British Pathfinders lead Air Assault - US Marine reacts
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"Is that all at once?" Yes. That's why the UK military is special in Europe. There's other nations with comparable sizes of military (France, Poland) but no-one else outside the UK on the continent can support so many different angles, simultaneously, and regularly practices half a dozen major things going on at once to do so with a powerful logistics fleet.
There are several with larger armies that can't do what we do, we also have the largest number of overseas bases than anyone else in the world Except the USA and in (i think) 17 years we will get 11 bases back from the USA, which we leased to them rent free 99 years in the Basses for Destroyers deal During WW2.
The french foreign Legion can deploy it's entire force and be boots on the ground in 24hrs.
@@davidanger8681 source? Thats some 14-15 000 personnel including tanks,armoured vehicles etc
@@davidanger8681 Bullshit and literally impossible unless they have significantly downsized not only personel but equipment as well or just moving the goal posts and not including certain asepcts of the legion so in anycase...bullshit.
@@davidanger8681 I think you are talking about the Foreign Legions Expeditionary force, not the entire Foreign Legion.
Loving the General rocking his £8 Casio. Cheapest watch you can get from Argos and is the backbone of the British Army.
I only wear Casio F-91Ws.
Second hand from EBay!!
If you're interested in the British military I cannot recommend Ranger Media enough. He is a serving sergeant in the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. They are a mostly Irish, infantry regiment in 16 Air Assault Brigade. He started his RUclips channel to showcase what the unit does to recruit people because he didn't like the British armies recruitment vids. Now he does it as his job in the army. He does some really high quality shit for the unit on exercise and deployment. Think you'd appreciate the quality dude.
the Pathfinders are from the Parachute regiment. the best way I heard the Parachute regiment described was by the second in command of 2 para.he said battles are won by the capacity to generate violence we make sure our men generate more violence. His commanding officer Colonel H. Jones V.C was killed charging a machine gun position in the Falklands war
They are tri-service
only in the british army will you see a colonel charge a machine gun.
@@Glee73 because he had done P Company. He just did it
Met an ex Pathfinder from the Parachute Regiment in Brora in North East Scotland running his bar, nice guy, very cool, very confident and commanded real respect, a top lad. Great bloke Gus it was a pleasure meeting you 👍.
The documentary "Pathfinders: Into The Heart of Afghanistan" is great, it gives you an idea of how the new equipment at the time wasn't tested. They were just thrown into war with it.
8:03 That's the GPMG set up for sustained fire. It can be used to provide fire support out to 1800m using a C2 dial sight. They tend to be grouped together and fired one after the other so that a beaten zone is continually suppressed.
I knew a pathfinder, he was both the kindest and scariest person I ever met. An absolute sweetheart but also a man that was hard as nails..
Theres a book called "Operation Mayhem" i think which is about the Pathfinders in Sierre Leone. They kicked ass even though there was abotu 20 of them vs 100+ enemies. They were using punji sticks and firing a mortar at almost vertical. Amazing group. This happened at the same time when the SAS etc was saving the captured British soldiers from the Westside Boys.
OP BARRAS. There’s a few books written about the operation and events surrounding it from a few different people. Interesting stuff.
Brilliant book
The incident with the pathfinders was about 8 Weeks before the operation involving the sas and 1 para group. The incident happened during the United Nations rescue mission. I know this as I was part of the 1para mortar team that went in to back up the pathfinders after their initial contact.
Brilliant book
It was an excellent book. The sergeant in this Pathfinder Platoon was awarded the Military Cross. They were let down by their high command initially. They went into the village lightly armed with limited ammo. And when they were attacked by RFU in the first wave, request was made for reinforcement and resupply. They were very happy to see a Chinook landing the next day, but the euphoria went to disappointment when only 1 officer walked out of the Chinook on a fact finding mission. Needless to say , Sergeant Heaney went ballistic and F that officer for coming empty handed!
If you want to get a better understanding of the Pathfinder Platoon, read David Blakeley's book Pathfinder.
An excellent book. While US Marines were battling Iraqi Army at Nasiriyah, 6 UK Pathfinder guys with 3 RE attached slipped past enemy lines with 3 Land Rovers to recce an Iraqi airfield. They were discovered and were hunted by Iraqi Army and Fedeyens. These guys were top notch and clearly are spec ops capable
💯 mate
Before he joined the SAS, Obi-Wan-Nairobi was in the Pathfinders, while there, he had his humerus bone shattered during the Iraq invasion, so it was replaced with a titanium rod, so when he went to Nairobi, he was already on his way to become the terminator!
