Editor's Foreword

182 The MiliTary Balance 2010
MOR 450: 81mm 175; 107mm 148 M-30; 120mm 127
HY-12
AT
MSL • MANPATS 114: 66 Milan; 48 TOW
RCL 106mm 192 M-40A1; 90mm M-67
RL 66mm M-72 LAW
AD • GUNS
TOWED 20mm Rh 202; 35mm 16 GDF-003; 40mm 48
M-1
AC 3 U-17 Utl
HEL 4: 1 AS-532UL Cougar utl; 3 UH-1H Iroquois utl
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 1 PCI less
than 100 tonnes
Finland FIN
euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 186bn 173bn
US$ 274bn 258bn
per capita US$ 52,153 49,180
Growth % 1.0 -6.4
inflation % 3.9 1.0
Def exp € 2.47bn
US$ 3.63bn
Def bdgt € 2.42bn 2.82bn 2.72bn
US$ 3.55bn 4.21bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
Population 5,250,275
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 9% 3% 3% 3% 24% 6%
Female 9% 3% 3% 3% 24% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 22,600 (army 16,000 navy 3,800 air 2,750)
Paramilitary 2,950
General Conscription terms of Service 6-9-12 months
(12 months for officers NCOs and soldiers with special
duties. 25,000 reservists a year do refresher training: total
obligation 40 days (75 for NCOs, 100 for officers) between
conscript service and age 50 (NCOs and officers to age
60).
Reserve total reducing to 340,000.
CIVILIAn 4,600 (army 3,000 navy 500 air 1,100)
rEsErVE 350,000 (army 280,000 navy 32,000 air
38,000) Paramilitary 11,500
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
Army 5,000; 11,000 conscript (total 16,000);
civilian 3,000
FOrCEs by rOLE
Has no peacetime structure. Recent re-organisation has
involved the replacement of the previous commands
with seven military provinces. Finland’s army maintains
a mobilisation strength of about 300,000. In support
of this requirement two cycles, each for about 15,000
conscripts and 17,000 reservists, take place each year.
After conscript training, reservist commitment is to the
age of 60. Reservists are usually assigned to units within
their local geographical area. All service appointments or
deployments outside Finnish borders are voluntary for all
members of the armed services. All brigades are reserve
based. Any ‘Reaction Forces’ are regular elements and
volunteers under contract.
Comd 1 Army HQ; 4 Military Commands
Rapid 1 regt (Utti) (SF gp, Ab gp, hel Sqn)
Reaction
Armd 1 bde with (3 composite armd bn, 1 armd
recce coy, 1 AT coy, 1 fd arty regt, 1 sigs bn, 1
AD bn, 1 log bn, 1 engr bn,)
Jaeger 3 bde with (3 Jaeger bn, 1 AT coy, 1 HQ coy, 1
sigs coy, 1 AD bn, 1 engr bn, 1 fd arty regt, 1
log coy, 1 Recce coy); 2 regts
Arty 1 bde
Engr 1 Bde
AD 2 regt
Sig 1 regt
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
MBT 100 Leopard 2 A4
AIFV 212: 110 BMP-2; 102 CV90
APC 990
APC (T) 300: 16 MT-LBU; 98 MT-LBV; 186 BMP 1TJ/BTR-
50 YV1
APC (W) 690 XA-180 Sisu/XA-185 Sisu; XA-203 Sisu
ARTY 1,136
SP 90: 122mm 72 PsH 74 (2S1) Carnation 152mm 18 Telak
91 (2S5)
TOWED 354: 122mm 84 H 63 (D-30); 130mm 36 K 54;
152mm 180 H 88-38/H 88–40; 155mm 54 K 83/K 98
MRL 82: 22mm: 24 Rahlt; 36 RM7U 227mm 22 M270
MOR 120mm 610 KRH 92
AT
MSL 100 Spike; TOW 2
HEL
SPT 17: 2 Mi-8 Hip; 8 NH-90; 7 Hughes 500 D/E
Utl 7 Hughes 500 D/E
UAV • TACTICAL 6 Ranger
AD • SAM
SP 36 +: 16 ITO 05 (ASRAD); 20 ITO 90 (Crotale NG);
ITO 96 (SA-11) Gadfly
MANPAD: 86 (SA-16) Gimlet; ITO 86M (SA-18) Grouse
(Igla); ITO 05; 128 RBS 70
GUNS 23mm; 30mm; 35mm; 57mm
reserve Organisations
60,000 in manoeuvre forces and 220,000 in
territorial forces
Jaeger 2 bde
Inf 6 bde; 29 bn/ BG; 170 coy
CS/CSS engr, AD, sigs, log