Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: Strv 103C part 1 

Baron With a bulldozer thing mounted on the front, too

Baron XD

Well if you bog down in a big river or an älv in swedish when you have it in the amfibios configure.

In Sweden we always come prepared

Baron But no log... ;)

And like old volvos the doors really hate you😁

Funny 'cause it's true :D

Shlami Mk4 this comment makes me angry

StuG Life they hated Jesus because he told them the truth

@@biko9824 no they hated jesus because he was threatining the order

Its a ramp tank

First time i have heard a dane being nice to the swedes. Hahahaha

@@Jensonbatson Yeah I clearly had a brainfart, forget what I wrote xd

@@traven822 Lego Stridsvagn 103C please.

@@Jan_372 Rip us Danes, the Polish beat us to it with their COBI Stridsvagn 103...

@@thundering_fox ye. But as far as I know there are some folks selling custom Lego sets (even with custom parts) of WW2 tanks.

Sweden have a similar tank, so not that unique

Tbonyandsteak its a swedish tank

Tbonyandsteak This is a Swedish tank man

the Chieftain'?

lol

numberstation that is the only one good option for true neutral country.

Weapons are useless if countries let themselves be invaded without a fight. Swedennis now a rape capital with no demographic future.

@@davidnoone3254 we will fight

@@davidnoone3254 Don't believe the russian propaganda.

@@davidnoone3254 I'm not sure from what part of the world you're coming from buddy, but russia make propaganda and not just against sweden. It's been on tv and I've gotten the broschure from the defense forces too. The military don't joke around when it comes to these serious matters. They know their sources. The propaganda is intended to cause internal turmoil in the country by making various claims, like that the country is overrun and that rape happens all the time. If the country get into some kind of turmoil, the russians can just swoop in and pretend to be restoring order while taking over. But fear not, we will remain vigilant.

T. Gorbach agreed

It was perfectly suited for its intended role...fighting off Soviet armor in the dense forests of Scandinavia, on narrow roads. Sure, some may term it more a tank DESTROYER than a true "tank", but it's largely a matter of interpretation. Picking off invading Soviet tanks was all the Swedes needed any sort of tank for, and this one was better suited for the job than the Centurions, which the Swedish army also bought.

@Murat Gadjiev It's called DETERRENCE, Murat...of course, unless the Soviet Naval Infantry landed on the Swedish Baltic coast, and not necessarily having invaded Finland first (which would have otherwise given the Swedes ample warning), ferried MBTs on some sort of "Ro-Ro" ferrying craft out of Kronstadt, out the Gulf of Finland and across the Baltic enough to threaten something of value. Sure, the Naval Infantry would be using PT-76s, likely upgunned to the D5T 85mm weapon, and also landed some VVS (Airborne) and landed likewise some ASU-85 tank destroyers, but those AFVs would be easily picked off by Swedish infantry wielding "Carl Gustav" ATGMs. No matter the route that Soviet armor would have taken, the roads would have been narrow, with most if not all the surrounding terrain heavily forested and unsuitable to armored operations. So the Strv 103 could easily wipe out approaching Soviet armor as they'd be confined to these narrow roads.

i just don't like them fuel tanks tho..

@Murat Gadjiev Back then, and still today, the only said threat to Sweden is Russia. If they ever will attack, idunno. But that's the case either way

The literal translation for Stridsvagn is battletank, but nordic countries just use "tank" as the translation for it.

iiñ jbi

@@TehIdiotOne Kampvogn/tank or sometimes "panservogn" although the later is a more diffuse term (danish)

Actually, it's more like Battleweagon.

@@TehIdiotOne that may be true, but thats just cause swedish sounds cringy compared to for example english, and am sayin that myself as a fellow swede

craig Stram it’s a giant from Game of Thrones

I fall asleep to this stuff tbh lol

My favorite comment so far

Indeed, a butter-fingered clumsy is a fair translation.

Translated into American???

@@jamesgoodwin2450 klant = clumsy person or clutz. Used mostly as an adjective. "Du tappade vasen din klant!" "You dropped the vase you clutz!"

Tarik360 I think you are missing my point,Americans speak English

@@jamesgoodwin2450 staring to get the feeling of this being a /r/wooosh moment...

its wargaming if you think they WONT put more sweid premium you don't know wargaming

TheOneWhoShallNotBeNamed They have to pay the loan for their employees...

TheOneWhoShallNotBeNamed Apparently there is already strv 81 (centurion mk. iii) planned

+Panzerzwerg Yeah, the Strv 81 will basically be a premium Centurion Mk. 1, but with a better turret

That is impossible since Strv 81 were a normal Cent Mk. III (152mm of both turret front and mantlet). IRL they were often fitted with Robot 52 SS11 ATGMs.

Kriechbaum Yes, it's irritating isn't it. He'd get more likes if it wasn't there.

Yes, it's amazingly irritating.

👍👏👏

Every so often i think im getitng a text because some part sounds like the sonar sound on my phone

If I had to listen to that shitty music for a long time I think I would throw up all over. Best to stop that garbage music!!

thinking it is because it is hard to use.

dying from lack of oxygen?

@@h.p.6223 yes?

mouth breather

and some elevation and depresion

lets cover our tank in our fuel tanks, put our ammo exposed nicely on the near and make maintenance impossible because the gun is like quadmounted. the hydraulic system is the tanks only good thing and its safe to say in tank training they teach you about how to use terrain to do exactly what the hydraulic system does.