My son had lunch on the table next to him last week, was a bit shocked when he realised who it was.
That injury happened later on, not during the invasion.
@@PreparedPathfinder Judging by your name, you would know far better than I. I was going off an interview he gave to the Black Rifle Coffee podcast. He didn't say as much, just gave a vague-ish date, and I put 2 & 2 together, and got 17!!! Glad you made it home, and please be aware that the whole country is proud of what our military achieves.
@@nicksykes4575 cheers mate. Yep he was injured later in his service.
I done a locksmith course up in Wakefield , met a few nice lads & one of them was from the pathfinders, you wouldn’t even think it to look at him but he’d got out of the game, done his between us, you gotta be a bit careful what you say cos you wanna be respectful, we’d had a week together, he knocked on the hotel door & said c’mon Steve let’s go & have few I said alright then & then to sit there & talk discreetly ish he had just lost one of his mates out of the SAS he got upset a bit but such a decent geezer, lovely bloke
Great video, super good commentary from you as your experience is key keep up the good work.
16 Air assault brigade combat team = para reg and other units attached that go for jumps qualifications 😊
That plane is a c-17. It is the special plane chosen to fly queen Elizabeth’s coffin and body back to london from edinburgh.
The channel "The Front." Did a video called "that time the UN just forgot about a whole platoon of peace keepers" where the path finders had to fight off a horde of gangster rap fanatics in sierra leone.
Definitely worth the watch
Yeah I read a book written by one of the S.A.S Troopers who were sent in to free them. I believe the specific operation was called Operation Barras.
These guys all have new training manuals now as well for example if contacted by combined arms how to target different elements like branch off to target a motors platoon and build a new solid base of fire by controlling the battlefield and modern tec we are using now is moving in at a rapid pace to make sure all elements are combat ready at all times cool shit
The Republic of North Macedonia is an Ex Yugoslavian state. There was some dispute with the Greeks about its right to call its self Macedonia. They settled it a couple years back with the name N. Macedonia
I lived in Gostivar Macedonia for a while (my Godson is Macedonian) small, stunning country. Great people. Population of not much more then 2 million of which 1.1 million live in the capital Skopje. Hot in summer, cold in winter with great wildlife. Usual deer/boar etc but also Bears. My oldest son was with 16th Air Assault on Helecoptors on his 4 Afghan tours. Its a unit with real depth of efficiency on the battlefield.
Have a look at the Commandos: Britain's Ocean Warriors Ep 4. It's about the Mountain Leaders selection course.
Their Tea and Medals podcast is a good watch as well
Yes, I found those both fascinating and humbling. Such courage.
16 Air assault bragade combat team commander was ex CO 22 SAS. This is what exactly russia can't do... combined arms .
1st statement He makes is " What plaane is that" for a MS Marine his Air Reg skills are Zero C130 is an American Transporter used for Air Drops.
you really should react to the 13 Hours that saved Britain
BFBS production s are given intimate contact with all aspects of the British forces and then closely managed in the editing but a lot of latitude in the content. No more we counted out then we counted them back, in the Falklands attack the reporting was not closely managed so when they broadcast that the ground crew removed some “not to be removed before flight “ red strapping around the sidewinder being loaded onto a cargo plane they were actually telling the Argentineans us Brits had been given the updated sidewinder Air to Air missiles earlier than expected and promised big security breach, so closer management required.
The planes was a C17
Great content! Should do more reactions to Ross camp in Afghanistan he has a ton of video's from various British units out there!
Bad ass video 😎
U know its going to be good if its by BFBS as it stands for British Forces Broadcasting Service. Its the MODs in house tv company.
Well said Shipmate
On tv tonight was "War and Justice: The Case of Marine A" Marine shot an unarmed Taliban insurgent in the chest. What's the true story behind one of the most controversial events in the war on terror?
UK para school makes US jump school look like summer camp....
Tier 2 SF. The guys are awesome!
No way my friend these guys are tier 1, they go in first before anyone else! 👊🏻
Fun fact: North Macedonia used to be call Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. As far as I know they had a name dispute with Greece for a very long time since Greece used to be called Macedonia in the olden days. That's why since 2019 they got a referendum done and renamed theme selves to North Macedonia. I went there once in 2007 when I was deployed to Kosovo. We had an R&R in Macedonia. I remember first thing we were told was keep to the main streets, dont trust anyone after which we were handed NATO MP business cards with an emergency number :)
The plane is a Hercules mate. Surprising that you don’t know that. In fact it looks like I’m wrong also I’m surprised I didn’t know that it looks like a herc, although he says it’s a c17, all I’m seeing is a globe master with jet engines.
