Why France is Preparing for ALL-OUT War
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2024
- 🌍🔫 As France reasserts its military might, President Macron promises to keep pace in the shifting tides of European defense. Amidst rising threats from Russia and economic upheavals, we dive into France’s major arms buildup and its bold move to reclaim its historic role as Europe’s top military power. 🇫🇷💥 Explore how this strategy impacts the balance of power in Europe in our latest video. #France #FranceMilitary #Europe #EuropeanDefense #GlobalSecurity #NATO #Russia #militaryanalysis
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Those who can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
And the average American is dense. No knowledge of history. Or dictators.
Easily
And the average American is dense. No knowledge of history. Or dictators.
Easily
And the average American is dense. No knowledge of history. Or dictators.
Easily
With great flatulence comes great responsibility - Uncle Ben probably
Well said, this is 2024 not 1824 FFS! What happened to all of the agreements after WWII.
France being ranked 11 worldwide is from the site Global Firepower, which is... problematic, to say the least.
This site ranks the US navy behind North Korea navy, this tells all you need to know ^^
It ranks according to the raw number of pieces of equipment, which makes little sense, many nations with underwelming militaries have tons of old equipment.
Here, no hate to italians, but France behind Italy? any serious look at France capabilities would put it on an equal footing with the brits who do spend more, but have the continuous issue of vast overspending in their armament programs and count soldiers pensions and healthcare in their budget.
ITS OBVIOUSLY THE FOREIGN LEGION THAT PUT FRANCE UP THERE??.
Yep I very strongly suspect these people who make videos to show how "strong" France is, are in reality guys who want to discredit it, because they did not highlight the real strengths of France, and on purpose chose ridiculous rankings...
Also, let's not ignore the elephant in the room. There aren't 11 nuclear nations in the world. Any ranking that places a non-nuclear nation ahead of a nuclear one is... questionable, shall we say.
Here is what I know as I trained with them. The Military Top Crews want this. The people are the "Lynch" pin. Without (Public) support? This will be a quick PM.
This is bullshyt everyone know that france is n1 Europe military power , nuclear weapons , one of the best navy and airforce
I’m from the UK and I recall that around the time of the Brexit referendum (2016) the Leave campaigners argued that Macron wanted to create a European army and that the UK should not be part of that. Well fast forward nearly 10 years it seems it isn’t such a bad idea after all. I wonder how many senior Leave campaigners were taking Russian money…
I'm british and live in France. Emaunel Macron was not elected president until april 2017..!
The very same senior leave campaigners that were obviuosly spreading rubel financed porkies.
Brexit was remotely controlled from Russia to weaken Europe. Unfortunately like in the USA where they are trying to create a civil war.
Proud Brit here. And humble enough to clearly state that our military is definately nowhere near the top 5 in the world. In principle yes. In reality- we are woefully behind.
Our Salvation army is slightly more impressive
Can you explain why y’all ain’t as strong as expected to be
@@clemsonfan9166 Our procurement is abysmal. We spend a lot of money, but it goes nowhere. The quality of the personnel is good, but again is hampered by procurement, because we've farmed out recruitment to an incompetent company in the private sector. We don't have the resources that the States do, but we should be able to spend far more effectively than we do. Another issue we have is the over reliance on the US - same with most European militaries. If the US doesn't back us we can't do a great deal on our own. Say what you like about Trump, but at least he pushed Europe into trying to better defend itself
@@clemsonfan9166 I'm no british. But I heard that it's about their parliament. Basically it all comes down to politics bullshit. Though I'm not completely sure if that's even true or if that's solely the case
Any thing that means the country had the ability to invest in a proper army e.g. money held in reserves was sold off by Thatcher to enable the rich to get super rich. As a consequence the only way the country has been able save and have money in the bank is through direct tax hence the reason we all pay so much tax, thing is the rich and super rich have been enabled to pay less tax and the country is in deficit and no way able to pay for an army. We're screwed or least very poorly resourced. A bloke my son hangs out with is a regular soldier in the army and he says all they do all day is play XBOX and every now and then to stay fit play a bit of football. He's only ever been deployed to Cyprus where he walked around a bit with a gun. Don't pay your taxes and don't have nationalised industries, all your money is going to end up in the off-shore accounts of the mega-rich.
Napolean would be proud
Maybe, Napoleon's revenge...
@@Halfhyde OH SNAP YOURE RIGHT! its vs the russians again! hahahaha i didnt even catch that xD
@@gilgoofthegrove5072 And almost the exact same thing will happen as in 1812 except this time France won't make it to Moscow
@@TaitLawrence-xl2xb ooooooof, salty cope, huh? the goal here isnt to take moscow, guy =)
@@TaitLawrence-xl2xb and you arrived at that conclusion how? your dreams? russia can't even handle ukraine...and you believe russia could deal with a fully modern military? WHILE still locked up with ukraine?
wake up kid, if almost any modern power gets seriously involved russia wouldn't be able to hold it together not factoring internal russian rebels or low overall russian conscript morale. they wouldn't march to moscow so you wouldn't have to worry about that...except maybe the rebels or a PMC or two, but they'd kick russia out of ukraine.
bluster is pointless in the face of reality.
I admire France for making all of their equipment by themselves.
We don’t anymore, best example our AR is now German. But yes we love to build our own materials
Yeah because that worked out for them the last time.
@@xidis8022 the french resistance helped countless thousands of allies escape to fight on though , didn't they ? Viva la France
By Law, this is what they have to do. The more further goals cannot be explained in the vote...
