BRITISH ARMY SPECIAL FORCES AIRBORNE SURVIVAL KIT Unpacking Full Contents!

[@kevinroberts781]

For it's size, that is a fantastic kit!!!!

[@procaliberhq]

It is pretty well packed, I was surprised at how much gear they fit in there.

[@behindthespotlight7983]

5:05 even in the most perilous circumstances trying to create cover from a folded mylar space blanket is like trying to stitch together two pieces of Velveeta. Aside from a decent knife THE item to add to any and all survival kits is a 3-4mil contractors bag (or two) Even they are less than ideal due to becoming soaked from your own perspiration whilst using them for anything other than a tarp

[@Wolfram762]

Thats a pretty nice kit. Thatnks for the review, also caught some of your other vids and you ha e a new subscriber now brother! Your content seems genuine and you dont try to blow smoke up you viewers asses, MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!!!

[@procaliberhq]

Glad ya like the content and happy to have ya aboard the channel! Lots of fun stuff planned for upcoming content! Stay Tuned!

[@samearry4291]

Pliers can be definitely useful for survival in the wild. On top of intended use (fixing equipment and devices including firearms) you can: remove fish hooks from your skin, pull a bad tooth and suture wounds (floss and needles are in the kit), DIY things from fence wire and tin cans (billy cans, alcohol stoves, fastenings) and lastly lifting hot pots from the campfire without burning your gloves

[@procaliberhq]

For sure thanks for listing these out

[@JMD-er5jq]

you can use the tubing to syphon hard to reach water into the water bag

[@procaliberhq]

Yes!

[@robertnelson1098]

Use tubing to drink from SOLAR STILL... Use included large trash bag.... FYI ...

[@murda2999]

Nice review of a really nice kit!

[@procaliberhq]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Countryboy071]

Good review bro, saves us buying when u trying 😊

[@procaliberhq]

Happy to help

[@williamkious5349]

Certainly one of the better kits of this type I've seen!

[@procaliberhq]

For sure

[@agaig9812]

Always curious what the military uses

[@procaliberhq]

Its always interesting

[@PlainsmansCabin]

Its an airborne kit, hence the clips and sail needles/floss would be useful with the PARACHUTE for making shelter and other items. One must look at prepackaged kits with intent of their design. Military kits usually match the mission that they are added to. Liferaft kits are heavy into fishing and water collection. Parachute kits are usually more about signalling and shelter.

[@PlainsmansCabin]

I just looked up the NSN and it is no longer on the approved list, from what I can find. Even BCB lists it WITHOUT an NSN currently!

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks for all the Info!

[@dalerobertson45]

great video

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks!

[@gryswolf]

Decent review! Thank you. I like the satchel it came with. One question, though: What jacket are you wearing? I really want to purchase one. Greetings from South Africa

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks for watching! Here is a link to the jacket www.military1st.com/3170-1-brandit-performance-outdoor-jacket-olive.html

[@babarama283]

I wonder if there's any documented stories of soldiers using these prepared kits to survive, esp. in the jungles of Nam?

[@procaliberhq]

Thats something I've not really looked into. But now I plan to. Thanks for the comment

[@rogerjensen5277]

Good video! One thing: please carry that knife upright so if it gets bumped or snagged on something you don't lose it or worse get cut by it!

[@procaliberhq]

I appreciate the concern but it has very strong retention

[@guadalupeskitchen3734]

Nice kit!

[@procaliberhq]

Thank ya!

[@clab54]

I don’t understand why most people don’t know the amount of gear you carry in airborne. That kit would be throw away because of weight. We carried water, weapons, food and Shelter. Maybe for the aircrew or for look good. I just don’t see any special operations are airborne infantry carrying that.

[@robshirewood5060]

Depends on which Army, their level of training, if SERE trained (yes UK do have SERE from well before the US forces), at what level of risk, personal choice, level of general survival experience, (UK senior survival specialist was a pilot who had reduced visual acuity and became a Survival Instructor and re-wrote the book), if they have endured a real life survival experience, and what personal additional items or mandatory items are carried etc Every one i have encountered over 20 years has carried a kit similar to this, sometimes in a tin sometimes a pouch, or pouches. So which Airborne are you referring to?

[@GLEN1061]

Lay it all out in orderly fashion so the whole kit can be viewed, this YT needs lots of work!

[@procaliberhq]

Always a work in progress haha The main reason I didn't do that is after I got near the end The wind got up more intense and kept blowing everything off my table.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

No way is that Larpers kit issued in any branch of the UK military.

