Soviet Motor Rifles | British Army Training Films | AATV EP187

Here is an upload of a British Army Training Video from the 1980s all about Soviet Motor Rifle Regiments. Great for Cold War Airsoft players.
This an historical archive training video used for reference purposes only. All firearms are used on a safe army range by professional military instructors.
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[@MBKill3rCat]

I have to say that Gadge makes a very convincing Russian on the thumbnail

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

He’s done some cracking Russian and Soviet kits over the years.

[@hairydave82]

I'm loving these old videos. I've found a number of Cold War videos on YT, mainly British and US made ones, including some old TV documentaries. Really interesting stuff.

[@AJPMUSIC_OFFICIAL]

If I'm ever in a situation defending the Fulda gap from a large Soviet mechanised force I'll always remember to engage the vehicle with two antennas.

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

Seems less remote a possibility now than it did at Christmas!

[@chriscabbage1019]

Greetings Comrades!! Welcome to 2022!!!

[@spencerireland76]

just a comment to appreciate how absolutely badass Gadge looks in the thumbnail

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

He’s standing in front of a BMP in the whole photo too!

[@Gadgeization]

@@AnvilAirsoftTV MTLB to be exact. its the one outside my regiments museum!

[@kaynebartholomew2994]

I’ve found a good number of these on YT and they’re great at looking at the mindset and gear of BAOR when they were produced. Great for airsofters or reenactors to take a gander at kit and the ideal scenarios for tactics.

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

Couldn’t agree more.

[@James-C24]

Curious as to where you have found them and how? Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!!

[@kaynebartholomew2994]

@@James-C24 I just searched em on YT. I think my BAOR playlist is public, you’re welcome to look at it. I didn’t publish them but I saved them to my list

[@James-C24]

I wonder how much of the footage from Europe was captured from the BRIXMIS missions.

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

We can only speculate. Could be a fun way of starting off a Cold War milsim. Both sides have a liaison team in the others lines.

[@simonh6371]

Some perhaps. I remember seeing a lot of photos in Threat magazine/handbook of Sov vehicles like BRDMs on parades, with the note that they were in parade markings (white paint around the edges). These publications were classified as ''restricted'' not so much because we didn't want the Sovs to know how much we knew about their kit, but more because they could have found out the source of the photos - this was according to our Inf Bn Int/NBC Cell WO2.

[@tommo9757]

I'm still not sure if this will apply to even milsim. However, it's interesting to see the old Soviet stuff none the less. BTW, I was right -your production standards are higher 😀

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

Doesn’t everyone have a BMP at a milsim…? :)

[@tommo9757]

@@AnvilAirsoftTV I have to admit that I didn't know the back doors contained fuel tanks. That could make things a bit "interesting" 😮

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

I think that bit was to make the lads feel better after learning that the Russians had a much more capable battle taxi than they did :)

[@Woistdeingott]

@@tommo9757 The door fuel tanks would be empty when deployed into combat

[@dastealthoperator4138]

Gadge kinda looking goth heh

[@Gadgeization]

its almost like i've been Djing goth clubs and festivals and in goth bands for the last 30 years :)

[@willjohnson1273]

Still stronger than sedatives lol

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

Next time you can’t sleep you know what to do… :)

[@willjohnson1273]

@@AnvilAirsoftTV exactly what was happening when I watched. Wonder how much of it was obtained by BRIXMIS and their colleagues?

[@James-C24]

@@willjohnson1273 makes two of us with the same idea about BRIXMIS!!

[@Russkyairsoft]

Motor Rifle Regiments? You mean motorized infantry, right? ;)

[@AnvilAirsoftTV]

You can have a discussion about that with the British Army if you want…

[@Russkyairsoft]

@@AnvilAirsoftTV sure, would be an interesting discussion :) but this is just for my understanding...

[@Gadgeization]

@@Russkyairsoft the Soviet designation used to be 'motor rifles' and in NATO we used those terms when describing units. You're right they are 'mechanized' or 'motorized' infantry (in actuallity they are all 'armoured infantry') but the name stems from the old WWII days i believe when divisions were either on trucks or horse drawn for their logisitics. Modern russian terminology may have changed but 'motor rifles' is correct for this period.

[@Gadgeization]

Its also important to remember (as in the video) that a 'motor rifles' formation was not just infantry , it had an integral tank element (roughly three inf elements to one armour in most) ... by comparision a 'tank regiment' would also include integral infantry in about the reverse proportion. It would also have its own armoured supporting elements like shilka air defence.

[@Russkyairsoft]

@@Gadgeization I know, Gadge. just establishing parallels with what I know from back in Russia ;) for me as a native it sounds a bit weird "motor rifle" but it is almost a straight letter-to-letter translation from "мотострелковое подразделение". another name for motorized infantry

[@TheInnacity]

recall the tories won another election on the fear of a them godless soviets invading , a bond movie reflected the similiar paranoid belief . timothy dalton and art malik rambo went kabulshit too. the beast , the 9th company , all the other movie followed on from there with all sorts of cold war melodrama , works better than naked propaganda, story telling .