Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Parola Armour Museum T-26 tank in a photo/video shoot when the tank was maneuvering to different ambush / attack positions in the field and edge of the forest.

Captured Soviet T-26 and the similar Vickers tanks purchased from UK were the most numerous tanks in Finnish service during the World War II.

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T-26

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light infantry tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II. It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. It was produced in greater numbers than any other tank of the period, with more than 11,000 units manufactured. During the 1930s, the USSR developed 53 variants of the T-26, including flame-throwing tanks, combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers. Twenty-three of these were series-produced, others were experimental models.
T-26 was very similar to Vickers 6 ton tank, which the Finns had selected as their new standard tank model in year 1936. Finnish military captured T-26 in large numbers during Finnish - Soviet Winter War (1939 – 1940) and Continuation War (1941 - 1944). Captured T-26 tanks were repaired and re-issued by Finnish Army in large numbers. During World War 2 captured Soviet T-26 tanks became the most common tank type in Finnish use. During Continuation War (1941 - 1944), along T-26E tanks, they served as de facto standard tank model for only tank unit of real size of Finnish Army - Panssaripataljoona (Tank Battalion) expanded as Panssariprikaati (Tank Brigade) in year 1942. While some captured T-26 tanks were issued to companies of Tank Battalion already during Winter War, apparently none saw combat use with Finnish troops yet at that time. By the time Continuation War started in June of 1941, Tank Battalion had received 34 of these captured tanks, which now went to battle against their former owners.
When Tank Battalion was mobilised in June of 1941, each of its tank companies were equipped about half-and-half with captured T-26 (m 1933 and m 1938) tanks and T-26E tanks, with in addition two or three T-26 m 1931 in each tank company.

Parola Armour Museum

Parola Tank Museum, Armoured Vehicle Museum 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. 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.

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