The Jäger rifle and Napoleonic light infantry tactics
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Hello UA-cam, Now this will be a bit longer than the videos I usually make. I hope you'll enjoy it as much I enjoy researching the area. There are many false info on the net about Napoleonic times light infantry tactics, troops and arms. I hope I can add some real info based on primary sources to this question.
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This guy's amazing. He can speak in two languages at the same time!!
Your an idiot
Says the one who can't spell and can't recognize sarcasm.
Gabriel Kwazu *you’re
Yeah and he's a snappy dresser too.
@@TheSeanoops well spotted like your style mate , a shame John Mosey wasn't on to it.
This guy seriosly knows his shit. Only someone who takes his profession very seriosly with love and absolute interesst can create such a video.
Someone passionate about their subject is enjoyable to watch.. rarely does the subject matter.
Also being frikkin loaded (rich) helps.
Imagine having to perform that complex reloading sequence in the heat of battle, while the enemy is firing at you and the bullets are whizzing past your hat. Must have been an incredibly stressful experience.
+Gabul4 and still, so many preferred that to toiling in the fields
Light infantry would be hiding behind cover rather than line infantry standing in the open. Stressful but their rifles would out range the muskets.
And that's why those who survived were unbreakable men of steel
@@jamiesnack i cant imagine many people making it alive from the front columns. i heard marching in the front columns was pretty much same as death sentence. they knew it was their fate, so i guess they did whatever they could with the training.
@@iceberg789but it paid well and the inaccuracy of the musket may leave a bullet on a limb with luck, then go to retirement.
For some reason i found it interesting hearing you speak your native language along with the translation
rifleman Rifleman: here is the full Hungarian version :)
ua-cam.com/video/LuDvstCQ7XU/v-deo.html
Might I say that this is the best of your videos, thus far. Simply superb. Length of the video is immaterial when there is quality and this has it in droves... Easily ready for television... The Eastern European context that you bring to the audience is incredibly refreshing. You do your history proud. Something that interests me is what you might call "battlefield mobility". In a future effort, I wonder if you might be able to show some moving and shooting while wearing all the kit? A small course of fire with some running back and forth, selecting different positions to load and fire from while under some sort of "duress" (provided your range will allow it). Maybe on one of your "hunting estates" in the bush???? ... For me, it brings everything together... Moving as well as shooting... A more complete "soldier's experience", perhaps one might say.. In seeing it all worn, I couldn't help but wonder how the long bayonet and ramrod would impede your progress across the battlefield, with it flopping and banging around, getting stuck in the ground as you kneel, etc.... Am I wrong in seeing somewhere the ramrod and bayonet together in one frog/scabbard? Bravo to you and "all the production staff" :-) for such a well put together video. Looking forward to your next effort. Cheers.
britishmuzzleloaders Thanks!! Understanding the individual soldiers' experience, and integrating it to tactics and the general art of war is something that is missing from today's history books. This short video covers very-very briefly an important part of my phd research area. To make this short film I tried to read/research all the available contemporary Austrian, Prussian and French manuals, books on light infantry tactics. This is something I believe you do as well. This can be our addition to researching history, as we do understand the gun and the man using it, that most of the historians cannot. One day it would be an excellent film, comparing the training and tactics of the British rifles to the Austrian Jagers and French lights.
***** Yes, a good film it would make! You mentioned that it covers a "small" part of your studies... What makes up the balance, if I may ask? Is it all military related? By doing what you are doing, you stand head-and-shoulders above your contemporaries who may be studying in a similar field... The practical experience with the weapons and the kit gives much more authority to genuine ideas and concepts that are presented, all the while clarifying and correcting miss-perpetuated ones... Well done.
