@@hydjrasierra1557 You could be right (he may not have had a deeper cover story in which case yes they could have shot him right there for lying). I read a few of his books and they are an entertaining read.
@@damienholland8103 I give it due for being good fiction and that is about all. This is simply not how undercover jobs work. Base ALL your cover on modified truth. Lies really get hard to keep up with under duress when your lies start having lies.
This guy is proof that tough guys never act like a tough guy. I can't imagine how many ways this guy can kill me...but by hearing him speak, I'd never guess he is who he is. Keeping your skillset hidden is a very smart thing to do in this life.
exactly, the 'hardest' man in a room tends not to be the loudest. Also, the special forces will never recruit the typical 'alpha male' unless he can change when necessary, like dropping your ego when captured.
i love Andy Mcnab. ive met him twice during book signings. the last one being in Nottingham where i live in Victoria Centre when the tom buckingham thriller State of Emergency was releaesed. absolute great read. i do recommend this to anyone whos a fan of thriller or army novels. he has a great personality tooo. i wasnt rushed when i had my book signed hes always happy to take a few mins to talk to you and answer any questions you have (within reason) absolute living legend.
absolute crock of shit. nearly all bullshit and he showed complete disrespect to his men. he has been discredited since and most his book was proved to be fiction
@@paulsweet6235 yes, he writes fiction most of the time, and how did he disrespect his men? to me i enjoyed bravo two zero, one of the best things ive read
As someone from Northern Ireland, I can't wrap my head around these guys walking around dodgy areas undercover. No-one can fake a Norn Irish accent and no-one is going to buy a brother-in-law story in these places. Balls of steel.
I can't see how he can hid his identity for very long. Especially when he's doing book signing and stuff. Someone is going to sneak a camera in and take and photo and share it on their Facebook.
You are a sensible soldier Andy admitting your fear mate! A wise man indeed. Martyn. I am a street soldier because of my life and I have P. T. S. D! God bless you.
Utter respect to you Andy!! ... If I may was it ever considered that your cover story of going to see your brother-in-law would get checked out? I would imagine the residents of the Bogside would know quite a few of each other, how was that kept as a viable cover story?? .... Got to hand it to you though mate .. That must have taken absolute nerves of steel and a focused mind that’s beyond most of us. Utter respect!! 👊🏻👊🏻
It's not a cover story. It only has to function in his head so he appears like he's got a reason for being there. Otherwise it would show on the outside. Its all the subconscious things we do that people pick up on at a glance.
The veracity of McNab's first book, Bravo Two Zero, has been questioned by Michael Asher, an explorer, Arabist and former SAS reservist, who visited Iraq with a Channel 4 film crew, and interviewed many eyewitnesses. Asher concluded that much of what McNab wrote was a fabrication, and that there was no evidence that the Bravo Two Zero patrol accounted for a single enemy casualty.[16][17] Moreover, McNab's account and that of his comrade Chris Ryan are contradictory on many points. This has been corroborated by Peter Ratcliffe, who was regimental sergeant major of 22 SAS Regiment during the Gulf War, who stated that, in a debriefing to the entire Regiment, recorded on video, none of the patrol members mentioned contacts with large numbers of enemies or any of the other extraordinary incidents included in the books.[18] Asher's conclusion was that the book's claim to be 'the true story of an SAS patrol in action' was a fraud.[16]
@@1442GlennLane To create the image of a hero. Some medals, fancy ceremonies, photo ops with important people, all PR. I suppose it has the same effect as the high production value, action packed adverts for the Royal Marine Commandos you see on TV. Both are used to improve recruitment and help with the general image of the armed forces in the public's eye.
I knew a sas guy back in 1985 who was living in county down N.I.(English accent) and honestly he could've sold a farmer his own sheep, talk about silver tongue. Anyway we stopped outside a famous IRA bar in Finaghy and he said wait here I'll be back in a minute. Couple minutes later he returned and I asked what the hell were you doing? he said looking for somebody and I said did they not ask what you were doing and he said no I told them I needed to use the bog. Absolute mental patient! I wasn't in the forces and I would never have went in there!
