Lapland Air Defence Regiment

Lapland Air Defence Regiment (Lapin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti) is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Rovaniemi.^[1] It was founded in 1989 and some 600 conscripts are trained there every year.

Organisation

Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion (Rovaniemen Ilmatorjuntapatteristo, RovItPsto)
- 1st Air Defence Battery (1. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)
- 2nd Air Defence Battery (2. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)
- 3rd Air Defence Battery (3. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)
- 4th Air Defence Battery (4. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)

Lapland Military Band (Lapin Sotilassoittokunta)
Supply Center (Huoltokeskus)

Equipment

Crotale (Ilmatorjuntaohjus 90)
ZU-23-2 (23 ItK 61 and 23 ItK 95)

References

↑ "Patria rewards Lapland Air Defence Regiment and North Karelia Border Guard District for exemplary achievements in conscript sports" Patria. Retrieved 2014-8-27.

External links

Lapin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti (in Finnish)