These US soldiers aren't even holding nearly as much what the usual soldier has to and they are still falling face first in the snow. I get it that skiing is pretty hard at first but I can't stop laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbjmuENPpd4
>>73056152
yeah man that stuff is rough to get a hold of at first. when I was stationed at FT Richardson my platoon did a field exercise in February for the month. each squad pulled a sled and we snow shoed out to are AO which was 20KM away as a bird flys. fucking react to ambush and some soldiers rifle bolts froze forward because they didn't use arctic clp. we carried all are water, food, shelter and stoves and fuel. I mean now I look back at it, it was fun but at the time.
>live fire obstacle course with mickey mouse boots and no spikees.
Seeing the average US soldier seems to be of Mexican origin these days it's not weird that they're struggling. I taught my colleague how to burrow under a snow during a camping trip in NH back in 2009, most people thought I was insane and that I would freeze to death.
>>73056839
And truth to be told many southern Finns struggle just like the soldiers in the video, especially if they somehow find themselves in Ivalo
>>73056839
that is part of are yearly training. man the morning you really don't want leave your shelter when its -40. thats why i got out it was fucking stupid bullshit and the only people who where lifers where minorities.
>>73056152
To be honest skiing is tricky if you've never done it before.
Lool
>Skiing
>Difficult
pick one and only one.
It was the american sidefat that disturbed their balance and they fell. Skiing is easy as fuck,it's embedded in white human DNA to know how to do it.
>>73056152
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnTVbsfixfM
they learn to drive stick on snow here, this is really funny too.
>not implying I've driven tanks on snow
>just implying I'm born with skis on my feet and the instinct to drive vehicles on ice and in snow
It's a bit fun to watch, I see like 5 yo kids outdoing these grown men in skiing
>at least not as bad for non nords
>and thank God not as bad as the brits
>>73056152
Most Finnish can't ski better than that. Let's see how you do in a desert?
>>73057441
https://youtu.be/Jk5pveaSmgo
>>73057607
That shit got to be pretty testo, fuck I feel it in the gut just by watching.
The paratroopers(fallskjermsjegerne) here are one of the most difficult shits to get into.
>>73056152
Proof Americans aren't white
>>73057797
really? it's almost required if your infantry in the states. even support get jump wings air assault. the recruiters try to sell it to you. It is kind of out dated as the U.S. hasn't done a combat jump since i think 2003 some crazy 82nd airborne said fuck it.
>>73057043
>man the morning you really don't want leave your shelter when its -40
I feel you, but on the other hand it makes you feel fresh and alive right out the bat. And granted it may feel stupid bullshit if most of the combat you'll most likely see takes place in warmer regions, but arctic warfare will be reality for us should a war take place.
>>73058417
true that as I'm not up on my finish military history but you guys just defend as far as I know. in regards to "modern" theaters. First year i left my boots out, in the shelter but out of my sleeping bag. never again.
>>73058778
Those are some high tech boots. You should see what Finnish slaves are forced to wear :D
>>73058965
they hook into skis/snow shoes but, because they are rubber/synthetic fiber they get cold. What do you mean by slaves? conscripts or just poor people?
>>73058034
Well, to be fair there's hundreds of millions of us, and half the country doesn't even get snow ever
>>73056152
1v1 me in any non-arctic terrain and see who wins, you filthy Mongolian snow monkey.
>>73058034
T. Muhammad
>>73059417
the two best skiers in my platoon where from san diego and can't quite remember the city but arizona
>>73059201
This is the war boot of FDF
Conscripts. They are slave labor by definition.
>>73059583
>arizona
Even I have seen snow in Arizona. They have fucking ski resorts :D
>>73059201
I think he ment conscripts. This kind of boots the regular nobody has to wear, the winter boots are similar but hook into skis.
>>73059943
Wrong pic.
>>73059679
they seem like the muck boots civilians wear alot they're not bad.
>>73059743
yeah now that I think about it they have mountain ranges.
>TFW you sit around the company HQ to draw weapons in all seven layers of your cold weather gear because you called your PL a faggot
>>73056152
Thanks for training us btw, its a smart move mate.