How Finns are responding to the War in Ukraine - Marine reacts
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- You can be sure Finns will not stand by and hope for the best without preparing for the worst
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Finnish Infantry general Adolf Ehrnrooth visited England in the 1970s.
The English general asked how many Soviet troops are stationed in Finland.
- A few hundred thousand, Ehrnrooth answered.
- Where are they placed? continued the British general.
- To a depth of 6 feet along the border, Ehrnrooth stated.
Ehrnrooth was such a gentleman ❤️ I lived in Turku when he was still alive and he always hurried to open doors to women even he was in his 90’s. And with his trembling but strong voice greeted and wished a beautifull day. He was so loved and appreciated and they were a lovely couple with his wife.
@@Prafik614 Enrooth remememring this one. if you dont understand your history, you are doomed repeart you error.
I've shaken hands with Adolf Ehrnrooth...
Some Captain and few Generals saluting him like hero he is...
.. he just ignored them...
And came talking with us conscripts..
childhood friend of mine,was his neighbor..
. And he often helped Adolf...
and i was helping him few times...
So he kinda knew me...
@@anza77; That's the way that "Honorable and Wise Men" act. A good leader that earns the respect of the troops he commands is and will always be an extremely dangerous Soldier to the enemies of his Country.
A true leader always looks for the well being of his subordinates, lead from the front, constantly maintains his troops highly motivated, trains with them to the higher standards posible, do his utmost to see that his troops are well equipped, corrects them, disciplines them if necessary, trains them and mourns every single one of the Soldiers under his Command that looses his/her life either in Combat or any other situation. He treats all of them as a family and will give his life for anyone of them if needed.
From what You're saying this General was an outstanding leader and human being, RIP.
SEMPER FI!.
@@gruntusmc8922 he surely was a great man...
PRO PATRIA 1939-1944🇫🇮🇫🇮
My uncle used to say "watch out for the silent small guy, never provoke him, he is the deadliest" i think Finland is exactly that
I saw a picture of my grandpa during the war. He died on my first birthday. He looked like a small man with a smirk like perkele in combat gear, pic taken probably near Petroskoi, far beyond the front line, in the enemy back, near their major base. Then I realized, my grandpa was about the same size I am. You would not have wanted to see that fucker in the forest forest (and only 2 of them did, since he was wounded twice during the wars). And for context, he served in a penal company for punching an officer in the face.
No that sounds like the school shooter type.
Your uncle is right, and that's just with the less patient and calculated ones. You don't mess with the silent guy, and you should be much more worried if you aren't targeted to be killed or maimed.
Cause silent guy remembers for life, and the smart ones wait until its unlikely for anyone to think of their name as a possible suspect and a death by a thousand cuts is a figurative likely hood too. If you and perhaps those you care most about are seemingly extraordinary unlucky... Chances are, silent guy from your past remembers you and is behind it.
Remember this for later when you work too.
Agree, even a headhodge can be evil.
@@cerberus1595 i think thats called a psychopath
On that Varusteleka gear sales.
Many people here bought them with their own money and sent those items to Ukraine 👍💪🥰
Thank you from Ukrainians! We are really appreciate that!🤝✌
💙💛
Im a young finn. I always scoffed at my older relatives for hating russia so much. I never understood it, even with all their stories of having to escape the invasion in 1940’s. This war was has completely changed my view and brought me to understand what theyve been talking about. I will invoke the age old adage of ”those who forget history…”
It's not "Russia" they hated so much as what "RUSSIA" represented..... OPPRESSIVE COMMUNIST RULE. aka waiting in a line for half a day for a loaf of bread. Russia purposely starved MILLIONS of Ukrainians. I feel like what is happening now is just more of the same genocide as before but through war instead of starvation.
When your family lands are taken from you with brutal violence, the hatred goes down generations.
@@thedangerzone9399 That's so true. in in 1920's great grandmother's two brother´s and their families went in Soviet union to build socialist empire, Because communist party invited every socialist building their land. 17 people left. They got kids and grand children in soviet union only to be executed every man, woman and child in late 30's during stalinist purges only because they were born else were. 23 people were burried in mass graves and completely decimated one branch of our family. Just as insult less than 2 years later, Soviets invade out country, remaining family has to evacuate, leave their farms and land forever. My grand fathers served in army. Other got so scarred in war witnessing horrors, that less than two years when war was over and alcohol didn't help fight the ghosts, he took his rifle, killed himself.
I made my military oath, I will honor it, I have Russian friends but I will never, ever trust Kreml, any Russian politician or Red Army. I will die defending this country and give time civilians get out if necessary. I am pretty much living example of generations passing down miss trust, uneasiness and maybe even direct hate because all of this. this date if I see people carrying Stalin's picture and cheering him as exampliary leader, I get so angry I would like to scream.
my fam left because of the Russians invading throughout history. my Mor more (Swede/Finns, Kristiangard area, 1910s/1920s)..
Axel (ggpa I was named for), his dad was a pilot when Finland got their first Air Force.
Came to Canada. High Finn population in N Ontario
Easy to do. The more we are removed from events the more ignorant to their importance we get. Sometimes we need reminders. Sometimes they come too late.
I am sorry that beautiful Finland has to share borders with such an aggressive and unreliable country as Russia but as a Swede, I can say that I wouldn’t want anybody else there because Finland took this seriously and made preparations long ago, I couldn’t admire the Finnish people more than I already do 🙌🏻.
No one can choose the place they are born. In the West - or indeed in the North- we all know that everyone still has many choices yet to make in life. This ideology and the freedom it belongs with it what we would be fighting for, would it ever come to that.
