Originally Posted By: Nebroch
Originally Posted By: andyd
Much respect for Finns. Their defense against the Russians was pretty amazing. They didn't have much ammunition. They wrapped themselves up in sheets and skied into the Russians and killed them with knives.
That one went little too far, finnish infantry had clumsy Mosin-Nagant m/1891 based rifles
They probably didn't have enough of them, but the Finns developed the outstanding Suomi KP31 submachine gun before WWII. Neglecting production cost and time issues, it may have been the finest weapon of its kind at the time...it was also quite heavy for a SMG, though. Surely the Russian SMGs that were built in the millions were more important, but the Suomi was a fine weapon.
The Finnish language has little to do with the Germanic and Slavic languages spoken by Finland's neighbors and I enjoy listening to Finnish speakers...it's easy to note that you see k a lot in Finnish words and names and it sometimes vaguely reminds me of Japanese as a result. I like to watch pesapallo matches on YouTube and it is fascinating for me to note what it takes to pronounce even a short name like Perttu Ruuska (the tt and uu are not superfluous).
Originally Posted By: andyd
Much respect for Finns. Their defense against the Russians was pretty amazing. They didn't have much ammunition. They wrapped themselves up in sheets and skied into the Russians and killed them with knives.
That one went little too far, finnish infantry had clumsy Mosin-Nagant m/1891 based rifles
They probably didn't have enough of them, but the Finns developed the outstanding Suomi KP31 submachine gun before WWII. Neglecting production cost and time issues, it may have been the finest weapon of its kind at the time...it was also quite heavy for a SMG, though. Surely the Russian SMGs that were built in the millions were more important, but the Suomi was a fine weapon.
The Finnish language has little to do with the Germanic and Slavic languages spoken by Finland's neighbors and I enjoy listening to Finnish speakers...it's easy to note that you see k a lot in Finnish words and names and it sometimes vaguely reminds me of Japanese as a result. I like to watch pesapallo matches on YouTube and it is fascinating for me to note what it takes to pronounce even a short name like Perttu Ruuska (the tt and uu are not superfluous).