- For PC
- For MAC
- For Linux
- OS: Windows 7 SP1/8/10 (64 bit)
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
- Memory: 4GB
- Video Card: DirectX 10.1 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 3600 and better
- Memory: 16 GB and more
- Video Card: DirectX 11 level video card or higher and drivers: Nvidia GeForce 1060 and higher, Radeon RX 570 and higher
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 6 GB
- Video Card: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Mac OS Big Sur 11.0 or newer
- Processor: Core i7 (Intel Xeon is not supported)
- Memory: 8 GB
- Video Card: Radeon Vega II or higher with Metal support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
- OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
- Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 17 GB
- OS: Ubuntu 20.04 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7
- Memory: 16 GB
- Video Card: NVIDIA 1060 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD (Radeon RX 570) with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) with Vulkan support.
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 95 GB
The first Swedish tracked armoured personnel carrier, built on the chassis of the Strv m/41 light tank.
Pansarbandvagn 301, SPAAG, Sweden, rank II
Pros
- Rapid-fire automatic cannon
- Closed fighting compartment
Cons
- Two-man crew
The Second World War was only halfway over when the Swedish army found itself needing a fast and safe way to deliver soldiers to the field of battle. With no APC’s in the arsenal, the only way Swedish troops could move around aside from using their own feet was to cling to special handles on tractors or trucks while riding bicycles or in smaller armoured cars.
The problem was urgent. The army needed a lot of vehicles quickly, so they decided to build them using the chassis of the obsolete Strv m/41 light tank. Given the large engine, however, there wasn’t much available space in the vehicle for carrying infantry, and that necessitated a new and more compact engine. The turret was no longer needed either – the Swedish APC was fitted with an Akan m/45 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon as the primary armament, adapted to the chassis of the light tank.
The automatic cannon with magazines, carrying 75 rounds each, countered both ground and airborne targets, and it was therefore equipped with a ring sight and a dioptre sight. Ultimately, the vehicle and its 150 hp engine were capable of transporting two crew members and eight infantrymen with full kit, it was lightly armoured, and it could reach a maximum speed of 45 km/h. The first Swedish tracked APC was designated Pbv 301 and manufactured until the summer of 1963.
It isn’t often that post-war machines feature in War Thunder’s lower ranks. However, that’s what the Pbv 301 is: a vehicle built on the chassis of the decommissioned Strv m/41 tanks with an anti-aircraft cannon stripped from the decommissioned SAAB J21 fighters. The first Swedish APC of the 1960’s is coming to War Thunder at rank II as a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
Unlike many early SPAAGs in the game, the Pbv 301 features a closed fighting compartment with relatively strong protection, and that means enemy fighters will need more than a quick machine-gun burst to take out its main ground-based adversary. The 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon on its special mount has a good rate of fire and can easily bring down aircraft flying at low and even medium altitudes. However, while shooting down aircraft isn’t an issue, the Pbv 301 has a much harder time with ground targets due to insufficient penetration of its rounds.
Light tanks and enemy SPAAGs aren’t a problem, but the best strategy when facing better-armoured adversaries is to knock out their cannon and beat a strategic retreat – machine-gun fire isn’t a problem for the Pbv 301. On the receiving end, rounds fired by enemy tanks will be the last thing the commander of the Pbv 301 hears in battle – the two-man crew tightly packed in with the large engine and ammo rack will be knocked out quickly.
The Pbv 301 is a fast-firing Swedish SPAAG that is well protected against aircraft, making it a trusty companion in a setup for tank and combined battles at ranks II–III. It will show up in the upcoming major War Thunder update along with dozens of other machines, new game features, and other improvements!
You can greatly speed up the research on this vehicle with:
- SAV 20.12.48 (Rank 2 Sweden);
- 1000 Golden Eagles;
- Premium account for 7 days..
Comments (176)
Can you protect your files better this time, so we don't get spoiled by datamines before the 3rd devblog is out, also could you start devservers after all the devblogs are out so we don't get spoiled there? I know it's not really that important, but I would like to be surprised by Gaijin, not by random users on the internet.
speaking of BR jagdpanher at 6.0 is a very mess, nothing worse can done for what concern BR wrong allocations of many thanks and/or ship. for example we can see a lot of wrong positions of many tanks, useless tell what, there are several of these things. but every critic is EVER TAKEN as offensive.......or useless, specially banning with no means also for being ironic, but NEVER offensive, NEVER!!!
Another post war gear added into WW2 era style battles. And then Rank II.. The problem to me is not so much balancing (even though I bet the gun shreds planes) but credibility and immersion leaving this game more and more with each such adding. The R3 is just the famous cherry on the top that could easily work at 6.0 but for some reason ruins WW2 era with its presence. The tracks are really the only WW2 part on this one. Sweden didnt really need this one so its a strange investment of resources
Even tho its more or less a WW2 tank since its built on the Strv M/41 that is from 1942 with a cannon from Saab J21 thats from 1945, it just entered service in 1961 plus its 2 man crew and tracked
So this means, we might see things like BTR series for the russians and Wiesel for the german TT in the future? I hope it's rather soon-ish. BTR-80 when?
I have a question: Does Gaijin even take the game health into consideration when things like the R3 T20 FA-HS, E.B.R. variants, PAK-puma and this gets added to the game? I mean... the R3 T20 FA-HS is one of the most toxic, commonly hated things in the entire game, with no hope to ever get properly balanced. That thing as an AA vehicle should AT LEAST be 6.7, with the current ammo loadout. If this swedish thing gets the same high-pen ammo belt that the R3 has, this will be a dumpsterfire.
Yet Americas best AA is still a 2.3.... M16 until 8.0 sounds about right
Just a tip guys when you read a crybabies comment please just click on their name you will more often than not find they 1. have never played that country 2 never got high enough in that country to even have the vehicle they go on about 3. dont even play that mode (be it air, naval. realistic, sim and so on) so before you agree with these idiots first look to see if they even have any first hand knowledge on what they talk about most wont.