British Army's airborne rapid reaction force shows off weapons & vehicles on parade
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2024
- 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army's airborne rapid reaction force, has paraded through Colchester, Essex, with some troops marching in battledress and carrying weapons - including a Javelin anti-tank missile.
The parade was part of celebrations in the run-up to Armed Forces Day on Saturday and it was the first time the soldiers have exercised their freedom of Colchester since it gained city status last year.
Vehicles used on operations were also part of the parade on Thursday which was watched by crowds in the middle of the city centre.
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1:55 those are SAS wings, meaning he passed SAS selection and commanded at some level within The Regiment. Respect.
And for those confused by the Parachute Regiment beret; he wears the uniform of his parent unit/earned entitlement, not that of the SAS, which would have been worn only whilst serving with them.
Or one of the other units who wear them
@@GetItRightUpYees Ref. the beret? Yes.
@@GetItRightUpYeesSBS wings are different shape, as are MSU and SFC wings. Those are definitely SAS wings
@@Wut3225 I held back from assuming he was referring to the wings rather than the beret. I would have corrected him about the wings if I was sure he meant them. SBS wings have different colour details too
@@Dr.IanPlectYep.
Ahh my old regiment. I left about 19 years ago, wish now I hadn’t but I will always be grateful to the army for putting discipline and some self respect into me, (I was a bit of a problem child growing up)
Do you think national service would work for problem individuals.
This isn’t a regiment, it’s a brigade, made up of many cap badges….
@@samuel10125no!
@@samuel10125Didn’t stop the Kray twins
@@samuel10125 definitely. It would soon sort out this yobo problem we have now.
Great to see all the support they got from the british public, its about time we should all stand behind our troops and get back some national pride which over the last 30 years the Uk has lost.
See marching hasn’t been top priority 😂
It never was, even during the '80's and 90's when I was in Aldershot with them,
But aggression and soldiering in extremis was relentlessly practiced, long may it be so.
Soldiering and being ally is more important than marching. Marching is for the guards and household division
I don’t think any para wanted to be there 😂
@@chillingo7476 I see a weakness breaking in, in the absolute hardship we all gave our young selves to...
I see since, pornographication of children thru the rainbow of LGBTQ whatevery, I see woke, I see the fear to challenge this psychosis of society and yet I still see upright men... Parachutists
😂 the commandos from my country are very poor in marching too. Consistently very poor…
- Rapidly deployable
- Agile
- Future soldier
- Cyber commandos
Have i missed any?
Deliberately running down the armed forces should be treated as treason.
1:06 Come on lads, get in step.
Some very idle berets there.
A disgrace….
I remember him as a Chief of Staff! I must be getting old.
Their marching right there wasnt exactly "best of the best." Something Ive always admired about the Army; their ability to do parades. Then again, these arent fresh troops; their seasoned warriors so my beret goes off to them anyway.
Some comments regarding berets here. The problem is, the 'Victors' beret that we all bought from the shop in Aldershot was very high quality. The MOD switched from material band to leather just like the Victors beret. Unfortunately, the quality is so poor that it does not shape well in the 'Para' style. Ditch those issue berets and buy from the official Airborne shop. This is not an ad BTW.
Not a single comment about the quality of berets exists on this thread,so yes it’s very much an advert
@@GetItRightUpYees @Daddyclive
@Daddyclive
8 hours ago
Some very idle berets there.
@andrewjohnston4127
@andrewjohnston4127
13 hours ago
Dodgy shaped berets, must be an airborne thing lol
No one in the Para reg wears the issued beret, it looks like French resistance reject.
Thank you
Nice marching REMFS
Great to see, just wish they could keep step, it looks so bad.
Dodgy shaped berets, must be an airborne thing lol
It's is all Regiments have their own way of shaping their berets.
Hat
@@Bjaneeee 1:37 are they hats too? I see no wings 😁
@@andrewjohnston4127basically if you're not 1,2 or 3 PARA you're a hat... apparently 🤷
@@andrewjohnston4127 typical comment from a hat 🤣
Does the Brig have sas wings ?
