German artillery hammering French Maginot Line fortifications in May 1940
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- 0:00 The Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M.16 was a First World War design, a longer-barreled version of the M.11 that was first built in 1910. It could fire shells weighing up to 384kg out to 12 kilometers and was specifically designed for attacking fortifications, penetrating up to 2 meters of reinforced concrete. After the war these weapons remained in service with various militaries and would see service again in the next global conflict.
In 1939, Germany seized all 17 pieces from Czechoslovakia and repaired an example that was preserved at the Arsenal Museum in Vienna, designating them 30.5 cm Mörser (t). In 1941, they obtained five more weapons after the defeat of Yugoslavia and placed them into service as the 30.5 cm Mörser 638(j). They saw service against Poland, France and the Soviet Union, serving with schwere Artillerie-Abteilungen 624, 641 and 815 as well as schwere Artillerie-Batterie bodenstandig 230 and 779. In the footage an observation balloon can be seen spotting the fall of shot.
0:47 The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze was the standard artillery piece of the Wehrmacht and adopted for service in 1935. It is seen firing armor-piercing tracer shells directly at French fortifications, in practice it would have been of limited effectiveness compared to heavier weapons in this role.
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0:00 The Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M.16 was a First World War design, a longer-barreled version of the M.11 that was first built in 1910. It could fire shells weighing up to 384kg out to 12 kilometers and was specifically designed for attacking fortifications, penetrating up to 2 meters of reinforced concrete. After the war these weapons remained in service with various militaries and would see service again in the next global conflict.
In 1939, Germany seized all 17 pieces from Czechoslovakia and repaired an example that was preserved at the Arsenal Museum in Vienna, designating them 30.5 cm Mörser (t). In 1941, they obtained five more weapons after the defeat of Yugoslavia and placed them into service as the 30.5 cm Mörser 638(j). They saw service against Poland, France and the Soviet Union, serving with schwere Artillerie-Abteilungen 624, 641 and 815 as well as schwere Artillerie-Batterie bodenstandig 230 and 779. In the footage an observation balloon can be seen spotting the fall of shot.
0:47 The 10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze was the standard artillery piece of the Wehrmacht and adopted for service in 1935. It is seen firing armor-piercing tracer shells directly at French fortifications, in practice it would have been of limited effectiveness compared to heavier weapons in this role.
Czech weaponry was (and is) top notch.
The Skoda 305mm was one of the key weapons that reduced the Belgian forts surrounding Liege in WW1. The 420mm Gamma Morser and Bertha howitzers get most of the credit in the history books, however the smaller weapons did most of the damage. The main weapon in these actions, beyond even the Skoda 305mm was the German 210mm Morser. The heavy German Minenwerfer, which had very short range but massively powerful thin walled destructive shells were also important in reducing these fortifications.
@@mr.samurai901Good stuff!! Keep it coming, please!!!
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@@danielbishop342 Thank you! I always had an interest in this Skoda weapon, it was in an artillery book I had when I was probably 10 years old. I was surprised to learn the 210mm Morser had been the main weapon that was used to destroy the Belgian forts. It was a common and widespread weapon in German service throughout the war. Apparently it packed enough punch to knock out heavy concrete fortifications with its 8" shells.
Never seen footage of WW2 artillery observation balloons before wow
More super rare footage. Not only of the 30.5cm Morser firing on a French Maginot Line fort, (love the way the ground jumps when it fires), but, a German observation balloon in flight! Have read that they were used during the Invasion of the Low Countries, and France, and some artillery units still used them during Operation Barbarossa, and even beyond that, but never seen footage of a balloon in actual use. Wonder if those boys in the balloon survived long enough to receive their Balloon Observers Badge? It wasn't issued until 1944, so there's a good chance they didn't.
It's not rare footage, its already been on the internet for a very very long time. He just takes excerpts from films and removes the audio. This particular footage comes from "Victory in the West."
The muzzle concussion standing near that mortar would be terrible.
There is reason that one guy keeps his mouth wide open as the piece fires, it prevents his ear drums from bursting
@@BlackTalon53 That's right, and you can see the crew of the 10.5cm leFH do it too @0:52. It was standard practice - contemporaneous accounts mentioned, for example, hands on the ears and mouths open as 88mm Flak batteries opened up on Allied armour from cover.
The Škoda may look quite old but it's beautiful, change my mind
Why would I want to change your mind when I agree?
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amazing footage thanks for posting
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I’ve never seen footage like this. Absolutely incredible
According to some, it is probably a propaganda stunt filmed after the Armistice of June 1940.
According to some, these were training sessions filmed for pro-pa-ganda purposes after the Armistice of June 1940.
Incredible footage.
According to some, it is probably a propaganda stunt filmed after the Armistice of June 1940.
According to some, these were training sessions filmed for pro-pa-ganda purposes after the Armistice of June 1940.
Interestingly the first shot of the 105 was Pzgr. (Aphe) as the He didnt have tracers.
There was a tracer for this shell: i.imgur.com/Wlp3Yya.jpeg
@@hw97karbine Thats what i wrote? The Pzgr. Was the first shot there, visible because of the tracer and it was the only shell with a tracer, as He rounds didnt have a tracer.
@@Ghostmaxi1337 Right, I misread your comment 😅
Like most artillery barrages against fixed defenses or fortifications, it's imagined effect would have been blown far out of proportion by the attackers.
Those are some big ass mortars.
The first was a 30,5 cm Skoda Mortar from WW1 from Austria-Hungary Empire.
Indeed, as noted in the description ;)
@@hw97karbine Hi, you once posted footage of the Austro-Hungarian 38 cm siege howitzer but I can't seem to find it. Do you by chance remember the title of the video? Or was it deleted?
