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In September 2018, it was announced that the Norwegian Army had ordered a second batch of 8 Wisent 2, and that these will be delivered in the AEV cofiguration. [61] [57] CV90RWS STING Sweden: 28: New combat engineering vehicle set to replace the old NM205s. Can be equipped with either a mine plow or a mine roller. [62] Hydrema 910MCV Denmark: 8
Gloster Gladiator 423 in 1938-1940 Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar One of the four Norwegian Caproni Ca.310s c. 1939 Norwegian Army Air Service Fokker CV-D photographed in 1990 Tiger Moth in Norwegian markings, 24 June 2001 Royal Norwegian Air Force F-5A Freedom Fighter aircraft flying in close formation with a New Jersey Air National Guard F-4 Phantom II aircraft during an exercise in 1982.
This list will mainly focus on the equipment of the Norwegian army during the Norwegian campaign or World War II invasion of Norway by Nazi Germany. For Norwegian resistance or other Norwegian forces after the German occupation of Norway please put them under different headers to differentiate them or put them in a different list.
The Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway.As of 2008, the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 32,000 when fully mobilized) and 69 vessels, including 4 frigates, 6 submarines, 6 corvettes, 3 minesweepers, 3 minehunters, 3 support vessels and 2 training vessels.
However, they remained after the Norwegian Government agreed to meet the cost of maintaining them during the 1990s. [2] The facilities are used to support worldwide US military operations, and most of the equipment stored in Norway was sent to the Middle East for use in the 2003 Iraq War. [5] The stockpiles began to be rebuilt following 2005. [4]
The Norwegian Brigade War Memorial in West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh.. The Norwegian armed forces in exile (Norwegian: Utefronten, lit. 'Outside Front') were remnants of the armed forces of Norway that continued to fight the Axis powers from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada, after they had escaped the German conquest of Norway during World War II.
The two Norwegian guns had been loaded with live, 255 kg (562 lb) high-explosive shells; [21] firing them "in anger" was a violation of the pre-war Norwegian rules of engagement which dictated warning shots be fired first, as had been the case at the Rauøy Fortress and the Bolærne Fortress further down the fjord. [16]
Clips of his videos have appeared on major television channels in Norway and internationally, including on the Norwegian news channel TV 2, on the American network G4, and on the American news network CBS, all in 2011, [3] in addition to an appearance on the Australian breakfast show programme Sunrise in 2016. [55]