The Stridsvagn 2000 Main Battle Tank | NEVER REALIZED SUPERTANK!

[@_Matsimus_]

🚨 What do YOU think of the Stridsvagn 2000? 🚨 Does this tank give you serious Command & Conquer vibes, or what? Let me know in the comments below if you think this beast would’ve changed the game for modern tanks! And don’t forget to hit that like button if you’re as sad as I am that this never became a reality.

[@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617]

Looking for input! I think the MBT is too niche, too large, too expensive, and too vulnerable. I feel a large IFV / Light Tank would be superior as it can fill more roles and capabilities. Think a up gunned, modernised Bradley. - 57mm gun for direct fire supprt for the Infatnry, it would also allow it to predate on any armoured vehicles other than MBTs, and is capable of engaging low and slow CAS aswell as large drones. - Twin ATGM cheek launchers for anti Armour. - Twin MANPAD cheek lauchers on the opposite turret cheek for anti CAS and drone. - 40mm automatic grenade launcher mounted in an unmanned turret for anti personale. - .50 gatling gun also mounted in an unmanned turret, potentially the same turret as the 40mm automatic grenade launcher. This will have a dual-purpose role for anti personale and anti drone.

[@bremnersghost948]

140/40 Turret, not just Yes but Hell Yes ;-)

[@Jreg1992]

It needs a second big gun and crv7 rocket pods on both sides of the turret, to be the mammoth tank. This mega-tonk was close but the 40mm coax was mounted odd and would mess with my intuition/accuracy (put that dang Thang on the same mantlet as the main cannon).

[@Jreg1992]

​@@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617gotta fit all the internal stuff, remote turrets don't only stick out the top - they full up the inside too. Gat .50 like the gau19 uses a silly amount of electricity. 40mm grenades (low pressure or high pressure) have too short of range. Although, the video-game warthunder would crown your super-IFV king! Keep working on the idea. Maybe just the 57mm autocannon, 4 HVM general purpose missles, and a drone launcher (with the dismount compartment repurposed for drone management and drone storage).

[@HMSConqueror]

I think it was a interesting development for maybe a new series of tanks and IFV and APC, but the turret probably needs some rework and maybe fit a 120/55 or a 130mm, 140mm is powerful but carries too few rounds.

[@bordercrosser1000]

having a 40mm as coax is borderline unhinged lol.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Swedes never claimed to be sane 😉😅

[@iDEATH]

It is, but I've wondered in the past why we haven't seen it on some of these designs with massive main guns. Like Mat said, with how little ammo you can carry for a 140mm gun, taking some of the load off by having something smaller for soft targets might be a thought? Of course, that second, smaller gun and it's ammo is taking up space that could go to more of that big gun ammo...trade offs, but which way to go? But then, in the era of drones, a 25mm that could also be tasked to auto-engage those small flying threats with air-burst munitions could be an idea?

[@bordercrosser1000]

@@iDEATH I think something like the 30mm from the AbramsX is a more of a reasonable choice.

[@INSANESUICIDE]

Didn't the French use 20mm coaxials for a couple of tanks?

[@AdurianJ]

It wasn't coax it was vertically independent

[@austinbauman3818]

Not sure why the videos are getting low views but I'm enjoying the flood of content we are getting as a result haha. Keep up the good work and the algorithm will respond in kind. You make my long days at the office much more bearable with these videos.

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks, will do!

[@SkruffyTalez_TheWarzone]

Strv2000 my beloved! My favorite tank! Never made a video of my own because I couldnt find any images that werent copyrighted. So thank god this video was made! This tank deserves to be known!

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks again!

[@SkruffyTalez_TheWarzone]

@_Matsimus_ dude, Im the greatful one 😅

[@jonathanfalkman6041]

Slight correction. The Leopard 2A4s that sweden procured was designated Strv 121, while later the procured leopard 2A5 would be designated Strv 122

[@Merecir]

Most of the 122s were built in Sweden.

[@000theUnforgiven000]

Seeing mats uploads always gives me a dose of dopamine, let’s gooo

[@1977Yakko]

If someone came out with that tank design today, it'd still be considered pretty futuristic looking.

[@WellBattle6]

I’d rate it about as future looking as the K2 Black Panther.

[@CBDuRietz]

I actually saw the mockup when it parked outside FMV at the time. And I had the brochure. It was a banger.

