I've heard of the Archer as being the best SPG in the world, yet ignored by other countries until its first deployment in Ukraine. The results speak for itself!
I remember seeing those on TV for the first time and wondering why we had the old p.o.s towed artillery haha. As Marines we were used to getting second hand gear but the Archer is leaps and bounds ahead in technology. I was impressed and a little pissed at our own government LOL. It was like "why aren't we buying these or at least building something similar?" In Iraq in 03 when our Motor T trucks got hit, some of our artillery got left behind initially. Keep in mind it was the invasion, so we were constantly moving the 1st month.
Flew bombers over your head but i don't know what you expect when you're sending weapons to fuel a war that's killing thousands of my Slavic bretherin you people are oblivious to the fact that NATO pushed into Ukraine and worried the Ruski's which if you sat your a$$ down you'd not have caused but of course you people had to ruin the peace now then what are we left with? Ukranian SBU agents cought doing a massacre 2 months after the Bucha massacre in the same place,Ukranians being beaten in the street thanks to that puppet Zelensky and being thrown into the front after having been kidnapped off the street on their way to work and of course can't forget the infamous Boris Johnson telling them to refuse a peace deal that could have ended the war 2 years ago.
@@Oregon123 how is it bloodthirsty? Ruzzia invaded a sovereign country, murders thousands of civilians (on top of the military defenders), destroys Ukraine infrastructure and so on.. Yeah, mm the bloodthirsty one.. Today's Darwin awards go to you Sir!
SOG was founded 2011 as a new unit in swedish military. They have operated in Afghanistan and other countries side by side with US rangers, Navy Seals and UK SAS to name few units. Fun fact, in the SAS: Who Dares Wins was a swedish femail competitor that was a former Swedish SOG member.
Had 2 of them go past my house a year or so ago. Was standing near a window when this incredible loud sound reverberated through the entire neighborhood. Managed to see them make a sharp turn and head toward the coast at very high speed. Was most likely on their way to intercept Russian jets. Read about an operation done by the Swedish Airforce later, in the paper, that coincided with the date of my sighting, so most likely was that sortie. I remember thinking "Yeah boys, go get 'em" as the planes flew off.
@@vicolin6126 I remember one of them landing on the wrong road some years back and turning on the afterburners to get back up in the air quickly, apparently killed a whole henhouse on a nearby farm doing so!
@@Petterwass Ask the minkfarmers in the coastal areas what they think about fighterjets coming in 900 km/h just above the treetops... And that goes back to the Viggen as well as the Lanse eras... 😂
Swedish special forces are called S.O.G ( Special Operations Group ) We have a small military but we have good gear xD And yes look up the Archer and CV90 if you got the time :D Thank you for your service !
Lets get this straight ok, Sweden dont have an army worth calling army... They are so filled up by Hbtq and rainbows and snowflakes so no one takes them serious...
@@ilari90 Sorry for late answere but hell yea brother, just say when you need it and we will do the rest😎 We can trade, you get some gear from us and we get a few men / women out your reserve cuz we need it🤣 Stay frosty Finland🤪
Sweden used to have one of the best and biggest Airforces in the World during the Cold War with legendary Fighter jets like the Lightning(Viggen) and the Dragon(Draken)regarded as the best in the World at the time,Jas 39 Gripen is in that innovative tradition.It's constructed with Russia in mind in a Guerilla Warfare situation.Bofors, SAAB and BAE systems are building our Artillery, Tanks and Armoured Veichles, Kockums our Submarines and Corvettes. Sweden is self sustaining when it comes to our Armed forces since we were Neutral for 200 years.We're rapidly building up our Cold War capabilty and will increase our Army substantially over the next few years.
What's up homie, Swede here! Our "Amphibious Corps" is indeed 'marines' equivalent - we have USMC and Royal Marines here training with them fairly often and most video of the training is archipelago or beach landings with the CB90's! Regarding video recommendations there was recently a longer video released called "Låset i norr - I 19 och Norrbottensbrigaden" that has English CC available on it! It's a well-produced video that usually gets a fair amount if clicks! :) Cheers!
I was just one a military training with the homeguards (adds up to 47% of the Swedish military power, not mentioned in this video). And amphibious came to the same Island as we were located on. They had been on boats for 9 hours and then entered the Island, starting their practice. So yes, they are very quick between the seas and the land and operate on both places.
Honestly it's very impressive how far Sweden have independent Capabilities to fill their own equipment and have Capabilities to supply their neighbor if needed.
No nock to Sweden, great country and military none the less, but its not independently. Given their agreement with the US we are oblidged to give them our higher end gear and supplies. Statistically most of the gear they are currently listed as using is from Lockheed and Northrop with headwear from Rytheon, all of which sell 1000% solely to the US military. The defense cooperation agreement allows them to use of this gear and equipment. 13.6b in gear and 25b in weaponry was the deal which weve given already 80$% of that deal hence their rapid improvements in military hardware within the last decade with no increase in GOP to show how they can afford over 10b in gear out of the blue. Again, nothing against the great swed's but their rapid military growth is 100% the result in their agreement with the US to share US military hardware for Swedens political favor in the future, smart trade tbh.
@@devinjenkins4752 Nae, we have a great collaboration with the US, it´s a give-and-take situation. most of our (Swedish) weapons (Carl Gustav, CV90, CB90, Stridsvagn 122, RBS70, RBS15, Red Dots, Submarines, Corvettes, Guns (Bofors), Radars (Ericson), and so on are 100% Swedish Design........you buy weapons from us and we buy from you. Don´t make it like you are a big part of our creativity when you are not!
@@devinjenkins4752 All our military vehicle is made in sweden. Bodyarmor/Krsk 12 is from Mehler Protection a german company. Helmet from 3m so yeah american but its not a goverment owned company and sell to countries all over the world. Beside We have been in the top 10 largest export country of weapons and military technology the last 20 years. So while we benefits from our alliance with US to say our growth is 100% due to that? yeah that's bullshit. But hey, cheers from being the one of our biggest customer of military gear.
Important to mention that if the war comes, everyone in the Swedish society has to contribute in one way or another. They'll put you in a role they'll see fit, and you can't avoid this duty. It's part of our total defense and social contract with the government. So we could most likely call up way more soldiers(it takes time to train tho) and people in different positions if the war came.
Though mostly we won't be called up as soldier, as a untrained soldier is not very useful. But we'll contribute whatever ways our competence allows. Me, as a nurse, my War Placement is in the hospital, so not a big change for me there
When Sweden went down to Mali to “clean up the bad guys”or when they accidentally saved even French foreign legionnaires (interesting topic btw, they’ve got a lot of Russians.)