Simon Smith It would certainly be great to work together (capandball, are you listening in?) or at least have a pint or three... If we weren't half a world apart... One day, perhaps, if I make it back to Hungary... Spent a little time there in the 90s in Budapest and Lake Balaton.. Cheers
britishmuzzleloaders Of course I do! I'd love to work together! Come to Budapest, and I'll organize everything. But you'll have to bring your Baker!!! That rifle is on my wish list! ;) My studies are 100% military related: the effect of firearms evelopement on infantry tactics and general art of war during the 19th century. my research area is basically the k.k. and k.u.k. army, but without knowing the enemies it would be useless, so I also research the French, Prussian, Russian, Turkish tactics as well.
Simon Smith The closest I will get to Hungary this year is Belgium in June.... For you-know-what.... As for the Western Front, Simon, if you haven't been, be prepared for an over load... June will be my third time there (after Waterloo we are touring a bit) and haven't seen half of it... Pozieres and the Windmill... and on to Courcelette (where the Canadians took over).. Mouquet Farm... So many AIF lads lost their lives in that little piece of ground... Be prepared to be blown away by how small it really is.. I digress...***** Coming together and collaborating would be a truly great experience... I think that it should go on the "long term calendar" .... time and funds permitting of course.....
I really appreciate the English dubbing!
Great video! Impressively informative (as always), but really enjoyed seeing the firing in full uniform. It was a glance back in time.
Rock Island Auction Company Many thanks! I am now working on the same topic, but covering the line infantry tactics and the developement of the 1777 musket. I just got an original 1777, a repro 1798 and an original 1798 to show everything I can. :)
***** Very much looking forward to it!
+capandball Did you ever get around to making this? I really enjoyed this video!
brilliant, the way you connected the history to the practicality of the rife to tactics really blew me away, please keep up the great work.
Very good video. A suggestion: don't use the palm of your hand to push the ramrod, because the powder charge could ignite and it will go thru your hand. I saw this happen once, at a range.
J Dahllquist What alternatives are there? For musket users who want to keep their hands. i don't shoot, but I'm interested to know.
hold the ramrod on the side, if it is ignited it will burn your hand, but the rod won't be shot throught your palm
BS... how in the heck can powder ignite while loading (unless you've primed it and have it at full cock and bump it to set it off)? In almost two decades shooting and being around these things, I've never seen it nor met a person who has witnessed it first hand (and I know a lot of muzzle loaders). Clearly isn't too much of an issue; as almost every inline these days has a built in "Palm Saver" (to keep your hand from hurting while loading) on the rammer. Also, unless your bore is the exact same size as the rammer, you're still getting your fingers shot off if it magically (and that's the best way I can phrase it) discharges, as in most cases, the bore/ball is larger than the rammer shaft lol; more BS muzzle loading specific "safety" crap that is illogical and has just been regurgitated again and again until no one questions it (like force loading for accuracy: debunked in the early 1800's, big resurgence since the 1970's).
@@wildrangeringreen simple physics, there are TWO forces that cause ignition, heat and pressure...
....the possibility of a spark left over from a previous shot, is the likely culprit, but pressure is still a possibility, it’s a long shot, (pun intended) but possible.
@@Rick_Sanchez_C137_ force required is at least 1000psi, not realistic. In 20 years, never seen a spark in the bore (gun barrels are pretty hostile places, it's why we have to salt the powder to burn it, and the only reason sparks reignite at the muzzle is because they are still above the flash point and hit a massive amount of free oxygen). The only time I've seen anything resembling the fables spark in the bore is with revolvers.and sharps rifles that have paper behind the powder charge, which is an issue unique to those weapons. I'll go back to my point... in the highly litigious society that is the USA, companies wouldn't risk promoting putting your hand on top by having a palm saver on the rammer if it was a risk of significance
My favorite stein says "Ein Gut Gewehr Des Jägers Ehr." I believe it means something like "a good gun is the pride of the hunter".
Can't believe we get to relive the past to know what it was like back then. Awesome video as always, keep up the good work.
