Recce Patrol

British Army training film from 1985 featuring the new L85A1 rifle and bergen side pouches!

[@rdjhardy]

Now that's a proper colour DPM.

[@Sidney1WG]

Those daysacks! Put any decent weight into them and they cut your shoulders to bits. They were awful. But I don't think anyone who has served could say that they don't miss this shit. Good old days lads.

[@Roddy556]

Interesting mine clearing technique

[@davewoodroofe8929]

Gosh. I wish I was any where near this good.

[@4002corbe]

Issue Tissue …. same detail but with a pair of Danners, windproof, trop-trousers and a Berghuas Munro. Those were the days ….

[@sosaoe8302]

Bro how tf did you gain access to these vids

[@patshiels5429]

What oh Rupert

[@s0058131]

Is there a part 2

[@datanton1]

there was a while back "fighting Patrol" i thinks was its title

[@Mechanical_Turk]

Fun Fact: This wasn't an actual BAOR training video, but a mockumentary lampooning British officers. It was based on a script by John Cleese, but after two years in development hell and multiple rewrites, it lost some of its humor and subtlety. It was considered a flop, as audiences simply couldn't be fooled into thinking that this was what World War III would look like on the Central Front.

[@SociallyAcceptedGopnik]

A colonel giving a set of orders to Corporals, shouldn't Platoon Commanders got their orders from him and they in turn would have gave a set to their Section Commanders.

[@LaHayeSaint]

Why was a Cpl leading a Recce Ptl for a Bn FUP? Where were the Officers? Mind you, the Cpl seemed to be highly experienced and knew what he was about. Running into an enemy minefield would freak me out!