Pansarvärnspjäs 1110

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Pansarvärnspjäs 1110 (Pvpj 1110), also known as Pv-1110 or the “Stovepipe,” is a Swedish 90 mm recoilless gun. It entered service in the early 1960s and was retired in the late 1990s, with about 1,600 made. About 300 were transferred to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The gun was usually towed or mounted on a Volvo truck, and from the late 1970s it could be fitted to the Terrängbil 11 or Bandvagn 2062 tracked carriers; for Arctic use it could be mounted on a pulka pulled by skiers.

It has an optical sight with a backup iron sight, and uses a ranging rifle (Inskjutningsgevär 5110) based on the Ag m/42 rifle. The Pvpj 1110 fires fixed-fin stabilized HEAT rounds with tracers, known in Swedish as spårljuspansarspränggranat. The ammunition uses a brass case (patronhylsa m/59).

One notable episode was Ireland’s 1962 experiment to mount the gun on a damaged A34 Comet tank, which earned the vehicle the nickname “The Headless Coachman.” The weapon has also seen use in Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War. It could fire at targets out to about 900 meters, with a rate of fire around 6–8 rounds per minute and a muzzle velocity of roughly 650–700 m/s.