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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH
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Just be careful with the "official" numbers which are quoted here. I stepped on this mine already once and thought that if it isn't on the official Vienna convention list for
Army equipment strength then it doesn't exist.
However, Finland used a loophole where
Navy strength isn't included in the listing and coastal forces operate under Navy command. And they operate field guns and other - even mobile - artillery units. And if they're all transferred to the Coastal units then they don't exist on the OSCE listing.
See: (in Finnish)
http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2016...29469_uu.shtml
especially the image attached:
First table compares Finnish ("Suomi") announcements to German ("Saksa") ones in 2014 and in 2016. The table rows are titled (in parenthesis the number reported in 2016):
120mm Heavy mortar (698)
122mm FH (471)
122mm SPA (34)
155mm SPA (-)
130mm FG (76)
152mm FG (24)
155mm FG (132)
122mm MRL (72)
270mm MRL (41)
227mm MRL (-)
120mm SP-Mortar (18)
Two graphs below are the tank numbers and then combined artillery numbers (not including < 120mm weaponry)