Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion () was a unit of the

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, engineer ...

located in

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; ; ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Lapland (Finland), Lapland. It is located near the Arctic Circle in the northern interior of the country. The population of Rovaniemi is approximately , while the Rovaniemi su ...

. It was founded in 1989 as a brigade-level unit with the name Lapland Air Defence Regiment (). In 2015, the Regiment was disabanded and its battalion-level unit Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion was attached to the

Jaeger Brigade The Jaeger Brigade (; ) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 2,200 conscripts per year. The brigade has two main units: Lapland Ja ...

.Rovaniemen ilmatorjuntapatteristo
. Finnish Defence Forces 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.

Organisation

Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion (''Rovaniemen Ilmatorjuntapatteristo'', ''ROVITPSTO'') *1st Air Defence Battery () *2nd Air Defence Battery () *Airbase Support Company () 1st Air Defence Battery trained conscripts for ground based air defence systems and guns such as Crotale NG and 23 ITK 61. 2nd Air Defence Battery trained most of the NCOs of the Battalion as well as some ground based air defence support troops, for example targeting radar platoons and operation centres. The Airbase Support Company trained logistics platoons of varying types. It also trained all the military drivers of the battalion and all the military police personnel of the Jaeger Brigade. The Air Force conscripts with special training such as assistant aircraft mechanician NCOs who served in

Lapland Air Command The Lapland Air Wing (, abbr. ''LapLsto''; ) is the peace-time Finnish Air Force unit responsible for the protection of the airspace of northern Finland. The headquarters of the air wing is located in the present-day province of Lapland, at Rov ...

were administratively part of the Airbase Support Company of the Battalion.

Equipment

* Crotale NG (''Ilmatorjuntaohjus 90M Crotale NG'') *

ZU-23-2 The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for ''Zenitnaya Ustanovka'' (Russian: Зенитная Установка) – anti-aircraft mount. The GRAU index is 2A13. Develo ...

(''23 ITK 61'' and ''23 ITK 95'')

References

External links

Lapin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti
(in Finnish) Artillery units and formations of Finland Military units and formations established in 1989 Rovaniemi {{Finland-mil-stub