Having done it for nine years, I can confidently say that the thing most required to be in the British Army is a thick skin and a sense of humour. You will definitely need both
It seems kinda unprofessional to be honest. these people are there to learn. drill is cool and dandy, but maybe the bundeswehr is just a too modern army so i think of that so badly.
It's not "unprofessional" to be human. America is all scream and shout and aggression... the British Armed Forces is Discipline and aggression before anything else. The banter [hence thick skin and humour] comes from being in high pressure dangerous situation. @@FAL87.
@kevinporter3212 you misunderstood me. Did you hear the articulation? How they talked with the recruited? That's what I meant. Drill is important but talking with them like that instead of realizing they need to learn anything still is what I don't see as professional. 4:45
The "yellow thing" on the front of the weapons is a blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition. Blank firing adapters are required for allowing blanks to cycle most automatic firearms. It can also be a safety feature designed so if a live round is mistakenly fired, most of the energy is spent smashing through the BFA reducing both the range and damage inflicted. A BFA may also divert the hot gases from a blank discharge out to the sides, reducing the risk of injury to the target of an aimed shot.
And, to add to the above, on the Gimpey it's a blank-firing _barrel_ - yellow handle, yellow nut wholly blocking the end of the barrel. It stops the gases from the blank cartridge to push back the action to recock the action for the next shot. The machine gun is always known in the British Army as a 'Gun', versus a rifle, SMG, etc. In the US Forces the GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun), or FN MAG, is known as the M240.
From what I remember from years ago in the CCF, we fired SLRs and Bren guns, and were also taught that the gasses are also redirected and reused to help enable to load the next round into the chamber, apparently as blanks have less powder than a live round, not using a BFA when firing a blank resulted in having to manually cock the next round yourself every time. Of course, this may only have applied to that era, and those particular weapons.
@@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m No - that's exactly what the BFA is for - to allow the weapon to operate on full auto/semi-auto with blank 5.56/7.62mm ammunition, as appropriate.
I was in the kings regiment which recruited from manchester and liverpool. So the accent was scouse/manc mixed with military jargon. The language is fast, terse and wickedly funny. The humour got me through many difficult times. We were like a brotherhood we shared everything and looked after each other , a closeness found nowhere else. Trained to kill but born to laugh. The guys I served with were hard men but kind . We wouldnt swear in front of a lady but curse like the devil with each other. Highly trained, adept with many weapons , aggressive but controlled . Hard drinking , sports mad, fit as a butchers dog...a bit wild at times but hated bullies and bullying. But those guys would give you their last bit of food...watch over you while you slept, kill for you or die for you. You dont find that anywhere else in life.
If this interests you, you should try "Commando: on the Front Lines". It's 9 video series on the Royal Marines channel. I would suggest watching "The Shock of Capture" and then deciding if you want to watch the others. It was filmed in 2006 but the training has barely changed in the last 80 years so that probably won't change it being an accurate portrayal of life in the Royal Marines Commandos.
Quite funny happily listening to the Scottish guy and forgetting how hard some people find (especially from other countries) following along the accent
I love scottish accent, when i was in school it was the easier to learn for me, unfortunately the more i learn, speak and interact with english speakers, the less i can understand scottish😢
@@letitiakearney2423 I often have to switch on the subtitles of US shows, even a lot of UA-cam channels. I simply can't understand what they are saying. But Glaswegian [maybe because I used to watch the original Taggart before the accents were heavily toned down] isn't much of a problem to me.
Removing your respirator in the CS chamber is challenging...but there is an important reason behind it. That is to give you confidence in the respirator, that it works. You have to mask up in 9 seconds...after being exposed you definitely learn to get that respirator on fast.
@@saltyscrabster Ah the good old days! The new respirators have 2 filters, so you can change one at a time…so it’s not quite the panic it used to be, as the system closes when one is removed. They make you look a lot like a TIE fighter pilot!
I'm a SE.Londoner... I can't wait to hear this (apparently) undecipherable accent?!! So far, so easy...!! ("Fuck these shittin' questions!!") 😅 Typical (?!) soldier talk surely?!! Not heard anything I couldn't understand (yet...?!!) easy peasy lemon squeezy, Ryan!!
As a Brit, I can understand the Scot without problem, but I often struggle to understand American accents and need the subtitles. Especially Southern accents.
Grew up in NZ, I couldn't agree more with your comment if I tried. If he found the Scots lad hard to understand he should try the early episodes of Taggart, that will make him cry.
We had a sergeant instructor who could cope with CS gas he would outstay any and all recruits beyond expectation and he would make us try to control ourselves and not panic many would fight to get out instantly.
