Finnish Army Serial Numbers

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2	Finnish Army Serial Numbers
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4	All cells with filled in yellow are assumed or "official" serial numbers
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7	Updated 12/05/2013
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9	Early m/91 Tikkakoski
10	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
11	No Date	1	686	685	762	~35
12	1926	763	5316	4553	4649	~130
13	1927 Unstepped	5412	6721	1309	1340	~43
14	1927 Stepped	6752	10934	4182	4213	~130
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16	There seems to be a few unstepped barrels in the stepped serial number range.
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19	m/91 "P" Series
20	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
21	26	1	10763	10762	10820	~200
22	27	10821	16843	6022	6080	~110
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25	m/27 Tikkakoski
26	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
27	1927	20000	20945	972	1027	~20	Out of Sequence Numbers
28	1928	20972	32449	11397	11470	~202	1928	11079
29	1929	32497	33406	909	1017	~27	1932	40783
30	1930	33514	35848	2334	2393	~50	1932	40828
31	1931	35879	62839	9811	9955	~180	1932	40994
32	1932	45862	62769	16907	17048	~286	1932	43905
33	1933	62910	74462	11522	11556	259
34	1934	74466	81819	7453	7427	~302
35	1935	81864	83547	1654	1732	~95
36	1936	83596	83696	67	75	~15
37	1937	83700	84235	535	638	~28
38	1938	84338	84954	616	695	~33
39	1939	85033	86392	1359	1465	~78
40	1940	86480	87466	968	1074	~43
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43	m/27 VKT
44	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
45	1932	1	2113	2112	2186	~42
46	1934	2187	2187	1	124	~1
47	1935	2311	2659	348	472	~14
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50	m/91 Tikkakoski
51	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
52	1940	5000	16574	11574	11687	~99
53	1941	16687	28559	11872	11906	~103
54	1942	28593	41852	13259	13905	~106
55	1943	42498	49865	7367	8013	~71
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58	m/91 VKT
59	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
60	1940	1	8696	8696	9003	~66
61	1941	9004	20110	11106	11230	~49
62	1942	20234	38650	18416	18540	~70
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65	m/91 "B"
66	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
67	1942	21008	49210	Unknown	Unknown	~125
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70	m/39 SAKO
71	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
72	1940	200000	200020	20	23	~1	Out of Sequence Numbers
73	1941	200023	218620	18597	18657	~333	1942	218368
74	1942	218680	230527	11847	12356	~108
75	1943	231036	241817	10781	10913	~110
76	1944	241933	258362	16413	16499	~188
77	1945	258432	259982	1560	1620	~56
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80	m/39 VKT
81	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
82	1940	1	2508			~9
83	1941	21242	45202			~166
84	1942	45287	60041			~152
85	1943	59185	59195			~4
86	1944	54047	76324			~186
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88	The m/39 VKT serial numbers do not seem to be consistant. This might be caused by the use of shortened m/91 VKT barrels.
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91	m/39 "B"
92	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year
93	1942	21242	48978	Unknown	Unknown	~107
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95	m/39 "B" barrels are reportedly shortened m/91 :"B" barrels. Therefore, the serial numbers have little resemblence to actual production. Also, they were assembled post WW2.
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99	m/39 Tikkakoski
100	Barrel Date	Low Serial Number	High Serial Number	Minimum Produced by Year	Maximum Produced by Year	Number of Serial Numbers in Database by Year