Covert Warfare - Britain's SAS Fleet | History Documentary

Covert Warfare - Britain's SAS Fleet | History Documentary | Klassic Garage

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@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

We hope you like this one! We'd actually begun working on another vehicle but couldn't resist diving deep into this Special Forces array of Vehicles! - Jacob

@Br1anuk 2 ай бұрын

The most secretive vehicle, London Black Cab. Hidden in plain sight.

@richarddepledge960 2 ай бұрын

your not wrong there mate. Plus the driver who knows the way. Been used for years supporting plod and mil and other agencies.

@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266 Ай бұрын

The Met has a number of them including various utility vans etc

@bob_the_bomb4508 Ай бұрын

Trouble is they won’t go south of the river at night… :)

@68Warpigs 2 ай бұрын

SAS, world's finest.

@mikebutler6308 2 ай бұрын

Regarding "Blue Thunder," this seems to be a nickname coined by the media for these helicopters. They are operated by 658 Squadron Army Air Corps. (part of the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing). They had six of this type, but one was written off. As this type is one of the types that UK Armed Forces are looking to replace, it's unclear if they will eventually be replaced by the Leonardo AW149. As stated in the video, the civilian livery allows them to "blend into the backgroud" as they operate in the role of domestic counterterrorism.

@colinbarron4 2 ай бұрын

The British Army first used pink paint as desert camouflage in North Africa during WW2. The RAF also used some pink Spitfires for photo recon. (PR).

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

Wow the spitfires sound awesome, I never knew that.

@user-buck-b7j 2 ай бұрын

Todays army really like pink and even rainbow colored vehicles

@Nick-q8k 2 ай бұрын

@@klassicgaragei think they also used blue spitfires

@RossNaylor-uq4jp 2 ай бұрын

When I was in the army i always wondered why we called the certain models of land rovers as pinkies thanks for clearing that up for me 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🇺🇸👊👊👊👊✌

@graememckay9972 Ай бұрын

@@RossNaylor-uq4jpI could be wrong, I always am according to wife, but I think the long wheelbase were pinkies and short wheelbase were dinkies.

@johnwilliamson4025 2 ай бұрын

In the 1990 s a vehicle was developed to S A S specification by Reutech in South Africa named the Shadow and featured in Janes Defence Weekly - but for some unknown reason never accepted - way better in every respect to the Land Rover - greater range much higher road clearance unique soldier-proof automatic gearbox with unique lock-up feature much greater wading depth and a potent Caterpillar engine and under mine protection none of which the LandRover never had.- the Land rover was a civilian vehicle the Shadow was designed and built to tight specification and hugely capable as you can imagine.

@TheQuantumPotato 2 ай бұрын

It's worth thinking about the logistics of things like that. The Land Rover was in use across all branches of the British military, there must have been tens of thousands of them. Because of that, spare parts, people trained to maintain them, everything like that is very easy to come by. For a unit like the SAS, they're only going to need maybe a few dozen of those vehicles. That's a whole separate maintenance line and a whole load of spare parts that need to be stocked just for a few dozen vehicles, and those things have to be in the right place at the right time. They don't benefit from the economy of scale that a vehicle like the Land Rover does, and it becomes incredibly expensive for such a small fleet. The benefits of something like the Shadow are nice to have, but they're not going to fundamentally change how the SAS operate. The bang for your buck ends up not making sense.

@bob_the_bomb4508 Ай бұрын

@@TheQuantumPotatoyou’re right but I saw myself the RAF try to buy a couple of gucci Blackhawks in the 1990’s to replace the last remaining Wessex (in the Queen’s Flight) rather than get some more Puma or Sea Kings. The Blackhawks would have been the only ones in the fleet…

@alanfrost4661 18 күн бұрын

It cost. To much

@daverickards7647 2 ай бұрын

We've got all these special forces around the world ,,,, but hours are the best . Roger trout.

@JackLamona-tk9of 2 ай бұрын

A comment for the history books.

@richarddepledge960 2 ай бұрын

pretty accurate. Ive sat in the Paddy Mayne collection of WW2 vehicles when I served years ago. They came to visit us at RAF Topcliffe along with a few Lynx helis. Great training day and interest day. I was at Dunsfold 2 weeks ago!!! did not know about the collection there. If I go back to collect the kit I dropped off I will be trying to pop along. One for the bucket list.

@rogerhudson9732 2 ай бұрын

There was a period in the late 1960s when the 3 SAS regiments used the Austin Champ 4x4 'jeep' , it had the RR B4 engine and could be almost silent (with a tin can of wire wool over the exhaust outlet) plus it could go backwards with as many gears (4x2) as forwards, mainly a Signals Squadron vehicle. In 1968 22SAS had only about a hundred Sabre trained men.

@KennyJosephNiven Ай бұрын

sabr 4 mem unit

@requiscatinpace7392 2 ай бұрын

The pink paint is called‘Mountbatten Pink’ after Louis Mountbatten who painted his ships pink after he noticed that one ship in that colour he was escorting blended in better than the other.

@rogergoldfinchelectrical4159 2 ай бұрын

I believe most of the privately owned Pinkies were sold at auction relatively recently and went to America.

@darrenangel461 2 ай бұрын

Great video many thanks for posting !.

@peterray6796 2 ай бұрын

Another fantastic interesting video, brilliant thanks

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for the feedback 😊

@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266 Ай бұрын

8:10 Fast roping onto the top of one of the accommodation blocks at Metropolitan Police training school at Hendon. Was able to watch this at the time. Blocks have now since been demolished. 2 Helicopters. Loads of white box vans etc there

@klassicgarage Ай бұрын

Aye, my office is opposite it and the neighbours are always telling me stories of looking out and seeing them practice. Alas, all demolished now as you say to make way for flats...

@arthurtwoshedsjackson6266 Ай бұрын

@@klassicgarage I did 18 weeks at Hendon 2005 in that tower block as a recruit and then worked at what is in basic terms a call centre and dispatch centre for emergency and non emergency calls which is next door to the PNC building. The whole estate has been reduced. Driving school gone etc. Went back a few years ago and it is heartbreaking. I turned up one day and the SAS were fast roping onto the top of the building. The amount of vehicles they had there was unbelievable to support them as they practiced.

@59patrickw 2 ай бұрын

the first vehicles the SAS used came from the LRDG 1980 hertz rental vans used at princes gate

@darrenangel461 2 ай бұрын

No hertz vans were used at princes gate it was AVIS RENTAL VANS just saying !.

@murraywells1919 Ай бұрын

So do you think they walked everywhere before 1980?

@murraywells1919 Ай бұрын

My bad😂

@59patrickw Ай бұрын

@@murraywells1919 the LRDG was in the western desert of north Africa in WW2 well before 1980 do your history

@jonosullivan4727 Ай бұрын

Exactly 😂 @@murraywells1919

@HendrikSchoeman557 2 ай бұрын

Keep it up Love these types of videos

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated

@jonathannorris8992 2 ай бұрын

As I remember it from Northern Island it’s generally a clapped out Ford cortina

@MartinTerry-u3x Ай бұрын

I would just like to add a comment about two vehicles that are missing from this video firstly, the 110 pinky V8, which was modified by Ricardo vehicle specialist who produced more 110 Pinkys in the series pinkies also not mentioned all not mentioned are the dinky 90s. The one tens evolved through the years of service they could be equipped is there is different weapon systems, but generally speaking, the 110s were equipped with GPMG for vehicle commander. The operator in the back would have had a 50 cow Browning heavy machine gun or in 19 grenade launcher, twin, GPMG the Milan, why guided missile system was also fitted to the roll bar. When firing the Milan. it was quite a spectacle, especially at night with the vehicle, commander and driver sitting a couple of feet also underneath the weapon systems. Spoke to steel just from rear. The vehicles went through upgrades throughout the service where they were modified for more power Auckland ground clearance by fitting 916 tyres as well as many other mods which I won’t bore you with. As for the dinky.s they start of life as a standard military 90, but then were unit modified similar, in someways to the one tens Pinkys, but a lot more basic GPMG for vehicle commander, and I the single or twin GPMG similar, but not the same as the pathfinder 90s. I hope this is clear as mud. Also used as mother ships i.e. resupply were Mercedes-Benz uni Mog also Ricardo LSV’s motorcycles, i.e. Hondas and KTM who played the role in the first and second gulf war! LSV is not so much unlike the series pinkies, which was sold off through auctions most of the 110 V8 Pinkys never escaped the crusher or the range there are three or four, 110 Pinkys in private hands, most of the 90s - were converted back to normal military specifications. there are also quite a few other vehicles that are missed off the list I hope that the 110 Pinkys there always seem to be forgotten which played a pivotal role in the golf. Also saw quite a few deployments through Africa and the Middle East. The 110 Pinkys word very different beast to the land Rover Wolf with a wimx kit fitted, faster, stronger, a lot more payload on the 110 Pinkys

@Zidzods 2 ай бұрын

Will be waiting for the video on the vehicle in your collection 👍.

