This takes me back, I remember watching this when it was first distributed.I was in 16 Field squadron, 25 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Osnabruck as a 'knocker'/pac driver 1984 -1986 and this was our bread & butter during the cold war. Always had a seniority list in the section in case someone was taken out. Lost count of the number of times I ran up a bowstring bridge on a hot summers day with hayricks in each hand preping a bridge for dems, saw a few dropped in the water when placing them on the girders. How the field gear and vehicles have changed. This only seems like yesterday.

'All on the safety fuse now Sir!' Classic line, on a par with 'Zulus, thousands of them' :0)

@Surv1ve_Thrive

4 жыл бұрын

@ 27.00 calmly delivered line!

Thanks for this, I'm surprised they didn't attack at the weekend when we were all pissed

Per Zufall auf dieses Video gestoßen. Lang ist her. Komme selbst aus dem genannten Ort Wimmer bei Bad Essen Sieht alles noch so aus wie im Video, nur die Bäume sind gewachsen. Die Bundeswehr Einheit müsste vom nahegelegenen Tanklager "Korpsdepot 155 Preussisch Oldendorf" gewesen sein.

God I haven`t seen this film in 30 years,I was in BAOR in 29 fd sqn, 35 Engr Regt from `85 to `88 and I remember spending countless hours on top of bowstring bridges prepping them for demolition, hard fucking work and I was always terrified I`d fall off, I wasn't worried about falling into the water but some of the bridges we trained on were bloody enormous and if you fell onto the road from the top that was you dead or seriously injured.

@chuckberry5355

8 жыл бұрын

Also served in 29 for sqn mate. Small world!! Names not changed Chuck Berry. (MT)! 87-89.

@lewissmith3896

2 ай бұрын

@@chuckberry5355 God bless you & ajb.

No bridges were hurt in the making of this film, 21 engr regt, Nienburg, ‘86-‘91.

Doreen's Ever Ready Rifles

Damned good show. Always wondered how this would happen when I was in Germany ('81 - '83).

Absolutely brilliant, wish they made more like this

Nicely done chaps!

fascinating yet disturbing

Very interesting video thank you. Do they make similar training videos these days?

@discobriscoe5880

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. Last one I took part in was 2011. Could be wrong but I don’t think they bother any more which is obviously a bad move

Scary times

I wonder how they got all the german locals to act as refugees.

@Surv1ve_Thrive

4 жыл бұрын

Probably told them Ivan was back.

@ianrobertson6644

4 жыл бұрын

I was in this movie..... Sapper