As a member of the home guard we are getting a massive modernisation of basically all equipment. We got new kitchens this year and last year everyone got upgraded Ak4C rifles, in a few years we'll get the AK24. The Ccarl Gustav M4 will be introduced as well as recon drones and smart sensor systems for detecting intruders. Thats just from the top of my head.
Also, new positions for integrated indirect support controllers, the old semi detatched CBRN platoons integrated into the daily functions of the battalions, more of the newly added 120mm mortar platoons, integrated manpad sections, more integrated field medics, pioneers and marksmen in each platoon, new radios all the way from regional Army command level down to individual home guard soldiers, a completely new Uniform system, from underwear and socks to thermo smocks, helmets, hearing protectors (that plugs into the new individual squad radios), and rain coats and plate carriers/webbing... A home guard veteran that retired in the 1980ies won't be able to recognise anything of the 2027 home guard as home guard other than the lapel insignia.
Great video even though I liked the German version better ;) Granatkastarpansarbandvagn ist ein wort! One thing I missed in both was the Army air defense where you'd find Patriot PAC 3 and other interesting AA items. More AA is also being procured for the amphibious forces; 10 KRR's, and some other MSHORAD for instance. Together with Finland, they're getting 260 4x4 GTP APC's. They also recently added a third Global Eye to the two previously ordered. The somewhat secretive orders for new CV9035s are estimated based on other orders to total 90-100 vehicles, of which half will be donated by Denmark and Sweden to Ukraine. A noteworthy mention might be the staggered roll out of a new rifle system with various variants and calibers for all uniformed personnel. This is outside of this video's scope, but they're also investing in tripling their 155 MM shell production with EU support. Finally, it should be noted that Sweden, in addition to its military defense also invests in its reactivated civilian defense and resilience systems, which in light of Russia's war of colonial conquest in Ukraine more nations should do. The sums are fairly modest so far and include everything from restoring bomb shelters to increasing the storage of essential goods in the private sector. The role-model here obviously being Finland.
@@johanmetreus1268 There's now way to sugarcoat it. Sweden made some terrible decisions in the 90's when the Social Democrats pretty much slaughtered the entire defense. It didn't help that that consequitive right-wing government was bloated by naive neo-liberals. It's only now, with a firmly conserative government, that Sweden finally is making some gains to recover its defense capabilites.
@@maghambor It is not me sugar-coating it, it is you oversimplifying the Swedish defence into a left-right issue. Both the Bildt (Moderate) and Persson (Socialdemocrat) cabinets reduced an already anaemic defence budget, but it was the Reinfeldt cabinet that brought out the big axe and not only turned the armed forces to little beyond an expeditionary participant in Farawayistan, but also completely terminated the civilian defence. The current cabinet for a change has some ministers actually meaning business with the restoration of military and civil defence alike, and unlike Mikael Odenberg they aren't sabotaged by the department of finance. Still, the actual shift came prior to that, under the Andersson cabinet who followed Finland into NATO. IN the end it is less about what party is ruling for the time being, and all about us voters not allowing the politrickans who'se only goal is gaining the position to win elections.
@@maghambor it was the Bildt and Wibble government that initiated the total destruction of the civil defense, the military budget curts and the ideological ruination of the public sector, not S. Then G Persson and his govts were hogtied by lack of parliamentary support and were unable to reverse any of the Bildt govts sabotage legislation that really mattered, followed by Sahlins incompetence that allowed Reinfeldts corporatist alliance to almost finish the job, followed by a couple of even weaker and politically indecisive Social democrat coalitions that paved the way for JÅs putin sponsored scapegoat lies and misinformation that turned the remnants of Reinfeldts alliance into nothing more than the nazi trait0r JÅs personal puppet show...
The 250 AIM-120 C8 have already been delivered Sweden has also ordered an unknown number of Meteor missiles so the air force is building up its stocks of air to air missiles. The targeting pod is the latest Litening 5 from Israel, this pod has allready been ordered and i think delivered for the Gripen E, this new order was for the Gripen C/D which is getting an unplanned MLU because of the deteriorating security situation. Sweden has 96 Gripen C/D in service and when the Gripen E is being delivered Gripen D will be released for use as the advanced trainer so that is a new Gripen squadron being activated that could be used in case of war. Also the F16 wing in Uppsala which lack squadrons is expected to get 1-2 squadrons of gripens as the Gripen E deliveries increases the number of fighters in the air force. No decision is taken on that but it's mentioned in the future planning expected in the next defence decision. The Supreme commander has also mentioned that he wants rocket artillery for at least a battalion, the current frontrunner is the Israeli Puls system, this battalion would be on the division level. We are going to four brigades now but it's expected the new regiments in northern Sweden will be getting more units today they train five infantry battalions in arctic warfare, don't be surprised if these get tasked with forming 1-2 Arctic brigades in the coming years, the discussions have been about 1 Arctic brigade to support the 19th mechanized Arctic brigade in Finland. As it currently stands the 19th mechanized is expected to operate in Finland under Finnish command in case of war because Finland for reasons that are all to obvious concentrates it's defence in the populated south. i must commend you though you have very few errors in the video you just missed a few things but that's easy to do.
