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The amrican equivalent to these guys would be something like the US Army Rangers, so it's not really basic infantry, it's more of an elite infantry unit focusing on guerrilla warfare fighting in small groups behing enemy lines to disrupt the enemy as much as possible.
I was trained on K3 as an airborne ranger/jaeger and I agree with this post.
Gotcha. I figure with "hunter" in the name, it's gotta be serious
@@CombatArmsChannel The history goes way back to appr 1632 and it comes from german Jaeger, and first unit was hunters that were put in small units. Fighting different from regular units at the time. But modern Swedish jägarförband is from 1940-1950. And there is, have been a lot... Lapplands jägare, fältjägare, kustjägare, fallskärmsjägare, flygpasjägare. But i think its Hard to just make a straight translation to US. But I think Rasmus i betyg Close. But gemener that in Sweden it used to be conscripted soldiers with 10-15 months training
@@smokingorca Hmm. My dad was a "Vildman" Västerbotten fältljägarkår. Best description of his training would be "Terrorist" according to him.
Us swedes look like the The quiet kid in the classroom
Jag vet inte hur man ska översätta: i lugnaste vatten?
Men svenskarna är sneaky. Jag gick mönstrade aldrig men jag ångrar det idag. Jag hade behövt disciplin i mitt liv.
Hey mate, never thought I'd see this. I used to work at AJB (Arméns Jägarbataljon), the battalion displayed in this video, and even did a tour abroad with them. I figured I could share some info on the topic. "Jägare" (meaning Ranger/s in english) are operating behind enemy lines, pursuing sabotage, recon, and leading airstrikes and artillery. It is, like the narrator says, the Army's most prominent unit for combat behind enemy lines. Although AJB is considered light infantry, its roots are cavalry, as back in the days they relied on horses. Hence, the soldiers there are also called "Dragoons". Also, if you take a closer look on the batch/tab they wear on their arm (not sure if visible in this video), you can see it's similar to the "Ranger tab". AJB have had exchanges with the 75th Army Rangers since the 70's, and when the first officer from AJB in Sweden went and did the Ranger Course, he saw many similarities and decided to make a similar tab to the "Jägare", however with the inscription "JÄGARE". Since then many officers have gone through the Ranger Course. To become a "Jägare" is one of the toughest courses in the Swedish Army. Despite all the action in the video, most of the time it's just miserable, dark and cold., since that is AJBs best weapon - shit conditions. The weather close to the Arctic Circle is what make these guys tough, not their biceps (although doing disco-sets in the gym is important). Best
Big up to the AJB! To work efficenetly in that environment takes a lot of things. Physical prowess, mental stbility and team spirit. I have a friend who did the AJB mandatory service (that we have in Sweden). He was a different guy afterwords. Great friend before, a great man afterwords. All respect!
Tack för din Service !
King asså!
Oh ok, thanks for the clarification!
Should be added that the basic concept is based on the finnish "Fjärrpatruller", working in depth with recon and sabotage, from world war 2.
The white camo is actually like a thin coat and pants that you put on ontop of your regular M90 (green) uniform, so if you were to walk into a forest away from the snowy mountaintops, you could literally change your camo from white to green in just a minute to suit the enviorment.
Ahh ok solid idea
@@CombatArmsChannel it actually depends on scenario aka not 100% accurate but 99% of the time it is, there are white gear just not in use, I know it was given out previously to tank units
Combat Arms Channel: "Temperature may stay generally the same"
Sweden: "So should we have 30 degrees celsius or negative 30 degress celsius today?"
the weather waits for us to get dressed before it decides.
In the last three weeks I've had +20 C in sun. +4 C and wind, snow and hail. And this is June, in south Sweden.
Don't trust the swedish summer, it will screw you over.
To be fair, US climate can vary a lot as well, even more so than ours. Go to Minnesota or Wisconsin in the winter and you can easily find negative 30 degrees celsius, go to Arizona in the summer and you'll suffer 40-50 degrees celsius.
@@johan.ohgren Are you a month ahead of the rest of us? ;)
@@darkiee69 ah, yes. May was a disaster so I time traveled one month ahead😳
I'm pretty sure Försvarsmakten has subtitles on their videos that you can toggle 👍
Bald Zeus yes they have
Yup
Yes they have English subtitles 👍🏻
Thanks!
Don't quote me but I believe there is a law mandating it even
Jaegers (hunters in english) are self sustained units, ment for long range recon, Guerilla warefare and sabotage. Attacking enemy supply caches and gathering points behind enemy lines. And to tie up resources to root them out, Decreasing the enemies frontline capabileties. They also have forward observer capability to guide in artillery or CAS. Nordic contries all have them, some in more specialized fields then others but all with the same base concept
evilreddog it’s also worth pointing out that these aren’t one ONE particular unit, there are several specialized jaeger units for various types of operational purpose and terrain. For example the “fjälljägare” who operate in the snowy mountain ranges in northern sweden like we saw in the video, or the “kustjägare” (coastal jaegers) who are more like an amphibious commando unit.
@@Vamashara yes and "Air base" jeagers, eller flybasjägare.
