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Arctic Front: Metal Gods
03-29-2014, 06:29 PM, (This post was last modified: 04-06-2014, 05:19 PM by Crossroads.)
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Re: Arctic Front: British Steel at Honkaniemi
Finns (Allied)

- I/67th Infantry Regiment
- 3rd Jaeger Battalion
- 4th Tank Coy in full
- Elements of I/KTR 5 of 5.D (4 76K/02, 3 122H/09)
- Elements of I/KTR 21 of 21.D (4 76K/36)

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Soviets (Axis)

84th Motorized Infantry Div. (p / n 103).
• unit: 41, 201, 344 str.polki, 74 artillery regiment, 355 fin. tank. Baht.
• com. Brigade Commander VF Konkov, poss. in February-March Regiment. IM Kuznetsov, chief of staff of the regiment. Tereshchenko.
Formed in Tula Moscow VO. 01.30.40 arrived in the area Kuokkala-Ollila at the forefront with 2.2.40. Was in the army reserve 7 (3.2.40). Was part of the 50 SC 11.2.-13.3.40. In the north-western tip of the advancing Leypyasuo 18/02/40 to 02/19/40 Kamari came to Pien-Perot 28/02/40. Loaded onto trains 21.-04.29.40. Apparently sent from Leningrad Belarusian special VO popped up in the Baltics 15.06.1940. Transformed in 1940 into a motorized division and joined the 3 Mech. Case Baltic IN.

35 Light Tank Brigade

(105, 108, 112 Tank, 230 Recon Battalions, 37 Maintenance and 61 Engineer Companies). 111 Tank Battalion was detached from the brigade and sent to Karelia (8th Army).
On 30.11.39 the brigade had 136 T-26, 10 KhT-26 (chemical T-26), 3 ST-26 (engineer modification of T-26), 10 BA-10, 10 BA-20, total 149 tanks and 20 armored cars. 137 T-26 were received from plants. Losses: 51 T-26 and 2 KhT-26 of artillery, 53 T-26 and 3 KhT-26 of mines, 33 T-26 and 5 KhT-26 burned down, 8 T-26 drowned. Of them 70 T-26 and 2 KhT-26 were repaired. Personnel losses – 122 KIA, 249 WIA

Units in scenario:

Elements of 84th Division's Recon Bn
Elements of 344th Infantry Regiment (3 Bn)
Elements of 112th Tank Battalion (T-26) + Hvy tank coy (T-28)
Elements of 74th Field Artillery Regiment

Sources:
4th Tank Coy War Diary (in Finnish): LINK
http://www.winterwar.com/Battles/Naykkijaervi.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Honkaniemi
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honkaniemen_taistelu (in Finnish)
Vickers 6 ton together with details of 4th Tank Coy at Winter War, at JAEGERPLATOON.NET.

http://kannas.nm.ru/rkka.htm (in Russian, Google Tranlate: LINK )

RKKA tanks at Winter War: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.p...r#p1239909
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