Wartime Photos page 2 - Finnish Mortars, Cannons, and Equipment

120 K/78. The ring on top of the barrel is the best detail for identification. If it's parallel to barrel then the gun is 120 K/78, but if its opposite to line of barrel, the gun is then 120 K/78-16. - Jarkko	122-mm Russian howitzer designed by Schneider or its modernised version (either 122 H/09, 122 H/09-30 or 122 H/09-40, impossible say which of those three for sure from that angle). - Jarkko	Captured Soviet 45-mm antitank gun - Jarkko	Japanese 150 H/14j heavy howitzer. Photo probably pre-war one (considering uniforms). Quite likely may been taken in Perkjarvi training area (pre-WW2 live-fire area of Finnish field artillery located in Karelian Isthmus bit south of Summa, before WW2 Finnish field artillery usually had its maneuvers with live fire training in there). - Jarkko
Finnish mortar crew during practice. The corporal on the left has a compass on his wrist. The officer on the right is wearing a Lahti pistol holster.	Mortar crew during practice. The soldier in the center is wearing the m36 tunic. The others have the summer tunic.	Learning how a range finder works. Notice the compass on the wrist of the soldier on the right.	Another team practicing with a range finder
These are Russian/Soviet-made 122-mm howitzers (exact model either 122 H/10 or either of its modernised versions 122 H/10-30 or 122 H/10-40). The thing between the two howitzers is likely limber used for towing them. - Jarkko Captured Soviet 45-mm antitank gun getting its barrel cleaned. Notice that the crew has pushed the cleaning rod to barrel from the breech side - always advisable method in gun barrel cleaning, no matter size of the weapon. :-) - Jarkko	Probably captured Soviet 45-mm antitank gun (if the photo is from Winter War then it is that without any question). German 37-mm antitank guns delivered after Winter War look very similar (as Soviet 45-mm was pretty much direct copy of the German 37-mm AT-gun). - Jarkko	A platoon carrying a mortar and baseplate The mortar team needed to be able to break down the mortar, move it 200 yards, and set it back up in less than 5 minutes!	Mortar crew at practice Setting up a mortar
British 84 K/18 light field gun with its typical rubber tires. - Jarkko	Winter War. Cannons at night.	<-------Picture at Left The guns in the photo are Finnish made railway guns with rather simple structure: 152-mm Canet L/45 coastal guns installed with turntable kind of mount on top of open railroad cars. These were the only Finnish made railway guns, all the other railway guns (Battery of 180-mm and another Battery of 305-mm) used by Finnish military were captured Soviet ones (Captured from Hanko/Hango/Gangut peninsula in year 1941). -Jarkko	Searching for the Russians Finnish mortar pit
Loading the mortar	Finnish trench line	Identified! Cannon within a Finn camp. "French 90 mm "Materiel de 90 de campagne Mle 1877" Thank you Sami K!	Wartime Finnish postcard showing artillery crew in action.
Russian Parachute Tower			Artillery range finder

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