During the Cold War, Hägglunds started the production of a new family of Combat Vehicles called Combat Vehicle 90. In 1984, the Swedish Army desired a unique vehicle with high mobility, air defence and anti-tank capability, high survivability and protection. In total five prototypes were developed; deliveries took place in 1988. These prototypes were tested during extensive trials for three years between 1988 to 1991. The first deliveries started in 1993, and now over 1000 CV90s have been delivered worldwide.

The basic CV90 is fitted with a two-man turret, armed with bofors 40 mm caliber gun and coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun. The CV90 also carries six 76-mm grenades in two clusters of three launchers positioned on each side of the turret. The grenade launchers are intended for smoke grenades.

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