Reaction To Taistelukenttä 2020 | Slagfält 2020 | Battlefield 2020

Reaction To Taistelukenttä 2020 | Slagfält 2020 | Battlefield 2020 (Finnish Military Video)
This is my reaction to Taistelukenttä 2020 | Slagfält 2020 | Battlefield 2020
In this video I react to the Finnish military by reacting to a video shown to Finnish conscription members that shows the Finnish Army, Finnish Navy and Finnish Air Force in action.
Original Video - • Taistelukenttä 2020 | ...

[@Haryu73]

The news broadcasters were real so when he said "Finland is at war"... I felt chills...

[@Haryu73]

Happens every time although I've seen this many times.

[@Spugedelia77]

@@Haryu73 It's same for me. I can watch that video only twice a year, because it just makes me too emotianal. Perkele.

[@NäinSeVaanMeneejalumen]

Wheres my rk?

[@tsalesto]

Yes, and this feels almost real, because they used real TV news anchors in making the video.

[@Tenshionful]

It hits so hard.

[@tsuhna1167]

This was made by Finnish Defence Forces and YLE, the national broadcasting company. It feels real indeed, because there are no actors. Everyone plays their own part as they would in reality. The news studios were real, the news anchors were real. We saw and heard them everyday (the layout and cast has changed since though). Also all the professional soldiers, conscripts, reservists and police were real. So, imagine the eerie feeling I had watching this the first time.. seeing the news anchor, who I was used to see every day updating me on world affairs, telling me that Finland is at war. I almost checked the time IRL because the president was to give a speech at 1600, lol..

[@riku3716]

Important to note that the news reader and news studio are real ones so for a Finnish viewer the moment the newsreader says "Finland is at war" is really eerie, if I am using that world correctly.

[@mikkorenvall428]

They ¨probably use the same material if the real situlation. It's claimed that every President has made a recorded video about speach how to inform residents about war. Probably recordings about.mobilization information too. So no need to think, just to play the recording.

[@Sinivalkoseepra-yz1ke]

That fact makes this whole thing bone chilling. Hearing the familiar voices who usually tell us our everyday news, telling about these attacks? Seeing them speaking about it in a studio we see every day? It makes it feel so real. Makes it possible to try to imagine how it would feel to watch these news in a real situation.

[@Spugedelia77]

Most of us Finns are quite laid-back and some of us are stoic, but when it comes to defending our country you'll see another side of us. I just hope that we don't have to do it, but if that's the case we are ready.

[@martimasters7704]

Not even the Orc of Mordor is stupid enough to attack Finland.

[@ilaril]

No actors. Well the red force, except they were military as well, just not the enemy. But everyone is really what they are "playing". Real conscripts and real sodiers and real officers. And real journalists.

[@mikidi8684]

This video is shown to every recruit during their first weeks of training, it feels really intense watching it in an auditorium with 70 other conscripts. The reason why it feels so real, is because all of the people that you see on the video, are not actors, but real soldiers, news representers, border guards, police, etc. Everyone is doing their real job. Plus this is the official product of the Finnish Defence Forces, and all of the footage is actually real military training footage.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

As a Finn, I agree. Though in reality some of the soldiers and conscripts would make mistakes but none were shown in this video. This is realistic best case scenario for actual performance of Finland.

[@juhoj4205]

I like how well this video predicted how a Russian invasion would look like just two years before it happened in Ukraine.

[@asscona78]

Well,The Russians did start 2014 allready in Krim, so there was a signs allready how things could be happening

[@timoilonen1926]

10:06 Swedish??? These are Finnish snipers and as said, they are the best in the World☝️

[@ArviPontsa]

rannikko jääkärit on yleensä ruotsia puhuvia suomalaisia. Isänikin oli.

[@antza4393]

@@ArviPontsa eli ruotsalaisia rannikkojääkärien tarkka-ampujia kainuun prikaatin valmiusyksikössä?!?!?

[@slycooper7325]

@@antza4393tais olla utin erikoisjääkärien TA:t mutta outo kommentti silti😂

[@owlietowlie4015]

remember that was 2 years before the war in Ukraine.. One of the few things people don't know/understand is Finland is prepared for "total war"(the whole society switches in to a war mode). In this year alone two submarine telcom cables cut by.. one just this Sunday by Chinese vessel (which was taken by Danish navy) again.. so there is asymmetrical war going on as we speak.

