Lapland Air Defence Battalion

Lapland Air Defence Regiment (Finnish: Lapin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti) is a unit of the Finnish Army located in Rovaniemi.[1] It was founded in 1989 as a brigade-level unit with the name Lapland Air Defence Regiment (Finnish: Lapin ilmatorjuntarykmentti). In 2015, the Regiment became a battalion-level unit and part of the Jaeger Brigade.[2]

Organisation[2]

Rovaniemi Air Defence Battalion (Rovaniemen Ilmatorjuntapatteristo, ROVITPSTO)

  • 1st Air Defence Battery (Finnish: 1. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)
  • 2nd Air Defence Battery (Finnish: 2. Ilmatorjuntapatteri)
  • The Airbase Support Company (Finnish: Tukikohtakomppania)

1st Air Defence Battery trains conscripts for ground based air defence systems and guns such as Crotale NG and 23 ITK 61. 2nd Air Defence Battery trains most of the NCOs of the Battalion as well as some ground based air defence support troops, for example targeting radar platoons and operation centres. The Airbase Support Company trains logistics platoons of varying types. It also trains all the military drivers of the battalion and all the military police personnel of the Jaeger Brigade.[3]

The Air Force conscripts with special training such as assistant aircraft mechanician NCOs who serve in Lapland Air Command are administratively part of the Airbase Support Company of the Battalion.

Equipment
  • Crotale NG (Ilmatorjuntaohjus 90M Crotale NG)
  • ZU-23-2 (23 ITK 61 and 23 ITK 95)

References
  1. "Patria rewards Lapland Air Defence Regiment and North Karelia Border Guard District for exemplary achievements in conscript sports" Patria. Retrieved 2014-8-27.
  2. Rovaniemen ilmatorjuntapatteristo Archived 2015-06-20 at the Wayback Machine. Finnish Defence Forces 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19. (in Finnish)
  3. "About us - The Finnish Army". maavoimat.fi. Retrieved 2020-02-14.


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