The Best Match Ever: Finnish Brutality 2024 (Day 1)

[@VosperCDN]

Each year redefines the meaning of "brutality" in the Finnish Brutality matches. Well done with pushing through breacher category.

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Jari and Žiga are upping each other, when designing their respective local Brutality matches.

[@AGS363]

Favourite match in Finland. Czech sidearm. Spends most of his time in European museums and reference collections ...not long, and Ian will convert to the metric system.

[@dansihvonen8218]

@4:55 It has already started. He mentioned the weight only in kilos. 😁

[@BennettIsAmazing]

He slipped in a 'zed' instead of a 'zee' in a recent video on the wz-35. It's happening.

[@kenl-w9638]

Yes, but 24kg is just under 53# so he is still getting there

[@ronnytotten9292]

He's Canadian, he already has.

[@ronnytotten9292]

​@@BennettIsAmazingwe say zed instead of zee in most of Canada and Ian is Canadian.

[@rugich]

I was one of the ROs at Tunnel Rats. Strangely, after Ian invented "yeet the ammo can", the technique quickly spread to later squads (Almost all contestants before this crawled through with the can in hand). Luckily these things are almost indestructible.

[@daleloughridge5232]

24:10 "Forgotten Weapons?! I forgot when you got in the tunnel!!!" -Chris Hansen Absolute gold, I love it

[@vikipoyta]

That's so fucking funny, great timing too

[@9.5.9.5]

Imagine being too simple to make a timestamp with the correct time

[@Boog_53]

24:09 Ian's calm narration must've driven the instructor absolutely nuts

[@AshleyPomeroy]

"Curiously, the instructor asked me which state I came from"

[@RyanRyzzo]

"... bags are too light." Jari: "Hm...jees."

[@ajz2k]

😆

[@porter-831]

Fancy seeing you here.

[@javel114]

Jari knows. Empty bags mean plenty a fight.

[@masterSageHarpuia]

Hey Ian, could you make a video covering the history of ergonomics for gun design? How and why the first firearms were designed the way they were, how that changed, how machining and Stamp metal changed that design and ultimately polymer changed that too. Things in particular like rifle stocks to pistol style grips, the change of the shooter’s face being behind the action to moving above and behind the action. Other things like the grip style used on many revolvers to modern day pistol grip design philosophy.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

Very cool subject, honestly

[@Kastigatr]

that updated Valmet it absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

[@zombiTrout]

When a country has the highest per capita number of heavy metal bands, you don’t fuck around with them.

[@volkerkalhoefer3973]

😂😂Battle Beast🤣

[@IamOutOfNames]

@@volkerkalhoefer3973 Beast In Black.

[@RetardedFish]

Neither, please and thank you

[@vancehadley3962]

Not heavy metal it's black metal and most of that is whiny teens 😂

[@Oberschutzee]

@@vancehadley3962 Wrong

[@Zoraxon]

Love the comradery and sportsmanship you see in these. Looking forward to day 2!

[@tommyblackwell3760]

Waitaminnit....at 26:54 is that the Chieftain?!? Great video, looking forward to tomorrow's!

[@JordanFlayer]

it is, he was kind enough to join us at the match!

[@willfrankunsubscribed]

@@JordanFlayer Been watching some of the pics Nick has put up on his FB page. Looking forward to his videos as well

[@ErulianADRaghath]

Yep, he posted about it on Twitter. Also has an awesome video 😂

[@stephenbritton9297]

Ok, so I wasn't seeing things... Darn Cav Stetson gives it away.

[@Khorsathedark]

Came here to ask the same thing.

[@bushmansa518]

Each year Finnish Brutality delivers, well done Ian.

[@Rattler04]

with minelaying personally and with many others i prefer to lock the shovel at a 90 degree angle because it just makes the digging much easier by just raking the ground instead of digging.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I figured I wanted the leverage for prying up rocks. It may not have been the best plan, but it's what I went with.

[@kajbyman3006]

I agree.Digging a lot in -83 at Nylands Brigad,Tammisaari(Ekenäs)..😂

[@ltdike123]

​@@ForgottenWeapons is that Oak Leaf B camo that you are wearing?

