Follow me for live updates! instagram.com/cappyarmy Should they replace the Warrior or stick with it for another 50 years?

@BarneySm0kesCrak

2 жыл бұрын

Although the UK military does not have that much money to fund the army and get better gear

@johnurena08

2 жыл бұрын

No, technology is advancing they need the upper hand they can only win in war with the needed equipment which in technology.

@reserva120

2 жыл бұрын

I believe as of very recently , they will not really replace it~they will just cancel it , an buy more Boxers.. (really te British should cancel Challenger while there at it, 140 tanks is all but useless , means what barely 80~100 up an running at any one time.. Just a working Ajax an Boxers .. they have no navy to move anything around with anyway..

@TheTryingDutchman

2 жыл бұрын

My country bought +/- 350 cv90-35 about 10 years ago. After the software was fixed (took a couple of years) they turned out to be outstanding, might be an option for the British to.

@deltadacosta2711

2 жыл бұрын

Yea , it sucks in squad except the 540 vareient

Speaking as a Brit the reason why we use equipment way past its usable life is that we want to be good sports and give the enemy a fair chance

@weeman9869

2 жыл бұрын

More likley because we dont even have two shiny pennies left in the budget to rub together......

@aidy6000

2 жыл бұрын

@@weeman9869 I prefer telling everyone the 1st one.

@Matt_The_Hugenot

2 жыл бұрын

All the money goes to the RAF and the Army can't manage procurement programmes.

@divarachelenvy

2 жыл бұрын

this Aussie says "Hold my beer"

@tsubadaikhan6332

2 жыл бұрын

This Aussie says that explains your cricket team...

Interesting... ;-) Love you bro!

@Danny-zi6xw

2 жыл бұрын

even got an epic shoutout at the end mate!

@fergusjohnston1008

2 жыл бұрын

Yo howdy Matt

@brendanryan3493

2 жыл бұрын

The man of two armies✊👊

@kylehardman9135

2 жыл бұрын

oh hello mat

@Geezer2006

2 жыл бұрын

British army mascot

Private Johnson driving that Warrior through all that crap is an awesome story. Much love to the Brits. Thanks for standing by us.

@dndlab1

2 жыл бұрын

There's a great book about this well two actually that cover the events in the video first is barefoot soldier by Johnson Beharry and sniper one by Dan mills ( he was a parachute regiment sniper, if my memory is accurate that's his regiment)

@darkchild130

2 жыл бұрын

@@dndlab1 no he was PWRR not paras.

@jameswills6320

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkchild130 You are right, met him twice, he was recruiting in London. Felt strange slinging up a salute to a Sgt, due to his VC.

Beharry deserves a medal just figuring out how to get his enormous set of balls in and out of a warrior!!

@gordonferrar7782

2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable what he did never seen anything like it how he wasn't killed I'll never know.

I was glad to hear your shout out to Johnson Beharry, VC. I read his memoir “Barefoot Soldier” and it’s quite the inspirational story.

@abovethealgorithm1914

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Just downloaded his book. Sounded totally nuts. Actually stopped watching the video halfway through and started reading the book.

@TheArgieH

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the one with the quote: What was going through your mind at the time? An RPG7 !

@johngriffiths118

2 жыл бұрын

“ how bad is he “? “ I can see his brain “ “ shit ! “

@CarbideSix

2 жыл бұрын

The Victoria Cross is equal to the American Medal of Honor. Only difference is, more of Her Majesty’s soldiers have received it posthumously than we have had posthumous MOH recipients.

@owtnerdy1331

2 жыл бұрын

theres an equally good account of that tour but from sgt dan mills called sniper one, is an excellent read.

Sold. I like the British guy. Plus, huge opportunity for intercontinental ball-busting.

@bbbbbbb51

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The flow of his reading was a bit choppy at times, but if this is his first foray into the KZread world he did just fine. The jabs were top notch!

@Hubert_Cumberdale_

2 жыл бұрын

Inter Continental Ball Masher

@DKSorg

4 ай бұрын

@@Hubert_Cumberdale_ -> aka Stolen NAZI Tech

"You may remember the British Army from fond memories such as 1776 or the War of 1812" Top banter.

OK, the thing about us (🇬🇧) not using APCs before the cold war. During the second world war we built and used the 'Universal Carrier' Tracked, lightly armoured (7-10mm) 3 ton open top vehicle. It is, in fact, the single most produced fighting vehicle in existence at 👉👉 _113,000_ 👈👈 Ford 4.0L petrol V8 Many different configurations, Scout, Machine Gun, Mortar, Artillery, Battle Taxi, 40mm anti-tank, flamethrower. Used by 33 different nations from my 1935 to 1960.

@MostlyPennyCat

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHxqtsOzpLPclKQ.html

@MostlyPennyCat

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGWiuZOxmKjbdps.html

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

true facts, great point!

@MostlyPennyCat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose Can you imagine the fun of advancing entire units with these? 30mph The one with a mounted Vickers sound fun.

@Del_S

2 жыл бұрын

The Universal Carrier wasn't really an APC by the way we'd recognise the term today, but then again, the Mark I and her offspring weren't what we'd recognise as a "Tank" today.

