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Pvpj 1110

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Type
  
Recoilless rifle

Used by
  
See Users

Manufacturer
  
Bofors

Place of origin
  
Sweden

Designed
  
1950s

Produced
  
1960

Pvpj 1110

The Pvpj 1110 (Pansarvärnspjäs 1110) is a Swedish 90 mm recoilless rifle. It is also widely known as Pv-1110. It entered service at the early 1960s and was phased out of service in the Swedish Army in the late 1990s after 1,600 had been produced. Some 300 weapons were transferred to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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The Pvpj 1100 was typically towed by, or mounted on, a Pvpjtgb 9031 Volvo truck. From the late 1970s it has also been mounted on the Tgb 1111 and the Bv 2062 tracked carrier.

For Arctic warfare it could also be fitted to a pulka and pulled by two skiers.

The Pvpj 1110 is fitted with an optical sight and has an iron sight as backup.

The type was used by the Irish Army in towed form, and experimentally fitted to the chassis of a Comet tank in place of the turret.

Ammunition

The Pvpj1110 is designed to fire HEAT rounds with tracers. The Swedish designation for these rounds is spårljuspansarspränggranat (slpsgr)

  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/62, a 10.7 kg HEAT round that penetrates 380 mm of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA).
  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/77, an 11.2 kg HEAT round that penetrates 500 mm of RHA.
  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/84, a 10 kg HEAT round
  • Spårljusövningsgranat m/62, 10.7 kg practice round (no explosive filling) with tracer.
  • Users

  •  Estonia
  •  Ireland (withdrawn)
  •  Iraq
  •  Latvia (national guard)
  •  Lithuania: Lithuanian Armed Forces.
  •  Sweden (withdrawn from service but kept in storage)
  • References

    Pvpj 1110 Wikipedia