KP-car
Terrängbil m/42 KP (full unabbreviated name: Terrängbil modell 1942 Karosseri Pansar), abbreviated tgb m/42 KP, meaning terrain car model 1942 Coachwork Armour, often called the "KP-car", was a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle (or armoured personnel carrier depending on the definition, Swedish: sv:pansarskyttefordon) developed during World War II. It's at its core a flatbed truck fitted with an armoured body elongated over and around the bed with a troop transport compartment behind the cabin for mechanized infantry (Swedish: pansarskytte). Two base variants existed based on the chassis: the tbg m/42 "SKP" based on a Scania chassis and the tgb m/42 "VKP" based on a Volvo chassis.The armoured body featured 8 to 20 mm (0.31 in to 0.79 in) thick welded sloped armour all around, making it effectively bullet proof. The troop compartment originally lacked a fixed roof and had partially open sides meant for the infantry to shoot from. The back end however had full height sides so a tarpaulin could be fitted over the troop compartment between the cabin and the back. In the 1980s however most remaining vehicles were updated with a new fully enclosed troop compartment with firing ports and a back door for fast disembarkment. While always intended for armament the vehicles initially lacked any permanent such. It was not until 1956 that the vehicles received armament in the form of two ksp m/36 lv dbl anti-aircraft machine guns in a twin-mount on the cabin roof. During the 1980s update the ksp m/36 twin-mount was replaced with two ksp 58B light machine guns.
type of Armoured personnel carrier
armored personnel carrier armored car