{{Short description|Swedish second generation infantry fighting vehicle}} {{Infobox weapon |name=Pansarbandvagn 301 | image= Pansarbandvagn 301 Revinge 2013-1 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 300 |caption= |origin= Sweden |type=Infantry fighting vehicle |is_vehicle=yes |service= 1961–1971 |used_by= |wars= |designer= |design_date= |manufacturer= |unit_cost= |production_date= |number= |variants= slpbv 3011, epbv 3012 |crew=2 (commander/gunner, driver) + 8 (passengers) |length={{convert|4.66|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |width={{convert|2.23|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |height={{convert|2.64|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight={{cvt|11.7|t|lk=on}} |armour=8–50 mm (upper front: 20 mm at 55°) |primary_armament=1 × {{ILL|20 mm akan m/45B|sv|Bofors 20 mm automatkanon m/45}} with 450 rounds total |secondary_armament=1 × 6.5 mm ksp m/58A mount<br>1 × 8,4 cm grg m/48 mount with 9 rounds |engine= Svenska Flygmotor B44 gasoline |engine_power={{cvt|160|hp|kW|lk=on}} |transmission= |fuel_capacity= |suspension=Leaf spring |speed={{convert|45|km/h|abbr=on}} |pw_ratio=13.68 hp/tonne |vehicle_range={{convert|300|km|abbr=on}} }} '''Pansarbandvagn 301''' ('''pbv 301'''), meaning roughly ''armoured tracked carrier vehicle 301'',{{efn|Pansarbandvagn directly translates to armor track wagon. The term bandvagn, even though it translates to track wagon, is a Swedish military term used to describe tracked multipurpose carrier type vehicles. Tracked vehicles designed for more specialized combat roles, like tanks etc ({{langx|sv|stridsvagn}}), are instead only called wagons (chassis description) to denote that they are tracked but more specialized and less universal.}} was a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle ({{Langx|sv|pansarskyttefordon}}) used by the Swedish Army. It was designed to carry a squad of 8 fully armed panzergrenadiers ({{Langx|sv|pansarskyttesoldater}}) into battle and provide direct-fire support for them in combat. The panzergrenadiers could opt to either fight from inside the vehicle through hatches on the roof or dismount the vehicle and fight in its vicinity.

== Design == The pbv 301 was armed with a Bofors {{cvt|20|mm|1}} L/70 aircraft gun taken from scrapped Saab 21 fighter aircraft, mounted in an oscillating housing above a rotating cupola. It was fed from 75 round belts stored inside the vehicle, with 450 rounds total. Inside the vehicle were mountings for a variety of infantry weapons and munitions, such as an FN MAG and a Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle with 9 rounds.

The pbv 301 was an interim solution, built on the chassis from the obsolete stridsvagn m/41 tank (which in turn is the licensed variant of the Czechoslovak THN/LT vz. 38), in service since 1942. It was introduced in 1961 and removed from service in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the replacement pbv 302 came into use. The pbv 301 replaced the open-topped terrängbil m/42 KP IFV as the main infantry fighting vehicle of the Swedish Army.

== Images == <gallery widths=150 heights=100> File:Swedish Mechanized Forces Advance by Sjögren.jpg|A Pbv 301 with dismounted infantry File:Pansarbandvagn 301 Revinge 2019-2.jpg|A Pbv 301 with mounted infantry File:PBV 301 mg 7765.jpg|The interior of a Pbv 301 File:20 mm akan m45B Bofors i Pbv 301.png|Pbv 301 20 mm cannon cupola </gallery>

== Variants == *''Pansarbandvagn 301'' - Infantry fighting vehicle version, 185 produced *''Stridsledningspansarbandvagn 3011'' (slpbv 3011) - Command version, 20 produced *''Eldledningspansarbandvagn 3012'' (epbv 3012) - Artillery observer version, 15 produced

== Footnotes == {{notelist}}

== Sources == *{{Cite web |title=Pbv 301 |url=http://www.ointres.se/pbv_301.htm |access-date=2021-08-18 |website=ointres.se }} *{{Cite web |title=BOFORS 20mm AUTOMATIC GUN for ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS 49114 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ml4dhopUs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/q_ml4dhopUs |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-18 |website=youtube.com }}{{cbignore}} *{{cite book |title=Pbv 301 beskrivning, fastställd 8/7 1965 |date=1965-07-08 |publisher=Royal Swedish Army Ordnance Administration |language=sv}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Pansarbandvagn 301}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130706182513/http://www.sphf.se/Axvall/301.htm Pansarbandvagn 301 at Axvall] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ml4dhopUs Bofors presentation reel]

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Category:Armoured personnel carriers of Sweden Category:Tracked armoured personnel carriers Category:Military vehicles introduced in the 1960s Category:Infantry fighting vehicles of the Cold War