Kainuu brigade (Finnish Kainuun prikaati) is a Finnish Army unit situated in Kajaani. The brigade is one of the biggest army units, training approximately 4000 conscripts annually. The Kainuu Brigade is one of the three readiness brigades in the Finnish Army. The brigade trains troops for war-time Kainuu Jäger Brigade. The Brigade trains units suited for combat on the heavy snow and poor road-infrastructure areas of Northern Finland, and has several variations from normal Finnish Army training schedules and equipment to meet these demands, such as the light tracked all-terrain vehicles used for fast transportation of troops especially during wintertime. The vehicles are also used by heavy (120 mm) mortar companies, who use mortars fixed on these vehicles. The equipment provides inexpensive, unopposed freedom of movement even in difficult off-road and snow conditions. Organisation From 17.2.2023, the organisation of the brigade is the following: Kuopio Supply battalion (Kuopion huoltopataljoona) Supply Company (Huoltokomppania) 1st Separate Truck Company (1.Erillinen Autokomppania) Kainuu Jaeger battalion (Kainuun jääkäripataljoona) Fast Response Unit (Valmiusyksikkö) 1st Jaeger Company (1. Jääkärikomppania) 2nd Jaeger Company (2. Jääkärikomppania) 3rd Jaeger Company (3. Jääkärikomppania) Pohja Engineer battalion (Pohjan pioneeripataljoona) 1st Engineer company (1. Pioneerikomppania) Technical company (Teknillinen komppania) Kainuu Artillery Regiment (Kainuun tykistörykmentti) Mortar company (Kranaatinheitinkomppania) (note that this unit is infantry, not artillery per se) 1st Artillery battery (1. Tuliasemapatteri) 2nd Artillery battery (2. Tuliasemapatteri) Northern Finland signal battalion (Pohjois-Suomen viestipataljoona) Staff company (Esikuntakomppania) 1st Signals company (1. Viestikomppania) 2nd Signals company (2. Viestikomppania) Units and training All units of the Brigade train their own specialists and drivers, and all receive a basic infantry jaeger training. All units are equipped with at least light AT fire-and-forget weapons and 12.7 mm anti-air machine guns, that can also be mounted on APCs and is very effective against infantry and lightly armoured vehicles. Note also that this is the training organisation, not the actual war-time organisation. In this training or peace-time organisation, the Brigade can hoist everything needed on a modern battlefield except for anti-air weapons other than the 12.7 mm machine guns. These units are trained in the Jäger Brigade. Kuopio Battalion The Kuopio battalion is responsible for training of drivers for various vehicles (for Supply mostly - other battalions train the drivers they need themselves), and supply and munitions personnel. The battalion is also responsible for the training of NCOs for recon and transportation. Kainuu jaeger battalion The Jaeger battalion trains the