I know PMC Wagner is the hot topic right now but I am suprised Blackwater wasn't mentioned. Pretty much the American equivalent.

@nicholasbrown668

11 ай бұрын

good ole American torture centers

@darnit1944

11 ай бұрын

Blackwater is not as prevalent as Wagner. They are mostly given low level contract duties like logistics. Meanwhile Wagner has their own artillery, tanks, and even tasked to take and defend major city like Bakhmut. Oh and also Prigozhin is providing food and large scale troll farm/propaganda for the Russian govt. Blackwater is not that big.

@cool06alt

11 ай бұрын

@@darnit1944 Blackwater was not big because it was shacked as soon as they proven to commit war crimes in Iraq. And the company was such perfect scapgoat to be blamed by the Govt, people, media, and of course Iraqi themselves. Iraqi war being unpopular as it was especially during the height of mid 2000s, it's just prophecy waiting to happen to Blackwater.

@Progamermove_2003

11 ай бұрын

​@@darnit1944 You don't need helicopters for low level duties? Battle of Bakhmut had raised Wagner's infamy, but before that, both were kinda equivalent.

@idk-zi3gw

11 ай бұрын

​@@cool06altwhy is your comment talking about war crimes when the topic in the video is about pmc's

“Whatever you need, General Shepherd. You got a blank check.” -SecDef, Modern Warfare 2

"no doubt private armies will continue to the future" Seeing the current state of certain wars, 110% scientifically accurate statement

@Kelchinkern

11 ай бұрын

I’m surprised no comments for so many likes

@lukayaroslav9914

11 ай бұрын

Metal Gear series predicts this.

@joshuajoaquin5099

11 ай бұрын

​@@lukayaroslav9914Dude Kojima predicting that wars will be more on profit while Tom Clancy predicted the wars that will spark. Clancy accidentally predicted Russo Georgian War and Russo Ukraine war

@Progamermove_2003

11 ай бұрын

Seeing how Wagner played a direct role in the Battle of Bakhmut, one can't use PMCs for plausible deniability anymore.

@lukayaroslav9914

11 ай бұрын

@@joshuajoaquin5099 Tom Clancy also predicted the separation between Timor Leste and Indonesia.

Fun Fact: Benjamin Franklin straight up HATED the United States Continental Army, because he regarded them as being mercenaries. He considered ANY full time professional soldiers to be mercenaries, even soldiers belonging to official national militaries and thus regarded the Continental army as unreliable and self-serving. By contrast, he regarded the TRUE defenders of the nation to be civilian militias, who he was convinced would make up for any lack of training and experience with patriotic zeal, to defend their homes and families. It is worth noting that these militias of Minutemen, played very little actual role in the American Revolution militarily, but did serve a useful role in morale and in building the American national identity.

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

They had ideals about unpaid citizen-soldiers with nothing but patriotism guiding them, but patriotism doesn't pay for shoes or food. There was small mutinies by CA units when they thought their pay would be cut short. Most of the armies in Europe at the time were contracted soldiers. Only instead of contracted by free-ranging military-entrepreneurs and independent companies, they get more and more tied directly to the nation-states and the crown. I think they also struggled with how to finance the Continental Army, when federal tax was more like a suggestion from congress to states. Private individuals loaning the federal government money out of patriotism wasn't going to be a long-term resolution.

@SurprisinglyDeep

10 ай бұрын

Apparently the citizen soldiers of the early Continental Army were kind of crap when it came to their discipline, willingness to take orders, marksmanship and combat skills. Apparently when George Washington first saw the people who had volunteered as part of his Continental Army and saw how unprofessionally and unruly they behaved, he had sort of a breakdown for about an hour or so before he pulled himself together and started whipping the troops into shape. (Washington was never an emptionally soft, overly straight laced, pretentious or egotistical man and knew what the rough and tumble people of Continental America were like so him temporarily breaking down emotionally like that for an hour or so really says something.) Like later the members of the Continental Army got better and I'm sure at least some were good troops even from the start but most of them apparently needed a lot of trainig before they could get their $#1+ together. The Continental Army really needed to get its $#1+ together quickly since it was fighting professional Prussian soldiers who were paid to formally fight as part of the British Army. (The Prussians were not mercenaries but also not officially British soldiers. It was more like the British monarchy paid the Prussian government to loan some of their troops to Britain.) One of the things Washington did (in addition to receiving help from the French) to whip the Continental Army into shape was to hire some Prussians himself as advisors and consultants for his Army to oversee the training and occasio ally assist the Con. (Again this was not banned by European or American law at the time.) One of the forst drill sargeants in U.S. history was an elderly very likely homosexual career Prussian soldier name Baron von Steuben who didn't speak much English except for curse words. Without this guy it's likely America would not have become an independant nation. To be fair I don't think most regular people back then had any idea of what was expected or needed from front line troops or even what war in general was really like, especially not if they'd spent most of their life just living in a very rural area in 19th century Continental America. Like I think if you took a bunch of American high school students whose only experience of war was a bunch of Hollywood movies about war, showed them how to use a musket and then teleported them back in time to Continental America they might have a better idea of what was expected of them as soldiers then what the citizen soldiers of the time had.

