Thank you for your sharp-sighted commentary on our videos! We’ve been watching your channel for quite some time, keep up the great work.

What increases the realism of the video for us Finns is that the newscasters are actual newscasters we see on TV every day.

You will love this: A couple of years ago a Russian fighter plane breached the air space. It was identified by a Finnish fighter in one minute. A reporter asked the defence forces "how can you possibly be there in one minute when your nearest airfield is 20 minutes away?" And here comes the epic response: "Exactly." Ok the reporter wasn't satisfied with that and asked the Minister of Defence the same question and the answer: "Our planes are where they need to be at the right time".

They don't use English call signs because it sounds cool. They use them because it makes co-operation with NATO-countries easier. I did my service in signal corps. All of our comm systems are NATO-compatible.

The guy that says "Finland is at war" is a real news reporter

As most of us Finnish men are part of the reserves, this really hits deep. I even recognized one of the guys in the video, we served at the same time. During training it never really feels scary, but watching videos like these make you realize how real the threat is, especially considering the Crimea incident. I just got called for refresher training (one of the first actions in the video), and even though that is normal, it just got more real. I sincerely hope I never have to fire a gun at a person, but if needed, we have to defend.

As a Finn now living in Sweden I think i never felt this patriotic and emotional at the same time for my home country. When the news cast said, Finland is at war, from there emotions went everywhere... Thinking back to all the men and SISU Finland showed back in the 40's against soviet, doing an amazing job against a super power.... We are strong! If this happens again, we done this before and we will overcome 💪🇫🇮💪

Im honored to have allies like the Finns 🇺🇲🙏🏻

The thing the medic gave the injured soldier is a fentanyl lollipop - way more powerful than morphine.

Since you asked: The emergency powers act, when taken into use, gives the Finnish government more lawful methods to take action for example in a military conflict. It was recently used in Finland because of the covid-19 epidemic. It basically gives the government more rights to control the population whenever Finnish national security is at risk for some reason or another. It is like one step before a full martial law. I hope this helps you, even though i explained it in a very simplified way.

Apart from NATO, Norway needs a _specific_ operational plan to *HAUL ASS* over to Finland the _moment_ anybody as much as _looks_ in their direction. Norway and Finland are brothers. Our language may be different but the language of facing diversity and protecting our home we speak fluently. Much love to Finland from Norway, _Hyvää Suomi_

One point to add. Finnish military forces are called "Puolustusvoimat" which translates to "defence forces". We are prepared to defend ourself not to invade. That is the main point of our army

After watching this again, it made me cry. As a native Finnish person, this just hits too hard. Hardest part was that when the news reporter said "Finland is at war". Thank you for watching this, we are ready for everything.

Not Finnish, but you simply don't invade Finnland

Love from Sweden 🇸🇪 I hope this never happens to our nordic brothers and sisters ❤🇫🇮

I was actually in the group that shot that Eurospike missile at 25:14. Very cool to see someone praising our military

you should watch "The unknown soldier" movie.

As a Swede I know we have a "harsh" friendship between our countries but I've both been deployed with Finns and worked with them on exercises like this in the movie. Finns are our great brothers and some great people and I fight alongside them any day of the week. We have similar strategies and function as Finland, for example the war time laws or if we're attacked those laws are to give the military stronger ability and also to muster all men and women between the age of 18-47 that have done military service. Sweden and Finland have the same system with conscripts and also we do have a military alliance since none of us are members of NATO other then we have a partnership with NATO. These scenarios are very real for Finns and Swedes. This movie was extremely well done and Sweden share the same enemy and threats as Finland and we are brothers! Edit: I use to both work and have participated in the CJSE ( Combined Joint Staff Exercise ) exercise that take place in Sweden every second year. It's an exercise that is set up between the Swedish Armed forces and the Swedish War college, it includes participants from several nations including NATO countries. Finland use it as a part of the course for upcoming Majors on G level ( They are Captains ) and the exercise is scenarios just like in this video and we work together between different nations. The exercise takes place in Enköping ( Army ) at the Command and Control Regiment as well as parts in Uppsala ( Air Force base ) and Karlskrona or Muskö/ Haninge ( Navy/ Marine ). It also includes civilians that are taking courses at different War Colleges around the world as well as civilian government branches. It's an exercise on G and J level and very good exercise that last for the training personnel for 10 days. Link to short brief from CJSE 17: www.forsvarsmakten.se/en/news/2017/04/on-cjse-we-exercise-together/

