NATO fires Archer howitzers on Putin's doorstep in largest-ever artillery exercise in Lapland
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024
- BRITISH troops were given special briefings on how to avoid blitzing reindeer with shells while firing in NATO’s largest-ever artillery exercise.
Officials revealed the military alliance would be forced to cough up thousands to furious farmers if gunners struck even one of the 200,000 beloved stags in Lapland, North Finland.
It came as the military alliance continued to test weapons including rocket launchers just 70 miles from the Nordic nation's border with Russia.
Nearly 10,000 shells and rockets have been launched across NATO’s three-week Dynamic Front drill, though it’s understood none have harmed any wild animals.
Lt. Col Ben Baldwinson, commanding officer of the 19th Regiment Royal Artillery, revealed British forces had been given special instructions to stop firing if elite observers spotted Rudolph, Blitzen and Dasher, or other wildlife in the target zone.
He said: “We’ve had a lot of range safety briefs at the suite with the Finnish.
“It’s important to understand when you’re operating in a new environment and a new country, what their safety precautions are.
“One of the particular elements for the observation posts is to identify if there are any reindeer in the impact area.
“And we do actually stop firing.
“It’s just common sense, to be safe when we’re driving and look out for the wildlife, particularly moose and reindeer.
“And I don’t want to annoy Father Christmas.”
Rules around firing in the vast Finnish wilderness changed after 47 reindeer were accidentally slaughtered by a dozen mortars in the early 1990s.
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The reindeer in Finland are all actually owned by someone. The owners practise traditional form of live stock management with them, where the reindeer roam free and are rounded up together once or twice a year. They all have earmarks with them to identify the owner. But it's not just the reindeer, they also account for moose like said, and swans, or really any wildlife they possibly can
At least they care about nature and wild life
Well,naturally.. We live in it. We don't keep Reindeer just for kick's, we Eat them..
Reindeer Jerky, Air dried, is worth it's weight in Gold..
Thats a decent gun, Gotta admit
Very good movability way better advantage
Russia just ordered 100,000 Reindeer Costumes!
😂👍
🤣😂
QUALITY 😅😅😅😅🏴
where? temu or alibaba?
china is now working on it
Awesome, thank you! Keep up the great work! God Bless, keep the PEACE!
We should of kept the peace since the 90s, you know aftet the Berlin Wall fell when we insisted we wouldn't encroach one inch eastward towards Russia, but have done nothing but 🤦♂️
@@craig32r That's so old. No-one has made such promises apart from the Germans, who promised not the set up new military bases in the former GDR. And they've kept their word.
@@craig32r Your fascist dictator made that up and the whole world knows this.
Stop degrading yourself and the normal people in your country, fascist!
Peace is what should have been ENFORCED the second Russia’s little green men invaded Crimea, an omission I lie squarely at the feet of dismissive U.S. President Obama, who I voted for! Its only in retrospect did realize that my peacenik days ended in that moment. As Obama sat next to Putin at the Olympics at Sochi, chatting and smiling, I realized Neville Chamberlain’s “peace in our time” had consequences. Invasion, murder, rape, kidnapping, subjugation, and cruel and grisly war crimes lay ahead for Ukraine thanks to Obama’s acquiescence. Russky Mir. Bend the knee.
By all means, peace. All you have to do is sacrifice your freedom.
@@craig32rkremlin propaganda. You are yet another russian troll pretending to be from the west.
NO westerner would ever say “NATO should not encroach toward russia”. That is asinine. And using that as an excuse for invading Ukraine and killing so many of their civilians is weak. Nobody believes your crap, Ivan. NATO is TRULY on your doorstep now, thanks to Finland (as in the video here, which you obviously did not watch).
You know what is so funny? NATO is so much closer to St. Petersburg and moscow now thanks to Finland’s membership. Ukraine wasn’t a military threat to russia until AFTER putin invaded. Make no mistake, this invasion is 100% putin’s fault. The world knows it. And when he is brought to trial: dead or alive - it will be proven that he alone started this and is personally responsible for the deaths of over 700,000 russian people and will be the cause of the collapse of the russian federation. That collapse cannot happen soon enough - the world will be a much better place when it happens. 👍🏼
this is how to make a delusional tsar think twice about invading a country.
@@quemades You'll wake up from your dreams one day, Ivan. In the meantime go and see if you can find some butter in your 3rd world excuse of a country.
Putin knows that NATO doesn't play reindeer games!
think twice lol u clearly dont know how much of ukrain is now russia
@@quemades You are a comedian who isn't funny.
@@ComaWhite-77 i think he thinks that was ukraine in the video lmao
Tervetuloa Suomeen!
