Rhodesian War Stories: Scaramanga
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- A Rhodesian war veteran recalls an undisciplined former British soldier.
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As a young boy growing up in Salisbury. My Dad like all white men went off to do his bit for Rhodesia. He hardly ever spoke about what he went through. It is wonderful that you are sharing your experiences in the sticks. What my dad did do, he always brought something home for me, when he returned from a stint. I collected numerous military items. AK mag, bullet shell from an armoured car, numerous shells from all sorts of caliber weapons. I do remember lying in my bed at night, when my Dad was doing his stint in the bush, crying myself to sleep knowing I was safe as he was out the protecting us. But praying the he would make it back in one piece. As other fathers did not always make it back. Great to hear your experiences.
I was too young to serve. However after Zanu came into power we made South Africa our home, I was called up and gave up 2 years to serve in the SADF. I can associate with all of your stories.
Noel Westwood maybe it would’ve worked better if you didn’t show up there first. You colonised them, now they colonise you lmao shut up and deal with it
@@fi866 Keep crying..
I always feel sorry for these Rhodesians who relocated to South Africa, because now South Africa is going down the drain. Shit!
Did lots of Rhoadies leave for South Africa? What happened to your possessions? I must mention too, that in America during those years we never heard of anything about this war! So I am catching up as to what our US govt input was.
I've never been to Rhodesia, but as you tell the story, I feel like I'm right there with you every step of the way. Your experiences are , in many ways, universally relatable for many combat veterans of many different wars. Thank you.
what war did you serve in?
@@mikecavallaro466 damn, you were one of the originals. I cant say that we're succeeding necessarily, but we're trying to live up to the legacy yall created.
@@mikecavallaro466 yes, voter suppression is the work of dictators, go get them.
So funny how you talk about listening to that guys tape over and over, reminds me of a camp I did at Bindura. There was an old record player in the mess and only one record, it was Wings by Paul McCartney! That record was played over and over and over again for the full duration of my 6 week camp, we all complained like crazy but each night that record would go back on and we'd all sing along, I still remember all the words and Band on the Run will forever be deeply imprinted in my brain! Thank you for publishing your stories, brings back so many good and sad memories of that terrible time.
Excellent video!
I’m surprised the NCOs or officers let him neglect his weapon that way.
I was thinking the same thing.. in an army Infantry line company, one can’t leave his weapon for mere seconds without being scuffed up.
You know it's funny he liked the song rinestone cowboy. A "rhinestone cowboy" is a fake, someone who dresses in a hat and boots but doesn't ride fence or herd cattle. you know a poser. It is actually against the law in Texas. I don't think its enforced tho ha ha
@@VictorianTimeTraveler Considering all the repub cowboy cosplayers I doubt that is so.
I think I missed my calling. I got plugged into an aircraft mechanics job 50 years ago, and there I went and I'm still there to this day. :-) Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Awesome first hand history; the info on daily life in the bush is excellent, not replicated anywhere I know of. Thank you for sharing your experience and informing the newer generations.
Throughout your, various stories, you consistently provide fieldcraft techniques that troops only come to learn with experience. I'll bet that more than one platoon-level Soldier or Marine has heard something you've said and been all the better for it after applying it in training or exercises.
Thank you for posting your accounts. My trainee and platoon days were long before RUclips, and I wish I'd have had access to your anecdotes back then. It could have saved me some embarrassment on a couple of occasions in training. One can study field manuals forever, but trying to apply them for the first time never seems to be as easy as it looks in writing. Only practical wisdom makes doctrine become useful.
My parents were in the UDR in NI. Often have stories to tell of fallen friends or squaddies. It was a bad time.
McCman 13 i was in 7/10 UDR after i finished my last tour in my own Regt. I ended up staying on after it went R.Irish.Cheers mate.
Fiach youse boys dont like Sundays lol Faugh A Ballagh
@@rorymcdonald9852 Thanks for your service.👍🏻
They shouldn't have joined the UDR.
Thanks for the video, regards from Australia
Please continue to make these videos. I thoroughly enjoy hearing your stories from Rhodesia.
Great stories which are a part of our history, thank you for telling them and thank you for keeping Rhodesia safe.
One of the best stories. Thank you for keeping this history alive!
I’m super happy I found this channel, instantly one of my new favorites. Ima prolly binge watch every episode over the nxt 2-3 days
Thank you for sharing these stories.
