Finnish OOB35 Corrections and Suggestions PART 2 -- Units

[Pibwl]

Originally Posted by PvtJoker

In any case, 49 is probably correct, although I wonder if radio-equipped vehicles carried less rounds and that's the reason for varying numbers.

Rather not - there's no mention in Russian sources, and BA-10 carried ammunition at the rear, while radio in front.

Continuing artillery:
- all names should be in fact in "H/37" format rather, than H 37.

- 91 152mm H 37 Bty - captured during a Continuation War, so 6/41 would be probably to early to start - maybe a month or two later.
In fact, they were used by heavy artillery battalions, so they might be classified as heavy arty

- 130 114mm H/1 FH - name should be H/18. Better icon is 2122 (short barrel)

- 131 76mm K 02 FG - better icon is 2111, proposed before for the same unit 78 (it has true narrow trail)

- 132 122mm H 09 FH -better icon is 2115, proposed before for units 80,81 (it had much shorter barrel)

- 149 76mm M27 FG - better icon is short-barrel 2109. It wasn't FG, but IG.

- 152, 158 76mm K36 FG - it should have icon with longer barrel and split trail, eg 57. I'm not sure, if class Infantry Howitzer is proper.

- 153 105mm H33 FG (leFH.18) - better icon is eg. 2105, with split trail (btw. German unit 132 should have the same icon - now it has way too long barrel). I'm not sure, if class Infantry Howitzer for this field howitzer is proper.
It might be available also as Light Off-map Bty, though we have more popular 105 H/37 with yet better performance. Date 5/44 seems OK.

- Unit 154 105mm K29 FG obviously wasn't Class 154 infantry howitzer, but a long-range canon, used from 10/40 (http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY4.htm). A single gun should be replaced with a battery, presumably of class 10? (in fact it was used in heavy arty units)

- Unit 155 155mm How Bty - it seems, that it should be class 10 Off-map arty, not Off-map Heavy arty - it's ordinary H/17 (mle 17) Schneider howitzer (its name should be changed to H/17 in a pattern of other units). According to Jaeger Platoon, it was most numerous heavy howitzer in Finland. Correct picture should be 23075 or 30290.

Heavy arty unit, with this picture, might be in fact 155mm K/17 Schneider gun (http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY4.htm), with range 17 km - but only 12 guns were used in 1942 - 6/44, so it is IMO redundant, since there were more popular Soviet 152mm ML-20 with the same performance.


- very welcome addition to off-map arty would be 120mm K/78 or K/78-31, mentioned in Finnish Weapons thread. Similar picture to K/78 is 23230. In fact, used in heavy artillery units.

- there might be added Heavy artillery 21cm H/17 - German Lange Morser unit 328. With a range 10 km, a handful of these guns were used from 4/41 http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/ARTILLERY7.htm

Michal