Whatta man!

Not a lot of knowledge under the helmet !

Reminds me of my time in the ECWS late 70s to 80s, was in Hoptons at the time

What a complete load of rubbish shorter Lee Enfield, The SMLE refers to the magazine not the barrel length , no such 'short' barrel was available even after the smle was replaced by the mark 4 (which he is holding) until the mark 5 'jungle carbine' ..this is a real embarrassment ..this guy has no idea what he is carrying or what he is talking about

I must admit I dislike watching SHARPE'S WATERLOO purely and simply because it kills off Hagman and Harris! WHY did they have to do that???

jason idk if u ever come back and look at this but thanx ur authenticity made sharpes series hreat i hope ur doing ok btw im a yank but ur series was great

I knew an old British para called Don who lived in Paignton 15 years ago. He was a working class man but one of nature's true gentlemen - soft spoken, dressed impeccably, always tipped. He was one of the first 100 British paratroop volunteers, but never dropped operationally. This was because in 1940 the RAF wanted to know if it was practicable to parachute into the sea with the Mae West life jacket already inflated. Don was the volunteer selected to test this. The impact drove the Mae West upwards with great force, damaged his neck seriously and knocked him unconscious. He was too badly injured to jump again, but his experience may have saved a lot of aircrew lives.

Where do they get the idea red may have been used as body paint?

You sure thats how you load it sharpe tought it like this Bite pour spit tap FIRE!

no substitute for enthusiasm and devotion to something you love this guy has both and me too snapshott classic film dioramas xx

English civil war is wild

Some observations: Firstly, it was interesting to see how well equipped the legionaries were! After all, they typically built an entire encampment every day after marching 20 "miles". What was not mentioned is how this stuff was transported. Well, every contubernium of 8 legionaries had 2 attendants (usually slaves) or more, and at the very least one pack animal, but more typically, 2 or more (usually mules or donkeys - mainly because they were much stronger than horses and could eat just about anything. Horses are far too finicky for such hard labour!) ). These were used to carry the "common" equipment (eg tents, pots, baskets, bulky stuff) and tools, utensils and very importantly the grinding stone! Food drawn from "stores" at dawn was in raw form, so had to be ground before cooking into trail food (bread of sorts) etc. The "logistics" team of two had to do all the preparation for the evening's rest while the legionaries built the fortifications, using the tools mentioned. It's astonishing what 4 800 fit and strong fighting men can build in a very short time! And they did this after EVERY move on the march, often EVERY day.. Food management was a major part of the legion's success, and occupied a lot of attention, especially when a legion was on the march, which could consist of up to 12 000 men and animals - that's a LOT of people to feed and plan for! When a legion on the march has passed there is NOTHING left for miles around that is edible! Like a locust plague!

They did not SPIT the BALL, that isn't historically accurate!!!

I'm a big Sharpe fan, enjoyed seeing the interview. Miss the red hair, tho'.

I love the static displays Much more respectful than the re-enactors. My dad was 2nd Forward Observer Unit, 6th Airborne.

the pike was 18 feet to 22 feet not 16 feet in the English civil war

It's NOT an interview of a WW2 German paratrooper (Fallschrimjaeger) It IS an interview of a British bloke pretending to be a WW2 German para, playing army men

Dad passed away in 2010. Jumped on D-day with 9 Para. His first battalion was 156, hard men who had served in India in the inter war years. They got hit hard at Arnhem. Mum told me about an outing she and he did close to the end of his life where they went to an re-enactment. There was a guy there in his Para gear. Dad looked him over and sorted out all his kit for him, an adjustment here and rebuckle there. He also explained the role of every piece of kit. By the time he had sorted the guy out, mum said a crowd had assembled to hear the first hand account of some who had worn the kit for real at D-day, Ardennes, Rhine Crossing, Palestine and Suez. My guess is dad couldn’t help but correct the guy’s uniform and kit. Perhaps he thought if you’ve going to play at Paras, you’d best look like one. He served for 32 years between the Paras and the CDN forces. He said he’d forgotten more about soldiering than most people knew.

I love it.

Where was this?

I,m quite well up on my ww2 history......but I never heard of ss paratrooper units?

The redcoat always gives the British Soldier his best looks ever.

I love his uniform the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars are the best in uniform so far.

Why all the hate? I think he was ok. :)

My son has my dads old fairbanks knife he treasures it. Sbs ww2.

The Highlanders and Line of Foot need the services of a CSM to get their drill sorted.

Arris ya bastard

Mkb 44 - no Fallschirmjäger - and magazin pouches for MPi 38 - nice nice and a Knochensack olive - not given to SS500

Though it may seem like he knows what he's talking about, there's bit of little information that is incorrect, such as the gladius being for "stabbing only".

Remember Harris God is on the side with the best shots

Pendant les guerres napoléoniennes,les britanniques faisaient souvent des combats par procuration. Les batailles de coalition étaient souvent menées par les prussiens,les autrichiens et les russes!Quant aux anglais,on ne les voyait pas beaucoup sur les champs de bataille.Ils opéraient des blocus et exerçaient du chantage contre les autres puissances européennes dans le but de les opposer aux armées françaises. Le mythe du guerrier anglais le plus acharné contre les français...C'est de la pure PROPAGANDE!!

5:31 false, the first breach loading rifle that the British army used was the snider Enfield breach loader. However the snider saw limited use, only being used in a single campaign and not being very known today in contrast with the martini Henry.

The cast of Sharp was amazing

Thanks so much for posting this! I live in the U.S., and having recently purchased the Blu-ray set of this series, am watching all the episodes. "Sharpe" is truly an outstanding program, and Harris was one of the interesting characters. I was surprised to find out that the character was based on a real historical person. My interest in the series led me to this video.

Sidekick is annoying,

Still my favorite reenactor video on YT. Very knowledgeable and enjoyable

The Greek/Corinthian helmets with the long cheek guards to Me are the most intimidating and exquisite helmets ever made!

wonderful, thank you for sharing

Love that sound when the ramrod is in the air.

The rifles became the light infantry .... then became the rifles again.... many years later.

Only one correction: A common soldier would not have worn a tunic made of heavy cotton. Cotton had to be imported and so was quite expensive. Hemp, on the other hand, would probably have been used fairly frequently, along with wool and linen.

I wish I could go. I'm trying to put together a Brigadier uniform for this era but can't find any pictures depicting any.

"I can read... sir!" Best line ever.

I could listen to someone (who knows what theyre talking about and are passionate) all day, no matter the subject. Came across this video by accident, even though I'm a history nerd. Would love to get along to something like this in the UK in future.

I wonder if he had any interest in this time period before his role on Sharpe.

Celtic Law was hilarious. One of my favorites was that if a wife caught her spouse cheering on her and she murdered him or his lover within 3 days she would not be charged with murder as they would be considered to be not in control of their own actions and there for not guilty of the crime.

2022! Still Watching this Masterpiece!

This legionary is like a salesman!!! Really knows his business....

the marching is absolutely fuckin shocking lads

"rifled barrels" cmon mate.,...