3:39 - meant to say "regiment" not squadron 5:46 - I am told the artillery observation variant of the AMX-10P is no longer in service. When it was I believe it was only in the 40th Artillery Rgt, which is an SPG regiment, and the 1st Artillery which is a divisional MLRS regiment. This covers more of the history of this French tank unit organization and why it's so quirky: th-cam.com/video/6OqR8c_TK6Y/w-d-xo.html This covers of evolution of French Tank Regiments at the higher level since the 1980s: th-cam.com/video/aKEBYcDj8Tw/w-d-xo.html
It's not about the numbers, it's about quality. From company structure to hardware, France have an understestimated (by the public) military power. What people fail to understand is that France army is not built to secure its territory or invade a country, it's an expedition force. It's built to project its power anywhere in the world at a fast pace with punch. That's why they maintain bases all around the world. French soldiers are recruited and trained like professionnals, not like meat. For its defense, France has one of the strongest and advanced nuclear capabilities.
It seems beautiful, but France not having a force capable of invading/destroy a neighbour is unacceptable regarding her History and "Allies". Eternal peace is an extremely dangerous way of thinking, especially when surrounded by "friends" who wait the good opportunity to backstab (UK) or a husband who invaded your country 3 times within less than 70 years (Germany)
@@afisto6647 that is why EU exists, everyone economically depend on each other, so no one will get any ideas. Business stays the bloody hand if tyrants
@@MrEpic325 The EU is falling apart and it's evident that the stronger members like France and Germany are increasingly strangled by the dependency of insolvent nations like Greece. To boot, it's bloated with anti-democratic bureaucracies who represent a threat to the very principles upon which it was founded, hence the departure of the UK and the resistance of Hungary and Poland, who're the only ones blunt enough to call it out on its horrendous immigration and Brussels-monocultural impositions. It was great on paper but, it's evident that it sucks in practice.
@afisto6647 within all French neighbors only UK has nuclear power but there's the channel between the 2 so not quite easy to invade, for the others except if they are stupid they wouldn't take the risk, I mean if Germany try it east Germany has a good chance to receive an M51.
The fact is France is the first military industry in Europe, including the UK France has knowledges in almost every defense fields(airplane, navy, missile, radar, vehicules, tank, artillery, submarines, nuclear weapons...)
They have a bit of everything but they don't have it all. Their artillery is severely lacking (they make and have high quality equipment but the numbers are not what they should be (16 howitzers and 12 heavy mortars to equip their gigantic brigades), air defence might as well not exist since it's mostly truck mounted MANPADS and unable to follow forces on the offensive, some of their components keep complaining of the absence of heavy lift helicopters and their logistics might be lacking for full on deployments. There's quite a few things I like with their stuff (their approach to the armoured platoon is great for example) but there is also a whole lot of issues. Ironically, some of it may stem from an overly large infantry (and to an extent cavalry) component as a consequence of decades of counter insurgency operations.
The French have superb land, sea and air forces and furthermore all their state of the art hardware and equipment is made in France: hi-tech aircraft, warships, tanks, artillery and nuclear submarines. France is a very formidable military power, a fact which tends to be ignored in Anglo-Saxon countries which seem to believe that because France (and the UK) were defeated (and France occupied) by the Nazis in 1940, the French are weak. After the USA, France may well have the most powerful and skilful military in the Western world.
I could'nt agree more. They are willing too, with green berets, tactical military and police hierarchy that are very efficient. The country is small even if it might look big. But with the proximity in neighbouring, they have a very long history of warring. It's not the case with north america.
France still has the record of victories in her history (google "country with most victories") The problem with France, is the defense budget, it's politic... The military industry is the best after the US, but the money she puts on the table has decreased since a few years because she has the nuclear power and also because she is member of NATO ... Since 2 years they decided to reverse this and invest more but it's still not enough.
Very true, although the Uk was not defeated by the Nazis (France indeed was) The British Army was routed in Calais but Britain was not defeated. Possibly because it is an island, but the fact of the matter is it remained undefeated.
Great video, as always! Two things I'd like to point out: - the AMX 10P artillery observation variant is not in service anymore - the VAB artillery obervation variant is almost already phased out, as very few are still serviceable Instead, AO teams usually dismount from regular infantry VABs when deployed in combat zones These vehicles will be replaced as followed: - Serval AO variants will be put into service with the 11th Airborne brigade and the 27th Mountain brigade. AO teams would dismount from these vehicles. - Griffon AO variants will be put into service with the 2nd and 7th Armored brigades. These ones will be equipped with observation equipment and will not require AO teams to dismount. Regarding the 6th and 9th Amphibious brigades, I can't tell for sure which variant they are supposes to be equipped with.
I'm from France and it's always a pleasure to have very informative and well made videos about our military in english, it would be interesting to have a video about the future of the french military with all the new stuff that is currently being introduced / will be introduced soon
@@arcturus960 very much so. One defeat nearly 100 years ago during a period of extreme government infighting that crippled military coordination and development shouldn't define them forever. Today they are capable, well trained and well equipped. Heck even back in ww2 they did enough as the free french to earn a place at the negotiation table as a major combatant.
@@GrioershSaying it without France and without the French who defeated the Muslim invaders the Oumeyades (who wanted to make all non-Muslims their slaves), without this French victory over the absolute Evil of this time, the West and all Christians would be become slaves in the service of Muslim Arabs.
France is the true European Superpower, if Germany is the Money, France is the Muscle, and they have the military to back it up as well, despite their disfunction at home, you've gotta be impressed with the punch they can pack!
Always a very good video about France. Thanks for your amazing work ! However, I remind you that the French army is in the process of replacing its VABs with VBMR (Griffon), or VBMR-Léger (Serval). The operational regiments have priority, but the VABs are disappearing completely. In 2030 there will be none left. Currently there are about 400 VBMR Griffons delivered, and they have already experienced fire in Mali, before France evacuated the country. The VBL will also be replaced eventually, but no choice has yet been made. A modernization has been done meanwhile in 2018-2020, to extend its operational life. The French Army is in full transition and in complete modernization until 2030. All the vectors of the army are being replaced, modernized or in the process of being replaced. This will undoubtedly impact the tactical organization of the regiments. Keep up the good work, you're great! Greetings from France 🇫🇷
@@sebastienprotoy4907 The VBL will be used up to 2030 because it has been remodernized recently. However there is a project called the "Véhicule blindé d'aide à l'engagement" that will be either the Hawkei from Thales or the Scarabée from Arquus and will start to replace the VBL from 2025/2030. The Jaguar fit a different rôle but maybe tacticaly speaking, it will have missions similar to that of the VBL. Bon je suis sur que t'est français, j'écris en anglais pour que les autres puissent comprendre mdr
Great video as always, the french have the most interesting doctorine when it comes to structure imo. Their ad-hoc tactical groups are like the russian BTGs but better
Most countries have a BTG type thing in terms of battalions that get task organized. But big structural flaws of the Russian style of BTG (among many) included very thin battalion staffs (needed to deal with all that attached stuff and the implied autonomy of being these semi-independent fighting units), the fact that the units being pulled together to form the BTGs in 2022 didn't train together, and wanting infantry strength.
@@BattleOrder I mean there was also the laughable NCO corps and general staff that was commanding it all, combined with a culture of abuse against lower ranking enlisted troops. That never really helps things.
