The infantry units with bolt actions and SMGs as secondary weapons do not have multiplied SMGs. The standard post-WW2 OOB was to have two SMGs for each infantry squad and three for each Jaeger squad. After surplus Stens were purchased from the UK in 1957 that was increased to three per infantry squad. Jaeger squads got five SMGs (making them the primary weapon in game terms), but even they always retained at least two bolt action rifles as long as SMGs were used.
In other words, after 1940 the Finnish army never used squads with
only bolt action rifles or SMGs as personal weapons for Jaegers or regular infantry troops. After 1957 even homefront or "third line" troops got some Stens.
There seems to be many infantry units with the Rk 54 (AK-47). Only a limited number was purchased in the 1950s (I believe 30,000 pieces). The current OOB has many infantry squads and even a reserve section (unit 513) armed with the Rk 54 as a primary weapon. In reality these second and third line units would have used
either bolt actions and SMGs until early 1990s
or in some cases Rk 62s since the mid-1980s or thereabouts. There were never enough AK-47s for a significant portion of the regular infantry units.
Please discuss if you have something to note or a different opinion, or even facts to disprove what I wrote
I am planning to make a custom OOB, so this thread is for that purpose only. Specifically, this is
NOT suggestion or correction list for the official OOB
Current Finnish OOB - some notes for discussion
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