Pansarbandvagn 301

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 from scrapped Saab 21 fighters with room for transporting 8 fully armed soldiers.

Pansarbandvagn 301
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1961–1971
Production history
Variants	slpbv 3011, epbv 3012
Specifications
Mass	11.7 t (11.5 long tons; 12.9 short tons)
Length	4.66 m (15 ft 3 in)
Width	2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
Height	2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Crew	2 (commander/gunner, driver) + 8 (passengers)
Armor	8–50 mm (upper front: 20 mm at 55°)
Main armament	20 mm (0.8 in) automatkanon m/45B
Secondary armament	None
Engine	Svenska Flygmotor B44 gasoline 160 hp (120 kW)
Power/weight	13.68 hp/tonne
Suspension	Leaf spring
Operational range	300 km (190 mi)
Maximum speed	45 km/h (28 mph)

The pbv 301 was an interim solution, built on the chassis from the obsolete Stridsvagn m/41 (in service since 1942). It was introduced in 1961 and removed from service in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the replacement pbv 302 came into use. The pbv 301 replaced the open-topped KP-bil armoured car as the armoured troop transport in the Swedish Army.

Pbv 301 interior

Variants

• Pansarbandvagn 301 - personnel carrier, 185 produced
• Stridsledningspansarbandvagn 3011 (slpbv 3011) - command vehicle, 20 produced
• Eldledningspansarbandvagn 3012 (epbv 3012) - Forward Observer vehicle, 15 produced

External links

• Pansarbandvagn 301 at Axvall