Swedish Army
The Swedish Army, or Armén is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
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Armament
The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:
- AK5 (FN FNC derivative, made more rugged for Swedish demands) assault rifle
- M45B submachine gun Will (or already has) be replaced by the M45A of which the army still has a huge surplus of unused copies caus of a ammunition problem prone only to the M45A but not M45B. Today the ammunition is no longer used so the M45A copies can now be used without hazard.
- AG90 (Barett M82A1)
- PSG90 (Accuracy International L96A1 Arctic Warfare).
- P88 (Glock 17)
- AT4 disposable anti-armour RPG
- Carl Gustav multipurpose recoilless rifle
Vehicles
The Army uses a wide range of vehicles, mainly made by Swedish contractors. The Combat Vehicle 90 family of Infantry fighting vehicles has been an international success, with exports to countries including Norway, Switzerland and Finland. More vehicles in the army:- Leopard 2A4 (Strv 121) main battle tank
- Leopard 2A5(S) (Strv 122) MBT
- Several MT-LB and MT-LBu variants from the former East Germany (Pbv 401 family; used for transport, as ARV (Armored Recovery Vehicle), and for command and communications)
- Pbv 302 APC (which also exists in other variants for command and communications)
Organization
The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of training regiments for the different corps. The number of training regiments has been drastically reduced since the end of the Cold War.
- Artillery Corps
- Artillery Regiment (A9)
- Anti-aircraft artillery
- Anti-aircraft artillery Regiment (Lv6)
- Armoured Corps
- Skaraborg Regiment (P4)
- Southern Scania Regiment (P7)
- Södermanland Regiment (P10)
- Gotland Regiment (P18)
- Cavalry
- Engineering Corps
- Götaland Engineering Regiment (Ing2)
- Infantry
- Jämtland Jaeger Regiment (I5)
- Norrbotten Regiment (I19)
- Signals Corps
- Supply Corps
- Götaland Supply Regiment (T2)
- Götaland Supply Regiment (T2)
See also
- Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
- Royal Swedish Armoury
- Swedish Army Museum
- List of Swedish wars
- List of Swedish Field Marshals
- List of Swedish military commanders
- List of Swedish monarchs
- List of military aircraft of Sweden
External links
- Swedish Army - Official site
- Soldf.com Unofficial Weapons, vehicles and equipment page of the Swedish Armed forces.