Translation: Scots instructor: 'I don't think a gunner's life is for you, South: ' 'Maybe not'. Next instr: 'Right, go back to front then. South, just fkn all over the shop, fkn terrible, we won't even talk about yours'.
i joined the army cadets aged 13, 1-2 tears later was firing 303 Lee-Enfield rifle, and Bren light machine gun and got my marksman badge, then joined the RN 😅
GPMG is the General Purpose Machine Gun. The commercial name is FN MAG, in the US military it's the M240. The yellow parts on the one in the video are blank firing adapters
Modern british Army docs have the self conscious polish of those who work in Public relations. Older docs are a bit more fly on the war, a very tough professional Army regardless of what the armchair warriors say quite loudly. When the Sh1t really hits the fan you want a British unit on your flanks, preferably both flanks...
The thing I remember most clearly about it was being told to walk around the rest of the afternoon without headgear to get the gas out of our hair. Not something you'd do normally at HMS Excellent with fearsome drill chiefs and marines at every corner!
The yellow things are called Blank Firing Attachments, attached to real weapons - blank rounds, no bullet, so not enough gas in the barrel to "re cock" the weapon - the BFA forces enough gas to re-cock the weapon. Yellow mags too - blank rounds. GPMG was a beast of a gun - rarely fired it in the Signals, but hell of a buzz when we did.
Part of the training is realising the different situations in which you may find yourself, hence the session in the gas chamber. It's filled with CS gas (the current weapon of choice against violent rioters). You go in, take off your gas mask and recite your name, rank ('recruit') and number. It's horrible.
Joined as a 15 year old back in 1966. Completed 16 years. A change in the recruits and the methods of training between now and then. There were times it could have been considered brutal but I loved it. There were a few it just was never going to suit, not because they were not fit or tough enough but just because they had a different mindset. They were filtered out along the way. Served as part of a US unit at one point. The training methods were not dissimilar - the aim the same. One glaring difference was how much quieter, calm and controlled British Army units were and their training promoted that. A British unit can be as scared and on edge as any US unit can be. There can be the initial rush of adrenaline and the sometimes hysterical shouting and screaming in both but our units were very quickly back in control of themselves and their procedures and their training and carried out whatever was being asked in a more relaxed (seemingly at least) methodical and more business like - and yes quieter fashion. Just as many fucks flying around just mumbled as opposed to American shouting as a general rule. I am generalizing of course. When a British instructor reads you your fortune it is every bit as blistering/insulting/cutting as any US instructor can be but generally there will be encouragement, concentration on learning points, cajoling and advice as opposed to merely having your face ripped off by somebody's bad breath. The emphasis was as much on self discipline and how to put others needs before your own within your team. There always will be discipline of a harsher nature should you fail to get to grips with your own discipline of course and it was usually rectified in a manner you would not wish to have repeated so lessons were often quickly learned (usually - every unit has a couple who never learn a damned thing however - they tend not to last too long. Equally every unit has a couple who who only ever need to be asked to do something and heard an instruction once only and they are on it, have fully understood and will fully comply with no drama whatsoever - how I envied those lucky bastards. Most of us lay on a scale somewhere between the two extremes and eventually end up as competent, reliable, loyal and most of all willing. I regret making the decision to leave when I did for a variety of reasons. Would I go back and do it all again? - if only that were possible.
My sister's husband was a tank commander based in Paderborn for 15 years. He's one of the funniest people I've ever known, yet he is also a trained killer. 😊 🇬🇧
I have a relative who joined the army he told me a recruit got his backside kicked because he was going slow over the assault course said recruit tried to sue the instructor for assault.
The idea of taking off your gas mask (called a respirator in the forces) is to give you confidence in your kit. Till you take it off, you're perfectly ok.
I was always told during weapon training that as a British Soldier, carrying an automatic weapon is a privilege in the UK. These lads are just doing their base weapon handling tests on weapons they will likely come across (like the GPMG in the video). Source is 22 years British Infantry. The normal rifle being used is not a 'training rifle'. It's a live firearm. It's the SA80/L85A2/3 standard 'Individual Weapon' with the yellow blank firing attachment using blank rounds. Just a bit more background :) Awesome video!
You can't buy a fully automatic in the States over the counter, but now you CAN legally buy a "bump-stock" kit to convert your semi to a fully automatic - courtesy of 2023 majority decision by the US Supreme Court. Yeah, thanks guys..... (In fact, in 11 States you can now carry your fully automatic slung over your shoulder, and walk down Main Street - without a even requiring a permit).
Fuck it, I hate nerd stuff but here goes: The yellow thing on the end of the rifle is a BFA (Blank Firing Adaptor) because the weapon is normally gas operated. (The gas from the round being fired is recycled back into the weapon's moving parts and reloads the rifle ready for the next shot.) Firing blank rounds, there is not enough pressure in the barrel for this process to occur, so a pressure is produced by fitting the yellow thing on the end of the gun.
The Blank Firing Attachments are Yellow, they are attached to the front of the weapon. It will not allow a live round to leave the barrell ( as its capped). THey are yellow so people can easily see that it is attached before training, as gases and debris can still injure people without a BFA attaached.
