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  • Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
  • The Herald got exclusive access for an in-depth look at Exercise Brimstone, a crucial training operation for the New Zealand Artillery. This two-week exercise is designed to prepare our junior leaders for deployment in today's uncertain world.
    Featuring the 105mm howitzer and advanced observation systems, this training ensures our forces are ready to protect New Zealand and support international peacekeeping efforts.
    Observe the simulation of diverse combat scenarios, such as air mobile operations and immediate neutralisation missions and see how advanced technologies, like handheld observation devices and aerial systems, boost effectiveness.
    This video explore's New Zealand's significant contribution to global military training, including our efforts in training Ukrainian forces.
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Комментарии • 622

  • @CFox.7
    @CFox.7 Месяц назад +573

    A big thank you to the 12 people of the NZ army who showed up for this exercise !

    • @lokiwayguard3664
      @lokiwayguard3664 Месяц назад +58

      lol My bro that is so funny to me because when I used to be an instructor in the NZ Army I was assigned to the Territorial Force reserve battalion up in Auckland and we used to put on training exercises for the reserve soldiers and for the whole of the Auckland and Northland Area we would get like 26 or sumtimes 34 soldiers show up then one training weekend in the middle of winter we had an all time low of 12 show up for what should be a Battalion of 800 soldiers.

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Месяц назад +5

      ​@@lokiwayguard3664 Do they not have to show up?

    • @ravenkk4816
      @ravenkk4816 Месяц назад +7

      @@RK-cj4octhey do , but….

    • @maksfaaoa3264
      @maksfaaoa3264 Месяц назад +29

      I spoke to a teenager last year and he said he wants to join the military, I asked him what’s stopping him he said that they don’t recruit people with criminal records and plus his grades weren’t too good so he might just go into trade and learn how to do fencing, I told him that it’s a shame that his criminal record is stopping him from doing what he wanted to do and serve his country he replied that him and his 4 best friends all wanted careers in the defence force but neither will be recruited and when asked what his mates are doing he said they are unemployed and just play video games. My thinking is perhaps the defence force need to reconsider their recruitment policies around who can join, these are young men with no direction in life eager to be of service to their country but have been told that they will not be able to join because of minor convictions and bad grades, imagine if youngsters are encouraged at a young age to pursue a career in the defence force, teach them discipline and give them a purpose I believe we’d have less crime being committed by young people who way too often grow up and join gangs and become criminals when they’re adults

    • @snigie1
      @snigie1 Месяц назад

      Once they get in they get a criminal record by default anyway ​@@maksfaaoa3264

  • @jaydensalisbury1782
    @jaydensalisbury1782 Месяц назад +319

    Once aunty pulls out that jandal yall are done for

  • @markdunne7528
    @markdunne7528 Месяц назад +129

    I served in the infantry. Short answer is no. Any force that came here would end us. We would die.

    • @skidlinerz
      @skidlinerz Месяц назад +8

      Lol abit blunt but ok 😂

    • @henkmagnetic3103
      @henkmagnetic3103 29 дней назад +10

      Hope when they come, they don't pick the weekend or Public Holiday.

    • @tumon1000
      @tumon1000 29 дней назад

      Totally agree.
      We’re a soft target with little defence.
      No disrespect to our armed forces, there just isn’t enough of them.
      Oh and the government is busy disarming the population so good luck in having civilians stepping up.

    • @RubyDoobieScoo
      @RubyDoobieScoo 29 дней назад +6

      We could take Tuvalu if they tried something.

    • @tumon1000
      @tumon1000 28 дней назад +1

      @@RubyDoobieScoo only if they’re not looking

  • @Kiwi_Dave
    @Kiwi_Dave Месяц назад +337

    Only defence we have is ocean and distance. If any enemy can conquer that, we wouldn't last a week.

    • @PJ-pj8lr
      @PJ-pj8lr Месяц назад +43

      Unless NZ grows a brain, & learns from Switzerland.

    • @JamesBarry-um8su
      @JamesBarry-um8su Месяц назад +64

      Your'd be better off having a well armed civilian population with some weekend army training to help defend NZ.🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

    • @bobdillon1138
      @bobdillon1138 Месяц назад +1

      Less.

