love the scouts crossing the road at 10;48,,, so much like a walk on holidays!!!!
@coy0te93 жыл бұрын
And very fashionable to wear a single leaf stuck to the side of the helmet.
@coy0te93 жыл бұрын
I shouldn't mock. I've never been in a war and these are some of the men who saved the world.
@Stephen-wc8fn3 жыл бұрын
And looks both ways to make sure he doesn’t get hit by a car
@gillesguillaumin6603 Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen-wc8fn. Or a bus...😂
@dulls84756 жыл бұрын
A very British training film....superb drill.
@WozWozEre4 жыл бұрын
Semper Fidelis 👍
@dulls84754 жыл бұрын
@@WozWozEre What years were you in?
@WozWozEre4 жыл бұрын
@@dulls8475 2003 until amalgamation
@dulls84754 жыл бұрын
@@WozWozEre I was in 83 to 93. It was sad day when we lost our Regiment. SF.
@mdog1112 жыл бұрын
The closing shot with the runner still diligently pushing his bike as the platoon advanced off into the distance made me laugh.
@biggiouschinnus74892 жыл бұрын
Magnificent drill, as to be expected. Assuming this film was 1940, these men were probably regulars (the Guards battalions retained a relatively high number of regulars for quite some time.)
@Peter-lm3ic5 жыл бұрын
The procedure was officially called ‘Battle Drill’ and was used also for Section attacks. Practiced up to about the mid 1940’s but well out of use by 1950 or before.
@johnsalt11574 жыл бұрын
Nope -- I was still taught platoon and section battle drills, remarkably similar to what's done in this film, in the late 70s and early 90s.
@Peter-lm3ic4 жыл бұрын
John:.Nope, ‘Battle Drill’ as it was known at the time was not just about platoon and section battle drills that came under TOET’s. But ‘Battle Drill’ was performed on the barrack Parade Ground as a drill you understand, a parade ground drill, with polished boots, you came to attention, you stood at ease you, you sloped arms, you marched, you doubled at the present. It was certainly all well out of British Army procedures by the start of the 1950’s.
@iainb15774 ай бұрын
Did no.3 say "I am the platoon commander's servant" or did I mishear.
@yoyomodiji2 ай бұрын
Yes he said servent
@alanfaulkner63294 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@mcsmash49054 жыл бұрын
love how they say hiya instead of here (i know i know but i always found it slightly amusing)
@euskryhtbnfvse4i7ehs4hnvf Жыл бұрын
and "orf" instead of "off"
@32shumble Жыл бұрын
My dad learnt all this in wW2 - tried to teach it to me and my brother in the 60's
@shumyinghon5 жыл бұрын
they were still walking straight over to the enemy? :o
@sgtg46005 жыл бұрын
The issued British "stiff upper lip" 1 set per man (available from the QM's stores) will repel all known small arms ammunition of the time. 🇬🇧
@bryanbufton3 жыл бұрын
Thanks enjoyed it very much
@Hew.Jarsol7 ай бұрын
17:40 still using the old daysacks!
@yugster784 жыл бұрын
Giving the platoon commander the map and compass not a good idea. "sergeant were do you think we are?"
@pbeccas4 жыл бұрын
Excellent film.
@SwedishWookie5 жыл бұрын
Equipmentwise around when in the was would this be? 42-43?
@paddy8645 жыл бұрын
Earlier I'd say, judging by the presence of the Boye's A/tk. Rifle and the Runner's bike and the lack of a radio in Pl. HQ. It could even be pre-war, very late '30s in fact (though I'm not sure when the Thompson was introduced) . Sounds like a Welsh regiment, possibly the Welsh Guards.
@andysykes56045 жыл бұрын
Thompsons where added to Establishment in NOV 1940. The three man LMG Group is first referenced in FEB 1941. The Section was increased to 10 men in June 41. However the 1942 LMG Manual still shows an 8 man section but has a L/CPL in charge of the Gun Group. So this film is between NOV 40 and AUG 42. But I suspect its early 41.
@paddy8645 жыл бұрын
@@andysykes5604 Very informative, thanks for that!
@ronti24925 жыл бұрын
@@paddy864 I note they are armed with SMLE Mk III's which I guess reinforces the early war period being the most likely time. this film was made. The march at the beginning is the fast regimental march of the Welsh Guards.
@nicholasgoulding71104 жыл бұрын
@@ronti2492 Section Commanders were Lance Sergeants, so must have been Welsh Guards
@edwardgilmour90132 жыл бұрын
in late ww2; neither the brits or the Australians used Sgt as section commanders ?
@legbreaker2762 Жыл бұрын
No, That's a Corporal's position with Lance Corporal as section 2IC. NCOs are given greater responsibility and trust than in the US organisation.
