Swedish army Pvt. Johan Lindgvist leads a CV90-40C tank out of a simulated forward deployed location at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 12, 2007, during exercise Bold Quest. The coalition exercise is testing new communication technology that identifies friendly forces and enemy targets. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers, U.S. Air Force.
UPDATE: Pvt. Johan Lindgvist emailed some time after I posted the photo:
First things first, the man on the picture is not me. His name is Alexander Graje and is the second machinegunner in my squad. However some kind of a mixup must have happened during the information exchange that must have taken place when this photo was distributed.
He also sent a couple of great photos of the CV90-40Cs, which I misplaced until 2011. So sorry for the delay.
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MO, I wonder if young Pvt Lindgvist was able to at least glimpse downtown Las Vegas before he wound up in downtown Nowhere.
So what role do the Swedes play? Neutral targets?
MO, thanks for putting a thread on the CV-90. Actually the picture shown is not the tank version but rather the IFV. It is equipped with a 40 mm gun and carries more dismounts than a Bradley. They do have a version of this with a 120mm gun that functions as a light tank. I really like this vehicle and it is amazing at how many variants exist. Here are some good youtube clips. http://youtube.com/watch?v=ydk_w5toWnU http://youtube.com/watch?v=HAsR7m1wXM0 The last vid shows a bradley getting stuck in the snow while the cv-90 pushes through.
Looks cool. Any chance we can get them into the fight for freedom?
If the Swedes want to fight for freedom against radical Islam, they should start in Sweden now.