"I heard there are cavalry chassepots" "Oh shit, really!?" And thus the first tunnel from Finland to France was made.

@user-km5sv9ij3d

8 ай бұрын

The *highest* possible brow humor. I love it.

@Gpulaaho

7 ай бұрын

Idont geddit. Maybe its bcause im Finnish.

@PingOnThis

7 ай бұрын

@@Gpulaaho Ian is a big collector of French firearms in particular, on top of his general firearms collecting, with the hyperbolic extremes Ian is willing to go to acquire French firearms and ammo being a running joke.

@darnedmallard8924

7 ай бұрын

*chassepot de cavalerie* OuiE OuiE

And in true G3 fashion, the brass is sailing off into the next county 🙂

@herbertliedel7019

8 ай бұрын

Every time I fire mine I always feel you could take out two for one. One with the bullet and one with the case.

@michaeldoolan7595

8 ай бұрын

Or down your mates collar.

@scubajho

8 ай бұрын

At least it's out to the side somewhat predicably, vs an SKS launching it to the stratosphere, leaving anyone within about 30' of the shooter in danger of spicy falling brass.

@hoilst265

8 ай бұрын

"We accuse Germany of shelling over the northern border!" "But we were firing to the west!" "We said 'shelling', not 'firing'."

@SgtDude16

8 ай бұрын

As is tradition.

Did you ever find the Cavalry Chassepot?

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

No, I think they were lying to me...😆

@juhokuusisto9339

8 ай бұрын

The Chinese were faster to dig from the other side and got it before Ian.

@IamOutOfNames

8 ай бұрын

@@ForgottenWeapons No it's there, just keep digging and you'll find it.

@rasmuslaurberghansen8484

8 ай бұрын

Rumour has it that Ian is still digging for it to this day

@shaggyrebel8737

8 ай бұрын

I love that Ian can't get away from the memes, even in finland 😂.

The moment you stepped on a mine 😂 that was well done. And the blokes dragging you away was great. So good

@_f355

8 ай бұрын

> the blokes dragging you away I see what you did there

@Perktube1

8 ай бұрын

Time stamp?

@_f355

8 ай бұрын

@@Perktube1 watch the entire thing, it's worth it

@SnakebitSTI

8 ай бұрын

7:13

These seem to get more brutal each year. Quite inspiring to watch you all push limits.

@TheNismo777

8 ай бұрын

Yes they do, thats the plan, so even the best gets some challenge :)

@alexanderboldt5937

8 ай бұрын

Wow, getting way more physical and way more focused on skills beside of shooting. The medical exercise reminds me back in the days 😂

@afrosheenix

8 ай бұрын

I dunno. Jumping in and out of mostly frozen water pits was pretty crazy last time.

@pablo4yu

8 ай бұрын

How tf can this 6foot BUILD AHH MONUMENT OF A MAN JUST DO 38 pushups???? MF WHAT

@DamitTucker

8 ай бұрын

Careful, Russia might see that as provocation!

Nothing like digging a hole to a frozen ground and see Sparks fly from your shovel when hitting frozen clay

@nortti00

8 ай бұрын

Frozen sand also... 😅

@juhokuusisto9339

8 ай бұрын

There is a story about one Sergeant First Class, that used 3 E-tools from conscripts to dig a hole for an anti tank mine on asphalt, just to show that it can be done. Those conscripts had to pay for those destroyed E-tools.

@DB-yj3qc

8 ай бұрын

@juhokuusisto9339 Yep, never underestimate a motivated person. I had to cut an APC recovery cable with an axe, it was wedged on and not coming off even with force of mobile APC trying.

@adamnouiguer3430

8 ай бұрын

@@DB-yj3qc Was the cable under tension? Whiplash from winch cables breaking can cut people in half.

@marcusott2973

8 ай бұрын

Oh man you've brought back some memories I'd rather forget. 😆😆

Whatever the score, you're one hell of a soldier, Private Lee Lemon!

