American Reacts to the Volvo Terrängbil 6X6 Truck

[@tr6431]

It's a military terrain vehicle made in the 60's. It's powered by a Volvo B30A gasoline engine with stunning 117 hp! 😀

[@itseperkele181]

Nobody cares about horsepower, torque is the important bit ;D

[@tr6431]

@@itseperkele181 Well, it's not a diesel so it won't have that much torque but it's specced to have 206 Nm.

[@koitk]

@@itseperkele181 It's actually relatively weak enigne for given vehicle. 3L displacement and a bit over 200Nm of torque. But you are correct vehicles like that need torque and you can get it with gearing. Tgb 13 have lockable portal axles plus low/high gearing so it will make up for the engine. But it would of been better suited with similar displacement turbo diesel engine, it's quite heavy vehicle aprox. 3t.

[@Explorer273]

There is a reason why a military vehicle designed for arctic winters in the 60s didn't come with a diesel engine.

[@sidewalkere]

@@itseperkele181 Actually, horsepower is the important bit. If you have enough of it, the transmission can then multiply the torque to the wheels just fine. ;)

[@SilverionX]

The banter from these guys is hilarious. Seems like a fun bunch to be around. The part where they drive into the bog the one filming says "If you fail we'll just cut it out" and then totally doesn't. 😂

[@Per_TP]

A more precise translation is: If this go shit (literally he said go to hell but go shit fits better) we just cut it out.

[@bjornh4664]

I drove the 4x4 Tgb11 when I was in the Swedish army 1986-87. I would lie if I said it was a pleasure to drive, but it went where I wanted, and I loved to be mobile (in contrast to the footsloggers in my company). The high center of gravity was a concern, but we had no accidents during my time in the army. The 6x6 Tgb13 felt more stable in rough terrain. We had a couple weeks of instruction before we got our military drivers' licences. The worst part was to mount the snow/terrain chains. A friend had an ex-army Pvpjtgb 9031 which he drove to school; it was fun to ride in.

[@Ornithoptera]

@IWrocker ,thank you for reacting to the video I suggested. These Volvos are beyond tough. The engine is a 6 cylinder version of the 4 cylinder engine that holds the world record for the most amount of miles driven by a single driver (the engine sits in a Volvo P1800 owned by an American man). These military Volvos came in several different configurations. The 4x4 was the most common one, followed by the 6x6 hardtop you can see in the videos. Then they also had a truck chassis based on the 6x6. One canvas top truck bed and an ambulance version. The latter is insanely popular for enthusiasts that wants to build overland RVs. They’re easy to use and drive and easy to repair. I think it was a Canadian telecom or electric company in British Columbia in Canada to use as service vehicles in rough terrain. There are a few of these, both 4x4 and 6x6 stateside. They’re rare, but if you want a vehicle that is as close to a Unimog as possible without breaking the bank, this might be the vehicle for you!

[@KimForsberg]

If you haven't checked it out yet, there's the all-terrain amphibious Swedish Bandvagn vehicles, like Bv206, BvS etc. Available in military variants and civilian variants.

[@mikaeljonsson4686]

Drove the tgb11 4x4, tgb 13 and 20 6x6 1989-1990 during my military service. But the coolest wheeled vehicle we had back then was TGB40, a large 6x6 truck made by Scania. You could take it ANYWHERE, extremely offroad capable! It also came as a 4x4 in TGB 30. Was a great time getting to offroad all of those vehicles and really put them to the test when I was 20!

[@Dimage666]

You think the TGB40 could drive everywhere then you should try the Scania P124CB 8x8.. That beast is armoured and can still drive everywhere..

[@tobias_dahlberg]

I drove a TGB30/40 during my service, and that was in 2020-2021 :) Those things are still running strong.

[@mikaeljonsson4686]

@@tobias_dahlberg Gött å höra! 😊👍

[@marcusjosefsson4998]

Remember seeing military convoys of these as a kid in the 80's. They were everywhere.