I love your videos and how much detail you go into about advanced tactics. So many other channels just repeat the same basic information about 18th & 19th century infantry tactics and offer little else of interest to someone curious about the intricacies of historical warfare. Thank you for the detailed info, I always learn a lot !
I have an original Jager, which by the silver scrollwork on the barrel dates to somewhere around 1830's, by a Belgian maker.
Thank you for this video, it's nice to see one in pristine condition.
Interesting video reminds me of my childhood shooting flintlocks with my grandfather on the farm, who had a pair of mid 1800 rifles that his father kept from the land wars of my country. Last time I fired them while hunting when I was only ten years old.
I just can't express how much I enjoyed watching this video, it's well done, top quality production and above all, very very very informative. Thanks a million.
Great! I haven't found anyone else who covers tactics and equipment in such great detail. Keep them coming!
Great demonstration. The way soldiers fought in early 19 century is so elegant.
^this
It is fascinating how we went from fire volume, to accuracy for a while, then slowly back to volume fire again.
Thank you! one of the best demonstration videos I've ever seen on Napoleonic battlefield tactics! bravo!
Very Nice! I really enjoy videos where reenactors and researchers actually demonstrate the way these rifles were really used. I look forward to seeing more from you !
Thank you for these excellent insights into Napoleonic warfare and the history of your country. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to seeing more.
I love napoleonic era warfare and tactics and this video hit the sweet spot. Hope you have more to come on this subject!
Your videos are really great, it's nice to see some really good european-centered gun videos.
this channel is better than porn
glad to have found your amazing and extensive content
Ben Baker better than porn?
I dunno. But it is good.
Lol dude
Gigachad, yeah
Is that littlefinger?
ChuckNorrison Hahaha 👌🏻😁
Lol
This is exactly the kind of juicy detail I like in my history videos. Very well done.
My new favorite UA-cam channel is capandball. I am so glad to hear that shooting sports are alive and well in Hungary. I love having a European perspective on this.
Awesome uniform. Having Canadian/Newfie/British heritage, red and white is set in my mind as the classic colours of Napoleonic era soldiers, as well as earlier of course, save for the green of the riflemen at the time, but the blue and green looks pretty awesome. What a hat! Looks a bit more sensible than the funny looking shako thing the Brits used.
keep up this level of quality and you could have your own tv show.
I think the TV viewers would find it too difficult to keep up!
U40U50U60 TV is an old outdated format, internet videos preserve the content for years to come and are easily accessible to a large audience.
Props to you!The prone shot was very good.I really enjoy your vids!all the best to you from me in North Carolina in the U.S.
Great video! The quality of the presentation and the historical information is fantastic. Well done.
The loading sequence makes me remember a humorous story from Bruce Catton's 'Army of the Potomac' trilogy. A soldier was so worried about running away in his first battle that he asked his captain to keep an eye on him. During their first fight the captain remembered his promise and checked on the soldier. The captain found the private calmly loading-and the private seeing the captain smiled and asked in his heavy New England accent "Powda goes in fust, right?"
Very interesting. Today there is a trade off between accuracy and rate of fire. It is interesting to see that this has been so for quite a long time.
Great video. Your channel has quickly become my favorite since I have discovered it.
I enjoyed this video very much. I didn't even notice the length of the video: it was as long as it needed to be.
Awesome video and so interesting in that it seems like looking back into history in how these Napoleonic era soldiers utilized their individual weapons. And I also found it interesting to see what their packs or kits contained so as to keep those soldiers able to function. Thank you.
very cool to learn about a small part of history though that not many people know about for sure. thanks for sharing this.
I have to say, you make some fantastic videos. Both educational and interresting to watch. Keep them. Coming :D
Oh, well, I guess Petyr Baelish survives.
So glad I found this channel. Fantastic job
Maaaan now i wanna another Total War. Napoleon 2 maybe.
+NIKOLASAVE would be so much better than fricking warhammer
They are making Empire II total war... As far as I've heard. Not sure when they plan on finishing it though.
