Marine reacts to Sweden's Army in the North

I wish we could get a video like this for more military units! It does a great job of showing the different jobs and how they support the unit in its unique environment.
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[@RemoW74]

As a Finn, love to have good neihbours in the west. Big respect for Sweden. Our brothers!! Only in hockey they are enemies!!

[@tommyb2485]

❤🇫🇮

[@rasmushellestedt5171]

We love you guys too ! But like you said, exept in hockey ❤

[@Vikinggirl1679]

I am American and live in Minnesota but have ties to both countries. My grand were all Swedish and spoke Swedish but at least for a time lived in jakobstad Finland.see both you guys on the hockey rink lol.

[@user-xz8oc9qi9l]

And we always been friends.

[@thomassjonnebring]

Love Finland! Love from south west Sweden.

[@herrakaarme]

As a Finn I'm glad, if the worst comes to the worst, that this time Sweden would be helping us fully officially, not only under the table as much as you can while still remaining under the table, like it happened in 1939/40. Sweden has some really good military hardware and obviously the Swedish troops train in a similar environment.

[@darnedghost2008]

Yes, swedish troops have also been under finnish command in exercise to defend finland. Cant practise enough.

[@benktlofgren4710]

This time the choice is simple, there is only one hostile in the area.

[@TzunSu]

Finlands sak är vår!

[@johankaewberg8162]

If we get into NATO you bet you we will help!

[@samolofsson2401]

@@johankaewberg8162 Sweden have already signed a mutual defence agreement whit Finland no matter if we are in Nato or not if someone Declear war on Finland they declear it whit Sweden as well.

[@hakon5473]

As a Norwegian i hate to say it but our Swedish brothers have some of the coolest looking vehicles. Love the CV90s and the Swedish Leopards.

[@Gurupimp10]

Yep brother, Norway, Sweden and Finland will Hold the Door!

[@MegaLaban12345]

Norway is the shit! Happy to have you as our neighbour.

[@VictorDude98]

No worries we can lend it to you over the weekend or so

[@AlvinDema]

U get to use it if ur nice during Christmas dinner

[@magne-johannilsen5621]

I understand, you are not quite updated on our own army. :-)

[@leoberget750]

As a swede i got goosebumps at the end! Länge leve Sverige!

[@Runner357_TV]

I served 10 years in the Swedish Military. The Marines here are supposed to be sub arctic capable and we trained annually for that. Serving in the far north with the arctic rangers changes you. It gives you perspective on how easy it is to operate when it's nice and warm. You learn to appreciate literally everything. -33C sucks and all equipment needs to be maintained DAILY to function. You have to constantly stay on the move to not freeze. You need to drink MORE water than when it's warm. You need MORE food as your body uses more calories. Even just taking a shit is a fucking mission in itself. Proud of the time I did. Love this country to death. Regards, Sgt. Runner357

[@PalleRasmussen]

As a Dane, I like Swedes, I am still dubious about your country ;-) But Swedes are my brothers. I also lives in Greenland, -33 is cold, but believe me, it can get much colder. The -42 I experienced in Greenland was normal to the Iniut- a people uniquely adapted to their climate. Thank you for being our brothers and now brothers in arms.

[@x_tils_yx9862]

That's awesome! Myself I'm going to join once I finish school. Btw I didn't even know we had Marines 🇸🇪

[@Runner357_TV]

@@PalleRasmussen It can always get colder. The difference is that we fought in that climate. Skål!

[@Runner357_TV]

@@x_tils_yx9862 Amfibiekåren

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@Runner357_TV Sweden has not fought a war for over 200 years?

[@norman7334]

Don’t mess with Finland or Sweden on their home turf.

[@magnusm4]

It's not our home turf that's the problem. Your biggest obstacle is getting past our shores. Sweden has Gotland, which has vision and control over the entire Baltic Sea. You control Gotland, you control the Baltic And sending troops by sea is very dangerous. As any infantry is vulnerable to planes and our robots. We don't have many ships. But our robots are made to sink several ships before they sink ours. So expect most casualties to arrive before any actual battle can arrive on land.

[@SwedishWildernessPrepping]

Currently doing service up at I19/A8 as a medic. Just a fun fact for those of you wondering what it is like: Last week we had temperatures down to -49°C and winds. In the cold and snow weapons stop working because of the freezing metal and changed properties of the rifle and powder inside the bullets. And worst of all, people bleed out faster in the cold. Most trauma casualties are found hypothermic and this happens even in warm temperatures. This phenomenon was actually discovered during the US time in Iraq. And when a patient is hypothermic they bleed out faster, leading to more hypothermia, leading to worse blood loss. As a medic we exercise this by being sprayed with cold water and thrown into the snow for a while before medics come and get us and let me tell you, when its -30 and you're all wet, you really do not want a war where you might end up with blood loss on top of that.

[@johan749]

-38 no need to lie

[@randomstuffzofdoom]

@@johan749 In some local areas it was a fair bit above 40, but yeah they probably meant 39.

[@Sorblex]

Glad to have our northern partners on board, greetings from Germany.

[@ingvartorma9789]

This area is also a training area for the other NATO countries and is very high up in a mountain environment that is even higher up in Sweden than what is shown in the film. The highest point is the treriksröset and it's called that because it's where the borders between Norway, Sweden and Finland meet.

[@hedone13x]

🇸🇪❤🇩🇪

[@masztaarc]

We were your partners in the last war too if you know what I mean.. hint hint wink wink

[@vesa7069]

We fought with the Swedes against the Norwegians in an exercise in Norrbotten back in winter of 2019. Was definitely an unforgettable experience! :D

[@SpectacularSuperSoup]

As a Swede, I hope you gave the Norwegians a good lickin'!

