Why Colombia Raised a Highway Cavalry Corps

[@BattleOrder]

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[@pyeitme508]

Wow 😳

[@victorviereck6476]

Poor Battleorder , being a rent slave . Have you considered revolution?

[@BattleOrder]

This is just to pre-empt anyone who'd suggest waiting until I'm not sick to record, because like a week later I sound just as bad and can't push video releases that far back

[@pyeitme508]

@@BattleOrder OOF!

[@kevshabunas523]

So glad someone else got to hear that awesome song from Charli Morgan, it's great

[@DrakonPhD]

Virgin countries Highway Safety Program: Speed limits, repaving the road, visibility Chad Colombia Highway Safety Program: Highway motorized military units

[@scandited2763]

- Breaking the speed limit huh? Lets see if you can break the sound speed punk!

[@hedgehog3180]

Speed limit enforced by gun truck.

[@arthas640]

So Texas

[@davidtesta6542]

Dude you wish this does not need to be used in your country. You will pray it stops when it is in your country. Coming from someone who's country need's this.

[@kevinp.h157]

Viva colombia 🇨🇴🫡

[@esequieltrindade9244]

Died in 1945 Born in 2024 Welcome back Armored Trains

[@Bruno-ec8ft]

Armoured trains were still used in French Indochina well into the 1950's.

[@esequieltrindade9244]

@@Bruno-ec8ft armored/attack trains were used in 1950s Greek civil war (2 Trains with german mgs and a Flak 38) 1945-49 Chinese civil war (ex soviet) 1950s cuban revolution (lighty armed train used in a siege outside of havana) 1960s arab wars in the magreb (some had AA cannons used to hold off israeli attacks) 1960 pakistan-indian conflict (artilhery mortars and mgs) 1970s african revolts and asiatic revolts (all sides) 1990s Yugoslavia Wars (Krajina express is the most famous example but they had more than 3) 1990s Kongo Civil War (Used to control the only railway from the capital to the center) 1990s Kosovo war (same as the yugo wars) 2000s Macedonian Revolt in south Serbia (above, the same) So on, ofc they not just ended in 1945, it's just a joke, no need to overthink

[@MrBlueBurd0451]

Armored trains are currently being used in Ukraine lol

[@esequieltrindade9244]

@@MrBlueBurd0451 cavalry is being used by ukraine too and they are very effective to raid armored units in the outskirts of cities

[@banananoodles]

@@esequieltrindade9244 There was one runnin in and around Chechnya as well

[@rileyernst9086]

So you are saying that Colombia made a special army formation designed to bring the fight to the enemy all along the Fury Road.

[@Eric-vs2he]

"You shall ride eternal, shiny and chrome"

[@farazmarandi181]

Road-control units were also a thing in mountainous Greece during and after WW2, although those were often attached to larger units because there was the expectation that they'd face an actual army and not just insurgents/guerrillas.

[@dannyzero692]

*"WITNESS ME!"* - average Colombian army enlistee

[@Ealsante]

They are awaited.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

"Kamakarzy Warboys!"

[@rileyernst9086]

Tractor trailer? I believe you mean WAR RIG!

[@Stynze]

hell yeah

[@minhducnguyen9276]

WITNESS!

[@alanjefferson1127]

I am awaited... I AM AWAITED IN VALHALLA

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Shine and chrome

[@robbertrottenborn951]

They shall ride eternal, shiny and chrome...

[@psychobeam99]

Mad Max: Colombian Road.

[@maximilianodelrio]

ColOmbian

[@birolaPássaro234]

I remembered: Optimus prime in military clothing.

[@JulianAndresSandovalDiaz]

@@birolaPássaro234optiBus

[@santiagovasquezgomez2136]

There is a 20.848 square kilometer desert in the north of the country, so basically, Mad Max is canon.

[@carlosbautista8045]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@PablitoAndCo]

My man is explaining the TO&E of Mad Max armies and I'm here for it. On a serious note, these minor armies videos are far more entertaining than their main powers counterparts, I hope we get more of them.

[@LittleKnight313]

You should have seen Colombia in the Korean War. They practically defeated the North Koreans and the Chinese with their bare fists

[@venpirethevampire]

A moment of respect for the sacrificial Opel Corsa.

