Ah, well, a short post here, not so familiar with the issue, but since I believe the other Swedes (who haven't made military service. Bah. Sissies
) here are even less so, I'll take it as my duty.
Sweden makes a lot of its equipment by itself, including the mechanized units, ships, submarines and aircraft.
Armoured combat vehicle CV90 (Stridsfordon 90), the most modern of its kind. This pic is from the Swedish unit in Liberia I think.
Different versions are used, including mortar vehicles.
The Swedish version of the German Leopard 2, Stridsvagn 122, with a new tower, more armour, new engines and electric system was considered the best MBT out there, but the others have caught up now, especially after the Americans have used theirs in battle and been able to updrage them properly.
Native Bofors guns and German howitzers take up most of the artillery iirc, but a new automatic system is coming into use soon, the Bofors ARCHER, where the artillerymen doesn't even have to leave the comfy cabin to operate it.
(and yeah, of course it's a Volvo dumper in case somebody was in doubt
)
the navy
Sweden has much fewer subs these days, but the Gotland class is top notch, one of the few silent stirling equipped subs in use, in fact the first to use air-independent propulsion. There was some Discovery show on those, but I didn't see it.
HMS Gotland, currently in California training with Americans.
The new corvetts of the Visby class are the first true stealth ships. They officially kick butt.
And in the air, Gripen makes up for most of the air force, and a total of 204 are ordered.
The helicopter arm is currently equipped with derelicts from the Vietnam war and some Pumas, but are soon to be equipped with the European Tigers (french-made?).
Almost forgot Stridsbt 90 (battleboat 90), used by the coastal rangers to transport troops. Really quick boat, can make a full stop from full speed of 30 knots in 20 meters only. You could have fun with one of these.
The mortar support version looks like something from Red Alert:
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