List of Finnish Army units
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The Finnish Army
is organised into four Military Provinces: southern, western, eastern and northern. 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 Army is commanded by Raimo Jyväsjärvi, who succeeded Ilkka Aspara on July 1 2011. Logistics is centrally planned by the Army Materiel Command, which has one Logistics Regiment in each Military Province.
Military Province of Southern Finland
Military Province of Western Finland
Military Province of Eastern Finland
Military Province of Northern Finland
The Utti Jaeger Regiment
which trains Para Jägers and Special Jaegers is directly under the Army Command. Since 1998, the amphibious Uusimaa Brigade is part of the Finnish Navy
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, Infantry
and Armoured
Brigades. Jaeger and infantry brigades serve different wartime purposes, jaegers being more mobile while infantry brigades being equipped with older equipment. Three of the Jaeger brigades are special Readiness brigades with rapid reaction capability. They are more mobile and more heavily armed than the ordinary jaeger brigades, and have a higher proportion of regular to reservist personnel; there is one readiness brigade for each of Finland's 3 territorial commands.
Wartime strength of the Army is 237,000, of which 61,000 are in Operational Units and 176,000 are in Regional Units.
Operational units:
Regional units:
Finnish Army
The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.Today's Army is divided into six branches: the infantry , field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops.-History of the Finnish Army:Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of...
is organised into four Military Provinces: southern, western, eastern and northern. 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 Army is commanded by Raimo Jyväsjärvi, who succeeded Ilkka Aspara on July 1 2011. Logistics is centrally planned by the Army Materiel Command, which has one Logistics Regiment in each Military Province.
Organisation today
- Guard Jaeger RegimentGuard Jaeger RegimentThe Guard Jaeger Regiment is a Finnish Army unit located in Santahamina, an island district of Helsinki. The regiment trains Guard jaegers for fighting in an urban environment...
(SantahaminaSantahaminaSantahamina is an island and neighbourhood of Eastern Helsinki, Finland. At present it is a military base housing the Guard Jaeger Regiment, making access restricted...
, HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
) - Southern Finland Logistics Regiment
Military Province of Western Finland
- Armoured Brigade (Parolannummi, HattulaHattulaHattula is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Parola.It is part of the Tavastia Proper region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water...
) - Häme RegimentHäme RegimentHäme Regiment , is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Lahti. The regiment's main duty is to train conscripts and the personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Frontier Guard.- Organisation :...
(Hennala, LahtiLahtiLahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
) - Signals Regiment (RiihimäkiRiihimäkiRiihimäki is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. It is somewhat of a railway junction, since the railway tracks going from different parts of the nation to Helsinki merge there. Sako, Ltd...
) - Pori BrigadePori BrigadeThe Pori Brigade , based in Huovinrinne, Säkylä, is a Finnish Army unit, part of the Western Command of Finland. It comprises the Satakunta Jaeger Battalion, the West Finland Signals Battalion, and the Satakunta Engineer Battalion...
(Huovinrinne, SäkyläSäkyläSäkylä is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water...
) (Readiness brigade) - Artillery BrigadeArtillery Brigade (Finnish Army)Artillery Brigade is a Finnish Army unit situated in Niinisalo, in Western Finland. The Artillery Brigade trains conscripts and regular personnel for war-time artillery duties. In addition, it provides a weather service in the Niinisalo region, and trains most of the Finnish Defence Forces' dogs...
(Niinisalo) - Engineer Regiment (KeuruuKeuruuKeuruu is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region.The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
) - Western Finland Logistics Regiment
Military Province of Eastern Finland
- Karelia BrigadeKarelia BrigadeKarelia Brigade is one of the three Finnish Army readiness brigades. It is located in the Eastern Command at Valkeala. With some three thousand soldiers it is the second largest brigade in Finland...
(Vekaranjärvi, ValkealaValkealaValkeala is a former municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland, near the city of Kouvola, and it was a part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality had a population of 11,238 and covered an area of 1,004.40 km² of which 143.47 km² was water...
) (Readiness brigade) - Reserve Officer SchoolReserve Officer SchoolAccording to the military, the Finnish defence doctrine relies on the principle of territorial defence which means that the whole of Finland must be defended in all cases. It is claimed that this requires a very large war-time reservist defence force to deter and fight aggression. Career officers...
(HaminaHaminaHamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The town has a population of and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is...
) - North Karelia BrigadeNorth Karelia BrigadeNorth Karelia Brigade is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kontioranta, Kontiolahti, about 19 kilometres North from the city of Joensuu. Annually 1500 recruits star their military service in Kontioranta...
(Kontioranta, KontiolahtiKontiolahtiKontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
) - Eastern Finland Logistics Regiment
Military Province of Northern Finland
- Kainuu BrigadeKainuu BrigadeKainuu Brigade is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kajaani. The brigade trains most conscripts, approximately 4000 annually...
(Hoikankangas, KajaaniKajaaniKajaani is a town and municipality in Finland.It is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi , which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki . There are inhabitants and city surface area is of which is water. The population density is . The town is...
) (Readiness brigade) - Jaeger BrigadeJaeger BrigadeThe Jaeger Brigade is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä in Finnish Lapland, some 130 km north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 1600 conscripts per year....
(SodankyläSodankylä-Twin towns: Kola, Russia, since 1968 Berlevåg, Norway, since 1971 Norsjö, Sweden, since 1977 Heiligenblut, Austria, since 1979-External links:* – Official website* * * * * *...
) - Lapland Air Defence RegimentLapland Air Defence RegimentLapland Air Defence Regiment is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Rovaniemi. It was founded in 1989 and some 600 conscripts are trained there every year.- Organisation :...
(RovaniemiRovaniemiRovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...
) - Northern Finland Logistics Regiment
The Utti Jaeger Regiment
Utti Jaeger Regiment
The Utti Jaeger Regiment is the Finnish Army training and development centre for special forces and helicopter operations. It consists of about 500 personnel of which about 200 are conscripts.-Organisation:...
which trains Para Jägers and Special Jaegers is directly under the Army Command. Since 1998, the amphibious Uusimaa Brigade is part of the Finnish Navy
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS" simply short for "Finnish Navy Ship"...
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Wartime organization
In wartime, the army is composed of JaegerJäger (military)
Jäger is a term that was adopted in the Enlightenment era in German-speaking states and others influenced by German military practice to describe a kind of light infantry, and it has continued in that use since then....
, Infantry
Infantry
Infantrymen are soldiers who are specifically trained for the role of fighting on foot to engage the enemy face to face and have historically borne the brunt of the casualties of combat in wars. As the oldest branch of combat arms, they are the backbone of armies...
and Armoured
Armoured warfare
Armoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare. It is a major component of modern methods of war....
Brigades. Jaeger and infantry brigades serve different wartime purposes, jaegers being more mobile while infantry brigades being equipped with older equipment. Three of the Jaeger brigades are special Readiness brigades with rapid reaction capability. They are more mobile and more heavily armed than the ordinary jaeger brigades, and have a higher proportion of regular to reservist personnel; there is one readiness brigade for each of Finland's 3 territorial commands.
Wartime strength of the Army is 237,000, of which 61,000 are in Operational Units and 176,000 are in Regional Units.
Operational units:
- 3 Readiness Brigades (Jaeger Brigade 2005 type)
- 2 Jaeger Brigades (Jaeger Brigade 91 type)
- 2 Mechanized Battle Groups
- 2 Motorized Battle Groups
- 1 Helicopter Battalion
- 1 Special Forces Battalion (Erikoisjääkäripataljoona)
- 1 Anti-Aircraft formation
Regional units:
- 6 Infantry Brigades (Infantry Brigade 80 type)
- 14 Independent Battalions and Battle Groups
- 28 Local Defence units and Volunteer reserve units (Maakuntajoukot)
Future
Future organization for decade starting from 2010 is slated to have:- 1 Army Corps HQ
- 3 Readiness Brigades
- 2 Mechanized Battle Groups
- 1 Helicopter Battalion
- 1 Special Forces Battalion
- 5 Regional Combat Groups
See also
- Finnish ArmyFinnish ArmyThe Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.Today's Army is divided into six branches: the infantry , field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops.-History of the Finnish Army:Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of...
- Equipment of the Finnish ArmyEquipment of the Finnish ArmyThis is a list of weapons used by the Finnish Army, for past equipment, see here.-Armour:-Main Battle Tanks:*Leopard 2A4 - 91 to 100 units...
- List of Finnish corps in the Winter War
- List of Finnish divisions in the Winter War