This is why RUclips has pretty much displaced all of my TV viewing except the occasional Seinfeld episode. So much research and effort has gone into this, by just a normal "nobody" citizen and not a production house, with information you just can't get on TV. Well done! Subscribed.
Seems like the WW2 doctrine was more thorough than when I served in the ‘80s. We had a dude in my platoon that always used to say “Scouts Out, Sir” when saluting officers. Now I finally know what he meant. Thanks for putting out some very well done and very educational content.
Yes! I've been waiting for a new video, please put out more of this material (in your own time of course) it is SO informative and historically accurate there's no other youtuber who covers what you do and I love every video you put out! maybe one day you could cover modern US tactics and maneuver warfare in general.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. A lot of work goes into these videos so it's gratifying to know others find value in that effort. There are definitely more on the way (in my own time of course).
Your videos are so deadpan funny and informative. I love them. I just watched all of them. That transition. Wonderful. I can't wait for more to come. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thanks a lot. I plan to continue. I don't know if it's one long party that's just begun, or if there are several parties planned. Semi-annual surprise parties.
These are excellent videos. As a former WWII reenactor, these would have been helpful for people running field exercises as part of reenactment events. I hope you make more!
Please make more videos! These are excellent, and that's an understatement. You have a gift my friend. I figure mechanized cavalry reconnaissance squadron formations and tactics are about 200 videos down the list, but I'll be here waiting.
Thank you. I really appreciate it. Progress on my new video stalled-out about halfway through...But it will be finished eventually. And there will be more videos following it.
and with this i am subscribed i love stuff like this its really interesting. you make enough jokes to be entertaining while being serious and clear enough to understand and believe you. you mic could use some work BUT nothing that cant be ignored.
Keep it up dude. I love this videos. It teaches us a lot of things that we didn't know back then and is really neat to see all of those informations. Thank you for giving us a lot of details on how they used to fight the enemy back then and how the formations were utilized in WW2 by the USA.
Hey, I may not agree, but I am having trouble imagining a 40 vs 40 multiplayer video game where one side walks in formation for an hour or two while the other side just waits in holes.
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Play Arma and you will see. he he he Great video. I love to study small unit tactics. You should make a video about the Marines next!
It's really basic and simple and also really boring to do.infantry movement is actually a little interesting compared to armor movement and formations. It sounds cool but trust me it's simple AF. Once you do all day contact drills boots on the ground you would never be that excited about it again.
These videos are absolutely awesome, I really do hope you can do more in the future and maybe expand to the Marine Corp or jump the fence and discuss German platoon formations.
I don't remember it being described in the fm 7-8 but we called it a platoon in V, squads in column, teams in wedge. Every time we did any movement it was SOP in every unit I was in to call the whole thing out...like platoon in column, squads in column, teams in wedge. Or platoon in wedge, squads in column, teams in wedge.
How's the Platoon Tactics video coming? Just wondering, I know the whole incident happened during the first attempt and all, but your videos are great, you, Military History visualized and Hand Grenade division are probably the three best Military history youtubers out there, I can't wait for what the future brings, anyway, Good luck and God's speed sir.
Thanks a lot. I apologize for the sluggish progress. About halfway through the video I hit a creative wall. I couldn't figure out the best way forward, and just put the video aside hoping the inspiration to finally crack it would come to me. I hate letting my subscribers down, but I don't want to put out a video until I'm happy with it. I really appreciate the interest and encouragement.
please keep the amazing work! I have been looking for the details in these videos for a long time. Finaly I found them in a well manered material. Well done!
I haven't had a chance to watch this yet but I do enjoy these video so thank you for putting them out, even in modern days these tactics can be used do modern army or army that do not have the edge in technology
Thank you. My formations videos in particular are not the most popular, but I think the topic is a key piece of the puzzle, if not the most compelling to viewers.
Excellent informational piece! Not going to lie up until the 10:30 I was sweating the platoon leaders position in the formation. I kept thinking: "Man, they must really hate their LT!"
