As a Finnish reservist I'll take dry -5-20C any day over wet and cold temps like -5 to +5. In winter darkness makes it always hard, but again when its -20 it usually means stars and moonlight, and if lucky northern lights. Swedes are definitely great warriors in snow and arctic!
Can agree with the that but it's like comparing the best weather in one area with the worst in another. I'd rather take a wet -05 +5 than -20 to -40 in a snowstrom
If Germany remilitarizes for real it’ll be huuuuuge for EU!! I hope you don’t mind me asking: What do you think are the greatest struggles for Germany’s prosperity right now?
The wooden stock serves a purpose, when it's below -20 you need to tape up any metal so your skin doesn't die on prolonged contact. Wood is no issue at all. Ex Swedish Jaeger here
Even i that never had any contact with weapons or the military realised that it would be for that kind of reason, im surpriced that he didnt think of it.
@@Stefan- He's either a Lance Corporal of Horse or Corporal of Horse (either Corporal or Sergeant) in the Household Cavalry and most likely never did a Norwegian winter course with his Regiment hence his unfamiliar comment on the wooden stock. Also he did not really research this video well before commenting as he's wondering a loud what sort of weapons they are using or systems however I thank him for bringing this video to my attention. My GF is from Lulea and her younger brother is currently serving in this brigade.
The range of the Archer is up to 60km with Excalibur rounds. It can set up in 24 seconds, fire in 30, then pack it up and scoot just as fast. 21 round magazine, fully automated reloading so the 1-4 crew never needs to leave the safety of the cabin, NBC proof cabin, 8 rounds per minute, and it has the capability to fire off rounds at different trejectories and with varying charges so that all the rounds hit the target simultaneously, while it's already scooted from the firing position before the rounds hit.
@@Schmats1 Om fienden är så inkompetent att de inte ens tittar på information våran försvarsmakt själva laddar upp på youtube so har vi än mindre att frukta från dem.
Yes, the Archer can hit the brakes, set up, get off three rounds and be moving again in 74 seconds. That means that the rounds have not even arrived at the target yet when they are back on the road. Now, that's shoot and scoot!
Naah- It is called "granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90". Just to make it impossible to sell to non swedish speaking countries. But it is nicknamed "Mjölner" to make it easyer. But still with a "Ö" so that everybody pronounce it wrong... I still think that we should have bought Patria NEMO instead. ruclips.net/video/jrZYl9_DdiQ/видео.html
A large part of the British know what Mjölner, here I mean Thor's hammer, is. The English name is probably closer to what the Norse said; Mjolnir. Vikings are popular, don't forget there are few Brits entirely without Nordic genes. (Norwegian+Danish mostly) To those who don't know what Mjölner is, and what was so special. As I mentioned, the Old Norse Asa God Thor's hammer. He used it to make lightning and thunder while he was angry, and drove over the skies in his cart, pulled by two goats, hitting around himself, every hit caused lightning. In combat Thor could throw Mjölner at the enemy, it never missed, and it came back to Thor's hand like a boomerang. A good weapon, if you ask me. A little primitive, but obviously effective.😅 The name means 'The Crusher' or in fact 'The Miller'. Like grain is crushed into flour, meal, Mjölner crushed the enemies. Swedish for flour is mjöl.
@@FridhemskenGRKPBV 90 is the Armes forces' designation. Mjölner (or mjolnir) is what it is named by the manufacturer. Same way with Gripen fighter jet although that name has stuck. In the air force its simply called JAS39, you will not find "Gripen" in any logistic documentation
I spent some time in the army in Norway, including working in the arctic. Dealing with the environment in the winter truly is a lot of discipline but also creativity and ingenuity. The Swedes (and also now the Finns) have long traditions of neutrality and they'll be at least as good, if not better than the Norwegians. There are also more of them. Sweden has a well established weapons industry and the Finns are tough people who handled themselves very capably in the Winter War. NATO's northern flank just got much deeper and safer than it was before. Glad to have them with us.
Have a fun little story about I19 and the Finnish counterpart. The Finns called a friend of mine in like 2010 (he's was a company commander at the time) wanted to train with the swedes, he told them that he had to check with his the battalion CO if they could do that, and that the right people knew etc. You know the bureaucratic stuff, and instead of waiting for a reply the Finnish CO just took he's soldiers with him and all the trucks, armored vehicles etc with him and drove to I 19 (the regiment) to meet up. So yeah that was an accidental invasion by the Finnish army, but it was all fun and good, and nobody got shot. :D
Ive heard a fun story from a training, swe and fin vs usa and norway. Sweden and Finland used the Tinder location to triangulate the Americans and Norwegians 😂
I live in the town of Boden and I did my conscription of 15 months 1998-99 here at I 19 or MekB 19 (Mechanized Brigade 19) as it was called back then. Everything is pretty tough when it is -40 C and you still have to perform. You have to check your mates for signs of frostbite constantly and we had some people from southern Sweden in my platoon, they could not believe the temperature and that we had to sleep in a lean-to for two nights, it was supposed to be a survival week but command pulled us back in after those two nights because of the cold and only boiled lichen and pine needle tea for sustenance. The memories of those 15 months are some of the best and worst I have to this day! Greetings from the cold north of Sweden.
From a bit south of Sthlm, I also did my conscripion in Boden (10month (gruppchef)) in 94-95 at I19/P5 that transformed to MekB19 that year. Though I Did my service at a fieldhospital, so not that much fighting and so on.
Hi. nice to remember this. i loved it. Now im 70 and pensioner. I have worked im the army for 27 years up north im born in middel of Sweden. I have been placed in the mountins all my carrier. In war my task was to look after about 70 vehicles 24/7. on my warcompany ,and never live a vehicle behind. my two last bigg meatings was on six weeks a row in the nature. it was as cold as -46 and 120 cm of snow in that conditions work on a vehicle with cold tools and oil on hands is hard but it should bee donne. as coldest iv been out in the nature in - 58 C 1979 i had 44 soldiers with me on Monday morning on Thursday morning it was two left every ells had frost injuries. So that jobb is tugh but God what i love it. To tow on skies after a BV 206 in the night with Northen light abow on a hughe marchland thats life . In the summer there are Water and more water and clouds of mosquitos , you can put butter on a sandwich and when you start in one end the mosquitos lands there so when you are finnich you have a new type of filling on the sandwich. well it taste s..t but you can eat it.
I served in northern sweden, you work extra hard in winter conditions, you can NOT ignore them. you have to take things in a slighhly slower pace or things WILL go wrong, cold, snow, darkness shrink margins, a minute error that would be nothing in summer suddenly becomes dangerous. say something like getting part if your clothing wet, loosing a glove... in warmish (+5 of warmer) weather it will just be "oops", in winter, with -35c and howling winds, you just increased risk for frostbite quite a bit.
About the red light. Red light dont destroy your abillity to see in the dark for ex. Read a map. If you use white light you loose the night vision for very long time. If you must use white light you can shut one eye so you dont get blind. I have served in the army for 27 years in upper Sweden . Its hard when its -40°c . But i love it.
Thanks, I did my military service in that region for more than one year and the winter is not the worst season. Even though you need to sleep outside in -32C. The summer is awful. It's never gets dark, wet, and the sound from the mosquitoes drives you crazy when living in the woods for a while. Thesnow is just gorgeous. I think the place in it self is the best weapon. Go for a 3 week hike and you will understand 😅
The autumn is worst by far. After the summer but before the winter, when it's getting dark, cold and usually very wet. When the snow comes everything gets drier and much, much brighter since the little light there is will reflect of it. Here in the north where I live, the light from the stars reflecting in the snow makes it possible to be outside and see quite well when the eyes have adjusted. But for people living in light polluted areas it's obviously very different situation.
