A few things worth noting: - The Musikkorps has two drummers. - The officers wear white gloves, while the conscripts wear dark grey ones. You don‘t see that anymore in the Wachbattalion these days! - The arm swing is slower and feels way more natural. I love it! - Spielmannszug and Musikkorps don‘t play together. - The drill with the rifles is notably faster. - Also 1:05 Helmut Schmidt, my beloved. Thanks for uploading! Nice to see something from the other side of the border! :)
@rioreynaldo7553
Жыл бұрын
-West German-era Bundeswehr march tempo and step was faster -drum bass sound louder -and the wide spielmannszug and the Musikkorps have 5 men to the sides, a common marching formation in the Bundeswehr
@scanida5070
Жыл бұрын
0:01 König Ludwig ll. Marsch 0:58 German National Anthem 1:24 Preußischer Präsentiermarsch
@SuperUshistory
Жыл бұрын
It is nice to hear a different entrance march. I do wish that today they would have some variety in the marches they play to enter and exit the ceremonies.
@wxyxx4795
Жыл бұрын
I am sure if this has something to do with the recording type but the drum beat in this clip is a lot heavier and quicker than it is today (compared to recent Bundeswehr parades). Maybe the Bundeswehr music band performanced differently during the Cold War era? Anyways, great upload as usual. Thanks! I really enjoy it!
@MaximusandHistory
Жыл бұрын
No, they perform about the same. It depends on how many bass drums are present in the band. Sometimes it's one, sometimes its two. Also, you must factor the size of the bass drum! The larger the circumference, the deeper the sound!
@wxyxx4795
Жыл бұрын
@@MaximusandHistory That explains a lot. No wonder why the NVA music band was energeric, they had many bass drums and cymbals during performance.🙂I must say that a parade without "Trommel mit Becken" is no parade at all!
@MaximusandHistory
Жыл бұрын
@@wxyxx4795The NVA knew the importance of bass drums, hence why they used a lot of them. The main characteristic feature of a military march is its strict rhythm and cadence. If a band is performing a march, it must have the appropriate instruments to maintain said rhythm (bass drums, cymbals) otherwise it becomes very hard to actually "march" to the march!
@vongunter9947
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. First non-Nva video 😅
@justinf.3293
Жыл бұрын
*2nd
@vongunter9947
Жыл бұрын
@@justinf.3293 oh I see. Ty
@초보회원
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video
@yeapxuen5291
Жыл бұрын
Another KZitemr by the name of "Risitas le Grand" recently uploaded the ErsteMai parade of the NVA in 1956. Looking at that footage and comparing it to this Bundeswehr footage, I noticed that both armies marched with rifles although the palms are flat in the Bundeswehr's. Do you know when was the last national parade the Volkarmee marched like this as in thid Bundeswehr footage?
@MaximusandHistory
Жыл бұрын
Last time was in the 1960's, after that they began to swing their arms in Soviet style (up to the arm pit level) rather than at the belt/waist like in Prussian tradition. However, they technically still marched like this until 1989. But the dimensions of the SKS make it harder for the rifle to rest against the shoulder, so it looks like its kind of sticking straight up and they were using Soviet army style swinging during the last years of the GDR so it looks different. Take a look here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xYuGn6SZfqOKfH4
@yeapxuen5291
Жыл бұрын
@@MaximusandHistorybut in the 1956 parade,the way the riflemen salute the dignitaries is so, sooooooo Soviet! 😱
@MaximusandHistory
Жыл бұрын
@@yeapxuen5291 Yes, they were using a lot of Soviet drill movements during that parade. I have the very first NVA drill manual, which was published in 1957, one year after the NVA was created. It was likely they resorted to using soviet drill in 1956 due to the lack of a drill manual.
@yeapxuen5291
Жыл бұрын
@@MaximusandHistory thanks for the info man. Joined your discord server by the way.
@SuperUshistory
Жыл бұрын
@@MaximusandHistorythe NVA also always marched with a closed fist as in the Soviet style as opposed to the ancient open hand march that has been used since Prussian times. The distinction for the NVA, as you pointed out, is that at first the fist was only raised to the belt but gradually got higher in true Soviet fashion. The NVA was a very fascinating mix of Prussian and Russian drill. Lots of detractors say it was purely Russian but that just simply isn’t true. Thanks for all of these videos!
@Militaria-pr9rj
Жыл бұрын
The swinging of the arms while matching seem to be looser and more natural than in 2023. The rifle drill movements also look faster and more akin to the imperial/Wehrmacht style. At least in my eyes anyway.
@scanida5070
Жыл бұрын
During the closing years of German conscription, conscription time was shortened to nine months instead of the previous 11. The commanders of the Wachbattaillon now had the problem that new conscripts wouldn’t have enough time to learn the drill and would therefore upset the precision of the formation at state visits. So they decided to slow it down to make it easier for everyone. In retrospect (and in my opinion), a slower drill makes room for more inconsistencies in the formation so that wasn’t the smartest move. Although take that with a grain of salt, I‘m no soldiers only an observer.
Great material although clearly not all of Villa Hammerschmidt vintage. The first bars of the German Anthem are not played in honour of President Reagan. At 0:57 you see Secretary of State Al Haig, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and the German Foreign Secretary, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Only later, after a cut, do Ronald Reagan and German President Karl Carstens (who would have officially welcomed Mr Reagan) appear. PS: The Bavarian march is a gem and played with more panache than you'd often hear these days.
@tufikum2633
Жыл бұрын
Ronald greets his cannon fodder
@laszlo5201
7 ай бұрын
If they were the cannon fodder what were the East Germans then?
@PeoplesProtector
Жыл бұрын
It was no Reunification. It was Colonization.
@Mottenfresser
Жыл бұрын
Agrees... Germany has taken over a broken state from the GDR. Well, now the former GDR citizens are allowed to live in civilization. Although some again dream themselves into the ass of the Russians.
@jean6872
Жыл бұрын
*_They look like the ROTC at Arizona State University._*
@tomrabe8037
Жыл бұрын
Thats deutsch?
@prodigy-hu6dy
Ай бұрын
Yes. Their drill is more German than the NVA.
@Arnold0774
Жыл бұрын
Жалка пародия
@prodigy-hu6dy
Ай бұрын
Cry me a river bc they don’t goosestep
@konsultasiin
7 ай бұрын
Bundeswehr hahahaha😂
@josef-peterroemer5309
Жыл бұрын
What a goofy looking uniform 😂😂 FRG uniforms really suck wind.
@tommiterava5955
14 күн бұрын
FRG Navy and Air Force uniforms are nice but not the Army uniforms.
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