Swedish pbv 401 or 407/Russian MTLB
Somewhere in the 90's Swedish Goverment bought around 700 MTLB/MTLBu's from united Germany (former East German stock of armor).
Couple of years ago I was involved with half of a leg in a study where the aim was to upgrade the pbv 401 to something with more teeths.
Enter the pbv 407 concept.
The study pointed out for instance
- change of the engine (more fuel efficient diesel)
- new gearbox
- broader tracks (better performance in marches and snow)
- similar turret as the AAVP7 (Mk-19/M2Hb-combo one man turret)
and some more changes that I don't remember any longer.
Swedish armed forces has for many decades upgraded their old stuff to fit a new game of warfare (centurion tank, AJS 37 "Viggen" etc...)
So what do you think guys, is this the future also for say old M113/M113A1 etc... to be upgraded thru the war or say weeks or months before the T2k war begins.
Antti
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Last edited by Antenna; 06-16-2011 at 04:14 PM.
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