Helsinki Air Defence Regiment (Helsingin Ilmatorjuntarykmentti, HellItR) is a Finnish Army unit located in Hyrylä (some 30 km from Helsinki). The regiment trains 800 conscripts per year. The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish: ), or Helsingfors in Swedish  listen?, is the capital of Finland. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ...

In 2005 the Minister of Defence Seppo Kääriäinen announced that the regiment would be disbanded on January 1, 2007 as part of a major structural change of the Finnish Defence Forces. The disbanding of the regiment is will save the Defence Forces about 5 million euro per year. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Finnish Defence Forces (Finnish: Puolustusvoimat) consist of 34,700 people in uniform (27,300 army, 3,000 navy, and 4,400 air force). ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. ...

Organisation

• Tuusula Air Defence Battery (Tuusulan Ilmatorjuntapatteristo)
• Uudenmaa Air Defence Battery (Uudenmaan Ilmatorjuntapatteristo)
• Air Defence School (Ilmatorjuntakoulu)

Equipment

• Buk-M1 (ItO 96)
• 23 Itk 61
• 23 Itk 95

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External link

• Helsinki Air Defence Regiment (http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/joukot/helitr/) (in Finnish)