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 "slug": "norway-finnmark-brigade-artillery-air-defence-communications-company-k9-vidar",
 "title": "Norway Adds an Artillery Battalion, Air-Defence Battery and Signals Company to the Finnmark Brigade",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/norway-finnmark-brigade-artillery-air-defence-communications-company-k9-vidar/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/norway-finnmark-brigade-artillery-air-defence-communications-company-k9-vidar/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-20T20:22:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-27T20:22:23.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPorsangmoen, 20 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Norway formally established three new units in the Finnmark Brigade on 20 August: an artillery battalion, a combat air-defence battery and a signals company\n * The artillery battalion fields K9 Vidar self-propelled 155mm howitzers — four delivered, part of a programme for 24 systems backed by roughly NOK 5.6 billion allocated in 2025\n * Current range is over 40 kilometres, extending past 120 kilometres once ramjet-assisted ammunition ente",
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  "finland",
  "norway",
  "sweden"
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 "tags": [
  "mdf-military-doctrine-force-structure",
  "arc-arctic-northern-europe",
  "ground-defense"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "nato",
  "norway",
  "russia"
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   "russia"
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