Alexander Wingeskog aren’t the the same as the parachute jaegers (fallskärmsjägare)? Or is it a new type? Can’t say I’ve heard of that one.
Vamashara fallskärmsjägare jobbar mest med fast och rörlig spaning backen fiendes linjer, inte helt säker på flygbasjägare vet dock att de arbetar med hund
@@Vamashara Flygbasjägare skyddar flygbaser från Specialförband och andra enhenter som kan tänkas sabotera innan ett anfall. Och dem är även "PJ's" som åker ut om nått stridsflyg åkt ner någonstans och piloten behöver bli räddad eller liknande.
Re. opening sequence, translation: the jaeger battalion is there to supplement army brigade combat (highest level of army combat trained for in the Swedish army up until recently).
Re. AT4 volley-fire sequence: probably defensive drill against armored threat (IIRK infantry combat manuals state more than one shot to kill/disable IFV/MBT - so this is definitely not a "defend against insurgents"-scenario.)
Re. "Jaeger" - germanic for "hunter", historically to denote the European King's/Monarch's need for skirmish/raid troops often recruited from mountain-tribes/nomadic horse people and over centuries stylized to "Jaeger"-name to define the purpose and specialized tactics of essentially regularly recruited troops from more homogenous populations within the nationstate borders (when tribes and rural populations diminished).
Re. AT4 and Carl-Gustaf - both are in use with Swedish armed forces. US utilization of AT-4 was kind of outside the designated purpose of the weapon - in Swedish use it's always been "near-exclusively" meant to defeat armor. CG was always, from 1948 really, designated for multi-purpose use. So, the US finally caught up with how to use the CG and returning AT-4 to its original purpose... :)
Re. Bent caps - style... just style. ;)
Re. ghillie suit - specialized fabric with IR-defeating capabilities.
Re. assault rifle and SAW optics - Aimpoint exclusively.
Re. winter camouflage - it's coveralls put over your BDU, the "M90"-style uniform - keeps the logistics burden down a bit.
Really enjoy your review videos. :)
Nah it's not just style, it's to keep the rain from forming at the front :) But yeah STYLE!
I need to correct you on one thing, the caps are bent because of how they are polded in the pocket of the pants when not worn, the cool look is just a byproduct of that. B-)
Awesome insight, thanks for sharing!
When I was in the service, we were taught that three hits from the AT4 was enough to disable an IFV, while an MBT would need five. Also in my experience the AT4 is a squad-level weapon, meaning every infantryman will be trained with it. While the GRG is for specialized units. Least that's my experience from some ten years ago.
I remember talking with my dad about the Jaegers, and he mentioned how the way they fight is way different from the regular army. When he did his compulsory military service in the late 70's the 'rule of thumb' were that the regulars would spend 60 days in the field on exercise and 300 at the regiment, while the jaegers would spend 300 days out in the field and 60 days at the regiment.
He actually talked to a friend he grew up with who applied for the Jaeger corps after being (falsely) informed that those guys generally got better food. Well he was assigned to the Jaeger corps, spent the first day receiving his gear and the day after they were sent out in the woods, given a live chicken and were told to make lunch out of it haha
Thanks for good neighbors. I'm from Finland
Thanks to you too!
varsågod! sweden ( me) am happy!
On the bent caps: When we don't have the caps on (indoors or when using helmets) we fold them into a triangle and store them in our left leg-pocket. That makes it's bent like that.
Look at the Swedish special forces SOG or särskilda operativ gruppen. Elit special unit in Sweden
Bern Bladsh blad särskilda operations gruppen heter det:)
The only thing we have in the category "elite" was the ISIS fighters "we" sent to syria, you know those "good guys" that didnt harm anyone down there - all of them claimed to only have made food for ISIS..
Ragnar SwE i don't really know how to explain the group correct but I think he understand what I mean at least Wien i search it hopefully
CrownRed operativ och operation är ungefär samma sak. Många säger deras namn olika men själva riktiga namnet är särskilda operations gruppen :).
@@crownred7040
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A Swedish soldier can never wear a hat indoors. When wearing a cap, it.s usually tucked into the leg pocket when entering a building, which in turn causes the brim to be bent. From there it’s become more or less a military fashion to wear your cap with a bent brim. It actually protects a bit better from the elements as well.
the TEMPERATURE STAYS THE SAME?!?! the lowest recorded temperature in sweden is -52 degrees celsius
-52,6
About the ghillie suite it is the The Special Operations Tactical Suit (SOTACS) represents the most advanced personal camouflage equipment available. The suit has multi spectral characteristics and provides protection from visual observation, night vision devices and thermal sensors. It can be worn over ordinary Battle Dress Uniform, allowing the level of camouflage to be adapted to each situation.
Where is it produced? Is it Swedish made or imported?
@@vertie2090 yeah swedish SAAB Barracuda
saab.com/land/signature-management/soldier-integrated-systems/sotacs/
@@vertie2090 it is made by barracuda which is a subsidiary of saab
To add up on above comment and comment of the US guille suit I have seen. Of course the color it’s self should blend in but the whole idea of it is to “erase” the sharp contours with no room for missed areas of the body. You often see half suit, blanket suits or just a few stripes hanging on the sniper, this one fully covers the whole body and by that blends in to the nature. The winter one fully white looks a bit crazy, like chickens but in the winter landscape/nature they are gone.
