[Landsverk]

Hello!

This is my first post on this forum, thanks Geoff Winnington-Ball for fast response!

I have been researching the history about AB Landsverk for some years now, and have made many good contacts abroad with similar people in Holland, Ireland, Denmark and Germany.

My special interest has the Landsverk six- and four-wheeled armoured cars.

I am preparing a booklet, and I have amongst others written magazine articles about the history of the Swedish 42nd Armoured Car Squadron for the Swedish magazine "Armour".

To begin with:
Holland acquired 12 L-181s for it's 1st Armd Sqdn in 1936.
As others have confirmed an extra chassis was ordered to act as a recovery vehicle, it would find important use in the May days of 1940.

Then they acquired 14 improved L-180s for their 2nd Squadron.
However, shortly after their arrival Landsverk built two special command turrets which were modified and each squadron got one of the Command Cars.

After the Dutch surrender several vehicles were used with both Polizei units but also in Infanterie Divisionen. Some made it until late in the war, possibly as long as 1944 with Police unit/s.
Danish armoured cars survived even longer in german use...

Landsverk deliveries of six-wheelers as follows:

- Lithuania, 6 x L-181
- Netherlands, 12 x L-181
- Denmark 2 x L-180
- Finland 1 x L-182
- Estonia 1 x L-180
- Ireland 2+6 x L-180
- Netherlands 14 x L-180 (incl. 2 Command Cars)
- Sweden 5 x L-180

Cheers,
Thorleif

(edit) PS. There are currently 4 known survivors:

L-180 at Howth Castle, Dublin, IRE
L-180 at Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie, Amersfoort, NL
L-180 at the Swedish Armour Museum, Axvall, SWE
L-180 in restored condition in private ownership, Ireland.