Parola Tank Museum

Parola Tank Museum, officially Armoured Vehicle Museum (Finnish Panssarimuseo) 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.

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
Type	Military museum
Public transit access	Parola
Website	www.panssarimuseo.fi

Full list of vehicles [1]

• Renault FT-17
• 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

• BA-20M
• BA-10
• T-20 Komsomolets
• T-54
• T-55M
• T-72M1
• ZSU-57-2
• BTR-50
• BTR-60
• BTR-80
• BMP-1
• PT-76
• Leopard 2A4
• StuG III Ausf. G

• Panzerkampfwagen IV
• FAMO
• Daimler Ferret
• Sisu armoured car
• Humber "Pig"
• M2 White
• Landsverk Anti II
• M4 Sherman
• Patria AMV
• Patria AMV AMOS
• MT-LB
• Charioteer
• Comet
• Armoured train

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
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  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
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  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
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  BT-42 from another angle
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  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]

See also

• The Artillery Museum of Finland
• Military Museum of Finland

References

1. "Museokalustoa". Panssarimuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-10-28.
2. 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.