British infantry drill - Victorian style

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In Fort Rinella. Kalkara, Malta, every day, they put on a show of infantry drill. Here we see them perform a drill in late Victorian British uniforms. Slapping the rifle and stamping hard were not introduced until later. The pace rates were changed as well. The modern army uses typically 140 paces a minute and a 30" stride length.
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British infantry drill - Victorian style
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[@TheApocalypticKnight]

During the entire thing a part of me was waiting for one of the Monty Python to actually reveal himself from under his pith helmet.

[@caseyrush4072]

That was bitchin'!!! I wish our armies could stay like that.

[@Liberty-or-Death-1776]

ATKINSON! What would you rather be doing, than marching up and down the square?!

[@JSAnstock]

close formation mincing about display team?

[@slashingraven]

SQUAD! CAMP IT... UP!!!

[@raymondhamill270]

And now for something completely different

[@mitternacht4062]

As someone in the modern British Army, the drill hasn't changed all that much surprisingly.

[@deadaccount3533]

Mitter Nacht your icon

[@nickc4063]

How about the bayonet stuff?

[@ismaildogukancokluk3679]

It is something about discipline i think. Obviously not useful skill unless you are parading but in here Turkey we issue Prussian model discipline, moves and drills but interestingly it really puts the man into shape.

[@bruensal7182]

@@ismaildogukancokluk3679 nereye prussian moves var merak ettim. Ne yürüşte ne movelarda prussian birşey pek kalmadı. Askeri doktrin olarak batı doktrini ve biraz prusya doktrini var ama aslında Türk doktrini diyebilirz

[@achuu7917]

Mitter Nacht and a furry....

[@DakotaMilesO]

*let's try* _this_ and -this-

[@DakotaMilesO]

holy shit, it worked

[@docpossum2460]

Good job

[@rileysteidel7084]

I actually went through the video not realising it was lindybeige until the very end.

[@biggus6633]

I love the uniform. These guys looks so cool!!!

[@ninny65]

Seen this in Malta

[@koolaidman007]

"Today we're going to be marching up and down the square!"

[@robertrobertson7129]

nicely done as a former marine I have a eye for such things.

[@Tectonix26]

The lieutenant's throat must be in a lot of pain after a while!

[@MrJest2]

"They were drilling for oil". I couldn't even muster up a "groan" for this one. :-)

[@Deka-92]

I wonder if the hobnailed boots are comfortable... They certainly make a nice sound on the ground.

[@a.morphous66]

As someone who has worn those boots, no. They aren’t nearly as comfortable like a modern shoe. But you can wear them for a very long time and they’re quite reliable. They’re very effective at their purpose.

[@anthonybrownhovelt]

bloody awful but you did have a cushioned linner (well my generation did!) and with a decent pair of socks (purchased, as the Army issue were rubbish) you could stand for hours, as we did while drill instructors screamed at us! I still say to myself 1,23,1 as I do stuff! Ha ha

[@kleinjahr]

Not bad. Doesn't hold a candle to the Monty Python drill team.

[@deltavee2]

What's with the Iron Cross looking device on the epaulets?

[@TheVefIt]

that commander guy looks like something out of mounty python's flying circus to me

[@swedneck]

***** I honestly thought this video was a monty python sketch until i actually watched it..

[@TheVefIt]

Hahaha

[@opmdevil]

A drill? This is not a drill. A drill is something that makes holes. This thing here is just soldiers being silly...

[@roner61]

opmdevil Bullets make holes.

[@opmdevil]

roner61 Well, if you want to be smart about it, female soldiers have holes...if you know what I mean...

[@roner61]

opmdevil Female soldiers? In wich world do you live?

[@opmdevil]

roner61 In real world. Last I've checked, almost every western country allows females to serve.

[@Gingrnut]

opmdevil You are a bit of an idiot.

[@Whatever4690]

More to impress passing VIP than any practical purpose in my opinion.

[@anonymous-iu4th]

Has changed a bit

[@AlexApol]

you have a licence for that bayonet?

[@vincedibona4687]

What is that strapped to their left backside?

[@vincedibona4687]

Nvrmnd... bayonets. (Watched the whole vid this time)

[@uncleunicode7871]

*Checks rifle to see if its empty* "PHLAPT!!!"

[@williamluo6084]

UncleUnicode to check if is loaded. means it has ammo, just not cocked

[@daffy.azazel]

*CLEAH*

[@joshplays9787]

First time hearing it i thought it was blyat

[@noahgettheboat5261]

Cyka blyat

[@kristopherhollon5852]

@@daffy.azazel lol ok so he is saying clear cause all i hear is Haa

[@albertohinojosa8729]

The throat cancer is strong in this one.

[@gunnerr8476]

CLEAHHH

[@bain468]

HEEAAA

[@alanbrody3223]

hahahaha that line cracks me, although they are very professional, really well done performances.

[@Galejro]

I gotta say this actually sounds well that way, so British-military-esque.

