The M1 Garand was a massive improvement over the what was it, the 1903 Springfield? Imagine going to war with a bolt gun!!!😮 My grandfather told me when he was in North Africa, crates of M1G’s just showed up, and they had to have a replacement newbie show them all what the hell it was, and how to use it!😂
Plus a big chunk of the troops had SMG's, either Thompsons or grease guns, and M1 Carbines later on in the war. So there was versatility, just not on an individual level. It wasn't as bad as WWI where basically the whole company was just dudes with long rifles trying to clear trenches.
When I was in my twenties I would watch this series every New Years Day. It made me think about all the Hard Men that fought for America and the world. An amazing series for anyone wanting to join the paratroopers and special operations. Airborne just breeds another type of bad ass soldier. This series epitomizes what it means to be a quiet professional. Love it!!!
If I remember correctly, this is supposed to portray Bull's hand to hand combat encounter on D-Day. In the book, it states that Bull was found by some of his buddies in D-Day after they heard sounds of beating in the middle of the woods. When they went to check it out, they found Bull wiping blood off his face right next to a dead german on the ground. This is a great TV Show, I'm glad a lot of kids in this generation are now getting a good glimpse of it due to it being posted on netflix for the past few months. Good reaction Kurt and Buck!
5:03 One of my favorite tiny moments from this whole series is when Sobel spots Malarkey and is getting ready to bust his balls about the motorcycle, so Skip Muck looks down at his clipboard and suddenly remembers he has important business elsewhere 😆
Fun Fact: Cobb, the guy who told the newbie Miller to remove the medal from his uniform, was one of the few Easy Company members who had combat experience before Normandy. He was with the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa.
Funny. I had to go through some boxes today and found my Band of Brothers box set from Christmas 2001. I dont need the dvds anymore but ill Always keep that set. The Pacific is in the same box.
Served in the modern Easy Co from 10-14, met a lot of the originals from WWII at the " Golden Eagles" reunions. Was awesome to get their take on the series verses real experiences.
In the first scene, to be fair to Cobb, he was already a veteran of fighting in North Africa and survived having his troopship sunk by a U-Boat. On D-Day he was ready to jump into Normandy but a flak shell put a piece of shrapnel through his leg that put him in the hospital for a month. So he really had nothing to prove to the new guys or the other veterans. He was apparently the type of guy whose behaviour pissed off the officers and NCOs but he got along fine with the rank privates after they got to know him. He did become a serious discipline problem later on.
You gotta think about the Garand in context, though. Just about every other army at the time were primarily armed with versions of what they had been armed with during WW1. Bolt-action, 5 shot (except the SMLE), rifles. Here come the Americans, with a self loading rifle, with an 8 shot magazine. It was actually kind of revolutionary.
Not really. Other armies centered firepower around machine guns. The squad was there to basically support the machine gun and its capabilities. You can't just line up a rifleman with a rifleman and compare it like that.
@@snowbear163 American units still made use of smgs, and only really two smgs and one machine gun at most among the other nations standard deployments. The other 5-9 men would be carrying a bolt action.
@@snowbear163 That's a difference in doctrine. European (especially German) doctrine centered around machine guns. The riflemen were there to flush out the enemy into the MG's killbox. Not being the main focus, bolt guns were adequate for the job. US doctrine was the opposite. The MG supported the unit by laying down suppressing fire so that the riflemen could maneuver, flank, and advance on the enemy. This is where the Garand shined. It had both higher capacity and rate of fire than the K98 and Arisaka, giving GIs the advantage in a firefight.
