British Army in Northern Ireland

Not only was the Northern Ireland conflict especially harsh due to the inability to pick the IRA members out of a crowd of civilians, the entire environment was designed to fit in a 4:3 aspect ratio!

[@bencarver8164]

Had a colour sergeant during my training who's first deployment at 18 (his first patrol was on his 18th birthday) was Northern Ireland in the late 90s. During this patrol they stopped a prominent IRA man's daughter from being raped down an alley, then escorted her home. A few days later they were out on a patrol when 3 men came out of a Catholic bar and watched them as they patrolled down the street in the bogside. Just as they passed one man shouted up "Ere Royal...we'll remember that" and they had zero issues from the Catholic community from their entire tour.

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

Good man, both of em

[@woodychelton5590]

man. that's pretty nuts actually. thanks for sharing.

[@davidec.4021]

Man this is so cool.

[@DEINVATERunddiemutti]

getting likes

[@makkapakka2098]

When were you in? Had a WO at CTC who had a similar story

[@prointernetuser]

Seeing how the soldiers keep checking their sixes every couple of paces kinda shows how tense the entire situation was and how paranoid they were. .

[@me5969]

Tbf you are trained to do that regardless

[@jagaterbarn5744]

That’s standard procedure when conducting a patrol

[@dirtyharrydefeatsislamblmt6900]

that's not being paranoid, that's staying alive

[@heofonfyr6000]

genuinely just how British soldiers go about things wherever they are, i.e properly. but I'm sure the constant threat from snipers made them scan that little bit more thoroughly...

[@silvadossantos6803]

Yes, specifically when they are Para's and Commandos, top tier SOF in their league, and yes their biggest challenge since wwII was faced home, I've remember a IRA action that almost landed a IED, a 'bunker buster' in a high echelon staff room in the middle of London.

[@kertaspaper94]

With a mustache like that I'm surprised The Troubles went on for so long

[@mansurtxafapapaias3517]

why? Ist fine... grear

[@tortillawrapper5454]

@Cleto link?

[@whatulookinat7508]

we will make another one

[@josephbowman9456]

You’re right that combat stache is strong AF. That’s like… warrant officer level mustaching.

[@johnbower7452]

I'm wondering if that was a mate of mine; he had a tache like that and I know he was out there; poor sod was in a Land rover while his mates got out to check something; he was the only survivor when a bomb blew them all to bits.

[@micealmacadaim6550]

Belfast was such a shithole back then. Always felt the tension in the air. Glad to see life back in the city now.

[@danielk3919]

Still is

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Well, till the Troubles part II hits

[@jimbob4537]

it was, because you were there

[@cowboy4378]

I don’t know why there are hate comments and personal insults to you. People must think that the city centre is still covered in bricks and armoured vehicles.

[@krinos1]

@@cowboy4378 well it still has armoured cars around

[@johnnyryall3966]

R.i.p to all of the men women and children lost in those conflicts whether they were catholic, protestant, Northern Irish, British or from the Republic of Ireland. It is calmer now and there is peace

[@bigjuicypotato1482]

I have a feeling that this comment will cause some controversy

[@laika6661]

3 months. So far so good.

[@clutchgorilla0941]

Sadly it’s still not peaceful there’s still the IRA but the IRA we know today are scum bags the old IRA were actually fighting for something which was to unite Ireland, as for the new IRA there fighting for drugs (This is based off of the information I know )

[@bigjuicypotato1482]

@@clutchgorilla0941 The old IRA fought for an independent Ireland. Not for a united Ireland. The provisional IRA were the car bomb guys and the new IRA are provisional wanna be's

[@MrRichymil]

Well said, we forget it's not the people of Britain or Ireland or any other country with conflict that cause the conflict. It's all beyond our control, we just exist where we do usually by accident.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I was there in ‘98 and whilst it had calmed down a lot we were welcomed to Belfast with a mortar attack. The Omagh bomb also happened whilst I was out there. But most days were spent chasing joy riders and the occasional knee capping. In 6 months I had one round fired at me whilst stood at a cordon whilst dealing with a suspicious package. I can only imagine what it was like in the 60s and 70s. I really enjoyed my time in Belfast and would have been back there this year for a long weekend if Covid hadn’t happened.

[@willfoster2635]

You're most welcome back Jabber 19974. God bless, mate.

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

Now everyone in Ireland and the UK fears "climate change". Future is crazy.

[@LittleLoyal]

This is like the western version of the Israel Palestine issue

[@talkingheaded]

No shit

[@CristianoRonaldo-sg3qt]

LittleLoyal or like Bosnia vs srpska

[@willysillyplays]

Israeli Palestine isn't issue its just a steal by Zionists from Palestinians who were thinking they are giving shelter to Jews who are escaping massacre from Nazis, The little they know these Jews came with some different intentions.

[@steveaustin6344]

What the actually fuck are u on about nothing like it

[@WomanBettar59]

EStore4U explain why palestine was offered existance 8 times and tried to conquer isreal several times with the middle east they deserve it

[@jollyjohnzz]

Can you see the tension in the faces ? I know, I was there, intense wan't the word !

