The role of an Armored personell carrier is to carry troops, protected with the vehicle armor. The vehicles usually have light armament, like a 7.62 mm machine gun.

The Swedish Army is heavily mechanized, with a great number of tracked vehicles, with or without armor. "Hägglund Vehicles" is a large contributor to the Swedish forces, having produced vehicles for the Swedish Army for decades. Hägglund also produce for the export marked, and has the BV206 and CV90 as the largest contributors to the export marked.

   Pansarbandvagn 302   

Pbv 302 is included in the Mechanized Brigades in several different versions. These are:

• Pbv 302 A for troop transport
• Combat command/control version: Stripbv 3021. With four antennas
• Fire-control version: Epbv 3022. Commander's hatch replaced by cupola with rangefinding devices, three radio antennas, additional buoyancy aids on trim vanes.
• Gun emplacement version: Bplpbv 3023. Armored fire direction post vehicle with four antennas and fire-control/communications equipment inside.
• Radio relay version: Pbv 3024.

The vehicle is of Swedish design and manufactured and was commissioned to units for the first time in 1966. Production ended in 1971. The vehicle is equipped with a 20 mm automatic gun firing MP-HC. These types of ammunition will gradually be replaced by anti-tank tracer/incendiary rounds. Normal range for firing is approx. 500 m, but can be extended to 1 600 m. Turret is manually operated and armed with 20 mm cannon with elevation of +50° and depression of -10°, turret traverses 360°, cannon is fed by magazines holding 30 rounds each. There is 10 magazines in the vehicle.

Rate of fire is 20 rounds/min. The vehicle weighs approx. 20 tonnes, depending on version, and the crew is made up of gunner and driver. Load capacity is 1 200 kg.

The troop department holds 8 infantrymen. They enter and leave via two doors in rear. They can fire small arms via roof hatches.

Maximum road speed is 65 kph, and on-road and off-road ranges are 300 and 150 km, respectively. The engine (Volvo-Penta model THD 100B horizontal 4-stroke) is mounted under the floor of vehicle with crew compartment in front and infantry compartment at the rear of the vehicle.

For operations in the former Yugoslavia, some Pbv 302s were fitted with additional armor protection.

Pbc 302 has a good off-road capability and is fully amphibious, propelled by its tracks. It has no NBC protection and no night vision equipment.

Further development resulted in the Pbv 302 Mk 2 and the Product Improved Pb 302, but none of these entered production.

   Pansarbandvagn 401   

Pansarbandvagn 401, MT-LB is included in the Infantry and Arctic Brigades. MT-LB is of Russian design and construction, but has been manufactured in Bulgaria.

The vehicle has a crew of two and can be fitted up in three dirrerent version:

• Transportation of up to 11 infantrymen.
• Missile Vehicle, with the possibility of transporting Missile, Rbs 56, and a missile section
• As a command/control vehicle at company level.

The vehicle is equipped with a cupola-fitted 7.62 mm machine gun, Ksp 95. The turret is manually operated by the commander, with elevation from -5° to +30° and traverse through 360°. No roof hatch on the turret. Combat weight of Pbv 401 is 12 tonnes. Maximum speed is 60 kph and range is 475 km.

Pbv 401 has a good off-road capability, especially on snow, the track is 350mm wide, but can be replaced with 565mm wide tracks! It is fully amphibious, propelled by its tracks.