tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post2298917551094603627..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: The Amazing Strv 103Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-14343830804158709942023-02-15T16:11:25.805-05:002023-02-15T16:11:25.805-05:00This can upgrade if put an uninhabited combat modu...This can upgrade if put an uninhabited combat module -- a remotely controlled tower with a light gun (20-30 mm). And also install the main cannon, which will allow to shoot guided projectiles.camperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410703107023936446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-17606523958002703362023-02-15T16:10:49.986-05:002023-02-15T16:10:49.986-05:00This can upgrade if put an uninhabited combat modu...This can upgrade if put an uninhabited combat module -- a remotely controlled tower with a light gun (20-30 mm). And also install the main cannon, which will allow to shoot guided projectiles.camperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410703107023936446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-17610454146267230542022-04-21T11:54:06.481-04:002022-04-21T11:54:06.481-04:00"The lifespan of the Strv 103 indicates how g..."The lifespan of the Strv 103 indicates how good of a tank it was. The tanks were phased out of service in 1997, 30 years after their adoption"<br /><br />In honesty, stridsvagn 103 stayed in service for far too long. It was at the introduction expected to be in service for about 15 years, and already in the beginning of 1980's, the Swedish army requested it to be replaced with another tank that would be used past the year 2000.<br />Unfortunately, the defence budget constraints did not allow for the Stridsvagn 2000 to be more than a conceptual study.<br />What happened was that after the unification of Germany, Sweden got it's hands on East German T-72s for testing, which revealed just how obsolete the 103 had become, and some major flaws in Swedish doctrine.<br />Two major points was armour protection and mobility.<br />* Live trials revealed that HEAT protection was still adequate, but the modern long arrow projectiles, unlike the previous generations of kinetic projectiles, were not bothered by the steep sloping of the armour. Instead the T-72 was able to reliably shoot straight through the 103, front to back, from a distance of 1500 metres. This was a rude awakening, and a real shock.<br />* Second shock was the mobility of the T-72 in the north, where it previously had been believed that modern tanks would have the same limitations as the Centurions and the 103s. Instead, if was discovered that not even a deep snow cover proved any significant problem for the T-72, meaning vast areas that according to Swedish doctrine was impassable for tanks now had to be considered as not only passable but operationally suitable.<br /><br />These findings lead to an emergency testing program of several tanks which not only confirmed that the mobility of of the T-72 was not unique but just what to be expected by modern tanks, but also just how far the gun stabilisation had been developed, rendering any tank that had to come to a full stop to fire accurately vastly inferior.<br /><br />This was the point where the existing Swedish tanks only would remain in service until the new tanks could be delivered, well knowing their best before date had expired more than a decade ago.John Metreushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17731341863215478059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-33345167260171167392021-06-09T09:18:18.219-04:002021-06-09T09:18:18.219-04:00Back then you had to stop or at least slow a tank ...Back then you had to stop or at least slow a tank to have a good chance of hitting your target, modern electrics make this possible while on the move, so a turret is much more useful Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01887693623887022879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-82813524314363463632019-03-11T00:55:13.689-04:002019-03-11T00:55:13.689-04:0030 years later30 years laterJadervasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885970933498764823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-56850386968605439432017-03-01T03:07:14.582-05:002017-03-01T03:07:14.582-05:00In a clearly different context.In a clearly different context.Motzkorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316989921665401048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-23600337107551621612017-02-28T15:50:03.143-05:002017-02-28T15:50:03.143-05:00Replaced by, a regular tank with a turret.Replaced by, a regular tank with a turret.Joe Blowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02610628295750429146noreply@blogger.com