[@edpzz]

British Army issues Drill instructors Port for that reason

[@heatmojo]

High guard - "To protect yourself from people trying to stab you in your trench" Low guard - "To stab people in a trench" I found that so funny for some reason

[@Correctrix]

+anubseran4774 * humour

[@heatmojo]

hey now, it can be spelled either way

[@nutcrackit7396]

the funny thing is this would hardly ever have a use because you never fought extensively in trenches until ww1 and by that time that would never be effective because you could not get into position to bayonet like that.

[@jonmce1]

The British used rifle pits going back to the 1850s.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

the Boer war had lots of trench warfare (initially then it turned into guerilla war) with trenches, barbed wire and rolling artillery barrages

[@Wetcorps]

You should have gotten him to yell "Lindyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy... BEIGE" for your outro :)

[@lindybeige]

Wetcorps You are right - I missed a trick.

[@ptonpc]

Lindybeige Go back and do it again :P

[@DivineDawn]

what a Rip-Roaring idea old boy!!!!

[@a.morphous66]

Okra CRPF The performers in question are simple reenactors.

[@commieplayzalternativeacco4196]

I think I heard "ready" instead of "Lindy"

[@isildur69]

press F while runnig to perform a bayonet charge

[@Antonluisre]

Plz no.

[@nutcrackit7396]

half the time i just melee like normal even through im sprinting

[@jasperzanovich2504]

And the other half you charge although you are just walking.

[@Pikkabuu]

Yeah no. Your guy yells when he charges and so you are just warning the enemy. That yell has saved my ass few times on RO2 when some idiot charges at me from way too far away.

[@reidparker1848]

sign4u If that is a reference to that shitty COD WW2 ("historically authentic" 😂) game, fuck off. If it is a reference to the superior (and at least believably historically authentic) Red Orchestra 2, then have a nice day.

[@rockybalboa-cf1ub]

This is at Fort Rinella in Malta , everyone of these guys are very passionate about keeping the history alive of the Island .

[@f00ps70]

Was the military of Malta at some point taught by the British, I would love to know

[@kaputtnik5737]

@@f00ps70 Malta was a British Crown Colony.

[@Gh0stClown]

Methinks that Sergeant fellow could do with a strepsil.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

when i learned how to drill we were told to do the exact opposite of what this guy is doing. he is using his throat only, we were taught to use our diaphram. it eliminates the gravely grating stress sound in the voice and comes out clear yet loud. most importantly it does not kill your vocal chords

[@mellonmarshall]

tyson cargill i remember that use the belly

[@PaulA-fp3vs]

tyson cargill Maybe an odd question, but how tough is the military. Is it like Full Metal Jacket. Or it depends on the country. I dont know how to aks this :/ . I'm just curious.

[@WhatIsSanity]

Paul A Basic training is meant to be tough. The idea of basic training is to in-still discipline in the ranks of trainees and to prepare them for high stress environments, not that anything can really prepare a person for the carnage of war.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Paul A I must first say I was never in the military per say. My "experience" came from ROTC. I had a very watered down military experience that consisted of learning the code of arms, how to drill, how to wear the uniform etc. Very basic stuff. Unfortunatly I was disqualified from military service in the US for medical reasons so I never got to go beyond that. Depending on which country your in, the military basic training can be quite challenging. Some countries it is really rather a joke (Iraq under Saddam Hussain for instance). It also depends on the individual I had one buddy that was very disappointed in basic training because it was not challenging enough. I have known some that have dropped out because it was to hard for them. Do not be afraid of it being to hard it is designed in most military powers to be very challenging to most people but very doable. Just start preparing yesterday. Work on your cardio.

[@Guted77]

feel sorry for his voice box XD

[@TreeFrogOnATree]

There is a way to yell like that with minimal damage, but still yeah XD

[@RoswellCrash]

The amount of Battlefield 1 weapons experts here is insane.

[@conradvonhotzendorf5134]

Ser Ravinger Bare if you count martinis which served during various colonial wars inf africa

[@James-dq7oi]

Romeo Cassino no seeing seeing as seeing as it's based off late victorian drill (with appropriate uniform etc) it will most likely be a very early model such as a no.1 or 2

[@urbansyth1935]

it's funny because this is not based on the first world war at all. It is based on the Sudan operations and the Boer wars in Africa. Note the old webbing which was not used in WW1.

[@Redasurc]

1800s lol this before bf1

[@cheng3580]

@J Cassni No.4s were WW2 Enfields though. The ones they used in WW1 was the No.3 edition.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

The khakis with the buff leather and white pith helmets are sharp as Hell.

[@mikeoxmaul45]

Clifton Hicks yep. khaki and white is top aesthetic

[@michakiri]

pain in the ass to keep clean though every morning was about an hour of polishing and making sure it was in good order.

[@MH-mx7hq]

Wow cliff long time fan i didn't expect to see you in these comment sections 🤣🙂

[@kravcio]

*checks the chamber* HAAA!

[@kravcio]

kravcio asterisk not working? :(

[@Celrador]

kravcio Surrounding a string with 2 * is marking it for KZbin to present it as *bold*. (That's Googles shitty workaround to a proper BBCode implementation.)

[@lindybeige]

Celrador Really? Let us apply *SCIENCE* - did it work?