[@matsv201]

Who won and .will there be a new union?

[@masterpiece6440]

@@matsv201hehe

[@Evonsky]

"This is our land. We are the best at subarctic combat. We are the lock in the north - and we will NEVER surrender" goosebumps

[@HarslyEliasGaming]

Sweden i hope you guys get in to nato faster. ^_^ Nato and the North is much more stronger when we are together. Brothers in arms the north remembers. Cheers from a Reservist Rifleman from Finland.

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

The issue with nato isn’t only the acceptance, it’s that we say it’s cheaper to pay the yearly fines for human rights violations than restructure the system. A NATO membership will cost us a bit and that’s one reason the social democrats didn’t want it before 😅

[@user-mo6qx1ed3e]

Turkey and Hungary, two semì ďemocratic couñtries block Sweden for them to get benefits of their own. Blackmailing. Why are they in Nato? Because they are strategic important, but they are ruled by semi dictators who see their chance to benefit to this ordeal! Selfish bastards!

[@Zack_Wester]

Im going to say this but sweden have been part of NATO for a long time in all but paper. like as much as Eldofan wants to belive that if for example Russia attacks a Sweden thats not part of NATO that NATO will just sit it out (think Ukraine). is deeply mistaken Sweden have for a long time intergated everything or at least alot for NATO already. and Norway/Finland/Denmark and other will not give a ink of care for what thee ink on the paper says about swedens NATO status Sweden will be defended and NATO will be in Sweden shortly.

[@damirglavas7940]

Without a single doubt 🤔😊I am delighted that the Viking brothers are joining the brotherhood of NATO forces.😏

[@Crippe92an]

well its that fucking snake erdogan that wont let that happen

[@sqnhunter]

Snow is one of the best backdrops to give you a complete cammo protection from aerial eyes. You saw huge trucks reversing under great tents of white...totally invisible form the sky. This is one winter benefit Sweden and Finland have.

[@inger4794]

* And Norway. Plenty of snow this winter, due to cold coming from Siberia (a war crime in and of itself). In Ukraine the front seems to be more static in the winter, while that's when nordic coutries would be most active (my hypothoses).

[@nTnz_]

Im currently serving as a conscript in Boden on the A8 Artillery Batallion. I can assure you it can get cold. For the past 2-3 weeks in January, it has never been warmer than -20°C.

[@AlexanderBlumenau]

Greetings from a former German Recon Trooper now living close to Jokkmokk. Yes, we got some cold weather recently, down to -42 ;-)

[@Thennix]

Yeah been cold last few weeks even here at the coast in Luleå

[@nibel13]

tack för din tjänst

[@lipgloss202]

Yes, sweden is beautiful during winter, especially up north. A clear night sky is awesome.

[@MINIKRIGARN]

I actually am from Boden and have close family working in I 19. Having grown up here in Boden which has been a military city for a really long time has been amazing since you can see a lot of its history from just walking around outside or going to the old forts put up in the beginning of the 19 hundreds. I have always been interested in learning about our military and consider getting a job in it in the future.

[@pakkazull8370]

Boden represent

[@fretig1]

Archer is indeed reeking havoc in Ukraine. Also most of the other stuff we got to see aswell =) Sadly not the motar version of CV-90 (Grkpbv90), as of yet. From the Swedish government homepage: "The larger share of Sweden’s military support to Ukraine consists of arms and equipment. Support in the form of arms and equipment includes artillery pieces (Archer), main battle tanks (Leopard 2), grenade launchers (Carl Gustaf) with ammunition, anti-tank grenade launchers (AT4), anti-tank guided missiles 57 (NLAW), automatic rifles, demining equipment and combat vehicles 90 (CV 90), helmets, advanced ammunition, anti-ship missiles 17, anti-tank systems, off-road passenger vehicles, winter equipment, sights, bulletproof vests, tents, camouflage netting and air defence systems."

[@awmperry]

The big explosion around 9:30 was a “trumladdning” (“drum charge”), which is a linear charge designed to be pulled through pipes called “vägtrummor” (“road drums”) that are preinstalled under lots of roads throughout Sweden. It’s a way to quickly make roads impassable. The rifle you asked about near the start was an AK4 rifle, which is a version of the G3 with a stock and forend from Spuhr.

[@frisedel]

tyvärr har många nya broar inte sprängkistor som jag vill minnas att de hette under in utbildning som byggnadsingenjör, kravet skrotades då hotnivån var så låg. hmm

[@martinw191]

Ak 5 (FNC 80) not Ak 4

[@awmperry]

@martinw191 The one at kzbin.infoUgkxQ0VQhi13aymjE1I_xEDxvFeKs5zhAiyT?si=P0zJXZ7V1nlWgcSL ? No, that's almost certainly an AK4. AK5 doesn't have the Spuhr stock or the linear guides on the outside of the receiver. Though I'll happily concede it's a bit unclear in that image.

[@storken756]

@@awmperry youre right, it's the ak4. i used that when i served.

[@kored8688]

@@frisedel Hilti gör rätt fina batteridrivna bilmaskiner idag. Lös problemet.

[@TheSwedishMoose91]

That is my home, born and raised. Where I did my service for 4 years, G63 out of I19, and where I still live. 2 weeks ago we had -41° for one week and for about 2 months we only get about 3h of sunlight.

