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I'm a Swede, with Norwegian heritage.Proud of that, but, I'll put it like this. There is more "balls" per capita in Finland in the rest of the nordic countries. So, "MinÀ rakastan Suomea" Cheers from Sweden.
Subriced to hear that from neighbor. Tack de samma. đđ»
I was about to cry in swedish but Iâll just agree with this instead. Nicely done neighbours.
Backspin66 tack!
Tack fron finland
Tack, de finns e hel del mĂ€nniskor hit som tycker ocksĂ„ om Sverige. đ
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step 1: have Finland in the title
step 2: profit
Haha well I've seen a few channels do Finland dirty so I'll at least try to avoid that
@pasi viheraho kyl
works with any country
@@coffeemakerbottomcracked i dont think so check which videos is the most viewed
how to get nordic people clicking
step 1: have any nordic country in the title
step 2: profit
Marines:"if we lose this fight we go home"
Finns:"if we lose this we wont have a homeland".
What does that do to your motivation/determination?
Exactly
@Kosti JÀntti KyllÀhÀ niitÀ löytyy, itellÀ ajo pari perÀssÀ viime kesÀnÀ. Eine pysÀyttÀny mutta ajeli sammaa suuntaa
@Kosti JÀntti Sotilaspoliisit (military police) toimialue on puolustusvoimien alueet. Vain ja vain ainoastaan virka-apupyynnön saapuessa laajenee heidÀn toiminta-alueensa sen verran, mitÀ apua tarvitsee.
@@nikomankinen5416 ei ne spollet siviilejÀ pysÀyttele tai pysty siviileille tekemÀÀn yhtÀÀn mitÀÀn. Ne on samanlaisia gonahtaneita varusmiehiÀ kuin kaikki muutkin elleivÀt ole skappareita.
We don't lose the fight
In Finland, it's not unusual to see soldiers in uniform or even camos in public. In the US this is bad news, so it can be a bit scary. But in Finland, they are just conscripts, going home for the weekend, or back to duty.
I once saw armed and uniformed borderguards grocery shopping in Ivalo
im america its normal to see service members in uniform..
In the US you do see soldiers in uniforms and they get all kinds of discounts too
@Kosti JÀntti no sÀ et liiku 10:nen aikaan sunnuntai iltana juna-asemilla
@Kosti JÀntti No missÀ mÀ asun(Kirkkonummella) nÀkee joka viikko koska tÀs lÀhel on Upinniemen varuskunta-alue
We dont update our equipments too often, because it would be unfair for Russians.
Like Finland would stand a chance against Russia with their equipment
â@@1127TOMI you no nothin about SISU
@@1127TOMI that's what people thought last time too
Keep dreaming
@@fiddykooro3541 Lol keep living with your fairy tales
ItÀkeskus pommitettu: nothing of value was lost
-1000 jonnea
@@user-su3jy9el2v - 1000 rottaa
PelkkÀ varoituslaukaus, ei hÀtÀÀ
Haha
itÀgusgus
My grandfather was one of the 10000 Swedes who volunteered to help Finland vs the Soviet Union during the finish cold war and he always pointed out the heart and braveness from our brothers in the North.
Big salute to your grandfather. The Swedish volunteers were a huge help during the wars o7
You have to realise that these guys in these videos are not "professionals" or in the armys payroll. These are young kids who are just doing there mandatory servise to finnish army.
Edit. Okay. Young adult would be the right term to use here.
But don't they get to pick the field they want to work on..?
@@user-pi8pd9wc5y Well kind of. We can ask or tell where we would like to go, but the officers choose what field we go. Like you wan't to be jaeger but they need someone as engineer then you will become an engineer.
In soviet finland combat engineers have longer arms than the law
@@zeiar776 Oh wow. Toivottavasti saan hyvÀn paikan sitten. (Jos saan) :P
Young adults* the people in service are between 18-29 years old, but mostly in their early 20's
Yall realize that like 90% of the lads in that video is like 19-20 yearolds?
Everyone has to go to military when they are 18. If they have medical issues they go to civil work. So in military u can choose if u want to train to be military police or other things
PitÀÀ paikkaansa Matias , hyvÀÀ informointia
Matias Kosonen just adding a bit to this. You have to serve before you turn 30.
@@kimmokuusamo1554 And if you don't?
@@henru9817 instant death occurs
When you have neighbours like russia, you can't be weak or show a weakness :]
@@wolfdog5981 So you think that we live at that wwII era still & haven't upgraded anything.. lol! Alot has changed, but I'm sure.. New generation nowdays can do what is needed, if needed. We may not stop it quickly, but we can slow it down. :]
Mine Aver point is to keep the price so high its not worth paying.
@@ReasonAboveEverything exactly my dude đđ
@@wolfdog5981 SiinÀ olet oikeassa, ettÀ nykyÀÀn ei tosiaan enÀÀ eletÀ 2. maailmansodan aikaa - onneksi!
Talvisodan alkaessa Suomen ja NL:n vÀkilukujen suhde oli 1 : 46,5. Nyt Suomen ja VenÀjÀn ero on "enÀÀ" 1 : 26,5. Ero on lÀhes puolittunut. VÀhintÀÀnkin sama koskee myös sotilaiden mÀÀriÀ.
KylmÀn sodan aikaan irvailtiin vanhaa sanontaa "yksi suomalainen vastaa kymmentÀ ryssÀÀ (pientÀ liioittelua, oikeastihan suomalainen vastasi vain viittÀ ryssÀÀ...)" kysymÀllÀ, ettÀ "entÀs sitten, kun tulee se yhdestoista?". Nyt voi varmuudella vastata, ettÀ kun ei tule.
Talvisodan alkaessa NL:lla oli enemmÀn panssarivaunuja kuin muulla maailmalla yhteensÀ - n. 18.000-22.000 - ja sama mÀÀrÀ sillÀ oli 2. maailmansodan loppuessakin. Suomella ei ollut kuin tusinan verran alussa ja muutama kymmenen lopussa. Nyt VenÀjÀllÀ on edelleen saman verran mutta Suomella parisataa ensiluokkaista.
Panssarintorjunta-aseistus oli Suomella sodan alussa surkeaa. Sodan lopussa panssarinyrkit ja -kauhut pelastivat. NykyÀÀn(kin) Suomen pst-aseistus on modernia.
Tykistö oli Suomessa Talvisodan alkaessa vanhanaikaista ja mikÀ pahinta, sille ei ollut ammuksia. Jatkosodassa tilanne oli jo paljon parempi, muttei silloinkaan ensiluokkainen. NykyÀÀn Suomen tykistö on LÀnsi-Euroopan suurin - osin huippumoderni, osin ei, mutta silti keskimÀÀrin toimiva. Ja kranaatit eivÀt lopu.
2. maailmansodan aikaan NL kykeni asettamaan pelkÀstÀÀn Suomea vastaan tuhansia lentokoneita. Suomella oli Talvisodassa vain muutamia kymmeniÀ lÀhes ajanmukaisia koneita. Jatkosodassa tilanne oli sentÀÀn vÀhÀn parempi ja koneitakin jo yhteensÀ enemmÀn.
NykyÀÀn VenÀjÀ kykenisi asettamaan Suomea vastaan maksimissaan vain muutamia satoja koneita. Suomella sen sijaan on yhteensÀ toistasataa taistelutehtÀviin kykenevÀÀ ajanmukaista konetta - ja kohta taas uusitaan.
IT-aseistusta Suomella oli Talvisodassa vain nimeksi, Jatkosodassa sentÀÀn enemmÀn. NykyÀÀn tilanne on paljon parempi, vaikkei silti edelleenkÀÀn riittÀvÀ.
EdeltÀvÀt esimerkit riittÀnevÀt. LÀhes asiassa kuin asiassa Suomen ja VenÀjÀn armeijoiden ero on sekÀ mÀÀrÀllisesti ettÀ varsinkin laadullisesti huomattavasti pienempi kuin aikanaan Suomen ja NL:n.
arde All depends on what Russias intentions would be. If they want to wipe Finland off the map they can without any problems. A few nukes here and there and we are done for. The problem with this is there would be no gain from it. If there was anything they wanted from our land, its destroyed and in a wasteland filled with radiation. We are not a threat to them (reserves cant be used to attack, only to defend) so they have no reson to use nukes. If it goes to more traditional warfare, what really plays a role is espionage, sabotage and "master of the air". Russia has a better airforce, better spionage systems (they have their own GPS system called GLONASS that phones very commonly use, they can track pretty much any phone owner in Finland), the thing where Finland specialises in is "Old school" espionage and sabotage. Finding a finnish group of soldiers in the woods is a close to impossible task. They move very quickly and know how to stay hidden even in extreme conditions, while keeping their fitness for battle up at the same time.
There is an old joke:
A russian army is camped.
Suddenly, from behind a hill, someone shouts "One finnish soldier is worth ten russian ones"
The russian commander, annoyed, sends ten soldiers to investigate. Gunfire is heard, and after a while it quiets down, followed by another shout, from the same lone voice "One finnish soldier is worth twenty russian ones".
Now, pissed, the russian commander sends twenty soldiers over the hill. Even more violent sounds of a fight. After it quiets, a shout is heard again, saying "One finnish soldier is worth a hundred russian ones".
Infuriated, the russian commander sends a hundred soldiers over the hill, intense sounds of battle are heard, after several minutes it quiets down again. A single russian survivor crawls back from behind the hill. He makes it to the commander, and with his dying breath, tells him "He is lying, there are two of them".
Is this a Finnish or a Russian joke? I don't know why but both seem to be believable.
HAHA FANTASTIC
Haha, classic.
@@benrex7775 Russian joke since the Russian-Turkish wars of the 19th century
@@Saiga-saiga That's sad.
The Finnish military, because it's a conscription army, is basically entirely focused on combat and specialization training. Ridiculously bad at parades, but excellent in their combat roles. Another fun fact is that even though Finland is a country of under 6 million inhabitants, the full amount of personnel if you count the secondary reserves as well totals up to around 1 million. So basically every 5th person you see on the street is part of the army's reserves.
ááááá០true to the last word.
Thats why at parades 90% of it is vehicles
That's what you get when the army is mandatory
Only bad thing is that finnish men have habit of drinking and eating themselves alive after becoming a dad. We call that a kaljamaha (beerstomach).
@@bnktopa Beer stomach is a sign of strenght and sheer will.
This is what I love about this channel. A Solid guy with basic honest respect, an unbiased perspective and a real appreciation for different aspects of the role in the spotlight here. Things like the speed of the magazine loading, which to a layman like myself already look cool, being picked up on and expanded from the perspective of a trained professional really enhance my own appreciation for the footage. I look forward to whatever comes up next! It doesn't matter to me if it's USA, UK, RU or a smaller but still respectable nation like Finland, If it's on here, I want to see it all.
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The Nordic should be of greater interest since it has Russia as a neighbor, as a Swede I always have great respect for the Finnish defense
Thats very nice to hear from Svenska borjare. We are the line between Sweden and Norway.
This is only my "conspiracy" opinion that IF i mean if (actually nothing will happen) war happens, the frontline is Finland even we are not in nato, but swedish and norways will help us and maybe also nato... Gotta remember also that we had ppl around the world in our wars helping us... almost including Saruman...
Gripenace Maybe it would be good if Russia attacked and make man out of Swedish gay feminist man
Yea, cause you dont need one cause we got it!
@@MrMedalice Saruman ;-)...he indeed was already in Finland, but Finnish officers did not allow him to go to the front....
We will never let Russia, or any other country, invade Sweden through our country. And we will not leave you alone with the corona. We Finns are created to survive, and we do not leave friends behind.
I liked your analysis a lot, coming from the US military perspective. For the record, the Finns train with the US troops fairly regularly, especially the Air Force and special forces units (mostly arctic training). Finnish troops hold the US army in high regard and a lot of the advanced equipment acquired from the US. However, these guys are just regular MP conscripts.
