Design/Production
Sweden obtained a license to build the Czechoslovakian TNHP tanks and 238 were built by Scania Vabis. Two models were built, the SI and SII.
Description
Usage
Were in the Swedish Army until the 1950s and were rebuilt as armored personnel carriers.
Stormartillerivagn m/43: Self propelled version built in 1944, with a crew of 4 and had a 105 mm gun in a ball type mount in the front superstructure. Weighed 12,000 kg, had engine of 140 hp, and a speed of 27 mph.
| Crew | 31,2 |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 23,148 lb 10,500 kg 10.5 tons2 |
| Length w/gun | 15'1 4.57 m1 |
| Length w/o gun | |
| Height | 7' 8", 7' 9"1 2.37 m1 |
| Width | 7'1 2.13 m1 |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 37 mm1,2 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 2: MGs1 8 mm MG, coaxial, hull 2: 8 mm MG2 |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 252 |
| Hull Front, Upper | |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | |
| Turret Front | 25 |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Scania-Vabis1,2, water cooled2 |
| Cylinders | 61,2 |
| Net HP | 1451, 145/1602 SI: 145 SII: 160 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | Gasoline1 |
| Octane | |
| Capacity | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Max Speed | 26 mph, 27 mph1, 27.9 mph2 45 kph1 |
| Cross Country | |
| Road radius | 125 miles1 200 km1 |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | 6' 2" |
| Vertical Obstacle | 2' 7" |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | 4 |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread | |
| Production | 1942-44: 238 |
Sources:
- The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles - The Comprehensive Guide to Over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles From 1915 to the Present Day, General Editor: Christopher F. Foss, 2002
- Tanks of the World, 1915-1945, Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
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