@@kristofferhellstrom I just heard about it, apparently it was a few hostages, among them the two they looked for so they just helped everyone out, even got medals from the FFL. Should be pre-2013, back when I was just a wee lad fresh into basic 😂
@@kristofferhellstrom and the FFL is interesting from multiple aspects, both social and history as well as current activities (although those won't be easy to hear about i suppose). To me there's an interesting aspect considering current events as there's a ton of Russians and most likely some Ukrainians as well serving side by side
If you look into the Archer system you will find that it can fire multiple rounds that impacts at the same time. It shoots like 3 rounds that end up at the same destination within half a second of each other. And that sterling sub the US rented of the Swedes after them not being able to detect it during an exercise :-)
Archer can fire three projectiles and be about to switch positions before the first projectile hits the target. You should definitely look at these weapon platforms
It can also make it so all three projectiles hit at the exact same time. This both fucks up for the enemy trying to track where it came from and when they find you, you're not there anymore.
When I did my military service, everybody needed to do it. We could put a 900K military force. It was clear who the enemy was. I can still until this day identify a Soviet T72 and T80 tank. When the Soviet collapsed, we change from a defending from Soviet attacks to having a smaller force that can help UN in for example Afghanistan and Mali. Now we are rearming. I would say the threat is bigger now than then. I recommend the videos called "if war came" it is in Swedish but have subtitles. th-cam.com/video/4mXC7UMmwrw/w-d-xo.html This is about Swedish readiness during the cold war. I would also recommend "If war comes" th-cam.com/video/Y80utl-RkHg/w-d-xo.html This is looking in to the future. Both are of documentary style and released by Swedish joint forces. No worries, it is not of the propaganda join the armed forces style. It is actually very good and professionally produced.
We are a small country population wise so we decided to work towards hi-tech equipment instead of manpower. So our army is fairly small but they are well trained and equipped with state of the art equipment. The Gripen is a good example, as well as the Archer
We could not have stayed neutral. What people tend to look past is that about 3-4 months before Russia full on invaded Ukraine, they tried to take one of our islands. But stopped because of how many troops we stationed at that island and at the mainland + a NATO ship between Denmark and Sweden showed its presence. We are next in line.
as of 2024 we have 8000 conscript every year. 26/4 an important date when the defense committee with its final report, hopefully they will come to the conclusion that we will be much bigger in the future!
If you are interested in the Swedish army, do check out - and react to - the 'Jägarsoldat' series. A very well made production from the Armed Forces, following some conscripts from day 1 to the last day. Highly recommended! If you you go for that, bear in mind that the first 6 episodes lack English subtitles, but I know that there are people out there that can translate if you reach out. Nice reaction!
The TH-cam channel FTD Facts has a decent video on the Swedish Special Forces (Särskilda Operationsgruppen).The amphibious troops that this video mentions are what some countries call Marines and other call Naval Infantry.
Love the video. im new sub. And also you should really check out the swedish submarines Gotlandclass. The sunk the largest carriers of the USA in wargames multiple times and were never caught. Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪
Sweden had plans to join nato for years. But since putin got more aggressive towards sweden and Finland and then where putin invades Ukraine made sweden finally apply for nato membership which they finally got.
But it’s also the combination with geography and Finland that does it, the two brotherly countries having had long established co-operations. Finland with a really strong army and artillery force, Sweden with it’s navy, air force and highly qualified quick response capabilities. Backed by Nato and particularly Norway in the arctics, they together really will lock down Russian aggression in the north.
Pretty sure we have about 500 CV90's in Sweden, might be wrong though. Anyway, yes, Sweden technically uses the Leopard 2 tank, but we have our own purpose-built variant of it called the "Stridsvagn 122", literally translates to "Combat Wagon 122". It is a modified Leopard 2 A5 with additional armor and better internal systems than the default German tanks. The Strv 122-tanks were also built in Sweden. So, I would call our tank more of a cousin to the default Leopard 2. We donated 10 of them to Ukraine, and they praise it as the best version of the Leopard 2 they have gotten, which just warms the heart :)
The Amfiber branch is a bit more for Navy SEALs but they specialize in the archipelago. They are called Jägar (=Hunter) units. Each branch has its Jägare units associations. But that's only a small part. Most of those mentioned belong to the boats. In the UK you have the SAS which is similar and they train together sometimes. But Amfiber the force is more concentrated in the world's largest archipelago with over 270,000 islands. Many people is not realize that Sweden forms half of Russia's front line to the west. It is as far from the southern point of Sweden to the northern point as it is from the southern point to northern Greece
14.850 Active, 11.450 Reservists is not the hole story. We have a conscript army, so a majority of people over 20 have basic military training. So if we are attacked by an invasion force, we can mobilize a lot more, like millions.
Sweden could still have remained neutral. In fact, once Finland was in NATO, Sweden could have chosen to sit out and probably still benefit the full support of NATO. Since Sweden falling to a hostile force would be very detrimental to NATO security. But, we also promised Finland to join with them, so I guess we should. =)
I can tell you about the "special forces", we have about the same as you and the US so, most hardcore badass: "röjdykare" thats munitions diver, you have kustjägare, thats a a marine. You will have flygbasjägare, those will proctect air force bases. Infantry wyse of course we have Fallskärmsjägare "Paratropers", Fjälljägare, arctic kind. All those you need to apply for and test for. Then you have the common Jägare. All these are "special forces" and I can tell you, Kustjägare is tough as nails and to be compared to SAS or Navy Seals.
The Archer is basically the M777 but self propelled and I’d say it’s the best out. I wish the U.S. would buy some of them to go along with the M119 Paladin. Sweden also has developed a lot of weapons that is used across western countries. Carl Gustav, AT-4, NLAW, Bofors 40mm auto cannon, Archer and I’m sure there is more or was more.
To put to the Swedish Marines into perspective for you its like the SBS, high physical profile on soldiers. They are called Kystjägare, Coastal hunters
Sweden has two marine Regiment's which each has one marine battalion one outside Stockholm and one in Gothenburg. Sweden has two brigades which is increasing to 4 brigades. The army is undergoing a major expansion right now which is expected to continue as the next defence white paper is due this fall. Sweden could mobilize 850.000 men in the 1980's but during the 90's and early 00's that was cut massivley.