[@kungsverige1886]

Flashbacks to the 'military years'...I loved to drive that 'big thing'🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@jargien240]

The tgb13 was the vehicle that taught me how to sleep anywhere. We were 5 blokes in the back, all in full gear on seats that were not designed for military personel in kit after the 80s. No real legroom, loud as heck and a big pile of gear on the floor during longer trips. It can go pretty much everywhere but not a safe vehicle if you got into a crash since there was no crash buffer at the front (or anywhere for that mater) But it did its job. Mostly fazed out of the regular military now but they are still around. Getting quite old now and keeping the running is more work than it is worth.

[@VampyrMygg]

At 4:17 that little convertible is actually a Volvo as well, Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031 long weird name, for a weird little car, basically an open little car with a cannon mounted on it. I've not seen too many of the C303, the Norwegian military only had the smaller C202, the single rear axle one you saw in the video as well, it also has a smaller engine, basically same engine ya got in the road cars of the era, the B18 and B20.

[@JH-lo9ut]

That would translate: Anti-armor-piece terrain-car. "armor", as in "tank" and "piece" as in artillery piece. (While you can stack words like this in Swedish, it's quite unusual to stack more than two or three words. Exept for the military, they make a point of stacking as many words as possible.) This is a cabbed down version of the much more common 903 "valp" (the "van"-configuration) It mounted a 90mm recoilless gun from a hanging gimble. The point of having the buggy configuration was to be able to hang the gun from the roll bar and swing it around without obstructions.

[@BPo75]

@@JH-lo9ut The 9 cm gun was the pansarvärnspjäs 1110, a.k.a. "Huggpipan" (the Wad Punch).

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

Icelandic hill climb is something worth looking into. Also, their high octane beast buggies that cross lakes are insane.

[@awmperry]

Yeah - the Icelandic drivers also like running snowmobiles across lakes, too.

[@da206hbe]

This vehicle uses a 6-cylinder gasoline engine. You can hydraulically change how many axles are in use. Rather smooth to drive. I drove the 4x4 and 6x6 sometimes when in the military and an older tgb - Valpen (The Puppy). There is a hole in the roof where a soldier can stand to protect the vecihle or look for planes/enemies. It climbs really high boulders/cliffs with ease.

[@thomaskarlstrom4815]

Axel engagement is done by vacuum.

[@JoriDiculous]

"Good" old Valpen. Drove a couple of them in the "homeguard" in Norway. Most exhausting thing i have ever driven with the steering so (worn out) loose it was impossible to keep it straight on the road 😂 Would love to have a Sugga. Its just so cool looking.

[@newandoldtech5634]

Search "Volvo C303" petrol powered B30. We used them in the army late 80s, and the 6 wheeler were used for communication central, tranportation and much more. So many variations in the chassi. The 4 wheeler were mainly for recon.

[@claudiaberger9639]

2:52 The cars are FIAT cars from Intali. FIAT cars are best suited for this.

[@KarILsson]

Used the Tgb 1314 (Terrängbil 1314) medical transport version separate extra spacious medical space with room for 4 stretchers and emergency equipment and Tgb 21 (Terrängbil 21) troop transport version with a larger cabin where the entire rear space is provided with seating for 16 combat-equipped soldiers, which corresponds to two groups. The space can also be converted to accommodate eight stretchers. With three flaps on each side. As a medic we removed all benches to be able to have 2 stretchers and all of our medicla equipment from our medical tent 6 (Sjukvårdstäl 6) to be able to keep up with our armored veichles. They are real good in terrain but Tgb 1314 was a bit tricky due to the higher point of gravity. 4:23 looks like a Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 9031 was an open, unarmoured, all-terrain vehicle, based on the passenger off-road vehicle 903, equipped with the 9 cm Panzervärnpjäs 1110. It was developed in the mid-1960s to create a mobile anti-tank defense for Infantry Brigade 59.

[@revsus88888888]

The four Wheel version that is shown in the video is from what i’ve been taught is called ”Valp” which translates to ”pup” or ”puppy” 😁. They are cool vehicles. Love the video, you make great content, keep up the good work! 🙂👍

[@Kold87]

No, Valpen (PLTGB 903) is the predecessor to these. It is quite smaller then TGB-11 (C303).

[@revsus88888888]

@@Kold87 Ohh 😯 okay, i didn’t know that 👀

[@matsjohansson3645]

And that had smaller engine,think it was B18 and may be B16 on the early on.

