I can remember fixing bayonets with the intent to use it in Afghanistan. 40 men screaming “fix bayonet” Never, and I mean never have I felt anything like that before or after. A chilling sensation up my spine from the base to my head. Incredible 👍🏻
Not many people can actually relate to an experience like that. The different types of contact..taking indirect, vbied’s, dismounted tic, getting ambushed, all are crazy. But yeah..actually hearing that order, or the idea of an E tool kill is something different.
It’s a last resort and a first Resort. My Grandfather causally told me of bayoneting a Turk to death at the Dardanelles. His words “we had been told to unload so we would not lose the element of surprise, so I had no option when he stepped into my way” My grandmother late r told me the huge scars across his chest were from the Turkish bayonet. Desperate men fighting to the death. Thank God I never had to.
When your ammunition pouches are empty, and there is no air cover or artillery support, the only thing between you and your maker is your bayonet, and the courage and determination of the men behind them.
@@owo5869 The geneva convention does not always apply. You sometimes end up with your head on a stick in the local village square, like Captain Edwards and Trooper Warburton in 1964. The Germans were not above massacring prisoners, the Japanese made a habit of it, and ISIS and the Taliban are not people you surrender to. I would stick to a bayonet.
I never had to fix in anger, but i was given the honour of marching through York with Fixed bayonets when our Regt received the Freedom of the City in 2001
Wow, such a display is really awe-inspiring. Hundreds of men, all acting in unison, completely uniform. They've stopped being individual men, and are now each well-made cogs in their unit's machine. It's beautiful.
@@samuraitabernac3050 Clearly there's something to it though. Those well-organized, meticulously drilled formations conquered the world. Formation drills go back to ancient times, they represent the triumph of civilization and cooperation over chaos. To me, anyway. All you can see is spilled blood, I see blood that would've been spilled anyway, by someone else, because the human species statistically will always have some malcontents who want to burn everything down, and they must be resisted by force. War didn't evolve as some form of oligarchic bloodsport. The history of war is the history of deprivation, starvation, and genocide. The reason almost every human society has a somewhat organized military by the 20th century? Because the ones who didn't weren't able to survive. Pacifist societies rarely last, and that's because at some point, if you need something desperately, and violence is your last way to attain it without incurring an unacceptable loss, then violence will be used to take it. Societies need to be ready for this, and at least have a hard core of well-trained regulars to build the rest of the army around in wartime.
@@magisterrleth3129 something something imperialism etc etc. yes drills are useful. Yes nowadays they are mostly useful for scaring the plebs, in a battle being in formation like that will just get you killed
@@samuraitabernac3050 In the modern day, maybe. You do understand that there's a whole backdrop of history I'm talking about here, right? At least 12,000 years of Human civilization, 70,000 years of existing as a species. Ancient warfare is fascinating, because even though the technological level of armies was often basically on par, it wasn't weapons technology that won the day, it was organization, and social technologies. The concept of the formations, the idea of specialized troops, logistics, every movement perfected by every man until they can all act in unison. The advantage of this is so striking, just look at what the Romans did to the Gauls. Same technology, similar numbers of men, because the Romans were better organized. They could march an army of 50,000 men into enemy territory, and be supported by supply chains. The Gauls essentially had to form up their armies a few days from the conflict, because they just didn't have any way to feed that many men for any period of time. When the Gauls met the Romans in battle, the Gauls fought almost in Homeric fashion, keeping rough formations, but with a strong ethos of conspicuous heroism, they'd leap ahead of their line to get a kill, only to be butchered by five legionaires with shields locked. It's awe-inspiring, but I certainly would want to be a part of it. I like living, I like peace, but war has always fascinated me. At least I know why I'm anti-war, I've read enough primary sources to have a good idea that the William T. Sherman quote, "war is hell, and it's glory all moonshine," to be basically spot-on. But war has also changed a lot in it's long history with our species, and it's an interesting study with no shortage of material to read.
@@samuraitabernac3050 And no, those formation drills aren't for, "scaring the plebs." Militaries have traditions, and cultures, and histories. Plus, there's few better ways to say, "look at how professional our military is," than showing 250 men do the exact same thing at the exact same time, with the exact same movements. It's supposed to intimidate people on the other side of their borders, it's supposed to reassure the public. Militaries are for dealing with external threats, police deal with the internal ones. Now I know that plenty of tin-plated dictators in _other_ countries use their militaries as discount gestapo, but in the West, while the military can't be lauded for always having good intentions, thanks to their discipline and traditions, it would be pretty difficult to convince them to start gunning down civilians. You'd have to shoot at them first, and even then, they need direct permission to use lethal force. Because western militaries come from this tradition of high discipline, chain of command, and public relations. Not to mention every soldier has the moral duty to disobey illegal orders. You can't order US soldiers to gun down civilians, they won't do it. Not after My Lai, it's in the doctrine.