[@qwopiretyu]

F

[@kyleaveryx3477]

YOU

[@gjoelsephvichyswaz4714]

GET OUT OF MY MIND

[@venpirethevampire]

@@kyleaveryx3477 Ah, my apprentice

[@venpirethevampire]

@@gjoelsephvichyswaz4714 Sup dawg

[@Tretusentre]

Truly one of the cavalry corps of all time

[@BattleOrder]

Their armored cavalry is much cooler, depending on your definition of cool

[@maxttck]

@@BattleOrderwhat does it include ? It’d be great to see more of South America, or countries with less known structures !

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

@@BattleOrdercan you do a video of technicals?(pickup trucks 🛻) used as inexpensive military vehicles. ❤

[@davidrodrigueztoro6512]

​@@BattleOrder Sounds like a cool topic for a video. We will be waiting for it

[@erf3176]

Colombia is a lot like Afghanistan. Over there, mountains have always kept any central government from fully exercising authority. Even if an area is connected via road, there might be weather or landslides that disconects it for periods of time. So you do get a set up for only lose central control, growing opium, war lording. Colombia has similar problems but with the combo mountains and jungle. You end up with parts of the country that exist outside of central authority. Colombia was the second country in the world to develop a commercial airline. It did not have the wealth and industrial capacity you'd associate with that achievement but it had the need. It was easier to link areas of the country via air than roads.

[@wizz1358]

Avianca (formerly SCADA, is just months older than KLM, the dutch airline which is the oldest active in the world), SCADA started operations using the rivers of Colombia as a good number of them have wide and long parts that allows them to be use as airports.

[@Andy_M.S.c]

@@wizz1358 I think you mean months younger

[@viceralman8450]

Mistakes were made like abandoning trains and replacing them with trucks, that on top of limited inversion on roads achieve this piss poor land communication between the center of the country and the coasts.

[@lukejohnston4666]

​@@viceralman8450wait there are no railroads in colombia ?

[@viceralman8450]

@@lukejohnston4666 They are rail roads, but they are few and nothing compared with the railroad system we had in the 50's.

[@Jesus-jz6ll]

This series on south-american/ latin-american militaries could have a lot of potential, taking into account the tasks that they have to deal with.

[@juancarloscuaocastellanos8813]

Colombian here. Had no idea about our Mad Max Units. Amazing! 😱 Thanks gov'nor for the info. Carry on. 😁 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@BXBattleBoy]

The most Truck looking truck to ever truck

[@hatchtheegg]

Truck-ass truck

[@ZWChan-vf8hz]

I love that quote

[@Jamhael1]

Look at that truck! It is so TRUCKY!

[@ianmcmillan5887]

as soon as it was said i bolted to the comments xDD

[@therebelfrogy9287]

Truck Norris 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@mrpalaces]

Fantastic work, I'm Colombian and no local or even Spanish speaking channel has made content this thorough

[@VivaCatatumbo973]

You must not watch very many of them. Soy Colombiano de Barrancabermeja de Norte Santander.

[@NeoJhon69]

​@@VivaCatatumbo973who watches Caracol or RCN these days?

[@VivaCatatumbo973]

@@NeoJhon69 Nobody. But there are many youtube channels that do good documentaries not only of Colombia but America Latina and Caribbean too

[@manwithnoname2355]

@@VivaCatatumbo973si y todos esos canales saben que los narco guerrilleros que vos apoyas son el cancer del pais.

[@rorythewriter]

​@@VivaCatatumbo973pasa porque quiero saber más, he visto mucho sobre la historia de la guerra desde el lado civil y desde la política pero el lado de operaciones y logística militar es bien interesante.

[@РайанКупер-э4о]

You do remember that roman roads were build by roman legions? You win battles with spears, you win wars with showels.

[@ernstschmidt4725]

garrisons are expensive and colombia geography is jungle mountains, it is as rough as it gets without being the arctic or the moon

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

did they have moats with crocs and a drawbridge? a moat filled with oil might be fun

[@viceralman8450]

@@ernstschmidt4725 The government can't make roads due to corruption, that's it otherwise with the political will and engineering the problem would have been solved decades ago.

