Individual Fieldcraft

How not to be seen, vintage training film showing how great we were and how rubbish the soviets were.

[@madgeordie4290]

I remember being shown this when I joined in the late 1970s. The uniforms, kit and weapons may have changed but the basic principles of cam and concealment, fieldcraft and fire and manoeuvre are still relevant. This video clip makes it look and sound easy but getting this right requires hard work and effort for the soldiers on the ground. The consequences of getting it wrong, however, can be a great deal worse.

[@buzzinbenny]

Smack bang on. I watch this video prior to teaching cam and council to recruits

[@marbrower1160]

Thanks for verifying it as authentic

[@Jimmyboy1674]

@@marbrower1160 Yes these are actual training videos for the British Army!👍🏼

[@johngwheeler]

We were taught: 7 "S"s plus "M": Shape, Shine, Surface, Shadow, Silhouette, Spacing, Sound and Movement

[@derptomistic]

A thing to always remember is that this is specially designed to hide you at range. The closer you are the more care you will need to take to avoid getting shot in the face.

[@TheIndia21]

Another classic! From the pre-DPM era but was still in use in my day (late '70s). And just as relevant today as it was then.

[@Jimmyboy1674]

Still used in 2003 when i joined!🤣👍🏼

[@KB4QAA]

Great film. This is the sort of thing that Lord Baden-Powell developed and taught to troops in the Boer War.

[@vg_grover4828]

Too bad he couldn't have taught me the same things when I was in Boy Scouts

[@marceloduran7939]

Escoutismo 🇨🇱

[@bicolouredprawn]

I wonder if this film was the inspiration for Monty Python's "How not to be seen."

[@johngwheeler]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@blainebaxter7684]

This might sound weird but this video helped me when I play airsoft just simple things like lying down and not using sudden movements really do help because the human peripheral vision detects movement really well.

[@SPiderman-rh2zk]

It feels counter intuitive to freeze when you believe you've been seen, but you have to fight the urge to hide. We were told to freeze if caught in the open when a tripflare or parachute flare is fired. It's all well and good if you're near some cover you can dive into but out on a billiard table-flat field you absolutely can freeze until the darkness comes back, but if you move, you'll be seen instantly.

[@AnonymousCaveman]

I'm watching this because I'm a Cpl In the ACF and I love fieldcraft so much and these videos just makes me so happy to watch. Awesome video bro :)

[@eddywiggins620]

Anonymous Caveman just remember , over doing it can have the same effect as too little. I remember being taught this as I to was in the ACF Twickenham 196 RE

[@AnonymousCaveman]

Eddy Wiggins Yeah I agree. It's mainly interesting :D

[@siveth8149]

Anonymous Caveman I am a training one star, I was at altar doing camouflage at night in the rabbit warren, I didn't have any type of uniform, it hadn't been issued, but I was the only one of 14 who made it past the PI & SMI

[@moj6241]

Siveth what company ?

[@siveth8149]

Joseph Gillon 1 coy, 1st Irish guards

[@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl]

The Soviets were excellent in fieldcraft, that's according an SS veteran. It has evolved now electronics pick up body temperature and the trajectory of individual arms. I do camerawork and surprise bird in foliage and photographed one from less than 10 metres distance.

[@davidsmith2356]

I remember this film...in training.

[@ged150774]

Fantastic video clips. Takes me back to when I joined the army back in the early 1990's

[@gunnerjames1056]

Hah! Actually used burned corks on midnight raids on local airport! Not so easily removed. Twelve year old's in dark clothing, black toques, and burned corked rubbed on face for camo. Never damaged anything, but the commando raid as twelve year old's was quite the adventure!

[@oldsoho6202]

The L1A1 Self Loading Rifle SLR. Instant Erection material.

[@arkansaswookie]

Bwahahahahahaha! Fully! Instant erection material! That's great! And i agree.

[@gillesguillaumin6603]

Oldsoho. Holly shit, I don't want to swim in sheep's shit and eat ravens.

