Sharpe promised the good Sir Simmerson 3 rounds a minuet, and then delivers him 4 instead, breaking his word to his own superior officer! He has not the makings of a gentleman!
@@adamsouness3540 muskets had terrible accuracy. You had like a 1 in 10 chance of actually getting hit, on the other hand there is also a similar chance that there is burning material remaining in the bottom on the barrel so as you pour in the powder and the ball it may fine the bullet in a direct point blank unmissable hit. Thus it is worse then just firing normally
@@bruceismay5440 Expert i see. I'd suggest search for the tap method of releading where your so called expertise is somewhat debunked by re-enactors trying it with period correct weaponry. It works, you can still hit a column (note column, not individual) and its a bit quicker.
Yeh i remember, he’s shirtless because he was flogged in his past and the scars are visible as fuck. Was his way of showing solidarity and reinforcing that he was from the ranks. Used to love the books as a kid! Good stuff.
In the book Sharpe has them pile up their stocks and shoot them to pieces. The stocks were hated by one and all as they were a leather stiffened with lacquer to force the men to hold their heads up. As a result, they chaffed the man around the neck and chin area in some cases enough to blister and bleed. By destroying the stocks Sharpe gained the loyalty of his men just as exposing his flogging scars to them to show that he too came from the ranks.
Luxury!!! When I was young we didn't have shields at all, you just caught the enemies weapons with your body and attacked back with rusted cooking implements!
@@NullElemental You had rusted cooking implements! Luxury! Back when I was a young lad, there where 27 of us all crowded in a Woden horse, being shot at with fire arrows, and after they shot us they would stab us with a spear.
For those without the context- Sharpe was given this group of raw recruits as a fuck you from a superior and ended up making a bet that he could get them to fire three rounds a minute. This technique was mainly used to win the bet, can’t remember what was going to happen if he lost, probably something to do with flogging, knowing the British army.
@@devastater97 - When asked what makes a good soldier - Sharpe replied being able to fire 3 rounds / minute. Simmerson said that's impossible. Simmerson then gave the order - you have until tomorrow to demonstrate the recruits could fire 3 rounds / minute. Any man not able will be flogged.
One thing I love about this show is how it defines a leader whose men fight for them, and a lord whose men fight because of. Sharpe gets down in the dirt with his men, shows solidarity, inspires them to victory. Simmerson bullies and lords from atop a horse and demands loyalty purely because of who he is. This show inspires a lot and it seriously beats the warrior's drum with earnest.
@@kapitan19969838 From what I have seen he strikes me as an honorable man, and he recognizes those who his army would look to and follow. He is constantly at odds with the lords and cultural red tape while at the same time trying to enact an effective army. Ultimately I think of him as a good and well-meaning man with enormous responsibility on his plate. At least from what I have seen.
English class system were depending on your wealth you could buy your rank and your regiment. Didnt mean you were any good but the class system just assumed you were
@@marchess7420 Good question! I haven't sat and diligently studied the man's entire life in exhaustive detail so I cannot say that I know for any kind of fact. So, I don't know how the real life Duke would have done it and I'm not positive anyone with any perfect accuracy can. But that doesn't detract from me analyzing and enjoying the show
Sean Bean also has a very palpable energy in his portrayal of Sharpe here, as if he's feeding his skill to the soldiers. The author of the SHARPE novels liked Bean so much he made his character in the novel more like Sean.
This wasn't 80s, it was mid 90s early 2000s. Sharpe isn't as old as you think. Edit: TV show Sharpe was late 90s up until 2008. The book series is on going from the 80s to present day.
As much as I love the meme, in this case, it is actually 100% true. A veteran always shares his knowledge with the new boys. It is in fact a sign of excellent soldiering. Have a heart warming laugh at that^^
For anyone complaining about this scene, there are videos out there that show the technique works. Search "tap loading musket" or something similar. It's not ideal, there are better ways to load, but it works. And the point of this scene is that Sharpe has one afternoon to get this light company to fire three rounds in a minute, when they've barely been trained, and half of their officers are incompetent. He can't get them to do it using the proper technique, not with so little time, but he can teach them an easier way to manage it for the purposes of the challenge. Maybe later he can teach them proper loading drills.
@@michaelsteinrok3002 A better way to load? Well trained, a soldier should use the paper cartridge as wadding for the bullet, and use his ramrod to ensure the ball and wadding are well packed against the powder charge. And indeed, a rifled barrel requires some sort of patch around the ball to make it grip the rifling and be properly stabilised; that makes it very hard to get the ball down the barrel. But of course these are regular line infantry, not riflemen, so that doesn't really matter so much.
