I'm still thinking even when people show and tell - - that the crazy logistics is understood by Joe Public. Thanks for doing the video and travel on this. Its a story that must be told!
i use to do some historic reenactments with a group ran by an ex royal marine lieutenant colonel. who fought in the Falklands he volunteered right out of Sandhurst before his training was finished. a really cool guy. looked more like an old hippy than a officer :)
I love this documentary you put together! Beautiful desolate landscapes and good history lessons. I suggest you consider investing in a dedicated microphone for your videos, the image quality is great but at times it's hard to hear you over the wind noise. Keep up the great work Les!
Thanks! The microphone has been a challenge. I took a brand new one with a big dead cat to muffle the wind and unfortunately the Falklands wind won that battle!
On kit the RM were issued DPM Arctic Windproofs, made of a high quality thin fast drying cotton gaberdine fabric. For heavy rain they had water proofs that had no breathable qualities; crisp packets. (A few took wax Barbour jackets.). Under garments were either "Hairy Mary" wool or Norwegian cotton 1/4 zip shirt. Plus an Army wool jumper. The boots were terrible for these conditions. (A few had self purchased winter mountain boots with gaiters.) After the event a whole load of improvement in kit were done from lessons learnt. A quality bergen (Berhaus), goretex water proofs, and efforts to provide better boots. Interestingly, the gaberdine wind proofs are fantastic for anyone yomping/tabbing fast in windy dry or light drizzle. They breath extremely well, weigh little even when wet, and dry extremely fast in the wind. Still my preferred outer garment until a true waterproof is required. (For warmth wear under a Buffalo pertex/fibrepile jacket, and the combination will brush off all but the heaviest rain). Working hard then it is sweat that gets you wet. Warm steaming wool is fine compared to wet cold cotton. Lastly, all boots have a hole in them so will fill with water. No boot gortex will breath fast enough to rid of sweat nor water going over the top. The only solution is three or more sets of dry wool socks. (Always have one dry set, and another "drying" under your smock). 66 rockets launchers just don't have much of an explosive head, though still used. The Charlie Gs were far better, and a Milan does a big boom. What they really could have done with were 40mm grenade launchers. What an adventure you have had, and thank you for sharing. Now just think that effective enemy fire had been thought to be 500 to 600m, but on the Falklands the Marines and Paras "pepper potted" from 1500m.. absolutely exhausting work in this terrain. Respect.
The 66's used then had a small HEAT warhead for Anti Tank work, although at the time they were only really usable against light armour like a BMP and below. The 66's in use now are the A9 variant, called LASM (Light Anti Structure Munition). Much bigger boom, with a warhead not tailored to armour penetration.
@@dogsnads5634 Thank you for the update. I'm a long time out; all my DS Staff were Falkland vets. I have a soft spot for the Charlie G, having carried one too often. They too have been updated. The battlefield has sure got even more lethal today, if it wasn't lethal enough then. Still takes men on the ground with grit.
@@muskett4108 CG is coming back again....not sure how popular a choice that will be after anyone has been next to one firing though...but we need its return.
@@dogsnads5634 Just like the PIAT, sometimes you want something to lob not too far, but gives a satisfying boom. CG is coming back and with "intelligent" ammunition should be worth the carry. The 66 may have been given more boom, but I always thought it a bit of a "one shot, oh missed", an overgrown schemuly, thing. Of course it was better than that but.... The CG at least comes with a three pack to lob, well a few if you miss with the first. The Javelin is meaty, if a bit expensive for small fry. Counter drone will come along very fast enough and not too difficult a task to deal with either. I would expect the kit to do the counter measures to cost a bomb though. Again, the battlefield gets increasingly violent, as the arms race keeps a pace. Air power supremacy is the decider as always. Interestingly, no one has it in Ukraine. Maybe Trump will give that to the Ukrainians if Putin doesn't play ball????
If you can get one. The ventile SAS smock is great in wet conditions. Ventile is a cotton weave that when the threads get wet. They expand and become waterproof. This material is, or at least, was used in flight suits. Increasing the odds of survival in the case of an aircraft emergency. It's bresthability is very good in normal conditions. Gaborone is OK, but not as good as ventile. Silvermans of London, England, used to sell them.
Les Antrim took a bomb but didn’t sink I think you meant the Ardent which was the sister ship to my ship Antelope. Ardent fought valiantly in Falkland sound single handedly but succumb to over whelming air raids and sunk on the 21st May before Antelope on the 23rd.
A minor correction the RM would have taken up defensive positions on arrival. They would have consolidated those positions as they established themselves.
I'm loving this series. "Living History" as flat maps in books become the Real mountains and rolling, difficult terrain. Thanks guys.
"dinner is on the table soon you must come with us" what a lovely offer!
I'm still thinking even when people show and tell - - that the crazy logistics is understood by Joe Public. Thanks for doing the video and travel on this. Its a story that must be told!
Really enjoying this series!
13:40 Love this generosity. Wish it was more common
Epic fun watching this video!
The road looks like the range roads at Yakima Training Center in Washington. Thanks for the reporting!
