Nebelwerfer Tactics
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2020
- Nebelwerfer Tactics of the German Army in World War 2. Note that "Nebelwerfer" literally means "Fog Thrower", a better translation would be rocket launcher. This video covers smoke tactics, high explosive tactics, tactics versus tanks and also tactics versus artillery. Additionally, we also look at a Nebelwerfer position layout.
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We are currently working on a translation of the Sturmgewehr 44 Assault Platoon Tactics Manual from November 1944.
Literally my boss behind my back: "What are you listening to?" Me: "How to setup a rocketartillerybattery...." "Oh..." 😂👌
In 1978-79, I was designing my game "The Longest Day" as the head of R&D for the Avalon Hill Game Company. I had the luxury of spending many hours in the Captured German Documents section of the National Archives in Washington, DC. I was literally like a kid in the candy store, discovering many key documents that were the fruits of the extensive, detailed program of interrogations of German Generals and high-ranking staff officers after the end of the war. These translated reports were often accompanied by highly detailed drawings drawn by the Generals themselves. One of my significant finds was a report written by the General in charge of nebeltruppen during the Normandy Campaign in 1944. He detailed the organization and deployment of three nebelwerfer brigades attached to the 7th Armee / Armee Gruppe B. These were large formations consisting of three firing battalions per regiment, three regiments per brigade plus replacement and training batteries for a total of a minimum of 162 launchers behind the beaches in the first weeks of the invasion! This represented a large chunk of the throw-weight of artillery available to the 7th Armee. It could also explain the numerous persistent reports in letters and diaries from ordinary Allied soldiers decrying the fearful effects of German "screaming meemies," which were, in fact, nebelwerfers. This total of 162 launchers did not include the numerous Panzerwerfers and their batteries attached to divisional and corps-level organizations that are detailed in contemporaneous German TO&E diagrams. Accompanying the translated documents were exquisitely drawn diagrams created by the General in charge of nebeltruppen in his own highly precise hand. And yes, his diagrams showed numerous antitank guns, sections, and platoons attached to the battalions, presumably for self-defense purposes. They also showed a considerable number of 20mm flak guns to defend against Allied fighter-bombers. My impression is that these variations from published TO&E were quite common in the German Army in France and regularly included the attachment of underutilized equipment (particularly the depots full of fairly well-maintained captured French, Belgian, and British weaponry and vehicles.) The Germans in France wasted nothing.
Hate it when you have a Nebelwerfer lying around and you don’t know how to tactically use it.
It’s possible that the French soldiers that legged it after seeing large clouds of a smoke screen launched at them... were French WW1 veterans that still had vivid memories of chemical weapons gas attacks. And so seeing something that looks like a cloud from artillery being launched at you could easily be mistaken for chemical gas and thus the desire to run would be strong.
Please note that the allies dubbed this device as FART - Fog applying Rocket Thrower.
My father was an infantryman in the U.S. 7th Armored Division in 1944 and '45. He told me that they called the Nebelwerfers "Screamin' Mimis" because of the noise they made, and that the sound was more terrifying than the shellbursts.
Hell yeah, just as school ends
I am a German Bavarian decent person and I always love those German rockets, Nebelwerfer. They had a great terrible sound effects which the Americans called them Screaming Meemies. It was actually a cross between a shriek and a cry. Causing it to have a great psychological impact. We Germans always invented the best weapons in our history.
Thanks, unfortunately my garden isn't big enough, considering annexing the neighbors'.
This video came out just in time since my wife wants a Nebelwerfer implacement in our back yard
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Nebelwerfer tactics: “do you see that building, Hanz?”
As my garden gnomes are currently at war with the frogs in nearby Swamphaven this video was of particular interest. I will advise my gnome friends to mobilize their Nebelwerfers by attaching their trailers to neighborhood kittens. Thus fulfilling the words of the great poet who said:
I'd already started digging my Nebelwerfer position, looks like I have to start over. It's the field fortifications all over again.. Thanks, MHV.
Ive never been to war, but from training i can say that smoke is the single most important weapon in the offense, because it covers friendly infantry crossing open ground from effective enemy fire thus allowing to close in without unnecessery casualties. And smoke is also somewhat usefull in the defence, when you need to get the hell out of your position, but theres not much cover around the said position
Now I can set up a Nebelwerfer in my garden to ward off rabbits and mice
Es ist ein nebelwerfer
When you see a patch of ground that has been insufficiently nebelled, point your nebelwerfer at it.
Kraut-funding, that's funny 😁