How The SAS Smoked Six Dudes in London…
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- Опубліковано 14 гру 2022
- On Wednesday April 30th 1980, a six man team of heavily armed gunman ovetook an Iranian Embassy in London. The crisis quickly turned into a six day siege leaving the authorities with little options. Prime Minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, called in the 22nd SAS, a tier one unit- to participate in a direct action rescue mission. The special operators created mock ups of the embassy, studied the faces of the gunman and planned for nearly every contingency.
On May 5th, the SAS initiated the op, dubbed Operation Nimrod and saved all but one in under 17 minutes time. The incident set the benchmark for what is possible in both tactics and bravado.
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What story should I cover next? >:)
KEN REX MCELROY!!!!
Palace of Justice siege in Colombia when M-19 Guerrillas killed half of Colombia supreme justices and battled the army for hours
Doesn’t matter you nail everything outa the park
can you please do the 1970s SLA Shootout in Los Angeles and the 1985 Police MOVE bombing in Philadelphia?
nisour square massacre
Fun Fact:
The Lead SAS Officer is the Man who Capt. Price from COD is modeled after. John McAleese. McAleese's impressive resume, toughness, and even his rugged mustache all directly inspired the "Call of Duty" character that fans know and love. He was Red Team Leader. There is a great interview out there with him somewhere.
I met John at Newport train station. He was stood at on the platform with a rucksack and shades on ha ha. As he was on his own I went over and spoke with him, turned out before the SAS he started his career in the army in the same regiment as me, not just that but we both done the same trade too. We ended up getting on the train together and chatting about the embassy - cool character. Sad he has passed.
@@sprre3899 Thats pretty cool
I knew some COD developers had some high end military members, so not surprised they modeled some of their characters off real people.
Although I didn't know who price was modeled off of, so this was a neat fact, thanks!
There is a British "Eddie Price" in Tom Clancy's novel "Rainbow Six" and in most of the Tom Clancy Rainbow Six games. That was the first Price character I ever used in a counter-terrorist game.
@@TacShooter i remember him from reading the book. Wasnt he the guy that always smoked a pipe after an OP?
I know this story inside out but f me if I’m not gonna brew a cup of tea and listen to Popo’s retelling of this epic.
Absolutely spot on bro 😊 Meee toooo 😊
You aren’t the only one brother
Absolutely popomedic's delivery and editing are great.
Popo is Mandatory Viewing YoYo lol 😆
Sounds like an addiction.
“Thatcher authorized the British army to take over, and make an example of people who try to fuck around in England” gave me chills man, respect every form of military so much, the bravery and heroism they have I envy
Now we’d be apologising to the terrorists and no doubt be called racists and bigots
She was not called the iron lady for nothing
That line was incredible 👏
*Londons calling intensifies*
@@dorkismcshane3706 Eerie gunshot noises from are of masked men intensify
Many, many years ago I attended a course at New Scotland Yard and the final morning was taken up by a lecture on the siege given by PC Trevor Lock. Unsurprisingly, he speaks very highly of the SAS.
You seen the movie recently called 6 days? When the SAS boys are clearing the embassy they hear Trevor and a terrorist wrestling for control of a gun, burst in the door, spray the terrorist with a few magazines and put Trevor against the wall/window patting his shoulder shouting, "You're alright Trevor, you're alright," hand him his police constable hat and off they go to fuck up some more motherfuckers. Always makes me laugh so hard. Dude almost got shot in the face by a terrorist and now he's hearing some boys tell him he's alright and hand him his hat back as he's in complete shock!
Then he pu8ts the hat on, opens the window to get fresh air and the whole world sees pictures of him as he's gasping for fresh air.
The best part being when the hostages are being led down stairs by SAS in gas masks they're being stared at by SAS troopers who have memorised faces of the terrorists from their passports. One terorist tries to sneak out with hostages till the last thing he sees is the eyes through a mask of the hardest bastard he's ever seen, as he then gets a magazine dumped into his body and thrown down the stairs. Then they spot a grenade, and one SAS trooper sees it and runs down the stairs to check or cover it with his body to protect the hostages, shouts pin in, secures it and leads the rest out. FUCK THAT for your last minute alive, eyes of a hardened bastard staring into your soul as he opens up on full auto into your body and throws you down stairs.
Gotta respect the SAS. They don't mess around.
What was the US counterparts to the SAS? Army Rangers, Navy Seals, Green Beret?
@@weduhpeople8504 Probably Delta
They kinda mess it up with the burned curtain but that MP5 cover a lot of mistakes
My Father was in the Army, he said Para's and Marines are crazy but the SAS are on a whole different level.
@@weduhpeople8504 Delta was based on the SAS. Charles Beckwith served with the SAS in Malaya on exchange from the US army and liked it so much he spent the next 20 years lobbying to get a similar unit all while causing havoc in Vietnam and surviving a 50cal round to the stomach. At the end of the 70s he finally got his wish after a number of terror attacks took place making it apparently to US administration a similar unit was needed. At the time the only units in the world specialised for this role were in the UK and Israel so Charlie sent a number of men to observe and take part in SAS selection courses to base their own training on. Delta grew into a unit similar to the SAS, with both a counter terrorism role but also a role between soldiers and agents, allowing men not in uniform to take part in revolutionary and counter revolutionary warfare as well as close protection and other highly classified roles.
Delta is broken in sabre squadrons much like the SAS and they spend a lot of time working and training together. GWOT featured a large amount of collaboration between the two units in things like Operation Abalone and probably even more that aren't public knowledge.
One amazing detail omitted is the police drilled listening devices in the walls of the embassy, and disguised the noise by re-directing passenger jets to do low passes over the building.
Yes! I had to cut this part out to continue building momentum but pretty crazy. I guess they also had the gas company drill on an adjacent street to create more ambient noise.
@@PopoMedic Sweet- thanks for the reply! Another amazing video my man, keep up the great work and I’ll keep on watching 👍🏻
@@Quake3131
One of the most amazing stories to have emerged from this op is the legendary tale of Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher being so impressed with the SAS, that she insisted on taking part in a live fire training exercise at the "killing house" in Hereford. She was supposedly bundled into a room wearing a sack over her head, and pushed into a chair which had targets behind it. The operators then carried out a dynamic entry into the room and fired live rounds past her head, taking out the "hostage takers" before bundling her back outside.
Love her or hate her, that takes big brass bollocks!
@@PopoMedic They did better than that, they had ordered civilian airliners to change their flight path so that they flew low over the embassy inbound or outbound from the big London airports
@@residentelect Not a fan of Thatcher, but she was the fucking person this country needed when these cunts decided to fuck around and find out. Handing over to the army took MASSIVE balls. Imagine all the hostages got killed when they breached. Not to mention when a certain Argentine fuck decided to try and take some Islands off us she sent a massive fucking armada in the Spring of 1982 to again show what happens when you fuck about. Again, a massive risk. If the Argies had hit both UK aircraft carriers we were fucked, as were all the men who had landed on the islands.
My favourite thing is ALWAYS that when HMS Conqueror (nuclear sub) returned to her base in Faslane after victory, they flew the Jolly Roger to signal her sinking of the Argentine General Belgrano! Apparently this is a custom of Royal Navy subs after a kill. The flag is now in the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. It has an atom for Conqueror being the only nuclear submarine with a kill. Fucking badass.
Something to note is that the last hostage-taker (the one caught-out in the garden) was VERY nearly executed after the SAS operatives were given a take-no-prisoners directive by Thatcher. A couple of the operatives were going to carry out those orders by pulling him away from the hostages and executing him, however, a senior team member stopped them because of the presence of so many news cameras.
Robin Horsefall. He got so much shit for it that he left the regiment.
@@smellyfinger684 who did? I thought there were multiple team members who were going to drag the guy off and shoot him
@@JTViper The trooper who started dragging him back into the embassy so he could slot him is only ever referred to as “Tiny”. Robin stopped him and was given a ton of grief by the lads for it afterwards. In his biography, he states that this ultimately led to him leaving 22 reg.