@snowbear163 they werent centered around the fire power of machine guns alone. Well trained military during ww2 yes indeed relied on machine guns but it was the combined arms tactics and also superior weaponry. The germans probably had some of the best equipment at the time. The kar98 is comparable to the Mosin and Springfield. Just that the Springfield fired a better round. And that the germans brought the MP40 9mm luger, amazing smg. Walther p38 and or Luger pretty amazing pistols. The germans then also have the mg 34 and mg 42 amazing machines. Hence made the amercians needing to design their own machine guns the browning m2 and browning m1919A4, of course can't forget the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) which in replaced the need for an squad to carry along an M1919A4 and that M1919A4s would go along with some platoons to be positioned in like towns or defensive perimeters
Regarding the M1 Garand, it was the first successful semi automatic rifle to be standardized by any military. We always bring up the Germans with the MP40 and STG44, but there were more M1 Garands made than both of those weapons combined. Most Germans are issued bolt action Kar98ks. There’s a reason why the M1 Garand was such an important firearm; it pretty much proved to the world that something like the M4 would eventually come down the line. I own an M1 Garand, and it is probably my favorite weapon to bring out to the range. And I would even argue that if you took away everyone’s M4s and gave them M1s, that unit would still be 90% combat effective. It is heavy (but look at what we’re replacing the M4 with, it’s heavier than the M1) and the lack of optics would put you behind the curve, but it still would be an fairly effective fighting force. One other note; at this time, America was NOT using 9mm. They were using .45ACP in both their pistols and subguns. The Thompson, Grease Gun, and M1911 are all in .45.
great show, just like the old days. I love when they say " I don't think I 've told this story before" and Sgt. Rangalman had a piece of a tank in his shoulder
"Quit looking at me like that! Am I alright??" Is one of my favorite moments. Between Winters and Nix, the care is there. Not bad for Nix, with bullet holes in his helmet, having never fired his weapon in combat. ♠
Yall skipped over an important part of the experienced guys taking care of the new guys. In the fire service you watch the new guys like a hawk until theyre squared away.
Love seeing g that they were taking chute material. During WWII it was used as a neckerchief during combat, also it was used as a class A combat patch backer to show combat jump along with the stars on the wings.
Regarding the knife vs embedded shrapnel scene. As someone in the medical field, we tell people NOT to do that. However, playing devil's advocate, if the shrapnel was embedded in a muscle or muscle group that you needed to use in order to not get killed in the battlefield, you "might" not want this sharp piece of metal moving around and slicing more tissue/muscle everytime you HAVE to use those muscles (because the Germans aren't going to let you take it easy). Imagine someone wiggling that jagged shrapnel in your upper back/posterior shoulder area every time you had to move your arms or contract your back muscles. In that context, I can see maybe wanting it out. Usually your health and wellbeing are paramount. But sometimes it's pure functionality you need, and that might be a reason to do things your local doc would shriek at you about.
The scene with Sobel in the truck reminded me of a Chief I had, was an a-hole to the people under him, but was the total opposite to people that did not work for him.
"My country can never again afford the luxury of another Montgomery success," Bernhard, the Prince of the Netherlands. RIP to all the servicemen and Dutch who died for Montgomery's ego.
If his plan had worked it would have shortened the war by months. It was bad intel, just ended up a disaster, but if it had worked, Monty would be the most praised General ever
I hate when I’m told to like and subscribe, but I did like this and I have subscribed. I like listening to you guys and your comments on tactics are well done. You’re less nit picky about stupid crap.
My JROTC instructors in high school were both WW2 vets. One in Europe under Patton and the other in the Pacific. I really appreciated their stories of the war many years later while watching this mini series and reading the book.
There was some horizontal collaboration with allied troops, as well. My mom was 7 years old when WWII ended, living in Germany, with 2 siblings and her mom. Her dad had been killed on the Eastern Front. They rented an apartment in the biggest house in their village. So they ended up getting kicked out for a while by American troops. As seen in a later Band of Brothers episode. My grandma was a modest woman. She went back and asked if she could work on the garden in the backyard. When the Americans moved on, they left behind a large consignment of food that was hard to get for Germans at the time. My parents still have the furniture where they left the food. So huge sentimental value. A woman down the road decided to fraternize with Americans horizontally. She found her mattress cut to shreds after the Americans had left.
In Norway where I grew up, the same thing happened. The women were treated just as in this clip, if not worse. Many of these women were actually stripped of their citizenship after the war, and deported to Germany.
Poor kurt. My brother told me about his poor battle buddy on their last jump before graduation that he landed wrong and his bones went through his legs. Just hearing him tell me that has made me never want to jump out of an airplane in my life
I'm not military, I just enjoy your channel and I enjoy the motivation. I do miss hearing the old og red vision tainted song, I found the song on UA-cam and converted it to mp3 regularly sing to it, cause I'm a dork.
