Jaeger Company of a Jaeger Brigade*
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These jaegers are a product of the Areal Defence doctrine developed and adopted by the FDF in the 1960's. In the doctrine the enemy attack is weakened by the areal forces and sissi units, and let into the depth of Finnish defence, where it is finally stopped by the heavy defensive units. Prior to the Jaeger Brigades, only the forces of Armoured Brigade(s) had the equipment needed to conduct swift and decisive attack to destroy the worn out enemy units, whose attack was stopped and supply flow bogged down. Not all the Jaeger units could be equiped with bandvagns or the new Pasi APCs, so many were left with trucks as the main mean of transportation. Trucks give the Jaegers sufficent operational mobility needed to enable concentration of forces in the decisive attack before the window of opportunity is lost, though the armour protection of the APCs is absent making them rather vulnerable to enemy counter measures.*
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The jaegers move quicly to enemy flanks and rear using the terrain to their advantage. Once near the enemy, the jaegers dismount and move into attack formation using the heavily wooded and tank-unfriendly terrain that is not suited for the attacking mechanized enemy. From there, the attack is launched, supported by heavy indirect fire and other support (engineer etc.). The idea is to get close to the enemy under the fast, but fierce barrage, in order to prevent the enemy from using his heavy artillery effectively. The decisive attack would be fought in close combat, in good infantry terrain, where the short range firepower and large number of short range AT weapons coupled with areal supremecy in numbers would swing the battle in favour of the attacker.*
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The jaegers have good close range firepower in form of automatic weapons and short range AT -weapons, but need all support from long range AT weapons, engineers, artillery etc. to succesfully defeat the enemy. To direct the artillery fires, the Jaeger Company has an FO platoon, and the company CO also has an AT-section and sniper patrol he can use according to his plan. The company also has organic mortar platoon that provides immediate direct or indirect fire support. The jaegers should avoid fighting in places where its open and/or the firing ranges are long, as the enemy usually has the upper hand with its armoured infantry and tanks.*