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

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

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

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

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 !

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/bJ2Jd22MhKOo06s.html This is about Swedish readiness during the cold war. I would also recommend "If war comes" ukposts.info/have/v-deo/kWhhqaqjZIicqZs.html 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.

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!

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.)

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

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.

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

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!

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 🇸🇪

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.

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.

The UKposts 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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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! ;-)

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

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

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

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

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

The Archer is a sniper haubitz on wheels.

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

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 UKposts.

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. =)

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

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

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

Yes we have Marines

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

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

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

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)

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: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/eWipnaOxhY-YmZ8.html

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

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

Yes we do have Marines

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

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

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

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

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

Archer shoot and scoot : ukposts.info/have/v-deo/nGipbH-Lrpplt5s.htmlsi=3kmhKu1vIAahRe1U

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 :)

From finnish army sergeant reservist here...both of my grandfahthers fought against soviets in 1939-1944...like stalin said "Quantity has a quality all it's own"...never ever underestimate the russians and their gear

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

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

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

You need troops and gear!

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: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/haBqp4ivnX-KwH0.html

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.

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

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.

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

and a couple of mil old guys trained for war

1:26 Russia has had a hate boner for Finland ever since they thoroughly kicked their arses during the Winter War, the majority of international diplomacy between the two has since been something along the lines of Russia uncomfortably leaning FAR too far over Finland's shoulder while simultaneously promising that they're the best of buddies. There's a reason why there's major roads (perfect for military convoys, for example) going all the way from the Russian border straight to the capital of Helsinki.

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.

We have five of this subs not 4!!! and also patriot systems, and iris t and the Archer is probably the best in its class

yes we have marines

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

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

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

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.

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Sweden has two marine Regiment's which each has one marine battalion one outside Stockholm and one in Gothenburg. Sweden has two brigades which is increasing to 4 brigades. The army is undergoing a major expansion right now which is expected to continue as the next defence white paper is due this fall. Sweden could mobilize 850.000 men in the 1980's but during the 90's and early 00's that was cut massivley.

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.

You have to look at a video of the archer system it's so good! xD

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

Aim-260, ARRW, HAWC, HACM, HALO, SIAW, LRASM are missiles you should check out.

Yeah! Look into the Archer. You have them in the UK army.

No matter how much quality you have, 14000 won't do shit tho

As of the latest information available, the Swedish Armed Forces comprise a significant number of personnel and equipment. The active military personnel total 24,400, with an additional 11,400 military reserves. The Home Guard, known as "Hemvärnet" in Swedish, consists of 21,500 members. Furthermore, Sweden incorporates 5,200 conscripts annually into the reserves, a number that is set to increase to 8,000 conscripts yearly by 2024. So the Swedish military growns very quickly and the Swedish defence industry is very big.

Archers are the shit

Yeah that channel is AI also it's not very good for AI. The Meteor has 200km range and is throtleable because it uses a ramjet it's the best air to air missile in the world. 204 Gripens where built but the A/B versions have all been retired or converted into C/D versions, the A/B version was also a much simpler aircraft then the C/D to keep cost down and it lacked a lot of features like an internal ECM suite. Sweden has 96 Gripen C/D and all export customers use the C/D except Brazil which uses the E/F version, Sweden has 60 Gripen E on order.

we do have amphibious troops, we have something called amfibieregementet (the amphibious regiment) that works almost exclusively at sea, usually around the Stockholm archipelago

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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.

Russia lost a million men trying to take Finland. Finland used guerilla tactics and lost 60 000. Since then we know the life of a russian soldier is not worth anything to its commander.

definitely look into the Archer, it's probably the best self-propelled howitzers available right now

OMG.. sorry but, have you been living under a rock...?? Take a look at the Artcher.... you realy need to!!!

Little krishna reaction please

One is that they build now two new war submarines.