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M05 Woodland pattern. The basis of the planning of the new pattern are various photographs of Finnish forests taken by the Finnish Forest Research Institute.The photographs were then digitally edited by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland's Information Technology Institute and concentrated into a 4-colour pattern representative of a Finnish forest.
Uniforms were largely of a single colour, such as the British khaki; [11] but snow camouflage clothes came into use in some armies as the war progressed. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] For example, Austro-Hungarian troops on the Italian front used skis and wore snow camouflage smocks and overtrousers over their uniforms , and improvised white cloths over their ...
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 ...
1st Division (Continuation War) 2nd Division (Continuation War) 3rd Division (Continuation War) 4th Division (Winter War) 5th Division (Continuation War) 5th Division (Winter War) 6th Division (Continuation War) 6th Division (Winter War) 7th Division (Continuation War) 14th Searchlight Battery (Finland) 61st Infantry Regiment (Finland)
Pages in category "Military units and formations of Finland in the Winter War" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the Navy uniform, officers and Warrant officers wear the Lion of Finland on the top of their insignia, while Non-commissioned officers use the special insignia of their duty branch. In field uniforms, these emblems are dropped. Specialist officers always wear their specialist insignia in addition to their rank insignia on the collar patches.
List of military corps – List of Finnish corps in the Winter War This is a list of Finnish corps that existed during the Winter War , 1939–1940. I Corps – formed February 19, 1940
The II Corps (Finnish: II Armeijakunta) was a unit of the Finnish Army during the Winter War. The II Corps with the III Corps formed the Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen armeija). The corps was commanded by Lieutenant General Harald Öhquist. The corps fought in the fierce battles around Summa and in the defence of Viipuri.