Royal Marine Reacts To Nato's newest member Sweden packs a small but powerful military punch

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[@tomassteen6092]

I'm surprised you haven't heard of Archer. It is the best self-propelled howitzer in the world.

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

Don’t forget the archer paired with Excalibur 🤤

[@BHuang92]

I've heard of the Archer as being the best SPG in the world, yet ignored by other countries until its first deployment in Ukraine. The results speak for itself!

[@wege_9398]

And bought by GB

[@TheMeanmarine13]

I remember seeing those on TV for the first time and wondering why we had the old p.o.s towed artillery haha. As Marines we were used to getting second hand gear but the Archer is leaps and bounds ahead in technology. I was impressed and a little pissed at our own government LOL. It was like "why aren't we buying these or at least building something similar?" In Iraq in 03 when our Motor T trucks got hit, some of our artillery got left behind initially. Keep in mind it was the invasion, so we were constantly moving the 1st month.

[@the5gen]

@@TheMeanmarine13no ex-Army Paladin howitzers?

[@user-od5eu8qb7q]

i am swedish 57 years and we are like at least 600 000 who did mandatory service and we are grumpy gen x 😂

[@patrikcarlsson2908]

Sweden have lots of 35+ people who have done mandatory service, I will die for Sweden staying Sweden.

[@bananman75]

@@patrikcarlsson2908 good choice me to

[@billkarlsson]

Jag är 75 när jag gjorde lumpen kunde vi ställa upp nästan en miljon man .

[@hakannorlings2439]

Archer is one the best Howitzer ever made. It's like a sniper gun on steroids! Even GB have them.

[@MacKnight]

YEaaahhh :D

[@jerry34220]

Swedish special forces are called S.O.G ( Special Operations Group ) We have a small military but we have good gear xD And yes look up the Archer and CV90 if you got the time :D Thank you for your service !

[@ilari90]

Glad you have the gear, you can ship them to us in Finland (and Baltic brothers south of us) if/when things get ugly.

[@RSv-ru6fv]

Lets get this straight ok, Sweden dont have an army worth calling army... They are so filled up by Hbtq and rainbows and snowflakes so no one takes them serious...

[@jerry34220]

@@ilari90 Sorry for late answere but hell yea brother, just say when you need it and we will do the rest😎 We can trade, you get some gear from us and we get a few men / women out your reserve cuz we need it🤣 Stay frosty Finland🤪

[@jarpa153]

SOG was founded 2011 as a new unit in swedish military. They have operated in Afghanistan and other countries side by side with US rangers, Navy Seals and UK SAS to name few units. Fun fact, in the SAS: Who Dares Wins was a swedish femail competitor that was a former Swedish SOG member.

[@raox416]

The gripen has such a unique sound when it flies past you. The turbine whine is so cool.

[@vicolin6126]

Had 2 of them go past my house a year or so ago. Was standing near a window when this incredible loud sound reverberated through the entire neighborhood. Managed to see them make a sharp turn and head toward the coast at very high speed. Was most likely on their way to intercept Russian jets. Read about an operation done by the Swedish Airforce later, in the paper, that coincided with the date of my sighting, so most likely was that sortie. I remember thinking "Yeah boys, go get 'em" as the planes flew off.

[@lordsqueak]

It is the exact same sound as a northern swede makes when saying "yes"

[@Petterwass]

@@vicolin6126 I remember one of them landing on the wrong road some years back and turning on the afterburners to get back up in the air quickly, apparently killed a whole henhouse on a nearby farm doing so!

[@Servant_of_Christ]

Not only did they invade Ukraine, they flew nuke bombers over our territorial airspace, what the hell did they expect... 🇸🇪

[@femboyshitposter676]

Flew bombers over your head but i don't know what you expect when you're sending weapons to fuel a war that's killing thousands of my Slavic bretherin you people are oblivious to the fact that NATO pushed into Ukraine and worried the Ruski's which if you sat your a$$ down you'd not have caused but of course you people had to ruin the peace now then what are we left with? Ukranian SBU agents cought doing a massacre 2 months after the Bucha massacre in the same place,Ukranians being beaten in the street thanks to that puppet Zelensky and being thrown into the front after having been kidnapped off the street on their way to work and of course can't forget the infamous Boris Johnson telling them to refuse a peace deal that could have ended the war 2 years ago.

