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 == Description ==
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-The Bkan 1C was a Swedish SPG developed on the [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis. For its time, it was quite innovative. Developed by Bofors, it introduced a massive 155 mm autocannon designed to offer a high fire rate, being able to fire 15 shells in less than 45 seconds. The rounds offered a range of up to 28 kilometres, with 47 kg of weight. Early variants of the tank had poor mobility because they used the same engine as the Strv 103, future variants corrected this issue, since the Bkan 1 weighed over 50 tons. Its mobility was important to avoid counterbattery fire and change positions quickly. It remained in service from 1967 to 2003, with a total of 26 units built over the years.
+The '''bandkanon (bkan) 1C''' (''Bofors VK 155 S 62'') was a Self-Propelled Artillery Gun (SPAG) based on the [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis, initially developed by Bofors from 1960 to 1965 as part of a longer Swedish Army project to develop a modern autoloading 155 mm-equipped SPAG. The initial bkan 1 version was delivered to the Swedish Army from 1965 to 1969 and used the strv 103A's underpowered powerpack, subsequently receiving the suffix A. In 1988, it was decided to upgrade the powerpack of the existing bkan 1A vehicles to the stronger strv 103C powerpack, redesignating them bkan 1C. However, only the piston engine was upgraded to C-standard in the end. The bkan 1 remained in service from 1967 to 2003, with a total of 26 units built over the years.
-Introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]], the Bkan 1C mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, having only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret doesn't have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with its cannon without moving the chassis. The 155 mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets, however heavier targets like the Ferdinand and the Maus can be much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It's recommended aiming to the top of the tanks, or their commander's cupola.
+Introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]], the Bkan 1C mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, has only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret does not have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with its cannon without moving the chassis. The 155 mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets; however, heavier targets like the Ferdinand and the Maus can be much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It is recommended to aim for the tops of tanks or their commander's cupola.
 == General info ==

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 The Bkan 1C was a Swedish SPG developed on the [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis. For its time, it was quite innovative. Developed by Bofors, it introduced a massive 155 mm autocannon designed to offer a high fire rate, being able to fire 15 shells in less than 45 seconds. The rounds offered a range of up to 28 kilometres, with 47 kg of weight. Early variants of the tank had poor mobility because they used the same engine as the Strv 103, future variants corrected this issue, since the Bkan 1 weighed over 50 tons. Its mobility was important to avoid counterbattery fire and change positions quickly. It remained in service from 1967 to 2003, with a total of 26 units built over the years.
-Introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]], the Bkan 1C mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, having only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret doesn't have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with its cannon without moving the chassis. The 155 mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets, heavier targets like the Tiger 2 (P) and the Maus, can be much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It's recommended aiming to the top of the tanks, or their commander's cupola.
+Introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]], the Bkan 1C mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, having only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret doesn't have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with its cannon without moving the chassis. The 155 mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets, however heavier targets like the Ferdinand and the Maus can be much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It's recommended aiming to the top of the tanks, or their commander's cupola.
 == General info ==

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 * No turret, which is a downside for a tank forced to fight at a close to medium range, and is very vulnerable when its tracks are destroyed
 * Many enemy tanks within natural BR range are built to survive HE attacks
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 * 3.2-second autoloader on a 155 mm weapon. There is no other big weapon reloading faster than this currently in the game
 * It is difficult to take this SPG out with a single shot with kinetic shells from the front unless the ammo rack is detonated
 ** Crew is somewhat spread out, meaning single APDS and APFSDS shots are unlikely to hit all of them
 * HE shells have higher muzzle velocity than the ones of the competition, making them easier to aim
 * Can carry HE-VT shells, which, combined with the fire rate, make it extremely lethal at BR 8+ (rank VI for other nations), where the light tanks are abundant
-* Can easly range find by firing shot with the 3.2 second reload and the velocity of the shell
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 * HE shells have higher muzzle velocity than the ones of the competition, making them easier to aim
 * Can carry HE-VT shells, which, combined with the fire rate, make it extremely lethal at BR 8+ (rank VI for other nations), where the light tanks are abundant
-* Can easly range find by firing shot with the 3.2 second reload and fast shell reload
+* Can easly range find by firing shot with the 3.2 second reload and the velocity of the shell
 '''Cons:'''

