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  • @KTBFFHCFC1905
    @KTBFFHCFC1905 3 года назад +118

    Love from across the pond mate. And love to all my fellow brits. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

    • @sudarshan3965
      @sudarshan3965 3 года назад

      pond. wtf.. 😂😂😂

    • @dirtydogsanddiesel
      @dirtydogsanddiesel 3 года назад +7

      @@sudarshan3965 its a reference to the North Atlantic Ocean

    • @sudarshan3965
      @sudarshan3965 3 года назад

      @Kieran Rice any specific reason for that?

    • @mrgolfmind
      @mrgolfmind 3 года назад +3

      @@sudarshan3965 best not to question the English language we’ll be here all day

    • @Labgorilla
      @Labgorilla 3 года назад

      🇮🇹

  • @scottsewell4144
    @scottsewell4144 3 года назад +62

    I really appreciate how you speak about British forces you speak so highly of us unlike other channels on yt , this goes for most countries as well the respect you have for other foreign military really shows, lotta love man 😂

  • @jamesstephens7300
    @jamesstephens7300 3 года назад +108

    In the UK we do have phone boxes but the phones inside don't look like that. In the video they were training in Gibraltar, a british overseas territory on the coast of spain. The territory is literally just a big rock and a town lol.

    • @EthanfromEngland-
      @EthanfromEngland- 3 года назад +11

      Yeh you will see the odd phone box but they are mainly toilets for the homeless lmao

    • @jamesstephens7300
      @jamesstephens7300 3 года назад +2

      @@EthanfromEngland- true

    • @owensmith6357
      @owensmith6357 3 года назад +6

      @@EthanfromEngland-Or advertising space for young Ladies " new in Town" ...

    • @spireram4440
      @spireram4440 3 года назад +7

      Gibraltar still has the red boxes. It is like UK in the 80's but with great weather. Well worth a visit.

    • @kungpochopedtuna
      @kungpochopedtuna 3 года назад +1

      The ones where i live look like that

  • @liljoker1124
    @liljoker1124 3 года назад +31

    Imagine someone getting mugged in the alleyway and 15 operators come around the corner 😂😂

  • @tubaman500
    @tubaman500 3 года назад +17

    My Dad was a Corporal in 48 Royal Marine Commando, specially formed for D Day in 1944. There was a book written about them in 2002, called D Day commando by Ken Ford. They landed on the Canadian Beach, Juno at St Aubin. It’s a very good read. My late Dad was Bert Skinner.

    • @ljstudios410
      @ljstudios410 3 года назад

      Ah Juno. Regiment Gunners, Commandos and the Canadians.

    • @adventussaxonum448
      @adventussaxonum448 3 года назад

      My late dad's mate was there with 48 cdo. He was my dad's sergeant when he joined up in 1946

  • @-TomH
    @-TomH 3 года назад +36

    Great reaction! Your videos are top notch!! Could you also consider reacting to ... US military archives know your ally: Britain. It was a USA documentary during ww2 about British people to the american public.
    We certainly do still have phones booths! Mostly in rural areas incase of emergency and London does but those are for tourism.

    • @robertlarner9935
      @robertlarner9935 3 года назад +4

      I second your choice of reaction video

    • @gsw8734
      @gsw8734 3 года назад

      Some of the phone booths have also been remade into first aid posts in extremely rural areas.

    • @sliperysid
      @sliperysid 3 года назад

      3rd that!

    • @ChuckstaGaming
      @ChuckstaGaming 3 года назад

      That's a really enjoyable video.

    • @actually-will1606
      @actually-will1606 3 года назад

      @@robertlarner9935 i get that recommended all the time

  • @raywilkie8587
    @raywilkie8587 3 года назад +5

    The Tunnels are really interesting, there is 33 miles of Tunnels inside the Rock more than the whole roadways outside! Was fortunate to have a tour when I was there with my Squadron!

  • @CyberUK
    @CyberUK 3 года назад +2

    This channel is the best. I love military videos, but to have such a likeable bloke with real world, detailed knowledge joining you throughout the video & adding in his own experience, valued opinions & expertise takes his videos to another level. Awesome dude & great channel (my favourite channel on youtube by a distance). Sending great respect from the UK.

