{"id":30741,"date":"2026-10-23T07:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/viking-brutality-2026-day-1-armored-berserker-challenge\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T07:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T12:22:35","slug":"viking-brutality-2026-day-1-armored-berserker-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/viking-brutality-2026-day-1-armored-berserker-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking Brutality 2026 Day 1: Armored Berserker Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0r1vknwSDs?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I am in Ockelbo Sweden for this year&#8217;s Viking Brutality match, presented by Semper Paratus Consulting. This is the second year that Viking Brutality has been run, but my first time attending. In the tradition of Finnish Brutality, Lynx Brutality, and Moons Out, it is 10 stages of challenging physical 2-gun shooting, surrounded by a bunch of awesome people. I also entered the Berserker challenge, which adds a physical evolution after each stage, just to make things a bit harder.<\/p>\n<p>For guns, I have a loaned Glock (with Acro) and unique H&#038;K 630 (see link below). My camo is Swedish M90K desert camo from Afghanistan. My plate carrier rig was provided by Terrang, and my belt rig from Varusteleka. The knife is a J\u00e4\u00e4k\u00e4ripuukko and the holster a US M12 universal flap holster I cut to fit an optic.<\/p>\n<p>Full match details:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vikingbrutality.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.vikingbrutality.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My rifle for the match:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Yxw5V83r7Ik\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Yxw5V83r7Ik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Intro<br \/>01:16 &#8211; Stage 10: One Man Army<br \/>03:34 &#8211; Berserker: Tank Idiot<br \/>06:39 &#8211; Stage 1: Tightrope<br \/>08:41 &#8211; Berserker: Ruck Run<br \/>10:51 &#8211; Stage 2: Knock Knock<br \/>14:04 &#8211; Berserker: Rope Pull<br \/>17:12 &#8211; Stage 3: Bring The HEAT<br \/>20:34 &#8211; Berserker: Ammo Can Hold<br \/>21:15 &#8211; Stage 4: The Trench<br \/>22:50 &#8211; Berserker: Log Flip<br \/>23:26 &#8211; Stage 5: 5.11<br \/>26:48 &#8211; Berserker: 3 Minutes of Death<br \/>30:29 &#8211; Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The best firearms reference books: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.headstamppublishing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Ockelbo Sweden for this year&#8217;s Viking Brutality match, presented by Semper Paratus Consulting. This is the second year that Viking Brutality has been run, but my first time attending. In the tradition of Finnish Brutality, Lynx Brutality, and Moons Out, it is 10 stages of challenging physical 2-gun shooting, surrounded by a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/viking-brutality-2026-day-1-armored-berserker-challenge\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Viking Brutality 2026 Day 1: Armored Berserker Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":30742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}