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

Coming soon!

@546268 Ай бұрын

Those scrotes breaking into the van is hilarious 😂😂

@shibaricognoscenti14 Ай бұрын

You want to look into the use of Unimogs beloved of a friend of mine RIP.

@jordanwilson706 Ай бұрын

You should have a look at the Australian SASR LRPV (Long Range Patrol Vehicle).

@Anonymous-gu8tk Ай бұрын

Around 2008 they purchased 4 custom QT Wildcats.

@Modernnannenginemarineengine 2 ай бұрын

Land rovers transit vans old Estate cars. Old cabs - 3ton lorry’s. And im writing before watching.

@paulmcgee1867 2 ай бұрын

No the Embassy siege wasn’t the first time people had heard of the SAS . But it did bring them more into the public domain

@zcharged8294 2 ай бұрын

great vid

@nagraking 2 ай бұрын

I seem to remember seeing a 6 wheel stretched pink panther at a show somewhere.

@andrewthorpe2539 2 ай бұрын

Those are Australian Paranties (probably misspelt that). In terms of Pinkies I once worked at Museum of Army Transport and in the archives we had the record cards for the 60 odd Pinkies. Also had one on display and as Wally Duggan was such a good experienced mechanic at one time there were about a half dozen of them in the workshop.

@gavreynolds2689 Ай бұрын

I think you have a fact wrong? The pink paint which wasn't just monochrome in colour was 1st applied during WWII for the SAS and the LRDG? During the war Artist were recruited/enlisted and they suggested or painted desert vehicles in differing shades of pink and probably sand colours because to their artistic eyes the desert is made up of these hues of colour. The British had a special department called the Magic men who some were actual trained Magicians or Illusionist and I think were artist who job was to fool the enemy. They helped make up a complete fictional army to distract the Germans prior to D-Day.

@alanfrost4661 18 күн бұрын

A guy called Mascaline excuse the spelling but thats how its said

@zaynchowdhury4484 2 ай бұрын

Missed out the bushmaster protected mobility vehicle. They got 24 in 2008 to counter the IED threat in Iraq

@worgaron13 2 ай бұрын

I don't know how true it is but I've heard it from multiple sources that they don't actually use police vehicles nor do they use blue light apparently the number plates used by the sas are recorded on the national police data Base and if a copper runs the plate for speeding they are to ignore it. I don't know how true this is but kinda makes more sense then lights and sirens

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

Ultimately it's either a video where everything I've said is completely true or utterly false 😂 which shows what they do is working.

@MadAntz970 2 ай бұрын

Or if your a Brighton traffic police the day after the Grand Hotel bombing, and you stop a pair of fast moving Range Rovers leaving Brighton in the early hours just before the Devils Dyke turn off, only for you to saunter up to the lead vehicle to be greeted by Herefords finest....

@pepperroni6252 2 ай бұрын

If they're needed somewhere quickly they'll be given an escort by RLC/RMP attached in support roles in police liveried vehicles with lights, if they want to be covert they wont be speeding so no need to be immune to police stops.

@jakedovey7488 2 ай бұрын

I live near Stirling lines/mod credenhill and I can assure you that they definitely do use blue lights, they are frequently on training runs locally, I saw a sas ct training convoy just yesterday!

@the_once-and-future_king. 10 күн бұрын

There are two levels. The 'usual' covert vehicles are on the DVLA as government vehicles. The COVERT covert vehicles are registered to shell companies and any PCNs etc are dealt with quietly behind the scenes.

@patrickvennard838 2 ай бұрын

You see all manner of SAS vehicles around Hereford.

@KennyJosephNiven Ай бұрын

ive a feeling i was in them at the beginning too

@Ironcrossdelta 2 ай бұрын

I liked the modified defender 110 version better. Looks pretty ally

@fredhercmaricaubang1883 2 ай бұрын

And here I thought these boys went around the world aboard Scandinavian Airlines System airliners! I mean, HEY, they're also the SAS!

@harry9392 2 ай бұрын

The drove Austin 1800's in Northern Ireland,

@alanbrown5593 Ай бұрын

3ltr V6 Transit 3.5ltr V8 ldv Good old days.

@silverbackakasherby2033 2 ай бұрын

They do not need vehicles, they are already there

@matthewbishop9342 2 ай бұрын

I thought you might have shown the HMT Supercat that replaced the pinkies, they're almost 25 years old now.