Thank you sir for your service to a great country! I had two uncles in the RLI and one was a Selous Scout. I remember these kind of stories well and have many memories of those days. Listening to your stories makes me very homesick. Thank you for sharing your experiences sir. Much respect.
Excellent patrolling technique/explanation.
This is a fascinating channel.
i just came across your channel and i really wanna thank you for taking the time out of your day to record the stories you have .
Really love your channel!
Thank you sir.
Thank you Great information
Thank you for the lesson in patience and understanding..
I knew a guy (years ago) who served in the Rhodesian Army and I remember him saying that, if someone came wandering near their patrol camp at night, they would blaze away without warning. I was always skeptical about this until you confirmed the fact in this video. Thank you.
I recall he also said that they wouldn't go and check if they'd hit anyone until firstlight. Hopefully, they were either dead or escaped the way they came!
Madala. Ever read 'where the leopard passes', by Geraldine Elliot (published 1949)? Your story-telling follows in that timeless Zulu tradition. Wonderful.
I had a friend name of Joe Hale who wrote a book based on his experiences in these wars. Book is Red Zambezi. Joe is gone now, but great read if you can find the book
Thank you so much for the history! I am curious knowing little about ground warfare, why weren’t platoon commanders or call sign leaders map equipped and proficient to navigate to a rally point?
I always hated it when the column would start rubber banding.
We callled it concertina or accordion!
We called “the inch worm” or the “caterpillar” in Southeast Asia.
This is badass for a random recommendation.
Did you dig a common latrine in such a base, and how deep? How far from the bivi's? Great video as always sir.
If it was a company base there would be one dug and a thunderbox or boxes put over it would be surrounded by a hessian wall for a little privacy but sometimes there would be a few guys in there at the same time. If there were three or four thunderboxes. They wouldnt be separated. In the platoon base the latrine was the bush you dug a hole did your business then covered it up, not at night though.
John Woulfe Thanks mate 👍
Compression/Extension happens on every freeway practically every day. The bastards know this and do things like force their way from the fast lane to their chosen exit lane causing a stream of brake lights which goes back for miles. On my motorbike I could laugh at these lemmings but there's nothing that the cops can do, people do make mistakes about their exits. But I remember a fully-loaded car tried it on me; I stood my ground and the yokels in that car started to panic, they were going to miss their exit. Therefore be a bastard on the freeway, never brake unless it is for a real threat, there's plenty of time for the average decent driver to get ready for their exit and those who leave it till the last minute are either a dope who needs to learn or it's a prick who doesn't care. If your freeway often backs up for no reason that's the most likely cause.
In the Marine Corp we called this the accordion effect. It sucks to be last always running to catch up or standing still.
Europe N America and Anzac must take heed of Rhodesia and S Africa. The same thing is happening.
NI is not the bush
Would you mind talking about the procedures you guys used for the establishment of platoon bases as you call them? Im wondering if they were at all similar to how Americans establish patrol bases today.
Has, has, has nobody ever told you... You, you don't just put the green screen behind you. The point of the green screen is to project an image upon, otherwise a set works.
SO SO TRUE.
I am a religious gun cleaner, a total stickler for keeping my rifles clean. Ole Scaramanga there had me twitching. He had a FN too! The things I would do for one of those, we used to be able to have them in NZ and I had all my paperwork ready to buy the British version before they changed the laws and banned them. Sacrilege I say.
I'd like to hear Scaramanga's side of the story, - the small group of officers stopped arguing and looked over at me, I continued cleaning my rifle, it was so clean some had started calling it the 'golden gun'. The senior officer asked me again if I was sure I knew the route. I'd already been to the village and back half a dozen times on recon missions, I moved mostly by night using my trusty Starlight scope, the only bit of kit like it in the camp. "Yeah I know it, pretty darn well I'd say" I replied. The officer adjusted his shorts for a moment, and then gave a small nod. "Well then, we think it's best that you lead the men tonight Scar". "Good, no time to loose" I said, and quickly grabbed my rucksack and left the tent. I moved towards the camp boundry, it was already dark and starting to rain, I quickened my pace, if were going to reach the rendezvous point before sunrise then we needed to move now. I noticed many of the men were still in thier bivvies, keeping their legs warm. I could hear a country and western song playing somewhere, and some sentrys were arguing about what to do if the day of the month was only a single digit. As I headed out into the bush, Starlight scope in hand, there were maybe a dozen men behind me, shuffling slowly along with bags on their feet. I wondered how many would make it...