@ProfileP246 you said to him what are you doing? He said "just looking for somebody." And you said did they not ask you what you were doing?" And he said "no I told them I just needed to use the bog." I don't understand how he's mentally amazing for pretending to use the toilet.
I can hear the mental battle I'd have... "I'm going to see my brother in law" Take a wrong turn "It's fine, I'll pretend to take a piss then I'm going to see my brother in law..... Wait.... Doesn't my brother in law have a toilet in his house??...."
Fear is a funny thing exist in your imagination. You imagine what could happened but 99% of the time and never happens and the 1% time it does happen you're not in fear..
@@cheekboy7247 -there are only approx 440 active duty badged members of the SAS (INC.22/21/23) at any one time-this out of a pop for the UK of some 63 million plus or minus a few million??REGO=FUCK...G SPECIAL!!!!! GOT IT??
Irish republican family mother and father worked in England, reared a family. They retire to Crossmaglen, for those who know 😊 Son with a thick English accent together with squaddies haircut decides to visit. Walks into the the local pub and orders a pint, the whole pub stops dead to look. The barman does him a favour and asked him what he's at 'visiting my parents' he says. Who are your parents? Luckily the answer was a saving grace 😉Tiocaigh ar Lá 😊
if you read this comment do yourself a favor and listen to the song 'my little armalite' by irish brigade. look i respect human beings generally but the english have no business in northern ireland
Yo Andy boy. I was on the ground Armagh 79. One night my brick responded to a burst of gunfire. We tabbed real quick towards it, and found a brick of the super dooper para machine. When we asked what the score was, we were told that they had engaged an asu and there might be a dead/wounded in the field next to the road. When asked why they were not looking for said body, they stated "we just got a call, have to go".We searched the area, found nothing. We quickly figured it had been an ND and the rest just banged off about a 100 rnds to cover it up. Was that you?
saw him a few times peeking out of a hedge ,the outskirts of derry, lol. he followed an asu through the bogside estate,,,,i dont think so,,,,tall story that.
Andy Mc'Nab is an Autobot Transformer and his name is Iron hide! I also am an Autobot named Optimus Prime. I also know Smokescreen who actually is Chris Ryan! Martyn.
Grade A bull shitter that's made a serious amount of coin. Fair play to him. Look, there's plenty in his and Ryan's books that stretched the truth but they walked the walk and good luck to them.
Many republicans live in Neasden near Wembley. Full on cockney accents, AND your point is? Before all this bollox with 14 int, ask yourself who FRU were then JSG. many English accents, all with Irish families lining in Manchester, Liverpool, brum and the smoke. South Det was a pain in the arse @ och ne NO joy ( auchnacloy! )
He calls the Irish liberation army terrorist what a joke all there trying to do is free there country from the English who have been invading them for 800 years
So he has to hide his face out of fear of reprisals yet other blades don’t 😂😂😂 Hated by the Regt and if I remember rightly not allowed on camp for being such a liar
I'm thinking you wouldn't be OK walking round hard-line republican areas as an emplyee of the crown at the hight of the troubles, that's not gutless is it.
Somewhere out there some IRA guys saying "I knew he was English, we should have kidnapped him"
we should have the bastard
He prolly dead
@@sean.mshane
Who’s “we” ya dick
@Astolfo i'm 16 lol
At least he called it Derry.
Who would win, Andy's hidden identity vs u turning up ur brightness on ur phone?
He won
I can also confirm he has won
Gonna have to go with Andy on this one
Ow
Brightness won, I saw his face lmfaoo
That’s proper street knowledge.
Really? Do they know your brother in law? I bet they don't. Dead. Try again.
@@hydjrasierra1557 Good point but his cover story was probably deeper than that. It was just a quick summation of what happened.
@@damienholland8103 I doubt it. This is one of those instances where that could have gone bad sooo fast....
