Why is this 1960s helicopter still in service today?

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  • Опубликовано: 9 дек 2024

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  • @Moroklumpen
    @Moroklumpen 2 дня назад +51

    Norwegian here. My uncle used to work in search and rescue, based in a nearby town that was nevertheless quite a ways away because on the coast of Norway, you *never* get to travel in a straight line unless you're flying a helicopter. He would come visit for weekends or holidays every now and then, and the majestic white and orange Sea King would land and drop him off in the field across the road. And let me tell you, when you arrive by helicopter you are the coolest uncle in the world, no contest.

  • @MultiVogon
    @MultiVogon 5 дней назад +185

    I've been winched into an RAF Rescue sea king in a former life. Noisy buggers, no creature comforts inside, we all loved them 🙂

    • @davefromnb473
      @davefromnb473 5 дней назад +4

      Yep. Noisiest helicopter I ever heard. You could hear the gas turbine engines from miles away.

    • @LmgWarThunder
      @LmgWarThunder 4 дня назад +1

      In a former life?

    • @MultiVogon
      @MultiVogon 4 дня назад +7

      Well, I no longer play with boats and helicopters like I once did ;-)

    • @beejay7665
      @beejay7665 4 дня назад +8

      @@MultiVogon Thanks for your service. My former life was U.S. pave lows and cv-22s. Now enjoying back pain, loss of hearing, and precious time with my wife and kids. Hope you are well and enjoying the life you earned, and merry Christmas to you.

    • @thetruthhurts7675
      @thetruthhurts7675 4 дня назад +3

      @@davefromnb473 You've very obviuosly never been within two miles of the Lynx, or the more modern Wildcat, both iterations of this helicopter makes the Sea king a steath fighter by comparison.

  • @fakenorwegian4743
    @fakenorwegian4743 5 дней назад +134

    This presenter does an excellent job. He speaks clearly and is easy to understand.

    • @officialusmanqureshi
      @officialusmanqureshi 4 дня назад +3

      unlike darkskies, who has nice content, but always tries to talk too fast and slurs his words

    • @myriaddsystems
      @myriaddsystems 2 дня назад

      It's most refreshing to hear a narration like this

  • @sdcoinshooter
    @sdcoinshooter 15 часов назад +2

    I am a former USN pilot and have over 1,000 in the H-3 Sea King. Old, slow, some I flew were built before I was born, but what a dependable workhorse.

  • @Moltenbramley
    @Moltenbramley 5 дней назад +46

    As an Air Cadet on a summer trip to RAF Valley I was lucky enough to be flown in one of their Sea Kings. A fantastic experience for a young lad.

    • @icarus_falling
      @icarus_falling 2 дня назад +1

      I got a ride from Lossiemouth as a cadet lol

    • @Moltenbramley
      @Moltenbramley День назад

      @ it was a prize for the best summer cadet. Although I wasn’t the winner, as that prize was a ride in a Hawk, we runners up got the sea king.

    • @IanHardmanPhotography
      @IanHardmanPhotography День назад

      Same here, 2013, up at Lossiemouth. I'm not entirely sure who it was now, but the pilot who flew us that day and his winchman were awarded honours for a rescue they did in awful conditions at some stage. I still have his signature in my 3822

    • @IanHardmanPhotography
      @IanHardmanPhotography День назад

      Thought so. FLT LT Ian Campbell - Queen's Gallantry Medal

  • @doberski6855
    @doberski6855 5 дней назад +54

    I believe the term is dependable workhorse! It was the 'C-130 Hercules' of helicopters!

    • @himaro101
      @himaro101 5 дней назад +11

      That's an apt comparison actually.

    • @harridan.
      @harridan. 5 дней назад +7

      agreed.

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919. 5 дней назад +28

    I worked on a North Sea Oil Production Platform Platform in the early 80s (Ninian South) and I remember R.N. Sea Kings bringing a special Operations Team onboard for a training exercise. the Helicopters carried no lights on landing.
    P.S. We flew on and off the Platform in S61s for crew change,, they were a little slow but very safe.

    • @nickgood8166
      @nickgood8166 5 дней назад +2

      That would be Royal Marines from the SBS and /or Camacchio Company.

    • @gregorturner9421
      @gregorturner9421 3 часа назад

      you might very well have had my father as a pilot. captain Turner as he flew for british airways from aberdeen and shetland taking people to the rigs in the early 80s

  • @grrlpurpleable
    @grrlpurpleable 5 дней назад +38

    The Merlin may be more advanced but it doesn't have the Seaking rugged good looks!
    I miss seeing the Seakings on our coastlines.

  • @ianmorris7485
    @ianmorris7485 5 дней назад +6

    I remember visiting an aunt in Yeovil and marvelled at seeing a Sea King, probably the prototype, flying overhead. Been a favourite helicopter ever since. Such an iconic design.

  • @meintveldman4769
    @meintveldman4769 4 дня назад +5

    Alongsides the Chinook, the Alouette and the UH1 one of the absolute best ever Helicopter designs!

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um 5 дней назад +21

    In April 2023, the BBC did an interview with one of the co-pilots of a UK donated Sea King to Ukraine. These helicopters served in the Falklands War so they are at least some 40 years old. The co-pilot has said that the Sea King is used for rescuing pilots who have ejected, delivering soldiers, and conducting reconnaissance, among other tasks. One engineer also told the BBC: "The are old... but they have gone through modernisation, amd we need them very much. I believe this is just the start or our work together."

  • @2ToneWalt
    @2ToneWalt 5 дней назад +9

    As a kid, we used to go to Weymouth for our family holidays, I have great memories of going to Portland Bill to see the air sea rescue Sea Kings flying in and out of there, as well as the Wasps.

  • @lakota_stu
    @lakota_stu 4 дня назад +23

    Ex 845 engineer here (Sea King mk4 commando). Went to Iraq and Afghanistan to maintain these beasts, love them! Will always have a soft spot for this cab.

  • @WaVeTECH-b9z
    @WaVeTECH-b9z Час назад

    The raw power and precision of these machines are absolutely awe-inspiring

  • @stuartthornton3027
    @stuartthornton3027 5 дней назад +7

    I live spitting distance from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall. I remember as kid, it was impossible to look up and not see wessex or seaking helo's buzzing around. My farther who was a fitter with 824 squadron in the Falklands, loved working on them.

    • @alanwllms5172
      @alanwllms5172 4 дня назад

      @stuartthornton3027 Yeah, you knew it was 10 pm and 2 am when night flying started and finished

  • @NewfieOn2Wheels
    @NewfieOn2Wheels 5 дней назад +5

    My mom spent a big part of her 20 years with the RCAF working on Canadian sea king engines at Shearwater, and on board HMCS Nipigon during the early 90s, she even met my dad on one of the Nipigon's cruises. What a great helicopter.

  • @raymurphy9749
    @raymurphy9749 5 дней назад +9

    At primary school in Dundee in the mid 80's we had a search and rescue Sea King from Leuchars land in the playing fields.

  • @jetwrench2854
    @jetwrench2854 4 дня назад +2

    Works good. Lasts long time. Done right the first time and continuously improved.

  • @Mike-xh7wb
    @Mike-xh7wb 5 дней назад +10

    Saw 1 go into ground resonance, during a lift off, at Sembawang airfield circa 1966 I was about 20 ft away, watching from the flt office of 42 Cdo air troop btw I was the REME Greenie, no R N crew was injured, but the aircraft did tip on its side , rotor blades everywhere. My Boss was Cpt Donkin R M who rescued some Gurkhas in 1964 from a Indonesian river assault in Borneo, I later served in Kapit Borneo 1 year later with 3 flt AAC with Wasp/Scout Westland choppers.

  • @LukeLonergan-h5q
    @LukeLonergan-h5q 5 часов назад

    It's one of my favourite helicopters, it's a really nice design in my eyes, it looks classic.

  • @chrisblay
    @chrisblay 5 дней назад +9

    The Tiger livery on that Seaking looks great

    • @georgemorley1029
      @georgemorley1029 4 дня назад +1

      814 NAS

    • @chrisblay
      @chrisblay 4 дня назад

      Naval Air Squadron. I had to look that up. My Grandfather was in the RNAS. A bit before the time of these though.

    • @chrismartin3197
      @chrismartin3197 3 дня назад

      Check out the NATO Tiger meet schemes (if you don’t already know about them)

  • @johnmunro4952
    @johnmunro4952 3 дня назад +1

    As a sea cadet I had the opportunity to fly in sea kings at Culdrose. Out over the Lizard and I got to be winched down over the runway. I still remember the shock of dread when the purpose of "Shepard's crook" was explained to us just before we got swung out of the door.

  • @Anirossa
    @Anirossa 3 дня назад +1

    I still see this helicopter around my island here in Norway, seems to be owned by the military, but also seems they are used to pick up people needing medical attention, to get to hospitals quickly, a truly impressive machine!

  • @stephensmith4480
    @stephensmith4480 4 дня назад +2

    These Wonderful Machines are worth their weight in Gold. So sorry to see them retired.

  • @IOWPCV
    @IOWPCV 5 дней назад +7

    Wish I could have flown one. It's my favourite helicopter.

  • @fergusallan7187
    @fergusallan7187 5 дней назад +21

    U missed “Air Power - Did you know that during the Falkland War ...
    A helicopter ( sea king ) equipped with electronic decoys would position itself to lure an incoming Exocet missile towards itself (and away from the targeted ship).

    • @snowyowl7413
      @snowyowl7413 5 дней назад +4

      A few lynxs were adapted for this role as well

  • @anthonytilling3442
    @anthonytilling3442 День назад

    Many happy memories of my time working on Sea King at RNAS Culdrose, 771 sqdn MU and depth maintenance (Aircraft Maintenance group). I grew up in Cornwall and was always fascinated to see them flying over my house as a kid, little did I know that I would one day be lucky enough to be able to be part of it's history. Truly were the best days of my life!😊

  • @Ubique2927
    @Ubique2927 5 дней назад +7

    Because it is the best Airfix model EVER.

    • @peterbradburn9115
      @peterbradburn9115 5 дней назад +2

      Had a little snap together model out of a packet of cornflakes. Loved it

  • @richardsawyer1825
    @richardsawyer1825 5 дней назад +4

    My favourite helicopter. The big yellow budgie was always such fun to ride in. I miss that noisy, smelly lump of awesomeness (but there are some still flown by Historic Helicopters of Chard, Somerset) 😊

  • @kizzjd9578
    @kizzjd9578 7 часов назад

    Saw a australian navy westland wessex version in qld air museum and its crazy how light they are and how they had sub 30ft agl terrain following over water back in the 60’s.

  • @Masada1911
    @Masada1911 5 дней назад +31

    Because it works.

    • @WeirdSeagul
      @WeirdSeagul 5 дней назад +8

      @@Masada1911 reliability and flight hours without maintenance is not prioritized enough

  • @gregorturner9421
    @gregorturner9421 3 часа назад

    my father used to fly the civi version of these s-61. he flew from aberdeen and shetland to the north sea rigs and also did some search and rescue. fond memories of getting a flight over amsterdam in one whilst they were doing test flights after a maintenance period. have also been dive bombed in one by my father in shetland. I also got the chance to fly in british airways flight simulator in aberdeen. was doing great until my dad decided to simulate the tail rotor failing. not a good landing for a 12 yr old lol.

  • @aljack1979
    @aljack1979 19 часов назад

    As an ex navy SAR medic... Found memories for me at Prestwick 😊

  • @tassiehandyman3090
    @tassiehandyman3090 5 дней назад +3

    RNAS Culdrose. HQ for 771 Sqn SAR. Early 90s..🤷‍♂️... I was a Sea Cadet. I spent an afternoon aboard a Sea King being given a low level tour of some lovely bits of Cornwall. Bloody awesome...👍

  • @waikanaebeach
    @waikanaebeach 5 дней назад +3

    Excellent presentation of a wonderful helicopter.

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 День назад

    Sea King Helicopters are responsible for saving large numbers of people during marine disasters, often far from land, at night and in horrendous weather and in extremely hostile sea states!
    The courage and expertise of their Crews and the trusted Sea King Helicopters made for outstanding Rescues which would otherwise not have been possible!
    That they were (and still are) in such long term service is a tribute to the design, reliability and longevity, even in the harshest marine environments.
    The S-92 is a lovely aircraft, but I can't see them being in service for decade after decade, like the Sea King has been.
    The Swiss Army Knife of Helicopters is an apt description, given the versatility and multi-role capability of this remarkable Helicopter.

