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' Automatic Carbine 24 '), initially the Självskyddsvapen 24 is a Swedish version of the Finnish Sako M23 assault rifle that is in service with the Swedish Armed Forces as of December 2024. [1] Together with the Automatkarbin 25, it will be fully replacing the Automatkarbin 4 and Automatkarbin 5. [2] [3]
The Sako M23 is a Finnish family of assault and battle rifles designed by Sako in cooperation with the Finnish Defence Forces [1] and manufactured by Sako. [2] The Swedish Armed Forces also participated in the development program for the M23.
Swedish version of Sako M23, is expected to enter service by 2025. M4A1 United States: Assault rifle 15,000 Ordered directly from US Army stocks to act as interim service weapon while awaiting delivery of Ak 24. [1] Ak 5 Sweden: Assault rifle
The Swedish government announced on 16 March 2023 that among the 48 received, 24 were in service, 24 were in storage, 14 Archer would be sold to the British Army in March 2023, and 8 transferred to the Ukrainian Ground Forces. [46] Rheinmetall HX2 8x8: 0 (+48)
FFV 890 – Swedish licensed variants of the Galil, most notably the FFV 890C which was a competitor in the Swedish Armed Forces assault rifle trials in the 1980s but lost against FN FNC. Valmet bought the licence to the FFV 890 and it was used in the development of some aspects in the RK 90, RK 92 and RK 95 models.
The military equipment of the Swedish Home Guard includes only a narrow array of arms, vehicles, mortars and launchers. Majority of these are retired equipment from the Swedish Army whilst the minority is acquired especially for them.
The Ak 5 (Swedish: Automatkarbin 5 ⓘ, English: Automatic Carbine 5) is a license-built Swedish version of the Belgian FN FNC assault rifle, with certain modifications, mostly to adapt the weapon to the partially subarctic Swedish climate.
The Automatkarbin 4 (Ak 4; lit. ' Automatic Carbine 4 ') is a license-built Swedish version of the West German Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. It was adopted as the service rifle of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1965, replacing the bolt-action m/96 Mauser, the self-loading automatgevär m/42 and the automatic rifles Kulsprutegevär m/21, Kulsprutegevär m/40.