Who knew? YouTube did, of course.
Accidentally stumbled upon Swiss military propaganda.
Figure 1: PanzerGrenadiers
Figure 2: Ludicrously inefficient bilingual (trilingual?) operations.
Figure 3: Actually, pretty nifty quick-upper story entrances.
Figure 4: a consolation, the kids know the whole thing's a joke. EDIT: Relatively filthy narration, incidentally, but that's not really surprising.
So, I'm again left asking what all these military forces are for? Their highest practical value is a much-more effective response to another Munich event - but then, terrorist tactics have evolved.
The second value I can imagine this force is for is asset-security, in the sense of the 1st Cavalry at Fort Knox.
When I consider the classic use of such forces, in defence of invaders, I have a hard time imagining any of Switzerland's neighbours turning to military force in the first place, and in that unlikely event, units like these Grenadiers being combat-effective for any span longer than 24 hours from the onset of their deployment.
Ah well, in the improbable event, these 30-91 specialists could be detached to raise hell both sides of the border. Still, their effectiveness would decline rapidly.
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Then some heavy police action in Basel in January of this year. Definitely an odd police resource allocation, given the peace of that scene vs. the damage from football matches. Apparently an anti-WEF demonstration. Frankly, extraordinarily tame. ;-)
EDIT: Unlocked, because I think Tom might get a kick out of this.
EDIT2: additional video, because I'm a sucker for cool flying airshows. :-)
EDIT3: WTF?! Umm...it looks like this pilot doesn't fly Airbuses all that often.
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EDIT4: Ah yes, those bicycle soldiers,
Figure 1: PanzerGrenadiers
Figure 2: Ludicrously inefficient bilingual (trilingual?) operations.
Figure 3: Actually, pretty nifty quick-upper story entrances.
Figure 4: a consolation, the kids know the whole thing's a joke. EDIT: Relatively filthy narration, incidentally, but that's not really surprising.
So, I'm again left asking what all these military forces are for? Their highest practical value is a much-more effective response to another Munich event - but then, terrorist tactics have evolved.
The second value I can imagine this force is for is asset-security, in the sense of the 1st Cavalry at Fort Knox.
When I consider the classic use of such forces, in defence of invaders, I have a hard time imagining any of Switzerland's neighbours turning to military force in the first place, and in that unlikely event, units like these Grenadiers being combat-effective for any span longer than 24 hours from the onset of their deployment.
Ah well, in the improbable event, these 30-91 specialists could be detached to raise hell both sides of the border. Still, their effectiveness would decline rapidly.
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Then some heavy police action in Basel in January of this year. Definitely an odd police resource allocation, given the peace of that scene vs. the damage from football matches. Apparently an anti-WEF demonstration. Frankly, extraordinarily tame. ;-)
EDIT: Unlocked, because I think Tom might get a kick out of this.
EDIT2: additional video, because I'm a sucker for cool flying airshows. :-)
EDIT3: WTF?! Umm...it looks like this pilot doesn't fly Airbuses all that often.
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EDIT4: Ah yes, those bicycle soldiers,