armourd truck fated to be...

[DrDiesel]

The story.

During my holiday me and my family passed a small village in mid sweden, I saw an armoured mv at an farm. My family don´t share my intrest so we didn´t stop.

Two weeks later I was invited to a party at a neighbor, they were all chefs and not att all intrested in vehicles. How ever one of the lads showed some intrest in my UAZ 469 that I used that night, this lad turned up to be the brother of the on who owned the armoured truck.

Next weekend its off to the farm for some business.

 

PS. Not my on the picture but similar.:cool2:

 

 

This is an SKP m/42 Scania. -42

"Scania Bodywork,Armoured"

Edited August 20, 2010 by DrDiesel

[Enigma]

The story.

During my holiday me and my family passed a small village in mid sweden, I saw an armoured mv at an farm. My family don´t share my intrest so we didn´t stop.

Two weeks later I was invited to a party at a neighbor, they were all chefs and not att all intrested in vehicles. How ever one of the lads showed some intrest in my UAZ 469 that I used that night, this lad turned up to be the brother of the on who owned the armoured truck.

Next weekend its off to the farm for some business.

 

PS. Not my on the picture but similar.:cool2:

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This is an SKP m/42 Scania. -42

 

So will you be buying it?

Looks like a greatvehicle.

[DrDiesel]

Yes. will buy it next weekend.

Edited August 20, 2010 by DrDiesel

[DrDiesel]

The term KP stands for Body Armour (Karosseri Pansar). Both Volvo and Scania Vabis Kp-manufactured cars by building on the chassie m/1942 with an armored body. The vehicles came to be known VKP (Volvo) or SKP (Scania).

It has built about 350 Kp-cars. In 1956 they were armed with a double machine gun m/1936.

Baptisam for Kp-cars were in Swedish UN Staff in Congo 1961st They were equipped with a specially constructed tower to protect the machine gunner. Kp-cars became so popular among other nations' UN battalions that they refused to continue their service unless they also were supplied with Kp-cars.

Edited August 20, 2010 by DrDiesel

[GoranWC51]

Hej du doktor diesel,

 

 

The KP-cars saved many lives in the Congo conflict, not only Swedish ones. The Irish, Indian and Ethiopian troops of the UN brigade in Elisabethville demanded use of the KP-cars when moving around the war zone. The Swedish drivers and machine gunners thus had to be on duty almost 24 hours a day.

 

Its quite amazing that a vehicle, based on a commercial engine/frame setup, and built not to last too long, was in use by the Swedish army, notably the armored units in Gotland, well into the 90's.

 

 

 

goran_noren [at] yahoo [dot] com

 

Göran Norén

Lidingö

[Toner]

Strange looking beast with a fascinating history. ;-)

[steveo578]

The Swedes had some great vehicles

[Tony B]

Funny how the Neutral countries always have the best kit! Mind you their poloticians have major grief wit every casualty. fascinating can't wait for more pictures and info,

[steveo578]

A few web pics from the past decade showing derelict SKP- VKP in Sweden so possibly there may still be stuff out there.

 

 

[timbo]

For some reason I can't quite explain these vehicles remind me of something off Chuggington...

 

(if you need it to be explained you just won't get it !)

 

Good luck with the new purchase.