The Finnish Defence Forces is a fairly special organization in the Western hemisphere. It's basically a training organization that trains the entire 18 yo male Finnish population each year for wartime duties. Everyone has to serve. That's why the wartime deployed army can be massive, there's a total of some 900,000 reservists trained to fight. That's for a country of some ~5,5 million people. For comparison, the US fully deployed army (reserves mobilized) would be in the ballpark of 2,4 million troops or something, with the American population of some 330 million people.
Yes, however, current wartime reserve is limited to 280,000 to offer more modern equipment and such. So only 280,000 at once would be fighting and the rest waiting their time.
Call to arms, ready when necessary!
@@Saareem that's really just the nominal number, they change that just about every year according to some political whim. There's no shortage of rifles and such equipment, and a lot of troops would work in logistics anyway. But yes sure the air force and navy don't have an infinite amount of crafts to field regardless of the manpower.
while mostly true, it is possible to opt out of armed duty, and instead do community service for double the time.
vast majority choose the army but it is a possibility.
and on the other hand, it is possible for women to apply for the armed duty as well, but for women it is not mandatory. (and not that many choose to go for it, but again it is a possibility)
The US military training happens every year in Lapland but to call it significant co-operation.. is a bit too much. You could easily compare it to car companies testing in Nordsleife every year. It is unique training that US military special forces get here, not some massive joint operation.. few dozens, not even a hundred men are involved. A lot of it is to training the trainers who can carry the lessons they learned back home.
I'm a former royal marines commando, and have worked with us and Finnish forces, the thing I notice about the us marine in this video is that he is acknowledging the professionalism in other forces, most us marines are... we are us marines the best there is, this guy gets my thumbs up,probably the nicest and most professional us marine I have seen.
As a reserve Guards Jaeger MP NCO from Finland I really appreciate your insight! The video is quite old indeed and lot of the procedures and equipment here has been replaced, but the core of the training and the spirit remains unchanged.
ite kans olen rannikkojÀÀkÀri ;P
@@uaintme6419 Respektit rannikkojÀÀkÀreille! Tuli sodittua teitÀ vastaan muinaisina aikoina :)
Great video!
Good to hear reactions from someone who actually knows something!
Yeah they are conscripts. Finnish army relies on mandatory conscription. Professional staff is about 15 000 and about 20 000 conscripts are being trained every year. Active reserve( or war time strenght) is around 300 000 if I recall correctly (it has varied the last decafe). Total reserve ( including all trained men from 18 to 60) is around 900 000.
The conscripts are well trained and professionals are well trained and educated. Special forces are very good but there is not much known about their missions (as it should be).
Air force fighter pilots are one of the best in the world and that is proven in NATO dog fight excersices. But we have only 64 F18C Hornets (replacing in progress).
Our navy is meant to protect our coasts and is small and mine- and missile focused.
Our Army (when mobilized) is one of the biggest in Europe and army has most artillary in Europe ( Russia has more). We rely on indirect fire and our forward observers use old school calculations as well as sort of advanced range and coordinate finder binoculars ( US has tried to buy them but Finland hasn't sold them yet).
Finland has one of the highest willingnes to defend their country in europe. In conscript surveys there is a question "Should finland defend herself even against worst of odds" and around 80% say yes.
I am reserve 2nd Lt (Jaeger infantry platoon leader). And I too answered yes. Like the end of one of our marching songs says "you children and elderly...and you mothers and brides...so long you will have protected homes...as there is even one man left to fight for it"
Thank you for great reaction and your other videos seem great too, going to watch them now!
Thanks for that information! I had no idea the Finnish people were so patriotic, but that is awesome. I wish 80% of Americans would feel the same way haha
@@CombatArmsChannel Patriotism is good but as with everything...within reason! US is so large that it would take massive ctastrophe to unite all the people. But that is how world works.
@@teemup9247 well said haha
@@CombatArmsChannel we have fought 32 wars against Russia over the last 900 years. It is in our dna lol.
Combat Arms Channel Finland got their independence just over 100 years ago, since then fought a bloody civil war (with even bloodyer war camps, basically concentration camps), defended against the Soviet Union against all odds, attacked the Soviet Union alongside of the Nazis and then hunted the Nazis away (again against the odds, there were more Nazis than Finns and the Nazis had fought alongside Finland for about 4 years so they had learnt how to fight there and how finnish troops operate), which resulted in pretty much all of Lapland burning to the ground.
All this is ofcause things people still alive today experienced, tales of these wars have been told to children and grandchildren still alive today, tales about the heroes and how finland against all odds still exists today.
The finnish "traditional" family dinner often includes the grand children listening to grand dads stories from those wars (this is becoming more rare however).
If the US had this recent events where ordinary farmers picked up a rifle, looked death into the eye and became heroes defending their land against all hope, im sure youd have the same results :)
You should also check out the Finnish special border jaegers (ErikoisrajajÀÀkÀrit in Finnish). Even more coooler than these dudes. Finnish border guard has an very good video posted about them on their YT channel.
Hey never ever underestimate Finnish military police :D
MikÀ tekee siistimmÀn, eri hommat jotain samoja hommia kyllÀ ja vasta osastona toimi meillÀ eikÀ juurikaan kyllÀkÀÀn vakuuttanut :D nÀin ainakin 2008
@@sumosami Onhan noilla paljon kovempi koulutus, laajempi tehtÀvÀkenttÀ ja huomattavasti parempi varustetaso.
Finnish army is joke :D
@Wet Mustard :DD
People forget the Finnish Army tiny as it was Gave the MASSIVE Russian Army a hell of beating on it's borders in WW2 they were and are masters of Arctic warfare which is just about the hardest kind of warfare there is .
It is true they individually far better than the Russians but by the end of that conflict Finland had to give up a large chunk of territory simply because the Russians poured so many resources into it. There is no doubt it rang massive alarm bells in Russia though and started them trying to rebuild their army after all the purges on it.
Absolutely true they where just overwhelmed by numbers in the end
@@stevegray1308 It is said : USSR gained just enough land to bury their dead
It wasn't just numbers, it was lack of ammunition and equipment. The spring 1940 Finns needed the fighting to end right now because lack of shells and ammunition. And soviets needed it to stop before they got in war with France and Britain over Finland. In 1944 Soviets didn't overwhelm, their main assault was stopped, before Finns restarted peace talks. The numerical superiority was 5 to 1 in 1944 but it got eaten up to become 3 to 1 when they were stopped.