Did you mean the 28cm? ua-cam.com/video/EVwuFHRQDUk/v-deo.html
@@hw97karbine No, not the Krupp gun, I'm certain it was a Škoda 38 cm. I hope I'm not imagining things :)
There was the 42cm as well but I don't think I've posted any others: ua-cam.com/users/shortsCG2qfmlWf2o
The Germans know how to make BIG guns. The Franco-Prussian War of 1871 saw the use of huge artillery by the Prussian Army. Napoleon III was captured but the free-French fought on. The citizens of Paris refused to surrender so the Prussian Army started shelling Paris and its inhabitants with pre-WWI artillery. France capitulated and had to pay Prussia war reparations. Yes, the war was fought on French soil but the French paid the Prussians war reparations. The German-states felt so good they unified under Prussian rule ending the fractured realm of the former Holy Roman Empire.
Hmm always thought the German bypassed the Maginot line completely in ww2 by go around through Holland and Belgium, but maybe this was a bit of a diversionary tactic to keep some of the French troops down there along the line...? BTW wonder if any of these artillery crews back then wore earplugs? Having been near 120mm tank fire it's pretty deafening without ear pro....wow
Well and truly peppered. Did the artillery drive the French out? Wasn't the line constructed just to withstand that sort of fire?
Strong bunkers and garrisons means nothing if your logistics and reinforcements are fully cut off, Verdun only happened due to successful and full counter-offenses from both sides. This time, there was no possible French counter-offensive.
The French in the bunkers under Light Howitzer fire were basically unscathed. They probably surrendered and gun was just a bit more pressure to make them do it but the LeFH 18 actually lacked the power to destroy most concrete fortifications and was intended for use against field targets and light entrenchments.
The video probably is staged for propaganda. By the time the Germans came back to the Maginot line, it was mostly empty. The close up camera shot at the working observation cupola is suspicious. The surrendering crew is too clean and too calm.
The attack on the Maginot line was a diversion to fool the French. The real push went through Belgium and the Low Countries .
Not. Even. Close.
What's French for 'anyone got a Panadol".
For those interested to learn more about what happened on the maginot line , a well made non professional documentary, by passionates, about a tragic episode of the battle of France ...turn on English subtitles.
ua-cam.com/video/WC3TllZ3CtE/v-deo.html
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I assume that 'morser' translates as 'mortar' not howitzer?
PS why aren't the French returning fire?
Attacked from the Rear after it was circumnavigated
@@davidwormell6609 you mean that the Maginot Line only had guns pointing in one direction?!!
@@pcka12 Not exactly. The forts wee generally self-supporting so could fire (roughly) East (towards Germany), North and South . But not really westward back into France.
The terminology can get confusing, but yes, "Mörser" translates as "mortar". I guess the problem is that "mortar" is usually associated with the small infantry support weapon. But in this case it is a siege mortar.
The French are probably not firing back because they don't know the mortar's location.
@@gasperpoklukar8372 the infantry weapon was introduced as a 'trench mortar', the other type had been around for centuries, there is a massive example cast for the Crimean war on display at Hayle Cornwall, England.
I thought they went around it!
They did. The bunker was probably empty. The surrendered soldiers were suspiciously clean and calm. How did the Germans get a (film) shoot of the observation cupola in action?
This looks like propaganda.
But they attacked the Maginot Line as a decoy
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Some shots from this set can be seen during the intro of the film "Cross of Iron", although in much poorer quality.
Vive la France!
Footage was filmed during the very end of the France campaign when the forts were either empty or crewed by a few remaining french soldier. So mostly staged (as usual)
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Looks like staged propaganda footage cut with grainy action footage in France.
yep
“Fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of man.” General George S. Patton, Jr.
Patton comments were disingenuous, and his toddler bluster of little value. Patton understood as clearly as any General how formidable a good defensive line could be-which is why he was an advocate of high operational tempo and offensive pressure. He was actually worried about confronting the Siegfried Line quite a lot. He was saved by the fact that the Westwall Project was never seriously undertaken by Nazi Leadership and Fritz Todt's organization proved both incompetent and bankrupt at the process of constructing such a major defensive work. In reality fixed fortifications could still prove formidable barriers in the age before precision munitions and the Germany Army's entire strategy in France revolved around avoiding the Maginot Line at all costs.
When Guderian toured the Czech Fortifications of the Sudetenland after the invasion of Czechoslovakia he was relieved. He felt that in a fight the Czechs would have proven remarkably tough and exacted many casualties on a German attack through their "stupid" fortifications. Patton was just being flamboyant and vulgar. Traits that he was known for and ones that made him the darling of America's dreadful media industry.
I'm sure that the boys at Omaha beach would have disagreed with him. Sure, they eventually got through. But it was a bit of a bumpy ride, to say it mildly.
Bluster.
Easy to say when you can hide behind a huge ocean.
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où est l'aviation française? nulle part...voilà une grande raison de la faillite militaire de la france
C'est certainement un film de propagande.
absolument, même si dans leur situation ils ont à peine eu besoin de forcer la note… ce sont des extraits du film sieg im westen dont pas mal de scènes ont été rejouées durant l’été 1940… et tout naturellement relativement souvent utilisée dans les documentaires compte tenu de leur qualité cinématographique et leur côté spectaculaire.
Quant à l’aviation française dans cette campagne, entre grande infériorité numérique et trop souvent matériel fatigué et/ou techniquement insuffisant, elle se sera tout de même démenée…. Dans ce cas précis, on est certainement après l’armistice donc le problème est réglé !
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Maginot line was the dumbest, most useless and expensive military plan ever
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