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List of equipment of the Swedish Home Guard

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The military equipment of the Swedish Home Guard includes only a narrow array of arms, vehicles, mortars and launchers. Many of these are retired equipment from the Swedish Army.

Firearms

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Battle rifles

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Automatkarbin 4B  Germany Battle rifle 40,000[1] Standard issue for the Home Guard

Support weapons

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Kulspruta 58B  Belgium Machine gun Unknown[2] Standard issue for the Home Guard

Sidearms

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Pistol 88  Austria Pistol Unknown[3] Standard issue for the Home Guard

Recoilless rifles

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Granatgevär 48C  Sweden Recoilless rifle Unknown[4] Standard issue for the Home Guard

Vehicles

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Utility vehicles

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Personbil 8  Germany Utility vehicle Unknown[5]
Motorcykel 258  Sweden Motorcycle 2,000[6] Primarily used as couriers within military units.

All-terrain vehicles

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Model Origin Type Quantity Image Details
Bandvagn 206D  Sweden Tracked all-terrain vehicle Unknown[7] Inherited from the army.

References

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  1. ^ "Automatkarbin 4 (AK 4)". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  2. ^ "Kulspruta 58 (KSP 58)". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  3. ^ "Pistol 88 (Pist 88) - Glock 17 / 19". SoldF.com (in Swedish). 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  4. ^ "Granatgevär 8,4 cm (GRG) - Carl-Gustaf m48 m86 m18". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  5. ^ "Personbil 8". forsvarsmakten.se (in Swedish). 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
  6. ^ "Motorcykel 258 (MC 258)". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  7. ^ "Bandvagn 206 / 208 (BV 206 / 208)". SoldF.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-24.
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