British Army tests futuristic urban warfare kit to the max

[@plasmaxer]

Nice to see soldiers keeping both eyes open when on the sights.

[@aidannnTV]

Is this sarcasm? Because, you're supposed to keep both eyes open when on the sights. haha

[@gurkhagaming8569]

First comment from Nepal Gorkhas.

[@ArielBerdugo]

Outstanding !!!

[@jonreid7957]

Gorkha??

[@mrghoulington2277]

Youre a fake.

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

@@jonreid7957 Both spellings are accepted 😊

[@maxie706]

@@jonreid7957Nepalese spelling, the British made the O a U for some reason

[@mickhall88]

Think the UK MOD need to sort out the basics before investing in new Gucci kit. Still using FV432s, Landrover has been out of production for years, Ajax and Boxer very overdue and our GBADS, artillery, armour etc are all inadequate for the threats we potentially face.

[@thereaper_unspoken7245]

Hope your ex serving or somthing. Think our country has dome fine for hundreds of years with its changes. Everyone underestimates the british even some british themselves unfortunately

[@mickhall88]

Beg to differ...1914 we were woefully ill prepared for the German advance into Belgium and got pushed back into a stalemate on the French border, which wouldve continued if the Americans hadn't joined the war and kept us supplied. 1940 we got spanked, due in part to inferior equipment. We wouldn't have won WW2 without the US (& Soviets to some extent). Britain did not win WW2 whether you like it or not...the allied forces did. The Falklands was an extremely close call, due to some very poor decisions made by senior officers with serious egos and I won't go into Iraq and Afghanistan (but we all remember the debacle of the SNATCH LRs and lack of helicopters. The troops/sailors and aircrew are nothing but professional and tough, absolutely no doubt, but you can't deny that successive governments have underfunded our military for decades.

[@chigeryelam4061]

"Automagically" 😂😂

[@terenceballands3321]

Awesome!!

[@rodrigues2793101]

Copehill Down!! I've spent a week training there. A complete scenery for every application of doctrines and TTP's you may think of.

[@adamdutton9922]

The question I always have is what is plan B? Plan A of a small but well equipped army looks wise. Nobody can predict the future - hopefully it’s prescient. But - if the first 70K troops into a major conflict get all the fancy kit what do the next 100k get if the French are right and we need big numbers? I’m worried that those kids will be sent off with a Lee Enfield and a Fiat Panda.

[@TheIceman567]

Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@Azog150]

If Ukraine is anything to go on, the British Army should be investing in thousands upon thousands of cheap and disposable drones.

[@ShmuckCanuck]

No Plan B is to make new guns More or less with the money we saved by not investing in a bunch of guns we didn’t need cause the problem is If we buy the weapons to equip ram army of half a million And we don’t fight a war for twenty years We’ll have to fight with those weapons So we have enough for a smal military Whxib eill essentiallt just buy us time to train a new Armt But in the event of a major war dude we’ll just natjonalzir industry and turn out a dirty number of weapons

[@SquirrelRichard]

I agree completely. I was there at this years AWE - the drones on show were awesome, but some carrying a price tag in excess of 100k - It's just not viable@@Azog150

[@tylersmith3139]

A big and bloated army isn't always the best especially in a modern war. Look at the gulf war or the Falklands, numbers don't necessarily win wars, the quality of your weapons do(although your ability to recreate them consistently is important as well). M1 Abrams were vastly outnumbered by Iraqi tanks yet US armour came out on top, leaving Iraqi forces vastly outgunned as they were losing tanks and the US wasn't. The Argentinian airforce held a numbers and had a home field advantage, yet they lost to the RAF because the RAF had the better aircraft that could outrange the Argentinian jets and take out several of them with ease, leading to British gradually gaining air superiority which made the possibility Argentina winning the war nigh impossible, leading to Argentine forces backing out. Point being, it's the quality of armies that will win wars, not necessarily how big they are. Countries maintaining well armed professional militaries works a lot better than building a big, but shabbily armed military that gets outgunned, by a more technologically advanced one.

