Top 5 Smallest Field Artillery of World War I - Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @stevemeska7784
    @stevemeska7784 4 года назад +24

    Your ability to find these old pictures and videos to put together your presentations continues to amaze me. Good job!

  • @electronicdawg
    @electronicdawg 5 лет назад +44

    All these tiny canons are just adorable.

  • @stuartburton1167
    @stuartburton1167 3 года назад +22

    You forgot to mention the Vickers 1.59inch light gun. It fired 40mm shells and weighed 90 pounds complete with its tripod. Its often mistakenly called the rocket gun but it didn't fire rockets but it's tracer left a trail of smoke and sparks that looked like a rocket.

    • @zulubeatz1
      @zulubeatz1 2 года назад +1

      Thanks for info. You are very well read. Kudos

    • @tomscoolgames7616
      @tomscoolgames7616 Год назад

      @@zulubeatz1 ukarine sucks slava Russia

  • @verygrumpy
    @verygrumpy 4 года назад +25

    The French Hotchkiss M1916 was also used by the US Army in the Philippines, 1941-42,

    • @jamescustodio3094
      @jamescustodio3094 3 года назад +2

      Can confirm, we still have some of them in our museums and navy museums.

  • @SobaYatai
    @SobaYatai 5 лет назад +32

    In late 18th-pre 19th century we mounted krupp artilllery (mountain gun) on an elephant for ours first marine corp

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 3 года назад +6

      It would be badass if we Americans had gun-welding elephants!
      Fun Fact: In 1861, King Mongkut offered Abraham Lincoln a bunch of elephants for the American Civil War which our president politely declined!

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 3 года назад

      18th century 1701- 1800. Krupp company was founded later.

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 3 года назад

      18th century 1701- 1800. Krupp company was founded later.

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 года назад

      @@BHuang92 lmao

    • @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367
      @manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 3 года назад

      would be a blast tofire it from the elephant

  • @wyattpeterson6286
    @wyattpeterson6286 4 года назад +3

    Awesome stuff, man! Keep them coming.

  • @dmoore5120
    @dmoore5120 Год назад +1

    5:12- looks li8ke tip of projectile protrudes from muzzle before firing ??

  • @flatheadgg2443
    @flatheadgg2443 Год назад +1

    The rosenberg seems like it would have been the perfect weapon for eastern front partisans. It's small, nimble and if you remove the wheels you could hide it pretty much anywhere. Also the 37mm round would still be a decent match against any rear line axis armour like tankettes and light armoured cars.

  • @lordmustafa3309
    @lordmustafa3309 4 года назад +6

    France and Russia: we produce a gun
    Germany: captured

    • @fizoblong9506
      @fizoblong9506 3 года назад +1

      Very well observed. Reason: 1916 Germany had almost won the 1st WW. Only with the US deliveries and interventions this was turned around.

    • @lordmustafa3309
      @lordmustafa3309 3 года назад

      @@fizoblong9506 yeah totally agree with you

  • @zulubeatz1
    @zulubeatz1 2 года назад

    Some fantastic photographs in this presentation. Really enjoyed this video which covers a unique part of WW1 armoury.

  • @benjaminnickerson3961
    @benjaminnickerson3961 3 года назад +3

    As I understand it, the Austro-hungarian gun was designed the way it was because of the particular circumstances of their combat in the rough terrain along their border with Italy. I think they used an existing 37mm shell which had explosives they considered sufficient, but used a short case with a small charge of propellant so they could have a gun smaller gun to transport through mountains, where the anti-tank capabilities of the larger higher velocity French, German, and Russian wouldn't have been needed. In this situation it also compares favorably to mortars, as indirect fire becomes more complicated when there are differences in elevation.

  • @jeffreyfeld9674
    @jeffreyfeld9674 2 года назад +2

    Great video very interesting. I would assume that as light artillery these would be closer to the front... Would the crews carry sidearms or would they be carrying rifles as well as their share of the cannon? Found out my Great Grandfather was part of a gun crew for a Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP with the 82nd Division.

  • @HangnJudge
    @HangnJudge 3 года назад +1

    Very well narrated

  • @julianpalmer4886
    @julianpalmer4886 3 года назад

    Love your work J.

  • @vernondodge1689
    @vernondodge1689 3 года назад

    That Austrian 37 mm was amazing! Thanks for making this video

  • @justinhealey2408
    @justinhealey2408 2 года назад

    Great video!!

  • @kendallkahl8725
    @kendallkahl8725 3 года назад

    Excellent job. I had only heard of a couple of the weapons before.