@@im_flat That's just how Russia has always operated, it seems. Human lives are dispensable. Don't need quality materiel when you've got bodies (and lies).
a little visual thing, but the Armour regiments of the French army doesn't use gold (or yellow) rank stripes, only silver gold is the colour of the "on foot" units (infantry, signals, sappers, artillery and army light aviation) while silver is that of the units "on horse" (cavalry, train, materiel, chasseurs) the tank regiments, being part of cavalry use silver stripes (same reason their Sergeants are called Marechal Des Logis)
fun fact : at the beginning of WW2, France used the somua S35 medium tank (by comparison to a German tank of that time, it was a heavy tank with the same speed as a medium tank). This tank only had 3 crew members, unlike lots of more "modern designs". Instead, the French engineers had equipped it with an electrical reloading system. French Army and auto-loading have a long lasting friendship... Today, some Germans and French industrials are working on potential prototypes for a franco-german "new european MBT", and one thing they are sure about is that they want to use the french reloading philosophy in a german-sized tank, so that they can have a 4th crew member who is not required for manning the tank and is only here to control drones (both combat and recon) and ground-to-air suicide-drones.
Both the KNDS EMBT and Rheinmetall KF 51 are amazing, pushing forward the MBT concept and are truly différent. Fascinating. I hope the two will enter in service.
Even as a British person the white flag jokes in the comments section need to chill. France has a great military and is, like the UK, at Tier 2 Blue Water Navy. This mockery of France is unnecessary. 1940 living rent free in some people's heads.
I'm british and I don't make those jokes. As much as we have never got along I kind of respect the French for looking out for themselves and making the stuff which keeps them independent
Your channel content is really high-quality and unique. There is nothing wrong with making some filler episodes to pay the bills if you can. The content still would be new knowledge for us probably.
@@Niitroxyde How ? Certainly not by bowing down to Russia. Eastern Ukraine doesn't have to be the Sudeten of our time. Putin act, talk and think already like you know who.
@@Niitroxyde Oh of course letting giving up Ukraine to Russia will surely end this conflict. Not like they're not gonna wait another few years, and launch more attacks to finish Ukraine, Georgia, Molodova, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Khazakhstan...
C'est un vrai plaisir que tu puisse faire découvrir et expliquer les différente caractéristique de l'armée française par le biais de tes vidéos très éducative, un grand merci ;) It is a real pleasure that you can make discover and explain the different characteristics of the French army through your very educational videos, a big thank you ;)
Thought this was going to be about the LeClerc. But it was very informative. Love the fact that a platoon has its own reconnaissance element. I was a tanker for 26 years. Wish we had had something like that for our platoons. Two scout vehicles would have been awesome.
May not seem like a big deal, but the ranks in the cavalry are coloured white instead of yellow, and the colour of adjudant and adjudant-chef is inversed as well.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew that the US did something similar flipping infantry and cavalry with gold/silver rank insignia in the early 19th century. Maybe we copied the French lol
@@BattleOrder iirc it is stg quite common in fact among "old" armies. They tend to have had a clear separation in social class, spirit and use between mounted units (often led by old nobility) and foot units (often led by new nobility and bourgeois). But nowadays this has almost disappeared, it is only a remaining tradition. For example, artillery, as it was tracted by horses, is a "silver arm", just like the Train, Logistics (two separate logistics arms in the French army : train, like the 18th century army train from which it gets its name, moves stuff and Logistics procure stuff and give it to Train for delivery), Helicopters and of course Cavalry. Meanwhile Infantry, Engineers, Communications, Materials are in gold as they weren't mounted. And you have exceptions: mountaineers are in silver, marines in gold, gendarmes (who are soldiers who do police jobs in the countryside and fill the MP role in French ops) in silver as they stem from the old "gendarmerie" corps that used to be mounted patrol in the old days. So in cav the adjutant would have the golden rank and the chief-adjutant would be silver as it is the top guy who gets the arm's real color. Confusing, I know.
@@BattleOrder The principle is about the french distinction : white or yellow "arme"... White is mostly synonym of elite troops : they wear white insigns instead of yellow : Cavalry, elite infantry (Chasseurs and Chasseurs Alpins for example), Gendarmerie (départementale)... The tradition is that most sergent wear a yellow rank insign excepted for Chasseurs and most white troops says Maréchal des Logis isntead of Sergent (excepted Chasseurs, which are white but say Sergent)... complicated ? many many years of Traditions :) - French Gendarmerie is one the oldest european institution, created more than eight centuries ago. The 4 old regiments : 1° RI (Picardie, created 14 something), 3rd RI (Piémont - created in 14 something, retired from the army organisation in 1997 I think), 5th RI (Navarre (I served in it as staff sergeant, tank leader on AMX 30B) - created in 1494, reired in 1997), and 7°RI (retired after WWI and replaced by his reserve regiment 8th RI because the 7° RI has known a big muntinery in 1917)... Thanks for your very good video BTW.. .far from the usual french bashing and other CESM memes and clichés.
@@rollolol6053 in fact artillery is tracted by horses, so we call a seargent ”maréchal des logis” but the artillery crew was on foot, so the ranks are in gold and not in silver. It’s a melt of both
Fantastic video. The Leclerc is a fantastic looking tank. Is there any chance you could make a video like this on the armored battalions of the JSDF? I watched the video the rapid deployment units, but I haven’t seen one about their armored units. Since they have 3 main battle tanks currently in service, I’m wondering how they’re units are structured. Also the Type 10 and Type 74 are my most favorite tanks.
@Mira Moche Nevertheless, generally all makes sense. You guys have nukes to deter direct attack on French soil. Due to countries geopolitical ambitions army can pretty well project force globally and effectively take part in low-scale conflicts. But still it has pretty good capacity to give some reasonable support to France's allies in case of a full-scale war. Good balance, when you do not have absurdly huge military budget, when army's military and political leaders understand what they want from armed forces. That's the reason why such big modernization program as a "Scorpion" is going so surprisingly well and on schedule. But still to few tanks and artillery for my taste, though it may change in future due to recent events. In my country, Ukraine, we have a very chaotic reformation process between 2014 and 2022. There wasn't some proper understanding what army should and shouldn't do - we need to focus on possibility of full-scale defence or on low-scale conflict in Donbass?; we should invest in our own defence industry or to import stuff abroad? And so on. That led to not effective spendings of money, and that's why a lot of programs weren't finished before tge invasion. Still we made a big progress compared with pre-2014 and our troops are giving hell, but a lot of life could be saved if strategical vision was clearer. Sorry for my poor English
It is absolutely true, our army is an army to project itself outside. At present the army's capabilities are not designed for high intensity and duration.
@@miramoche8901 Quantity might be lacking in some areas but compared to the UK or Germany the french army has plenty of units and enough Equipment which is in great and up to date condition.
Awesome video, great work! I think a video about the french modernization programm "Scorpion" would be a great supplement for your videos about the french army. Besides that, Id really like one about the NATO Response forces, especially the VJTR.
Very interesting video. Thank you for all the work ! Right now, the VAB are been replaced by VBMR Griffon (Griffin). But i'don't know if it at the level of what you are explaning in that video. Waiting with impatience for your next video !
