This is Captain Dickie's WW2 paratrooper uniform
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Mustache *IS* part of the historical accuracy
Edit:
*Insert OG comment farmer meme*
It ain't much but it's honest work
Absolutely
Standard officer issue
You forgot to mention the Etonian accent, but mostly for the cavalry and The Royal Engineers.
Mustaches are a lifestyle.
the Stache is real!!!
I am from Arnhem. Anually, there are paratroopers dropped above the heathland near Arnhem as memorial of the fallen soldiers. Throughout the city are depictions of the pegasus, in memory of operation pegasus, the battle of Arnhem and operation market Garden.
Love how the Dutch remember our forces
I am one of those paratroopers, in about 1,5 months we'll be jumping again there.
@@luapnosboh7421 I lived in Nederland for 10 years near Niemagen. It was actually the Canadian forces liberated Amsterdam. Even so the Dutch caught hell during the war. Now days the younger generation hate Americans because of our policies. Ick bin Mokum . Ick lief Nederlanders. Blessings
@@tuckerdogglass5383 Canadians yep that's true and opp manna by the RAF
@tuckerdogglass5383 yes but the british jumped into the battle of arnhem not the Canadians
Dang not much water if you’re running around all day
From what I hear, they didn't put water in those. They used it for pee and dip spit.
@@FalloutUrMumUnless you’re on a covert missions it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to piss/split in your clean water vessel when you could just spit and piss on the ground or in a bush
Presumably if this kit is based of Arnehm, then it's for fighting in Western Europe, where water is pretty readily available. So 2 pints is a pretty reasonable amount to carry. Easily enough for a day, and going over 24 hours without finding a water source in Western Europe, is unheard of.
It's no one gonna point out that 2 pt is a Quart!?! 🤔
@worldtraveler930 Well, it doesn't really need pointing out.
The first weapon that I ever qualified with was the Lee-Enfield.
Fantastic rifle, even today.
Reliable, powerful and accurate. Beauty!
Cheers. 🇨🇦
If it wasn't so expensive I'd buy one...
I can probably afford the Mosin, but with the war in Ukraine... ammo is kinda fucking expensive, gonna wait for it to end
These boys went through hell for us. I appreciate all of them
No they did not. They did it for bankers. Innocent men and women died for international bankers. The allies were the bad guy.
These boys deceitfully delivered half a million Yugoslav refugees to communists after promising them refuge and safe passage. Slovenia and Croatia still hold thousands of mass graves with their remains.
@@jackpleb2360nah bro its obvious both allies and axis nation leaders are mindcontrolled by aliens. Ww2 was an act to quell the growing human populations. Get ur fact straight u dummy.
@@jackpleb2360International bankers yeah sure bro not like Germany was just straight annexing entire countries. Stay in your crazy group and go back to playing hoi4 to go "save" Germany from the "bad" guys.
@@jackpleb2360 so what brand of extremist are you
Didn't know that every guy in the section carried Bren mags. Smart move. But only 50rnds rifle? Yikes...
This predates the mass firepower doctrine. Soldiers were taught marksmanship and expected to shoot only when they could hit their mark. Bolt action rifles have a much lower rate of fire than automatic rifles do. So their ammunition requirements were lower. But knowing that they were going into battle most soldiers would carry the bandolier in the pack as well as a few over the shoulder. Otherwise fifty was enough for most squad actions, and runners would fetch more periodically if needed.
@@michaelfoye1135 Good points. Especially given the musketry standards of the British, and I'm sure the Paras even more so. (vs. Yanks banging away with Garands, throwing a blizard of rounds downrange).
Same with revolvers and lever actions....they force you to slow down and hit what you're aiming at.
You also can use the .303 from the Bren mags if you really needed too. So was more like 50 +60
@@Captain_Yorkie1 True that. (but I'm really wanting to keep that squad auto fed)
@@Mis-AdventureCH The load out for the M-1 Garand was remarkably similar to the British Enfield rifles. US forces used bandoliers too. Also holding about fifty rounds. US forces had more pouches fir ammunition, and also carried braces with multiple bandoliers of loaded clips for the garand. Semi-automatic fire can be rapid, but the large rounds .30-06 meant that in practice they were fired more slowly. Except by the BAR gunner.