Awwwww :( honestly I seriously enjoyed this video. I'm sad to see another video hasn't been uploaded but this video was HIGHLY enjoyable and it's things that I love to learn about. Keep up the good work and can't wait to see more videos in the future :)
So... It's been almost 14 months since the last time you posted a video... Not to be impatient, or anything, but when can we expect another video in near future? Or should we even expect new episodes in the first place?
Thank you for the interest and the gentle prodding. You have every right to be impatient. I dropped the ball and let my subscribers down. I began work on the next video nearly a year ago (the audio is fully recorded and about a third of the visuals are complete), but I became so frustrated I put it aside and never returned to it. I just wasn't happy with how it was turning out and lost motivation. (If I was bored by it, how could I expect viewers to be interested?) But, one of the side-effects of social distancing during a global pandemic is more time to revisit and finish stagnated projects...
Get this man a keg of beer! Loved the vids mate! P.s the advert to this video was the new remastered version of Apocalypse Now. Can it get any better?!?!? :-)
Your content is amazing - well illustrated, knowledgeable, thorough, with impressive original source cited to support even minute detail. I eagerly await whenever you choose to cover weapons platoons. I disagree with your concern that this subject matter isn't "sexy"; you're illustrating what few really have, the real and actual methods that fighting men moved and were organized. You really should consider a patreon page! Even if you worry about not being able to keep a consistent schedule, you could set it so that you are only paid by your patrons when you release a new video.
Thank you very much. It's extremely gratifying when someone recognizes the effort that goes into these videos. I really do appreciate it. Whenever my viewers bring up Patreon I consider it, but I'm not quite sure what I can really offer my patrons. What kinds of perks would you be interested in?
Hey! Sorry for such a late reply. Anyhow, to be honest I would be more than satisfied with a more regular release schedule. But I realize that may not be a very realistic thing to ask of you. As an alternative, you could possibly offer the source material you have referenced? I've had a very hard time tracking down the Infantry Journals you have frequently drawn from. You could also perhaps offer the artwork you have used in creating these episodes to a higher tier?
Hello @G.I. History Handbook. Love your videos, just wanted to suggest putting a thumbnail link on the video during sections where you mention another video in your series. other than that keep up the good work.
Once done with all the US Army stuff it'd be really cool to see some UK/Commonwealth Section content, you don't really see a lot of that either in reading or video form
I usually do provide distances in meters. In this video they appear on the bottom left-hand side of the screen in black text. I don't say them out loud, but I try to provide the approximate metric conversions...Most of the time...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Not saying the distance in meters is fine, however your previous video had meters next to yards and I was expecting the same in this video. I completely missed the fine print in the corner and had to convert the distances by manually.Well, I'll know where to look next time. And again, thanks for the great video.
What about ammo and extras across *Organization of the WWII U.S. Army Infantry Rifle Squad* count of BAR magazines (how much on pouches BAR gunner, assistant and carrier), M1 Garand round clips per single rifleman, grenades (frag/smoke) ect, total ammo count on squad (section)? Maybe you knew some link about this (even platoons and companyes)?
We called it, Teams in Wedge, Squad in colums, Platoon in Inverted wedge.. I do not remember ever traveling in a Platoon in wedge. We might have. I just don't remember.
Even after the US Army's adoption of the Alfa/Bravo (that's how the early material spelled "Alpha") fire teams, a resurrected form of squad diamond persisted for years. It curiously placed one fire team on the left of the diamond, and the other on the right, instead of one leading and one trailing. General DePuy championed the now-familiar squad column of fire team wedges (and the associated traveling/traveling overwatch/bounding overwatch terminology) in the late 1950's, but it didn't become doctrine until after Vietnam while he was commander of TRADOC.
Ok, I'm gonna say it, because it has to be said, your videos are excellent, well researched, and generally good. But, there is one small problem, you haven't uploaded in two years. As one of your long time subscribers, I suggest, despite your creative block, or whatever it is, to either post the platoon tactics video, or move on. I say this as a fan who enjoys your content, and wishes to see more of it. May you one day have a million subscribers!
The platoon tactics video is definitely coming next. I've dusted it off and the thing is on track to be over an hour long. (I've got nearly 50 minutes completed.) I think I might split it up into two parts.
