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The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90) is a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced by BAE Systems Hägglunds.
uction of the CV 90 began in 1993, and over 1,000 vehicles have been ordered.
CV9040’s hull is proof against 14.5 mm armour-piercing rounds.
With additional passive armour package supplied by IBD of Germany the vehicle is protected over the frontal 60° arc against 30 mm APFSDS rounds.
The Norwegian CV9030N are fitted the IBD Deisenroth MEXAS integral ceramic armour package.
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The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90) is a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced by BAE Systems Hägglunds.
Production history
Production of the CV 90 began in 1993, and over 1,000 vehicles have been ordered.
Armour protection
The CV9040’s hull is proof against 14.5 mm armour-piercing rounds.
With additional passive armour package supplied by IBD of Germany the vehicle is protected over the frontal 60° arc against 30 mm APFSDS rounds.
The Norwegian CV9030N are fitted the IBD Deisenroth MEXAS integral ceramic armour package. It is said that this armour can protect against the 30 mm armour-piercing, fin-stabilised, discarding sabot rounds. Kevlar spall suppression liners cover the interior spaces.
Variants
- CV9040 - The original model with a 40 mm Bofors autocannon.
- CV9030 - Export version with a 30 mm Bushmaster II autocannon. Adopted by Norway, Switzerland and Finland.
- CV9035 - Armed with a Bushmaster III 35/50 cannon. Adopted by the Netherlands and Denmark.
- CV90105 - 105 mm Rifle tank gun/turret. Designed by Hägglunds (BAE Systems) and GIAT (Nexter).
- CV90120-T - Equipped with tank turret and smoothbore 120 mm gun. (120 mm Gun select as Rheinmetall or IWI.)
- CV9040 AAV (TriAD) - Anti-Air Vehicle, fitted with radar and 40 mm autocannon.
- CV90 - Command Vehicle.
- CV90 - Forward Observation Vehicle .
- CV90 - Armored Recovery Vehicle.
- CV9040B - Updated CV90 with fully stabilized gun, although elevation suffers because of this.
- CV9040C - Version for International Operations with additional all-round armour and tropical climate kit.
- CV9056 - Prototype version equipped with the Bofors RB56 anti-tank missile. No units ordered.
The forward observation, command and recovery vehicles are only armed with a machine gun.
The CV 90 has also been fitted with the advanced mortar system under the name Grkpbv 90120 (granatkastarpansarbandvagn, "tracked armoured mortar vehicle") or formerly SSG 120 (Splitterskyddad granatkastare, "lightly armoured mortar"). The vehicle is a project between Hägglunds and Patria, and is still under development.
Sweden originally planned for a mix of CV9040 and CV9025, tests of the 25 mm turret being carried out on on an Ikv 91 chassis, but finally decided on the 40 mm version, due to the much higher potential of the larger calibre. Other customers seems to have focused on the higher rate of fire and the larger amount of ammunition that the 25 mm brings.
Cost
In June 2004, Finland ordered 45 CV9030 vehicles for a cost of €120 million. This works out at €2.67 million per vehicle. In late 2004 Finland made another purchase, bringing the overall quantity ordered to over 100.
In December 2005, Denmark ordered 45 CV9035 vehicles for a cost of €188 million or €4.18 million per vehicle.
Land Systems Hägglunds announced in December 2004 that the Netherlands ordered 184 CV9035 with a contract value of €749 million (€5.06 million per vehicle). Deliveries will take place between 2007 and 2010.
Combat record
With production having began in 1993, the CV90 had remained untested in live combat until November 2007, when Norwegian Army CV90s from 2nd battalion saw heavy combat during Operation Harekate Yolo in Afghanistan. During the first week of November, Norwegian ISAF forces from 2nd Battalion and Kystjegerkommandoen based in Mazar-e-Sharif, responded to a Taliban attack on Afghan National Army forces in the Ghowrmach district. Having been heavily outnumbered by the Taliban forces, the Norwegians used mortars and, in particular, CV90s, to effectively beat down the attack. The operation left an unknown number of Taliban casualties, but Norwegian news sources say as many as 45 to 65 Taliban forces may have been killed, and many more wounded.
The CV90 was later used extensively by ISAF-forces of the Norwegian Army's Telemark Battalion in May 2008, when the battalion, during Operation Karez in the Badghis Province, came under heavy machine gun and RPG fire from Taliban fighters. The attack left 13 Taliban fighters dead, and unknown number of wounded. No allied casualties were reported.
Swedish CV90s have also seen service in Liberia.
Denmark is planning to send CV90s to Afghanistan in 2010 in order to bolster their contingent in Helmand Province. The Danish contingent has suffered numerous casualties since they began operations in the province in the autumn of 2006.
Operators
- - 45 CV9035 (plans for 45 more in 2009).
- - 102 CV9030FIN (57 first batch, 45 second batch).
- - 192 CV9035NL (Initial order of 184 vehicles raised to 192. Deliveries will be completed by 2011.)
- - 104 CV9030NO.
- - CV9040 turret for BWP-40 (BWP-1 and CV90 hybrid). Only one prototype built.
- - 186 CV9030
- - 509 vehicles, including 42 CV9040C with additional armour.
Gallery
See also
Other infantry fighting vehicles
Armament
Simulation
DIS Enumeration for CV90
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External links
- Army Technology
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- - information on the Norwegian IFV trials and changes found in the Norwegian CV9030
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