The British Are The Best ..........
The first airplane is a Hercules
Sky news did a documentary on the Pathfinders fighting in Afghanistan about 10 years ago, which will be kicking around somewhere recorded at Sky.
You didn't know Macedonia was a country? There is a guy from there you might have heard of "Alexander the Great" arguably the greatest military leader ever lol. North is a recent addition after a dispute with Greece over the name.
I'd argue Caesar and Napoleon were better leaders
@@visegradi he had a better win to loss ratio but napoleon was probably better
@@visegradi nah I say lord Nelson, drake or Lord Wellington
Paras are hard as nails
16 air assault used to be 16 mobile a few years ago they took on the second World War meaning of airborne troops ie they got dropped off by gliders nower days its helicopters in the UK there is no badge like 101 have I went through two weeks training to be a ground marshall ended up because of exam results being lead marchel for a site ie I'd rotate the loads coming in to site marshall who would land the helicopter and later give me feed back for improvement like when the helos don't pay attention to them and rely on there load masters so problems like guns not being put anywhere near there ground gun markers was the main problem we had . So now 16 air assault wear the maroon berit but are not paratroops although there are paratroopers amongst them but the main bulk of the troops are not they go in using helos there set up is like the old AMF/L so there a mix of all arms but in light form no MBTs but light reconnaissance vehicles like the saber simiter and other light vehicles spasific to unit needs but must meet weight and size restrictions like using Land rovers and four wheel pinzgauer for the Artillery .an interesting fact which I bought up a few times with members of 1 Parra was why do they get there knickers in a twist about Pegasus bridge they had nothing to do with it it was taken by the Ox and Bucks light infantry who at the time seconderd to the airborne troops like the South Staffords who later at Arnhem on the Rhine played a bigger role than the Paratroops they again were glider troop .back to Pegasus Bridge the troops who were to relive them from the beach head were not Parras as you may assume but Lord Lovets Comandos OK they arrived a day late but they got there so not a Parra in sight but they claim it like the Holy Grail let's just say a few words were past but in the end as they called us a crap hat had put them in there place
Supported that ex as a tech, loled my way to the cook house when I heard they had been digging in, in full CBRN. It was over 40 degrees every day and they must have been hurting bad 😂.
I thought the video was about the pathfinders but as usual the video is about you remember your first special forces was the Rangers as our Royal Marines trained you guys in 1941 we where fighting on our own for two years I mean come on America was taken by surprise ( pearl harbour) two years into a global war
C-130
ETA: LURP/ MACV SOG?
Have u seen the history on the cockleshell heros,in 1942 marine commandos did adaring raid by canoes to sink German battle ships..the anniversary has just happened.
My great Grandfather is buried in the commonwealth grave in the Thesalonika.
Its a Hercules.......
how can you kill an armored enemy
Is it a Hercules?
What plane is that.... It's a bloody Hercules or C-130 in American. Like the SAS the Pathfinders are an elite unit who can pretty much select their own kit, that's why your seeing these guys with Canadian made M4 Carbines rather than LA-85A3's. It is also said the Pathfinders is a main stepping stone into the SAS itself. I have a mate who was a Royal Marine Commando (NAVY) and he begrudgingly says these guys were a bit good.
Noticed the RMP Beret and Patch behind you! What's the story there?
One of my mates was on this exercise with 2 para, they knew the exercise was coming for weeks in advance so theirs been a bit of poetic licence applied with the truth on this one, they got some ally footage out of it though
C130
That's a C-130
Are The Pathfinders comparable to the 75th Rangers?
Probably more like reconnaissance units of 75th Ranger Regt. Normal para reg would be closer to equivalent.
Pathfinders have all sort of special skills like high altitude parachuting.
No
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Bit of controversy for you, would like too hear your thoughts on the 2 US A10s that friendly fired on British troops in Iraq i think it was? could be wrong
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The audio isn't synced to the video of yourself by the way but still a good video non the less.
This is all very nice but where was 16 Air Assault on the 24th February 2022 in Kiev? That's what they were formed for.
Ukraine isn't a NATO country and so there was no legal expectation for NATO forces to get involved. Initiating kinetic operations in direct support of Ukraine would be tantamount to declaring a war between NATO and Russia.
