Former equipment of the Finnish Army

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This is an (incomplete) list of former equipment used by the Finnish Army:

1 Tanks
2 APCs (tracked)
3 APCs (Wheeled)
4 Armored cars
5 Various vehicles
6 Artillery
7 Infantry weapons
8 Anti-aircraft weapons
- 8.1 Radars
9 Anti-tank weapons
10 Sources

[edit] Tanks

PT-A:
PT-76: 12 units
T-72: In use between 1984-2006, some ex-East German. 162 units
- T-72M1
- T-72M1K
- T-72M1K1
T-55: In use between 1966 and ?, modernized in 1989, 74 units
- T-55K
- T-55M: T-55s modernized in 1989, 70 units
- T-55MK
T-54: In use between 1959 and ?, 43 units
Comet Mk I Model B: In use between 1960 and 1971, 41 units.
Charioteer Mk VII Model B: In use between 1958 and 1980, 38 units
ISU-152V: (1944-1959), 1 unit
ISU-152:
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J: In use between 1944 and 1962, 15 units
Sturmgeschütz 40K: In use between 1943 and 1966, 30 units
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G: In use between 1943 and 1966, 29 units
Landsverk Anti II: (1942-1959), 6 units
KV-1 m 1942: (1942-1954), 1 unit
KV-1E m 1941: (1943-1954), 1 unit
T-50: (1942-1954), 1 unit
T-34-85: (1944-1959), 9 units
T-34 m 1941, T-34 m 1942, and T-34 m 1943: (1942-1959), 9 units
BT-43: (1944-1945), 1 unit
BT-42: (1943-1956), 18 units
BT-7 m 1935 and BT-7 m 1937: (1942-1945), 53 units
BT-5:
T-28V: (1945-1950), 1 unit
T-28 m 1938 and T-28E: (1939-1950), 7 units
T-20 Komsomolets m 1938, 1939: (1939-1959), 184 units
T-20 Komsomolets m 1937: (1939-1959), 33 units
T-38-KV: (1944-1959), 4 units
T-38-34: (1944-1959), 11 units
T-38 and T-38M-2: (1939-1945), 19 units
T-37A: (1939-1942), 29 units
T-26T: (1942-1959), 6 units
T-26E: (1939-1959), 63 units
OT-133: (1942), 3 units
T-26 m 1937 and T-26 m 1939: (1939-1959), 36 units
OT-130: (1941-1942), 4 units
T-26 m 1933: (1939-1959), 63 units
OT-26: (1939-1945), 2 units
T-26 m 1931: (1939-1945), 12 units
Vickers 6 Ton Tank: (1933-1959), 32 units
Vickers-Carden-Lloyd Model 1933: (1933), 1 unit
Vickers-Carden-Lloyd Mk VI: (1933-), 1 unit
Saint-Charmond Modèle 1921: (1923-1937), 1 unit
Renault F.T. Modèle 1917: (1919-1942) 34 units

[edit] APCs (tracked)

BMP-1: 164 units
- BMP-1TJ
- BMP-K1
- BMP-PS
- BMP-1K
BTR-50: ? units
- BTR-50YVI
- BTR-50PUM1
- BTR-50PUM
- BTR-50PU
- BTR-50PK

[edit] APCs (Wheeled)

BTR-60: 112 units
- BTR-60PUM
- BTR-60 R-145BM
- BTR-60PBK
- BTR-60PB
- BTR-60PA
Valmet 1912-6: 1 unit
VK: 1 unit

[edit] Armored cars

BA-10 and BA-10N: (1939-1959), 24 units
BA-6: (1944-1956), 10 units
BA-3: (1944-1954), 1 unit
FAI-M, BA-20 and BA-20M: (1939-1956), 18 units
FAI: (1943-1950), 3 units
D-8: (1941-1942), 1 unit
Landsverk 182: (1936-1941), 1 unit
Fiat armored car: (1918-early 1920s)
Austin Model 1917: (1918-early 1920s)
Peerless:

[edit] Various vehicles

TshMZAP-5247G:
MAZ-537G:
GT-SM:
AT-59:
AT-S:

[edit] Artillery

Rocket launchers

122 RAKH 76: (1976-), 24 units
280 RAKH 44: (1944-), 15 units
150 RAKH 41: (1944-), 15 units

Super heavy guns and howitzers

210 H 17: (1940-), 4 units
203 H 17: (1940-1944), 32 units

Heavy Guns

155 K (93): (1993), prototype for 155 GH 52 APU
155 K (91): (1991)
155 K (88): (1988), 1 unit
155 K 74: (1981-)
155 K 68: (1970s-), 13 units
155 K 17: (1942-), 12 units
152 KH X 67: (1967-), 2 units
130 K 90-60: modernized 122 K 60
122 K 60: (1960-), later modified into 130 K 90-60
122 K 31: (1941-1970s), 29 units
120 K 78-31: (1941-), 24 units
120 K 78-17: (), 1 unit
107 K 10 and 107 K 13: (1918-), 9+4 units
105 KH 36: (1939-), 1 unit "Chile gun"
105 K 34: (1940-), 12 units
105 K 29: (1941-), 54 units
105 K 13: (1940-), 22 units
105 K 10: (1943-), modified 107 K 10, 4 units

Heavy Howitzers

155 H 17: (1941-), 151 units
155 H 15: (1940-1960s), 24 units
152 H 88-40: (1990-2007) modified 150 H 40 guns
152 H 38: (1941-), 102 units, of which four were modified into 152 H 38M
152 H 37-31: modernized 122 K 31 guns
152 H 37: (1942-), 66 units, later modernized into 152 H 37 A and 152 H 88-37A
152 H 30: (1944), 1 unit
152 H 15 and 152 H 17: (1924-), 4+8 units
152 H 09-30: (1939-1980s), 109 units
152 H 10: (1918-1966), 9 units
150 H 40: (1940-2007), 48 units, of which 42 were modernized in 1992 into 152 H 88-40
150 H 15: (1940-1962), 20 units
150 H 14 J: (1918-1939), 12 units
150 H 06: (1940-1944), 12 units

Light Howitzers

122 H 38: (1942-1975), 35 units
122 H 09-40 and 122 H 10-40: 232 units
122 H 10-30: (1939-), 161 units
122 H 10: (1918-), 39 units
122 H 09-30: (1939-), 25 units
122 H 09: (1918-), 30 units
120 H 13: (1940-1960), 13 units
120 H 05: (1918-1944), 4 units
120 MH 01: (1918-), 2 units
114 H 18: (1940-1966), 54 units
105 H 41-18: (), 1 unit
105 H 41: (1941-), 27 units
105 H 37: (1942), 134 units, all modified into 105 H 37-40 in the 1960s, and into 105 H 61-37 in 1961 (35 units)
105 H 33-40: (1944-), 8 units
105 H 33: (1944-), 53 units
105 H 36-09: (?-?), unit
105 VH 10: (1940-1944), 4 units

Guns with recoil system
Light Guns

84 K 18: (1940-1960), 30 units
77 K 96 n.A: (1918-1926), 8 units
76 K 42: (1944-), 12 units
76 K 39: (?-?), 9 units
76 VK 38: (1939-1951), 5 units
76 K 36: (1939-1994), 76 units
76 RekK 35 or 76 K/DRP: (1939-1941), 2 units
76 RK 27-38: (1941-), 1 unit
76 K 27-k: (1941-), 13 units
76 RK 27 and 76 RK 27-39: (1939-), 235 units
76 K 23: (1926-1945), 4 units
76 K 22: (1926-1945), 4 units
76 LK 13 or 76 LK 10/13: (1918-1960), 72 units
76 LK 10: (1918-), 49 units
76 VK 09: (1918-1946), 18 units
76 VK 04: (1918-1944), 11 units
76 K 02-38: (1938-1942), 2 units
76 K 02-34: (1934-1941), 1 unit
76 K 02-30/40: (1941-1994), 12 units
76 K 02-30: (1941-1994), 93 units
76 K 02: (1918-1994), 233 units
76 K 00: (1918-), 34 units
75 K 40 A, later 76 K 37: (1940-), 8 units
75 K 36: (1939-), 1 unit
75 K 17: (1940-), 200 units
75 VK L14: (1918-1931), 12 units
75 K 11: (1929-), 1 unit
75 K 02: (1939-). 36 units
75 K 01: (1940-1944). 12 units
75 VK 98: (1918-1937). 44 units
75 K 97: (1940-1962). 48 units
63 K 84: (1918-) 4 units

Guns without recoil system

279 M 77: (1918-1951). 5 units
229 M 77: (1918-1944). 6 units
155 K 77: (1940-1944). 48 units
152 K 04-200 p: (1918-1944). 4 units
152 K 77-190 p: (1918-). In storage only. 81 units
152 K 77-120 p: (1918-1944) 76 units
120 K 78: (1940-1944) 72 units
107 K 77-piirk: (1918-?)
107 K 77-ptrik: (1918-?) 102 units
90 K 77: (1940-?) 100 units
87 K 95 and 87 K 95-R: (1918-1941) 87 units
87 K 77: (1918-) 144 units
80 K 77: (1940-1951) 12 units

