@@5t56 Sie hatte ein langes Leben und setzte ihre Pflicht gegenüber der Nation an die erste Stelle. Ich bin kein Royalist, aber ich habe sie dafür respektiert.
Far better than the so called "French-German friendship". Great Britain and the German states, especially Prussia and Hanover e.g. were always allies til the French poisened this relationship before WW 1.
As a former sergeant in the German Air Force it's great to see how NATO brought created this strong bond of 2 amazing forces. And on a sidenote... I miss my 96.5 station of BFBS in Germany. Especially David Rodigan and this amazing jingle "Rodigan rockers on BFBS. Keeping you in touch with home" You guys had the most amazing music during the late 80s and early 90s!
Oh, yes. Absolutely! I miss BFBS terribly (best German radio station back then). Rodigan and his jingles and the amazing atmosphere of his shows. Richard Nankivell -old horse. And the Comedy shows. And… Gosh, I really miss it. (96.5, i am quite sure)
My buddy who was in the Belgian paratroopers in the 90s said the same thing to me about British radio. When he visited me in America a few years ago he was so sad we didn’t play his favorites all day.
I liked the British very much during my time in the Bundeswehr. Very professional, well trained. When they were withdrawn from Hamelin, I felt it was a great loss. I would like them to be here again. Fortunately, many have stayed here with their German wives and families. We are Europeans and must stick together
It's crazy to remember stories told by my grandparents from northern Germany: 80 years ago british soldiers were "stationed" in their houses, living rooms etc. Back then Germans and Brits used to get along as enemies and now we get along as friends.
Back in time spitfire told my grandpa how to swim in the channel but the FW190 had other advantages. I brought him over to duxford in the late 90ies to meet some close friends which were his oponents before. He often told me about bravery and honor of the RAF Pilots - disabled aircraft fight was over. All these brave men have passed. They would love to see this documentary
The red berets that modern German paratroopers use are actually derived from the red berets of the British paratroopers, who first introduced them in WWII. After WWII, when the German military was reconstituted ,they took the red berets from their British NATO allies. The same way the US Green Berets (US Army Special Forces) got their green berets from the British Commandos.
Panzerjägers are historically the main tank destroyer units of Germany like both infantry and vehicles (especially tank destroyers) are called Panzerjägers
Hmm, it depends on the area, in my personal opinion the traditional (modern day) German Flecktarn contains a bit too much reddish brown, and one of the greens are more like a grey I can't seem to find in nature - until we here in Denmark switched to Multicam, we used a version of the German Flecktarn with no brown at all, but two greens and a black, and although I _also_ felt ours had too much black, it worked surprisingly well in Denmark. However, if we look at the pattern they use in Sweden, our close neighbors, it's a totally different concept, and it might not make a whole lot of sense to anyone outside of Sweden, but I've seen it in use in Sweden, and it works remarkably well in the rockier areas. The thing is, in Sweden they have a terrain type called "blokmark" which consists of basically lots and lots and lots of rocks with no end in sight, and the very "simple and blocky" pattern suits the terrain very well. And the pattern looks badass, despite its lesser effectiveness here in Denmark. I think the idea behind Multicam, as the name suggests, is to sort of bridge the distance between the various US versions we've seen over the years, and something that is more specialized, and to overall make something that'll work equally well nationally, and abroad, aswell as sort of attempt to set a NATO standard (I'm sure the manufactureres would just love that), but in reality it most likely isn't possible to find _one_ pattern that'll work perfectly in any environment, just look at the differences between the Danish M84 and the Swedish M90 "lövhögen", the colors may be more or less the same, but the two types are clearly made for two very different environments.
@@mace8873 the new German multitarn is waaaaay lighter. Exactly for the reason you mentioned. Apart from a dense coniferous forest (black forest for example) there are limited usecases for the dark and brown Flecktarn at this time and age...
@@joshuafp5727 False. Modern English people carry about 25-40% of their DNA from Germanic ancestors, particularly the Angles and Saxons, who migrated to Britain between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Genetic studies reveal a significant Germanic influence in England, especially in regions like East Anglia and the southeast. However, there are regional variations, with less Germanic DNA in the west, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. Over time, extensive intermingling occurred between the native Celtic populations and these Germanic settlers, alongside other influences like the Romans and Normans, shaping the complex genetic makeup of modern England. When combining the genetic contributions of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and later Viking settlers (mainly Danes and Norwegians), modern English people carry an estimated 45-60% of their DNA from these Germanic groups. The early medieval migrations of Angles and Saxons contributed about 25-40%, while Viking settlements in the 9th and 10th centuries added another 10-15%. The percentages mentioned refer exclusively to autochthonous English people, meaning those whose ancestors have lived in England for many centuries. These genetic contributions do not take into account the more recent migrations of the 20th and 21st centuries, which have further diversified the genetic makeup of modern England. Migration from former colonies, Europe, and other parts of the world has added to the genetic diversity of the current English population. Therefore, the estimated 45-60% of Germanic DNA applies to the historical population prior to the large migration waves of recent times.
