The Lethal Technology Of The Swedish Anti-Armor Weapons

[@RemoW74]

Our best neighbours! Greetings from Finland!

[@andersg134]

Hej ja nu är vi båda länder natomedlemmar. Det är tryggt

[@TwinkingToby]

Love from Sweden brother. Hakka päälle pohjan poika

[@johankaewberg8162]

Hakka pälle, brother!

[@annabackman3028]

@@RemoW74 ❤️🇦🇽🇫🇮

[@Dennan]

[@donquixote1502]

As a Swede, I'm very proud over my fellow engineers who works in the Swedish wide Defense industri all over Sweden. You create the world best in so many categories. 👍👏🇸🇪❤

[@geirha75]

It's good to have you in NATO Sweden!

[@Valhalla_Heathen]

As an American from Las Vegas myself I freaking love Sweden! 🇸🇪

[@matswinberg5045]

I remember an interview with an East German intelligence officer at the end of the Cold War. He was asked why there was so many Warsaw Pact spies in Sweden. His reply: "Because Sweden has the best weapons engineers in the world".

[@matswinberg5045]

Sorry for the grammatical error, was->were

[@ispbrotherwolf]

I used to work at Bofors, I worked with the targeting unit for the Robot system 56 "Bill".

[@pallebon4196]

Broder Varg den fungerade.... 😁

[@bjornh4664]

I've been to the site at 3:18. It's the Bofors firing range at Villingsberg. I was there as a Home Guardsman some years ago, and trained on the AT4, using the 20 mm tracer training insert, firing at a car wreck 150 meters away. While it was introduced in the Swedish army in 1986, we trained on the pskott m/68 ("Miniman") when I did my military service in 1989-87. We got acquainted with it during a refresher maneuver in 1989, though.

[@johnsilfen70]

I also used p-skott 86 around that time when doing service.,

[@ingvarkarlsson7378]

@@johnsilfen70 When I did my military service in 84-85 all 3 infantry groups in a company had 2 P shots each + 2 ksp machine guns. The 4th group consisted of 2 GRG(Carl Gustav) x2 Gunner and loader + 2 PvBv 2062

[@johnsilfen70]

@@ingvarkarlsson7378 It must have been a bunch to carry! One p-shot and the ak-4 was not much but I realise it will be much more than just adding weight when carry one more weapon. The inconvinience set the limit nI guess! I don't know how many infantery groups there were when I served? My company had only three paroons, where 4 is the most comon. I belonged to Svea Livgarde. We were instructed to slways be two shooters at once when firing p-shots. A lot of targets were just not to be missed or they would quickly point and shot with much more than a ak. So we shot in pairs.

[@cazcade77]

Why not include the NLAW in a video about Swedish AT weapons?

[@TomasErikssonErnt]

It's not only a swedish weapon(eng + swe).

[@FXGreggan.]

@@TomasErikssonErnt not when it comes to the technology development, I think was all done in sweden...

[@Mikeatthenet]

It is a Swedish weapon but originally made for and produced in UK!

[@znail4675]

@@Mikeatthenet No, it was a joint UK and Swedish venture and developed by a Swedish company. Final assembly was done in UK as offset and that is pretty common with large military deals.

[@bengtolsson5436]

@@FXGreggan. Yes, but it was ordered by Britain.

[@Mad-Jam]

We invented 4 modern infantry anti-armor weapons in Sweden. Carl Gustav, AT4, BILL2(TOW) and NLAW. Enemy armored vehicle are not long lived close to the Swedish Infantry.

[@mielund5045]

I was a "canon man" ( for the lack of a better word) in the Norwegian military, and i was issued a Carl Gustav 84mm cannon. The metal reusable one.That tube is a beast.

[@tobiascarlen]

Shooting full bore CG rounds was always an event, a fantastic feeling of power and being able to reach out and not just "touch" targets. My favorite was always the Phosphorous rounds, used to light up the battlefield: They have extra drive charge and are effective about 1km out and the effect of hits are massive and entertaining, a tremendous sound a light show worthy of a Hollywood movies, the hits look big and impressive even from half a mile away :)

[@oskar6607]

It’s a bit weird saying they’re not as well known as the Javelin and NLAW when the latter is a Swedish weapon, developed by Bofors under the name RB57, I believe.

