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*This video was just meant to go over the army uniforms. Still, we made a couple exceptions just to include a few iconic uniforms like the WW2 Marine. In the future, we can definitely look at covering the evolution of naval uniforms/equipment, aerial uniforms/equipment etc.
If you ever cover USAF uniforms, please just go ahead and roast the ABU. What a useless uniform that was. Source: wore it for 11 years. So thankful we switched to the OCP.
Such an amazing man. He lived over 300 years, changes race multiple times, and ages backwards in certain scenarios. I have gained true respect for the impossible man who went through all of this.
I don't know about you, but considering how CCR wrote most of their songs to reflect on protests and unrest, I personally think any one of their songs could be Vietnam focused. Pick your favorite, mine are Run Through the Jungle, Bad Moon Rising and Green River.
I'm from Baltimore. It's crazy how good the animation research was for backgrounds. Even if it was just supposed to showcase a solider walking across time with uniform changes.
What do you mean by research? It was really detailed, yes, no offense to them, but most were just stereotypical backgrounds from each era, like the VALLEY for the revolution, Fort for the 1810s, city for the Civil War, and trenches for WW1... it was good, but I personally think ArmchairHistorian could've done it all from memory! That makes it even better.
American Army Uniform Evolution Order 🇺🇲: 0:46 Continental Militiaman (1775) 1:04 American Musketeer (1778) 1:39 Morgan's Rifleman (1781) 1:54 U.S. Infantry (1814) 2:04 U.S Officer (1814) 2:22 U.S. Foot Soldier (1846) 2:43 Union Officer (1863) 2:57 Confederate Soldier (1863) 3:12 Zouave Regiment (1863) 3:50 U.S. Infantryman (1898) 4:14 U.S. Infantryman (1918) 4:33 U.S. Infantryman (1942) 4:46 U.S. Airborne Infantry (1944) 5:13 U.S. Ranger (1944) 5:33 U.S. Airborne Infantry (1944) 5:54 U.S. Marine (1945) 6:14 U.S. Army Air Forces Officer (1945) 6:43 U.S. Infantryman (1952) 7:03 U.S. Infantryman (1967) 7:41 Post-Vietnam Army Green Service (1984) 7:53 U.S. Infantryman (1991) 8:17 U.S. Infantryman (1999) 8:39 U.S. Infantryman (2003) 9:00 U.S. Infantryman (2005) 9:14 U.S. Infantryman (2015) 9:30 Army Green Service Uniform (2019) 9:48 Army Sentinel (2021)
SOME FOLKS ARE BORN, MAAAAAAADE TO WAVE THE FLAG OOOH THERE RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND WHEN THE BAND PLAYS "HAAIIL THE THE CHIEF" THEY'RE POINTING THE CANNON AT YOUUU IT AINT ME, IT AINT ME I AINT NO SENATORS SON, (SON) IT AINT ME, IT AINT ME, I AINT NO FORUNATE ONE
7:02 You know there is a lot you expect in war... Carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they don't prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunate Son.
The only major issue I could find was the 1898 pattern soldier wielding the 1873 pattern musket. These were way obsolete by the end of the century, having been replaced by the Krag rifle in mainline US service. Slight correction: Springfields were still issued to volunteer units/National Guard who didn’t see as much mainline combat, hence why they weren’t equipped with the latest weaponry
I was just thinking muskets weren't really used after civil war there were better options I was confused why they are still using muskets even when lever action rifles were available
Reminds me of the family guy episode where quagmire talks about his Vietnam War service and that the worst and most tragic thing about it was fortunate son constantly playing in the background the entire time
Salute to that lad, not only he had been running across multiple battlefields with barely any cover, he changed from army, airborne, rangers, air force, army again, army sentinel, changed races twice and survived a direct hit from artillery, and looked dashing while doing all of these
Even before the Revolution the colonial militias were using blue relatively frequently in unofficial capacities. IIRC it was an outgrowth of American colonies being producers of a lot of naval goods for the UK, including the navy blue uniforms. Just a slight retooling on tailor's parts and boom, American blue uniforms.
0:45 American Revolutionary War 1:53 War of 1812 2:21 Mexican-American War 2:41 American Civil War 3:49 Spanish-American War 4:13 World War 1 4:31 World War 2 6:42 Korean War 7:02 Vietnam War 7:53 Gulf War 8:18 Kosovo War 8:38 War on Terror
When this guy goes to the VA VA: “where did you serve?” Him: “Yes” VA: “What?” Him: “Everywhere” VA: “so.... where?” Him: “Everywhere from 1776 onward” VA: “....Yeah your lying claim for your knees denied”
The war against the United States and Mexico (Texas) is very interesting and unfair at the same time, if you can make a video about the history of military uniforms in Mexico we would be very grateful. greetings from Mexico Pd: Sorry about my low English
it's a very good idea, but i'm afraid he do it wrong After all, when Americans do something related to Mexican history, they never check Mexican sources lol
@@alyssalouard8549 You have to keep in consideration these videos aren't very easy to make, so a thirty minute video would be stretching their abilities
The changing of the guard really was spectacular when I saw it in person. I was there in mid October 2019, on an extremely cold and rainy day, the soldiers were business-as-usual without so much as a shiver.
