Is crazy that during their history they fight against so many imperiums and they never give up. Respect for Romania and Romanians . Fantastic genuine people 🙏
Well... we kind of did, that's why we were still around, compared to the polish that had periods of time where the entire state disappeared. Also, being split in 4 regions always made it easier for the neighboring empires to take control of one and use it against the others. Sadly, this regional split continues to live on.
you're wrong: the history of Romanian special forces dates back to more than 100 years. the mountain hunters' unit defeated Rommel's wurttenburg division in world war 1 and raised hell in the Soviet Union in world war 2
@@mihaimatusoiu7645 While we are mostly Latin, we do have a lot of slavic influence, both in terms of language and ethnicity. But yeah, I'd say we are a Latin people.
@@mihaimatusoiu7645 Romanians are mostly Slavic by DNA, closest to Bulgarians and Serbians, religion and culture, with a mix of Greek and Turkish DNA. The language has been Latinized beginning in the 18th century, and called "re-Latinization", in an effort to modernize the language many French loanwords have been adopted.
As someone who lived in Romania for a year, I'm happy to see it represented in videos like this. I always get happy because I consider it as my 2nd country now... Much love to my Romanian brothers from Spain🇪🇸❤️🇷🇴
@rotutsdotcom Actually it was in WW1 - gral Henry Berthelot - it was a great man a great friend of Romania ! He actually donated lots of his own money to buy and bring war gear for romanian army ! Deepest respect !
@@royal0001yes is Vlad the impaler in English and he's was from Dracu dinasty (dragon in old language) that how it got the name Dracula and because of impaleing enemies and he's armor was full of blood all the time
01:36 - it looks modern because it is. Romanian modern SOF (FOS) were initially trained & organized by the Navy Seals and function on the same structure. Also, most of their gear was paid by the US DoD. I don't remember the year, but on the DoD website there's a document which states that just one of the sums sent towards gearing and prepping the Romanian FOS was close to $100m.
02:17 that's not a ferry, Viteazul is a salvage tug. I think it's actually part of the coast guard fleet and has quite a reputation for an unarmed auxiliary, due to several successful rescue missions in extreme weather conditions.
Just an observation, we in the RM have always been taught to waterproof our roll-mats in a canoe bag. They are exposed on the outside of the bergans and can get wet or damaged. It might sound weird to waterproof a roll-mat seeing as it’s going to be on the ground anyway, but only one side will be on the ground, while the other you put your sleeping bag on top. Last thing anyone wants is to be sleeping on a wet roll mat as eventually water may seep through the gore-tex bivvie bag (outer) and make your sleeping bag wet. It’s not being over the top, it’s about survivability in harsh environments, and if you practice the basics, some things in the field can become easier. Like I said, it’s just an observation as it’s something we pick up on 😉.
Looks like its the Vulturi unit or the 1st Special Ops Battalion. Yeah, created in 2005 officially. The 313th, the 317th and the 528th recce ones are from the 60s tho. Cool find, seems like they know their stuff.
During my conscription years in Romanian Army (when conscription was still a thing in that country!), I was witness one time to an exercise performed by the Army’s Mountainous Hunters division. You wouldn’t believe it what these guys are capable of doing and putting up with. Their main transport in the mountains those days were horses. One of the things I saw them doing was how they lifted horses up a vertical mountain wall (about 50-60ft high) using only their raw human power, ropes and pulleys! The horses were tranquilized and covered with a special protective blanket for this stunt. All 4 horses made it on top just fine. Not even mentioning their “graduation” day from basic training exercise: being left in the mountains for 48 hrs in the month of October, with nothing but a matchbox, couple of cans of food, a tarp and an AK with one 20rounds mag with a baionet . And like u said: lots of snow in the Carpthians. Starting in September most of times…
What you see in the video, those are operators fresh out of selection, most of them probably with civilian background. The Special Operations school over here, got public recognized only in 2014 and since 2018 they are recruiting civilians too. I think the gear they use is pretty standardized, especially for the guys fresh out of school. There are some old wolves that did their time in Afghanistan and Irak, and you can see there is a difference in their gear and tactics, compared to the ones in this video, since those ones kind of had to learn everything on themselves then bring the experience from there to train the new people.