[@femboyshitposter676]

Believe what your govt wants you to believe in and be the sheep while they're the wolves

[@Oregon123]

They didnt invade Ukraine. They came on behalf of the citizens of donbass who were being slaughtered by natos proxywar.

[@raxxo69]

​@@Oregon123someone needs to get out of Putins leash! 😂

[@raxxo69]

@@Oregon123 how is it bloodthirsty? Ruzzia invaded a sovereign country, murders thousands of civilians (on top of the military defenders), destroys Ukraine infrastructure and so on.. Yeah, mm the bloodthirsty one.. Today's Darwin awards go to you Sir!

[@MrLargeo]

It was a Swedish sub that "sunk" a US Carrier (with photos) a couple uf times

[@pepedeltoro6647]

Important to mention that if the war comes, everyone in the Swedish society has to contribute in one way or another. They'll put you in a role they'll see fit, and you can't avoid this duty. It's part of our total defense and social contract with the government. So we could most likely call up way more soldiers(it takes time to train tho) and people in different positions if the war came.

[@Jonke75]

And let us not forget the National Guard wich nowdays basically consist of semi active reservists instead of old men willing to defend their homes.

[@Petterwass]

Though mostly we won't be called up as soldier, as a untrained soldier is not very useful. But we'll contribute whatever ways our competence allows. Me, as a nurse, my War Placement is in the hospital, so not a big change for me there

[@EricTheSwede]

What's up homie, Swede here! Our "Amphibious Corps" is indeed 'marines' equivalent - we have USMC and Royal Marines here training with them fairly often and most video of the training is archipelago or beach landings with the CB90's! Regarding video recommendations there was recently a longer video released called "Låset i norr - I 19 och Norrbottensbrigaden" that has English CC available on it! It's a well-produced video that usually gets a fair amount if clicks! :) Cheers!

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

When Sweden went down to Mali to “clean up the bad guys”or when they accidentally saved even French foreign legionnaires (interesting topic btw, they’ve got a lot of Russians.)

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Tell us more about how they saved french foreign legionnaires! That sounds interesting.

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

@@kristofferhellstrom I just heard about it, apparently it was a few hostages, among them the two they looked for so they just helped everyone out, even got medals from the FFL. Should be pre-2013, back when I was just a wee lad fresh into basic 😂

[@jeffmcgillisheiden794]

@@kristofferhellstrom and the FFL is interesting from multiple aspects, both social and history as well as current activities (although those won't be easy to hear about i suppose). To me there's an interesting aspect considering current events as there's a ton of Russians and most likely some Ukrainians as well serving side by side

[@TheUfoProject_]

I was just one a military training with the homeguards (adds up to 47% of the Swedish military power, not mentioned in this video). And amphibious came to the same Island as we were located on. They had been on boats for 9 hours and then entered the Island, starting their practice. So yes, they are very quick between the seas and the land and operate on both places.

[@daviano_R.T.]

Honestly it's very impressive how far Sweden have independent Capabilities to fill their own equipment and have Capabilities to supply their neighbor if needed.

[@femboyshitposter676]

In a all out war with the Russians they will lose the production game very quickly and that's something we have to acknowledge.

[@devinjenkins4752]

No nock to Sweden, great country and military none the less, but its not independently. Given their agreement with the US we are oblidged to give them our higher end gear and supplies. Statistically most of the gear they are currently listed as using is from Lockheed and Northrop with headwear from Rytheon, all of which sell 1000% solely to the US military. The defense cooperation agreement allows them to use of this gear and equipment. 13.6b in gear and 25b in weaponry was the deal which weve given already 80$% of that deal hence their rapid improvements in military hardware within the last decade with no increase in GOP to show how they can afford over 10b in gear out of the blue. Again, nothing against the great swed's but their rapid military growth is 100% the result in their agreement with the US to share US military hardware for Swedens political favor in the future, smart trade tbh.