The warrior will never disappear because of the variants it has that’s the thing with the mod it’s not just one vehicle it’s 6/7.. when I joined in 89 as a recovery mechanic we had a warrior Version for recovery fitted with a 20t winch and a repair version these could both hold either 2 warrior packs (engines) or 1 challenger pack both fitted with cranes

@braccereve9271

2 жыл бұрын

It's already been set to discontinue service soon.

@curt6926

2 жыл бұрын

Its already planned to leave in 2 or 3 years

@nemo6686

2 жыл бұрын

@@curt6926 The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ MoD Gang aft agley,

@zopEnglandzip

2 жыл бұрын

It's a sensible way to do things for commonality but they took it too far, there were 6/7 versions of pretty much everything, I swear even now when they are mostly gone I see a different variant cvrt every time I go to the disposals yards. Quite fancy the flat bed cargo version, if anyone wants to give me 10k I'll get one.

@stephen7571

2 жыл бұрын

This is tricky, I as ex recovery mechanic was taught to drive the AFV 432, my instructor told me then in 1981, these things are ancient (came into service in the late 1950s,). They won’t be around for much longer, and they are still in service today. So perhaps there is a possibility the warrior could remain in a little while longer?

When I did my Armoured infantry Platoon Commander's Course my instructor for the gunnery phase was an actually an American SNCO on attachment to us (British Army). He was an expert on the Bradley and the Warrior. His take was that the ideal IFV would be a Warrior chasis with the Bradley turret. The gun is archaic but it does the job you want it to do, but it is prone to problems if you're not using it regularly. If you use it a lot then you get to be able to hear when your gun is about to jam and you sort the jam before it happens. It's far from ideal but if you are looking to put HE down on enemy in trenches the HE rounds are effective. The anti-armour rounds don't do much against a BMP's armour but do you really want to have IFVs going head to head? Warrior CSP has now been cancelled and Ajax was not purchased as a replacement for Warrior but rather for our lighter recce (recon) vehicles, but programme is in trouble now. The big issue seems to be armour technology really hasn't moved forward since the Warrior came into service. The materials are the same. The physics haven't changed. There are lots of advances in system upgrades but Western armies are really struggling to procure a basic vehicle which is better than the one it's replacing. My own personal suspicion is that procurement officers don't want to admit if they buy a wholly new vehicle it won't be any better than the Warrior. But there is an expectation that there will be some sort of capability leap in the 2030s so if we get a new vehicle now it will probably rapidly find itself out of date. It would be possible to buy new Warrior vehicles from third party suppliers building under license and that would be fine to cover the capability gap. We cannot really continue with the current fleet though. They are made with an aluminium hull which works better than steel for lighter vehicles but it is not as resilient over time and it gets twisted and cracks eventually. The vehicles have a life expectancy of 30 years and they are older than that now. When they started checking which vehicles were still structurally sound enough to take the new turret the results were kind of scary. So new vehicle or find someone who can build individual replacements to maintain a Warrior fleet. And finally Johnson Beharry does not have an N in his surname. I know because I was his platoon commander.

@mikehatton7908

2 жыл бұрын

Soooo.... We wait for 9 more years and hope nothing happens, I suppose? Typical 😂

@jamesrands

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehatton7908 There's that awkward moment in 2024 where we have to provide NATO's lead brigade but we can probably use some film props or something.

@jamesrands

2 жыл бұрын

@A Y I was attached to the Dutch for a bit and saw CV90. They were quite positive about it, but one complaint was that it was very complicated and it sometimes didn't start in the morning. They were saying there were just too many high end systems which could play up. I have not worked with the Bradley at all actually. I had have to go with what that American instructor said.

@andygass9096

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Rarden will easily destroy a BMP, that is exactly what it was designed to do!

@jamesrands

2 жыл бұрын

@@andygass9096 I have never taken on a BMP but one of my friends decided to destroy an abandoned one in the Gulf as a demo of the Rarden. No it doesn't "easily destroy a BMP".

The Warrior is an beast of a machine . I loved working with it in Bosnia.

I used the warrior as a dismount and a gunner for years, used it in Iraq and Afghanistan. Overall a not bad IFV but it really needed a fully electric turret with a guided missile mount on it like the Bradley. Plus it could only carry 7 dismounts when the normal section size was 8 infantry. We saw from Bosnia, Iraq & Afghanistan that it required massive armour upgrades that alone makes me think that a new vehicle is required, have a look at the photos of them in Iraq with shit hanging off all over them. In Afghanistan the warriors never actually went into the greenzone only the Viking and later Warthog were able to go in due to their size, the warriors were mainly used up in the north of Helmand going up to FOB Edinburgh. BTW i know this after two tours as a Viking commander in Afghanistan and 3 tours in Iraq.

@squashiejoshie200000

2 жыл бұрын

The difference between civilian/infantry and government/command thinking. I would want any APC to actually defend against incoming small and medium fire with active protection to defend against missiles. Not because I'm an infantryman who would ride into battle in one (I do web design) but because I want my country's infantrymen who do ride into battle with them to be protected against the majority of weapons that they would encounter. But to governments, all that is expensive and more armor means a more expensive engine and more gas to go the same distance.

