Category Archives: Walkarounds

Pictures of the real thing. Detail pictures of various hardware that we hope will be useful for our fellow builders.

Artilleritraktor m/43

The Artilleritraktor m/43, or Volvo HBT (HalvBandTraktor) as it is also known, was used by the artillery as a tractor to pull Haubits m/39 or m/40. In 1942 Volvo was tasked with designing a slightly larger and heavier version of … Continue reading

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Arsenalen – the new armour museum in Sweden

The 17th of june 2011 the new museum opened its doors for the public for the first time. We were there for the opening, and will cover the three days of opening activities in a separate report. We begin, however, … Continue reading

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Stridsfordon 9040C walkaround

With the recent release of Academys Strf 9040B, the interest of the Combat Vehicle 90 series of vehicles is quite high among modellers (at least I hope that it is). So in our series of CV90-related articles we´ve now made … Continue reading

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Stridsvagn m/37

The strv (stridsvagn – “tank”) m/37 was bought from the czech firm of CKD in the later half of the 1930’s. A total of 48 tanks were ordered and all but two were assembled in the swedish town of Oskarshamn … Continue reading

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Stridsvagn m/40K, a swedish ww2 tank

In the late thirties the engineers at the swedish-german firm of Landsverk in Landskrona, Sweden developed a tank of welded construction and torsion bar suspension. It also had a radio and a periscope for the commander. Armed with a Bofors … Continue reading

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Wittmann, A swedish T-72

In the mid nineties the swedish army bought a lot of former east german armoured personel carriers, MTLB and BMP-1. The swedish army also bought some bridgelayers on T-55 chassis at the same time, saving them from being turned in … Continue reading

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Pansarbandvagn 301 walkaround

This is a walkaround of the Pbv 301 that is parked outside of the armour museum at Axvall. It is quite far from mint condition. The Pbv 301 was the first tracked APC of the swedish army, and the predecessor … Continue reading

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Stridsvagn 122 in action

These pics were taken by the soldiers themselves at the mechanized brigade at Boden.

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Stridsvagn 122 walkaround

The Swedish Leopard 2, the Strv 122 in detail. The pictures were taken in 2000, when the tanks were almost brand new, before any of the later modifications had taken place. The tanks depicted were stationed at P4, Skövde and … Continue reading

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Pansarbandvagn 401, MTLB in Swedish service

In the mid nineties the swedish army made a find when they bought armoured transport vehicles from old warsaw pact stocks for the price of scrap metal. Among the varous vehicles bought was the MTLB APC. Various members of the … Continue reading

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