In 1912 Kaiser Wilhelm II asked what the Swiss militia of a quarter million would do if Germany invaded with an army of half a million. The response: Shoot twice and go home!
The tactic, which afaik still exists in some form, would have been for us to abandon all major cities and retreat into the mountains at which point it's a holding out game until starvation or surrender. The shoot twice and go home thing is a hollow PR thing that made it into pop-culture.
In WWII Adolf Hitler asked Henri Guisan (General of the Swiss Army) what they would do if the Nazis invaded with a quotient 3/1. The response: „I give every soldier 3 bullets!“
@Pew Pew News oh Gloria , we all like to believe we are doing it for the good reasons of course reality turns out to be different. You literally made an argument based on American Exceptionalism
many countries mind their own buisness but that does not mean they get not invaded. But the swiss is damn save. not because of their military but because they are a neutral country in the middle of europe and are completely surrounded by friendly EU countries. There is simple no possible enemy near by nor could they reach the swiss without declaring war on the EU and Nato first.
@@chrischrist4160 The Swiss do not consider any of their neighbors 'friendly'. Thus Napoleon, Hitler and others have avoided them because of the utter determination of the Swiss that they will not be invaded. Just like the Irish and other neutral countries they know that their defence of any invasion will cost the invader a price that any invader is not willing to pay.
I'm from Mexico and I live in Lachen Switzerland back in the 90,and I remember watching the Swiss air Force jet fighters flying by Lachen once a week,you could hear the roaring of the engine's from inside the house,and I live with a Swiss family and they show me the rifles that every single men in Switzerland is given to keep in the house just in case of war
i‘m surprised of all these positive comments from people all around the globe on my beloved fatherland and its army, which i am also proudly a part of. much love to all you guys ❤️🇨🇭
I am swiss and tbh I do not like it that much that some misconceptions people against all odds still have are being surfaced and not much addressed by others, albeit I go into it with the presumption people want to correct that. It's nice that there's any talk at all tho.
I think that if you were born here or stayed for a long time then you should be officially recognized as a Swiss citizen. The only reason it's not like that is because of some people's nationalist fee-fee's.
@@AlexA-ln4pj which pension ? We are most of us simple citizen and made 17 weeks of recruit school and every year three weeks of refreshing courses until 32 years old. Fews are professionals as adjudants and officiers specially colonels (we don't have the rank of general except in time of war)
Do you know something funny? In Italian history one of the most notorious soldiers are the Swiss mercenaries. However in the north (of Italy) it's known that everytime there would be an epidemic it is when the Swiss mercenaries come down along the peninsula :) I really hope they have changed their hygienic policies
Victortrotska that is not true. In life you will always take sides in certain situations and the decision you make will affect the impression you make on your neighbors. Switzerland made many mistakes: -handling of the refugee-waves (jews WW2). Many lifes could have been saved. So switzerland basically choked just to save its ass. -handling of AML (anti money laundering) Etc So do you see it? It is not always about the money
@@raggamuffin_ch9331 every mountain lf the swiss alps has a millitary or a public shelter in it and the air force will shoit your plane down before it even drops his bomb
@@dominolplpburki8080 ...it was a joke. If you look at the swiss flag its a cross on red. A medic sign is a red cross on white...so people might confuse it (of course not, but has the same colours). And to the part with the allies, look up the words "if" and "would" .
I'm not sure if you know that the red cross was founded in Switzerland by a Swiss. The colors and the red cross on a white background is deliberately inspired by the Swiss flag. After having been a private and local institution, it was the Swiss government that promoted it to an international institution, now recognized worldwide. Only the American morons sometimes invert the colors, and often use a white cross on a red background to represent a medical aid (first aid kit for example). cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1089/8530/products/TB1264-1N_back_1024x1024.jpg?v=1508187066 Just a few years ago, a red cross was present on all ambulances and hospitals in Switzerland, but this has changed to avoid confusion with the international institution, but it remains very present. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Ec145_REGA.jpg en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement#History
@@mariusmatei2946 why tf would someone attack switzerland? no one knows an answer so swiss people dont need to fear from an enemy attack so our army is basicly a camp for people who wanna do some fun stuff with the goverment money
I grew up in and live in Australia, although I also have Swiss citizenship, and most of my family has Swiss origin. Watching this makes me feel so proud of such a prosperous country that Switzerland is.
You can't have two citizenship in Switzerland or you're Australian from Swiss origin or you're Swiss from outback origins but for that you'll need to do your military duty until 25 years old
those arent just special forces and grenadiers by the way. it also shows footage of panzergrenadiers and fusiliers (the unit i served in) both of them are not classified kommando spezialkräfte (special forces) units shown in the video are: grenadiers fallschirmaufklärer panzergrenadiers fusiliers military police grenadiers and AAD 10 i think but very cool video, thank you :)
I've always wondered how difficult it must be to conduct CQB with a Sig 550, on account of it being incredibly long and made for fighting outside, mountain-to-mountain.
commander31able well it is hard as fuck, those things may be deadly accurate and resilient but times to times you’ll feel more like a antic Swiss Pikman. However with practice you learn how to handle it even if close quarters, from an Infantry NCO
Depends on the situation, they are rather long for CQB but we tend to fold the stock in indoor fighting as the recoil is tolerable and less risk of telegraph poleing
And then there's me who has boot camp next to the biggest military airfield in Switzerland but has to clean the toilets and never gets to go onto the airfield
Amazing how many non-Swiss are interested in our army. Today we no longer have enough troops and we have some deficits in equipment and armament. That was different before the fall of the wall, I think in 1989. At that time we still had 4 army corps, 3 field army corps and 1 mountain army corps, as well as various brigades, especially in the Reduit. 800 tanks, 900 tank hoods M109, about 1'000 M113 and about 600'000 men etc. Today, however, we are no longer fully operational and have real deficits. - One believes that eternal peace has broken out. But some people are very much mistaken.