I think he was 22 SF or part of one of their reconnaissance regiments, I’m not entirely sure.
brandon; YES, those are SAS wings, NOT standard Para wings. Meaning he passed SAS selection and commanded at some level within The Regiment. Respect.
@@XDNEB Those are SAS wings. 22 SAS does not have other units, it _is_ a unit itself. He MUST have passed SAS selection and served in the unit to be wearing SAS wings.
@@gabrielbevan-rt5yl _may_ and _did_
Nearly every Brigade commader at 16 AA Bde have been ex 22 or served in some sort of role i was there when Ed butler ,James chiswell and mark Carleton-Smith were commaders and off the top of my head i think they all had SAS wings i think Carleton-Smith went on to be the Director of Special forces
Parades are fine but 13 years of Conservative defence cuts have reduced the Army to 72500, smaller than it was at the time of Waterloo! We need to spend 3% of GDP for the next 10 years on defence to rebuild all 3 services back to a credible level.
Problem is, nobody can decide what they want to Armed Forces to do. If it’s just national defence then the Army doesn’t need to be over 100,000 but the RN and RAF do need to increase.
If we want a larger Army, will we use them in any war fighting capacity in foreign lands?
@@Wut3225 We are an island nation with global commitments so obviously we have to have the ability to support allies if they are attacked. We all saw how quickly that can happen in the Falklands!
@@johnallen7807Yes I know that, but it does not refute anything I wrote.
Neither successive Governments or the general population can make up their minds as to what exactly they want the Army to do. You say we have global commitments, but we come up with the flawed idea of the Rangers and decide to do it half arsed.
@@Wut3225 The Army has a clear role both within NATO and outside it. Unfortunately we cannot even qualify as a Tier 1 power because of defence cuts, politicians are not willing to make people face the facts in the world of Putin and other madmen. You cannot just turn on a tap and get a soldier, even an infantryman takes two years to become fully competent.
@@johnallen7807Does it? Care to state what that clear role is then and how it equates to the defence reviews from the last 2 decades?
My dream I british army from NEPAL
we Thank your country for all those young men that joined the British army over 200 years god bless those lost in war we salute those who won the vc in action too respects from England
The forte of British forces: Showmanship 😂😂😂
And extreme proficiency at destroying their enemy. Especially the Paras, SAS and SBS.
They cant seem to 'destroy' Afghan goatherders can they? 😂😂😂
@@tadzdgreat Destroyed plenty of them but impossible to root them all out when they want to hide in kids schools or endless tunnels and caves in the mountains. The lads in this video gave the Taliban a right good kicking on many an occasion though.
@@tadzdgreat Those "goat herders" looked down the barrel of a rifle and saw paradise. Its hard to defeat an enemy like that.
Marching was poor.
Shocking 😮
pathetic...they look like recruits on their 2nd day on basic XD
Worst iv seen from any regiment 😅
It's a badge of honour for Airborne Forces.
Valhallah and God Speed .
not a single person in step lmaooo
They still know how to kill your kind
Be nice to see a full time training base in Canada
Maybe some are scared of the cold 🇨🇦 from 🇬🇧 lol
@@WilliamEvans-kh1gj it's okay we have maple syrup and Beavers to keep them warm 😁
Canada are well trained
Beaver socks aswell lol from 🇬🇧
BATUS….
What make is that 4x4 at the start?
Pinz followed by a landy
It's comforting to know our boys are indeed the best of the best, but, it's such a shame to see such a low standard of drill, especially as this is the British army, not some tin pot second rate country.
We used to be world renowned not just as some of the best fighters on gods earth, but for our discipline turn out, standard and self respect.
Come on, get it together.
Agree. And it looks like Andy Capp was dishing out the berets too.
are these guys Paras?