[@ArielBerdugo]

Outstanding !!!

[@alanmcmillan6969]

Good. We have to be ready for possible events.

[@markriley2733]

Nice to see toby he was coldstream guards recce platoon commander back in the day a top bloke

[@TheIceman567]

Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@StephenButlerOne]

​@@TheIceman567of course he is British.

[@TheIceman567]

@@StephenButlerOne well I’d hope so

[@SanjarTheKingOfKings]

@@TheIceman567 What are you doing, why are you spam replying this comment

[@TheIceman567]

@@SanjarTheKingOfKings I’m not I’m asking

[@plm1740]

The British fight with such restraint, it’s almost gentlemanly. You should do something on what was learned from Afghanistan. Was it a case of free flowing Taliban vs weighed down squaddies fighting grandads war? Never fight the last war … future kit, future tactics. Small units - what will a modern engagement look like in 2030? Will it be slow and considered, or more freestyle. How long will an engagement be expected to last? Buildings or desert or both? Lots of questions

[@steveyates2091]

As a former MFC that mortar software is amazing !

[@dannyblackwell2426]

I know the UK army has been using the Black Hornet drone for few years now.

[@weeman9869]

Try more than a decade. We had them at the height of Herrick

[@kylecho2912]

You guys are still not done with those god awful SA80/L85 variants yet?

[@deavall1]

I do hope lessons learnt, hard learnt in Ukraine. Are being ploughed in to this kit. No finer example of CQB, Urban fighting and Drone warfare is being iteratively tested to destruction on a daily basis. Their OS-infosec is is also a great work as seen not all established mil coms survive first contact.

[@samwrigglesworth1240]

Proxy wars are perfect for experimentation

[@jeh966]

Its tea time

[@davidrobertsemail]

New fancy kit is great. Not enough soldiers, tanks, ammo etc. is the problem. As one general put it the shop front is full but there’s nothing in the shop.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Silent but violent

[@RoughWalkers]

How many have had to buy their own kit due to shortages then get AGAI'd for having none issue kit

[@dazza9326]

Different world from when I served.

[@Sidney1WG]

Same here mate.

[@patrickoneill2726]

All that tech and we pay for our enemies to live in our country

[@IO-zg8md]

Warfighter Window Cleaners Ltd

[@al28854]

3:13 what is that black/grey colored module under his left thumb, is that a camera??

[@british1139]

Its a laser pointer, used to fire a laser with the TES system they use. Essentially turns a blank firing rifle into a fancy laser tag gun aswell, so that the OPFORs TES system can register when they've been hit. That's what the black setup on his helmet is (His TES sensors)

[@plasmaxer]

Damn! that takes me back going through the village.

[@WyeExplorer]

Why on earth would you be telling the world this?

[@avrn1094]

all good until some sort of jammer gets used then what?

[@earthcitizen7245]

no kamikaze drones? grenade droppers? why put precious troops lives at risk when you can utilize drone swarms

[@Goon_Six]

Who says they aren't ; )

[@stuartdowling5984]

The british army is short on modern kit nevermind futuristic stuff

[@hjvdb6829]

AS long as you don't remove the human skill from training one Emp and you cant rely on any of your tech

[@TheIceman567]

Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@user-wn3cm6jf8e]

If it’s anything like our other gear ( trident , carriers etc ) I suggest they take the weekend off.

[@madcarew5168]

Urban Warfare.....but who against???

[@thecurlew7403]

You.😅

[@gaz3602]

Us

[@thecurlew7403]

@@gaz3602 70 000 troops wouldn't take on 50 million you don't need them its a bluff but they can make millions of slaughterbots with 1 gram of high explosives and maybe other bots theve created but my hope is in Christ not mortal man .🇬🇧✝️🙏

[@sitrepSNAFU]

You can't beat a battle map drawn on the back of a ratpack. Fact. No batteries required.

