List of former equipment of the Finnish Army

This is an (incomplete) list of former equipment used by the Finnish Army. For current equipment, see here.

Tanks (and tank-based armoured vehicles) Post-Cold War

Cold War era tanks ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails PT-76PT-A Amphibious light tankDriver training tank 12 units8 units In use between 1963 and 1994. Some PT-76s were converted into the PT-A training tanks (for the BTR-50) after they stopped being used as light tanks. T-72M1T-72M1KT-72M1K1 Main battle tankCommand tankCommand tank 157 units3 units2 units In use between 1984 and 2006, 63 T-72M1 and T-72M1K from the Soviet Union in 1984–86, and 97 from ex-East Germany in 1992 (of these 66 were made in Czechoslovakia, and 33 were made in Poland). 162 units total. T-55,after modernization T-55MT-55K,after modernization T-55MK Main battle tankCommand tank 64 units10 units In use since 1966, modernized in 1989, total 74 units, 9 still in use 2021. T-54 Main battle tank 43 units The variant is the T-54-3, also known as M1951. It was in use between 1959 and 1969 (and removed from storage in 2005), 43 units. Comet Mk I Model B Cruiser tank 41 units In use between 1960 and 1971. Charioteer Mk VII Model B Medium tank 38 units In use between 1958 and 1980.MTU-20Bridge laying tank4 units

World War II tanks ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails ISU-152ISU-152V Self-propelled gun Armoured recovery vehicle 1 unit1 unit The standard ISU-152 was captured, operated and abandoned in 1944. Another was captured in 1944 and rebuilt into an armoured recovery vehicle and was used between 1944 and 1959. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. J Medium tank 15 units In use between 1944 and 1962. Sturmgeschütz 40G (Stu-40)Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G (StuG III) Assault gun 30 units29 units In use between 1943 and 1966.In use between 1944 and 1966. KV-1E m 1941KV-1 m 1942 Heavy tank 1 unit1 unit In use between 1943 and 1954.In use between 1942 and 1954. T-50 Light infantry tank 1 unit Modified in Finland with additional armour. In use between 1942 and 1954. T-34-76T-34-85 Medium tank 9 units9 units The short-barreled tanks were m 1941, m 1942 and m 1943 models. These were captured vehicles that were in use between 1941 and 1961.The T34-85 were in use between 1944 and 1961. Two units were registered in the inventory, but were never in operational use. BT-42 Assault gun 18 units Modified Soviet BT-7 tank. In use between 1943 – 1944. BT-43 Armoured personnel carrier 1 unit Modified Soviet BT-7 tank. In use between 1944 and 1945. BT-2BT-5BT-7 Cavalry tank 15 units62 units53 units Several captured in the Winter War and in 1941. 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 standardT-28ET-28V Medium tankMedium tankArmoured recovery vehicle 6 units1 unit1 unit Two m 1938 were captured in the Winter War and the remainder in 1941. In use from 1939 to 1950. The T-28V was a modified T-28E and was used from 1945 to 1950. T-20 m 1937,T-20 m 1938, 1939 Artillery tractor 33 units184 units In use from 1939 to 1959. T-38 and T-38M-2T-38-34T-38-KV Amphibious light tank 19 units11 units4 units The -34 and -KV were driver training tanks for the T-34 and KV-series of tanks. In use 1939 to 1945.In use 1944 to 1959.In use 1944 to 1959. T-37A tank Amphibious light tank 29 units In use 1939 to 1942. T-26 m 1931T-26 m 1933T-26 m 1937 and T-26 m 1939OT-26OT-130OT-133T-26ET-26T Light tankLight tankLight tankFlamethrower tankFlamethrower tankFlamethrower tankLight tankArtillery tractor 12 units63 units36 units2 units4 units3 units63 units6 units In use 1939 to 1945.In use 1939 to 1959.In use 1939 to 1959.In use 1939 to 1945.In use 1941 to 1942.In use 1942In use 1939 to 1959.In use 1942 to 1959.

Pre-war tanks ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails Vickers 6-Ton Light tank 32 units In use 1933 to 1959. Vickers-Carden-Lloyd Model 1933Vickers-Carden-Lloyd Mk VI Tankette 1 unit1 unit Only in use in 1933. Saint-Charmond modèle 1921 Light tank 1 unit In use 1923 to 1937. Renault FT-17 Light tank 34 units In use 1919 to 1942.

