Finnish anti aircraft defence question

[Juha Tompuri]

30. PTk (Helsinki)
It.R 1 (Helsinki)...

...
- 31 January 1944 = 2338 men and 31 lotta.
- 29 February 1944 = 2649 men and 34 lotta.
- 31 March 1944 = 2758 men and 39 lotta.
- 30 April 1944 = 2905 men and 41 lotta.
- 31 May 1944 = 3682 men and 45 lotta.
- 30 June 1944 = 3478 men and 20 lotta.
- 31 July 1944 = 3546 men and 20 lotta.
- 31 August 1944 = 3701 men and 18 lotta.
- 30 September 1944 = 3472 men and 20 lotta.

How about the "underage" (Sotilaspojat - Soldier boys)?
Were they listed there under the men or are their number missing from those lists above?

Regards, Juha

[tramonte]

Here's the figures of AA-artillery 4 Sept 1944:

Field army: 204 x 20 mm, 99 x 37-40 mm, 12 x 75-88 mm
Home front (and Air Force): 135 x 20 mm, 135 x 37-40 mm, 239 x 75-88 mm (all 88 mm guns)
Navy: 368 x 20 mm, 38 x 37-40 mm, 21 x 75-88 mm
Depots: 13 x 20 mm, 6 x 37-40 mm, 3 x 75-88 mm
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total: 749 x 20 mm, 278 x 37-40 mm, 275 x 75-88 mm

Source: Suomen Sota, Part 9, page 343

(Compare German FLAK in Eastern Front (Noverber 1943): 6,200 light and 1,850 heavy AA guns. )