[@РайанКупер-э4о]

@@MikeHunt-fo3ow, I don't know about oil, but each time roman legion stopped for a night they had build a camp with walls, moats and towers. Roman army is army of engineers and builders

[@death_parade]

@@ernstschmidt4725 Jungle mountains sounds like India's North-Eastern states. Maybe the Assam Rifles should look into this. And the Indian Army as well, although they got much bigger fish to fry.

[@andrescamilotousarcia2528]

Greetings from Colombia. We need more of these analysis for the other LATAM nations as well. As always excellent quality ❤❤❤❤.

[@archiegeorge3969]

With undercover scout cars and civilian disguised armored trucks, I expect military intelligence is very important. Does the new Cavalry organization have an organic intel section of any type?

[@cockatoo010]

Yes. That's what the Barinas are for. The air force would also fly recon sorties and relay that info to army units since most of the rebels don't really have air defense other than 50 cals

[@UnSengorX]

Yes, they do have at least one, in the Medium Combined Arms Task Force (FUTAM) located in La Guajira there are several SIGINT vehicles, along with several optronic vones

[@JohanDanielsson8802]

If they drive around in civilian looking cars, won´t that make their opponents more suspicious of civilians, and potentially put civilians at an increased risk?

[@CompetitiveRacist54]

@@JohanDanielsson8802 Civs are already being shot at and kidnapped, this tactic changes little in how the populace will be treated.

[@einsteinyh]

All sides have targeted civilians due to the irregular nature of the conflict, sometimes more, sometimes less (see the fals positives scandal, the guerrilla kidnappings or the paramilitary massacres). Fortunately it's much safer nowadays in most of the country, but there are a few regions where the conflict persists

[@EAMR262]

I remember first coming across an armored REO when I was traveling from Cucuta to Bogota, the army would make us all disembark the bus and check our IDs, since I was a minor they left me alone so I could oogle the truck while waiting to resume our trip. Oh and fun fact: It’s rumored the Meteoro name comes from the Spanish version of Speed Racer, the old 80’s anime which was highly popular in the country.

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

We are this close to "Organisation and employment of Dementus Warband"

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

The Great Dementus, cannot afford to have an undefined TO&E!

[@nikujaga_oishii]

I find road as statebuilding tool and how one fight their way through to make them work very fascinating. On a side note, similar thing happened to Thailand in late 60s and early 70s, where the government (finally) realized they need proper road infrastructure to effectively govern the mountainous rural areas after the communist party declared their own revolutionary government in those regions That's why, somewhat in a reverse of normal maneuver and mobility role, infantry and tanks shot their way up through insurgent strongholds with M113s, M41s, and armored bulldozers supported (in a classic Vietnam war fashion) by UH-1 gunships and F-5s, for the engineers to build roads behind them. Whether they succeeded? Well, those are all scenic roads for tourists nowadays

[@VT-mw2zb]

The Romans learned the same strategy over 2000 years ago. Wherever the Roman Empire went, roads and forts followed them and dotted the landscape.

[@luismena57]

@@VT-mw2zb All roads lead to Rome.

[@colombianguy8194]

That's very good to hear, I hope the things here get calm like Thailand, greetings from Colombia.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

I find it strange that modern nations often don't realize what ancient empires considered as state building 101

[@nikujaga_oishii]

@@Pavlos_Charalambous I'd imagine that depends on the threat environment if you've been focusing on doing other things for the last 100 or so years, it might take time to 'rediscover' those knowledge in the late 19th and early 20th century, cities are where modern political-economic activities mostly occur, even rebels and revolutionaries of any significant scale are formed in cities - hence the focus on putting them under the grasp of national authorities via *railways and telegraphs* - not paving random roads to the jungles in the middle of nowhere

[@kuroazrem5376]

As a Colombian, I gotta say this analysis is spot-on. Thanks for covering this. Please add Spanish subtitles for the Colombian audience

[@FlyWithMe_666]

9:27 The fact that everyone is behind level 5 armor - except the one civilian driver 😅

[@mosesracal6758]

Tbf, if the trailer is under enemy fire - something has gone horribly wrong

[@bukayonosakadebanda7163]

Yeah, the Colombian government doesn’t have the best track record regarding protecting individual civilian lives

[@UnSengorX]

