How did Infantry Warfare Evolve from Swords to Guns?
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In this video, we discover the cultural changes that played an unseen hand in the development of warfare. Did you know, in the past, unqualified noblemen lead us into battle? Nowadays unqualified peasants like myself are allowed to take a crack at it!
'Close with and destroy the enemy' The infantry has the best job description in military history. They're the oldest job in the military. Find out where their name originally came from.
Every couple of hundred years an unbelievable never before imagined strategy hits the scene in infantry tactics thereby changing the world. Throughout time history is marked by this pattern. From the Greek Phalanx and Ancient Roman Legion to the modern-day machine gun these leaps often catch the enemy completely by surprise.
We try to present an informative light-hearted and entertaining look at military history and weapons systems.
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What is line infantry? 1:37
Oldest infantry traditions 3:55
The invention of gunpowder 6:42
Invention of the Maxim machine gun 9:07
Guerilla Warfare 12:16
Controversial Marshell Effect 13:12
Why we fight 16:43
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Like the video and subscribe to our channel to support us please! The Infantry made me an expert at sweeping floors then sleeping on that floor. Part two "The Future of the Infantry" is here! ua-cam.com/video/sT6hX2EHTpk/v-deo.html
Spit shined the floor at Sand Hill .. then buffed battalion on an Article 15. Then on to the motor pool shuffle at Ft Hood.
Then cause I was still 11B and not a 11M they sent me to the 25th .. light *nfantry wasn't.
After my second TBI they sent me home.
To the discomfort and torture of my wife at the time..
@@Dirtzoo I was E-150 at Sand Hill man, great to hear from a fellow 11b. My unit replaced the 25th ID in Iraq in 08 good dudes. hope you're healing alright man I know how shitty a TBI is
@The Xenomorphian I don't think ww3 will happen but I'm no expert, military history is a hobby for me. I don't know how things will shape out. If you do have to do mandatory service, watch and try to learn everything you can from the skilled sergeants it'll help you throughout life!
Spanish tercios...
@@billymurray1334 In the interest of time I skipped pike formation, that would have been a great addition though you're right. I left a few lines out because I didn't want the runtime to be too long.
"Stay strapped or get clapped"
-Sun Tzu
I think I saw that on a shirt once haha great stuff
Jackman Hopkins “aim down your sights”
- ghandi
where does that originate
@@MrCedricPeterson it's just a joke, people associate sun tzu with deep philosophical statements about warfare, not satire like this comment, which is what makes it a joke
Coniver Divide - It’s not as funny now that you explained it. Damn you Collin! You ruined it!🖕
Just remember, in War, if you get in to a fair fight, you messed up.
great advice haha anything worse than 3 to 1 odds I'm noping right out of there
The only fair fight is the one you lose!
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other poor bastard die for his."
Graeme SYDNEY Patton
@@owo5869 Patton brought it in to modern consciousness but it has been around in various forms a long time.
“The worlds oldest profession is actually the infantry”
**sad farmer noises**
Sad hunter noises
Sad hooker noises.
Sad Hunter gather Noises
*sad monkey noises*
@@EireHammer sad fish noises
Infantry comes from:
“Infantus” the Latin word translates to “unable to talk”
Like a baby
Or a very disciplined soldier
You misspelled brainwashed there. Soldiers that dont think for themselves are the problem. Scrap the last half of the sentence. Soldiers are a problem
oh shit big brain here
The road dogz
@@MrMegaMetroid They're an problem until someone wants your things. i like soldiers, they'll stop other nations from taking my things.
@@MrMegaMetroid you're pretty fucking stupid and have no clue how the military works
Well you know what they say: "You win Somme, you lose Somme".
I actually laughed out loud, now I feel terrible about myself thank you haha
Terrible joke, still laughed
berner Phyrrus victory i guess.
My old sayin is “Sometimes you throw the grenade, and well sometimes you throw the pin.”
Had me questioning my sanity as to whether that's how it's supposed to be said or not haha
The invention of pizza is definitely critical to modern warfare.
Coincidence that pizza was invented then WWI happened? I think not.
@@Taskandpurpose it's the goddam video games.
I mean pizza was invented waaaaaaay before 2007
pepperoni pizza mre
War of nutrition eh
"Flank 'em, then spank them"
-Sun Tzu
classic Sun Tzu chapter 2 right there
"All Warfare is Based..." -Sun Tzu
All fun and games until the enemy says "harder, daddy!"
I think it's really interesting that prior to "modern warfare" the biggest developments were in technology (melee to range, arrows to flintlock, balls to rifled bullets) but in the last 100 years, the greatest changes have been made by actual tactics (while still progressing in tech)
It’s like pretty much every other field to be honest.
You missed a key thing with that 1 in 4 firing statistic, down the line "Skinner Operant Conditioning" came around to simply get soldiers firing their weapons as a reflex, rather than having to think about shooting someone else.
great point! thanks for commenting this , can't catch everything
S.L.A Marshall was a hack. How do people keep spreading his bullshit? He claims to have interviewed 400 companies right after combat during his stint. Before he was working in the military he used to be sports journalist where it mattered more to write a good story than gathering factual evidence.
Just read this quote from an article by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr.
"[Roger] Spiller (historian at the Army's Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth) said that Marshall's aide, John Westover, who accompanied Marshall in Europe, didn't remember hearing Marshall ask soldiers if they had fired their weapons. Additionally, Westover didn't "recall Marshall ever talking about ratios of weapons usage in their many private conversations," said Spiller."
There's way more if you're willing to make a quick google search.
@@pingusbror absolutely right. whatever SLA Marshall was he was not an expert on soldier's phycology.
I think those who know what they want will not have any internal conflict because they know what they want so they won't second guess themselves, Unless that changes. I think survival is important unless the person really values the mission or they have no choice. Cost vs Reward ratio, no point throwing your life away for a lost cause or futile effort unless something comes out of it like some victory for those you left behind, or glory and wealth something of value. #1 survival, #2 noble cause #3 existential battle purpose and meaning. The most important battles/wars
#1 Eastern front WW2
#2 Mongol empire
#3 Punic wars Rome/Carthage
#4 Battle of the Pacific WW2
#lindybeige
I love that Total War Rome 2 footage is used.
amazing game!
@@Taskandpurpose it really is! Sparta was my main faction in that game...back when it was easier to find matches anyways...
Then Rome shall fall before Spartan shields and spears!
DrakeMarvell *laughs in blotting out the sun*
@@galbert117 *laughs in cohort*
I feel like radios helped change a lot too. You can have smaller groups of soldiers spread out to different positions and easily relay information across the battlefield to different squads and battalions.
“So they could repel Calvary charges effectively”
“Bro just use wood lmao” -Oda Nobunaga
Cav, not Cal
I’m that guy in the close in shot at 2:57 at the Battle of Aiken re-enactment 😂
That’s awesome
nice shooting haha! must be a huge production to do those things, you go every year?
Task & Purpose Surprisingly enough, it isn’t too big of an event. If you want to see a big one go watch the one this year at Bentonville, NC on the weekend of March 20
The Aiken re-enactment video you used was shot by a couple of MSG buds who work for the US Army Military History group or something like that. Nice guys, but they should’ve been at the day prior to the clip you used. It was humid and with no wind so the black powder smoke was just hanging and building like a fog. It was eerie at best. If you watched the whole video, the guy in the blue frock coat is an active CPT in the army.
Task & Purpose Also, you missed some key facts about infantry and weaponry of the periods between the 1600s and 1900
Circa 55 AD
Verenus: "So get this lucius, people in the future will WANT the soldiers life. Volunteer they will call it."