[@thinkbig3384]

Me too fella. Sometimes intense, sometimes just crazy #REME

[@littlenemo14]

And me. Hard times indeed. If you weren’t there, you’ve no idea what it was like. Respect to all who walked the walk and to the ultimate heroes who never made it home.

[@harveymorgan1749]

@@littlenemo14 heros oppressing ppl in their homeland for their pedophile elites. Good job man

[@littlenemo14]

@Pedro Cabral The truth is that the IRA killed far more innocent people than the army by a long way. You are right though, they were degenerates of the highest order.

[@paulnelson6277]

@@harveymorgan1749 shut up

[@johnk1639]

Neither side gave an inch, regardless of the politics brave guys on both sides.

[@user-nt6zg4fo6b]

A sensible comment

[@aaronredmond6396]

Thanks for saying that boss

[@eddietuite732]

True

[@keithrose6931]

Blowing up women and children ? Yeah very brave .

[@oisinbyrne5682]

You have no fuckin idea what your talkin about the brits were give tanks and guns took all we had and killed thousands of innocent people

[@lloydfrancisco5287]

Military Intelligence had a double agent at the top of the IRA, Scappaticci was a head enforcer. IRA realised that their own top brass couldnt be trusted so was reduced to "cells" of about 4 guys, harder to catch and also easier to exclude potential agents.

[@irishboer7124]

The cell structure was used long before Scap.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

And never instituted in South Armagh.

[@deltac222]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 Still worked out pretty well for them in the end.

[@joelbilly1355]

By the end 1in4 were working for British inteligence. The talk was up in derry bombs would be set to detonate at certain times but British Inteligence had already disabled them. Or operations would be about to take place only for the IRA men doing it to already be surrounded before they could do it and rounded up.

[@tarawalsh7045]

My experience, as a very quiet young woman who was sent for research from NYC (i didn't ask for that project) was that, if you just don't give a damn and are basically quiet, they cannot stop themselves talking way, way too much. It gets tiresome because they feel they HAVE to tell you what a big man they think they are.

[@trayzntheinfinite377]

My uncle was in the British army and was deployed to Northern Ireland and the worst thing was he was irish Edit: unfortunately he passed away due to a heart attack he died at age 72

[@caleb4790]

Unknown2234 Unknown caz he’s a good man

[@caleb4790]

We thank him for his brave service

[@magnusthered4973]

Caleb Emerson no they want to be free from British rule then and they fought

[@caleb4790]

Cyberian Wolf who fought? Woman and children murderers ?

[@bingbongbongbing5932]

@@caleb4790 The Uk never mass genocided native peoples nor ever hurt women or children *wink*

[@Kevin-fj5oe]

1:50 damn, idk that price went to Ireland

[@martykiely127]

Sorry to shit on your parade but that was the style back then

[@LGriff-fv6dr]

must be his half cousin Cost, if it was Price the IRA would have dissapered a long time ago.

[@LGriff-fv6dr]

@Larry Duke magik

[@Kalashnikingz47]

Cpt. Price was strongly based off this S.A.S cat named John Macalise. He was featured on a show called secrets of the SAS.

[@nguyenbaokhiem6728]

Whether which side you support or not, I think that we can all agree that this conflict was sad and already caused enough death and destruction for everybody involved. Especially with the recent tensions in NI coming up.

[@krisc2535]

1:06 That's not Northern Ireland, that's the 1996 IRA bomb in Manchester, England.

[@Normalguy1690]

Mike one raging fenian

[@Normalguy1690]

General Erich Ludendorff one raging German just cause we beat ur ass don’t hold a grudge.

[@gravybiscuits3887]

normal guy the British can’t even conquer the Irish they bomb your people in Manchester!

[@Normalguy1690]

General Erich Ludendorff I’m Northern Irish and your people couldn’t even conquer my people in 2 World Wars so if we can’t beat the Irish by ur logic what does that make ur sorry ass 😂

[@nutmaster7242]

@@Defaultname0000 you guys are messed up.

[@gta1kev]

I met a Scottish dude that have been in the brittish army. He served in Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Libanon and around Serbia. I asked him what was the worst he was in (expecting Afghanistan because of the ied) he said it was northern Ireland, he told me it scared the living shit out of him.

[@smirnov5795]

If he was around serbia, then I doubt. Real monstrocities happened there. Then again, matter is personal

[@gta1kev]

@@smirnov5795 it was Kosovo, he was there as a peacekeeping force.

[@rabsmiff]

its a bloody good job he wasn't born earlier in another place and sent to Stalingrad.

[@laboskie349]

You know when a Scottish soldier says something scares him, its scary.

[@KolyaNickD]

I have heard a similar story - you just can't tell who is who in Northern Ireland.. whilst there is an Irish look, so many in the North either don't have it or it turns out they are the opposite you expected...

[@larrydunbar7262]

Go to 1:22, Plastic bullet flies over rioters head, he see it, looks around as it passed. He points at the soldier( curses him, I guess) and then throws a stone.

[@FirstFamilyCharger]

“Ye big bleedin’ bell-end!”

[@ca9968]

Yeah, a 7.62mm straight through his skull might have made others think twice!