The bit you didn't understand he was told "I don't think the gunner's life is for you, South" [South, his surname]. and "Just fucking all over the shop" i.e. terrible shooting skills with that weapon.
4:40 a perfect example of British weather. It’s dry and sunny where the soldier is talking. But in the background there is a huge black rain cloud. Give it 10 minutes and it will be back to clear sunny and dry. 🤭
Ryan, find the series that trains the Queens Guards! Probably too long to react to, but well worth watching! They’re the Elites! Also channel Korean Englishman has a series on taking six British high school lads to Korea on a food tour, and a few years later, taking them again to participate for two days in their army training program! That’s the one to watch! Yikes!
:chuckles: I am only in the first part and I am enjoying a lovely little bout of schadenfreude at our American host not being able to translate the accents :D For a start, one of them is a Geordie and a heavy Geordie accent is a challenge even if English is your first language {little dig about Yanks not speaking English there :)} :D
Never be afraid to put on subtitles (if possible). F being too proud to admit you're not following what someone is saying. Language 101, basically. (even if it is english as well, but dialects are no joke sometimes). Also I think us Europeans are more exposed to different accents, sooo... unfair advantage?
You should take a look at "Ross & The Royal Irish Regiment Get Flanked by the Taliban" ua-cam.com/video/LR7-Uwzsp9E/v-deo.html It's a documentary about the British Army fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan.
Why not turn the CC on? Your relationship with the language can hardly get worse. (You had to do that with Mel Gibson's early films when they were released in North America.)
I’ve done the chemical simulated attack, it is really quite awful… you take the mask off and you have people looking after you but it’s so you actually know what happens and you can sense when you’re being gassed
You have to remember that every other word starts with F and ends with -ing, Ryan! I seriously doubt that it would be possible to illustrate a day in the life of a soldier, especially in a 15-minute movie, as the different jobs are very consirable in number, and of course very different according to where they are required to take place,
I'm British and didn't understand some of the stuff they said (and I'm usually 'really' good at even understanding stuff like patois). Sounds like the Corporal is Glaswegian or something 😂
The RM Band Service is also worth looking at. Apart from world-class music training, they also do basic infantry soldier training at Lympstone before even getting to the music training. It's easy to forget that they are trained soldiers when they are playing superb music.
As Rudyard Kiping once said every man thinks meanly of himself for not being a soldier. I've experienced it myself once or twice jealous coworkers making snide comments when a couple of veteran's are busting eachothers balls and having fun. The instant respect and friendship two veterans give each other when meeting often leaves others feeling excluded. If those people failed to make it through selection or never had the guts to try they are often bitter and try to hide it behind an attitude of superiority pretending they were too clever or enlightened to fall for the recruitment pitches about loyalty respect and honour.
The saying is much older than Kipling - it's attributed to Samuel Johnson (who also didn't serve). Mind, Kipling had a deep knowledge and appreciation of the common soldier, not by serving but by spending so much time with them in India, as an apprentice newspaperman. He was heavily involved in the propaganda effort, for WW1. Sadly for him, he lost his 18 y.o. son at Loos in 1915 - he was a junior subaltern in the Irish Guards.
@@wessexdruid7598 It honestly angers me to see idiotic students attack his legacy for writing Gunga Din claiming he was racist. Anyone whose read that poem and understood the clear message knows it couldn't be further from the truth. Yes it uses some very old and barbaric language because it's written from the point of view of a common British red coat but the message is clear Gunga Din the subject of the piece is a far better far kinder man than the narrator. It's a damning indictment of the common attitude of the time. The man's work did more for race relations than all the screeching smurfs combined.
@@ianjardine7324It's also worth reading 'Mesopotamia' which is a searing attack on politicians and others behind war while the ordinary person suffers.
@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p True many of his attitudes and beliefs were firmly rooted in his loyalty to the empire and his belief that British rule was by far the best thing that could happen to anyone. He was a product of his time but that was balanced by his demands that the British prove they were worthy of the responsibilities they'd taken upon themselves. He had an obvious hatred for anyone who abused their power and position. Much like Churchill he believed in this vision of the empire as an ever growing family where the powerful had a duty to protect and help the weaker members. It was an idealistic dream but when viewed through that lense it's hard to argue they were evil men.
The general lack of respect for the Army when it at home, by some at least, is not a new phenomenon. As witnessed by the 1890 Rudyard Kipling Poem *Tommy* (Tommy Atkins being the generic name for a British Soldier since *at least* the mid 18th Century).
03:15 This is what they said: "You need to f***ing tighten it up. Get it in the shoulder. Get it f***ing snug." "Corporal" "I don't think a gunner's life is for you [South]" (His surname) "Maybe not" "Right, go back to front then. [South], just f***ing all over the shop. Just f***ing terrible. Okay, we won't even talk about yours.
I worked with a couple of Glaswegians and could understand them after a couple of months. I worked with a Geordie for a year, and could only understand him when he swore...
