WW2 Bazooka & Rocket Jeeps
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2021
- The story of the many and varied uses of the Jeep in WW2 as an anti-tank platform.
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My grandfather fought in WWII at age 19. He was a driver for an Airforce ground observer. He told me a couple of stories I want to share.
1. As a driver, he complained several times that the nazis were really stupid in expecting them to win a war with the 25HP Kübelwagen when the Jeep had 95HP. Little things like that made a big impression on the troops and they knew at the time already this wasn't a fight on equal par.
2. He was present when the Allies invaded southern Italy. His boss was there to coordinate a Paratrooper counter-attack. He remembers that his boss called in several Junkers to a drop zone that was "clear". As soon they arrived several (I think) p-47 came in and shot down all junkers transport planes. He said he didn't see any of the paratroopers come out and he felt it was partly his (units) fault.
3. I asked him if he was present at Monte Casino, he said yes, for a short time not actively fighting. There is a controversy if the destruction of the monastery by allied bombers was legitimate (because german troops were taking cover there) or not. He said there were german troops in the monastery. But, he was really old at that time and I am not 100% convinced he fully understood the question. Still, I think there is a good chance there were troops in the monastery before the bombarding.
4. Some time in Italy during the summer he recalled that his boss had a wiener dog that he sometimes had to look for. My grandfather put the leash on the back of the car. It was hot and the dog took cover under the car. At some point, his boss came back with urgent business and they rushed off. They only realized the dog was dragged behind the car serval miles out. I am not sure if the dog got hurt or even died, but his boss wanted him to be court-martialed for forgetting his dog. Instead, he got a new assignment ... at the ostfront.
5. he was only very shortly at the ostfront before the war ended. One story he told was that his unit was clearing some ground they captured from the Russians. One Russian soldier pretended to be dead and shot one guy from the company once he approached. He said they treated this Russian soldier "horribly" and teared up. I couldn't continue the conversation on that day. It was probably one of very few close up violent encounters he had and it followed him the rest of his life.
He turned 100. yesterday and he sang his favorite song "Die Gedanken sind frei" a German song about how you're free to think what you want and no one can control your mind.
My mom worked at the Budd Company in Chester PA on the bazooka rocket assembly line during the war. She even got promoted to supervising one of the assembly line shifts. Whenever I see a bazooka rocket in a museum or in a video I can't help but wonder if it was one of the ones she made. RIP Mom.
Respect, thanks and gratitude from England. Sorry for your loss. God bless.
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V65 ……………...My mom worked in Chicago at International Harvester they made aerial torpedoes and one actually sunk a ship , and she received a small medal lapel pin !!!! I still have it !!!!!!!
@@dannycalley7777 that’s actually an awesome story, had no clue they received pins, what a great momento to have!
To Nazi
From Mom
I've been a WWII history enthusiast for 55+ years, and this is the first time seeing a photo of a armored jeep!
Can you imagine?
Im a reinforcement for the tank hunter platoon. What are my orders sir?
Take this bicycle and two panzershrek ..
When the Japanese were advancing in the Malaysian jungle during WW2 many of their soldiers were on bicycles. Because they were having problems with flat tyres and no possibility of making repairs they would ride on the metal rims. It is said that because of all the noise from the bicycle rims the British thought the Japanese were advancing with tanks and not infantry on bicycles. If this is true the the Japanese must have had the quietest tank engines of any army in WW2
@@bigblue6917 maybe the trebley squeak of wheels and metal clinking traveled further in the jungle than rumbly sounds.
I feel like bicycle or motorcycle mounted anti tank guns made sense at the time for mountainous areas especially like Switzerland where tanks and larger formations of men are less experienced and less mobile. You would probably have an easier time getting a panzershrek up the side of a valley with a bike rather than trying to maneuver a tank.
@@davidrogers4917 Bikes going up mountains? Easier on foot.
@@RCAvhstape I think he's talking about mountain roads
4:32 "Four way murder with a purpose." I can only dream of being that epic.
Rather 4:32 😎
Sounds like something that would appear on a Vietnam grunt's helmet.
gotta love that
That was awesome!
1st. As I think someone has said earlier in a different clip, Mr Felton fills in the gap for what ‘The History Channel’ used to be. No container auctions, no dodgy pawn shops, no other weird tv series. Just history..... and usually history id never heard before!