Have you guys ever watched the TV series ‘Southland’? It’s a cop series based in south-central LA. It stars Michael Cudlitz (who you just watched in this episode of B.o.B.). I think you’d really dig Southland. Really high quality.
My dad was US ARMY 1942-1947. He was in N Africa and came home after the European Theater. He had shrapnel work its way out of him 30 years later. He didn't talk about it much; except when he woke up in the middle of the night shouting at stuff.
In WWII they didn't have the technology that has been available for the past 20 years so they had to make do with what they did have. What they learned during WWII, Korea and Vietnam was also passed on so the soldiers of today could benefit for lessons learned.
Thank you for correcting this. I was going to post that it happened in Holland. The hatred in Holland towards collaborators was intense. The men were also saying "vuile hoer" which means "dirty whore".
Even though it's a 4' long, and 9# of wood and steel the M1 is beautiful piece of engineering. I don't shoot them much but my 2 M1's hold a special place in my collection...at least for me.
19:06 shrapnel can do more damage, when it stays in the wound. can cut open blood vessels, so you really wanna remove it. every movement of the shoulder makes the wound bigger and more bleeding, if the shrapnel is still inside.
Best tv show ever made
agree, although masters of air is getting really good as well.
Agreed!
I have Band of brothers and the Pacific two great show the Pacific is the underrated one
Absolutely true. Except now ive been searching for and buying anything related to band of brothers/easy company. Rip to my wallet
@@texandy89 i agree, the pacific theatre as a whole doesn’t get the recognition that the ETO got.
The M1 Garand was a massive improvement over the what was it, the 1903 Springfield?
Imagine going to war with a bolt gun!!!😮
My grandfather told me when he was in North Africa, crates of M1G’s just showed up, and they had to have a replacement newbie show them all what the hell it was, and how to use it!😂
Plus a big chunk of the troops had SMG's, either Thompsons or grease guns, and M1 Carbines later on in the war. So there was versatility, just not on an individual level. It wasn't as bad as WWI where basically the whole company was just dudes with long rifles trying to clear trenches.
Patton called the M1 "the greatest battle implement ever devised."
@@notthestatusquo7683 Uh, shotguns, flamethrowers, and chemical agents used in WWI have entered the chat.
What would you rather fix bayonets and butt stroke with? Lol
I thought he said the Jeep.@@fester2306
In defense of digging the thing out with the knife.... medicine has advanced a lot in the last 100 years haha.
When I was in my twenties I would watch this series every New Years Day. It made me think about all the Hard Men that fought for America and the world. An amazing series for anyone wanting to join the paratroopers and special operations. Airborne just breeds another type of bad ass soldier. This series epitomizes what it means to be a quiet professional. Love it!!!
If I remember correctly, this is supposed to portray Bull's hand to hand combat encounter on D-Day. In the book, it states that Bull was found by some of his buddies in D-Day after they heard sounds of beating in the middle of the woods. When they went to check it out, they found Bull wiping blood off his face right next to a dead german on the ground. This is a great TV Show, I'm glad a lot of kids in this generation are now getting a good glimpse of it due to it being posted on netflix for the past few months. Good reaction Kurt and Buck!
Winters has said in interviews that Bull was one of the finest soldiers he ever served with. Very high praise
Can’t wait until you guys get to episodes 6-7. Turning point for how excellent this show could be and a reminder what a bunch of young dudes endured.
As a Brit, I can honestly say I enjoyed your attempt of the English accent, fkg hilarious fellas!.
The show that got me to join the Army! Don’t know whether to love it or hate it for that. Anyway, I love it by default!
Mine was “Stripes”!😂😂😂
5:03 One of my favorite tiny moments from this whole series is when Sobel spots Malarkey and is getting ready to bust his balls about the motorcycle, so Skip Muck looks down at his clipboard and suddenly remembers he has important business elsewhere 😆
Fun Fact: Cobb, the guy who told the newbie Miller to remove the medal from his uniform, was one of the few Easy Company members who had combat experience before Normandy. He was with the 1st Armored Division during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa.
