Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "Ask Ian: Did the Finns Hate the Carcano?" video.

The Carcano rifles didn't arrive in time to see service in the Winter War. Nazi Germany held up arms shipments to Finland, because at the time, they were still allied with the Soviet Union.
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@stephenrickstrew7237 Truth be told, the Winter War was a fairly low-tech affair in WW2 terms. SMGs saw more widespread use than before and the guerilla tactics employed by Finnish ski troops had some novelty to them. I wouldn't call it appeasement (the USSR did get unceremoniously kicked out of the League of Nations), but global commitment to stop aggressors in their tracks was certainly lacking. I suppose we're slightly better off in that respect nowadays, but only slightly.
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@vorynrosethorn903 That's how it worked. Two uncles of mine had their "Suojeluskunta" Mosin-Nagants replaced by Ternis because as signalmen they weren't considered combat troops. Both made sure to find themselves battlefield-pickup Mosin-Nagants ASAP.
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If your granddad indeed had one, it must have been in the Continuation War. The "Terni" didn't see action in the Winter War.
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