Vyborg-Kuparsaari-Taipale line of defense

 

Finnish gunners pose around 84k/18 cannons on the Vyborg-Kuparsaari-Taipale line of defense.
During the First World War, the British delivered 18 pound cannons to the United States. During the Winter War (1939–1940), the Americans sold these guns to the Finns, remaking them under the French 75-mm projectile, and replacing the wooden wheels with rubber tires.



Location: USSR
Date: 1943

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