up and condescending to the colonial troops. This may be true for some of them but not all. In the Gallipoli Landings Anzac Divisions still had a 1/3 of their men being British born.
@@MyH3ntaiGirl read a book
@@harrygriffiths-iy5gb what book?
I have many related to WWI and WWII
@@MyH3ntaiGirl read ones about the experience of Anzac troops under the commend of British officers and then you’ll maybe see how the game depicts British officers as arrogant idiots
@@harrygriffiths-iy5gb In Gallipolli Anzac troops were commanded by Anzac leaders, not British.
"This game isn't good at telling you how close you are to death"
Literal healthbar in the corner: am I joke to you?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bloody screen: Hello?
Slow mo on one HP: No? No one?
8:51 - that's the Pedersen Device. It was made to convert the M1903 to a semi-automatic carbine. Thousands were made by the US, but almost all of them were destroyed after WWI. Wasn't made until 1917.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_device
In Hardline, it's established that the BF world is different from history, where guns are freely sold between countries and even encouraged
Also worth noting is that it converts the M1903 into using pistol caliber ammunition, rather than rifle rounds.
it's this one I believe ?
ua-cam.com/video/cikek5njqdM/v-deo.html
@@pumpkintony404 yes. There are still a few out there, but not many.
Ian from Forgotten Weapons did a video on it too.
One of the pros of the war stories mechanic is You can write off all the minor inaccuracies as the person telling the story misremembering the details of their experience
I'm really happy that you went back to BF1. It's the game that effectively made me interested in history. I Cry every time i see the ending to this war Story or the final ending Cinematic. It migh not be the best game in the series, and might have some macanical problems, but for me, this game is one of the best Games ever made. It did for ww1 what BF5 tried to do with ww2. Before i Played Bf1, never knew of stuff like the Brussilov offensive, the Battle of Passendale, or the Battle of the Somme. To quote "The Act Man": "It made me interested in History (again)" And that's what matters to me.
It's worth checking out the week by week coverage of WW1 on 'The Great War' channel for more on WW1 and how it progressed if BF1 peaked your interest like that =)
@@MortRotu I second this. Indy and co. are so astoundingly dedicated to history and the effort they put into putting those videos out weekly along with all the extra content for both world wars (and the interwar period) is awe inspiring.
@@MortRotu And it's to be noted that DICE saught historical advice from them during the development of the game. It's a real shame DICE became what it is today.
@@hauptmannhk8805 they also apparently were the ones who reasearched/wrote/were consulted regarding the codexes
Edit: and there's around 261 codexes, some of them being the literal length of some articles on history-websites (Elite MP18, Blood and Sands for example)
"Who decides such things?"
So! Actually, the armor suit is historically accurate. And it could be surprisingly effective at times!
Decent amount of shrapnel protection, and sometimes it even faired well against rifles.
The Italians made use of it more with their Arditi units, but the Germans made some for machinegunners to use, specifically for shrapnel protection.
Don't know if the Turks ever used them. But the MG-08 Armor troopers are literally and metaphorically the most metal MFers.
@@AnimarchyHistory By the way! In the Gallipoli maps in the multiplayer that came with Turning Tides (Cape Helles and Achi Baba) the Ottomans do indeed have their khaki uniforms present. They also redid the facial textures as well to make them dirtier/have more stubble on the cheeks and jaw. Of course, this came out after the campaign, but it would've been cool if Dice had retroactively updated the models of these missions to reflect those uniforms.
ANZAC troop uniforms are present in those maps as well, but instead of recording whole new voicelines for them they just repurposed the British voicelines from the base game.
Kinda, It's a whole mix of different armor from across the war,
The mask is the German Marksman shield
The chest is the German Machine gunner lobster armor
The legs and arms I don't really know,
But they were not all on the same person at the same time
@@AnimarchyHistory if the m1903 is put into bolt action you can actually swap the bolt and you can see the gun without its experimental upgrade of pistol rounds. It’s a little unknown fact and it’s super fun to use the gun in its proper bolt action configuration. You have to try it!
@@AnimarchyHistory another cool tip. The smle is the only gun in the game that’s bolt action and allows you to remain looking down the sight when you cycle the bolt. This means the devs understand why the gun is chosen by the birtish. This is one of the few bolt action rifles that a allow bolt cycling with aiming
The real stand-out thing about BF1 even after all these years is the codex. By playing the game and completing challenges you get pages of information about the actual history that the game is based on, from the battles and tactics to the weapons. It is very cool to see how committed to history the team was even with the liberties taken for gameplay and aesthetic reasons.
Also, fun fact: When they added Gallipoli-themed maps in a later DLC, they updated the British and Ottoman forces' uniforms on those maps to be more historically accurate.