Do a video on the archer, its an amazing piece of artillery. Sweden has quite the tradition when it comes to artillery in general. (Goes back to making old-school cannons for wooden ships thanks to good swedish iron) Also the Subs are really cool, tend to mess with the US when they have trained together.
its an old wound from the great northern war which sweden lost against russia + the finnish winter war that makes sweden want to stop russia from progressing westward
The Swedish SOG (Special Operation Group) is highly capable and hyper secret. They have proven themselves very skilled and beaten both US Seal team 6 and British SAS on several exercises. They are considered to be one of the best trained on the world but at the same time, there operations are always covert and since Sweden have a 70 year secrecy act, it's very hard to come by information. Since I work with collecting information for our Spy Museum project, I've talked to several interesting people however, some of them have spoken with promise of Non Disclosure and just for me to mention what they said, would render me (and them) a very lengthy prison sentence (lifetime).. Sweden take "Top Secret" very serious (except when politicians slip their tongue.
Sweden dont have big army but they have a law thats called totalförsvarsplikten and states that evry person in sweden between 16 and 70 need to help the military
never heard of archer and stating russian equipment is bad, when ukraine had the same, but the older versions at the start. ukraine isn't holding, they are in a constant retreat, and with full support from vestern countries.
UK has recently bought the Archer from Sweden. I believe 24 of them. 8 have also been donated to Ukraine. You can find a lot of info about the Archer in TH-cam.
There are a couple of videos on youtube about särskilda operationsgruppen(the swedish special forces), but most of the information regarding training, missions they've done and so on are classified. It is actually pretty fun to go to wikipedia and read: "Size: Classified Commander: Classified Acting Commander: Classified Support Commander(dunno if that is correct translation into english. The paper guy officer): Classified. " Everything is classified. :P As it should be. According to wikipedia they have done missions in Kosovo, Chad, Afghanistan, Syria, against islamic groups in Mali and Niger; and the kabul 2021 evacuation.
As of the latest information available, the Swedish Armed Forces comprise a significant number of personnel and equipment. The active military personnel total 24,400, with an additional 11,400 military reserves. The Home Guard, known as "Hemvärnet" in Swedish, consists of 21,500 members. Furthermore, Sweden incorporates 5,200 conscripts annually into the reserves, a number that is set to increase to 8,000 conscripts yearly by 2024. So the Swedish military growns very quickly and the Swedish defence industry is very big.
When you said quality of soliders, it reminds me of Poland, Battle of Wizna; 40 to 1 which I think summarize it well. > According to Polish historian Leszek Moczulski, between 350 and 720 Poles defended a fortified line for three days against more than 40,000 Germans.[1] Although defeat was inevitable, the Polish defence stalled the attacking forces for three days and postponed the encirclement of Independent Operational Group Narew fighting nearby.
It seems to me you could do with a few catch phrases or key quotes such as the fat electrician (such quotes as “quack bang out”) you seem to say “…without me waffling over it…” a lot (I may be saying this wrong as I’m American) so maybe a line of “waffling over it” merch would do well. I myself would buy such merch
Well, the highly trained and successful Western (NATO) units are prominently featured everywhere. Especially where there is no real resistance. They were prominently featured in Afghanistan, at the Kabul airport, weren't they? They were masterful refugees. The Finnish and Swedish joining was a great idea, it contributes about 80,000 people to the strength of NATO. Yes, and with a border of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) to defend. I would like to point out that, meanwhile, the Russian army has been strengthened by half a million people. Are we more secure? After all, these countries owed their development to neutrality, for a few years, and the end of prosperity, because they entered the Western alliance. This was the worst response to the possible Russian threat, because they became openly anti-Russian. Just as the Swiss banking system will also feel that it has given up its neutrality, because in the future, many people will no longer consider Swiss banks completely safe. , while other areas, such as the Cayman Islands, will become more popular. In vain, you have to pay for stupidity.
Thanks for another good video! Yeah, do look in to the archer self propelled artillary, also the Gotland class Submarine, the Stridsfordon 90 (CV90 in English) fighting armoured personell carrier, the Stridsvagn 122 (probably the the world's best main battle tank), and finally the Visby class Corvette! They are all pretty darn good! ;-)
Great reaction! Another good video is “What will Sweden bring to Nato” by the channel Warographic. It also covers things such as the background to Sweden choosing to apply to the alliance after having been neutral for over 200 years. How you check it out.
You won't find much about our special units, but google SOG and perhaps you can find some information. SOG = Special operation Groupe like Navy Seal and SAS
Love ur take of all of this. And as u say. I like to know more. If we would've had more on all the points in the video we would've been a super power. Except nukes ofc... alot of capable forces in sweden and how they act.
Sure Sweden has marines. So does Finland. It's been pointed out as a specific asset they bring. And the Swedish and Finnish marines train jointly already. Which is helped by the Finnish marines, "Nylands Brigad", is made up of people from the Swedish speaking minority in Finland. Sweden currently has two regiments of marines, "Amphib" 1 and 2, with Amphib 2 a fairly recent addition and being built up as we speak. So Sweden and Finland have about 1500 marines each, for a combined force of some 3000. That might not sound like a lot, but it's to be compared to the British Royal Marines, which currently has some 5500+ men. The French and Italians have about 3000+ marines each. The Germans have 1500 in the Seebatallion (only since 2014, and they seem mostly defensive, not tasked with taking and holding beaches). So by comparison NATO just added the equivalent of one of the major European nations in marines capability in the Baltic.
The defense cooperation agreement Sweden made with the US give it a range of high end gear other nations couldnt get from the US. With that contract comes a nice trade with out military contracted companies like Lockheed and Northrop designed gear and weaponry. Its 1 of only 2 countries with that contract with the US. Anytime the US develops anything you can be sure Sweden will have free range with it so essentially they have the top 90% of gear the US has (outside of a select few top secret weapons like the laser, satellite destroyer, etc). So by that degree Sweden's tech is on par with the US outside of those select few things.
ARCHER is also a British system sold to Sweden and Norway so its not really their system to brag about either unfortunately, that pride goes to the British engineers as its 90% off the BAE-AB 145 system. I love Sweden but 90% of their equipment is not their equipment lol. They rely HEAVILY on the US and British for their equipment. Great military, but given without assistance from other countries they wouldnt stand a chance on the world stage, id say they still have some ways to go to be a feared powerhouse. If someone else can turn the lights off, you dont own the house.
