BMPs, Hurdles, and Kettlebells: Finnish Brutality 2022 Day 2!

[@taenaran]

The Finns seem like a really awesome people.

[@JethroDyx]

Yes, we are

[@USGiorgi]

They are and I'm glad they border Russia because they wont take any shit from the fascist ruzzians

[@reliantncc1864]

You have to be tough to fight off the Russians over and over and over again. That has a tendency to enter the national spirit. For some reason they're also great at auto racing.

[@darrenbrashaw8409]

@@reliantncc1864 if you want to win hire a Finn!

[@Farbautisonn]

We rather tend to dislike eachother up here in scandinavia. However everyone loves the Finns. Swedes and Danes who cannot agree on anything usually, will agree that Finns are great.

[@UnclePutte]

As the old Finnish adage goes, "what does not kill you, pisses you off."

[@Woodscraps-lr5vz]

Ian's such a neat dude. Doesn't pretend to be Mr Operator AF, but he's clearly better than many of them.

[@enb3810]

Remeber when he used to be bad? It's amazing to see his progress

[@grimnartusk265]

he's the "walk" where they are the "talk".

[@george2113]

@karlbush89 one wonders if Ian has an Accord

[@MKVProcrastinator]

Ian's voice of both disbelief and delight as he was offered that long drink was simply wonderful.

[@Sevensixtytwo]

Kylmä lonkero raskaan urakan jälkeen on taivaan mannaa. Asejeesus alkaa pian hahmottaa miksi Sisu ei ole pelkkä pastilli tai kuorma-automerkki. Se on se periksiantamattomuuden periaate mikä on pitänyt Suomen suomalaisilla.

[@wastedangelematis]

XD indeed

[@j24130]

I feel like he just took that guys opened long drink

[@tm5123]

Thats probably the best moment to be given one, to be honest.

[@JordanFlayer]

he was not offered that drink, he took it from me XD

[@CssHDmonster]

ian with his french legs dominating the jump bar

[@THESLlCK]

@@ddoherty5956 factual

[@vtxrecruiter]

I am in Kouvola now teaching classes in Utti with the Finnish Defense Forces, and can say Finland is one of the coolest places on earth. Everyone is super cool and many speak a little to a lot of English. It's probably why Ian visits so often. Every American should visit....... in autumn.....

[@mattp7828]

Looks like a blast, reminds me of the March and Shoot we used to do in the British Army, 5 mile run, 25 obstacle assault course and then a shoot. I ended up in my Company team, it really was about fitness, the fitter you are the quicker your breathing returns to normal and the better your shooting is. I think you did well. If I had one piece of advice I'd look at how your kit is bouncing about on your body, I always made sure that mine was secure and comfortable, stops rubbing and is just easier to move about especially when going from prone to standing or climbing in and out of an APC.

[@stitch626aloha]

From a Yank whose family has members in the US military all the way back to the Colonial Rebellion of 1774, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE to God and Country.

[@PolenarTactical]

Oh look, it's Henry from 9holereviews in the background! 😆

[@gurumanlives4231]

Props to the Camera operators that have to haul those big rigs around chasing the shooters. That’s some good work right there!

[@VosperCDN]

I wonder if that's Polenar's cameraman - his work is amazing from seeing it in other Brutality matches.

[@quentinking4351]

Props to Ian for running almost a full marathon in his gear, spread over the two days. And his performance on the high bar was damn impressive. Great shooting too

[@Yupppi]

This looked even more fun than yesterday. I was impressed by how your running times actually improved after "warm up". I can imagine this 2-day challenge leaves you really really exhausted, thoroughly drained. Frankly it sort of reminds of battle training camps in military, just more intense and more stuff, less resting times. You did fantastic in all these stages, especially the spinner training reaps rewards. You didn't even seem stressed out about the spinners and cleared them with intent. Watching these and the gun reviews on utreon made me realize a couple of big shortcomings in its service to take over youtube. The audio tracks are entirely different sounding, despite youtube compressing them a ton, it still sounds better on youtube. And on utreon you can't watch on higher than 480p without signing up. Not a big deal if you're ready to commit to the service already, but it certainly doesn't attract someone who is not yet decided and just checks out what's offered.

[@williamflowers9435]

Not being able to cast to my tv is a big deal too. I don’t mind watching the occasional short video on my phone but with KZbin I can cast and just sit back and watch… and still use my phone for other stuff.

[@eddyguizonde401]

yeah, see? this is exactly me.... NOT wanting to do that. 20 year smoker, smoking roughly 100g of tobacco a week (about 2 packs a day), i can jog ok enough, albeit slowly, but just those matches would have me heaving, let alone running half a marathon in full gear everyday for two days straight. ian is not only a compendium of knowledge even the industry pros respect, he's a goddamn machine for shooting so cleanly after that much fatigue. also, eyeballing it, he's like in the top 25% of competitors. congratulations on a well deserved victory for finishing the brutality

[@particlemannn]

Hell of a motivation to quit though, yes? :) Personally I'm always reminded of Astrid Benohr.

[@MKVProcrastinator]

How much do you spent on smokes weekly?

[@eddyguizonde401]

@@MKVProcrastinator too fucking much is the only acceptable answer, but i never managed to kick the habit.

[@warshipsatin8764]

@@eddyguizonde401 quitting isnt that hard if you really want to do it. keep in mind that the craving will go away within minutes whether you smoke or not

[@mikechavez8503]

Well said. Your comment should be further up.👍

[@storytimedavidcollins2897]

Thanks again Ian I really appreciate your devotion to the sport of shooting in competitions, no one else in the your level of the KZbin community is doing anything up to this level.

[@OldieBugger]

Sounds like the Finnish organisers took the name of the competition pretty literally. Seemed like a brutal challenge!

[@kimmoj2570]

@Someone Else Brutal is our future if we dont prepare, and sweat during peacetime.

[@OldieBugger]

@@kimmoj2570 Yeap, you're right.

[@donnyreynoso6465]

Finally something to motivate me to get me in better shape!! You're a real motivation - not like these self proclaimed "inspirers"! Well done sir! You're a way better man than I

[@KossoffFan]

As a fellow American of Scottish descent, well done Sir. Well done.

[@jamesbailand4311]

My sympathies to Mrs Thumb and their 14 children. You'll be missed Mr Grand Thumb. Now you're in the after life you'll finally be able to save Ron Jeremy from the diabolical evil pizza fan, Macaulay Culkin. God speed, Sir.

[@janbernad4729]

wrong video

[@Lattidude]

@@janbernad4729 Did you miss the part where Ian absolutely murdered that Garand Thumb body pillow?

[@moosemaimer]

If you've ever worn a kilt to a shooting competition, and then not worn a kilt in a shooting competition, go ahead and hit that subscribe button.

[@mat_tamarin]

I can't imagine how high the calibre of the other participants are given how blown away I am with your performance. That was awe-inspiring, amazing job!

[@StrangerOman]

Simply amazing how well Finish Brutality has gone from first matches. :)

[@DamitTucker]

That stage 7 looked super ruff. When i saw you had to crawl under the truck I almost cried, and I'm just watching a video.

[@imadrifter]

Let's Go! Nice Work, Ian. I'll bet this was a Lotta fun and a great workout

[@paulkoutsoukis8920]

They just get more and more creative with it every year, I love it!

[@jdking25]

I agree, this one looked brutal and amazing!

[@johnballantyne6853]

Kudos for wearing the Camo Kilt Ian, now you know how the Scottish troops have fought through the ages👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kennethtaylor964]

Aye!!

[@starlordatombomb4344]

Always thought of Ian as lots of positive things... utter beast was not one of them until now. Well done!

[@panchemist]

The camokilt was the first thing that caught my eye. Already started to wonder whether you have some relations to "Mad" Jack Churchill. :) Edit: Amazing feat! Ah, and I see that you had that little blue balloon (hartwall gin?) of recovery at the end - yep, a good light drink in order to be used as a relaxant in the end of a hard working day... or to be used in the morning as "the hair of a dog". :)

[@VosperCDN]

Instead of a knife, would have to bring a Claymore and Longbow.

