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Several captured in the Winter War and in 1941. The tank was in use only during 1941 and was soon replaced by the T-26 due to its poor reliability. The remaining tanks were either stored, rebuilt, dismantled (turrets being included into permanent casements), or scrapped. T-28, later modified to T-28E standard
Finland: Anti-tank mine: Blast mine with 9.5 kg TNT and a pressure fuse. [123] 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. [121] [124] [125] [120] POM 87 Finland: Anti-tank mine: Shaped charge mine with 4 kg hexotol. Magnetic and seismic ...
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.
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).
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.
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 ...
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 ...
3 Finland. 4 France. 5 German Empire. 6 Nazi Germany. 7 Greece. 8 Russia. 9 Soviet Union. ... This is a list of named tanks. Canada. Churchill Oke. Bull [2] Beetle [2 ...