{"id":28128,"date":"2025-11-06T06:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/announcing-forged-in-snow-finnish-small-arms-1917-2025-2\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:45:15","slug":"announcing-forged-in-snow-finnish-small-arms-1917-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/announcing-forged-in-snow-finnish-small-arms-1917-2025-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANNOUNCING! Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DOEcQHAgHIY?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Join the book launch on Kickstarter now!<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/headstamp\/forged-in-snow?ref=60r91a<br\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/headstamp\/forged-in-snow?ref=60r91a<br<\/a> \/><br \/>Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917 &#8211; 2025 is a reference guide to military firearms manufactured and modified in Finland. Intended for collectors and historians alike, it covers the full scope of Finland&#8217;s small arms from pistols to antitank rifles and from independence in 1917 to the present day. This book is the first English-language work to comprehensively cover the subject, and includes all major models :<\/p>\n<p>* Pistols &#8211; Ahlberg, Luger, Lahti, and more<br \/>* Mosin Nagants &#8211; Standard, Cavalry, Trainers, Snipers, and more<br \/>* Antitank Rifles<br \/>* Kalashnikov Variants &#8211; from rk\/58 trials through the rk\/95 and modernized rk\/62<br \/>* Submachine Guns &#8211; Lindelof, Suomi, M44, Jatimatic<br \/>* Light Machine Guns &#8211; LS26 and KvKK\/62<br \/>* Bayonets<\/p>\n<p>Each chapter includes a history of the weapon\u2019s development and its intended use, along with information concerning known variants, production numbers, markings, mechanical operation, and a history of deployment and combat use. Finland&#8217;s path of military development after independence, two wars with its eastern neighbor, and then a delicate balancing act between East and West through the Cold War created a fascinating and unique history of small arms development. In addition, many of Finland&#8217;s early small arms are now in the United States. This book is a must-have for anyone wishing to collect Mosin Nagants, Lugers, and Lahti pistols from Finland, as well as those who are interested in the military history of a fiercely independent Nordic nation.<\/p>\n<p>Ian McCollum is the founder, editor, and presenter of Forgotten Weapons, where he has documented firearms history for nearly 15 years. He is a member of the American Society of Arms Collectors and the author of five previous books, including Chassepot to FAMAS and Pistols of the Warlords, and a contributors to several Vickers Guide books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the book launch on Kickstarter now!https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/headstamp\/forged-in-snow?ref=60r91aForged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917 &#8211; 2025 is a reference guide to military firearms manufactured and modified in Finland. Intended for collectors and historians alike, it covers the full scope of Finland&#8217;s small arms from pistols to antitank rifles and from independence in 1917 to the present&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/announcing-forged-in-snow-finnish-small-arms-1917-2025-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ANNOUNCING! Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":28129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}