Landsverk L-10

Landsverk L-10
Stridsvagn m/31 (strv m/31)
Stridsvagn m/31 (Landsverk L-10) at Skaraborg Regiment (P4).
TypeMedium Caterpillar Tank[1]
Place of originSweden
Service history
In service1935–1940
Used bySweden
Production history
DesignerAB Landsverk
Designed1930–1931
ManufacturerAB Landsverk
Produced1933[2]
No. built3
Specifications
Mass11,000 kg (24,000 lb)
Length5.20 m (17 ft 1 in)
Width2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Height2.22 m (7 ft 3 in)
Crew4

Armor8–24 mm (0.31 in – 0.94 in)
Main
armament
1 × Bofors 37 mm AT-gun L/45
(37 mm kan fm/32)[3]
Secondary
armament
2 × Browning M1917
(6.5 mm ksp m/14-29)
EngineMaybach DSO 8
150 hp (110 kW)
Operational
range
150 kilometres (93 mi)
Maximum speed 40 km/h (25 mph)

Landsverk L-10 (Swedish Army designation: stridsvagn m/31, abbr. strv m/31, "tank model-1931") was a Swedish late interwar era medium tank constructed by AB Landsverk for the Swedish Army between 1930[4] and 1933.[2]

The tank had an advanced design for its time, being the first tank produced to feature an all-welded construction and using periscopes for visibility rather than view slits. It was armed with a turret mounted Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun L/45 (37 mm kanon fm/32)[3] and two Browning M1917 machine guns (6.5 mm kulspruta m/14-29), one coaxial mounted in the turret and one flexible mounted in the hull, and was equipped with 8–24 mm (0.31 in – 0.94 in) of armour.[4][5]

  1. ^ AB Landsverk tank chart
  2. ^ a b Landsverk blueprint, number S-1087 – name: Pansarförteckning (Armour List), title: Av KAFT hos Landsverk beställda pansarfordon. (Armored vehicles ordered by Armored Royal Swedish Army Ordnance Administration from Landsverk.) – date: 1945-06-20
  3. ^ a b Christer Baadstöe, Tommy Nilsson, Thorleif Olsson, Kjell Svensson and Måns Thuresson (2022). Svensk pansarhistoria: Pionjärtiden, 1918-1936. Milipress. p. 110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Lindström, Rickard O. "Strv fm/31 och Strv m/31". ointres.se. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  5. ^ Tank Museum, Bovington. The Tank Book.

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