[@panchemist]

@@VosperCDN Indeed! Referee: "A miss!" Ian grabs the bow at first but then dismisses the bow for the claymore and hurls it towards the target. the target is being nailed to an earthwall three meters backwards. Ian, blinking his eyes innocently: "Instead of +60 seconds that should be ... +20? right? "

[@cbroz7492]

...yeah...Ian hauling ass in a dress...

[@j.granger1120]

I hate the camokilt. Gun Jesus why?

[@Turmootti]

@@j.granger1120 Why are you so hateful?

[@magoshighlands4074]

Glad to see you grabbed a pair of knee pads, all I could think when watching day one was "Oh god his poor knees!" Kilts are great for a lot of things, knee protection is not one of them

[@sieve5]

Rifle Burpee's are my new drill I'm going to try at the range, thanks for the video Ian! We love ya man!

[@Getpojke]

Wearing the kilt you'll realise the truth in the old quote: "War cry my arse, you try running through wet bracken & thistles in a kilt laddie". Looks like you had a brilliant time, would've loved to compete...about 20 years ago though.

[@jamesbailand4311]

Make you instantly ready for the work ahead.

[@VosperCDN]

The cameraman was looking pretty gassed on several of those stages also, I can only imagine what it was like with all that kit on for the shooters.

[@TimberwolfCY]

Man, honestly, that is an achievement. Damn well done, Ian. You should be super proud.

[@HipHopCrusader]

Respect Ian. Both videos were excellent to watch.

[@adam-k]

Whoow That explosion at the end was epic.

[@AllAboutSurvival]

This feels like Ian’s in a Metal Gear gameplay 😍 this is really cool!!

[@keenanmcbreen7073]

Wow. That is brutal for sure, huge congrats on your time and completion!

[@johnchristopherrobert1839]

Two of the best competition videos you’ve made yet. Thank you

[@Micsmit_45]

Can we just appreciate how fucking fit Ian has to be to not just die through all of this? I wouldn't have survived the first hour of this event xD Edit: 69 likes... Noice!

[@laurisikio]

I'm just wondering what kind of a terminator the winner of the match was.

[@Micsmit_45]

@@laurisikio must be an absolute machine xD

[@ForgottenWeapons]

A Swedish Viking kind of terminator…the winner of Recon division was a range officer, which means he shot all 10 stages and ran the entire 30km in a single day (Friday staff match).

[@laurisikio]

All stages in a single day!? That't brutal. Though I'm disappointed to hear that the winner of Finnish brutality was a swede.

[@mike9975]

@@laurisikio The Swede won the Recon division, the one with the running. Irons, Open, TST division and overall match winner were all Finns.

[@castform57]

Those lonkeros are a great choice after such an exhausting performance.

[@galidroo]

I really enjoy these videos. Well done on your placements sir!

[@soffosbackan]

Lonkero as recovery drink 😁👍💪🇫🇮

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

Lonkero is a recovery drink. Among many other things.

[@catcherinthesky]

It's always nice to see Ian fully clothed and behind a desk,but i freaking love the kilt wearing norse berserker! Ian for president 2028

[@bashthelegend]

When you see the inside of a BMP you can really tell why troops prefer to ride on top of theirs whenever possible.

[@Veged4]

BMP can hold six squirrel sized fighters inside.

[@trioptimum9027]

That's my favorite "space pen/pencil" story.* We spent millions designing MRAPs you can't see out of, that tend to roll over on Afghan terrain. The Soviets just rode on top of the vehicle. You hit a mine, it guts the troop compartment and... you hop off the roof and carry on. *Yeah, the space pen thing is fake: It wasn't designed on the government dollar, and NASA used pencils too, but there are problems with pencils, like conductive graphite shavings floating around in microgravity, and pencil writing tending to smudge, and so on. IIRC Roskosmos is very happy to use space pens these days.

