Re: RE Swedish OOB
Swedish SP Artillery:
Unit 414 Bkv 151 change end date to 12/103.
Unit 459 Bkv 151 Battery change end date to 12/103.
Maybe there is reason to change the name to Bkan 1 or Bkan 1A/C?
Bkv 151 or Akv 151 is, as far as I know the name of the prototype. The Swedish army used the name Bandkanon meaning "Tracked Gun", Bkan for short. There were two versions; Bkan 1A and the later upgrade known as Bkan 1C. The changes between these two versions are probably irrlevent for the game.
The system was phased out in 2003.
Trivia:
The Bkan was supposedly designed to be used for firing tactical nukes - but this claim is now disputed. It was initially used in two arty bn of 12 guns each, later changed (late 80s) to three arty bn's of 8 guns each.
This weapon system was a higher level asset and each gun was acompanied by an ammo carrier based on a dumper truck with good cross country capability. This was needed because the Bkan had a rather high rate of fire - it could fire 14 rounds in 45 seconds. It did not use the same type of 155mm artillery ammo as the other (towed) 155mm systems.
The guns would often operate independently, each with its own ammo carrier trailing, the idea being this would make them less vulnerable.
The were all deployed in the north of Sweden, never in the south.
Swedish tank brigades had towed artillery throughout the cold war.
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