This. A lot of people forget about the codex and just focus on the prototype weapons to discredit the game, but it's one of the few games that reward your good gameplay with true historical knowledge. DICE knew they were taking huge liberties to make WW1 fit into the Battlefield formula but they still put effort into making it authentic and believeable. Not to mention it sparked interest into WW1 (and History as a whole) in the hearts of lots of people, perhaps far more than any historical shooter before it. It really is a fantastic game, too bad they didn't stay on this track with BFV.
I mean Indy nidell did it so it should be good
@@hauptmannhk8805 yeah I agree with you
Without the experimental weapons battlefield 1 would just be bolt rifles shooting at bolt rifles, no varieties
@@Taishisama always have to remember that battlefield is a video game first and foremost. Gameplay has to be fun and it's ok to take liberties for gameplay reasons.
@@Taishisama There is a game mode called back to basics that limits people to using bolt action rifles with basic ironsights on all classes.
It should interesting to note: The Vickers actually becomes more accurate overtime as you're laying into the enemy
all the machine guns in bf1 do that iirc. it's a weird balancing thing
@@VimyGlide I mean it’s not uncommon to walk in shots based on impacts, so it makes some sense
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 well generally you'll be burst firing, not just firing continuously
although there were battles in ww1 where they didn't have time to burst fire so i guess there's that
@@VimyGlide all BF games do that...
and exactly it requires you to burst fire and not just take potshots
@@LyonPercival no it doesn't, it requires you to mag dump.
This game gets a lot of hate due to the surface level inaccuracies, but if you look past them, it’s got a remarkable amount of history attached to it.
The most fascinating one I found, was the Tanker story. There was a female Mk1 Tank crew during the battle of the Somme (HMLS 13A, We’re All In It!) that punched through German lines, got stuck in an impact crater, and had to send for help. They were stuck fighting off the Germans from inside the tank until the Black Watch showed up to help the survivors.
How I actually found the original sources for my college paper five years ago, I have no idea, as the links from the forum I originally discovered the existence of this story no longer work… but I know the after action report exists in some book about WWI tanks, and it’s remarkably similar to what happens in the tanker mission.
This game deserves more credit than it gets. No, it’s not really accurate, but it’s authentic, and respects the history despite the liberties it takes. It’s not trying to glorify the war, and it shows how brutal, and pointless the whole conflict was… rather than the historical comedy show that is vanguard.
Have to disagree entirely. It's good that the game inspired further research but this game is just as bad as vanguard.. if not worse because y'all seem to defend battlefield because apparently your immersed.. okay.
agreed
They just didn't show respect over the multiplayer where you had to buy a DLC to play france wich was one of the main belligerents, this is the only thing that really angered me
@@Dayrahl could you give me reasons why you think it’s as bad as Vanguard?
Agreed BF1 is at least a possible in it's time frame, which I think is is more important than complete historical accuracy, Vanguard on the other hand is completely impossible no matter what part of your story you are in.
"If Ukraine does kick off, Moscow by Friday."
Aussie humor at its finest, yet still a believable statement as well.
long live?
Id be a bit chilly but freezing my balls in the snow isn’t as bad as dying of trench foot.
ah well shits going down then
@@FookFish Yep…
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
In just 5 days russia lost 4.5k russian invaders according to the Ukrainian president. Thats what we call kicking butts
CORRECTION: HMS Iron Duke is the model for the Dreadnought and she was based in Scapa Flow with Home Fleet at this time. But it is a historically accurate battleship that was in service with the Royal Navy at the time, in fact there were four of them. So, not impossible, plus, saves on assets given they only appear here and as a behemoth in Multiplayer. And its not "inaccurate" per se.
Also, noted that in the last mission there was an aircraft I didn't see. That is a Bristol F2B "Bristol Fighter" or "Biff", would not exist yet. BUT, it is a magnificent aircraft.
You should review call duty World War II
The only RN battleships present at Gallipoli were Queen Elizabeth, of the class that bears her name, and a cacophany of old pre-dreadnaught battleships. While none of the Iron Dukes themselves were present, I still like that they included the bombardment at all, and the fact that they used the behemoth model to save on resources is fair. The French actually had a significant naval commitment in Gallipoli aswell, but I understand that would be asking too much from any videogame
I thought it was the ID, bit of a shame but understandable why they reused that asset for a cutscene lasting all of a few seconds.
Actually, when it comes to graphical assets like uniform, you must now be aware that they mostly did the "incorrect time" uniform because they wanted to use the most common one + the coolest one in the Multiplayer... instead of having the whole dozen maps MP content adjust to the couple of Singleplayer missions 🙂
Ah yes, BF1
It got all the hate back then, but my God, does this game aged like wine
The Multiplayer as well. Even with several cheater issue, its still active.
Also, lol
> Everyone is dying all around him
"EXCUSE ME, I AM DUMPING SOME HISTORICAL LORE HERE!!"
Wait it got hate?