@smellyfinger ah, gotcha.
Still think they should've iced the bastard*...
*the terrorist
and now the gunman is free... go figger
I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Rusty Firmin , one of the SAS team leaders. Such a humble man but behind his eyes you can see the threat that this man posed . I got his autograph on the iconic “no gloves “ photo and it is one of the most treasured possessions I have . Rusty , you and your team are legends .
The important part of this is that nothing like this had been done before. The whole thing of shock and awe and multiple dynamic entries, what people think of as a SWAT raid etc, started here created by SAS. When this happened the world took notes. SAS are very innovative trend setters, they created Special Forces in the first place.
Special _operations_
World took notes on what _not_ to do
Do _not_ get tangled as you descend
Do _not_ catch self on fire
Do _not_ deploy CS/CN without mask
Do _not_ breach before other teams
@@fourleaf7570 1SF-ODD LEADS THE WAY!!!!
@@fourleaf7570 Do not rely on the mp5
Uh, Israeli hostage rescue at Entebbe in 1976 was logistically even more incredible. I think the SAS here had more finesse, though.
@@NotOnDrugs Delta Force is a copy of SAS trained by SAS
this made the SAS a part of every game related to warfare in the modern age
as they should, love their missions in MW3
This was the first time the British Government even acknowledged they were real. What way to announce them, this is what we have and we will use them.
@@tflwulf69 didn’t thatcher also authorise them to rescue a prison officer who was being held hostage in a prison riot?
@@maxbowen6482 yes. It's a prison in Scotland. I forget the name. But there were only a handful of them, I think it was an odd number like 6. Which is odd because they're usually in teams of 4. They ended the root and rescued the officer in minutes.
@@maxbowen6482 ua-cam.com/video/OT2oMoF-QRo/v-deo.html here's a video about it. Petershead prison raid.
I just want to pay tribute to John McAleese, man was an absolute legend. It’s so sad that his son who was also in the army Sgt Paul McAleese was killed in Afghanistan in 2011.
Dick Couch's book "Delta Force" goes into great detail about how Delta learned and adopted many selection techniques from SAS. Good stuff.
A lot of what Delta Force learned was also passed on to SWAT organisations. It's part of what makes them effective policing. Mind you I think the SAS idea of resolving a situation without firing a shot being the preferred option seems not to have travelled across the pond very well.
It’s legendary men like these which made me join the British army as a reservist infantry soldier. I’ll never be tier 1 but just to be in the same organisation is an honour
fuck yeah, dude. you'll always be my tier 1 operator daddy
I was in the cadets as well haha
@@christopherbell2796 when you were young?
@@cyber_stealth9743 cadets is kid army in the uk , just as good as the reservist or territorial army . Haha . Shot the same guns and rode them on the obstical course . Fat sannys .
What regiment you in?
The operation that directed the training of basically every spec ops group since
Apparently the last living dude was being taken back into the embassy to be "dealt with" when some of the SAS troops pointed out they were live on TV detaining a live prisoner and him suddenly ending up dead would look bad.
And I think it was Prince Charles or somebody later on told one of the SAS guys that they "missed one" when they met.
@@beefchops1400 As I remember, it was Denis Thatcher, Maggie's husband.
@@timash4101 Yeah now I think about it you’re right….Dennis was there at the barracks after the event!
Man that giant led acid flashlight sitting on top of the MP5 @6:25 😂 definitely the 80’s
I’m completely hooked on you telling these stories. It’s like a history class but more badass
he's got a great flavour to it right?
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A fine display of skill and adaptability. While the operation did not start flawlessly the operatives were able to identify and neutralize all active shooters with minimal loss of life. Just proves the axiom the best laid plans don't survive first contact but due to the SAS excellence the operation was still a great success. Thanks for bringing these accounts into the spotlight. Many of the mini-documentaries on your channel happened before my time or mental cognizance so learning about them now has been a joy. The history of urban conflict is fascinating and eye-opening.
