Bofors and Tolfvan bombs

[Dreamk]

Russian bombs are also totally different than those in Finnish manual. I have a part of another old publication describing Russian bombs and fuzes, but have a feeling that manual was mostly for EOD purposes.

It's indeed rather strange - beyond Tolvan and Bofors, the Finns are known to have used british bombs (not only the small ones 20lbs and 40lbs that were used in SBC inside the Bleinheims but also 120lbs and 250lbs UK and possibly 25lbs incendiaries) and German bombs (delievred for the Ju88 to avaoid the technical problems taht happened when the Bleinheim were introduced and the racks and bomb bay needed to be modified to accomodate Tolfvan/Bofors bombs) - and possily soviet bombs. This manual raises another source, still unknown (at least to me) till now.

[Dreamk]

I just found yesterday photo evidence for the use of Swedish MinBombs 50KgM/37 by the Finns during the Winter war

[Dreamk]

I just found yesterday photo evidence for the use of Swedish MinBombs 50KgM/37 by the Finns during the Winter war

Here's the pic - the outer bomb is the Swedish one - the others are a mix of frag and incendiary 12g/12.5kg (Both Swedish and Finnish bombs of this category were similar to the original Bofors design)

[Dreamk]

and here are pics of Finnish bombs "in situ"

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Finnish bombs "in situ" part 2

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Finnish bombs in situ "part 3"