[@KingofLaundry]

Beautiful country. Danyela and I just got back from the IPSC Rifle World shoot in Oulu Finland. Your match looks like a lot more fun.

[@aggressivesheep7469]

Ian's looking good here

[@ftargr]

stroke faster

[@nicholas8237]

Shout out to Chris the tunnel guy, what a vibe

[@tc6818]

Reminded me of Chris Farley.

[@petrimakela5978]

That tunnel was waay longer inside than outside 😂

[@lesliefranklin1870]

@@petrimakela5978 Same person designed Dr. Who's tardis.

[@ethan5.56]

Great job! That Finnish suppressor looks sick too! Great video

[@YourFunkiness]

This is incredible. You say you're not that good, but you did tons better than I would have.

[@pRahvi0]

I get exhausted just by looking and I'm not even in bad shape.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Heart attack for me

[@TonttuUkkeli-ht3en]

I was reserve training this week, here in my lovely Finland perkele. Its over now. Now i can watch this. During training if i watched this i get so depressed 😅 But anyway fun times. I served 1999 and now 25 years later they call to reserve training. Just littlebit rusty😂

[@jaimeortega4940]

Good job! The Fins are no joke. Makes sense why.

[@DiscardedGod]

welcome to the finnish military, well not quite the same but exhaustion and fatigue is a part of the training and see who keeps their head straight and operate. hats off for a good performance considering where you are from.

[@TheIrishAmish]

Ian’s cardio and general physical fitness seems outstanding.

[@lucashenry6281]

If shooting and CrossFit had a child out of wedlock…kinda interested honestly.

[@hannibalb8276]

Except somehow the shooting competition manages to be safer than the Crossfit competition

[@Meyer-gp7nq]

@hannibalb8276 😬

[@bronsagek01]

@@hannibalb8276 Harsh but fair!

[@galidroo]

i enjoy these competitions a bunch! keep it up man!

[@EndoftheBlock7224]

This event looks like so much fun. All I feel is jealously. Thanks for sharing all the fun

[@covertops19Z]

This is AWESOMELY AWESOME!! I did a set up at an indoor range about 6 years ago that was a two gun stage with all kinds of lights and noise based up the scene of Clearing the Red Circle in JOHN WICK!! We even played the music for that particular scene.

[@jerekorva]

Dunno if you did this, but about your boots getting wet: a good "trick" to dry them up faster is to stuff some magazines, or here one probably must be semantically specific; newspaper, any kind of paper, or whatever absorbs the moisture, one might even fill their boots with rice. You do that before you sleep in a preferably heated space and some magic within the laws of physics _can_ happen.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

I left them to dry outside over night. But it rained. D'oh!

[@jerekorva]

@ForgottenWeapons "something about the laws of physics and the surrounding humidity"... or just magic, but you had prolly ran out of mana after all of those stages.

[@hoilst265]

@@ForgottenWeapons Not normally a problem in Arizona, I take it?

[@Timmytimmy707]

Big RESPECT Ian 💪

[@dansihvonen8218]

@21:35 Ian in full combat gear while the weather allows the camera guy to wear shorts and a t-shirt. 🥵

[@christopherreed4723]

Well, you're also dealing with a "Minnesota Effect". Meaning that in weather conditions that will have residents of other states reaching for warm, lined coats and base layers, Minnesotans will be strolling around in shorts and flip-flops. In weather conditions that will have residents of other states refusing to get out of bed and/or pestering the governor's office to declare an emergency and activate the National Guard, Minnesotans take a minute or two to ponder whether they should put on a long-sleeved shirt.

[@CyborgPilord]

a warm day in finland is probably colder than the coldest day in arizona

[@christopherreed4723]

@@CyborgPilord Not quite. Southern AZ will regularly get a hard overnight freeze during the winter, and snow usually happens once a season. Only overnight, and only an inch or so, but snow nonetheless. Good thing, too, because nobody here knows how to drive in even an inch of snow.

[@ryand2939]

@@CyborgPilord If you said that about Florida I would agree, but I don't think it works the same way in deserts like Arizona.

