Bv 206 driving in snow | Arsenalen Swedish Tankmuseum

Probably the best tracked vehicle in the world. Used by more than 20 different countries.
In this film Bv 206 driving in snow. You will get a closer look at this fantastic vehicle.
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[@OltsuSuomesta]

As a Finnish person my first thought when seeing the inside of the rear part was putting a sauna stove inside and making the Bv 206 into a tracked sauna-vehicle.

[@killinjoke2517]

So....A Mobile Attack Sauna!!!!LOL!

[@HexxxiZ]

Well you can buy used ones and remodel it. Looking forward to seeing the project. 😊 👍

[@SonsOfLorgar]

They are availiable in flat bed rear unit variants, and also upgraded with a diesel engine.

[@MrNeverbeentoEurope]

The rear cab looks sauna ready!

[@Kriegsbeil5577]

Serve some Vodka, cut up some reindeer meat with a Leuku knife and you've got a peak Finnish vehicle.

[@perakesson6022]

During my concription in the army I was comander of an anti-tank platoon (arctic brigade). We had two BV 2062 a ”cab” version armed with a 9cm recoilless gun. The tacticts was to ambush enemy tanks at 200 - 400 meters and then disapear in the woods. We knew we only had a chance of we hit then in the side. Probably close to suicide. Also did a lot of service on regular 206. The heating system was really something else. It was standard (but against regulations) to stuff the heater element at the front (in the video you see a large plastic box between the front seats) full with canned food (typically peasoup). At lunch time you just took them out and had a warm meal. The heating was so good that aprox. 30 min. before one reached the destination somewhere in the wildernes I gave the order to turn the heating off. The soldiers being dressed for arctic temperatur would be so warm so they took off their jackets and wool-sweaters. They also allways fell asleep. If you did not turn the heating it would take forever (under bitter complaints) to get them out of the BV 206. Minus 25 celsius was not too tempting. Soon after one turned the heating off you could hear the complaints from the back and then you knew they were awake and started to put the gear back on. Once we stoped everone would jump out and put the skis on.

[@bollinger3034]

I did my conscription in -94 an we had the cab version with RB56 (+2000m range) instead. I remember that the heater was outstanding, but moving forward in -25c with the cab down we had air tubes from the heater to the backseat in combat, just to be alert at all.

[@atvheads]

I14 Granatgevärsskytt här, det var en mardröm att skjuta bredvid era Pv pjäser.

[@oldfarmupnorth]

@@bollinger3034 Was Bill mounted on the 2062 as well? We had RBS55 TOW in 93/94.

[@bollinger3034]

@@oldfarmupnorth Yes, the cab variant of 2062 with the ammo back carriage

[@oldfarmupnorth]

@@bollinger3034 Ok. In my mind, the conscript officer fooled us, they never mentioned running around in a cab, in the middle of winter :)

[@julianscaeva4334]

"One meter, one and a half" * holds hands above head * lol.

[@TheDiner50]

