Equipment of the Finnish Army

This is a list of weapons used by the Finnish Army, for past equipment, see here.

Armour and other vehicles

Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Tanks
Leopard 2A4
Leopard 2A6
  Germany Main Battle Tank 100
60 (100)[1]
 40 used Leopard 2A6 tanks will be delivered from the Netherlands 2018-2019. [2] Some of the existing Leopard 2A4's are equipped with Israeli made Urdan mine rollers.[3]
T-55M  Poland
 Finland 		Mine clearance tank Equipped with a bulldozer blade or KMT-5 mine rollers[4] for use as mine clearance tanks. In use until the end of 2017.[5]
Infantry fighting vehicles
CV-9030 FIN  Sweden Infantry Fighting Vehicle 102[1]
BMP-2
BMP-2MD 		 Soviet Union Infantry Fighting Vehicle 110[1] All vehicles will be modernized to the BMP-2MD (FIN) standard with thermal imaging and Polish multi-spectral camouflage Berberys-R between 2015 and 2019.[6][7]
Armoured personnel carriers (tracked)
MT-LBV  Soviet Union Armoured personnel carrier 389[1]
Armoured personnel carriers (wheeled)
Patria AMV XA-360  Finland Armoured personnel carrier 62[1] With Protector (RWS) remote weapon station.
Sisu Pasi XA-180/185
Sisu Pasi XA-202
Sisu Pasi XA-203 OWS
  Finland Armoured personnel carrier 260[1]
101[1]
48[1]
Total 409 		70 vehicles built in the 1980s will be modernized between 2014 and 2017. A further 210 vehicles may be modernized between 2017 and 2021.[8]
Utility vehicles
RG32M  South Africa MRAP 74
Daimler Mercedes-Benz G300
Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 270 CDI 		 Germany Armoured Utility Vehicle
Land Rover Defender 110  United Kingdom Utility Vehicle
Toyota Hilux  Japan Pickup truck
All-terrain vehicles
BV308  Sweden Tracked articulated all-terrain transport vehicle ~20 Some were included in the a joint purchase from Norway and Sweden (two batches, 123 in 2012 and another 171 in 2013).
BV206 D6N  Sweden Tracked articulated all-terrain transport vehicle ~400 Some 274 have recently been purchased from Norway in two batches (123 in 2012 and another 171 in 2013).
Sisu NA-120 GT
Sisu NA-12 GT KV1 		 Finland Tracked articulated, all-terrain transport vehicle ~250 All NA-140 vehicles will be sold off by 2017.[9]
Lynx GLX 5900  Finland
 Canada 		Snowmobile
Polaris Sportsman 500/800 EFI
Sportsman MV7 		 United States ATV
Military engineering vehicles
Leopard 2L  Germany
 Finland 		AVLB 6[1]
Leopard 2R  Germany
 Finland 		CEV 6[1]
Leopard 1A2 ARV  Germany ARV 8[10]
Leopard 1A2 AEV  Germany CEV 8[11]
BLG-60M2  East Germany
 Poland 		AVLB 12[1]
Sisu E15TP Leguan  Germany
 Finland 		Bridging vehicle 9[12]
Sisu RA-140 DS  Finland Mine clearance vehicle