@v4skunk739

2 жыл бұрын

Warrior is better just because it gets armoured up properly on operations. Much safer vehicle if you take a hit.

My mates cousin was in the Cavalry in Bosnia and Balkan areas, and commanded a Warrior section. He told us a few good Warrior stories, One of which was finding out just how fast they could go in reverse when they crested a hill and found a T-72 heading their way..... The other was "on patrol" around Sarajevo (i think?), when they parked the Warrior outside a Club, left a man in charge of it, and went inside to patrol the club for a while.... True Cavalry behaviour! The birds are almost as important as tea!

@Ukraineaissance2014

2 жыл бұрын

Around Lasva valley in bosnia somebody (probably Bosnian croat at that time and place) managed to kill a british soldier with the Cheshires while he was inside a warrior from hundreds of metres away with an AK74, fired at an open front hatch and the soldier was in the back. Really bizarre, horrible incident

use to see Warrior all the time on the shakedown runs from GKN, along with other oddities based on them, was once driving down the A442 in Telford at 70mph and was overtaken by a Warrior, I then sped-up to follow it and it was almost doing 80mph, and it was so loud with the noise the tracks were making despite the track-pads, and when i got the the traffic island by the GKN factory the Warrior went around the island like a sports car, another time I had to go to the GKN factory to drop of and wait for a waste skip to be filled before taking it to the dump, and spent 2 hours on the embankment of the little test track as they thundered around around it doing tests before taking them for road tests, was quite a sight to see their performance, though this was obviously before they set the speed limiters etc.

I think the Brits nailed the equation with Warrior. I remember when they were phasing out the Buccaneer and they asked the pilots and WSOs what they wanted to replace it with...most of them said a Buccaneer with modern avionics and engines. The Warrior upgrade project appeared, at least from what I've seen, to cover the bases and pretty much give the Royal Army an AFV that was rebuilt and brought back to the top of the list of "great IFVs".

@rokuth

2 жыл бұрын

Technically, it's the British Army, not Royal Army. It's a British quirk.

@SnakePliskin762

2 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough their was a Bucanneer upgrade model mooted,looked decent too

@user-sg6zh6vr7h

2 жыл бұрын

Didnt the warrior not even have a stabilizer lol

@justicar5

2 жыл бұрын

The Army is Parliaments, and hence British, the Navy is the Crowns and hence Royal. It's a holdover of the Civil War and Restoration.

@rokuth

2 жыл бұрын

@@justicar5 :So it would be the same for the Royal Air Force then...

Looks like an impressive vehicle, typical of the British Army. But, old soldiers (Warriors) never die, they simply fade away (the phrase used by General Douglas MacArthur in his April 19, 1951 farewell address to the U.S. Congress).

@williampugh1489

2 жыл бұрын

He got dismissed for wanting to drop nukes on Korea.

@FLORATOSOTHON

2 жыл бұрын

@@williampugh1489 Not on North Korea but China. Such an action was considered to cause a retaliation by the Soviet Union and a Nuclear WW3. This resulted in Mc Arthur's Dismissal by president Truman, who did not like him any way and the appointment of General Ridgway as commander of the UN forces in Korea.

@fredcollins8919

2 жыл бұрын

@@williampugh1489 part of me wishes we HAD

@guaporeturns9472

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredcollins8919 stupid comment

@hieuphungminh6690

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredcollins8919 you would have never been born

As someone who failed to get into the British army in 1989 I do try to keep up with what's happening to it. I love your videos on rifles, tanks , ifvs, etc . They're awesome and witty. Keep up the great work mate:-)

I like that you shouted out Matsimus there, i remember a time where there were only robot voice videos on these topics and he made youtube a little bit of a better place lol

I was a warrior gunner/commander in Bosnia (OP Grapple 4) I was attached to 2 Royal Anglian at the time from 2 PWRR. That thing was an absolute beast, go anywhere and do anything, it was definitely the "Peace" maker, as hostilities would stop when it turned up.

Several of the main IFVs out there have been around for a good while already. Warrior, BMP-2 and -3, and the Bradleys all came into service in the early or mid 1980s.

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

I think the lack of real armored battles since the 1980s might be why military forces aren't rushing to buy entirely new platforms , just a guess though

Was in Germany in 89 when The Black Watch were working up to readiness on the warrior. Its abilities were awesome and ahead of it's time, which might explain it's longevity.

@jessefarley4609

2 жыл бұрын

Back when I played world of tanks the clan I was in was the black watch I never knew much about the actual black watch as an American but pretty badass

@dude126

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessefarley4609 The Black Watch are renown as elite infantry from many campaigns in history. I was a Royal Highland Fusilier..... regimental rivals. They were our "enemy" for a large scale exercise in the Saltau training area. They drove the warriors like sports cars and it was frightening and awe inspiring to see armoured vehicles operate at such high speed and maneuverability.

Thank you for covering some British stuff. Many people think that since the UK is so small we`re trash. But we are just as advanced and high tech as America just smaller.

And the Warrior has a BV. That’s game over for the Bradley…

@dinoco3672

2 жыл бұрын

Bovril?