The British military has an ancient expertise in its glorious history. We’ve been honing our fighting skills for many centuries. Our Special Forces even train the other best of the best including American Green berets,the Israeli SF and South African SF’s. Such a high standard that has to be maintained.
its so strange when you're stuggling to understand their accent and being English these guys hardly have an accent, like a bit of regional twang here and there, obviously you've got the Scots bloke, but its so surprising to me that you'd struggle to understand them
Unlike the American equivalent of Corporal, the British Army Corporal has about 8 years of military experience whilst doing promotion, instructional and management courses.
Get one thing straight. In the British army junior ncos help to run the army. Lance corprals and corprals are given a lot of responsibility in the training and discipline of the men. For 2 years and 6 months i was in charge of a 12 man team, no officer no sergeant a corpral me a Lance corpral and 10 troopers and we 2 ncos were totally responsible for training and discipline.
Having done it for nine years, I can confidently say that the thing most required to be in the British Army is a thick skin and a sense of humour. You will definitely need both
Knowing your way around an iron helps too.
It seems kinda unprofessional to be honest. these people are there to learn. drill is cool and dandy, but maybe the bundeswehr is just a too modern army so i think of that so badly.
The yellow mags won't take ball ammo. Blank 5.56 ammo is slightly shorter than ball ammo so the blanks will fit.
It's not "unprofessional" to be human. America is all scream and shout and aggression... the British Armed Forces is Discipline and aggression before anything else. The banter [hence thick skin and humour] comes from being in high pressure dangerous situation. @@FAL87.
@kevinporter3212 you misunderstood me. Did you hear the articulation? How they talked with the recruited? That's what I meant. Drill is important but talking with them like that instead of realizing they need to learn anything still is what I don't see as professional. 4:45
The "yellow thing" on the front of the weapons is a blank-firing adapter or blank-firing attachment (BFA), sometimes called a blank adapter or blank attachment, is a device used in conjunction with blank ammunition. Blank firing adapters are required for allowing blanks to cycle most automatic firearms. It can also be a safety feature designed so if a live round is mistakenly fired, most of the energy is spent smashing through the BFA reducing both the range and damage inflicted. A BFA may also divert the hot gases from a blank discharge out to the sides, reducing the risk of injury to the target of an aimed shot.
I’d come across this before but it had been a good number of years and I forgot, but it’s good to refresh your memory again
And, to add to the above, on the Gimpey it's a blank-firing _barrel_ - yellow handle, yellow nut wholly blocking the end of the barrel. It stops the gases from the blank cartridge to push back the action to recock the action for the next shot.
The machine gun is always known in the British Army as a 'Gun', versus a rifle, SMG, etc. In the US Forces the GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun), or FN MAG, is known as the M240.
From what I remember from years ago in the CCF, we fired SLRs and Bren guns, and were also taught that the gasses are also redirected and reused to help enable to load the next round into the chamber, apparently as blanks have less powder than a live round, not using a BFA when firing a blank resulted in having to manually cock the next round yourself every time.
Of course, this may only have applied to that era, and those particular weapons.
@@NotYourKindOfPeople-z6m No - that's exactly what the BFA is for - to allow the weapon to operate on full auto/semi-auto with blank 5.56/7.62mm ammunition, as appropriate.
I was in the kings regiment which recruited from manchester and liverpool. So the accent was scouse/manc mixed with military jargon. The language is fast, terse and wickedly funny. The humour got me through many difficult times. We were like a brotherhood we shared everything and looked after each other , a closeness found nowhere else. Trained to kill but born to laugh. The guys I served with were hard men but kind . We wouldnt swear in front of a lady but curse like the devil with each other. Highly trained, adept with many weapons , aggressive but controlled . Hard drinking , sports mad, fit as a butchers dog...a bit wild at times but hated bullies and bullying. But those guys would give you their last bit of food...watch over you while you slept, kill for you or die for you. You dont find that anywhere else in life.
There was a whole series on the British Gurkhas from the initial selection to training and passing out parade maybe 10-15 years ago. Watch that one!!😊
I'm an Aussie and I understood them all! I guess we get more exposure to accents from all over UK.
Bloody hell. Even my in laws sometimes ask me to repeat what I said because it came out a bit too Sarf Lunnun.
Fair play mate! I'm English and had little idea at all what was being said he Ryan pointed out the trouble.
I'm English, and you did better than I did.
Apart from broad geordie or Scots. 😂😂😂
One of my favourite youtubers needing subtitles to understand English......love it. 🤣🤣🤣 Keep up this great channel Ryan.
The US army also uses the GPMG, it's called the M 240. And I understood every word that was said, but then again I served in the British army. 😁
If this interests you, you should try "Commando: on the Front Lines". It's 9 video series on the Royal Marines channel. I would suggest watching "The Shock of Capture" and then deciding if you want to watch the others. It was filmed in 2006 but the training has barely changed in the last 80 years so that probably won't change it being an accurate portrayal of life in the Royal Marines Commandos.