Field artillery

Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Field gun/Towed howitzer
155 K 98  Finland Gun-howitzer 54[12] Supports readiness brigades with indirect fire. Equipped with an auxiliary power unit for short distance movement adjustments. 155 K 98 is based on the earlier 155 K 83 with some major enhancements to both the breech and the barrel.
155 K 83
155 K 83–97 		 Finland Gun-howitzer 107 Provides indirect fire support for various units and is used to form heavy artillery battalions under direct supreme HQ command. 155 K 83-97 is an upgrade of the existing 155 K 83.
152 K 89  Soviet Union Field gun 24[1] Provides indirect fire support for Jaeger and infantry brigades as well as battlegroups.
130 K 54  Soviet Union Field gun 76[1] 130 mm towed field gun, also used by the coastal artillery.
122 H 63  Soviet Union Towed howitzer 471[1] The main artillery support of Jaeger and infantry brigades as well as battlegroups.
Self-propelled artillery
155 PSH 17  Republic of Korea Self-propelled howitzer (48)[13] Supports mechanized and motorized battlegroups with indirect fire. 48 used howitzers will be delivered from South Korea 2017-2024.
122 PSH 74  Soviet Union Self-propelled howitzer 72[1] Supports mechanized and motorized battlegroups with indirect fire.
Multiple rocket launcher
298 RSRAKH 06
Driver training vehicle 		 United States MLRS 24
10[14] 		M270D1 vehicles used for long-range strikes against enemy reserves, command posts, and combat support organizations up to operational depth at the point of main effort.
122 RAKH 89 M1  Czechoslovakia MLRS 34[1] Czech 122 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher, originally 36 units bought from East German stocks. Used to support mechanised and motorised units.
Forward observer
BMP-1TJ  Soviet Union Forward observation vehicle 10[1]

Air-defence

Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Surface-to-air-missile system
ITO 12 NASAMS II  Norway Surface-to-air missile system 24[12] Medium-range, mobile air-defence system that holds six AIM-120 C-7 AMRAAM missiles at ready. They are primarily used to protect the Capital Region. Also known as ITO 12.
ITO 05 (ASRAD-R)
ITO 05M (MANPADS) 		 Germany
 Sweden 		Surface-to-air missile system 16[12]
86
ITO 05 is a short-range, mobile air-defence system that holds four RBS 70 missiles at ready and protects the readiness brigades as well as the Capital Region. Every ITO 05 launch unit is paired with an ITO 05M MANPADS. ITO 05M also protects the readiness brigades' Jaeger and armoured battalions.
ITO 90M (Crotale NG)  France Surface-to-air missile system 20[12] Short-range, mobile all-weather weapon system that holds eight VT-1 missiles at ready and is used to protect targets and troops vital to national defence.
ITO 15  United States MANPADS 200[15] FIM-92F Stinger-RMP Block I missiles. Surplus Stinger-missiles were brought from Denmark to be used for training purposes.[16]
Anti-aircraft artillery
35 ItK 88   Switzerland Twin-barreled AA autocannon 16 Originally 35 ItK 58. 35 ItK 88 is a modernized Oerlikon KD that incorporates features such as a digital fire-control system, automatic re-loading and, since the 2000s, a new radar system.
23 ItK 95
23 ItK 61 (ZU-23-2) 		 Soviet Union Twin-barreled AA autocannon 45
400[12] 		Commonly known as "Sergei". ItK 95 is a modernized variant, where the gun is gyro-stabilized and has an auxiliary power unit, a laser range finder and a digital fire-control system.
ITPSV Leopard 2 MARKSMAN  Germany
 United Kingdom 		Self-propelled, twin-barreled AA autocannon
Training vehicle 		6
1 		The Marksman turrets were moved from T-55AM chassis to Leopard 2 chassis in 2014 and 2015. In service use from 2016 onward.[3]

