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@madlad57103 жыл бұрын
Pog
@dpauly20263 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@1ol2923 жыл бұрын
Cool
@coolman30743 жыл бұрын
hello!
@Zam_iii3 жыл бұрын
Can you do the Italian military uniform next pls
@polygonalfortress3 жыл бұрын
Hollywood: British soldiers kneeling and taking cover, instead of marching in line straight towards a heavily defended hill!? That's heresy!
@GeorgeSemel3 жыл бұрын
In toss of a coin, the British lost the toss to George Washington, and he imported that the British will March in a straight line and wear Red while the colonist will shoot from behind the rocks and trees- Bill Cosby.
@londonworkman76173 жыл бұрын
There were reasons why they actually fought in lines. 1. Accuracy. If everyone was scattered and in cover, no one would be hit by muskets. They were notoriously inaccurate and unreliable, with a 1 in 5 chance of misfiring in the best conditions and being virtually impossible to aim over 100 yards. As well, it took 15 seconds on average for a well trained soldier to reload (4 shots per minute), and kneeling took 50 percent longer. So unless you want to be uselessly tossing a small metal ball every 30 seconds or in an endless turtled stalemate, both sides agreed to fight in formation and open space to actually end the damn war. Plus, most men would rather be hit by bullets and have a chance of surviving then being stabbed to death and for sure dying. 2. Calvary, unless you have unwavering trust in your untrustworthy musket, you want to be with your buddies bayonets ready so as not to get cut down by the horses that are more than ready to jump on scattered troops. Of course the outright replacement if muskets fixed these issues but until then, this was the best way to fight with msukets.
@MazzaAzi3 жыл бұрын
@@Swift-mr5zi to add to this: proper "line & kneel" tactics (dispite seeming stupid today) were used by all professional forces and were hard to preform correctly if not trained properly now I know what your thinking "it's just standing in a line, shooting and kneeling" but no, the effectiveness of "line & kneel" tactics is half performance half action (P = performance, A = Action) you must stand defiantly in front of an array of guns and lower your guns/knee then lower your guns simultaneously at the target (P), Aim at said target (A), And fire simultaneously at the target (A & P). All this while being fired at. Now you next thought is likely something like "Well that's horribly inefficient" but, yet again, no. while the performance part of "line & kneel" tactics seems inefficient it actually maximizes the effectiveness of 17'th to 18'th century muskets. say you point your musket at a line of men and fire. provided your not a specialist unit with a rifled gun and you have basic training, you have about 50-30% chance of hitting roughly were your aiming and a 70-50% chance of actually hitting someone. so tacticians of the time went "have more men fire at the same target to maximize hits and kills". as for the "simultaneously" aspect. that was to make every kill simultaneous as well and to cause mass moral damage each shot. think about, which would freak you out more when facing a 5 man deep 30 men wide line: your allies and friends dying every so often while 30 men fire at you every minute or 21-15 of your your allies and friends dying at once every minute. then there's the "standing/kneeling in a line" part: "that 5 man deep 30 men wide line has been reduced to 3.2 man deep 24 men wide line and their STILL STANDING THERE" yes it is literally to establish dominance and, no, I'm not memeing. Line infantry were trained to stand in the face of anything and everything specifically to establish a sense of dread and superiority, I mean if they won't run despite all you've done to kill them, they start to look bigger than they actually are of course that effect gets reduced the better train the enemy is, but the effect still remains. then accurate guns showed up, making the tactic outdated, then rapid fire guns showed up, making the tactic suicidal, then modern machine guns showed up, making the tactic as brain dead as we currently think it is.
@mikoajstanaszek79793 жыл бұрын
But remember Polish soldiers are heavily defending London but after war british take them to new communist Poland and there Polish soldiers were killed..
@BaronsHistoryTimes3 жыл бұрын
18th-19th century British soldiers deployed often in 'Open Order' and did skirmish - and in battle, realistically, line formations did breakdown in crisis moments with kneeling, taking cover, running away.... that's real history, not Hollywood.
@BrandonF3 жыл бұрын
>muskets at low ready REEEEEEE
@stranger13473 жыл бұрын
Verified man, likes incoming
@hamiltormo53163 жыл бұрын
Ree Oh baby, he mad
@syrian-countryballs73803 жыл бұрын
5th.
@troy42983 жыл бұрын
Yoo dudes here
@galatheumbreon68623 жыл бұрын
The man is here
@epicmanofwar3 жыл бұрын
The 14 week training at Pirbright is only for combat and service support soldiers. Infantry train for at least 26 weeks at Catterick and all Officers train for 44 weeks at Sandhurst.
@GiraffeFeatures3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the British have some of the longest and most intense basic trainings in the world, it’s why they’re so good.
@teacoffee58473 жыл бұрын
Just to add on that after phase 1 at pirbright they then head off to relevant trade training camps for their second phase of training.
@timcahill46763 жыл бұрын
@@teacoffee5847 and royal engineers have 9 weeks phase two combat engineer training and then phase 3 is their trade training
@blair49353 жыл бұрын
also winchester no just pirbright
@peterking26513 жыл бұрын
@@blair4935 For the Light Division (RGJ & LI). The Light Division & Gurkhas have different drill movements (“in stop, turn stop, in stop, out”, versus “one, tup, three, one”) from the rest of the Army.
@MichaelWarman3 жыл бұрын
It's easy to forget that the Queen's Guard, despite doing ceremonial duties, are genuine, hardcore soldiers, barely a step down from special forces. There are plenty of videos of them dealing with tourists that cross the line.