The real heroes
Look at Europe today and tell me they fought on the right side.
When the soldiers fought the also hoped for a muslim mayor of london? And cities like it becoming a english minority. Look at the west and tell me that europe was truly safed
@@Waldgxngerwhat a load of shit
@@slappy8941id rather have my totalitarian neo-pagans be 15 year old girls on tiktok than short ball-less manlets (except Goering)
@@slappy8941from my pov they did
The uniform worn by the heroes that liberated my hometown, lest we forget!
A workmate of my Dad's was at Arnhem. As a little kid I was in absolute awe of him. He was such a gentleman. RIP Harry.
saw the uniform and instantly thought *"Bridge too far"* -- and i wasnt wrong 😅
My grandad was a paratrooper and was on pegasus bridge ❤
Did he tell you that the oxs and bucks captured the bridge?
@nathanharrison8318 i didn't know him really and only saw him a few times, its just what my dad told me but i can't ask him because hes not here anymore. I would love to know more about it but i don't have anything but his name
Same as that
@@nathanharrison8318Meeeow!
@@jamieevans6395. You can be very proud of him. It was a daring mission but very important and was successful. 👍🏻
50 rounds only? God that’s scary as hell.
Also 10 rounds in the rifle and 60 rounds in the bren mags.
Its not like they were meant to fight the whole war by themselves. Airborne is to be dropped *slightly* ahead of conventional forces shortly before they begin an operation and is to wreak havoc behind enemy lines until the conventional forces reach them.
They only need about 48 hrs worth of gear 99% of the time as they can usually retreat if things go south
@@nicholashodges201 Market Garden and Overlord to a lesser extent demonstrate what Paras are for. They don't just jump in any old place for the sake of being behind the enemy to reek havoc, really more of a side effect. We jump in to secure vital and strategic location. Airfields, communications, artillery, hold bridges for our forces or demo them on the enemy trying to repel an invasion as has been actually done.
I had to learn about eastern European bridges and the best way to blow them in the event we needed that done, when its best to ambush an amphibious armoured river crossing party to disrupt them the most. Ways to buy the majority of NATO battle groups a few hours to dig in here and there. Secure and deny, which as you pointed out may include pulling off the objective, is the name of the game.
@@devilin100 market garden is the textbook example of how you LOSE 50% of your paras because your a self absorbed jack ass.
If you want a *GOOD* example, look to the D-Day airborne actions.
Both are still taught to commanders and paras today. Guess which one is the "Don't do this" lesson.
The troopers there were amazing and did a great job in a fight they were set up to lose. But they were absolutely wasted and with no good reason.
If SKS 10 cell chest rig were exist in that time, it probably turning the tide.
200 round ready to be use.
💛...in the mid-60s, we were carrying the m14 and about the same amount of gear...i think we had a bayonet too...
What about rope?
Love my Lee-Enfield jungle carbine, 600 yd gun all day long
And real big bang from the muzzle, because of shorter barrel?
🙄
My uncle was injured in Arnheim. Spent 3 years in hospital. Lovely man God rest his soul
07 may he rest in peace, a hero worthy of Valhalla.
German or British?
@@michielstam8775 Scottish to be precise
When I was young I went to the rememberance day of MarketGarden, Arnhem. Loads of paratroopers and veterans jump above the hei. They still do that every year. In the 80’s there were so many veterans each year and for 4/5 may aswell. In my little village there was a flower spiral over the road and on top of old WW2 material (from keep them rolling) the veterans were driven through the village. All kind of activities, like a Taptoe. In the 80’s parts of Arnhem center still needed repair, rebuilding. I’m not 100% sure it was caused by the war but it always made me imagine what happened there. A few minutes drive from Arnhem there is a museum in the woods which has a (captured) T34 which was used by the SS standing next to the road. Maybe your uncle also has bin to one of these days. And if, I hope he enjoyed.