I worked on Leclerc production, as you see here. It is one part of a complete package of support vehicles. Now on holiday I had a real French tanker as a Dive buddy and talked tanks. What he LEARNED me is that a Battle tank running at up to 50Kmh is VERY LOUD. Everyone knows they are coming. That is why you have the "Jeeps" creeping quietly out front with all the optics and electronics to see. Now that cannon fires laser guiuded munitions, can dire reload refire while at 50KMhr. The "Jeep" Lasers the target and the Leclerc can hit it from over the horizon. Invisible. Now give me 4 Russian conscripts in a T72 who are wondering where their fuel tanker is...
In most Commonwealth armies, 'adjutant' is another name for sergeant major, who is usually a senior-level Warrant Officer (WO2 in the British Army, Warrant Officer, Master Warrant (MWO) or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) in the Canadian Army.) However, the term seems to have fallen into disuse in the English-speaking parts of the Canadian Army, but is still used in francophone regiments. You mention a 'master corporal' rank in the French Army, which is a real rank in the Canadian Army, and sits between the ranks of Corporal and Sergeant. As a point of reference and comparison, in Canadian tank regiments, it's common for Master Corporals and Sergeants to be crew commanders within a troop of tanks (usually three tanks), and sometimes Warrant Officers are in command. Sometimes, corporals who are on the verge of being promoted to Master Corporal can command a tank. The entire troop is led by an officer, usually second lieutenants and lieutenants, while squadrons comprising three or four troops, are commanded by those at the Captain and Major rank. Entire regiments comprising three or four squadrons are commanded by Colonel rank and above. Canadian tank regiments also have a wheeled reconnaissance squadron attached to the regiment, similar to the way the French have their recce elements organized.
As a guy who doesn't understand much about military organization, your videos are amazing and so easy to understand. If i may, i would love a video where you cover some militaries that don't get much attention, a video about a Venezuelan company or an Philipino one for example. Thanks for your work. And btw, do you have any recommendations on sources where there are explanations on the "basics" of organization and maybe videos on how these companies work in real operations
0:42 it’s rarer to see sub-lieutenants as platoon leaders since most officers in France come out of their school as Lieutenant. Most commonly, officers are trained in the EMIA or ESM, which gives them the rank of Lieutenant after the end of their training. Only the EMAC gives the rank of sub-lieutenant after the end of the training. Maybe there’s more sub-lieutenants if we count the ODS (Officier Des Spécialités), who are promoted sub-lieutenants after having served as an NCO long enough.
Hey Battle Order... I've admired your analysis on modern militaries, especially when Russia, China & USA is considered.. Could you please analyse the Indian Armed forces tactics, formations and inventory please?? Love from India 🇮🇳❤️
@@J_X999Well mostly I agree with you but indian armed forces arsenal is kind of mixed than what is popularly believed. India has operated western weapons since the 50's ( the list is too long for it to be listed)Currently it consists of American, russian, French, Israeli and indigenous types. While in the Navy's case majority of the surface fleet is indigenous. And most of the Russian inventory was bought in 1980's- 1990's is heavily modified for eg. T-72 tank with thales fire control system, BMP-2 with a indigenous optics, Su30 which has a Israeli targeting pod and jammer pod, French and Italian avionics and indigenous missiles, Old VSHORADS modified with digital architecture and control. The point being while everything may not be cutting edge but the picture is more nuanced than a simple Russian weapons operator. In fact though the Indian military imported Russian weapons but never the Russian tactics. Can you elaborate on "ability to fight in modern battlefield"?
Right on man, this is precisely what goes with that first coffee of the day. Or 4th of the night, I forget how it goes 😬 many thanks for covering this 👍🍻🇨🇦
So... quick nitpick, since we're talking french cavalry, the color of the ranks should be silver and blue not gold and red. Gold/red is for the infantry, silver/blue is for the cavalry.
Loved the video @Battle Order! Can't wait for the next video man! First video of yours that I'm watching and Loving the content man! This might come in handy when I can Manage to start some proper work on an Add-on for the Stormworks: Build and Rescue Community that I'm currently calling the "AI Forces Inventory Overhaul" for the Weapons DLC. I also have to make some allowances for the more recent Industrial Frontier Expansion DLC for the Desert Countries like out in the Middle East.
Ones again, a wonderful informative video! If you have time could you do a breakdown of the danish army, more specifically 1st brigade which is meant as the danish reaction force.
Correction : "major" is not a dedicated rank actually, it is a true rank over Adjudant-chef; but is deserved to sub-officer that had a great career. Therefore most of unit leader will be more Adjudant-chef than Major.
I very much appreciate the clarity of your presentation. Congratulations for the research work. Just a question ; I didn't know that the term adjutant existed in English - is this designation still being used on some occasions ?
When I was serving in the 501, that was the first squadron that was called company. I never heard it was because of the melting during WWII (that does not mean it's wrong), but because it was an heritage of assault artillery, not linked with cavalry.
Thanks for this great video (as usual). You made a small mistake : the french word for the 2nd in command NCO rank is adjudant, not adjutant. This could be useful for your next videos 😊
The icons with two dots are displaying a unit smaller than the platoon, in this case a Leclerc group with 4 tanks and an Investigation group with 4 VBLs. They make up a platoon which is displayed as 3 dots
@Battle Order got it the VBLs and the tanks make the platoon. Didn't see it in ur vids, but it would be nice see a vid on current-future US combined arms bn.
I think it is a patern of Camo that is made to make the vehicule look less like a vehicule at long distance. I do believe that those triangles also have thermal properties that makes them shine less on IR optics, thus changing the vehicule's overall IR signature to the one of a legit slice of cheese with holes in it.
Might be cause of the weather of the part of France i live in, but the IFVs that are very often seen training in the fields and in the middle of cities near my home are usualy painted with the new Brown/pink -ish Camo of the ground army
Unique does not mean "unusual". It means "one of a kind". There are no degrees of uniqueness: saying that one thing is more unique than another is meaningless.
Leclerc MBT was perhaps the best tank in the 90s and 2000s. Unfortunately, the lack of constant evolution and upgrating mean that the Leclerc in not in the podium today. It fails where the french Rafale win : a long term vision with technical improvements and indutrial strategy.
" maréchal des logis" is for white force ( non combating force ( logistic, material, train etc ) ) cavalry is yellow force ( fighting force ) there are no " maréchal des logis" is yellow force. Only sergents. You Can see the difference when looking at the ranks strips when they are not on the field. Yellow or white tell you which type of régiment they belong to ( on the field both have camo strips ) same with brigadier. This also is white force rank. In cavalry its caporal.
No, the difference in rank colors and names comes from tradition : on foot or horse mounted. Maréchal des logis (=Sargent) is for any mounted unit (traditions) : Armor, Cavalry, Matériel (Ordnance+Repair), Train (transport & logistics). Ranks for these units are in silver color (=white). In these units a Corporal is called Brigadier. Remaining French units (on foot, as per traditions) have gold rank stripes : Infantry, Artillery
Can you explain the differences between the three fields of ISR, and who has responsibility over which? I know Military Intelligence usually handles the I (duh) and I believe higher headquarters just divvy up their S2 section to handle that, but at which point does the job of reconnaissance transfer over from MI to say, in the US, Cavalry? Are Cavalry S2 sections the "tip of the tip of the spear" in this case? Who handles surveillance? Is it dependant on the situation and the scale of the mission? This is mostly pertaining to boots on the ground, since I know it gets a lot more complicated if we talk about things like Signals Intelligence. Also, at what point do cavalry focus more on screening than they do recon? When cavalry screens, is that when Cav S2 handles the recon? I probably already know the answer in a sense but I just wanted to get your expertise on the issue.
