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Can you do the Italian military uniform next pls
>muskets at low ready
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Hollywood: British soldiers kneeling and taking cover, instead of marching in line straight towards a heavily defended hill!? That's heresy!
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.
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.
@@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.
But remember Polish soldiers are heavily defending London but after war british take them to new communist Poland and there Polish soldiers were killed..
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.
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.
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.
@@CrossOfBayonne hey where did you get this information about this I wanna read it sounds interesting
@@CrossOfBayonne I need credible sources
US Sailors, marines and soldiers still used the m1917 helmets and m1928 haver sacks
@@the-dank-gatsby3413 If you look at old photos from 1940-43 they wear them
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.
Yeah, the British have some of the longest and most intense basic trainings in the world, it’s why they’re so good.
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.
@@teacoffee5847 and royal engineers have 9 weeks phase two combat engineer training and then phase 3 is their trade training
also winchester no just pirbright
@@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.
"What the hell kind of name is Soap? How'd a muppet like you pass selection?" - Captain Price SAS
You're a model citizen thank you
@British CZcamsr 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.
"What the hell kind of name is Kimball? How'd a muppet like you pass election?" - Caesar, 2281
@@ea.fitz216 lol
@@GeorgeSemel Thank you george very cool.
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.
Yeah. It make me, an USer cringe at how we act as tourists.
@@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
Barely a step down from special forces. OK mate sure
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.
@@woodlandcreature8857 what countries?
I’m a British Solider (retired), I have to commend you on your accuracy, few get this level of detail correct.
@soulless nft They said they were retired dumbo
@mama im a criminal 🤧 wha
Who is mama I'm a criminal
Oh nice, what reg? I'm trying to get into the Scots myself.
It's crazy everyone in the comments section have their own life, their own story, and their own decisions
The Iranian Embassy is the most CoD MW that ever happened in history
I'm surprised they haven't put that in one of the campaigns
Yah hope they put it in next cod titles
Thats where CoD got it from, events like that were the inspiration!
That would be an amazing mission
@@sirpizo555 I’m not really surprised,there were only 6 hostage takers and COD usually has hundreds of enemies in their missions
Evolution of british uniform: to glowing fancy red uniform to green tea uniform
We prefer being stylish rather than functionality
Don't forget we Americans defeated them twice (revolutionary War, 1812) and saved them twice (WW1, and WW2)
@@GandalftheWise No, once, the war of 1812 was a stalemate.
@@GandalftheWise typical American
@@GandalftheWise Wrong, you didn't win the war of 1812 and you didn't save anyone in WW1. The Entente would have won regardless
I love how every soldier is just the same guy who’s now fought for 3 countries for centuries each
Insert generic joke here
He`s a perpetual! (Warhammer reference)
Why improve upon perfection? 🥰
Soldier gaming tf2
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.
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)
The British and Prussian/German uniforms are the most beautiful and stylish uniforms ever made.
The french uniforms are also quite stylish and badass
@@iamhorny4542 not in ww1 tho
American Civil War Union Calvary Uniform is one of my favorites
Swiss guard.
*fail’s to elaborate further
@@deerdust6484 In WWI The Senegalese Tirailleurs had the coolest uniform in France. And they were an Afro-French battalion.
The Uniforms are absolutely stunning, I personally loved the Red coats and WW2 And WW1 Uniforms, Falklands war era Were also beautiful.
kinda weird to call military uniforms beautiful or stunning lmao
Brodie helmet can double as a disk in case of emergency.
@@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.
@@rogueleader7506 maybe a plate
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.
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.
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.
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
its called a sabre briquet
@@soliform3485 I thought sabre briquets were a French thing? The rifles did use a so called sword bayonet
When you see the 33rd and 95th and just think: "Sharpe!"
Kill the buggers Harper!
“Referencing and introducing many people to the sharpe series? Now that’s soldiering.”
@@retardcorpsman TY
Sharpe is one of the few people who can survive being portrayed by Sean Bean!
By GOD that’s soldiering
3:49 you can see the British soldier’s soul leave his body LMAO
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.
95th rifles can fire 3 rounds a minute in any condition. That's soldering!
You Made a Sharp Referenc ?
Now thats soldiering!!!
Soldering!
Soldering iron
And when reloading he need to hold it but it did not hold it just hold a invisible thing
Soldering!
You should do French, Italian or Spanish uniforms, as well as the battles at Peking.
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
@@sebastiant1577 Maybe also the Spanish Blue Division in World War 2?
gotta do the french after the british, the 2 most iconic rivals in history.
Battle of Peking is a marvelous idea
Of course mate, that would also be cool to see
"Battle of Rorke's Drift"
*Sabaton intensifies*
A HOSTILE SPEAR A NEW FRONTIER THE END IS NEARRRR
@@SheriffJoe420 THEIR STORY TOLD RORKES DRIFT CONTROLLED
@@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!
