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Re: ww2 FINNS

From what Ive read supplies of Uniforms and equiptment were haphazard at best much more so then I previously thought..

"When the Winter War began, the soldiers were provided with a belt, a national cocade, and most of the time, an old French rifle. Only the regular army and the Suojeluskunta men had proper equipment."

from:
http://www.feldgrau.com/wwar.html

Cheers

Re: ww2 FINNS

And note also that fighting on the Karelian Isthmus was quite different from e.g. fighting at Suomussalmi.

Re: ww2 FINNS

You mean these:
http://www.strelets-r.com/SetsMini/Set044/Master.html

Re: ww2 FINNS

Yes we could use the RCW sets, but I was hoping for something specifically for the Winter War.

Re: ww2 FINNS

I notice the Suomi SMGs are held in the Russian way (like a PPSh) where as the Finnish films I've seen often show them being gripped by the barrle but I don't know if that is correct or common.

Re: ww2 FINNS

Whole bunch on U-Tube seems ok to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDOXnTvVwj8

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Re: ww2 FINNS

A lot depends on what kind of combat you are in; if you are able to shoot short aimed bursts you rather not have your fingers between sights.
On the other hand every man has/learns his own preferences no matter what other say.
But the gun is sort of nice and soft to shoot - I liked it though we had only one chance to shoot live rounds with it.

Re: ww2 FINNS

The Finns look magnificent!! When are the Russians coming?