@@devinjenkins4752 Archer is a Swedsh developed & built system, & has now also been bought by the UK. The fact that BAE bought the company that created Archer, doesn't change the fact that it is Swedish.. Similar with many other systems.. Sweden & it's defence industry has a long history of creating & building great military gear, which is why so much Swedish gear is used by many NATO countries, including the US, which like the UK has a history of teaming up with Swedish defenseindusty & expertise when creating new weapon systems, see for exemple Excalibur (Bofors) & NLAW..🧐
@@leifiseland1218 Its literally built off the Abbot 2.3 AS90 systems made by the UK lol. Adding 10% to a system means nothing as a whole. Not only is it built off UK systems its owned by UK so its 10000% a UK system. Also theres nothing currently used by top 4 countries made by Swedens military outside of minor equipment hense the $7m sales to UK and $23m to US. We spend 34m on scopes, you really think were buying something special with 23m? 7m? They arent selling top of the line equipment. WW1/2 sure their equipment was top notch best in the world. Today they are literally just a subsidiary to US tech and one of the few countries allowed use and free range to use that tech to make whatever they want. Those free range items are the ones you speak of and arent high end. Statistically Sweden gets 13b in gear and equipment while only producing 230m in tech worth selling. Their spec ops literally uses Rytheon gear lmao, why would they use gear produced by a US company if theirs is so good? You are overexaggerating their military might. But yes their Archer system is a UK system none the less. Add a body kit to a car it doesnt change the maker of the car.
@@devinjenkins4752 Built off the Abbot 2.3 AS 90??..🤪😂😂 You are quite clueless, aten't you?.. How about you do some reaserch?.. But then again, I guess for some, ignorance is bliss.. 😂😂 No point in discussing with the likes of you.. 🧐
we do have amphibious troops, we have something called amfibieregementet (the amphibious regiment) that works almost exclusively at sea, usually around the Stockholm archipelago
The Archer is well worth checking out. As is the "Special Operations Group" if I understand correctly is referring to the Jaegers, or the 'Jägarbataljon' in Swedish. I would suggest this video for the Jaegers: th-cam.com/video/A8ximzNYg8k/w-d-xo.html
The US Navy owns 11 of the world's 43 active aircraft carriers (all of the world's super carriers)-- and that doesn't count its nearly two dozen flat-decked amphibious ships that might well be considered carriers in their own right.
Russia lost a million men trying to take Finland. Finland used guerilla tactics and lost 60 000. Since then we know the life of a russian soldier is not worth anything to its commander.
Yes, NATO has expanded and strengthened in numbers when Finland & Sweden have joined the pact. At the same time, NATO countries have limited resources in terms of both military equipment and their economic muscles. In that perspective, support for Ukraine has unfortunately weakened NATO & exposed a fragile side that did not exist before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Army was about 850.000 in the 80's but they cut down with 96%😢 . And now 2024 we have DCA argument with USA . They can run Swedens goverment=we are state 53
You shoud look up the series of the Swedish hunter soldier training. I have seen many other military based youtube channels reakt to them, and they got eng subs, but really dont know how. Look it up, its worth it :) First episode: th-cam.com/video/Mp9sRxfIY_I/w-d-xo.html
While the worry about Russian invasion existed, it was never really a real fear among me and my friends. From what I've heard from friends, family, co-workers and overall reporting, it seems like a majority vote among the population would have voted to remain neutral... Now it may never be possible to achieve that again, and we may be dragged into a war, not of our own choosing. And about Ukraine being attacked and wouldn't have been... One of the most theorized reasons for Russia invading Ukraine is because NATO was trying to move their frontlines closer to Russia, through Ukraine, which NATO had agreed it would not do, many years ago. However, through these provocations and probably many more lesser known motivations, it for some reason set off Russias most extreme response possible, short of making a parkinglot out of entire Ukraine. Interesting to see your reaction to this short video. There are, "better & longer" videos about the Swedish forces about, but I can't really recall what they were called. "Svenska försvarsmakten" (swedish selfdefense force),, may yield some results but anyway, nice video & good luck.
I'm surprised you haven't heard of Archer. It is the best self-propelled howitzer in the world.
Don’t forget the archer paired with Excalibur 🤤
I've heard of the Archer as being the best SPG in the world, yet ignored by other countries until its first deployment in Ukraine. The results speak for itself!
And bought by GB
I remember seeing those on TV for the first time and wondering why we had the old p.o.s towed artillery haha. As Marines we were used to getting second hand gear but the Archer is leaps and bounds ahead in technology. I was impressed and a little pissed at our own government LOL. It was like "why aren't we buying these or at least building something similar?" In Iraq in 03 when our Motor T trucks got hit, some of our artillery got left behind initially. Keep in mind it was the invasion, so we were constantly moving the 1st month.
@@TheMeanmarine13no ex-Army Paladin howitzers?
i am swedish 57 years and we are like at least 600 000 who did mandatory service and we are grumpy gen x 😂
Sweden have lots of 35+ people who have done mandatory service, I will die for Sweden staying Sweden.
@@patrikcarlsson2908 good choice
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Jag är 75 när jag gjorde lumpen kunde vi ställa upp nästan en miljon man .
Archer is one the best Howitzer ever made. It's like a sniper gun on steroids!
Even GB have them.
YEaaahhh :D
It was a Swedish sub that "sunk" a US Carrier (with photos) a couple uf times
Not only did they invade Ukraine, they flew nuke bombers over our territorial airspace, what the hell did they expect... 🇸🇪
Flew bombers over your head but i don't know what you expect when you're sending weapons to fuel a war that's killing thousands of my Slavic bretherin you people are oblivious to the fact that NATO pushed into Ukraine and worried the Ruski's which if you sat your a$$ down you'd not have caused but of course you people had to ruin the peace now then what are we left with? Ukranian SBU agents cought doing a massacre 2 months after the Bucha massacre in the same place,Ukranians being beaten in the street thanks to that puppet Zelensky and being thrown into the front after having been kidnapped off the street on their way to work and of course can't forget the infamous Boris Johnson telling them to refuse a peace deal that could have ended the war 2 years ago.
Believe what your govt wants you to believe in and be the sheep while they're the wolves
They didnt invade Ukraine. They came on behalf of the citizens of donbass who were being slaughtered by natos proxywar.
@@Oregon123someone needs to get out of Putins leash! 😂
@@Oregon123 how is it bloodthirsty?
Ruzzia invaded a sovereign country, murders thousands of civilians (on top of the military defenders), destroys Ukraine infrastructure and so on..
Yeah, mm the bloodthirsty one.. Today's Darwin awards go to you Sir!
SOG was founded 2011 as a new unit in swedish military. They have operated in Afghanistan and other countries side by side with US rangers, Navy Seals and UK SAS to name few units. Fun fact, in the SAS: Who Dares Wins was a swedish femail competitor that was a former Swedish SOG member.
The gripen has such a unique sound when it flies past you. The turbine whine is so cool.
Had 2 of them go past my house a year or so ago. Was standing near a window when this incredible loud sound reverberated through the entire neighborhood. Managed to see them make a sharp turn and head toward the coast at very high speed. Was most likely on their way to intercept Russian jets. Read about an operation done by the Swedish Airforce later, in the paper, that coincided with the date of my sighting, so most likely was that sortie.
