Parola Tank Museum

Parola Tank Museum

Panssarimuseo
File:Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum Hattula Finland.jpg 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
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

• Ft17 parola 2.jpg

  An Automitrailleuse à chenilles Renault FT modèle 1917, on display

• Vickers parola 1.jpg

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

• Vickers 45mm parola 1.jpg

  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.

• T26 parola 2.jpg

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

• T26 parola 4.jpg

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

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  A Soviet T-50, on display

• T60 parola 1.jpg

  A Soviet T-60, on display

• T70 Parola Tank Museum 2.jpg

  A Soviet T-70, on display

Medium tanks

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

• Panzer IV Ausf J Parola 2.jpg

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

• Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum Hattula Finland Hall2.jpg

  Finnish T-54, also on YouTube

Heavy tanks

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

• Kv1e m1941 parola 1.jpg

  Finnish KV-1E, on display at the museum

Special tanks

• SU 57 anti-aircraft gun

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

• Stug III parola 1.jpg

  Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G, on display at the museum

Armored cars

• Ba10 parola 1.jpg

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

• Ba20 parola 1.jpg

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

• Humber pig parola 1.jpg

  Humber Pig, on display at the museum

IFV

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  BMP-1, on display at the museum

Modern vehicles

• XA-360 Parola Tank Museum June 2012.jpg

  XA-360, since summer 2011<ref>

See also

• The Artillery Museum of Finland
• Military Museum of Finland