Other armoured vehicles IFVs and APCs

ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1BMP-1TJBMP-K1BMP-PSBMP-1K Infantry fighting vehicleForward observation post vehicleCommand vehicle_Command vehicle 195 units In use between 1982 and 2004. Bought in two batches (85 in 1981 from the Soviet Union and 110 from ex-East German stocks in the beginning of the 1990s). Armoured personnel carriers (tracked) BTR-50BTR-50PKBTR-50PUafter modernization:BTR-50YVIBTR-50YVI-EKBTR-50PUMBTR-50PUM1BTR-50PUM2 Armoured personnel carrierArmoured Personnel CarrierCommand vehicle_Command vehicleHQ vehicleArmoured Personnel CarrierArmoured Personnel CarrierArmoured Personnel Carrier 118 units110 units8 units_40 units___Few In use between 1980s–2010s. The YVI came in 5 different versions. Armoured personnel carriers (wheeled) BTR-60BTR-60PABTR-60PBBTR-60PUMBTR-60 R-145BMBTR-60PBK Armoured personnel carrier ?1 unit83 unitsFewFewFew In use between 1980s–2000s. Total 112 units. BTR-80 Armoured personnel carrier 2 units Test vehicles, later converted to command vehicles in BTR-60 units. Valmet 1912-6 Armoured Personnel Carrier 1 unit 1 prototype unit (lost competition to Sisu XA-180) VK Armoured Personnel Carrier 1 unit 1 prototype unit (lost competition to Sisu XA-180)

Armoured cars ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails BA-10BA-10N Armoured car24 unitsIn use between 1939 and 1959. BA-6BA-3 Armoured car10 units1 unitIn use between 1944 and 1956In use between 1944 and 1954. FAI-MBA-20BA-20M Armoured car18 unitsIn use between 1939 and 1956. FAI Armoured car3 unitsIn use between 1943 and 1950. D-8 Armoured car1 unitIn use between 1941 and 1942. Landsverk 182 Armoured car1 unitIn use between 1936 and 1941. Armoured car1 unit In use between 1918–early 1920s.Austin Model 1917 Armoured car? unitsIn use between 1918–early 1920s. Peerless Armoured car? units

Various vehicles ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetailsDAF YAD 4442DAF YAS 44424×4 All-terrain truck? Sisu Nasu Tracked articulated vehicleIn use between 1980s–2017. 27 NA-122 self-propelled mortars and 12 NA-123 ammunition supply vehicles are still in use. Bandvagn 202 Tracked articulated vehicle15 unitsLynx GLX 5900 Snowmobile ? MAZ-537G Tank transporter 6 unitsPanssarihistoriaseminaari 2009 Pulling the ChMZAP-5247G semi-trailer. GT-SM Tracked transport vehicle ATS-59 Artillery tractor28 units In use between 1965 and 2002. Artillery tractor50 units In use between 1960 and 2002. Raupenschlepper Ost Artillery tractor20 units In use between 1943–. Sisu KB-45 Off-road lorry83 units In use between 1965 and 2008. Sisu A-45 Off-road lorryAbout 500 units In use between 1970 and 2008.Sisu Karhu4×2 trucks?Sisu Kontio6×2 heavy truck?Sisu SA-110 Sammakko4×4 armoured truck manufactured between A-45 and Sisu SA-1516 units Only some 6 produced and used in UN missions.Sisu SA-130 Masi4×4 All-terrain trucks?Sisu SK-2506×2 heavy truck?Sisu SL1714×4 All-terrain trucks? Vanaja VAKS Military truck155 units In use between 1960–. Vanaja NS-47 Military truck38 units In use between 1962–. Sd.Kfz. 9 Half-track2 units In use between 1943–. Recovery vehicle, arrived with the purchase of the StuG III assault guns. Büssing-Nag 4500 A Lorry In use between 1943 and 1945. M2 half-track car Half-track213 units In use between 1948 and 1964. McCormick TD-14 Artillery tractor In use between 1940 until the 1950s. Ford Thames Military truck115 units ZIL-157 Military truck86 units In use between 1962 until the 1990s. KrAZ-255B Military truck In use between 1962 until the 2010s. ZIL-131 Military truckAbout 400 units In use between 1973 until the 2010s. UAZ-452 Off-road van In use between 1973 until the 2010s. UAZ-469UAZ-315126 Off-road military light utility vehicle250+ units In use between 1976 until the 2000s. GAZ-51 Military truck100 units In use between 1962 until 1970s. GAZ-66 Off-road lorry440 units In use between 1972 until the 2000s. GAZ-69 Off-road military light utility vehicle Unimog D Military truck99 units In use between 1955 until ?. Unimog G Military truck69 units In use between 1955 until ?.Valmet 702TractorFabrique Nationale AS 24Motorized tricycleArmored trainArmored trainIn use 1918–.

