that is not actucually factually true my cousin was in various regiments over 40 years Paras was jusrt once Comandos twice SAS for 8 yeas tank regiment then was 2nd in charge of of the south of England defence area also served 5 years in the USA as an advisor to the USA for training
Following an incident where a recruit was killed, blank firing adapters (BFA) were modified, magazines were also modified to only accept blanks, to differentiate between live and blank mags yellow marks were painted on them…
Apparently a stray live round was amongst blank rounds, when the bullet traveled down the barrel the blank firing adapter (BFA) shot off and hit the recruit killing him…..
Special Forces Support Group is the supporting special operations infantry component (as well as an additional CT element) of UKSF. It consists of 1 Para, three Royal Marines platoons and a platoon of RAF Regiment FACs. Naturally they go through P company (for the paras), commando course (for the marines) or RAF regt training, but they also go through full UKSF selection. 1 Para has a battalion commander but he is subordinate to Director UKSF. DSF also commands 21 SAS, 22 SAS, 23 SAS, SBS, SRR (Special Reconnaissance Regt), 18 Signal Regt and Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing. DSF is typically a Major-General.
The rifle you pointed out is the L129A1, a semi automatic 7.62 designated marksman rifle produced by LMT. There is soon to be an A2 variant in 6.5 issued to the marines.
There's a good film about the combined U.S. / Canadian force, it was called the Devils Brigade, although i always thought the unit got its name from the Allied forces not the Germans….
The British Para's were 100% named the Red Devils by German forces although i don't think it was coined in the desert as this video states, but i might be wrong about that..
From what I remember this was filmed during a joint exercise with the 82nd airborne hence why there are using Blackhawks. The rifle you pointed out is the L129A1 sharpshooter with a 6×39 trigicon acog made by LMT in the states, it's the current designated marksman rifle
the weapon you saw one of the blokes have is the L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle. within a section of bods one will be equipped with this to act in almost a sniper capacity for the section. its chambered in 7.62 NATO and allows the section to accurately engage targets effectively up to 800-900m. squaddies have to do addition range tests to be qualified to run this weapon system as a set up.
The way British army recruitment works for 16 year olds is that instead on going to phase one training straight away. they attend an institution called Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate where they will go through phase one army training however they are there for a longer period of time which allows then to focus in basic soldiering skills. the training is split up very differently aswell to allows students time to spend with family as they are away from home for large periods of time at such a young age. Theres a couple videos on AFC Harrogate that would be nice to see your reactions to. The institution is split into two courses either a 49 week course for infantry regiments such as the parachute regiment and the fusiliers and the rifles how ever for other trades such as the Royal Engineers or the Royal Logistics Corps there is a shorted 23 week course for recruits
I believe the "Red Devils" nickname is allegedly related to the maroon beret of the paras. As in WW2 photos and videos, some paras prefer to wear their berets rather than their steel helmets into combat. The nickname "Red Devils" can also refer to Italian grenades due to them being painted red. Unlike other grenades who used a timed fuse of 3-5 seconds, the Italian grenades were "impact grenades", when it lands, it just explodes. Some of them became duds and became a hassle with allied troops, not wanting to trigger that type of grenade when walking pass it/getting away from the dud grenade.
Another nickname, the "Green Devils", is allegedly referring to German Paratroopers/Fallschirmjagers due to their green camo uniforms.
As mentioned by someone else in the comments, "Black Devils" refers to the Special Service Force, the story goes that well "allegedly", the Germans started calling them black devils as soldiers/commandos from the SSF who conducted night raids or psyop operations would paint their faces black to blend in with the night. (The psyop operations conducted by the SSF consists of killing any German on night guard duty and placing a note that reads "The Worse is Yet to Come" complete with unit symbol. Sending a message to the German unit and giving the impression that the SSF has a gang mentality.)
Just to note: All 3 of these nicknames are up to debate by military historians, if these nicknames were a propaganda move to make these units "have cool, badass" nicknames. Thankfully, none of these nicknames are used in the present day. Paratroopers simply called paras, German Paratroopers being called Fallschirmjager, and any soldier in the Special Forces just known as an "operator".
no the british were the first commando's or special operations there are a lot of books on the subject (side note british forces all services and corps will recruit at 16)
The 'Red Devil' thing is a seperate thing completely to the 'Devils Brigade'. British Paratroopers were nicknamed 'Rote teufeln' red devils by the Germans in North Africa in 42' after the Invasion of Algeria and operations in Tunisia 43' etc A noticeable amount of Para's who fought in the Falklands on Mount Longdon were 17, quite a few were casualties.
