Your favourite weapons - Eastern European

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Austria would go under Western Europe despite its neutrality, I'd argue as would Switzerland; both of course produced highly influential small arms.

Ouch! I totally forgot about both those countries but yes, that's where I'd place them, specifically based on geography. Funny enough, I was thinking on where to put Sweden and Finland and decided to leave them be because although Sweden in definitely considered Western, you could make an argument that Finland could be either (based on location and history) Western or Eastern - although I would place it in Western because of its politics and society.

[swaghauler]

CZ-75 pistol or any pistol in 7.62 T (which WILL penetrate Level 2 soft body armor).
either a Polish Tantal in 5.45mm X 39mm, or a VZ-58 in 7.62mm X 39mm.
Romanian "Draco" AKMSU with the 8" barrel and an underfolder stock in 7.62mm X 39mm
Romanian PSL in 7.62mmR.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Ouch! I totally forgot about both those countries but yes, that's where I'd place them, specifically based on geography. Funny enough, I was thinking on where to put Sweden and Finland and decided to leave them be because although Sweden in definitely considered Western, you could make an argument that Finland could be either (based on location and history) Western or Eastern - although I would place it in Western because of its politics and society.

Interesting one about Finland - they did utilise the T-72 and MiG-21 in their military; also as a former Russian territory they still use the (slightly wider than standard) Russian railway gauge for their rail networks.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

In some cases, the Soviet gear was more suitable for Finland e.g. the MT-LB, very good for marshy terrain and guess what Finland has lots of
Not surprising when the Finnish name for their country (Suomi) comprises the word for bog/swamp (suo).
The Finns also used/still use a localized version of the AKM along with the AGS-17, SVD, RPD & TT-33, the T54 MBT, the BMP-1 & BMP-2, the BTR-50 & BTR-60 as well as many Soviet SAM, artillery & mortar types.
Intriguingly, they also received a small batch of AR-10 rifles for testing way back in the late 1950s, these were chambered for 7.62x39mm.