@@Plata-ori-plumbu We speak a language which on the base is classified as indo-european. This migration is only a theory, but nonetheless it puting the root of latin language around the year 3000-2000 BC. The thracian people have continuity, genealogically speaking that can be traced back to the dna samples found for example in Peștera Muierii 26 000 years bp, which were haplogroup U , the root of haplogroup R which composed around 20% of the mixture of dna which is found in the Carpato-Balcano region, together with haplogrup I which is tied to the neolithic cultures that were well establish here 6000 bc . So we have the continuity of population since 24 0000 years bp untill now. Over the thracian culture, which evolved together with the Greecian civilization we have the influence of the Semitic people, which brought the Phoenician Alphabet, first to Greece and spreaded over the continent, so we can say that this influenced the language of the natives, of the Thracians. The influence of semitic people over thracian culture can be observed in the artifacts exposed on the National History Museum from Bucharest. Now back to our Romans, they were also a combination of Semitic and Thracian people , based on genealogy and their gods/culture, that resembled the Grecian/Thracian one. So long story short, the language that romanian speak is way older than latin or the roman influence. The romans never conquered all the romanian but through corruption and migrators as the celts and huns manage to control the area that we call today Romania. Think of the fact that even in present around 30-40% percent of romanians don`t know how to write. There was no centurion that acted as a Jehova witness and went in the mountains to bring the almighty latin to the sheppards, mosty because there was no need for this, they spoke mostly alike. The history was written by the conquerors and the conquerors also acted upon an old tactic: divide and conquer, so one of the first things they did was to wipe the collective conscience of Thracians, which spread from Ukraine to the Greece and Croatia. Long Story Short: we speak this language way before the romans, this is why is more complex and we still have letters as „Ă” „Δ „Ș” Și parcă iese neandertalu din mine când le pronunț. I found you on a military related video, so I will recommend you to visit also the National Military Museum from Bucharest which managed to illustrate the continuity of thracian civilization and also shows other theories of migrations, which science based are more plausible and one of them is from the Carpathian Basin to the east. Think that Civilization started out with agriculture and here in Romania we have the perfect landscape for this, one of the most fertile soil in the world, Chernozem, also caves, from where the future agriculture men to evolve and also a very important aspect that facilitated the development of civilization here was the natural fortress of the Carpathian Mountains which facilitated the defense of the newly growth food. Those people had a language and we still preserve its continuation not only in what we call today Romania, but also in the lands of Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine and even in remote areas of Croatia . We have Stockholm Syndrome when we speak about Rome. I`ll be back, with a documentary about this.
Kind of off topic but about the snow part. We used to have a lot of snow during winter, (-13 F easily, nowadays about 14 F is the norm on a very cold day sadly) you could get buried in it easily but we've been starting to have very warm winters for about 15 years now and in the past years there's been barely any snow or even if it did snow it would only last 1-2 days until it melted. You can still get a lot of snow in more remote areas higher up but not in urban areas or hills.
I think after Polish GROM we have the best SOF în Eastern Europe they also use the HK G36 and other very good weapons they are trained most of them at Ft.Bragg by Green Berets and they fight together în Afghanistan,thank you for this video!
I don t now if we are second after GROM but , ass I know US classified RO SOF among top 5 SOF in Afganistan for example. And yes , I think Poles have the best SOF in Europe.
Thanks a lot Theo for reacting and giving your opinion on Romanian Special Forces. Indeed, they look very similar with the US Special Forces, they have the same selection process and are called "Green Berets" identical with US's "Green Berets". Since 2018 there's a Special Forces Application School where selection takes like 7 months and civilians can go as well in the specialization Para-Commando. The active military who want to go for special forces they will go for the specialization Special Forces Operator. Civilians who become Para-Commando NCO's then will be able through courses to become certified Special Forces Operators and be assigned to one of the existing special forces battalions, 3 SOF battalions are part of the Land Forces, 1 SOF battalion is part of the Romanian Navy and there is also a bit of a 'mysterious' battalion similar to PJ's for Search and Rescue which is part of the Romanian Air Force. Here's a more official short description: "Selection for the first modern unit of Romanian Special Forces (Forțele pentru Operații Speciale Române) started in 2003. Four allied nations-the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and Turkey-advised in the selection process, incorporating their experience into the new SOF battalion - Batalionul 1 Operații Speciale "Vulturi". After 2004 when Romania joined NATO, soldiers of the Special Operations Forces have conducted numerous training activities with similar structures in the armies of NATO member countries, and the operators have participated in exercises organized both at home and abroad. From 2006 until 2021, soldiers in the Romanian Special Operations Forces have taken part in missions in Afghanistan, generally alongside those in US Armed Forces detachments. The basic mission of the Romanian Special Operations Forces subunits was military assistance in support of Afghan special forces structures."
@@CombatArmsChannel Some old footage of " Romanian Special Forces - SPP" training with live rounds, soldiers standing next to the target. Very impressive, i will like to see your reaction. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gabOzuSi7Ig.html
The special forces of Romanians are ancient. The modern special forces starts around 1741 with the so-called "Grăniceri" (Rangers) from Muntenia Principality, then from Moldova Principality and after that from Transylvania, Banat etc. In 1829 Grănicerii (the Rangers) were included in the commin Army just for 5 years, as in 1834 they become again a different structure (still inside the Army, but as a special force). Inside the Romanian Army there were 2 other special forces: Cercetașii (Scouts) and Vânătorii (Hunters). The Hunters become a different structure from 1916, as Vânătorii de Munte, but they are present in the Middle Age wars as Romaian Military Elite.
