In the middle of the 80s hugglunds started the development of a new family of combat vehicles called combat vehicle 90 for the swedish army five prototypes were delivered in 1988 and were tested during extensive trials for three years in march 1991 the swedish army placed the first series production order for the swedish combat vehicle 90 family the first deliveries started in 1993 and now over 500 cv90s have been delivered to the swedish army with final delivery in 2002 cv9040 is in ser