Military museum in Parola, Finland
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 (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
Heavy tanks
Special tanks
Assault guns
Finnish
BT-42 assault gun, a modification of the Soviet BT-7
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
Infantry fighting vehicles
Modern vehicles
See also
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.
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