[@MacDaniboi]

As soon at it gets below 0 C you have to do things slightly differently, but when it goes under -20C You have to be prepared for engines failing to start, you have to check equipment and yourself for frost damage, you'll need to eat and drink more cause your energy expenditure goes up, the snow changes texture and the air literally gets harder to breathe.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Which is why all domestically designed Swedish army vehicles comes with a two part arctic cold start feature. #1, A kerosene blowtorch and recepticle for said blowtorch aimed at a self circulating heat exchanger on the oil and coolant lines. #2 A di-methyl-ether injection system for single use aluminium cartridges with the recepticle on/near the dash board by the driver.

[@ingvartorma9789]

What was not included in the Norrbottens Brigade was the LappandsRenger regiment, which will be rebuilt in Kiruna. Kiruna is also one of the 11 places in Sweden where American associations will base their operations. The Lapland Ranger regiment is expected to start building up in 2027 2028.

[@rolandnystrom1250]

Nice to hear about rebuiliding "I22"! Did my conscript there in the 90's as a Lapland Ranger. So sad when it was closed down in the year of 2000 or something.

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@rolandnystrom1250 Man beslutade lägga ned regementet 1999 och många fattade inte hur man kunde lägga ned Sveriges billigaste regemente. Förra regeringen sade att I22 ska åter byggas upp, så fort det går. Nuvarande regering ville att det skulle vara i gång 2026, men detta går inte då det inte finns tillräckligt med befäler. En del säger att man ska fortsätta utbyggnaden ute i kalixfors, andra säger att det kommer att byggas ett helt nytt regemente nära nya centrum. Då de gamla regementets kaserner är ombyggda till lägenheter och Kansliet inhyser olika företag. Man har tillbringat så många år på gamla regementet, så det känns konstigt att vara dit och det är annan verksamhet. Kasernvaktsbyggnaden tillhör numera Tullverket.

[@kimm3423]

Marshlands / swamps are a major factor in Finland and elsewhere in the north. Together with the lakes, rivers and micro terrain they create bottlenecks and hot-spots which we would be more than happy to exploit in spectacular ways if need be. Greetings from Finland to our viking friends! You are never alone.

[@znail4675]

Yes, northern Sweden is like either swamp, forest (can also be swamp), hill, river, lake or mountain. Actually nice flat farm or city's would be like less then 1% of the land.

[@roevhaal578]

@@znail4675 Norrbotten county is actually a whooping 1.3% urban, industrial or agricultural land. Northern Sweden as a whole is obviously higher than that as Norrbotten County is by far the lowest.

[@znail4675]

@@roevhaal578 No, you got it backwards.. Norrbotten is the more populated coastal area. Lappland to the west have only 11% the population density of Norrbotten.

[@roevhaal578]

@@znail4675 Lapland isn't a county and the video is focused around Boden. Norrbotten County includes ~2/3rds of Lapland. If you meant exclusively Lapland with your comment you should have said so.

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

​@@znail4675it is i did not know that but i live in a pretty popular summer city whit two papper factories whit a pretty pouplair football tourmant and a festival

[@Crytica.]

Sweden, in my opinion, has the most aesthetically pleasing looking army in the world

[@MarkoMakela-mv8dt]

And thank God we Finns are with Sweden joined finally the 'right party':)

[@Mr.Rosebud]

If Finland gets Trouble. We are right there. Swedes will pour to help you. We are your brothers.

[@agentm83]

I'm Canadian, we're happy to have you guys as allies! 🙂

[@Xerdoz]

Nah, Finns haven't forgiven Sweden for dumping over 35000 criminals into Finland in 2015. (And never will)

[@risputte]

@@agentm83 Hello recently Neighbor! Greetings from Denmark

[@johankaewberg8162]

And thank god Sweden is with Finland!

[@bjornSE]

9:30 "What's that thing?" Many of the roads in Northern Sweden are prepared to be blown up if the Muscovites comes, it's basically a plastic tube that goes from one side of the road to the other in a bow. You only need to insert the explosives and goodbye road. They are almost certainly in one of the fields where this is practiced and that road is being rebuilt and blown up again and again. Source: Blew the crap out of it many years ago.

[@Bob-eu6fc]

Its so water can run through without destroying the earth like bridge

[@danielkarlsson9326]

All roads tunnels railways Bridges dams and other types of infrastructure was built with secret self destruct points built into it atleast up until around 2000 and this was the standard all over sweden. this meant that there was special secret hollow places on bridges for example where you either placed the explosive charges or where you simply tossed it into. this meant no young man had to sacrifice himself for the greater good. there was also backup bridges ready to be put up all around sweden where the road was deemed strategically important. these bridges was hidden close to the water or directly in the water in special bunkers. the planning done under the cold war was truly bonkers in a good way when it came to strategicall planning for when we defended the homeland.

[@awmperry]

@@Bob-eu6fcNope - drains and “vägtrummor” are structurally similar, but the actual design purpose is exactly as the OP described.

[@samolofsson2401]

@@Bob-eu6fc No they look the same from the outside but are shaped diffrently water can go trow them

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@danielkarlsson9326 there was usually also a reinforced concrete vault with a silent, remotely monitored and switched burglar alarm within a few km from the infrastructure with the demolition chamber where pre-packed modular explosive charges in the specific shape required for that piece infrastructure as well as a locked safe with blasting caps and one or more fuse systems (tar fuse, nonel, electric or pentyl fuse) One set of keys each was usually with the regional regiments and one set of keys with the local home guard company staff.