I was allowed to train with the British infantry near Bath in 1992. We were invited with a company from the 511 Jäger Battalion. It was very interesting to practice with the professionals from the British Army. As part of the exercise we also swapped hand weapons. At that time we still had the G3 and MG3.
Hope we never have to see British and Germans fighting alongside each other, but if it ever comes I wouldn't want to be the other lot. If they actually survive meeting both of us, they will have an experience of ferocity, courage, determination and skill - that they will never forget.
I still miss the "This is BFBS. British Forces Radio." If I missed traffic information on full and half hour in german channels I always switched to 96,5 MHZ at quater past and quater to: "A 46 towards Dubbel-U-Upper-Valley, between junction x and y three kay jam."
British and Germans were artificially divided and forced to fight each other by their rulers in the first half of the 20th century, but that was an unnatural turn of history because we are actually brothers and sisters, with Anglo-Saxons coming mainly from different parts of North Germany and the British monarchs having a German lineage. As a German I hope we now remain allied in perpetuity!
@@Melior_Traiano So do you. Would you love your friends if they didn't satisfy your social needs? Call it interests or whatever but we have the same blood, we shouldn't fight each other ever again
@@TreFZger It wasn't me who said it, but rather Charles DeGaulle and if you study history, he was certainly correct. Alliances change all the time. Used to be that Great Britain and Prussia were allies. The British had been fighting the French for centuries until Germany unified, industrialised and Kaiser Wilhelm got rid of Bismarck. In a similar vein the United States and Great Britain used to be enemies. Today they have a "special relationship".
@@jenifferschmitz8618 But it's more about availability. The Bundeswehr now gets the G95A1 as its standard rifle, which is about the best you can get on the market right now
It is always fun and good to train with the Brits, lots of humor. I had my chance to train with the Royal Marines when I was serving in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Good chaps. We talked and trained a lot on cqb movement and room clearing. The use of breaching charges like C2. Learning how to use the SA80 and their DMR (dont remember the name of) also the GPMG (it is really familiar as the KSP-58 (it is the FN MAG) All I can say is good people, friendly, and the best of luck to them.
Their DMR is the L129A1, made by Lewis Machine and Tool (LMT) in the US. I had a chance to handle some of their weapons, but not shoot them, in Sweden recently. It was really funny seeing that the Swedish had painted their M2 .50 cals green just like the Ak5s.
I was a littel confused about the name "Panzerjäger" because it was a branch of troops which was dismissed in 2006. But there are still "Panzervernichtungtstrupps" in the companys of the infantry. So the smallest group of soldiers (section?) with the special mission and equiptment to hunt and kill tanks.
@@weronikazalewska2098 H&K was always German engineering regardless of owner. I spent years in the now pathetic British manufacturing industry and criticise it wherever possible lol
I mean, you’re wrong. The German military don’t use it. Hence why they’re swapping weapons. And if you want to go down that awkward hair splitting route, BAE owned HK.
The narrator clearly knows what he is talking about since they translated it correctly based on its actual meaning. Its not a literal translation. They are not going to call it "tank hunter". "Armor destroyer" is absolutely appropriate and sounds much better to British ears. Grüße aus dem Rheinland.
Yesn't... "Jäger" traditionally in the German military refers to a light Infantry unit. Almost similar to the Spanish and Portuguese "Cazadores" they had a while back. I think it's more useful to translate the purpose of the unit rather than just the name. What also ticks my german autism is when English speakers refer to anything as "Jägers". Jäger is already both singular and plural, the 's' is redundant and sounds awful.
We have been comrades for decades. I'm an ex British serviceman and I served under a German Sgt Major (Ober Hauptfeldwebel) for three years, on a NATO unit in the 80's, probably the best three years of my service.
@@bepolite6961techically not only decades. In history Germans and the English have been natural allies for centuries. It was only in the first half of the 20th century that unfortunate circumstances lead to two devastating brothers wars. Our mutual natrual enemy has always been the French.
@@saint4life09 Now they are and it‘s important, but historically they‘re not. And they still refuse to align with the rest of the EU and Nato on some issues
What kind of ATGM do German paras have? Besides the mounted TOW (?) on the Wiesel. Only the Panzerfaust 3, or have they gotten something more modern and similar to Javelin now?
