Finnish Army Wartime Photos page 1 - Finnish recruits, pre-war photos

This is a huge section of wartime pictures broken down into subcategories. Each category will have a basic theme. All the photos are actual photographs in the Kregel collection. They are not scanned from books or taken from other websites. In some cases there may be multiple copies of a certain photo and some of these copies may exist elsewhere in the world. I make every effort to provide you with fresh unpublished pictures of the highest quality. I appreciate my friends around the world that have assisted me with descriptions and helped me put this collection together! . Also, Thank you to Jukka Mattila for the descriptions of the (2) m/22 uniform pictures below. Thank you from KevOs4!

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New recruits getting their gear together for inspection	New recruits getting instruction on the Mosin Nagant rifle	New recruits still in civilian clothes marching to the training barracks	Finnish recruits following their new drill instructor.
Postcard photo. Notice the Finnish cross on the fuselage.	Identified! Coastal Artillery, wearing m/22 uniforms. Thank you to Jukka Mattila!	Picture on right ------> The uniform m/22 was actually established in 1919, but undergone several smaller and larger changes and additions it wasn't named m/22 until the year 1930. The reason was that the Finnish Army had taken an other field tunic in use, the m/27 and so these two battle/garrison dressed had to be separated by identifying them with the respective model number. The boys are dressed up for some festive occasion, shown by the white armband. The shoulder straps should carry some markings to show in which regiment they served. - Jukka Mattila	The soldier is from the Field Artillery Regiment 2, stationed in Viipuri, shown by the markings on the shoulder straps (+ painted red!) and by the "triangle" shaped cuff with one button. Compare the cuffs with the previously mentioned picture- it shows how the different branches and arms-of- service had some differences in the basic m/22 uniforms. - Jukka Mattila
Building defenses on the Mannerheim line.	Early undated photo. 1 less Finnish plane.	Recruits in a barracks photo - picture taken in 1939.	A parade in Viipuri in 1937.
Rare photo of naval officer with a Civil guard patch
Photos of Civil Guard including sailors with Civil Guard patches.	Parade ground photo with Finnish tanks	Parade Ground	Excellent photo of sleds being used to haul equipment. Besides horses, reindeer were also used to haul the sleds.

Officers of a training school 1942	Officer with Lotta Svard	Lounging around in Civil Guard uniforms.	Notice the slight differences between the Civil Guard uniforms and the m36 uniform of the officer in the front row.

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