You start to count snow hight from your knees when you actually live with deep snow. XD But no. He was just silly. Really bad since some people do not know he is wrong due to not using Metric/Meters in there daily life. And I'm not sure if 1.5m snow is the limit for this vehicles. Like he contradicts later in the video with him saying that jumping out from the back you got snow up to your face. What he means is more likely how deep the vehicle can sink before it can not recover traction. As it sinks in and float 1.5m above the ground. Or more if the snow supports the tracks. But then your really not having a problem if the surface is supporting your weight. But if it just sinks and starts to rest on the body of the vehicle you got a problem. I mean really they can traverse more or less then 1.5m. It is so depending on what the snow is like. If that is 0.5m or more it can sink down into the snow I do not know. But definitely they can go in places so that you can jump out and drown in snow but the Bv is not stuck XD Not just very likely but possible. When jumping out from the back of it your better off btw. But the front doors I can see it happen that you drown in the snow trying to exit it. It pushes away snow in front of it and leaves the rear the best place to exit the vehicle in deep snow. ;) So it is very likely that they where in 2m deep snows but the BV removed half a meter of snow in front of it. Remember that the video shot here is with basically no snow. So in real deep snow it is going to sit below the snow line to a point of not even being able to see the tracks of it! Only from the rear and and standing close to the side of it maybe. That is deep snow! Medium snow height you might see the top of the tracks from all angles. Well unless it is all powder snow. Then that might also be a case of being completely hidden from view XD But powder snow is light and compacts very well. So the machine is going to be fine. The machine is also going to need to plow itself a way to travel forward. That requires traction that can not be forgotten. If the tracks just keep sinking until the under body truly has put all the weight of the vehicle off the track then yes. It is going to get stuck since there is not enough traction to go anywhere. The tracks are just going to spin and never be able to get out of there. The tracks are just going to rip out the snow under the tracks and dig a hole. (since all the weight is on the body and not the tracks) But as long as it can find traction the snow can be as deep as it likes to be. But this explanation is harder to explain then a general 1.5m of total thickness. It is a fair way of explaining what it is able to do. But the hands above his head makes no sense when he say 1.5m :) Better to have said it can float 1.5m above the ground. Or something else. But I can be wrong in saying 1.5m floating above ground nonsense. But I believe it is a better way of explain what the vehicle is able to do. 1-1.5m floating above the ground without getting stuck. I say that it really depends on what it is going to be driving on what the total thickness of the snow can be. And looking at how little spacing there is in between the tracks and the lightness of the machine should say enough about it's capability. That is the real deal when it comes to this machines. And why they are the best off road machines ever made for snow. (more or less) You need to become a airplane/ a boat to beat it. But then you can not really be in a forest or go up/down steep hills. The big problem of armoring or using this kinds of off road vehicles for tasks that requires weight is just that. WEIGHT. That was the biggest problem with this. And everything was about ground pressure and the area of tracks vs body contact with the ground in deep snow. It was designed with this one goal to traverse deep off road. Mainly snow but mud it also is good at. So the end of the day the problem was WEIGHT. As everything else was designed to optimize off roading. More top speed means just less off road abilities. And less reliable tracks. Everything was made to off road where you even will have problems with snow scooters. Like the radio/commander version of the Bv where so heavy that they can not go where this light ones can go. (remember it is the 60-90s) Armored ones really had problems going anywhere the snow was more then 1.0m. (or whatever) This light ones at a minimum can manage 1.0m without getting stuck trying. And that is what makes them special. And that is why the design is as it is. It is made to manage our climate here in Scandinavia. Being able to drive in terrain/forests, purpose built for it. It basically was not able to be used for anything but group transport without losing some ability of off roading. Weight was the thing that limited this monster (and somewhat engine power and track with) There was a few utility versions availed of the Bv's. But every single one added weight or did not serve a purpose worth having. Agen the fight of getting anywhere with this was the WEIGHT. And this machines can not avoid the weight they already got without removing the roof and walls. :) And ofc the troops that is going to be transported. So unless making the engine weaker or removing structural parts and or optimize it even future they are the best. Simply put. Quite sure that hardened snow means that 2m is feasible snow to traverse. (the machine is going to sink in to the snow remember) I mean with a tick solid/packed snow in the bottom and powder/normal snow making up the part that it sinks into, they will be able to traverse above 1.5m of total height from ground level. As the tracks just stops sinking in and sits above solid packed snow it will be just fine. As long as only some of the weight from the vehicle is going to drag along the body. That is the crucks to not let the body rest/stop before the tracks finds enough traction to pull forward AND manage to have enough traction to plow itself a way into the snow in front of it. As soon as it can not find traction to move forward it will just start to rip the snow away and dig itself in. With that the body will also start to hold more of the weight of the vehicle making it worse. Why when getting stuck you need to give up as soon as possible and not make it worse by removing the surface the tracks/wheels are resting on. As the helping vehicle is going to manage the snow plowing for you! Dig yourself in and your not going to be able to help out getting out of there! Might be hard enough with some help to get free so you need maximum traction and not dug in being useless. Very weather specific but plausible in this kinds of environments to be in really deep snow and traverse it. Kind of sick to find snow with visible layers in it btw. It is like clear cut layers! It is ice layers of the sun melting the top layer then it snows over and repeat. Surely that is going to be enough to give a bit of extra traversal.1.5M is quite good on it's own. At worst we get 1.8-2m deep snow in places. But normally we got around 1.3-1.6m of snow, I think at least? Usually the early snow when winter hits ends up being around 0.5m. It then melt from the sun, freezes, snows, melt, freezes, snow etc. Makes a sturdy bottom layer. That if the sun shines on the snow and melts it daytime. But last couple of years it all comes at ones so the bottom is not very solid. Compact but not more then that. Now we are almost not having snow before Christmas. Before we had a long buildup of snow and then it is cover over and we got the proper snow levels. Grew up around Örnsköldsvik and even had a internship at Hägglunds :) So have seen this travel in the deepest of snow. Even had a ride in one when I was 10 or something. Anyways I do think that they will even struggle manage 1m deep snows if it's just that kind of shit weather/snow. Powder snow and the less problematic "normal" snow is not a problem, but water heavy slush snow is a pain to walk in. It is so heavy and nasty just to remove from the driveway. Can not imagen it is easy for this machine to drive around in that mess. I bet the machines are able to cross deeper areas if the snow just allows it. But then you find a area you can't cross and get stuck XD So all in all 1.5m sounds like a descent estimate to generalize around. Even less for a armored/utility one. But they are more meant to go near the road networks anyways.

