Green Berets React to The True Story of Kilo Two Bravo
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Hey guys have thought about getting a Special Air Force Reconnaissance member on the show from Ones Ready podcast maybe do a collaboration I think it would be different but informative!!!
The reason it was such a mine dense area is likely because it was a dry creek. Those mines were left overs from the Soviet invasion in the 1980s. In the decades following, the rains would wash them down into valleys and creeks where they would be concentrated in an area and just get buried in the mud.
will do
Sean’s British accent is on point 😂
thanks mate!
No, it is not. It's way way off. 🤭
Sean is a good lad mate 😂🇬🇧
One thing I'd just like to point out is these soldiers aren't basic infantry guys, they're part of the British Parachute Regiment as signified by the wings on their shoulders. The Parachute Regiment isn't like the 82nd or 101st, they're more on par with the 75th RR or other SOF units and they're a big feeder for the SAS.
Yeah they're paras. For Americans think Rangers as an equivalent.
Eh are they on par with rangers? Rangers is the best infantry unit in the world.
What doesn’t kill you , makes you stronger ! Except Paras , they’ll kill you 😂 , (unofficial Moto )
@@flight2k5 Great. The paras are on a par with the best infantry unit in the world then 😁
@@gooner_duke2756 no they’re not 😂🤣
The GPMG mounted on the Landrover can only be loaded from the left side. The empty cases fall out the bottom and the link goes out the right side. Also the scene where he was digging with the knife was the old way of searching for IED's and mines before the Valen mine detectors and op barma came into TTP's. Yes I am a 12 year British military vet, but remember this movie took place way back in the early days of Afghanistan and the British deployed with the most basic equipment.
As a brit, your accent is on point, made me laugh😭😂
It's hilarious when Buck says "this was excellent, i loved it" then proceeds to rip it apart😂😂
Buck's accent was awesome even if it was more Scottish than British👍👍
"The great raid" would be a hell of a review. True story.
I second this
on it!
I DARE YOU, I DARE YOU TO watch season 1 of "Special Ops: Lioness" if you can. I can bet Buck can't stand even one episode. But that is Dare for!
oh I DID! just wait... that episode may get us banned from the internet lmao
@@FNGACADEMY I watch it and all the time you two was in front of my eyes. Can't wait to see your comments. I watch all season just to see how much stupidity I can't take and how far stupidity can go.
Loved the subtitles comment. Someone told me to do the same with Peaky Blinders.
@@davidazzolin1019now watch mr.robot
@@lordstarck2982 Bro i saw the trailer and was like 'wtf the fck was that' lmfao, i cant bring myself to watch it.
Kurt, loved your insight on leg injuries on the battlefield. Will definitely look for this film.
Yes, finally. I asked you guys a couple of times to react to this movie in the comments.
Maybe it's because I'm from the Netherlands but the movie was released under the name Kajaki over here so I never knew it was called Kilo Two Bravo.
great recommendation!
It was Kajaki in the UK too, its only the US that they renamed it for ...I guess because it sounded like a foreign language movie (Which it is to Buck apparently) .
Finally. Been asking for this for the best part of a year.
This was during Herrick 4 in 2006. I was on the tour and heard about it almost in real time. There were only about 3000 British troops in the whole country, and only a third of us were out on the ground. We were spread around like a mad womans shite, trying to hold ground in little platoon and company strength patrol bases, with bugger all kit and learning on the fly. Looking back it was a joke.
"Mad woman's shite" 😂😂😂 that's brilliant!
The whole story presents the military system as stupid, disorganised and unprofessional. That's how we know it's true.
been waiting for this one
18:28 so i was a Marine combat engineer. they taught us how to do that stuff, except we wouldnt use knifes or anything, we used our fingers. straight finger fucking the dirt/sand to find the mines. but we were only told to do that as an absolute last option, if we had 0 equipement and we needed to clear the area. just part of the job. find it, mark it, keep moving forward
As a Brit, I'm laughing out loud literally at your British accents. That front mounted gun is called a "Gimpy" General Purpose Machine Gun 7.62mm not .50 cal. It does seem odd if they're driving Land Rovers, they'd usually be right hand drive.
