Cold War, Colder Tank | Stridsvagn 74 Swedish Medium Tank 🇸🇪

🇸🇪After the Second World War, Sweden was in urgent need of modern tanks. Their current medium tank, the strv m/42, was horribly outdated, being armed with a short-barreled 75 mm gun. The Swedish military was certainly impressed by French AMX-13’s and considered buying them, but eventually they concluded that their armor was too weak to fulfill their needs, along with several other flaws pointed out by General Swedlund. The deal with the French was cut-off and the Swedes eventually decided to buy the British Centurion, which offered significantly better protection against nuclear weapons and conventional weapons. However, the need for a light tank still persisted. Designing a completely new tank would take too long, around seven years, so instead the Swedes chose to reuse the chassis of the wartime strv m/42. Join this channel to get access to exclusive perks:    / @tanksencyclopediayt   If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon:   / tankartfund   Paypal: paypal.me/tankencyclopedia Footage provided by ‪@battlehammerwot‬ and his crew Song: AERØHEAD - HAVEN Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Video Link:    • AERØHEAD - HAVEN (Vlog No Copyright Music)   Article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/strids... Sources: www.ointres.se www.ointres.se/sven_berge.htm ftr.wot-news.com tanks.mod16.org tanks.mod16.org the.shadock.free.fr Reddit:   / tankencyclopedia   TE Shop: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Goo... Our website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com Gaming News Website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/games/ Facebook:   / tanksencyclopedia   Twitter:   / tanksenc   Discord:   / discord   Email: [email protected] An article by Milo van Loon Script written by Turn Narrated by Sosoniaru Video Editing by ‪@battlehammerwot‬ Sound edited by Sosoniaru