Most likely police tactical unit aka Karhuryhmä. The number matches that unit quite well.
Also some Border Guard units, Civil Guard and so on are usually listed as paramilitary.
In Finland paramilitary refers to border officers Suomen Rajavartiolaitos, and police tac team Valmiusyksikkö Karhu.
Task force Tapio is a group of 28 hermits living in isolation along the border. Tasked in recon and psychological warfare by appearing to enemy forces during nighttime while wearing antlers and sending bears to terrorize hostile forces. Some specialize in chemical warfare as well by selling poorly made moonshine to the enemy.
Where did you find this list?
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I don’t think that includes Karhu unit, because i think there are more than 28 of them. What i do believe this is, are the special intervention groups under our border guard. Also that figure could be bogus as well.
Until recently Finland has been super tight lipped about its Karhu, Special intervention and SOF units for a long time, not much info and photos on them but there has been a noticeable shift in the last 5 yrs or so, more promoting these units, their equipment, some training videos, a small documentary as well on the karhu unit.
I don’t think that number is anything else than bullshit. Closest thing would be Police Karhu unit and Border Guards special teams but there must be more of them in total than just 28. Because just the Border Guard alone has 6 special teams if I remember correctly.
Could be finnish _special_ (paramilitary) forces. They are working under Puolustusvoimat but their job is mainly to prepare for worst case scenario. No one had actually even heard about them until a few years ago when Finnish Defense Forces told that they have one.
Rumours were that they are ex-military personnel from hot zones and Karhuryhmä members, nothing about this is confirmed tho. Does it really surprise anyone that we would have group trained and experienced soldiers whose only job is stuff like resque mission to another country? Doesn’t every country has their super secret forces for hard spots?
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Most likely police tactical unit aka Karhuryhmä. The number matches that unit quite well.
Also some Border Guard units, Civil Guard and so on are usually listed as paramilitary.
In Finland paramilitary refers to border officers Suomen Rajavartiolaitos, and police tac team Valmiusyksikkö Karhu.
Task force Tapio is a group of 28 hermits living in isolation along the border. Tasked in recon and psychological warfare by appearing to enemy forces during nighttime while wearing antlers and sending bears to terrorize hostile forces. Some specialize in chemical warfare as well by selling poorly made moonshine to the enemy.
Where did you find this list?
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I don’t think that includes Karhu unit, because i think there are more than 28 of them. What i do believe this is, are the special intervention groups under our border guard. Also that figure could be bogus as well.
Until recently Finland has been super tight lipped about its Karhu, Special intervention and SOF units for a long time, not much info and photos on them but there has been a noticeable shift in the last 5 yrs or so, more promoting these units, their equipment, some training videos, a small documentary as well on the karhu unit.
I don’t think that number is anything else than bullshit. Closest thing would be Police Karhu unit and Border Guards special teams but there must be more of them in total than just 28. Because just the Border Guard alone has 6 special teams if I remember correctly.
Could be finnish _special_ (paramilitary) forces. They are working under Puolustusvoimat but their job is mainly to prepare for worst case scenario. No one had actually even heard about them until a few years ago when Finnish Defense Forces told that they have one.
Rumours were that they are ex-military personnel from hot zones and Karhuryhmä members, nothing about this is confirmed tho. Does it really surprise anyone that we would have group trained and experienced soldiers whose only job is stuff like resque mission to another country? Doesn’t every country has their super secret forces for hard spots?