They don't use English call signs because it sounds cool. They use them because it makes co-operation with NATO-countries easier. I did my service in signal corps. All of our comm systems are NATO-compatible.
@@hapkido7442 Hän tarkoittikin, että he eivät käytä englantia siksi että se olisi coolia, vaan käyttävät sitä siksi että yhteistyö nato-maiden kanssa olisi jouhevampaa.
You will love this: A couple of years ago a Russian fighter plane breached the air space. It was identified by a Finnish fighter in one minute. A reporter asked the defence forces "how can you possibly be there in one minute when your nearest airfield is 20 minutes away?" And here comes the epic response: "Exactly." Ok the reporter wasn't satisfied with that and asked the Minister of Defence the same question and the answer: "Our planes are where they need to be at the right time".
@@2A4FIN It has everything to do with it! If you can see them coming long before they reach your airspace, then you can also calculate exactly where they will be at a certain time. The F-18 reaches speeds of 1915 km/h, so flying to visually identify a Russian bogey, would not take many minutes once it is in Finnish airspace. You seem to think Finnish pilots are like Superman (and i'm not denying the excellent skills of Finnish fighter pilots) when it's actually all down to modern technology and a good dosage of flight training.
@ Jukka Michelsson 20 minutes away? A flight with the F-18 Hornet flying ca 2000km/h has it making 33km/min. Finland has 45 military airfields and on them there are Hornets on quick-rotation alert all across the country. Finland also has excellent radar systems that will calculate the flying path of bogies long before they reach Finland's airspace, giving ample time for its interceptors to reach and identify them. It's not magic, it's modern technology and good pilot skills.
As a Finn now living in Sweden I think i never felt this patriotic and emotional at the same time for my home country. When the news cast said, Finland is at war, from there emotions went everywhere... Thinking back to all the men and SISU Finland showed back in the 40's against soviet, doing an amazing job against a super power.... We are strong! If this happens again, we done this before and we will overcome 💪🇫🇮💪
As most of us Finnish men are part of the reserves, this really hits deep. I even recognized one of the guys in the video, we served at the same time. During training it never really feels scary, but watching videos like these make you realize how real the threat is, especially considering the Crimea incident. I just got called for refresher training (one of the first actions in the video), and even though that is normal, it just got more real. I sincerely hope I never have to fire a gun at a person, but if needed, we have to defend.
Heh i got also ordered for refresher training and it has been only half a year from the end of my conscription service 😂 EDIT the leader of Finnish "protection" police (Suojelupoliisi) was just in the news saying that there has been foreign powers trying to buy strategically important areas somewhere in Finland like houses/areas and that kind of stuff😂 what a timing
We drink the threat of Russia from our mothers milk and the way to fight them. It is not only WWII era that they have been our enemies, as far as written history goes, we have been fighting them, this is literally true. Yet, somehow we have managed to keep the border where it is, i would go even as far as to say that if there is one nation to actually beat Russia, only Finland has a chance for that, given it has resources to do it. It is natural to us, it is not something we learn.
@@duhni4551 Bullshit. Last time our fathers fought them was in 1944. Älä ota kunniaa asioista mitä et ole itse tehnyt. Oot koulutettu intissä ja thats it. Ajat muuttuu, muutu sinäkin.
@@Raccoon_A Mitä sää mahat sepostaa? Koitappa lukea uudestaan ja ymmärtää lukemasi =D Ehkä huomaat ettei tuo kirjoituksesi tee mitään järkeä vastauksena siihen? =D
Follow Putin. In early 2000s he said that only those who want to join Russia, will do so. Is has been Russian politics for the last decades and will continue to be so. Crimea is 99% Russian, people consider themselves as Russians and they voted in a referendum to join Russia since Ukraine is done anyway. Finland’s case is totally unrelated to Crimea and there’s no threat to Finland in any way
Since you asked: The emergency powers act, when taken into use, gives the Finnish government more lawful methods to take action for example in a military conflict. It was recently used in Finland because of the covid-19 epidemic. It basically gives the government more rights to control the population whenever Finnish national security is at risk for some reason or another. It is like one step before a full martial law. I hope this helps you, even though i explained it in a very simplified way.
The essence of the emergency powers act is that government can establish laws, normally only the parliament can. These laws established by the government must be retroactively approved in the parliament as soon as feasible. The parliament can also decide to not approve, in which case the law becomes void.
For example as a nurse, they can order us to where they need for certain periods. Even if you work in a different field but have medical training, you can be ordered to serve for example in a hospital or something for a few weeks at a time. You pretty much have no say in the matter.
Apart from NATO, Norway needs a _specific_ operational plan to *HAUL ASS* over to Finland the _moment_ anybody as much as _looks_ in their direction. Norway and Finland are brothers. Our language may be different but the language of facing diversity and protecting our home we speak fluently. Much love to Finland from Norway, _Hyvää Suomi_
Sweden and Norway would be in full military mobilization if Finland are under attack and ready to fight with Finland if that day come because of a defence pact agreement signed not long ago between nordic countries that border each other.And Norway are a Nato member and that way Nato would intervene without a doub not long after.In this scenario its Finland fighting alone and reality thats not the case if anything go down.Finland is the strong shield of the north and they do not stand alone...if anyone did wonder thats all :) cheers from Norway
@dimapez it is not 1939, I am afraid - supply lines will be destroyed among the first. Not that I imply that someone will attack Finland. I sencerely hope this will never happen. Otherwise, Russia will deliver a deadly punch to anyone who decides to bother our friendly neighbor and fellow Russian empire member.
@dimapez well, things are heating up right now, any news on arms supplies to Finland? Yeah, it is not that simple. Besides, Finland is the last of Russia's worry at any given time granted it retains it's status quo.
After watching this again, it made me cry. As a native Finnish person, this just hits too hard. Hardest part was that when the news reporter said "Finland is at war". Thank you for watching this, we are ready for everything.
Agreed. Never thought of myself as especially patriotic, but watching "enemy" tanks roll onto Finnish soil from that boat made me feel nearly sick, and I couldn't stop tears from rolling from my eyes at the "Finland is at war" part.
For a Finn, this was rather emotional to watch, felt so realistic. Foreign friends have asked me why there are shelters all over in Helsinki, even my apartment block has two shelters for the residents. I answered it's just better to be prepared. Australian ABC news on the underground Helsinki: ruclips.net/video/vFFhejGOTiM/видео.html
Actually there is a law that dictates that if the complex being built is over 1200 sq/m it is mandatory to have a bomb/civilian shelter in it. The law was reworked at the end of 19 hundeds because it impacted the large scale cattle farming too much.
@@_MaZTeR_ It is quite a potent opioid which means it is classified as narcotic substance and it can cause a respiratory arrest so there might be a couple of reasons why. Since it is a narcotic substance giving it to somebody without a narcotic prescription would be a crime. Same as if you give for example a Panacod tablet prescribed to you to your friend that would also be a criminal offence.
Emergency powers act of Finland is quite interesting. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding of it after reading into it is that it would technically allow the Finnish government to nationalize everything that's on Finnish soil. They can order McDonalds to hand in the trucks they own and use them for army logistics. They'll pay McDonalds afterwards for the trucks, but only if Finland survives the war. Finnish war laws are pretty hardcore by Western standards. There's still the element of total war mobilization where 100% of the society is made to serve the war effort.
"Section 32 (198/2000) For purposes of securing the appropriate performance of official duties or of civil defence, the Government may issue Decrees on the requisitioning of: (1) buildings and premises; and (2) transport, rescue, firefighting, clearance, first aid and communications equipment, computers and other supplies indispensable for the performance of official duties or of civil defence. Section 33 (1) In emergency conditions referred to in section 2(1)-(3), the Government may: (198/2000) (1) as required for economic and military preparedness, oblige a person to relinquish goods to the state and to perform work, services, transportation or other necessary tasks; (2) issue orders on communications and alterations to communications networks; (3) declare a curfew, if the protection of the population or targets important to the national defence so necessitates; and (4) entitle the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Transport and Communications to temporarily requisition real estate, buildings and premises necessary for the raising of defensive readiness. (198/2000) " www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1991/en19911080?search%5Btype%5D=pika&search%5Bkieli%5D%5B0%5D=en&search%5Bpika%5D=1991
@@DG_427 Yes if you own a Tesla Finnish military have no intress on that. Have to be gasoline or diesel fuel powered vehicle of the sake of realibility.
@@rasehorn If I remember correctly in the future we are going to have one brigade which will be specially prepared to act in Finnish territory. However this was part of the new defense plan, which the government now refuse to fund due to corona.
@@paecmaker If I remember my history correctly this Isn't exactly a new idea as there was a contingency plan where Sweden "invades" Finnish Lapland and Finland would cede control of Lapland to "invaiding" force without fight if Finland would come under attack from other hostile force. This was in effect form 50's to the collapse of Soviet Union
@@rasehorn yes. But it is diffrent now. The decision to create a mecaniced brigad for early deployment in Finland. With that only Purple. That is not the only new thing. The decision that both our defence forces will be using eachothers military infrastruķture in a crisis, that is new. The agreement between Finland, Sweden and USA, that is new(ish), atleast by being confirmed in public. Amongst other things that is new. I know what you where refering to, but that is not the same compared to what is ment to happen now. We are suppose to act tougether now. This is knowend in both contrys military and in our populations, This information was made public for a reason.
For a Finn, this was rather emotional to watch, felt so realistic. Foreign friends have asked me why there are shelters all over in Helsinki, even my apartment block has two shelters for the residents. I answered it's just better to be prepared. Australian ABC news on the underground Helsinki: ruclips.net/video/vFFhejGOTiM/видео.html
Correct! My dad is a Swiss pioneer engineer who constructs bridges and finds out how to collapse them as fast as possible. Most bridges in Switzerland still get a equipped with an explosive to be used just in case.
Tomi Timonen It has been 30 years since I was in Finnish military, in combat pioneer troops. But I still watch bridges when I pass them, trying to spot those demolishing holes in them. I don’t know why....maybe it is just that we cannot be prepared enough
@@sanjaschura A case of "fitted for but not with", surely. Switzerland is awesome. A case of telling everyone around it, "just try your luck". Still there.
As a Swede I know we have a "harsh" friendship between our countries but I've both been deployed with Finns and worked with them on exercises like this in the movie. Finns are our great brothers and some great people and I fight alongside them any day of the week. We have similar strategies and function as Finland, for example the war time laws or if we're attacked those laws are to give the military stronger ability and also to muster all men and women between the age of 18-47 that have done military service. Sweden and Finland have the same system with conscripts and also we do have a military alliance since none of us are members of NATO other then we have a partnership with NATO. These scenarios are very real for Finns and Swedes. This movie was extremely well done and Sweden share the same enemy and threats as Finland and we are brothers! Edit: I use to both work and have participated in the CJSE ( Combined Joint Staff Exercise ) exercise that take place in Sweden every second year. It's an exercise that is set up between the Swedish Armed forces and the Swedish War college, it includes participants from several nations including NATO countries. Finland use it as a part of the course for upcoming Majors on G level ( They are Captains ) and the exercise is scenarios just like in this video and we work together between different nations. The exercise takes place in Enköping ( Army ) at the Command and Control Regiment as well as parts in Uppsala ( Air Force base ) and Karlskrona or Muskö/ Haninge ( Navy/ Marine ). It also includes civilians that are taking courses at different War Colleges around the world as well as civilian government branches. It's an exercise on G and J level and very good exercise that last for the training personnel for 10 days. Link to short brief from CJSE 17: www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2017/04/on-cjse-we-exercise-together/
No doubt Finland has the closest ties to Sweden, in many ways. The two countries are getting closer in the defence sector, hopefully that develops in the future, the idea is widely supported in Finland.
