Finnish Forces

"The Gun of Summa"

Finns replaced Lenin's statue at the central square of Petrozavodsk, with this 150mm model 1914 Japanese howitzer. Finland had 12 of them and all of them were used in Battle of Summa during the Winter War. Eleven was lost during Soviet breakthrough on February 13, 1940, and two of them (including this one) were recaptured later in 1941.