Panserrekonvogn m/60

The Panserrekonvogn m/60 is the designation for a family of tracked armored reconnaissance vehicles, sometimes classified as light tanks by other nations. It was designed to equip the light armored reconnaissance formations of the Ringeriker Army, at the time of introduction it's 90mm gun was effective against a large portion of contempary vehicles, however this would not remain the case for long, eventually leading to it being sidelined and later replaced by a more traditional light tank in the form of the Lettstridsvogn m/72 It featured several design drawbacks, including a limited traverse when mobile, which became evident during the Sorland War during which it was employed by Colonial Forces.

Production Variants

 * Panserrekonvogn m/60: The primary model of the m/60, equipped with a 90mm low Pressure gun, intended to be capable of engaging much larger armored vehicles while conducting screening/delaying actions, as well as providing fire support to maneuver forces.


 * Panserrekonvogn m/60BK: Equipped with the same 60mm Breech-Loading mortar mortar as the PRkB m/59 it encountered the same issues and likewise was replaced with an autocannon armed variant.


 * Panserrekonvogn m/60MK: The m/60MK variant was developed to replace the standard m/60 in 1968 and featured a single 20mm autocannon paired to a dual-feed ammunition supply system, allowing more than one type of ammunition to be loaded at once, it also featured a single co-axial machine gun.


 * Panserrekonvogn m/60PvM: The m/60PvM was introduced to increase the capability of the m/60 to engage armored targets with the in light of the rapidly developing obsolescence of the m/60K in that role, it made use of the Panservernmissil m/66 to achieve this.

Operators
 Ringerike
 * Ringerike Hær: The Ringerike Army operated several variants of the Panserrekonvogn m/60 across several branches.