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Barbed Wire and Burning Cars: Finnish Brutality 2023 Day 2 (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-09-02 12:00:04 +0000 UTCIt's time for Day 2 of Finnish Brutality 2023! This year the match is back and better than ever, with a new "Breacher" division for those seeking extra punishment. In addition to wearing armor and kit (minimum 12kg/26lb), Breacher includes a 3-10 minute physical challenge after each stage just to spice things up.
I opted to run the match this year with my left-handed G3 with an ACOG and a SIG M18 with the new Romeo M17 red dot. Full videos on both are coming once my guns get back from Finland (courtesy of Polaris Logistics), but the short version is that they both ran very well and gave me no significant problems.
Finnish Brutality is run by Varusteleka, Europe's premier military and outdoor gear company - which also has great inexpensive shipping to the US. If you need gear that's tough enough for the Finnish winter, look no further than:
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - Stage 6 - No .50 Cal Today
3:10 - Breacher Evolution 6 - Squats
5:09 - Stage 7 - All Duffel Bags Look the Same
8:24 - Breacher Evolution 7 - Bangalore Push
9:16 - Stage 8 - Hit the Dirt
12:00 - Breacher Evolution 8 - Tire Hammer
13:39 - Stage 9 - Target Pack
17:14 - Breacher Evolution 9 - Mechanical Breach
18:38 - Stage 10 - Sandbag Shuffle
20:41 - Breacher Evolution 10 - Log PT & Conclusions
Comments
Chairman
Hard to compete with Slavic Mode Engaged Ziga. Much easier to be Looking for a Drink Samo.
gdiel1
Ian, I'm always apprehensive to offer any fitness advice, and quite frankly you're in pretty great shape and performed quite well at this. However, since I spend a lot of time getting strong, I would advocate that a lot of what you feel you could work on would be fixed by getting your squat, deadlift, and bench-press stronger than they are now. Either way, thanks for another great video - it's awesome to see these competitions and I'm glad they're growing in popularity. You're a huge asset to the gun community.
Ivanovitch2885
The breacher stage with the tire and hammer is a good one. The tire basically negates the whole purpose of a hammer and a source of force. Normally you make the hammer do the work instead of having to muscle the hammer.
Guido Schriewer
aallright the sandbag squads seemed brutal indeed. that hk kicks with its system, huh. but 762... I have a 223 just cause ammo use to be cheaper. how far was the tire hammering? that looks fun. next year 50/50 running and power games?
Derek Elsberry
Excellent recap at the end during Log PT! Little things like good clothing, footwear and kit really make everything else go better, because then you're not worried about those things, and can focus on the task at hand. And there is definite value in shooting .308 just because of that damn spinner - I am "respectfully envious". Hit the Dirt was the one stage where my youthful military experience came in handy. I know how to low crawl well, don't even have to think about it. That stage went pretty good, when the RO told me to make clear, I was briefly confused - oh, wait, he means I'm done.
I see admin made it out this year
John Thomas
Two videos of stand up runs, well done.
