Problem with German forces is that politically they don't have a lot of support from the German government. In Afghanistan, Norwegian special forces on several occations had to step in and take over missions, because politically Germany struggles with it's nazi past and it's politicians don't really want to get their soldiers into combat. Germany's soldiers are restrained that way. Very good soldiers, but held back by history.

The moment you catch yourself reading the subtitle all along when you as a german can just understand what is said... 🤣

The thing is, that wasnt even the training, that was the selection process for new trainees. the proper training will be over the following 2 years.

He didn't say that its the hardest training in the world but the hardest you can do in a democracy.

German veteran here! Well, it's an old documentary from the early days of the selection course...and the film team was allowed to show about 10% of the whole process...😅 But nevertheless it's interesting to hear how comrades from other nations think about it.

one thing to keep in mind, ksk is a tier 1 unit. so not like green berets or seals except from team 6/ devrgu. ksk is on the level of SAS, Delta force, devrgu..

I have watched another vid about an US-Marine reacting to KSK Hell Week. He said the most astonishing thing was, that everbody was kinda quiet. No shouting at the trainees, no motivational Drill Sergants standing by just the KSK Instructors walking aside the trainees and giving them bold instructions. Its a psychological and physiological challenge cause you never know when its over until its over. Also the german forces especially the special forces are held back by political idiocy cause of the fear of Germanys historical role since WW2...

I was in the federal armed forces (german army), i saw active KSK soldiers. It is crazy how fit they are, In the middle of summer I saw someone running around with 25-30 kg of equipment for training, he was faster than me without luggage and equipment, I wasn't unathletic at the time. After the procedure, there are still 3 years of training, which continues with these training courses.

The hell week isnt the trainig, its the test to get in the KSK

Thats not a Training. Its a test if you are allowed to start the Training to probablly get be a KSK. You must know, these is the Elite of the Elite-units. There are, Fallschirmjäger, Gebirgsjäger , Kampfschwimmer etc. We have marine-soldaten as well.

German Captain Price isnt real, he cant hurt you German Captain Price: 11:48

I liked that implied “nobody likes a smartass, son” at the end with that guy telling him he’s got a big mouth. 😂

I think the funniest part is, they didn't say it's the hardest training in the world, they said it the hardest they could legally make it. xD

The old training in the KSK was basically a mix of what Germany learned from the SAS (with which they trained a lot in the beginning) and the advanced infantry training of the Bundeswehr the so called Jagdkampf (Defence in depth) and Einzelkämpferlehrgang (the old "German commando course) which was the requirement for Fallschirmjäger (Paratroopers), Gebirgsjäger (Mountaineers) Jäger (similar skill set as Rangers) and Panzergrenadier (Armoured Infantry units) units and added lessons from the Fernspäher (Long Range Recon) and Kampfschwimmer (German Commando Frogmen) units. All those types of experience went into the qualification and later KSK training course. That was 1996 and 90% of the first KSK soldiers came from above mentioned units. Meanwhile the Bundeswehr changed a lot of that and the KSK is a bit more specialized inside while the old units are now running under the name "EGB Forces (Specialized Army Forces with Expanded Capabilities)" The "Defence in Depth" and "German Commando Course I (and II)" are still necessary for NCO and officer ranks and most of the infantry units - and Air Force and Army pilots.

I was with the german airborne infantry from 2000 - 2010 and volunteered for the KSK selection course in 2006. I remember my paratrooper comrades joking "if you don´t pass the test, you are weak. If you pass the test, the KSK is weak". Well, guess what... i was weak ;)

German KSK is not only the Special Force it is the Elite of the German Special Forces Units. Means they are the round about 200 best Soldiers of the Entire german Military, the best from the best . these guys helps German people when shit gets Really really real and when other military Units call the Situation too Dangerous then these guys are the Precision weapon to Rescue Germans or to do these Jobs that No one Speaks open and no one needs to know they exist. No one not even their wifes will be telled what they are doing or where they are on mission their Missions are Top Secret and talking about is Forbidden for them forever. and when these guys are coming for you you are really in Trouble.

