Having played with all the usual suspects of nations and gear, eventually it becomes interesting to do something else. It was therefore a good move when QRF released the Swedish strv 103 and pbv 302, making it possible to see different stuff on the table.
However, it is difficult to get that true Swedish feeling without the addition of at least a few vehicles. The results are Far From Perfect, and as always the photos reveal more than can be seen at arm's length. But at the table they do play the part.
First the Personlastterränbil 903 or Pltgb 903. This was a small off-road vehicle designed to transport a small unit of men. With 141 of these vehicles in each armored brigade they were seen everywhere. In combat roles they would carry for instance recce troops, artillery observers, and even the CO of the tank companies rode one of these, at least in peacetime.
Normally the Swedish did not name their kit, but the 903 became vernacularly known as "Valpen", "The Puppy", due to its small size and big feet.
More important, and certainly unsurpassed in cute coolness, is the Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031 or Pvpjtgb 9031. It was based on the chassis of the 903, and armed with a 9 cm recoilless anti-tank gun, the Pvpj 1110:
Every Swedish armoured infantry company with 11 APC's had a platoon of four of these vehicles attached. The brigade had a total of 36 of these vehicles.
These things almost beg some playing around with the bits box. Here a raiding unit with various weapons, which would be nice for some imaginary skirmish somewhere. With their black vehicles and uniforms these men apparently prefer to call in at night:
The infantry relied more on the Carl Gustav, but also had a few of the 9 cm AT gun at higher command levels. The artillery tractor of the infantry was in fact an agricultural tractor, here from QRF:
This project has taken a while to figure out and complete. Although they are certainly not pieces of modelling art, I am pretty content with the results, and I am sure that they will be good fun to field on the table.
Once I get everything else completed
