Bandvagn 206

Bandvagn 206 (Bv206 D)
BV 206 Hägglunds
General properties
crew	1 driver + max. 16 passengers
length	6.90 m
width	1.87 m
height	2.30 m (front end) 2.45 m (rear end)
Dimensions	6.74 t (max. Weight of a trailer)
Armor and armament
Armor	Possible in the military version
Main armament	Possible in the military version
Secondary armament	no
agility
drive	5-cylinder diesel engine 92 kW (125 PS) 6-cylinder diesel engine 100 kW (136 PS)
suspension	Rubber suspension
Top speed	50 km / h
Power / weight	20.14 hp / t
Range	approx. 330 km

The Bandvagn 206 ( Bv206 ) is a buoyant multi-purpose vehicle with a crawler drive from the Swedish company Hägglunds , which belongs to the British armaments company BAE Systems . It was developed as an all terrain vehicle with amphibious properties for difficult, boggy, icy and mountainous terrain and consists of two articulated units with four crawler tracks . It can carry up to 17 people - 6 in the front and 11 in the rear compartment. The rear part of the car can also be used to transport materials.

The name Bandvagn stands for the Swedish words band for chain and Vagn for car. It has been built over 11,700 times so far and is used worldwide.

development

The origins of Bv206 reasons to demands of the Swedish military for an extremely off-road, buoyant and snow-compatible transport vehicle to replace the Studebaker M29 Weasel from American production. The Swedish procurement office Försvarets materielverk (FMV) was looking for a successor in the mid-1950s and commissioned Volvo to produce the Bandvagn 202 at the end of 1961.

From 1970 the FMV looked again for a successor to the 202 and wrote out a development contract in 1971, for which several companies applied. After a three-year selection process, Hägglund & Söner was commissioned with the development in 1974. It was required to be used in every season in the topography of Sweden. This meant suitability for snow cover, swimming ability, off-road capability with high climbing and climbing ability while being mobile in order to be able to follow other motorized formations , as well as use at temperatures of -40 ° C.

The prototype of the Bandvagn 206 developed by Hägglund & Söner was checked in a four-year troop test, with the military also determining the operating costs compared to the Bv202. In 1979 FMV commissioned the company, BAE Systems Hägglunds AB since September 2004 , with the series production of initially 3,500 vehicles with an order volume of 800 million Swedish kronor.

Structure Bv 206

From military to civil use. The fact that it can also be used at −40 ° C made the Bv206 an all-rounder in use

The low weight of the combination also allows it to be transported as an external or internal load. The CH-53G in the picture is flying partially fueled in order to be able to pick up the Bv206D of the KFOR troops at an altitude of 1600 m without separation.

The “Hägglunds” or All-Terrain-Vehicle is a treadmill vehicle that can be transported by air . The vehicle, which is divided into a front and rear section, is linked by a hydraulic articulated steering system. It changes the position of the front and rear of the vehicle in relation to one another and thus enables the combination to be steered. While regular tracked vehicles change direction with different circumferential speeds of the chains, the steering of a Bandvagn is done by interlinking the front and rear carriages, similar to a wheel loader. The rear end is not, as one might mistakenly assume, a trailer, but a fixed vehicle component without which the vehicle cannot be driven.

The drive of the front end also acts on the chains of the rear end. The cabs of the Bv 206, which are equipped with roll-over protection, are made of flame-retardant glass fiber reinforced plastic that is connected to the chassis frame by four rubber cushions. The Hägglunds can be equipped with a branch deflector on the front of the vehicle to protect against low-hanging branches. For weapon carriers there is an option with a tarpaulin cover. To increase the transport capacity, the combination can be equipped with a special floating 2-axle trailer.

In the armored version Bv206S, however, the car bodies have been completely redesigned. Made of armored steel , these offer protection against hard core ammunition in the caliber 7.62 × 54 mm R and artillery fragments. The vehicle was equipped with an NBC protection system and has air conditioning . Despite an additional weight of 500 kg, the ability to swim and air transport is retained.