Unfortunately, all of this could be done 5 years ago. Hope the weapons will be out of factories on time...
It is good to see such a major Western democracy and considerable military power as France coming back into the fray. Love from England.
These are all NATO members, they should be working together as a unit, especially with the threat of Russia
@@doomoo5365 there's no threat from Russia
@@montoya-400 Exactly
French here ... if Macron said this, someone is telling him to do it. I'm 100% sure the US is asking Macron to show the muscles that's all ...
Russia is not our problem, USA are, they stole our energy, our military contracts and our industry. This war was only made by the US to cut europe from the Russian cheap energy and forced us to buy more from them 3x more expensive. We are clowns.
France entered a graveyard...to dig its own grave....
the quality of French armement is very good, high technology, they make everything themselves.
Might have been good in Africa but Russia 😂😂😅😅😅
The best thing EU can do is stop buying Russian energy and materials
It needs those to build its own tanks.
France bought more gas this year than it supplied weapons to Ukraine since 2022.
And to stop trade with nations that further trade Russian materials. A sanction on materials of Russian origin completely, and a prohibition on the sale of technology to countries that are caught passing it on to Russia.
The EU had a chance to survive using Russia's cheap resources. Now, by provoking a war in Ukraine, the EU countries will be used in favor of the United States. The USA will squeeze all the juices out of the EU and throw it away.
@@buddyboyingtonesq.231 No it doesn't. You baiting or what?
A German general says: despite our overwhelming numerical and material superiority, the French counterattack in several places. I can't understand how these soldiers, sometimes fighting 1 against 20, find the strength to seal the combat, it's astonishing! I find in these French soldiers the same fervor as those at Verdun in 1916. We can't advance and suffer terrifying losses. Dunkirk is a defeat for us; practically the entire British Expeditionary Force has escaped us because of a few thousand brave French soldiers who blocked our access to the sea. Dunkirk shows me the evidence that the French soldier is one of the best in the world, resisting for 10 days against our vastly superior forces in number and equipment. The French army undoubtedly saved Great Britain from defeat.
And Nolan's 'Dunkirk' film a shame regarding this.
3 seconds seeing Frenchs defending...
Now French reputation to be cowards while Brits fleeing considered a victory and a success...
Yh don't forget French tried to defeat Russis but ultimately they retreated all the way back to Paris 😂😂
@@JDDC-tq7qm Not all campaign are well thought or properly equipped. As such victory is not a guarantee. However, the reputation for cowardness and swift reddition is undeserved.
@@JDDC-tq7qm The weather is the only thing that defeated the French in that campaign tho, not the Russian army itself...
@@JDDC-tq7qmAnd later, Russia had a huge defeat in 1856 against France at Sevastopol/Malakoff
Maccron has had multiple talks with Putin. So with France rearming like it is shows what maccron thinks of Russia and what Putin is capable of. Good on France! 💪
Long live democracy
Le Grande Armee II: Surrender Apocalypse from hell! Only in theaters June 2024.
Sadly this isnt 'rearming" its a farce, its a 6 years to break 2.4% of GDP spending, from a level that was lower then the required NATO amount that they were not fulfilling. 6 years after Russia invaded a country in Europe. 6 years after Russia is on a war footing. 6 years after Russia is making more tanks alone then France is building if you add in all vehicles combined.
If this is what rearming looks like it will be betting that Russians die of old age before there is a conflict between the countries cause France wont be ready. They are talking about armored vehicles like Stryker not being sustainable in peace time, yet thats the exact weapon you need in a war like in Ukraine, that they are supposedly preparing for and Russia is pumping out. Then one of the headline jaguar light tank/recon vehicles they present is an incredibly expensive light vehicle. No talk about increased production of artillery, 100ish tubes isnt enough to support many kilometers of front line, and with attrition your whole artillery branch is going to be ineffective in a few days.
France hasn't fought a peer military since WW2, only insurgents in Africa. Kind of like us with Afghanistan. None of these numbers in the video give me any confidence that France stands a chance.
It will take YEARS for France to rearm to be able to sustain a high intensity conflict. By then the war may be over.
It's great that France is beginning to wake up. Other countries should follow up and take defense seriously. As a European I'm all for Europe to take action and not rely on big daddy USA.
Napoleon turning in his grave. As a European I think 2 nuclear state war idea is worse the the previous two idiotism which destroyed this continent, for nothing.
Excellent post! Politicians like Trump are salivating at the chance to dissolve NATO and roll the red carpet for Russia to invade. Wake up Europe!
If cEurope did not follow USA expansion politics after the end of Cold war there would not be war in Ukraine.
Is it in time though? I mean France only has enough artillery shells to supply its troops for 20 days. Also I dont think this conflict is as black and white as people think. We should start trying to make peace before we plung the globe into a third world war.
Slava 🥖🥐
Can we hold in for a sec to acknowledge that the 7th most powerful military is a state that per its own constitution does not have an army?
"Japan Ground Self-Defense Force", army in another name.
Japan has a highly modern Navy, 5th most powerful air force (If you count US Navy/Air force/Army/Marines as one, otherwise Japan is 8th in the world LOL), and a highly mobile ground (defense)force and a great economy to back it all up. Looks about right to me. Whats crazier is S.K. being 5th in the world. For such a small landmass, its pretty remarkable, the other top Militaries rely on absolute manpower. UK is like SK, but the UK is the UK. They have always been special.
