Rent An Army: How Much Does It Actually Cost?
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2019
- Many people have heard the phrase the world's oldest profession and know that it doesn’t refer to soldiers, but on record the world's oldest profession is actually that of the mercenary. While today the word has an extremely negative connotation, in the past being a mercenary was a perfectly acceptable and even respectable line of work. In fact, it was only in the last few hundred years that standing national armies became the norm around the world, meaning that for most of human history wars were fought by men and women paid good coin to put their lives on the line. Today we're going to look at the use of mercenaries throughout history, and end with the greatest mercenary battle of the modern age.
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I need to rent an army to stop people from sneaking into my forest and trying to take blurry images of me
Hmmmmm, but an army is made up of people....
You think that would stop me? I'm gettin the worst possible camera I can and getting all the blurry photos of you I want.
I know what its like
Btw what size you where?
Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access i think infographics is spying on me because i searched this up on google today and 2 hours later he uploads this
"How much does it actually cost for a merc army"
Infographics: "a pretty penny BUT here are 1048391 other things about mercenaries that don't answer the question on how much they cost at all"
Because they don't have fixed costs. If you want to hire some insurgents with ancient weapons, it's one price; if you want modern private army with artillery, tanks and air support, it's completely different story.
Kinda waste of time that they didn’t answer the question I need help
@no one To know that you would have to find mercenaries and ask them or get countries that use them to admit how much they spend on them for specific tasks most of which are black ops meaning it's never happening.
About tree fiddy
6:58
US: "hey call off the attack"
RU: "idk anything about it"
US: "okay then, i guess you don't care that we are going to completely eviscerate these guys"
*suprised pikachu face*
Sounds like a good exuse to make a pretty violent example
RU: "lol they are not even from ours"
"eviscerate these guys"? just like how Ukrainians getting eviscerated in the Battle of Bakhmut and then getting flanked by Prigozhin from Kamaryn, Belarus which is around 100km from Kyiv compared to Bakhmut to Kyiv which is 700km?
RU: "We actually really don't. They are not officially our soldiers, so if they die we don't really care much
US: "Wait, what?"
RU: "I mean... idk anything about it!!!"
*Why rent a mercenary just call molly from merrywheather*
Me-*calls in Merryweather buzzard* Buzzard-*proceeds to get shot down immediately by griefer*
At least the helicopter pickup is useful
*a, 'an' is used when the word proceding it starts with a vowel. For example, it would be "an attempt was made" not "a attempt was made". Edit: I saw you edit it ;)
@@texasaggie2378 Are YOU a teacher?
texasaggie2 thet'is higly an gooder informotion
My lego army only costed £10
Send me links to what you two are buying...
:/
@Cmdr. Lewdiepie thank you person, I shath go on my quest when I wake up tomorrow morning
vAqeii lol how big tho
Your hired
I see a the future of this comment Being 2.5k Likes
I have an army of insects in my house and it was free
Cmdr. Lewdiepie got an army or headlice
Sqfdj 1234 i think infographics is spying on me because i searched this up on google today and 2 hours later he uploads this
But what did It cost?
just subscribe pls no reason it’s google search pattern
We hAvE A arMy oF hUmaNs
*But do they have elephants?*
It will be served as roasted elephant
......and woman
ah carthage
Blackwater has Bibles and Questionable shootings of poor brown people in markets.
Out of the budget, sorry m8.
I thought this was going to break down how much it actually cost... but not at all.....
Chris Ruiz and a billion a year from America
It also depends on what country the mercs come from, a lot of western mercs can get as is stated $600-mid $1000 a day. Some PMC out of South America pay their mercs $200-$400 a day. They are generally less experienced, well trained and maybe even armed but you could potentially get more total men for the same cost
@@darkone9172 where can't I sign in for Mercenary Job ? Do I need training first?
@@xiaoma4297 It probably depends on the country. Most likely though those companies would prefer to hire someone that has already served in the military. They generally don't want to spend their time and money training new people so they hire those with prior military experience
*rents an army*
Wallet: um, i don’t feel well.