Emergency powers act of Finland is quite interesting. I am not a lawyer, but my understanding of it after reading into it is that it would technically allow the Finnish government to nationalize everything that's on Finnish soil. They can order McDonalds to hand in the trucks they own and use them for army logistics. They'll pay McDonalds afterwards for the trucks, but only if Finland survives the war. Finnish war laws are pretty hardcore by Western standards. There's still the element of total war mobilization where 100% of the society is made to serve the war effort.

The "wild" looking vehicle at 23:00 is a "Leopard 2 Marksman". It's a British air defense system, on a German chasis, with Swiss guns. =) It's only in use in Finland, but similar to the "Gepard"(Chetaah) Germany had in service till 2010.

For a Finn, this was rather emotional to watch, felt so realistic. Foreign friends have asked me why there are shelters all over in Helsinki, even my apartment block has two shelters for the residents. I answered it's just better to be prepared. Australian ABC news on the underground Helsinki: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKx2m8ibrLW4mYE.html

I'm in the Finnish army at the moment and I can honestly say I shed a few tears watching this video. Really inspirating when you feel unmotivated😃

14:06 Every bridge is equipped with those hooks to bring them down if necessary. Bridges were designed that way, so they are easy to demolish.

Finland just ended the State Emergency and stopped applying the Emergency Powers Act as it is no longer warranted due to the low number of new coronavirus infections. Splendid news.

Love that u read so much comments and interact with your viewers and take suggestions this one was a big one from finland!

Ooof, this hit very close to home. Served in 08. The news reporters and generals even are real. Emotional.

Saying this as a finnish anti tank second lieutenant, you imagined how this video feels, this is goosebump material, it's something none of us wish for, but still something that looms over our heads all the time

In this video, the strategy deployed by the attacking force bears a striking resemblance to the strategy Russia used when they invaded Ukraine in many respects. Funnily enough, these videos don't come out nearly every year - they come out every time Russia apparently makes major changes to their plans and doctrines. These videos serve two main purposes: to educate the Finnish conscripts of course, but also to tell the Russians in no uncertain terms that we know what they are up to, and putting those plans into action would not be smart. Also, the "performance" of Russian troops in Ukraine has been so abysmal in almost every possible way that if Ukraine had the equivalent of Finnish air force and field artillery at their disposal, they would probably have wrapped things up by now.

Its a message from Finland, loud and clear, Finns will be ready to defend their country always!

i remember they said in the army that we will never completely destroy the enemy attacker coming from the east. but we will cause so much casualties to them they wont even consider it

Finland is word’s happiest country, but we are ready all the time. We love peace but we’re ready to defence our independency. Thank you Combat Arms Channel for your video and very friendly comments!!!

Antenna goes up when Finnish video is reviewed by you. Love to hear your take. Father (German) Mother (Finnish) . Dad got mad got loud. Ma got mad she got quiet. Beware the quiet! Peace from Minneapolis MN. I enjoy Combat Arms Channel very much. Thank you for serving!

I must say as active reservist, we dont have losing option

It must be said that the idea of ​​war is frightening, but the knowledge that Finland is well prepared is comforting 💙🇫🇮

After all this time, I come back to this video and your reaction. How right they were. Kudos to FDF and Combat Arms Channel.

Trust me i live in Sweden and been to Finland multiple times and if its anything they do take seriously is to NEVER underestimate or trust Russians.