Hold on just a minute... I'd love to see Mark Felton take us on the road for some great WWII eats around the globe!
U don’t make English 🤦♂️
Storage wars was good though
@@markmaki4460 Mostly- I don’t know about their advertisement side.
@@gram. I think that was A&E
It’s pretty funny how the Germans went from still having horses, to a new form of warfare (blitzkrieg), U-boats, V1 & V2 programs, the V2 A4 being the first man-made object to reach space, mighty tanks, to jet fighters, only to be reduced to bicycles.
When you bite off more than you can chew you need every tooth, even baby teeth.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 Meanwhile USA.......A bomb.
At the beginning of the war, the Brits were the only fully mechanized army. The Germans still used horses. In fact, even with all the transports they captured throughout the war, they were still something like 60% horse drawn.
@@Electricalphil Hi Phil. I did know about that. Did you know that a British sergeant who was captured during the Battle of France and was told to sit on the ground next to a German office mounted on a horse. While there he noticed the markings on the horse hoof were British. When the British Army sold off their horses a number of them went to Germany and this horse was one of them.
@@Electricalphil Quite true, and the Germans never did catch up as far as motor transport was concerned. GI's that saw the mess the P-47's made of the German columns in the Falaise area were amazed (and a little upset) at all the dead horses.
It's also been said that the the German Army invading the Soviet Union in 1941 was a rolling military museum considering all the captured Czech, Polish, and French vehicles they were using, in addition to Czech tanks. They never had enough of their own equipment to go around.
US Army using technicals before it was cool
with "hillbilly armor"!
They instantly made me think about African technicals lol
Yep , years before Toyota pickups ;-)
Technically it can only be a Technical if it is a Toyota.
r/shittytechnicals
You can always expect to learn something when a Mark Felton Production is uploaded👍
My history teacher asked me if she was a great teacher, I said no, my history teacher is Mark Felton
in all fairness your teacher may have to conform to a national education program and might have to talk about something else than WWII, but if i were a history teacher i would keep 15-20mn to talk about a MF subject to get people interested.
I Agree
For real, I have learned way more from Mark than any public history teacher I ever encountered.
ouch....
🤣🤣🤣
I asked my father, an Army Captain during WW2, what his favorite weapon was; the recoilless rifle. “If you could see the target, you could hit the target.” He said.
Thanks for comment. This is why I always try to read the comments on this channel - I always appreciate it when people take the time to provide information or recount experiences relating to the videos.
I want to hear ALL our old dads' stories!
Mark Felton has a voice ideally suited to these fantastic documentaries - masculine, clear enunciation and authoritative 👍
And British...
@@ffjsb Although his German enunciation is getting better on every episode.
If he keeps that up, he will be able to produce a German speaking history channel as well.................
I love Dr. Mark! 👍🏻 He ALWAYS teaches me something.
@@David-yo5ws I still cringe a little at his Australian pronunciations.
Hey Mark - if you are reading this - every Australian word that end in 'bourne' or 'bane' pronounce it 'bun/bin'. Its not Mel-bourne - its Melbin. Its not 'Briz-bane' its 'Brizbun'. Easy way think of it - make it as short and quick as you possibly can.
@@5hiftyL1v3a 😅 Cor blimey mate, ya fair pulled a leg with that one.
Dr Felton shows up. I click. It's a simple beautiful Monday.
Yes
My adopted grandfather - I unofficially adopted him back in 1974 , ex SOE operative , full of amazing war stories told me he watched a demonstration of the Bazooka about 1942. A senior officer walked right behind the bazooka just as it fired and got his head blown clean off! Much bullshit was then created to cover up just how the poor guy had died.
On a related subject; the bazooka and similar weapons would not have worked without hollow charge warheads. Perhaps Dr Felton could provide a history of the hollow charge and how it works...?
My English is not good but
A love so much the history of Ww2 Whatching your videos from Brazil.
I've been learning a lot of this war here
Imagine being on a bicycle and bumping into a pot hole with two hastily manufactured panzerfausts pointed at your face.
@keith moore still tho.... why not face them down? Or splay them a little so they aren't pointing DIRECTLY at the face.
