Lee Enfield No.4 or Sten MK2 ( Not common )or MK 5 both were used for the regular para but if your a support gunner a Bren MK2. (PIAT or BOYS rifle if you are an anti tank guy.) btw sorry I have fixed it now to some of the comments to this I’ve read thx for the info and I’ve updated it :)
The Market Garden paratroopers also had access to Bazookas and Boys rifles. The US 82nd Airborne used the Boys to shoot at snipers from church steeples... As for the Paras, each platoon was assigned a sniper with a No. 4 Mk. I or Mk. II (T) rifle, a Browning Hi-Power (since the sniper was usually a Lieutenant) and a pair of binoculars. He never carried a pigsticker bayonet, but had them in the leg bag, tucked away in a survival kit. The sniper also never wore a Para helmet, but used the US M2 with cloth cover because the all-steel Para helmet would heat up while the American helmet with a plastic liner will not. An alternative is the woolen cap, watch cap or bandana. They never wore berets because it would make them a conspicuous target.
British airborne forces were equipped with much the same small arms as those used by the regular infantry. Each infantry section had a Bren Light Machine, while the standard infantry rifle was the long established Lee-Enfield . 303 (Mk 4). Officers and NCO's had the Sten sub machine gun
Uhm actually its a No.4 rifle Mk1 not a Lee Enfield Mk.4 🤓🤓 the SMLE Mark._ naming convention was ended with the introduction of the No.4 rifle spiritually and practically the No.4 rifle is a SMLE mark.4 but its name was the No.4 rifle.
Lee enfield No. 4 The bandolier carries the actual chargers for the rifle. The pouches were for grenades and additional Bren gun magazines (like the German Army, the British section was built around the machine gun).
@@earlwyss520.... If the bloody people who actually planned and conducted the operation had done their job it would have worked and more so if the Americans had captured their bridge and not left it to XXX Corps to do their job for them
That button is a quick-release for the strap buckles. The speed at which it enabled paratroopers to exit their parachute gear saved many lives during emergencies such as landings in water or close-quarters combat drop zones. There are reports of US paratroopers drowning in fields at night that were flooded by the German military-likely due to the time required to disconnect their multiple parachute straps.
@@joeroyle1399 ouch.... Major Digby Tatham-Warter - part of operation Market Garden, dropped on the bridge of Arnehm, with his Umbrella. There are famous picture of him standing infront of the bridge holding his umbrella up. When the germans came demanding their surrender... he stood with his umbrella looking down at the bridge from his hq building and told them... he couldn't accept their surrender, he simply didn't have the facilities to house all the prisoners.
Frost: ‘But why the hell do you always carry that bloody umbrella?’ Carlyle: '…Memory…' Frost: ‘What?’ Carlyle: ‘Bad memory… Always forgot the password. I knew no “Jerry” would ever carry one. I had to prove I was an Englishman….
With the polite exeption of the baggy Fallschirmjäger outfit-always makes me horny like Wagners Tannhaüser.... In retrospect Arnhem was the best dressed battle of WWII
Great video and explains a lot so thanks .My old fella was a Para in WW2…he joined up in Sept 1944 with the 127 field ambulance in the 5th Scottish battalion of the 2nd brigade…he completed 13 jumps in total after his training at ringway Manchester ( which had a grass runway back then ) …his old Para smock used to hang in our garage before being dumped back in the 1970s ( now it’s worth is in the thousands £s) ….as a medic he carried a 9mm browning side arm and was posted until 1947 in Palestine …
Um, they actually KINDA did. The setup I use is the Paratrooper Helmet, The Ghost (forest camouflage) and Tommy for the legs. It's certainly not perfect, but at least it still breaks the ice.
My dad was a US tanker. He got to Normandy, D-Day +90. He told me that because of Monty taking a lot of supplies for Market Garden, he sat out most of September 44.
I'm guessing he was under Patton, who would have starved all the other units if he could have. Market Garden was an approved operation, and Ike decided where the supplies would go.
My grandfather was a Dutch soldier that went to England in 1940 when the Germans invaded he managed to pass the commandos training and become a British 1st airborne soldier after world war 2 he fought in Korea and India I wish he could tell me his story’s but he died the same day when I was born RIP🕊️
@@Beatzmytunez Mauser is a little more accurate but Enfield has a much faster action, 10 rounds vs 5 and much less recoil. So yes, Enfield is a much better battle rifle. Will take the Mauser for deer.
Have you ever been to Europe? It starts getting cool in September (Operation Market Garden took place between 17-27 September 1944). It rains a lot in Europe, and soldiers spend a lot of time outside, potentially in the rain, especially when their fighting a war. All of those layers were absolutely necessary in North Central Europe. BTW I lived for 7 years in Germany as a USAF brat, and spent 18 months in the UK as a USAF Security Policeman.
.303 Short Enfield or a Thompson.45 ACP 1928 A1. Other options by the Market Garden Campaign: Sten Submachine Gun or even an American M1 Carbine w/ folding butt stock and if my research (memory) serves some Brit’s even traded American counterparts for M3 Grease Guns chambered in either .45 or a test run of 9mm Luger. When the street to street got hot n heavy in Arnhem some British 1st & Polish Brigade also fought with Wehrmacht MP-40’s (Schmeissers) and of course their Sykes Fairbarne commando daggers. Crew served weapons would likely be Brens or Browning .50 cal’s although Brits did use the ubiquitous air cooled Browning .30’s as well. Oddly we don’t see any pics of Brits engaged with Garands-even though the Browning .30’a provide the ammo option but sans the 8 round clips As a side note who is with me that a Band of Brothers quality remake of A Bridge Too Far would be EPIC?? Both elements of Market Garden are as cinematic as any war story ever gets. Limitless potential for 2023 filmmaking/storytelling. Lord knows our theaters could use some movies with actual stories once again.
Well depends on what type of uniform it is there were all types of weapons the British airborne soldiers used so it just matters on what type of uniform it is.
fun fact: the US used the leg bag aswell but many underestimated like one guy broke his pelvis by having too much in his leg bag. other paratroopers also did and some had their thing dropped for no reason with others not detaching.
enfield no4. had the chance of owning one for a while and it is a fantastic weapon. sadly i bought it in extremely bad shape, and only a few rounds made me realise it wasnt safe to shoot. (headspacing and the bullet tumbled so much, keyholed cardboard even as close as 5 yards. ) and also it got sporterized a while back ... Neutralized it , found some reproduction woods that i adapted to the shortened barrel, and its now a hanging piece in a cabin somewhere in northern canada.
He also would wear a denim oversmock over the webbing. And as required when flying overseas, a lifebelt. Legbag was used when taking extra equiptment. An Enfield rifle would be placed in a felt weapon sleeve, if no extra equiptment was taken. The brengun also would be placed in a weapon sleeve, that would be lowered just as a legbag.
Told to hold the bridge for 3 days, held for 9 with quater of the men they should of had and surplies, hence the germans gave them the name red devils.
The Lee Enfield rifle as you have the bandolier which would have been filled with stripper clips. The pouches were for grenades and extra magazines for the section machine gunner and loose ammo to resupply the stripper clips.
It would be the No.4 because they would put the No.4 in the bag,the Bren in a metal case that was dropped by itself and the Sten was put in between their parachute lines at the front
The brengun also had a felt weapon sleeve that would be lowered just like a legbag. When jumping with a legbag some would place the stengun barrel upwards in the legbag.
Ref the maroon beret... I don't believe it's a rumour. Maroon and sky blue were chosen by her (the author Daphne DuMaurier) as they were the colours of his family's horse racing silks. Believe she also designed the Para Reg cap badge and Airborne Pegasus patch.
Soldati eccizionali purtroppo durante l'operazione market garden ne morirono più di 8000 atterarano sopra una divisione corazzata tedesca di prima scelta ma si difesero come leoni 🫡
"Good British Chocolate," is an oxymoron, because British chocolate isn't even as good as American chocolate. Swiss or German chocolate is the absolute best.
Moin - Hut ab, sehr liebevoll gemacht 👍✌️😊 nun zur Frage, zuerst natürlich die Sten, dann ein Colt 1911 und zum Schluss ein Fairbain/Sykes Knife....🇬🇧🍀🇬🇧🍀🇬🇧🍀👍✌️✊️👋👋👋
Sten but big thing is PARACHUTE singular , no safety like the Americans . In training , if Parachute failed to open cross your legs to make it easier to unscrew you from the soil .
Each soldier carried a small rope with a knot that can easily be combined for any purpose such as climbing or towing actually turned out to be very effective and useful
Lee enfield no4 or bren or sten . Some glider carried a Thompson sub machine gun. A lot of men also carried either a browning pistol or a webley service revolver.
That soundtrack just kicked me back in childhood where grandfather was still alive and we gather around the living room while we watched Bridge too far. He also shared his days back in the second world war as a guerilla. I miss him.
@@donyoung1384 Caring for his troops? Interesting. To win a war for the defense of your country inherently puts the soldiers fighting at risk. Being timid and a coward actually puts your people at risk. So why didn't he just send his troops home if he didn't want them to get a little boo boo? That's why it's called war and not lawn bowling. The way Monty protected the English troops was by throwing the Canadians, Anzacs, Poles, etc into the tough fights while his men sat around a brewed tea. Bragging that Monty kept his boys out of harm's way is no brag for a combat general but rather an insult. And I agree with you whole heartedly.
Any weapon available to the British army, but I would want a sten gun as I’m lazy LOL Also the Denison smock was supposed to be worn over the equipment when jumping. But, not many troops did this, but there is evidence to support it though.
my grandad fought in ww2 and survived i have his medals too he was a British soldier I don't know much abt him but i do know he fought in both world wars too i think abt his bravery lots
British parachute was actually had a release mechanism that was actually way better than the American parachute. It gave the British paratrooper a few seconds to take off his parachute even if he was actually under water. American paratroopers didn't have such thing if he was under water he would drowned.
(British narrator voice) He would be using the M1-44. Shooting 750 rounds of British 7.52x54k a minute. K is Japanese for "short cherry blossoms". Yes that's a lot of led our commissar boys are shooting at the yanks. That's why the M1 is called the Chicago Typewriter.
A lot of the Paras used the late sten, which had a wooden stock and fore grip. A lot of people don't know that by late 1944, the Germans had copied ( and simplified !!!!) the sten... and issued the weapon.
Lee Enfield No.4 or Sten MK2 ( Not common )or MK 5 both were used for the regular para but if your a support gunner a Bren MK2. (PIAT or BOYS rifle if you are an anti tank guy.) btw sorry I have fixed it now to some of the comments to this I’ve read thx for the info and I’ve updated it :)
Damn -I rest my case
Would’ve rather been a MK 5 sten mate plus the MK II wasn’t used as much as the MK 5 by this time
Anyone of the machine guns
Don’t forget the PIAT
The Market Garden paratroopers also had access to Bazookas and Boys rifles. The US 82nd Airborne used the Boys to shoot at snipers from church steeples...
As for the Paras, each platoon was assigned a sniper with a No. 4 Mk. I or Mk. II (T) rifle, a Browning Hi-Power (since the sniper was usually a Lieutenant) and a pair of binoculars.
He never carried a pigsticker bayonet, but had them in the leg bag, tucked away in a survival kit.
The sniper also never wore a Para helmet, but used the US M2 with cloth cover because the all-steel Para helmet would heat up while the American helmet with a plastic liner will not. An alternative is the woolen cap, watch cap or bandana. They never wore berets because it would make them a conspicuous target.
"We don't have the facilities to take you all prisoner!"
"What??"
"Sorry! Was there anything else?"
“The proper facilities” ***
@@joshadams7788 You know what I meant. Deal with it.
So hostile @@commandingjudgedredd1841
You should have responded with: *Danke, mein Kommandant, dass er meine falsche Grammatik korrigiert hat.*
British airborne forces were equipped with much the same small arms as those used by the regular infantry. Each infantry section had a Bren Light Machine, while the standard infantry rifle was the long established Lee-Enfield . 303 (Mk 4). Officers and NCO's had the Sten sub machine gun
Uhm actually its a No.4 rifle Mk1 not a Lee Enfield Mk.4 🤓🤓 the SMLE Mark._ naming convention was ended with the introduction of the No.4 rifle spiritually and practically the No.4 rifle is a SMLE mark.4 but its name was the No.4 rifle.
Uhm actually don’t care
Lee Enfield No.1 Mk.III
The lee Enfield
@@isbee56wow thats really intresting, I had always called it Leen enfield Mk4 or No4
Love the music, more people need to watch A Bridge Too Far. It’s gold.
Lee enfield No. 4
The bandolier carries the actual chargers for the rifle. The pouches were for grenades and additional Bren gun magazines (like the German Army, the British section was built around the machine gun).
Operation Market Garden was a textbook example of how NOT to conduct an airborne invasion.
Hence the name of the film that covered it "A Bridge Too Far."
It achieved many of it's aims though.
@@RichardM333 Bernard Montgomery absolutely was a walking ego.
Wasnt his type of military operation to begin with @@earlwyss520
@@earlwyss520.... If the bloody people who actually planned and conducted the operation had done their job it would have worked and more so if the Americans had captured their bridge and not left it to XXX Corps to do their job for them
The round dial in mid chest was called the "dial of death" because it could be difficult to release the parachute when getting dragged by winds.
That button is a quick-release for the strap buckles. The speed at which it enabled paratroopers to exit their parachute gear saved many lives during emergencies such as landings in water or close-quarters combat drop zones. There are reports of US paratroopers drowning in fields at night that were flooded by the German military-likely due to the time required to disconnect their multiple parachute straps.
@@potatokilr7789 Some had also been shot while still in their harnesses as well.
Said no one ever. The exact opposite was true. Perhaps you are thinking of the US Airborne overly complex system?
The American version was worse for quick release
I'm sorry, you forgot the most important piece of kit. The Umbrella.
Idiot!!😂😂😂
That way they won’t mistake you for a German
You’re thinking of Steve McLaren-Wally with the brolly. 😂😂😂🎉😅
@@joeroyle1399 ouch.... Major Digby Tatham-Warter - part of operation Market Garden, dropped on the bridge of Arnehm, with his Umbrella.
There are famous picture of him standing infront of the bridge holding his umbrella up.
When the germans came demanding their surrender... he stood with his umbrella looking down at the bridge from his hq building and told them... he couldn't accept their surrender, he simply didn't have the facilities to house all the prisoners.
Frost: ‘But why the hell do you always carry that bloody umbrella?’
Carlyle: '…Memory…'
Frost: ‘What?’
Carlyle: ‘Bad memory… Always forgot the password. I knew no “Jerry” would ever carry one. I had to prove I was an Englishman….
By far the most badass uniform in history (with red beret) haha
Very much so but I'll always prefer thé Fallschirmjäger outfit-although it's the same "Baggy Trousers"style.
No, there are better
@@habuger12
Waffen SS:
"LMAO"
With the polite exeption of the baggy Fallschirmjäger outfit-always makes me horny like Wagners Tannhaüser....
In retrospect Arnhem was the best dressed battle of WWII
Not really. It is cool but not the coolest
Great video and explains a lot so thanks .My old fella was a Para in WW2…he joined up in Sept 1944 with the 127 field ambulance in the 5th Scottish battalion of the 2nd brigade…he completed 13 jumps in total after his training at ringway Manchester ( which had a grass runway back then ) …his old Para smock used to hang in our garage before being dumped back in the 1970s ( now it’s worth is in the thousands £s) ….as a medic he carried a 9mm browning side arm and was posted until 1947 in Palestine …
I am very pissed that BFV never gave us a proper British paratrooper uniform. Also that setup would most likely be used for a lee enfield.
Bfv is a horrible WW2 game. Try Hell let loose or Squad44.
Um, they actually KINDA did. The setup I use is the Paratrooper Helmet, The Ghost (forest camouflage) and Tommy for the legs.
It's certainly not perfect, but at least it still breaks the ice.
My dad was a US tanker. He got to Normandy, D-Day +90. He told me that because of Monty taking a lot of supplies for Market Garden, he sat out most of September 44.
He said BS
May have saved his life!
I'm guessing he was under Patton, who would have starved all the other units if he could have.
Market Garden was an approved operation, and Ike decided where the supplies would go.