@@hydjrasierra1557 You could be right (he may not have had a deeper cover story in which case yes they could have shot him right there for lying). I read a few of his books and they are an entertaining read.
@@damienholland8103 I give it due for being good fiction and that is about all. This is simply not how undercover jobs work. Base ALL your cover on modified truth. Lies really get hard to keep up with under duress when your lies start having lies.
Andy forgot to pay the electricity bill
u beat me to it. was gonna write tax return
😂😂
This guy is proof that tough guys never act like a tough guy.
I can't imagine how many ways this guy can kill me...but by hearing him speak, I'd never guess he is who he is.
Keeping your skillset hidden is a very smart thing to do in this life.
exactly, the 'hardest' man in a room tends not to be the loudest. Also, the special forces will never recruit the typical 'alpha male' unless he can change when necessary, like dropping your ego when captured.
Nothing hard about shooting people
i love Andy Mcnab. ive met him twice during book signings. the last one being in Nottingham where i live in Victoria Centre when the tom buckingham thriller State of Emergency was releaesed. absolute great read. i do recommend this to anyone whos a fan of thriller or army novels. he has a great personality tooo. i wasnt rushed when i had my book signed hes always happy to take a few mins to talk to you and answer any questions you have (within reason) absolute living legend.
@Top Jimmy He's the king That's convenient af to be fair.
Did he show his face at the events?
@Top Jimmy He's the king There are hundreds of flats above it.
Shame his skills were wasted in ireland, the UK should never have been there in the first place
Ahah😂😂😂
Bravo two zero, absolutely one of the best military books ever written.
😂😭😅😂🤣
absolute crock of shit. nearly all bullshit and he showed complete disrespect to his men. he has been discredited since and most his book was proved to be fiction
@@paulsweet6235 Yep, anyone who still takes Andy McNob seriously is an idiot or a kid.
@@paulsweet6235 yes, he writes fiction most of the time, and how did he disrespect his men? to me i enjoyed bravo two zero, one of the best things ive read
I remember years ago i read it in about 2 days max, iv never ever read a book that quick in my life
This happened to me but the police didn't buy it and arrested me four outraging public decency.
hate that
Andy I've read all of your Nick Stone Books (and a few of the others.) I hope you can keep them coming. Cheers man.
As someone from Northern Ireland, I can't wrap my head around these guys walking around dodgy areas undercover. No-one can fake a Norn Irish accent and no-one is going to buy a brother-in-law story in these places. Balls of steel.
I can. Get tae fek so it is then walk away.
dammit i usually dont talk about the recommendations being weird but there are all these people like myselfonly just now discovering this
When camera guy said « Right, time to switch the lights on! »
I can't see how he can hid his identity for very long. Especially when he's doing book signing and stuff. Someone is going to sneak a camera in and take and photo and share it on their Facebook.
@@Professional_RUclips_Commenter Maybe. But I wouldn't advise it. He's worth a few bob is Andy. You'd get Lawyered to death.
@@colinstewart1432 you can take a photo of anyone in a public place. it's not against the law.
@@Professional_RUclips_Commenter True because there's no expectation of privacy. Still wouldn't do it.
You are a sensible soldier Andy admitting your fear mate! A wise man indeed. Martyn. I am a street soldier because of my life and I have P. T. S. D! God bless you.
He is a psychopath, they have capability to feel fear nor empathy in a way a normal person does.
I can see how those 15 seconds must have been an eye opener, lucky he kept his cool, one wrong move and anything could have happened.
I feel like this would have been more secure had they just gone and given him a balaclava to wear instead of back lighting him.
I mean, a quick Google shows his face. Not exactly a security risk being in a dark room.
He's a professional not some YUTE being interviewed by Ross Kemp.
@@tomventers there isnt any picture online that shows everything of his face without it being covered or badly lit
Calls it Derry. Even as an Irishman, he instantly got my respect for that 👍😂
Partially redeemed himself for being there by calling it by the correct name
@@AddictofFilm no matter what side you're on neither the UVF or IRA are pleasant organisations
Mcnab sounds like an Irish surname.