What kind of wallet you have there? Normal people wallet can't even think about that.
You must be close to billionaire to be able to have wallet that is capable of handling that amount of money.
@@noorazmi2329 *b r u h*
@@badgameplay493
@b r u h
BadGameplay
@@noorazmi2329 scrap the money part, he's rich enough to have a talking wallet
Imagine Jeff Bezos doing this and making his own Amazon country
Thank you Infographics, this video actually gave me an idea. I should suggest to MrBeast that he should rent an army for a day, and make them do his challenges for a chance to earn money.
Excellent idea
@@jeanpg9007 yea right. Who thought of it then?
Wait a minute.... you don't have a mustache! Guess Natsu burned it off
That would be cool but idk if they’d want their faces shown to the masses
LOL. I'd second that if u also suggest he returns & donates to random twitch streamers xD
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Title of the vid: "How much does a private army cost?"
Also video: *So guys, here's a thousand facts that does not answer the question.*
If you really wanted an answer, the cost depends on how long and how many soldiers you rent. A single mercenary (Or private military contractor) can cost in between 500 to 750$ a day. Let's say you need an army of a thousand mercenaries to guard a village in Syria for a week. So if the price of the soldiers is 750$ each for each day that would be 5,250,000$.
The Mercenary market boomed in the 90's and is currently worth 200 billion dollars.
You Sir, saved me from watching this video.
Pepe the Frog 5,250,000 PER WEEK
Actually it depends on the type of merc, too. $750 per day sounds like a Western mercenary, while I'd assume mercenaries from third world countries could cost less. $100 a day means you're getting super rich in some African countries.
Can u pls share ur source on that? I wanna read a little further.
I’d rather buy 10 African mercs for $100 a day. At least they have numbers.
I looked
up oldest profession and i got
prostitution
does hunting and gathering count as profession ?
andrew batist yes it called scout. Scout is oldest profession
@@michaelweston409 what came first the chicken or the egg
@@kopistedik3542 prokaryotes
@@kopistedik3542 egg
Employer: *broke*
Mercenary: I`m gonna end this king`s whole career
That 1 wounded on the American side mightve been just an accidentaly spill of hot coffee on his pants
His own hot spent casing flew back into his shirt
Nah. Somebody threw a banana and the person slipped on the peel.
Air Support op
How many of the Americans was a mercenary. 😂😂 they don’t count those he said
Lol
Can you imagine a Large Group of mercenaries "throwing" a battle, in favor of Going On Strike, over Wage Increase demands?
you mean like the cops and police unions holding cities hostage because they don't like being held to account for shooting black people?
@@jk3jk35 no he doesn’t because that’s not the same nor is it related to what was said.
@@jk3jk35 how can cops hold a city hostage when y’all want to defund them
I've honestly thought about it when I was getting out of the army. I know a few friends who went the PMC route and love it
*MERRYWEATHER SECURITY*
Merryweather Security, how may I help you?
@@EP55241 Can I get a back up heli that will just get blown up then land right on top of me. Thanks
Robert Hamilton you play Conan Exiles?
@@kingbootv8424 nope
@@EP55241 can I get an airstrike that will miss the target please
*_just having a body guard costs thousands now imagine an army !!!!!_*
Wolfie Werewolf aaaaaaaaa
@@chrisa5180 Most bodyguards are mercenaries, at least the top paid ones are usually ex special forces or secret service.
@@chrisa5180 bodyguards and mercenaries occupy the same industry.
@@chrisa5180 theres rookie mercenary. Different training for each mercenary. So imagine a lottery ballet. You pull out a ball and that ball is made in america, army, infantry. Now you take another ball, its from syria, army, crewman. Now take another and this one is in russia, airforce, gunner.
They are all mercenary, all different, they are hired based on their skill set.