All of that being said, I cannot understand the institution of mandatory service for males in Finland. If there is to be forced service, surely in these times in Scandinavia, there would be a desperate need for a citizen milita, the draft officers would not discriminate based on gender
Edit: What I mean is that the "preparations we made" were serious offences on basic human rights of our own people. In particular the forced military service of all male citizens aged 18-29. I do hope that what ever it is you admire, has no part in that.
We'll protect you guys to the last Finn, especially the women.
@@psynque pretty sure swedes have their own saying for that, something along the lines "Sverige ska kämpa till den sista Finne"
Thank you for your kind words Petra. Glad we have you Swedes as our closest friends, closest meaning a lot more than just geography❤️
@@mursuhillo242 That sounds awful 😂😖 - but if there god forbid would be a Russian attack, nobody stands alone anymore.
Great Respect to Finland from a former German Paratrooper (1987-88, 3./Fallschirmjägerbtl. 273).
The respect is mutual.
@@fruckyoutube2168 thank you. I'm proud to have served for my country!
God bless Germany and Finland 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇮 much love
1944 Kuhlmey and his pilots made 50℅ of the tank kills when Finland was fighting for its existence in Tali Ihantala close to St Petersburg. It was the last major crossroads to be kept no matter the casualties. We were able to shoot a single point with over 200 artillery guns simultaneously. Many Russian battalions were shredded before their assault.
Summer 1944 fighting for the existence of Finland against genocide, slavery and rape. Germany gave us new Panzer Faust anti tank bazookas and Kuhlmey with his pilots to make 50% of the tank and fuel truck kills with Stukas.
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If USA had the same amount of reserves, it would have 75 million men... That is the scale we are talking about.
That's incredible to me. As an Australian our government has thoroughly disarmed the population since 1996 including myself. My small "Fudd" gun collection was only for hobby pest (pigs) & hunting on friends mango farm. Without the USA & Britain for support we are helpless outside our small military. Our politicians want total control & actively suppress any self determination by the ppl which was seen during Covid by the overt reaction by our government. Helicopters chasing teenagers for campfire drinking parties with Police units fully armed in case a kid throws a stick running away frightened ? I admire Finland for having politicians who care about the ppl & live in reality.
Sisu tattoo. You are half Finn now. Carry it with proud.
Carry it with Pride. Or carry it and be proud of it would be another but correct way to say it. Ya welcome in advance bud
Thanks to all Finnish people for helping Ukraine!
My father has a ringtone on his phone, it's "Niet Molotoff")
Niet Vladimir!
Kick some ryssä ass💪🏻🇫🇮💙🇺🇦
Show your father a Finnish song called "Silmien Välliin" translated: "to between the eyes"
I wish we could help more it's just that we can't afford to give away too much of our own defenses. I am proud of our volunteers there, though. Ukraine will win in the end!
And when you've kicked the Russians out, we'll help you rebuild Ukraine and get you started on your own bunkers.
Ukraine will always have a friend and an ally in us.
It's amazing how united The Finnish Citizens are and it's an excellent idea to prepare every able body to defend the Country if needed. They don't need to be Spec. Ops or experts, they just need to be proficient in marksmanship,basic land nav., small unit tactics, first aid and survival. If Russia dares to attack Finland there's a high probability that the invaders will be shredded to pieces. The Russians couldn't take Finland 70+ yrs ago and they won't be able to take it at the present time, they'd have catastrophic losses and with no effective logistics they're "dead meat". If the Russians have a little bit of common sense and intelligence they won't even try to attack Finland and save themselves another beating and military humiliation.
My money is on the Finns!.
Love your optimism, but we did lose quite a bit of territory the last time. And it doesnt need many tactical nukes to make defense of this place pointless. After all who can work farms in a nuclear wasteland.
whom are we kidding.
The only purpouse of the finnish military is to make an attack on us as costly as possible, thus maybe prevent it in the first place. If it happens we will just do what we can to make the russians regret it, but we know that the leader in the kremlin doesnt care how many of his men die somewhere. Just as Stalin did not care either back in the days.
Lets hope we dont have to prove that we mean it.
@@zoolkhan using nukes kinda defeats purpose of attack. russia always goes for landgrab and doesn't care for people, either theirs or opponents. But radioactive land is not exactly what you can use.
Also there are many nuclear proof bunkers there.
@Grunt USMC Finnish defence forces are just like you described. ONLY aim is to bleed russia so that they wont dare to try. Russians know messing with Finns will end massive casualties for them, for gain of burned down piece of empty land (Finns have historically burned everything which would support invader). In current situation Finns could conquer St Petersburg in 2-3 days. Almost all Russian troops have been moved to Ukrainian front. Finns just dont want money drain occupied by miserable things walking on 2 feet. = Russia is safe from invasion. Who would want to touch that enormous pile of warm shi...?
We teach land navigation(orienteering) in schools. It is part of our physical education classes. Early as classes 1-3, we start with basic map markers and colors.
as a Finn I can say that through our whole known history we have always been at war with moskovites. in this sh*t that putler put on in Ukraine we (Finns) have been preparing for it now for 80 years. after putler started that we were shocked at first and we are not sad (except all the shit Ukranians have to go through) we are FKING ANGRY. SLAVA UKRAINI! HEROJAM SLAVA!
Not many youtubers get me to watch a 44 minute video. You did though. Thanks for the insight and diverse content within the military genre!
Thanks for watching!
@@CombatArmsChannel The woman mentioned that her father is a ”peace keeper” And she was referring to the UN peacekeeping forces.
Also the readiness forcess, CO’s, professional NCO’s and special forces get a pistol. (and some tankers too, but I’m not 100% sure about that.)
As an EU citizen i always loved and respected Finland and the Fins ., Amazing beautyfull country with amanzing kind and brave men and women. I salute you from Romania. And welcome to NATO. We all got your backs now..you are not alone
Jawoll, willkommen, Brüder!
as a European who cares
@@dbz9393 looks like you're English mate. So you're not European. Who cares what you racists think? You are irrelevant
@HellStr82; OOORAAAH!, that's the spirit. Let's hope that somehow the situation in Europe de-escalate. Billions of human beings will be lost if it doesn't, that event will be catastrophic and unacceptable for all of us.
Take care Sir.
Thank you so much for your kindness! Feels good to have so many friends by our side. 🥰❤
The weird "Christmas music" in the nuclear weapon section is from Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet "The Nutcracker". Very describing in its madness and unpredactibility. And yes, lightheartedness.
...and it was used used in the Harry Potter movies!
@@_friedie not exactly as that, but the appearance was obvious.
'The Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy', to be more precise.
I spent a month in Finland this past June and I got to go down into one of their sports center/bomb shelters. It was a WONDER. About seven stories down into granite. We went there to take a fencing class! We saw facilities for shooting, archery, table tennis, skate park, gymnastics, boxing, and more. The door that seals everyone inside was HUGE. What is brilliant is that by utilizing these bomb shelters as sports complexes, the facility is always in use and therefore always maintained. They always know that the water, ventilation, heating/cooling, electrical systems are always in working order. Also, a Finn pointed out to me that even the sports hosted in these centers utilize apparatus that is easily converted for use by people for sleeping (mats) and eating (tables) and more. It was the coolest experience.
Was that in Tapiola by any chance? I played table tennis there, and the fencing area was right next to it, separated by only a curtain. We also had the opportunity to listen to heavy metal bands practicing while we were practicing!
@@trapkat8213 Yes it was! I imagine that was pretty loud bouncing off all that granite! 😆
What amazes me, is that other countries don't have a similar infrastructure. Especially the Western European and North American countries that have spent so much money and effort during the cold war, in preparing for all kinds of war. Still the protection of their own people seems to be left as some kind of an afterthought, the main focus being on abilities to destroy the "other" people. This, to me, seems strange.
@@heikkisuora2500 What an excellent point. So true. It seems strange because it is strange.
AMOS has a really cool feature called MRSI (multiple round simultaneous impact), it can fire 10 rounds on different angles so that they impact the target at the same time.
Swedes got the reiteration mounted on tiny speedboats. Think it can volley three-four rounds in mrsi
The statue of three smiths at 23:50 is shown symbolically while the Lieutenant colonel is describing his metaphor . The statue is also symbolic due to the many holes in it - fragment holes from one of the Soviet Union's many bombing raids of Helsinki in WW2.
Great job on this one Theo, long time no speak dude. Hope life is treating you and the family well. Peace out marine
Thanks brother! All is well. Hectic but that's how I like it haha. Hope you and the fam are doing ok
Thanks again, you really are great friend of Finland! Kiitos!!!
Around that 29:24 part. Peacekeeper probably means UN Peacekeepers. My dad was one too, in the (quite large) group that got awarded the collective nobel peace price in 1988. Got a fancy ribbon out of that (and so did everyone who served as a peacekeeper before December 10th 1988).
yes we have had a lot of bluehelmets in the middle east, my neighbour is one of them.
sinäkin brutukseni
@@markoluodelahti2874 Kyllä vaan. Pitää sitä johonkin energia purkaa kun vanha paikka katoaa linjoilta ylihuomenna :D
@@Trespas oli vaan outoa että seuraat samaa, toi tosin kehuu vähä liikaa, rehellinen sais olla
@@zoolkhan Two of my buddies served as UN Peacekeepers. One in Kosovo and later he served in Afganistan as part of our contingent there. The other was in Lebanon & Eritrea. He said Eritrea is the worst place he's ever been in.
Thanks for a good film. My name is Thor and i am norwegian. It is facts that finns and sueds has been neutral since WW2 but that came now to an end. But we have been neigbours for 1000 years. Our military forces have worked together for decades. We have exerside together, we have the same structure, and same weponry. Evry soldier have two arms, sidearm, 9mm Glock and platoon arm, 223 or 7.62 MG. This includs ofcours Denmark. Leopard tanks and Thunderartillery. We have more than 250 fighterplanes F16, F18 JAS and F35. Together we mont over 3 mil.soldiers, higly motivated and very well traind. If you f..ck with this, you are in deep shit. We speek same tung, have same values, and very often intermarried. So there you have the modern vikingkingdoms
Til Valhall brothers, if it comes to that
Cheers brother.
@@thatun Thank you for that. In this days it is importent that we all now that russia is a papirtiger. We would kick ass so siriusly. We stand with Ukrain, and together we are strong. To all our brothers in arms, never give inn, we cover your back. Thor has spoken!✊👍
@@SamiOittinen If it comes to that, i sit next to you in Valhalla brother.
@@thatun Repect from Thor👍
Starting my training with huuuge inspiration and motivation. Thanks for the video!
- Just one more Finn, ready to die for our land and independence
Young Padawan, you have much to learn. Get your priorities straight. Listen to G-man (George/General) Patton: You don´t go anywhere to die for your country. You make the other guy die for his! :) Finnish military doctrine emphasizes inflicting enemy casualties and avoiding own. Live to fight another day and you will benefit your country much more than by getting yourself killed on day one. Just saying.