  • @DrLesleyStevens
    @DrLesleyStevens 3 года назад +7

    Linked up and subbed to the original channel. They deserve way more support than they have. Thanks for posting the link. Sty safe and sempre fi.

  • @nicholassteele9690
    @nicholassteele9690 3 года назад +38

    Just for yourself, take a look at Jeremy clarksons documentary called the greatest raid of all. It’s about a commando raid on a dry dock in France ww2 .

    • @claverhouse1
      @claverhouse1 3 года назад +4

      Army Commandos though, not RM

  • @paul1978g
    @paul1978g 3 года назад +5

    Loving the CQB insight you bring to this video, and as always seeing you geek out over the Royal Marines is always enjoyable!

  • @CombatArmsChannel
    @CombatArmsChannel  3 года назад +3

    Thanks for correcting me saying English instead of British!

    • @LordInter
      @LordInter 3 года назад +1

      naughty boy! you know better! 😂

  • @catherinewilkins2760
    @catherinewilkins2760 3 года назад +225

    Hope the Spanish are watching, just in case they get ideas about annexing the Rock.

    • @suokkos
      @suokkos 3 года назад +7

      Spain isn't showing any military annexation plans. On other hand they have shown continuous interest on political annexation. Brexit is making small changes towards political annexation. But the annexation is still long way in future because it needs major political changes in the Rock.

    • @itsperimo
      @itsperimo 3 года назад +1

      @@suokkos didnt the last poll see that 80% of people were against reunification with Spain

    • @suokkos
      @suokkos 3 года назад +8

      @@itsperimo , It was about 99%. That was the part requiring major changes. But brexit moved Gibraltar towards Spain and EU because Gibraltar joins Schengen.

    • @itsperimo
      @itsperimo 3 года назад +1

      @@suokkos ohh that was the official referendum way back, i was thinking about the poll just after the brexit deal for how it was gonna effect them. i do say i respect the Spanish gov they said they would veto any deal unless the residence of gibby were at the forefront of negotiations. they know we aint going give up sovereignty and are trying work hard with us to create a ecosystem of fluidity for the people of giggy.
      also just weirds me out how the eu wouldnt let us have the same deal with northern ireland

    • @suokkos
      @suokkos 3 года назад +1

      @@itsperimo , I haven't seen the poll in news. I tried to search for it but I failed to find it quickly.
      As for same deal as Northern Ireland. The draft version was leaked to news in January. News claimed it will be similar to Irish agreement but local differences in details. Politics tend to complicate thinks which makes it rare that exactly same agreement works in different places.

  • @simonpayne8252
    @simonpayne8252 3 года назад +12

    Opening sequence of The Living Daylights..... James Bond.

    • @mrh678
      @mrh678 3 года назад +1

      My favourite start to all bond films

  • @Debacle7
    @Debacle7 3 года назад +155

    Uh oh, you're gonna upset a lot of Scots, Welsh and N Irish with the "England specifically" comment 😅 Full respect to all nations of the UK 🇬🇧 😊

    • @afriendlycadian9857
      @afriendlycadian9857 3 года назад +17

      hopefully will shut the scots up haha

    • @randommadness1021
      @randommadness1021 3 года назад +24

      @@afriendlycadian9857 shut it yersel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂👍

    • @afriendlycadian9857
      @afriendlycadian9857 3 года назад

      @@randommadness1021 bring it on our clans will fight to the death

    • @EthanfromEngland-
      @EthanfromEngland- 3 года назад +2

      @@afriendlycadian9857 too right lmao

    • @stewartorr8149
      @stewartorr8149 3 года назад +17

      Especially since it was a Scot that conceived SAS and as a result SF.

  • @PoisonSmurf
    @PoisonSmurf 3 года назад +17

    Would love to see you watch and react to the sas mission "Last stand in oman" I'm sure you would love it and be blown away with the story, please give it a try

    • @PCSheepy
      @PCSheepy 3 года назад

      Talaiasi Labalaba. What an incredible warrior he was. Legend! Definitely be worth watching battle of Mirbat.

  • @johngale8289
    @johngale8289 3 года назад +8

    You allways say positive things about British armed forces thanks

    • @markbanner6473
      @markbanner6473 3 года назад +1

      He does. Also he's worked with British Soldiers so he also knows first-hand how awesome and top notch they are.