@@5hiftyL1v3a Pointing them down means that rocket exhaust will shoot towards your face. Either way, you're gonna have a bad time.
@@gobblox38 Oh 100% agree that it would be bad no matter which way they were facing, but having them not pointing at your face would be at least give the impression of trying.
I have to say Mark, your work is exceptional and informative..... Much respect Sir
"Four way murda wit a purpose" is a great quote
One of the tubes distorted on firing!!! I guess that is why they fired it with a landyard.
@@martkbanjoboy8853 I wondered if that was a busted tube or just part of the attachment shaking loose but either way it's scary lol
@@martkbanjoboy8853 good way to avoid backblast, too. One Bazooka is bad enough I couldn't imagine taking four!
@@knockrotter9372 was thinking that lol
This is Mark Felton playing War Thunder and hinting towards Gaijin.
Rank 2 BR 3.3 American Premium bazooka jeep
@@dd-gl2qf 2.3
@@dancing_odie Hell, even 1.7
No armour tho hahaha
Or maybe he's been playing Steel Division 2 Normandy
I said once and I’ll say it again this man looks like an imperial moff from Star Wars
i thought he looks like Gary Sinease from CSI New York....
"You may fire when ready"
@@nickirmen6671 “are we blind? deploy the garrison!”
@Jace James his or yours, hate to have to face him in court....
Mark would no doubt like that since he is quite the Starwars fan! 👍
Germany: We built the most technically impressive war machines
Also Germany: Go ride a bike into battle with two panzerfaust aimed at your face.
This is also nation whose army relied heavily on horses through out the war.
On stolen bikes, no less. Those were Dutch bikes, one of them used to belong to my grandma.
I'm sure they made the bike way too complicated. Like, made it do some fancy gimmicks and feats of engineering wonder. That broke down at the worst possible time.
@@runi5413 Hey....my German great uncle rode an old dutch civilian bicycle, among with his young comrades, into the battle around spring 1945....fortunately the gang was then shooed home by the commanding officer without having any significant contact with the enemy .... possibly this bike was ......If so, I have to apologize for my great uncle, but the bike lies probably near Karlsruh in a ditch with flat tires.....:)
@@runi5413 : I remember reading a book about the Dutch experience during the war. If I remember correctly they had to use some kind of wooden tires on their bikes because of the shortage of rubber. Rubber was considered a strategic material.
Can't believe this is free. Only someone who truly loves history can do such a great job.
The innovations that war brings. Where would we be without it!
At peace.
@@tsar7761 not while there's money to be made. Unfortunately.
Still ploughing the fields with steam traction engines!
The music in the intro hits just right 👌
Quickens the pulse for sure
"Redemption's Last Chance"
Elijah Robert
It's on UA-cam, read the comments, lots of MF fan boys
WW2 M1a1 Bazookas are awesome!!! Nice work Mr Felton...
*Dr. Felton. show some respect
Doctor Mark , PhD is geniusness
Yeah I can agree but until they go up against medium to heavy German armor
@@skeetrix5577 next he'll be shooting out the fair doctors eyes for views.
And those bazookas were almost useless against commie tanks during the Korean War too
I have a 1/35 kit of a dual bazooka jeep. You’ve inspired me to make it.
Thanks for sharing this new documentary Mark! Hope you are having a good new week!
While my history teacher in high school and college were great, Mark Felton is so knowledge, doesn't overwhelm us, speaks the languages with an excellent tongue and above shares things we would have never learned in a history book!
A jeep with dual bazookas. Exactly what I need to get through California rush hour traffic. How do I order one. Amazon?
You really need a deuce and a half so you can move the hell out of California...
It almost feels like something from Halo. (🙅🏻♂️I don’t mean to belittle anything that our men had to suffer. Thank-you to our honored grandfathers. 🇺🇸)
Watch out for fake reviews though. 4 stars? I'm not sure.
Oh yes!
You sir, are a mad man
That's what amazes me about WWII , the shear amount of crazy innovations that got built let alone thought about.
So many people on both sides that took it upon themselves to solve problems they met in the field.
I was in the Infantry for 18 years. We used M72's, 84mm Karl Gustav, Eryx and TOW.
