Modern Swedish Light Armoured Vehicles by R. M. OgorkiewiczAFV/Weapons Profiles Edited by DUNCAN CROW Check list of published titles: 1 Churchill—British Infantry 17. Russian KV and IS Tank Mk. IV by Major Michael Norman, by B.T. White Royal Tank Regt 2. PanzerKampfwagen Ill 18 Chieftain and Leopard by Walter Spielberger (Development) 3 Tanks Marks|toV by Major Michael Norman by Chris Ellis and Peter 19 Chieftain and Leopard Chamberlain (Description) 4 Light Tanks M1—-M5 by Major Michael Norman (Stuart/Honey) 20. Churchill and Sherman by Chris Ellis and Peter Specials Chamberlain by Peter Chamberlain and 6 Light Tanks Marks !-VI Chis Elis by Major-General N. W. 21 Armoured Cars—Guy, Duncan Daimler, Humber, A.E.C, 6 Valentine—Infantry Tank by B.T. White Mark ill 22. PanzerKampfwagen 38(t) by B. T. White and 35(t) 7. Medium Tanks Mks Ato D by John Milsom by Chris Ellis and Peter 23 Soviet Mediums 744, T54, Chamberlain ‘755 and T62 8 Crusader—Cruiser Mark by Major Michael Norman Vi (includes Cruisers 24 The M48/M60 Series of ‘Marks I-VI) Main Battle Tanks by Major J. K. W. Bingham, by Colonel Robert J. icks Royal Tank Regt 25 Cromwell and Comet 9 Early (British) Armoured by Major James Bingham Cars 26 Holleat, Long Tom, and by Major-General N. W. Priest. PLUS Complete Duncan Check List of All U.S. 10. PanzerKampfwagen V World War Il S.P.s Panther by Colonel Robert J. Icks by Chris Elis and Peter 27 Saladin Armoured Car Chamberlain by Major Michael Norman 11. M3 Medium (Lee/Grant) 28 S-Tank by Peter Chamberlain and by RM. Ogorkiowicz Chis Elis 29 M4 Medium (Sherman) 12 Mediums Marks 1-IIt by Peter Chamberlain and ‘by Major-General NV. W. Chnis Ellis Duncan 30 Armoured Cars—Marmon- 13 Ram and Sexton Herrington, Alvis-Strauss- by Peter Chamberlain and ler, Light Reconnsissance Chis Elis by B.T. White 14. Carriers 31 Australian Cruiser- by Peter Chamberlain and Sentinel; and Australian Duncan Crow Matildas 15 PanzerKampfwagen | and It by Major James Bingham by Major-General N. W. 32 M6 Heavy and M26 Duncan (Pershing) 16 Landing Vehicles Tracked by Colonel Robert J. Icks by Colonel Robert J. Icks. USAR Retd 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 a 42 German Armoured Cars by Major-General N. W. Duncan Scorpion Reconnaissance Tank by R. M, Ogorkiowicz British Armoured Recovery Vehicles + Wheels, Tracks and Transporters by Peter Chamberlain and Major-General N. W. Duncan Chars Hotchkiss H35, H39, and Somua $35 by Major James Bingham Russian BT Series by John F. Milsom Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank by Major Michael Norman Panhard Armoured Cars by RM, Ogorkiowicz U.S. Armoured Cars by Colonel Robert J. Icks M103 Heavy + M41 Light (Walker Bulldog) by Colonel Robert J. Icks Modern Swedish Light Armoured Vehicles by RM, Ogorkiowicz Parts 1-17 price 25p each from your local book or model shop. Part 18 onwards price 35p each. If you have any difficulty in obtaining Profiles from your local book or model shop please write direct to Mail Order/Subscription Department, PROFILE PUBLICATIONS Ltd, Coburg House, Sheet Street, Windsor, Berks. SL41EBPrototype of Pb 302, the amphibions armoured personel carrier bul by AB Hagglund & Soner. Modern Swedish Light Armoured Vehicles by R. M. Ogorkiewicz ‘THE production of armoured vehicles is an exacting and complex undertaking. I is not easy, therefore, to make a success of it in a short space of time, Yet this has been done by AB Higglund & Soner, theengineering company of Ornskoldsvik in northern Sweden, who successfully produced several armoured vehicles within a few years ‘of becoming involved in their development. Hagglunds first became involved with armoured vehicles in 1957, when they were awarded a contract to build a number of tank turrets with a long-barrelled 75inm gun, The turrets were designed by the Swedish ‘Amy Ordnance for mounting on the chassis of the Stry m/42, a 22°5-ton tank originally built in 1943 with a smaller turret and a short-barrelled 75mm gun, The new turrets were manufactured by Haigelunds from March 1958 to June 1960 and when mounted on the chassis of the Sirv m/42 in place of the original turrets they con verted them into the Strv 74, while the remaining, un ‘modified tanks were redesignated Ikv 73, the Ikv being aan abbreviation for infanterikunonvagn, of “infantry gun vehicl ‘The turrets for the Strv 74 were however also built by AB Landsverk, Sweden's oldest tank manufacturing company, and Hiigglunds did not really make their mark until their second venture into the armoured vehicle field, which was the production of the Pansarbandvagn, ot Pov, 301—the first Swedish tracked armoured personnel carrier. sTRV M/41 Development of the Pov 301 originated with Sven Berge, the head of the tank design section of the Vehicle Division of the Swedish Army Ordnance, who later also ‘originated the development ofthe S-tank. Thus, in 1954, when there was still no Swedish Army requirement for tracked armoured personnel carriers, Berge foresaw the need for them and proposed the conversion into them of a light tank which had become obsolete as a fighting vehicle but whose automotive performance had been very satisfactor This tank was the Strv m/4l, a 10-5-tonner armed with 4 37mm gun which was based on a design evolved in the rid:-thirlies in Czechoslovakia by the Ceskomoravska Kolben Danek company. An earlier light tank designed by the same company, the AH-IV-Sy, was adopted by the Swedish Army as the Strv m/37 and forty-cight of these tanks were built in Sweden, under licence, by the Jungner company in 1938 and 1939. By then, however, Ceskomoravska Kolben Danek had developed another and more powerful tank, the TNH. This attracted the attention of several armies, including the Swedish which placed an order for about 90 to be delivered in 1939 and 1940. However, none of these vehicles ever reached Sweden because of the German occupation of Czecho- slovakia in 1939. Instead they were delivered to the German Army which used them with considerable success, particularly during the 1940.campaign in France, (Htagelund)