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Krag–Jørgensen M1894 [2] Krag-Petersson reserves. Kammerlader M1860/67 reserves. Jarmann M1884 reserves. Remington M1867 reserves. Mauser Karabiner 98k Norwegian resistance. Lee-Enfield Norwegian resistance. M1 Carbine Norwegian resistance. M1917 Enfield Norwegian resistance.
This is a list of Norwegian military equipment of World War II. 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 ...
German invasion. German infantry attacking through a burning Norwegian village, April 1940. King Haakon and crown prince Olav seeking refuge as the German Luftwaffe bombs in Molde, April 1940. German troops enter Oslo, May 1940. In the background is the Victoria Terrasse, which later became the headquarters of the Gestapo.
French Third Republic. Polish Armed Forces in the West. The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War. The two naval battles in Ofotfjord on 10 April and ...
Belgium. Light machine gun. 5.56×45mm NATO. In 2011, the Minimi was also selected as the new light machine gun of the Norwegian Armed Forces, and an order was placed with FN for 1,900 weapons. [ 12 ][ 13 ] Sight: Elcan SpecterDR 1-4×. Minimi MK3. Belgium. General purpose medium machine gun. 7.62×51mm NATO.
Result. Allied victory. The Norwegian heavy water sabotage (Bokmål: Tungtvannsaksjonen; Nynorsk: Tungtvassaksjonen) was a series of Allied-led efforts to halt German heavy water (deuterium) production via hydroelectric plants in Nazi Germany-occupied Norway during World War II, involving both Norwegian commandos and Allied bombing raids ...
The Norwegian campaign(8 April – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forcesto defend northern Norwaycoupled with the resistance of the Norwegian militaryto the country's invasion by Nazi Germanyin World War II.
The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The Army participated in various continental wars during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries as well, both in Norway and abroad, especially in World War II (1939–1945).