Love the GPMG, it’s weird they keep calling it a 50, we used it for a bit as an individual weapon in the gun section. Well depends where you were posted to it was either apart of the normal section or was in weapons platoon. Was heavy but it was a nice addition, never got to use one outside of training though.
I thought that sounded off
As soon as I watched this movie I knew there would be some epic accent work in this breakdown. U guys did not disappoint.
6:25 from what i remember, atleast with the 240, i think its the same with the 50. you have to flip the (im gonna make this sound wierd) you have to flip the top of the bolt to the other side. if i remember right it looks like this...l\l....and you just flip it and make it look like this.....l/l..... or vise versa. then thats when you can swap the feed tray and that
You guys make me rethink the lens I watch these movies thru
The M2 .50 you can change the feed from left to right, but a M240 (MAG) is on the left and isn't changeable.
Dude, the long hair looks great bro, glad to see how you've grown!
I might switch to a different branch just to be a ranger because I want to learn the things you guys learn and be a instructor someday. You guys have something no amount of training can get you. It’s like everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face type thing. I really think you guys are awesome and really am expired by you.
For the .50 you have to change the bar and feed slide in the top plate, change the track and extractor arm on the bolt, and the feed and ejection trays. Easy transition, but uncommon for ground stuff. The Afghan MD-530's were set up with a L and R gun.
I think they must have some shots in revervse. The General Perpose Machine Gun (GPMG) which you saw mounted on the land rovers passenger side is belt felt left to right. Brass comes out the ejection port, right side, and link is ejected from the underside port. Fantastic weapon that would easily rival the m249 and its been in service since the 60S
ah nice!
I was thinking the same thing.
My guess is that they didn't have right hand drive vehicles to their disposal so they reversed some of the footage to make the vehicles look British.
@@woltervandenberg👍🏻
yep as soon you guys commented on, 1st thing i thought was the shots prob in reverse
The top cover would have to be changed as well as a reversed nut sack.
Hey guys. Love the show and the breakdowns. The personal experiences that go with your film critiques are hilarious and bring back lots of memories. Both good and bad. Ah, the good ole days. Just wondering have you seen or critiqued Hyena Road? You guys have covered alot so I thought you guys could use a foriegn film. Keep up the marvelous work. Carry on.
We all know EOD dudes are just a little bit bananas. "Go ahead and shoot one at it. Lets see what it does..."
OIF III
Recon by scope over the truck hood.
If you guys are looking to do another Vietnam era movie, I highly recommend Rescue Dawn. Watched it with my dad who did three tours and he thought it was excellent. Lots of small details that they got right.
Listen fellas
... instead of flagging of the film production.... can't you just appreciate what our lads went through
This one somehow passed my radar for movies so thanks yall for doing it. Have a good watch for later. I'll send you guys a link for one with subtitles
I'm half Australian and half English. I have a relative with such a strong Yorkshire accent that I can't understand a word he says. When I was around 10 I asked my Mum (Mom to you Sepos) why he talks to me in that language when I only speak English. She laughed and said he IS speaking English!
I think they mounted the ammo cradle on the wrong side because that's a left hand feed tray on the L7 GPMG(FN MAG/ M240). I'm not sure if the left hand versions will accept a right hand feed tray, feed pawl, or top cover. Interesting side note, the M240 C feeds from the right.
I’ve only seen right side feed on a twin setup. Haven’t personally seen it on a single mount setup.
Love the videos. Can you guys do a "Megan Leavey" B&B
How about looking into a couple of "Strike Back" episodes?
A lot of the mines laid in this area weren't even from enemy activity but actually from the 1980 Soviet invasion. The actual layout maps for this particular area were not even made known to the British intelligent services by both outside and Russian official channels till around 10yrs after this incident
Kurt should dress up as Borat for Halloween. And I say that with the utmost respect lol
lmao!
Their 240/GPMG might be the same pattern as the coax? The coax that goes next to the Bradley AFV’s main 25mm is right hand feed, so maybe?