Onnea ja menestystä! Ja toivotaan että rauha jatkuu täällä.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
-George S. Patton
The best motivation, the best training and the best gear comes in very handy right there. None of which seems to be abundant behind the eastern border.
-Me
Kiitos siitä, että hoidat oman osuutesi maamme puolustuksesta.
Big respect for taking that tattoo
yes you are right about the fingers when giving the oath to defend Finland. Two fingers up is used by protestants (highest amount of Finns are protestants). People in orthodox faith do a cross with their fingers which I believe the guy in the video was doing. Someone can correct me on this if I'm wrong cant really remember anymore.
Nice! I didn't know this! I thought some of them were just lazy 😃
Correct. Though it's not a cross, rather it's three fingers (holy trinity) brought together.
And the non-religious conscripts have a separate ceremony if they so choose.
@@StanleyMilgramm I feel like it's mostly people from non-Christian faiths, mostly Muslims, who attend the alternate ceremony. Non-religious Finns from Christian background generally don't care all that much that God is mentioned in the oath.
@@coolsenjoyer Oh yeah I forgot to mention that. I should have said the ceremony is for non-christians typically.
Sweden and Finland are brother nations. We sent many volunteers in the winter war. My grandmother lived outside Vyborg in Karjala (now Russian territory) and had to flee with her family to Sweden and was taken care of by a Swedish family during the war. Her brother was 19 years old and was killed in combat. I would want to join to defend Finland again if Russia would invade.
Ah yes. Swedes will fight till the last Finn.
Nordic brothers are always welcome if you can take our insulting jokes. We are egotistic
Keep provoking Russia and see what happens.
Samma här! Farmor flydde finnland och farfar tyskland
Another great reaction. I saw Mika Hakkinen the Finnish ex F1 driver on Top Gear and he described Sisu as courage in spite of danger. This can also be applied to F1 and a lot of other things.
Yes
peacekeeper is the titel you get when you work for the UN as a armed soldier.
Peacekeepers soldiers is a bit of a stretch I would say.
@@chugachuga9242 Then you should educate yourself on the mandates and the rules of engagements of UN peacekeeping missions.
@@jackboomslang5646 I know their rules of engagement and I think it’s bs. Do you know how many times UN peacekeepers had to just sit around and watch while rebels or insurgents killed civilians and in some cases other peacekeepers?
@@chugachuga9242 Military trained soldiers with weapons... is a bit of a stretch? Even though they mostly don't end up in combat, there are plenty of Finns who have had to fire their weapons in hostile situations during peacekeeping missions.
Main thing is that they are not hobbyists or tourists with weapons, but trained military men and women. So.. soldiers.
@@chugachuga9242 They are the embodiment of the perfect soldier. Able to hold peace while abstaining from violence when possible. Balls of steel.
There a silent killer, very peaceful nation but are ready to fight at any time, also the UK has its back now 🇬🇧 🇫🇮, if you add Norway and Sweden that's a formidable force
In Finland we thought the name "Thunder" was lame for self propelled artillery so we designated them "Sledgehammer" (Moukari) instead. 😏
Sledgehammer is “leka”, moukari is just hammer
@@tonikaihola5408 Both are correct, maul can be used also.
@@w4rpf1nnladhmm ok 👍
"That's not a hammer, THIS is a hammer."
Sisu is probably the hardest thing to explain to non-finnish. it is unique combination of total crazynes, dedication, bravery and never give up -mentality
39:26 In Helsinki the first bed rock shelters were built during the WW2, when Stalin tried to bomb Helsinki to ruins but that didn't work out. Today's bunker system has been built gradually since the beginning of the Cold War. The thick granite bedrock suits well for underground construction.
My grandpa worked there as a welder. we started building them after the wars and have kept building them ever since. It's a lot more comprehensive than what you could build ina decade or 2.
In Helsinki there are also WW1 era fortifications and associated storage caves built for defence purposes, some of which still exist (Helsingin Maalinnoitus). These were built to defend Russia against the Germans from 1914-1918 and almost never used (once during civil war, against said Germans). Being over 100 years old they are now protected by the antiquities act. They do not qualify as actual shelters for people as they are small and have no amenities, but they would shield from inital blast if need be. And there are quite many of them. This might actually have been the start of this manmade cave craze in Helsinki. Think about the Parliament building with its underground floors (more than above), the tunnel connecting Suomenlinna to mainland and the subway system with associated passages and spaces. And there´s the nuclear waste disposal unit Onkalo in Olkiluoto. We seem to do that a lot because our bedrock is so old (~1,8 by) and stable, and it´s never far from the surface. Dwarves we are.
Modern shelters are often also just reinforced concrete structures in an apartment buildings lowest floor.
The bombing of Helsinki often failed because of good light discipline inside the city and false lights outside the city. Which is an elf tactic, not dwarf. But works on orcs. :)
@@meomarte We are still carving that bedrock too.
@@inso80 I wonder if they´re gonna go through with the tunnel to Tallinn?
@@meomarte There is no reason not to. I think it's just a matter of time.
"If you need to shoot, shoot, if you can talk, talk." Very well put.
Great reaction again. And nice tattoo!
For me the best part was in the end of the video where these different individuals descriped Sisu. The honesty they did it in sent literal shivers down my spine. Done a lot of thinking about Sisu and it is nice to see others value it as well.
SISU, every Finn knows what it really means in your heart and mind. It's very difficult to translate into any language. The word does not mean anything, it is the state of mind that you do everything for you for your people and for your country.
When things go bad, you don't give up! That's what it means.
That is Sisu in every Finn since we were born.
Every country have their version like the UK had Keep Calm and Carry On, it's not a single word though
@@andersmalmgren6528 That's different, though. Sisu also refers to the attitude to continue what one is doing even if there's little point in doing so. It can mean doing idiotic things just because you've already made up your mind. In that sense it's not at all like the UK version you cited.
@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom yeah definitely not a step back and reassess sort of mentality
We love you Theo! Come back to Finland soon!
Finland supports and stands with Ukraine 100%
Especially since this war has many similarities to the Finnish-Soviet Winter war of 1939.
Stalin, in all his megalomanic narcissism and paranoida decided to try to destroy and annex Finland. But after fierce fighting for 4 months Stalin only managed to gain some of our eastern regions (which Russia has never given us back). He failed to get to the capital city Helsinki , just as Putin failed to take Kiev thanks to the brave resistance by the Ukrainian forces.
SLAVA UKRAINA, HEROYAM SLAVA!!
-Privit iz Finlandya
As Ukrainian,i appreciate Finnish support,and really thankful for that.
@@MrRandomguy64 One major difference is the lack of US Lend Lease to the Russians.
Not Really.
@@puuppa83 not really how?
Our mindset is: "we do not know what challenges tomorrow might bring, but well prepared and united we will be able to overcome them".
The Europeans do not want to understand the causes of the war. For Europeans, this is just a Russian invasion of Ukraine. They do not want to know about the behavior of Ukraine for 8 years and the Russian genocide.
Finland's sordid history with Russia goes far longer than The Winter war. Finland and the Ukraine now have a common experience of russian occupation and russian soldiers being complete pigs during it. Greater wrath 1714-1721 and Lesser wrath 1742-1743 made us very aware of the horrors of a foreign army occupation on our land. I am from Southern Ostrobothnia region and we have never truly forgotton these historical events.
As a Swede from Westbothnia (västerbotten) I agree. Even if we didn't had Russians here to the same extent as was experienced by Finland.
Things were ever worse here in Karelia...
And of course, you don’t want to know anything about the disgusting Ukrainian soldiers ...
But weren't Ukrainian soldiers like pigs for 8 years when they fought with Donbass?
I'll copy my comment:
It's funny that then it was the USSR with a Georgian in the Head. Ukraine was also part of the USSR. And the Ukrainian Semyon Timoshenko was the initiator of the war with Finland. This general incited Stalin to attack Finland. By the way, at that time Mannerheim ruled Finland
he was a patriot of Russia and an officer in the Russian army. He also fought for Russia against Japan.
In my opinion, Finland has definitely significantly increased the activity of the defense forces due to Russian threats. There are a lot of exercises going on at a much more frequent pace than before, and I myself already received the sixth order to train, even though I no longer belong to the active wartime corps but to the reserve. I became interested the most because at the end of the last exercise, it was said that there will not necessarily be any more ordered exercises for us, except if there is a bigger reason to exercise... So now in Finland, the reserve is clearly ordered to participate in the exercises more actively, and there has been a reason to repeat things to everyone.
In a way, the Russians woke up Finland from its peacetime "winter sleep" and would poke at such a point with threats that Finland raised its middle finger. Russia is always a suspicious neighbor and no Finn will go under its orders and threats
They are not even pre-covid levels. it's just tht the media is covering every single exercise now. AKA you and mine source of information
@jesse manner; Trainning is necesary in order to maintain proficient and effective Armed Forces. The more You train the better prepared You'd be if it's required.
Jep. Asun tässä Parolassa ja yks yö muutama kuukaus taakkeppäin meni koko yön tankkeja tosta Hattulantietä vissiin junaradalle. En oo ikinä 27 v aikana nähny sellasta letkaa. Kauhee jytinä😂
Sisu is also love for our country. No matter what comes ahead! 1/96 Border Guerilla NCO from North Karelia. Allways loving to see your reaction videos towards our cold and beautiful country!
United we stand. Rautaa rajalle.
We have lived with this threat for some 80 years now, hope for best and prep for worst
Sisu is weird. My grandmother and uncles always insisted it’s not just about sticking to something and not backing down, but also it’s very important that you do the right thing even when it might not be the best thing for you personally.
In a way doing the right thing even if it's bad is sticking to the right thing. You just keep pushing, if it needs to be done.
Yea there is that element about for example remaining honest to point of stupidity in it.
As a readiness unit soldier i love to watch videos of you reacting to our army stuff, thanks for all these opinions ❤️
In terms of civilian weapons in Finland, you can buy most of the popular brands that you could in USA. Barrett, BCM, Daniel Defence, S&W, Ruger, SIG, Glock, and many more.
I cannot explain 'sisu' to this day. As a Finn. Love it how you're doing a better job, as not a Finn.
It's when the backhoe breaks down and you continue digging a hole in the frozen ground with a little shovel, instead of waiting until Monday for someone to fix the machine.
Only helicopters used by the FDF are NH90’s and Hughes MD500’s. The CH-53 is indeed a US one that took part in an previous exercise. Fun fact, although helicopter pilots and mechanics receive their training in the Air Force, the helicopters are operated by the Army.
Very cool to see that 'Panssarivaunukomppania' sign on your wall. That armor company was my unit during military service.
24:20 And the military budjet, it was 5,1€ billion and they added that 2,2€ billion, so total is now 7,3€ billion. +40% increase!
I think Infantry General Adolf Ehnrooth (RIP) put it best.
"The enemy comes from the east."
This is also the reason why the Finnish Coat of Arms has a lion trampling a saber. An eastern blade.