I love this channel man! As a Swede I enjoy these videos but I also learn a lot when you react to other countries’ military stuff. Keep the videos coming👍🏼
Thanks for watching!
What a refreshing change to see someone objectively look at things!
The hat bend is a style for sure, diffrent units have there diffrent flavor aswell, but it serves a purpose in that its a soft cap and u can fold it to put it in the leg pocket
Regarding the ghillie suits, they are IR suits because the main enemy would be a high tech qualified enemy with air superiority.
Love your videos and love your commentsection!! I love hearing from real people about their experiences and knowledge! 🇸🇪
They do use the Carl Gustav, @3:13 the jaeger on the right is carrying a backpack holding 4 hard plastic tubes used for carrying the Shells for the CG.
The Swedish Army and rangers use Carl Gustav M3-4, NLAW (RB57), AT4 (Pskott86) and TOW (RB55).
There are many different types of Jägarsoldiers in Sweden. What we saw in this video was the jägarsoldiers based in northern Sweden, but their is coastjägarsoldiers and airbasejägare as well.
Lol coastjägar 😀
Parajaegers too
The hat V shape is because you fold it to fit into your leg-pocket that way. It's pretty soft.
Nej den är till för att äta på
You fold it into a little pie shape and then you can easily put it into your leg pocket once you go indoors.
And because it's a staple of whom have been there for long.
Ahhh cool you covered one of the branches jägar units. Super fun to watch and listen. Keep up the good work.
the camo on the helmet may not be as relevant or requires a lot of work for troops that change through different environments a lot so that they have to switch it all the time. but here in sweden pretty much the entire country is pine forest so you can never go wrong with a pinetree on your head :D
Awesome video you have done a great job with this one and i really like these reaction videos you make :)
Keep the swedish stuff coming! When I have some time I could do a translation if you want me to?
It's good info on these troops application in battle and it covers the Swedish overall strategy somewhat..
I'm working with a program to translate real time. Its seems decent so I might just have that open next video to understand better
@@CombatArmsChannel There are a fair amount of programs for that purpose. ITH (Interactive text hooker) comes to mind. Those are intended more for game translation where they can access the ingame files for translation. With youtube it might be impossible unless the video already has captions for a certain language. Autocaption doesn't really work for any other language than english.
If its the official channel of the swedish armed forces, im pretty sure it has subtitles. Just a thing you could keep in mind for future videos of non-english speaking videos :)
Actually, it seems it doesn't. But then, the target audience are potential recruits, so they're expected to speak Swedish...
They have English sub on most videos, just turn it in👍🏻
www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/
@@demopem How racist of them...
Thanx man ! as a former QRF soldier in the Swedish army i really like that you cover these guys, thaey are really hardcore for a Swedish regiment.
Translation.
The jägar battalion is the army's fore most section for fighting deep behind the enemy's possition.
The battalion has a highly developed capacity to work with high stammina within arctic, sub-arctic, wastland and in mountainous terrain.
The fighting in deep behind the enemy is a very valuable and necessary part of the brigade level of a fight.
It's primmarely about contributing to affecting the opponents capacity to do war by slowly but surely, breaking down their moral will, and physical ability to fight.
The jägar fighters contributes to preparing the opponent for a decisive end.
The jägar battles are faught in small but manouverable units that with different equipment and methods disturbs, hinders and harrasses the enemy's ability to fight.
By working deep behind the lines, the jägars continualy provide valueble information, on equipment, ability, and other important things that help the comander's situational awareness.
The jägar battalion is there fore also a wonderfull spying resource.
Knowledge of the terrain. The hidden nature of the battalion and the spread out operations means that the jägars can strike at any point in the enemy's army quickly, and with heavy force.
(some longer cinamatics, including snow mobiles)
The goals the jägar battalion is working towards can be the enemy's long range fighting systems, air deffence, supply routs, and supply depots. Everything acording to higher officer's prioreties.
In the long term this means that the enemy is forced to conduct counter operations. That pins reasorces and the freedom of action across the whole oppetative deapth.
(some more cinamatics, this time with shooting)
Except for conducting survalence and combat roles can the unit also do artillery and flight support.
In order for the jägars work to be conducted, organized and in order to build up further tollerance in form of, for example, qualified medicine, special and adapted support funktions are required. These funktions are included, funktionaly in a re-enfircement squadron within the battalion. Here you can find specialists and leadership, (samband????), alpine mobility, transport and maintnence of jägar groups.
The re-enfircement squadron is a part of the jägar battalion, and is needed for the jägar battalion to have full effect.
The jägar battalion is never visable to the opponent, but is creating a wide threat that dissables the opponents freedom of action, and it's moral will.
For opperational and tactical movement of the jägars, it's usualy a hellicopter that's used. Where both personel, supplies, and resources can be moved great disstances.
The jägar battalions core and tactical unit is the jägar platoon. It is an indipendent, tolerant and manouverable unit, that without re-supply works in harsh climates, and terrains.
