Fredrickson, sorry I mean Sweet William, is perhaps one of my favorite characters in all of Sharpe. Any Major would count himself lucky to have a Captain like Fredrickson.
You know what makes a good soldier Fredrickson? Yes Sir! Keeping his mouth shut when being asked damned foolish questions by a superior officer, Sir! That's how the Army is being run effectively.
You do know that no one talks like that in the military, even from years past, these are "fond re-rememberings" of actual conversations that were much less colorful. >t. Infantryman in early to mid OEF/OIF
@@roguespearsf I've witnessed officers trying to micromanage enlisted, only to be told to back off because they were slowing the process, so it's a little more than just fond rememberings.
This bit was right at the beginning when Sharpe was promoted to Lieutenant from Sergeant. He was seen by other officers as a common soldier, not the same as them. He also knew that Sharpe _couldn’t_ read, so it was a dig at Sharpe more than anything else. If Sharpe had reacted to it, it would admit to his new command that he can’t read and he would never get them to respect him. Eventually Sharpe earns their respect and Harris teaches him to read.
@@realburglazofficial2613 Sharpe _can_ read. After he gets promoted to Captain, he mentions that he was taught to read by a superior officer while a POW in India.
the soft heartbreak Sharpe has on his face when Tongue answers that he has no home, no family and no skills or talents outside of war at 10:50 sean bean has truly strong acting chops
@@riograndedosulball248 it's not really a series... in a traditional sense... more like 14 15 standalone movies... sharpe has so many allies and enemies, that it's hard to keep track
One of my favorite bits of this series is Sergeant Harper's quips on Ireland. He is such a powerful character, and while he is loyal to Sharpe and the Army, his love for his homeland is always front and center. Have to love a man that spits in the faces of his oppressors while rushing in to battle against their enemies.
The British were not oppressesors in Ireland lol.The biggest Irish independent revolutionaries were actually Anglo-Irish Protestants like Wolfe. Arthur Welsey himself was Irish.
@QuisUtDeus828 I'm Irish, you clown. My family survived the famine in Mayo. You know why? Because they didn't just grow fucking potatoes which was devastated by the Potato Blight. Stop peddling fake information. Wear a helmet, you big victim.
Even with the storylines of officers coming up from the ranks not always being trusted, I always liked that Sharpe showed the South Essex the flogging scars on his back, so that they knew that he knew firsthand everything they were going through at that point.
Were they flogging scars or from battle? In the very first episode, he got his back slashed, and I do recall other inujries to his back in later episodes.
@@jimmo42 i dont think its covered in the show. But in the books, in his first deployment at 16, he was in India and he took 202 flogs from Obediah Hakeswill's sentencing. (He was originally set for 2000 apparently)
@@estwilde Thanks! I discovered the show a few weeks ago through these clips, and just bought two DVD sets. I wish I had the time to binge, but I'm happy with one film a night for now. Someday I might get to the books.
@@estwilde It was in the show! By coincidence, the very next episode I watched was where Hakeswill (who else) sets up Harper and he gets flogged. There is a discussion there about when Sharpe got those 202 lashes. I love this show!!!!
Due to budget considerations, the hat that Hageman shoots in the third scene of this clip is the same hat that is used in the first scene. They could only afford one holy hat.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher and Paul Peterson, reminds me of a scene from My name is Nobody. Terrence Hill and Henry Fonda, two shots through the hat and one hole on one side and two on the other. John, Australia.
I served as a rifleman in The Royal Green Jackets. It was so good to go on all arms courses as a chosen man and get ripped for not having the shiniest boots and being unable to march at the slow pace of the rest of the Army. I am so glad that those old traditions still lived on to those days. We weren't pretty but we were good field soldiers. Less drill more skill.
3:35 Little acting bit like this are always great. Hagman is the best shot in the group, so he see's that the kid missed the hat, Cooper looks over to Hagman and see's his face of disappointment.
Hagman and Perkins had a strong bond. Hagman even wills everything he owns including back pay to Perkins in Sharpe's Company before they storm a French fort (luckily they both live). The only inconsistency with the books is that they present Hagman as literate when only Tongue and Harris (not a book character) can.
"S: Do you know what makes a good soldier Frederickson? F: Yes sir. Keeping his mouth shut when asked dumb fool questions by a superior officer. Sir." Best answer ever 😂
Dobbs is a great character. He goes from having been beaten and whipped into submission to pulling off what at the time must’ve been a very difficult maneuver by firing more than 3 rounds a minute in the same episode. He would have deserved a place amongst the Chosen Men
I would've like to see more people gain the rank of Chosen Man. Kelly and Dobs would've been good since Tongue and Cooper both disappeared from the show.
