New Information Centre for Finnish Firearms and Other Things

[Mangrove]

After copying over 28,000 pages from the National Archives of Finland and the National Library of Finland, I decided to start sharing some of the copyright free material with you. I have opened a new web page at www.traditional.fi where I will deposit material after I have edited them into suitable format. Some documents will be available in English, some will be translated into English if possible, but the much of the material will only be available initially in Finnish or Swedish. New material is planned to be added every week.

For the time being, I have no index page, but I will post document links to this thread until I have created one.

UPDATED 27 JUNE 2018:

- Ballistics Charts for D166
- Civil Guard M/28-30 Booklet in English
- Adoptation of the Type 56-2 assault rifle by the Finnish Defence Forces

- Unofficial SVT-40 Manual by the Finnish Defence Forces, 1941
- Civil Guard Rifle Storage Instructions, 1934

[millman]

Thank you.

[Fledge]

Very cool. Thanks Mangrove.

[Longcolt44]

You might get with JYD or dolk and get these in a sticky that you can update. Good work, thanks.

[bunkysdad]

Mangrove thank you for sharing this

[steelbuttplate]

Mangrove thank you for sharing this

Will this go into the historic section for future reference ? There was a sighting/range chart,,, Finnish? I was looking for and can't find now.

[millman]

Mangrove thank you for sharing this

Will this go into the historic section for future reference ? There was a sighting/range chart,,, Finnish? I was looking for and can't find now.

It's the first link.

[Mangrove]

Header translations for the D-166 chart:

Page 3. Ampumataulukko kk. 09/32:lle. Luoti D-166. Taulukko 1 = Ballistics Chart for (Maxim) 09/32. Bullet D-166.
Page 4. Alkunopeuskorjaustaulukko. Luoti D-166. Taulukko 2 = Correction Table for Initial Speed. Bullet D-166.
Page 5. Ilmanpainekorjaustaulukko. Luoti D-166. Taulukko 3 = Correction Table for Air Pressure. Bullet D-166.
Page 6. Ilman lämpötilakorjaustaulukko. Luoti D-166. Taulukko 4 = Correction Table for Air Temperature. Bullet D-166.
Page 7. Tuulikorjaustaulukko. Luoti D-166. Taulukko 5 = Correction Table for Wind Speed. Bullet D-166.

[Titanium Hammer]

Thank you Mangrove!

[Mangrove]

There is now a periodically updated index page at http://www.traditional.fi. I will no longer update the index on this forum. However, here's the final update.

- Addition to Civil Guard Reloading Regulations, 1937

[Mangrove]

A set of 1930s Finnish Defence Forces rifle shooting qualification diploma templates will be soon available for printing at home.