Combat Vehicle 90 IFV The Combat Vehicle 90 (or CV 90 Stridsfordon 90 in Swedish) was developed specifically to meet a Swedish Army requirement from the early 1980s onwards, with the first production order being placed in 1991. The CV 90, a joint development by Hagglunds Vehicles AB and Bofors AB, is one of the heaviest armed of all current IFVs with the main armament on the CV 9040 IFV being a 40 mm Bofors Gun capable of firing potent APFSDS armourpiercing projectiles as well as an array of other ammunition. The gun is mounted in a two-man power-operated turret together with a 7,62 mm coaxial MG; a Bofors BILL ATGW can be mounted over
a hatch in the crew compartment roof. Fire control for the main gun is carried out using a computer-based system employing a laser rangefinder. Up to eight troops can be carried in the troop compartment at the rear. The CV 9040 IFV is only one of an extended family of CV 90 vehicles with most models intended for the Swedish Army. The CV 9040 AAV is an air defence vehicle, also with a 40 mm Bofors Gun but with an added target-seeking radar on the turret and firing proximity-fuzed ammunition, The CV 90 FCV (forward command vehicle) and CV 90 FOV (forward observation vehicle) have their armament limited to a single 7.62 mm MG while the
Sweden CV 90 ARV (armoured recovery vehicle) is a turretless hull with a front-mounted anchor/dozer blade and an internal winch. A CV 90 MC (mortar carrier) mounting a 120 mm mortar has been proposed but is not yet ordered. Norway has ordered the CV 9030 IFV with a 30 mm cannon as the main armament, A private venture model is known as the CV 90105 tank destroyer, a combination of the CV 90 chassis and hull with a Giat Industries TML turret mounting a 105 mm high velocity gun; to date only a prototype has been produced and tested.
