Not going to lie tho a shit tone of snowflake decisions IE Baning alot of media like TV shows and movies from back in tge day have been made by people from your generation not ours
Not a Bootie or military man myself but am i right in thinking that @ 7:34 the different colour beret badges indicate rank, the gold being senior to the silver (if "gold" & "silver" are even the correct terms!).
4.52 - ah the best o british on it - ai - hurrar for the brave gallant royal marine commando - hurrah and a drink in heaven for ye' - the gallant heroes of San Nazaire - the song began here , ye fine men .
1961......"Scale that mountain Private!!!!" "YES SIR....Right away Sir!!" 2021......"Scale that mountain Private!!!!" "With all due respect Sir......I may fail at such a task, thereby injuring my fragile self Image, causing a lifetime of self doubt........Besides.....my lawyer doesn't recommend it.,.,."
Ah yes,boots and puttees!! Dennison smocks. Shouldn't a mobat be a wombat? And at 5.57 the most important bit of kit essential to any kind of co-ordinated military op. A reliable means of communication. In this exercise, the VHF A41 larkspur radio. A range of 0 some of the time. A couple of miles with a 10' antenna,intermittently. Energised by batteries which were as reliable as a British rail train of that time. Carry a Bergen full of them,just incase. Last but not least. "The L1A1 SLR". The best small arms weapons system of those 2 decades.60s,seventies (No sarcasm,fact).
No, that's definitely an L4 Mobat, not an L6 Wombat. It might have looked like an almighty embuggerance but it could splat any tank the bad guys had at the time. Also notice that the GPMG hadn't entered service yet. Also cringe at the bootys emplaning on helis while still wearing their berets!
Despite I being proven through ballistics testing that a 5.56 nato round does more damage than the 7.62 fired by the slr and the l85a2 being more accurate but sure the slr was better
@@danjones4432 the 7.62 round would cause a higher cavitation wound than a 5.56 round, it has more kinetic energy behind it, the 5.56 round causes injuries that are often of a higher survival rate hence more time dealing with injured comrades. The SLR was a fine piece of kit but a right pain in the ass in CQC or lugging it around and assault course.
@@jimjoelliejack a nato 5.56 round has been proven in belistics test to do more damage as it had a lowered velocity meaning on impact with target it tumbles and tears its way through causing more ripping and tearing damage as opposed to the 7.62 which like you said would cause a larger initial cavity but nothing else and like you said its more of a pain in the ass to lug around
4:40 So many peas. Yuck! Honestly, I hate peas. No chance on a Sterling, but we can own L1A1's here in the States (until Biden gets around to them). It's a great rifle.
Continued this through the Falklands, though not sure to what extent. 2 Scots Guards wore their berets during the night assault on Tumbledown as it was felt to be an easy recognition feature during the night fighting; anyone not in a beret was presumed to be Argentinian. Have also heard that Royal Marines wore their berets during the fighting on the Falklands, even though they were issued with various older steel helmets (Paras issued with new lightweight helmets); pictures during the fighting very rare since the actions took place at night. Only seen a few pictures of RMs in helmets, they were being worn by machine gun crews manning improvised positions on the ships. If they wore helmets on land, they took them off as soon as the engagements ended. Would genuinely like to know what the Marines actually did.
I was with 40 Commando during the Falkands war and we never wore helmets then, I think the first time I remember them becoming standard was in the early 90's.
@@tonyjames5444 were you issued helmets in the Falklands and just not wear them or were they "politely" refused? Was it left to the individual Marine whether he wore one or not or did each unit/sub unit have it's own policy what to wear? Can't imagine many wanted to lug around a steel helmet with everything else that had to be carried.
@@mh53j Helmets were part of our general issue kit but they were the old style tin lids that had been around since the 60's, they weren't designed to fit well and subsequently wobbled on your head and were were bloody awful unlike the paras helmets which were far better designed, we didn't even wear them on the initial landings at San Carlos and we were advised to put them on during air raid warnings but never did, they weren't worn either during the main assaults around Stanley. I joined in 79 and right through the 80's we never wore them on exercise or in Northern Irealnd, it wasn't until a better design arrived in the early 90's it became the norm to wear them.
Cliff climbing must be supported by a safety rope. Even the best climber may lose his footing. Then what would we have? One dead Marine. The first thing an inquiry team will ask for is to be shown the risk assessment. Who signed it off? This training is irresponsible and reckless!
