United Kingdom Pathfinder Platoon - "First In"
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Formed in 1985 the Pathfinder Platoon was created to infiltrate hostile territories, gathering vital information and intelligence on the enemy. As well as scouting out safe routes for allied forces, creating Temporary Landing Zones (TLZ) and Drop Zones (DZ). They're the elite reconnaissance regiment of the 16 Air Assault Brigade.
Similar to the SAS and SBS, Pathfinders are experts in Close Quarter Battle (CQB), High Altitude Low Opening (HALO), High Altitude High Opening (HAHO) and Static Line Parachuting. They're capable of being completely self-reliant for months at a time and can perform sabotage, kill-capture and reconnaissance operations deep behind enemy lines.
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My lifelong dream was to serve in the Special Forces, sadly I wasn't born with a pixelated face and so was laughed out of the recruiter's office.
😂😂😂
Japanese are born with Pixelated woodpeckers 😅
😆😆 Brilliant
@@architsharma6524.. That's true ! I've seen it in some.... movie...
Same here king. I was born with black tape over my eyes which only appears when I have group pictures in uniform ☹️
Before jumping off planes, Capt David Blakely mentioned in his book that the aircrew always played Thunderstruck to pump up their adrenaline.
I've heard that a few times, shame it wasn't the music for this video
I read that book
My brother was in pathfinder. Very proud.
You got any pictures of him?
Was ???
Also .. with that calling, maybe you should too
I love my lads across the channel greetz from holland 💪🏾👍🏾
Beans Offerman that’s probably because you have one of the best professional military forces in the world. Thanks brother for the respect you show our fallen soldiers at Arnhem.💪💪
@Steve Cj the politicians are a bunch of wankers
@@ironhand9096 haha thanks teached by the britisch
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@Juan Dude thank you i am dutch 😙
Most under represented British forces service personnel.
for a reason
I do not know anything about them. Literally.
@@vlun121 you dont know anything about the most famous special forces in the world?
Veriloyly they aren’t the most famous and by the book, they aren’t special forces
@@et0474 i never meant the pathfinders, i should have edited my comment but couldnt be arsed
Just listening to Steve Browns audiobook on Audible and had to look up the Pathfinders. Awesome book and very funny...
Ex Australian who joined the RE back in the seventies at Cove Farnborough Hamshire and went on to 59 commando and 9 para RE replying; great video. Makes me think l was born 40 years to early. 🇦🇺
I live in Farnborough lol thank you for your service mate 👊
Faugh a ballagh
The best video i have seen on the pathfinders 👍👍👍👍
Thank you, Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Pathfinder’s radio call sign is Mayhem. Learned this from an ex-Pathfinder Steve Heaney MC who wrote a book with Damien Lewis about his mission in Sierra Leone where 26 of his team were deployed to a remote village to protect it from being over run by an estimated 2000 drug and blood crazed RUF rebels. Captured by them would have meant the villagers either being killed or having limbs chopped off.
C/S lives up to it we hope. My parent unit were captured in SL, the lads brought all hell down on them. EDIT: C/S Neg Mayhem, try harder, was trying to be nice. Yer just talking shit.
I literally just started reading that book and just finished David Blakeley's book Pathfinder both amazing books
Book name?
@@seanjoseph8637 Operation Mayhem
@@estellemelodimitchell8259 Ta.
After reading X PLATOON I'd say they are special forces....selection is horrendous....to pass that you've gotta be nails....big respect🇬🇧
@awi - if you’re using US definitions then in the US Military the only ‘special forces’ are the US Army Special Forces colloquially known as the Green Berets. All other units are SOF - Special operations forces.
Whilst RM and Paras might be as proficient as fighters compared to Green Berets, the GB’s have a far wider skill set, as they are designed to designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and security force assistance. I guarantee you a RM or Para don’t do all those things.
@@artnull13 Para and RM don't claim to be SF (almost outside the US says SOF). They are simply high readiness infantry forces. The whole question of who is equivalent to whome is bollocks. The UK doesn't have an 'equivalent' to the US Special Forces.
@Groucho - guess the UK government has been lying to everyone when they claim: The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is a directorate composed of 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, 21 Special Air Service Regiment, 23 Special Air Service Regiment, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing lmao 😂
www.gov.uk/government/groups/directorate-of-special-forces
@@artnull13 And where in there does it mention The Parachute Regiment or the Royal Marine Commandos?
