Pansarbandvagn 301

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Pansarbandvagn 301

Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1961 - early 1970s
Production history
Variants	slpbv 3011, epbv 3012
Specifications
Weight	11.7 tonnes
Length	4.66 m
Width	2.23 m
Height	2.64 m
Crew	2 (commander/gunner, driver) + 8 (passengers)

Armor	Shrapnel protection only
Primary armament	20 mm automatkanon m/45B
Secondary armament	None
Engine	Gasoline, SFA B44 160 hp (119 kW)
Power/weight	13.68 hp/tonne
Suspension	Leaf spring
Operational range	300 km
Speed	45 km/h

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 and with room for transporting 8 fully armed soldiers.

The pbv 301 was an interim solution, built on chassis from the obsolete stridsvagn m/41 that was introduced in 1961 and removed from service in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the replacement pbv 302 came into use. pbv 301 replaced the open top KP armoured car as the armoured troop transport in the Swedish Army.

[edit] Variants

Two variants except for the standard personnel carrier pbv 301 (185 produced) existed:

Stridsledningspansarbandvagn 3011 (slpbv 3011, 20 produced) - command vehicle
Eldledningspansarbandvagn 3012 (epbv 3012, 15 produced) - forward observer vehicle