At 11:49 is a mortarsystem called Mjölner(Thors Hammer)with 2x120 mm mortars, the vehicle is a CV90, the impacts(live fire) would be from those, I think they can carry around 60 120 mm in the munitions compartment, so 2 of those vehicles can toss quite a lot of shit at an opponent, gives the mortar crews some protection and adds some mobility. I believe 40 is in service now, and another 40 being delievered for the armoured/mechanized units. I believe the Archer(UK bought a dozen or so just recently from Sweden after sending AS 90 to Ukraine) has a reach of 30km with ordinary 155 mm, longer with e.g Excalibur. 48 new ones have been ordered after selling some to UK and giving some to Ukraine but they will be mounted on MAN trucks, the Volvo Hauler that this gunsystem is mounted on has gone out of production. It's highly automated, operators chill in the cabin(with a cup of tea), get the target data/coordinates from drone operators or forward observers, punch that into the ballistic computer and press the big red button, fire. ;D
It's a bit of a ridiculous thing to claim the reason for the change is that the D30 is out of production, since the reality is it's just changed to a new generation of the same vehicle.. but we'll see how things turn out going forward. I think there will be an interest in increasing the Swedish artillery considerably as a consequence of the war in Ukraine..🤔
*Cheers from Sweden.* Must say I really like this gentleman and British army vet. Sensible, interesting and relevant remarks along the way by a guy that obviously knows his stuff. Have watched some yanks marine vets doing this kinda commenting before but this one beats them. By far.
Soldiers here in Sweden, especially those stationed in the northern part, not only undergo a few weeks' course in Arctic warfare, we operate and train in this winter climate from November to April/May every single year.
What you see When they put exp.osives in a pipe in the ground is prepared blast chambers. We have them under the roads in p,aces where its hard to find alternative routs, like where its bogs or other things that make it hard. Just to load and blow.
As a swedish reservist this video is really boosting ones morale. I'd rather die than giving up defending my country and I'd show the enemy that there are still vikings here in the north. To all my nordic sisters and brothers I would die defending your country as well.
Qualified shells on Archer: High explosive HE rounds, range < 30 km (19 mi) High explosive extended HEER, range > 40 km (25 mi), M982 Excalibur guided rounds, range < 50 km (31 mi) Bofors / Nexter BONUS anti-armour rounds, range < 35 km (22 mi)
I did my compulsory military service as a nineteen-year-old (1968) and in northern Sweden. At its coldest, on a major two-week exercise living in tents, we had minus 42 Celsius. But we thrived, knowing we did our duty. Will remember with pleasure. Then I was called to mandatory rehearsals (and to be further educated), three times to be exact. Now I am (to old) not expected (required) to participate militarily, but voluntarily participate in how to protect the civilian population. "Civilförsaret" /Civil Defence.
The name of the video, "The lock in the North - I19 Norbotten Brigade" refers to that they operate in the North provinces of Sweden and together with Finland have an important task to stop or significantly delay Russian advance through Sweden and Finland further down south in Sweden or westwards to the Norwegian coast until NATO has mobilized rapid reaction forces and air force units to Norway and support to Sweden and Finland as well. Together with Ranger units, fighter jets and artillery the few roads available up there will be very difficult to use by the Russians due to the dense pine forests and marsh lands and deep snow conditions in the winter outside of the roads. I the Russians take northern parts or Scandinavia they will control the Norwegian Atlantic coast to secure naval operations from Murmansk.
Spent a couple of weeks up there when I did my conscript service back in 2006-7. Northen lights and ricocheting tracer ammunition made it look like a sci-fi movie 😂
1,188,031 live in North sweden. This is not extreme to us its just... life I go to work if its -40F or if its not if theres a snowstorm I still go to work. Its just life. Nothing is extreme like american television like to make it. Got my perfect gaming pc got my cozy life. Sure might be cold or the sun might never set or rise for a period of time but its just life. just an edit here aswell I slept very comfortably in a small trailer with no heat in -40 just had an extra blanket and it were great most comfortable sleep Ive had probably. Then again its common to leave babies outside in strollers during winter think most of us that are atleast in the north have been left outside and no harm done to us. just a comfy blanket and a hoodie and then sleepy times for a few hours.
Yeah, babies sleep the best when they're left outside the house in the winter, tucked in nice and warm in their stroller. I remember as a child, sleeping on reindeer skins in a snow scooter sleigh, going far up the mountains. The smell of reindeer fur and two-stroke scooter engine fuel. So comfortable, so safe.
I did my military sevice in the years of 81-82 in I19 (infantery) in Boden, Sweden as the leader of a team of 8 carrying the Carl Gustaf 84 mm (Grg48) recoilless rifle. 1 gunner and 1 loader. Rest supporting by skiing and dragging the weapon through the snow in a sled.
No, the cold does not equal getting wet more than enduring hot conditions. The cold has a drying effect. One just needs to not break too much of a swest without any future possibilities to at least take the layer closest to the skin off and shake it, or enjoy some hot engine or fire. I would choose cold before heat any day.
I did my military service at I19, Boden in the late 1980´s. I remember the final military exercise in Vittangi in the north of Sweden. It was -37C and when we jumped from the Hägglunds BV206 it was almost waste high with snow. You had to put on the skies called vita blixten (the white flash) straight away to be able to move at all. After eight month of training we was very, very well trained to cope with winter conditions. Even the finnish observors seemed to be impressed by us as we passed them two skating with full gear.
2:58. I 19 stands for Infantry #19. Every Swedish regiment have a letter and a number. For example. A3 = Artilleri #3. P6 = Armored Unit #6. F17 = Airforce base #17.
The wooden stock, it belongs to a modern weapon, BUT the modern "platsic version" stock wasn't up to the task they realised, it broke easily when put in extreme coldes, so they replaced it with a wooden stock for reliability. It's a weapon that only goes with our Armoured transports anyway, so weight wasn't as much of a problem. And metal wasn't an option, since if that comes in contact with skin below certain temperatures can lead to Lethal situations, as your skin freezes attached to it, and can cause wounds.
I remember my military service in Norbotten Sweden. During a retreat in an assault exercise I fell face down in the meter-deep snow, with my machine gun. The snow was so deep so the retreat was painfully slow. I thought, what would it be like to drag a wounded friend hundreds of meters through that?
The range of the Archer up to 30 km with Standard amunition and with specialamunition is upp to 50 Km With the Bonus grenade. Prefereble used to hit Tanks and APC 10:0711:48 Thats a Mortar mounted on a CV90 Chassi.
was on the regiment next door, we were out almost all the time building communication, the worst thing about kylab was when it was windy at the same time and you hadn't eaten for several days and it was almost minus 40 degrees, well then you longed to go home haha
What is not mentioned in that film is that once again at the top of Sweden and above the North Pole lies Kiruna, the LaplandRanger regiment will be resurrected. The training location of the Lapland Rangers and where they are located is up in the mountain world, where no tanks can be used. Among the mountain peaks, the weather can change from one hour to another. The Lapland Rangers build and sleep in self-made snow caves. Lapland's Rangers are trained to strike quickly and before the enemy has time to react, you are gone. This was what American Navy Seals learned in the 90s when they had a joint exercise up in northern Norway. The Navy Seals were beaten 3 times by the Lapland Ranger. Then you have to keep in mind that the Navy seals consisted of professional soldiers with several years of experience and the Swedish Lapland Rangers, the conscripts had completed 10 months of military training out of a total of 18 months. The Lapland Ranger has the toughest military training due to the environment they operate in and only the toughest of the tough are accepted. Since you are outside 86% of the time you do your military service, the toughest part is not the physical but the psychological. The cold, darkness, constantly changing weather and you are outside most of the time and you have to master rock climbing.
