Stort internationellt intresse för Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90
Starkes internationales Interesse für Granatkastarpansarbandvagn 90
Vid en visning med provskjutning på FMV:s provplats i Karlsborg kom representanter från Nederländerna, Norge, Schweiz, Sydafrika, Tjeckien, Tyskland, USA och Österrike.
Zur Vorführung mit Demonstrationssschießen auf dem Versuchsgelände des FMV in Karlsborg erschienen Repräsentanten aus den Niederlanden, Norwegen, der Schweiz, Südafrika, Tschechien, Deutschland, den USA und Österreich.
BAE Systems Hägglunds (Sweden) has contracted Slovak firm KONSTRUKTA-Defence, a.s. to produce 120 mm barrels and associated equipment and for the Swedish Army’s Mjölner mortar system.
120mm barrels are modified as needed to meet the requirements for the Mjölner system, which is being integrated on Swedish Army CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles.
The design for the Swedish barrel is based on modification of standard barrel for the Czechoslovakian army mortar 120mm vz.82 PRAM-L.
FIORENZA Nicholas: Interview: Brigadier General Mikael Frisell, Director of Land Systems, Swedish FMV, in: Jane's Defence Weekly (5. Mai 2021)
Meanwhile Brig Gen Frisell reported that "Deliveries of 40 CV90 [IFV] mortar versions were completed this quarter and discussions are under way with BAE Systems Hägglunds on ordering 20 more in the coming years."