@@Sam_Green____4114 Would have been great if he had taken the hat from Daniel instead of Perkins, since in the first episode we see Daniel shoot the hole in the hat. Then we'd know that both Taylor and Perkins missed.
Teaching soldiering techniques to soldiers to make them better at soldiering whilst being an inspirational soldier.......................... Now that's soldiering.
Actually it isn't. Tap-loading was inefficient: the charge was not properly compressed, resulting in loss of range and accuracy. it was employed in emergencies only.
It's f***ing stupid what idiot puts a red hot pipe in there mouth (dumb and dumber) and putting your head over a hot muzzle spitting a bullet on to powder even Russians have empty chambers playing roulette but enough of bad history great program better books fun fact the 60th was originally called the loyal American regiment but changed as recruiting dropped off in 1780s and later became the Kings Royal rifle corps recruiting from Liverpool fyi a chosen man is a lance corporal
@@lomax343 That is why he says "muzzle needs to point up anyway, the frog coming toward you is high up on a horse"- as in you'd do it if some cavalry is right on top of you and you have no time.
@@rae8323 If enemy cavalry is right on top of you, the last thing you should do is try to load your musket. If in formation (preferably a square), you should stand shoulder to shoulder and present the enemy with a hedge of bayonets - against which no horse ever foaled would charge home. Wait until they're forced to withdraw, *then* load and fire. If cavalry is on top of you and you're not in formation, you might try running, but you're probably already dead.
@@lomax343 That is exactly my point- if cavalry is on top of you, you have two choices- surrender your life to the sword or try all the dirty tricks you can, including tap-loading to preserve your life. Bashing head of the horse with rifle but to startle it and knock down the soldier soyou can stab it with bayonet. Knowledge how to do it will raise it from "probably you are dead" to "you might be dead, but at least you put up a fight otherwise". Anything to survive, that's what proper soldiering is :D.
There's a Sharpe fanfic I like where we see Sharpe thinking of Hagman that he was the best shot and tracker in the unit but old enough to be his father, so somebody needed to watch him on the exceptionally long marches.
Me opening this video: There’s no way this will be about being able to fire three rounds a minute in any weather. Me watching this video: the absolute madman.
I wonder how this spitting of a bullet technique works after a few shots in rapid succession. Lips to hot metal has to be no fun experience. Also not sure how rifling should work with little to no resistance for a bullet in a barrel.
@@KidoKoin numerous experts have tried and confirmed it doesn't really work outside of an emergency shot. The tap technique tended to damage rifles more than anything. Contrary to what Sharpe teaches, the reason the French and Prussians could reload faster was because they learned to do it without commands and in standing or kneeling positions.
I met my wife, American, while looking for a Ukrainian wife in Ukraine while on leave from Afghanistan in 06. Not particularly Ukrainian, just traveling through eastern Europe looking for a hot chick to marry because I wanted kids and a good wife, plus I was a handsome young infantryman so I was doing pretty good for myself. Found a girl outside of Kiev, Valslykiv (sp?) who was there studying theology, went on one date, and were inseparable after that (minus having to go back to Douchebagistan) so I found my good Catholic wife. The Lord works in mysterious ways. We now have three beautiful white kids and they all love God
Alied major after Harper saved their cargo: "Don't you wish your officer showed you some high honor?" Harper: "That's what he did. He told me to fall in."
We've got Boromir and Bond in the same show! When Sharpe is holding the freshly flogged soldier and looking up at the evil Sir. Henry with the scars of his own flogging exposed. That's soldiering!
The British regulars fired five a minute. Rifles less because it was hard af to shove the ball with its patch with the grooves to the powder. They also had to use the powder in the horns specially made for the rifles that produced less smoke as it would foul the rifling faster. The tap load wouldn’t get the ball to the bottom and accuracy with rifles it wouldn’t work at all. Musket accuracy would suffer but muskets are used for volume and rifles accuracy. Rifles of the time were considered accurate to 300m I think but leathal shots were taken at much longer ranges because of the patch containing the explosion providing a seal. Muskets didn’t translate a lot of the explosive power to the incredibly heavy musket balls. Too long a range and soldiers have reported them bouncing off their chests. Think the sharpie series did a great job adhering to history and was well done.