[@N0rdman]

I drove the TBG 40 fitted out as a military firetruck, the one in the video with 6x6 and it could traverse slopes with an incline of 26° before tilting over, that is going sideways across the slope in case you're wondering, not uphill or downhill. The exhaust brake and a push button on the floor give it amazing abilities to go downhill. I came up to the slope going down and it was so steep I couldn't see the slope even if I stood up and pressed my face against the windscreen, the instructor just said, no sweat, just go over the edge and hit the exhaust brake and steer and it will be fine. To my utter amazement we just gently crept down the hill. The TGB 30/40 has an amazing chassis that flexes and affords it grip on all kinds of surfaces, rocks, or anything.

[@KristoferOlsson]

we still had thoose in the 90s when I was in the Swedish army. they were not fast or safe, but they got you to the place you needed to go.

[@claudiaberger9639]

9:40 There were two variants in the Austrian army in the 1970s. The "Haflinger" was 4x4 and the "Pinzgauer" was 6x6. Haflinger and Pinzgauer are horse breeds that were used as pack horses in the Alps during WWI.

[@kempaswe4022]

Those 4x4 are called Volvo valp, translated to english its volvo puppy. At 11:30 in the mud, if you get stuck you should drag it out as quick as you can. Because it can hold your truck like its sitting in hardened cement, its really sucks your car to the ground

[@newandoldtech5634]

The short over hang front and back will make it move in most places. Diff locks will come in handy when slippery

[@faust82]

These are awesome! The Norwegian army had the predecessor to these, the Volvo L-3314, but when the Swedes went to the C303 Norway started buying Land Rovers instead, before finally replacing the remaining 3314's and the Land Rovers with the Mercedes Geländewagen in the 80's and early 90's. They're working on replacing the Mercedes as well now, with the Home Guard rolling around in Amaroks and the regular army looking at various light tactical vehicles.

[@JoriDiculous]

L-3314, Personlastterrängbil .. What a name . Valpen is a better name. Drove a couple of them in Heimevernet, and Geländewagen.

[@mikaelwerner8146]

I did own one of those in the 80th great car and fun and drive 😂

[@meteerbil2078]

I drove the smaller one a couple of times when i did my military service in the 80s. But only on the road.

[@claudiaberger9639]

These vehicles, which are based on the Austrian, Steyr/Pinzgauer, are unarmored and therefore unsuitable for military use today.

[@Lellefors]

Tgb 11 is the 4 wheel version of the tgb 13, tgb 22 has the same cab as all of these versions but a truckbed behind it. Insane to drive, u can go anywhere in it 😁 all are Volvos

[@KarILsson]

Tgb 22 is a Tgb 21 troop transport version adapted for anti-aircraft units. Diffrence is the 2 benches at the back is removed and that part of the space converted to be able to load anti-aircraft robotic equipment, such as Robotsystem 70 or Robotsystem 90.

[@matsgustavsson665]

Tgb22 was also used by the infantry platoons in brigade anti tank companies since they hauled all their stuff themselves instead of letting the support platoon (swedish: trossen) do it, Those rear compartments came in real handy 😀 Also when the anti tank jeeps with their 9 cm recoilless cannons needed help to get through the underbrush (they were kind of light weight) the tgb22 came in handy with half a ton of mines in the rear and chains on the wheels. I had great fun driving it when I did my service in the mid -80:s.

[@KarILsson]

@@matsgustavsson665 Oh Nice thanks for the info... oh the classic Pansarvärnspjästerrängbil 1111?

[@misterandersson5645]

The TGB20 has a longer wheelbase than the 13 (1st to 2nd axle), and a 10 speed gearbox. The 11 and 13 share the wheelbase and the 8 speed gearbox, 4 low, 4 high. I used to drive these quite a lot, but I always preferred the 20. Maybe becuase it's a bit bigger, and for sure I like the gearbox better. I find the 11/13 to be "upside down", for some reason...

[@Lowshoehighhat]

i drove the 4x4 in military, super fan. on my first day driving it i jump with car so all tires where in the air. i bit scary. but have always wanted one for personal use

[@lizardfog]

I was a medic in the Swedish army in 1984 We had a TGB1314 all terrain ambulance. 6 wheel drive .Real fun driving in the terrain :)

I drove the TGB11 (4-wheel version) when I did military service in the late 80s. On the one hand it felt under powered, but on the other hand the low gear is *very* low. With chains on, it's surprisingly capable in deep snow. Driving through hilly forests with knee deep snow was slow, but it chugged its way through. Its clutch was very weak. Many were burnt.