@liszarezo3658

10 ай бұрын

@@SurprisinglyDeep Wasn't that most people shoot to Indians/bandits/rebels few times in years?

@vyros.3234

10 ай бұрын

Old time thinking isn't the smartest thinking. Unpaid, untrained, and underequipped militias would never stand a chance against a real military.

@SurprisinglyDeep

10 ай бұрын

@@liszarezo3658 With respect I had a hard time figring out what you were saying. I think you meant to write something like "didn't many people living in Colonial America have a decent amount of experience from fighting off Native American raiders, bandits and/or rebels over the years?" By that point in history as far as I can tell the majority of wars in Colonial America were fought by professional French and British soldiers, different Native American tribesmen and a small percentage of Colonial American militiamen. The vast majority of Colonial American 18th century militiamen just did some basic training in order to be able to defend their own communities if needed. Some 18th century militiamen of them maybe fought off a small number of raids from local Native American tribes. While many militiamen likely had ancestors who fought in various large scale armed conflicts back during the 17th century that would be like a modern day civilian saying "i'M bAdAss bEcAuSE mY gRaNdFaThEr fOugHt in WW2" in that it's completely irrelevant. As far as I know bandits were not that common. Like there wasn't that much stuff for bandits to steal from other people. Also most Colonial Americans carried muskets back then. Also there were a fair amount of British troops stationed in Colonial America back during that time who assisted in fighting off bandits. While holding off bandits is indeed impressive, it's like the difference between a homeowner scaring away a home invader using a shotgun or a large number of police officers confronting a small number of criminals as opposed to say two enemy platoons of soldiers fighting each other for months at a time in a warzone. Engaging in a few short one off firefights between a small number of people is very different from engaging in lots of hours-long battles between very large groups of people. There were not that many rebels at the time. Like back unil shortly before the Revolutionary War most Colonial Americans just thought of themselves as citizens of the British empire. There was a lot of fighting between different settlements conposed of different ethnicities and/or religious groups back during the 17th century but that had mostly subsided by the 18th century. Also back then most groups of soldiers fighting off other groups of soldiers fought in lines of their fellow troops facing off against lines of the enemy troops with both sides shooting simultaneously at each other whenever there wasn't too much musket gun powder smoke hindering visibility. If someone in a line got shot down then another person in line would move forward and take their place in the line. This was due to the primitive muskets being really inccurate and creating lots of smoke when many of them were fired in unison. (To get a good idea of what that sort of muskets based warfare looked like I recommend watching clips of people playing the American Civil War simulationists first person shooter computer game called "War of Rights". The guns used by infantymen in North America had not improved that much between the 2 wars.) Back then being a soldier in an army fighting anther army required somewhat different skills then being a militiamen fighting scall scale battles against raiders or bandits or rebels. Being a soldier back then also required WAY more discipline then just being a militiaman because there was a way higher chance of getting shot as a soldier then as a miltiaman.

As an Ork player, I agree that, indeed, we do need more dakka.

@LegionesCataegis429

9 ай бұрын

*WAAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH*

@user-vs1xw6fh4w

Ай бұрын

MOI SHOOTAZ SHOINIER DEN YAWZ DAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKADAKKA

Was always obsessed with PMC’s growing up, initially when I joined the army I thought about getting into private military contracting afterwards given how good the money is, but then realizing I’d rather not die in a foreign country given the huge hazard pay involved, I decided to go with the next best thing which was armed security/armoured truck guard :$ 🔫👍🏻

@cool06alt

11 ай бұрын

I mean lots of "Security Contractors" are specifically designed to be bodyguard or transport guard of certain goods, money transfer included. Them being technically mercenaries help more than average guard/officer, never could be bribed, and of course lots of skill and training constantly. And yeah it is lots less riskier and I have to say that sentiment can also be seen in mercenaries who guard oil rig, shipment, and govt official. I don't think there is nothing dishonorable about that unless you commit war crime somehow during your job. But guys like Blackwater and Wagner are just full of red flags.

@ssglbc1875

10 ай бұрын

Most pmc are overpaid security guards

@CedricEA

10 ай бұрын

@@ssglbc1875you mean underpaid overskilled security guard?

@seregarublev8915

10 ай бұрын

loomis security... 🤠🤠

@loismylane

10 ай бұрын

Idk man getting paid to get shot over insured money doesn't sound like a good run to me. Id rather stop a bullet guarding an oilfield in iraq

"War has changed. It’s no longer about nations, ideologies, or ethnicity. It’s an endless series of proxy battles fought by mercenaries and machines. War - and its consumption of life - has become a well-oiled machine." -An old killer, hired to do some wet work.

@Castillo525

10 ай бұрын

You, sir, are a man of culture.

@LGDXJawsdakiller

10 ай бұрын

@@Castillo525 Im no man of culture, never was, never will be.

@jakesevigny8456

10 ай бұрын

You just brought back so many memories for me, thank you

@solid7442

10 ай бұрын

Ah mgs4 what a great masterpiece game

@gigachad2162

10 ай бұрын

Metal gear quote

Greed and violence. A deadly combination when sent into battlefields.

@Soundwave142

11 ай бұрын

Thank is true, also a quick way to die!

@imatreeguy1143

11 ай бұрын

That's kind of the point Socrates

@bendavenport4136

11 ай бұрын

"A mercenary. Violence for profit - the two hallmarks of Western ideology, together in one package." -Colonel Peng, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction

@absolutegarbage3654

10 ай бұрын

Anything is deadly if you send it to a battlefield

In the words of a literal video game character: “As long as there’s two people left on the planet; someone is gonna want someone dead.” - The Sniper (TF2) The fact that a character from a game (who is a contractor) literally predicted the future of warfare being contractors vs contractors is just ironically funny

@theanimuleader2586

10 ай бұрын

🌽🌽🌽

@CedricEA

10 ай бұрын

War is past, present and future. No one predicted it as war is inevitable, as long as humans exist there will always be war

@EvilPaladin11

10 ай бұрын

It's " _three_ people left". One with the money and intent. The second to take the job, and do the deed. The third one dies.

@NobodyAsked-xh8cs

10 ай бұрын

We get it, Simpsons Predicted The Future. Skewer stuff for likes. 111100% true.

@leehyun6513

5 ай бұрын

TF2 Sniper: Dad, I'm not a crazed gunman dad, I'm an assassin.

As long as there is man, there will be violence. As long as there is violence, there will be war. And as long as there is war... we will always have a job. - Anonymous Mercenary

@Delta_3VIII

11 ай бұрын

Quick correction : as long as there is life, there will be Violence.

@stormerkromy988

11 ай бұрын

As long as 2 people are on Earth. Someone is going to want someone dead. -TF2 Sniper

@ericsuarez834

11 ай бұрын

​@@stormerkromy988far from it, it's just what a psychopath teaches the fools to make them commit more crimes

@genericrace1215

11 ай бұрын

@@ericsuarez834 yeah i dont think they're being serious about that quote from a video game

@ericsuarez834

11 ай бұрын

@@genericrace1215 people would believe anything

No Executive Outcomes? They’re like the staple for all modern PMCs and definitely the most influential

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

What are they doing these days?

@pauljackson5695

10 ай бұрын

да видос пропогандисткий тупо, нету тут истории

@mattwarner5742

8 ай бұрын

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS COMMENT

Fun fact the Swedish word for mercenaries (Lego knäckt) has its origins in the German landsknecht. Knäkt has also become synonymous with solider and is the Swedish name for the jack in a deck of cards

@makutas-v261

10 ай бұрын

Lego owo

@JustaNobody2004

10 ай бұрын

lego

@SimonUdd

10 ай бұрын

@@JustaNobody2004 it derives from an old word basically meaning rent or renting has nothing to do with the toys that means play good

@mccarthy86

10 ай бұрын

Their sieges we're legendary, they could build siege towers quickly and efficiently with an advanced modular blocks system.

@Animboyexe

10 ай бұрын

no wonder theyre called lego, because: "some assembly required"

No mention of Blackwater lol

@grievetan

11 ай бұрын

maybe because it stopped operating in 2014? and still crazy that Russian government paid for Wagner

Hideo Kojima took 17 hours to explain all of this instead of 10 minutes.

Man I was hoping they would mention Executive Outcomes in Sierra Leone fighting the RUF.

1:40 imagine the amount of language barriers that they had to deal with

@maxwellkukowski8818

11 ай бұрын

Everyone knows the firearm is a universal language.

@fakhrianuar9264

10 ай бұрын

That's the problem of European army back then, they barely understand each other. And it's getting worse if they are drunk

That Thumbnail is dangerous. Watch your home for the next few days, Wagner might be pressed

@supersigma.9

11 ай бұрын

Oh no they are gonna smash him with a sledgehammer!!!😢

@houseplant1016

11 ай бұрын

What is Wagner gonna do? Steal my stash of wigs ?

@colonelclappers

11 ай бұрын

I think he has more pressing things to deal with atm than a silly youtube thumbnail

@frodobaggins9932

11 ай бұрын

This dude isn't Putin, he got nothing to worry about.

@LezSpringfield

11 ай бұрын

why is he soyjaking😭

I’m shocked that there was no mention of Blackwater or Executive Outcomes, but I’m even more shocked that there was absolutely no mention the Congo Crisis, or the Rhodesian Bush War. Those are the first wars that come to the mind of most people when the word “mercenary” is thrown around. This is just a video about Wagner and East India Company.

@spardaprowess3277

5 ай бұрын

Blatant pro-usa bias, why are you surprised 😑

Still waiting for the day that the leader of the Wagner to “mysteriously die of poisoning whilst falling of a skyscraper”.

@Bababoy6969

11 ай бұрын

Prigozhn is exiled to belarus and is no longer leader of wagner nd wagner doesnt exist anymore they are now called shtorm Z or oluja z and are commanded by russian high command

@nicholasbrown668

11 ай бұрын

​@@Bababoy6969storm z units aren't Wagner, they are penal units that were created about 5 months ago

@Bababoy6969

11 ай бұрын

@@nicholasbrown668 oluja Z is the new coalition of wagner whoch originated from wagner they pretty much replaced them

@dauzlee2827

11 ай бұрын

Prigozhin die of suicide by 3 gunshot behind his head

@Bababoy6969

11 ай бұрын

@@dauzlee2827 wtf are you talking about man that never happend💀💀💀

Geneva Convention Bans Mercenaries: The rest of the world: Are we a joke to you? *proceeds to rename mercs to PMCs* The Swiss Guard: Eh, we don't care.

Belarus played it somewhat well on this part. They get Wagner as something of a honor guard/troubleshooters for regime while looking like they defied Russia.

@Bababoy6969

11 ай бұрын

U do realise wagner doesnt exist anymore lol💀 its now called shtorm Z or oluja z and are controlled and commanded by russian high command they even ommented on prigozhn said"we were rrady to march towrds moscow with you you fucking traitor"

@Bababoy6969

11 ай бұрын

@@bobigorg1665 i aint reading allat

@nailxbreak6777

10 ай бұрын

how could they challenge Russia if 1 - they are in alliance with Russia, the "Union State of Russia and Belarus" meeting and 2 - Belarus completely relies on Russia with its nuclear obligations and training under the Russian PMC

@Bababoy6969

10 ай бұрын

@@nailxbreak6777 belarus doesnt rely on russina training bruh💀💀💀

@nailxbreak6777

10 ай бұрын

@@Bababoy6969 I have bruh dude with you bro, you would have Belarusian reports with subs with training from Russian, Belarus does not rely on Russia only in potato profit

PMCs don’t have the same heart as true soldiers do and it’s never good when you’re fighting an enemy who has more funds then you. 😮

@Hathur

11 ай бұрын

It's why historically they are mostly used when the mercenary force has absolute superiority over the enemy in terms of numbers or firepower. It's easy to trust a mercenary to gun down a rag-tag group of fighters that pose no real threat to your unit... but in equal-odds scenarios they severely underperform. Ukraine is very clear proof of it. There have been no shortage of battles where Wagner SHOULD have quickly defeated UA forces due to either superior numbers or firepower, but routinely fail to. The reason is simple. What is going through the mind of a UA soldier: "I am fighting for my family, my people, my home. I will fight no matter how tired, wounded or how low the odds, to do anything less means the loss of everything I love." ... what is going through the mind of a Wagner merc: "I am fighting for a paycheck. I don't want to do anything more than the bare minimum - let someone else storm the trench / bunker, my life is worth more to me than 30,000 Rubles."

@TheOneManWhoBeatYou

11 ай бұрын

​@Hathur Maybe for the convicts they enlisted, but a lot of mercenaries are former soldiers, they don't just magically lose their sense of honour, brotherhood and duty to their fellow soldiers just because they're doing it for money, that's something that stays for life

@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378

11 ай бұрын

Metal gear did they us about it?

@MajorJakas

11 ай бұрын

​@@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378what?

@chadgaming8071

11 ай бұрын

you can be both, if a war happens I will fight for my country but I might be an PMC for asset protection or to fight enemies in proxy wars so it wont be a war against my country if the enemy were to fail

One important correction: foreign legions aren’t considered mercenaries under the Geneva convention, provided that they aren’t paid more than the national army.

@baha3alshamari152

11 ай бұрын

A much more important correction: Geneva conventions are worthless in reality and means nothing other than PR stunt

@KasumiRINA

10 ай бұрын

Almost nobody is considered a mercenary under Geneva, the definition is so narrow it's effectively unprovable.

@robertaylor9218

10 ай бұрын

@@KasumiRINA I don’t know if that’s really fair, foreign legions have never been considered mercenaries. But it is weird that nationals can’t be considered mercenaries.

@loismylane

10 ай бұрын

You could make an argument that people who join the FFL are mercenaries, but the group itself is still French army. But like the other person said, there is so many criteria a group has to meet in order to be mercenary and missing one basically makes it legal

Machiavelli warned abut the use of mercenaries. "If an able man he will fail you either by aspiring to his own greatness or by oppressing others against your will. If he is not an able man he will generally ruin you."

Wagner attempted to take Moscow. Imagine if Blackwater tried to take Washington DC.

@Sinaeb

11 ай бұрын

Breaking news : blackwater forces seen moving throught the mexican border en route to DC, they claim they aren't doing enough bombings in mexico to curl the cartels.

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

11 ай бұрын

It's the Jan 6 attack of Capitol Hill

@mark679

11 ай бұрын

Didn't blackwater disbànd in 2014

@Progamermove_2003

11 ай бұрын

​@@mark679 More like rebranded.

@bhavinkhambhayata

11 ай бұрын

I believe, it's rebranded as XE10.

"It’s a complete mess everywhere, there’s no discipline. The army has everything, but there is absolutely no control, while there is an absolute paranoid gap between that which is happening in the trenches, and that which they know and think about in headquarters." - Yevgeny Prigozhin

@ericsuarez834

11 ай бұрын

He knows very well the same audience of Elensky would believe anything

Another great informative video!

Another example of mercenaries were the Almogávares (Almogavars), Spaniard warriors from the Middle Ages to the Modern Era, they had one well known commander, Roger De Flor.

Soyjack Prigozhin screaming "Need more dakka!" Is brilliant.

1.19 wait a second, i know that fully armored black knight guy from age of war!

@AVI-lh6rm

11 ай бұрын

bro i remember age of war 1 and 2. amazing games

I remember there was a weird era in video games were PMC's were villains (cartoonishly evil ones at that), probably because it's easy to portray people who fight for money as greedy and immoral

@maxwellkukowski8818

11 ай бұрын

There's no loyalty and some PMC's are willing to commit extremes in the name of profit.

@Matt-md5yt

11 ай бұрын

They are mercs so

@Ace51_official

11 ай бұрын

Metal Gear Rising comes to mind

@rosaria8384

11 ай бұрын

Call of Duty also delved into the PMC plot device and was a huge hit back then. Then they did it again in 2022 as a way to cut red tape according to the characters

@jay_mw

11 ай бұрын

I was a PMC after my army enlistment ended. Here's some truth about the world, politicians only declare war because they are making money. There are two types of politicians who oppose war; the few and far between who actually have moral convictions, and the ones who have yet to make deals that benefit them by going to war. I did what I did because if everyone else is grabbing money then no sense in being left out.

Please do a video on allied vs central powered ww1 trenches

@Delta_3VIII

11 ай бұрын

Best Typo evorr

@War_is_cool

11 ай бұрын

Entente

Yevgeny Prigozhin trolled the whole world.

@slavicvasenin6685

11 ай бұрын

He decided to do a prank for Youth Day

This narration is incredible! Great video!!

Thank you Simple History for these videos that don't have a sponsorship suddenly appear in the middle. I hope you keep making them.

Unrelated to this. Gotta say I loved the golden AK-74 grind in the original COD:MW.

"It's either them or your children. Choose for yourself." There's a cold but brutal pragmatism there.