Their ww2 uniforms, while basic, had very interesting modifications. They definitely had early forms of ghillie suits for tree tops or the jungle floor. They also wore tabi sandals which helped to move across the ground way more quietly than in boots like other troops.
I love that in 04:56 theres a paratrooper hanging on the church tower. That actually happened irl. The guy's name is John Steele, he broke his leg during the landing and pretended to be dead so that he wont be shot by the German garrison in Ste. Mere Eglise.
This history of the uniforms video is even more epic than the others, please make an ending like this for the next ones too! Looking forward to the British and the Italian ones!!
5:55 by the end of the war, the marines had 6 divisions in the pacific. The Army had 22 divisions in the Pacific, the marines were only able to conduct 1 island invasion without the Army.
@Exploding Builds We should have a sort of formal uniform standard for NATO. A service uniform that is the same throughout all counties. Same colors according to branches, same cut, the only thing that's different is badges and insignia. Like a business suit. Then dress uniforms are all different, according to national heritage and tradition. Fit for black or wite tie events.
This was a good video and I can tell a lot of research went into it, but just 1 correction: the Krag Rifle was the standard-issue US rifle during the Spanish-American war, the trapdoor had been phased out some years prior
Good eyes, very cool that you picked that out. Are you aware of how bad a rifle the Krag was compared to the Spanish Mauser rifles? It led directly to the US designing and fielding the 1903 Springfield.
@@sgtmayhem7567 Yeah, I know how the Spanish caused tons of casualties on the charging Americans at San Juan Hill even though they were heavily outnumbered. The main reason I even know about the rifle is because of red dead
As an army vet I found the side fact of rarest army badges intriguing. They are: #1 US Astronaut Badge (only awarded after completion of space mission, in use since 1983, exact number of recipients unknown, but less than 10) #2 Military Horsemen Identification Badge (10 total awarded, since 2017) #3 Tomb of Unknown Soldier Badge (676 awarded since 1958) For context, the Congressional Medal of Honor has been awarded to 3,493 recipients since 1863.
7:07 The Card in the helmet is the Ace of Spades. (Correct me if I’m wrong) They put them in the mouthes of those that they killed. The Vietnamese Soldiers saw it as a sign of *Death*
Even though they did put ace of spades in the mouth of dead Vietcong Insurgents,the card on his helmet is the ace of hearts,the difference is that the ace of spades is always colored in black and an ace of hearts always being colored red
As Terrence pointed out, The NVA and VC or NLF didnt see the spade as an omen of ill-fortune, the Americans thought it did and it helped boost U.S. troop morale but the opposition were mostly just confused by this and didnt actually know why the Americans did it.
@@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 they teach why and when the wars happened because those are the important details. Uniforms are interesting but aren't important to the political and social causes and effects of war.
Hey Armchair, if you see this, I want to let you know I really love your channel and all the history channels they help me learn English and history Much love from Iraq!!!!!!!
I thoroughly enjoy how you usually showed sergeants as the dudes fighting in your animations. I mean... NCO's always make less than half the money their commissioned equivalents do, yet do pretty much all the killing and all the dying.
8:26 in Kosovo 1999 NATO did not take part in ground offensives, in 78 days they carried out about 20,000 air atrikes on predominantly civilian targets , they also bombed us with depleted uranium. In June 1999, the Serbian army was forced to withdraw and allow NATO troops to gain control of the region, many NATO soldiers, mostly Italians, were suffering from cancer due to the aforementioned uranium .
@@illyricvmnostrvm7703 in Kosovo 13k Albanians were killed. What about Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska, Sisak, ... A Operation Oluja in which 2k Serbs were klled and 250k were expelled, what about hundreds of destroyed villages with all their inhabitants, what about hundreds of destroyed and damaged churches, what about the crimes of Germans and Handzars in ww2 , what about the yellow house in which 300 people were killed and their organs sold, what about the 3k killed Serbs in Srebrenica ... These are just some of the crimes against Serbs and only from ww2, not to mention 1.2 million killed Serbs in the Great war and 500 years of Turkish torture and killing of Serbs
Okay, this needs to be said. Your use of symbolism with the Vietnam soldier falling (and being the only one who did) without saying a word about the mess that was Vietnam was absolutely brilliant! Those who know history get it. It was well done. This video was well done. I know it's 2 years old and no one will ever see this comment but I have to leave it here anyway.
Well done, I like how you flowed from era to era. Though you did miss how the Cotton and Polyester OD greens were replaced in 1982 by the Four-color BDU. They would be used in Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Operation Just Cause (Panama) Operation IFOR and SFOR (Bosnia/Herzegovina) which was the same one you show in Kosovo in 1999. I wore those BDU's during all four operations as well as deploying in them during Operation Desert-Storm. We didn't get our Cookie-Dough desert camouflage BDU's until mid November since we were Combat Service Support.
"US Marines formed the bulk of the ground forces in the pacific theater" The army had more than 3 times the number of infantry divisions in the pacific than the marines. US army infantry alongside Australian army soldiers did the heavy lifting in the pacific trapping the majority of the Japanese army during the new guinea campaign.