The effectiveness of the musket ball depended on the distance. Too far, and yes, they would be spent. But I have also read that at shorter distances they would cause dreadful wounds because of their low muzzle velocity. They would bounce off bones and travel a complicated path in the body, thereby becoming a dreadful pain in the proverbial to extract.
It was three a minute for the regulars most other armies did two maybe three with their better trained troops, some guards regiments managed four a minute and i've heard of people just barely managing five but that was a rarity even with the later more efficient weapons, it's near impossible for a whole regiment to manage five a minute consistently.
I never got to watch this series in real time, but I loved it!!! The noble man scolding Sharpe for showing off has to count as one of the best in my opinion of any video series!!!
To me, the Sharpe series IS Sean Bean’s BEST performance! I’ve said it before on other video comments, but I’ll say it again here: Sean Bean IS Richard Sharpe!
The 60th Rifles clearly had a Sharpe of their own in Frederickson: A clearly humane officer who inspires loyalty in the men and gets right into the action himself. However, he has suffered many disfiguring injuries along the way due to not being the main character, lol
I have read them all via audiobook during my days as a long distance trucker, including the new one Sharpe’s Assassin. They are brilliant books. So engrossing, so descriptive, to the point you can actually see the troops and almost smell the shot. Great stuff.
These types of men existed. They fought Boney's men all through Spain, Portugal, France, and elsewhere, and they won more battles than could be counted on both hands. We owe them. We owe them so very much.
I think it was 5 rounds a min in good weather though, in the books Sharpe did it infront of the men, but he cheated he had the musket loaded and counted that as his first round.
@@darkiee69 He had been severely flogged recently, hence the blood soaking through the back of his shirt. That's why Sharpe asked him WTF he was doing back on duty, so soon after taking such abuse.
@Leo Peridot I don't think so. There is a book biased after the wars where he is in America with a couple of smugglers. His age would fit in pretty well with that. I think its 10 years or something after his last active duty. edit looked it up its in south America and happens 5 years after the battle of waterloo. He is 43 at the time, which I think Sean could pull off.
I've gone through Sharpe's life twice and am working on the third. Still love this stuff. If you want to take a break so that Sharpe becomes sharp again, get off dry land and look at such people as Hornblower, then return to Sharpe. They pretty much fit into the same historical period, and the novels are unreal.
As a young boy my mom always watched masterpiece theater on PBS. I hated it and always made fun of it. One day she was watching masterpiece theater and I see this battle with rockets and this awesome leader of men. I was hooked.
Damn it, these scenes are really starting to grow on me. When I first started stumbling on these clips they came off as kinda corny, but there's no denying this show has it's own magic and some damn good acting and writing.
The actor portraying Rifleman Harris used to attend one of the HMGS East conventions. I believe it was either Fall In! or Historicon. The talks he gave about the making of this series were very entertaining and interesting
In a moment that history doesn’t record (but I think we all know happened) Sharpe said, “That’s quote the bonnet, Frederickson. You have something to smile about after all”. 🤣
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"Men are dirty, sir. Rifles are clean."
Oh, Sharpe's gonna like this guy.
Fredrickson, sorry I mean Sweet William, is perhaps one of my favorite characters in all of Sharpe. Any Major would count himself lucky to have a Captain like Fredrickson.
yup, respect, straight up.
@@misterspaceman9563 Especially as in a combat zone you know you have an officer who will fight.
It reminds me of Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) in "We were Soldiers" meeting Bruce Crandall (Greg Kinear)... "...but your equipment is immaculate."
That's all you need to win any war my boy .
"Men are dirty Sir, Rifles are clean."
Best answer ever.
Thats what you call good soldierin
Fredrickson is the epitome of an ideal subordinate. Honest, to the point, and isn't intimidated by his enemy or his allies.
You'll find that most combat tested NCOs are like that. It's why a good officer relies on them instead of micromanaging.
Rumour has it that Fredrickson was an Australian.
And he lets you take his girl.
He's not subordinate, he's loyal. There's a difference.
@@ardshielcomplex8917 So latent British...
I get that this is a compilation of best lines, but 4:30:
"Send them to Ireland. We'd be free in a week." It gets me every time.
That first meeting of Sharpe and Fredrickson is one of the finest moments in that show.
This scene oozes comradery. It feels like they're actually battle tested soldiers speaking to each other.
You know what makes a good soldier Fredrickson? Yes Sir! Keeping his mouth shut when being asked damned foolish questions by a superior officer, Sir!
That's how the Army is being run effectively.
Looked him in the eyes too.. damn brazen man.
Times and weapons change, but this is true of any age.
