1 Royal Anglian Afghanistan 2007- SHOW YOUR COLOURS

compilation of video clips showing 1 Royal Anglian (A British Infantry Regiment) and the fierce fighting during thier Op herrick 6 tour of Helmand Province made infamous by the "Ross Kemp in Afghanistan Series" and Col Richard Kemps amazing book "Attack State Red" ( READ FULL INFO ! )
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MUSIC-The Prodigy - Colours (Darkwave Remix)

The intensity of combat in Afghanistan has been laid bare as one British Army regiment revealed that it had fired one million rounds, killed 1,028 Taliban and lost nine men in a six-month tour of duty.

At times, fighting saw the 1st Bn of the Royal Anglians having to "winkle out the Taliban at the point of a bayonet", said Lt Col Stuart Carver, the commanding officer, at the battalion's medal ceremony.

At times the fighting was on a par with that experienced in the Second World War and the casualty rate was similar, with nine men killed and a further 135 wounded.

In a moving speech given by a former commander of the Anglians, Major Gen John Sutherell said they had completed the "most demanding tour" ever asked of the regiment.

"In spite of the heat and privations you have taken on a hard and fanatical enemy on their own grounds and driven them back. The fighting has been remorseless in its intensity and often at very close quarters.

"You have shown courage, endurance and professional skill and comradeship of a very high order.

"But you have also shown the intelligent restraint and humanity to discern between those who have been trying to kill you and the people we are in Afghanistan to help."

The conflict had not come "without costs" but the battalion should be "incredibly proud" of itself.

The general, who also served in the SAS, said: "You are truly comrades in arms, a band of brothers and you have our deepest gratitude, respect and admiration."

After he finished a woman from the crowd of almost 2,000 family and friends shouted "three cheers for our boys". She was met with a rapturous response.

Lt Col Carver said his men had fought conventional trench warfare, engaging a well-trained enemy from, at times, 15 feet away.

"There was some pretty fierce fighting in conditions you would sometimes see in World War Two, clearing buildings and trenches."

The enemy was highly trained and well equipped, although others were poorly trained fanatics.

"The good ones are extremely good, religiously motivated and will stay and fight until the last," Lt Col Carver said. "Sometimes they had to be winkled out of buildings at the point of a bayonet."

He said the Taliban mounted more than 350 attacks on his troops.

"By the end of the Anglian tour, three quarters of shop fronts had been restored to Sangin, which had previously been a ghost town. A school for 500 boys and girls had opened and the population had electricity. The security threat had also dropped to 'Northern Ireland levels'."

2:38 Sniper Oliver "Teddy" Ruecker Military Cross
1:58 Sgt Panter Earning his" mention in Dispatches"

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[CapKorzeniowski]

- What does the Viking-thing in the beginning of the clip mean? - a tribute to the good old Danish conquestors? ;))

[skinnymason]

@CapKorzeniowski The 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian regiment are mostly recruited from East Anglia, England ,old viking raiding grounds hense the nickname lol ,

[funkyfenman]

@1916supermc

Whats it like watching real men soldier,no scumbags hiding thier faces with balaclavas here boy

Terrorists ?,these men dont mount cowardly attacks then run away they stand and fight

[t1t296]

Mcoop999, your wrong, 100X more have already been fucked up! Lol

[rigamarrow]

@funkyfenman They're old friends- Boston massacre, Lexington Green, Concord Bridge,

their ancestors were at them all as well as first and second Trenton and Princeton.-and the forage war that followed.

[keirfree]

@CapKorzeniowski maybe the book, I was reading is on the SOE not S Fs but it was published last year,

[CapKorzeniowski]

@keirfree I read somewhere he was dropped of in South Africa and served as a gunner on a merchant ship. I new book says that the reason why he was so dashing and daring, was that he was on all kinds of drugs being supplied as an experiment to the SBS, and since he was an AHDH this came in handy for him as a little self-medication-trip ;)

[keirfree]

@CapKorzeniowski Did you Know that Mjr Anders Lassen VC MC SAS, before becoming SAS was in Fact trained by the SOE, his nickname was Robin Hood, due to his ability, with a Bow + Arrow and contrary to what I have read of him elsewhere , it was on the Day Denmark was invaded, he insisted that the Ship he was on drop him off, in Scotland, he helped to train other Danes, for SOE Ops !

[skinnymason]

@keirfree Yep cheap Cava to you mother Troll

[keirfree]

@CapKorzeniowski Fuck !! where did skinnymason appear from ?? was he a Waiter hired to serve the Cheap Cava ??

[keirfree]

@CapKorzeniowski You,,,,,,,,,,,, Me just Got To  Luv the Boy fucking Danes !! Yeaaaaaaaa

[keirfree]

@CapKorzeniowski I am being blocked to respond  :(

[CapKorzeniowski]

@keirfree F**ck - I was just about to get it going... you know Major Lassen VC MC** and shit - and then this rabid Scotsman comes along spoiling my field day ...damn!!!

[keirfree]

@skinnymason Ignore tat Oldish Danish Queen ! she is just looking for some Grease to oil her,, Hinter parts !! I would Suggest she goes for a Retread !