Finalnd fought 3 wars between the years 1939-1945. The Winter war started in late November 1939 and lasted 105 days. The winter was extremely cold with temperatures dropping below -30 C. In those days Finalnd was an agricultural economy and many of the soldiers had worked hard in the forests in the winter and on the fields in the summer to earn their living. They knew how to move and survive in the forest in all weather conditions. Many unist on the Soviet side were raised in the southern parts of Ukraina among others and they had no proper equipment or training for that kind of warfare. Numerous soviet soldiers died in their foxholes when they froze to death. The continuation war started in June 1941 when operation Barbarossa was launched and it ended when the finnish army managed to halt a major push by superior Soviet force in the summer pf 1944. The battle on the Karelian isthmus in June-July 1944 was on a similar scale as the allied landings in Normandy if you compare the strenghts of the two sides. Immediately after this Finland had to, according to the armistice agreement, evict the German troops in northern Finland. The armistice had also stipulated that the bulk of the finnish army had to be demobilized so general Siilasvuo only had about 60.000 men against the German 214.000. The germans retread towards Norway and in april1945 there were no foreign soldiers on finnish soil. Except for the Soviet units that occupied the the territories that Finland would leventually oose in the peaceagreement in Paris.
I might remember wrong, but official videos made by FDF usually have english subtitles for foreigners too. ^^ Just a hint if you watch other Finnish military videos.
Some have. Not all. Usually the more "produced" ones have those or those relating to more international stuff. FDF actually puts out quite lot of film not only via their youtube but also facebook and other internet medium. for example during annual big exercises about the exercise going on. Those might not usually have subtitling, since those are produced on more fast pace (usually straight up daily releases) and are anyway mostly for the families of conscripts serving in that exercise ala "the exercise has been going on for 3 days so far, now we are moving to maneuver training/ live range firing etc." So there is no point subtitling those for international audience, since it is for domestic consumption.
But yeah much of FDF stuff is subtitled. After all they have free translators.... Those are called combat camera conscripts (ahemm sometime it isn't the worlds greatest English text, but one gets the idea out of it). Combat Camera is whole section of film and other media production of conscripts. In war time their job would be to be war photographers, documentary film crew etc. During peacetime they document exercises, film training films and make PR material for FDF.
This indeed had subtitles.
This video that I sent him has subtitles but I think it isn't in this reaction video because you can't download subtitles. I assume he downloads the video rather than screen-records his laptop/device.
It's easy/easier to coordinate efforts when normal police is also have had their military training.
In Finland the police have spent at least six months in the army.
@@j3ssijee Nine (except maybe for the female cops, for some reason).
Actually, this is not true any more. Since 2005, those who opted for civil service instead of military service have been able to enter the Police college. You don't even get any extra points from completing the military service.
@@paanikki Kind of hard to imagine a person who would go out of their way to avoid military service but then go for the police academy and police career.
Roughly 80% of all Finish males do military (conscript service). Our neighour (Russia) forces us to have VERY good and realistic training. We suck at parade ground stuff, but will beat you in the forest! And, yes, I've trained with units from the US Army, amongst others.
Percentage is actually lower.
@@fatherlandchild2780 is it tho? i know 1 person who is not gonna go in the military and thats because of health issues.
@@joonassippola4064 about 65% starts conscription service and 20% or more leave after few weeks.
This is reality for you foreigners.
That 80% is just false info from braggers trying to make Finland look more badass.
@@fatherlandchild2780 eei saatana tulee kyyneleet ku ei meidÀn isÀnmaa suomessakaan rnÀÀ ole miehiÀ jotka armeijjaan menis
@@fatherlandchild2780 onko oikeasti noin pieni mÀÀrÀ? No miksi sitten armeijaan meneminen esitetÀÀn joko pakollisena tai sillee ettÀ olet vitun nössö jos et mene?
Most amazing thing about Finnish military is how many roles every soldier has training in. I served as a sergeant in MP, I have training for rifle, pistol, sniper, LMG, shotgun, light anti-armor rocket, heavier anti-tank missile, 50.cal AA MG, a collection of explosives (mostly mines), collection of comms equipment, collection of non-lethal force (baton, pepperspray etc.) and I could run operations at a company level pretty well I'd guess, battalion would be beyond me. Some professional soldier thought that I was in spec ops, but nope. Then there's that professional Finnish officer who can also use every single fire arm and weapon in Finnish defence forces, including mortars and artillery and drive a tank. Idea is that every officer could train pretty much any branch.
Also Finnish Military Police is not "violent", that's not the mindset. We are effective and decisive. Like in the video, when they clear the first room with hostiles, they use flashbang and canine instead of lethal force.
The violent was more a description of the speed and indeed efficiency of every action, than referring to a mindset concentrated on violence, I think.
There's a video of some US units training arctic warfare with the Finns in Finland.
This one?
czcams.com/video/JeKPIRopsAQ/video.html
@@VarvasNukka Yes.
VielÀkin tulee kylmÀt vÀreet vÀÀpeli Kallion ÀÀnestÀ....
About the old gear, the FDF last year started an overhaul of most personal gear. They got combat shirts, the RK-62 has been modernized with a telescopi stock and rails for red dots and whatever else you might want on the gun, and a new combat vest. I was a conscript in 2018 we used the first version of the new modernized RK-62, the M1 variant. The newer ones are M2 and M3 variants. Only given to some specialised units. I missed the combat shirts and new vests, which I would have loved during the summer time instead of the heavier summer jacket and ballistic vest.
There's also some organizational changes happening. Like a new readiness unit, which I was a part of.
