U.S. Army soldiers Combat Training with Finnish Defense Forces | Karelian Lock 23 Follow us on: / timesarchives Credit Sgt William Chockey, Spc. Jacob Nunnenkamp, Sgt. Brayton Daniel #usarmy #ussoldiers #finland
Biggest war criminal on the planets, its absolute shame to have them in Finland. Same country that flew torture prisoners to a torture camp via Finland. Camp that lies on occupied territory.
Notice how the Finns handle this in both languages(and mock their own performance while at it). Also the forest is our sacred ground, it has literally shielded us from the Vikings and other conqurers for centuries when needed. Learn to move in it, and you will be safe here.
🇫🇮🇺🇸 as finn who have trained first one year in tank company and then 8 times i have been called in training, this video make me happy. Its important to know how to move with tanks when there is only forrest and mud. I give my respect to 🇺🇸💪
They surely did when Abrams / Bradleys visited first time, in Fin style not scripted head on battle. 😉😆 Since, they have changed not to act here with any hubris.
@@mattilatvala4164Was that exercise the one there is clip in YT where US sergeant tells his troops, "all our tanks are gone, we have few Bradleys"...??
@@spoonzor1 "The short ton (abbreviation tn[1]) is a measurement unit equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg). It is commonly used in the United States, where it is known simply as a ton;[1] however, the term is ambiguous, the single word "ton" being variously used for short, long, and metric tons."
@@wanhapatu Ah, ty for explaining! So, if I understand correctly 80 short tons are 907.18kg * 80? Don't be so stubborn, come to the metric side of the world : )
¡Es un placer para mi poder disfrutar de este vídeo,me encanta y mis felicitaciones a todo el personal militar de ambas naciones a través de estos entrenamientos y el trabajo en el terreno se especializan más en lo que se dedican,excelente trabajo gracias!👍😊
@@user-zr5yw2st1e yep, finnish army is smol but very strong like you can leave a finn below freezing without clothing and they'd just find a way to survive and walk away like it's nothing. the russians would probably freeze or get hypothermia.
Probably too much trouble for a few days of exercise. They would have to be painted twice, because they would be painted back to the original colour after the exercise.
As a Brit I mean no disrespect to my fellow US allies...... but .... Do whatever the Finns tell you. Finland has spent nearly a century preparing for war with Russian in some of the most bleak lands in "Northern Europe". The Finns are experts in the regional geography, experts in camouflage and experts in guerrilla warfare. NATO would be wise to learn from the Finns. Last time Russia tried to invade, Finland won the regional snowman competition. Google that .....its darker than you can imagine.
That, is a horrendous idea. Not because the Finns don’t how to defend against a Russian invasion, they definitely do, but because the doctrines of the US and Finland vary vastly and need adjusting since Finland joined NATO. The Finns don’t know how to fight with NATO by their side. Basically, the US military doctrine is centered around the idea of “shock and awe”. This means devastating the enemy with precision air/artillery ordnance, then moving in. This is shared by all anglosphere nations, with the other four relying on the US for logistical and air support, contributing mainly just ground troops. Aside from the Brits who are able to deploy some of their own air power. Finland’s doctrine is asymmetrical warfare, use borderline guerilla tacitcs to repel a larger, better equipped force. These two doctrines conflict with each other, and the equipment of each country is designed for their doctrine. So the Americans shouldn’t do whatever the Finns say or vice versa, they need to learn for their doctrines to work together. That’s the whole point of this exercise.
Those US tanks look amazing! Glad to have you here, visiting Finland. As well, these Finns drive like a proper race car driver. haha.. small pun intended there. Do you know what's the difference between Finland and Russia? We like to build bridges, but, the bad neighbour of ours, likes to destroy them. Slava Ukraini, from Finland, with love. _Samuli
I wrote this in response to someone asking if they ever train to take trenches, and then it became entirely too long to be just a reply no one reads, so I decided to post this as a general message: In general, the US and NATO definitely have the discipline, knowledge, and training to execute successful attacks on trench defenses and well-defended emplacements utilizing the study of all past historical conflicts plus daily analysis of current conflicts and trends, including the weapons and tactics used by all sides (think of the Ukraine war as an ongoing graduate-level course with daily classes for thousands of stratefy-minded individuals within US/NATO). However, option 1 would still be to spend tens of billions in 5th generation and ultimately 6th generation air assets (into the next decade), drones, electronic warfare, air defense, SEAD/DEAD capabilities, and combined arms operations to actively suppress and destroy the enemy air assets, enemy air defenses, and effectively destroy all ground obstacles including trenches before rolling forward. There would be some inevitable losses and MANPADS will always present a threat, although I believe word would travel fast when all such aunches are promptly followed up by a counterattack on the originating grid square turning any launch into an effective suicide mission. Then the real question becomes: when Russia is absolutely defeated, all of their airfields are out of action and their remaining air assets well behind their borders out of the fight unless tehy want to be shot down, does Russia use nukes still, despite the fact the US has no interest in physically invading Russia? It becomes a serious issue, as their paranoia makes them believe NATO actually wants their largely empty country for unknown reasons or wants to actually kill people of Russian heritage, when in fact, Russia was not on the US's proverbial radar AT ALL until they foolishly decided to attack Ukraine, which about 90% of countries worldwide consider unprovoked and simply wrong.