As a french myself, I can't help but to correct a tiny language mistake. Under lieutenants there are adjudants and adjudants-chefs, not adjutants. Just for the general information of anyone reading the comment after watching the video of course.
Here you go : en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Ranks_in_the_French_Army Many of these particularities have logical grounds: for example, if 4 and 5 stars generals aren't ranks but honours, it is because a 3-stars one has already all the qualifications for their roles and if need be they can be relieved of command and replaced by younger leaders.
Hi , bonjour !! 👋 did you notices that général Mark Milley wears FRENCH paratroopers médal ? Yep he does .. Very good vidéo " pointue" i switch in french les VAB.pour "véhicules de l'avant blindés" transports de troupes, en 4 ou 6 roues sont entrain de partir à la retraites et sont déjà en Ukraine, remplacés par les "griffons" en cours de production également les AMX 10 RC "RC" signifie Roue Canon et pas ReConnaissance sont entrain d'être remplacés par les "jaguar" super truc ! Pour la reconnaissance avec canon de 40 mm rapidfire NEXTER. les VBCI véhicules de combat d'infanterie sont excellents mais n'existent que dans 2 versions speciale je crois, medic et commandement. Les VBL véhicules blindés légers savent tout faire ... pleins de version. Si vous en voyiez un à côté d'un Humvee, vous le trouveriez microscopique !! 😀 C'est très vieux date de Panhard, mais TRES TRES fiable, remplacement par Serval .. dans 10 ans ... nous n'utilisons plus de landrover ( sauf pour vigipirate sur notre sol) les MBT Leclerc sont je crois les seuls au monde à pouvoir tirer ET recharger en roulant .. 1 coups / 6 secondes. 100% impacts à 50 km/h en off-road. Voilà, l'armée française a de très beaux atouts, en particuliers des soldats de TRES TRES haut niveau, bien éduqués, formés aux armes modernes et complexes avec justement une VRAIE échelle de commandement ou les lieutenants tiennent une place particulière et la rends très efficace surtout en opérations extérieures. PAR contre l'armée Française même si c'est la première d'Europe ( terre / mer / air) reste assez "petite" 180000 hommes et un budget pas énorme, car notre dissuasion nucléaire nous coûte TRES cher ( sous marins, missiles, etc ) donc SVP laissez nous exportez nos Rafales au lieu des F35 ( pardon f35 = f22 = total kill 1 ballon ⚽️. Haha 😀 ) Comme ça, vous pourrez continuer à faire des super vidéos sur notre armee, sans oublier les sous marins Australiens ..... PLEASE let us sell ours weapons ! 😀😃 Voilà !!! I have read some commentaires of the vidéos MERCI thanks all for supporting and loving FRANCE 😀 and congratulation for the vidéo !!! Thx .. oops i forgot, fuck Poutine !!! Support UKRAINE !!! Thx USA keep on till total freedom ( crimes was conquished by french and british 186x ... because Russians attacked Turquie) kick Poutine OUT unless all tyrans Will act his way. !
hello everyone, thanks for your vidéo. this is the fench army of 2010 and you ar forget the aircraft, drone, satelite, helicoptere and regiment's artillery who accompanied the leclerc whi is expensive and precious for france for be deployed only. have you see the eurofactory ? where is leclerc xlr, griffon, jaguar, serval, cesar, rafale, tiger or nh90 ?
in a 4 man tank the loader is for most of the time is the worker, the cleaner, the cook, the person available for tidying up. Who does all the above when there are only 3?
3:39 - meant to say "regiment" not squadron
5:46 - I am told the artillery observation variant of the AMX-10P is no longer in service. When it was I believe it was only in the 40th Artillery Rgt, which is an SPG regiment, and the 1st Artillery which is a divisional MLRS regiment.
This covers more of the history of this French tank unit organization and why it's so quirky: th-cam.com/video/6OqR8c_TK6Y/w-d-xo.html
This covers of evolution of French Tank Regiments at the higher level since the 1980s: th-cam.com/video/aKEBYcDj8Tw/w-d-xo.html
Wow 😳
not your most inspiring video.........I would not mind seeing some more modern USA units.......god bless you
I'm surprised you didn't edit in post. Although as always good job, keep up the research. This channel is amongst the best.
Brilliant as always!
bruv the c on the end isnt silent ffs
It's not about the numbers, it's about quality. From company structure to hardware, France have an understestimated (by the public) military power. What people fail to understand is that France army is not built to secure its territory or invade a country, it's an expedition force. It's built to project its power anywhere in the world at a fast pace with punch. That's why they maintain bases all around the world. French soldiers are recruited and trained like professionnals, not like meat. For its defense, France has one of the strongest and advanced nuclear capabilities.
It seems beautiful, but France not having a force capable of invading/destroy a neighbour is unacceptable regarding her History and "Allies".
Eternal peace is an extremely dangerous way of thinking, especially when surrounded by "friends" who wait the good opportunity to backstab (UK) or a husband who invaded your country 3 times within less than 70 years (Germany)
@@afisto6647 that is why EU exists, everyone economically depend on each other, so no one will get any ideas. Business stays the bloody hand if tyrants
@@afisto6647 That's why the EU was created
@@MrEpic325
The EU is falling apart and it's evident that the stronger members like France and Germany are increasingly strangled by the dependency of insolvent nations like Greece. To boot, it's bloated with anti-democratic bureaucracies who represent a threat to the very principles upon which it was founded, hence the departure of the UK and the resistance of Hungary and Poland, who're the only ones blunt enough to call it out on its horrendous immigration and Brussels-monocultural impositions.
It was great on paper but, it's evident that it sucks in practice.
@afisto6647 within all French neighbors only UK has nuclear power but there's the channel between the 2 so not quite easy to invade, for the others except if they are stupid they wouldn't take the risk, I mean if Germany try it east Germany has a good chance to receive an M51.
The fact is France is the first military industry in Europe, including the UK
France has knowledges in almost every defense fields(airplane, navy, missile, radar, vehicules, tank, artillery, submarines, nuclear weapons...)
I love the French organization. It is so unique but logical
Inventors of the metric system so yeah
I'm fascinated by the French army. For such a compact military they truelly have it all, and not as expensive as it could be. Super effective
I'd say logistically they are lacking in lift capacity but combat capacity wise they are top notch
The main lacking thing is mass. We lack numbers and this limits any deployment we could do.
They have a bit of everything but they don't have it all. Their artillery is severely lacking (they make and have high quality equipment but the numbers are not what they should be (16 howitzers and 12 heavy mortars to equip their gigantic brigades), air defence might as well not exist since it's mostly truck mounted MANPADS and unable to follow forces on the offensive, some of their components keep complaining of the absence of heavy lift helicopters and their logistics might be lacking for full on deployments.
There's quite a few things I like with their stuff (their approach to the armoured platoon is great for example) but there is also a whole lot of issues. Ironically, some of it may stem from an overly large infantry (and to an extent cavalry) component as a consequence of decades of counter insurgency operations.
LECLERC MBT: Wanna see my price tag 😂🤣
@@loicvanderwielen now compare to any other European army
The French have superb land, sea and air forces and furthermore all their state of the art hardware and equipment is made in France: hi-tech aircraft, warships, tanks, artillery and nuclear submarines. France is a very formidable military power, a fact which tends to be ignored in Anglo-Saxon countries which seem to believe that because France (and the UK) were defeated (and France occupied) by the Nazis in 1940, the French are weak. After the USA, France may well have the most powerful and skilful military in the Western world.