The MP5 cover a lot of those first mistakes
"Minimal loss of life"
The format, the narration, the music; keep it up bro. I don't think I'd ever get sick of these videos. You're killing it bro
Congratulations on your success since switching to this new form of content. I am happy to see you being rewarded for your work Popo, keep the good stuff coming!
I absolutely love the fact that they practiced and planned to no ends but still when the time came shit happened and the plan didn't quite hold up but they still prevailed so bad ass
Probably because the SAS tend to have a back up plan for their back up plan knowing full well there's a good chance the original plan will turn to a can of worms.
Honestly I'm not often proud to be British but this makes me damn proud
Even us Americans revere the SAS, absolutely badass warriors. You guys teaching us during WW2 is what lead to the CIA and our own special forces, and we won't forget it.
I completely agree. Like as much as Thatcher was an evil bitch I think her wanting no mercy for the terrorists is fucking metal and not to mention the falklands wars. You just don't fuck with us British.
You should always be proud to be British!🇬🇧🇬🇧✌The reason the UK is in a mess is because we dont have enough patriotism🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧✌
you should be proud to be British. A lot to be proud of. God bless from the USA
How can you not be proud to be British? No other people on earth have accomplished what we did or contributed to so many life-changing inventions/advancements. A tiny little island in the North Sea dominated the world and brought Science, Medicine and education everywhere it went. We were the modern day Romans.
Our ancestors were great people capable of mind boggling accomplishments. Don’t let revisionists make you ashamed of being a descendant of greatness. Be proud of who you are and what you come from and that goes for anyone else too.
Modern day Britain leaves very little to be proud of but all that means is that there is greater opportunity to gain pride and write a new chapter in British history that your descendants can also be proud of instead of carrying down the road we are going down. You could be part of a period of history that will be written about for centuries… or you can wallow in pity, in self-defeat, in your nihilism and lose everything that made us great to begin with.
I remember watching a documentary about this in my 8th grade History class. Was so badass to see footage of the SAS operators doing their stuff.
I was 10 and watched it live on the TV lol
The facts, the details, the music, the message, you nailed it all man. Love your videos!
Don’t know how can the SAS manoeuvre so quickly with how big and heavy they’re balls are
Thanks for the incredible content!! I’m amazed at how you’ve grown as a storyteller in such a (relatively) short amount of time! Congrats
Thanks so much for the donation and kind words! Can’t wait to show you guys what’s going down behind the scenes.
I can't wait to see what goes beyond scenes well I can wait no I can't to see what goes behind those scenes
More like this that feature stock photos and footage, less of you sitting there in hat and flannel. Thanks!
Man those 1980s flashlights and gun attachments are crazy. The mp5 flashlight was nearly as big as the gun itself!
One of my family members knew one of the SAS members who raided this, it’s a really interesting story especially when from from somebody who was there. Great video man!
What you failed to mention was Thatcher's visit to the SAS holdout site prior to the rescue.
The SAS are always known to have a concept which is called the "Killing House" where they made a mock house of whatever sketch and blueprint that they have and remodel it in the warehouse 2-3 stories high and then execute their battle movements in said building as per shown on the blueprint of every corner, every walls and every rooms. The whole thing can be torn apart and remodeled in just a span of 16-24 hours making it extremely versatile for situational changes. Also unlike anything else, all and I do mean ALL training in the Killing House are all live ammo. Not blanks and rubber bullets but full hollowpoint live ammo.
As story goes, Thatcher, after hearing of the hostage situation, quickly returned home on the 2nd day of the siege and organized a meeting with her cabinets. She decided to visit the holdout base and visit the SAS for a rundown of the operations and see how lethal and staunch they were in their plans of assault and decided to go down a day later which was the 3rd day of the siege and she decided to bring the Home Secretary, William Whitelaw to see the whole planning too.
When they reached the base, Thatcher was warmly greeted but she couldn't care less and went straight to business, asking and prodding about the effectiveness of the operations and what-not. Intrigued, the chief officer of the whole operation asked if Thatcher was willing to "personally feel how the SAS would operate and execute the mission and see the effectiveness of the plans by herself" and if she agrees, they'll stage a mock situation, just for her but unlike a just "pay a ticket and watch" situation, they advised Thatcher to be a part of it.