  • @EngineerTom20
    @EngineerTom20 3 года назад +2

    Bfbs are the British forces broadcasting service so they provide the units overseas with British TV programmes and have journalists etc to provide them with news relevant to them and this sort of coverage is probably actually made for broadcast rather than RUclips hence the quality, if I remember right forces TV is also part of Bfbs hence why they both get such good access

  • @seanmercer7704
    @seanmercer7704 3 года назад

    Good to see a CGB behind you. Earned mine in 1992.

  • @guywilloughby3383
    @guywilloughby3383 3 года назад +1

    The red phone box is more of a tourist attraction, they are still found in the centre of London or little villages, however we do still have more modern phone boxes in our cities with e mail technology aswel as phone lines.

  • @c4715
    @c4715 3 года назад

    Nice insight again man. As someone from a non military background it's great how you explain everything for us!

  • @EvenWaysMusic
    @EvenWaysMusic 3 года назад +20

    I think the Royal Marines are genuinely one of the greatest military units. They are just so unique, always adapting new technology and techniques and have such a rich history, it's pretty astounding. From looking at this and the rest of the future commando stuff, it kind of looks and feels like they are almost being adapted to become a Tier 2 SF unit from what is already an elite, non SF unit. Kind of like the US Navy Seals with their Tier 1 element being Team 6. Royal Marines + Tier 1 element SBS

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 3 года назад +1

      Commandos were always SF but so much peacekeeping after the war we kept using them as grunts

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 3 года назад

      @@burgundycommander7589 commandos are tier 2 and the direct template for US SF, they were the only SF that were not disbanded because they merged directly with an established unit there is no non commando RM its typical of the UK to get 1 unit to do several roles,

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 3 года назад

      @@burgundycommander7589 UK dont have a distinct tier 2 like the US so Elites have always covered both roles

    • @V.B.Squire
      @V.B.Squire 3 года назад

      @@burgundycommander7589 AH I see you thought I meant officially not in terms of cabability

    • @Dd-fb2tj
      @Dd-fb2tj 3 года назад

      Royals and paras are essentially what you would call tier 2 though its hard to directly compare them to the US forces. Being a smaller military they have to do a wider array of duties including elite Infantry. They are however on a similiar level to seals and the US rangers. Dont take my word. Watch some chris thrall vids on guys who have served with such units

  • @shiraamir9511
    @shiraamir9511 3 года назад

    Captivating video. I thought over 20 minutes might be too much but no, I was glued to the screen for the whole thing.

  • @marpot100
    @marpot100 3 года назад +13

    Pride in Britain folks

  • @i7voskilli560
    @i7voskilli560 3 года назад +1

    Maybe not a video idea but something you might be interested in watching, Rhod Gilbert’s work experience - Army

  • @kickboxerforever00
    @kickboxerforever00 3 года назад

    Cool Video as Usual Bro,(Ex-British Infantry here) ..Thanks so Much for the Upload!

  • @peterbrown1012
    @peterbrown1012 3 года назад

    BFBS, British Forces Broadcasting Service, in the 70's it was just a radio station for forces abroad, later they added a TV channel, founded in 1943 by the British War Office, now the ministry of defence but independent from them.

  • @gladiator3543
    @gladiator3543 3 года назад +4

    A bit of friendly advice when you say ‘it’s going to be the UK, England specifically’ you got that mixed up. The Royal Marines are a British which by definition includes the 4 constituent parts of the UK: England, Scotland Northern, Ireland and Wales. The narrator of this video is Scottish by the way ;-) Good video !

  • @bedtimestories4927
    @bedtimestories4927 3 года назад +8

    So the RMC is going back to being something like the Rangers and the Raiders. Good to see that happening. Real shame how they were just doing regular infantry work the past 20 years.

    • @Lewis-zq5ws
      @Lewis-zq5ws 3 года назад +1

      They are elite much harder training than regular infantry and paras. There already like rangers raiders think this make them pretty much special forces

    • @politicalassassin
      @politicalassassin 3 года назад

      @@Lewis-zq5ws not sf, possibly SO?