The "What's THAT?!?" reaction to the clip after the smoke screen deployment is Swedens handy dandy motorized mortar vehicle. Allows an immense increase in mortar team mobility and protection.
I did another comment on a reaction u did about the north being the long way into Sweden, these are the units who will delay the Russians, all the materials we make is made for this weather so not showing off cool shit that dont work as soon as the weather gets bad and this is true with all things we make. The arty was an archer unit i think and isnt the range for those almost 60km? someone who have better info about those than i do.
It was repeatedly said that it would be cold and wet. It is not wet. In fact, your skin can get very dry and start to crack. It is like being 'freeze dried' survival food, Very cold and very dry. It is much better than being snowed upon when it is +1°, 60% humidity and a stiff wind blowing. In Sweden, there is a saying that, "There is no such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing."
About the AK. From the 1960´s we had AK4. That weapon is a modified Swedish version of the German Heckler & Koch G3. Those are upgraded with red point sights and are used by Hemvärnet (Homeguard) , a voluntary branch of the army. I´ve seen several videos where people misstake it for FN FAL. From the end of the 80´s and onwards we use AK5. The weapon is developed from the Belgian FNC 80 automatic carbine from FN Herstal and is chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The first versions of the weapon had a longer barrel and a different stock than todays version. Sweden and Finland has done a joint deal with the Finnish company SAKO (owned by Beretta) for two different AKs (5.56 and 7.62), sharp shotter rifles and sniper rifles.
I am grown and raised in Boden for the last 33 years, and also served in G63 out of I19 for 4 years. And I can tell you that we had -41° for two weeks a couple of weeks ago 😊
Really nice reaction. If I may suggest, check out the Swedish Jägare series, if you havnt seen that already. A really good serie about the Swedish Rangers. (But try to find someone to translate the first 5-6 episodes, the auto generated will not work)
To be able to function and survive in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments such as we saw in the video, you have to be really fit and have a resilient personality. The Canadian Army trains in similar conditions. The video clearly shows all the elements that are needed in a mechanized infantry battalion, with tanks, mortars and artillery for fire support, and recce elements to gather information about the enemy and the surroundings that battalion commanders could use to develop tactical estimates and combat plans. I was once a reservist, serving in a Canadian Army armoured recce unit that was mounted in jeeps. I remember what it was like doing our winter indoctrination training - in a few words, it was cold and uncomfortable, although in my part of the country, we don't get the severely cold and harsh winters you'd find further north in Canada, or even northern Sweden. To prepare for our winter indoc, we devoted several parade nights to training and a weekend of further training at a nearby Regular Force base, but this was all done indoors. We were issued parkas and sleeping bags with arctic liners, and when we arrived at our RV point for both of the squadrons, supply trucks from the base had dropped off some canvas bell tents. We were instructed to sleep in our combat clothing and wear our watch caps, even while housed in the bell tents as they had no floors and we had no wood-burning portable stoves for heat. Long underwear was strongly recommended. Naturally, as a former member of a recce unit, some parts of the video, such as the static observation posts (OP) and signals work, are quite familiar to me.
I am living in North of Sweden, and did my military service in Boden. When it's cold it's not wet. In the winter it's dry. And with the right clothes on, yo won't be cold all the time. Just have to not get fo warm so you get wet from the inside, then you will freeze.
@@magnuslundstedt2659It's a hazzle with all those clothes and the snow-suit, but it's worth it. Goes against lazy instincts a civilian may have, but it needs to be done.
8:35 a large number of roads and bridges has prepared demolition Chambers built in to them in Sweden. And it makes sense cause they are talking about delaying the enemy.
9:35 I don´t know if its different in the army, but civilian would that be called a flat bed transporter. Low loader are considerably lower 10:07 the range is 35km with normal sheels, a bit over 40 with base bleed and about 50 with Excalibur. 11:48 that is a IFV based 120mm mortor
Hi, a few comments being a Swede, we still have a long way to go, we have some rether old equipment still in use, mainly on personal protection and small arms, I believe orders for replacements are made however. As for the range of the Archer self propelled artillery, it is said to be 30 km with standard ammunition, 40 km with base bleed and 60 km with the XM982 Excalibur round. (You Britts now has the Archer systems) As for that part where you siad "What was that" it was the CV90 Mjölner 120mm mortarsystem, quite new for us and based on the CV90 platform. So in all we have some some top notch technology mixed with old stuff from when Jesus was still hanging out with his homies. Greetings from Sweden
Did my military service on P5 Norrbotten Armoured Battalion when I19 was called Norrbotten Regiment with Norrbotten Armoured Battalion I 19/P 5 in the early 90´s. Coldest we had on exercise was -43c you realy got to know how to dress( not to cold but also not to warm) and act in the cold climate to survive or it can get dangerous pretty quickly .
Hi. Im with you in this. Dress in three layers. use wooll not mordern shit. electrical socks Whatt? and when the battery is gone far from a shop! you die. when i did my first serve in the army we got something like a 30 by 40cm wool cloth, a footpad. fantastic i have used them all my life ,easy to dry on a fire . and souls of old newspapers you cut out, when the were damp you toss them on fire and put in new ones. than you survive, i have looked at a lot of surviving camping on youtube ! and yes when its -5 you can use it but some gears i saw ,a tent he struggled with that in a storm far to long because in reel cold you die. and as the top. espresso maker in nature.
You don´t have to go to Norbothnia to feel the cold. The five weeks I spent during my mandatory service at Infanteriets stridsskola (direct translation: The war school of the Infantry) in 1969, it was most days 20 minus degree celsius. And that was in southern Sweden. The record one night was minus 33. But I have to admit we rarely have those temperatures nowadays in southern Sweden, thanks to the global heating.
11:50 I think those are quad mortars mate. I didn't know something like those actually got made. I did hear scuttlebutt about the like 24 years ago now.. damn time just ;) flaps away. *Edit* Or double mortars..
Did a month up there around 2000. Did a movement with my Mekbat from Skövde to Boden, it made for about a month of winter training total. So yeah,.. the climate twas somewhat of a pain ;) for a southern boy. I'm honestly happy shit is getting sorted again militarily after so many years of demobing.
And as a former member of an armoured recce unit myself, I know that red light also makes it hard for the enemy to determine how far away you are. When I was serving, we were also trained how to use the cones and rods in our eyes to see at night without the aid of night vision scopes or other tools.
@combat ready hq 10:08 - enough range that the UKR calls them "sniper artillery". 35km with the option of a BONUS. Did you ever get a chance to call the 155s? I did - and trust me - seeing 10+m pine trees going "weeee" was worth a year of conscription.
The self propeller howitser you saw is Archer. You are currently getting them in the UK as well. Range up to 60km depending on ammunition. The other thing you asked about was a CV90 with a mortar system.
