BRITISH ARMY: Sappers in War (1984)

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29 күн бұрын

British Army Training video covering the role of the elite combat engineers ("sappers") as part of the Cold War mission.

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@biggiouschinnus7489 27 күн бұрын

My old cadet instructor was in the Royal Engineers in the 80s and 90s Funny to think he almost certainly saw this video as an 18-year old sapper

@philstannett-lh4wq 27 күн бұрын

I remember watching this as a recruit in 1985

@Surv1ve_Thrive 27 күн бұрын

Were you in the Stazi? 🙂

@michaelfuller8304 26 күн бұрын

Love seeing the enthusiasm of these soldiers and reading the memories of you guys. I’m proud of you all. Shame about our politicians though

@alanmoffat4454 27 күн бұрын

I'M JUST TOO OLD NOW BUT THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. 😮😊

@spartan1701 27 күн бұрын

Nice video. Looks like prototype sa80 rifles are being used. Very cool.

@snowflakemelter1172 26 күн бұрын

Well spotted, XL60 prototype rifles before they clunged them up into the XL70 and SA80.

@shirleydrury5565 27 күн бұрын

Thank you for this upload. Much enjoyed 😊regards😊😊

@steviechat 26 күн бұрын

Wow, brings back some memories. 1(BR) and the 4 Armd Divs. I was in 1Div.

@richardhoffmann179 26 күн бұрын

We can't even field one heavy armoured division!

@DAVYMAC 27 күн бұрын

Super cool!

@allanxxxxxxxx 26 күн бұрын

Well the officers didn't change in their wonderful voices this is when we had an army based in Germany I don't think we could field 4 divisions in Germany today

@nobby430 26 күн бұрын

Hope people appreciate how brave and skilled that Frog crew were actually taking it into the water 😂 And the fact they got it from the barracks to any destination more than 200 meters from the camp gates without breaking down shows their superior servicing skills.

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv 25 күн бұрын

I’m ex-infantry. I think of the sappers I worked with on Op Banner. Remarkable lads.

@timbo9200 15 күн бұрын

I joined in 1984. This video makes me feel old!

@colinjones7741 27 күн бұрын

Iff that was lion heart I was there.

@Surv1ve_Thrive 27 күн бұрын

Amazing to think Exercise Lionheart had +135,000 British troops. With around 10k of extra NATO troops to make +145k total. 🇬🇧👍

@gomergomez1984 25 күн бұрын

I miss those days during my tour in FRG.

@davidrobinson6798 26 күн бұрын

I was there, then, doing that and that's exactly how it was. Wonderful memories and grateful thoughs of how lucky I was

@johnnyzippo7109 23 күн бұрын

Aghhh ! Finally , been waiting for new content .

@bikenavbm1229 24 күн бұрын

how much of that engineering kit would be available today? I know little about this sort of stuff, I know the Harriers have gone, difficult to imagine the F-35's going anywhere near any grass.

@Screwball70 26 күн бұрын

It might be on again

@ianstorey8119 19 күн бұрын

Watched this in 1 Trg Reg Gib barracks 1985.

@paulreeves5012 26 күн бұрын

Disappointed there was no mention of the toilet unit.

@snowflakemelter1172 26 күн бұрын

They got bogged down.

@seanhayes9769 27 күн бұрын

Not sure this 1984 because SA80 wasn’t introduced into service until 1985 and later , good video tho thanks

@Surv1ve_Thrive 27 күн бұрын

Looks like a prototype as another comment mentions.

@dulls8475 16 күн бұрын

My guess is they were given the flash new gear for the making of this possibly a few months in advance.

@DAGO58 27 күн бұрын

No sign of Wolfgang

@Surv1ve_Thrive 27 күн бұрын

Feeding the camera crew! 🙂

@nobby430 26 күн бұрын

He was probably in some forward harbour area waiting for the guys to turn up 😊

@BobAbc0815 7 күн бұрын

5:24 the infamous Warsaw Pact Invasion of Yugoslavia, who could ever forget it😂

@RAmey-rr3jx 27 күн бұрын

Pointing on maps using fingers. Shocking I tell you, shocking! 🙂

@James-zj5qj 26 күн бұрын

Which rifle is that at 10:25? Foregrip / sight etc does not look like an L85A1.

@snowflakemelter1172 26 күн бұрын

XL60 prototype SA80

@wtfbuddy1 27 күн бұрын

Follow the Sapper, CHIMO and UBIQUE

@Surv1ve_Thrive 27 күн бұрын

🇬🇧👍🇨🇦

@jaegarfiftyeight8048 25 күн бұрын

That Light Mobile Digger must have been the only one working in the entire Corps! A great idea but lousy engineering. Pin In!

@alexzanderhussein7313 24 күн бұрын

Literally 1984

@Stanly-Stud 27 күн бұрын

Most of the equipment we had then was well used ...i hated the 432's utter crap

@ZeusMyhero 22 күн бұрын

So it’s the sapers you hit ? Ok

@ljubomirculibrk4097 21 күн бұрын

"Yugoslavia on the brink of civil war..." In 1982... And now tell us you didnt haw your dirty fingers in this disaster as well...

@MONTY-YTNOM 26 күн бұрын

Got to be honest, the MOD was rubbish at making films :)

@SenorTucano 26 күн бұрын

These days calling NATO a ‘defensive alliance’ is almost as funny as calling Ukraine a ‘democracy’.

@ljubomirculibrk4097 21 күн бұрын

Just look at the part of fictive BBC report in this, Yugoslavian civil war, in 1982! Those bas... did this to my country...

@nothingnothing8503 19 күн бұрын

oh yeah, at the same time for the other side, someone will claim Donetsk and Luhansk were created by themselves, Crimea was chosen and claimed to be part of Russia, while Little Green has already infiltrated someone's land and taken over, as for some people who don't know or unwilling to know. even always believe Russia is a democratic nation, ha, jokes, I don't help Ukraine & Western but hell with your Russia and Shina either.