[@leepaul587]

What crap are you talking more like plastic bullet hits child in the head and kills her #bellend

[@mohammadakramali1466]

Soldiers in cold countries have the coolest uniforms

[@James-re1wb]

True

[@Liam.Walsh96]

British army wore kinky boots and held each others hand.

[@Thomas-uf8si]

​@@Liam.Walsh96you are a brit 😂😂😂😂😂

[@firstordersaint7659]

Idk how many people know about this but my nan told me this story which came from Northern Ireland. This British soldier got friendly with an Irish family who kept on inviting him to their house for dinner. This would keep on going on for a while so they could earn his trust. However, the army caught wind of this. During one night the soldier exited the house and went towards his car and he was stopped by other soldiers who alerted him to an IED under his car.

[@owenrussell5162]

Fucking terrorist cunts

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

Damn shame they caught wind. Wouldve been a good ending for that pig

[@ShortArmOfGod]

Absolutely apocryphal.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

Never happened and if it did it was deserved

[@lanerussett]

@@GAMER123GAMING :( no one deserves hate if they are truly nice :( i am sad and worried about Europe even though I am American. it is hard to accept the hatred

[@theholyvector]

most soldiers there looked like they hated the war, and they probably did, my grandad, however, was the opposite, when he got bored of a job, he would either get in trouble, or up and leave, the army kept him on hit toes, gave him structure and routine, and being bomb disposal in the royal engineers, he was almost always up to something. an amazing man, god rest his sole

[@gingeristhebest21]

Those of us who served in NI know what it was like a picture tells a thousand words

[@chriswilde7246]

Some soldiers that served in The Troubles say it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. To me? It was the worst of times, all the time!! Derry/Londonderry, end 1982 to end 1984..

[@georgea7022]

Fuck the IRA

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

Kill many children?

[@chriswilde7246]

@@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf No Kurtz, did kick a few up the ass for chucking stones and petrol bombs at us, I would have shot them if I'd had the chance, unfortunately I wasn't in a position to.. Of course we didn't, clearly your being an idiot!

[@georgea7022]

Walter E. Kurtz you’re stupid

[@duineeireannach6588]

Ah yes, the *Dark days*

[@mannam9468]

You speak like it's currently not darker days.

[@CrazyMonkey679]

Man Nam well considering what Northern Ireland was like back then..yes they were definitely darker days than what it is now

[@mannam9468]

@@CrazyMonkey679 I say stuff like that will come back eventually, given how everything has just been going continuously downhill over time.

[@mannam9468]

That's my concern.

[@duineeireannach6588]

@It’s ya boy who? Us and the British?

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

The Irish are going mental in the comments

To be fair to them, we can understand. I mean, if I was forced to live in Ireland, I'd also be angry all the time. ;-)

[@Coilin101]

With good reason

[@zach4936]

@ ooooof

[@dreadpiraterobertsii4420]

Anglus Patria Ino lets go England 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Irish are homophobes I love England 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@Coilin101]

@@dreadpiraterobertsii4420 that's a very big accusation considering we legalised gay marriage before Britain 🇮🇪😂

[@williamcrowley788]

These things suck for everyone on every side, ptsd, disabilities, loss of friends and family, hatred, “justified” or not, wastes a lot of everyone’s time. I’d like to think problems would fade with time but we all know better. No such thing as a glorious justified war where every killing is celebration and every soldier or freedom fighter or psycho terrorist a saint at least until the space aliens invade. I’ve heard stories from those times in NI and currently try to help ex soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan. Can just imagine what some of those soldiers and civilians went through.

[@puffodmuff3981]

"Wastes a lot of everyone's time." You know they were fighting for something, right? They didn't just say, "Hey I wanna fight someone".

[@viviennehickey6580]

One of the best comments if I may say. My only concern is that sentence as well.( "waste of time") I get you though. If you never experienced the evil, psychotic like, hatred. From people who know nothing about you, or your family. (Apart from the exaggerated stories or myths force fed from their Ma's knee up). I mean on both sides btw. If you knew nothing about it, and landed from another continent. 'Theoretically' Ask the gang's of youth rioting, or a gunmen: "what's the murder all about mate?" The answer you get, Will sound crazy to an outsider. Unless you have a few days to spare. To get the history of the both communities that is. You're going to think that. Apart from that. Great comment btw.

[@williamcrowley788]

Thank you both for comments, opinions noted

[@thefightisalwaysfixed8890]

No peace, no surrender

[@keno77777]

William Crowley war is a necessary evil.

[@brandonbutler6224]

From someone from Northern Ireland it was worse than you can imagine I wasn’t alive back then but I’ve been told about all the horror and destruction that happened in the 80s so much poor people died

[@tarawalsh7045]

They did.

[@deathangel273]

1:50 Captain Price :D

[@gold8857]

Like in the Falklands

[@doctorchaotic3415]

Hes everywhere mate,always there

[@brianbates7866]

If I remember in his bio it mentions he served in Norther Ireland with the paras

[@Wardy7109]

Bravo six going dark Edited: I fix your bad english XMOD

[@TheAgrotechnik]

Nope, it must be Sean Connery.

[@nikhilpant6428]

this song is a cure for low testosterone level.

