Landsverk L-60
| Landsverk L-60 | |
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Stridsvagn m / 40 L (L-60 S / III) |
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| General properties | |
| crew | 3 |
| length | 4.60 m |
| width | 2.00 m |
| height | 2.08 m |
| Dimensions | 6.9 t |
| Armor and armament | |
| Armor | up to 13 mm armor steel |
| Main armament | 1 × 20mm cannon |
| Secondary armament | 1 × machine gun |
| agility | |
| drive | 1 × Büssing V8 petrol engine 119.4 kW (160 PS) |
| Top speed | 45 km / h (road) |
| Power / weight | |
The Landsverk L-60 was a light Swedish tank from the 1930s to 1940s.
history
The light tank was a development based on the Landsverk L-10 (Stridsvagn m / 31) developed by the German engineer Joseph Vollmer in the early 1930s . Vollmer had previously designed the first German tank ( A7V ) and at that time was co-owner of the Deutsche Automobil-Construktionsgesellschaft (DAC). Until 1936, vehicles and engines were constructed by this company and sold as a complete factory drawing to motor vehicle and engine factories against payment of a license. The AB Landsverk in Landskrona belonged to the Gutehoffnungshütte based in Oberhausen . The chief designer at this time was the German engineer Otto Merker . The L-60 represented the first in-house construction as a tank by AB Landsverk . The Landsverk L-60 had a welded hull and inclined front armor plates. Its armament consisted of a 20 × 120 mm Madsen cannon and a machine gun. Two of them were exported to Ireland , where the Irish Army used them until the late 1960s. One copy was delivered to Austria in 1937 . The L-60B was produced under license in Hungary and adapted by MÁVAG to the 38M Toldi . The armament of the L-60 was comparable to the German Panzerkampfwagen II .
Use in Sweden
The Swedish Armed Forces introduced the improved version L-60 SI as Stridsvagn m / 38 (Strv m / 38). Further improvements led via the Stridsvagn m / 39 (Strv m / 39) to the Stridsvagn m / 40 (Strv m / 40). The total of 216 tanks were used in the companies with light tanks in the tank brigades until 1957.
Variants of the L-60 S
- L-60 S / I (Strv m / 38) - 16 pieces built 1938–1939.
Weight 8.7 t; Armor 6–15 mm; Armament 37 mm cannon m / 38 and an 8 mm machine gun m / 36 strv; a petrol engine Scania-Vabis type 1664 104 kW (142 PS)
- L-60 S / II (Strv m / 39) - 20 pieces built, 1940.
With additional armor and modified turret (cannon with mantlet and two MG) weight 8.7 t (8.95 t); Armor 6-15 mm (6-50 mm); Armament 37 mm cannon m / 38 and two 8 mm machine guns m / 36 strv; a petrol engine Scania-Vabis type 1664 104 kW (142 PS)
- L-60 S / III (Strv m / 40L) - 100 pieces built, 1941–1942.
With additional armor and modified turret (cannon with mantlet and two machine guns) weight 9.1 t (9.4 t); Armor 4-15 mm (4-50 mm); Armament 37 mm cannon m / 38 and two 8 mm machine guns m / 39 strv; a petrol engine Scania-Vabis type 1664 104 kW (142 PS)
- L-60 S / IV not built
- L-60 S / V (Strv m / 40K) - 80 built by Karlstads Mekaniska Verkstad as a licensee, 1944.
With homogeneous armor and modified turret (cannon with mantlet and two machine guns), weight 10.9 t; Armor 4-50 mm; Armament 37 mm cannon m / 38 and two 8 mm machine guns m / 39 strv; a Scania-Vabis type L 603 petrol engine, 119 kW (160 PS)
Strv m / 38 (L-60 S / I)
Strv m / 39 (L-60 S / II)
Strv m / 40L (L-60 S / III)
Strv m / 40K (L-60 S / V)
Technical specifications
| Technical data of the versions of the Landsverk L-60 | |||||
| L-60 | Strv m / 38 | Strv m / 39 | Strv m / 40L | Strv m / 40K | |
| 0 General characteristics | |||||
| Weight | 6.9 t | 8.7 t | 8.7 t - 8.95 t | 9.11 t - 9.36 t | 10.9 t |
| length | 4.60 m | 4.80 m | 4.80 m | 4.90 m | 4.97 m |
| width | 2.00 m | 2.08 m | 2.08 m | 2.08 m | 2.08 m |
| height | 2.08 m | 2.05 m | 2.05 m | 2.05 m | 2.13 m |
| crew | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Construction year | 1936-1937 | 1938-1939 | 1940 | 1941-1942 | 1944 |
| number of pieces | approx. 5 | 16 | 20th | 100 | 80 |
| Armament | 1 × 20 mm cannon, 1 × MG |
1 × 37 mm cannon m / 38 2 × 8 mm machine gun m / 36 strv |
1 × 37 mm cannon m / 38 2 × 8 mm machine gun m / 36 strv |
1 × 37 mm cannon m / 38 2 × 8 mm machine gun m / 39 strv |
1 × 37 mm cannon m / 38 2 × 8 mm machine gun m / 39 strv |
| Armor | |||||
| Armor strengths (with additional armor) |
up to 13 mm | 6-15 mm | 6–15 mm (6–50 mm) |
4–15 mm (4–50 mm) |
4-50 mm |
| agility | |||||
| engine | 1 × Büssing -V8 petrol engine |
1 × Scania-Vabis type 1664 petrol engine |
1 × Scania-Vabis type 1664 petrol engine |
1 × Scania-Vabis type 1664 petrol engine |
1 × Scania-Vabis type L 603 petrol engine |
| power | 160 PS (119 kW) | 142 hp (104 kW) | 142 hp (104 kW) | 142 hp (104 kW) | 160 PS (119 kW) |
| Weight related performance | 23.2 hp / t | 16.3 hp / t | 15.9 hp / t | 15.2 hp / t | 14.7 hp / t |
| Top speed | 45 km / h | 46 km / h | 45 km / h | 45 km / h | 45 km / h |
Use in the Dominican Republic
Twenty Stridsvagn m / 40L vehicles were sold to the Dominican Republic in 1960, where they were in service until the mid-1970s.
Varieties
The Landsverk L-62 Anti II , the Luftvärnskanonvagn fm / 43 (Lvkn fm / 43) and the Luftvärnskanonvagn 42 (Lvkv 42) were developed as variants of the L-60 with an extended hull. The L-62 was armed with a 40 mm single Bofors 40 ItK / 38 in the open top turret, six of which were delivered to Finland in 1942 . In Hungary the L-62 was produced under license and adapted to the 40M Nimrod . The Lvkn fm / 43 was armed with a 40 mm twin flak Bofors m / 36-43 in the rotating turret, which was also open at the top, and was introduced into the Swedish armed forces from 1947 with a number of 17 vehicles. The Lvkv 42 from 1954 was a test vehicle, armed with a 40 mm single flak.
Landsverk L-62 "ANTI II" in Parola
Luftvärnskanonvagn fm / 43 in Strängnäs
literature
- Didrik von Porat: Svenska armens Pansar. Army Museum Stockholm, 1985.
- Lars von Rosen: ASJ och Landsverk. Löddeköpinge 2005, ISBN 91-973356-5-7 .
- Robert Jackson: tanks - models from around the world from 1915 to today. Parragon Books Ltd, Cologne, ISBN 978-1-4075-7742-5 .
