Strv 104 - Revision history

U52926328: Changed the text of the first paragraph (description) to more closely resemble English, the meaning of the text was not changed.

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Changed the text of the first paragraph (description) to more closely resemble English, the meaning of the text was not changed.

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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 '''{{Specs|name}}''' were the last serving [[Centurion (Family)|Centurion]] in the Swedish Army, in 1983-1987 where 80 of the oldest Strv 102 were to go through another renovation that were in dire need of modernization to extend their service. {{PAGENAME}} were upgraded with a new diesel engine and gearbox which would greatly improve the maneuverability of the vehicle, along with that came much features inspired from an American-Israeli modified hull which were designated Panturion that proved to be superior than the British modifications. All 80 selected Strv 102 would go through the renovation were assigned to Hägglunds & Söner AB in Örnsköldsvik. These improvements were worth-while for the Swedish Army, the new improvements that were made increased the efficency of maintenance, making easier to maintain during on the field. These changes extended the service life but they would be phased out for the [[Strv 121]] in the mid 1990's, all the remaining {{PAGENAME}} were then redeployed to Gotland where they would serve till late 90's early 2000.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' were the last serving [[Centurion (Family)|Centurion]] in the Swedish Army, in 1983-1987 where 80 of the oldest Strv 102 were to go through another renovation that were in dire need of modernization to extend their service. {{PAGENAME}} were upgraded with a new diesel engine and gearbox which would greatly improve the maneuverability of the vehicle. Along with that came many features inspired by an American-Israeli modified hull, which were designated Panturion, that proved to be superior to the British modifications. All 80 selected Strv 102 would go through the renovation assigned to Hägglunds & Söner AB in Örnsköldsvik. These improvements were worth-while for the Swedish Army, the new improvements increased the efficency of maintenance, making it easier to maintain the tanks in the field. These changes extended the service life but they would be phased out for the [[Strv 121]] in the mid 1990's, all the remaining {{PAGENAME}} were then redeployed to Gotland where they would serve till late 90's early 2000.
 It was introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]] to improve the line up for the small Swedish tech-tree, {{PAGENAME}} have a similar playstyle to the [[Centurion (Family)|Centurion's]] but are more familiar to the Israeli [[Sho't (Family)|Sho't]]. An improved vehicles equipped with ERA bricks giving it an improved protection against HEAT ammunition mainly, but also improved engine giving it a greater maneuverability around the terrain on the different maps. {{PAGENAME}} also comes with the improved APFSDS Slpprj m/80 giving it a greater penetration at range compared to the older APDS Slpprj m/66 improving its lethality against well armoured vehicles and gives it the ability to engage hostiles at further range where the {{PAGENAME}}'s armour have a better chance to be efficent, But can still easily be knocked out by vehicles [[T-72A]], [[AMX-32]] or [[Merkava (Family)|Merkava's]].

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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 '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} Swedish medium tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update "Raining Fire"]].
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' were the last serving [[Centurion (Family)|Centurion]] in the Swedish Army, in 1983-1987 where 80 of the oldest Strv 102 were to go through another renovation that were in dire need of modernization to extend their service. {{PAGENAME}} were upgraded with a new diesel engine and gearbox which would greatly improve the maneuverability of the vehicle, along with that came much features inspired from an American-Israeli modified hull which were designated Panturion that proved to be superior than the British modifications. All 80 selected Strv 102 would go through the renovation were assigned to Hägglunds & Söner AB in Örnsköldsvik. These improvements were worth-while for the Swedish Army, the new improvements that were made increased the efficency of maintenance, making easier to maintain during on the field. These changes extended the service life but they would be phased out for the [[Strv 121]] in the mid 1990's, all the remaining {{PAGENAME}} were then redeployed to Gotland where they would serve till late 90's early 2000.
 == General info ==

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 * ERA provides some protection against HEAT-FS, but will do nothing to stop APFSDS and little to stop most ATGMs
 * The front compartment is now a fuel tank instead of an ammo rack, removing a weakness present in most Centurions
 * Has an unlockable APFSDS shell which can deal with pretty much anything it faces
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 '''Cons:'''
-* Armour is the same as the Centurion Mk 10, but must face stronger ammunition
+* Armour is the same as the Centurion Mk 10, but must face against stronger enemy ammunition
 * APFSDS is a tier 4 modification
 * Atrocious mobility when stock, and even with all engine upgrades it is still slower than the vast majority of its contemporaries
 == History ==

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 '''Pros:'''
-* Thanks to the ERA, the front is relatively immune to most HEATFS shells
+* ERA provides some protection against HEAT-FS, but will do nothing to stop APFSDS and little to stop most ATGMs
-* Effective top speed
+* Decent gun handling
 * Has an unlockable APFSDS shell which can deal with pretty much anything it faces
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 * Armour is the same as the Centurion Mk 10, but must face stronger ammunition
-* APFSDS is an tier 4 modification
+* APFSDS is a tier 4 modification
-* Quite sluggish when stock
+* Atrocious mobility when stock, and even with all engine upgrades it is still slower than the vast majority of its contemporaries
 == History ==