The correct terminology for a rucksack in the British armed forces Army or Marines would be a Bergen . Excellent series btw 🙂👍
i use to do some historic reenactments with a group ran by an ex royal marine lieutenant colonel. who fought in the Falklands he volunteered right out of Sandhurst before his training was finished. a really cool guy. looked more like an old hippy than a officer :)
Sandbags for a RM? Lympstone surely!
@@bonetiredtoo he was training as an officer at the time i don't know if he was in the royal marines at that point or not.
great keep up the good work!
The RAF Typoons also do maritime patrol and practice intercepts on the incoming flights
I love this documentary you put together! Beautiful desolate landscapes and good history lessons. I suggest you consider investing in a dedicated microphone for your videos, the image quality is great but at times it's hard to hear you over the wind noise. Keep up the great work Les!
Thanks! The microphone has been a challenge. I took a brand new one with a big dead cat to muffle the wind and unfortunately the Falklands wind won that battle!
@PegasusTests
Lav mikes work pretty great indoors and out :D
Thanks
On kit the RM were issued DPM Arctic Windproofs, made of a high quality thin fast drying cotton gaberdine fabric. For heavy rain they had water proofs that had no breathable qualities; crisp packets. (A few took wax Barbour jackets.). Under garments were either "Hairy Mary" wool or Norwegian cotton 1/4 zip shirt. Plus an Army wool jumper. The boots were terrible for these conditions. (A few had self purchased winter mountain boots with gaiters.)
After the event a whole load of improvement in kit were done from lessons learnt. A quality bergen (Berhaus), goretex water proofs, and efforts to provide better boots.
Interestingly, the gaberdine wind proofs are fantastic for anyone yomping/tabbing fast in windy dry or light drizzle. They breath extremely well, weigh little even when wet, and dry extremely fast in the wind. Still my preferred outer garment until a true waterproof is required. (For warmth wear under a Buffalo pertex/fibrepile jacket, and the combination will brush off all but the heaviest rain).
Working hard then it is sweat that gets you wet. Warm steaming wool is fine compared to wet cold cotton.
Lastly, all boots have a hole in them so will fill with water. No boot gortex will breath fast enough to rid of sweat nor water going over the top. The only solution is three or more sets of dry wool socks. (Always have one dry set, and another "drying" under your smock).
66 rockets launchers just don't have much of an explosive head, though still used. The Charlie Gs were far better, and a Milan does a big boom. What they really could have done with were 40mm grenade launchers.
What an adventure you have had, and thank you for sharing.
Now just think that effective enemy fire had been thought to be 500 to 600m, but on the Falklands the Marines and Paras "pepper potted" from 1500m.. absolutely exhausting work in this terrain. Respect.
The 66's used then had a small HEAT warhead for Anti Tank work, although at the time they were only really usable against light armour like a BMP and below.
The 66's in use now are the A9 variant, called LASM (Light Anti Structure Munition). Much bigger boom, with a warhead not tailored to armour penetration.
@@dogsnads5634 Thank you for the update. I'm a long time out; all my DS Staff were Falkland vets. I have a soft spot for the Charlie G, having carried one too often. They too have been updated. The battlefield has sure got even more lethal today, if it wasn't lethal enough then. Still takes men on the ground with grit.
@@muskett4108 CG is coming back again....not sure how popular a choice that will be after anyone has been next to one firing though...but we need its return.
@@dogsnads5634 Just like the PIAT, sometimes you want something to lob not too far, but gives a satisfying boom. CG is coming back and with "intelligent" ammunition should be worth the carry.
The 66 may have been given more boom, but I always thought it a bit of a "one shot, oh missed", an overgrown schemuly, thing. Of course it was better than that but....
The CG at least comes with a three pack to lob, well a few if you miss with the first.
The Javelin is meaty, if a bit expensive for small fry.
Counter drone will come along very fast enough and not too difficult a task to deal with either. I would expect the kit to do the counter measures to cost a bomb though. Again, the battlefield gets increasingly violent, as the arms race keeps a pace. Air power supremacy is the decider as always. Interestingly, no one has it in Ukraine. Maybe Trump will give that to the Ukrainians if Putin doesn't play ball????
If you can get one. The ventile SAS smock is great in wet conditions. Ventile is a cotton weave that when the threads get wet. They expand and become waterproof. This material is, or at least, was used in flight suits. Increasing the odds of survival in the case of an aircraft emergency. It's bresthability is very good in normal conditions. Gaborone is OK, but not as good as ventile. Silvermans of London, England, used to sell them.
Les Antrim took a bomb but didn’t sink I think you meant the Ardent which was the sister ship to my ship Antelope. Ardent fought valiantly in Falkland sound single handedly but succumb to over whelming air raids and sunk on the 21st May before Antelope on the 23rd.
Hello Andrew. You are correct. I definatly meant Ardent. A lot of ships starting with A in that Task Force!
A minor correction the RM would have taken up defensive positions on arrival. They would have consolidated those positions as they established themselves.
In fact they would have taken up all round defence at every stop.
This was part of SOPs
True. Commonwealth forces establish defensive positions when stopped. Its SOP.
Monkeybutt. That makes me chuckle
Didn't you bring Iridium satphones?