Surprisingly, she agreed and even pacified Whitelaw to join in on her antics and both were soon blindfolded and with their hands tied, placed on a chair in a room as mockup hostages and only Thatcher's blindfold were removed so she could see everything. The whole time, Whitelaw was panicking but due to Thatcher being of higher authority, he didn't dare open his mouth stating that he was scared and right on cue, a few seconds later, the SAS operators burst into the buildings and started firing.
When they got to the room where both Whitelaw and Thatcher was in, the operators took no time in shooting the two target boards right behind Thatcher and Whitelaw, narrowly missing them both and in that sense, they managed to rescue the "hostages", all within a span of 10mins.
What shocked the SAS operators themselves was that Thatcher, instead of being scared, was laughing hysterically as she loved and approved of the SAS's plans and she even mocked Whitelaw who was then literally pissing in his pants from the sheer terror he witnessed by calling him an embarrassment for "peeing in your pants at such an age".
Thatcher was said to have even visited the SAS at their "ground zero" site opposite the embassy and drank with the operators one final time on day 5 just to know the condition of their stakeout and rehash their plans again.
That, is why Margaret Thatcher was nicknamed "The Iron Lady".
Didn't know that. I only knew of her visiting the SAS after the mission was done, taking pictures with them, and having tea with them. That's awesome 👍
If this is true, that is major major props to Thatcher. No president would sit in mock up room with live rounds being fired.
@@victorkhong7654 pretty sure they do. Delta were trained by SAS, and the SAS still use the same tactics/training methods. Each sitting Prime minister goes through what thatcher did so that they are personally aware of what the SAS are capable of. Would not surprise me in the slightest if Delta kept the tradition
And yet she wouldn't spring for decent kit for them. Always was a diabolical cunt that one.
Wow, what a badass.
Don't know if someone already stated this, but the reason it was shown on tv was to send a message to the world. Thatcher could have cut the tv feed, but she stated she wanted the world to see what the SAS would do to terrorists. Multiple documentaries and movies on this raid. Excellent as always!
This lends credence to the story she was present in the training facility and witness the 'exercise' and authorized the continued broadcast of the rescue.
Such a class video. I remember running listening to this whilst training for the RAF. I’m in now so cheers for the inadvertent motivation 👍
I just found this page the other day, im pretty sure i watched every episode already.. love everything about these videos, from the way you tell the story, to the background music to the graphics, great job hope to see some new content soon
The SAS are some bonafide badasses, they don't mess around, the ability to improvise is what I love the most.
That and the MP5
Thanks for this video I remember watching this live on tv , you forget to mention that when the curtains caught fire one of the sas men was badly burnt as his ropes got tangled and was left dangling in the flames till he could free him self. Thanks and love your channel . From 🇬🇧
Excellent work, as usual. Looking forward to the feature flick!
Hands down best channel on UA-cam! From the attention to details in the facts, to the added one liners of humor and even the music leaves me on the edge of my seat even when I already know the story ahead of time! Popo, simply put, your an epic story teller!
Thanks so much!
So many things went wrong at the start, but with gunmen holding grenades, hiding amongst the hostages, it’s amazing the SAS was able to prevent an absolute disaster.
Wow, what a story, and the way to narrate it. I'm subbing to this channel, this was like a mini movie. Well done everyone involved, great work
Popo, you are a great story teller. I know about many stories you have retold. You always have me on the edge of my seat so to say.
The guy on the windows (Mr. Mcaleese) Invented the breaching devices used during the siege. Another fun fact is that he went on to do work in the airsoft field (a somewhat common theme with some of the SAS people I look into from time to time) Only wish I was able to meet him before his passing in 2011.