[@UnclePutte]

@@trioptimum9027 Ahh, 'bout that "hit a mine, hop off and carry on" part, um... there's a few UKR clips that say differently. Ones where the bad hombres on top go off in six different directions at 150 miles an hour before landing in soggy piles against farmhouse walls. Not pretty.

[@trioptimum9027]

@@UnclePutte Oh, sure, it's hardly perfect! And I was thinking mainly of Afghanistan, which was of course forty years ago in an age of smaller mines, and where the terrain was much more open (so you generally couldn't do One Big Mine where you knew they'd have to drive.)

[@combatgerbil3262]

I also wore a camo kilt at my last rifle comp. Nice to see another worn in action.

[@Sleepy_Alligator]

This is cool!! with Ian putting in a incredible performance. Deep bow with my hat off. My 60+ year old CV fitness and current shooting skills not in the appropriate universe to actually be able to compete safely there. Looks like a great experience.

[@traillesstravelled7901]

Have watched a couple videos on the event, and my respect to all who participated in an actual challenge. Totally awesome 👍🤙! Great job.

[@boingkster]

Goddamn you spoil us mate. More importantly, looks like you're spoiling yourself! Hope you're having an awesome time.

[@grbdevnull5611]

My chest and legs hurt just thinking about those runs.

[@bishopm4401]

That was insane! Props on how consistent your 3km time was on top of the stages being challenging as it is

[@frenchroast1355]

All new level of respect for Ian. It's one thing to run a match butt naked, another to shoot well with the physical strain element. At 61, part of me wants to actually do one of these matches...luckily the butt naked part offers a viable reason not to. LOL.

[@spazinmonkey]

Congratulations on your solid placement, great job!

[@DB-yj3qc]

Damn fine job well done. You represented great.

[@gwydionrusso3206]

I guess you could say you've finished the finish brutality

[@ingrobny4111]

I would be dead from all the running, so well done Ian! 😀

[@ScottKenny1978]

I thought I was pretty fit in 2000-2001. 6'½, 178-192, ran 7min miles at my "cruising speed". This would have destroyed me. Ian, I must bow down in absolute awe to your level of fitness to do this match! 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️

[@philipgard6762]

That definitely lived up to the name BRUTALITY!

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

Really cool match - hope to attend in the future.

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

Shit - when I thought the video couldn't get any better at the end.... PERKELE with an explosion!!!!!!!!

[@Maddog-xc2zv]

you did pretty well, Ian! congrats!!!

[@comiketiger]

This would be a blast! Well. God bless all here.

[@nigelmacbug6678]

'v tac barricades, one of the easier shooting challenges of the match.' l think you've drawn a line in the sand for Finnish Brutality

[@CapJack-eg7od]

Great job, Ian! Excellent video

[@jackusmc2542]

DAMN!!! Ian, You DA MAN!!! Kick ass!

[@DiggingForFacts]

"PERKELE!" * giant explosion* ...ahhh the Finnish

[@TK421-53]

05:15 thanks for explaining! 👍🏼

[@itsfonk]

Best group photo ever 🤙

[@dizdizzy8937]

Impressive my friend! Great job

[@bobwampler3387]

Wow. I’d have to be right out of high school to make it. Excellent job.👍👍

[@georgejoseph4164]

You have to admit, that tacti-tartan tactical-kilt is kinda cool... Outstanding effort, you earned your Lapin Kulta.

[@chriswharton]

Really well done, mate. Respect.

[@mcinen67]

Ah.. Lonkero at the end. Yammy..! 😋👍

[@MyMomSaysImKeen]

Ian McCollum is the closest thing to a father I've ever had

[@sexrobot4921]

Lmao

[@wastedangelematis]

Sounds pretty accurate

[@tarmaque]

I wouldn't trade my real Dad for Ian, but it would be a close thing. Maybe if you threw in a bag of chips?

[@coreymerrill3257]

Well he said mow his lawn and do your damn dishes.

[@nathanabraham8762]

It’s ok he just left for milk he’ll be back in 20 years

[@DJFK777]

Not the Garand Thumb crossover I expected but I'll take it

[@adam-k]

Next year on Finnish Brutality, 3 km of running, in kit, before the stage.

