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This is a list of the weapons of Denmark during World War II. This list will be for the Danish military as they were at the German invasion of Denmark (1940).You are welcome to put down weapons used by the resistance and after the successful invasion but put them under a different section title to differentiate them.
The following is a list of Denmark military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. Weapons
The program was originally an agreement between Denmark and Norway to replace their uniforms in 2014 [195] with Sweden joining in 2016. [196] Source on when Finland joined is lacking Was confirmed in 2024 that the uniform would be introduced in Blue for the Royal Danish Navy [ 197 ]
The Danish government and king functioned in a relatively normal manner until 29 August 1943, when Germany placed Denmark under direct military occupation, which lasted until the Allied victory on 5 May 1945. Contrary to the situation in other countries under German occupation, most Danish institutions continued to function relatively normally ...
Lebel M1886/93 (Remained in use until the end of World War II. Mainly used by reservists and for launching VB grenades and as sniper rifle) [ 193 ] [ 194 ] [ 195 ] [ 184 ] MAS-36 (Adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles) [ 196 ]
Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said Denmark's increase will lift overall military spending to 3.2% in 2025 from 1.37% in 2022, the year that Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This version saw some 50–60 rifles being produced, but they were only issued to the Danish navy for use by coastal fortifications troops. Investors formed a company (the Dansk Riffel Syndikat; DRS), in 1898 to commercialise the rifle, and bought the patent rights from Madsen and Rasmussen in exchange for royalties on future production. [ 7 ]
The Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle (or the Madsen Lightweight Military Rifle Model 1947; [2] commonly abbreviated as M47) is a Danish bolt-action rifle designed to be chambered for a wide range of contemporary military cartridges. The M47 was the last bolt-action rifle designed with the intention of being general issue to infantry troops.