Funny. I had to go through some boxes today and found my Band of Brothers box set from Christmas 2001. I dont need the dvds anymore but ill Always keep that set. The Pacific is in the same box.
I just finished streaming both those for the first time.
Both are fantastic!
Man, that was a badass gift in 2001. Shit was crazy expensive. Somebody really like you!
@@7bootzy my best friend for the past 34 years- my dad!
Best mini series ever, great insite into the inner workings of military.
Yes thank you guys for getting back to this show
Served in the modern Easy Co from 10-14, met a lot of the originals from WWII at the " Golden Eagles" reunions. Was awesome to get their take on the series verses real experiences.
Im glad u guys are back into this Show, See yall on the next one!
I'm a long-time follower; I enjoy the content and appreciate y'alls hard work.
Thank you, Abel, Kurt, Sean, and any others.
In the first scene, to be fair to Cobb, he was already a veteran of fighting in North Africa and survived having his troopship sunk by a U-Boat. On D-Day he was ready to jump into Normandy but a flak shell put a piece of shrapnel through his leg that put him in the hospital for a month. So he really had nothing to prove to the new guys or the other veterans. He was apparently the type of guy whose behaviour pissed off the officers and NCOs but he got along fine with the rank privates after they got to know him. He did become a serious discipline problem later on.
That was still a dick move.
He didn’t fight on d day. He was a dick in this action. Bull put him in his place
You gotta think about the Garand in context, though. Just about every other army at the time were primarily armed with versions of what they had been armed with during WW1. Bolt-action, 5 shot (except the SMLE), rifles. Here come the Americans, with a self loading rifle, with an 8 shot magazine. It was actually kind of revolutionary.
Hits like a freight train too, way harder than a 5.56, NATO or not.
Not really. Other armies centered firepower around machine guns. The squad was there to basically support the machine gun and its capabilities. You can't just line up a rifleman with a rifleman and compare it like that.
@@snowbear163 American units still made use of smgs, and only really two smgs and one machine gun at most among the other nations standard deployments. The other 5-9 men would be carrying a bolt action.
@@snowbear163 That's a difference in doctrine. European (especially German) doctrine centered around machine guns. The riflemen were there to flush out the enemy into the MG's killbox. Not being the main focus, bolt guns were adequate for the job. US doctrine was the opposite. The MG supported the unit by laying down suppressing fire so that the riflemen could maneuver, flank, and advance on the enemy. This is where the Garand shined. It had both higher capacity and rate of fire than the K98 and Arisaka, giving GIs the advantage in a firefight.
@snowbear163 they werent centered around the fire power of machine guns alone.
Well trained military during ww2 yes indeed relied on machine guns but it was the combined arms tactics and also superior weaponry. The germans probably had some of the best equipment at the time. The kar98 is comparable to the Mosin and Springfield. Just that the Springfield fired a better round. And that the germans brought the MP40 9mm luger, amazing smg. Walther p38 and or Luger pretty amazing pistols. The germans then also have the mg 34 and mg 42 amazing machines.
Hence made the amercians needing to design their own machine guns the browning m2 and browning m1919A4, of course can't forget the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) which in replaced the need for an squad to carry along an M1919A4 and that M1919A4s would go along with some platoons to be positioned in like towns or defensive perimeters
I appreciate you guys. Keep it up! AND keep up the comedy!
Love it!!
Regarding the M1 Garand, it was the first successful semi automatic rifle to be standardized by any military. We always bring up the Germans with the MP40 and STG44, but there were more M1 Garands made than both of those weapons combined. Most Germans are issued bolt action Kar98ks. There’s a reason why the M1 Garand was such an important firearm; it pretty much proved to the world that something like the M4 would eventually come down the line. I own an M1 Garand, and it is probably my favorite weapon to bring out to the range. And I would even argue that if you took away everyone’s M4s and gave them M1s, that unit would still be 90% combat effective. It is heavy (but look at what we’re replacing the M4 with, it’s heavier than the M1) and the lack of optics would put you behind the curve, but it still would be an fairly effective fighting force.
One other note; at this time, America was NOT using 9mm. They were using .45ACP in both their pistols and subguns. The Thompson, Grease Gun, and M1911 are all in .45.