[@Bald_Zeus]

NLAW is developed by Saab dynamics initially for the UK army

[@AdmiralLj]

Joint venture, bae/saab but the tecnology is old Bofors stuff some of it going back to the 80 I think, it was developed and tested in sweden by saab dynamics whit BAE setting up production in the UK.

[@sevedbaathus]

@@Bald_Zeus SAAB is a Swedish company. ;)

[@samolofsson2401]

It's amazing what you can do with strict requirements and low corruption, you don't need to bloat your military budget and the industry don't lobby the goverment.

[@FXGreggan.]

That laser sight is so much more, it's a ballistics computer making a hit on the first strike even more probably, iirc even on moving targets as it has a prediction subroutine...

[@Michael.Wiskman]

I completed my military service in the Swedish Army from 1978 to 1979. The first time I fired a weapon, I had it positioned slightly incorrectly. After firing, I thought my legs had been blown off, but fortunately, no harm occurred. From then on, I adjusted my position to be almost 90 degrees relative to the weapon. Another vivid memory was the incredibly loud noise during shooting, which our ear protection helped mitigate.

[@ThePearsson]

The NLAW is also a Swedish weapon

[@thequ4lm69]

AT4 acually means Anti Tank (version 4). But conveniently fit well with the caliber that the predecessor also had.

[@ThomasVanhala]

We did some target practice and simulated shots with the AT4 when I was conscripted in the swedish army. It was a one day thing just to quickly get familjar with the weapon. We used a modified one the was able to fire a singel 9mm tracer and a shotgun shell looking thing the simulated the effect of fireing the real one with backblast included.

[@OldtimerOfSweden]

I operate a GRG, Carl Gustav M2, in our squad. It's a bit on the heavy side, so I'm really looking forward to the promised upgrade. Other than that, it's an amazing weapon.

[@bjornnylander8754]

The new version is half the weight of the old version

[@MrBoombast64]

I did use the version 3 when I did "Lumpen" but that was a long time ago.... It was like laying beside a handgranade, without the schrapnel of course, when shooting.

[@johankaewberg8162]

Granatgevär… Pretty smooth to fire. Pretty bad to be hit with.

[@hansericsson7058]

I can asure you that it clears your sinuses when you fire the GRG.

[@fluggerisaffle973]

I did it while having a cold, one trigger push later I hade a face full of snot.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@fluggerisaffle973 at least it wasn't a face full of snus 😉

[@jrnmadsen1658]

It is a great weapon i used it when I was in the danish army back in 83-89

[@ulflyng]

Denmark's HomeGuard was equiped with the CG before the army back in the cold war. The army was expected to be rolled over quite fast, but the HG was to fight as a "Stay Behind" force until the allies could nuke the Soviets off the Danish ground - M-glup

[@larsarwild2419]

Ever tried to have a bicykle trip with the old metall version of it I did that 1977-78 as a conscript in the swedish infantry in the winter with ice on the forrest road?Been there done that!Not to funny anyway!

[@jannemelin9777]

I used the CG while doing my mandatory service. I must say it is a formidable weapon used both against infantry and hard targets as bunkers tanks. I love this weapon🌹

[@D3EZNUT5]

Did bro at 9:30 not turn the safety switch?

[@alexlanning712]

would have sworn "AT" stood for "anti tank"

[@Ailasor]

it does..

[@alexlanning712]

@@Ailasor apparently its an euphemism

[@RaXXha]

@@alexlanning712 It's not uncommon for SAAB to choose "fun" names like that, a perfect example is the BAMSE surface to air missile system. (Bofors Advanced Missile System Evaluation). 😅

[@brigadgeneralvoid2508]

@@alexlanning712 It's both

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@alexlanning712 SAAB loves pun acronyms...🤦🏼‍♂️

[@stefankarlsson7467]

Skott kommer! Klart bakåt..... Recoilles? No, not really. Its not a snappy recoil like a rifle, Its more like a force that move whole your body, very nice to shoot!