Lucius: "By Jupiter's balls let us be spared of such barbarous notions"
haha so true. I feel like the spread of effective propaganda like film helped with an all volunteer army a lot
Not really, professional soldiers have always existed throughout history
@@phantom3969 full time warriors maybe. Soldiers not so much.
@@lastword8783 yes, soldiers... Mercenaries to be specific, particularly ones in mercenary companies
@@phantom3969 Meh it was a joke bruh
Great work, Cappy.
One of the Marshalls studied bayonet charges
in Korea and WWII.
The ancient infantry had guys without spears or swords.
They were slingers and chunkers and used rocks.
The Crusaders in Constantinople came up against a viscous chunker.
This is not infantry, but Benvenuto Cellini had a brother in the 1500's that
singlehandedly went up against a 30-man posse with a sword.
He was doing purty good until a guy with a gun shot him.
For machine gunner: You have the best weapon of your group, you would feel compelled to use it to save your group. Your assistant probably encourage you and swear a whole lot for you to shoot as he is depending on your to survive. Machine gunner are usually selected because they are more fit and more intelligent than the other soldiers since they are a big part of the strat. Intelligent people usually are more likely to fire their guns and kill their enemies.
3minutes to load a musket??? maybe one-handed guy... normal soldier could do it in 20-30 seconds in battle.. some elite troops did it in 10-15 seconds
bro do I look elite to you ?! haha yes thats true, I'm talking the old original early version muskets
@@Taskandpurpose even old Spanish heavy muskets could fire once per minute... and those fired huuge 30mm balls..
Richard Sharpe: I know you can fire three rounds a minute, but can you stand? Well but that was the Napoleonic Wars, so noticeably later.
@@nordveld true and even then forget the ram rod if you want to get three rounds a minute
@@Taskandpurpose You're talking about the arquebus, not the musket. Though later models arquebuses could be reloaded at 'near-musket' speeds, the earlier ones ... 14th century, did take aaaaaaages to load. And the arquebusier had to be protected by his buddies (who still essentially used pointy sticks) while he was reloading.
Psssst: "Calvary" is where Jesus died bro lol
I really should have taken that horse riding lesson when I had the chance.
Calvary, as in Latin for skull or a place of skulls. Cavalry, coming from the French word for horse or horse rider - chivalry also comes from the same root word.
@@Taskandpurpose Save a horse, ride a cav scout
Jesus thought wandering the Via Dolorosa he was saved from crucifixion when he heard people talk about the Calvary will arrive at the end...
@@JoshuaCairns calvary is the religious word. Cavalry is the horseback soldier
"Worlds oldest profession is infantry"
Shows Sappers at 0:04
it's supposed to be representative haha cut me some slack on that
@@Taskandpurpose hahaha. Sorry about that just engineer pride.
4:10 that one archer just realizing he should be behind the line
"Officers back then probably couldn't pass a PT test or Rifle Qual."
Are you saying Officers today can, cause...
Look at our commander in chief, a total idiot
@@Jermo7899 He's not an officer though?
@@compabrael2177 the president is THE highest ranking officer, only he or she can luanch nukes
@@charlescourtwright2229 Sorry kiddo the president isn't a military officer.
But he is the highest ranking idiot!
“What makes the green grass grow? Blood blood blood” -infantry.
"What makes the green grass grow? Blood blood, bright red blood!" -combat engineer
My father told me this. They said this when they practice bayonet charges.
“He’s got one of those so I should get it” is basically how warfare evolved in a nutshell
Lol
I’ve been watching history videos on UA-cam all day in research for a project, and yours was the first that actual gave me lots of interesting information and entertained at the same time. Good job making this!
Did someone say, *ROME*
Fun Fact: The basic Roman Legionary rank was known as a "Milites" (equivalent to Private) and that is the root word for "Military"
What was a Centurion?