    • @user-ir7os6wh1w
      @user-ir7os6wh1w 3 года назад +1

      @@politicalassassin No, just commandos. That's why they're named like that. they are their own kind

  • @marktonylindo4627
    @marktonylindo4627 3 года назад +7

    We have our differences but in a time of war we come together as one nation 🇬🇧

  • @Catholic_convert81
    @Catholic_convert81 3 года назад

    When i was in training we did an exercise at Faslane nuclear sub base. Very cool.

  • @daniellaird804
    @daniellaird804 3 года назад +20

    having being born in England my dad being Scottish and my mum being Irish I have tartans for both families. but royal marines have been around a lot longer then the sas or sbs infact they were used in the napoleonic wars. but to tell the truth if there is one thing we are all a island race one thing we all know is never give up.

    • @josephturner4047
      @josephturner4047 3 года назад +1

      Formed in 1664.

    • @daniellaird804
      @daniellaird804 3 года назад +1

      yep they've been a lot longer then what these fact clips will try and make people believe but the bloke who does the reactions I have to say I like the way he has respect for other countries troops and regiments.

    • @LordInter
      @LordInter 3 года назад +1

      yeah, before the napoleonic era, they were boarding and counter boarding in the age of sail, naval port defence and troops dropped off for attack before the army arrived, sharp shooters in the rigging, it was a French marine that shot Nelson for example

  • @avro9159
    @avro9159 3 года назад +1

    wow 244 likes to 1 dislike, you've earned that ratio by being so damn likable, love your videos

  • @pw3019
    @pw3019 3 года назад +2

    Gibraltar is located at the Southern tip of Spain, at the entrance to the Mediterranean sea. It was ceded to the British in 1713 by the Spanish and so it is a British Overseas Territory. The people there speak English and Spanish but a lot of British things, like the phone boxes are everywhere. It is a strategic Royal Navy port and the RAF are also stationed there. In addition, there is the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, which is a light infantry regiment with a Artillery Troop. They are part of the British Army as a defence engagement force. In addition, there are obviously British troops on 'The Rock' (as it is known) on a regular basis - as in this video.

    • @matthewdearsley123
      @matthewdearsley123 3 года назад

      I guess it was essential in WW2 hence the tunnels. Was ofc key for the 'empire' in trading routes. Like Falklands I believe the inhabitants wish to remain British despite being closer to other big nations. Find that odd but then i've never been there so I can only imagine it's for cultural reasons.

  • @matthewharrington4738
    @matthewharrington4738 3 года назад

    Love the channel. You do some really solid unbiased reactions to world military forces. Keep up the good work buddy.

  • @MrRonnie02
    @MrRonnie02 3 года назад

    I am a brit living in southern Spain for nearly 18 years and have worked in Gibraltar on and off for all that time .I worked a lot in the tunnels and it still intriguing every time you go in there .Quite funnny that the guy walking his german shephard is my mate Leigh ex squadie aswell .There are a few telephone boxs in Gibraltar and you will always find tourists in them taking photos and quite a few old style post boxs ,if you ever get chance well worth a visit .

  • @Bodgemonkey
    @Bodgemonkey 3 года назад +2

    Quite a few of the old phoneboxes get repurposed, there are a few that have AEDs in for example.

  • @rJ-CSS
    @rJ-CSS 3 года назад +1

    The phone booths aren't kept these days for practical use in the UK but more of a traditional thing with the classic red phone booth, Gibraltar being a british island also carry that tradition.

  • @PCSheepy
    @PCSheepy 3 года назад

    BFBS is the British Forces Broadcasting Service. They run British forces radio, TV channels as well as only content. They aren’t a small organisation 👍🏽

  • @sweaspurdoddd5466
    @sweaspurdoddd5466 3 года назад +3

    Thank you Royal Marines, very cool.

  • @DeLosReyess
    @DeLosReyess 3 года назад +2

    Thumbs up from the Royal Navy, great reaction

  • @yonniboy1
    @yonniboy1 3 года назад +4

    My son's with 43 Commando, they've had the Colt C8 for a couple of years now and from what I'm told they all far prefer it to the SA80.