The Homeguard like the rest of the Armed Forces will be getting new firearms, from SAKO, so thats probably the biggest investment for now, the most recent addition as far as equipment goes is the Parrot ANAFI USA GOV quadcopter/UAV. A vehicle like the SISU GTP(will be called TGB24 in Sweden) would be nice for them, but might get a bit expensive if one wants it as the standard vehicle for the whole organisation, with that being said, 260 of these have been ordered by Sweden and Finland for various purposes, e.g Air defense(in Sweden probably Saabs RBS 70 NG, but thats just a guess, could be another system as well, RBS 70 NG will be mounted on BV410 to btw), so it would make sense in some ways.
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IRIS-T SLS or SLM or whatever that one is called? Someone else mentioned MSHORAD (on other vehicles.)
My guess is it might be to big for TGB24, Saabs new MSHORAD is already mounted on similiar vehicles, e.g Lithuania ordered it and it will be on american JLTV. Iris-T SLM would be a nice system to have though.
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@@Alex-oc2vi I see now the SAAB MSHORAD use the RBS 70 NG. US one using Stinger, Hellfire 30 and 7.62 mm.
Ooh, the NH-90 helicopter project...what a mess that became. Aquired after years of procurement, ordered in the beginning of 2000 and delivered 23 years later, developed in 21 different models depending on ordering countries etc, was of course a huge delay and disappointment, coupled with rampant costs, and the search for a replacement model began many years before delivery. The servicelife of it is therefore looking to be very short.
1:09 The branches are as follows Army, Air force & Marine. The Marine branch has the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent. The Home Guard is deployed within all three branches.
Takk for en svært god og informativ video! Ps: det hadde vert intressant å se en oppsummering av det hele det nordiske forsvaret totalt. Altså: Norge, Sverige, Danmark og Finnland. Ville det samlet vert den største militærmakt i Europa?
Agreed, now that all of the Nordics are under the same NATO JFC in Norfolk, there should be plenty of opportunity to combine the militaries of the 4 (5, with Iceland) nations. However, this is an ongoing process and the defense plans aren't made public.
@@AndyWoohoo666 noone is saying they don't understand. I just answered the comment saying he "nailed it", which he didnt. It was a good try though, some words were better than other.
An additional resource is the hunter corp in Sweden that are app 500 000 and in average owns 4 rifles. AR-10 and 15 are now possible to use for hunting too.
You expect the average 50 year old hunter with a beer belly to be used as a solider? In this case these would already be incorporated in to Hemvärnet...
@@ThorSuzuki1 I’m just saying that there is resource that can be used with local knowledge. The introduction of AR to the Swedish hunters must be avknowledge if you look at which type of rifles the hunters apply for. The Home Guard has transitioned so I would say that is something else than old blokes running around these days.
Hunters can, at best, make an occupation somewhat more painful for the occupier (though I'd argue that the effect is extremely limited. Guerilla activity should be carried out with explosives, and/or weapons provided by a state actor). They can't prevent an occupation by defeating the enemy's armed forces in the field. There's a reason armed forces have fighter jets, tanks, artillery, IFVs, machine guns, grenade launchers and not just hunter rifles. Edit: hunter's don't make out a reserve extra army either. Shooting is a very small part of soldiering. You have to give them basically as much basic training as non-hunters. I'd argue what is good about hunters is that they are used to being outdoors.
A caviate with the replacement of the CV90s in the 2030s is that it mainly concern the CV9040s which are the first operational generation of the platform and were primarily procured in the 1990s so they are getting a bit old.
Sweden doesn't operate any other version of the CV90, the initial grkpbv90120 Mjölner was built on the old hulls that were intended for the grkpbv90120AMOS so they are just as old as the Strf9040. The Lvkv9040, ev90, striledv90 and the bgbv90 also entered sevice alongside the strf9040. The ev90 and striledv90 having since been made obsolete by the Strf9040C upgrades to the gunners and commanders systems.
You are confusing the BvS10 and Bv410. They are the same vehicles. Sweden has just laid two major orders for it one directly to hhägglunds and one via a multinational cooperation of countries
Yes but they are different vehicles for different needs. The Bv206 is liked for it's lower ground pressure and it's distributed to secondary units like home guard and infantry battalions
The Bv 206 is an unprotected logistics/utility vehicle for support units in uncontested areas with limited infrastructure integrity, the Bv410/BvS10 is armored utility vehicles for operation in the same role but by the line units and their close support formations in contested areas where loitering drones, airstrike and artillery threat is a factor.
