by Ley Reynolds

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.

The Armored Museum is located at Hattulantie 334,13720 Parola. The easiest way to get from Hämeenlinna train station is by bus number 5, which leaves directly from the station. From Parola train station we are about 1 km in the direction of Parolannummi and bus number 5 runs right next to the main gate of the museum. It is about 110 km from Helsinki and about 70 km from Tampere. (text of para 1 and heading photo are from public domain Wikipedia page and para 2 from the Museum's webpage - I located a set of Armoured Train images on another disk that Ley had sent me which were taken at Parola, thus this 3rd part - Steve (Editor).

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Ley Reynolds visited the Museum in 2010 and this is the 3rd of 3 parts with his photos of the visit.

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