The SAS Iranian Embassy Siege, 1980 - Animated
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- Iranian militants take over the Iranian Embassy in London. The UK's elite special forces unit, the SAS, prepare to storm the building to rescue the hostages. In central London, on a UK public holiday, the world's media shows up, and a nation watches the raid live on TV.
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Imagine being a Hostage being evacuated and All of a sudden the Sas guy throws a guy down the stairs and just mag dumps him in front of you
rolf, ikr
@@jamestaylor8577 I'm sure he was rolling on the floor when he was pushed down
@@FarmingtonS9 bruhhh
"No ticket!"
In actuality though it was the hostages that signalled to the SAS that the chap was one of the terrorists.
TWO operatives mag dumped the dude. Like geez...
R.I.P. dustbin. It had such a promising life ahead of it.
pFfft it was full of trash, and you know it!
That dustbin is a brave martyr of Iran.
A rubbish way to go, really!
The dustbin was a spy. They were just taking out the trash.
@@hawkeye5955 You win the internet tonight!!! 🤣
I can barely hit a headshot at 10 yards against a paper target under the best conditions at the indoor range. This guy did it while his head was on fire, and with a lung full of cs gas while chasing a terrorist in a hostage situation. The amount of skill and sheer nerve that takes to pull off is inhuman.
Or you could say, A special force. 🤨
@@diegotoledo6798 ey, i am pretty special too, at least that's what my mum says :)
Seriously. I don’t think people appreciate just how hard marksmanship is. It requires a bunch of factors to be taken into account to line up an actual shot, so for him to so effortlessly line that up and fire within seconds whilst being on fire is incredible.
source: I have a gun
What made it even more epic was the respirators. I served in the army and that was how they'd beast us when someone fucked up. They'd make us run with them. Due to the way rubber reacts with the skin, you are breaking out in chronic sweats literally within meters. Even the elite athletes on this planet would not be able to run more than 20m in a respirator. It's why you don't see other units doing this
Tbh as amazing as the feat was, soldiers are already trained to operate even with tear gas in their lungs. I would expect spec ops to be more than capable of firefighting under such conditions, so really it was just all part of the job for them. The gas masks are simply a luxury, which explains why his first reaction was to tear it off and carry on. Pretty amazing stuff.
Honestly, this operation could've been an extreme failure.
One of the key reasons for the Munich Tragedy in 1972 was the fact that the news were filming and broadcasting everything the police was doing, which the hostage takers were then seeing on their TVs.
It's a surprise that not only was this permitted 8 years later but is also being put into a very positive light in this video.
Preach. This sort of thing is *categorically* a recipe for failure. Even at that point in time, it was a big breach of protocol for operations, as any report would hamper on the tactics the rescuers could use in order to reduce casualties. It was a blessing that the terrorists did not have a TV on at the time.
That said, I'd blame that on politicians and media capitalizing on the success, at the risk of the lives of everyone involved in the operation. Even nowadays, the media would drool over for an event like this. Hell, here in Mexico, there was a controversy over some guy that was captured, off the cameras... and then had him re-captured *for a fecking spectacle on television*. This sort of thing has only gotten worse due to 24/7 news channels.
The hostage situation had run for 6 days and the press were all around the building. How do you propose getting them out of there without alerting them that something is about to go down? If the terrorists are watching the tv, and they see people ushering the press away and switching off cameras, then surely that is a dead giveaway that something is happening. The press being there in the first place was unavoidable to prevent the terrorists executing hostages, since the terrorists wanted to publicize their cause. And if you let the press in on what is about to happen there is a very real chance that someone will give the game away. For all anyone knew, there could be members of the press who sympathized with the terrorists.
What gets me about you armchair quarterbacks is that you assume no-one thought of any of this.
The German police were total amateurs in the first place. The terrorists didn't shoot their hostages immediately after the police had sprung their 'ambush' at the airfield where the terrorists directed the helicopters to land.
*It took about an hour* before the police got reinforced by armoured vehicles from the German army and could approach the 'entrenched' terrorists under cover of the vehicles.
During the extremely long shootout that preceded the arrival of the armoured vehicles, German police snipers were positioned in such bad positions that one was actually shot by the other snipers.
If the police had trained for such an eventuality and had rushed the scene with the armoured vehicles just after the terrorists had landed with their hostages in the helicopters, many hostages would have been saved.
@@AudieHolland Indeed. They weren't trained to handle these kinds of situations at all and the entire operation was mishandled as there actually was a trained unit for these kinds of situations stationed relatively nearby and just waiting to receive orders to move out...which they didn't get.
Hence why I did say one of the factors. Not all the factors, one of the factors.
And why it continues being so baffling that they permitted it years later and it's being praised as "showing the nation the capabilities of this unit" rather than noted as another one of the multitude of things that could've upset the entire operation.
@@christianhaegler4817 Sometimes you just cannot completely control the situation, especially if the hostage situation is taking place in the heart of a major city (London, Munich).
The SAS were able to keep their preparations hidden from the terrorists in the embassy, untill they actually entered the complex.
At Munich, the German authorities did nothing to prevent their preparations from being filmed and broadcast on live television.