@@baylorakins7306
Centurions were an Officer Rank. They commanded a unit called a Century which consisted of 80 Men. The most senior Centurion was called the Primus Pilus, and commanded the first Century of the first Cohort, which was double sized. Centurions were also usually enlisted men before becoming a Centurion, while the higher officer ranks were usually appointed.
Second in command to a Centurion would be an Optio. Equivalent to a First Sergeant.
Third in command after the Optio is the Tesserarius, equivalent to Staff Sergeant.
And finally a Decanus would be in charge of the smallest unit (squad level) of 8 men called a Contubernium. Equivalent of a Sergeant.
Essence of battle was is,and will always be the grunt,foot soldier,the Infantry .Weapons change,training advances,the grunt wins the day.Up close,personal.Infantry motto,I am the infantry queen of battle,FOLLOW ME!
@@davidwadsworth8982 I think robots will be making changes to that. Mines, once laid out, can kill for many years, causing casualties in places that haven't seen infantry for years.
@@ArmouredProductions Centurions commanded 80 soldiers yes but also accompanying these soldiers were helping civilians and officers and special role personnel adding up to 100 , a century like 100 years
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“Once you get a weapon, you enemies will have it in like, i dunno, 10 years?”
-Sun Tzu
I heard somewhere that in the 1800s, most soldiers never fired their weapons when they fought an enemy. So apparently a general told a group of 100 soldiers to open fire on some sheep, he then counted how many musket balls were in the sheep and found the percentage, it was pretty low I think.
"the modern western military is entirely volunteers"
Finland and Estonia: ... Ei
And so many more
Switzerland, Israel..etc lol
And most countries have forced service
Finland and Estonia aren't part of the west
@@SteveVi0lence how do you define the west then?
Cavalry. CAVALRY. Not “Calvary”. That’s the name of the hill Jesus was crucified on.
Just realized I say calvary
THANK YOU IT PISSES ME OFF WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY CALVARY I LITERALLY HAD A RANT TO MYSELF CAUSE I HEARD HIM SAY CALVARY EVEN THOUGH ITS CAVALRY
found the cav scout
Exactly!
Colonel.
Sergeant.
we should help and support these kind of vlogs. Effort was much given here. i am often victimized by clickbaiting vlogs using words such as world is shocked,congratulations, etc then they give exaggerated info and fake news. I hope these kind of vlogs multiply. lets not even click those giving fake info. they will earn if we do so.
lol got a wicked laugh at the 'infantry' punchline.
it must suck feeling that you have to perform but don't forget you are very good at it and entertaining :o)
"Whatever happens, we have got
The Maxim Gun, and they have not"
who is that a quote by?
Hilaire Belloc, sir, in his 1898 work, "The Modern Traveller"
the new "bow and arrow" so to speak has to be drones, the fact that you can fly an rc plane and kill the enemy from hundreds of miles away changes a lot of stuff
Ironically, newer anti-tank tank ammo is more like an arrow than a bullet.
@@LucidLivingYT Really? How do you mean? Explosively formed penetrators and the likes?
@@LucidLivingYT Or sabot... Sabot rounds make a lot more sense... hmmm...
@@jooot_6850 It's shaped like an arrow more than a bullet.
@@SStupendous sabot? yeah, it’s like an arrow just without the arrowhead and made of solid tungsten/depleted uranium
Love your videos! Excellent work.
That was a super resume of 3000 years of infantry. Good Job, the amount of information was amazing.
My jaw literally dropped and I thought of my dad, when you said the Army is "80% POGs". My dad was a fuel truck driver.
yep and we need that 80% just as badly as the 20% teamwork makes the dream work!
Well, it's because without people like your dad being around, all the fancy ass MRAPs & Strykers will be sitting in a ditch waiting for the guys to walk everywhere.
He said 15% was infantry. So 85% pogs. I guess you didn’t see that part and neither did the poster.
"If fighting is sure to result in victory then you must fight!" Sun Tzu said that, and I'd say he knows a little more about fighting than you do, pal, because he invented it, and then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor.