The training to become a jägar soldier is both physicaly and mentaly tasking.
The sole jägar soldier is the jägar battalion's most important building block. There fore are both the physical and mental requirements very high.
(sexy swedish swimming)
The end.
Read this whilest watching, each segment is a pause in the video.
That takes dedication and probably more than an hour lol
A few years back I played airsoft with the Swedish military(100+ guys in the woods), I was hoping to end up in their team but no... They where invisible to a "non military trained dude" such as I. They totally owned that woodland haha :D It was fun!
Are you from Sweden?
You seems to be a very nice and calm guy and I like your reviews. Yeah in Sweden we take what we have and make the best of it.
Like this. Take the drama out of out and break it down. Good one!
10:46 Haha thats what we call "takböj" in Sweden :D Bended roof in english ;)
It means ''roof bend'' if anyone is wondering.
The pointier takböj the better :)
But why?
Swedish Otaku Because it looks like a roof :)
oh man you should have asked for a translation from the channel - they would have probably loved that. basically they go over everything about how they operate as a military.
What a humble guy. A pleasure to listen to.
Thanks a lot for the humble praise. To be really honest these guys military education and toughness in relation to the American military would be the equivalent to some religious summer camp for kids age 9-12.
My dad has been in the Jaeger battalion for 30 years now, I am always amazed by how he and his friends travers rough terrain. effortless like a moose whilst I'm stepping in every puddle possible. Also they are really self sufficient in an unforgiving environment; "ants is a good source of protein and they taste like lemons" He always said while I was growing up, I had to try it and he wasn't lying, they really taste like lemons :D
There is a mini series about these guys training, its pretty good, you could use the youtube translation if you watch it, there is a funny thing in one of the vids where one of the trainees lost their gun and the officer or what you call him notices and.. yeah
Thats a good series
Good serie! But it’s actually about the education for the light infantry battalion at K3, not the same regiment;)
I actually had a brigade CO misplacing his gun once. That was kind of awkward, especially since we were expecting a field visit from the Secretary of Defense. He had to borrow a gun from one of the staff sergeants.
The misplaced gun later showed up in the chopper the CO had been taking a ride in earlier that day.
Nice, where they did the indoorpractice is in my hometow, and also where i did my militarytraining back in the day.
The v on the cap is a byproduct from staging the cap away in your belt/pocket, at least that's why the Danish cap looks like that.
Correct. When going inside you put the cap in the (usually) left leg pocket, and that eventually makes the brim form into that V-shape.
Its also very common from swedish farmers because they wash their caps in the dishwasher sometimes. But if you do the opposite you become a "Volvo Raggare" and that is almost the same thing but they only live in the country side and not on a farm.
@@andreashandin8861 öööhhh nej? drängar gör det. vi bönder gör inte det! hahaha, fan va fult att paja kepsen!
@@northlyfarmer5799 Det är mycket möjligt men jag har även sett själva bönderna göra det. men men
Almost every swede learns how to swim at a young age actually.
Yes cause we all live near lakes or rivers here!
It's an obligatory part of elementary school. To pass you have to be able to swim at least 200 meters.
@choppa grizzly I know you all try to portray yourselves that way but lets be honest, only about less than 5% of your people shoot guns in their lives.
Here in Sweden it actually is very normal to take your kids with you hunting and shooting guns aswell so i dont see a point with your comment.
Also, a kid that has just learned how to swim doesnt need to be able to swim more than 200 meters, thats dumb as they are able to train themselves.
choppa grizzly Whilst hunting isn’t as popular in most of Europe it is in nothern Europe. USA has got more hunters, but you’ve also got a population the that’s like 13 times bigger than the nordic countries combined. The nordic countries has gotten more hunters compaired to their population than america.
@choppa grizzly You have no idea about how popular hunting is in Sweden, why would you even embarrass yourself like this?
I just found your channel, enjoy it very much. You should do one with Norway, FSK (Forsvarets Spesial Kommando) or Marinejegerkommandoen (Marines) thats our elite forces, and supposedly one of the top sf in the world.
Im from the Norwegian Arctic Ranger Company. Very similar to this! Im a Minimi (Other version of the M249 Saw) gunner. We usually operate behind enemy lines and spend alot of our training in harsh terrain
Thanks for posting! The AT-4 you call is something every soldier can use and its mostly for hard targets. The CG is used by specially trained soldiers and usually you have one CG in every group. At least when I did my service 88-89. ;-)
Jägare is a ranger unit. I think i mentioned it in the commets on your Finland video, that the Savolax brigade was a legendary very early unit the Swedish/Finn crown had put up to fight and sabotage and ambush behind the Russian lines.
in Finland jägers are not really troops working behind enemy lines, they're the main combat troops at the frontline. Their task is generally the heaviest in a war.
It seems the Swedish jägers have a very different role. What are the frontline main combat troops called in Sweden?
@@vertie2090 Cannon fodder
Here is a picture from when I was working at the Swedish Sniper course, you can see how the gillie suit actually do blend in a bit better. They can add material to it depending on what sort of area they operate in. Also it's about choosing your spot/ environment like in pic two.
