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This page has excellent links to information on Finnish rifles and bayonets, Finnish tanks and armor, aircraft, 

uniforms, Finland wartime history and combat gear. Help this site grow!  Please link us to your military website!   

This page updated July, 2012   

Visit the Fire and Ice page for information on how to order your copy of the DVD!

I've added new Finnish War DVDs to the "Gear For Sale" page. Check them out! We've got movies like "Ambush", "Winter War", and "The Unknown Soldier" (original from 1955).

Tincross Militaria    Tincross Militaria has a large selection of modern and antique militaria items for sale. You'll find some knives, videos, collectibles, wartime photos, interviews, and some good books.

Gunboards.com This site has the largest collection of gun forums on the net. Also has a very successful militaria and gun trader area. One of the best on the net!

 

Allan's Armory   Allan is one of the best dealers on the net for great firearms. Historically has had a fine collection of Finnish rifles, also. The customer service is the best in the business!
Empire Arms  Dennis Kroh usually has a good selection of Finnish rifles and bayonets in stock. Check him out!   Jaeger Platoon  Simply this is one of the most informative Finnish sites one will ever come across. Loaded with information during the war years of Finland. A magnificent site and very well thought out.
Making the movie Fire and Ice  by Bair Irincheev.   His excellent website, Mannerheim-Line, has many pictures of the Karelia defenses and the bunkers.  The website has lots of information, pictures, and stories about the Soviet and Finnish units that fought the Winter War.  Well worth reading.  Militaryphotos.net  This is a special link to one of the forums where there are many Finnish war photos. You have to see this! It takes a long time to download so grab your coffee and plan on staying awhile.   
Mannerheim.fi  This is a huge website about Marshal Mannerheim. It is in English, Swedish, German and Finnish. Go to the Site map which serves as the main index to the website.  VirtualPilots.fi - the Messerschmidt bf109 in action in Finland. This webpage goes into great detail about the plane and how it was used in Finland and Germany.  Lots of first hand accounts by actual pilots.   
  The Finnish American Reporter   A monthly English language journal, established in 1986, featuring articles and news reports of interest to Finns across North America, in Finland and around the world. A huge section with wartime photos  Although the text is in Finnish, the pictures are great!
Finnish Unit Badges  This is a colorful page that shows Finnish unit badges that were used during the war.  MosinNagant.net This site has some of the best information on the net for Finnish rifles, bayonets, and uniforms. The articles are excellent and well illustrated. 
The Finnish Heritage Museum Website  This new website officially opens in January but already has some great information on Finnish culture in the U.S.     Achtung Panzer! This large website has many photos of German tanks and vehicles. Also has a forum and great links section. 
The Mannerheim Line  A Russian website devoted to fortifications in the Karelia. Look under "Vaults" for pictures of Poppius and Millionaire bunkers as they look today. A good links section to other Karelia websites. The Modern Finnish Defense Forces  This is the website for the modern Finnish Defense forces but also has some links to websites with wartime information and pictures. 
Pala Suomen Historiaa  This web site offers basic knowledge about Finland in WW2      Wartime Photos from Finland   Sisällissota - The Civil War, Talvisota - The Winter War,  Jatkosota - The Continuation War, Lapin sota - The War of Lapland 
7.62x54r.net This site also has a lot of good information about the Mosin Nagant rifle. Check out the links page on this site. It is full of great information! It has one of the best "links" pages that I have found. Restoring a T34 in Finland  You have got to see this. This is one cool tank. They have it fully restored and driving. Great article and pictures.
Karelian Rampart  A Russian website about the search for Missing in Action in Karelia. Photos of historical items found in the battlefields. All text in English. Links to Everything Finnish  This link-site in Finland has hundreds of links to everything Finnish. Culture, military, art, family, music, etc. You can get lost in here. Leave a trail...
Battles of Winter War    The webmaster has gone to great lengths to bring the story of the Winter War to life.  It is still growing and not all the sections are open as of yet.  The information is quite good.    The Sturmgeschutz III in Finnish Service This page with pictures is a good researched article about this German tank in Finnish service during and after the war.  
Collector's Source Militaria  A good location to find Finnish militaria, bicycles, and other hard to find items. This is a Finland Reenacting Group
Battlefield Relics Page  This page has a large picture database of equipment and vehicles that have been recovered since the war.  Some of the pictures come from museums.  Milpro This is a Finnish company that carries Scandinavian militaria and occasionally has Finnish reproduction hats, uniforms and other gear. 
History of the Suomi KP31  The famous Suomi submachine gun or machine carbine was designed to be an "everlasting" piece of equipment. Finnish Weapons Series  Links to stories about all the weapons used in Finland during the war. A well-written series  

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 Marshall Kregel in Finland Marshall Kregel, the webmaster of the KevOs4 website,  inspecting rifles while in Finland.

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