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

Don’t forget the archer paired with Excalibur 🤤

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!

And bought by GB

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.

@@TheMeanmarine13no ex-Army Paladin howitzers?

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

@@patrikcarlsson2908 good choice me to

YEaaahhh :D

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.

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

@@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!

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

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...

@@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🤪

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.

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

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

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

@@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!

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

@@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 😂

@@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

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

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.

@@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!

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

@@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.

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.

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

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.

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

Here is the Gotland class submarine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C6A3Tq48pU8.html

Here is the Stridsvagn 122 (direct translation: Battle wagon 122): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I4tc8VaVN0A.html

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

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

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.

​@@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..🧐

@@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.

@@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.. 🧐

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

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

well most of those men still lives, they might got on the older side but I wouldn't discount them if a war broke out and we needed people holding defense lines.

@@adammathisson5119 we would fight for our brothers and sisters, but not for the corrupt gov.

@@Dredd.Idiot or Russian bot!

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

If not you should give a try

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

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

Hmm... The issues between Russia & Finland (& by extension Sweden) goes way further back than the Winter War... Finland used to be the eastern part of Sweden for almost 700 years, & the conflicts go back to nation forming years.. Historically, they could be described as each other's arch-nemesis.. Things have just cooled down a bit after 1. the Great Nordic war, & 2 the Cold War.. Now, with the Muscovites attacking Ukraine, showing they are returning to their old expansionist "traditions", Finland & Sweden joined NATO in preparation for what is coming.. This allows them to continue rebuilding their old historical bonds, as well as getting additional strength through NATO.. Further, this opens the possibility of further integration with the other Nordic nations, approaching something similar to the old Kalmar Union, that ended in 1523.. Potentially, this is a "the North unites" scenario in the making, depending on how far it develops, & if so, would result in a rather significant "player".. From a Muscovite perspective, this is really bad news..🧐