[@commander31able60]

it takes a relic to make another relic erect.

[@simposayerman]

Oldsoho -I couldn’t agree more 7.62 = hit = lights out!

[@anders1621]

The good old days.

[@tonycavanagh1929]

Shape, Shine and Shadow of the top of my head and silhouette. LOL I remember advancing to contatct during training you dodge the nettles and mud if you can, when going to ground, but when have real rounds blatted at you, you dive to the ground. roll shoot scamble to the left or right and up again.

[@tonycavanagh1929]

LOl and pushing the head and shoulders out of your eyes when sighting. Used to feel like a dredd with the bits hanging of your helmet, real shitty when wet.

[@johnybranton8728]

These videos are still great now, really helpful thanks :)

[@Sakkehattu]

Hah, we used a lot of these same things when I was doing my conscription couple years back. Up close it looked silly, but damn if it didn't camouflage you well into the forest :)

[@1truthbegettingtold275]

One small detail that is overlooked, the crawling guy at 0:30 so close to the guy on the tree. Any sound of movement, any kind like scuffling of cloth against ground, leaf dragging, twig snapping or cracking is going to compromise him. I know they wanted it to seem all cool but only wet leaves soggy flexible leaves and plants can be crawled over silently. Details will keep you alive.

[@SPiderman-rh2zk]

Thank you

[@1truthbegettingtold275]

@@SPiderman-rh2zk Thank you for bringing me back here. I have Disassociative Identity Disorder, many that know many different subjects. I am learning from another one of myselfs.

[@wessexheathen5708]

" the shape of his weapon" 🤣🤣🤣 ooh matron!!!

[@josephdavis8976]

Damn, we Yanks rely on too much firepower. We've lost the concealment and maneuver aspects of fieldcraft. In fact, the U.S. does not have a doctrine for fieldcraft. At least the Army doesn't. I haven't seen a FM on this in my 17 years of service.

[@JohnyHimalaya]

This seems to be a main difference between British/Australian tactics versus American.

[@eddywiggins620]

Joseph Davis even our army cadets over here in the UK are taught and tested on camouflage and concealment. I was back in the early 80s and my cousins son is in now and he is still taught it.

[@eddywiggins620]

Joseph Davis even our army cadets over here in the UK are taught and tested on camouflage and concealment. I was back in the early 80s and my cousins son is in now and he is still taught it.

[@TheRustylungs]

maybee in the US army more people have hunted game before they enlisted and they learnt camouflage from that I dunno just a thought there's gotta be more hunters in USA than uk

[@stevenpremmel4116]

I think with Iraq/Afghanistan, the British army have decided to go to war the American way, with a reliance on firepower and I don't think that the supply chain can handle it, especially during the "platoon house" strategy in Helmand in 2006. I hope that the current situation in Eastern Europe leads to a revival in more conventional methods.

[@BLACKTHUMB01]

For more info on how not to be seen watch: British government film (No. 42, PARA. 6.)

[@Bearded_Tattooed_Guy]

Monty Python reference detected.

[@vg_grover4828]

This demonstrates the value of not being seen.

[@mackenshaw8169]

I can remember being shown this at Puckapunyal.

[@mole389]

SLR how we miss THAT RIFLE

[@commander31able60]

"skin - anything to break up the *whiteness* " that's almost prophetic in current year.

[@natturner1619]

Cry some more

[@johngwheeler]

Particularly given the South African narrator....Apartheit was in full swing then! The idea of a black soldier didn't occur to them clearly!

[@armyman967]

is there a way i can download this... i am a CFAV and this clip is a useful training aid

[@tinysaxon3826]

The best weapon !! The SLR, I LOVED IT !

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Pellpax are releasing a co2 powered replica 😀

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

Wow, 3:36 thats actually really good. If he remained absolutely still, that would indeed be a challenge to see, unless you have excellent eyesight. (I have 20-20 plus)

[@scouttroop291]

good show that tommy good lad his acting top shelf

[@mwnciboo]

Not sure on that one, I reckon they would have hit you with Non-persistent Agents though, like blood agents etc. But yeah, I think you are right in the fact they would have gone for an-all-out preemptive bumming of the highest order.

