stay-behind operations. Defence Forces Commander, in Tallinn 1st Infantry Brigade, in Tapa Headquarters Support and Signal Company, in Tapa Scouts Battalion, in Tapa, professional rapid reaction unit armed with CV-90s Kalev Infantry Battalion, in Jõhvi Viru Infantry Battalion, in Jõhvi Artillery Battalion, in Tapa Air Defense Battalion, in Tapa Engineer Battalion, in Tapa Combat Service Support Battalion, in Tapa Reconnaissance Company, in Tapa Anti-Tank Company, in Jõhvi 2nd Infantry Brigade''', in Luunja Headquarters Support and Signal Company, in Luunja Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion, in Võru 22nd Infantry Battalion (reserve) 23rd Infantry Battalion (reserve) 25th Artillery Battalion (reserve) Air Defense Battalion (reserve) Engineer Battalion (reserve) Combat Service Support Battalion, in Võru Reconnaissance Company (reserve) Anti-Tank Company (reserve) Personnel Land Forces has more than 2,700 full time soldiers and 3,100 conscripts. There were only 15 women in 2013 in conscript service. Previously there was one fully professional infantry battalion – (Scouts Battalion) in the Land Forces. However, since 2017, the unit also trains conscripts in mechanized infantry role. Training Estonian Land Forces organizes Spring Storm (Kevadtorm'') exercises every year. 9,000 soldiers participated in this exercise in 2017. Ranks Equipment Weapons Although the defense force employs various individual weapons to provide light firepower at short ranges, the standard weapons used by the ground force are the domestically upgraded variants of the 7.62mm AK4 and 5.56mm Galil-AR assault rifles, both of which are scheduled to be replaced by 2021, as well as the 9mm variant of the MP5 submachine gun for special operations force. The primary sidearms are the 9x18mm Makarov PM and the 9x19mm USP semi-automatic pistols. Some units are supplemented with a variety of specialized weapons, including the Galil-ARM and Negev light machine gun, to provide suppressive fire at the fire-team level. Indirect fire is provided by the M-69 and CG M3 grenade launchers. The 18.53mm Benelli-M3T dual-mode shotgun is used for door breaching and close-quarters combat. The domestically produced modification of the 7.62mm M14 selective fire automatic rifle TP2 and Galil-S are used by the snipers, along with the 8.6mm Sako TRG and 12.7mm Hecate II heavy sniper rifles are used long-range marksmen. Hand grenades, fragmentation and smoke grenades along with the grenade launcher systems, such as the HK-GLM and HK-79N, are also used. The defense force also employs various crew-served weapons to provide medium and heavy firepower at ranges exceeding that of individual weapons. The 7.62mm MG-3 and KSP-58 are the