[@Spugedelia77]

One of our neighbours thinks that it's already in war with us Finns :/

[@Noksus]

It's still unconfirmed that it was the Chinese vessel, please don't spread unconfirmed claims as fact.

[@MrDamixus]

There are no actors, all are real Finnish soldiers. I am proud to be one of them.

[@w33dzyplaysgames63]

I had refreshment training like 1 year ago, since the military upgraded their communications systems and I was trained with the old system. Now I have also been trained for the new system. Took about a week.

[@kv6uf]

The scene about invading an airport was exceptionally impactful. That is exactly how some airports in some other country were attacked two years later in 2022.

[@Miki-d1g]

Battlefield 2020 is quite emotional.. Especially these days when you know the situation in the world and how, for example, the annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine started.. armed persons in green uniforms occupy areas. I get even more chills down my spine when I watch the attack on Hanko on video... I live in Hanko and I have also worked in the free port area that can be seen in the video. A good simulation video of the attack and its countermeasures.

[@jam7780]

i was on monday at the mandatory military conscripment, where you go and get info abt your future military servise and choose where you want to serve. This video was shown to us and it was quite eerie. I am trying to get into the finnish diver special forces.

[@harrikaijansinkko8387]

As you see, Finnish fighter pilots communicate in english, a bit "rally-english" but it works.

[@katebirch1207]

It's been a while since I last saw that video. I think it hit me harder than before, since I've been reading up on the situation in Ukraine today. Regarding the calmness and stuff you were talking about, I'd expect nothing less. We'll do what needs to be done, and we'll do it well. Everyone knows Russia's a threat, we never forgot it. I personally hope to never have to fight on front lines, I have no plans of enlisting myself. But I do want to make my career in something that supports the community. This is my motherland, and I'll do my part.

[@Mittarimato-o7w]

'Keep Calm and Carry On' - attitude

[@mikorossi1959]

The soldiers, news anchors and all the other people are real. The level of a Finnish conscript corresponds to the level of a US Marine - at least and that is not just my opinion but the opinion of an American commander who reports to America on Finland's defense capabilities for his job. When talking about saunas and soldiers, it is worth considering that a Finnish sauna is very different from other saunas in the world (except Estonia). The same applies to the training of Finnish Defense Forces conscripts.

[@LTS79]

US marines are a joke.

[@vesakaitera2831]

@mikorossi1959, the level of a Finnish conscript indeed corresponds to the level of a US Marine, if this all is happening on a Finnish terrain, where the Finns have a relatively big homeground advantage. They have trained during their whole military career in this kind of an environment, but the US Marines only for a short time. But if we put those two groups training in a desert or in a jungle, then the US Marines would certainly prevail.

[@mikorossi1959]

@@vesakaitera2831 Finnish peacekeepers have a very good reputation all over the world. They have been operating for over 50 years in different deserts, etc., so I don't think location matters as much as you think...? Military training (especially versatility), skills and character matter a lot. Except here in Finland, of course, we have a big advantage. Here's another statement I found: "American Lieutenant General Frederick "Ben" Hodges estimated that Finland would be able to crush Russian forces even alone. Lieutenant General Hodges, who served as the commander of the US Army Forces in Europe, said".

[@LTS79]

@@vesakaitera2831 No they won't, not even close.

[@vesakaitera2831]

@@LTS79 , I don't want to argue wth You about this, but the US Marines are very tightly selected people, and they have all gone through a very good military training program. The Finnish soldiers are basically average people. They can success in the competing with the US Marines only, if the test is carried out in the Finnish conditions, which the Finns know better than the Americans.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

It's made by the Finnish Defense Forces. They started to use film as part of the training, documentation and communication in 1925. There's this 90th anniversary video about that from 2015. No subtitles, but interesting footage nevertheless: "Kuvaustoiminta Puolustusvoimissa 90 vuotta - Katsaus koulutuselokuvan vuosikymmeniin". They have been internationally awarded for some of their films, E.g. for 'Taistelukenttä 1998', which is also available for viewing. And as it happens, a similar series to that 'Battlefield 2020' is coming soon on the Finnish TV: "Konflikti X Varusteleka".

[@Pataassa]

For us Finn's, this kind of situation would feel very personal. Because those soldiers who would go to defend this country would be our brothers, fathers, sons and friends. We are so small nation and we don't have a professional army. It's just us. So even watching an exercise like this, it feels pretty personal thing. And we are proud our systems and we trust our military, it's our family. And by the way, there is no actors in this video. Only reserve.

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

Considering when this was released, it underlines the fact how awake and reality based our preparations are. Only thing that was f'd up, was that we actually overestimated Russia's cyber capabilities. Otherwise, extremely well done and realistic. That chilling moment when the news broadcaster says "Finland is at war"... oof. Right then right there, fighter in me is ready to do or die.

[@Militaizi]

This is shown in the recruitment info if I remember correctly. There are multiple versions of basically this same video, with relevant media persons (like radio or tv hosts) acting like it would be in the real case scenario.

[@banditkfk1463]

And all military person are real military people not actors

[@Beorninki]

The video felt frighteningly realistic. I completed my own service time in the defense forces in the late 90s as a military police, and even then there was a lot of practice in managing the situations described in the video. War doesn't start these days (if it ever did) by issuing a declaration of war and then attacking. There is often a long gray zone before actual military operations. Maybe you should watch older video, Sotilaspoliisit, Military Police in Action - Guards Jaeger Regiment

[@LevisL95]

I like how the events of the video escalate slowly and how they portray different aspects, like the way everything could be reported about in the media. And as many have said, the news cast is familiar faces, so that makes it feel real. Maybe the plot feels a bit optimistic and the acting is not perfect in all the places. So not a movie, but that is to be expected. Excellent idea and good execution.

[@GugureSux]

Like mentioned many times in the comments already, this video was produced by the FDF itself, and it predates the Russian invasion of Ukraine by two whole years, and demonstrated how spot on the FDF was with its predictions and preparation methods before the war started. It is not only a great info package for the conscripts, but also a way to demonstrate the population how a truly modern conflict could play out, and how the various units and civilian services would co-operate. The military service is very much woven into the Finnish society and culture; we already see FDF working together with the civilian law enforces and rescue units. Plus, since every other dude on the street HAS served, and the "frontlines" usually are right at our front door, the local population takes this stuff seriously, and personally. It's not that Finns have a "great confidence in their military", the Finns themselves ARE their military. The polls do show that the Finnish population is highly motivated and ready to fight for their country if needed. The NATO membership is still a welcome bonus!

[@Carl_Gustav_Häyhä]

"Swedish snipers" (10:06)!!! Those at the airport were by the way professional soldiers.

[@Kakee999]

I'm from Finland❤️🇫🇮❤️🇫🇮❤️🇫🇮❤️

[@juliusjarvinen1880]

Next you should react to older version of this video. Taistelukenttä 1998. And this video was awesome!

[@Kakee999]

This is great video

[@laurimakiharju5462]

Fun fact every single bridge in finland is designed to be destroyed to slow enemy down. Thats why the brigde in video had those hooks where the AT mine was hung from

[@antonrintapaavola229]

Actually thats nit true mate.

[@laurimakiharju5462]

@ enlighten me

[@marc5588]

@@antonrintapaavola229 Ihan totta on t res pioneeri kers

[@66rocker]

This always gives me chills and a sense of pride. I am proud of Finland and our ability to be ready when the Russians come.

[@mikropizzah7911]

First one talking in this video was my brigade general when i was conscript :D

[@mirja1687]

We are not, we love peace

[@ravenfin1916]

This is even more powerful when you know that all the journalists and military personnel are really who they say they are. This seems to be a film produced by the defense forces. When you add the dates, 2020 and a few thousand kilometers south, 2022, so it cannot be without thinking, that is this hybrid influencing in some direction? "We know what you're doing and don't try it here". This was the situation in 2020 when we weren't yet part of NATO. Now the situation is completely different, because there is more power in the background.