[@donquixote1502]

@@devinjenkins4752 Nae, we have a great collaboration with the US, it´s a give-and-take situation. most of our (Swedish) weapons (Carl Gustav, CV90, CB90, Stridsvagn 122, RBS70, RBS15, Red Dots, Submarines, Corvettes, Guns (Bofors), Radars (Ericson), and so on are 100% Swedish Design........you buy weapons from us and we buy from you. Don´t make it like you are a big part of our creativity when you are not!

[@2canines]

@@devinjenkins4752 what the hell are you on about? you are pulling this out your ass.

[@mor3gankfreeman127]

@@devinjenkins4752 All our military vehicle is made in sweden. Bodyarmor/Krsk 12 is from Mehler Protection a german company. Helmet from 3m so yeah american but its not a goverment owned company and sell to countries all over the world. Beside We have been in the top 10 largest export country of weapons and military technology the last 20 years. So while we benefits from our alliance with US to say our growth is 100% due to that? yeah that's bullshit. But hey, cheers from being the one of our biggest customer of military gear.

[@torbjornulrichs8570]

When I did my military service, everybody needed to do it. We could put a 900K military force. It was clear who the enemy was. I can still until this day identify a Soviet T72 and T80 tank. When the Soviet collapsed, we change from a defending from Soviet attacks to having a smaller force that can help UN in for example Afghanistan and Mali. Now we are rearming. I would say the threat is bigger now than then. I recommend the videos called "if war came" it is in Swedish but have subtitles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap67dGqLgtKqqNk This is about Swedish readiness during the cold war. I would also recommend "If war comes" kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2mTpqeiYreefsk This is looking in to the future. Both are of documentary style and released by Swedish joint forces. No worries, it is not of the propaganda join the armed forces style. It is actually very good and professionally produced.

[@user-fp2gr4ic3x]

I live in sweden and we are just now rapidly bothe get more soldiers and more of everything to reach the 2 percent goal for NATO

[@LeMmY76]

Love the video. im new sub. And also you should really check out the swedish submarines Gotlandclass. The sunk the largest carriers of the USA in wargames multiple times and were never caught. Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@peterkensborn8035]

If you are interested in the Swedish army, do check out - and react to - the 'Jägarsoldat' series. A very well made production from the Armed Forces, following some conscripts from day 1 to the last day. Highly recommended! If you you go for that, bear in mind that the first 6 episodes lack English subtitles, but I know that there are people out there that can translate if you reach out. Nice reaction!

[@AXXeYY]

as of 2024 we have 8000 conscript every year. 26/4 an important date when the defense committee with its final report, hopefully they will come to the conclusion that we will be much bigger in the future!

[@DanielKling]

You should check out the Swedish Combat Boat 90. It sounds like it would be your area of expertise, its main job is to move troops to and from shore.

[@helgesvensson7345]

Archer can fire three projectiles and be about to switch positions before the first projectile hits the target. You should definitely look at these weapon platforms

[@tntfreddan3138]

It can also make it so all three projectiles hit at the exact same time. This both fucks up for the enemy trying to track where it came from and when they find you, you're not there anymore.

[@user-px3oh1fk6b]

The Archer isn´t artillery. It´s a sniper rifle!

[@hanes2]

When you said quality of soliders, it reminds me of Poland, Battle of Wizna; 40 to 1 which I think summarize it well. > According to Polish historian Leszek Moczulski, between 350 and 720 Poles defended a fortified line for three days against more than 40,000 Germans.[1] Although defeat was inevitable, the Polish defence stalled the attacking forces for three days and postponed the encirclement of Independent Operational Group Narew fighting nearby.

[@george217]

The KZbin channel FTD Facts has a decent video on the Swedish Special Forces (Särskilda Operationsgruppen).The amphibious troops that this video mentions are what some countries call Marines and other call Naval Infantry.

