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) is a military museum located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki in Parola, near Hämeenlinna, in Finland. It displays various tanks, armoured vehicles and anti-tank guns used by the Finnish Defence Forces throughout its history. A rare exhibit is an armoured train used in World War II. A few kilometers away from the museum is also the Armoured Brigade. The museum was opened June 18, 1961, when there were 19 tanks and 12 anti-tank guns on display.
Also Leopard 2A4, the latest tank in the Finnish Defense Forces is displayed.

Light tanks

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  An Automitrailleuse à chenilles Renault FT modèle 1917, on display

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  Finnish Vickers 6-ton tank with 37mm Bofors, on display.

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  Finnish Vickers 6-ton tank (T-26E), on display. This tank was upgunned with a captured Soviet 45 mm gun in a T-26 turret during the war.

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  A T-26, Ps.163-16, on display.

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  A T-26, Ps.163-33, on display

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  A Soviet T-50, on display

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  A Soviet T-60, on display

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  A Soviet T-70, on display

Medium tanks

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  A Soviet made T-28 captured by the Finnish Defence Forces

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  Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J with Finnish roundel 1945-. Imported from Germany during the WW2

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  Finnish T-54, also on YouTube^[1]

1. ^ Parola Tank Museum Finland 2009 芬蘭帕羅拉坦克博物館 パロラ戦車博物館. YouTube.com. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

Heavy tanks

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  Finnish T-72-M1, Ps 284-202, on display at the museum

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  Finnish KV-1E, on display at the museum

Special tanks

• SU 57 anti-aircraft gun^[1]

Assault guns

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  A Finnish BT-42 assault gun, a modification of the Soviet BT-7, on display at the museum

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  A BT-42 from another angle

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  Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G, on display at the museum

Armored cars

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  The captured Soviet BA-10 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.27-12

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  The captured Soviet BA-20 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.6-11

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  Humber Pig, on display at the museum

IFV

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  BMP-1, on display at the museum

Modern vehicles

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  XA-360, since summer 2011^[1]

1. ^ "Panssarimuseon kesä 2011" (PDF). Panssarimuseo.fi. Retrieved 2015-05-16.

See also

• The Artillery Museum of Finland
• Military Museum of Finland

References

1. Archived August 15, 2011 at the Wayback Machine