    • @1IbramGaunt
      @1IbramGaunt 3 года назад

      Well they shouldn't because British pride haha (yeah the newer versions're two thirds German lol but it's still a British DESIGN at least, and there's nothing wrong with it now thanks to H&K); I just feel we should be using our own stuff as much as possible to keep our seperate identity, especially when it comes to the military, and I don't see what major advantages the C8 really has over the latest SA80A3's, as it's still firing the same cartridge using the same magazines and the same optics & accessories, the SA80 being a bullpup the overall size difference is marginal, and sure the C8's lighter but not THAT much lighter, if an SA80's too heavy for you at 11 pounds you need to get back in the damn gym lol, people griping about that should try a Lee-Enfield or SLR sometime. Think the only major insurmountable advantage is the non-transferable right-shoulder only thing, which IS a fair point. Frankly that never seems to have been that big of a problem in previous actual combat use of the SA80 though, not something I've heard many veterans grumble about including the ones that definitely DID have plenty of other grumbles about that poor much-maligned rifle lol. At the end of the day the way I see it most people ARE either right-handed or ambidextrous anyway, and if you need to lean out of cover to the left of a wall in an emergency that's when you just DO use it from your left shoulder and accept risking a bit of hot brass hitting you because better that than actual enemy bullets

  • @TheEgbath
    @TheEgbath 3 года назад

    I have Alot of time in Gibraltar in 90s, I believe there is 32ml of tunnels in the Rock, we used to do are BFT in It, plus a lot of stuff in the Rock

  • @TobailaGib
    @TobailaGib 3 года назад

    Gibraltar my hometown! Royal Marines always welcome as are all our Armed Forces. I have visited the WW2 Tunnels many times, as well as done military training there. Glad you liked it.

  • @alexgreenway6223
    @alexgreenway6223 3 года назад +2

    You need to watch the documentary series SAS Rogue Heroes which goes through the formation and actions of the sas in ww2 and also Jeremy Clarkson VC The Greatest Raid

  • @marjannovoselc7109
    @marjannovoselc7109 3 года назад

    Dude. Love the USMC Baby Yoda in the background. LOL

  • @andrewleigh9857
    @andrewleigh9857 3 года назад

    Great video. Gibraltar is a lovely place rich in history with the British Military.

  • @silverwolf3745
    @silverwolf3745 3 года назад

    That phone box was still in Casemates Square in Gibraltar in 2019.

  • @sebxiou-lifestyle4465
    @sebxiou-lifestyle4465 3 года назад

    As always, excellent. Thank you.

  • @zeramoke
    @zeramoke 3 года назад

    Got family and mates in RM inc 43 and live in Okehampton, all RMs know this place, its where thet start their 30 miler. Top guys

  • @redvulpa1324
    @redvulpa1324 3 года назад +1

    Yes it’s a phone booth. A famous British red phone box. Gibraltar is a UK overseas territory. So Gibraltar has British architecture and standard things you’d find in the Uk like these phone boxes, post boxes and British police. Despite being in the Mediterranean.

  • @jmakminhas
    @jmakminhas 3 года назад +1

    That flashbang at the beginning sounded like sevenn nation army

  • @stewartmackay
    @stewartmackay 3 года назад +6

    England specifically?? I'm Scottish, I was in 45 Commando at RM Condor, Arbroath, Scotland. And I would say 15 years ago probably 60% of SAS/SBS operators I met were Scottish. The guy in your video here is Scottish! (Love your channel BTW, I forgive you, really)

    • @gavinpaice8008
      @gavinpaice8008 2 года назад

      No maybe the guards but not the sas sbs or marines.

    • @stewartmackay
      @stewartmackay 2 года назад

      @@gavinpaice8008 Not true, IMO.

  • @harrynelson9203
    @harrynelson9203 3 года назад +1

    There was one red one right next to my house but they taken it away many years ago, this country doesn’t know how to leave things alone
    You should join up mate 👍🏻👌🏻🤙🏻

  • @loueeee121
    @loueeee121 3 года назад +2

    Old red phone boxes, rare, but still and iconic sight on British streets.

    • @connorkitchen7156
      @connorkitchen7156 3 года назад

      Being sold for a £1 now to their local councils to do with as they will. Most have been turned into defibrillator stations. The more you know.

