Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks - Finnish Defence Forces. Mighty Arrow 2026 exercise, Finland.
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Leopard 2A4 in Finnish Army Arrow 24 exercise. Leopard main battle tanks are intended for destroying enemy armoured vehicles and providing armoured jaegers with direct fire support.
Leopard 2A4
The Leopard 2A4 is a German-made main battle tank designed and manufactured by the Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the successor of the main battle tank Leopard 1. The version Leopard 2A4 constitutes the basis of today’s Leopard-family. The Leopard 2 is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands…
Leopard 2A6
The Finnish Army originally bought 124 2A4s from surplus German stocks in 2003. Of these, 12 were converted into bridge-laying and combat engineering tanks and 12 were disassembled for use as spares, leaving 100 operational tanks. In 2009, the Finnish Army bought 15 more German surplus Leopard 2A4s for spare parts of existing fleet, bringing the total number of Finnish Leopard 2A4 tanks to 139. On 16 January 2014, Finland agreed with the Netherlands to purchase 100 used Leopard 2A6NL tanks for approximately €200 million. In 2015, most of the Leopard 2A4s were moved into reserve, with some converted into Marksman AA vehicles and mine clearing tanks.
The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine.
Taistelupanssarivaunu Leopard 2A6
Käyttö: Taistelupanssarivaunujen tuhoaminen ja panssarijääkäreiden taistelun tukeminen suora-ammuntatulella.
Ominaisuudet:
Miehistö: Vaunun johtaja, ampuja, lataaja ja ajaja.
Aseistus: Pääase 120 mm:n panssarivaunukanuuna, kaksi 7.62 mm:n panssarivaunukonekivääriä sekä suojasavu- ja erikoisheitejärjestelmä.
Mitat ja paino:
pituus 10,97 m (putki edessä)
leveys 3,76 m
korkeus 3,03 m
taistelupaino 59 900 kg
Valmistusmaa: Saksa
Mighty Arrow 256
The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanised exercise Mighty Arrow 26 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area in Niinisalo from 24 April to 9 May. Approximately 2800 persons will participate in the exercise, most of them conscripts and about 350 international troops. Almost 500 vehicles will be used in the exercise, including approximately 160 tanks and armoured vehicles.
Personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, Defence Forces Logistics Command and Air Force will take part in the exercise. Allied troops from Lithuania and Estonia will also participate in the exercise.
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Leopard 2 Main Battle Tanks - Finnish Defence Forces. Mighty Arrow 2026 exercise, Finland.
More Finnish Army: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoVrkyzq81gTunyjnVrHccCJXTEzyGBZh
More Leopards: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoVrkyzq81gROpH54RMCOUWOe6MEQmaDN
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Leopard 2A4 in Finnish Army Arrow 24 exercise. Leopard main battle tanks are intended for destroying enemy armoured vehicles and providing armoured jaegers with direct fire support.
Leopard 2A4
The Leopard 2A4 is a German-made main battle tank designed and manufactured by the Company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, the successor of the main battle tank Leopard 1. The version Leopard 2A4 constitutes the basis of today’s Leopard-family. The Leopard 2 is in service with Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands…
Leopard 2A6
The Finnish Army originally bought 124 2A4s from surplus German stocks in 2003. Of these, 12 were converted into bridge-laying and combat engineering tanks and 12 were disassembled for use as spares, leaving 100 operational tanks. In 2009, the Finnish Army bought 15 more German surplus Leopard 2A4s for spare parts of existing fleet, bringing the total number of Finnish Leopard 2A4 tanks to 139. On 16 January 2014, Finland agreed with the Netherlands to purchase 100 used Leopard 2A6NL tanks for approximately €200 million. In 2015, most of the Leopard 2A4s were moved into reserve, with some converted into Marksman AA vehicles and mine clearing tanks.
The Leopard 2 is a main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German Army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine.
Taistelupanssarivaunu Leopard 2A6
Käyttö: Taistelupanssarivaunujen tuhoaminen ja panssarijääkäreiden taistelun tukeminen suora-ammuntatulella.
Ominaisuudet:
Miehistö: Vaunun johtaja, ampuja, lataaja ja ajaja.
Aseistus: Pääase 120 mm:n panssarivaunukanuuna, kaksi 7.62 mm:n panssarivaunukonekivääriä sekä suojasavu- ja erikoisheitejärjestelmä.
