The museum was outdoors at the time, and also in the middle of a forest so there was lots of shadows. It was unavoidable at the time. They are in noparticuar order. I didn't know much about the Winter War or tanks at tje time, so my notes are incomplete. Suggestions welcome.
Here is the link for the museum if interested: https://www.panssarimuseo.fi/en/
Update on 12/25. Thanks to the collective knowledge of TMP (TheMiniaturesPage) I have corrected some of the identifications.
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| A bad day to be a Soviet tanker - a damaged T26 |
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| A T34-85 in Finnish colors |
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| T34-76 |
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| A StuG III - Finns called them "Sturmis" |
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| SU 152 (I think) and a KV1 |
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| KV1 |
BT 42 - WW2 equivellant of a "Kit Bash"
note the damaged vehicle to the left |
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| T28 - Finns called this "The Mail Train" because one of the first ones captured contained the battalion mail and payroll. An officer was also captured (the rest of the crew abandoned the tank). The officer may have been the battalion comissar (in disguise) as he was listed as missng the day the tank was captured. |
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| The armored train |
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| Renault FT 17 |
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| Finnish T-26 |
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| Another view of the same vehicle |
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| Another KVI - this one with battle damage (marked in red) |
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A Pz IV purchased from Germany
Just in time to be used against them in the Lapland War |
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| British A34 Comet - purchased by Finland for use after the war |
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| Vickers Mk VI ight tank |
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| Soviet T60 - possibly with a fake main gun |
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| Soviet T-70 light tank |
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| Soviet BA-20 Armored Car |
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| Appera to be a Finnish training mock-up vehicle created using the chasis of a captured Soviet T-38 Amphibious tank. Google AI search says it was used to represent a KV1 for training |
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| Soviet built BA-10 Armored Car |
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| Another T-26 |
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British Charioteer.
Bofurss 37mm ATG in the fore-ground. Note the kill rings |
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