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The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat [ˈmɑːˌʋoi̯mɑt], Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery , anti-aircraft artillery, engineers , signals , and materiel troops.
The four military provinces are further divided into 22 regional offices or regional military provinces which are responsible for conscription, organizing the local defence and aiding the voluntary defence organizations. The Army is commanded by Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, who succeeded Petri Hulkko on January 1, 2022.
Establishment of the first headquarters of the Finnish Defence Forces on 2 February 1918. After Finland's declaration of independence on 6 December 1917, the Civil Guards were proclaimed the troops of the government on 25 January 1918 and then Lieutenant General of the Russian Imperial Army Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of these forces the next day. [11]
Army Command Mikkeli: HQ [2] Jaeger Brigade: Sodankylä, Rovaniemi: Arctic Warfare Unit [3] Kainuu Brigade: Kajaani: Readiness Brigade [4] Karelia Brigade: Kouvola: Readiness Brigade [5] Armoured Brigade: Parola: Mechanized Electronic Warfare Unit [6] Pori Brigade: Säkylä, Niinisalo: Readiness Brigade [7] Army Academy: Lappeenranta, Hamina ...
The Finnish Civil War commenced on 27 January 1918. Defence Command was established as the Headquarters of White Finland's military in Vaasa by the commander-in-chief's day order (Finnish: päiväkäsky, Swedish: dagorder) number 1 on 2 February 1918. [2]
Finland will host a new land command unit of the NATO military alliance, Minister of Defence Antti Hakkanen told reporters on Friday following a meeting of the alliance in Brussels. After decades ...
The Jaeger Brigade (Finnish: Jääkäriprikaati; Swedish: Jägarbrigaden) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 2,200 conscripts per year.
Army Academy (Finnish: Maasotakoulu, abbr. MAASK) is a brigade-level unit of the Finnish Army responsible for: organising the service-specific and branch-specific parts of studies of Army cadets in Finnish National Defence University; organising the reserve officer training of the Army in the Reserve Officer School