@petertrudelljr3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. It make me, an USer cringe at how we act as tourists.
@woodlandcreature88573 жыл бұрын
@@petertrudelljr although the US provides its fair share of annoying tourists, youre usually friendly and pleasant at least. Some other countries can't say the same
@dwarvensphere10943 жыл бұрын
Barely a step down from special forces. OK mate sure
@black108723 жыл бұрын
They are just regular frontline soldiers doing ceremonial duties. One regiment on ceremonial duties while its brother regiment on combat deployment. Nearly no different than the US Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment aka THE OLD GUARD.
@prestons93053 жыл бұрын
@@woodlandcreature8857 what countries?
@jimtalbott95353 жыл бұрын
A point on the “Dough-Boy” uniform in US service: my Grandfather enlisted in 1940, and when they sent him to Europe in ‘42, they issued him a full outfit from WW1 - as was done often early on.
@Railhog21023 жыл бұрын
They were actually used up until the mid part of World War II in fact many US soldiers still wore World War 1 era uniforms and doughboy helmets until 1942-1943.
@the-dank-gatsby34133 жыл бұрын
@@Railhog2102 hey where did you get this information about this I wanna read it sounds interesting
@moosemuffins21913 жыл бұрын
@@Railhog2102 I need credible sources
@verdant22153 жыл бұрын
US Sailors, marines and soldiers still used the m1917 helmets and m1928 haver sacks
@Railhog21023 жыл бұрын
@@the-dank-gatsby3413 If you look at old photos from 1940-43 they wear them
@peterking26513 жыл бұрын
I’m a British Solider (retired), I have to commend you on your accuracy, few get this level of detail correct.
@SUIIIII__2 жыл бұрын
@soulless nft They said they were retired dumbo
@Small_mac312 жыл бұрын
@mama im a criminal 🤧 wha
@palmirasotelo8141 Жыл бұрын
Who is mama I'm a criminal
@averagejoe8358 Жыл бұрын
Oh nice, what reg? I'm trying to get into the Scots myself.
@Man_Aslume Жыл бұрын
It's crazy everyone in the comments section have their own life, their own story, and their own decisions
@LT.KiraHertling17013 жыл бұрын
The British and Prussian/German uniforms are the most beautiful and stylish uniforms ever made.
@iamhorny45423 жыл бұрын
The french uniforms are also quite stylish and badass
@deerdust3603 жыл бұрын
@@iamhorny4542 not in ww1 tho
@saffronic30263 жыл бұрын
American Civil War Union Calvary Uniform is one of my favorites
@spehhhsssmarineer89613 жыл бұрын
Swiss guard. *fail’s to elaborate further
@DazedGoofy-lq6bq3 жыл бұрын
@@deerdust360 In WWI The Senegalese Tirailleurs had the coolest uniform in France. And they were an Afro-French battalion.
@fullmetaltheorist3 жыл бұрын
British : Give us your land. Naitves : What makes you think you can take our land? British : We have the best drip.
@blackkray11683 жыл бұрын
we milly rock on any block
@augustuzmoon38143 жыл бұрын
U. S:"No we have the drip." Native:"Silly White man you don't have the dr-" U. S:*Flex yellow and blue soldier uniform* Native:-Fucking does a dance and dies-
@thatonefriendiii28273 жыл бұрын
I mean, ngl I'd give them all my land and straight up help them take other people's land if they got that drip.
@chubskii3 жыл бұрын
@@thatonefriendiii2827 I would promise all members of the empire such drip Also, is your pfp Thomas the Stug III?
@itsjustpaul63983 жыл бұрын
@@chubskii nah that's a SU-85 with a Thomas the tank engine camo
@mrh6783 жыл бұрын
15:55 Irish Guards don't do 14 weeks training in Pirbright. They do 30 weeks at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick Garrison. They do 2 weeks longer than other infantry units, mainly for drill and driver training. Other than that everything is amazingly spot on.
@PhysicstIsaac3 жыл бұрын
The Uniforms are absolutely stunning, I personally loved the Red coats and WW2 And WW1 Uniforms, Falklands war era Were also beautiful.
@sam-bq7hl3 жыл бұрын
kinda weird to call military uniforms beautiful or stunning lmao
@rogueleader75063 жыл бұрын
Brodie helmet can double as a disk in case of emergency.
@PhysicstIsaac3 жыл бұрын
@@sam-bq7hl I feel you, But I dont go over beauty if I designed a camouflage, I'd go over How hidden you'd be how it would fit in in Biomes etc.
@PhysicstIsaac3 жыл бұрын
@@rogueleader7506 maybe a plate
@Railhog21023 жыл бұрын
The British uniforms in Korea looked good too although they did borrow US weapons such as the M1 Carbine and .30 Cal Brownings for their use.
@prpitprp49273 жыл бұрын
Evolution of british uniform: to glowing fancy red uniform to green tea uniform
@poisonousbadge1263 жыл бұрын
We prefer being stylish rather than functionality
@GandalftheWise3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget we Americans defeated them twice (revolutionary War, 1812) and saved them twice (WW1, and WW2)
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-3 жыл бұрын
@@GandalftheWise No, once, the war of 1812 was a stalemate.
@FrostySire3 жыл бұрын
@@GandalftheWise typical American
@arwing203 жыл бұрын
@@GandalftheWise Wrong, you didn't win the war of 1812 and you didn't save anyone in WW1. The Entente would have won regardless
@Kratos_Messi70503 жыл бұрын
The Iranian Embassy is the most CoD MW that ever happened in history
@sirpizo5553 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they haven't put that in one of the campaigns
@matthewneilsanantonio39343 жыл бұрын
Yah hope they put it in next cod titles
@RustyUNITB3 жыл бұрын
Thats where CoD got it from, events like that were the inspiration!