Omg that's neat! I bought ya new book 2 on Amazon 😊
Y'all should also look at Bluestone 42, I think y'all will like it they did a good job of capturing the humor.
will do!
I feel like the whole ammo feeding thing might just be a function of the filmmakers flipping the shot; because sometimes photos and shots look better from a composition perspective if they're weighted to the right vs left (for some reason).
For a great cop movie, u gotta do cCOLORS, 80s classic set in LA
Which direction are the expelled cartridges going? Away from the driver?
This is one I had been thinking about for a while (probably shoud have asked).
Hell yes within 30 mins of upload
I laughed so hard when you guys speak English, love it.
Keep the accents up lads, top tier.
Starting to watching the Mission Impossible movies again. Can you guys do a video break down of those movies just for fun.
You should watch Land of Mine. It’s about post WW2 Netherlands, and how they used German teenagers who were force into the German Army to clear minefields by hand. They used German boys to clear beaches that had previously been mined by the Germans. It’s a really good film.
It's a good movie, But not in the netherlands it's in denmark.
The film is also known as "Kajaki" as that's where it happened. Kajaki was an RnR location during the Soviet invasion, so it had lots of legacy minefields surrounding it. Remember that this was shot on a shoestring budget, and investors had a producer credit. So don't expect mass Marvel-level CGI. When we deployed in the early days, we were basically crashed out from the UK to Afghanistan, so we had next to no actual war-fighting equipment as we did later on. We also didn't have the numbers like the US to go out and patrol; we basically holed up in 'Alamos' and prevented TB flags from flying over the District Centres.
Reaction needed to’6 Days’
Correct me if I am wrong. But, can’t you adjust the .50’s to feed from either side for ariel gunnery? So the Brits just did a switch-a-roo for that?
‘the veteran’ with toby kibbel.
y’all should watch that one
20:36 in the actual incident when that Chinook came down it actually started detonating landmines so it couldn't even land to begin with
I wish the reactions of wwii vets to wwii movies had been captured like this for posterity. For all that everyone complains about the age we live in, it does have some cool aspects.
Very true!
I think that scene at the beginning was flipped??? The truck was left hand drive too. I would think it would be right hand drive???
Review the '68 whiskey' miniseries
I would still like to see you guys do John Wick Chapter 2. Along with the original Top Gun and Heartbreak ridge with Clint Eastwood. I would to see you guy’s break down some iconic gunny highway scenes more than anything on this series.
The mine field wasn’t placed in the wadi. They were soviet mines placed in the 80s. Over time with weather ect they shifted and slipped down into the wadi.
Watch the movie " Danger Close: The battle of Long Tan"
I don’t know where they filmed this but it sure as shit looks like Athens/Normandy. I spent time at FOB Z and visited Athens, Normandy and Shrine…this looks like the AO in Kajaki.
The mines collect at the bottom of the wadi following flash flooding since the 80's when the Soviets first placed them further up the grade.
Finally someone mentioned the reason why the wadi was mined.
No Man's Land (2001 film) same sort of very good!!!
Are you trying to do the Peter McKinnon intro “what’s up” 😁
PWHATS UP!
Dudes, your British accents are surprisingly good. LOL
Yes its Kajaki as we in the UK know it.
Well the quad aa 50 cal setups they had back in wwii the 50s were loaded on the left for the left side guns and right loaded on the right side guns so should be just a feed tray change
You guys should watch The Thin Red Line
will do
It's like being deployed with Monty Python.
kurt on his andrew bustamante lite phase
Ammo links? I never thought about it, but I dont think those shits will work right-to-left. I cant remember.
Not to mention he’s throwing spent rounds directly at the driver lol 😂
I think you guys would love the siege of Jadotvile, apparently the tactics used in the event are stilll taught to this day
It sucks that those Irish Rangers were considered cowards for years after that event. I’m so glad the truth of their actions is finally common knowledge
Apparently the components can switched to either side so if can be fed left or right 👍
9:01 you sound like you’re from Londyyyyaaaaannn!!!!!! That’s exactly how they sound to. We worked with them when we were deployed. Great fighters weird ass accent………. We were at the smoke pit one time, I gave him some of my menthols right before he walked away. He said “cheers mate, don’t be a Cunt” I was on the floor laughing. Dude’s were legit. True story.
