John Kettler Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 People, Los put up a YT link on GDF for a German training film on the infantry platoon in the attack. Look what I found in the sidebar! It's a captured Luftwaffe sniper training film with English VO. Not a snippet, but an hour and eight minute's worth of the nitty gritty of sniper training an the enormous cost of making mistakes in the field--dead sniper. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tashtego Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Haven't watched the entire film, but looks like a nice find, thanks John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 This film constitutes an advanced course on sniping fieldcraft. I've watched lots of sniper documentaries, and I've never seen what's depicted here. If you have any interest at all in sniping, be sure to watch this. Am finding it absolutely engrossing. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Two films! The second one has moving decoys of astounding ingenuity, yet made from the simplest of materials. Grog heaven! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenzie Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 What's that other film you mentioned? The one about infantry platoons? Could you post a link? I don't know what GDF is. Edit: Oh wait nevermind, I found it. GDF is general discussion forum then. I am a stupid person. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saferight Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Here is another good German training film this ones on Panzergrenadier/SPW tactics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Kenzie, At the link I gave, there are two vids in succession. The first has the long title you'll see when you go there. The other translates as Sniper: The Unseen Weapon or some such. It's right after the first one at the same link. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellmann Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 John, that is such a wonderful film, thank you sir! I don't like to admit, I saw this classic a few years ago. Just in case you didn't know, there is a possibly higher quality version of this superb film on archive.org you are free to download at any time: https://archive.org/details/germansnipers Speaking of free archive.org videos, there's a good collection of various vintage American training films you might be interested in too.. here's a random one I found: https://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.29862 FUNDAMENTALS OF SMALL ARMS WEAPONS - PART I THE CYCLE OF OPERATION (1945), for example. Don't forget to watch the German WWII Newsreels on there too... or what about Panzer im Angriff (1944), U-Boote am Feind (1943).. etc. https://archive.org/details/1944-Panzer-im-Angriff https://archive.org/details/1943-U-Boote-am-Feind The only reason I mention archive.org is just that sometimes (not always) it is a higher quality version than one might find on youtube (and of course there are *some* rare videos on there, banned on youtube). Enjoy! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hellman, You're welcome! I know the Internet Wayback Machine, but pretty much tuned out the rest. Oops! Love newsreels! Sure, they're propaganda, but to the discerning eye, they're often gold. From what I've seen so far of the German films, the technical quality is markedly worse than YT. Pretty awful at full screen. The Panzer film's on YT, but sans the tutorial graphics. Resolution's much better.Am I missing something? Tried one on the Pioneers, but it didn't work. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetchez la Vache Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 LOL at the Birch-Man Sniper at 28mins in... with his Birch-Gun. :-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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