What that woman mentioned about her father being "Peacekeeper"
That IS translation from "Rauhanturvaaja"
They are UN..Unated Nation peace keeping soldiers.
I’m an eighties kid and these caves and shelters have existed as long as I can remember.
Used to go into my apartment buildings shelter with dad to train with an air pistol 😅
Sisu means that when you are being asked to go in hell, you go.. Then you come back.. And you forgot to flip a bird to devil himself so you go back in hell, and come back again. Then you go to sauna.. And swim in frozen lake. After that you are ready to do it all over again as many times its needed to be done. Maybe couple of times more after devil gives up.. Just for fun.
41:06
Where my seagul gang at?
Love from finland @combat arms channel
28:30 K9 Thunder is indeed very nice. The main reason Finland & Norway went for the K9 instead of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 is because there were distinct cold running issues in the PzH that were manifested in tests in the high Arctic. Issues that the K9 didn't have. I'm sure Rheinmetall could've fixed those but then both governments started thinking of the price. Both are excellent gear though.
Great video once again. Good to hear you have such a good understanding on the history of Finland, but also on the current mindset of us Finns. Hope you had a great time visiting this country. Much respect for the tattoo also.
About sisu... We hv saying "even through of hard rock". In fin literally its "grey rock" cuz grey granite is one of most hardest rock in the world. And Finland is full of it! :)
31:30 It's pretty funny when a dude with a completely separate mother tongue from English adopts some sort of an English accent from a native speaker or media. In my experience Finnish men tend to go with American or Australian accents while women with accents from British Isles. The gold standard is Rally English of course.
I was once mistaken for an American by an Englishman 😅
Oddly enough I also usually start to subconsciously mirror the accent of whomever I’m talking to.
Can be a bit embarrassing at times.
@@tonikaihola5408 I've been mistaken for American by Americans a few times. All of these have happened in Finland which makes it funny. EDIT: Massachusetts accent is stronk in me. Had to look up spelling. :P
@@inso80 Ya know what's massive oral sex in Swedish?
Massachusexxs
The late and great Colonel Jaakko Koskela said: We have the skills, we have the will and we the equipment.
Helsinki area tunnel system is great. U can walk a week there without seeing sun. U can go anywhere in the area. Hundreds of kilometres of tunnels. There are also underground lakes etc. A lot of weapons. Even church. Lowes point i go was like 75m below ground level. Most of the tunnels are not in public use. Only wartime. U can not find those in any maps. I served my armytime walking around them and i still could not navigate there without military map. Biggest ones are really big and smallest ones only 1 or max 2 person can walk side by side. If u have
I continue bc i can not edit? Claustropbhia dont go those small ones.
my family from Finland had air force background..
my great uncle born there, sailed over at 1 or 2 with cousins, met dad here, and his mom came on another boat, also.. For Canada he fought in WW2, he was a rear air gunner, named Gunnar. I have a book his regiments families put together, letters on their capture, etc.. plans of the planes, diary entries, about 200 pages. amazing..
first POW returned back to town..
Russia has been pulling equipment and troops from bases near Finnish border to take part in operations in Ukraine.
From that one can deduce that Russia has no immediate plans to start anything with Finland.
PS. It's also very good to remember that this conflict really started in 2014 or maybe even with Euromaidan.
The big russian bear knows where is a bear trap
As we join NATO, it will be a big collective boon to be able to cripple Kola peninsula logistics if need be.
I highly respect the finns and the finn sisu! Have many finlander friends, great people - greetings from Sweden!
"Väestönsuojelulaki" or Civil Protection Act was made 1958. This act demand to build all those caves. Act is still valid so if you build new building bigger than 1200 m2 you need also build bunker. So we have bunker in every shopping mall, every block of flats...
Civil protection act is also more than bunkers. There must be evacution roads (rail ways) built, there must be target areas where to evacute. For examble in case of war people from Helsinki will be evacuated to other parts of Finland and there is exsisting plans for it (how to travel (trains), accomondation (schools and other public buildings), how to get food....
Not even many finns know these evacuation rail ways. When there is rail way middle of neighborhood what seems to be old and useless... in reality it is there because civil protection act - in case of emergy you can bring evacuation train there so that all people not need to go one place.
19:30 Our unit swearing the oath right there.🇫🇮🫡
Sisu is also about having a backbone and standing behind your words, being honest and letting your voice be heard if there's injustice or unfairness about. It's about always doing the right thing, helping those who are in need and owning your mistakes yet not boasting about your victories. It's not hogging the spotlight. It's modesty. Not complaining about minor annoyances. My grandparents of whom all 4 participated in war, often said that people just "did what had to be done because there was no one else to do it".
You should look up older finnish history too btw, because when they say there is alot of suffering in our history they dont just mean the 20th century. after the great northern war came the great wrath is the worst atrocity in finnish history, its extremely brutal how men, women and kinds were tortured and executed in the most painful ways you can think. on top of that after the war came a plague. in combination these killed a really huge percentage of the finnish population, if i remember right atleast 50% (plus) of the population either died or fled Finland for good, its the biggest reason that a country this "big" still has such a low population.
That's also the time when people learned to hate Russians and the reason why Russians are still so hated on the west coast. WW2 was only a reminder.
Cam I say how classy that shop owner is. To say he would prefer peace over the new profit is amazing. Big him up classy man.
Great video, thanks! I think having mandatory conscription is necessary for a small country like Finland. It is also a fantastic idea because that mandatory service, as short it is, results deep bonding, i.e., esprit de corps, or as the US Marines would put it, once a marine, always a marine. That is just invaluable in combat. You have to believe in the cause and trust the guy/gal with you in the foxhole.