@@Demicleas the unhistorical guns, German askari at Verdun, and battalions of death women in 1914 mainly
@@Demicleas Not really. Just the people that hate are the loudest
Lol exactly
Man's getting shelled all around him, men dying left and right while staring at a corpse and admiring their uniform, love it
Man bleeding out on the ground crawling away from the gun fire.
Animarchy: You see THIS is the correct uniform, everything on him looks historically accurate.
I never said I was a good person.
@@AnimarchyHistory Fair point, you never said that.
Wouldn't Gallipoli be the most nationally and ethnically diverse front of the war, and possibly of all time? Literally a battle between the two most diverse empires on the planet at the time!
Potentially, although I’d say the western front probably had the most diversity towards the end of the war as many different ethnic people were fighting on it. Also the Balken front was ethnically diverser with Germans Austrians and Bulgarians fighting Serbs, Greeks, Italians, British (some ANZAC’s and other colonial troops), french, Romanian, and Russian troops
During WW1, Gallipoli was one of the more diverse fronts of the entire war. However, I assume that the Balkans Theatre would have been more ethnically diverse. Every faction of WW1, except the USA, fought in the Balkans campaign. Each faction, except Serbia, is an empire consisting of a wide array of ethnic groups.
However, the most nationally & ethnically diverse fronts are to be found in WW2. The British Empire, consisting of subjects from a wide array of countries & backgrounds, fought in every front except the Eastern Front. The Eastern Front features a multitude of ethnicities within the Red Army ranging from ethnic Russians to Siberians to Tajiks. The Wehrmacht, despite being predominately German, consisted of over a million foreign volunteers from across the globe. The Normandy Invasions involved countries such as the British Empire, the US, France & their Empire, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands & Greece.
So you mention that the Warships we see at 6:16-6:18 are correct but having had a look they look to be Iron Duke class ships and none of those were at Gallipoli, in fact the only 'super dreadnought' present at all was Queen Elizabeth along with some of the Battle Cruisers and none of them used a 5x2 centre line gun layout. Most of the Battleships present were the older pre-dreadnoughts that were considered obsolete and could be freed up from other duties to be assigned there. Which in turn lead to one of the main issues with the naval bombardment in that they couldn't elevate the guns high enough to properly bombard a good number of the defensive positions.
4:50 It wouldn't look like this, but that type of sight is real and period correct. It's called Martin Galilean Sight, and there are some Lee-Enfields equipped with it. The Gun Jesus have a video about it: ua-cam.com/video/c5f--O2UQNc/v-deo.html
8:49 You don't know about it? It's a Pedersen Device, a semi auto conversion of the Springfield rifle made for the 1919 Spring offensive.
GUN JESUS TO THE RESCUE. I love that man. Also that is fascinating. I've never seen these before. This game continues to impress me.
@@AnimarchyHistory Ian was a consultant for the game, at least to some degree. You can see his name in the credits under "special thanks."
@@AnimarchyHistory Btw, one advice for future BF1 videos - grab those weapons that are laying around, some of them are really interesting - this is a WW1 game, so they took just about everything they could to make it more BF like.
@@TheDeadfast Gun Jesus was consultant, ok I even more impressed.
@@AnimarchyHistory BF1 devs in an interview said paraphrased: "This is OUR version of a WW1 GAME, it may not be the exact piece-by-piece ww1 in our history(and we know that) but we want you to have fun in OUR take on it as a GAME. See that gun nobody ever used and nobody ever known about? Here! Why don't you go use it and have fun! 🙂 "
Later on when the Turing Tides dlc added Cape Helles and Achi Baba to multiplayer, DICE went ahead and remodeled the British faction to give them proper 1915 uniforms. Same thing to the Ottomans.
Yup, not a single steel helmet among them.
This is top-tier content, mate. From one "Johnny Turk" to "Anzak Bey"(turkic word Bey for "gentleman, proper chap"), frickin awesome, glad that today i stumbled upon on this channel. Earned a sub and cheers from Baku, Azerbaijan. Lest we forget o7
it nice seeing anzac history got represented in battlefield one, it's a delight that part of our history and one of our founding moments as a national identity formed as new zealanders
Thats a Winchester M1895 at 5.23 as used by the Russian Empire . Thankyou C&Rsenal for providing me with that knowledge with their series on the history of small arms used in the war. I also think Forgotten Weapons has done something about these Russian Winchesters . The Russian were sold nearly 300000 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company .
known by the Russians as the Model 1915
5:30 My mans on the beach with a Russian contract Winchester 1895 decked out with ivory furniture
Did anybody catch how Bishop just telepathically sent the coordinates? He didn’t even say anything, what did he even do
14:51 - HA!! BLANK ADAPTER!! And they did such a good job with it that you can even see that there's no hole for the bullets to come out.