It's so cool that you chose to do a video on this. I have a friend from Romania who was part of their army. He said that he was the Canadian equivalent to an MP.
yeah, also making an opinion based on only 1 video is kinda dumb, considering FOS has units spread all around romania. it's not just one team for the whole country
The video covered the whole special forces subject. Romania actually has 3 special forces, linked to each of the 3 main branches of the military. Most of what the video depicted were the army (ground forces) special operation forces. The guys on the RHIB and the Puma Naval helicopter were the navy's SOF, and relatively recently the air force created/operationalized it's "flavour" of SOF with the CSAR/MEDEVAC squadron, operating the newly modernized Puma MEDEVAC helicopters. Their first deployment was in Mali, serving the CSAR needs of the UN intervention force. Romanian SOF have received a lot of US backed NATO standard training and equipment, and served a lot in Afghanistan. As the video depicted, the Romanian SOF are well integrated with US units, the guys were seen deploying from American UH-60 helicopters. There are also several battalions of "mountain hunters", which are recon/infantry units with mountain/cold climate specific training, but as far as I know, the mountain hunters are not part of Special Operations Command. They are a "type" of ground forces, similar to armored units, artillery units, pure infantry etc
Ro has a navy, half of the size the russian black sea fleet. 48 ships imcluding 3 frigates, 7 corvettes + 4 ordered and 3 planned subs. The black sea is a very dodgy and militarised sea where Nato’s reach is.. a bluff. Russia dominates it and makes it very dangerous place. All nations share small parts of it but have many ships and have seen war between them many times. The russians can sink nato ships left and right even uk and us ships that venture into the open. Thats why being on the black sea is more of a liability than an asset militarily speaking. So thats why romanias navy is contempt just with littoral defemse and anti ship launchers from the shore.
@@moisisergiu4318 Turcia se indeparteaza din ce in ce mai mult de "aliatii" NATO si se indreapta spre Rusia si China. Chiar numai faptul ca SUA si tarile NATO sustin Israelul care-i masacreaza pe palestinieni ii indeparteaza pe turci de asa-zisii lor "aliati".
yeah its true they havent had much experience but they have been to iraq, afghan and soon going to mali. there is one important mission they did in afghanistan with us sf, there isnt really a name for it. if anyone finds this comment and wants to know more about that mission, ill do some research and reply
Romania has special forces units since 72.They went trough a reorganization and mobilization since 2000 and now they have a fully operational battalion.
@@greaterrome no.The first company led by Captain Șoverth was not a modernised special operations unit.The first of those actually took birth in 1991 at 495 battalion special operations, today being the 495th Light Airborne Battalion.
@@MrQ454 Romania has only one of the 5 SOF Battalions fully operational in accordance with NATO Mobilisation law. Next time, try documenting yourself before contradicting someone who actually works there.
@@theterrobear2716 ”Brigada 6 Operații Speciale "Mihai Viteazul" (English: 6th Special Operations Brigade "Mihai Viteazul") is a Romanian Land Forces special operations brigade formed on 25 October 2011 by the expansion of the former 1st Special Operations Regiment (composed of two special forces battalions and one supporting paratrooper ...”, I don't know what you really work there...
2:24 Viteazul(The Brave) No. boarding 101 Date of entry into service 1954 Missions: 1. Towing of ships in high seas and in the harbor. 2. Own and convoy anti-aircraft defense. 3. The breaking of the ice on the sea, in the harbor and on the maritime Danube. 4. Extinguishing fires and removing water from damaged ships.
A little insight... I had a friend who was in the Romanian special forces so this is factual (I am romanian myself too) Romanian SF was trained by the Russian GRU special forces unit back in the 70-80's so this is where the hand to hand combat and the training comes from, they still use these tactics to this day.
What kind of SF are you talking about? The Mountain Hunters or the battalion of paratroopers from Buzau? Neither of those were trained by Russians...so you are wrong...The only "special forces"kind of unit before 1990 was USLA, but that unit was not in the Army and even that was trained in the West at its begining, by Germans....So the information about GRU training is....
that is a bunch of fake infos! Romanian SF didn't for sure trained with GRU and precisely not in 70-80's when Romanian-Russian relations were pretty bad! I don't know what kind of a ”Romanian” you are but these are total lies.
@@adrianboda3766 there was a unit next to paratroopers from Buzau, which was reconnaissance but they did also sabotages and other stuff, that unit is probable the oldest unit and they remained in SOF until now.