Thank you guys for all that you do to keep us and our beautiful Countries 🇬🇧 safe so thank you, Big respect ✊. Just one negative tho I see in this video what’s happened to our marching not just in this video but throughout our Military I see poor marching in the last 1O-15 years. Getting slack like American Military with their casual walking, we need to stop this and do it properly like we’re supposed to do, Arms swinging out parallel to the ground and knees at a 90 degree angle please. I know they are in this video but I have seen so so many videos of our Military just casual walking and it don’t look smart. Sorry but this bugs me a lot but still I’m proud of your all for what you all give up for us normal civvies. Thank you.
How are they keeping the country safe whilst simultaneously allowing it to be invaded?? Get a grip.
Take a look at Trooping the Colour videos from before WW1, none of them swung their arms or stamped their feet like that.
@@Wut3225 yeah that is true but the standards changed since then and the marching standers are much more higher standers now since back then but I understand what you saying.
@@yungcaco1443no one will answer you. I’ve been writing the same thing under every video none will answer absolute let downs imagine serving this country knowing what’s happening and sitting back doing nothing about it.
jesus wept, can't even keep time, too many teddy bears!!;)
Yep this was very poor marching. I hope they got a proper good ole beasting after seeing the video.
Aha what elite air bone soldiers after this government as ripped the forces apart
A bit of tick ticking going on rather like The Hofmeister Bear, come on Airborne sort it out. 🤣🤣🤣
God save the King.
Yaaaaaaaassd Kiiiiiiinnnnkkkkkggg!
Love
Why are we still using using Land Rovers? Surely they are yesterdays vehicles; death traps, not fit for use?
They’re still useful for use around the UK etc
@@Wut3225So are push bikes, but not on parade anymore!
Once again the berets are a disgrace to the capbadge!
Showing off 30 year old landrover's isn't exactly something to shout about is it
They work unlike Canada’s plastic junk
State of the art compared to the Russian T54s on the Ukranian frontline lol
Im here for the beret comments, im dissapointed
Well better teach your men how to march first!! Take a look at 1:05 to 1:10 and you can see the worst out of step and arming swinging ever! Better do a bit more parade ground drill! Elite Troops that cant march!!!
Please can anyone explain, with retirement of the Hercules, can the Paras, still perform actual airborne duties?
Yep.
Yep A400 Can also borrow other countries air frames.
@@Wut3225 many thanks for the reply
@@WW2EscapeLines many thanks for the reply. I hope so, for the sake of our nation's defence.
It wouldn't surprise me at all if the British army moved towards a limited parachute capability In the future TBH
My hometownnnnnn🔊🎶🎵
The uk forces are in a sad state even former generals admit this crazy people to think a few thousands troops will repel millions under arms sad .
⚔️ PARA ⚔️
Not much left there
Para para in the sky, living proof that sxxt can fly 🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟
Oh the salty tears of a craphat.
The Best of the Best can't march, glad I'm ex Navy :)
It's a pity as an Australian paratrooper( also did exchange and balloon jumps) that our woke general saw fit to disband our 1200 parachute group saying" there is no requirement anymore in modern warfare for paratroopers!"..we want it brought back !!
Lmao they couldn’t get one para lad to do an interview
Good..check ..the wings...I'm surprised ISS ...wasn't there....anyways ..he's fulfilled a mission ....Respect 😅 ...TOP TROOPER ??? HA HA...
Every army thinks they're the best 😂
Waltfest in the comments as usual.
Absolutely ridiculous headress. Laughable shapes.
you know these soldiers could be at the ukrainian front fighting side by side with the ukrainians. or they are actors.
Dead man walk
How embarrassing it was to watch this they could not even march in time. In comparison to the Russian china Korea and the USA pitiful😂😂😂😂
😅
How imbat
army is far to small
🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡
Are army is way to small to fight russian
The fights here at home lads, not saving migrants in Sudan, remember they jailed that lad for killing the Taliban terrorist who would have chopped your heads off no problem be it the other way around.
Believe it or not we have laws that all military personnel have to adhere to.
@@Wut3225 Then they shouldn't fight for a country that sees them as 2nd class citizens.
Dads army
Come on! Just remember how you ran from the japanese during WWII. History will repeat itself.
Sloppy comedy