Combat Vehicle 90

Combat Vehicle 90
A strf 9040C in Swedish service
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1994–present
Used by	See Operators
Wars	War in Afghanistan United Nations Mission in Liberia Russo-Ukrainian war
Production history
Designer	Hägglunds/Bofors
Designed	late 1980s
Manufacturer	BAE Systems AB
Produced	1993–present
No. built	1,400[1]
Specifications
Mass	23–38 tonnes (Mk 0 to Mk IV)
Length	6.8 m (22 ft)[2]
Width	3.2 m (10 ft)
Height	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Crew	3 (commander, gunner, driver) 7–8 troopers
Armor	front against 30 mm APFSDS, all-round protection against 14.5 mm AP rounds, integration of Iron Fist APS
Main armament	40 mm Bofors L/70 autocannon or 35 mm/50 Bushmaster autocannon (export models Mk III and Mk IV) or 30 mm/40 Bushmaster autocannon (export model Mk I & Mk II) or Cockerill XC-8 turret with 105 mm/120 mm cannon or 120 mm mortar
Secondary armament	7.62 mm Ksp m/39 machine gun or 7.62 FN MAG machine gun and 6 × 76 mm grenade launchers Spike LR anti-tank guided missile
Transmission	Automatic Perkins X300
Suspension	torsion bar or active suspension
Operational range	offroad 320 km (200 mi), onroad 900 km (560 mi)
Maximum speed	70 km/h (43 mph)

The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) (Swedish: stridsfordon 90^ⓘ, strf 90 or Stridsfordon 90) is a family of Swedish tracked armoured combat vehicles designed by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), Hägglund & Söner and Bofors during the mid-1980s to early 1990s, before entering service in Sweden in the mid-1990s. The CV90 platform design has continuously evolved from the Mk 0 to the current Mk IV with technological advances and changing battlefield requirements.^[3]

The Swedish version of the main infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is fitted with a turret from Bofors equipped with a 40 mm Bofors autocannon. Export versions are fitted with Hägglunds E-series turrets, armed with either a 30 mm Mk44 or a 35 mm Bushmaster autocannon. Over time, the involvement of Hägglund & Söner has been superseded by Alvis Hägglunds (from 1997) and BAE Systems Hägglunds (from 2004).^[3]

Developed specifically for the Nordic subarctic climate, the vehicle has very good mobility in snow and wetlands while carrying and supporting eight, and in later versions six, fully equipped soldiers. Other variants include forward artillery observation, command and control, anti-aircraft, armoured recovery vehicle, electronic warfare versions and so forth. Currently, 1,400 vehicles in 17 variants are (or will be) in service with ten user states, seven of which are part of the NATO alliance.^[4]