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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The Bkan 1C was a Swedish SPG, developed over the [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis. For it's time, it was quite innovative. Developed by Aktiebolaget Bofors, It introduced a massive 155mm autocannon designed to offer a high fire rate, being able to fire 15 shells in less than 45 seconds. The rounds offered a range of up to 28 kilometers, with 47 kg of weight. Early variants of the tank had poor mobility because they used the same engine as the Strv 103, future variants corrected this issue, since the Bkan 1 weighed over 50 tons. It's mobility was important to avoid counterbattery fire and change positions quickly. It remained in service from 1967 to 2003, with a total of 26 units built over the years.
+The Bkan 1C was a Swedish SPG developed on the [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis. For its time, it was quite innovative. Developed by Bofors, it introduced a massive 155 mm autocannon designed to offer a high fire rate, being able to fire 15 shells in less than 45 seconds. The rounds offered a range of up to 28 kilometres, with 47 kg of weight. Early variants of the tank had poor mobility because they used the same engine as the Strv 103, future variants corrected this issue, since the Bkan 1 weighed over 50 tons. Its mobility was important to avoid counterbattery fire and change positions quickly. It remained in service from 1967 to 2003, with a total of 26 units built over the years.
-Being introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]]. The Bkan 1C is an SPG based on a lengthened [[Strv 103 (Family)|S-tank]] chassis. It mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, having only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret doesn't have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with it's cannon without moving the chassis. The 155mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets, heavier targets like the Tiger 2 (P) and the Maus, are much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It's recommended aiming to the top of the tanks, or their commanders cupola.
+Introduced in [[Update "Winged Lions"]], the Bkan 1C mounts a massive 155 mm cannon firing powerful HE and HE-VT shells. It has an extremely quick reload of 3.2s, but is otherwise extremely sluggish, having only -2 degrees of gun depression, thin armour, and only 14 rounds. The turret doesn't have full traverse, which means that the tank is not capable of looking backwards with its cannon without moving the chassis. The 155 mm shells are more than capable of destroying medium to light targets, heavier targets like the Tiger 2 (P) and the Maus, can be much more difficult to destroy and require good shot placement. It's recommended aiming to the top of the tanks, or their commander's cupola.
 == General info ==
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 While the gun can literally liquefy any tank by just randomly firing at it, try to retain patience and upon the first miss try to aim better while the gun reloads, if not for your own safety, then to conserve ammunition. Avoid fighting over cluttered streets or forests, unless firing straight from the capture point to waste less ammunition, as the {{PAGENAME}} does not have an MG to clean the shell flight path. Do not attack kinetic shell-armed tanks over a cluttered street if you aren't sure you can annihilate them within 2-3 shots, even if they do not see you. Even the densest tanker will notice that something explodes next to them when it happens for the 5th time.
 When fighting heavy tanks, you can try to pretend that you are weak and bait them into chasing you, then attack their bottom by attacking the tracks, as it's the easiest, and sometimes safest, way to destroy them. If that's impossible just attack their roof (by hitting the commander cupola, for example). Area denial also works well against ATGM light tanks, such as [[BMP-1]], because being attacked by an ATGM means almost certain death to the {{PAGENAME}} due to how its armour works.
 When it is necessary to attack into ATGM tanks, consider relying on HE-VT and remember of its limitations - it might be okay to check on suspected ATGM carriers by baiting them from a kilometre away, then shooting down the missile, reloading and shelling the opponent into submission, but it is not okay to rush into an IFV nest at ranges below 300 m, as the shells will not be able to compensate for poor quick aim, and the scout tanks probably already know you are there, so you will not have the time to aim better.
 Do remember that a lot of German players on rank IV love to whip out their obsolete toys just to trash an opponent that bested them and SPGs like [[8,8 cm Flak 37 Sfl.]] or [[15cm sIG 33 B Sfl]] are insanely dangerous, both due to being nearly indestructible by normal means (leaving you to be the only one to be able to deal with them in one shot in an average team) and due to being able to fire lethal APHE or HE shots at angles at which the {{PAGENAME}} cannot fire back directly (due to the increased muzzle velocity of its HE). Use HE-VT to destroy them as soon as possible if you have one.

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