Stridsvagn m/31

Stridsvagn m/31

Type	light tank
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1935-1940
Used by	Sweden
Production history
Designer	AB Landsverk
Designed	1932
Produced	1932
Number built	3
Specifications
Weight	11.5 short tons (10.3 long tons)
Length	5.2 m (17 ft)
Width	2 m (6.6 ft)
Height	2.22 m (7.3 ft)
Crew	4

Main armament	37 mm Bofors
Secondary armament	ksp m/14-29
Engine	Maybach DSO 8 150 hp (110 kW)
Operational range	125 miles (201 km)^[1]
Speed	40 km/h (25 mph)

Stridsvagn m/31 (Landsverk L-10) was a Swedish World War II era tank built by AB Landsverk. It was armed with a 37 mm Bofors gun and a light machine gun, and was equipped with 8–24 mm armor. Only three were built and, despite being highly advanced for the time when World War II broke out, they were dug in as static bunkers.^[2]

References

Swedish armoured fighting vehicles of WWII

Light tanks	Strv m/21-29 Strv m/30-31 Strv m/37 Strv m/38-39-40

Medium tanks	Strv m/41 Strv m/42

Armoured cars	Pbil m/39-40 Pbil m/41

SP guns	Sav m/43

APCs	Tgbil m/42

Weapons and military equipment designed in Sweden 1914–1945

Firearms

Rifles	Carl Gustaf Model 1942

Submachine guns	Carl Gustaf Model 1945

Machine guns	Svenska Automatvapen Model 1940 Carl Gustaf Model 1942

Artillery

Tank and Anti-tank guns	Bofors 37 mm Gun Model 1934

Mountain guns	Bofors 75 mm Model 1934

Field, Medium and Heavy guns	Bofors 105 mm Howitzer Model 1924 Bofors 105 mm Howitzer Model 1935 Bofors 105 mm Howitzer Model 1937 Bofors 105 mm Gun Model 1927 Bofors 105 mm Gun Model 1931 Bofors 105 mm Gun Model 1934 Bofors 120 mm Howitzer Model 1914 Bofors 150 mm Howitzer Model 1931

Anti-aircraft guns	Bofors 20 mm Automatic Gun Model 40 Bofors 25 mm Automatic Gun Model 1932 Bofors 40 mm Gun Model 1936 Bofors 75 mm Gun Model 1929

Coastal guns	Bofors 105 mm Gun Model 1927 Bofors 105 mm Gun Model 1934

Naval guns	Bofors 120 mm Gun Bofors 152 mm Gun Bofors 283 mm Gun

Armored
Fighting
Vehicles

Light tanks	Strv m/21-29 Landsverk L-10 Landsverk L-60 Landsverk L-120

Medium tanks	Landsverk Lago

Self-propelled guns	Stormartillerivagn m/43

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	Landsverk L-62

Armoured cars	Pansarbil M/31 Landsverk Lynx Landsverk L-180/L-181/L-182 Landsverk L-185

Armoured personnel carrier	Tgbil m/42

Artillery tractors	Landsverk L-131 Landsverk L-132 Landsverk L-135

Prototypes	Landsverk L-5 Landsverk L-100 Landsverk L-101

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