[@lindybeige]

Lindybeige It worked!

[@Celrador]

Lindybeige There's also _italic_ (if you surround the string by 2 "_") and a -line- through the words (by surrounding the string with 2 "-"). ;)

[@Babalooza]

tfw you will never fight African bushmen in the name of your queen.

[@TheSteelEcho666]

You've clearly never been to London.

[@romanray3847]

+TheSteelEcho doesnt seem to be a lot of African bushmen killing in London

[@Stubbino]

You've clearly never been to London.

[@thecensoriouscritic9358]

Savage af lmfao

[@Babalooza]

based TinnedTommy

[@bigbrowntau]

Victorian drill....I was doing this back in the 1970's in the Australian Army...complete with hobnail boots. As a former drill instructor, I'd love to get hold of those men and tighten up their drill... But thanks so much for showing everyone what it was like. Cultural reenactments are an important way of keeping history alive!

[@cessatiolux6250]

How about a TAU instructor?

[@Brecconable]

+Browntau with the SLR? Are you mad!?

[@ciananmortem3127]

+Browntau Agreed, they seemed a little sloppy and could use some proper tightening up. Was thinking that all the way through.

[@SanitysVoid]

Some of them had to be ex soldiers. Civilians, it would be asking a lot of then to learn all that in their spare time.

[@AmbeamTM]

@@SanitysVoid Ever heard of cadets?

[@weixianng]

Wow I was in the Singaporean Armed Forces and I can definitely see where the roots of our drills come from being a former crown colony.

[@runoverbeyoncewithtruck]

That guys yelling hurts my throat.

[@TheClassicalSauce]

Spoonish Fork I once read somewhere that the best trait for a commander on the battlefield wasn't cunning or fierceness, but a loud, strong voice.

[@boomerkobold3943]

TheClassicalSauce God help the enemy who has to face a commander with all those traits .

[@The_Destroyer_1]

The drill may not be perfect but it's beautiful.

[@Steven84629]

sofullofpiss pause

[@miacat1727]

Is this for real or comedy?

[@miacat1727]

@Robert Kaevur Thanks, I get it, just about.

[@hardalarboard8876]

@Calen Crawford this drill is not supposed to be mechanical, they arent supposed to be like robots at the exact same milisecond, this drill is for real combat.

[@s.2196]

161 spear-wielding natives disliked this video

[@SteelWalrus]

Cetshwayo rides again.

[@NoPeace4theEvil]

Maybe a fellow Spanish too ;}

[@TheMaster4534]

361 Boer farmer disliked this video

[@yasirujayasuriya7026]

365 wooden spear wielding natives disliked the video

[@stevenwebb3634]

They saw the bayonets and they do not like it up 'em.

[@jasonfrontor1669]

with his screaming you can barely understand him.

[@hamsanvich]

+Jason Frontor That's commanding for you. Loudly grunting in ways for your formation to understand you.

[@jasonfrontor1669]

Michael Mathes ya

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

Do you there wouldn't be any shouting in a battle? All this screaming and monotonous drilling is to train and accustom one to the stress of battle, to stay calm and follow orders even in all out chaos. That's the idea anyways.

[@jasonfrontor1669]

GasFromMyAnus I0I ' Do you there wouldn't be any shouting in a battle?' No I was just saying it's hard to understand them lol

[@gasfrommyanusi0i594]

+Jason Frontor I nevermind I THINK I made a typo, therefore my argument is invalid. You win sir.

[@anishapoorwakispotta7754]

If somebody could translate this to english Very much appreciable

[@dadjokes8963]

a little late but he is shouting "the blighters in front Smith not in my tent"

[@borninthewoods4482]

What time and I will translate it for you.

[@itsnerfornothing7554]

@@borninthewoods4482 pò

[@Earthenfist]

Those Bayonet drills were actually legitimately intimidating. Not quite so sure about the 'ready to fire' position with the rifles at their hips, though.

[@tyburn1493]

Earthenfist It's "ready to fire" not "aim" or anything else, at the hip position you can quickly bring the rifle up to your face. It might also be part tradition, from the days of hip fired muskets (why bother aiming with one of those, after all...)

[@pandaphil]

Earthenfist I've seen it fairly often in period films.Usually when troops are entering potentially hostile areas. It lets their weapons to the ready more quickly in case of ambush or if a target should present itself.

[@andrewp8284]

T Neale Dafuq? Please be a joke, please be a joke.

[@tyburn1493]

Andrew Penman What part of my comment seems humorous to you? Try holding a spade and moving it about with your hands, from port-arms, grounded and so on - you'll find holding the rifle at the hip gives quickest movement to the aiming position. +Phil Bolton has got the right idea, it's all about speed. Hip-fire was practiced even during the Napoleonic Wars (though not as often and not officially by most armies). There's also the matter of reloading - it's easier to do with the rifle on your hip instead of shoulder, especially with an older gun like a martini-henry. That's just speculation on my part though.

[@andrewp8284]

T Neale Hmm, so they did indeed hip fire on occasion during the Napoleonic Wars? I suppose I must apologize lol, you have gotten my attention. Do you have any links illustrating it or describing it?