0:8 PanzerJäger does not mean tank destroyer it means tank hunter, this is the correct way of saying it. And the reason why you should say it this way is because tank hunter sounds 100 times more bad ass than cliché ''tankdestroyer''.
A long dead RSM would be having a right go at the state of the berry . I think he did actually have eyes in the back of his head and definitely bionic hearing RIP Fred Sir
NATO needs to be increasing standardization of weapons manufacture and ammunition throughout the whole of NATO! As well as increasing production of weapons!
Weapons are not standardized, as procurement is the competency of the state and the british army has different requirements than for example the greece army. Ammo is mostly standardized though. You have 155mm shells for artillery, 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50BMG for rifles, carbines, snipers and machineguns, 9x19mm for small arms... I am sure there are many more calibres, but most NATO countries can and will share ammo when working together. In terms of production of weapons: What do weapons do if there is no ammo? We first need to push up ammunition production.
The A1 and A2 were very poor, the latter being slightly better. The A3 is a very reliable and extremely accurate weapon, not "poor" in the slightest. Of course they're going to struggle to use it because they haven't used it before or trained with it being a bullpup makes it a whole new level.
@@SayakMajumder I think it's an older video, this snippet. Both airborne regiments use the Spike system (''MELLS'') and completely phased out the TOW system since last year.
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 id have liked to have seen the germans sticking with the 7.62 calibre but i suppose its got to be nato approved so they all use the same calibres, i believe the british army found the L1A1 SLR too powerful and unwieldy but it was liked amongst troops for its stopping power
@@JohnnyMQB 7.62 NATO is NATO approved and still in use in the machineguns of every NATO member, and plenty of DMRs. British mil issues L129A1 (made by Lewis Machine&Tool in US) and the Germans use various HK417s (G27, G28, etc) The British really experienced something unique: y'all switched to 5.56 and the rifle got heavier, somehow.
@@JohnnyMQB The answer is, and I swear I'm not making this up: it's too light. Recoils too much. Better reasons to not use SCAR: The receiver design creates really weird harmonics that basically wiggle scopes to death. The receiver is shaped like an upside down U and not connected on bottom, so it wiggles in weird ways most firearms do not. They're pretty rare in the US military, nowadays. All of them are 15 year old relics of a time gone by. US gov loves SR-25 (the L129A1 is frankly kinda an SR25 variant anyways made by LMT instead of KAC. It literally uses an M110 bolt carrier, for instance)
Well, these two alliances do have a sense of good quality in weapons and leaves, particularly one would suggest just by looking at it. Your Iris will tell the difference.
love to see the current generaton grow together as comrades and brothers in arms.... thats how i always felt about the brits, which is why brexit actually hurt some feelings for me. Also, BFBS radio was the best FM station round munster :)
"It's a machine gun...it's a machine gun!"
Plays Erika
"haha Ookay" .... AUUUUF DER HEIIDE...
*cusses out Frenchmen in German
🇩🇪: But that are taxes
🇺🇸: Exactly...
"A cup of coffe please"
loved germany when i was there, great nation, great people. much respect
Danke leider wird es immer schlimmer, mochte eure königin sehr, schade das sie nicht mehr lebt❤
@@5t56 Sie hatte ein langes Leben und setzte ihre Pflicht gegenüber der Nation an die erste Stelle. Ich bin kein Royalist, aber ich habe sie dafür respektiert.
Thank you for the kind words. As brother people (Germanic Angles and Saxons) we should always be friends and never enemies again.
@@5t56man weiss nicht wo Deutschland hinfährt
@@nigeh5326 ich auch
I would like Germany and Great Britain to hold more joint exercises and cooperate more closely militarily, we are closer than you think 🇬🇧🤝🏻🇩🇪
Far better than the so called "French-German friendship". Great Britain and the German states, especially Prussia and Hanover e.g. were always allies til the French poisened this relationship before WW 1.
we're technically (or...literally aha) a German people
@@kwkwkwkw6411 Rule Britannia
hell nah we are not xD
Admire German weaponry, they need to love tea😂
Some of those Germans spoke better english than the english.
A frequent occurrence 😅
English = Pakistani immigrant
@@MountainMusicRadio Thats what you get for going a bit to hard on to colonizing :D
@@Micha-qv5uf too* dumb rodent
@@Micha-qv5uf what dirt hut country are you from? It just got added to manifest destiny
Unity is the way.
They bombed mi grannie.
@@petermclelland278 so you live in the past?
@@petermclelland278 so they bomed mine. We need to let this in the past or we never find peace. Forgive them if you can.
rewind Brexit...
@allmightYpara You said it!
