In Winter War it was not just the rifles - Finnish Army seriously lacked anti-tank weaponry, so the men just sneaked right next to a tank, inserting a block of wood into the tank tread to immobilize it. And destroying the whole tank either with tossing a molotov cocktail into the engine, or with a load of dynamite.

And, yes, while I respect the men who had to defend our land, I see no glory in the war itself. For me, the best way to honour the veterans is to aim for avoiding any further warfare. Which, naturally, applies everywhere. Recently it was the Victory Day parade in Russia, and in the news there was an interview of a russian war veteran who had been fighting against the Nazi Germany. And he said that there is something wrong with the contemporary celebrations - if the war is portrayed as some sort of parade of glory, it is also emotionally preparing the folks to do the same again. But the reality of war, he said, was a lot of blood, death and suffering for everyone. So it should be seen as what it was : a major disaster, which should never happen again.