[@michaelmay5453]

Men skojar du, det finns ingen rekyl på ett GRG och du har klart bakåt, skott kommer omvänt. :P

[@stefankarlsson7467]

@@michaelmay5453 OK! Först: Skytten har målet i sikte och rapporterar till laddaren att skott kommer, laddaren rapporterar tillbaka då det är fritt bakom, då skjuter skytten. För det andra kanske du inte läste vad jag skrev om rekyl, titta en gång till på filmen så kanske du förstår vad jag menar. Jag har skjutit väldigt många fullbumpa med GRG, har du?

[@Patrik6920]

..just dont be behind it ... 😁😂

[@rursus8354]

There's always a recoil. Either in your shooting shoulder, or in matter that blows backwards. "Recoilless" just means that the recoil is not absorbed in your shoulder.

[@OldtimerOfSweden]

@@michaelmay5453 I princip ingen rekyl, det är rätt. Däremot en jäkla smäll som känns i hela kroppen, förmodligen den han pratar om. Däremot har han kommandona i rätt ordning. "Skott kommer" från skytten. "Klart bakåt" från laddaren. Pang!

[@rektum3006]

NLAW is a Swedish weapon, but manufactured in Belfast, Ireland. When the UK orders and buys new NLAW, they order from Sweden.

[@bjornstefansson2618]

One problem when laying down is The dust that is produced infront of the shooter in certen situation...makes it Hard to observe The hit or miss...

[@ghanaboyz]

In the boreal forest and far north, that was never an issue for us.

[@grottpojken7815]

Bra jobbat

[@bengtolsson5436]

In Sweden, we don't call it AT4. Without panzar shot m86.

[@hansericsson7058]

And GRG instead of Carl Gustav.

[@bauer90]

@@hansericsson7058 As a Swede you should know it's Gustaf*

[@danielkarlsson9326]

@@bauer90 No no it is The Knugen

[@stefanjohansson6670]

P-skott!

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@hansericsson7058 *stuprörsaset

[@Dennan]

btw nlaw was designed in sweden

[@ompwa5382]

U forgot to mention the NLAW which is a Swe-UK developed wepond

[@Dennan]

as a swede i need to help my fellow engineers, my redstone knowledge might come in handy.

[@Mackan134]

"Skott kommer! Klart bakåt!!" That's the sound of two soldiers firing a "GRG" in Sweden ;)

[@alexlanning712]

no,left master eye,version?

[@Test4Echos]

No, because all "lefties" automatically gets a job in the Swedish government. 😁

[@alexlanning712]

@@Test4Echos Haha,I'm a candidate then! Lol

[@TommySjoberg-mt1uo]

I am a carl gustav operator in Swedish national forces

[@Roger_Gustafsson]

It was first built in 1984? AT4

[@Faidros62]

84 mm

[@stefano2774]

The Best Beast, I shot Many rounds in my profession in Swedish anti tank service

[@macjonte]

Would like a video about bandvagn 207 Lots of Swedish weapons that isn’t talked about, most talk is the fighter jets and submarines. Need more than that to protect the borders neutrally for 200 years.

[@praisekallio]

Dont think Karl X Gustaf was thinking about anti tank weapons in the 1600's, just saying

[@VindensSaga]

*facepalm*

[@PulkaSkurken]

i can make a IKEA catalogue with only weapons and military items and vehicle for you people so you understand how much we design and develop!

[@DeusMort]

Remember gentlemen! En svensk Tiger!

[@je3996]

"Connor used the weapon to kill a disabled Terminator hunter killer". OK.....

[@1thensome2]

Perhaps they can use that in the marketing. "Look, it can even kill.."

[@MrJakobMovies]

Sverg-yeah

[@deathlastella5330]

Car gustaf is a mobile tank based on its sound 😅

[@optimize-b7z]

Pretty sure all tanks are mobile tho, no?

[@michaelmay5453]

@@optimize-b7z Not the Russian ones, not anymore. ;)

[@ghanaboyz]

More of a mobile coastal artillery (it has been used in anger against ship).

[@danielkarlsson9326]

@@ghanaboyz Canadian army's biggest victory after the world wars. they accidently shot and sunk their own Corvette or Frigate. granted it was during GRG training and the ship was decomissioned. but they hadnt planned to sink it during GRG aiming practice haha.

[@michaelmay5453]

@@ghanaboyz The Carl Gustaf is a shoulder fired predecessor of the NLAW so... no, it's not.

