Hand Digging a WAR TUNNEL (and sleeping in it!) - Individual Army Defense Strategies
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- I build an authentic Japanese individual fighting position pit, trench, and sleep in it overnight.
Area of Operations, defensive tactics, layout of typical positions. Local laborers used extensively for constructing support facilities, cutting wood, and material transport. Japanese troops constructed fighting positions themselves. Little or no equipment or power tools to assist in construction. Dig as deep as possible,and keep as low a profile if possible.
Japanese foxholes were usually small one man holes, but sometimes two and three man positions were connected.These could be used for a light machine gun (LMG) or grenade positions.. Cave allowed soldiers shelter from artillery and mortar fire.
The Japanese commonly used sharpened bamboo stakes concealed by tall grass as obstacles because barbed wire was in short supply. These structures were usually constructed on flanks of key defensive positions and were well camouflaged.
Typical Light Machine Gun position with three firing ports. Weapon had to be moved from port to port to cover different sectors of fire.
An authentic Japanese military spider fox hole with just a few basic tools including a small army shovel, some metal buckets, and some rough saw timbers to help create a safe place to sleep overnight in case of impending war.
A spider hole is mirrors the hole created by a trapdoor spider who will tunnel and then cover the top of the door to conceal itself.
A spider hole is usually shoulder-deep, and round, protective enough to camouflaged lid a solder from attack. A soldier will be able to stand upright and then fire a weapon without being overly exposed. A spider hole is different than a foxhole in that a foxhole is usually deeper and designed to hide or conceal a fighter.
A spider hole is usually hastily dug, whereas a foxhole is done with more care.
Spider holes were used during World War II by Japanese. Saddam Hussein during the Iraq war was captured hiding in a spider hole.
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A Canadian, in German Camouflage clothing, digs Japanese foxholes... I like it 😄😄
Missa so confused
Awesome! Thanks for posting .
Hi from the UK, Kevin. I don't tend to comment much on any UA-cam channel but wanted you to know that yours is the only one that I watch to the end pretty much as soon as a new video lands. Please keep the channel going. I look forward to them every week and they take me out of the tedium of my office-work life.
Hi from the U.S. I was just curious since you guys don’t have his if you imagine sticks as firearms like you do when you’re a kid.
Thanks Kevin for taking us along on this project. I hope you never give your channel up. Alway enjoy watching every Saturday. I look forward to it no matter what you bring our way. Take care.
I remember watching Robin Hood and watched the fighters dig a hole and cover themselves up with a blanket with limbs and leaves sown into the blanket . they would run up , lift the blanket and in a second they were hidden. Love watching your videos as I spend most of my life in the forest and learned all this stuff!!Greetings from Perth Ontario!
This series of videos strikes a chord with us Study Center guys. So many techniques that were very sound and useful in the past fade out of use over time without anything better filling in for them. We have, particularly, focused upon late nineteenth century cowboy life on the trail. A rig of horse and pack mule opened the world to the solitary man who depended on no governmental agents to guide and protect him; he was a true sovereign, the sole authority over himself. Friends were hard to come by but nearly impossible to fail. The lever carbine has never been bettered as a man's (or a boy's) only gun.
The ability to hide out in forest or mountainous areas and to selectively strike out at a vastly outnumbering enemy is again becoming topical for us who have, perhaps, lived with peace at home too long. We prepare and train now for the inevitable, knowing full well that the root of all evil, by far the most deadly entity to a people, is its government.
*Kevin Builds (Modern Self Reliance)* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.
You are my, saturday morning entertainment. Please don't ever stop making Content i enjoy watching your videos.
Top cover is vital because of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell. Steel helmets were introduced in WW1 because of the sheer number of wounds from them. Being able to crawl underground under a tree during a mortaring/shrapnel shell artillery bombardment is good tactics. A couple of feet of earth would protect against all but a direct hit and a ground burst shell would likely be deflected by said tree, as you rightly point out. Also I think the most common descriptor is foxhole as this conveys that fighting positions were more than a hole in the ground, if time allowed.
