L-100

[WiseMinerva 454]

 

Brief History

  During the 20's and 30's Sweden was experimenting with different vehicle designs. By the early 1930's it was requested that a tank be made with a similar layout to the Panzer I. The prototype was completed in 1934 along with the L-10 and L-30. This first prototype was essentially a lightened version of the upcoming L-60 coming in a only 4.5 tons and possessing a crew of two. Oddly the vehicle was classified as a "super light" tank rather than a tankette. This prototype was mostly used to test out the new torsion bar suspension that would be later used. The chassis was demonstrated to Polish delegates in the mid 1930's as a multi configurable tank with the options to use either machine guns or the Madsen 20mm autocannon. In the end the incomplete prototype was rejected.

 

Basic vehicle stats

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Dimensions: 4.1 x 1.75 x 1.85m

Armament: 1 x 20mm Madsen autocannon

Max armour: 9mm

Max speed: 55kph

Crew: 2

Weight: 4.5-5 tons

Horsepower: 130hp (28hp/t)

Main Armament

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Specifications
Mass	55 kilograms (121 lb)
Length	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Barrel length	1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) L/60[1]
Cartridge	20 x 120 mm
Cartridge weight	.29 kg (10 oz) AP .32 kg (11 oz) HE
Caliber	20 mm
Barrels	air-cooled
Action	recoil-operated
Rate of fire	400 rpm (cyclic) 250 rpm (practical)
Muzzle velocity	900 m/s (3,000 ft/s)
Effective firing range	500 m (1,600 ft)
Maximum firing range	2,123 m (6,965 ft)
Feed system	10, 15 or 60 round magazine

Below is the Aberdeen test results of the Madsen 20 mm

https://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Aberdeen test of Madsen 7mm and 20mm.pdf

 

References

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Chamberlain, Peter and Ellis, Chris. Tanks of the World 1915-1945. 1972/2002 p 160. 

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/03/15/swedish-tanks-part-iii-landsverk-l-100-and-l-120/

http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/09/l-60-scandinavian-tank-revolution.html

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/15/15/7515152b9048f94d6c3610a44c07d548.jpg

 

Edited February 16, 2021 by WiseMinerva

[ItssLuBu 1,793]

Approved and open for discussion. 

[Milocat 4,842]

Definite +1 from me, this would be a great unique vehicle to try out.

[eleks12 1,076]

+1

[stuka2689 314]

Simply the swedish Panzer 2.

+1

Edited September 17, 2020 by police2689

[Sternjaeger84 1,075]

Prior to premium or event for me, still +1.

[CaID 8,988]

The madsen had what penetration exactly? I hear it was a marginal. A bit like the 12.7mm but with less ammo in the mag.

[WiseMinerva 454]

2 minutes ago, CaID said:

The madsen had what penetration exactly? I hear it was a marginal. A bit like the 12.7mm but with less ammo in the mag.

According to the Aberdeen report in the op the the AP round could get through 1.5 inchs of homogeneous plate at 100 yards and during the test did manage to penetrate an M2A2 light tank.

[BrentD15@psn 1,116]

Very cool.

+1.

[McPuff 2,212]

The L-100 was never equipped with the 20 mm Madsen autocannon. That photo is a doctored shot from a demonstration of the chassis to Polish deligates. The 20 mm Madsen variant was offered to Poland, that's the drawing you have, but it was never built as such. Thus, this is only a paper vehicle. Also, I've seen no evidence that two prototypes were built, or even that the chassis was actually completed as the second picture I posted may also be doctored (but the latter is just speculation). I assume this info is based on the post on FTR by Sp15, but that info is outdated. As a side-note, the designation "Landsverk L-100" is incorrect, Landsverk vehicles were either called "Landsverk+number" or "L+number", aka Landsverk 100 or L-100, but not both together.

 

This is the real full prototype:

 

Edited February 12, 2021 by McPuff

[WiseMinerva 454]

6 hours ago, McPuff said:

The L-100 was never equipped with the 20 mm Madsen autocannon. That photo is a doctored shot from a demonstration of the chassis to Polish deligates. The 20 mm Madsen variant was offered to Poland, that's the drawing you have, but it was never built as such. Thus, this is only a paper vehicle. Also, I've seen no evidence that two prototypes were built, or even that the chassis was actually completed as the second picture I posted may also be doctored (but the latter is just speculation). I assume this info is based on the post on FTR by Sp15, but that info is outdated. As a side-note, the designation "Landsverk L-100" is incorrect, Landsverk vehicles were either called "Landsverk+number" or "L+number", aka Landsverk 100 or L-100, but not both together.

 

This is the real full prototype:

 

Thank you for correcting me on this.

Since this is a paper tank I'll have the suggestion purged.

[McPuff 2,212]

2 hours ago, WiseMinerva said:

Thank you for correcting me on this.

Since this is a paper tank I'll have the suggestion purged.

Well it's already made so I don't think that's necessary personally. Gaijin has added vehicles of similar construction status (in this case at least the chassis was built), so it's not completely out of the question. Who knows, maybe it could be a Polish premium in the future since this 20 mm configuration was offered to them

[hienapunk 1,064]

Gotta have more tsnkettes

[Ghostmaxi 872]

I love it, it would be one of those tanks, that can make a great effect, while also beeing easyly taken care of by a single straving from a plane with a 20mm.

Interestingly this is the first gun i remember, coming across which has a he round that is heavyer than the Ap round.

[hienapunk 1,064]

Cute reserve tank. The swede 37mm gun tanks shouldn't be at reserve.

[Shikaisen 2]

This light tank, an autocannon-equipped tracked vehicle like the Panzer 2, might be the non-premium version of the event premium Pbil/m40. Would like to put it as a researchable vehicle.

 

The tank is slightly faster than the Panzer 2 but suffers from lower survivability. It’s smaller size means it can sneak to smaller spaces and potentially ambush enemies with it’s auto cannon armament, pretty much but not so much like the CV.33. So, it is a fairly decent vehicle in game.

Edited January 16 by Shikaisen

[Kingtiez@live 606]

+1