[@Molon_Eagle]

I would love to see you react to a video about our Archer system.

[@Petterwass]

The Archer is damn cool, I think you'd have fun looking at it

[@gertandersen3609]

To put to the Swedish Marines into perspective for you its like the SBS, high physical profile on soldiers. They are called Kystjägare, Coastal hunters

[@CoeusGameStudios]

You should check out the war games story with Swedens Gotland class submarine and the US if you have not already!

[@mherpman]

The Archer is a sniper haubitz on wheels.

[@emilthedude7937]

Aren't our "kustjägare" some kind of marines? :)

[@raxxo69]

Somewhere between SAS/SBS/Seals/etc and Marines/Royal Marines

[@Jonsson474]

Those numbers are not accurate. It’s closer to 100.000 if you count the home guard and the numbers are increasing.

[@YzzSC]

Do a video on the archer, its an amazing piece of artillery. Sweden has quite the tradition when it comes to artillery in general. (Goes back to making old-school cannons for wooden ships thanks to good swedish iron) Also the Subs are really cool, tend to mess with the US when they have trained together.

[@swepower3597]

But it’s also the combination with geography and Finland that does it, the two brotherly countries having had long established co-operations. Finland with a really strong army and artillery force, Sweden with it’s navy, air force and highly qualified quick response capabilities. Backed by Nato and particularly Norway in the arctics, they together really will lock down Russian aggression in the north.

[@n3v3rforgott3n9]

Also Gotland locking down the Baltic region and making it easier to reinforce the Baltic states.

[@ZayneEddins-dz7kt]

It seems to me you could do with a few catch phrases or key quotes such as the fat electrician (such quotes as “quack bang out”) you seem to say “…without me waffling over it…” a lot (I may be saying this wrong as I’m American) so maybe a line of “waffling over it” merch would do well. I myself would buy such merch

[@vicolin6126]

Pretty sure we have about 500 CV90's in Sweden, might be wrong though. Anyway, yes, Sweden technically uses the Leopard 2 tank, but we have our own purpose-built variant of it called the "Stridsvagn 122", literally translates to "Combat Wagon 122". It is a modified Leopard 2 A5 with additional armor and better internal systems than the default German tanks. The Strv 122-tanks were also built in Sweden. So, I would call our tank more of a cousin to the default Leopard 2. We donated 10 of them to Ukraine, and they praise it as the best version of the Leopard 2 they have gotten, which just warms the heart :)

[@kretz206]

Army was about 850.000 in the 80's but they cut down with 96%😢 . And now 2024 we have DCA argument with USA . They can run Swedens goverment=we are state 53

[@mrborgeusborg1541]

There are a couple of videos on youtube about särskilda operationsgruppen(the swedish special forces), but most of the information regarding training, missions they've done and so on are classified. It is actually pretty fun to go to wikipedia and read: "Size: Classified Commander: Classified Acting Commander: Classified Support Commander(dunno if that is correct translation into english. The paper guy officer): Classified. " Everything is classified. :P As it should be. According to wikipedia they have done missions in Kosovo, Chad, Afghanistan, Syria, against islamic groups in Mali and Niger; and the kabul 2021 evacuation.

[@MOCOANDINV]

Marines no but ”Kustjägare ” like navy seals. “Norrlands dragoner ” Artic Rangers.

[@poltergeisterr1094]

We have amphibious soldiers that are the equals of the marines? Amfibieregementena? Kustjägarna is more like Coastal Rangers?

[@theungentleman]

The Archer is well worth checking out. As is the "Special Operations Group" if I understand correctly is referring to the Jaegers, or the 'Jägarbataljon' in Swedish. I would suggest this video for the Jaegers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2nbmqCwg76abs0

[@carlmikaelb]

Thanks for another good video! Yeah, do look in to the archer self propelled artillary, also the Gotland class Submarine, the Stridsfordon 90 (CV90 in English) fighting armoured personell carrier, the Stridsvagn 122 (probably the the world's best main battle tank), and finally the Visby class Corvette! They are all pretty darn good! ;-)

[@carlmikaelb]

Here is the Gotland class submarine: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWekZIenaZ2ji5o

[@carlmikaelb]

Here is the Stridsvagn 122 (direct translation: Battle wagon 122): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2XXlGuMlruBZqM

[@olasjoberg2111]

never heard of archer and stating russian equipment is bad, when ukraine had the same, but the older versions at the start. ukraine isn't holding, they are in a constant retreat, and with full support from vestern countries.

