Sweden Sends Ukraine Entire Stock of 300 APCs
Oh, and they gave them two AWACS aircraft also!
Between 1966 and 2014, Sweden used the Pansarbandvagn 302 (PBV 302) as their highly mobile, tracked infantry fighting vehicle.
Pansarbandvagn directly translates to “armor track wagon.”
The APC bears a striking resemblance to the US-made M113, albeit, not as boxy. In other words, this baby’s got curves.
It’s fitted with the powerful 20 mm Hispano-Suiza type 804 cannon. The 20 mm round is the smallest caliber of autocannon but arguably packs as much of a punch as the M2 Browning .50 caliber found on the M113.
In May, Sweden announced a large military support package valued at 13.3 billion Swedish Krona ($1.28 billion) which included just under 300 PBV 302s, as well as spare parts, maintenance equipment, and ammunition to support all of the APCs.
And now, thanks to a new video by Czech blogger Jiři Kožený, we’re now seeing those PBVs moving by train through the Ústí nad Labem railway station in the Czech Republic.
Sweden has newer APCs to replace its donated stock of PBVs, including the extremely capable Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) as well as several Finnish-made, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles like the Patria AMV.