There is just certain distrust for Swedish government because we feel like the Swedish government betrayed us last time in ww2. I know that there were many volunteers who went without permission and I truly respect that.
Havent our governments signed a military cooperation agreement saying if Finland is attacked, Sweden will join the fight. I think the agreement says that Sweden shall have 5000 mechanized/armoured troops ready all year to instantly assist Finland in case of war. A couple of CV90s with the 40mm Bofors wouldnt hurt, right
There isn't any "harsh" friendship between Sweden and Finland, we are simply friends. I mean really, if we Finns would have to evacuate, we would evacuate to Sweden, If Sweden would have to evacuate, they would most likely evacuate to Finland. We have infrastructure for both people to live in our countries, much deeper than what Nordics in common have, this spells unity, not hardship.
One point to add. Finnish military forces are called "Puolustusvoimat" which translates to "defence forces". We are prepared to defend ourself not to invade. That is the main point of our army
Yeah because finland is big enough for us. There could be Like 50 million humans on finland and lapland would still be empty (most parts) we dont need New places when you still have the old ones
@@roopeharju9662 Boris Yeltsin offered to sell the Karelian Isthmus for 15 billion euros in 1991 but it would've been a bad financial decision because too much money would go into restoring the place and there would be a lot of new infastructure that would have to be built. But it would give Finland a good hold of the Gulf of Finland.
Finland just ended the State Emergency and stopped applying the Emergency Powers Act as it is no longer warranted due to the low number of new coronavirus infections. Splendid news.
@@pauli8773 nosiis nythän hallitus on saanut aikaan paremmat käytännöt koronan tartunnnan ehkäsyks. sikshän se valmiustila lähti. ja aktiivisten tartuntojen luku laskee kokoajan. nyt mennään 400 paikkeilla kun pahimmillaan oli 2700
@ 5.5 million people. Small country, not very many people, and there's tons of space between people. I mean, not in the cities, and the south is still pretty densely populated, but overall when compared to other European countries the population is very spread out. We had the biggest issues around the capital, since it is the most densely populated are in the country. So it won't spread as fast as it would if there were more people.
The "wild" looking vehicle at 23:00 is a "Leopard 2 Marksman". It's a British air defense system, on a German chasis, with Swiss guns. =) It's only in use in Finland, but similar to the "Gepard"(Chetaah) Germany had in service till 2010.
Thank you very much. You are like a Finn. Because: You don’t brag and you appreciate the right things, and you are genuine and modest. Yours sincerely, Reserve Jaeger Corporal Rossi :)
@@fr0zenbr0 thats is if don't get C class in papers. like i did. and then try plead twice to go military service. both times answer was negative. pity i really wanted to experience it, but now i'm over 30 it's not possible any more
@@antcommander1367 Vapaaehtoistakin kansalaisaktiivisuutta on. Tehtäviä voi harjoitella monilla osa-alueilla, eikä siihen tarvita asevelvollisuuden suorittamista. C:n papereilla tuskin sulle rynkkyä annetaan missään tilanteessa, mutta on muitakin tehtäviä mm. kriisinhallinnassa tai paprujuttuja. Ne ovat kuitenkin kokonaisuudessa yhtä tärkeitä kuin aseellinen toiminta ja vapauttaa joukkoja eteenpäin. Katselepa netistä. Nelikymppisenäkin vielä voi halutessaan vapaa-aikansa käyttää noita taitoja harjoitellen. Kokeile.
@@valleyofk.yu.s.s.inmyhead8359 emmä rynkkyä ois halunnutkaan. Kun mulla oli jo kutsunnoissa 2v kokemus 65 vuotiaasta pystykorvasta metsästyskäytöstä. Mut tarkkaampujaks oisin vaan päässyt, sillä 3 vuoden metsästys kokemuksella.
In this video, the strategy deployed by the attacking force bears a striking resemblance to the strategy Russia used when they invaded Ukraine in many respects. Funnily enough, these videos don't come out nearly every year - they come out every time Russia apparently makes major changes to their plans and doctrines. These videos serve two main purposes: to educate the Finnish conscripts of course, but also to tell the Russians in no uncertain terms that we know what they are up to, and putting those plans into action would not be smart. Also, the "performance" of Russian troops in Ukraine has been so abysmal in almost every possible way that if Ukraine had the equivalent of Finnish air force and field artillery at their disposal, they would probably have wrapped things up by now.
Was performing nurse internship at the hospital in Vaasa when the invasion started. Some of the male nurses employed there were called to "kertausharjoitus" while I was there.
@@oshixxxx That is unusual. Usually the people who are employed in medicine or some such, that would anyway be needed to do their thing in times of war, are exempt from reserve training; since if it came to war, they would anyway not be called, but instead made to stay at their civilian work in the hospital/whatever.
Finland is word’s happiest country, but we are ready all the time. We love peace but we’re ready to defence our independency. Thank you Combat Arms Channel for your video and very friendly comments!!!
Wow, I knew you were going to react to this sooner or later but just a few days after it got released. Really shows you listen to your subscribers. Keep up the good work! Hoo-ah! Edit: Also, I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet but this film took like 4 years to produce.
i remember they said in the army that we will never completely destroy the enemy attacker coming from the east. but we will cause so much casualties to them they wont even consider it
Norway's strategy was simple: "Never again", we was going to sell us as expensive as possible... side note: for the last 2-4 years we have experienced that GPS in Northern Norway is being disrupted and the Norwegian military have openly gone out and said it is the Russia and they have openly complained about it. But we do expect that from them, Russia love to test us, specially on the intelligence side, due to our close connection with USA and CIA
@hickspaced well considering a country like sweden have less population than some of the major armies in the world have there might be a slight isue actualy winning a war
Saying this as a finnish anti tank second lieutenant, you imagined how this video feels, this is goosebump material, it's something none of us wish for, but still something that looms over our heads all the time
Plus seeing the familiar news readers is like a hit in the gut, these are the guys we grew up watching, was it the Chernobyl accident or '95 ice hockey gold, these are the faces that told us about them all
Let's just hope we will never hear these words @27:14. As Finnish person this would be worst nightmare to hear. Even this is only a demonstration, it still is quite hard to hear.
No mitä tässä on nyt niin salattavaa? Suomen puolustusvoimain reserviläisillä ja kantaporukalla oli ja on niitä legendaarisia ideoita, miten hommat hoidetaan. Muistan joskus nähneeni kuvia Suomalaisesta kranaatinheittimestä. Se oli kahden puun haaran väliin viritetty paksu kuminauha nahkapussilla varustettuna. Tämäkin viritys toimi mitä ilmeisemmin kuin ritsa ja junan vessa.
Mitäs kummaa tässä on salattavaa kyllä naapuri tietää että, meillä varaudutaan vain yhdestä suunnasta tulevaan uhkaan. Ei niiden tiedustelu nyt niin perseestä ole. Tietävätpä vielä hyvinkin mikä meidän taistelukenttä 2020 doktriinin tarkoitus on koska eipä tuo juuri salaista tietoa ole.
@@haisulful8245 Jos mitään tiedustelusta pitää tietää, se on se että vastustaja ei aina tiedä mikä on sinulle tärkeää ja vice versa. OSINT, eli Open-Source Intelligence on ihan legit, ja sitä saa esimerkiksi RUclipsa haravoimalla.
Antenna goes up when Finnish video is reviewed by you. Love to hear your take. Father (German) Mother (Finnish) . Dad got mad got loud. Ma got mad she got quiet. Beware the quiet! Peace from Minneapolis MN. I enjoy Combat Arms Channel very much. Thank you for serving!
Great video!👍 As a swede with some experience in the armed forces, i would say your in deep shit if you attack any of the nordic countries in these days. We have a lot different skills and resources, which means that we complement each other extremely well. And we have trained a lot together for many, many years. If you look into how our countries reacts when any of us gets in trouble of any kind, like big accidents, terroristattacks and so on, we always respond in an instant, offering our helo. We do tease each other all the time, like when it comes to sports or competition in any way. In that way we act a lot like sibblings. But we also act like sibblings in other ways, because no one touch my sister or brother and if someone would be stupid enough to do that, then i will personally introduce them to the gods in Vallhalla.😉 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪
I fully agree with you on that we're like siblings. We like to tease each others but if some outsider tries to mess with one of us, we'll gang up on the bully instantly. There's a reason why Nordic countries have been training together for quite some time and yet we make jokes about each other 😉. And it seems that we're going to be formal allies very soon (hopefully Sweden's accession to Nato membership will follow quickly)
Your reactions are nice to watch. Cool to see the professionals thoughts about different kind of military! -2nd Lt of Finnish Army reserves, Jaeger infantry 18:40 that is not the actual thing but it describes the Finnish Defence Forces cituation center ( to keep track of what is going on to feed information to field command and general staff) they are located in unknown cave somewhere in the country. 23:40 we practice a lot of "going in blind" or bascialky running into the enemy. We leadears (everyone, company, platoon, squad, stufy the maps and navigate our platoon all the time and look out of the vehicle. So we woukd have some idea what is ahead. Map reading is skill Finns learn in very young age(usually). 30:20 You are very right. Finland has the largest willingnes to defend country by arms (against overwhelming enemy in europw) 84% (about can't remember excatly). And about the fighting despite the odds one of the army marching songs parts describes it perfectly: "You childrend and thr elderly and you mothers and brides, so long you will have protected homes as there is even one man left to fight for it" And I agree with you about the summary of the video. It was amazing to watch. You can see the things we trained and train for. It still "scares" me, hope this never comes true, but if it does I will, like many others, fight to the last dying breath.
Quite right about the operations center. Being a reservist assigned to a regional opcenter...that's kind of how our skills specific refresh trainings look like (class room type setup) when we train, as you noticed, streamlined communications for example. When we do a "live action" refresh training (usually in conjuction with a larger live fire exercise)...well, they take our phones away. So no, it's not going to be shown on YT.
Keep in mind, this video doesn't really reveal the actual horror what war is. I hope it newer happens but if it do, it makes also me feel safe when i can trust our army, which literally means my friends, their families, my neighbors and their families and so on. We stand together or cease to exist. This is our fate with Russia being our neighbor.
Knowledge and doing are two different things. Finland has the knowledge but not the ability with this current military. With professional military and with Nato membership there would stand a chance to respond in an attack like described in this taistelukenttä 2020 video.
@@henrikholappa6837 And the banning of infantry mines was really bad for finnish defence forces. The new ones that are remote detonated are not reliable. If russia decides to march over the border, option a is that they are past them before they can be deployed and armed and option b is that they use a frequency jammer to prevent the remote detonation. I think that banning of infantry mines is probably the most hurtful thing to our first line of defence that has ever happened.
