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In 1945, the Swedish army had been modernized from the use of World War I weapons to semi-automatic rifles and high-tech firearms such as the Carl Gustav. The infantry had also been equipped with a great deal of rocket launchers for anti-tank warfare, and the availability of artillery had increased drastically with the World War II build-up. Name.
Automatkarbin 4B. Ak 4 C. Ak 4 D. Germany. Sweden. Battle rifle. 7.62×51mm NATO. Standard issue rifle for the Swedish Home Guard, Swedish production of the German Heckler & Koch G3; Ak 4 B has an optics rail, Ak 4 C is the Ak 4 B with an adjustable buttstock, and Ak 4 D is the Ak 4 C with a modular handguard.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.
DH.98 Mosquito NF.19 night fighter of the Swedish Air Force in 1949. The Swedish Air Force was created on 1 July 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded from four to seven squadrons.
Emil tank model. Heavy tank project Emil (project number: 6400), known under the cover name of Kranvagn ("crane wagon") or KRV for short, was a heavy tank developed secretly in Sweden during the early 1950s; Kranvagn, meaning mobile crane, was a cover-name. [1] The intention was to replace the Swedish Army 's disparate tank fleet with a tank ...
The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), also known as the Alternative S and S-tank, [ 3 ] is a Swedish Cold War-era main battle tank, designed and manufactured in Sweden. [ 4 ] ". Strv" is the Swedish military abbreviation of stridsvagn, Swedish for tank (literally combat wagon, it also is the Swedish word for chariot), while the 103 comes from being ...
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.
Albatros B.II/ B.IIa/160. Sk 1 & Ö 2. trainer. 23. 1920–1935. ex army and ex navy, some built by FVM. ASJA L2. Ö 9. trainer (advanced)