[@NaughtyBear05]

my dad was in the canadian infantry and told me how he knew guys from this conflict that got spooked everytime they heard a helicopter or any sort of loud noise. poor souls

[@tarawalsh7045]

Yes, my former spouse was a child when the shit hit the fan an his earliest memories sound like a dream. He thought the world sparkled but all it was was shattered glass. And the sound of the step when the army stopped at the houses: clang. He still has a deep, circular scar from being questioned on his way to meet a friend for his birthday. I've seen a few of them. You know the come from the rifle. Still he had the closest friends both sides and used to get them to keep me entertained with things like the military alphabet (which tickles me to no end. Foxtrot is the end of me), and showing me how fast it takes to dismantle a rifle and put it back together again. He didn't much like me but his friends were all good to me. I was raised by Marines straight out of Vietnam and I was my father's child so the things I learned. No wonder 'regular men' irritate the hell out of me. I wish I'd got that Para with the most amazing eyes i have ever seen on a man. Mine are emerald green and there is a crazy humour in them and his were not emerald green (that I could tell) but he still had the laughter in them. I know if he gave those eyes and that humour.... he's knock all hetero females and maybe anything living straight off their legs. I've never been brazen or coy so ... it's not something you learn being raised by a pack of wolves, I guess.

[@comeinhendy8931]

and when we go on night patrol, we hold eachother's hands

[@durbinmitchell]

"I've got a brand new shiny helmet and a pair of kinky boots"

[@reneecraig4173]

My good friend Bernie he is so in the UDR how ar how ar he will searching for weapons you'll go in here and far how ar how ar

[@MsPaintMr]

Homophobic i*ish vs British landchads

[@andrewmonster9985]

@@MsPaintMr why homophobic and not racist or something

[@heyhoe168]

@@andrewmonster9985 cause being homophobic is a personal offence for the british boy.

[@dalehuxtable6517]

My uncle fought in northern Ireland an he lost a bunch of his mates so he left the army

[@thomasmc9611]

Which army

[@user-je8qo5dz5w]

Karl Hanks you are piece dumb animal that always ready to asslick your English masters. Don’t tell me anymore that you are Irish. You sold your “irishness” for English money. Enjoy now.

[@user-je8qo5dz5w]

Karl Hanks and never tell Russians where they can or cannot “stay”.

[@Defaultname0000]

Unfortunately, Dale, not enough of your Uncle's mates died.

[@user-je8qo5dz5w]

Darren Richardson imbecile, read carefully what I said. And Chernobyl is in Ukraine, dumb animal. Read some books.

[@askindo5466]

All the Americans who are 0.00002% Irish saying they grew up fighting the brits no Tanner you grew up in the suburbs of Miami

[@o-o2399]

True plastic paddies

[@PennGaming]

😅

[@flacons2110]

difference is we won

[@theroundtable6371]

@@flacons2110 They won too lmao

[@davecawood9853]

I served in Northern Ireland several times, and for me it was a life experience I wouldn’t swop

[@markcanning8352]

I guess you didn't like patrolling around South Armagh, escorted by helicopters, when one one shot Paddy was about, 🇮🇪🤣

[@biteycat]

@Alex 28 Or blow them up like those 2 lads in Warrington.

[@commando4481]

Alex 28 The ira blew up a coach that contained soldiers and their families. There are several more incidents of children dying due to IRA cowardice.

[@JackMcNally15]

Xombie when did he say he supported the ira? Assuming he supports them because he’s nationalist is similar to assuming all muslins support Isis

[@jameshartley6161]

Alex 28 650 civilian fatalities by the IRA. You don’t have the slightest fucking clue what you’re talking about.

[@danielnewton5867]

This was such a terrible war. It went in and on and on and so many suffered. I hope we never go back to these times.

[@rush2124u2]

For a minute I though the British were using a FN FAL but no it’s the famous L1A1 semi auto 7.62 NATO round. She hits hard and far

[@thomasmc9611]

Cept the British used them pushed against heads

[@terryhudson4775]

SLR 7.62

[@lesliedodds4011]

@@terryhudson4775 762 every trip packs a hard punch my brother used in the IRISH GUARDS .

[@user-nx8je6qj1t]

FAL with imperial system bro...

[@rhodanjones5155]

L1a1 was just a semi auto fal, it used the same cartridge.

[@iljaoblomov]

one of your best ones for sure 5/5 thank you!

[@theonemesis5217]

A VERY GOOD VIDEO, WITH ERA FOOTAGE (... that brings back memories, of our youth) AND WITH THE MOST APPROPRIATE SONG, SINCE IT WAS, IN FACT, RECORDED BACK THEN, INDEED! ....WELL DONE!

[@jacquelinemullan4900]

I lived in north Belfast in N.lreland during the troubles and remember it very well, surely different times back then in the sixties and seventies etc.... i hope we never go back to the way it was the bombings , shootings and killings.My parents where a mixed marriage and lost two homes during the troubles.My mum's family and relations came from an army background and her uncle served in the army all over the world and seen what was happening in N.lreland in other countries and told them thid2 isn't going to end anytime soon get out of N.lreland.

[@Typhanos]

Well buckle up because this century is gona be fucked.

[@josephfrench5377]

Not looking good here in the United States ether.

[@atlanticocean7211]

Peace to all may peace last forever.