My grandfather was a Dutch soldier that went to England in 1940 when the Germans invaded he managed to pass the commandos training and become a British 1st airborne soldier after world war 2 he fought in Korea and India I wish he could tell me his story’s but he died the same day when I was born RIP🕊️
Did he fight against Indonesian nationalists too?
That camo smock is peak aesthetic
“Rocket Jump Waltz” starts playing
"Godspeed you magnificent bastard."
"Medals for everyone!"
Enfield, best bolt action battle rifle ever made.. amazing song/soundtrack. one of the best WW2 movies
I approve about the movie ! My 3 favorite war movies are "Das boot", "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and “a bridge too far”
Wait, not respect to the kar-98? 🤔
@@Beatzmytunez Mauser is a little more accurate but Enfield has a much faster action, 10 rounds vs 5 and much less recoil. So yes, Enfield is a much better battle rifle. Will take the Mauser for deer.
Think Patton was better, but a bridge to far was good too
More like the most overrated bolt action of all time.
I think we can all agree 'A bridge too far" is one of the greatest war movies ever made. Perhaps Top 5 for realism.
PS: you forgot an umbrella!
SIR .....we are completely surrounded. it's OK son we are AIRBORNE
WW2: here, put on 9 layers of clothing and carry a 10 pound gun all over Europe
Have you ever been to Europe? It starts getting cool in September (Operation Market Garden took place between 17-27 September 1944). It rains a lot in Europe, and soldiers spend a lot of time outside, potentially in the rain, especially when their fighting a war. All of those layers were absolutely necessary in North Central Europe.
BTW I lived for 7 years in Germany as a USAF brat, and spent 18 months in the UK as a USAF Security Policeman.
A Bridge Too Far, love that music
M-16 rifle with plenty of AMO and hand grenades.
I remember that music as a kid watching that film. Great picture.
.303 Short Enfield or a Thompson.45 ACP 1928 A1. Other options by the Market Garden Campaign: Sten Submachine Gun or even an American M1 Carbine w/ folding butt stock and if my research (memory) serves some Brit’s even traded American counterparts for M3 Grease Guns chambered in either .45 or a test run of 9mm Luger. When the street to street got hot n heavy in Arnhem some British 1st & Polish Brigade also fought with Wehrmacht MP-40’s (Schmeissers) and of course their Sykes Fairbarne commando daggers. Crew served weapons would likely be Brens or Browning .50 cal’s although Brits did use the ubiquitous air cooled Browning .30’s as well. Oddly we don’t see any pics of Brits engaged with Garands-even though the Browning .30’a provide the ammo option but sans the 8 round clips
As a side note who is with me that a Band of Brothers quality remake of A Bridge Too Far would be EPIC?? Both elements of Market Garden are as cinematic as any war story ever gets. Limitless potential for 2023 filmmaking/storytelling. Lord knows our theaters could use some movies with actual stories once again.
Much of that is complete fantasy.
What a great soundtrack that movie had!
Mom : son, can you go to the market today?
Me :
Well depends on what type of uniform it is there were all types of weapons the British airborne soldiers used so it just matters on what type of uniform it is.
Either a Leenfield rifle, Sten submarine gun,or maybe a Bren light machine gun
They literally show you him carrying a SMLE No.4
My favourite submarine gun
fun fact: the US used the leg bag aswell but many underestimated like one guy broke his pelvis by having too much in his leg bag. other paratroopers also did and some had their thing dropped for no reason with others not detaching.
enfield no4. had the chance of owning one for a while and it is a fantastic weapon. sadly i bought it in extremely bad shape, and only a few rounds made me realise it wasnt safe to shoot. (headspacing and the bullet tumbled so much, keyholed cardboard even as close as 5 yards. ) and also it got sporterized a while back ... Neutralized it , found some reproduction woods that i adapted to the shortened barrel, and its now a hanging piece in a cabin somewhere in northern canada.
Weapons: #4 Mk . I, STEN Mk. 2, Enfield .380 (.38-200), or 1911A1 and the PIAT. BREN , Vickers .303 LMG
Also, in a very few cases, the earliest version of Sterling Submachine gun as some were issued to the Paras for battlefield testing.
