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.

Coastal Battery

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

Coastal artillerymen

Heavily armed Finnish SS shock troop. Equipped with two machine guns, lots of extra ammo and stick grenades tucked into belts. Mius River line; spring 1942. 
The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS) was a motorized infantry battalion of the Nazi German Waffen-SS. It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. For most of its existence it was attached to SS-Regiment Nordland of the SS Wiking Division. 
