I wasn't going to commment until the guy said the Stg 44 was issued only issued troops is completely wrong. It was issued to Heer, Waffen-SS and Fallschirmjager troops. The German word Wehrmacht is the name for the German armed forces not the German army. The Wehrmacht consisted of Heer (army), Luftwaffe (airforce), and Krieg marine (navy). The Waffen-SS was not part of the Wehrmacht.
9:55 “It was only issued to SS troops” - Not true, there are countless wartime photos of this weapon being used by Heer troops and members of the Fallschirmjäger.
SSFJ never got M40 smocks, and smocks never had tanks destruction badges on them. SSFJ got M42 smocks in splinter. The thing about the dog tag cord is bollocks. Pouches don’t match weapon. M40 smock is a Sturm and is constructed incorrectly, pockets for up to shoulder seam. Wehrmacht is term for overarching armed forces, Heer is army. only half of SSFJ 500/600 were volunteers, the other half were extracted from penal units. All SSFJ dog tags were coded with a 6 digit number. All enlisted men carried a bayonet regardless of weapon being used. The thing about the Fallschirmjäger bandana is bollocks, it’s based on one photo that’s become a massive reenactorism. Dude in the background is wearing a Splinter A smock, Jump smocks were never in Splinter A, only B Those Y straps aren’t para specific, they saw use by all luftwaffe and cavalry units. Dog tags were also never worn outside of uniform Soldbucher (paybooks) were not worn by SSFJ or any FJ in combat for secrecy. All German soldiers were trained to equip themselves. It was not deliberately designed to work in a team. SSFJ used SS Zelts, not splinter Zelts. A Zug is a platoon of 30+ men depending on unit, not a group of four people. STG44 and MP44 are two different weapons The AK47 is not a copy of the STG The STG44 was not exclusively issued to SS troops, in fact an emphasis was placed on issuance to Heer Volksgrenadier. Can’t be bothered going over everything else that’s wrong Please do research before going out and doing a video please.
Where to start? The SS didnt have a special "black elite" cord for their dogtag. Every soldier had a bayonet if he wasent MG crew or other special role. Far from all FJs had a pistol. The AK47 is NOT a copy of the MP44. The SS was NOT the only branch to recieve the MP44. This guy really need to pick up a history book.
@@thallianhammer24 It's not a copy of the Stg-44 as its action is a different type. Its concept was inspired by the Stg and after the war the Russians had German engineers advise on the design, but just because two things have the same concept they are not copies. They look similar, but various parts follow different ideas and engineering aspects, e.g. the reason the Stg was largely stamped, the AK was not. With the same argument you could say any two bolt actions are copies of each other (depending which is a tad older). The Stg44 was the first fully functional and conceptualized assault rifle. That is fame enough.
@@mangalores-x_x The program which ended up producing the AK-47 was kick started by a captured MKb 42 (a precursor to the stg/mp-44). But the soviets had been dabbling in intermediate cartridge automatic weapons as far back as the late 1920's. More as a way to beef up sub-machine guns, rather than tame automatic rifles. By 1944 the soviets were testing the As-44 which was a proper assault rifle, but never saw any real deployment. After the war they took their time and had a full competition between a whole slew of designs, of which Kalashnikov's was the best. But the actual mechanics of the AK-47 has more in common the M-1 Garand than anything else. I think it's better to say that the Stg-44 and the AK-47 were developed in parallel. The soviets could have deployed the As-44 or something like it up against the Stg-44 but they were winning the war and had the luxury of time. And this shows. Mechanically, the AK47 is far superior to the stg-44. The gas system was better, the rotating bolt was better, the trigger system was simplier etc. Really, the thing that the Germans did was help develop the stamping technology for the AKM.
germany also didnt start ww2, they were pushed in by the british, hitler made millions of peace attempts with the british, he wanted danzig and some little areas from poland back where mostly germans pre ww1 where living, and as poland started terrorizing the germans living in poland they attaked poland, since england and france declared war he kept whole of poland for war time.
I thought I read, the K98k, was the best hunting rifle, and the Lee Enfield, the best for target shooting, if makes sense. The MP40s, front bit below the barrel, is supposing, for inside fighting armoured vehicles, stops you falling back inside it, firing through viewing slots within, while on the move/rough terrain!. As for the panzerfäuste, hollow charge anti tank weapon it is generally fire and forget. But there was kits available, where you could indeed, make up another, to reuse the Panzerfäuste, once again!.
