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Army Academy (Finland)
Army Academy (, abbr. MAASK) is a brigade-level unit of the Finnish Army responsible for: * organising the service-specific and branch-specific parts of studies of Army cadets in Finnish National Defence University * organising the reserve officer training of the Army in the Reserve Officer School * guiding the career NCO training of the Army * organising other training for Army career personnel * pursuing research and development activities. Organisation The Headquarters of the Army Academy are in Lappeenranta. Otherwise, the Army Academy is formed of the following units: * Training Center ** Armour School (), Parola ** Artillery School (), Niinisalo ** Engineer School (), Lappeenranta ** Infantry School (), Lappeenranta ** Signals School (), Riihimäki * Reserve Officer School, Hamina * Dragoon Band, Lappeenranta * Army Research Center ** Hamina, most of activity ** Niinisalo, artillery sector ** Riihimäki, signals sector ** Parola, armoured troops sector * Logistics Centre (), H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Army
The Finnish Army ( , ) is the army, land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, Combat engineering, engineers, Military communications, signals, and materiel troops. The commander of the Finland, Finnish Army as of 1 January 2022 is Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki. Role The duties of the Finnish Army are threefold. They are: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately , while the Lappeenranta sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the 11th most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Lappeenranta is located on the shore of Lake Saimaa, from the Finnish–Russian border, Russian border and from the city of Vyborg. Lappeenranta is one of the most important urban centres in the entire Saimaa region, together with the cities of Imatra, Mikkeli and Savonlinna. Lappeenranta incorporated the late municipalities of Lappee and Lauritsala in 1967, Nuijamaa in 1989, Joutseno in 2009 and Ylämaa in 2010. Lappeenranta, the region's tourism centre, is the second most visited city in Finland by Russians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamina
Hamina (; , , Sweden ) is a List of cities in Finland, town and a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located approximately east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso Regions of Finland, region, and formerly the Provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland. The municipality's population is (as of ) and covers an area of , of which is water. The population density is . The population of the central town is approximately 10,000. The municipal language of Hamina is Finnish language, Finnish. Finnish national road 7, Highway 7 (European route E18, E18) is the town's road connection to Helsinki, after it was upgraded to a continuous motorway in September 2014. Hamina is also the base of one of the most important harbors of Finland, the Port of Hamina-Kotka. The port specializes in Forestry, forest products and the transit of cargo to Russia. One of Google's five European data centers is situated in Hamina. History Vehkalahti was as a muni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Defence University
The Finnish National Defence University (, MPKK, ) is a military university located in Helsinki. The university trains officers for the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Border Guard. The main campus is located in Santahamina, Helsinki. Prior to 2007, the school referred to itself, in English, as the National Defence College. History The first army officer school in Finland, then part of Sweden, was , which was founded by Georg Magnus Sprengtporten in 1780 in Kuopio and relocated to Rantasalmi in 1781. Initially, it was established to train officers for the Savo Brigade of the Swedish Army, but soon it began to recruit cadets from all of Finland. The school continued operation even after the Finnish War in 1809, where Finland was ceded to the Russian Empire. However, in 1818, a fire broke out in the building, and the school was moved to Hamina to become the Hamina Cadet School. The Hamina Cadet School was trained officers for the Russian Empire. It was abolished on July 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Officer School
__NOTOC__ The Reserve Officer School (, ''RUK''), located in Hamina, Finland, near the southeastern border, is responsible for the training of most Finnish reserve officers. Organisation The school organises two yearly courses of some 700 men and women. The School is organized into a five companies of reserve officer students and two supporting companies. The Reserve Officer course is organised at five companies: *Spearhead Company (): infantry platoon leader and artillery forward observers *Reconnaissance Company (): reconnaissance platoon and squad leaders, and artillery forward observers *Firing Battery (): mortar platoon leaders, battery officers for artillery, artillery reconnaissance officers, various officer duties in anti-aircraft artillery and Naval and Air Force command centres *Engineer Company (): combat engineer platoon leaders, EOD detachment leaders, anti-CBRN platoon leaders and anti-tank missile platoon leaders *Headquarters and Signal Company (): signals office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parola (Hattula)
Parola is an Urban areas in Finland, urban area in the municipality of Hattula in Finland. It is located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki. Cities nearby include Hämeenlinna, Tampere, Lahti and Forssa. The Armoured Brigade (Finnish Army), Finnish Armoured Brigade is based in Parola. A local attraction is Parola Tank Museum. Parola has a population of 6,678 as of 2022. References Hattula {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niinisalo
