Swedish Weapons on the Ukrainian Frontline: Archer, Strv 122 and CV90 in Action 

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Vi borde skicka mer Alla borde skicka mer utrustning till ukraina

You welcome!

​@@AndyWoohoo666🫂 🤗

I'm sincerely sorry to say: be very worried for the maniac Tr@mp.

Not to forget half of my interior is Swedish :)

Well I wouldn’t go that far but as a Swede, thank you! Your praise is appreciated.

@@95Karlsson Welcome! Happy to have you good folks in NATO now too. :D

@@nullc0ntext Happy to be here! Excited CV9040 driver sounds. :)

When you have a smaller population then live in Moscow alone survivability matters.

@@PaletoB Well, it always matters, not least for morale. Look at the US with more than double the Russian population, they produce top notch equipment for their soldiers.

Sweden sent 10 tanks in a war that stretches across the entire length of Ukraine. Sweden doesn't care about human life either.

Besides the tank all other vehicles are tin cans, one direct hit that's it.

@@ligametis Direct hit from what? The CV90 is built to be able to withstand 30mm from the front.

As a Swede i have red blood

@@pilsner2930 you sure you're not Danish ;)

I actually served on the cv 90 and it felt like it was gliding trough the battle field, and we got hit by two anti tank mines and stumbled upon two t80s

Is it so, you are proud, so why did your educational system sank so low last 20 years? Hmmmm, and why did you take so many scientist from muslim world whose IQ is 160 only when you combine two, rite? So, wake up. And I am not going to even ask about gangs that rule your cities selling drugs and killing innocent....how is your engineering going to solve it?

Nä inte alls. Ukraina är Europas farligaste land med korruption och brist på mänskliga rättigheter. Ukraina får inte vara med i EU pga att de inte uppfyller de krav EU ställer. Vi vill inte ha deras "demokrati" överhuvudtaget.

Sweden benefit from membership how? Thats the biggest lie. Nato gains nothing. Military industrial complex gains billions.

what do we benefit? NOTHING. nato is a terrorist organisation MAKING PROFIT from war.. you are a clown

@fredfred2363 - you might be happy, but your everyday Swede is probably like "Damn Americans forcing everyone to do their thing otherwise they'll crush their economy" (a dude from my work in his early 50s). The funny part is that the government have hard time balancing between military spending (NATO requirement) and social funds (for those "pesky immigrants" from 2015). Calling a country made on IKEA's cheapest desk an ally is quite the statement. Alright - the tech is great, but everyone has other problems on their minds (gang wars, bombing, Muslim protesting every time they've got a chance, burning cars, low value of the Swedish currency - u name it) :|

Agreed. But Bradley looks like it has a lot of purpose on the battlefield, maybe not as aesthetic, though.

​@@tankman66sure if there is no snow

It's sort of ironic that Putin was the best recruiter for NATO 😊 Welcome 🇸🇪 and 🇫🇮

Why can Sweden with a population of 10 million be so technologically advanced while Canada with a population 0f 40 million has no military capability?

@@keithpeterson5127 Let's unpack that, there's a few layers. First, Canada does have military capabilities. Those capabilities are indeed relatively limited, however the training and efficiency of the Canadian military is often commented upon by allies during joint exercises. Canada also boasts the JTF-2 elite unit, which is widely regarded as peer to Delta Force, SEALs, SAS, etc. I have personally known a former JTF-2 member; at 21 years old, he was hunting Serbian snipers in Sarajevo. Top tier stuff, but with a very clear "defensive" mindset, i.e. keeping the city safe rather than going on the offensive. Second, Canada has historically chosen to position itself geopolitically in more of a support role; logistics, medical units, peacekeeping, etc. Third, Canada can afford to focus on such "less lethal" roles because it has no enemies within striking distance. Sweden on the other hand, is well within direct reach of a Russian strike. They NEED to be able to resist a direct attack. It's an entirely different situation.

@@keithpeterson5127 Here in Sweden we have focused on an education system that is open and free. We have also tilted away from pure fact studies, that makes us look bad in for example PISA, to focus a bit more the usable side of education with creativity, analysis and reasoning that pays of in the innovation index rankings.

​@@keithpeterson5127 Born in Sweden in 1975 I grew up with Soviet/Russian threats in mind. At 8 I knew where our local shelter was. I watched recurring reports on the news about their planes breaching our air space. I saw one of their submarines run aground next to one of our top secret military bases. Suffice to say the list is rather long. There was never any doubt as to who our enemy would be in the event of war. I hazard to guess this constant military threat might be the largest factor when it comes to answering your question.

the only problem is that after about one day the forest is basically gone, so the cover is gone as well

@@BornAgain223 i would disagree, unless nukes are used. The forest in sweden and finnlan is thick and old, with a lot of lakes and rivers, it would be like vietnam to take down the forest.

