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	Finnish Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Navy (Finnish: Suomen merivoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		The Navy fought in the Gulf of Vyborg and sustained heavy casualties.
		The last action of the Finnish Navy was during the amphibious landing of troops from Oulu in Tornio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Navy (938 words)

	Finnish Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Finnish Air Force (Finnish: Ilmavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		As a separate branch of the military, the Finnish Air Force is one of the oldest in the world, having existed since the year 1918.
		Finnish Air Force C3I Materiel Command at Tikkakoski
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_Air_Force (262 words)

	The Finnish Navy in the Winter War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although the navy had been under a determined upgrading and modernizing program (for a small country's navy), where the navy was strengthened by submarines and armored coastal vessels.
		The main task of the Finnish Navy was to prevent an amphibious invasion and to secure Finland's vital sea routes to the west.
		The Finnish Navy used the boat in maneuvres already during the summer of 1935, but officially the boat was bought in January 1935 for FIM 19,4 million, and the boat was babtized "Vesikko".
	www.winterwar.com /forces/finnavy.htm (1135 words)

	FAST-FIN-1 Finnish Institutions Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The basis for the formation of the Finnish territorial waters is the outmost landmarks of the coastline and archipelago, either on the mainland or on islands.
		The Finnish national border at sea deviates from the route of the outer boundary of the internal waters in the areas adjacent to the national borders with Russia and Sweden.
		The overall responsibility for the naval surveillance of the Finnish Territorial waters lies with the Headquarters of the Navy (subordinate to the Ministry of Defence).
	www.uta.fi /FAST/FIN/MIL/ps-surv.html (4814 words)

	Finnish Maritime Society :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The loss of the aged torpedo boat S 2 in a storm autumn 1925 was a shock to Finland and its naval circles.
		After war the Finnish Navy Society, which was the new name of the Association adopted in 1931, changed its activities towards the development of the merchant fleet.
		The activities of the Society during the past decades have been significant in the development of both the Finnish Navy and the Merchant fleet.
	www.meriliitto.fi /?l=en&p=1 (673 words)

	Finnish Navy in WW II - Time line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Captain Johannes Indrenius is appointed to commander of Navy by regent P.E. Svinhufvud.
		Navy begins increased neutrality patrol service, warships of belligerent countries are allowed to enter Finnish territorial waters and harbours only at five locations.
		Finnish Government decided that Estonia is not following neutrality rules and thus it was legal to mine areas and sea ways to Soviet naval bases and attack Soviet warships in Estonian territorial waters.
	users.tkk.fi /~jaromaa/Navygallery/timeline.htm (1742 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		Sweden is a close partner for the Navy in general, too.
		The Navy also believes its crack combat diver unit can be of use outside of Finland.
		The Finnish Navy Day is celebrated on July 9th, the day in 1790 of the naval battle of Ruotsinsalmi - against Russia - off Kotka.
	virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=4946&group=General (486 words)

	The Finnish Winter War 1939-1940
		The defensive plan of the Finnish high command was dated in 1934 and it had as its basic premise the idea of stopping an enemy attack on the Karelian Isthmus at a certain point where natural obstacles like the Vuoksi-river would suppress the enemy forces and prevent their operational possibilities.
		Finnish artillery punched holes to Russian infantry formations, but still they were able to come over to Finnish positions and take them, but during the day and the next day, they were thrown back.
		Finnish troops (Er.P 17 and after 4th of Dec Er.P 25) were unable to delay the attackers and Salla village was burned in the 9th of December.
	www.feldgrau.com /wwar.html (7528 words)

	The Finnish Defence Forces: Navy
		Finnish Navy is responsible for maritime surveillance, repelling territorial violations and safeguarding vital sealines of communication.
		The Navy comprises the headquarters and seven units and establishments including naval and coastal elements.
		Coastal infantry, fire observers and maritime surveillance and anti-aircraft training are the most important branches of Kotka Coastal Command and the Naval Commands Naval cadets and future reserve officers of the Navy study at the Naval Academy.
	www.mil.fi /merivoimat/index_en.dsp (420 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aker Finnyards signed a $28.6 million contract with the Finnish Navy Feb. 16 for the construction of the fourth Hamina-class fast-attack craft (FAC).
		The contract, as well as the design for the Enforcer class, is part of the offset agreement from the April 2004 submarine contract in which the Portuguese Navy (PN) signed a construction contract with the German Submarine Consortium for two Type-U209PN submarines, with an option for a third.
		The 12 Cougars are for the Bulgarian Air Force and the six Panthers are for the Navy.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/apr_05_44.php (783 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Indian Navy is continuing to move forward with its 15-year modernization plan that began in 2002.
		On Dec. 3, 2003, the Finnish Navy signed a $24 million contract with Aker Finnyards for the construction of the third Hamina-class fast attack craft.
		The Finnish Navy opted to continue with existing force modification efforts for four Rauma-class vessels, rather than continue with new fast attack craft construction.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/feb_04_42.php (1550 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART II
		Finnish soldiers found the original trigger system complicated to use, so it was replaced with pedal-like trigger.
		Finnish Navy has such a shortage of weapons it found use to all of these 16 guns during Winter War.
		Finnish Kone- and Siltaosakeyhtiö equipped one of the guns (presumably Obuhov one, but it may have been Hotchkiss gun also) with static gun mount suitable to antiaircraft use, but there doesn't seem to be certainty if this one gun was used during the war or not.
	www.jaegerplatoon.net /AA_GUNS2.htm (3913 words)

	FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945: ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS PART I
		Navy, Coastal Troops, Coastal Artillery and Home Front Troops were all their users during Continuation War, but Navy was the one using great majority of them.
		Finnish military also used relatively small amount of Madsen automatic guns as antitank guns and called 20 PstK/40 in that role during early part of Continuation War.
		Finnish antiaircraft-gun crews typically considered German 20-mm cannons to have excellent quality, accuracy and reliability (Only exceptionally cold winter of 1939 - 1940 combined with lack of suitable lubrication caused some reliability problems for them, but that winter was ever more difficult to other antiaircraft-guns in Finnish use).
	www.jaegerplatoon.net /AA_GUNS1.htm (4857 words)

	FINLAND AND RELATED PEOPLE: Finno-Ugric, WW2, Maps, Culture, Language
		Language and character of the original people have been preserved to a great extent, and it is a well-known fact that Finnish language is like an ice-box in the sense that many archaic structures have been preserved.
		But no sooner had I seen a Finnish newspaper, than I was beginning to sound out the phonetic Finnish language (Vapaa Sana) at six years old.
		Thanks to the fantastic Finnish older couple who took me in off the streets of Helsinki one night in the winter, gave me warm socks and a bed.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/3818 (1478 words)

	Military.com Resources
		Finnish Army - Presents regimental histories and an organizational chart for the Finnish army.
		Finnish Ranks in Foreign Languages - Consult a chart that translates Finnish army and air force ranks into English, Swedish, French and German.
		Finnish Navy Ranks - Compare the Finnish Navy's ranks with their English, French and German counterparts.
	www.military.com /Resources/ResourceSubmittedFileView?file=fsl_europe.htm (3477 words)

	Naval War in the Baltic Sea 1941-1945
		Though the Soviets scuttled the two ex-Latvian navy submarines Ronis and Spidolis in Liepaja as blocking vessels, the were able to successfully evacuate the two ex-Estonian navy submarines Kalev and Lembit.
		To increase their chances of neutralizing the Soviet Navy, the approaches to Tallinn and the Gulf of Finland in general was extensively mined by the Germans.
		This component of the German navy was responsible for securing the Gulf of Finland and the eastern areas of the Baltic Sea from Soviet naval activities.
	www.feldgrau.com /baltsea.html (5794 words)

	WWII: Finland's War with Soviet Union 1939 - 1944: Finland's War with the Third Aggressor of WWII
		This is the story of the Finnish Army and their struggle to save the country from being absorbed into the Soviet Union.
		Receiving great admiration abroad, the Finnish people became an example to all small nations of the world that are harassed by larger countries bent on justifying their ends by force.
		It was disastrous for the Soviets because they lost, by some Finnish estimates, close to one million men and for little Finland, especially the Karelian people, because Karelia was lost and over 420,000 people lost their homes, including the writer's parents and grandparents.
	uralica.com /finnliv.htm (5210 words)

	NewsRoom Finland
		The Finnish navy is to take party in Nato crisis management manoeuvres next week, the Finnish military said on Thursday.
		Uusimaa, a minelayer, is due to sail for the Danish straits on Friday.
		The Finnish navy has been participating in international manoeuvres since 1993.
	virtual.finland.fi /stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=7925&group=Politics (254 words)

	Commerce Decisions Press Release: Finnish Navy selects AWARD for Major Acquisition Project
		The project's primary objective is to enhance the Navy's operational capability to secure the Sea Lines Of Communications (SLOC) in Littoral areas and to participate in International Crisis Respond Operations in Europe.
		For this contract, the Finnish Navy has received seven bids from Prime Contractor candidates.
		For further information contact Ilja Hakanpää at the Finnish Navy HQ, tel +358 40 72 88 272, email ilja.hakanpaa@mil.fi or visit www.mil.fi/merivoimat.
	www.commercedecisions.com /news/2005/2005_03_15.htm (695 words)

	The Hydrographic Society - Corporate Member News - KONGSBERG SIMRAD
		A number of mine-like objects, cylindrical and manta mine shaped were laid by the Finnish Navy in different areas, with varying bottom conditions and water depths.
		The mine-like objects, deployed by the Finnish Navy, were detected and classified from the HUGIN data.
		All but one of the exercise mines were detected and positioned within 8 metres of the Finnish Navy’s ground truth.
	www.hydrographicsociety.org /news/Corporate-Members-News/2004-02-KONGSBERG-SIMRAD.htm (2343 words)