Trucks

Weapons

Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Pistols
9.00 PIST 2008 (Glock 17)  Austria Pistol Specially made RTF2 checkering texture around the grip, 20 N (4.5 lbf) trigger pull, self illuminating tritium sights and a 17+1-round magazine.
9.00 PIST 2003 (P99)  Germany Pistol Special forces and military police.
9.00 PIST 80–91 (FN HP-DA)  Belgium Pistol
9.00 PIST SIG Sauer  Germany Pistol Peace-keepers and military marching bands.
Assault rifles
7.62 RK 62
7.62 RK 62 76 		 Finland Assault rifle 350,000 Will be supplemented by RK 62M
7.62 RK 95 TP
  Finland Assault rifle 20,000 Modernized standard assault rifle
7.62 RK 72 TP  East Germany Assault rifle East German-made AKMS (MPi-KMS-72). Purchased in the 1990s in large numbers for reserve troops. Folding stock version is used by various tank, APC and IFV crewmen.
7.62 RK 56
7.62 RK 56 TP 		 China Assault rifle Chinese-made copies of the AK-47, purchased in the 1990s in large numbers for reserve troops, but not commonly used.
Heckler & Koch G36  Germany Assault rifle Operated by the border guards rapid response unit.
FN SCAR  Belgium Assault rifle 300–500 Used by special forces[18]
Shotguns
12 HAUL REM 870  United States Shotgun Standard shotgun.
Sniper rifles
8.6 TKIV 2000  Finland Sniper rifle
7.62 TKIV 85  Finland Sniper rifle
7.62 TKIV Dragunov  Soviet Union Sniper rifle
12.7 RSTKIV 2000  United States Sniper rifle Barrett M82A1.
Submachine guns
9.00 KP 2000 (MP5)  Germany Submachine gun Special forces.
Support weapons
7.62 KK PKM
7.62 KK PKT 		 Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun Standard general-purpose machine gun. 7.62 KK PKT is used in all IFV's in the Finnish army.
7.62 KVKK 62  Finland Light machine gun Being gradually replaced by PKM.
12.7 ITKK 96  Soviet Union Anti-aircraft machine gun Standard heavy machine gun
12.7 RSKK 2005  United States Heavy machine gun Found on the Patria AMV's Kongsberg weapon turrets.
7.62 KK MG3  Germany General-purpose machine gun Light armament on Leopard 2A4 tanks and NH90 helicopters.
FN MAG  Belgium General-purpose machine gun Light armament on Leopard 2A6 tanks.[19]
M134D-H Minigun  United States Minigun Used as light armament on NH90 helicopters by the Utti Jaeger Brigade.[20]
40 KRKK 2005  Germany Grenade machine gun
40 KRPIST 2002  Germany Grenade launcher
Mortars
AMOS-FIN (XA 361)  Finland
 Sweden 		Mortar carrier 18[1] 120mm twin-barrel mortar on a Patria AMV platform.
Sisu NA-122  Finland Tracked articulated, all-terrain mortar carrier, 120mm 27
Sisu NA-123  Finland Tracked articulated, all-terrain ammunition carrier, 120mm 14
BV206 D6N  Sweden Tracked articulated, all-terrain mortar carrier, L16 81mm ?
120 KRH 92  Finland Mortar (weapon) 698[1]
81 KRH 71 Y  Finland Mortar
Anti-armour
102 RSLPSTOHJ NLAW  Sweden
 United Kingdom 		Anti-tank weapon 2,500[15] Disposable, man-portable, short range fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile system.
PSTOHJ 2000
PSTOHJ 2000M