[@WhoThisMonkey]

About 17 years ago, I thought 'what if a soldier was wearing glasses that had augmented enemy positions, overlaid, their positions relayed by autonomous drones.' It isn't too unfeasible nowadays to create this sort of technology. The drone spots the enemy in cover, and your glasses then highlight that position for you in real time. Almost like a real life wall hack. You'd be looking through these glasses, and there would be a red dot where the enemy is, say in a window 60 feet away. Even more efficient if you have a swarm of autonomous drones flying around searching for potential threats with IR. Back then it seemed like something out of science fiction, nowadays, all the technology is there.

[@jools2323]

The 1st country to get 'proper' AI wins. Scary.

[@BornePlayss]

Futuristic while using sa80😂😂😂😂😂

[@gbglobetrotter]

Send this straight to Ukraine!

[@5732noel]

You don’t have AI!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cornbeef]

Seeing stuff like this just makes me think if Argentina decided to have another go at the Falkands, they wouldn't have a clue what hit them this time!

[@MegaLaidback]

AI directed warfare.

[@aidjunkie5335]

Sounds great but the Ukrainians who went through training at Copehill Down have been totally mince meated in the Donbas over and over again, recently to the tune of 90,000. Are we sure we are getting our tactics right?

[@jb76489]

Citation needed

[@RoughWalkers]

Wheres the story on the CO of 4 Med REGT being a hypocrite with takeaways 😂😂😂😂

[@joshb5798]

Got to update then rifles now, to bulky and the boys loose mobility

[@StephenButlerOne]

Bib that dolly on the ladder!!! Dont they teach rooe skills no more?

[@mikewinston8709]

Simple Yorkshire people……isn’t that the truth?……😂

[@PiperX1X]

Says the man who was obviously born with a silver spoon up his arse, at least simple yorkshire people aren’t inbred! X1X

[@TheIceman567]

@@PiperX1X Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@PiperX1X]

@@TheIceman567 never had a problem with our friends over the pond, and yes I’m British, I served with the Green Howard’s before there was a amalgamation and they became 2 yorks.

[@micahfrempong1600]

and if an enemy gets their hands on one of those tablets and can now see the positions of all out troops?

[@skepticalbadger]

Oh no! There's almost no chance that they've thought of this! Better email the OIC - I believe his name is Captain Obvious?

[@joe-vl3nd]

Why don't they use this tech on the illegal boats entering our waters 👎🇬🇧

[@nadimnasimi5313]

Now equip Ukraine with this technology 😂😂

[@TFC_now]

Need sort 5th column out in UK first, government isn't doing what we mandated them to do. Looking at current figures we are giving the country away.

[@Azog150]

What do you expect? We have had 13 years of a Conservative government whose overriding principal has been to shrink the state as much as possible, cut all government spending, and throw everything open to the mystical forces of "the market". Is it any surprise the Armed Forces have been shredded to the bone? The government is operating in a paralel reality.

[@sirrodneyffing1]

Has it been tested in Ukraine?

[@hourbee5535]

Give to Ukraine.

[@danielkrcmar5395]

We're so far behind Russia...

[@ShmuckCanuck]

Lmfao

[@jb76489]

In what metric? Casualties?

[@danielkrcmar5395]

@@jb76489 In that we're still testing this stuff and they're using it on mass in actual combat.

[@jb76489]

@@danielkrcmar5395 uh dude the Russian army can’t provide everyone with optics or first aid supplies, they’re not ahead lmao

[@danielkrcmar5395]

@@jb76489 Not every soldier needs optics and not every soldier needs first aid kits, that's why we have medics. The basic facts on the ground is that this new type of drone warfare has essentially thrown us back into WWI style combat and while we're sat doing tests in ideal, utopian situations Russia is learning first hand on the battlefield, using this technology en masse and having to adapt in real time as counter strategies evolve.

[@KurtBoulter]

When A.I. is being used in every aspect of the military, they will regret the day where A.I. makes the amoral choice, to turn all systems off, or display false telemetry, for its own purpose.

