Strv L-60

Strv L-60

Stridsvagn m/40K at the Hässlehoms Museum, Sweden
Type Light tank
Place of origin  Sweden
Service history
Used by  Sweden

 Kingdom of Hungary
 Ireland
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer Otto Merker
Designed 1934
Manufacturer AB Landsverk
Variants L-60A
L-60B
L-60C
L-60D
Toldi
Specifications (Irish Landsverk L60 Light Tank)
Weight 7.5 short tons (6.8 t; 6.7 long tons) (laden)
Length 15 ft (4.6 m)
Width 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Crew 3
Armor 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in)
Main
armament		 Madsen 20mm Cannon
Secondary
armament		 Madsen .303 Machine Gun
Engine Bussing-Nag V8 cylinder 7.9 litres
150-160 bhp at 2500-2700 rpm
Operational
range		 168 mi (270 km)
Speed 30 mph (48 km/h)
WWII Swedish AFV's
Light tanks
Strv m/21-29 · Strv L-5 · Strv m/30-31 · Strv L-60 · Strv L-100-101 · Strv m/37 · Strv m/38-39-40 · Landsverk L-120 ·
Medium tanks
Armoured cars
SP guns
Sav m/43
APCs
SKP m/42

Stridsvagn L-60 (Strv L-60) was a Swedish tank developed in 1934. It was developed by AB Landsverk as a light tank which included several design features later adopted by Germany and Russia in their tank designs.

The L-60 was progressively improved and four variants were created: L-60A, L-60B, L-60C (37mm gun), L-60D (new turret and 37mm gun and twin machine guns). The L-60 eventually evolved into the Strv m/38 and subsequent Stridsvagn m/39 and Stridsvagn m/40 and was adopted by the Swedish army as such.

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Foreign service

Hungarian Service

The L-60 was built under license by the Hungarian Weiss Company for the Hungarian army. It was adopted by the Hungarian army as the Toldi.

Irish Service

The first Irish Landsverk L60 was delivered in 1935 and joined Ireland's only other tank a Vickers Mk. D in the 2nd Armoured Squadron. The second Landsverk L60 arrived in 1936. The Landsverk's were still in use up until the late 1960s. One L60 is preserved in running order and the other is in the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

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