    • @Gumpmachine1
      @Gumpmachine1 Месяц назад +14

      Exactly, we rely on the umbrella of American hegemony for our security

    • @PJ-pj8lr
      @PJ-pj8lr Месяц назад +16

      @@Gumpmachine1 smart alliances are good, but to no not carry our own weight is shameful.

  • @405thouttadiegogarcia3
    @405thouttadiegogarcia3 Месяц назад +64

    This video failed to address any of New Zealands geostrategic interests, it's security concerns, it's stragic environment and the current and future changes to that environment. And at no point did it ask the question of what capabilities new Zealand has, will have, or could need to develop to deal with security challenges.
    Long range radar, like Australia's JORN network, perhaps in cooperation with Australia. A bolstered and drastically increased RNZAF maritime patrol & surveillance fleet, longer range land attack and anti ship missiles, long range self propelled missile artillery like HIMARs, and base hardening/civil defence/supply material stockpiles. All of which would realistically have to be coordinated in concert with Australia.
    Aging short range artillery like those shown in this video, LAVs or tanks or fighter jets would play a very limited and largely ineffectual role.
    This video merely showed a towed artillery battery on exercise. What a joke

    • @blairmiller9160
      @blairmiller9160 27 дней назад +3

      You explained our millitary...a joke

    • @smash8865
      @smash8865 24 дня назад +3

      Well said. I'm wondering what advantage or reason an invading force to even bother.. Agricultural infrastructure? FOB for invading Australia? Antarctica??

  • @donbrashsux
    @donbrashsux Месяц назад +131

    We still have the Bob Semple Tank so don’t worry to much it’s a beast

  • @politenessman3901
    @politenessman3901 Месяц назад +113

    From who is the question. NZ needs a combat airforce that can deliver significant numbers of anti ship missiles. without that NZ is at the mercy of how busy the allies are, and any threat to NZ already has Aust heavily engaged.

    • @downunderprepparedness
      @downunderprepparedness Месяц назад +8

      Rapid Dragon has entered the chat

    • @Damien567777
      @Damien567777 Месяц назад +3

      agreed we just need strong navy and airforce for real defense. drones, antiship etc

    • @seanbiddle2023
      @seanbiddle2023 Месяц назад +4

      Anti ship missiles I agree, but we should invest in drones over airplanes, a mix of both

    • @politenessman3901
      @politenessman3901 Месяц назад +3

      @@seanbiddle2023 manned aircraft have versatility and on board judgement.

    • @konstantinseltsov5403
      @konstantinseltsov5403 Месяц назад +2

      ​Of course we should. We are rich enough for that.

  • @muzzaduzz613
    @muzzaduzz613 Месяц назад +85

    RNZAF has no combat capability - any future adversary would have total air superiority making artillery etc redundant.

    • @davidbradley3227
      @davidbradley3227 Месяц назад +10

      I don’t even know why we prentend we’d have any chance. Nz government has consistently let down its people

    • @Muritaipet
      @Muritaipet Месяц назад +2

      To have air superiority in New Zealand, they also need aircraft carriers.

    • @fantomgod6328
      @fantomgod6328 Месяц назад +1

      Its fine New Zealand is so isolated they wouldnt be able to support any air operations against us without a HC or AC

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад

      ​@@Muritaipetwhich is unlikely as China's aircraft carriers are only able to operate in waters close to China and Russia which is even further away wouldn't be able to reach either

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад +1

      ​@@davidbradley3227I agree we should increase the defence budget to 2% of GDP at least but NZ is mainly an expeditionary force an invading force reaching New Zealand is unlikely as china doesn't have many aircraft capable of reaching this distance only about 3. And as soon as the forces reach here they would be overwhelmed. They also wouldn't be able to return with reinforcements. If they went a naval approach New Zealand and Australia could probably engage them as we have plenty of ASM's and our p8 Poseidons carry anti ship and submarine bombs and torpedoes. But let's be honest Australia or USA would take them out with a ballistic missile before they reach anywhere hear us

  • @kenfowler1980
    @kenfowler1980 Месяц назад +129

    They wouldn’t have to, we Australians will be there - just as you guys would be with us!

    • @dystortia6626
      @dystortia6626 Месяц назад +3

      your f35s range is up to 2200km. was thinking they might be able to cruise over, drop their payload, and refuel somewhere here in nz. just hope there aren't many enemy fighters as theyre not dogfighters.... its a shame aussie never bought any f22s, they wouldve easily made it over here!