[@petter5721]

Me too 😀

[@petter5721]

Good timing with this video! Today Sweden announced the purchase of 44 new Leopard 2 A8 (STRV 123B). Upgrade of 110 older Leopard 2 to A8 configuration (STRV 123A) is ongoing. This will bring the total to 154 tanks for Sweden. New CV9035 Mk3 has previously been ordered.

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks for sharing!

[@tonim.1010]

Keep on uploading man, you are a legend and a pleasure to listen to with your military expirience behind the videos, you can feel the passion and the knowledge, all the best ✊

[@flutterguy965]

Ngl, the transformation fanart of the stridsvagn almost jumpscared me at 4:30 . It's not bad art! just unexpected.

[@matthijsreus9656]

4:33 What a bad time to have eyes

[@_Matsimus_]

LOL! Sorry I had to hahahahahah!!!

[@Zman958]

ok... hear me out....

[@ach_ja]

Wtf?! 🤣 Reminds me of Cartman: "I really hate when I'm just sitting there, minding my own business, and rainbows come marching in, and crawl up my leg, and start biting the inside of my ass."

[@TheUssrcjak47]

I have hard

[@broisgigadumb]

Game is game brother

[@waynewagner6581]

I appreciate your videos, sir. I've been watching you for years

[@_Matsimus_]

Awesome, thank you!

[@AdurianJ]

For big arms purchases of new systems Sweden almost always develops an idigenous concept at least we did so in the past. If you look at what became the Strv 122 procurement there was the Strv 105 prototype an upgraded Centurion for comparison that had a lot of modern features, the indigenous design was the Strv 2000 and the competing nations where the French US and Germans as the British where not interested because the Challenger 2 was not ready and inferior in multiple ways. The Army actually equated the M1 and Leo 2A5 as equally good but the lower price of the Leopard clinched it together with not liking the turbine engine for gas mileage. Remember Sweden used a turbine gas engine in the S tank so they knew more than others its advantages and drawbacks

[@nickjohnson4923]

Great subject, you are on a roll Matsimus!

[@_Matsimus_]

Thank you kindly!

[@Revivethefallen]

I loved playing C and C! Great video Matt!

[@_Matsimus_]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@DaReaperZ]

This tank would have been incredibly expensive to develop and produce but man, it was incredibly ahead of its time. 140mm gun, crewless turret. Add onto it an EW (drone and ATGM jamming) and a anti-drone APS-style system and it'd be peak right now. A shame it wasn't ever produced.

[@dirtyhoneybadger9783]

I wonder what the future of tank design will bring, with the focus on the drone threat. Great video.

[@SkruffyTalez_TheWarzone]

Btw... Matsimus calls it a Strv140/40. It should be Strv141/40 The 1st tank with a 140mm gun in the Swedish army. The Strv103 was the 3rd tank with a 105mm gun. The Strv122 is the 2nd tank with a 120mm gun. There we go. My "akshully" comment for today 😅

[@StephenDaniel-p8l]

It looks and sounds pretty futuristic. I think it would have been cook to have seen it produced. Thank you for your new video. Please keep them coming.

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks for watching!

[@kwyoushyt6356]

Thank you for posting a new video so soon! Also very interresting topic, thanks for the more-indepth dive into the STRv 2K !

[@_Matsimus_]

My pleasure!

[@brianv1988]

I absolutely love the Swedish strv 122 it's probably one of the best looking variants of the leopard but with all the new variants an advancements it might get taken over by something new in the future

[@peterk2913]

Nice to se a Swedich tank =)

[@_Matsimus_]

Indeed it is!

[@allengjarzombek7125]

I’ve seen on another channel a report on something they call an ETC gun which is supposed to be as powerful as a 140mm gun but still uses 120mm ammunition. An example of an ETC gun would be the XM360 which was built in the United States.

[@8greyz]

great video

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks for the visit

[@sarunasbucelis]

Stridsvagn 2000, beast.

[@rudivandoornegat2371]

Glad to hear the CV-90 was the base for that tank. Because there are plans for a CV-90 direct fire variant for 120mm and 130mm guns. So, if there's a reliable 140mm gun, the CV-90 would probably also get a variant with a 140mm gun.

[@notaseriousbeaver]

Plans? The CV90120 was shown as a prototype already in 1993, and then updated a few times, with a notable one in the Ghost version

[@joshiksr3595]

Nice vid Matt!

[@subjectc7505]

This looks like a pretty sick tank.

[@SoloRenegade]

I thought it was some NEW design concept at first. Looks very modern.

[@icolky5272]

I got to admit I really admire the swedes. Talk about punching above your weight, they’re awesome at it👍

[@vmpgsc]

Wow, a cool design ahead of its time.

