Finnish soldiers with a variety of weapons

Assorted weapons

The big 20 mm anti-tank rifles using the "Long Solothurn" cartridges were among the most powerful weapons of this class. They were correspondingly difficult to employ, however, due to their size and weight. Here, a crew of young Finnish soldiers haul a 20 mm Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle up a forested hill near Hyrynsalmi, east-central Finland; Continuation War, 20 June 1943. 


Anti-tank weapon

A Finnish aviation technician helps the pilot (rank of a lieutenant) put on his parachute. The plane is a British made Gloster Gladiator Mk.II biplane. The aircraft was mostly used for reconnaissance from 1941.