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The Metal Faces The Bucket: Varusteleka Road Show 2018
The #varustelekaroadshow 2018 has ended. This year, we made 16 gigs in 13 different regions. Twelve of the jobs were market square gigs done during six consecutive weeks in spring...
Sleeping bag size selection guide
Don't know in which bag to hide your body? Read this article and be enlightened! The woes of fitting a sleeping bag online We're often asked about sleeping bag sizing....
Etelä-Karjalan Sotilasmarssi 2018 - Team Korpimiehet
Kisakertomus 2018 Etelä-Karjalan Sotilasmarssista Team Korpimiesten näkökulmasta.Myllymäen laskettelukeskukseen oli 27.4.2018 kokoontunut 20 maanpuolustushenkistä partiota valmiina kohtaamaan Suomen kovimmaksi sotilastaitokilpailuksi kutsutun marssin haasteet. Joukkueiden seassa seisoi myös kuudetta kertaa maastomarssille osallistuva...
Camping with the Finnish Defence Forces
Laid-back camping and hiking is fine and a globally well understood thing. Yet another thing that Finns sometimes do differently than others is the military exercise and reservist training as...
EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 6, Team Leka firearms training
Four basic rules for safe weapon handling. Handle your weapon as if it were loaded. ALWAYS! Do not point your weapon at anything that you are not ready to destroy....
EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 5, Team Leka Final march exercise
Training rehearsal and recon mission 6-8.4.2018. Our march is approaching and the demands put on us by our training have grown. This time we rehearsed our march and did a...
Varusteleka's brands 12-month warranty
On top of our regular 100 day returns policy all our own products have a 12-month warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. The 12-month period starts on the day...
Arizona Mega Center
We are happy to announce that we have decided to open a new store in the United States, to be more specific: Arizona! We have signed the papers and now...
EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 4, Team Leka Fitness
Our team continues training, and this time we had scheduled some physical training at our gym. The coach for this session was Petteri Kantola. Petteri is an officer (ret.), and...
EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 3, TCCC
Preparation for SCMM continues. Our goal is to refresh our basic soldier skills, and this time we were focusing on Tactical Combat Casualty Care basics. We managed to get ourselves...
How to dress in layers
In this article, we’ll go through the basics of layering clothing and provide recommendations on what you should purchase for each layer. This article is written from a Finnish viewpoint...
EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 2, First March Exercise
We held our patrol group's first training march on 12.12.2017. The purpose of this training march was to try operating as a group, as well as to test the base...
EKS/SCMM 2018 Team Leka Introduction, Part 1
How to spend some quality time with the colleagues? Well, taking part into demanding military patrol competition, instead of drinking beer at cozy Sotima bar. But such is life at...
Palveluksessa I/17, osa 1
Suurimmalle osalle suomalaisista miehistä tulee eteen aika, jolloin valtio kutsuu suorittamaan velvollisuutta, ja voihan sinne naisiakin vapaaehtoisesti hakeutua: intissä on jo kauan sanottu sukupuolineutraalisti ihan vaan "taistelija", niin edistyksellinen laitos...
Washing textiles
Washing clothes and other textiles sometimes raises questions. We try to give care advice on each product page the best we can, but a separate article still defends its place...
Tavoitteena Raatteentie
Keski-Suomalaisen reserviosaston hiihtomarssi Talvisodan osasto Fagernäsin suksenjäljissä Honkajärven kautta Raatteentien päähän. Talvisodan syttyessä 30.11.1939 ei Suomen sodanjohto pitänyt todennäköisenä Suomussalmen korpikylien joutuvan strategisen hyökkäyksen kohteeksi. Puna-armeijan 163.Divisioona kuitenkin hyökkäsi kahdella...