The miracle of friendship 👊
with the aids apes from the island? never
Erzwungene Freundschaft
@@Tobi-wt4sh A miracle, it is a miracle 😊
@@Tobi-wt4sh hasst du uns immer noch?????
@@5t56 Sorry, I don't speak German... But if your nations reconciled and are on good and friendly terms, what's wrong with that?
As a former sergeant in the German Air Force it's great to see how NATO brought created this strong bond of 2 amazing forces.
And on a sidenote... I miss my 96.5 station of BFBS in Germany. Especially David Rodigan and this amazing jingle "Rodigan rockers on BFBS. Keeping you in touch with home"
You guys had the most amazing music during the late 80s and early 90s!
97.6 where I live (Fallingbostel area). And I miss Dave Simmons „Rockola“ very late in the night while driving home from a night out.
Oh, yes. Absolutely! I miss BFBS terribly (best German radio station back then). Rodigan and his jingles and the amazing atmosphere of his shows. Richard Nankivell -old horse. And the Comedy shows. And… Gosh, I really miss it. (96.5, i am quite sure)
My buddy who was in the Belgian paratroopers in the 90s said the same thing to me about British radio. When he visited me in America a few years ago he was so sad we didn’t play his favorites all day.
I'm proud that we are allies now...
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro is acting like it's been a few years lmfao
@@CodyseusRex nazi
@@CodyseusRex You give the Germans a bad name
its to late. Yall already doomed same with the rest of europe. The Austrian Painter tried to save all of us
I liked the British very much during my time in the Bundeswehr. Very professional, well trained. When they were withdrawn from Hamelin, I felt it was a great loss. I would like them to be here again. Fortunately, many have stayed here with their German wives and families. We are Europeans and must stick together
Absolutely. Stronger and safer together.
When the british lad talked about the MG 5 the light smirk on his face said everything you need to know 😁
Good to see the British and German armies working together. Two very professional military nations and at heart very good friends.
Very proud of the comments under this video. German-British cooperation is they way to go. European cooperation in general.
It's crazy to remember stories told by my grandparents from northern Germany: 80 years ago british soldiers were "stationed" in their houses, living rooms etc. Back then Germans and Brits used to get along as enemies and now we get along as friends.
🇩🇪🤝🏻🇬🇧
I just love the British people. Best greetings from Germany 🇬🇧🇩🇪
And the British people with half a brain love you two, we are very much like each other, we don't like the French either 👍❤
I like how the german lance corporal stressed that they are not here as enemies
Back in time spitfire told my grandpa how to swim in the channel but the FW190 had other advantages. I brought him over to duxford in the late 90ies to meet some close friends which were his oponents before. He often told me about bravery and honor of the RAF Pilots - disabled aircraft fight was over. All these brave men have passed. They would love to see this documentary
Funny the few Germans i have met have a very British similarity to them, in terms of attitudes and humour
We are essentially the same race.
@@Poorlybobsdad yes.
Britain and Germany are very similar countries. The languages have the same base language and societal system is similar. (Even their GDP is similar)
@@FreeRojava2025and where does that leave us Dutchies? :) we’re a hybrid of both
@@warbreakr Mijn naam is Willem van Oranje...van Duits bloed 😁
Panzerjäger means "Tank Hunter". Tank Destroyer would be Panzerzerstörer.
Fallschirmjäger are paratroopers, hence the -red- maroon berets.
bordeaux red. Very important difference. Red is for support troops like artillery, maintenance, logistics, engineers
The red berets that modern German paratroopers use are actually derived from the red berets of the British paratroopers, who first introduced them in WWII. After WWII, when the German military was reconstituted ,they took the red berets from their British NATO allies. The same way the US Green Berets (US Army Special Forces) got their green berets from the British Commandos.
@@waldmeister0815 Good point. I should've said maroon. Corrected! 👍
If you knew anything about translation, you'd also know that not everything is meant to be translated word for word.
Panzerjägers are historically the main tank destroyer units of Germany like both infantry and vehicles (especially tank destroyers) are called Panzerjägers
Happy to see former enemies now training together 😊
German cammo looks decent. better than ours in theUK
Multicam based Camo-Pattern was good in dry Areas like Afghanistan. In Europe the good old Woodland based Camos are better.
The new german Multitarn looks badass too
and thats the old one ;)
Hmm, it depends on the area, in my personal opinion the traditional (modern day) German Flecktarn contains a bit too much reddish brown, and one of the greens are more like a grey I can't seem to find in nature - until we here in Denmark switched to Multicam, we used a version of the German Flecktarn with no brown at all, but two greens and a black, and although I _also_ felt ours had too much black, it worked surprisingly well in Denmark. However, if we look at the pattern they use in Sweden, our close neighbors, it's a totally different concept, and it might not make a whole lot of sense to anyone outside of Sweden, but I've seen it in use in Sweden, and it works remarkably well in the rockier areas. The thing is, in Sweden they have a terrain type called "blokmark" which consists of basically lots and lots and lots of rocks with no end in sight, and the very "simple and blocky" pattern suits the terrain very well. And the pattern looks badass, despite its lesser effectiveness here in Denmark.
I think the idea behind Multicam, as the name suggests, is to sort of bridge the distance between the various US versions we've seen over the years, and something that is more specialized, and to overall make something that'll work equally well nationally, and abroad, aswell as sort of attempt to set a NATO standard (I'm sure the manufactureres would just love that), but in reality it most likely isn't possible to find _one_ pattern that'll work perfectly in any environment, just look at the differences between the Danish M84 and the Swedish M90 "lövhögen", the colors may be more or less the same, but the two types are clearly made for two very different environments.
@@mace8873 the new German multitarn is waaaaay lighter. Exactly for the reason you mentioned. Apart from a dense coniferous forest (black forest for example) there are limited usecases for the dark and brown Flecktarn at this time and age...
The forces of the free world standing together! Best regards to our good friends, the Germans!
🫡
I agree 100%.
Best regards from Germany to all English friends
Free world is a far stretch, since all western countries (especially Britain and Germany) are in fact not free.
The banter must have been amazing...
Love Germany, spent many years there. Would definitely go back
Brothers in Arms. Good!
Love to see you guys train together
Glad to see Germany around friends this Time.
As brother people (Germanic Angles and Saxons) we should always be friends and never enemies again.
👍👍👍
Most modern people have Celtic DNA. The most Germanic thing about them is the language
@@joshuafp5727 False. Modern English people carry about 25-40% of their DNA from Germanic ancestors, particularly the Angles and Saxons, who migrated to Britain between the 5th and 7th centuries AD. Genetic studies reveal a significant Germanic influence in England, especially in regions like East Anglia and the southeast. However, there are regional variations, with less Germanic DNA in the west, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland. Over time, extensive intermingling occurred between the native Celtic populations and these Germanic settlers, alongside other influences like the Romans and Normans, shaping the complex genetic makeup of modern England.
When combining the genetic contributions of the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and later Viking settlers (mainly Danes and Norwegians), modern English people carry an estimated 45-60% of their DNA from these Germanic groups. The early medieval migrations of Angles and Saxons contributed about 25-40%, while Viking settlements in the 9th and 10th centuries added another 10-15%.
The percentages mentioned refer exclusively to autochthonous English people, meaning those whose ancestors have lived in England for many centuries. These genetic contributions do not take into account the more recent migrations of the 20th and 21st centuries, which have further diversified the genetic makeup of modern England. Migration from former colonies, Europe, and other parts of the world has added to the genetic diversity of the current English population. Therefore, the estimated 45-60% of Germanic DNA applies to the historical population prior to the large migration waves of recent times.
well, in the next 30 years there wont be much of that same people left. Then its indians and arabs, with no common heretage. :D
I was allowed to train with the British infantry near Bath in 1992. We were invited with a company from the 511 Jäger Battalion. It was very interesting to practice with the professionals from the British Army. As part of the exercise we also swapped hand weapons. At that time we still had the G3 and MG3.
How things have changed. They are firing with each other instead of at each other.
Hope we never have to see British and Germans fighting alongside each other, but if it ever comes I wouldn't want to be the other lot. If they actually survive meeting both of us, they will have an experience of ferocity, courage, determination and skill - that they will never forget.
If Putin keeps up his palava you might see it sooner than we think
It's more fun to be friends
Alright boys! Hookin and jabbin together. Good to see. Love and respect from the USA.
Germans 🤝British. The past is the past, we're allies and friends now. Much respect to our brothers and sisters on the island.
Its kind of like when you and your friend have a scrap and afterwards have a new found respect for one another.
making the brits shoot the carry handle sights on the G36 is diabolical 😅
I still miss the "This is BFBS. British Forces Radio." If I missed traffic information on full and half hour in german channels I always switched to 96,5 MHZ at quater past and quater to: "A 46 towards Dubbel-U-Upper-Valley, between junction x and y three kay jam."
I used that station to wake me up with my radio alarm clock when I was at uni. Good times!
STAU? many clicks. ( kilometres! ) 😂
@@numbnutz7832 Dubbel-U-Upper-Valley = Wuppertal 😂
@@mare2971 I used to fish around that area in the seventies. And north of Dortmund lippe, datteln hamm kanal, Weser at Hameln. Good times
@@numbnutz7832 I live near a former Wehrmacht, then BAOR, now Bundeswehr MUNA. When you fished around I was a kid...
2:35 its like a brother from another mother ^^
Just for future reference, the German army standard rifle is a H&K G36
Edit: typo
not since 2022
Not for the German special forces mate
@@navalcomand1981well they aren’t very standard are they mate
Haven't they switched to the HK416 a few years back?
@toshitsuneomizu1678 according to Google the German army will begin retiring the G36 this year in favour of the HK416
British and Germans were artificially divided and forced to fight each other by their rulers in the first half of the 20th century, but that was an unnatural turn of history because we are actually brothers and sisters, with Anglo-Saxons coming mainly from different parts of North Germany and the British monarchs having a German lineage.
As a German I hope we now remain allied in perpetuity!
"Countries don't have friends, only interests."
@@Melior_Traianoländer haben gar nichts politiker haben das
@@Melior_Traiano So do you. Would you love your friends if they didn't satisfy your social needs? Call it interests or whatever but we have the same blood, we shouldn't fight each other ever again
@@TreFZger It wasn't me who said it, but rather Charles DeGaulle and if you study history, he was certainly correct. Alliances change all the time. Used to be that Great Britain and Prussia were allies. The British had been fighting the French for centuries until Germany unified, industrialised and Kaiser Wilhelm got rid of Bismarck. In a similar vein the United States and Great Britain used to be enemies. Today they have a "special relationship".
@@Melior_Traiano You're not wrong and I hope those interests wont ever differ enough again to disregard our common values and heritage
0:15 german army issued peach flavoured vape on the left there 😂
German guns have always been the best in the world pure quality .
didnt british pick lmt and another American gun recently
Оружие может быть и хорошее,только Европу завоевали без единого выстрела.мигранты уничтожили Европу с ее оружием.
@@jenifferschmitz8618 But it's more about availability.
The Bundeswehr now gets the G95A1 as its standard rifle, which is about the best you can get on the market right now
@@jenifferschmitz8618 That’s only for specialized soldiers like the ranger regiment as far as I know
@@User-gd5un No, the HK416 (G95A1) is being rolled out as the regular issue weapon (Ordonnanzwaffe)
German soldier speaks better English than the British soldier 😂😅
And the german soldier will say that he can only speak a littlebit english. :D
Well he's from somewhere closer so no surprise 😁
The British soldier was a south islander possibly Fijian.
Let's say 'clearer'. ^^
Only British by paper.
thank you for your service in both army's as an common, alliance force . 🙏
It is always fun and good to train with the Brits, lots of humor. I had my chance to train with the Royal Marines when I was serving in the Lithuanian Armed Forces. Good chaps. We talked and trained a lot on cqb movement and room clearing. The use of breaching charges like C2. Learning how to use the SA80 and their DMR (dont remember the name of) also the GPMG (it is really familiar as the KSP-58 (it is the FN MAG) All I can say is good people, friendly, and the best of luck to them.
Their DMR is the L129A1, made by Lewis Machine and Tool (LMT) in the US. I had a chance to handle some of their weapons, but not shoot them, in Sweden recently.
It was really funny seeing that the Swedish had painted their M2 .50 cals green just like the Ak5s.
Interesting how so many Germans in this video speak incredible English. Yet we fail to even attempt at communicating in their language
Thanks...we're having English from 5th grade on AT school
Greetings 👋
@@T.mod2000 our second language🤗😍
@@saba10305th? Interesting
I started to learn english in primary school. 3rd grade.
@@meganoob12 Good.
Because THAT started 15 years ago only...before that time it started at 5th grade ☺️
@@saba1030 well I‘m 32 so 15 years cannot be accurate.
I was in primary school from 1998 to 2002
The UK and Germany together would be a great team
Brothers in arms 🇬🇧🇩🇪
Are we to assume we lost the shooting competition or did I miss it?
I was a littel confused about the name "Panzerjäger" because it was a branch of troops which was dismissed in 2006. But there are still "Panzervernichtungtstrupps" in the companys of the infantry. So the smallest group of soldiers (section?) with the special mission and equiptment to hunt and kill tanks.
These paras are from FschPzAbwBtl 262 or Fallschirmpanzerabwehrbatallion 262
@@apistodiscus No... That unit doesnt exist anymore. Their Company is now part of the "FschJgRgt 26". The battailons are gone!
Fallschirmpanzerabwehrjäger hiessen die damals als ich bei denen in Münsingen mitgemacht habe ano 1994
Fallschirmpanzerabwehr ist aber auch eigentlich echt ne lustige Kombi, wenn man die Worte mal einzeln betrachtet.
