Parola Tank Museum
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{{Infobox Museum
|name = Parola Tank Museum
|native_name = Panssarimuseo
|native_name_lang = fi
|image = Parola_Armoured_Vehicle_Museum_Hattula_Finland.jpg
|imagesize = 250
|caption = Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum courtyard with the latest extension, Hall 2, on the left.
|map_type = Finland
|map_caption = Location within Finland
|map_size = 140
|coordinates = {{coord|61|02|31|N|24|20|39|E|display=inline}}
|established = {{Start date|1961|6|18|df=y}}
|dissolved =
|type = Military museum
|visitors =
|director =
|curator =
|publictransit = Parola
|website = [http://www.panssarimuseo.fi www.panssarimuseo.fi]
}}
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.
Full list of vehicles
- 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
File:Ft17 parola 2.jpg|Renault FT light tank (1917)
File:Vickers_parola_1.jpg|Finnish Vickers 6-ton tank with 37mm Bofors gun
File:Vickers 45mm parola 1.jpg|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.
File:T26 parola 2.jpg|T-26, Ps.163-16
File:T26 parola 4.jpg|T-26, Ps.163-33
File:T50 parola 1.jpg|Soviet T-50
File:T60 parola 1.jpg|Soviet T-60
File:T70 Parola Tank Museum 2.jpg|Soviet T-70
Medium tanks
File:T28 parola 1.jpg|Soviet-made T-28E captured by the Finnish Defence Forces
File:Panzer IV Ausf J Parola 2.jpg|Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J with Finnish roundel 1945-. Imported from Germany during WW2
File:Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum Hattula Finland Hall2.jpg|Finnish T-54
Heavy tanks
Special tanks
Assault guns
File:Bt42 parola 2.jpg|Finnish BT-42 assault gun, a modification of the Soviet BT-7
File:BT-42 Parola tank museum.jpg|BT-42 from another angle
File:Stug III parola 1.jpg|Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G
Armoured cars
File:Ba10 parola 1.jpg|Captured Soviet BA-10 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.27-12
File:Ba20 parola 1.jpg|Captured Soviet BA-20 in Finnish markings, registered as Ps.6-11
File:Humber pig parola 1.jpg|Humber Pig
Infantry fighting vehicles
File:Finnish BMP1 Parola 2.jpg|BMP-1
Modern vehicles
File:XA-360 Parola Tank Museum June 2012.jpg|XA-360{{cite web|url=http://www.panssarimuseo.fi/index-kuvat/Museonkesa2011-7.pdf|format=PDF|title=Panssarimuseon kesä 2011|publisher=Panssarimuseo.fi|accessdate=2015-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720185529/http://www.panssarimuseo.fi/index-kuvat/Museonkesa2011-7.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-20|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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Category:Military and war museums in Finland