Foreign Influence

In 1933, when Norway was developing the Panservogn m/35 they hit a wall when i came to what engine to use, Norway's own candidates had been dismissed and foreign companies were now invited to offer their models.

The Americans denied access to the American motorpool market due to the ban of sales to foreign countries. But did provide a an advisor named Richard K. Miller that was sent to the Kampvogn Committee with a goal of assisting the Norwegian tank doctrine

The industrial and trade delegation to the Soviet Union was denied access to the Soviet motorpool market.

The Germans agreed to give Norway not only availability to German companies and products but also a trade an mutual protection pact. This did however come at a prize the Norwegian government was unwilling to pay, immediate access for German ships, aircraft and troops to Norwegian ports and bases.

The Unexpected Friends
After a lull of a few months the Kampvogn Committee was approached by the UK Ambassador with an offer.

Having purchased many ships with the Armstrong Whitworth Company the Vickers company was willing to assist in designing a new engine with Norwegian armored vehicles in mind. Having the Vickers Medium Mark II engine as a starting template they where able to improve the engine so that it produced roughly 115 horsepower. Being also relatively simple to produce Norway gave Norsk Automobilverksted the funding to start producing these engines. Now named the Armstrong Monarch V-8 Norway purchased the license to produce them. This gave Norway the engine that would start the The "Kampvogn" Project

Later Years
In 1942 the United States expanded the cooperation with Norway by sending several U.S. M3 (Lee) Medium tanks for testing and training. Norway used the M3 lee design to design 2 tanks. The Forsvarsvogn "Fleischer" m/43 and the Jegervogn m/43. Both utilizing the lower hull of the Lee.