Pansarbandvagn 301
| Pansarbandvagn 301 | |
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| Type | Armoured personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Sweden |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1961 - 1971 |
| Production history | |
| Variants | slpbv 3011, epbv 3012 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 11.7 tonnes |
| 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) |
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| Armor | 8 – 50 mm (upper front 20 mm at 55°) |
Main armament | 20 mm automatkanon m/45B |
Secondary armament | None |
| Engine |
Svenska Flygmotor B44 gasoline 160 hp (119 kW) |
| Power/weight | 13.68 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | Leaf spring |
Operational range | 300 km (190 mi) |
| Speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) |
Pansarbandvagn 301 (pbv 301), was a Swedish armoured personnel carrier used by the Swedish Army. It was a typical "battle taxi", armed with a 20 mm Bofors gun from the scrapped J21-fighters and with room for transporting 8 fully armed soldiers.
The pbv 301 was an interim solution, built on the chassis from the obsolete Stridsvagn m/41, 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 KP-bil armoured car as the armoured troop transport in the Swedish Army.
Pbv 301 interior
Variants
- Pansarbandvagn 301 - personnel carrier, 185 produced
- Stridsledningspansarbandvagn 3011 (slpbv 3011) - command vehicle, 20 produced
- Eldledningspansarbandvagn 3012 (epbv 3012) - Forward Observer vehicle, 15 produced
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