200k Stanfing army
15k Reservists and
150,000 Ligionsires?
France better invest in those new Rafael F4
Next Geberstion Tanks
Next Geberstion Artillery
@@josefernandezsmith4840 there is a "funny story" from the cold war. At the time, US fighter jets deployed, when the other nation attacked and they shot all the MIGs "below the horizon". They never saw what was coming because they couldn't see anything on their radar.
NATO doesn't need more planes just better radars (which probably are). That's the one thing that worries me when we talk about second hand f16. Stealth + good radar is overwhelmingly lethal.
France a European power since the 14th century?
It seemed to me that the empire of the Merovingians and then the Carolingians encompassing a good part of Europe dated from the end of the 5th century.
But those weren't France per se..
@@b.benjamineriksson6030 did you consider the first anglo-saxon kingdoms or later the normans kingdom in 1066 are "England" ?
It was France, Charle Martel a carolingians was king of France
Even in 4th century the Merovingian kin Childeric the 1st and Clocis were already king of the franc and were ruling the franc kingdoms
@@QuentinCdv France as a nation-state is not that old, until the end of the hundred years wars, the authority of the King was largely theoretical and most people reasonned in terms of regional or religious identity rather than national, even after that it too a century or two to settle.
I have a great respect for the French Military and the Military Industrial Complex they have built. They are approaching the problem logically.
They have a proud history and some of the greatest military thinkers ever
no they are not. They should not put one more penny into armored vehicles, and just build an army of drones.
no they are not.
@@davidanalyst671 that is not practical...soldiers will always be needed to secure territory
France let Nazi Germany go into the Rhineland, they allowed WW2 to happen and then the Vichy French joined Hitler's forces.
Unless I'm missing something, the film does not answer the question posed in the title. It does describe how is France expanding its military. But not who and why it wants to fight.
I have a hunch as to why the reason SHOULD be.
As a French citizen, I have a lot of doubts about the President's motivation.
The reason why we (EU and Europe in particular) should take this matter seriously and show we are preparing for the worst, is to not repeat the mistakes made over and again before WW2. When the nazis invaded Austria, we thought it's not our business and the front is far. Every time they invaded other countries, people of that time thought the same until it became too late to organise a worthy defense.
Except for a few countries, it seems people have forgotten what a megalomaniac can do.
The problem is also public opinion. They don't understand that a dissuasive military action is better than waiting for a potential escalation and spread to civilians like in Ukraine.
I'm against war but not against militaries as it's their job and duty to prevent risks from outer threats or potential threats.
On that point, we really need a common military force similar to NATO but on European scale. And without degrading each nation own militaries that should serve as reserves.
I don't know how this conflict will end. I can only hope Putin isn't as mad as Hitler.
Or at least Europe's nations will awake to that potential and close threat. A government acting against public opinion is very likely to raise protest. As a matter of fact, Macron's declaration is already badly perceived. And I don't think that many countries will follow unless Putin shows intentions to move even further west.
Sensation takes over and people forget. You are a rare breed
1. Russia will continue to be a long term threat no matter how the Ukraine war goes. Russia has turned itself into a war economy.
2. The USA is no longer a reliable partner. Europe needs to be able to defend itself. Whether Trump wins or not, US isolationism is on the rise, and the US will be focused on China in the future.
Few things to understand to get an effective army.
You shall have a clear doctrinal approach (France : expeditionnary) that suits a foreign policy. This doctrinal approach helps to build coherent forces and an equipment that makes sense to project power according to France ambitions (aircraft carrier, helicopter carriers, transport planes...). It also requires a political will, with correct intelligence, that accepts to take risks (France did well with Afghanistan in 2021, and in Sudan in 2023 too). Plus the human ressources is well trained thanks to many wars in africa (i agree its a different thing than fighting russians but at least France got soldier who trained to perform combat action during many years)
Plus,
France got a strong Defense Industrial Base, last SIPRI data ranked France at the second place with 11% of total sales made by french DIB (USA 40%, russia 10.5%...). France would be able to replace the losses or would be able to ramp up its capabilities before a campaign. Just to give an example, in oct 1990 desert shield started, the offensive happened in late february, 5 months later. Next year Caesar production will be able to reach 12 per months. In 5 months you can get 60 caesar (transportable by A400m)
Be sure, I would not be really serene to see France intervening to help one of its allie.
Dont be fooled by 1940 jokes
Last time that France won at battlefield was at Austerlitz,1815.
In ww1 was saved by US intervention
In ww2 germans won agaist all ods,having smaller size army.later there was colonial interventions and we know wery well how did that end
@@tomobraica4399 it's funny how Americans think that WORLD war means America won by itself and how often they forget that France intervention enabled the US to become its own Country. Let's keep scores because that's what allies do. Besides, if you're white in America, you're from somewhere in Europe. History doesn't happen in a bubble.
@@tomobraica4399 are you a little slow? During WWI, the US came when the war was almost over. The final offensive was going to be done with or without the help of the US.
During WWII, France failed to recognized the increase in power and readiness of the German military. And were not ready to counter a “surprised” attack from a better equipped and ready armed force. The French military (and civilians) still held them own and continued the fight wether or not their government capitulated.
