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The 95 S 58-61 is a heavy recoilless anti-tank weapon used by the Finnish Army. It is also referred to as ''raskas sinko'' (''heavy recoilless rifle''), or colloquially as ''Musti'' ("Blackie"). The weapon was developed in 1958 and it was given a new wheel-equipped carriage in 1961. The name of the weapon means "95 mm, Sinko, model 1958/1961", where ''sinko'' is the Finnish word for recoilless weapon.
The weight of the weapon system is 140 kg and its caliber is 95 mm (3.75 inches). Its effective range is 700 m against moving targets and 1,000 m against positioned targets. It can penetrate about 550 mm steel. Its
Finnish Defence Forces material presentation: 95 S 58-61
{{in lang, fi Recoilless rifles Anti-tank weapons Cold War weapons of Finland Military equipment introduced in the 1950s
The 95 S 58-61 is a heavy recoilless anti-tank weapon used by the Finnish Army. It is also referred to as ''raskas sinko'' (''heavy recoilless rifle''), or colloquially as ''Musti'' ("Blackie"). The weapon was developed in 1958 and it was given a new wheel-equipped carriage in 1961. The name of the weapon means "95 mm, Sinko, model 1958/1961", where ''sinko'' is the Finnish word for recoilless weapon.
The weight of the weapon system is 140 kg and its caliber is 95 mm (3.75 inches). Its effective range is 700 m against moving targets and 1,000 m against positioned targets. It can penetrate about 550 mm steel. Its HEAT
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ammunition is equipped with a strengthened nose section to better its effectiveness against explosive reactive armour (ERA).
The weapon team consists of 8 men: leader, shooter, loader/reserve shooter and two ammunitions handlers plus the reserve leader and two extra men armed with M72 LAW
The M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon, also referred to as the light anti-armor weapon or LAW as well as LAWS: light anti-armor weapons system) is a portable one-shot unguided anti-tank weapon. The solid rocket propulsion unit was developed in th ...
s and APILAS (currently being replaced by the 102 RSLPSTOHJ NLAW) anti-tank weapons for close defense. The group moves in the terrain to their firing position by running and pulling the weapon behind them, and this is popularly called "walking the Musti". ("Musti" is a stereotypical name for a black dog in Finnish language
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Obsolescence
the weapon was considered to be among the oldest weapon systems in need of modernization by theFinnish Defense Forces
The Finnish Defence Forces ( fi, Puolustusvoimat, sv, Försvarsmakten) are the military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime the Finnish Border Guard (which i ...
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See also
*55 S 55
55 S 55 (from Finnish , '55 millimetre recoilless anti-tank weapon model 1955'), colloquially ''kevyt sinko'' and nicknamed Nyrkki, was a Finnish recoilless anti-tank weapon from the mid-1950s. The 55 S 55 was designed by a Finnish Defence Forces ...
* M40 recoilless rifle
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Finnish Defence Forces material presentation: 95 S 58-61
{{in lang, fi Recoilless rifles Anti-tank weapons Cold War weapons of Finland Military equipment introduced in the 1950s