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The military ranks of Finland are the military insignia used by the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks incorporate features from the Swedish, German, and Russian armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces. The ranks have official ...
The Finnish military ranks follow the Western usage in the officer ranks. As a Finnish peculiarity, the rank of lieutenant has three grades: 2nd lieutenant, lieutenant and senior lieutenant. [49] The 2nd lieutenant is a reserve officer rank, active commissioned officers beginning their service as lieutenants.
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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.
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In the Finnish Defence Forces, Field Marshal (Finnish: sotamarsalkka, lit. 'War Marshal', Swedish: fältmarskalk) is officially not an active military rank but an honorary rank that can be bestowed upon 'especially distinguished generals'.
General (Finnish: Kenraali) is the highest officer's rank in Finland. It is held exclusively by the Chief of Defence during peacetime. General is comparable to ranks of NATO armies officers as OF-9. General C. G. E. Mannerheim in 1918 during the Finnish Civil War. Historically, a general's branch of service could be indicated in the rank.
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