Actually the SS 500 Battalion was first formed in late 1943. Made up of Volunteers and approximately 40% was conscripted from penal Battalions. And were the brainchild of Oberkomando, Otto Skorzani. They were responsible for the rescue of Mussolini and made an attempted coup on Tito, leader of the Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia where many para’s were decimated. And afterwards were refitted and reformed into 600 Battalion from a cadre of survivors from the Yugoslavian operation. Though the 500 and 600 Battalion’s never came to full strength. They were to see action again , mainly on the Eastern Front with some success, and later in Czechoslovakia in the last months of the War. There are a couple of books and a UA-cam or two from a historical perspective that can be found. Hope this was helpful.
It's a shame you guys can't experience these weapons in their true forms. Blanks and airsoft can get the looks and weights down but there's nothing like experiencing the true bullet firing versions. I've fired the full auto sturmgewehr 44 and it's amazing the amount of detail and ingenuity the Germans had during ww2. The cyclic rate and cartridge make it an amazing rifle.
the Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 was not issued with the FG-42 because it was a Luftwaffe thing and the Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 was part of the Heer/SS
Anal Ritter So the Luftwaffe included the German paratroopers and din't group them as special infantry (like the Fallschirmjager) that merely operated with the support of the Luftwaffe?
In the respect of tying up personal as liter barrer’s, and put the enemies comrades in the line of fire to come to his aid, yes. That said, this tactic was normally implemented by snipers. As most ground and airborne units were more concentrated on accomplishing their mission at hand and taking the objective. Though, if opportunity permitted? From time to time this tactic would be employed.
A lot of experts, the guy just has a Bobbie ! He age has nothing to do with anything, he seems to enjoy it , he meet up with a lot of like minded friends for a week End , good luck to him , I enjoyed listening to him ,
Although the stg44 and the AK47 design looks similar, the inner workings of the two guns are very different, so I wouldn't say that the Russians copied the Stg44.
1.The US took isperation more from the FG-42 than the MG-42(unless that was a typo). 2. The leopard does not have the turbine engine and the chohham armor of the M1 tank so I would say they are pretty different. 3. I already explained how the ak was not a copy in my original comment.
the German Fallschirmjäger didn't used the STG-44 thats why the Luftwaffe introduced the FG-42 the STG-44 was only issued to the SS Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 500 (most likeley Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 to this time) because they where part of the Heer/SS and i like that detail
FJ got plenty of STG44s, look at photos of FJR12, 23 and 7 to prove it. Ironically if you look at the issuance documents for SSFJ, they didn’t get any STG44s, MP43s or MP44s lmao
Sure a lot of overweight fallschirmjagers around. They must have been fed real good. You won't find any young skinny reenactors doing this stuff because they have other better things to do. There is video on UA-cam that a real Waffen SS Fallschirmjager was interviewed. One of the things he said was that when he won a Fallschirmjager award, he was not allowed to keep it and had to return it because he wasn't really considered a Fallschirmjager.
Most re-enactors in the u.k are of little or no resemblance to the physical shape or condition to the men from the period whom they are trying to portray , miserably.
It's NOT an interview of a WW2 German paratrooper (Fallschrimjaeger) It IS an interview of a British bloke pretending to be a WW2 German para, playing army men
this guy hasn't got his story straight. i think the ss-fj never got the grey-green step-in jump smocks when they went into service. splinter 3rd patterns is what they got in mid-late 44. yikes!! this video is partly a fail....
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I wasn't going to commment until the guy said the Stg 44 was issued only issued troops is completely wrong. It was issued to Heer, Waffen-SS and Fallschirmjager troops. The German word Wehrmacht is the name for the German armed forces not the German army. The Wehrmacht consisted of Heer (army), Luftwaffe (airforce), and Krieg marine (navy). The Waffen-SS was not part of the Wehrmacht.
"Don't ask me" literally sums this up.
The openings on the trousers were for the early pattern knee pads and the smock is a second pattern
cold warfighter he’s got mp40 the pouches yet he’s using an StG44🤔🤔
Wrong,it's for the gravity knife. When you get tangled and even upside down in a tree. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_knife
Wrong. It's for the gravity knife when you get tangled hanging in a tree.Maybe even upside down. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_knife
Richard Binkhuysen no the gravity knife has its own little pocket those openings where you can see the wearers leg are indeed for jump pads
9:55 “It was only issued to SS troops”
- Not true, there are countless wartime photos of this weapon being used by Heer troops and members of the Fallschirmjäger.
