Shotguns (World War I)

Shotguns (World War I)

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49 Comments

  1. P. K. on October 28, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    I just realized something about this video, even though it’s cartoon they still practice trigger discipline by keeping finger away from the trigger



  2. Caden Dains on October 28, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Germany: Threatens to execute captured americans with shotguns
    Americans: "Thank you for that little bit of encouragement to keep using it and to KILL YOU HARDER"



  3. Alison Indvik on October 28, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    1:26 hey I’m sorry to be that guy but it’s spelled gauge, not gage



  4. Wide Roblox Boi on October 28, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    Germany: uses gas and flamethrowers
    Also Germany: complaining about a shotgun



  5. Colin Chung on October 28, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    Germans will executed for only having the shells? Even the empty shells?



  6. Synchron Alfi on October 28, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    Not germany was for the ww1 it was Österreich



  7. Nutty on October 28, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    Oh slam fire is real



  8. D_Sully Gaming on October 28, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    German Military: please stop these guns are literal war crimes because of how effective they are.
    Americans: Ha Ha shotgun go chk chk



  9. Sven Apeldoorn on October 28, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    Germany: starts war
    America: winning bc better weapons
    Germany: ey thats not allowed



  10. Pistol Sovereign on October 28, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Wow I didn’t know you could semi-auto a pump action shotgun. That explains why it was so op in world war 1. It’s like being able to shoot the Peacekeeper semi-automatically in Apex Legends



  11. zeno god of everything on October 28, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    I don’t think they ever shot a grenade out of the sky the way they threw grenades Germans were really good at chucking them



  12. Coppertop V on October 28, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Say hello .. to my Boom Stick, Pal!



  13. Henry Barry on October 28, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    Germany: OMG!!!1!1!1!1!1!1!11!!!!! UR USE SHOTGUN?????????????? NOT EPIK

    America: haha shotgun go boom



  14. Chef on October 28, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    So Germany was the kid who changed the rules when they started losing



  15. Jeff S. on October 28, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    Losers always talkin bout "unfair"!!🤣🤣🤣



  16. Waylan Holecek on October 28, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    Germany: no shotguns

    Germany: uses flamethrower



  17. Lemon on October 28, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    The main reason shotguns were considered inhumane was because medics couldn’t help soldiers that were wounded with buckshot and they couldn’t dig the pellets out, unlike burn wounds which can be treated. No excuse for gas, but only 3% of gas attacks were effective in the field.



  18. Armouredfalcon on October 28, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Germans: "shotguns cause unessecary suffering!"
    Also germans: "haha mustard gas go psshhhhh"



  19. John Malkowski on October 28, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    I think submarines should be banned



  20. That Filipino guy ate food. on October 28, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    The German milatary are basically angry 8 year old COD players who report players who killed them.



  21. AlexGuy on October 28, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    "Execute any American soldier who had been caught with a shotgun or shotgun shells."
    Come and get me, ROFL.



  22. DeLtA VaRiEnT 19 on October 28, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    My favorite gun. Close up mess making perfection but then drop in slugs and its a holy terror. 👍



  23. Kervin Abrielle Berri on October 28, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    Third reich: pls banned this gun…uwu
    Me: say the one who Uses mustard gas



  24. TheInspire96 on October 28, 2021 at 8:52 pm

    Why are people trying to justify the use of banned weapons because of other banned weapons used? This generation is so savage and fucked in the head.



  25. Some guy on October 28, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    “Shotgun op pls nerf”

    -some germans



  26. Jadyn Little on October 28, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Germany:stoooooop it’s unfair
    America:hehe shotgun go chick chick



  27. Precious Bless Tomonghal on October 28, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    the Germans complaining about shotguns is like that kid in a video game that complains that you are using an op gun but in reality he’s the one with an op gun.



  28. Pau Khai on October 28, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    German: we love using gas
    Allies: shut up brat
    Later
    USA: we love using shot guns
    German: shut up brat



  29. Boo Radley on October 28, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    I dont get it, why do people love videos with low effort animations?



  30. The SL Channel on October 28, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    Do you know that the Germans hate shotguns, like so much that they won’t use it. 🤣



  31. PARALLELOGRAM 不安 on October 28, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Germany really want the shotgun buffed



  32. pipesnipe 43 on October 28, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    I know right it’s 10 times more inhumane then your head blown off by a shotgun then choking a mustard gas to death and coughing up blood while your teammates get shot with artillery guns



  33. megaman x on October 28, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    Germany:please don’t use shotguns America:how bout I do anyway



  34. micktiktok on October 28, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    Simple Americans more like



  35. stranger on the interwebs on October 28, 2021 at 9:12 pm

    remember, the people who used FLAMETHROWERS thought this was inhumane



  36. hilldwler 420 on October 28, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    The Germans considered shotguns as “ unsportsmanlike “ but had an entire regiment of flame throwers the Totenkopf Pionier Regiment. Go figure



  37. mj Layug on October 28, 2021 at 9:13 pm

    GAGE! A NEW SHELL BETTER THANT THE 12 GAUGE



  38. ExTrA Tv on October 28, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    the thing with shotguns, was that they didnt kill the target, so the soldier that recivied the blast would die by infection or the amputation



  39. Dobby From Harry Potter on October 28, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    They literally tried to nurf the shotgun. And yet they are using gas etc. I’d guess there a lot of pain and suffering from a rifle too. And barbed wire, and getting bludgeoned to death with a club or mace. O.o Flamthrower even. But the shotgun is too OP, ok…



  40. Fr33man1988 on October 28, 2021 at 9:15 pm

    It’s “gauge”



  41. Kane Garvey on October 28, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    Same thing happened with the crossbow way back when. Pope said it was "too evil a weapon" but it’s okay to have constant war so long as the church benefits.



  42. Christian Lucero on October 28, 2021 at 9:18 pm

    Shotguns were not effective at all… the shells were made out of paper and in the wet environment made them completely useless, the American expeditionary force stopped using the shotgun out of pure hatred of the useless tube.



  43. leeprimo on October 28, 2021 at 9:19 pm

    GAGE



  44. Thefreewils on October 28, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    *skill issue*



  45. Combine Shotgunner on October 28, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    In WW2 some Russians used double barrel shotguns.



  46. Creed on October 28, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    Trench Broom with fleshets



  47. [InsertOriginalName] on October 28, 2021 at 9:22 pm

    I can hear the Germans saying "Shotgun too op nerf or we quit!!!1!!1"



  48. Chunkyboi on October 28, 2021 at 9:23 pm

    So basically Germany cried OP



  49. William DeLuca on October 28, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Germany: Sinks Passenger Ships, Make a Gas That Chokes You To Death, And Kills Innocent Civilians.

    USA: *Uses Shotguns*

    Germany: No Fair Bro That’s Illegal