Vier um genau zu sein. Diese Sprachen sind ebenfalls Amtssprachen der Schweiz. Diese sind Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch und Rätoromanisch. Darum wird die Schweizer Armee auch in diesen Sprachen angegeben. Wie jedoch das bei einem Bataillon gehandhabt wird, kann ich nicht beantworten. Am besten Sie fragen einen Soldaten der Schweizer Armee.
Hi, I am a Sergeant in the Swiss military and I can tell you that although we have 4 national languages including German, French, Italian and Romantsch (which is basically a mix of all the three others), we only use German, French and Italian. The Romantsch is more like a dialect and is only spoken by a very few people. Since these people also know Swiss-German very well that’s what they use to communicate in the military. Also, we try to get every German speaker to use Hochdeutsch (which is the German that everyone learns at school) to communicate instead of Swiss-German due to the fact that this local language varies with all sorts of nuances depending on the region you’re from. This is to avoid misunderstandings between German-Speakers and to improve understanding for the French and Italian speakers who learned Hochdeutsch at school. Of course it’s hard to break their habits of speaking their native local language but the idea is there and most of them really try to make an effort. The language barrier has always been kind of an issue in our military which we try to overcome the best way we can, because it involves such a big shock of cultures, mentalities and habits. And the goal is to have a cohesion when we fight together as one and only nation. Usually we work it this way, we tend to separate French and German speakers in different platoons since these are the two main languages in the country, then as I said Romantsch speakers are put in German speaking platoons, and last but not least Italian speakers are put in either the French or the German speaking platoons since they’re a minority. By order of language spoken German/Swiss-German comes first, then French, Italian and Romantsch. Done this way it’s easier for them to understand while they’re training, but we also introduce them to exercises between different speaking platoons so they can learn how to work together. Usually companies are made of approximately 4 platoons and there’s always some French and Germans platoons in there. As of me, I come from the French speaking side of Switzerland, did my main training in a French speaking platoon, but then since I speak German and became Sergeant I was assigned a leader position in a German speaking platoon. Since I also speak Italian it was an advantage for me and I used to do the translation for everybody. Very interesting and rich experience that I’ll never forget. Also thanks to that now I can fully understand and also kind of speak Swiss-German which is great ! I forgot to mention in Switzerland most people are bilingual and some even trilingual sometimes since we have to pick up at least one local language that we don’t know at school. So even if this might look like a big hot mess it’s actually not that hard to make things work out. Also, English is used for some specific combat terms and only as a last mean of communication. I hope this gives you a better idea now !
@@Diidou1214 "Et pour les romands, c'est la même chose!" X-D (This is an old joke in platoons with people of German and French speaking swiss soldiers. First, the leader explains the task in length in German, but because he is too lazy to explain it in French or isn't enough fluent in this language, he simply says "for the french speaking people, the same is valid")
Btw at 3:21 that urban training part could you tell where you got that part from? I would like to see the complete video of that urban training segment if possible. It's the only part that I hadn't seen yet.
Geiles Video aber schade, dass die Genietruppen, dh. Pontoniere, Rammpontoniere, Baupioniere etc. so kurz oder gar nicht gekommen sind. So eine Szene bei der ein paar Panzer über die Schwimmbrücke 95 fahren würden wäre sicherlich auch sehr imposant.
As a former US Army Officer, I have nothing but UTMOST RESPECT for Switzerland. When you read the writings of the American Founding Fathers, they envisioned an America that was more like Switzerland. No international entanglement. A friend of everyone and enemy of none. Instead, my beloved America has turned into a bloodthirsty empire funded by central banks and controlled by the military industrial complex.
Actually, it was a bit the other way around. When modern Switzerland was founded in 1848, they took a large influence from the US constitution and copied the two chamber system. The difference was direct democracy and no real president, but 7 ministers of the major parties and a revolving President of that group for 12 months each. Without the brilliant US founders, we would not have our current constitution.
Great respect for 🇨🇭Armed Forces 🕊️🤝 I wish all the best from 🇵🇱 BOWS ! #Soldiers #Veterans #Cooperation 🤝#Relations 🤝#Dignity #Honor #Support #Protect #Family #International Humanite Arme #International education for peace and stability
look very capable look tough in all. question is would u put them up against the british sas. btw any of u guys heard of the pakistani special service group, if you have how would you rate them without being biased...
Did anyone of you notice that Switzerland never had any Terrorist attack in the past few years compared to every other country in Europe? No suicide bombings, no mass shooting, no machete swinging attacks claimed by ISIS, etc.? I always wonder why that is? I always get to the conclusion that we, Switzerland, aren't actively included in any active-war-effort and therefore don't have any "real" enemies. Even though there were some threats sometimes, they were never made real. The only thing Switzerland does that some people consider "not neutral" is selling weapons. But IMHO that's a different story than being neutral. Neutral means not actively participating in any war. We're not participating, we're just doing business. And if we wouldn't sell weapons, someone else would take our place. What are your thoughts? Greetings from a Swiss
Holy fuckin muzzle awareness in the beginning, dude’s got his barrel pointed out in the same direction as friendlies. These guys flagged each other too much to be taken seriously
Hello, I'm from Russia. I like the Swiss but I have some mistakes of this soldiers: 1. When stormed the building, the soldiers somehow attack with long trunks. After all, this is wrong, because in close combat weapons with a long barrel will interfere with the fighter and even he is in close contact with the enemy will not have time to defend or fight back. Better weapons with a short barrel. 2. I have not noticed any of the tactics of the assault of the enemy. They just shoot any way they want. 3. In the video, a lot of cutouts: after the shot of a soldier from a weapon, do not show his hit in the target, for example, when a fighter shoots from a grenade launcher. On 5:25 4. Learn from Russian special forces.