All variants of the vehicle can be transported as an internal load in a number of transport aircraft or as an external load on transport helicopters. If the weight of helicopters exceeds the flyable mass, the Bandvagn can be divided and flown individually.

Drive and drive

The first Hägglunds of Sweden's armed forces were a gasoline engine powered by Ford. The V-6 engine also used in the Ford Granada had an output of 100 kW with a displacement of 2.79 liters. From 1982 onwards, depending on the country, the following models were equipped with 5-cylinder diesel engines of the type OM 617.957 with an output of 92 kW at 4350 rpm or six-cylinder diesel engines of the type OM 603.950 with an output of 100 kW at 4600 rpm from Mercedes-Benz. They were designated as Bv 208 and exported as Bv 206D. The maximum speed is 50 km / h on land and 3 km / h on water. It is shifted with an automatic transmission from Mercedes-Benz. The W4A-040 has four forward gears and one reverse gear.

The armored variant Bv206S was equipped by the manufacturer with a 6-cylinder monoblock diesel engine M16 from Steyr . It has an output of 130 kW from a 3.2 liter displacement and allows a top speed of 52 km / h on roads and 4.7 km / h in swimming mode. The W5A-580 automatic transmission from Daimler-Benz with five forward and two reverse speeds was selected as the manual transmission .

The chassis of the Bv206 consists of the same group of drives under the front and rear of the car. This consists of the main frame, two steel leaf springs and two chain drives . Compared to a conventional tracked vehicle with rollers, the Bv 206 has wheels made of aluminum. These are each connected to a support arm and attached to the roller frame. The chain is an endless rubber conveyor belt reinforced with steel inserts with 128 guide pins, which is guided by a conveyor belt wheel. The drive construction allows a climbing ability of 45 ° (100%) on solid ground and 13.5 ° (24%) on snow-covered surfaces.

Armament

In the civil version, unarmed, the Bv206 was retrofitted with weapons for the military. Depending on the version, there are different solutions, some of which were built by the troops themselves, which often represented a temporary solution. The whole range of available weapons is used as armament. Light to heavy infantry weapons are possible, from anti-tank weapons to a recoilless gun . In contrast, only the mine-throwing system developed in cooperation with Dynamit Nobel (similar to the Skorpion mine-throwing system ) and an artillery missile system based on the LARS achieved prototype status . Weapon carriers with 107 mm and 120 mm mortars on the rear end were also not implemented .

Variants and users

Armored Bv206S of the Bundeswehr in the medical version

The ability to move quickly even in swampy terrain makes the vehicles an internationally used means of transport

Norwegian Bv206D as a command post vehicle.

A group equipped with skis can be towed by the Bv206. The US soldiers belong to the National Guard and are on winter training in Norway. A branch deflector is attached to the front of the Hägglund, which protects the cabins from low-hanging branches.

The Hägglunds are deployed around the world by the armed forces of 38 countries, including eight NATO partners. The vehicle is used by Brazil , Canada , Chile , PR China , Finland , France , Germany , the Netherlands , Norway , Italy , Austria , Pakistan , Spain , Sweden , the United Kingdom and the United States . In civilian design, it is used as a transport and equipment vehicle in polar regions or in disaster control organizations .

Germany

The Bv206D all-terrain transport vehicle has been in use in the German Armed Forces since 1984 and has been nicknamed "Husky" on November 23, 1993 at the suggestion of the division command of the 1st Airborne Division . In a first construction lot , twelve Bv206Ds in the transport variant were procured to equip the German units of the Allied Mobile Force / Land (AMF / L) and units of the airborne brigade. The husky was used in the airborne artillery battery 9 as a traction device for the mountain hood 105 mm and in the paratrooper battalion 262 as an emergency vehicle.

Due to the positive experience, a second construction lot was commissioned by 63 Hägglunds in 1989, which was followed by further orders for an additional 89 vehicles by 2006. The Bundeswehr procured a total of 168 Bv206Ds, which are mainly used by the airborne and mountain troops . They serve as passenger, ammunition and carrier vehicles as well as radio and command vehicles in different designs. The basic version can also be equipped with an upgrade kit that includes weapon holders and ski boxes for the mountain troops.