People who are complaining about this scene are simply right and know at least something about guns. Its not nitpicking to point that this scene is complete nonsense even if we will take into consideration that tv series like this have quite some freedom when it comes to historic accuracy. We understand that they are trying to build up Sharpe and his man to be these clever guys that are easily coming with solutions that would make fighting more efficient, while military procedures and other officers are outdated and stubborn, but they are doing it in false. What's more what they showed here is simply very dangerous, I don't think you will complain about warning people from doing something that could injure or even kill them. This practice is very unsafe, you need to remember that its a firearms, gunpowder burns in the chamber, barrel gets very hot after few shots, it was not uncommon for people to get serious burns just from handling a rifle during a battle, it still happens to reenactors today even though they are taking more safety precautions and usually don't shoot them as much as it would be done in any regular historical battle. When you pour new black powder into the barrel it can ignite, if not from its heat then from then from smouldering piece of paper or powder residue. I don't think I need to explain to you how its very stupid to point rifle in such condition in direction of your face, not to mention putting it in your mouth, even without bullet it can end up fatal. Tapping also can work for shot or two but not in any substantial period, for the very same reason that musket bullets were smaller than the barrel calibre black powder leaves a lot of residue that build-ups after each shot, that's why you need to use ramrod because you wouldn't be able to sit the ball down inside the barrel without it, you need to push it through all that stuff. Also tapping can cause rifle to fire even if you have it on half-cock, its not uncommon for lock to get worn out or even just dirty, you have no idea how much of blackpowder residue gets into it as well, and they were not meant to fieldstrip, that wouldn't be done during the battle and even in camp regular footmen wouldn't be allowed to even attempt it since it would be very punishable, so you can imagine that lock was collecting dirt from multiple battles, stopping the sear from locking properly.
Compare this to a modern shirtless scene: It shows how you can portray an absolute badass without spending most of your time in the gym to grow muscles just for looks. He's certainly fit, just not shredded as we are used to see today!
its happened to me since the gym closed because of coronavirus now i work out at home i got the exact same physique as him i used to have much more muscle but im infinatly fitter now .
Back in my Day we did'nt have guns, we just walked up to the enemy and stabbed with a long stick. Men where men, None of this shooting at 20 yards range.
wal: Back in my days we didn't use no long sticks, we just wear bright yellow track suits and use our iron fists. Men were men, none of this stabby-stabby long stick shit.
@@MrHarrystank It seems the negotiations were called because of Whitehall's foreign policies involving the Far East with American support. De Velera had Collins stitched up.
@@MrHarrystank Oh bollocks. The Irish have been in every war known to man. They even fought on both sides in America. If there ain't a war going, they will fight each other just to keep their hands in.
Back in my day we had to pack the ball in tight with wadding or else there won't be enough pressure to blow a hole in somebody. You whippersnappers and your smokless powder I'll tell you what.
He was then reincarnated and went on to become an American paratrooper in WWII, under the guise of Sgt Charles Grant who is shot in the head post war but survived. Meanwhile someone who looks awfully like him rode with the gallant 600, in the charge of the light brigade.
thats actually where the term came from. snipers of the day came from the fact most if not all were picked from a group of hunters that hunted the snipe a bird that takes tallent to shoot a bird mid flight with a black powder rifle.
Funny thing is soldiers actually got some respite in winter, at least until Napoleon decided that several hundred years of not fighting wars in Winter is not a good enough reason not to
@@janglenutter3820 Major Hogan in the books always used snuff and would then sneeze violently, with an Irish curse after, something to the effect of 'Oh Jesus!', or 'Christ in His Heaven!'
To counter the negativism, the whole point of this was to demonstrate a different style of inspirational leadership that despite orthodoxy led to the successful completion of the Peninsular war. I have seen the method demonstrated successfully but that is besides the point. It is the British Army's ability to adapt in the field that is relevant here. Lessons that were unfortunately lost in the ensuing years before Crimea. Something similar occurred in the US after Vietnam. (I know they lost. My point is still valid). The Somme is where we learned all over again.
the only reason we lost in vietnam is because china desided it was time for mass executions and sent them to us to die. we did not surender we withdrew because of anti war pressure from home.
In my time in the Infantry we called this "SGT.'s Time", the one time each week we actually got to train up and practice doing things the way we needed to be able to do in the field. Not the way the "Manual" or the Ossifers said we had to do it.
I’ve watched the first two episodes, and the French are infinitely preferable to Simmerson. At least the French have the decency to take you on in a stand-up fight rather than stabbing you in the back.
Remember, Simmerson ordered that any man who couldn't fire three a minute was to be flogged. Sharpe had his shirt off so the men could see what that looks like.
loading a musket like that is quite dangerous, especially after many shots. If the ball is not all the way down, the barrels can explode. after many shots residue will build up in the barrels increasing the risk of a ball getting stuck. Also if the powder preemtpively ignites (as it sometimes can do - the barrels are hot) then the soldier could blow his face off
Ball won't cause it to explode unless it's jammed, premature fire was a risk of using the military-style cartridges but it (i assume) it was an accepted risk given the faster fire rate than having to measure the powder with a flask for each shot
obiwanfisher537 Sean bean played both Ned Stark and sharpe yeah. But *spoiler* Ned doesn’t make it past season 1, and season 8 just ended so I’m not sure why it would be in our recommended? Either way, I’m loving it, this series is golden
Pretty sure reloading like this would cause some misfires as the barrel would still be hot and not swabbing between might ignite the powder as it's loaded.
i love how the ghoul solider has that red line on his neck. I can understand that giving the men strap around they necks is a way to force them to have good habits with a chin up posture. Sadly it gets in the way and can seem very cruel.
The original reason the leather stock was issued to armies was to give soldiers some neck protection in close fighting (similar to the gorget for officers), but like many things with the military, the original intent is quickly forgotten, and an almost fanatical obsession to tradition and "good order and discipline" takes over. By the Peninsular Champaign, sword and bayonet use was beginning a rapid decline, and by the 1840's the rifle became the standard military arm and pretty much eliminated them.
