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Actual Wartime Photos  Page 5  - Finnish / Russian Battlefields,

Captured Russian Tanks plus Tank and Armor Photos

 

This page is wartime pictures of Russian tanks (like the KV-1 and T-34), Finnish / Russian battlefields, Finnish tanks, and Finnish troops during the Winter War and Continuation War.

Thank you to Johan in Stockholm for some of the picture identifications.

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This is the sub-menu for the Finnish Wartime Photos Section

Page 1.   Recruits, Pre-war and training

Page 2.     Mortars,  Cannon,  Range Finders

Page 3.  Front line and daily life in the Finnish Army.

Page 4.   Armored vehicles and Tanks

Page 5.   Battlefields and more armored vehicles

Page 6.   Mail delivery during the war

Page 7.   Finnish Bicycle and Ski Troops

Page 8.   Planes, Trains,  Automobiles

Page 9.   Autos, Horses, Wagons, Sleds and Tractors

Page 10.   Photos of troops and buildings

Page 11.  Artillery, Tanks, Trucks

Page 12. Russian Prisoners, Mottis, Destroyed Vehicles

  These photographs are in the Kregel Collection. They may not be copied or used without express

written permission of the owner, Marshall Kregel, and the KevOs4 Reenactment Group.

 

Warning!  Some of the photos are graphic.

Picture taken during the Winter War. The film was processed in Viipuri in 1940, just before the city fell to the Russians.

Vickers t-26 Russian tank.

Picture taken during the Winter War. The film was processed in Viipuri in 1940.

A Finnish tanker making repairs to his captured light tank.

A Finnish tanker making repairs to his captured Russian light tank.

 

 

Finnish troops unloading shells from a captured Russian behemoth, a KV1 tank. Notice the missing wheel.

Finnish troops unloading shells from a captured Russian behemoth, a KV-1 tank. Notice the missing wheel.

 

Finnish soldier with SVT40 rifle sits on a captured Russian tank. The dead crew lies in front of the tank.

Finnish soldier with SVT40 rifle sits on a captured Russian tank. The dead crew lies in front of the tank.

   

Russian prisoners sit on the ground while soldiers and townspeople look on. Notice the Finn soldier in the black leather panzer jacket.

Russian prisoners sit on the ground while soldiers and townspeople look on. Notice the Finn soldier in the black leather panzer jacket. (on the left)

The Finn soldier has placed a Russian hat (found in the Russian t34 tank) on top of the gun barrel. The writing on the picture reads, roughly, "The Russian left so fast, he forgot his hat!"

The Finn soldier has placed a Russian hat (found in the Russian T-34 tank) on top of the gun barrel. The writing on the picture reads, roughly, "The Russian left so fast, he forgot his hat!"

There were many women that served in the Red Army both in staff and front line positions. During the war, many were killed or captured by the Finns.

There were many women that served in the Red Army both in staff and front line positions. During the war, many were killed or captured by the Finns.

Russian casualties during the Winter War

Russian casualties during the Winter War

Russian equipment litters a battlefield.

Russian equipment litters a battlefield.

Remains of a motti. These Russians were caught after their unit was surrounded. They fought to the end.

Remains of a motti. These Russians were caught after their unit was surrounded. They fought to the end.

 

A Finnish soldier climbs inside a tank abandoned on the battlefield.

A Finnish soldier climbs inside a Russian tank abandoned on the battlefield.

 

 

Finnish cavalry move past abandoned Russian armor and anti-tank cannons.

These are captured Russian soldiers on supply horses.
Most certainly Poralampi Sommee. - Johan Nilsson
Stockholm / Sweden

 

Russian armored cars sit abandoned. A Finnish soldier has laid claim to the one in the middle.

This is the front of the Russian vehicle column in the Poralampi Sommee motti east of Vyborg 30/31 August 1941. The battle for the Poralampi Sommee motti was a great moment for JR24. - Johan Nilsson
Stockholm / Sweden

Standing on top of a Russian KV1 tank.

Belaya Smjert (Russian for White Death) standing on top of a Russian t-34 tank.

 

A captured Russian amphibious vehicle

A captured Russian amphibious vehicle

 

A Finnish "graves detail" picking up frozen bodies from the battlefield.

A Finnish "graves detail" picking up frozen bodies from the battlefield.

The Russian soldiers froze where they fell.

The Russian soldiers froze where they fell.

 

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