NationStates Jolt Archive

FINLAND
Finland joined WWII not out of sympathy for Germany, but for the hate of the Soviets who took theeir land numerous times in the last twenty years as of 1938. The Finnish commander in chief (Played by me) is Baron Mannerheim. So foar the only info I have on the military is their tank force which was mainly a grab-bag of stolen soviet hardware.

Tank Battalion, during interim peace:

Battalion HQ

1st Tank Battalion (former 5th Company)

8 x T-26E
5 x T-26 (B and C models)
3 x T-26A
Heavy Tank Platoon
2 x T-28
2 x T-26
2nd Tank Battalion (former 4th Company)

8 x T-26E
5 x T-26 (B and C models)
3 x T-26A
1 x armored car
3rd Tank Battalion

15 x tank
1 x armored car
2nd Detached Tank Platoon
5 x T-37 or T-38
1st Detached Tank Platoon

5 x T-37 or T-38
Tank Repair Shop

Central Repair facility

Weapons repair facility

Reserve NCO school

Supplies Platoon

1st Antitank Company

2nd Antitank Company

Storaged tanks:

2 x T-26E
6 x T-26
2 x T-26A
3 x T-26LH
2 x repair tanks
Few Renault FT-17 tanks and evaluation versions of Vickers tanks and tankets
More to come as it is researched...

OOC: You don't have those Russian tanks yet, as the Winter War (during which they were captured) has yet to be fought. You can mobilize 10 approx. 12,000 men strong infantry divisions with obsolete artillery (even though its firecontrol and accuracy are superb) and practically no antitank weaponry. There is enough manpower to form a couple more divisions, but this will require recruiting 17 and 46 yrs old men. You have couple dozens of Fokker planes and about equal number of Blenheim bombers, 2 rather modern heavy cruisers, some miners and ancient destroyes, few torpedo boats and three submarines.