Another wonderfully put video. Is there any place we can privately contact you? I’d love to help contribute to research, editing, or funding if possible! I’m well acquainted with airborne related things, and so are a few friends I know that are in the history scene.
I have see a Lt. Col Paul S. Bond in books going back to the 1930's, one of FM's you have used shows a Col Paul S. Bond 1945. If this Officer entered WWII as a Lt Col, how did he stay a Lt Col or a Col for so many years?
He was no longer an active duty officer by WWII, but he still ran P.S. Bond Publishing Co., where he edited resources "conforming to the War Department program." His company produced things like updated ROTC textbooks each year.
hey there I have a question for you. if able could you talk about unit makeup and formation of a us mechanized infantry platoon circa 1989/1990s . Ive been putting together a Twilight 2000 campaign and have been getting conflicting information on unit makeup and use of such units. if you have any insight or information on the subject please let me know
In combat, members of the platoon slept and ate in a hole in the ground that they dug themselves. In bivouac (army camping), the platoon bivouacked as part of the company, and the company as part of the battalion. The battalion usually provided interior guard, air-antitank warning, and a bivouac outpost. The company set up its own kitchen and latrine. If a platoon was tasked with outpost duty it would also conduct patrolling. It may have constructed roadblocks or prepared demolitions. Foxholes were still dug in case of emergency, but men could sleep in tents that were concealed from aerial observation. An outpost squad could be posted as outguards with some members acting as sentinels.
Just World War II for now. I've certainly dug into earlier and later periods, but mainly to get a handle on where the WWII stuff evolved from, and what it evolved into. For example, in the process of making this video, I researched interwar and Cold War platoon formations to understand where they sat on the continuum. And it's always interesting to check in on modern doctrine to see what is still around, or just which way the pendulum has swung. (These basic platoon formations are still around, but look more like their pre-WWII versions because they both utilize four-squad platoons.)
They are just referred to as "military symbols." A general overview of authorized unit symbols can be found in FM 21-30, but other manuals (such as FM 22-5) and various training materials contain many more representing individual soldiers. (These sources don't always agree with each other -- sometimes a squad leader is a single slash, sometimes it's an "X" -- but I have tried to use a consistent set of symbols across all of my videos.) The system was first developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWI, and it is still the basis of current "NATO Joint Military Symbology," but it is an ever-evolving system. (For example, enemy units are now represented by red diamonds rather than red rectangles.) The symbols in my videos were all used in WWII-era sources at one time or another. Some are still in use (platoon leader), others are period-specific (platoon guide).
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0:41 "Purple Heart Formation" LOL
Great video, keep it up!
Thanks for sub, the watch, and the comment!
it's the tactical blob everyone know this. It makes the units way easier to manage
There was a portion of a standard bomber formation that was call purple heart corner
@@seanmac1793 LOL tactical blob. I totally lost my shit.
@@loteixeira it's much easier to band box select units when they are in the tactical blob and then you attack move them
This is why RUclips has pretty much displaced all of my TV viewing except the occasional Seinfeld episode. So much research and effort has gone into this, by just a normal "nobody" citizen and not a production house, with information you just can't get on TV. Well done! Subscribed.
For ww2 buffs like me, this is what I've looked for for decades and you have nailed it perfectly!!!!
Hope you can keep up the interesting info.
Thanks for that. I try to make the types of videos I wanted to see when I started researching this stuff and was trying to get it all straight.
Seems like the WW2 doctrine was more thorough than when I served in the ‘80s. We had a dude in my platoon that always used to say “Scouts Out, Sir” when saluting officers. Now I finally know what he meant.
Thanks for putting out some very well done and very educational content.
You really cannot stop making these, you do much to good of a job.
He has returned!
I've recently discovered your vids and have enjoyed them. More, if you please. 😉
These are fantastic. Please keep them coming.
Thanks. I may not be able to crank out these videos as quickly as I'd like, but there are plenty more to come.
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook sir. Need more video
For ww3
Still one of the best historical and tactical series ever placed on youtube. With excellent narration.
Yes! I've been waiting for a new video, please put out more of this material (in your own time of course) it is SO informative and historically accurate there's no other youtuber who covers what you do and I love every video you put out! maybe one day you could cover modern US tactics and maneuver warfare in general.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. A lot of work goes into these videos so it's gratifying to know others find value in that effort. There are definitely more on the way (in my own time of course).
