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The most significant Swedish tank development during the war was the Stridsvagn m/42 (Strv m/42) a medium tank it fielded with a 75 mm L/34 gun, the first of its size in a Swedish tank. It entered service with the Swedish army in November 1941. Modern in design, it was also well protected and mobile. A total of 282 were produced. Stridsvagn ...
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), also known as the Alternative S and S-tank, [4] is a Swedish Cold War-era main battle tank, designed and manufactured in Sweden. [5] " Strv" is the Swedish military abbreviation of stridsvagn , Swedish for tank (literally combat wagon , it also is the Swedish word for chariot ), while the 103 comes from being the ...
Stridsvagn 122 during an urban warfare exercise, 2006. Stridsvagn 122 (strv 122, IPA: [ˈstrɪ̂tːsvaŋn] ⓘ) [a] is a Swedish main battle tank that, like the German Leopard 2A5, is based on the German Leopard 2 Improved variant utilizing such newer technology as command, control, and fire-control systems, reinforced armour, and long-term combat capacity.
The Swedish Armoured Troops were organized in war-time in armoured brigades consisting of, among other things, a tank and two armoured infantry battalions and an artillery battalion. [ 1 ] The four armored brigades – Pbrig m/43 – were created to meet the need for powerful attack units that could break through a defensive position and ...
Jämtland Ranger Corps: För Sveriges ära, för Sveriges makt, över berg, över dal, skallar Jämtlands jakt (Swedish for "For Sweden's honour, for Sweden's might, over mountain, over valley, the Jämtian rangers resound") Life Guards: Possunt nec posse videntur (Latin for "they can do what it seems they cannot") Life Regiment Hussars: Pergite!
Stridsvagn m/42 (Strv m/42) was a Swedish medium tank in service in the World War II period. Known by its manufacturer AB Landsverk as Lago II-III-IV, it fielded a 75 mm L/31 gun, the first of its size in a Swedish tank. It entered service with the Swedish Army in April 1943. Modern in design and mobile, a total of 282 were produced.
Sweden: Single-shot disposable anti-tank weapon: Unknown: Commercially: Bofors AT-4 or AT-4CS Robot 56 Bill Sweden: Anti-tank missile: Unknown: In service from 1988 to 2013, returned into service in December 2019. To be replaced by MMP. [64] [65] Robot 57 Sweden: Anti-tank missile: 2,000: Commercially: NLAW (+3,000 to be delivered 2024-2026 ...
Emil tank model. Heavy tank project Emil (project number: 6400), known under the cover name of Kranvagn ("crane wagon") or KRV for short, was a heavy tank developed secretly in Sweden during the early 1950s; Kranvagn, meaning mobile crane, was a cover-name. [1]