[@polhokustaa4989]

Lonkero consumption in Finland goes 20x when Finnish Brutality is on!

[@Pilvenuga]

Finnish brutality needs to be televised with spanish/italian football commentators

[@NukeBunny_]

I got an "certified brutality moment" in the tunnel rats stage when the sun moved to just the right position to shine in my eyes while the targets where in the shadow, could not see a thing. Got more time from that stage than 6-10 put together😅

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Ouch!

[@zchris87v80]

I'm curious about this but years away from being in-shape enough to compete. I shoot in "outlaw" (unsanctioned) matches, such as the AK Masters, that are all on Practiscore. I wonder if these count as "practical shooting experience".

[@MrTirouvin]

I almost thought that Ian didn't participate this year since video wasn't popping up, but so glad to see this video, thanks! :)

[@jamesstuart7886]

thanks for these videos, I love this stuff!

[@knotbots]

I did not know this was a thing. Super cool to watch. Thanks for suffering broski.

[@m1k1a1]

Narrator: "again, this doesn't seem all that challenging.." me: 🥵⚰✝

[@kennethstaszak9990]

I say this with all due respect - YOU GUYS ARE NUTS!

[@fredo3816]

Solid results Ian ! cheers from Sweden

[@Pilvenuga]

Ian showed great focus, good constitution but average strength. All this makes for a greatly above average soldier in effect, espescially so in his age. But it goes to show how as we grow older we find in our wisdom that we need more durability so we train for endurance. And "forget" to train 5-10 minute extreme strength requiring excercises in the middle of it all. Speaking of which, my daily routine is coming up and seeing all this here has given me the wisdom to switch my routine up a bit, at least today.

[@jamiemcdevitt2470]

Great fun Ian, great to watch

[@SamiHukka]

Ian looks like a metal band singer! Perfect land to do so..

[@mikhailgregovszki7478]

Awesome! Looks like a good challenge and fun to hang out with other tubers.

[@TheNismo777]

Been waiting for these vids like a daily sun!

[@OlliLuukas]

I decided to use nearly all the time that was available on the stage 5, and ended up finishing the stage with 0.09 seconds left. Great match overall, one of the best Finnish Brutality matches and probably with a bit more "back to the roots" kinda vibe.

[@kingjehukhan8541]

This is awesome! This is on my bucket list!

[@pRahvi0]

22:32 "these paratrooper burpees are totally awful and nobody should ever do them ever if they have the choice." As someone who had to do the version without the kit or the weird dance movements and still hated it every year in school, I totally agree.

[@janizzkar]

fiiinallyyy. i have been waiting for this!

[@GSG8-SKR]

this M05 camo is one of the prettiest of all time, prove me wrong

[@newdefsys]

Prettiest ? 🙄

[@omgsrsly]

@@newdefsys He meant sweetest

[@GSG8-SKR]

@@newdefsys sorry i'm not english fluent, most pretty?

[@matatron.]

@@GSG8-SKR Cutest!

[@newdefsys]

@@GSG8-SKR pretty is how you describe the shoes of a girl, or a bouquet of flowers.

[@UFPTX]

ROFL, what psycho thought up that match? Looks like a great time.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

These stages are the brainchild of Jari Laine, CEO of Varusteleka. :)

[@TheArachnoBot]

Fantastic job!

[@frozenflames5263]

Last time someone was this early, they weren’t called Molotov Cocktails yet

[@mclang5932]

Seeing you bury those mines bring up "fond" memories =D

[@g-mo7130]

9:33 As you can see from the couple of guys from behind Ian, the "kenttälapio" usually performs way better at moving ground when the shovel head is locked in the 90 degree position.

[@guyplachy9688]

Was that Nicholas Moran I saw in the background of the "Grenade Throwing" challenge?😲 The Chieftain is getting everywhere, these days!👍

[@Tango4N]

Yes he was there. He has his own video as well

[@henrioinonen3492]

Welcome to Finland again, see you next year!

[@nytia117]

The Chieftan !!

[@ph43drus]

I thought that was him at the end but was not sure.

