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The standard ISU-152 was captured, operated and abandoned in 1944. Another was captured in 1944 and rebuilt into an armoured recovery vehicle and was used between 1944 and 1959. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J Germany: Medium tank: 15 units In use between 1944 and 1962. Sturmgeschütz 40G (Stu-40)
Finland: Anti-tank mine: Blast mine with 9.5 kg TNT and a pressure fuse. [93] MHPM 12 Finland: Anti-tank mine: 11.4 kg mine, with 6.9 kg either East German or Finnish made TM-62 explosive, and a Finnish multiple sensor fuse. [91] [94] [95] [90] POM 87 Finland: Anti-tank mine: Shaped charge mine with 4 kg hexotol. Magnetic and seismic sensor ...
Finland bought six tanks in 1942. During the battles in the summer of 1944, the Finnish tanks downed eleven Soviet aircraft and thus prevented attacks against the tank brigade. [citation needed] All vehicles survived the war and were used until 1966. [citation needed] Several are part of museum exhibitions in modern times.
The Battle of Ilomantsi (Finnish: Ilomantsin taistelu) was a part of the Svir–Petrozavodsk Offensive of the Continuation War (1941–1944). It was fought from 26 July to 13 August 1944, between Finland and the Soviet Union in an area roughly 40 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep, near the Finnish-Soviet border, close to the Finnish village of Ilomantsi, in North Karelia.
The war-time armoured brigade has a strength of around 5,700 men, and fields 63 main battle tanks, 110 infantry fighting vehicles, circa 100 armoured personnel carriers, mainly of Soviet origin, and roughly 70 other armoured vehicles. However, the remaining war-time armoured brigade is being phased out and replaced by smaller mechanized battle ...
After the fighting had reached a stalemate in August 1944, another attempt to seek peace was made by Finland. In September 1944 the Soviets offered peace terms that were roughly the same as in April 1944, though some of the demands, which had been seen by the Finns as impossible to concede to, were reduced. The $600 million war reparations were ...
This is a list of World War II weapons used by Finland. Finland fought in three conflicts during World War II; the Winter War (1939–1940), the Continuation War (1941–1944), and the Lapland War (1944–1945).
The wooden wing added 250 kg of extra weight and moving the fuels tanks from the wing to the aft fuselage adversely affected maneuverability due to the center of gravity being shifted. [3] The first flight took place on 8 August 1944. Later flight testing gave a total flight time of 19 hours and 50 minutes.