[@dannesvanstrom3408]

Clutch was no weak.. drive it like it made for!

[@bjornerikroth]

I remember being surprised both by how steep you could go up and down with the TGB11, and also how easy it was to flip it over… the TGB wasn’t really damaged but there was heavy equipment stowed behind the seats that fell out when we tipped over and smashed the wind shield. Luckily we didn’t get it in the back of our necks.

[@danielkarlsson258]

6:30 Oh, stop! Stop! 6:59 Goddamn, why does this only happens to me? How is that even possible? If he backs up, it should go back. 7:09 Hang on, let me see if I can reach it. 7:36 That is a son of a b*tch. 8:16 *random swearing* 8:23 - It doesn't touch the break cable now, does it? - Nah, it's too late. - I mean at the back. - I've already touched it, hope it is still fine. I think we're cool. 9:31 The only one who can sleep in the forest! 9:38 He fell asleep! 10:12 If this goes to sh*t, we just cut it in the video. 11:24 *cannot hear* 11:39 We're coming to the rescue. 11:44 - You could just pull it. - Back up then! You need to help a little bit... 11:53 - Push it, man. - Here he comes!

[@ehsnils]

4:15 - that vehicle is intended to carry a pretty well-sized recoilless rifle. A bazooka on steroids.

[@vr96np]

The small 4x4 (4:20) is a Volvo L3304

[@PerOlovNilsson-u1k]

12:44. The 6 Wheeler is a TGB 13 petroleum driven Volvo 6 cylinder 3 liters motor,and diff’s on all wheels from insider panel

[@SpookyDOTexe]

it's a gasoline engine btw, and the engine it uses are the Volvo B30 Inline-6 3.0L engine. It is carburated, and can have up to 3 carburators, called "tripple weber", for up to 225 hp. (this is without turbo!)

[@falukropp2000]

Still have to look up the Scania SBAT/Tgb40 6x6 truck or some of the older Volvo trucks like Ltgb 934... Volvo and Scania made a wide range of military vecicles in all sizes, all of them adorable.

[@tobias_dahlberg]

TGB30/40 is still in use. I did my military service in Sweden 2020-2021 and I was trained on those Scania SBAT:s haha!

[@BerraPettersson]

The Swedish military truck VOLVO TGB13 6x6 is powered by an ordinary 6-cyl B30A gasoline engine also used in Volvo 164!

[@Lasse_Viklund]

We used these in my military service back in the late 70's. It was called TG 13. There was also a smaller 4 wheel version TG 11.

[@corresandberg]

I did my military service -91 ish. 10 month. I used tgb13 for 7 months as a military ambulance driver. Regaring the mud hole. Ẃe would try to go arround it. But if we did need to in it, we wouild activate all diff locks, and even dress our tires with snow chains. To be really sure also hook the front winch in a tree further ahead. We would never plough down like they did. But for us it was real, with punishment to expect for stupid stuff. Good funn to watch though. Best all round car ever, no roads needed.

[@neilbt478]

Saw the Volvo C303 demonstrated at an off-road show in Perth WA in about late 70s. First portal axles I'd seen. A Volvo tree logger got bogged in the mud first on the off-road course. then everything else, trying to get the tree logger out - except the Suzuki 4x4s, they just kept doing circles around all the bogged vehicles for fun...

[@finnishculturalchannel]

First one is truly offroad. The rest have some kind of road. The last one is in Finnish only: "Sisu XA-185 Vesiajo -11", "SISU Polar Timber 8x8 - Offroad", "8-pyöräinen maastohirmu - Markku Alén & Sisu, osa 2/2 (Teknavi 2015)", "Markku Alén & Patria 6x6 (Teknavi 2019)" and "Tehtävä Santahaminassa: Markku Alén & Protolab PMPV 6x6 - Osa 3/3".

[@Mats_Larsson_64]

The small car at the beginning of the off-road video is a Pvpjtgb 9031. A military off-road vehicle intended to be equipped with a 90mm anti-tank piece. You drive to the launch site and fold down the "roll over" arcs, hydraulically raise the piece and go to town on nearby Tanks😈

[@einar8019]

90mm bofors recloiless rifle*

[@Mats_Larsson_64]

@@einar8019 You are right! I didn't do my research. I was a gunner on one of does back in 1981 and just estimated.

[@nkari8971]

I drove one of these during my military service, but we had a EMP protected box on the 2 wheels where we had the radio and 2 bunk beds for us to sleep and crew the 25metre mast we positioned some kilometers from the HQ to provide a proper communication network between diffrent branches and locations across the country.. :P

[@petrihakkinen2336]

In Finland they have put those volvo portable axels in land cruisers getting more ground clearace

[@aon10003]

They have been around. They where a couple of years old when i did my national service in 1980 to 81. Good trucks.

[@krb64172]

Well Scania made made som badass millitary trucks aswell Tgb30 tgb40 4 and 6 wheel drive.. I drove one as a service man during the Cold war in the early 80s

[@kingvii7250]

When I was in the army I had one these. It's a tgb13 with a straight 6. I sometimes also drove tgb11 wich was a 4x4 and shorter. Tgb11 was a bit harder to drive downwards a hillside because it was shorter and lighter. when driving down a mountainside and braking a little too hard, the rear part started to lift from the rock wall and it was necessary to release the brake quickly, so that you did not roll over. There also were a full size truck from Scania called tgb30 (4x4). Anyway... all fun to drive.

[@wolfpacktrolling]

The single axle is called TRG 11 and the double axle is TRG 13. Drove them both in military and they are absolutely superb.

[@Jim_86]

6:59. He said. Holy shit! How the hell is that possible? Why does it only happen to me?

[@henrikwetterstrom]

I used to drive a tgb13 during military service and occasionally the tgb1111 (cab version of the tgb11 with a 90mm recoiless antitank gun) and tgb20 (troop transport). They can handle much worse terrain than demonstrated in the video, especially with chained wheels. I remember we broke some mirrors and a few exhaust pipes on these. Not the least when driving offroad at night without using headlights. The maximum allowed speed was 70 km/h, but they can do at least 140 km/h 🙂

[@jizburg]

There is also a Tgb20 wich is a squad carrying truck version. You can seat something like 10 people in the back and have a machinegunner looking out the roof. Realy capable and fun to ride. Spent alot of days sleeping in the back of one of those together with my squad members and all the gear when i did my conscription back in 2009.

[@ondrejhumplik69]

The Austrian Pinzgauer was also in 4x4 and 6x6 versions and is connected to our Tatra, it uses the same swinging half-shafts on the central support tube, but additionally supplemented with trailing reductions, similar to how Volvo and the mentioned Unimog have trailing axles here.

[@luiscambra1952]

Volvo and Mack do joint venture to some markets or specific countries.

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

It's a Volvo C303. Military designation TGB 13. Designed in the late 60's, officially adopted in 67, but mostly built in the 70's. The engine is a Volvo B30. A straight six with a volume of 3 liters 117 HP. It's a gas-guzzler with bad fuel economy and effect for the weight, but instead it's close to indestructible. Being that it was (is?) used in the military that indestructability was sorely tested, and generally it won over all of us. I drove a TGB 13 when I did my military service in the late 80's. They are pretty good in the terrain, but the two axle version is just that bit better and more nimble. There were one way to kill it though. The cold start used canisters with ether that you pumped into the carburetor, but you had to do it right or you were almost guaranteed to destroy the valves, bend the valve rods or both. When rock crawling we were taught to stop and put on the snow chains before getting into the worst stretches. Driving up a tock fall in the night was quite spectacular with sparks flying everywhere. You didn't have to guess where someone had climbed a rockface using chains... The difference between the TGB 11 and TGB 13 is the number of axles. The TGB 11 has two axles and four wheel drive while the TGB 13 has three axles and six wheel drive. There are diff locks for both the front and rear axles as well as for the front to back distribution. Lock all differentials and use the lowest gear and it would try to crawl over anything. But you better not have to do any tight turns or you were out of luck. However my favorite was the TGB 40. A Scania cross country truck with three axles and six wheel drive. It was adopted in 1975 and had a 300HP Scania Turbo charged Diesel. It was a lot larger, but also a lot more modern in all ways. Things like the automatic gearbox and pre configured break load when crawling. The air suspension drivers seat was appreciated. Compared to the TGB 13 this was pure luxury. As for the most fun it was a terrain lorry from Volvo, built in the late 50's or early 60's. It was again all wheel drive, but this time there were no creature comforts to talk about. But the good stuff was the drive line. A torqy diesel, all the differential locks you could ask for, and a unsynchronized gearbox... That took some skill to drive. I think I was the only one in our group who managed to shift both up and down the first time I got to drive it. I'd driven a wheel loader with a unsynchronized gearbox since I was 12, so it was second nature to me. I liked that monstrosity. It was just as good, if not better at climbing as the TGB 11, 13, 30 and 40, and a lot simpler in every way. Sure it was harder to handle, was uncomfortable, and not always cooperated when you tried to start it. But it was fun!