@@TRDang12 wojna światowa. Francja nie była gotowa na wojnę szybka. Przy kapitulacji okazało się że było jeszcze dużo samolotów i innego sprzętu pochowanego w dalszych częściach Francji. Czołgi miały wadę konstrukcyjna. Wieża z jednym albo dwoma ludźmi. Dowódca w tych czołgach miał za dużo zadań. Niewiele było czołgów dostosowanych do wojny manewrowej.. większą część miało za słabe krotko lufowe działa..o małej przebijalnosci pancerza wroga.
This video seemed to be more of a weapons inventory rather than reasons why putin should fear France.
well apart from the nuclear deterrent, he really has no reason to
we would be able to fight a delaying action until our allies come to our help but russia's forces outnumber the french army by 4 or 5 to 1
and as said in the video the doctrine has been one of asymetric warfare in france's favour for decades now
That's not a weapons inventory. It isn't even close to describing what France is cooking with the 2024-2030 Military Programming Law lmao. If anything, it is a broad representation of the philosophy with little technical details. But perhaps he did the research for his video before June 2023, which is when the content of the project was revealed and then voted by the French Parliament.
The fact that he called the new French anti-tank missile "MMP" instead of "Akeron MP'" is already a hint the sources he used for his video mostly predate 2023.
@@manubour I think that is Pres. Marcon's thought, the so described "meat attacks" the Rus Fed is using in Ukraine are likely a foreshadow to it's strategy for the other nations Putin is eyeing.
@@Itachi951000 I think he mentions something about how it's to the best of the available info as of January.
@@manubour By the time russia's forces manage to reach France's border the ratio would have drop dramatically and the French army would have had almost 30 years to prepare.
Vive la France!🇫🇷🇺🇸
Slava BAGUETTEs 🥖
2023 France was still buying Russian gas whit over 600million euros
Macron is only acting tough guy front of media
Vive*, viva is spanish
@@drhelmut3467 Thank you, my French needs more work!
Misquoted the GFI, France has the 11th most staffed armed forces, but their power ranks in the top 5.
However this number doesn't really makes a lot of sense for nuclear-capable forces. I'm not really convinced France is more powerful than, say, Turkey, in conventional weapons terms.
@@idioluh5838Binkov would be proud of your implicit question and indeed makes a good attempt to address it during his 'Could France/Greece stop Turkey?' video. The answer depends how granular you want to make the comparison (I tell my clients the same thing all the time 😁)
The French navy could probably sink the Turkish one in fairly short order, due to superior tonnage and air power projection, their air force also has an edge albeit an even subtler one with slightly more and more modern 4th gen fighters, but a lot more flight hours per pilot. The Turkish army however I imagine would steamroll its gallic counterpart through raw numbers, and the french experience globally would be somewhat nullified by the fact their Turk foes haven't been sitting on their hands either Vs the Kurds, Syrian insurgents or on UN duties.
@@idioluh5838 France is one of the few countries with global power projection.
Turkey, India and China don't have it.
@@idioluh5838where do you place Russia and Ukraine ?
@@PommelKnight well, saying China doesn't have global power projection is a very bold statement. They prefer to use PMC 's, but they definitely have it. Turkey does some regional power projection, but maybe it's fair to say it can't (yet) do it globally.
564 aircraft in the RAF! That's TOTAL aircraft - everything.
That's a scarily small number.
Sadly the whole of the British armed forces is woefully undermanned and under equipped. We need to bring our forces back up to a reasonable standard soon otherwise we're in for a shock.
Won't find me fighting for Sunak lol
It’s not like these planes are ww2 era planes. These planes are sophisticated aircraft and not easily knocked out of the sky. Plus Britain wouldn’t ever be fighting alone .
How the mighty have fallen
It’s sad how far England has fallen in their military. They used to be feared, now they’re a joke who couldn’t fight for 3 days without help from the USA
the entire EU needs to build its own
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Easier said than done. A common army must not weaken the national forces as they can and will be used as reinforcements and as second lines in worst cases.
The masters (US) dont approve.
@seanmopesu with their money instead of mine…..???
Quick correction on the jaguar reconnaissance vehicle :
The missiles aren't called MMP (former missile name during its testing phase), but AKERON. This missile, developed with Sweden, is arguably the best missile in his category to date (similar to the javelin but with twice the range and more firing options).
The jaguar also features probably the best electronic suit when it comes to optics, sound detection, fire control system... compared to any other armoured fighting vehicles (IVF, APC, tanks...) in the world as well as of now. Its only deficiency to date is the lack of APS system which will enter service in 2026 normally, which should be modular enough to be installed on most French armoured vehicles with ease.
A use case of the sound detection system will be when two vehicle with such systems will fight near each other. They can detect small arm fires from a few hundred meters away, large caliber auto cannon or MBT cannons from 2-3km away and with the data fusion can accurately triangulate a firing position with just 2 equipped vehicles.
Edit : unpopular opinion, but I disagree with the CC when he says that French vehicles aren't as powerful as the united state's vehicles (7:50), I disagree very much. While the US airforce has better planes (in the f35, f22 mainly), I don't think ground US vehicles are actually any better than France's. Most vehicles in French service are of more recent developments (M1 Abrams from the 70s, Leclerc from the late 80s early 90s, but this can be applied to many similar vehicles), and with similar upgrade patterns, they should at worst be equivalent to US's vehicles. Where France lacks the most is in numbers. As mentioned, they only have 200ish MBTs, less than 100 artillery pieces... And half the goal of the Scorpion program is to create easy (and cheap) to produce vehicles that still reach the same standard of technologies that the US, and other highly advanced countries, can offer
French vehicles are so powerful that 1/4 of all vehicles sent to Ukraine are already out of combat, the 3/4 remaining are in training areas and not on the front.
