Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:17 am- Massimo_FotiAn interesting story is associated with the display around the Scania 335.
There are info panels and a video documenting the road convoys send to Austria immediately after WW II end in Europe.
- GunnarThis truck was one of the trucks in the Swedish relief to Austria 1946.
In febrary 114 trucks with twin axel trailer was sent to Wien in Austria loaded with 330 tons of food and medicine.
And i april the same year 50 more trucks with trailer was sent to Wien.
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:20 am- Massimo_FotiFm/31 in Arsenalen.
- GunnarIt is a prototype made in mild steel. The gun is made of wood and so is the "armourshield" around it.
The idea behind having both tracks and wheels is to save the tracks and fuel when driving on roads. The idea was brought to Landsverk by its German owner Gute Hoffnungshütte, who had worked on it while they were active in Kazan in USSR.
Like the S-tank strv fm/31 had a reverse driver
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:25 am- Massimo_FotiThe PDF reports two fm/31 in Arsenalen. I wonder if this is really the case or we just have two pictures of the same vehicle?
There is only one on display at the moment and one picture was taken inside the old Museum.
I guess we have to wait for Stefan to answer this question.
- GunnarIt is the only manufactured. When it was delivered 1934 it was already out dated. It was used for testing purposes and then as a substitut for a tank during military maneuvers until about 1940.
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:36 am
Strv m 21 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:57 pm- Stefan_KarlssonStrv m/31 - in the PDF there are two different vehicles, one Strv fm/31 and one Strv m/31 - two different vehicles and we have both of them, but at the moment only fm/31 is on display.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 7:02 am- Stefan_KarlssonStrv m/31 - in the PDF there are two different vehicles, one Strv fm/31 and one Strv m/31 - two different vehicles and we have both of them, but at the moment only fm/31 is on display.
The fm/31 is a prototype/test vehicle made of ordinary steel and with both wheels and tracks.
Strv m/31 is the only survivor of the 3 tanks that was produced by Landsverk - L 10
Both fm/31 and m/31 had many new design solutions, m/31 was the first welded tank in the world and first tank with periscopes
The ide was to produce different vehicles for different tasks but using as many components of the same as possible. The same idea with multi role platform that is becoming standard today was invented by Landsverk more than 80 years ago...
A good reason to have a look at your history
Stefan
Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:28 am
Strv m 37 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:41 am
Strv m 37 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
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Strv m 38 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:30 amThe Ethiopian Army delegated the newly retired Swedish Colonel Sahlin to represent it during the acceptance trials. It was an excellent choice, because he accepted already in November 1937 in Prague the prototype of the Swedish tankette.
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 9:50 am
Strv m 40L by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 7:33 pmPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:05 am
Strv m 41 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr
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