[@ashleygoggs5679]

AI will never function like that. It would be strenuously tested before being applied into a scenario were it can override systems.

[@TheIceman567]

@@ashleygoggs5679 Are you British? Do you like the USA and Americans?

[@mrtp4422]

You've been watching to many Terminator movies.

[@KurtBoulter]

@@mrtp4422 You have not been reading up about A.I. rather than referring to sci-fi movies. Two A.I. programs, within minutes talking to each other, created a new code language that humans could not understand, so they were shut down. Also, A.I. learning from the web, within a day of learning, hated the Jews and wanted to murder all humans. But hey, you go back to your fictional movies.

[@KurtBoulter]

@@ashleygoggs5679 You are either are woefully ignorant or extreme knave and are putting too much faith in the arm of men.

[@Sidney1WG]

All very well having all this high tech stuff, but I think we are relying on it too much. When we have an army that would fit in any large football ground, how do we hold the ground we take with this tech? You need manpower for that. And for crying out loud, when are we going to get rid of the sand-collecting stoppage galore piece of junk SA80 and give the lads a decent weapon?

[@skepticalbadger]

The SA80 is fine and has been since 2001 (albeit in ideal terms it's too heavy and falls below modern ergonomic standards). The issue with it now is the massive cost of keeping it running, hence the programme to replace it has already started. As far high-tech stuff, none of this has yet been adopted, and there's no guarantee of any of it being adopted, as the video states.

[@freespeechforever]

I feel deeply concerned by this kind of training....IF I could believe that this was intended to be used on foreign soil it wouldn't bother me. BUT the Army spied on the public during lockdowns (allegedly) and with tyrannical politicians ignoring public concerns about foreigners flooding into this country, I have no doubt that the Army would be used against us. Some soldiers would probably refuse to attack their own people but we all know what has been happening at a lower level with migrants/refugees etc being used as 'security' guards.

[@JammyDodger45]

The Army didn't spy on anyone during Covid, park your conspiracy bus elsewhere. Nor does Parliament have the mechanism to deploy armed military onto the streets without passing limited emergent legislation. This is normal training that we've conducted for decades.

[@british1139]

You're absolutely right. The monarchy is supposed to prevent that sort of thing, constitutionally, however it's not been. We need to take a serious look at how our government treats it's citizens' right to privacy and freedom.

[@stephensaltau6481]

I thought illegal immigrants were their ultimate urban weapon.

[@thekraken1173]

Why haven’t they already replaced the l85a3? A3 upgrade cost 2172 USD per unit. It is a fiasco.

[@thekraken1173]

@@chad6080 At 2172 USD per unit, they could have pretty much bought any new decent rifle.

[@jonreid7957]

@@thekraken1173the A3 is a decent rifle.

[@jarraandyftm]

What difference does it make to you? You’re a civvy.

[@thekraken1173]

@@jarraandyftm You are right. I am not a UK citizen. It is not my taxpayer money getting wasted.

[@jarraandyftm]

@@thekraken1173 so pipe down. You’re not needed here.

[@anthonycollins5305]

What do the troops think about the 5th column getting stronger by the day on account of the UK border force and rnli dumping more and more of them all along the south coast........?

[@austinshannon4197]

Lebron James is the best nba player who ever lived.

[@gaz3602]

Shaquille O'Neal is the greatest

[@BIBIWCICC]

Ah was this why Sunak couldn’t condemn Israel’s genocide! They had made a deal with the Israeli defence force. No we understand money over lives. What a new low for the UK forces.

[@TheIceman567]

Oh you mean after what Hamas did?

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

Israel has been calling the shots for years - Western governments have tiptoed around the issue for decades. Palestinians have been under the cosh long before Rishi and his cronies were about.

[@chriswindleydigitalsalesexpert]

Better make sure we are monitoring everything that comes out of Ukraine Brave1 project ....

[@discobriscoe5880]

Trials, future blah blah blah. Always the same guff on forces tv / soldier mag. Never get any of the kit in core though. Looks like a reenactment of ukraine vs russia