The Devils brigade, were a joint Canadian/US unit, but were formed after the British paras towards the end of WW2. The Brit paras got the name due to their formidable attacking, by the Germans. Never heard of the Green or Black Devils🤷♂️
May I suggest a couple of YT vids for you to react to – 'Jeremy Clarkson's The Victoria Cross: For Valour – the FULL documentary' and 'The Story Of The Unknown Extraordinary Commando Operation Of WW2 | Greatest Raid Of All | Timeline'
The thing that differentiates these guy from regular infantry is p company a brutal physical selection that is very hard to pass well documented. Ref red devils was earned in africa during ww2 contrary to popular beleif of the colour of their maroon beret, it is said to be the red dust of africa of which they were covered and the tannaciousness of their attacks. The devils brigade (not red) where joint american canadian commando force formed after the paras. That sharp shooter rifle with bipod is 7.62 like the gpmg. Hope this helps👍
"The Parachent Regiment WERE formed…" is incorrect. The "Regiment" is in the singular, so the correct word should have been "WAS". "….called The Regiment….but only three companies." I am a little surprised at this comment, since you must surely be aware that the "Parent" of any British military unti is The Regiment. But there was (is) a company in reserve, thus making up a full battalion, and as a sole unit, is also THE REGIMENT. Ask an American soldier what unit he's with and he'll tell you something akin his full military address, whereas the same question put to a British soldier will simply elicit the reply"The blank blank Regiment." The Canadians have a very fine history dating from the First World War – Vimy Ridge being the most fanous, although, D-Day and Normandy In WW2 are equally famous…and Dieppe being an utter tragedy of bad British planning! Many a British soldier was glad to have a Canadian or Anzac at his side Sadly, the Canadians are now more American than British imho.
The painted magazines for blanks are painted that way because love rounds will not fit into them, there’s a price of metal with stops the actual bullet from being able to seat in the magazine with the round
You should react to the British Pathfinders there is a video called ,Pathfinders lead NATO air assault into Balkans. It’s a great video.
that is not actucually factually true my cousin was in various regiments over 40 years Paras was jusrt once Comandos twice SAS for 8 yeas tank regiment then was 2nd in charge of of the south of England defence area also served 5 years in the USA as an advisor to the USA for training
Following an incident where a recruit was killed, blank firing adapters (BFA) were modified, magazines were also modified to only accept blanks, to differentiate between live and blank mags yellow marks were painted on them…
Apparently a stray live round was amongst blank rounds, when the bullet traveled down the barrel the blank firing adapter (BFA) shot off and hit the recruit killing him…..
Special Forces Support Group is the supporting special operations infantry component (as well as an additional CT element) of UKSF. It consists of 1 Para, three Royal Marines platoons and a platoon of RAF Regiment FACs. Naturally they go through P company (for the paras), commando course (for the marines) or RAF regt training, but they also go through full UKSF selection. 1 Para has a battalion commander but he is subordinate to Director UKSF. DSF also commands 21 SAS, 22 SAS, 23 SAS, SBS, SRR (Special Reconnaissance Regt), 18 Signal Regt and Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing. DSF is typically a Major-General.
The rifle you pointed out is the L129A1, a semi automatic 7.62 designated marksman rifle produced by LMT. There is soon to be an A2 variant in 6.5 issued to the marines.
There's a good film about the combined U.S. / Canadian force, it was called the Devils Brigade, although i always thought the unit got its name from the Allied forces not the Germans….
The British Para's were 100% named the Red Devils by German forces although i don't think it was coined in the desert as this video states, but i might be wrong about that..
From what I remember this was filmed during a joint exercise with the 82nd airborne hence why there are using Blackhawks. The rifle you pointed out is the L129A1 sharpshooter with a 6×39 trigicon acog made by LMT in the states, it's the current designated marksman rifle
the weapon you saw one of the blokes have is the L129A1 Sharpshooter rifle. within a section of bods one will be equipped with this to act in almost a sniper capacity for the section. its chambered in 7.62 NATO and allows the section to accurately engage targets effectively up to 800-900m. squaddies have to do addition range tests to be qualified to run this weapon system as a set up.