Hi from the uk, thanks Ryan you have a great channel
Quite funny happily listening to the Scottish guy and forgetting how hard some people find (especially from other countries) following along the accent
I love scottish accent, when i was in school it was the easier to learn for me, unfortunately the more i learn, speak and interact with english speakers, the less i can understand scottish😢
I cant handle it. If i go to somewhere and theres a scot i always ask for someone else.
@@lovelybitofbugle219I can’t understand Glasgow accents but Edinburgh I find ok. Listening to Deep South American accents are not easy either I find.
I grew up [in NZ] waching Taggart, the ORIGINAL Taggart where subtitles were often shown as well. After that he was easy peasy.
@@letitiakearney2423 I often have to switch on the subtitles of US shows, even a lot of UA-cam channels. I simply can't understand what they are saying. But Glaswegian [maybe because I used to watch the original Taggart before the accents were heavily toned down] isn't much of a problem to me.
Removing your respirator in the CS chamber is challenging...but there is an important reason behind it. That is to give you confidence in the respirator, that it works. You have to mask up in 9 seconds...after being exposed you definitely learn to get that respirator on fast.
We had to change filters, hope you don't cross thread the thing or you're getting a lung full lol
@@saltyscrabster Ah the good old days! The new respirators have 2 filters, so you can change one at a time…so it’s not quite the panic it used to be, as the system closes when one is removed. They make you look a lot like a TIE fighter pilot!
I'm from North East England and I can't understand them either. I wish they'd speak proper English like us
I'm a SE.Londoner...
I can't wait to hear this (apparently) undecipherable accent?!!
So far, so easy...!!
("Fuck these shittin' questions!!") 😅 Typical (?!) soldier talk surely?!!
Not heard anything I couldn't understand (yet...?!!) easy peasy lemon squeezy, Ryan!!
Lol...are you Joking?!!
@@brigidsingleton1596 might be
@@whoflungdung1046
As you "might be", nothing more may be said.
I was told they speak Viking in the North East.
As a Brit, I can understand the Scot without problem, but I often struggle to understand American accents and need the subtitles. Especially Southern accents.
Grew up in NZ, I couldn't agree more with your comment if I tried. If he found the Scots lad hard to understand he should try the early episodes of Taggart, that will make him cry.
We had a sergeant instructor who could cope with CS gas he would outstay any and all recruits beyond expectation and he would make us try to control ourselves and not panic many would fight to get out instantly.
The stress in my mans face when the scottish fellah started talking. 😂😂
😂😂many respects Scotland from brother down south
My nephew is a fully combat Soldier AND wears glasses he is now a Sargent,yellow on the gun firing blanks.😊
Translation: Scots instructor: 'I don't think a gunner's life is for you, South: ' 'Maybe not'. Next instr: 'Right, go back to front then. South, just fkn all over the shop, fkn terrible, we won't even talk about yours'.
i joined the army cadets aged 13, 1-2 tears later was firing 303 Lee-Enfield rifle, and Bren light machine gun and got my marksman badge, then joined the RN 😅
RN? Registered Nurse? Oh wait. Brits. Right. Royal Navy.
@@Quakeboy02 🤣 yep R.Navy
GPMG is the General Purpose Machine Gun. The commercial name is FN MAG, in the US military it's the M240. The yellow parts on the one in the video are blank firing adapters
The GPMG is a fantastic weapon but I loved my SLR
I'm Malaysian and I could understand most if not everything.
Recruiting video. Message: You can be a complete wimp but the army can change you into becoming a credit to your uniform!
Modern british Army docs have the self conscious polish of those who work in Public relations. Older docs are a bit more fly on the war, a very tough professional Army regardless of what the armchair warriors say quite loudly. When the Sh1t really hits the fan you want a British unit on your flanks, preferably both flanks...
😂 the old introduction to CS gas. Fun times.
On the word of command you will remove your mask and recite your name and service number... oh yes, fun times.
We had a hill outside the gas tent. When you came out they told you to run up it. It soon cleared you out.
The thing I remember most clearly about it was being told to walk around the rest of the afternoon without headgear to get the gas out of our hair. Not something you'd do normally at HMS Excellent with fearsome drill chiefs and marines at every corner!
The yellow things are called Blank Firing Attachments, attached to real weapons - blank rounds, no bullet, so not enough gas in the barrel to "re cock" the weapon - the BFA forces enough gas to re-cock the weapon. Yellow mags too - blank rounds. GPMG was a beast of a gun - rarely fired it in the Signals, but hell of a buzz when we did.
Part of the training is realising the different situations in which you may find yourself, hence the session in the gas chamber. It's filled with CS gas (the current weapon of choice against violent rioters). You go in, take off your gas mask and recite your name, rank ('recruit') and number. It's horrible.
Joined as a 15 year old back in 1966. Completed 16 years. A change in the recruits and the methods of training between now and then. There were times it could have been considered brutal but I loved it. There were a few it just was never going to suit, not because they were not fit or tough enough but just because they had a different mindset. They were filtered out along the way.