I can tell you from experience, the lowest contract I have ever seen awarded was 6.5 million for 4 years, employing approximately 90 individuals at that location for the duration of the contract. So if someone quit or was injured, they had to provide a replacement as soon as possible after the incident. So if you need more personnel, or you need highly trained and skilled, or a specific skill set in those personnel, the price goes up for every extra bit that you require. So if you're talking several thousand personnel, you're talking several billion dollars. You can break down the math per year from the example i gave. If you need a basic security guard force for an installation, it's actually relatively affordable. However if you need convoy security, antiterrorism specialists, close protection, etc then it starts getting VERY pricey as the more skilled people are, the more you have to pay them to compensate them for their skill set and potential danger they will be in. Hope that helps give you an idea.
In the immortal words of Solid Snake: "War... Has changed"
But war never changes right?
Me: searche's up how to keep my belongings safe
Google: Find a safe place, or buy a safe!
Bing:
TLDW: It costs more than I can afford so I won't be taking over the world any time soon.
Do you have 1 dollar? If so
Offer someone 1 dollar for 5 now and you will pay 9 later then 5 now for 25 and 45 later and then 25 now for 50 and 100 later then 50 now for 200 and 500 later. Etc slowly paying back your old debts in a never ending pyramid scheme that you could never get out of
@@penguin4863 Yeah Bernie Madoff did that and that didn't turn out too well, even though he had more charisma, a reputation to match, and he's a better bullshitter than I am sadly. I guess if he made it to $500B or so and a big enough army he could have simply took over the US gov't before they prosecuted him.
@@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718 do you mean 836m$?
Not with that attitude
You can't even do that with a PM or security firm
Who sees being a mercenary as a negative thing? Mercenaries are Just professional soldiers who put their skill set to work for themselves instead for an ungrateful nation state that will just use them up and throw them away when they are no longer necessary
Somebody played Metal Gear 😂
Excellent point.
except these mercenaries have no support no backup. so risk of death is highly likely. technically theyre fighting for money. so its whoever hires them, its not necessarly theyre fighting for themselves, theyre fighting for the person who hires them and their employers are always corrupt.
@@damianbiue7728 "except these mercenaries have no support no backup" Incorrect they have full logistical support Blackwater had/has its own Air Force assists
"so risk of death is highly likely. " Not at all but that being said its War not ballet Risk of death is always a thing at least mercenaries are well paid for the risk.
"technically theyre fighting for money. so its whoever hires them, its not necessarly theyre fighting for themselves, theyre fighting for the person who hires them and their employers are always corrupt."
Mercenaries are always fighting for themselves they are marketing their skills and choosing their own jobs and as for the Corruption who cares just because you fight under the flag of a nation state doesn't mean you are an angel or that your masters have your interest or your nation's interests at heart
@@Ghastly_Grinner They are just more realistic. In the end, all wars are waged for money and resources, regardless from how noble were initial intentions. So, may as well stop hiding behind "national interests" and other political BS.
“Carthage used mercenaries exclusively.” How’d that turn out for ya?
actually, it worked out pretty well for Carthage. Under Hannibal, he crossed the alps with a merc army and mercilessly slaughtered their enemy. It wasn't until the Libya calvary merc. abandoned him and decided to fight for Scippio Africanus instead because of better pay that he lost the last land battle outside of Carthage.
@@teudaan doesn't matter, he can't take rome anyway
Carthage delinda est. SPQR forever!
a movie about the american outpost being assaulted would be perfect
There is a similar movie on Netflix ''The Siege of Jadotville'' it's a bunch of european mecenaries with african allies attacking Irish UN peacekeepers in the Congo. based on a true story.
Agreed!!
13 Hours in Benghazi
The Central African Republic currently relies solely on Russian private military contractors to train their armed forces, right now. Russian business interests also have exclusive rights to a lot of mineral and fuel resources in the CAR.
And why not? If it helps both countries mutually I don't see a problem, either. The CAR will keep itself from becoming the next Somalia, this way. And I'm sure that whoever is funding the mercenaries there is supplying Russia with plenty of resources and tax money.
I mean wouldnt it be better for the CAR to have access to their own resources and not have them be collected and consumed by another country? Its like an american banana republic. A russian african state.
