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Kainuun Prikaati
The Colours of the Brigade
Colour of the Brigade
Active 1966—: Kainuun prikaati (Kainuu Brigade)
Country Flag of Finland Finland
Branch Finnish Army seal Finnish Army
Type Readiness brigade
Role Defence of Northern Finland
Size 600 career personnel, 2,000 conscripts
Part of Northern Finland Military Province
Garroson Hoikankangas, Kajaani
Nickname Kaipeeär
March Hurtti-Ukko
Equipment Sisu Nasu

Kainuu Brigade (Finnish Kainuun prikaati) is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kajaani. In military organizations the practice of carrying colours standards or Guidons, to act both as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander is thought Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. The Finnish Army ( Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces History Kajaani was founded in 1651 as one of the Finnish cities founded by the Governor General of Finland Per Brahe. The Nasu (acronym for Nauha-Sisu Track Sisu also meaning " Piglet " in Finnish is a tracked articulated all-terrain transport vehicle developed by The Finnish Army ( Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces History Kajaani was founded in 1651 as one of the Finnish cities founded by the Governor General of Finland Per Brahe. The brigade trains most conscripts, approximately 4000 annually. The brigade trains troops for securing northern Finland during war-time, and it is also the northernmost of Finland's three readiness units, and also the largest. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.

The Brigade trains units suited for combat on the heavy snow and poor road-infrastructure areas of Northern Finland, and has several variations from normal Finnish Army training schedules and equipment to meet these demands, such as the "telakuorma-auto", a tracked un-armoured vehicle used for fast and easy transportation of mobile troops especially during wintertime, and also has a heavy mortar (120mm) company that uses fixed mortars on these vehicles, providing unopposed freedom of movement both off-road and in heavy snow.

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Organisation

Units and training

All units of the Brigade train their own specialists and drivers, and all receive a basic infantry jaeger training. All units are equipped with at least light AT fire-and-forget weapons and 12. 7 mm anti-air machine guns, that can also be mounted on APCs and is very effective against infantry and lightly armoured vehicles.

Note also that this is the training organisation, not the actual war-time organisation of the Brigade 2005 (the readiness unit). In this training or peace-time organisation, the Brigade can hoist everything needed on a modern battlefield except for anti-air weapons other than the 12. 7 mm machine guns. These units are trained in the Lapland Air Defence Regiment. Lapland Air Defence Regiment ( Lapin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti) is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Rovaniemi.

Kuopio Battalion

The Kuopio Battalion is responsible for training recon units (tiedustelija), drivers for various vehicles (for Supply mostly - other Battalions train the drivers they need themselves), and supply and munitions specialists, such as cooks. The Battalion is also responsible for the training of NCOs for recon and transportation. Also has a Canine Training Unit attached to the Battalion.

A Sisu Nasu from Kainuu Brigade.
A Sisu Nasu from Kainuu Brigade. The Nasu (acronym for Nauha-Sisu Track Sisu also meaning " Piglet " in Finnish is a tracked articulated all-terrain transport vehicle developed by

Kainuu Jaeger Battalion

The Jaeger Battalion trains the main body of the Brigade - the infantry. It also trains NCOs for infantry. The Battalion is equipped with the tracked, non-armoured vehicles (telakuorma-auto or TeKa) which make it very fast even off-road and in high snow. The Battalion is equipped with state-of-the-art anti-armor weapons as well as other, lighter and cheaper AT-weapons. It also has modernized Russian 12. 7 mm anti-air machine guns (as do other Battalions) and the light 81 mm mortars (though these are trained in the Artillery Regiment). As all Finnish Jaegers, these troops are taught to be deadly, fast, maneuverable, and silent if need to be. The Battalion also has some Sisu XA-185 "Pasi" APCs.

Pohja Engineer Battalion

This battalion trains engineers and their NCOs. The Battalion includes the 1st Engineer Company, training of which is concentrated on usage and de-armament of mines and other explosives. The other Company of the Battalion, the Technical Company, focuses on "heavy engineering" such as trench- and bridge building.

Kainuu Artillery Regiment

The Artillery Regiment uses 81 mm light mortars attached to Infantry units, 120 mm heavy mortars fixed on TeKa:s, 122 mm Soviet howitzers and modern 155 K 98 155 mm guns equipped with APU to provide (minor) movement without towing vehicles. It also trains all artillery NCO's, including forward observers and mortar leaders.

Northern Finland Signal Battalion

This Battalion houses units that are responsible for the usage and building of Brigade-scale signal systems. It also trains NCOs for this task. The Battalion also has the HQ Company (Esikuntakomppania, EK) that trains the military polices for the Brigade, which also uses the dogs trained by the Kuopio Battalion. MP NCOs are not trained at the Brigade, but in Rovaniemi. The recon NCOs specialiced in communications are also trained in Northern Finland Signal Battalion.

Kainuu Military Band

The Military Band that has several hundred individual appearances yearly. Considered very high-class amongst Military Bands. Also has a few conscripts serving in the Band.

The Brigade also has its own hospital and supply center.

History and tradition of the Kainuu Brigade

The brigade has its roots in the Thirty Years' War in the battle of the Lech River on April 5, 1632, which is the traditional day of the brigade. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. The Battle of Rain (also called the Battle of the River Lech or Battle of Lech) was fought on April 15, 1632, as part of the Thirty The Lech (Licus Licca) is a River in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and 264 km in length with a Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop It also holds up the traditions of the men that fought at Suomussalmi, Raate Road and Kuhmo during the Winter War as well as the Rukajärvi-directions 14. The Battle of Suomussalmi was fought between Finnish and Soviet forces in the Winter War. The Battle of Raate road was a battle fought during the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland in January 1940 as a part of the Battle History In the beginning of 17th century people of Kuhmo were part of parishes of Kajaani and Oulujärvi The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the Division during the Continuation War. The Continuation War (Jatkosota Fortsättningskriget Советско-финская война ( 25 June 1941 &ndash 19 September 1944)

The march of the Brigade is Hurtti-Ukko by Carl Collan.

The Brigade's flag is the Kajaani Sissi Battalion's flag from 1920. Sissi is a Finnish term for Light infantry which conducts Guerrilla warfare operations behind enemy lines

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