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Pansarbandvagn 301 (pbv 301), meaning roughly armoured tracked carrier vehicle 301,[lower-alpha 1] was a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle (Swedish: pansarskyttefordon) used by the Swedish Army. It was designed to carry a squad of 8 fully armed mechanized infantrymen (Swedish: pansarskyttesoldater) into battle and provide direct-fire support for them in combat. The infantrymen could opt to either fight from inside the vehicle through hatches on the roof or dismount the vehicle and fight in its vicinity. The pbv 301 was armed with a Bofors 20 mm belt-fed gun taken from scrapped Saab 21 fighter aircraft.
| Pansarbandvagn 301 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | Sweden |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1961–1971 |
| Production history | |
| Variants | slpbv 3011, epbv 3012 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 11.7 t (11.5 long tons; 12.9 short tons) |
| Length | 4.66 m (15 ft 3 in) |
| Width | 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in) |
| Crew | 2 (commander/gunner, driver) + 8 (passengers) |
| Armor | 8–50 mm (upper front: 20 mm at 55°) |
Main armament | 20 mm (0.8 in) automatkanon m/45B |
Secondary armament | None |
| Engine | Svenska Flygmotor B44 gasoline 160 hp (120 kW) |
| Power/weight | 13.68 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | Leaf spring |
Operational range | 300 km (190 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) |
The pbv 301 was an interim solution, built on the chassis from the obsolete stridsvagn m/41 tank (in service since 1942). It was introduced in 1961 and removed from service in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the replacement pbv 302 came into use. The pbv 301 replaced the open-topped Terrängbil m/42 KP armoured car as the main infantry fighting vehicle of the Swedish Army.
Images
Pbv 301 with mounted infantry
Pbv 301 interior
Pbv 301 20 mm cannon cupola
Variants
- Pansarbandvagn 301 - Infantry fighting vehicle version, 185 produced
- Stridsledningspansarbandvagn 3011 (slpbv 3011) - Command version, 20 produced
- Eldledningspansarbandvagn 3012 (epbv 3012) - Artillery observer version, 15 produced
Footnotes
- Pansarbandvagn directly translates to armor track wagon. The term bandvagn, even though it translates to track wagon, is a Swedish military term used to describe tracked multipurpose carrier type vehicles. Tracked vehicles designed for more specialized combat roles, like tanks etc (Swedish: stridsvagn), are instead only called wagons (chassis description) to denote that they are tracked but more specialized and less universal.
Sources
- "Pbv 301". ointres.se. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "BOFORS 20mm AUTOMATIC GUN for ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS 49114". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
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