Best Combat Load Out from Three Military Time Periods [4K]
Best Combat Load Out from Three Military Time Periods [4K]
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From Genghis Khan’s strategy of massive cavalry attacks to Napoleon Bonaparte’s cannons here are the best combat load outs in history. Modern warfare on today’s battlefields is informed by what military troops carry. Did you know the rucksack is actually a relatively new invention? Duffel bags were only invented in World War II.
The equipment troops carry into battle can mean the difference between devastating defeat or victory. In this video we’ll learn about three of the most famous combat load outs in military history.
One of the most imaginative combinations of gear and logistics comes from Ghangis Khan and his Mongol Army. Here’s how it worked for them. Their novel strategy was for a typical cavalryman to be in charge of three or four horses. To which you might think, why does one guy need so many horses? Leave a horse for the rest of us right? But you’d be wrong, they needed the extra horses so they could rotate between them.
I find the Napoleonic Wars fascinating. The guy was iconic for his stubborn arrogance as illustrated by this quote “I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning” – Napoleon Bonaparte.
I can’t imagine for the life of me why they would put someone as humble as you on a boat and sail you all the way to an island in the middle of no where.
In the Early 1800’s the modern notion of the rucksack was born. Napoleon and his troops had a leather cowhide pack called a haversack. They carried all their equipment in it mostly their rations which during most of their campaigns consisted of wheat or food they imagined.
These early rucksacks were hated by troops with some choosing to fold their gear into a blanket and carry that. They had to embrace the suck though with those old packs. A gray coat was rolled up and placed on top of this haversack for warmth.
Each soldier carried a musket which was only good up to 80 yards but the fights were devastating once the volleys began. They carried 35 to 60 rounds of ammunition carried by a white buff shoulder belt. The musket was a Charleville with a bayonet and 16 inch blade on it. By the end of the campaign 8 out of 12 soldiers were killed or captured so you were probably in the 1% if you got to fire all your cartridges.
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It is interesting that historically, from Alexander’s time until now, a typical load out = ~60 pounds. The Brits who retook the Falklands from Argentina yomped 100 lbs + for short distances, but it was exhausting.
Pool Skimitar.
It’s called the Napoleon Eon actually
I agree that attention to detail is important, but it is possible to get so caught up in detail that you forget major items. There was a British unit in the Zulu wars in South Africa that had plenty of firepower to hold off the enemy, but they got wiped out to the last man because they forgot about these little crowbars they needed to open their ammunition crates. It is more important to prioritize than it is to pay attention to detail.
Please remember to hit the "like" button it helps us a ton! What time period and army had your favorite combat load out? Last place I would want to be is in Napoleon’s Army invading Russia! Evolution of the Infantry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjvBhiJwj8
The grenadiers did not use grenades, they were mostly used as elite regiments.
"SKIMMERTAR"
First time in the gas chamber guy behind me falls into me so I drop my mask. Drill Sergeant takes my mask and I have to redo it. I go back maskless have to do the soldiers creed wile jogging in a circle then go out back then back in do the Infantrymen’s creed still jogging and finally go back in to do the Army song when my mask was thrown on the other side of the room I grabbed it cleared it oh it was so good to get out dunked my head in that ice water cooler I don’t think I have a sinus system anymore. By the time I was a specialist I was pretty much immune.
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Why did you beep out "suck". It makes it look like you said they had to "embrace the fuck". I mean, maybe I’m some dumb POG?
You pronounced scimitar wrong. Dictionaries are your friend.
Skimitar >.< cmon man
Camelbacks SUCK…..
I never had a Canteen burst
because I fell and landed on it,
or have something stab it when I took my pack off.
I need a .69 calibre rifle now
You were joking when you said ‘skimitar’, right?
The silk arrow bit is not true. Tod’s Workshop has a couple videos on this topic that are worth watching.
8 out 12 soldiers were killed, thats 2 thirds
That comment about the Mongols being a better shot on horseback cracks me up
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RSVN, 1Cav, 66-67: three canteens, E-tool, five ammo pouches with 25 each of 20 round mags (with only 18 per, as they’d jam with 20), 480 rounds. The sixth pouch had an "Instamatic" camera. (When I carried the M-79 and .45, I had four seven round mags for the .45, and 42 HE rounds of M-79 and one Buckshot, 12 in four ammo pouches, 12 each in two used Claymore bags slung across my chest and neck, choking me, and eight more in the butt pack.) Four M26A2 frags- two on the belt as per regs (taped off and useless) and two accessible in the pockets of my jungle blouse. fifteen cans of C-rations(13.4 pounds), cigs, spare socks, C-Rat sundry packs stuffed here and there, and a poncho wrapped up around an air mattress and a poncho liner all strapped beneath the tiny butt pack… 65-70 pounds… (6’0" and weighed 145 pounds) Plus two of the following: a belt of 7.62 for the M-60, a Claymore, or an M-72 LAWS AT rocket. When we were up in the jungle in the IA Drang and near Cambodia, we also carried an 81mm Mortar round (a 14 pound HE or a 26 pound-WP) slung across in our web gear. When cutting point, the mortar round, 7.62 ammo, Law or Claymore were carried by those behind you as you hacked your way along an azimuth. (If you lasted 20-30 minutes doing this, you then got you ordinance back… and some of the new point man’s…) Needles to say, just walking was a struggle. But hey, were were 19-23 years old… 2/3 of us draftees, one guy, 26, drafted one month before he’d’ve been too old (even including the lifer NCOs, 23-32 years old). One gun team had one man 5’4" too short to be in the Army, and his co-gunner was 6’10". He got the biggest boots they had, cut the toes out, and used cloth "book tape" wrapped over the toes, repairing the boots daily. We Viet Vets catch a bunch criticism for a lotta crap-Bullsh*t!… I’d been to Military Schools and had done a lotta research… The the "training" we got was less that useless. One day each: Maps, radio, E&E, 50 cal, .45 pistol, M-16, M-60, M-79, Bazooka (not the M72 LAWS), First Aid, M26A2 grenade, etc… Nine weeks.The real deal was OJT in country… long stretches in the boonies, 46 and 56 days being my longest (and did 120+ combat assaults). Basically, by the time you learned the job, you worked 6-9 months. The Officers only spent six months, barely learning the job before being pulled back to the rear to learn the administrative elements. Thank the great green gods of war… todays grunts get good gear and real training… Though you guys might think it’s crap… ponder the past a bit… Of my 360 days in country, 300 were hikin’ and campin’…the other 60 were hospital, convalescing and R&Rs
When i was in Army..( Phil Army )our combat load out consist usually of,my choice 1 M14 rifle with 10 mags…plus reserved ammos of 200 rounds …a canteen..no side arm .a machete..or bolo..provisions of 6 kilos rice 8 tin sardines..10 packs instant noodles..sometimes 4 cans corned beef..coffee sugar sometimes ginger ..pot..water gallon 2 pcs..extra uniforms socks ..that is for 2 to 4 weeks combat patrol…😆
Mongol composite bow not just a recurve.