Cappy, you slay me. Your self depreciating sense of humor is hilarious. That said I understand their reluctance to let you play with the radio.
"Conscription is gone"
Foreigner: Lucky you.
In most of western Europe it was abolished due to a lack of Soviet hordes in the early nineties. I guess that less than 10% of the world's population currently lives in a country that still has some form of conscription.
@@Beggar42 in large part of western Europe, conscription is beeing reintroduced with the Russian attacks on our democratic institutions, attempts to incite civil unrest through sponsoring authoritarian and nationalistic politicians and domestic terrorist movments as well as their undeclared and illegal invasion and partial occupation of Krimea and eastern Ukraine along with war crimes in Syria...
Here's the thing about the draft. It would be good to require public service, including the military as an option. It would be the ultimate team building exercise for a generation.
certainly not better than a solid outting to an escape room ?! yes I agree mandatory public service of SOME kind would probably be a good thing. It might help unite the country even.
@@Taskandpurpose Conscription for young men is by no means strange. In Finland, still over 70% have completed military service. Alternative service is not so meaningful for most people. However, a major change took place in the 1970s, when the wartime capital punishment was abolished, and after 2011, prison sentences have been changed to probation. In my opinion, at least 70% participation rate should be maintained in one way or another.
@@Taskandpurpose well look to Switzerland
State or Local levels sure. Federal level? No way. And mandatory service (military or otherwise) should not be a societal band-aid to fix any and all perceived youthful indiscretions. In other words, we should loath the idea of the Federal government being everyone's babysitter.
Alan Lambert yeah no
This channel is absolutely phenomenal. Great content
Ohhh Cappy! This video (like many others on your channel) is Wonderfully-Entertaining!
It made me think of all of my friends over the years who have been __×_×_×__ Infantrymen (both officer and enlisted). All GREAT men; Courageous and Brave (though some more Gomer Pyle than others). 🤦🏼♂️Hahaha!
Thanks [yet again] Cappy! Love your content!
Murican: «Conscription is not used in modern western militaries»
Many European nations: «.... oi vey»
yeah, but you can pretty much say that you don't want to
@@wat8437 And then go to prison or get a foot strap in Finland lol
Deplorable Me because we don’t have the amount of members, europe isn’t that militaristic, so conscription is needed, sad.
WoopWoop Europe (at least western Europe) provides many options for people regardless of their background. One example would be free, or very easily fundable higher education. This means that fewer people are likely to join the military, as they have other options. I served 4 years total in the Norwegian army (first conscription, then 3 years as an enlisted soldier in mechanized infantry). Now I’m almost finished with a master’s degree in business, and I can tell you that most people who I’ve studied with didn’t really consider the army as an option when we have free education.
damn nazis
Army sgt: Who keeps you alive?
Pvt: MY BATTLE BUDDY!
Army sgt: Good. And who gets you killed?
Pvt: THE BLUE FALCONS SIR!
Did the PVT just give that enlisted SGT a promotion? 😐
@@mllll3345455 Just think about it. Who just got marked a priority target?
DS: SIR TOO EZ
Pretty nice video. The quality of the writing it's great
I agree with the "pencil pusher". We've fought side by side since we were tribes fighting other tribes. You cant erase an evolutionary thought process in 3 generations after we've been through 2000 or so.
Side note: This also explains why we cant get along nowadays
Rome didn't fall until 1453.
I should have done a whole section on the Roman Legion honestly to do that entire period justice
Task & Purpose also a little more about the middle ages, rome/byzantium actually had a professional army with many units that constantly changed throught the centuries, legions, themes, tagmata, cataphracts and even vikings
That is a debated topic among historians and it is not definitive. There are many who claim that Rome fell in 476 C.E. It's like saying that China doesn't really have a communist government because of the existence of Taiwan (a debate over that can be made as well).
Western Roman Empire fall in 476, Bizantium fall to Turks in 1453.