There's a difference between being under the UKSF umbrella and being a SF unit. Being under command of DSF does not mean you are SF. 18 Sigs Tac Med, SFAW etc are not SF units - They are support elements attached to UKSF. They don't do the UKSF selection course. Therecare some fat knackers running around Hereford who fall under DSF just because they are posted to the support units.
Groucho - For starters the person I replied to their comment has gone, secondly he had specifically mentioned that the RM and Paras were equivalent to US Special forces specifically GB’s. Thirdly your reply clearly stated that the UK has no special forces equivalent to the US, which isn’t the case. Keep flexing buddy.
Special Operations Capable ( SOC) UK Pathfinder Regiment..... HOOAH, from this Prior Service USMC and US Army Veteran!! Scouts Out, First In Superintensified!!🇬🇧🇺🇸🦅🗽🗡️⚔️🔫💣💥🔥💀☠️❤️
1969 I did my pre para with Guards independent parachute company AKA the path finders
My dad was a sergeant in the pathfinders, very proud 👌🏼
Got any pictures of him in service?
@@cheekboy7247 I see you fucking everywhere
@@Danny-vj4fy yeah I am an OG
@@cheekboy7247 I was the bloke who saw you on tiktok too 😂
@@Danny-vj4fy Uh?
Wish now that I'd gone and joined up all those years ago. Utterly brilliant and exhilarating watching this. Thanks for sharing mate 🤜
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :)
Can’t wait to join them
Firstly Kanutster what a Great piece you put together Thank You...Massive Thank You for our Amazing Armed Force’s and there families and the sacrifices you All make.. Thank You.
Outstanding 🇬🇧
I am very proud to be British and that will never change
Truthfully the best in the World. FAITH in UK! 🇬🇧
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Every country says that.
James Bradley not every country backs it up son! Everyone thinks they can fuck with the little island until our boots are on the ground 🇬🇧
Another awesome video. The simple message to the world, we have the best SF, the best elite, and the best regular armed forces in the world. It has been proven time and again, don't need with us, you won't like us when we respond
I Didn't even know about the Pathfinders Platoon either until i read about them somewhere, about 5 or 6 Years Ago. Then I Asked my dad if he had ever heard of them either and he said Yes he had. He Was in the Paras Himself, He was fortunate enough to meet and got to know certain people over the years.
What's your dad's name and what Battalion was he in? Do you know when he joined and left? Sorry to be nosey but it's a small world and I may know him 👍
X Platoon - Steve Heaney a really good read about the early days of PF!!!!!
Great video and i love the fact you are using zack hemesy songs
British Paras are still best of the best, many buddies ex Para. 🇬🇧
Coming from someone who was working with tri service, there are some amazing lads from the rm, raf reg and paras. There's also some absolute screamers from them as well
absolute fucking nails, limitless respect
All best Guys ! Cheers Mate ! Respect !
In the British Army There's only 1 level above the Pathfinder Platoon and that's 22 SAS many Pathfinders will go and join 22 SAS if they pass selection.The Pathfinders are also Elite.
Respect to all soldiers (past,present,future and fallen )
Simply awesome 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
If they're doing HAHO and HALO jumps then they're specops. They sound a lot like the US Marine Corps Recon who we do consider to be special operation although under command of the USMC and not USSOCOM.
Yeah they haho and halo, british tier2 special forces, good but not sas or sbs.
Thankyou for your SERVICE . GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU GG
religious vomit
They should definitely be considered special forces with balls the size of theirs
Not SF, elite forces
Dream job. Cant even join the army though because I broke my hip 6 years ago and have 3 pins in it.
Lee Bartlett Not sure, I read somewhere that reserves medical standards are the same as regulars now but might still give it a try
Conor Price just don’t mention it
Conor Price Same here pal, blown up knee playing rugby. Inside it’s plates, pins, screws, grafts and cadaver pieces. Went so far as to sign up, get my documents in order, prepare for the physical evaluation and BOOM.......LEG DONE. GAME OVER & NAE SERVICE FOR ME. I feel your pain pal. I may try the reserves way too, but they do keep records of stuff like that.
Who ever told you the reserves have lower medical standards than the regs is wrong.
hoping to join the Royal Artillery STA special observer which is a behind enemy line job. which should then put me in good position to hopefully move on to being one of these.
You better be better then everyone in your platoon come basic training Special Observers undergo SERE training and are hard as nails, You need a VERY special mindset for the job, good luck.
@@YeNZeC Luckily the guy at my local careers office was a Special Observer and has been giving me an in depth talk through of them. I've also been getting fitness tips and ways to prepare for the next year from my uncle who was SAS which has been a huge help.
@@wickedwango9315 I say good luck to you.
I had a guy in my sister platoon in basic and some guy was going for Observer and the full screws took the piss. It is a fucking hard and to my knowledge what most would consider boring. Requires patience and a high degree of fitness.. then you have the Mental side. SERE training in as you know hard as nails.
Your uncle can defiantly give you tips being a trooper, try go out with him a bit, he can be your PTI haha
"FUCKING GET THERE THEN !"
like i said. Good luck lad, all the best.
Good luck mate
Have a back up in mind mate, as it's rare as hell that a Gunner will pass that course straight from phase 2. Best of luck though.
The books by Capt. David Blakeley about his time in the Pathfinders are excellent
DavidUKesb Indeed a good read. 3 thin skin Land Rovers driving north of the US Marines lines at Nasiriyah trying to secure an air strip and along the way got ambushed numerous times by the numerically superior Iraqi military and Fedeyens. Capt. Blakeley even had his trousers shot through with a heavy round!
The Blood is strong the Heart British,pride in excellence small but lethal
Wow, I'm in this, Nice vid. Vida la vida PF!
Great videos Sir please them coming .
The Pathfinders are the real deal, if you want an idea of just how good they are read up Operation Mayhem.
Pathfinder selection is supposed to be like SAS selection just squeezed into several weeks instead of months. Brutal stuff
As long as we have men like these,we'll be ok!
God bless all the brothers and sister who have served still serve and to the men and women who have gave there lives for this country 🙏
religious vomit
"After the Falklands war in 1982, 5th Airborne Brigade identified a requirement for an elite reconnaissance unit that could penetrate deep into hostile or non-permissive environments." Seems strange, I had a mate who was in Pathfinder Platoon during the Falklands War.
Your mate is waffling to you, don't lend him any £, he's untrustworthy. 😁
(PP didn't formally exist during the conflict, it was an unfunded grouping of lads who were officially part of 1/2/3 Para Recce Platoons).
@@JammyDodger45 Well it's certainly possible that I misunderstood and he was with patrols platoon for the 2nd Battalion and transferred to Pathfinder Platoon in 1985. Stating that someone you have never met is untrustworthy says an awful lot about you, thanks.
@@rhannay39 - are you on the spectrum or just a bit dim?
Don't you know that a 😁 denotes that a sentence is light-hearted and not literal?
Especially when it's then followed by the actual explantation.
Hopefully this is your first ever exposure to the world of online interaction and you'll learn quickly otherwise I foresee an interesting future ahead of you.
(For clarification non of the above statements are meant for literal interpretation, all are merely a gentle poke at your previous stilted posts. If this causes you offence ... tough luck kiddo).
Yes I was at college at the time of the fallands war
My dad served in the Platoon, hoping to follow in his footsteps.
U.S. Pathfinder here; First In, Last one out"
Why would a pathfinder be the last out? That makes no sense.
Securing the LZ IOT ensure the unit(s) get out safely.
That's not a specialist role though? We wouldn't risk our pathfinders on that generic activity but you guys do have many thousands more troops than us so I get it.
@@JammyDodger45 First ones in to locate and secure a potential LZ. This is based on the mission set and overall commanders intent. I suppose you guys do it differently. "1000 ways to skin a cat".
I’m currently in the process of joining the infantry (Mercian regiment British army) I’m going to transfer to the parachute regiment 4 years from when I pass basic. It would be an honour to be a pathfinder.
SepticGOAT why not join the paras straight away
The Barch coz I’m not at the physical standard right now and I’ll have to add another 7 months onto my training to be there or I could just join now and get more fit now.
