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This is a list of equipment of the Swedish Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms , combat vehicles , explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, artillery, air defence and transport vehicles.
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
By 2004 the size of the Swedish Army was down to 60,000 soldiers, and in 2013, three years after the end of conscription, the size was at an all-time low of just 16,000 soldiers, though the army plans to reach a level of 50,000 professional soldiers by 2020, mostly through a large media campaigns.
Kit consisted of a white helmet, belt, gloves and ankle gaiters. "White outfit m/1954" was a collective term for the kit. It was used by the army together with uniform m/1952 and later to uniform m/1960 for guard duty. [1] m/1958 Field uniform m/1958. (From the Army Museum's collections). Sweden: Combat uniform Unknown 1958-????
The Swedish Armed Forces consists of three service branches; the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, with addition of the military reserve force Home Guard. Since 1994, the first three service branches are organized within a single unified government agency, headed by the Chief of Defence , while the Home Guard reports directly to the chief.
4 repair and recovery vehicles; 4 ambulance vehicles Prior to March 2023, the Netherlands donated 28 BvS10 to Ukraine. [31] Sweden (320) 153 BvS10 MkII are operational with the Swedish Army. It is known locally as the Bandvagn 410. [32] 48 ordered in early 2012; 105 ordered in December 2013
It was originally designed by Sweden and produced as the Ag m/42 for the Swedish Army. The tooling and design were later sold to Egypt, and the Hakim was produced there during the 1950s and early 1960s. It was replaced in the mid-1960s by the Maadi AK-47 (a licensed copy of the Soviet rifle) but was stored in military reserve arsenals. In more ...
Along with Husqvarna Vapenfabrik, Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori has provided the Swedish Army with small arms for over two centuries.There have been both foreign designs, such as the Remington M1867 rolling block and the Swedish Mauser rifles, as well as domestic designs such as the Ag m/42 semi-automatic rifle and the Kpist m/45 submachine gun.