To point 1 thats why our sf do have a sg553 and a 550 but it would be too expensive to equipe every single infantry guy with 2 main wapeons and infantry and sf do have pistols for cqb and to point 2 its difficult to see in 5 sec cutouts the tactics behind this but i can tell you we have always a scenario and professin military guys on the side who watches and at the end they tell you what you did wrong and what you did right... And in the video its kinda logic they just take scenes who do look cool and with a lot of fire
Super gemacht, aber was ist mit all den Soldaten die nicht freiwillig in der Armee sind? Ich will keine Kontroverse anspornen aber die Disziplin nimmt sehr stark ab wenn man mit Geldbussen bestraft wird wenn man keinen Militärdienst leistet. Die Schweizer Armee scheint zwar "immer bereit" zu sein (ich bei der M-Flab Bttr) aber wer kümmert sich wirklich um die Armee wenn es ein "muss" ist.
Eine sehr gute Frage. Wir haben in Österreich ein ähnliches Problem. Die Wehrpflicht ist zwar ein Muss, jedoch hat sie einige Vorteile. Natürlich hat jede Sache immer Nachteile, aber es gibt Leute in diesen Staaten, welche zu faul sind ihrem Land zu dienen. Wir Soldaten, wir Zivildiener helfen Menschen. Menschen zu helfen ist eine ehrenvolle Aufgabe. Die Grundausbildung erbringt einige Erfahrungen und Fähigkeiten mit sich, welche man möglicherweise für das spätere Leben gebrauchen könnte. Unsere Gesellschaft ist leider wegen Wohlstand und Frieden faul geworden. Den Frieden, den unsere Großväter und Großmütter aufgebaut haben. Leider hat die heute Generation vergessen, was dies bedeutet.
That's called compulsory military service and yes, we have the same situation in Austria. It's really good that people learn to protect their country especially their families. You also help people in catastrophic situations. You learn how to deal with it and can react correctly.
Schon so zwar nicht die komplette Luftwaffe ist 24/7 aber nach meinem Wissensstand 2-4 Jets pro Basis. Und man darf auch nicht die Anti Air vergessen wo die Schweiz noch besitzt und aktiv hält.
Moayad Shurbaji The Swiss militia system is based of a mandatory service counting a total of 10 months (4 months of boot camp as a recruit where you’ll learn the general bases of being soldier, 3 months of specialization in the incorporation you chose and 3 months of active duty inside/outside the country). You have the option of doing either the short service (the first 4 months and then go back each year for 3 weeks until you complete the total 10 months of formation) or the long service where you do all 10 months at once. If you choose the short term service you’ll be placed in the “repetition courses” since you’ll keep going back each year to finish your training, and if you choose the long term you’ll be placed on reserve and just have to do the yearly mandatory shooting session to keep proficiency. That being said, the 10 months are only if at the end of the bootcamp you go from recruit to soldier (Private) like everyone and decide to stay at that rank. If you choose that option and stay in the troop, I doubt you’ll find a way to pursue a career in the Swiss military. Most careers in the Swiss military are offered to people who have higher ranks like sub-officers and officers, unless you decide to work for the military as a civilian but I’m guessing this isn’t your goal. What I suggest you is to do your mandatory duty and choose the long term one. Once you start your training be on top of the game and that way you’ll probably be noticed by your Sergeant and Officers which will suggest you to rank up, if not you can always volunteer for it but there’s no guarantee they’ll accept it if they think you’re not meant to be a chief/leader. Their leniency depends on how many people they need, which is why being on top of the game will give you more chances anyways. Also you need to let them know you want to become an Officer (Lieutenant) or a Warrant Officer (Adjutants). Do not apply for a Sub-Officer position (Sergeant) as I know very few career positions with this rank and the goal of this is to give you all the chances. By the way, Adjutants are the cream of the cream of the Swiss military. Their selection is really difficult as they have to know pretty much everything and be on top of their games at all levels which is why they’re the teachers of higher ranks like Sergeants, Lieutenants, etc... These guys don’t play around for sure. Anyways, once selected you’ll be taken out of the boot camp after two months and sent to a sub-officer school for another two months where you’ll earn your ranks as a Sergeant and learn things like leadership, psychology, management of a group, give instructions, etc ... Once this is completed you can decide whether you want to become an Adjutant (if you pass the selection), a Staff-Sergeant or Fourier (in charge of logistics and/or money), or keep going as an officer (in charge of a platoon, battalion, company, etc...). Adjutants school is pretty long and though so you’ll have to wait before you can actually go on the field with real people and put into practice what you learnt. Also because this position is a career in itself so they’re really selective. Staff-Sergeant/Fourier school is 2 months and not so bad. Officer school I believe is 4 months and one of the hardest especially with the 100km/63mi march that has to be completed in approximately 24 hours. While the Sub-Officer (Sergeant) school teaches you the basics of leadership and how to lead a small group of soldiers, Officer school will go deeper into that and teach you other things including how to lead a platoon. After all these schools and training you’ll be assigned to a new boot camp under your new function to earn your ranks. Once your ranks earned and your training completed, you’ll be able to apply for a career position. Obviously, your training length will depend on how high in ranks you’re trying to go. It’s hard to explain everything clearly in one message but I tried to share my experience as a Sergeant and I hope you have a better idea now. I wish you good luck on your journey. Oh by the way, once your mandatory duty is over you can apply for the SWISSINT, which is active duty abroad. To do that you can be anything from Private and above, the rank doesn’t matter. It’s usually 6 months of intensive training in the facilities in Stans (Nidwald) and 6 months of active duty abroad. This is a Swiss military program of peace promotion around the world in countries that used to be in war like Kosovo. Obviously the more languages you know the easier it will be to find a position. German is a big plus if you seek a career in Switzerland. Again, good luck !! 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭
Non je crois que y a la frontière entre les deux Corées est gardée par des suisse (pour la neutralité) et les gardes du pape sont uniquement suisses. Je crois que c'est tout
In 1912 Kaiser Wilhelm II asked what the Swiss militia of a quarter million would do if Germany invaded with an army of half a million.