Ukrainian soldiers on AMX : looks good, doesn't work.
The AMX can't stop small rifle fire from penetrating it's armor.
@@JackSeries44 We are talking about the AMX10RC, an old reconnaissance vehicle that is getting phased out of French service, and that realistically was absolutely not fit for high intensity combat, as it has always been designed for asymmetric wars in desertification environments.
As of now, the CAESAR, along with the Archers, are probably the 2 most useful self propelled artillery (after MLRSs) as they can go close to enemy lines, fire and scoot, which, in the own words of the Ukrainian, are the only 2 self propelled howitzers that can do it reliably. And the CAESAR is doing this will being twice as cheap as the Archer and 3.5 times as cheap as the PZH2000. See ? Cheaper than other western equipment while reaching same operational use
Akeron is full French, Sweden tested some of them on one of their CV variant, but it's only a French made missile.
Exactement : Akeron MP ;-)
@@overused6632 no what lol ?
All of Europe should be following suit.
With what army? Which war industry?
@@dorianrawls1927 By reinstating conscription and building up the war industry infrastructure.
@@mikitz There's no coming back from a pure professional army. No one wants that, especially not the French military "de carrière", as it is called. Anyway barracks and other structures have been abandoned and the "service militaire national" is considered as a waste of money that would yield poor results. Not everyone is built to be a soldier. Better hire voluntary motivated and capable people and train them a lot.
No because this is a usa war they set up and funded.
@@dorianrawls1927 it was a fairly simple statement, all of the countries of Europe should be investing heavily in their individual military forces right now, and preparing for war. It appears to be the only thing Russia will take note of.
You forgot to mention the navy projects: submarines and air carriers.
And frigates made along with Italy that even the US ordered. And the replenishment oiler
Jacques Chevallier.
7:51 "So France's new vehicules, while not being quite as capable as those of United States..." based on what ? Please explain this argument I really don't get it
It's a US guy talking, let him believe all US products are better than any other ;-)
Look for vehicles sent to Ukraine.
Look for ukrainian military vehicles.
In theory France tank looks good, in reality even some drunk ivans with an AK or RPK (small rifle) can penetrate the armor of France tanks.
Ukrainian army has asked for many thing, today they ask France to NOT send anymore of certain vehicles as the crews are either dead or cursing at French vehicles.
Welcome to the 21st century, you guys can only kill poor people in Africa to continue exploiting africans like any néo colonial country.
But switching the fight from tribes with bows to any country with missiles, fpv drones, hundreds of thousands of soldiers... and you realise France hasn't done anything since DeGaulle left the planet.
Leave him be, Americans think they are hundreds of years ahead of everyone in military tech
@@astree214 the speaker is British, not American
@@jacobackley502 as you can tell from the previous commentaries, they are not Americans themselves not even Europeans… there’s no nothing wrong with it, but I am understand the difference being French in English when I hear it speaking, and versus American when it’s being spoken, there’s a difference in the accents
Any country that is willing to help a small country fighting the big country invader is doing the right thing. They should be regarded as a top country and be highly respected.
Thanks for video
Don't mistake size for effectiveness when judging France's ranking in the hierarchy of world militaries. France has had a do more with less attitude of military spending and logistics.
Also if you're going to rank Russia's military ranking based on effectiveness then hey are second from the bottom. Russia is not a "near peer" but they're incredibly dangerous so we must give Ukraine whatever it takes to win their war with Russia.
We remember the shame when the planned offensive by the NATO headquarters of the Ukrainian troops shamefully failed. Ukraine had everything: experienced fighters, Western equipment, Western command, intelligence, analytics. Eight times the Pentagon forced artificial intelligence to calculate the elements of the offensive, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in NATO combat centers. Leopard tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 777 artillery systems and others. Almost a million 155 mm shells, hundreds of Storm Shadow missiles. France will never be able to create such a powerful grouping as Ukraine. But Ukraine lost, and France is generally in another game league, below the level.
@@championknife there is no shame, that was a far more successful campaign than Bakmut or Addievka on the Russian side. 100,000 deaths for 3 kilometers?
NATO has always been air force oriented, a better question would be, "what would happen if NATO deployed 300 fighter jets" ? Ukraine is already doing an amazing job without much help and it might take a while but Russia is going to be humiliated in the end. Ask the countries that bet against economics in the past.
Effectiveness and advanced technologies do NOT make up for a lack of ammunition and the inability to produce them fast enough.
Rearming France and revamping its war industry to increase yields will take years.
@dorianrawls1927 yes it will so they best get started as soon as possible.
Russia 2024 =/= Russia 2022.
Avdivka was a prime example of that, if the war is going so good in Ukraine then why there are thousands of vidéo of Ukrainska Armia kidnapping men on the street ?
Ah yes , jewlensky and his lies, don't forget to send your taxes to his swiss bank account.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for the French.
Yes Africa’s main colony in Europe.
@@xmaniac99 non le principal pays à chier sur tous les Africains ! et je dit ça en me foutant royalement de ton côté pro Africains!
To cop up with our president BS? Well we don't have much choice 😅
@@xmaniac99 I said "the French" not the Africans in France.
Macron is too small for President Putin
Scorpion program. Great name :). We also need a thunder cobra project...
The Jaguar fighting vehicle is just wow.... Pile of guns.