My Dad was a platoon scout in WWII, now I appreciate his bravery even more.
And here I was, just thinking I would enjoy seeing another of your videos. Keep up the good work.
Oh, good to know the channel's not forgotten. I always think my notifications bring some confusion -"When did I subscribe to this channel?"
Ha, well I honestly watched the videos all again last week. So they were still fresh in my mind.
Your videos are so deadpan funny and informative. I love them. I just watched all of them.
That transition. Wonderful.
I can't wait for more to come. Thanks for all your hard work.
As always a brilliantly produced and researched video. They are always worth the wait. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for coming back. I always appreciate the support of my repeat shoppers (especially since the shop is only open once every few months).
i read the comments my advise "keep making these"
Im late for the party but man, i hope you keep doing more videos. It does really help.
Thanks a lot. I plan to continue. I don't know if it's one long party that's just begun, or if there are several parties planned. Semi-annual surprise parties.
I wanted to thank you for all your work & effort on these. I've found them to be incredibly informative & found nowhere else on the platform.
These are excellent videos. As a former WWII reenactor, these would have been helpful for people running field exercises as part of reenactment events. I hope you make more!
Thank you. I will be definitely be making more.
Man, this made me really appreciate and think about the role of scouts.
Please make more videos! These are excellent, and that's an understatement. You have a gift my friend.
I figure mechanized cavalry reconnaissance squadron formations and tactics are about 200 videos down the list, but I'll be here waiting.
Thank you. I really appreciate it. Progress on my new video stalled-out about halfway through...But it will be finished eventually. And there will be more videos following it.
and with this i am subscribed i love stuff like this its really interesting. you make enough jokes to be entertaining while being serious and clear enough to understand and believe you. you mic could use some work BUT nothing that cant be ignored.
Keep it up dude. I love this videos. It teaches us a lot of things that we didn't know back then and is really neat to see all of those informations. Thank you for giving us a lot of details on how they used to fight the enemy back then and how the formations were utilized in WW2 by the USA.
Such an underated channel. Please upload again! Your vids are popping' off!
"Formations and movement techniques are not the sexiest of topics"
Since when? What memo did I miss?
Hey, I may not agree, but I am having trouble imagining a 40 vs 40 multiplayer video game where one side walks in formation for an hour or two while the other side just waits in holes.
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Play Arma and you will see. he he he
Great video. I love to study small unit tactics. You should make a video about the Marines next!
Filipe Amaral Squad better.
G.I. History Handbook Proximitly one platoon vs another one cool.
It's really basic and simple and also really boring to do.infantry movement is actually a little interesting compared to armor movement and formations. It sounds cool but trust me it's simple AF. Once you do all day contact drills boots on the ground you would never be that excited about it again.
Love your videos. Well done. I can't wait for the next one.
Thanks a lot. I appreciate the support.
These videos are absolutely awesome, I really do hope you can do more in the future and maybe expand to the Marine Corp or jump the fence and discuss German platoon formations.
Thank you so much. I assure you, there will be more videos in the future...
Thanks for the videos. We are really hoping you'll be able to produce more.
Very good video and I would love to see more but what I already have is of excellent quality and can stand on it's own. Please make more
I don't remember it being described in the fm 7-8 but we called it a platoon in V, squads in column, teams in wedge. Every time we did any movement it was SOP in every unit I was in to call the whole thing out...like platoon in column, squads in column, teams in wedge. Or platoon in wedge, squads in column, teams in wedge.
Yeah m8 hoping you're still putting more of these together, not just for this war but for others! Great content
I really appreciate your videos.
Good job!
Loved that bit at 0:41. Would love a short video roasting other movies like this. Love your work!
That could turn into quite a long video... Thanks for watching.
How's the Platoon Tactics video coming? Just wondering, I know the whole incident happened during the first attempt and all, but your videos are great, you, Military History visualized and Hand Grenade division are probably the three best Military history youtubers out there, I can't wait for what the future brings, anyway, Good luck and God's speed sir.