What was your favourite as a matter of interest? And why: reliable, ease of use, gave you the most feeling of protection??? Thanks in advance.
What david said^
Aaah! But did they come with a bicycle?🤨🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷♂️
Just the image of riding a bicycle with the business end of two Panzerfausts pointing at my face is enough to say an emphatic "NO!"
Toyota Linux : Who are u??
Jeep : I'm u, but older
Hilux?
Linux? You need to get away from your computer for awhile!
Lol, Just to make sure u read it correctly
Jeep: master
Hilux and LC: student
Basically they went to technicsl school.
My grandfather operated the more modern, anti-air version of the bazooka/rocket jeeps when he was in Germany during the Vietnam War. They apparently mounted FIM-43 Redeyes to jeeps and they would zoom ahead of convoys and provide the convoys with covering fire against aircraft.
If I recall correctly one British tank regiment in Normandy mounted several PIATs facing forwards on a Been carrier again for recon use.
Yep, several, in the hope at least 1 would function correctly! Notorious for their unreliability.
@@David-yo5ws PIATs couldn't have been that unreliable if they were still being used during the Korean War.
@@pdallen8355 I would not know anything about that time period, in relation to their use.
Piats are better than bazooka, bazookas are overrated
Great stuff as always. Please keep it up. As a former member of a PAANG infantry scout platoon, i will attest to the fact that Jeeps sneak around much better than a Hum V.
Keep up the good work mate even my history teacher is a fan of you 👏
Imagine you're driving around in your Panther or Tiger and you get ambushed by a JEEP...
You'd probably ship out to the Eastern Front to avoid the shame.
It would have been worse for Mozambique, because the Rhodesians mounted AT when the threat of invasion loomed so they put those things on everything, so for a T55, it would probably kill somebody from the shame.
use the bloody MG34 or 42 on the coaxial turret or the top turret for fight back?
@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry I suppose so... As long as there's not even a gun shield.
@@the_bane_of_all_anti_furry A jeep can be better concealed than one might think, a jeep could sneak up behind the tank before anybody notices, plus if there are several jeeps supported by infantry you can't take them all out.
Imagine having your Sherman tank taken out by a kid on a bicycle.....
Me: I'm so done with all these fake clickbait UA-cam titles
Mark: Jeeps with Rockets and Bazookas
Me: *click*
And no bullshit clickbait here!
Good thing he didn't say "Anti-Tank Bicycles," nobody would have believed it.
@@nysockexchange2204 lol
The Dutch still haven't forgive the Germans for stealing all their bicycles.
that's a hanging crime in Wyoming
😅
@@nickkubala5055 No different than a horse if it's your only means of transportation : ]
@JZ's Best Friend My wife is german and we have two children!
@@wilhelmushoffmann8054 Has she made you ROLADEN?
As a military historian Mark is in a league all his own. Such an interesting and informative series. Thanks.
still hoping for a collab with military history visualized. "late war panzerjaeger platoons consisted of 6 panzerjagdfahrrad 44 and was later reduced to only 5 in the newly formed fahrradpanzerjaeger batallion and described in the field manual "jagdpanzerfahrer und fahrradpanzerjagd in der fahrradfahrschule" '
I thought I knew and I’ve read a great deal concerning World War II but I was NOT aware of the allies putting one or two bazookas onto jeeps. Thanks again Mark!
Two points that amuse me:
1) The consideration that when mounting armor plate, bigger weapons, all the personal gear into a Jeep and driving it around the mud and mountains of the Italian campaign...that the little thing did all that with a 60hp motor made by the lowest bidder.
2) The idea of telling yourself that your side will still win while bicycling, bumpily, through the rubble strewn streets of your destroyed home town with two Panzerfausten aimed at your face.
The Bantam vehicle that became the Willys MA and MB was hardly the lowest bidder, it was the best performer of all the competitors when reviewed by the army. It was considerably better than the Ford and when they were asked to help fill contracts Ford agreed but wanted to make a point that their parts wouldn’t ever fail and as such marked every bloody part with a script F. Of course this meant nothing to men who would steal Jeeps by taking the hood with the registration numbers and swapping it with a newer or less abused jeep left unattended.
