WWII
Swedish Armoured Brigade
1944-48

Sweden

List SW08

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

Armoured Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2x Strv m/41, 2x Strv m/42, 1x recovery truck
    2 Heavy Tank Companies@
      CHQ: 3x Strv m/42
      3 platoons@ 3x Strv m/42
    2 Light Tank Companies@
      CHQ: 3x Strv m/41
      3 platoons@ 3x Strv m/41
    1 Pioneer Platoon: 3(8 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2x SKPF m/42 armoured lorries

Armoured Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2x SKPF m/42 armoured lorries, 1 field car
    3 Rifle Companies@
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1x SKPF m/42
      3 platoons@ 3 rifle sqds, 3 LMG, 2x SKPF m/42
    1 Support Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      1 battery: 6x 81mm m/29 mortars, 3 trucks, 1 radio car
      1 Engineer platoon: 3(8 man) rifle/engineer sqds, 2 lorries
    1 MG Company:
      CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
      3 platoons@ 4x MMG teams, 2 trucks
    1 Anti-Tank Company: 6x 57mm A/T guns, 6 trucks, OR (1946+): 6x PVKV m/43

2. Brigade Support

    Armoured Brigade HQ: 2x Strv m/41, 2x Strv m/42, 2x SKPF m/42 with:
      1 Artillery Battalion:
        BHQ: 2 AR/SMG sqds, 4 trucks , radio car
        3 batteries@ 4x SAV m/43, 1 radio van, OP Team in radio car
      1 Heavy AA Battery: 6x 40mmL60 Bofors OR (1948+): 6x LVKV m/43
      1 Recce Company: 6x Landsverk m/39 Lynx armoured cars

3. Notes

a) Radios are in all AFV and other PHQ.
b) Infantry have no known A/T weapons, although a 20mm recoilless rifle was trialled pre-war.
c) The 2 Armoured brigades each have 2 Armoured Battalions and 1 Armoured Infantry Battalion.
d) The Strv m/41 light tank is the Czech LT vz 38 (or Panzer 38t) armed with the 37mmL45 Bofors gun.
e) The Strv m/42 is the Landsverk 'heavy tank' armed with a 75mmL25 gun.
f) The SKPF m/42 is an armoured lorry.
g) The PVKV m/43 is an open-topped SP gun with 75mmL50 on a Strv m/42 chassis.
h) The SAV m/43 is a fully-enclosed SP gun on Strv m/41 chassis, initially armed with a 75mm howitzer, then a 105mmL27 M1944 howitzer.
i) The LVKV m/43 is an AA tank with twin 40mmL60 Bofors guns in an open-topped turret, similar to the Hungarian Nimrod.
j) Details are provisional.


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