The Finnish Army 1939-1944

An Organizational History

Weapons and Equipment

by Jason Long and A. E. Goodwin


Finnish AA Weapons on Hand
Weapon30 Nov 3913 Mar 40
75/76 mm AA guns63106
40 mm AA guns69129
20 mm AA guns3490
7.62 mm on AA mounts70121
Artillery and Ammunition on Hand, 30 Nov 39
WeaponQuantityAmmo
75/76 mm field guns306206,000
87 mm field guns1612,000
107 mm gun145,000
122m howitzer7244,000
150/152 mm howitzer 3217,000
Misc. obsolete174?
Only 16x 76 mm guns were in storage at the beginning of the war.
They were used to equip the second and third battalions of Artillery Regiment 9.

Wartime Foreign Supplies
DateSourceWeapon/Ammunition
Jan 40Sweden8x 75 mm Mod 40 field guns
Feb 40Sweden 60x 75 mm Mod 02 field guns 27,000
Norway12x 75 mm Mod 01 field guns 7200
Mar 40Sweden13x 105 mm Mod 34/36 howitzers 5200
4x 105 mm Mod 10 mountain guns
12x 150 mm Mod 06 howitzers 4000
4x 210 mm Mod 17 howitzers 400
France100x 90 mm Mod 77 field guns 300,000
24x 120 mm Mod 77 field guns
12x 80 mm Mod 77 field guns
6x 155 mm Mod 77 howitzers
12x 75 mm Mod 97 field guns 50,000
12x 105 mm Mod 13 howitzers 54,000
24x 155 mm Mod 15 howitzers 12,000
Belgium13x 120 mm Mod 99 howitzers
Britain25x 114 mm Mod 18 howitzers 25,000
7x 84 mm Mod 18 field guns
7x 152 mm mobile naval guns
Only 32x 90 mm Mod 77 field guns of the March deliveries
arrived in time to be used before the end of the war.

Post-Winter War Deliveries

The Americans sent 200x 75 mm field guns and 32x 203 mm howitzers which were still in Narvik when the Germans invaded. They weren't released by the Germans until 14 Aug 40.

Captured equipment

123x 45 mm AT guns, 89x 76 mm field guns, 35x 122 mm howitzers and 14x 152 mm howitzers were captured from the Soviets, but most needed repairs before they could be used.

Anti-tank Guns

112x 37 mm guns were in service at the beginning of the war. An additional 105 were built during the war, of which 27 were used to arm the Vickers tanks.

Foreign DeliveriesGuns/Ammunition
From Sweden18x37mm/45,000 (jan 40)
From France40x 25 mm /25,000
10x 47 mm /5,000
From England100x Boys ATR
From Hungary30x 8 mm ATR
(Only the Swedish equipment arrived in time to be used during the war.)

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