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

We've got a more military focused video coming up

@iamjames8200 2 ай бұрын

@@klassicgarage yea what he's saying though, the SAS used them as well as the rest of the army.

@matthewbishop9342 2 ай бұрын

@@iamjames8200 mobility troop had them first. They used them in the MV role

@WyeExplorer 2 ай бұрын

Hey, at 1.31 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b32mnoWghNmJZtU on the far right - that's my father Terry Jickells. One afternoon he brought a pinky (SAS Desert Vehicle) home - it was like that in Hereford back in the early days.

@klassicgarage 2 ай бұрын

Hey, thank you for watching and the insight. They must be some of the very few without black rectangles for eyes 😉

@WyeExplorer 2 ай бұрын

@@klassicgarage A real pleasure. Yeah, for sure - mind you this was Hereford when they weren't even known by the world. The community was them and they were the community if you get my meaning. Now due to the media it's changed - they were still all over the planet though. Dad was away for 9 months at a time and would disappear at a moments notice. It was a strain on the family - he was the hero mum was the witch. There's a lot to special forces and the families here/dysfunction. Great video mate - well done.

@jockmcghee4147 2 ай бұрын

They loved there ford transits to

@davidrobertson5700 Ай бұрын

The chopper looks more like Airwoof

@phillipkrelle5661 2 ай бұрын

Two thieves needed a nappy change that day!

@KennyJosephNiven Ай бұрын

mope i dont fli robert duvalstyle

@colintraveller 2 ай бұрын

Lolol at this docu , No mention of Wasps , Seakings , Commandos ...

@billkingston4402 Ай бұрын

They ave a reinforced Ice cream van with extra whip

@lawrencemartin1113 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Really interesting. Back in the late 1980's I had a job as ground crew and Fire crew at an airfield in the South East. One very dark night, having been asked to work a late shift because there would be a 'medical flight' arriving out of hours, I was on refuel duty and asked to drive the bowser to the helicopter ops pad. I did so and waited. Then I heard a helicopter arriving and knew from the sound it was an Augusta 109. To my surprise, I was then told over the radio, this would be a 'Hot Refuel'....a rotors running refuel, which due to our normal operating procedures, was pretty much unheard of and although trained to do so, it was my first! As the sound got closer I still could not get visual with the aircraft until it popped out from behind a hangar to my left and popped itself down right in front of me. It was completely Matt black and had unusual doors. As I approached to attach the static line the right hand side door slid back and inside were a group of blokes rather well kitted up for what looked like a highly entertaining night out! All dressed in full black boiler suit style uniform, with balaclavas and a lot of extra kit strapped all over themselves and crammed into the floor area between them. They were also fully 'tooled up'. One 'wag' in the back shouted to me to "Fill her up mate!!" I got a thumbs up and a nod from one of the pilots and I proceeded to do just that. In my excitement and naivety, being a little in awe of this whole noisy event, I stupidly approached with the clip board and fuel sheet and my bic biro to ask for a signature 😂!! The response was much laughter from the jolly band in the back and the shouted comment, "Send the bill to ops in Hereford!!" at which point he slid the door shut. Rather sheepishly and with a lame smile, having ensured all clear, I gave the pilot a thumbs up and stood and watched as they lifted and disappeared into the night. It was hilarious. Roll the clock forward many years and by now I had been teaching and working extensively with RAF cadets at a well known boarding school in Kent for many years. One night I was alerted by my dear friend on the security team that if I stood by the chapel at a certain time that night, I might see something to my advantage. It turned out that the then head of the SAS, an old boy of the school, was 'popping in' to give a talk to some sixth form students from our school and some from a famous girls school, and then have dinner with them. Sure enough, the lovely sound of a Dauphin was heard bang on time and again, it appeared at very low level from behind the chapel and landed on the outer cricket pitch. No lights except the eerie greenish glow from a couple of sets of NV goggles up front. They shut down and our man hopped out in his camel coat and suit and was escorted off to the event. I managed to hang about and very kindly the two pilots gave me the tour! There was a lot of interesting stuff in that aircraft, including a GPMG and ammo, in a clever locker with a swing out mount. They were about to head off to supper when I said jokingly, aren't you going to lock up? This is a boy's school after all!" They looked at each other and one said, "Actually not a bad shout! There are a few quid's worth of NV kit in there!!" Once the two pilots had eaten their meal, I managed to have a really lovely chat with them. They were excellent and very generous with their conversation. I learned a lot! Then, one of them had a phone call on his mobile. He had a brief chat and said, "Yep, ok will do" and hung up. He turned to me and the other crewman and said.....that was ops Hereford....he's ready to leave.....why couldn't he have just told us direct?" We were standing right outside the door to the main dining room, right by the cloakroom where 'our man' had just walked past to use the loo before walking back past the two pilots and going back to the dinning room. He had them in view the whole time. The boss had called Hereford on his phone, who then called the pilots! It was very funny. We then went out to the aircraft and they prepared to leave. Ten mins later with the boss back on board, they were gone, off into the darkness again. 😊 Funny old world.