You do know that no one talks like that in the military, even from years past, these are "fond re-rememberings" of actual conversations that were much less colorful.
>t. Infantryman in early to mid OEF/OIF
@@roguespearsf you'd be suprised, the modern army is a very different place. there's some fascinating stuff out there.
@@roguespearsf
I've witnessed officers trying to micromanage enlisted, only to be told to back off because they were slowing the process, so it's a little more than just fond rememberings.
“I can read sir!” I like that you can see he respects him in that moment because he to knows the importance of being able to read.
This bit was right at the beginning when Sharpe was promoted to Lieutenant from Sergeant. He was seen by other officers as a common soldier, not the same as them. He also knew that Sharpe _couldn’t_ read, so it was a dig at Sharpe more than anything else. If Sharpe had reacted to it, it would admit to his new command that he can’t read and he would never get them to respect him.
Eventually Sharpe earns their respect and Harris teaches him to read.
@@realburglazofficial2613 Sharpe: Spanish or French?
@@mariuszmiroslaw2290 British
@@realburglazofficial2613 Sharpe: British SIR! [with a crooked smile]. Well private, we will certainly have a lot of benefit from your skill here.
@@realburglazofficial2613 Sharpe _can_ read. After he gets promoted to Captain, he mentions that he was taught to read by a superior officer while a POW in India.
"Why are you here Harper? You bone-headed Paddy."
"To become the best friend you will ever have, sir."
The start of the Greatest Bromance in Televisual History
“Send them to Ireland..We’ll be free in a week.” 😭😭😭😁😁 Golden!!
it's actually "Send them to Ireland, It will be three in a week"
@@gen169 I always figured it was the first one.
the soft heartbreak Sharpe has on his face when Tongue answers that he has no home, no family and no skills or talents outside of war at 10:50
sean bean has truly strong acting chops
in the book Tongue is a Bible-scholar who is the only literate member of the group (Harris doesn't exist yet)
@@SantomPh cool
@@SantomPh its nice to get to know this bit of lore, as in the series Tongue and Cooper just vanish off screen and are never talked about again
@@riograndedosulball248 it's not really a series... in a traditional sense... more like 14 15 standalone movies...
sharpe has so many allies and enemies, that it's hard to keep track
One of my favorite bits of this series is Sergeant Harper's quips on Ireland. He is such a powerful character, and while he is loyal to Sharpe and the Army, his love for his homeland is always front and center. Have to love a man that spits in the faces of his oppressors while rushing in to battle against their enemies.
"God save Ireland."
LOUDER, LYNCH!
"GOD SAVE IRELAND!"
The British were not oppressesors in Ireland lol.The biggest Irish independent revolutionaries were actually Anglo-Irish Protestants like Wolfe. Arthur Welsey himself was Irish.
Love the clarity that an Irish priest gives when he defends a British lass: "John bull (England) is a bad neighbor, but Bonaparte is a bully!"
@@kincaidwolf5184 they literally caused the famine. Your lies have no meaning here.
@QuisUtDeus828 I'm Irish, you clown. My family survived the famine in Mayo. You know why? Because they didn't just grow fucking potatoes which was devastated by the Potato Blight. Stop peddling fake information. Wear a helmet, you big victim.
Having more Sharpe on RUclips now that's soldiering
I agree brother i really wish if i was born native irish man.
True that
Now that's advertising
This made me LOL 😂
Having more wires fused by metal, now that's soldering
Gotta love the way Fredrickson tick's every single one of Sharpe's boxes in just about a minute
I lead guys at my job. Sharpe taught me more about being a leader than any on the job training ever did. Three Cheers for Major Sharpe!
Do you know what makes a good leader, Engineer Moosefist?
@@yyy-875 yeah that's 100%
This is true!
Leader versus a ruler. A leader leads men. A ruler sets rules on men. Who can truly call those men, his?
@@BlackDiamond2718 their moms.
Any Sargent that gets called ‘Sweet William’ by his men is a guy you can follow into battle with an easy heart...
Sharpe addressed Sweet William as Captain, the Sargent was in the front rank next to the Right Marker.
Fredrickson is a Captain, Rossler is the Sergeant
@@SantomPh hes so sweet he might be confused for rank and file
Even with the storylines of officers coming up from the ranks not always being trusted, I always liked that Sharpe showed the South Essex the flogging scars on his back, so that they knew that he knew firsthand everything they were going through at that point.
That is proper soldiering
Were they flogging scars or from battle? In the very first episode, he got his back slashed, and I do recall other inujries to his back in later episodes.