Served as part of a US unit at one point. The training methods were not dissimilar - the aim the same. One glaring difference was how much quieter, calm and controlled British Army units were and their training promoted that. A British unit can be as scared and on edge as any US unit can be. There can be the initial rush of adrenaline and the sometimes hysterical shouting and screaming in both but our units were very quickly back in control of themselves and their procedures and their training and carried out whatever was being asked in a more relaxed (seemingly at least) methodical and more business like - and yes quieter fashion. Just as many fucks flying around just mumbled as opposed to American shouting as a general rule. I am generalizing of course. When a British instructor reads you your fortune it is every bit as blistering/insulting/cutting as any US instructor can be but generally there will be encouragement, concentration on learning points, cajoling and advice as opposed to merely having your face ripped off by somebody's bad breath.
The emphasis was as much on self discipline and how to put others needs before your own within your team. There always will be discipline of a harsher nature should you fail to get to grips with your own discipline of course and it was usually rectified in a manner you would not wish to have repeated so lessons were often quickly learned (usually - every unit has a couple who never learn a damned thing however - they tend not to last too long. Equally every unit has a couple who who only ever need to be asked to do something and heard an instruction once only and they are on it, have fully understood and will fully comply with no drama whatsoever - how I envied those lucky bastards. Most of us lay on a scale somewhere between the two extremes and eventually end up as competent, reliable, loyal and most of all willing.
I regret making the decision to leave when I did for a variety of reasons. Would I go back and do it all again? - if only that were possible.
As a southern Englishman, I couldn't understand what they said at the Gun range either??
My sister's husband was a tank commander based in Paderborn for 15 years. He's one of the funniest people I've ever known, yet he is also a trained killer. 😊 🇬🇧
Thank him for his service many respects from 🇬🇧
love how he held his head in his hands when the scottish boy was talking
Its a struggle.
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For whom?! Ryan? He's an _American_ *
... They* don't even speak English!!
As a Glaswegian I thought the Scottish accent was the clearest by a distance😊
@@DB-stuffalways find it funny when I’m in the states and they can’t understand my Scottish accent. It has led to some hilarious food orders
Why, he didn't have a heavy accent or anything.
I have a relative who joined the army he told me a recruit got his backside kicked because he was going slow over the assault course said recruit tried to sue the instructor for assault.
Many respects 🇮🇪 aswell from 🇬🇧
"What does it take to be a soldier in the Swiss Army?" Be 18 and male. The recruitment order comes by itself.
This was just a short extract from a full TV series.
The idea of taking off your gas mask (called a respirator in the forces) is to give you confidence in your kit. Till you take it off, you're perfectly ok.
Watch London City Walks as this shows you what a Kings Guard goes through whilst guarding Horseguards Parade. It is really good.
Yellow markings are for blank firing adapters, used to allow semi and fully automatic weapons to operate whilst using blank rounds during training.
yellow markings on the weapons are actually attachments to allow the weapons to fire blank ammunition while still operating normally
That was an extract from a 5 part BBC Series calld "Soldier" which followed a recruit intake at Catterick Garrison through their training in 2022.
Ryan love, use your subtitles! :) to be fair some accents were slightly thicker than others
I was always told during weapon training that as a British Soldier, carrying an automatic weapon is a privilege in the UK. These lads are just doing their base weapon handling tests on weapons they will likely come across (like the GPMG in the video). Source is 22 years British Infantry. The normal rifle being used is not a 'training rifle'. It's a live firearm. It's the SA80/L85A2/3 standard 'Individual Weapon' with the yellow blank firing attachment using blank rounds. Just a bit more background :) Awesome video!
I'm Dutch, but I can even understand it 😅. Those adapters are in yellow and sometimes red
You can't buy a fully automatic in the States over the counter, but now you CAN legally buy a "bump-stock" kit to convert your semi to a fully automatic - courtesy of 2023 majority decision by the US Supreme Court. Yeah, thanks guys.....
(In fact, in 11 States you can now carry your fully automatic slung over your shoulder, and walk down Main Street - without a even requiring a permit).
I love how they use curse words for no reason just because
We're British, we need no reason 😂.
Right an' all... What reason's needed?!
You've never heard the phrase 'swear like a trooper'? It's the norm in all the militaries I've known.
"Oh, you gotta fucking be fucking kidding me with this fucking shite"
Fuck it, I hate nerd stuff but here goes: The yellow thing on the end of the rifle is a BFA (Blank Firing Adaptor) because the weapon is normally gas operated. (The gas from the round being fired is recycled back into the weapon's moving parts and reloads the rifle ready for the next shot.) Firing blank rounds, there is not enough pressure in the barrel for this process to occur, so a pressure is produced by fitting the yellow thing on the end of the gun.
The yellow tape on the guns & magazines show that they are blank rounds. This was a fragment of a series about recruitment & training.