Thank you for posting these scenes I love Sharpe! But you left out my favorite scene in this episode, where he’s teaching the new soldiers what it’s like in battle. It’s a good speech and it wasn’t in the book.
Meh, land me come from much easier. Find quarry source. Break quarry make core. Smash rock with core make flint. Find nice edge flint. Use flint shape wood. Make point stick. Make 20 point stick one daylight. Kill mammoth. Kill all mammoth. Mammoth must die.
Back then we used hands. not woods. I. Find big rock. II. Throw rock III. Rock hit head. IIII. Eat head. No stick. No flint. Pure muscle. Kids these days...
SpaceMissile it’s a really good series. If you think this one is good, there’s also another, similar series called “Horatio Hornblower”, starting Ioan Gruffudd, which is about a young naval officer in the Royal Navy, also set during the Napoleonic Wars
*_What a great series this is, in Book & TV!_* The author of the books, states his original vision of Sharpe, as he continued the novel series, grew to look and act more like Sean Beans portrayal in the series.
Brian Cox is my all-time favorite actor. How's it going Denim Dan? You look like the president, chairman, and CEO of Levi Straus. Hey where'd you get the Canadian tuxedo? LOL
Yea, that way of loading leaves the ball too loose in the barrel to obtain any level of accuracy. It also takes away a good chunk of momentum the projectile flies at.
A random person: 4 shots per minute sir!!!! Few hundred years later: A machine gun which shoots 6 bullets per second The random person: Am I a joke to you?
@@IRMentat You're right. Even the slow firing M3A1 Greasegun fired at 45- rounds per minute and that's slow. ^6 rounds a second is only 360 rounds a minute. I think that's a fast semi auto rate, aka, if you had light trigger pull you could match that speed with your finger on a semi auto only long gun, but of course, your finger would get tired really fast ;)
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All these years of seeing Sharpe posters in my classrooms in highschool, never watched it. Seeing this now I wish I did. Sean Bean is cool af here
SantomPh no they are not sir, these are smooth bore muskets. British Line troops were never supplied rifled muskets - to expensive and also time consuming for a basic line trooper. Plus they were quite off manufacturing rifled muskets at the time, British army was still very skeptical on the use of Rifles as a firearm.
@@SantomPh Those are not Rifled, Rifled muskets in the british army were much bulkier than the standard brown bess. (And ignoring the fact they used a couple mosins here becaues they were low on props)
@@carltomacruz9138 Elizabeth Hurley is in Sharpe's Enemy 2 episodes later... possibly playing the same character (it's a little confusing - it was the same character in the books but most of the cast had a shite time filming the first series and didn't come back)
I should mention that there are significant doubts among Napoleonic reenactors about whether the method of loading and firing described in this scene is a good idea or a very very stupid idea.
@@bicnarok except I've seen this start to show up in nonfiction programs about firearms. There is simply no reason to or advantage gained by biting the ball end of the cartridge.
The French manual points out the danger of putting any body part in the face of the muzzle, which is why the musket is angled away from the face and only the thumb and index handle the ball end of the cartridge. Remaining embers have been known to set the next round off during prolongued firing. Also a ball that goes down without wadding is likely to roll out of the barrel...thats a bit of an issue when shooting downhill.
It is obvious that the writer has never been anywhere near an actual Brown Bess. The barrels are very thin and only about half the powder burns with any cartridge. After seven or so rounds the unburnt powder severely constricts the diameter of the bore. A ball that is not rammed smartly home might well jam halfway down the barrel. Firing a piece so loaded is a splendid way to kill the man firing the weapon and give victory to the French.
This is what imagine when I'm recruiting handgunners in warhammer. "If you can't fire three shots per minute the chaos warriors will reach your line and your dead."
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My favourite TV series.
“Send them to Ireland. We’ll be free in a week.”
God, Harper was hilarious.
Pretty sure he says “it’ll be three in a week”
@@Blackpearlmatt No, he's clearing saying "free in a week". As in they're so bad, that the Irish will beat them and be free.
God save Ireland
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus GOD! SAVE! IRELAND!
I farted.
Sharpe promised the good Sir Simmerson 3 rounds a minuet, and then delivers him 4 instead, breaking his word to his own superior officer! He has not the makings of a gentleman!
Sharpe, stop showing off Sharpe.
i hate that this sort of mindset likely exists in some people. lmao
That’s why the company is to be flogged all without exception 🗿
But... THAT'S SOLDIERING
Or friends in horse guard . . . He really is doomed.
"Bite. Pour. Spit. Tap." It's like instructions for a pub crawl in Glasgow.
hahaha just spat my tea out.
And how not to safely reload a musket in the 19th century
@@bruceismay5440 Safer than being shot at or engaged by a Column. Shoot faster.
@@adamsouness3540 muskets had terrible accuracy. You had like a 1 in 10 chance of actually getting hit, on the other hand there is also a similar chance that there is burning material remaining in the bottom on the barrel so as you pour in the powder and the ball it may fine the bullet in a direct point blank unmissable hit. Thus it is worse then just firing normally
@@bruceismay5440 Expert i see. I'd suggest search for the tap method of releading where your so called expertise is somewhat debunked by re-enactors trying it with period correct weaponry. It works, you can still hit a column (note column, not individual) and its a bit quicker.
Yeh i remember, he’s shirtless because he was flogged in his past and the scars are visible as fuck. Was his way of showing solidarity and reinforcing that he was from the ranks. Used to love the books as a kid! Good stuff.