Cod ghosts intensifies
UNDER FIRE
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.
British : Give us your land.
Naitves : What makes you think you can take our land?
British : We have the best drip.
we milly rock on any block
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-
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.
@@thatonefriendiii2827 I would promise all members of the empire such drip
Also, is your pfp Thomas the Stug III?
@@chubski2514 nah that's a SU-85 with a Thomas the tank engine camo
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).
Britons
@@dotdashdotdash precious former colonisers so nice
@@APersonOnCZcamsX every culture has had to colonise at some point.
@@dotdashdotdash Never so aggressively for profit alone :)
Yeah and totally missed the MKIII/IV helmet.
The SAS will always be one of the best. They served the UK well both in the UK and outside the UK
9:18 British officers don't duck!
Shame there seemed more emphasis on evolution of weapons used than uniforms. Nothing mentioned about the most important item of all, the boots!
well whats so special about the evolution of their boots?
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Very informative. A lot of work gone on here and the site is building a reputation. Consistncy of presentation is noted. Well Done!
As a Brit, I find this amazing and that the British armies evolution makes my heart warm
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 😉
Sounds like you know your stuff.
British have a nice uniforms, love from Argentina 🇦🇷❤🇬🇧
4:53 did anyone knew that man killed Napoleon just dang.
Amazingly well made, excellent quality animations and narration. 10/10
Love The UK from your brother across the Pond 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧
Your our son
🇬🇧👊🏼🇺🇸
🇪🇺+ 🇬🇧+ 🇺🇸 probably an alliance till the end
@@manofthepeople4663 Shut up dad.
@@manofthepeople4663 I can't express my happiness after finding a person who knows the difference between your and you're.
The modern British camouflage is actually very similar to the US OCP. From a distance, they can be mistaken for each other
I think you'll find that's the other way around mate.
The US copied ours and added black to it
@@alfieogden OCP is a copy of Crye multicam which predates the British pattern of the same kind (mtp) by 6 years.
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.
@@richardsawyer5428 difference is that multicam (both mtp and ocp are variants of it) was created by an American company
3:01 Shorts (and sandals)
10:30 More Shorts!
11:08 Even more shorts!
We need more military uniforms with shorts.
5:01 you know my 5 time great grandfather was this
It’d be cool to cover Greek uniforms including Ancient Greece just to see how far they’ve come
As a greek I would be pleased to see that
@@user-jf5im4kf1g Yes the Greek army of Alexander is one of coolest looking ever.
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
He could’ve talked about how the uniforms evolved in Northern Ireland and how the different regiments had their own spin in uniform
Kilts and stuff aswell
Sounds like a rebel conspiracy but ok
well the british infantry always looked like clowns in battles sometimes because of their uniforms but mostly because of how incompetent they were
@@ommsterlitz1805 we’ve won the second most amount of battles in History
@@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😂
Dude while watching this I thought of the french uniform evolution and how when everyone was wearing brown in ww1 the French were just like “no” and wore blue 🤣
French wearing horizon blue was actually fairly logical and quite smart.
Very cool! It’s always nice to learn about other countries’ histories.
A lot of inaccuracies tbh. Pinch of salt needed
I'm British, I'm glad we had our own uniform video, now do a Brit tank one
*please
Yes, but the issue is the tanks of the dominions (Canada’s Ram II, Australia’s cruiser, and Zealand’s Bob semple)
No he’s gonna do a Canadian army one now boi
*please
@@syrian-countryballs7380 yeah Canada our best friend
"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
There are two types of people who glorify and seek out wars of aggression:
The mentally deranged, and those who've never experienced war.
I love this guy, always has some nice quotes, keep up the good work
Chinese Army next please. They had a very intresting uniform history especially under the Qing and Warlord era
The animation looks so neat!
Great video! Tiny point, but infantry regiments like the Irish Guards don't train at Pirbright; they do longer initial training ATC: Catterick
*ITC Catterick
YES! THIS IS THE EPISODE I WAS WAITING FOR!
cool
cool
Cool
ima break this chain
Continue the jolly chain for fucking tea
Really glad you did this video. I've been waiting for a while and only just found out.
Great British Army.God bless.From Belgium
Yas
Oh yes the “GREAT” British army
@@averagegamer6831 Gotta problem
Evolution of Spanish Uniforms, that would be one hell of a long video, going for at least five hundred years.
That’d be hard to do since there wasn’t a standard military unform for the majority of soldiers so far back
As well as Polish ones...
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.
Alright the brits have been done, now is time for their arch-nemesis : the french
I think that the British and the French started off as rivals but later became friends.
@@ethanarnold4441 Yes they are our ultimate enemy, but i do respect them, after all they have one of histories greatest generals in Napoleon.
