Finnish gunners at a coastal battery with a 120-mm Vickers-Armstrong cannon.

Coastal artillerymen

A Finnish anti-tank gun crew scores a direct hit on a Soviet armor - the smoke is visible; Battle of Tali-Ihantala, Continuation War; June 30, 1944.

Smoke rising from direct hit

Finnish artillerymen fire from a 152-mm (152/45 C)  coastal defense cannon on the island of Mäkiluoto, in the gulf of Finland, about 20 miles south-west of Helsinki, the capital.
During World War II, 152/45 C was the Finnish standard coastal gun. During the Winter War, coastal batteries equipped with this type of gun defended against Soviet Navy attacks before the sea was frozen.