Flames Of War | Finnish | SMG Platoon | 15mm Metal Blister Pack

SMG Platoon (FI703)
includes one Formation Suomi SMG Team, one Unit Leader Suomi SMG Team, Six Suomi SMG Teams, one Lahti Anti-tank Rifle Team, one Panzerschreck Anti-tank Team, one 50mm Mortar Team (Mid War).

The Finns found the submachine-gun very handy in the close confines of forest combat. As more Suomi and captured Soviet PPSh submachine-guns have become available, whole platoons have been equipped with them.

Finnish Light Infantry Platoon (Jääkäri)

The Jääkäri were Finland’s elite light infantry. The Jääkäri troops were initially Finnish volunteers served with the Germans, training as Jägers (elite light infantry), during World War One as the Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Battalion. They fought on the northern flank of the eastern front from 1916.