Please cover the CAT exercises in Latvia. Nordic counties are involved. "'CAT 24' tank trials under way in Latvia" Very appropriate tie-in to the Baltic/Scandinavian forces response to Russia. :)
Hi. Yes thats true, up in the north the air is dryer and not so damp and that does that your clothes stay dry longer and keep you warm. In the south you often have a damp wind blowing into your clothes and you freez so much more. so what i have expered in the south you must have a layer of clothes that stop wind and water the best is to have it right on the outside.
Im from sweden and i live in northern sweden and we have a military "base"/training ground just 700 meters from my house, in the winter when me and my freinds are out and snowmobiling we sometimes get stopped by some angry military that is lost because they arent used to this kind of climate. Also usa have had some tranings here and we fucking hate them, they think they can do whatever, i have multiple times been stopped by an american that thinks he can control me on my own land
Our motto: "They have never folded or themselves lost" / ”De hafva aldrig wikit eller för egen del tappadt” '97/98 Alumn. That -50C winter was cold. Getting to go for specialist training 'down' in Östersund felt like luxury. Our march got permanently nailed into the hed from all the High Guard practices and service. ruclips.net/video/AP61l3FiTvY/видео.html
As an American, I am very impressed with with the preparedness/professionalism of Sweden's Northern Brigade. I'm also disheartened at how far my country has fallen in terms of national pride & military morale + the infiltration of woke culture.
It's a nicely produced recruiment video and shows what the reconstruted Swedish Army looks like. Unlike the British Army, the Swedes are largely an army composed of conscripts especially chosen. Given that total population of the country is 10 million, its Army is quite small, being a paltry 16,000 until recently. These are not regulars and given their recent entry into NATO they are now embarking on a complete restructuring.
I mean, it's cold but it's not THAT bad. Wet is way worse than cold and snowy. Up in the north there they have a dry cold. The snow doesn't really make you wet the same it does when it's just below freezing.
There are lots of comments that wet and relative warm are worse than cold and dry. Yes, for humans, it is. But for machinery, the cold is hard. Liquids get high viscosity, rubber gets hard, shrinks, and bad diesel will plug filters. Hoses will get stiff. It's a nightmare.
No but both the Swedish and Finnish infantry almost exclusively train their troops in the arctic. Both armies are built for defense and defense only. If Russia decides to invade they would have to come through the north.
@@CombatReadyHQ The Brigades are in the middle of a reorganisation that will take years so some of the company sized units mention will grow to Battalions. Naturally the Equipment will be upgraded as well. the RBS98 air defence system we saw is not the one mentioned as the planned interim Brigade air defence that was RBS 70/90. A new system is to be bought for the Brigade and division level as well. To put some comments in the video in context untill a few years ago Sweden had disbanded it's historical brigades and had only two brigade staffs expected to operate with ad-hoc battalions taken from across the country. In the latest Defence Decision (every 4 years) the army went back to it's historical brigades which meant 2 new Brigade staffs where stood up and Garrisons has to expand to produce the new units needed to fill these up. Before each Infantry and Armored garrison only produced 2 battalions. This is increasing to 3 and will increase to 4. A problem for I19 is that the Engineer and Air Defence regiments are down in the south that's why they say they in house trains Air Defence and Engineers. I19 is in Boden which used to have all types of regiments until 2000, so there is know how from this up there. The Swedish army is still very weak compared to 20 years ago or more. When i did my military service in 1998 at I19 we where not the defence we where the delaying force. Our job was to delay the Russians irrespective of our own losses so the two Divisions in northern Sweden could mobilize and that more divisions could be brought up from Southern Sweden if the situation allowed (ie: if the navy and air force did their job against the Russian navy).
a winter corse is nothing I did my service 18 month in mekB 19 now days Norbotten brigaden that was almost 10 months of winter training they live and train most of there service time in the snow m8
I think one reason why you saw a lot of young women in the military is because nowadays we have mandatory military service for both men and women, if they pass the tests that are required.
Serious contributors to combat effectiveness of NATO. They probably need some real world mech combat experience from UN or other coalition deployment to round it all out.
I did 12 months conscript at 1:st artic air-defense battalion at I19 back in the days. I’m glad to se the air-defence has made it back to its old hunting grounds again! SEMPER IN PRIMIS!!🫡
As a Finnish reservist I'll take dry -5-20C any day over wet and cold temps like -5 to +5. In winter darkness makes it always hard, but again when its -20 it usually means stars and moonlight, and if lucky northern lights. Swedes are definitely great warriors in snow and arctic!
Fair enough; being wet and cold is just horrendous, how is it in Finnish reservists? They are great warriors
As somebody from Boden but now living in London, UK, dry intense cold is bearable, but wet coldness at around freezing, like in London, isn't.
Can agree with the that but it's like comparing the best weather in one area with the worst in another. I'd rather take a wet -05 +5 than -20 to -40 in a snowstrom
So are the Finn's!
When temp swings around 0, its the absolute worst. Add a little wind and you are in for a rough time
As a German, I LOVE Sweden. And I love the Stridsvagn 122. Its the best looking Leopard 2 Version in my eyes.
If Germany remilitarizes for real it’ll be huuuuuge for EU!!
I hope you don’t mind me asking:
What do you think are the greatest struggles for Germany’s prosperity right now?
Swedish version of the best tank in the world is 100% adapted for artic warfare
Danke schön, ganz Lieb :-)
I love Germany!
Swedish brother🙌
The wooden stock serves a purpose, when it's below -20 you need to tape up any metal so your skin doesn't die on prolonged contact. Wood is no issue at all. Ex Swedish Jaeger here
Even i that never had any contact with weapons or the military realised that it would be for that kind of reason, im surpriced that he didnt think of it.
@@Stefan- He's either a Lance Corporal of Horse or Corporal of Horse (either Corporal or Sergeant) in the Household Cavalry and most likely never did a Norwegian winter course with his Regiment hence his unfamiliar comment on the wooden stock. Also he did not really research this video well before commenting as he's wondering a loud what sort of weapons they are using or systems however I thank him for bringing this video to my attention. My GF is from Lulea and her younger brother is currently serving in this brigade.
The range of the Archer is up to 60km with Excalibur rounds. It can set up in 24 seconds, fire in 30, then pack it up and scoot just as fast. 21 round magazine, fully automated reloading so the 1-4 crew never needs to leave the safety of the cabin, NBC proof cabin, 8 rounds per minute, and it has the capability to fire off rounds at different trejectories and with varying charges so that all the rounds hit the target simultaneously, while it's already scooted from the firing position before the rounds hit.
Fienden lyssnar.
@@Schmats1 Om fienden är så inkompetent att de inte ens tittar på information våran försvarsmakt själva laddar upp på youtube so har vi än mindre att frukta från dem.
Yes, the Archer can hit the brakes, set up, get off three rounds and be moving again in 74 seconds. That means that the rounds have not even arrived at the target yet when they are back on the road. Now, that's shoot and scoot!
@maxlovheim"en svensk tiger"717
11:51 It´s called Mjölner and is a turret solution with two smoothbore 120 mm gun barrels mounted on the CV90 chassis.
A mobile mortar system👍
Naah- It is called "granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90". Just to make it impossible to sell to non swedish speaking countries. But it is nicknamed "Mjölner" to make it easyer. But still with a "Ö" so that everybody pronounce it wrong... I still think that we should have bought Patria NEMO instead. ruclips.net/video/jrZYl9_DdiQ/видео.html
@@Fridhemskeni agree we should have put the extra money in for NEMO. I blame FMV and representatives from SAF for not putting up a fight for it
A large part of the British know what Mjölner, here I mean Thor's hammer, is. The English name is probably closer to what the Norse said; Mjolnir.
