Finnish and German Waffen-SS soldiers going to the Front. Moving on along a narrow-gauge railway in the village of Kiestinki (Karelia) area; August 22, 1942.          _


Going to the Front

Finnish soldiers in winter camouflage with a captured Soviet twin DA-2 Degtyaryov machine gun. Here, it is used as an anti-aircraft weapon.
The Degtyaryov is a light machine gun firing the 7.62×54-mm cartridge that was used primarily by the Soviet Union.
   Many were captured by the Finnish army in the Winter War and the Continuation War.  In the summer of 1944, the Finnish army had about 9000 captured Soviet-made Degtyaryovs on the front.                     _

Camouflaged machine gunners

Finnish soldiers pose with a captured Soviet T-34-85 (85-mm gun) tank on a country road.                                       _