[@PHIllip324]

...fresh out of the sauna.

[@joarflesja1516]

Great vidoes, i didn’t know about this event. Great shooting and running

[@duanequam7709]

That is just a great performance. Congratulations

[@grimnartusk265]

GunJesus doesn't bother talking the talk, he walks so gloriously he doesn't need to brag.

[@manuelsandino9248]

Well done Sir.

[@zbigniewgurak8261]

And no word about Fairbain-Sykes style "field service dagger" carried on Ian's right shoulder

[@buddyb4343]

Do you normally run much Ian? Almost 10 miles in one day is a pretty good training run all by itself; let alone doing it in combat kit and BOOTS! It helps breaking it up into 2 mile increments (1.86 to be exact) bit still . . . I toy with the idea of trying something like that, but unfortunately, running put my knees on notice many years ago. And that typically maxed out averaging 3-5 mile/day, and no kit.

[@lasertoothtiger]

I like the tactical kilt makes a lot of sense in the situation

[@WardDorrity]

Ian's wearing a kilt. Smart move in the wet and cold.

[@Yurik-the-marksman]

Can we take a second to appreciate the ar15 in the beginning that ian has

[@irishpsalteri]

Love it. That is rough. Thanks, very good.

[@mattsamoto4451]

All Kilt all the way. And representing the sates in the sauna stage ROFL.

[@thomassymonds6308]

Well done Ian!!!! Big high five!

[@tomwoodrow5494]

Nice work Ian! Thanks for keeping your kilt on this vid, LOL!

[@zacharyreichert5035]

Doing really hard things sucks. Having done hard things is awesome.

[@j.muckafignotti4226]

By the way, the G Thumb murder pillow was so far beyond a fantastical laugh that I peed a bit!

[@book3100]

I've done combat scenarios/training when I was Army. You did pretty good Ian.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

Big knife on your shoulder? Beats having a chip there.

[@eloiseharbeson2483]

Looks like an ANV Anthropoid

[@ladykiller4832]

Which knife is it?

[@eihwaz198]

​@@ladykiller4832 Maybe ANV M500? Thought first of Spartan Blades Harsey Dagger but the Screws and Kydex doesn't fit to it...

[@eloiseharbeson2483]

@@eihwaz198 yep. I couldn't remember what the model number of the Anthropoid was and had to look at mine.

[@birgerjohansson8010]

When I see his kilt flapping I recall the "Donald, where's your trousers" song from The Sarah Connor Chronicles 😊

[@gnomenorthofthewall]

From The Irish Rovers part of the opening speak for the song goes roughly: "...In the last war these kilted boys were known as Ladies from Hell" 😄

[@jankrusat2150]

He was most likely wearing highland underpants, meaning going commando under his kilt, like the Scottish Highland regiments.

[@eternalwind08]

I choked on my whiskey because I laughed when I heard "Garand Thumb Body Pillow." haha

[@AlexLee-dc2vb]

these look so cool. I hope that one day I'll be a good enough shooter and in fit enough shape to participate in one of these events. Keep the content coming!

[@benjroof]

Much respect, Ian !!

[@oisin666666]

Respect!

[@perthyren601]

Bloody well done !!

[@benjamingoto2099]

I'm blown the fuck away. I had no idea gun jesus was this fit. Holy shit.

[@oldschool9932]

THANK GOODNESS .... the mystery of what's on underneath the kilt remains just that....a mystery, WHEW!

[@IceWolfLoki]

All that pistol spinner practise paid off. Well done.

[@jessebell1930]

Mate you would have made a bloody good Infantryman. Scratch that a bloody good SF Trooper. Watching you do these two videos reminded me a lot t of my time in the Australian Army. In my rifle platoon we had a lot of Commando-trained NCO's and a Commando-trained Skipper. So we got absolutely beasted- especially in terms of fitness and marksmanship. Australian Regular Infantry are trained to US Ranger standards as it is. Bloody hats off mate. You do this for fun?