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==Equipment== {{Main|List of equipment of the Finnish Army}}Finnish Defence Forces Materiel and equipment photos.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Materiel and Equipment of the Finnish Defence Forces |url=https://puolustusvoimat.fi/en/equipment |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Puolustusvoimat |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:Finnish Leopard 2.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Finnish [[Leopard 2A4]] main battle tank on parade in [[Riihimäki]], Finland]] [[File:Finnish Air Force F-18C RIAT.jpg|225px|thumb|right|Finnish Air Force [[F/A-18 Hornet|F-18C Hornet]]]] {| class="wikitable" |- ! Equipment ! Numbers |- |[[Main battle tank]]s||{{center|239}} |- |[[Infantry fighting vehicle]]s<br />[[Armoured personnel carrier]]s<br />[[Armoured vehicle-launched bridge]]s<br />[[Leguan bridge layer|Heavy mine breaching vehicles]]<br />||{{center|212<br />860<br />18<br />6}} |- |Mobile [[surface-to-air missile]] launchers<br />[[MANPADS]]<br />[[Anti-aircraft artillery]]||{{center|60<br />286<br />+1,068}} |- |[[Anti-tank guided missile]] launchers<br />[[Recoilless rifle]]s||{{center|2,685<br />71,000}} |- |[[Artillery]]<br />[[Self-propelled artillery]]<br />[[Mortar (weapon)|Mortars]]<br />[[Multiple rocket launcher]]s||{{center|740<br />72 +(48)<br />+1,248<br />56}} |- | [[Assault rifle]]s||{{center|350,000 [[Rk 62]], 40,000 [[Rk 95 Tp]] and unknown amount of [[Type 68 (North Korea)|Rk 56 Tp]] and [[Type 68 (North Korea)|Rk 72]]}} |- | [[Fighter aircraft]]<br />[[Advanced Jet Trainer|Combat-capable advanced trainer aircraft]]<br />[[Helicopters]]<br />[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]s<br /> [[Military transport aircraft|Transport aircraft]]||{{center|62<br />65<br />25 + 14 (Border Guard)<br />215<br />13}} |} Finland does not have attack helicopters or submarines. Legislation forbids nuclear weapons entirely. In early March 2012, Finland decided to purchase advanced Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles ([[AGM-158 JASSM]]) from the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Finnish Air Force's Hornets Upgraded to MLU 2 - |url=https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/-/kaikki-ilmavoimien-hornetit-on-nyt-paivitetty-mlu-2-tasoon?languageId=en_US |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Ilmavoimat |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Development of Finland's Air Defense Capability |url=https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/development_of_finlands_air_defense_capability |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=Ilmavoimat |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630121938/https://ilmavoimat.fi/en/development_of_finlands_air_defense_capability |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other non-USA operators for the JASSM are Australia, Poland and South Korea. The deal also included other sophisticated bombs like glide-bombs [[AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon]] and JDAM ([[Joint Direct Attack Munition]]). Finland has updated its [[M270 multiple launch rocket system]] (MLRS. In Finnish 298 RSRAKH 06) to be able to fire the [[ATACMS]] tactical ballistic missile).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/long-reach-finlands-gps-guided-rocket-launchers-07420/|title=Long Reach: Finlands Long-Range Rocket Launchers|website=Defenseindustrydaily.com|access-date=24 December 2017}}</ref> ===Uniform=== [[File:Lomapuku M05.jpg|thumb|M05 with parachute troops beret]] The main field uniform is the [[M05]] uniform, introduced in 2005, which is green camouflage uniform used by the army. M05 has cold weather and snow camouflage variants, which are gray-green and white with green flecks, respectively. Older green camouflage uniforms are M91 and M62. The M83 light service uniform remains in use as a service uniform for permanent personnel such as officers and as a dress uniform, but is not commonly issued to troops. This is gray for army, blue for the air force and dark blue for the navy. The navy has separate naval uniforms, while the air force uses army-pattern uniforms. There are also four separate full dress uniforms depending on the dress code.
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