@@jimmo42 i dont think its covered in the show. But in the books, in his first deployment at 16, he was in India and he took 202 flogs from Obediah Hakeswill's sentencing. (He was originally set for 2000 apparently)
@@estwilde Thanks! I discovered the show a few weeks ago through these clips, and just bought two DVD sets. I wish I had the time to binge, but I'm happy with one film a night for now. Someday I might get to the books.
@@estwilde It was in the show! By coincidence, the very next episode I watched was where Hakeswill (who else) sets up Harper and he gets flogged. There is a discussion there about when Sharpe got those 202 lashes.
I love this show!!!!
I love how Sean Bean has to hold back a laugh, while Sweet William tells him why he looks so terrible.
Due to budget considerations, the hat that Hageman shoots in the third scene of this clip is the same hat that is used in the first scene. They could only afford one holy hat.
Also explains why Perkins was such a good shot. 😉
@@eldorados_lost_searcher and Paul Peterson, reminds me of a scene from My name is Nobody. Terrence Hill and Henry Fonda, two shots through the hat and one hole on one side and two on the other. John, Australia.
Budget constraints was why there was never a Die Hard film made in the same year as an Alien film. McClane and Ripley shared the same vest.
@@COIcultist McClane and Riggs shared the same Beretta, so is that why there was never a Die Hard and Lethal Weapon in the same year?
Your comment is completely ridiculous, he was supposed to shoot the same hat, guy
I'd forgotten just how enjoyable and engaging the Sharpe series was, no bs 'manliness' and derring do in the face of daunting odds. Huzzah!
The only work Sean Bean has ever done where he doesn't get killed. 😂
Fun series! Fondly remember watching this on Public Television many years ago.
He doesn't die in Ronin (1998)
@@Wailwulf
Agreed.
Chao.
Troy.
Sadly even then it was full of Trans....what do you mean the French army's not the same thing?🤣🤣🤣
National Treasure
I served as a rifleman in The Royal Green Jackets. It was so good to go on all arms courses as a chosen man and get ripped for not having the shiniest boots and being unable to march at the slow pace of the rest of the Army. I am so glad that those old traditions still lived on to those days. We weren't pretty but we were good field soldiers. Less drill more skill.
light infantry/Rifles is the fun way to fight a war.
I've been a LI/Rifles camp follower all my adult life! A great life too - privileged to be with the creme de la creme!
A combat ready unit will never be ready for inspection, and an inspection ready unit will never be ready for combat.
@@rebornorthodox77 Better a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war ... .. .
Drilling is another effective brain washing technique.
Sharpe is just exceptional viewing, no fuss or bluster. But you all knew that already of course. And Sean Bean doesnt die in it either!!!
3:35 Little acting bit like this are always great. Hagman is the best shot in the group, so he see's that the kid missed the hat, Cooper looks over to Hagman and see's his face of disappointment.
Similarly when Hagman has to do the same thing himself, he doesn't even look at the hat after he's fired, because he *knows* he hit the target
The actor who played Hagman also did the theme song for the show.
Hagman and Perkins had a strong bond. Hagman even wills everything he owns including back pay to Perkins in Sharpe's Company before they storm a French fort (luckily they both live).
The only inconsistency with the books is that they present Hagman as literate when only Tongue and Harris (not a book character) can.
Haha yeah. The other example of it, where Cooper and Harris look at each other clearly amused at how easily Hageman shot the hat, is a good one too!
It really goes to show how much the Prince Regent cares about the men that he's leading a column out into the Spanish countryside.
Thank God they were able to help save him after he got that terrible neck wound.
@@Southern_Crusader And he was able to recover in time to have a near-perfect memory of Talavera.
Weapon, gear, body in that order is what makes a good soldier.
A dirty soldier can still fire a clean gun.
There will never be a time in my life where I won’t want to binge watch Sharpe.
@@yyy-875 Hornblower was ace as well!
"S: Do you know what makes a good soldier Frederickson?
F: Yes sir. Keeping his mouth shut when asked dumb fool questions by a superior officer. Sir."
Best answer ever 😂
Dobbs is a great character. He goes from having been beaten and whipped into submission to pulling off what at the time must’ve been a very difficult maneuver by firing more than 3 rounds a minute in the same episode. He would have deserved a place amongst the Chosen Men
I would've like to see more people gain the rank of Chosen Man. Kelly and Dobs would've been good since Tongue and Cooper both disappeared from the show.
Teaching soldiers how to become soldiers? Now that's soldiering.