[@kingvii7250]

When I was in the swedish military, I had one those 6 wheelers. You could drive uphill pure rocks

[@cyberdansken]

The original is powered by a straight 6 gas engine, 3 litre. The one in the clip is powered by a Mercedes OM turbo diesel. 17:04 is a Volvo Start Jeep, made to assist fighter plabes as a starting generator. The TGB 11 and 13 are equipped with portal Axels and can wade 80 cm.

[@Christian_Johansson]

Aaah, the puppy :) very capable vehicles, think Volvo made them from the 70s to the 90s. Won some international competitions and was one of the best terrain vehicles in that era.

[@MarrcusG]

Inte en Valp

[@petter5721]

Volvo made excellent military vehicles in the past. They still run all over the world 👍🏻

[@BlackAlbinoDragon90]

Finland's equivalent to these (military trucks) is the SISU brand.

[@ericcleland817]

I know exactly what your saying about the difficulties of off roading over logs. Ive personally had my exhaust ripped out off roading over logs, and to be clear, the log that ripped my exhaust out was only 4 inches or so thck.

[@Zimonov]

The small car at 4:20 is a Pansarvärnsterrängbil/PVTGB 9031, or "anti-armor Terrain-car 9031". meant for guerilla tactics to act as a fast, mobile, anti-armor vehicle to benefit from Swedish terrain, were we to be invaded during the cold war.

[@darthgardner]

Look up HAGGLUND BV-206 yet another capable military machine..its odd looking but really gets it done.

[@olakeyser167]

They have used them for troopstrasport, medicwagon and such

[@swedishspymuseum]

This model is called TGB13 and I used to command a military surveillance version with build in SIGINT center back in 1969. We slept in the back (two at the time) and we even had a German petrol based heater called Ebensprächer. It was very good during winters

[@lelin70]

Those heaters just needed a lot of service when used non stop during winter but since we were 3 guys alone in the forest and no tent i guess we had a better deal than those who had tents. Awesome to be able to sleep well in the back on a medic stretcher 😂

[@bigjtq9176]

@@lelin70 Yupp!

[@magnushaggquist5075]

This was the standard platform for vehicles in the 70-90-ties. The 6x6 could be equipped with commandmodule, medevac module radiounit, bed with benches for a half platoon which could be converted to a casevac with 8 stretchers

[@AndreBakke1]

I have Axels from tgb 13 on my jeep They are very good

[@JoriDiculous]

Volvo have made quite a few different military vehicles, all of them very good off roaders of some kind. You should look up the Volvo Sugga. An absolute classic, *very* capable off road, and it looks awesome. And of course the "Valpen". Drove that one for a bit in the homeguard. Probably one of the worst thigs i have ever driven, mainly for the *really* insanely lose steering (mostly for the age of the car). Was impossible to keep it straight 😂

[@awmperry]

During my time in the Swedish Air Force I spent a fair bit of time in a Tgb1112 - the comms version of the Tgb11, which in turn is the four-wheel version of the Tgb13 in this video. Nice bit of kit, with lots of radios. Very capable off-road, too - I’ve seen them cheerfully running along a 35-degree side slope - with portal axles for ground clearance and a very narrow design to get through Swedish forests. They were eventually retired, not least because they were simply *hideously* dangerous in crashes. Lovely trucks anyway. A few years later, I bought an ex-RAF Land Rover 90 that was my daily driver for a solid decade. Still disappointed that I had to sell that one.