M4 over an m1. M4 is far more reliable.
@@flight2k5 M1 was just as reliable as an M4
@@viper2165 no it’s not
@@flight2k5 whatever you say
@@viper2165 look up in range tv. They’ve tested it.
love band of brothers and the Pacific.... thanks for getting back to it
Thanks for the video guys!
Thank you guys.
Love it!! Thank u fellas 🙏🏻
great show, just like the old days. I love when they say " I don't think I 've told this story before" and Sgt. Rangalman had a piece of a tank in his shoulder
Respect from one of your Brothers! Keep up the great reacts.
"Quit looking at me like that! Am I alright??" Is one of my favorite moments. Between Winters and Nix, the care is there. Not bad for Nix, with bullet holes in his helmet, having never fired his weapon in combat. ♠
Yall skipped over an important part of the experienced guys taking care of the new guys. In the fire service you watch the new guys like a hawk until theyre squared away.
Just wanted to comment and support you guys in what you do
Love seeing g that they were taking chute material. During WWII it was used as a neckerchief during combat, also it was used as a class A combat patch backer to show combat jump along with the stars on the wings.
Regarding the knife vs embedded shrapnel scene. As someone in the medical field, we tell people NOT to do that. However, playing devil's advocate, if the shrapnel was embedded in a muscle or muscle group that you needed to use in order to not get killed in the battlefield, you "might" not want this sharp piece of metal moving around and slicing more tissue/muscle everytime you HAVE to use those muscles (because the Germans aren't going to let you take it easy).
Imagine someone wiggling that jagged shrapnel in your upper back/posterior shoulder area every time you had to move your arms or contract your back muscles.
In that context, I can see maybe wanting it out. Usually your health and wellbeing are paramount. But sometimes it's pure functionality you need, and that might be a reason to do things your local doc would shriek at you about.
The scene with Sobel in the truck reminded me of a Chief I had, was an a-hole to the people under him, but was the total opposite to people that did not work for him.
Looking forward to seeing yall finish this
The scenes of soldiers bailing out of C-47s on fire were very impressive! Previous movies of D Day did not capture this real life effect!
Another great video from the team
"My country can never again afford the luxury of another Montgomery success," Bernhard, the Prince of the Netherlands.
RIP to all the servicemen and Dutch who died for Montgomery's ego.
I doubt you need to worry. The man has been dead for decades.
"Victory has a thousand fathers while defeat is an orphan."
If his plan had worked it would have shortened the war by months. It was bad intel, just ended up a disaster, but if it had worked, Monty would be the most praised General ever
@@christophertaylor9100 Bad intel combined with hasty timing and poorly planned logistics.
Such a masterpiece of a show!
I love your videos fellas. I am almost caught up on your whole backlog!
I hate when I’m told to like and subscribe, but I did like this and I have subscribed. I like listening to you guys and your comments on tactics are well done. You’re less nit picky about stupid crap.
Maybe the shrapnel was impinging on shoulder movement? Winters said Bull was one of the best soldiers he ever had for a reason!
This. It was shrapnel from when the British tank took it's hit. Bull knew he'd need to be able to swing his arm in order to get back to his lines.
Here's a comment for the algorithm. Love you guys' channel!
Good work guys. Keep it up
One of the best shows I watched with my late farther 👍👍👍 ,,going rewatch this and the pacific box sets soon..😊
Love this series of video
Just a top notch t.v. series!
Episode 5 is my favorite episode. Definitely a lot of tactics for you guys to breakdown
I’ve been waiting for this one 😭
Great review
I love what you guys do.
Love this series
Best series ever
Best series ever!...
Love this show
I have run off the top of the a canopy in Airborne school. 2nd jump and it was now the funniest thing ever. In the moment though I was freaking out.
Great breakdown
My JROTC instructors in high school were both WW2 vets. One in Europe under Patton and the other in the Pacific. I really appreciated their stories of the war many years later while watching this mini series and reading the book.
👍 👍
Kurt's story was fkng wild 😮!!.
When theybsaid starfish I was just picturing Patrick starfish
You guys Rock!
I've been fortunate to meet some amazing people in my life. One of those was Carwood Lipton at a private screening of Band of Brothers.