@FerdinandFake

8 ай бұрын

Cannot unsee

@jsternberg

8 ай бұрын

So glad someone made this comment!!!

@KasperiVonSchrowe

8 ай бұрын

With that performance, we should salute him from now on as an operator.

@Colonel_Bat_Guano

8 ай бұрын

All war is heck

They expected you to do Push Ups AFTER you stepped on a Land Mine!?! The Finns really are Hard Core!

@TonttuUkkeli-ht3en

8 ай бұрын

Why not? You dont need legs to do push ups😅 i think it is easier whit out

@WardDorrity

8 ай бұрын

He was only mostly dead. That's SISU.

@Adrian-qk2fn

8 ай бұрын

@@TonttuUkkeli-ht3en You guys are nuts!

@PexiTheBuilder

7 ай бұрын

Finns go to hospital only when need to carry head on armpit, so why not making pushups without legs?

@backhandok

7 ай бұрын

Tis but a fleshwound

I had to laugh watching BotR dragging you off the range, I'm surprised with him dressed as a British Squaddie he didn't steal all your good gear and nick your watch 😂

@bruceinoz8002

8 ай бұрын

All it needs is proper Infantry Weather: Cold, relentless, drenching rain, with a seven degree chill-factor "breeze".

Inserting casualty care into a stage is awesome.

That 100 pound backpack reminds me of a great completely unrelated fact: the smallest USPS box weight limit is over the actual weight you could fit into the box using the densest element. The weight limit of the USPS box is 70 lbs (31.7515 kilos) but if you were to fill it with osmium it would only weigh 61.5 lbs (27.89593). So, you can ship osmium to anyone you want and be perfectly fine...the courier may not be though.

@hoilst265

8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of that story of that guy who figured out how to stop credit card companies from junk-mailing him. He realised that if you stuck the post-paid reply envelope on a box, the company who sent you the envelope was on the hook for the postage of WHATEVER it was stuck to. So he filled up a box with the maximum weight the post office would accept of random junk - old tyre, paint cans, expired food, half a shoe, bricks, whatever - stuck on the envelope, and sent it back. So the company was charged like $140 or something a couple of times until they sent him an angry letter explaining what the envelopes were actually for. But they didn't stop sending him the junk. So, for one of his final boxes, he tossed in like 45 cents. They sent him another angry letter. He wrote back explaining to them there was 45c in coins he did not mean to send, and that they owed him 45c. They then sent him a cheque for 45, which he framed, and then they finally took him off the mailing list. Dunno what country it was in, but it's a great story.

@trioptimum9027

8 ай бұрын

The courier probably would be fine: sure, it's real heavy, but it's also a smallish box, so your most likely scenario is grabbing it and it just doesn't move, and then you go back with both hands and good lifting technique. I'd worry more about equipment: it drops off a conveyor or slips off a shelf and lands corner-first, it could put a serious dent in whatever it lands on. Yes, I think too much. But also, I appreciate whoever it was that set that limit, because I suspect it's not accidental and they actually went "okay, what's that volume? How much stuff could fit? Fine, we have to have a limit but we don't care, we'll just set it to max."

@CatsT.M

8 ай бұрын

@@trioptimum9027 As someone who has been told they think a lot it is completely fine. Also, I do agree that they probably did not care if it was above the physical possiblities of the box because nothing even close to that weight would ever get shipped in that small a box.

@utahjohnnymontana3373

8 ай бұрын

How much lead can you fit into a flat-rate box? The company I order bullets from has it down to a science. Some times it looks like the boxes were rolled end over end all the way.

@blechtic

7 ай бұрын

If there was an actual method to deciding the limit, I suspect it was one of two things. Either they figured out how many boxes they could fit on to a transport and divided its maximum load weight by that number or they filled the box with something they thought was heavy-ish, like gravel, and then doubled that weight.

I like the idea of the logs on the Kasarda drill. They minimized the effect of lucky rolls and prevented people from taking steps over the line while throwing the kettlebell.

@rogerwennstrom6677

8 ай бұрын

On the other hand it kind of limits performance, so only the most powerful guys can "skip" a log.

