The design and appearance of the Landsverk 190 (L-190) is actually not known for certain. It would eventually turn out that armored motorcycles were a dead end however and despite some very limited export success, only three or four such vehicles would ever be built by Landsverk. This allowed for advanced design choices to be implemented on Swedish armored vehicles while German engineers gained valuable experience in return. Design and production at Landsverk during the interwar years was used as a facade for the German company GHH which was banned from developing and producing military equipment as part of the Versailles Treaty of 1919.
As such, it’s not surprising that the Swedish company AB Landsverk, which designed a range of military vehicles during the interwar period, also created armored motorcycles of their own, albeit in limited quantity. Some vehicles of this type even saw service during the First World War. Armored motorcycles weren’t unheard of in these times and a number of nations delved into this concept.
Motorcycles found a wide range of applications within military organizations during the first half of the 20th century.
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