    • @Dicksonia_squarrosa
      @Dicksonia_squarrosa Месяц назад +14

      ​@@dystortia6626 F-22s were never allowed to be exported to any country, so Australia couldn't have bought them even if the government wanted to.

    • @wattlebough
      @wattlebough Месяц назад +5

      @@dystortia6626RAAF KC30A MRTTs tankers to the rescue. Could even use Norfolk island as a refuelling point.

    • @dexterplameras3249
      @dexterplameras3249 Месяц назад +9

      @@dystortia6626 F35s are not as valuable as submarines in defending the shores of NZ. A landing force would be sunk before it reaches NZ with Australian submarines. The only real threat is if a superpower with carriers and submarines decides to invade. And there are only two viable superpowers, China and the USA. I don't see them spending all their resources just to invade NZ.

    • @Mosesmombassa
      @Mosesmombassa Месяц назад +1

      Australia and all her islands (NZ is circled however Tasmania is not)

  • @fishkickable
    @fishkickable Месяц назад +20

    Middle Earth hasn't seen firepower like this before!

  • @robmurray32
    @robmurray32 Месяц назад +32

    pretty sure we would wave the white flag if anyone invaded or thought about invading

    • @khoorirune4573
      @khoorirune4573 Месяц назад +3

      Not this North Island Rambo!

    • @mapper7310
      @mapper7310 Месяц назад +2

      speak for yourself.. no one is gonna have an easy time invading somewhere 2000 kms from the nearest significant landmass

    • @user-jh2sr8bl8v
      @user-jh2sr8bl8v Месяц назад +4

      ​@mapper7310 a single aircraft carrier would do it within a fortnight.

    • @ladyjusticewarriorqueenz2005
      @ladyjusticewarriorqueenz2005 Месяц назад +1

      🤣🤣👍👍💯🎯

    • @Drewad17
      @Drewad17 Месяц назад +2

      And how does that invading force’s logistics tail work??

  • @Jamison1888
    @Jamison1888 Месяц назад +50

    100 people maybe...... that are trained to use he artillery. What do we have 7 guns or something? Cant defend 2 islands with 7 guns

    • @Gumpmachine1
      @Gumpmachine1 Месяц назад +11

      We have about 30-40 artillery pieces of various calibre but as the Ukrainian war has shown it’s the ammunition stockpiles that count
      We’d simply run out of ammunition long before the lack of guns was a issue

    • @21kiwi24
      @21kiwi24 Месяц назад

      ​@@Gumpmachine1other than 105mm, what other calibres?

    • @Stephen-bq4nq
      @Stephen-bq4nq Месяц назад +2

      ​​@@21kiwi24We only have 105mm guns.

    • @Gumpmachine1
      @Gumpmachine1 Месяц назад +2

      @@21kiwi24 87.6mm towed artillery aka 25 pounder

    • @21kiwi24
      @21kiwi24 Месяц назад

      @@Stephen-bq4nq I know

  • @TRUMP20Z4
    @TRUMP20Z4 Месяц назад +17

    The NZ airforce , of 3 drones, will destroy the enemies!

    • @henkmagnetic3103
      @henkmagnetic3103 29 дней назад +2

      With the 757 leading the charge, oops can't fly with only engine on the wings.

    • @henryairconcepts2999
      @henryairconcepts2999 26 дней назад

      @@henkmagnetic3103 Dont forget our mighty Tiger Moth and a bag of Winston Pieter's poop

  • @brokensun100
    @brokensun100 Месяц назад +18

    Not a chance, under resourced, under provisioned, under skilled. Not the military's fault, politicians must step up.

    • @ANZACJugger0
      @ANZACJugger0 Месяц назад +2

      100% I reckon we send the whole of parliment to fight the first wave

    • @rogergotstoned3291
      @rogergotstoned3291 24 дня назад +1

      Agree.

    • @user-un3rk5gb1v
      @user-un3rk5gb1v 21 день назад +1

      Agree with everything except 'under skilled'.

