[4] The Brigade trains units suited for combat on the heavy snow and poor road-infrastructure areas of Northern Finland, and has several variations from normal Finnish Army training schedules and equipment to meet these demands, such as the light tracked all-terrain vehicles used for fast transportation of troops especially during wintertime.

The equipment provides inexpensive, unopposed freedom of movement even in difficult off-road and snow conditions.

In this training or peace-time organisation, the Brigade can hoist everything needed on a modern battlefield except for anti-air weapons other than the 12.7 mm machine guns.

The battalion is equipped with the tracked, non-armoured vehicles (telakuorma-auto) which make it very fast even off-road and in high snow.

The Battalion includes the 1st Engineer Company, training of which is concentrated on usage and de-armament of mines and other explosives.

The recon and "sissi" NCOs specialiced in communications are also trained in Northern Finland signal battalion.

It also holds up the traditions of the men that fought at Suomussalmi, Raate Road and Kuhmo during the Winter War as well as the Rukajärvi-directions 14.