@@michielstam8775I believe he went back once and tried to find a local woman that saved him (She literally cared for him in her home as he was severely injured). Unfortunately he was never able to to find her again)
A toggle rope was part of the standard equipment of British commandos[1] and the Parachute Regiment during World War II. It was 6 feet (1.8 m) long, and had a toggle at one end in a tightly fitting eye splice, with a larger eye at the other end.[2][3] This enabled them to be fastened together to create an ersatz rope ladder, or to secure around a bundle for hauling, among other uses as well as an ad-hoc truncheon. The ropes were carried around the commandos and paratroopers waists while not in use.[4] The toggle rope was also used by US Army Rangers[5] and Australia in the Vietnam War as the fibre rope assembly, single leg, polyester fibre, 1in circ. 9ft long[6][7] Later variants of the nylon rope lacked the toggle and was 10mm x 4m long and was stored in a 1 ft long coil when stashed away. Modern day issued variants are the Platatac toggle rope.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toggle_rope
Thank you! I was wondering what that rope was
That was the one thing I didn't know what it was for, and the one thing he didn't explain.
They missed the info about the ropes during the war were made from Hemp fiber. Thanks for posting this.
It was also standard issue in the South African army in the 80's
Thanks. I was wondering what the rope was for. I thought maybe it was for some kinky British thing.
His blue eyes alone would stun the enemy forces if this were in period
The cross load of automatic and rifle ammunition is brilliant! The toggle rope also displays the emphasis on teamwork! extremely important. I’d like to see the toggle rope come back into service.
so what is the rope used for?
@@mattberg916 You can use a bunch of them to make a longer rope/rope ladder, should the need arise, like crossing a deep river en mass. But its primary role was to be enough rope to let a para climb out of most trees, without being like 45ft of rope.
We still use a modern version. Its just nylon rappel rope. Only, usually, gets brought out for combat jumps. Too valuable to risk Pte Bloggins loosing one when he really doesnt need one. Like 6000 USD, iirc. Spent a couple days after I was a towed jumper in a tree because the one time someone needed one the most if they were gunna go that long without a search party finding them.
The scrim scarf as well was meant to be a combinable piece of kit. You could string a few together and make an improvised camo net
It was a thing when I was in the US army, we called them prussik ropes. The main function was as a brake on nasty ascents under load, as well as setting A-frames for lifting or dropping casualties. We would also use them to tie off to a tree while relieving ourselves, making shelters, tying swiss seats, all sorts of shit.
I served with the South African Defence Force in 1989/90, and we were issued with toggle ropes.
What beautiful eyes you have!
The fact that a grenade has ABOUT a four second delay...
The small piece of slow burning explosives that make up a delay fuse are cut by hand and are pretty small. So a relatively small difference in size makes for a big difference.
We use to modify our frags so they had a 1-15 second delay. Pull pin, apply to affected area. None of this cooking in urban warfare, straight hunks of wire to the problem as soon as possible. Marines asked for some, they had one bad frag and ruined it for all of us.
So, once you pull the pin, get rid of that thing! Am I right, mostly?
@@kevinohalloran7164So long as you hold down on the handle the fuse won’t start pin or no pin.
@carrott36 Thank-you. Good catch. Nice to know there are knowledgeable people attending items like this story.
@@kevinohalloran7164”once you remove the pin, Mr. Grenade is nobody’s friend…”
I have respect for Western Allied troops, and I find it tragic how many died for nothing… because what did they fight for? A Muslim mayor in London? Our own people being replaced? The Mongolian horde coming from the East, the USSR, barbarians who overran Europe, killed what once was a proud and civilised people, us Germans. The allies and Germans fought a deadly brother wars between soldiers who could have been friends in a civilian context… the real enemy was in the east. We should have fought together against it.
Bro's eyes are emaculate
Their kit was so simple. Now it’s so much crap. Honestly I’d almost prefer their old kit with the shovel all nice like that and everything then my 100lb pack I have today. 😂
Talk about that commando rope! We made those in Boy Scouts...
Not familiar with this piece of kit ; Is the idea that you can link as many of these together as needed to make a long section of strong rope ?
@@johnspruit7296 That's the basic gist f it. You use the dowel fit through a tight eye splice in one end of an eight or ten foot piece of rope, and button it through the larger eye splice in the next guy's rope, and that series makes up as much length as you need to climb the obstacle. It also makes it easier to replace damaged rope, instead of having to replace whole 100' ropes.
It was used by commandos in WWII to spread the weight of the patrol's climbing rope among all the troops and give them kind of a ladder effect. It was also in the Scout Handbook, and in the merit badge pamphlet for Pioneering MB.
@@No-One-of-Consequencethanks
I love this uniform. Looks so good
I love this guys energy, making me wanna get involved with living history, just don't have money to 😂
bro just go to future just to shows us his combat uniform in the past
For all those who served in the war, I salute you and thank you. You are an inspiration to us all. - An American veteran (Air Force 1979 - 1987).
Thank you. I did not serve in the war but I am a veteran (Navy 1967-1970) - although it teach me how strong men are when they are on top
of me 😮
Specialy the germans for having the Balls fighting the entire World, TWICE!
@@S2audicoupeS2even if a lot of the ss and hitler himself were nasty pieces of work, the german army had balls fr
@@S2audicoupeS2nah I’m not thanking Nazis
But always evaluate what you are fighting for
My great grandfather is American, and he fought in ww2. He was a cook.
An army marches on its stomach. Hot food was like a gift from the gods
Fighting cook
He made it look too easy
Hot ww1 guys back wheres all the thirsty women XD
In a village near me in England, theres a statue of pegasus atop a hill, on a memorial.
It commemorates a glider that crashed on its way to Market Garden.
It's so wild as an American that paratroopers in 1944 would still be issued bolt actions.
Well who all decided to adopt semi auto rifles as standard issue? Marines didn't adopt the Garand until 42, favoring 2 BAR in a squad. Soviets did they just didn't have the capacity to make more as the Germans came knocking weeks later. French were in the middle of procuring and trialing having everyone armed with a RCS, but similar to the Soviets had to drop that for MAS production. Canada geared up to issue Garand's on mass but by that time the British needed to be rearmed mid war and production was needed elsewhere, then the war ended while an entire new facility was being tooled up for it.
Your Marines didnt during 41-42
I live right next to where operation Market Garden happened, and it’s crazy that it doesn’t get talked about that much at all. One of the most catastrophic operations in the entire war and i have only heard about it outside of the Netherlands once or twice. We hold an air show on the Ginkelse Heide (where the paratroopers landed) yearly in remembrance of those lost during the battle
Ah yes, when light infantry was truly light
It’s kinda mind boggling that you’ll be drop in the battlefield with 50+10 rounds of ammunition, since iIrc the us paratroopers carry 136 +8 rounds with their M1
Also 60 rounds in the Bren mags So 120 in total.
Bloody marvellous 🇬🇧
What about the rope eighted and with the toggle?
Yeah I was wondering the same thing
What kind of person carries 60 rounds for a gun someone else is using but 50 for themselves? (Yes each Bren mag held 30 rounds)
Do you have a Norwegian ww2 uniform, a m1918?
He already went to the WW1, and now the WW2. Poor guy. His mustache looks less impressive here than when he was the medics in the WWI.
how did i now Benedict Cumberbatch here was British before he spoke?? lol
Imagine being so thirsty from fighting and right before you get a chance to drink from your canteen, the enemy shoots it and all the water spills out.
“Great bit of kit” is such a British thing to say
Thanks for helping liberate us chaps
Condoms and a phrase book
Lee-Enfields are pretty reliable while also being elegant. Gotta love 'em.
Seems like not a lot of ammo
50 rounds of ammunition?
This should be more in a modern action.
D-day landing with just 50 rounds would be a bad idea.
My max ruck consider of lots of socks, TP, LURPS or Cs, water, at least 10:magazines (30 rounders if possible)10 to 20 bandoliers of 556, at least 4 frag grenades 1 LAW, and my share of M60 ammunition. Depending on where, when how long, how delivered to area, and conditions it could a high as 70 lb and as light as just the ammunition and water.
What's that black thingy on your chest 😂
Forgot the amphetamine. Beginner mistake
2 pints doesn't seen like much water😅
The Late war Brittisch Uniforms had sooo mutch Drip
Would have they had 44 pattern webbing? Pretty sure 44 (despite the name) was issued in 1945 and mainly in far east. Think it would have been 37 pattern
Verry thankful for the brits and everyone else who freed my country!❤
Me a German: 👀
@@irgendeinname9256 haha thank YOU for joining NATO my friend😆👍
@@irgendeinname9256 a bloody beautiful country you have.👍
Bolt action rifle in 1940s followed by space age AR rifles about 20 yrs later. Amazing
As someone who practices marksmanship a lot, I can tell you that 50 bullets will not last long.