I could'nt agree more. They are willing too, with green berets, tactical military and police hierarchy that are very efficient. The country is small even if it might look big. But with the proximity in neighbouring, they have a very long history of warring. It's not the case with north america.
France still has the record of victories in her history (google "country with most victories")
The problem with France, is the defense budget, it's politic... The military industry is the best after the US, but the money she puts on the table has decreased since a few years because she has the nuclear power and also because she is member of NATO ...
Since 2 years they decided to reverse this and invest more but it's still not enough.
Well honestly we lack quantity and political will. One of the best armies for targeted operations yes, not a frontline war
France is the most powerful military nation in the western EU
Very true, although the Uk was not defeated by the Nazis (France indeed was) The British Army was routed in Calais but Britain was not defeated. Possibly because it is an island, but the fact of the matter is it remained undefeated.
Great video, as always!
Two things I'd like to point out:
- the AMX 10P artillery observation variant is not in service anymore
- the VAB artillery obervation variant is almost already phased out, as very few are still serviceable
Instead, AO teams usually dismount from regular infantry VABs when deployed in combat zones
These vehicles will be replaced as followed:
- Serval AO variants will be put into service with the 11th Airborne brigade and the 27th Mountain brigade.
AO teams would dismount from these vehicles.
- Griffon AO variants will be put into service with the 2nd and 7th Armored brigades.
These ones will be equipped with observation equipment and will not require AO teams to dismount.
Regarding the 6th and 9th Amphibious brigades, I can't tell for sure which variant they are supposes to be equipped with.
Thanks for the info
I'm from France and it's always a pleasure to have very informative and well made videos about our military in english, it would be interesting to have a video about the future of the french military with all the new stuff that is currently being introduced / will be introduced soon
Kind of sad most people forget that the French military exists now and is very competent
@@arcturus960 very much so. One defeat nearly 100 years ago during a period of extreme government infighting that crippled military coordination and development shouldn't define them forever. Today they are capable, well trained and well equipped. Heck even back in ww2 they did enough as the free french to earn a place at the negotiation table as a major combatant.
France is unique. Without her, our world would lack a lot of amazing things.
This nation has no equal
@@Grioersh Some are more impactful than others, so i doesn't really goes for every nation
@@erwa_n1031 agreed
@@GrioershSaying it without France and without the French who defeated the Muslim invaders the Oumeyades (who wanted to make all non-Muslims their slaves), without this French victory over the absolute Evil of this time, the West and all Christians would be become slaves in the service of Muslim Arabs.
First civilisation Egypt second one Romain Empire third one French
@@mrgammer91506 China, Japan, Etiopia,...
France is the true European Superpower, if Germany is the Money, France is the Muscle, and they have the military to back it up as well, despite their disfunction at home, you've gotta be impressed with the punch they can pack!
@@MrRedsjackbrainless monkey
@@MrRedsjack why would you say that
@@gipsy_3o3 because he is low iq.
@@gipsy_3o3 Let it go. He's still stuck with his old poor jokes.
@@MrRedsjack totally not overused joke, you must be so fun at parties (the rare times you get invited)
0:10 That Leclerc firing animation is so neat
Yeah, that was a really nice touch.
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Always a very good video about France. Thanks for your amazing work ! However, I remind you that the French army is in the process of replacing its VABs with VBMR (Griffon), or VBMR-Léger (Serval). The operational regiments have priority, but the VABs are disappearing completely. In 2030 there will be none left. Currently there are about 400 VBMR Griffons delivered, and they have already experienced fire in Mali, before France evacuated the country. The VBL will also be replaced eventually, but no choice has yet been made. A modernization has been done meanwhile in 2018-2020, to extend its operational life. The French Army is in full transition and in complete modernization until 2030. All the vectors of the army are being replaced, modernized or in the process of being replaced. This will undoubtedly impact the tactical organization of the regiments.
Keep up the good work, you're great!
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
I heard VBL will be replace with jaguar. Not sure about that.
@@sebastienprotoy4907 The VBL will be used up to 2030 because it has been remodernized recently. However there is a project called the "Véhicule blindé d'aide à l'engagement" that will be either the Hawkei from Thales or the Scarabée from Arquus and will start to replace the VBL from 2025/2030.
The Jaguar fit a different rôle but maybe tacticaly speaking, it will have missions similar to that of the VBL.
Bon je suis sur que t'est français, j'écris en anglais pour que les autres puissent comprendre mdr
@@sebastienprotoy4907 Not at all. Jaguar will take the role of AMX-10RC ;)
@@Klaus_Schwab_Official merci pour la réponse 🙏
@@eralorn.7 ty for the update 🙏
Great video as always, the french have the most interesting doctorine when it comes to structure imo. Their ad-hoc tactical groups are like the russian BTGs but better
Most countries have a BTG type thing in terms of battalions that get task organized. But big structural flaws of the Russian style of BTG (among many) included very thin battalion staffs (needed to deal with all that attached stuff and the implied autonomy of being these semi-independent fighting units), the fact that the units being pulled together to form the BTGs in 2022 didn't train together, and wanting infantry strength.
@@BattleOrder I mean there was also the laughable NCO corps and general staff that was commanding it all, combined with a culture of abuse against lower ranking enlisted troops. That never really helps things.
@@im_flat That's just how Russia has always operated, it seems. Human lives are dispensable.
Don't need quality materiel when you've got bodies (and lies).
@@BattleOrder Russia lacks to a huge degree in infantry, neither enough Quality nor Quantity
Love the new animation style for unit layouts, very effective visually
Toujours un plaisir ce travail de qualité.
a little visual thing, but the Armour regiments of the French army doesn't use gold (or yellow) rank stripes, only silver
gold is the colour of the "on foot" units (infantry, signals, sappers, artillery and army light aviation)
while silver is that of the units "on horse" (cavalry, train, materiel, chasseurs)
the tank regiments, being part of cavalry use silver stripes (same reason their Sergeants are called Marechal Des Logis)
Another video of Battle Order about french things. It's a great day !
France mentioned
Great video as always! Love this channel!
fun fact : at the beginning of WW2, France used the somua S35 medium tank (by comparison to a German tank of that time, it was a heavy tank with the same speed as a medium tank).
This tank only had 3 crew members, unlike lots of more "modern designs". Instead, the French engineers had equipped it with an electrical reloading system.
French Army and auto-loading have a long lasting friendship...
Today, some Germans and French industrials are working on potential prototypes for a franco-german "new european MBT", and one thing they are sure about is that they want to use the french reloading philosophy in a german-sized tank, so that they can have a 4th crew member who is not required for manning the tank and is only here to control drones (both combat and recon) and ground-to-air suicide-drones.
Both the KNDS EMBT and Rheinmetall KF 51 are amazing, pushing forward the MBT concept and are truly différent. Fascinating.
I hope the two will enter in service.
Great video, very informative, and nice France countryball. Keep up the great vids!!
Even as a British person the white flag jokes in the comments section need to chill. France has a great military and is, like the UK, at Tier 2 Blue Water Navy. This mockery of France is unnecessary. 1940 living rent free in some people's heads.
