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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
The Swedish government saw a strong naval defense against a possible Soviet invasion as a high priority during World War II, and like with the rest of Sweden's military the Royal Navy lived through an enormous enhancement, ending up as the second-strongest naval power of the Baltic Sea after the Soviet Union.
The Swedish Army (Swedish: Svenska Armén) is the land force of the Swedish Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Sweden in Northern Europe / Scandinavia. The army's history dates back to the Swedish War of Liberation in 1521.
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.
This rifle was finally accepted by the Swedish military as the Ak 5 in 1986. Swedish blank ammunition uses a wooden plug in place of a bullet, so the flash suppressor was fitted with grooves to accept the Swedish blank-firing adaptor, which besides choking the barrel to ensure enough gas pressure for reliable operation also prevents potentially ...
1.2 Small arms. 1.3 Armored fighting vehicles. 1.4 Artillery and mortars. 2 Coastal defence. ... The Swedish army during the Cold War possessed more or less 24,000 ...
The Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms was originally designed to incorporate heraldic elements and colours from all member nations, including "a lion that did not look Finnish, Norwegian, Estonian or Swedish." [6] In 2007, commander Karl Engelbrektson decided that the lion's penis had to be removed. [7]