The response: Shoot twice and go home!
Ehrenmänner
The tactic, which afaik still exists in some form, would have been for us to abandon all major cities and retreat into the mountains at which point it's a holding out game until starvation or surrender. The shoot twice and go home thing is a hollow PR thing that made it into pop-culture.
Argacyan no, because that plan only came long after wilhelm
In WWII Adolf Hitler asked Henri Guisan (General of the Swiss Army) what they would do if the Nazis invaded with a quotient 3/1.
The response: „I give every soldier 3 bullets!“
Notice that every soldier there (not the pilots) are not professional, they are common citizen. Switzerland has not an army, Switzerland is army.
Mdr
Halt die fresse^^..mir chönd gar nüt
@@Rob-wr8ep Das ist unsere Miliz Prinzip, es ist so :)
@@Rob-wr8ep Du bisch sicher im Büro ghocket
But swiss has also grenadiers (special forces)
You know whats the best thing about the swiss? They mind their own damn buisness unlike some scumbags that think they are exceptional
Like the United States? Yes, that country sure feels exceptional.
@Pew Pew News oh Gloria , we all like to believe we are doing it for the good reasons of course reality turns out to be different. You literally made an argument based on American Exceptionalism
many countries mind their own buisness but that does not mean they get not invaded.
But the swiss is damn save. not because of their military but because they are a neutral country in the middle of europe and are completely surrounded by friendly EU countries. There is simple no possible enemy near by nor could they reach the swiss without declaring war on the EU and Nato first.
@@chrischrist4160 The Swiss do not consider any of their neighbors 'friendly'. Thus Napoleon, Hitler and others have avoided them because of the utter determination of the Swiss that they will not be invaded. Just like the Irish and other neutral countries they know that their defence of any invasion will cost the invader a price that any invader is not willing to pay.
Joseph Lawndale Yes but if the USA didn’t you wouldn’t have your freedom. So maybe think about what your going to comment??
I'm from Mexico and I live in Lachen Switzerland back in the 90,and I remember watching the Swiss air Force jet fighters flying by Lachen once a week,you could hear the roaring of the engine's from inside the house,and I live with a Swiss family and they show me the rifles that every single men in Switzerland is given to keep in the house just in case of war
Nice my Brother🇨🇭 ^^
Awesome military! Respect from Australia! 🇨🇭🇦🇺
i‘m surprised of all these positive comments from people all around the globe on my beloved fatherland and its army, which i am also proudly a part of. much love to all you guys ❤️🇨🇭
Thank you!You are welcome. Long live Switzerland.
Respect from Japan Your loyalty to the your homeland and people is great and i'd like to learn
Hey east , they west here dont like that ass liking only virtual
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Love this comment section full of people talking about switzerland even if... theyre not swiss and have never been to switzerland 👌🏼
I am swiss and tbh I do not like it that much that some misconceptions people against all odds still have are being surfaced and not much addressed by others, albeit I go into it with the presumption people want to correct that. It's nice that there's any talk at all tho.
I was born in the country. I’m not officially Swiss, but I feel attached to the country.
I think that if you were born here or stayed for a long time then you should be officially recognized as a Swiss citizen. The only reason it's not like that is because of some people's nationalist fee-fee's.
Argacyan How many years should swiss soldier serv to get pension? 18 years? 20? 22?
@@AlexA-ln4pj which pension ? We are most of us simple citizen and made 17 weeks of recruit school and every year three weeks of refreshing courses until 32 years old. Fews are professionals as adjudants and officiers specially colonels (we don't have the rank of general except in time of war)
After learning about Swiss history and the legendary Swiss pikemen I have huge respect for them being Greek my self tradition is everything for me.
Do you know something funny? In Italian history one of the most notorious soldiers are the Swiss mercenaries. However in the north (of Italy) it's known that everytime there would be an epidemic it is when the Swiss mercenaries come down along the peninsula :)
I really hope they have changed their hygienic policies
@@marcovezzari7436 I heard napoli was a source of plague.
@@marcovezzari7436I'm convinced it was the hills of corpses we left behind which caused the epidemics :)
@@peterott8053 lol
@@theopapas1693 "I heard napoli was a source of plague." haha!
godamn at the dude carrying the .50cal up the hill.
These guys have 70kg of equipment
Wo isch die wichtigst truppe im video.. d‘köch?!😂 no food no fight
Ohne Mampf, kein Kampf!!
Küsche!!!! 😂😜
Merci küschee😂😂
Raphael Klein wod rächt häsch häsch rächt
huere fleischchäs chönder sälber frässe
Tons and Tons of Respect & Love from South Africa!
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I love my country ❤️🇨🇭
And you do well, your country is great, greetings from italy💪🏻🇮🇹
I luv u too
Don't like if you live in Geneva
I do live in Geneva
Team Nintendo why lmao?
Neutral means no enemies AND no friends... Much respect Switzerland 🇦🇺
@Victortrotska
"They got tanks, you got what?"
"Determination"
No, Neutral means not taking sides in a conflict/argument!!
Victortrotska that is not true. In life you will always take sides in certain situations and the decision you make will affect the impression you make on your neighbors.
Switzerland made many mistakes:
-handling of the refugee-waves (jews WW2). Many lifes could have been saved. So switzerland basically choked just to save its ass.
-handling of AML (anti money laundering)
Etc
So do you see it? It is not always about the money
@@asdfasdf8274 And, in the case of Switzerland during World War 2, Avoid Giving Germany Cause To Invade/Occupy Switzerland, At All Costs!!
Is this the kinda of neutral Holland took in WW2 than Germany raped them.
