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Colonel Matti Honko - commander of exercise and commander The Guard Jaeger Regiment.
Finnish Army exercise on the defence of Uusimaa. The Guard Jaeger Regiment leads the Sapeli 1/24 exercise in South Finland on 24–31 May 2024. The exercise involved ca. 4,900 soldiers and ca. 900 vehicles, which will also include battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
In this video you see a short part of urban combat exercise with infantry and armour. One side is fighting delaying action while other team advances in urban environment with armour and artillery support.
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In the Sapeli 1/24 exercise, Army brigades will practice joint branch operations in Uusimaa. The operational phase of the exercise is on 26–31 May 2024.
The exercise, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will involve around 4,900 soldiers. Of their number, approximately 3,800 are conscripts, 500 are reservists, and 600 are personnel.
The exercise will include troops from the Guard Jaeger Regiment, the Armoured Brigade, the Pori Brigade, the Utti Jaeger Regiment and the Jaeger Brigade. Other authorities will also be involved in the exercise.
The primary objective of the exercise is to maintain and develop the interoperability of different branches in attack and defence operations in a built environment.
The Sapeli 1/24 exercise will be held in Uusimaa and Kanta-Häme in a number of cities and towns: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Riihimäki, Raseborg, Hanko, Kirkkonummi, Vihti, Siuntio and Hattula.
The exercise is the final exercise for conscript leaders, who started their training last July, and for conscripts who started their rank-and-file training last January.
The Sapeli 1/24 combat exercise will be led by Colonel Matti Honko of the Guard Jaeger Regiment. According to him, the annual final combat exercise is a demanding event, both for regular personnel and conscripts.
– The exercise takes place in a large area of Southern Finland, which makes it possible for the troops to practice versatile cooperation and apply their competence. In the exercise, the troops face as many different challenges as possible, having to both attack and defend, says Honko.
In addition to the Defence Forces training areas and firing ranges, the exercise takes place on public and private land.
The troops will carry fighting loads, including assault rifles. Training troops use blinds on a daily basis, which may cause noise in the vicinity of the training sites.
The exercise includes approximately 900 vehicles, including battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and Pasi armoured personnel carriers.
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Colonel Matti Honko - commander of exercise and commander The Guard Jaeger Regiment.
Finnish Army exercise on the defence of Uusimaa. The Guard Jaeger Regiment leads the Sapeli 1/24 exercise in South Finland on 24–31 May 2024. The exercise involved ca. 4,900 soldiers and ca. 900 vehicles, which will also include battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.
In this video you see a short part of urban combat exercise with infantry and armour. One side is fighting delaying action while other team advances in urban environment with armour and artillery support.
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In the Sapeli 1/24 exercise, Army brigades will practice joint branch operations in Uusimaa. The operational phase of the exercise is on 26–31 May 2024.
The exercise, led by the Guard Jaeger Regiment, will involve around 4,900 soldiers. Of their number, approximately 3,800 are conscripts, 500 are reservists, and 600 are personnel.
The exercise will include troops from the Guard Jaeger Regiment, the Armoured Brigade, the Pori Brigade, the Utti Jaeger Regiment and the Jaeger Brigade. Other authorities will also be involved in the exercise.
The primary objective of the exercise is to maintain and develop the interoperability of different branches in attack and defence operations in a built environment.
The Sapeli 1/24 exercise will be held in Uusimaa and Kanta-Häme in a number of cities and towns: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Riihimäki, Raseborg, Hanko, Kirkkonummi, Vihti, Siuntio and Hattula.
The exercise is the final exercise for conscript leaders, who started their training last July, and for conscripts who started their rank-and-file training last January.
The Sapeli 1/24 combat exercise will be led by Colonel Matti Honko of the Guard Jaeger Regiment. According to him, the annual final combat exercise is a demanding event, both for regular personnel and conscripts.
– The exercise takes place in a large area of Southern Finland, which makes it possible for the troops to practice versatile cooperation and apply their competence. In the exercise, the troops face as many different challenges as possible, having to both attack and defend, says Honko.