My father remembers another hostage situation, the Train Hijacking of 1977 at De Punt in The Netherlands.
He was awake early on Saturday morning, 05:00 h. partially because he was used to be called out of his bed since he was a medical specialist and he suspected that the authorities would start an operation pretty soon.
The storming of the train at De Punt was actually broadcast live on Dutch national radio. Special Marine forces were blasting parts of the train where the terrorists were known to 'reside,' with heavy caliber machineguns (.50 cals).
I was just a small kid at the time so all I learned about it was that the hijacking was ended by Marines and that two of the hostages were accidentally killed but by far most were unharmed.
Every pub in a 50 mile radius of Hereford has a old bloke who says he was the first man on the balcony
Lmao
I get the feeling the one who was really the first one wouldn't talk about it.
Yeah but none of them are Mac.
It must have been a big balcony to fit all those walts
What’s the color of the boathouse at Hereford?
Palmer kept cool in the face of a botched entrance, his gas mask catching fire, dealing with gas, and a jammed main gun. Proceeded to pop a militant in the head with a pistol which probably saved several hostages, and carried out the rest of the operation.
That's a COD moment right there.
@@dyingember8661 lmaooo it is
"Rememba, switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading." the quotr I will never forget even though I am civillian and never own a firearm lol
@Brad Carter Sadly there are many countries around the world that would rather their citizens are unable to defend themselves or their families from anything, including my country.
@@VainerCactus0 FGC 9 lol
7:56 I love that that part of the siege has actually been documented so accurately.
wasnt this stupid? might have been a hostage for all he knew
@@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162es i was abit confused too. But i guess getting his entire squad killed is worse than killing 1 man
@@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162 they knew who was a hostage and who wasnt.
@@kaliningradtoczechrepublic8162 They memorized every one of the terrorists' faces
I was an 11 year old playing in the back garden, my dad came out and said "Come and see this son, this is history being made." My dad thought it was the terrorists who had blown the building up, no one had heard of the SAS before then but all we heard in the news for weeks was SAS. They have been legendary ever since - without any doubt the world's top special force.
Definitely no Englishman if you never heard of the SAS, they destroyed more AXIS aircraft than the RAF you peanut!
The SAS were born in the African desert in WW2. The exploits of the desert rats is legendary
Don't forget the GIGN and GSG9!
@frankmiller3367 gsg9 is a police unit akin to swat in usa. You mean KSK
They were known of to some people at least because thats the first thing I remember my evil "father" saying when men in black appeared. "Shit there we go look they've had it now! SAS!"
Even now, 40 years later it's quite remarkable how effective that raid assault was and still is a leading example of how it's done.
Yes. Just think of all the fucks up in the Munich Massacre. They where a bit more ready for this one.
There has been loads of raids like this during the WOT, some with even more men. The operators today have more trigger time then any special forces units even those during WW2. I read one Navy Seals account saying that they were doing two raids per week on average and at one stage just didn't bother with comprehensive mission planning.
@@manticore4952 and then you've got the Moscow theater disaster
It's also worth noting how much random shit went wrong, and this raid is still considered perfect. SF operations aren't as smooth in reality as on tv.
@@Nmille98 while I don't know the operation Nimrod past the Netflix movie, it reminds me of the Marignane flight assault by the GIGN. Also one of their best operation where shit hit the fan before even entering the plane
What a legend Tommy Palmer was! On fire, his primary weapon jammed, no gas mask in a room full of CS gas and he still managed to identify and eliminate his target!
Always remember it's easier to switch to a secondary than reload or correct a jam. Lol.
Armed with the Browning Hi Power pistol. Most underrated sidearm ever
There's an old saying in military history first quoted by Prussian Marshal Moltke "No plan survives first contact with the enemy." With this in mind General Eisenhower once said "I find plans to be useless, but I find planning essential." There were mistakes made but they worked around them so while errors and mishaps did occur they were not fatal because they were prepared and knew how to act on their feet.
I mean the second that thing jams, if you've got an active threat you dump it and get your sidearm. I'm sure that's exactly what he did, but this portrayal makes it seem like it took a bit. In reality it was probably 1-2 seconds.
@@EstorilEm Remember switching to your pistol, is always faster than reloading. Or In this case clearing the jam.
I had my M16A2 jammed in Nasiriyah 2003, it happened in an alleyway I had burst mode for the 16 and the thing jammed when an insurgent with an AK poked out. I switched to my M9 and shot the whole 15 round in the magazine but sadly the guy got away somehow, probably I shot erratically cuz I panicked . Tbh I'm not a good shot, but every Marine is a rifleman first.
"Who dares, wins" may be the motto for the SAS, but that one guy definitely has "Who shoots bins" as his motto
You just KNOW he got stick for a while over that haha
"You scare bins"
@@johnbanks4761 I assume 'he got stick' means they took the piss out of him for that one?
