to the Finnish Army as their service rifle. In 1932 Lahti and the Ministry of Defence signed two important agreements about Lahti's earnings and other economic benefits. It also gave the government rights to use and sell his designs. In the same year, he got an offer to move to an American weapon company. He was offered a check for 3 million marks and a five percent commission on the weapons that would have been produced in the United States. On the same day the Ministry reformed his older contract. Lahti received more benefits and rights to his inventions and therefore did not feel that moving to the United States was a better offer. Lahti continued to design weapons until the end of the Continuation War when the Allied Control Commission questioned him about the lost 30 assault rifles that he was designing and other topics. The commission made a decision that he would not be allowed to work as a weapon designer anymore. He enjoyed a Finnish Army’s Major General’s pension after the age of 50, until his death in 1970 in Jyväskylä at the age of 73. Notes References Hyytinen, Timo (2003), Suomi-konepistoolin tarina : näin syntyi maailman paras ase ja näin sitä käyttivät maailman parhaat taistelijat External links Yleisradio - Keksijäesittely: Aimo Lahti 1896 births 1970 deaths Finnish military personnel Firearm designers Weapon designers