[@rakufin]

Zhiga going to stomp on the "mine" to conceal it and then stopping halfway made me spit out my coffee. :D

[@mursuhillo242]

80% rock 20% dirt And this was in summertime... Imagine 100% frozen gravel.

[@juhajuntunen7866]

Its good to be road but pain to dig/shovel. Realistic scene. And real road is rammed stone hard by traffic.

[@lambrosstamos4494]

I hate getting wet and miserable. That's brutal. By the way, one of the Range Officers uploaded a video about the new Sako ARG S40 rifle of the MPK Reserve. You may want to use this next year or even better review it. Well done.

[@GazalAlShaqab]

Boys will be boys! 😅 GOOD job!

[@simitri1104]

this is just beautiful

[@moonliteX]

ecerybody hates marketing but when you do it right❤️

[@pkt1213]

22:00 Looks like fun. J/K I remembering just doing pushups in full kit. Glad you mentioned the kneepads. I was just thinking about that. My knees would not be fans of that and I wear my Arctyrex ones quite a bit. My soldiers give me a hard time but they have a bit less time doing combat things when young.

[@fletcherclausen4349]

Could we please get an official forgotten weapons brutality match playlist

[@yudadwi9842]

Jari designed this one. Ziga manages lynx brutality in his home country

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Here you go: kzbin.info/aero/PL9e3UCcU00TTZGj0nXSisQ0dU1mAxAO4S

[@no1DdC]

@@ForgottenWeapons If only it was in chronological order.

[@johnsullivan676]

Hey great job on day 1? That's a lot of work and shooting. For the record a 24kg kb is more like 53 lbs! don't sell it short

[@MrJerrycampbell]

Awesome. Fun to watch. But i be too old and blind to play anymore. Jari makes some naughty stages....simple. practical. That will kick your butt. Enjoy!

[@MM-kv8ly]

I could feel your pain. Well done!

[@zrgxbt]

perkele

[@scottshaw2143]

Is that Nick Morran back there?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yes, it is.

[@killergames391]

@@ForgottenWeapons do you know if he will have a video coming out on his experience?

[@no1DdC]

@@killergames391 He can be seen filming in this video, so I'd wager that it's pretty likely.

[@JimoftheSlim]

Breaking news: Tanker forced to walk, notably irritated.

[@Kumimono]

@@JimoftheSlim "I usually just tell some other bloke to shoot. Worked well thus far." -The Chieftain, probably.

[@Ishpeck]

@9:18 here Ian learns what it's like to dig in Utah. Gardening be that way.

[@valkyrie40k]

What was in those drag bags, lead?

[@wadewirthland2039]

I love your gear!

[@SleepyDubVRT]

I noticed your mags in the first match, and was like how is he going to load quickly like that, second match; brass to the grass. 👍

[@CsendesMark]

9:49 - Welcome to Finland 😁

[@SD-gt5kc]

Congrats man good work

[@KillerCSM]

my respect to you Ian. those burpies are cruel

[@jessebell1930]

Dude when I was in Infantry we used to do shit like this because we had to. You do it voluntarily. I don't know where you are on the insanity scale, however much respect mate👊

[@joshtiscareno1312]

As a former infantryman myself, I can confirm we did stuff like this, but nowhere near as well thought out. These Finnish Brutality matches really give you the soldier experience in a brilliant way. This is a fantastic way to train.

[@jessebell1930]

@@joshtiscareno1312 agreed mate. From one Grunt to another much respect mate👊

[@joshtiscareno1312]

@@jessebell1930 Cheers, brother!

[@jessebell1930]

@@joshtiscareno1312 I was 2 RAR in the Australian Army. Second To No Bastard🙂 Have a good one mate👊

[@lkb2208]

Interesting that you had feed problems with the 154 grain Geco. It happened to me also every ~100 rounds, so often twice in a IPSC match. Thats why i got back to 124grain but i really like the 10g Subsonic feel. Maybe i have to do selfloads in the future and also compete in the finnish brutality. looks fun. :)

[@BrokenSoul79x]

12:45 that line sticking up was just a 'secondary trigger' to make it go off when someone goes "what's this?" and pulls on it. Lol

[@spoonzor1]

Angle the shovel tool 90 degrees perpendicular to the handle and u can hack the ground with it. Same tool I used in 2007 service.

