Lappland Home Guard

The Lappland Home Guard is the ground force of the Lappland Home Defense Force. The Home Guard is the largest branch of the Lappland Defense Force and includes the Military Police.

History

The Lappland Home Guard was the first branch of the Home Defense Force established in 1891 under the Office of Defense. The Home Guard was the only branch until the establishment of the Lappland Coast Guard in 1901.

Equipment

Camouflage Patterns

Camouflage Pattern	Image
Woodland	Lappland Home Guard soldier wearing the woodland pattern.
Arctic

Weapons

Name	Origin	Type	Caliber	Notes
McLear	Temuair	Pistol	9x19mm	Standard issue handgun
SB-01	Trinovantum	Bolt-action rifle		Lappland designation for the Lars-Hansen Rifle
SB-10	Trinovantum	Bolt-action rifle	7.7x56mmR	Lappland designation for the RD-01, extensively used by mountain units.
SB-20	Trinovantum	Semi-automatic rifle	7.7x56mmR	Lappland designation for the RD-02. Domestically modified to be chambered in 7.7x56mmR
SB-30	Ostlichtor	Battle Rifle	7.92x57mm	Lappland designation for the BK3161. Largely retired, still in storage.
SB-40	Transnapastain	Infantry Rifle	7.62x39mm	Produced domestically by Govet and the new standard issue infantry rifle.
MB-10	Transnapastain	Machine gun	7.62x54mm	Lappland designation for the KP machine gun. This model is not in standard use but is in storage for reserve usage.
MB-20	Transnapastain	Machine gun	7.62x54mm	Lappland designation for the KP38 machine gun.
MB-30	Transnapastain	Machine gun	7.62x54mm	Lappland designation for the KPM machine gun.
MB-40	Transnapastain	Machine gun	7.62x54	Lappland designation for the RPS-85
MB-50	Ostlichtor	Machine gun	7.92x57mm	Lappland designation for the BK4160.
MB-100	Transnapastain	Heavy machine gun	12.7x108mm	Lappland designation for the SPKS-70
RPG-31	Transnapastain	Anti-tank Launcher	72.5 mm

Vehicles

Name	Image	Origin	Purpose	Notes
Ruoigu Nv-3		Lappland	Main Battle Tank
Ruoigu HV-1		Lappland	Self-propelled Artillery
Ovlin Raidu		Lappland	Mine-resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle
Ovlin Gris		Lappland	All-Terrain transport vehicle
Ovlin Snow Rider		Lappland	Snowmobile	Used inland around glaciers and stored at several other bases for the country's long winters. Several versions exist with attached weapons, notably a variant with a large recoilless rifle, and a variant with a mortar.