@@SerbianEagle1331 I don't care where he was but what you put is false. Before the 1970 Romanians dismissed all the officers which studied in USSR, they refused all the Soviet troops on their territory and didn't participated with troops to any Warsaw pact exercises and you came to tell me they trained with GRU?! May be GRU tried to infiltrate Romanian army then but for sure they didn't train Romanian troops. the Romanians set up some anti-terrorist troops then, even with some American support and the Russians were interested in them, but the Romanians certainly did not cooperate with them.
I'm glad you are not wearing a halloween costume because that would have made me click away instantly. I'm Romanian and i wasn't really aware that we have romanian special forces and also don't really know in what instances they would be involved. Pretty nice video, thank you for sharing it with us!
Special forces are around for many years, the participation in Iran, Irak, Afghanistan with US, Italian and France improved the way they equipped and their training
The ones in the forest with snow and stuff are part of a special forces branch called "Vanatori de munte" or Mountain Troops Division. They are trained and prepped for combat and survival in mountainous /forest environment, no strangers to cold, snow and bad weather in general. Very well trained in skiing and marching without letting trails for the enemy, setting up traps, becoming one with the surrounding nature. Climbing and carrying heavy gear is also their specialty. Translation to English is "Mountain Hunters"
Those were “mountain hunters” (vânǎtori de munte). This special forces unit was established in 1916 during the 1st world war. They were so effective on the Eastern front during WW2 that the Soviet Union demanded they be disbanded at the end of WW2. They were re-established in the 60s and since then received numerous commendations at European level, particularly for mountain search and rescue.
When you talk about Central and Eastern Europe, you are talking about an area of the world with the greatest experience in wars. So the experience of the armies of these countries in Central and Eastern Europe has a much greater experience than the Americans, when we talk about wars. For now, what we see about the American army are Hollywood scenes, but in a real war, experience matters a lot regardless of whether they use more M4 and other Ak47s, which by the way is a pretty good weapon.So I think that Europe should not be underestimated in terms of tactics, because this is where the most important historical and military events in the world took place. Nice reaction :D
The Brigadier General head of Romanian SOF, an Afghanistan veteran, participated in an exchange program with USSOCOM Tampa FL for about 2years (not clear exactly how long) and I assume he influenced modern Romanian special forces doctrine.
This video is a super summary of the romanian special forces, there are the mountain combatants wich have different uniforms and gear, urban warefare s.f. ,same, with different gear, and sea s.f. with different gear, but this are only the main branches. Check video "Parada militară de Ziua Naţională a României 2023 (@TVR1)" 18:35 ->
My boy u realy need to react to some cyprus war videos its relly interesting subject and a war many people dont know. Kings and generals made a pretty gud vid about that
This is what you see from outside, there are reports of personnel showing what really is on inside. Lots of miss equipment, many incidents of not well built or maintained barracks, outdated equipment, outdated training routines and so on. They show this so you join them, but once there things change. We romanians we know this better. I hope one day things will change.
I'm surprised no one knows or talks about the fact that Romania SOF are one of the very few forces in NATO that are actually qualified to train and certify other countries units to become SOF.
US and Ro have a contract and thru NATO they work together on different army projects and train together with other countries.. NATO. and obvs we might get betteer equipment from US. but we used to have our own troops and special people too back in the day
all Romanian SFs had at least some time in Afghanistan, as experience, they fought together with American SF there (Special operations battalion became fully operational in 2007, with a company having been already active since 2006. Elements of the battalion were deployed in Afghanistan. A notable casualty of this deployment was Captain (posthumously Major) Tiberius-Marcel Petre, who was killed in a firefight. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Star of Romania and the U.S. Bronze Star Medal.). Now is a SF brigade!
You are modest. No, we don't have great facilities, we don't even have that many good ones. Basically right now we got facilities that do the bare minimum. But this is a sector that's being developed bit by bit. We just hope that we elect some leaders who understand that we need that sector developed, badly.
Transylvanian series books by Peter Moon (Translated from Radu Cinamar) are a must read to understand better the connection to NATO and the Bucegi Mountains 🇷🇴😉😎
Thanks for your kind words regarding our guys. See the old fashion school that precede this young ones with not so fancy gears… ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O-C9na2Zdz4.html
the mountain hunters are our main battle unit since romania has a lot of mountain area so because we are a small country , when defending we need to lean more towards small unit guerilla tactics. this has been done since forever, that's how we defended and slow but sure drove back the otomans and other invaders. but i could never mention Romania being the eastern gate for Europe without mentioning Serbia. when the rich center and west europe were feeding themselves to death and Romania was defending whole Europe , the Serbians always had our back whenever they have the possibility. You can't talk about past 1000 years of fighting at the eastern border without talking about Serbia. big high five for our brothers in there . We kept this continent as it is for centuries and we did it with help from awesome serbian people that , contrary to others, understood that if we fail, everything in Europe fails. there is much serbian blood mixed with romanian blood on the plains of Romania testament to the otomans that they should go back and stay there.
