Landsverk L180 , L181 and L182 The Landsverk L - 180 , L - 181 and L - 182 are a family of armored car s developed by the Swedish company AB Landsverk during the interwar years . They had a good international reputation for being fast , robust and reliable and were acquired in small numbers by Denmark , Estonia , Ireland and the Netherlands , among others . Design . The different variants were similarly configured , but were built on different chassis ; Büssing - NAG , Mercedes - Benz and Daimler - Benz truck chassis . ( See " Operators " ) Armament . These vehicles were also similarly armed , most commonly with a Bofors 37 mm or 20 mm Madsen autocannon but was also manufactured with other similar guns . The only exception , Finland , bought one L - 182 and armed it with a 13 . 2 mm L - 35 / 36 machine gun . ( See " Operators " ) Engine . In the same way , as several different chassis were used , different engines were also used , and where the make of the engine is known , they were manufactured by the same company as the chassis . ( See " Operators " ) Service . The two L - 180 ordered in 1935 and delivered in 1936 , were used by the Army Technical Corps of the Danish Army under the designation FP - 7 and FP - 8 . The only L - 180 was acquired by Estonia in 1937 , were used by the Tallinn Police . The L - 182 was bought for testing in 1936 , it was used by the armored unit of the " Ratsuväkiprikaati " ( ) and saw limited service in the Winter War . Next , the armored unit of " 1 . Divisioona " ( ) employed it , in the Continuation War in 1941 , already with the original 13 . 2 mm L - 35 / 36 machine gun replaced by the 20 mm L - 39 anti - tank rifle , conversion made approximately in December 1940 . It seems that the armored car was out of service in late 1941 and was scrapped in 1945 . Ireland ordered its first two Landsverk L - 180s in 1937 and these were delivered the following year . Six more were then ordered and they were delivered in 1939 . A further five were ordered but could not be delivered because of the outbreak of the World War II , these five were used instead by the Swedish army . Irish Landsverk L - 180s where armed with a Madsen 20mm Cannon and two Madsen . 303 Machine Guns . The Madsen machine guns where replaced with . 30 Browning machine guns in the 1950s and the 20mm cannon was replaced in the 1970s with Hispano - Suiza 20mm cannons take from former Irish Air Corps De Havilland Vampire jets . In the 1950s the Landsverks engines were replaced with 5 , 195cc Ford V8 type 317 petrol developing 155 hp at 3 , 200rpm . All Irish Landsverks belonged to the 1st Armoured Squadron and used alongside the Irish built Leyland and Dodge Armoured Car s until they re - equipped with Panhard AML armoured cars in 1972 . The Landsverks were then transferred to the reserve FCA units , five going to the 11th Motor Squadron and three to the 3rd Motor Squadron until they were all retired in the 1980s . The Lithuanian Army used the six L - 181 ordered in 1933 and delivered in 1934 . The L - 180s from the Danish and Dutch armies were captured and used by the German Army for reconnaissance tasks , patrol and training , being called " Panzerspähwagen " L 202 ( h ) . The Dutch L - 181s were also captured and put to service by the " Ordnungspolizei " for security duties . The Dutch Army bought 13 L - 180 in 1938 , although it could have been delivered 14 L - 180 , including two as armored command vehicles without armament . From Landsverk AB were also purchased 12 turrets . The command variant used two special turrets . The command vehicles were used on the two armored squadrons , with one vehicle each . The L - 180s were designated " Pantserwagen " M - 38 . Netherlands also purchased 12 L - 181 and designated them as " Pantserwagen " M - 36 . The five L - 180 originally ordered by Ireland and not delivered , were used by the Swedish army under the designation " Pansarbil " m / 41 ( Pbil m / 41 ) . These vehicles had the Swedish - version of Landsverk Lynx turret with the Bofors 20 mm akan m / 40 automatic cannon , instead of the Madsen automatic cannon on Irish vehicles or the more common turret armed with a Bofors 37 mm gun . Probably the armored cars from Estonia and Lithuania were captured during the Soviet occupation of 1940 . See also . Landsverk L - 185 — A similar armored car from Landsverk .