1,500 UK personnel in Nato rehearsal defending Estonia from invasion

Troops from all three services of the British military have taken part in a major Nato exercise in Estonia.
Exercise Spring Storm sees 1,500 British personnel join servicemen and women from 11 Nato countries, the first time the UK has conducted a brigade-sized deployment to the country.
Brigadier Giles Harris, Commander, Nato enhanced Forward Presence, told Forces News the exercise was about "beginning to visualise and understand the planning to pull forward a brigade into Estonia in a time of crisis".
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[@soulstealer930]

I like the cut at 2:37 just before the guy drops a bottle on himself

[@atomic4650]

Always nice to see the Brits and French together!

[@Exiyle]

frogs and roastbeef, bound in blood

[@seanwilson5147]

Because they treat us so well

[@k.t.1641]

Due to British humor I can’t tell if they ever really mean this or are bs 😂

[@Mike-ew8nj]

​@@k.t.1641 I'm British and I know exactly what you mean. Was just about to say, "agreed" then I saw this comment 🤔

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@k.t.1641 We despise them. They've just taken ulster.

[@righteousbyfaithinChrist]

It's going to be a wonderful thing working with Estonia and UK together in the event of any residual Russian aggression

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

Residual, Russia hasn't even declared general mobilization, they have largest manpower capacity in the world, their greatest strenght, 25million , u underestimate the military power of russia.. clearly not eastern-european nor have any experience in the family fighting russian empire... even in NATO battleplans its written than East-Europe would be overrun in a week in a real war and occupied for atleast 6months before nato troops arrive trying to liberate... there's a reason russia calls it "special operation" , to them this scale isn't a war, but a skirmish , the goal is to ruin ukraine economically to prevent joining eu and nato, not to conquer it by killing people in millions who they call "brothers" , that's how russians/slavs are, brutal ... Russia in war with NATO wouldnt mean only Russia, it would mean ww3 , and China-Russia-Iran or entire middle-east with them, possibly even India(wich is 50% reliant entirely on russian military tech... India fears China more than they do nato, they have been rejecting nato offers multiple times to join.. ) If u haven't paid any attention, the global people have all been brainwashed to hate EU and US and to destroy western civilization and end "white supremacy" and since American-Taiwan-China war seems inevitable by now already, US will be busy, and EU actually lacks the military power to fight Russia... tanks and tech dont run on electricity you know. How many EU countries you know wich have their own oil? You think Middle-East will help EU in war against Russia lol ? No offence, but you sound stupid in terms of geo-politics. type in "kill americans" and watch how Chinese toddlers are being trained into killing machine mindless soldiers , their toddlers have more masculinity than western world avg soyboy .. do you think they even have a chance? US is only auxillary help, their miklitary is navy and air power, not infantry, best US can do is 50 000 troops to support EU , Russia has literally 3x more heavy artillery than US , theoretically Russia could bombard entire east europe, not stepping onto EU soil even, if im not mistaken NATO has less artillery combined than Russia or equalent, Russia has very one dimensional military setup, a lot of artillery, their weakness is actually Trucks, supply and logistics problems, not enough transport, and entire logistics based on rail network, once they step out of their territory, their logistics are fcked. My point is, dont underestimate russians, ask any finnish or estonian, what it's like fighting them in a war, they are like "orcs" , human life doesnt matter.. throw masses into meatgrinder , everyone cant be as heroic as that ukraininan Predator, who single handledly fight of 12 size group from a bunker with RPG7, grenade throwing and multiple machine guns...

[@bigbadting]

@@Microphunktv-jb3kj take ur meds boy

[@KOPITE8989]

​Microphunktv russian bum boy they are garbage fighters as proven.

[@x67th]

Waiting for the "only 1500" Comments by users that haven't even looked into the operation.

[@AndyH2023.]

They will soon arrive don’t worry 😂

[@richardgallagher4880]

Only 1500. Natzygermany has annexed Estonia. It's gonna rake more than that to free them.