[@sandmanhh67]

I was waiting for the little Belgian bloke to start shouting "Now then..who wants to join me in a little spot of marching up and down the square"

[@colossusngem]

I love how the pith helmet so subtly blocks out their eyes giving them a very intimidating look. I could defiantly believe that soldiers like this would have been the inspiration for stormtroopers from star wars.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

The Brits were always famous for their bright red uniforms. The Americans (and French I believe...?) decided to dress blue in kind. However, these brightly colored military uniforms fell out of favor sadly when modern weapons, technology and the need for camouflage made wearing a brightly colored suit in the middle of battle a bad idea. The Southern outfits from the American Civil War would turn a shade of brown when worn and faded. This would lend these Confederate Soldiers the rather humorous nickname of "Butternuts".

[@Gh0stClown]

Iconoclasm_ I always said that modern guns ruined war.

[@SteelChains]

Iconoclasm_ I believe it also had to do with the types of warfare that was waged. Which, in the case of the bright colours, helped to differentiate between troops on the battlefield, making it easier for commanders to direct and keep an eye on their troops.

[@CountArtha]

Iconoclasm_ The first smokeless ammunition wasn't introduced until 1886, and most countries didn't adopt it until the 1890s. Concealment was completely worthless once the shooting started, even if you had modern repeating rifles. Uniforms made it possible to tell through the smoke which troops were yours - without them, it would have been impossible to coordinate units larger than a company.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

CountArtha That makes sense. I had always assumed that it was at least partly because of the changing attitude of warfare, as war shifted from old-style glory and honor to modern, efficiency-minded total warfare.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

Floobs Rifles did, as they became more common. Then the repeating rifle, and finally the machine gun took all the honor and glory from the battlefield and just made it horror and gory. Of course war was always gory, but no one really knew until new media like the photograph and especially television.

[@sarsfieldabu3223]

Very well done. Thats a long sequence of drills to train memorize and perfect. Hours days weeks! One common failing among some re enactment groups is close order drill, as people who do it as an occasional hobby you cant be too picky if drills not the main thing being portrayed, but these lads tick lots of the boxes. Smart, uniform, well turned out, practised, no one having a laugh at re enactors "playing soldiers" but silence during and appreciation after a job well done. Having started in uniform with the lee enfield years ago, it sure reminds you how good arms drill looks when done well.

[@maccarr9923]

No rifle will ever look as good on parade/ used in drill as the SMLE

[@TheSkipjack95]

Listening to the Drill Sgt makes me understand why the British consumed so much tea

[@numbers4851]

It washes down the gravel they swallow every day.

[@Karelwolfpup]

my one criticism: the squad leader calling the commands is far too audible, a good squad leader or drill sergeant should never be perfect in his diction, making more of a vague bellowed squawking noise that the soldiers have long since learned to understand to be orders. Or at least that was my experience, even when I got to be cadet sergeant and did the shouting myself XD Yours respectfully, Brigadier Hogamanay Bridget Withers (Mrs) DECEASED

[@ThanksIhateyoutoo]

I didn't understand a word he said. Even if he was audible to you. Perhaps he was audible for demonstration purposes so that the audience would learn what the commands were. (Thank you for your service btw).

[@CasparAbelmann]

Karelwolfpup ...So THAT'S why I don't understand the things they scream in a drill. :I ...It all makes sense now.

[@Hereticalable]

Karelwolfpup Brigadier Hogamanay, By the sounds of it you were in the army when pith helmets were standard issue and summers were spent in Hill Stations. Yours most sincerely, Lord Admiral Horatio "Josephine" Bellowbottom, CBE.

[@AlienPball]

Karelwolfpup That could just be because after years of shouting at people Drill Sergeants are no longer able to speak properly.

[@sabberi]

Karelwolfpup I find the inevitable squawking, instead of proper pronunciation, to have two motives behind it. *Efficiency*: Words are symbols, but verbal commands are mere symbols for immediately needed synchronized actions, often without the constraints of language, if not counting the military language in context to be unique in its relation to the language the commands are given in. Anywho, it is not efficient to spell out a full set of words, or even a full word, if its use as a symbol can and will naturally be replaced by another clear sound holding the same symbol value. While enjoying a dinner, one might ask their mother-in-law to "could you please hand me that salad bowl that is in front of you?", whereas to a lifelong close friend one might simply say "salad (please)". *Esotericism* or simply *Coolness*: If one is building a wooden fence, and grabs a couple of nails while holding the plank, that is to be attached to a pole, a proper workmate from a few yards away can read that subjectively small information instantaneously by the sole response of throwing the other person a hammer once they're ready to catch it. That is not only efficient, but the ease of practical communication also evokes that you know each other well, and no outsider (never did any carpentry, for the example context) could read the information similarly. And how cool and binding is that.

[@AllCanadiaReject]

As I was noting the hobnailed boots of my own accord, I noted a message noting me to note the hobnail boots. Well done me. Way to show initiative.