@@FredwRoT They just don't have ability to develop those resources. Mining requires infrastructure, properly trained work force, and technology, depending from how difficult certain resource deposit is.
Except it is officaly illegal in Russia to have such kind of bussines
@@ceu160193 Thank you. You made a better point than I did.
Bruh the next somalia tho 😂😂
Well. Uhhh. No wonder why all of Skyrim hates me. I costed all their kings millions of doubloons just because I’d get lazy and hunt for mercenary’s for fun
Most Russian mercenary’s are just Russian soliders that just didn’t meat the cut
How do you meat the cut?? I know how to cut the meat. But meating the cut? Idk bout that one. I do know you should MEET your 2nd grade TEACHER and restudy the ALPHABET!!
@@sforza209 chill bro just a typo
@@sforza209 bruh typo
That's wrong. Most of them are former Spetznaz which are special forces. They have limited equipment and no air support though. You can't expect them to fight a regular army, which has a country's whole budget on their side.
Wow loved this video! So much detail on illustration and information. With just the information I can imagine the picture in my head A++++
Mercenaries should be the norm again, not mandatory signing your life away for to fight someone else’s war for almost nothing
Yeah, people who are willing to fight and have a will of steel should not be a taboo. Pay them well, treat them nicely and leave the average joes alone
Well for example the United states army is all volunteers so I mean it's kinda the same thing
@@toastysroastys7622 exactly. Op must be from outside the US or dense af
Not really the same thing... I served with a lot of dudes, yet only a few actual Warriors. Most didn't sign-up to fight. Most signed-up as a life-option... college, bonuses, avoid going to jail, no other gainful/secure options, tradition, medical/family benefits... the list goes on and on, but you probably get my point. Mercenaries are fighters. They sign-on to fight. 180+ jobs in the Army, and only a handful are actually Combat Arms. Mercenary companies, like Blackwater, are not hired to prepare food, or repair equipment; those are different contractors.
BH I was talking about drafts
Today I learned renting an army was even a thing....
Are you Justin y?
@Cmdr. Lewdiepiesummoning a demon army? A hard task but not impossible
Well if hiring hitmen are a thing...
Whoooo the more you learn..
@Cmdr. Lewdiepie summon a demon by sing a anime opening XD
The word mercenary just takes me back to assassins creed
Takes me back to team fortress 2..
Odyssey*
_shahriar_shiham yup
Takes me back to Age of Empires 1
Kaz144 way back
Thank you Infographics i have always thought how much renting an army costs
they should make a video on how the infographic show works. like the entire process
Renting an army is as much as renting desperate New York actors.
I never heard about this battle before, so interesting thank you for informing us all.
Hmmm interesting, I wonder if I could rent two mercenaries for a few hours, and have them fight eachother? I could start some kind of underground mercenary fight club! The first rule in mercenary fight club is to not ta... Meh...
Ever time I watch infographics show I always question their "evidence" and their "research" I don't know why
Because fairytales man
It is because the videos and information in them is gathered by people not old enough to drive and severely affected by national and patriotic propaganda.
Lack of links to sources tends to lead to that.
Their sources are in the description, last I checked.
If finding information on how much it costs to hire an army then you should just do it yourself without needing this video huh?
Being a mercenary myself, it is considered a hobby for us.
Brother I want to become mercinery please tell me how can I become mercineryyy
Why rent an army when you can start a gang.
Gangs cant fight wars
@@trollsports7829 Then your gangs can form militias and after that if you have enough people and weapons you can make a small army.
@@infamouswolf5584 and all of them die simultaneously by a drone with a huge payload
@@50calbullit RIP
@@infamouswolf5584 indeed my friend, Ripped in pieces xD
Mercenaries Playground of Destruction my favorite PS2 game... I really hoped it would be re-released but it seems very unlikely now
Oh yeah on Saturdays i just love hiring an entire army
Drinking game: a shot every time he says mercenaries. Happy New year's
New year's? New year is not here yet
@@strongishman7871 AA?
Horizum _ alcoholics anonymous
How many full bottles do I need to start the game?
@@d.e.b.b5788 hmm 4 bottles should be enough
When the narrator says “unpopular conflicts” (more like illegal conflicts)
Intended Material from the video: "Let's Learn About Mercenaries"
What I actually learned: "Overkill" is not a word that the American Military recognizes
Mister Scoot no we don’t recognize it
What's that?
Don't take too many things from this video, because it is riddled with tons and tons of errors and historically inaccurate information.
Let's be fair here, they do recognize it. It's just not relevant to their profession. I mean, if I told a serviceman 'that much tobasco on a sandwich is overkill' they'd understand what I meant. But you can never have too much air support, especially close air support.
For most of human history, wars were not fought with mercenaries, but with militias who were commoners levied/conscripted into the military during times of need.
5:32 that reporters hand tho...
Is it just me or is it strange that infographics uploads like 2-3 times a day
My iron golem army only cost four iron block and a pumpkin
I thought it was 4 blocks
@@jonahtorres7157 it is
Me: Call the Pillagers, i want three of their legions with me on my "crusade".
Didnt rome use auxiliaries of subjugated tribes instead of mercenaries, Carthage fielded mercenaries from Iberians mostly due their ferocity and shock troops used to break roman shieldwalls as matter of fact Carthage had a small army of its own and more them 80% was mercenaries from syracuse (sicily) and Iberia
Both were used
Auxiliaries are technically mercenaries as they are foreign aid paid to fight
Exactly. Rome didn't really hire mercenaries, they had a truce clause with nations that they won a war against that the nation is to provide soldiers, or straight up join as an ally with an obligatory % of the available manpower. Very different from a mercenary.
This video contains tons of historically incorrect information. For example, the Roman testudo was not remotely close to being an ancient tank. It was a slow and cumbersome formation that was only used in very specific circumstances (eg. during sieges to approach a defended wall) and left the soldiers vulnerable to melee and unable to effectively engage to close quarters combat. At the Battle of Carrhae, it is described that the Parthian melee cavalry charged the Roman formations whenever they formed into testudo formation because they were too closely packed to fight back effectively.
Intranet the Parthians fighting techniques bested the romans.
The worlds oldest profession was hunter/gatherer.
maurer3d i see you’re a man of *world history*
Was it a profession, i mean your only profit from that was to stay alive, right?
You weren't hired to do it, it was essential to survival
I thought it was prostitution
@@ABW941 Everyone's real profit is to stay alive.
My favorite infographics game to play is to pause the video at any time and try to guess what hes going to say next
Great vid
I need an army to stop people who say "first first"
“hOw MuCh DoEs It AcTuAlLy CoSt”
Wow that mercenary battle was a colossal demonstration of idiocy. How do you bungle an operation THAT BADLY. I'm almost impressed
Loved the C-17 shooting out bombs at 11:22
Get rich, buy an army, take over a small country (in Africa), mine diamonds, use money from diamonds to pay for larger army and take over other small country’s.
Mined diamonds are cheap, like really really cheap.
Drink one beer to every time the word “Mercenaries” is mentioned in this video.
I died
Finally asking the real questions
£8.50 an hour and all the Capri suns you can drink, final offer.
Do I get Saturdays off?
I'm not signing for less than 8.75! You have to pay me more because I'm a Lady, and I'm American so we eat more!
My army is Made up of People with Stick-spears And Nerf Guns..... does that count?....
That's just something a lousy chicken would do
Nein! (german for no)
Yes
Yes
I don't need an army beacuse no one would try and hurt anyone as pethetic as me!
As another person named Connor I can relate
well i would
@@maxobsidian6313 finally!
Connor Rogahn You realize people throughout history thought the same and perished.
@Daniel b exactly!
5:55 That's one of the best FPS games ever made
bro this just convinced me to become a mercenary when i grow up
Pakistan army is still available on rent.
Don't believe me
Just check it Pakistan army serving in saudai Arab.
