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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium rank {{Specs|rank}} Swedish light tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.97 "Viking Fury"]].
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' was ordered in 1939 by KAF, that saw how new tank designs were shaping the battlefield, and the m/38 was considered to be too weak in terms of armour. The m/39 would have been a minor upgrade to its predecessor, with upgraded armour and other minor changes. AB Landsverk was against it however, since the m/38s hull was not able to sustain the increased weight. In the end, the turret was slightly modified, it included a new fire control system, as well as a lever steering system which was more favourable. While the m/38 was named L-60-S, the {{Specs|name}} was designated L-60-S/II.
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Introduced in [[Update 1.97 "Viking Fury"]], the Strv m/39 plays much like the [[Strv m/38]]: it is fast, manoeuvrable, and has excellent firepower. While it lacks APHE, it has access to a powerful APDS shell with insanely good penetration values for such a low BR tank. The new turret has increased armour, up to 50 mm thickness. Its gun handling is also great, with a good turret traverse rate and excellent gun depression of -15 degrees. However the hull has very light armour, and the small crew makes the tank vulnerable to even autocannon fire.
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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'''Armour type:'''
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* Rolled homogeneous armour
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* Cast homogeneous armour (gun mantlet)
  
 
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! Armour !! Front (Slope angle) !! Sides !! Rear !! Roof
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|13 mm (58°) ''Upper glacis''
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13 mm (45°) ''Lower glacis''
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| Hull || 13 mm (58°) ''Upper glacis'' <br> 13 mm (45°) ''Lower glacis'' <br> 13 mm (30°) ''Upper plate'' <br> 13 mm + 35 mm ''Driver's cupola''
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| 13 mm || 13 mm (33°) ''Lower'' <br> 9 + 15 mm (14°) ''Upper'' || 4-13 mm
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| Turret || 13 mm + 35 mm (14°) ''Turret front'' <br> 13 mm + 35 mm (9°-72°) ''Gun mantlet'' || 13 mm || 13 mm || 5- 8 mm
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| Cupola || 13 mm || 13 mm || 13 mm || 5 mm
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|13 mm + 35 mm (14°) ''Turret front''
 
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|13 mm
 
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'''Notes:'''
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* Suspension wheels, tracks and torsion bars are 15 mm thick.
  
 
=== Mobility ===
 
=== Mobility ===
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==== Ammunition ====
 
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! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 
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| slpprj m/38 || APBC || 59 || 55 || 41 || 28 || 19 || 13
 
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| slpgr m/39 || APBC || 55 || 51 || 37 || 26 || 17 || 12
 
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| 3,7 cm slpprj m/49 || APDS || 105 || 103 || 97 || 89 || 82 || 75
 
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! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
 
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! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 
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! colspan="3" | Ricochet
 
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! 0% !! 50% !! 100%
 
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| slpprj m/38 || APBC || 785 || 0.74 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 47° || 60° || 65°
 
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| slpgr m/39 || APBC || 800 || 0.74 || 1.2 || 9.0 || 15 || 47° || 60° || 65°
 
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| 3,7 cm slpprj m/49 || APDS || 1,150 || 0.71 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 75° || 78° || 80°
 
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| '''100''' || 81&nbsp;''(+19)'' || 71&nbsp;''(+29)'' || 61&nbsp;''(+39)'' || 51&nbsp;''(+49)'' || 41&nbsp;''(+59)'' || 34&nbsp;''(+66)'' || 28&nbsp;''(+72)'' || 21&nbsp;''(+79)'' || 14&nbsp;''(+86)'' || 8&nbsp;''(+92)'' || 1&nbsp;''(+99)'' || No
 
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[[File:Ammoracks_Strv_m38.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the [[Strv m/38]] (identical)]]
  