He wasn't merely flogged, he was nearly flogged to death by Hakeswill
@@carlodagunz The drummer boys is them wot did the floggin', says so in the scriptyahs.
He's also shirtless cuz it's a young Sean Bean
He just shirtless to show off to the lady😅
Remember, switching to your sidearm is always faster then reloading.
A bayonet?
@Brave Sir Robin 64yirhfkhhjfii
Or....you can knife the watermelon..
City Watch Guard it’s call of duty reference
It’s a modern Warfare reference
In the book Sharpe has them pile up their stocks and shoot them to pieces. The stocks were hated by one and all as they were a leather stiffened with lacquer to force the men to hold their heads up. As a result, they chaffed the man around the neck and chin area in some cases enough to blister and bleed. By destroying the stocks Sharpe gained the loyalty of his men just as exposing his flogging scars to them to show that he too came from the ranks.
Also in the book, Sharpen is ordered by Simmerson to pay for the losses of the stocks out of his own pocket
@@devk5645 Doesn't he have them marked 'destroyed by enemy" in the regimental books? I seem to recall that happen a couple times.
@@johncheetham4607All available on DVD.
"stop showing off Sharpe"
Sharpe out loud: Yes sir
Sharpe in his head: I'm only getting bloody started.
"stop showing off Sharpe" = Who is the actor playing him?
Back in my day you overlapped your shield with the man next to you and prayed to Woden your axe bit deep. Firearms? Bloody luxury
Luxury!!! When I was young we didn't have shields at all, you just caught the enemies weapons with your body and attacked back with rusted cooking implements!
@@NullElemental You had rusted cooking implements! Luxury! Back when I was a young lad, there where 27 of us all crowded in a Woden horse, being shot at with fire arrows, and after they shot us they would stab us with a spear.
@@SambergUkraine Fire arrows and spears? Luxury! Back when I was a young lad, we had toilet paper!
@@30AndHatingIt Woah.. I remember toilet paper.. the old days,
@@SambergUkraine Yeah, I'm using leaves, pine cones and corn cobs now. Just remember, "if leaves of three, leave it be".
For those without the context- Sharpe was given this group of raw recruits as a fuck you from a superior and ended up making a bet that he could get them to fire three rounds a minute. This technique was mainly used to win the bet, can’t remember what was going to happen if he lost, probably something to do with flogging, knowing the British army.
Every soldier who couldn't fire 3 a minute by end of day would be flogged.
It wasn't a bet. He was legit just told by a superior to make his men fire 3 rds a minute. Sharpe was just following orders.
@@devastater97 It was a bet phrased as orders. Why do you think Simmerson was upset at Sharpe improving the South Essex's rate of fire?
@@devastater97 - When asked what makes a good soldier - Sharpe replied being able to fire 3 rounds / minute. Simmerson said that's impossible.
Simmerson then gave the order - you have until tomorrow to demonstrate the recruits could fire 3 rounds / minute. Any man not able will be flogged.
Poor souls....taking lessons from Sean Bean about how not to die...RIP
To fair Sharpe is one only characters he's played that didn't die.
I'm sure there's a clip of him getting hanged
@@sheldon-cooper That was faked so he could find out who falsely accused him.
@@CommisarHood I recently saw the new clip but thank you anyway
Did you he loves playing characters who die.
One thing I love about this show is how it defines a leader whose men fight for them, and a lord whose men fight because of. Sharpe gets down in the dirt with his men, shows solidarity, inspires them to victory. Simmerson bullies and lords from atop a horse and demands loyalty purely because of who he is. This show inspires a lot and it seriously beats the warrior's drum with earnest.
Oh definitely! Well said, but I wonder what You think about Lord Wellington?
@@kapitan19969838 From what I have seen he strikes me as an honorable man, and he recognizes those who his army would look to and follow. He is constantly at odds with the lords and cultural red tape while at the same time trying to enact an effective army. Ultimately I think of him as a good and well-meaning man with enormous responsibility on his plate. At least from what I have seen.
English class system were depending on your wealth you could buy your rank and your regiment. Didnt mean you were any good but the class system just assumed you were
yeah? how did the real life Duke of Wellington do it?
@@marchess7420 Good question! I haven't sat and diligently studied the man's entire life in exhaustive detail so I cannot say that I know for any kind of fact. So, I don't know how the real life Duke would have done it and I'm not positive anyone with any perfect accuracy can. But that doesn't detract from me analyzing and enjoying the show
Theres nothing like 80s training montage music mixed with Napoleonic era warfare
Sean Bean also has a very palpable energy in his portrayal of Sharpe here, as if he's feeding his skill to the soldiers.
The author of the SHARPE novels liked Bean so much he made his character in the novel more like Sean.
This wasn't 80s, it was mid 90s early 2000s. Sharpe isn't as old as you think.
Edit: TV show Sharpe was late 90s up until 2008. The book series is on going from the 80s to present day.
@@DwarfyDoodad edit Sharpe was actually early to mid 90s
Teaching soldiers how to soldier? Now that’s soldiering!
Good soldier that Sharpe
dammit I was gonna say that. getting there first... that's soldiering.
Once an NCO always an NCO, Sharpe was an NCO teaching is their job.
Showing off in front of ladies, that's soldiering
As much as I love the meme, in this case, it is actually 100% true.