Small but strong country
Respect from Philippines
It's true...great respect 🕊️🤝
I'm actually impressed how you managed to cover basically everyone in the army. Really good video, good job!
I’m outside watching this video in boxer shorts, socks and a hat.. it’s 22 degrees.! Rock on 👍🏻🇺🇸
Im in my toilet having a shit with blue socks and black pyjama.. it's 24 degrees in the house
Rock on
switzerland is invulnerable its a fortress! greetings and respect from austria!
@@raggamuffin_ch9331 no its not lol, you really don't know anything about Switzerland
Thanks Brother
@@raggamuffin_ch9331 every country are gone whit an atom bomb ;3
@@raggamuffin_ch9331 every mountain lf the swiss alps has a millitary or a public shelter in it and the air force will shoit your plane down before it even drops his bomb
I like how the entire Swiss army is in the thumbnail.
Also, this is clearly a joke.
@@11Survivor i heard that one guy from the navy claimed he can actually swim
You must really not know the swiss army if you say this, even if is a joke.
In the worst Situation we can have up to 300'000 Soldiers
@@Termileon r/wooosh
Danke gell guets video und bstell schöni grüess uf östrich :) semper fi
Neutral and still strong
Not strong , weak
extremely weak actually
if u have no enemies u will get weak
Not neutral. 900 rotating Swedes were in Afghanistan to fight the filthy feces licking isis scum.
@@briang7396 sweden???
Respect from🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
Thanks amigo 🇨🇭
Gracias amigo
Hooah and Hallelujah, Swiss Army and Air Force, from a former United States Marine and Soldier. Guleis Video!!🇺🇸🇨🇭⚔️🗡️🔪🔫🔥💀
God bless you brother, love from Switzerland.
Along with the Japanese I think Switzerland 🇨🇭 is by far one of my favorites. A very amazing military. Former US Soldier.
I wonder how often they would get screamed "medic" at, if they ever went to a war with their allys in afghanistan for example.
Zitro we dont have any official allies and what do you mean with scream medic??
@@dominolplpburki8080 ...it was a joke. If you look at the swiss flag its a cross on red. A medic sign is a red cross on white...so people might confuse it (of course not, but has the same colours). And to the part with the allies, look up the words "if" and "would" .
hehe😅 good one
I'm not sure if you know that the red cross was founded in Switzerland by a Swiss. The colors and the red cross on a white background is deliberately inspired by the Swiss flag. After having been a private and local institution, it was the Swiss government that promoted it to an international institution, now recognized worldwide.
Only the American morons sometimes invert the colors, and often use a white cross on a red background to represent a medical aid (first aid kit for example).
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Just a few years ago, a red cross was present on all ambulances and hospitals in Switzerland, but this has changed to avoid confusion with the international institution, but it remains very present.
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Niemandsland NAŠA JUGOSLAVIJA
Neutrality is not granted. Swiss people earn their neutrality everyday in their life.
you sir have no clue about life in Switzerland
@@pringle3413 "enlighten" us.
@@guillaumegug4109 Peaceful Only Since 1945!!!
Huuuuh, nop.
@@mariusmatei2946 why tf would someone attack switzerland? no one knows an answer so swiss people dont need to fear from an enemy attack so our army is basicly a camp for people who wanna do some fun stuff with the goverment money
When neutrality drops to 0%
I grew up in and live in Australia, although I also have Swiss citizenship, and most of my family has Swiss origin. Watching this makes me feel so proud of such a prosperous country that Switzerland is.
You can't have two citizenship in Switzerland or you're Australian from Swiss origin or you're Swiss from outback origins but for that you'll need to do your military duty until 25 years old
those arent just special forces and grenadiers by the way.
it also shows footage of panzergrenadiers and fusiliers (the unit i served in)
both of them are not classified kommando spezialkräfte (special forces)
units shown in the video are:
grenadiers
fallschirmaufklärer
panzergrenadiers
fusiliers
military police grenadiers
and AAD 10 i think
but very cool video, thank you :)
Späher si ono es par derbi
@@Amondsen3 stimmt :) die ghöred aber praktisch zu de füsel.
@@Powerqubed die si ez e eigeti unabhängigi funktion
@@Amondsen3 ah wa? jede tag öppis neus :D
Willhelm Tell Richtig, die heisset etz Späher der Imfanterie und sind i de Ustü Kp igliederet
Switzerland first 🇨🇭👍🏻😉
Hello from mexico swiss for we are also a neautral country but we are always ready
@RJ Stug Already did that on 2006, didnt went too well. 250,000 deaths since it started. Thats half the total deaths of the syrian war.
They forgot the part when they are completely drunk in the train while going back to the base...
Fuck yes :D
Switzerland and Germany have the toughest and most honorable militaries now and past.
I've always wondered how difficult it must be to conduct CQB with a Sig 550, on account of it being incredibly long and made for fighting outside, mountain-to-mountain.
commander31able well it is hard as fuck, those things may be deadly accurate and resilient but times to times you’ll feel more like a antic Swiss Pikman. However with practice you learn how to handle it even if close quarters, from an Infantry NCO
@@kriestoffm.7285 practice makes perfect, I suppose.
We have the comando version for dat but only for special forces
Depends on the situation, they are rather long for CQB but we tend to fold the stock in indoor fighting as the recoil is tolerable and less risk of telegraph poleing
I had the Fass57 for ten years, the Fass90 felt like a toy after that when we got it.
nice video, not just because im swiss👌🏻👍🏻😂😂🇨🇭🇨🇭
sniper 007 aye. A true lad
Zum Glück mis Heimatland🇨🇭👍
Geil gmacht, wie immer 👍🏼
And then there's me who has boot camp next to the biggest military airfield in Switzerland but has to clean the toilets and never gets to go onto the airfield
Wow, Respect from Hungary!
Hunvedow pozdrawiamy dzekujemy za 10 mln st amonicji w 20r
Amazing job, well done!!!