@marcdavis45094 жыл бұрын
Look at that old MG08
@stephenwhited18335 жыл бұрын
Thats a job for me Platoon Leader servant
@indigohammer57322 жыл бұрын
How did these men fare in Aikshoun, or unda faih?
@VaucluseVanguard2 жыл бұрын
They are certainly Taffies....
@bryanbufton3 жыл бұрын
Harry Enfield`s commentary, was top ho
@exn2073 жыл бұрын
I fail to understand the role of the platoon seargant. Here in germany the hole platoon is lead by a sergeant the sections are lead by a corporal. Each company has only 2 officers. Captain/First-Lieutenant and a Second-Lieutenant leading the 1st platoon.
@alfred98953 жыл бұрын
The platoon sergeant is a very experienced soldier who can assist the young and commonly inexperienced officer, in commanding the platoon. He can also deal with lots of the admin tasks of the platoon.
@vaclavjebavy51182 жыл бұрын
The platoon sergeant assists the platoon leader; a lieutenant. Does the German army have no designated second-in command/assistant for the platoon leaders?
@exn2072 жыл бұрын
@@vaclavjebavy5118 Each platoon has one or two private (first class) for the paperwork and organisation stuff. These guys are not part of a squad,/ troop their role is clerk/ assistant. And the rest....The old prussian "Auftragstaktik"! Every soldier should be able understand and to do the job of the superior rank. In cold war times while exercising together american, british or french troops were always shocked, when a german seargent was able to lead the whole company (in a scenario in which all officers were taken out).
@vaclavjebavy51182 жыл бұрын
@@exn207 So nearly anyone can take charge a level above them if need be? Impressive. I feel like that's the way it should be. In other ranking systems, it feels like ranks are sometimes used more to boost ego than establish an effective chain of command.
@mikkoleinonen98462 жыл бұрын
In FDF I was a platoon sergeant (while also being a second in command to a corporal, it was weird). My duty was to keep track of the equipment, ammo, vehicles and food supplies (we had a fuckload off special equipment because we were a CBRN platoon). In FDF this usually meant that I was in contact directly with the company quartermaster. Basicly I was in charge of day to day life of my soldiers, so the platoon commander could focus on the actual leading. For example many times my CO would order me to set up our platoon into defencive positons when setting up a base of operations, while he was off to get new orders from the company CO. If he personally set up the defences, I worked with the drivers in order to position the vehicles, again taking some load off from my CO. During manouvering I was usually making sure that the proper formations were held and that the squad leaders were doing their tasks properly. So in short, I helped the platoon commander. Of course I lead the platoon when my officer was away. Like Reitze Hennes said, we too had to always be able to perform the tasks of our superiors. Here's a very rough translation of a saying that our trainers always kept telling us: "Always know how to do your superiors work, and always know what their superiors are doing." It meant that a private had to know how to lead a squad and he also had to know what the platoon's orders were. A squad leader had to know how to lead a platoon and know what the company's plan was etc.
@rockywr5 жыл бұрын
I'll just take a look over, then the next one looks over from the same spot, then the next one ... hmmmmmm..... I remember that one of the cadet things I did back in the 60's on a section attack was the section commander shouted "Bullets" ...where we took one aimed shot and then charged through before re-org the other side of the position, I wonder when that came in ?
@mickm2343 жыл бұрын
And from 13 minutes on it all gets a bit saucy...
@maco87995 жыл бұрын
21.57 thats got to be spike milligan
@neiloflongbeck57052 жыл бұрын
It's not mentioned in his war memoirs, any way he was upon 56th (Heavy) RA.
@MySkyranger7 ай бұрын
After searching the German prisoner he turns his back presenting the German with his bayonet. Amateurs the lot.
@randenpederson47845 жыл бұрын
Where was the support for that machine gun? The Germans wouldn't just stick it out there by itself under an easily recognized terrain feature. Also why not take out the gun with mortar? It had a clear view of the target and HE to fire at it.
@reallyoldfatgit5 жыл бұрын
Randen Pederson the film is a training film to introduce trainees to the basic procedures involved. Subsequent training and practice would be more realistic.
@samswann37275 жыл бұрын
This is only supposed to display the basic techniques of fire and moment etc, actual training was made more realistic.
@JohnyG295 жыл бұрын
It's a basic training film bud.
@randenpederson47845 жыл бұрын
@@JohnyG29 Train like you fight. Fight like you train. Been there done that.
@JohnyG295 жыл бұрын
@@randenpederson4784 No point me replying seeing as you know all the answers already, however I'll say it again. You need to teach and implant basic techniques before you complicate things. If you think this was the only training exercise the British Army used in WW2 you must be nuts.