A Finnish soldier equipped with a Lahti-Saloranta M/26 during the Winter War. The Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (alternatively LS/26) is a light machine gun which was designed by Aimo Lahti and Arvo Saloranta in 1926. The weapon was able to fire in …

This is a list of weapons used by the Finnish Army, for past equipment, see here. For equipment or ships of the Finnish Navy, see List of equipment of the Finnish Navy and List of active Finnish Navy ships; for Finnish Air Force aircraft, see List of military aircraft of Finland.

It was officially adopted as the standard infantry support weapon of the Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) in 1962 as the 7.62 konekivääri 62; the first weapons were delivered in 1966. It remains in service, although a replacement has already entered …

2019年12月8日 · When Finland mobilised its wartime army on 14th October 1939, the vast majority of units were the Infantry Regiment. In 1935 a regional mobilisation system was established in order to efficiently mobilise a war time army if needed.

2024年2月13日 · A Forward-Thinking LMG Design. Development of the new light machine gun began in 1924 after the Finnish Ministry of Defense established the Light Machine Gun Committee (Pikakiväärikomitea) to select a new LMG for the Finnish armed forces.

1998年11月1日 · When Finland became involved in WWII in November 1939, the L/S-26 was the principal light machine gun of the Finnish armed forces. Virtually all existing stockpiles of the MG 08/15s, MG 08/18s and Madsens were sold abroad in the early 1930’s.

Finnish troops favoured LMG M/27 as their light machinegun, as it was much more reliable than Lahti-Saloranta M/26 and had larger magazine capacity. The weapon itself is accurate, structurally simple, effective and durable. Maintaining and repairing it was also easy.

2021年12月17日 · Finland’s first domestic light machine gun was the LS-26. The prime designer was Aimo Lahti, but because of his relative inexperience and lack of formal credentials, Lieutenant A.E. Saloranta was assigned to assist him.

Finnish use: Finland bought 700 of these light machineguns from Belgium in February of 1940. They were not issued during Winter War (1939 - 1940). During Continuation War (1941 - 1944) they were first issued to fortification troops and later to coastal troops.

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