This was very nice to watch with u as a Finn. It's very nice to see how real and humble person u are. There is a lot of foreigners in RUclips who praise Finland for nothing to get subs etc and gives me big cringe, so props to you who actually knows something whats all about. 5/5
Oh man, you are probably the first Marine I have heard that has so realistic view of things and appreciate the military branches of other nations as well, besides the US. I really respect your opinion, sir.
Yes, indeed. And that actually poses a problem for Finland from joining NATO. NATO will give guarantees that they will assist a member country under attack. But they can not guarantee that a member country can not be occupied by the enemy during the course of the war. NATO would commit to overall victory over the enemy and then (at least supposedly) to restore the sovereignity of enemy occupied ally countries after the war. But I think it is an unsustainable situation, Finland will put everything they have to never be fully occupied, even if it looks very grim. So we will have to commit (and have committed) on strong national defence. Defence that is ready and up to standards to welcome any allies (Sweden, NATO), sure, but we can not rely on NATO to restore our freedom after WW3. That is just not the plan that has won and continues to win such high public support for military defence in Finland. Estonia and other Baltic countries join NATO, help them anyway they can, get overrun as soon as the war starts and then wait for NATO to win and free them. It is understandable given their geographic location and resources. But for Finland that would be an unacceptable plan and such a plan by the state, if revealed, would be catastrophic for public defence morale.
26:38 I believe that is a fentanyl lollipop (or some other painkiller). Lollipops are popular over syringe painkillers because absorption through the mouth is quicker, and if the medic has time, he can tape it to the casualty's finger. This way if the casualty passes out, his hand falls and takes the pop with it, reducing the likelihood of delivering unnecessary amounts of painkiller. Almost like a fire and forget painkiller solution in that you also don't need to hunt for blood vessels to administer.
@@CombatArmsChannel We use the same thing in the Danish army. The whole idea behind it is "keep it simple stupid". Every soldier is trained in administering the fentanyl lollipop, and every soldier has the fentanyl lollipop as part of their Individual First Aid Kit.
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It is also easy to see that the casualty has been given the pain killers when there is a lollipop taped to his thumb
I am proud being finnish armed forces reservists . U are right that especially now when ukraine is under attack we all have to be prepared for the worst and carry that duty we are almost all trained for. Salute to you.
Thanks for doing this video. As a Finnish reservist I also got a bit emotional because of your comments. We have prepared for decades, but it is maybe something that we do not actively voice, so someone noticing all that effort and appreciating us as an ally, it really means a lot. Thank you.
Combat Arms Channel Absolutely great channel. Did I notice correctly that there were 4,6 k views and only 45 thumbs down....that is less than a percent. Amazing achievement 👍 I should show this to my 19 year old son who joins Finnish military in 2 weeks. I bought him your logo hoodie to take with him
You said on video everything goes very smoothly on this case. Well there is second video produced at the same time with this, on which things are not so smooth. It is also training video, but it is used to prepare Finnish conscripts for things like trauma, fear, stress and anxiety. It's more brutal than this one and it will probably never be published. Mindset and sisu was also mentioned several times. I think Finland is warrior society as far western democratic can be without going full North Korea. 70-80% of male population has served in military and it's common topic to discuss in work and hobbies. "Where did you serve" is usually kind of icebreaker when meeting a new guy. Whole defense system of Finland is carved in society. That colonel said we are prepared for worst. It's not just our army being a defense forces. Finland IS Defense Forces.
You have made a lot of Nordic friends with these videos. I met with american soldiers from USAREUR Cavalry and Armoured elements from Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa in ARROW exersice 2018. For a conscript it was really cool to train with the professionals. Liked and subbed!
You meant to say "Combat Arms Channel" has made lots of Asian friends with these videos. I never got to train with any Asian military force before. Although I did drink with Japanese Navy. They're cool i guess. If there's any Asian military force I'd hope to train with, It'd be the Finns. Peace!
Boom Dos C´mon dude, Finland is NOT Asian country. Or maybe you just wanted to troll this country which is in fact Europe’s strongest defence lines towards East (Russia). And even western part of Russia belongs to European continent, everything east of Ural Mountains is considered Asia. I think from the people in video you could tell we are not Asian though 🤣. Just to finish, I need to say I have travelled my fair share in Asia - China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand. I love all those people, very nice, humorous, with great cultures. Would love to visit Mongolia once in my lifetime, to understand that way of life and people. I figure they could teach a lot regarding surviving harsh lands with sisu and spirit
@@topinet1 Ok. You got me. 🤣 I was trying to troll with my attempt at humor. Maybe that same humor you alluded to since I'm part Asian myself. I'm also American so that's not for me to joke about. That's for Europeans to troll each other with. Anyway I responded because you gave me a word I don't ever remember seeing: Sisu. I'm fascinated w/ Finland but I never ran into that word before. Now I'm getting a book about it. Cheers.
@@boomdos4265 well after a year have you learned the meaning of it? It isn't something you can learn you are molded in to the mindset of never give up never surrender. cheers!
As our oath song goes: Hear our holy outh, dear fatherland, violence shall never touch you. We will protect you, guard you with our blood. You dont need to worry, your sons are awake.
We very much trust and feel safe around Russians but we don't trust their Govt/agencies.
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I was a recruit when the battlefield 2020 video came out. I was so motivated and felt extremely patriotic when our Company chief showed the video. It made me feel like that I have a purpose and duty to serve and defend my homeland. Made me cry a bit too :D
This kind of scenario or scenarios are what we learned in army. "grey phase" was in pretty big focus. And lately our military has been training against sabotages with emergency services. And against surprise attacks by Green men like in Crimea. In this video you can see at least two of those exercises. One was about civilian plane that made emergency landing but it was SOF attack in reality. Other was same kind of scenario but in port with civilian shipping.
Actually, in 1968 they invaded Czechoslovakia starting through capital airfield. Except, 103rd VDV Air Assault division with light armor followed immediately, moving quickly for strategic targets like government institutions, radio, etc. using the momentum and surprise. I do not really get the idea of low intensity conflict in this context, where this would be just a waste of resources and throwing the moment of surprise. Low intensity operations make sense in context of Ukraine that is divided (hence supporting local militia in deniable manner). Not in highly homogeneous and patriotic country like Finland, IMHO. Or am I missing something?
@@jansvoboda4293 I saw that too. Shock and awe was/is doctrine of Germany, the Soviet Union and the U.S. Russia does dabble like it has in Syria, Libya and Ukraine, but a probing attack on a country that can "shoot back" is just bad tactics.
Someone already explained the Emergency Acts pretty well, they were actually taken into use due to the ongoing pandemic, which is the first time it has happened since WW2. Also something you might not have noticed is that the Coastal Jaegers who you see at 18:20 - ish, speak Swedish as its Finlands only Swedish speaking unit. I was the Guard Regiment and we trained with them for these kind of ops. They would attack from the sea, and we would go in from land, in a kind of pincer manoeuvre.
Emergence Powers Act is same idea as State of emergency in US. In Finland It's set of laws that will give power to armed forces over civil rights. It have many steps, so it's not WAR on/off law. Last steps means that country in is in full war.
There is a BIG difference between Finnish and US state of emergency. In the US, State of Emergency is an executive order the President can give to give restrictions, place sanctions against another country or allocate resources or funds to some purpose, even against the will of the Congress. The US has been continuously in state of emergency since 1979. There are 35 or so emergencies still going on simultaneously.
Sir, Thank you for this clip! I’m a Finn living now in California, but I ducky duties 50-60 years ago in the Finnish special forces as a Captain and a leader of my reserve company. Great work, keep it up!!
Just study the "winter war" of 1939. Its insane. As I was training to be a nurse, I actually met one of the veterans of that war. I later travelled to that battleground. Let me tell you, it was not fun to be a russian soldier on that front. Well, it wasnt fun for anyone but jeez. The number of casualties the russian army took are just insane.
My first introduction to the Winter War was in a Time Life Anthology book about WW2, US point of view. Read it when i was 13. The first volume "Prelude to War" had an entire section about the Winter War. I was hooked. One of the photos was of New York harbor I believe, the caption read "Ship loaded with Finnish-American volunteers bound for Helsinki." I was surprised we (US) had guys fighting the Soviets. I always wanted to know what happened to those guy. The Allies gave a middle finger to Finland, the entire pretext for the UK's involvement in WW2 was the defense of Poland, yet there were two countries that invaded Poland...
would be nice though if we didnt have to... again.... when we called for help last time infallable churchill and others in the league of nations showed us the finger i am damn sure boris johnson would be too lazy for even that, or he would pair up with a basket of popcorn and nigel farrage, and applaud the russians from the upper ranks in the theater like Statler and Waldorf comment happenings in the Muppet show. Finland is member of the evil EU after all, and any damage to the EU is something great, innit.
@@zoolkhan You are correct on the assessment of help what we would get we'd get shit from our allies. Only countries that vested interest of helping Finland in crisis is Finland...aaand maybe Sweden as they know they'd be next. But as usual well fight for Swedes it's always been like that and it's not changing ever unless we skip boat and ally our selves with Russians. Nobody in western world gives rats ass about what would happen to Finland if not, England, not Germany which is supposed to be our grates ally and definitely not U.S. So I tend to agree on that it would be real nice not have to do it again but I fear that it's not if Russian invade it's when they invade and the way world is turning I'm afraid that it's sooner rather than later.
Yeah, except we lost that war. Also Soviets weren't very good strategists. Winter was the deadliest opponent soviets had against them, and if we look into the next conflict you can easily see that they learned from their mistakes.
that lollypop thing is a fast acting painkiller. and the dude at 22:13 was one of the instructors when i was in the tank comppany 2010. keep up the good job love your videos👊
The mind set is.. when the time comes. You know what to do and where to go.. protect and attack.. how you been trained. No questions asked. Crystall clear
Your review and comments made this even more realistic and emotional than it already was, got goosebumbs and actually a little teary-eyed towards the end. I hope this never happens for real. Thank you! Subbed.
I recommended it already, but especially seeing your reaction to this, "Tuntematon Sotilas" on Netflix will really give you the context of Finlands motivation behind this video and the mentality that goes into it. Finland is a really small, but really proud nation full of badass warriors who would rather die fighting than live bent over to an opressing power ever again. The fact that Finland as an independent nation is just over 100 years old is actually where it draws its strength from. Never again will it accept any foreign rule, and they will damn well make sure of that or at the very last die trying. (said by a proud half Finn born and raised in Sweden)
It would be an interesting movie to see a reaction to on this channel, not because it's a major Finnish movie and informative and entertaining etc, but because the overarching theme of the movie, inherited from the soulful novel by Linna, is a humane approach to the men tasked with fighting a desperate, inhumane war. It's a painfully honest description of life and death, the powers that be and the people in the middle. It does not glorify war nor support blind nationalism. The soldiers are ordinary men, as are all the people involved at all levels just mortals, each with the usual strengths and weaknesses and blind spots of men, of humankind, of us. At least that's my impression but I may be biased and too lavish as I'm of course familiar with the story and the characters as most Finns are. CAC is not, so it'd be interesting to see if the movie speaks to him and if it is relevant to modern warfare still. Wars are often depicted in a distanced and mechanic manner, even death can seem like just a 'game over' as if the fear, pain and suffering is not real. So yeah, a thumbs up to this suggestion :).
