
Finnish soldiers equipped with Panzerfausts , Karelia , 1944
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Lying in ambush

Heavily armed Finnish SS shock troop. Equipped with two machine guns, lots of extra ammo and stick grenades tucked into belts. Mius River line; spring 1942. 
The Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS (German: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon der Waffen-SS) was a motorized infantry battalion of the Nazi German Waffen-SS. It was formed from Finnish volunteers and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II. For most of its existence it was attached to SS-Regiment Nordland of the SS Wiking Division. 


Finnish volunteers

The main problem with the big 20mm anti-tank rifles was their heavy weight and large size. This is a Finnish Army L-39 anti-tank rifle team near Aunus on
 5 September 1941.
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