Vikings are popular, don't forget there are few Brits entirely without Nordic genes. (Norwegian+Danish mostly)
To those who don't know what Mjölner is, and what was so special.
As I mentioned, the Old Norse Asa God Thor's hammer. He used it to make lightning and thunder while he was angry, and drove over the skies in his cart, pulled by two goats, hitting around himself, every hit caused lightning.
In combat Thor could throw Mjölner at the enemy, it never missed, and it came back to Thor's hand like a boomerang.
A good weapon, if you ask me. A little primitive, but obviously effective.😅
The name means 'The Crusher' or in fact 'The Miller'. Like grain is crushed into flour, meal, Mjölner crushed the enemies.
Swedish for flour is mjöl.
@@FridhemskenGRKPBV 90 is the Armes forces' designation. Mjölner (or mjolnir) is what it is named by the manufacturer. Same way with Gripen fighter jet although that name has stuck. In the air force its simply called JAS39, you will not find "Gripen" in any logistic documentation
I spent some time in the army in Norway, including working in the arctic. Dealing with the environment in the winter truly is a lot of discipline but also creativity and ingenuity.
The Swedes (and also now the Finns) have long traditions of neutrality and they'll be at least as good, if not better than the Norwegians. There are also more of them. Sweden has a well established weapons industry and the Finns are tough people who handled themselves very capably in the Winter War.
NATO's northern flank just got much deeper and safer than it was before. Glad to have them with us.
Have a fun little story about I19 and the Finnish counterpart. The Finns called a friend of mine in like 2010 (he's was a company commander at the time) wanted to train with the swedes, he told them that he had to check with his the battalion CO if they could do that, and that the right people knew etc. You know the bureaucratic stuff, and instead of waiting for a reply the Finnish CO just took he's soldiers with him and all the trucks, armored vehicles etc with him and drove to I 19 (the regiment) to meet up. So yeah that was an accidental invasion by the Finnish army, but it was all fun and good, and nobody got shot. :D
Ive heard a fun story from a training, swe and fin vs usa and norway. Sweden and Finland used the Tinder location to triangulate the Americans and Norwegians 😂
I live in the town of Boden and I did my conscription of 15 months 1998-99 here at I 19 or MekB 19 (Mechanized Brigade 19) as it was called back then. Everything is pretty tough when it is -40 C and you still have to perform. You have to check your mates for signs of frostbite constantly and we had some people from southern Sweden in my platoon, they could not believe the temperature and that we had to sleep in a lean-to for two nights, it was supposed to be a survival week but command pulled us back in after those two nights because of the cold and only boiled lichen and pine needle tea for sustenance. The memories of those 15 months are some of the best and worst I have to this day! Greetings from the cold north of Sweden.
From a bit south of Sthlm, I also did my conscripion in Boden (10month (gruppchef)) in 94-95 at I19/P5 that transformed to MekB19 that year. Though I Did my service at a fieldhospital, so not that much fighting and so on.
did my conscription 10months at S3 here in Boden 98-99 slutövningen -46C living in a tent was rough :D hehe we managed :D
Jag bor också i Boden!
Hi. nice to remember this. i loved it. Now im 70 and pensioner. I have worked im the army for 27 years up north im born in middel of Sweden. I have been placed in the mountins all my carrier. In war my task was to look after about 70 vehicles 24/7. on my warcompany ,and never live a vehicle behind. my two last bigg meatings was on six weeks a row in the nature. it was as cold as -46 and 120 cm of snow in that conditions work on a vehicle with cold tools and oil on hands is hard but it should bee donne. as coldest iv been out in the nature in - 58 C 1979 i had 44 soldiers with me on Monday morning on Thursday morning it was two left every ells had frost injuries. So that jobb is tugh but God what i love it. To tow on skies after a BV 206 in the night with Northen light abow on a hughe marchland thats life . In the summer there are Water and more water and clouds of mosquitos , you can put butter on a sandwich and when you start in one end the mosquitos lands there so when you are finnich you have a new type of filling on the sandwich. well it taste s..t but you can eat it.
I served in northern sweden, you work extra hard in winter conditions, you can NOT ignore them. you have to take things in a slighhly slower pace or things WILL go wrong, cold, snow, darkness shrink margins, a minute error that would be nothing in summer suddenly becomes dangerous.
say something like getting part if your clothing wet, loosing a glove... in warmish (+5 of warmer) weather it will just be "oops", in winter, with -35c and howling winds, you just increased risk for frostbite quite a bit.
About the red light. Red light dont destroy your abillity to see in the dark for ex. Read a map. If you use white light you loose the night vision for very long time. If you must use white light you can shut one eye so you dont get blind. I have served in the army for 27 years in upper Sweden . Its hard when its -40°c . But i love it.
Thanks, I did my military service in that region for more than one year and the winter is not the worst season. Even though you need to sleep outside in -32C. The summer is awful. It's never gets dark, wet, and the sound from the mosquitoes drives you crazy when living in the woods for a while. Thesnow is just gorgeous. I think the place in it self is the best weapon. Go for a 3 week hike and you will understand 😅
The autumn is worst by far. After the summer but before the winter, when it's getting dark, cold and usually very wet. When the snow comes everything gets drier and much, much brighter since the little light there is will reflect of it. Here in the north where I live, the light from the stars reflecting in the snow makes it possible to be outside and see quite well when the eyes have adjusted. But for people living in light polluted areas it's obviously very different situation.
@@RogerEriksson-z5b ja, bara,det är myggfritt 😅
At 11:49 is a mortarsystem called Mjölner(Thors Hammer)with 2x120 mm mortars, the vehicle is a CV90, the impacts(live fire) would be from those, I think they can carry around 60 120 mm in the munitions compartment, so 2 of those vehicles can toss quite a lot of shit at an opponent, gives the mortar crews some protection and adds some mobility. I believe 40 is in service now, and another 40 being delievered for the armoured/mechanized units.
I believe the Archer(UK bought a dozen or so just recently from Sweden after sending AS 90 to Ukraine) has a reach of 30km with ordinary 155 mm, longer with e.g Excalibur. 48 new ones have been ordered after selling some to UK and giving some to Ukraine but they will be mounted on MAN trucks, the Volvo Hauler that this gunsystem is mounted on has gone out of production. It's highly automated, operators chill in the cabin(with a cup of tea), get the target data/coordinates from drone operators or forward observers, punch that into the ballistic computer and press the big red button, fire. ;D
Sad to see that we went with the lesser vehicle MAN and not Scania or Volvo 😢 breakdowns incoming
It's a bit of a ridiculous thing to claim the reason for the change is that the D30 is out of production, since the reality is it's just changed to a new generation of the same vehicle.. but we'll see how things turn out going forward. I think there will be an interest in increasing the Swedish artillery considerably as a consequence of the war in Ukraine..🤔
*Cheers from Sweden.* Must say I really like this gentleman and British army vet. Sensible, interesting and relevant remarks along the way by a guy that obviously knows his stuff. Have watched some yanks marine vets doing this kinda commenting before but this one beats them. By far.
Soldiers here in Sweden, especially those stationed in the northern part, not only undergo a few weeks' course in Arctic warfare, we operate and train in this winter climate from November to April/May every single year.