He also would wear a denim oversmock over the webbing. And as required when flying overseas, a lifebelt. Legbag was used when taking extra equiptment. An Enfield rifle would be placed in a felt weapon sleeve, if no extra equiptment was taken. The brengun also would be placed in a weapon sleeve, that would be lowered just as a legbag.
The Music put this over the top!
Big country born big men
Hero of humanity. Nuff respect to british army humanity heroes
Told to hold the bridge for 3 days, held for 9 with quater of the men they should of had and surplies, hence the germans gave them the name red devils.
Respect to those guys. Distant relative lost father & uncle in Holland. 😢😢😢😢
The Lee Enfield rifle as you have the bandolier which would have been filled with stripper clips. The pouches were for grenades and extra magazines for the section machine gunner and loose ammo to resupply the stripper clips.
bandoliers were often carried within pouches, especially by airborne forces who wouldn't want a bandolier flapping around as the fall from the sky.
It would be the No.4 because they would put the No.4 in the bag,the Bren in a metal case that was dropped by itself and the Sten was put in between their parachute lines at the front
The brengun also had a felt weapon sleeve that would be lowered just like a legbag. When jumping with a legbag some would place the stengun barrel upwards in the legbag.
@jamesomaha5330 Yes,but HD has a No.4 Lee Enfield bolt-action rifle
Ref the maroon beret... I don't believe it's a rumour. Maroon and sky blue were chosen by her (the author Daphne DuMaurier) as they were the colours of his family's horse racing silks. Believe she also designed the Para Reg cap badge and Airborne Pegasus patch.
I was just reading an book about US ww2 airborne, nice to see that atm. Your videos are nice keep it up
That beret makes it really sharp!
actually not bad equipment. As long as you don't jump directly into an enemy tank division
it would most likely be a No.4 mk1 or the No.5 as they were widely used in airborne units in that latter part of the war in Europe
Soldati eccizionali purtroppo durante l'operazione market garden ne morirono più di 8000 atterarano sopra una divisione corazzata tedesca di prima scelta ma si difesero come leoni 🫡
"Do you like some chocolate? Is very good, british chocolate" (Bittrich to Robert Frost, once in captivity)
"Good British Chocolate," is an oxymoron, because British chocolate isn't even as good as American chocolate. Swiss or German chocolate is the absolute best.
That's what we wore as an extra when they shot "A bridge too far". Great experience!
Leuke video’s, mag ik vragen waar je de denison smock gekocht hebt?
I love the camo outer layer for the British airborne units
Lee Enfield Number 4 , or the Sten Gun
Moin - Hut ab, sehr liebevoll gemacht 👍✌️😊 nun zur Frage, zuerst natürlich die Sten, dann ein Colt 1911 und zum Schluss ein Fairbain/Sykes Knife....🇬🇧🍀🇬🇧🍀🇬🇧🍀👍✌️✊️👋👋👋
One of the coolest uniforms alongside the FJs. Both elite formations.
Lee Enfield,seen mk 2, mk 2 Bren gun and only limited use of the m1 a1 carbine
Bit of Steve K's handiwork there. Excellent impression.
They do market garden jumps every year its dope
The Paras would most likely wear the specific Para Combat trousers rather than standard battle dress trousers in combat
"Would be a shame if someone put a market in this garden." The allies:
More than likely no. 4 mark 1 Enfield rifle. Section commanders would have a sten gun. They could be assigned a Bren light MG
For the set up, I’d say a STEN or maybe a Welgun if you could find one as the No.1 Airborne used them in North Africa.
Cool channel
Sten but big thing is PARACHUTE singular , no safety like the Americans . In training , if Parachute failed to open cross your legs to make it easier to unscrew you from the soil .
Casually puts on a used cars worth of gear
Got to add some helmet scrim to break up the very unnatural shape of the helmet, not all the troopers wore scrim but it was very common.
Clothes are not loose and hence restrict movement which is not good for a soldier ( azp )
British paratroopers were not wearing insignia on their berets but it is still nice
Most likely the Lee Enfield NO.4
Lee Enfield, Sten, and Bren
Eheh... Ammo issues...
Market garden was a disaster.