Without having to tell you (since you've realized it in the game), some of the weapons you'll encounter were either prototypes or experimental during WWI but from other nations and like you pointed it out later on in the war. Gun Jesus (look him up) of Forgotten Weapons did mention one of the inaccuracies of the game is not having a gun jam on you when in mud and etc. But he did also say that he understands that if such a feature was in the game, there's a likelihood that frustrated people would not play the game.
weapons you can see that wasn't supposed to be here in this video/mission:
Winchester M1895 Russian model 5:36
Remington Model 10A 8:41
Springfield M1903 with a "Perdersen device" 8:47
Vickers Gun Mk.l 11:05
Vickers gun in a Maxim 1910 type tripod 14:43
C96 Carbine 18:19
Madsen machine gun 30:41
MG08/15 31:19
overall thoughts? compare to COD: Vanguard, BF1 is kinda more historical accurate, but we actually can get over this facts because BF1 is actually fun to play
Edit: also when i played this mission i also found a Browning Auto-5
Also the Winchester model of 1907 with a rifle grenade launcher at 15:22
You can find MP18s in weapon crates as well
None of the mgs should be there.
I'm pretty sure there was a cei rigotti there too
Both the Turks and our Australian soldiers used maxim machine guns on the tripod and wheeled mounts, there weren't enough vickers to arm the Australian s at this early stage of the war. A couple of fullas from the 1st light horse later in the campaign also brought along double barrel shotguns for trench raids which they had confiscated off them by officers.
I love how you're an Australian but you don't give the Ottomans a lot of shit just because they were our enemies. (I've seen a lot of hate towards them now)
We became decent mates after the war and hold joint services there.
There was great respect from both sides. Even a cease fire so both sides could collect the dead. They shared cigarettes and conversed a little, as well as could with the language barrier. There was even occasions where they would throw food to each other when there was no fighting.
I served 9 years and no Ozzie digger would ever hang shit on the Turks. Both countries regard this as the foundation of their identity as a Nation. Lots of respect for them.
@@stevenbird4056 they really respected each other during the war. but i'm talking about modern day hate for Ottomans rn
@@justarandommalayboi8231 didn't know that.
One thing I really like about Battlefield 1's war stories is that they're just that: stories being recounted at a later date. Any inaccuracies and exaggerations can be attributed to that.
5:20 i love this guy trying to crawl to safety as the life drains from his body and you just study his gear
Maybe through mud and blood next?
It is probably the most ahistorical campaign (from my memory) but also has the greatest level of vibes and it feels absolutely amazing
It’s based on a real story of a British tank crew. Obviously heavily exaggerated though
You are aware of friends in high places right?
@@ottovonbearsmark8876 the lone British tank that overextended and gave German Infantry some beating way past through their lines in Cambrais 😎
@@LyonPercival yup, if I remember correctly it wasn’t a Mark IV or V, it was a Whippet.
@@rorywatt9752 I like that Friends In High Places outright tells us the narrator is unreliable and basically none of it actually happened.
The Ottoman Vickers gun is representative of BF1 as a whole for me. Yeah, technically it shouldn't be there, but it's more fun that it is, and it looks absolutely perfect. The history is often set aside for gameplay, but it's still there. It's still respected to a high-ish degree.
This game never got the love it deserved, and I'm so glad it is now
At least it's not a Polymer side-ammo box on a Bren.
Truth tbh
the Ottomans did use some Vickers guns though!
@@nipplecream3099 The Ottomans had a bit of damn near everything, made me feel for the poor logistics guys who had to find and move all the various ammunition types the Ottoman forces were using during the war.
@@S3Cs4uN8 i guess the upside is it gets you an idea of what does and doesn’t work?
7:00 “you don’t know how close you are to dying compared to cod” also visible on bottom right a number health bar with the actual amount of health you have left displayed instead of a red filter
even at 43:23 they use the correct Australian flag with the red background instead of blue, I love how much you can tell they cared making this game with tiny details like that.
I think this is the last AAA title where I had THAT moment
I can't remember what there "breakthrough" gamemode was called but I remember there was this one time playing with my 3 friends where, as the whistles were blowing, artillery pounding around us, vehicles engines surging, the new zone opened up, and my squad/the team charged down the hill with the sun at our backs. The music swelled up and I got chills. I miss these kinds of moments and nothing since then has been able to give me that feeling.
You left out the Irish from "the Empire's bad boys" :D
Also just a historical fun fact: I can't remember if it was at Gallipoli - think it was - but the Ottomans actually used centuries-old black powder bombard cannons to defend against the British-- to great effect.
Can confirm, Canadians may be known for being polite and all that jazz, but we're the last people you want to see assaulting/inside your bunker or town. It's the polite/quiet ones you've gotta watch out for.
8:50 it looks like a pedersen device. It was a pistol caliber semi auto conversion for the M1903.
I bet you didn’t know this but if you put the Springfield experimental on single fire the game plays a swap bolt assembly animation and you can use a actual Springfield.