	Dutch Submarines: The Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw submarine design bureau
		The intimate relationship between the German Navy and the 'Dutch' IvS is demonstrated by the fact that the German Navy itself persuaded Blohm und Voss, the Hamburg shipbuilders also dabbling the submarine market, to assign their license to install M.A.N. diesels, which the Spaniards favoured, to the 'Dutch' IvS.
		The previous boats had been ordered by the Finnish Government, but this one was not and it was officially described as a commercial prototype of the Crichton-Vulcan yard.
		This boat was to be the prototype of rapid construction submarine for the German Navy: Type IIa, the "Einbäume".
	www.dutchsubmarines.com /export/export_ivs.htm (2975 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Derek N. Shearer; the Finnish Chief of Defense, GEN Gustav Hagglund; the commander of the Finnish Navy, VADM Sakari Visa; and the Finnish Chief of Defense Policy, MGEN Ilkka Hollo.
		She has served in the Navy for nine years, and according to her, "It's been the best nine years of my life." "She makes sure all the work gets done, but also makes sure that her people are well taken care of.
		Within the next 30 days all Navy military and many civilian personnel on official temporary duty travel funded by appropriated funds will be required to make lodging reservations through the BQCRS at the same time they arrange their transportation (civilians represented by labor unions may be excluded).
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/eurnews/eur96/eur96017.txt (3817 words)

	Finnish navy in Winter War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		, where the navy was strengthened by submarines and armored coastal vessels.
		The main tasks of the navy was to prevent an amphibious invasion and to secure Finland's vital searoutes to the west.
		After the threat of seaborne invasion diminished, the armored coastal vessels were sent to Turku in late January, where their relatively strong anti-aircraft weaponry were warmly welcomed.
	www.winterwar.com /Numbers/finnavy.htm (1023 words)

	COMBATSIM.COM: Daily News
		The X-32B is validating the Boeing direct-lift approach to the STOVL requirements for the Marine Corps and the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
		The tests are part of a continuing series of operational evaluation tests conducted by the Navy to monitor the safety, reliability, readiness and performance of the Trident II D5 Strategic Weapon System (SWS).
		The Finnish Navy has awarded EADS a multimillion Euro contract as Combat System Prime Contractor and System Integrator and for the supply of the Combat Management System for its 'Squadron 2000', which consists of two Fast Attack Craft Vessels and four Air Cushion Vehicles.
	www.combatsim.com /cnews/arch/cnews-arc60.htm (1356 words)

	Finnish Navy Tests New Missile System : Naval Forces : Defense News Air Force Army Navy News - Military Pictures - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Finnish Navy successfully launched its first Umkhonto surface-to-air missile Friday, according to a statement by the navy Monday.
		According to the Finnish Navy statement, the missiles constitute an important part of the armament of Hamina-class missile boats.
		Umkhonto-IR was ordered by the Finnish Navy to arm its six Hamina class missile boats in 2002.
	www.defencetalk.com /news/publish/article_006210.php (781 words)

	Pictures from WW2 (Finnish) - Military Photos
		The Finnish Navy still uses the same tactics.
		I've also seen some photos of those camouflaged ships, taken from airplanes and it's extremely difficult to spot the ships in the photos, even when you know that there really is a ship.
		There aren't that much official public photos, i've seen only one that is in one book they give for conscripts who serve in the Finnish navy.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=77216 (564 words)

	Midshipmen deploy with Finnish navy for learning experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When Doug Robb and Todd Williamson decided to pursue a career with the U.S. Navy, they probably did not envision setting sail with the Finish navy as part of their training.
		The Finnish crew selected the mids to role-play as victims in a simulated nuclear, biological, chemical exercise.
		Both Robb and Williamson described their time with the Finish navy as the experience of a lifetime.
	www.dcmilitary.com /navy/trident/9_31/features/30946-1.html (360 words)

	EADS Delivers Advanced Naval Combat Management System for Modernisation of Finnish Navy Vessels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MUNICH, Germany --- EADS has been awarded the contract by the Finnish Navy for the modernisation of two Hameenmaa-Class vessels.
		With the modernisation, the Finnish Navy develops its capability to effectively protect the naval sea lines and its ability to participate in international crisis management missions.
		At the completion of the modernisation, the ships will also be assigned to the missions of surveillance, protection of sea traffic, command & control, and auxiliary/support of international missions.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=68436&session=dae.20182972.1145988062.RE5j3cOa9dUAAEQYy0g&modele=release (365 words)

	Navy Matters \| Links
		Navy League of Australia - Publishers of "The Navy"
		China: Chinese [PLA] Navy Homepage - A small and now rather dated homepage about a rapidly developing navy that can not be ignored.
		Russia: State of the Russian Navy - Out of date, but still some interesting information about what remains the world's second largest navy.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /links.htm (1052 words)

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