Awesome, glad y'all were able to get some better stuff. Pain in the butt using outdated stuff
If I recall correctly there's also going to be a new combat uniform coming, one that's shared between the Nordic Countries militaries, so for example in the future Finnish and Swedish troops will be wearing the same combat uniform. The only difference will be the camo pattern, which each country will get to keep as their own due to differences in environment
@@its_Jere we only got 95s if we went to vyks which was a pain. I was in Santahamina last year and we were given the rk62 as standard issue. All of our alik had 95s and some would let us borrow them for training and I wish we were given them as standard because it's a much better gun
@Eriko. Oy they looked so good, I got sent to komje and all my friends went to vyks, they showed me the new gear and they were so happy with how it looked, then they had to wear them and hated it
Vyks honor
Finnish army has one of its tasks to peace time support when either police or rescue services do not have proper resources to deal with a situation. The use of force in peace time can only be under instruction of police officer or self defence. And conscript are not send to assist police in missions where they need to use their firearm. Conscripts are to train to deal with situations where they can be given extended authority under state of emergency.
The peace time support for police is often something like keeping public out of danger zone, and searching for a lost person in a forest. Or dealing with explosives since army has better expertise and equipment to deal with explosives.
This looks like the last military exercise conscripts have before they are moved to reserve. Literal translation is "Final war" and it is to evaluate capability of unit and every individual for the war time tasks.
I'm not military so I can't comment on anything related to that but what I can tell you is Finns are very proud and protective of their independence so the country still has full national service which is taken very seriously. You have to remember, Finland held its own against the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Small country, very limited resources but courage and determination to protect the national borders. Same mentality today.
These guys are like 18-year old doing their mandatory service for finnish army.
Yes These are the people who defent us
19-20 yo
kallemh _ 18-29
@@matiasrantanen9114 ok boomer
So doesnt differ from usa army. Just kids trynna pay their student loans
Guaranteed views; US Marine reacting to Finnish army. Thanks for the video, was great to hear professional's opinion.
The finish MP kinda reminds me of the swiss milita MP, I did my service in with the MP Grenadier. To this day the MP Gren are considered a SF Unit, even tho we never belonged to the armys SF since the MP is organized almost entirely on its own. We have a similar training as the finns and I would say the same reason. We are there to support law enforcement as like a âreserve SWAT teamâ we also were trained in hostage or anti terror situations. Loads of CQB combat, hand on hand combat, breaching, explosives and wapeons training. Loved that clip reminded me of my days in the army.
Semper Fidelis!
"Good dismount" I remember that we spent a ridiculous amount of time just practicing that to get the timing as short and efficient as possible. They loved drills like that for other things too. Set a very strict target time and keep us there until we were all able to meet it consistently.
It shows at least haha
I was serving in SÀkylÀ during 2016-2017 and witnessed a reservist getting fatally run over by the APC that they were dismounting. After that we trained just to dismount for hours at the time.
We have this saying in Finnish military "ÀksiisiÀ oksennukseen" - drill until you vomit. Dismounting and close quarters tactics are those that are drilled time and again.
There might be a time, when the fast dismount will save your life and make you a efficient combatant.
...training is infurious.
@@Postidemoni
Oh I wasn't complaining. I'm kind of weird in that I actually love repetitive honing drills like that, because the satisfaction you get from becoming good at the thing you practice is very rewarding.
You got everything spot on and pretty much inline to what the commentary/commands were on screen, you deduces from just watching it.
Thank you for the review. It was interesting. Greetings and respect from Finland đ«đź
5:50 you said something about "rounds might not get seated", there is a tactic to "seat" all rounds within RK-magazine. First you load a magazine and then you hit it hard to "seat" all rounds. Fast and effective.
You should react to Finnish Defence Forces Combat Camera showreels! They're really cool and show off the Finnish military in a much larger scale (not just the MP's) :D
Many of these smaller countries have some pretty decent military units, Denmark for example, whose soldiers performed admirably in Afghanistan, but they tend to get overlooked due to their country's overall small military.
DavidUKesb I have worked with the Danes in the UK and in Afghanistan they are solid. My regiment still works closely with our danish counterparts we helped create their advanced search school.
Winter war is a good historic example about Finnish military power.
Finlands wartime military is not actually that small with wartime strenght of 280 000 and a reserve of 900 000 men. It makes it one of the biggest in the western world
I wouldn't call Finlands defence force small. It has the largest artillery in Europe not counting Russia. It has a planned wartime strenght of 280 000 soldiers, total reserve 900 000 soldiers. Finnish defence force is larger than all other Nordic countries armies combined.
As people have said, Finland's wartime deployed army is anything but small. In fact, due to universally enforced conscription it's practically at Israeli levels.
And every soldier in that video are trained to that state in under 9 months, because they will only be in army for 9 months if they are military police.
and the ones who become NCO's or are trainees of becoming an officer (The Second Lieutenant) serve a little bit under year, 347 days.
@@Kokolihakiisseli You meant NCO's right?
Hettu Yes NCOs. We have whats called "Junior sergeant", Sergeant and Junior lieutenant training (Along with non officers ofcause, soldier and corporal (same as private for the US)).
@@SportSoulLife Yeah im Finnish too, I know.
@@aukustirosnell2305 Lol true, i've been writing comments drunk again
In all honesty even the coscripts are taught to load their mags really fast. The worst on my common squads have something like 40sec for 30 bullets. Most do it in less than 20 sec after basic training
This is actually super cool reacting video. I did my military service in this exact branch shown in video. regards from reserve sergeant
Considering your analytic skills and general knowledge I would imagine you're a leader in your unit. If not, then you're one helluva grunt. Semper-Fidelis from Finland!
You should look a video of Simo hĂ€yhĂ€ a Finnish Sniper from Finland. Deadliest Sniper in the world at WW2 nicknamed by Russians White dead đ
Correction: The White Death
Cool reaction video. I did my service back in the early 90âs. The equipment has changed a lot (to the better it seems. đ) but the spirit remains the same. I remember my training as very intense due to limited training time and still needing good quality troops. And it was cold and a lot of time was spent skiing.
There is an playlist of some Finnish defense forces videos subtitled in English. Also theres a new training video coming out this year which shows what if Finland got attacked, its called TaistelukenttÀ 2020 and i think it shows all the modern day equipment what the FDF uses today it can be found at the Puolustusvoimat channel on CZcams.