Max Power II there’s been many transfers into the paras, it’s not down to wether they want to keep you as you’re a good infantry man as you’ll join the paras anyway(infantry role) I’ve set it out like that as it’s the best path for me right now.
SepticGOAT it would be an honour should you join the Paras
Airborne Assassin you don’t have to be in the paras to be in the pathfinders, you can transfer directly into them but I have my basic in 2 months, 4 years after basic I’m transferring to the paras.
Great guys who do a great job. Sadly I was rejected. Something to do with being a foot tall and having a whopping overbite. Bloody prejudice!
great video british forces best in the world
Guuucccciiii !
I worked with PF in Sierra Leone in 2000. Good lads.
United Kingdom Army's Pathfinder Reconnaissance Platoon is like the Israel Defense Force ( IDF) Sayeret Tzahanim: 🪂 Qualified Infantrymen more than capable of ISTAR ( Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance), Battlefield Damage Assessment, Route Clearance, and even Direct Action. Bravo Zulu, From this United States Marine Corps and Army Veteran.🇺🇸🇺🇲♥️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🪂🪖💣💥🔥‼️‼️
I’m joining the paras soon, looking to aim for pathfinders once iv passes out and done a year or so
Some say the Training for British forces is brutal???.
That's why we are and always will be .
THE BEST!!!!!!
Good vid 👍🙂
16 AA BDE the elite brigade of the british army and these guys are the elite of the elite within the BDE ,everyman an emperor!!!
They may not be considered SF in the UK but to all other nations they are SF.
@Blob B They are NOT sf in regard to official military criteria.
They are definitely elite if they aren’t supplied with SA80s.
Good thing they have the c8 now 😂😂 but they definitely are elite
The Brits have such a great military.
Not always the largest, best-equipped or the most advanced technologically, historically speaking, but the training has always been top-notch: that’s the UK’s secret weapon that allows it to be so effective even with such a small force. These men are worthy successors to their forebears, the British Expeditionary Force.
@@feliscorax Yeah the problem here in America is that we've been watering down standards in order to allow females into all jobs. I hope that doesn't happen to the UK military.
@@feliscorax Wish I was born in either UK or US.You guys have such great militaries but unfortunately I was born in a shit hole of a country called Myanmar where the military is not only shit but also killing the people they swore to protect. Closest thing I can get to you guys is join the French Foreign Legion and make my way into the commando units of the Legion but it seem like a dream that will never come true.
Is it correct to assume that these guys are the equivalent to the USMC’s Force Recon?
My late father was in patrol platoon 2 para. And served in the Yemen, would this be the same thing as being a pathfinder? He was a proud Para, but he never talked about it and never had photos from his many years in the Paras.
Impressive 🤙
ML’s in marines are the same brigade Recce
totally dfferet
I notice that they like the SAS do not use the SA85 rifle instead rely on a modified Armalite carbine made by Colt Canada.
The 28 dislikes are defo anti military people
Taliban*
I did the lightrole recce patrolman cadre with PF in 2014. Disgusting.
no silly l85 variants to be seen
Dylan yeah because you can’t put as many attachments on an l85 plus using an m4 helps cover the fact your British special forces but for a regular infantry rifle the l85 is sick
@@thebarch7594 after HK re did some internals and the A3 release coming to forces now with better rail implementaition its becoming a much more reputable tool to use
It’s because the L119A1 is a better weapon but, as it’s Canadian, the government can’t admit that
Are they UKs equivalent to green berets and rangers to our paras
Fucking love being British
Tom B. Pistols drawn 2:00
Wouldnt be surprised if a lot of sas soldiers were pathfinders. Seems like a natural progression. Paras , pathfinders, sas.
Yes, I once saw a BBC (iI think) documentary about them. They are positively encouraged to apply for SF selection.
Approximately 60% of pathfinders go on to do SAS selection. Of those who do, 70% pass selection.
@@DavidBrown-fb6xd source?
@@cheekboy7247 ah you’re that special boat service history guy aren’t you? 😂. And also there was an old documentary about the pathfinders and that’s where he said about the 60% going on to SF.
They say they are not Special Forces, but come on, everyone knows they are.
They are not
If they were they'd get Special Forces pay ... and they don't!
God dammit I miss working in the army...!