Thank you for preserving German Military history...this would be impossible in Germany...my respect to the Brits...greetings from Berlin...
The extra pocket on the trousers is for the german gravity knife in case the para needs to cut his parachute lines if in trouble
SSFJ never got M40 smocks, and smocks never had tanks destruction badges on them.
SSFJ got M42 smocks in splinter.
The thing about the dog tag cord is bollocks.
Pouches don’t match weapon.
M40 smock is a Sturm and is constructed incorrectly, pockets for up to shoulder seam.
Wehrmacht is term for overarching armed forces, Heer is army.
only half of SSFJ 500/600 were volunteers, the other half were extracted from penal units.
All SSFJ dog tags were coded with a 6 digit number.
All enlisted men carried a bayonet regardless of weapon being used.
The thing about the Fallschirmjäger bandana is bollocks, it’s based on one photo that’s become a massive reenactorism.
Dude in the background is wearing a Splinter A smock, Jump smocks were never in Splinter A, only B
Those Y straps aren’t para specific, they saw use by all luftwaffe and cavalry units.
Dog tags were also never worn outside of uniform
Soldbucher (paybooks) were not worn by SSFJ or any FJ in combat for secrecy.
All German soldiers were trained to equip themselves. It was not deliberately designed to work in a team.
SSFJ used SS Zelts, not splinter Zelts.
A Zug is a platoon of 30+ men depending on unit, not a group of four people.
STG44 and MP44 are two different weapons
The AK47 is not a copy of the STG
The STG44 was not exclusively issued to SS troops, in fact an emphasis was placed on issuance to Heer Volksgrenadier.
Can’t be bothered going over everything else that’s wrong
Please do research before going out and doing a video please.
When u havent done your homework.... 🙈
Where to start? The SS didnt have a special "black elite" cord for their dogtag. Every soldier had a bayonet if he wasent MG crew or other special role. Far from all FJs had a pistol. The AK47 is NOT a copy of the MP44. The SS was NOT the only branch to recieve the MP44. This guy really need to pick up a history book.
the AK was a copy of the Stg 44 the only but in a different Loader ....thats all...greetings form Germany Weapon Manufactur
Herman Hedning the ak47 is derived from the mp44,mp45,and the M1 garand
The AK 47 is a "copy" from the Sturmgewehr 44. Build in 1944.
@@thallianhammer24 It's not a copy of the Stg-44 as its action is a different type. Its concept was inspired by the Stg and after the war the Russians had German engineers advise on the design, but just because two things have the same concept they are not copies.
They look similar, but various parts follow different ideas and engineering aspects, e.g. the reason the Stg was largely stamped, the AK was not. With the same argument you could say any two bolt actions are copies of each other (depending which is a tad older).
The Stg44 was the first fully functional and conceptualized assault rifle. That is fame enough.
@@mangalores-x_x The program which ended up producing the AK-47 was kick started by a captured MKb 42 (a precursor to the stg/mp-44). But the soviets had been dabbling in intermediate cartridge automatic weapons as far back as the late 1920's. More as a way to beef up sub-machine guns, rather than tame automatic rifles. By 1944 the soviets were testing the As-44 which was a proper assault rifle, but never saw any real deployment. After the war they took their time and had a full competition between a whole slew of designs, of which Kalashnikov's was the best. But the actual mechanics of the AK-47 has more in common the M-1 Garand than anything else.
I think it's better to say that the Stg-44 and the AK-47 were developed in parallel. The soviets could have deployed the As-44 or something like it up against the Stg-44 but they were winning the war and had the luxury of time. And this shows. Mechanically, the AK47 is far superior to the stg-44. The gas system was better, the rotating bolt was better, the trigger system was simplier etc. Really, the thing that the Germans did was help develop the stamping technology for the AKM.
I find it interesting how everyone wants to be SS or associated units. Why not the first cooking platoon lol.
... I would wish to be the normal Wehrmacht, or the Luftwaffe ground support units! 😎
ua-cam.com/video/iQ2m3FGL0ks/v-deo.html Here is a guy who did just that with a period correct kitchen trailer and all. Quite interesting stuff really.
