Comments by "Sean Cidy" (@seancidy6008) on "Ukraine Veteran about Mortars, Artillery \u0026 Gliding Bombs" video.

I remember reading that after D Day half the losses in NW Europe were caused by Nebewerfers (rocket mortars).
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@MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized It was in actually more that half according to an encyclopedia of artillery, it did say 'by some estimates' though. I have also read that the Allied Air Forces top brass (fighter bombers I suppose) came up with all sorts of excuses about why they could not go after the Nebelwerfers in response to army generals demands that much more be done about them. The real reason was the Nebelwerfers were cleverly sited and very well protected making it an extremely dangerous assignment for the fly boys. I have heard a British veteran of Ukraine talk about various types of bombardments and he particularly hated being under fire from the Vasilek automatic 82 mm gun-mortar.
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@andresmartinezramos7513 Maybe you are right.. However that the Allied armies'' commanders were extremely frustrated about the air force fobbing them off about dealing with Nebelwerfers indicates to me that it was responsible for a lot more casualties than is often discussed.
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@SuperMadman41 That was a long, long time ago. It would have been published in the late 80s.
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@willd7596 Not aware the Germans had so much heavy artillery in NW Europe that losses to German artillery could not have been--in a great many cases---actually to Neberwerfers.
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