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:kan Strv 101 (105 mm)/Ammunition|slpprj m/62, slsgr m/61A, rökgr m/61, slspgr m/61, slpprj m/80}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
 ! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
-! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! rowspan="2" | Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 ! colspan="3" | Ricochet
 |-
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 | slspgr m/61 || HESH || 720 || 11.4 || 0.1 || 4 || 3,150 || 73° || 77° || 80°
 |-
-| slpprj m/80 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 3.79 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
+| slpprj m/80 || APFSDS || 1,455 || 4.2 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 78° || 80° || 81°
 |-
 |}
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 ! Ammunition
 ! Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! Screen radius<br>(m)
 ! Screen deploy time<br>(s)
 ! Screen hold time<br>(s)
-! Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 |-
 | rökgr m/61 || 330 || 18.7 || 20 || 5 || 25 || 50

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 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
 [[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
-<!-- '''Last updated:''' -->
+<!-- '''Last updated: 2.17.0.173''' -->
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 |-

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 |}
-==== [[Ammo racks]]<!-- '''Last updated:''' --> ====
+==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
-[[File:Ammoracks Strv 104.png|thumb|Ammoracks of the Strv 104]]
+[[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 |-
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 '''Notes''':
-* Ammo rack 5 is a ready rack. It has capacity of 6 projectiles.
+* Ammo rack 5 is a ready rack. It has a capacity of 6 projectiles.
 * Full reload speed will be realized as long as shells are available in the ready rack 6. If the ready rack is empty, a penalty to reload speed will occur.
 * Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from racks 1-4 into rack 5. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready rack.
-* The ammo rack depletion order is: 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
+* The ammo rack depletion order is: 6 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5.
 * Ammo racks on the floor are emptied by removing the most left top shell in a rack.
-* Packing 17(+31) shells creates relatively safe layout for front engagements without excessive risk of ammo explosion.
+* Packing 17&nbsp;''(+31)'' shells creates a relatively safe layout for front engagements without excessive risk of ammo explosion.
 === Machine guns ===

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 |}
-==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
+==== [[Ammo racks]]<!-- '''Last updated:''' --> ====
-<!-- [[File:Ammoracks_{{PAGENAME}}.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]] -->
+[[File:Ammoracks Strv 104.png|thumb|Ammoracks of the Strv 104]]
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 |-
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 ! 4th<br>rack empty
 ! 5th<br>rack empty
 ! Visual<br>discrepancy
 |-
-| '''48''' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __&nbsp;''(+__)'' || __
+| '''48''' || 35&nbsp;''(+13)'' || 13&nbsp;''(+35)'' || 11&nbsp;''(+37)'' || 7&nbsp;''(+41)'' || 1&nbsp;''(+47)'' || No
 |-
 |}
 === Machine guns ===
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 During the 80s, it was found necessary to do something about the oldest Centurions in Swedish service, which were mostly worn out. The decision was therefore made to let 80 of the Strv 102s undergo a chassis modification in the period 1983-1987. In order to find out what type of powertrain should be chosen, a tank had been sent over to Vickers in England where it was fitted with a diesel engine and the same type of gearbox as in the [[Chieftain (Family)|Chieftain]]. It underwent comparative testing with a Centurion chassis procured in 1977 from Israel. This turretless tank was fitted with a powertrain assembled in Holland, a Continental diesel engine of the same type as in the [[M60 (Family)|M60 "Patton"]] and an Allison automatic transmission.<ref name="ointres_Centurion">Lindström 2014</ref>
-The American-Israeli concept proved superior to the English one, which the Swedish army ordered as an upgrade for eighty selected tanks. With the 1983-1987 upgrade of the older tanks to a configuration that received the designation Stridsvagn 104, the technical life was extended to the year 2000.<ref name="ointres_Centurion"/>
+The American-Israeli concept proved superior to the English one, which the Swedish army ordered as an upgrade for eighty selected tanks. With the 1983-1987 upgrade of the older tanks to a configuration that received the designation Stridsvagn 104, the technical life was extended to the year 2000.<ref name="ointres_Centurion" />
 == Media ==
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 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.'' -->
 * [https://www.ointres.se/strv_81_101_102_104_centurion.htm [OINTRES<nowiki>.SE]</nowiki> Strv 81/101/102/104 Centurion] (Swedish)
 ===References===
 ;Citations:
 <references />
 ;Bibliography:
 * Lindström, Rickard O. 2014. "Strv 81/101/102/104 Centurion." ointres<nowiki>.se</nowiki>. Last modified September 20, 2014. [https://www.ointres.se/strv_81_101_102_104_centurion.htm Website] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220807005011/https://www.ointres.se/strv_81_101_102_104_centurion.htm Archive])
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