Portuguese Paratroopers vs African Rebels | Combat Reacts 

Love the Portuguese. Our oldest allies 🇬🇧

"Gente Ovsada, Mais Qve Qvantas!!!"

Love you doing the reacts for those of us having not been in the military but had family abd friends helps us realize what they endured thank you Mike ❤

Or like Olive Drab but they can keep the UN initials in white or black

Don't forget the target on the heads of the blue helmets.

@@idontno0 I never understood why they wear blue helmets. They look absolutely ridiculous and like you already said, it's like they have a perfectly good target on their head.

It’s psychological. They’re the good guys.

UN guys needed to be "seen", they are a political army. they are only useful for display, they once just watched a genocide of people and do nothing because it will cause a diplomatic incident.

Gouveia, u have any portuguese ancestor?

@@TheLordlobo yes I do

Tkx Brothers..we are together❤

I saw the name, im from Angola a little bit north of SA

@@TheLordlobo I know Angola pretty well . Greetings

Cool puts this into a better perspective with more info.

way to kick ass, peace from canada

2:43, 3:59 The top front of firearm already looks like G3 style. Butt stock collapsible para troop style. It makes sense they are paratroopers.

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Awesome! Thanks for your input!!!! There are a couple a special ops vets reacting to this video , you ought to post on those too. Great input.

Who are the other NATO specials with bad egoes, other than US Navy Seals.

They do not suffer from the Ego? What are you trying to say???

For those two replying to this guy about egos, there’s dozens upon dozens of interviews/podcasts on here with special forces guys from various units and at some point or another in these podcasts all of them have talked about the massive egos of a lot of guys in SOF.

They use the Scar-L, Scar-H and FN minimi now

@@karakas9905 Its not egos, its overall purposes, when the war on terror began most European and even US troops weren't deep into counter insurgency, US Congress apropriated billions to adapt the army to this reality, lately refocusing on high intensity conflicts. These paratropers and commando troops are diferent their Genesis is in Africa and some other special troops in the continent are very wheel adapted to low intensity conflicts, the terrain doesn't lendo to high intensity conflicts but phycologically strong troops are important.

the central african republic is not a former colony of the portugese

its funny because every country says one of their units is the best in the world

@@user-jd8wo8fd9p dude, he was referring to the Portuguese former colonies in Africa such as Angola, Mozambique Guinea Bissau etc....

@@LuisAdregoDigitalArt yes i misunderstood, i realise that now

Lol. Sure, Portugal has the best troops around... Equiped with 60 year old equipment and borrowed vehicles.

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They are currently rocking 1,700 SCAR-L STDs, 400 SCAR-H STDs and 450 SCAR-H PRs. Which is very nice to say the least.

@@bodiesatva The numbers are 15,000 rifles (Scar-L), 550 marksman rifles (Scar-H) and 1400 machine guns (Minimi)

@@leandro9311 Aight, thanks. I already suspected my info was out of date.

Well, ive used mostly FN-FAL in Brazilian Army, and for terrains covered with forest/jungle i prerfer it (or the G3, basicly same gun?) to all the 5.56mm we trained with, but one cannot argue that FAL/H&K G3 are cubersome and heavier, ammo also being heavier on troopers backs... Just wanted to share my POV, Brazilian army is adopting a more modern assault rifle, but also this new gun is chambered in 7.62 NATO, i guess because of the terrain.

@@felipescheuerman614 The G3 and the FAL are not the same gun (Penso que foi uma pergunta), but they have very similar caracteristics and performance.

How hard do you think he was during this reaction? I'd say strong semi to hard. Like 75-82%.

Was thinking it was a CG I saw there, was very blurry but the characteristic cone at the back was visible.

Always appreciated the G3, a 6.8 remake from scratch of this design platform might be a viable path, its iron sight remains seconded to none, 700 yards are easily covered with an experienced shooter, the moduling remains superior to several recent platforms too, as I'm able to assess

If I'm not wrong they now carry SCARs

Those are modified HK G3. I don't think these units are from the 70's, even though this is a very modular gun, and have the ability use a more modern module, They are good guns, but outdated. Not really the best for an assault gun. They are heavy and have kind of a big recoil. Very reliable though. Good for long distance shooting. You can aim well at 800 yards. It's a 7.62 mm calibre Some Norwegian and Swedish troops use them too. It's a German design but a lot of countries in the world have the rights to produce them, making it a very affordable gun..

