Cold war: Bundeswehr movies & training

Hope you like those cool BW training movies: Most are from period 60ties to 80ties (Maybe I find also stuff of the type of unit I served in). I will refrain from posting newer BW videos, cause I think they a) went downhill and b) are involved in too much "foreign wars".

Also some of the newer movies produced by the BW itself seem to have too much propaganda in them. While most of the cold war period and shortly thereafter they were quite informative and neutral - even if in manouvres mostly the blue side (=Nato) wins


a) Driving in snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-rpjCB2Pto

b ) Tank hunters (Kanonen & Raketenjagdpanzer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR6HDqqI1Rw

c) Gepard 35mm shooting (must hear sound)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO2yr7HZH98

d) BUNDESLUFTWAFFE manouvre "Steel shadow" (F104, Fiat G91,F4 etc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGQZ5s9ZRk

More to add...

 

These are pretty cool. Thank you for sharing Bundelsluftwaffe!

 

Thanks, interesting stuff!

 

yes, I grew up with the 60s to 80s cold war stuff....love it...much thanks...they get luxury Mercedes trucks!!

 

So here you go for 2 more, this time our brave Allies.

a ) Outstanding report an British army of the rhine excercise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU-qmHYXosQ

b ) Huge Dutch mobiliziing excercise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU3ezksnGvk

 

Ex- BW cold war mun depot walk around:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LVHSbH8s70


More BRAVE ALLIES: Danish manouvre (vid is from 2000 or so, but the vehicles are all cold war - Leo1, M113 etc.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltsBRdRFfNc

 

This is really neat Bundesluftwaffe! I do appreciate you posting these. They are really cool!

 

Thanks, well I stood guard for the skies in the endphase of the cold war for a while (Radar/AA), so I guess I am still quite fascinated by it

I also post only vids with good sound, means not stupid music but engine sound of tanks and jets. So esp. in the case of Leopards or Phantoms you can turn the volume up, cause they sound cool.


Here is a video about an older, but simmilar system we used in the CRCs: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_and_Reporting_Centre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06drBN8nlWg

 

I agree with you on that. Those sounds are cool to listen to.

 

Gosh that brings back memories!

I was trying to spot Hohne and Munsterlager ranges.

The Gephard seems to have started a couple of range fires. I wonder how long the firing continued after the camera stopped rolling.

The shots of Luneburg heath in the snow brought a sympathetic chill to my toes. .

See if you can see the same ranges in use in this British made training film..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrubDDcygb4

You can also hear a young Sheldrake here in a How two production..

How we thought WW3 would start...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfWl43Bq8ZQ

and artillery support for a battlegroup attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZDVKdp3QtM

...and an introduction to some of the nuances of the British Army.

Not entirely safe for work. Authentic squaddie spoken here.....

 

@ Sheldrake: The British arty video I viewed it already before You served with the BAOR?


I thought it might be a good idea to add some stuff from the "OTHER" side, I found 2 east German vids (GRD/DDR) from the NVA:

a) NVA mot. Rifle regiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgYnfV48E5c

b) Battle of Adorf (NVA vs. BW)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwBSNh2AQTw

 

This is some neat stuff I haven't seen before! Thank you again for sharing!

 

Yup. I served with some of the people who featured in "Effects o artillery Fire" and all of the people in the audio I posted.

 

Thanks hope you enjoyed your stay. I just wanted to ask if you happened per coincidence visited the Hachenberg Luftwaffe barracks, cause we had some British guests there once. They wanted to train in the woods and hills I guess. Cause the BAOR area is mostly flat I guess to get some training in other terrain is a good idea..... But checked your age and probably wasn´t the case... good troops the Brits imo.


So here is another 80ties gem which you Sheldrake might even more enjoy as arty guy:

Artillery in battle (I think 3 or 4 parts, it is really good even if the "blue" side of course wins again lol they should have build in more crisis situations to make it more realistic imo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9wcNV_uq2w

Other parts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0HABhgx6o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHaJKdPNzsE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOGuwwFJKEo

 

excellent....