by TankNutDave | Dec 21, 2016 | Tracked Fighting Vehicles
The Strf 9040 is the designation of the Swedish Armies Stridsfordon 90 (Swedish for Combat Vehicle 90). The 40 refers to the 40mm Bofors auto-cannon main gun. A total of 509 models and variants have been built for the Swedish Army. Since entering production in 1993...
by TankNutDave | Dec 13, 2016 | Armored Fighting Vehicles, Swedish Fighting Vehicles
Commonly referred to as the Combat Vehicle 90, the CV90 is a family of Swedish Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles developed from the Stridsfordon 9040 aka Strf 9040, built by the former company Hägglunds, now part of BAE Systems AB. The Strf 9040 hull has served as...
by TankNutDave | Dec 5, 2016 | Main Battle Tanks, Spanish Fighting Vehicles
The Spanish Leopard 2E Tank is a licence built Leopard 2A6EX Tank, developed by KMW. It is built-in Spain by General Dynamics European Land Systems (formerly Santa Bárbara Sistemas). The Leopard 2E (along with the Greek Leopard 2A6 HEL) is the most heavily armored of...
by TankNutDave | Dec 3, 2016 | Main Battle Tanks, Swedish Fighting Vehicles
The Strv 122 Tank (Stridsvagn) is the current Main Battle Tank of the Swedish Army and is aka Leopard 2S. Though described as a Leopard 2A5, it is the most heavily armored Leopard 2A5 and more closely resembles the Leopard 2A6EX tank in terms of protection. It is also...
by TankNutDave | Dec 1, 2016 | Danish Army, Main Battle Tanks
The Leopard 2A5DK Tank is the current Main Battle Tank of the Danish Army. In service since 2002, it is fitted with the full armor package developed during the KWS II program. This gives the Leopard 2A5DK (and Swedish Strv 122) better protection than the standard...