[@SWEmanque]

He's built like a true tanker xD

[@nubbetudde8922]

Remember that this vehicle swims with the tracks doing the propulsion, so under the correct conditions it swims in the snow, mud, slush or whatever you tries to traverse. So in theory it can handle any depth of snow, but of course reality will probably not agree. Oh and btw if anyone is planning on getting one go for the diesel if your not planning on using it in very cold conditions, the petrol one is a little bit tricky and if you doesn't handel it correctly it is prone to catch fire....

[@borjesvensson8661]

Well he is a proper tanker. Probably 175cm or shorter? Basically the shortest ones that were not rejected from military service just to fit in the bloody things. My family on my grandmothers side is really short and my mothers maternal cusin was placed in a tank, the fact that he had claustrofobia was aparantly not a guilty excuse!

[@secularnevrosis]

@@TheDiner50 Yes. It's about how firm the snow is, what layers it consists of, the current temperature in the air and in the snow. Usually wet, heavy snow at 0 C, is more problematic. That snow behaves like mud and almost weighs as much while at the same time being hard to compact in front of the vehicle and really sticking it self to the bottom of it. Doing a bad move in that kind snow wil definatly get you stuck in a wheeled vehicle and also in a tracked one. The BV's like the 206 relies on low weight and wide tracks to float on the snow.

[@grendel292]

Fond memories of this home away from home back in my military service as a medic winter 1986/1987. We had the First Field Dressing Station packed up inside and a 20 person tent packed on the roof. Could go in total wilderness in Lapland. Bend small trees. Very fast on the frozen lakes. Got so used to the movements and the comfortable heat in the back we always fell asleep. Then you would arrive at the frontline ready to set up the tent and the "hospital" opening the door and jumping out into snow up to your chest and into 37 degree minus. What a time !

[@No11Scalpel]

BV206 are still used as rescue vehicles & ambulances by the CCD here in Jordan as snow on step & hilly terrains prevent all but most capable vehicles from reaching many places .

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

I saw a British REME change track on a BV206 in 1/2 hour on his own in the cold on the side of an icy road. I was impressed

[@PieAndChips]

He must be the exception to the rule. Generally speaking, REME couldn't change a bicycle tire in half an hour.

[@logoseven3365]

When I was young I was in Civil Air Patrol. One of our jobs was SAR, search and rescue, and in the Appalachian Mountains that is a real adventure especially if you’re a young teenager! We had one search for two weeks. Everyday we went out for 12 hours looking for a downed airplane. Finally after the search was unsuccessful a snow mobile found the airplane Months later. We went up on the ridge to secure the aircraft. 5’ (1 1/2 m?) of snow!The local county owned one of these. What a ride! The speed and load this machine could carry was fantastic! (So was the price tag) I didn’t hear it mentioned, this vehicle is amphibious also! Yes, I agree, best tracked vehicle ever!

[@dakohli]

I had the great pleasure of driving one of these with the Canadian Air Force at our survival school. It's over snow properties are pretty much unmatched, and also translates very well to swampy terrain. Although our guys did manage to sink one in 2007.........

