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5.11.2025 | Lively Sentry 25, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will be organised from 27 November to 4 December 2025. The exercise will be conducted in the areas of East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme.

5.11.2025 | Lively Sentry 25, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will be organised from 27 November to 4 December 2025. The exercise will be conducted in the areas of East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme.

5.11.2025 | Lively Sentry 25, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will be organised from 27 November to 4 December 2025. The exercise will be conducted in the areas of East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme.

5.11.2025 | Lively Sentry 25, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will be organised from 27 November to 4 December 2025. The exercise will be conducted in the areas of East Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso and Päijät-Häme.

30.10.2025 | The Army Academy -executed exercise Northern Spike 25 will be held during 8.–16.11.2025 at Rovajärvi range and training exercise area.

Army The Army defends the entire land area of the state and executes all three of the Defence Forces’ tasks. The defence of Finland’s territory is based on the large reserve created by general conscription. Annually, the Army’s eight brigade-level...

As a conscript in the Armoured Brigade The Armoured Brigade offers a wide range of training options and training takes place in several battalion-level units. Training focuses primarily on mechanised infantry tasks but all Army branches are repres...

Arrow 23 The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanized exercise Arrow 23 at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo from 1 to 14 May 2023. Of the total strength of ca. 2200 persons taking part in the exercise, more than one t...

The Finnish Army will participate in the exercise Northern Wind 2019 (NW19) to be organised by the Swedish Army in Norrbotten, Northern Sweden, from 18 to 29 March 2019.

Jaeger Brigade - For conscripts Training in the Jaeger Brigade The Jaeger Brigade provides training in two battalions, namely the Lapland Jaeger Battalion and Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion. The aim is to train personnel for jaeger, mortar, headq...

30.10.2025 | The Army Academy -executed exercise Northern Spike 25 will be held during 8.–16.11.2025 at Rovajärvi range and training exercise area.

The mechanised exercise of the Finnish Army (Arrow 16) The mechanised exercise of the Finnish Army (Arrow 16), led by the Armoured Brigade, will take place in Pohjankangas, Niinisalo, from 2 to 13 May 2016. The aim of the exercise is to develop in...

25.10.2019 | The Finnish Defence Forces has received the total delivery of the Main Battle Tank Leopard 2A6.

12.5.2017 | Until recently, main battle tank (MBT) training has been mainly organised by the Armoured Brigade with its long-standing training traditions and top-quality expertise. As of 2017, on the order of the Finnish Army Command, this training is now being extended to cover four more brigade level units including the Kainuu Brigade in Kajaani.

16.11.2017 | The Defence Forces’ main exercise Uusimaa will be held in southern Finland from 27 November to 4 December 2017. The objective is to train defending the capital city area and coast in a rapidly escalating situation together with the other authorities.

9.12.2022 | The procurement of the Spike SR and Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missile systems will significantly enhance the anti-tank capability of the Army.

25.8.2017 | Mechanised and motorised battle groups will gradually receive Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) for reconnaissance and it is possible that in the future also the lower echelons of the battle groups will receive UAS’s that are lighter than the current ones. This article looks at the general intelligence and reconnaissance requirements of battle groups and the use and requirements of UAS's within that context

16.11.2017 | The Defence Forces’ main exercise Uusimaa will be held in southern Finland from 27 November to 4 December 2017. The objective is to train defending the capital city area and coast in a rapidly escalating situation together with the other authorities.

18.10.2022 | The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanised exercise Hammer 22 at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo from 31 October to 11 November 2022. Approximately 4100 persons will participate in the exercise, over half of them reservists. In addition to Finnish forces, troops from the U.S. Army will also take part in the exercise.

19.4.2023 | The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanized exercise Arrow 23 at the Pohjankangas shooting and training area in Niinisalo from 1 to 14 May 2023. Of the total strength of ca. 2200 persons taking part in the exercise, more than one thousand are conscripts and about 850 international troops.