"Finnish Army 105 H/33 Howitzer " Topic

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Armand

It's a German 105mm LeFH 18 with a Finnish crew

Yes that is what it says in their write up on it. They say the Finns purchased some from the Germans. So basically a German gun with a Finnish crew.

Mostly of the Finnish Weapons were Germans.

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Armand

Most Finnish weapons certainly were not of German design.

Finnish arsenal contained weapons of at least following origins:

- Imperial Russian weapons left in country when Finland declared independence
- Original Finnish weapon designs (some of which were inspired by Imperial Russian designs)
- Soviet weapons captured during WWII
- Swedish weapons purchased in interwar years and during WWII
- British, French, Italian and Danish weapons purchased in interwar years (plus some more donated during Winter War)
- Weapons of various origins captured by Germans and sold to Finland (starting from late 1940 or so)
- Actual German designs sold to Finland (starting from late 1940 or so), mainly containing anti-tank weapons, artillery pieces and eventually also assault guns and tanks

There may have also been some Japanese rifles around at some point, but not sure if those were still in use by WWII. And I may have also forgotten some of the more obscure weapons that were obtained in the 1920's.

Not a typical Finnish gun, bought in small numbers in 1944 and used in action for only a short period until the end of the war.I suppose its not very cost effective for companies to produce typical equipment for these minor nations so this is a welcome addition all the same.

did Sweden and finland produce ammunition for this gun after end of ww2 (german production capability destroyed)