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High mobility weapons platform Jackal 2 Walkaround - British Army.
Finnish Defence Forces Arrow 24 Exercise. The Armoured Brigade did lead the Army mechanized exercise Arrow 24 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area. Approximately 2600 persons took part in the international exercise, most of them conscripts and about 300 international troops.
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Jackal 2 is a high mobility weapons platform, with a unique air-bag suspension system allowing rapid movement across varying terrain. It is designed to protect personnel against roadside explosions and mine attacks (the chassis is heavier than its predecessor to give additional protection). Jackal 2 is armed with a General Purpose Machine Gun for crew protection and can carry either a Heavy Machine Gun or a Grenade Machine Gun as the main weapons system in the fire support role. The gun ring has been moved forward to give a 360 degree sweep of fire. Jackal 2 is closely related to the new Coyote tactical support vehicle, which is a six-wheel, Jackal-based armoured vehicle.
Crew: 2 + 1
Maximum speed: 50 mph (80 kph)
Manufacturer: SC Group; Babcock
Service personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Karelia Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, the Defence Forces C5 Agency and the 2nd Logistics Regiment will participate in the exercise. The exercise will involve Army flight operations. Allied troops from the United Kingdom, Latvia and Estonia will also take part in the exercise. The share of international troops of the total strength will be about 300 persons. The exercise will be commanded by the Commander of the Armoured Brigade Colonel Juhana Skyttä.
The aim of the exercise is to strengthen mechanized troops’ cooperation and interoperability with allied troops, and enhance the ability to receive international assistance and provide host nation support. Another objective is to develop the Defence Forces’ joint fires.
–Army mechanized exercises will provide training for mechanized troops and have them rehearse operations. These exercises will involve conscripts and personnel both on the individual and force level. The participation of the Allies will enhance interoperability between troops consisting of different nationalities and create an international operating environment for the exercise. At the same time, the exercise will serve as the most important live-fire exercise of the Finnish conscripts taking part in it, Colonel Skyttä says.
In the exercise, the mechanized troops will train battle group offensive and delaying operations in particular. Operating requires the different branches to cooperate seamlessly.
The share of Finnish troops in the exercise will be about 2250 persons, including some 1850 conscripts. About 500 Defence Forces vehicles will be involved in the exercise, around 150 of them armoured vehicles. The strength of the international troops will be around 300 personnel and 85 vehicles. The United Kingdom will participate in the exercise with an approximately 200 personnel strong training audience with AH-64E Apache combat helicopters, AW159 Wildcat multi-role helicopters and CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters as their main equipment. With Scimitar infantry fighting vehicles and Spartan personnel carriers as their main equipment, the strength of the Latvian troops will be about 95 persons. Estonia will take part in the exercise with ca. 45 personnel with CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles as their main equipment.
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High mobility weapons platform Jackal 2 Walkaround - British Army.
Finnish Defence Forces Arrow 24 Exercise. The Armoured Brigade did lead the Army mechanized exercise Arrow 24 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area. Approximately 2600 persons took part in the international exercise, most of them conscripts and about 300 international troops.
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Video/editing: Jukka O. Kauppinen
(C) Tankspotting / Mediapalvelut 2024-2025
mediapalvelut.fi
Jackal 2 is a high mobility weapons platform, with a unique air-bag suspension system allowing rapid movement across varying terrain. It is designed to protect personnel against roadside explosions and mine attacks (the chassis is heavier than its predecessor to give additional protection). Jackal 2 is armed with a General Purpose Machine Gun for crew protection and can carry either a Heavy Machine Gun or a Grenade Machine Gun as the main weapons system in the fire support role. The gun ring has been moved forward to give a 360 degree sweep of fire. Jackal 2 is closely related to the new Coyote tactical support vehicle, which is a six-wheel, Jackal-based armoured vehicle.
Crew: 2 + 1
Maximum speed: 50 mph (80 kph)
Manufacturer: SC Group; Babcock
Service personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Karelia Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, the Defence Forces C5 Agency and the 2nd Logistics Regiment will participate in the exercise. The exercise will involve Army flight operations. Allied troops from the United Kingdom, Latvia and Estonia will also take part in the exercise. The share of international troops of the total strength will be about 300 persons. The exercise will be commanded by the Commander of the Armoured Brigade Colonel Juhana Skyttä.
The aim of the exercise is to strengthen mechanized troops’ cooperation and interoperability with allied troops, and enhance the ability to receive international assistance and provide host nation support. Another objective is to develop the Defence Forces’ joint fires.
–Army mechanized exercises will provide training for mechanized troops and have them rehearse operations. These exercises will involve conscripts and personnel both on the individual and force level. The participation of the Allies will enhance interoperability between troops consisting of different nationalities and create an international operating environment for the exercise. At the same time, the exercise will serve as the most important live-fire exercise of the Finnish conscripts taking part in it, Colonel Skyttä says.