Excuse me slow reload, most well trained army's late 1700 to the last use of muskets could could get three the four shots off a minute
Which is 15-20 seconds each which with only one shot each time seems bad, but in those times it was pretty good
I takes me 2 minutes to reload an M-4 so that's what you're dealing with here haha
@@Taskandpurpose dam, a redcoat could of got about six shots off in that time but I would say once you have reloaded, and if the redcoat has not hit you in that time I would say the m4 would win in the end
That’s usually when they prepared with the paper wrap things. They put the amount of powder and the ball into a wad of paper so when they shot then crack it open and pour in the powder then drop the ball in and it’s good
@@jeffpraterJSF yes
Heard somewhere that in WW2, only 10% of soldiers actually fired at the enemy. Everyone else just aimed in their general direction.
I love how you included us Docs to ❤ and I’d recognize those dudes sliding down that birm in 220 anywhere 😂
That's not a Greek phalanx that's a Macedonian phalanx. Greek phalanx were hoplites with shorter spears and swords with larger shields and more heavily armoured than the Macedonian variant.
I thought I was the only person who noticed that
I am 2 stupid to notice but fun fact
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Well yes but you don't have to say it like that macedonian is still greek a better term is the archaic/classical age Greek phalanx and the macedonian Hellenic ( I don't if that's the exact right term ) age phalanx ( used by first Phillip and Alexander through the age of the Hellenic states like the Seleucids and Ptolemaics for example until their conquests by the Romans and Parthians in the middle East and for the indogreeks you will have to look up that ) .
@@jasons44 wtf are those rioters gonna against me and my phalanx formation. Haha, come at me
The Roman legionaries were called “Mario’s mule “ (Mario was an imperator ) because of the weight they carried , about 80 pounds. When I was in the army ( in Spain you must do a military o a civilian service in the 90’s) we had to carrie the same weight. Things do not seem to have change a lot in the last 2000 years.
Marius I think. They carried their shit with them so to not have baggage train in order to move faster.
Mario was a general not an emperor just to maintain a little accuracy bro.
The original meaning of Imperato during republican times is a general that leads multiple legio.
imperato means "to command" or commander. Augustus took this title as to mean he command all of the Roman empire.
And the right english name is Marius' Mules.
Gaius Marius initiated the reform called the Marian reforms that establishes the Legion that we more commonly know.
80 lbs back then just like today is average upper limit of how much weight you can reasonably burden a man with.
Only after the Marius reforms. Which also coincided with the cohort.
"what that you got there a fair fight? no thanks!" oh my god i love your sense of humor man its awesome.
4:23 proud to have the unicorn as my countries national animal
The nobility of medieval times was an entire social class devoted to warfare, and they started to train for war as children. Imagine if you could train children since the age of 8, by the time they reach adulthood soldiers would be more skilled and experienced than they are today on average.
interesting comment, I didn't know that. I'm going to research a little more about nobility class in war.
@@Taskandpurpose Nice, felt like that part could be a decent vid in and of itself
18:15 Soldier's creed, warrior ethos.
You sir are technically correct, and that's the best kind of correct.
@@Taskandpurpose that's army correct
The Right Way The Wrong Way And The Army Way! You Reminded Me!
i love that his timeline jumps from ancient Romans straight to 1850 rifle innovation lmao
Very nice history lesson Cappy! Keep it up.
"most peoples incompetence match the complexities of modern warfare will prevent a draft from ever happening again"
*Laughs in conscript army*
Line Infantry, lined up also to communicate more effectively. Some interesting content here. I am a student of military history and tactics. I like interesting and humorous Knowledge I’m following for sure.
I really love this topic so thanks for the video..
Oh and thanks for your service..
This is a cool vid, nice work 👍
watching this channel grow from 5k followers is really nice to see
Dude this is fucking awesome. Appreciate the work put into this..
Really enjoyed it.
Would be interesting to see the evolution of other units in the military.
