Landsverk Lynx | |
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Type | Armoured car |
Place of origin | Sweden |
Service history | |
In service | 1939–1940 (Denmark) 1939–1958 (Sweden) 1956–1990 (Dominican Republic) |
Used by | Denmark Sweden Dominican Republic |
Wars | World War II Dominican Civil War |
Production history | |
Designer | AB Landsverk |
Manufacturer | AB Landsverk, Volvo |
Produced | 1939-1941 |
No. built | 48 |
Variants | PV M39 Pbil m/39 Pbil m/40 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 7.8 t (7.7 long tons; 8.6 short tons) |
Length | 5.1 m (16 ft 9 in) |
Width | 2.28 m (7 ft 6 in) |
Height | 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) |
Crew | 6 |
Armor | up to 13 mm (0.51 in) |
Main armament | 1 × 20 mm Madsen cannon (PV M39) 1 × 20 mm Bofors cannon (pbil m/39, m/40) |
Secondary armament | 3 × 30-cal Madsen or Browning machine guns |
Engine | Scania-Vabis (m/39) or Volvo (m/40) 6-cylinder petrol 135–142 hp (101–106 kW) |
Power/weight | 16.6-17.5 hp/t |
Suspension | 4 x 4 |
Operational range | 200 km (120 mi) |
Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
Steering system | Four-wheel |
The Landsverk Lynx was a series of Swedish 4x4 armoured cars developed by AB Landsverk just prior to World War II.
In Danish service it was designated as PV M39,[1] in Swedish service as pansarbil m/39 (pbil m/39), or pansarbil m/40 (pbil m/40) for a later Volvo production series.[2]