What you see When they put exp.osives in a pipe in the ground is prepared blast chambers. We have them under the roads in p,aces where its hard to find alternative routs, like where its bogs or other things that make it hard.
Just to load and blow.
8:40 most major roads in Sweden are prepared to be blown up and they have these tubes going into the roadbed for effective and fast demolition.
As a swedish reservist this video is really boosting ones morale. I'd rather die than giving up defending my country and I'd show the enemy that there are still vikings here in the north. To all my nordic sisters and brothers I would die defending your country as well.
Yes the Swedish have a great armed forces
The range of the Archer artillery system (which the UK recently ordered a couple btw) is about 30km with standard 155mm ammunition.
Qualified shells on Archer:
High explosive HE rounds, range < 30 km (19 mi)
High explosive extended HEER, range > 40 km (25 mi),
M982 Excalibur guided rounds, range < 50 km (31 mi)
Bofors / Nexter BONUS anti-armour rounds, range < 35 km (22 mi)
@@T1hitsTheHighestNote Excalibur is actually 65+ KM
I did my compulsory military service as a nineteen-year-old (1968) and in northern Sweden. At its coldest, on a major two-week exercise living in tents, we had minus 42 Celsius. But we thrived, knowing we did our duty. Will remember with pleasure. Then I was called to mandatory rehearsals (and to be further educated), three times to be exact. Now I am (to old) not expected (required) to participate militarily, but voluntarily participate in how to protect the civilian population. "Civilförsaret" /Civil Defence.
The name of the video, "The lock in the North - I19 Norbotten Brigade" refers to that they operate in the North provinces of Sweden and together with Finland have an important task to stop or significantly delay Russian advance through Sweden and Finland further down south in Sweden or westwards to the Norwegian coast until NATO has mobilized rapid reaction forces and air force units to Norway and support to Sweden and Finland as well. Together with Ranger units, fighter jets and artillery the few roads available up there will be very difficult to use by the Russians due to the dense pine forests and marsh lands and deep snow conditions in the winter outside of the roads. I the Russians take northern parts or Scandinavia they will control the Norwegian Atlantic coast to secure naval operations from Murmansk.
Spent a couple of weeks up there when I did my conscript service back in 2006-7.
Northen lights and ricocheting tracer ammunition made it look like a sci-fi movie 😂
1,188,031 live in North sweden. This is not extreme to us its just... life I go to work if its -40F or if its not if theres a snowstorm I still go to work. Its just life. Nothing is extreme like american television like to make it. Got my perfect gaming pc got my cozy life. Sure might be cold or the sun might never set or rise for a period of time but its just life. just an edit here aswell I slept very comfortably in a small trailer with no heat in -40 just had an extra blanket and it were great most comfortable sleep Ive had probably.
Then again its common to leave babies outside in strollers during winter think most of us that are atleast in the north have been left outside and no harm done to us. just a comfy blanket and a hoodie and then sleepy times for a few hours.
Yeah, babies sleep the best when they're left outside the house in the winter, tucked in nice and warm in their stroller. I remember as a child, sleeping on reindeer skins in a snow scooter sleigh, going far up the mountains. The smell of reindeer fur and two-stroke scooter engine fuel. So comfortable, so safe.
When it's-40° you don't need to specify F or C, 😁
@@magnuslundstedt2659Yes! The only temperature where you don't have to do all those annoying calculations!
I did my military sevice in the years of 81-82 in I19 (infantery) in Boden, Sweden as the leader of a team of 8 carrying the Carl Gustaf 84 mm (Grg48) recoilless rifle. 1 gunner and 1 loader. Rest supporting by skiing and dragging the weapon through the snow in a sled.
No, the cold does not equal getting wet more than enduring hot conditions. The cold has a drying effect. One just needs to not break too much of a swest without any future possibilities to at least take the layer closest to the skin off and shake it, or enjoy some hot engine or fire. I would choose cold before heat any day.
”Really sad to see this” and they are showing a winter paradise that we love 😅
I did my military service at I19, Boden in the late 1980´s.
I remember the final military exercise in Vittangi in the north of Sweden.
It was -37C and when we jumped from the Hägglunds BV206 it was almost waste high with snow.
You had to put on the skies called vita blixten (the white flash) straight away to be able to move at all.
After eight month of training we was very, very well trained to cope with winter conditions.
Even the finnish observors seemed to be impressed by us as we passed them two skating with full gear.
2:58. I 19 stands for Infantry #19.
Every Swedish regiment have a letter and a number.
For example.
A3 = Artilleri #3.
P6 = Armored Unit #6.
F17 = Airforce base #17.
Ok thank you, that’s good way to designate and name regiments
The wooden stock, it belongs to a modern weapon, BUT the modern "platsic version" stock wasn't up to the task they realised, it broke easily when put in extreme coldes, so they replaced it with a wooden stock for reliability.
It's a weapon that only goes with our Armoured transports anyway, so weight wasn't as much of a problem.
And metal wasn't an option, since if that comes in contact with skin below certain temperatures can lead to Lethal situations, as your skin freezes attached to it, and can cause wounds.
I remember my military service in Norbotten Sweden. During a retreat in an assault exercise I fell face down in the meter-deep snow, with my machine gun. The snow was so deep so the retreat was painfully slow. I thought, what would it be like to drag a wounded friend hundreds of meters through that?
Ah man yeah carrying and running with a casualty in that would be grim!
The range of the Archer up to 30 km with Standard amunition and with specialamunition is upp to 50 Km With the Bonus grenade. Prefereble used to hit Tanks and APC 10:07 11:48 Thats a Mortar mounted on a CV90 Chassi.
Sorry to say but red lights also been use during the day because its only ligt for a couple of hours in the north in the winter.
was on the regiment next door, we were out almost all the time building communication, the worst thing about kylab was when it was windy at the same time and you hadn't eaten for several days and it was almost minus 40 degrees, well then you longed to go home haha
What is not mentioned in that film is that once again at the top of Sweden and above the North Pole lies Kiruna, the LaplandRanger regiment will be resurrected. The training location of the Lapland Rangers and where they are located is up in the mountain world, where no tanks can be used. Among the mountain peaks, the weather can change from one hour to another. The Lapland Rangers build and sleep in self-made snow caves. Lapland's Rangers are trained to strike quickly and before the enemy has time to react, you are gone. This was what American Navy Seals learned in the 90s when they had a joint exercise up in northern Norway. The Navy Seals were beaten 3 times by the Lapland Ranger. Then you have to keep in mind that the Navy seals consisted of professional soldiers with several years of experience and the Swedish Lapland Rangers, the conscripts had completed 10 months of military training out of a total of 18 months. The Lapland Ranger has the toughest military training due to the environment they operate in and only the toughest of the tough are accepted. Since you are outside 86% of the time you do your military service, the toughest part is not the physical but the psychological. The cold, darkness, constantly changing weather and you are outside most of the time and you have to master rock climbing.
in 8:35 is a prepared pipe under the road, and this pipes are placed already when the road is build and this is dun all over swedens roads.
The "What's THAT?!?" reaction to the clip after the smoke screen deployment is Swedens handy dandy motorized mortar vehicle. Allows an immense increase in mortar team mobility and protection.