[@tsukikage3941]

As I was noting the message noting me to note the hobnailed boots, I noted your message noting me as you were noting the hobnailed boots you noted the message to note the hobnailed boots. The comment section can be quite a charmer sometimes, hm?

[@jackhousman6637]

I hope the leader isn't contemplating a career as a singer.

[@andezong9565]

Jack Housman I'm not 100% sure, but in drill you have to be loud if you're giving commands, because the last thing you want is to have a unit leader who gave a command in a soft voice, resulting in having your buddies/yourself screw up,

[@DOC19581]

Jimmy Barnes of Cold Chisel, and Brian Johnson of AC/DC would beg to differ.

[@mwhyte1979]

First rule of any soldier: being able to understand what your Sergeant yelling.

[@mwhyte1979]

Yea I know what you mean.I spent 20 years in the USAF and I'm really big in history and especially m8litary history and I've noticed that no matter the country, and the branch of service that NCO's tend to develop their own accents and language's.

[@mwhyte1979]

Thank you for your service also. For some reason when I was 5 years old my dad took me to the Antietam National Battlefield Park since we lived about 25 miles from it and when I walked into the little museum in the visitors center I guess I fell in love with history then and as I like to put it "I haven't been right since". Guess that's why I like to put on a nice scratchy and hot wool uniform and do Civil War reenactments.

[@Mattebubben]

6:15 Guy second rank farthest to the Right. Is the Chewing gum? =O. That can be according to regulation.

[@wingsofwrath]

Considering these guys are most likely civilian volunteers with jobs and such, their drill ain't half bad. Could use a little tightening, but nothing a few weeks of intensive training won't fix... Considering that's exactly what I'm doing these days, my hat's off to them. Also, there was someone in the comments asking wherever the standard for Drill instructors is "Full Metal Jacket" and I want to say that my experience with the Romanian Army was completely different. We got to see the "classic" foaming-at-the-mouth-profanity-spewing model exactly once, while most of the times the instructors were wannabe stand-up comedians - still a lot of profanity and trying to put you down, but delivered in a mellow voice, along with lots of eye rolling, feigned disgust, face palming, rhetorically asking "why am I saddled with these idiots? Lord grant me strength..." Things like that. That didn't mean they weren't strict or fast to pounce on mistakes though - in fact they relished in doling out out the most absurd punishments possible (as I imagine is the standard the world over in basic), on the lines of running around on the parade ground in full kit with a radio until the battery runs out (to a guy who dropped his rifle during training). Of course, it might have also been because we were all volunteers by that point, so who knows how stuff was back in the National Service days (pre 2007, for Romania).

[@a.morphous66]

Well. I’ve never been in the army myself, so I couldn’t speak for everyone. But I’d imagine the Full Metal Jacket style isn’t all that popular. It’s just rather demoralizing, and you don’t want that.

[@Lazyguy22]

Who was waiting for the "bang! two three" that never came?

[@lindybeige]

Lazyguy22 And after that late step, no one said "Keep up, Jones."

[@frustriert]

this cld easily be a monthy python sketch .... when f. e. the one guy stabs the other one in the back by accident by accident. the jerk that stabbed him panics, bows down to accompany the poor fellow doomed to die in order to listen to his last words when the office states that things like that do happen in war .... and then they continue with the exercise while the hurt one keeps on screaming and crying in the back. maybe this wld be one of the not so good monthy python comedy-sketches after all :(

[@LuisRamos-ou8zb]

Yeah, but the command before it is done ensures there are open ranks. Which points to the safety of this is taken care of.

[@thusitha320]

What happened to the previous sergeant? One day he forgot the 4 paces backward command!!

[@EPICFAILKING1]

I implore you to watch at 2 speed, you might piss.

[@barryallenporter8127]

Video Watcher Fucking hell, this is gonna be the death of me

[@silvesby]

The part where they run in place is the best.

[@RedJudean]

Video Watcher Sounds like a train.

[@dean1039]

That's the actual speed, the video has been slowed down. Now you know why Britain ruled half the world.

[@camofrog44]

When I first learnt drill we had to call 1, 2 etc to get used to the timings. But it was only whilst learning. Soldiers don't usually call out numbers whilst doing drill

[@jorelemes]

Man these khaki uniform and the redcoats are the best! And the british uniforms in ww2 as well, such as the ones by the long range desert group, or those used by commandos. Bah britain has the best uniforms of all time regardless of period. :)

[@W0DAN88]

Prussia

[@W0DAN88]

Germany

[@simon24h]

And they say that German is an ugly language ...

[@bradleycampbell5933]

hahahahahah !! well said !

[@cyberbird451]

Shout like that in any language and i doesn't sound pretty.

[@dellawrence4323]

Are those rifles Lee Enfield MLE's the model before SMLE? my screen is tiny.

[@stoutyyyy]

Del Lawrence yes, no. 1 mk. III

[@ethiopiandonny3363]

Yes

[@Redasurc]

I know its wrong but i have an smle mk3 and in combat would mad minute them while they do this marching stuff lol

[@ethiopiandonny3363]

@@Redasurc I have a number 4

[@Frostarrowsz]

They definitely have room to improve, but interesting nonetheless. Wonder how long that kid can keep his voice like that for...