Hilarious :D
@@thetute59 knowing how we were back in the day..yeah they took 7 kinds out of him haha and yeah getting stick means about the same thing
I had the privilege of working with the SAS during my tour in Afghanistan in 2012 we had 3 of them attached to my section, the word highly trained doesn't give credit, they flow like water in and out of rooms and go straight for the serpents head and very rarely use cover, just forward aggression for pure intimidation and speed. They are the most chilled guys ever and when we was on stagg (watch) they gave us their Diemaco assault rifles that was like alien tech to a private like me, I swear it had thermal sights and the rifle was transparent, all the working parts and bullets in the magazine was visible! nobody trust the British army's SA80 we called it the double agent because it worked for the enemy by having stoppages at exactly the wrong moment. Sorry for the rant, I just love these guys.
Very interesting thanks for sharing
Thank you for your service! Cheers from the UK
"they gave us their weapons, they were like alien tech to me"
i imagine all the equipment and weapons puppet potatoe biden left behind in afghanistan are like alien tech to their new 'owners' ....
should keep the SAS busy for 100 more years... i would wipe my ass with my service ribbon after aug 2021, what a joke
I've heard the SA80 been referred to as the civil servant, it doesn't work and it can't be fired
@@MrPacproductions 😂😂
Engaging targets while under fire is one thing, but engaging targets while on fire, kudos man! Kudos!
And being under CS gas effects, shows that the training is really on another level.
Well that's determination to the extreme level
@@GunsNGames1 CS is more of an adrenaline rush than a deterrent, once you've trained in it enough. I'm surprised that they went with the full hoods, if it was only CS, which I suspect it was. OMG I could go for a good gassing RN.
@@buckstarchaser2376 I don't know about an adrenaline rush but definitely less an irritant and more of a nuisance once someone has trained with it regularly.
When they tell you to open fire...
The perfect demonstration of constant drills and exercises. Luck didn’t play a part in it, each man knew his place, defaulted to his drills and did his job. 👏
bad luck did, as gun jammed, or curtain cought on fire. The initial part screams like a sh*tshow, luckily that did not caused much problem
Definition of being british, drill, plan and then no matter what muddle through with gallantry
@@jerikrazik4707 I have British accent, I'm possibly homosexual, I never brush my teeth and my wife is ghastly! bombs away!
@@jerikrazik4707 yeah no, the British may want to tell themselves as much but it’s the furthest thing from the truth
Well, except for the guy who shot up a dustbin
I was a Sapper in Bessbrook Mill, South Armagh, in 1988. There was an SAS section in a room down the corridor where we had our accomodation. There was a sign on the door: 'If our business isn't your business, f*** off!'
The guys and kit seen coming and going were extraordinary, to put it mildly!
“The men are served ice cold beer” how every story should end
Feels like an anacronism. Brits like their beer room temperature.🤣
@@TheBierpcellar temperature
A few things missed.
1. The SAS made a mock set up of the embassy to rehearse entry and room clearance in the four days before the hostage was killed.
2. Photos were memorised of each terrorist by every SAS entering the building.
3. The SAS did recon late at night to study who was on guard duties and who was asleep. To establish how many terrorist were left on lookout.
4. The SAS wanted to go in with silencer's at night. After it was clear only 2-3 (depending on the time) terrorist were left on watch over night. The proposal was rejected by the government as it was deemed not the UK way.
It’s amazing to me how the government officials making these calls, with little to absolutely no tactical intelligence, can tell these guys what to do. You’d think they would listen to the guys who plan for this nonstop, but I guess not
Wait what’s the UK way? I thought nightfighting was Western SOF doctrine to their core, and SAS are basically the pioneers of Western SOF
@@wildbill3267 I believe the Uk government didn’t want to kill the terrorists whilst they were sleeping for whatever reason
@@curtiswhyte3297 Well you also won't know where those sleeping terrorists are you'd rather have them up and about and visible.
@@curtiswhyte3297 which is stupid, they basically said the terrorists deserve better than their hostages wtf
Hell yes the best way to make a Friday even better is an operations room video
The best!
Yeah!
always
What he said
Literally the first thing I said when I saw this video was “hell yeah!”
Operation Nimrod is one of my favourite pieces of Special Forces history, and your Doorkickers-style depiction of the operation is entertaining and informative. Great work!
Just shows how professional those guys were, that they didn't shoot a hostage by mistake in all the mayhem.
Besides ol dustbin
@@kgbricks7426 hey dustbins can be quite threatening😂😂
Casualties: 5 militants, 1 civilian, and a dustbin
RIP dustbin we will never forget you!
NEVER FORGET
@@timmccarthy872 Justice 4 bin!!
War criminals. What did that poor dust bin do get brutally executed like that?
I'm pretty sure that garbage can's...ahem...dustbin's lawyer had plenty to say about its misidentification and mistreatment.
That dustbin was just two weeks from retirement!
That low flying Concorde was a good touch lmao
Redirecting air traffic to generate some cover noise is pretty clever.
@@Nainara32 Yeah, I'd have expected them to throw up some mock construction work or something... but flying planes? Insane.
ThatOneGuy they also did start drilling in the street as well but was not loud enough so they re routed planes as well for extra cover.