Thank you very much. You are like a Finn. Because: You don’t brag and you appreciate the right things, and you are genuine and modest. Yours sincerely, Reserve Jaeger Corporal Rossi :)

26:38 I believe that is a fentanyl lollipop (or some other painkiller). Lollipops are popular over syringe painkillers because absorption through the mouth is quicker, and if the medic has time, he can tape it to the casualty's finger. This way if the casualty passes out, his hand falls and takes the pop with it, reducing the likelihood of delivering unnecessary amounts of painkiller. Almost like a fire and forget painkiller solution in that you also don't need to hunt for blood vessels to administer.

At 27:14 , when news anchor says "Finland is at war", it gets me.. Hopefully we will not be at war.

This was very nice to watch with u as a Finn. It's very nice to see how real and humble person u are. There is a lot of foreigners in KZfaq who praise Finland for nothing to get subs etc and gives me big cringe, so props to you who actually knows something whats all about. 5/5

Yes they are real newscasters

Didn't see my logistics and resupply platoon in this movie :/ They were probably camouflaged properly :D

Great video!👍 As a swede with some experience in the armed forces, i would say your in deep shit if you attack any of the nordic countries in these days. We have a lot different skills and resources, which means that we complement each other extremely well. And we have trained a lot together for many, many years. If you look into how our countries reacts when any of us gets in trouble of any kind, like big accidents, terroristattacks and so on, we always respond in an instant, offering our helo. We do tease each other all the time, like when it comes to sports or competition in any way. In that way we act a lot like sibblings. But we also act like sibblings in other ways, because no one touch my sister or brother and if someone would be stupid enough to do that, then i will personally introduce them to the gods in Vallhalla.😉 🇫🇮 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 🇸🇪

Haven't seen this video before, and i just havet to say WOW Finland......Love from Sweden, and we will always help you out....if we can!

Let's just hope we will never hear these words @27:14. As Finnish person this would be worst nightmare to hear. Even this is only a demonstration, it still is quite hard to hear.

Wow, I knew you were going to react to this sooner or later but just a few days after it got released. Really shows you listen to your subscribers. Keep up the good work! Hoo-ah! Edit: Also, I don't know if anyone mentioned it yet but this film took like 4 years to produce.

Finland: We dont want war After war... Enemy: We dont want war with Finland

"If it's not looking good for them, you know, they are not giving up" That is what called the Finnish Sisu! PERKELE. More we get beaten up, more resilient we become. We are stubborn AF.

they use callsings like "leka 1" and "kilpi" leka means a sledgehammer, and kilpi mean a shield, as they are performing on the battlefield

Someone already explained the Emergency Acts pretty well, they were actually taken into use due to the ongoing pandemic, which is the first time it has happened since WW2. Also something you might not have noticed is that the Coastal Jaegers who you see at 18:20 - ish, speak Swedish as its Finlands only Swedish speaking unit. I was the Guard Regiment and we trained with them for these kind of ops. They would attack from the sea, and we would go in from land, in a kind of pincer manoeuvre.

This video is way better than any movie...

I am proud being finnish armed forces reservists . U are right that especially now when ukraine is under attack we all have to be prepared for the worst and carry that duty we are almost all trained for. Salute to you.

Your reactions are nice to watch. Cool to see the professionals thoughts about different kind of military! -2nd Lt of Finnish Army reserves, Jaeger infantry 18:40 that is not the actual thing but it describes the Finnish Defence Forces cituation center ( to keep track of what is going on to feed information to field command and general staff) they are located in unknown cave somewhere in the country. 23:40 we practice a lot of "going in blind" or bascialky running into the enemy. We leadears (everyone, company, platoon, squad, stufy the maps and navigate our platoon all the time and look out of the vehicle. So we woukd have some idea what is ahead. Map reading is skill Finns learn in very young age(usually). 30:20 You are very right. Finland has the largest willingnes to defend country by arms (against overwhelming enemy in europw) 84% (about can't remember excatly). And about the fighting despite the odds one of the army marching songs parts describes it perfectly: "You childrend and thr elderly and you mothers and brides, so long you will have protected homes as there is even one man left to fight for it" And I agree with you about the summary of the video. It was amazing to watch. You can see the things we trained and train for. It still "scares" me, hope this never comes true, but if it does I will, like many others, fight to the last dying breath.