Let me load the plutonium core into the time machine, you'll be able to travel back through time, and file a more formal complaint. Whatever you do though, DO NOT STEP ON ANY INSECTS...or...umm...HAVE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH ANY ANCESTOR/POSSIBLE ANCESTOR. Warping space/time is serious business! I sent a team back 75 years once, and next thing I know Donald Trump gets elected President of the United States. Time travel, like free-climbing, can have deadly consequences! /s
I served in the marines in the late 70s there was no H&S then, it was just normal to do things that way, to tell you the truth it was what drew young lads like me to join up and become a Commando it was hard but great to be able to do those things. I’m now 60 and it’s a shame to see jobs like that stifled by H&S, it’s a completely different world today, but accidents still do happen whilst training to be a part of the most elite infantry in the world.
Never used safety ropes if you let go you died. Therefore I termed the hold on a rope Death Grip. The safety gloves for an abseil were your pussers green socks.....fekin crazy when I look back on it.
I served '86-'98 in the Corps, no regrets, I'd do it all again and more. Per Mare Per Terram 🌍⚓
Served 75-84. Great times, great mates. Not by Strength, by Guile.
Why'd you leave then royal ?
86 to 2000 for me. 45 and 40.
@@paulsaunders6536 bubble head?
The hardest military course to pass: no, not the Commandos, the catering course, in all three services; no one's ever passed!
The SQ badge for chefs/cooks/knocker uppers was a K. This was for Killer. That said the scran was good in the galley.
The only Snowflakes there were on the mountain tops, great video, brave men👍
Constantly mentioning snowflakes makes you as bad as them
No, it certainly does not! Nothing's as bad as a modern-day snowflake!
You can only call us snowflakes when you understand the society we have grown up in. Or may I phrase it differently, the society you brought us up in.
Not going to lie tho a shit tone of snowflake decisions IE Baning alot of media like TV shows and movies from back in tge day have been made by people from your generation not ours
Wow! Live mg firing behind the troops in water, lucky no skip ricochets, dangerous realistic stuff. Impressive. Thanks for sharing. 👉👊
Health & Safety Herbert's are twitching all over the world watching this!
My thoughts exactly lol.
Live ammo on exercise with Marines everywhere - crazy but can't get any more realistic than that!
I'm hoping and assuming that was simnution for the video otherwise that's an easy was to kill off an entire section on a training exercise 😮😮
Hard going....Bur worth every bead of sweat
Yellow lanyards on the Marines at Okehampton battle camp, if I remember right that would be 41 Commando from Deal.
Not a Bootie or military man myself but am i right in thinking that @ 7:34 the different colour beret badges indicate rank, the gold being senior to the silver (if "gold" & "silver" are even the correct terms!).
They’re just different manufacturers of cap badge, one has less copper in the brass mix than the other.
4.52 - ah the best o british on it - ai - hurrar for the brave gallant royal marine commando - hurrah and a drink in heaven for ye' - the gallant heroes of San Nazaire - the song began here , ye fine men .
1961......"Scale that mountain Private!!!!"
"YES SIR....Right away Sir!!"
2021......"Scale that mountain Private!!!!"
"With all due respect Sir......I may fail at such a task, thereby injuring my fragile self
Image, causing a lifetime of self doubt........Besides.....my lawyer doesn't recommend it.,.,."
@@wadi_dog another civvy who has no clue and calls everyone born after a certain year " snowflake" .
Ah yes,boots and puttees!! Dennison smocks.
Shouldn't a mobat be a wombat?
And at 5.57 the most important bit of kit essential to any kind of co-ordinated military op. A reliable means of communication. In this exercise, the VHF A41 larkspur radio.
A range of 0 some of the time. A couple of miles with a 10' antenna,intermittently.
Energised by batteries which were as reliable as a British rail train of that time.
Carry a Bergen full of them,just incase. Last but not least.
"The L1A1 SLR".
The best small arms weapons system of those 2 decades.60s,seventies (No sarcasm,fact).
No, that's definitely an L4 Mobat, not an L6 Wombat. It might have looked like an almighty embuggerance but it could splat any tank the bad guys had at the time.
Also notice that the GPMG hadn't entered service yet.
Also cringe at the bootys emplaning on helis while still wearing their berets!
Despite I being proven through ballistics testing that a 5.56 nato round does more damage than the 7.62 fired by the slr and the l85a2 being more accurate but sure the slr was better
@@danjones4432 the 7.62 round would cause a higher cavitation wound than a 5.56 round, it has more kinetic energy behind it, the 5.56 round causes injuries that are often of a higher survival rate hence more time dealing with injured comrades.
The SLR was a fine piece of kit but a right pain in the ass in CQC or lugging it around and assault course.