@Xmara01

8 ай бұрын

BE MORE POWERFULL@@rogerwennstrom6677

@jameskirkland6916

8 ай бұрын

In throwing competitions the landing spot is judged not the roll

@hgghgguk

8 ай бұрын

@@rogerwennstrom6677 i mean if you put in the hard work to get strong in the first place it pays off lol

@rogerwennstrom6677

8 ай бұрын

@@hgghgguk Yeah, but it becomes a very sharp limit with the logs. Most can come close to the log but never pass it, which in practice means that the logs makes most people equal - except the few that can push past it. Without the logs, every individuals performance shine through more clearly in a more "analog" fashion.

Ah, digging holes, filling sandbags, and schlepping about doing your job with a 100lbs ruck you can't ditch right now - now that's real infantry training. 😂

@LadyAnuB

8 ай бұрын

Yep, ready for light infantry duties

I served for a short time as a dismount on the Patria AMV in the Croatian Army. I was caught off-guard for a moment when the dismount compartment and seats seemed oddly familiar.

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

That thing was such a Gucci vehicle compared to last year's BMP-2!

@aritakalo8011

8 ай бұрын

Though I think that was the smaller and newer Patria 6x6. However as you said the cabin looks like AMV, since uses lot of the components developed for the 8x8 AMV like the cabin seats and other furniture, just in smaller 6x6 configuration. Pretty much Finnish army went "our old xa-180 series "PaSi" APCs are getting old, like 1980's vintage old. Patria, the 8x8 AMV is really nice vehicle. However we don't need everyone battle taxing in an 8x8, the 8x8 is good for IFV job, having mounted heavier weaponry and so on. However we want the budget version for general APC duties, please make this for us in cheaper 6x6 form. We shall need hundreds of them for battle taxi duties". Patria probably wanted to bring the 6x6, since it has recently gotten military orders including with Finland. So it is the "new hotness" for Patria. Including showing the new "PaSi"... or shall it now be "PaPa"? Panssari Patria? to the reservists who likely end up seeing them in their military service and rehearsal exercises soon.

@HoseTheBeast

8 ай бұрын

@@aritakalo8011you are right it wasn’t the Patria AMV but the Patria 6x6

It always warms my heart to see a G3 just performing well, no matter what you throw at it. One hell of a machine! Speaking of machines, Ian is also a machine! Well done!

@MusikCabaret

8 ай бұрын

G3 are a real mil firearm, its biggest draw is its weight.

@TiocfaidhArLa34

7 ай бұрын

@@MusikCabaret ??? the G3 is like barely a pound heavier than the AKM. i own a PTR 91 and it is a shockingly light rifle.

Nice to see Kit Badger next to Ian on the window entry challenge, looking forward to his videos!

@PolenarTactical

8 ай бұрын

He looked so calm, almost bored at moments but when he was up, he was a beast! I was amazed by his performance. He got 10th place overall and 4th place in Breacher

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

Ivan's a beast in stealth mode...

@GIR9595

8 ай бұрын

That definitely tracks seeing all the training and competing he does on his channel!

@warrenharrison9490

8 ай бұрын

I would never want to see Ivan angry, I believe there would be no survivors.

The match was almost perfectly balanced. Good shooting fundamentals and decent fitness allowed me to get through. And the bonus of watching the Breachers suffer while eating a bacon burger was superb 😂

@GianmarioScotti

8 ай бұрын

I bet your shooting and fitness are both better than what you make it sound. Typical finnish modesty.

@petrimakela5978

8 ай бұрын

@@GianmarioScotti decent is an overstatement 😂 Shooting wise you might be correct, 19 years of IPSC made the shots feel rather easy

@onkeldunkel665

8 ай бұрын

I'm guessing they couldn't lift it to their mouths. That's another level of cruelty.

Finnish Brutality is pretty cool. It takes competitive shooting to the next level

Really common in Finland to have also "wounded" soldiers, medical actions and evacuation in military exercises. Those are also featured in official videos of exercises.

