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| variants = Strv m/42 TM (1943–44)<ref name=Lago>{{cite web|url=http://www2.landskrona.se/kultur/landsverk/militart/stridsvagnar/lago.html|title=Stridsvagn Lago II/III/IV m/42|publisher=Landsverk|accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref><br/> Strv m/42 TH (1944)<ref name=Lago/><br/>Strv m/42 EH (1944–45)<ref name=Lago/><br/>Strv m/42 TV (1948)<ref name=Lago/><br/>[[Infanterikanonvagn 73|Ikv 73]] (1957–60)<ref name=Lago/><br/> [[Stridsvagn 74|Strv 74]] (1957–60)<ref name=Lago/> |
| variants = Strv m/42 TM (1943–44)<ref name=Lago>{{cite web|url=http://www2.landskrona.se/kultur/landsverk/militart/stridsvagnar/lago.html|title=Stridsvagn Lago II/III/IV m/42|publisher=Landsverk|accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref><br /> Strv m/42 TH (1944)<ref name=Lago/><br />Strv m/42 EH (1944–45)<ref name=Lago/><br />Strv m/42 TV (1948)<ref name=Lago/><br />[[Infanterikanonvagn 73|Ikv 73]] (1957–60)<ref name=Lago/><br /> [[Stridsvagn 74|Strv 74]] (1957–60)<ref name=Lago/> |
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Revision as of 12:00, 28 January 2016
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 |
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] Ikv 73 (1957–60)[1] Strv 74 (1957–60)[1] |
Specifications (Strv m/42) | |
Mass | 22.5 t (24.8 short tons; 22.1 long tons)Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). |
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]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). |
Armor | 9–55 mm (0.35–2.17 in)[1] |
Main armament | 75 mm m/41 gun L/34[1] |
Secondary armament | 4 x 8 mm m/39 machine guns [1] |
Engine | TM, TH & TV: 2 x Scania-Vabis 603/1[1] EH: 1 x Volvo A8B[1] TM, TH & TV: 325 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 suspension |
Maximum speed | 42 km/h (26 mph)[1]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). |
Stridsvagn m/42 (Strv m/42) was 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/34 gun, the first of its size in a Swedish tank. It entered service with the Swedish army in November 1941. Modern in design it was also well protected 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.
Design history
The Strv m/42 had its origins on modifications in the Lago (the manufacturer designation) a 16 tons light tank armed with a 57 mm cannon and three machine guns produced for the Hungarian Army in late 1930s by the AB Landsverk, itself a development of the Stridsvagn L-60 light tank also made by the AB Landsverk. The Swedish Army specified for a bigger and better tank than the Lago resulting in the Strv m/42 (later known as Strv m/42 TM), a 22-ton tank armed with a 75mm L/34 gun, suited against armored and soft vehicles, it had similar performance as the German 7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24 gun. The gearbox of the m/42 TM wasn't working well and these tanks were built either as m/42 TH, or they got a new mechanical gearbox and became known m/42 TV.
Production history
In November 1941 100 Strv m/42s were ordered. All the vehicles had an electromagnetic gearbox. (Strv m/42 TM, the T meaning two engines and the M meaning electromagnetic gearbox). In January 1942 another 60 Strv m/42s were ordered. This batch were built under license by Volvo, the first 55 vehicles were fitted with twin Scania-Vabis 603 engines and the remaining five were equipped with a new engine, the Volvo A 8B. All the vehicles had the first batch electromagnetic gearbox replaced by a new hydraulic gearbox, with all these modifications, the single-engine vehicles were now designated as Strv m/42 EH, (the E meaning one engine and the H meaning hydraulic gearbox), the dual-engines tanks but with the new transmission were designated as Strv m/42 TH. In June 1942 another 80 were ordered from Landsverk, they were 70 m/42 TH and 10 m/42 EH.
Between April 1943 to January 1945, 282 Strv m/42s were delivered, of which 180 tanks were made in Landsverk, 102 at Volvo. Most of the vehicles, 225 pieces, were fitted with Scania engines. The other 57 tanks got Volvo engines.Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the help page). All of the 225 Strv m/42 TH and m/42 TV produced (all strv m/42 with twin Scania-Vabis 603 engines), were rebuilt between 1957 and 1960 to Stridsvagn 74 tank and the EH vehicles (strv m/42 with single Volvo engine A 8B engines) to Infanterikanonvagn 73 infantry support vehicles. The turrets were reused as static gun pillboxes, along the major coastlines, but mostly defending harbours and more seldom airfields.Cite error: The <ref>
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Variants
Strv m/42 was originally ordered in four versions in three configurations:Cite error: The <ref>
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- Strv m/42 TM (Lago II) had two engines and electromagnetic gearbox. Made in 1943-44.
- Strv m/42 TH (Lago III), had two engines, each with a hydraulic gearbox. Made in 1944.
- Strv m/42 EH (Lago IV) had an engine and hydraulic gearbox. Made in 1944-45.
- Strv m/42 TV had two engines, each with a hydraulic gearbox. Made in 1948.
Service
The Strv m/42 was issued to the following armored regiments:Cite error: The <ref>
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- P 1/Enköping - Gotland stridsvagnskompani (English: Gotland tank company),
- P 2/Helsingborg,
- P 3/Strängnäs,
- P 4/Skövde: where the tanks were included in the newly formed tank companies.
The Strv m/42s were employed in the heavy tank companies of the armored brigades. They were phased out of active service in the 1950s and replaced by the Stridsvagn 81.
See also
Tanks of comparable role, performance and era
- Australia Sentinel
- British Cromwell
- Canadian Ram II
- German Panzer IV
- Hungarian Turán III
- Italian Carro Armato P 40
- Japanese Type 3 Chi-Nu
- Soviet T-34
- United States M4 Sherman
Notes
References
- Chamberlain, Peter and Ellis, Chris. Tanks of the World 1915-1945 (1972/2002), p. 161.
- Swedish armor
- Beredskapsmuseet (Swedish language)
- Landsverk (Swedish language)
External links
- Swedish armor – Web page dedicated to the Swedish armor.
- Beredskapsmuseet - Swedish museum.
- Landsverk - Site about AB Landsverk between 1850 and 1992.
- Inside the Chieftain's Hatch. Snapshots: Strv m/42 (video)