DJJAW11 cause the ss have better camo and more stuff
I joined LAH as a logistician
My man has no idea what he is talking about
Were the breakfast cooks for these men the waffle ss.
The historically accurate 70 year old chubby paratrooper carrying a STG-44 and ammo for a MP-40 and wearing kit from 1941. Yes, truly Germany's elite.
Best regards from Germany. Next worldwar, we fight together, as brothers.
+shindo200 ok:)
your wish is granted Germany started ww1 and 2
germany also didnt start ww2, they were pushed in by the british, hitler made millions of peace attempts with the british, he wanted danzig and some little areas from poland back where mostly germans pre ww1 where living, and as poland started terrorizing the germans living in poland they attaked poland, since england and france declared war he kept whole of poland for war time.
Georg281relo your history teacher wants sacking
history is written by victors, always remeber that....
I thought I read, the K98k, was the best hunting rifle, and the Lee Enfield, the best for target shooting, if makes sense. The MP40s, front bit below the barrel, is supposing, for inside fighting armoured vehicles, stops you falling back inside it, firing through viewing slots within, while on the move/rough terrain!. As for the panzerfäuste, hollow charge anti tank weapon it is generally fire and forget. But there was kits available, where you could indeed, make up another, to reuse the Panzerfäuste, once again!.
I,m quite well up on my ww2 history......but I never heard of ss paratrooper units?
Actually the SS 500 Battalion was first formed in late 1943. Made up of Volunteers and approximately 40% was conscripted from penal Battalions. And were the brainchild of Oberkomando, Otto Skorzani. They were responsible for the rescue of Mussolini and made an attempted coup on Tito, leader of the Partisan resistance in Yugoslavia where many para’s were decimated. And afterwards were refitted and reformed into 600 Battalion from a cadre of survivors from the Yugoslavian operation. Though the 500 and 600 Battalion’s never came to full strength. They were to see action again , mainly on the Eastern Front with some success, and later in Czechoslovakia in the last months of the War.
There are a couple of books and a UA-cam or two from a historical perspective that can be found.
Hope this was helpful.
Would have been an honour to have seved in the LSSAH.
wtf? Wehrmacht included the Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine. But did not include Waffen-SS units.
Jesus. Immediately puts the finger on the trigger when grabbing the pistol.
The 4-man zug
(zug means platoon and was about 4...0 men)
Mp40 always fired from the hip? Nah breh
It's a shame you guys can't experience these weapons in their true forms. Blanks and airsoft can get the looks and weights down but there's nothing like experiencing the true bullet firing versions. I've fired the full auto sturmgewehr 44 and it's amazing the amount of detail and ingenuity the Germans had during ww2. The cyclic rate and cartridge make it an amazing rifle.
Great video guys. Where did you get your helmets?
This interviewer,has been living under a rock,seems to no very little!. Your average school boy would possibly no more 🤔
Instead of being a chud, how about you list the inaccuracies so we all can learn.
@@danceswithmetroids162 interviewer 🤷🤦,not interviewee.
Lots of "we" . Curious how things seem to have turned out as time went by.
Wehrmacht wasn't the regular German army. Wehrmacht - lit. "Defence Force" was the army (Heer) navy (Kriegsmarine) and airforce (Luftwaffe).
The Wehrmacht,also where issued the stg44/mp44 and so on.
All of these are fascinating...
but I was hoping he might have an FG42 on hand
Ben Baker thanks. Yeah would have been cool to see one of those:)
I wouldn't expect an FG42 too much as they are one of the most rarest weapons you see at reenactments now a days,wish they were more common
the Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 was not issued with the FG-42 because it was a Luftwaffe thing and the Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 was part of the Heer/SS
Anal Ritter So the Luftwaffe included the German paratroopers and din't group them as special infantry (like the Fallschirmjager) that merely operated with the support of the Luftwaffe?
The Springer mines, commonly referred to as the 'de-bollocker' by British troops.
Interesting interview. Strange to think of maiming your opponent as more efficient than killing him.
In the respect of tying up personal as liter barrer’s, and put the enemies comrades in the line of fire to come to his aid, yes.
That said, this tactic was normally implemented by snipers. As most ground and airborne units were more concentrated on accomplishing their mission at hand and taking the objective.
Though, if opportunity permitted? From time to time this tactic would be employed.