Too bad it probably is only in finnish netfix and doesn't have subtitles. The subtitles for English are missing also from the version that is in you tube so that you can either buy or rent it. Would be nice if they would make English subs to that film since I have at least few people who would be interested to see it but are English speakers. And from what I have heard the translation that is done for the book is pretty bad.
The hovercraft is a plausible scenario especially in the south. The Finnish coastal archipelago is rocky and all public routes will be heavily mined to prevent naval access except for Finnish Navy units. Something about the propability of such an approach can be deduced from the disguised island barracks with helipads bought by shadowy Russian companies with ties to GRU. Such facilities were uncovered last year close to strategic resources such as radio towers, grid transformers and refineries. In a real situation the fog of war would probably be worse as a southern landing would be preceded by communication and infrastructure disruptions carried out by taskforces you can fit in a hovercraft.
This reaction video made me so happy! As a Finnish Air Force reservist (living in America) it’s amazing to see a USMC soldier viewing and reacting to this short film. I’ve been to some of the places where they filmed and it filled me with such pride when it came out! Thanks for taking the time to watch taistelukenttä, cheers!
Most of the clips from the videos are clips from real joint operation field exersizes. We simulate these types of scenarios usually 4 times a year, so it's actually not acting. And to seeing the video as reservist, it's really nice to fit your own skills into the jigsaw puzzle that is the big picture.
@@nathanb5579 Ooh... Allies might not be the best word to use there. Let's say international friends. The whole Axis vs. Allies thing might still rub some people the wrong way
@@nathanb5579 Declare war on Finland then you are effectively declaring war on all of the Nordic countries including Estonia. We might joke and make fun of each other, but when an outsider picks on one of our brothers and sisters, all hell breaks lose.
A real eye opener. I'm not even in the military yet and not even Finnish but that was excellent! Combat arms channel, loving your reactions and commentary in this. Awesome!!
"Fun" facts: President of Finland Sauli Niinistö (he's the commander of FDF during peacetime) is a reserve Captain. It's pretty funny when he goes to meet up with the military, he puts his gear on with a rank of a Captain :D I believe in a war scenario he would appoint some General to be the commander of Finnish army.
@@formatique_arschloch No, only during peace time. Commander-in-Chief could've been transferred to somebody else during peace pre-2012, but currently it can only be done during crisis. Historically this happened in 1939, when President Kallio gave the position to Marshall Mannerheim. President Ryti never held the position, as Mannerheim kept it during Interim Peace and Continuation War.
@@formatique_arschloch Yes, that doesn't change anything? You claimed CiC being the president at all times. I showed that this was not the case and even now the position is transferable. CiC is expected to be head of the Defence Forces during times of crisis.
@@formatique_arschloch Even if that was true he wouldn't be stupid enough to assume he's the most qualified to lead an entire army. In theory he could be a Company CO during wartime. Maybe a Battalion CO. He would probably just remain a President and let the current head of Defense Forces lead the army.
As a reservist coastal missile jaeger and as a former security guard at Hanko port, this video hits home in more than one way. Having spent quite a few days watching cars being offloaded from ships at the port, the scene at 17:04 gives me the chills.
Also, I was curious whether you would react to the coastal jaegers speaking Swedish rather than Finnish, but I guess it is hard to notice the difference if you are unfamiliar with the Nordic languages.
As a coastal jaeger-unit reservist myself I can attest to this: The landing itself, the communication, and the advance felt real and immediately sent me back to our exercises. Having spent quite a bit of time in Hanko added a good chunk of immersion as well. I get him not realising it was Swedish, since us finnswedes just speak it with the phonetic Finnish pronounciation. Hoppas på att vi inte någonsin kommer att behövas utanför reservövningar.
I Remember when this came out my mom (who works in some office job for the Finnish army don't remember the official name) gathered us all into the living room and put it on our tv for us all to watch like a family movie night
"If it's not looking good for them, you know, they are not giving up" That is what called the Finnish Sisu! PERKELE. More we get beaten up, more resilient we become. We are stubborn AF.
As a Finn and in army reserve, this video was scary. Motivating, as you said, but scary. Even though I don't believe there will be any attacks towards Finland, it's still scary as hell to think about.
It's finnish SISU. It's not about who will participate if the worst happends. Everyone will take part of it. I'm so proud of our Defence Forces. Every man, woman and even our grandparents! :D Greetings from finnish sergeant! Salute!
Nice to see you liked this. As a Finn, I lost my granddad against that one enemy from our east. I'm a proud sergeant from Finnish defence forces and think that we got very well educated. We have will to protect our country and stand for our society and western democracy. Keep on good work and stay safe!
So happy that I stumbled across this channel. As a Finn in the reserves(served in the military police) living in the States now, it is super interesting to see your reactions and comments on these videos. Keep hammering!
I had a lot of respect for USMC already, but this video, and your willingness to respond to replies, sir, has boosted it even further. I'm just a Finnish reservist. Even worse, I only served for the basic 6-month period in our military, and worst of all, I was a clerk in the regimental HQ. No excuses like scoring the full 12/12 score in the marksmanship trial, or my willingness to defend my country, can whitewash that. Even then, sir, since I am a skyscraper enthusiast, I'll put it this way. With Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and all I've read online, my respect for USMC used to be the Flatiron Building in NYC. Now, it's the Chrysler Building. Semper fi, sir. Much respect.
Thanks for watching! Really love the way you analyze the videos you're watching / games you play. Best regards, _(just another)_ reservist from Finland
Thank you for your sharp-sighted commentary on our videos! We’ve been watching your channel for quite some time, keep up the great work.
Even The official Finnish Defence Forces RUclips page is telling you thank you. :D You should be proud ;)
@Puolustusvoimat thank you for your reaction.
Allways awake👍🙂
Hyvää reagointia PV!
i love it
What increases the realism of the video for us Finns is that the newscasters are actual newscasters we see on TV every day.
I once saw him passed out drunk on a festival.
Oikeasti? Mä katon uutiset Tampereella, ja naamat oli vieraat
@@Saunakiuas06 Ylellä paikallisuutiset vaihtelee alueittain. Mutta telkkarissa nämä namaat on päivästä toiseen
Se tässä eniten ”järkytti” (en löytänyt parempaa sanaa)
That was nelonen news Mikko Hirvonen, not the rally driver Mikko Hirvonen😁
They don't use English call signs because it sounds cool. They use them because it makes co-operation with NATO-countries easier.
I did my service in signal corps. All of our comm systems are NATO-compatible.
Kyllä lentäjät käyttävät englantia. The Airforce pilots use english.
@@hapkido7442 Hän tarkoittikin, että he eivät käytä englantia siksi että se olisi coolia, vaan käyttävät sitä siksi että yhteistyö nato-maiden kanssa olisi jouhevampaa.
also saves them from the trouble of translating the manuals, interfaces etc
Same in Sweden. We are not in NATO either.
Yep and the Almost no one in the country understand phonetic alphabet, Which is the standard of Nato or they forget with a gold fish time
You will love this: A couple of years ago a Russian fighter plane breached the air space. It was identified by a Finnish fighter in one minute. A reporter asked the defence forces "how can you possibly be there in one minute when your nearest airfield is 20 minutes away?" And here comes the epic response: "Exactly."
Ok the reporter wasn't satisfied with that and asked the Minister of Defence the same question and the answer: "Our planes are where they need to be at the right time".
The Finnish air force is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to.
Ever heard of radar?
@@SirGli7chAlot And what's radar got to do with visual identification?
@@2A4FIN It has everything to do with it! If you can see them coming long before they reach your airspace, then you can also calculate exactly where they will be at a certain time. The F-18 reaches speeds of 1915 km/h, so flying to visually identify a Russian bogey, would not take many minutes once it is in Finnish airspace. You seem to think Finnish pilots are like Superman (and i'm not denying the excellent skills of Finnish fighter pilots) when it's actually all down to modern technology and a good dosage of flight training.
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Jukka Michelsson 20 minutes away? A flight with the F-18 Hornet flying ca 2000km/h has it making 33km/min. Finland has 45 military airfields and on them there are Hornets on quick-rotation alert all across the country. Finland also has excellent radar systems that will calculate the flying path of bogies long before they reach Finland's airspace, giving ample time for its interceptors to reach and identify them. It's not magic, it's modern technology and good pilot skills.
As a Finn now living in Sweden I think i never felt this patriotic and emotional at the same time for my home country. When the news cast said, Finland is at war, from there emotions went everywhere... Thinking back to all the men and SISU Finland showed back in the 40's against soviet, doing an amazing job against a super power.... We are strong! If this happens again, we done this before and we will overcome 💪🇫🇮💪
The guy that says "Finland is at war" is a real news reporter
Both of those men in the new's are real reporter's.
Haha that's dope, glad they did this then
@@FumbleFusion en oo nähänykkään tuota toista
@@Businessgoose123 Siellä se kyllä vaan juontaa menemään
@@Businessgoose123 ne on eri aikoina uutisissa
As most of us Finnish men are part of the reserves, this really hits deep. I even recognized one of the guys in the video, we served at the same time.
During training it never really feels scary, but watching videos like these make you realize how real the threat is, especially considering the Crimea incident. I just got called for refresher training (one of the first actions in the video), and even though that is normal, it just got more real. I sincerely hope I never have to fire a gun at a person, but if needed, we have to defend.
Heh i got also ordered for refresher training and it has been only half a year from the end of my conscription service 😂 EDIT the leader of Finnish "protection" police (Suojelupoliisi) was just in the news saying that there has been foreign powers trying to buy strategically important areas somewhere in Finland like houses/areas and that kind of stuff😂 what a timing
We drink the threat of Russia from our mothers milk and the way to fight them. It is not only WWII era that they have been our enemies, as far as written history goes, we have been fighting them, this is literally true.
Yet, somehow we have managed to keep the border where it is, i would go even as far as to say that if there is one nation to actually beat Russia, only Finland has a chance for that, given it has resources to do it.
It is natural to us, it is not something we learn.
@@duhni4551 Bullshit. Last time our fathers fought them was in 1944. Älä ota kunniaa asioista mitä et ole itse tehnyt. Oot koulutettu intissä ja thats it. Ajat muuttuu, muutu sinäkin.
@@Raccoon_A Mitä sää mahat sepostaa? Koitappa lukea uudestaan ja ymmärtää lukemasi =D Ehkä huomaat ettei tuo kirjoituksesi tee mitään järkeä vastauksena siihen? =D
Follow Putin. In early 2000s he said that only those who want to join Russia, will do so. Is has been Russian politics for the last decades and will continue to be so. Crimea is 99% Russian, people consider themselves as Russians and they voted in a referendum to join Russia since Ukraine is done anyway. Finland’s case is totally unrelated to Crimea and there’s no threat to Finland in any way
Since you asked: The emergency powers act, when taken into use, gives the Finnish government more lawful methods to take action for example in a military conflict. It was recently used in Finland because of the covid-19 epidemic. It basically gives the government more rights to control the population whenever Finnish national security is at risk for some reason or another. It is like one step before a full martial law. I hope this helps you, even though i explained it in a very simplified way.