 
=== Machine guns ===
 
=== Machine guns ===
 
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|2}}
 
{{Specs-Tank-Weapon|2}}
 
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== Usage in battles ==
 
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The Strv m/39 has a similar gameplay style to the [[Strv m/38]]. It's a fast light manoeuvrable tank with excellent firepower and adequate protection for its battle rating. Unlike the predecessor m/38, the m/39 got a more heavily armoured frontal turret with 50 mm thickness, making it an excellent hulled down vehicle. The Strv m/39 like its predecessor has an excellent gun depression and is able to look over hills without exposing itself too much to the enemies.
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The Strv m/39 has an APDS round at a very low BR, which gives it a good advantage in long distance engagements and against more heavily armoured vehicles. As such, it can make a very reliable sniper, even when brought to higher BRs. While the APDS has a high penetration, it has mediocre post-penetration damage, making it hard to take out the spaced out crew members with a single hit in big vehicles like the [[LVT(A)(1)]] or the [[T-28 (Family)|T-28]]. This forces the player to aim properly at crew positions and modules on the tanks, giving the enemy time to return fire, unless the gunner and commander are immediately eliminated.
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The Strv m/39 is good at getting quickly to locations, making it an excellent vehicle to employ hit-and-run and ambush strategies with, as well as being useful as an objective taker . The best part of the Strv m/39 is being able to utilize hilly terrain on certain maps to its advantage while in a hull down position, making it a dangerous target to face in the hands of a good player.
  
 
=== Pros and cons ===
 
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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
  
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* APDS offer up to 100 mm of penetration.
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* Still effective in up-tiers, since it has access to a high-penetrating APDS shell with an amazing 105mm penetration and high velocity
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* Amazing -15 degrees gun depression means that it can adapt different terrains very well
 
* Fast reload, up to 3.1 seconds with an ACE crew.
 
* Fast reload, up to 3.1 seconds with an ACE crew.
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* Decent turret armor offers up to 35mm at the front and with sloping for increased protection.
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* Decent turret armour, offering up to 35mm at the front and with sloping for increased protection.
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* Top speed up to 45 km/h
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* Fast top speed up to 45 km/h
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* Is a small target
  
  
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* Only 3 crew members
 
* Only 3 crew members
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* Armour is inadequate to resist high-penetrating shells, for example a [[Pz.II (Disambiguation)|Pz.II]] can penetrate it frontally
 
* Slow turret traverse speed with 11.2°/s
 
* Slow turret traverse speed with 11.2°/s
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* Very average reverse speed of -7 km/h
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* 5-8 mm roof armour can be penetrated by common aircraft such as ones with 12.7 mm M2, and [[He 112 A-0|He-112 A0]]
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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After the Strv m/38 was put into service, the Swedish wanted a better version. So AB Landsverk designed another tank designated the L60C, with Otto Merker designing a better turret and mantlet to accommodate a bigger gun , the 37mm bofors. 20 were delivered to the Armed forces until the invasion in 1940. During the war it would receive additional add on armor of up to 50mm.
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The Strv m/39 is a continued design from the Strv m/38. In 1939, KAF had started discussions about ordering 20 new Strv m/38s to improve the strength of the armoured company and, seeing the international way of designing tanks equipped with cannons, they requested that new designs of Strv m/38 should have improved armour by making it thicker to combat this threat. AB Landsverk was against it since the construction of the L-60-S (Strv m/38) would not be able to handle this request of the additional weight the new armour would add to it. And because of this made them a contract that there would be small changes to the L-60-S, mainly modifications to the turret adding room for an additional machine gun to be placed. Additionally, there would a new control system for the tank, Strv m/38 had the old system using a steering wheel, the new tank would use lever steering which was more favourable.
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When the contract was signed for these new tanks 19 December 1939, the new improved tank got the designation L-60-S/II and was supposed to be delivered in middle of October 1940, but trouble and delays for the 37 mm Bofors cannons for the tanks delayed it until Spring 1941 which at time tanks had improved a lot and there was demand for thicker armour again. They wanted to increase the frontal armour of the L-60-S/II from 15 to 50 mm but this would only happen in case of combat that it would be added as add-on armour onto the tanks. But during exercise the tanks would not have this additional armour on them to not wear out the new vehicles. L-60-S/II would get the designation Strv m/39 by the army.
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The Strv m/39 was in use till 1957.
  