I had to rewatch the last segment about the Panzerfausts mounted on a push bike. Dr Felton you are a marvel of information, I'm going to try and work that little known WW2 fact into a conversation this week...challenge accepted.
6:31 "Now I know what you're wondering..." * Brain automatically fills in: * "Did he fire six shots, or only five? Well to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kinda lost track myself..."
This is the only appropriate comment here.
I had a toy version of a jeep with a bazooka when I was a kid in the '70s, and yeah it was good
I am glad you posted info on armored jeeps. Dad was in ordnance in the ETO and talked about these vehicles. I told people about these vehicles and people thought I was either a liar or nuts.
My old boss was deaf in one ear from repeatedly firing the larger version of the jeep bazooka during the Korean War.
My dad too!
Two uploads in one day; splendid!
So many funny lines come to my mind when seeing the panzerfaust bicicle, I'll puck up the lightest one and say that with 2 tank killing weapons, you'll always win the race.
The Italians learned be virtues of a small, manouvreable and practical vehicle the hard way, that's why they took the example of the bazooka jeep and took it a step further, creating the bazooka vespa motorbike.
As always, great job Mr. Dr. Felton
Just when you think you know so much Dr. Felton shows you how little you know! Thanks!!!!
Mark I can’t stress enough how much I enjoy these videos. Keep up the good work!😁👍
Notice on the Jeep with four launchers: when they fire, the heat shield pops up. I wonder if the tube ruptured?
Noticed the same myself. Curious
Just jeep things (:
It also looks like the bottom right tube failed to fire as you still see fins sticking out after the flash
I also had a nagging suspicion about that moment while watching, and these comments prompted me to go back and re-watch at .25 speed, and there was no flash in that tube, and you could see the tail still in there. I would think a "puckering" moment in real life. Also, my antennas went up when i saw the four-packer. That's four times the opportunity for failure, and if attached to the jeep, maybe the potential for losing the use of that jeep. Plus, i dunno the efficacy of possibly wasting four at a time if not aimed properly. Also if a single bazooka failed, they could toss it. I would have loved to have seen the video about how they handled that unspent rocket.
I had a Hotwheels Matchbox bazooka jeep when I was a boy 40+ years ago. One of my favorite toys.
I think this video brings up an interesting point which I have observed before about the U.S. military and their failure to recognize the value of less than state of the art weapons. I have often heard people use the phrase "trying to use a sledgehammer to kill a fly" to describe the U.S's approach in Iraq and Afghanistan at times. The use of the OV 10 Bronco is an excellent example of how older technology can often be the perfect solution to a current problem. I think there could be great value investing in research into how lower/older tools and weapons could further increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their endeavors.
I feel cheated at only 8 minutes Mr. Felton but that’s because I can spend hours watching and rewatching your videos sir :)
0:15 Ahh yes...the legend of Bazooka Charlie
This piece of film was even more interesting than I anticipated!
Cool. I trained on jeep mounted 106mm RRs at Ft Riley in 1974. What a great vehicle with many uses.
4:24 Those bazookas look like a DIY German nebelwerfer.
my first thought was of a Jeep-Stalinorgel...
Last time I was this early, the US Army was still referring to tanks as "combat cars."
Now they have the best combat cars in the world.
That was the Calvary arm that did that, since they couldn’t officially own “tanks”.
@@live2ride18 ppfff, no
@@matthiuskoenig3378 pfffttt check the rankings 😝
@@live2ride18 leopard 2
My grandfather was in an experimental bazooka unit during ww2 in which the idea was to drive up with a motorcycle and bazooka equipped side car. They discontinued the unit after unsuccessful trials. It’s cool to see the idea was implemented with jeeps.
Thank you dr Mark Felton.
I was looking for this less then a week ago. Well done Mr Felton
Nice. Just finished your latest video, updated my feed and saw this was just uploaded. Awesome work!
Wow! Rocket bike!!
Love how Mark covers such a wide gamut of topics, nothing is too obscure or inconsequential. And every topic is presented with equal enthusiasm and attention to detail. I always thought recoilless rifles on Jeep’s were the sexiest WW2 infantry weapons. Having that sort of mobile direct fire support must have been incredible. Imagine a squad of them concentrating fire on a single fixed target. And of course there was the 60s TV series Rat Patrol with the 50 cals on Jeep’s taking on German Panzers, LOL.