A veteran always shares his knowledge with the new boys.
It is in fact a sign of excellent soldiering.
Have a heart warming laugh at that^^
For anyone complaining about this scene, there are videos out there that show the technique works. Search "tap loading musket" or something similar. It's not ideal, there are better ways to load, but it works.
And the point of this scene is that Sharpe has one afternoon to get this light company to fire three rounds in a minute, when they've barely been trained, and half of their officers are incompetent. He can't get them to do it using the proper technique, not with so little time, but he can teach them an easier way to manage it for the purposes of the challenge. Maybe later he can teach them proper loading drills.
Name a better way or demonstrate it please....Incidentally it only works with muskets
@@michaelsteinrok3002 A better way to load? Well trained, a soldier should use the paper cartridge as wadding for the bullet, and use his ramrod to ensure the ball and wadding are well packed against the powder charge.
And indeed, a rifled barrel requires some sort of patch around the ball to make it grip the rifling and be properly stabilised; that makes it very hard to get the ball down the barrel. But of course these are regular line infantry, not riflemen, so that doesn't really matter so much.
@@andymac4883 Been there done that.
People who are complaining about this scene are simply right and know at least something about guns. Its not nitpicking to point that this scene is complete nonsense even if we will take into consideration that tv series like this have quite some freedom when it comes to historic accuracy. We understand that they are trying to build up Sharpe and his man to be these clever guys that are easily coming with solutions that would make fighting more efficient, while military procedures and other officers are outdated and stubborn, but they are doing it in false. What's more what they showed here is simply very dangerous, I don't think you will complain about warning people from doing something that could injure or even kill them.
This practice is very unsafe, you need to remember that its a firearms, gunpowder burns in the chamber, barrel gets very hot after few shots, it was not uncommon for people to get serious burns just from handling a rifle during a battle, it still happens to reenactors today even though they are taking more safety precautions and usually don't shoot them as much as it would be done in any regular historical battle. When you pour new black powder into the barrel it can ignite, if not from its heat then from then from smouldering piece of paper or powder residue. I don't think I need to explain to you how its very stupid to point rifle in such condition in direction of your face, not to mention putting it in your mouth, even without bullet it can end up fatal.
Tapping also can work for shot or two but not in any substantial period, for the very same reason that musket bullets were smaller than the barrel calibre black powder leaves a lot of residue that build-ups after each shot, that's why you need to use ramrod because you wouldn't be able to sit the ball down inside the barrel without it, you need to push it through all that stuff.
Also tapping can cause rifle to fire even if you have it on half-cock, its not uncommon for lock to get worn out or even just dirty, you have no idea how much of blackpowder residue gets into it as well, and they were not meant to fieldstrip, that wouldn't be done during the battle and even in camp regular footmen wouldn't be allowed to even attempt it since it would be very punishable, so you can imagine that lock was collecting dirt from multiple battles, stopping the sear from locking properly.
@@archibaldthearcher Thanks for the info, that was a genuinely interesting read :)
Compare this to a modern shirtless scene: It shows how you can portray an absolute badass without spending most of your time in the gym to grow muscles just for looks. He's certainly fit, just not shredded as we are used to see today!
It's partially cause really if you're fighting a war you don't want to be super cut, you need a healthy muscle-fat ratio
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
@@alexjones5115 I'm sorry, but Sean Bean looking like that AND being alive in a role means it is most definitely peak performance.
Rægenhere II truer words haven’t been spoken there’s a reason why u don’t see a lot of bulky and ripped soldiers more just a good strong build
its happened to me since the gym closed because of coronavirus now i work out at home i got the exact same physique as him i used to have much more muscle but im infinatly fitter now .
Back in my Day we did'nt have guns, we just walked up to the enemy and stabbed with a long stick. Men where men, None of this shooting at 20 yards range.
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges 😁
wal: Back in my days we didn't use no long sticks, we just wear bright yellow track suits and use our iron fists. Men were men, none of this stabby-stabby long stick shit.
@@darthslackus499 back in my day we didn't use any fists, we used sticks and rocks. Men were men, none of this fancy punching shit.
@Happy McJoyjoy Back in my day, all our teeth were rotted out, we gummed the enemy to death, gave them all sorts of nasty diseases
@@jamesgeorge7579 You win!
"Send them to Ireland, we'd be free in a week" :D
Why did God make Ireland only 1/3rd the size of England?
God wanted to make it a fair fight.
One of my favorite Harper lines.
@@MrHarrystank It seems the negotiations were called because of Whitehall's foreign policies involving the Far East with American support. De Velera had Collins stitched up.
@@MrHarrystank Oh bollocks. The Irish have been in every war known to man. They even fought on both sides in America. If there ain't a war going, they will fight each other just to keep their hands in.
@@xxxhoodooxxx Never seen more shit regurgitated in all my life
lot of 250 year old riflemen in the comments
Back in my day we had to pack the ball in tight with wadding or else there won't be enough pressure to blow a hole in somebody. You whippersnappers and your smokless powder I'll tell you what.
XD haha!
@@mattymcmattamus How fast do you shoot the Bill Drill with all six shots clean hits in the A zone, old timer?
Hahahaha 😂👍
My generation knew how to load a musket at the age of three. You pampered pansies have no clue.
Mr Denny got to hang around Sharpe by being his Stopwatch Johnny. Should have stopped there but he chased glory and died.