[@JackMcNally15]

Atlantic Ocean until they British government fuck it up again that is

[@K33MMOBILE]

British? Peace? Non existent.

[@matthew1882]

@@K33MMOBILE get in there then and start stirring or stop LARPing. The IRA campaign is over, if unification comes it will do so in the form of discussion and referendum . People like you have never experienced violence, fear or hardship amd it is painfully obvious. These times are over and the world is better for it.

[@abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186]

@@matthew1882 It sucks seeing kids who hunger for violence without knowing one bit of it. I say it sucks because these are the types organizations and armies love recruiting to further their own sick interests.

[@tarawalsh7045]

Peace is still a long way coming! sad to tell you.

[@LukeNuss1]

Oh, I've got a brand new shiny helmet, and a pair of kinky boots I've got a lovely new flak jacket, a lovely khaki suit And when we go on night patrol, we hold each other's hand We are the British Army, and we're here to take your land

[@maitredusoleilquatorze2726]

My good friend Nigel, he's in the SAS Oh yes, oh yes! He said a change is just as good as arrest Oh yes, oh yes! But now they've gone and posted him way down to Crossmaglen! He wishes to blazes he was back in jail again!!!

[@steveaustin6344]

Autism speaks

[@matthyitdatboy8382]

@@steveaustin6344 yup and says: "Autism speaks"

[@johnwatson3342]

Taig

[@joef1110]

@@johnwatson3342 hun

[@Alex_Guy1011]

0:26 The FN FAL rifles being aimed from the port holes is so well timed with the song.

[@Renegade_monkey_man]

L1A1 SLR’s not FN FAL’s

[@Alex_Guy1011]

@@Renegade_monkey_man FN FAL type if not any closer. The British license-produced them as the L1A1, except with wooden furniture instead of the later Green plastic one, which is why i call it more resembling the FN FAL.

[@Tony2438]

SLR not the FN FAL

[@Alex_Guy1011]

@@Tony2438 I don't think you've read the 2nd. reply.

[@Tony2438]

@@Alex_Guy1011 No mate did not see that

[@robertofraser101]

Thank you major samm as I child I went over in 1969 right at start of troubles live through that live through most things in life see tension in soldiers faces very much a mind games tension war thank you for video which shows people who may not know a bit of history thank god its all over now

[@puffodmuff3981]

Tensions are back now with the Brexit as people don't know if there'll be any sorta border again up North.

[@thefightisalwaysfixed8890]

For now....

[@puffodmuff3981]

@Brendan W Why should I trust you?

[@naufalakbar2012]

Major samm, can you made about Indonesia? Operasi seroja, 1998 riots, ambon riot, poso riot etc with song?

[@Coilin101]

It unbelievable to think that even the Irish flag was banned in the six counties and that if it was on a coffin and a funeral the psni or military would rip it off pure disrespect

[@dreadpiraterobertsii4420]

Anglus Patria England must be some sh1thole if the brigade fighting so hard to not go back

[@texannapalmdealer1109]

@Anglus Patria this shows your Britain is weak you guys could not even keep a few countries

[@texannapalmdealer1109]

@Anglus Patria They have at least been defeated by america twice ireland held them off for several years and they got their asses handed to them by the gurka's and zulu's

[@Coilin101]

@Anglus Patria that has nothing to do with what I said

[@Coilin101]

@Anglus Patria I never said anything about the British empire

[@lennonkelly-james2693]

I've spoken with family who served in Northern Ireland and lived in England during the troubles and it sounds absolutely horrible. Imagine being sent to a country as a young adult with a gun having to keep the piece between different terrorist factions both loyalists and nationalists who blend into a population that Hates you and who's goals are to blow you, each other and innocent civilians up. The UK hadn't been in a real war in most of the populations lifetime so people were understandable terrified having constant bomb warnings and murders all around.

[@dmcd3895]

To the people arguing in the comments. It’s not worth it. So pack it in for fuck sake.

[@daddysfatsausageinyourbumb4419]

Will said If your not from the place you just never know

[@frankunjuttu06]

Somehow 0:33-0:42 is my favorite scene from this video. Maybe ’cause that these weapons and uniforms are cool.

[@quangcaodo8864]

2:31 to 2:53 for me

[@Juk5uttaja]

Suomalainen Frank

[@dmcd3895]

@@quangcaodo8864 it’s like a movie

[@lmilly1359]

They look even cooler being dragged off

[@symeremeyers4148]

All the British “soldiers” deployed in Ireland belong in prison.

[@epicninjasky1112]

save yourself don't scroll down

[@johnchalleen3278]

Damn...this was like halfway through. Needless to say that I'm stopping here.

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

Had to scroll down to find this comment so it kinda defeats the point

[@cesarhernandez769]

I’m reenlisting for the Army after a year and a half of being out, and man is this song gonna be appropriate come this Wednesday

[@TheWaggishAmerican]

"We only have to get lucky once- you have to be lucky every time."

[@Squid728]

Country : Ireland Army : British Song : American Hotel : Trivago

[@BobisJobsonBBY]

Status Quo are British tho i don't get why they reference Uncle sam haha

[@chaz725]

Actually it was some of the most exciting times I've ever witnessed...a pure adrenaline rush..but pity the people killed injured in the province...rest in peace certain people I knew.

