SKP M-42 | |
Državi | Švedska |
Vrsta | Oklepnik |
Fotografijo | Thord Wedman |
Temo | Album s 16 fotografijami sprehod okoli «SKP M-42» |
Fotogalerija SKP M-42, Terrängbil m/42 KP (Tgbil m/42 SKP/VKP), meaning “Off-road vehicle 42” with a secondary designation of “Scania, Bodywork: Armoured” or “Volvo, Bodywork: Armoured”, was the Swedish army’s first armoured personnel carrier, developed as a stop-gap measure during World War II. In 1941, when tanks were organized into a unit of their own, it was clear there was a desperate need for a troop carrier able to both keep up with the tanks and provide protection against artillery shrapnel and small-arms fire. Due to the war there were no international suppliers to buy from, so the only option was to develop a domestic solution. AB Landsverk designed an APC consisting of a chassis from a regular army lorry equipped with an armoured shell.
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SKP M-42 Armoured Personl Carrier je bilo švedsko vozilo, zasnovano in izdelano med drugo svetovno vojno za prevoz pehote v podporo oklepnim stebrom. Temeljil je na standardnem podvozju tovornjaka Scanie ali Volva z oklepnim telesom, ki je imelo nagnjeno in šesterokotno obliko. Vozilo je lahko prevažalo do 16 popolnoma opremljenih vojakov v odprtem predelu zadaj in je bilo sprva neoboroženo. Kasnejše različice so dodale mitraljeze za protiletalske ali protipehotne namene, pa tudi lansirnike dimnih granat in strelna pristanišča. SKP M-42 je bil znan tudi po trupu v obliki črke V, ki je pomagal odbiti eksplozije min ali eksplozivov. Vozilo je služilo v švedski vojski do leta 2000, v 1960-ih pa je bilo tudi ukrepanje v mirovnih misijah v Kongu.
Ogledi : 1989