So cool to see a Marine review our mini shows. I served as a MP nco for a year and you're not wrong, the cold climate sure makes shit 90 times harder.
About the remark you made at about 5:55 , you know whay they say about AK variants, you can load the cartridges backwards and the gun still operates properly.
5:50 when speedloading, if the rounds dont get seated properly I usually tap the mag on a table/ground and it does the trick.
It's the last three rounds that count with RK62 clip. Rest will be taken care by recoil. It's a very simple design and easy to use.
Great video and thanks for sharing.
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LOL!
Haha meanwhile in Sweden
Yall realise we have military police right?
@@spelattack You also have the big gay
Do more vids talkin bout finnish military, as you can see from the comments and amount of views we like it đ
JĂ€gare/jaeger units which i would call "ranger" have long history in finland. At the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 also called "the battle of nations" with around half a million men both sides wighed in.. the storming of the city center was perfomed by the Finn Savolax rangers under the anti Napoleon alliance's military commander Jean Baptiste Bernadotte.. Originally they were put together as a light mobile brigade to disturb and harrass the enemy (russian forces) in karelia
He was the first of Modern day swedish monarchy Bernadotte. Jean Baptiste is the king that ended wars in Sweden. After his Swedish-Norwegian War in 1814 Sweden have not been in wars, so peace over 200 years now, and he made the grounds to the good relations to Finland propably because his aide-de-camp Tawast, an eastern finnish general in swedish army.
HĂ€mRjp Jaeger MP saluting your channel here! Did my service back in '03. And I can't say I hated anything but the snow inside your boots! Included quite a comprehensive small arms training with shotguns, MP5s and the works!
Love your reaction vids of other countries forces and the respect you show.
This guy produces excellent content. Thanks Bro.
Thanks for watching!
@@CombatArmsChannel My pleasure Sir, thanks for making.
Regarding the notes on planning;
"Plans are worthless, but planning is everything."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
We practiced these back in the days in my Military Service in Finland. I was on Military Police Battalion too. Such awesome memories
The mp's you see in the video are from the guards jaeger regiment. When I did my service I was in that regiment. This video is definitely a hype video, but not that far off the truth. MP's in other regiments have more normal MP duties such as guard the gate and guard the base, but the guards jaeger regiment trains in both guarding the gate but also pre war counter terrorism, and is considered a "special force", although we still have a separate special forces.
We did practice a lot of breaching and clearing, and we also did practice the subway scenario in the video, but without any people around. We practiced a lot in the city with civilians around and we definitely practiced a lot of high speed high violence breaching and room clearing.
These are conscripts, but some branches need high scores to enter, so after the basic training the best applicants are divided by the more requiring branches. Think the Para Jaegers, or something like that in English, is the most demanding. They have tests before entering, they have to be in athletic shape to enter, nor can they be very bad in school.
@@ayylmao7666 The test for special border jaegers is brutal. I know a guy who went there and the tests are hard as fuck. They are so hard that the first woman to get trought both the tests and the training gratuated from there last year.
@@villepore7013 the tests for both the paras and special border jaegers are the same. Combat divers have different tests.
You should check out the Finnish Coastal Jaegers. Special dudes with a especial history. "En gÄng kustjÀgare - Alltid kustjÀgare" Semper fi
Talks about Finnish jaegers and gives the swedish moto. A bit disrespectful if you ask me.
@@hyp3r459 Finland has 2 official languages and one of them is swedish hence one of the brigades is swedish speaking( one with coastal jeagers )
@@niklasxl are you telling me something I already know? I'm not only Finnish, but I also speak swedish as one of my main languages.
lÀttstötta finnlÀndare sÄfort det nÀmns nÄgot pÄ Svenska, lillebror kommer alltid vara just lillebror! :)
@@darnedghost2008 Your military made a great mistake by giving up the conscript-based system and hiring a few "professional soldiers" instead, lil' bro ;D
Hi and hello from Finland. Thanks for the video. Yes winters are cold here escpecially in north but here in south part of the Finland this winter was basically no snow at all which was pretty weird.
So, this is where it all started. Been following you for some time.
Finnish MP III/93
Finnish doors usually don't open inside. So breaching is much more harder.
Since that video, all MP conscripts in Finland have gotten upgraded plate carriers (M17) and rifles (rk62m1 or rk62m2)
Last time in my rehersal trainings we used rk95s still. Some companies had m1s. But i want to see the 95s modernized too..
@@janizzkar radio kipinÀ has an episode fully dedicated to the rk62m project and why the 95 variant wasnt chosen to be the platform to upgrade. Which in my opinion is a shame.
I don't know about rehersals, but every new mp conscript should be getting the modernized rifle and plate carrier
@@maukasmauno yeah. I was "new" in 2013. My mp company got 95s. Other mps as far as i know got 62s but they had glocks :3
@@maukasmauno just listened the whole thing and made some research. Yeah modernizing 62s is the right choice. But something they did just recently was to give all rk95s red dot optics. If i get that atleast im happy. The weight and length being a smaller dude i was able to cope with xD
EOD1 have always all their equipments with them. And yes they use ropes and other stuff to move the explosive if they are not sure is it safe to move. First they goes to look the explosive and try to figure out what it is and how to neutralize it. And then they go to have all equipments they need and do the work.
It is a shitload of stuff they move around. KalleNarhun peliretket is on the spot with this one.
Amazing commenting, big thanks from Finland đ€
I think it'd be cool to see you react to some historical military stuff, some badass operations and soldiers from the past. I'm sure you could start with Belleau Wood as a US Marine, but then maybe look at the St. Nazaire raid, or people like Simo HÀyhÀ, Tommy Prince, or the Night Witches.
I am trying to branch off with more educational videos but historical ones are my next plan for sure! I will look into those recommendations and see if I can find some solid videos of them
Combat Arms Channel I recommend Op Barras(british special forces called it operation certain death), it was a joint SAS/SBS/royal marine and parachute regiment hostage rescue operation in the jungles of Sierra Leone. It amazes me they havenât made a film about it yet, there are some great CZcams videos about it.
