Comments by "Jussi M. Konttinen" (@jussim.konttinen4981) on "Soviet Infantry Small Arms Advantage Late in WW2? TIK Q&A" video.

@nikolajsivanovs3547 Because I wouldn't want to die in the siege of Leningrad. When we flip a coin, we assume that there is no major difference between the two sides. Even SS troops, for example, had drivers who didn't shoot with their rifles at all.
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@nikolajsivanovs3547 "ALL members of the ss commit crimes." When a completely biased Allied court declared them innocent, they are free men. Laws are not retrospectively enacted in this neck of the woods, as in some Soviet slums. Now go home and get your f**king shinebox!
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@MarshallJukov Actually, I'll retract what I said. Finland lost the Winter War, but won the Continuation War in september 1944. The Red Army suffered heavy losses in Germany while Finns were celebrating and drinking cognac at home.
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@MarshallJukov Pocket change. It's a fair compensation for the white slave labor and starvation deaths. And it was paid off before Stalin died.
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@Raskolnikov70 Modern warfare is more like police work. Although RK 62 also has "high-speed" mode, we were taught in Finland to use only the semi-automatic mode. However, there is a Finnish volunteer company in Iraq where I can imagine them using fully automatic firing mode while cleaning apartments. Btw. Degtjarjova LMG was named "Emma" in Finland, because the magazine resembles an audio record. https://youtu.be/NW7nHjc6Y7A
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@MarshallJukov In a single battle, Viljam Pylkäs killed 83 Communists with a submachine gun. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1968.
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@MarshallJukov Finland lost, but the Soviet Union is miserable even when it wins. In fact, the Continuation War was Finland's golden age. The bombing of Helsinki failed completely. https://youtu.be/-fZ-u6F6nAc
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@MarshallJukov So what, they had to leave a double steak out of the burger in 1946. At the same time, there was famine in the Soviet Union. It's nice that the disabled Russians were allowed to eat more than just sand, thanks to Finns. As for the "lost" areas, they are withering away. The truth is that towns have been reduced to rubble without proper maintenance. It's a worthless wasteland, and I don't even blame the Russians.
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@MarshallJukov Nice, but the Komi aren't Finns. A bit like mixing Swedes and Danes. There was no famine in Finland in the 20th century. Here is one example of a helpless refugee born in Vyborg: https://tinyurl.com/ryoh3w6
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@scottsorenson1859 It would be difficult to choose which army to join with current information, if there were only these two options.
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@MarshallJukov It's nice that the Russian authorities are taking communism seriously. NYT: "Russia Sentences Anti-Fascists on Bogus Terror Charges, Critics Say"
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@MarshallJukov Exactly, built by the Russians. What did you find on the moon? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_inequality-adjusted_HDI#List
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@MarshallJukov I have nothing against it, if you turn the list upside down and move to Africa.
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@MarshallJukov Finland is the bedrock. Soviet Union was an early modern political union.
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@MarshallJukov Personally, no one in my family died in 1941-45. This municipality was not even bombed in WW II, and we had a Russian prisoner doing farm work. Even during the Civil War, this place was never occupied by the Reds, so the last war was actually in 1809.
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@MarshallJukov A recession is not a famine. Of course, some people caused problems for themselves. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_Tuominen 'only nation that has more "ridiculous" victories than Finland is Ukraine' 44th Kievan Sniper Division https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/two-soviet-infantrymen-frozen-death-foxhole-finland-1940/
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@MarshallJukov You don't even know who fought in WW2. You must be 12 years old.
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@MarshallJukov "US lost 7 million people in 1930s" Your ally, your problem. There have never been so many people in Finland, so that alone makes Finland a winner nation. Vyborg was lost in 1940, therefore it's impossible to lose it in 1944. Finland lost nothing in 1941-45, but merely schooled the criminals. Oh, and in the next war we'll use Nukes. Moscow and Helsinki will be wiped out in 15 minutes, but that's a small price to pay.
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@MarshallJukov I have to admit they had some great victories, like the siege of Leningrad and the holocaust. That's what we also celebrate every Christmas. Anyway, it's history like the USSR.
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@MarshallJukov Nope. They received promotions, medals and lived happily ever after. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulo_Suorttanen
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@MarshallJukov Actually, it's no wonder Finland won. They were confronted by the SJW army of cowardly nerds.
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@MarshallJukov Soviet Union lost 100% of its territory.
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@MarshallJukov Russia paid Canada $ 20 million. How much to the United States? https://histdoc.net/history/1941-1948/petsamo1944-10-08.html
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@MarshallJukov As for Nukes, we buy bombs directly from Russia, as in the last war. In case of emergency, from France or Pakistan. People do anything for money.
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@MarshallJukov So you paid billions and lost more people than the entire population of Finland. Congratulations lol. Last time I checked Estonia is not part of Russia.
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@MarshallJukov I wouldn't be surprised if you are American. You speak so convincingly for Finland's NATO membership. Perhaps at this stage it's worth giving up and becoming a NATO supporter?
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@MarshallJukov "As you lost access to Barents sea in 1944" Petšenga was a sparsely populated territory of Russian whites. There have been no border formalities between Finland and Norway since the 1950s http://rauha.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/turku.png
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@MarshallJukov Personally, at the moment, I don't consider full membership necessary. Finland has already signed an agreement with NATO that permits assistance from NATO members in situations such as "disasters, disruptions, and threats to security." In addition, Russia has not submitted any territorial claims.
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@MarshallJukov Well maybe it could be a nature park, since Finland is mostly a post-industrial society. I somewhat agree with the locals who are not in favor of building a railway. Representative of the Skolt Sámi Veikko Feodoroff is concerned about the impact on reindeer herding. https://tinyurl.com/rh9s8h4
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@MarshallJukov Apparently, the price of Soviet citizens is one ruble, because 1.3 million Soviet casualties are not considered too high price for some wilderness.
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@MarshallJukov HQ's goal was to make a crusade to the Soviet Union. Finns lost 63,200 soldiers. The Soviet Union kidnapped about two hundred people in the summer of 1940. In total, there were about two thousand civilian casualties. At that time, taxation was low, so there were no significant financial losses. Overall, the crusade was astonishingly successful. Although some refugees returned temporarily to their homes, they cannot be counted as victims of the Continuation War. In any case, by 1944 they had received new housing in Central Finland.
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@MarshallJukov Finland lost -10% when the Germans left the country, but they were not dead. In fact, during the Continuation War, the local population grew every year.
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@MarshallJukov Ingenious. In Finnish, Emperor Nero means genius because he burned Rome : ) Both of my grandparents participated in the Continuation War and survived. Even Grandma's sisters served as Lottas. Zero deaths.
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@lizardb8694 On paper, SVT-40 looks better than SKS. I guess they had their reasons to replace it. Sgt. Mallila with captured SVT-40: http://www.ww2incolor.com/finnish_forces/Eino+Mallila+armed+with+SVT-40.html
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@Rhinopotamus I understand that there is a ban on the import of Kalasnikov in the US. I do not know if the old RK will at some point be replaced by FN SCAR. Even though manufacturing is finished, the RK 62 still in use as a service rifle: https://tinyurl.com/rgt8hhc
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