  • @untitled4542
    @untitled4542 5 дней назад +7

    Because it is brilliant

  • @luddite6239
    @luddite6239 4 дня назад

    Great history, thanks. The Sea King (the US version) was the first helicopter I remember recognising after watching them winching Apollo capsules out of the ocean (I also had the Dinky model). Hard to believe the design is over 60 years old. A great machine.

  • @gazof-the-north1980
    @gazof-the-north1980 2 дня назад

    Big strong air frame, and can fly a long way on one tank of fuel (for a helicopter) and can do many jobs.
    Superb aircraft 👍

  • @AlexHalt100
    @AlexHalt100 5 дней назад +3

    i`m always baffled by the length of service life of some of current day equipment. although updated and modernized several times, some air frames are in service 50+ years. F15, Sea King, B52, even Armour such as the Leopard and Abrams.
    Imagine the Skies over Vietnam filled with Fokkers and Sopwith's or rolling into Iraq with Sherman Tanks.

  • @rexochroy2
    @rexochroy2 4 дня назад +1

    To answer the title question, easy , it’s a fantastic design.. 😊

  • @OscarOSullivan
    @OscarOSullivan 15 часов назад

    A licensed production version of the Sikorsky S-61.
    The S-61’s until the early 2010’s were the SAR helicopters in Ireland until they were replaced by the S-92.

  • @normcameron2316
    @normcameron2316 19 часов назад

    I can answer the question presented in the Video Title:
    Because they work! They are reliable. Tough, durable, repairable.

  • @nukers1234
    @nukers1234 5 дней назад +2

    We retired them as SAR helicopters last and this years, i dont think we have anyone left in service here in Norway

  • @oxcart4172
    @oxcart4172 4 дня назад +1

    In the 80s i saw a Belgian Air Force Sea King land next to an office building near where I was working. To this day it's still a mystery to me!

  • @alpine1600s
    @alpine1600s 14 часов назад

    Sikorsky name is synonymous with the modern helicopter configuration, main rotor and tail rotor.👍

  • @ahhobby2527
    @ahhobby2527 2 дня назад

    Here in Malaysia, the Royal Malaysian Air Force operated a fleet of 40 plus Sikorsky S-61 from 1961 before they were decommissioned in 2020.
    Locally called the Nuri (Parrot), the helicopter have tremendously been a large part for the Malaysian military to combat communism and terrorists post-independence in 1957.
    I personally grew up nearby Kuantan Airbase and regularly seen the Nuris in operation back in the late 90s and early 2000s.
    What a machine.

  • @stco2426
    @stco2426 4 дня назад +1

    Good, but I'd have liked a visual and voice mention of 771 Squadron.

  • @troon5488
    @troon5488 3 дня назад +1

    Entertaining video, great subject matter.
    The prolonged, three-quarter head shot is a bit disconcerting, though.

  • @rogerrees9845
    @rogerrees9845 5 дней назад

    Another excellent presentation, thank you all at IWM.. .. What a wonderful aircraft, a true work horse..... I've been in one, apart from the noise it was the cavernous space I recall... Roger.. Pembrokeshire

  • @a.vanwijk2268
    @a.vanwijk2268 2 дня назад

    I like the video. One thing I do not like is the shots where the side camera shoots the presenter looking at the main camera. These shots, if used, shouldn't last longer than half a second or so. An alternative would be to have a camera at the exact same spot as the main, but zoomed in.

  • @12345fowler
    @12345fowler 5 дней назад +2

    Who wants a fuc** taxi then ? The most british thing ever.

  • @420BulletSponge
    @420BulletSponge 5 дней назад +4

    Having worked on the flight deck of the Saratoga (CV-60) in the late 80's I would rather receive a Sea King over a Sea Stallion or Sea Knight landing in Fly 1 any day (or night) of the week.

  • @Kalah_
    @Kalah_ 5 дней назад +2

    TLDR: Because it's an incredibly good design, that's why.

  • @grahamkearnon6682
    @grahamkearnon6682 5 дней назад +2

    Rather glaring omission of the flagship carrier Hermes in the Falklands, it carried & deployed more seakings then any other ship, I personally viewed their use in the Hermes to Pebble island sbs/sas airfield attack.

  • @JeffBilkins
    @JeffBilkins 5 дней назад

    Love the boat nose even though the water landing wasn't used often.

  • @garyshuttleworth3459
    @garyshuttleworth3459 3 дня назад

    great informative video, many thanks to all involved

  • @solbob501
    @solbob501 5 дней назад +5

    6:06 Love Duxford.. but this hanger is a mess at the moment all the aircraft parked in front of each other cordoned off, can hardly see the Buccaneer hidden in the corner.

  • @paulpowell4871
    @paulpowell4871 4 дня назад +2

    It was a Sikorsky SH-3 on license to Westland

    • @GEODUCK9
      @GEODUCK9 4 дня назад

      @@paulpowell4871 Feel free to write out the entire script rather than just little bits

  • @morgan97475
    @morgan97475 5 дней назад

    I love that 70s music in the video.

  • @timgosling6189
    @timgosling6189 3 дня назад

    I was in an UK Royal Marines' SeaKing just last week.

  • @muriwatch
    @muriwatch 5 дней назад +1

    gazed on it in the famous Stephen Biesty "Incredible Cross Sections" book as a kid in the mid 90's. Now my kid is gazing at the very same pages ;)

  • @mattsiede443
    @mattsiede443 5 дней назад

    Love this channel.... Love your vids!!!!

  • @YorkGod1
    @YorkGod1 4 дня назад

    Great Video!

  • @mountkeen8701
    @mountkeen8701 4 дня назад

    Interestingly the commentary on the archive promotional film dating from the 1970's was done by the same guy who voiced "The Flowerpot Men" in the 1950s, the "Captain Pugwash" animations and often appeared in "Dave Allen At Large" - Peter Hawkins.

  • @darrenjones3681
    @darrenjones3681 2 дня назад

    Should also be pointed out the Chinook is still in service and probably been around as long

  • @Daniel-S1
    @Daniel-S1 5 дней назад

    Thanks.

  • @driversearcher
    @driversearcher День назад

    Unfortunately the sea king in Malaysia airforce had been retired as it been called flying coffin. Once well known as Nuri in Malaysia the sea king had served our country for decade

  • @hogey74
    @hogey74 5 дней назад

    Hello from Brisbane. Great vid all round - thanks! These things remain IMO the quintessence of sturdy, impressive ability. Improbably big to my childish eyes, now still the thing I'd want to arrive if everything had gone pear-shaped.

  • @scroggins100
    @scroggins100 5 дней назад

    Right now any chopper would be a very good thing for UK Defences.

  • @loiclaronche5675
    @loiclaronche5675 4 дня назад

    6:03 looks like we have a Buccaneer at the left, and a T-37 on the right.

    • @chrismartin3197
      @chrismartin3197 3 дня назад

      Think that’s a Strikemaster. The Brits didn’t fly Tweets

  • @fleetspotter
    @fleetspotter 5 дней назад

    Fear God, Honour the King.
    Long live THE King (of the Skies).

  • @54mgtf22
    @54mgtf22 4 дня назад

    Cool 😎

  • @moodogco
    @moodogco 3 дня назад

    They've been replaced not that many yrs ago by the merlin hm2 crowsnest variant with the royal navy wildcat hma2 doing the attack or defence role

  • @MaxKrumholz
    @MaxKrumholz 4 дня назад

    So it's Sicorsky for REAL

  • @billkingston4402
    @billkingston4402 5 дней назад

    Went on one in Devon when i was in the cubs, it didn't take off😊

  • @xyzero1682
    @xyzero1682 4 дня назад

    F YEAH SEA KING!

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 5 дней назад +1

    Because for some reason americans believe that ALL helicopters MUST fit into a transport plane. Hence absence of native Mi-26 analogue or even desire to purchase Mi-26. Which would have looked really cool with King Stallion styled air refuelling mast and engine mufflers.
    And since americans don't produce bigger helicopter, Westland can't license bigger helicopter. Even if unlike US, they don't have to care about transatlantic logistics of it and all it needs to fly over is English Channel 😅

  • @pcka12
    @pcka12 4 дня назад

    I remember the petrol engine Whirlwinds!

