The Finnish Make Their Mark On WWII & Flames Of War
September 5, 2013 by brennon
Flames of War have been adding to the armies of various factions over the months and they have a Finnish force coming at the tail end of September. See what you think of their infantry and armour...
First up we have the Panssari Christie Platoon which is a selection of stolen BT-5 tanks that the Soviets used. They then modified the turret to take more powerful guns and turned the tables on the Russians. I actually know what this tank is too, I used it on World of Tanks. Nippy little buggers!
Next we have some massed infantry forces for the Finnish in the shape of the Jääkäri Rifle and SMG Platoons. It's all getting very snowy at Flames of War as the autumn rolls in and it shows with these ace looking winter troops.
Infantry also needs some support when they come up against a variety of enemies and this is where the Machine-gun, Mortar and Tank Hunter platoons come in. Each of them has a very specific job from pinning down infantry, taking down tanks or just blanketing an area with firepower.
I must admit that of all the armies in World War II the Finns are one of them that I don't really know about in depth. Even the Italians and some of the Anzac forces I know a bit more on but the Finns are an army that have passed me by.
Maybe you guys can enlighten me as to the nature of this army during World War II?
Drop a comment below.
They are the worst of all FoW armies…
Who would buy those anyway they don’t even have their own tanks….. who would ride on tanks ANYWAY!!!!
*pleasedontbuythemsoIcanhaveallthestocktomyselfmuahahahhaahah*
for God sake please stop! so much shiny awesomeness I can’t take it anymore!! Mummy! I want it! I want it all… :'(
Actually they are historically an amazing force, they stuck it to the Soviets so they hold a warm spot in my heart. The fluff is great in both the Rising Sun book for early war and Eastern Front for mid war. We are starting an Infantry only escalation league and I am taking Finns.
Those seem to be very heavily winter war finns not just because of winter theme but also because of use of those particular soviet tanks. Captured after use of Motti tactic of course.
In fact the Christie platoon is a Continuation War era unit used in 1941. Those BT-series tanks they used were captured on the very same year as the advancing Finnish Army was able to salvage number of BT-5 and BT-7 tanks undamaged or with very minor damage. For some reason Rising Sun mixes Winter War and Continuation War formations in the same book.
@lafayette: you can have your Finns, I already picked my minor country army (Romanians) and I stil have some of my brits and most of my germans to finish up….
But they look great (again)….. 🙂