I myself am German and come from a family with a long tradition of military service going back to the Franco-Prussian War. My uncles used to tell me that when they did their mandatory military service, they would still on occasion be hit by superiors in basic or woken up by the loud bang of a metal trash can thrown into the barrack room before morning roll call. It has of course become much more humane and quiet since. Reforms of the past years have even, at least officially, banned the instructors from shouting at recruits and some may percieve this as the military softening up as not to scare away recruits and create a lack of soldiers in an entirely voluntary army without the reliably large amount of draftees every year. But how I believe this short documentary has splendidly shown, the sobriety and calmness of an instructors face with an expression that says "I've been there and done that" allthewhile fairly politely ordering the soldiers to execute feats bordering on cruelty as if it were a walk in the park can psychologically be equally effective and is, at least in my humble opinion, much closer to the German cultural identity. But of course I must agree with the 'old heads' in the sense that new soldiers must be familiarised with a certain degree of agression to properly prepare them for all eventualities of military life, which at last, remains the battlefield.

There are complaints in the comments that German politics is holding back when it comes to military matters because of the Second World War. They forget that we are regularly reminded of what we have done by other countries.

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Thar buddy carry is hard. The best answer about it I know is when a trainee asked how far do I have to carry him, the drill sergeant said as far as you'd want to be carried. That says it all

18:50 There's a translation error. A "Zentner" is 50kg (110lbs).

"everyone says that their training was ten hardest, but mine was the hardest" xD

Awesome video and content enjoyed it a lot

There's no worse feeling in the world than being deprived of sleep. Add to that some continuous and exhaustive exercises and eventually, something or someone will give. I think (if I remember correctly) the longest stretch I ever went w/o even a wink of sleep was 38 hours. Everything becomes a difficult task, even simple things. A sleepless existence is a miserable existence.😕 Peace🕊

the barrel with food... the comment says "einen Zentner" but the translation says "100 KG"... but.. A zentner are 50 Kilogram...

In the video at 19:00 it is wrongly translated in the subtitle, that the barrel was 100 kg while it is a "Zentner" which is an old German unit that equals 50 kg. (German strictness here :D) Greetings from Germany!

really enjoyed your reaction and I'd love if you'd react to more KSK or KSM (German amphibious SF) videos, greetings from Germany

Thx for the respectful review

I hate how the subtitles are different from whats actually being said.

Congrats on 500k subs!

I wonder how many camera people they had there and how much of the path they have walked with them.

KSK is not just KSK, the test in the video is the general aptitude test. The "KSK" is also divided into forces... e.g. psychological service, command company 1-3, special reconnaissance. what you mean is the direct response team. - whose name is: Special Command Company. The Special Command Company is usually the first and last in the operational area. and the training there looks completely different, and they have some self-determining powers regarding operations that also affect state operations.

As a person with cystic fibrose I was able to climb 1200 m to a mountain peak with 12 kilo backpack. My lung function was 58% at this time and I weight 52 kilo. I never believed that I can do this but when I reached the summit I was proud. I think I can feel a bit there pain.

At 2:32 it's just "KSK". The "S" that you added in the front is actually from the word "das", which just mean "the". So it would be "das KSK" (the KSK)

Congrats to half a million

"I'm not going to continue pausing as much as I've been doing" - Continues to stop literally as much as he's been doing 😆

Its a test of your mental and physical strength, if I remember correctly the GSG9 has that week as well

The staff sergeant today is no longer an active soldier, but still a reservist, but no longer with the KSK. He's a really cool guy who always has a smile on his face - believe it or not :D

its a pretty old Video, there are newer ones about "Kampfschwimmer" wich would be the german version of Navy Seals

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The Captain Price thing killed me 😂. Greetings from Germany

The funny thing is, there where they marched and the destination is not far from where I live. I know the area! And yes, it's the Black Forest and it's often uphill and downhill there and even on normal hikes it's exhausting!

there are a few good documentaries about the ksk, unfortunately all in german and afaik not translated not even w subtitles. they get almost unlimited resources, all the new toys, train with the best sf on the planet but still enjoy great secrecy and have incredibly effective training. imagine american resources, sas tactics and german efficiency. :) unfotunately they need a "mandate" for every move they make. i sometimes just wish they would just get set into attack mode and shred a bit here and there. all that training and then not allowed to do anything.

G’day from Australia. Anyone that could speak German is already special 😂. Their language is like a war with yourself.

U had a river crossing with wet gear!!! haha

What do u think their load out is, the pack looks a little thin, shallow like its not full. I was fortunate, at 6 ft 1 inch and 240 lbs and in shape carrying a load wasnt an issue. We had a couole guys that were 5ft 7 maybe 140 lbs and the load out was almost what they weighed. Good way to get March Foot.

Hello , my dear, he said this is the hardest training you can inflict on young people in a democracy, not the best training in the world, that was a slight translation error on your part ( I think too RM is harder;))i just wanted to tell you because I saw your film again and il think he´s really great for that too, thank you.

As a Finnish SF from the late 80s and early 90s, I salute the Brits. You guys got a shortest draw to come to the arctic to learn, but damn... you beat the FFL, which I thought would've toughed it out better than any. The runner up was US Marine Force Recon. And the US SOF units were top notch as well, but Finland is unforgiving. Hear me, Ratface Putin?

i bet, even though its ready to eat, that meal at 19:10 was the best one theyve ever had in their lifes

this video is a little bit older... but very good

Had to stop by and say what's up. I JUST found you about an hour ago watching the react video to The Fat Electrician's Iran Navy video. So glad I found you man. New subscriber and I'm def going to be going back and binge your videos. They're awesome! Congrats on the (so damn close!) 1/2 mil subs!!

the selection process you just have seen was the most easiest part in the ksk training

What they show is very similar to week 3 Commando Training „Einzelkämpferlehrgang“ as it was back in my days, there has to be a lot that they are not showing, otherwise this can’t be described as that hard

Its sad alot of good youtubers are leaving but the best one is just getting started

What can you say about this documentary, it only shows a small part of the application test

Sorry to correct you, but he didn't say "the hardest training in the world", he said "the hardest that can be asked of young men in a democracy".

i know i am late to the party , but because you said :" i guess the KSK is germanys special forces." Well you are right on that one , but it is about the meaning of KSK: Kommando Spezial Kräfte -> it literally means comando special forces. There you are , just a little translation help there and things are much more clear ^^. i just did not see anyone else say that and i assume that is because most ppl think it is just that obvious, yet i thought clarifying would be good, because i get this question a lot actually.

Funny thing with that GreenBarret thing. My Dad's regiment was a German 'Jäger-Kompanie' (Hunter's-Regiment) from northern part of *Hessen and they all had green Barrets with a golden Oak-Enblem. Funny enoguh, but when they met foreign Soldiers from UK or USA they were mistaken for actual GreenBarrets😂

Subtitle has a mistake, a German "Zentner" is 50kg not 100kg (the food barrel in this video)

Did u notice how many people got dropped from a March Foot injury? For the non medics that is broken metatarsals in the foot, middle foot.

hello im german and the gsg9 grund schutz gruppe 9 and ksk is one of the hardest time for the gsg9 and ksk and both are used in germany and out siede germany !

It took more than 5 years train that u can go to the hell week

Well, to be a hell week it seems quite comfortable...I would love to listen to your review of training of French Foreign Legion.

The KSK means Komando Spezial Kräfte , Special Force Command its an Force like the Rangers , Green Berrets , Roayal Marine Commandos , SAS and so on.,myself was in the troops from 89-97 as a grenadier 6.PzGrenBtl32 on the anti-tank mortar (dismounted and mounted) and the training was hard, when fighting was dismounted the base plate weighed about 65 kg and the entire equipment of the mortar had to be placed about 800 m into the firing position of 4 Comrades are brought, a hard work for everyone. So the training here is called peanut but even at the KsK it is harder than it seems.I want to ask you as KZfaqr , Have you been a soldier yourself to be able to give a correct opinion? Opinions very greatly from civilians. Don't misunderstand. I worked 17 Years for the British Forces Germany in Hameln , 28.EngrRgt.as well and ive seen SAS and Royal Marines talked to them , and they always sayed the Germans work Hard and willing to achieve the training goal, but never alone and always in a group, no matter what type of weapon unit it is.

6:47: It is not the video is NOT about the training, it is only for the hell week which is the entrance examination. In the training a lot more people will struggle because of health issues on the torture.

Just wanting to remember Days AND Nights. They dont get to sleep alot.

Do you guys do the Neptune's crown training still to do the missions or where you doing other things

11:50 OMG ..es ist einfach Kapitän Preis ! 🤣

check Kampfschwimmer selection! It's way more harder.

Always my problem: The Equipment was / is always heavier then me.

KA ES KA! Kommando Spezialkräfte! 🦾🦾🦾

Phoenix Programm um 3 uhr morgens, so muss das 🔥

imagen puting this guys in an amush with the food barrel ... XD

Schaue mir das Video zum Englischlernen nebenbei an :)

Do they have to be quiet? Everytime I'm im pain, I'll start humming for myself and it really soothes it. Aren't they allowed to do that?

To be clear: The KSK is not a special force in the same manner as the Royal Marines might technically count as special forces. The KSK is more like the SAS. This video shows only a tiny fraction of the selection process for the actual 2 year training to become a part of the KSK.

