SWEDISH ARMY

The 'Swedish Army' (Swedish: ''Armén'') is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.

Contents

Organization

Infantry Corps

Cavalry Corps

Armoured Corps

Artillery Corps

Anti-Aircraft Corps

Engineer Corps

Signal Corps

Logistic Corps

Home Guard

Professional soldiers

Equipment

Small arms

Vehicles

Fire Support/Artillery

See also

External links

Organization

The peace time organization of the Swedish Army is divided into a number of regiments for the different corps. The number of active regiments has been drastically reduced since the end of the Cold War:

Infantry Corps

One battalion of infantry troops:

★ ''Livgardet'' (''LG'') located in Stockholm/Kungsängen

Cavalry Corps

One regiment and two battalions of cavalry troops:

★ ''Livregementets husarer'' (''K 3'') located in Karlsborg (airborne rangers and paratroopers)

★ ''Arméns Jägarbataljon'' (AJB, former ''K 4'') (part of ''I 19'') located in Arvidsjaur (Long-reconaissance rangers)

★ ''Livgardet'' (''LG'') (one battalion) located in Stockholm/Kungsängen (MP and royal horseguards)

★ Note that the swedish army´s cavalry has the role of rangers and MP´s

Armoured Corps

(Pansartrupperna)
Three regiments of armoured troops:

★ ''Skaraborgs regemente'' (''P 4'') located in Skövde

★ ''Södra skånska regementet'' (''P 7'') located in Revingehed

★ ''Norrbottens regemente'' (''I 19'') (belongs to the Armoured Corps despite its designation) located in Boden

Artillery Corps

One regiment of artillery troops:

★ ''Artilleriregementet'' (''A 9'') located in Boden

Anti-Aircraft Corps

One regiment of anti-aircraft troops:

★ ''Luftvärnsregementet'' (''Lv 6'') located in Halmstad

Engineer Corps

One regiment of engineering troops:

★ ''Göta ingenjörregemente'' (''Ing 2'') located in Eksjö
and one engineer company training in Boden for arctic warfare.

Signal Corps

One regiment of signaling troops:

★ ''Ledningsregementet'' (''LedR'') located in Enköping

Logistic Corps

One regiment of supply troops:

★ ''Trängregementet'' (''TrängR'') located in Skövde

Home Guard

The Home Guard (Hemvärnet) consists of around 42000 soldiers aged 18-60. Many of the soldiers have served abroad in the various peacekeeping missions of the regular army. All of the Home Guard are volunteers, and they form the equivalent of a well equipped militia. All personnel accepted into the Home Guard must at least have done the "boot camp" service in any branch of the swedish armed forces of about three months. Once signed up, training is also voluntary and consists of a minimum of 20-80 hours a year, though senior soldiers and those on call can do up to 300 hours a year to refresh their military skills.
The Home Guard is usually the first of the Army to be dispached in the event of a natural disaster or some other incident requring military assistance.

Professional soldiers

Sweden has until only a few years ago had a conscript army with only a small amount of professional officers and pilots. All the rank of NCO´s was designated as conscript ranks.
The army does from the year 2007 recruit conscripts to become professional soldiers in the new Nordic Battle Group force after the end of service.
The army has employed soldiers for UN-service on shorter contracts since the 1950´s for service abroad.

Equipment

Small arms

The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:

★ '''Ak 5''' assault rifle (Fabrique Nationale FNC derivative, made more rugged for Swedish demands) in versions:

★
★ ''Ak 5 - Currently standard issue''

★
★ ''Ak 5B''

★
★ ''Ak 5C'' Updated version with new handuard, buttstock and reddot which is going to replace AK5 as the standard issue assault rifle

★
★ ''Ak 5D'' (Will be standard usage for driving and staff personnel abroad as well as some Special Forces units)

★
★ ''Ak 5 med 40 mm granattillsats'' (Colt M203)

★ '''Ak 4''' battle rifle (Heckler & Koch G3) in versions (Currently used by Hemvärnet (Homeguard) only):

★
★ ''Ak 4''

★
★ ''Ak 4B'' New version with red-dot sight

★
★ ''Ak 4OR''

★
★ ''Ak 4 med 40 mm granattillsats'' (Colt M203)

★ '''Kpist m/45''' submachine gun in versions: Currently being phased out. Only in use with Hemvärnet

★
★ ''kpist m/45''

★
★ ''kpist m/45B''

★
★ ''kpist m/45C''

★ '''Pist 88''' pistol (Glock 17) in versions:

★
★ ''Pist 88''

★
★ ''Pist 88B'' (Glock 19)

★ '''Psg 90''' sniper rifle (Accuracy International L96A1 Arctic Warfare) in version:

★
★ ''Psg 90''

★ '''Ag 90''' heavy sniper rifle (Barett M82A1) in versions:

★
★ ''Ag 90''

★
★ ''Ag 90B''

★ '''Grg m/48''' multipurpose recoilless rifle (Carl Gustav recoilless rifle) in versions:

★
★ ''Grg m/48''

★
★ ''Grg m/86''

★ '''Pskott m/86''' disposable anti-armour RPG (Bofors AT4) in version:

★
★ ''Pskott m/86''

★ '''Grsp 40 mm''' belt-fed grenade launcher (SACO Defense Mark 19) in version:

★
★ ''Grsp 40 mm''

★ '''Ksp 58''' machine gun (Fabrique Nationale MAG 58) in version:

★
★ ''Ksp 58B''

★ '''Ksp 90''' machine gun (Fabrique Nationale Minimi) in versions:

★
★ ''Ksp 90''

★
★ ''Ksp 90B'' (Minimi Para)

★ '''Tksp 12,7 mm''' heavy machine gun (Browning M2) in version:

★
★ ''Tksp 12,7 mm''

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 The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Finland. Vehicles in the army:

★ '''Strv 121''' main battle tank (Leopard 2A4) in version:

★
★ ''Strv 121''

★ '''Strv 122''' main battle tank (Leopard 2(S)) in version:

★
★ ''Strv 122''

★ '''Strf 90''' infantry fighting vehicle (CV 90) in versions:

★
★ ''Strf 9040''

★
★ ''Strf 9040B''

★
★ ''Strf 9040C''

★
★ ''Bgbv 90''

★
★ ''Stripbv 90''

★
★ ''Epbv 90''

★
★ ''Lvkv 90''

★ '''Pbv 302''' armoured personnel carrier (Pbv 302) in versions:

★
★ ''Pbv 302A''

★
★ ''Stripbv 3021''

★
★ ''Epbv 3022''

★
★ ''Bplpbv 3023''

★
★ ''Rlpbv 3024''

★ '''Pbv 401''' armoured personnel carrier (MT-LB) in versions:

★
★ ''Pbv 401''

★
★ ''Stripbv 4011''

★
★ ''Bgbv 4012'' (MTP-LB)

Fire Support/Artillery

★ '''80mm Mortar'''

★ '''120mm Mortar'''

★
★ ''Strix mortar round''

★ '''Bofors FH77B'''

★
★ ''BONUS artillery round

★
★ ''XM982 Excalibur

See also

★ Swedish Army rank insignia

★ 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 Swedish regiments

★ List of military aircraft of Sweden

★

★ Swedish allotment system

External links

★ Swedish Army - Official site

★ Soldf.com Unofficial Weapons, vehicles and equipment page of the Swedish Armed forces.

★ Nordic military vehicles site

★ Scandinavian Armour by Roy Haaland

★ Svante Wendel's Unofficial Royal Swedish Army Page