I only just realised Perkins isn't a bad shot. He just rather had one hole than two in his own damn' hat.
Er no the hole was already there !! Both missed !!
@@Sam_Green____4114 Would have been great if he had taken the hat from Daniel instead of Perkins, since in the first episode we see Daniel shoot the hole in the hat. Then we'd know that both Taylor and Perkins missed.
Teaching soldiering techniques to soldiers to make them better at soldiering whilst being an inspirational soldier.......................... Now that's soldiering.
Training an incompetent officers own men better than he ever could and winning their respect immediately..
Now that’s soldiering.
Sharpe....stop showing off!
"Bite. Pour. Spit. Tap. Fire!"
"Sir. The bullet is in my throat."
Bite, pour, spit, tap, aim. Now thats soldiering
Actually it isn't. Tap-loading was inefficient: the charge was not properly compressed, resulting in loss of range and accuracy. it was employed in emergencies only.
It's f***ing stupid what idiot puts a red hot pipe in there mouth (dumb and dumber) and putting your head over a hot muzzle spitting a bullet on to powder even Russians have empty chambers playing roulette but enough of bad history great program better books fun fact the 60th was originally called the loyal American regiment but changed as recruiting dropped off in 1780s and later became the Kings Royal rifle corps recruiting from Liverpool fyi a chosen man is a lance corporal
@@lomax343 That is why he says "muzzle needs to point up anyway, the frog coming toward you is high up on a horse"- as in you'd do it if some cavalry is right on top of you and you have no time.
@@rae8323 If enemy cavalry is right on top of you, the last thing you should do is try to load your musket.
If in formation (preferably a square), you should stand shoulder to shoulder and present the enemy with a hedge of bayonets - against which no horse ever foaled would charge home. Wait until they're forced to withdraw, *then* load and fire.
If cavalry is on top of you and you're not in formation, you might try running, but you're probably already dead.
@@lomax343 That is exactly my point- if cavalry is on top of you, you have two choices- surrender your life to the sword or try all the dirty tricks you can, including tap-loading to preserve your life. Bashing head of the horse with rifle but to startle it and knock down the soldier soyou can stab it with bayonet. Knowledge how to do it will raise it from "probably you are dead" to "you might be dead, but at least you put up a fight otherwise". Anything to survive, that's what proper soldiering is :D.
"The hair belongs to a horse SIR" I died.
So did the horse, properly
Bite. Pour. Spit. Tap. Aim. Sharpe's Rules.
There's a Sharpe fanfic I like where we see Sharpe thinking of Hagman that he was the best shot and tracker in the unit but old enough to be his father, so somebody needed to watch him on the exceptionally long marches.
"A courtier to my lord Bacchus".
I'm gonna put that on my resume!
Just don’t tell them you are an unremitting debtor
That first minute of the Rifles talking about Sharpe and his way of soldiering is so entertaining. Now that’s good soldiering!
I still think that the "Sweet William" character deserved books of his own.
I was gutted for him when Sharpe got with that woman he liked.
Me opening this video: There’s no way this will be about being able to fire three rounds a minute in any weather.
Me watching this video: the absolute madman.
😂😂😂
I chuckled
I wonder how this spitting of a bullet technique works after a few shots in rapid succession. Lips to hot metal has to be no fun experience. Also not sure how rifling should work with little to no resistance for a bullet in a barrel.
@@KidoKoin These are muskets. Smoothbore. No rifling in the barrel.
@@KidoKoin numerous experts have tried and confirmed it doesn't really work outside of an emergency shot. The tap technique tended to damage rifles more than anything. Contrary to what Sharpe teaches, the reason the French and Prussians could reload faster was because they learned to do it without commands and in standing or kneeling positions.
Just found out recently that the actor that played rifleman Harris met his wife while filming Sharpe in Ukraine.
Why was he shooting at Sharpe?
😂
@@Southern_Crusader ahh I see what u did there
Filming should be the word instead.
@@dchegu he was just joking XD
I met my wife, American, while looking for a Ukrainian wife in Ukraine while on leave from Afghanistan in 06. Not particularly Ukrainian, just traveling through eastern Europe looking for a hot chick to marry because I wanted kids and a good wife, plus I was a handsome young infantryman so I was doing pretty good for myself. Found a girl outside of Kiev, Valslykiv (sp?) who was there studying theology, went on one date, and were inseparable after that (minus having to go back to Douchebagistan) so I found my good Catholic wife. The Lord works in mysterious ways. We now have three beautiful white kids and they all love God
@@dchegu You heathen, you changed your brilliantly worded comment. Why?!
Being called Sweet William. Now that's soldiering.
They didnt have a big budget but all charakters play it with so much heart and love to their history. Its great fun to watch after all this years
Alied major after Harper saved their cargo: "Don't you wish your officer showed you some high honor?"
Harper: "That's what he did. He told me to fall in."
We've got Boromir and Bond in the same show! When Sharpe is holding the freshly flogged soldier and looking up at the evil Sir. Henry with the scars of his own flogging exposed. That's soldiering!
The British regulars fired five a minute. Rifles less because it was hard af to shove the ball with its patch with the grooves to the powder. They also had to use the powder in the horns specially made for the rifles that produced less smoke as it would foul the rifling faster. The tap load wouldn’t get the ball to the bottom and accuracy with rifles it wouldn’t work at all. Musket accuracy would suffer but muskets are used for volume and rifles accuracy. Rifles of the time were considered accurate to 300m I think but leathal shots were taken at much longer ranges because of the patch containing the explosion providing a seal. Muskets didn’t translate a lot of the explosive power to the incredibly heavy musket balls. Too long a range and soldiers have reported them bouncing off their chests.
Think the sharpie series did a great job adhering to history and was well done.
The effectiveness of the musket ball depended on the distance. Too far, and yes, they would be spent. But I have also read that at shorter distances they would cause dreadful wounds because of their low muzzle velocity. They would bounce off bones and travel a complicated path in the body, thereby becoming a dreadful pain in the proverbial to extract.
@@mathswithgarry7104 essentially a musket is a shotgun loaded with a slug I wouldn't want to stand in front of 50 of em 👻
It was three a minute for the regulars most other armies did two maybe three with their better trained troops, some guards regiments managed four a minute and i've heard of people just barely managing five but that was a rarity even with the later more efficient weapons, it's near impossible for a whole regiment to manage five a minute consistently.
@@ddoherty5956 Try Harpers gun. 7 barrels.
@@JnEricsonx gladly....one at a time 😉
2:31 two soldiers with very different experiences talk. Sharpe lived it, Frederickson felt it.
"I know you all, I've always known you!" He didn't pick them, thay were destined.
love Sharpe. Last year I got all of the Sharpe "movies" I believe I've watched 15 or so.
Great show!!!
Never has one disused gravel pit been fought over so many times.
Then you've never watched Dr Who...??
@@crinolynneendymion8755 when did Dr Who film in the Ukraine?
@@jediknight129 I don't know, but a lot of Dr Who was filmed in Welsh quarries.
@@BaddeJimmea LOT of Sharpe was filmed in thr Ukraine after the first two.
'I can read Sir'.
Brilliant!
I never got to watch this series in real time, but I loved it!!! The noble man scolding Sharpe for showing off has to count as one of the best in my opinion of any video series!!!
To me, the Sharpe series IS Sean Bean’s BEST performance!
I’ve said it before on other video comments, but I’ll say it again here:
Sean Bean IS Richard Sharpe!
One does not simply forget the Captain of Gondor.
The original author certainly thought so.
The 60th Rifles clearly had a Sharpe of their own in Frederickson: A clearly humane officer who inspires loyalty in the men and gets right into the action himself. However, he has suffered many disfiguring injuries along the way due to not being the main character, lol
I'm working my way through the books! I'm on Sharpe's Fury now!
I have read them all via audiobook during my days as a long distance trucker, including the new one Sharpe’s Assassin. They are brilliant books. So engrossing, so descriptive, to the point you can actually see the troops and almost smell the shot. Great stuff.
Sharp's reaction to how bad the green jacket's reminds me of my Grandma she was a very brave lady having lived through WW2.
I love that I can hear electric guitar in the background music!
These types of men existed. They fought Boney's men all through Spain, Portugal, France, and elsewhere, and they won more battles than could be counted on both hands. We owe them. We owe them so very much.
We sure do, they even burned down the White House for us. 😁
@@JB-yb4wn Those were Canadians from Halifax, Yank >:D
@@JB-yb4wn And we killed 2000 of them at New Orleans ;-)
Sharpe
Yes sir?
Stop showin' off, Sharpe
one of my favorite guys in this series, Frederickson.
I love how Hagman knew instantly that Perkins missed.
Sharpe ? Yes Sir ? Stop showing off Sharpe ! best line
11m00, not having any memories other then being in the army.. Now that's soldiering !