Oh man, you are probably the first Marine I have heard that has so realistic view of things and appreciate the military branches of other nations as well, besides the US. I really respect your opinion, sir.

You have made a lot of Nordic friends with these videos. I met with american soldiers from USAREUR Cavalry and Armoured elements from Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa in ARROW exersice 2018. For a conscript it was really cool to train with the professionals. Liked and subbed!

As a finn this is a hard thing to watch in 2022. Doesn't look good out there in Ukraine and it could be us next.

this is one of my favorite channels.

Good to hear you saying it's nice to have allys like that. Thank you for that and respect and greetings from Finland to US armed forces.

As a swed, i will be ther fore you Finnish, if it happens. love you!

Thanks for doing this video. As a Finnish reservist I also got a bit emotional because of your comments. We have prepared for decades, but it is maybe something that we do not actively voice, so someone noticing all that effort and appreciating us as an ally, it really means a lot. Thank you.

Muistakaahan te muutkin armeijan käyneet että ette ihan kaikkea paljasta täällä youtuben kommenttikentässä. Vihollinen kuuntelee myös täällä.

The Finns handled the Russians well enough in 1940 despite being infinitely smaller in strength. They can do it again if necessary. Regards from UK.

The mind set is.. when the time comes. You know what to do and where to go.. protect and attack.. how you been trained. No questions asked. Crystall clear

I was a recruit when the battlefield 2020 video came out. I was so motivated and felt extremely patriotic when our Company chief showed the video. It made me feel like that I have a purpose and duty to serve and defend my homeland. Made me cry a bit too :D

I Remember when this came out my mom (who works in some office job for the Finnish army don't remember the official name) gathered us all into the living room and put it on our tv for us all to watch like a family movie night

"Fun" facts: President of Finland Sauli Niinistö (he's the commander of FDF during peacetime) is a reserve Captain. It's pretty funny when he goes to meet up with the military, he puts his gear on with a rank of a Captain :D I believe in a war scenario he would appoint some General to be the commander of Finnish army.

As our oath song goes: Hear our holy outh, dear fatherland, violence shall never touch you. We will protect you, guard you with our blood. You dont need to worry, your sons are awake.

I'm from Norway, and !I! am motivated! Oo

You said on video everything goes very smoothly on this case. Well there is second video produced at the same time with this, on which things are not so smooth. It is also training video, but it is used to prepare Finnish conscripts for things like trauma, fear, stress and anxiety. It's more brutal than this one and it will probably never be published. Mindset and sisu was also mentioned several times. I think Finland is warrior society as far western democratic can be without going full North Korea. 70-80% of male population has served in military and it's common topic to discuss in work and hobbies. "Where did you serve" is usually kind of icebreaker when meeting a new guy. Whole defense system of Finland is carved in society. That colonel said we are prepared for worst. It's not just our army being a defense forces. Finland IS Defense Forces.

that lollypop thing is a fast acting painkiller. and the dude at 22:13 was one of the instructors when i was in the tank comppany 2010. keep up the good job love your videos👊

Most of the clips from the videos are clips from real joint operation field exersizes. We simulate these types of scenarios usually 4 times a year, so it's actually not acting. And to seeing the video as reservist, it's really nice to fit your own skills into the jigsaw puzzle that is the big picture.

Enemy comes always from east. If not, it´s flanking.

As a reservist coastal missile jaeger and as a former security guard at Hanko port, this video hits home in more than one way. Having spent quite a few days watching cars being offloaded from ships at the port, the scene at 17:04 gives me the chills.

I don't know why, but as a Finnish person, the end brings tears to my eyes.

Very interesting comments! Other videos just ask for subscriber feedback - You had actual comments of your own. Greetings from Finland.

Your review and comments made this even more realistic and emotional than it already was, got goosebumbs and actually a little teary-eyed towards the end. I hope this never happens for real. Thank you! Subbed.

Love Finland and we swedes Will alfats help as we swedes says we fight until the last finn!