Savossa on vanhat sotilasperinteet.
@@yoretabio4537 Sen tosiaan ymmärsin kun vierailin isäni kylän sotilas hautausmaalla Muuruvedellä.
“You’ve got SISu” is the biggest compliment I’ve ever been paid.
I work at nursing home and one of our vets told me to push him to the minefield if the war starts, so he could be useful for the last time to our country.
This dude is almost hundred years old and can't walk no more.
God bless that man.
Considering that at winter war and the outcome when we didn't even have enough combat clothes for the soldiers, the response and result from Finns to an invader today would be quite different.
I learned about SISU from researching "The White Death". Love the concept, love the man and what he stood for.
and Oh Yeah !! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY TIKKA T3X TAC A1 in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Fun fact, during a part of my service, two in my barrack room of 11, were american citizens.
II/09 in Santahamina we had American and German recruits. Finnish male citizens living outside of Finland are subject to the conscription call-up when they turn 18 -- just like their counterparts living in the country. Finnish men living abroad can, however, apply for exemptions from military service and still retain their Finnish citizenship.
Sisu, for me it means defending your values despite the hardships on your way. Good ethics are so important that you are motivated to continue despite casualties etc.
19:00 During the military oath the two fingers pointing up position is the standard form for Lutherans and other Christians. In contrast, Orthodox Christians have their hand in a cross sign where the first three fingers are pressed together and the rest are pressed against the palm.
All the people in the tank crew has a pistol and many of those people shown on the video (from Rovajärvi training area) were tank crew. MP people usually has one too.
was in the army in year 2000, was assigned to protect a machine gunner, ofc spent alot of time with him. We still keep in touch because if the shit hits the fan we would be paired up again.I would still trust him with my life and he would do the same. prob nothing is stronger than that bond
The numbers were portrayed kinda misleadingly. 900 000 is the war time strength in total. The 280 000 is the number of troops that can be deployed immediately. There is a pre determined time window if i remember correctly its two weeks in which the entire 280 000 will be operational and conducting combat missions. The rest 620 000 will be deployed after them by the requirements of the situation. Within the first 280k there are the readiness units that can be deployed vefy quickly. And will be the first to welcome the visitors.
Mostly the 900 000 is used for replacements and rotating tired troops off the frontline. War of attrition against one of the largest militaries in the world requires having many times more troops than you can field at once.
@@EggwardEgghands the rest 620k you mean. But yeah its hard to know as a reservist where the line goes at which point you no longer belong to the first 280k
20:40, when I was visiting the US for a work trip back in 2022, I could see the confusion in peoples eyes when I said "I'm a soldier" and they asked "how long did you serve" and I answered I still serve. I am not a civilian, I'm a reservist. when we are done with our mandatory conscription period, we are released into the reserve. That was something that people didn't seem to understand, that I will be a soldier untill I turn 65.
A great reaction video again!
P.S. You definitively have to dig in to AMOS and NEMO mortar systems. Great capabilities (MRSI) and depending on platform potentially good mobility too (shoot & scoot).
Thx for great video. Greetings from Helsinki. ❤️🇫🇮
Cool Sisu tattoo!
Sisu is not giving up no matter how impossible task you have. It's stubborness not to give up, I've done already this much, I can finish this.
Even santa claus have his own bunker :D
Finland has never let its guard down. But you will find that Poland, the Baltic States, Norway & much of Eastern Europe feel the same way.
Very likely felt the same way, but in 1991 when the USSR colllapsed and took the troops then out of the Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania practically had no defense forces at all.
18:49 was actually the regimental flag of Guard Jaeger Regiment.
19:00 the difference is Orthodox (thumb touching middle and index fingers) vs everybody else (majority Lutheran or atheist). Just those small differences between the eastern and the western churches.
27:18 the FDF does not use CH-53. The video material seems to be from Cold Response 2022 in Norway, so you're right about it being USMC.
There's also a different ceremony for the atheist/agnostic's. We had the same 2 fingers but the scripture was different. The freedom of religion is VERY important in Finland. It's called "vala" and "vakuutus"... Hardly translated "oath" and "ensurance". Both have the same obvious meaning, but you can fill in the slot. Now with increasing amount of Muslims, I don't know if they have their own kind of a thing. My gut feeling is that they participate at the "vala"-ceremony with a twist? Same God right (on historical level)?
"Vannon Jumalan nimeen/I swear in the name of God" versus "Vakuutan omatuntoni nimeen/I ensure in the name of conscience".. Something like that..
2 different ceremony's hold at the same time, and the family can participate the ceremony. It's a BIG deal :D HUGE like ur former pres.. Let us not go 2 that :)
@@paavometsaluoma2653 Muslims did sotilasvakuutus 2/21. I don't think they will end up joining the vala.
@@mattilaiho7979 I thought so.. It would be beneficial though to have one for them as well.. Time will give. The Muslims are not going anywhere.. Vakuutus for them who have a God.. It would integrate so much more to the society. Interesting.. Adapting.. Thnx 4 ur comment :)
Love your channel and the content you provide, much gratitude and appreciation for your service as well. You represent the USMC at a high level and make me proud to be an American, keep it up. Having a father and grandfather who are/were Finnish, I can attest to the sisu mindset they have, and respect it very much. These are tough people and extremely proud, and I'm more than happy to have Finland and Sweden as NATO's newest members.
Maybe you didn't get to see it, but you walked all over it. For certain, you were jogging on top of it. Meaning the bunkers. If you were downtown Helsinki, you saw it, since you were in Ruoholahti. You just didn't notice it. ;)
28:55 I just had major whiplash seeing her there. She used to be my classmate and neighbour when we were young children in Norway before her family moved back to Finland.
