Finnish Military Shooting Team
The most suberb performances of the year 2006


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Nordic Military Shooting Championships, Vekaranjärvi, Finland
The Finnish Military Shooting Team was unbeatable this year in Nordic Military event. The Finns won the best nation competition.
Especially the pistol team was outperforming. It won all the team competitions. In the smaller picture below Vaarala, Räsänen and Jahnsson.
The rifle team was just behind the norwegian team with two silver medals and one bronze. Vebjörn Berg gained 3 points more than standing
world military record in the military rapid fire rifle event: 581 (new NMR, CISM record: Stephen Goff, USA 578, Portugal 1988)
Further info: www.mil.fi/shooting2006.
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The winning Finnish military shooting team in the Nordic Military Shooting Championships 2006.
Rear: Henri Häkkinen, Hannu Teitto, Helena Juppala, Kimmo Tulonen, Marko Räsänen, Jyrki Latvala
Front: Mikko Taussi, Ari Lähdesmäki, Jussi Puustinen, Antti Jokinen, Kai Jahnsson, Pekka Vaarala,
Kari Pennanen, Timo Taskinen, Kyösti Kurvinen.
MIA: Matti Viljakainen, Juha Rinta-Keturi, Petri Myller, Jarmo Hokkanen, Ville Nousiainen, Petri Ylinen.

CISM-2006, Rena, Norway
The finnish military rifle team did well in military rapid fire rifle event in CISM-2006 in Norway.
First they took the bronze medal in the team match. The Team consisted of  Kari Pennanen,
Jussi Puustinen, Henri Häkkinen and Kimmo Tulonen.
Day after Henri Häkkinen was the best in the individual match. His score was 571 (196 - 187 -188).
He won Thomas Farnik (AUT) by one point and Juri Fedkin (RUS) by two points.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL!!!

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Säkylä-300, 3.6.2006
Aarne Markko was the super hero in Säkylä-300 competition while shooting 600 points in free rifle prone.
Aarne is the fourth finnish shooter to achieve this splendid result.
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Plzen EC-300 11.-14.5.2006; The finnish national big bore team in Plzen.
3x20 team event: 1. FIN 1744 (Häkkinen 587, Puustinen 582, Pennanen 575) 2. SWE 1739 3. CZE 1729
3x20 individual: 1. Tomas Jerabek CZE 588, 2. Johan Gustafsson SWE 583, 3. Arild Röyseth NOR 581, 4. Lubos Opelka CZE 581, 5. Henri Häkkinen 580, 6. Jussi Puustinen 578, 10. Kari Pennanen 575.
3x40 team event: 1. FIN 3481, 2 SWE 3472 3. CZE 3461
3x40 individual: 1. Henri Häkkinen 1168, 2. Thomas Jerabek CZE 1165, 3. Juha Hirvi 1164, 4. Milan Mach CZE 1162, 5. Johan Gustafsson SWE 1159, 6. Macel Ackermann 1156 SUI 1156, 7. Jussi Puustinen 1156
3x20 female: 1. Tanja Rutti SUI 576, 2. Helena Juppala 575, 3. Pernille Pedersen DEN 572
See other result.

The FMST in regional-CISM, Plzen 24.-28.4.2006
The rifle shooters gained gold medal in standard rifle and silver medals in rapid fire rifle team event in regional CISM competition in Plzen.
The best finnish shooters were Kari Pennanen in SR-team (576), Henri Häkkinen in individual SR (582) and bronze in MRFR (566).
The other rifle shooters were Jussi Puustinen and Kimmo Tulonen.
The pistol team got silver in centre fire team event with Marko Räsänen, Pekka Vaarala, Keimo Korpioksa and Jari Javarus.
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The finnish pistol team on left: Marko Räsänen, Jari Javarus, Keimo Korpioksa and Pekka Vaarala.

The Swedish Cup Sävsjö, Sweden 5.-7.1.2006,
- 5.1.2006: Air Rifle men; 3. Henri Häkkinen (592+105,3) 697,3
- 6.1.2006: Air Rifle men; 1. Henri Häkkinen (594+105,2) 699,2
- 7.1.2006: Air Pistol men; 1. Kai Jahnsson  (581+98) 679,0

 

Oulu 28.01.2007