I love Sean Bean. He's a rugged, yet likeable man
What makes a good solider the ability to. Fire 3 rounds a minute great line
I think it was 5 rounds a min in good weather though, in the books Sharpe did it infront of the men, but he cheated he had the musket loaded and counted that as his first round.
"what do the lads really call you?"
"sweet william"
*instant barrage of gunfire*
I haven't been over the hill and far away for some time.
Good to see this pop up.
Might be the best show of all time. I watched the ones from the 90s over and over again when working tug and barge in the high arctic.
Absolutely classic TV. Ive watched this start to finish many times and its still better than the crap they pump out these days,
With no context it seems like that dude passed out from reloading his gun too fast. I laughed so hard I bet my neighbors heard me lmao
The scar on his neck makes me suspect something other then that.
@@darkiee69 He had been severely flogged recently, hence the blood soaking through the back of his shirt. That's why Sharpe asked him WTF he was doing back on duty, so soon after taking such abuse.
Wish Sean Bean would make another Sharpe episode.
@Leo Peridot I don't think so. There is a book biased after the wars where he is in America with a couple of smugglers. His age would fit in pretty well with that.
I think its 10 years or something after his last active duty.
edit looked it up its in south America and happens 5 years after the battle of waterloo. He is 43 at the time, which I think Sean could pull off.
@Leo Peridot Wait a minute! Madonna isn't a virgin?
I've gone through Sharpe's life twice and am working on the third. Still love this stuff. If you want to take a break so that Sharpe becomes sharp again, get off dry land and look at such people as Hornblower, then return to Sharpe. They pretty much fit into the same historical period, and the novels are unreal.
As a young boy my mom always watched masterpiece theater on PBS. I hated it and always made fun of it. One day she was watching masterpiece theater and I see this battle with rockets and this awesome leader of men. I was hooked.
sharp telling his men "Men quick march"
somewhere in the distance ... "now thats soldering"
Best show ever!!!
Depictions of competent men. Reminds one of reality. Love it!
Ah, autumn in New England. The foliage, the crisp air and sunshine, and Sharpe recommended for me again. Now that’s YouTubing!
As a former Army Drill Sergeant.... I approve this video....
Compilation about soldiering, that's soldiering
"The sawbones stuck on the smile for free, sir."
That had me rolling 😂
Damn it, these scenes are really starting to grow on me. When I first started stumbling on these clips they came off as kinda corny, but there's no denying this show has it's own magic and some damn good acting and writing.
The actor portraying Rifleman Harris used to attend one of the HMGS East conventions. I believe it was either Fall In! or Historicon. The talks he gave about the making of this series were very entertaining and interesting
Interesting fact. Most of the extras in this scene would have been Russian and Ukrainian soldiers...in 19th century British and French uniforms.
fantastic show
Great Video! Love it!
Fredrickson smiling when the chosen men were talking about sharpe behind them, knew exactly what they were doing lol
"Steady now Dobbs." "Do it again Dobbs."
Seems Sharpe has his focus on someone.
Imagine shooting three rounds a minute with Baker rifles. Still, just starting watching the series and I'm loving it.
In a moment that history doesn’t record (but I think we all know happened) Sharpe said,
“That’s quote the bonnet, Frederickson. You have something to smile about after all”.
🤣
I love that the algorithm decided I’ll get sharpe clips now.
Traveling back in time to show us proper soldiering, now that's soldiering.
Just found the Chanel. I’ve been a fan for years! Sharp is my hero!!!!
Having stripes on your back from when you had a minor argument with a cat? That's soldiering.
I wouldn't call Sergeant Hakeswill a cat
@@hannibalburgers477
A cat o'nine-tails. 😉
Pity at 6:35 Sharpe's back is umarked!
I subbed for Sean Bean
8:55
"Sharpe"
"Yes sir?"
"Stop showin' off, Sharpe."
"Yes, Sir."
Brilliant :)
Putting the bogtrotters in their place , that’s soldiering 😁
Making snarky remarks to an officer who you were hearing terrifying rumours about only seconds before…
Now that’s soldiering.
Not that you'd know, civilian
@@roguespearsf You sound like someone who is pretending to be a former Soldier , a real ex squaddie would be less arrogant .....
the armed forces run on sarcasm
@@jediknight129 nothing is more true than this
@@roguespearsfcadet
Achievement Earned:
*The Devil Himself*
Any other ideas for achievements? I’m kinda outta practice.
That’s Soldiering!
There really ought to be a Sharpe campaign for mount and blade.
*Robin Hood*
For putting a bullet through an identical hole.
Sharpe definitely has the makings of a varsity athlete.