25-Pdr’s of the New Zealand/Australian Composite (Finland) Field Regiment during an inspection by Marshal Mannerheim sometime between the end of the Winter War and their return to the UK in late 1940. The 25-Pdr guns (and the Red Army “souvenirs”) were left with the Maavoimat when the Regiment departed. They remained in service with the Maavoimat through to the end of WW2, at which point, worn out from heavy usage, they were retired and used as museum pieces or put on display as part of monuments and memorials.
25-Pdr’s of the New Zealand/Australian Composite (Finland) Field Regiment during an inspection by Marshal Mannerheim sometime between the end of the Winter War and their return to the UK in late 1940. The 25-Pdr guns (and the Red Army “souvenirs”) were left with the Maavoimat when the Regiment departed. They remained in service with the Maavoimat through to the end of WW2, at which point, worn out from heavy usage, they were retired and used as museum pieces or put on display as part of monuments and memorials.