Talk:Combat Vehicle 90

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[edit] Unsourced statement about Sweden wanting a mix of CV9030 and CV9040

I've been unable to find any sources to verify this. Could anyone provide more info, or should we just remove it from the article? --Edward Sandstig 18:13, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

As far as I remember Sweden studied three versions; 25mm 30mm and 40mm. In the mid 1980s they ordered prototypes for the 25mm and 40mm versions. Only the 40mm was adopted. 83.248.24.24 13:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Checked with Hägglunds. They delivered one prototype with a 25 mm Bushmaster and three with the Bofors 40 mm. Thoughts about the armament changed over time, 25mm, 30mm, 40mm, 57mm and 60mm guns, but Sweden definitely had plans on acquiring vehicles with different guns. 83.248.24.24 09:12, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. :) Is it possible to get information like that openly through a press contact from Hägglunds? So, would it be more accurate if I changed "Sweden originally planned for a mix of CV9040 and CV9030 but finally decided on the 40 mm version, due to the much higher potential of the larger calibre." to "Sweden had considered various types of armament but finally settled on the CV9040 armed with the Bofors 40 mm L/70." then we could link it to an official source. I'm still trying to find a reference for the statement that E-0r made about the 30 mm Bushmaster being easier to maintain, would you happen to know if this is correct and would you happen to have a source we could use? --Edward Sandstig 20:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Many in the Swedish Armed Forces wanted to equip the CV90 with a 57 mm cannon

I don't know if this is of any interest to the article: Many people in the military wanted to equip the CV90 with the bigger 57 mm Bofors gun because the ammo would have even greater development potential. They where forced however, to settle for "only" 40 mm because of budget restraints. This will probably not fit in the article since it is almost "what if?". My thought was that i may be of interest since most countries have 20 or 30 mm guns on their infantry fighting vehicles. --Mailerdaemon 16:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

It would be interesting to note that, but it would be better if we also had either an official online or printed source that we could use as a reference. --Edward Sandstig 20:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
a 57mm gun would be hard to fire automaticly, if you read the 40mm bofors article it explains why —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.226.15.119 (talk • contribs) October 31, 2006 15:56 (UCT).
I fail to see why you couldn't use a fully automatic 57mm gun on the CV90. Where in the article about the 40mm does it say that a 57mm can not fire automatically? It's a fact that they never built a prototype of the CV90 with a 57mm gun, but on the other hand the 57mm had been thoroughly tested on a Marder several years earlier. From what I've read it worked just fine. 83.248.33.161 17:32, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] can it destroy a MBT

ive allways wondered if its really as threat to an MBT, the 40mm bofors article says that a bosnian 40mm bofors (probably in an AA mount) attacked a danish Leopard1 and just scratched it. can the sabot round really make such a dffrence ? id imagine it would take 2-3 CV90s to takeout one tank, and MBTs dont drive around alone, so it wouldnt be practical —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.226.15.119 (talk • contribs) October 31, 2006 15:56 (UCT).

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