I'm british and I don't make those jokes. As much as we have never got along I kind of respect the French for looking out for themselves and making the stuff which keeps them independent
In fact it's rather funny and it's better to be underestimated on the battlefield:)
@@davidbridge5652 it4s more your younger brother the US that can't get that joke a rest. or should i say son?
Your channel content is really high-quality and unique. There is nothing wrong with making some filler episodes to pay the bills if you can. The content still would be new knowledge for us probably.
This production value is unrivaled on TH-cam. Cannot sing you enough praise
As of 2023, the last amx 10P-based artillery observation vehicles went the way of the dodo.
The French ate it
Maybe we should give some to Ukraine
@@olivierdk2 Or maybe we should seek an end to this conflict rather than lengthen it.
@@Niitroxyde How ? Certainly not by bowing down to Russia. Eastern Ukraine doesn't have to be the Sudeten of our time. Putin act, talk and think already like you know who.
@@Niitroxyde Oh of course letting giving up Ukraine to Russia will surely end this conflict. Not like they're not gonna wait another few years, and launch more attacks to finish Ukraine, Georgia, Molodova, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Khazakhstan...
Awesome video !
also.. Warno soundtrack fit so well to the Leclerc :D
C'est un vrai plaisir que tu puisse faire découvrir et expliquer les différente caractéristique de l'armée française par le biais de tes vidéos très éducative, un grand merci ;)
It is a real pleasure that you can make discover and explain the different characteristics of the French army through your very educational videos, a big thank you ;)
Thought this was going to be about the LeClerc. But it was very informative. Love the fact that a platoon has its own reconnaissance element. I was a tanker for 26 years. Wish we had had something like that for our platoons. Two scout vehicles would have been awesome.
May not seem like a big deal, but the ranks in the cavalry are coloured white instead of yellow, and the colour of adjudant and adjudant-chef is inversed as well.
Thanks for the clarification. I knew that the US did something similar flipping infantry and cavalry with gold/silver rank insignia in the early 19th century. Maybe we copied the French lol
@@BattleOrder iirc it is stg quite common in fact among "old" armies. They tend to have had a clear separation in social class, spirit and use between mounted units (often led by old nobility) and foot units (often led by new nobility and bourgeois).
But nowadays this has almost disappeared, it is only a remaining tradition.
For example, artillery, as it was tracted by horses, is a "silver arm", just like the Train, Logistics (two separate logistics arms in the French army : train, like the 18th century army train from which it gets its name, moves stuff and Logistics procure stuff and give it to Train for delivery), Helicopters and of course Cavalry.
Meanwhile Infantry, Engineers, Communications, Materials are in gold as they weren't mounted.
And you have exceptions: mountaineers are in silver, marines in gold, gendarmes (who are soldiers who do police jobs in the countryside and fill the MP role in French ops) in silver as they stem from the old "gendarmerie" corps that used to be mounted patrol in the old days.
So in cav the adjutant would have the golden rank and the chief-adjutant would be silver as it is the top guy who gets the arm's real color. Confusing, I know.
@@BattleOrder The principle is about the french distinction : white or yellow "arme"... White is mostly synonym of elite troops : they wear white insigns instead of yellow : Cavalry, elite infantry (Chasseurs and Chasseurs Alpins for example), Gendarmerie (départementale)... The tradition is that most sergent wear a yellow rank insign excepted for Chasseurs and most white troops says Maréchal des Logis isntead of Sergent (excepted Chasseurs, which are white but say Sergent)... complicated ? many many years of Traditions :) - French Gendarmerie is one the oldest european institution, created more than eight centuries ago. The 4 old regiments : 1° RI (Picardie, created 14 something), 3rd RI (Piémont - created in 14 something, retired from the army organisation in 1997 I think), 5th RI (Navarre (I served in it as staff sergeant, tank leader on AMX 30B) - created in 1494, reired in 1997), and 7°RI (retired after WWI and replaced by his reserve regiment 8th RI because the 7° RI has known a big muntinery in 1917)... Thanks for your very good video BTW.. .far from the usual french bashing and other CESM memes and clichés.
@@rollolol6053 in fact artillery is tracted by horses, so we call a seargent ”maréchal des logis” but the artillery crew was on foot, so the ranks are in gold and not in silver.
It’s a melt of both
Fantastic video. The Leclerc is a fantastic looking tank. Is there any chance you could make a video like this on the armored battalions of the JSDF? I watched the video the rapid deployment units, but I haven’t seen one about their armored units. Since they have 3 main battle tanks currently in service, I’m wondering how they’re units are structured. Also the Type 10 and Type 74 are my most favorite tanks.
Excellent, as usual.
French army seems to be very capable, but lacking in mass
They chose quality over quantity
@@smal750 no They chose to reduce costs
@Mira Moche Nevertheless, generally all makes sense. You guys have nukes to deter direct attack on French soil. Due to countries geopolitical ambitions army can pretty well project force globally and effectively take part in low-scale conflicts. But still it has pretty good capacity to give some reasonable support to France's allies in case of a full-scale war. Good balance, when you do not have absurdly huge military budget, when army's military and political leaders understand what they want from armed forces. That's the reason why such big modernization program as a "Scorpion" is going so surprisingly well and on schedule. But still to few tanks and artillery for my taste, though it may change in future due to recent events.
In my country, Ukraine, we have a very chaotic reformation process between 2014 and 2022. There wasn't some proper understanding what army should and shouldn't do - we need to focus on possibility of full-scale defence or on low-scale conflict in Donbass?; we should invest in our own defence industry or to import stuff abroad? And so on. That led to not effective spendings of money, and that's why a lot of programs weren't finished before tge invasion. Still we made a big progress compared with pre-2014 and our troops are giving hell, but a lot of life could be saved if strategical vision was clearer.
Sorry for my poor English
It is absolutely true, our army is an army to project itself outside. At present the army's capabilities are not designed for high intensity and duration.
@@miramoche8901 Quantity might be lacking in some areas but compared to the UK or Germany the french army has plenty of units and enough Equipment which is in great and up to date condition.
Good job my Friend, from french 516e régiment du train.👍
Le 516 ? A Toul nan ?
Awesome video, great work! I think a video about the french modernization programm "Scorpion" would be a great supplement for your videos about the french army. Besides that, Id really like one about the NATO Response forces, especially the VJTR.
Yeah there is precisely zero quality content in English about the Scorpion program
Not sure why, but I'm really liking the French TOE. Intelligent, ground-up echelon design.
Very interesting video. Thank you for all the work !
Right now, the VAB are been replaced by VBMR Griffon (Griffin).
But i'don't know if it at the level of what you are explaning in that video.
Waiting with impatience for your next video !
I worked on Leclerc production, as you see here. It is one part of a complete package of support vehicles. Now on holiday I had a real French tanker as a Dive buddy and talked tanks. What he LEARNED me is that a Battle tank running at up to 50Kmh is VERY LOUD. Everyone knows they are coming. That is why you have the "Jeeps" creeping quietly out front with all the optics and electronics to see. Now that cannon fires laser guiuded munitions, can dire reload refire while at 50KMhr. The "Jeep" Lasers the target and the Leclerc can hit it from over the horizon. Invisible. Now give me 4 Russian conscripts in a T72 who are wondering where their fuel tanker is...