Me as an aviation enthusiast: joining the terrorists and sitting on the roof to watch planes all the day long... 👍😂
@@bananajoe3669 😂
It was actually aircraft that were departing Heathrow that were used to help cover up the activities in and around the embassy. The normal departure direction is away from the city, but wind permitting all departures were to take off towards the city. Initially climbing to a low altitude, they were given climb clearance just as they approached the embassy area to increase the noise from applying climb power. All went well until the usually quiet Saturday morning in London, after a couple of departures the phone calls with noise complaints didn't stop. The departure procedure became to be known as the Ayatollah 1 amongst those in the know and the pilots that worked it out.
The SAS wrote the book on situations like this, as a former SWAT/ERT member of a California Metro Law Enforcement Agency, this event was our calling card for training. LA County Sheriff/LAPD/Orange County Sheriff and many close agencies have used the tactics of the SAS to save hundreds of lives. The US Navy SEAL Team Six (DEV GRU), DELTA FORCE and several other military units were created from this incident and Americans sleep peaceful in their beds at night because men like this are willing to use violence on their behalf and if necessary pay the ultimate price.
yea, they'll use deadly force; but when it comes to defending the US against election fraud and totalitarianism, they're nowhere to be found!
I wrote the book on them.
Don’t blow too much smoke up their asses. Most do it because it’s an exciting thing to do. They’re typically not a romantic, overly idealistic group.
Delta force existed before this, you dolt!
@@samplename8721lol delta was formed in 1977 and the SAS helped established delta. Read Charles beckwith book about the SAS and how he wanted an SAS unit in the USA.
6:20 Switching to your sidearm is always faster than reloading (or un-jamming in this case)
Something I always forgot when I play farcry 2 whenever my weapon jammed in the middle of shootout.
Damn, COD MW came out in 2007, I was in Iraq 2003-04 and my 16 was jammed and immediately switched to the Beretta, this was in Al Kut I think, so I didn't have Gaz in my head saying this very famous quote, this was way before the game. After the game released and I bought it for my Xbox 360 after my service, when I heard Gaz I extremely get flashbacks so to speak lol
@@ramal5708 nice solider
Someone had to say it lol
Reloading, no. Clearing a fault, yes. The problem is that in the heat of battle, realizing the difference between being out of ammo, and having a misfire, isn't very easy so it's more practical to turn to sidearms. Worth remembering is that there is only a miniscule number of combat kills with pistols compared to rifles or carbines.
Can we talk about the SAS member who shoved the militant hiding with a grenade. Man acted without saying anything and they executed perfectly in that situation.
This what happens when you prepare for the operation. You need to know who's the hijacker/terrorist and who's civillian. Luckily they have a good intel and photos of the terrorists
@@ramal5708 The terrorist, who was hiding and was identified in the garden afterwards, was being dragged back into the building by an SAS trooper, presumably to be dealt with, when another trooper pointed out that news camera's were filming.....saved the guys life. The terrorist served over 20 years in prison. Was released on parole....but can't be returned to Iran as they will execute him, as a result he now lives in South London, and, incredibly, is in a relationship with one of the Iranian hostages....
@@dogsnads5634 wait what
The guy he shoved got mag dumped… twice. There was a bit of controversy about it
@@dogsnads5634 do you think I didn't know that did you?
In other type of raid on hostage situation in 1981 Indonesian SF raid on hijacked airliner in Bangkok, there were 5 terrorists on board and 4 of them were shot dead during the raid and 1 captured but the SF guys shot the sole surviving terrorist in the SF's plane on their way home. Then they declared mission complete after all terrorist are confirmed dead.
When the narrator mentioned that the MP5 jammed, I automatically heard the phrase, "switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading", from the SAS training level in Modern Warfare 1. And he did switch to a pistol landing the headshot. I guess they really do say this in SAS training 😂
I was part of air-transport wing, I met some Aussie SAS guys. I was the crew chief for their aircraft (as a trade supervisor). They were going for a halo (High-altitude military parachuting) practice from the ramp. Then tactal flying (in a c-130). Seeing how I hadn't seen that before, I went to watch the halo from inside the aircraft, I got permission and went. It was astonishing to watch. So, because at least some of what was going on under my control, I was talking to them, as much as you can and learned that these "hilarious" guys were all named Brian it was my intention of getting even...
There's always someone who loses their lunch tactical flying, it's almost a natural law. C-130's flat out as low as possible, throwing the airframe around, warm, low visibility, virtually no windows, and definitely no way to communicate. Perfect conditions, so I played an old trick on 'em in retaliation. Once one had vomited, more did. So I had the loadmaster put "mine" in with the collection. Nobody knew mine just contained a empty tin of "two fruits" but it certainly looked like spew.
When I helped recover the aircraft, I had all the spew, quickly located mine and started to eat it with a fork in front of them as they disembarked the plane. Some threw up again, it was glorious! The comments were what made it hardest to keep a straight face though. We had some big laughs at the squadron boozer that night. The story is longer and more detailed but you get the idea :-)
I’m sure that guy who mag dumped a dust bin has never heard the end of it.
