Pansarvärnspjäs 1110

The Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 (Pvpj 1110) is a Swedish 90 mm recoilless gun 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.

Pansarvärnspjäs 1110
PV-1110 in Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces service
TypeRecoilless gun
Place of originSweden
Service history
Used bySee Users
Production history
Designed1953
ManufacturerBofors
Produced1959
Specifications
MassBarrel: 120 kg (264 lb)
With carriage: 260 kg (573 lb)
Length4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Barrel length3.69 m (12 ft 1 in)
Height0.47 m (1 ft 7 in) to 0.87 m (2 ft 10 in)
depending on firing position
Crew3

Shell90x760mm HEAT
Caliber90 mm
Elevation-10 to +15°
Traverse75 to 115°
Rate of fire6 to 8 rpm
Muzzle velocity650–700 m/s (2,132-2,296 ft/s)
depending on ammunition used
Effective firing range900 m (980 yd)
SightsOptical with coaxial 7.62 mm Ag m/42-based spotting rifle

The Pvpj 1100 was typically towed by, or mounted on, a Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031 Volvo truck. From the late 1970s it has also been mounted on the Terrängbil 11 and the Bandvagn 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. A modified Ag m/42 rifle with matching trajectory is used as ranging gun under the designation Inskjutningsgevär 5110.

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.

The Pvpj 1110 have been seen in use by the Ukrainian army during the Russo-Ukrainian War.[1]

Ammunition

The ammunition consists of a projectile inserted into a patronhylsa m/59 brass casing to form a cartridge. The same projectiles were used in the main armament of the Infanterikanonvagn 91 although with a different casing. Pvpj1110 is designed to fire HEAT rounds with tracers. The Swedish designation for these rounds are spårljuspansarspränggranat (slpsgr).[2]

  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/62, a 10.7 kg HEAT round that penetrates 380 mm of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA).
  • Spårljusövningsgranat m/62, 10.7 kg practice round (no explosive filling) with tracer.
  • Laddblindpatron m/1959, a inert round for training purpose.[3]
  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/77, an 11.2 kg HEAT round that penetrates 500 mm of RHA.
  • Spårljuspansarspränggranat m/84, a 10 kg HEAT round that penetrates 800 mm of RHA.

Users

See also

References

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/138fxwv/swedish_pansarv%C3%A4rnspj%C3%A4s_1110_pvpj_1110_90mm_towed/
  2. Johan "Eskil" Fredriksson. "Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 Avvecklad" [Anti-tank piece 1110 Withdrawn] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. "9 cm laddblindpatron m/1959" [9 cm blank cartridge m/1959] (in Swedish). Swedish Armémuseum. Retrieved 19 June 2023.


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