Stridsvagn m/42 | |
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![]() Stridsvagn m/42 (1943) | |
Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Sweden |
Service history | |
Used by | Sweden |
Production history | |
Designer | AB Landsverk |
Designed | November 1941 |
Manufacturer | AB Landsverk, Volvo |
Produced | April 1943–January 1945 |
No. built | 282 |
Variants | Strv m/42 TM (1943–44)[1] Strv m/42 TH (1944)[1] Strv m/42 EH (1944–45)[1] Strv m/42 TV (1948)[1] Infanterikanonvagn 73 (Ikv 73) (1957–60)[1] Strv 74 (1957–60)[1] |
Specifications (Strv m/42) | |
Mass | 22.3–22.5 t (24.6–24.8 short tons; 21.9–22.1 long tons)[2] |
Length | TH: 6.215 m (20 ft 4.7 in)[1] EH: 6.22 m (20 ft 5 in)[1] |
Width | 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in)[1] |
Height | 2.585 m (8 ft 5.8 in)[1] |
Crew | 4[1][2] |
Armor | 9–55 mm (0.35–2.17 in)[1] |
Main armament | 75 mm m/41 gun L/31[1] |
Secondary armament | 4 x 8 mm m/39 machine guns[1] |
Engine | TM, TH & TV: 2 x Scania-Vabis L/603/1[1] EH: 1 x Volvo A8B[1] TM, TH & TV: 324 hp[1] EH: 380 hp[1] |
Power/weight | TM & TH: 14,5 hp/ton EH: 16,9 hp/ton |
Transmission | TM: ZF 6-speed electromagnetic[1] TH: 2x Atlas-Diesel DF-1,0 Atlas-Diesel TER-1/1,81[1] EH: Atlas-Diesel DF-1,15 S Atlas-Diesel TER-1/1,67[1] TV: Landsverk S-8082 + Volvo VL 420[1] |
Suspension | Torsion bar |
Maximum speed | 42–45 km/h (26–28 mph)[1][2] |
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.
As a neutral nation in World War II, Sweden did not engage in combat; thus its tanks have no battlefield record.