To correct you at 2:49he said not that is the hardest training, he said its that what you are aloud to do in a democracy. Read the subtitle!!!

German Kampfschwimmer would ask "And after that they go into the water to begin the real test, right?"... 😜

some points where you are wrong: KSK is ONE german special force, the other one ist "kampfschwimmer". The Hell week istn´t basic or special forces training... it is part of the selection process for starting the special forces training

Compare to other Boot Camp there was no shouting, think thats different.

3:47: The speaker said, it is the hardest entrance examination in a democracy state. Not the training itself.

18:47 in german he says: the barrel weighs "ein zentner" which is 50 kg. But the commentator could be given the wrong number here...

Hahaha The German Kapitaen Preise

It's one special force from germany

Wait till he finds out about the Austrian JaKo (Jagdkommando)

22:00 The worst part is that this is a fucking General, just imagine being torn to shreds by a General after getting through all of this

the ksk is one of the special forces of germany but the differenze fro them to others is that the ksk is one of the best/ deadliest special forces in the world and it operates everywhere on land air water in every countrie on the world

Hell week = 2 weeks in foundation at Lympstone 😅

That's not training, that's just a recruitment test. A practical application test to become a KSK trainee, so to speak.

In germany there is a speach which says "KSK Drill is the hardest Drill you have to suffer as a free citizen of our democratic system" Means, if Navy Seals (Demi Moore Hollywood picture) or SAS or other soldiers im other countires are suffering more pain in their drill and tests , germans would judge this as "inhuman and violating our view of human dignity" Violating Human dignity is the main task of the troops of our enemies (RUSSIA, Iran, NOK, China) Let us all work together as allies to prevent those bastards invading free NATO or other Westen free territory!

2:47 he diidnt say the hardest training in the world. he said the hardest training you can give somone in a democracy. Coming from a german, that is quite unsettling.

This is really old video material. There are now many newer, more recent videos from official channels.

I actually don't think that they are about to kick u at once b/c of the log's value (if u throw it away). I rather believe that they'll kick u after that b/c at that moment u gonna show them that u are not only exhausted, but also kinda done with the whole thing (wich is obviously ok at this point). Whereas a guy that lowers the log carefully to the ground also might be extremely exhausted, but NOT necessarily done tho.

don't worry about the subtitles - I can understand the real deal ;)

The german KSK (Kommando Spezialkräfte) have been taking a lot of stick lately. Because the majority of KSK soldiers like the majority of British soldiers that I served with, have a politcal orientation right of centre. And because of their history, in Germany this is frowned upon.

the narrator said "das KSK" or "the KSK"

this video is older than rome

I remember seeing this video, and I'm so glad I did not even try to make it to KSK, I knew that I'm not making it and when I saw the documentation about 1) Pre-Selection 2) Hell-Week and 3) Parts of the whole training - damn you have to fuck your body. Sadly, they are not used in their full capacity. These boys, they could storm Moscow and put Putin into cuffs, but our government is still anxious about the whole WW2 crap and how the world sees us. And btw, there are even outside Soldiers from i.e. Denmark who joined the KSK. You have to check out the other documentaries. THIS year, after so many years AFTER the Cold War stopped, we are officially able to have a real army. Before that, they had to cut the military with man and equipment to an amount of X, because people outside Germany feared, we could build up a real army and invade them again. Putin now made it possible, to finally build a real army again. That is something you have to consider when you hear Trumps idiotic "Germany is not spending 3% into his military" bullshit. We were not allowed to do that. Now on the other hand, we can and have to change the image of our army, so people will join it freely. Putin did that btw. When the red army was in their lowest, end 90s, young boys injured themselves, cut or shot parts of their feet off, just to NOT be drafted. Putin change the image and made it look awesome to join (which, was a great lie btw) and young soldiers stood in lines to join in mid 2000s. We have to do the same. Fuck the Woke crap, why is our Bundeswehr Ad full of Woman and Lesbians, who say "oh the life as a soldier is so nice" - you are soldiers dammit, show your damn war face.

You have to keep in mind, those soldiers are'nt special forces yet. They want to become. This is not the final test of the special forces training, it's the acceptance test. The subtitles are wrong about the food barrel. The speaker says, it's weight is a 'Zentner' - that's 50kg, not 100.

Interesting idea. How about comparing a ufc fight camp to special forces training. What training is harder. The special forces or the best fighters in the world.