@@animewarrior3 RUclips doesn't allow sources to be posted anymore. But it's easy to look up. The Army deployed 20 full divisions to the Pacific, as well as various other smaller units, and fought in every corner of the theater.
Actually it was possible for an experienced soldier to load a smoothbore or rifled-musket (flintlock or percussion lock) 3 times a minute, excluding misfires, etc. Rifles(like the one's carried by Morgan's men took much longer so they were left for auxiliary forces, sometimes there would be a rifle company attached to each regiment, depends on time period and place. The big question is why they stuck with muzzleloading weapons when there were decent breechloading weapons available...there are several reasons.
@@jjrad2531 They found the 30/40 Krags so inferior to the Spanish Mausers in Cuba, they developed the 1903 Springfield. Check out the Forgotten Weapons channels video on the Krag, it’s extremely informative.
@@wendeln92 Your absolutely correct. What I’ve never understood is why did every major power continued to use muzzleloading rifles until the 1870’s, after the Prussian army fielded the Dreyse needle rifle in 1848. It fired almost twice as fast and could be loaded in the prone position. In 1866 they trounced the Austrian army who were using the muzzleloading Lorenz rifle. The Dreyse was obsolete by the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, but it was revolutionary and the best military rifle in the world until more advanced needle gun designs like the French Chassepot and metallic cartridge weapons eclipsed them both.
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CORRECTIONS:
The M1 Garand displayed in Operation Torch was animated to have a bolt-action, rather than being the semi-automatic action it is truly known for.
The U.S Paratrooper during Bastogne was wearing incorrect footwear; although this happened as Paratroopers began to obtain "regular" equipment and clothing as their wore out (HBO's miniseries "Band of Brothers" displays this well), it would have been far more common to see the famed Cocoran jump boots than the gaiters worn in the video.
While this was primarily an Army video, we felt the need to include a small mention of what the U.S Marine Corps did during World War II. Although they were a sizable force, in reality, they did not do the fighting alone as the USMC was given credit for.
The Stinger was incorrectly noted as being based on an aircraft variant of the M2 Browning (.50) when in reality it was the M1919 (.30) specifically. With this, the aircraft variant "AN/M2" referred to three machine guns with different ammunition. The M1919 and M2 also shared design similarities that caused some confusion.
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Hello sir, love ur videos
Ok dad
I might...
Hello
Dude give this man a break he be running thought hundreds of years in 10 minutes like give him a water
Are you implying that this is all the same person? Then at 6:40, he-
@@davis3138 Yup.
@@davis3138 got really tan or burned from an explosion
@@davis3138 and at 7:04 he...
@@marcmonge5193 he took over another body
I really like the way the new Green Service Uniform of the Army pays homage to the WW2 uniforms!
Don’t like how the governments become what we fought against in WW2
ya i like the fact that they brought that dress uniform back from ww2
Greengo lol
really dont like that they making us buy the uniforms
@@VLSG dude it's not required till 2028. You got time.
*This video was just meant to go over the army uniforms. Still, we made a couple exceptions just to include a few iconic uniforms like the WW2 Marine. In the future, we can definitely look at covering the evolution of naval uniforms/equipment, aerial uniforms/equipment etc.
Hi im a big fan
Yes
If you ever cover USAF uniforms, please just go ahead and roast the ABU. What a useless uniform that was. Source: wore it for 11 years. So thankful we switched to the OCP.
Ok. Cool. Would be perfect if you talk the OCP precursor is the MultiCam camouflage.
I wonder if the space suits are technically a part of the US air force or not
Such an amazing man. He lived over 300 years, changes race multiple times, and ages backwards in certain scenarios. I have gained true respect for the impossible man who went through all of this.
And he was also able to simultaneously fight on both sides in the Civil War.
The Vampire of America
@@scottedge4388 American Lauri torni
😮😮😮😮
And I didn't see any Purple Heart medal
I love how during the Vietnam part, a rendition of fortunate son was playing, really added to the effect imo
Battlefield Vietnam
I don't know about you, but considering how CCR wrote most of their songs to reflect on protests and unrest, I personally think any one of their songs could be Vietnam focused. Pick your favorite, mine are Run Through the Jungle, Bad Moon Rising and Green River.
@@legoworksstudios1 The End by the Doors does it for me.
@@legoworksstudios1 true true
@@SStupendous there is also The Unknown Soldier also by the Doors. Not many radio stations were willing to play that considering the subject matter
So I told that teachin lady: The only colors I need to know are *red white and blue*
That are not russian and french colours?
@@romaniacountryball dont tell them the secret
@@romaniacountryball depends on the pattern.
My only colors are the stars and stripes 🇺🇸 'Murica
@@TheSupart91 I don't think those are colours
I'm from Baltimore. It's crazy how good the animation research was for backgrounds.
Even if it was just supposed to showcase a solider walking across time with uniform changes.
Hey what are you doing here man?
Creepypastas are fun
What do you mean by research? It was really detailed, yes, no offense to them, but most were just stereotypical backgrounds from each era, like the VALLEY for the revolution, Fort for the 1810s, city for the Civil War, and trenches for WW1... it was good, but I personally think ArmchairHistorian could've done it all from memory! That makes it even better.