And what have ever done, 22 years and 31days I was always prepared to stand next to a man/mate as he was to me, sit on your chair having never been to Iraq, Kuwait, Belfast, Bosnia (2 tours) Iraq again and other shit holes that I have forgotten about and I am not infantry but I will always stand next to a veteran no matter there service or cap badge, so fuck twat
A bayonet on a bullpup rifle always seems like a weird choice to me, just having the knife in your hand would give you more control. Still very impressive for drill purposes!
Bayonets are still used in combat ,as recent as Afghanistan the British Army used the bayonet to great effect ,the Taliban are not trained for it ,it is a great way to take the battle to the enemy .
Having a knife in your hand would give you more control but would leave you completely unable to use the firearm, and as another commenter said, you can get a lot more heft behind a bayonet thrust than a knife on its own due to the weight. Bayonets are useful because they turn your firearm into a devastating melee weapon (which in truth has always been and always will be more for intimidation than actual combat) without diminishing its ability to be used as a firearm.
Britain has traditionally had a relatively small land based army. In 1900 it was only ~400k strong to police a global Empire. The trick was to get the natives to police themselves. Only 10k British soldiers policed India, the rest were Indians. Today, no Empire, and no Land borders, the most peaceful time in human history, so the resources go to the Navy as they always have.
@@andrewmccloud8581 Correct. The Tangier Horse...later the 1st Royal Dragoons (and now part of The Blues and Royals) carries the Battle Honour "Tangier 1662-80"... 359 years old!
@@sladefisk4339 Swords can't fit on the end of a rifle. A bayonet is the compromise. Bayonets have a huge psychological effect on people; just ask the Argentines who served at Goose Green.
![Escort to the crown (of Scotland) - Basic Drill movements at Scottish Parliament [4K/UHD]](/img/n.gif)
I mean... A British NCO got medals for leading a bayonet charge as recently as 2011 so there's that
They don't like it up em !
@@andym9571 unfortunately for those who wish for courage and valour in battle the vast majority of infantry will be killed by artillery and air attack
@@josephhennessy6031 oh, real?
@@josephhennessy6031 also not air attack, at all
@@emelyarye2641 not yet
The last thing an enemy wants to hear is the order to fix bayonets to a line of British Infantry.
When facing the Germans at the Somme, that was pretty much the last thing that the line of British infantry heard.
The Japanese too!
COLONIZATION MODE
@@VersusARCH such a dumb comment
@@VersusARCH thats true, but We're talking about bayonete when the Brits are still redcoat
I can remember fixing bayonets with the intent to use it in Afghanistan. 40 men screaming “fix bayonet” Never, and I mean never have I felt anything like that before or after. A chilling sensation up my spine from the base to my head. Incredible 👍🏻
That’s chilling to even think about. I’d love to hear more
Just go to a metal show or an EDM set, you vibrate from your core out to your extremities.
Not many people can actually relate to an experience like that. The different types of contact..taking indirect, vbied’s, dismounted tic, getting ambushed, all are crazy. But yeah..actually hearing that order, or the idea of an E tool kill is something different.
It’s a last resort and a first Resort.
My Grandfather causally told me of bayoneting a Turk to death at the Dardanelles. His words “we had been told to unload so we would not lose the element of surprise, so I had no option when he stepped into my way”
My grandmother late r told me the huge scars across his chest were from the Turkish bayonet. Desperate men fighting to the death.
Thank God I never had to.
fake story last bayonet charge in history was made in sarajevo in 1995 by French soldiers
As long as you have groundpounders you’ll have the bayonet.
yep they just might at some point be utility knifes that mount to the gun
In 2011 a British unit in Afghanistan fixed bayonets to prepare for hand to hand combat.
and beyond as the sage advice goes: The enemy cannot push a button, if you disable his hand
Sharp point thing good. Grog learned this lesson.
When your ammunition pouches are empty, and there is no air cover or artillery support, the only thing between you and your maker is your bayonet, and the courage and determination of the men behind them.
Dude surrender it’s just life
@@owo5869
The geneva convention does not always apply. You sometimes end up with your head on a stick in the local village square, like Captain Edwards and Trooper Warburton in 1964.
The Germans were not above massacring prisoners, the Japanese made a habit of it, and ISIS and the Taliban are not people you surrender to.
I would stick to a bayonet.