[@nukkumatti9587]

I think this is a prequel to taistelukenttä 1998 in a way. That older one shows what keeps happening after this one. Even though it is older, I think it still has some value, mostly because majority of reservists are not urban jaegers, but infantry. Ironically the gear in 1998 version would be more on point today, since we have mountains of old gear in stock reserved to arm a full army. There is much more of old pattern camos, old style rifles, even the old style harness systems than the modern ones. Please, react to that one too! It has some good acting! My favourite easter egg in that old taistelukenttä is when conscripts are loading ammo truck, shoveling dirt and complaining about the heavy boxes, the radio in the background plays a song by J. Karjalainen that translates: "I am a man, I am a man, to whom nothing ever happens" Things happen when least expected.

[@ronya_s]

Since this was filmed 2 years before Ukraine war, so you can just imagine how ready we are now, 4 years later... And it's not just the military but the whole country. Finnish government just relesed updated instructions for civilians about how to prepare for and act during crisis and war.

[@SeBBoX-u2h]

They are not actors they are people who actually do the job they show in the video.

[@OJKfin]

I've seen this many times and it is as shockingly good every time. It is inspiring and it feels like it could well be real... which is kinda fascinating but also frightening. But I think it does tell pretty well how the different organizations can work together seamlessly. Not just Air Forces, the navy and the army but also police, customs and the border patrol. This was shown to me at school as well. Of course the video doesn't show WHO would attack but afaik the equipment used by the enemy looks suspiciously much like Russian:D

[@vesa7069]

The people in the video are not actors, I myself took part in the making of this film while serving in the army, and can actually sorta be seen in the film as well. 😅

[@Rentta]

it's a nice video but as recent thing have proven all we can mustard is strongly worded letter (sabotage on communication). Also reservists are not in good shape usually unless there has been plenty of recent training. Just to clarify some misconception and "hype" Oh and why you talked about Swedish snipers :D

[@jroutasula5250]

We are not ready to war, we are ready to defend our border and our peaceful life style.

[@pauliniemi7412]

Highly organized and clever system. Smart soldiers, new tactics. Every enemy soldier knows, thet meet death here.

[@hepe71]

One thing you need to know about us Finns- we love peace, but we will protect our home country, family and ourselves really fearsome way!

[@ezkis]

Its proud to Be native Finnish🙏🏻🇫🇮❤️

[@Finkele1]

Never goes as planned...keep that in mind.

[@JPPVESA]

To my better knowledge there wasn't a single actor in that production. All were either civilian and military professionals and actual conscripts in their national armed service.....

[@Hazzelnot94]

There were actor in this production, mainly the spoken roles.

[@ubybau710]

And part of this is actually happening right now...chilling.

[@KariLepola]

"Taistelukenttä 1998" is an older and slightly different variant of this. Check it out.

[@wrs900]

LOOK UP: COMBAT CAMERA For similar videos like this. Also there is not many videos like this, because combat camera crew get a lot special footage that would otherwise be classified to film/edit. Its basically a studio but its fully operated by finnish defence forces personell. So its FDF producing and filming these amazing videos. They did exceptionally good job with this one by having real finnish news reporters etc in this. So those arent actors. Thats level of and attention to detail is remarkable. Not sure if any other country produces and films their videos

[@Patrik-pi3dl]

In Finland we have this saying: Let them try

[@ZangRap]

A little detail here, these days "jaeger", in the context of the Finnish military, mainly refers to "infantry", and not special (German trained) elite forces as it used to mean in the first half of the 1900's, because in Finnish "infantry" or foot soldiers translates to "jalkaväki", and the direct Finnish pronunciation of "jaeger" is "jääkäri", which is more convenient and faster to say than "jalkaväki".

[@wrs900]

EDIT: look up ”combat camera”. They also have montages/showreels with clips throughtout a year. As from someone living in Hanko this was very interesting to watch and felt like movie but same time giving chills for the seriousness was interesting. I think finnish army has this own combat cam or something like it. They usually are professional military because you cant let just any random crew to film and edit military stuff and the quality of the combatcam videos usually are sick af. There was one similar video but about some situation in helsinki. It was shot almost like this video but slightly different scenario. Too bad i cant recall the name of that one

[@marc5588]

Some peoples conscription is being a combatcamera man, think we had 2 in our brigade

[@tarjahaili4801]

This has matherial of recently published tv-series 'Conflict'. Made in co-operation with the defence forces.

[@tarjahaili4801]

Or other way round: the tv production has got some of this to its use. Conflict was published last week in some Eu-countries and just heard a rumour someone had thought it was a clip of real news broadcast he was following.

[@pekkakarppinen1608]

Haha, l live about 50 kms of Kajaani airport. Böö, nice video although. 😅

[@jroutasula5250]

By the way, Great Britain declare war to Finland 6.12.1941 (6.12 is Finland independence Day), famous english humor, I think ...

[@toinenosoite3173]

I don't think there's a single actor in this video. Does anyone else know? This excellent video was of course produced by the FDF. As you said in the beginning, this was, and probably still is, shown to conscripts.

[@GugureSux]

Nope, there's not a single "actor". All the personnel, both the media figures and the troops, are real. Funfact: even that male news anchor has a rank of a Captain in reserves.

[@InsanityOverboard]

the ting that most military propaganda forgets but this doesn't is that the flow of information is paramount.

[@Finkele1]

Utti jäger battaliion is like best of the best what we have...those dudes with helicopter.

[@joshuabuenaflor8932]

10:05 it’s not swedis snipers😂😂it’s full finnish made sako trg A10 sniper rifle🤩

[@Hazzelnot94]

I've been in four different refresher trainings in the past two years or so. To two of them I was ordered, the other two I was invited too.

[@lintu25]

Oh no they are no actors.

[@Sardaukar41]

Everyone in that video was real in his/her job, be it military or news anchor. Of course OPFOR was also soldiers and all equipment/vehicles was FDF.. There is also older version of Taistelukenttä from 1998. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHvZo4xmaddrn9E It does not have English subtitles. These are both produced by Finnish Defence Forces.

[@peterkensborn8035]

Well, after reacting to this, why not look, and react to the Jägarsoldat serie, about the Swedish rangers,. It is 16 episodes, and if you can fond someone to add subs to the first episodes, I am sure you will enjoy it. Nice reaction through, and I really like this short film....

[@lintu25]

Almost all males in Finland are military trained.

[@ArviPontsa]

All personel are real, no actors.

[@Sardaukar41]

To add, 1998 version is way more sinister than 2020 version. Pity it does not have English subtitles.

[@vesaroivainen]

10:06 Swedish snipers... 🤣

[@WilhelmiH]

Finland is prepared, even for scenario - this seems to just possible scenario. What as a Finn I say , is that my nation is loyal friend and ally, in Nato we do our part. But Finns won't ever gain kneel to knowone.

[@kalleluukkainen43]

There is saying among military personnel. No tactit survives contact with enemy. And thats truth. In this video everything is going smoothly. It never goes.

[@riikkapitkanen3666]

We are still quite calm and peaceful. Prepared even for these journalists' somewhat agitational reportations. As well as from the West as the East. Finlandazation 2.0...?😉

[@caesardicktator3301]

Sweden fights To the Last FINN! PERKELE!! 😂

[@Maysti87]

you get lollipop in finland if you get hit

[@tsalesto]

Yep, fentanyl one.

[@LilA-zl6tf]

2020

[@jarnolinds1954]

Most of the "actors" are not actors but actual profs. Althoug naturaly the storyline is.. well not the chaos it would be. I feel kinda stupid about this. The things we train for are real. This is to some extend, but far removed from forestcamps.

[@kripsimys]

None of this was transcriped and nor acted. Welcome to Finland if you decidated, Ofcourse UK and Scotland is treat as diffirence

[@jerejohnsson2427]

U should react to Simo Häyhä

[@Ville-u8g]

The Finnish defence forces made the clip.

[@janileinonen4466]

täytyy muistaa se että suomella on noin miljoona reserviläistä.ketkä on opetettu aseen käyttöön.

[@jonneparkkonen7676]

Finnish snipers 😅

[@bami7171]

10:06 bro never ever say shit like that

[@UltraCasualPenguin]

That finnish snipers are best in the world? Hey rusky. They're THE BEST. Consistently at top of leaderboard in competitions.

[@bami7171]

@ i am finnish and I ment that he said ”swedish snipers”

[@adskafjrufhauäšhlklöjlllhhhui]

​@UltraCasualPenguin clown ass

[@wildideas7368]

@@bami7171 Maybe used instead of Finnish-Swedish ?