Glad the French are building up their military. Now is the time Japan & Germany rebuild their military’s as well. I consider Germans & Japanese people to be among the most intelligent in the world. The addition of Sweden & Finland to NATO is a big deal! To bring down the costs of building new fighter jets U.K., Japan, & Italy are working together to build I new fighter. France, Germany, & Spain also are working together to build 12:32 a new fighter jet.Europe has stepped up while idiots in the House here in the U.S. couldn’t agree the sky is blue!
Among all the NATO leaders. This guy has the real big balls to say what he think?
Even the US didn’t say these phrase..
Macron is just a bluffer, just alot bla bla bla, la Grande Nation bla bla bla , baguette, yvette , babette...
he was just high on cocaine
Nonsense.
He immidiatly corrected himself saying that no french troops will be going to ukriane
America is no longer to be trusted... Trump is not to be trusted...
Once in a while, Europe will defend itself... be it the Ottomans, Moors, Mongols, or the Soviet Union.
During WW2, more than 1.8 million people from European countries other than Germany entered into alliance with German Nazis and invaded the Soviet Union in exchange for Hitler's promises of Russian land and Russian slaves. How "civilized" of you.
Of these, 59 divisions, 23 brigades, several separate regiments, legions and battalions were formed. However, despite the bloody history of the campaigns against Russia and their inglorious finale for the conquerors, the number of Europeans wishing to attack Russia did not decrease. Partly, due to European desire for revenge for the defeat of Nazi Europe in WW2, and more significantly - for basic greed. Today, after so many years, Europeans hate Russians and Russia as much as their European Nazii ancestors did.
@ik1408 after Germany was defeated. My grandfather was then put on 24hr notice to attack the Soviet Union
@@ik1408 The reason most Europeans don't like Russia is not because of our past, but because of the present. After the fall of the USSR, Europe was very happy, and felt like the area finally became more stable. That is why so many western companies and media made their introductions in Russia after that. Crimea in 2014 was already considered a bad move by Russia in Europe at the time, but remained mostly unpunished, because Europe still believed Russia changed.
The problem is that Europe moved on from their past, Russia did not...
I noticed that you failed to list the Nazis
@@scomo532that was a given lmao, many don’t know the others.
All right France!!!!
French soldiers, bring your white flags!!
I keep watching stuff like this, the struggle between nations and their geopolitical military power, and then I remember all the b.s. conflicts dragging all of us closer to WW3 that non of us would support or fight over.
Uss I think 3rd world war near it may take 6 or 7 years to happen
@@wish1333😂😂😂 you’re a great internet warologist aren’t you. 6 or 7 years you say? Ok I’ll be ready in 7 years lmao 😅
@@jasonknox9301 i just came to this conclusion with logic and facts its not just cooked up with assumptions if u want to discuss i am here for ya
@@wish1333 The rule is don't engage with trolls. It is a rule I wish I obeyed more often. You cannot reason with a troll.
My suggestion is that you take that up with Putin.
Project Scorpion, how do you say"get over here" in French?
"Au pied !!!"
:-)
@@astree214 ya that just doesn't have the same ring to it....
This was my fav character since 90s ;)
This is all good for peer to peer combat but we need new ways to deal with trenches and long distance mining tools / demining areas to make fast advances while momentum is on our side.
Why is France below Italy (11th vs 10th strongest army in the world) if It has been spending so much on military and has a slighter higher GDP than Italy? I dont get It. Italy has even cut military spending to 1.7% I think, never got to 2% I belive. Our army Is ridiculous (i'm italian).
President Macron is quite clear
Unfortunately our German chancellor is not yet clear.
At least your chancellor is realistic.
Macron knows he does not have the war industry and enough ammo to last more than 2 weeks. Still he is posturing like a peacock who dreams he is the new De Gaulle and lying to everyone's face.
Slava BAGUETTEs 🥖
Don't you dare call this liar from the Rotschild banks Anything but a TRAITOR.
Indeed. Scholz falls far short of the leadership he promised as a candidate for chancellorship.
Since Germany is leading the military aid to Ukraine since the US pulled out, Germany can be proud of itself (doesn't mean it can't/shouldn't do more)
"How" is misspelled "Why"
Exactly my thoughts !
Par ce que
5:25 What kind of round is that 40mm kicking out?
I hope some of that defense spending goes toward coming up with cooler army hats
Gloire à la France⚜️
A Franco-German designed tank? Interesting! Calling it the LEO-CLERC?
Haha, LEO~NEO that could be an option
LECLERC!
This will be like every other time France is involved in war. Rest of world will have to bail it out
That rafale doing negative g turn is cool.
America is more focused on corporate welfare and making sure the rich live tax-free.
The top 10 percent earners in the US pay 76 percent of all income tax collected. FYI.
@@99somervillethat’s a big lie and you know it! Just look at Trump for example… His taxes were finally released and one year he paid 789$… A billionaire… Meanwhile I only make 50k a year and paid over 15,000$ to the US war chest…Come on now 😅
@@jasonknox9301 US and most if not all countries tax income, not wealth. so they are not lieing, you are trying to misrepresent what they are saying.
A 5 million dollar jaguar light wheeled vehicle based on a commercial chases sounds an awful lot like corporate welfare to me. Those unproduceable Strykers they talk about are only about 2.3 which is also too expensive in itself.
@@tealshift2090 what are you on about? The numbers vary with how high the bracket is, but none come anywhere near 76 percent. For the ultra wealthy it’s a well known loophole to live on money borrowed against assets at insanely low rates to avoid taxes.