That tripod set up is GPMG SF ROLE (sustained fire).
Range days often consist of 70,000 rounds per day in 10 ~ 20 rd bursts.
This is basically pathfinder platoon in a nutshell. They’re basically the regiment minus the CRW or CT for the youngsters lol. The PF’s do exactly the same training as 22 Reg, they just don’t do Counter Terrorism and direct action etc. That’s correct is it not @PreparedPathfinder?
Former 18 Sigs.
Did he seriously ask what aircraft the Herc was? 😂
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just for your interest on '16th air assault brigade' they are the mostly the 2nd & 3rd Parachute regiments as well as other units as follows:
216 Parachute Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
The Pathfinder Platoon,
2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
13th Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps.
there are also other reserve units there also as well, they aren't all based in the same area though, the main one being Merville barracks in Colchester but they all part of 16th Air assault Brigade.
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Prior to being called North Macedonia it was known as Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
I was 16 air assault we all hated the new patch ppl called it the screaming parrot and now it's back to the 5th airborne patch the pegasus proper airborne, the 5th airborne called so ,so that the Germans would think there were a 1st 2nd 3rd etc British Parachute regiment was founded during world war 2 ,.
It was called the former yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia but on our blueys (army letters) it said do not put Greece on a letter to my family ,
I was briefly in 2Para I love seeing the way the battalion is going always hard hitting ,don't mess with parachute regiment you get 99% off 16air assault is logistics that do the all arms P company ,Do the special recon regiment the SRS which I think was mostly 1Para but their is a rotation cause every Para ends up joining the SAS almost ,they try to stop the sas from being all Parachute regiment by letting a plt of guards in the regiment without doing selection I think that was back in the 60s70s though 3 Para had a guards plt bunch off wankers and we 2Para had a company off Johnny Ghurkas C coy just to say the Parachute regiment has three battalions plu
Plus a fourthTA one with black DZ flashes really good for landing at night ,so basically if each battalion has 4 main rifle companies plus support coy and some other specialist plts , a let's just say a fully manned battalion is around 450-600 Paras 3 battalions so less than 1800 Paras in the UK compared to the marines getting into a Para battalion is much harder the marines have well over 5,000 men and remember that guy in the p-coy video the best one from the mid 80s the green beret failed all arms but u can't go on that man I've heard of ppl being aloud to do the commando tests days apart even going sick during the tests on p coy ud be failed for not completing the course all at once like on TV say the stretcher race might look easy but the day before you've just covered 20miles over two large hills and 5miles through a Marsh with a speed march back to the truck which is parked on the horizon as a sickener the sas would say pcoy cpl goes anyone who wants to quit drop your bergen then after a few did he goes this is the finish lol so it's the build up off tests day after day plus u get sat Sunday off after the milling on Friday afternoon 20miler Monday stretcher race Tuesday on the afternoon on the parade Square ull either get pass or fail infant it may have been the next day ,plus most of us were 17to 19 yes old the all arms had Sgt majors allsorts off ranks falling by the wayside I enjoyed p-coy cause after each test we could lay on our beds and play music something completely unthinkable on any other day I remember getting up at 0430scrubbing the corridor thinking man I'm not gonna get through this day at 6 was breakfast we ate loads not big enough plates no joke yeah there's a field in-between Helles bks ours Paras n ghurka depo it's a mile to the vimy bks gym so when we went on 10 milers it really was 12 and that field in between camps was used by the cpls to thrash us n turn it into a mud bath all fun n games loved it couldn't believe I had to leave was devastated first time I had a breakdown bit like guy from jarhead when he didn't get to shoot that guy ,who was first to Afghanistan after 9/11 oh of course it was the immaculate
@@grahamc9890 commandos don't get the weekend off on their test week though 😉
@@grahamc9890 I'm gonna get you some punctuation for your birthday mate
@Graham C the two UK Airborne Divisions in WW2 were 1st and 6th, not the 5th. 5 Airborne Bde was formed in 1985 after the Falklands.
Couple of other corrections for you; it's SRR not SRS, and a fully manned Battalion is 650, not 400-600. Are you sure you were in 2 Para?
Ex 1 Para and Pathfinders btw.
@@PreparedPathfinder 😆
Macedonia The birthplace of the greatest general in history Alexander The Great!
did you worked with any other nato member in your career?
This is why you don't fuck with us Brits....