Mac served with my dad and he would regularly pop round the house for a beer and dinner. He even babysitted for me and my sister a few times
Top bloke
For all he did for his country, the Establishment ultimately abandoned him in the end,least they should have done ,was to bring his body home...and they wonder why army recruitment is at an all time low? RIP Mac ❤
I met John Mac on many occasions in Glasgow prior to 2010, he was truly one of the great men of his generation. RIP Sir, and to your missus too.
your level of production for just a 10 minute video is amazing. I enjoy your videos!
I...really like your style man. You kick ass at telling these stories. Much respect brother. Keep it up!
It’s always a good day when Dane uploads a video, you’re the only content creator on UA-cam that I have notifications turned on for, and once again yet another amazing video mate, SAS weren’t messing around that’s for sure.
have a good Christmas lads, until we see another popomedic video!
You spelt my name wrong
Thank you Connor! Merry Christmas to you too brutha.
Old school SAS were some cold dudes. They had a trick for CQB, they'd just center the Hotspot from their flashlight on your sternum or your nose, and since that was roughly where the muzzle would be pointing, they'd just press the bang switch until your lights went out.
Back then they were allowed to be cold dudes, these days they’d have to wear high vis vests and do a risk assessment. Then some muppet would cancel the raid due to a risk of injury.
@owne9875 Do you think so? Honestly? Dearie me, what a cockwomble.
"Yeah, I heard right, from my mate down the pub, that the SAS were called in to take out a group of ISIS that were eating babies in Hyde Park in London, but then the mayor, right, he said that using force against them would be like against their human rights and all the SAS guys got arrested for hate crimes. Then, right, it turns out one of the babies wasn't kosher or something so one of the ISIS guys sued the parents for it and got a million quid an a council haaaase. You couldn't make it up (except I did), political correctness gorn mad, etc." Yeah, alright Alan, visit reality some day.
Dude, your content is always really well done & I gotta say the music really puts it on another level. Great job 👌
You're editing is amazing, makes everything so much more engaging. Wish more documentaries were produced the same.
Dude so happy when you added the zoolander joke! Keep finding little ways to inject your personality into your ridiculously good story telling.
Thank you! And yes, always looking to add some humor. Sometimes a story can be a bit *too* heavy or controversial and I won’t even consider jokes. But when things are more black & white and less controversial jokes are definitely fair game >:]
This operation was so difficult to successfully pull off it was almost impossible yet the impossible is what the SAS commandos are trained to achieve, well done lads, you must know that we in the UK think the world of you and now the bad guys of the world know what is coming for them if they ever come over here again and try playing their nasty little games
They almost f'd it right up. One stuck abseiling then curtains and gas mask on fire 🤦♂😂 But they got it done in the end 👍👍
@@28russ yeah but it was in 1980s tho. problably have learned a lot since then
@@28russ
One curtain on fire catching a team member is hardly a f#ck up 🤦♂️
@@28russ neither of those things were fault of the SAS though.
Standard British army attitude. The impossible we can do immediately, miracles take a little longer.
I'm so glad I found your channel early. I had to double take when I saw how many subscribers you have now. You grew like crazy
Man I love your content. It’s right up my alley. Keep up the good work.
I have been re-reading Rainbow Six, been 20+ years since I first read it. This event put the SAS on the map for most people.
That's a chonky book! I still have wrist issues 20 years after reading the hardback ;)
Any book today titled Rainbow Six would be about something completely different
@@addisonesslinger3653 so?
MERRY CHRISTMAS
I was 20 and amazed. My father said, ,"Those gentlemen know how to deal with those guys!" 💪
🎅🤶🎄🎁⛄❄️🙏
You've done it again. Another great video with some awesome music. Keep up the top notch work
I remember watching this on tv in April 1980 as an 18 year old and could not believe what I was seeing! Heroes.
Yes, but it was never shown live, it was recorded footage shown 2 hours later
@7:24 "switching to your sidearm is always faster"
I can’t get enough of these mini docs man. You have me absolutely hooked I’ve listened to multiple episodes many time
Awesome! So glad you enjoy them. Thanks for watching!
I enjoy how the story and others on your channel are told and hope you keep it going, best of luck to you
Incredible content here man. Loving it.