  • @Marc-uk1gr
    @Marc-uk1gr 3 года назад

    Most of our phone booths have been turned into WiFi hotspots. In rural areas they are used as book exchange hubs where people can help themselves to books and leave books they have finished with for others.

  • @Joshua-bv5bo
    @Joshua-bv5bo 3 года назад

    Brilliant video as always, keep up the great work mate.

  • @MrKeithblair
    @MrKeithblair 3 года назад

    There are 22 miles of tunnels in 'The Rock' and some of them were used by Eisenhower during WW2 as his headquarters during 'Operation Torch'.

    • @TobailaGib
      @TobailaGib 3 года назад

      There are 34 miles of tunnels. A number are still in use by the military

  • @guywilloughby3383
    @guywilloughby3383 3 года назад +2

    I was in Gibraltar a few years ago, it's really strange coming across the border from Spain, next thing you are walking down british style avenues with british cops etc.

  • @ModelsVEVO
    @ModelsVEVO 3 года назад

    We do still have phone boxes in the uk as that's one of our distinguishing trade marks. Also the rock (Gibraltar) has them too hehe!

  • @ashscott6068
    @ashscott6068 3 года назад

    We still have a lot of the traditional red cast iron phone boxes, but mostly just for the history and how iconic they are. We mostly moved over to cheap stainless steel ones that didn't survive too well. But everyone has a cell phone, so the more modern phonebooths are probably even more rare than the traditional ones now. You mostly only find phone booths in areas that get a lot of tourists, cus tourists often don't bring their phones cus they don't wanna lose them, or can't be bothered to get international roaming

  • @macgmac7909
    @macgmac7909 3 года назад

    Check out the RHODESIAN ''SELOUS SCOUTS'' considered by many in the upper ranks of British special forces to be one of if not the best guerilla counter insurgence special forces in their short seven year history in existence .

  • @James-C24
    @James-C24 3 года назад +5

    Gibraltar was a part of spain but when we absolutely fucked them up in one of the wars we had with them. We took Gibraltar as a war gift making them sign it over in perpetuity they have wanted it back ever since. Like fuck are they getting it back though.

    • @jackfrancis8373
      @jackfrancis8373 3 года назад

      The Royal Marines took the rock and held it against the Spanish

  • @richardroberts1861
    @richardroberts1861 3 года назад

    BFBS British Forces Broadcasting services . Used to be UK armed forces radio station its progressed a little since then . Yes we still have phone booths but they are being removed currently

  • @senorbuenista4368
    @senorbuenista4368 3 года назад +1

    Hello, I am Spanish and for me the best army in the world is English
    long live that glorious country and its wonderful people

  • @allanirvine7304
    @allanirvine7304 3 года назад +1

    Keep up the awesome work bro 💪🏽

  • @bobafett7647
    @bobafett7647 3 года назад +1

    What’s happening my man, another solid vid as usual bro. 🇬🇧👍🏻👍🏻

  • @davewolfy2906
    @davewolfy2906 3 года назад

    A chap I work with was part of a team that trained for oil rigs. Really naughty messing with sparky stuff like firearms in that environment.
    Ha! The idea of intrinsically safe weapons.

  • @vaudevillian7
    @vaudevillian7 3 года назад

    Great stuff. Coincidentally, one of the largest battles of the Revolutionary War was... the Siege of Gibraltar

  • @jim-bob-outdoors
    @jim-bob-outdoors 3 года назад

    Great video, thanks for bringing that one out. 👍

  • @595goldy
    @595goldy 3 года назад

    43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines.
    Formally this task was perfomed by Commachio Group RM.
    43 Cdo has been disbanded and reformed many times, as did 41 CDO (which has been disbanded)
    When my father served (1959 - 1968) he spent time with 43 CDO.
    When I served (1990 - 1998)
    the name 43 CDO didn't exist, it was Commachio Group in the 90's.

  • @JohnSmith-ts8xp
    @JohnSmith-ts8xp 3 года назад +1

    Most small towns and villages across the UK still hold dear their phone boxes. A large number have now been removed thanks to the advent of mobile phones turning those in inner cities into toilets.
    Venture out into the tiny villages though and you’ll find that whilst they still have phone boxes, they’ve been converted into either tiny libraries/book exchanges or they house modern defibrillators.

