Not at all. I was wondering already while posting!JTV wrote:Are you certain about that?
Could someone check this up?marcopolo wrote:Vlh.R (Jatkosodan historia volume 6 page 393)

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Juha-Pekka

Not at all. I was wondering already while posting!JTV wrote:Are you certain about that?
Could someone check this up?marcopolo wrote:Vlh.R (Jatkosodan historia volume 6 page 393)
John Hilly wrote:t is a Searchlight Regiment!
Harri lists Vlh.R at his webpage as Valoheitinryhmä = Searchlight Squad - being an engineer unit (field searchlights?)John Hilly wrote:Not at all. I was wondering already while posting!JTV wrote:Are you certain about that?
KV = perhaps at this case kenttävartio (field post?)igor_verh wrote:Hi! I have some questions about finnish abbreviations:
What is KV: "Klo 8,30 ilmoitti os.Kivikko 40-miehisen ryssän partion 13.8. klo 18,05 yrittäneen ryömien KV:n x=6470, y=0700 kimppuun"
FE = perhaps Fokker transport plane (Fokker F.VIIa code FE-2?)FE: "Tumbajoen suun ja pisteen x=2700, y=8370 välillä joen eteläpuolella useita omia nuotioita, joille FE heitti paketteja"
Hmmm.... ratsuväkijoukkue? (cavalry platoon)?And what is rtsv.joukkue?
Thanks in advance
Juha Tompuri wrote:KV = perhaps at this case kenttävartio (field post?)igor_verh wrote:Hi! I have some questions about finnish abbreviations:
What is KV: "Klo 8,30 ilmoitti os.Kivikko 40-miehisen ryssän partion 13.8. klo 18,05 yrittäneen ryömien KV:n x=6470, y=0700 kimppuun"
FE = perhaps Fokker transport plane (Fokker F.VIIa code FE-2?)FE: "Tumbajoen suun ja pisteen x=2700, y=8370 välillä joen eteläpuolella useita omia nuotioita, joille FE heitti paketteja"
http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost ... -viia.html
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... t#p1755691Nigel wrote:Personnel serving in technical duties belonging to the officers without officer training hold the position of military civil servant (sotilasvirkamies). Their rank is comparable to either Senior Lieutenant, Lieutenant and Staff Sergeant, depending on the level of the civilian education required to serve in this position.
No they were actually Swedes from Sweden, "Rikssvenskar".Hanski wrote: SAK = Svenska arbetskåren = Swedish Work Corps (my guess: an auxiliary unit of Swedish-speaking Finns, to provide labour force for various defence purposes?)