+Master of the Sea empire total war is good if only most units didn't suck. or if the grenadiers could square. If the line could choose between rank and platoon firing. If the fucking cavalry didn't die while killing shattered troops. Once I lost 30 out of 45 horsemen while they cut down routing infantry and they themselves got broken. and they had 4 chevrons. mfw
+Antyrabbyt Meow I do not have any problems with it really. Darthmod fixes most problems (such as the cavalry problem. Except for the square with grenadiers...) However, I do agree that it'd still be much better if you could swich properly between platoon and rank fireing. And possibly volley and ripple as well. The squares for grenadiers would be nice as well.
What I would have preferred even more over 'not-sucking units' (which can easily be fixed with Darthmod), is that every country has special troops. As in; not standarized Line Infantry. But every single regiment as an individual unit with a maximum recruitment slot (2/4 units... of one type?)
Of course, once you are out of troops. It would be nice to have standarized troops like the line infantry still. But preferably not all with the same uniform in different colors.
(I did mention this in my suggestion to total war for making a "Renaissance total war" that includes the entire planet. A bit like a Total War version of Europa Universalis IV really.)
That sucks. The Napoleonic Wars is infinitely more interesting than Empire's 18th century time frame.
FINALY I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS! Thank you!!!
stenk000 :) I spent at least 10 times more hours with this video as I usually spend for other topics. :)
Very well done. Thank you for posting. The information you've conveyed is clear and concise. Just a personal observation; your movements are smooth and economical- like a well-drilled professional. I am impressed. Please keep up the good work. I didn't know the French or French Allied light infantry had rifles like the British Rifle companies did. Thank you for the education.
Thank you so much for the enormous amount of effort put in the video.
I love researching the napoleonic wars, special forces, and sharpshooting so this video is my Graceland.
Interesting history lesson, beautiful rifles and excellent shooting. As always a marvelous video.
Outstanding history information!Todays American Light Infantry starting back in the 80s when they decided to reduce the amount of vehicles in the infantry division so they can be deployed faster to any place in the world.Back then the designated divisions for infantry was the 6th,7th,25th and 10th Mountain to include the 82nd Airborne,and 101st Air Assault.Unit leaders to include a lot of NCOs went to US Army Ranger School to learn small unit tactics from squad to company sized infantry operations.A lot of guys who were in the 3 Ranger battalions who have served there especially officers and NCOs who did their time in the 3 battalions and stayed in the army were usually sent to Light Infantry,Airborne,and Air Assault units to keep their training to be passed on to its soldiers.This was emphasized by America's experience in Vietnam and after as "low intensity conflict".Ft.Benning's Infantry School has taught the majority of infantrymen and leaders in the past and still today the concept of light infantry and the importance of marksmanship.
I really enjoyed the video, thanks so much for being so thorough and specific!
Great video, my friend. Good production quality and highly informative. Godspeed!
Thanks for taking the time to put an english translation, your videos are very interesting, especially liked the lamellar amour video
Very well done, thanks so much for creating this video. Please keep up the good work.
Awesome video. Thanks for producing it.
I must tell you sir, I had given your videos a cursory glance in the past and thought they were pretty decent. However, I came across them again lately, and must say that I had highly underrated your work! Simply outstanding. You are very intelligent yet easy to watch. I will most certainly give you a like and subscription, it's the least I can do!
P.s. content like yours is the reason why I don't watch television, or even mainstream productions like the Discovery channel etc. These days, they don't even contain information anymore! They just repeat the same 3 or 4 facts in different ways, while trying to produce as much hype and drama as possible to get them through to the next commercial. Unwatchable in my opinion.
P.p.s I came across your channel again because Ian from Forgotten Weapons mentioned your channel. He certainly was right in recommending it!
This is an outstanding and very informative video. Thanks for sharing this!
Must have cost a great deal to get everything together for the video. Keep making more of these videos, they're really interesting.