Niinisalo is a village in the municipality of Kankaanpää in the region of Satakunta in Finland. It is known for the Niinisalo Garrison which is the base of the Finnish Army unit Artillery Brigade (Finland), Artillery Brigade. The population of Niinisalo is 996 (2009). The Kankaanpää Museum is located in Niinisalo. From 1977 to 1997 Niinisalo was the home of the The Artillery Museum of Finland, Artillery Museum of Finland. Niinisalo railway station was designed by architect Thure Hellström in 1933 but the Pori–Haapamäki railway was closed in the 1980s. Niinisalo Garrison The Niinisalo Garrison was established in 1935. Since 1947 it has been the home of a field artillery unit, known since 1992 as the Artillery Regiment and later as the Artillery Brigade. At the beginning of 2015, the brigade was merged with the Pori Brigade. The United Nations Training Centre was organized in Niinisalo in 1969. It was a unit for training Finnish Peacekeeping, peacekeepers as well as intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riihimäki
Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti. Several businesses also operate in Riihimäki. Notably, Würth Oy has its Finnish headquarters and logistics center in Riihimäki. Valio has a major dairy in the Herajoki part of Riihimäki. The famous Sako rifles are also produced in Riihimäki. The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. Its neighboring municipalities are Janakkala in the north, Hausjärvi in the east, Hyvinkää in the south and Loppi in the west. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Riihimäki is home to the Riihimäki Prison, which is, alongside Turku Prison, one of the prisons in the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artillery
Artillery consists of ranged weapons that launch Ammunition, munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and led to heavy, fairly immobile siege engines. As technology improved, lighter, more mobile field artillery cannons were developed for battlefield use. This development continues today; modern self-propelled artillery vehicles are highly mobile weapons of great versatility generally providing the largest share of an army's total firepower. Originally, the word "artillery" referred to any group of soldiers primarily armed with some form of manufactured weapon or armour. Since the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, "artillery" has largely meant cannon, and in contemporary usage, usually refers to Shell (projectile), shell-firing Field gun, guns, howitzers, and Mortar (weapon), mortars (collectively called ''barrel artillery'', ''cannon artil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Signals
Military communications or military signals involve all aspects of communications, or conveyance of information, by armed forces. Examples from '' Jane's Military Communications'' include text, audio, facsimile, tactical ground-based communications, naval signalling, terrestrial microwave, tropospheric scatter, satellite communications systems and equipment, surveillance and signal analysis, security, direction finding and jamming.IHS Jane'sbr>Military Communications Retrieved 2012-01-23. The most urgent purposes are to communicate information to commanders and orders from them. Military communications span from pre-history to the present. The earliest military communications were delivered by runners. Later, communications progressed to visual signals. For example, Naval ships would use flag signaling to communicate from ship to ship. These flags are a uniform set of easily identifiable nautical codes that would convey visual messages and codes between ships and from ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Häme Regiment
Häme Regiment (; ), was a unit of the Finnish Army located in Lahti. The regiment's main duty was to train conscription, conscripts and the personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces and the Finnish Frontier Guard. Organisation * Häme Cavalry Battalion (''Hämeen ratsujääkäripataljoona'') * Sports School (Finnish Army), Sports School (''Urheilukoulu'') * Logistics School (''Huoltokoulu'') * Military Music School (''Sotilasmusiikkikoulu'') * Logistics Centre History The original predecessor of Häme Regiment was founded in 1626 by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. Mission The Regiment was an administrative unit without significant combat capability. Technically, it was considered to be a cavalry unit, but it did not have light armored unit role of modern-day Western cavalry units. Instead, the regiment was specialized as a logistics training center which trained the bulk of the logistics personnel of Finnish Defence Forces. The Häme Cavalry Battalion was the only unit of the Regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
