Finland bought 15 of these tanks from Germany in August of 1944. They all arrived to late to be used against the Soviets and despite beeing transported north during The Lappland War they never saw any action.

This tank is in it's post-war configuration featuring a strange never-used paint-scheme.

The main picture is taken in the summer of 2006 by Mr. Jyrki Helin at the Savon Prikaati's garrison area in Mikkeli, Finland. Photo copyrighted © by Mr. Jyrki Helin. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

The rest of the pictures are taken at the same location, but in the year of 2000.
Photos and text © Copyright by Andreas Lärka, Finland.