[@JackMcNally15]

Shouldn’t have been here in the first place

[@stevenbreach2561]

@@JackMcNally15 not our fault,we go where we were sent.I doubt many GIs had the option not to go to,Nam

[@JackMcNally15]

Steven Breach just following orders? Doesn’t seem like a good excuse

[@stevenbreach2561]

@@JackMcNally15 "just following orders"Hand on heart,I was there to stop the IRA and UVF from killing folk going about their lawful business.

[@stevenbreach2561]

@@JackMcNally15 You're right,bloody politicians fucking stuff up again,just don't blame the squaddies.

[@Journey_Awaits]

Every time you put marginally different people in a compact geographical area they will hate each other with vigour, every time

[@mbejmbej5668]

"War, what is it good for?!"- Seinfeld

[@irish-austrian7183]

Not about the troubles, but the section of the song where he says “Uncle Sam did the best he can” shows how much Europe relied on America during the cold war

[@cianosullivan9522]

No they didn't do u know anything about history

[@luke7522]

@@cianosullivan9522 They really did though is the thing. The Soviets likely would have taken all of Germany if not for the US, and likely other areas as well. It is just a matter of fact.

[@silvadossantos6803]

@@luke7522 France as well, is not a unlikely scenario to imagine all euro under soviético rule but britain.

[@michael522]

@@cianosullivan9522 They really did, the only reason post war germany, austria, netherland, belgium, italy and france didnt fall to communism was the vast amount of investment from the USA with the marshal plan. GCSE history

[@georgeirwin9649]

We only relied on you because America wanted us to keep fighting. If it was up to Europe we would have not had a Cold War.

[@Coilin101]

Oh I've got a brand new shiny helmet and a pair of kinky boots I've  got a lovely new flak jacket and a lovely khaki suit And  when we go on night patrol we hold each other's hands We are the British Army and we're here to take your land

[@vesical7952]

Kinky boots nice song

[@vesical7952]

@Jason relax it's a damn Irish nra song

[@Coilin101]

@Jason no not really

[@Daneclaw]

@@Coilin101 The majority of nations have taken land from others at least once in their history.

[@Coilin101]

@@Daneclaw kinda just Britain, France, Spain,Portugal, Denmark, Japan

[@sandwich5603]

everybody gangster till the cars smell like fertilizer

[@adrianocollinzo5712]

Nice

[@lsnows]

I don't know about you guys, but the British FAL, the L1A1 has got to be the coolest weapon EVER!!

[@roranger6208]

Wish it was still in service today

[@lsnows]

@@roranger6208 I hear you. That L85 has a bad reputation. Known as the "civil servant" it never worked and couldn't be fired.

[@roranger6208]

@@lsnows Yeah, reliability isn't a problem with the A2 and A3 variants, its just the poor ergonomics and weight balancing issues

[@willfoster2635]

The SLR was semi-automatic. It only fired single shots, which lessened collateral damage (unlike the IRA, etc). The problem lay with the barrel. It was too long. Not ideal for use in an urban environment.

[@GanjaMasterBlaster]

You're not the only one here, I LOVE THE FN FAL and the L1A1 SLR Same with the G3 rifles I still wish it was in use It feels kinda boring how so many countries now just use 5.56 Also whenever i play some fps like a tactical one I always choose an fn fal If there's no fn fal, then G3 I love Project Reality Also love the mini mods like ww2, vietnam And even Falklands War, Both British and Argy sides use FN FALs Atleast variants, and also variants of the Hi Power pistol It's a shame the troubles won't be in as a mini mod because of how touchy the subject is Also hope there will be a Cyprus map Based on the turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 I know the Greeks mostly used G3A3s They still used old british weaponry But they did in fact used FN FALs in some way

[@Blunt_Raz0r]

2:21 Interesting, look at that girl in the background, she keeps a distance from a soldier and when he stops so does she. Probably she doesn't want to be shoot/blast with him during IRA ambush/bomb attack.

[@mnd7381]

@Jagd if a group of militants target the army, it's not a bad idea to keep close to crowds.... anybody would do that.

[@bendebeer8607]

F.... man, this really gripes me in the guts!! These are the images of my youth, Belfast, the IRA lads checkmating 40K soldiers and 20K constables; the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Selous scouts in the bush, the Rhodesian war on the ther side of the world ..... so many memories packed that shaped me into the person I am now.....

[@justonecornetto80]

The IRA checkmated nobody. As soon as British special forces took the gloves off and began wiping out their active service units, they screamed not fair and put the peace feelers out. I had just completed my first month in the army when we got the news that the IRA's so called elite had been turned into colanders by the SAS at Loughgall. We had a party in the mess when the SAS got some more of them at Gibraltar. After another SAS ambush at Coagh, Martin McGuinness sent a letter to the British government telling them that the conflict was over. About 12 years after that, the IRA was shown just how comprehensively they had been penetrated by the British intelligence services. They started murdering each other after that. I was serving in NI at the time. We had another party.

[@bendebeer8607]

@@justonecornetto80 You sound pissed-off by what I wrote, but it certainly wasn't my intention towards anybody. You have to admit that if you have to insert a world-class elite while you have thousands of troops and a complete constabulary on the ground, there IS a big problem.....