I did another comment on a reaction u did about the north being the long way into Sweden, these are the units who will delay the Russians, all the materials we make is made for this weather so not showing off cool shit that dont work as soon as the weather gets bad and this is true with all things we make. The arty was an archer unit i think and isnt the range for those almost 60km? someone who have better info about those than i do.
This was very interesting. Please do more videos on Swedens military!
Yes for sure, really enjoyed this one and will look to do more
It was repeatedly said that it would be cold and wet. It is not wet. In fact, your skin can get very dry and start to crack. It is like being 'freeze dried' survival food, Very cold and very dry. It is much better than being snowed upon when it is +1°, 60% humidity and a stiff wind blowing. In Sweden, there is a saying that, "There is no such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing."
About the AK. From the 1960´s we had AK4. That weapon is a modified Swedish version of the German Heckler & Koch G3. Those are upgraded with red point sights and are used by Hemvärnet (Homeguard) , a voluntary branch of the army. I´ve seen several videos where people misstake it for FN FAL. From the end of the 80´s and onwards we use AK5. The weapon is developed from the Belgian FNC 80 automatic carbine from FN Herstal and is chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The first versions of the weapon had a longer barrel and a different stock than todays version. Sweden and Finland has done a joint deal with the Finnish company SAKO (owned by Beretta) for two different AKs (5.56 and 7.62), sharp shotter rifles and sniper rifles.
Yeah, did my military training there. It's tough but we learn to operate efficiently in winter conditions.
Swedish Arrcher system has + 50 km range depending on the rounds. 4-5 munnision in air before the enemy know what hit then. Gone in 30 seconds
I am grown and raised in Boden for the last 33 years, and also served in G63 out of I19 for 4 years. And I can tell you that we had -41° for two weeks a couple of weeks ago 😊
Really nice reaction. If I may suggest, check out the Swedish Jägare series, if you havnt seen that already. A really good serie about the Swedish Rangers. (But try to find someone to translate the first 5-6 episodes, the auto generated will not work)
To be able to function and survive in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments such as we saw in the video, you have to be really fit and have a resilient personality. The Canadian Army trains in similar conditions. The video clearly shows all the elements that are needed in a mechanized infantry battalion, with tanks, mortars and artillery for fire support, and recce elements to gather information about the enemy and the surroundings that battalion commanders could use to develop tactical estimates and combat plans.
I was once a reservist, serving in a Canadian Army armoured recce unit that was mounted in jeeps. I remember what it was like doing our winter indoctrination training - in a few words, it was cold and uncomfortable, although in my part of the country, we don't get the severely cold and harsh winters you'd find further north in Canada, or even northern Sweden. To prepare for our winter indoc, we devoted several parade nights to training and a weekend of further training at a nearby Regular Force base, but this was all done indoors. We were issued parkas and sleeping bags with arctic liners, and when we arrived at our RV point for both of the squadrons, supply trucks from the base had dropped off some canvas bell tents. We were instructed to sleep in our combat clothing and wear our watch caps, even while housed in the bell tents as they had no floors and we had no wood-burning portable stoves for heat. Long underwear was strongly recommended.
Naturally, as a former member of a recce unit, some parts of the video, such as the static observation posts (OP) and signals work, are quite familiar to me.
I am living in North of Sweden, and did my military service in Boden.
When it's cold it's not wet. In the winter it's dry. And with the right clothes on, yo won't be cold all the time. Just have to not get fo warm so you get wet from the inside, then you will freeze.
Trick is to freeze a little "lagom" all the time, so you don't sweat.
@@Flyingtart and adjust clotes if you start to get warm.
@@magnuslundstedt2659It's a hazzle with all those clothes and the snow-suit, but it's worth it. Goes against lazy instincts a civilian may have, but it needs to be done.
I did like how despite being a PR-movie, they used real soldiers that looked like well... conscripts like they were, and not model-pretty.
8:35 a large number of roads and bridges has prepared demolition Chambers built in to them in Sweden. And it makes sense cause they are talking about delaying the enemy.
9:35 I don´t know if its different in the army, but civilian would that be called a flat bed transporter. Low loader are considerably lower
10:07 the range is 35km with normal sheels, a bit over 40 with base bleed and about 50 with Excalibur.
11:48 that is a IFV based 120mm mortor
Hi, a few comments being a Swede, we still have a long way to go, we have some rether old equipment still in use, mainly on personal protection and small arms, I believe orders for replacements are made however. As for the range of the Archer self propelled artillery, it is said to be 30 km with standard ammunition, 40 km with base bleed and 60 km with the XM982 Excalibur round. (You Britts now has the Archer systems) As for that part where you siad "What was that" it was the CV90 Mjölner 120mm mortarsystem, quite new for us and based on the CV90 platform. So in all we have some some top notch technology mixed with old stuff from when Jesus was still hanging out with his homies. Greetings from Sweden
Compared with Finland we are super modern !
Did my military service on P5 Norrbotten Armoured Battalion when I19 was called Norrbotten Regiment with Norrbotten Armoured Battalion I 19/P 5 in the early 90´s. Coldest we had on exercise was -43c you realy got to know how to dress( not to cold but also not to warm) and act in the cold climate to survive or it can get dangerous pretty quickly .
Hi. Im with you in this. Dress in three layers. use wooll not mordern shit. electrical socks Whatt? and when the battery is gone far from a shop! you die. when i did my first serve in the army we got something like a 30 by 40cm wool cloth, a footpad. fantastic i have used them all my life ,easy to dry on a fire . and souls of old newspapers you cut out, when the were damp you toss them on fire and put in new ones. than you survive, i have looked at a lot of surviving camping on youtube ! and yes when its -5 you can use it but some gears i saw ,a tent he struggled with that in a storm far to long because in reel cold you die. and as the top. espresso maker in nature.
You don´t have to go to Norbothnia to feel the cold. The five weeks I spent during my mandatory service at Infanteriets stridsskola (direct translation: The war school of the Infantry) in 1969, it was most days 20 minus degree celsius. And that was in southern Sweden. The record one night was minus 33. But I have to admit we rarely have those temperatures nowadays in southern Sweden, thanks to the global heating.
One thing going for a few weeks cross country skiing and camping adventure. Another thing altogether what these troops are doing.
Yes completely different to a nice holiday in the alps
11:50 I think those are quad mortars mate. I didn't know something like those actually got made. I did hear scuttlebutt about the like 24 years ago now.. damn time just ;) flaps away.
*Edit*
Or double mortars..
1:34, first thing that came to mind was "waterskiing but in winter!" 😂 Probably because of the vehicle. And ice just being frozen water.
Remember my grandfather telling us about his military duty during WW2 in the north, -35 to --40 degrees C. Not so fun.
Did a month up there around 2000. Did a movement with my Mekbat from Skövde to Boden, it made for about a month of winter training total. So yeah,.. the climate twas somewhat of a pain ;) for a southern boy. I'm honestly happy shit is getting sorted again militarily after so many years of demobing.
Archer FH 77B Range He 30 km and with Bonus 35km and with M982 Excalibur range up to 50+ km 20 rounds in 2.5 min full power
I've learned as a tank gunner, the red light preserves your ability to see in the dark best...
Yes, if you have to use light then red it is but no light is best
And as a former member of an armoured recce unit myself, I know that red light also makes it hard for the enemy to determine how far away you are. When I was serving, we were also trained how to use the cones and rods in our eyes to see at night without the aid of night vision scopes or other tools.