@bob_the_bomb4508

2 жыл бұрын

@@dinoco3672 boiling vessel

Your new Brit host is great! Love his low-key delivery of the script...hope to see more of him.

Started my training as an A mech at the SEME in '89 and was sent to Germany in '90. We were with 2RTR and then came the handover to QRIH. We looked after the challenger 1 and my baby was still a Chieftain ARRV. The new Warrior repair vehicle arrived but our other crew in the fitter section got it, which I was a teeny bit jealous of 😉 Was an amazing piece of equipment though.

That British intro literally made me throw back my head and howl with laughter! 🇺🇸🤣🇬🇧

Was in a warrior in Bosnia in 93... Great vehicle

Thank you for a great video. I think it's brilliant that you are getting collaborators to add more diverse insights on subjects. Your channel is achieving a level above all others because of this. However as to the Warrior I believe the UK must be cautious not to glorify it to the point (because of its past performance) that they continue to use it beyond its obsolescence. One of many examples of this is the Japanese with the Zero fighter in WW2. Keep up the good work.

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

great point, its easy to get too attached to something and get too into the notion of "if it ain't broke , don't fix it" thinking like that will leave us unprepared you're right!

If it aint got a water boiler for tea, they dont want it

@thomasdrysdale4240

2 жыл бұрын

Kettle*

@louisbarraud7853

2 жыл бұрын

That is actually a requirement for armoured vehicles in the Brit army

@stuartparkinson6061

2 жыл бұрын

the BV....en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boiling_Vessel.jpg

@ifv2089

2 жыл бұрын

BV, with good drills even make them brews on the move

@thewomble1509

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasdrysdale4240 BV.

Thank you for the uploads! Been learning something every day.

Great to see international representation , what is next ? Challenger 3 ? Also I am subbed to Matsimus he's great . I hope he can cover M1A2D and M1A3 Abrams and also show more of Canada now that he is there

Bigger question, why does the British MOD see the need for their new IFV to be fully amphibious. That seems to be the only/biggest differential between the flawed Ajax and the other proven options (CV 90, Puma, Lynx)? Of course the Ajax is severely flawed at the moment & it is not clear that the issues can be corrected.

@50megatondiplomat28

2 жыл бұрын

Another question: Why can't western sphere contractors get amphibious vehicles designed, built, and into service quickly when Soviets and now Russians have been accomplishing this for decades?

@PerfectTangent

2 жыл бұрын

Planning for future conflict. Probably the Pacific theater of operation.

@TB-zf7we

2 жыл бұрын

@@50megatondiplomat28 Well honestly the US has been building amphibious IFV's the longest (since WW2), but probably modern Gucci kit comes with weight penalties thus complicating the vehicles ability to float. Russian vehicles tend to have simpler equipment & almost no Gucci kit thus easier to keep afloat.

@Axxel-720

2 жыл бұрын

the puma isnt proven, neither is the lynx, they both have problems

@50megatondiplomat28

2 жыл бұрын

@@TB-zf7we I think this is the simple answer; the Western sphere puts out heavier designs.

Thank you for your excellent work Cappy, if memory serves me correct the only beef I recall about the Warrior was the harshness of the ride ...many reports about injuries and fatigue ..Matsimus said it too

I joined the British Army at 16 in 1990 and the Warrior had already been in use for quite a while and was on all the promo stuff i got from the recruitment office. Now, in 2022, we still use them and they were supposed to be either completely replaced or massively upgraded, instead of just the turret, but we've got the new Ajax family of vehicles, Boxer vehicles and the brand new Chally 3 tanks to pay for. Who knows what they're going to do with our old workhorse?

Teatime is always very important.

We lost a lot of lads from my old reg in one in Afghan. One of the rare times one was lost to the enemy.

Great to have segments from across the pond

I love these personnel additions, Cappy!

Love your vids

Literally the only armored vehikle Latvija has. There are plenty of memes about all our neibors having tanks and us having this.

@matissruncis9247

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry but what Latvija has is the CVR(T)Scimitar family of vehicles. Those are not the same as the Warrior.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

2 жыл бұрын

@@matissruncis9247 I know, I love war stuff, and the memes sometimes even contain the saying that ours are obsolete compared to what the english have.

@tortozza

2 жыл бұрын

🇱🇹🤝🏻🇱🇻

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714

2 жыл бұрын

@@tortozza ++ Tho I must ask is sveiki really a formal greeting for you? We use it in every situation.

@tortozza

2 жыл бұрын

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 It's the most common greeting

Shout out to Elliot. Welcome brother.

Great presentation on the Warrior.Thank you ,keep up the good work.

why is the warrior so hard to replace the short answer is how good it is and that it still has potential for upgrade.

@cryhavoc999

2 жыл бұрын

Penny Pinching

@Venator631

2 жыл бұрын

@@cryhavoc999 with how much it cost to replace military equipment it doesn't make sense to change it for something new if the old still works. new equipment should only be brought in if the old gear can't do the job it needs to anymore the warrior can still do it's job so there is no need to replace it.