[@_Matsimus_]

I think so too!

[@marcusaetius9309]

You are a posting machine recently Matt! Very nice. One thing that I find questionable about this Swedish design is that the barrel is so long that operations in wooded and urban areas would be difficult.

[@MrCoconutMadness]

Great video mate

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks 👍

[@SammehEatWorld]

I like all the Armored Warfare footage, lol. This thing is one of the strongest MBTs in the game.

[@danielkarlsson9326]

Welp i sid not ser this comming thats for sure. A very happy suprise!. Best regards.

[@Jreg1992]

4:33 OH Lord, I know what I must do. Wish me luck, brothers! Nice tracks baby, what does it take to slip them off?❤😂❤😊

[@_Matsimus_]

😅

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Is that how your parents met?

[@Jreg1992]

@@SonsOfLorgar hull-down in a ditch? That's how all our parents met XD!

[@Hubba404]

We live in a world deprived of a Swedish Baneblade.

[@flemishlion69]

Swedish always have special designs

[@_Matsimus_]

Yes they do

[@ozzy7763]

Looks like a GI Joe vehicle and I love it ! 😬

[@martindonat3249]

some simaleraties with the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 concept as well

[@weibrot8324]

What a beast of tank and what a armament :0

[@pc1974qld]

Great video, thanks for showing us a future tank design that was done back in the 80s, the Stridsvagn 2000 seems to be a victim of being ahead of it's time, it would have paired with the CV90 family well, CV90s have been exported to many countries, the Stridsvagn 2000 could have been just as successful.

[@elestromusicgamesfun1101]

Bring on the IKEA-jokes..

[@TerryTurner]

Assembly Required!😁

[@darthnagus5457]

You want meatballs with that.

[@petter5721]

IKEA - Insane Kannon Exceptional Armour😀

[@Jonsson474]

Stop posting IKEA jokes in every video with Swedish content, or I will flat pack you!

[@RickysHotRodGarage]

Very cool. Would be great to see more concept tank vids.

[@_Matsimus_]

You got it!

[@markusschaffer9712]

Figures that the Swedes would design a tank ,looking like it belongs on the set of Aliens. Nice piece of equipment!

[@CharliMorganMusic]

This looks so cool

[@DeaconBlu]

Great vid Matt!

[@SamuelSamj]

I thought it was a sprocket project at first lol

[@RexusOutfitters]

Interesting, thanks!

[@steveo9284]

50mm autocannon with the coax bofurs! More dakka!

[@PantsuMann]

04:33 war crime. Absolute war crime

[@custardthepipecat6584]

Fascinating, never knew about it. they should bring it in to production, bofors for drone protection.

[@ach_ja]

I'd like to just leave a comment for the algorithm, but your videos are just too good not to praise them.

[@_Matsimus_]

I appreciate that!

[@AllMightyKingBowser]

Come to think of it, the turret in the concept art reminds me a lot of the Rinoceronte from World of Tanks. Of course there other real life examples, but it is the first tank that came to my mind.

[@luthfihar3211]

i really think Sweden is probably my favorite "school" of tank design philosophy

[@andreasfiska7066]

Would have been an awesome tank if built.

[@gardnert1]

This is the exact kind of tank that is needed in the future. Frontline artillery mixed with the rate of fire of an auto-cannon. Add a 30mm anti-drone/anti-personnel cannon onto the top plus drones and you're ready to rock.

[@Merecir]

The 140mm in this would only use APFSDS rounds to simplify the autoloader.

[@volrathsstronghold]

push push Matt

[@komandir_dfaa]

the design kinda looks like the hstvl on steroids, i really like it

[@luthfihar3211]

4:33 mat... what the heck is that

[@jxggfz8731]

Love how the thumbnail is a replica of the strv 2000 made in the game Sprocket (I'm just point this out dont @me alr?)

[@tasman006]

Sweeden could and are capable to go back to this project redesign and make it a reality. With new APS systems to intercept not only RPGs and ATGM but drones also. They could though decrece the size of the gun to a 120mm L55 or the new Rienmetal 130mm gun. I think the 40mm bofers is to big have a coax 30mm or 35mm with a machine gun and a crows 12.7mm set up. It was though for the time way ahead of any other design.

[@Nofukoff]

It should of been named the strv nobel peace prize

[@edspace.]

Almost like a cross between a Main Battle Tank and Self-Propelled Artillery.