[@procaliberhq]

I believe so

[@jakemcclellan8399]

That looks like a nice Kit. I enjoyed your video. Be sure to let us know when you are going to camp with this Kit. Jake McClellan The Oregon Boy 👦

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks my man! I hope to get it out and test it ASAP

[@Highway541]

I'm really fascinated with a survival kit, I hope they will selll it in a very affordable price here in my country. It will cost around $30-$50 here with just 1 packaging like that. Just like I saw someone sells 1 MRE for around $15 or converted in PHP 2000.

[@procaliberhq]

It has a pretty solid value especially considering the high end components that are in it.

[@PokeEyeSlapSlap]

British SF wouldn’t use this, they have their own personal Belt Kit with items they deem necessary to carry on the kit and worn at all time’s especially for E&E

[@procaliberhq]

If I had to guess these kits are stored in pre packaged kits in vehicles and such

[@kevinmoore2929]

​@@procaliberhqit's an AIRBORNE survival kit. Why would it be in a vehicle? This would be issued as a supplemental kit "looks like". If it "looks like" a duck, it's a duck. "Looks like" you might want to do some research or else you will "looks like" a poser. Oops. Too late.

[@procaliberhq]

I'm one of the few people on youtube who actually take these kits out into the mountain and do overnight test videos. I'm just not familiar with how the European forces implement this type of kit and there wasn't much info online either. @@kevinmoore2929

[@infoscrolls]

@@kevinmoore2929 cringe

[@Lettusfarm]

​@@kevinmoore2929 Also the same guy that doesn't know why you would rotate degrees to read a compass. This is pretty much a show and tell

[@hokudadog7637]

Great kit, thanks for sharing the items and your thoughts about them. A snare demo would be great!

[@procaliberhq]

Glad you enjoyed the video! I do plan on doing some snare demo setups in vids once the cold weather rolls back around

[@jeffharper9703]

Oh aye, there ye go, wind can be a boabbie daddy'o 😂

[@procaliberhq]

Indeed haha

[@cardiacbob]

I agree with a lot of the comments here. This kit is too big and bulky (and nothing is in orange b/c you're using it in a tactical environment). However, may be "Airborne" isn't Paratroopers, maybe it's supposed to be "Air Crew"? In the US military (Army, anyway), your survival gear is spread-loaded in three layers: 1. On your body, 2. In your LBE/Plate Carrier, and 3. In your Rucksack. You wouldn't usually be carrying a contractor or trash bag, b/c you'd have a poncho or basha. In layer 1 or 2 you might have a space blanket, or in layer 2 or 3 you might have a casualty blanket. Most grunts carry a folding knife, and ALL combat engineers carry a Leatherman or SOG multi-tool. And oh ya... if you're E&E-ing, you wouldn't want to be carrying around an open-top water bag!?! In a combat zone you can ALWAYS find a bottle or errant canteen to use if you literally have nothing else to carry water in. That large Ziploc is nice, but not heavy duty enough to carry stuff. Maybe it's supposed to be an aspiration bag?

[@procaliberhq]

Agreed

[@darrenbarrass1213]

It’s not a trash bag but a bivi bag

[@stickyweasel8837]

This is NOT U.K. S.F. issue, the nato stock number does not exist. The BSB company does not make issued kit for H.M. Forces, it's available in the Naafi or in the USA the P.X. Completely fake.

[@procaliberhq]

I'm just unboxing what I see haha

[@AdRn_UK]

The compass is made by Sun Company in Japan and is the minicomp II baseplate compass, the rotating bezel is used the same way a larger base plate compass is used, and it's calibrated in Mills instead of Degrees and has an arrow on the baseplate to read your bearing. The standard version Sun Company makes is in Degrees and has the Sun logo on it. Wazoo survival kit compasses are also made by sun Company. These minicomp II base plate compasses are only included in their top end version kits, the other compasses they sell are cheap Chinese rubbish. I have 1 of these kits I bought a few years ago and also the BCB military issue aircraft mark 4 survival kit, which has some of the same components. BCB are the only official survival kit manufacturer to the British military, but their kits are usually low quality items with a few good quality items thrown in. The American military survival kits are sooooo much better in every way from what I have seen and are good quality components, proven to work for decades of testing, like the doan magnesium and flint bar, the camilus pocket knife, high quality wire saw handles that screw into the saw blades and come with 2 replaceable blades, (I cut the ends of a couple of spare bcb wire saws to use with mine and can use it even when it eventually breaks by re tightening the screw onto a snapped end to create a shorter saw blade).

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks for the detailed comment!

[@dwaynestewart6095]

that would definitely be a handy piece of kit Dwayne

[@procaliberhq]

For sure!