So I wish that “thru the mud and blood” was a Canadian tank crew because that is the actual Canadian armoured corps motto (though it would be a bit of inaccurate because Canada did have tank regiments but they didn’t see service)
i literally cried when i played this campaign, the music at the end is just so fucking good
I love BF1. It's not accurate, but it captures a sense of reverence for the source material that most AAA game publishers just don't have anymore. Helps that the game is actually fun too.
Like it was pointed out in the video, the game still took the time to educate you about the proper history behind the events (even if some cosmetic liberties were taken for gameplay purposes). That’s what Vanguard gets wrong. The small details could be more forgiven if the game actually showed respect for the true history it was portraying, or at least was up front about being an alternate history sort of thing.
BF1 literally made me care for World History class back in high school. I'm actually glad too that during that time, BF1 was also coming out, and one of the projects I've done for WH was for Kaiserschlacht. BF1 gave me "some" background but did literal research on the event itself
I have to say, the Runner is probably my favourite War Story, though it could be ties with BF5 The Last Tiger.
But as a history nerd, learning about the wars that impacted our world and those who were involved in them really interests me. And as I delve deeper into them I start to find out that Australians have usually made a impact in them too. As a Brit, I look back and I really feel bad for how Australians were treated, I mean I think the whole area of Australia and New Zealand and etc. (Not really great with geography, so not sure what other countries are there), I just think you guys are pretty cool and interesting as a whole. Also, you guys seem to go almost everywhere, I recently found out that Australians were in Vietnam, obviously not as much as the US, but watching the film "Danger Close" really opened my eyes for what Australians have contributed to history.
Been watching a few of your videos recently, including the Last Tiger one, and I like the content. As I said, I'm a huge History nerd myself, though I'm probably a bigger fan of WW2 and the war in Europe, mostly the Brits and Americans against Germany, I know a little about the eastern front with Russia but I wouldn't be great in a trivia game about it. The war in Italy, is something I've only just started to learn about.
But I'm definitely interested to see what else you bring to your channel.
Some notes:
The Springfield thing you picked up was an experimental conversion of the Springfield rifle in what i think was 32 ACP.
As for why Bishop's uniform looks like ones from the Boer War, its because He did serve in the Boer War, and was part of where his war hero status came from
Anywho, I hope you decide to do a video on Storm of Steel
.45 acp, the .38acp thing was to keep the modification a secret from the enemy
It was in .30-18 (7.65×20) which would later be used by the French
@@zachsmith1676 good luck trying to shoot a a .45 cal (11.5mm) round though a .30 cal (7.62mm ) barrel
Bishop has the 1903 bandoleer kit on used by mainly lighthorse,artillery drivers,
the 1903 experimental you picked up at around the 9 minute mark is a 1903 springfield with the Pedersen Device (a replacement bolt that would slide into place after taking out the normal bolt) allowing you to fit a magazine of .45 ACP ammo which you'd use to suppress the enemy as per the walking fire doctrine that was being developed as a means to break the stalemate. It was invented in 1918 to be produced in large enough quantites for the never-to-come-to-be 1919 spring offensives. C&Rsenal have a primer episode about it
Even with all the inaccuracies the game felt like WW1, its period correct in a way that doesnt really match others cause its also fun on top of being as accurate as possible. Many people will state issues with it and its multiplayer but nobody cant deny the kind of atmosphere the game created with its setting.
AND they speak the correct language!
No germans speaking english in combat...
no DO YOU SPEAK JAPANEEEESE bs
Hello to my friends in australia from turkey 🇹🇷❤️🇦🇺 like a australian company who gifted the turkish a flag during korea, “From your brothers in arms sons of mustafa kemal”
When that music comes on at the end….I cry every time.
11:04 the British would end up selling Vickers guns in the 40s to ensure turkey wouldn't join the axis.
Literally the only game I've played that acknowledges Australian sacrifice
YESSS finally you're trying this out
I love this mission, and the campaign for this game a lot. It may be as inaccurate *as* Vanguard at times, but it's definitely authentic, and incredibly respectful to their history. Instead of shoving forced, fake, 'woke' culture down your throat, they give you beautifully written summaries of historical events, and let you play as historical minorities without even telling you, such as the Harlem Hellfighters in the first prologue of the campaign, and the British and other European colonial troops in the multiplayer. Even the small details like the models of weapons, background noises of combat, NATIVE LANGUAGE SPEAKING, and even just the mud, blood and grime that smears your equipment when you move around just makes this game one of my favorite historical, casual FPS games to go in and have fun in.
I commented as I was watching, but I love you for saying the things I was already thinking! Great shit man, prepared for Kanalsturm to continue BTW! >:D
Even BF5 isn't any match
Is that because if the lack of ww1 games because I think this game is just as bad as vanguard imo
@@Dayrahl vanguard is a bad faith failed representation of a ww2 shooter.