Same man. The detail put into Fort McHenry was insane
I live in Annapolis
American Army Uniform Evolution Order 🇺🇲:
0:46 Continental Militiaman (1775)
1:04 American Musketeer (1778)
1:39 Morgan's Rifleman (1781)
1:54 U.S. Infantry (1814)
2:04 U.S Officer (1814)
2:22 U.S. Foot Soldier (1846)
2:43 Union Officer (1863)
2:57 Confederate Soldier (1863)
3:12 Zouave Regiment (1863)
3:50 U.S. Infantryman (1898)
4:14 U.S. Infantryman (1918)
4:33 U.S. Infantryman (1942)
4:46 U.S. Airborne Infantry (1944)
5:13 U.S. Ranger (1944)
5:33 U.S. Airborne Infantry (1944)
5:54 U.S. Marine (1945)
6:14 U.S. Army Air Forces Officer (1945)
6:43 U.S. Infantryman (1952)
7:03 U.S. Infantryman (1967)
7:41 Post-Vietnam Army Green Service (1984)
7:53 U.S. Infantryman (1991)
8:17 U.S. Infantryman (1999)
8:39 U.S. Infantryman (2003)
9:00 U.S. Infantryman (2005)
9:14 U.S. Infantryman (2015)
9:30 Army Green Service Uniform (2019)
9:48 Army Sentinel (2021)
Kewl
Nice
I’m scared of the guy that didn’t even change his face expression when he was almost blown up in Vietnam.
*He's seen things*
@@ReySchultz121 *Agreed*
@@ReySchultz121 i mean, he was on every US War before that so
hahaha
He also went to Gulf with the same face.
The fact a ear rape version of the Star Spangled Banner wasn't playing constantly in the background really gets my freedom senses tingling
F r e e d o m s e n c e s
*N Y E T*
Hell yea, America 🇺🇸
You have freedom ?
@@Soviet_duck1991 Go back to Cali SPY
this man speed ran over 200 years into the present
Yeah lol
“Speedran” runned isn’t a word
Edit: Help I’m being attacked
@@softdrink-0UwU
@@softdrink-0 Speedranned
@@softdrink-0 spedrunned
This man is immortal runs longer than Forrest Gump runs over 200 years
But the guy in vid died in Vietnam. And Forrest didn’t. Bubba did tho
@@TheAtomBuilds well the man in the photo didn’t die, he got right back up, hence making him run longer than Forrest, but yes bubba did die
Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!
7:02 we all know that was the “I’m not trying to get copyrighted” version of Fortunate Son. lol 😂
Well that’s just the instrumental version
Hi im not into pc gaming so i dont get it, please explain i would appreciate
It*
@@mswijn There is nothing about PC gaming here.
@@manlyboyman1220 son not sun
Minutemen: *exists*
Some dude 200 years later: *Settlement building intensifies*
👨🏿🌾-a local settlement needsur help
Actually it’s around 500 years in the future I’m sorry I had to correct it
l
@@screm1471 l
@@ozildan8319 bruh are you 10
Vietnam War: *Shows Up*
Background Music: "Fortunate Son"
SOME FOLKS ARE BORN, MAAAAAAADE TO WAVE THE FLAG
OOOH THERE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
AND WHEN THE BAND PLAYS "HAAIIL THE THE CHIEF"
THEY'RE POINTING THE CANNON AT YOUUU
IT AINT ME, IT AINT ME
I AINT NO SENATORS SON, (SON)
IT AINT ME, IT AINT ME,
I AINT NO FORUNATE ONE
*Mel Gibson has entered the chat*
My girlfriend's dad fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's alive and well.
I salute him
Amem to that!
My dad is currently serving active duty
Respect to your girlfriend’s dad for risking his life for many others. Salute!
Salute!
7:02 You know there is a lot you expect in war... Carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they don't prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunate Son.
Every time I rode in a helicopter it would be that song...
family guy reference
and that goddamn there's something happening here song
Unless your in the front lines your sitting at the top of a mountain waiting for someone and it’s extremely boring
@@threeRcar You mean rode? Or did they not teach that in Pre-School?
"Hehe you guys are all stupid. They are gonna be looking for army guys." - Peter Griffin
You again.
@@samkangal8428 Kek
@@thefrenchareharlequins2743 nothing like an internet enemy.
Funny?
@William Lacy I'll try.
“The Army kept the UCP pattern ACUs for a decade before they realized how ineffective they were”
Seems about right
literally everyone thought they were bad. except the army command... lol
@@geronimo5537 my dad is in the army, and he really genuinely hated that camo, and if you ask anyone who is in the US Army, they hated that camo lol
@@huntermontesano4036 yeah it was just "universally" bad lol
The only major issue I could find was the 1898 pattern soldier wielding the 1873 pattern musket. These were way obsolete by the end of the century, having been replaced by the Krag rifle in mainline US service.
Slight correction: Springfields were still issued to volunteer units/National Guard who didn’t see as much mainline combat, hence why they weren’t equipped with the latest weaponry
Yes, many of the troops during the Span-am war had already used the Krag-Jørgensen, otherwise they would've been outmatched by the spanish Mausers
I was just thinking muskets weren't really used after civil war there were better options I was confused why they are still using muskets even when lever action rifles were available
I had a feeling Fortunate Son would play in the background during the vietnam war uniforms.
It was just listen closely
@@VictoryinourStars66 I know, I heard it.
@@Doom_Guy__ ok cool
Reminds me of the family guy episode where quagmire talks about his Vietnam War service and that the worst and most tragic thing about it was fortunate son constantly playing in the background the entire time
To say the least none of us were disappointed
“Bae, come and visit me.”
“I can’t, I’m centuries away from you.”
“My parents aren’t home.”
Gold.
Suggestion: A video about the napoleonic wars or the 100 years war
That'll actually be pretty cool.
Oh my yes please!
I’m honestly surprised they haven’t touched on Napoleon very much
yeah but there already is a really good video (they are actualy 3 videos lmao) on napoleonic wars tho
There is they’re just old
Salute to that lad, not only he had been running across multiple battlefields with barely any cover, he changed from army, airborne, rangers, air force, army again, army sentinel, changed races twice and survived a direct hit from artillery, and looked dashing while doing all of these
Almost died at Veitnam though but still kept running
1:53 The Star-Spangled Banner playing with Fort McHenry in the background was a nice touch.
I would want to see a British version of this.
Me to!
*DPM INTENSIFIES*
GREEK PLEASE
Classic whataboutism
Same
I just realised that Americans chose opposite colour of Britain's red... *BLUE* , how funny
Ironic?
@@bobthegreatreee3185 yeah thanks, i used that word worng. Don't use it much
That's kind of just because america and france were chummy, you know... until the heads started to roll.
Even before the Revolution the colonial militias were using blue relatively frequently in unofficial capacities. IIRC it was an outgrowth of American colonies being producers of a lot of naval goods for the UK, including the navy blue uniforms. Just a slight retooling on tailor's parts and boom, American blue uniforms.
@@LedosKell not to mention that blue dye was among the cheapest colors and the colonies had an abundance of indigo to produce it.
0:45 American Revolutionary War
1:53 War of 1812
2:21 Mexican-American War
2:41 American Civil War
3:49 Spanish-American War
4:13 World War 1
4:31 World War 2
6:42 Korean War
7:02 Vietnam War
7:53 Gulf War
8:18 Kosovo War
8:38 War on Terror
Omg thank you
@@unoriginalcontent237 np.
7:38 Cold War
4:57 Hey, thats John Steele, the Paratropper who's parachute got stuck on the church. He hung there all night pretending to be dead.
@m k shut up.
@@matthewduda3605 it is a bot
Oh wow someone noticed too
The fact that our revolutionaries even had uniforms is pretty badass.
Yes sir! they weren't tread on in 76' and we wont be tread on now
True, most revolutionary armies in the past and present barely have uniformity
they were probably provided by countries like france
It was only the Continental Army a few militias from wealthy towns that had uniforms, but they still kicked ass.
@@sgtmayhem7567 yea, but the "continental army" were our revolutionaries. You seem have The Patriot brain.
I love these vids. Hoping for a Japanese one or a British one.
How far back would a British one go?
@@orbiter277 I would say 1707
1707 or 1801 depends on how you feel.
British and English would be better
@@Bane2TuffAtBall They can go back to Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army in the 17th century
I like how it went from
“WE REPRESENT” to
“We hidey bois”
American soldier: almost got hit by explosion
Ads: is for me?
Same lol
And of course Its the USAF 😆
warpath xD
Am I the only one who loves the War of 1812 era uniforms?
For real the 1812 and Mexican War aesthetics are so underrated
They really don't get enough attention.
@Longhorn XII yeah they really do. I guess allies
They looked really fancy
Napoleonic era uniforms are some of the coolest and fancy looking.
I'm not American but thanks for those who sacrifice lives to protect their country and people
Thanks for your service
Damn, I was really waiting for Panama and Grenada M81 uniforms. Those looked so good
he complety forgot about it, just like the conflicts
Tbh the uniforms from Kosovo were the same exact things they wore
I smell fries, burgers, and most importantly, Freedom 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Here comes the "burgers" comment
@Pablo Bargay Walls
Here in Westlake-Mac Arthur Park, I smell the Three Sisters: Maize/Corn, Beans, and Squash.
I smell patriot act, -ism's & banana republic.
And guns don’t forget guns
*RAMIREZ*
my man's running so fast that he's breaking the time barrier
And changing his race
@@benhaver9737 bruh
Props to the dude for staying alive for 200 years to show us the evolution of America’s uniform
I love that you even got the paratrooper who got stuck on the side of a church 😂
"Evolution of American *Army* Uniforms" with a cameo from the US Marines.
Love those little history eastereggs like the paratrooper hanging from the church or CCR as soundtrack for Vietnam :) That's passion/love
7:10 This was sick in the best possible way.
