training against live targets is done with blanks but since our
countries has large training areas we do a lot of live firings
Their NS time i 6 months for ordinary soldiers, 9 for soldiers in
technical branches and 12 for soldiers in the readiness brigades (
since their modernisation a couple of years ago) . Almost all males
do NS service in Finland. in modern time the Finns has fought Three
wars, 2 of them against the Russians, so they still regard the bear
as their main threat
The video is a "motivation film" to show the NS men what is
expected of them in the case of an attack on Finnish soil.
In the beginning you se Rangers watching the borders, when the
invader is spotted they build up with Mech battalions, infantry,
artillery and go on a counter attack. in the end they show clips
from the WW2 to remind the soldiers about the offers their
grandpas, uncles and other relatives did, In Finland it is very
hard to object to NS when you have a grandmother telling you about
your grandpa being killed fighting the Russians in 39 and both her
brothers being killed in 43 and 44 (story told to me by a
Finn)
Finnish
Paratroop rangers video
Finnish
Defence Forces Materiel