Good old weapons, like Brazil using Madsen LMG made before WWI converted to 7,62 nato and the guns are still good and almost dont malfunction

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@@angelocordeiro427 hahaha. Much love from 🇬🇧

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Loved your post, especially the TIA part (said in a guttural South African accent). Agreed on the what works isn't silly, besides it's not a cat walk in Paris (so who cares what it looks like, as long as its' functional). Take care Dale, greets and best wishes from South Africa.

Yeah gave me anxiety haha I would of thought it'd push the windshield in

Regarding the "LAW", managing it its a byproduct of our tipe of combat base. It's a shock and awe guerrilla warfare

Tier 0 regular grunt. Lmfao. Love that

It was. It got replaced by the SCAR-L and FN Minimi about one year after this footage was recorded. Only the Portuguese Marines use the G3 with a Spuhr upgrade as a main battle rifle.

mg3s are so sexy. Its just the second iteration of the best machinegun ever lol.

@@almerindaromeira8352 Plus the SCAR-H is being limited used as DMR (We also got some H PR, possible used on sniping role). The HK21 is on reserve, with the new army LWMG being the FN Minimi Mk3 5.56x45mm. Vehicle mounted you can find the Browning M2 .50 and the GPMG HK MG-3, to be replaced with the FN Minimi Mk3 7.62x51. Also the HMMWV are not used anymore on that theatre, replaced with the URO VAMTAC ST5 - sometimes supported with the IFV PANDUR 8X8 II

That's why Russia is losing so bad, they don't have Tier 1 combat air traffic controllers, like JTAC, CCT, soldiers...

Haha yeah, portuguese paras before ''the'' update used some sort of Galils in 5.56, but for this specific mission they were using some modernized G3's which was the standard rifle for the portuguese military. Recently we got about 15.000 SCARs, from MK16s to the infamous MK20. In the video you could also notice some of them using FN Minimis. Even then, I think I spotted an FN FAL along the way, and that's not rare to spot at all nice here in Portugal we call ourselves extremely ''desenrascados'' which derives for the verb desenrascar, basicly a way to say that no matter the situation we'll always find a way around to solve the problem or task, taking advantage of everything we find along the way.

The US doesn't fear accountability? Why do they want Assange extradited?

@@chrigaud Man don't compare US transparancy laws with European (specifically Portuguese) laws. In the US you can FOIA alot of information about the government and government personel easly, in Portugal it's not that easy and the information is higly redacted, you can't FOIA a public emplyee's salary for example. Anything "personal" isn't shared. Now how can something funded by the taxpayer can be considered "personal information" I don't understand.

@@SeZ0L0Gs public employees are paid according to a publicly available salary table, so you can absolutely find out how much pay they get. But as for the rest, yes, our legislation is a lot more restrictive than in the US. No freedom of information act here, that’s for sure. A lot of things from the Colonial War (1961-1975) are still classified, for example.

@@feastguy101 Agree, I know there's a publicly available salary table but in order to find it isn't that easy. I spent probably like 15/20 min to find it and had to word it in a specific way to do so. The information is out there but it isn't easy to find. As for the FOIA, there's a "FOIA" in Portugal, the thing is that most of the information comes higly redacted and as I said before, there's alot of things you don't have access to.