The essence of the emergency powers act is that government can establish laws, normally only the parliament can. These laws established by the government must be retroactively approved in the parliament as soon as feasible. The parliament can also decide to not approve, in which case the law becomes void.
Fast and flexible system that still avoids being a full-blown martial law.. Nice
And beyond the emergeny powers act there is the state-of-defence act with more candy to government.
For example as a nurse, they can order us to where they need for certain periods. Even if you work in a different field but have medical training, you can be ordered to serve for example in a hospital or something for a few weeks at a time. You pretty much have no say in the matter.
Basically like martial law
Im honored to have allies like the Finns 🇺🇲🙏🏻
Apart from NATO, Norway needs a _specific_ operational plan to *HAUL ASS* over to Finland the _moment_ anybody as much as _looks_ in their direction.
Norway and Finland are brothers. Our language may be different but the language of facing diversity and protecting our home we speak fluently.
Much love to Finland from Norway, _Hyvää Suomi_
finland and norway are the best nordic countries :")
Sweden and Norway would be in full military mobilization if Finland are under attack and ready to fight with Finland if that day come because of a defence pact agreement signed not long ago between nordic countries that border each other.And Norway are a Nato member and that way Nato would intervene without a doub not long after.In this scenario its Finland fighting alone and reality thats not the case if anything go down.Finland is the strong shield of the north and they do not stand alone...if anyone did wonder thats all :) cheers from Norway
@@maple494 what about Russia? Are we not cool?
@dimapez it is not 1939, I am afraid - supply lines will be destroyed among the first. Not that I imply that someone will attack Finland. I sencerely hope this will never happen. Otherwise, Russia will deliver a deadly punch to anyone who decides to bother our friendly neighbor and fellow Russian empire member.
@dimapez well, things are heating up right now, any news on arms supplies to Finland? Yeah, it is not that simple. Besides, Finland is the last of Russia's worry at any given time granted it retains it's status quo.
After watching this again, it made me cry. As a native Finnish person, this just hits too hard. Hardest part was that when the news reporter said "Finland is at war". Thank you for watching this, we are ready for everything.
Agreed. Never thought of myself as especially patriotic, but watching "enemy" tanks roll onto Finnish soil from that boat made me feel nearly sick, and I couldn't stop tears from rolling from my eyes at the "Finland is at war" part.
That news part was so realistic because it was an actual news reporter.
Yeah, that "Finland is at war" hit really hard
Just reading the subtitles when I saw that gave me goosebumps.
You have Allies that care about, even if you don't know.
For a Finn, this was rather emotional to watch, felt so realistic. Foreign friends have asked me why there are shelters all over in Helsinki, even my apartment block has two shelters for the residents. I answered it's just better to be prepared. Australian ABC news on the underground Helsinki: ruclips.net/video/vFFhejGOTiM/видео.html
This all goes back to the Winter War of 1939-40 against the Russian attack. My Dad and Uncle fought them then!
The emergency powers act is total mobilization of all assets
Actually there is a law that dictates that if the complex being built is over 1200 sq/m it is mandatory to have a bomb/civilian shelter in it. The law was reworked at the end of 19 hundeds because it impacted the large scale cattle farming too much.
"so realistic".. wonder why they faked the recoils. erikoisjääkärit was a joke..
I think it is best to be prepared when you have unpredictable neighbours.
The thing the medic gave the injured soldier is a fentanyl lollipop - way more powerful than morphine.
Hundred times more powerful than morphine, if I remember it right.
That is insane!!
Moomin lollipop
Sadly they didn't give us any during our medic training because I reckon people used to get high on them on their spare time
@@_MaZTeR_ It is quite a potent opioid which means it is classified as narcotic substance and it can cause a respiratory arrest so there might be a couple of reasons why. Since it is a narcotic substance giving it to somebody without a narcotic prescription would be a crime. Same as if you give for example a Panacod tablet prescribed to you to your friend that would also be a criminal offence.
I was actually in the group that shot that Eurospike missile at 25:14. Very cool to see someone praising our military
Emergency powers act of Finland is quite interesting. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding of it after reading into it is that it would technically allow the Finnish government to nationalize everything that's on Finnish soil. They can order McDonalds to hand in the trucks they own and use them for army logistics. They'll pay McDonalds afterwards for the trucks, but only if Finland survives the war. Finnish war laws are pretty hardcore by Western standards. There's still the element of total war mobilization where 100% of the society is made to serve the war effort.
"Section 32 (198/2000)
For purposes of securing the appropriate performance of official duties or of civil
defence, the Government may issue Decrees on the requisitioning of:
(1) buildings and premises; and
(2) transport, rescue, firefighting, clearance, first aid and communications
equipment, computers and other supplies indispensable for the performance of
official duties or of civil defence.
Section 33
(1) In emergency conditions referred to in section 2(1)-(3), the Government may:
(198/2000)
(1) as required for economic and military preparedness, oblige a person to
relinquish goods to the state and to perform work, services, transportation or
other necessary tasks;
(2) issue orders on communications and alterations to communications networks;
(3) declare a curfew, if the protection of the population or targets important to the
national defence so necessitates; and
(4) entitle the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Transport and
Communications to temporarily requisition real estate, buildings and premises
necessary for the raising of defensive readiness. (198/2000)
" www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1991/en19911080?search%5Btype%5D=pika&search%5Bkieli%5D%5B0%5D=en&search%5Bpika%5D=1991
Pretty much the same in all the Nordic countries.
Yeah and if you own vehicles that military utilizes, like Land Rover Defenders etc. they can take it from you and you will be compensated later.
@@DG_427 Yes if you own a Tesla Finnish military have no intress on that. Have to be gasoline or diesel fuel powered vehicle of the sake of realibility.
Nothing you say is correct
- an actual lawyer
Love from Sweden 🇸🇪 I hope this never happens to our nordic brothers and sisters ❤🇫🇮
Yeah it will and I hope that that time you provide us with some real assistance. Cos if Finland goes down You're next in line.
@@rasehorn If I remember correctly in the future we are going to have one brigade which will be specially prepared to act in Finnish territory. However this was part of the new defense plan, which the government now refuse to fund due to corona.
@@paecmaker If I remember my history correctly this Isn't exactly a new idea as there was a contingency plan where Sweden "invades" Finnish Lapland and Finland would cede control of Lapland to "invaiding" force without fight if Finland would come under attack from other hostile force. This was in effect form 50's to the collapse of Soviet Union
@@rasehorn yes. But it is diffrent now. The decision to create a mecaniced brigad for early deployment in Finland. With that only Purple. That is not the only new thing. The decision that both our defence forces will be using eachothers military infrastruķture in a crisis, that is new. The agreement between Finland, Sweden and USA, that is new(ish), atleast by being confirmed in public. Amongst other things that is new. I know what you where refering to, but that is not the same compared to what is ment to happen now. We are suppose to act tougether now.
This is knowend in both contrys military and in our populations, This information was made public for a reason.
Scandinavia needs to unite under one flag! Destroy EU!
Love that u read so much comments and interact with your viewers and take suggestions this one was a big one from finland!
Thanks for supporting the channel! We have an awesome community here so it's more fun than it is work 🤙
For a Finn, this was rather emotional to watch, felt so realistic. Foreign friends have asked me why there are shelters all over in Helsinki, even my apartment block has two shelters for the residents. I answered it's just better to be prepared. Australian ABC news on the underground Helsinki: ruclips.net/video/vFFhejGOTiM/видео.html
I'm in the Finnish army at the moment and I can honestly say I shed a few tears watching this video. Really inspirating when you feel unmotivated😃
Ei voi muuta sanoa, kuin hattua nostaa. 2/13 kuittaa :D.
Tj4
1/19 kuittaa
I also cried. It's amazing that an organization of this size is capable of producing such cringey content.
2/17 kuitti
My dad, who served in 1989-1990 in Puolustusvoimat, cried when I showed this video :D it really is a masterpiece
14:06 Every bridge is equipped with those hooks to bring them down if necessary. Bridges were designed that way, so they are easy to demolish.
Correct! My dad is a Swiss pioneer engineer who constructs bridges and finds out how to collapse them as fast as possible. Most bridges in Switzerland still get a equipped with an explosive to be used just in case.
Tomi Timonen It has been 30 years since I was in Finnish military, in combat pioneer troops. But I still watch bridges when I pass them, trying to spot those demolishing holes in them. I don’t know why....maybe it is just that we cannot be prepared enough
@@sanjaschura
A case of "fitted for but not with", surely. Switzerland is awesome. A case of telling everyone around it, "just try your luck". Still there.
you should watch "The unknown soldier" movie.
Tru.
These recommended videos just get longer and longer :D
@@Ianassa91 :DDDDDDDD
The extended series wast just released on Netflix at least in Finland
The original one
As a Swede I know we have a "harsh" friendship between our countries but I've both been deployed with Finns and worked with them on exercises like this in the movie. Finns are our great brothers and some great people and I fight alongside them any day of the week.
We have similar strategies and function as Finland, for example the war time laws or if we're attacked those laws are to give the military stronger ability and also to muster all men and women between the age of 18-47 that have done military service. Sweden and Finland have the same system with conscripts and also we do have a military alliance since none of us are members of NATO other then we have a partnership with NATO.
These scenarios are very real for Finns and Swedes.
This movie was extremely well done and Sweden share the same enemy and threats as Finland and we are brothers!
Edit: I use to both work and have participated in the CJSE ( Combined Joint Staff Exercise ) exercise that take place in Sweden every second year. It's an exercise that is set up between the Swedish Armed forces and the Swedish War college, it includes participants from several nations including NATO countries.
Finland use it as a part of the course for upcoming Majors on G level ( They are Captains ) and the exercise is scenarios just like in this video and we work together between different nations. The exercise takes place in Enköping ( Army ) at the Command and Control Regiment as well as parts in Uppsala ( Air Force base ) and Karlskrona or Muskö/ Haninge ( Navy/ Marine ).
It also includes civilians that are taking courses at different War Colleges around the world as well as civilian government branches.
It's an exercise on G and J level and very good exercise that last for the training personnel for 10 days.
Link to short brief from CJSE 17: www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2017/04/on-cjse-we-exercise-together/
Ages 17-70 are obligated if called upon to serve in case of war
No doubt Finland has the closest ties to Sweden, in many ways. The two countries are getting closer in the defence sector, hopefully that develops in the future, the idea is widely supported in Finland.
There is just certain distrust for Swedish government because we feel like the Swedish government betrayed us last time in ww2. I know that there were many volunteers who went without permission and I truly respect that.
Havent our governments signed a military cooperation agreement saying if Finland is attacked, Sweden will join the fight. I think the agreement says that Sweden shall have 5000 mechanized/armoured troops ready all year to instantly assist Finland in case of war. A couple of CV90s with the 40mm Bofors wouldnt hurt, right
There isn't any "harsh" friendship between Sweden and Finland, we are simply friends. I mean really, if we Finns would have to evacuate, we would evacuate to Sweden, If Sweden would have to evacuate, they would most likely evacuate to Finland.
We have infrastructure for both people to live in our countries, much deeper than what Nordics in common have, this spells unity, not hardship.
