Cake Smashing Boob posted:

A quick rundown of nature in the Nordics:

Norway: Fjords and mountains.


Sweden: Endless forest.


Denmark: Fertile farmland.


Finland:

etalian posted:

finns are bog men

Fashionable Jorts posted:

This is true. One of the largest Finnish communities in my area gathers around the shittiest lake for a thousand miles.

etalian posted:

don't think it's wise to date women who can sever a reindeer's balls in a single bite.

Fellbat posted:

it's the sword of Damocles of blow jobs man don't you judge me

Bumming Your Scene posted:

Im part Lithuanian. Is that good? ie: No mongolian in them?

MVP posted:

Sweden's biggest celebrity

etalian posted:

the real answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wBq3wPBOXc

MVP posted:

Sweden's biggest celebrity

Say Nothing posted:

etalian posted:

finns are bog men

Zzulu posted:

Finland invented the Molotov Cocktail in that war

quote:

Simo "Simuna" Häyhä; December 17, 1905 – April 1, 2002), nicknamed "White Death"During the Winter War (1939–1940) between Finland and the Soviet Union, Häyhä served as a sniper for the Finnish Army against the Red Army in the 6th Company of JR 34 during the Battle of Kollaa in temperatures between −40 °C (−40 °F) and −20 °C (−4 °F), dressed completely in white camouflage. Stalin’s purges of military experts caused chaos, and Soviet troops were not issued with white camouflage suits for most of the war, making them easily visible to snipers. Häyhä was credited with 542 confirmed kills of Soviet soldiers by Finnish military historian Robert Brantberg, while the documentary shown on Finnish channel MTV Oy stated 505 sniper kills. A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was made for the Finnish snipers.

All of Häyhä's kills were accomplished in fewer than 100 days – an average of just over five kills per day – at a time of year with very few daylight hours.

Häyhä used an M/28-30, with serial number 60974, since it suited his small frame (1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)). The rifle is a shorter, Finnish White Guard militia variant of the Mosin–Nagant rifle, known as "Pystykorva" (literally "Spitz", due to the front sight's resemblance to the head of a spitz-type dog) chambered in the Finnish Mosin–Nagant cartridge 7.62×53mmR. He preferred iron sights over telescopic sights as to present a smaller target for the enemy (a sniper must raise his head higher when using a telescopic sight), to increase accuracy (a telescopic sight's glass can fog up easily in cold weather), and to aid in concealment (sunlight glare in telescopic sight lenses can reveal a sniper's position). As well as these tactics, he frequently packed dense mounds of snow in front of his position to conceal himself, provide padding for his rifle and reduce the characteristic puff of snow stirred up by the muzzle blast. He was also known to keep snow in his mouth whilst sniping, to prevent steamy breaths giving away his position in the cold air.

The Soviets' efforts to kill Häyhä included counter-snipers and artillery strikes, and on March 6, 1940, Häyhä was hit by an explosive bullet in his lower left jaw by a Russian soldier, blowing off his lower left cheek. He was picked up by fellow soldiers who said "half his face was missing", but he did not die, regaining consciousness on March 13, the day peace was declared. Shortly after the war, Häyhä was promoted from alikersantti (Under-Sergeant) to vänrikki (Ensign) by Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim.

hard counter posted:

lol

Hmmm finland is objectively one of the happiest, most prosperous countries in the world, has the actual best education system in the world and the least government corruption. Truly life is hell unending and the only way out is a bullet to the brain right loving now
- typical finn

what huge balls

Zzulu posted:

now it is the obligatory white death post:


this little dwarf killed so many russians

Fashionable Jorts posted:

Nah, they just gave it the nickname. Firebombs like that had been used for hundreds of years, and were especially popular during the Spanish Civil war a few years earlier. However, they became a staple among the Finns due to the poo poo design of the Russian tanks. Firebombs were used to blind the crew; you set the tank on fire and the people inside can't see what they are shooting at. But these terrible tanks would suck in the flames and bad things would happen.

Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:

Does every house have a sauna in Finland, or is it more of part of a town's communal infrastructure?

Zzulu posted:

Actually we got the fat neckbeard guy who created Minecraft too

Triple A posted:

soviet tank designs were pretty good for their time, the big problem with them was how they were implemented and the terrain being very unforgiving for armored warfare due to being either tight logging roads or very uneven forests and bogs