  • @corrigandavid
    @corrigandavid 3 года назад +1

    David Sterling fell from a jump and nearly killed himself, his legs were paralysed. When his legs were starting to get better he went to the British HQ without a pass and decided to jump over the wire using his crutches as a ladder. Sterling was running from the guards without his crutches and ran into a couple of offices eventually reaching the General who gave him a small amount of troops to start his unit.
    "Who Dares Wins"

  • @peartree8338
    @peartree8338 3 года назад

    At the end of our Homeguard basic course (CQB part) we went into central Stockholm and cleared streets. They told us to treat it as a real operation and that barrels should be pointed towards windows and doorways along the streets.
    After about 2 minutes they realised that sixty soldiers appearing in the streets all of a sudden pointing their rifles at people wasn't nice. Still helluva fun. 🤣

  • @funwithflags7506
    @funwithflags7506 3 года назад +1

    Units within the Royal marines are definitely on par with us special forces just lack size

  • @nsturgeon7145
    @nsturgeon7145 3 года назад

    Great video as ever, love your work 👍

  • @richardthornton3775
    @richardthornton3775 3 года назад

    I see your wearing your, speed, surprise & violence of action vest👍 I did the course in 2005. Is it still in Chesapeake? I speak to the chief instructor of my course regularly. Good time’s👍

  • @hayesywxm
    @hayesywxm 3 года назад

    21:18 shit gave me chills

  • @jim2509
    @jim2509 3 года назад

    1st Commandos were the Churchills Army Commandos and they have always been part of HM Forces supporting the modern 3 Commando Brigade.
    Check out the Raid on St Nazaire by No 2 Army Commando of the British Army 1942....they even used an old US Warship painted as a German One packed full of explosives and Commandos.
    How the hell their hasnt been a Hollywood Movie on that raid I'll never know....it wrote the textbook on Special Forces Daring.

  • @matthewhale2464
    @matthewhale2464 3 года назад +27

    The BRITISH armed forces are BRITISH not just English.

    • @akewlen2888
      @akewlen2888 3 года назад +1

      I hate that. In my country most people always say England in contexts like WWII or Brexit.

    • @vanman7519
      @vanman7519 3 года назад +1

      I agree, as a Welsh man myself it's something that's really irritating, we are supposed to be a union not England and the 3 lesser not worth mentioning countries

    • @EvenWaysMusic
      @EvenWaysMusic 3 года назад +1

      @@vanman7519 To be fair, the attitude from Scotland these days, and less so Wales and NI, of sticking the middle finger up to the UK and the Union Flag, they kind of bring it on themselves to be seen as disassociated with the Kingdom. Not saying I like it that way or want it that way, as I love the UK and it's beautiful nations, I just think that's how it looks at the moment.

    • @akewlen2888
      @akewlen2888 3 года назад

      @@EvenWaysMusic No that's not the reason ,but it's cute that you think the world pays your country that much attention.

    • @EvenWaysMusic
      @EvenWaysMusic 3 года назад +1

      @@akewlen2888 I think you're on a totally different page mate lol

  • @laurencoleman8773
    @laurencoleman8773 3 года назад

    If you haven’t already you should react to SAS: Who Dare Wins

  • @alexcrawford6162
    @alexcrawford6162 3 года назад

    The PVS-14s are being replaced by dual tube NODs with clip on thermal imagers now

  • @alecneate76
    @alecneate76 3 года назад

    A lot of British phone boxes have been kept because they're well known british icons (along with the red post boxes) and they attract tourists. Most don't work any more and a lot of them stink of piss but lately they're fitting them with heart defibrillators which is cool.

  • @kieranf3511
    @kieranf3511 3 года назад

    It's funny I was thinking of suggesting this to you earlier today xD lol

  • @stixmanstone9149
    @stixmanstone9149 3 года назад

    Red phone boxes are more of a glimps into modern history they normally dont work, but represent a glimps of what we had, the same as red post boxes do

  • @YouTubestolemylife
    @YouTubestolemylife 3 года назад

    I see phone boxes used for modern art, haven’t seen a phone in a box for over 15 years in UK 🇬🇧

  • @catherinewilkins2760
    @catherinewilkins2760 3 года назад

    Watched your video on Falklands war, would recommend you view video "The spirit of Britain Avro Vulcan bomber explained by Captain Joe " logistics of bombing the runway. Love, adore that old girl, missed by all.

