main body of the brigade - the infantry. It also trains NCOs for infantry. The battalion is equipped with the tracked, non-armoured vehicles (telakuorma-auto) which make it very fast even off-road and in high snow. The battalion is equipped with state-of-the-art anti-armor weapons as well as other, lighter and cheaper AT-weapons. It also has modernized Russian 12.7 mm anti-air machine guns (as do other battalions) and the light 81 mm mortars. As all Finnish jaegers, these troops are taught to be deadly, fast, maneuverable, and silent if need to be. The Battalion also has some Sisu XA-185 "Pasi" APCs. Pohja Engineer Battalion This battalion trains engineers and their NCOs. The Battalion includes the 1st Engineer Company, training of which is concentrated on usage and de-armament of mines and other explosives. The other Company of the Battalion, the Technical Company, focuses on "heavy engineering" such as trench- and bridge building. Kainuu Artillery Regiment The Artillery regiment uses 81 mm light mortars attached to infantry units, 120 mm heavy mortars fixed on TeKa:s, 122 mm Soviet howitzers and modern 155 K 98 155 mm guns equipped with APU to provide (minor) movement without towing vehicles. It also trains all artillery NCO's, including forward observers and mortar leaders. Northern Finland signal battalion This battalion houses units that are responsible for the usage and building of brigade-scale signal systems. It also trains NCOs for this task. The battalion also has the HQ company (Esikuntakomppania, EK) that trains the military police for the brigade, which also uses the dogs trained by the Kainuu jaegar battalion. MP NCOs are not trained at the brigade, but in Rovaniemi. The recon and "sissi" NCOs specialiced in communications are also trained in Northern Finland signal battalion. History and tradition of the Kainuu brigade The brigade has its roots in the Savolax Infantry Regiment of the Thirty Years' War, and the battle of the River Lech on April 5, 1632, which is the traditional day of the brigade. It also holds up the traditions of the men that fought at Suomussalmi, Raate Road and Kuhmo during the Winter War as well as the Rukajärvi-directions 14. Division during the Continuation War. The honorary march of the brigade is Hurtti-Ukko by Carl Collan. The brigade's flag is the Kajaani Sissi Battalion's flag from 1920. References External links https://archive.today/20130412165013/http://www.maavoimat.fi/kaipr (in Finnish) http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/?urile=wcm:path:/EN+Puolustusvoimat.fi/Puolustusvoimat.fi+en/Army/Army+units/KAIBR+frontpage/Kainuu+Brigade+frontpage (in English) Brigades of Finland