3:04 +$900 For neutralizing an enemy by headshot
_+ 50 EXP Kill_
_+ 80 EXP Headshot_
_+ 200 EXP Dominating_
_+ 500 EXP Level up!_
*Hostile forces have stopped capturing the zone*
@@thetankthatnoonereallytalk5933 White force has captured the zone!
I would really like to see the Evolution of British army uniforms (1707-Present)
No way start all the way back to the English Civil War!
@@HydraHolden yep with Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army
As a guy who enjoys drawing historical units of combat I can't thank you enough for this video.
My grandfather was in the Korean War he is still alive but he is in the hospital with COVID I hope he makes it
When you are forced to march for 300 years so some RUclipsr can showcase your uniforms
It's actually a single unbroken line of one man and his descendants, like in Forrest Gump.
7:05
Vietcong troops:*chillin*
A random heli carrying American troops:*plays fortunate son*
All Vietcong in a 200 yd radius:welp, it’s time to run
Enemy Napalm Strike Inbound
**shapeshifts into tree**
Anyone who runs is a VC, anyone who stands still is a well disciplined VC!
@m k stop commenting you bot
Vietcong ran, and ran, and ran to victory in 75.
When this guy goes to the VA
VA: “where did you serve?”
Him: “Yes”
VA: “What?”
Him: “Everywhere”
VA: “so.... where?”
Him: “Everywhere from 1776 onward”
VA: “....Yeah your lying claim for your knees denied”
US army in 1980: Rambo
US army in 2021 : Rainbow
O look! A commie has spoken!
@@captain_duck0o084 he’s referring to the retarded recruitment ads reaching out to sjws
Ain’t that the fuckin’ truth 😔
@m k gtfo self promoter
@@captain_duck0o084 let me guess you don’t know what a communist is :/
The war against the United States and Mexico (Texas) is very interesting and unfair at the same time, if you can make a video about the history of military uniforms in Mexico we would be very grateful.
greetings from Mexico
Pd: Sorry about my low English
it's a very good idea, but i'm afraid he do it wrong
After all, when Americans do something related to Mexican history, they never check Mexican sources lol
You have very good English!
Deltharion
Right of conquest! Deal with it.
Jk lol. The texas war was a D move on the US’s part, not gonna lie.
I wish i was as skilled in spanish as you are in english 😕
Si
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" in the Civil War uniforms. Nice touch.
"Fortunate Son" in the Vietnam War uniforms too?
"The Star Spangled Banner" at the end is a good way to end it.
When money comes marching home again
This isn't evolution of German Tanks, but good enough!
That's a great idea I'd love that
It's cominggg!!!
@@TheArmchairHistorian heyyyy
@@TheArmchairHistorian wow
@@TheArmchairHistorian hell yes!
6:52 the U.S also used the M2 Carbine and also 7:07 the M16A1 never had a curved 30-round mag in 1967
I feel like there wasn't enough talk about the actual uniforms
False
If he did, this video would have been well over 30 minutes
@@theafflictionvhs17 I don't see an issue with that.
@@alyssalouard8549 You have to keep in consideration these videos aren't very easy to make, so a thirty minute video would be stretching their abilities
Armchair Historian: *talks
Zach Hyde's music: *plays
My head: *expands
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The changing of the guard really was spectacular when I saw it in person. I was there in mid October 2019, on an extremely cold and rainy day, the soldiers were business-as-usual without so much as a shiver.
I love how at the end the music is
Star spangled banner 🇺🇸
could you do one for france? such a diverse set of uniforms
Yess
The French always knows how to equip their soldiers with the maximum amount of drip possible
🙌
@@Phantom-qr1ug lol that drip disappeared during the 40s
Love USA
from Brazil.
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Que ridículo jajaja
Love Brazil
From USA.
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Thanks
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@@marcovadillo9850 no tu
Suggestion: evolution of Japanese military uniforms
it'll probably end with anime or something
@@commonsense5169 lol maybe
Their ww2 uniforms, while basic, had very interesting modifications. They definitely had early forms of ghillie suits for tree tops or the jungle floor. They also wore tabi sandals which helped to move across the ground way more quietly than in boots like other troops.
@@liltoaster7308 Japanese ww2 uniforms are pretty cool , also I didn't know about the tabi sandals part so thanks for the knowledge
A good starting point would be around 1870 when Japan modernized
I love that in 04:56 theres a paratrooper hanging on the church tower. That actually happened irl. The guy's name is John Steele, he broke his leg during the landing and pretended to be dead so that he wont be shot by the German garrison in Ste. Mere Eglise.
This history of the uniforms video is even more epic than the others, please make an ending like this for the next ones too!
Looking forward to the British and the Italian ones!!
5:55 by the end of the war, the marines had 6 divisions in the pacific. The Army had 22 divisions in the Pacific, the marines were only able to conduct 1 island invasion without the Army.
You could make an evolution of army uniforms for countries like Italy, Greece or Egypt starting with their ancient counterparts all the way to today
Ancient countries didn't really have standardized uniforms...
That's a bit far back... too many uniforms
soldiers had to buy there own gear so every soldier had different armour
Greece's Evzones uniforms look good too.
3:40 I like how "When Jonney comes marching home again" is playing in the background.
