Swedish Army

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The Swedish Army (Swedish: Armén) is the army branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden.

1 Organization
2 Equipment
3 See also
4 External links

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

One battalion of infantry troops:

Livgardet (LG) located in Stockholm/Kungsängen

One regiment and two battalions of cavalry troops:

Livregementets husarer (K 3) located in Karlsborg
Arméns Jägarbataljon (AJB, former K 4) (part of I 19) located in Arvidsjaur
Livgardet (LG) (one battalion) located in Stockholm/Kungsängen

Three regiments of armoured troops:

Skaraborgs regemente (P 4) located in Skövde
Södra skånska regementet (P 7) located in Revingehed
Norrbottens regemente (I 19) (belongs to the Armoured Corps despite its designation) located in Boden

One regiment of artillery troops:

Artilleriregementet (A 9) located in Boden

One regiment of anti-aircraft troops:

Luftvärnsregementet (Lv 6) located in Halmstad

One regiment of engineering troops:

Göta ingenjörregemente (Ing 2) located in Eksjö

One regiment of signaling troops:

Upplands regemente (S 1) located in Enköping

One regiment of supply troops:

Göta trängregemente (T 2) located in Skövde

The Swedish Army armament for Individual/Squad level include:

Ak 4 assault rifle (Heckler & Koch G3) in versions (Currently used by Hemvärnet only):
- Ak 4
- Ak 4B New version with red-dot sight
- Ak 4OR
- Ak 4 med 40 mm granattillsats (Colt M203)
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 handuard, 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 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:
- Pist 88
- Pist 88B (Glock 19)
Psg 90 sniper rifle (Accuracy International L96A1 Arctic Warfare) in version:
- Psg 90
Ag 90 heavy sniper rifle (Barett M82A1) in versions:
- Ag 90
- Ag 90B
Grg m/48 multipurpose recoilless rifle (Carl Gustav recoilless rifle) in versions:
- Grg m/48
- Grg m/86
Pskott m/86 disposable anti-armour RPG (Bofors AT4) in version:
- Pskott m/86
Grsp 40 mm belt-fed grenade launcher (SACO Defense Mark 19) in version:
- Grsp 40 mm
Ksp 58 machine gun (Fabrique Nationale MAG 58) in version:
- Ksp 58B
Ksp 90 machine gun (Fabrique Nationale Minimi) in versions:
- Ksp 90
- Ksp 90B (Minimi Para)
Tksp 12,7 mm heavy machine gun (Browning M2) in version:
- Tksp 12,7 mm

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 Norway, Switzerland and Finland. Vehicles in the army:

Strv 121 main battle tank (Leopard 2A4) in version:
- Strv 121
Strv 122 main battle tank (Leopard 2(S)) in version:
- Strv 122
Strf 90 infantry fighting vehicle (CV 90) in versions:
- Strf 9040
- Strf 9040B
- Strf 9040C
- Bgbv 90
- Stripbv 90
- Epbv 90
- Lvkv 90
Pbv 302 armoured personnel carrier (Pbv_302) in versions:
- Pbv 302A
- Stripbv 3021
- Epbv 3022
- Bplpbv 3023
- Rlpbv 3024
Pbv 401 armoured personnel carrier (MT-LB) in versions:
- Pbv 401
- Stripbv 4011
- Bgbv 4012 (MTP-LB)