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Photos from 1970s to 1990s

Engineer using a motorized drill. He is armed with the Finnish m/44 submachine gun.

Bailey steel-beam bridge kits, acquired from the United Kingdom as early as the mid-1950s, have remained in use to this day. Engineers have also built Bailey bridges for civilian use as part of their training.

The 155-mm cannon manufactured by Tampella in 1983 (155 K 83) was adopted as the Finnish Defense Forces’ heavy cannon in the 1980s. Development of the cannon had been underway since the 1960s.

Soviet-made TMM bridge-laying equipment at the Finnish Engineer Troops’ anniversary demonstration at the Kymi Engineer Battalion on July 25, 1978. The bridge-laying equipment anniversary originated from the Battle of Schmarden during World War I, in which the Jaeger Engineers participated.

The first prototype of Ferry 84 was completed in 1977. Originally designated as Brigade Ferry 84, it was approved as military equipment in 1984. With a load capacity of 16 metric tons, the ferry is an aluminum-hulled, modular pontoon ferry whose floats consist of air-filled rubber pontoons. (Finnish Defense Forces)

Anti-tank mine being laid.

A weather observation balloon is launched to determine wind direction at various altitudes in Rovajärvi in the 1970s.

Ammunition being prepared at a firing position.

A field radio relay station is being set up during the Signal Regiment’s winter exercise in 1980. The equipment is a 4-channel PL-70 field radio relay manufactured by L. M. Ericsson, which was in service from the 1970s through the 2000s.

A field radio relay station is being set up during the Signal Regiment’s winter exercise in 1980. The equipment is the 4-channel PL-70 field radio relay manufactured by L. M. Ericsson, which was in service from the 1970s through the 2000s.

A signalman operating an LV 305 radio. The reliable LV 305, which had been in use in Finland since the early 1970s, had a range of up to 25 kilometers.

A Swedish-made L. M. Ericsson 40-line ABM field exchange during a winter exercise in the 1970s. Starting in the 1970s, new field telephones and ABM field exchanges replaced wartime telephone and switchboard equipment.

Drivers from the Signal Regiment lined up for a parade. The vehicles included Gaz-66 trucks, which were used to transport, among other things, the regiment’s signals equipment.

A parade during the Signal Regiment’s conscript's oath ceremony in the early 1990s.

A Swedish-made L. M. Ericsson 40-line ABM field exchange in use at the Signal Regiment in the late 1990s or early 2000s.

BTR-50 and BTR-60 armored personnel carriers equipped with signals equipment. In the background of the photo is the Parola Lion, a monument unveiled in Parolannummi in 1868 in honor of Russian Tsar Alexander II’s 1863 visit.

In the 1970s, the unsinkable speedboat 76 was developed, featuring a double-hulled structure with foam as the buoyancy material sandwiched between reinforced plastic surface laminates. The engines used were 40- or 50-horsepower models from Mercury, Mariner, Volvo Penta, and Valmet Terhi.

In the 1970s, the unsinkable speedboat 76 was developed, featuring a double-hulled structure with foam as the buoyancy material sandwiched between reinforced plastic surface laminates. The engines used were 40- or 50-horsepower models from Mercury, Mariner, Volvo Penta, and Valmet Terhi.

Uisko in the Central Finland Engineer Battalion in Keuruu in the mid-1980s. The reinforced-plastic, unsinkable Uisko 70 was introduced in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, additional Uisko boats were acquired. Vertical-shaft outboard motors, such as 175-horsepower Mercury and Evinrude outboards, were purchased as power sources.

Conscripts using the M80 communications system mounted on a GAZ-66 vehicle.

A central messaging device in use in the late 1990s.