The way British army recruitment works for 16 year olds is that instead on going to phase one training straight away. they attend an institution called Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate where they will go through phase one army training however they are there for a longer period of time which allows then to focus in basic soldiering skills. the training is split up very differently aswell to allows students time to spend with family as they are away from home for large periods of time at such a young age. Theres a couple videos on AFC Harrogate that would be nice to see your reactions to. The institution is split into two courses either a 49 week course for infantry regiments such as the parachute regiment and the fusiliers and the rifles how ever for other trades such as the Royal Engineers or the Royal Logistics Corps there is a shorted 23 week course for recruits
I believe the "Red Devils" nickname is allegedly related to the maroon beret of the paras. As in WW2 photos and videos, some paras prefer to wear their berets rather than their steel helmets into combat. The nickname "Red Devils" can also refer to Italian grenades due to them being painted red. Unlike other grenades who used a timed fuse of 3-5 seconds, the Italian grenades were "impact grenades", when it lands, it just explodes. Some of them became duds and became a hassle with allied troops, not wanting to trigger that type of grenade when walking pass it/getting away from the dud grenade.
Another nickname, the "Green Devils", is allegedly referring to German Paratroopers/Fallschirmjagers due to their green camo uniforms.
As mentioned by someone else in the comments, "Black Devils" refers to the Special Service Force, the story goes that well "allegedly", the Germans started calling them black devils as soldiers/commandos from the SSF who conducted night raids or psyop operations would paint their faces black to blend in with the night. (The psyop operations conducted by the SSF consists of killing any German on night guard duty and placing a note that reads "The Worse is Yet to Come" complete with unit symbol. Sending a message to the German unit and giving the impression that the SSF has a gang mentality.)
Just to note: All 3 of these nicknames are up to debate by military historians, if these nicknames were a propaganda move to make these units "have cool, badass" nicknames. Thankfully, none of these nicknames are used in the present day. Paratroopers simply called paras, German Paratroopers being called Fallschirmjager, and any soldier in the Special Forces just known as an "operator".
no the british were the first commando's or special operations there are a lot of books on the subject (side note british forces all services and corps will recruit at 16)
The poster might want to review "Paras Milling" which is part of the training program
The 'Red Devil' thing is a seperate thing completely to the 'Devils Brigade'. British Paratroopers were nicknamed 'Rote teufeln' red devils by the Germans in North Africa in 42' after the Invasion of Algeria and operations in Tunisia 43' etc
A noticeable amount of Para's who fought in the Falklands on Mount Longdon were 17, quite a few were casualties.
The Devils brigade, were a joint Canadian/US unit, but were formed after the British paras towards the end of WW2. The Brit paras got the name due to their formidable attacking, by the Germans. Never heard of the Green or Black Devils🤷♂️
1 Para support SAS .
May I suggest a couple of YT vids for you to react to – 'Jeremy Clarkson's The Victoria Cross: For Valour – the FULL documentary' and 'The Story Of The Unknown Extraordinary Commando Operation Of WW2 | Greatest Raid Of All | Timeline'
The thing that differentiates these guy from regular infantry is p company a brutal physical selection that is very hard to pass well documented.
Ref red devils was earned in africa during ww2 contrary to popular beleif of the colour of their maroon beret, it is said to be the red dust of africa of which they were covered and the tannaciousness of their attacks.
The devils brigade (not red) where joint american canadian commando force formed after the paras.
That sharp shooter rifle with bipod is 7.62 like the gpmg. Hope this helps👍
"The Parachent Regiment WERE formed…" is incorrect. The "Regiment" is in the singular, so the correct word should have been "WAS".
"….called The Regiment….but only three companies." I am a little surprised at this comment, since you must surely be aware that the "Parent" of any British military unti is The Regiment. But there was (is) a company in reserve, thus making up a full battalion, and as a sole unit, is also THE REGIMENT.
Ask an American soldier what unit he's with and he'll tell you something akin his full military address, whereas the same question put to a British soldier will simply elicit the reply"The blank blank Regiment."
The Canadians have a very fine history dating from the First World War – Vimy Ridge being the most fanous, although, D-Day and Normandy In WW2 are equally famous…and Dieppe being an utter tragedy of bad British planning! Many a British soldier was glad to have a Canadian or Anzac at his side
Sadly, the Canadians are now more American than British imho.
The painted magazines for blanks are painted that way because love rounds will not fit into them, there’s a price of metal with stops the actual bullet from being able to seat in the magazine with the round
The weapon you didn’t know with the bipod is the sharpshooter rifle, it’s a 7.62mm AR10 pattern rifle, it’s a trijicon acog 6x zoom as the sight