title: Lauri Heino
text: # Lauri Heino
  
  Lauri A. Heino (24 August 1918 in Somero – 3 February 2001) was a Finnish soldier, awarded the Mannerheim Cross (2nd class) on 11 November 1943. At the time, he held the rank of sergeant and was serving as a tank driver in the 3rd Company, I Armoured Battalion of the Finnish Armoured Brigade.
  
  Heino was the first foreign soldier to capture an intact Soviet T-34 tank and drive it.
  
  