[@apersson850]

There are some left in service.

[@awmperry]

@@apersson850 That's nice to know. They were great mobile offices.

[@baversvans123]

I drove the ambulance version, TGB 1315, during my military service. Awesome vehicle!

[@Mats_Larsson_64]

I am the proud owner of the TGB 13:s big brother the TGB40 or SBAT111 (Scania).

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Log incidents like that is why the military accessory list for every offroad vehicle in the Swedish army includes a spade, an axe, a bow saw and a 5' iron spit.

[@Jim_86]

2:52. Sayonara to those two Fiat Brava's.

[@stevekenilworth]

such shame, quite like those cars esp with a good trim level and not many around these days. next door to my mates had one always had good look as walked by now these pretty rare

[@sidewalkere]

The engine in that truck is a rather unbreakable Volvo B30, a 3.0l inline-6 gasoline engine.

[@localsheriff]

The Volvo TGB 4x4 version won its class in Paris Dakar 1983

[@andersholmstrom3571]

The smaller 4 weel truck is called Valpen (the puppy). It is in the same vehicle series as the 6 wheel truck. When I was in the army in 1980-81 we had these. We also had a larger troop transport truck. Also from Volvo. I have seen the 6 wheeler swim in mud up to the thesholds and still not get stuck.

[@magnuslundstedt2659]

NO. The valpen is a smaller predecessor. This is a Volvo C303, known as TGB11 in the military. The TGB13 is a Volvo C304.

[@andersstromqvist2211]

You should check out the Volvo sugga that is the greatest looking Volvo terrain vehicle

[@ltahlstrom3944]

Tja👋 From Sweden😊 My "Terrängbil" is an old V70 XC😅 Lovely content as always🇸🇪

[@yanoshack]

That truck has portal axles, not unusual. They are similar to other off-road army trucks like Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer, Praga V3S, new Tatra Tactic.

[@etherealicer]

Haflinger 😍... a tiny monster.

[@yanoshack]

Yes, the Austrian Hafling is the best off-road, because it is not a truck, but a car. 😀@@etherealicer

[@eue073]

Portal axles.... Thats the first thing one scould know about the 11/13/20 serie.... thx for mentioning 🤩

[@yanoshack]

The Volkswagen Kübelwagen is the first car to use portal axles, the first car I know. I'm interested in the original idea and use of this. I don't know the origin of this solution...

[@jannepelto8206]

In the army I drove a terrängbil 13 pulling a haubits cannon to fire a salute for our Queen Silvia on 12/23/1995. Yes, I also fired the cannon. =) In a cold winter!! I was even in the newspaper at the time.

[@qq-uh2mx]

This one (TGB 13) which was six wheel drive then (TGB 11) which was four wheel drive. We had them in the coastal armory in the Swedish Navy during the Cold War when I was in KA-2 for 400 days. And the Russians were in our vicinity in Sweden. We had plenty of off-road vehicles at KA. And these were seen every day in the military.

[@lassestrom1234]

Drove one of these in my militaryservice. Had a TGB 11 as "my" vehicle there. damn it could climb.

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

I’ve not been in this one but each winter my city offers kids (and parents like me) a ride in military grade bandwagons sliding around on the snow. My daughter loves it. I believe it’s the Bandvagn 206/208. Made by BAE systems Hägglunds but I’m Not sure. It could be a similar model.

[@Seb.k]

Seen them many times on the highway but just blew bye them and dident give em much toughts, exept slow AF. But seeing them thrugh your eyes, you get a new appreciation of them. Thanks, keep up the good work! And the ones swedish milltary still use is not as pretty ;)

[@morganlyckman4221]

the TGB 11 4X4 is called Volvo valp in Sweden , Volvo puppy in english

[@JH-lo9ut]

The smaller one is also a volvo. It is usually called by the nickname "Valp" (puppy) The military had loads and loads of them, adopted to many different roles and they were also used by fire departments in some areas and by electricity companies as service veichles. When the Volvo "valp" was decomissioned in the 90's you could get them really cheap. There are still a bunch of them rolling, but they will get eaten up by rust in no time if you don't maintain them. I suspect many of them have taken quite a bit of abuse, being cheap and capable off-roaders. Still today, I think you could buy one in ok condition for around $5K

[@no1Liikeglenn]

The 4x4 one is called Volvo "valp" (valp=puppy) Apparently because the big tires looked like the oversized paws of a puppy.

[@hsal79]

You should find Finnish Defense Forces used Sisu A-45 (aka Proto), Sisu SA-150 (aka Masi) and Sisu SA-240 (aka Rasi). I drove all those when I was doing conscript service as driver.

[@shaunmount130]

Have you seen the Volvo Sugga tp21 ?

[@Kent.]

They are in Sweden, the one with four wheels is a Tgb11 and the difference is the amount of wheels, the six wheeler is a Tgb 13 and they uses the same Volvo B30 A engine (3 litre inline 6 gas engine) as the Volvo 164 so it's a engine from one of Volvos car models from the 70's.

[@kentelvebjer9215]

This platform Tgb11/13/20 is capable on and offroad. It could drive in 70cm(about 28 inches) of water without getting the water protected drumbrakes wet because of a device that works as an snorkel. That is water up to the drivers boots. And the motor was still running. In the 80s i was in the mandatory military service, winter and was ordered to drive 2km upp a hill in about 20 inches/50cm of snow with a Tgb 1312. It is a 4.5 ton 6x6 with the truck cab and a big box on the back. A 60kg 24m radiomast on the roof. Was designed to be a link between one command center and others via phoneline transfer via radion (max 32 channels). The ignition system was built to stop interferens to the radiosystems. Ground clearence of 37cm And with a smaller 2 axel trailer behind. Chains on the front axel and on the third axel. 4 in total. locked diffs on all axels 6x6 low gear 1st gear flat out all the way. We made marks in the snow all the way to the top. -13cm of clearence dragging the frame 2km upphill took 45 minutes. 2nd gear didnt work.

[@mixmashandtinker3266]

The little ”cab” you see in the beginning is anti tank. Volvo Pvpjtgb 9031 Pv - Anti tank (pansarvärns) Pj - gun (pjäs) Tgb - terrain vehicle (terrängbil) It sported the recoilless 90mm anti tank gun 1110.

[@danielledeby8065]

They did a 4axel prototyp that was quite insane

[@Jonsson474]

This is my recreation vehicle. 😂

[@dannesvanstrom3408]

Thank you. Welcome to our channel Swedenoffroad, more Volvo offroad and adventures.

[@Fnoffen]

Yeah. The first clip after the car demolishing takes place in "Driving area: Bear Head" according to the overlaid text. And that is very typical Swedish nature. The convo about the log is basically "Goddamn, I didn't even think that was possible, why does it have to happen to ME? But I should be able to just back up to get it loose, right?" And then there is a lot of swearing when he works on getting it loose.

[@kristerlindquist4082]

There is a big brother to this one called tgb 40, 6x6 truck made by Scania and also quite capable in terrain.

[@eue073]

More offroad :) I got a XJ Cherokee and a IH Scout II 🤟

[@christerjohanzzon]

Now, imagine this vehicle going thorugh the mud with 6-8 soldiers onboard, with full equipment. We no longer use these vehicles though, but they are great fun. The one that got stuck in the mud is nicknamed "the puppy" (in Swedish).

[@Neumah]

If you like off-roading, check out the Hägglunds Bv 206! Used for rescue, military, fun, etc etc...

[@Akabei01]

It looks like a scouting drive in MudRunner. 😁

[@mikaeljonsson2078]

I see I'm not the first former swe army TGB11 driver commenting here🙂..and I agree with all. It's very offroad capable, and was the most common "mule" in the 70's to the beginning of the 90's..I think we was one of the last units to use them. But they lacked armour, and was quite underpowered, so that's why the army ditched them eventually. You had to feather the clutch a lot when doing technical stuff😄 No power steering, so you had to keep your thums out of the steering wheel in rough terrain with bigger rocks..otherwise you could easily break them if the wheel decided to "snap back at you". If I would buy one of these and repurpose it for civilian use, I would fit it with a turbo diesel, or something else with more low end torque. Then look at improving the steering..