Pansarbandvagn 301

Pansarbandvagn 301
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)

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

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