@tonktank19833 жыл бұрын
That would be an amazing mission
@NumptyDumpty333 жыл бұрын
@@sirpizo555 I’m not really surprised,there were only 6 hostage takers and COD usually has hundreds of enemies in their missions
@Spongebrain973 жыл бұрын
"What the hell kind of name is Soap? How'd a muppet like you pass selection?" - Captain Price SAS
@swedishgrizzly65063 жыл бұрын
You're a model citizen thank you
@GeorgeSemel3 жыл бұрын
@British KZbinr Well I may not know what Call of duty is, but I sure as hell know The Muppets. I would get up make something to eat Watch The Muppet Show, then Benny Hill, and off to the Airport to fly all night on a Cancel Check Run. Some nights I would do 12 instrument approaches. 40 some odd years ago and I still consider that job to be one of the best I ever had.
@ea.fitz2163 жыл бұрын
"What the hell kind of name is Kimball? How'd a muppet like you pass election?" - Caesar, 2281
@Redkodiak19943 жыл бұрын
@@ea.fitz216 lol
@ea.fitz2163 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeSemel Thank you george very cool.
@lordcharles97863 жыл бұрын
4:48 also worth mentioning that due to the short length of the rifle, it required a longer bayonet, which was instead referred to as a “sword” a naming tradition that the rifles regiment continues to this day
@soliform34853 жыл бұрын
its called a sabre briquet
@RickBrode3 жыл бұрын
@@soliform3485 I thought sabre briquets were a French thing? The rifles did use a so called sword bayonet
@leroyholm90753 жыл бұрын
Very informative. A lot of work gone on here and the site is building a reputation. Consistncy of presentation is noted. Well Done!
@Getn353 жыл бұрын
Nice overview. Would’ve been nicer if you included that the brits always used unique helmet and armour shapes in contrast to other nations ( M1 / Pasgt and so on).
@dotdashdotdash3 жыл бұрын
Britons
@APersonOnYouTubeX3 жыл бұрын
@@dotdashdotdash precious former colonisers so nice
@dotdashdotdash3 жыл бұрын
@@APersonOnKZbinX every culture has had to colonise at some point.
@garchompenthusiast3 жыл бұрын
@@dotdashdotdash Never so aggressively for profit alone :)
@Armo19973 жыл бұрын
Yeah and totally missed the MKIII/IV helmet.
@jackmassam32933 жыл бұрын
You should do French, Italian or Spanish uniforms, as well as the battles at Peking.
@sebastiant15773 жыл бұрын
If they do the spanish uniforms, they should also include their colonial troops like they did with the british. It would be nice to see the army of Blaz the Lezo in Cartagena or the peruvian royal army
@EnigmaEnginseer3 жыл бұрын
@@sebastiant1577 Maybe also the Spanish Blue Division in World War 2?
@westay49243 жыл бұрын
gotta do the french after the british, the 2 most iconic rivals in history.
@florf68843 жыл бұрын
Battle of Peking is a marvelous idea
@sebastiant15773 жыл бұрын
Of course mate, that would also be cool to see
@Sharpe095 Жыл бұрын
The bright red uniforms were necessary because of the fog of war. Which was because of the smoke generated by the gunpowder at the time. The regiments also carried thier regimental flags into battle. This enabled the generals to see where thier troop formations were on the battlefield.
@oliverrubio66474 ай бұрын
They were pretty useful, until the Great War came and they had to blend in with the dark
@RichardWilliams-kf5vw2 ай бұрын
The red tunics were adopted because red was the cheapest colour uniform to produce. That was the only reason.
@IrishTechnicalThinker3 жыл бұрын
95th rifles can fire 3 rounds a minute in any condition. That's soldering!
@vinz40663 жыл бұрын
You Made a Sharp Referenc ? Now thats soldiering!!!
@adamhauskins64073 жыл бұрын
Soldering!
@jasonpangtay17623 жыл бұрын
Soldering iron
@juannixs15243 жыл бұрын
And when reloading he need to hold it but it did not hold it just hold a invisible thing
@bawicz03 жыл бұрын
Soldering!
@_ducjk3 жыл бұрын
I love how every soldier is just the same guy who’s now fought for 3 countries for centuries each
@shartstanker20863 жыл бұрын
Insert generic joke here
@davidfarrer43323 жыл бұрын
He`s a perpetual! (Warhammer reference)
@fcbarca20253 жыл бұрын
Why improve upon perfection? 🥰
@itsafish18943 жыл бұрын
Soldier gaming tf2
@madmarvshighwaywarrior28705 ай бұрын
That's just Wolverine.
@elvenkind60723 жыл бұрын
Amazingly well made, excellent quality animations and narration. 10/10
@tomg79133 жыл бұрын
Shame there seemed more emphasis on evolution of weapons used than uniforms. Nothing mentioned about the most important item of all, the boots!
@nattly63403 жыл бұрын
well whats so special about the evolution of their boots?
@kiwidiesel3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts also, midway through I realised I was hearing more about the weapon carried rather than the uniform of choice and why it was chosen.
@doujinflip3 жыл бұрын
If you've been in the army you'd know that your footwear is the most important part of your outfit. Nothing else really matters if you're simply unable to stand the whole day in your boots.