The German comparison with Sweden is crazy. But yeah Swedes are much more militaristic than Germany also so is harder to push for rational budget for Germany. Germany has a lot of American soldiers deployed for the moment but that won’t last long in a era of declining American dominance.
What is crazy is that Germany spends about the same amount as France and UK, but get so little for the money that Sweden can compete. A deep dive into German military procurement and budget allocation would be appreciated.
@Avokado34 We are part of European Sky Shield Initiative since 2024. Furthermore we are not defending against bordering countries. Any long range ordinance is best intercepted with mobile air assets. We have a few patriot batteries to defend against ballistic missiles.
At 8:28 the presenter says that Sweden currently operate 50 UH-60M helicopter. But in the attached text it says Sweden have 15 UH-60M in it's inventory.
It's a shame we don't have any air defense to speak of. Especially considering how important that have been shown to be in Ukraine. But maybe the plan is to use the air force and navy for intercepting missiles and drones?
army or rather the goverment is considering to make Territorial Defense Forces made up of older soldier and supposed to be made up of soldiers over 30. nothing offical tho
I miss the cold war when we had the worlds 4'th largest airforce, 800'000 soldiers, and a massive navy... then the cold war took a paus and the socialist government scrapped almost all of it.. at that time we could stand our ground ourselves.. and thank you for such a deep dive into this - it was very good to have an update of procurements.
Just to be clear, it was the Moderate led government that sold off most of the equipment that was stored, the old bases were also sold, some of them to Russians, They decided to abandon conscription against the vote of the Socialdemocrats by a 3 margin vote and finally the priminister labeled the armed forces a separate interest and not a neucleus interest resulting in the Moderate defence minister to resign in protest to how the Armed forces was handled. Now the Socialdemocrats were also partly to blame for all of this but the main destruction of the Swedish armed forces lies at the feet of Reinfeldts 8 years in power. Before him it was downsizing with him it became destruction
för det första fanns det ingen anledning att ha en arme efter sovjet föll man hade inget hot mot oss plus att det var reinfeldt som skrota majoriteten av försvaret
@@kentnilsson465 no it was not!! the closing down of the defense got its dagger thrust in the 1999 defense decision the shutdown policy which then continued in the 2004 defense decision. the Moderate led alliance took over in 2006 and continued on the liquidation policy. The social democrats thus had the entire period of 1999-2006 with a policy of dismantling the defense, that is 6 budgets with big cuts when they were in a completely social democrat government.
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As a member of the home guard we are getting a massive modernisation of basically all equipment.
We got new kitchens this year and last year everyone got upgraded Ak4C rifles, in a few years we'll get the AK24. The Ccarl Gustav M4 will be introduced as well as recon drones and smart sensor systems for detecting intruders.
Thats just from the top of my head.
Sensors, sensors, sensors... entirely new capabilities. The drones will be a game-changer.
Also, new positions for integrated indirect support controllers, the old semi detatched CBRN platoons integrated into the daily functions of the battalions, more of the newly added 120mm mortar platoons, integrated manpad sections, more integrated field medics, pioneers and marksmen in each platoon, new radios all the way from regional Army command level down to individual home guard soldiers, a completely new Uniform system, from underwear and socks to thermo smocks, helmets, hearing protectors (that plugs into the new individual squad radios), and rain coats and plate carriers/webbing...
A home guard veteran that retired in the 1980ies won't be able to recognise anything of the 2027 home guard as home guard other than the lapel insignia.
Great video even though I liked the German version better ;) Granatkastarpansarbandvagn ist ein wort! One thing I missed in both was the Army air defense where you'd find Patriot PAC 3 and other interesting AA items. More AA is also being procured for the amphibious forces; 10 KRR's, and some other MSHORAD for instance. Together with Finland, they're getting 260 4x4 GTP APC's. They also recently added a third Global Eye to the two previously ordered. The somewhat secretive orders for new CV9035s are estimated based on other orders to total 90-100 vehicles, of which half will be donated by Denmark and Sweden to Ukraine. A noteworthy mention might be the staggered roll out of a new rifle system with various variants and calibers for all uniformed personnel. This is outside of this video's scope, but they're also investing in tripling their 155 MM shell production with EU support. Finally, it should be noted that Sweden, in addition to its military defense also invests in its reactivated civilian defense and resilience systems, which in light of Russia's war of colonial conquest in Ukraine more nations should do. The sums are fairly modest so far and include everything from restoring bomb shelters to increasing the storage of essential goods in the private sector. The role-model here obviously being Finland.
That Finland unlike Sweden didn't demolish the civilian defence in the 1990s goes to show the different level of statemanship between the countries.
