The 280,000 are wartime troops (the youngest trained in the previous 10 years). In addition to that, there is a reserve of 620,000 - older age groups upwards of about 30 years old ->

Thing not mentioned here is the Finnish artillery. Which is probably the crown jewel of FDF. Finnish Defense Forces have over 1500 artillery pieces. That's more than germany or france. Might be more than those two combined. Finnish artillery men historically are responsible for even innovative direction of fire, as during WW2 they developed a modern way of ballistic calculation and direction of fire, which had...... Spectacular effects during the winter war. Modern days. We still have over 1500 artillery pieces if count our howitzers, rocket artillery and etc. together. After that we have to take in account the geography. Finland and Russia share only a few roads. The border area is heavily forested. When I say heavily, I mean heavily. Most of Europe absolutely doesn't have this kind of forest anymore. Not fore 100's of years now. This is, an actual, nature molded forest. A wild land where survival of the fittest is very much the key. These few roads dividing the frontier.... You betcha those 1500 artillery pieces are zeroed on these. They have been since 1940's. I'm gonna tell you know, if the enemy from the east gets any ideas again, these roads are gonna rain hell and firestone.

The Rifle is Finnish, Valmet RK 62/71/76/95 TP. It's in the caliber 7.62x39.

Have you ever watched Finnish Brutality? The Finns eat that shit up. One thing about the Finns is that they tend to take russian/soviet weapons and improve them. The Maxim, the Mosin Nagant, the Valmet are all examples of it. They know they're outgunned so they take the gear and maximize the effectiveness whereas russia is happy to just mass produce weapons that work but aren't refined. I love the M39 Nagant rifle, the one I shot was from 44 and could still shoot 1 inch groups at 100 meters.

with the reserves we have about 900 000 strong army. Thats a lot from a 5,5 million people nation.

Defenses wouldn't be spread out evenly on the border, it's mostly just roadless wilderness especially on Russian side further north you look. There's only handful on potential routes into Finland from logistical perspective, these are very well known on both sides.

One thing I think people fail to realize is that Finnish border guards aren't quite as civilian as their counterparts in other countries. They operate under the ministry of interior as a "civilian" part for legal reasons, but the border guards have military training, many of them in recon roles and the Finnish border guards are equipped with anti-tank weapons. I doubt those are meant to be used against civilians attempting to illegally cross the border.

No need to spread artillery or forces along the border. There is not that many routes where the enemy could invade, as east Finland is full of forests, lakes and swamps. What it is lacking is multiple large roads and railways.

Thank you for the interesting video. My dad and grandad were fighter pilots in Finnish Air Force.

I don't know where they got the number 280000. We have over 900 000 troops in reserve.

Assault rifle is "best replica ever made from AK-47" said by mister Kalashnikov. It fits AK-47 magazines, it's generally named RK62 (updates in optics and shit) but magazines don't fit AK-47, genius 😂 It will be replaced in some time with SAKO's latest NATO-caliber rifle.

In everything you have to take into account the geography. First, most of the Finnish border doesn't have to be defended at all, as it is just forrest with almost no roads on either side of the border, and praticularly on the Russian. Second, the terrain is usually not very suitable for big tank pushes with wide open stretches of land. Third, the huge amount of lakes in the Eastern parts makes it hard for an invader to make inroads. All of this is a huge part of the strategy of the FDF, and why we e.g. don't even think that we should have a huge fleet of tanks. They simply wouldn't be that useful.

Finland is awesome, the lock of the north with some support from Sweden, there is no way it can be taken over.

Finland is prepared to defend itself as well as a country of this size can. For example, Finland has a few times bigger artillery than Ukraine, but most importantly, there is enough ammunition. NATO will then supplement our defense with e.g. raising the attack threshold and enabling nuclear retaliation. Finland and Sweden then offer support for the defense of the Baltics, which can be seen as a benefit to NATO.

Nordic countries have signed a pact that all of our airforces will work as one airforce. That means that in a few years there will be 125 f35 and atleast 80 JAS Gripens defending this area. I reckon that's quite significant.

sveden,norja and england...didin help finland..Sisu is Finland

My opinion on conscription is that not every one even need to serve in armed branches there can be a civil services which is more on disaster prevention and not even every one need to serve on crisis times...depends on the crisis but it teaches some good social and mental skills when you have to do tasks that you don't want to those skill translates well to civilian life and cohesive society and culture as everybody has a stake in the said society.

The MBT´s we have are about 100 Leopard 1A6 and also close to 100 Leopard 1A4, IFV we have are CV9030 and BMP-2, APC´s are the Patria/SISU AMV, XA300/20x/18x series

6:02 That's a lie! Only 67,2% complete military service.

you don't need that in uk. you are an island and not even close to action. Finland we know and are trained for russia. Only enemy ever, like 1000 years.Their tactics haven't changed except they di cyber war already in baltic region With sweden, and norway, We can hold for it. They haven't "recent history" of trying to be invaded. We do. It's no secret that we still hit and run tactics bc heavy forest, and simply don't have same military power. They'll pay heavy price and it's also why we know our enemy. We don't really want usa trying to take command what they don't know. We are prepare for just 1 enemy and we know how to deal with it. That's knowledge what you get from fiinland. IT's not artillery...which is big. It's ground forces what moves all the time and guerilla tactics. I served....whoooo Thx for your service. khehe, everybody serves here and we don't invade outher countries. We are quite happy with what we got. you know...

u.s.a is good example of peace.