LK II

Leichter Kampfwagen

Type	Light tank
Place of origin	Germany
Specifications
Weight	8.75 t
Length	5.1 m
Width	1.9 m
Height	2.5 m
Crew	3

Armor	8-14 mm
Main armament	37mm Krupp/57mm Sokol
Engine	Daimler-Benz 4-cylinder 60 hp
Suspension	unsprung
Operational range	65-70 km
Speed	14-18 km/h

The Leichter Kampfwagen II (English: light combat car) or "LK II" was a development of the LK I with the same layout, but incorporating a rotating turret on the rear superstructure armed with a 37mm Krupp or 57mm Maxim-Nordenfelt gun. Its armor was 8 to 14mm thick, which increased its total weight to 8.75 tons. Power was provided by a Daimler-Benz Model 1910 4-cylinder 55-60 hp gasoline engine, giving a maximum speed of 14 to 18 km/h with range of 65–70 km.

A version armed with one or two 7.92mm Maxim 08/15 machine guns was also planned but progressed no farther than a project.

Only two prototypes were produced by June 1918, and were followed by orders for 580 tanks, which were never completed.

Stridsvagn m/21-29

Stridsvagn m/21-29
A Swedish m/21 tank.
Type	Light Tank
Place of origin	Sweden
Service history
In service	1922-1939
Used by	Sweden
Production history
Designer	AB Landsverk
Manufacturer	AB Landsverk / NOHAB
Number built	10
Specifications
Weight	9.7 short tons (8.8 t; 8.7 long tons)
Length	5.7 m (19 ft)
Width	2.05 m (6.7 ft)
Height	2.52 m (8.3 ft)
Crew	4

Armor	4-14 mm
Main armament	ksp m/14 (2)
Engine	Benz 1910 55 hp
Speed	16 km/h (9.9 mph) to 18 km/h (11 mph)

Following the war, the Swedish government purchased parts for 10 examples in secrecy for the sum of 200,000 Swedish kronor. The parts were shipped as boiler plates and agricultural equipment and then assembled in Sweden as the Stridsvagn m/21 (Strv m/21 for short), which was essentially an improved version of the LK II prototype. The Strv m/21 was powered by a sleeve valve type engine located in the front, the driver and crew being in the rear. The suspension and running gear was protected by armored skirts. Ten of these tanks were built and were armed with a single 6.5 mm machine gun.^[1]

In 1929, five were rebuilt to create the Strv m/21-29 variant which was armed with a 37mm gun or two machine guns and was powered by a Scania-Vabis engine. The Strv m/21-29 was an upgraded version of the fm/21. The modifications included a more powerful engine, a new alternator, and external lighting.^[2] One of these improved vehicles was driven by Heinz Guderian during a visit to Sweden in 1929.

The Germans later bought a main share of the Landsverk Company and made Otto Merker the main designer and in 1931, it produced the Strv m/31 (L-10), which was the first tank produced in Sweden.

The Strv m/21-29 remained in service until 1938. A surviving example can be seen at the Deutsches Panzermuseum at Munster, Germany, and both strv m/21 and strv m/21-29 was displayed at the Axvall Tank Museum in Sweden.

One Strv m/21-29 is in the early stages of being restored to full working order in Sweden.^[3]

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References

↑ Chamberlain, Peter (2002). Tanks of the World, 1915-1945. United Kingdom: Cassell & Company. p. 159. ISBN 9780304361410.
↑ "Stridsvagn m/21-29". Pansarmuséet i Axvall. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
↑ http://blog.arsenalen.se/

External links

World War I tanks

List Category

British	"Female" tank "Male" tank Mks I, II, III Mk IV Mk V Mk VI Mark VII Mk VIII Mk IX Medium Mk A "Whippet" Medium Mk B Medium Mk C Little Willie Flying Elephant Killen-Strait Armoured Tractor Lancelot de Mole's proposal* (1912)

French	Schneider CA1 Saint-Chamond Renault FT Breton-Prétot machine Boirault machine Frot-Laffly landship Souain prototype Levavasseur* (1903)

German	A7V K-Wagen LK I LK II Oberschlesien

Austro-Hungarian	Günther Burstyn's Motorgeschütz* (1911)

Italian	Fiat 2000

American	M1917 light tank Ford 3-Ton M1918 Holt Gas-Electric Skeleton tank Steam tank Steam Wheel Tank

Russian	Tsar Tank Vezdekhod Mendeleev Tank* Rybinsk tank*

Italics — experimental prototypes; * concept only Tank history classification WWI Interwar WWII Cold War Post–Cold War

Swedish armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

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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