@kiwidiesel3 жыл бұрын
@@doujinflipAlthough i've never been in the services, I consider this the most important part of my work wear also, good boots although several hundred dollars to purchase justify themselves everyday I use them and I do use them 6 days a week for up to 12 hours a day. Everything else can be compromised to some extent but not your boots or a great pair of socks.
@SonsOfLorgar3 жыл бұрын
@@kiwidiesel your bed and your footwear are indeed your most important posessions as you will spend almost a third up to half of your life in each.
@addamkam83223 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the British SAS during the Malayan Emergency we had our own special forces unit or commando's that been trained by the British SAS that is The Malaysian VAT69 COMMANDO'S.
@ahrjaybruh3 жыл бұрын
3:49 you can see the British soldier’s soul leave his body LMAO
@miketaylorID13 жыл бұрын
Tip of the cap to the animators 🙌🏼. They did a yeoman’s job illustrating the SAS embassy assault, complete with their special issue, jumbo tactical torch with H&K MP5 attached. Well done indeed 😉
@hoseavanderlindematthews37502 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you know your stuff.
@LiamBar20103 жыл бұрын
Great video! Tiny point, but infantry regiments like the Irish Guards don't train at Pirbright; they do longer initial training ATC: Catterick
@hellrazer76813 жыл бұрын
*ITC Catterick
@joshuapeckham24533 жыл бұрын
Huge kudos for the accuracy of The Rifles (2021)! Even down to the Croix de Guerre on the arm. HOWEVER unlike all other regiments we don't ever fix swords (bayonets) on parade.
@HistoryOfRevolutions3 жыл бұрын
"Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills." - Immanuel Kant
@romanbarna13163 жыл бұрын
There are two types of people who glorify and seek out wars of aggression: The mentally deranged, and those who've never experienced war.
@Biggocat3 жыл бұрын
I love this guy, always has some nice quotes, keep up the good work
@dylanlowers52362 жыл бұрын
Two things, your Falklands soldier in DPM is wearing American Woodland, and you said the British MTP was the universal camo that the US failed to adopt, yet the US adopted OCP/Scorpion around the same time and both are universal Multicam inspired patterns. The Royal Marines are now wearing actual Multicam uniforms instead of MTP Other than that great video.
@madmarvshighwaywarrior28705 ай бұрын
I agree with this. DPM has a darker shade of black that stands out and the lines and patterns are more solid.
@charliefoxtrott10483 жыл бұрын
When you see the 33rd and 95th and just think: "Sharpe!"
@neil.47253 жыл бұрын
Kill the buggers Harper!
@retardcorpsman3 жыл бұрын
“Referencing and introducing many people to the sharpe series? Now that’s soldiering.”
@charliefoxtrott10483 жыл бұрын
@@retardcorpsman TY
@The_New_IKB3 жыл бұрын
Sharpe is one of the few people who can survive being portrayed by Sean Bean!
@robertusaugustus20033 жыл бұрын
By GOD that’s soldiering
@ElBreadini3 жыл бұрын
It’d be cool to cover Greek uniforms including Ancient Greece just to see how far they’ve come
@Tsouvalis3 жыл бұрын
As a greek I would be pleased to see that
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-3 жыл бұрын
@@Tsouvalis Yes the Greek army of Alexander is one of coolest looking ever.
@GanjaMasterBlaster3 жыл бұрын
I agree That would be awesome, since I'm Greek too Minoans, Trojan, Roman and Antic, Dark Ages, Viking ages (Harald Hardrada was a Varangian Guard and fought in Sicily), Byzantine or Eastern Roman Era (also include Trebizond, Morea, Knights Hospitaller, Theodoro which is Crimea), 19th century Greeks including the Bavarian Auxiliaries, ww1 and ww2, Military Junta of 1967 to 1974, Turkish Invasion Of Cyprus, Aegean Crisis of 1987, Greek Volunteers fighting Bosnia, peacekeeping in Kosovo, to modern day
@ONI-zn7po2 жыл бұрын
As a Brit, I find this amazing and that the British armies evolution makes my heart warm
@tdnavy10663 жыл бұрын
Love these uniform videos, would love to see videos done on both American and British Sailors and Marines.
@johnneville85623 жыл бұрын
Would live to see a navy uniform history due to their influence on ranks and other nations
@richardsawyer54283 жыл бұрын
The reason behind the square rig for example.
@DanS0443 жыл бұрын
They’re also dope af
@ChristineCAlb13 жыл бұрын
Very cool! It’s always nice to learn about other countries’ histories.
@vp56332 жыл бұрын
A lot of inaccuracies tbh. Pinch of salt needed
@sammybricks99263 жыл бұрын
He could’ve talked about how the uniforms evolved in Northern Ireland and how the different regiments had their own spin in uniform
@poundlandbandit61243 жыл бұрын
Kilts and stuff aswell
@TinyBearTim3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a rebel conspiracy but ok
@ommsterlitz18053 жыл бұрын
well the british infantry always looked like clowns in battles sometimes because of their uniforms but mostly because of how incompetent they were
@evanjones37073 жыл бұрын
@@ommsterlitz1805 we’ve won the second most amount of battles in History
@ommsterlitz18053 жыл бұрын
@@evanjones3707 Yeah against zulu with spears while you shoot them with gatlin guns lmao how brave same for indians of america and asia and you also counted multiples battles when 20 drunk irish men fought against policemen and when fishermen attacked some Iceland boats just lmao😂
@BeeBeau3 жыл бұрын
YES! THIS IS THE EPISODE I WAS WAITING FOR!