What an absolute splendid idea to include a medical part in the stage. Learning to save lives while having fun. Remember that tourniquets may not be applied to bleeding heads.

“There’s a lovely bit of filth over here!” Man that absolutely cracked me up.

@spearton-1912

8 ай бұрын

always love the monty python references lol

@bjornh4664

8 ай бұрын

Followed by "I'm 37!"

"How does it feel?" [gasping and hoarse]: "So much better than running!" Ian is my spirit animal.

@matohibiki

8 ай бұрын

My spirit animal wears a huge grin while firing automatic weapons. Oddly, his name is also Ian. Small world.

It's always exciting to see the competition getting tougher with the introduction of the "Breacher" division. Your gear choices, especially the left-handed G3 and the SIG M18 with the Romeo M17 red dot, are excellent.

I really love that high-value shot at the end since it clears the weapon in an easy and safe manner as part of the exercise.

I have absolutely nothing to do with this competition, but I'm still proud of what Varusteleka has done. Torille!

We need more places more people can do this training.

Jari is getting to be more and more creative every year on how to brutalize these matches.

@js0988

8 ай бұрын

I really wish they could have implemented the 12.7mm mounted on the Pasi! 😆

I see that being a bit of a sadist is a good quality in whoever designs these stages... and having a masochist streak is a prerequisite for whoever decides to do participate in these matches. 😂😂

@mberglof

8 ай бұрын

Last years "Sauna, Sisu, Sibelius" says it all why you don't f*ck with the Finns. The only thing missing from that stage is swimming 100m to get your gun. Kudos Ian for going native on that stage! :D kzread.info/dash/bejne/imuMppieiazMiMo.html

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

That one remains one of the all-time best Brutality stages :)

@Kriss_L

8 ай бұрын

@@mberglofNext year will be the swim, but only if you break through the ice.

@luckyo11

8 ай бұрын

​@@Kriss_LUnironic last stage for the day for everyone could be "you go into the whole in the ice into the water, get out on your own, get your change of clothes on you, and then maybe shoot a few things. But that would require stage to be in winter.

@Kriss_L

8 ай бұрын

@@luckyo11 I remember a prior stage with a nearly frozen trench full of water. It looked very...motivating.

Wow. Genuine. No faking with Ian. Some of the best videos on the web.

Reminded me of what the Drill Sergeants said about push ups when I went through basic training in 1974. "Looks like a monkey f××king a football." I commend you for going through that. Looked like fun.

One day I will do a brutality match, but it's going to have to be desert or something a little more local than Finland.

@TheCrusher72

8 ай бұрын

Why can’t you just do this with some friends?

@Alex-ff1mk

8 ай бұрын

@@TheCrusher72because an official match is more fun

The Finn's brutality is always pretty brutal, but this year's looks extra brutal. RIP.

We need way more of this in the US.

@lewisgann280

8 ай бұрын

I agree, but sadly we live in a country where 2/3 adults are medically obese. Not overweight. Obese.

@IrwinGoodman22

8 ай бұрын

@@lewisgann280 Then you need this even more.

@mhh7544

7 ай бұрын

@@IrwinGoodman22 😅

4:30 "b-but i wanted to write poetry after the revolution"

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

DIG THE FOXHOLE!

Legend has it that he is digging to this day, consumed by his desire to find the cavalry chassepot. May the French 32 Long bless us all.

Love the NAFO badge ❤

Thank you for participating in this and posting it. I’ll never get there myself so I can live vicariously through your videos.

Those pushups looked like the longest 5 minutes of Ian's life. Considering the weight ratio in comparison to the other competitors, that extra gear was a large % increase on skinny Ian frame. Most of his upper body strength is in the goatee. 😉

That G3 with the acog and the m05 camo cover on it looks absolutely beatiful

4:40 Ian knows his math! But I should have expected no less form him.

Looks to be an excellent course they've planned. Tests mind, body & skill. I always hated burpees. We had to do a star jump each time we got up. After the first few times of doing them I was throwing up water from exertion. Looking forward to seeing day two.

