peter Mcaleese is doing some great pod casting at the moment with CHRIS THRALL also with robin horsfall HE IS SUCH A HUMBLE COOL GUY some of his storys WOW
Books are always better. The book upon which this series is based is way better as it goes into far more detail. As an example, in the selection episode, the accounts are way more brutal. One guy had his smock ripped up for a joke on the escape and invasion phase. Another soldier started taking the piss so the training staff removed one of his boots and he had to do that phase with just one boot. He passed
The soldiers story is a family one to. My father served for 22 years in A sq. Maybe one day that story will get told through a Childs eye - not all romantic.
Wow 22 years, I didn't know you could stay active in the SAS for that length of time. Mad respect to your dad and your family it can't have been easy. 👍🏻
@@adrianh332 Oh yeah, Lofty (Wiseman) a good family friend was in the regiment 27 years. They go onto other rolls/admin/research/training and such like. The long serving NCO's are worth their weight in gold in there.
Mad hard intelligent bastards. Who dares wins Rodders who dares wins. I’m not the biggest fan of what Westminster gets the British army to do but I’m a big fan of the SAS. The fitness, focus, mental & physical fortitude in my opinion is 2nd to none. A perfect balance of everything but borderline crazy and some will go over the edge because at the end of the day the shit they do must take its toll on the human body and mind. Total respect lads ✊🏿
What like deposing a despot like Saddam or killing 90% of the Pashto (Taliban) who produce 80% of the world's opium . Might want to stop reading the guardian sweetheart
That's an interesting question you raised, I wonder if any of the SAS has ever gone rogue. Imagine one of these guys going rogue, it would be like a one-man army leaving a trail of destruction because they're so elite and tough.
Cheers VHS Reclaimed! I've been waiting to see this again since I loaned out my Soldiers Story box set back in the nineties. Needless to say the twat never returned it!!😁👍👍👍
I haven't got feeling in my feet but it was a job that needed to be done so I did it well.. different breed these fellas. Those strange island folk who enjoy living out of a Bergen. And the Colombian jobs are some of uk special forces darkest secrets. They absolutely played farc and the narcos like fiddles with a lot of help from the spooks who got ex regiment lads to train the narcos so they had excellent intelligence. And those pilots who were gonna fly the c 130s and the chopper pilots who got "lost on a weather reconnaissance mission" and ended up in Chile had big brass balls. And fair play to Chile, Pinochet was an animal but a British trained animal
what was the deal, did pinochet give the okay to use chilean airspace and covert routes out for the guys on passenger planes? sorry about your feet, the falkland islands always struck me a horrible conditions and brutal terrain
@@cliveramsbotty6077 he moved a lot of his forces to some disputed territory which also made Argentina station most of it's mountain troops in the area. it's not hard to see how much of a difference a 1000 well trained troops could have made. Horrible man but he done us a solid
Disagree with Pinochet being an animal. - he saved Chile from two wars : from a civil war with the marxists and from Argentina. You enjoy the advantage that live in an island and any enemies were far away, not 40 miles across the mountains. - Allende government was ready to trigger a civil war to preserve power. Even the poor bastard (may he remain in hell forever) was not democratically elected, he was decided by congress from a tie. - If Pinochet wouldn’t have the guts to save Chile, most likely wouldn’t have been born, as my father would’ve died in civil war. - Pinochet handed Chile back to democracy with a clean and rising economy, with zero debt to foreign nations. But what can I tell to a Brit about history? You people used Indians and Africans to build your legacy and wealth from your dominions, right? Then your asses were kicked by America when Britain taxed them for the tea exports and waged war on them, right? So the heck you talk about animals anyway? Probably you are leftist. Read the black book of communism comrade.
51:40 so i grabbed all the ammo I had for the SM and the pulled the pin in a grenade with one hand and my rifle in the other. no matter how much ammo you had, you're not doing much reloading !!!
There was real sadness when news of the Sea King disaster came in, 20 of our best soldiers drowned in a sinking helicopter, one which was supposed to be able to float on the surface of the sea! It seemed inconceivable that these elite soldiers could be taken in an accident, and then you remember that especially during a war, fatal accidents occur.
It was a mistake for that terrorist to say that after the deadline all hostages would be killed, especially with M Thatcher in charge of the country`s Armed Forces. It gave her little choice and The SAS wanted negotiations to fail.