@KennyJosephNiven Ай бұрын

thats a good story bud i believe every word though it should not be on herre official secretys act bud

@lawrencemartin1113 Ай бұрын

@@KennyJosephNiven Except, it was way back in the late 1980's and I hadn't signed the official secrets act. It's public domain stuff. They landed at a public airfield. There was nothing mentioned to anyone at the time and no one had any knowledge of where they were going or what they were doing. If it really had been that secret at the time, other 'people' in interesting cars with interesting barber jackets would have been present. I have worked a lot with the MOD since those days and I can assure you, no breaches of security took place then or now. 😊👍🏻

@katyg3873 2 ай бұрын

In Northern Ireland in the early 90’s they had a 4wd v6 cosworth transit van that their technicians made. My dad was at crossmaglen army base and they were there testing it in the fields. A fencing company was putting up some razor wire around the base. A sas guy walked up to him and said what’s that for then? The fencing bloke said it’s just to keep any vehicle born attacks out. The sas guy said that won’t stop nothing. The fencing guy got pissy and they had an argument. The sas guy got in the van and drove straight through it, just said ‘ told you’. And walked off. 😂😂😂 my dad took a picture of the engine in the van. Several years ago I was talking to one of fords special vehicle technicians and mentioned it, he said that’s bollocks Ford never did anything like that. I said it wasn’t ford but the regiment. He still refuted it. I sent him the photo, he never responded 😂.

@edm9527 2 ай бұрын

A family friend bought an ex-Police dog van as a van to rent out. He drove it back from the auction and said it drove everywhere at 95Mph. The police denied it was used BUT it was defiantly tuned to the hilt. I drove it and it was a rocket. He had to put a sticker on the speedo face to say "Watch your Speed'

@richarddepledge960 2 ай бұрын

I saw a cosworth engine in an Audi A8 many years ago. Bloke had come up the mway off the clock!!! It baffled me at the time as to why that would have been done as the A8 was quite a beast.

@1eyrey 2 ай бұрын

aspire competition s had one on 2 weeks ago 😂you could win it

@KennyJosephNiven Ай бұрын

ound l th black bagutate force

@jac627 2 ай бұрын

Dodge trucks were the first used. Doesn't bode well when the video starts off missing this fact.

@Edro1973 2 ай бұрын

Not sure about Dodge, but I know long range reconnaissance used 10 Chevy 1 tons in ww2.

@jac627 2 ай бұрын

@Edro1973 Yeah, I was thinking dodge but in retrospect, I was thinking about a generic US truck even though I've seen the Chevy in the Imperial War museum

@leestockton9367 2 ай бұрын

The main vehicle is left leg, right leg

@MaxwellMoore-d1u 2 ай бұрын

God I'd like to know what the SAS said to the Scallys trying to Nick there Van .Ho my days .😂😂😂😂.

@Протехнику-ю1х Ай бұрын

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@deeeeeeeench1209 2 ай бұрын

Landy if it's not broken down 😂

@Tillerman56 2 ай бұрын

@deeeeeeeench1209 You listen too much to rumours spread by Toyota folks.....

@deeeeeeeench1209 2 ай бұрын

@Tillerman56 I owned a series 2A 26 years ago and it was god awful and about the most unreliable thing I've owned its called real world experience I'm not easily influenced because most people haven't got a clue.

@Tillerman56 2 ай бұрын

@@deeeeeeeench1209 Oh well, I had three Landies since 1996. A 2.5NA, a Td5 and currently a Tdci 2.4. With those I did around 700K, travel as well as commuting. Yes there were issues, like a wheel bearing every now and then, clutch, brakes etc, But nothing serious.

@deeeeeeeench1209 2 ай бұрын

@Tillerman56 yeah mine got stuck on flat wet grass I sold it immediately and went back to suzuki SJ's and never had any more problems mechanical or wet grass lol