*HOLD MY AQUAVIT*

Aaron Bye hold my cheese 🧀

bonga rust the crew is near impossible to take out, the fuel does a great job at defusing HEAT rounds. The; engine, fuel, heavily sloped armour, and extra interior armor surrounding the crew makes it impossible to take them out from the front. Putting the ammo away from the crew keeps them from getting killed, in fact all modern tanks do this to an extent. They all store ammo in a large, easy to hit compartment just behind the gunner/commander in the turret with just a relatively thin piece of steel to protect the entire crew if the ammo gets hit. Did you watch the video? He went through all of this

@@pakratmiz4487 And if you're on the move and an enemy tank appears you have to first stop, then aim, and then you're blown up.

It's designed for defensive combat in somewhat rough terrain.

And its not as if it wasnt designed with going in reverse in mind... Rear facing driving port and all

so giving up ground

no they just fall out when he opens it

I think it could too. Considering the fact that most modern MBTs have so little solid armor but still provide a lot of survivability, if you could use ERA on this thing like in the modern tanks and upgrade its gun, it's still a solid contender.

awesome spelling

Maybe the fact no one made more vehicles like this means the design is truly lacking.

It's the land of Ikea, all of their work is out of boxes.

Vikingdescendent Leave It To Cleaver

Halinspark lol

finsfan90 there is only 3 left in the world

junsengjs It will Catch fire due to the compression when Shells hit the tanks,but it just burns on the outside of the tank so it doesnt matter:p watch the Old declassified live fire test against it:)

@@oljefri what compression

Same idea as the airforce. It was also built for guerilla warfare.

@@carpetclimber4027 still is.

@@zoom5024 Hahaaahaahhahahahahahahhaa

@@DrLoverLover ?

Nya Tider It has to be running to aim the gun from side to side. The hydraulics only allow it to aim up or down without the engine running.

Hayato Kojima I read somewhere t hat it has a secondary jet engine,

How? Hydraulics only work with the engine on.

marinus18 now that you've mentioned it, it still has to have the diesel engine on to get the hydraulics working. I might have mixed up the jet engine with the diesel. Sorry sorry

@@MrMarinus18 Couldn't you operate the hydraulics electrically? I know that's not an option with this vehicle, and it would need a separate battery, but the question still stands.

no we are russian tankers, not pussies

Wargaming sucks, not listen

Counter-offence though is usually an essential part of capable defence and it may well mean dealing with enemy minefields, even when operating within ones own peacetime borders.

How’s that going so far with the “Refugee” invasion?

@@robbierohm You're a moron, Robert.

We need to get a Bob semple tank (perhaps a reproduction one idk) and try and get him in it

yes, just flank it

Probably more or less with any tank. If the hull is stuck, you can only shoot at what is not needed to shoot at anymore. What you miss is that when this old tank was introduced, no tank could shoot and hit while moving. They all had to stop to aim. And 103 stopped, aimed, shot, and hit faster than any other tank - with its rigid gun.

Albeit not a simple straight 6. The 6V53 was a V6

This is mbt, main battle tank.

Yes.

A tank can be anything that fills the role of one. Does the lack of a turret make the Mk.IV any less of a tank? Does the lack of tracks make the Tsar tank any less of a tank? Does the lack of a cannon make the Panzer I any less of a tank?

Whether something is considered a "tank" or a "tank destroyer/SPG" is entirely a question of role, and in their doctrine the Swedes definitely classified the Strv 103 as a main battle tank. The purpose of this thing was to engage Soviet T-64s and T-72s from defensive positions, since Sweden was not then and is currently not ruled by the burning desire to spread the fear of the Carolingeans into all of Europe--it comes and goes, give them another century or two and it'll be back. Anyway, this thing as designed would be a devastating defensive fighter, since as established during the Second World War the winner of a tank engagement is usually he who shoots first--and this thing is so incredibly hard to spot that combined with its role it would be almost guaranteed to do so.

@@InchonDM Yes, we always fired the first round. And the second, third - and mostly fourth and fifth too. And all was a hit and "total destruction" against T-54 -55 -62 -64 at any distance. On T-72 and T-80 you had to wait until you saw the scared eyes of the commander, if firing at the front. The extremely elaborate gun-sight of the 103 had a "battle tub", a square U that indicated, when filled with an approaching Russian tank it was "good to shoot" and expect a kill. No need to use the laser or mess with any distance. But the purpose of the tank was not defensive. We assumed a Russian attack, sure, but the armored forces should attack the bridgeheads, being airborne or by the seaRepel them before they got too strong. As you perhaps mentions, the Swedish mentality is always to attack. We will always be fewer in numbers, and the only way to win is to chose the time and place for a battle - which you can do only when you attack.

Not any time soon. My British counterpart over on WGEU has covered one.

TheChieftainWoT The Challenger's videos aren't nearly as good as yours, though. Your reviews are much more detailed and interesting IMO.

No, it is perfectly normal.

Osäker. Men det kan vara på grund av att han är en välrennomerad stridsvagnsofficer. Majors grad om jag inte missminner mig. Nån tyckte väl att han därmed gjort sig förtjänt av pansarnäven. Vet inte själv vad jag tycker om det då jag är(var) artillerist.

@@ZeroneAngel Bättre Måltavla för dig att träffa =P

I actually got my reload time down to 3.1 seconds or something on the test server. 4500 dpm. These stats could be entirely wrong if any math lurkers are here. This is just the numbers that spring to mind. It was either 4200 or 4500 dpm though.

Filled with disel it's swedish armour.

It doesn't matter, right behind the jerrycans is mounted the watercans. Fire out.