@@alexhicks6207 There tends not to be too many pleasant organisations in war.
*Londonderry 😉
0:00 No you're not, Stevie boy!
Still game?
I'm amazed his voice isn't changed or his face isn't properly covered
His identity isn't that secret, I've met him at a book signing
He is not in active service no more so doesn't need to be
Utter respect to you Andy!! ... If I may was it ever considered that your cover story of going to see your brother-in-law would get checked out? I would imagine the residents of the Bogside would know quite a few of each other, how was that kept as a viable cover story?? .... Got to hand it to you though mate .. That must have taken absolute nerves of steel and a focused mind that’s beyond most of us. Utter respect!! 👊🏻👊🏻
100% they'd know he was bullshitting. The fact he still went makes him completely nails
It's not a cover story. It only has to function in his head so he appears like he's got a reason for being there. Otherwise it would show on the outside. Its all the subconscious things we do that people pick up on at a glance.
Why aren't there any photos of Andy McNabb and why is his face hidden wta
Theres plenty out there you just aint looking hard enough, i would suspect he's been in many a film as a extra...
A five-minute anecdote on a specific piss: this man made mad, passionate love to the blarney stone during his Ireland stint.
What's the source of that? I gotta see it for myself lol.
@@Qualex14 - Err, the video above this comment page.
His silhouette looks like Tommy Robinson lol
I thought the same and I am an American lmao
Has anybody ever seen these two in the same room ?
This man was my role model growing up
Imagine being his kids you’d never run out of bedtime stories
Yeah but the type of story to keep you awake 🤣
His other biographical book 9 Troop is great, I highly recommend it. My favourite part is where he talks about the gift he sent to the funeral.
Yeah mate. Water wings. Nice touch. Savage but hilarious 🤣
7 troop , you mean 🤷🏻♂️
Andy McNab is really Michael Caine in disguise.
It's the Saarf London accent that gave h8m away. 👍
The veracity of McNab's first book, Bravo Two Zero, has been questioned by Michael Asher, an explorer, Arabist and former SAS reservist, who visited Iraq with a Channel 4 film crew, and interviewed many eyewitnesses. Asher concluded that much of what McNab wrote was a fabrication, and that there was no evidence that the Bravo Two Zero patrol accounted for a single enemy casualty.[16][17] Moreover, McNab's account and that of his comrade Chris Ryan are contradictory on many points. This has been corroborated by Peter Ratcliffe, who was regimental sergeant major of 22 SAS Regiment during the Gulf War, who stated that, in a debriefing to the entire Regiment, recorded on video, none of the patrol members mentioned contacts with large numbers of enemies or any of the other extraordinary incidents included in the books.[18] Asher's conclusion was that the book's claim to be 'the true story of an SAS patrol in action' was a fraud.[16]
Oh no a writer wrote a story. Who cares if some of its fake (if it even is) its a good read
Andy mc liar
RIDIN DIRTY - Watching it now. If true....and the number of witnesses contradicting McNab's 'stories' is huge.......it is disgraceful.
If true, I wonder why he was put forward (and received) a medal for gallantry?
@@1442GlennLane To create the image of a hero. Some medals, fancy ceremonies, photo ops with important people, all PR.
I suppose it has the same effect as the high production value, action packed adverts for the Royal Marine Commandos you see on TV. Both are used to improve recruitment and help with the general image of the armed forces in the public's eye.
I knew a sas guy back in 1985 who was living in county down N.I.(English accent) and honestly he could've sold a farmer his own sheep, talk about silver tongue.
Anyway we stopped outside a famous IRA bar in Finaghy and he said wait here I'll be back in a minute.
Couple minutes later he returned and I asked what the hell were you doing? he said looking for somebody and I said did they not ask what you were doing and he said no I told them I needed to use the bog.
Absolute mental patient!
I wasn't in the forces and I would never have went in there!
What? Doesn't make any sense.
@@Firefoxtony what?