There has been some serious questioning of the Chilean raid. RAF crew reported a LMF situation with the patrol. I believe " Billie" the RSM had something to say about it.
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@@vhsreclaimed1998 yeah very interesting a few of my mates were with B squadron during the Conflict, you may already be on my page but thanks very much for taking the time to share this, here's a link to my page facebook.com/War1982
@@buchanjay great youtube page, plenty there I'll be watching. Fantastic series, shame it was never re-released. The Iranian embassy reconstruction was better than the movie 6 days they made.
The footage of the air assault from the C-130 is actually of the Argentine 601 Commando Company. 2 Para were never outnumbered 3-1. The garrison of Goose Green was 1,083 in total. Of that less than 600 were infantry of which 2 Para fought two of the 3 defending companies and these were in platoon positions which were spread out over the length of the isthmus. The rest of the garrison played no part. The speaker is full of crap.
I’ve know 2 sas personnel and one other who left training due to shin splints but would of made it if it hadn’t been for the medical all 3 are decent humble men but same time they have a look that cuts through you one of them is in his 70s small Scottish guy same facial hair has Mac piercing blue eyes the guy is still a machine it’s mind blowing total respect for the regiment I could never do what they do it’s almost superhuman
For the record this isn’t John MdAlesse however John McAlesse aka Captain Price from Call of Duty is a true bad ass straight up you know you’re truly a soldier’s soldier when they make one of the most iconic soldiers in the most successful first person shooter warfare game in video game history
i have to say how incredible the work done by brit fighting men and fighter pilots in the falklands were... but its just as bewildering as to why the british military was so ill equipped for anti air work... was it hubris, ignorance, lack of funds or something im missing?... there was period equipment available... was this a problem NATO wide? im not judging or blaming, im trying to understand what the problem was.... the ships had naval dual purpose guns and SAM's right? the amphib landing forces had MANPADS or forward air defense assets right? i completely comprehend the threat and effect of exocets launched by Super Etendards, but from what i understand the majority of damaged ships ( and of course ground assets) came from lower tech dumb bombs, rockets, and cannon from A-4 Skyhawks, Pucaras, and Mirage derivatives ( i believe called Daggers / Fingers or something)... if anyone can explain what the issue was id enjoy hearing it.. im no expert but i am interested...
Yeah the Royal Navy was set up in this period to hunt Soviet submarines for NATO as the Cold war was still on going and mainly relied on the USA for air cover ...as for ships getting bombed by dumb bombs hpthere was lots of factors. .The struggled with radar clutter operating close to land ..dident have any early warning radar assets to give them for warning of attacks. ..the best asset they had for killing there airforce was the harrier .They had manpads but they were not that good ...could go on for ever but 8000miles from home was a major factor. But thankfully the RN can project power again .
@@loyalist5736 yeah i get lessons were learned from this ( by all nations) like the development of helicopter born AEW platforms and etc... and yeah obviously harrier was their best asset but i was more questioning the standard equipment they already had specifically for AA work and why it was so ineffective... i heard somewhere else that navy troops got so desperate they pulled out GPMG's and strapped em to the sides of the ships to shoot at the A4's...but yeah i didnt think of the clutter of close land and rock formations interfering with radars meant to be used on open seas...although i still thought they had some amount of dual purpose capability seeing as one of the Royal Navy's main purposes is naval support to ground forces... i guess the answer to my question is just that this shit had to be worked out in actual combat zones and mistakes had to be paid in blood... just like CAS in desert storm led to friendly fire...
@@arcadianlhadattshirotsughW33Z Well the British have learnt the hard way many times in war and paid a high price in blood because of penny pinching MPs ,,a couple type 42s were lost in the war and you can take a look back to when they were built and to save money they shorten the length which had the consequence of of not having early Warning radar and other systems that could have helped in the Falklands War...As I say being a ASW navy and leaving other duties to your friends and allies is great but when the shit hits the fan and you have to go it alone like the Brits in the Falklands you have a major problem.
@@loyalist5736 great point... but surely even in that case they were worried about meeting soviet aircraft? then again i guess everything is a compromise in weapons development... im sure politics vs budget vs intended threats vs actual threats means the first two win...
It was simple complacency, thinking the only threat was the Soviets. Fact is, in 1982, all 3 Heads of Service and CoS were WW2 veterans, all would have known about barrage balloons (some were still in storage) and flak ships for anti-air defence. Yet we had ships with single GPMGs firing 0.303 rounds at incoming jets, 1/8th of the firepower of a Spitfire.