Back in the day when I was a conscript we used to dismantle RKâs mags and grill some sausages on itâs spring haha. After the grilling we didnât use to even clean the springs, just reassembled the mags and still worked like a charm againđ
Very good breakdown and reaction video. Subscribed.
I canât believe it only a little more than a year ago when you didnât know anything about Finland. Talk about fast progression.. đđ
Love your impartial response to all the different forces around the world. Mad respect.
Have a look at the South African Special Task Force. There is only ever 4 or 5 episodes made about them. About 25years old but they still operate today in conjunction with the police
I'll check it out, thanks!
Youâll probably be no fit from watching thyme episodes and selective specific content because I think some of the footage is quite raw.. let me know what you think
Combat Arms Channel czcams.com/video/4IJnDP6fYi0/video.html their joining course is shown at 39:00
14:57 is that the Bomfunk MC's Freestyler subway station?
B G they all look pretty much the same.
Same subway system, but different stations. Freestyler starts in station "Hakaniemi", this video is done in "Kamppi".
Iâm from Finland đ«đź This isnât really my field, but I appreciate your reaction video. Nice to see youâre enjoying the operation of these Finnish guys!
Am, finland
4:11 There is this group called KarhuryhmÀ, wich is basically like SWAT. Police Special Unit, and they get called in when the shit hits the fan.
As a combatengineer, we learned that there are only two things that are funny in the finnish military: Pokemon and MPs on bicycles.
As a Jaeger, I learned that only two things are funny: artillerists and AA gunners.
Served in mortar platoon, and only thing funny was us.
In Dragsvik there are only three things that you are allowed to laugh at. Grenadiers nordic walking (stavgÄng/sauvakÀvely), MP:s on bicycles and the Signal and communications company (SSK/ViestintÀ) generally
tÀÀllÀ aukko!
I was a MP sharpshooter in the defence forces. It was 80% clowning around and complaining about the moldy barracks, lack of gear (the only water resistant gear was the shower towel). 10% was some simulated action in crappy environments and 10% was something worth doing, guarding the military base or helping the local authorities with missing persons and such. My regimen won the national MP competition, but it was still horrible. :D There's a military police guild full of hobbyists, who actually take it to the next level, that would maybe be useful in real combat.
I can count at least 5 MP guilds which takes training really seriuos. Our included. Weekly training year round.
@@mrmachine269 Finland's defence will be up to them, which is not enough. But lucky for us we have nothing the Ruskies would want. :D
I have only seen ytp version of the video so cool to see the original
Finnish military police working with Finnish police after terrorist attack in East-Helsinki. Good video. Remembering my days as MP.
Happy to see this kind of reaction video, especially related to my home country. Also appreciate the honest but positive feedback.
I wanted to give an anecdotal remark on the magazine issue and the gun itself; my personal experience is that ammo seating in the Finnish service rifle RK isn't really an issue so speedy loading of ammo is in that sense, safe. I personally have never had any malfunctions or jams because of bad seating. I know it can be an issue with non-issue AK-47/M-magazines, but I haven't had any problems with domestic-made issued metal or polymer magazines, new or old. I've personally seen some incredible malfunctioning with Bulgarian waffle-mags in RKs, but as far as I know, the problem there is the angle of the magazine or mostly the non-existing consistency of :D. Those mags are probably ok with Bulgarian AK-clones, but I would never use them in our RKs. When I was in East Africa, we only used the metal magazines, I don't think we had any polymer type mags. There was a concern that the extreme heat and sunlight would make them malfunction easier. Not sure if it was ever tested. We had troops in ISAF at that time, so maybe they had more experience on that problem, but "I didn't get the memo" so to speak.
For those who don't know and don't want to google, RK is the general nomination for our service rifle. By the standard military "lingo" it is actually "rk" which is our abbrevation for all assault rifles in inventory (even the Chinese, East German and Soviet/Russian types), but usually the term "RK" means the domestic Valmet/Sako assault rifles of which there are a few versions of. In general the models used are 62, 76 and 95 but there are many many hybrids also. RK62 (officially known as 7.62 rk 62) is the mother of all of them, basically an AKM clone, just made a "bit" better (and more expensive). Soviet/Russian AK47/AKM bolt and bolt carrier should theoretically be able to function in an RK, but I wouldn't advise doing it because of the higher tolerances of the Soviet/Russian guns. RK has far less tolerance. Magazines however work, but the domestic-made issue magazines are far better, as stated above. Also, the Israeli Galil-family is based on the RK, but they made some very big changes so that the parts aren't generally interchangeable. Galil is actually an authorized copy of the RK, but I don't think they ever paid us any royalties...
It is a heavy rifle for CQB, even without any accessories. Keeping high-ready stance with that rifle for even 5 minutes is a real workout :D On the plus side, the 7.62 has good penetration which is a nice thing to have when you need it. Then again, you have to take that penetration value into account when you have multiple teams clearing or assaulting a building. You really need to know where the other teams are, if you want to avoid blue-on-blue.
Sorry, this turned out to be "a bit" longer reply than I had in mind but that's one of the bad habits I have. Word diarrhea. Anyways, I hope to see more content like this from you, good luck with the channel and your service.
Thanks for watching and well said. And yeah, I never did real CQB with an AK or similar rifle, but I would imagine it could get rough using it for that.
hahaha american rifles so bad you need to take 5 hours to reload them!
Fun fact about their weapons, the RK 95 is an evolution of the old weapon, RK 62 : The latter was used as the foundation for the R4 Galil.
At the start of the 90s, they also purchased a lot of AKs from China and Russia to supply their military. Conscripts in war would most likely use this weapon while Special Forces have access to the FN SCAR. There was this rumour that finnish weapons was chambered for a larger round than the Russian one but could be "shifted forward" in the chamber to use the Russian ammunition, allowing Finns to salvage Russian ammunition but not vice versa. I have yet to find any proof of this claim.
Haha very cool information. Thanks
Finnish mosins were chambered for the 7,62x53R whilst the russian ones were chambered for 7,62x54R. In modern weapons like PKM's both calibers can be used.
