British Army's youngest recruits take on first combat exercise in sub-zero conditions

[@Andyschannel-ph9sw]

RESPECT to you All

[@哨戒艦fi-ranmsansame]

I'm Japanese, but even though I'm busy, Scottish music and the songs of the British Grenadiers are indispensable to me.

[@Mymanbrd]

🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵

[@01karmacop]

Look up Glasgow Celtic FC we thank Japan for the trophies

[@zeroxception]

I remember my first cold night. They had us smashing up ice on a runway by punching it with our bare hands. No particular reason. Later at about 3am, we found we were one short and the guy nicknamed "Lurch" had fallen asleep in a ditch at minus 8 degrees. That guy could sleep anywhere.

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

These future Tommies look keen, best of luck to them o7

[@ShredCo]

Every single young recruit was white. There was no diversity here whatsoever. They are trying to convince White people's children to grow up to fight the Israeli wars that their parents did. There's no diversity in the people they want dead.

[@pgw1977]

If these instructors wore their berets with their cap badges any further around their heads, they would be backwards!

[@diabeetus5052]

That’s what hats do

[@samuelgarrod8327]

Do well lads. ❤

[@goodcat1982]

4:44 gopping face cam followed by proper face cam

[@Grumpylove]

My memories of “brats” was, Dash, Down, Crawl, Observe, Set sights, Fire…Repeat. Meanwhile the LMG Gunner lays down suppressing fire. Funny what you remember nearly 45 years later.

[@aieverythingsfine]

You can tell you had a proper drilling! Its that level of drill that keeps people alive. Totally Automatic.

[@jablot5054]

No rounds in the magazine , no rounds in the chamber. Tattooed on my brain.

[@SquidieTentacles]

Anybody know why they've got L85A2's at the start?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Because A2s are commonly used for training, whilst A3s are more heavily used on ops.

[@DjentyDjamie]

It's normal. Recruits train on the older variant. And then they're introduced to the a3 when they make it though their initial training. They'll then train on the a3 and continue working on their skills and drills with the unit they're with

[@MrKlipstar]

Hey,Judes. .😅

[@Eurofighter-15]

Do you have to cut your hair when joining, even if it's log for religious reasons?

[@lindasapiecha2515]

👍😊❤️

[@Joshua78b]

Is that the A1 😮😮

[@pandarama43]

A2 with older Handgard.

[@4002corbe]

A2, my old fruit …

[@RamblesBrambles]

A kinsal would wipe out a troop...

[@fredslipknot9]

And wtf is a “kinsal” then?

[@seemopps]

@@fredslipknot9 its a russian missile but just ignore this idiot, he's a russian bot

[@garagenigel]

I think your boss would have run out of soldiers let alone missiles by the time the British get involved!

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Not really, that's why formations disperse and don't just stand around in predictable clusters

[@meme4one]

A kinsal would likely fail to launch, be a dud, get jammed or shot down when fired at British troops.

[@enniruth]

🙄😒

[@lachlanchester8142]

What’s this for then

[@misterbig9025]

When are they going to Ukraine?

[@Orbital_Inclination]

Never

[@Hasdac1896]

Never, we don't want a war with Russia. They would kick the Brits arse, seeming they could fit the British army in a large stadium and now the government has got rid of helicopters and ships, and you want to send them to Ukraine... LOL

[@RamblesBrambles]

I don't think the british army are under the realisation that a 3rd world war would just see men sat in trenches for months at end

[@fredslipknot9]

Would it, how do you know? Besides, even in that context, you still need to know basic infantry skills like are being taught here.

[@garagenigel]

😂😂😂

[@arkaem7549]

they are litterally doing trench training now lol

[@RASPUK]

And this comment is off the back of watching a video of junior soldiers learning live and operate in the field???

[@meme4one]

British doctrine is not to get bogged down in trenches if at all all possible.

[@Bpd0177]

Dont that Rupert look ally with that much cam cream on and his day sack clipped together 👀👀👀

[@lachlanchester8142]

People will find the most standard practices and make fun of officers for doing it 💀

[@him050]

@@lachlanchester8142you could have the most component, conscientious, and hard working JO in the world. They’re still just gonna get labelled a Rupert and laughed at by old sweats.

[@Вивсівідстій]

0:35 that stupid-looking plume must blend in very well with the surrounding foliage. You have given your enemy a nice aiming point lieutenant.

[@Orbital_Inclination]

They don't wear it on ops, genius, they have helmets for that

[@SodaPrezsing]

What enemy? It's just field training

[@KWAYIB]

When in the field we don’t wear berets it’s just training and he is part of the training team so it’s ok to wear in that scenario.

[@KWAYIB]

They don’t scream and shout 😂😂 what’s changed, the screaming and shouting is good it gets you out of that comfort zone.

[@aieverythingsfine]

Usually we wear full 12th century battle regalia and a 10ft trailing flag from our combat dragons. So thats pretty stealthy relativley speaking.