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The Pori Brigade (Finnish: ''Porin Prikaati''), based in Huovinrinne, Säkylä, is a Finnish Army unit, directly under the Army headquarters. It comprises six battalion-level units and also trains soldiers for the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force. ==History〔== Pori Brigade traditions date back to the 17th century. On 16 February 1626, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden founded the Royal Pori Regiment during the Thirty Years' War. The regiment served in most wars of the great power era of Sweden, and was destroyed and reformed several times during the Great Northern War. The regiment fought first as a part of the 1st Brigade and later as a part of the 2nd Brigade during the Finnish War and was effectively destroyed during the winter 1809 as a result of casualties, disease and hunger. The remainder of the unit was disbanded when the Swedish army of Finland surrendered at Kalix River〔Lappalainen, T.; Endén, R; Wolke, L.E; Pylkkänen, A. (2008) Suomen sodan historia. Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seuran toimituksia 1200. ISBN 978-952-222-018-9. Pp. 41, 256-258, 276. 〕However, in 1855, when the conscription based on Swedish-era allotment system was reintroduced, also the allotments of Pori Regiment founded a conscripted sharpshooter battalion which was disbanded with other allotment system battalions in 1868. The introduction of conscription in 1878 lead to the founding of the 2nd Finnish Sharpshooter Battalion, which is included in the lineage of the brigade. The battalion, which never saw combat, was disbanded in 1901 as a part of the russification measures of the Russian Imperial Government. During the Finnish Civil War in 1918, Pori Regiment fought on the South-western front and was garrisoned in Turku after the war. Its men took successfully part in the Winter War and the Continuation War while serving in a number of regiments. The Infantry Regiment 6 became the peace-time unit garrisoned in Turku after the general demobilisation following the Continuation War. As the Finnish Army units were given provincial names in 1957, the unit received its present name, Pori Brigade. As the city of Turku grew, the garrison became an impractical location for an infantry-training unit. Thus, the Brigade was moved to a new garrison in Säkylä, with 4,000 hectares of land for exercise and firing range purposes. The brigade was greatly enlarged by the merger of Artillery Brigade into Pori Brigade in 2015. Now, the unit has two main exercise areas: Huovinrinne at Säkylä and Pohjankangas-Hämeenkangas (10,500 ha of live-fire area, 5,000 ha of exercise area)〔(Porin Prikaatin harjoitusalueet Pohjois-Satakunnassa ). Finnish Defence Forces. 2015-05-07. Retrieved in 2015-06-19. 〕 in Niinisalo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pori Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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