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 (1961-06-18)
Location	Parola, Finland
Coordinates	61°02′31″N 24°20′39″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

An Automitrailleuse à chenilles Renault FT modèle 1917, on display

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

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.

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

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

A Soviet T-50, on display

A Soviet T-60, on display

A Soviet T-70, on display

Medium tanks

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

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

Finnish T-54, also on YouTube

T-55M, since summer 2011

Heavy tanks

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

Finnish KV-1E, on display at the museum

Special tanks

• SU 57 anti-aircraft gun

Assault guns

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

A BT-42 from another angle

Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G, on display at the museum

BMP-1PS, an armoured personnel carrier with an anti-tank missile, since summer 2011

Armored cars

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

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

Humber Pig, on display at the museum

IFV

BMP-1, on display at the museum

Modern vehicles

XA-360, since summer 2011

Leopard 2A4, since summer 2011

See also

• The Artillery Museum of Finland
• Military Museum of Finland