Landsverk L-10 ( Swedish Army designation: stridsvagn m/31 , abbr. strv m/31 , "tank model-1931") was a Swedish late interwar era medium tank constructed by AB Landsverk for the Swedish Army between 1930 and 1933.
14-602: (Redirected from L-10 ) L10 or L-10 may be: Military [ edit ] Landsverk L-10 , a Swedish tank HMS L10 , a 1918 British L class submarine L10 Ranger Anti-Personnel mine , a British blast mine L 10, ASJA and Saab's internal designation for the Saab 17 1940s military aircraft L 10 Friedensengel , a variant of the World War II Blohm & Voss BV 950 torpedo USS L-10 (SS-50) , an L-class submarine of
28-451: A drone built by Start Aviation ISO/IEC 8859-16 (Latin-10), an 8-bit character encoding L10 life, the rate at which 10% of bearings are expected to fail Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10 , a 2007 digital single-lens reflex camera See also [ edit ] L10n Magdeburger Startgerät , a missile, also known as the 10-L [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
42-469: A variant, known as the L-30, which featured deployable wheel propulsion in addition to its tracks, the idea being that wheeled and tracked propulsion could be quickly interchanged (in less than a minute, even while on the move) depending on the travel surface (road/terrain). A mild steel prototype with a wooden mockup turret was ordered in 1931 (designated stridsvagn fm/31 : fm = försöksmodell , "trial model") along
56-532: Is subsidiary holding company for the Swedish assets of BAE Systems Land & Armaments , whose ultimate parent is the British defence contractor BAE Systems . The portfolio in 2020 contained the companies Systems C-ITS , involved in simulators and training; Bofors , that produces tube gun systems and related munitions; Hägglunds , the manufacturer of tracked military and civilian vehicles. AB Hägglund & Söner
70-894: The L-10 started in 1930 as part of a competition set up by the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration (KAF) for the next generation of Swedish tanks. Landsverk competed against designs from AB Bofors (Krupp) and Morgårdshammar AB, evaluation being conducted in the fall the same year. Landsverks designs came out on top and Landsverk was selected as contractor in January 1931. After further in-depth evaluation of Landsverks designs, KAF ordered three L-10 test vehicles from Landsverk in October 1931, along one Landsverk L-30 trial vehicle (essentially an L-10 with deployable wheels). The three L-10 vehicles were built in 1933 and delivered to
84-476: The Swedish Army in 1935. Armour was delivered by Bofors . Despite being highly advanced for their time, they often broke down when not handled properly, and lessons learned from their trials were incorporated into the much improved Landsverk L-60 ( strv m/38 ). When World War II broke out, they were dug in as static bunkers due to a lack of spare parts, as many key parts were produced abroad. The L-10 had
98-484: The United States Navy Transportation [ edit ] Cummins L10, a Cummins L Series diesel engine marketed from 1983 to 1997 L.10 Electra , 1930s Lockheed airliner L10, development name for the 1930s Junkers Jumo 210 aircraft engine Scania-Vabis L10 (1944–1959), a series of trucks produced by Swedish automaker Scania-Vabis Other uses [ edit ] Al Fajer L-10 ,
112-453: The first tank produced to feature an all-welded construction and using periscopes for visibility rather than view slits. It was armed with a turret mounted Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun L/45 ( 37 mm kanon fm/32 ) and two Browning M1917 machine guns ( 6.5 mm kulspruta m/14-29 ), one coaxial mounted in the turret and one flexible mounted in the hull, and was equipped with 8–24 mm (0.31 in – 0.94 in) of armour. Development of
126-554: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=L10&oldid=1156588231 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Landsverk L-10 The tank had an advanced design for its time, being
140-589: The three L-10 (strv m/31) and delivered to the Swedish Army for trials in 1935. One L-10 (strv m/31) has been preserved. The vehicles was exhibited at the Swedish Armour Museum in Axvall between 1969 and 2007, then on being moved to the collection of the new Swedish Tank Museum Arsenalen , were it have remained. Example list (incomplete) Background: History of the tank , Tank classification , interwar period AB Bofors BAE Systems AB
154-570: Was founded in 1646 and entered the Defence business in 1883. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, the parent group of Bofors. In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the tube artillery interests), while Saab retained the missile interests. In 2005 BAE Systems purchased UDI and re-organised all its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments. As part of acquisition Bofors Defence
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#1732872717070168-659: Was founded in 1899 by Johan Hägglund in Gullänget, Örnsköldsvik , Sweden . The company was divided in 1988, one part being Hägglunds Vehicle AB , the military vehicles business. In October 1997 the British company Alvis plc acquired Hägglunds Vehicle AB to form Alvis Hägglunds AB. Alvis expanded its military vehicle business in 1998 with the purchase of GKN 's armoured vehicle division in 1998 and Vickers Defence in 2002 to form Alvis Vickers . In September 2004 BAE Systems acquired Alvis Vickers and merged it with its RO Defence ordnance division to form BAE Systems Land Systems. Hägglunds
182-466: Was renamed BAE Systems Bofors. The company "construct, develop and maintain computer based education-, training-, management- and command systems in Europe". It originated from the former United Defense company. On 28 November 2007, BAE Systems acquired the Swedish high-tech company Pitch Technologies AB founded in 1991, an innovator of computer-based research simulation and training technologies. The company
196-497: Was renamed Land Systems Hägglunds. In June 2005 BAE Systems acquired United Defense and reorganised its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments, with Land Systems and Land Systems Hägglunds as subsidiaries of this U.S. based operating group. BAE Systems Bofors AB, located in Karlskoga , Sweden , is a Swedish subsidiary of BAE Systems Platforms & Services . Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors , which
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