They carried 120 rounds, 50 in clips 10 in the gun 60 in the bren magazines.
Wow not much water or ammunition for personal weapon. Surprising
Great show and thanks for the info 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
50 for rifle but two Bren gun mags. Is this assistant gunner role or did each soldier carry Bren mags
Each soldier did, help spread out the weight.
Imagine a Milsim game where you get actual C-47s to air drop paratroopers.
You forgot the side arm
No edged weapon?
Probably the bayonet or shovel
I would be instantly looking for a semi-auto rifle. Or anything with a faster fire rate than a Lee-Enfield.
Good luck finding one and keeping it supplied.
Do love that uniform
The wife takes more than that when she nips to the shops !!!😂
Goddamn Captain Dickie was part of WW1, BEF in France 1940 and Operation Marker Garden in 1944. Truly a soldier who has seen it all
I miss the Broadsword and the Bow. :D
A bridge to far!
I find it interesting that he seems geared lightly meanwhile the Americans during this time had to carry so much that they strapped shit to their legs as well so they had as much as they could of what was needed
You didn't talk about the toggle rope....one of the most under appreciated pieces of kit ever. Simple genius and incredibly useful.
Looks horrible 😆
Wonderful. 303 Brotish Imperial 🥰
The most powerful Rifle ever built!¡!¡!¡!
Where's the tea set?
“SOLDIER GET OVER THERE”
“Hold on I’m doing a GRWM”
Love this dude I always love seeing people wear the uniforms it looks real
Lest we forget ❤
That’s crazy that they only carried 50 rounds!
Why you have a us helmet and not a British
Oh no, this is a different helmet, the Brodie is not suitable for paratroopers, barely any protection
Operatio market garden... nice.
2 pints of water my ass. Maybe FIRE WATER 😂😂😂😂
My Father Fought at Arnhem.He died 2008. T J Hetherington. 1st Airborne Division.
They could have put everything he was wearing in Battlefield V but NOOOO
None of that worked against Germany. America had to come save there arses! USA! BACK TO BACK WORLD CHAMPS!
TH8NK. THOSE WW2. PINEAPPLES. WHERE 8 SECOND. DELAY....BY VIETNAM. THEY WHERE
4 SECONDS
"Exactly what you need" Exactly! You don't
Need anything else even today!
😊😊😊😊😊😊😎😎😎👍👍👍
Go get em boys
Very good brother
Ammo for a gun you’re not even holding
They use the same ammo, so he could use it, although the bren will need it before the lee enfield.
It’s for supplying the Bren gunner genius
thank you for traveling time to our present day in 2023 to show us what world war two british paratrooper gear looks like good sir.
The Austrian painter shoots himself in the face a year afterwards, just so ya know.
Have a safe trip back to 1944 soldier!
Enfield 1942 long branch mrk 4 awesome rifle
Given the option, would you personally have preferred the M-1 Garrand (sp?) over the Lee & Enfield if you were in WWII? Pardon the spelling, I’m not a military expert. Thanks
Why is no one pointing out that 2 pt is a quart!?! 🤔
Imperial not US, imperial volumetric measurements are a bit larger.
Man that's crazy! Now we carry 210 rounds, smoke,frags,4qts of water minimum, compass,radio,chemlights,knife, and that's not including the 85lb ruck on our backs with extra belt fed ammo and food to last 4 days etc. These are real numbers too! And that ruck only gets heavier...
Good inpression I love it , what brand of Smock are you using ?
So EVERY British paratrooper is a machinegunner?
50rns??…..guess that’ll work!!??
50 rounds wouldn't last 10 minutes of engagement unless you unload those Bren gun magazines, 1 defensive grenade is insufficient you need 4-5 minimum, you don't possess the F.S. fighting knife nor a bayonet and forgot mentioning the toggle rope for All sorts of use if more than 1 is joined... Arnhem was a built up area of battle field; CQB/CQC... just like Stalingrad.
Hi friend, a plus ok, talk about the boots, knife, cigars, gum, kit of woundcare, lighter, etc etc etc, congratulations 👍