[@justonecornetto80]

@@bendebeer8607 Not pissed off at all. I just feel it necessary sometimes to correct some people's misperception of the IRA as plucky gentlemen terrorists who cunningly outwitted the British army. They were in fact nothing more than a pack of armed criminal scum who used women and children as human shields which is why a precision instrument like the SAS was used to deal with them whenever possible. What you have to realise is that unlike the IRA, the army had a strict arrest policy which was difficult to execute when the provos could whip up an instant riot with kids throwing bricks petrol bombs and you're constantly aware that a stray bullet from your rifle could land a massive propaganda coup for the IRA and you a manslaughter charge. Don't buy any of their bullshit about not targeting civilians either because they murdered innocent farmers in the border areas simply because they were Protestants. They even terrorised their own communities by murdering anyone who spoke out against them. They raped women and they sexually abused children, none of which could be reported to the authorities out of fear of being branded an informer or a "tout". The big man himself Gerry Adams even covered up his father's disgusting sex crimes then doubled down by covering up his brother raping and sodomising his own daughter. That was the true calibre of the IRA.

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@justonecornetto80 300 IRA members died in all the troubles while over a thousand british army personnel died... hmmmmm what a big win

[@GAMER123GAMING]

@@justonecornetto80 Wheres your proof for all this bud?

[@drunkenn1nja]

1:50 captain price

[@jasonguy6829]

Great song still listening in 2021

[@AD-xg4nu]

Tv like this is calming for some reason

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

I don't support or approve Brits there but their uniforms looked super cool in my opinion

[@repeatedaction4273]

Aye the power of dpm and flak jackets

[@raygreen5926]

And the ghost of Robert Nairac still haunts Ravensdale forest and nevermore return to his homeland

[@jeffersonwright9275]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nairac

[@raygreen5926]

Yes, it's about this time 44 years ago this very night he was on stage singing a rebel song but already some people were growing suspicious of him. It was 14th May 1977, and within hour the name of Robert Nairac would enter into Ulster folklore. An enigma to the end

[@user-bo4vm8de1t]

Жизнь военных не назовешь лёгкой по этому моё уважение солдатам и офицерам которые тянут службу в далеке от дома

[@yup6987]

Not that far from home it was in their country

[@iwankorzhenevskiy9287]

@@yup6987 are we gonna argue if i say british troops invaded Ireland, therefore it wasn't their country?

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

@@iwankorzhenevskiy9287 yeah they invaded it alright, the thing is that the majority of people in N Ireland wanted to remain as a part of Britain, not the Republic of Ireland. So in this situation it's the IRA invading them

[@ulsterinfidel9897]

​​​@@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING wouldn't say Ireland was invaded because most people that came to during the plantation of Ireland from mainland Britain was Scottish so that means fellow celts which I may point out originally came from mainland Europe stretching from France, Germany and the Czech Republic but yes seeing the my wee country is part of the UK it was more of an IRA invasion especially when most IRA terrorists that was murdering people on the border was from the Republic of Ireland and I like yer name the communists are a waste of oxygen just like Irish republicans

[@Tony2438]

Thanks

[@dancrossley8204]

Worth watching for the song. Takes me back

[@bigmanchungie8685]

Jeez, my mum was telling me about when she heard a bomb go off in Banbridge, she said the glass was shaking outside the hair dressers

[@cheekyweebugger3621]

HEY I live in banbridge :D

[@yuvr4jtyagi]

Do a remastered version of this one!!

[@xoras3085]

equimpment of British army looks better than US even at that time 🤟

[@NKR804]

DPM❤❤❤

[@sundancetitan5675]

That 70s-80s British military kit just looks so cool icl it’s just too beautiful

[@AnonAnonAnon]

Best time of my life. Two tours, 1988 and 1994.

[@tarawalsh7045]

Not 92?

[@henryhunter1015]

is there a link to the origonal song to this Edit: nvmd im dumb and didnt see the song in the descript

[@rafac946]

The british look so badass in those uniforms i want one

[@_e_6456]

Ikr, I'm trying to collect it but currently have only gloves.

[@fbiagent9666]

The moustache is extremely important

[@andrewflow7033]

we are the british army,.,,, u all know the lyrics guys

[@OCinneide]

@@andrewflow7033 some kinky boots

[@dimmadometv]

Tbh that 70s and 80s british helmet looks kinda fire

[@lionsandeaglespodcast360]

ULSTER STAYS FREE!

[@monteur9398]

Dear Major, Your Channel ist a compilation of living History!The people forget and i Hope you are Not angry of my comments. With respect i Salute you Sir!

[@thebrit1976]

SLR obliterate concrete at 1000 meters 💥🇬🇧

[@nicholasslater3638]

These were young lads! As usual!

[@thewildcolonialboy8034]

Brother against brother.

[@ugougo5188]

Like every war

[@1anre]

Was that Johnny Macleese in the Video Thumbnail?

[@rorymccann9198]

nope ,,mac is not in this video,

[@lorenzopellegrini6720]

This was one of the few videos that made me really feel something, I don't what it was, but I felt it. Love it and love the music, really an outstanding work

[@thomasmcguinness365]

I know what I felt, fucking hatred.

