Kainuu Artillery Regiment is an artillery unit of the Kainuu Brigade, which is the northernmost one of the three readines brigades of the defence forces of Finland.
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In its peace time military training for the consripts the Artillery Regiment uses 81 mm light mortars attached to Infantry units, 120 mm heavy mortars 120 KRH 92 fixed on TeKa:s, the 122 mm Soviet howitzers (122 H 63), 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.
Fire Control and Signals Battery
The Fire Control and Signals Battery trains Artillery Forward Observers for 1st and 2nd Artillery batteries and Mortar battery, as well as Signal and HQ units to relay Forward Observation information to the Artillery batteries. In addition, this battery trains support units to relay/make munitions and food for Artillery batteries as well as for Fire Control and Signals battery. Fire Control and Signals battery also trains Measurement Team that serves as "special operations" team for all 3 batteries. This team will be trained to be able to operate as Artillery gun crew, Forward observer team, Signal team or Supply team.
1st Artillery Battery
The 1st Artillery Battery provides emplacement training for the artillery. The purpose of the training is to provide the gun emplacements and the measurement and command sections needed by the battalion. All conscrips are trained to use many different gun models. Some conscripts of the each contingend is also trained to use a rocket launcher.
Also some supporting functions are trained like medical, financial, logistics and weapon maintenance.
2nd Artillery Battery
The 2nd Artillery Battery has the same kind of trainin as the 1st Artillery Battery, however those conscripts, who will be commanded to the non-commissioned officer training will be transferred from the 1st Artillery Battery to the 2nd Artillery battery.
NCO training is offered in the branches of Gun Emplacement, Fire Control, Signals and Mortar. After Non-Commissioned Officer Course 1, the top students will be offered to go further train in the Reserve Officer School.
The Non-Commissioned Officers training for maintenance duties will be ordered to the Häme Regiment, among others, for the duration of NCO Course 2 to receive training in their own special field. During NCO Course 2, students are given down-to-earth and efficient training focused on leadership and mastering the know-how of the training branch in practice.
Achievements
In military training inspections the Kainuu Artillery Regiment has been most successful of the all artillery units in Finland. It has won in 2010 the following prizes: