So we've been learning a lot about Sweden's military gear and just other cool gear from other countries around the world
from fighters to tanks today
However, I want to look at a vehicle specific to Sweden known as the combat vehicle 90 or these strips for 290
Which is probably one of the greatest infantry fighting vehicles on the planet. How's it going everybody?
Hope you're all having a fantastic day
my name is Dave Walpole and welcome to FTD fax a channel where we look at people cultures and
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Well, let's take a quick look at its history. The cv90 was designed by huh Glenn's Bofors company and
Manufactured by BAE Systems a B in Sweden and this vehicle has been in use since its introduction to the Swedish army in
1993 however designs for this vehicle stretched as far back as
1985 in which in 1988 five different prototypes were produced as a matter of fact as of today there is over
45 million
Accumulated hours of research and development for this vehicle, which makes the cv90
Extremely effective and with that as the years have gone by since its introduction
Sweden has made many different changes to this vehicle
There are a lot of different versions either within the country or made for other countries around the world with in Sweden
You have five major versions going from its original to B b1 C
there's also several versions of an anti-aircraft version in which it has radar and
programmable ammunition installed on top of that
they also designed a version to be a forward command post an
Observation version which are only armed with machine guns and no cannons
And there's even plans to convert this vehicle to handle electronic warfare mortar or anti-tank missions
However, these are in development outside the country though
There are 10 different versions making a total of 15 major versions
Of the cv90 one of the coolest names that I actually found was called the armadillo
Which is a troop transport version that the Danish use with that
Let's take a look at who actually owns these vehicles now besides Sweden they have been used in six different countries
Neighbouring Sweden. These are the countries of Denmark
Norway Finland the Netherlands Estonia and Switzerland
All who love this vehicle and swear by it
There's also Australia the Czech who currently have orders for the cb90
Along with Croatia and even the United States is considering this vehicle to be part of its Armada
The cv90 has also proven itself in combat. They have actually had over
70,000 days accumulatively in combat operations around the world most obviously being used in Afghanistan
However, the Swedes first used the cb90 in Liberia in 2004 during a United Nations operation
But one thing that makes this vehicle really stand out over some other vehicles around the world is its camouflage system
It's insane
This is known as the adaptive camouflage system
Which was made by Sweden's bae system pretty much they strap on small little plates that cost
$100 a plate in which there are about 1500 on a single cv90 and what it does is it's really cool these
Individual plates can heat up or cool down really really fast
and with that when you look through infrared it can actually
Change the shape of what the tank looks like through infrared
So you could have the tank through infrared look more like a car or a bunch of trees because of its heat signature
I think it's really amazing technology. I didn't know technology like this existed
That's nuts as for the major specifications of the cv90 it weighs anywhere between 23 to 25 tons
it is around six point five five meters in length coming in at a width of 3.1 meters and a height of
2.7 meters it takes a crew of three to operate and depending on the version most can carry eight troops within it the main gun
Is either the 40-millimeter Bofors?
Autocannon or the famous 30 to 35 millimeter Bushmaster autocannon
which is used on many infantry fighting vehicles around the world its secondary armament is a
760 - machine gun most of them use the ksb
There is also 6 x 76 millimeter grenade launchers and overall the speed of this vehicle comes in at 70 kilometers
in which if you were to combine the entire fleet of cv90 s they have accumulated a travel of
three million miles and a bonus part about this whole thing is it is even
Automatic transmission bonus. Anyways, guys, that is it
That is me looking at the cb90. Just a quick little video for you guys here today. My name is Dave Walpole
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