Sweden has about 2700 Km's ( 1680 miles ) of coast so water is a huge element within the Swedish armed forces. There are jaeger/ jägare within all branches more or less. Marines/ Amphibious battalion got Kustjägare/ Coastal Rangers/ Commandos and UDT. Army got these guys in the video "Army ranger battalion" the K3's "Rangers" Army "Parachute Airborne Rangers" and Air force got their "Air base Rangers".
Swedish only Special Forces are the SOG "Special Operations Group" Särskilda operationsgruppen and some of these Ranger units do have some support or co-op with SOG though now SOG has developed their own support elements to cover all this, so the support from the different Ranger units are more or less gone.
Other then that a good video and I'm sure it would have given you more if it was in English or subtitled.
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Yeah, my point with that with what camouflage you have you find the best spot for it. No matter what gillie suit you have or camouflage you use when moving or in the "wrong" environment you will be seen or it will look bad.
These colors used in the Swedish camouflage has been tested to be the best all around for the Swedish environment and since Sweden is a defensive country that only focus on defending the territory that is what they use. Sure there has been a "desert" uniform and "lighter" uniform developed for deploying on UN or International missions but fundamentally that pattern and those colors are what works best for Sweden.
People with far more grades and way higher pay grade then me figured that out ;)
Sweet pictures. Thanks for sharing 💪
No problem, just fun to share with you!
I remember back in my military days, we where supposed to do a an attack on our sergeant passing us in a car, was fun carrying boxes of ammo trough the woods, only at the last minute
realizing it was live rounds, now that could have been very painful if people had started shooting that with the plug in the barrel.
Seeing the arctic parts i keep thinking of the Archer videos, that artillery is superb being able to lobby shells over an area with close to all impacting at once cause they are fired at different angles.
Its an official army video explaining what the Jägar units do. Hitting the enemy and disturbing them behind their lines and providing information
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The ghillie suit is IR-
absorbing. That's why it looks like that.
Also, snipers are trained to enhance the suit so this was probably just situation training where they did not spend time on that. I know some one who trained as sniper and has seen a suite fully prepared. You did not see the sniper from 20 feet away until they moved.
Yes. I used to work with measuring NIR-signature on uniforms and combat gear like the Berghaus backpacks. I took IR-photos of gear next to different materials in different environments to compare color and ir-reflection through night vision device like NVG. E.g. a bad backpack can be all OD green fabric, green straps, green patches and all the different materials looks like it's the same green color through your eye and it blends in with the nature. But when you look at the backpack through night vision goggles the straps are now glowing and you look like a walking christmas three. The straps is reflecting way more IR than the rest of the materials and thats bad.
Ive started training towards beeing able to get into one of the two ranger battallions/units. Got a long way to go but i hope to be fit enough to be able to meet the physical demands by the end of this year.
The bent hat comes from the way it’s stored(normaly right leg) and i believe the ghillie suit is made out of a material that blocks IR-rays
When it comes to the Navy, how effective the are..
US have the Zumbaltclass corvettes as stealthships, in Sweden we had as early as the end of the 80-s the "Smyge" which become the Visbycorvette-class way before the Americans had stealthships!
15:20 yeah Swimming is important in Sweden. He have a very long coast and we have lakes and rivers literally everywhere. About 10% of our landmass is actually just water and we have the EU:s biggest lake as well
In Swedish they are called "jägarsoldater" they go deep inside enemy territory and gather information living alone separated from the rest of the army for long periods among many other things.
I think it's pretty cool that you talk about swedish military, I live near by a military camp. Sometimes I see them in the morning going in to busses.
Sweden has desert camuflage to
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SAAB Barracuda is from Sweden so we got pretty awesome camouflage 😀
Basicly that bataljon is for, ”Interupting” the enemy and slowing them down
great video
The cap thing( inverted V) is because the "brim" doesn't have any stiffening materials other than some seams in the fabric. So it's the only way to get it to curve othervise it's just flimsy on its own accord, kinda.
11:06 The hats get that way when you fold them.
If you want information on swedens military search ”försvarsmakten” everything is on english
A rumor i heard from a friend who worked at Bofors, swedens mail military RND said that the uniforms while barely updated since the 80's have a special chemical compund in them to stay hidden from heat signatures and must be cleaned at certain cleaners.
That sounds dope! So Bofors makes the uniforms? I wonder if they sell to civilians haha
@@CombatArmsChannel I don't know if Bofors makes the actual uniforms. Just heard it from an old timer at Bofors who worked on artillery systems
No not quite. You had to use a special detergent you got from supply, but you could wash it in a normal washing machine if you had a dry tumbler. There was some treatment of the fabric to make it better at keeping water out and normal detergent would damage that. They dry tumbling was to get the fibers to stick together after cleaning to be sealed.
Worked quite well as long as the uniform was not to worn down.
And no, it is not sold to civilians as far as I know even though there are a lot of knockoffs and even some "lost items" sold on the side from time to time.
@@davidmartensson273 sounds dope and haha those lost items always finding a way to the civilian market
@@CombatArmsChannel Sure, but not from official sources :) And I think it was something like this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durable_water_repellent, read a bit down about older types.
