Volvo L3314

The Volvo L3314 is a rugged four-wheel-drive utility vehicle that Volvo developed for the Swedish Army after receiving an order in the early 1950s. A pre-series of 90 vehicles called the L2304 was delivered between 1959 and 1961, and full deliveries of the improved L3314, powered by the 1.8 litre B18 petrol engine, began in 1963. The L33 series came as hard-top, half-cab and soft-top bodies and in special versions carrying anti-tank weapons, and every one except the open L3304 put the cab over the front axle. Sweden adopted it as the Pltgb 903, Norway bought about 2,000 assembled at Raufoss as the L3314N, and the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia took adapted versions. A civilian derivative, the C202 Laplander, was offered from 1977, and the Volvo C303 replaced the L3314 in the late 1970s. Volvo built the L3314 at its Lundby plant in Gothenburg.