@Tomato______555553 жыл бұрын
cool
@syrian-countryballs73803 жыл бұрын
cool
@tracyfearn82233 жыл бұрын
Cool
@nathangoodwin87333 жыл бұрын
ima break this chain
@syrian-countryballs73803 жыл бұрын
Continue the jolly chain for fucking tea
@oliversherman241410 ай бұрын
As a British re-enactor in Gibraltar, I've personally worn some of these uniforms. These include: The Royal Manchester Voluneers (late 1700s), the 68th Durem (early 1800s), the Scottish Black Watch (early 1800s), the Royal 24th Regiment (late 1800s), and Gibraltar Regiment (1930s/40s)
@RegentPandora3 жыл бұрын
Evolution of Spanish Uniforms, that would be one hell of a long video, going for at least five hundred years.
@walx2743 жыл бұрын
That’d be hard to do since there wasn’t a standard military unform for the majority of soldiers so far back
@bartekbiniszewski57563 жыл бұрын
As well as Polish ones...
@RegentPandora3 жыл бұрын
So we know, Poland ceased to exist as a independent nation for the entirety of the 19th century (independent in terms of not being a rebellion or client state), so it would probably be almost impossible to study their uniforms due to them being split between the Kingdom of Prussia/German Empire, the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire.
@owenflude75013 жыл бұрын
I'm British, I'm glad we had our own uniform video, now do a Brit tank one
@pablomonsalve39113 жыл бұрын
*please
@enderjed25233 жыл бұрын
Yes, but the issue is the tanks of the dominions (Canada’s Ram II, Australia’s cruiser, and Zealand’s Bob semple)
@syrian-countryballs73803 жыл бұрын
No he’s gonna do a Canadian army one now boi
@ThundercladYT3 жыл бұрын
*please
@ungusbungus24863 жыл бұрын
@@syrian-countryballs7380 yeah Canada our best friend
@SheriffJoe4203 жыл бұрын
"Battle of Rorke's Drift" *Sabaton intensifies*
@whafflete67213 жыл бұрын
A HOSTILE SPEAR A NEW FRONTIER THE END IS NEARRRR
@snuzzleberry85793 жыл бұрын
@@SheriffJoe420 THEIR STORY TOLD RORKES DRIFT CONTROLLED
@brothercharanus19273 жыл бұрын
@@snuzzleberry8579 Later on that fateful day as they head towards the drift! Stacking boxes, fortify, preparations must be swift! Spears and shields of oxen hide facing uniforms and guns! As the rifles fire, echoes higher, beating like the sound of drums!
@archiep66613 жыл бұрын
Cod ghosts intensifies
@mcj00143 жыл бұрын
UNDER FIRE
@starspecops1723 жыл бұрын
Probably the best one yet, with the new animations and more artists on the team the videos have skyrocketed with quality, Always excited to watch one of these evolution videos as soon as i realize they are released. Keep up the good work!
@patrickstanley76173 жыл бұрын
I think it would have been nice to mention that in the modern day uniform of the Rifles, the green berets and badges are styled from the regiment's heritage of the 95th Rifles and 5/60th Rifles of the Napoleonic Era
@TheMichchaal3 жыл бұрын
9:18 British officers don't duck!
@bradley85753 жыл бұрын
Love The UK from your brother across the Pond 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧
@manofthepeople46633 жыл бұрын
Your our son
@devastator2003 жыл бұрын
🇬🇧👊🏼🇺🇸
@legalnut75183 жыл бұрын
🇪🇺+ 🇬🇧+ 🇺🇸 probably an alliance till the end
@kstreet74383 жыл бұрын
@@manofthepeople4663 Shut up dad.
@Raven-yk7lg3 жыл бұрын
@@manofthepeople4663 I can't express my happiness after finding a person who knows the difference between your and you're.
@SeanA0993 жыл бұрын
The modern British camouflage is actually very similar to the US OCP. From a distance, they can be mistaken for each other
@Pliam9613 жыл бұрын
I think you'll find that's the other way around mate.
@alfieogden3 жыл бұрын
The US copied ours and added black to it
@Aryon_13 жыл бұрын
@@alfieogden OCP is a copy of Crye multicam which predates the British pattern of the same kind (mtp) by 6 years.
@richardsawyer54283 жыл бұрын
It's yet another illustration of how ideas bounce between nations and thus evolve and improve. UK and US; current camouflage, P51 Mustang (originally designed to sell to the Brits, improved by sticking a Merlin engine into it), the English Electric/Martin Canberra bomber, the Harrier. That's just the military stuff.
@Aryon_13 жыл бұрын
@@richardsawyer5428 difference is that multicam (both mtp and ocp are variants of it) was created by an American company
@muhammadhazim19363 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the Malayan Emergency. Love from Malaysia
@rohancampbell28083 жыл бұрын
They got the parade ground at Pirbright spot on! Though the infantry generally don't train there for basic, they do their 24 week basic training at Catterick.
@manfredthegreat3 жыл бұрын
Those animations are really getting better and better with every video👌
@RPAsinner3 жыл бұрын
I would like to see versions of the Polish army's uniform, also love the channel helps me a lot in my history revision
@DV12873 жыл бұрын
Funny that you posted this on the 307th anniversary of the battle of blenheim (august 13th 1704) which was a grand alliance victory. The british took part in the battle and led by Sir John Churchill, the duke of Marlborough
@nobbynobbs34183 жыл бұрын
Literally Britain's greatest ever commander and one of the top worldwide as well.
@douma95453 жыл бұрын
British have a nice uniforms, love from Argentina 🇦🇷❤🇬🇧
@tomfrazier11033 жыл бұрын
I've read that the Poles did most initial work to break the Enigma. In North Africa Jeeps and modified Chevrolet pickups were used for long range desert patrols.
@joshuamuthu82283 жыл бұрын
I think you guys should do a video on the Soviet-Afghan war. Love your content, keep up the great work!
@rosswebster78773 жыл бұрын
I love the inclusion of the brave penguins in the Falklands War!
@kleinweichkleinweich3 жыл бұрын
in their traditional black and white uniforms, which are still in use today only penguins in training are issued a full fluffy thermo dress, which offers better protection against cold weather but is not suitable for amphibious tasks
@chameleoncove2 жыл бұрын
3:01 Shorts (and sandals) 10:30 More Shorts! 11:08 Even more shorts! We need more military uniforms with shorts.
@operatorargus97513 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this for a while. My dad was a grenadier guard in the British army Joined In 1984 and left in 1998 He still has his bayonet from the l85 His desert dpm shirt and boonie hat And his guard uniform since he was in the 1st regiment of foot guards Plus bring a commander in the British warrior AFV
@operatorargus97513 жыл бұрын
Being a commander&
@Jordan-bb4xt3 жыл бұрын
@@operatorargus9751 wow, that's amazing!
@SpadeyBoah3 жыл бұрын
Wow. I never knew your dad was a super cool soldier in UK. You must be proud of him.
@operatorargus97513 жыл бұрын
@@SpadeyBoah I'm sure proud of him. I always ask him funny stuff when he was in the army
@AGwest12 жыл бұрын
I thank him for his service
@galladesamurai23803 жыл бұрын
We need evolution of French soldier uniforms now
@swiftsync.02 жыл бұрын
15:37 this man did a sonic speed roll 15:44 HE DID IT AGAIN!! 15:47 HE RAN LIKE SONIC OUTTA HERE
@NaturalBornLifeEnder3 жыл бұрын
Another fun fact: The Coldstream Guards' rifles are ACTUALLY loaded with live ammunition and those bayonets aren't for show, and they aren't pencil pushers, they got at least one or two overseas deployment under their belt
@tomsoki57383 жыл бұрын
ACTUALLY they are not, while the bayonets are real the rifles are not loaded unless the threat level is high or an attack is suspected, however, ammunition is always only a stones throw away, and there is always armed police around Buckingham Palace who’s rifles are loaded
@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire3 жыл бұрын
They're actually only loaded during a high threat of terrorism
@Croz893 жыл бұрын
@@tomsoki5738 Realistically the civilian police are probably in a better position to deal with any terrorist threat anyway.
@Antsant3 жыл бұрын
The SAS will always be one of the best. They served the UK well both in the UK and outside the UK
@Dimi10b3 жыл бұрын
Great British Army.God bless.From Belgium
@PA-10003 жыл бұрын
Yas
@averagegamer68313 жыл бұрын
Oh yes the “GREAT” British army
@jamaphy86213 жыл бұрын
@@averagegamer6831 Gotta problem
@12345maxtor3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the Canadian contribution to the Dieppe Raid. We Canadians never forget their sacrifice in the failure of Dieppe to ensure D-Day was a success.
@Railhog21023 жыл бұрын
Dieppe is said to be haunted because of that landing in fact during the 1950s some family who was staying there reported hearing gunfire and battle sounds including planes flying over but found nothing.
@NumptyDumpty333 жыл бұрын
@@ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270 explain D-Day,the Battle of the Bulge,the Dieppe Raid,Battle of Hong Kong,Battle of Britain (operation Sea Lion), Battle of Monte Cassino,Operation Abercrombie,battle of Anzio,Operation Market Garden,Operation Astonia,Operation Atlantic,Black Friday Raid,Battle of the Caribbean,Dunkirk,and many more Edit: he deleted his comment,for those who wonder why this reply was written the person said “Omg Canada did nothing during World War 2 I hate you” And “I hate you Canada did nothing during world war 2”
@thescrout98313 жыл бұрын
@@ihaveaweirdnotsolonguserna5270 Canada was an official member of the allies, later NATO and fought in both world wars, if Canada was neutral, explain the landing on juno beach. also you just say i hate you to anyone who says facts that you don't agree with for some reason?
@ommsterlitz18053 жыл бұрын
@@NumptyDumpty33 to be fair it was mostly French Canadians that were sent there to die but did amazingly well in combat to the surprise of many considering they always gave them the worst equipment and no support, these men were really the bravest allies soldiers in ww2
@somegingyguy3 жыл бұрын
@@NumptyDumpty33 and that’s not counting WW1 and the war of 1812
@Urlocallordandsavior3 жыл бұрын
I think you should have included the "New Model Army" Armchair, they played a significant role in the professionalism of the British army, even if they were from before the establishment of Great Britain.
@conorflynn66663 жыл бұрын
Mostly genocide in Ireland😡
@Urlocallordandsavior3 жыл бұрын
@@conorflynn6666 Well, partly anyways.
@piperjj44863 жыл бұрын
@@conorflynn6666 Pretty sure that was just war.. rather than Genocide. We seem to misuse that word more and more as time passes.
@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire3 жыл бұрын
@@conorflynn6666 a brutal war is not genocide
@lesdodoclips39153 жыл бұрын
@@conorflynn6666 congrats on not knowing what genocide means
@RoyalEngineerCadet2 ай бұрын
As a wearer of MTP uniform I highly advise its use it is a lovely uniform to wear.