One point to add. Finnish military forces are called "Puolustusvoimat" which translates to "defence forces". We are prepared to defend ourself not to invade. That is the main point of our army
Yeah because finland is big enough for us. There could be Like 50 million humans on finland and lapland would still be empty (most parts) we dont need New places when you still have the old ones
@@Kissalege We still need karjala, petsamo, meänmaa and Finnmark.
@@roopeharju9662 why. Ryssäs have ruined them too much. Too much money would go To fixing them
@@Kissalege I dont remember who refused it but russians tryed to sell Karjala to Finland. Petsamo would still be worht it.
@@roopeharju9662 Boris Yeltsin offered to sell the Karelian Isthmus for 15 billion euros in 1991 but it would've been a bad financial decision because too much money would go into restoring the place and there would be a lot of new infastructure that would have to be built. But it would give Finland a good hold of the Gulf of Finland.
Finland just ended the State Emergency and stopped applying the Emergency Powers Act as it is no longer warranted due to the low number of new coronavirus infections. Splendid news.
well not that splendid news, some people think that means there is no longer threat of the virus, but there is.
@@pauli8773 nosiis nythän hallitus on saanut aikaan paremmat käytännöt koronan tartunnnan ehkäsyks. sikshän se valmiustila lähti. ja aktiivisten tartuntojen luku laskee kokoajan. nyt mennään 400 paikkeilla kun pahimmillaan oli 2700
@@tormendor8585 mut sitten KUN se toinen aalto tulee, se tulee kovaa.
What’s the population? Because it’s way easier to control a virus within a small population, for example New Zealand.
@ 5.5 million people. Small country, not very many people, and there's tons of space between people. I mean, not in the cities, and the south is still pretty densely populated, but overall when compared to other European countries the population is very spread out. We had the biggest issues around the capital, since it is the most densely populated are in the country. So it won't spread as fast as it would if there were more people.
The "wild" looking vehicle at 23:00 is a "Leopard 2 Marksman". It's a British air defense system, on a German chasis, with Swiss guns. =)
It's only in use in Finland, but similar to the "Gepard"(Chetaah) Germany had in service till 2010.
Not Finnish, but you simply don't invade Finnland
Finland :) thanks tho
one does not simply invade Finland
Where are you from then? Germany?
ask soviet union if you disagree
@Tennesee Testostreone you are right. We are being invaded like rest of the Europe. Its a shame.
Thank you very much. You are like a Finn. Because: You don’t brag and you appreciate the right things, and you are genuine and modest. Yours sincerely, Reserve Jaeger Corporal Rossi :)
Ooof, this hit very close to home. Served in 08. The news reporters and generals even are real. Emotional.
Did you serve in finnish militar?
Military service is mandatory for every 18 year old male.
@@fr0zenbr0 thats is if don't get C class in papers. like i did. and then try plead twice to go military service. both times answer was negative. pity i really wanted to experience it, but now i'm over 30 it's not possible any more
@@antcommander1367 Vapaaehtoistakin kansalaisaktiivisuutta on. Tehtäviä voi harjoitella monilla osa-alueilla, eikä siihen tarvita asevelvollisuuden suorittamista. C:n papereilla tuskin sulle rynkkyä annetaan missään tilanteessa, mutta on muitakin tehtäviä mm. kriisinhallinnassa tai paprujuttuja.
Ne ovat kuitenkin kokonaisuudessa yhtä tärkeitä kuin aseellinen toiminta ja vapauttaa joukkoja eteenpäin.
Katselepa netistä. Nelikymppisenäkin vielä voi halutessaan vapaa-aikansa käyttää noita taitoja harjoitellen.
Kokeile.
@@valleyofk.yu.s.s.inmyhead8359 emmä rynkkyä ois halunnutkaan. Kun mulla oli jo kutsunnoissa 2v kokemus 65 vuotiaasta pystykorvasta metsästyskäytöstä. Mut tarkkaampujaks oisin vaan päässyt, sillä 3 vuoden metsästys kokemuksella.
In this video, the strategy deployed by the attacking force bears a striking resemblance to the strategy Russia used when they invaded Ukraine in many respects. Funnily enough, these videos don't come out nearly every year - they come out every time Russia apparently makes major changes to their plans and doctrines. These videos serve two main purposes: to educate the Finnish conscripts of course, but also to tell the Russians in no uncertain terms that we know what they are up to, and putting those plans into action would not be smart.
Also, the "performance" of Russian troops in Ukraine has been so abysmal in almost every possible way that if Ukraine had the equivalent of Finnish air force and field artillery at their disposal, they would probably have wrapped things up by now.
Was performing nurse internship at the hospital in Vaasa when the invasion started. Some of the male nurses employed there were called to "kertausharjoitus" while I was there.
@@oshixxxx That is unusual. Usually the people who are employed in medicine or some such, that would anyway be needed to do their thing in times of war, are exempt from reserve training; since if it came to war, they would anyway not be called, but instead made to stay at their civilian work in the hospital/whatever.
Finland is word’s happiest country, but we are ready all the time.
We love peace but we’re ready to defence our independency.
Thank you Combat Arms Channel for your video and very friendly comments!!!
Wow, I knew you were going to react to this sooner or later but just a few days after it got released. Really shows you listen to your subscribers. Keep up the good work! Hoo-ah!
Edit: Also, I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet but this film took like 4 years to produce.
You guys are why I do it 👍 and that would make sense haha, very well produced
Its a message from Finland, loud and clear, Finns will be ready to defend their country always!
Same as every other country
@@jjt1093 Not the same. I've been in over 50 countries and the patriotism differs greatly.
even this guy who got c class papers. and put istantly as reservist. even i really wanted to go... sigh
@@jjt1093 you are wrong!
@@MrPek-fe9fp you provide wise words!
i remember they said in the army that we will never completely destroy the enemy attacker coming from the east. but we will cause so much casualties to them they wont even consider it
Norway's strategy was simple: "Never again", we was going to sell us as expensive as possible...
side note: for the last 2-4 years we have experienced that GPS in Northern Norway is being disrupted and the Norwegian military have openly gone out and said it is the Russia and they have openly complained about it. But we do expect that from them, Russia love to test us, specially on the intelligence side, due to our close connection with USA and CIA
The enemy in the east part was important, no one could mention Russia as the potential enemy lol
Attacer can come from the west also but then it has made huge flank
@hickspaced well considering a country like sweden have less population than some of the major armies in the world have there might be a slight isue actualy winning a war
Saying this as a finnish anti tank second lieutenant, you imagined how this video feels, this is goosebump material, it's something none of us wish for, but still something that looms over our heads all the time
Plus seeing the familiar news readers is like a hit in the gut, these are the guys we grew up watching, was it the Chernobyl accident or '95 ice hockey gold, these are the faces that told us about them all
After all this time, I come back to this video and your reaction. How right they were. Kudos to FDF and Combat Arms Channel.
Yes they are real newscasters
Im not sure about the one at 3:26
@@aikamoinend1367 Kyseessä on Mikko Hirvonen Yle Tampere
@@Puuhaarukka Juu 👍
Let's just hope we will never hear these words @27:14. As Finnish person this would be worst nightmare to hear. Even this is only a demonstration, it still is quite hard to hear.
I made me very emotional and it was super hard to watch
Word up.
It was hard!
Worst words to be heard would be "we are part of Russia now". When you hear Finland is at war, that's when sisu starts.
Muistakaahan te muutkin armeijan käyneet että ette ihan kaikkea paljasta täällä youtuben kommenttikentässä. Vihollinen kuuntelee myös täällä.
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No mitä tässä on nyt niin salattavaa? Suomen puolustusvoimain reserviläisillä ja kantaporukalla oli ja on niitä legendaarisia ideoita, miten hommat hoidetaan. Muistan joskus nähneeni kuvia Suomalaisesta kranaatinheittimestä. Se oli kahden puun haaran väliin viritetty paksu kuminauha nahkapussilla varustettuna. Tämäkin viritys toimi mitä ilmeisemmin kuin ritsa ja junan vessa.
Mitäs kummaa tässä on salattavaa kyllä naapuri tietää että, meillä varaudutaan vain yhdestä suunnasta tulevaan uhkaan. Ei niiden tiedustelu nyt niin perseestä ole. Tietävätpä vielä hyvinkin mikä meidän taistelukenttä 2020 doktriinin tarkoitus on koska eipä tuo juuri salaista tietoa ole.
Ketkä tietää niistä oikeasti salassa pidettävistä asioista myös tietävät oikeasti olla hiljaa. Nämä jutut on jo vihollisella tiedossa.
@@haisulful8245 Jos mitään tiedustelusta pitää tietää, se on se että vastustaja ei aina tiedä mikä on sinulle tärkeää ja vice versa. OSINT, eli Open-Source Intelligence on ihan legit, ja sitä saa esimerkiksi RUclipsa haravoimalla.
Antenna goes up when Finnish video is reviewed by you. Love to hear your take. Father (German) Mother (Finnish) . Dad got mad got loud. Ma got mad she got quiet. Beware the quiet! Peace from Minneapolis MN. I enjoy Combat Arms Channel very much. Thank you for serving!
Great video!👍 As a swede with some experience in the armed forces, i would say your in deep shit if you attack any of the nordic countries in these days. We have a lot different skills and resources, which means that we complement each other extremely well. And we have trained a lot together for many, many years. If you look into how our countries reacts when any of us gets in trouble of any kind, like big accidents, terroristattacks and so on, we always respond in an instant, offering our helo. We do tease each other all the time, like when it comes to sports or competition in any way. In that way we act a lot like sibblings. But we also act like sibblings in other ways, because no one touch my sister or brother and if someone would be stupid enough to do that, then i will personally introduce them to the gods in Vallhalla.😉
🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪
I fully agree with you on that we're like siblings. We like to tease each others but if some outsider tries to mess with one of us, we'll gang up on the bully instantly. There's a reason why Nordic countries have been training together for quite some time and yet we make jokes about each other 😉.
And it seems that we're going to be formal allies very soon (hopefully Sweden's accession to Nato membership will follow quickly)
Your reactions are nice to watch. Cool to see the professionals thoughts about different kind of military!
-2nd Lt of Finnish Army reserves, Jaeger infantry
18:40 that is not the actual thing but it describes the Finnish Defence Forces cituation center ( to keep track of what is going on to feed information to field command and general staff) they are located in unknown cave somewhere in the country.
23:40 we practice a lot of "going in blind" or bascialky running into the enemy. We leadears (everyone, company, platoon, squad, stufy the maps and navigate our platoon all the time and look out of the vehicle. So we woukd have some idea what is ahead. Map reading is skill Finns learn in very young age(usually).
30:20 You are very right. Finland has the largest willingnes to defend country by arms (against overwhelming enemy in europw) 84% (about can't remember excatly).
And about the fighting despite the odds one of the army marching songs parts describes it perfectly: "You childrend and thr elderly and you mothers and brides, so long you will have protected homes as there is even one man left to fight for it"
And I agree with you about the summary of the video. It was amazing to watch. You can see the things we trained and train for. It still "scares" me, hope this never comes true, but if it does I will, like many others, fight to the last dying breath.
Very well said and thank you for the info 💪
Quite right about the operations center. Being a reservist assigned to a regional opcenter...that's kind of how our skills specific refresh trainings look like (class room type setup) when we train, as you noticed, streamlined communications for example.
