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Monday, November 3, 2014

Siebel ferry : Lahdenpohja 1942.08.01

Almost every 8.8 cm Flak are white rings from Shoot down the enemy the aircraft.

Lahdenpohja 1942.08.01

SA-photo (old caption)

Almost every 8.8 cm Flak are white rings from Shoot down the enemy the aircraft.

Lahdenpohja 1942.08.01

SA-photo (old caption)

Almost every 8.8 cm Flak are white rings from Shoot down the enemy the aircraft.

Lahdenpohja 1942.08.01

SA-photo (old caption)

Almost every 8.8 cm Flak are white rings from Shoot down the enemy the aircraft.

Lahdenpohja 1942.08.01

SA-photo (old caption)

Siebel ferry

(wikipedia text )

The Siebel ferry (Siebelfähre) was a shallow-draft catamaran landing craft operated by Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, flak ship, gunboat, convoy escort, minelayer) in the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas as well as along the English Channel. They were originally developed for Operation Sea Lion, Germany's planned but never-executed 1940 invasion of England. Siebel ferries continued performing useful service even after the war's end in 1945.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Finnish minelayer Ruotsinsalmi. 1942.08.12

@SA-photo

Finnish minelayer Ruotsinsalmi

Ruotsinsalmi was a minelayer of the Finnish Navy and the namesake of her class. Ruotsinsalmi was commissioned in 1940 and remained in service until 1975. The vessel was named after the battle of Ruotsinsalmi, which was fought between Sweden and Russia in 1790.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Letov Š-18 (Smolik) : Kokkola-Kauhava 1943.07.22

Letov Š-18

The Letov Š-18 was a Czechoslovak single-engined, two-seat biplane trainer. It was designed by Alois Smolík at Letov Kbely. Š-18 first flew in 1925.

The aircraft was quite successful and sold well both to private pilots and to flight clubs. Apart from the basic variant there was also still the type Š-118, which was equipped with a Walter NZ-85 engine (85 hp, 63 KW). Some machines were exported to Bulgaria. The Czechoslovakian Air Force used the type 1925 to 1930 as a beginner trainer aircraft.

A complete reconstruction of the fuselage led to the Š-218, which had a steel tube frame and was equipped with a Walter NZ-120 engine (120 hp, 88 KW). The first flight of this type took place in 1926.

In 1929, one Š-218 Smolik was presented at Helsinki International Air Show. The Finnish Air Force showed interest in the type and purchased it in March, 1930, in order to test it. Nine more were soon ordered along with the manufacturing license. The nine aircraft ordered from Czechoslovakia arrived to Kauhava Aviation School in May–June, 1931. The Finnish State Aircraft Factory manufactured 29 slightly modified aircraft in three series. The first ten were ready in 1933, the second series of ten aircraft were ready in 1935, and nine more in 1936. The Finnish version, which was equipped with a Bramo radial engine of 145 hp (110 kW) could develop a maximum speed of 155 km/h (83 knots, 96 mph). The type was in service with the Finnish Air Force as a primary trainer between 1930 - 1945. One aircraft is still preserved at the Finnish Aviation museum in Vantaa and one replica is being built in Finland (as of 2005).

Thursday, October 2, 2014

BA-10: Nurmoila 1942.02.13

SA-photo

BA-10 photo gallery

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

45 mm anti-tank gun : Aunus 1943.03.19

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45 mm anti-tank gun : Aunus 1943.03.19

@SA-photo

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Anti-aircraft warfare : 1943.08.26

Anti-aircraft machine gun

Suulajärvi 1943.08.26

@SA-photo

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

BA-10: Porlamme pockets

Porlamme motti

Capture BA-10
@SA-photo

The BA-10 was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1938 and produced till 1941. It was the most produced Soviet pre-1941 heavy armored car – 3311 were built in three versions. These versions were the BA-10, the BA-10M (improved version with new radio), and the BA-10ZhD (equipped for dual railway/road use). The basic BA-10 design was developed from the BA-3 and BA-6 heavy armored cars. It had an improved GAZ-AAA chassis and improved armor (up to 15mm at front and turret). It was intended that the BA-10 would be replaced in 1941 by the BA-11 with diesel engine and more sophisticated armor design, but the outbreak of war prevented BA-11 production. The BA-10 was in Red Army service till 1945. Significant numbers of captured BA-10s were used by Finland (at least 24), Germany and other Axis powers in Europe.

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Coastal artillery : Hanko,Finland 1943

Coastal artillery

Hanko,Finland 1943

@SA-photo

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Armor fist

The Panzerfaust (lit. "armor fist" or "tank fist", plural: Panzerfäuste) was a cheap, single shot, recoilless German anti-tank weapon of World War II. It consisted of a small, disposable preloaded launch tube firing a high explosive anti-tank warhead, and was operated by a single soldier. The Panzerfaust was in service from 1943 until the end of the war.

Many Panzerfäuste were sold to Finland, which urgently needed them as the Finnish forces did not have enough anti-tank weapons that could penetrate heavily armored Soviet tanks like the T-34 and IS-2. The Finnish experience with the weapon and its fitness for Finnish needs was mixed and only 4,000 of 25,000 Panzerfäuste delivered were expended in combat.

Ihantala 1944.06.30

@SA-Photo

Friday, March 21, 2014

Anti-tank guns in Korpijärvi

1941.07.07

SA-Photos

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Panzerschreck

Panzerschreck was the popular name for the Raketenpanzerbüchse, an 88 mm calibre reusable anti-tank rocket launcher developed by Nazi Germany in World War II. Another popular nickname was Ofenrohr .

The Panzerschreck was designed as a lightweight infantry anti-tank weapon.

The weapon was shoulder-launched and fired a fin-stabilized rocket with a shaped charge warhead. It was made in smaller numbers than the Panzerfaust, which was a disposable recoilless rifle firing an anti-tank warhead. It was an enlarged copy of the American bazooka.