Parola Tank Museum
Military museum in Parola, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 the Leopard 2A4 tank which is in present service. Rare exhibits are an armoured train used in World War II and the only surviving example of the BT-42 assault gun. The museum was opened on June 18, 1961, with 19 tanks and 12 anti-tank guns on display.
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Panssarimuseo | |
Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum courtyard with the latest extension, Hall 2, on the left. | |
 Location within Finland | |
| Established | 18 June 1961 |
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| 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
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- 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
- 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
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
Special tanks
Assault guns
BT-42 from another angle
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G
Armoured cars
Infantry fighting vehicles
Modern vehicles
See also
References
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