[@lindybeige]

Frostarrowsz I think that's pretty good for re-enactors doing a daily display for a few tourists. These same guys re-enact several other periods.

[@exploatores]

Frostarrowsz their is some who live screaming that way. and have don that for decades.

[@TheKaappari]

***** Their voices aren't generally that loud.

[@IncrediibleHauck]

And your an expert at this

[@50TNCSA]

lindy i never have corrected anything you have done or said because 9 time out of ten you are right buuuuuut this is actually edwardian they are using smles rifles and from the looks they are mk3s those were not introduced until about 1907 same with the bayonet those are model 1907s just wanted to point that out

[@lindybeige]

50TNCSA Yes, they are not brilliantly in-period I agree. They didn't want to drill with genuine antiques, though, so used a style of modern reproduction rifle that they had six copies of, and uniformity is important here. I don't recall noticing exactly which mark they were, but did establish that they were not the earliest examples, because they lacked the slider that prevented the rounds from the magazine from coming up, which is only ever found on the mark 1s.

[@50TNCSA]

yep i would figure that they were replicas and and from the glimpse i saw there's no magazine cut off or as you put it "the slider" im a living historian here in the states so i run into those alot LOL

[@andrewmillburg3167]

Lindybeige Never knew you were this familiar with firearms of any period. Bravo

[@deepbludreams]

The weapon that would perhaps be more accurate to this would be a Lee-Metford, something that is shockingly rare, fetching in the thousands, even here in the US where old surplus guns tend to end up, while any model of the SMLE or MLE can be had for only a few hundred to shy of seven hundred compared.

[@lordsummerisle87]

Lindybeige Putting my "firearms pedant" hat on... The rifle, short magazine Lee Enfield (SMLE to its friends) marks 1 through 3 all had a magazine cut-off (the slidy part). It was the Mk3*, introduced from 1915, which deleted this as an economy measure. The Mk3* also replaced the round cocking knob with the flat-sided one which it appears these 'rifles' have. These are probably Denix replicas of the SMLE Mk3*. Looks almost right, weighs the right amount. £150 brand new, versus £600+ for a period-correct Martini-Henry or Long Tom Enfield.

[@erikhartmann7517]

If you think that's noisy you should watch them make tea.

[@derviche6669A]

Como peruano y latinoamericano rindo respeto y m total admiración al pueblo británico. Tenacidad, disciplina, abnegación y flema inglesa para ser decisivos en los grandes momentos de la historia. Nunca pierdan sus tradiciones ni olviden su gloriosa historia. Saludos de un lejano descendiente del Imperio Inca y el Español a los descendientes del Imperio Británico.

[@headlessnikk]

Lloyd, I don't study any history whatsoever and I'm just an 18 year old student form Singapore ( a former British colony) but I enjoy the hell out of your videos. Hope you keep up the great content!

[@robertmaybeth3434]

OMFG Having had, drill field was so Horribly terribly miserably DULL....Its hot and sweaty and miserable and you have to hold in your own piss and stand there and burn in hot sun and you cant remember ever having done antyhing else in your entire life...its burned into your memory forever.

[@arczi1309]

5:56 When someone says British Empire sucked.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

The British Empire sucked

[@arczi1309]

@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Bold words for someone in the Largest cannon's range.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Artur The Noob not scared, the thing a Brit fears the most is an American with a rifle and a buckskin coat

[@hardalarboard8876]

Go to fuck you bitch

[@hardalarboard8876]

Logan’s such a bitch

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Just LISTENING to that guy bark orders makes MY THROAT hurt!

[@Redbullwiemel]

Imagine seeing an entire platoon of these guys coming at you at double speed all screaming "FOR THE QUEEEEEN!"

[@2138Dude]

+Redbullwiemel or Allahu Akbar

[@Redbullwiemel]

+Dylan Edwards I highly doubt they had machine guns in this era

[@Redbullwiemel]

+Dylan Edwards I specified 'an entire platoon of these guys' so world war 1 isn't really a possibility either.

[@ciananmortem3127]

+Redbullwiemel Wouldn';t it have been something along the lines of ";For King" something "and Saint George'; or something to that end? Especially in the Great War? Also, they had plenty of machineguns in the First World War.

[@ciananmortem3127]

I think I understand, I read Dylan Edwards' "I specified in the First World War" and thought it was yours. My mistake, sorry mate. If you're referring to the Victorian era, then very true. Excluding the Puckle gun maybe, or an organ gun, but otherwise you are completely correct.

[@J0rg3j]

All members of the ministry of silly walks

[@SODEMO2007]

So much beige

[@lindybeige]

SODEMO2007 I know!

[@yes1sir1no1sir]

Aaaaahhh!!! I'm getting some serious flashbacks to my MnB Napoleonic War Regiment Days!!!! On a more serious note Lindy, What is the constant hollering in aid of? I get if you're given orders under fire or next to an artillery barrage or something you'd want your soldiers used to hearing your shouting voice so they can easily discern your orders from the mayhem around you, But what is with the strange "General Melchett" way of speaking? "attTEEENNTTIONN Arms...shoLDERRRRRR arms..." Do opposing forces find "Speaking like a knob-head" particularly intimidating or something?