[@jeffreyhamilton3525]

I pulled out many a Humvee while driving a SUSV in Alaska…

[@ACNilsson]

When I did my military duty the back part was full of radio equipment and we had 21m telescopic mast on the top. The version was called BV 2068. The clip got me nostalgic. Very lovely veichle and capable but yes slow and noisy. Heard a story were they wanted to test how hardy they were against machinegun fire. After about 10 vehicle the bullet stopped to travel. There were a lot of variants of the vehicle. Robot launcher, ambulans, radar observation etc. In the northern part of Sweden a big part of the defence had variants of this vehicle. Tackar för videoklippet! Gillar kanalen och Erat museum. Måste tillbaka!

[@MattiasWinbladh]

Thank you for the walk down memory lane! Now I miss my BV206. Our BV's were equipped with retractable masts with directional antennae and the rear section was jam packed with radio equipment. Our task was to go behind enemy lines to create an encrypted radio comms network for battle command. In a real scenario we were supposed to have a support team with us for protection. I always found the thought of sending the least protected vehicle in front of any fighting units hillarious. At least the vehicle is protected against shaped charge projectiles, it'd just go straight through :) Anyway, it was a wonderful vehicle to drive and it could get absolutely anywhere, and even swim. Allegedly anyway, we never got to try for safety reasons. Almost impossible to tip over as well. I say almost, one of my mates managed to tip his BV over in driving training. The instructor was quite impressed, he had never during his 25 years of service seen anyone tip this vehicle over.

[@bjorneriksson6626]

We got to swim once! Really fun actually. Hard to steer in water though. "Make sure the bottom plugs are screwed in!" - Captain said. He didnt have to remind us . Open roof hatch was a must to. Just in case. Best vehicle i have ever driven.

[@sampointau]

The NSW state ambulance and Fire service has used them for years in the high alpine ski areas in Australia.

[@NoName-ds5uq]

The Australian Antarctic Division use them too. I live about 1km from the headquarters here in Tassie and have been in there many many times over the years. I’ve seen them parked up close and running around their training ground at the back. They did have Mercedes diesels, but they’ve recently been re-engined with Cummins which have lower maintenance periods and the storeman there reckons they’d now keep up with my truck on road…

[@pallew6898]

During a so called "ranger excercise" in january 1983 we slept the whole platoon in our two BV 206's since we were too exhausted to put up the tents. This was in Arvidsjaur in the north of Sweden so I remember it was "fairly" cold as well :-)

[@larseriksson8970]

var det du som spottade snus i min keps? jag var i 11 årsåldern 83 och en stor stygg k4-ing jagade ikapp mej och snodde min keps. :D

[@mr.t101]

I used to drive this in the swamps of south America. I don't know how many regular vehicles I pulled out of the mud during that time but it was many.

[@dirkbonesteel]

Spent two winters just south of Stockholm. What I remember most is not a lot of snow but once there it was there for months. It turns into diamond hard ice until spring. That's when the Thawing of the Dog Crap Festival happens. Right around May Day the dog crap around sidewalks would start to melt out, For the next month everything had a slight smelly film of liquid dog crap

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Burn it all!

[@dirkbonesteel]

@@SonsOfLorgar It's a national holiday, have some respect

[@gurra63able]

Yes, there are some dog owners who ruin for those who care about picking up dog shit, "vad som göms i snö kommer fram i tö", (what is hidden in snow comes up in thaw), some people tend to think if the snow hides the shit, it's ok to leave it there, but it will be a stinking smelly gooey spring.

[@dirkbonesteel]

@@gurra63able Love the quote. It is true you never see any poo after the thaw.

[@luwkseam]

@16:46 OMG You had actual leather field jackets? Sooooo cool! To balance things out they gave you helmets that look like from Spaceballs movie, though ;)

[@slartybartfarst55]

I so love these Videos. I could watch our friend talking about anything & still it would be fabulous!

[@wot1fan885]

Love the small details like falling into deep snow and the signal system. Thank You for sharing . The old pictures are cool too . The vichele is really cool i thought it was Russian now I know

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

Hello from Wisconsin! Wow! What a great vehicle! I would love to take one for a drive.

[@ulfpe]

They are apparently still popular in the Antarctica. Not only snow they also swim

[@paulgoransson9489]

Long time since i had those. Was in a rbs70 unit for a arctic brigade. The rbs70 units had a couple of hundred kg of stuff on a special rack on top of the front cabin as well. We were also supposed to actually be very close to the frontline (the arctic brigades had cv90 and mt-lb for the combat units) and the ”best” part we were supposed to fight in nbc contaminated areas for 24h in vehicles that couldn’t be cleaned. So lots of drawbacks but a very nice vehicle.

[@robertjonsson5750]

In my military service in Sweden 93-94 we had a 7.62mm machine gun on the roof and pulling a wagon behind with a 12 cm grenade launcher. The BV 206 were also amphibic!

[@Stonefarmer]

Thanks for alle this Great Videos i enjoy everthing one of them👍🏻👍🏻 I‘am very intersted in Swedish Military,Tanks and all stuff Best wishes from Germany

[@matthayward7889]

Brilliant family of vehicles, never knew they made 11,000 of them though!

[@jeffreyhamilton3525]

I knew it as the “SUSV.” I drove one in Alaska; it was awesome.

[@slikerdet]

In Norway we got Mercedes straight 5-6 cylinder diesel engine. They say that bv202 had some better accessibility because of one roadwheel instead of pair. But the fuel consuption was very very high on bv202 with petrol engine and 2 carbs

[@lavrentivs9891]

202 was prefered by swedish army rangers, as it was quieter, so they kept using theirs into the early 90's.

[@slikerdet]

@@lavrentivs9891 oki. I know one driver experienced to use 60-80 liters of fuel om 10 km of driving. Dont knot if the finnish made bv is more quiet....🤔🤔

[@secularnevrosis]

@@slikerdet Wow. That must have been in a bog, snow, max load, in first gear and low. Tough terrain is usually 40L/10km. That is also a lot of petrol... but 60-80L!

[@gr1mrea9er82]

Russians bought a bunch of Swedish decommissioned BV-206 between 1995-2005 and now the Russian military has developed several BV-206 clones.

[@fredrikbarthel4803]

The new Cummins engine is awesome, very fun to drive!

[@moanderson6]

Thank you................

[@C64SX]

I remember having the predecessor Bv 202 still in service in the air force in the early 1990's. We had one at the bastropp where I was stationed, equipped for medical use / ambulance. Also quite noisy inside :) Regarding communications between the driver compartment and the crew compartment, I can't really remember if it was the Bv 202 or the 'Dallas' Jeep (Klargöringsbil 9712A) with the extra crew cabin that had a very sophisticated solution consisting pretty much of a rubber hose between the two compartments, with a funnel at each end to talk into.

[@JohSno]

Awesome video. Very informative. Thank you for sharing. Did you have a chance to drive it or be as a passenger while serving in the army, or just got a chance just after it?

[@plushiie_]

Driver: 1 beep to check. Back: 2 beeps to confirm ready. 3 quick beeps fire. 3 long beeps water/ice break.

[@18robsmith]

Definitely a "Me needs" vehicle. Not enough snow around here, but why let that get in the way of the fun?

[@TheDiner50]

Na. Rather get a Volvo Valp or something. And if you are after tracks then a "Winter Expedition In The 5 Ton ATV" is simply more fun :)

[@zoom5024]

Dont need snow it works perfect in mud aswell, it's even amphibious!

[@chukkie0001]

Schiphol airport uses one as firefighting and rescue. Its also amphibious and can travel trough the agriculture fields around the airport.

[@MattTester]

The Bv 206 has always been one of my favourite vehicles, it would be great to have the chance to drive one some day. By the amount my desk was shaking at the end I get some idea of the noise inside, I suspect it would be far worse with a diesel engine rather than the relatively smooth V6 though.

[@jesperwall839]

The 208 with a Mercedes diesel is actually better than the 206 regarding noise. And fuel consumption! 😂

[@perpelle]

@@jesperwall839 But slower and never "catched on". I actually preferred the petrol when I did my education on the 206/8.

[@mattiasdahlstrom2024]

On roads it’s shaky inside. In deep snow it’s like surfing

[@apuuvah]

As a Finn, I'm proud of our veterans. As we would...

[@janhugo]

If I rember right, all BV206 was delivered in Norway with straight 5 and 6 Mercedes engines. I have only driving the straight 6, it was a blast to run upside an river watching the water almost come over air intake.

[@janhugo]

And all was diesel engines.

[@Todaviho]

Considering the high noise levels inside. Im not sure a cell phone or anything involving talking would work. A beep sound pierce that noise way better.

[@outandabout259]

How does the v6 petrol engine compare to the i6 3 liter turbodiesel we use in Finland? My only experience of the petrol ones is from when we went to Norway and saw a bunch of them, seemed like they made incredible amounts of noise and took forever to accelerate compared to our machines.