US Army soldier here. Proud to serve! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@Exploding Builds Make German uniforms Prussian again! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
@@Foreign0817 not for your corrupt politicians I hope sending you and other people to pointless wars in Iraq...
@Exploding Builds We should have a sort of formal uniform standard for NATO. A service uniform that is the same throughout all counties. Same colors according to branches, same cut, the only thing that's different is badges and insignia. Like a business suit. Then dress uniforms are all different, according to national heritage and tradition. Fit for black or wite tie events.
Respect from the UK
Serving a country that can't even have free healthcare lol
Jk
Do you know why there arent any knock knock jokes about Merica...Because FREEDOM Rings
Opinion: instead of camo uniforms, make the army wear t-shirts of John Cena
Woah
That's all well and good until the soldiers take them off. Then they won't be able to find them again.
So just nothing then?
That would be a war crime that causes unnecessary suffering to their enemies
SHHH!!!! You’re giving them ideas.
This was a good video and I can tell a lot of research went into it, but just 1 correction: the Krag Rifle was the standard-issue US rifle during the Spanish-American war, the trapdoor had been phased out some years prior
it was still used by cavalry
Good eyes, very cool that you picked that out. Are you aware of how bad a rifle the Krag was compared to the Spanish Mauser rifles? It led directly to the US designing and fielding the 1903 Springfield.
@@sgtmayhem7567 Yeah, I know how the Spanish caused tons of casualties on the charging Americans at San Juan Hill even though they were heavily outnumbered. The main reason I even know about the rifle is because of red dead
I realised in one of the parts he played "When Jhonny Comes Marching Home"
*Johnny
Same
Yes that was the civil war era part.
@@SStupendous *Jimmy
As an army vet I found the side fact of rarest army badges intriguing. They are:
#1 US Astronaut Badge (only awarded after completion of space mission, in use since 1983, exact number of recipients unknown, but less than 10)
#2 Military Horsemen Identification Badge (10 total awarded, since 2017)
#3 Tomb of Unknown Soldier Badge (676 awarded since 1958)
For context, the Congressional Medal of Honor has been awarded to 3,493 recipients since 1863.
Wait, is the Tomb of Unknown Soldier Badge awarded to Honor Guard members?
Trained out of Benning back in 2019. So many fucking bugs
7:07 The Card in the helmet is the Ace of Spades. (Correct me if I’m wrong) They put them in the mouthes of those that they killed. The Vietnamese Soldiers saw it as a sign of *Death*
Even though they did put ace of spades in the mouth of dead Vietcong Insurgents,the card on his helmet is the ace of hearts,the difference is that the ace of spades is always colored in black and an ace of hearts always being colored red
The VC never actually saw it as a sign of death that was a myth the American soldiers just thought they did
As Terrence pointed out, The NVA and VC or NLF didnt see the spade as an omen of ill-fortune, the Americans thought it did and it helped boost U.S. troop morale but the opposition were mostly just confused by this and didnt actually know why the Americans did it.
My man taught me more in 10 minutes then history classes taught me in 5 months
Why would a history class teach you any of this?
@@_lusty_boy_ .....what else are they gonna teach..
@@_lusty_boy_ yea like..? What?
@@Fish220 Well uniforms aren't all that important they dont teach alot but school is a good discipline teacher but that's mostly it
@@justsomeguywithasurprisede4059 they teach why and when the wars happened because those are the important details. Uniforms are interesting but aren't important to the political and social causes and effects of war.
Hey Armchair, if you see this, I want to let you know
I really love your channel and all the history channels they help me learn English and history
Much love from Iraq!!!!!!!
We should return to the Revolutionary War uniforms and win the fashion victory
The only way to win anything is to get rid of the uniforms and military
@@bennelong8451 but uniforms look nice
The Old Guard in DC still wears them for parades and demonstrations
@@bennelong8451 get rid of the military? What kind of pacifist wonderland do you live in?
@William Lacy lol
I thoroughly enjoy how you usually showed sergeants as the dudes fighting in your animations. I mean... NCO's always make less than half the money their commissioned equivalents do, yet do pretty much all the killing and all the dying.
A friend of mine who was in the Army said they called the UCP "Hollywood camo" because it was more famous in movies than it was with troops
I would love the evolution of the french army.
I can give you it right now!
BLUE
It would start from *B L U E* and end at _Le Baguette_
@@radstool6467 indeed and MAYBE some white
@@femurbreaker4483 yes
8:26 in Kosovo 1999 NATO did not take part in ground offensives, in 78 days they carried out about 20,000 air atrikes on predominantly civilian targets , they also bombed us with depleted uranium. In June 1999, the Serbian army was forced to withdraw and allow NATO troops to gain control of the region, many NATO soldiers, mostly Italians, were suffering from cancer due to the aforementioned uranium .
