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On this episode we discuss 148 (Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery Royal Artillery during Operation CORPORATE better known as the Falklands war. After the Argentine invasion of the Falklands, 148 deployed to the South Atlantic where it operated alongside both the SAS and SBS in order to direct naval and artillery gun fire. Their unique capabilities were invaluable and 148 teams engaged Argentine positions in support of every major British assault.
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Our guest is Brum Richards who served the majority of his military career in 148 whose naval gunfire role can be traced back to The Combined Operations Bombardment Units (COBUs) that provided fire direction for ships in shore bombardment in World War 2. On Op CORPORATE he deployed as Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer on board several Royal Navy warships and offers a unique perspective on the campaign.
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I stumbled into this place by accident. Chuffed I did. Thank you very much for putting this vid out there. 🙏 I was on the Avenger down South in 82 so to get a mench here is very appreciated. Thank you Brum. Also hearing Jack speak for the first time in decades has really twisted my tiny brain. My last draft in the RN was RM Poole looking after their landing craft. The SBS/booties took me out for a mental ride in the harbour on a freekin quick rigid raider for my birthday. Life is good, when we're all friends.
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Brilliant.
It's great to know these stories are being told and recorded for future generations.
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Brilliant podcast.
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Brilliant couple of podcasts, amazing insight from his view of the war.
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Such an excellent podcast series and these two in particular were outstanding, thanks guys 😃👍
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The best ever ! A lot of untold stories there. Hoofing !
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I was NGS trained radio operator aboard HMS Arrow and found this interview fascinating, informative and a must listen
We have interviewed two soldiers re Falklands (Jimmy Morham Longdon episode was other). Both were full of admiration for the Navy and it's professionalism. Too often overlooked when discussing the Falklands IMO.
My dad was CPOSA on Arrow at the same time.
@@convan707 cool 😎
Excellent what happened to him next ?
Was posted to Germany for the last part of his time. Something he was desperate to avoid
From what I've read 2/3 of RN fatalities were due to their own mistakes. Bluff cove could be said to be mainly down to them. Admiral sandy Woodward accepted that, it was their job to land those troops safely.
If there are any navy guys reading this could they not have had a small vessel with a sort of helipad built big enough to operate 1 sea harrier which could be along side the outer pickets to be up in time to welcome the army jets coming in.
Secondly could balloons not have been used to confuse army pilots into thinking it was the carriers and wasting excocets attacking them
Thirdly would conventional anti aircraft artillery have performed better close up than than the missiles used by both army and navy?
@@Teapot69 Due to the Welsh guards running late they were ordered to disembark at Fitzroy 5 miles short of Bluff Cove in order to avoid being exposed in a daylight. Major Guy Sayle, of the Welsh Guards refused to disembark when ordered by Royal Marine Major Ewen Southby-Tailyour, insisting on being taken to Bluff Cove and that all the equipment stores and AA batteries be taken off first.
Both Balloons and Airships were being prepared but the conflict ended before they were deployed
Rapier missiles were deployed on high ground but had no "look down" capability and had suffered on the 8,000 mile journey to be working correctly. To cover the landing zone it was also necessary to deploy "picket" warships in the Sound where the enclosed confines restricted their AA capabilities. The Argentinians initially thought the landing was at Fanning Head and they lost one aircraft attacking there first. RN warships were not kitted out for being attacked at close quarters in such conditions. Hindsight is 20-20 vision.
Great podcast. Out of interest, which was the arctic trained battalion that should/could have gone with 5 brigade?
Been googling that and can't find it anywhere. For the life of me I can't remember the Bn.
@@unconventionalsoldierpodcast No worries, I was just interested and hadn’t heard about it before.
I, and almost everyone else I think, have always wondered why these two battalions were chosen, since they came straight off the parade ground. No offence to the lads. The Welsh paid a high price, and the Scots fought their battle well, by all accounts, and are often ignored where paras and marines are glorified. But surely, not all ‘battle ready’ light infantry battalions available at the time would have been in Germany or Ulster…
@@kiwigrunt330 There was an opinion that high ranking officers felt that if there was a shooting war then the Guards has to be involved. Not sure of the truth of that tho.
It was a NATO not UK roled in the Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land) M&W trained and had 1st Bn Prince of Wales Own ( which was a Yorkshire not Welsh Regt ) and a bit of 17/21 Lancers in Scimitar/Saracen plus all the support trimmings and a Regt of Gunners but they belonged to NATO not the UK. The Regt that was on UK standby out of area was 1 Bn Queens Own Highlanders but they were on UK callout (light role ). 5 Inf Bde which had been Central Europe reinforcement sent the two Para Bns ( 1 Para was in Northern Ireland ) to 3 Cdo Bde so two light role Bns had to be found to what was at the time expected to be a Garrison duty- no-one expected a war- nothing sinister. 40 Cdo were not officially a M&W unit 42 and 45 were the two M&W units. NATO had to find units to replace 3 CDO BDE for SACLANT as no-one knew how long 3 and 5 BDEs would be away.
Were/are FOOs & 4/73 Bty trained to call in NGFS?
No. Role falls directly to 148 Bty.
There was book on the Navy by Sandy Woodward. It wasn't that good !
It's a bit of a theme running through our Falklands pods that the Navy doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Our last pod on SAS in the Falklands is out this month. Our guest Nick was also generous in his praise for the senior service.