Parola Tank Museum

Parola Tank Museum
Panssarimuseo
	Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum courtyard with the latest extension, Hall 2, on the left.
	Location within Finland
Established	18 June 1961
Location	Parola, Finland
Coordinates	61°02′31″N 24°20′39″E / 61.04194°N 24.34417°E
Type	Military museum
Public transit access	Parola
Website	www.panssarimuseo.fi

Parola Tank Museum, officially Armoured Vehicle Museum (Finnish Panssarimuseo, Swedish Pansarmuséet) is a military museum located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki in Parola, near Hämeenlinna, Finland, a few kilometres from the Finnish Army Armoured Brigade training unit. It displays various tanks, armoured vehicles and anti-tank guns used by the Finnish Defence Forces throughout their history, including their latest Leopard 2A4 tank. A rare exhibit is an armoured train used in World War II. The museum was opened on June 18, 1961, when there were 19 tanks and 12 anti-tank guns on display.

Full list of vehicles ^[1]

Light tanks

Renault FT light tank (1917)
Finnish Vickers 6-ton tank with 37mm Bofors gun
Finnish Vickers 6-ton tank (T-26E). This was upgunned during World War II with a captured Soviet 45 mm gun in a T-26 turret.
T-26, Ps.163-16
T-26, Ps.163-33
Soviet T-50
Soviet T-60
Soviet T-70

Medium tanks

Soviet-made T-28E captured by the Finnish Defence Forces
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J with Finnish roundel 1945-. Imported from Germany during WW2
Finnish T-54

Heavy tanks

Finnish T-72M1, Ps 284-202
Finnish KV-1E

Special tanks

ZSU-57-2 anti-aircraft gun^[2]

Assault guns

Finnish BT-42 assault gun, a modification of the Soviet BT-7
BT-42 from another angle
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G

Armoured cars

Captured Soviet BA-10 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.27-12
Captured Soviet BA-20 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.6-11
Humber Pig

Infantry fighting vehicles

BMP-1

Modern vehicles

XA-360^[3]

References

^ "Museokalustoa". Panssarimuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
^ [1] Archived August 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Panssarimuseon kesä 2011" (PDF). Panssarimuseo.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

[1] "Museokalustoa". Panssarimuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.

[2] [1] Archived August 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Panssarimuseon kesä 2011" (PDF). Panssarimuseo.fi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

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Parola Tank Museum

Contents

Full list of vehicles ^[1]

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Special tanks

Assault guns

Armoured cars

Infantry fighting vehicles

Modern vehicles

See also

References

Parola Tank Museum

Full list of vehicles [1]

Light tanks

Medium tanks

Heavy tanks

Special tanks

Assault guns

Armoured cars

Infantry fighting vehicles

Modern vehicles

See also

References

Full list of vehicles ^[1]