  • @kiwiryker
    @kiwiryker Месяц назад +10

    As a kiwi , our defence is upmost important, Rich kiwis and companies donate a cannon , A M777 howitzer costs 3.7 Million US , How cool would it be to say that your company helped NZ defend it self

  • @Genguman7430
    @Genguman7430 Месяц назад +17

    NZDF may not be the largest, but the same could not be said about its tenacity and personnel skill. Keep it up, lads.

  • @SimonMaudeShowreel
    @SimonMaudeShowreel Месяц назад +5

    Congrats New Zild Harald. This video piece absolutely fails to answer the question the title of this video asks.

  • @rexhurley4380
    @rexhurley4380 Месяц назад +29

    Even when I served in the days of Anzus we were reliant on outside support, hang on for 4 days and wait for the Yanks. The reality is if anyone has the ability come this far we are toast. As for now, what a joke of a question 7 Territorial and 2 RF Battalions now only a single full battalion, no chance at all. As always we will be able to deploy a token force at the request of our Allies. Can we ever go it alone, dream on.

    • @terryharris1291
      @terryharris1291 Месяц назад +2

      When I was serving 1 RNZIR had 5 full companies in Singapore.

  • @davidneal6920
    @davidneal6920 Месяц назад +45

    In both world wars New Zealand had enemy warships enter our territorial waters

    • @GrunkaLunka
      @GrunkaLunka Месяц назад +1

      in both world wars it would be relatively easy to do so compared to doing this today

    • @NelsonZAPTM
      @NelsonZAPTM Месяц назад +2

      @@davidneal6920 probably every nation had enemy warships in its territorial waters during ww 1 & 2

    • @SD78
      @SD78 Месяц назад +6

      In WW2, Auckland was defended by multiple coastal gun batteries.

    • @davidneal6920
      @davidneal6920 Месяц назад +2

      @@SD78 I visited a very large calibre WW2 era anti-ship gun in Wellington established to combat a Japanese invasion. Ironically (from memory) it arrived in late 1943 by which point the tide of war in the Pacific had turned against the Japanese

    • @boomertuxx
      @boomertuxx 27 дней назад +1

      @@SD78a couple at Ccokle Bay too.

  • @tonysambar
    @tonysambar Месяц назад +17

    No fighter or bomber aircraft WTF😮

    • @TRUMP20Z4
      @TRUMP20Z4 Месяц назад +2

      its ok, we aussies have a few.

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад +1

      We have 4 or 5 P8 Poseidons which carry bombs torpedoes and the whole lot

    • @anthraz
      @anthraz 16 дней назад

      fighters are useless.

  • @manic65cvn
    @manic65cvn Месяц назад +13

    The fact the Herald is asking this question says alot about the knowledge their reporters.....

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele7663 Месяц назад +3

    This is the first time I have seen a review of the NZ army other than news bites. But when I was serving 40 years ago. My interactions with the NZ defense members were always positive and they were truly professional in their approach to their job and their turn out. And it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog.

  • @lovemysport7902
    @lovemysport7902 Месяц назад +8

    Yeah right... NZ's best bet would be to get Fozzie on board to help design a 'Rush D'...

  • @damolux3388
    @damolux3388 Месяц назад +6

    No, silly question really.
    The question should be, could NZ contribute in a meaningful way towards regional security against a near peer in a mid to high level intensity conflict. To which the answer would also be no.
    The NZDF is woefully under staffed, under funded and under equipped. It has been this way for many many years under successive goverrnments.
    Right now the NZ Army could not deploy and sustain a force similar to the first Timor deployments in 1999. A sad situation.

  • @brickobunga8629
    @brickobunga8629 Месяц назад +5

    Comments show why half the country would rather live on the benefit than get a job, why do something yourself when someone can do it for you.

  • @ctbusinesssolutions
    @ctbusinesssolutions Месяц назад +1

    Love it. Former Stadia here. Joined in 1973. Would love to see the changes in the survey team if you do another video

  • @carlohernandez3941
    @carlohernandez3941 Месяц назад +27

    The answer is no.

  • @ataxpayer723
    @ataxpayer723 Месяц назад +5

    The NZ Army has always been a light infantry unit, based around lightweight artillery.

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад

      NZDF is mainly an expeditionary force

  • @jon1801
    @jon1801 Месяц назад +29

    Without fighter cover? No way.