"Whats that" is cv 90 aka Mjölner/ mortar unit.. with Thor and Odin 120mm rounds
@combat ready hq 10:08 - enough range that the UKR calls them "sniper artillery". 35km with the option of a BONUS.
Did you ever get a chance to call the 155s? I did - and trust me - seeing 10+m pine trees going "weeee" was worth a year of conscription.
"BT46 har startat" - Love that laser training system
they did not show the fall into water test that every one has to do when it is -20c or colder
the most beautiful place ever!
if u think and act u live a good life up here
It looks unreal and I would love to visit
Sweden is in NATO great warriors.
The self propeller howitser you saw is Archer.
You are currently getting them in the UK as well.
Range up to 60km depending on ammunition.
The other thing you asked about was a CV90 with a mortar system.
Riktigt less på att jag inte blev kallad till mönstring och möjligtvis missade på att få göra lumpen😕
Du kan ju söka som frivillig (y)
I am proud to be Swedish!
😀🇸🇪👍🏻
Please cover the CAT exercises in Latvia. Nordic counties are involved. "'CAT 24' tank trials under way in Latvia"
Very appropriate tie-in to the Baltic/Scandinavian forces response to Russia. :)
Yes of course
Many says you freeze less when it is -20C in the very north o Sweden than when it is -5C in the south.
Humidity makes the difference
Hi. Yes thats true, up in the north the air is dryer and not so damp and that does that your clothes stay dry longer and keep you warm. In the south you often have a damp wind blowing into your clothes and you freez so much more. so what i have expered in the south you must have a layer of clothes that stop wind and water the best is to have it right on the outside.
Definitely true. Here in Scania when it's -5 it actually feels like -10 + it's usually windy af which makes it much more worse.
Im from sweden and i live in northern sweden and we have a military "base"/training ground just 700 meters from my house, in the winter when me and my freinds are out and snowmobiling we sometimes get stopped by some angry military that is lost because they arent used to this kind of climate. Also usa have had some tranings here and we fucking hate them, they think they can do whatever, i have multiple times been stopped by an american that thinks he can control me on my own land
Our motto: "They have never folded or themselves lost" / ”De hafva aldrig wikit eller för egen del tappadt”
'97/98 Alumn. That -50C winter was cold. Getting to go for specialist training 'down' in Östersund felt like luxury.
Our march got permanently nailed into the hed from all the High Guard practices and service. ruclips.net/video/AP61l3FiTvY/видео.html
Så imponerad Svenska Militär Brigade! 💪 #SWEDEN #Military Aldrig ger upp!!
As an American, I am very impressed with with the preparedness/professionalism of Sweden's Northern Brigade. I'm also disheartened at how far my country has fallen in terms of national pride & military morale + the infiltration of woke culture.
Archer about 60 km
Norrbotten Brigade
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrbotten_Brigade
It's a nicely produced recruiment video and shows what the reconstruted Swedish Army looks like. Unlike the British Army, the Swedes are largely an army composed of conscripts especially chosen. Given that total population of the country is 10 million, its Army is quite small, being a paltry 16,000 until recently. These are not regulars and given their recent entry into NATO they are now embarking on a complete restructuring.
The artillery piece has an range of up to 50km
I mean, it's cold but it's not THAT bad. Wet is way worse than cold and snowy. Up in the north there they have a dry cold. The snow doesn't really make you wet the same it does when it's just below freezing.
Y was true but j think keeping on top of your admin in that weather is tough and you need to be all over it
There are lots of comments that wet and relative warm are worse than cold and dry.
Yes, for humans, it is. But for machinery, the cold is hard.
Liquids get high viscosity, rubber gets hard, shrinks, and bad diesel will plug filters. Hoses will get stiff. It's a nightmare.
In a few months this area will be full of Americans in joint exercises. But why aren't ther any AT -AT snow creatures ?
11:50 That's the mortar equipped variant of CV 90 : ruclips.net/video/B3AYJl9baIw/видео.html
I did my service on Command platoon I 11, now that Military activity is 'closed'🇸🇪
Ah nice one mate. How was it?
as a northener (swede) i dont mind the the cold but i dont like it when its about 0-5 degrees and wet hate that shit
Being wet and cold is the worst
pls remember, it's also very unfriendly and cold in Canada, Alaska and Russia! The Scandinavians are not alone in experience of snow and cold.
No but both the Swedish and Finnish infantry almost exclusively train their troops in the arctic. Both armies are built for defense and defense only. If Russia decides to invade they would have to come through the north.
The Brigades will grow to have an extra mechanized batallion in the future bringing them back to four maneuvre batallions
That sounds like a good plan and idea, especially with the current affairs
@@CombatReadyHQ The Brigades are in the middle of a reorganisation that will take years so some of the company sized units mention will grow to Battalions.
Naturally the Equipment will be upgraded as well. the RBS98 air defence system we saw is not the one mentioned as the planned interim Brigade air defence that was RBS 70/90.
A new system is to be bought for the Brigade and division level as well.
To put some comments in the video in context untill a few years ago Sweden had disbanded it's historical brigades and had only two brigade staffs expected to operate with ad-hoc battalions taken from across the country.
In the latest Defence Decision (every 4 years) the army went back to it's historical brigades which meant 2 new Brigade staffs where stood up and Garrisons has to expand to produce the new units needed to fill these up.
Before each Infantry and Armored garrison only produced 2 battalions. This is increasing to 3 and will increase to 4.
A problem for I19 is that the Engineer and Air Defence regiments are down in the south that's why they say they in house trains Air Defence and Engineers.
I19 is in Boden which used to have all types of regiments until 2000, so there is know how from this up there.
The Swedish army is still very weak compared to 20 years ago or more.
When i did my military service in 1998 at I19 we where not the defence we where the delaying force.
Our job was to delay the Russians irrespective of our own losses so the two Divisions in northern Sweden could mobilize and that more divisions could be brought up from Southern Sweden if the situation allowed (ie: if the navy and air force did their job against the Russian navy).
archer got a max range of around 50Km or 31 Mi
Im in the Norwegian army. Frequently see The britisk royal marines in training
"There is no bad weather, only bad cloths" - old (hated) Scandinavian saying
Im from 🇸🇪
Wooden handle prevents skin sticking to it under freezing conditions
You can now count us together. Finland + Sweden + Norway + Baltics etc. Think. Tänk nu om😁
a winter corse is nothing I did my service 18 month in mekB 19 now days Norbotten brigaden that was almost 10 months of winter training they live and train most of there service time in the snow m8
I think one reason why you saw a lot of young women in the military is because nowadays we have mandatory military service for both men and women, if they pass the tests that are required.
I did my military service in Boden I19.
Serious contributors to combat effectiveness of NATO. They probably need some real world mech combat experience from UN or other coalition deployment to round it all out.
Sweden has that experience. Been part of many of those coalition deployments you're talking about. But sure, more experience absolutely.
I did 12 months conscript at 1:st artic air-defense battalion at I19 back in the days.
I’m glad to se the air-defence has made it back to its old hunting grounds again! SEMPER IN PRIMIS!!🫡
It's not ALWAYS cold and snowy in northen Sweden, people always assume that.
That’s true. I live in Gällivare and we have at least 8-12 weeks worth of summer 😅
@@nameofthegame9664 I live in Luleå.
True, there is also mosquito and gnat season 😂
CV90 mortar variant.
Wouldn't say that the russians got excited.
You should watch a video serie made by the Swedish armed force called när kriget kommer or When the war comes. Trust me you WONT regret it.
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