Strv 72

Stridsvagn 72
An Strv 72G in Shalum, 1946
Type	Heavy Tank
Place of origin	Acrea
Service history
In service	1940-1956
Used by	Acrea
Production history
Designer	Landrut-Bergmann AG Thyssen AB
Designed	1935-1940
Manufacturer	Landsverk GmbH
Produced	1940-1946
No. built	20,512
Specifications
Weight	45 Tonnes
Length	6,87 metres (hull)
Width	3,42 metres
Height	3,0 metres (Hull)
Crew	5
Armor	110mm (Front) 60mm (Sides)
Main armament	7,5 cm KvK m/40-L70
Secondary armament	2x 7,92mm MG 30A1
Engine	Thyssen-Maybach MTU-230G (720 hp)
Power/weight	16 hp per tonne
Suspension	Torsion-bar
Operational range	200 km
Speed	55 km/h (Road) 35 km/h (Cross-Country)

The Stridsvagn 72 is a heavy tank developed by Landrut-Bergmann in the the late 1930s for the Acrean Armed Forces. Even before the introduction of the Strv 81 in 1937, Armoured Force had recognised the substantial cost of producing the new vehicle, and considered its production costs to be unsuitable to be built in numbers large enough for it to serve as the Army's primary battle tank. With the conclusion of the Siduri War and the Svinian and Azurlav invasion of Shalum, there was considered to be a pressing need for a new vehicle design to replace the now decade-old Strv 71 in Acrean service.