[@fosfan48]

these tank designers need to start making at least 1 functional prototype so we can have shit like this in warthunder

[@unowackelin.5152]

I just saw you on my screan again tobday. You havent poped up there for years

[@Tuck-Shop]

Comment for the algorithem. Also, all of a sudden I have been shown every video of yours as opposed to the odd appearence on my homepage

[@acmelka]

Oh no! Matt's back on the meath! Guy be posting like a demon!

[@uranusismightybig5111]

14:46 i bet that guy didnt have ending up on a video on youtube for an international audience 40 years later on, on his bingo card that snowy day when that picture was taken somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Sweden 😅

[@falkranduhm10]

It looks neat. And might have existed for real if they had gone for the 120 from the getgo.

[@ph11p3540]

Such a crazy design. Trust it to the Swedish military to really push the envelope of a given military system

[@simong2007simong]

Great video - for the algorithm

[@_Matsimus_]

Thanks for the view

[@jstralis7277]

Love it! 😀🤘🇸🇪

[@icolky5272]

Hope the views pick up. I won’t say why in case it causes problems, but I could take a guess why you’ve fallen foul of the algorithm police. Sounds like you probably know better than me. Keep up the work and I’ll watch👍

[@lando8913]

"Tank of maximum parameters" All of nato needs to come together to make a tank based on that sole idea 😮

[@Knot_Sean]

140mm gun, a 40mm gun, Probably two 7.7mm guns as well and double mortars on the roof?!

[@bitkarek]

my new favorite prototype. I think it still has chance today.

[@hadesdogs4366]

Honestly the Swedes have the best when it comes to their light tanks, especially when you consider the modularity and upgradability of their CV platforms such as the CC-90

[@slmyatt]

I noticed your videos were not popping up until recently.

[@christburger647]

thanks

[@_Matsimus_]

You're welcome!

[@georgewong8128]

Any thoughts about adding radar warning receivers on armor? Vehicles could use the warning of approaching threats from targeting radars or battlefield scanning radars.

[@subjectc7505]

The K-2 has that feature

[@50043211]

That gun looks very heavy.

[@Dwer172]

nice tank

[@HMSConqueror]

Stridsvagn 2000!!!! i would like one of these so bad in AW....but they sold it in crates...so no way.

[@abrahamlincoln4399]

If it's cool I want it. But this is COOL

[@johnpolk8230]

If this tank had been built, with that 140 mm main gun, I am sure the T-64, T-72, and T-80 tanks would have all had oil leaks. 😆

[@davidlefranc6240]

It should become an reality a Canadian one at least, the lala land is kinda over in this uncertain time we are in !

[@xxxlonewolf49]

Just buff the S-tank. One dude could drive &shoot, that is amazing.

[@Thecapper-c8f]

Strids-VAGN. There is no "EN" at the end. That's a German thing. Strids-VAGN.

[@ars492]

Sweet looking tank

[@klausberfelde-je2ye]

I'm not sure, but for me it looks looks more like a Leo 2A-RC3.0 than some kind of CV90...

[@mikaeljonsson4686]

Is that perhaps the 40mm gun that found it´s way to the Swedish CV90?

[@UnfollowYourDreams]

I'm always impressed when nations with very small population like sweden, israel or swiss come up with such innovative weapon systems.

[@TheSvenson1875]

Very interesting video👍- had no idea about this project before Considering that this beast was planned and designed in the 80s, describing it as an "ambitious" project would be an extreme understatement. 35 years later, German and French engineers are arguing whether a 130 or 140mm gun should be installed in their future joint tank...😁 However, it is extremely questionable whether it would have been possible to build a chassis (and turret) in the 80s, that could have absorbed the monstrous recoil forces generated by this 140mm gun for an acceptable time (or number of shots) without quickly being confronted with structural problems 🤔 What sounds absolutely strange from today's perspective is that the (or one) impetus for this project was apparently the massive overestimation of the Russian T-80(U) tanks. What would have happened if this 140mm gun had hit a T-80...🚀😂

[@cjthebeesknees]

140mm main gun and 40m auto gun as coaxial is CRAZY WORK.

[@TerryTurner]

Just right for the GI Joe to battle Cobra! #YoJoe! 🤣👍

[@Chass3urTV]

Played with this thing in Armored Warfare game, very near machine.

[@richardhighsmith]

The mock up was designed to test the system for ensuring first round on target …….. were they seriously expecting to need a second round on target?🎯

[@BD90..]

Sounds like the Armata idea and New Leopard 2 changes are not so modern. This was an idea from the 80s?