[@Ederick1936]

ISureDoLikeCats it's ironically for clarity and cadence. drilling is a timed exercise so some words need to be drawn out to fit the timing, as well if you can't hear the word specifically having a long drawn out sound still makes the comment interpenetrate. a simple "attention!" is more easily missed or misinterpreted than a hearty "aTENNNNNNNNTION!"

[@Geroskop]

ISureDoLikeCats so that in open area a platoon of 200 men can clearly understand what the command was even if they can't clearly distinguish the word's, you know, there were no microphones or megafones or speakers back then. They understand those commands like dogs - by the tone drops and pitches))))

[@castor3020]

ISureDoLikeCats In the case of recruits, new squad/platoon/company or drafted unit the orders need to be given clearly. But those orders are pretty clearly peacetime orders.

[@McNab1986]

+ISureDoLikeCats If you enjoyed Napoleonic war, try out L'Aigle. It's a single player mod set in the same time period. Definitely recommended.

[@maryconnolly5581]

It's for the cadence, the small a in aTTENTION, readys your men for the command, and the louder portion of the word is the actual command

[@bigotmaster]

Right. Now let's see something decent and military. Some precision drilling. - Look up: Monty Python's Military Fairy (afraid my comment won't show if I post a link)

[@otterspocket2826]

Don't come the Brigadier with us dear, we all know where you've been...

[@michaelcoatney2568]

MY Empire :) Love it. God save the Queen and Britannia!

[@Ottuln]

This was awesome, thank you so much for sharing this!

[@Hopeofmen]

CLAH! But this really was interesting, and extremely cool. Excellent job, as per usual, Lloyd.

[@livingbeings]

Possibly Lindy's beigest video

[@asriellian3058]

Wow those are some disciplined/ dedicated volunteers. Great video as always

[@argusflugmotor7895]

Respect to anyone who could bear that kind of throat cancer for more than 2 minutes

[@kmal2t94]

As much as I hated drilling, this is extremely sloppy drill. I hope they aren't actual military (like some ceremonial drill team or something) cuz they majorly need to tighten it up.

[@lindybeige]

***** No, they are volunteer re-enactors performing for a few tourists at two o'clock in the afternoon on a week-day in May. I think they did fine.

[@kmal2t94]

As volunteers I guess I should be less dickish about it and cut some more slack. I won't throw my pommel...this time.

[@andrewp8284]

***** The pommel throw :D End them rightly.

[@Patrick-dj9dd]

***** Absolutely right.

[@Patrick-dj9dd]

Andrew Penman M&B and Lindybeige would marry if they met

[@carlhicksjr.7004]

I'm an American Civil War reenactor and this is really cool stuff. You might think the pace is a little funny, but believe it or not, there's a reason for it.Hobnails measurably increase the life of a service boot and add traction in slippery conditions [mud etc.]. HOWEVER, on dry stone flagstone, cobblestone, or pavement they can turn a well-drilled formation into to cows on ice. They're *really* slippery underfoot, especially when the domed 'Ammunition Boot' type of nail, and most especially when the nails are new and haven't been properly 'scuffed-in' yet.

[@Lawrence_L1]

The turnings on the slow March is the same. And the changing Arms. And the readying Arms and shoulder Arms is similar. Though I’m an Army Cadet and have only done Rifle Drill once, for about 2 hours. I’ll be doing it again within the month, as a refresher, so I’ll add further specification and corrections.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

Very interesting extremely similiar to the prussian rifle drill before 1906. Shows the close connections between Prussia and GB

[@terrencew.4475]

Teacher: *leaves cafeteria for 2 seconds* Kids in the lunch line: 5:57

[@geordiekimbo2]

That was impressive.

[@AvianSavara]

Too much throat calling from the section leader : he could be calling from the belly and save himself the pain. Also, he would actually be intelligible, for a change :P

[@darkblood626]

Lindy, you always bring us the most delightfully quaint things.

[@jls0037cslewis1]

Oh my people what could have been if we had not had WW1, the decline of the west! :'(

[@convert2islaam500]

The drill wasnt that good he said 4 paces and they did 5 but uniform looks nice

[@clarkinjk]

this has not changed much aside from keeping legs on the ground

[@williamlydon2554]

Are these Early 1900s era uniforms? I also find it funny you do the arm bit, checking the distance between your ranks, as a High School AFJROTC Cadet, we do the same thing during inspections :)

[@samuel10125]

william lydon the British military still do it saves the guess work

[@mitchellhogg4627]

william lydon if its not broken, dont fix it

[@theamericanrailfan1071]

william lydon Do you "rack and stack" like my unit? 😂

[@williamlydon2554]

The American Railfan I wouldn't know, i only take the standard drill, marching and such, no rifle practice.

[@theamericanrailfan1071]

william lydon We use the term to get the ranks lined up for inspection. Another question, what do you think of the new parade-rest?