@ProfileP246 you said to him what are you doing? He said "just looking for somebody." And you said did they not ask you what you were doing?" And he said "no I told them I just needed to use the bog."
I don't understand how he's mentally amazing for pretending to use the toilet.
@ProfileP246 that was never explained in the original comment that's why I said it didn't make any sense
I do this in nightclubs BEFORE I get rejected by a girl...I just keep walking to the nearest wall and take a piss !
Glad he says Derry
This guy should start writing books
He has, has a whole collection
This video is uploaded by penguin publishing
See the wood for the trees guys!!
@@alexbonus1475 r/whoosh
Come on ANDY, 👍👍👍💪💪💪
HE SOUNDS JUST LIKE GAZ
i would literally do the same before he even mentioned, hahah ^^
fuck ptsd (then) if you fear peace more than war, it means I know who you are. and id bet you d still think about giving me some, and the fear of not?
he should have his own youtube channel of guns !!!
Guns and tactics and stories
I can hear the mental battle I'd have...
"I'm going to see my brother in law"
Take a wrong turn
"It's fine, I'll pretend to take a piss then I'm going to see my brother in law..... Wait.... Doesn't my brother in law have a toilet in his house??...."
Fear is a funny thing exist in your imagination. You imagine what could happened but 99% of the time and never happens and the 1% time it does happen you're not in fear..
He was most scared as he visited Hereford for a pint
Cregan to bogside is called the falls road isnt it?.
"I was most scared when people worked out that my stories are exaggerated and that a lack of credibility could affect book sales"
Is he a fraud?
never, or when he met chuck norris.
Hiya Steve, how are you doing.
I hope his books have more interesting stories in them
Only one way to find out....Read 'em.
@@colinstewart1432 nah, your alright
@@granitesevan6243
It's *you're, not "your." You really should read a book. Any book.
@@hyena131 I know, I fucked up. Couldn't be arsed to edit it because I knew there would be some clever cunt out there to correct me
When he wasn’t there
Surely if you're anywhere in the World you can bluff it with a good impersonation of a local accent.
Top man.
HEAT ??? Special Forces -400+- ADTY A-D(E)Sqdrns-out of 63 million-SPECIAL THX TOMMY27
What?
@@cheekboy7247 -there are only approx 440 active duty badged members of the SAS (INC.22/21/23) at any one time-this out of a pop for the UK of some 63 million plus or minus a few million??REGO=FUCK...G SPECIAL!!!!!
GOT IT??
@@timoakes450 what??
Definition of Special 1: 110,000=VERY SPECIAL INDEED
@@timoakes450 yes, special forces are very special
Good on um for saying Derry
Brilliant 👍🏻
Irish republican family mother and father worked in England, reared a family. They retire to Crossmaglen, for those who know 😊 Son with a thick English accent together with squaddies haircut decides to visit. Walks into the the local pub and orders a pint, the whole pub stops dead to look. The barman does him a favour and asked him what he's at 'visiting my parents' he says. Who are your parents? Luckily the answer was a saving grace 😉Tiocaigh ar Lá 😊
You’re a boot
Bruh
Bartender takes his hand off the Sawnoff under the counter. Poor lamb probably never knew how close he came 🤣🤣
5 minutes for such a simple question, he seems to be scared alot.
He's a psychopath the fear wouldn't manifest itself in words.
if you read this comment do yourself a favor and listen to the song 'my little armalite' by irish brigade. look i respect human beings generally but the english have no business in northern ireland
Dont be a yankee idiot all your life, and if anybody listens to that, try daddies uniform after or SGT willets.. Then youll get the whole spectrum...
When it was found out that his rubbish book was full of lies.
I love how he said derry not Londonderry
Yo Andy boy. I was on the ground Armagh 79. One night my brick responded to a burst of gunfire. We tabbed real quick towards it, and found a brick of the super dooper para machine. When we asked what the score was, we were told that they had engaged an asu and there might be a dead/wounded in the field next to the road. When asked why they were not looking for said body, they stated "we just got a call, have to go".We searched the area, found nothing. We quickly figured it had been an ND and the rest just banged off about a 100 rnds to cover it up. Was that you?
