Armoured car m/40 - Lynx | Arsenalen, Swedish Tankmuseum

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[@chegeny]

The Pansarbil m/40 Lynx was very advanced for its day. I like that Carl Johan was in the Lynx as pansarprinsen while Elizabeth was driving lorries in the UK during WWII. Seems fitting to their personalities somehow.

[@kw9849]

The driver's vision block setup is remarkably modern for a 1930's vehicle.

[@heinrichzerbe]

It's amazing to see how many times the swedes were ahead/innovative for the times it developed its war machines.

[@Skreezilla]

Typical Swedish design. Well thought out, practical and ahead of its time.

[@logoseven3365]

...and a 5 star crash rating.

[@nonamesplease6288]

Greetings from the USA, Stefan! Thank you for doing a video on this vehicle. In my opinion this is the coolest looking WWII era vehicle. I have been waiting for a while for somebody to do a video on it.

[@Wallynuzz]

I really really like this guy. Keep up the good work!

[@TitaniusAnglesmith]

Hope that this will exist in War Thunder one day. Would be very unique.

[@idkpenguin1046]

Your wish has been granted

[@markholm6955]

Very good armored car for prewar - turret is reminiscent of the Panzer II turret. I don’t think the 15 armored cars would have done much to help Denmark against the German Army. Thanks for the videos from Sweden - I’d love to visit someday - have some relatives in Sweden, was told they worked for Volvo, and in Finland. Hope to visit someday.

[@johnsmith-mt3pj]

I have seen now many of the Arsenalen videos. I hope I can soon visit this interesting museum. Thanks for making this awesome videos for us.

[@marshallmather2638]

i'd feel very safe to be riding in this armoured car; ever since this is a Volvo :)

[@HanSolo__]

Great video as always. Please keep them coming, and don't shun modern vehicles. Those are just as interesting as the old ones. Even if more modern ones are lower on the typical museum scale, from the engineering point of view, not less fancy.

[@matthayward7889]

A four wheel drive, four wheel steer, well sloped armour... but my favourite function is the swivelling head lights 😂 Wheel base seems very long, wonder how it did cross country?

[@prinsavladeby]

Mycket intressanta clip ni gör, mycket viktigt att efterlämna dessa historier för framtidens individer.

[@michaelguerin56]

Thanks again Stefan. Another good video.

[@slartybartfarst55]

Thank you - a great story well told!

[@adityasanyal4222]

Excellent collection👍

[@darylcampbell3244]

Very interesting

[@catalinemildraghiciu73]

Keep up the good job!

[@rickmoreno6858]

Can we get a Swedish "oh bugger the tank is on fire" please

[@killinjoke2517]

"Jävlar! tanken brinner!!!!"or the holy version of it"Herregud!Tanken brinner!!!!"

[@Scout4108]

Thank, you great explained. It is a lot of fun to watch these videos!

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Wonderful. Thanks :)

[@jeremysmith779]

I love these videos! Keep up the good work :)

[@aleksanderfiold7554]

Fine video. More please! Turning headlights are really cool.

[@Electronzap]

Very cool vehicle!

[@motoote256]

Everytime WT releases a new vehicle...

[@mojtajnimail]

Thank you for another great and very interesting video. I'm so glad that you've decided to do these videos

[@ozzyozzy6121]

Those headlights are really cool

[@teeKeri]

Really cool vehicle ♥

[@interdictr3657]

I want one!

[@philipk9345]

I like him

[@cpawp]

Interesting vehicle - just curious, any knowledge regarding what happened to those 3 Lynxes that were already sold and transferred to Danemark 1939. Looks like they destroyed or hidden but not captured at the time of the NS invasion..., because - I dont see any similarities of the design in German scout cars...

[@DaSpicker]

They were taken by the Germans and used as police vehicles in Copenhagen and according to some sources also in Norway. A picture of the vehicle exists online with a bit of search. After the war they were scrapped.

[@historybuilds]

I hope we see this vehicle in War thunder :D

[@peervermeiren8902]

Totally agree, it would fit in nicely. It might be competitive well at low tier.

[@sebastianthomsen2225]

me too! :)

[@StealthCloudchaser]

Your words have been heard

[@echosr2139]

@@StealthCloudchaser I have been grinding hard to get it. I’m assembling now.

[@SShari-bs2kx]

Me: Can we have the ERC-90 Lynx? Mom: We already have Lynx at home. Lynx at home:

[@neilwilson5785]

It looks amazing, but I bet it was expensive, and wow, so many crew.

[@Ethnarches]

What's up with the Swedes and being able to drive both ways with their armored vehicles! So many of them have that double driver's position feature. I guess it was useful for their doctrine, as they kept doing it even though other nations mostly did not.

[@borjesvensson8661]

Lots of old narrow roads at the time and tight forrest. The russians did after all get stuck on the few finnish roads quite easily so the ability to reverse out at breakneck speed might have seemed apealing

[@Ethnarches]

@@borjesvensson8661 I can see that as a Finnish ex tank commander. :) Thanks!

[@torma99]

I just found your channel . Great content ! Sub+bell ofc!

[@peternielsen8723]

How fast were they, and how fast were comparable light tanks of the time ?