My man saved countless lives 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Dustbins are apex predators, the lad did good.
i hear the bin survived , and lives happily in the caretakers back garden as a fire-pit bin
@@busteredwards2319 the bin survived and escaped the country for afganistan, he would later be known as bin laden as he committed a heinous terrorist act on new york he was KIA by some seals on 2nd, may, 2011
I remember this so well. It wasn't just a bank holiday, but Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins was playing in a world championship snooker final. Coming from Northern Ireland, you can guess we were all stuck to the tv that day. Then all of a sudden the news came on, we were all like WTF, I vividly remember the body of the first hostage coming out, he was wearing a yellow jumper. Then reporters were saying this and that, then all of a sudden, these sinister black figures appeared on the balcony and it seemed like all hell broke loose. I was convinced that one of those guys actually blew themselves up blowing the windows in.
It's not until I saw this video tonight that I've realised that that moment when I was 11 or 12 years old was when I developed an interest in military history. Who were these guys and who is the SAS. I got a copy of Who Dares Wins, the history of the SAS and it all went from there.
By the way the coverage did go back to the snooker, and Higgins won.
You don’t remember it that well. Cliff Thorburn beat Alex Higgins. Alex won 2 years later 😎
@@tufty7026 Ha ha, well spotted, I was sure it was that day, but you are right. It did get me into military history, not snooker.😁
Higgins used to smoke a lot of embassies too, I seem to recall
They really showed the secret breaching operation on tv ?
Good thing there was no tv on inside, and that phones weren't there yet
Blair "Paddy" Mayne, Newtonards. The Greatest SAS member.
I've played two great videogames inspired by this event. The first was the French game "Hostages", which had you sneaking the snipers into place and then rappelling into the building; It was one of the first FPS games ever made. The second was "Sabre Team", an isometric tactical turn-based game where you had a team of 4 SAS operatives fighting through the building. Good times.
This is really great content. Recently just found your channel so looking forward to watching your back catalogue and what's coming in the future. Thanks for producing!
What a hell of a thing for a bunch of black ops soldiers: do an op live on TV, and then when you succeed, the PM walks in unannounced to congratulate you. I didn't know that part. Thanks for doing this.
She apparently had a fantastic relationship with the Regiment during her tenure
She also walked in front of the TV while the lads were swigging beers and watching a replay of it after. To which Mac (John McAleese) shouted, "Get out the f**king way!"...she said sorry and moved.
@@unbearifiedbear1885
She did. None before. None after.
R.I.P. Tom. Died 30 Dec 2019 New Zealand
She was the iron lady. Say what you want about her ..she had more guts and spine than any politician since good old winnie..we are still waiting for another of their toughness
@@johnbanks4761 How is she presented/remembered in the modern UK? (If you are from there). She was the first female prime minister, but her politics were so at odds with modern liberal/OC/woke crap, I rarely see her mentioned, or frequently mentioned in a bad light.
*THANK YOU* for doing justice to the story of PC Trevor Lock
The "6 Days" movie was okay up till they get to his fight for survival...where they just show the SAS busting in to save him
The man kept that revolver hidden for days for that very moment, and the movie just brushed over him
also he was winning the fight its just that the sas had firepower so they moved him aside an fed the bad guy a balanced diet of 100 percent led
In a later interview, PC Lock recounted that the SAS man shouted at him Trevor, move away. He was puzzled how this man knew his name.. but moved aside anyway.
PC Lock is the real chad here :D
He is my grandfather
@@freddieenever676 No Luke, I am your father.
You failed to mention that one of the SAS operators had to be stopped from executing the captured militant outside by his superiors. Other than that great recreation.
It’s in the animation at the end
Yeah I always thought that was one of the most interesting bits. I guess they normally don't take prisoners which is p scary.
Would've been fucked up if they did that on international tv lol
seems a lot of baddies got shot as they were 'about to pull grenades' ... that final execution was just too public
I remember seeing this on the evening news as a kid. I said "Dad, look at these guys. They look like ninjas with machine guns." All I remember seeing is the balcony breach. It look like the breach was so confined that it even hurt the SAS. Back then Delta Force and Seals were unseen. Mostly glamorized by Hollywood fiction, but the SAS showed what these guys were capable of doing in real time, and real life. Crazy.
But what really left a lasting impression on me was that the SAS didn't wear helmets. Back then military, national guard, and SWAT all wore helmets and uniforms with insignia. These guys were all in, and way ahead of modern tactics at the time. You couldn't size them up because they wore masks with no helmets, and wore all black with no insignia.
Seal Team Six didn't yet exist. Delta Force had only had one mission prior to this which had gone horribly wrong and were busy restructuring to address the problems they found.
SAS operatives had to memorize all the faces of hostages, a mock up of the building was built and they trained over and over based on it
Hmm. Now I know why Gaz is constantly telling me why switching to my sidearm is always faster than reloading.
Comment of the day! 🤣
Your videos are so good at not only explaining clearly what happened (obvious I know but I've heard people explain mili ops so horrendously bad it's not funny) but also brilliant at showing just how quickly and easily ops can go tits up even for the best of the best which is something not many civillians understand
I'm glad that I found your channel. Thanks for the effort you put into these animations. Your animations and narrating are awesome and exciting! I simply love these videos. Keep it up.