 
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{{Youtube-gallery|KU-AO0SoeSU|'''Strv M/39 Premium Tank Review. An excellent all rounder''' - ''Joseph 2000''}}
  
 
== See also ==
 
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* [[Strv m/39 TD]]
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* [[Strv m/38]]
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* [[Toldi IIA]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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{{TankManufacturer Landsverk}}
 
{{Sweden light tanks}}
 
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{{Sweden premium ground vehicles}}
 
{{Sweden premium ground vehicles}}

Latest revision as of 08:37, 27 June 2024

This page is about the Swedish premium light tank Strv m/39. For Twitch Drop gift version, see Strv m/39 TD.
Strv m/39
sw_strv_m39.png
GarageImage Strv m39.jpg
Strv m/39
Sweden flag.png Sweden
I Rank
Battle rating:
AB RB SB
1.0 1.0 1.0
Class:
PREMIUM
Purchase:250 Specs-Card-Eagle.png
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Description

The Stridsvagn m/39 was ordered in 1939 by KAF, that saw how new tank designs were shaping the battlefield, and the m/38 was considered to be too weak in terms of armour. The m/39 would have been a minor upgrade to its predecessor, with upgraded armour and other minor changes. AB Landsverk was against it however, since the m/38s hull was not able to sustain the increased weight. In the end, the turret was slightly modified, it included a new fire control system, as well as a lever steering system which was more favourable. While the m/38 was named L-60-S, the Stridsvagn m/39 was designated L-60-S/II.

Introduced in Update 1.97 "Viking Fury", the Strv m/39 plays much like the Strv m/38: it is fast, manoeuvrable, and has excellent firepower. While it lacks APHE, it has access to a powerful APDS shell with insanely good penetration values for such a low BR tank. The new turret has increased armour, up to 50 mm thickness. Its gun handling is also great, with a good turret traverse rate and excellent gun depression of -15 degrees. However the hull has very light armour, and the small crew makes the tank vulnerable to even autocannon fire.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back
Hull13 / 13 / 13
Turret50 / 13 / 13
Crew3 people
Visibility70 %

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour
  • Cast homogeneous armour (gun mantlet)
Armour Front (Slope angle) Sides Rear Roof
Hull 13 mm (58°) Upper glacis
13 mm (45°) Lower glacis
13 mm (30°) Upper plate
13 mm + 35 mm Driver's cupola 		13 mm 13 mm (33°) Lower
9 + 15 mm (14°) Upper 		4-13 mm
Turret 13 mm + 35 mm (14°) Turret front
13 mm + 35 mm (9°-72°) Gun mantlet 		13 mm 13 mm 5- 8 mm
Cupola 13 mm 13 mm 13 mm 5 mm

Notes:

  • Suspension wheels, tracks and torsion bars are 15 mm thick.

Mobility

Speedforward / back
AB51 / 6 km/h
RB and SB46 / 6 km/h
Number of gears4 forward
1 back
Weight8.9 t
Engine power
AB271 hp
RB and SB142 hp
Power-to-weight ratio
AB30.4 hp/t
RB and SB16.0 hp/t
Game Mode Max Speed (km/h) Weight (tons) Engine power (horsepower) Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Forward Reverse Stock Upgraded Stock Upgraded
Arcade 51 6 8.9 220 271 24.72 30.45
Realistic 46 6 126 142 14.16 15.96