Yeah, but Pakistan is Saudi Arabia’s number one ally and culturally very similar. It’s probably win-win for them, since Pakistani’s would be a lot cheaper than their own citizens because of how poor Pakistan is.
@@danparish1344 and let's not forget about Pakistan hiring terrorists, such as the ones that did the Mumbai attacks
@@swguren let alone the terror funding they are doing since 90's in Kashmir valley... supporting terrorist organizations Like Lashkar e taiba , Jaish e Mohammed , hezbul mujaahideen.
Terrorist are cheaper than army
No wonder they didn't own up when they lost one of their F16 pilots in the skirmish at Balakot.
After all, they don't really value their dead soldiers. Those who died for the Pakistan Northern Lights Infantry in the Kargil War were dismissed as mujhadheen 🤦
The world's oldest profession is begging somebody had to ask first
Idgi
Hunting & gathering is oldest. Called scouts
Someone had to ask them to to go right
This video will be useful in the future!
Ty for info 😊😊😊
The mercenaries have pilfered all the comments.
I was a mercenary for Willy Wonka in the chocolate wars against Hershey's. It was the first time I ever tasted defeat. A truly scrumptious slaughter. We lost most of our nerds and most of the survivors deal with the trauma of diabetes. Horrific.
When your transmission gets intercepted and the attack is not a surprise anymore:
A10-Warthog - "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"
The definition of "...don't let them breath."
Russian mercenaries March towards American outpost
America so you've chosen death
@douglas wahid it concerns me how you said that
Everyone obviously asks this question at least once in their life
I love the military videos 😁
I was thinking of Merryweather when I saw the title :D
Thanks
I didn't even know you can rent an army
@Defective_AntiAnime Pearl YT i am heavy
Depends on if you either did something to earn a favor, important enough to someone important to prompt them to hire them or come into enough money to hire some yourself
Imagine your card getting declined then the army you rented invades you
imagine hearing "Enemy AC-130 Overhead"
Surely not as much as renting a basic apartment 😑
I wish I could have fired at a T-72 with a TOW missle. Oh well, America only spent hundreds of thousands training me in case I needed to lol
For all who read this
A great 2020 ,and a lot of subscribers to you
First time I have seen a c-17 dropping bombs, lol.
Drinking Game: Do a shot every time the narrator says "Mercenaries."
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“Rent a army”
Hmmm... perhaps I shall do a coup’ de tat to restore democracy and officially make America “Great” Once Again!
That attack on the outpost, I was expecting more from Spetznas soldiers
i think infographics is spying on me because i searched this up on google today and 2 hours later he uploads this
Soooooooo how much? 10 mins in
These teachers out here lackin; I learn more on this channel than I do in school.
Title:rent an army
Mr dikowitch: *rent!!!*
Top cover more like Top Gun!
Soo, could you give me an example of a mercenary force working for the Romans? Because if you‘re referring to the Auxilia, they were part of the regular army
Inb4 like 2 years later...
The middle Republic saw use of Balearic Slingers, Numidian Cavalry, Cretan Archers & others.
Caesar was noted for his use of Gaulic Cavalry during his fights both during & after the conquest of Gaul.
Auxiliaries as a proper part of the Roman military system come about during the Principate & fall out of favor a little before the Dominate.
During the late imperial and byzantine eras "Foederati" barbarian mercenaries saw widespread use.
Well said they need to read up on history.
During the Byzantine Period at least, the Romans would hire Norman or Cuman mercenaries to bolster their forces, but i doubt this videos is taking that time period into account.
Everybody is tough until air support appeared
When you said city state it took me right back to history class
*that will be 12.99*
Russians”we outnumber them 10-1”
Americans”not for long you don’t”
*Distant helicopter whirls*
Most where Syrians
Russians "Ok, we are learning the Americans have ABSOLUTELY NO CHILL!!!"
@@jeremygilbert7989 most of them were syrains but ok sure
Oh jeez this is why air support is so needed. 10 to 1 and still no losses
very cool
Yeet
Eet
@@salvatore6808 phone home