[@David-kd3it]

The Archer can fire 5 shots before the first lands. All hitting the target just a few seconds apart. First shot can stay in air for almost a minute.

[@David-kd3it]

The Swedish word for special force marine soldiers is "Attackdykare".

[@hampusa3205]

Love ur take of all of this. And as u say. I like to know more. If we would've had more on all the points in the video we would've been a super power. Except nukes ofc... alot of capable forces in sweden and how they act.

[@jonasseger]

Sweden could still have remained neutral. In fact, once Finland was in NATO, Sweden could have chosen to sit out and probably still benefit the full support of NATO. Since Sweden falling to a hostile force would be very detrimental to NATO security. But, we also promised Finland to join with them, so I guess we should. =)

[@andersholmstrom3571]

UK has recently bought the Archer from Sweden. I believe 24 of them. 8 have also been donated to Ukraine. You can find a lot of info about the Archer in KZbin.

[@elegantmormor7929]

Sweden dont have big army but they have a law thats called totalförsvarsplikten and states that evry person in sweden between 16 and 70 need to help the military

[@molganis7725]

Archer is one the best Howitzer ever made. Look it up if you got the time.

[@mrbrand4720]

The UK have 12 Archers now .

[@anderslofgren8235]

We are a small country population wise so we decided to work towards hi-tech equipment instead of manpower. So our army is fairly small but they are well trained and equipped with state of the art equipment. The Gripen is a good example, as well as the Archer

[@Torach]

Suprised that you didn't know of the Archer. Probably the best SP Howitzer in the world and it is made by us Swedes.

[@pontuslnygard]

personnel number are wrong, 50000troops and conscripts that can be callled in. Source - Swedish armed forces.

[@pbssandman9985]

You won't find much about our special units, but google SOG and perhaps you can find some information. SOG = Special operation Groupe like Navy Seal and SAS

[@gaborkakuszi1598]

Well, the highly trained and successful Western (NATO) units are prominently featured everywhere. Especially where there is no real resistance. They were prominently featured in Afghanistan, at the Kabul airport, weren't they? They were masterful refugees. The Finnish and Swedish joining was a great idea, it contributes about 80,000 people to the strength of NATO. Yes, and with a border of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) to defend. I would like to point out that, meanwhile, the Russian army has been strengthened by half a million people. Are we more secure? After all, these countries owed their development to neutrality, for a few years, and the end of prosperity, because they entered the Western alliance. This was the worst response to the possible Russian threat, because they became openly anti-Russian. Just as the Swiss banking system will also feel that it has given up its neutrality, because in the future, many people will no longer consider Swiss banks completely safe. , while other areas, such as the Cayman Islands, will become more popular. In vain, you have to pay for stupidity.

[@johnl5316]

FINLAND: 25,000 active military personnel......870,000 reservists

[@klaras9324]

Great reaction! Another good video is “What will Sweden bring to Nato” by the channel Warographic. It also covers things such as the background to Sweden choosing to apply to the alliance after having been neutral for over 200 years. How you check it out.

[@zapagog]

We do not talk about the special operations group, because... they're special.

[@jonastorpadius4837]

We DO have Marines - we call them "kustjägare".

[@therealperegrine]

This, this man has not heard of the Archer? xD Damn... Have you heard of the S-tank? Or the the various Carl Gustafs(not, not the humans)? Or the SAAB J35? The Visby Corvette? Only some of the best military weapons/vehicles that exist. :P Anyways, keep up the gr8 work m8. You need to look into: Archer S-tank SAAB J35 Draken(The Dragon, or the Kite I guess but I think they were thinking Dragon ;P) The Visby Corette

[@Labbazz]

God luck finding out anything bout swedish SOG their Hedquarters is the only thing I found out bout em and I live in sweden... A friend of mine had one of em come over to the baraks when he was doing the Military service and the SOG op had hidden face and fake name, and he was there recruiting folks to join em. EDIT: also the SOG motto is Frammåt i Natten (forward in the Night)

[@drew65sep]

The Archer is badass...best out there right now in my opinion.

[@VonHallgren]

Don't forget that Sweden also have a home Guard of 22300 people.

[@rubensandstrom6824]

The reason they didn’t talk about spec ops group is there’s very little known about it

[@SbrGrendel65]

The Archer is basically the M777 but self propelled and I’d say it’s the best out. I wish the U.S. would buy some of them to go along with the M119 Paladin. Sweden also has developed a lot of weapons that is used across western countries. Carl Gustav, AT-4, NLAW, Bofors 40mm auto cannon, Archer and I’m sure there is more or was more.

[@Congaman41]

Do a video of swedish SOG. Hard core!

[@blyatman2441]

I dunno much about these things but I remember finland thinking about gripens or f-35s. Gripen seemed to be the better option considering our dictrine is mostly hardly taxing guerilla warfare type of defense. And gripens dont need big airbases, they can land get airborne from roads, even gravel roads are good enough. So imagine these planes sitting in forest roads waiting for their job and then returning back to the forests. But i guess all the tech and stealth stuff was more important + intergration with nato so f35 it is

[@laves820]

Yes we have marines, sweden have the most islands in the world over 250.000

[@kimdron256]

Sweden doesn't want you to know more about the special operations group I think

[@fjolis100]

Check out the submarine and jas 39 gripen E. They are the most impressive ones i guess 🤔

[@anderswiik7432]

I'm pretty sure Sweden sold a bunch of Archers to the UK.

[@bofilen-ii4fs]

Suggest to look at SOG....Special Operation Group... Highley trained soldiers, perhaps one of the best in the world...

[@Flyboydady]

I added some information in your video about the paratroopers that painted their faces and had Mohawks, it's about the real life solder depicted in Band of Brothers, check it out.

[@Viip3R123]

Archer ❤️🇸🇪❤️

[@GrowlingRB24]

I saw a comment not too long ago that really resonated with me. "We live in a time in which Sweden can no longer be neutral, and that terrifies me."

[@nomennescio4604]

Sure Sweden has marines. So does Finland. It's been pointed out as a specific asset they bring. And the Swedish and Finnish marines train jointly already. Which is helped by the Finnish marines, "Nylands Brigad", is made up of people from the Swedish speaking minority in Finland. Sweden currently has two regiments of marines, "Amphib" 1 and 2, with Amphib 2 a fairly recent addition and being built up as we speak. So Sweden and Finland have about 1500 marines each, for a combined force of some 3000. That might not sound like a lot, but it's to be compared to the British Royal Marines, which currently has some 5500+ men. The French and Italians have about 3000+ marines each. The Germans have 1500 in the Seebatallion (only since 2014, and they seem mostly defensive, not tasked with taking and holding beaches). So by comparison NATO just added the equivalent of one of the major European nations in marines capability in the Baltic.

[@peppe66]

Yes we do have Marines

[@mikaelahlzen8172]

NOT TO FORGET 775.000 WEAPEN LICENS IN SWEDEN, THAT OWN 2 MILLION 200.000 THOUSAND WEAPEN TOGETHER.

[@ronm.1865]

You need troops and gear!

