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The standard m/45 is a fully-automatic-only weapon without any option for semi-automatic fire. It weighs 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) unloaded, and 4.2 kg (9.3 lb) loaded with a 36-round box magazine. It is 808 mm (31.8 in) long with the stock extended, and 550 mm (22 in) long with the stock folded. The m/45 is an open bolt design with a fixed firing pin ...
Ksp 90C Unknown: Ksp m/39 United States: Medium machine gun: Unknown: Ksp m/94 Germany: Medium machine gun: Unknown: Standard armament on Leopard tanks Tksp 12.7 mm United States: Heavy machine gun: Unknown: Grsp 40 mm United States: Automatic grenade launcher: Unknown: Snabbskjutande kulspruta United States: Fast shooting machine gun Unknown ...
Sweden had a total of 35 destroyer-class vessels throughout the Cold War, most of them World War II models. As time went on, Sweden begun to put less effort in keeping large surface combatants and instead increasingly relied on patrol boats, fast attack craft, coastal artillery and air superiority. However this approach (especially the ...
Ksp 58 F Sweden: General-purpose machine gun: 7.62×51mm NATO: Kulspruta 58, Swedish production of the Belgian FN MAG. Ksp 88 Sweden: Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO: Kulspruta 88, commercially FN M2 HB QCB. Grsp 92 United States Sweden: Automatic grenade launcher: 40×53mm HV: Granatspruta 92, commercially Saco Defence Mk 19 Mod 3.
West Germany was formed as a result of the division of germany after World War II. As part of the Western Bloc West Germany was a member of NATO and an important part of the alliance. Especially so since any conflict with the Soviet Union was most likely going to start in West Germany itself or on its border with East Germany.
Equipment runs the gamut from state-of-the-art to obsolescent Cold War inventories; the latter are gradually being retired as no funds are available for upgrade. Russian made equipment was received or purchased after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and second hand US and German equipment was transferred or purchased.
Of towed artillery in NATO service, some countries still use old Cold War US and Soviet, or even World War II US, towed artillery pieces, as well as US self-propelled artillery from the Cold War. In terms of modern non-self-propelled artillery in NATO, there is the L118 light gun , as well as the FH70 , both of which are used by multiple NATO ...
Centurion [40] – main British early Cold War tank. Conqueror [41] – used from mid 50s to mid 60s to give long range anti-tank support to Centurions. Built to counter IS-3. Chieftain [42] – main British tank of Cold War and mid Cold War. Challenger 1 [43] – Main British tank late Cold War or 1980s.