Emergence Powers Act is same idea as State of emergency in US. In Finland It's set of laws that will give power to armed forces over civil rights. It have many steps, so it's not WAR on/off law. Last steps means that country in is in full war.

The current situation in the baltic sea, with the sabotage of the finnish-estonian gas pipe and the disruptions of one of our telecommunication cable is eerily following the first few minutes.

A real eye opener. I'm not even in the military yet and not even Finnish but that was excellent! Combat arms channel, loving your reactions and commentary in this. Awesome!!

I recommended it already, but especially seeing your reaction to this, "Tuntematon Sotilas" on Netflix will really give you the context of Finlands motivation behind this video and the mentality that goes into it. Finland is a really small, but really proud nation full of badass warriors who would rather die fighting than live bent over to an opressing power ever again. The fact that Finland as an independent nation is just over 100 years old is actually where it draws its strength from. Never again will it accept any foreign rule, and they will damn well make sure of that or at the very last die trying. (said by a proud half Finn born and raised in Sweden)

This reaction video made me so happy! As a Finnish Air Force reservist (living in America) it’s amazing to see a USMC soldier viewing and reacting to this short film. I’ve been to some of the places where they filmed and it filled me with such pride when it came out! Thanks for taking the time to watch taistelukenttä, cheers!

So happy that I stumbled across this channel. As a Finn in the reserves(served in the military police) living in the States now, it is super interesting to see your reactions and comments on these videos. Keep hammering!

Awesome Work Bro, Thanks 👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸🇫🇮🇺🇸

So happy and proud to count Finland and its people as allies. Good folk.

Just study the "winter war" of 1939. Its insane. As I was training to be a nurse, I actually met one of the veterans of that war. I later travelled to that battleground. Let me tell you, it was not fun to be a russian soldier on that front. Well, it wasnt fun for anyone but jeez. The number of casualties the russian army took are just insane.

It's awesome to have allies like you and your fellow marines, your channel is awesome

The hovercraft is a plausible scenario especially in the south. The Finnish coastal archipelago is rocky and all public routes will be heavily mined to prevent naval access except for Finnish Navy units. Something about the propability of such an approach can be deduced from the disguised island barracks with helipads bought by shadowy Russian companies with ties to GRU. Such facilities were uncovered last year close to strategic resources such as radio towers, grid transformers and refineries. In a real situation the fog of war would probably be worse as a southern landing would be preceded by communication and infrastructure disruptions carried out by taskforces you can fit in a hovercraft.

Yep, greetings from the reserves. The words "Suomi on sodassa/Finland is at war" at the news sends chills down my spine😂 its extra terrifying because that news reporter is a real one who we see daily in the TV😂 there is also some ridiculous stuff in the video like some animations 😂😂😂😂

This kind of scenario or scenarios are what we learned in army. "grey phase" was in pretty big focus. And lately our military has been training against sabotages with emergency services. And against surprise attacks by Green men like in Crimea. In this video you can see at least two of those exercises. One was about civilian plane that made emergency landing but it was SOF attack in reality. Other was same kind of scenario but in port with civilian shipping.

Amazing video man! Thank you! Great content, keep going! 💪🏼

This is Ukraine hour to hour as it happened. Our defence forces know our enemy

Those are real newscasters. The ones that give us the news every night on national TV. Makes it more real and serious.

It's finnish SISU. It's not about who will participate if the worst happends. Everyone will take part of it. I'm so proud of our Defence Forces. Every man, woman and even our grandparents! :D Greetings from finnish sergeant! Salute!

Finlands are our brothers, we will always help defend them until we die 🇸🇪❤️

Sir, Thank you for this clip! I’m a Finn living now in California, but I ducky duties 50-60 years ago in the Finnish special forces as a Captain and a leader of my reserve company. Great work, keep it up!!

Thanks for watching! Really love the way you analyze the videos you're watching / games you play. Best regards, _(just another)_ reservist from Finland

As with many other commentators, this is very emotional to watch.

Finland surprises people...they’re pretty bad ass.

What you said about how it might feel for a reservist is spot on - This video is scary as hell since it reaaaaally resonates.