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the end of FN's life? I've never heard of this before. Transition to G3?
Eventually a gun just gets worn out
Rough handling, constant cleaning, untold amounts of shooting, constant exposure to the elements, getting banged around, etc
The Rhodisians did use the G3, along with a few other rifle types, but the FAL was their preferred rifle, i think he means actual FN production FAL's, which when they got worn out wold get replaced with whatever FAL's could be sourced, SA R1's, I've also read about British L1A1's, etc
Bush war is total different from urban wars!
surely "blase" used an FN in northern ireland? sounds bizarre that it wouldnt be kept in good order. Did no one say anything to this individual?
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El ejercito Rhodesiano fue el mejor de África, sin lugar a dudas.
Great vids, thanks 👍. I fear Scaramanga may have been a bit of a Walter Mitty possibly ex catering Corp 🤔 , NI was not that bad and certainly no worse than your bush war .
Hi sir, could I email you?
i will always remember "voos" lol, please can someone tell me how it is correctly spelt?
Woes. It's an Afrikaans word. It means something like wild or rough
Ian Smith betrayed Rhodesia
This man reminds me of my dad so much :) (not scalamonga, the man telling the story)
This gentleman could read aloud a phonebook and have our rapt attention. Fascinating anecdotes!
Was going to say exactly the same thing! 😁
Another addicting story..... I arrived home and parked my car in the driveway.... my phone altered me to a new Five Romeo Romeo video.... 25 minutes later I found myself still sitting in the car, with the engine running, and my family looking out the window wondering if I’d lost my mind. 🤣. Thanks for video.
Sometimes it's nice to get away from the family 😉
Great to see a new upload from you 5RR. It was particularly interesting to me hearing about the "daily life" in the bush. 10-4.
Love your videos!!
When my father was in the uS Army in the 1920.s, They put a new recruit on night guard duty. He challenged someone approaching his post with the standard "Halt who goes there?'. The answer that came back was "Officer of the Day". He replied "Officer of the day, what are you doing out at night?" and started firing in the direction of the voice. The others stopped him before he was able to hit the officer. Needless to say, he never stood guard duty alone for quite a while.
Brilliant
I love it how soldiers around the world are the same. This bit about the nickname is so true and how they earned them. We had one man in 3-75 Rangers from Texas who was small in size but had the heart of a lion. During an assault, he just got up, charged forward and blasted away. Ergo his nickname was 'Duke' (ala John Wayne). We had another Ranger who was called 'Ranger Uhm'. When I met him, I said 'Ranger 'So and So' why do they call you Ranger Uhm? And he replied 'Uhm Sergeant it is Uhm, Because I Uhm say Uhm a lot' ... I said 'I got it Uhm'.
Ranger Uhm is great!
When I was a young teenager I was obsessed with the 75RR.
When in basic training i almost stabbed my company commander at night.
They told us that some dangerous people fled a mental hospital nearby befor we headed out.
I don`t know if this was true or if it was to keep us from falling asleep at night. When heading back from the alarmpost to the squadcamp the captain appeared right behind me. I "felt" that someone was behind me and almost stabbed him but somehow could see his face in the moonlight through the branches. He certainly saw the shining blade of the bajonett and my second hand was on his throat. He said "well done" and never lost a word about it.
The lesson is: Don`t scare and underestimate even raw recruits at night. Especially if you haven`t stripsearched them before.
There were some escapees from Enguchini (excuse the spelling)mental hospital in Bulawayo and unfortunately six people living on Churchill road in Bellview lost there lives as a result I was still at school then, that must have been 74 or 5
Never use shiny blades in warfare.
edit: I don't think the USA has used anything but black for many decades. I think it is the same for UK. This must have been a long time ago.
@@VidarrKerr parkerizing or blue-ing will wear off and get shiny just from sheathing it repeatedly. Shiny and oiled is second best to parkerized or blued
Mr D: The genius of the stories that get told to the newbies is that they can never be proven nor disproven. They seem to ring true just enough to keep you frosty. A story we were once told at dusk before moving out for the night was that Bedouin tribesmen in the area were roaming the hills to mutilate and castrate anyone they found asleep. I didn’t quite believe it at the time, but it sure kept me wide awake.😳
I think it was in the Falklands that the British had a chaplain who didn't really bother with passwords, his standard reply on being challenged was always something like "don't shoot, its only the f**king padre!"
I think you are mentioning David Cooper en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cooper_(chaplain)
@@terrywarner8657 Quite likely the same guy.
