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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 ...
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).
Modified in Finland with additional armour. In use between 1942 and 1954. T-34-76 T-34-85. Soviet Union. Medium tank. 9 units 9 units. The short-barreled tanks were m 1941, m 1942 and m 1943 models. These were captured vehicles that were in use between 1941 and 1961. The T34-85 were in use between 1944 and 1961.
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 Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat, Swedish: Armén) is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Finnish Army is divided into six branches: the infantry (which includes armoured units), field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops. The commander of the Finnish Army since 1 January 2022 is ...
Finnish soldiers raise the flag at the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland on 27 April 1945, which marked the end of World War II in Finland.. Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi Germany and then finally fighting ...
World War II military equipment of Finland (3 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Military equipment of Finland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
7,62 ITKK 31 VKT or 7,62 mm VKT anti-aircraft machine gun was the primary anti-aircraft machine gun of the Finnish Army during World War II.The weapon was designed by the Finnish gunsmith Aimo Lahti. 507 weapons were produced in two versions, 7,62 ItKk/31 VKT and an improved 7,62 ItKk/31-40 VKT, between 1933 and 1944.