In most Commonwealth armies, 'adjutant' is another name for sergeant major, who is usually a senior-level Warrant Officer (WO2 in the British Army, Warrant Officer, Master Warrant (MWO) or Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) in the Canadian Army.) However, the term seems to have fallen into disuse in the English-speaking parts of the Canadian Army, but is still used in francophone regiments. You mention a 'master corporal' rank in the French Army, which is a real rank in the Canadian Army, and sits between the ranks of Corporal and Sergeant.
As a point of reference and comparison, in Canadian tank regiments, it's common for Master Corporals and Sergeants to be crew commanders within a troop of tanks (usually three tanks), and sometimes Warrant Officers are in command. Sometimes, corporals who are on the verge of being promoted to Master Corporal can command a tank.
The entire troop is led by an officer, usually second lieutenants and lieutenants, while squadrons comprising three or four troops, are commanded by those at the Captain and Major rank. Entire regiments comprising three or four squadrons are commanded by Colonel rank and above.
Canadian tank regiments also have a wheeled reconnaissance squadron attached to the regiment, similar to the way the French have their recce elements organized.
As a guy who doesn't understand much about military organization, your videos are amazing and so easy to understand. If i may, i would love a video where you cover some militaries that don't get much attention, a video about a Venezuelan company or an Philipino one for example. Thanks for your work.
And btw, do you have any recommendations on sources where there are explanations on the "basics" of organization and maybe videos on how these companies work in real operations
Fascinating stuff sir! please continue to make more good videos like this
0:42 it’s rarer to see sub-lieutenants as platoon leaders since most officers in France come out of their school as Lieutenant. Most commonly, officers are trained in the EMIA or ESM, which gives them the rank of Lieutenant after the end of their training. Only the EMAC gives the rank of sub-lieutenant after the end of the training.
Maybe there’s more sub-lieutenants if we count the ODS (Officier Des Spécialités), who are promoted sub-lieutenants after having served as an NCO long enough.
Hey Battle Order... I've admired your analysis on modern militaries, especially when Russia, China & USA is considered..
Could you please analyse the Indian Armed forces tactics, formations and inventory please??
Love from India 🇮🇳❤️
That would be interesting.
Yes please! I don't know anything about them while they are super important to contain the chinese
@@J_X999Well mostly I agree with you but indian armed forces arsenal is kind of mixed than what is popularly believed. India has operated western weapons since the 50's ( the list is too long for it to be listed)Currently it consists of American, russian, French, Israeli and indigenous types.
While in the Navy's case majority of the surface fleet is indigenous.
And most of the Russian inventory was bought in 1980's- 1990's is heavily modified for eg. T-72 tank with thales fire control system, BMP-2 with a indigenous optics, Su30 which has a Israeli targeting pod and jammer pod, French and Italian avionics and indigenous missiles, Old VSHORADS modified with digital architecture and control.
The point being while everything may not be cutting edge but the picture is more nuanced than a simple Russian weapons operator. In fact though the Indian military imported Russian weapons but never the Russian tactics.
Can you elaborate on "ability to fight in modern battlefield"?
@@J_X999 Yes, while efforts are going on and there is progress but we still have a long way to go on this front.
Right on man, this is precisely what goes with that first coffee of the day.
Or 4th of the night, I forget how it goes 😬 many thanks for covering this 👍🍻🇨🇦
Très beau travail. Bravo 👌🏻 Regards from France 🇫🇷
A pretty interesting and really well made video! Your animations are great, which software do you use?
Adobe After Effects
So a French Tank company is 17 tanks compared to Nato 14, plus a ton of other stuff as well?
(Notices the Warno music playing in the background) Ah I see you too are a person of culture.
So... quick nitpick, since we're talking french cavalry, the color of the ranks should be silver and blue not gold and red. Gold/red is for the infantry, silver/blue is for the cavalry.
Another great vidéo, thx!
This is really good video because you are talking slower than you normally do
Loved the video @Battle Order! Can't wait for the next video man! First video of yours that I'm watching and Loving the content man! This might come in handy when I can Manage to start some proper work on an Add-on for the Stormworks: Build and Rescue Community that I'm currently calling the "AI Forces Inventory Overhaul" for the Weapons DLC. I also have to make some allowances for the more recent Industrial Frontier Expansion DLC for the Desert Countries like out in the Middle East.
The WARNO ost in the background goes hard
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Ones again, a wonderful informative video!
If you have time could you do a breakdown of the danish army, more specifically 1st brigade which is meant as the danish reaction force.
Correction : "major" is not a dedicated rank actually, it is a true rank over Adjudant-chef; but is deserved to sub-officer that had a great career. Therefore most of unit leader will be more Adjudant-chef than Major.
I'm French and I didn't find anything as detailed in French about the Modern French Army. Great job 😎👍
Those leclercs look good
I very much appreciate the clarity of your presentation. Congratulations for the research work. Just a question ; I didn't know that the term adjutant existed in English - is this designation still being used on some occasions ?
Adjutant isn’t usually a rank in English, but rather a position. Basically an assistant to a commander (but not in the sense of a deputy)
@@BattleOrder Very clear, thank you for taking the time to answer. You have a new subscriber.
But you have to say adjudant* un french. (and 't' at the end is silent)
When I was serving in the 501, that was the first squadron that was called company. I never heard it was because of the melting during WWII (that does not mean it's wrong), but because it was an heritage of assault artillery, not linked with cavalry.
Thanks for this great video (as usual). You made a small mistake : the french word for the 2nd in command NCO rank is adjudant, not adjutant. This could be useful for your next videos 😊
Adjutant is the English word
@@BattleOrder OK, sorry for my mistake. 😊
Love the Countryball in the thumbnail
Love the 80s back ground music 🎶
Could you do a video on the different infantry battalions of the Italian Army
A really neat presentation showing the intricate details in a manner that I can understand.
Very nice. 😊
Super insightful!
really interesting fast mobile doctrine for french military
Guess they learned that its quite effective
Great infos as always.
Symbology: is the 2 dots correct for a platoon, thought it was normally 3?
Two being for a section.
The icons with two dots are displaying a unit smaller than the platoon, in this case a Leclerc group with 4 tanks and an Investigation group with 4 VBLs. They make up a platoon which is displayed as 3 dots
@Battle Order got it the VBLs and the tanks make the platoon. Didn't see it in ur vids, but it would be nice see a vid on current-future US combined arms bn.
I'm going out on a limb here, but what about the Singapore military?
Need more video like this. About other countries military
great video thank you for your work ! also, can someone explain why there are yellow triangles on the VBCI at 5:18 ?
I think it is a patern of Camo that is made to make the vehicule look less like a vehicule at long distance. I do believe that those triangles also have thermal properties that makes them shine less on IR optics, thus changing the vehicule's overall IR signature to the one of a legit slice of cheese with holes in it.
Might be cause of the weather of the part of France i live in, but the IFVs that are very often seen training in the fields and in the middle of cities near my home are usualy painted with the new Brown/pink -ish Camo of the ground army
I never Saw this Camo IRL
@@Liam-hk7sc fascinating, thanks !
@@Liam-hk7sc i believe it’s for the oppfor at an exercice
Unique does not mean "unusual". It means "one of a kind". There are no degrees of uniqueness: saying that one thing is more unique than another is meaningless.
Leclerc MBT was perhaps the best tank in the 90s and 2000s. Unfortunately, the lack of constant evolution and upgrating mean that the Leclerc in not in the podium today. It fails where the french Rafale win : a long term vision with technical improvements and indutrial strategy.
