Villhund (AFV)

The Villhund AFV is an 8x8 wheeled multi-role armoured fighting vehicle, developed by a joint ringeriker-sannlig consortium of Stålgilde Heavy Industries and Sannsystems AB, to replace older vehicles of the armies of Ringerike and Sannlibo. The development was performed parallel to the Villkatt AFV.

Development
The Villhund AFV (Sannligs/Norsk: Stormpanserbil Villhund) was developed by a ringeriker-sannlig joint venture of Stålgilde Heavy Industries and Sannsystems AB.

PsIB m/14 "Villhund"
The Ringeriker forces acquired the panserinfanteriebil to equip the Mechanised Infantry forces of the Ringeriker Army in auxiliary roles as well as fill multiple other roles, replacing the Panserinfanteriebil m/82 in most. The PsIB m/14 is armed with a 20mm autocannon mounted in a remote weapons station.

Panserjeger m/15V
The Panserjeger m/15V is the designation of the Villhund when fitted with a Panservernsystem m/15 remote weapons station armed with Non-Line of Sight anti-tank missiles based on the Panservernmissil m/85 with a range of 15km as well as standard m/85Fs and a 20mm autocannon for close in defense. It is employed by the Direct fire support weapons platoons of the Mechanized infantry.

Luftjeger m/18V
The Luftjeger m/18V is the designation of the Villhund when fitted with a Luftvernsystem m/18 SHORAD suite, consisting of a 40mm CTA autocannon and a box launcher for LvM m/2005 SACLOS Surface to Air missiles.

Panserbombekaster m/14V
The PsBK m/14 features a 120mm mortar, shared in design with that fitted to the Stormpanservogn m/79F4-BK.

Sannlig Variants
The Stormpanserbil Villhund is the sannlig variant of the Villhund. It features several subvariants, being fitted for a wide variety of tasks. Stormpanserbil is also the sannlig translation for "Armoured Fighting Vehicle", Villhund means "Wildhound".

The following variants have been introduced or are in development for the Sannlig Land Forces:

Villhund XP³
The Villhund XP³ is a massively upgraded variant of the original Villhund, featuring a Double-V-Hull armor and a digitalised C4I environment. It replaces the Villhund III as standard variant in the Sannlig Land Forces. The XP³ comes in the following variants:

PsIB Villhund:


 * The Panserinfanteriebil Villhund is one of the primary versions of the Villhund being in Service with the sannlig land forces. It regularly features a 40mm CTA autocannon in a remote controlled turret of the SFV40 type.

PsIB-L Villhund:


 * The Panserinfanteriebil-Lett Villhund is the APC variant of the Villhund. It features a 20mm Autocannon mounted on a remote controlled weapon station as armament. Like the PsIB, the PsIB-L can carry up to eight dismounts.

PsLB Villhund:




 * The Panserledningsbil Villhund is a forward command post variant of the PsIB, armed with a manned CTA40 turret. It has a crew of six, with a vehicle commander, gunner and a driver as vehicle crew and three radio operators for the command post duties.

PsLB-L Villhund:


 * The Panserledningsbil-Lett Villhund is a forward command post variant of the PsIB-L, similar to the PsLB, but armed with a 20mm RCWS like the PsIB-L. It has a crew of six, with a vehicle commander, gunner and a driver as vehicle crew and three radio operators for the command post duties.

PsRB Villhund:


 * The Panserrekonbil Villhund is a reconnaissance and observation variant of the PsIB, armed with a manned CTA40 turret. It has a crew of three, and can carry a 4-man scout or forward observer squad for dismounted use.

PsRB-L Villhund:


 * The Panserrekonbil-Lett Villhund is a reconnaissance and observation variant of the PsIB-L, similar to the PsRB, but armed with a 20mm RCWS like the PsIB-L. It has a crew of three, and can carry a 4-man scout or forward observer squad for dismounted use.

Villhund ACSV
The Villhund ACSV is a modified specialist variant of the Villhund III, used for combat support duties, e.g. as ambulance, engineering or recovery vehicle. It comes with a Double-V shaped hull, a 20mm RCWS and a new digital C4I suite.

PsJB Villhund:


 * The Panserjægerbil Villhund is equipped with the Panservernsystem m/15. The sannlig version features the Panservernmissil 22 Anti-Tank/Anti-Structure Guided-Missile in the standard as well as the extended range and non-line-of-sight variants. In addition the PsJB is also adapted to launch loitering munition.

IPsB Villhund:




 * The Ingeniørpanserbil 15 Villhund is an engineering variant, featuring an excavation arm, obstacle markers as well as either a mine roller or a dozer blade in the front, used to remove obstacles and fulfill other engineering tasks.

BPsB Villhund:


 * Bergningspanserbil 15 Villhund is an armoured recovery variant, featuring a crane arm, a heavy winch, towing goggles as well as a front-mounted dozer blade to stabilise the vehicle.

Export Variants
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Operators
 Ringerike
 * In service with the Ringerike Army (Ringerike Hær).

 Sannlibo:
 * Sannlig Land Forces - 870 Units of the Villhund XP³ have been ordered and delivered to the Sannlig Forces and replaced a similar amount of Villhund III.