Product Details

• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Arts Magic
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Run Time: 54 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CCD26A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,544 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The effectiveness of its artillery arm was one of the dominating features of the German Army on the battlefields of the Western Front in the First World War. Indeed a specific requirement of the Treaty of Versailles was that the new Reichswehr be denied heavy artillery.The expertise and technology that had made the artillery arm so effective in that conflict were never lost. So that when re-armament began in Germany 1933 following the Nazi accession to power the ground was already laid for the rapid expansion of artillery of all types for the new Wehrmacht. While never acquiring the glamour of the Panzer arm the guns of the Wehrmacht were nevertheless instrumental in serving the German Armed Forces in victory and defeat through to 1945.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/MILITARY & WAR UPC: 881482303199 Manufacturer No: 823031

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Winner, November 6, 2007

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R. Meyer (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guns of the Wehrmacht 1933-1945 (DVD)

Guns of the Wehrmacht is basically a profile of German Artillery. This DVD begins with a look at some of the early WWI guns, then quickly moves along to the pre-WWII period during the weapons build-up, glossing over tidbits such as showcasing the Krupp iron works, and discussing things like deciding on a standardized caliber size for the Panzer Corps. The way I describe it sounds convoluted and inconsistent, but it's really interesting.

The footage is once again amazing, you get to see how these big cannons are made, and some up close footage of a worker patiently grinding away to make an artillery shell a thing of perfection. Of course, the meat of the film consists of tons of great looks at these 'guns' in action on the battlefield. One instance that sticks out to me is some artillerymen destroying a tall, thin smoke stack thats probably 2-3 miles away, just dead nuts perfect shot right in the middle and the stack crumbles. Quite impressive accuracy, in my view anyway, back in a day without any computer tracking to do everything for you.

Highly informative and filled with rarely seen footage. Actually I've never seen any of this footage in any other documentary before. The people behind War: Archive Collection really have done a good job.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD with some really good footage, September 5, 2007

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J. Monty (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guns of the Wehrmacht 1933-1945 (DVD)

I found this DVD to be very informative and it had some excellent footage of the North Africa campaign which I had never seen before (many videos replay the same war clips). If you are interested in WWII specifically German weapons I would highly recommend this DVD. For the price you just can't beat it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than most other "War Archive" series DVD, December 9, 2009

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Yoda (Hadera, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guns of the Wehrmacht 1933-1945 (DVD)

The information presented in this DVD, for those with more than novice knowledge in German guns of WWII, is quite rudimentary. Hence for this group the video would be of limited value in terms of information/educational content. For those with little or no knowledge, however, the DVD would be much more informative. It covers the major infantry guns (mostly small, however), field artillery (primarily 105 and 150 mm), anti-aircraft guns (from 20 and 37 mm through 128 mm - in other words the mostly used), anti-tank guns (37mmn, 50mm, 75mm), large rail guns and fortification guns (particularly on the Atlantic All). The footage is split out among these guns in roughly the proportion that these guns were actually built by Germany, much in like the other DVDs in the "war archives" series.

The real strength of this video is that it presents very good film of these guns in action. There is some really impressive footage contained on this DVD. Even someone with good knowledge of the guns would be impressed. This includes all of the guns in all fronts, from North Africa through Finland. The footage includes many of roles including conventional indirect fire artillery, anti-tank, anti-air and anti-ship and direct fire. There is some particularly impressive footage of anti-ship guns at work against the allied vessels as well as anti-aircraft guns at work against allied aircraft attempting to re-supply Rejimgan. There are, however, few close-ups. Hence for model builders looking for a reference not of much use (in that case some of the Osprey or Shiffer series books are far better).