You should do a video on the the danish frogmen or jager core think it would be interesting 👍🏻😁
9:10 Must be hard to drive with the steering wheel at that angle lol.
The gilli suits are actually anti-flir. Using this suite makes it almost impossible to be seen by heat cameras.
Check out the Saab company barracuda for more informations about the sniper suits
Nope
@@sorennilsson9742 What do you mean no? This is the SAAB barracuda suits, not average ghillies.
@@maigeri99 the snipers on the video does not use the baracuda suits, baracuda suits are very easy to make at home using aluminised plasticfoile inside cloth sheets, the foile have a thermic effect on heat.
@@TzunSu The SAAB Baracuda need sufficient with air behind it not to give away IR radiation. The three dimensional surface structure makes the heat waves dispurse thereby making it hard to see what is behind, it also has a chlorophyll imitating pigmentation that makes it harder to detect. However to get 0 IR you need to cover your firing pasition with 15 to 30 cm of natural isolation or you can use your sleeping pad. In combination with the Baracuda.
Three is actually a series on the same channel on how these guys get their training
(It is in Swedish but you can turn on texting)
the gillesuit is kind of a hybrid of neting and a basic gille suit, you can still use it to attach leaves and sticks but if you miss a spot you still have some cover there
U should check out the more secret Swedish sog unit. Special operation group. That what we send to conflicts.
Sweden is going back to a conscription to, you might find that interesting
the ghillie suit suit i think is made out of the same materials as the barracuda netting so its probably mostly as a protection against enemy sensors.
You’re right about the “leave cover outfit”, I’m a bit surprised they’re using those. They look like they would blend in well in a rainforest, but in that kind of natural environment, they don’t.
I think my other post vanished? Silly YT.
Anyway, the three AT4s were most likely aimed at the same armoured target. Our doctrine is to, if possible, get 3 hits on an armoured vehicle to ensure it is taken out. If you wanna be dogmatic, we are supposed to fire 6 HEAT rounds at one target to increase the chances of 3 hits.
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Nice video
Back in time it existed a hunter battalion (approx. Army Ranger battalion) called Lapplands jägarregement I22 /Fo66. It's closed down now, but I was there for a year. The regiment was a bit unique in that it was the northernmost military base in Sweden (above the Arctic Circle).
The pictures from the video are identical to the environment in which I did my military service.
Finished their basic 11 month training a year ago. If you have any questions about us i can answer them here!
this is basicly the pathfinder/saboteur/artillery spotting unit
Great content man, keep up The good work! Would love to see you look at SOG and give your thoughts on them! Thanks and have a great day my friend
Firstly, great work and great video.
Regarding the ghilliesuit camo it looks mission specific (barracuda) with emphasis on being neigh invisible to heat/IR rather than vs optical.
It's a tradeoff these days but with a lot of opfor-equipment having heat-vision (drones etc) it's becoming more relevant to camo vs sensors rather than Eyball Mk1, especially for recon/surveillance roles at 500+ yards.
In these videos they keep a lot secret you know... Including camoflague.
The temperature differs a lot more here than it usually does in the US. In the south, during summer, it can get as hot as +35-40°C and during winter we don't get as much snow but it's around 0°C and it sometimes rains and this can make it even more difficult to maneuver in this climate than in snow and -20°C.. In the north during winter it can get as cold as -50°C (schools and workplaces are still open, mind you) and even in the north during summer it sometimes gets +20-25°C.
@choppa grizzly Yeah, right. +40°C in northern Wisconsin and -50°C in central Alaska? I don't think so, bud. Sweden is only about 1600km long and US Army send troops here to train with winter equipment. Isn't it cold enough in Alaska?
@choppa grizzly There is a reason US armed forces go to Sweden to train winter warfare when they want to train their elite units and tank units and not Alaska.
@choppa grizzly The difference is that you might get this difference in the same region depending on the season, not just geographic area, so within a few months you can go from -30 C to +20 C without having to travel which means that the troops have to be able to handle both as we do not decide when an enemy will show up. And they need to have equipment ready for both as well.
Sure USA has a wider range in total from northern Alaska to Miami or Hawaii, but not in the same area and also, since you are not really looking at land invasion, you have very different goals for your soldiers and can often use more specialized units that focus on one area to be exceedingly good at it and the choose the right unit for the situation.
In a defensive war, you do not get to choose as much :/
Right now May 19 in the north of Sweden, I'm mostly wearing Multicam as there is still some snow left, the ground vegetation is mostly beige, brown to faded green so Multicam is great. As time goes by, I'll wear Multicam pants for ground and wear M90 on top to match the terrain. When summer finally comes it's M90 all the way. Autumn M90/Multicam, them Multicam then snow pants, Multicam top, then full snow camo.
about the water exercise stuff, Sweden has nearly 100 000 lakes, so practicing different things in the water is vital
Considering the amount of lakes and rivers in Sweden, you really need to be able to swim. If you are a Jägare you definatly need to be able to swim, hunt, navigate and all skills that you might need to fight or survive in a situation where you are cut off from supplies or command.
Yes, you might need to swim over a river along with all equipment, we have quite a few and going around is not an option. Swimming like that is part of basic training (at least back when I did my time and I was not even in the jägar battalions).