As part of the “command and transport vehicles, lightly armored and air-transportable” procurement project, the armored Husky variant Bv206S was a candidate for the German armed forces as early as the early 1990s. The first prototypes were tested in 1994 and were planned for the crisis reaction forces of the time . The Bv206S have been used as ambulance and command post vehicles since 2004. A total of 75 ambulance vehicles of this variant are in use, including at the KSK , in the ambulance trains of the paratrooper battalions and the two airborne medical companies of the Rapid Forces division . In 2007 , Rheinmetall Defense delivered four additional ambulance vehicles to the German Armed Forces as part of an emergency response . The vehicles, which have been converted into the " Mobile Medical Unit (BAT)", are used in Afghanistan.

In the years 2006 to 2009, the Bundeswehr also received 81 transport and command vehicles of the type Bv206S for the mountain troops. The purchase of a further 42 Bv206S is planned. As a result of the acquisitions made in recent years, the number of Bv206D / S in service in the Bundeswehr has increased from 168 units in 2003 to 370 vehicles in 2009.

Hägglunds are used civilly by the emergency command , the technical relief organization and the environmental agencies of the federal states. The tasks mainly consist of the transport of crew and equipment as well as the transport of salvaged items in difficult to access bank areas and in the Wadden Sea .

Finland

Finland was the first export customer to order the Bv206. 400 petrol engines were delivered between 1982 and 1987. They replace the Bandvagn 202. The vehicles serve as weapon carriers for mortars and anti-tank weapons as well as for the transport of materials and people.

In the early 1990s, the Finnish armed forces added the Bandvagn NA-110 and NA-114 BT to the vehicles. They are optically and technically similar to the Hägglunds, but they are vehicles from the Finnish company Sisu Auto .

France

France ordered 50 Bv206Ds for the first time in October 1992, 32 of them for the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (27e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne) and 18 for the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion (3e Régiment étranger d'infanterie) in French Guiana . The variants extend to personnel and material transport in the basic variant as well as a hook unwind system . A total of 223 vehicles in the versions Bv206D and Bv206 are to be procured by 2015.

Italy

In 1982 the Italian military ordered 30 Bv206 as a material and passenger transport vehicle. Driven by the V-6 petrol engine, they were assigned to the Alpini . Of the 53 Bv206s procured from 1986 onwards, three serve as weapon carriers for the TOW weapon system and thus have a tarpaulin roof. Between 1999 and 2003, the vehicles were subjected to a service life extension and brought to the level Bv206D with 6-cylinder diesel engines. At the same time, twelve more Bv206s were ordered and the Bv206S was tested. A total of 189 Bv206S were ordered and delivered between 2004 and 2007. The vehicles run as Veicolo Cingolato Blindato Bimodulare ( German "bimodular armored tracked vehicle") are used by the mountain troops as ambulance, transport, tank, radio, rescue and repair vehicles.

Canada

Canada bought 78 Bv206 between 1983 and 1985. The basic variant serves as a material and person transporter, ambulance vehicle, command post and towing vehicle for the light field howitzer GIAT CN 105 LG 1. The variant with tarpaulin was selected for the TOW weapon system and the mortar.

As a member of the mobile intervention association AMF, some Bv206 were stationed and stored in Norway. During the Cold War, they were to serve as a means of transport for the Canadian troops who were deployed on the northern flank of the Defense Alliance. When Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan vehicles were used by Canada, by CH-47 -Transporthubschrauber luftverlastet were.

Netherlands

The Korps Mariniers of the Dutch Navy (Koninklijke Marine) received Bv206D as a replacement for the Bandvagn 202 between 1990 and 1992. The 156 vehicles are used as personnel transport vehicles and, thanks to various kits, as mortar carriers, command post vehicles and anti-tank vehicles with the M47 Dragon weapon system and the successor Spike utilized.