The operation that made the SAS a household name
And not WW2 ops
No mention of their brutal murders of innocent civilians in Northern Ireland then? Court cases a plenty right now bringing them to justice for their wreck less murder.
@@ajorngjdonaydbr deserved for being irish
@@ajorngjdonaydbr You mean like the murder of pro-British innocent civilians and British Soldiers that the IRA committed? Shame the world is too woke to accept the fact it was a two-sided affair now, instead "the British were most successful in history, we must be jealous, let's only punish them".
The fact that he doesn't have a million subscribers with amazing content like this
There are people who make trash content and have over 1 million this man deserves more subscribers
They have 1M trash viewers, then. Popo has a good, small crowd.
YOOTUBE doesn't like his content, so he gets ZERO recommendations...
He's blown up lately though. He has almost 600k subs and when I first followed him earlier this year he had under 100k
Appreciate the kind words >:] This channel has given me an amazing audience (you guys) & incredible opportunities (a movie). These are things I could have only ever dreamed of. (Thank you all for that). A million will eventually come but it will never replace what already has.
Great show dude
Yo man - if you are sniffing around for any other shorts, consider the insanely impressive ops by the GIGN and how they saved so many passengers on Air France 8969. The accounts from survivors on easily they dispatched the gunman is another level. Especially after the hiccups with the stairs not being the right height after the trained extensively offsite on a replica aircraft.
The mad lad did it.
The wait between videos is so worth it. The production is so good. Thank you for the content.
Thank you I appreciate you waiting!
They even made a movie about it, I'm suprised no one mentioned it yet. It is called "6 Days", great movie!
That was the shitty reboot of the original movie on it called “Who Dares Wins” with Lewis Collins , our greatest “Bond-who-never-was”
you crack me right up with your sense of humour makes all the difference cheers
As a child, fascinated by ninjas, I was thrilled to discover us Brits had our own.
The world needs to hear these stories, to be reminded what true bravery looks like. Too many people lost touch with reality, they think wearing a rainbow coloured armband takes courage.
THIS does.
Tell me your a conservative without telling me your a conservative.
Wearing a rainbow coloured armband in an oppressive backwards, bigoted dictatorship
Beating the ever loving sh*t out of terrorists in a highly intense special operation.
Oof
Amen
I would argue wearing a rainbow armband in a country that hates people of that orientation is brave and bold, so is storming a building full of armed jihadists. Different levels and types of bravery but surely standing up for who you are should be respectable and not shoved to the wayside.
@@TheChekan If you think about it bravery would have been if the national teams stayed home, leaving the one thing they value the most (money) on the table. THAT I would have supported. But if you are in charge of FIFA or any team don't travel to that country (in spite of having heard of the migrant workers' situation for example, or the issues you mentioned), have your gig there like you do everywhere else, pocket all that sweet money and SOMEHOW still have the nerve to claim the moral highground, and not only that but claim it by fooling around with armbands and such. The whole thing is hipocritical, shameless and has a Benny Hill level banality to it.
There's a reason why the SAS's motto is "Who Dares, Wins"
The SAS will tell you their real motto is check and test, check and test. The first MP5 failed to fire. Still managed to transition and get a double tap. You can't see crap through those masks either and you can build up a decent immunity to CS gas. There more to keep them off a press camera and the fear of faceless dudes in black cammo busting your door down and ruining your day.
"If you kill your enemies, they win." -Fidel "Justin" Trudeau
xD
I prefer the motto: *"Who cares who wins!?"*
Ove been looking for yours channels glad I
Found it again., time to binge
I watch a ton of these types of videos but your delivery combined with that BOPPING music in the background had me in a fucking trance. Felt like I was watching an action movie that was building up hype before the final act but that feeling lasted throughout the entire video. Fucking loved it.
You make really high quality content. I'd definitely be curious about any movie you make.
Thank you! These videos are Lifetime movies in comparison to my overall vision which I will be making with a crew of people much much more infinitely talented than I am.
