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The Finnish Supreme headquarters ordered the foundation of an armoured division on 28 June 1942 and the actual foundation was on 30 June 1942. The division consisted of the newly formed Armoured Brigade and the old (1st) Jaeger Brigade. The Cavalry Brigade was also part of the division until January 1943.
Unit in the Imperial German Army composed mainly of Finnish volunteers. Finnish Artillery Regiment. 1794 1811 Part of the Swedish Army. Finnish Guards' Rifle Battalion. 1829 1905 Part of the Military of the Grand Duchy of Finland
Maavoimat (Finnish Army) Panssariprikaati (Armoured Brigade): Iske ja murra (Finnish for "strike and break through") Karjalan prikaati (Karelia Brigade): Kaarti päälle! (Finnish for "Guard, charge upon them") Kymen Jääkäripataljoona (Kymi Jaeger Battalion): Verta ja Terästä (Finnish for "Blood and Steel")
1st Division (Continuation War) 2nd Division (Continuation War) 3rd Division (Continuation War) 4th Division (Winter War) 5th Division (Continuation War) 5th Division (Winter War) 6th Division (Continuation War) 6th Division (Winter War) 7th Division (Continuation War) 14th Searchlight Battery (Finland) 61st Infantry Regiment (Finland)
ITK 61 is the Soviet ZU-23-2, while the ITK 95 is a Finnish modernized variant, where the gun is gyro-stabilized and has an auxiliary power unit, a laser range finder and a digital fire-control system. An undisclosed amount of 23 ITK 61s have been donated to Armed Forces of Ukraine as military aid following Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022. [63]
The military provinces are responsible for defence and planning in their areas. 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 war-time armoured brigade has a strength of around 5,700 men, and fields 63 main battle tanks, 110 infantry fighting vehicles, circa 100 armoured personnel carriers, mainly of Soviet origin, and roughly 70 other armoured vehicles. However, the remaining war-time armoured brigade is being phased out and replaced by smaller mechanized battle ...
List of military divisions – List of Finnish divisions in the Continuation War. This is a list of Finnish divisions that existed during the Continuation War, 1941–1944. 1st Division; 2nd Division; 3rd Division; 4th Division; 5th Division; 6th Division – formed the 12th Brigade in 1942, reformed as 6th Division in 1943; 7th Division; 8th ...