Finnish anti-aircraft artillery battery protecting the 12th division military staff in the Winter War.

Anti-aircraft battery

Finnish soldiers in anticipation of a Soviet attack in one of the shelters on the VT-line. The soldier on the left holds in his hands the water cooled barrel of a Maxim M / 09-09 machine gun.
   The VT-line or Vammelsuu–Taipale line was a Finnish defensive line, built in 1942–1944 during the Continuation War and running from Vammelsuu on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland to Taipale on the western shore of Lake Ladoga.


Waiting for an enemy attack

Finnish soldiers with a "Maxim" M/32-33 machine gun in a well set-up position in the the snowed-in forest during the Winter War.
   The Maxim M/32-33 is a Finnish modification of the Russian M1910 Maxim machine gun.
One of the improvements to the M/32-33 was adding a snow filling cap to the water jacket, this way snow could be used instead of water in winter.