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re: An attempt at a realistic portrayal of what WW1 artillery bombardment sounded like
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
Dan Carlin told it best
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Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:55 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Empty shell pile made during the bombardment of Hill 60 by the british, 1916.
This post was edited on 2/7/19 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:55 pm to OWLFAN86
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my post got several downvotes, what gives?
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:56 pm to Anonymous95
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Empty shell pile from a single bombardment in 1916
Does anyone know if they recycled those shells?
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:56 pm to athenslife101
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i honestly don’t know how realistic that is on a number of levels. This claims to be on the receiving end and logistically, that just doesn’t make sense. The sounds of the guns firing are way too clear and all the guns firing sound equidistant too each other. The sounds of shells would also not be equidistanf. Shells that landed closer to you would be much louder. And not all guns would be fired st the same position.
I agree with this. I can remember Eugene Sledge describing artillery fire when he was at Pelelieu in his book. He said you can’t pick out any one sound, it’s a roar. Keep in mind that the artillery bombardments of WWII were nowhere near as intense as WWI.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
Crazy
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:57 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
The charge st the Battle of Somme was over 15 miles. And yes,, a ton of artillery fell. Across that 15 square miles. Over days. Including missed positions.
Also, soldiers were rotated out of the front line pretty frequently FWIW. I think one of the armies had it at 2 weeks on front line, two weeks on back line, and two weeks leave on a 6 week cycle.
Also, soldiers were rotated out of the front line pretty frequently FWIW. I think one of the armies had it at 2 weeks on front line, two weeks on back line, and two weeks leave on a 6 week cycle.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:58 pm to armytiger96
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Hell its loud from 2KM away.
A single battery of 105s danger close feels like being punched in the chest over and over.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:58 pm to upgrayedd
back to where exactly, California ?
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:59 pm to athenslife101
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Also, soldiers were rotated out of the front line pretty frequently FWIW
Some of the freakiest videos for me are those old shell shocked soldier videos from WW1.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:59 pm to brass2mouth
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Yeah that’s a surreal thing to hear/feel. Every war broughts it’s own bullshite along with it but I think the shells and gas of WW1 takes the cake.
The men were chewed like burger,
Wilting wheat before the thresher,
As chattering machine guns claimed whole pals brigades of sons,
The war that was to be a jolly rout was far from pleasure,
As mankind met modern murder in that hell of World War One.
Artillery rained down and blew me mate's brains out his backside,
As hills were turned to plains without a single plow in sight,
And forests turned to toothpicks,
Grass to mud and blood and gore,
As the cannons flashed unending belching thunder through the night.
The Vickers gun spewed lead as fast as we could keep it loaded
The barrel got so hot it steamed like fog in the Ardennes,
I couldn't hear the screams when the grenade fell and exploded,
As O'leary held his belly trying to keep his insides in.
The trenches lay like rows of graves grave where only frost flowers bloomed,
Where we shivered in the frigid mud and spoke with steaming breath,
'Til gas shells came and rolled towards us bringing clouds of doom,
And cried out for our mothers as we drank in poison death
The galloping of hooves awoke me cruelly from my dreaming,
The whiz-bang boomed and I could feel the wet earth raining down,
The dirt fell from my ears and I could hear the horses screaming,
The riders strewn like broken toys all scattered on the ground.
Our boys they died in droves with each charge that was undertaken,
A generation cut to ribbons for a bit of mud,
The dying cried out through the night, the song of the forsaken,
And paid the price for cravens with each drop of valiant blood.
Were that that war to end all wars had ended senseless dying,
For politicians safe at home who sent them all away,
And no more children wept o'er graves to sounds of mothers crying,
But still they die in foreign lands up to this very day
Posted on 2/7/19 at 8:59 pm to OWLFAN86
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the OPs great grandad must have been a pussy
Frick you and frick you again for trying to make light of the horrors the poor souls that endured WWI had to endure. Again............FRICK YOU
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:00 pm to ForLSU56
this is why we need a History Board
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:00 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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Keep in mind that the artillery bombardments of WWII were nowhere near as intense as WWI.
Different tactics. Tactics of world war 2 artillery were very different from WWI artillery.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:01 pm to Obtuse1
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A single battery of 105s danger close feels like being punched in the chest over and over.
Does it kinda give you a semi feeling all that power?
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:02 pm to DavidTheGnome
All of that just for one little malcontent.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:02 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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I agree with this. I can remember Eugene Sledge describing artillery fire when he was at Pelelieu in his book. He said you can’t pick out any one sound, it’s a roar. Keep in mind that the artillery bombardments of WWII were nowhere near as intense as WWI.
For some reason it’s not letting me copy it but the description in the video says if it were fully realistic all you would hear is loud white noise.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:03 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:im a genius
he video says if it were fully realistic all you would hear is loud white noise.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:05 pm to athenslife101
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Different tactics. Tactics of world war 2 artillery were very different from WWI artillery.
I agree, coupled with better sights, better communication, and better spotting made for more accurate guns. Furthermore, the technology, planes especially, took a lot of the artillery useage.
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:05 pm to DavidTheGnome
Yeah. Also, don’t forget, as horrible as these attacks were, they were super ineffective at actually doing anything of substance. Hence, why the western front was at a standstill for 3 years while larger and larger artillery barrages were deployed
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