…as one Fella to another, I just want to say welcome :)

Ain't gonna lie, 40 push ups in 25kg of gear is nothing to look down at

Nothing but respect for you Ian. You made that look easy. Lol. Great job.

Of course the Finnish have a kettle weight they carry. I have a friend that described an old man pointing to a trenching tool mounted to a wall and saying that it's amazing had fast a man can dig a fox hole whole when well-motivated by artillery fire. From 1917-18

As a finn i got excited when he said kippis at the end

Well done Ian!! I have an old medic's pack that I have 30-40 lbs of old dry beans in. I've been meaning to ruck with it or do some pushups at least, but now I have a little more inspiration to drag it out and put in some work. I was never in the military but I graduated high school in May of '01, we all know what happened in Sept of that year. So ever since then fitness has been important to me. It's time I push myself again. If Ian "Gun Jesus" McCollum can do it, so can I.

Watching you step down those pallets with all that weight has my knees barking at me 😂. Impressive stuff Ian! Inspires me to step up my training!

Watching Ivan from KitBadger use rocks to speed up with the sandbags gave me a chuckle

Thank you for all the effort, Ian and thank you for bringing this to us and using that G3, I really like it.

Well done, Ian! Sauna must've been a real treat at the end of that day.

You had me at G3

Watching this makes me miss my CETME. they are a sweet shooting rifle. They have a very unique feel to them when they fire. Great video as always!

If you have the space to play with it, I truly believe a kettlebell (or similar weight) is one of the best accessories for shooting / range days. Plinking is fun, but the drills you can perform with one become VERY fun, and are one of the best ways for the average person to prepare for a stressful shooting situation. Love the competition footage as always!

@t.j.e2231

8 ай бұрын

I think shooting 3-gun / ipsc etc. competitions is one of the best ways to get used to shooting under stress. Physical exertion is a layer for sure but if your shooting is good then being out of breath or having shaky hands is only a small hinderance. I placed 12th overall in FB'23 as a fatty with no cardio. To me the precious range time is best used really focusing on your shooting and leaving all the PT outside range time.

@joshevans7175

8 ай бұрын

@@t.j.e2231 Nah man, it's not about cardio. The physical fatigue is an effective means to an end of experiencing higher degrees mental stress. Competition has stress of a sort, all performance does. However when your body is screaming and not responding despite pushing hard, your mind recedes into that small place. That space is where you want to get comfortable making shots. Ipsc and the like are cool and valuable, but with a $50 kettlebell and some grit you can get that experience every time you go out.

@t.j.e2231

8 ай бұрын

@@joshevans7175 Agree to disagree, or maybe I've not pushed my fat ass hard enough, who knows. I've done 3 Finnish brutalities and 2 of them have been on the RO match where we do all 10 stages in one day and do the RO stuff on the side. The shooting has always felt straight forward and "easy" and the physical part has just been very hard and demanding for me but I've never felt that it has affected my shooting in a significant way.

massively impressed here ian, ex serviceman for the british army here and damn... finnish brutality up their game year over year lol

I miss shooting my trusty G3 from my Bundeswehr times. I had a ZF, but yours looks a little bit more updated...😅 I love seeing those beasts in action! Good job being a beast yourself here 👍

Love the "Run TST" patch. Also the choice of rifle. We used to call it "Spettet" (norwegian for heavy duty pry bar) in my glory days using it. I actually miss it, even after a couple of years donning the HK 416 karabine version. :-D

In FDF (when I served) the jaegers were trained to act while sleep deprivated and exhausted by long lasting ops. Being just a regular conscript, I wonder if everyone feels it easy&relaxing to keep a watchpost in -25-30 celcius. And during a drill, a stand-up vomiting in a swamp by a petty officer is just another day in service. One-two week lasting drills can be harsh, when they are a part of a service of 6-12 mts.