You know it will be a good day when u see a popomedics new video
These men are hero’s of mine. Having worked and served with them. God bless you guys. Some, sadly have passed away but, I remember them all as if it was yesterday. Stay safe, buddies.
You are the best channel to do this story! I haven't watched yet but I know its gonna be 🔥🔥🔥
Nice to see @whitebataudio like their stuff. Excellent video.
Pete Winner's book Soldier "i" has a great chapter on the Embassy siege. Definitely worth a read. His account on the battle of Mirbat is incredible too. Fantastic career in the SAS.
I know absolutely nothing about how guns and grenades work, but I have to say shooting 2 grenades before they detonate out of the blue is one of the most badass moves I ever heard of
I just found you out this weekend, and man am I addicted.
Popo, another success! You always tell me about an event I knew nothing about, or more about an event I was already aware of. BRAVO!
The full-size flashlight mounted on an MP5...LOL😄😅🤣
Loving the content, you should read into the 1987 Peterhead prison raid the SAS took part in. Really cool story dudes went in with sneakers and balaclavas armed only with tear gas and truncheons…no casualties was over in like 10 minutes.
This mission is a legend.
You can do the air France plane hostage rescue by the GIGN, this one is legendary too !
Seriously your videos are the best on UA-cam! The content the humor and the freaking music are awesome!
Oh yes its the only UA-cam channel i re-watch videos...
You’re kicking ass on these documentaries!
8:27 The gunmen that was killed while hiding in the group of hostages, when he tried to reachfor a grenade, he got an MP-5 mag-dump at close range. When the cadaver fell downstairs, he got another magdump from another operator, just in case
fuck yeah, this guys are fucking badass with those gasmasks
iirc multiple soldiers kept unloading into his body. His autopsy found he had something like 70 or 90 bullets in him?
well in
The SAS are one of the few elite spec ops forces that deserve every ounce of respect they're given.
Your music in these are kickass, made me subscribe. Keep it up
Love all the vids man, keep up all the great work!
I used to work with John Mac. Nice guy. Could see the life lived on his face. I don't envy what the went through but these guys are incredible at what they did.
5:54 The CHILLS I got from this line
Edit: just finished the video and all I can say is that despite watching more than 6 videos of this incident, yours was by far the most epic! Sheeesh, making me feel pride for a country I'm not even a citizen of x)
Dude these videos are amazing. Keep up the good work.
Your choice of music is top notch!
The SAS did not “take” the last one into custody. They were taking him back into the embassy to slot him. A MET officer grabbed the terrorist and refused to let go.
Footnote SAS after the action passed their guns around to one another, as to prevent the MET identifying who shot who by their weapons.
Same they didn’t kill the terrorist. Now he’s walking around a free man 👍🏻
Oh I like that. I have once knowingly met an SAS operative who had served in a country not known for high rainfall statistics. He was definitely a man you would want on your side.
Imagine the awe and pride the cops on the perimeter must've felt seeing their finest descend to save their countrymen and visitors to their country. Awe-some.
i have heard this many times before, but popo and his music and his narration just makes it so much better :)
Popo just makes these so entertaining and educational. I learned a lot
I primarily know of the Siege because of Ahoy's video on the MP5. I admittedly only skimmed the relevant Wikipedia article a couple of years ago, so to see this further fleshed out with your signature editing style and humor is surely a treat.
Dude went in without a gas mask. If you've ever been hit with CS gas, you know it's brutal. Retired military here and I've gone through that crap twice. I don't know how anyone can function in that environment. I've seen people that it doesn't bother, but they are very few and far between..
Yo my thoughts exactly. Went through that shit in BMT and it’s gnarly. And the stuff they gave us is apparently lighter than what the grenades are capable. That dude is seriously tough asf
CS gas is man made, and people can get used to it. OC, pepper spray, you can't adapt to it. Have some friends that work corrections, told stories of how CS gas no longer worked on inmates because their bodies got used to it. They switched over to OC gel spray(for indoor use) and it worked a lot better lol
Great scricpt, great sound track, great execution - subscribed!