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Camping with the Defence Forces
Laid-back camping and hiking is fine and a globally well understood thing. Among other things Finns sometimes do differently than others is military excercise and reservist training as a replacement...

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 Särmä, Särmä TST, Terävä and Jämä products have a 12-month warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. The 12-month...

Särmä TST Backpack Use as Day Pack Lids
Särmä TST day/combat packs are designed to enable attachment onto the Särmä TST RP80 recon pack for use as daypack lids. In this tutorial we present two ways to manufacture...

Varusteleka Profit Report 2017
We have crunched the numbers, and our results from 2017 are in. Here’s a little recap of everything that happened last year.In general 2017 was a little hectic. We kicked...

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 4, Team Leka Fitness
Our team continues training and this time we had scheduled some physical training at our gym. Coach for this session was Petteri Kantola. Petteri is officer (ret.), assumingly gentleman as...

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
This article is written from a Finnish viewpoint based on the Nordic climate. And since we are utterly commercial, the clothing presented is based on Varusteleka's selection. In this article,...

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...

Särmä TST RP80 recon pack assembly and adjustment
The pictured RP80 is an early production piece, some details such as buckles and has changed since then but the assembly is done exactly as described in this tutorial. A:...

Särmä TST Clothing system
A comprehensive and functional four-season clothing system designed foremost for the Finnish military end-user. Our system offers significant improvements in weight-saving, comfort and functionality when compared to their Finnish Defence...

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...