@@rosshilton If your fighting a normal country please just surrender. Its easier on everyone.
@@owo5869 Say that to the Germans and the Japanese
@OwO No. You shall either attain redemption in victory or in death. No surrender.
Unless they have M&Ms
Argentinians: sweating profusely
Based
This is the first time I've seen a video like this where the audience is actually quiet and respectful.
Who would rather not be marching up and down the square?
Well…erm…I’ve got a good book I’d like to read instead.
Well, i’m learning the piano.
Well im roleplaying as a grenedier in my grandma's basement
Right off you go then!!!
Marching hurts the feet less
British CO: FIX BAYONETS
Germany: *sweats while loading mg*
I never had to fix in anger, but i was given the honour of marching through York with Fixed bayonets when our Regt received the Freedom of the City in 2001
When the enemy hear the Brits fix bayonets, they know that they are going to be screwed... big time.
They don't like it up em'
Napoleon left one of his marks on Europe by having every country keep Napoleonic era weapons and uniforms as part of military ceremony
Imperial guards vs. Ork green tide:
For The Emperor!
Wow, such a display is really awe-inspiring. Hundreds of men, all acting in unison, completely uniform. They've stopped being individual men, and are now each well-made cogs in their unit's machine. It's beautiful.
Yup, being pressured to serve a state nominally run by former warlords turned royalty is awe inspiring
@@samuraitabernac3050 Clearly there's something to it though. Those well-organized, meticulously drilled formations conquered the world. Formation drills go back to ancient times, they represent the triumph of civilization and cooperation over chaos. To me, anyway. All you can see is spilled blood, I see blood that would've been spilled anyway, by someone else, because the human species statistically will always have some malcontents who want to burn everything down, and they must be resisted by force.
War didn't evolve as some form of oligarchic bloodsport. The history of war is the history of deprivation, starvation, and genocide. The reason almost every human society has a somewhat organized military by the 20th century? Because the ones who didn't weren't able to survive. Pacifist societies rarely last, and that's because at some point, if you need something desperately, and violence is your last way to attain it without incurring an unacceptable loss, then violence will be used to take it. Societies need to be ready for this, and at least have a hard core of well-trained regulars to build the rest of the army around in wartime.
@@magisterrleth3129 something something imperialism etc etc. yes drills are useful. Yes nowadays they are mostly useful for scaring the plebs, in a battle being in formation like that will just get you killed
@@samuraitabernac3050 In the modern day, maybe. You do understand that there's a whole backdrop of history I'm talking about here, right? At least 12,000 years of Human civilization, 70,000 years of existing as a species. Ancient warfare is fascinating, because even though the technological level of armies was often basically on par, it wasn't weapons technology that won the day, it was organization, and social technologies. The concept of the formations, the idea of specialized troops, logistics, every movement perfected by every man until they can all act in unison. The advantage of this is so striking, just look at what the Romans did to the Gauls.
Same technology, similar numbers of men, because the Romans were better organized. They could march an army of 50,000 men into enemy territory, and be supported by supply chains. The Gauls essentially had to form up their armies a few days from the conflict, because they just didn't have any way to feed that many men for any period of time. When the Gauls met the Romans in battle, the Gauls fought almost in Homeric fashion, keeping rough formations, but with a strong ethos of conspicuous heroism, they'd leap ahead of their line to get a kill, only to be butchered by five legionaires with shields locked. It's awe-inspiring, but I certainly would want to be a part of it. I like living, I like peace, but war has always fascinated me. At least I know why I'm anti-war, I've read enough primary sources to have a good idea that the William T. Sherman quote, "war is hell, and it's glory all moonshine," to be basically spot-on. But war has also changed a lot in it's long history with our species, and it's an interesting study with no shortage of material to read.
@@samuraitabernac3050 And no, those formation drills aren't for, "scaring the plebs." Militaries have traditions, and cultures, and histories. Plus, there's few better ways to say, "look at how professional our military is," than showing 250 men do the exact same thing at the exact same time, with the exact same movements. It's supposed to intimidate people on the other side of their borders, it's supposed to reassure the public. Militaries are for dealing with external threats, police deal with the internal ones. Now I know that plenty of tin-plated dictators in _other_ countries use their militaries as discount gestapo, but in the West, while the military can't be lauded for always having good intentions, thanks to their discipline and traditions, it would be pretty difficult to convince them to start gunning down civilians. You'd have to shoot at them first, and even then, they need direct permission to use lethal force. Because western militaries come from this tradition of high discipline, chain of command, and public relations. Not to mention every soldier has the moral duty to disobey illegal orders. You can't order US soldiers to gun down civilians, they won't do it. Not after My Lai, it's in the doctrine.
