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ARMOUR



Main Battle Tanks



Infantry Fighting Vehicles



Armoured personnel carriers (tracked)

  • BTR-50PK - 73 units.

  • MT-LB - 220 units, plus some 41 "look-a-likes".

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  • ---MT-LBu-TP

  • ---MT-LBu-PS

  • ---MT-LB TJ

  • ---MT-LBV



Armored personnel carriers (wheeled)



Support vehicles



AIR-DEFENCE

missiles. Finnish Defence Forces equipment presentation


Anti-Aircraft Artillery

  • 23 ITK 61 - Soviet 23 mm twin-barreled ZU-23-2 AA gun. 1,100 units.

  • 23 ITK 95 - Modernized Soviet 23 mm twin-barreled ZU-23-2 AA gun.

  • 35 ITK 88 - Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm twin-barreled AA gun. 16 units.

  • 57 ITK 60 - Soviet 57 mm L/69 S-60 AA gun. 48 units, being phased out of service.

  • ITPSV 90 Marksman - 30 mm self-propelled, twin-barreled AA gun, mounted on a T-55 chassis. 6 units.

  • ITPSV SU-57 - Soviet ZSU-57-2 57 mm self-propelled, twin-barreled anti-aircraft gun. 12 units.



Surface-to-Air Missiles

  • ITO 86 - Soviet SA-16 Gimlet man-portable SAM missiles

  • ITO 86 M - Soviet SA-18 Grouse man-portable SAM missiles

  • ITO 2005 M - ASRAD-R SAM system. Will replace ITO 86 and ITO 86 M

  • ITO 90 - Crotale NG SAM system, mounted on a Sisu XA-181 chassis. 20 units.

  • ITO 96 - Soviet BUK-M1 SAM system. 3 batteries. Including 9A39M1, 9A310M1, 9S18M1, and 9S470M1 vehicles.



ARTILLERY


MLRS

  • 227 RAKH 07 - 227 mm self-propelled rocket launcher (M270 MLRS). 22 units.

  • 122 RAKH 89 - Czech 122 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. 36 units.



Self Propelled

  • 152 TELAK 91 - Soviet 152 mm self-propelled gun (2S5 Giatsint-S). 18 units.

  • 122 PSH 74 - Soviet 122 mm self-propelled howitzer (2S1 Gvodzika). 72 units.



Field Howitzers

  • 105 H 61-37 - License manufactured Swedish ''10,5 cm fälthaubits L/22''. 140 units, now withdrawn from service, ca. 40 were given to Estonia.

  • 122 H 63A - Soviet 122 mm towed D-30 howitzer. Three different versions. 486 units.

  • 152 H 55 - Soviet 152 mm towed D-20 howitzer. Being phased out of service. 126 units.

  • 152 H 88-31 - 152 mm towed howitzer. Originally a Soviet 122 mm A-19 gun, modernized in Finland. Being phased out of service. 21 units.

  • 152 H 88-37 - 152 mm towed howitzer. Originally a Soviet 152 mm ML-20 howitzer, modernized in Finland. Being phased out of service. 64 units.

  • 152 H 88-40 - 152 mm towed howitzer. Originally a German 150 mm 15 Cm SFH 18 howitzer, modernized in Finland. Being phased out of service. 47 units.



Field Guns

  • 155 K 98 - 155 mm field gun with an auxiliary power unit to move the gun. 36 units.

  • 155 K 83 - 155 mm towed field gun. 108 units.

  • 152 K 89 - 152 mm towed field gun. 24 units.

  • 130 K 54 - 130 mm towed field gun, also used by the coastal artillery. Being replaced with missiles. 144 units.

  • 130 K 90-60 - 130 mm towed field gun, used by the coastal artillery. 15 units.



MORTARS


Self Propelled Mortars



Towed heavy mortars (total: ca. 900)



Light mortars (total: ca. 1,400)



ANTI-TANK WEAPONS


Guided

  • PstOhj 2000 - Euro-Spike anti-tank missiles. 100 launchers for MR version, 18 launchers for ER version.

  • PstOhj 83 MA - BGM-71E, TOW 2A, tandem warhead version

  • PstOhj 83 MB - BMG-71F, TOW 2B, top-down attack version



Unguided



INFANTRY WEAPONS


Assault rifles:

Machine guns:

Sniper rifles:

Pistols & submachine guns:

Support weapons

Bilateral Trade agreements between Finland and the Soviet Union often included weapons. As a curiosity, many Russian weapons were supplied as a "package". For example, tanks came with AK-47 sidearms for the crew. A large amounts of Soviet equipment was also bought from Germany after German Unification .


ARMY AVIATION

Four Soviet-produced Mi-8 helicopters are used by the army for transport, hoisting and rescue services. 20 European NH90 TTH (Tactical Transport Helicopters) will enter service in the near-future, replacing the Mi-8 s. The Army also uses Hughes 500 D and E helicopters. 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. Finnish Army press release

Due to the 3 year delivery delay of the NH90s, the Finnish Army it considering to repair the remaining Mil Mi-8s in St. Petersburg, in order to increase their lifespan by 5 years. Ruotuväki: ''Utin kopterit korjaukseen?''

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  ! Style "text-align: left background: #aacccc"In service"World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, '' Aviation Week & Space Technology '', January 15 2007
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  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/MD_Helicopters_MD_500" class="copylinks">MD Helicopters MD 500 utility helicopter MD 500D<br>MD 500E 2<br>6
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Mil_Mi-8" class="copylinks">Mil Mi-8 transport helicopter 4
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/NHI_NH90" class="copylinks">NHI NH90 transport helicopter NH90 TTH 1 20 to be delivered
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/RUAG_Ranger" class="copylinks">RUAG Ranger unmanned reconnaissance 11