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The Swedish Army is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
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:
l 1975 the Swedish monarch was the formal head of the army. In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" (CA) was created to lead the army in peace time.
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The Swedish Army is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.
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. In 1937, the staff agency "Chief of the Army" (CA) was created to lead the army in peace time. Following a larger reorganization of the Swedish Armed Forces in 1994, CA ceased to exist as an independent agency. Instead, the post Chief of Army Staff was created at the then newly instituted Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters (HKV).
In 1998, the Swedish Armed Forces was again reorganized. Most of the duties of the Army Chief of Staff were transferred to the newly instituted post of "Inspector General of the Army" . The post is similar to that of the "Inspector General of the Swedish Navy" and the "Inspector General of the Swedish Air Force" .
Chiefs of the Army
- Per Sylvan, 1937–1940
- Ivar Holmquist, 1940–1944
- Archibald Douglas, 1944–1948
- Carl August Ehrenswärd, 1948–1957
- Thord C:son Bonde, 1957–1963
- Curt Göransson, 1963–1969
- Carl Eric Almgren, 1969–1976
- Nils Sköld, 1976–1984
- Erik G. Bengtsson, 1984–1990
- Åke Sagrén, 1990–1994
Chiefs of Army Staff
- Åke Sagrén, 1994–1996
- Mertil Melin, 1996–1998
Inspectors General
- Paul Degerlund, 1998–2000
- Alf Sandqvist, 2000–2005
- Sverker Göranson, 2005–2007
- Berndt Grundevik, 2007–present
The Infantry
One regiment of infantry:
The Cavalry
One regiment and two battalions of cavalry:
- Livregementets husarer (K 3) stationed in Karlsborg (Air Assault and ISTAR)
- Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB, former K 4) (part of I 19) in Arvidsjaur (Ranger Battalion/ISTAR)
- Livgardet (LG) (one battalion) stationed in Stockholm(King's mounted Lifeguards and Military police)
- Note that the Swedish army's cavalry primarily trains light infantry, ranger units and military police.
CBRN-defence
One company of Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear defence-trained personnel
- Totalförsvarets Skyddscentrum (SkyddC) Umeå
The Armoured Corps
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 Signal Corps
One regiment of signals:
The Logistic Corps
One regiment of logistical troops:
- Trängregementet (TrängR) Skövde
The Home Guard
The Home Guard (Hemvärnet) consists of 60 battalions with a total of 42000 men. 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, after which, the unit he/she trained with is put in the war reserve. Upon completion of conscript service with sufficient service marks, you are eligible to apply for commissioned officer training, 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 1950s for service abroad.
Equipment
Small arms
The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:
*Ak 5 assault rifle (Fabrique Nationale FNC derivative, made more rugged for Swedish demands) in versions:
- Ak 5 - Currently standard issue
- Ak 5B
- Ak 5C Updated version with new handguard, buttstock and reddot which is going to replace AK5 as the standard issue assault rifle
- Ak 5D (Will be standard usage for driving and staff personnel abroad as well as some Special Forces units)
- Ak 5 with 40 mm grenade launcher (Colt M203)
- Ak 4 battle rifle (Heckler & Koch G3) in versions (Currently used by Hemvärnet (Homeguard) only):
- Ak 4
- Ak 4B New version with red-dot sight
- Ak 4OR
- Ak 4 med 40 mm granattillsats (Colt M203)
- Kpist m/45 submachine gun in versions: Currently being phased out. Only in use with Hemvärnet
- kpist m/45
- kpist m/45B
- kpist m/45C
- Pist 88 pistol (Glock 17) in versions:
- Psg 90 sniper rifle (Accuracy International L96A1 Arctic Warfare) in version:
- Ag 90 heavy sniper rifle (Barett M82A1) in versions:
- Grg m/48 multipurpose recoilless rifle (Carl Gustav recoilless rifle) in versions:
- Pskott m/86 disposable anti-armour RPG (Bofors AT4) in version:
- Grsp 40 mm belt-fed grenade launcher (SACO Defense Mark 19) in version:
- Ksp 58 machine gun (Fabrique Nationale MAG 58) in version:
- Ksp 90 machine gun (Fabrique Nationale FN MINIMI) in versions:
- Ksp 90
- Ksp 90B (MINIMI Para)
- Tksp 12,7 mm heavy machine gun (Browning M2) in version:
Vehicles
The Army uses a wide range of vehicles, mainly made by Swedish contractors. 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. 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.
See also
External links
- - Official site
- Unofficial Weapons, vehicles and equipment page of the Swedish Armed forces.
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