[@frallinger]

Nice presentation, but I have to say that I'm slightly miffed that the NLAW wasn't in there. I trained with the NLAW's great grandfather - BILL - in '90/'91 and the reason that I'm miffed is that is just that. Today's man portable system is the evolution of yesteryears crew served weapon. BUT the fundamental innovation - an AT missile with a top attack shaped charge - is still a Swedish innovation. It's just that the stupid Brits stole our thunder. Heroes unsung etc, etc. Here's to another thousand destroyed Russian tanks!

[@svgeier]

The clip is good but there are alot of wrong facts, alot....

[@markbrisec3972]

When I hear/feel the hint of the pro Ukrainian vibe that the channel is sending out, I subscribe within 10 seconds.

[@TomasErikssonErnt]

Karlstad?

[@annabackman3028]

😂😂😂 To mislead the enemy!!!

[@djoswald9128]

AT4 replaced the US LAW, Light Anti Armor Weapon. AT4 has quite a bit more punch.😉. I have fired both.

[@kentraberg6687]

Jag gjorde lumpen 1979. F17 Kallinge

[@PulkaSkurken]

Well we know the Ukrainian´s have take out many heavy armor tanks with the AT-4, so...

[@Jonsson474]

Russian tanks don’t have very heavy armour though.

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

If you guys know about it, it’s not much of a secret 🤨

[@PedroLopez-bj6hq]

😮 make one for grenades smaller on shouldered missile fightergun fighting warfighting warlaw needed fight needed

[@Colin-Fenix]

You act like the NLAW isn’t a Swedish weapon!

[@rolandnystrom1250]

-Klart bakåt! Skott kommer!

[@xman7211]

🇸🇪⭐👍💪🫡

[@rursus8354]

No! Sweden is about IKEA, H&M and Abba. That's the only thing that exists here, and otherwise there's only wood, forests, moose and Sámi jojk. All Swedes know that!

[@andersolsson-g5f]

We also have Absolut Vodka, this is the crown of our products :)

[@alexlanning712]

@@andersolsson-g5f and Rollmops (yum)

[@annabackman3028]

Meatballs and surströmming. The latter is the secret weapon of Sweden, to drive out the enemy troops from trenches and other hiding spots. 🤣 (Even if the latter is a joke, it wouldn't surprise me a bit if it worked in small spaces a couple of times 😂, until the rumors about it was launched, and the effects were commonly known. Someone who never experienced it could easily believe it is lethal and instinctively try to get away.)

[@jvsyoutube3298]

köningsegg!

[@alexlanning712]

@@jvsyoutube3298 Haha

[@xMorogothx]

No NLAW or BONUS? Dislike, unfollow, blocked.

[@bothornberg255]

Go back to computer games f.g.s. ah ..

[@PedroLopez-bj6hq]

Now bounty hunters bring bounthunterfield3 joker agents needed fight needed

[@formisfunction1861]

The at4 sucks, at least back in the 1990's they were POS.

[@peartree8338]

"..and has been used in a variety of conflicts..." When swedish laws governing the sale of military weapons all of a sudden don't exist. If swedish companies actually were forced to adhere to these then the US wouldn't get anywhere near our systems other than on the receiving end.

[@kronop8884]

Every Swedish weapons export is approved by the Swedish Weapons Export Authority following the laws regulating Swedish weapons export. The companies must apply for an export license to be granted for every sale outside Sweden which means that they always adhere to the rules and regulations as enforced by the Swedish government In other words, there is no weapons export without government approval following the laws of Sweden

[@johanhalvarsson2148]

​@@kronop8884 I think he's referring to the fact that we sell to the us even though they are in constant conflict.

[@2011granit]

Fire rate? with a real team? Not half naked marines in Sweden :)

[@MissMilly321]

so basically US army took a Swedish weapon and made it better.

[@sevedbaathus]

Huh?

[@lovehagglund3234]

They did not make it better. They simply made adjustments that suit their specific needs. Lose some features gain others. Very common.

[@leftymhp]

hahahahaahahahahahahahahahah not even a chance ..U.S have weak weapons everything is like 90 % imported..and there goes the american big heads thinking that they are smarter then the rest of the world ...

[@mielund5045]

Easy to carry around my arse. When yer doing silly walk through thick forrest, uphills and back again, aint nothing easy.

[@ja37d-34]

SAAB ^^