[@BassyCAB]

Was in MekB 19 in the 90's as a "pansarskyttesoldat" CV90 had just been installed. The environments were absolutely incredible up there for someone who came from the middle of Sweden

[@martinwiren3085]

My Swedish Grandfather was volunteering helping Finland in WWII while the family was poor with my mother and sister who he left for some years. He come back and made another 4 kids. I found out why some years ago. We have 50% Sami Blood. The Sami who are our indigenous people. They have very common habits as the North Americas Indians ( When they were active ) and they are spread in Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland and still. They know how to handle coldness. I was in the Special Coastel Ranger forces in the Swedish Marines and totally love to be out in the fields whatever weather. Nevertheless, Finland has since the 1200 Century always supported Sweden and been the toughest warriors in the war campaigns against Russia and supporting the Swedish Kings and mostly Carolus XII who was a real badass King. Nowadays the Swedes has the most advanced military vehicles and that are made for extreme coldness. Only Problem with the Swedes we have not been in War in 210 years, but I am quite sure the Viking DNA will quickly blossom and we will be Brothers in Arms with the Finns who in my opinion are more Swedish than ourselves...

[@nibel13]

[@rthj6446]

I have sami blood as well. And they are one of the indigenous ppl. And they arrived far later than my other blood. But they desperately want to claim the lable. Almost like they wish they were American natives. But they ain't.

[@nocturne7371]

My father did his military service at I19 in Boden and he always said "Det finns en plats på jorden, där solen aldrig ler, den platsen heter Boden dit vill jag aldrig mer" ie "There is a place on Earth, where the sun never shines, that place in called Boden, I never want to go back there". I guess his company didn't like the dark cold winters with no sun that much, to use that as a saying.

[@cmap1503]

Cold is miserable

[@channel-wt8qg]

I was there 30 years ago. I remember that one :) Even that our winter coats became hard and rustled from the cold.

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

Guds anus, Där solen aldrig skiner 🥲

[@ronnyhansson8713]

My dad also did his military service in Boden (well he was from Luleå so not really far from home, basicly 40 km or so) as a Dispatch Rider for the Artillery - he was actualy doing a repeat training and were out in the woods when they shoot the swedish prime minister so they all were held a few extra weeks just in case something was happening.

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

@@ronnyhansson8713 i remember the platoon leader going through where everyone was from and went "and one from gotland, i was stationed there a few years, like the bodensarna (locals) you also know what real cold is hahaha" and i have to say there are pros and cons with humidity 😅

[@cougar-town]

I'm from Sweden and it's very snowy outside, lots of snow storms currently and about -16 degrees celcius, I love the new backdrop of the new place. The Swedish army always looks cool in the snowy weather.

[@claeswikstrom7086]

The I19 Regiment is was founded in 1892. During the Cold War the main roads were prepared with tunnels for adding explosives. There were only four main roads that could carry heavy equipment and if they were blown off it was marshland around delaying an attacker. I have seen those tunnels and they were way bigger than in the video, but it’s the same concept I guess

[@Darktiger01]

Was conscripted as a chef in i19 the container kitchens were brand new 2020-2021 with the exception of two things great working enviroment to work with. We even got the honor of servering the head of operations and his staff a three course meal out in the forest.

[@henrikvidin]

This been my regiment for the last 35 years and I'm still active there. The history of this regiment goes back to 1841. It were sprung out of Västerbottens regiment when the need of a more northern regiment became a fact back then. The garrison in Boden is the largest in Sweden with I19 Norrbottens regiment as the center piece. The explosion you saw is a very common strategy used for blowing up roads. Beside many roads you have marshlands so if there is a destroyed road you cannot just go beside it without going through the marshland. I can tell you that it is not easy to march through that area. The most difficult enemy in this area is the terrain and climate, mostly for the enemy while we are trained in it.

[@AlexanderBlumenau]

Wow, this is actually exactly where I live. Just drove past where some of the footage was produced 5 days ago. Nice to see it on here. We had -42°C two weeks ago, now we got to mild -33°C ;-)

[@kage88]

I really enjoy your reactions man. I was a CQB soldier in the Stockholm region myself and these kind of videos really makes me proud to have been a part of Swedens forces. We would really put up a good fight for a small country 💪

[@vicolin6126]

From wikipedia, translated: Norrbotten's regimental motto is "They have never folded or for its own part lost", which is said to have been said after the battle at Villmanstrand. The one when Västerbotten's regiment participated with a battalion that remained in the battle, when the other units retreated. The Norrbotten regiment, which was formed from the Västerbotten regiment in 1841, adopted this motto. According to legend, the regiment remained in place (against impossible odds) because it still had some officers who had been fighting in Charles XII's army. (Carolus Rex, the warrior King). Also, the text at the start of the video translates to "The lock in the north" which refers to the old, interconnected, fortresses surrounding the city of Boden. The name implies "Here, but not any further". The forts where built to stop a Russian land invasion, were manned during both World Wars and the Cold war, but were decommissioned in 1990's. The forts never saw any action. So, I guess now the army refers to the Norbotten regiment as our lock in the north instead :)

[@nightwolfnordberg9476]

I have been on a turn in one of the fourt it was really cool

[@Tatwinus]

I think Buddbyn would object to that "never saw any action" part.

[@KenMochii]

First time I see a high quality footage of the STRV122s, beautiful tanks.

[@jeanettebrannstrom2320]

If you want to see more of the Swedish army I can recommend the series of soldiersheart (soldathjärta), it about the Swedish army history, if you see it you will understand how big the Swedish army was during the cold war, if you like this video you will love soldathjärta 😊

[@leifleifsson6345]

Currently serving in Luleå, the neighbour town to Boden, at their air force base F21. Last week we hit -30 degrees celsius and of course we got sent out in the woods to live in tents for a few days😅 Even though it sucks at the moment it’s such good training to complete tasks in brutal conditions. Everything becomes so much easier when you have experienced insane cold and darkness 80% of the day!