The reincarnation of the British longbow, the archer!
"Never bring a knife to a gun fight" - this pretty sums this video. Oh yeah... greetings from Finland yay
Sweden is known for its Howitzer technology, they are the best.
Can they stop a hypersonic missile
Well; still in Finland but love swedes as brothers (unless in ice hockey)
Please dont shoot Santa!
Why do you think he uses his red distinctive clothing? 😄
@@Finnman-s7q Heimo-serkkua tuo vänrikki ohojeista, että antaa ruiskun laulaa jokkaista punikin hiippalakkia kohen....
Go NATO get your army together and protect the reindeer and their reindeer games. Here in the Land of the Less Free and the Home of the Less Brave, we will be attempting to halt our President-elect’s worst impulses to leave NATO, however, half of America vigorously supports NATO and knows how valuable it is to support Europe geopolitically, reindeer and all.🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸❤🔥
Democratic people of the world will support the American Democratic people. Stay strong!
😂😂😂😂
So much fun reading comments from Americans that have never served in the U.S. Military talk about a Military Alliance that they know nothing about besides what MSNBC tells them.
Less Free, Less Brave. Speak for yourself SHEEP. 🐑
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” - John F. Kennedy
@@user22user22👈🏼🥴
Plenty of Trump supporters also support NATO. Don't be a drama queen.
Thanks god now NATO is serious finally. Russia is gone now
They are eliminating themselves… their economy is circling the drain, and it is all because of putin’s horrible political decisions. He will go down in russian history as a huge mistake. Good.
You do realise Russia has nuclear weapons, right? A lot of them
And how many countries would be gone with them
@@MikeHunt-s9monly Russia would be stupid enough to use them.
@@perttutorvinen9180Не забывайте, Америка уже использовала ядерное оружие в Японии, а в Ираке с обедненным ураном.
А Россия сейчас противостоит коллективному западу вполне достойно!
NATOs here now. Let's get ready to rumble.
Good move NATO.
Russia knows it cannot compete. They will keep fighting, but the second NATO enters the conflict, the russians have three days to make their peace with their maker.
You’re gonna sit on your little bum and do nothing 😂
There's a rumble in tue slavic jungle. Winter about to heat up lol
Well, I do t know why you so happy, as thousands of people can be killed. And like always Poland will be on the middle. So have a think twice before put stupid comments
It's nice they protect wildlife. The Howitzers are not new they've been around since 2016. Its high mobility makes it excellent for the war in Ukraine.
While I'm sure it's quite effective it looks like a JCB off road dump truck with a big ass Gun bolted to the rear. Definitely durable!
Its Swedish so i guarantee you its a Volvo
Its a Volvo A30E ...
It is good to drive in the forest.
The concussion from being anywhere near that would probably make you a potato.
Please don't kill Santa!.!
King of Battle!
I didn't know that Finland used the Archer. I think that Finland is the artillary center of Europe; where artillary knowledge is the highest.
Now that is an Arnold Palmer...
“Day free” Didn’t you guys come up with the language?
also "christmas" 😂
Welcome to regional accents, since you clearly don't know about them
@@oscarj0231 allo guvna!!!
A new meaning to Hunting Raindeer!!.. 😂
Imagine if they kill all the reindeer.
On Christmas Day, when you look out across the sky you'll see Santa Claus riding an Archer howitzer instead to the song "I'm gona ride a bullit".
Good don't kill the moose and reindeer.
They are still keeping up with calling it an excercise...
What else would they call it?
Are those drone proof?
Is anything drone proof?
One got hit and survived a Lancet drone in Ukraine. And that one is repaired. So yes
Nothing is drone proof. But with the Swedish baracuda camofalage cover (one of the worlds most advanced camoflages) which are issued as standard to All swedish Archer Howitzers it become Much harder to detect by both heat signature, noise, vissual and radar.
in addition to this Sweden develops some of the most advanced automatic self defence proximity grenades that with ease shoots down both missiles and drones that come too close. as well as syncronized detection systems, What one vehicle sees will automatically comunicated to all other machines in the vincinity, this allows for all machines to be on alert, and know exactly where from the threat comes from, even before they see the threat themselves.
So the Swedish equipment is more drone proof than any other equipment out there.
@ wow , that could be the game changer in this war then.
"Reindeer Games"...
Looks good . Hope we can do a better Defence from drones than Russia does
So the big takeaway from this is no Xmas presents for NATO if they eff up on aiming these things. Thanks, Sun.
Great... now, what you got to combat those pesky drones 😂
Former President Tarja Halonen and former Prime Minister Pekka Haavisto wanted to abolish our entire army according to the Swedish model.