Nice! I like the combination of real life demonstration and historical knowledge. well done.
Very informative and well produced. I learned a lot.
Awesome video! Thank you for presenting this!
I am passionate about preload weapons, and watch with some assiduity your videos. A greeting from Tmbó-SC / Brazil.
Fantastic video, you put a lot of time and effort into this..
Wow, what a really interesting video this is! Authentic and a pleasure to watch, Thank you / merci.
A great video. You really expander my knowledge on early military tactics .
great instructional video, enjoyed the passion and history.
Excellent explanations. Big thumps up!
Its interesting to see, that even loading at full speed, as if trying to put down fire on an enemy position, you can still see large fragments of the "official" parade/training rifle drill as he handles the weapon and tools.
Reading 'The Glorious Cause' by Jeff Shaara (awesome book!).. He describes Hessian 'Jagers' as designated riflemen in the Revolutionary War. So cool to watch this right after a nice afternoon of reading. How would a Jäger rifle compare to a Baker rifle (from the Richard Sharpe series) I wonder? And the thought of going through those reloading motions under fire or extreme stress just blows my mind!
Great show ! Keep them coming Please .
Excellent video. To load, aim, and fire must have been a highly disciplined procedure performed under the extreme stress of receiving enemy fire. Thank you for the historical perspective using actual equipment.
Excellent video and information.
Just found your videos, exceptionally educational and entertaining 😀
Excellent presentation.
Superb Job as always. Thank you and Cheers.
thank you... thank you for being an amazing historic person and not just saying something for bias. all things said in this had its points and does not feel like a modern documentary what ALWAYS gives off a really really uneven bias. You actually show why and even if some of this was false, you still have my great respects due to your detail and research
I would like to tell you I appreciate the intercut close ups of the powder in the pan and the returning the ramrod to its loop.
I love this channel. Thank you.
I love this video. I had to watch it again.
Outstanding video
awesome video! very well put together and has excellent information that is entertaining to hearthat Hungarian uniform is really neat looking
Love this video, really nice work!
Your channel has my support, don't worry.
excellent job on this
Great video, very well made very interesting!
Love the videos and all the information
Very informative, and nice to see someone quoting from the oft ignored Austrian drill manual on light infantry tactics. Usually these presentations become fixated on the French, and the later British experiences in the American rebellion and ignore the fact that the Austrians were experimenting with light infantry decades before.
Thank you for the info, Lord Baelish.
It is refreshing to see and hear a European perspective on muzzle loading guns, and military tactics. What is the exact area of your PhD research? I look forward to hearing more about your academic pursuits and interests.
Great video. Really well done thank you
Nice work. That percussion cap rifle is a beauty. Too bad you couldn't fire it.
Dude! Where are your shooting glasses? I know, authenticity....but I want you to be able to make more of your great videos! You know how much stuff flys around when they go off...
I really do like the Pedersoli Jaeger, the hunter model with plain iron sights.
It's a very dependable rifle and is short which I do prefer for being in the bush.
I got mine in 2018 and it still is my favorite flintlock rifle.
The kit must have been packed very tightly to get all the items in the inventory on board.
Very interesting video. Thanks.
Awesome vid and channel.
While I cannot approve of our French friend not using eye and ear protection, these videos are very excellent, and our host is a great shot.
He is K+K, Kaiserlich und Königlich. Imperial and Royal. Austria Hungary. ;)
Very impressive and informative video, but why do you look like Uncle Rico? Lol
"If I could go back to the Napoleonic Wars I bet I could shoot a lead ball over dem mountains"😂😂
great video, please make more like this.
Wow amazing. I do US forces during 1812. This was very cool and informative.
Agreed, the length is secondary to quality and your quality is very high.
Would not accuracy still suffer with the prime the pan first as the random amount of prime used means a random amount of powder remains to create the velocity of the shot?
I definitely appreciate the historical tactics lesson
Excellent! Keep up the good work