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Finnish AA Weapons on Hand |
Weapon | 30 Nov 39 | 13 Mar 40 |
75/76 mm AA guns | 63 | 106 |
40 mm AA guns | 69 | 129 |
20 mm AA guns | 34 | 90 |
7.62 mm on AA mounts | 70 | 121 |
Artillery and Ammunition on Hand, 30 Nov 39 |
Weapon | Quantity | Ammo |
75/76 mm field guns | 306 | 206,000 |
87 mm field guns | 16 | 12,000 |
107 mm gun | 14 | 5,000 |
122m howitzer | 72 | 44,000 |
150/152 mm howitzer | 32 | 17,000 |
Misc. obsolete | 174 | ? |
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 |
Date | Source | Weapon/Ammunition |
Jan 40 | Sweden | 8x 75 mm Mod 40 field guns |
Feb 40 | Sweden | 60x 75 mm Mod 02 field guns 27,000 |
Norway | 12x 75 mm Mod 01 field guns 7200 |
Mar 40 | Sweden | 13x 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 |
France | 100x 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 |
Belgium | 13x 120 mm Mod 99 howitzers |
Britain | 25x 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 Deliveries | Guns/Ammunition |
From Sweden | 18x37mm/45,000 (jan 40) |
From France | 40x 25 mm /25,000 |
10x 47 mm /5,000 |
From England | 100x Boys ATR |
From Hungary | 30x 8 mm ATR |
(Only the Swedish equipment arrived in time to be used during the war.) |
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