@TheREALMcChimp3 жыл бұрын
There are some nice touches in this video. During the pandemic the South Koreans sent PPE to Gloucestershire with a message of thanks from the mayor of Paju; they're still grateful for what the regiment did there.
@theanglo-lithuanian17683 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU MUCH I HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR THIS VIDEO ❤
@spicytaco32093 жыл бұрын
I love it how the arm chair historian isn't bias to the Americans like other channels so you get a new perspective on how the U.S actually is.
@jaykilpatrick77383 жыл бұрын
Pirbright is only for those going into the trades (RE, SIGs, Armoured ect) while all infantry training is handled else where. You conduct a 14 week course ending with operation final fling, and questioning why you joined. Infantry train at catterick and it's something stupid like 20 weeks, and longer for the paras
@caldoesstuff72903 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile the RMC at 32 weeks of training
@jam11643 жыл бұрын
26 weeks for basic infantry, the guards do a few weeks extra for ceremonial training and I think the paras do a little be more as well to earn their wings, the paras actually have a different training camp to the rest of the infantry as well but it's literally across the road haha
@ardellandaya19653 жыл бұрын
I think it’s interesting that even though the royal guards at Buckingham palace look a bit odd, they’re fucking terrifying when you irritate them.
@edwhatshisname35623 жыл бұрын
Well at the end of the day they are still soldiers trained in modern combat tactics including martial arts, making them fully prepared to kick your ass or the ass of anyone with genuinely nefarious intentions.
@richardalexander51063 жыл бұрын
Nice video, as a guardsman myself I like the little but at the end. You could have mentioned that the plumes on the bearskin and the buttons where originally designed to identify units on the battlefield, and that the colour red had several tactical advantages; such as much more difficult to count number when marching in formation or when a soldier was hit and went down it would not look like a volley or artillery had any effect, demoralising the enemy in the process. And the Scots guards were formed in 1642 as the Scots fusilier guards to protect settlers in ulster, which was before any other guards regiment was formed.
@kundaingona14463 жыл бұрын
This was very insightful. You should do an evolution of the French army if you haven't done so already.
@napoleonibonaparte71983 жыл бұрын
I’m very excited when he reaches then evolution of French uniforms.
@Swift-mr5zi3 жыл бұрын
and the Germans were excited when they saw them wearing bright blue at the start of WW1
@ethanarnold44413 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@ethanarnold44413 жыл бұрын
@@Swift-mr5zi Ha Ha.
@dragonhistory50053 жыл бұрын
@@Swift-mr5zi and red trousers
@lahire49433 жыл бұрын
@@Swift-mr5zi The French didn't wear bright blue, nor bright red. The trousers were red madder lake. Both blue and red were quite dull-coloured, not bright at all. Also, the high losses of the beginning of the war were not due to the French wearing red. Use your brain two minutes. When entire regiments charge on an open-terrain at the mercy of artillery and accurate rifles, we don't care if they wear red or brown. High losses were due to bad tactics, a lethality of firearms never seen before, a high concentration of guns... Not trousers.
@bendyandfnaffan7812 жыл бұрын
5:01 you know my 5 time great grandfather was this
@hypersp3ce5963 жыл бұрын
An episode about Ottoman or Turkish uniforms would be very interesting
@How234973 жыл бұрын
*Onion intensifies*
@TheGrandeCapo3 жыл бұрын
Incredible work. Also I thought that you forgot to add Rule Britannia in this video. I'm not disappointed
@projectportal7284 Жыл бұрын
To see the evolution of British uniform since 1066 would be INCREDIBLE!!🙂
@caldoesstuff72903 жыл бұрын
17:35 I can’t wait for the day I get to take my place within the Coldstream Guards. A interesting uniform you didn’t mention is the Pioneer uniform. It’s incredibly different from all others along with the equipment they used.
@hoseavanderlindematthews37502 жыл бұрын
Yes, I am the same, I am enlisting for the R.A.F next month.
@alanebrahim60733 жыл бұрын
This vid is so British that it colonised my computer
@clashhoyland95832 жыл бұрын
Really glad you did this video. I've been waiting for a while and only just found out.
@shaunsconfusingmachines84023 жыл бұрын
Finally the one army I’ve wanted to see.
@joshuagraham84793 жыл бұрын
Shame they didn't do the riot kit from The troubles
@shaunsconfusingmachines84023 жыл бұрын
@@joshuagraham8479 yes exactly
@pointly3 жыл бұрын
"Britannia Rule the Waves", nice choice in music.
@dabertv72733 жыл бұрын
My great grandpa survived all of WWII including D-Day, and he died in April, about a month before his 100th bday
@Emsworth3773 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video! Love it. One very small, tiny remark though. At 16:20 you have the union flag upside down! Someone's going to get a serious shouting at on that base!
@redshyguynumber55673 жыл бұрын
I love how the modern day Buckingham palace Guards whare uniforms based off designs from the 1800s and they are armed with assault rifles
@rahjah69583 жыл бұрын
Most if not all I can’t remember have also served overseas and seen actual combat
@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-3 жыл бұрын
@@rahjah6958 Yeah they are active soldiers, and yet tourists only think they are toy soldiers.
@redshyguynumber55673 жыл бұрын
@@rahjah6958 Not in those uniforms, right?
@theanglo-lithuanian17683 жыл бұрын
@@redshyguynumber5567 No.