[@erikarnell]

I served at I19 twenty years ago. Loved every minute of it. The weather is indeed bitter cold, but the level of training is fantastic. It really teaches you about how to deal with the arctic climate. During the arctic soldier course we learned a lot from the Inuit. One trivial thing, was that our captain often used a three finger salute in the field, that we had to replicate. The pinky and thumb had to touch, if the remaining fingers were bent. It meant you were too cold. Can’t remember what we had to shout, but it was something like “nanook nanook” to confirm we could continue. As said, fantastic place.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

That's a really clever way to use the boyscout salute 😁

[@treaxlar8411]

Thanks, I did my military service in that region for more than one year and the winter is not the worst season. Even though you need to sleep outside in -32C. The summer is awful. It's never gets dark, wet, and the sound from the mosquitoes drives you crazy when living in the woods for a while. The snow is just gorgeous. I think the place in it self is the best weapon. Go for a 3 week hike and you will understand 😅

[@EvulOne42]

We call the mosquitoes: Airforce of Lappland 😂 (yes, you can buy t-shirts with that)

[@erkiperki3374]

Im a tank gunner in this regement. The regement (Norrbottens regemente) has been operational in different capacitys since 1841 thereby all the history references, some of which are back from when war was top fed muskets, cavalry and canons. As for what serving in northern sweden is like, the summers are actually a lot warmer then you might think; often between 20 and 30 degrees c. The winters can be tough mainly because of the dark (you barely see the sun in mid winter) but there are som really cool highs as well, as shown in the video.

[@tinkertricks]

Wicked bro,did my military duty in northern Sweden Boden 1987-1988 as a mechanic on IKV 91 we also drove the BV 208 seen in hte video and strv 103,good show keep it up

[@R0vast1]

This channel should do the jägarsoldat series.

[@frogashow]

My grandpa was Swedish, and his parents came to the USA at the turn of the century. He was so nice and kind. His dad created a construction company here in the Detroit area, and him and his twin brother and older brother grew up working with their dad. After Pearl Harbor, my grandpa and his twin brother enlisted to join the army. His twin was rejected because of having a heart or lung defect. Anyway, he was involved in the Normandy invasion. The details are hard to know exactly, because he never talked about the war except on a few occasions, but supposedly him or his platoon were supposed to be on the first wave at either Omaha or Utah beach, but because the army needed camps and such to be setup up ASAP as soon as the beachhead was secure, his construction experience was noted, and he and/or his platoon were put on the supply line that followed the first wave. He spent the rest of the war in norther France and the Rhineland. He later revealed when he was in his 80s or 90s (he passed in 2014 at 93) that he spent a lot of time building coffins for fallen soldiers during the rest of the war. I have a lot of pictures he took of the destruction in Europe that he captured, and I hope nothing like that ever happens at that scale again even though it has to some extent. War might be interesting, but it is not something to be revered like how a lot of action movies I grew up with made it out to be. My second cousin has been in the USAF since right before 911, and I know one vet that served in both Afghanistan and Iraq over 20 years ago now. He has a lot of PTSD issues, and my best friend who is close friends with him knows about that more than he does.

[@ibuprofen_]

There is a reason for the wooden stock, when it's cold the wood doesn't kill your skin on contact. That's why we tape up the stock on the karbines as well

[@larszenthio1012]

The temperature in northern regions is between -10 and -40 Celsius this winter. It has been unusually cold in January this year. Normally it is between -5 and -15. In summer, the temperature is usually between +12 and +20 celcius, but there are probably some days it can be a little warmer than that.

[@xaviercruz4763]

We had an unusually cold winter and the an unusually hot (record) and early hot too (max temps 2 months early on) here in the tropics of 🇩🇴 d,r

[@samolofsson2401]

when i was in Boden 2003-04 the winters was realy cold and the summer was way over 20, avg winter temp must have been -20 december - feb whit some realy fucking cold days

[@roevhaal578]

It's a double whammy because the last couple winters were warmer than normal.

[@TommyEngdahl]

I did conscript service 1986 at K4, Arvidsjaur, fjälljägare. One excercise was: One week in field, group tent, bandvagn206, skies was spent in Sangis by the finnish border at -39 degrees celsius. That was at bit nippy😅. Nice Video and i appreciate your detailed descriptions. Keep up the good work.

[@medeology4660]

This is where I grew up. In March-April, when the sun has come back and turns the snow into pure white light, the beauty of this winter is really overwhelming. But you have to get through the months of constant darkness and cutting cold. At below -30°C you can feel your eyelashes and nostrils get "sticky", like they want to freeze together when you blink and breathe. You learn from childhood to stay warm, to layer clothing, to make sure you are always dry - and to love the outdoors in any weather. In really cold temperatures, you have work slow and watch how much you sweat. It's hard to imagine how disastrous it would be to come here without experience of living in the arctics or subarctics, or not having the proper equipment or knowing how to make a shelter find food.

[@meanmanturbo]

9:32 a remnant of old cold war training. Northern sweden has only a few major roads. All roads and bridges were build ready with these chambers for easy demolition to delay a russian advance. So yes, roads and bridges were built to be quick to demolish to stop primarily russian road bound logistics.

[@kanik096]

Their motto in swedish is ”They have never retreated and never on their own lost ground”. I19 has its roots in the 1500s and in 1624 it became Västerbottens fältjägarkår and later it was named Norrbottens fältjägarkår. Since 1907 its located in Boden. Its battle standard has the victories marked on it with names and years.

[@rowaystarco]

I served on a BV-206 in the signals battalion back in the day, but in the Norwegian Army. We used the same tracked vehicles (Swedish made). It was an experience to be alone in a 4 person team up on some desolate snow covered mountain in Northern Norway. A classic is being pulled on skis behind the BV-206.