  • @chrisjones2149
    @chrisjones2149 3 года назад +1

    Have you heard of something called BRIXMIS? Small military teams openly gathering intelligence behind the iron curtain during the cold war. BFBS have a great video on it if you're interested, would make a great vid.

    • @DavidUKesb
      @DavidUKesb 3 года назад +1

      The book about them operating in East Germany during the Cold War is fantastic.

    • @chrisjones2149
      @chrisjones2149 3 года назад

      @@DavidUKesb I read the BRIXMIS book by Steve Gibson last year, truly incredible work they did back then.

    • @chrisjones2149
      @chrisjones2149 3 года назад

      And a shorter one that might make a good reaction clip 😉 ruclips.net/video/qT_u5FcZLZQ/видео.html

  • @DrLesleyStevens
    @DrLesleyStevens 3 года назад +4

    I hear scottish accents. This is awesome

  • @Siddy22
    @Siddy22 3 года назад

    7:06 yeah we've still got phone booths

  • @optimisticnihilist3417
    @optimisticnihilist3417 3 года назад

    Yes, we still have phone booths in the UK

  • @Paranomasia12
    @Paranomasia12 3 года назад

    The phone booths in my town have defibrillators and the like in them nowadays

  • @Sierraomega1991
    @Sierraomega1991 3 года назад

    Gibraltar is on of the UK's unsinkable aircraft carriers along with Malta , ascension , Cyprus , Falklands etc

    • @fuzzyhead878
      @fuzzyhead878 3 года назад

      I like that. We have some too. They’re called Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam. My home state of Florida deserves an honorable mention too.

  • @regiment23
    @regiment23 3 года назад

    The weapon system is the C8 Demarco with shortened barrel. Used for CRW now too. MP5 is long gone.
    This weapons change is going to hit the entirety of the corp soon, as they’re gonna be redesignated SF. Unsure as to whether or not that’s going to be an outside support element, or specifically under the command of DSF; how that will effect 3 brigade is anyone’s guess. Any serving Royals reading this, please feel free to correct me should I have anything wrong, as I’ve been out since 15.
    And yeh we do have phone booths lol......but they’re just used to take a piss in nowadays lol.

  • @jimmyryan5880
    @jimmyryan5880 3 года назад

    I dont know about the UK but in Ireland a lot of phone booths now have defibrillators instead of phones

  • @owensmith6357
    @owensmith6357 3 года назад

    I bet picking the brass up after that Ex involves some serious broom work.

  • @JIMBO.17
    @JIMBO.17 3 года назад

    If you haven’t already, you need to check out ex SBS Dean Stott’s interview on Jocko Willink’s RUclips channel. First time a Brit SFs ever been on. Amazing stories.

  • @squidmonkey8471
    @squidmonkey8471 3 года назад

    Some of the uks old phone booths have defibrillators and other stuff in

  • @denisemeredith2436
    @denisemeredith2436 3 года назад

    I have learnt something, I didnt know there were tunnels in the Rock of Gibraltar. Cool video. Thanks.

    • @oldgreggscreamybaileys6618
      @oldgreggscreamybaileys6618 3 года назад

      The Rock is practically a fort after Churchill made some adjustments

    • @Damo2690
      @Damo2690 3 года назад

      @@oldgreggscreamybaileys6618 I mean, wasn't it always a fort?

    • @oldgreggscreamybaileys6618
      @oldgreggscreamybaileys6618 3 года назад

      @@Damo2690 it was but during WW2 it was turned in to a fort inside a fort, with 34 miles worth of tunnels cut in to the rock.
      If you would like to know more here’s a link that has a lot more detail about the rock during WW2
      gibraltar.com/en/travel/see-and-do/history-and-heritage/world-war-2-tunnels.php

  • @TheIndulged1
    @TheIndulged1 3 года назад +1

    Gibraltar is a UK sovereign country so they use pounds for currency over euros it's the gateway to the Mediterranean from sea so a good strategic land, old UK phone box's and police uniform is the same almost to England but they are allowed shorts instead of trousers in uniform