@cryhavoc999

2 жыл бұрын

@@Venator631 On the subject of new gear - the Upgrade program was cancelled earlier this year. They will be gone in 5 years and replaced by boxer, a wheeled APC with no plans on a turreted version mounting an autocannon. So the Warrior IFV is not going to be replaced with another IFV nor is the 'estate' being upgraded before end of life sometime around 2025. So obviously someone at the Ministry of Defence who is making the decisions no longer believes that the Warrior can do the job! It is possible that some future Boxers will get a 40mm CTA turret (there is an option for 900 additional chassis). But stocks of 40mm CTA cannon not needed for the AJAX project are being sold! Make of that what you will.

@Venator631

2 жыл бұрын

@@cryhavoc999 Understood they no longer see a role for a ifv understandable they don' t have the seemingly limitless money supply that the U.S military seems to have.

Let's go a grand tour mention love that new Brit guy, hopefully he does more and on the British army. Being British myself I would like this

Thanks for doing these videos. I’m studying for gunnery and this actually helps with the vehicle ID.

Enjoyed Elliot Hearne and wouldn’t mind seeing more of him, either with T&P or on his own channel.

The warrior never had a GPMG. It’s coaxial MG was a 7.62 Hughes chain gun, fitted in every variant including the variants without the 30mm.

@johnjonathan2716

2 жыл бұрын

There is a variant that has a gimpy but it’s on a command variant or some shit

@johnojj8901

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnjonathan2716 not true. All variants were fitted with chain gun.

Imagine the bollocks on pvt benherry. Sticking his bonnet out under rpg fire...well deserved VC

Excellent vid, Elliot is a great addition. Keep the content coming!

Great video guys

Ah yes 30mm Rarden. Because loading a box magazine into a slow firing gun is, totally, still viable. Esesually without stabilisation. New turret was needed, waste of potential but i like the idea of Boxer so fingers crossed that it doesn't Ajax itself.

@lennarthumpf8031

2 жыл бұрын

The boxer is really nice to work with but damn there is not a lot of space in there Good look trying to fit your stuff in there

they need to invent a vr or ar driving display with cameras mounted around the vehicle for 360 degree visibility on tracked vics

Hi cris that was great really enjoyed that report.

@2:45 Cappy standing in an air guard hatch was awesome.

You should make a video about the scorpion program of the french army.

@travisadams4470

2 жыл бұрын

It only goes in reverse! LOL!!!

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

2 жыл бұрын

@@travisadams4470 : They only come in white as well :-P

@oMaGicKsv

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh the French SARP, scorpion advanced retreating program. Pretty cool stuff...

Hey cappy will you make video on Chechen wars it had most gruesome urban combat maybe since Stalingrad especially In gronzy where whole motorized units of Russian republic was destroyed by insurgents.

@parallel-knight

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be really interesting

@DensApri

2 жыл бұрын

It would be great

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

yes I plan to cover those conflicts in the future, especially Gronzy since it was such a historic battle and had big implications for changes in future armored warfare

@vildanlatypov8696

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose Yep, first assault of Grozny was a total mess, that's what happens when you bring IFVs and tanks almost without dismount element into urban combat. They had like 4-5 men (with crew) in single vehicle instead of fullsized squad of 9-10.

@parallel-knight

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose hell yeah

That was absolutely hilarious and very informative at same time….keep it up!

Good point about the grand tour

Hey cappy, you should do a video on the major restructuring the British Royal Marine commando’s are going through its called the future commando force.

Why do we need that Red Coat? We already have a guy with a British accent. Come to think of the previous Brit kind of looks like Cappy. Anyway the earlier guy has a much better accent than this Red Coat. In case it's not obvious, I'm joking. Thanks British guy and Cappy for this interesting video.

@billhanna2148

2 жыл бұрын

who's your daddy big boi?

@williamforbes6291

2 жыл бұрын

To make cigs like you mad

Nice video! Small thing i noticed: @9:54 is seems the IFV on the video is a danish CV9035 on operation in Afghanistan. I also recognize the old danish bodyarmor - i spend a lot of hours sweating my ass of in that thing ;)

“ Warrriooors come out and playyyy-ayy “

Hell yeah another video keep them coming my man

“The British army had never really used many APCs…” Except they invented the concept in WW1. In WW2 they fielded more APCs than any other nation, starting with the Bren Carier then followed by the Kangaroo series. The Kangaroo’s being the fore-runner to all modern APC. Kangaroo’s, as opposed to German or American half tracks, we’re intended to keep up with armor and not simply taxi infantry around. They had enough armor to see the front lines too. The half tracks designs were armored trucks, designed to work behind the lines but without enough armor to keep out any serious missiles.

@crumpetcommandos779

2 жыл бұрын

Kangaroos were very useful in the scheldt

Chris, another great video with the help of a nice Brit! Great job guys!

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

thanks pop : )

Fantastic analysis!

Cappy, do a colab with Matsimus. He's great, you're great. Would make for a great video!

There was an interim test for an IFV based on the FV432, mating that with a turret from a Fox Armoured Car. They pretty much ended up getting most of the bad points of both vehicles. Though at least it was more stable than the Fox, which had a stability issue when firing to the sides. Thirteen were built, and twelve were allocated to the Berlin Brigade to give them a little extra firepower. Obviously they never saw action. If you want to look them up they had the designation of FV432/30.

