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New materiel to reinforce the Swedish Armed Forces
Faster and more mobile, with better protection.
The new Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90, or ” grkpbv 90”), an armoured tracked vehicle with grenade launchers, is a physical outcome of the Swedish Defence Agreement of 2015 and will increase the usable effects of the Armed Forces’ mechanised battalions.
A solemn ceremony at Skövde Garrison on 19 September 2019 will mark the Defence Materiel Administration’s (FMV) delivery of the first four vehicles of this type to the Swedish Armed Forces.
Brigadier General Mikael Forsell, Chief of Army Materiel, will hand over the vehicle keys to the Chief of the Army, Major General Karl Engelbrektson.
The media is welcome to attend and cover the ceremony.
Date: Thursday 19 September.
Time: Starts at 09:45 (the ceremony will be concluded at 12:10).
Location: Land Warfare School (the Nilsson room), Skolhusvägen 2, Skövde (at Heden located between Skaraborg Regiment P4 and the Logistic Regiment).
At the commencing gathering in the Nilsson room from 09:45 to 10:30, Army Chief Karl Engelbrektson and Brigadier General Mikael Frisell will be available for interviews.
After the ceremony, a basic form of lunch will be served free of charge at the mess (Götamässen) inside the Logistics Regiment compound.
Visitor notifications shall be sent to: alf.johansson@mil.se (by 17 September at the latest).
Please specify name/company + the number of any lunch guests.
Questions will be answered by Alf Johansson, head of communications at the Land Warfare School
0500 – 46 54 97/072 387 99 25 alf.johansson@mil.se
Facts about Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90, or ” grkpbv 90”)
As a result of the Defence Agreement of 2015, the Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) signed a business agreement in December 2016 with HB Utveckling (HB Development) – a joint cooperation between BAE Systems Bofors AB and BAE Systems Hägglunds AB – about the delivery of 40 Combat Vehicles 90 (CV90, or ” grkpbv 90”).
Combat Vehicle 90 is to be supplied to the Armed Forces’ five mechanised battalions, based at the Skaraborg Regiment (P4) in Skövde (the 41st and 42nd), the Norrbotten Regiment (I19) in Boden (the 191st and 192nd) and at the Södra Skånska Regiment (P7) at Revingehed (the 72nd). The initial four regular CV90 vehicles will be delivered at the ceremony in Skövde on 19 September. The remaining 36 CV90 vehicles will gradually be delivered in 2019 and 2020, when the system will become operational.
With grenade launchers installed on the Combat Vehicle 90 chassis, the platoon will be capable to deploy and fire within 2 minutes after the order is given, with fire velocity equal to the current folded out guns. Only 1 minute after the concluding opening of fire, the CV90 is ready to redeploy. During the whole process, the crew is protected by a new splinter screen that did not exist on the previous version.
In comparison, it takes 10 minutes for a vehicle equipped with the current grenade launcher M/41 to deploy and fire, and another 5 plus 10 minutes to redeploy to launch another round of fire. That is also entirely without the protection which has now been installed on the 90 chassis.
The CV90 is staffed with a driver, a vehicle chief who is also in charge of directions with support of the vehicle’s navigation system, and two loaders preparing and handling all ammunition.