    • @dynamo1796
      @dynamo1796 29 дней назад +1

      We can’t defend shit, fighter cover is waaaay down the list of things we don’t have that we’d need to mount a basic defence

    • @gmeme9252
      @gmeme9252 29 дней назад

      AA is the biggest threat to aircraft today. Look at how much the airfares are used in the Russia Ukraine war, aside from launching bombs from behind their own lines.

  • @kingdaddy328
    @kingdaddy328 Месяц назад +183

    this country couldn't defend a poo going into a toilet

    • @TroySurmon
      @TroySurmon Месяц назад +6

      😂😂

    • @TroySurmon
      @TroySurmon Месяц назад +19

      .25% airforce, .25% navy, .50% army 99% ready to be taken over

    • @DavidSmith-yi8ou
      @DavidSmith-yi8ou Месяц назад +9

      Definitely not if you’re involved.

    • @d.a2500
      @d.a2500 Месяц назад +6

      Grow up if you’re so smart let’s see you serve.

    • @khoorirune4573
      @khoorirune4573 Месяц назад +4

      Cos you fell in while skivving and blocked the bloody thing.Get your shit together!

  • @snigie1
    @snigie1 Месяц назад +11

    Lol with our zero airforce, Sam's, anti shipping missiles etc? Oh, I'm sure we'd be terryfying

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад

      We have ASM's😂

    • @keeganvalentine3373
      @keeganvalentine3373 29 дней назад

      The Poseidon has mk54 torpedoes if my memory serves me correct

  • @motorbikeadventuresnewzeal1404
    @motorbikeadventuresnewzeal1404 Месяц назад +9

    We don’t have the numbers

  • @DavesIneosGrenadier
    @DavesIneosGrenadier Месяц назад +3

    Very few countries could defend themselves from a larger determined enemy. That is why we form allies and partnerships.

  • @FoxFlare
    @FoxFlare 28 дней назад +2

    It's been a while since I've had a good laugh after reading that thumbnail

  • @SamEEE12
    @SamEEE12 Месяц назад +4

    105mm outranged and outgunned by 155, only better in a high-angle fire required in mountainous terrain. Other than two ships no sovereign AA systems, no sovereign capability of air superiority. It would be real scrappy. Not sure why we ever got LAV platform, for area of operations + doctrine a really weird choice.
    Edit: I think we also gave away our direct fire sights for the artillery guns to the Ukrainians, that was a specialist skill the NZ gunners had and that's one less thing the artillery is useful for.

  • @yellowpitch1840
    @yellowpitch1840 Месяц назад

    Thank you for your service.

  • @primafacie6442
    @primafacie6442 24 дня назад +1

    Mid 20th century defence force right there, no satellite space or drone air capability or hypersonic weapons….this should be on the History Channel.

  • @petnahc
    @petnahc Месяц назад

    Did anyone see what are the artillery aiming at?

    • @samvandermade7420
      @samvandermade7420 29 дней назад

      most of the time is kinda just vivid bushes they can see. But more they are given a target by a DI and then they will observe the round and watch where it lands and then proceed to adjust it on the target

  • @itmakesyouthink
    @itmakesyouthink Месяц назад +6

    Same as Australia, tourists with weapons cache brought in over time, attacking armouries over Xmas, and power infrastructures and mobile phone exchanges. Only thing stopping it happening is the long sea and air transportation resupply.

  • @Motumatai3
    @Motumatai3 Месяц назад +26

    A Defence Force is about so much more than a simplistic throw away line as this. In a word NO. We could not, and most probably never have been able to defend our coastline, if that's what by inference you can call defending NZ. But a Defence Force does far more than that. Sending 100 highly skilled and capable kiwi soldiers into a combat zone to do what many nations soldiers do poorly or not at all (build relationships with all parties, is worth what other nations may throw thousands of troops at, for less gain (political and militarily). But all our Political parties have kicked the can down the road ever since the Wall came down, and we now have an extremely top heavy Defence Force, hollowed out of any real on-the-ground capability. You are looking at a decade minimum, to regain any decent sustainable capability, and that's only if all parties sign up to sufficient funding that will do the job. And not the current farce of circular funding, that's when the Defence Force is levied all sorts of charges that extract significant $$ from the allocated funding to actually do stuff. Capital charge. RUC, registration of motor vehicles, etc etc etc. A Defence Force is one of a Nation's critical institutions. Its NOT a business.