They brought the Wiesel with them
da geht ordentlich Blei in die Heide :)
Well they didnt really swap weapons as the Germans fixed the SA80 for us. So the title should be the Germans and British used German weapons
H&K was British when they developed and made the SA89 A2
@@weronikazalewska2098 H&K was always German engineering regardless of owner. I spent years in the now pathetic British manufacturing industry and criticise it wherever possible lol
I mean, you’re wrong. The German military don’t use it. Hence why they’re swapping weapons.
And if you want to go down that awkward hair splitting route, BAE owned HK.
Great stuff :-)
The German army wiesel is the best antitank it move around fast and quick..
Panzerjäger => Panzer + Jäger = Tank/armour + hunter => tank hunter... I know it's a term that's being translated, but still...
The narrator clearly knows what he is talking about since they translated it correctly based on its actual meaning. Its not a literal translation. They are not going to call it "tank hunter". "Armor destroyer" is absolutely appropriate and sounds much better to British ears. Grüße aus dem Rheinland.
@@Melior_Traiano endlich Mal jemand der sich auskennt. Grüße aus London
HOW DARE YOU CALL A FEUERZEUG A LIGHTER IT'S CLEARLY "FIRE THING"
Yesn't... "Jäger" traditionally in the German military refers to a light Infantry unit.
Almost similar to the Spanish and Portuguese "Cazadores" they had a while back.
I think it's more useful to translate the purpose of the unit rather than just the name.
What also ticks my german autism is when English speakers refer to anything as "Jägers". Jäger is already both singular and plural, the 's' is redundant and sounds awful.
Great two see Germans and British troops exercising together!
"Comrades now"
Interesting for him to say it that way
We have been comrades for decades. I'm an ex British serviceman and I served under a German Sgt Major (Ober Hauptfeldwebel) for three years, on a NATO unit in the 80's, probably the best three years of my service.
@@bepolite6961 indeed, it's in my idea of normality that this is the case
@@bepolite6961techically not only decades. In history Germans and the English have been natural allies for centuries. It was only in the first half of the 20th century that unfortunate circumstances lead to two devastating brothers wars.
Our mutual natrual enemy has always been the French.
@@meganoob12 The French are our allies and brothers in arms too. VIVE L'ENTENTE CORDIALE!
@@saint4life09 Now they are and it‘s important, but historically they‘re not.
And they still refuse to align with the rest of the EU and Nato on some issues
A good exercise, stay strong and stay together in this strange world
I thought they’re our allies? Why would we humiliate them and make them fire the SA80. Poor Germans 😢
Just say you havnt used it in 25 years and move on
Given it's made by H&K, a German company, I think they'll be cool with it
@@PJH13And was a British owned company at the time.
@@weronikazalewska2098just say you can’t take a joke and move on
@@weronikazalewska2098 nice
The Germans were using British GPMG not LMG as stated.
*The teams have been auto-balanced*
What kind of ATGM do German paras have? Besides the mounted TOW (?) on the Wiesel. Only the Panzerfaust 3, or have they gotten something more modern and similar to Javelin now?
Leichtes Wirkmittel 1800+ will be the new German shoulder mounted fire and forget anti tank weapon
TOW Wiesels are being refitted to MELLS now (SPIKE-LR 2).
🇩🇪 🤜🤛🇬🇧 germanics together strong.
ahh the SA80, named the Civil servant because it never works and cant be fired.
0:8 PanzerJäger does not mean tank destroyer it means tank hunter, this is the correct way of saying it. And the reason why you should say it this way is because tank hunter sounds 100 times more bad ass than cliché ''tankdestroyer''.
"I struggled a little bit on the handling of the SA80 because it's a piece of sheisse."
great we are fighting together and not against each other! It should always have been that way
Anglo-Saxons uniting with Saxons - what a force!
How things have changed
even the lawn on the shooting range looks great - Resprect from Germany 🙂
A long dead RSM would be having a right go at the state of the berry . I think he did actually have eyes in the back of his head and definitely bionic hearing RIP Fred Sir
Right! What’s happening to the standards nowadays?? lol
@@oceanic8424last time I checked, beret style made no difference to someone's abilities as a soldier. Standards matter if they're relevant.
*Beret. (Mind you, ‘berry’ did make me laugh, so thank you).😀
@@Orbital_Inclination dress rules is rules would be his argument what other rules don’t you want to follow thin end of the wedge can hear him now
@Orbital_Inclination
It's called discipline, armies are built on it,societies thrive with it.
Have we not replaced the sa80?
