Stridsvagn m/42

Stridsvagn m/42
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.