I remember thinking "Yeah boys, go get 'em" as the planes flew off.
It is the exact same sound as a northern swede makes when saying "yes"
@@vicolin6126 I remember one of them landing on the wrong road some years back and turning on the afterburners to get back up in the air quickly, apparently killed a whole henhouse on a nearby farm doing so!
@@Petterwass Ask the minkfarmers in the coastal areas what they think about fighterjets coming in 900 km/h just above the treetops... And that goes back to the Viggen as well as the Lanse eras... 😂
@@PetterwassSFC - Swedish Fried Chicken 🍗🍗🍗
Swedish special forces are called S.O.G ( Special Operations Group ) We have a small military but we have good gear xD And yes look up the Archer and CV90 if you got the time :D
Thank you for your service !
Glad you have the gear, you can ship them to us in Finland (and Baltic brothers south of us) if/when things get ugly.
Lets get this straight ok, Sweden dont have an army worth calling army... They are so filled up by Hbtq and rainbows and snowflakes so no one takes them serious...
@@ilari90 Sorry for late answere but hell yea brother, just say when you need it and we will do the rest😎 We can trade, you get some gear from us and we get a few men / women out your reserve cuz we need it🤣 Stay frosty Finland🤪
Sweden used to have one of the best and biggest Airforces in the World during the Cold War with legendary Fighter jets like the Lightning(Viggen) and the Dragon(Draken)regarded as the best in the World at the time,Jas 39 Gripen is in that innovative tradition.It's constructed with Russia in mind in a Guerilla Warfare situation.Bofors, SAAB and BAE systems are building our Artillery, Tanks and Armoured Veichles, Kockums our Submarines and Corvettes.
Sweden is self sustaining when it comes to our Armed forces since we were Neutral for 200 years.We're rapidly building up our Cold War capabilty and will increase our Army substantially over the next few years.
What's up homie, Swede here! Our "Amphibious Corps" is indeed 'marines' equivalent - we have USMC and Royal Marines here training with them fairly often and most video of the training is archipelago or beach landings with the CB90's! Regarding video recommendations there was recently a longer video released called "Låset i norr - I 19 och Norrbottensbrigaden" that has English CC available on it! It's a well-produced video that usually gets a fair amount if clicks! :) Cheers!
I was just one a military training with the homeguards (adds up to 47% of the Swedish military power, not mentioned in this video). And amphibious came to the same Island as we were located on. They had been on boats for 9 hours and then entered the Island, starting their practice. So yes, they are very quick between the seas and the land and operate on both places.
Honestly it's very impressive how far Sweden have independent Capabilities to fill their own equipment and have Capabilities to supply their neighbor if needed.
In a all out war with the Russians they will lose the production game very quickly and that's something we have to acknowledge.
No nock to Sweden, great country and military none the less, but its not independently. Given their agreement with the US we are oblidged to give them our higher end gear and supplies. Statistically most of the gear they are currently listed as using is from Lockheed and Northrop with headwear from Rytheon, all of which sell 1000% solely to the US military. The defense cooperation agreement allows them to use of this gear and equipment. 13.6b in gear and 25b in weaponry was the deal which weve given already 80$% of that deal hence their rapid improvements in military hardware within the last decade with no increase in GOP to show how they can afford over 10b in gear out of the blue. Again, nothing against the great swed's but their rapid military growth is 100% the result in their agreement with the US to share US military hardware for Swedens political favor in the future, smart trade tbh.
@@devinjenkins4752 Nae, we have a great collaboration with the US, it´s a give-and-take situation. most of our (Swedish) weapons (Carl Gustav, CV90, CB90, Stridsvagn 122, RBS70, RBS15, Red Dots, Submarines, Corvettes, Guns (Bofors), Radars (Ericson), and so on are 100% Swedish Design........you buy weapons from us and we buy from you. Don´t make it like you are a big part of our creativity when you are not!
@@devinjenkins4752 what the hell are you on about? you are pulling this out your ass.
@@devinjenkins4752 All our military vehicle is made in sweden. Bodyarmor/Krsk 12 is from Mehler Protection a german company. Helmet from 3m so yeah american but its not a goverment owned company and sell to countries all over the world. Beside We have been in the top 10 largest export country of weapons and military technology the last 20 years. So while we benefits from our alliance with US to say our growth is 100% due to that? yeah that's bullshit. But hey, cheers from being the one of our biggest customer of military gear.
Important to mention that if the war comes, everyone in the Swedish society has to contribute in one way or another. They'll put you in a role they'll see fit, and you can't avoid this duty. It's part of our total defense and social contract with the government. So we could most likely call up way more soldiers(it takes time to train tho) and people in different positions if the war came.
And let us not forget the National Guard wich nowdays basically consist of semi active reservists instead of old men willing to defend their homes.
Though mostly we won't be called up as soldier, as a untrained soldier is not very useful. But we'll contribute whatever ways our competence allows.
Me, as a nurse, my War Placement is in the hospital, so not a big change for me there
When Sweden went down to Mali to “clean up the bad guys”or when they accidentally saved even French foreign legionnaires (interesting topic btw, they’ve got a lot of Russians.)
Tell us more about how they saved french foreign legionnaires! That sounds interesting.
@@kristofferhellstrom I just heard about it, apparently it was a few hostages, among them the two they looked for so they just helped everyone out, even got medals from the FFL.
Should be pre-2013, back when I was just a wee lad fresh into basic 😂
@@kristofferhellstrom and the FFL is interesting from multiple aspects, both social and history as well as current activities (although those won't be easy to hear about i suppose).
To me there's an interesting aspect considering current events as there's a ton of Russians and most likely some Ukrainians as well serving side by side
I live in sweden and we are just now rapidly bothe get more soldiers and more of everything to reach the 2 percent goal for NATO
If you look into the Archer system you will find that it can fire multiple rounds that impacts at the same time. It shoots like 3 rounds that end up at the same destination within half a second of each other. And that sterling sub the US rented of the Swedes after them not being able to detect it during an exercise :-)
Archer can fire three projectiles and be about to switch positions before the first projectile hits the target. You should definitely look at these weapon platforms
It can also make it so all three projectiles hit at the exact same time. This both fucks up for the enemy trying to track where it came from and when they find you, you're not there anymore.