[@jonassunden9382]

As the chant goes... "There is a place on earth, where the sun has never shun, that place is called Boden! Where I never more want to have neen/seen"

[@shaitei2397]

If you look up the winter war, you'll get an impression, why the scandinavians have a focus on combat engineering, since russian armored coloumns can only move through certain parts of the terrain.

[@hightie1]

I did my service in the early -80:s as a recon soldier. The motto in the end was ours in I 20 Umeå . Old swedish meaning They have never folded or for its own part lost. This was a very old Company ( not shore about the translation) and was the last C. who fought Russia in Finland until they were ordered to stand down and return to Sweden in 1809. I remember we were out in swedish Lappland for a period of 2 weeks the warmest day was - 38 C (- 36,4 Fah.) and the coldest day -43 C ( - 45,4 Fah.). Fun times, fun times in deed . Afterwords.

[@KarILsson]

Yeah fun story´s afterwords :) i did my service in early 90´s I19/P5 also sleept in tent at -43 not fun at all, but it was fun as well most of the time.

[@Chris_Love]

POV 5:06 you´re late for work not scraping whole window. I´m so proud of being part of defense of Sweden and I´m damn proud over you guys at I19! Mad respect to you all and you are super important!

[@olyo86]

Winter time was not so bad since it gets quite dry when its that cold. Tje worst times was during autumn with all the rain and just about freezing.

[@NightJosefina]

Back when my grandfather served they used horses and cross country skis, he used to tell me about stories about it, one of the things he talked about was when he used to walk behind the horse pulled kitchen wagon and cook food (cooking on open flame) for everyone while marching in deep snow, and when they woke up in the morning after sleeping in the tent their hair almost always had been frozen solid stuck to the tent wall. He served almost 90 years ago and all the stories he used to tell me about it was awesome, and I am so thankful that he did tell me about it so that they didn't got lost to time when he died

[@Claysteeer]

Great video! Cheers from Sweden

[@Sigurd_13]

With "scouts" in the arctic area. The whole "maximising misery" has a real meaning, not by just the drill sergeant, but by the Nature too. You have a Nice new setup -Former arctick scout

[@cgnovice2969]

The rifle you asked about is the Ak4. It’s the old 7.62 service rifle refitted as a DMR using a kit from Swedish company SPUHR. If you are looking for top of the line scope mounts, SPUHR is the way to go. Regarding the delaying action with explosives: Historically some infrastructure in Sweden has been prepped with what we called “detonation drums “ which is more or less what they are lowering the charges into. Not really incorporated (at least not known to the public) in new infrastructure but from the Cold War there are bridges and stuff stilled prepped for specific spots to place explosives

[@KarILsson]

Just wanted to ad its called AK4D as you said with both Spuhr stock and forend and a Atlas tripod, often with the Kikarsikte 09 (Hensoldt 4x24) but also as in video with a Aimpoint red dot sight and Aimpoint 3xMAG and used byt the army as a DMR. When the AK4B just have the Spuhr stock its called AK4C used by the homeguard. If someone wounder.

[@einar8019]

@@KarILsson its so wierd they used the old 4x sights that are very similar to ww2 optics and didnt just use a picatiny rail with a off the market optic

[@KarILsson]

@@einar8019agree i use kikarsikte09 on my AK4B it works but would be nice have a more modern optic.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@einar8019 the old ×4 is tried, tested and fully paid for half a century ago, buying many thousands of new scopes to the same quality would cost at least $500 á piece compared to less than $20 per set of new quick change picatinny mounts for some of the tens of thousands of old scopes still in storage that would cost more to dispose of than to adapt for new mountings.

[@einar8019]

@@SonsOfLorgar the rails and stock already cost over 500€ per rifle and having good optics would make the rifle alot more usable both at close and long range

[@helvete983]

Swedish food rations are so good, they literally sell the pea soup in all supermarkets. Soldatens ärtsoppa, plop it out add water and cut up hotdogs.

[@AdurianJ]

The reason Boden is a military town is the Fortress that was in use between 1907 to 1998. 20 years ago it had a regiment of every sort but today it only has two, though I19 as the vide mentions is working up the ability to train Anti-Air Engineer and Signal troops. All these used to have regiments represented in Boden Lv7 S3 and Ing3. The artillery regiment A8 mentioned in the video is a re-branding of A9 that was moved to Boden 4 years after the original A8 had been closed. Since A9 got it's original garrison back in middle Sweden it was decided to rebrand A9 to A8 and give the new regiment the name A9. Why i'm so upset about this is that A8 was the first regiment to close in 2000 and they had the best food in the garrison. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaLHfpdubNdjkLc here is an untexted video on the Boden Fortress

[@onepluszulu6701]

History - Short - "Norrbottensbrigaden" -> Before we downsized our defence force the Army branch had a lot of educational regiments up north (Military service time units). These regiments built up a conscript based force in the north compiled into a lot of brigades (Wartime organizations are built up not of regiments except for a few exceptions). What this clip show is what we do today. With a smaller manpower pool we now have one brigade and to that a number of "freestanding" companies to bring in more power from. Short Norrbottensbrigaden, as you see it in the clip, is a young unit but the units that buuild it up have a long history in the area, in its basic setup. The weapon you asked about is a Swedish licenced HK G3 (We call that AK4) setup as a squad DMR. Its that and the KSP58 (M240) that use the M80 ball, 7.62 round, in the squad. "Homemade" food - One of the most defended units in the brigade :) :) ;) The brigade have units that cook real food, for the soldiers. So good getting the real deal over the MRE whenever there is a possibility to. When the squadleader delegate someones to pick up some varm real food, the moral, in the cold, reach the moon. When snow cover the north the day temp run between about -10 to -23. ( 14 to -9 F) Without wind chill, in general, Dec to Feb. Sometimes we get the northen wind and the temp drop lower. Lately the temp been around the -40 (-40 F) for some time. One need to coachtape anything metal on the personal gear so one not get freezeburns or even getting you skin stuck to metal surfaces.