He was then reincarnated and went on to become an American paratrooper in WWII, under the guise of Sgt Charles Grant who is shot in the head post war but survived. Meanwhile someone who looks awfully like him rode with the gallant 600, in the charge of the light brigade.
@@timorvet1 haha so he was, 2 of the best tv series imo
@@lilcharlie3130 Too true mate!
@@timorvet1I Mr. Denny really applies what he experienced during the Peninsular War patch to the World war 2 update.
I guess you could say he is a.... Sharpeshooter
Had me dead lmao
Wakka wakka wakka
now thats joking!
thats actually where the term came from. snipers of the day came from the fact most if not all were picked from a group of hunters that hunted the snipe a bird that takes tallent to shoot a bird mid flight with a black powder rifle.
You win the Internet sir!
Sean Bean - finest English actor of his generation and so under-rated.
Not to mention actually attractive.
Those orgasmic guitar riffs are one of the best things about this series!
'Bite!.. Pour!...Spit!...Tap!...Fire!' 'Four shots a minute, sir!' Awesome. I liked the way they timed the guitar with that.
Holding a rifle against the right side of the body, barrel upwards
Now that's shouldering
U know stuffs real when u need to take your shirt of to explain something
he took his shirt off to show the scars on his back in order to let the unit know he was one of them, a flogged man.
@@mpaladin529 Ladies love flogged scars.
The common viewer *off
The trousers were next if they failed to get 3 shots per minute.
@@JonatasMonte Hah, I JUST finished reading that part in Sharpes Company
They fire 3 rounds a minute, you fire two, and winter IS coming!
Elestro Air-soft as one just wanders into Mordor
@@josephmaton4982
One does not simply march into Paris...
Funny thing is soldiers actually got some respite in winter, at least until Napoleon decided that several hundred years of not fighting wars in Winter is not a good enough reason not to
“Send the Night King to Ireland. We’d be free in a week...”
Stop showing off Sharpe . ! Love it !
Thanks for posting. I'm hearing impaired and I couldn't get it.
Right after casually snorting some coke.
@@janglenutter3820 It's snuff actually, but whatever.
@@greypilgrim228 Yeah, snuff on a set. Son that was coke.
@@janglenutter3820 Major Hogan in the books always used snuff and would then sneeze violently, with an Irish curse after, something to the effect of 'Oh Jesus!', or 'Christ in His Heaven!'
THIS SCENE IS ETCHED INTO MY MIND AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT LITERALLY LIKE FUCKING 8 YEARS
don't forget to save it then to watch later ;)
based, do not forget to save the video
To counter the negativism, the whole point of this was to demonstrate a different style of inspirational leadership that despite orthodoxy led to the successful completion of the Peninsular war. I have seen the method demonstrated successfully but that is besides the point. It is the British Army's ability to adapt in the field that is relevant here. Lessons that were unfortunately lost in the ensuing years before Crimea. Something similar occurred in the US after Vietnam. (I know they lost. My point is still valid). The Somme is where we learned all over again.
The army didn't have a stable officer corps until after the crimean war which was the main issue.
the only reason we lost in vietnam is because china desided it was time for mass executions and sent them to us to die. we did not surender we withdrew because of anti war pressure from home.
@18tangles still say we withdrew to this day the records shows a withdraw not a defeat.
@18tangles I'm not Dutch
@18tangles Bro, what makes you think I'm Dutch or Belgian?
In my time in the Infantry we called this "SGT.'s Time", the one time each week we actually got to train up and practice doing things the way we needed to be able to do in the field. Not the way the "Manual" or the Ossifers said we had to do it.
Only one good use for the Manuel in the field and that's toilet paper,lol
"Steady now, Dobbs..." Love Cornwell's little reference to C.S. Forester there!
These men practically turned into a CIWS under Sharpe's training.
This show seems very well made. Not demonizing the enemy, but showing the internal issues
I’ve watched the first two episodes, and the French are infinitely preferable to Simmerson.
At least the French have the decency to take you on in a stand-up fight rather than stabbing you in the back.
Remember, Simmerson ordered that any man who couldn't fire three a minute was to be flogged. Sharpe had his shirt off so the men could see what that looks like.
So here we have the Bond villain from Goldeneye as the hero and the future Bond as a viallain. Nice.
Or...you could say...two future double 0 agents in one movie
It's all kinds of confusing
Villains dont think of themselves as villains. To themselves theyre heros.
The guy playing Captain Leroy was a villain in Never Say Never Again, too.
Cpt. Leroy was also a Bond Baddie, sort of - Gavan O'Herlihy, Never Say Never Again
loading a musket like that is quite dangerous, especially after many shots. If the ball is not all the way down, the barrels can explode. after many shots residue will build up in the barrels increasing the risk of a ball getting stuck. Also if the powder preemtpively ignites (as it sometimes can do - the barrels are hot) then the soldier could blow his face off
Ball won't cause it to explode unless it's jammed, premature fire was a risk of using the military-style cartridges but it (i assume) it was an accepted risk given the faster fire rate than having to measure the powder with a flask for each shot
'Loved this series. Sean Bean was great.
Ah, how to fire three rounds in a minute.
Step one: Remove Shirt.
Remove ruck, canteen, neck brace, embroidered bloody jacket, and anything else weighing you down.
"Send them to Ireland, we'd be free in a week." I can't help but think that he was being sincere.
