Sweden to consider female conscription

[Ecthy]

The baltics and Poland, anyone?

[Chemical Ollie]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
The baltics and Poland, anyone?

That would get me mobilised for sure. I wonder why they still keep me in the war organisation despite the cut backs? There must be plenty of healthy 20-year olds who could do the grunt job better than a 35-yo couch potato.

[Ecthy]

you'll get to meet some nice ladies in the occupied territories.

baltic suicide rates inply the moral there is low. now or never.

[Chemical Ollie]

I'm sure any Swedish government would support the Baltic side. It would be a major clusterfukc. Sober up and reconsider.

[Ecthy]

I'm perfectly sober

[Chemical Ollie]

Enough of threadjacking then...

[Ecthy]

Isn't this about the Swedish military?

So why don't you get a professional army? That one would kick baltic arse.

[Lancer]

Tall, blonde, big breasted Swedish girls packin heavy firepower!

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Olaf Hårfagre
I could understand if the Falkland War made Argentina think twice about changing the conscription system. According to a book I read, their army organisation really sucked. They had no overlapping training classes, so almost 100% of the army joined and left at the same time. That meant that most of the grunts who were sent to the Malvinas had only 3-4 months training, while the British Paras and Marines had several years. More to it, the officers were so afraid of their own troops that they requested to the Brits that they should be allowed to keep their side arms in order to defend themselves agains their own men when they were POWs. Such things would never happen in Sweden.

Anyone knows if the Argentinians changed their organisation after that?

The problem with the Falkland war is all the A and B grade troops were left for border duties with Chile and the C grade troops were sent to the Falklands. This was because of a simmering border dispute with Chile.

In 1994 (or was it 96) the conscription was thrown out and the army was completely restructured. The TAM tank is the major tank piece replacing older european/american tanks.

[Chemical Ollie]

The Baltics are our friends. I wouldn't trust Belarus or a backlashing Russia though. If any of them decided to attack the Baltics, Sweden would join the Baltic side for sure. And me and my dog would have to go looking for Spetznaz around the radar station.

[RGBVideo]

As a sidenote I'd like to say that goverment of Belarus isn't widely trusted nor cheered, anyway.

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Female conscription

[Ecthy]

how would Belarus be a threat for Sweden?

[Gangerolf]

by sending radioactive rain?

[Gangerolf]

sorry that's ukraine

[Ecthy]