I guess after The European Championship their arch nemesis now is Italy🤷🏽😬
@@user-ik2zr1cx1u No i love the italians, one of my best friends is Italian and i've travelled to Italy a few times.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Let's be honest. The British and French are more frenemies than they are enemies.
Thank you for mentioning the Malayan Emergency. Love from Malaysia
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.
Would live to see a navy uniform history due to their influence on ranks and other nations
The reason behind the square rig for example.
They’re also dope af
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.
Hello my fellow Sabaton Fan
i have an Enfield made in 1917, its my second oldest rifle. My oldest is a 7mm Chilean Mauser made in 1896
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
10:28
Captain Price from Cod2
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
Being a commander&
@@operatorargus9751 wow, that's amazing!
Wow. I never knew your dad was a super cool soldier in UK. You must be proud of him.
@@SpadeyBoah I'm sure proud of him. I always ask him funny stuff when he was in the army
I thank him for his service
fantastic transitions!
I like how 3 of the tracks were from Vic 2 in this video
I love the inclusion of the brave penguins in the Falklands War!
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
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
This is an excellent video and well animated.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
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.
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.
@@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”
@@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?
@@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
@@NumptyDumpty33 and that’s not counting WW1 and the war of 1812
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.
Mostly genocide in Ireland😡
@@conorflynn6666 Well, partly anyways.
@@conorflynn6666 Pretty sure that was just war.. rather than Genocide. We seem to misuse that word more and more as time passes.
@@conorflynn6666 a brutal war is not genocide
@@conorflynn6666 congrats on not knowing what genocide means
These videos are great, thank you.
My great grandpa survived all of WWII including D-Day, and he died in April, about a month before his 100th bday
Finally the one army I’ve wanted to see.
Shame they didn't do the riot kit from The troubles
@@joshuagraham8479 yes exactly
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
Literally Britain's greatest ever commander and one of the top worldwide as well.
I would like to see versions of the Polish army's uniform, also love the channel helps me a lot in my history revision
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.
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.
7:17 if you listen carefully you can hear flower of Scotland 🏴 I’m Scottish
Watching this video the ending part made me cry it reminded me of the queen I miss her
Sappers mentioned, day complete. Nice one! (also side note 14 weeks at pirbirght for rear echelon and 28 weeks for infantry)
Love these uniform videos, would love to see videos done on both American and British Sailors and Marines.
We need evolution of French soldier uniforms now
can we take a moment to just salute this british soldier who ran in a straight line i so many wars for like 300+ years and never died or got shot
*focking laser soights* moment
This vid is so British that it colonised my computer
I’m very excited when he reaches then evolution of French uniforms.
and the Germans were excited when they saw them wearing bright blue at the start of WW1
Me too.
@@Swift-mr5zi Ha Ha.
@@Swift-mr5zi and red trousers
@@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.
8:08: Love Zulu but always no love for Dalton so always have to put out:
Zulu (real life): Commissary James Langley Dalton tells Bromhead and Chard we are not ditching the camp because, if we do, the wounded and the wagons would slow them down and the Zulus would catch up with us so we need to man the fsck up for a siege. Fights on the initial attack, co-ordinates up the initial defences before hand and saves a Hospital Corp guy from getting stabbed by blasting their attacker up close. 100% bonafide bad ass.
Zulu (1964): Commissary James Langley Dalton hands out ammo and looks forlorn a lot at the end. Cue lots of confusion about why he gets a Victoria Cross at then end because he doesn't save the guy with him and seems a bit much for a guy that didn't do any fighting.
YES FINALLY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
Meanwhile the RMC at 32 weeks of training
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
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
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
They're actually only loaded during a high threat of terrorism
@@tomsoki5738 Realistically the civilian police are probably in a better position to deal with any terrorist threat anyway.
*The video is very good, the historical knowledge about the war is good and easy to absorb. I hope the channel grows more and more🤗🤗🤗🤗*
I love it how all the soldiers in the video have their necks pointed forward
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.
Yes, I am the same, I am enlisting for the R.A.F next month.
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.
No wonder we ruled the seas, land, and practically world for centuries. We were drippy asl
nah bro
*You were dripped in tea*
@@theclone9123. tea isn’t red
would just like to say the blocks they have drawn for ATC Pirbright with the cross under the clock. is down to a T and going off the drawing i was in the block on the left hand side of the clock.
Infantry train at catterick, while most other cap badges train at ATC winchester, pirbright.
"Britannia Rule the Waves", nice choice in music.
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.
The brits clearly have experience in jungle warfare more than the americans
I'd more say the American revolution was Britain's Vietnam but for other reasons lol.
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.
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😅
Grate video would love to see a Malayan Emergency video as my Grandfather fought there and its a quite unknown conflict