When we do a "live action" refresh training (usually in conjuction with a larger live fire exercise)...well, they take our phones away. So no, it's not going to be shown on YT.
@dimapez
Thank you! Both are kinda great but the difference is telling.
Didn't see my logistics and resupply platoon in this movie :/ They were probably camouflaged properly :D
drill instructor: Corporal Andimus ! I did not see you on the drill today !
Corporal Andimus: Thank you sir!
Meinaatko huoltoa ja komediaa?
Loading mines to truck is part of logistics but I still wanted to see some spade force working
They started a super spade program few years ago. Maby it was too opsec to show them so soon.
It must be said that the idea of war is frightening, but the knowledge that Finland is well prepared is comforting 💙🇫🇮
Keep in mind, this video doesn't really reveal the actual horror what war is. I hope it newer happens but if it do, it makes also me feel safe when i can trust our army, which literally means my friends, their families, my neighbors and their families and so on.
We stand together or cease to exist. This is our fate with Russia being our neighbor.
Knowledge and doing are two different things. Finland has the knowledge but not the ability with this current military. With professional military and with Nato membership there would stand a chance to respond in an attack like described in this taistelukenttä 2020 video.
@@henrikholappa6837 mitä tapahtuu jos suomi häviäis sodan 😱😱😱😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@annirose5835 jäsenyys Natossa ainakin vähentäisi sodan syttymisen uhkaa kuin myös siten sodan häviämistä.
@@henrikholappa6837 And the banning of infantry mines was really bad for finnish defence forces. The new ones that are remote detonated are not reliable. If russia decides to march over the border, option a is that they are past them before they can be deployed and armed and option b is that they use a frequency jammer to prevent the remote detonation. I think that banning of infantry mines is probably the most hurtful thing to our first line of defence that has ever happened.
This was very nice to watch with u as a Finn. It's very nice to see how real and humble person u are. There is a lot of foreigners in RUclips who praise Finland for nothing to get subs etc and gives me big cringe, so props to you who actually knows something whats all about. 5/5
Haven't seen this video before, and i just havet to say WOW Finland......Love from Sweden, and we will always help you out....if we can!
Ni hjälpte oss mot Soviet. Det är vår skyldighet att även skydda era gränser. 💛💙 🤍💙
Oh man, you are probably the first Marine I have heard that has so realistic view of things and appreciate the military branches of other nations as well, besides the US. I really respect your opinion, sir.
And actually to refer us as allies, it is great to hear. I have the most respect for Marines and other US specialty branches.
I must say as active reservist, we dont have losing option
That is what it is all about. Well said buddy. We will prevail.
Thought counts
Yes, indeed. And that actually poses a problem for Finland from joining NATO. NATO will give guarantees that they will assist a member country under attack. But they can not guarantee that a member country can not be occupied by the enemy during the course of the war. NATO would commit to overall victory over the enemy and then (at least supposedly) to restore the sovereignity of enemy occupied ally countries after the war. But I think it is an unsustainable situation, Finland will put everything they have to never be fully occupied, even if it looks very grim. So we will have to commit (and have committed) on strong national defence. Defence that is ready and up to standards to welcome any allies (Sweden, NATO), sure, but we can not rely on NATO to restore our freedom after WW3. That is just not the plan that has won and continues to win such high public support for military defence in Finland.
Estonia and other Baltic countries join NATO, help them anyway they can, get overrun as soon as the war starts and then wait for NATO to win and free them. It is understandable given their geographic location and resources.
But for Finland that would be an unacceptable plan and such a plan by the state, if revealed, would be catastrophic for public defence morale.
26:38 I believe that is a fentanyl lollipop (or some other painkiller). Lollipops are popular over syringe painkillers because absorption through the mouth is quicker, and if the medic has time, he can tape it to the casualty's finger. This way if the casualty passes out, his hand falls and takes the pop with it, reducing the likelihood of delivering unnecessary amounts of painkiller. Almost like a fire and forget painkiller solution in that you also don't need to hunt for blood vessels to administer.
I've never heard of such a thing. Very cool!
@@CombatArmsChannel We use the same thing in the Danish army. The whole idea behind it is "keep it simple stupid". Every soldier is trained in administering the fentanyl lollipop, and every soldier has the fentanyl lollipop as part of their Individual First Aid Kit.
It is also easy to see that the casualty has been given the pain killers when there is a lollipop taped to his thumb
@@Razbojnik666 what if you eat the lollipop before your injured 🤔🤤
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I am proud being finnish armed forces reservists . U are right that especially now when ukraine is under attack we all have to be prepared for the worst and carry that duty we are almost all trained for. Salute to you.
Thanks for doing this video. As a Finnish reservist I also got a bit emotional because of your comments. We have prepared for decades, but it is maybe something that we do not actively voice, so someone noticing all that effort and appreciating us as an ally, it really means a lot. Thank you.
this is one of my favorite channels.
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Same here!
Combat Arms Channel Absolutely great channel. Did I notice correctly that there were 4,6 k views and only 45 thumbs down....that is less than a percent. Amazing achievement 👍 I should show this to my 19 year old son who joins Finnish military in 2 weeks. I bought him your logo hoodie to take with him
@@topinet1 Thank you very much 👍 Honored to have the chance for my channel to be a part of his journey
@@CombatArmsChannel Greets from active reservist also!
they use callsings like "leka 1" and "kilpi" leka means a sledgehammer, and kilpi mean a shield, as they are performing on the battlefield
You said on video everything goes very smoothly on this case. Well there is second video produced at the same time with this, on which things are not so smooth. It is also training video, but it is used to prepare Finnish conscripts for things like trauma, fear, stress and anxiety. It's more brutal than this one and it will probably never be published.
Mindset and sisu was also mentioned several times. I think Finland is warrior society as far western democratic can be without going full North Korea. 70-80% of male population has served in military and it's common topic to discuss in work and hobbies. "Where did you serve" is usually kind of icebreaker when meeting a new guy. Whole defense system of Finland is carved in society. That colonel said we are prepared for worst. It's not just our army being a defense forces. Finland IS Defense Forces.
Mikä se toinen video on?
Where can i see that other video? T. Reserviläinen
@@seasonal_clorox_bleach8308 Vanha versio on nimeltään Tulikaste. Sitä ei löydy tubesta tai oikein mistään. Ainakaan virallisesti.
@@sdabuat6213 There is something in PVmoodle, but not the whole video.
@@Kaarlo Taistelukenttä niminen ja löytyy pv:n kanavalta.
You have made a lot of Nordic friends with these videos.
I met with american soldiers from USAREUR Cavalry and Armoured elements from Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa in ARROW exersice 2018. For a conscript it was really cool to train with the professionals.
Liked and subbed!
Cheers brother! It's awesome having this community where we all seem to have these experiences that bring us together 💪
You meant to say "Combat Arms Channel" has made lots of Asian friends with these videos. I never got to train with any Asian military force before. Although I did drink with Japanese Navy. They're cool i guess. If there's any Asian military force I'd hope to train with, It'd be the Finns. Peace!
Boom Dos C´mon dude, Finland is NOT Asian country. Or maybe you just wanted to troll this country which is in fact Europe’s strongest defence lines towards East (Russia). And even western part of Russia belongs to European continent, everything east of Ural Mountains is considered Asia. I think from the people in video you could tell we are not Asian though 🤣. Just to finish, I need to say I have travelled my fair share in Asia - China, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand. I love all those people, very nice, humorous, with great cultures. Would love to visit Mongolia once in my lifetime, to understand that way of life and people. I figure they could teach a lot regarding surviving harsh lands with sisu and spirit
@@topinet1 Ok. You got me. 🤣 I was trying to troll with my attempt at humor. Maybe that same humor you alluded to since I'm part Asian myself. I'm also American so that's not for me to joke about. That's for Europeans to troll each other with. Anyway I responded because you gave me a word I don't ever remember seeing: Sisu. I'm fascinated w/ Finland but I never ran into that word before. Now I'm getting a book about it. Cheers.
@@boomdos4265 well after a year have you learned the meaning of it? It isn't something you can learn you are molded in to the mindset of never give up never surrender. cheers!
As a finn this is a hard thing to watch in 2022. Doesn't look good out there in Ukraine and it could be us next.
Maybe Putin see this film too and after that decided to go to Ukraine? Just kidding, all credit to them over there fighting for all of Europe.
@@ravenfin1916 Putin shitting his pants in UA, maybe we should take Karjala back now 💪
I don't know why, but as a Finnish person, the end brings tears to my eyes.
As our oath song goes: Hear our holy outh, dear fatherland, violence shall never touch you. We will protect you, guard you with our blood. You dont need to worry, your sons are awake.
AAMEN!
Good to hear you saying it's nice to have allys like that. Thank you for that and respect and greetings from Finland to US armed forces.
Trust me i live in Sweden and been to Finland multiple times and if its anything they do take seriously is to NEVER underestimate or trust Russians.
We very much trust and feel safe around Russians but we don't trust their Govt/agencies.
I was a recruit when the battlefield 2020 video came out. I was so motivated and felt extremely patriotic when our Company chief showed the video. It made me feel like that I have a purpose and duty to serve and defend my homeland. Made me cry a bit too :D
This kind of scenario or scenarios are what we learned in army. "grey phase" was in pretty big focus. And lately our military has been training against sabotages with emergency services. And against surprise attacks by Green men like in Crimea. In this video you can see at least two of those exercises. One was about civilian plane that made emergency landing but it was SOF attack in reality. Other was same kind of scenario but in port with civilian shipping.
It's funny that in the video game "World in Conflict", set in the 1980s, the Soviet Union uses civilian freighters to invade USA in a similar manner.
Actually, in 1968 they invaded Czechoslovakia starting through capital airfield. Except, 103rd VDV Air Assault division with light armor followed immediately, moving quickly for strategic targets like government institutions, radio, etc. using the momentum and surprise.
I do not really get the idea of low intensity conflict in this context, where this would be just a waste of resources and throwing the moment of surprise. Low intensity operations make sense in context of Ukraine that is divided (hence supporting local militia in deniable manner). Not in highly homogeneous and patriotic country like Finland, IMHO. Or am I missing something?
@@jansvoboda4293 I saw that too. Shock and awe was/is doctrine of Germany, the Soviet Union and the U.S. Russia does dabble like it has in Syria, Libya and Ukraine, but a probing attack on a country that can "shoot back" is just bad tactics.
Someone already explained the Emergency Acts pretty well, they were actually taken into use due to the ongoing pandemic, which is the first time it has happened since WW2. Also something you might not have noticed is that the Coastal Jaegers who you see at 18:20 - ish, speak Swedish as its Finlands only Swedish speaking unit. I was the Guard Regiment and we trained with them for these kind of ops. They would attack from the sea, and we would go in from land, in a kind of pincer manoeuvre.
Emergence Powers Act is same idea as State of emergency in US. In Finland It's set of laws that will give power to armed forces over civil rights. It have many steps, so it's not WAR on/off law. Last steps means that country in is in full war.
yep and even the corona pandemic caused some parts of Emergency Powers Act to be implemented... as far as I understood... correct me if I am wrong...
There is a BIG difference between Finnish and US state of emergency.
