A Tankers View of the Strv 103 | Swedish Armor
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2023
- I hop back across the pond and look at on of Sweden's sweet but stranger claims to fame the Strv 103.
Music: For the Emperor BFGA2 OST
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The STRV-103 series, or S-Tank, is literally an angry doorstopper with a gun designed to gatekeep the Soviets. And I love it. For all of its good and bad
The S Tank is basically just a meme, pure fixed gun with absolutely no traversal of any kind, 3 man crew which can be dropped to 1, everything to do with it's ability to be amphibious, and the fact it has hydrolics on it. It's a meme, but a great tank nonetheless. The Swedes really know how to make the outlandish functional.
Pretty much everything in swedish armed forces can be handle by one man. (Well, maybe not the fleet).
But even the archer can be operated by one man (but he have to jump posirion)
Refueling and rearming a gripen. Can be done by one man. Sure it will take him like half a hour, but it can be done.
Team Angler Fish for the WIN!
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I can't believe I just said that.
Man, the mrbean aphibious drive was the cherry on top for this weird tank
To be fair. It was MR bean that did a S-tank drive system
Trying to spot these things when hull down is probably a bigger nuisance than any other NATO tank out there. The low flat silhouette would be hard to find especially in forested hills and mountains. They seem very well designed for fighting from or falling back to fixed positions.
It also looks fast for a tank, even if their top speed is only 37mph (60kmph)
Worh saying later when upgraded to the B model all tanks was equped with blands and they would extend it at speed and just plow down in position with like 4 inches of tank stickning out of the ground.
I seen it done in a demonstration. They drive over a field than in the matter of a few second it just vanish from view. Where it use to be is just a pile of dirt and a telephone pole stickning out of the ground.
I can’t wait to see the Titan Tank from the EDF games
"and the greatest band in history"
I knew there was a reason I loved this channel, I thought it was the sense of humor and the tanks, but this one works just as well lol
Here's something to consider:
The many tank forms that Transformers take throughout the franchise.
Did the militaryservice 1993-94 on this tank! :) I were the drive/gun..
Seeing these in person really drives home how ridiculously low profile they are. Considering the time period these were the designed, the dozer blade, and just the general terrain of Sweden they must have been potentially nightmarish for enemy armor to shift from even a hastily prepared defensive position. Specially when you consider the silly amount of anti tank mines and carl gustav recoil less avaliable to the supporting infantry.
Not to talk about the fully automatic artilery system with built in anti artilery controll
My guess, about option T, T stands for Tyskland, which i is swedish for Germany
I'd like to point out that the design of the STRV-S goes in line with a defensive thinking. At that time, as you mentioned, Sweden was neutral (as today) and had "no" allies to rely on. Sweden had a total defence military, where the strategy was to not attack abroad but to only defend it self. That means building bunkers, dig trenches, put mines in place, make roads to possible air strips and to train all military personell how to defend from a possible invasion (Russia). This is why STRV-S is constructed to be able to dig it self down and keep a super low profile then wait for it's pray to drive by. When the kill was made you'd regroup and dig down elsewhere then wait for next target. But the flaw in my opinion (and many others) is indeed its incapability to drive and fire at the same time.
Total misconception of the Swedish military doctrine. It was defensive in the sense of not intended to invade other countries, but the main purpose of the armoured units were to aggressively wipe out bridgeheads and perform counter attacks.
The series "Om kriget kom" here on UA-cam give a good idea about Swedish military planning.
another awesome video man! You're getting better and better! and I see the subs are going up.. Keep Up the great work M8!
"Think of it this way,like throwing a cream-pie *GIGGITY* "
"Sure the screen is going to tear and get damaged and the person behind is going to get a little bit of cream on them, but it wont be a full pie in the face *GIGGITY* " 😂
Totally agree with your greatest band comment.
In Swedish, the name for Germany is "Tyskland", hence "T for Germany".
Hell yeah!!! So glad you did this one!!!
I had no idea these had the goofiest ‘amphibious’ mode 😂😂
*The pinnacle of tank design. NOTHING got better thereafter...design-wise.*
Can we make a drone versions of this ?
I dont see why not
Been actually tried. It works. Probably much better than the original did. Visibility is kind of bad for the S-Tank by Western standards and crew comforts are on Cold War French standards so... yeah. Not the best. The better question is... why you'd ever do that? Maybe Sweden has it as a backup plan but unless the world is ending I don't see it ever being done.
The Traditional definition of a Main Battle Tank was indeed pretty much a tank that combines aspects of a Heavy, Medium and Light Tanks as in the protection and firepower of a heavy tank with the capabilities of a medium tank and the speed and mobility of a medium or light tank, and to an extent that is still the definition. What appears to be the new definition for a main battle tank is simply the *main tank used* in a country's military, such as for example in countries like the Philippines such as the Sabrah Light tank, though this is a light tank but given the context of the kinds of enemies the philippines would be facing, the limiting island/mountain geography limiting the movement of proper heavier tanks and just their tank industry only really capable of supporting a light tank, a light tank would suffice as the Main Battle Tank for the philippine military's needs and purpose
Can we get a review on the Hovertank from Robotech?