7:18 If you use this type of bicycle at Tour de France, you always will be the winner.
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How cool, I never heard of this. Thank you for showing another neat idea that the Allies came up with.
Bicycle multiplies by 4 the speed of a foot soldier , stealthy by sound&sight , perfect to collect infos , cheap to produce , yet despised because ''no motor'' . Thanks for sharing.
Kraut's did a similar thing with Borgward remote control tanks in Berlin. They removed the explosive charge, added smoke launchers to the space, and mounted six, sawed off Panzerschreck rocket launchers on them for the Battle of Berlin. There's a handful of pictures of them. Basically designed to launch a barrage and then pop smoke. Really crazy little things.
It's a combination I've explored multiple times playing with my plastic G.I.'s
We still had a variant when I was in. It was a hummer with a tow missile. Manned by CAT weapons company.
now that was a seriously interesting video to watch thank you Mr. Felton. I really learn a lot of out of the box, never mentioned, little known events and battles from this channel. Mark Felton Productions is still the one and only channel I have an Intro music chair dance for lol.
Pssst! He’s a Dr. Felton. 😄
Excellent video thank you for sharing Mark.
Getting BF5 shooting planes with Panzerfaust vibes .
That was actually the fleigerfaust
It supposedly happened once during Prague uprising against low flying Me-262.
@@SpaceMonkeyBoi aircraft destroyer is aircraft destroyer.
@@SpaceMonkeyBoi and that was an inside joke .
7:19 Panzerjägerdrahteselkommando 'Tank hunter 'wire donkey' commando' ('wire donkey' slang for 'bike' in German).
Wire Donkey.....great name for a punk band.
Wer sein Rad liebt, der jeept! 🤓
Dr. Felton I thank you for your time and research.
Another typical Dr. Felton piece of mastery from start to finish. Do we ever doubt that it would be? Love the life lesson on WWII that’s always surprising week after week, month after month, and the many years Dr. Felton has been making these.👏🏻
The ingenuity of the "common" foot soldier has been seen in so many facets of our military. To me, it is one of the features of the free thinking nature of our society, as opposed to the regimented control of the Nazi and Japanese military. American GI's, frequently coming from backgrounds that needed adaptation just for survival, were able to take equipment and materiel and modify it as needed. This was most obvious in our motorized segments (as noted with the jeeps). When their vehicles broke down, the men frequently fixed them themselves, as they had to do with their vehicles on the farm, etc., at home. The German soldiers did not have the background, frequently causing loss of mobility in the field.
The Rangers at Normandy used that same ideology to modify the Sherman Tanks to pierce the hedgerows and added long phone lines directly into the tanks comms, so they could talk to the Tank Commander and direct fire from their external trench to targets in the opposing hedgerow line.
Though I heard from a Kiwi fighting in Africa, that the NZ engineers would raid parts out of vehicles as they advanced, then when they stopped fighting, fixed their own vehicles. The American engineers would go back after the fighting, only to find the parts missing.
@@David-yo5ws Indeed. I had the tanks in mind, but I didn't want to make an overly long post. :-)
The modification of the B25 medium bomber into a gunship was done by fliers, themselves. (It drew the ire of the pencil pushers big time.) It took quite a while for Bu Ord to accept and make it official.
One can find quite a number of similar mods that weren't officially sanctioned but contributed heavily to the war effort. (Sometimes, it was a question as to which side the brass were on!)
@@jerrycallison6125 Thanks for the insight into the B-25. I have a replica cast model of "Ruptured Duck" which took part in the Doolittle Raid 1942. The innovations there are of course, legendary.
@@David-yo5ws on the model do they have the broomstick 50 cals in the tail?
@@oldesertguy9616 😆 They must have replicated the model from 'just before' the raid.
When I redo my Jeep I’m making it into one of these. Everyone has a normal one with a machine gun on it
Thanks Mark always with surprising footage I’d never seen before !
My grandparents purchased an old jeep for use in the mountains of WV in summer to access some of their favorite fishing holes. Also for getting to their summer fishing camp (two old converted Greyhound buses). Used it to access hard to approach places they knew berries of all sorts could be found.