Ah we brits know this film as kajackie(probably spelt wrong) brilliant film
Kajaki. Yeah i liked this film. We need to see more contemporary war films about the British army. It seems all the modern war films its just Americans because you know Hollywood rules the industry. But the bbc has had good films about the Falklands war. And they're is lots of troubles movies I have seen. Of course the troubles was a very controversial time for the British army so alot of people aren't interested in it
Doesn’t the military have anti aircraft quad 50s that have opposite feed?
SWCC boats have that too
I've heard many English blokes say we Yanks speak like we have hot potatoes in our mouths lol
When I was first in the military I (from Long Island NY) was paired up with a black guy from the deep woods of Mississippi… I literally couldn’t understand anything he said to me for like two weeks.
What’s the one about the SAS guys that got captured in Iraq?
Props to the PJs who pulled those soldiers out of hell.
I’m left handed & I learned how to do 90% of everything right handed lol
I recommend a beers & breakdowns of Delta Force, Chuck Norris. Surprised that hasn't been done yet.
The Great Raid is a great movie based on a true story. 🇵🇭🇺🇲
ill check it out
It looks like the sequence at 5:40 is shown mirrowed 🙃the driver is also on the "wrong" side...left side....L1A1 / L111A1 or L7A2 machine guns are fed from the left too 🙃
L1A1? As in the SLR?
Wasn't that battle rifle a magazine fed rifle? Even its LMG version, L1A2 is also magazine fed.
@@AlexSDU The L1A1 HMG is a .50 (12.7mm) caliber heavy machine gun. The HMG is a modernised version of the American-made Browning M2.
@@chrisa.ger.5360 I see. Thanks for the info. So it's a British version of the M2.
@@AlexSDU But I know what you mean. Its strange to use the same L1A1 designation for two different systemys. But we don't drive on the wrong side of the road either 😉🙃
@@chrisa.ger.5360 Indeed. We both driving on the right side.😄
I'm from the Commonwealth too.
At around the 20-minute mark, could the helicopter have hovered and dropped a rope to extract?
You need to check out Bluestone 42 it is BBC sitcom about bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan
Check out Kokoda movie about Australian soldiers it’s a great one
I remember watching that movie. The opening is somewhat... weird for me, watching that guy slowly coming out of the mud.
6:35 I’m left-handed I can’t do this….. HAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA
Should watch the film ‘ Kajaki ‘. It’s sorta like this film, British soldiers get caught in an old Russian minefield
It's the same movie, just released under a different name in the US.
@@PaddyInf yeah I realised once they got into the film haha
@@PaddyInf I honestly don't understand why the need of different name when aired/sell in US?
As a British guy I too struggles to understand what was being said
Oh for the messed up 50cal the scene is flipped from real life dont know why they do that but theyre british
Probably isn’t carbon fiber knives for eod most likely fiberglass cause carbon transfers electricity.
I was trained to NOT use steel knives!
Brit can’t have “ammo” even in a war movie😂😂😂
Can i go Special forces if I wear glasses?
This is a gun stuff mistake feast: at 6:44 the guv'na calls the GPMG a ".50 cal"
He's saying 2 weapons - GPMG, 50 cal.
Right to left belt fed MG is not that uncommon outside US and NATO countries that supply US military ... DShK, PKM, PKP, Vz59, Type 67, QJY 88 even old Vickers and Maxim
I don't know if they're accurate with their picking on the accents but they sounds so real. Not like your average dudes copying UK accents.
You can switch the feed tray, we called it Sex change when I was in the navy. Don’t ask
This is Kajaki
Guys give The Night Agent a go. Damn it frustrated me! I really want to see you guys tear it a new ass.
Bro that was so popular they renewed it for like 2 more seasons
@@jeremyzentveld5672 yeah but the realism was terrible