Modifications and economy

Repair cost
AB322 Sl icon.png
RB172 Sl icon.png
SB75 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications4 720 Rp icon.png
475 Sl icon.png
Crew training150 Sl icon.png
Experts1 000 Sl icon.png
Aces20 Ge icon.png
Research Aces145 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
Talisman.png 2 × 20 / 20 / 20 % Sl icon.png
Talisman.png 2 × 75 / 75 / 75 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Mobility Protection Firepower
Mods new tank traks.png
Tracks
Research:
600 Rp icon.png
Cost:
60 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank suspension.png
Suspension
Mods new tank break.png
Brake System
Research:
500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
50 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank filter.png
Filters
Mods new tank transmission.png
Transmission
Mods new tank engine.png
Engine
Mods tank tool kit.png
Improved Parts
Mods extinguisher.png
Improved FPE
Mods tank reinforcement sw.png
Crew Replenishment
Mods new tank horizontal aiming.png
Horizontal Drive
Research:
600 Rp icon.png
Cost:
60 Sl icon.png
60 Ge icon.png
Mods tank cannon.png
Adjustment of Fire
Research:
500 Rp icon.png
Cost:
50 Sl icon.png
50 Ge icon.png
Mods new tank vertical aiming.png
Elevation Mechanism
Research:
750 Rp icon.png
Cost:
75 Sl icon.png
75 Ge icon.png
Mods art support.png
Artillery Support
Research:
590 Rp icon.png
Cost:
60 Sl icon.png
55 Ge icon.png
Mods tank ammo.png
37mm_sw_m39_APHE_ammo_pack
Research:
590 Rp icon.png
Cost:
60 Sl icon.png
55 Ge icon.png
Mods tank ammo.png
37mm_sw_kan_APDS_ammo_pack
Research:
590 Rp icon.png
Cost:
60 Sl icon.png
55 Ge icon.png

Armaments

Main armament

37 mm kan m/38 cannon
Ammunition100 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
4.1 → 3.1 s
Vertical guidance-14° / 20°
Main article: kan m/38 (37 mm)
37 mm kan m/38 Turret rotation speed (°/s) Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode Capacity Vertical Horizontal Stabilizer Stock Upgraded Full Expert Aced Stock Full Expert Aced
Arcade 100 -15°/+25° ±180° N/A 15.23 21.08 25.60 28.31 30.12 4.03 3.57 3.29 3.10
Realistic 9.52 11.20 13.60 15.04 16.00

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
slpprj m/38 APBC 59 55 41 28 19 13
slpgr m/39 APHE 55 51 37 26 17 12
3,7 cm slpprj m/49 APDS 115 111 95 78 64 52
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
slpprj m/38 APBC 785 0.74 - - - 47° 60° 65°
slpgr m/39 APHE 800 0.74 1.2 9 15 47° 60° 65°
3,7 cm slpprj m/49 APDS 1,150 0.3 - - - 75° 78° 80°

Ammo racks

Full
ammo 		1st
rack empty 		2nd
rack empty 		3rd
rack empty 		4th
rack empty 		5th
rack empty 		6th
rack empty 		7th
rack empty 		8th
rack empty 		9th
rack empty 		10th
rack empty 		11th
rack empty 		Visual
discrepancy
100 81 (+19) 71 (+29) 61 (+39) 51 (+49) 41 (+59) 34 (+66) 28 (+72) 21 (+79) 14 (+86) 8 (+92) 1 (+99) No
Ammo racks of the Strv m/38 (identical)

Machine guns

2 x 7.62 mm ksp m/39B machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition3 500 rounds
Belt capacity250 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
10.4 → 8.0 s
Fire rate649 shots/min
Main article: ksp m/39B (8 mm)
8 mm ksp m/39B
Mount Capacity (Belt) Fire rate Vertical Horizontal
Coaxial 1,750 (250) 649 -10°/+25° N/A
Coaxial 1,750 (250) 649 -10°/+25° N/A

Usage in battles

The Strv m/39 has a similar gameplay style to the Strv m/38. It's a fast light manoeuvrable tank with excellent firepower and adequate protection for its battle rating. Unlike the predecessor m/38, the m/39 got a more heavily armoured frontal turret with 50 mm thickness, making it an excellent hulled down vehicle. The Strv m/39 like its predecessor has an excellent gun depression and is able to look over hills without exposing itself too much to the enemies.

The Strv m/39 has an APDS round at a very low BR, which gives it a good advantage in long distance engagements and against more heavily armoured vehicles. As such, it can make a very reliable sniper, even when brought to higher BRs. While the APDS has a high penetration, it has mediocre post-penetration damage, making it hard to take out the spaced out crew members with a single hit in big vehicles like the LVT(A)(1) or the T-28. This forces the player to aim properly at crew positions and modules on the tanks, giving the enemy time to return fire, unless the gunner and commander are immediately eliminated.