The Blank Firing Attachments are Yellow, they are attached to the front of the weapon. It will not allow a live round to leave the barrell ( as its capped). THey are yellow so people can easily see that it is attached before training, as gases and debris can still injure people without a BFA attaached.
The bit you didn't understand he was told "I don't think the gunner's life is for you, South" [South, his surname]. and "Just fucking all over the shop" i.e. terrible shooting skills with that weapon.
Blank firing attachment or bfa on the mg counts for the yellow musle and carrying handle.
WHEN THE SHITE HITS THE FAN, I HAVE FAITH OUR YOUNG LADS WILL STILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE.
I’m Irish and I can understand every accent in the world. Definitely our Celtic brothers.
….Except Cork people.
But that might be on purpose.
omg 😂 when i hear that "you can go down to Walmart and buy one " omg i can't even imagine that , going here in Canada to Walmart and buy a gun crazy😅
4:40 a perfect example of British weather.
It’s dry and sunny where the soldier is talking.
But in the background there is a huge black rain cloud.
Give it 10 minutes and it will be back to clear sunny and dry. 🤭
Didn’t even pick that up, I’m that used to it! 😅
If it aint raining it aint training.....
I immediately just assumed it'd be chucking it down. We insist on that on the Risk Assessment.
Ryan, find the series that trains the Queens Guards! Probably too long to react to, but well worth watching! They’re the Elites!
Also channel Korean Englishman has a series on taking six British high school lads to Korea on a food tour, and a few years later, taking them again to participate for two days in their army training program! That’s the one to watch! Yikes!
Boot camp in Korea: ua-cam.com/video/1ZmTv44nVxg/v-deo.htmlsi=qEXbHqraC7YzcgZ1
Guards, elite bull💩 Wooden tops.
@@alexandercormack6818 A royal hater I gather.
BFA is the yellow attachment on the weapon it is to make blank firing possible in repeat.
Hi Ryan, check out "The Queens Guards: A Life In Service to give a slightly better look at being a British Soldier. All the Best mate.
Try the Royal Marines , 10months basic training . Hard as steel . i know,
my father was one
He He I love that a yank can't understand these weird accents. No w you know how we feel when listening to some of the weird USA drawls 🙂
O ho ho ho! I typed too soon! You must've "flipped the switch" while I was blinking. 🤔
:chuckles: I am only in the first part and I am enjoying a lovely little bout of schadenfreude at our American host not being able to translate the accents :D For a start, one of them is a Geordie and a heavy Geordie accent is a challenge even if English is your first language {little dig about Yanks not speaking English there :)} :D
Never be afraid to put on subtitles (if possible). F being too proud to admit you're not following what someone is saying. Language 101, basically. (even if it is english as well, but dialects are no joke sometimes). Also I think us Europeans are more exposed to different accents, sooo... unfair advantage?
You should take a look at "Ross & The Royal Irish Regiment Get Flanked by the Taliban" ua-cam.com/video/LR7-Uwzsp9E/v-deo.html
It's a documentary about the British Army fighting on the front lines in Afghanistan.
That's the advantage of being born here. We all exit the womb with the inbuilt ability to understand all the accents here :)
Why not turn the CC on? Your relationship with the language can hardly get worse.
(You had to do that with Mel Gibson's early films when they were released in North America.)
GPMG...otherwise known as a 'gimpy' or...a General Purpose machine gun :)
I’ve done the chemical simulated attack, it is really quite awful… you take the mask off and you have people looking after you but it’s so you actually know what happens and you can sense when you’re being gassed
Im English and I'm really not 100% on what they are saying either...
You have to remember that every other word starts with F and ends with -ing, Ryan! I seriously doubt that it would be possible to illustrate a day in the life of a soldier, especially in a 15-minute movie, as the different jobs are very consirable in number, and of course very different according to where they are required to take place,
Some never lose the language, like my husband. Still uses that every other word, NZ army in his case.
my mate was in the us marines with glasses, he said the militaryones were birth control goggles, as youd never meet a girl wearing them haha
You couldn't understand them I couldn't understand them and im a Brit.
Scots get angry about this for some reason.
I'm a SE.Londoner (not a Scot!) and I understood them okay!!
They are real weapons the yellow marking is part of the equipment to help when one is firing blanks
I'm British and didn't understand some of the stuff they said (and I'm usually 'really' good at even understanding stuff like patois). Sounds like the Corporal is Glaswegian or something 😂
Take a look at Royal Marines Commando training!
The RM Band Service is also worth looking at. Apart from world-class music training, they also do basic infantry soldier training at Lympstone before even getting to the music training. It's easy to forget that they are trained soldiers when they are playing superb music.