[@MarkzOng]

There is a similar vehicle call the Bronco , warhog (Brit version). Many years back I had a chance to see both bronco and BV206 park side by side. Oh my , Bv206 looks like bronco child in comparison in size.

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Yes, but years before the Bronco

[@Rbajter]

Unsurprisingly Singapore operated the Bv 206 as well.

[@BilldalSWE]

Yeah, the BV206 weigh in at 4t vs 15t for the Broco... Which is kind of the whole reason the BV206 is not armored and was developed for deep snow where heavier APC's would get stuck.

[@BilldalSWE]

Also, there,s the armored Hägglunds BvS 10 which is inbetween the BV206 and Bronco in size and is also used by the UK.

[@AlexKall]

It's a very fun vehicle to drive! As long as you're not being shot at.

[@ptonpc]

AFAIK, ex British Army ones are used by wind turbine construction and repair crews.

[@slikerdet]

It got some protection againts birds and musquitos.

[@apuuvah]

Hellgeth puts Mercedes CDI diesels with 5-speed auto (torque converter, lockable) in these and overhauls the whole thing. Ads differential locks (front, centre, rear).

[@steohl77]

Hur bred/lång är takluckan på en 206:a?

[@aritakalo8011]

It was always weird to me, that the bv206 didn't have proper intercom. It's like the one vehicle, where it really really makes sense. In single chassis vehicle, usually one could yeall atleast and intercom was more to account for the noise level and to work the radios. So intercom is usefull, but one could communicate without it atleast in some limited fashion. In the BV206 two cabins are completely isolated. As conscript... Often the squad officers etc. would be in the front cabin with driver, to tell him where to go and plan things.... Which lead to the squad guys in back cabin be absolutely completely ill informed of what was going on. Not like it would have been technically hard. The pair cabling was already there anyway, since.... the beeper isn't magic. It works on a cable going between the cabins. So one could have hooked to that pair cable a intercom aka field telephone unit. guess those were too expensive and part of "well then we would have to tell the guys not to jabber on the intercom all the time distracting the front cabin crew aka the commanders". Since usually ofcourse it was the command section at front cabin and rest of squad at the back. Since... they had to be.... since there was no intercom.... so anyone needing to know anything or plan something had to be in the front cabin so they could actually talk and do stuff like plan an assault or receive new orders. So in the front the brain trust and in the back the rank and file wondering "where we driving and what we gonna do there?". I guess one could have morse coded the messages between cabins, but well they would have required training whole army in morse coding.

[@matsgustavsson665]

Cousin drove the 206 when he did his service. First thing he did when they got their vehicles was buying cheap walkie-talkies.

[@borjesvensson8661]

So how do you pronounce 10 km in swedish? 1 Mil

[@k2superlative72]

Kan någon förklara varför den inte har splitterskydd? Ingen hade överlevt krig..

[@ryankelly6785]

1st comment, love these videos btw :)

[@armyweb-czdefence]

Please, can we use footage from your KZbin channel for our videos about military cars, trucks a other machines? We tag your channel as a source ,... thank you. :)

[@waaaakkkkk]

16:47 yes....those poor Infantrys

[@idrisddraig2]

Found the BV202 to be better in deep snow, but neither realy worked in Very deep Japanese snow, only the older Snow Trac (especially the snowmaster version) could really follow a Pisten Bully.

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

I suspect that teaching someone to reverse out in a 206 took some time.

[@sampointau]

Doesn't the British army currently have armoured versions of the hagglund in Afghanistan?

[@mariusofearth2474]

Hello from norway . Can that float/drive in water can u show us?

[@stefankarlsson9762]

It can float/swim but I am not sure if we can show that due to safety reasons.

[@janhugo]

@@stefankarlsson9762 When I was in Norwegian army I droved the BV206 upstream an river.

[@janhugo]

Svaret er ja. Det er også en rutine hvor man ber alle om å sjekke at bunnpluggen er skrudd fast før man kjører ut i vann eller over elver/vann hvor man kan ramle gjennom isen.

[@mariusofearth2474]

@@janhugo kult

[@bongfuhrer]

I soo want one. But since I live in Norway, I would not be allowed to drive it other places than my driveway..

[@Darstrom]

Why is that? Sounds terrible!