[@xaviercruz4763]

What do they eat there?

[@Your_Name_Here-t2s]

Greetings from a snowy Sweden 🤘

[@helena1373]

My brother worked as an officer at I19 for (I think) five years. Proud sister

[@Phsymon7]

The infantry guns used in the video are called AK4 and AK5 (Automatkabin), they use 556mm rounds with red-optics

[@MrPuggen]

AK4 is using 7.62mm rounds. AK5 is using 5.56mm.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

Both will be history in a matter of years however, considering that we are purchasing new rifles now

[@andersmalmgren6528]

​@@jimmiekarlsson4458a bit sad we didn't go with a European design.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

@@andersmalmgren6528 agree

[@herrakaarme]

@@andersmalmgren6528 Yeah. A bit strange and surprising as well. It's not like Sweden and Finland wouldn't have had the know-how to make even a totally new design, if needed.

[@wowgustavp]

The unit, Infantry Regiment 19, is 400 years old this year

[@Tapio86]

The white tape on the rifle wasn't repairs due to wear, it was part of camo.

[@jenslennartsson]

Regarding the demolition/explosion, the big bag they shove down at the beginning of that sequence says "vägbanksling." "Väg" means road, the last part I can't find what it means. It has something to do with making, or breaking roads i guess :) And, thanks for making this video, really nice to see someone else comment on our country! And happy to join you in the alliance! 🇸🇪🇺🇸

[@Spacklarn]

About the soldiers main gun. From the 1960´s we had AK4. That weapon is a modified Swedish version of the German Heckler & Koch G3. Those are upgraded with red point sights and are used by Hemvärnet (Homeguard) , a voluntary branch of the army. I´ve seen several videos where people misstake it for FN FAL. From the end of the 80´s and onwards we use AK5. The weapon is developed from the Belgian FNC 80 automatic carbine from FN Herstal and is chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. The first versions of the weapon had a longer barrel and a different stock than todays version. Sweden and Finland has done a joint deal with the Finnish company SAKO (owned by Beretta) for two different AKs (5.56 and 7.62), sharp shotter rifles and sniper rifles.

[@mayhem4518]

I have been an engineer soldier for 11 months at i19 in boden. Very good education. greetings from northern Sweden...

[@holmberg198]

I did my service in the Artic part of Sweden. We were not mechanised and patrolled using dogs too protect airbases and other important instalations. It's hard work to keep you from freezing, staying hydrated and operational. 1 meter of snow is a standard winter. The skiis are made of wood and we call them 'the white lightning'. Patrolling in -25 c is mostly fine, staying at a OP isn't. You do not want to stop. Everything is just a lot harder in the winter.

[@blondizza]

Both months of summer get quite warm, but also its when the mosquitos rule the north… those marshlands are the perfect breathing ground

[@benktlofgren4710]

Most Swedish roads have these drainage tunnels here and there under them connecting the ditches on the road's sides, and when you blow them with a charge big enuf you need a vehicle with serious terrain capability to cross them. They are ment to stop tanks if you pack a punch, or force the enemy to try a more dangerus path that might be mined.

[@bjornh4664]

Most bridges are prepared for demolition charges. Pass under a Swedish bridge and look for the round hatches...

[@Lucas-kz5sx]

Funny thing! I’m actually in that building where you said that the privates have to shovel all the snow. And no, we don’t have to do that stuff haha. I’m a “Pansarskyttesoldat” so I get to do all the fun and cold stuff up here. I have been up here now for about 7 months and my god man, the cold can really get you some days. We focus a lot on getting prepared for the cold environment and how to get warm and stay warm in -30 degrees. And yes it’s very amazing to stand on the back of the infantry vehicle (CV90), just watching the beautiful nature while riding one a beast. Thank you for all the appreciation!

[@shmatan]

I was trained for this as fire signalist, it was the most crappy thing I've ever done whilst training. But it's one of the most fun memories to look back at

[@danielovaska]

Still remember winter survival training in my northern brigade in Sweden. You freeze a lot without food I can tell you :)

[@jobbbigt]

"What rifle is that?" Is in an AK5C (Automatkarbin 5C / Automatic Carbine 5C ) it is a license production of Heckler & Koch G3.

[@Aimothewizard]

My mom is from Boden, they are very proud of their military history up there.

[@ajz2k]

The summers up here can be brutally hot, 2 years ago we had 45 degrees Celsius for like two weeks. Summers are shorter but more intensive with the midnight sun blasting energy 24 hours per day

[@-rostis2589]

You asked about things needed to keep attention to while fighting during these conditions, and a few things which I haven't seen in the comments: Water, you don't sweat when it's very cold so it's easy to forget to hydrate, and since you now and then end up shivering from the cold, your body consumes more than you realize. Being fatigued (because as you mention, it´s tedious to move around in snow) and dehydrated is a bad combination. We kept the water bottles inside the coat close to the chest to keep the water at body temperature as well, since that meant the body didn't have to use energy to warm up the water. And eat whenever you get an opportunity, we kept a mixture of nuts and raisins in our pockets. As some have pointed out the carbine is an AK-5, but you might know it as a FN FNC which is the weapon it's based on. The wooden stock is part of a KSP 58 light machine gun, originally the FN MAG.