It takes courage to be a Pathfinder, and it is more than kinda a special unit. it's like "Tunnel Rats" in Vietnam, all who know understand perfectly.
99% of countries these pathfinders would be better than their special forces!
What would be the US equivalent to British Pathfinder???
Ranger reconnaissance company(RRC)
Hello i’m 14 years old and from Holland and i will join the army and i want to join the Dutch green berets called the Korps Commandotroepen who train with the SAS but i also wanna join the dutch pathfinders but can someone tell what’s a better choice. By the way i love the army of you guys!
Good luck joining the army, Toob. Hopefully, you will get to operate alongside British units one day!
Korps mariniers
thepymes thanks!!
Hans no the korps commandotroepen
Good luck 🤞 😊
Pathfinders,,advance regiment ba?
Pathfinders are basically Special Forces so yeah they're an elite infantry force
British is best by far.
British forces not to be fucked with . Tough as fuck . Train hard and fight hard brave as .
Do the pathfinders use the c8?
Yes they do.
@@Kanutster thanks mate.
Awesome video. Where the heck did you get such rare footage, like where they are setting up, and then detonating, a shape-charge? 👍👌🇬🇧
How my grandparents described going to school
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Can someone tell me the name of the vehicle at 4:39
Last one standing
I've heard in other videos that so many guys fail UK special forces selection because of Bee Stings! What kind of badass bees do you guys have over there!?
Someone is winding you up more like ankle injuries
And blisters and bergun burns are a huge problem
I was joking, it was a play on the word 'beasting'
0:41 wheres this image from
Just curious but isn’t all this what the SAS do ?
The small team insertion information gathering etc
No.
Well it’s not their primary role but yes, the SAS do some small team (4-6 men) insertions in some occasions for reconnaissance missions.
Yes. But the pathfinder platoon are specifically a brigade asset.
So i guess they are the British equivalent of rangers?
British equivalent would be the Special Forces Support Group, they play a similar role as the 75th Ranger Regiment supporting the UKSF on operations.
No more like U.S. Army Infantry Battalion Reconnaissance Platoons
#Pathfinders
#Parachuteregiment
#DavidBlakeley
#SteveHeaney
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As with every military video it's hard to get the essence of how tough the training really is.
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A few facts in this are now actually untrue the pathfinders are no longer joined of purely paratroopers and other members of 16 air assault brigade, selection is open to all serving members of the British army who if they pass selection will re Cap badge as part of the pathfinders unit. As for there selection they carry out the exact same hills phase as the UK special forces so many who chose this do so to be part of this elite unit and never even look at moving on to any other special forces group. These men should be considered as special forces and nothing less as in reality with there selection and level of training that is what they are.
Very true,can remember a few going for it each year from my reg (infantry) since the 90s.
"As for there selection they carry out the exact same hills phase as the UK special forces so many who chose this do so to be part of this elite unit and never even look at moving on to any other special forces group. These men should be considered as special forces and nothing less as in reality with there selection and level of training that is what they are."
- nonsense; they do 2 weeks of hills phase (UKSF is 4), and even in that 2 weeks, the marches are not everyday
- their selection and level of training is far below that of 22 SAS/SBS; 2 weeks of hills, not 4, no jungle whatsoever (often considered the hardest phase), UKSF is 6 weeks of that
we don't leak too much information
Not officially special forces. But special nonetheless. It takes balls of steel to be dropped into enemy territory without support. Not many special forces would attempt it.
Technically not a special force. This sounds something ordinary on military standards but yes the individual level of discipline and skills required are at special force level for sure.
Cheers!
So are they like the equivalent version of the U.S Green Berets?
The equivalent to the green berets in the British army would probably be sfsg (1PARA, 2sqn RAF Rgt and a company of hand picked RM Cdos)
Are they part of the SFSG and would they be exclusively from the 1st Battalion ?
No, they're not part of the SFSG or 1 Para they're their own regiment
@@Kanutster cheers never new that
Kanutster No they are a Platoon as a part of 16th Air Assault Brigade.
Gavin Burree.No they are a Platoon as a part of 16th Air Assault Brigade.
@Raj Maj RLC Chiefs and REME most likely, A few RE Guys aswell.
Appropriate tagging my account as your sources bro! (@british.pathfinders).
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