The pocket is for a gravity knife ... with cord ...
A lot of experts, the guy just has a Bobbie ! He age has nothing to do with anything, he seems to enjoy it , he meet up with a lot of like minded friends for a week End , good luck to him , I enjoyed listening to him ,
Although the stg44 and the AK47 design looks similar, the inner workings of the two guns are very different, so I wouldn't say that the Russians copied the Stg44.
I'd use the word "inspired"
+Walter Johnson Agreed
+Nick La Not even that, they copied the concept of an assault rifle, but not the weapon itself. I guess "inspired" would do.
1.The US took isperation more from the FG-42 than the MG-42(unless that was a typo).
2. The leopard does not have the turbine engine and the chohham armor of the M1 tank so I would say they are pretty different.
3. I already explained how the ak was not a copy in my original comment.
I'm glad hes learning
Guy doesn't seem to know much about what he's wearing.
Mkb 44 - no Fallschirmjäger - and magazin pouches for MPi 38 - nice nice and a Knochensack olive - not given to SS500
by the way - SS500 dont get Luger 08 they get old Mauser C96 later SS600 get Luger
SS was really the elite - he looks 30 years younger than he is and his English is perfect. probably some magical Fuehrer energy or something...
NOT a paratrooper- a re-enactor.
I hate clickbait like this.
the German Fallschirmjäger didn't used the STG-44 thats why the Luftwaffe introduced the FG-42 the STG-44 was only issued to the SS Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 500 (most likeley Fallschirmjäger Bataillon 600 to this time) because they where part of the Heer/SS and i like that detail
Anal Ritter The guy said he's SS at least twice at the beggining.
i know and now you read my comment again to the end.
FJ got plenty of STG44s, look at photos of FJR12, 23 and 7 to prove it.
Ironically if you look at the issuance documents for SSFJ, they didn’t get any STG44s, MP43s or MP44s lmao
Sure a lot of overweight fallschirmjagers around. They must have been fed real good. You won't find any young skinny reenactors doing this stuff because they have other better things to do. There is video on UA-cam that a real Waffen SS Fallschirmjager was interviewed. One of the things he said was that when he won a Fallschirmjager award, he was not allowed to keep it and had to return it because he wasn't really considered a Fallschirmjager.
Most re-enactors in the u.k are of little or no resemblance to the physical shape or condition to the men from the period whom they are trying to portray , miserably.
Really wish he wouldn’t say “We” We did this or We used this equipment re enactors should never act like they were there unless they actually were.
The German Army was not called the Wehrmacht !!
Heer heer good point.
It's NOT an interview of a WW2 German paratrooper (Fallschrimjaeger) It IS an interview of a British bloke pretending to be a WW2 German para, playing army men
He has no Idea of what he is talking about in terms of accuracy...too bad.
The upper ‘slit’ pockets are wrong on the smock, great impression none the less!
did I miss the FG-42, or...
It was missed due to the extreme price tag that comes with it
This guy managed to get almost everything wrong...ouch.
A great interview indeed.
this guy hasn't got his story straight. i think the ss-fj never got the grey-green step-in jump smocks when they went into service. splinter 3rd patterns is what they got in mid-late 44. yikes!! this video is partly a fail....
Dont put your finger on a triggger ever, unless you actualy plan on shooting the weapon.
Stovokor41 they don't have loaded guns in reinactments dude. That would be REALLY stupid and VERY illegal
Accidents like that have happened at re-enactments so... yeah. It’s not an unwarranted policy.
262 Saarlouis 🇩🇪💙💪✌️
Brits always say "these ones." Americans say "these."
Since when does a German speak with a British accent
Holllywood rules: Every foreign person ever has a British accent
7:37 so that’s why they lost the war.
I lasted to 1:21 ...
It's rubbish.
SS paratroopers ?
Soup sandwich....smh
Bjour, le type a trop l'air d'un con dans sa tenue de carnaval
reenactor is very poorly schooled in ww2 german gear, SS FJ????
There was a division called 600th ss fj
Yes I think there was a 500th aswell not sure though but there was definitely a 600th SS FJ
+Keelan O'Brien yeah there was both, I'm pretty sure the 500th was a punishment battalion and the 600th was for volunteers.
@@mikemusto6552 SSFJ was initially formed as SSFJ500 but after the Yugoslav raid it was reformed as SSFJ600