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It is the standard issue infantry weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces. The RK 62 was designed in 1957–1962 by a Valmet engineer Lauri Oksanen [ 3 ] and is based on the Polish licensed version of the Soviet AK-47 design. The RK 62 uses the same 7.62×39mm cartridge as the AK-47.
After gaining its independence in 1917 and after the Finnish Civil War of 1918, large numbers of Model 1891 Mosin–Nagant rifles were in the hands of the Finnish military. As the old barrels were worn out, they were replaced by new 7.83 mm (.308 in) barrels and the leftover 7.62×54mmR cartridges being in short supply, a domestic product was ...
There have been a total of 143 Leopard 2A4 vehicles in the Finnish army: [5] 100 MBTs. 6 MBTs equipped with Urdan mine rollers. 10 Leopard 2L bridging tanks. 6 Leopard 2R mine-clearing tanks (all given to Ukraine in 2023, to help repel the Russian invasion of Ukraine) 6 Leopard 2 Marksman. 1 MBT in the armour museum.
The RK 95 TP (from Finnish Rynnäkkökivääri 95 taittoperä, 'Assault Rifle 95 folding stock'), officially 7.62 RK 95 TP and commercially known as the M95, is a 7.62×39mm Finnish assault rifle adopted in relatively small numbers by the Finnish Defence Forces in the 1990s.
Action. Gas-operated, rotating bolt. Rate of fire. 750 rounds/min. Feed system. 30-round detachable box magazine. Sights. Iron sights. The Valmet M82 is a bullpup assault rifle with a Valmet RK 62 76 internal design created by Finnish company Valmet.
Valmet M82. Valmet Sniper M86. Categories: Rifles of the Cold War. Cold War weapons of Finland. Rifles of Finland.
Finnish military aircraft (10 C, 2 P) M. Military vehicles of Finland (3 C, 1 P) N. Naval ships of Finland (9 C, 5 P) P. Post–Cold War military equipment ...
AVS-36. Berdan rifle (Small amounts used by supply corps and homefronts troops) [ 6 ] Carcano (named the M/38 "Terni" in Finnish service) [ 7 ] Fedorov Avtomat (Captured from Soviets) Karabiner 98k. Mosin–Nagant and Finnish variants [ 8 ] SVT-38 [ 9 ] SVT-40. Winchester 1895 [ 6 ]