When you said "it'll give ya a wicked splinter!" I nearly spat out my coffee 😂😂😂
I really enjoy these. Not only do i get to watch you create something from nothing, i learn stuff in the process. History is cool. 😎
When you mentioned having a tank run over your fighting hole. It reminded me of my uncle, who was a World War II veteran. During a training maneuver, his unit had been ordered to dig holes in a wooded area for the night, and he dutifully proceeded to dig his foxhole. He'd almost completed his hole when he said the ground began to rumble. He stood up poking his head out of the hole, and saw a tank heading straight for his hole. It was almost up to his position, and all he could do was drop back down and curl up in the bottom of his hole. Luckily for him, the tank was centered on his position and passed right over without collapsing the walls. He said that after the tank was through the area, his buddies came running to see if he had been crushed. He said the tank crew had no idea they had traveled through an infantry platoon position because everyone was in their fighting holes, and they couldn't see the holes from inside the tank.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Soorry I am laughing.
Your uncle has BAAAALLS OF STEEL.
I am a woman with a lot of coyrage but I think I would have dine what your uncle did but I would have been praying like my life depended on it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hey Kevin; Another great 1 in the Hole! 😉👍🤭✌❤🤗
I am somewhat intrigued by your persistent interest in Japanese warfare strategies.
Great video and appropriate on Remembrance Day 🇨🇦
I believe the idea is to "fling" the diggings/soil as far and wide as possible.
Interesting 😎🌵 oh, and we call them foxholes
Would probably had bovril to drink and tinned corned beef (bully beef)
I would have built a berm at the entry,left and right limit posts,possibly a rifle rest notch.
6:46 That little cylindrical part at the base of the space where it meets the handle should be threaded. Tighten it to tighten the shovel.
Think that ship has sailed.. the shovel is tired.
We’re cracking up! 😂
“I have to keep the sand out of my underpants”
“It’s a sandy crummy situation for being in a hole…. Although I’ve slept in worse situations.”
“Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew…..”
“There is snow in the forecast. I hope that doesn’t happen.”
“I’m in my defensive fighting position for the night.”
“The roots are sticking through the ceiling holding the blobs from getting me.”
“This is dual purpose bread. It kinda smells like mold, or, is that the chocolate?”
“It wasn’t comfortable I can tell you that much…. Don’t recommend it.”
There’s just too many ‘Kevinisms’ to count
Lol 😂
Kevin Builds and doesn’t disappoint lol
Thanks for the break from real life lol
He says it with a straaaaaaight face. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well done. Glad you're continuing.
I love these videos 😊
I wonder if Kevin films himself about to fall asleep in his dirt hole or cabins and then turns off the camera and goes home and sleeps in his warm bed and then the next day whenever he wants during the day he goes back and pretends to wake up? Or he pretends that it is night and pretends sleep, and then a few minutes after turning off his camera, he pretends to wake up and it was day time all along? This is what I would do! 😅🤣
Great video thanks for sharing it was good content 😊
As a hunter and survivalist your fox hole was very easy to spot if you rewind where you tied to show it was hidden it's obvious look for dark spots which again stuck out . For a effective fox hole it doesn't take much but use vertical sticks even small ones in front of your shooting lane it will break up the out line . I use to teach this to the air cadets and am still teaching it
This is your second build based on Japanese techniques. You are starting to make me think you have a personal interest in Japanese stuff (WWII). It's like seeing another side of you, and it reminds me of my son who studies the Pacific theater of WWII. I love it. Thanks for sharing!
Kevin...sleeping in a hole.... "Ive slept in worse places..."
Where, Kevin? Where is worse than sleeping in a hole?
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Piiieeewww 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Loved that Cedar Riffle.
Your property is going to resemble Swiss cheese 😂. Great video
Vietnamese use to dig under a tree in the jungle with a few bushes in from and cut guys down like crazy until you could get a grenade or good firepower. All vietnamese rat holes had more than one or 3 exits, plus they had numerous people help digging, plus some had been there fore centuries and decades. They are perfectionists at building these bunkers and fighting positions.
Thanks for the video Kevin!
Back when we were kids we would watch Hogan's Heroes reruns after school. We lived in the country so we dug a whole tunnel network with rooms and timbered reinforcement. We were 11 and 10 years old and would have smoked you in the digging category. 🤣🤣🤣
I just love that s channel.. Kevin's build.
Digging holes is always cool.
I LOVE THIS! - I WANNA DO THIS IN MY BACK YARD !!!
How many above ground and below ground living places have you built on your property. Gives us a tour of what you built. So many cool hiding places.
I am gonna be building this in the wild forest
Kevin may you and your entire family have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving!!! Keep doing what you are doing..
Awesome project!! Really enjoyed watching this one.
Great video! Thanks. Try using Mylar space blanket along the interior overhead for added warmth and maybe keep the sand out of your face. Use a sleep pad and a waterproof bivy bag. Maybe use sandbags in front and overhead and cover up. That was a nice video. Thanks
Lol! One of these times a wild animal is going to think "awesome! A ready made home!" And try to join you. Where I live it could be: snakes, skunks, possums, armadillos, rats, coyotes, fox....
An additional bonus is your "weapon" can shoot from both ends!
Sharp cheddar cheese w/ apple pie is amazing!!
Very cool Kevin.loved it man😊☮️
love your videos and yes
A good one!
Wow some people are so hateful. I personally enjoy your videos and i always watch them all the way to the end.
Kevin, you're wearing camouflage but you're wearing bright yellow leather gloves LOL
Don't stop bud!!!!!!!!!
I noticed on your shovel you did not have the nut tightened to secure the blade. You can also put the blade at 90 degrees and lock it in place with the nut. Some shovels come with a pick as well.
So glad you not quitting..
Your builds are always such fun. Please keep your channels going, I always watch and 👍🏻 even if I don’t always comment.
Like your Justin Turdeau weapon!
Aren't you worried about your little dog falling in that hole, Fantastic video👍.
I stayed awake all night watching the spider hole series and I was so excited to see the luxury bunker but this last video in the playlist isn't it :(
I really don't much care what you do, I'm always amused & learn something! I do thirst for knowledge, with your videos, searching is complete! You have an incredibly good amount of imagination, you're a regular tree/dirt/you name it artist! Don't ever change, be you & keep these coming please! Afresh breeze among all of the strife "breaking news" we really don't need to hear, YOU MAKE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD, which does concern my dogs because they know nobody's here!
Tiyr entrenching tool is of the NATO Tri-fold type. It was designed in a time (1870s) when the military didn;t really believe in a soldier's need to dig in during a future war, so it was made cheaply. They usually break fairly quick in use. I have seen them fail at such simple things as digging astuck car's tire out of the snow. It is one of the more flimsy designs which is why yours is loose and rattles. A much more serious E-tool pattern is the combination folding pick shovel design as Gernaby used from 1959 to the early 1970s. Both originals and Chines reproductions are available online. Buy an original and ignore the Chinese knock offs (made with pot metal). Also good are the Glock and the Cold Steel E tools.
Love the variety of content.Thanks for the hard work and dedication to duty.You are an inspiration to a lot of people.
You turning into a dooms day prepper Kevin? 😂
You need to make a lid for it so it completely camouflages when you're sleeping. Think of the lid as a giant clamshell that would be the lid and the hinge would be the same. You would still have 180 degree viewpoint while you are in the hole. And you can prop it up enough to where you can see. Plus when you completely shut it it'll help hold the warmth in the hole and the cold outside air will not fall into the hole.
These are the holes we designed flame throwers and napalm for. Replaced by thermo baric shells of course.
This episode desperately has me wanting as Steve Wallis- Camping With Steve collab.
Another good one as usual young man
Another cool video always enjoy the content never disappointed. Have a good weekend and stay safe Jimmy from North Attleboro Massachusetts
I will not be visiting until you get two stars!!! A veteran of WW1 was asked what it was like. The reply was. Go in your back yard and start digging a hole. Your neighbors will help you by lobbing rocks over their fences as you dig. You need a hole deep enough to be underground, with firing step and grenade sump. Your helpful neighbors will now spray you with their water hoses while throwing fire crackers. You now need to carve out a sleeping alcove above the always wet trench bottom. Now sit in your hole for two to three weeks without a toilet or running water[no cheating and going in to shower. ] Eat food that is never hot and normally cold. You enjoy this all the while your neighbors find larger firecrackers to pelt you with and the constant water hose barrage. If you are not bonkers when come out, you did not have the whole WW1 experience. For that at random time jump out of your trench screaming and run around your hole. Yes your neighbors will have the rocks, firecrackers and water hoses to pelt and soak you with.
