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Winter War, Finnish Army. Soldier with rapid-fire rifle firing enemy in Karelian Isthmus February 1940
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Finnish soldier equipped with Lahti-Saloranta M-26 during the Winter War.

The Lahti-Saloranta M/26 (alternatively LS/26) is a light machine gun which was designed by Aimo Lahti and Arvo Saloranta in 1926. The weapon was able to fire in both full automatic and semi-automatic modes. Both 20-round box and 75-round drum magazines were produced, but the Finnish army seems to have only used the smaller 20-round magazine.

In the Winter War, there were two squads in each platoon that provided covering fire for two ten-man rifle squads. In each squad, there was one M/26 gunner, one assistant and the rest of the men carrying rifles.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahti-Saloranta_M/26
 

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