01 / Overview
Continuation War
Date
1941–1944
Type
interstate war
Duration
3 years 2 months 27 days
Participants
Weapon System
Outcome
decisive victory b
Parent War
02 / Sides
Belligerents 4 participants
03 / Weapons & Equipment · 31 systems
WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT SUMMARY
ORIGIN · COMPANY
Total 38 distinct systems
Avg. Equipment Age 11 years all equipment
SIDE A 8 years avg. age
SIDE B 18 years avg. age
MOST EXPENSIVE $29 · 1940 MP40
Weapons & Equipment31systems
Country
CATEGORY
75 mm Gun M1917Field Guns43Gloster GladiatorAir Superiority Fighters36Blackburn RiponTactical / Medium Bombers34Brewster F2A BuffaloAir Superiority Fighters29
Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901Field Guns42
Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti IIAnti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)44M/39Bolt-Action Rifles76Lahti L-35Pistols75Suomi KP/-31Machine Pistols73AVT-40Battle Rifles72M27 Infantry RifleBolt-Action Rifles69Maxim M/32-33General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)69SVT-40Semi-Automatic Rifles687,62 ITKK 31 VKTGeneral Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)66Sampo L-41Light Machine Guns (LMG/SAW)6320 ITK 40 VKTAnti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)58Lahti L-39Sniper Rifles56120 Krh/40Towed Artillery & Mortars50+16more →
Swedish MauserBolt-Action Rifles75M/39Bolt-Action Rifles76Suomi KP/-31Machine Pistols73QF 18-pounder gunField Guns68Polikarpov I-153 ChaikaAir Superiority Fighters4976 mm air-defense gun M1914/15Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA)43203 mm/45 caliber Pattern 1892 gunNaval Guns43BT-7Tanks39203 mm 50 caliber Pattern 1905Field Guns36Gloster GladiatorAir Superiority Fighters36BL 8-inch Mark 7 howitzerTowed Artillery & Mortars35152 mm howitzer M1910Towed Artillery & Mortars31M/39Bolt-Action Rifles76Suomi KP/-31Machine Pistols73S-mineAnti-Personnel Mines73120 Krh/40Towed Artillery & Mortars50Polikarpov I-153 ChaikaAir Superiority Fighters49Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1901Field Guns42BT-7Tanks39Gloster GladiatorAir Superiority Fighters36T-28Tanks31
MP40Machine Pistols71
RG-42Hand Grenades45
Suomi KP/-31Machine Pistols73Each system appears only once in the list.
1M/39Bolt-Action Rifles76MASS2Lahti L-35Pistols75MASS3Swedish MauserBolt-Action Rifles75MASS4Suomi KP/-31Machine Pistols73MASS5S-mineAnti-Personnel Mines73MASS6AVT-40Battle Rifles72MASS7MP40Machine Pistols71MASS8M27 Infantry RifleBolt-Action Rifles69MASS9Maxim M/32-33General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG)69MASS10SVT-40Semi-Automatic Rifles68MASS
04 / Outcomes
Outcome & Human Cost
Decisive Victory — Side B
FIRST DEFENSE DEALS AFTER WAR 20 deals
Japan 
Argentina 
Poland 
New Zealand 
Denmark 
Dominican Republic 
Egypt 
Czech Republic 
Italy 📚 Sources
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
- Correlates of War (CoW) project
- Official archives and academic literature