The Downfall of the British Military 1991 VS 2024

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2 ай бұрын

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@timwinfield2380 2 ай бұрын

As a former Sapper who served from 1990 - 2013 it is a sad story to see just how much the British Armed Forces have shrunk to what is basicly a Defence Force.

@barrandilltanathlas1177 2 ай бұрын

We may have 2 Aircraft Carriers but they seem to keep breaking down, and our entire fleet of Type 45 Destroyers were in dock because the engines over heated in Mediterranean waters.

@John_Pace 2 ай бұрын

When the conservative David Cameron got into 10 Downing Street in 2010, he wanted to cancel the 2 carriers, but such were the air-tight cancellation clauses with the builders, it was more economical to just build the damm things.

@Richie-vu4we 2 ай бұрын

I was once willing to give my life what i believed my country stood for. Today i would give my to protect my family for what this county has become

@JackosJingles 2 ай бұрын

Snap I was in a Cav Regiment 1977-1983. There were around 800 MBTs then.

@windymiller6908 2 ай бұрын

Goess to show how skint the country is, especially when a the tory party also cuts defense spending.

@fozma17 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this, if only we still had 1,200 tanks. We used to be 2nd in the world for a long time now look

@emceedoctorb3022 2 ай бұрын

Well even back then that 1200 tanks was a theoretical number because a lot of them were Chieftains which usually had around 85% of them off the road because they were utterly terrible. This is what happens when you get British Leyland to design a tank engine for you!

@benoitpisarchick6866 2 ай бұрын

Lol you were never 2nd it was France

@grahambarber8772 2 ай бұрын

We're doomed.

@user-gp9vk8he5g 2 ай бұрын

Did my 22 years until 1990 so proud we were so strong could be posted all over the world. Now looking back it is very sad glad I got my family out to Australia in 1990. Will never return

@Scaleyback317 2 ай бұрын

I served between 1966-82 - The rot started even before I joined. I was brought up on miitary bases in a variety of places worldwide. Now we couldn't get a platoon to the Isle of Man in an emergency.

@billmaxam3942 2 ай бұрын

The downfall was the same thing that is happening in America Communism

@StewH08 2 ай бұрын

Underfunded for decades by idiots in Westminster.😤

@BuxtonHouse 2 ай бұрын

Modern equipment except we still have 1990 land rover

@Trooptalk17 2 ай бұрын

Well yea true, “mostly modern equipment” lol

@BuxtonHouse 2 ай бұрын

@@Trooptalk17 its not a criticism at you at all. just im a mechanic on them and it breaks my soul seeing them

@Ulyssestnt 2 ай бұрын

Its not just about the hardware,those aircraft carriers some feared were going to hollow out the navy personell wise.

@alancranford3398 2 ай бұрын

I served with British forces when I was an American soldier in Berlin and West Germany--and for Operation Iraqi Freedom II. The dramatic shrinkage in this video is depressing--can Britain defend itself if one of its neighbors becomes conquest-happy?

@BuxtonHouse 2 ай бұрын

British Forces GDP dropped by 1.91% so where is that money now being spent?

@johnrambo99999 2 ай бұрын

The NHS

@BuxtonHouse 2 ай бұрын

@@johnrambo99999 looks like they are struggling

@stayhungry1503 2 ай бұрын

gotta give iphones and 5 star hotels to all the illegal immigrants

@stephenbrown9998 29 күн бұрын

Depressing listening to

@nicholasblundell507 2 ай бұрын

Don't agree. The British forces are more powerful than ever. Royal Navy did not have any Aircraft carriers and now has two. Lots of new frigates and other shops. 8 new more lethal nuclear submarines.The air force has never been so good as now with both the Typhoon and F35 aircraft.Army getting more Tanks and other equipment with Challenger 3 and the new Ajax family of APC armoured vehicles. Everything gets replaced every thirty years and we're beefing up.

@Trooptalk17 2 ай бұрын

I agree that we are getting more advanced and more lethal equipment which is good, but our numbers are dropping in personnel and equipment, all down to the government and not wanting to spend more money unfortunately.

@Scaleyback317 2 ай бұрын

@@Trooptalk17 Correct it's numbers and morale which is plummetting. There's also the question of what we are going to mount on those machines we're getting. Hands up all those who remember us getting the Apache and then the government saying we would not be getting the guns for them in order to same money!!!!! This is nothing new either. I can remember being in Germany in the mid '70's when we were walking around with boots with holes in them because the Army refused to buy new boots. Nothing has changed - wordsmithing politicians who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

@lolwutyoumad 2 ай бұрын

The British army was funded by colonial ventures. Before colonialism the British were an irrelevant nation that couldn't field a full time army. Now that we are in a truly post colonial era, the UK is going to look more like an irrelevant Balkan state

@warthunder9155 2 ай бұрын

You wouldn't be hating them so much if they weren't great. You are butt hurt.

@garrywynne1218 2 ай бұрын

What utter rubbish .

@lolwutyoumad 2 ай бұрын

@@garrywynne1218 Cold war is over and the former colonies are now doing business in China while the UK is no longer a relevant producer of goods. What you see is the eventuality of the well of exploitation running dry

@garrywynne1218 2 ай бұрын

@@lolwutyoumad - Amazing analysis. The UN( they wouldn’t lie would they ) has just named the UK the 4th largest exporter in the world ( up from 7th) and largest manufacturer in the world ( up from 11th). A month ago it was named the second most influential “ soft power” country brand in the world by an internationally respected financial brand auditor. This was based on 177 thousand surveys worldwide of CEO’s , FDIC investors , worldwide credit analysts , NGO’s , and foreign diplomatic corps views. It is still the 5/6th largest economy in the world and 3rd by military power projection capabilities.( despite cuts ) and a Nuclear power with a permanent seat on the UN Security Council . I’m no t saying it doesn’t have problems. Which country doesn’t.? But Serbia , North Macedonia, Kosovo , Greece, Bulgaria it ain’t . Whatever your sad sack problem is , perhaps you should look at the facts rather than the chips on your shoulders next time . Jeez you’re sad. And the fact you have a vote is even sadder. If you are from the UK and can vote?

@jackaubrey8614 2 ай бұрын

@@lolwutyoumad "..the eventuality of the well of exploitation running dry.." - sounds like an underachieving student in a school history essay....Sorry, but you're not half as clever as YOU think you are - at very best a C+ with a "must try harder"