The comando 60mm mortar is made by indumil, they make 3 versions of it, a comando type, a standard base plated one, and a long tube long range one with several HE grenade types, the bad part is that they do make 81 and 120mm grenades but not the mortar tubes/launchers

[@KaiserStormTracking]

“My wife would rather walk then get in one of these” So said every person when they see a death trap

[@BattleOrder]

I've never seen one irl but she has so gotta take her word for it

[@KaiserStormTracking]

@@BattleOrderNever question the wife. Also the Puerto Rico pronunciation and brief flag were both pretty good

[@thomasnorb4077]

Opel Corsa (2022) scored a 5 star ANCAP safety rating...

[@BattleOrder]

@@thomasnorb4077 It's just a joke but Euro NCAP gave the 1997 Opel Corsa, which is the generation being talked about, a 2 star safety rating

[@TomoreniusTom]

man, feels very funny to drive one of those old things 🪦

[@johngolden3714]

That's one hell of a "highway patrol" setup the Colombians have there. I see I'm not the only one who was getting Mad Max vibes here. I'm liking these videos on armored/cavalry units from foreign armies. I'd like to see one about the Rhodesian Armored Corps or maybe the Recon Squadrons of the Force Publique.

[@sigmar2331]

We shall ride forever chrome and shiny !

[@joshuadarrow]

WITNESSED!

[@B.A.productions]

FOR IMORTTAN JOE!!!

[@gorg2079]

I’ve seen these guys patrolling before by my home. Cheers from Colombia

[@just_common_stranger6250]

So much effort my country did to obtain peace, but only to realize that with out a right person with the right heart, everything you do will melt away. One day we will know peace Colombia 🇨🇴

[@olejnik5165]

I love the South American content its so great, its such a forgotten contient when it comes to weapons, armies and etc. While my favourite armed forces are Peruvians, their PACIPAT, UNIPAT camos are great looking, they have Amx-13 with turrets removed with 3 Kornets-E instead also they had VT-1/MBT2000 Chinese tanks on parades while not eveing buying them nor fielding them again its a great and a interesting nation with interesting arms industry with their Infantry having panzerfaust 3 or FAD experimental rifles looking like a space rifle that isn't fielded anymore

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Truly the madmax cavalry. Also I reference your website all the time.

[@almasbaibolov1446]

Such a shame that Colombians made such awesome and functional Mad Max style units out of necessity. Hope it will help them bring peace and chance for stable life sooner or later.

[@viceralman8450]

That's from the 90's, they were successful.

[@TrampSirius]

The quality of the video grows incredibly with each new release. You're great, keep it up.

[@mekaniklboltmb4880]

Fun fact Meteoro is how the anime "speed racer" is known in latin america

[@JulianAndresSandovalDiaz]

🏎🏁☄️

[@maasy05]

0:42 Battle order Doge in a Richmond jersey doin a burnout was not what i was expecting to see from this video 😂

[@BattleOrder]

I'm told I have to go for the Tigers

[@chunkychonks9186]

@@BattleOrderyou were told wrong

[@maasy05]

@@BattleOrder who ever told you that must hate you 😭

[@BattleOrder]

@@maasy05 i lived in Richmond so they might’ve killed me

[@maasy05]

@@BattleOrder fair enough i spose could be worse could always support essondon 😂

[@maccheese8379]

The most trucked truck looking truck. Couldn't say it better

[@jyuukenxrasengan]

I am very grateful for your ending song selection. Thanks to it, I found a new musician to follow.

[@CharliMorganMusic]

🥰

[@bewertsam]

this is some mad max level stuff

[@ErickSarabia-z5c]

Road Fighter, Mach Rider and Road Rash preparing many kids for the future.

[@Jamhael1]

Mad Max is now being the teacher.

[@kacodemonio]

What they really need are Pursuit Special V8 Interceptors

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

What if I tell you that the Greek police in the 80s actually had jet black pursuit specials? The notorious " Σ - units" ( yes sigma) The officers was even wearing black leather biker jackets Their job was to mostly deal with bank robbers, biker gangs, and street racing And talking about biker gangs The" Σ " was often working in coordination with the" Z " ( Zita) police's own very very very notorious bikers many of them being ex biker gangs members or as used to brag" if you are not in a list you are not suited for the job "😉

[@jorgearmandoarciniegasluna4731]

I really liked the military information about the Meteoro group of light cavalry, I am a veteran of the Colombian Army, I would like to add that in Colombia Titan type vehicles are manufactured (armored and artillery buses), the Marine Corps also has a platoon of road safety 🚌💂🐎

[@GuidoMillonezz]

The level of excellence of ur videos are much appreciated. Thank u!