Thanks a lot. I apologize for the sluggish progress. About halfway through the video I hit a creative wall. I couldn't figure out the best way forward, and just put the video aside hoping the inspiration to finally crack it would come to me. I hate letting my subscribers down, but I don't want to put out a video until I'm happy with it. I really appreciate the interest and encouragement.
These are amazing, please start making them again.
please keep the amazing work! I have been looking for the details in these videos for a long time. Finaly I found them in a well manered material. Well done!
I haven't had a chance to watch this yet but I do enjoy these video so thank you for putting them out, even in modern days these tactics can be used do modern army or army that do not have the edge in technology
Thanks for stopping by. I hope it was worth the watch whenever you got around to it.
Keep theses videos coming please!!!
This series is fascinating. Thanks.
Thank you. My formations videos in particular are not the most popular, but I think the topic is a key piece of the puzzle, if not the most compelling to viewers.
Your videos are great. I know they take a long time to do, but thanks for doing it. Keep them coming!
Thank you very much. I plan to keep them coming.
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook not to pester but we are still waiting and we will wait
big thanks for all your videos ... i hope that you make others about Vietnam war
Excellent informational piece! Not going to lie up until the 10:30 I was sweating the platoon leaders position in the formation. I kept thinking: "Man, they must really hate their LT!"
🏅🥇🏆Very well done my friend. Informative and interesting. An excellent documentary in my opinion. 👍🤙👌🎯
like you said, it would be refreshing if Hollywood paid attention to stuff like this.
Awwwww :( honestly I seriously enjoyed this video. I'm sad to see another video hasn't been uploaded but this video was HIGHLY enjoyable and it's things that I love to learn about. Keep up the good work and can't wait to see more videos in the future :)
@TheLameguitarist The platoon tactics video is finally up if you're still interested!
your information is seriously satisfying. I love learning these things from you- awesome videos !
Wow it's already been 6 months since this video... When can we expect the next one?
Thxs for the info, I'm glad I'm to old to use it but I sure thank the ones who have and will in the future,, gb
Mannnn, these are fantastic! Please keep dropping these vids! Dope!
Some new videos would be great. Love the content and you have a good voice for the work your doing.
0 dislikes just as it should be, i dont think there is a justification to dislike such a video
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. Someone's clumsy finger must have hit "dislike" by accident.
I'm a simple man; I see a G.I. History Handbook video, I like it.
I appreciate it.
recently discovered your channel hope you upload more content, love it all
Lovely. Thanks again. 🖖
Thanks again for watching. 👍
So... It's been almost 14 months since the last time you posted a video...
Not to be impatient, or anything, but when can we expect another video in near future? Or should we even expect new episodes in the first place?
Thank you for the interest and the gentle prodding. You have every right to be impatient. I dropped the ball and let my subscribers down. I began work on the next video nearly a year ago (the audio is fully recorded and about a third of the visuals are complete), but I became so frustrated I put it aside and never returned to it. I just wasn't happy with how it was turning out and lost motivation. (If I was bored by it, how could I expect viewers to be interested?) But, one of the side-effects of social distancing during a global pandemic is more time to revisit and finish stagnated projects...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Glad to hear you're still working on these. They are very informative!
The Purple Heart Formation... Hollywood's favorite formation.
dying for the next!
Loving your content man, keep it up!
Thank you!
i do love these videos and the graphics but i would like to see more of the old school footage in these videos
Get this man a keg of beer!
Loved the vids mate!
P.s the advert to this video was the new remastered version of Apocalypse Now. Can it get any better?!?!? :-)
Thank you! Very much appreciated.
Your content is amazing - well illustrated, knowledgeable, thorough, with impressive original source cited to support even minute detail. I eagerly await whenever you choose to cover weapons platoons. I disagree with your concern that this subject matter isn't "sexy"; you're illustrating what few really have, the real and actual methods that fighting men moved and were organized.
You really should consider a patreon page! Even if you worry about not being able to keep a consistent schedule, you could set it so that you are only paid by your patrons when you release a new video.
Thank you very much. It's extremely gratifying when someone recognizes the effort that goes into these videos. I really do appreciate it.