[@aaronquak2139]

One great big Monty Python episode from 4:05

[@vg_grover4828]

This is Private Egor Ivanov of the 43rd Rifle Division, he cannot be seen. Now, I'm going to ask him to stand up. Private Ivanov will you stand up please?

[@johngwheeler]

Reminds me of a similar Monty Python sketch!

[@mclmm6773]

John Ramboski attacks at 1:04

[@TaylorGerrior]

Still good for the 60's

[@eddywiggins620]

Emiya Gerr try late1970s

[@Jimmyboy1674]

@@eddywiggins620 still shown in basic in early 2000's!🤣👍🏼

[@KakarotMarine]

what type of knife is the soldier using in the beginning of the film?

[@muppeteer]

+Colton Adams Pretty sure it's the bayonet from his rifle. Back then we didn't carry knives just bayonets, at least in the infantry.

[@4002corbe]

It’s the bayonet for the SLR …

[@gabecota4004]

I thought that white arrow was Jesus for some reason

[@RodgerBirddog]

Judging by the kit and weapons this is the 1960s

[@simposayerman]

RodgerBirddog -mid to late 60’s battle dress ( Green fatigues) replaced khaki battledress ( WW2 fatigues ) plus 58 pattern webbing I around this period

[@shitchops]

Rather elementry my dear

[@monkeyspankerful]

Turning a body over with your boot?!!!! Who taught him that?

[@johngwheeler]

Yes, I noticed that - I was taught to drop heavily onto the back of the enemy soldier (to see if they were still alive and feigning death, or injured), then roll them over using their body as a shield, and have a buddy check for booby traps. If they yelled "bomb", you would push the body back over, and roll away ASAP. Also, the recommendation to rest the rifle fore-stock on a hard surface like a wall if terrible for accuracy. Yes, it is slightly lower than placing your hand underneath, but what's the point if you miss your target?

[@JohnWiseman]

This doubles as a PUBG training video.

[@alexwilliamson1486]

Unless you’re left handed…

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

How not to be seen

[@tomservo5347]

Really doesn't matter all that much if you're bad a field craft in the Red Army at that time. They had millions of replacements and if it was a 15 to 1 kill ratio against them they'd still win. (Ask the Germans who had that ratio.) My Dad was stationed in Germany late 60's and wondered very seriously how they were expected to stop a full on Soviet attack considering the bottom of the barrel soldiers the draft was producing.

[@johndavis7868]

I wonder who the fuck took over the army and stopped implementing these tactics

[@curt6926]

What are you waffling about lad we still do all this shit

[@mkrump9403]

I never see this level of extreme violence. I find funny to express this common sub human covered idea of killing for job. The commentator really speak and giving instructions as it is for instructing a bus driver recruits.

[@australianmade2659]

M Krump he is training killers not bus drivers. Negotiations are useless on the field of battle.

[@mkrump9403]

His voice and ton sound the same... just different procedures and different universal mission haha...

[@misfit4373]

either kill or be killed on the battlefield its hard but thats the truth

[@cdtdelta1750]

great training video however, some fieldcraft methods are outdated.

[@mkrump9403]

Not really outdated. They dont mention any weapons or any tactics. It`s done for infantry recruits operating individually on open field. The bushes, trees and deep country sides will remains the same...

[@seses3997]

It's be british or nothing

[@nacholibre1962]

12:47 Skin...anything to break up the whiteness. Man, they were even woke back then! ;-)

[@johnnyjohn-johnson7738]

These days it would be replaced with "anything to break up the reflective surface" with a demonstration involving at least one black soldier, because there would always be a BLM minded recruit who would scream "hey! I don't have any whiteness to break up! [flips table] screw this! I'm done with the white man's training films!".

[@lordemarsh6804]

Germans were the best with camouflage till today...