Keep up the great content.
thanks man I'm glad some people are digging the longer videos !
"Toot Toot" - Carl the horn tooter
"What is it Carl? I'm a little busy" - average Roman Republic Legionary, mid-arrow bombardment
XD
"Infantry is the oldest profession in history"
Pottery: so you're gonna pretend I don't exist?
Whores and taxi drivers: are we a joke to you?
Great video again, Good Sir!
Very informative and accurate!!!
As a Lakota who has seen the 7th cavalry standard in person, it makes me proud you mentioned us.
“What’s that you got a fair fight no thanks” lol this guy reminds me of the main character from office space
I was 80s Army MI in West Berlin. I love you videos!
"The modern Western millitary is entirely volunteer"
*Laughs in Selective service draft noises*
I've skipped jury duty the past 4 times do you think I can skip the selective service draft also and it'll be chill?
Love these longer videos. Keep it up
thanks! it's a big lift but I think I'm getting a little better at streamlining everything
So much great humor here. This was beautiful. Also, 25th ID.
The effectiveness of line battle can be seen today in games like Holdfast. (A Napoleonic era shooter)
If your team has an officer rallying men into formation, the enemy has almost no chance unless they do the same.
Good overview. It's hard to cover that much territory in 20 minutes AND make it entertaining to viewers, so congrats.
One area of interest that you missed, however, is the era of pike and shotte. It can be confusing to lay historians, but is relevant to infantry tactics and development.
In essence, pike and shot formations bridged the gap between the period of melee being the preferred primary weapon and the era of ranged combat. This form of combat also developed the company-strength fighting unit that was prevalent for several centuries after. Think of a standard company marching formation, but all the guys on the outside are armed with pikes.
agreed I regret not including the pike formation. I might do more specialized videos on small eras of combat instead of large over views in the future . thanks for the feedback!
@@Taskandpurpose hey task and purpose you see like excellent military people I would appreciate discussing modern , future and past military related material with you , in the comments of your videos that is , I believe I have a great range of knowledge in military stuff and warfare from the bronze age to contemporary era and even some future conceptualized / science fiction warfare if I do say so myself
"Shoot them. And if that don't kill 'em, stab them"
“Infantry tactics haven’t changed much since WW1” so are you just not including SOF units? They are a type of infantry, just more trained with a different mission set right?
I meant it relatively speaking compared to how, for thousands of years tactics and weapons were relatively the same up until WW1. I should have been more clear
"ayo u noble?" "noble af" "k cool u general now" "ez promotion lol" -people in the 1700
Great video. Can you do a video on how these infantry changes affected battle plan tactics, and how strategy evolved as a result, and what are the similarities.
Really enjoy your vids 😎
glad someone out there likes them !
2:10 That's a Macedonian Phalanx, the Greek Phalanx used much shorter spears.
Yeah, pretty sure the Macedonian one was basically made as a counter to it
The Macedonian phalanx doesn't look as cool in my opinion
@@sonofsparta4181 it isn't meant to look cool.
@@blackmantis3130 ok?
@@sonofsparta4181 🤷
Well done on the narrating great effort easily understood very likeable voice 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸
Landsknechts and pike and shot warfare is so wild to read about ! I been binge watching youtube history channels on how we got where we are
Me who’s going to college before enlisting
Maturity 100
get dat commision tho
👍
You make military history interesting and informative. I wish I had you as a High School history teacher. You would have made H.S. fun.
thanks! first time I had a professor that was passionate about what they did was this one I had in college. She was so obsessed with the medieval time period that it made me actually care about the class and the material we had to learn. I walked in thinking I would sleep through every class and left wanting to read more about the topic outside of class.
I am literally am going in as a 19D and I ship out in less than a week and I will be 25 when I am in training lol. I laughed at the start of the video especially with your cav joke. LOVE IT! If you ain't cav you ain't shit as they say. All jokes aside I love your videos and keep up the good work and comedy!