[@x67th]

@Richard Gallagher how to prove you've no idea

[@Jack-zf3rz]

@@richardgallagher4880 tell me you’re an idiot, without telling me you’re an idiot.

[@biddyboy1570]

....by users who have never been on operations.

[@antonycollins22]

We may be a small military overall but still well respected across the globe especially in the former Baltic States who feel extremely grateful for our support, the British government needs to wake up though and increase its strengths all-round,

[@richardgallagher4880]

We've been helping gerry take over their land. You need to wake up.

[@mauricetoussaint7283]

@@richardgallagher4880 What an idiotic and frankly dumb comment. Just shows how stupid and ignorant some people are.

[@balthazar011]

@@richardgallagher4880, thanks for winning the contest "How to prove you're a Russian shill in two sentences or less!". Your prize is people no longer taking you seriously! Congrats!

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@balthazar011 You OK?

[@Jack-zf3rz]

@@richardgallagher4880 lol, we all can see you’re ruzzian. You can barely even form a coherent sentence.

[@shiiiiiion]

Its crazy how years ago the consensus was that the baltics couldn't hold their territories against an invasion, when nowadays the possibility of Russia even crossing the border became almost impossible.

[@richardgallagher4880]

They can't. The eu,us,uk had to jump in and they've still been destroyed. Stop listening to the msm🙄😆😆

[@augustkasemaa3290]

To our allies in (and outside) NATO, thank you for being here. We appreciate every single allied personnel here, be it a cook, a fighter pilot or a second lieutenant.

[@dalereed3950]

Love the emphasis on 2nd Lts. Yours are probably as wacky as ours. Keep the faith.

[@Mark-lj1dj]

1:34 firing a huge burst with his friends head so close to the muzzle like that 😨 he needs to get well out of the way

[@paulcoverdale8312]

All the boarders covered an players on the board. Thankyou all for your services. From Poole.

[@Reticulosis]

Those French parachutes 😱. I mean, wow the pendulum the fast drop, do these guys still have cartilage in the knees?!

[@CausticLemons7]

I was gonna make a joke about 'flying frogs' but honestly it's just really great to see our forces working side-by-side. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!

[@stephenpike3147]

I just hope that all the lessons learnt from the Ukrainians massive successes are being integrated into this exercise and skills further honed. E.g. extensive use of drones with associated coordination, portable antitank weaponry etc. The narrative here gave me the impression it was old tactics and equipment.

[@liam1666]

we was using drones and anti tank weaponry in Afghanistan, i do believe the west are watching, learning and adapting to whats going on in Ukraine, the problem is underfunding over all these years because of the peace/ less threat in europe. now they are waking back up. plus they wont give all the tactics etc away on a youtube video ;)

[@k.t.1641]

NATO has been using drones for years. Though dropping grenades on heads is probably not on the list. They like using giant missiles 😂. Pretty sure they have anti drone stuff as well. Don’t know how well it works though

[@changbeerbeer]

Damn! Those French parachutes look like something out WW2!

[@neige9]

These are rapid descent and low altitude parachutes because when you drop an important number of troops landing as fast as possible is more important than manevrability.

[@salsanchez2114]

Another good video by Forces News. Thank you.

[@abrahamdozer6273]

There are similar battle groups in Latvia and Estonia, as well. They are not only there for rapid response, they are "tripwire" forces that will be quickly reinforced if the Russians try anything in that direction. The Russians have stated their intention to re-occupy the Baltic countries but their capacity to do so has likely left the barn.

[@TrooperLFC]

so 1500 troops is now a brigade?

[@titanlord9267]

for the Brits, in the US a brigade is twice or nearly triple that

[@TrooperLFC]

@@titanlord9267 used to be the same lad, even bigger

[@Whoami691]

We could do the job with half of that but we thought we'd treat them this time. Size means nothing. Russia and America have proven that over and over.