You were probably the most fun kid in your neighborhood.
2 types of holes for warfare, #1 hidden position, (flinging soil), #2 safety hole (pile soil around hole so you get safely behind soil layer asap.
the japanese are masters of concealment and cover... my dad walked straight into one of their fighting positions made from palm logs... it took multiple tanks to take the position... don't ever underestimate a good fighting position
OK,who else thought the dog in the beginning was a bear at first ?
I appreciate your struggles, cutting through the clay and roots looked difficult to say the least. Im surprised there wasn't more sand cave in on you though, it looked like Malibu in there...lol 😂😅 Love what you're doing 😊
25:19... so... you're saying that no one could sneak up behind the tree and... give you a .... hug of anti-life? 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😮 love the show!
since you've dug all the way under the root ball then i'll mention a project that i always wanted to try but don't have the equipment to do... mount the undamaged root ball upside down so the undamaged root system is in the air ...
You would want to put some dry material if possible and ponchos to help keep moisture away from your body.
Kevin pops out of the hole…. Que Caddyshack outro music
Hey Kevin I think that if you invested in a king of spades you would enjoy it
Sending you a Pennsylvania Dutch apple pie…STAT! 😂
Multiple layers of wool to keep you warm in the woods. Even works when it gets wet.
THE ALGORITHM LIKES HOLES IN THE GROUND!
Needed an insulated sleeping pad for sure!
I’ve always heard the term foxhole.
Happy Veterans Day. This was an appropriate video for such a day and to remind us what our vets went through.
You just need some cover up front, and maybe an escape hole out the back.
It looks like a granade catcher with that open top front.
The white sand is probably silica sand.
Kevin's Survival Meals can be your new channel. I guess a stick/root stove in the hole would be a dead giveaway to your location. And I'm guessing they didn't have stick stoves back in the day.
Enemy heard the squeek squeek squeek tool
Nice BDU
Apple pie and Sharp cheddar cheese is Fire! Kev! Try it!
😉 Sleeping with one eye open, huh??? Thanks!!!
Maybe a door with srub on it to cover the opening but other than that looks good and I keep my "tool" closer rather than at the opening because someone could take it before you can get to it js and I'm just thinking outside the box so to speak lol buy most definitely some sort of door opening with srub over so it's not visible to a point and watch your lighting as that'll give you away as well thats why red lighting is best and maybe some yellow but red the best instead of white because that'll give your location away quicker than smoke
didn't you already do a fox hole?
Cool
Sweet
Kevin... I know that you are prepared for defending Canada from a ground attack by ... who exactly? You seem fixated on the Japanese in ground defensive positions... but they lost their war.! Happy Armistice Day ... thankful for all of your Forces countrymen and women serving in NATO and other armed conflicts. Peace brother
I'm surprised you don't have one of the shovels Fowlers has.
Sweet video Kevin.. if Chris was in the hole to your body heat would keep each other bit warmer. Or a candle in tin cans might help!
*Grenade has entered the chat*
I love that you rock the flektarn. Where do you get it? I don't dig holes and hide in them and I have gone through 2 milsurp and one heavier coat that was gifted to me I think was "mil tech"
I play in the woods sometimes but not quite like that. Do you have a stockpile? A supply? Is it just video prop that you aren't rocking off camera?
you forgot your night security ..... trip flares and claymores with trip line .... to let you know when the enemy is coming and you need to wake up and fight !!!!!
Nice clothes. Somehow those look familiar...
Pew pew pew. Yup. About how I remember it.
Dude, great video, but on a day like this you should be wearing a CAF uniform. But I like how you’re mixing German and Japanese into it. It’s called a fox hole to me, I’ve done over 25 years in the army, taught me a lot, and a lot of experiences. Digging with the e-tool sucks, if you have engineers around, explosives enhances the digging (softens the ground). Rocks and roots suck!
war you need inside have L or U layout. because if enemy shooting to in or drop grenade this have you grave. but have L layout not can shooting you, and grenade if dropping in sherd not can go to corner ower
I wonder if I could build one of these in Florida where we are just above sea level