[@bongfuhrer]

@@Darstrom Because it "ruins nature". Any use of a vehicle for pleasure in nature is forbidden in Norway. You can't even use a snowmobile in Norway if you can't prove you need it for business reasons.

[@MrOizon]

In sweden i think you can register them as a truck/lorry and drive them on the roads etc

[@Darstrom]

@@bongfuhrer Oh wow that was a real suprise to me! But sure you have trails used for this for fun? And funny even with this one that barely leaves a trail after it

[@Darstrom]

@@MrOizon Yes I'm pretty sure you are allowed to drive them on any road as long as it is registered, since it has rubber tracks

[@edward9674]

Does sweden still use em?

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Yes, some still in use

[@pierrebengtsson5009]

Homeguard and firebrigades still use them and have some rebuilt in the rear so you can hook up different settings like firefighting, boat etc.

[@zerblatt3365]

The heating in the rear is lousy I have experienced it in person i Boden in winter time, he hasn’t got a clue there

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Then you had a heater that did not work as it should ;-)

[@zerblatt3365]

That was the norm, the Rolling Ice hotel it was called

[@supervivet911]

He's obviously a southerner. The "heat pack" was barely passable. -30 and a BV full of troops.. Nah. Above freezing is what you could expect then. Still - It felt like summer.

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Then you had a heater that did not work as it should ;-)

[@supervivet911]

@@stefankarlsson9762 Tydligen inte. I19 (MekB 19) 97/98

[@BilldalSWE]

Det var ju inte så att man tog av sig kläderna med jag frös sällan i den så länge värmaren hade varit igång en stund (I19)

[@66kbm]

Show me 1 Royal Marine Commando that hates this vehicle.

[@SOLjungkvist]

Sa han verkligen att bandvagnen drar 15 liter bränsle per km? Har för mig att 202 drog 15 liter per 10 km!

[@ScaleCrawling]

10 liter per kilometer?? That 100-200 times more than a car! 😮

[@wesm3915]

2.4 miles to the gallon

[@MitzvosGolem1]

I won the winter Enduro on a 250wr Husqvarna bike Sweden best !

[@mikeleduc8441]

I would have thought that they'd paint them white for combat and maybe some hi-vis color for rescue. Green seems like a strange choice.

[@JH-lo9ut]

Swedish forest has that dark green colour. In the winter, veichles are painted in a camo scheme with white fields, wich breaks up the silhouette of the veichle and makes them very well camouflaged. An all-white veichle will stand out too much against trees or the sky. Bv206's used for civilian applications are often painted red, orange or yellow.

[@mikeleduc8441]

@@JH-lo9ut Didn't know what Swedish forests are like, I can see why they'd paint them to match the background of where their most likely to use them. OK, green it is then.

[@alpteknbaser7773]

🇬🇧💪👍🇺🇲

[@talfinson9242]

Ford Cologne 2.8 L engine

[@gurra63able]

Be one of the last to be trained in army-organisation bicycle/rifle battalion-Org-69. in I-1 Kungsängen 1983-84, and we were not a bit jealous on the next age group 1984-85, that would get the Bv-206 instead of bicycles and they are already in the vehicle pole of the regiment when we started the military service shiny and new. Not fun at all.

[@TheDiner50]

Dad was doing is mandatory training (lumpen) luckily in the organization traffic police (trafikare?) 80-86 I think. I do not remember what year exactly. They where driving heavy motorcycles (Jawa) and Bv's. Did some walking marches but otherwise they got the vehicles to drive and buy booze and stuff. They where the ones that was in charge of making sure no ones was drunk on the roads and stuff. Kinda funny stories how no one but them where clean and responsible. Having everyone else do real training as they where doing there own thing and looking important. They where for the most part just drinking and having fun in the military XD They got away with allot of stuff, motorcycles where also fun so it was not that bad. Even in winter they put skies on the front wheel and kept going! With booze in the Bv's for the late night :) Can not imagen bicycle and skies where a easy time. That must have been exhausting and a constantly told what to do. Dad I think got away with a paid vacation from farming :) No one really monitoring them or anything. Just told to keep guard and guide/know how to deal with traffic. Then a booze party every week at least. Only bad thing being to sleep in the military tents etc. Otherwise it was mechanized with Bv's and Jawa's.