I did not have France trying to finish Napoleon’s work on my bingo card
Love it. ❤. What Russia fears most is a resurgent France 🇫🇷
Very good analysis (I’m French)
The us would rather spend 4 million on 1 smart bomb rather than 4 million for new weapons and radios for tons of troops.
12:15 bro starts speaking fluent french
It was hilarious. No French speaker would understand without subs 🤣
Should not even bother trying.
@@dorianrawls1927 i confirm x) at least he tried to pronounce the french "r" but totally missed lol
EMBT and MGCS are essentialy the same thing, EMBT use leo 2 chassis and a highly upgraded Leclerc turret
Somewhere out there a US marine has just finished repainting 8000 Humvees from tan to green, and now...
Vive la France! Respect from 🇷🇴
viva white flags!
@@georgyzhukov6409viva napoleon
Macron: We do not want a world war.
HOWEVER,
So we pretend to send troops at the end of the war, just to show our part as a member of NATO.
13:20 that's not a serval, is this video up to date ?
Making a tank with a very large long range gun on it still needs armor good enough to save it's crew easier to replace a tank then it's crew and why we went so heavy on the M1 Abrams tank
I might have missed it but all this new tech is great but what about a system that will allow vehicles to defeat small and medium size drones. One of the biggest killer or tanks and other armoured vehicles in Ukraine is drones.
Tak ,szykujemy systemy antydronowe.
That is exactly what the Jaguar is, with its Nexter RapidFire capsule intelligent shells and the reason they moved from the 105mm and 90mm guns to the 40mm gun.
As a German I’m glad we can call France a very close ally!
I hate the fact the first thing that comes up to my mind once I saw the thumbnail and title is: "Ooh no, Napoleon strikes back!"
"project scorpion" - "under the sign of the scorpion"
Europe needs to defend themselves. Viva La France
What is Europe and defende from who ? I am from Serbia , and how stupid your statement sound when pupet Macrom come and say You must admit your occupatiom by us , and then he wants to go and save Ukraina . Hypocrisis par exelence
@@stevanjakovljevic8390is Serbia still a Russian puppet?
@@stevanjakovljevic8390 Ya you're right. When has Russia ever tried to expand into Europe? oh wait a minute.
And when did Germans French of Polish tried to invade Russia oh wait
@@user-xb1uh1xn3i And which of those countries is currently invading their neighbour?
The population of the EU is almost as big as the population of the USA and the Russian Federation combined..
If you only count half of the USA.
Yes but now add in Iran North Korea China Almost all of Africa custom bcause I'll be there to help the Russians were always there to help people if it wasn't for Russia France will be speaking German
And the EU is a marvel for logistics, which is very important in times of war.
With all Indian Migrants and Asians from Manchuria Europe does .
Not even close
You’ve talked a bit about hyper war concept without Even mention it 😊
8:05 I can see here the next battlefield
Russia needs to worry about Poland also.
The polish are very clear about their intentions and how they will never again suffer under Russian rule
France probably feels the pressure to step up to Poland's military buildup too. They've been investing in their military quite heavily lately...
Marcon - pocket Napoleon!
If France goes to All-out war say goodbye to the Summer Olympics
I’m glad to hear France is gearing up.
France should really beefup its military. From ground to air.,on all levels
We are at more than 5% of deficit on our budget , where we get the money to raise more troops😅?
@@fanch22480on se fiche du déficit, avec plus de 5% on nous prête à un taux plus bas qu'un pays comme la Russie avec une déficit inexistante.
Tous simplement grâce à nos infrastructures, stabilité et qualité de nos savoir-faire industriels dans des domaines de pointe.
Sachant qu'investir dans le budget de la défense représente un investissement à long terme.
@@alexandrejarnier906 et tu pense qu'on va nous prêter a l'infini ? Je suis pas contre monté le budget defense au contraire meme en tant qu'ancien bifin je suis pour mais économiquement c'est intenable , a moins de redresser sérieusement la barre.
@@fanch22480 je n'ai jamais dis ça, en revanche j'ai soutenue que la France pouvait sans aucun problème sensiblement augmenté son budget de la défense. Chose qu'elle à par ailleurs initiée en 2017.
Pour rapelle les USA connaissent un endettement supérieur au notre tous en ayant les moyens d'investir 3.5% à 4% de son PIB.
Moi je vous énonce simplement des faits, prendre le taux d'endettement d'un pays par rapport à son PIB ne constitue pas une image représentative de l'état économique d'un pays. En tous cas ça n'indique pas sa capacité à emprunter à des taux plus avantageux qu'ailleurs, la preuve en est avec la Russie qui emprunte à des taux beaucoup plus élevés que nous.
Even if France was prepared to pour more money into their military (and they don't, its spendings are already unsustainable) they still would not be able to produce enough ammunition for a high intensity conflict. Not within the next few years so all this is just empty talk... Macron is posturing, as usual.
Well done France !! If only the UK would follow your lead.
project titan: the motherships from battlefield 2142 XD
Go France. 🇫🇷 They always have these super cool names for them, Project Scorpion.
France should led the EU
Lots of love and respect from France to Poland. You guys show the whole world how to deal with the Ukraine war (and you're the most hospitable nation I've ever visited).
"Despite its reputation"... we know what you mean 🙂
Panther looks great
Lez go, France! 🇫🇷 👍
Make BAGUETTEs Great Again 🥖
They're gonna go in with their white flags
France: So... We're going to try that Maginot Line thing again... But not a literal line.