Artillery Field guns Light field guns (63–84 mm) ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails 84 K 18 Field gun 30 units In use between 1940 and 1960 77 K 96 Field gun 8 units In use between 1918 and 1926 76 K 42 Field gun 12 units In use between 1944–. 76 K 39 Field gun 9 units In use between 1939–. 76 VK 38 Field gun 9 units In use between 1939 and 1951. 76 K 36 Field gun 76 units In use between 1939 and 1994. 76 RekK 35 or 76 K/DRP Field gun 2 units In use between 1939 and 1941 76 K 23 Field gun 4 units In use between 1924 and 1945. 76 VK 09 Mountain gun 18 units In use between 1918 and 1946. 76 VK 04 Mountain gun 11 units In use between 19 and 19 76 K 02-38 Field gun 76 K 02 Field gun 249 units In use between 1918 and 1994. 76 K 02-30 Field gun 93 units In use between 1941 and 1994. 76 K 02-30/40 Field gun 14 units In use between 1941 and 1994. 76 K 02-34 Field gun 1 unit In use between 1934 and 1941. 76 K 02-38 Field gun 2 units In use between 1938 and 1942. 76 K 00 Field gun 34 units In use between 1918–. 75 K 40 A, later 76 K 37 Field gun 8 units In use between 1940–. 75 K 36 Field gun 1 unit In use between 1939–. 75 K 17 Field gun 200 units In use between 1940–1990s. 75 VK L14 Mountain gun 12 units In use between 1918 and 1931. 75 K 11 Field gun 1 unit In use between 1929–. 75 K 02 Field gun 36 units In use between 1929–. 75 K 01 () Field gun 12 units In use between 1940 and 1944. 75 VK 98 Mountain gun 44 units In use between 1918 and 1937. 75 K 97 Field gun 48 units In use between 1940 and 1962. 63 K 84 Field gun 4 units In use between 1918–.

Medium field guns (105–122 mm) ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails 122 K 60 Field gun 15 units Later modernized into 130 K 90–60. In use between 1960 and 1990. 122 K 31 Field gun 29 units In use between 1941 and the 1970s. 120 K 78-31 Field gun 24 units In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 120 K 78-16 Field gun 72 units In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 107 K 13 Field gun 2 units In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 107 K 10 Field gun 9 units In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 105 KH 36 Field gun 1 unit Equipped with a replacement barrel. In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 105 K 34 Field gun 12 units In use between 1940 and the 1960s. 105 K 29 Field gun 54 units In use between 1941–. 105 K 13 Field gun 22 units In use between 1940–. 105 K 10 Field gun 4 units In use between 1943–. Modified 107 K 10 guns.

Heavy field guns (130–155 mm) ModelOriginTypeQuantityImageDetails 155 K (93) Field gun 1 unit In use between 1993– 155 K (91) Field gun 1 unit In use between 1991– 155 K (88) Field gun 1 unit In use between 1988– 155 K 74 Field gun In use between 1981– 155 K 68 Field gun 13 units In use between 1970s–. 155 K 17 Field gun 12 units In use between 1941 and 1944 152 KH X 67 Field gun 2 units In use between 1967– 130 K 90-60 Field gun 15 units Modernized 122 K 60. In use between 1990–. 130 K 54 Field gun 322 units 156 from the Soviet Union 1965–1973, and another 166 in 1993 from Germany after the unification. In use between 1965 and 2019.

Howitzers Medium howitzers (105–122 mm)