Really cool to see her getting involved in the defence of her nation.
I were one of the many who were first against joining NATO. I was against because we had pretty good relations with Russia but since Russia wanted to be an outcast in the world stage, I changed my stance from against NATO to joining NATO.
Huge respect for that Sisu tattoo. Greetings from Finland.
The "peacekeeper" refers to the UN peacekeeping operation. The "Blue Berets".
Sisu in Estonian means literally internals, contents - something inside. Great video, well made. Crazy to think that something that scary can be shown in a hopeful and reassuring way.
One thing I would like to add is that now is the time to learn from mistakes made by others. Look at Ukrainian civilians and think what are they lacking. Don't be helpless and be the problem. Train in TCCC, buy books like US Army Special Forces survival manual, learn land navigation. Good thing is to know what unit sizes are called, what vehicles are what, what weapons are what. As a civilian you can provide immense amounts of information on enemy unit size, strength and location which in turn will help friendlies make the right call. Learning to shoot in Gucci gear and run around is cool but keep essentials in mind. For us here its great to be blessed with at least mostly awesome neighbors so hopefully we can integrate and learn more from each other.
They share the etymological roots in both Finnish and Estonian (surprisingly, I know :D). Sisus- means "inner, inside" for example sisuskumi is an inner tyre (of a bicycle, for example). Sisusta means interior (of an house, box etc.) and sisustus interior decoration/decorating. Sisu is a derivation of that and has been used at least since the 16th century with a meaning "quality" or "type", and when talking about a person their character or disposition. Sisin is also of the same root, meaning "the most internal" or "core". So kinda hints where the meaning comes from and how it's used - a very old word. And just like with many other words, Estonian has their own take on it :)
20:42 Most of Finnish peacekeepers are also reservist not active duty soldiers. Its of course voluntary and You get paid pretty good.
Cool detail: The statue of 3 smiths you see in the documentary actually still has holes and strike marks of the bombing of Helsinki in 1944. You can see them in the video too. It's also a remainder of Russias actions in WW2 in the center of Helsinki. And even though "wounded" they still have the SISU to stand naked through the cold winters year after year. Never give up! Slava Ukraine!
The Music is from The Nutcracker.
The Finnish mindset in terms of defence tells us exactly the Mindset of their large neighbour, time to wake up!
We also like to crack nuts.
To be honestly it's actually frustrating for most of us Eastern Europeans. The Baltic countries ( Latvia,Lithuania and Estonia) Poland, Romania, Georgia, Moldova and even Ukraine. Every single one of us we knew exactly what Russia is capable of and we could see what Russia is preparing for there are many times that we all have said to the West don't relax Putin is gathering strength. Everybody just laughed it off and said we live in the 21st Century nobody's going to have a conventional war you guys are crazy. We lived with the Russia as our neighbor for hundreds of years we know the Russians well enough. But did anybody listen nobody especially Germany Germany laid in bed and slept with Russia for cheap gas and for 30 years Russia has been tightening the gas screw tighter around Germany's neck nobody Germany even thought about diversifying. I mean they even were building North stream 2 for fucksake. Poland was protesting for years about it. Did anybody turn around to the Balkan States and the Eastern European States and said we're sorry we didn't listen to you. Transnistrian, georgia, Armenia and Azerbajan in 1991-1993 then Georgia again in 2008, then Crimea and Dunbass in 2014. How the f*** did you guys missed all the f****** signs. It was clearly evident what he was building up to testing the West more and more.
As a Swede, I think that this video has shared the ultimate truth on what happens around our parts and Ukraine, well said and true, good analytics from the Finnish brothers and this based youtuber, we are lucky to have Finland next to us to provide security and give us someone to look up too, we have not been to war in over 200 years, we know on paper what to do, but our finnish brothers have been told what to do from their grandfathers, now they can teach us how to fight.
Well, we #Finns have fought #Russian invaders for 1000 years in an on/off war and we are still here.
980 years to be exact
@@seppomaki2496 well, that was the first WRITTEN RECORD of a war between Finnic tribes and Novgorod, but I suspect Novgorod being what it was, that was hardly the first time.
I just realized: Novgorod is long gone (the Muscovites/Russians sure aren't Novgorod, even though they like to pretend to be), but we are still here.
That... REALLY puts things into perspective.
@@Shannis75 Kuin syyttäjät seisomme aamussa ajan,
Ukraina ja Puola ja Suomi ja Viro,
tuli tuiskavi myös Lätin, Liettuan pajan,
yks meillä on yhteinen tunnus ja kiro,
me selvän nyt vaadimme raakuuden rajan,
kuin lieneekin valtioviekkaus sen siro,
näät Moskova pettää, on pettänyt ennen,
ja pettävi tuhanten vuosien mennen!
-Eino Leino 1920
I am finn and watch your videos. So proud off my granparents, who were in the middle off winter war. I also have a son, who will go to army, when he is adult.
Sisu in Estonian means something on the inside. Like jam inside a cookie or a donut. The best translation of what they actually mean by saying ''Sisu'' would be having a backbone. It is interesting to see how the Finns have made this word mean a lot more. In Estonia we have something similar. A lot of people have said that the only way 1 million Estonians have survived this long is because of our ''jonnakus''. It basically means Estonians are too pigheaded, too stubborn to be tamed by some foreign power, too set in their ways to integrate, it's like trying to herd cats. The difference makes sense considering our different histories with our brothers in Finland.