[@user-oj9oy7mi1j]

Hi! Long time ago, in the mid 70s, i did my military service in Sweden. First real week long action exercise was held in january and it was minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit) and lots of snow. It was like hell! I compensated it next winter by going to Cyprus on a UN mission : )

[@Simonsdmf]

Back in 2006/2007 I did my military service up at I19 in Boden where a lot of this footage is from. As a loader on a Leopard2 I had the luxury to rest a lot in the tank with heat. But I will never forget one night when we were sleeping in tents and it was especially cold. The officers told us the next day that it had been -42 degrees celsius that night. If you invade and if Swedish Army won't kill you the weather will. 😂

[@mrmachine269]

Finnish fighter pilots are very good. They have also been training in US. Red Flag exercises, which the US Air Force bills as its “premier air-to-air combat training exercise” giving “pilots the experience of multiple, intensive air combat sorties in the safety of a training environment”.

[@johanjonsson3591]

Nice to see familiar stuff. I did my Duty in LV7 Boden. It was really harsh.

[@lillholm88]

This bought back memories. I was stationed in Boden I19 when i did my mandatory military training back in 2008. 😃👍

[@Tatwinus]

I was at A9 same year. Did you hear about the guy who ran into a knife?

[@lillholm88]

@@Tatwinus cant say i remember that. Maby maby not, its to long ago! 🤣

[@professorrhyyt3689]

@9:50 Cutting off roads in what is basically wayless land is important. You don't want heavy armoured vehicles in marshes.

[@frogashow]

People in the US are often unfamiliar with the Winter War in which Finland was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939 (I think). Stalin, who at the time was SOMEWHAT allied with Nazi Germany (they both had plans of carving up and invading Poland), tried blitzkrieg tactics that were not really conducive to Finland's terrain. It was not a total victory for either side, and you have to hand it to the Finns for their ingenuity during that war, but it did convince Hitler erroneously that the Soviets were weak, which supposedly led Hitler to believe Operation Barbarossa would be easy.

[@Tendo8002]

There is a short mention about I19 where I did my service, was an awsome time and so many great memories, BUT I promised myself one thing when I left "never more shall I freeze". Had an outdoor shower at -30° (almost the same in C as i F), had a bath in a hole in a lake at -10° (14°f) where we ran for a few 100m in only our socks into and away from the lake (a sauna never felt so good). Learnt alot about surviving the climate, but again, if staying warm is an option I'll stay warm..

[@tobbhert2256]

As a Swedish person i actually had no idea we had 75% of this shown in the video, i knew we had the advantage of Gripen and a few tanks but this i had no idea, so cool with the one shooting all the smoke grenades out on the sides. Makes me feel happy that we actually have good ground defense aswell and not only aviation.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

A while ago where these soldiers are being trained, in Boden. It was close to like -40 or even -44 celcius

[@frida507]

Vilken mardröm...

[@larszenthio1012]

-30 celsius in the north feels like -5 in Scania (southern Sweden) as the air is much drier in the north compared to Scania's humid air, due to the proximity to the sea and altitude.

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

@@larszenthio1012 no matter what, those minus 30 will still fk a person up more than minus 5, no matter how it feels

[@jimmiekarlsson4458]

@@frida507 jo tack, och här har jag suttit och gnällt när det är minus 10-19

[@larszenthio1012]

@@jimmiekarlsson4458 I was in Värmland in January 1995 and watched the Swedish Rally Championship and it was -30 degrees there, but I was very surprised that it didn't feel that cold. I drove there from southern Sweden (Scania) the day before and it was -5 degrees and I was freezing like hell. So of course the cold feels worse if the air is more humid.

[@kallakrigetenhistoria]

Nice video mate! Hello from Sweden 🇸🇪💥

[@synchronicitix]

The extent of my experience within the Swedish countryside is limited to the hours blasting machines in Generation Zero..

[@LeperMessiah2]

Just keeping the engines cracking from the cold is a problem. In my EW company back in 1989 we had a lot of problems with the Audi 5c turbo engines on the BW 206. Regards from Norway.

[@marcusg3877]

Did my military service 96/97 at I20 Umeå using CV90. Had some drills at I19 and rememder it was freezing cold, -36°C during the nights in tents.

[@2121gul]

I20 93/94 pionjär 🍻😁

[@DiplexHeated]

I was in A9 (now A8) next to I19 in 2015. Worst type of cold I've ever experienced, stinging your lungs every breath.

[@ragnarkarlsson1160]

yes we have a lot of snow up here in north Sweden depends on where you go but about up to the waist in some places. and yes is frostily her thats about -28°C = -18.400°F to -48°C = -54.400°F and sometimes colder and than that.

[@4everMrsB]

We dont have snow all year around Summers can be really hot but yeah, the snow stays longer ☺️☺️ It can be up to 7-8 feet deep

[@MrIcephoto]

That’s my old brigade… Did 15 months there.. We did loads of training in -32f (-35c) every thing gets harder due to the cold. During winter you are happy if you see the sun 1h It’s history goes way back check the history about the fortresses in Boden they were built 1900-1918

[@magnus_lundgren]

While I did my military service in Stockholm in an urban warfare specialist battalion back in the early 90's, I exist because my dad hooked up and later married a local girl from up there. So I spent a lot of summers and winters there. The helicopter school were close to my grand parents' home. So the sound of Hueys had quite a bit of nostalgia for me. Sweden have had a strong presence up there since the early 20th century when they built Boden Fortress.

[@MagEhn]

Nice youtube! Im one of the old from the early 1990 who did army in swden! The blueeyed leftparty dismantled our defence! I was 7 month in snow and atleast -20c in 1992