Diverting planes from Heathrow to cover sounds of your activity is a real big-brain move.
Other additional points of interest:
#1,SAS were relaxing watching the snooker championships
while waiting for the green light to commence the raid.
#2, One SAS trooper shot his own finger off.
#3, SAS trooper entangled in his ropes
had to be cut free falling several metres.
#4. When the terrorists heard the squeak of the drill as MI5 were putting in the probes Trevor Locke told them it was just mice.
#5 , "Rusty" Firmin (team leader) left his tactical gloves on the table while watching snooker, so you will see him in images entering the building with his team, without gloves.
#6, Tom Morrell (team leader) got his glove stuck in his 8-way belay device, but after being burnt and cut down , he hit the balcony and continued on with entry behind the other burnt trooper Palmer.
@@r0ky_M #6. 2 of the terrorists didn’t try to pull grenades they already surrendered and were on their knees when the SAS picked em up put them against a wall and shot them. Just the way we like it. Don’t know why they tried to sugarcoat it in this but it was a pretty big controversy back then.
@@donc7984
I believe final SAS brief included instruction from Thatcher
words to the effect: "take no prisoners"..at least that's how Ops.
commander Thomas Goodyear took it to mean, and if you
listen to J.Mac and Robin Horsefall of the entry teams,
they were more than willing to take that course
of action...the one perp. that survived is very fortunate
one SAS trooper stopped his team member from leading
him away from the garden for execution.
@@r0ky_M I know
As well as bringing them from out of the shadows and firmly cementing the SAS as a formidable tactical force to the world at large, one little spoken about historical repercussion of Operation Nimrod is that to this day bins all over the UK still cower in fear at the slightest mention of the Special Air Service and will even take themselves out on bin day when threatened.
That you provided the background to this event is incredibly important. Better to understand how these situations arise and prevent them in the future.
I’m not sure if there’s any other channel where I get this excited when a new video pops up. I usually say out loud “YESSS!!”
Same
The only other channel where i'm more excited is internet historian and he only uploads twice a year at most
SAME
@@mnkpop5858 Dude why do you respond with junk like this?
This was a pleasant surprise. Didn't know about the poor bin taking a full clip before.
Can we rename the 5th of November to Bin bag day?
Justice 4 bin!!
Don't feel bad. That was Litter BinLaden.
That's already Guy Fawkes Day
'bagged another bad guy'
@@GoSlash27 lol, good one!
the animation on these videos now is insainly good.
Love how far this channel has come.
This is the very first video I see of you guys, and I absolutely love the quality of the graphics. Keep it up!
The “Best Case Scenario” is if Fuze is in the team.
Worst case scenario is if Tachanka was with the gunmen and entrenched himself in the hostage room
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dude would fire all his grenades before anyone could tell him not to and kill all the hostages lmao
#FuzeTheHostage
ROUND OVER
LOSS
HOSTAGE WAS ELIMINATED
Rumor has it that the deformed and perforated dustbin is now part of the permanent exhibits at the British Museum at Great Russell Street, London.
LOL.
This was the best video I have been recommended in a long time. Watched it twice, excellent production quality, loved it.
this was brilliant: the animation style really helps you understand the technicality of it all
I lived in Hereford, The SAS in 1980 where based at Bradbury Lines, south of the river. The name was changed to Stirling Lines in 1984. The SAS then moved to Credenhill. The move was completed in 1999. My mum, casualty nurse at the General Hospital told us of a "Mr Smith" who came in with a gun shot wound. Mr Smith had very limited English, and was fluent in Arabic.
The SAS are referred to "The Final Option" for a reason
Same as the GSG-9 raid on the hijacked Lufthansa airliner in 1977
@@ramal5708 GSG-9 Get extra cool points for doing operations in jeans.
A pretty good movie to boot!
@@ramal5708 trained by the SAS…….
@@sorryforthings72 so... What's your point, what about SAS training them?
What a superb animation of an incredible event, great narration and explanation of a historic SAS action. Sad for those who died but thanks to those brave, skilful warriors so many lived. My first time here but will definitely be back.
I remember PC Lock did an interview in the 90's where he claimed he pulled his revolver out at the guys head and held him there, he mentioned nothing about grappling but that the leader was taken by shock and stood still. He said the doors flew open and the 2 soldiers told him to step aside where they then emptied their guns into the leader. He has changed his story since then, I guess to protect the soldiers from prosecution. I find this story more realistic but unfortunately I am unable to find that interview.
Oooohhhh, I remember watching this on TV as it happened.
I remember Prince Philip being reported as saying to the team "You did kind of fail, You let one of the B&stards live".
Prince Philip was a true mad Lad.
@@MaxwellAerialPhotography Told it like it was. Loved that Guy!
There was one instance during a raid on an Indonesian Airliner in 1981 which happened shortly after Nimrod, when 4 or 5 hijacker took over the plane and then Indonesian SF guys raided the plane and one of the terrorist/hijacker was captured alive after all the hostages are safe, sadly a pilot was killed. But then they brought the hijacker on the plane home and shot him in the plane, then they declared mission complete.
