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Old November 5th, 2013, 08:27 PM

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Default Re: Finnish OOB35 Corrections and Suggestions PART 2 -- Units

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04 Vickers 6s - name should be Vickers 6 ton or just Vickers, as they were commonly known (I've consulted with Jaeger Platoon's owner)

79, 86 105mm H 37 FH - picture is German 105mm leFH-18. I'm uploading a proposed photo (not very good, but it's had to find item)

154 105mm K29 FG - it should be a battery, but if we keep also a single gun, it needs twin-tail icon

259, 260 Patrol Boat - pictures are in fact Finnish torpedo boats, correct one for Finnish VMV patrol boats is 23566.
Better icon for these boats is 710.
There was also variant with 40mm Bofors AA gun (available, say, like unit 260)

261 Torpedo Boat - picture is Italian WWI MAS, correct is 23565

262 Torpedo Boat - correct picture for late Finnish boats of Italian design is 23564. They should be available from 1/43 only (now 4/42)

It's worth also to add a gunboat, armed with two 75mm guns and MGs, existing picture 23563, icon eg. 708, used from 1/30


336 Marksman - I guess he should have #1 rifle, not a sniper rile, like unit 333?

As for snipers: note, that according to Jaeger Platoon, "Finnish military had failed to introduce sniper rifle of their own in any real numbers" before the war. There were only small test parties. Only during the war the situation improved with captured material, and then own designs. (When Winter War started in 30th of November 1939 only 84 of the ordered 250 Physica scopes had been manufactured and none had been yet installed to rifles. )

364 Curtiss Hawk 75 - Finnish picture is 23575 - I'm uploading a proposed photo.


Possible additions as for tractors:
- Italian Pavesi from 1928 (http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY6.htm) (unit 422 from Italy)
- Stalinets tractor from 1/40 (343 in Soviet OOB, but it wasn't armoured)

According to http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY6.htm also McCormick TD-14 bulldozers were bought from USA during Winter War

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I'm attaching several suggestions, including a photo of a Finnish 47mm Bohler gun (unit 040) - they had full wheel discs.

That's all as for now.
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