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Before we can talk about WWII, we have to talk about WWI. See, Finland is actually a very recent country. They used to be a | Before we can talk about WWII, we have to talk about WWI. See, Finland is actually a very recent country. They used to be a duchy loyal to the Russian crown. However the rise of nationalism lead to the Finns hoping for their own country one day, and ultimately lead to Germany taking notice of this. They trained light infantry, calling them Jaegers, and sent them into Finland to revolt and cause mayhem in Russian Finland. The Finns called themselves Jääkäri, but needless to say a legacy was born. | ||
Former | Former members of these Jaegers were instrumental in influencing the Finnish government to develop the military, and for all intents and purposes probably helped prepare Finland for the Winter War. Stalin, being really pissed that there was a former Russian territory that he could not kill all the officers in, decided to invade. It was a decision that lead to many to say [[Meme|the Russians fear the snow speaking Finnish.]] | ||
Jaegers differed from traditional light infantry in two ways: They would serve as bike and ski infantry, depending on the year, and had a higher esprit de corps in order to facilitate the difficult actions they would be performing on the battlefield, primarily recon and counter-attack operations. | Jaegers differed from traditional light infantry in two ways: They would serve as bike and ski infantry, depending on the year, and had a higher esprit de corps in order to facilitate the difficult actions they would be performing on the battlefield, primarily recon and counter-attack operations. | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 20 December 2022
A Jääkäri platoon(Finnish for Jaegers) was a legacy unit from WWI that carried over into WWII in the Finnish armed forces. They were mobile infantry forces that were quite effective during the Winter and continuation war.
IRL
Before we can talk about WWII, we have to talk about WWI. See, Finland is actually a very recent country. They used to be a duchy loyal to the Russian crown. However the rise of nationalism lead to the Finns hoping for their own country one day, and ultimately lead to Germany taking notice of this. They trained light infantry, calling them Jaegers, and sent them into Finland to revolt and cause mayhem in Russian Finland. The Finns called themselves Jääkäri, but needless to say a legacy was born.
Former members of these Jaegers were instrumental in influencing the Finnish government to develop the military, and for all intents and purposes probably helped prepare Finland for the Winter War. Stalin, being really pissed that there was a former Russian territory that he could not kill all the officers in, decided to invade. It was a decision that lead to many to say the Russians fear the snow speaking Finnish.
Jaegers differed from traditional light infantry in two ways: They would serve as bike and ski infantry, depending on the year, and had a higher esprit de corps in order to facilitate the difficult actions they would be performing on the battlefield, primarily recon and counter-attack operations.
As the war progressed, Finland slowly began to motorize their forces, and the Jaegers benefitted from this as well with motorized supply trains being given to them to allow for offensive operations, as well as additional anti-tank weapons being integrated into combat units like the PaK 40.
Rifle platoons were organized under a Second Lieutenant, and each platoon was commanded by a platoon sergeant. These platoons had 4 squads of nine men each, each commanded by a corporal. Each squad had seven rifles and two smgs, though this number was changed to six rifles and three smgs by the end of hostilities with the Soviets.
Jaegers wouldn't really have a whole lot of equipment different from the rest of the main army, so there isn't a whole lot there. Well, besides all the stuff they took from the Soviets when they kept getting their asses handed to them.
| Finnish Forces in Flames of War | |
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| Tanks: | Vickers 6 Ton - T-26 - T-28 |
| Transports: | |
| Infantry: | Finnish MG Platoon - Tank Hunter Platoon - Finnish Pioneer Platoon - Finnish Rifle Platoon - Finnish SMG Platoon - Jääkäri Platoon |
| Artillery: | 75 PstK/40 - 76K/02 - Finnish 81mm Mortar - |
| Tank Destroyers and Assault guns: | BT-42 |
| Armored Cars: | |
| Aircraft: | JU-87 Stuka - Fokker C.X |
| Anti-Aircraft: | Landsverk SPAA |