Thank you!
Amazing how many non-Swiss are interested in our army. Today we no longer have enough troops and we have some deficits in equipment and armament. That was different before the fall of the wall, I think in 1989. At that time we still had 4 army corps, 3 field army corps and 1 mountain army corps, as well as various brigades, especially in the Reduit. 800 tanks, 900 tank hoods M109, about 1'000 M113 and about 600'000 men etc. Today, however, we are no longer fully operational and have real deficits. - One believes that eternal peace has broken out. But some people are very much mistaken.
Switzerland has the best military system in the world.
Im glad I’m living in a country that’s neutral and always ready to fight🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️❤️😜
Geil, danke fürs Video ! 👍 🇨🇭
swiss army 2019 ??
Semper FIdelis
Which language do they use in the Swiss army?
Welche Sprache benutzt man in der Schweizer Armee?
Vier um genau zu sein. Diese Sprachen sind ebenfalls Amtssprachen der Schweiz. Diese sind Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch und Rätoromanisch. Darum wird die Schweizer Armee auch in diesen Sprachen angegeben. Wie jedoch das bei einem Bataillon gehandhabt wird, kann ich nicht beantworten. Am besten Sie fragen einen Soldaten der Schweizer Armee.
Offizielle millitärsprachen sind Deutsch/Schweizerdeutsch, Französisch und Italienisch.
Zum Teil werden auch Englisch in begrenztem ausmass gebraucht
Hi, I am a Sergeant in the Swiss military and I can tell you that although we have 4 national languages including German, French, Italian and Romantsch (which is basically a mix of all the three others), we only use German, French and Italian. The Romantsch is more like a dialect and is only spoken by a very few people. Since these people also know Swiss-German very well that’s what they use to communicate in the military. Also, we try to get every German speaker to use Hochdeutsch (which is the German that everyone learns at school) to communicate instead of Swiss-German due to the fact that this local language varies with all sorts of nuances depending on the region you’re from. This is to avoid misunderstandings between German-Speakers and to improve understanding for the French and Italian speakers who learned Hochdeutsch at school. Of course it’s hard to break their habits of speaking their native local language but the idea is there and most of them really try to make an effort. The language barrier has always been kind of an issue in our military which we try to overcome the best way we can, because it involves such a big shock of cultures, mentalities and habits. And the goal is to have a cohesion when we fight together as one and only nation. Usually we work it this way, we tend to separate French and German speakers in different platoons since these are the two main languages in the country, then as I said Romantsch speakers are put in German speaking platoons, and last but not least Italian speakers are put in either the French or the German speaking platoons since they’re a minority. By order of language spoken German/Swiss-German comes first, then French, Italian and Romantsch. Done this way it’s easier for them to understand while they’re training, but we also introduce them to exercises between different speaking platoons so they can learn how to work together. Usually companies are made of approximately 4 platoons and there’s always some French and Germans platoons in there. As of me, I come from the French speaking side of Switzerland, did my main training in a French speaking platoon, but then since I speak German and became Sergeant I was assigned a leader position in a German speaking platoon. Since I also speak Italian it was an advantage for me and I used to do the translation for everybody. Very interesting and rich experience that I’ll never forget. Also thanks to that now I can fully understand and also kind of speak Swiss-German which is great ! I forgot to mention in Switzerland most people are bilingual and some even trilingual sometimes since we have to pick up at least one local language that we don’t know at school. So even if this might look like a big hot mess it’s actually not that hard to make things work out. Also, English is used for some specific combat terms and only as a last mean of communication. I hope this gives you a better idea now !
@@Diidou1214 "Et pour les romands, c'est la même chose!" X-D
(This is an old joke in platoons with people of German and French speaking swiss soldiers. First, the leader explains the task in length in German, but because he is too lazy to explain it in French or isn't enough fluent in this language, he simply says "for the french speaking people, the same is valid")
@@Maciliachris Si quelqu'un veut une preuve que tu as fait l'armée c'est la phrase à sortir lol.
Thank you
Btw at 3:21 that urban training part could you tell where you got that part from? I would like to see the complete video of that urban training segment if possible. It's the only part that I hadn't seen yet.
Do you make Netherlands 2018 too?
I will see what I can do.
love switzerland 🇨🇭
Swiss is ready to fight against invaders since 1815
Funny how since then there have never been any takers. 🇨🇭
Geiles Video aber schade, dass die Genietruppen, dh. Pontoniere, Rammpontoniere, Baupioniere etc. so kurz oder gar nicht gekommen sind. So eine Szene bei der ein paar Panzer über die Schwimmbrücke 95 fahren würden wäre sicherlich auch sehr imposant.
5:06 Who are these guys? I'm digging those uniforms
It's 'waterproof' coats and trousers we wear on our actual uniforms to stay dry
Its our wet weather gear. Simmilar to an oilskin
Das isch de fisch aka ss mantel kopplet mit em mutz
Swiss Army is quality over quantity.
Most probably both. Thye have over 246,000 soldiers.
And each of them must be quite deadly.
Thing is, who would want to invade Switzerland in the first place?
As a former US Army Officer, I have nothing but UTMOST RESPECT for Switzerland. When you read the writings of the American Founding Fathers, they envisioned an America that was more like Switzerland. No international entanglement. A friend of everyone and enemy of none. Instead, my beloved America has turned into a bloodthirsty empire funded by central banks and controlled by the military industrial complex.
Actually, it was a bit the other way around. When modern Switzerland was founded in 1848, they took a large influence from the US constitution and copied the two chamber system. The difference was direct democracy and no real president, but 7 ministers of the major parties and a revolving President of that group for 12 months each. Without the brilliant US founders, we would not have our current constitution.
Got an early Christmas gift
1941 Swiss K31 Rifle !!!!
Wish I could find the soldier who was issued this rifle
But no tag under the BUTT-PLATE
@@rumobin thank you
Ammo has been interesting to come by.
