Pbil m/40
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The Pansarbil m/39 or Lynx was a Swedish 4x4 armoured car that AB Landsverk began developing in 1937 for the Danish Army.
The Lynx had a low slung body with well sloped, but thin, armour. The 140 hp Scania-Vabis petrol engine was in the middle on the left side. The crew consisted of six troops; a forward driver and hull machine gunner, two similar positions in the rear hull, and two crew in the revolving turret which mounted a 20mm Madsen cannon and a coaxial light machine gun.
Three vehicles were delivered to Denmark in April 1938, but a further batch of fifteen were still awaiting delivery to Copenhagen when the war broke out in 1939. These were then confiscated by the Swedes who employed them as the Pansarbil m/39 and ordered a further thirty units for the Swedish Army. As Landsverk lacked the capacity the new batch was manufactured by Volvo, and hence powered by a Volvo engine, designated Pansarbil m/40.
All Swedish cars were fitted with a Bofors 20 mm akan m/40 instead of the Madsen.
In 1956, 13 of the m/39s were sold to the Dominican Republic.
[edit] Further reading
- Leland Ness (2002) Jane's World War II Tanks and Fighting Vehicles: The Complete Guide, Harper Collins, London and New York, ISBN 978-0-00-711228-9
[edit] External links
| Swedish armoured fighting vehicles of World War II |
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| Light Tanks and Tankettes |
| Strv m/37 | Strv m/38-39-40 |
| Medium Tanks |
| Strv m/41 | Strv m/42 |
| Armoured Cars |
| L-180/181 | Pbil m/40 |
| Self propelled guns |
| Sav m/43 |
| Armoured Personnel Carrier |
| SKP m/42 |
| Swedish armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II |
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