Super corrupt

The thing with Africa most parts have a lot of potential but the animals the elements will destroy you’re crop,then there’s always war always another country taking and not fixing not helping nothing, so don’t say that bs,Africans use to be rich asf until the fell from greed just like the great us will do the same.

the scar is cheaper. thats something ive never heard before lol

@@Skeeter_Dee indeed the choice had nothing to do with it being cheaper

For a country it is cheap. Far more than the newer HK 417

@@Skeeter_Dee that was because is was purchased under NATO Support and Procurement Agency. Scars (Mk2) were cheaper than the 416(A5, if I'm not mistaken) on the proposal. We went with the SCARS and we made a great option. They were also cheaper because of some hundreds of FN Minimi (both 5.56 and 7.62 NATO) on the package. Also HK maintenence prices were stupidly high (we're talking of a standard issue rifle, not SOF rifles and mods - althought the SCAR has it's origins in a US SOCOM programme. For a small country like Portugal I'd say we made a very decent choice (I would rather take the CZ Bren 2 and Bren 2 BR, but for a standard issue rifle we're good). Btw, this was a Programme to renew the army rifle (LWMG, GPMG, DMR, sidearms - Glock 17 Gen 5), other branches, unfortunately, followed other paths.

@@Skeeter_Dee civilian prices is one thing. Government prices is another different thing, all together. Plus, prices are not only for equipment, but for maintenance and training too. And we have a Browning factory in Portugal. Is my understanding that there is the wish to build those in county in the future.

What do you expect from an American

no it was no the AK4D. Portugal produced their own HK G-3 under licence for it's colonial wars - some were upgraded, like with spuhr kits (mainly navy and marines) - so the Portuguese Armed Forces have in stock about 300.000 G3, models made by FBP (where they were produced, Fábrica Braço de Prata) HK since the first ones to the G3A3 (fixed stock version) as well as the G3A4 (kind of telescopic buttsock). Most of Portuguese Paratroopers here seem to be using the HK G-3A4 (which make sense for paratroopers, since the telescopic stock makes the gun smaller to carry in confined spaces, including transport planes). However the video seems a bit old, at least a couple of years, since forces in Congo are using in the URO VAMTAC STC5 and not HMMWV. Guns changed too, standart issue in the army, and in this missions, are the FN SCAR Mk2 L STD, SCAR Mk2 H STD in limited use for DMR role (probably very few H PR standing in sniper role), FN Minimi Mk3 5.56x45mm; vehicle mounted Browning M2 .50 and Hk MG-3, the late to be replaced with the FN Minimi Mk 3 7.62x51. JTAC uses HK-416A5. Only the Navy and Marines still use the G-3, with some numbers pimped with spuhr kits (which for me is throwing money away, with it the Navy could have bought brand new M4, CZ Bren 2, or even a small but sufficient SCARS to be on the same page with the army - since the Air Force made other, good, but different choices). In conclusion, Portugal Armed Forces never ever used swedish AK4D (their version of the HK G3A3).

Completely wrong about the AK4D. Never used by Portuguese Armed Forces

@@pedromiguelalmeida4446 finalmente alguem com informação de jeito..... nao te retiro uma virgula!

Yea true the lake,the mountains and the national parks are beautiful 🇲🇼 am from Malawi

Ghana is great.

@@isaackanyemba1964 I was lucky enough to spend a few weeks as a 12yo living in one of the small villages inside the protected land with an uncle who was working alongside local conservationists at a small aquarium on one side of the lake near "monkey island" I made friends for life swan like a fish and fished like a local XD We also went upriver to do a big expensive safari at the main park area and I saw many lifechanging things but nothing will ever top those few weeks and the birthday I had with my Friends Patrick and Manuel Banda on the lake!! BIG UP MALAWI!!! Wealth and health to you my bro xxx

This mission is the first mission from UN where they are allowed to engage as any other force, that's why there is nothing else.

How so when most of the continent is not suitable for agriculture?

@@latinEU That’s a siIIy statement. Corruption and huge cultural differences is what’s keeping them from developing.

@@latinEU Zimbabwe was the bread basket of Africa. Their crop yield was amost the highest in the world. Look at Angola, South Africa and Mozambique and you will see some of the best agricultural areas in the world. Corruption turned everything into subsistance farming with farming techniques out of the 1700's. In terms of minerals there are few places on earth with the natural resources of Africa. Ask yourself why China is so heavily invested in Africa? Resources.

@@nielrossouw7831 same reason why European colonization happened to begin with….resources. Corruption is probably the main problem in Africa as all other problems there stem from it.