Belgium: *grumbles*
France: AND this time we plan to protect Belgium too!
Belgium: All you had to say, brother!
France always wanted to, the king of Belgium not so much, and finally agreed too late.
@@cocolasticot9027 Huh. I do remember another factor boiled down to "No one is dumb enough to go through the Ardennes!" and finding out the Germans were EXACTLY that dumb and that happened to work out for them
@@cocolasticot9027 The leaked plans to invade Belgium preemptively made the king's hesitation understandable...
@@cocolasticot9027 Belgium had a neutral status back then!
Belgium was scared by Hitler and asked for neutrality, they were so stupids that they decided to put troops on the French frontier and to build « non offensive tanks » with no turret but a gun shooting behind… They were not even able to protect their master fortress more than 2 hours vs light paratroopers (Germans could not pass Maginot line). With allies like that, you don’t need enemies.
Funny that france wants in and germany wants out
I want to buy a onesie… but know it won’t suit me.
And yet, the video title is clearly a click bait
13:58
This is not a German Leopard 2.
It's the Polish Leopard 2PL.
Especially made to meet the needs of the Polish Land Forces.
Germany has no Leopard 2PL.
the thing is, every country has a military corresponding to their needs. France have one of the very few (like 5 or so) expeditionary forces in the world. Because it mostly project in africa. So it's sized and equipped for that kind of task, as well as defending its own territory, and to those who know nothing about geography: it's surrounded by a lot of water and friendly neighbors on land. So being stock piled to the tits with artillery doesn't make much sense. By the time a country like russia crosses the whole freaking EU to get to its eastern border, france would have had time to build dozen of factories and build enough artillery and shells to last for a decade.
Let's be clear, russia or china will never have the capabilities to endanger france other than ballistic missiles, which makes tank, drone, artillery etc useless at best.
Russia isn't even able to march through half of ukraine in 3 years, all of that WITHOUT any soldiers from Nato. Those massive military spending are wasted to be honest.
We have nukes, subs etc, we should just make it very clear that touching a NATO country is just not even a possibility, PERIOD. Just like we should have been clear (especially the US) that ukraine is not on the table.
Instead of that, everyone wussed out and laid flat to allow russia to launch this BS operation.
If we would have been clear that any tank crossing OUT of russia would be bombed without second thought, none of this would have happened.
We don't need to spend all those freaking ressources on more military gear.. well actually now we do until ukraine is finally free again, but that should NOT have happened.
France (and others) should make it cristal clear that ANY attempt to undermine their sovereignty will lead to nukes flying and save the money to build actual useful things instead.
Someone needs to step up !!
Great info. Thank you.
Mr Macron has France's best interests on the right path on the international geopolitical board...
Yet I'm less sure about France 's internal migrant situation.
The Islamic push to get control on at least a part of France 's affairs is worrisome
Awesome Europe needs to stand up to him
go to front.
@@RandomInternetDude5000exactly
Do some research.
Careful, you angered a few ruZZian shills.
@@RandomInternetDude5000 bot
Its about time!
Europe needs to bulk up military spending like Poland is they are because a Force to be recond with in a battle
bro france cant even mobilize 50k soldiers lol
Great video, however it explained some of the steps France is taking with its military, not any of why it is preparing for all out war therefore the title is misleading!
Good point. As the matter of strategic and tactical misrepresentation of motives tends to inform the entire spectrum of policy decisions across all nations, the issue you raise is of great significance.
And those steps have in many cases decade plus timeline. Which is about 9 years too late if Russia is already on a war footing.
This video does not even say clearly that it will take years for the French to be able to sustain an all out war especially in terms of production of ammunition. This is all empty talk, nothing will happen unless this war lasts for a decade.
Maybe its showing how out of date tank combat is?
Peace for all
No more war
The rich get rich the poor sacrifice
Unnecessary greed
Sure, lets start by asking Putin.
@@20gdetitane America too we have done a lot of bad shit for oil
Yet our own country is struggling with highest levels
Of
Homeless
Mental illness
Drugs
Lack of infrastructure
Food shortage
Medical shortage
All unnecessary greed there’s enough for everyone
Vive la France!
viva white flags!!
@@georgyzhukov6409 comme à yorktown ?
What If WW2 was a three-way war (between the Allies, Axis and Soviets)
Depends whether China would interfere and where. It was still one of the most populated nation even back then, even if it's military wasn't as technologically advanced.
If they went along with Soviets, their combined manpower could possibly win if not for nukes.
If we account for nukes, then it does not matter whether it would be 2 or 3way war, the moment nukes would start to drop from the skies, enemy would quickly surrender to avoid destruction on truly mass-scale in single strike. Both in terms of infrastructure and population.
It pretty much was. The Soviets immediately started the Cold War as soon as the axis were defeated.
soviets were the allies fyi
Stalemate after the SU(would never hold without allied aid) capitulated and would end in armistice or only after 1 side develops nuclear bombs
@@CedarHuntread a history book, as an American I can tell you we alone had the Abom and we started the cold war and communism always destroys itself.
With Project Scorpion and Titan, all that's needed is a man named Kane to succeed Macron and form NOD. Nice nod to Metal Gear also with German MGCS.
I feel like you got a little off topic here. You went from explaining why they were preparing for war, and not even halfway through, you start explaining every weapon in their arsenal.