You haven't seen the episode where Sharpe has to deal with the Irish whose guns don't work when he inspects them.
Young Ned Stark teaching young brits how to fire a rifle
OHHH!!! Is that why this series in my recommendations now? Because GoT is popular, and this is Ned Stark?
obiwanfisher537 Sean bean played both Ned Stark and sharpe yeah. But *spoiler* Ned doesn’t make it past season 1, and season 8 just ended so I’m not sure why it would be in our recommended? Either way, I’m loving it, this series is golden
Boromir instructs the free people’s regiment of the Middle Earth how to kill orcs
Martin Septim teaches the Imperial Legion how to fight Daedra
Except it's not a rifle
I remember this episode. Sharpe really had a great bond with some of the soldiers.
4:29 Did old boy just do a couple toots of coke as he's talking to Sharpe LOL
Snuff
Thats rapé. it's something of the same style
Ketamine
It's snuff out of a snuff box. Not coke.
probably baccy
Pretty sure reloading like this would cause some misfires as the barrel would still be hot and not swabbing between might ignite the powder as it's loaded.
The concussion of the shots over the front rank would be thunderous
probably a very good reason this wasn't in the manual, wouldn't want it misfiring while i had my mouth over the muzzle
i love how the ghoul solider has that red line on his neck. I can understand that giving the men strap around they necks is a way to force them to have good habits with a chin up posture. Sadly it gets in the way and can seem very cruel.
The original reason the leather stock was issued to armies was to give soldiers some neck protection in close fighting (similar to the gorget for officers), but like many things with the military, the original intent is quickly forgotten, and an almost fanatical obsession to tradition and "good order and discipline" takes over. By the Peninsular Champaign, sword and bayonet use was beginning a rapid decline, and by the 1840's the rifle became the standard military arm and pretty much eliminated them.
Quotes: "There are better ways to get a man to lift his head."
"Flooging teaches a soldier only one thing... how to turn his back."
Nothin better than a bunch of drunk soldiers with firearms standing right next to each other.
Well its better than standing infront of each other
As we say in the infantry, if you can't do it drunk you can't do it at all
Thank you for posting these scenes I love Sharpe! But you left out my favorite scene in this episode, where he’s teaching the new soldiers what it’s like in battle. It’s a good speech and it wasn’t in the book.
Meh, land me come from much easier. Find quarry source. Break quarry make core. Smash rock with core make flint. Find nice edge flint. Use flint shape wood. Make point stick. Make 20 point stick one daylight. Kill mammoth. Kill all mammoth. Mammoth must die.
Use stick to pound out correct letters to form words to post comment on smart phone
@@imadrifter party fun you come, yes?
@@imadrifter Use stick pound on strange magic person till they do magic with magic glowy square thing in hand. ;P
Back then we used hands. not woods.
I. Find big rock.
II. Throw rock
III. Rock hit head.
IIII. Eat head.
No stick. No flint. Pure muscle.
Kids these days...
Indubitably Sir.
i've seen exactly two clips from this show now, and it seems _amazing._
SpaceMissile it’s a really good series. If you think this one is good, there’s also another, similar series called “Horatio Hornblower”, starting Ioan Gruffudd, which is about a young naval officer in the Royal Navy, also set during the Napoleonic Wars
@@randomname1251 good suggestion, thanks!
The books were even better
There must always be a Sharpe in Winterfell.
And one in middle earth
Teaching a company of what’s essentially parade ground soldiers how to actually fight, now that’s proper soldiering!
3:03 Gordon Ramsey’s ancestor.
WHERE'S THE FUCKING LAMB SHOT
the gunpowder is fuckin RAW
H&NKinsha so fucking raw it’s still fucking SALTPETRE!!
Bite, pour, spit, FUCK!
Sharpe!! Stop shoin' off Sharpe !!
Yes Sir 😂
I remember this series on A&E in the 90's..
I loved it. Damn I'm old.
*_What a great series this is, in Book & TV!_* The author of the books, states his original vision of Sharpe, as he continued the novel series, grew to look and act more like Sean Beans portrayal in the series.
Brian Cox is my all-time favorite actor. How's it going Denim Dan? You look like the president, chairman, and CEO of Levi Straus. Hey where'd you get the Canadian tuxedo? LOL
Joseph Demis Cox also played Hannibal Lecter!
He turned them all into..... *puts on glasses* Sharpe shooters
*YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH*
4:10 he couldn't handle all that soldiering. Sharpe caught him the, now that's soldiering!
What a nice teacher, he didn't call his student bastards one single time!
Love the electric guitar 🎸
"Send them to Ireland, they'll be free in a week." Pretty based ngl
I guess they should be happy the balls are undersized if not using a rod. Cuz with a seal and an air gap that wide we got ourselves a pipe bomb.
This was the 18th century equivalent to giving a Silver 2 a P90 and telling him to aim for the enemy’s knees
"Stop showin' off Sharpe." LOL
God, this was a good series. It will stand for a long time!
(1:12) - "...by sunset tomorrow, you'll all be dead..."
Now *_that's_* what I call a *PEP* talk!
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Dobbs, who is already half dead, seems particularly downcast.
worked, got them to listen up and take the lesson seriously
Half a pint of rum? Good reminder, Sean. I haven't had a drink for weeks
Here's to ye'r health then!
Never fired a musket, but the SLR I used in the Royal Navy was a piece of piss!