[@Tapio86]

You say Navy and Marines. Sweden says Navy and Amphibious (together these two are the Marine, in swedish terminology)

[@nakennille127]

Yes we have Marines

[@pvccannon1966]

As far as polar forces, im dead sure these guys are top notch in winter warfair. Thou US forces in Alaska might have a say. lol

[@devinjenkins4752]

The defense cooperation agreement Sweden made with the US give it a range of high end gear other nations couldnt get from the US. With that contract comes a nice trade with out military contracted companies like Lockheed and Northrop designed gear and weaponry. Its 1 of only 2 countries with that contract with the US. Anytime the US develops anything you can be sure Sweden will have free range with it so essentially they have the top 90% of gear the US has (outside of a select few top secret weapons like the laser, satellite destroyer, etc). So by that degree Sweden's tech is on par with the US outside of those select few things.

[@devinjenkins4752]

ARCHER is also a British system sold to Sweden and Norway so its not really their system to brag about either unfortunately, that pride goes to the British engineers as its 90% off the BAE-AB 145 system. I love Sweden but 90% of their equipment is not their equipment lol. They rely HEAVILY on the US and British for their equipment. Great military, but given without assistance from other countries they wouldnt stand a chance on the world stage, id say they still have some ways to go to be a feared powerhouse. If someone else can turn the lights off, you dont own the house.

[@leifiseland1218]

​@@devinjenkins4752 Archer is a Swedsh developed & built system, & has now also been bought by the UK. The fact that BAE bought the company that created Archer, doesn't change the fact that it is Swedish.. Similar with many other systems.. Sweden & it's defence industry has a long history of creating & building great military gear, which is why so much Swedish gear is used by many NATO countries, including the US, which like the UK has a history of teaming up with Swedish defenseindusty & expertise when creating new weapon systems, see for exemple Excalibur (Bofors) & NLAW..🧐

[@devinjenkins4752]

@@leifiseland1218 Its literally built off the Abbot 2.3 AS90 systems made by the UK lol. Adding 10% to a system means nothing as a whole. Not only is it built off UK systems its owned by UK so its 10000% a UK system. Also theres nothing currently used by top 4 countries made by Swedens military outside of minor equipment hense the $7m sales to UK and $23m to US. We spend 34m on scopes, you really think were buying something special with 23m? 7m? They arent selling top of the line equipment. WW1/2 sure their equipment was top notch best in the world. Today they are literally just a subsidiary to US tech and one of the few countries allowed use and free range to use that tech to make whatever they want. Those free range items are the ones you speak of and arent high end. Statistically Sweden gets 13b in gear and equipment while only producing 230m in tech worth selling. Their spec ops literally uses Rytheon gear lmao, why would they use gear produced by a US company if theirs is so good? You are overexaggerating their military might. But yes their Archer system is a UK system none the less. Add a body kit to a car it doesnt change the maker of the car.

[@leifiseland1218]

@@devinjenkins4752 Built off the Abbot 2.3 AS 90??..🤪😂😂 You are quite clueless, aten't you?.. How about you do some reaserch?.. But then again, I guess for some, ignorance is bliss.. 😂😂 No point in discussing with the likes of you.. 🧐

[@miclinda256]

UK is also the founder of Ikea! But sold the idea, to a swed …….

[@MrBergakungen]

and a couple of mil old guys trained for war

[@Rico-ux9ve]

Rect to Sandboxx breakdown of Gripen E . He dose a realy good job.

[@TomEriksson]

You shoud look up the series of the Swedish hunter soldier training. I have seen many other military based youtube channels reakt to them, and they got eng subs, but really dont know how. Look it up, its worth it :) First episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6GcpIWum66Mlas

[@drnosnugglescarlsson3089]

Yes, NATO has expanded and strengthened in numbers when Finland & Sweden have joined the pact. At the same time, NATO countries have limited resources in terms of both military equipment and their economic muscles. In that perspective, support for Ukraine has unfortunately weakened NATO & exposed a fragile side that did not exist before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[@Alex-ee9dc]

Funfackt 1 swedisch subrain worth 100 mil culd rake diwn an us aircraft carrier without Boeing seende in an training program beteende sweden and the us

[@johnl5316]

The US Navy owns 11 of the world's 43 active aircraft carriers (all of the world's super carriers)-- and that doesn't count its nearly two dozen flat-decked amphibious ships that might well be considered carriers in their own right.