Same here, it happens from time to time even for regular infantry that you need to swim across a river or something to get to the assault destination. In basic training you are taught basic survival and a Little later you are taught basic arctic survival too, including the glorious going through the ice with skis and pack.
The at4 is swedish and is used alot in mobile squad when the goal is not to meet armour
Exactly and also much lighter and faster to get ready. So as a backup or reserve in case, its better to have a few AT4 distributed in the group, than one CG with ammo.
But the CG is more versatile with smoke and other more specialized ammo. But it also takes some time to get ready to fire and is usually operated by two people.
The AT4 is good for a surprise encounter.
We use the CG as well so you got loader and operator in teams of 2. And the rest usually have a AT4 unless your carrying a HWY machin gun or maybe a rocketsystem
I love that you noticed the angle of the head gear.. this is actually a "natural" development because you normally keep your headcap in the left leg pocket (it's normally not allowed to wear headgear indoors), to make sure it fits there you basically fold the cap in 2 folds, the brim in one fold (which creates the angled look) and then the rest of the cap with the brim. so any long time routined swedish soldier will have the angled brim on their cap.
Look at the marine commando svenska kustjägare
I took the time to transcribe and translate the narration from the original video. The Swedish transcription is followed by the English translation.
[00:17] Jägarbattaljonen är Arméns främsta förband för strid på djupet av motståndarens gruppering.
[00:25] Battaljonen har en särskilt utvecklad förmåga att med hög uthållighet verka i subarktisk, ödemarks, och bergsterräng.
[00:36] Striden på djupet är ett värdefullt och nödvändigt komplemment till brigadernas strid.
[00:43] Det handlar ytterst om att bidra till att påverka motståndarens krigföringsförmåga genom att långsiktigt bryta ner dennes moraliska och fysiska kraft.
[00:54] Jägarstriden bidrar till att forma motståndaren för ett avgörande.
[01:05] Jägarstriden utförs med små och lättrörliga enheter som med olika stridsmedel och metoder stör, försvårar, och hindrar motståndarens verksamhet.
[01:20] Genom att operera på djupet inhämtar jägarna kontinuerligt information om motståndaren, terrängen, eller andra förhållanden, och bidrar därmed till högre chefs lägesuppfattning.
[01:34] Jägarbattaljonen är därför också en utomordentlig underrättelseresurs.
[01:41] Terrängkännedomen - det dolda uppträdandet i kombination med utspridd gruppering - bidrar till att jägarna snabbt och oväntat kan slå till mot motståndarens gränssättande resurser och ?? ?? övervärdiga mål långt bakom fronten.
[02:33] Dom mål jägarbattaljonen verkar mot kan vara motståndarens långräckviddiga bekämpningssystem, luftvärn, ledningsplatser, försörjningsvägar, och underhållsbaser - allt i enlighet med högre chefs prioriteringar.
[02:51] Soldat: Tänt är det här!
[03:13] I längden bidrar detta till att motståndaren tvingas till motåtgärder som binder resurser och begränsar handlingsfriheten över hela det operativa djupet.
[03:30] Soldat: Nu ska i fält försvarsladdningar - framåt!
[03:35] Text: Denna sida mot fienden.
[03:58] Föruttom att lösa spanings och striddsuppgifter kan pluttonsenheten även leda flyg och artilleriunderstöd.
[04:08] För att jägarnas insatser ska kunna ledas, samordnas, och för att bygga upp ytterligare uthållighet - i form av exempelvis kvalificerad sjukvård - krävs speciellt och särskilt anpassade stödfunktioner.
[04:22] Dessa funktioner ingår organisatoriskt i en förstärkningssskvadron i battaljonen.
[04:28] Här finns specialister på ledning, samband, sjukvård, alpin rörlighet, transporter, och underhåll av jägarförband.
[04:40] Förstärkningsskvadronen är en del av jägarbattaljonen och är avgörande för att jägarbattaljonssystemet ska nå full effekt.
[05:05] Jägarbattaljonen är aldrig synlig för motståndaren men skapar en bredd av hot som undergräver motståndarens vilja och förlamar dennes handlingsfrihet.
[05:16] Soldat: Jag tror på vind ?? ?? blåser typ tre meter i sekunden från... eh... klockan tre.
[05:23] För operativa och taktiska förflyttningar av jägarförband utnyttjas ofta helikopter där både personnal, utrustning, och förnödenheter kan lyftas över stora avstånd på kort tid.
[06:08] Jägarbattaljonenens kärna och främsta taktiska enhet är jägarplutonen.
[06:15] Det är en lättrörlig, självständig, och uthållig enhet, som utan tillförsel av förnödenheter verkar under påfrestande klimat och terrängförhållanden.
[06:53] Utbildningen till jägarsoldat är lång och både fysiskt och mentalt krävande.
[07:05] Den enskilde jägarsoldaten är jägarbattaljonens viktigaste byggsten.
[07:11] Därför är både dom psykiska och fysiska kraven på individen mycket högt ställda.
[07:56] Arméns jägarbattaljon är mångsidig, uthållig, och lätt - en unik försvarsmaktsresurs i alla konfliktnivåer.
[08:07] Små enheter, svåra förhållanden, stor effekt.
[00:17] The jägar battalion is the Army's foremost formation for combat in the depths of the opponent's grouping.
[00:25] The battalion has a specially developed ability to operate with high endurance in subarctic, desert, and mountain terrain.
[00:36] The battle in depth is a valuable and necessary complement to the brigades' battle.
[00:43] Ultimately, it is about influencing the opponent's ability to conduct warfare by degrading their moral and physical power in the long term.
[00:54] The jägar battle contributes to shaping the opponent for a decisive conclusion.
[01:05] The jägar battle is carried out with small and mobile units which, using various weapons and methods, interfere with, make difficult, and hinder the activities of the opponent.
[01:20] By operating in depth, jägarna continuously obtain information about the opponent, the terrain, or other conditions, thus contributing to the higher commander's situational awareness.
[01:34] The jägar battalion is therefore also an excellent intelligence resource.
[01:41] Terrain awareness - the hidden behavior combined with scattered grouping - helps the hunters to quickly and unexpectedly hit the opponent's boundary resources and ?? ?? goals far behind the front.
[02:33] The targets the jägar battalion is acting against may be the opponent's long-range combat systems, air defense, command sites, supply routes, and maintenance bases - all in accordance with the priorities of higher commanders.
[02:51] Soldier: It's lit here! (The fuze is lit!)
[03:13] In the long run, this contributes to the opponent being forced into countermeasures that bind resources and limit freedom of action over the entire operational depth.
[03:30] Soldier: Now in the field will be defensive charges - forward!
[03:35] Text: This side towards the enemy.
[03:58] In addition to solving reconnaissance and combat tasks, the platoon unit can also direct aircraft and artillery support.
[04:08] In order for the jägare's efforts to be led, coordinated, and to build further endurance - in the form of, for example, qualified medical care - special and specially adapted support functions are required.
[04:22] These functions are organizationally part of a reinforcement squadron in the battalion.
[04:28] Here are the specialists in management, communications, health care, alpine mobility, transport, and maintenance of jägar formations.
[04:40] The reinforcement squadron is part of the hunter battalion and is crucial for the jägar battalion system to reach full effect.
[05:05] The jägar battalion is never visible to the opponent but creates a breadth of threats that undermine the opponent's will and cripple his freedom of action.
[05:16] Soldier: I believe wind ?? ?? blows like three meters per second from ... eh ... three o'clock.
[05:23] For operational and tactical movements of jägar units, helicopters are often utilized where both personnel, equipment, and supplies can be lifted over large distances in a short time.
[06:08] The jägar battalion's core and foremost tactical unit is the jägar platoon.
[06:15] It is an easily mobile, independent, and enduring unit, which operates without the need for supplies under strenuous climates and terrain conditions.
[06:53] The training for jägar soldiers is long and both physically and mentally demanding.
[07:05] The individual jägar soldier is the jägar battalion's most important building block.
[07:11] Therefore, both the mental and physical demands of the individual are very high.
[07:56] The Army jägar battalion is versatile, enduring, and light - a unique resource at all levels of conflict.
[08:07] Small units, difficult conditions, great effect.
Id love for you to watch the “jägar bataljonen mini series” it a long series about the training these elit forces go through. I think the swedish community would love it and theres a lot to learn from it. My respects, fellow swedish jaeger!
More reacts please. Försvarsmakten has alot of high quality videos and im pretty sure there are subtitles for each one of them as its better for you to know what they say and gives us more that enjoy your input. Other than that, great video.
there's a 16 episode series with these guys and i would love it if you checked it out
No, those are K 3 Rangers.
React to our Air Force, or search for "jägarsoldat serie", that's good shit
Send him an actual link.
The swimming looks like what we did in second grade(8-9 years). Hopefully they have to swim longer distances.
In general what the narrator says is that the jägers purpose is to go in behind enemy lines, gather information, harass, destroy AA, radar, heavy equipment and confuse the enemy to that the main force can gain the upper hand.
Also on why they used AT4 (pansarskott) instead of Carl Gustaf. Carl Gustaf is a "support" weapon that a "pair" uses (like a light machine gun), one carries the launcher someone else carries the ammo. But AT4 is a more "general" weapon, almost everyone carries an AT4.
The suit is not only for camouflage, its reducing the bodyheat.
The ghillie: In sweden we make our own ghillies when at war, just like the camo on our helmets, we make them from real branshes etc.
In sweden we have many different types of Jägare which is important to point out. The ones in the video are the Artic jägare who´re mainly doing recon operations but also some DA. On the other hand their "cousins" are the airbourne assult rangers/jägare. These are a type of Jägare that focus on DA rather than recon. They can still solve the same type of mission but they´re specialized differently. Myself I´m from the latter. There are the parashute rangers, coastal rangers, air force rangers (list goes on). Of these the parashute and artic rangers are the more recon-oriented ones, the airbourne assult and coastal rangers are more DA and the air force rangers are more of a long range counter-sabotage/espionage group.
The 'Jagare utbilding' Is the most difficult job to do so big credit for the people who is doing that job