how do people go from being normal
everyday civilians to stone cold killing
machines well it's all thanks to extreme
elite military training welcome back
charlie here today we'll look at some
insane things soldiers have to go
through to become elite special forces
from playing hot potato with a live
grenade two breaking bricks set on fire
with their heads the first training
exercise we'll look at is named hand
grenade hot potato we've all played the
game hot potato players gather in a
circle and toss an object to one another
while music plays the player holding the
object when the music stops is
eliminated in china they do this as part
of military training but instead of
using a potato they use a live hand
grenade this means that if you're
holding the grenade when the music ends
you don't just lose the game you lose
your life as well when the music stops
the last soldier holding the grenade has
to throw it into a pit if they don't
then they would be blown up this is an
incredibly extreme and high-stakes game
the chinese military do this to help
soldiers cope under pressure thankfully
in leaked videos of this no soldiers
were ever hurt but i wonder if any slow
soldiers have ever been blown up while
playing this game it now makes sense why
so many u.s politicians are voicing
their concerns about china's military if
they can cope with the pressure of
having a live grenade in their hand then
i'm sure they can cope in a war zone but
elite special forces can't just be good
under pressure they also have to be
incredibly tough
that's why one training exercise
involves breaking concrete on their
heads this is done in china and in south
korea you may think why would a soldier
need to smash bricks over their heads
well part of it is copying techniques
from monks
monks are able to master pain that way
if soldiers are hurt in the battlefield
they won't even react and many believe
it's also partly just for show chinese
and south korean militaries do this to
show they're tough as nails it also
scares and intimidates their enemy just
imagine going into a war zone with
people who break bricks over their heads
in training the chinese army is famous
for their martial arts presentations
showing that even without a weapon they
could defeat almost any army in the
world now let's look at a military
training exercise which is just plain
weird the exercise is known as cobra
gold allied militaries from many
countries participate the military
exercises are held in thailand but
armies from south korea malaysia
singapore and the usa are all involved
during the exercise u.s troops drink
cobra blood the exercise also has an
underwater assault course a landmine
destruction course and many firearms
exercises but the most famous and scary
event is the cobra blood drink troops
literally drink blood from a cobra's
mouth cobras are one of the most
venomous snakes in the world but to
become elite troops must complete this
activity you may be wondering why do
they even do this well it's all about
learning how to survive in the wild
troops are taught how to eat jungle
plants and insects but when there are no
edible plants or insects you may have to
drink cobra blood sometimes soldiers
even eat geckos and scorpions during
this training the exercise is overseen
by a royal thai military general they
explain to the us troops that drinking
cobra blood is a good replacement for
water if there's none around it may
sound extreme and scary but it may save
a soldier's life in the jungle even some
hardcore marines have to shut their eyes
when doing this it's just way too scary
to be that close to a live cobra snake
if you were stuck in the jungle what
would you do perish from dehydration or
drink cobra blood now let's move on to
an even more dangerous military training
exercise this exercise is carried out by
the russian military the russian
military is known for being incredibly
tough
russia's most elite special force is
known as the spatsnats unit and during
their training they shoot each other in
the chest the trainees wear body armor
while their commanders shoot them center
mass this is to give them confidence in
a terrorist controlled situation bullets
may be flying by their heads and they
need to get used to this take a look at
this fsb operator not even flinching as
bullets hit his chest in another
exercise trainees have to return fire
they need to shoot at each other's heads
but just narrowly miss their unprotected
faces in another drill a trainee has to
shoot at targets but while he's doing
this his trainers push him and shout in
his ear they also fire bullets right
next to his ear this is to simulate a
real-life combat situation where bullets
may be going off all around you it's
insanely stressful but it does train
them for the battlefield very well but i
think one of the most hardcore military
units is the philippine navy seals and
that's because they have to go through
what's known as drunk hell week this is
where they don't sleep for an entire
week they only get one hour of rest
every day the average human is supposed
to sleep 63 hours per week but they only
sleep for seven hours during drunk hell
week they also perform extreme exercises
every day they also have to run six
miles without stopping and also do
target practice as well and to top it
all off they have to swim 18 miles but
if you thought that was hard then they
have to do this while intoxicated with
alcohol they have to drink lots of
liquor all week long this makes it hard
for them to aim and exercise and also
makes their tiredness even worse so you
can see why they call it drunk hell week
anyone who passes out will not pass hell
week and will not make it into the
philippine navy seals now let's look at
a very scary military exercise involving
fire the military of belarus is known
for being very hardcore belarus is the
last dictatorship in europe and their
military is known as being super tough
the belarusian special forces have to do
what's known as the fire walk this is an
assault course which has fire all over
it sometimes they need to walk through
the fire and at other times break bricks
set on fire using their heads the bella
russian special forces have been
involved in many covert operations
including the assassination of
opposition politicians another very
feared military unit is the uk royal
marines the royal marines have to
complete a 32-week training course the
worst part of this course is known as
the mud run they are exhausted and
covered in terrible smelling mud they
have to run and crawl through 20 miles
of mud the mud is so thick they can
barely move they also have to lift very
heavy logs in this mud they have to do
this as a team which improves their
strength and cohesion now let's look at
one more very scary military exercise if
you have a fear of drowning this one
will terrify you this is done by the u.s
navy seals and the exercise is known as
drown proofing drown proofing is a crazy
exercise us navy seals have their arms
and legs tied they're then pushed into a
pool of water once in the water they
have to bob in the water for five
minutes they then have to float for five
minutes and then swim for 100 meters all
while their legs and arms are tied they
then have to dive to the bottom of the
pool to retrieve an object using just
their teeth
but that's when things get really crazy
their instructor then jumps into the
pool and starts attacking them this is
to simulate combative drowning if you
weren't scared of drowning before this
training then you will be now you can
see why the navy seals only have a 9.5
pass rate but now it's time for you to
make your voice heard comment down below
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i've been charlie thanks for watching
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