We loved that jeep as long as you had padding of some kind to ride on especially off road.
After my grandfather suffered a heart attack and told the cold WV winters would be too hard on his heart and health, it was left with a neighbor.
I fought for my Dad to take the jeep. Unfortunately, we resided in Baltimore County MD, in apartments. I was 10 but loved the jeep that I had spent so much time enjoying in almost any situation.
Good job USA
Amazing what happens when you turn a bunch of American kid backyard mechanics loose with a pile of really cool stuff, and Uncle Sam pays for it all! There's no telling WHAT they'll come up with!
Thanks Skipper! Coming from you, high praise indeed!
American Engineering.
American "repair" kit:
1x lineman's pliars
1x electrical cord
1x roll of bailing wire
1x roll duct tape
Beer
Reminds me of the M50 Ontos (Thing), a Six Barreled Recoilless Tank Destroyer which was mainly used by the US Marine Corps in the early years of the war in Vietnam.
Yeah, the word I got from Marines who were in 'Nam was Ontos seemed like a good idea, but there was one problem, SOMEBODY had to get out of the damn thing to reload those 106mm recoilless rifles, and there were NEVER any volunteers when there were bad guys around shooting back!
So much for the good idea, Ontos went away quietly.
Although I'll say one thing for those 106's, they were devastating!
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 can't say I blame them for refusing to get out to reload the 106's considering that the Viet Cong at the time were primarily ground troops, also the Viet Cong's didn't have any tanks and other armored vehicles at all until when the Soviet Union and Communist China started supplying the Viet Cong with armored vehicles.
@@evilfingers4302 Actually, it was the NVA, the North Vietnamese Army that got the tanks, but your point's well taken.
Those films of the Communists taking Saigon in 1975? Those were NVA regulars. The Viet Cong were good at what they did, that is, guerilla warfare, but the actual taking and holding ground in the conventional manner was done by the NVA.
Between the British and American grunts ingenuity - the Germans never stood a chance. (I'm sure Canadians were equally resourceful, but I don't have any examples). That "Can-Do' mentality went a long way to winning the war. My Pop had a few good stories of the resourcefulness of his fellow soldiers, whether it be battle-related, or making booze on the go while marching from France to Germany. There's probably hundreds of great stories like this, and I thank you again for telling them.
7:31 The Panzerfaust wasn't a rocket launcher, it worked on the same principle as a recoilless rifle.
meanwhile at Cal-Tech 1944:
Jeremy We're gonna have to take you off the football team."
"Why?"
"You're gonna help us make Rocket Launcher Jeeps!"
Russians loved Jeep's they could turn them in to anything .
They really loved the Ford GPA which was a jeep that could float
I heard that the Russian motor pool people were quite upset that they had to destroy all the lend lease equipment from the US after the war.
@@garywheeler7039 I’ve seen a fair number of WLAs come out of Russia so they didn’t get rid of everything
Great piece Dr. Felton!
Great episode, Mark!
The US Army did so many modifications to the Jeep during the war that given enough time they probably wouldve added tank treads or airplane wings to it if they thought they could bolt it on there. Very cool to see an armored jeep. A rare sight indeed.
By US army indo mean the troops of the army.
Those were not US Army modifications, for the most part. Those were done by the troops, themselves. It was not infrequent that a modification done in the field would cause disciplinary action for an unapproved modification. (This was most common in the air corps.)
Well there was that one time they made a jeep into a helicopter...
@@jerrycallison6125 well that's what I mean. I guess i should've just said the troops. By saying us army injustice meant any member of it.
Look up T-29 and T-28 Jeep
Last time I was this early, Verdun was still a nice little village in the eastern France countryside...
Verdun wasn't a little village. Actually it's history date back to medieval period when treaty dividing the Carolingian Empire was signed there. It's history and therefore it's propaganda value was actually one of the reason why Germans decided to attack there.
Another great story and production. Thanks Mark. Much appreciated.
Brilliant Dr Felton. Thanks for sharing!
Can u post the link to the old training tapes?
God, imagine being taken out by a German on a bicycle carrying a bazooka.
a fourteen year old German at that!
I had actually never heard of up-armored Jeeps in WWII. Cool.
This was freaking awesome. The most entertaining episode yet, IMO.