NATO needs to be increasing standardization of weapons manufacture and ammunition throughout the whole of NATO! As well as increasing production of weapons!
Weapons are not standardized, as procurement is the competency of the state and the british army has different requirements than for example the greece army. Ammo is mostly standardized though. You have 155mm shells for artillery, 5.56mm, 7.62mm and .50BMG for rifles, carbines, snipers and machineguns, 9x19mm for small arms... I am sure there are many more calibres, but most NATO countries can and will share ammo when working together.
In terms of production of weapons: What do weapons do if there is no ammo? We first need to push up ammunition production.
Standardization of the individual guns themselves is not nearly as important as ammo commonality.
The German officer being very polite about the SA80, and the Brits realised just how poor it really is.
The A1 and A2 were very poor, the latter being slightly better. The A3 is a very reliable and extremely accurate weapon, not "poor" in the slightest. Of course they're going to struggle to use it because they haven't used it before or trained with it being a bullpup makes it a whole new level.
@@TheTwoFingeredBullDog a2 was very reliable but ergonomically it's a nightmare lol
What was the result of the shooting competition?
Who won the shooting comp?
ein tag zum lernen ist ein guter tag für alle
Oh no, they still have those ancient optics on the G36 :D
Only support elements. A3 and A4 verisons in combat arms have Hensoldt 4x30 and RSA-S.
Germans were actually using the British General Purpose Machine Gun, GPMG, not the Light Machine Gun, LMG
01:24 he looks happy
Wheres the buzz saw?
The Germans don't mess about, good to see us on same side. 🇬🇧🇩🇪
Didn't realise that you had your cap badge over your ear nowadays 😂😂😂
He’s a Rupert, probably doesn’t know the difference
Not bad for a craphat rodney😂😂😂😂
1:47 I thought the German Wiesel replaced the TOW missile system for the MELLS missile system.
not on all Wiesels this change has been made yet, and it probably will takes some more years still till all of them have the MELLS system
MELLS is still relatively new and will take some time to fully replace TOW ... this panzerjager have more training with the TOW system.
@@abs3050 Cheers for the info mate.
@@SayakMajumder Cheers for the info mate.
@@SayakMajumder I think it's an older video, this snippet. Both airborne regiments use the Spike system (''MELLS'') and completely phased out the TOW system since last year.
UK should buy the Weasel great machine
You just know that the Germans said “Yes, thank you, that was good but we’ll have our own weapons back now!”
mg36 looks like a modern iteration of the L1A1 SLR
They're both sleek rifles in their own right. However, both are also larger than you would expect in real life.
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 id have liked to have seen the germans sticking with the 7.62 calibre but i suppose its got to be nato approved so they all use the same calibres, i believe the british army found the L1A1 SLR too powerful and unwieldy but it was liked amongst troops for its stopping power
@@JohnnyMQB 7.62 NATO is NATO approved and still in use in the machineguns of every NATO member, and plenty of DMRs. British mil issues L129A1 (made by Lewis Machine&Tool in US) and the Germans use various HK417s (G27, G28, etc)
The British really experienced something unique: y'all switched to 5.56 and the rifle got heavier, somehow.
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 yeah thats true i wonder why they didnt go with a rifle similar to the scar-H that you guys get in the us
@@JohnnyMQB The answer is, and I swear I'm not making this up: it's too light. Recoils too much.
Better reasons to not use SCAR: The receiver design creates really weird harmonics that basically wiggle scopes to death. The receiver is shaped like an upside down U and not connected on bottom, so it wiggles in weird ways most firearms do not.
They're pretty rare in the US military, nowadays. All of them are 15 year old relics of a time gone by.
US gov loves SR-25 (the L129A1 is frankly kinda an SR25 variant anyways made by LMT instead of KAC. It literally uses an M110 bolt carrier, for instance)
always the perfect match english (brits) and their cousins the germans.......👌👍
...but where the FPV at?
0:34
Is it just me or does this guy sound like Military History Visualised?
That comparison is kinda unfair. They should’ve put SA80A3 against G36A3, not zzz the old one with the carrying handle
2:00 - Battle brothers
It’s not Tank Destroyer…. It’s Tank Hunter…. Jäeger means hunter.
Glad you changed the title. The original was disparaging.
What was the original title?
massive respect to Germany
🇬🇧❤ 🇩🇪
Well, these two alliances do have a sense of good quality in weapons and leaves, particularly one would suggest just by looking at it. Your Iris will tell the difference.
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They can put out a 'wilting' rate of fire.
love to see the current generaton grow together as comrades and brothers in arms.... thats how i always felt about the brits, which is why brexit actually hurt some feelings for me.
Also, BFBS radio was the best FM station round munster :)