In 2001 the Bv206D were additionally equipped with a rotating ring mount and armed with a Browning M2 . The vehicles were used in Cambodia, Bosnia, Haiti, Eritrea and Iraq. With the acquisition of the successor BvS10, 74 vehicles are taken out of service. The remaining 82 copies will be overhauled.

Norway

U.S. Marines of the 25th Infantry Regiment during NATO exercise Strong Resolve. The Bv206 is part of the Norwegian military and has a TOW launch system on the rear of the vehicle.

Artillery reconnaissance radar ARTHUR on a Bandvagn 206

Norway bought over 4,100 vehicles from Hägglunds Vehicle AB between 1981 and 1985, making it the second largest user state. At the end of the 1990s, all Bv206s that did not have a 6-cylinder diesel engine were taken out of service. They serve the military as a material and person transporter, mortar carrier, radio and command vehicle, command post, ambulance vehicle and as a carrier platform for the ARTHUR artillery reconnaissance radar . Most of the variants were equipped with the rotating ring mount NM165, to which heavy infantry weapons can be attached.

In the civil sector, the Hägglunds is used by UNIS, among others, as a transport vehicle for excursions and expeditions by academic staff and students.

Austria

In 1994 the armed forces procured a Bv206D for testing purposes. The vehicle examined at the Army Driving School was equipped with the Steyr 6-cylinder diesel engine from the Bv206S and has been in service since December 5, 1997. The vehicle used in the mountain combat center in Saalfelden is unique. In July 2016 it was announced that the armed forces would place an order for 32 vehicles of the further developed type Hägglund BvS 10. The vehicles are intended for the high mountain troops.

Sweden

In the Swedish armed forces , the Bv206D is used in all branches of service. From the initially ordered 3500 copies, the number was increased to over 4500 Hägglunds by 2006. They are used by the military as material and personal transporters and as weapons carriers. The Pansarvärnsrobotbandvagn 2063, for example, carries the TOW or BILL weapon system for anti-tank defense. A total of more than 25 kits are used, from radio and command vehicles to the ARTHUR artillery reconnaissance radar.

The armored variant Bv206S has been used since 1993 and is listed as the Bv308. They were used by SFOR and KFOR and are used by the Swedish units of the Nordic Battlegroup . By June 2006, a total of 92 vehicles in the versions ambulance, passenger transport and load changing system had been ordered and delivered. The total cost was more than 93 million Swedish kronor.

Spain

The Spanish Army ordered 40 Bv206s in the late 1980s. The armored version has also been used by the army since 2003. A total of 50 Bv206S were ordered and delivered. Most of the vehicles operated in Spain as TOM (Tractor Oruga de Montaña) are in use in the Brigada de Cazadores de Montaña "Aragón I" mountain troop brigade .

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom Armed Forces tested four Bv206s with various kits from September 1981. Between 1986 and 1989, 200 petrol-engined Bv206s were ordered, some of which were later upgraded to Bv206D. Under the designation All-Terrain-Vehicle (ATV) they serve as a mortar carrier, as a material and person transporter, ambulance vehicle, command and command post vehicle and as a transport vehicle for the satellite radio system VSC501. Most vehicles are used in the 3rd Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines . The army used the vehicles with the Allied Mobile Force / Land shares and with the IFOR and SFOR contingents. During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Hägglunds were first used in combat by the British military in Operation Telic.

The armored version Bv206S was not procured in favor of the further development BvS10.

United States

The US Army tested the vehicle at the Cold Region Test Center in Fort Greely in the 1980s . Between 1983 and 1989, the armed forces received 1100 Bv206, which were introduced under the designation M973 / M973A1 Small Unit Support Vehicle. The vehicles were used by the 172nd Infantry Brigade, the Alaska Army National Guard, but also in Germany at the headquarters of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces (AMF). The United States Marine Corps has ten M973s at the Mountain Warfare Training Center. Another 150 were stationed in Norway during the Cold War to defend the Alliance.

Further development of the BvS10

BvS10 of the Dutch Navy. The sixth wheel makes the difference to the Bv206S. In addition to a weapon station, the vehicle has cage armor and a smoke launch system.