There was some horizontal collaboration with allied troops, as well. My mom was 7 years old when WWII ended, living in Germany, with 2 siblings and her mom. Her dad had been killed on the Eastern Front. They rented an apartment in the biggest house in their village. So they ended up getting kicked out for a while by American troops. As seen in a later Band of Brothers episode. My grandma was a modest woman. She went back and asked if she could work on the garden in the backyard. When the Americans moved on, they left behind a large consignment of food that was hard to get for Germans at the time. My parents still have the furniture where they left the food. So huge sentimental value. A woman down the road decided to fraternize with Americans horizontally. She found her mattress cut to shreds after the Americans had left.
In Norway where I grew up, the same thing happened. The women were treated just as in this clip, if not worse. Many of these women were actually stripped of their citizenship after the war, and deported to Germany.
The show is great. The book is great.
Hands down best war series ever!!!
Great video!
Just found your channel. This is classic 😂 you guys do better British accents than most US actors!
You guys are awesome
Keep em comin
Love it!
Poor kurt. My brother told me about his poor battle buddy on their last jump before graduation that he landed wrong and his bones went through his legs. Just hearing him tell me that has made me never want to jump out of an airplane in my life
I'm not military, I just enjoy your channel and I enjoy the motivation. I do miss hearing the old
og red vision tainted song, I found the song on UA-cam and converted it to mp3 regularly sing to it, cause I'm a dork.
I appreciate you guys and usually I just sit in the backseat so I don’t have anything interesting to say but much love
Have you guys ever watched the TV series ‘Southland’? It’s a cop series based in south-central LA. It stars Michael Cudlitz (who you just watched in this episode of B.o.B.). I think you’d really dig Southland. Really high quality.
Luz is my spirit animal
He was a good man. I met him in the Providence VAMC in 1981.
Like watching and listening to guys it’s cool
Please do " The thin red line " after Band of brothers. Your take on it would be so interesting !!
Love the Chanel
I had no idea you guys were watching the series. I’ll be back to check ‘em all out with you.
Just commenting for the algorithm. Keep going, guys.
Thats the brotherhood we all want yet only a few get.
Winters said that Bull was one of the best soldiers he ever commanded
The Pacific should be on your list if not already.
You guys rock
My dad was US ARMY 1942-1947. He was in N Africa and came home after the European Theater. He had shrapnel work its way out of him 30 years later. He didn't talk about it much; except when he woke up in the middle of the night shouting at stuff.
Good one
In WWII they didn't have the technology that has been available for the past 20 years so they had to make do with what they did have. What they learned during WWII, Korea and Vietnam was also passed on so the soldiers of today could benefit for lessons learned.
I worked for over 30 years in Toccoa. I walked Currahee many times. Those guys running Currahee were mighty men.
Onya blokes. Appreciated your banter and enjoyed it.
Best feeling to wake up hangover as shit, and see a beers and breakdowns😂
Thanks for the good content. Could you guys do a video on the movie The Thin Red Line?
Goated show
i grew up when world war 2 and korean war vets were men of the time. 70's into 1980's they were a tough breed man.
Winters: "Never put yourself in a position to take from these men"
Buck: "Alright...I'll throw left handed then..." 🎯😂
The shaving was in the Netherlands. They were shouting 'Shave them, shave them'
Thank you for correcting this. I was going to post that it happened in Holland. The hatred in Holland towards collaborators was intense. The men were also saying "vuile hoer" which means "dirty whore".
Bill Guarnere did my cover quote for my novel Moses Trinidad Buffalo Soldier. Very proud moment for me.
Even though it's a 4' long, and 9# of wood and steel the M1 is beautiful piece of engineering. I don't shoot them much but my 2 M1's hold a special place in my collection...at least for me.
19:06
shrapnel can do more damage, when it stays in the wound. can cut open blood vessels, so you really wanna remove it. every movement of the shoulder makes the wound bigger and more bleeding, if the shrapnel is still inside.
Kurt rockin that Casting Couch Camo
o i really wish these episisodes were numbered.
make a playlist of Band Of Brothers
A new Band of Brothers reaction? *unzips* Let's gooo!