@@ramal5708 There was also the Hijacking of SQ117, which had to land at Singapore.
Nine hours of Negotiation, the terrorists demanded to be refueled for Australia, or they would blow up the plane.
Several Minutes later, all 4 terrorists were dead. Singapore Special Forces.
@@ChannelReuploads9451 yes but the Singaporeans did it on their own country and it was maybe 10 years after Nimrod and the Indonesian Raid, So they probably were trained well for such occasion, the Indonesians however did it in foreign soil(Thailand), same as like what the Germans did in Mogadishu in 1977, they have to have the permission from the Thai Government but the Thais bluntly refused, so the Indonesians asked a CIA contact in Bangkok to let them raid the plane on the Thai soil.
Elite SAS group constantly training for the real deal: "Hey the beeper's going off, should we do anything?"
"this wasn't part of the training schedule..."
The same happened with the FAA before they had dispatched fighter jets on 9/11, they were asking if it was real world or exercise, after so many false alarms you sort of subconsciously assume it will almost always be exercise.
7:00 I cant.. I cant do this anymore
Been waiting for you to post. This is amazing
Very minor point (not a criticism, just a note for those who love these details): Stirling Lines in 1980 was not in the same place it is today (the Credenhill location shown on the map at 2:36). The SAS didn't move to Credenhill until the late 90s. The original Stirling Lines (called 'Bradbury Lines' in 1980, then renamed Stirling Lines in the mid-80s) is now a housing development in southern Hereford. Today's SAS base was an RAF training centre in the 1980s. It's also possible that the famous 'Killing House' is actually at the nearby Pontrilas Army Training Area - sources vary.
But what colour was the boathouse?
@@Del_S Ask Sean.
And they didn't fly in Agusta A109's to London either, they didn't receive those until after 1982 (2 of the 4 operated were captured from the Argentinians)...they drove in Range Rovers and Transit vans.
I was just going to say that!! I live in Abergavenny and know both bases. As you say, it's not a criticism as these videos are always fantastically researched and very entertaining.
Shame they had to move..the new one isnt renamed?? Sterling?..if so another tradition gone
No plan survives contact with the enemy. Achieving great success even when so many things go wrong is a clear sign of professionalism
Dude this channel is gold i can already tell. Subbed immediately. Cant wait to binge
To me the SAS is the "Grandaddy of all special forces". Who dares wins, great work by the SAS on this raid. FLY NAVY!!!
Mac told Maggie to sit down so he could watch himself on the TV new which was on in the room.... So she sat down and watched it with the lads.
I thought they were watching the World snooker championship.
Ha ha. He actually said, Hiy you. Move yer F**king heed. Not realising it was Maggie.
@@YARROWS9 yep, thats the one! lol
Excellent video as always! Though you did miss one point where the SAS were going to execute the last militant when he was discovered among the hostages in the back garden but stopped when they noticed all the press.
Yes and that was before every plonker wirh a phone
To be fair they could have if they wanted, then saying all the previous captors had hand granades on them.
How do you know they were going to execute the last militant?
@@HAUEhuaheau91 Once he was discovered 2 SAS troopers started bringing him back into the Embassy, standing orders were that no militant was to be left alive. They were stopped by a Sergeant when he saw what they were about to do and all the cameras filming them. That Militant is still alive today actually, he spent years in prison before being released, he actually still lives in the UK under a new identity as he cannot return to Iran under punishment of death.
@@VBlasphemyV Yes, I heard that Thatcher told the SAS to take no prisoners. I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned in this video.
I whas flattered by the soothing voice and clear details. I am now an subscriber
I think it just emphasizes how ridiculously skilled these guys are that so much went wrong that was out of their control yet they still completed the mission with great success
Oh I have been waiting for this one. This channel is amazing, I do hope you know we appreciate the work that goes into these!
Glad you enjoy it!
"40% casualty rate best case"
>1 killed in the seige
>basically 99% survived despite botched entrance
>SAS operator being almost poisoned by CS gas, continues the mission
The SAS radiates badassery like Chernobyl radiates radiation
It would have been 99% if it was a hundred hostages
CS isn't poisonous, it's an irritant. It's probably lethal if you're asthmatic or have some kind of lung injury prior to inhaling. It just makes your eyes and sinuses fill up so you can't see or do anything other than cough and splutter, practically incapacitating you as it feels like chilli has been rubbed on your eyes, nose and mouth.
Many forces around the world (like mine) incorporate being stuck in a room with 2-3 cans of CS dumped inside for 5 minutes during basic training. More specialised units that go for CBRN training use CS as an analog for hazards and it becomes a really good motivator to have the suit put on right lol
I still think this and a Prison Riot that the SAS were sent to putdown i feel like are the reasons why no one tries to do Hostage taking in the UK anymore
@@malcolmeaston5639 I can confirm that taking a whiff of CS is enough for you to re-evaluate your life choices lol
Though the purpose for going through the CS gas room during basic is to build confidence in yourself and not panic when you're in a world of hurt - to think clearly and focus on the task at had (reciting your name, military identification etc) even when your body is trying to shut down.