When I did my military service, everybody needed to do it. We could put a 900K military force. It was clear who the enemy was. I can still until this day identify a Soviet T72 and T80 tank. When the Soviet collapsed, we change from a defending from Soviet attacks to having a smaller force that can help UN in for example Afghanistan and Mali. Now we are rearming. I would say the threat is bigger now than then. I recommend the videos called "if war came" it is in Swedish but have subtitles. th-cam.com/video/4mXC7UMmwrw/w-d-xo.html
This is about Swedish readiness during the cold war. I would also recommend "If war comes" th-cam.com/video/Y80utl-RkHg/w-d-xo.html This is looking in to the future. Both are of documentary style and released by Swedish joint forces.
No worries, it is not of the propaganda join the armed forces style. It is actually very good and professionally produced.
We are a small country population wise so we decided to work towards hi-tech equipment instead of manpower. So our army is fairly small but they are well trained and equipped with state of the art equipment. The Gripen is a good example, as well as the Archer
We could not have stayed neutral. What people tend to look past is that about 3-4 months before Russia full on invaded Ukraine, they tried to take one of our islands.
But stopped because of how many troops we stationed at that island and at the mainland + a NATO ship between Denmark and Sweden showed its presence.
We are next in line.
as of 2024 we have 8000 conscript every year. 26/4 an important date when the defense committee with its final report, hopefully they will come to the conclusion that we will be much bigger in the future!
If you are interested in the Swedish army, do check out - and react to - the 'Jägarsoldat' series. A very well made production from the Armed Forces, following some conscripts from day 1 to the last day. Highly recommended!
If you you go for that, bear in mind that the first 6 episodes lack English subtitles, but I know that there are people out there that can translate if you reach out.
Nice reaction!
The TH-cam channel FTD Facts has a decent video on the Swedish Special Forces (Särskilda Operationsgruppen).The amphibious troops that this video mentions are what some countries call Marines and other call Naval Infantry.
Love the video. im new sub.
And also you should really check out the swedish submarines Gotlandclass.
The sunk the largest carriers of the USA in wargames multiple times and were never caught.
Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪
Sweden had plans to join nato for years. But since putin got more aggressive towards sweden and Finland and then where putin invades Ukraine made sweden finally apply for nato membership which they finally got.
You should check out the Swedish Combat Boat 90. It sounds like it would be your area of expertise, its main job is to move troops to and from shore.
But it’s also the combination with geography and Finland that does it, the two brotherly countries having had long established co-operations. Finland with a really strong army and artillery force, Sweden with it’s navy, air force and highly qualified quick response capabilities. Backed by Nato and particularly Norway in the arctics, they together really will lock down Russian aggression in the north.
Also Gotland locking down the Baltic region and making it easier to reinforce the Baltic states.
Pretty sure we have about 500 CV90's in Sweden, might be wrong though.
Anyway, yes, Sweden technically uses the Leopard 2 tank, but we have our own purpose-built variant of it called the "Stridsvagn 122", literally translates to "Combat Wagon 122". It is a modified Leopard 2 A5 with additional armor and better internal systems than the default German tanks. The Strv 122-tanks were also built in Sweden. So, I would call our tank more of a cousin to the default Leopard 2.
We donated 10 of them to Ukraine, and they praise it as the best version of the Leopard 2 they have gotten, which just warms the heart :)
Number counts if the war is a endurance "game" Unfortunely.
I would love to see you react to a video about our Archer system.
The Amfiber branch is a bit more for Navy SEALs but they specialize in the archipelago. They are called Jägar (=Hunter) units. Each branch has its Jägare units associations. But that's only a small part. Most of those mentioned belong to the boats. In the UK you have the SAS which is similar and they train together sometimes. But Amfiber the force is more concentrated in the world's largest archipelago with over 270,000 islands. Many people is not realize that Sweden forms half of Russia's front line to the west. It is as far from the southern point of Sweden to the northern point as it is from the southern point to northern Greece
14.850 Active, 11.450 Reservists is not the hole story.
We have a conscript army, so a majority of people over 20 have basic military training.
So if we are attacked by an invasion force, we can mobilize a lot more, like millions.
Sweden could still have remained neutral. In fact, once Finland was in NATO, Sweden could have chosen to sit out and probably still benefit the full support of NATO. Since Sweden falling to a hostile force would be very detrimental to NATO security. But, we also promised Finland to join with them, so I guess we should. =)
We do not talk about the special operations group, because... they're special.
I can tell you about the "special forces", we have about the same as you and the US so, most hardcore badass: "röjdykare" thats munitions diver, you have kustjägare, thats a a marine. You will have flygbasjägare, those will proctect air force bases. Infantry wyse of course we have Fallskärmsjägare "Paratropers", Fjälljägare, arctic kind. All those you need to apply for and test for. Then you have the common Jägare. All these are "special forces" and I can tell you, Kustjägare is tough as nails and to be compared to SAS or Navy Seals.
The Archer can fire 5 shots before the first lands. All hitting the target just a few seconds apart. First shot can stay in air for almost a minute.
The Swedish word for special force marine soldiers is "Attackdykare".
Marines no but ”Kustjägare ” like navy seals. “Norrlands dragoner ” Artic Rangers.
We have amphibious soldiers that are the equals of the marines? Amfibieregementena? Kustjägarna is more like Coastal Rangers?
The Archer is basically the M777 but self propelled and I’d say it’s the best out. I wish the U.S. would buy some of them to go along with the M119 Paladin.
Sweden also has developed a lot of weapons that is used across western countries. Carl Gustav, AT-4, NLAW, Bofors 40mm auto cannon, Archer and I’m sure there is more or was more.
To put to the Swedish Marines into perspective for you its like the SBS, high physical profile on soldiers. They are called Kystjägare, Coastal hunters
Sweden has two marine Regiment's which each has one marine battalion one outside Stockholm and one in Gothenburg.
Sweden has two brigades which is increasing to 4 brigades. The army is undergoing a major expansion right now which is expected to continue as the next defence white paper is due this fall.
Sweden could mobilize 850.000 men in the 1980's but during the 90's and early 00's that was cut massivley.
@adammathisson5119 we would fight for our brothers and sisters, but not for the corrupt gov.
@@Dredd.Idiot or Russian bot!
When it comes to numbers of soldiers vs quality of soldiers. Just remember the battle at Thermapolye in Ancient Greece 480 bc
Do a video on the archer, its an amazing piece of artillery. Sweden has quite the tradition when it comes to artillery in general. (Goes back to making old-school cannons for wooden ships thanks to good swedish iron) Also the Subs are really cool, tend to mess with the US when they have trained together.
