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Coat of arms of the Swedish Army.
Coat of arms of the Swedish Army. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people

The Swedish Army (Swedish: Armén) is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.

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Organization

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

Leadership

Until 1975 the Swedish monarch was the formal head of the army. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The monarch is the Head of state of the Kingdom of Sweden. Sweden being a Constitutional monarchy with a Representative democracy based on a In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" (Swedish: chefen för armén, CA) was created to lead the army in peace time. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff (Swedish: chefen för arméledningen) was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (Swedish: Högkvarteret, HKV). Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the

In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Most of the duties of the Army Chief of Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Army" (Swedish: generalinspektören för armén). In a civilian or military administration an Inspector General is a high ranking official charged with the mission to inspect and report on some bodies in their field of competency Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy" (Swedish: generalinspektören för marinen) and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" (Swedish: generalinspektören för flygvapnet). The Royal Swedish Navy ( Swedish: Marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the The Swedish Air Force (Swedish Flygvapnet) is the Air force Branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the

Chiefs of the Army

Chiefs of Army Staff

Inspectors General

Rank

See Swedish Army rank insignia for details on ranks in the Army. Rank insignia Insignia See also Sweden Swedish Army Swedish Armed Forces

The Infantry

One regiment of infantry:

The Cavalry

One regiment and two battalions of cavalry:

The Armoured Corps

(Swedish: Pansartrupperna)

Three regiments of armoured/mechanized troops:

The Artillery

One regiment of artillery:

The Anti-Aircraft Artillery

One regiment of anti-aircraft troops:

The Engineers

One regiment of engineering troops:

and one engineer company stationed in Boden for subarctic operations. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists The Svea Life Guards (Svea Livgarde is a combined Cavalry / Infantry regiment of the Swedish Army, with responsibility for training ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on Livregementets husarer K 3 (Life Regiment Hussars K 3 is one of Sweden's oldest units originating from the cavalry prepared from Uppland, Södermanland Karlsborg is a Garrison Town (pop 3600 at the shore of lake Vättern in Västergötland, Sweden and the seat of Karlsborg Norrlands dragonregemente (Norrland Dragoon Regiment also K 4 or K 8, is a Swedish Army Cavalry Regiment located Arvidsjaur is a locality (pop 4600 in Lapland Sweden and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality, Norrbotten County. The Svea Life Guards (Svea Livgarde is a combined Cavalry / Infantry regiment of the Swedish Army, with responsibility for training ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Armoured warfare or tank warfare is the use of Armoured fighting vehicles in Modern warfare. Skaraborgs regemente (Skaraborg Regiment designation P 4, is a Swedish Army armoured Regiment that traces its origins back to the 16th century Skövde is a city in Västergötland, Sweden. It has around 50000 inhabitants and is the seat of Skövde Municipality. Norrbottens regemente (Norrbotten Regiment designation I 19, is a Swedish Army armoured and Light infantry Regiment that traces Artillery (from French artillerie) is a military Combat Arm which employs any apparātus machine Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces Halmstad is a port university industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan River in the province of Halland on the Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Göta ingenjörregemente (Götaland Engineer Regiment designation Ing 2, is a Swedish Army engineer Regiment that traces its origins back to Eksjö is a historical town in the Swedish province of Småland and the seat of Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County.

The Signal Corps

One regiment of signals:

The Logistic Corps

One regiment of logistical troops:

The Home Guard

The Home Guard (Hemvärnet) consists of 60 battalions with a total of 42000 men. Ledningsregementet designation LedR, is the Swedish Armed Forces signal Center that traces its origins back to the 19th Century. Enköping is a town (pop 20200 in the traditional Swedish province Uppland and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala län. Skövde is a city in Västergötland, Sweden. It has around 50000 inhabitants and is the seat of Skövde Municipality. The Swedish Home Guard (Hemvärnet is a part of the Swedish Armed Forces. Many of the soldiers have served abroad in the various missions of the regular army. All Home Guards are former active soldiers who volunteered for the Home Guard.

Recruitment

The Swedish army recruitment based on conscription German style. All personnel are called up as conscripts for a year of national service in active combat units, after which it is possible to volunteer as officer, NCO/Warrant Officer or from 2007 stay in the Army as a professional private, mainly to be employed in the Nordic Battle Group.

