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The Swedish army during the Cold War possessed more or less 24,000 ground vehicles, including 2,354 tanks, 1,257 armored fighting vehicles, and up to 20,000 utility vehicles. Vehicle Origin
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 ...
During the Cold War, in 1983, the Swedish Army required vehicles with high mobility, air defence and anti-tank capability, high survivability and protection. In 1985, the "stridsfordon 90" project group, made up of representatives from the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten), the FMV and Swedish industry (including Hägglunds and Bofors), finalized the design for a "unity vehicle" that ...
Main battle tank: Strv 122A: 110 [a] A Swedish improved variant of the Leopard 2A5, of which most were built in Sweden. All 110 are to be upgraded to Strv 123A. Note: 120 purchased initially, 10 supplied to Ukraine. [7] Sweden Germany. Main battle tank: Strv 122B: Stridsvagn 123 Sweden Germany. Main battle tank: Strv 123A (modernised Strv 122 ...
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. [62] [63] Robot 57 Sweden: Anti-tank missile: 2,000: Commercially: NLAW (+3,000 to be delivered 2024-2026) [64] Robot ...
The AH-IV was popular with Romania and Iran, and after a successful demonstration to Swedish authorities, during winter conditions in the Krkonoše Mountains, Sweden ordered 48 AH-IV-Sv in 1937. Two of these were built in Czechoslovakia; the other 46 were built as the Strv m/37 under license by Jungner in Oskarshamn , with AB Volvo providing a ...
Armament was a modified 20 mm Hispano HS-804 cannon (Swedish: 20 mm akan m/47D) in a one man turret, and internal racks for weapons of the mechanized infantry (Swedish: pansarskytte), such as their service weapons, a ksp 58 squad machine gun and a Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle, along with ammunition.