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Jaeger Brigade
Jääkäriprikaati
Insignia of the Jaeger Brigade.
Active
1919–1921:Käkisalmen rykmentti (Käkisalmi Regiment) 1921–1936: Polkupyöräpataljoona 1 (Bicycle Battalion 1) 1936–1957: Jääkäripataljoona 1 (Jaeger Battalion 1) 1957–1964: Pohjanmaan jääkäripataljoona (Ostrobothnia Jaeger Battalion) 1964–1979: Lapin Jääkäripataljoona (Lapland Jaeger Battalion) 1979–: Jääkäriprikaati Jaeger Brigade[1]
Country
Finland
Branch
Finnish Army
Type
Infantry and Anti-Air
Role
Arctic forces and Anti-aircraft warfare training
Size
1600 conscripts, 370 career personnel, of whom 140 military career personnel
Garrison
Sodankylä and Rovaniemi
Nickname(s)
Jiipeeär, Jipri
Flag
March
The Jäger March by Jean Sibelius
Equipment
Sisu Nasu and Bandvagn 206
Leopard 2A4
Commanders
Colonel
Kimmo Kinnunen
Military unit
The Jaeger Brigade (Jääkäriprikaati) is a unit of the Finnish Army. The unit is located in Sodankylä and Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland, some 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The brigade trains 1600 conscripts per year. The brigade has two main units: Lapland Jaeger Battalion in Sodankylä and Lapland Air Defence Battalion at Rovaniemi air base.[2]
The Jaeger Brigade specialises in training soldiers for the harsh climate of Lapland. The brigade is also responsible for developing arctic warfare tactics and equipment in cooperation with Swedish and Norwegian arctic forces. Their expertise in cold-weather warfare is widely recognized; members of the U.S. and other militaries come to Sodankylä in winter to learn from them.[3]
Troops are motorized by all-terrain vehicles Sisu Nasu and Bandvagn 206 due their better movement on arctic conditions compared to heavy armed vehicles.
^Jääkäripataljoona 1 Archived 2005-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2-28-2008. (in Finnish)
^Organisaatio Archived 2015-06-20 at the Wayback Machine. Finnish Defence Forces 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2015-06-19. (in Finnish)
^Wolman, David (December 11, 2017). "Red Dawn in Lapland". Outside. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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