In the US, State of Emergency is an executive order the President can give to give restrictions, place sanctions against another country or allocate resources or funds to some purpose, even against the will of the Congress. The US has been continuously in state of emergency since 1979. There are 35 or so emergencies still going on simultaneously.
Sir,
Thank you for this clip! I’m a Finn living now in California, but I ducky duties 50-60 years ago in the Finnish special forces as a Captain and a leader of my reserve company. Great work, keep it up!!
Just study the "winter war" of 1939. Its insane. As I was training to be a nurse, I actually met one of the veterans of that war. I later travelled to that battleground. Let me tell you, it was not fun to be a russian soldier on that front. Well, it wasnt fun for anyone but jeez. The number of casualties the russian army took are just insane.
My first introduction to the Winter War was in a Time Life Anthology book about WW2, US point of view. Read it when i was 13. The first volume "Prelude to War" had an entire section about the Winter War. I was hooked. One of the photos was of New York harbor I believe, the caption read "Ship loaded with Finnish-American volunteers bound for Helsinki." I was surprised we (US) had guys fighting the Soviets. I always wanted to know what happened to those guy. The Allies gave a middle finger to Finland, the entire pretext for the UK's involvement in WW2 was the defense of Poland, yet there were two countries that invaded Poland...
Love Finland and we swedes Will alfats help as we swedes says we fight until the last finn!
The Finns handled the Russians well enough in 1940 despite being infinitely smaller in strength. They can do it again if necessary. Regards from UK.
would be nice though if we didnt have to... again.... when we called for help last time infallable churchill and others in the league of nations showed us the finger
i am damn sure boris johnson would be too lazy for even that, or he would pair up with a basket of popcorn and nigel farrage, and applaud the russians from the upper ranks in the theater like Statler and Waldorf comment happenings in the Muppet show.
Finland is member of the evil EU after all, and any damage to the EU is something great, innit.
@@zoolkhan You are correct on the assessment of help what we would get we'd get shit from our allies. Only countries that vested interest of helping Finland in crisis is Finland...aaand maybe Sweden as they know they'd be next. But as usual well fight for Swedes it's always been like that and it's not changing ever unless we skip boat and ally our selves with Russians. Nobody in western world gives rats ass about what would happen to Finland if not, England, not Germany which is supposed to be our grates ally and definitely not U.S. So I tend to agree on that it would be real nice not have to do it again but I fear that it's not if Russian invade it's when they invade and the way world is turning I'm afraid that it's sooner rather than later.
@@zoolkhan dont forget Donald Trump, whom mostlikely would justify an ryssian, for some retarded reason also.
Yeah, except we lost that war. Also Soviets weren't very good strategists. Winter was the deadliest opponent soviets had against them, and if we look into the next conflict you can easily see that they learned from their mistakes.
Ken M my unprofessional estimate is that we could hold out for a couple of months
that lollypop thing is a fast acting painkiller. and the dude at 22:13 was one of the instructors when i was in the tank comppany 2010. keep up the good job love your videos👊
An opioid called fentanyl, transmucosally administered, to be precise. Looks like the product is called Actiq in the US.
The mind set is.. when the time comes. You know what to do and where to go.. protect and attack.. how you been trained. No questions asked. Crystall clear
Your review and comments made this even more realistic and emotional than it already was, got goosebumbs and actually a little teary-eyed towards the end. I hope this never happens for real. Thank you! Subbed.
I recommended it already, but especially seeing your reaction to this, "Tuntematon Sotilas" on Netflix will really give you the context of Finlands motivation behind this video and the mentality that goes into it. Finland is a really small, but really proud nation full of badass warriors who would rather die fighting than live bent over to an opressing power ever again. The fact that Finland as an independent nation is just over 100 years old is actually where it draws its strength from. Never again will it accept any foreign rule, and they will damn well make sure of that or at the very last die trying. (said by a proud half Finn born and raised in Sweden)
It would be an interesting movie to see a reaction to on this channel, not because it's a major Finnish movie and informative and entertaining etc, but because the overarching theme of the movie, inherited from the soulful novel by Linna, is a humane approach to the men tasked with fighting a desperate, inhumane war. It's a painfully honest description of life and death, the powers that be and the people in the middle. It does not glorify war nor support blind nationalism. The soldiers are ordinary men, as are all the people involved at all levels just mortals, each with the usual strengths and weaknesses and blind spots of men, of humankind, of us.
At least that's my impression but I may be biased and too lavish as I'm of course familiar with the story and the characters as most Finns are. CAC is not, so it'd be interesting to see if the movie speaks to him and if it is relevant to modern warfare still. Wars are often depicted in a distanced and mechanic manner, even death can seem like just a 'game over' as if the fear, pain and suffering is not real.
So yeah, a thumbs up to this suggestion :).
Too bad it probably is only in finnish netfix and doesn't have subtitles. The subtitles for English are missing also from the version that is in you tube so that you can either buy or rent it. Would be nice if they would make English subs to that film since I have at least few people who would be interested to see it but are English speakers. And from what I have heard the translation that is done for the book is pretty bad.
The hovercraft is a plausible scenario especially in the south. The Finnish coastal archipelago is rocky and all public routes will be heavily mined to prevent naval access except for Finnish Navy units.
Something about the propability of such an approach can be deduced from the disguised island barracks with helipads bought by shadowy Russian companies with ties to GRU. Such facilities were uncovered last year close to strategic resources such as radio towers, grid transformers and refineries.
In a real situation the fog of war would probably be worse as a southern landing would be preceded by communication and infrastructure disruptions carried out by taskforces you can fit in a hovercraft.
This reaction video made me so happy! As a Finnish Air Force reservist (living in America) it’s amazing to see a USMC soldier viewing and reacting to this short film. I’ve been to some of the places where they filmed and it filled me with such pride when it came out! Thanks for taking the time to watch taistelukenttä, cheers!
I'm from Norway, and !I! am motivated! Oo
Most of the clips from the videos are clips from real joint operation field exersizes. We simulate these types of scenarios usually 4 times a year, so it's actually not acting. And to seeing the video as reservist, it's really nice to fit your own skills into the jigsaw puzzle that is the big picture.
Enemy comes always from east. If not, it´s flanking.
So happy and proud to count Finland and its people as allies. Good folk.
Finland: We dont want war
After war...
Enemy: We dont want war with Finland
You fight Finland you fight the rest of the allies
@@nathanb5579 Ooh... Allies might not be the best word to use there. Let's say international friends. The whole Axis vs. Allies thing might still rub some people the wrong way
@@nathanb5579 Declare war on Finland then you are effectively declaring war on all of the Nordic countries including Estonia.
We might joke and make fun of each other, but when an outsider picks on one of our brothers and sisters, all hell breaks lose.
Very interesting comments! Other videos just ask for subscriber feedback - You had actual comments of your own. Greetings from Finland.
A real eye opener. I'm not even in the military yet and not even Finnish but that was excellent!
Combat arms channel, loving your reactions and commentary in this. Awesome!!
"Fun" facts: President of Finland Sauli Niinistö (he's the commander of FDF during peacetime) is a reserve Captain. It's pretty funny when he goes to meet up with the military, he puts his gear on with a rank of a Captain :D I believe in a war scenario he would appoint some General to be the commander of Finnish army.
The President of Finland is the highest commander in all situations.
@@formatique_arschloch No, only during peace time. Commander-in-Chief could've been transferred to somebody else during peace pre-2012, but currently it can only be done during crisis.
Historically this happened in 1939, when President Kallio gave the position to Marshall Mannerheim. President Ryti never held the position, as Mannerheim kept it during Interim Peace and Continuation War.
@@Unknown1355 Exactly, COULD've been.
@@formatique_arschloch Yes, that doesn't change anything? You claimed CiC being the president at all times. I showed that this was not the case and even now the position is transferable. CiC is expected to be head of the Defence Forces during times of crisis.
@@formatique_arschloch Even if that was true he wouldn't be stupid enough to assume he's the most qualified to lead an entire army. In theory he could be a Company CO during wartime. Maybe a Battalion CO. He would probably just remain a President and let the current head of Defense Forces lead the army.
As with many other commentators, this is very emotional to watch.
As a reservist coastal missile jaeger and as a former security guard at Hanko port, this video hits home in more than one way. Having spent quite a few days watching cars being offloaded from ships at the port, the scene at 17:04 gives me the chills.
Also, I was curious whether you would react to the coastal jaegers speaking Swedish rather than Finnish, but I guess it is hard to notice the difference if you are unfamiliar with the Nordic languages.
As a coastal jaeger-unit reservist myself I can attest to this: The landing itself, the communication, and the advance felt real and immediately sent me back to our exercises. Having spent quite a bit of time in Hanko added a good chunk of immersion as well. I get him not realising it was Swedish, since us finnswedes just speak it with the phonetic Finnish pronounciation. Hoppas på att vi inte någonsin kommer att behövas utanför reservövningar.
I Remember when this came out my mom (who works in some office job for the Finnish army don't remember the official name) gathered us all into the living room and put it on our tv for us all to watch like a family movie night
As a swed, i will be ther fore you Finnish, if it happens. love you!
i am currently serving in the Finnish defense forces and this video for some reason hit home and well
"If it's not looking good for them, you know, they are not giving up"
That is what called the Finnish Sisu! PERKELE. More we get beaten up, more resilient we become. We are stubborn AF.
Indeed
As a Finn and in army reserve, this video was scary. Motivating, as you said, but scary. Even though I don't believe there will be any attacks towards Finland, it's still scary as hell to think about.
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Awesome Work Bro, Thanks 👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸
At 27:14 , when news anchor says "Finland is at war", it gets me.. Hopefully we will not be at war.
This is Ukraine hour to hour as it happened. Our defence forces know our enemy
It's finnish SISU. It's not about who will participate if the worst happends. Everyone will take part of it. I'm so proud of our Defence Forces. Every man, woman and even our grandparents! :D Greetings from finnish sergeant! Salute!
Nice to see you liked this. As a Finn, I lost my granddad against that one enemy from our east. I'm a proud sergeant from Finnish defence forces and think that we got very well educated. We have will to protect our country and stand for our society and western democracy. Keep on good work and stay safe!
So happy that I stumbled across this channel. As a Finn in the reserves(served in the military police) living in the States now, it is super interesting to see your reactions and comments on these videos. Keep hammering!
It's awesome to have allies like you and your fellow marines, your channel is awesome
Those are real newscasters. The ones that give us the news every night on national TV. Makes it more real and serious.
I had a lot of respect for USMC already, but this video, and your willingness to respond to replies, sir, has boosted it even further.
I'm just a Finnish reservist.
Even worse, I only served for the basic 6-month period in our military, and worst of all, I was a clerk in the regimental HQ. No excuses like scoring the full 12/12 score in the marksmanship trial, or my willingness to defend my country, can whitewash that.
Even then, sir, since I am a skyscraper enthusiast, I'll put it this way.
With Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" and all I've read online, my respect for USMC used to be the Flatiron Building in NYC.
Now, it's the Chrysler Building.
Semper fi, sir.
Much respect.
Thanks for watching! Really love the way you analyze the videos you're watching / games you play.
Best regards, _(just another)_ reservist from Finland
This video is way better than any movie...
What you said about how it might feel for a reservist is spot on - This video is scary as hell since it reaaaaally resonates.