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Published: 2010-01-16 18:00:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 6707; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 593
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acrylics 2010.Taipaleenjoki - Taipale River
The Soviet advance, that had been going on since November 30th 1939, met the Finnish main defence line in the Karelian Isthmus.
Starting from Finnish Independence Day 6.12 the Soviets tried to break the line in Taipale river. They managed to get a bridgehead across, but despite several, furious attempts and crushing odds, the Soviets failed to break through.
The fighting continued and the front was pressed hard right until the end at March 13th 1940, but the Finnish lines held.
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Remarkable drawing.
As I understand, there come tanks KV-2. Certainly I Russian (with patriotism following from here), but with all the heart hope that guys in entrenchments will endure this attack.
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Thank you. The tanks in this pic are light T-26 (although I understand their turrets might seem larger, like those of KV-2).
I've read that the prototype of KV-2 was tested in the Winter War (as were SMK, T-100 and KV-1) but saw no wide use in that campaign.
In 1941, KV-2 proved more succesful against the Germans, and I've seen a photo of destroyed one encountered by Finns the same year.
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That is a wheel of an Maxim? I like them... they are very "HEAVY" look this one:[link]
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Wheel? You mean the one lying in the ground among the other debris. No, that's just a undetermined wheel from somewhere. And it looks much bigger than the ones in Maxim gun's Sokolov mount (which was used by the Soviets, the Finns preferred the self-design tripods).
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Huhhuh, toiset vissiin saa aikaan vΓ€hΓ€n enemmΓ€n
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You've been very busy making so many paintings so early into the year. I'm very impressed. This one is epic though I think if the details of the trench were more fleshed out it could be more epic. A bit more definition of the tones and some darker contrasts because it looks a bit like water colours here(though really thats just my preference).
I love the spectres of the soviet tanks coming out of the fog.
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I've noticed that a common motif here is one Finn in his over-whites with his rifle versus a reinforced Soviet battalion attempting to overrun his trenchline.
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There are other defenders in the background as well, but the numbers were against Finnish forces everywhere. In troops, aircraft, artillery, tanks. And artillery ammunition. There were times (especially in the early part of the war) when Finnish artillery wasn't allowed fire more than 7 per day and only if the target was a fat one. Luckily I've read more than one account, that the Soviets' own artillery did the job for them.
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I understand that Soviet artillery - until about 1942 - had a number of "drop shorts" and would fire only normative area fires, into which the Infantry would attack with sketchy timing. Often, as you say, RKKA artillery chewed up their own troops. It's weird for an enemy's barrage to act as your own final protective fire, but it's damned convienent, especially if you're low on ammo.
I didn't realize that Finnish artillery was limited to seven rounds per gun per day in some sectors at some times. I knew they wouldn't be doing any "howitzer landscaping", but I didn't think it was that bad. Perkele.
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But then in 1944, in battle of tali-ihantala, finns made one of world's the biggest artillery barrages in whole war.
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Must agree with Nigel on this one, sorry. Finnish artillery achievements by means of numbers in 1939-45 are not even close to world records. On the other hand, what Finnish received from Soviets, are.
Maybe the film Tali-Ihantala 1944 gives a slightly wrong impression of the event.
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21 batteries firing 4,000 rounds isn't a WWII barrage record. What is significant, though, is Nenonen: he developed some excellent trajectory formulas and he devised a fire control system that allowed for rapid shifts in fire concentration. The "shifting concentration" technique however is a record, the best that the British Commonwealth did in terms of artillery fire control during WWII was preplotting "Stonks and Concs" for example.
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Don't worry into the account of charges in fascism - they are ridiculous.))) though a swastika at us in Russia also don't love, but an emblem of the Finnish armed forces concern neutrally)
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Those who make that connection to my avatar are called ingorant, and ingorant shall be educated 
And very few have love for that certain type of swastica, but same aplies to Hammer & Sicle to some extend.
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