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Stridsvagn 74 (Strv 74) is a Swedish Light Tank
developed and entered service in 1958 to 1980 and only 225 of them was produced.

History:
After the WWII. Sweden needed new modern tank as their M/42 medium tank was horribly outdated,
swedish military considered buying French AMX 13 but they found its armor was too weak for their Swedish defense needs and also it had several flaws. Eventually their deal was cancelled and decided to buy British Centurion tanks,
however the need for Light tank still persisted.

Rather than designing intire new light tank which it would take long time probably 7 years,
they had an idea to overhaul their old WW2 M/42 medium tank by replacing the turret with new Angular turret design giving it futuristic look and
new gun (7,5 cm lvkan m/36 Swedish effective Anti-Aircraft Gun).
And also new fire control system (Improved Optical sight, Electric Turret Traverse and more other instruments)

Armament:
Strv 74 had three different ammunition rounds such as; Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS), Armor Piercing Cap Ballistic Capped (APCBC) and High Explosive (HE) and it can store up to 42 rounds

APDS had been tested and it had decent armor piercing capability at 1400m (likely 200 millimetres of armor at point blank degrees)
High Explosive (HE) had 690 grams of TNT,
APCBC (it hasnt been tested or idk too lazy to reaserch)
And two 8 mm machine guns (one in Coaxial and one mounted on Cupola)

Conclusion and Fate:
Swedish military considered the project to be success, even though Strv 74's armor was weak as AMX 13, the reason is it couldn't hold more armor is because of suspensions heavily stressed from new turret and armor,
but if they had bought AMX 13 it would have costed roughly 8.5 millions USD.
Strv 74 mainly intended for defensive, as over time it became Infantry support, then turning into Training tank for recruiting new crews.
And combat experience, well just like all other Swedish cold-war tanks. It never saw combat.
Number of Strv 74 tanks started to decline when IKV 91 Entered service as it was better performancing IFV.
Strv 74 has later influenced Strv 103 and centurion uprgades, and a few Strv 74 has survived to this day and currently resting in museum

Main source; Tank.Encyclopedia.com

Armament source; tanks.mod16.org

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