Nice of the Soviets to cooperate in the making of this film.

Who would of thought when this was made, this threat would disappear in Europe 7 years later. Then suddenly become very real 40 years later.

Reminds me of the Dad's Army episode where they are leaning how to destroy a German tank and Private Walker pipes up and asks "and what's the tank doing while we are doing all this...?😂

I was a young 🇬🇧 ‘courier’ in the late 80’s. We were regularly followed by KGB, who didn’t hide themselves. The Russian’s & East Germany were convinced NATO would invade them, just as we were.

BAOR’s job was to fight a delaying action until the apocalypse happened

As a tankie stationed in Germany in the mid 80's this is very familiar, we never doubted that we could take the three enemy tanks we needed to to allow the re enforcements coming from the UK and US to push forwards but most of us knew we probably wouldn't see the end of the war. A grim outlook I guess but we were realistic.

Wow .... this brought back memories . I served 1983 - 88 and in West Germany . The weapons , the armour ... and the MOD training films ... this all looked rather familiar .

This takes me back! I remember as a BAOR soldier serving as an NCO with 2RGJ we would often do TEWT’s (Tactical  Exercise Without Troops) where frequently we (officers and Nco’s) would walk our deployment areas and go through various scenarios and our reactions to them - sometimes with umpires, sometimes without - which we would then use as part of our training regime.

It’s only since the fall of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union where information has been made available, that I realise what a real predicament we would be in if it had kicked off.

If anyone has a genuine interest in what ‘could’ have happened, there is a vast resource available in the form of declassified documents as well as many books dealing with fact and fiction. Had I known then what I know now at 64 y.o., I wouldn’t have been so cocky………

Nice video, unfortunately there's no mention of me defending the NAAFI pie machine, armed only with a clasp knife and 200 JPS.

"You're seeing almost all of his military knowledge now."
:derp charge:

great respect to the brits from germany! thankful for having you as an ally by our side.

I don't know what's worse, being a Soviet vanguard commander sending untold amounts of men against a single wall or being a British rifleman told to glue yourself into place against those countless men hurtling toward your wall.

This is much better than any Hollywood war movie

I hope all the WARNO players out there are watching this. But seriously though, mad respect for the lads who would have had to face this Soviet Onslaught, if it ever came to it.

Remember watching this as a young trooper in 4rtr and then as a cold war warrior from 1983 to 1991 taking part in many many exercises from driver through to commander to practice the actual mechanics of warding off the soviet threat.  That's when BAOR was a force to be reckoned with.

We were taught most Soviet attacks would start with a massive chemical attack then several simaltaneous armoured thrusts, not a pleasant thought!

The Brits Chieftain was such a cool looking tank. At least it was for an 11 year old(in 83) American kid. I still have the plastic model one I built as a kid on my bookshelf.

Same year as Threads, Project RYan and Able Archer 83. Scary year.

Ex RE in the 80's. We were under no illusion that we'd survive very long

Sounds like the description of a Cricket match😂