A German anti-aircraft gun

88 mm:n ilmantorjuntatykki ampuu Käpylän Taivaskalliolla mustaa yötaivasta vasten. Etualalla näkyy maahan rakennettuja puolustuslaitteita ja poteroita. Kuvassa useita sotilaita.
The latest anti-aircraft equipment was bought from Germany. For defence purposes, the purchase of 88 mm RMB anti-aircraft guns was critical. The artillery batteries were scattered around the city and on nearby islands. The photo shows a secondary cannon being launched on the Käpylä district’s Taivaskallio rocks. An important artillery battery was also located in Kaivopuisto park, which was nicknamed "Kaivo" (‘the Well’).
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Photographer

Finnish Defence Forces Photograph Archive / Otso Pietinen

Period

1943

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Authors

Luutnantti Otso Pietinen

Keywords

bombings continuation war

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Sotamuseo Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive