ground vehicles (Finland) ItPsv 41 (Landsverk L-62 anti-II)

[CaID 8,992]

 

this suggestion is made in support to the addition of the the Minor Axis-Nation

 

i would like to suggest an interresting anti-aircraft/anti-tank tank developed by the Swedish for the Finnish, the Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II or called in Finland, the ItPsv 41

 

the ItPsv 41 was developed in the late 30s by the Swedish to export specifically to Finland. the tank was based on the swedish L-60 light tank and was armed by a 40mm L/60 Bofors cannon that was considered as good as anti-tank weapon as it was for the aircraft. the swedish designation was Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II (anti-tank/anti-aircraft). the swedish knew that Finland was a small market and the development of a complet new tank was expensive. it would had been hard to make the tank a comercial success and so the Swedish looked to other customer to export the tank wich they found in Hungary. the Hungarian army ordered a single prototype of the L-62 tank that was unarmed. the tank was locally modified in hungary and they ordered the license for the L-62 and produced it as the 40M Nimrod. the comercial success while the tank was still a prototype allowed the development in parrallel to the Hungarian variant of the L-62. 

^{L-62 prototype as it was given to Hungary (have a dummy gun)}

 

the ItPsv 41 order was mad in 1941 and deliver in 1942. the ItPsv 41 was the final development of the L-62 and feature a lightly armored chassis very similar to the Hungarian Nimrod and a smaller turret who was a bit more weakly armored. the tank was also a bit slower with a 110hp engine. the tank was reaching 40km/h flat ground but could go as fast as 50km/h if the ground was going down. the turret was a 3 men crew and armored of only 20mm thick of steel but featured a gun-sheild that could rise with the gun. the armament was a L/60 40mm bofors cannon that was also used on serial other SPAA like the duster or the Crussader AA Mk.I (it was not the same gun used on the AMX 13 DCA 40), the FInnish army used the tank in the continuation war. only 6 tPsv 41 was ordered by the Finnish army (who had at that moment about 40 tanks which nearly half was captured). the tPsv 41 saw combat during the continuation war as anti-aircraft tank while the tank was also considered a tank destroyer. the tPsv 41 recorded 11 enemy aircraft shotdown without any lost. the 6 tPsv 41 served in the finish army until as late as 1966.

Specifications
Weight	9.5 ton
Length	5.32 m (17 ft 5 in)
Width	2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
Height	2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
Crew	5
Armor	6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in)
Main armament	40 mm Bofors L/50 anti-aircraft gun
Engine	L8V / 36 T Scania 1664 cc 110hp
Speed	40 km/h (25 mph)

 

 

source

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftvärnskanonvagn_L-62_Anti_II

http://www.waffenlager.net/flak/landsverk.html

https://thearmoredpatrol.com/2015/03/07/luftvarnskanonvagn-l-62-anti-ii-finnish-aa-spg/

http://maximietteita.blogspot.ca/2014/09/landsverk-luftvarnskanonvagn-l-62.html

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/01/20/hungarian-firepower-nimrod-and-nimrod-80mm-tank-destroyers/

 

 

Edited February 25, 2018 by CaID

[SAUBER_KH7 3,326]

Open for Discussion.

[Admiral_Aruon 2,264]

+1. whether finland finds itself in axis minors and/or scandinavia it's a good SPAA to have.

 

you get to make jokes about sisu and saunas while shredding the enemy team like an off-brand ostwind. 

[PrussianOwl 438]

Looks like we could easily add this for Sweden

[Milocat 4,850]

+1 for the Swedish tree.  

[Stridswombat 1,089]

I'm wondering when you two are going to realize that this is literally already in the tree as the Anti II...

[stefffff1871 2,448]

On 28/03/2020 at 16:52, Stridswombat said:

I'm wondering when you two are going to realize that this is literally already in the tree as the Anti II...

and now i just wait for a regular place for finland ingame

[Sternjaeger84 1,075]

@CokeSpray looks like it's implemented now.

[PlanyKaanere 722]

3 hours ago, Sternjager said:

@CokeSpray looks like it's implemented now.

 

It's labeled as a Swedish vehicle on the tree, though. There's still the possibility of Gaijin adding a Finnish variant as a separate vehicle, so this suggestion is not completely implemented.

 

Still, I'd rather see it as skins for the current Swedish L-62.

[Stridswombat 1,089]

5 hours ago, PlanyKaanere said:

 

It's labeled as a Swedish vehicle on the tree, though. There's still the possibility of Gaijin adding a Finnish variant as a separate vehicle, so this suggestion is not completely implemented.

 

Still, I'd rather see it as skins for the current Swedish L-62.

Well it IS a Swedish vehicle. They were built by Landsverk and subsequently bought by Finland. What would a separate variant add?

[PlanyKaanere 722]

40 minutes ago, Stridswombat said:

Well it IS a Swedish vehicle. They were built by Landsverk and subsequently bought by Finland. What would a separate variant add?

 

Nothing, really. But Gaijin has a precedent in premiums identical to tech tree vehicles (the IS-2 "Revenge of the Hero Brother" and the AH-64 Peten come to mind). Thus, the Finnish ANTI II hasn't been added, even if the original Swedish one has, and thus this suggestion still isn't technically implemented.

[Stridswombat 1,089]

4 hours ago, PlanyKaanere said:

Nothing, really. But Gaijin has a precedent in premiums identical to tech tree vehicles (the IS-2 "Revenge of the Hero Brother" and the AH-64 Peten come to mind). Thus, the Finnish ANTI II hasn't been added, even if the original Swedish one has, and thus this suggestion still isn't technically implemented.

They're effectively entirely identical aside from markings, which is something that can be done with decals. It would be no different other than a tiny change in the skin. Even then that's not very commonly done for SPAAG's, is it?

The Finnish didn't do anything to modify them. They used them as they were built by Landsverk.

[CokeSpray 7,272]

Moved to Implemented suggestions.