Fronting things out ie lying came in very handy for writing Bravo20 which was a complete fabrication.
There is alot of creative licence there, one thinks!
saw him a few times peeking out of a hedge ,the outskirts of derry, lol. he followed an asu through the bogside estate,,,,i dont think so,,,,tall story that.
@@KeiranDavie
🤦🏽♂️
All that I care about is he called it the proper name, Derry
Read the charter dickhead.
All be it shortened from Londonderry.
@@ProfileP246 I’m a real Derry Girl!
@@akimboslice5099 just noticed this salty comment 🤣
@@jack63446 i wouldnt worry i doubt he even irish or english for that matter....
Legend
And all they had to ask was why you didn’t just take a piss when you got to your brother in laws! Scary stuff though.
" I've been in the car all afternoon I didn't think I'd make it upstairs"
There. Easy.
House is on the other side of the estse, and you blocked the road up and I need a wee
fear of the unknown.
You are Royalty Andrew. You remind me of a disciple worker of Jesus mate! God Bless you now and forever. Martyn.
go home black and tan
The black and tan ceased to exist a long time ago.
When you can away from some farmers in Iraq 😂😂
Andy Mc'Nab is an Autobot Transformer and his name is Iron hide! I also am an Autobot named Optimus Prime. I also know Smokescreen who actually is Chris Ryan! Martyn.
I love your book get me out of here
I am Andy macnabb and I like to tell stories
Grade A bull shitter that's made a serious amount of coin. Fair play to him. Look, there's plenty in his and Ryan's books that stretched the truth but they walked the walk and good luck to them.
Londonderry.
He would “ front “ it out with a London accent in the middle of the bog side 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you’re a great story teller Andy 👍
Its obvious that he put on an Irish accent.
@@Seanryan2001 don’t be stupid,
Many republicans live in Neasden near Wembley. Full on cockney accents, AND your point is? Before all this bollox with 14 int, ask yourself who FRU were then JSG. many English accents, all with Irish families lining in Manchester, Liverpool, brum and the smoke. South Det was a pain in the arse @ och ne NO joy ( auchnacloy! )
@@mufc20timesbitches36 I feel sorry for them Neasden is a fucking shit hole
@@aviationiceman9549 you calling me stupid? Haha. You obviously don't know anything about the Special Forces regiments.
When was Andy McNab most scared? Right about now as it happens... hiding his cowardly face behind that shadow.
Big tough man in the RUclips comment section.
I put money he'd call ur bluff mate!!
When his fable was debunked....
I like wholemeal bread and ham thata boiled at home
Like the way andrew called it derry . free derry you mc nab.
Andy was a great writer, I’ve got all his books, however the last 2 are really rubbish sack the dodgy ghost writer
“Terrorists” for wanting their own country back 😂
He calls the Irish liberation army terrorist what a joke all there trying to do is free there country from the English who have been invading them for 800 years
The majority of NI disagreed with you. IRA were just too inbred and thick to realise.
@@dylanletford4881 coming from a tit all the way from boston... Irish hate you too...
Id would be worrying about some other insidious more dangerous people wanting your country not the SAS or your british brothers...
So he has to hide his face out of fear of reprisals yet other blades don’t 😂😂😂
Hated by the Regt and if I remember rightly not allowed on camp for being such a liar
Hav no Time for SAS....Gutless really.......l knew one guy in Spentaz, toughest l came across...
I'm thinking you wouldn't be OK walking round hard-line republican areas as an emplyee of the crown at the hight of the troubles, that's not gutless is it.
Spetsnaz are a joke. If you’re ever taken hostage and the Spetsnaz come to rescue you, you’re gonna die.
Lol, aren’t the SAS regarded as one-of-if-not the best?
Sure you did.
the SAS are rated the best in the world, your little youtube opinion makes no sense
His accent is cross between Jason Statham, Ray Winstone and frank warren, the unethical boxing promoter.
Brilliant 👍