I did find 200 rounds at SGAMMO.com
i think the swiss has the best looking rifle i've always loved how the 550 looks. but i prefer the 556 swat.
Those 550's are probably the most reliable rifles in the world.
Respect from Sweden 💪🏻
Thank you ; D🇨🇭
But Sweden is Stronger
Great respect for 🇨🇭Armed Forces 🕊️🤝
I wish all the best from 🇵🇱
BOWS !
#Soldiers #Veterans #Cooperation 🤝#Relations 🤝#Dignity #Honor #Support #Protect #Family
#International Humanite Arme
#International education for peace and stability
Tue ich mich irre oder hends zum Teil schon die neu Uniform (mbas) ah
Ja hends eif. Halt no ohni taz
@@timg.6318 Also ich muess säge es gsed scho ohni taz guet us
@@timg.6318 die blibe so
CiRtriX han gmeint es git no pixeltarn muster hett eus en BM vode MP gseit im WK
Nei die Uniform chunds Multifeldtarnmuster 16 über
look very capable look tough in all. question is would u put them up against the british sas. btw any of u guys heard of the pakistani special service group, if you have how would you rate them without being biased...
Did anyone of you notice that Switzerland never had any Terrorist attack in the past few years compared to every other country in Europe? No suicide bombings, no mass shooting, no machete swinging attacks claimed by ISIS, etc.?
I always wonder why that is? I always get to the conclusion that we, Switzerland, aren't actively included in any active-war-effort and therefore don't have any "real" enemies. Even though there were some threats sometimes, they were never made real.
The only thing Switzerland does that some people consider "not neutral" is selling weapons. But IMHO that's a different story than being neutral. Neutral means not actively participating in any war. We're not participating, we're just doing business. And if we wouldn't sell weapons, someone else would take our place. What are your thoughts?
Greetings from a Swiss
3:03 sie das FA-18?
jo
Love Swiss, from Vietnam
Honestly looks like a new video game trailer
Wieso filmten die nicht die Flugzeug Träger.
In what language do they operate? German? French?
Both.
Respect from France, beautiful country 🙏
What language do Swiss forces operate in? French? German? Italian?
mostly german and french
Are you going to do one about the french foreign legion or not
Love my Swiss K11 Carbine and K31!
SG 550🇨🇭🤩
Holy fuckin muzzle awareness in the beginning, dude’s got his barrel pointed out in the same direction as friendlies. These guys flagged each other too much to be taken seriously
Did you know that in an emergency swiss could mobilize 120'000 soldiers.
Wänn es Schwyzer Armee heisst kann mehr sich warm anlege
Honor Modestia Unitas
Semper Fidelis!!
Pologne
Hello, I'm from Russia. I like the Swiss but I have some mistakes of this soldiers:
1. When stormed the building, the soldiers somehow attack with long trunks. After all, this is wrong, because in close combat weapons with a long barrel will interfere with the fighter and even he is in close contact with the enemy will not have time to defend or fight back. Better weapons with a short barrel.
2. I have not noticed any of the tactics of the assault of the enemy. They just shoot any way they want.
3. In the video, a lot of cutouts: after the shot of a soldier from a weapon, do not show his hit in the target, for example, when a fighter shoots from a grenade launcher. On 5:25
4. Learn from Russian special forces.
To point 1 thats why our sf do have a sg553 and a 550 but it would be too expensive to equipe every single infantry guy with 2 main wapeons and infantry and sf do have pistols for cqb and to point 2 its difficult to see in 5 sec cutouts the tactics behind this but i can tell you we have always a scenario and professin military guys on the side who watches and at the end they tell you what you did wrong and what you did right... And in the video its kinda logic they just take scenes who do look cool and with a lot of fire
ive been to that army.....its a lot of young boys comanded by yerks! like everywhere...
Awww poor bub
Un like pour ma patrie.
Why did the King's Lean on UNited Kingdom's giveth
Fine equipment I must say!
haha only in videos...
Our equipment is dated. Most if it is from the 90s
@@tramlink8544 Then, be glad, it is very recent in international comparison!
Schöns Video, guet gschnitte :)
ER Inf 3 => inf bat 19/3 2010 - 2014 here.
Super gemacht, aber was ist mit all den Soldaten die nicht freiwillig in der Armee sind? Ich will keine Kontroverse anspornen aber die Disziplin nimmt sehr stark ab wenn man mit Geldbussen bestraft wird wenn man keinen Militärdienst leistet. Die Schweizer Armee scheint zwar "immer bereit" zu sein (ich bei der M-Flab Bttr) aber wer kümmert sich wirklich um die Armee wenn es ein "muss" ist.
Eine sehr gute Frage. Wir haben in Österreich ein ähnliches Problem. Die Wehrpflicht ist zwar ein Muss, jedoch hat sie einige Vorteile. Natürlich hat jede Sache immer Nachteile, aber es gibt Leute in diesen Staaten, welche zu faul sind ihrem Land zu dienen. Wir Soldaten, wir Zivildiener helfen Menschen. Menschen zu helfen ist eine ehrenvolle Aufgabe. Die Grundausbildung erbringt einige Erfahrungen und Fähigkeiten mit sich, welche man möglicherweise für das spätere Leben gebrauchen könnte. Unsere Gesellschaft ist leider wegen Wohlstand und Frieden faul geworden. Den Frieden, den unsere Großväter und Großmütter aufgebaut haben. Leider hat die heute Generation vergessen, was dies bedeutet.
@@TheMarine Braco, well said!
Switzerland beautiful place ❤
Ça change des vieux films "d'armée XXI" xD... Good job! #Pacapona
HEIL DIR HELVETIA
Vaterland ewig frei
I live in ssitzerland so when im 18 or older I have to go Army😬🙂
That's called compulsory military service and yes, we have the same situation in Austria. It's really good that people learn to protect their country especially their families. You also help people in catastrophic situations. You learn how to deal with it and can react correctly.
