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Main battle tank: 100 [1] One hundred Leopard 2A6 tanks were acquired used from the Netherlands between 2015 and 2019. [2] Leopard 2A4 Germany: Main battle tank: 100 [1] The vast majority of the Leopard 2A4 tanks were acquired used from Germany between 2002 and 2004; more were purchased in 2009.
The tank was in use only during 1941 and was soon replaced by the T-26 due to its poor reliability. The remaining tanks were either stored, rebuilt, dismantled (turrets being included into permanent casements), or scrapped. T-28, later modified to T-28E standard
The BT-42 was a Finnish assault gun, constructed during the Continuation War.It was constructed from captured Soviet BT-7 light tanks and British 4.5-inch howitzers (114 mm-calibre light howitzer, model 1908) from 1918, which had been donated during the Winter War.
Few in-service photos survived and not much is known of their combat record. One uparmored T-50 was captured by Finnish forces and was used by them in 1944. This unit survived the war and is now on display at the Parola tank museum . Most light tank production in 1941–43 consisted of the less advanced T-60 and T-70 light tanks.
The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though not adopted by the British Army , it was picked up by several other armed forces, and licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26 .
Combat use proved that Finnish light anti-tank guns could not penetrate the armour of these tanks. [citation needed] The T-26 mod. 1939 with appliqué armour weighed 12 tonnes (13 short tons), which caused an overload of the chassis, transmission, and engine of the light tank. Drivers were advised to use low gears only.
On 26 February 1940, six Finnish Vickers 6-ton tanks (armed with 37 mm 37 psvk 36 gun) from the 4th Tank Company (4./Pans.P) suddenly met with three T-26 mod. 1933 tanks from the 35th Light Tank Brigade (these were tanks of the 112th Battalion's company commanders going on the reconnaissance) and vanguard of Soviet rifle battalion near Honkaniemi.
F1 Grenade (called the munakäsikranaatti F sirpalevaikutteinen in Finnish service) [16] OF1 Grenade (called the munakäsikranaatti O.F. miinavaikutteinen) [ 16 ] Artillery