Whenever my viewers bring up Patreon I consider it, but I'm not quite sure what I can really offer my patrons. What kinds of perks would you be interested in?
Hey! Sorry for such a late reply. Anyhow, to be honest I would be more than satisfied with a more regular release schedule. But I realize that may not be a very realistic thing to ask of you. As an alternative, you could possibly offer the source material you have referenced? I've had a very hard time tracking down the Infantry Journals you have frequently drawn from. You could also perhaps offer the artwork you have used in creating these episodes to a higher tier?
Very cool !
I learned from this. Ty
Could you make a Video on how to hold positions or other defensive aspects? Really enjoying your videos so far. Keep up the great work.
So good. I would *love* to see you cover a WW2 British Section and/or Platoon.
Thank you. While I've read some War Office Infantry Training Pamphlets and watched some UK infantry training films, I haven't dug any deeper.
Go to Lindybeige.
Like before watching. Full confidence
Thanks. I hope it was worthy.
Sure was, @@G.I.HistoryHandbook
Just stumbled on to your channel. Really well done. I love smart content.
I don't care what formation you are in. Us combat engineers would put in an irregular outer edge minefield to ruin your day.
Hello @G.I. History Handbook.
Love your videos, just wanted to suggest putting a thumbnail link on the video during sections where you mention another video in your series.
other than that keep up the good work.
Great video man! Really enjoyed it 👍
Once done with all the US Army stuff it'd be really cool to see some UK/Commonwealth Section content, you don't really see a lot of that either in reading or video form
Love these videos. Plan on making more?
@Thomas The follow-up video has been posted if you're still interested.
Could you please make another vid about platoon tactics that’d be awesome...
That's my next video. Coming soonish...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Thanks, your Videos are very educational and interesting so they’re basically great!
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook You would not believe how hyped I am to hear that
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Keep going man! I hope things are alright!
Keep these coming man
I plan to. They take some time for me to put together, but the work continues.
G.I. History Handbook I know was a content creator myself, just saying They are great quality stuff so I’ll be looking forward to your next upload
Another great video, I'm enjoying these immensely.. Just one nitpick. Please provide distances in meters too, that would be excellent.
I usually do provide distances in meters. In this video they appear on the bottom left-hand side of the screen in black text. I don't say them out loud, but I try to provide the approximate metric conversions...Most of the time...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Not saying the distance in meters is fine, however your previous video had meters next to yards and I was expecting the same in this video. I completely missed the fine print in the corner and had to convert the distances by manually.Well, I'll know where to look next time. And again, thanks for the great video.
Please make "Tactics of the WWII U.S. Army Infantry Rifle Platoon"!
great job, keep it up buddy
Thank you. There's always more on the way...Slowly but surely...
What about ammo and extras across *Organization of the WWII U.S. Army Infantry Rifle Squad* count of BAR magazines (how much on pouches BAR gunner, assistant and carrier), M1 Garand round clips per single rifleman, grenades (frag/smoke) ect, total ammo count on squad (section)? Maybe you knew some link about this (even platoons and companyes)?
Good stuff.
Thanks!
It has been a year and a half. Where are you?
damn its been 2 years.
Okay, I'll post a new video.
Love the videos, is there any chance that new videos will come?
There will definitely be new videos...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook I'm looking very much forward to it!
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Same
I wonder if there are similar and or sources for how other armies like the commonwealth, soviet and German armies moved at the platoon size
We called it, Teams in Wedge, Squad in colums, Platoon in Inverted wedge..
I do not remember ever traveling in a Platoon in wedge. We might have. I just don't remember.
Even after the US Army's adoption of the Alfa/Bravo (that's how the early material spelled "Alpha") fire teams, a resurrected form of squad diamond persisted for years. It curiously placed one fire team on the left of the diamond, and the other on the right, instead of one leading and one trailing. General DePuy championed the now-familiar squad column of fire team wedges (and the associated traveling/traveling overwatch/bounding overwatch terminology) in the late 1950's, but it didn't become doctrine until after Vietnam while he was commander of TRADOC.
I see you didn’t touch on the platoon wedge being able to take contact from the rear
Ok, I'm gonna say it, because it has to be said, your videos are excellent, well researched, and generally good. But, there is one small problem, you haven't uploaded in two years. As one of your long time subscribers, I suggest, despite your creative block, or whatever it is, to either post the platoon tactics video, or move on. I say this as a fan who enjoys your content, and wishes to see more of it. May you one day have a million subscribers!
The platoon tactics video is definitely coming next. I've dusted it off and the thing is on track to be over an hour long. (I've got nearly 50 minutes completed.) I think I might split it up into two parts.
In case you didn't have notifications turned up, I'm happy to report the next video it up.
Another wonderfully put video. Is there any place we can privately contact you? I’d love to help contribute to research, editing, or funding if possible!
I’m well acquainted with airborne related things, and so are a few friends I know that are in the history scene.
Are you gonna do an artillery video?
I have see a Lt. Col Paul S. Bond in books going back to the 1930's, one of FM's you have used shows a Col Paul S. Bond 1945. If this Officer entered WWII as a Lt Col, how did he stay a Lt Col or a Col for so many years?
He was no longer an active duty officer by WWII, but he still ran P.S. Bond Publishing Co., where he edited resources "conforming to the War Department program." His company produced things like updated ROTC textbooks each year.
Company level stuff, when?
hey there I have a question for you. if able could you talk about unit makeup and formation of a us mechanized infantry platoon circa 1989/1990s . Ive been putting together a Twilight 2000 campaign and have been getting conflicting information on unit makeup and use of such units. if you have any insight or information on the subject please let me know
Please explain your plan as illustrated.
With out ambiguity. Whose country is being protected here?
Any plans on continuing the topic?
Definitely. Tactics of the WWII U.S Army Infantry Rifle Platoon...When it's finished...
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook cool!
Hey G.I! When are we gonna get the rifleman squad defensive tactics I’m dying for it ahaha
how was the squad/ platoon camp place to sleep and eat orgonized?
In combat, members of the platoon slept and ate in a hole in the ground that they dug themselves. In bivouac (army camping), the platoon bivouacked as part of the company, and the company as part of the battalion. The battalion usually provided interior guard, air-antitank warning, and a bivouac outpost. The company set up its own kitchen and latrine. If a platoon was tasked with outpost duty it would also conduct patrolling. It may have constructed roadblocks or prepared demolitions. Foxholes were still dug in case of emergency, but men could sleep in tents that were concealed from aerial observation. An outpost squad could be posted as outguards with some members acting as sentinels.
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook Do you think there could be a video on this information in the future?
Where is the next video!!!
Where did you go?
Have you thought of making such videos but on later (or earlier) conflicts or do you prefer sticking to WWII?
Just World War II for now. I've certainly dug into earlier and later periods, but mainly to get a handle on where the WWII stuff evolved from, and what it evolved into. For example, in the process of making this video, I researched interwar and Cold War platoon formations to understand where they sat on the continuum. And it's always interesting to check in on modern doctrine to see what is still around, or just which way the pendulum has swung. (These basic platoon formations are still around, but look more like their pre-WWII versions because they both utilize four-squad platoons.)
I think the FM said inverted wedge
Great video, may I ask what the symbols for the PLT Leader, PLT Sgt, and etc are called? And where can I learn more abot these.
They are just referred to as "military symbols." A general overview of authorized unit symbols can be found in FM 21-30, but other manuals (such as FM 22-5) and various training materials contain many more representing individual soldiers. (These sources don't always agree with each other -- sometimes a squad leader is a single slash, sometimes it's an "X" -- but I have tried to use a consistent set of symbols across all of my videos.)
The system was first developed by the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWI, and it is still the basis of current "NATO Joint Military Symbology," but it is an ever-evolving system. (For example, enemy units are now represented by red diamonds rather than red rectangles.) The symbols in my videos were all used in WWII-era sources at one time or another. Some are still in use (platoon leader), others are period-specific (platoon guide).
@@G.I.HistoryHandbook thanks for the reply. Guess I'll just have to be careful which symbols to use during which period.
What about the hand picked squads that had no special training . ❓ My dad was in charge of one of the most deadly . He came in anti tank .
"Purple heart formation" I'm going to use this more often! HA!
THX
Thanks for watching.