BF1 is a good faith representation of a ww1 shooter.
Its problems and innaccuracies stem from different areas.
@@Dayrahl there is a difference between raping shitting and puking on history and Battlefield 1
It's interesting that while in the campaign mission the Australian uniforms are really wrong, but in multiplayer their uniforms are far closer to being accurate.
Well, it's not necessarily wrong since he mentioned it's more late war uniforms. But not a problem, tbh since it still fits the time frame of WW1. Even if some uniforms don't fit their respective events
The multiplayer maps for Gallipoli came out much later than the single-player and they put effort into making the uniforms accurate, but didn't go back and change it for the single-player.
Dude, 8:49 I think this is a Springfield 1903 with a Pedersen device! It really was a thing, but it was developed for the Spring 1919 offensive, that never came.
One thing to note as well is in Multiplayer the Ottomans were in fact given their historically accurate uniform (Khaki) and featured mostly Historically accurate Anzacs on the Map Called Acchi Baba probably spelt that wrong, anyhow take a look!
The sights are based on a ww1 tubeless sniper sight called the Martin Galilean sight. Ian McKellen has a video on it.
i dont know what i found more entertaining, you finding all the historical relevance of the mission and enjoying the cutscenes, or you tearing apart Vanguard with a game that came out like 5 years prior lol. Either way, great reaction and breakdown. im glad you understand as a gamer osme things arent going to be 100% accurate, but at least DICE tried with this one. Still a great game.
The 1903 Experimental was a real thing. It was a modification for a Springfield called a Pedersen Device, basically you take the bolt out, drop in the device and it turns the springfield into a .30-18 Auto carbine. However, the inaccuracy part is in that it didn't exist at the time of this mission. It was designed in 1917 and didn't enter production until December 1918. And the cool part was you could very easily convert the rifle back to firing .30-06, which they did after the Pedersen lost out to the Garand in semiautomatic rifle trials. Nice to see cool things like that get a little bit of limelight.
Also would like to point out the detail in BF1 when you use the 1903 Experimental as your primary then equip the K Bullet or switching to .30-06 by pressing the fire mode key, it shows an animation of the player taking out the Pedersen Device, put in the regular 1903 bolt, and chamber the rifle/K bullet. Vice versa if you switch back to your primary
God I fucking love this game, True, Sometimes it may not be as accurate as it could be, And often it is quite bad in historical accuracy when you look at the details, BUT, Not Being Historically Accurate doesn't always mean a game can't be Fun or Authentic, And Unlike Vanguard, Battlefield 1 has Both of them, And does them REALLY well. Vanguard doesn't do any of them good, But Battlefield 1 manages to be Really Fun, And feel really Authentic at the same time, While also not always being historically accurate, As an example, the Hellriegel is in the game, A gun that there's only one or two Photos to prove it exists, Yet DICE was like "Fuck it, Here you have it, This is what we thought it would Feel like to shoot it!" And I love that, It is unrealistic, Sure, But unlike COD, the Fun and the Authenticity the game provides is enough to allow me to Suspend my Disbelief, Something in Wich Vanguard fails beyond words.
although BF1 isn’t 100% accurate, what matters is that it’s grounded in its foundation and the immersion/atmosphere makes up for it. BFV, although fun, lacks atmosphere and a heaping ton of historical accuracy, but at least the immersion is delivered through the chaotic gameplay. vanguard literally didn’t give a single shit about any of that. just straight goofiness to the highest degree
@@Fridgemasters I actually really like BFV and it’s good to see a ton of people are going back to it after 2042
Also I tend to classify BFV as alternate history ww2
@@Lady_Amelia-Eloise thats exactly how the devs thought about the BF games...
BF1 and BFV devs said "this may not be ww1 exactly(and we know that) but here is what OUR version of a ww1 game would look like, see the gun that nobody used and you wouldnt be able to play in nay game? Here you go and play with it, have fun!"
I'm turkish and ı can say our people really like australian and kiwi soldiers in gallipoli war, our grandparents told stories about their respect and breavery in war
As a person who lost his great great grandfather in gallipoli,i wish the best for everyone that died in gallipoli,respect to my aussie and New zealender brothers!
yessss thanks bro i love bf1 and i love ur channel so naturally its a good video mate keep up the good work
I loved this game. I just wished they gave some more love into the campaign with a few more war stories. Like the Canadians at Vimy Ridge, or maybe the fighting in Serbia.
The sight on smle is based on martin galilean sight. The lever action gun is Winchester m1895 mainly used by Russians. While the semi auto Springfield is m1903 with pedersen device firing .30-18 auto also known as 7.65x20 longue similar to .32 acp. The cup type grenade launcher is attached to Winchester model 1907 chambered in .351 wsl used by both France and Britain. The top magzine feed lmg used by the Turkish forces is madsen machine gun (m1925, 26, 35 and 1937 models) chambered in 7.92mm
37:58 We will march to Moscow by Christmas
44:14 Feel the patriotism coursing through your veins.