[edit] Infantry weapons

30 KRKK AGS-17:
7.62 KK 54: 1,000 units
7.62 RK 54: 25,000 units
7.62 RK 54 TP: 1,000 units
7.62 RK 72 VV:

[edit] Anti-aircraft weapons

ItO 79: (1978-1995) 3 batteries, 400 missiles.
ITO 78: (1979-early 2000s)
Thunderbird: 1 unit
88 ITK 37: (1943-1980), 90 units
75 ITK 37: (1940-), 20 units
76 ITK 34: (1936-), 12 units
76 ITK 27, 76 ITK 28 and 76 ITK 29: (1928-), 16 units
76 ITK 16: (1934), 24 units
76 ITK 02-34: (1930s-), 8 units
76 ITK 14: (1918-), 2 units
40 ITK 38: (1939-), 288 units
40 ITK 15: (1918-), 9 units
30 ITK 62: 27 units
30 ITK 61 HS: 3 units
30 ITK 57:
37 ITK 37: (1944-1959), 4 units
37 ITK 39: (1941), 1 unit
20 ITK Hispano-Suiza: (1965-1972),
20 ITK Oerlikon: (1965-1972),
20 ITK 43-44: (1943-1944), 2 units
20 ITKIV 39-44: (1939-1986), more than 300 units
20 ITK 40: (1943-1980s), 180 units
20 ITK 35: (1939-), 88 units
20 ITK 30 and 20 ITK 38K: (1938-1980s), 123 units
20 ITK 23: (1926-), 4 units
8.00 ITKK 36: (1939-), 4 units
7.62 ITKK 09-31: (1939-), more than 80 units
7.62 ITKK 31 and 7.62 ITKK 31-40: (1931-1986), more than 500 units

[edit] Radars

m/40 Raija: Freya FuMG 40 G-Lz-Stand (1943-), 6 units
m/39 Irja: Würzburg-D FuSE62(1943-1950s), 8 units
Riitta: Würzburg-Riese FuSE65, 2 units
m/45 Maija: 4 units
Vesa: Seeburg-Tisch
AN/TPS-1E: (1958-ca 1988)
VRTTI VII: (1954-1970s), 6 units

[edit] Anti-tank weapons

Guided

PstOhj 82M: AT-5 Spandrel.
RO-63: (-1995): 200 missiles, ? launchers
Vickers Vigilant: (1965-) 250 missiles, ? launchers

Unguided

55 S 55: (1955-) 10,000+ units
100 pshp/F1 and 142 pshp/F2: 26,288 units
88 rakh/B 54: 1,854 units

Anti tank guns and rifles

8 PSTKIV: 30 units
14 PSTKIV 37: 300 units
14.5 m 41 Simonov:
20 L 39 and 20 L 39-44: 2,078 units
25 K 34 and 25 K 37: 250 units
37 K 15:
37 K 34: 17 units
37 K 36: 435 units
37 K 40: 150 units
45 K 32: 25 units
45 K 32-38:
45 K 37:
45 K 38:
45 K 38-41:
45 K 42: 45 mm guns total 618 units
47 PSTK 35 and 47 PSTK 39: 10 units
47 PSTK 40: 12 units
50 K 38: 27 units
75 K 40: 210 units
75 K 97-38: 46 units
75 K 44: 1 unit
76 RK 27:

[edit] Sources

Käkelä, Erkki [2000]. Marskin Panssarituhoojat (in Finnish). Porvoo: WSOY, 576. ISBN 951-0-24638-7.

Muikku, Esa [1998]. Suomalaiset Panssarivaunut 1918-1997 (in Finnish/English). Tampere: Apali Oy, 208. ISBN 952-5026-09-4.

Paulaharju, Jyri [1996]. Itsenäisen Suomen kenttätykit 1918-1995, Sotamuseon julkaisuja 1/1996 (in Finnish). Jyväskylä: Sotamuseo. ISBN 9789512508112.

Syrjö, Veli-Matti (ed.); Karjalainen, Mikko (ed.) and Elfvengren, Eero (ed.) [2006]. Suomen Puolustusvoimat 1944-1974 (in Finnish), 685. ISBN 9789510324936.

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