I can only imagine the number of times the operator has to endure the room since it's within the realm of possibility that his mask may get torn off or damaged during a mission and so they have to train for it... That pain tolerance threshold to do that is unreal
@@likelihood96 When you train with it enough the effect of CS is greatly reduced. I ran respirator testing facilities as a NBC instructor in the British Army for a number of years, sometimes spending almost whole days in and out of the chamber. I've been in heavily fogged chambers a number of times with no respirator on, and not been too adversely affected. Been a long time now, and I don't miss that peppery burning sensation down the back of my throat at all now!
Omg I wish I had found the channel sooner! My thoughts about mapping and animation are real now .
This was such a good video. I never comment but you deserve it. Awesome job!
Apparently my dad was involved in this in some way behind the scenes. Sadly he died a few years after so I never got to find out how he was involved. (My guess is part of the pre-raid monitoring with listening devices etc).
He probably was the one who put the dustbin in the corner.
He was a civvie (ex raf) working for the royal signals at the time of his death. I was vaguely aware he was involved in various spooky things (electronics, radio), and had random trips abroad 'for work' etc. Hence my guess about the electronic monitoring. Mind you I think he had some involvement with Blowpipe, and Skeet back in the day so who knows. I like to think he was sitting in a corner smoking his pipe, twiddling dials on a radio set & telling them now was a good time to go, chaps :-D
I discovered this channel a week ago and I can't stop watching video after video. So much detail and the music gives the right suspense vibe needed. Amazing work
That wasn't just a great video... That was an amazing story. I have heard lots of really amazing stories about the Green Barret or the Navy Seals but I would have never known about this epic piece of work by the SAS if not for your hard work. Thank you.
Ill never forget what how a retired soldier explained this to me
"The day the SAS stepped from darkness into the light"
And
"They brought a sledgehammer, crowbar, scalpel and bowie knife and used them all simultaneously with precision like a brain surgeon and finese like a renaissance painter"
A great display of what actually happened on that day. And yes the best trained people in the world make f**kups. S**t happens, We're all human. The guy that got stuck on his abseiling rope and caught fire was actually cut from his rope and dropped a fair distance on to the balcony below and carried on. Fair play that man! The cliche 'Keep calm and carry on' really rings true here.
Mistakes are bound to happen. I think the real skill should be determined based on how you handle the now slightly more unpredictable consequences
Love what you do, thanks so much. Seen this covered a lot of times, but you always tell the story in the best way possible. You should be proud of your work!!
Absolutely amazing that so few hostages lost their lives! Shows the skill and dedication of special forces members, both in the U.K. and other countries around the world!
Great video as usual! loved it! Please make one about operation "Chavin de Huantar", the rescue of the hostages on the japanese embassy siege in Lima, Peru, in the 90s.
I watched this live as a 12 year old in the UK. The embassy world snooker was on the other TV channel and had to keep switching back and forth.
Mate, these are so incredibly well made, informative and captivating to watch! Please keep it up!!!
Thanks, will do!
@@TheOperationsRoom
Bro please do a video about Captain Phillips👍👍👍
Thank you Sir once again, the op room is best on the 'tube. No nonsense, no childish gung-ho, just the facts is what we need!
This was a fantastic watch, you've earned a subscriber
This is an operation that I thought I knew well, and I STILL learned so much. What an amazing channel! You rock!!
I was actually looking if you guys did a video about this day. Happy you picked today to upload it. Great work
the grandson of the guy That shot a bin is 100% an R6: Siege player.
Fantastic as always.
Please do a Falklands one!
Such great content! I’ve been binge watching this series! So great to have a new one out for Friday!
Glad you enjoy it!
There is a movie about this event on netflix called "6 days". Great movie which I only can recommend watching. Amazing work from the SAS and great video!
Robin Horsfall of 22 SAS (B) was part of that raid.. his written review of the movie (published in UK Daily Mail), says it was CRAP..😂
@@r0ky_M I agree with horsfall, it was crap!
It's shite
Great content, as usual. 120 people “disliked” the video…I’d love to hear even 1 state their grievance.
120 people was looking for a cheap flight from Scandanavia and ended up on the wrong page ?
I thought it’s been longer than a year since dislikes were removed.
those 120 are actually just australians
Wonderful video!
Could you do Operation Dingo? Very curious about bushwar and this could be insightful as to their small unit tactics at the time
The animation and backgrounds are phenomenal, fantastic setup and narration. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I remember watching this live while on leave, and remembering these are the badass elites that we are gratefull for their service.
Awesome video. These animations give me real Doorkickers vibes.
They held the hostages for FIVE WHOLE DAYS?! Man I REALLY like these smaller scale "Operations Room" videos hahaha these are super cool
"Flashbang through the door! " - Captain Price SAS
The quality and little details in these animations has only gotten better in time! Another fantastic vid
Glad you like them!
Great work on your vid yet again
3:19
Real sneaky to use the Concorde's roaring Rolls Royce Olympus 593 turbojets to mask the noise while the MI5 Agents plant the listening devices on the wall.
For as well know, those 593s are loud as hell, especially when they have their reheats on.