@@TheMarine Thanks🙂
The Marine But why the most Elite Troops (around the World) are Freiwillige?
@@pyromaster2613 It's the same in Switzerland.
Swiss look so peacefull But Switzerland is a Bunker and is ready to defend his Country with unimaginable Forces hidden in the alps of switzerland!
What’s the name of the first BGM? Thanks!
NLAW (Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon)
@@Burnding What's the name of the first piece of background music in this video?
@@alexl6976 correction it's not the NLAW, it the Panzerfaust 3 and the music is "Marching to death"
@@Burnding Thank you very much!
Switzerland is a bunker!!/.. respect!
I love my Swiss K31 the best bolt gun ever made.
Nicht vergessen die Schweizer Armee ist auch Mega lustig 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wir sind ja auch ziemlich behindert
Die beste Armee der Welt muss auch die Lustigste sein ;P
Yah, hahahahahaha
Die Schweizer Luftwaffe fängt keine Terroristen ab wenn sie zu früh am Morgen mit ihren Taten beginnen 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Der Witz ist sowas von 2014!
Stimmt nicht mehr. Die Luftwaffe ist 24h ready ;-)
Schon so zwar nicht die komplette Luftwaffe ist 24/7 aber nach meinem Wissensstand 2-4 Jets pro Basis. Und man darf auch nicht die Anti Air vergessen wo die Schweiz noch besitzt und aktiv hält.
@@suchtschauer1005 Und zusätzliche Langstrecken-AA ist in der Anschaffung!
Arthipex und wen ich es richtig mit bekommen habe werden aktuell auch Bunker aufgerüstet/umgerüstet
How to join as a career since i'm swiss?
Moayad Shurbaji The Swiss militia system is based of a mandatory service counting a total of 10 months (4 months of boot camp as a recruit where you’ll learn the general bases of being soldier, 3 months of specialization in the incorporation you chose and 3 months of active duty inside/outside the country). You have the option of doing either the short service (the first 4 months and then go back each year for 3 weeks until you complete the total 10 months of formation) or the long service where you do all 10 months at once. If you choose the short term service you’ll be placed in the “repetition courses” since you’ll keep going back each year to finish your training, and if you choose the long term you’ll be placed on reserve and just have to do the yearly mandatory shooting session to keep proficiency. That being said, the 10 months are only if at the end of the bootcamp you go from recruit to soldier (Private) like everyone and decide to stay at that rank. If you choose that option and stay in the troop, I doubt you’ll find a way to pursue a career in the Swiss military. Most careers in the Swiss military are offered to people who have higher ranks like sub-officers and officers, unless you decide to work for the military as a civilian but I’m guessing this isn’t your goal. What I suggest you is to do your mandatory duty and choose the long term one. Once you start your training be on top of the game and that way you’ll probably be noticed by your Sergeant and Officers which will suggest you to rank up, if not you can always volunteer for it but there’s no guarantee they’ll accept it if they think you’re not meant to be a chief/leader. Their leniency depends on how many people they need, which is why being on top of the game will give you more chances anyways. Also you need to let them know you want to become an Officer (Lieutenant) or a Warrant Officer (Adjutants). Do not apply for a Sub-Officer position (Sergeant) as I know very few career positions with this rank and the goal of this is to give you all the chances. By the way, Adjutants are the cream of the cream of the Swiss military. Their selection is really difficult as they have to know pretty much everything and be on top of their games at all levels which is why they’re the teachers of higher ranks like Sergeants, Lieutenants, etc... These guys don’t play around for sure. Anyways, once selected you’ll be taken out of the boot camp after two months and sent to a sub-officer school for another two months where you’ll earn your ranks as a Sergeant and learn things like leadership, psychology, management of a group, give instructions, etc ... Once this is completed you can decide whether you want to become an Adjutant (if you pass the selection), a Staff-Sergeant or Fourier (in charge of logistics and/or money), or keep going as an officer (in charge of a platoon, battalion, company, etc...). Adjutants school is pretty long and though so you’ll have to wait before you can actually go on the field with real people and put into practice what you learnt. Also because this position is a career in itself so they’re really selective. Staff-Sergeant/Fourier school is 2 months and not so bad. Officer school I believe is 4 months and one of the hardest especially with the 100km/63mi march that has to be completed in approximately 24 hours. While the Sub-Officer (Sergeant) school teaches you the basics of leadership and how to lead a small group of soldiers, Officer school will go deeper into that and teach you other things including how to lead a platoon. After all these schools and training you’ll be assigned to a new boot camp under your new function to earn your ranks. Once your ranks earned and your training completed, you’ll be able to apply for a career position. Obviously, your training length will depend on how high in ranks you’re trying to go. It’s hard to explain everything clearly in one message but I tried to share my experience as a Sergeant and I hope you have a better idea now. I wish you good luck on your journey. Oh by the way, once your mandatory duty is over you can apply for the SWISSINT, which is active duty abroad. To do that you can be anything from Private and above, the rank doesn’t matter. It’s usually 6 months of intensive training in the facilities in Stans (Nidwald) and 6 months of active duty abroad. This is a Swiss military program of peace promotion around the world in countries that used to be in war like Kosovo. Obviously the more languages you know the easier it will be to find a position. German is a big plus if you seek a career in Switzerland. Again, good luck !! 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭
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My Geometry teacher used to serve in the Swiss military.
Everyone in Switzerland used to serve in the military. Well, people before the USSR collapsed.
C'est une armée purement défensive non? Ils sont jamais en OPEX les Suisses si?
Non je crois que y a la frontière entre les deux Corées est gardée par des suisse (pour la neutralité) et les gardes du pape sont uniquement suisses. Je crois que c'est tout
They even weaponized farts if Swiss Army Man isn't mistaken.