Here I was thinking it was a pretty standard tank-hunter until it started to lift on hydrolics like it's in South Central LA.
Tank T for Tyskland what Sweden call Germany
I knew someone would tell me in the comments lol. Seriously Thank you though most of my reading material leaves out those little details 🙂
The S-103 is the most beautiful tank. Designed to shoot-and-scoot against incoming hordes of Soviet tanks. It's an interesting tactical choice that has not yet been repeated. Warfare has evolved to the point where tanks can fire on the move and they MUST. Stationary tanks are dead ducks in the drone infested, man-portable anti-tank missile rich modern battlefield.
I got som jerrytanks from a S tank . Very heavy. Its a heavy metal plate inside
Thats so cool. Im kinda jealous 😉
Is the background music from the gothic armada 2 OST?
You bet
1970 I whas a reverse driver on 103S, on 1600 meters you could hit a beer bottle 😂 In an ordinary road this tank could speed 90km/hour 😂
That is so awesome!
Being ex gunner/driver on 103C I would like to correct you. On 1600 m we just lifted the cap from the bottle, no point in ruining good beer. But 90 km/h? No, never. Maybe, really doubtful, 60 km/h if it was super cold and the turbine got all the air it needed...
@@martinbredberg7616 When you pressed the reed button, it will run 90km/hour!!
Well as a Swede i can say we confuse ourselfs sometimes over how weird we can be 😜
Pretty much solely optimized to defend, but that worked. Getting one the out a spot be tough, and that elevation means someone can shoot down or up higher than you can.
If not know, we'll. You gonna eat a spicey 105mm and be unable to respond at all.
I heard the US Army has been looking for a smaller, lighter tank for infantry support. Would something like this work?
They already selected the new M10 Booker as a new direct fire infantry support weapon. I have a video on it
@@atankersview isn't it taller, has a turret, and fairly light armor? This thing could have heavy armor and weigh less than an Abrams.
@@lance3748 you are completely correct. But the STRV 103 was never designed for fighting in built up areas or for anti insurgency operations due to the lack of turret.
If the Swedes still have some of these. They should donate them to Ukraine. If its only to see if the concept works. For the sort of war Ukraine is fighting this could be a perfect tank. I think the Swedish military doctrine has a lot to offer Ukraine at the moment. Especially the Grippen fighter
Even though I'm not the biggest proponent of sending all that expensive hardware into Ukraine, (from Austria, we send them Combat Boots, even though we didn't have enough for all our soldiers in the first place, probably not the only Country that gave up something significant), I need to totally agree with you. And I'm still completely baffled by this Tanks ability to make it's own Trench within minutes. Would be really cool to see something so ingenious in action!
Oh, and great Video once again ATV! Keep up the good work!
It´s a defensive ambush tank. construckted to give Ivan 105 mm greatings. If Finland didn´t make them understand what we think of them. their is a big reason why nobody made anything that even reminds of it.
@@exploatores Yup. Pretty much a MBT designed to be a sniper in guerilla warfare. Not the most common idea. :)
Don't think S103 have any good way to defend it self from drones so...
Well.. they pulled vickers from 1912 put of the museum. So this is relativly modern by comparison.
Good video.
What do you think of this fictional tank design as a Sci Fi Main Battle tank?
Markus Schuler - Leopard 3 from the MSGDI art models I mentioned before?
Theyre ok, certainly not the worst ive ever seen. But they hit a few tropes too many sci fi artists fall into.
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What kinds of tropes that affect them negatively exactly? The Main Battle Tank and the Overlord Seige Tank don't seem like they have problems design wise. They hit the mark in almost ways. Tracks are good and the main gun doesn't have the problem some sci fi designs have. Plus all the good armorments and extra weapons seem like in good places like the missile weapons.
What kinds of tropes that affect them negatively exactly? The Main Battle Tank and the Overlord Seige Tank don't seem like they have problems design wise. They hit the mark in almost ways. Tracks are good and the main gun doesn't have the problem some sci fi designs have. Plus all the good armorments and extra weapons seem like in good places like the missile weapons.
Is it just me, or is that a bullpup tank?
How dare he insult Abba
It certainly got everyone's attention 🤣
I don’t know if this is true but i have heard that slat armor is not for premature detonation of heat rounds but for catching them
Technically it can do both. The slats are approximately just a tad thinner than an rpg round
@@atankersview well thanks for clarifying it
Ooobligatory like for Sabaton, yes.
Regarding it being a TD vs a tank...does it have a coax? Then it's a tank...
It has two coaxial mg’s!
Yea.. I the skibox there is a gun.. aimed the same way as the main gun.
I do love the look, but I hate the idea of shifting the hull to aim. Then again, not that I'm an engineer or something.
A weapon to surpass Bob semple
The coolest low-rider on the block
And much faster firing than any other tank
Gud stoff!
The cold war was about hostility between Russia and America?
I thought cold wars were fought in winter. 😂😅😝
as a swede he lost me at ''shitty pop music''😂