  • @cilldublin07
    @cilldublin07 4 дня назад

    Were these involved in the 1979 Fastnet race rescues & recoveries?

    • @Cous1nJack
      @Cous1nJack 3 дня назад

      I think that was the Wessex era

  • @nocode1603
    @nocode1603 5 дней назад +1

    What a machine when I was young & in sea cadets our sumer camp was at hms gannet 819 naval Air service & got a quick flight & winch up in it you could always tel it was a sea king flying over the house before you even seen it . the base at hms gannet had the fairy gannet at the main gate as its name sake fantastic times with my mates....😂

  • @georgemorley1029
    @georgemorley1029 4 дня назад

    Auto rotations were interesting in them.

  • @PlaneGeek1
    @PlaneGeek1 5 дней назад

    I went to IWM duxford on the 29th november and it was the best time ever i went into the lanchester and concorde and i saw all of the places apart from the tank bit the american section was probaly the best as it had a colection of f-111 b-52 sr-71a u-2 and f-15 with many this part i think is the land and sea section so number 2 or 3 more

  • @Demun1649
    @Demun1649 День назад

    The failure to increase budgets resulted in keeping helicopters that fell behind current performance. It was never as good as the Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, and lost out even further to the Super Puma. It was weird to look down on a Sea King helicopter as it past us on their way to our MRT rendezvous.

  • @michaelmiklosofficial
    @michaelmiklosofficial День назад

    Hero Helicopter

  • @burakkaya7034
    @burakkaya7034 5 дней назад

    There is talk of ships sabotaging undersea gas and energy exchange. Do you have any precautions for this?

  • @201sovereign
    @201sovereign 5 дней назад +2

    Land rover defender of the skies😅

  • @thomasburke7995
    @thomasburke7995 5 дней назад

    What is interesting is that finding a replacement for this DESIGN will be almost impossible. Just look at the MERLIN. its missing its bow plane front nose but cockpit and fuselage along with with the tail boom look similar to the SIKORSKY..

    • @quasar_33b
      @quasar_33b 4 дня назад

      the bow nose is a bit of a pointless gimmick and getting to gyros in the nose is a pain in the arse.

  • @Jack_Gibby
    @Jack_Gibby 5 дней назад

    Function over form

  • @KarlKarpfen
    @KarlKarpfen 5 дней назад +1

    Funny, how almost all your in-flight footage is of the Bundeswehr.

  • @simtalkayak
    @simtalkayak 4 дня назад

    it looks like a baby king stallion. (i know they're made by the same company)

  • @markcooke5270
    @markcooke5270 4 дня назад

    That one in the Museum is a beautiful beast ... Nearly 50 years service in our Armed forces and beyond that in other roles 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @misterbig9025
    @misterbig9025 5 дней назад

    Why so long? Thanks to budget cuts!

  • @hughn
    @hughn 5 дней назад

    Answer: Searchwater 2000 radar.

  • @JawaSelatan2024
    @JawaSelatan2024 5 дней назад

    this is "cargobob" from GTA san andreas ?

  • @chingading957
    @chingading957 4 дня назад

    9:09🫡

  • @altblechasyl_cs2093
    @altblechasyl_cs2093 4 дня назад

    Westland ? No, Sikorsky. 😉 Because it works.

  • @tng2057
    @tng2057 5 дней назад

    Bell UH-1 as well.

  • @darrenjones3681
    @darrenjones3681 2 дня назад

    “Rising tensions in Bosnia “ more like a out war from three factions including genocidal executions of the civilian population

  • @khaldrago911
    @khaldrago911 5 дней назад +1

    Short answer to the question what it’s still in service - it’s 60 years old, but the Brits don’t have the money to replace it.

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 2 дня назад +1

      Many other countries still operate it (Egypt, India, Ukraine, etc.), but the last one in British military service was withdrawn in 2018. Right at the end of the video, he mentions they were replaced with the Augusta-Westland AW101.

    • @dave073n
      @dave073n 2 дня назад

      @@khaldrago911 we replaced them years ago…

    • @khaldrago911
      @khaldrago911 2 дня назад

      @@dave073nsweet, bruh! It makes me happy to hear that y’all got new kit. Always wishing the best for our British allies!