@@jacquieclapperton9758 I know - I served in the RMB 74-81 - including the very last ship's band in 1978 (HMS Ark Royal R09)
As Rudyard Kiping once said every man thinks meanly of himself for not being a soldier. I've experienced it myself once or twice jealous coworkers making snide comments when a couple of veteran's are busting eachothers balls and having fun. The instant respect and friendship two veterans give each other when meeting often leaves others feeling excluded. If those people failed to make it through selection or never had the guts to try they are often bitter and try to hide it behind an attitude of superiority pretending they were too clever or enlightened to fall for the recruitment pitches about loyalty respect and honour.
The saying is much older than Kipling - it's attributed to Samuel Johnson (who also didn't serve). Mind, Kipling had a deep knowledge and appreciation of the common soldier, not by serving but by spending so much time with them in India, as an apprentice newspaperman.
He was heavily involved in the propaganda effort, for WW1. Sadly for him, he lost his 18 y.o. son at Loos in 1915 - he was a junior subaltern in the Irish Guards.
@@wessexdruid7598 It honestly angers me to see idiotic students attack his legacy for writing Gunga Din claiming he was racist. Anyone whose read that poem and understood the clear message knows it couldn't be further from the truth. Yes it uses some very old and barbaric language because it's written from the point of view of a common British red coat but the message is clear Gunga Din the subject of the piece is a far better far kinder man than the narrator. It's a damning indictment of the common attitude of the time. The man's work did more for race relations than all the screeching smurfs combined.
@@ianjardine7324It's also worth reading 'Mesopotamia' which is a searing attack on politicians and others behind war while the ordinary person suffers.
@@AlexanderWinterborn-r6p True many of his attitudes and beliefs were firmly rooted in his loyalty to the empire and his belief that British rule was by far the best thing that could happen to anyone. He was a product of his time but that was balanced by his demands that the British prove they were worthy of the responsibilities they'd taken upon themselves. He had an obvious hatred for anyone who abused their power and position. Much like Churchill he believed in this vision of the empire as an ever growing family where the powerful had a duty to protect and help the weaker members. It was an idealistic dream but when viewed through that lense it's hard to argue they were evil men.
The general lack of respect for the Army when it at home, by some at least, is not a new phenomenon. As witnessed by the 1890 Rudyard Kipling Poem *Tommy* (Tommy Atkins being the generic name for a British Soldier since *at least* the mid 18th Century).
Yellow is blank firing adapter.
03:15 This is what they said:
"You need to f***ing tighten it up. Get it in the shoulder. Get it f***ing snug."
"Corporal"
"I don't think a gunner's life is for you [South]" (His surname)
"Maybe not"
"Right, go back to front then. [South], just f***ing all over the shop. Just f***ing terrible. Okay, we won't even talk about yours.
THE US USE THAT MACHINE GUN ITS CALLED THE M240 IN THE UK ITS CALLED GPMG
Strangely early this time...
GPMG: general purpose machine gun.
Lol did you find get tired of fawning over Australia mate?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think that last guy didn't make it and pissed off.
Being in the army now is literally the easiest job
It’s all over the shop means it’s a mess. He’s not being accurate with his shots.
Scottish, probably Glaswegian spoken by the corporal. Can be hard for a lot of Brits to understand.
Not Glaswegian, the way he drags out "now" indicates an east coast accent
I worked with a couple of Glaswegians and could understand them after a couple of months. I worked with a Geordie for a year, and could only understand him when he swore...
He's not Glaswegian. He's a Dundonian.
that Scottish accent ! Tricky
It probably depends on what part of Scotland Aberdeenshire Glasgow Edinburgh difference accents
3:07 HOW? just speak english while roll'ing your tongue :)
I’ve done the chemical simulated attack, it is really quite awful
did bro just call the BBC a small upcoming youtube channel
The British military has an ancient expertise in its glorious history.
We’ve been honing our fighting skills for many centuries.
Our Special Forces even train the other best of the best including American Green berets,the Israeli SF and South African SF’s.
Such a high standard that has to be maintained.
😂😂😂, "small up and coming channel BBC"
Scottish accent is pretty hard to understand even an English guy like me would need to have subtitles 😊
3:14 That‘s why they say we Germans speak better English than the Brits!😂
its so strange when you're stuggling to understand their accent and being English these guys hardly have an accent, like a bit of regional twang here and there, obviously you've got the Scots bloke, but its so surprising to me that you'd struggle to understand them
The British SAS are the world’s most elite soldiers. Even the US Marines based their training methods on the SAS.
Unlike the American equivalent of Corporal, the British Army Corporal has about 8 years of military experience whilst doing promotion, instructional and management courses.
Get one thing straight. In the British army junior ncos help to run the army. Lance corprals and corprals are given a lot of responsibility in the training and discipline of the men. For 2 years and 6 months i was in charge of a 12 man team, no officer no sergeant a corpral me a Lance corpral and 10 troopers and we 2 ncos were totally responsible for training and discipline.
You been pushed up into the kids room by the wife I see..
There will be no such thing as the British army once starmer and the EU are finished
You can't understand the guy because he's Scottish LoL