    • @Spadesshovel
      @Spadesshovel Месяц назад +2

      🥱

    • @captainted486
      @captainted486 Месяц назад

      🤦​@@Spadesshovel

    • @user-jh2sr8bl8v
      @user-jh2sr8bl8v Месяц назад

      "Build relationships with all parties" is how you lose wars, just look at Afghanistan. Where the west was obsessed with cuddling and kissing its enemies instead of erasing them.

    • @ladyjusticewarriorqueenz2005
      @ladyjusticewarriorqueenz2005 Месяц назад

      It's a Child trafficking, Smuggling, money laundering crime operation.

  • @imnothefather027
    @imnothefather027 29 дней назад +2

    Against who?

  • @tahanaparker2660
    @tahanaparker2660 29 дней назад +2

    Never fight a war you never started.

  • @danielelkin995
    @danielelkin995 29 дней назад +2

    These guys couldnt catch me and my mates driving a Ute along the beach when we accidentally breached their fire zone…on a beach.

    • @samvandermade7420
      @samvandermade7420 29 дней назад +1

      they dont have any fire zones on a beach. Unless your talking about inside the training area?

    • @danielelkin995
      @danielelkin995 25 дней назад +1

      @@samvandermade7420 up ninety mile beach. There is signs saying about a live fire zone and to turn back.
      We didn’t until they came over a sand dune and the chase was on.

  • @knowahnosenothing4862
    @knowahnosenothing4862 Месяц назад +4

    I wish our politicians would figure out the armed services is the best form of social welfare going and invest in it.

  • @johanvanbeek7138
    @johanvanbeek7138 Месяц назад

    Not sure it answers the basic question?

  • @benteaika4007
    @benteaika4007 Месяц назад +4

    no need to attack nz... its cheaper to jusy buy it. everything is for sale particuarly right now.

  • @Saltfactorynz
    @Saltfactorynz 29 дней назад +3

    Im not sure why New Zealand doesn't do what switzerland does and have civilians trained as basically idle personnel that can be activated when in crisis? i would surely bolster numbers of useable troops.

  • @vishmonster
    @vishmonster Месяц назад +1

    It would help if the government funded the airforce properly and expanded their remit to include a significant cyber-offense capability.

  • @oxfordernest2449
    @oxfordernest2449 28 дней назад +1

    Good to see cellphones in hands taking selfies lol

  • @JR5112
    @JR5112 19 дней назад +1

    Dont have to watch a single second to answer that question

  • @danielkleiner7369
    @danielkleiner7369 Месяц назад +1

    That isn't a 105 surplus from the Korean war right?

    • @terryharris1291
      @terryharris1291 Месяц назад

      russia is using gear from WW2 and Korean war time.

    • @rexhurley4380
      @rexhurley4380 Месяц назад +5

      No we used 25pdrs and us 105s in Korea That's a FH 105 brought when Helen Clarke refused the army's request for FH155s in the 90s because 155s were considered offensive weapons...

    • @jakob7693
      @jakob7693 Месяц назад

      @@terryharris1291 And how many do they have?

  • @haydensmith7551
    @haydensmith7551 Месяц назад

    Defend what exactly??

  • @user-fn8ls2zy7e
    @user-fn8ls2zy7e 29 дней назад +2

    They forgot the haka

  • @ChristopherWHerbert
    @ChristopherWHerbert 26 дней назад

    Some of the vehicles in the video were 30 years old. Which is a reflection that this NZDF is using vintage equipment, and that is not exactly a positive thing

  • @philm6722
    @philm6722 Месяц назад

    No not currently

  • @wellingtonian2009
    @wellingtonian2009 Месяц назад +1

    Those Unimogs must be at least 40 years old.

  • @planetofthegael
    @planetofthegael Месяц назад

    Do the New Zealand Defence Force recruit lads from overseas?

    • @anthraz
      @anthraz 16 дней назад

      say that again. does a country recruit people to join a military who arent in the country the military operates under.

  • @MrJames_1
    @MrJames_1 Месяц назад +4

    NZ will never have to defend itself on its own. The story mentioned NZ assisting Ukraine, same as we are doing here in Australia. It's a two-way street. Other nations will help us both. Look at RIMPAC running right now. Au/NZ are there working with 27 other nations to make sure we can all work together using our specific specialities.