There was a Brit officer in WW2 who could never remember the password so he always carried an umbrella (The character in the movie “A Bridge too Far” who does it is him/based on him, some characters were changed/consolidated from real life for the movie)
We call it an accordion,😂 no fun if you’re in the last platoon. That happened to me on convoy once. I was driving the biggest slowest vehicle, got left in the dust. Luckily I knew how to to get where I needed to go, and no one attacked me 😂
Good story, thanks for telling. I wonder if Scaramanga will listen to this and recognise himself
It's infallible! In every Army there is as always "That Guy"... He has been since time began and everyone has a story about him.Well done sir!
hi :)
Yes we all had to work with one. We named "That Guy" The Key Master. (Ghost Busters)
@@ThatGuy-nv2wo haha
Thank you so much for posting these videos , BEST CHANNEL ON RUclips EK SE
I have watched your videos with great interest and found them extremely interesting, as a former British Soldier and having served in Norther Ireland, it took me by surprise watching this video SCARAMANGA and it also angered me in the manner in which this former British Soldier conducted himself in an undisciplined and disgraceful manner.
He may have served in NI but I would think he was a Clerk or worked in HQ in some capacity, he would have probably been in a position to type out Situation reports / Contact Reports and have access to other such documents, I would think he gained a lot of his stories from listening to the lads who had been out patrolling and sitting around chatting about the days patrol over a beer.
I can assure you if he had conducted himself in that manner in a section he would have got a sharp painful lesson taken around the back for an attitude adjustment, If at any time your weapon was not clean and serviceable or any further than an arms distance away from you look out and expect to get that weapon rammed up your arse, it should be part of your body when on operations.
Combat soldiers in the field are humorously creative when it comes to nicknames. One night, out in the middle of nowhere, our team stopped to catch a breather. One of the guys, parked his unfortunate tender ass on a scorpion. I swear within minutes, even before he was med-evaced, people were already referring to him (affectionately) as *Scorpion* and the name stuck from that day forward. 😂
We had a guy in one of the units on our base called Venom. Turned out that he earned it during his training school when he was placed on quarters for a week by medical after his face was so swollen from an encounter with a bee hive he couldn't open his eyes enough to perform any task in a useful way.
Van Helsing was a man in my high school friend's unit who broke up a fight where the aggressor had been biting the other guy. He yelled for a stake to "Finish off this vampire".
That’s humorous but not creative...
He sat on a scorpion so we call him... Scorpion
We had a guy join our unit from another unit...We asked him his nickname and he said "I haven't got one..."..."Bollocks" said the sergeant "You'll be known as shitface from now on" and it stuck. It became a regimental joke the best bit was that he changed company, his new Staff Sergeant asked him (knowing his nick name already) and the lad said "I don't care so long as you don't call me shitface". Staff Sergeant said "Fair enough we'll call you shithead". Welcome to the military if you cannot take a joke you shouldn't have joined up. Others was a female member of staff, nick-named Kronenberg, because from behind she looked 16 and from the front she looked 64. Female Helicopter pilot called "Kitchen"...Tons of terrible non-PC names.
mwnciboo: Amen, you have to be able to dish it out as well as receive it. Everyone is fair game.
I was a Rhodesian serviceman for 5 years. Never once knew of a rifle being treated like that.
As a Finn whose grandfather fought in the Winter War and often told stories of that war, my heart bleeds for Rhodesia. Much respect for anyone who had to fight for one's home.
That would be a FAiL get it a FAL.....
I'll never forget how we as young recruits (roof) (thief in Afrikaans) SADF slang term for new recruits were taught how important your rifle was to your survival as a soldier.
The very first time we did live fire drills at the shooting range, was a two day affair with a sleep over at the range, we were expected to sleep with our rifles in our sleeping bags and those that forgot to do so had their weapons removed during the night, and true to army tradition, we all had to pay for those that neglected to follow the request by pushing the trucks in gear out of the shooting range grounds at the end of the drills, needless to say no one forgot to leave their rifles out of their sleeping bags from then on.
In Canada in winter conditions you don't keep your rifle in your sleeping bag or tent. If you do the moisture and cold will rust your rifle and get moisture everywhere that will freeze once you take it out and once you take it out of the tent its NS.
I believe "scab" is the correct translation in the context of a new recruit.
Your bush tales are a delightful treat in these boring times of quarantine
@Fiach McHugh Ó Bruadair hahaha relax man, go and walk your dog hahah
Rhodesians never die!