Those numbers are not accurate. It’s closer to 100.000 if you count the home guard and the numbers are increasing.
its an old wound from the great northern war which sweden lost against russia + the finnish winter war that makes sweden want to stop russia from progressing westward
The part where he says that we have only 14k active personel isn't true, we have 50 000 with over 80000 reservists
The Archer is damn cool, I think you'd have fun looking at it
The Swedish SOG (Special Operation Group) is highly capable and hyper secret. They have proven themselves very skilled and beaten both US Seal team 6 and British SAS on several exercises. They are considered to be one of the best trained on the world but at the same time, there operations are always covert and since Sweden have a 70 year secrecy act, it's very hard to come by information.
Since I work with collecting information for our Spy Museum project, I've talked to several interesting people however, some of them have spoken with promise of Non Disclosure and just for me to mention what they said, would render me (and them) a very lengthy prison sentence (lifetime)..
Sweden take "Top Secret" very serious (except when politicians slip their tongue.
Sweden dont have big army but they have a law thats called totalförsvarsplikten and states that evry person in sweden between 16 and 70 need to help the military
Numbers wrong... there is about 450 cv90. And 48 archers (soon 72)
never heard of archer and stating russian equipment is bad, when ukraine had the same, but the older versions at the start.
ukraine isn't holding, they are in a constant retreat, and with full support from vestern countries.
We really did not want to join any factions. But we weren't really left with a choice anymore.
Aren't our "kustjägare" some kind of marines? :)
Somewhere between SAS/SBS/Seals/etc and Marines/Royal Marines
Sweden will be a very good military small but very well trained
UK has recently bought the Archer from Sweden. I believe 24 of them.
8 have also been donated to Ukraine.
You can find a lot of info about the Archer in TH-cam.
There are a couple of videos on youtube about särskilda operationsgruppen(the swedish special forces), but most of the information regarding training, missions they've done and so on are classified.
It is actually pretty fun to go to wikipedia and read:
"Size: Classified
Commander: Classified
Acting Commander: Classified
Support Commander(dunno if that is correct translation into english. The paper guy officer): Classified. " Everything is classified. :P As it should be.
According to wikipedia they have done missions in Kosovo, Chad, Afghanistan, Syria, against islamic groups in Mali and Niger; and the kabul 2021 evacuation.
The Gotland Class submarine. The submarine type that in a 2005 war game against USA "sunk" the USS Ronald Reagan and snuck away.
Suprised that you didn't know of the Archer. Probably the best SP Howitzer in the world and it is made by us Swedes.
The Archer is a sniper haubitz on wheels.
As of the latest information available, the Swedish Armed Forces comprise a significant number of personnel and equipment. The active military personnel total 24,400, with an additional 11,400 military reserves. The Home Guard, known as "Hemvärnet" in Swedish, consists of 21,500 members. Furthermore, Sweden incorporates 5,200 conscripts annually into the reserves, a number that is set to increase to 8,000 conscripts yearly by 2024. So the Swedish military growns very quickly and the Swedish defence industry is very big.
personnel number are wrong, 50000troops and conscripts that can be callled in. Source - Swedish armed forces.
When you said quality of soliders, it reminds me of Poland, Battle of Wizna; 40 to 1 which I think summarize it well.
> According to Polish historian Leszek Moczulski, between 350 and 720 Poles defended a fortified line for three days against more than 40,000 Germans.[1] Although defeat was inevitable, the Polish defence stalled the attacking forces for three days and postponed the encirclement of Independent Operational Group Narew fighting nearby.
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It seems to me you could do with a few catch phrases or key quotes such as the fat electrician (such quotes as “quack bang out”) you seem to say “…without me waffling over it…” a lot (I may be saying this wrong as I’m American) so maybe a line of “waffling over it” merch would do well. I myself would buy such merch
FINLAND: 25,000 active military personnel......870,000 reservists
Well, the highly trained and successful Western (NATO) units are prominently featured everywhere. Especially where there is no real resistance. They were prominently featured in Afghanistan, at the Kabul airport, weren't they? They were masterful refugees. The Finnish and Swedish joining was a great idea, it contributes about 80,000 people to the strength of NATO. Yes, and with a border of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) to defend. I would like to point out that, meanwhile, the Russian army has been strengthened by half a million people. Are we more secure? After all, these countries owed their development to neutrality, for a few years, and the end of prosperity, because they entered the Western alliance. This was the worst response to the possible Russian threat, because they became openly anti-Russian. Just as the Swiss banking system will also feel that it has given up its neutrality, because in the future, many people will no longer consider Swiss banks completely safe. , while other areas, such as the Cayman Islands, will become more popular. In vain, you have to pay for stupidity.
Thanks for another good video! Yeah, do look in to the archer self propelled artillary, also the Gotland class Submarine, the Stridsfordon 90 (CV90 in English) fighting armoured personell carrier, the Stridsvagn 122 (probably the the world's best main battle tank), and finally the Visby class Corvette! They are all pretty darn good! ;-)
Here is the Gotland class submarine: th-cam.com/video/C6A3Tq48pU8/w-d-xo.html
Here is the Stridsvagn 122 (direct translation: Battle wagon 122): th-cam.com/video/I4tc8VaVN0A/w-d-xo.html
Archer is one the best Howitzer ever made.
Look it up if you got the time.
The reason they didn’t talk about spec ops group is there’s very little known about it
Don’t underestimate swedens military power. We are a small country but we have a very advanced military, leading tech in the military industry.
Great reaction! Another good video is “What will Sweden bring to Nato” by the channel Warographic. It also covers things such as the background to Sweden choosing to apply to the alliance after having been neutral for over 200 years. How you check it out.
You won't find much about our special units, but google SOG and perhaps you can find some information.
SOG = Special operation Groupe like Navy Seal and SAS
The Archer is badass...best out there right now in my opinion.
Yes we have marines, sweden have the most islands in the world over 250.000
Sweden doesn't want you to know more about the special operations group I think
We DO have Marines - we call them "kustjägare".
The UK have 12 Archers now .
Don't forget that Sweden also have a home Guard of 22300 people.
Love ur take of all of this. And as u say. I like to know more. If we would've had more on all the points in the video we would've been a super power. Except nukes ofc... alot of capable forces in sweden and how they act.
Sure Sweden has marines. So does Finland. It's been pointed out as a specific asset they bring. And the Swedish and Finnish marines train jointly already. Which is helped by the Finnish marines, "Nylands Brigad", is made up of people from the Swedish speaking minority in Finland. Sweden currently has two regiments of marines, "Amphib" 1 and 2, with Amphib 2 a fairly recent addition and being built up as we speak.