  • @rogergotstoned3291
    @rogergotstoned3291 24 дня назад

    Love those Gun Tractors and their set up.....watching from 29 Palms.

  • @cruxisification
    @cruxisification Месяц назад +3

    Last wargame I partook in you could not use mines, clusters ,or gas. Hamstring by the "rules based order of things". Stuff getting killed for some rules a asshat in beehive signed up for.

  • @KanoKaiji
    @KanoKaiji Месяц назад +1

    Defend Against what?

  • @whya2ndaccount
    @whya2ndaccount Месяц назад

    Kia Ora from the other side of the ditch.
    Again Kiwis doing a lot with very limited resources (we got rid of our L119, 105mm Light Guns some time ago).

  • @multi-media69
    @multi-media69 Месяц назад

    In a dire situation where all money is put into the military budget yes, I think we could. Though small our forces are top quality.

  • @alexpalmer776
    @alexpalmer776 Месяц назад +23

    The military budget in NZ is an insult to its mayor Ally.
    NZ should be spending around 2.5% to 3% of GDP at least to make some sort of a show of it. NZ armed force personnel are great pound for pound but The criminal and outlawed bikie gangs are better funded and armed and have more soldiers. Bloody disgraceful.

    • @ricb123
      @ricb123 Месяц назад

      Sshhhh don't tell anyone but they are our light armored columns....

    • @BigRedNZ1
      @BigRedNZ1 Месяц назад

      Maybe your argument would be better received… if you bothered to spell check.

    • @peterearl9114
      @peterearl9114 Месяц назад

      Your welcome to donate your money, personally I don't want to pay any more in tax

    • @ac.ruther
      @ac.ruther Месяц назад +1

      I don't think the Mongrel Mob recieves 4 Billion a year😂

    • @alexpalmer776
      @alexpalmer776 Месяц назад +1

      @@ac.ruther I don’t know have you checked the exchange rate?

  • @brucecouper
    @brucecouper Месяц назад +5

    No, however that's why we have / need strong allies

  • @user-es5rp1mm8c
    @user-es5rp1mm8c Месяц назад +2

    👍 Thanks for your service g ❤

  • @LinksHingaia
    @LinksHingaia Месяц назад +2

    displaying our weapons is like playing modern war fear 1🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @BH-ro4ly
      @BH-ro4ly Месяц назад

      Yep its just a joke, it actually makes me embarrassed.

  • @blairwalker3003
    @blairwalker3003 27 дней назад

    Years ago I was in auntie arm and we played 106 gun had a 50 on top to mark the target and a 106 shell and the where big rounds to the 105 and our 106 made a bigger
    noise talk to them about damage ears do not what to

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 Месяц назад

    Good luck NZ.

  • @warrenwiechern345
    @warrenwiechern345 Месяц назад

    We dont have any enemies, we have Allies across the Globe!

  • @TheStonedsanta
    @TheStonedsanta Месяц назад +1

    Bit late to start asking that, we can’t even house everyone.

  • @peterbrown6458
    @peterbrown6458 Месяц назад +1

    sooo 105 v 155 mm, hmm stuffed before they know it, not good

  • @jinjaman101
    @jinjaman101 Месяц назад +5

    is that a question

  • @BonesTheCat
    @BonesTheCat 10 дней назад

    Our defence is our distance from everywhere and lack of usefulness for staging an invasion on Australia. Indonesia would go before we did. If someone had the ability to ship an army out here unmolested, we'd lose in hours. Resistance would be guerilla warfare from the bush. We'd lose the country until an international response came and won, but that would need to be an American carrier group.

  • @henkmagnetic3103
    @henkmagnetic3103 29 дней назад

    Do they have to stop using their phones when training?

  • @FuriousePanda
    @FuriousePanda 29 дней назад +1

    Make no mistake people, if we were attacked by any meaningful adversaries, we would be destroyed. Without long range radar and air defence, those howitzers wont get off a single shell, and because they absolutely would have air superiority, that black hawk wouldnt even be able to leave the airfield. We rely on our distance and allies to defend us.

  • @davidorourke5795
    @davidorourke5795 Месяц назад +2

    Depends on against who! Could probably hold off Fiji, but might struggle against China!

