Pathfinder Platoon | Pathfinders | Selection | Training

http://www.eliteukforces.info - video featuring the elite Pathfinder Platoon, part of the British Army's 16 Air Assault Brigade. Watch to the end to find out how to apply to become a Pathfinder.

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• special forces
• pathfinders
• army
• military
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[toppaz79]

@9223342 Actually...I think Tim Berners Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Who invented the computer is a tricky one... but 2 brits can claim it. Charles Babbage (for the idea) and Alan Turing, for his computer which I think broke the Nazi codes.

[Rubberbandits7]

@9223342 The first computer was made by a British lad called Charles Babbage. Also, i'm pretty sure i'm not a clown, just checked in the mirror. Thanks for the concern though

[TheKimberRifleBloke]

@hgintern Probably Ive got a friend in the Australian Army adn he says our special forces are using the M4 whereas the rest of our troops use the Steyr

[hgintern]

Another thing that puzzles me is the commando, CQB, mop-up style actions that the troops in the vid are displaying. It would seem to me that the primary purpose of pathfinders is to mark drop zones. So in order not to give the enemy any clues regarding the prospective drop zone, I'd say that stealth should be the pathfinders' credo. That is, they should shy away from pitched battles. Can somebody shed some light on this?

[hgintern]

Wait a minute, check 2:03, 2:32, 2:37 etc.... This doesn't look like the SA80 to me. Have the paras converted to the M4 carbine?

[sarahooxo]

@richieh1980

i know the british army are the best trained in the world ;)

[sarahooxo]

@richieh1980

18 and joining royal irish in a week

[richieh1980]

@sarahooxo PS: How old are you?

[richieh1980]

@sarahooxo No excuse. I can't stand and hate the Royals so I have no business in being one of their muppets defending their failning so called country called Great Britain. Not so great anymore but as long as they are living in luxury and eeryyone else is living off of scraps then you must think it is ok. As I said I would never swear allegiance to any Royal no matter who they are. And I never compared the Legion to the British Army so where you got that from I don't know???

[sarahooxo]

@richieh1980

naaa im not wrong your just in denial ....the legionaires are good but the brits are the best trained in the world ....well there is going to be a king when the queen passes away ...so what will your excuse be then?