[@uss_liberty_incident]

Those thermal imagers would be very spooky to be on the wrong end of. I'm glad that I'm not Russian lol

[@mobile8873]

I'm not from Europe, and i am no military expert, but i can say with certainty that had Estonia not join NATO, Russia would have invaded Estonia just like what they did to Ukraine. Good call for Estonians for joining the alliance

[@thecurlew7403]

LMT rifle is better tban that sa 80 lighter and options of 762.

[@skepticalbadger]

The 7.62mm LMT is absolutely NOT lighter than SA80.

[@thecurlew7403]

@@skepticalbadger 556 LMT is 762 has no muzzle climb its better tban the Falit was tested by Chris on smallarmsolutions. .

[@kevindonnelly9811]

ALSO WHY IS THERE A JET SOUND BEING USED WHEN THAT A-400M CARGO PLANE WITH PROP ENGINES FLIES OVER? A-400'S DONT MAKE THAT SOUND.

[@davidb8539]

1500? bit overkill innit?

[@Andyb2379]

We need more troops

[@someutubchannel69]

Train, arm, supply Estonia now! Not when they are under a 'Military Operation ' by Russia

[@jmb3451]

RETREAT!!!!

[@MessianicFollowship86]

We should be training with NATO to help prevent a WWIII

[@Spaceballz123]

NATO should ask Ukraine for some tips. Right now Ukraine is the most experience and battle hardened military in the world.

[@iare19]

Hahahahahahaha. Hahahahahaha. Stop these jokes. USA would wipe the floor with russia in 5 days.

[@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumber]

@@iare19 This from the nation whos ships are so undermanned, where the crews are pulling such long hours and are so unhappy they set fire to thier own ships in protest. Also, battle hardened in the first comment refers to real ground combat against a real invading enemy, something no Nato member has faced in years. You can train aall you want, and buy all the fancy tech you wish, it's not a substitue for actual combat.

[@nobodyherepal3292]

@@dalbhuie_youtubeaddedanumberoh man, one disgruntled sailor burns a ship, the whole navy must be “protesting” now right? 🤣

[@antonycollins22]

Agreed,but with are help to😊

[@jillmaltby]

​​@@iare19ot if China back Russia USA will be blown to bits.

[@zobius9191]

We are determined to not lose any more countries to a dictator. NATO is strong, we are ready. We don't wish to invade, we wish for peace. Russia needs to calm down. Counter insurgency is much different from invading a European country. Russian people are one of 3 things. Purposely oblivious. Anarchists, or like many countrymen around the world: dedicated to the success of their motherland. Putin needs to retire, and the structure he created needs to reevaluate its position in the global scale of things.

[@gloriaanderson8988]

Best army in the world 🌎 stop cutting back spend more. Thank u USA 🇺🇸 best equipment in the world x

[@Otter-Destruction]

I'm really starting to question the need for NATO, in 2023 we found out the Russian military was second best IN Russia

[@titanlord9267]

always good to have friends

[@briant5685]

what's preventing NATO from joining the conflict then..??

[@richardgallagher4880]

Let's get these treyitors tried for tr eason.

[@Jack-zf3rz]

Hey Ivan, learn how to speak English. Or daddy vlad will send you to the front lines.

[@RonSill1986]

Which traitor?

[@RonSill1986]

@rory kinahan I'm asking him who he's calling a traitor

[@richardgallagher4880]

@rory kinahan What's up Mon go?

[@Andy-ScotsIrish-TheGAEL.]

@rory kinahan he doesn't know, he's of Irish stock like me and half the tike we are just insane nut jobs tbh.

[@steven-fx5cn]

yes pls so we can get nuked

[@Houthiandtheblowfish]

pledge aligence to your feudal lord or be invaded by imaginary despots oh and pay intrest to the oligarchy

[@Pemmont107]

Go live in Russia if you think Putin's despotism is imaginary.

[@georgegeorgakopoulos5956]

RubleZ are coming in your town, shortly

[@fuzer4047]

Not a threat anymore

[@corporate_marshmallow]

1:37 if looks could kill 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