Landsverk L-5 was one of the first

tank A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engin ...

s designed by the Swedish industrial company

Landsverk :''This is about the origin of the family name Landsverk. For the Swedish heavy industry manufacturer, see AB Landsverk.'' Landsverk is the name of two forest farms located in the village of Lisleherad, in the municipality of Notodden, Norway ...

. It was first produced in 1929 as a series of experimental wheeled-and-tracked vehicles utilizing the wheel-cum-track system. It never entered service and the prototype remained uncompleted. The concept was revived in the

Landsverk L-30 Landsverk L-30 ( Swedish Army designation: ''stridsvagn försöksmodell 1931'', abbr. ''strv fm/31'', "tank trial model-1931") was a Swedish late interwar era medium tank constructed by AB Landsverk for the Swedish Army between 1930 and 1935, fe ...

design a few years later.

References

*''Tanks of the World 1915-1945'' by Peter Chamberlain and Chris Ellis 1972/2002 p 159. *http://aviarmor.net/tww2/tanks/germany/rader_m28.htm *https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-sweden-germany-rader-raupen-kampfwagen-m28-landsverk-5/ Landsverk vehicles Tanks of Sweden World War II tanks {{mil-vehicle-stub

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