Hey so uhmm I felt like talking about history stuff a little more, so...here it is.
Lately I've been to a trip in Sweden. Just plain old vacations. And I heard of this tank museum they have, called Arsenalen. Being a huge fan of this stuff, I decided to check it out, and it led me to make further research on the subject of swedish tanks. And it was like I hit a gold mine on this one.
Because, you see, when you hear the name «Sweden», you probably don't think about big frickin tanks. But, surprisingly (or rather, unsurprisingly), they had quite a bunch of military technology to their name, and in fact, still do today. So I made a deep dive into the history of swedish tanks, and here's what I found so far. There's obviously a lot to talk about, and I could probably write down a whole article for each tank, but let's try to summarize this.
Like many nations after WWI, Sweden sought to get this new tank technology, as they saw that it was quite effective, and would soon become a big thing, they thought. One common practice at the time was to buy foreign tanks, study them, and then make vehicles of your own, more or less based on what you acquired in the first place. And, at the time, the big two sellers were the UK and France, being the two countries to have pioneered tanks during WWI.
But what about Germany? Surely, they had the means to make tanks too, right? They did during WWI, but nowhere near as many as the brits and frenchies. The reason why is simple: fuel shortage. Whatever little amount of petrol Germany could get its hands on at the time would be used by the navy first, and so there was nothing left to fuel lots of tanks. So they simply built a handful of tanks of their own, the A7V. But this big metal box was not the only project they had.
Another project was the Leichter Kampfwagen (lighter fighting vehicle), often shortened to LK.
Pic related, LK II