RO 06

 Israel Anti-tank missile

Anti-tank missile
Anti-ship missile

 140

45[21]
18
140[22] launch units for anti-tank purpose MR version. 18 ER version launchers for anti-ship use. 500 Spike-MR missiles and 200 Spike-ER missiles. 45 GILL launchers were purchased from the Netherlands in 2013. These were modified by the Finns to Spike-LR.[23]
PSTOHJ 83 MA (BGM-71E)
PSTOHJ 83 MB (BGM-71F) 		 United States Anti-tank missile
112 RSKES APILAS  France Anti-tank weapon Portable one-shot 112 mm recoilless anti-tank weapon. Colloquially known as jumppaputki ("Gym tube"). Will be taken out of service by 2020.[24]
66 KES 12 (M72 EC LAW Mk.I)
66 KES 88
66 KES 12 RAK (M72 ASM RC)		  United States Anti-tank weapon
Anti-structure weapon 		<70,000
 Colloquially known as kessi. 66 KES 88 will be taken out of service by 2020.[24]
95 S 58-61  Finland Anti-tank weapon <1,000 95mm recoilless anti-tank weapon. Colloquially known as musti ("Blackie"); the weapon makes a loud, distinctly dog bark-like sound when fired. In reserve. Will be taken out of service by 2020.[24]
Land mines
VP 88  Finland Directional fragmentation weapon Anti-personnel command-detonated directional fragmentation weapon with 0.9 kg hexotol (a mixture of hexogen (RDX) and TNT similar to Composition B).[25] Very similar to the American M18 Claymore mine.
VP 2010  Finland Directional fragmentation weapon Anti-personnel command-detonated directional fragmentation weapon with 1.3 kg FPX R1 (PBX type) explosive.[25][26]
VP 84  Austria Anti-vehicle mine Anti-vehicle directional fragmentation mine with 11.5 kg hexotol.[25] Used against lightly armored vehicles.[27]
VP 01 Anti-vehicle mine Anti-vehicle directional fragmentation mine with 10.3 kg Composition B.[25] Used against lightly armored vehicles.
TM 65 77  Finland Anti-tank mine Blast mine with 9.5 kg TNT and a pressure fuse.[28]
MHPM 12  Finland/ East Germany Anti-tank mine 11.4 kg mine, with 6.9 kg either East German or Finnish made TM-62 explosive, and a Finnish multiple sensor fuse.[25][29][30][31]
POM 87  Finland Anti-tank mine Shaped charge mine with 4 kg hexotol. Magnetic and seismic sensor fuse.[25]
POM 87 94  Finland Anti-tank mine Shaped charge mine with 4 kg hexotol. Magnetic and seismic sensor fuze, main explosive is similar to POM 87 but the fuse can also be programmed with a run-over counter and for self-deactivation.[25][32]
KP 81  Finland Anti-vehicle mine Off-route EFP anti-vehicle mine with 12 kg hexotol.[25]
KP 87  Finland Anti-vehicle mine Off-route EFP anti-vehicle mine with 1.6 kg hexotol.[25][33]
REP 12  Finland Anti-handling device Anti-handling device for anti-tank mines. Is laid under the anti-tank mines and explodes when the mine above is removed.[31]

Army Aviation

The NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopters) is the main type of transport helicopters used, having replaced Soviet Mi-8s. The Army also uses Hughes 500 D and E helicopters in reconnaissance and training roles. The Finnish Army has 11 unmanned reconnaissance airplanes (RUAG Ranger), which are used for reconnaissance and artillery targeting purposes. The Finnish Army is also field testing Patria's new mini-UAV.

Aircraft Type Versions In service[34] Image Details
NHI NH90 Transport Helicopter NH90 TTH 20[1]
MD Helicopters MD 500 Utility Helicopter MD 500D
MD 500E 		2
5[35]
RUAG Ranger Unmanned Reconnaissance 11[12]
Aeronautics Defense Orbiter Unmanned Reconnaissance 55 systems, with a total of 250 mini air vehicles to be delivered[36]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Annual Exchange of Military Information (AEMI) 2017" (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Toinen erä Leopardeja Suomeen" (in Finnish). Hämeen sanomat. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "MAAVOIMIEN LIIKKUVUUDEN JA TULIVOIMAN ROLL OUT PANSSARIPRIKAATISSA 5.8.2015 – Esiteltävä kalusto" (PDF) (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "T-55M main battle tank of the Finnish Army with KMT-5 mine clearing roller". Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Finnish Defence Forces (3 May 2016). "Maavoimien mekanisoitu harjoitus (Arrow 16) alkaa". YouTube (YouTube video). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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  7. ↑ http://innpoland.pl/116189,polska-firma-zamaskuje-finskie-bojowe-wozy-piechoty-za-milion-euro
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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 International Institute for Strategic Studies: The Military Balance 2015, p.89
  13. ↑
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