@@jimjoelliejack a nato 5.56 round has been proven in belistics test to do more damage as it had a lowered velocity meaning on impact with target it tumbles and tears its way through causing more ripping and tearing damage as opposed to the 7.62 which like you said would cause a larger initial cavity but nothing else and like you said its more of a pain in the ass to lug around
@@HO-bndk A41? Radio
So everyone just rocks up and grabs a gat from the Q-bloke without signing for it?
and puttees are an excellent choice in the snow
or checking to make sure that it's unloaded.....
Corps of drums band of the Royal Marines
4:06 Finland War memorial ride
That live fire exercise looked very dangerous. Were they really shooting live rounds at each other?
British Armed Forces still calling recruitment events "Look at Life" 60 years later. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Guards.
... couldn't do this.
There you go fella, I finished your post for you as you seem to have run out of steam.
@@JammyDodger45 I wonder how many marathons you have run since you left the forces or how many operational tours of duty you have done ?
@@gareth1974barrington - why do you wonder that?
Are you planning on sending me a congratulatory card for my achievements?
4:40 So many peas. Yuck! Honestly, I hate peas. No chance on a Sterling, but we can own L1A1's here in the States (until Biden gets around to them). It's a great rifle.
"...they seldom wear steel helmet in action." Well I'd like to think that stupidity ended soon after this film was made.
Continued this through the Falklands, though not sure to what extent. 2 Scots Guards wore their berets during the night assault on Tumbledown as it was felt to be an easy recognition feature during the night fighting; anyone not in a beret was presumed to be Argentinian.
Have also heard that Royal Marines wore their berets during the fighting on the Falklands, even though they were issued with various older steel helmets (Paras issued with new lightweight helmets); pictures during the fighting very rare since the actions took place at night. Only seen a few pictures of RMs in helmets, they were being worn by machine gun crews manning improvised positions on the ships. If they wore helmets on land, they took them off as soon as the engagements ended. Would genuinely like to know what the Marines actually did.
I was with 40 Commando during the Falkands war and we never wore helmets then, I think the first time I remember them becoming standard was in the early 90's.
@@tonyjames5444 were you issued helmets in the Falklands and just not wear them or were they "politely" refused? Was it left to the individual Marine whether he wore one or not or did each unit/sub unit have it's own policy what to wear?
Can't imagine many wanted to lug around a steel helmet with everything else that had to be carried.
@@mh53j Helmets were part of our general issue kit but they were the old style tin lids that had been around since the 60's, they weren't designed to fit well and subsequently wobbled on your head and were were bloody awful unlike the paras helmets which were far better designed, we didn't even wear them on the initial landings at San Carlos and we were advised to put them on during air raid warnings but never did, they weren't worn either during the main assaults around Stanley.
I joined in 79 and right through the 80's we never wore them on exercise or in Northern Irealnd, it wasn't until a better design arrived in the early 90's it became the norm to wear them.
@@tonyjames5444 Thank you for your service.
Thee Royal marines of 2021 are snowlakes compared to these men.WTF has happened?
Shut up you silly bastard. I'm sure they were snowflakes in Afghanistan. Go back to reading your commando comics
What an incredibly stupid statement 🙄
Fuck off Ian Blecher you fucking greasy steaming turd
@@Horriblebastad SCRAN........:)
@@sharkwolf7788 On top of some mountains in Afghanistan you find snowflakes .
Cliff climbing must be supported by a safety rope. Even the best climber may lose his footing. Then what would we have? One dead Marine. The first thing an inquiry team will ask for is to be shown the risk assessment. Who signed it off? This training is irresponsible and reckless!
Let me load the plutonium core into the time machine, you'll be able to travel back through time, and file a more formal complaint.
Whatever you do though, DO NOT STEP ON ANY INSECTS...or...umm...HAVE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH ANY ANCESTOR/POSSIBLE ANCESTOR.
Warping space/time is serious business! I sent a team back 75 years once, and next thing I know Donald Trump gets elected President of the United States.
Time travel, like free-climbing, can have deadly consequences!
/s
It was the way it was then balls of steel.
I served in the marines in the late 70s there was no H&S then, it was just normal to do things that way, to tell you the truth it was what drew young lads like me to join up and become a Commando it was hard but great to be able to do those things.
I’m now 60 and it’s a shame to see jobs like that stifled by H&S, it’s a completely different world today, but accidents still do happen whilst training to be a part of the most elite infantry in the world.
Oi oi, snowflake alert!
Never used safety ropes if you let go you died. Therefore I termed the hold on a rope Death Grip. The safety gloves for an abseil were your pussers green socks.....fekin crazy when I look back on it.