You slovenly soldier, Hitch.
Just saying ww1 Lee Enfield drill, fix bayonets is more impressive with a 13 inch bayonet, the sound is awesome
Where is Lieutenant Mayor General Drill Seargent Sharpe?
the beggining of warhammer 40k
I like it. Reminds the people that what they are watching is in fact horrific.
Gave me goosebumps.
*Happy Gasmask Noises*
This is where I'd put my Death Korps army...
...IF GW HADN'T SQUATTED THEM!
I see why they called it the "thin red line".
We heard about our brit counterparts using bayonets in the sandbox, god bless those savage men
OVER THE TOP!
And what have ever done, 22 years and 31days I was always prepared to stand next to a man/mate as he was to me, sit on your chair having never been to Iraq, Kuwait, Belfast, Bosnia (2 tours) Iraq again and other shit holes that I have forgotten about and I am not infantry but I will always stand next to a veteran no matter there service or cap badge, so fuck twat
@@derrickbaxter6482
um, i have no idea why you felt the need to post this but ok?
‘Here we go….’
From the colony of New Zealand 🇳🇿 beautiful! Long Live the Queen!
Imagine in actual combat, the commander orders to attach bayonets!! When that happens, you know it's some serious sh*t. No kidding...
Has happened very recently in fact
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire Yeah!!
Well, not if youre in the back, probably
@@wafiqnasna4638 doesn't make much difference mate
@@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire exactly!
Bayonet vs drone swarm drills
They don't like that cold steel up 'em.
*charges at the audience
A bayonet on a bullpup rifle always seems like a weird choice to me, just having the knife in your hand would give you more control.
Still very impressive for drill purposes!
There's a lot more weight behind a rifle and a bayonet than one can bring to bare with a knife
Bayonets are still used in combat ,as recent as Afghanistan the British Army used the bayonet to great effect ,the Taliban are not trained for it ,it is a great way to take the battle to the enemy .
@@lordofbore that's not the point though, bayonetes are usefull, but the argument was on the use of them with a bullpup rifle
Having a knife in your hand would give you more control but would leave you completely unable to use the firearm, and as another commenter said, you can get a lot more heft behind a bayonet thrust than a knife on its own due to the weight. Bayonets are useful because they turn your firearm into a devastating melee weapon (which in truth has always been and always will be more for intimidation than actual combat) without diminishing its ability to be used as a firearm.
You can still fire your rifle with the bayonet on. Its just a added cut stab and pointy bit to bludgeon bash cut and blast your enemy with.
This is why we need nerf bayonets fr
I imagine "FIX BAYONETS! CHARGE!" and soldiers begging attacking the crowd
That hat is killing off birds!
And bears
They don’t like it up ‘em.
Bruh where's "Over the top"???
And we see the entirety of the British army
Britain has traditionally had a relatively small land based army. In 1900 it was only ~400k strong to police a global Empire. The trick was to get the natives to police themselves. Only 10k British soldiers policed India, the rest were Indians. Today, no Empire, and no Land borders, the most peaceful time in human history, so the resources go to the Navy as they always have.
What happened? 😆
I can't even hear them..
They don't like it up em !
Enforcer’s regime.
British who miss the Imperial era
Most countries have had an Imperial era. We were just the best at it.
You're still speaking my language, I don't speak yours. Cheers.
Not really. Military tradition; because the British Army has centuries to its name, unlike yours I'm guessing.
@@andrewmccloud8581 Correct. The Tangier Horse...later the 1st Royal Dragoons (and now part of The Blues and Royals) carries the Battle Honour "Tangier 1662-80"... 359 years old!
@@andrewmccloud8581 Actually ours is linked to yours, commonwealth love mate :-)
CHARGE
Them guards are pathetic
Lions led by donkeys
Shove off with that nonsense
It’s been a long time and much has changed since the Charge of the Light Brigade... as the good fellow above says, shove off with that nonsense.
You know nothing John Snow
Bayonets are the most stupidest thing ever
You're ignorant. You ever seen musket warfare? It takes ages to reload. Sometimes you just have to charge in for the kill
@@VVeltanschauung187 get a sword, duh
@@sladefisk4339 Swords can't fit on the end of a rifle. A bayonet is the compromise.
Bayonets have a huge psychological effect on people; just ask the Argentines who served at Goose Green.
@@carterjones8126 you carry one, lol and i don't think adding a knife at the end is scarier than merely pointing a gun at someone.
@@sladefisk4339 You'd be surprised.
I think I'd rather be shot, than be gutted with a bayonet.