Did he just say " day free " ?
also christmas 😂
Nice! What is the 13B’s say? “In proximity we trust!”.
🤣🤣🤣 Putin launched a missile nobody can stop and yall call firing a howitzer a show of force 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡
Mooi spul
Russia burning the Tower of Babel well there goes the neighborhood 🔥🙈
I woudnt call this the doorstep but frontyard (not even that)
70miles most definitely is doorstep
Im Qazaq🇰🇿🤝🇺🇦 Slova Ukraine🇺🇦
Dakanzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa🎃
Russia,Chechen,North Korean,💀☠️
you can't beat a bit of venison
More likely hit the elf on Putin's shelf at that angle than any reindeer
All going to plan but who’s planning 😊
That's a dangerous Volvo
02:00 i remember christmas that year. Santa didnt visit anyone
Yule *
@puppude julebrus
And they just hit Santa Claus.
Title misleading
those conditions is spring/fall in Canada. :D Come here to learn to operate in deep snow and ultra cold.
It's still an early winter mate....
..also this war won't be fought in Canada, we're preparing for the real thing here, and everyone here knows this. This isn't about getting the band together for some good tunes and times, if you're not part of the forces actually designated for the battlefield, you should just shut it....😊
Winter season literally JUST started. Finnish winter is pretty damn similar to canadian winter.
?
The Sun number 1
russia is big enough, putin doesn't need a doorstep
Desire and need are not synonyms...🤔
Slava Ucraina🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
🙏🏻🙏🏽
Is it though?
Varokaa ettei taas to mainilan laukaus
Noilla tykeillä ei edes yletä tuolta ryssien puolelle.
its AI
👍
HA witzer
One drone, howitzers gone. xD
they not English no tea cups
😢
NATO preparing to steamroll Russland? Russland nukes all deactivated? How? What can Russland do to escape catastrophe?
Surrender.
Unconfirmed reports state Russia Launched One (1) ICBM into Ukraine (none Nuclear)..ATMIT.
@@Rocket_scientist_88Кому сдаваться???
Клоуну?
Снимите розовые очьки, мир держится на благоразумии России!
Не какие бункеры вас не спасут если у Путина лопнет терпение 😂!
BOT DETECTED LMAO
B B gun...dragged by a truck
getting closer to ww3
just a question if the citizens of Finland support our membership, are they ready to fight for the interest of the US?
That’s not how NATO works. Member nations protect each other but they don’t fight for an individual nation’s interests.
Fuck no😂 we aint about to invade no arab countries for sleepy joe n them
วันนี้เฮาก็ร้องขอ กำลังมาไทยครับ เอาซองปืนมาใส่ 155
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Russian missiles on Cuba pointed towards the United States
Or NATO missiles in Ukraine, pointed at Russia
I guess I don’t understand the difference in this EUROPEAN WAR.
Little orc your bot copy and paste comment have already got answered time and time again. The difference is that orcland (Russia) invaded ukraine and now ukraine are defending themselfs. And this is a Russian war as its Russia who started this. But dont worry Europe will end the war.🤣
What about Libya, Iraq, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Kosovo etc? I guess we're gonna ignore that right?@@Thedrunkenswede1337
@ErikAndersson-wn9jg you do know that Russia has been in every single one of those countries also right. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 But Yes you orcs forget that very often. 🤣🤦🤣
@ yawn. 🥱
@Paint-brigade1776 yea get that you dont have anything else to come whit. Kinda hard when your script failed and you contradicted yourself. What an embarrassment for you. Its hilarious for me tho. 🤣🤣🤦🤦
$500-$1000 drone this thing is toast
Too true
True if two things happens 1) there is drone when archer arrive to shooting place 2) it is fast enough to hit before its gone (spotter drone and kamikaze one) [3) electronic warfare not working]
Yes, cause they are stupid enough to put artillery in the first line and let drone operators get close.
rusia is dumb, that won't happen.
You mean like Ukraine does to russia several times a day? Hmmm… I wonder if north korea has howitzers…? 😂
this is my land no this is my land no yes no what a bunch of children. pathetic world
Spot the guy who doesn't have friends.
you preaching to Putler...good for you
@@flashdancer42 Any dumb inbred starting wars over land they think they have the legal right too. no one owns this land but GOD himself.Clowns
Showing strength nothing left in Ukraine😂😂😂
guaranteed a bot. if i go check other comments its 100% russian propaganda on these types of videos.
I was right lmao
Mooie pakjes hebben ze aan,zijn dat echt soldaten ?dan is het zonde om zo dood te gaan in zo'n mooi pak.
