The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult.

The Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (alternatively LS/26) is a light machine gun which was designed by Aimo Lahti and Arvo Saloranta in 1926. The weapon was able to fire in both full automatic and semi-automatic modes. Both 20-round box and 75-round drum magazines were produced, but the Finnish Army seems to have only used the smaller 20-round magazine.

2020年6月16日 · The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20mm anti-tank rifle used during World War II. Nicknamed “Norsupyssy,” Finnish for “elephant gun,” it had excellent accuracy, penetration, and range for its ...

2022年5月9日 · The Lahti L-39 was developed by Aimo Lahti, a Finnish weapons designer and the brains behind the country’s 20 mm rifle and 13.2 mm machine gun. The semi-automatic, gas-powered weapon hit the battlefield in 1939, and over the …

2023年10月31日 · While it was largely obsolete against Soviet tanks, the Lahti L-39 — which earned the nickname “Norsupyssy” (“Elephant Gun”) was put to good use as a sniper and marksman rifle. Its 20mm explosive projectile was well suited against bunkers and vehicles in supply convoys, and even low-flying aircraft.

2019年3月28日 · The Lahti L-39 was an indigenous Finnish 20mm anti-tank rifle design used during the "Winter War" of World War 2. The system was designed in 1939 and produced in some 1,900 examples by the end of her run, expanding to include the fully-automatic L …

2003年5月1日 · Aimo Johannes Lahti’s remarkable semiautomatic shoulder cannon made it into the first phase of tiny Finland’s “Winter War” against Soviet invaders in 1939-40, but just barely. According to Finnish arms historians, only two prototype guns, in 20x113mm Lahti caliber, were available to be pressed into action.

Between 1922 and 1940, Aimo Johannes Lahti designed some of Finland’s best small arms including pistols, submachine guns, machine guns and anti-tank guns. Up until the end of the First World War Finland had been an autonomous Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire and as such relied on Russian small arms with the Mosin-Nagant being Finland’s ...

The L-39 antitank rifle (official Finnish designation 20 pst kiv/39, unofficial "Norsupyssy" – elephant gun) was developed by famous Finnish arms designer Aimo Lahti on request from Finnish army. Early prototypes were built around proprietary 20×113 ammunition, also designed by Lahti, but in mas production this was changed to more common ...

The Lahti L-35 is a semi-automatic pistol designed by Aimo Lahti that was produced between 1935 and 1952. Designed to be manufactured autonomously in Finland, the pistol was used by Finland throughout the Winter War and Continuation War.