[@somethingmoredecent]

S. & Central American militaries are fuggin wild, please keep covering this

[@TuanAnhLeIV]

Also this must be where the next mad max is set.

[@IagoSB__0.0]

Love that you are doing more South America stuff! Keep up the good work!

[@richardnoah2922]

We are so back ACR bros 😭

[@PobortzaPl]

British had Q-ships, Colombia has Q-trucks.

[@prestongarvey7745]

8:04 Oh yeah, now we’re talking!

[@juanecheyt]

This guys know more about my country than the media and most Colombians talking about our Military forces. Congratulations. Amazing video.

[@dariozapata-w7s]

Eso no es muy bueno.

[@mikescarborough9196]

I moved from the States to Colombia a couple of years ago. My wife who grew up in Bogotá said that before Uribe was president, they never drove anywhere out of the metro Bogotá area when she was a teenager. If you wanted to go to another city, you flew, no exceptions. That’s why Uribe is almost a god to some people in this country. There definitely wouldn’t be tourism here now if he hadn’t cleared the roads.

[@inannaxanthus1749]

guy cleaned the country at a high price, but still, he did it.

[@xiuhcoatl4830]

He's a criminal and a fraud, and the very same reason those armed groups still exist

[@bachtruongson9408]

You think "treeline warfare" is bad? Wait until you see HIGHWAY WARFARE

[@kingkeeper99]

Subtropical mountain jungle highway warfare*** That's why our conflict is over 50yrs old...

[@Gustavovisk21]

As a Brazilian it's quite ironic seeing our neighbors suffering from lack of government reach/authority cause here the problem is the complete opposite: the state knows EVERYTHING, nothing can run or hide from the state, the criminals that exist and are powerful are allied with the government in a certain way, the state is onipresent in our lives. It's impressive how even though we brazilians are culturally similar to our neighbors our politics are diametrically different, maybe that's the reason Brazil remained a whole state from the amazon rainforest to the southern steppes in the first place.

[@sebastiancar625]

Estás hablando de corrupción como un principio de estado lol

[@uekvowzkaebbzuvrgipqxhemmwbhe]

Half of Brazil is filled with cartels and un contacted tribes what are you talking about

[@Andrelmorales5665]

En brasil hay bandas en cada fabela

[@Jamhael1]

​@@sebastiancar625 agora vendo você falar desse jeito, dá para entender o porquê do governo brasileiro agir e funcionar desse jeito.😮

[@FreeFallingAir]

This was very intresting, they have a MadMax kinda thing going on! Keep up yhe great work! N I hope you get to feeling better!

[@EscuadronLobo]

I am from Colombia and I am 16 years old, I live in a city where the A.G.C is located, I have experienced some curfews because the guerrilla has hit my city and region Even though this has only happened two or three times in my life, it has still been a pain for me and for everyone who lives here. Greetings.

[@Goc4ever]

Well done Battle Order, well done. I frankly find your videos about the minor armies very interesting. I really loved especially how well-timed your humor was especially the "most truck-looking truck" and i find this doctrine very interesting. Fun fact, the usage of these trucks for military operations gives me Mad Max vibes.

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

After all Max originally served in a police force trying to keep the roads clear 😉

[@Briselance]

This truck in the thumbnail made me think about the War Rig in "Furiosa". WITNESS HIM!!!

[@trexswanson3379]

Violence is caused due to lack of burn outs at 3pm noted

[@stephennelson9212]

Type of truck you’d buy on warstock cache and carry

[@billytheelf1349]

Love the outro music! I just recently discovered Charli Morgan myself. This video was my introduction to your channel, an easy subscribe.

[@ajsdjn3]

As a Colombian I’ll say this again. The problem of our country lies within corruption not a weak military. As long as profit from drugs and illicit activities is accessible to corrupt government officials these criminal organizations will continue to exists.