​@@arvalb0they may have been referring to the small tree lines between fields in Ukraine, otherwise, yeah there's no way all of Sweden's forests are getting cleared 😅

Care to share link or any proof of clearing forest in one day? Swedish forest territory is extremely thick but if you got any proof of your statement pls share

@@BornAgain223 u MUST be American..hahaha

i don't know how to express our gratitude to Sweden and other Scandinavic countries... you guys are the best..

@stevefox7793 I know precisely 93% of my fellow swedes will agree with me when I say it is we who are grateful to ukrainians. Last week, my ukrainian language teacher thanked me for my support of Ukraine and I felt like I could die from shame and embarrassment. She has just left Kharkiv, while I'm drinking lattes in Stockholm, and the only sacrifice I make is money donated and time spent going to rallies.

Tack så mycket!

Ya only coz Europe is scared of Russia so they all using Ukraine as a proxy and battle ground, hoping Ukraine saves them. but it's the thought that counts right?

This is only what we give away. This is old old tech. Please remember that PUTIN

and swedish submarine Gotland-class.

And the AT4 and the NLAW

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sweden sent 10 tanks. to a war hundreds of miles long. and you are telling me they are punching above their weight. Are you joking with me?

@@davidanalyst671 I said they punched above their weight in developing innovative weapons systems. I said nothing about the relevance of their contribution of these vehicles. As a percentage of GDP Sweden ranks 13th in their relative contribution to the Ukrainian war effort, with 0.51%. That’s at a level similar to Great Britain, Germany and Czechia. The US ranks 19th at 0.32% of GDP. Tops is Estonia at 3.55%. I think Sweden is doing its share and no, I’m not joking about that. They could do better in comparison to their neighbours like Denmark at 2.41% of GDP and hopefully some F16’s coming up, or Norway at 1.72% of GDP but still 13th is not bad.

@@davidanalyst671Yeah now look at the Swedish NLAW, 1500+ Russian tanks destroyed.

Sweden has punched above their weight since at least the 30 years war in the early 1600s. Few in number but well trained, well diciplined and well equipped with cuting edge well made gear have made Sweden able to do so. Numbers have always been Swedens biggest weakness, still are.

​@@sirseiganThe low population was once a tightly kept military secret. The heartland of the Swedish empire was almost empty compared to countries like France and Germany.

Nah, im Swedish and Lexus last forever. And im driving a BMW 😁. Had a Lexus for 18 years without a single breakdown nothing. But Volvo is a very nice car, not like a BMW though.🙃

Hell yeah:) I have an old Volvo 240 that i got from my dad, i drove it 2009-2017. It's an friggin tank fit for the zombie apocalypse. Ran for like 20 years without needing any real repairs or much maintenance at all. When i got it i replaced all cables, engine belt to new ones, nothing else has ever needed to be replaced or repaired. We had an Volvo 121(We call it Volvo Amazon in SE) as well when i was a kid, beautiful car and just as sturdy as the 240.

​@@jocke278don't get me wrong Lexus is great, but my coworkers haven't had much luck with recent models. Like the saying goes though, 'they don't build em like they used to'

30 KM... we refuse Freedom Units outside aviation (and no one care about what the sailors think anyway ;)

30km for standard rounds. 60km(37.3mi) for the more specialized rounds. it's capable of fireing a multitude of different shells.

@@lovehagglund3234that’s impressive!

​@@saintsljp1 And you can scop away 6 rounds pack up and be gone before these rounds hit their targets, and they land simultaneously...

Wasn't that the UK? Checked, UK, the Netherlands and Italy sent BVS10.

@@AlexKall you might be right

@@AlexKall still Swedish design

@@lordcurre39 this was about donation, not about who designed it.

Ammunition production is the main weakness of the west right now, so everyone needs to increase production fast!

it will just be sent to the scrapyard... Swedens weak as fuck air defence needs everything it can back home now when psychopaths in government made Sweden a target.