So Sweden and Finland have about 1500 marines each, for a combined force of some 3000. That might not sound like a lot, but it's to be compared to the British Royal Marines, which currently has some 5500+ men. The French and Italians have about 3000+ marines each. The Germans have 1500 in the Seebatallion (only since 2014, and they seem mostly defensive, not tasked with taking and holding beaches). So by comparison NATO just added the equivalent of one of the major European nations in marines capability in the Baltic.
Do a video of swedish SOG. Hard core!
I saw a comment not too long ago that really resonated with me. "We live in a time in which Sweden can no longer be neutral, and that terrifies me."
The defense cooperation agreement Sweden made with the US give it a range of high end gear other nations couldnt get from the US. With that contract comes a nice trade with out military contracted companies like Lockheed and Northrop designed gear and weaponry. Its 1 of only 2 countries with that contract with the US. Anytime the US develops anything you can be sure Sweden will have free range with it so essentially they have the top 90% of gear the US has (outside of a select few top secret weapons like the laser, satellite destroyer, etc). So by that degree Sweden's tech is on par with the US outside of those select few things.
ARCHER is also a British system sold to Sweden and Norway so its not really their system to brag about either unfortunately, that pride goes to the British engineers as its 90% off the BAE-AB 145 system. I love Sweden but 90% of their equipment is not their equipment lol. They rely HEAVILY on the US and British for their equipment. Great military, but given without assistance from other countries they wouldnt stand a chance on the world stage, id say they still have some ways to go to be a feared powerhouse. If someone else can turn the lights off, you dont own the house.
@@devinjenkins4752 Archer is a Swedsh developed & built system, & has now also been bought by the UK. The fact that BAE bought the company that created Archer, doesn't change the fact that it is Swedish.. Similar with many other systems.. Sweden & it's defence industry has a long history of creating & building great military gear, which is why so much Swedish gear is used by many NATO countries, including the US, which like the UK has a history of teaming up with Swedish defenseindusty & expertise when creating new weapon systems, see for exemple Excalibur (Bofors) & NLAW..🧐
@@leifiseland1218 Its literally built off the Abbot 2.3 AS90 systems made by the UK lol. Adding 10% to a system means nothing as a whole. Not only is it built off UK systems its owned by UK so its 10000% a UK system.
Also theres nothing currently used by top 4 countries made by Swedens military outside of minor equipment hense the $7m sales to UK and $23m to US. We spend 34m on scopes, you really think were buying something special with 23m? 7m? They arent selling top of the line equipment. WW1/2 sure their equipment was top notch best in the world. Today they are literally just a subsidiary to US tech and one of the few countries allowed use and free range to use that tech to make whatever they want. Those free range items are the ones you speak of and arent high end. Statistically Sweden gets 13b in gear and equipment while only producing 230m in tech worth selling. Their spec ops literally uses Rytheon gear lmao, why would they use gear produced by a US company if theirs is so good? You are overexaggerating their military might. But yes their Archer system is a UK system none the less. Add a body kit to a car it doesnt change the maker of the car.
@@devinjenkins4752 Built off the Abbot 2.3 AS 90??..🤪😂😂 You are quite clueless, aten't you?.. How about you do some reaserch?.. But then again, I guess for some, ignorance is bliss.. 😂😂 No point in discussing with the likes of you.. 🧐
UK is also the founder of Ikea! But sold the idea, to a swed …….
You should check out the war games story with Swedens Gotland class submarine and the US if you have not already!
we do have amphibious troops, we have something called amfibieregementet (the amphibious regiment) that works almost exclusively at sea, usually around the Stockholm archipelago
FINLAND: Tanks:
Stock: 200
Readiness: 160* Vehicles:
Stock: 11,716
Readiness: 9,373* Self-Propelled Artillery:
Stock: 125
Readiness: 100* Towed Artillery:
Stock: 667
Readiness: 534* MLRS (Rocket Artillery):
Stock: 76
The Archer isn´t artillery. It´s a sniper rifle!
NOT TO FORGET 775.000 WEAPEN LICENS IN SWEDEN, THAT OWN 2 MILLION 200.000 THOUSAND WEAPEN TOGETHER.
The Archer is well worth checking out. As is the "Special Operations Group" if I understand correctly is referring to the Jaegers, or the 'Jägarbataljon' in Swedish.
I would suggest this video for the Jaegers: th-cam.com/video/A8ximzNYg8k/w-d-xo.html
I'm pretty sure Sweden sold a bunch of Archers to the UK.
The US Navy owns 11 of the world's 43 active aircraft carriers (all of the world's super carriers)-- and that doesn't count its nearly two dozen flat-decked amphibious ships that might well be considered carriers in their own right.
Ok? What has that anything to do with this video?
Archer ❤️🇸🇪❤️
Russia lost a million men trying to take Finland. Finland used guerilla tactics and lost 60 000.
Since then we know the life of a russian soldier is not worth anything to its commander.
Yes, NATO has expanded and strengthened in numbers when Finland & Sweden have joined the pact. At the same time, NATO countries have limited resources in terms of both military equipment and their economic muscles. In that perspective, support for Ukraine has unfortunately weakened NATO & exposed a fragile side that did not exist before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
You say Navy and Marines. Sweden says Navy and Amphibious (together these two are the Marine, in swedish terminology)
Suggest to look at SOG....Special Operation Group...
Highley trained soldiers, perhaps one of the best in the world...
As far as polar forces, im dead sure these guys are top notch in winter warfair. Thou US forces in Alaska might have a say. lol
Army was about 850.000 in the 80's but they cut down with 96%😢 .
And now 2024 we have DCA argument with USA . They can run Swedens goverment=we are state 53
You shoud look up the series of the Swedish hunter soldier training. I have seen many other military based youtube channels reakt to them, and they got eng subs, but really dont know how. Look it up, its worth it :) First episode: th-cam.com/video/Mp9sRxfIY_I/w-d-xo.html
Yes we have Marines
While the worry about Russian invasion existed, it was never really a real fear among me and my friends.
From what I've heard from friends, family, co-workers and overall reporting, it seems like a majority vote among the population would have voted to remain neutral...
Now it may never be possible to achieve that again, and we may be dragged into a war, not of our own choosing.
And about Ukraine being attacked and wouldn't have been... One of the most theorized reasons for Russia invading Ukraine is because NATO was trying to move their frontlines closer to Russia, through Ukraine, which NATO had agreed it would not do, many years ago.
However, through these provocations and probably many more lesser known motivations, it for some reason set off Russias most extreme response possible, short of making a parkinglot out of entire Ukraine.
Interesting to see your reaction to this short video. There are, "better & longer" videos about the Swedish forces about, but I can't really recall what they were called.
"Svenska försvarsmakten" (swedish selfdefense force),, may yield some results but anyway, nice video & good luck.