44:22 Yep.
Order the Aussies to take Moscow, they'll have it by Friday
Offer them a case of beer to take it, it'll be over in a few hours
Great stuff. You should do videos on the other war stories from BF1 as well. I always thought that it was a shame that they never did a new one for each expansion. Would've been cool.
Thx for the new content as usual and it is a pleasure to support such great and honest work!
9:01 That is a M1903 Springfield with a Pederson device attached. The idea was during an attack on an enemy trench a soldier could remove the bolt and replace it with the Pederson device, and now the rifle fires pistol ammunition semi-automatically. The war ended before any could be fielded, but it was a real thing.
This game was made 5 years ago and is doing astronomically better than some games taking historical settings that are horrendously incorrect that it can actually make you sick. This game shines through all the dirt as an older and more valuable gem.
I told my friend who’s buying tabletop models from Ukraine that if he received a message of the Russians destroying his models during an invasion he should go to the government and say that the Russians destroyed his investments in Uktraine and boom we’re at war.
That being said good to see you getting in BF1. Now I may wish and hope you do all of BF1, mainly because I like your commentary and historical breakdown but I also know this is your channel as well but I’d love to see what you think of the other missions.
I think you would love Through Mud and Blood. It is amazing and badass as fuck even though they get a major thing wrong, and that being the size of the crew for the Mark 4
God that quite “g’day” as you murked that fella XD
26:41 This Ottoman soldier here has an SMLE.
43:27 And this one.
“Is this what it feels like to be American”
No that’s what it feels like to be Australian, don’t discount the unbelievable bravery and heroics that so many nations gave.
9:03 Huh... didn't know BF1 had the Springfield Pederson Device!
I love Australia
44:22 is such a beautiful and heartbreaking scene...
At 9:03 that is the Pederson Device on the M1903 Springfield file. It was real and used, but obviously very anachronistic in 1915.
If there's one positive I'll give call of duty vanguard it's that it led me to this channel along with history legends. Love this channel.
Yes the 1903 is goofy but it was real prototype rifle developed for the us army its called the Pederson device
8:40 I believe that is an M1903 Springfield with a Pedersen device attached. This device allowed it to be fired semi automatically which eventually led to the M1 Garand and the Pedersen rifle.
5:44 Imagine firing machine guns at the invading forces and you randomly see an Aussie crouching and looking at another man’s riffle with no regards for his life. Lol.
"Try the stealthy approach this time" - he said, without spotting enemies or planning a route
Just found your channel last night and have been thoroughly entertained for most of the day, great stuff!
There's an extra treat in the credits of BF1 for you Australians if you finish all the campaigns. Once you've done them all, there's an extra section called "Remember Us" followed by the credits. Watch them, you won't be disappointed. Also, bring some tissue
Rah! As a veteran of 1MARDIV, we appreciate the shout out
Great video as always!! Even though I’m a typical American nut, my grandmother was Australian and I still have family in Brisbane and Melbourne. Also her father served in WW1, I need to try to get his military records.
I was also curious what do you think about the 1981 film “Gallipoli?”
More of these breakdown/playthroughs of BF1 PLEASE. So good! I would love it if you would play the British Flying Corps war story in BF1. One of my favorites.
Not gonna lie, As a Turk, once I played this game and especially this campaign, I got this fixation for Australians, especially Gallipoli.
Rest in peace ANZACS.
That Semi-Auto firing thing on the Springfield rifle was a Pedersen device, which fires a 7.62mm pistol-like round in the rifle, here's the wikipedia article explaining it:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedersen_device
You should do a historical breakdown of the BF1 war story "Avanti Savoia". It is my favorite war story because it is the only one I know so far that features the Italians. It is also a positive representation of the Italian Army in WWI because in this war story, you get to play as a volunteer in the Arditi, an elite shocker unit in the Italian Army during WW1. This war story also features the Austro-Hungarian Army along with some wrong but unique weapons.
The mg08 was reserved for the sentry class in this game so unfortunately everyone uses the Vickers gun
Am I the only one who, during the runner scenes, just... ran!!! I dont think I fired a shot until I got to the bathhouse... it was epic!!
Great video going into this Campaign, probably my favorite from BF1.
Though- I'd say the one thing that always makes me sad when seeing Gallipoli presented in media, specifically the retreat at Sulva Bay, is the absence of (typically from lack of knowledge about) the original 1000 man Newfoundlander regiment sent by Canada to assist the Australians advance (nicknamed the blue Puttees) , who after facing massive losses during assaults (255 killed, 356 wounded, 61 lost), a tragedy that even Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle had commented on saying - "‘It was a magnificent display of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault only failed of success because dead men can advance no further’ -
with only 68 men answering the roll call, they had been one of many tasked with holding their ground to stall enemy advancements, losing a number of the surviving men in the process. Now standing at the top of the hill where some of the men lost had fought to the end, there stands a bronze moose to remember them, a memorial that came 106 years far, far too late.
comments getting long but- here are their names:
-Private Edward Bewhey, 19, killed in action 30/11/15.