In addition to the Defence Forces training areas and firing ranges, the exercise takes place on public and private land.
The troops will carry fighting loads, including assault rifles. Training troops use blinds on a daily basis, which may cause noise in the vicinity of the training sites.
The exercise includes approximately 900 vehicles, including battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and Pasi armoured personnel carriers.
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![Boforst 155 mm BONUS Round For K9 Thunder Moukari SPG Mobile Artillery [4K]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jKhGIRW59Fg/mqdefault.jpg "Boforst 155 mm BONUS Round For K9 Thunder Moukari SPG Mobile Artillery [4K]
[4K] Finnish army K9 Thunder (Moukari) SPG 155 mm howitzers can shoot many different kinds of munitions. Bofors BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell)is a 155 mm artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors of Sweden and Nexter of France. It was designed to fulfill a long range, indirect fire, top attack requirement against armoured fighting vehicles.
The BONUS base bleed carrier shell contains two submunitions, which descend over the battlefield on winglets and attack targets with explosively formed penetrator warheads.
Mass 44.6 kg unfused
Length 898 mm unfused
Diameter 155 mm
155 BONUS is a 155 mm NATO artillery round that consists of a 47-kilogram (104 lb) heavy artillery projectile containing two autonomous, sensor-fused, fire-and-forget submunitions.
After the submunition is released it opens two winglets. While descending, the submunition rotates, scanning the area below with multi-frequency infrared sensors and LiDAR that compares the detected vehicles with a programmable target database. The submunitions each contain a high-penetration EFP warhead for use against even heavy armoured fighting vehicles like main battle tanks.
When fired from a 52-caliber barrel, a BONUS shell can travel up to 35 km.
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K9 Thunder Moukari
In July 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Defence announced that an undisclosed number of used K9s have been selected to be acquired from the Republic of Korea. The acquisition is claimed to be biggest of the decade for the Land Forces, whose both mobile and towed artillery face mass outdating in the 2020s. In February 2017, the Ministry of Defence announced that Finland will acquire 48 used K9s over a period of seven years starting in 2018, with conscript training on the equipment commencing in 2019. In November 2022 Finland announced to buy 48 more K9s. After delivery of all weapons Finland will have 96 K9 SPGs.
The K9 Thunder is a South Korean self-propelled 155 mm howitzer developed by Samsung Techwin for the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and now manufactured by Hanwha Land Systems. It was developed to supplement and then replace the K55 self-propelled howitzers in South Korean service.
K9 is an indigenous system of an all-welded steel armour construction which is rated to withstand 14.5 mm armour piercing rounds, 152 mm shell fragments, and anti-personnel mines. The main armament consists of a 155 mm/52 caliber ordnance with a maximum firing range of 40 km; the K307 BB-HE projectile propelled by the K676 top charge has a muzzle velocity of 928 m/s (3,040 ft/s). State-of-the-art mobility subsystems include a 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) engine with potential for growth and hydropneumatic suspension unit, a requirement for Koreas rugged mountainous terrain.
Mass 47 tonnes
Length 12 m
Width 3.4 m
Height 2.73 m
Crew 5 (Commander, Driver, Gunner, 2 Loaders)
Maximum firing range 30,000 m (HE)
38,000 m (DP-ICM base-bleed)
41,600 m (K307 Drag reduction. Extended range full-bore base-bleed) 52-56,000 m.
Main armament 52 cal (155mm howitzer)
Secondary armament 12.7 mm (.50 caliber) K6 HMG
Engine MTU Friedrichshafen MT 881 Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine 1000 hp
Power/weight 21 hp/ton
Transmission S&T Dynamics X1100-5A3
Suspension hydropneumatic
Operational range 480 km
Speed 67 km/h
K9 Thunder on Korean tasavallassa Samsung Aerospace Industriesin ja Korean tasavallan asevoimien vuosina 1989-1998 kehittämä ja 1999 sarjatuotantoon otettu raskas panssarihaupitsi, jonka valmistaja on nykyään nimeltään Hanwha Land Systems. Toimitusten päätyttyä Suomella on 96 K9-panssarihaupitsia.
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