What about the utter fiasco on Fortuna Glacier on South Georgia ? Arrogance and incompetence cost 2 x Wessex 5 helo. Only the skill of the Wessex 1 pilot saved the day. Had to ieave their M16A1s behind and else. That is what happens when the SAS ignores the advice of the Royal Marines Marines Arctic and mountain warfare cadre and the orders of Captain of HMS Antrim. Boy scouts ! The following day they took out an Argie position on the other side of bay manned by a troop of elephant seals using a £ 42k Milan missile. On West Falkland they shot dead Kiwi Hunt (Sgt 6SBSRM) on a blue on blue because they would not 3CdoRM brigade wbere they were. Totally our of control. Their heads were full pf wee motor bikes after the Iranian Embasy siege the year before Corporate was a disaster for 22SAS. The loss of 18 guys when their Sea King injested an albatross was really sad.. Meanwhile, SBSRM done.their quietly with no messing around on the monkeybars. Things better these days.
If it’s a doc with a shit picture and only on VHS it’s prob close to the truth... lol.... watch the old Thames Flying Sq docs from late 80s early 90s its the most politically incorrect thing you will ever see but at least it’s real!! it’s a look back at how far we have come looking at shocking clothes, casual racism, bent coppers, moustaches with their own personalities and unedited or sanitised TV... Netflix would not screen this 🤣🤣
never did understand why the British govt didnt attack Buenos Aries should have attacked Argentina and nuked the capital, we were Australias deployment force on call if the Brits wanted us, they didnt call, at the time we were in Malaysia as part of a QRF against communist insurgence but would have been happy to assist our Brit Brothers
Yeah, so we walked in a 200 mile circle, with no food or sleep for 5 days and then killed all the enemy with headshots in a 3 minute firefight. That's The Regiment.
@@raystephens1142 not really pedantry as this mistake really makes a big difference. A pedant is usually concerned with correcting very minor inaccuracies - such as this one 🤔
Every other country say there special forces are the best ? But who train these guys at times itsour special forces the best like all of our armed forces the best
The SAS's presence in Colombia made no difference whatsoever in the grand scheme of things, + that's nothing to do with, they're the best there is but their mission objective did nothing to reduce the production, or the flow of drugs, into the US. Soon after Escobar's death it was shown that more drugs were entering America than ever before. This was, of course, entirely in keeping with most operations carried out in the name of the 'War on Drugs', in so much as it was a total failure. To this day, Britain persists with a drug policy that when considered it simply defies all logic + reason. For over 60 years, one gutless + unworthy government after the other, continues with a policy that at no time has ever been anything other than a complete + staggeringly expensive, failure. In spite of drugs being readily available all over Britain, on we go with the same prohibition policy, why is that??? Personally, I think the answer is obvious, millions of pounds of un-taxed dosh floating about + no people in high places are trousering any of it??? I don't believe that for a second, I have no evidence, of course I don't I'm just an average bloke, however, the facts are clear. Britain is full of drugs, never mind the war on them, that's all bullshit + say what you like, it isn't working, there are drugs everywhere, ffs! I believe there are secure channels that drugs come into Britain through, guaranteed safe passage + money in the bank. I'd be more surprised if that wasn't going on, is that level of corruption too hard to imagine??? Sadly, not for me it isn't, it helps to explain how ineffective legislation has proven to be, + don't forget the cost. It always is forgotten, though, the whole issue is never discussed rationally. Decriminalisation, for example, makes perfect sense to all but the drug-dealers + reactionary types who object so strongly about an issue they have such little understanding of. Anyway, nothing will change, fortunes will continue to be made, + continue to be spent, taxpayer's money spent yet some folks get rich. Britain's drug laws make them illegal, but they're easily obtainable, none the less.......... Talk a good game, but in reality it's all a big lie, just another lie.............
Its not "informative". Its complete horseshit. The usual SAS trying to reinvent history. Mikado and Plum Duff were a complete shit show. Mikado because it was a suicide mission with zero chance of success. One senior sergeant resigned and the squadron leader relieved under protest about the mission. Plum Duff was the usual SAS attempt to recreate their WW2 glamor. The helicopter crew and the SAS patrol could not agree on their drop off location. The helicopter crew couldnt seem to sink the chopper... Nobody had the slightest clue about the operation of the airbase...or even if the exsocets were there.