Edit: Also from what I understand RK mags are incompatible with Russian AK's but AK mags are compatible with the RK.
Loved using the 95 during my service. Always got the "ribbed-for-nobody's pleasure" model of 62 at refresher exercises.
Its bollocks. You may have heard the ammo claim from finns who religiously defend 7.62x39mm. They will argue we could salvage ammo from russians. But the russians have been using the smaller 5.45 cartridge since the 70's, atleast for frontline infantry use. Only the rearest of the rear echelon get the classic 7.62, with special ops using it by choice. Either that or what Aapo said.
Regards finnish person
@@jharju2352 hahaha
I only went through basic training in the army but I have so much respect for for guys ! angels on our shoulders in Finland and in any country...
In Finland all EOD work is on the responsibility of the military. The police always call the military in if there is a need for it. The government agencies do a lot of stuff together in Finland. They cooperate constantly. Military also often gives manpower for search of lost persons or if there is a chemical accident for example the military ABC capability is called. All government agencies like military, rescue department, police and healthcare use the same radio network so cooperation is pretty easy.
I can't imagine watching the clip without knowing the context.
Hey, that is the unit I served in, back in the 90's. :)
Check out the Utti Jaeger regimen from the Finnish defence forces. And also the movie called "The unknown soldier".
8:44 Usually our doors open outwards in Finland. Maybe it's set up like that
Take a look at Taistelusukeltajat 1 2 and 3 - combat divers. People are voluntares to this combat diving school, but still conscripts.
Theres code and honour in Finland "never leave a buddy behind"
taitaapa olla aikalailla ihan joka puolella maailmaa kaikissa yksiköissÀ sama homma, paitsi tietysti vakoojat/salaoperaatiot jossa informaatio on tÀrkeÀmpÀÀ kun ihmishenki
Not as much as Americans. Finns will leave a buddy behind if the rescue will cost dozens of lives.
You do know that is also the US marines motto... It is actually more common to have this, it kind of is how militaries can work together at all... Exceptions of course exists in history but "leave no man behind" is pretty much the modus operandi on every single military. And as said already, Finns are pragmatists and will not waste 100 lives to rescue one. And the Finnish soldier would not want that to happen either. US army is much "worse" in that aspect but then again, they have never fought on their one land and need extra motivation for what is essentially a paid army..
If Finland is ever going to be in a war, it will be defending our homeland. And that means the rules are different.
@@meryatathagres1998 so will americans
@@wislata Probably, but never in movies. And sometimes they do and it can go bad, like Black Hawk Down, which is based on real events of leave noone behind gone wrong.
Oh, the guy giving the mission in the video is Second Lieutnant (maybe captain by now) Schneider, he was my team leader back in the day. This in the video is basic city jÀeger training in Finland.
You my friend have just wrecked most Finnish peopleâs CZcams recommendations.
The Fins are the best drivers and probably the best shots anywhere on the globe.Thanks for your interest in Europe.
Norway beats you all one on one
Uzbekistan has some fast guys.. Or so I've heard
Wery nice reaction never seen this kind before, mostly Nightwish hehe! Good job!
Thanks!
LOL I know! But it is still the 'Finnish factor'..
@@NarnianLady listen No Nightwish, IF you dont like it i give your money back. đ
@@koff41 what are you saying? Listen to 'No Nightwish'? :-) They have some really nice songs, but I probably would not listen through a whole concert :-)
Really enjoy the reaction videos. Floor is awesome!
The boys are from my area by the way...
Great video! Greetings fromđ«đź
Conscripts can ask for a certain branch and specialization before and during service but in the end the most motivated are selected. With that this is what you get... group of sharp motivated dudes moving fast & hard. Also of note is that these guys train where they might operate and have access to some what unknown passages under cities so they may pop out of a cellar next door. for a fact I know they train commonly for a metro operations, urban ops and building clearing in real environments when public is sleeping. Mostly they clean up after them unless the building complex is abandoned that's where you'll find 7.62x39 brass on the floor and doors kicked in. :-D
Wonderful to have such an open minded attitude it shows humility. Most nato countries train to a specific degree with different specialties
finland is not part of nato
@@bruhdude6712 Yeah, but trains so regularly with NATO that it doesn't make a major difference in terms of training to NATO countries.
The whole video concentrates on the Finnish Military fulfilling one of its duties by law; assisting other authorities. In this case there's been a terrorist attack in a mall in Helsinki and the Finnish police requests the Finnish Defence Forces (in this case the Guards Jaeger Regiment, Helsinki) military assistance to handle the threats. In the first scenario, the Police are surveilling the target building and the MP's are tasked with the entry and the apprehension of the suspects (who are believed to be of hostile SOF). In the subway scenario, one of the suspects (Hostile SOF - operator) has been located in the subway, the police have ordered the train to stop until they've got sufficient back up to apprehend the suspect. You can see a combined force of MP's and Police officers making the entry to the subway car. Anyways, nice to see the USMC taking a look at our tiny military. I loved working with USMC F/A-18C pilots and other crew a few years back. OORAH!
We had requirements to fill a 30 bullet mag in 20 sec and dissasembly in 10 and assembly in 20.
Also one was that we had to be able to reload our RK 4 times, reload and lock put it on safe and put back the magazines in our vest aswell.
I like your style. Calm and neutral.
To clarify things, during peace time civilian authorities can and do request FDF for aid, usually when manpower or specialised equipment/skills are required. Civilian authority remains the boss, and more often than not it's a missing person case, when some pensioner loses his way while picking berries or some natural disaster such as flooding, storm damage or forest fire. Here we have a fictional case where hostile SOF operatives are responsible for a terrorist attack, and the Police requests FDF for added firepower in the form of a Military Police strike team. Police still remains boss, since the nation is not at war. Also, since the MPs are usually not pros, most being conscripts, the mixed unit of Police and MPs would probably work reasonably well, the Police acting as confidence boosters since they are professionals.
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If you do enough repeats you can get loading clips and assembly/disassembly of your weapon into muscle memory. I remember one training session where we had to assemble/disassemble your weapon while maintaining eye contact with the guy doing the same in front of you.