[@HaltonMusic]

hahaha don’t run out of potatoes again lad

[@thomasmcguinness365]

@@HaltonMusic that's really funny and clever, how long did it take you to come up with that one?

[@HaltonMusic]

Ionic Grenade You silly mug ireland will always be part british

[@thomasmcguinness365]

@@HaltonMusic I imagine that's what they said in the 1920s aswell. Now that our trading arangment is completely different from the UK's and how most people would vote for a united Ireland. Independence is closer than ever. You haven't a fuckin' clue about what you're on about.

[@aryadeepghosh9782]

Even an European version of Kashmir existed.

[@sambeach2726]

It was Harold Wilson, British Labour Pm who sent in British forces in August 1969 to quell rioting.

[@snug-fibbage7441]

0:37 it looks like they are running into the black void

[@footfinger8195]

Doom: ireland

[@bottomgear5821]

@@footfinger8195 haha

[@TheAgrotechnik]

1:49 - Sean Connery?

[@user-xd8nr3bx3x]

Шон Коннори R. I. P🕯️31.10.2020 г.

[@yolanda8563]

With the amount of Irish in England, Scotland and Wales and therefore the armed forces the troubles was essentially brother fighting brother.

[@Tony2438]

I was in the Army and did tours in the '70s and '80s I neve met my Grandfather I found out he was Irish From Armagh and he was IRA WTF

[@liamhannahgeorgia]

Anyone know anything about 2nd Yorkshire kings light Infantry? the 51st please ?

[@ironphoenix4561]

Love these videos. Real works of art!

[@noahboat580]

The FAL must've been such a nice gun for an urban environment like this. Small for closed environments, great stopping power and control, still using wood and not early plastics

[@FluffyBuzzard2TheMax]

FALs are not small, they are long and heavy compared to something like an m4. They are much better for non urban combat zones

[@SerbonOfficial]

*L1A1. Sorry I had to do it.

[@absolute_boyo6666]

@@SerbonOfficial *SLR

[@ol6374]

I used sa80 and fals in the Provence, when you fire a 80 you think oh well I might have wounded some one, when you fired that 762 you knew the chap wasnt going home.

[@mauzki-]

The issue with the SLR was carrying ammo for the thing and urban combat it was very long, the SA80 that replaced it was better for urban combat, the A1 didn't too bad in NI as it wasn';t in the conditions it hated. Though I remeber correctly the UK forces did use m16s from time to time.

[@kingkaka2625]

can you make one on kargil war '99?

[@guts5135]

Theres still an I.R.A sniper that goes around my town, he's sound but hes a bit mad. He wears a fez and a leather jacket that he painted the back tipp colours😂 He also sells potéen.

[@guts5135]

@42 well hes selling potéen and brown so I'd say so, some of the lads in my year knock on the door for a chase. He comes out with a bow saw 😂 would like to get caught by him.

[@guts5135]

@42 basically just moonshine made from potatoes and brown is heroin.

[@guts5135]

@42 ya most do go to selling drugs, back in the 90s they used to hang drug dealers by their legs from portroe bridge.

[@guts5135]

@42 alcohol made from potatoes has to be the most stereotypical irish thing ever😂

[@guts5135]

@Brendan W makes bucky look like water.

[@HappySerafim]

Would've been brilliant if u used ulster boy by sham 69 as the music

[@nsmiljanic648]

You best video, right before Milicija

[@localcrackhead4038]

I really appreciate you doing this tbh my knowledge before all this was just WWII and I thought there were no other wars.

[@johnydsmithson6834]

Those steel helmets are sic! Anyone know the model or where to buy some?

[@joshuaryan3202]

Mkiv helmet or turtle helmet the riot version is rare

[@johnydsmithson6834]

@@joshuaryan3202 awesome, thanks

[@texasbob2528]

1:50 Cpt Price making his bones

[@Oline1756]

2:50 I didn’t know, General Sheperd was part of the British Army

[@randomncrsoldier7162]

And I thought patrolling the Mojave was bad this takes the devil eggs

[@exakustodiankarpeev8617]

I saved this song in my playlist.

[@Bartimus543]

These boys didn't get the recognition they deserve.

[@Charles2k]

The lads sure did love the SLR.

[@user-nt6zg4fo6b]

Great rifle

[@sean1224]

London loves Libyan Semtex

[@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@sean1224 you can't even speak your language fenian

[@sean1224]

@@justinnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Libyan Semtex

[@walesdoesntsuck6635]

@@sean1224 Your country sucks and has contributed nothing to the world. Unlucky kid.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

I remember this Armenian version of this song I used to see in the Armenian channel in LA as a kid. I wish I could find it

[@thebritishmemecompany2556]

My dad told me he was posted in Belfast. he doesnt speak of it much, unfortunately for me as I haven't as much understanding of what it was like. But it must have been a very dirty war

[@owenrussell5162]

Same here but it was my grandad he didn't kill anyone but one of his freinds cars were rigged with a explosive

[@mathew92087]

This is such a cool video

[@JackMcNally15]

matthew dearing kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zprdf2RnZtGLi8k