@dulls8475

2 жыл бұрын

I drove one for 2 years. We really had no role for it.

@MrHws5mp

Жыл бұрын

I've got a Jane's from 1979 here which tells me that every British Mech Inf Batallion will eventually have 17 FV432s with Fox turrets. Ah, the perils of crystal ball gazing... 🙄😉

@foznoth

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHws5mp luckily for the troops the Warrior came along then. On paper the FV432/30 was a good idea, just one that the realities didn't match up with.

@MrHws5mp

Жыл бұрын

@@foznoth What was actually wrong with it?

@foznoth

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHws5mp again nothing really pressing, but little things. It's height made it more of an obvious target when used for recon, considering they had Ferrets & Foxes to do that work. Plus it wasn't quick enough to get out if it was spotted, unlike the afformentioned armoured cars. It couldn't carry troops, so the PBI were still stuck in softskins. As the fellow said above, the units there really didn't know what to do with them. They were trying to get Scimitars on the cheap.

Really enjoyed this video, I hope you'll talk about the challenger 3 in the future 👍

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to covering the challenger series soon

Excellent and Outstanding!!!

While we are on topic about the British might be cool to do some videos on the British experience in Afgan and Iraq, maybe like some of their bayonet charges or the battle of Musakala

Hey man, good video just a few points to make you aware of. The 40mm cannon upgrade has been dropped as the army will be moving to the Boxer (first few have started to arrive) interesting as its the first time in a while we will be relying on a wheeled AFV. A lot was made of its off road potential and whilst it is more than capable the idea that it keeps up with Challengers is simply not true, they like to say they do but I can assure you a tank leaves a Warrior well behind. Also the protection is purely based area additional armour and TES as most modern munitions will fire straight through them. On a final note to the new contributor, great to see a fellow Brit serviceman sharing his experience's however for the love of God, pronounce CSGT Beharry VC name correctly, we dont give many VC's out so say his name properly dropshort ;) Keep up the good work and Lets Go Brandon.

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, hooah x 2 thanks for the great feedback it's much appreciated! Yes I have a future video about the Boxer planned so I wanted to hold off on mentioning it until that video focused on it.

@CS-zn6pp

2 жыл бұрын

@A Y Says more about the beast the Challenger 2 is that anything else. Best MBT bar none.

@matthiuskoenig3378

2 жыл бұрын

@@CS-zn6pp well yes and no, it fell behind in some areas due to neglect, which has resulted in the challenger 3

@sergarlantyrell7847

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthiuskoenig3378 Challenger 2.5 more like. Considering that it's just an upgrade, I'm not sure why they've abandoned the old mk... naming system.

@razor1uk610

2 жыл бұрын

forgive me, but *u*k that last part, ..why do the rest of us reading need to know you prefer an Orange traitorous grift and those akin to him for ?

Great video.

The WR is an incredible workhorse, so repairable and flexible, a bloody excellent platform.

Warrior does not have a stabilised gun. The upgrade with a the CTA/40. This has just been cancelled. Ajax might be scrapped too

Not sure I can agree that the Brits never used many APCs until the post war period. Weren’t the universal Bren gun carriers one of the most produced vehicles during WWII? Sure they were open top but were highly manoeuvrable, made of light armour, and had some firepower as well

@WanderlustZero

2 жыл бұрын

And its not-often-remembered bigger brother en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Tracked_Carrier

@mustang5132

2 жыл бұрын

@@WanderlustZero these were from just after WWII right?

@WanderlustZero

2 жыл бұрын

@@mustang5132 yep, along with the closed-topped Cambridge, they saw service in the Korean war. But if you want more during-WW2 vehicles, there's the Kangaroos and Indian-Pattern Carriers. You could also say that the MkIX tank from WW1 was the first real APC

@jrd33

2 жыл бұрын

From what I've read, they were mostly used for transporting infantry support weapons (AT guns, mortars, MGs), carrying ammo and evacuating wounded. Not really used in combat as such.

The Lion in the warrior Ad somehow symbolizes England, as Phil, Milton says the Lion symbol best personify qualities of 'Britishness' ....Strength, courage, dignity, pride etc

Great vid! 👍

1:25 "Historically the british army never really used many APCs until the post war 1950s era" Universal / Bren gun carrier the most produced armoured vehicle of all time: Am i A joke to you?

@matthiuskoenig3378

2 жыл бұрын

well it was used more like a cavalry vehicle than a tradtional APC

@ryanbrewis6990

2 жыл бұрын

Not really the same as a Vickers Dragon though is it. The UC is an APC is the broadest sense, technically speaking.

Matsimus : you've made me a happy man.

@Taskandpurpose

2 жыл бұрын

he does great really in depth videos, I'm a big fan

@mayuyumiwazaki8769

2 жыл бұрын

@@Taskandpurpose he'd be happy with this video, because he himself operated a warrior IFV.

