Pvkv m/43 (1946)

Pvkv m/43 (1946)

Sav m/43 (1946)

Ikv 103

Pvkv m/43 (1946)

Sav m/43 (1946)

Ikv 103

Sweden

III Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
4.0	4.0	4.0

Class:

Tank destroyer

Research:26 000

Purchase:76 000

Description

The Pansarvärnskanonvagn m/43 (1946) is a rank III Swedish tank destroyer with a battle rating of 4.0 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.97 "Viking Fury".

General info

Survivability and armour

Survivability is bad. It's most likely that you won't survive more than one hit. Additionally, if your driver gets taken out, or even worse, your engine or transmission is damaged, you can only shoot in a small area in front of the tank due to the turretless design. Your frontal armour has a maximum effective thickness of around 80 mm of rolled homogeneous armour, which won't save you at this br. On the side, you have 30 mm maximum protection, and on the rear 25 mm. Hull armour is exactly the same as the Strv m/42 EH, since they both share the same hull. Also, because the vehicle is open top, you're very vulnerable to aircraft. Even 7 mm MGs can destroy you in one or two bursts.

Mobility

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	22.9	582	782	25.41	34.15
Realistic	47	6		363	410	15.85	17.9

The mobility of the Pvkv m/43 (1946) is nearly identical to the Strv m/42 EH. Driving forward, it can easily reach 40 km/h, even on rough terrain, so you will likely be one of the first vehicles at the cap. While shining when moving forward, the tank destroyer is painfully slow in reverse, with a maximum of 5 km/h.

Armaments

Main armament

The main gun is the 75mm pvkan m/43 cannon. While having excellent penetration and speed values, the reload is, considering the caliber and the open top, pretty long at 8.7 seconds with unskilled crew. For example, the German 75mm guns only have about 6.5 seconds. The tank destroyer has no turret, it can only move the gun 33° in Front of the tank. The gun depression of 14° is excellent, however the elevation of 20° is only below average.

The stock shell is the slpprj m/41 uncapped AP shot with decent penetration, but poor post-penetration values. Also, it tends to riccochet. Once you unlock the slpgr m/43 APCBC shell, which is unfortunately a Tier IV modifikation, you have almost the best gun at its Br. The shell is the same as used from the Pvkv II, tho it has slightly less penetration than the Pvkv II, because of the lower muzzle velocity, at 890 vs 940 m/s. Tho its a bit slower, with 149 mm at point black range, you won't have problems destroying any tank you can face. Also the shell does high post penetration damage, because of the 110g TNT filler.

The gunsight has an excellent magnification of 8x-16x, which is amazing! Most opponent will have around 1.5x-3x.

75 mm pvkan m/43					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	43	-15°/+20°	-13°/+20°	N/A	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	8.71	_.__	_.__	6.7
Realistic					__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__	__.__

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/41	AP	139	136	121	104	90	78
sgr m/38	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
slpgr m/43	APCBC	149	146	132	116	102	89

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/41	AP	815	6.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	47°	60°	65°
sgr m/38	HE	840	6.43	0.4	0.5	690	79°	80°	81°
slpgr m/43	APCBC	890	6.00	1.2	14.0	110	48°	63°	71°

Ammo racks

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	4th rack empty	5th rack empty	6th rack empty	Visual discrepancy
43	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__ (+__)	__

Machine guns

The Pvkv m/43 1946 has a 8 mm ksp m/36 machine gun mounted on a ring above the commander, where it can traverse 360°, and elevate 90°.

8 mm ksp m/36
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Pintle	2,000 (250)	648	-__°/+90°	±180°

Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Mobility		Protection	Firepower
I	Tracks		Parts	Horizontal Drive
II	Suspension	Brake System	FPE	Adjustment of Fire
III	Filters		Crew Replenishment	Elevation Mechanism
IV	Transmission	Engine		slpgr m/43

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Excellent gun for its BR
• Very effective ABCBC round with high velocity and amount of explosive filler
• High magnification of x8.0-x16.1 - most tanks at the battle rating only have x1.5-x3.0
• Very good gun depression
• Machine gun can elevate to 90° and has a high ammo capacity of 2,000 rounds
• Decent mobility

Cons:

• Turretless design
• Low survivability
• Poor reverse gear
• Machine gun performs poorly against lightly armoured vehicles and aircraft
• Low versatility
• Long reload

History

During World War 2, the need for tank destroyers became evident, and Germany had great success with the StuG III and StuG IV. Because of the success of those platforms, Sweden decided to create a tank destroyer similar in concept to the StuG's. Landsverk created a design in 1942, based on the chassis of the Strv m/42. It was chosen by the Swedish military and was given the designation Pansarvärnskanonvagn m/43, or Pvkv m/43 for short.

The Pvkv m/43 used the chassis of the Strv m/42, but with a casemate superstructure replacing the turret. The superstructure was located at the front of the vehicle, and the glacis was sloped. It had an open tarp to keep the weight down, and used a tarp to protect the crew from the elements. The Pvkv m/43 had a crew of 4, and was initially armed with a 75mm luftvärnskanonen m/36 antiaircraft gun, modified with a longer barrel for increased armour penetration. The gun could traverse 15 degrees to the left and right. It had a Ksp m/39 machine gun as the secondary armament. It was powered by a Volvo A8B engine producing 360 hp. The gearbox was different than the gearbox of the Strv m/42, and the drive wheels had to be reinforced to handle the increased weight of the vehicle. The Swedish military ordered 87 Pvkv m/43 in 1942, but deliveries were delayed and the last vehicle was delivered in 1948.

In 1954, the vehicle was given an armoured roof to better protect the crew. Other improvements included a muzzle break, a gun rest, and a gas ejector. The Strv m/41 was retired from service in 1957, which allowed the two Scania-Vabis L603 engines per vehicle to be used in the Pvkv m/43. The two L603 engines produced less horsepower (320 hp) than the Volvo A8B, but were much more reliable. In 1970, the Pvkv m/43 was retired from service, and the guns were used in static fortifications until 1995.

Media

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See also

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External links

Bibliography

• Pansarvärnskanonvagn m/43. (2020, April 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pansarv%C3%A4rnskanonvagn_m/43&oldid=949440407

Sweden tank destroyers
Strv m/41 derivatives	Spj fm/43-44 · Sav m/43 (1944) · Sav m/43 (1946) · Pvkv II · Pvkv III
Ikv 72/103	Ikv 72 · Ikv 103
Pvkv m/43	Pvkv m/43 (1946) · Pvkv m/43 (1963)
ATGM	UDES 33 · Pbv 302 (BILL) · Pvrbv 551
Other	SAV 20.12.48 · Bkan 1C
Norway	VIDAR