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Toggle Anti-tank weapons subsection. ... Modified Soviet BT-7 tank. In use between 1944 and 1945. ... Saw usage during Finnish Civil War, retired in 1936. ...
One hundred Leopard 2A6 tanks were acquired used from the Netherlands between 2015 and 2019. [2] Leopard 2A4 Germany: Main battle tank: 100 [1] The vast majority of the Leopard 2A4 tanks were acquired used from Germany between 2002 and 2004; more were purchased in 2009. Some of the existing 2A4s are equipped with Israeli made Urdan mine rollers ...
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).
This is a list of military equipment used by Finland during World War II. The main Finnish conflicts of the war are the Winter War and Continuation War.After the Continuation war the Lapland War occurred which was a small military confrontation between Finland and Nazi Germany caused by Soviet demands that Finland force out Nazi Germany from its territory in order for Finland to comply with ...
World War II naval ships of Finland (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "World War II military equipment of Finland" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
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.
In order to destroy the Finnish Army and to push Finland out of the war, the Stavka decided to conduct the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The strategy called for a two-pronged offensive , one from Leningrad via Vyborg to the Kymi river , and the second across the Svir River through Petrozavodsk and Sortavala past the 1940 border ...
Aimo Lahti had doubts about the original idea of a 13 mm anti-tank machine gun and started working on a 20 mm design. Officers who wanted smaller caliber anti-tank weapons believed that the muzzle velocities of 20 mm shells were insufficient to penetrate armor, and a weapon with a higher rate of fire and in a smaller caliber would prove useful.