This was interesting but I have a question, how does a soldier carry his camelback if he also has his rucksack on?
How about a more detailed video on the loadout of a modern soldier? You commonly see pictures of modern soldiers with giant rucksacks, what is all that and how much stuff is really necessary? Everything but the kitchen sink? I think of books I’ve read about the Civil War and soldiers on the march at the beginning of a campaign, there would be stuff on the side of the road that the soldiers dumped to lighten the load.
It’s amazing what you can find in GSA catalogs that have NSNs. Dude, my fellow nerds failed you. The "C" in scimitar is silent.
I was still doing ALICE…..or she did me! Loved the ‘cowbot’! Preprogrammed to be drunk!
Good make these kind of videos. Very informative. Next video should be loadout of a Delta Force operator or a navyseal
I like the oil painting look👍
0:53 great use of a forgotten realms soldier, but you should look at the artists other works, they did great illustrations of the Napoleonic wars, and just soldiers in general, their name is Karl kopinski primarily know for their Magic the gathering illustrations and the after mentioned Napoleonic illustrations.
U combat load was either a prc-77 or singers with extra battery packs and antenna extensions. Oh, compass,bino’s and pogy bait.
Excwllent…but no mention of marius’s mules ?
I was Logistics for infantry in Iraq. I laugh at people wanting to be Tier 1 Operators come SHTF. 😂 They all be out of ammo and food within hours and days. Honey Buns and Cigarettes is what they wanted most.
Fellow Long Islander . Port Jeff representing anyway smith haven mall guy it’s called a symatar it’s spelled wrong because that’s the way it’s pronounced but I’m just busting your chops great vids ..
Remember the soldier that warned Napoleon: Don’t get blown apart, Bonaparte.
I have read that the mongols rode lactating mares fattened on spring grasses so the lactose intolerant riders could subsist on yogurt or cheese made in a calf or foal’s stomach bag (source of rennet) from morning milk curdled during the day while they rode, and the fattened horses did not have to spend as much time grazing as they would have otherwise.
Some of these pics make look like im on acid
Correction: while grenadiers existed in the armies of the time (not just the French) and they once did throw bombs in combat, by the 18th century, and certainly the Napoleonic Wars, they weren’t performing that role. Grenades were seen as imprectical and dangerous. The title of grenadier survived as a military tradition, but their role was more like "shock infantry", they were veteran soldiers, typically taller and stronger than the average and well disciplined. They were usually the first men in an attack and the last in a retreat
Correct English pronunciation of Charleville. One possible reason for "carcass" could be used is that a deboned chicken is a "carcasse"…
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A Mongol bow could shoot 400 meters??? That’s 1,312 feet. Current compound bows are only shooting to around 350 feet, but only with very talented shooters. Are you sure you’ve got your numbers right?
whats with the LSD looking visual effects you put on the paintings? Reminds me of "Van Go". Trying to avoid copyright? I think It looks pretty
Donkey better than robot donkey.
Mongels not bad.
Addition, correction: the World HAS seen the "mongol design" before. It is typical of steppe nomadic tribes, e.g. the Huns, the Magyars (Hungarians, not the same as Huns), Seclers, Scithians, Avars, Kabars, Kazaks, and a bunch of horse-mounted "light and felxible, mobile fighter" tribes, for sure at lease a dozen of Turkish cultures, etc etc. I am not a Mongol history specialist, but their success has also other reasons. Interesting how the western world has not learned how to deal with these nomads. Huns were around year 400 A.D… mongols centuries later… and even Chinese built their Wall to protect China from these various tribes. Long story…
I wonder if they required mustaches to prevent women from sneaking into the ranks 🤔
The term ‘logistics’ is new so your quotes need correcting.
mongols and infantry?
Pronounced sim-mit-ter, sim-mit-tar, sim-mit-ter are all excepted. But not what you said Karen.
Skimitard!
I was Logistics for infantry in Iraq. I laugh at people wanting to be Tier 1 Operators come SHTF. 😂 They all be out of ammo and food within hours and days. Honey Buns and Cigarettes is what they wanted most.
That Olympus bag looks like, compared to the standard sea bags we were issued!