Parola Tank Museum

Military museum in Parola, Finland

61°02′31″N 24°20′39″E / 61.04194°N 24.34417°E / 61.04194; 24.34417TypeMilitary museumPublic transit accessParolaWebsitewww.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]

Renault FT
Vickers-Carden-Loyd
Vickers 6-ton
T-26
T-28
T-50
T-60
T-70
BT-42
T-34
T-34-85
JSU-152
KV-1
KV-1E

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.