@bigjuicypotato14823 жыл бұрын
@@redshyguynumber5567 No they are actual soldiers on duty. Its very unlikely they would shoot you but if you tried to kill the queen they would use their guns
@arbabraiyan82002 жыл бұрын
Another thing is, the rank badges were moved from shoulder to chest as well as any paratrooper badge or formation signs were also removed for better camouflage
@BlitzCringeOrg3 жыл бұрын
7:31 Zulus attack Fight back to back Show them no mercy and Fire at will Kill or be killed Facing, awaiting A hostile spear, a new frontier, the end is near There's no surrender The lines must hold, their story told, Rorke's drift controlled.
@snowsoldier_97752 жыл бұрын
Hello my fellow Sabaton Fan
@Wanderer6283 жыл бұрын
13:14 Ah yes, Britian's Vietnam...except they'd actually won that and when they offered to advise the Americans in their own jungle war got turned down.
@koinodiscoqueen3 жыл бұрын
The brits clearly have experience in jungle warfare more than the americans
@themanwithnoname36363 жыл бұрын
I'd more say the American revolution was Britain's Vietnam but for other reasons lol.
@christianwhittall58893 жыл бұрын
As a Brit I’d say that it was just a hollow gesture. Counter-insurgency and full-scale jungle warfare against a legitimate state are very different and it could never have gone very well for them. It wouldn’t have been particularly effective to get any training and the situation in Malaya never escalated beyond 10,000 rebels.
@christianwhittall58893 жыл бұрын
Nothing would’ve changed the outcome of Vietnam but I have some trivia for you: The UK DID fight in Vietnam. After WW2 the UK was occupying Vietnam and had some encounters with Viet Minh insurgents. This led to COIN(counter-insurgency) operations in which The British army alongside the (technically disbanded) IJA skirmished with The Viet Minh. The situation went quite alright despite needs to deal with The Malayan Emergency and The Viet Minh didn’t garner much support during that time... But when Inexperienced(they were mostly volunteers who had no experience in jungle warfare) French forces came to secure Vietnam. Vietnam got antsy about becoming a colony again and you know the rest. Sorry for the text wall😅
@105trang Жыл бұрын
The animation looks so neat!
@angusyang59173 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, England was still ruled by the Celts. Edit: I get that a lot of people think England was never ruled by Celts, while yes, England was founded by the Anglo-Saxon invasions, the Romans ruled before that, and before them, the Celts, in southern Britain.
@professionalevilrker3 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, my computer was stolen by Vikings
@Swift-mr5zi3 жыл бұрын
There was no England ruled by celts
@kingmuddy58983 жыл бұрын
Yes, and then they were liberated by the Romans
@aubs4003 жыл бұрын
*Britain. The English being Germanic, not Celtic-speaking
@foundationofBritain3 жыл бұрын
England was never ruled by the Celts. When England unified from the many petty Kingdoms of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, it inherited a mixed but integrated populace of whom were originally Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes and the original inhabitants of what was the many petty Kingdoms of the Romano-Britons, they all integrated and merged to create England, English Culture and The English. Modern Britain can learn a lot from that, i.e. Integration + Merger = Monoculture = Unity = Stability. By the way the terms Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Danes, Romano-Britons and English refer to Culture not genetics, as people are what they practise, by definition, people are their Culture, and thus Culture is what makes you who you are, NOT genetics. An Englishman is NOT born instead is bred, that is to say, An Englishman is NOT a product of nature instead is a product of nurture. People aren't born An Englishman, people BECOME An Englishman.
@LedosKell3 жыл бұрын
I was looking forward to this one. Glad the New Model Army was mentioned, but I'm sad they weren't shown.
@hoi4_history_nerdgaming1263 жыл бұрын
1800s "British Grenadiers in the distance" Nations around the world: "chuckles" I'm in danger!
@ommsterlitz18053 жыл бұрын
Ah yes the grenadiers that fled in the Quatre Bras battle lol
@jamaphy86213 жыл бұрын
@@ommsterlitz1805 right... one battle
@ommsterlitz18053 жыл бұрын
@@jamaphy8621 They are famous because to honor the Imperial Guard of Napoleon after the battle of Waterloo they picked up there Grenadiers "bonnet à poil" or bearskin hat and then became the Grenadiers Guards
@misterbean40593 жыл бұрын
14:41 Those Penguins fought with bravery, for Great Britain!! 🇬🇧 🐧
@Morisaki877 Жыл бұрын
Malvinas
@Matt-rq3bu3 жыл бұрын
Yesss, thank you for this video!
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
So glad to see he remembered Korea. It wasn't just us Americans and the South Koreans fighting there as the media often suggests, you guys and numerous more (even Ethiopia) were playing key parts. Thank goodness that together we stopped the Communist advance.
@Matt-rq3bu9 ай бұрын
@@thunderbird1921 Yeah, always great to get recognition in wars which we played vital parts in. Apologies for the 2 year late response.
@AreUmygrandson3 жыл бұрын
i have an Enfield made in 1917, its my second oldest rifle. My oldest is a 7mm Chilean Mauser made in 1896
@jfamilyjoey3 жыл бұрын
Omg thank you for doing british evolution thats what i was wanting for!
@cringeyidiotterry3 жыл бұрын
3:55 that dude at the far right just became a ghost, and his corpse vanished into thin air... Seems legit. Nice ghastly, ghsotly sound effect for that too, by the way.
@DantheMan26052 жыл бұрын
I’m British and I just want to say thank you for posting this because Learned a lot about this 🇬🇧
@heysiri87483 жыл бұрын
I liked how you included the Battle of Canton as it was a semi-major point in British colonial history, but the way you pronounced Canton as Cantin kinda triggers me since canton is pronounced near exactly as it is spelled as 'kan-tónn'