Fascinating. Great research. Thank you.
"Dupac" isn't gonna drop any beats anytime soon
Thank god, you actually understand that linear formations were extremely effective and were used for a reason.
thats exactly what I was trying to get across because everyone is taught otherwise by bad middle school teachers or at least I was
True, very effective, but definitely not for cavalry charges. The adoption of firing lines corresponds with the adoption of field guns. When field guns came in to play, they did so with cannonballs and shot. A marching infantry column walking along a road was the fastest and most effiicient way to move large numbers of soldiers in an organized fashion. The problem however was that typically the angle a cannonball was fired at didn't result in the ball just plowing in to the dirt and come to a nice stop; it bounced and kept going. A bunch of infantry in a straight line could be devastated with a single metal ball tearing through them tearing off extremities and turning heads and torsos in to chunky paste. That's why one of the first maneuvers infantry would be drilled over and over again with was quickly going from marching columns to lines. Field guns using shot would kill a broader cone of advancing infantry, but far less than if they were in a straight line. This is where cavalry come in to play. Cavalry tactics of the day werent to charge at an infantry column head on, but to use their mobility to hit advancing infantry columns from the sides. That way the field guns could keep pouring fire in to the advancing infantry without fear of hitting their own cavalry squadrons. A long line of infantry is perfect for a cavalry charge as they could ride past and strike with their sabers. However, once the cavalry engaged, the field guns would have to pause. In that pause, infantry units would have to quickly form in to squares as those were best for defending against cavalry charges. Horses of that period, as well as today, arent real keen at running head first in to a thick wall of people. Where a thin line wouldnt really scare them enough to deviate, multiple rows of men packed tightly together they would go around. This also meant the cavalry men riding them had shorter lines to slash at as they rode fast.
Columns, lines, and squares. They all had a purpose.
Awesome vid! I think you should cover the shift in the Army's focus from COIN (counter insurgency) to near-peer warfare.
Excellent video!
Great channel medically retired from the infantry 2 years ago as a E7
that's awesome to hear, thanks for watching man hope you're enjoying your retirement !
Hooah to you, First Class, from Benning class of '78.
In one of lindybeige's videos he brought up a very interesting topic on how many people in the army actually fired AND AIMED AT actual enemy PEOPLE. It is astounding. And thus the USA army was one of the first armies to incorporate target practice with targets representing a human creature - pictures of real-sized humans as targets just to help psychics of soldiers being used to fire at people and dehumanize the shape of enemy soldier being an actual human.
I just checked out Lindybeige channel, thanks for letting me know about his work - great stuff!
Or the soldiers simply lied at interviews
Or the soldiers simply lied at interviews
Or the soldiers simply lied at interviews
@@Taskandpurpose you may also be interested in Scholargladiatoria then, he also has very interesting videos on how various melee weapons were used, and the things that had to be considered in their design. I recommend "Helmets Not Only About Protection" as helmets are still relevant today!
Great video Battle.
Impressed with ur content
9:43 Alexander the Great didn't conquer Greece, he conquered the giant Ancient Persian Empire.....now his papa Philip the II did conquer Greece using the Phalanx and he created it.
The first part may be true, but the phalanx as such is much older, according to Wikipedia possibly even pre-Greek. The Macedons however improved it by using the sarissae.
Philip is one of my favorite historical figures, he should get more credit for the innovations he brought to the Macedonian military.
Macedonian phalanx aren't really that effective if out against roman legionnaires or a good hoplite phalanx due to the massive shields
Not really Conquer more like brought them under his hegemony and they joined him in the league of Corinth all except Sparta that is
I was in the USMC. We have our Rifleman's Creed. Each unit has their own creed as well.
thanks for mentioning 1302 as somone from flanders i love when people remember this stuff
How infantry warfare evolved from swords too guns…. Somehow condensed in 20 minutes….awesome video!