-Private James Michael Brown, 23, killed in action 3/12/15.
-Private John Dunphy, 20, killed in action 12/12/15.
-Private James Ellsworth, 26, killed in action, 4/11/15.
-Private John Fitzgerald, 31, Mentioned in Despatches, killed in action 1/12/15.
-Private James Joseph Hynes, 19, killed in action 18/11/15.
-Private George Samuel Knight, 21, killed in action 2/12/15.
-Private Samuel Thomas Lodge, 23, killed in action 1/10/15.
-Private William John Murphy, 29, killed in action 9/10/15.
-Private Frederick Charles Roper, 19, killed in action 27/11/15.
-Private James Joseph Tibbo, 20, killed in action 1/12/15.
-Captain Charles Wighton, 35, killed in action 25/11/15.
-Private Michael John Blyde, 19, killed in action 26/09/15.
-Private David Michael Carew, 19, killed in action 7/10/15.
-Lance Corporal Hubert Edgar Ebsary, 24, killed in action 1/12/15.
-Private William Frank Hardy, 22, killed in action 23/09/15.
-Private Samuel Hiscock, 20, killed in action 4/11/15.
-Private Hugh Walter McWhirter, 21, killed in action 22/09/15.
-Private Frank Roberts, 23, killed in action 23/10/15.
-Private Josiah Squibb, 19, killed in action 19/10/15.
-Private Robert Morris, 28, killed in action 7/01/16.
-Private George Simms, 27, killed in action 30/12/15.
-Private William Joseph Collins, 27, 28/10/15
-Private Frederick Columbus, 21, died 9/10/15
-Private William Duke, 21, died 27/12/15.
-Private John Macdonnel, 21, died 29/10/15.
-Private Frederick Ernest Ebsary, 19, died 23/09/15
-Private Edward John Hoare, 25, died 14/06/16.
-Private Allan Augustus Sellars, 20, 19/08/16.
-Private George Clarke, 19, died 24/11/15.
-Private Walter Leonard Murphy, 19 died 29/09/15.
-Lance Corporal Rupert King Watts, 21, died 27/09/15.
-Private Ignatius Furey, 19, died 7/12/15.
-Private John Myrick, 19, died 10/12/15.
-Corporal Richard Fowlow, 23, died 23/11/15.
-Private John Hardy, 20, died 14/10/15.
-Private William Patrick Miller, 38, died 17/10/15.
-Private Joachim Murphy, 19, died 7/11/15.
-Private Frederick Charles Somerton, 27, died 25/11/15.
-Private Morley Soper, 26, died 29/12/15.
-Lance Corporal Walter Tucker, 21, died 25/10/15.
-Private John Francis Viscount, 20, died 30/10/15.
May they rest in peace.
I also like that a lot of the a-historical guns are labeled "Experimental" or "Custom". that being said I thing Verdun (game) proves you can have a good historical ww1 game. 40:30 to be fair he is surprised that its here as well.
It’s just a shame that games population is just super small.
loved the video, hope you cover all the war stories in the future
So, an interesting fact about the rifle with the mag coming out of the receiver at an angle, the thing did in fact exist. Ian from forgot weapons actually did a video about it. I didnt know until I had watched the video.
One thing I do like about BF1's unicorn guns and attachments is that they are things that existed, sometimes in somewhat substantial numbers (compared to Vanguard and some of BFV's), even if they are slightly anachronistic and seem implausible (because a lot of them were pretty close to implausible, hence my use of the term "unicorn"). A first example would be those enfield sights, they are meant to be Galilean sights, a sort of tubeless telescopic sight that did exist prior to the war. The Brits were interested in them as they started their sniper program because the tubeless telescopic sights would have been easier to make and fit than regular scopes to extant rifles, but in the real world they proved to be more troublesome and less useable than actual scopes.
For another example, at 8:42, the "M1903 Experimental" is an example of the real life Pendersen Device, or "US Automatic Pistol, Caliber .30, Model of 1918." The device converted surplus M1903 rifles to fire 7.65mm Long with a semi automatic action, and it was planned to be issued in large numbers alongside the BAR in 1919; unfortunately for both weapons the war ended before the 1919 spring offensive could happen. The rifles modified to accept the devices were later put back into service as regular M1903 rifles, and unfortunately most of the Pendersen devices were destroyed after being declared surplus, because the army did not want to pay for storage costs.
40:57 Take a good look inside the chamber of that Mauser.
There's a whole row of bullets still in there.