[@alphabears6342]

I would remove the fishing kit and repair kit and concentrate more on signaling for rescue if you’re a lost airborne soldier. Fishing and eating would not be on my priority list. My priority would be signaling to get rescued. I am sure that the soldiers already would have a pink/orange panel, rescue flares, IR illuminator, and radio on their second tier or combat load.

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks for the tips

[@gordontyree4308]

Best Glide kits are far superior to BCB, hands down!

[@procaliberhq]

I def want to give those a try in the future

[@canadafree2087]

Any British military here? Not impressed by much of what BCB puts out, seems more like gear sold to civilians to look like military. I know they have a few NSN items like the FireDragon, but how much of their gear is actually used by the military?

[@procaliberhq]

So far the quality of the BCB gear seems solid the canteen cook kit is really nice. I'll be doing an overnight field test with this kit very soon. I am pretty sure the do carry the combat/military tin kits on thier first line gear

[@michaelhamilton7111]

BCB do make some good kit that are in use with squaddies. However this appears to be aimed at the wannabe folks.

[@PokeEyeSlapSlap]

UKSF wouldn’t use this shit to be honest. Each Trooper would have their own personal Belt Kit for E&E, Survival Situations and that Belt Kit would have items in it specifically chosen by themselves and what’s required.

[@wernesgruder1]

Looks like one of those kits that are produced on a top tight budget for mass production. If I was in the UK army I’d sell that on eBay to some weekend warrior and spend the money making my own. I’ve had one of those multi tools and they are truly dreadful quality. I’d rather have a few scalpel blades. Those water tablets do not work on water with a lot of sediment or debris in. A piece of nylon stocking would be a good pre filter and weigh next to nothing. Epic fail would be my judgement on this kit. No fire extender - candle, rubber inner tube, crushed fuel tab. No key light. Not even any band aids or alcohol pads. Must be the only survival kit that needs another survival kit to make it any use at all.

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

I carry marbles for making shelters with a mylar blanket. I teach survival and have been 11 survival schools. Trust me. We wouldnt have carried something that big and bulky in airborne. Theyre just using the name for marketing purposes.

[@procaliberhq]

Thanks for the informative comment. I've had a perfect success rate so far using soft black soil or clay dirt to make buttons for my mylar blanket setups. I feel like I'd loose the marbles every time haha

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

@@procaliberhq lol i hear a lot of lost marble jokes when I mention them. But consider the advantages. Small smooth as glass 😂, and they can be used as slingshot ammo. Only list one physical marble in all these years. Now being married to a bi-par woman really made me lose my marbles 😂😂😂

[@procaliberhq]

@@dirtyscoundrel2013 Haha I'll try to remember to pick up some marbles next time I see em the store.

[@dirtyscoundrel2013]

@@procaliberhq I stole mine from the neighbor kid 😆

[@AdRn_UK]

Plastic airsoft ball bearings or steel ball bearings should also do the same job, the steel being actual legal slingshot ammunition, as in the UK we can't use stones to hunt or kill animals and so shooting stones with a catapult towards any animal is considered as stoning to death or at least attempted and is a criminal offence, so we have to use ball bearings. Not sure on other countries laws but they might have also outlawed it.

[@howardcopestake1036]

Did anybody tell this “survival guru” that the first rule of survival is never spread your kit out in the open and really dont do it in a high wind!!!

[@procaliberhq]

Gata make it more challenging for myself haha

[@aeperformance6765]

What a joke. 100 bucks for this 🤣

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

Well, good thing KZbinrs like this make these videos so you can decide whether it's a waste for yourself or not if you bought it.

[@procaliberhq]

Thats what I'm here for haha

[@aeperformance6765]

@@procaliberhq 😂

[@Soldierup89]

Decent kit. Surprised there's no useful knife

[@procaliberhq]

They probably have a standard issued knife that would already be on thier person

[@normajeanhedlund7429]

nice kit but out of our budget.

[@procaliberhq]

Still a good reference point for building a DIY kit.

[@charlessalmond7076]

Algorithm comment

[@procaliberhq]

appreciate it!

[@vinceb4380]

Survival Kits have turned Woke! 😂😂😂

[@procaliberhq]

Indeed

[@gopherstate777]

Not what I would pack.

[@colinsynstar]

That kit is rubbish

[@procaliberhq]

Talk to BCB

[@razvanteleanu4302]

cheap and useless. ok, it's for an entire army, after all...

[@herbertdiaz4318]

Can see taking much out it's wrapping and use better quality items .space Blanket Aluminum foil About a18 by 18 pc