Stridsvagn m / 42

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Stridsvagn m / 42
in Hässleholm

in Hässleholm
General properties
crew 4 (commander, driver, gunner, loader )
length 6.21 m
width 2.34 m
height 2.58 m
Dimensions 22.5 tons
Armor and armament
Armor 9–55 mm armor steel
Main armament 1 × 75mm cannon m / 41 L / 31
Secondary armament 4 × 8 mm machine guns m / 39
agility
drive T: 2 × Scania -Vabis type L603
E: 1 × Volvo gasoline engine type A8B
T: 2 × 118 kW (2 × 160 PS)
E: 1 × 279 kW (380 PS)
Top speed 42 km / h (road)
Power / weight T: 10.5 kW / t (14.2 PS / t)
E: 12.4 kW / t (16.9 PS / t)

The Stridsvagn m / 42 ( Strv m / 42 ) is a Swedish tank from the 1940s.

history

The Stridsvagn m / 42 was developed from the Lago project, which the Swedish armaments company Landsverk had planned for Hungary. Originally it consisted of a tank of about 16 tons, which was supposed to be armed with a 47 mm cannon and three machine guns.

The forerunner was the Landsverk L-60 with a welded hull and inclined front armor plates. The armament of the L-60 consisted of a 20 mm cannon. The L-60 was taken over by Hungary and introduced into the Hungarian army there under the designation 38M Toldi . In Sweden it was used under the designation Stridsvagn m / 38 with a 37 mm gun. In terms of its armament, the L-60 was comparable to the German Panzerkampfwagen II or the Russian T-60 . Compared to the Stridsvagn m / 38, the Stridsvagn m / 42 was equipped with a redesigned tower and a longer and larger hull. The tank was equipped with six rollers on each side.

In 1941 a tank commission was formed in Sweden to improve the organization and equipment of the tank units. This recommended the introduction of a new heavy type of tank of around 20 t. In order to meet this requirement as quickly as possible, the project Lago near Landsverk was used. It was revised and strengthened and implemented as Lago II – IV. The 282 vehicles delivered from April 1943 to January 1945 were given the name Stridsvagn m / 42 (Strv m / 42) by the Swedish armed forces. The Stridsvagn m / 42 was delivered to the heavy tank companies in the tank brigades of the Swedish army. The tank could have stood up to its Soviet and German counterparts. The tank remained in service in this role until 1957, when it was replaced by the Stridsvagn 81 . The two-engine carriages (TH and TV versions) were converted from 1957 to 1960 in Stridsvagn 74 , which then replaced the Stridsvagn m / 38, m / 39 and m / 40 in the light companies of the tank brigades. Single- engine wagons (version EH) were used by the infantry as Infanterikanonvagn 73 (Ikv 73) after slight changes .

Versions

There were three or four different drive versions of the Strv m / 42:

  • Strv m / 42 TM (Lago II) with two motors and an electromagnetic gear

Year of construction 1943–1944 100 pieces from Landsverk. 1948 Conversion of 70 vehicles into Strv m / 42 TV, the remaining 30 tanks were converted into Strv m / 42 TH.

  • Strv m / 42 TH (Lago III), two motors, each with a hydraulic gear

Year of construction 1944 70 pieces from Landsverk and 55 pieces from Volvo. In addition, 30 former Strv m / 42 TM were rebuilt. The total of 155 tanks were converted to Strv 74 H.

  • Strv m / 42 EH (Lago IV), a motor with hydraulic transmission

Year of construction 1944–1945 10 pieces from Landsverk and 47 pieces from Volvo. 56 vehicles were later modified to the Ikv 73.

  • Strv m / 42 TV , two motors, each with a mechanical gear

Rebuilt in 1948 70 pieces. They later turned into 70 Strv 74 V.

E = one motor (Swedish en motor) / T = two motors (Swedish två motorer)

Stridsvagn m / 42 on P7 regiment day 2012

Varieties

At Landsverk, 87 Pansarvärnskanonvagn m / 43s were built between 1947 and 1948 .

literature

  • Didrik von Porat: Svenska armens Pansar. Army Museum Stockholm, 1985
  • Lars von Rosen: ASJ och Landsverk. Löddeköpinge 2005, ISBN 91-973356-5-7 .

Web links

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