Finnish Army
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The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry, field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops. The commander of the Finnish Army since 1 January 2022 is Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki.
Finnish troops at a machine gun post during the Winter War
Mannerheim awarding Mannerheim Crosses to soldiers and aviators. He is congratulating cadet Yrjö Keinonen, who later became Finnish Chief of Defence. The man next to him (to the right) is flying ace Jorma Karhunen.
A Finnish Patria Pasi APC.
Armoured Brigade (Finland)
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The Armoured Brigade is a Finnish Army training unit located in Parolannummi, Hattula, in southern Finland. The brigade specialises in training armoured and anti-aircraft troops. In case of mobilization, the Finnish Defence Forces would field one armoured brigade. 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 groups. The new mechanized battle groups will field the Leopard 2 MBTs that are not included in the organization of the contemporary war-time armoured brigades.
Finnish Army Leopard 2A4 MBT