Mitat ja paino:
pituus 10,97 m (putki edessä)
leveys 3,76 m
korkeus 3,03 m
taistelupaino 59 900 kg
Valmistusmaa: Saksa
Mighty Arrow 256
The Armoured Brigade will lead the Army mechanised exercise Mighty Arrow 26 at the Pohjankangas Firing Range and Training Area in Niinisalo from 24 April to 9 May. Approximately 2800 persons will participate in the exercise, most of them conscripts and about 350 international troops. Almost 500 vehicles will be used in the exercise, including approximately 160 tanks and armoured vehicles.
Personnel and conscripts from the Armoured Brigade, Utti Jaeger Regiment, Jaeger Brigade, Pori Brigade, Army Academy, Defence Forces Logistics Command and Air Force will take part in the exercise. Allied troops from Lithuania and Estonia will also participate in the exercise.
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![Steam Locomotive Cockpit - Tk3 1136 Pikku-Jumbo Traveling With Crew Working
Historical VR Class Tk3 steam locomotive with classic passenger carriages. Traveling from Nokia to Tampere, Finland, easter 2024.
The train is operated by Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys ry, Finnish museum train association. More information at https://www.hmvy.fi/.
The Finnish VR Class Tk3 (original classification K5) was a 2-8-0 light freight locomotive. It was the most numerous steam locomotive class in Finland with 161 built. 100 locomotives were constructed between 1927 and 1930, with a further 61 ordered and constructed 1943–53. They were numbered 800–899, 1100–1118, and 1129–1170.
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They were designed for a low axle load of just 10.7 tonnes (10.5 long tons; 11.8 short tons). This allowed them to operate on lightly laid secondary lines, but during their many years of service, up to the end of the steam era, they were also widely used on main lines hauling slow passenger trains that made frequent stops.
They were affectionately called Pikku-Jumbo (The Little Jumbo) because of their good performance despite their low weight. They had a low fuel consumption (usually Tk3s used birch wood) and good riding characteristics. They also had good steaming characteristics and were very popular among locomotive crews.
The livery of Tk3 was the same as other VR steam locomotives: dark locomotive green with a black smokebox. When new some locos were lined with thin gold decoration. The gold decorations were not repainted during maintenance, so they were seldom seen.
Two Tk3-type engines were originally supplied by Tampella to Rauma Rautatie as Nos. 9 and 10 (ex-No. 8) in 1935 and 1927 respectively. These engines became Tk3 1117 and 1118 after the private railway was absorbed by the State network in 1950.[1]
Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys
Haapamäen Museoveturiyhdistys ry (HMVY) on erikoistunut kotimaisen rautatiekulttuurin säilyttämiseen.
Toiminta keskittyy vanhan rautatiekaluston kunnostus- ja ylläpitotoimintaan Haapamäen Museovarikolla ja museojunaliikenteeseen Suomessa.
Yleistä
Yhdistys on perustettu vuonna 1993 tavoitteenaan säilyttää ja ylläpitää vanhaa rautatiekalustoa sekä siihen liittyvää tietotaitoa. Liikennöimme museojunia eri puolilla Suomea. Yhdistys omistaa Haapamäen veturitallin, vanhan rautatieläisten lepohuonerakennuksen sekä läheisen rautateiden vahtituvan. Yhdistyksen toiminta perustuu talkootyöhon.
Kalusto
Yhdistyksellämme on Suomen suurin ja monipuolisin kokoelma vanhaa rautatiekalustoa eri vuosikymmeniltä höyryvetureista dieselvetureihin sekä puukorisista matkustajavaunuista sinisiin teräskorisiin matkustajavaunuihin. Lisäksi kalustoomme kuuluu useita Dm7 -moottorivaunuja eli Lättähattuja. Liikennöimme museojunia eri puolilla Suomea ja kalustoamme näkyy monissa elokuvissa kuten Marian paratiisi, Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa ja Hymyilevä mies
Haapamäki Museum Locomotive Association
The Haapamäki Museum Locomotive Association (HMVY) specializes in preserving Finnish railway culture.
The activities focus on the renovation and maintenance of old railway vehicles at the Haapamäki Museum Depot and on museum train traffic in Finland.
General
The association was founded in 1993 with the aim of preserving and maintaining old railway vehicles and related know-how. We operate museum trains in various parts of Finland. The association owns the Haapamäki locomotive depot, the old railway workers rest room building and the nearby railway guardhouse. The associations activities are based on volunteer work.
Vehicles
Our association has the largest and most diverse collection of old railway vehicles in Finland from different decades, from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives and from wooden-bodied passenger cars to blue steel-bodied passenger cars. In addition, our fleet includes several Dm7 railcars, or Lättähattu. We operate museum trains across Finland and our fleet can be seen in many films such as Marian Paradise, In the Shadow of the Double-Headed Eagle and The Smiling Man.
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