[@samuelleal6149]

Hi there, i find this very interesting since i'm colombian. I'm not old enough but everyone like my parents older cousins and so on sometimes memorize about the famed "convoys" which were essentially military escort for civilian convoys to move safely, great video

[@TheColombiano89]

Wow Colombian here surprised we are on here very cool 😎 🇨🇴

[@viingroh4298]

Colombian here, our conflict is... All the mdrfcking cold war conflicts in one country 😂 I'm grateful that Battle order gave us a look. And yeah this is and will be Mad Max 💀👌🏼

[@oof9952]

I was told a story from my cousin on his trip from Barranquilla to Santander that he saw the tractor trailer because of his friends served in the 8th brigade the literally called it out 😂 but good news is that the Ejercito are getting new whips

[@saybeisjsjs9908]

PLEASE, more videos about Colombian army

[@BattleOrder]

Colombian armored cavalry is on the to-do list

[@ClaymoreM18]

I'm glad to see my country made to the Battle Order ' collection 🇨🇴

[@tamzidkarim9402]

Most truck looking truck that ever trucked... Sounds like hell of a truck 👌

[@OakRidgejet]

I believe those M715s are actually Korean K311/KM450s. Its a slightly more modern license built copy of the M715 still in production.

[@mosesracal6758]

Its unbelievable how many KM450s are out there. I swear if its not in Europe, its most likely a Korean KM450 than an American M715.

[@JasperFromMS]

You are correct. The M715 was actually a very good vehicle when the motor worked. The Koreans replaced the Kaiser 230 Tornado straight six with a Mitsubishi diesel. It also has a looking rear diff and will probably climb a tree. And for full military vehicle pedantry, those aren't M35A2 2-1/2 ton trucks, they are KM-250s. The S. Koreans know how to build a good truck.

[@ricardosalazarrey2424]

This is incredible work ❤ gracias 🙏🏽

[@Friano7]

As a Colombian I appreciate the attention to detail and work you put into your research, also loved the jokes. insta sub.

[@cesarnogueira8407]

You should make a vídeo about brazil's army modernization that's been on going for a few year, especially the acquisition of new gear and vehicles, and how they would be implemented.

[@MineCraftMichael432]

Might just be nitpicky but that M715 looks like a K311 which is basically a (relatively) newer version of the kaiser jeep so it's not as bad as you'd think.

[@quetzelmedina3]

Bro this shit needs to be in the next mad max. Its honestly sick!

[@Eric-vs2he]

Columbia out here fighting in the fury road

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

WITNESSED

[@rorythewriter]

ColOmbia*

[@ivanstefancic8938]

That was actually a really good Australian accent mate 👍 well done

[@emiliano-do4wr]

THE COLOMBIAN ARMY HAS BEEN REINFORCED WITH A DREADNOUGHT 🗣🔥🗣

[@Madness-iwnl]

Living in a major city like Medellin makes you think that you live in a safe country, but there’s always a video like this that reminds you there are warriors fighting in the jungle to keep us protected against the terrorists every single day. God bless all the soldiers in our country, most experienced and battle hardened warriors in latin America.

[@camiloruizcastellar4740]

This video is hilarious, I'm Colombian, most people living in the cities can turn off the TV and forget about war forever, it's mostly a rural narc economy and that's it, this highway strategy is cute, but President Uribe is mostly know here for creating a paramilitary army that became uncontrollable stealing more lands, killing more people and violating more women than any organization has ever done in the history of this country, the guy was listed by the american defence intelligence agency as member of the Medellin Cartel, most of his government staff and associates are dead or in jail, and he is in free and incredibly rich, with a personal army of five hundred bodyguards following him everywhere always fearing a vengeance than no one dares to deliver.

[@viejoditi]

Funny since the paramilitary were so strong in the 90´s and essentially dismantled during the Uribe years 2002-2010. I guess you really know your country and never understood that paramilitary are the consequence not the cause of guerrilla activity.