It was really nice to have the Brit in the spotlight! Happy 4th of July, bro!!!! :-)))

@michealrcnicholson9342

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Skip, why is the white house white? The Brits spanked yet butts way after 4th July independence, of which was the only time the U.S. was invaded. This is intact the reason why the U.S. raised a proper army,instead of relying on part time milita. You boys haven't looked back since, respect from an Brit ex grunt.

@skiptrace1888

2 жыл бұрын

@@michealrcnicholson9342 just joking, bro! Thank you for your service! :-)))

I love the shout out to Matsimus!

What in the actual fk!! Rarden jamming? Scimitar cmdr here and 100s of rounds of 30mm sent down range i NEVER had a jam.

I take issue , you missed out a very important advantage of the warrior over the M2 Bradley. It comes with a BV Mk.iv .

@braccereve9271

2 жыл бұрын

Literally a requirement for every British armour. Does it have a kettle? Been in alot of the vehicles that do.

This was my vehicle. Some good memories and interesting days in them. It’s a great vehicle, the Ajax was rumoured around the time I left in 2010. But a friend who left much later said the Ajax wasn’t looking too good. So the warrior will live on.

Very informative!

The Brits tend to design and deploy reliable and robust battle kit. We Yanks over design, try to cover too many mission bases. Fast, reliable, survivable for grunts inside and with an accurate main gun saves the day. East to fix would be nice as well.

@dulls8475

Жыл бұрын

I think it is because we dont have the money to add the thrills.

When Warrior first entered service ,the crew used to get seasick as they could see the fuel tank and it was clear ,so watching the fuel slosh around made them ill..Being a mechanic the the army i did my warrior training about may 90 ..Excellent suspension ..The money would be better spent on Warrior rather than that ajax abortion...Also we are still using the 43 series of vehicle ,i think they re engined it and gave it a new name Bulldog i think ..

@cordellej

2 жыл бұрын

yes it was re-engined and re-gearboxed with a different steering system ( the tiller was removed ) and called the fv432 bulldog ( well thats what we engineers got.) it was a hell of alot faster and could even keep up with the warrior going across the pairie in canada. they were awesome in iraq just needed air conditioning.

@norb0254

2 жыл бұрын

@@cordellej I hope they have a better oil cooling system ,the gearbox cooler used to always go ....I must be a lot easier to steer now with the tillers gone as they steered ,braked and where the hand brake lol..30mph was its max in my day

@cordellej

2 жыл бұрын

@@norb0254 yes the oil coolers were enlarged as well we never had any overheating issues in iraq ( well mines never did dont know if anyone else did) we used to regulaly keep up with scimitars and warriors easilly . but the ride got rough cause we tried to embarras them and had to slow down

@norb0254

2 жыл бұрын

@@cordellej They have re engined the CVR(T) family as well as far as i know ..Have they stuck a cummins diesel in them ?? Was a straight 6 twin overhead cam jag in my days ..I feel so old ,most of the kit i worked on is in museums now lol..Do they still have ferrets or are they now gone ,As they have been getting rid of them for years but they never disappeared fully always a few hanging about

Thank you for this tribute to the warrior, and one of those Brits. Fortunately, Parish was my former section commander.

Given the Warrior CSP programme has been cancelled it is not going to be upgraded. There is a fundamental decision about force structure needed to decide if moving to a wheeled Boxer-based IFV is possible. Or if a tracked option is needed.

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it… as long as you can continue to update and upgrade the warrior for the modern battlefield then why replace it.

"You might remember the British Army from such fond memories as 1776 and the War of 1812." Off to a good start here. Keep the good-natured slagging coming. You'll have to say a lot of it for us to hear you over the sound of Freedom. ;-)

@SnoopReddogg

2 жыл бұрын

Meh... at least the Empire had the good decency to front up to both world wars on time.

@tdwebste

2 жыл бұрын

1776 is a war where the Americans beat the British 1812 is a war where the British beat the Americans :)

@Star_cab

2 жыл бұрын

@@tdwebste 1914 Brits bailed out by the Americans. 1941 Brits bailed out by the Americans again.

@esanahka9284

2 жыл бұрын

@@Star_cab WW1 Americans did nothing except show up at the end and act like they did something. WW2 US shows up actually does a lot, but acts like they did everything alone when soviets and brits did far more

@Star_cab

2 жыл бұрын

​@@esanahka9284 If you say so.

The Warrior should always be upgraded and NEVER replaced. This vehicle is the pinnacle IFV on the planet. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Matsimus shout out ! Heck yeah ! Lets GOOOOO !

I once took a Warrior for a drift on a range road only to be met by the Colour coming the other way in a Ford Transit. We looked eye to eye as we passed and I was expecting a face of pure fury but was met with a smirk and nothing said. I love the Warrior and drove it through deployment where it took everything we threw at it. I have numerous stories on it but ultimately no one on my tour was killed in one (actually, one commander took a good thump to his elbow while he was hatch-up when he came down at high speed after getting some air off a bank during one of our "Whacky Races". Also smashed a wheel station off in the process ;) despite taking RPG's and IED's for some wagons, no one was lost. Sadly, not long before our tour end was the first fatal IED strike on a Warrior in the Afghan conflict (AFAIK) when 6 lads from another Reg were killed after the IED ignited the fuel tank. I'd love to drive one again but you can do the maint. ;)

When I commanded a Warrior I thought that it was great up to the turret ring, and pretty much bollox above that line. The 30mm was fun to shoot but far far too complex to load and manage. Imagine listening to the vehicle intercom in both ears, Company net in your left ear and Bn net in the right. Then map reading, controlling (sortof) three other Warriors and then suddenly your gunner needs you to stick ammo into the breach. Rarden Rash was no joke! The chain gun wasn't ideal either, "top half" stoppages could easily lead to a round cooking off with the breech open, no fun at all. By coincidence, both weapons were converted from their original use in aircraft - and aircraft usually have a team of people fixing and polishing them between every flight. Warriors get ridden hard and put away wet before being cranked up again at 0shithundred. As far as driving went, it was really fast and went everywhere. I saw 80km/h on the range road at Sennelager on my Gucci Garmin 12 when I was told to take the CO's ride to go and pick him up. He obviously had more sway with the REME than I did - I only managed to beg them to change the gear change point up to about 2650 rpm (I think) for a bit more top end. The only things that would stop a Warrior were neutral turns on soft ground (duh) and crap getting into the starter motors. I'd love to have a go in the new turret, but these days I probably wouldn't fit through the hatch :D

@MrHws5mp

Жыл бұрын

The Chain Gun was originally designed for helicopters, but the RARDEN was purpose-designed for the Scimitar and has never been used in anything other than AFVs. The idea was to have a 'small tank gun' rather than a 'big machine-gun', the emphasis being on accuracy rather than suppressive fire. The only reason it could even hold two three-round clips was in order to fire bursts at helicopters. This made some sense for a recce vehicle like the Scimitar, but less so for an IFV like the Warrior where sustained, suppressive fire is more often a thing. Something I'd be interested to get your take on: I've read that the chain gun stoppages were due to the fact that, as originally designed, the gun was supposed to have a power-boosted ammo feed like the ones on miniguns, but in the Warrior, the belt just hung loose and the gun's motor didn't have enough power to lift it once it had a bit of wear and tear on it. Ironic, since the principle claijmed advantage for chain guns is a low stoppage rate...

@slammerf16

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHws5mp it was said at the time that the feed issues with the chain gun were due to it pulling the belt up from a bin mounted underneath rather than pulling down from a bin mounted above. If you imagine a gun mounted underneath a helicopter with the ammo in the fuselage it makes sense. We were always told to keep the belt and bins clean to prevent friction but after a mile off road there was always dust and sand everywhere...

@MrHws5mp

Жыл бұрын

@@slammerf16 Sounds like a variation of the story I heard: basically, they didn't do enough to adapt the gun to an AFV mounting. Thanks for the info.

@slammerf16

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHws5mp Yep, pretty much. The motor on the Chain Gun was beefy (we were meant to keep the revs up while firing even with all the electrical power we had available) but I guess it wasn't enough. Another weakness was the fact that it would continue cycling even after a misfire, which sounds like a good thing but it meant that if you had a broken firing pin the gun would eject live rounds - right into the hot shroud where they would cook off.

@MrHws5mp

Жыл бұрын

@@slammerf16 Ooh - never thought of that. The spitting out duds and keeping going feature is usually one of the great claimed advantages of externally-powered guns. Again, not a problem on an aircraft where the dud goes overboard, but needs more thought on an AFV. There's a case for a properly designed small-calibre chain gun now that remote weapon stations are a universal thing (you can already get RWSs with 30mm M230s (Apache guns) on them). Nobody wants to climb out on the roof to clear a jam in the middle of a firefight. You can also just dump the spent cases and they just rattle off the roof: no need to eject them from a turret.

I was one of the first in my old regiment to learn to drive them. In the space of only a couple of months I was put on a six day car driving course,, was given a 1litre mini Cooper that my mum bought me for 50 quid and went straight into a two week driving course for the fv 510 . That was all in 1995 a year before going to Bosnia. Also ltrained in gunning using both the rarden cannon and 7.62 mm Hughses chain gun and commanding in them not bad going for a 1st class private soldier. At the time of course.

The vehicle sounds like it is great in combat and will be almost difficult to replace due to it's quality of build and it's military record. I am a retired airman with the U.S. Air Force and worked on the B-52 during the Vietnam War and the A-10 Thunderbolt II after the war and both was great aircraft and I miss those old BUFF's so much, especially the "D" models which was destroyed after being retired. I knew some guys who was in the Army and they was glad to see the Air Force coming while they was pinned down in jungles.

Why not just stretch the chassis and add 50mm with stabilization.a modern diesel engine the same. Size would make it even faster.

@jamesrands

2 жыл бұрын

The chasis of most of the existing fleet are pretty beaten up. Warrior maybe old but as a design it remains valid. (It could just do with a better turret) The individual vehicles need replacing.

@petertaylor6384

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrands I mean like a new cast of the existing chassis + 150 - 400mm to give extra length for recoil and space inside.

@jamesrands

2 жыл бұрын

@@petertaylor6384 I like that idea. I think the answer to Warrior coming to the end of its life is more Warrior. The original template could be altered to allow for a better turret.