[@gurra63able]

@@TheDiner50 I was a little bit lucky for i was selected as a motorcycle ordinance so i just needed to bike and ski the first four months the so-called green service, the basic military service education, the rest of the time I drove Mc.-258 Husqvarna with automatic transmission gear so it was perfect for driving with the skis on. Some complained that it was a bit power weak and slow, but it was not a race competition motorcycle so i thought it was very good for its task/mission.

[@thomaseriksson6256]

Why not use a Saab diesel engine? You can travel farther with a diesel

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Not many Saab diesel engines avaliable 1977 ;-)

[@arvisbalodis4875]

LAURA FARMS GOOD YEAR JOHAN DEERE

[@Radio_180]

Varför inte på svenska? Vore mycket bättre.

[@OltsuSuomesta]

The video is much more accessable globally in English than Swedish.

[@Radio_180]

@@OltsuSuomesta Der förstår jag. Men är det verkligen nödvändigt? Tittarna bör ju vara primärt från Sverige eller i alla fall Norden. Och man kan ju jobba med undertexter. Det känns väldigt märkligt att se till exempel en video på en Bv 206 där det är tydligt att man inte kan gå in så djupt i detaljerna på grund av språkbarriären. Hade velat se mer av motor, drivning, växellåda, funktioner, etc. Fast på svenska då, och mer ingående. Videoklipp på Bv 206:or som kör runt i snön med någon som kommenterar lite om hur bra den är etc finns det gott om på KZbin. Arsenalen har ju dock en möjlighet att erbjuda mer djupgående ”reportage” men jag har svårt att se hur det ska gå att sy ihop på engelska faktiskt.

[@arsenalensverigesforsvarsf6590]

Hej Adam, vi har valt att göra filmer främst på engelska för att det ska vara internationellt då vi till stor del har engelsktalande tittare. Vi jobbar såklart på att kunna lägga in svenska undertexter till filmerna så småningom. Huruvida innehållet i filmerna är intressant och djupgående är nog lite efter tycke och smak hos den som tittar. Vi försöker göra intressant filmer till er tittare och det kanske blir fler filmer om samma fordon men med olika kunskaps nivå i framtiden. Trevlig kväll. /Arsenalen.

[@stefankarlsson9762]

@@Radio_180 Den här typen av film är främst för att skapa ett intresse hos en publik som kanske inte ens känner till Sverige eller vad Sverige har utvecklat. Tack vare olika dataspel och sociala medier har intresset för Sverige och svenska fordon ökat explosionsartat och därför har vi valt att fokusera på lite mer övergripande filmer till en bredare publik - bla för att sprida kunskap om svenska fordon från Sverige och inte överlåta detta åt andra som bara skaffat sig kunskapen från vad de läst på nätet, men också för att locka utländska turister till att besöka oss och andra museer. Det är ett medvetet val att inte göra filmer som blir "allt mänskligt vetande" om ett visst fordon. Det handlar inte om någon språkbarriär. Att göra filmer på svenska med undertexter hade kunnat vara ett alternativ, men utländska tittare är inte vana vid det på samma sätt som vi svenskar så därför är detta vårt val just nu. Tids nog kommer det fler filmer av olika slag och olika djup.

[@Daniel-gt4hg]

@@stefankarlsson9762 Fortsätt på den inslagna vägen. Ni gör ett kanonjonbb!

[@chriswong8400]

You need too work on your spoken english mr MuseumDirector, you sound like a Finlandic rallydriver!! (-thats not a compliment!)

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Then you need to listen to more Scandinavian rally drivers in order to get used to it ;-)

[@einarbolstad8150]

Should we perhaps turn our focus to your spelling mistakes?

[@stefankarlsson9762]

@@einarbolstad8150 Nobody is perfect, but we think it is more important to do these videos with a presenter that can talk out of his own experience rather than having some one with perfect english but no personal experience about the subject.

[@einarbolstad8150]

@@stefankarlsson9762 You misunderstand completely (som tur är!). I was answering Chris Wong, who complained about the language skills of the presenter, but making several spelling mistakes while doing so. I feel that the critisicm is unwarranted, and I enjoyed the video. It's completely normal for anyone speaking a foreign language to have a bit of an accent.

[@stefankarlsson9762]

@@einarbolstad8150 Ah, sorry for that. Thanks.

[@sweinnc]

He is not in sales. 😂 Pathetic presentation.