The Tank that Points Down - The Swedish S Tank - Stridsvagn 103

After World War 2, several nations across the globe were ready to modernize their armies and embrace a new generation of warfare technology, and the Royal Swedish Army was no exception.

In the mid-1950s, the Swedish prepared to replace their highly successful Centurion tanks with a new tank that would be like nothing the world had seen before. Their plan was to build the first tank in history to use a turbine engine instead of a conventional piston diesel engine, ensuring that the vehicle’s power and speeds were superior to most existing tanks.

The tank would also be fitted with a mighty Bofors 105-millimeter L74 rifled gun that would provide it with immense firepower on top of its unparalleled agility.

Still, the engineers’ research showed that a tank’s height was closely related to how vulnerable the vehicle was, and the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration made a decision that would define a new generation of armored warfare…

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