The problem with shell manufacture is that we only have one factory doing that in Sweden, and they're at capacity and have a lead time of a couple of years at the moment (as in, you place an order today, and get the shells in like three years or so). In addition, the factory is owned (via intermediaries) by Norway and Finland, so the Swedish government can't just step in and say "our orders take priority, get to it." My understanding is that they're working on modernizing their machinery which should increase production, but that's not something done overnight. There's also talk about starting up more factories, but that's also something that takes time - there are quite a lot of rules around building things that go boom, so you can't just open one anywhere. Long term, it would be good to have factories that can easily switch between production of peacetime and wartime stuff. Something like artillery shells in particular gets used at an alarming rate when the poop hits the ventilation system, but that kind of production speed is kind of wasted in peacetime. A problem of course is that modern manufacturing is increasingly specialized. I doubt that a scheme like how the British converted a lot of auto manufacturers into building Spitfires would work today.

@@jonasbarka The issue is not as problematic as people make it out to be. We need to increase production to support Ukraine that is true but not to help ourselves. NATOs primary weapon to deliver ordnance is the air force and not the artillery and NATO have shit ton of stored air launched munitions to offer. This is why the Ukrainians need to strengthen their air force to reduce their reliance of artillery. Artillery as a means to support ground operation is very costly in manpower and materiel. The only way to truly dominate on the ground is to dominate in the sky first. Ukraine needs about 2-300 modern jet planes and radar/surveillance planes to turn this war around. They might get this in about 2-3 years perhaps if we keep the same pace as we currently is doing. But they should eventfully get there, it is just so sad it have to take such a long time. Personally I don't think Ukraine can win without being able to at least have regional air superiority over a few selected areas of the battlefield.

​@@BalooSJ Even bigger problem is that the Swedish government should have started planning to increase the the artillery shell production already in summer of 2022 when the need started to become obvious. And early 2023 they should have ordered many more shells. The factories need large orders first and then they can start increasing the production capacity. And it takes probably a year to add buildings and machinery before production can increase substantially. The government was asked in the fall of 2023 about increasing the shell production and could not really answer, just that they waited on some some EU decision. They were embarrassingly late on the ball. In particular considering that Denmark and Norway have given considerably more support to Ukraine, and this is something that Sweden should be able to help with. And a documentary from the Swedish factory, filmed in late fall of 2023 I believe, showed a production line that was still partly manual. Even if they planned on using a robot for this part, and they might do it now, it was not what you wanted to see considering the desperate need for artillery shells in Ukraine.

It all dies to drones and artillery the same.

Yeah, it's the best/fastest and most mobile artillery system in the world.

@@LyricalSteelerthat title belongs to Koalitsya S

@@off6848 keep on dreaming vatnik

When I was doing my military service in the late 90s I imagined something very close to Archer. We then had aging artillery on tank chassis and traditional towed artillery. Why not put that artillery on a dump truck body? Turns out that's what they did. The carrier is a modified civilian heavy dump truck, a great compromise between road speed and terrain capability.

@@off6848 wouldn't be so sure

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@@user-tf7qf7yy3nNope.

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That surprised me a lot in the beginning of this war how open everyone is on everything "oh, we're doing this and we're sending that". Nothing comes as a surprise

The Gripen was manufactured by Sweden, so they don't need permission to give them to Ukraine.

@@deloughi1887 well our Prime Minister made it clear that for us to send Gripen we would first need to be part of NATO

​@@deloughi1887 the engine is American.

@@andersmalmgren6528 Probably for the added protection for making the choice..

@@SonsOfLorgar Doesn't matter, the airframe is what matters when it's up to a third party..

Those hasn't been delivered yet 😉

@@SonsOfLorgar nor has the gripen, but they been promised

​@@Benderswe1 Gripen has not been promised.

Stridsbåt 90 is really nice

@@AlexKall i meant the boat

I do agree with your last statement, but it does however come down to whether or not europe actually decides to go all in on their production. And here in Europe our bureaucracy tends to move slowly, especially on larger collaborative efforts. But i certainly hope we get going soon, ill do my best and vote for a party the pushes for more aid to Ukraine now in the up coming EU election

To be fair, the tank is German.

@@fredrikcarlen3212 No, it's a vastly improved Swedish version of a German tank.

@@kingcurry6594 I’d say vastly improved is an exaggeration. The only real changes are more top and front turret armour, less underside armour and some, although admittedly not much different electronics. The one I drove was made in Germany, but the later ones were assembled in Sweden, but with parts shipped from Germany. We never actually made them from scratch. All of the improvements made to the Swedish 2A5 were added to the 2A6 in 2001, one year before the last delivered 2a5 to Sweden, meaning the Swedish and German variants were about on par.

Ohhh so your just dumb got it

Wait half a year or so...

It's just a proposal nothing decided!

@@andrewhayes7055 Yes, I know!