    • @jackson22668
      @jackson22668 Месяц назад

      Unless there are Chinese New Zealanders willing to join up for espionage and sabotage to help the cause, it might even out the field, but I doubt the rest of the country will treat us well under the circumstance

  • @anthony9thompson
    @anthony9thompson Месяц назад

    NZ actually does pretty well on their very small defence budget . They are good at stretching their dollar

    • @ThunderspearNZ
      @ThunderspearNZ 25 дней назад

      They're also really good at wasting dollars on useless things.

  • @ky1e200
    @ky1e200 Месяц назад +1

    We could not

  • @MrUser1million
    @MrUser1million Месяц назад

    The question was not answered.

  • @rokinz3270
    @rokinz3270 Месяц назад

    We need an airforce plus we need some serious investment in air defense for regular air craft and drones

  • @richardcox3713
    @richardcox3713 Месяц назад +3

    Silly question.

  • @narkysharky2135
    @narkysharky2135 28 дней назад

    We need a Navy/Airforce upgrade due to our geographic position. These artilary units wouldn't scratch a ship more than a couple kms off the coast so they aren't really worth much. If an enemy force in on our mainland, then it's already too late.

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip Месяц назад +2

    Kiwiland will always thwart Emutopia... darn you!

    • @NelsonZAPTM
      @NelsonZAPTM Месяц назад +2

      And take back Pavlova!

  • @ngallakp62
    @ngallakp62 29 дней назад

    Not after handing in all the semi automatic weapons. If we implemented a policy the same as sweden we would at least stand a chance

  • @hinefamily7565
    @hinefamily7565 Месяц назад

    Strange that an Island nation is land centric (focused) when Navy and Air Force are relegated. There is a common sense reason why England had a standing navy before an army. NZ Artillery have not been used in combat since the vietnam war, the very reasons our fighter wings were disbanded were not applied to the army. The Army can't move anywhere outside New Zealand without Navy or Air assets and would be quickly subdued if our maritime and Air routes were compromised.

  • @ryanwilks9049
    @ryanwilks9049 29 дней назад

    short answer no long answer we could hold out long enough for the pacific fleet to arive

  • @shleemie2234
    @shleemie2234 Месяц назад +1

    Defend themselves from what?

  • @voidscreaming1012
    @voidscreaming1012 29 дней назад +1

    Protect NZ soverignty? Brother, the politicians youd protect have destroyed soverignty.

  • @fergusshaw2470
    @fergusshaw2470 29 дней назад

    So slow moving those cannons around

  • @CrayCow
    @CrayCow Месяц назад +1

    Bro we can't even afford rubbish bins

  • @Outdoorcookwarereviews
    @Outdoorcookwarereviews Месяц назад +3

    The Aussies would take the country in 1 day that's the only gun they have 😂😂😂

  • @johnallen8094
    @johnallen8094 26 дней назад

    I thought they were SAS, Saturday And Sundays.

  • @bradleyhauraki4965
    @bradleyhauraki4965 28 дней назад

    Mate we are COOKED

  • @shanewallace1126
    @shanewallace1126 Месяц назад

    Yes, against todays threat enviroment. Expertise can be used as base for expanding capacity in the future. Peace🙃

  • @lorenrb80
    @lorenrb80 Месяц назад

    If they aren't sighting artillery using drone crews then we are very behind the ball already

  • @FreeSoulSikh
    @FreeSoulSikh Месяц назад

    Any attack on NZ will be by Navy and Airforce. Drones will be play hug part in NZ defense and not let infantry land on our shores. We must invest in secure network for defense communications and drone control. Artillery will play hug part in our defense and we must have infrastructure to make millions of artillery shells every month. We must have machinery to dig out tunnels quickly. Basic military training for our youths must be compulsory for 1/2 months during high school education.

  • @UriahD85
    @UriahD85 Месяц назад +1

    When the army sold off a fleet of unimogs with the starting bid of $5000

  • @waylanddavick9459
    @waylanddavick9459 29 дней назад

    I think we need to double or triple our military capabilities. Our people are excellent, there just isn't enough of them, they are underesourced and they don't get enough respect from the Government.

  • @chrisblockley5783
    @chrisblockley5783 29 дней назад

    We could probably hold off Kiribati at a pinch.