One of the finest uniforms of the British army during WW2 👍
Would be interesting to see a WW II italian uniform (prior to 1943)
Each soldier carried a small rope with a knot that can easily be combined for any purpose such as climbing or towing actually turned out to be very effective and useful
the soundtrack >>>
Good video, need an oversmock before your X Type otherwise gonna get snagging on your web equipment 😊
Lee enfield no4 or bren or sten . Some glider carried a Thompson sub machine gun. A lot of men also carried either a browning pistol or a webley service revolver.
He will use the bow and arrow as his weapon. Because he is like robbinhood😉😂
He forgot his umbrella ☂️
Really interesting that some 12th ss guys would use the British paratrooper smocks as camo.
The canadians had a beef with the 12th ss for the Château d’Audrieu Killings, and they fought each other many times with 12ss comimg off worse
*_And the tragedy of millions of soldiers dying young._* 😢😢
For a paratrooper, sten mk2. The mag pouches are already on the setup. Maybe we can add a GP35 and a couple of mills hand grenades.
That soundtrack just kicked me back in childhood where grandfather was still alive and we gather around the living room while we watched Bridge too far. He also shared his days back in the second world war as a guerilla. I miss him.
With how big those ammo bags are maybe a bren gun. And the extra bandoliers could be .303 clips. I guess you could reload the mags
I always thought the red hats were a call back to the red uniforms of the old world
Well, according with the bandolier of extra ammo, I'll guess an Enfield will be the weapon of choice.
I would use a scoped enfield or a sten mk2
You forgot the 8 1/2" × 11" glossy pic of Mr. Monty that he required all his minions to carry.
Monty cared for his troops and they knew it, which is why he was so popular with them. Unlike Patton, who was a self centred, arrogant, butcher.
@@donyoung1384 Caring for his troops? Interesting. To win a war for the defense of your country inherently puts the soldiers fighting at risk. Being timid and a coward actually puts your people at risk. So why didn't he just send his troops home if he didn't want them to get a little boo boo? That's why it's called war and not lawn bowling. The way Monty protected the English troops was by throwing the Canadians, Anzacs, Poles, etc into the tough fights while his men sat around a brewed tea. Bragging that Monty kept his boys out of harm's way is no brag for a combat general but rather an insult. And I agree with you whole heartedly.
Any weapon available to the British army, but I would want a sten gun as I’m lazy LOL
Also the Denison smock was supposed to be worn over the equipment when jumping. But, not many troops did this, but there is evidence to support it though.
I don't think anyone ever really wore the wool battle dress jacket under the Denison smock unless they wanted to expire from heat exhaustion.
The uniform was the full Battledress with the smock on the top
Which weapon for British paratroupers during operation Market Garden? MP40, K98, STG44, MG42 ;-)
Something that went BOOOOOM
my grandad fought in ww2 and survived i have his medals too he was a British soldier I don't know much abt him but i do know he fought in both world wars too i think abt his bravery lots
With this one, either Lee Enfield rigle or The good Old sten gun (silenced)
British parachute was actually had a release mechanism that was actually way better than the American parachute. It gave the British paratrooper a few seconds to take off his parachute even if he was actually under water. American paratroopers didn't have such thing if he was under water he would drowned.
Airbornes are always elite.
(British narrator voice) He would be using the M1-44. Shooting 750 rounds of British 7.52x54k a minute. K is Japanese for "short cherry blossoms". Yes that's a lot of led our commissar boys are shooting at the yanks. That's why the M1 is called the Chicago Typewriter.
What a sick drip 👏
The weapon he would use is either a sten gun or a bren gun
By far my new favourite!!
Im sure this was a highly successful operation with no flaws what so ever and everything went right. Definitely
I really want a British para impression.
Glory to the memory of MG Sosabowski!
A lot of the Paras used the late sten, which had a wooden stock and fore grip.
A lot of people don't know that by late 1944, the Germans had copied ( and simplified !!!!) the sten... and issued the weapon.
He looks to be a lot lighter then the US troopers that needed help just to get up from a sitting position
Love the music also
I think British paratroopers in that time had STEN or BREN gun with side folder stock
Probably the L-E, but I would have liked to carry the Sten...( not with the wood stock & handles...😊
Paratroopers were issued the Mk. V, not the Mk. II