@@teroleikkila please highlight where I said the bridge couldn’t take it. I specifically said it flexes when the Abrams crosses over. That’s it. And if you refer to the video, there is clear flexing and creaking. Point being, the Abrams is a big, heavy tank. That’s it, that’s the point. Not sure why you seemed to have missed it.
Sensors for the training equipment. They have lasers on the guns and those sensors on the helmets to detect hits when they occur. Think of it as fancier laser tag.
Are these exercises ever about taking a fortified trench position with mines and dragon teeth? would be fun to see how NATO would take those positions that Russia is currently using in Ukraine
Sadly they dont ever show that stuff, all we get to see in the media during any sort of NATO training (even going back years) is some soldiers moving from cover to cover and shooting at something out of view, they never really show any actual tactics or 'cool stuff', they probably have strict rules about whats allowed to be shown. Realistically, i dont think a trench with some mines and dragon teeth would be any sort of issue, if NATO were to ever rock up to Russian border they would just use a sh*t load of tanks, shoot ground to blow up the mines and blow away half the dragon teeth, drive over the remaining teeth & trench :P Dragon teeth are somewhat effective when theres 1-10 tanks, not when theres 100's. Also i think its safe to assume that recent tanks (like the ones most NATO members use) have mine detection (at least when driving slowly) so they would just be alerted about them before hitting them.
Facilitating the movement of friendly forces is one of the main tasks of combat engineers. For example the United States has all the tools to make this really easy. I mean as easy as anything can be during war. Relatively straightforward and easy. The mines for example could be cleared with mine-breaching line charges, plowed aside with plows, detonated with rollers and especially in difficult terrain with demolition charges such as Bangalore torpedoes. Plenty of choice. Those combat engineer units would be protected by mobile air-defense, counter-battery radars and systems like M270 MLRS which allow for incredibly accurate and devastating counterbattery fire. I'm not even accounting for things such as close air support and ways to bypass enemy defenses.
I was the guy behind the rock on the first clip so I can tell that this exact situation was about coming across some mines on the road so our tanks had to stop and then we came across american troops holding that road on top of this ridge in these exact trenches so we had to stop our tanks and clear the ambush by attacking the trenches
I noticed more and more U.S. armored vehicles are starting to get their woodland paint jobs since the focus is now in Europe and the Pacific. I guess it just takes time to get all the existing vehicles over time that came back from the Middle East. Granted, the newer ones in the factory are coming out fresh with the woodland paint.
Yeah, we got Europe's largest artillery and "few" tanks. But we need more long distance missiles and lots of high quality drones. If drones fly over 70m high, you don't see and hear it at all. Those are present day must have equipments.
The Finnish forest looks brutal to fight in. We have some very similar terrain all over the US, but fighting in those forests in the Finnish winter would just be condensed suffering.
@@Trve_Kvlt Aye, it's pretty characteristic of this nation. Forests, lakes make it difficult to penetrate, and some parts of it are completely shut off for any kind of vehicle beside maybe a stubborn donkey.
@@Dev_Six Especially in the wetlands. I went hiking on some pretty rough unmarked trails that I found in Helventinjärvi last summer. Put all my brand new Varusteleka gear to some good work.
Americans and other allies will find out in exercises that all Finns have at least decent English language skills. In Finland television programs ment to adult audience are never dubbed, just subtitled.
@@jaden18860They actually are repaiting the vehicles, since things are happening back in Europe and the Pacific. It take awhile to repaint these vehicles.
So 1st Air Cavalry with Finnish troops. who are the "op forces"? Those US bradley IFVs are TALL compared to Finnish CV90 IFVs. And our Abrams looke bigger than the Finns' Leopard 2 tanks.
Sim bands to determine if you're hit or not. There's a laser pointer attached to people's weapons that activates when one shoots. If that beam (the "bullet") hits one of those receiver circles, you're considered dead/wounded.
''2 sided combat simulation system'' basically laser responders. The weapons have the laser system and when ever they shoot blanks, it sends a flash of laser to the direction they're shooting at, in case of hit the simulation system tells you that you're wounded/fatally wounded or such.
Russians who support the cock-a-doodle notion of "returning Finland to the Motherland" should watch this video. It will disabuse them of their stupid idea. Finland joining NATO was the smartest thing it did in a century.
