There are many great military forces around the world all of which can be easily identified
Not only by their marks but for their skills and for their specialities, but today here on FTD facts
we are gonna dive into the country of Finland and learn a little bit more about its military and its
aspects and with that today
we are gonna learn as much as we can about the brave soldiers who make up at the Special Forces of
The country known as Finland. Hey everybody. How's it going?
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Yeah, we're looking at the Special Forces of Finland now
The reason we're doing that is because while we've done a video in the past where we looked at the whole army and the military
of Finland
and we've just done several videos talking about Finland in the past and which I'll put some cards - at this video and you guys
Can check out and you know?
It's just a really cool and fascinating country for me to learn about
And I think it's great that we're gonna look at the Special Forces because they don't really get a lot of attention
Compared to other Special Forces that are around the world
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Start off with the basics of the Special Forces of Finland and who are these troops exactly?
well
They are known throughout the entire world being under the regiment known as the Ute Egger
Regiment or for all those english speakers out
There it pretty much translates to special Jaeger regiment, but where do they get the name from exactly me?
I always thought the Finnish word Jaeger was actually more or less another translation for the word Jaguar
But no I was wrong about that
but actually if you know somebody that is called a Jaeger they are considered to be what is known as a
Hunter being named after a bird known as the parasitic Jaeger which is a bird that lives in the northern part of Eurasia
Which basically means the term OD Jaeger regiment means that you could really say that they're a special hunter regiment
Soldiers from the UD Uyghur regiment fall under the army and it is one out of nine different army battalions and regiments
With his main goal being stated on their website as a army special forces unit as well
They are highly capable of providing executive assistance to other authorities and participate in military
crisis management tasks on an international scale where necessary but of course
This is a fax video about these guys. And in order for us to understand who these guys are
well
We got to kind of go into history and find out more about where they came from
because for the who T Jaeger regiment, they've only been around since January 1st of
1997 and before that special forces were trained under the Jaeger parachute school
But that's not where special forces within Finland actually began
we have to go all the way back to the Second World War because before
1962 the Finland special forces were a part of what is known as detached
Battalion number four in which these special forces units operated throughout the country from July 1943 till about November
1944 now the need for Special Forces units was formed due to the events of the continuation war which was a war between
Finland with Nazi, Germany
against the Soviets which were invading at the time and during that crisis the army had developed the detached battalion for from
long-range reconnaissance teams
Which were formed from veterans from the winter war which took place from 1939 to 1940?
but however
the
Continuation war did not continue for a long time
as a matter of fact it evolved into what is known as the Lapland war and during the continuation and
Lapland war which were a major part of the second world war they had approximately
650 soldiers that were a part of this detached battalion unit number four
And for those who are unaware about what the Lapland war was it was a war between Germany and Finland when Finland and Soviet Russia
Accepted a ceasefire which ended up with Germany not being happy with Finland and being forced to evacuate
However, this war ended on April 27th 1945 when the German forces had effectively fled the country
But however is almost six months before that in November of 1944
That the detached battalion four unit had become completely demobilized but keep in mind when it comes to the demobilization
It wasn't just this particular unit
It was other forms of the military within Finland as a matter of fact when Finland publicly notified that the Germans were to retreat in
1944 the Germans indeed began their evacuation in which at the time the Finnish army had pretty much
Demobilized it completely with only about 12,000 people left in the army as a defence force
but during the entire time of the detached battalion number four soldiers within this group initially worked in teams of
Approximately 14 but as for the Special Forces within this group
They grew anywhere between 40 to 60 men by the time of the end of the war
it's also been reported that during the entire war of the
650 men only
Approximately 90 soldiers died or went m.i.a now like I stated prior before the ahta Jaeger program
Actually started they were a part of the parachuting school
which was known as the Jaeger parachute school which began on February 1st of
1962 and at that time that's when the Special Forces was really working heavily with the parachuting squadron
but by January 1st of
1997 the military merged with the parachute school and the military policing program as well as the
helicopter wing thus creating the UT Jaeger regiment now in today's world the Finland Special Forces are
located in new T Kouvola, and currently they have approximately
400 personnel and they also have
220 conscripts which just so you guys know within Finland there is still conscription for
young males that are 18 or over which means there is approximately
27,000 conscripts in an entire year for the military, but now let's break it down
Let's look at this particular regiment as a whole and see what sort of departments they have
Of course within the ot Jaeger regiment there is the special jaegar battalion
The helicopter battalion and the support company for the special jaegar battalion. They pretty much are the soldiers on the ground
They are training specifically for Special Forces operations under what is known as the Special Forces qualification course
There is also a paratrooper company within this program that specializes in no
operations as for the helicopter battalion these men are in charge of training and of course flight for the helicopters with their most recent
Inventory being the nh90 which is a tactical helicopter in which they have approximately 20 of them
They also have seven lighter helicopters known as the MD 500 now as for their support company
This is basically their logistics department that worked with the logistics center as well
they are used not only for their special tasks but logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of
Military forces. So the question now that stands is what is the training like within this particular program?
So for the Special Jaeger program, this is somewhat how the training goes down
First of all to be a candidate for the program a soldier unless they show superior skills
Usually has to be in the military for at least 7 years and has served as a paratrooper
Or a diver for the Finland military also when it comes to the paratrooper school in Finland
It is a voluntary application in which they have to complete a leadership training course and about
350 people apply for it and only about 60 to 80 are chosen to move forward the deadline closes for the
Application in December and the training begins in July and throughout this entire
Service period a paratrooper serves for approximately three hundred and forty seven days
Now as for the Finland military forces, they definitely go by the American Cooper test
which is a test for physical and cardiac strength where an average man has to run approximately 3,000 180 metres and can
Lift 240 pounds within all of this program
There's only approximately a hundred of them that are chosen to do the final exam which takes four days
After that only twelve of them are chosen to get the extreme training within the Special Forces OD Jaeger regiment now
That's just a general look at how to get into the program. Now. What's it like actually in the program during their training?
Not only do they learn to do high-altitude jumps, but they work with all sorts of different equipment
This is known as the Special Forces course in which if one is selected for it
They immediately become employed by the defensive forces of Finland for a fixed
12-month period and of course during their service all training is paid for and provided by the military of Finland as well
Let's take a look at some of the equipment that these guys actually use for the Special Forces
They will use for assault rifles the RK 95 TP and the FN SCAR
Of course, there's the mp5 SS submachine gun and the Sako TRG
bolt-action sniper
Rifle, which is also finnish made and is one of the main snipers of the entire army of finland
But as for today the Special Forces of Finland have engaged in counter-terrorist operations
and of course in history
They were present in operations such as the continuation war the Lapland War
But as for the specific OD Jaeger regiment, they've also been seen in combat in the war of Afghanistan
Kosovo and have been a part of the EU battle group and the NATO Rapid Response Group for years, but of course
This is just a brief. Look at what comes out of the OT Jaeger regiment?
Of course we missed a lot of facts within this particular group, but keep in mind guys here on fcd facts
We always love to continuously learn even if we do get some facts wrong. We're pretty humble about it
So if you guys know some more facts about this particular group
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But either way this has been you and me learning about these special forces within Finland Oh noble group
which may not get as much worldwide media attention as its other counterparts, but however,
They are just as tough and on the ball as any other special forces unit around the world a group of brave soldiers
Who defend their country its ideas its?
civilians and traditions
this is the special forces unit known as the ot Jaeger regiment of Finland the soldiers of the brave the quick and
the lethal
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