[@BeatversuM]

😂😂😂

[@TheTimppis]

This should be updated. Finland is now in NATO

[@GugureSux]

Nothing would change. The threats, gear and tactics would be mostly the same, and Finns are first and foremost responsible for defending their own country. The biggest benefit of the NATO membership is the exponentially improved logistics and information flow, together with the more open-borders approach of defending the entire Baltic Sea region at this point. The protection gained from the famous Article 5 is obviously the biggest bonus, if Vlad goes batshit insane.

[@Tylsajatka]

That's the worst Russia scenario... If they attack Finland once again...

[@exaqq]

threre are real colonel and real news anouser .all soldiers all just conscripts

[@mattitanninen9269]

This is the old video which I saw when I was in army in 2008. It was probably the first day when we watched this as a motivational video. To understand what we are doing for the next 365 days. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHvZo4xmaddrn9Esi=rSKdj1fQMlULMJMe

[@plekikunn]

Swedish snipers.... wtf dude... uk active military is like 40k... finland has more ex. trainer army than real uk armed forces ..6 months in conflict... COLONIZATION is over. UK is small player.Im sorry but its just FACTS. this video was for Finnish people, cause their duty, is to protect homeland. And all men from 18-28 need basic military training. its hard to explain ex colonist empire citizen, how really shit works. for uk there is only neptune nuc. torpedo and thats it.. ships you conquered the world and by torpedo´s nukes you lose. 😂

[@wildideas7368]

Why are you so aggressive? And, please, educate yourself before making comments on other countries militaries!

[@jukka-pekkatorssonen1059]

Thanks for posting these kind of stuff. From Finland here. Me and my two boys are all serviced in artillery here. Youngest serving right now. This is what he was doing couple weeks ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKkpIilgs6oY7M

[@Viktor-wp4el]

Voi hyvä Jumala...! Sotaa Suomessa jopa toivotaan, mitä hulluutta..! 😞

[@GugureSux]

Kukaan ei toivo. Se on aina tullut meidän maille kutsumatta. Yleensä Itärajan takaa, kumma juttu! Valmistautuminen pahan päivän varalle = puhdasta maalaisjärkeä. tl;dr: No, Finns never have asked for wars. But the great Ivan sure loves to bring it to our lands at least once in a century. No joke.

[@Viktor-wp4el]

@@GugureSux Muistaakseni Suomi hyökkäsi venäjänmaalle natsi- Saksan rinnalla... 🙂

[@septimor32]

Hits my eye that they use translation for " puolustusvoimat " ( Defence forces ) or " maajoukot " ( ground forces ) as "Army". We have defence forces yes. But it is informal to say Army.

[@tonikaihola5408]

The Finnish Defence Forces is comprised of Finnish Army, Finnish Air Force and Finnish Navy

[@Juhani96]

army is literally maavoimat :D

[@GugureSux]

Army = Armeija, as in "Land Forces". Learn your own two laguages.

[@BeatversuM]

ei muuta ku Vaipat naamaan vaan ja sotimaan ❤❤❤

[@BackOfLooseCandy]

We are ready.

[@martimasters7704]

Bunch of drama for nothing. At the rate Mordor is losing tanks, heavy artillery, armored vehicles, support vehicles, weapons, munitions, warplanes choppers, supply depots, troops, and the inability to replace them, what's the orc army going to do,,,. WALK to the Finnish border? 😅😅😅

[@pasimaenpaa2360]

You must be joking? Ready for war? Or happy to your ally? Give me a break.

[@GugureSux]

Mikä jäi Mäenpäältä ymmärtämättä? Puolustusvoimat ja varusmiespalvelus = puhdasta valmistautumista pahanpäivän varalle. Tuli tarpeeseen vuonna 1939, ja Moskovan herra taas todisti että tarvetta on tänäkin päivänä. Ja suuri enemmistö Suomalaisista on valmis kamppailuun, jos Kreml TAAS laittaa murkulaa tulemaan itärajan yli.

[@JustTweetAway]

We dont have some parade/TikTok army to look good.

[@sophisticatedfart2368]

As a Finn what I can say is that I acknowledge this to be military propaganda, and thus it is always a poor representation of the actual effectiveness and tactics used by said military. I do however acknowledge the Defence Forces are adequate and even competent in many areas.