military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border Guard...
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The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches:...
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The Finnish Navy (Finnish: Merivoimat, Swedish: Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about...
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former equipment of the Finnish Army "Annual Exchange of Military Information (AEMI) 2023" (PDF) (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. 1 January 2023. Archived...
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Page 24, ISBN 0-415-28580-1 (in Finnish) Pavel Petrov Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine at Finnish Defence Forces home page (in Russian) Documents...
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(IMINT) agency of the Finnish Defence Forces. Operational since 2014, its responsibility is to support the defence of Finland through information gathering...
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armed forces. In addition, the system has some typically Finnish characteristics that are mostly due to the personnel structure of the Finnish Defence Forces...
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bulk of the victorious White Army during the Finnish Civil War (1918). After the war the Finnish Defence Forces and a regular police service were founded...
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The Finnish Air Force (FAF or FiAF; Finnish: Ilmavoimat, lit. 'Air forces'; Swedish: Flygvapnet, lit. 'Air arm') is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence...
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commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, under the authority of the President of Finland. The Chief of Defence commands the Finnish Army, the Finnish Air Force...
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be called for refresher training for some number of days. In the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF), Officers and NCOs can be ordered to refresher training for...
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following is a list of military aircraft of Finland, both historical and currently in use by the Finnish Defence Forces. All helicopters were transferred to...
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Sako M23 (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
The Sako M23 is a Finnish family of assault and battle rifles designed by Sako in cooperation with the Finnish Defence Forces and manufactured by Sako...
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Defence Seppo Kääriäinen announced that the garrison in Hyrylä would be closed as part of a cost-saving restructuring of the Finnish Defence Forces....
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7.62 Tkiv 85 (category Bolt-action rifles of Finland)
rifle 85) is a sniper rifle used by the Finnish Defence Forces. It is derived from Mosin–Nagant, with Finland having made various derivatives of the rifle...
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Defence (Finnish: puolustusministeri, Swedish: försvarsminister) is a member of the Finnish Council of State. As the head of the Ministry of Defence,...
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Ministry of Defence (Finnish: puolustusministeriö, Swedish: försvarsministeriet) is one of the 12 ministries which comprise the Finnish Government. The...
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located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The main campus is located in Santahamina...
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Armoured Brigade (Finnish: Panssariprikaati) is a Finnish Army training unit located in Parolannummi, Hattula, in southern Finland. The brigade specialises...
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60.1641782; 24.9496668 Defence Command (Finnish: Pääesikunta, Fenno-Swedish: Huvudstaben), organized as Headquarters (Finnish: Päämaja, Swedish: Huvudkvarter)...
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Military oath in the Finnish Defence Forces is taken by conscripts on a legal basis in the beginning of their military service. If the conscript is unwilling...
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The Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF) (Finnish: Suomen Kansainvälinen Valmiusjoukko) is the spearhead international force of the Finnish Defence Forces...
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Local Defence companies (Finnish: Maakuntajoukot, Swedish: Landskapstrupperna) are regional forces of Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) composed of volunteer...
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(Finnish: Upseerikoulu). Since 1920, the School has trained over 174,000 reserve officers for the Finnish Defence Forces. Within the Finnish Defence Forces...
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M05 (category Articles containing Finnish-language text)
as the M05 Camouflage (Finnish: M05 Maastokuvio), is a family of military camouflage patterns used by the Finnish Defence Forces on uniforms and other...
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has become customary to fly the Finnish flag on the following occasions. These dates are also listed in the Finnish State Calendar compiled by the University...
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of the Finnish Defence Forces. Officially, the current head of state of Finland is known as the president of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen...
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the Constitution of Finland. Conscription can take the form of military or of civilian service. According to Finnish Defence Forces 2011 data, slightly...
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Armed Forces along with the Finnish Defence Forces, who were also looking to replace their Cold War-era rifles, signed a contract with the Finnish firearms...
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