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(Dear Finnish speakers, don't blame me, please; Google Translate tells me that the above is Finnish for 'Big Fucking Gun")
During the Winter War of 1939-1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union, the Finns put into production the Lahti L-39. It's a 20mm rifle, a behemoth of a firearm that weighed over a hundred pounds, and it was used to take out Soviet tanks and trucks. It was also used for counter-sniper operations; the Finns would put up a mannequin of an officer under poor cover, and when a Soviet sniper took a shot at it, the L-39 gunner would take out the sniper.
An automatic variant was also produced as an antiaircraft weapon.
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9qHv_XEAZg
And in the pic above we have
rabbi-tom's Finnish reindeer character Maarku, taking aim.
Maarku and art by rabbi-tom
Lahti L-39 from the mind of Aimo Lahti
During the Winter War of 1939-1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union, the Finns put into production the Lahti L-39. It's a 20mm rifle, a behemoth of a firearm that weighed over a hundred pounds, and it was used to take out Soviet tanks and trucks. It was also used for counter-sniper operations; the Finns would put up a mannequin of an officer under poor cover, and when a Soviet sniper took a shot at it, the L-39 gunner would take out the sniper.
An automatic variant was also produced as an antiaircraft weapon.
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9qHv_XEAZg
And in the pic above we have
rabbi-tom's Finnish reindeer character Maarku, taking aim.Maarku and art by
rabbi-tomLahti L-39 from the mind of Aimo Lahti
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Reindeer
Size 1100 x 745px
File Size 172.5 kB
Listed in Folders
True. I was taking a jab at those whom might read this and were either Battlefield players, or some other sim enthusiast. But it was a fact that earlier tanks were much thinner skinned and why Lahti and Solothurn were effective! Heck even the British Boys were effective early on, and the Boys were mere 14mm. :D
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