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|location = [[Parola]], [[Finland]]
|type = [[Museum#military museum|Military museum]]
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'''Parola Tank Museum''', officially ''Armoured Vehicle Museum'' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]] ''Panssarimuseo'') is a [[Museum#military museum|military museum]] located 110 kilometres north of Helsinki in [[Parola]], near [[Hämeenlinna]], in [[Finland]]. It displays various [[tank]]s, armoured vehicles and [[anti-tank gun]]s 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. <br/>
Also [[Leopard 2]]A4, the latest tank in the [[Finnish Defense Forces]] is displayed
==Light tanks==
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File:Panzer IV Ausf J Parola 2.jpg|[[Panzerkampfwagen IV]] Ausf. J with Finnish roundel 1945-. Imported from Germany during the WW2
File:Parola Armoured Vehicle Museum Hattula Finland Hall2.jpg|Finnish [[T-54]], also on [[YouTube]]<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po1O8D-yH7A&feature=related</ref>
File:Fond blanc.svg|T-55M, since summer 2011<ref>http://www.panssarimuseo.fi/index-kuvat/Museonkesa2011-7.pdf</ref>
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File:BT-42 Parola tank museum.jpg|A [[BT-42]] from another angle
File:Stug III parola 1.jpg|[[Sturmgeschütz III]] Ausf. G, on display at the museum
File:Fond blanc.svg|[[BMP-1]]PS, an armoured personnel carrier with an anti-tank missile, since summer 2011
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File:XA-360 Parola Tank Museum June 2012.jpg|[[XA-360]], since summer 2011<ref>http://www.panssarimuseo.fi/index-kuvat/Museonkesa2011-7.pdf</ref>
File:Fond blanc.svg|[[Leopard 2|Leopard 2A4]], since summer 2011<ref>http://www.panssarimuseo.fi/index-kuvat/Museonkesa2011-7.pdf</ref>
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