[@robwilkes3351]

I was in the Marine Corps for 5 years, and have been in the Coast Guard for 11. I certainly feel your pain on the jog/sprint with a plate carrier and other gear. The Coast Guard part is relevant because I'm in an MSST unit right now and our "kit" is an omscor helmet and plate carrier with E-SAPI's and side plates backed up with standard IIIA Kevlar. Moving in those sucks when you're dragging a bunch of gear.

[@no1DdC]

How quickly do you sink in water if you're wearing this kit?

[@RigiLiquid945]

It is interesting to have a par time instead of simply playing for the shortest time, and if the slowest person takes longer, then they still have to continue through the suffering until done.

[@andrewsprout9281]

Kettlebell course! I love it

[@spondulixtanstaafl7887]

Nice, well done sir.

[@AidanOAArch]

Great video!

[@moonliteX]

who knew gun jesus is in shape and then some!

[@GirthBrooks1050]

Unsolicited advice on the bag drag. When dragging out deer in the woods, I have learned it is easier to pick up some weight and then pull moving forward. It sucks, but sucks less than dragging while going backwards.

[@2fwelding842]

So breacher sounds a lot better than the previous running challenges. Are the etools personal carried gear. Would give you option to make some descisions on your tools quality verse size and weight

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yeah, the running (2022 Recon Division) was awful. The e-tools are not personal carried gear - but if you did carry one I'm sure you would have been allowed to use it instead of the provided ones.

[@2fwelding842]

@@ForgottenWeapons could be a future option. For 12kg carried you have a list of required equipment or even supplied. You may or may not use it but need to decide utility, weight, portability.

[@druidofthefang]

This seems really fun

[@pinecone89]

19:48 Ian, if I may, you should try utilizing your whole body when lifting something heavy multiple times.

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Judging by what was sore the next day, I was indeed using my whole body...😆

[@pinecone89]

@@ForgottenWeapons understandable 😆

[@PacificTrigger]

Love this content

[@tlindsay6687]

CrossFit will add the kettlebell event to their next competition.

[@D.Wapher]

23:54 bro really damn good at it

[@Yupppi]

You guys just got more motivation for designing desert brutality I assume. Hahaha I love you had to do the tellu burying, I fondly remember that from military service and am happy to not have to do it again. Too bad you didn't have the actual telamiina with the detonator to put in the middle as well. I hope Jari adds setting up a half team tent and camouflaging it the next time. In the darkness of the night without flashlight because the enemy could see. And then chop firewood. Judo instructor sometimes makes us do the paratrooper burpees as warm up. It's much more tolerable if you don't have the full armor equipment and do all these stages first... I'm pretty sure anything is exhausting with that gear.

[@FloppyCDdrive]

Only thng about the Woundpacking. Well you'd need to restart from fresh, when you stop it. Since it has to be packed tight. But still seems like a fun stage.

[@k5blaze84]

On the last breacher phase, you was absolutely playing horseshoes with hand grenades! 😂

[@-r-495]

Passed family of mine were very good shots too but they resorted to white wine served with bread and cheese to a distant alphorn in between pistol range and 300m rifle. I do wonder how they would have fared at this course, it seems punishing but very well thought through!

[@AnonyMole]

Damn! Good job! So, who's the person (women competing?) who came in 1st for day one?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

There were some female competitors, yes. Each squad did a different set of stages each day though, so there was no day 1 winner.

[@CobraDBlade]

26:57 Am I going crazy or is that The Chieftain in the background there?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

Yes, it is him.

[@triviszla1536]

Ian recording himself struggling for our viewing pleasure!

[@andrewcappiello5585]

Do I spy with my astigmatic eye - a "Chieftain"?

[@ForgottenWeapons]

You do.

[@Naamis1]

A bit of a missed opportunity on the Intel task. Could have made it a bit more complex than "snap a photo". So you are right to assume that there might be something more to it. 17:00