In the exercise, the mechanized troops will train battle group offensive and delaying operations in particular. Operating requires the different branches to cooperate seamlessly.
The share of Finnish troops in the exercise will be about 2250 persons, including some 1850 conscripts. About 500 Defence Forces vehicles will be involved in the exercise, around 150 of them armoured vehicles. The strength of the international troops will be around 300 personnel and 85 vehicles. The United Kingdom will participate in the exercise with an approximately 200 personnel strong training audience with AH-64E Apache combat helicopters, AW159 Wildcat multi-role helicopters and CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters as their main equipment. With Scimitar infantry fighting vehicles and Spartan personnel carriers as their main equipment, the strength of the Latvian troops will be about 95 persons. Estonia will take part in the exercise with ca. 45 personnel with CV9035 infantry fighting vehicles as their main equipment.
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![Historical Steam Locomotive Tk3 1136 Pikku-Jumbo Engine Left Side Outside PoV Camera Nokia-Tampere
Historical VR Class Tk3 steam locomotive with classic passenger carriages. Traveling from Nokia to Tampere, Finland, easter 2024.
The train is operated by Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys ry, Finnish museum train association. More information at https://www.hmvy.fi/.
The Finnish VR Class Tk3 (original classification K5) was a 2-8-0 light freight locomotive. It was the most numerous steam locomotive class in Finland with 161 built. 100 locomotives were constructed between 1927 and 1930, with a further 61 ordered and constructed 1943–53. They were numbered 800–899, 1100–1118, and 1129–1170.
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They were designed for a low axle load of just 10.7 tonnes (10.5 long tons; 11.8 short tons). This allowed them to operate on lightly laid secondary lines, but during their many years of service, up to the end of the steam era, they were also widely used on main lines hauling slow passenger trains that made frequent stops.
They were affectionately called Pikku-Jumbo (The Little Jumbo) because of their good performance despite their low weight. They had a low fuel consumption (usually Tk3s used birch wood) and good riding characteristics. They also had good steaming characteristics and were very popular among locomotive crews.
The livery of Tk3 was the same as other VR steam locomotives: dark locomotive green with a black smokebox. When new some locos were lined with thin gold decoration. The gold decorations were not repainted during maintenance, so they were seldom seen.
Two Tk3-type engines were originally supplied by Tampella to Rauma Rautatie as Nos. 9 and 10 (ex-No. 8) in 1935 and 1927 respectively. These engines became Tk3 1117 and 1118 after the private railway was absorbed by the State network in 1950.[1]
Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys
Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys ry (HMVY) on erikoistunut kotimaisen rautatiekulttuurin säilyttämiseen.
Toiminta keskittyy vanhan rautatiekaluston kunnostus- ja ylläpitotoimintaan Haapamäen Museovarikolla ja museojunaliikenteeseen Suomessa.
Yleistä
Yhdistys on perustettu vuonna 1993 tavoitteenaan säilyttää ja ylläpitää vanhaa rautatiekalustoa sekä siihen liittyvää tietotaitoa. Liikennöimme museojunia eri puolilla Suomea. Yhdistys omistaa Haapamäen veturitallin, vanhan rautatieläisten lepohuonerakennuksen sekä läheisen rautateiden vahtituvan. Yhdistyksen toiminta perustuu talkootyöhon.
Kalusto
Yhdistyksellämme on Suomen suurin ja monipuolisin kokoelma vanhaa rautatiekalustoa eri vuosikymmeniltä höyryvetureista dieselvetureihin sekä puukorisista matkustajavaunuista sinisiin teräskorisiin matkustajavaunuihin. Lisäksi kalustoomme kuuluu useita Dm7 -moottorivaunuja eli Lättähattuja. Liikennöimme museojunia eri puolilla Suomea ja kalustoamme näkyy monissa elokuvissa kuten Marian paratiisi, Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa ja Hymyilevä mies
Haapamäki Museum Locomotive Association
The Haapamäki Museum Locomotive Association (HMVY) specializes in preserving Finnish railway culture.
The activities focus on the renovation and maintenance of old railway vehicles at the Haapamäki Museum Depot and on museum train traffic in Finland.
General
The association was founded in 1993 with the aim of preserving and maintaining old railway vehicles and related know-how. We operate museum trains in various parts of Finland. The association owns the Haapamäki locomotive depot, the old railway workers rest room building and the nearby railway guardhouse. The associations activities are based on volunteer work.
Vehicles
Our association has the largest and most diverse collection of old railway vehicles in Finland from different decades, from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives and from wooden-bodied passenger cars to blue steel-bodied passenger cars. In addition, our fleet includes several Dm7 railcars, or Lättähattu. We operate museum trains across Finland and our fleet can be seen in many films such as Marian Paradise, In the Shadow of the Double-Headed Eagle and The Smiling Man.
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