'Raid', an excellent short film about a Royal Marine Commandos operation

The Royal Marines Commandos of the British Royal Navy, dating back to 1664, are an elite amphibious expeditionary force.

The marine infantry forces of NATO countries, their age and size
The huge British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales on her visit to Rota for an exercise

Two weeks ago, the Royal Marines released an excellent short film, entitled "Raid", in which they show off their and the Royal Navy's capabilities in carrying out an air-naval operation to rescue hostages and destroy an enemy installation. The video is of a formidable quality, worthy of a film production, but here the protagonists are real soldiers, not actors:

This video is a great example of how to promote the activity of a military institution today. You can see here some screenshots with notes on what appears in them (click on each image if you want to see it enlarged).

A Commando Raiding Craft (CRC), the Royal Marines’ most modern boat, unveiled a year ago. It can travel up to 40 knots and has a range of over 200 nautical miles. Operated by 539 Raiding Squadron (539 RS), the vessels are heavily armed for their size (9.1 metres in length), carrying two 12mm Browning M-2 heavy machine guns on either side of the stern and a 7.62mm L7A2 machine gun in the bow.

Royal Marines preparing to assault an enclosed compound. They are equipped with the new L403A1 assault rifles, caliber 5.56 mm and fitted with suppressors on their barrels.

F-35B fighters on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08). Unlike the older Sea Harriers and other fighters previously operated by the Royal Navy from its aircraft carriers, these F-35s are owned by the Royal Air Force (RAF) but are operated jointly by RAF and Royal Navy pilots. British naval F-35Bs are assigned to 809 Naval Air Squadron, based at RAF Marham, and fall under the responsibility of RAF Air Command.

A curious image of the Royal Marines next to two old French fighter planes. It is a Dassault MD 452 Mystère II, a 1951 model. In 2022, I showed you this training ground here, which also contains military equipment of Soviet origin.

Two Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat HMA2 helicopters, carrying out the exfiltration of the Royal Marines after the operation was completed. The Wildcat is based on the Westland Super Lynx, a light and very fast helicopter. The Royal Navy has 28 of these helicopters in service.