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Army logistics is part of the joint Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command. [10] During war time the army is organised operative forces which consists of approximately 61 000 men and territorial forces which consist of 176 000 men. The following list is the wartime organisation of the Finnish army from 1.1.2008 Operative forces: 3 readiness ...
The Army is commanded by Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki, who succeeded Petri Hulkko on January 1, 2022. [1] [2] [3] Logistics is centrally planned by the Army Materiel Command, which has one logistics regiment in each military province. [4]
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 Name Municipality Notes 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 ...
This is a list of weapons used by the Finnish Army, for past equipment, see here. For equipment or ships of the Finnish Navy, see List of equipment of the Finnish Navy and List of active Finnish Navy ships; for Finnish Air Force aircraft, see List of military aircraft of Finland.
Finland: Basic trainer: 0: 30: 1980: 2022: de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver Canada: Liaison aircraft 0 3 1958 1971 Hunting Percival Pembroke United Kingdom: Aerial photography 0 2 1956 1968 Valmet Vihuri Finland: Training aircraft 0 51 1951 1959 Saab 17A Sweden: Target tow 0 2 1959 1961 Saab 91D Safir Sweden: Target tow 0 36 1958 1982 Valmet ...
Pages in category "Lists of military units and formations of Finland" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Utti Jaeger Regiment is responsible for training special forces for the Finnish Army as well as upkeeping high readiness of the Army Special Forces Unit and helicopter operations and performing executive assistance tasks. The regiment consists of around 400 hired personnel and 220 conscripts according to sources from 2018.