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Brilliant! Another Swedish engineering W (lemmy.world)
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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Defense is exactly what the Strv-103 was designed for. One of the crew was seated facing backwards to act as the rear facing driver, allowing the tank the ability to immediately pull back from positions without needing to turn.