[@colombianguy8194]

As a Colombian i can tell you, this video is excellent, very well explained. Unfortunately with our low military resources and a big ass country with a nightmare geography, we have to get creative. I have seen some videos with actual combat in remote roads, our soldiers fight like hell. That's why the guerrillas nowadays just paint cars with grafitti and tell some "revolutionary" BS to the civilians and quicky go away, sometimes when things get hot they managed to burn down some trucks, but is not like the 90's or early 2000's, those were terrible times...

[@viceralman8450]

Bro low military resources the defense budget is 10 billion USD, the second largest in LATAM, the geography is an excuse to the poor procurement of equipment due to corruption.

[@colombianguy8194]

@@viceralman8450 still is low for a Country with 56 million people with huge mountains and jungles. Colombia is not an easy country to keep together, we are a country of countries, the USA already knows that jungle warfare is the worst one and we didn't have a strong and advanced military industry, all high tech weapons and equipment must be imported and that's not cheap either....

[@viceralman8450]

@@colombianguy8194 Its the fourth largest budget in the Americas after the USA, Brazil and Canada.

[@freddyalbertogarciavidal6409]

2:26 that's the bus I take to go to work every day! Jajajajajajaja Actually that specific one belongs to a friend

[@maxhill7065]

The Kodiak is a pretty darn truck lookin' truck for what it's worth. I also love that thing so I'm a little biased

[@Chickenapocalypse]

Incredibly well researched. Amazing job.

[@Strykenine]

ngl sounds like something out of the next Mad Max. Pretty neat.

[@hardcaselj111]

I met the commandant of the Columbian marine corps at boot camp last week

[@noobstertontropolisburgpoi8096]

I was totally expecting to see a Mad Max-style, up-armored, tractor trailer-born, highway battlewagon. I really like that background music you're using.

[@carloscampo9119]

This was one of the early spearheads of Seguridad Democratica, the major security state doctrine that was launched in the early 00s to reclaim what up to that point was a situation approaching late 2010s Afghanistan. The guerrillas had almost besieged major urban centers in the mountains such as Medellin and Bogota by operating freely in the mountain roads - in a country where mountain roads were the lifeline of cities. With kidnappings of civilians, burning of cargo trucks and passanger buses and shootings against commuters, Colombians were practically stuck and surrounded in their cities. One of the first actions of Uribe's government involved caravans of civilian cars protected by armored squadrons such as these. Alongside with focused patrolling in "red" roads. The guerrilla checkpoints were pushed back into the mountains, and then were pushed back by the major military campaigns that pushed the guerrillas out of Cundinamarca and into the southern rainforest.

[@waly3302]

Colombian here. first time seen one of your videos and i like it, has quality also very interesting

[@clydedopheide1033]

Another interesting video. Thanks Sir

[@ThePokemondongos]

Yeah, it's like living in a Madmax movie but located in a jungle in the middle of a mountain range.

[@v.german11b]

*Sad facts about the reality concerning the instability of Colombia.*

[@viceralman8450]

Just today one of these groups belonging to 3rd Division stopped and neutralized an ilegal checkpoint in Cauca. 😎😎

[@caballeroarepa9223]

It's great to see South American analisis!

[@yor2522]

Iove the end, this is one of the only KZbin video were i watch the emd

[@UNYEILDING]

Hell yeah, Charli Morgan's Lip Gloss and Lasers is an absolute banger!

[@CharliMorganMusic]

Thank you! 🤍

[@drwaffle5754]

Wow that really is the most looking truck that has ever trucked!

[@juanara6969]

Colombia is just mad max at this point

[@germancampos1498]

was... I haven´t seen those trucks in years

[@minadioz6752]

0:25 Porque ponen "cartel de Sinaloa" y la cara de Pablo escobar y la bandera de El clan del golfo xd?

[@bebebichoxlive620]

Gringos igualmente explicó bastante bien la estrategia

[@germanmedina9812]

Porque son grupos o personas relacionados al narcotrafico en Colombia.

[@joseescobar76]

Colombiana Mad Max style roads hello from cali Colombia. Great video!

[@Mrivlian]

Driving through Colombia with friend, he would always give a thumbs up to any military or police inspection point. He said it was a way of saying "No terrorists back there!"

[@rileyernst9086]

Mad Mio Fury Road.

[@cockatoo010]

Furia en el Camino con el loco Mauro

[@kuroazrem5376]

I had no idea my country did this. It is amazing.