The BvS10 has been completely redeveloped based on the Bv206S. The steering system, the drive, the chassis and the armor were improved. The vehicle, which is almost 70 cm longer, was also equipped with a mine guard to protect the crew from anti-rifle mines with an explosive mass of 500 g.

Like its predecessor, it can be transported by air. It is deployed under the designation "Viking" with the Royal Marines of the British Royal Navy and the Corps Mariniers of the Dutch Navy .

For the civil market, BAE Systems introduced the BvS10 Beowulf in 2015.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Bv206D	Bv206S
length	6.90 m	6.92 m
width	1.87 m	2.00 m
height	2.30 m 2.45 m	2.0 m
total weight	6.74 t	7.0 t
dv. payload	2.04 t	1.55 t
drive	R5 / R6 diesel engine ( Mercedes-Benz )	Six-cylinder in-line diesel engine M16 ( Steyr )
power	92 kW / 100 kW	130 kW at 3800 rpm
Top speed	50 km / h (land) 3 km / h (water)	52 km / h (land) 4.7 km / h (water)
Range	330 km	300 km
Ground pressure	1.4 N / cm² / 0.14 kg / cm²	1.6 N / cm² / 0.163 kg / cm²
Battery capacity	24 V DC, 100 Ah	24 V DC, 100 Ah

See also

• Tucker Sno-Cat

literature

• Jürgen Plate, Lutz-Reiner Gau, Jörg Siegert : German military vehicles . 2nd Edition. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-613-02152-8 .
• Bv206 Husky . Hägglunds multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle in the service of the Armed Forces and other armies (=  military vehicles special . No. 5015 ). Tankograd.

Web links

Commons : Hägglunds Bv206  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Alvis Hägglunds Bv206 All Terrain Vehicle
• 60 seconds Bundeswehr: Hägglunds ( YouTube video about the Hägglunds Bv206D, May 29, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} according to data sheets and operating instructions from BAE Systems Hägglunds and Rheinmetall Defense
2. ↑ Bv206 Husky - Hägglunds multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle in the service of the German Armed Forces and other armies, Tankograd - Military Vehicles Special No 5015, p. 41
3. ↑ Bv206 Husky - Hägglunds multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle in the service of the German Armed Forces and other armies, Tankograd - Military Vehicles Special No 5015 pp. 10–11 The development - From Bv202 to Bv206
4. ↑ Bv206 Husky - Hägglund's multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle in the service of the German Armed Forces and other armies, Tankograd - Military Vehicles Special No 5015, page 21 The Bv206D in the German Armed Forces
5. ↑ Rheinmetall Defense press release: Designed and delivered in record time - four medical vehicles of the mobile doctor unit type for use in Afghanistan ( memento of the original dated November 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (October 2007) 
6. ↑ http: //www.bundeswehr.de,/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Search term Bv 206 - report: Duro and Hägglund for more security from September 14, 2005  
7. ↑ Bundeswehr Plan 2009
8. ↑ Two chains for coastal defense. District of Friesland , March 8, 2011, accessed on October 26, 2013 . 
9. ↑ Hägglunds has proven itself as a light tracked vehicle on the dike. Technisches Hilfswerk , August 28, 2002, accessed October 26, 2013 . 
10. ^ "Day of the Seas" in Cuxhaven. Cuxhavener Nachrichten , May 20, 2010, accessed May 5, 2017 . 
11. ^ Bv206 Husky - Hägglunds multi-purpose all-terrain vehicle in the service of the German Armed Forces and other armies, Tankograd - Military vehicles special No 5015, page 43 International use - France
12. ↑ 2015 Army Structure Planning of the French Armed Forces
13. ↑ The Alvis Hägglunds Bv206 All Terrain Vehicle in the army
14. ↑ The Federal Army buys 32 "Hägglund" off-road vehicles. Die Presse, July 1, 2016, accessed on July 27, 2016 . 
15. ↑ BAE Systems product page on the BvS10 Beowulf