Nice they r trying to protect raindeer while slautering human beings, i wonder what Christ would say?
Christ never said what he really thought of the Roman invaders when he was hanging on 2 nails.
God does not come in peace this time. God does not do politics
There's a guidebook about it that's over 2000 years old, look there...
NATO is a media paper tiger for the couch potato, a regular at a beer bar.
Every army try to look stronger than it is
Ye and your country is less than that.your country would be gone within a few days against nato xD
@@jimmiekarlsson4458 Ukraine is bankrupt, budget deficit in 2025 is projected at 19% of GDP. 19, Karl!
Ukraine is given 1.1 billion, the lion's share of which will go to pay off interest on previous loans. At the time of receiving the money, about 370 million went to interest.
The IMF is quietly conquering Ukraine. Soon they will own everything.
Your dictator hero putin was so scared of the paper tiger NATO he had to waste billions and lose a lot of equipment before he even fought them.
but rusia lives in the 70s, are uncivilized, totalitarian, and and re not the main character. This is the end of rusia therefore we are near of the end of totalitarian regimes world wide and finally we all can move forward to the future as a single humanity.
Say NO to leftism.
Say NO to underdevelopment.
Say NO to totalitarism.
Say NO to Rusia.
Берет - самый "удачный" зимний головной убор 😂
It's called intimidation game!
Same game as Russia.
Manipulation, same as in Russia.
"We"'re no better.
😂😂
a taste of their own medicine I guess, eye by eye
If a bear makes a false charge, the wolverine has all the right to reveal its teeth and tell: "Do not come at me, because I will fight to death."
Show of stren...stupidity 🤣
your comment demonstrates stupidity 🤣🤣
@@gradylucas5265 showing slingshot to a man with bazooka ain't stupid? wake up clowns
*Not a game changer.*
hello again propaganda conspiracy theorist man. good seeing you once again HAHAHA
@ihavenoidea4727 Wut Zelensky's Air Defence Doing 🤣
NATO 🏳️🌈
That's right, NATO is holding the peace, while Russia is the land of orcs with imperialistic ambitions
Russia🏳️🌈
@@syrjanen3397 🤣
Really? Putting a rainbow flag behind “NATO”? What are you, 12 years old? All the good russian trolls all decomposing in Ukraine now? Well, that’s what you get for invading a country you had no business in.
@@syrjanen3397 lmao
Why hide come on if u r willing to fight russia come face to face
nobody is hiding from russia 😂
@baconz4u622 yh tht why firing from border side, the heading of the video seems to say it
@@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 read it again, and then again, they are not even firing into russia
@@princeindoorandoutdoorplan3003 Are you ok? Do you understand what you are writing? I know English isn’t your first language but you could be a little clearer. Do you think NATO is firing INTO russia? Now why would NATO do that right now? This is just an exercise in Finland. It is on russia’s border to remind you russians that we can come in anytime we like and you can’t do anything about it. That’s all.
Get out of Ukraine within three days.
@@baconz4u622 yh not firing into russia but the headlines says its all wht they trying to say or mean, typical cheap sun western, European journslm at its peak
US/NATO could not beat people hiding in Caves for 20 years and they think they can take on Putin 😂😂
Alot diffrent to fight an actual army with uniforms, than to fight a bunch of people dressed in civilian clothing , that is also hiding in civilian populated areas, and mountains. How well did it go for Russia in Afghanistan? if u know actual history u would say " it went bad for them to "
Also, USA lost less men on those 20 years,, than Russia is losing on like a weekly basis.
US and NATO would crush Russia lol, go cope harder for that 3rd world country, they will have a economic colapse thanks to how stupid putin is running that country
Putin cant take even Ukraine!😅
putin biderast
If you're talking about afghanistan, russia lost many times more soldiers in the soviet afghan war
herp derp afghanistan
First of all, Father Christmas live on Greenland!
Second, why didnt Denmark buy new artellery from Sweden with the Archer?
Simply the best system at the moment.
No santa lives in finland!
@@syrjanen3397 now now lets be civil about this, Santa lives in Sweden and any finn who claims otherwise is clearly in delusion.
@@danielkarlsson9326 wtf
Ukraine makin a serious mistake tickling a bear .
The bear died in the 90's the soviet empire is no more. You are living in the past, the distant past.
The “bear” is old, toothless, broken claws, weak, can barely stand, pees itself all the time, and is only dangerous if he sits on you. “Don’t poke the bear, or else the bear may die.”
I'm sensing you two replying are Ukranian .
No Putin made a terrible mistake trying to be Hitler 😮