Another riveting story from the past,thank you for that. I don`t know how this guy would have gotten on in NI with his brand of soldiering. Not much call for empty sandbags on your feet in Belfast.
what gets me is he left his FN to rust it,s a recipe for a stoppage . I once tripped and my rifle got about 6" of mud straight up the barrell .it was about an hour before I got a chance to get a pull through in and I never felt so vunerable . mind I was carrying a revolver :)
My dude!
Great story.
I don’t watch tv so when you post it’s like a new episode of my favorite show!
The lesson being " Never follow a Mad Irishman ". During the Boer War , the Irish who supported the Boers were placed in charge of blowing things up e.g. railway lines and Small British Forts.
I am sorry for the British governments treatment of my rhodesia friends. Even now they refuse to help the white farmers in Zimbabwe who are being persecuted......the UK prefer to aid the enemy at all times.
With a patrol of that size, surely it should have been broken up into smaller semi autonomous units that had each been fully briefed on the infil route, as well as all the special features and obstacles.
I’ve never heard of such a shambles. It’s hard to only blame Scaramanga.
We always used waypoint RVs, staging points and layups. But we also generally patrolled in small units, or autonomously in conjunction with other units. We never set out without a full briefing. But I preferred moving by night. It’s always slow, sometimes painfully so, but it’s the stealthiest option.
Oh, and we used Russian tackies occasionally, but never sandbags!
Very odd.
Also, NI was never a high intensity conflict. Most serious contacts were SAS turkey shoots - staged ambushes usually at night. So I’m dubious about that bloke. And his weapons drill is ludicrous. Should never leave his side. Ridiculous.
Thank you for sharing this strange tale.
See bright light post may help you understand better
Michael coyne Understand what? Amateurs getting lost in the dark and trying to get people killed? I’ve been avoiding idiots like that all my life. Where do you believe this fount of wisdom be at?
@@G58I really do like fukken bobejoins.You say see post bright light maybe help you understand. fukken bobejoins reply Understand what.clearly showing not looking at post and asking what is a bright light?
So prey tell how are things in C.A,B now days? (can't be assked brigade) Hope all is good I hope
How many foreigners did you meet in the Rhodesian Army? I remember you mentioned an American MAG gunner before, and now this British volunteer.
Id guess that many people who join foreign armies have gone awol from their own , or discharged for that type of behaviour.
There is also the distinct possibility he was UVF/UDA/UDR
SA was where the loyalists got a lot of weapons from with collusion from the British.
He may well have been sent there to bring back experience which the loyalists were pathetically short of.
They were so inept , that 85% of their victims were randomly chosen civilians.
Rhodesia was a country with vast bushveld to monitor and police, yet with very little in the way of manpower. As we were in conflict with communist ideologies, we attracted from all over the western world, mainly trained soldiers who served in various units of the British army, Irishmen, Canadian, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Bulgaria, France, United States (Soldier of Fortune magazine was conceived there) .... Many of these men served with professional courage, pride for their home units and formed lifelong friendships with some of the men they served alongside in the, Rhodesian Light Infantry, Rhodesian African Rifle's, Selous Scouts and the SAS...... Read , 'Op Dingo' written by a South African helicopter pilot who mentions some of the foreign soldiers involved, read what they have to say. I Salute the men local and foreign who fought to defend the very same enemy the western world deemed dangerous enough to spend Trillions of US dollars defending themselves against in the Cold War.
In 1979 a cop in Que Que told me a funny story. A PATU stick was on patrol somewhere between Nembudziya and Gokwe, the sun went down but they had to keep moving in the dark to reach their destination. All hell broke loose only 20 yards away from them, one bloke started firing so they all started firing. Eventually they discovered that a donkey tethered to a tree had been attacked by a leopard. They only had a few bullets left between them.
LOL a universal tale!! In the US Army they would call such a character “the weak sister” of the squad!! My dear friend when he was deployed in Afghanistan told me a similar story of a private who left his SAW at a first aid station- my buddy pulled up and ask him where his weapon was- reply maybe at the first aid? Fortunately the first sergeant drove him there and the medics handed his weapon where PT immediately commenced for this man. As any veteran of any war would tell you it’s the little things that can get you killed. Thank You for stories many of friends particularly my South African friends who were born after this war are fascinated with your tales because their fathers who fought in Angola are only beginning to tell them their stories!!