Leclerc XLR
could you do a video on french ranks and rank insignia at some point? They sound so different from the rest of NATO
Is that the WARNO soundtrack in the background
Didn’t a war-thunder player leak classified info on this tank😂
Could you cover tank and mechanized forces of the german Bundeswehr, please?
I have to give some love to the French OAB just because all the recon in there,at the lowest level.
Presque parfait !!!
Qq erreurs qu'on va mm pas relever... Leclerc=haute couture
Rapid, efficient, rustic.
Now I have a new offroad build for my Land Cruiser after watching this.
This is a great video thanks a lot from France !
Is the music in the background part of the WARNO soundtrack?
" maréchal des logis" is for white force ( non combating force ( logistic, material, train etc ) ) cavalry is yellow force ( fighting force ) there are no " maréchal des logis" is yellow force. Only sergents.
You Can see the difference when looking at the ranks strips when they are not on the field. Yellow or white tell you which type of régiment they belong to ( on the field both have camo strips ) same with brigadier. This also is white force rank. In cavalry its caporal.
No, the difference in rank colors and names comes from tradition : on foot or horse mounted.
Maréchal des logis (=Sargent) is for any mounted unit (traditions) : Armor, Cavalry, Matériel (Ordnance+Repair), Train (transport & logistics). Ranks for these units are in silver color (=white). In these units a Corporal is called Brigadier.
Remaining French units (on foot, as per traditions) have gold rank stripes : Infantry, Artillery
in artillery regiments sergeants are maréchal des logis but their ranks are gold :)
Isn't the claim about the Leclerc being the only non-soviet autoloading NATO MBT ignoring the Type 90 however? Still uncommon.
Just a sidenote ofc.
Japan isn’t in NATO mate
Can you explain the differences between the three fields of ISR, and who has responsibility over which?
I know Military Intelligence usually handles the I (duh) and I believe higher headquarters just divvy up their S2 section to handle that, but at which point does the job of reconnaissance transfer over from MI to say, in the US, Cavalry? Are Cavalry S2 sections the "tip of the tip of the spear" in this case? Who handles surveillance? Is it dependant on the situation and the scale of the mission? This is mostly pertaining to boots on the ground, since I know it gets a lot more complicated if we talk about things like Signals Intelligence.
Also, at what point do cavalry focus more on screening than they do recon? When cavalry screens, is that when Cav S2 handles the recon? I probably already know the answer in a sense but I just wanted to get your expertise on the issue.
the warno music makes it so much better
As a french myself, I can't help but to correct a tiny language mistake. Under lieutenants there are adjudants and adjudants-chefs, not adjutants.
Just for the general information of anyone reading the comment after watching the video of course.
there is an inversion between adjudant and adjudant-chef. What is shown is rignt for infantry, not for cavalry or other "white" "armes". Just a detail
Amazing! Can you make a video about Marines ANGLICO?
i'm not sur amx10 observation variant are still used by the french army
It will be replaced by the EBRC Jaguar. This is a "spaceship" on wheels.
God the French ranks seem confusing, will there be a video on them soon as well as other countries?
Here you go :
en.wikipedia.org//wiki/Ranks_in_the_French_Army
Many of these particularities have logical grounds: for example, if 4 and 5 stars generals aren't ranks but honours, it is because a 3-stars one has already all the qualifications for their roles and if need be they can be relieved of command and replaced by younger leaders.
Small detail, in practice, all the VBLs are manned by 3 crew !
Send me back god, I’m ready for another boogaloo into Eastern Europe.
Gotta love the French nacho camo
I always really liked 1980s French Armored units in wargames do to all of the Light Wheeled Vehicles which made them very fast & flexible.
Wait where is the anti air unit? They should add that since drone is now a part of of combined arms
Yes, they are. And they are integrated into the technique of the SCORPION program.
Amazing video! Any chance for a US Army Tank Regiment?
Hi , bonjour !! 👋 did you notices that général Mark Milley wears FRENCH paratroopers médal ? Yep he does ..
Very good vidéo " pointue" i switch in french les VAB.pour "véhicules de l'avant blindés" transports de troupes, en 4 ou 6 roues sont entrain de partir à la retraites et sont déjà en Ukraine, remplacés par les "griffons" en cours de production également les AMX 10 RC "RC" signifie Roue Canon et pas ReConnaissance sont entrain d'être remplacés par les "jaguar" super truc ! Pour la reconnaissance avec canon de 40 mm rapidfire NEXTER. les VBCI véhicules de combat d'infanterie sont excellents mais n'existent que dans 2 versions speciale je crois, medic et commandement. Les VBL véhicules blindés légers savent tout faire ... pleins de version. Si vous en voyiez un à côté d'un Humvee, vous le trouveriez microscopique !! 😀 C'est très vieux date de Panhard, mais TRES TRES fiable, remplacement par Serval .. dans 10 ans ... nous n'utilisons plus de landrover ( sauf pour vigipirate sur notre sol) les MBT Leclerc sont je crois les seuls au monde à pouvoir tirer ET recharger en roulant .. 1 coups / 6 secondes. 100% impacts à 50 km/h en off-road.
Voilà, l'armée française a de très beaux atouts, en particuliers des soldats de TRES TRES haut niveau, bien éduqués, formés aux armes modernes et complexes avec justement une VRAIE échelle de commandement ou les lieutenants tiennent une place particulière et la rends très efficace surtout en opérations extérieures. PAR contre l'armée Française même si c'est la première d'Europe ( terre / mer / air) reste assez "petite" 180000 hommes et un budget pas énorme, car notre dissuasion nucléaire nous coûte TRES cher ( sous marins, missiles, etc ) donc SVP laissez nous exportez nos Rafales au lieu des F35 ( pardon f35 = f22 = total kill 1 ballon ⚽️. Haha 😀 )
Comme ça, vous pourrez continuer à faire des super vidéos sur notre armee, sans oublier les sous marins Australiens ..... PLEASE let us sell ours weapons ! 😀😃
Voilà !!! I have read some commentaires of the vidéos MERCI thanks all for supporting and loving FRANCE 😀 and congratulation for the vidéo !!! Thx
.. oops i forgot, fuck Poutine !!! Support UKRAINE !!! Thx USA keep on till total freedom ( crimes was conquished by french and british 186x ... because Russians attacked Turquie) kick Poutine OUT unless all tyrans Will act his way. !
hello everyone, thanks for your vidéo.
this is the fench army of 2010 and you ar forget the aircraft, drone, satelite, helicoptere and regiment's artillery who accompanied the leclerc whi is expensive and precious for france for be deployed only.
have you see the eurofactory ? where is leclerc xlr, griffon, jaguar, serval, cesar, rafale, tiger or nh90 ?
in a 4 man tank the loader is for most of the time is the worker, the cleaner, the cook, the person available for tidying up. Who does all the above when there are only 3?
The 3 of them
1:41 Concerning the vbls they are being replaced with the Nexter Serval and maybe the Nexter Scarabee
The VBL replacement will be Véhicule Blindé d’Aide à l’Engagement (VBAE) and as far as I know no winner has been selected.
@@BattleOrder yes the Aquus Scarabee is the VBAE. The Serval is a smaller version of a Gryphon
@@mr._nighthawk7215 Last I read in 2022 it hasn't actually been selected. It is a competitor for the program alongside the Soframe Mosaic