Estonian Military
and Intelligence Technology
Estonia
 Population 1,340,000
 The size of defence forces in time
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of peace is about 5,500 men
The defence union which collects
voluntary troops consists
approximately of 10,000 men
There are about 30,000 men in
the reserves
Estonian defence forces have 26
different kind of weapons, 9
different kind of vehicles, 7 ships
and a chopper
Estonia has been a member of
NATO since 2004
Defense spendings form 2% of
our GDP
Estonia’s involvement in operations
abroad
Estonians have also developed many military inventions and products
Engineer Karl Papello
(1890-1958)
 Estonian inventor
 There are over 100
patents on his name:
including the voice
measurement system and
the fire guidance system
Voice measuring
system
 The first big invention by
Papello was the voice
measuring system which
was made for the Estonian
defence department in
1924
 The purpose of the device
was to determine the
location of the enemies’
cannon fire
 The accuracy of this device
was about 10 metres
 The device was used from
1925 till 1932
Fire guidance
system
 The device showed the position
of the enemy’s aircraft and sent
the information to the anti
aircraft
 Papello´s invention was
considered the best military
invention in the world in a
conference held in the USA in
1930
 This fire guidance system was
far more effective than any
team of soldiers
 Papello’s invention was sold to
the USA, Sweden and to the
UK
Walter Zapp
(1905-2003)
 Estonian inventor
 The inventor of the Minox
spy cam
 The first prototype was
ready in 1936
 The camera was used in
one of the James Bond
movies
More inventions by Estonians
 Demagnetising system
 Mine seeker system
 Weapon locating
system ARTHUR
 Unmanned aerial
vehicle SWAN, which
was basically one of
the first unmanned
scouting planes of its
kind
Demagnetising system
 The invention was
meant to be used on
ships
 The system is
necessary because it
ignores the earth's
magnetic field
 The inventors were
Estonians but they cooperated with the
Swedish company
Saab
Mine seeking system
 Another invention by Estonians
who work for Saab
 The system is used to seek
underwater mines
 The specificity of the system is
that it uses lasers instead of the
usual equipment
 The system is able to find
mines in the range of 3 km
 Ships send out a torpedo
shaped sonar that makes sure
that the ship and the crew are
safe
Weapon locating system ARTHUR
 The purpose of ARTHUR is
to find enemy's weaponry
 The system is easy to install
and its position can be
changed very quickly
 It works on spot and in a
moving environment
 The system is quite easy to
use, it doesn't need a whole
team, only a few people can
manage it
Unmanned aerial vehicle SWAN
 Estonian company Eli Military
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Simulations invented an
unmanned aerial vehicle in 2005
SWAN isn't just for surveillance,
it can also be used for rescue
missions
SWAN differs from other vehicles
mostly because of its weight
Other vehicles weigh about 200
tons but SWAN weighs about 10
kg
SWAN is equipped with a
parachute to land the plane and
airbags to soften the landing
Eli Military Simulations is now
involved in developing new and
smaller planese
This is the American
unmanned aerial
vehicle
This is the Estonian
unmanned aerial
vehicle
More projects by Estonians
 Flying targets
Personal Firing
Range Simulator
9-position camerabased firing range
Infantry moving
target set HARDY-M
Pop-up target set
HARDY
81mm and 120mm
mortar simulator
M-GOLF
Recoil simulation
equipment
Forward observer and battle simulator
Alfons2M
Outdoor antitank weapon simulator
ANTITANK3
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