Gotta laugh at the editing skills, regular jet noise with the video of an A-10, anyone who's heard an A-10 knows they don't sound like that
NATO....better in than out
Have you watched this one yet about British pathfinders in Afghanistan
m.ruclips.net/video/wQ9aBYPMa64/видео.html
‘PATHFINDERS’ A tier 1 SF unit who go in first before any unit. They are just as good as any other uk SF’s unit!
UK doesn't use "tiers" and they're not SF they're an elite unit but not SF
@@pepperroni6252 you are right the uk doesn’t use a tier system but I am on this occasion and the pathfinders ARE a SF unit
@@robocop3961 they're not SF
@@pepperroni6252 yes they are, look it up.
@@pepperroni6252 your acting like they are the regular army.
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The British SAS make delta force look like boy scouts, and these guy’s are a level over that.... imo
I served in the Pathfinders for 12 years. An awesome unit with some great blokes. Many went on to SF.
My friend served in them. He looked like the milky bar kid from ni.
Was that in total Or one continuous tour? I'd imagine it would be hard to go back to a battalion post after being in the pathfinders for a number of years.
@@trident1314 three sessions, l was in the Red Devils and JADTEU in between. I never returned to Battalion.
Just curious. If a recruit got into the Paras at age 16, what is the minimum age or length of service he would need before being able to attempt selection for the Pathfinders?
This isn't for me...I'm old and decrepit...was just wondering.
@@kenshindoman9757 the earliest you could be finished training would be 17 and a half, more likely 18. Then you'd have to serve for three years in a Battalion before applying to attempt PF Selection, so realistically around 21. Most guys going there are a bit older than that. I was 23 when I joined PF.
The commentary said about them HALO dropping from an A400 but all the drop planes in the video were the trusty old C130J Hercules. These were farcically canned in the 2021 defence review and are due to be binned soon - if the Ukraine situation doesn’t force a rethink. British SF allegedly much prefer the Herc for covert insertions where the A400 and C17 are just overkill. It’s seems daft binning an aircraft that still has so much life left in it that the USN Blue Angels recently bought on to be their new “Fat Albert” support aircraft for many years to come. At least it got a shiny new paint job, I suppose…..
I thought that was the case. I commented saying a similar thing. It had me confused.
If only our 'politicians' here in the UK had just one TENTH of the professionalism of the British Armed Services........................
The plane is a Hercules C-130
Shortly sadly to be removed from the RAF inventory.
@@bill8784 I live right near Brize and you hardly ever see them any more, not for years
@@jamesnunn7181 Another crazy decision to add to all the other ones. It really is a shame. Such a brilliant aircraft. So tactical. Lucky to have flown in it care of the RAF decades ago. Tying ourselves to euro planes to curry non existent favour doesn’t add up. Shutting Lyneham was crazy too.
i suggest you to react to the battle of cameron, french foreign legion
Little interesting fact There was a problem with North Macedonia (at the time Macedonia) joining NATO because Greece has a region called Macedonia and were Worried Macedonia may try to claim it as their territory, so to join NATO Macedonia had to change it's Name to the Republic of North Macedonia, at which time Greece dropped it's objection to them joining NATO.
Not only NATO, but also for EU candidacy.
@@dvlrnr Oh didn't know that bit 👍
Was that op harvest in 2001
What about the guys with sandals in Iraq and Afghanistan, if yo are determined =7-1 That’s why Russia is struggling
The dude you refer to as having been there and done that a lot is SGM McMahon, recognise that voice anywhere. I did P-Company with him back in the mid 90's. He's the type of person born for that job. Great to see him doing well.
Alexander the great I'm sure was Macedonian. Might be wrong.
That’s a C-130 Transport in the opening
.....Well, a US marine does not know a own (famous) US made aircraft? This is a Lockheed Hercules .....
Christian Craighead was a Pathfinder for something like 9 years. Enough said.
Opening shot is a C130 Hercules....
America thinks it has the biggest aircraft carrier. No! the UK is the biggest aircraft carrier, look at Europe and the UK from that perspective.
I was the ship end of Heli Opps with Commando Helicopter Force
That copy of n64 Goldeneye in the background catches my eye every time. Great video btw.
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Can you react to (kanuster) the fallen) on youtube he has great special forces videos.
You’re a cool guy, credit to the US Military. Glad we serve alongside you and you’re our closest ally.
I was a pathfinder for 5 years.
I really enjoy the tea and medals videos bfbs put out.