The army has employed soldiers for UN-service on short time contracts since the 1950's for service abroad.

Equipment

Small arms

The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:

The Ak 5 assault rifle
The Ak 5 assault rifle

Vehicles

The Army uses a wide range of vehicles, mainly made by Swedish contractors. The Swedish Home Guard (Hemvärnet is a part of the Swedish Armed Forces. Glock is the name of a family of Semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by the Austrian company Glock GmbH from Deutsch-Wagram, founded Glock is the name of a family of Semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by the Austrian company Glock GmbH from Deutsch-Wagram, founded In Military and Law enforcement terminology a sniper rifle is a Rifle used to ensure Accurate placement of Bullets at longer Accuracy International is a specialist British Firearms manufacturer based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and best known for The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a family of Bolt-action Sniper rifles designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy In Military and Law enforcement terminology a sniper rifle is a Rifle used to ensure Accurate placement of Bullets at longer The Barrett Firearms Company was founded in 1982 by Ronnie Barrett. The M82 (also more recently known as the M107) is a heavy SASR (Special Application Scoped Rifle developed by the American Barrett Firearms Company A recoilless gun or recoilless rifle (RCL is a lightweight form of Weapon that allows the firing of a heavier projectile than would be practical with a recoiling The Carl Gustav (also Carl-Gustaf) is the common name for the 84 mm man-portable multi-role Recoilless rifle produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics (formerly RPG or rocket-propelled grenade, is a loose term describing hand-held shoulder-launched Anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided The name Bofors has been associated with the Iron industry for more than 350 years The AT4 (or AT-4 an alpha-phonetic word play on the weapon's Caliber of 84 mm is a portable one-shot Anti-tank Weapon built in Sweden A grenade launcher is a Weapon that launches a Grenade with more accuracy higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand The Mk 19 Grenade Launcher is a belt-fed automatic 40 mm Grenade launcher or grenade machine gun that entered U For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgian manufacturer of Firearms The official The MAG is a Belgian 762 mm General purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN by Ernest Vervier For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, more often abbreviated as Fabrique Nationale or simply FN, is a Belgian manufacturer of Firearms The official The Minimi (short for French: Mini Mitrailleuse; “mini machine gun” is a Belgian 5 The Minimi (short for French: Mini Mitrailleuse; “mini machine gun” is a Belgian 5 For other uses of the phrase see Machine Gun (disambiguation. Browning Arms Company was founded in Utah in 1927 It offers a wide variety of Firearms including Shotguns Rifles Pistols and This article is about the.50 caliber M2 machine gun For the.30-06 M2 machine gun see M1919 Browning machine gun. 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. The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90 or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90 is a Swedish Infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced An infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV, also known as (mechanized infantry combat vehicle, (MICV) is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Vehicles in the army:

Fire Support/Artillery

Future equipment

The Swedish army has six Rheinmetall AEV-3 KODIAK advanced armoured engineer vehicles on order during the period 2011-2012. Tank classification is a Taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of Tanks The classification by role was used primarily during The Leopard 2 is a German Main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979 Tank classification is a Taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of Tanks The classification by role was used primarily during The Leopard 2 is a German Main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979 An infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV, also known as (mechanized infantry combat vehicle, (MICV) is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90 or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90 is a Swedish Infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced Armoured personnel carriers (APCs are Armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport Infantry on the Battlefield They usually have only a Machine Pansarbandvagn 302 ( pbv 302) is a Swedish high mobility Armoured personnel carrier that was developed to meet the operational requirements of the Armoured personnel carriers (APCs are Armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport Infantry on the Battlefield They usually have only a Machine The MT-LB ( м ногоцелевой т ягач л егко б ронированный mnogotselevoy tyagach lekhko bronirovannyi / multi-purpose The Saab Bofors Dynamics STRIX is a Swedish guided projectile fired from a 120 mm mortar. The name Bofors has been associated with the Iron industry for more than 350 years The ARCHER Artillery System is an international project aimed at developing a next-generation Self-propelled artillery system for Sweden, Denmark Rheinmetall AG is a German Automotive and defense company with factories in Düsseldorf, Kassel and Unterlüß The Leopard 2 is a German Main battle tank developed by Krauss-Maffei in the early 1970s and first entering service in 1979 [1]

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