[@rogerforsman5064]

Ok? What has that anything to do with this video?

[@scr3wit]

To begin with swedens Military units have just been for defense and to be fair we dont need Nato to defend us from russia since we are so specialised in our own terrain. and thats alot of ground, forrest, lakes and no roads to cover. also russia needs to invade from finland and thats a whole lot of another task. then you have calulater the distanse from where you are entering sweden. in the north.... then you only got like a distance from copenhagen to paris of absolutely nothing but nothingness and some thundra to take over and also have swedens military defense with kind of the most up to date tecnology to fight of at the same time.

[@TheBurnknight]

I mean, if we had a 260 ish million people like the us. Assuming as big a % wants to be in the military. We would have 600k soldiers. Sweden only has a population of about 10 million

[@stormmoster]

The submarines are so good the US paid for one too go to California to play hide and seek with the US navy for two years.

[@johnl5316]

FINLAND: Tanks: Stock: 200 Readiness: 160* Vehicles: Stock: 11,716 Readiness: 9,373* Self-Propelled Artillery: Stock: 125 Readiness: 100* Towed Artillery: Stock: 667 Readiness: 534* MLRS (Rocket Artillery): Stock: 76

[@RiiVaL-]

I gotta ask something have you played socom us navy seals ps2

[@RiiVaL-]

If not you should give a try

[@RiiVaL-]

Or og ghost recon ps2 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 1 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Island Thunder ps2 I like because it’s cool you it’s a story mode and you have six man in mission if you’re guy get injured he could go on the next mission but he will still be injured each mission you do you get points each soldier gets points to level up and they get ranks each mission they do but the sad part is that if they died they won’t come back and replace him with a rookie soldier

[@RiiVaL-]

I think pc has ghost recon og version I never played on pc I play on ps2 if you do play it I heard pc better

[@nakennille127]

LOL UK bought many archer howitzers are u sure ur a marine?

[@Tarcill]

we have 5 milj reserv

[@jerrysilvhammar7585]

In the wargames with USA, the swedish submarine HMS Gotland, destroyed US ship Ronald Reagan

[@gaborkakuszi1598]

I'm just curious, what the hell are you talking about? Let's look at some numbers. About 150,000 Russian soldiers attacked Ukraine, the Ukrainian army of roughly 200-250,000 people. They took 20% of the country in one week, Western aid started, as much military support as the Ukrainian 50-year budget of the armed forces. One and a half times more than Russia's annual military budget, in 2022 Russian military expenditures are estimated to have increased by 9.2% to about 86.4 billion dollars. This corresponded to 4.1% of Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, compared to 3.7% in 2021. Now, after 2 years, the entire West has run out of tools and ammunition, and the Ukrainian front is collapsing. What good was the whole??? Apart from the fact that 7-800,000 Slavs died, most of them Ukrainians, they destroyed an entire country, Western arms factories received enough orders for 5-10 years. Congratulations to your former prime minister, Jonson, for preventing the cease-fire negotiated in Istanbul. So the Donbas it did not become an autonomous Ukrainian territory, instead 2 other oblasts were included in Russia, and as things look, at least another 4 will meet this fate. Maybe if more English, American, French, German, Polish, and other nationalities mass-murdering psychopaths had gone to fight in a war that was independent of them and not part of them, the situation would have been different. The only good thing is that the majority died. It's not a pity for them.

[@user-fp2gr4ic3x]

yes we have marines

[@funkmachine9094]

russia invaded ukraine in 2014 but sweden didn't join nato then but i guess it was time now

[@Dredd.]

as a swede and former Mil i dont agree with joining nato, or any of the us agressive politics. the peace treaty should have been signed instead. but some english roadman stopped it

[@Mr.DG1507]

Bro i just wanted to tell you that if you are planning to read bhagvat gita, consider reading Bhagavad Gita as it is by srila Prabhupada ❤❤

[@1967nusse]

Archer shoot and scoot : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmnbaXyKrMlnjMksi=3kmhKu1vIAahRe1U