  • @daveybernard1056
    @daveybernard1056 3 года назад +4

    13:06 looks like family friendly fun

    • @NathanDudani
      @NathanDudani 3 года назад +1

      Especially with the dog carrying it around

  • @kevincocking8561
    @kevincocking8561 3 года назад

    excellent video as expected never a bad one

  • @stevenhoman2253
    @stevenhoman2253 5 лет назад +1

    The last scenes of one in museums really bring them to life.

  • @richardlee3655
    @richardlee3655 5 лет назад +2

    Cool Information, some really cool weapon never dreamed of before.

  • @stevesandford7442
    @stevesandford7442 5 лет назад +3

    That last one looks like it'd be the most practical! As for the Italians using them during WWII, I think you might be confusing it with the Italian Brixia mortar.

    • @stevesandford7442
      @stevesandford7442 5 лет назад +1

      There was al *lot* of stuff in there that I've never clapped eyes on. Awesome work!

  • @vasili_zajtsev2685
    @vasili_zajtsev2685 5 лет назад +4

    I think the photograph you use at 8:27 of the Rosenberg 1915 is from ww2

  • @martkbanjoboy8853
    @martkbanjoboy8853 3 года назад +1

    What was the gun being demonstrated - it appeared to be 'in the white' & of a small calibre, had the elevation wheel cranked up before the clip ended?

    • @benjaminnickerson3961
      @benjaminnickerson3961 3 года назад +2

      The gun pictured from around 15:05 until the end of the video is the Škoda M.15 3.7cm infantry gun. If you're asking about a different gun, it might be easier to find it with the timestamp of when it appears on-screen than a description of it.

  • @julianpalmer4886
    @julianpalmer4886 3 года назад

    Hey Bro, what about the grasshoper?

  • @ales1435
    @ales1435 5 лет назад +14

    I have 1 grenade from Skoda 3.7 cm M. 15

  • @rafalsamek1486
    @rafalsamek1486 5 лет назад

    Cool video 😁👍👍👍

  • @jantschierschky3461
    @jantschierschky3461 3 года назад +1

    Blockhouse gun is actually a fortifications defence gun. Hence Blockhouse (bunker)

  • @jacobbuxton932
    @jacobbuxton932 3 года назад

    Love this video

  • @martkbanjoboy8853
    @martkbanjoboy8853 3 года назад +1

    France & antiquated guns. Like the other Allied nations, France ran into a logistics wall, called the Shell Crisis. In the UK and USA (whose munitions companies were on the hook to the British military), the solution was to make lathes with concrete beds, headstocks, and tailstocks, and to hire more people. France all of a sudden ran into an unacceptably high 'dangerous shell rate' for their new 75mm guns. The solution was to pull the Debange 90mm & other Debange guns out of storage to send to the front. The Debange guns were proven, had huge depots full of HE shells made in peacetime, & they worked well. Finland was using Debange 90mm & 155 mm guns through WWII as they needed everything they could get. Even the UK used significant numbers of the Debange guns bought from France in WWI. So maybe not quite as outdated in WWI as you might think.

  • @zackhansen4484
    @zackhansen4484 5 лет назад +2

    Cool video, keep it up, can you do a video on French designed semi automatic pistols from World War I and Pre World War I designs please, not the ruby pistol.

  • @billsummy2412
    @billsummy2412 5 лет назад +9

    #1 AWESOME Czech made Skoda 3.7 I got to see one in a Brno Czechoslovakia museum in 1972 ... yes Im old lol :-)

  • @georgetreepwood1119
    @georgetreepwood1119 3 года назад

    I liked the reinmettal one ---it's cool...But they are all so cute ! I want one !

  • @puppetguy8726
    @puppetguy8726 3 года назад +1

    Finland used a few ww1 Russian 37mm guns during the winter war, I assume it was this one mentioned here.

  • @charlesadams1721
    @charlesadams1721 5 лет назад

    And at min 8:27 you show a picture of WWII Soviet troops using one of the Rosenberg infantry support gun but at 9:54 you state that you don't have a picture of the Soviets using a Rosenberg infantry support gun.

    • @jmantime
      @jmantime  5 лет назад +4

      Charles Adams that was a re-enactment photo that colored black and white.

  • @ireneuszfleszar9534
    @ireneuszfleszar9534 5 лет назад +3

    No 1.😁😁😁

  • @beverlychmelik5504
    @beverlychmelik5504 4 года назад

    My dad has a shell cutaway that looks very similar to the Skoda round.

  • @Wendicoon76
    @Wendicoon76 3 года назад

    T92 HMC shows up "oh I'm in the wrong group"

  • @benamini5701
    @benamini5701 5 лет назад +1

    "15mm at 500yrds" most people wouldn't understand on of them.

  • @zacharylovelady9265
    @zacharylovelady9265 2 года назад

    The german 13.2mm heavy machine was never actually produced, I don't even think they made a prototype. If they did there isn't a surviving example.

  • @daetaapretiguudaafuqinreta2092
    @daetaapretiguudaafuqinreta2092 5 лет назад

    Are you sure about the first one being translated as an Anti-Tank Cannon?, it translated to German as an Artillary Cannon (Leichte Artillerie-Kanone von 1918)

  • @stevensonDonnie
    @stevensonDonnie 3 года назад

    The Škoda being pulled by dogs. Wow.

  • @robertrobert7924
    @robertrobert7924 3 года назад

    Some of these small cannons look medieval.

  • @stevinharper3042
    @stevinharper3042 4 года назад

    I want the last one I could spend all day and money shooting that

  • @homelessEh
    @homelessEh 5 лет назад +4

    8:36 you've grown up in that time period all your relatives served in the army, the government bombards you with the propaganda of the mighty Russian army.. you are conscripted and you are placed in a light support field artillary division.. as you stare down at your pup gun.. not much bigger then the tin soldier toys once played with upon table tops. how unsure thoes soldiers must have felt.. looking at the dog and pony show around them.

  • @rickjones3886
    @rickjones3886 3 года назад

    That 8 mill gun shield is about 5/16 thick and doesnt even weigh 100lbs

  • @robwernet9609
    @robwernet9609 Год назад

    Now we use missiles, same doctrine or idea i reckon. I still think little field guns like this would be massively useful and way less cheaper than missiles. These would go over well emplaced in Ukrainian trenches. Especially with beehive rounds. Im betting some of these guns ap rounds or an updated modern round made for use with these like an apfsds could knock out bmps and other small ifvs

  • @tmseh
    @tmseh 3 года назад

    Almost like punt guns except without the boat.

  • @markbecker71
    @markbecker71 3 года назад

    Thank you,the. Average ww1 gi weight was probably less than 130 pounds..

  • @dienaesse7549
    @dienaesse7549 4 года назад

    Pictures and Data are excellent. But the music and the talk destroys it.

  • @BengalLancer
    @BengalLancer 3 года назад

    Essentially early variants of grenade launchers.

  • @notwocdivad
    @notwocdivad 4 года назад

    What QUIRKY weapons did the British have during WW1??

  • @wat8437
    @wat8437 5 лет назад +2

    You talk really fast. It can be difficult to hear what you're saying sometimes.

    • @wat8437
      @wat8437 4 года назад

      @Bosco _ FPS I had a frontal lobe stroke stroke a couple of years ago. It gave me aphasia, so I can have trouble following sometimes. I didn't mean any offense. Just that you talk fast sometimes. I love your content

  • @tomscoolgames7616
    @tomscoolgames7616 Год назад

    The designers of these, tiny guns… unlike meny where certainly not compensating for something.

  • @robertrakestraw6386
    @robertrakestraw6386 3 года назад

    They are all really cool! I think I like the Russian gun the best..all would be effective against un armored vehicles ..light bunkers or troop concentrations.. especially if they made grape shot for them!... great video

  • @archdornan1722
    @archdornan1722 3 года назад +1

    Calls it a "FT-17" smh, can't even call it by the right name.

  • @SlavicCelery
    @SlavicCelery 3 года назад

    Love the totes wrong pronunciation of Rheinmetall. No judgement from me. People who insist on correct cultural pronunciation all the time are frustrating. Especially when they bomb pronouncing anything in American English. It's all good.

  • @jean-lucpicard3012
    @jean-lucpicard3012 5 лет назад

    I was interested until you pronounced rhinemetall wrong

  • @miloslatinovic4607
    @miloslatinovic4607 5 лет назад +2

    Erikaaa myuzik

  • @georgegreek2275
    @georgegreek2275 5 лет назад

    No.2

  • @eugeneoliveros5814
    @eugeneoliveros5814 3 года назад

    I dub them baby berthas

  • @poespower7974
    @poespower7974 Год назад

    why is an american saying stuff in imperial things about german things

  • @nervousdog1
    @nervousdog1 5 лет назад +1

    :)

  • @jorgennorrman4023
    @jorgennorrman4023 5 лет назад

    gevär = riffle !

  • @r.j.lombardi111
    @r.j.lombardi111 5 лет назад

    Does a WW 1 video, uses a WW 2 marches...
    Well, fuck me sideways! Why did you do this? Also too many mistakes to count...

  • @topguntopcat
    @topguntopcat 4 года назад

    agine not too bad history but I am not saying my pronunciation is good but your is really bad