"We like BOTH kinds of music....
Country AND Western!"
LOLOLOLOLOL!!!
Anybody get it?
I can remember a lot of guys left the British Army to go over to Rhodesia back in the 1970's.
An American friend did not know the term hessian sack so I explained and he say ok, like gunnysacks or burlap bags.
I'm from northern Ireland, love your videos
*free Ireland
@@grnnr1846 ?
Thankyou for sharing your tales. From an ex-infantryman in Seattle.
Four days later and my eye would go across to where that forlorn weapon was standing
Great story. I learned in boot camp about maintaining a weapon. Due to the specific nature of your war in the bush I'm surprised you didn't have a basic training or even an on the job training to train and evaluate the foreign veteran soldiers in Rhodesia. Just allowing the man to let his rifle rust should have brought the wrath of the Rhodesian God's upon his head. Then putting him in command after such an obvious failure to maintain his weapon surprises me based on the elite reputation of the Rhodesian military. I'm glad you all made it back from that night in the bush.
Excellent story telling! Great knowledge as well!
The cleaning of weapons was part of our morning routine, half of the section/platoon and then the other half incase of attack. MGs in a staggered manner depending on the size of the formation.
Weapons were cleaned (Aussie SLRs (FNs)I loved that weapon)starting from the breech, slide and breech block, pull through, re assembled, and then the gas system. At any time of cleaning the weapons could be re assembled quickly and put into action. Passwords were issued through the Orders Group before the patrol. No one was allowed out of the perimeter at night unless it was a patrol or ambush party. We had set drills for obstical crossings, the first section would have an area of exploitation (depending on the size of the formation) and prop, as the rest of the patrol went through, all round defence would have formed. The patrol would then resume when the last man was through.
I don't know if you have read this one, but, it was strongly encouraged in my battalion for all the new kids to read it. www.valka.cz/files/elford_190.pdf
I would like to say how much I enjoy your experiences in Rhodesia, many thanks. Cheers BobbyB.
In the South African army we called such people nafie or naafgat
lol, the good old days, are louie took the breech bloc out of my R4 when I was having a sh1t as I left it on my bed. 300 push ups latter I never let it out my sight.
What a pleasure to hear another story from the war. I’ll be sharing and explaining etc. to my son to keep up the memories of Rhodesia. Once again, a huge thank you. If there is any way to support or contribute please let me know. What you are doing is very special indeed. This is from the little Rhodesian contingent now based in Russia.
Russia? How'd you end up there?
I am intrigued by two things. 1) why not use the word best discribing Scaramanga as simply Slapgat! And 2) why did the platoon commander or platoon Sgt let him get away with his dangerous neglect of his weapon ??
You are a HERO sir. Please keep uploading :)
I come to Romeo five faster than anyone else when I see a new video posted!
Outstanding ending. Yes indeed, we have all felt that way from time to time.
First of all i would like to thank you for sharing your memories with us. And for helping to preserve a piece of history, from someone who was there and not an armchair general who's only experience of war is through a book or movie.
And as a veteran of 25 years service in the British Army, including Northern Ireland and some African excursions, i would like to offer you an apology.
After watching with great interest this episode " Scaramanga" i felt i had to message and apologise about his "Blase" Attitude to soldiering and the impression he left on you. I was horrified to hear about what i consider, lack of professionalism. I can assure you that if any British Soldier moved more than a arms length away from his weapon, he would have incurred the wrath of an NCO and booted from one end of the harbour area to the other. I was amused to hear he propped his weapon and ignored it. And the sandbags! It sounded like he was making it up as he went along.
I would just like to thank you for sharing your memories, and for the service you gave your beloved country. Thank you and please keep the memories coming and stay safe.
I'll bet Scaramanga was lying about his combat experience
A real MAN a real hero.
my father fought in Rhodesia and my Uncle fought in Northern Ireland and i can say with fair certainty Rhodesia was a tougher war.
This is a awesome channel. Communist have erased this history
Brilliant. So much to learn about soldiering, so much to hear. Thank you, sir.
I didn’t know any of them were left, and no one else tells these stories. I’m glad you chose to share these!
Bahaha! Nine-and-three sixteenths!! Hosed myself! :-P
Thank you!
I’m highly entertained
Such a marvelous speaker. Thank you.
Awesome history, awesome stories. Keep talking, Five Romeo Romeo! We're listening.
Such wonderful stories. I spent some time in Rhodesia. Wonderful people.