11 months in the Swedish Army

rattmuff

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This is my personal experience of the Swedish basic training which lasts for 330 days. I categories the pictures so not all of them end up on the same post. ;)
Today it's 88 days to "MUCK" (short for (in english) military discharge in civilian clothes).

Whats left is 2 battalion exercises(three weeks in field:shudder ), Combined Challange 2007 (the "end game" involving the whole Army = another 10 days in the field :shudder ), one week that says "group field test" (I guess that's another 3-5 days in field:shudder ), compulsory basic soldier training, one week holiday, two weeks of "special treatment of personal and group gear" (means cleaning everything until it shines even though it shouldn't shine:shudder ), one week of service training (as for me, cooking food the civilian style)... that should be it.
 
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rattmuff

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Explosive service!! (now for the fun)






































Wtf did that stone go?!




Doesn't look much... trust me, the center is filled with this "fuze". Sorry, no after shot since the camera broke down some how. It was positioned uppside down 5 meters away in two parts, the center and the rest. Looked awesome!
 
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Sleepy


Summer afternoon


Theory lesson


That's correct! 50 meters away there's a hell of small arms firefight


Summer is nice


Soldier test rest


Is he sleeping or is dead? He did sleep... hangover
 
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Combat training, shooting


Practice shooting positions


Marching towards "our" range. It's a few kilometers.


Waiting


Make up


Walking in the soaking wet forest already being soaking wet


20mm cartridge from a 20mm AT4-trainer.




Soaking ammo stash


Live AT4 exit hole


Vehicle mine 13 (FFV 013)


Vehicle mine 14 (Bofors 06)


The Bofors 06 sat on this tree


Preparing for combat(MOUT)


Practicing MOUT


Clearing a building


Giving orders to the group


The opfor is ready and waiting (I was also opfor)


In the trench waiting


The enemy is retreating(in the middle of the pic)


On the acoustic range.


Two shot at the same target(by mistake) and scored one hit


Aiming a live "defence charge" 21 (the US counterpart is Claymore)


Live firing


Light please


Thank you
 

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Combat training, shooting


AT4 20 mm trainer


Snowball fight


Snow war


Light


More light


Smoke from the "light group"


AT4 20mm lights up pretty sweet


Light


Crawl? no problem... wet, cold, melted snow.
 

rattmuff

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My job in the Swedish Armed Forces (not very fun)


At the beginning


What a waste


Smells good


Operation "Christmas Ham"


Inside the tent


Almost everything


We live here


The tent


FoooooooD




Someone has to dish that


This to


Spring is nice


Our neighbor


Want some gas


Loading


The things are now clean at 0100 am


Marking who, where, when, what, amount and temperature


Private vs. Lance Corporal


Sweets


Dumping clean water (some 25 000 liters)


Taring it down


R.I.P Bat1 07
 

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Other pictures


Playin' cards


Before the TV... yatzy, cards, uno


Ak5, my ak5


There are 3 tents in this picture


ooops


Briefing


Random shot in the night


Injured?


Took 10 minutes for everybody to get ready for the "soldier test"


Briefing in the back


I thought this was muddy... the instructors must have prepared it somehow cause 50 meters from that spot it got "muddy" as ****


Ranger-TV


Pizza, mmm


Daily exercise


Injured?


Real?


Thats heavy


Wet maybe?


Soaked?


That week


The sun had to ruin the picture


New blown ditch




Healthy
 

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Other






Someone got tired of this game


They didn't pass






Pissed


Search for wires(mines)


How to take care of a vehicle mine




Military traffic control


Military traffic control


Building a bridge


Visitation
 
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