US forces were still deployed, while not neccesaarily in a ground offensive manner but they were still there
Ok buddy
@@illyricvmnostrvm7703 Ahahaha thats why are all this lands today free from Serbian civilians
@@illyricvmnostrvm7703 in Kosovo 13k Albanians were killed. What about Jasenovac, Stara Gradiska, Sisak, ... A Operation Oluja in which 2k Serbs were klled and 250k were expelled, what about hundreds of destroyed villages with all their inhabitants, what about hundreds of destroyed and damaged churches, what about the crimes of Germans and Handzars in ww2 , what about the yellow house in which 300 people were killed and their organs sold, what about the 3k killed Serbs in Srebrenica ... These are just some of the crimes against Serbs and only from ww2, not to mention 1.2 million killed Serbs in the Great war and 500 years of Turkish torture and killing of Serbs
@@illyricvmnostrvm7703 Only US invade other countries, modern day wehrmacht! Kosovo is part of Serbia, it is not possible invade himself.
Okay, this needs to be said. Your use of symbolism with the Vietnam soldier falling (and being the only one who did) without saying a word about the mess that was Vietnam was absolutely brilliant! Those who know history get it. It was well done. This video was well done. I know it's 2 years old and no one will ever see this comment but I have to leave it here anyway.
Suggestion: Evolution of American territory!
“You see that land that had treaties”
“Yes officer”
“I want it”
@@randomuser5443 Trail of Tears and Scramble for Africa intensifies
Mexico and Spain: Horrible
@@slightlyistorical1776 USA wasnt part of the scramble for Africa tho
@@feelsweirdman_1823 they liked it tho
Shakos? Less fashionable?!
That’s a flogging!
Napoleon is that you?!
I'm proud to be an American God bless my country God bless to those who gave their life for freedom
@Odin Thorvaldsson token cynical Scandinavian. Why don't you form a national identity outside of hating Americans?
@@expiravit8156 preach
Amen brother
Skip to 0:45 to avoid ad.
Thanks bro
Well done, I like how you flowed from era to era. Though you did miss how the Cotton and Polyester OD greens were replaced in 1982 by the Four-color BDU. They would be used in Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada), Operation Just Cause (Panama) Operation IFOR and SFOR (Bosnia/Herzegovina) which was the same one you show in Kosovo in 1999. I wore those BDU's during all four operations as well as deploying in them during Operation Desert-Storm. We didn't get our Cookie-Dough desert camouflage BDU's until mid November since we were Combat Service Support.
I was an Airborne Infantryman in Grenada, Panama and Desert Storm, damn how it sucks to be old and out of the sh*t. Thank you for your service.
@@sgtmayhem7567 Likewise, thank you for your service, Sgt Mayhem...
I love how when you showed the paratroopers one of them was stuck because in d-day many of them did infact get stuck!
I like how there is just this dude who keeps running like even though he literally got knocked back by a bomb
@m k begone
"US Marines formed the bulk of the ground forces in the pacific theater"
The army had more than 3 times the number of infantry divisions in the pacific than the marines. US army infantry alongside Australian army soldiers did the heavy lifting in the pacific trapping the majority of the Japanese army during the new guinea campaign.
Cite your source?
@@animewarrior3 RUclips doesn't allow sources to be posted anymore. But it's easy to look up. The Army deployed 20 full divisions to the Pacific, as well as various other smaller units, and fought in every corner of the theater.
@@animewarrior3 Look up the Philippines campaign of 1944, dude.
Damn, those American GIs have Balls of Steel, Always running Directly into enemy Fire!
I think we can all agree 1950s American uniforms look awesome
Just discovered your channel! Where has this been my whole life? Huge fan of history and the project you have going on here.
If anyone is looking for more information on specific camoflauge patterns or uniforms, US or not, I highly recommend checking out Uniform History
Its amazing that they stuck with the muskets even tho it took 2 minutes to reload for an average soldier.
Actually it was possible for an experienced soldier to load a smoothbore or rifled-musket (flintlock or percussion lock) 3 times a minute, excluding misfires, etc. Rifles(like the one's carried by Morgan's men took much longer so they were left for auxiliary forces, sometimes there would be a rifle company attached to each regiment, depends on time period and place. The big question is why they stuck with muzzleloading weapons when there were decent breechloading weapons available...there are several reasons.
Well during the Spanish American war and some other conflicts the the US did use 30-40 krags wich were bolt action rifles
@@jjrad2531 They found the 30/40 Krags so inferior to the Spanish Mausers in Cuba, they developed the 1903 Springfield. Check out the Forgotten Weapons channels video on the Krag, it’s extremely informative.
@@wendeln92 Your absolutely correct. What I’ve never understood is why did every major power continued to use muzzleloading rifles until the 1870’s, after the Prussian army fielded the Dreyse needle rifle in 1848. It fired almost twice as fast and could be loaded in the prone position. In 1866 they trounced the Austrian army who were using the muzzleloading Lorenz rifle. The Dreyse was obsolete by the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, but it was revolutionary and the best military rifle in the world until more advanced needle gun designs like the French Chassepot and metallic cartridge weapons eclipsed them both.
@@sgtmayhem7567 boy I already know about the Spanish American war and I know the krag rifle was inferior but we still kicked there ass
Hey armchair historian, i was wondering if you can do a history of Ottoman uniforms as their uniforms were pretty diverse
Yeah ottoman uniforms were very cool too
this guy has been running for years and survived many explosions and shots. what a legend!
Army sentinel's wife
:- baby whose soldier's tomb did you guard
Army sentinel
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