I could feel the relief through the screen as the kit came off lol

Been looking forward to this one!! Great Video!! Finnish Brutality gets more gnarly every year it seems haha the land mineeeeee bit also got me good lmao 10/10

It is great to see Brutality still going.

I've been waiting for these videos. This is just insane awesomeness. I love it.

On the next episode of Forgotten Weapons, Ian signs up for Cross-fit. Good job kind sir. good job. You didn't DQ and you didn't come in last place.

3 things I love... an ACOG, a NATO patch, and Ian 🥰

@koekiejam18

8 ай бұрын

NAFO, even better!

@Kriss_L

8 ай бұрын

That wasn't NATO.

@Deltaworks23

7 ай бұрын

@@koekiejam18 You mean gayer. Literally.

@koekiejam18

7 ай бұрын

@@Deltaworks23 Lmao, how long did it take you to come up with that?

I think Ian could get an extra meter out of his KB throws with a better snatch

Legalize landmines in Finland! We need them badly. Ps. We love you here Ian. You are the one of the best gun educational channel hosts I've known.

@Prushka

7 ай бұрын

Infantry landmines shouldn't be legalized, would result in huge amounts of mines in random places and there would be numerous civilian lives lost

This looks amazing!

Super sick video, thanks for going and sharing your experience

I love your channel and your passion for what you do. Great attitude and great content always informative

Damn that mine stepping scared the crap out of me! Awesome video, once again 😄

Ziga would definitely be the guy to count for you, so much energy and encouragement! Fun to watch how crazy the challenges they come up with are!

24:50 That blue patch on your vest just got you several dozens of new subscribers, sir.

I've been watching the 2022 Finnish brutality a lot these few days, was waiting for this one to publish! Awesome timing!

Well done to you all! It looked amazing!

"I FOUND A LOVELY BIT OF FILTH OVER HERE!" gold

Gun Jesus has blessed us with a Borat reference.

Nice runs man, loving that G3 setup!!!

Thats tough, hats off for Great effort and an entertaining video!! :)

Love these Finnish Brutality videos!

Well done the good man in Green. That was super entertaining and I'm glad you did so well at the athletic stuff. Thanks.

WOOOW this year's courses seem *t e r r i f y i n g* It was inspiring seeing you both train before this and seeing you battle through it!

These are always fun to watch. Thanks!

Amazing video Cant wait to see the other days I love this brutality matches, would love to be in one one day Keep it up Ian

You have to be in pretty good shape to even think about getting that done. You did better than I thought you would

I just love how often you visit Finland. Always fun to watch these videos

Outstanding Ian! Great job

Ian is a NAFO fella? Hell yes! I just hit that SUBSCRIBE button!

We needed an Elbonian Version of the Brutality

@Seelenschmiede

8 ай бұрын

Can you bribe the minister of defence to get a better result?

@mini_bunney

8 ай бұрын

more points for more elaborate bribery schemes, max points is by not showing up at all and still winning!

@ulissedazante5748

8 ай бұрын

If your weapon doesn't explode in the match, bonus points.

Ian is an honorary Finnish man. He has Sisu, very rare to see it from foreigners. He perseveres no matter what, that is Sisu.

Jari, if he's planning these, has a sadistic streak in him!

"Get the Super BBQ bacon burger" 25:13

@ForgottenWeapons

8 ай бұрын

It was a real thing, and I actually did get it.

@charlessalmond7076

8 ай бұрын

​@@ForgottenWeaponsbut, was it Super?

Ian's a Fella! Yes!

Simple tip for anyone shooting trees. Start at the bottom and work your way to the top. That way a high flyer will get a hit and you can adjust.

@Seelenschmiede

8 ай бұрын

And as your muzzle is climbing anyways...

Nice work. Looks like so much fun.

One Of Us! One Of Us! One Of Us! 😄

Always have loved this channel! Ian is the best. The modern training aspect is fucking awesome

Great stuff Ian , that got the juices flowing.

Ziga trash talking while Ian does pushups is hilarious.

Brutal! Well done Ian.

Well done Ian. Thanks looked great