Quotulatiousness

January 30, 2023

The Royal Marines at War: Rough Weather Landing

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Royal Marines
Published 31 Aug 2012

Rough Weather Landing is a secret film recording of “an experiment by No4 Commando” demonstrating their ability to launch a surprise attack on a seemingly impregnable coastline.

From the comments:

ogdiver
8 years ago
“That’s right lad, you’re going to land from a boat with all the reserve buoyancy of a digestive biscuit onto a rocky shore, in a pounding surf, with a 3″ mortar base plate strapped to your back and tackety boots for swimming. But don’t worry, we’ll give you the the inflated inner tube off an Austin 7 to cling to and we’ll be doing it in daylight for the cameras.” Those blokes were nails.

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