Finnish Armoured Division

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The Finnish Armoured Division was a key World War II Finnish Army formation equipped with tanks and mechanized units that played a crucial role in defensive battles against the Soviet Union.

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Label Occurrences
Finnish Armoured Division canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military unit ⓘ
alliance Axis-aligned Finland ⓘ
branch armour ⓘ
mechanized infantry ⓘ
conflict Continuation War ⓘ
Lapland War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
engagedIn battles in Eastern Karelia ⓘ
defence of the Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
fighting in the 1944 Soviet offensive ⓘ
equipment armoured cars ⓘ
assault guns ⓘ
half-tracks ⓘ
motorized artillery ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
linked to: World War II
formedFrom Finnish tank battalions ⓘ
mechanized infantry units ⓘ
garrisonCountry Finland ⓘ
languageOfCommand Finnish ⓘ
notableAction counterattacks against Soviet armoured spearheads ⓘ
mobile reserve in Finnish defensive operations ⓘ
notableCharacteristic heavy reliance on captured Soviet armour ⓘ
high mobility for Finnish ground forces ⓘ
notableFor defensive battles against the Soviet Union ⓘ
opponent Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Finnish Army ⓘ
primaryTheater Eastern Front ⓘ
Finnish–Soviet front ⓘ
purpose conduct mobile defensive and offensive operations ⓘ
provide armoured support to Finnish infantry ⓘ
role armoured warfare ⓘ
mechanized warfare ⓘ
subordinateTo Finnish General Headquarters ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s ⓘ
typeOfFormation combined arms formation ⓘ
usedEquipmentModel BT-5 tank ⓘ
BT-7 tank ⓘ
KV-1 heavy tank ⓘ
StuG III assault gun ⓘ
T-26 light tank ⓘ
linked to: T-26

T-28 medium tank ⓘ
T-34 medium tank ⓘ
usedEquipmentOrigin German-supplied assault guns ⓘ
captured Soviet tanks ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Tali–Ihantala → notableUnitFinnish → Finnish Armoured Division ⓘ