[@Robomatic-oe3cl]

ahh the good ol Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III in .303 , excellent weapon . fast, deadly,rugged and reliable to this day. best Infantry weapon ever made ( in my opinion)

[@Delogros]

+Robomatic1000 I disagree but thats mainly because "infantry weapon" carried with it such a wide spectrum I don't think its easy to say which one is best, modern assault rifles, mortars are technically Infantry weapons and so on, though your opinion is as valid as mine is :) and that would be the sarissa, in 3 decades it conquered the known world (Alexander the great) As i say though, like you its just my opinion :)

[@Delogros]

+vulpes vulgaris I agree, I own one its an amazing rifle, the action is so smooth and I have yet to shoot one that does not fire true.

[@comment2009]

Best viewed by 1st setting this video to 2x speed. Open a second browser / tab and play Yakety Sax. Start this video as soon as music begins. The timing is perfect.

[@anarchy2118]

How on earth did you find this out?

[@Volus_dude]

In Finnish army some of our older officers were trolling the new recruits when we did these drills. Sentoo..Lepo..Sentoo..Lepo. Asento, lepakko...asento.lepakko....hah kuka oli lepakko.Lepo! Attention..ease..anttention,ease...attention, bat..hah who was bat. at ease! In Finnish the order for rest and bat sounds similar so it's easy to fool people in drills.

[@lindybeige]

MrBuzusima 'Bat'? Was this cricket drill?

[@Volus_dude]

Lindybeige military drill just like in this video. Bat refers the animal. Not the stick you swing.

[@BigPuddin]

Alright, boys. Dress right dress and get ship-shape. We have to look nice and neat before our empire starts crumbling after WWI.

[@johanngaiusisinwingazuluah2116]

Rad Chad That only happened after WW2.

[@BigPuddin]

Johann Gaius isiNwinga Zulu Ahuitcoyotzin Hirohito That's why they need to get ready.

[@KAIDE2009]

Empire never collapsed. It evolved into what we call "western society". Most of the world has Liberal free market economies with democracy, rule of law, science and industry is at the forefront of ourlives. The Victorians would of been proud of the modern world advances into engineering, medicine science etc. They cared more about these things then the British Flag flying over the world.

[@asneakychicken322]

KAIDE2009 but muh mercantilism and tariffs for the benefit of the motherland, the whole point of empire

[@KAIDE2009]

Aaron Brougham Empire never used Tarrifs to a large extent. There was a massive debate in the late 19th century between having massive tariffs on none-empire products. This failed and the liberal free market approach succeeded in winning the hearts and minds. Using tariffs would of protected the Empire long-term but made the home people poorer. The British Empire was always created by free enterprise, then large scale colonization followed then British centralized control. The point of Empire was a giant free market where people buy each other goods. *Imperial Preferences* *Not Imperial Tariffs* General taxation paid for military upkeep. Very simple model.

[@GunFunZS]

I am so glad my mother wasn't able to convince me to join a branch of any of the services.

[@dylankirk7994]

Why?

[@sbraypaynt]

Welsh sergeant screaming this is very British...... Oh beautiful they fixed bayonets, very British.... THEY SAID HUZZAH GOD SAVE THE QUEEN YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS

[@tomtom34b]

impressive, thx for sharing, Lindybeige. Do you actually have time to go for a swim there in Malta? :D

[@lindybeige]

tomtom34b About ten minutes.

[@-sturmfalke-]

I just understood the reason for meaningless drill. They want to imprint uneraseable patterns in your brain to make you follow every single command they give, and since you've done it so often you just execute it without thinking, you might do that seconds later but not at the same time as you execute that command. That makes it possible for them to make you kill somebody, or run into crossfire with no hesitance. In essence, it makes actual coordinated battles even possible, but at the cost of making humans into (somewhat) willingless machines. But that gives nations (or just large settlements of people, depending on the age you're talking about) a lot of advantages over a (possibly) less drilled enemy, and is THE key to winning battles with a lot of participants. It's ugly as it is beautiful.

[@ptonpc]

Kudos to those volunteers and thanks Lindybeige for showing it to us.

[@Philmarken1]

Damn, their uniforms look sleek -- nice video Lindy

[@CapnHolic]

So what exactly is the point of drilling? I know it looked good when you had military parades and whatnot, for everyone walking in the same rhythm, and being very impressive. Was it just to train them to respond instantly to an order?

[@nthedecent7717]

CapnHolic Discipline and control, If they can have perfect composure and timing in a drill, it will reflect positively when they're in the field.

[@CapnHolic]

Vanilla Shark So it's not so much about marching and shouldering and all that, but using that as a means to instill discipline?

[@nthedecent7717]

CapnHolic Do you want your men to run off the battlefield back to home in the middle of a firefight at the slightest sight of blood? Then you need to discipline them. When you tell them to march forward, they march forward. When you tell them to fix bayonets, they fix bayonets. When you tell them to fight on the front lines, they better we'll fight on the front lines.

[@CapnHolic]

Vanilla Shark So it is more or less what I thought. Thanks for the insight.

[@TheClassicalSauce]

CapnHolic Discipline in combat. You give an order, your squad follows the order. Drill reinforces this behavior.