The Strv m/39 is good at getting quickly to locations, making it an excellent vehicle to employ hit-and-run and ambush strategies with, as well as being useful as an objective taker . The best part of the Strv m/39 is being able to utilize hilly terrain on certain maps to its advantage while in a hull down position, making it a dangerous target to face in the hands of a good player.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Still effective in up-tiers, since it has access to a high-penetrating APDS shell with an amazing 105mm penetration and high velocity
  • Amazing -15 degrees gun depression means that it can adapt different terrains very well
  • Fast reload, up to 3.1 seconds with an ACE crew.
  • Decent turret armour, offering up to 35mm at the front and with sloping for increased protection.
  • Fast top speed up to 45 km/h
  • Is a small target


Cons:

  • Only 3 crew members
  • Armour is inadequate to resist high-penetrating shells, for example a Pz.II can penetrate it frontally
  • Slow turret traverse speed with 11.2°/s
  • Very average reverse speed of -7 km/h
  • 5-8 mm roof armour can be penetrated by common aircraft such as ones with 12.7 mm M2, and He-112 A0

History

The Strv m/39 is a continued design from the Strv m/38. In 1939, KAF had started discussions about ordering 20 new Strv m/38s to improve the strength of the armoured company and, seeing the international way of designing tanks equipped with cannons, they requested that new designs of Strv m/38 should have improved armour by making it thicker to combat this threat. AB Landsverk was against it since the construction of the L-60-S (Strv m/38) would not be able to handle this request of the additional weight the new armour would add to it. And because of this made them a contract that there would be small changes to the L-60-S, mainly modifications to the turret adding room for an additional machine gun to be placed. Additionally, there would a new control system for the tank, Strv m/38 had the old system using a steering wheel, the new tank would use lever steering which was more favourable.

When the contract was signed for these new tanks 19 December 1939, the new improved tank got the designation L-60-S/II and was supposed to be delivered in middle of October 1940, but trouble and delays for the 37 mm Bofors cannons for the tanks delayed it until Spring 1941 which at time tanks had improved a lot and there was demand for thicker armour again. They wanted to increase the frontal armour of the L-60-S/II from 15 to 50 mm but this would only happen in case of combat that it would be added as add-on armour onto the tanks. But during exercise the tanks would not have this additional armour on them to not wear out the new vehicles. L-60-S/II would get the designation Strv m/39 by the army.

The Strv m/39 was in use till 1957.

Media

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Strv M/39 Premium Tank Review. An excellent all rounder - Joseph 2000

See also

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AB Landsverk
Light Tanks 
L-10  Strv m/31
L-60  Strv m/38 · Strv m/39 · Strv m/40L
Pbil m/40  Pbil m/40
Strv 74  Strv 74
Unimog 404  U-SH 405
Medium Tanks 
Lago  Lago I · Strv m/42 EH · Ikv 73 · Strv m/42 DT
Tank Destroyers 
Ikv 72  Ikv 72 · Ikv 103
Pvkv m/43  Pvkv m/43 (1946) · Pvkv m/43 (1963)
Pvkv II/III  Pvkv II · Pvkv III
SPAA  Pvlvv fm/42 · L-62 ANTI II

Sweden light tanks
L-60  Strv m/38 · Strv m/39 · Strv m/39 TD · Strv m/40L
Strv m/41  Strv m/41 S-I · Strv m/41 S-II
Ikv 91  Ikv 91 · Ikv 91-105
CV 90  Strf 9040B · Strf 9040C · Strf 9040 BILL
  CV 90105 · CV 90120
Wheeled  Pbil m/40 · U-SH 405
Other  Strv m/31 · Strv 74 · Pbv 501
Finland  Vickers Mk.E · ▄T-26E · BT-42 · ▄PT-76 · CV 9030FIN · CT-CV 105HP
Denmark  CV 9035DK

Sweden premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  ▄T-26E · Strv m/39 · Pbil m/40 · Strv m/41 S-I · CV 9035DK · CV 90105
Medium tanks  Sherman III/IV · Strv 81 (RB 52) · Strv 103-0 · Leopard 1A5NO2 · Christian II
Heavy tanks  ▄KV-1 m1942 · Kungstiger
Tank destroyers  Ikv 73 · SAV 20.12.48 · VIDAR

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