[@builder396]

First time I saw a picture of this I thought: Why on earth did someone put a downsized Tiger II P turret onto an armored car? Now Im asking myself: Why on earth did they bother with the rear machine gun? Delete the entire crewmember and just give the rear driver a little extra space.

[@dmg4415]

Hi! The rear gunner becames the front gunner when scooting "In reverse" very clever, look at Strv 103 S, 3 crew, one of them i the rear driver, full speed a rear with gun pointing at the baddies. In arms development think outside the box, compare the Bradley to every other APC in the world, the tallest guy in town, and nowhere to hide.

[@lada_niva_1.7i]

looks like a turret from the churchill 1

[@phnijman]

It isn’t #tankmuseum, but still love it.

[@DaSpicker]

Great video on the subject! @Arsenalen: Do you happen to have any information of the colours of the 3 Danish M.1939 vehicles? Black/white photos show them in multicoloured camouflage, but no information seems available on the actual colours. Best guess is, that hey came painted in Swedish colours (sand / green / black), but cannot seem to get that confirmed. Thank you very much in advance!

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Sorry, we do not have any information about that but perhaps someone will be able to find it in the archives.

[@Sofus.]

here is an article with colored drawings tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/sweden/Pansarbil_M-39.php

[@DaSpicker]

@@Sofus. Unfortunately it shows the Danish vehicle in one-coloured green. Photos of the vehicle from late 30's shows it in multi-coloured camouflage. :)

[@Sofus.]

​@@DaSpickerCan you show me the photo?

[@DaSpicker]

@@Sofus. if you look at the last pages of this document, you can see some of them. drive.google.com/file/d/15HPSvbK1lNILSbq25H_sOEEiCWFb8Tg-/view?usp=drivesdk

[@ulfpe]

This clearly illustrates why a country should manufacture their own main arms.

[@Stripedbottom]

Interesting. I vaguely remember that at the time there were other designs too that were meant to be driven in either direction, so this was not totally unique in that respect. Unfortunately, I have never seen any reports or even anecdotes about how useful this would actually have been in real life situations, or if it was merely just a good idea?

[@ilsagutrune2372]

It is a Volvo? Pre 3 point harnesses?

[@joshabadie1431]

Is that asbestos on the firewall?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Very likely.

[@SlotraceDK]

Which color(s) did the Danish Lynx have?

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Sorry, we do not know. Probably standard colour for Danish Army.

[@ulfmoller256]

Available from Shapeways as a model (well it's the m/39, but who's counting). www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=pansarbil+m+39

[@conscript900]

note to self. visit sweedens tank muesem if i ever make it to europe.

[@matthiasrauch7664]

I see, the right side flag is looking the wrong way ^^ but other question: is the camo seen on all this vehicles wartime or younger? Otherwise it seems sweden invented nato-3-colour-camo

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Yes, it is wartime camo even if the colours might be slightly wrong. Most vehicles in the collection have been repainted in the late 1960's or early 1970's. If you look at pictures from the war you will see the same pattern, but on BW pictures it is hard to tell the actual colour.

[@gideonsgate9133]

I wish I had an emergency reverse driver whenever I was at my ex-girlfriend's house...

[@cmck472]

Rear-facing driver seems to have been the short straw. No prize for guessing where the new guy went!

[@JimCoupeTQ]

And Volvo then made Volvo 740 from this car ..

[@markfryer9880]

Made by Volvo. That might explain some of the behavior of Volvo 240 drivers in Australia in the 80s and 90s, pedal to the metal, get out of my way!

[@PvtMartin78]

I'll never understand why so many designs had a front and back driver.

[@JH-lo9ut]

Probably because the role of the scout car is to go look for the enemy. Primarily to gather information, like the light cavalry of old times. You will inevitably run in to opponents that are stronger than you, and then it's time to get the hell out of there. With the rear driver, you can hopefully do so before they even see you. If you have to turn you veichle around on a narrow road, you lose precious time to run away undetected and you expose yourself to the enemy, wich may be in a much more powerful (but slower) tank.

[@plankstekarn8903]

Kolt jag visste inte att Sverige hade en tank med hjul.

[@secularnevrosis]

140, 240? :)

[@thylange]

Swedish police, 20mm autocannon against rioters and demonstrations😀🥸 Or maybe they only used the machineguns?

[@uhf001]

yeah, but no place to grill weenies...

[@Darksylmoran]

Prata Svenska. Det finns undertext till alla språk på tuben. Alla dessa klipp skulle vart mer intressant och mindre jobbiga om du pratade ditt egna språk

[@stefankarlsson9762]

Det är ett aktivt val som vi gjort, dels att sprida kunskapen om museets existens utomlands, men också för att sprida kunskap utanför Sverige om svenska fordon så att det finns andra källor än enbart World of Tanks och Warthunder. Valet vi gjort är därför att presentera på engelska eftersom det ökar spridningen jämför med svenska som textas.

[@Darksylmoran]

​@@stefankarlsson9762 Mycket förståeligt. Bättre att ha halvbra engelska klipp än inget. Tackar o god fortsättning

[@mploi9759]

Boring monotone voice, like watching paint dry. Should show more interest & passion when talking.