Scania SBA111

The Scania SBA111 is a military 4x4 cross-country truck. Special Bulldog Allwheeldrive Generation 1 11-liter diesel engine. It was designed and manufactured by Scania division of Saab-Scania, for the Swedish Defence,who designated it Terrängbil 30 (Tgb 30).

Scania SBAT111S is a similar three-axle truck in 6x6. Special Bulldog Allwheeldrive Tandem Generation 1 11 liter Supercharged dieselengine designated Terrängbil 40 (Tgb 40).

Tests begun in 1971, and Scania was rewarded a SEK 1500 million order in 1975. About 1700 SBA111 and 800 SBAT111S were delivered to the army, air force and navy, until 1981, when production stopped, but was restarted 1986 after an Indian order.

On Tgb 40s used for towing the 12-ton 155mm Bofors field howitzer FH77B, the APU of the self-propelled howitzer can be operated by the truck driver with a control unit to the left of the driver's seat to add traction on difficult cross country passages.

The Swedish Air Force operates 50 SBAT111S as airport crash tenders. The airforce also uses 80 SBA111 with double-cabin with three steering wheels in a special snow blower version, fitted with a Scania 258-kW (350 hp) DS14 V8 diesel engine to power the Rollba snow blower. The capacity is approx. 30 tons/minute of snow thrown 30 meters.

The SBA111 is a forward control truck with a 6-cylinder Scania diesel engine, a six-shift Scania automatic gearbox integrated with a mechanical two-shift transfer case driving all axles, the winch and optional two other power-take-offs. Due to ample ground clearance, low center of gravity, locking differentials on all axles and automatic transmission, it has very good cross-country mobility. It is fitted with a 87 kN winch.

Beside having one more axle and a larger capacity than the SBA111, the SBAT111S has a turbocharged engine, a 100-kN winch and a power take-off when a 55-kNm hydraulic crane is fitted or other hydraulic operated units.

There were limited export Finland. The SBAT111S was thoroughly tested by Australia, USA and Canada, but no purchases were made mainly by political reasons. In a minor number, some solo trucks were sold to China, Libya, Mozambique, Iceland, Iraq, and some other countries. The Egyptian army also ordered 590 units in the late 1980s. When India, in 1986, purchased 410 FH77B Bofors howitzers, they also ordered 660 of an SBAT111S that was somewhat modified for the Indian Army.

The Swedish Army then purchased 83 units of the improved SBAT111S and adopted them as Terrängbil 45 (Tgb 45).

For civilian purposes, certain trucks where sold when extreme cross-country mobility was required. They were equipped for fire-fighting, sewer-emptying, sky-lifting, highlifting loading-cranes, water and oil-drilling and as recovery vehicles.