Chuck in a full mag, & you're ready to roll! 🤣
Loved the SLR, had that distinctive clunk sound.
Soldiering so good, overdriven electric guitars can be heard in the background 160 years from the future.
"Bite, load, spit, tap AIM !"
Sharpe's Rifles is the first show that I ever saw Bean in. He is a hell of good actor.
All very well and good, but what's the colour of the boathouse at Hereford?
How the fuck would I know!
Ohh deep cut Ronin reference!
Iridescent tangerine
Old reflexes die hard
Storing boats in Hereford... that's soldiering.
"bite, pour, spit, tap" it's like the quickest way to Sean Bean yourself.
Never knew the imperial legion had muskets, martin
Turning raw requiets into lean,mean killing machines,now that's soldering!
this is a great series well worth the watch!
Yea, that way of loading leaves the ball too loose in the barrel to obtain any level of accuracy. It also takes away a good chunk of momentum the projectile flies at.
“Send them to Ireland, we’ll be free in a week.”
That leaning guy in the 2nd rank at the beginning has me cracking up
dammm i loved this show as a kid .
i guess i still do :)
Looks like a great show!
Have you not watched them? Cracking series from the 90's, I'm still watching them today .
A random person: 4 shots per minute sir!!!!
Few hundred years later:
A machine gun which shoots 6 bullets per second
The random person: Am I a joke to you?
If you sub to me, you'll gain absolutely nothing
mg42 was 700-1300 per minute.
M60 500-650, FNmag 650-1000, m240 550-750.
You are off by roughly half.
@@IRMentat You're right. Even the slow firing M3A1 Greasegun fired at 45- rounds per minute and that's slow. ^6 rounds a second is only 360 rounds a minute. I think that's a fast semi auto rate, aka, if you had light trigger pull you could match that speed with your finger on a semi auto only long gun, but of course, your finger would get tired really fast ;)
All these years of seeing Sharpe posters in my classrooms in highschool, never watched it. Seeing this now I wish I did. Sean Bean is cool af here
more like "sharpe teaches you how to blow up your musket because the ball wasn't seated and you created an airpocket" lol
Smooth bore no rifling, this actually works theres plenty of videos on here showing so
@@liamkisbee8117 these are rifled muskets
SantomPh no they are not sir, these are smooth bore muskets.
British Line troops were never supplied rifled muskets - to expensive and also time consuming for a basic line trooper. Plus they were quite off manufacturing rifled muskets at the time, British army was still very skeptical on the use of Rifles as a firearm.
@@SantomPh Those are not Rifled, Rifled muskets in the british army were much bulkier than the standard brown bess. (And ignoring the fact they used a couple mosins here becaues they were low on props)
Not an issue in loose-tolerances of a musket and they had thicker-walls and less pressures than modern rifles do.
I don't know what this is, or how I stumbled across it, but I want to watch it all!
Britbox on Amazon prime has entire series
There are so many hot chicks in this series. Elisabeth Hurley in her prime. Jesus.
That woman on the horse doesn't look like Elizabeth Hurley.
@@carltomacruz9138 Elizabeth Hurley is in Sharpe's Enemy 2 episodes later... possibly playing the same character (it's a little confusing - it was the same character in the books but most of the cast had a shite time filming the first series and didn't come back)
A bit more respect for both.
The series is a treasure if you’ve a thing for brunettes the women are jaw dropping.
Now that is a proper officer.
I like how the people who come at the end of the clip come right in through the line of fire of the people who were just practicing shooting.
Binging Sharpe videos without a shirt on... that's a bloody heatwave.
I should mention that there are significant doubts among Napoleonic reenactors about whether the method of loading and firing described in this scene is a good idea or a very very stupid idea.
who gives a shit, it was a tv series.
@@bicnarok except I've seen this start to show up in nonfiction programs about firearms. There is simply no reason to or advantage gained by biting the ball end of the cartridge.
The French manual points out the danger of putting any body part in the face of the muzzle, which is why the musket is angled away from the face and only the thumb and index handle the ball end of the cartridge. Remaining embers have been known to set the next round off during prolongued firing. Also a ball that goes down without wadding is likely to roll out of the barrel...thats a bit of an issue when shooting downhill.
I have tried it and my best was three. I managed it a few times. But that was a long time ago.
It is obvious that the writer has never been anywhere near an actual Brown Bess. The barrels are very thin and only about half the powder burns with any cartridge. After seven or so rounds the unburnt powder severely constricts the diameter of the bore. A ball that is not rammed smartly home might well jam halfway down the barrel. Firing a piece so loaded is a splendid way to kill the man firing the weapon and give victory to the French.
This is what imagine when I'm recruiting handgunners in warhammer.
"If you can't fire three shots per minute the chaos warriors will reach your line and your dead."
i watch this video on an almost weekly basis just to hear hogan say "shyahp"
Second load: "Ahhhh! Me fookin' lips!!"
Bite, Pore, Spit, Tap, Aim, And Fire.
Pour*
2 and a half minutes in and now I get why my mum loved this show...
There's what's written in the manual, and then there's what you learn from the veterans and the blood of experience.
There is a lot of discussion here about spitting bullets and tap tamping, but no one has mentioned the lack of "pinch for the pan" in all the books?
Sacre bleu am cuvered in speet!
Which I think makes the accompanying bullet hole in your body somehow more bearable.