PzJaeger Company of Armoured Battalion*
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In 1991 when used BMP-1s were bought from ex-DDR en masse, the finnish armoured forces grew so that 2 armoured brigades could be formed. The armoured battalions have 2 tank and 2 pzjaeger companies.*
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The PzJaegers now all had BMP-1 as their IFV. The PzJaeger companies would be used in the more wooded terrain and the tank companies in more open terrain. The two would also work in close cooperation with the tanks providing the pzjaegers with long range firepower and jaegers providing the tanks with close support. A normal thing to do would also be to cross attack platoons in the companies to customize OOB for different situations and terrain.*
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Also new in the PzJaeger companies is the use of FO vehicle, the BMP-1TJ and BMP-1TJJ which improved the FO capability of the company. Entering the 21st century the BMPs start to be quite obsolete in modern battlefield, due to slow to use and underpowered main gun and the thin armour protection, and the vehicle is more and more just a transport rather IFV fighting in the frontline.*