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

Early modern period people think of soldiers as scum. No one who can get a better job enlists. The army just had to pay better than unskilled labour. The enlisted men and the aristocratic officer corps are worlds apart.

@luisf2793

10 ай бұрын

By the way things are going Russia might end up doing both

@luigimrlgaming9484

10 ай бұрын

@@luisf2793They are

You did an Age of Empires 4 reference❤

the thumbnail is perfect, from the Soyjack prigozhin to the "needs more dakka"

"SHOIGU, GERASIMOV, WHERE ARE THE F*CKING AMMO" Prigozhin, days before capturing Bakhmut

@angeloluna529

10 ай бұрын

Kind of weird the media has stopped talking about bakhmut after Wagner captured the city

You should have mentioned Blackwater as well as other PMCs in history.

@Guido-Fawkes

10 ай бұрын

Gringo só aponta o dedo, eles não tem espelho em casa

@tomhenry897

10 ай бұрын

Repeating like a parrot

@Prat-zi1ou

10 ай бұрын

​@@tomhenry897who you ?

"I'm using war as a business to end war as a business."

@AlGhulkazim

11 ай бұрын

Not for money not for Oil

@EnclaveChad

10 ай бұрын

@@AlGhulkazim Not for what they're told is right, every man will be free to fight his own wars!!

"Land was Purchased"... Finally... Someone actually said it.

Can't wait for the Punic War to come up

No mentions of Outer Heaven or Zanzibar? Damn the Patriots really did a good job with this video.

You missed out the advantage that dead PMC's don't count towards a nation's casualties

The two most famous German mercenaries during 1500's was Georg von Fundsberg and Ulrich Schmidl.

@martig1000

10 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmV2r8uPe92xoJM.html ;)

Most pmc are mostly logistics but a fraction is for training and "security"

Soyjack prighozin is why 2023 is truly great

This reminds me of Big Boss from MGS.

the AoE reference was golden

US: “Hey Russia your guys shot at our troops” RUS: “Nuh Uh”

Return of Christian H Miles after 4 Years of Hiatus as Simple History's Narrator

Nice topic dude

Overall pretty informative video on the historical roots of PMCs but I can't help but feel some bias when it comes to when they mention western PMCs vs Wagner, i was expecting them to mention blackwater and all the things they've done although they did show western PMCs shooting surrendered soldiers it still kinda managed to feel "sanitized" compared to how they showed Wagner, does anyone agree?

@ericsuarez834

11 ай бұрын

This channel is part of the western propaganda, many of his latest videos talk about how good and courageous Ukrainians are, how evil Russia is and how western weapons are the best

@juicybac0n116

11 ай бұрын

They are just as famous if not more and just as notorious.

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

11 ай бұрын

Trump own PMC is MAGA

@dauzlee2827

11 ай бұрын

Yeah

@MrAmericanGuy1

11 ай бұрын

I felt the word “infamous” that goes Wagner is sound silly that’s cause Blackwater is no longer around to challenge that.

It look like medieval feudal army system...

You should do a video on the Ashigari, i never see enough far eastern history.

@VojislavMoranic

10 ай бұрын

Whats there to tell about them? Conscripted peasant levies the same as everywhere else in the world. Cannon fodder for the Samurai feudal nobility to collect their heads for advancements. I would rather learn about Chinese armies of that time since Japan is pretty much overcovered.

Your Animations always be better than yesterday

LOVE the 40K reference Brother!!👌🏾

The origin of a mercenary pretty much gives everyone a look into that countries military force. Majority of mercs require prior military service. In turn you're looking at the training from that countries military. Failing as a merc doesn't just doom the company. It shames the country it comes from.

Wagner this wagner that, what about blackwater? What about omega group? Do some wide research and not just what is PMCs today. The list on wikipedia is HUGE

I was wondering why the animation looked a bit off until I realized that they had no blood because you can get demonetized

Al-Qaeda were basically a private military too. They made a lot of money. And Bin Laden got kicked out of Saudi Arabia because he was mad they wouldn’t hire him to fight Saddam

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

I don't think the al-Qaeda takes contracts. All non-government armed groups aren't mercenaries.

Great video 😊 Love your channel ❤ Please lower the volume of background war sound effects because I can't listen trough hi fi without adjust the eq.😢😢 Not only in this video. I can't focus on your voice. Thank you 😊

Make a video about the infamous Yasukuni Shrine pls? literally the place where hypocrisy is where they honors War Criminals of Japan in WW2 as Heroes and not as a villains.

"Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies; they have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men, and destruction is deferred only so long as the attack is; for in peace one is robbed by them, and in war by the enemy. The fact is, they have no other attraction or reason for keeping the field than a trifle of stipend, which is not sufficient to make them willing to die for you. They are ready enough to be your soldiers whilst you do not make war, but if war comes they take themselves off or run from the foe; which I should have little trouble to prove, for the ruin of Italy has been caused by nothing else than by resting all her hopes for many years on mercenaries, and although they formerly made some display and appeared valiant amongst themselves, yet when the foreigners came they showed what they were.” - Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." - Mark Twain

Please do a video about the Forward Observation Group :)

As far as PMCs go, im a bit shocked Blackwater wasnt mentioned. They are sort of the American equivalent of Wagner, or at least they were til they got themselves pinned for war crimes and were disbanded (read rebranded) while Wagner only continued to get bigger.

It's getting really MGS4 up in here.

1:19 god that armor is awesome

From the dawn of civilization: showing Winged Hussars 😂

We are Diamond Dogs.

It would have been enlightening to have more details of the PMC operated by western nations as well (like the infamous blackwater). Wagner is far too much discussed everywhere, so there is not much more to learn. The crimes of the PMC led by many civilised countries are always covered up and the organisations are shrouded in mystery. Please make a video on them. Thanks for doing the videos :)

@nobodyherepal3292

10 ай бұрын

Western PMCs are pretty boring not going to lie. Wagner simply had far more capabilities and resources then western PMC’s could ever dream of.

@leonardusrakapradayan2253

10 ай бұрын

Western PMCs are more like actual PMCs than Wagner. Wagner is just a deniable branch of the russian military.

@wolfgangfegelein2450

9 ай бұрын

@@nobodyherepal3292 Plus Putin made the mistake of deploying them in a conventional war, which PMCs aren't really meant to do.

@nobodyherepal3292

9 ай бұрын

@@wolfgangfegelein2450 ya that’s what I thought, but apparently we just don’t equipped them enough here in the west to do that.

The fact that a warhammer 40k reference was made brings me joy. "Dah boyz need more dakka, we'z in for a propa ruck"

COD AW is slowly becoming closer to real life

I had Swiss troops in my employ too.

And of course, by 'neglecting' to declare war, governments further muddy the waters around PMCs.

Thumbnail:need more dakka My mind: i need more boulet

It's time to talk about PMCs. Not about the particular one that has been very popular for the last couple of years, but in general. Are PMCs needed in Russia? Advantages and disadvantages? Opportunities and threats? That is, in fact, we need a full-fledged (albeit brief) SWOT analysis of this phenomenon. S - Strengths, advantages Theoretically, PMCs can recruit professional soldiers into their ranks, who are “too quarrelsome” and not disciplined enough from the point of view of a regular army. Also, if the regular army fights according to regulations and standards, then PMCs can experiment with the use of various tactics and combinations of weapons, including non-standard ones. W - Weaknesses, drawbacks PMCs (contrary to the ideas of some people) cannot compete with the regular army. They can have guns, but they can't have artillery, they can have planes, but they can't have Air Force (as a system). They cannot have the same intelligence capabilities as the state. And, of course, PMCs depend on the Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex for the supply of materiel and equipment. O - Opportunities PMCs can operate where the capabilities of the state are limited. For example, the army cannot work on the territory of other countries without the permission of the Federation Council, but PMCs can. In particular, they can be used to protect the property of Russian corporations (Gazprom, Rosneft, etc.) outside of Russia, especially in unstable regions and hot spots. Also, PMCs can act as military advisers, train the armed forces of allied countries, participate in counter-terrorism activities, ensure the security of cargo transportation and VIPs, and so on. T - Threats The main threat from PMCs is a violation of the state's monopoly on violence. Both in the form of the formation of some quasi-feudal baronial (boyar) squads and in the form of organized crime groups, which can hide behind the signboard of PMCs in their criminal activities. Again, the existence of PMCs greatly complicates the issue of weapons control - from automatic small arms to heavy weapons (in particular, MANPADS that can be used by terrorists). Places of warehousing and storage appear uncontrolled by the state. Well, as recent experience shows, personal loyalty to employers and commanders may turn out to be stronger for some than loyalty to the Motherland. In total, we can conclude that the existence of PMCs as a tool of limited use is possible, but only outside of Russia (abroad). Inside the country, the existing special services and law enforcement agencies are more than sufficient to solve any problems that arise.

I love how that image of Prigozhin pointing like that one soyjack meme will always be a remembered part of history in the future

>Video about PMC's >No comment about the most powerful, both politically and in military force, PMC in the world (Blackwater) and with a long list of dubius activities.

That thumbnail is just awesome

At the very beginning of this video.............the Winged Hussars arrived! 🤘

4:23 The East Indiamen were not considered frigates. They were considered armed merchantmen BUT they could easily be converted in equivalents to 4th or even 3rd rate vessels. There are actually a few cases of East Indiamen being converted into full fledged warships as well. A famous on would be John Paul Jone's "Bonhomme Richard", which was a former French East Indiaman with 42 guns. She was sometimes said to be "comparable to a 64 gun third rate" based on her size and weaponry. But, while having the armaments of a frigate, they were not considered frigates or grand frigates. In most cases, when pressed into service, they were converted into Ships of the Line, most commonly as 4th rates (on the Royal Navy ship rating system).

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

Ships of the line are staggeringly huge in comparison, with comparatively gigantic crews.

@KellingtonDorkswafer

10 ай бұрын

@@SusCalvin ship of the line are huge compared to frigates in most cases, yes. But after conversion, most East Indiamen were considered 4th rate ship of the lines (see HMS Calcutta for another example)

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

@@KellingtonDorkswafer Military ships tend to have a huge compliment of crew as well, and even naval infantry detachments.

@KellingtonDorkswafer

10 ай бұрын

@@SusCalvin Yes, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make though. When converted, East Indiamen gained those same detachments and crew counts. Not to mention, East Indiamen already, in most cases, had a detachment of Royal Marines.

@SusCalvin

10 ай бұрын

@@KellingtonDorkswafer How different was the crew of the merchant marine and the navy? Yeah, taking on more people is relatively easy. Didn't know the EIC borrowed marines. I thought they had their own staff, including for military roles.

"wagner group" is a terrible example, since it's entirely government funded. Not a single bit private whatsoever. I'd much like to hear about the infamous blackwater company instead.

@ronanchristiana.belleza9270

11 ай бұрын

Still PMC can still be government funded right? not just simply some rich people funded them

@barda9748876850

11 ай бұрын

This KZread channels are just puppet of nato and USA.....

@History_Nurd

11 ай бұрын

​@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270PMC = Private Military Contractor. Mercenaries, they are not tied to a government in specific, instead, they fight whoever pays them the most whilst supporting/not conflicting the PMCs ideals. Wagner is *technically* still a PMC, but at this point they are just Russian Mercs

@greengoblin876

11 ай бұрын

​@@History_Nurdforeign governments are the biggest dust of mercenaries.. a pmc is exactly that ... they aren't "soldiers " in that sense they don't have to take an oath .. there's being a soldier and being a contractor.. they are same but different

@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401

11 ай бұрын

@@History_Nurd Private Military Company

I was hyped for some info abt Blackwater.

Please Create a Video of Sri Lankan Civil War of 20 years The Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka War Thanks Love your Video and history explanation

Another famous mercenary band in history where the Gallowglass, as they were both the most feared and highly wanted mercenary units in history of the British isles. As a reused as mercenaries from the 13th-17th century.

Gary Oldman says SHAAAAAAT AAAP

Small mistake in the video, the wagner coup started on june 23rd not 22nd

I love you for that thumbnail SHOIGU! GERASIMOV!!

For much of history national militaries weren't really a thing though. Like for much of history it was way more about a king/emperor/shogun/etc getting regional levies or about certain city states having their own local militias. Even the Roman Army used a lot of regional levies and mercenaries to supplement their forces. Also mercenaries were not banned inside Europe until the Treaty of Westphalia in the 1500s.

As said by many years, it has been such a tactic to recruit mercenaries to defeat the state who employs them. Such is the story of the almogavers from Catalonia who far from defeating the ottoman army, conquered regions of the state who they had to defend.

They used the Prigozhin soy pointing meme in the thumbnail, love it

Theres also modern PMC in the maritime services (protecting civilian freighters)

Great example is the usage of mercenaries in the Napoleonic wars

January: "wagner is weak and will be smashed by the strong Ukrainians!" Now: "oh my gawd! Oh my gawd! Wagner is so powerful and ruthless!"

@02suraditpengsaeng41

9 ай бұрын

Later : Wagner about liberated Niger 1 month later : he's dead

Bro head spin around lol 0:21

Speaking of PMC I gotta check out my Diamond Dogs miss out on Adding Vemon Snake in the Soviet War in Afghanistan