@@johanmetreus1268 There's now way to sugarcoat it. Sweden made some terrible decisions in the 90's when the Social Democrats pretty much slaughtered the entire defense. It didn't help that that consequitive right-wing government was bloated by naive neo-liberals. It's only now, with a firmly conserative government, that Sweden finally is making some gains to recover its defense capabilites.
@@maghambor It is not me sugar-coating it, it is you oversimplifying the Swedish defence into a left-right issue.
Both the Bildt (Moderate) and Persson (Socialdemocrat) cabinets reduced an already anaemic defence budget, but it was the Reinfeldt cabinet that brought out the big axe and not only turned the armed forces to little beyond an expeditionary participant in Farawayistan, but also completely terminated the civilian defence.
The current cabinet for a change has some ministers actually meaning business with the restoration of military and civil defence alike, and unlike Mikael Odenberg they aren't sabotaged by the department of finance.
Still, the actual shift came prior to that, under the Andersson cabinet who followed Finland into NATO.
IN the end it is less about what party is ruling for the time being, and all about us voters not allowing the politrickans who'se only goal is gaining the position to win elections.
@@maghambor it was the Bildt and Wibble government that initiated the total destruction of the civil defense, the military budget curts and the ideological ruination of the public sector, not S. Then G Persson and his govts were hogtied by lack of parliamentary support and were unable to reverse any of the Bildt govts sabotage legislation that really mattered, followed by Sahlins incompetence that allowed Reinfeldts corporatist alliance to almost finish the job, followed by a couple of even weaker and politically indecisive Social democrat coalitions that paved the way for JÅs putin sponsored scapegoat lies and misinformation that turned the remnants of Reinfeldts alliance into nothing more than the nazi trait0r JÅs personal puppet show...
one good thing that could be mentioned is the fact that the homeguards are getting recon drones on a squad level
The 250 AIM-120 C8 have already been delivered Sweden has also ordered an unknown number of Meteor missiles so the air force is building up its stocks of air to air missiles.
The targeting pod is the latest Litening 5 from Israel, this pod has allready been ordered and i think delivered for the Gripen E, this new order was for the Gripen C/D which is getting an unplanned MLU because of the deteriorating security situation.
Sweden has 96 Gripen C/D in service and when the Gripen E is being delivered Gripen D will be released for use as the advanced trainer so that is a new Gripen squadron being activated that could be used in case of war. Also the F16 wing in Uppsala which lack squadrons is expected to get 1-2 squadrons of gripens as the Gripen E deliveries increases the number of fighters in the air force. No decision is taken on that but it's mentioned in the future planning expected in the next defence decision.
The Supreme commander has also mentioned that he wants rocket artillery for at least a battalion, the current frontrunner is the Israeli Puls system, this battalion would be on the division level.
We are going to four brigades now but it's expected the new regiments in northern Sweden will be getting more units today they train five infantry battalions in arctic warfare, don't be surprised if these get tasked with forming 1-2 Arctic brigades in the coming years, the discussions have been about 1 Arctic brigade to support the 19th mechanized Arctic brigade in Finland.
As it currently stands the 19th mechanized is expected to operate in Finland under Finnish command in case of war because Finland for reasons that are all to obvious concentrates it's defence in the populated south.
i must commend you though you have very few errors in the video you just missed a few things but that's easy to do.
The Homeguard like the rest of the Armed Forces will be getting new firearms, from SAKO, so thats probably the biggest investment for now, the most recent addition as far as equipment goes is the Parrot ANAFI USA GOV quadcopter/UAV. A vehicle like the SISU GTP(will be called TGB24 in Sweden) would be nice for them, but might get a bit expensive if one wants it as the standard vehicle for the whole organisation, with that being said, 260 of these have been ordered by Sweden and Finland for various purposes, e.g Air defense(in Sweden probably Saabs RBS 70 NG, but thats just a guess, could be another system as well, RBS 70 NG will be mounted on BV410 to btw), so it would make sense in some ways.
IRIS-T SLS or SLM or whatever that one is called? Someone else mentioned MSHORAD (on other vehicles.)
My guess is it might be to big for TGB24, Saabs new MSHORAD is already mounted on similiar vehicles, e.g Lithuania ordered it and it will be on american JLTV. Iris-T SLM would be a nice system to have though.
@@Alex-oc2vi I see now the SAAB MSHORAD use the RBS 70 NG.
US one using Stinger, Hellfire 30 and 7.62 mm.
Ooh, the NH-90 helicopter project...what a mess that became. Aquired after years of procurement, ordered in the beginning of 2000 and delivered 23 years later, developed in 21 different models depending on ordering countries etc, was of course a huge delay and disappointment, coupled with rampant costs, and the search for a replacement model began many years before delivery.
The servicelife of it is therefore looking to be very short.
Yeah that helicopter is ASS
Yes the NH90 is disaster.
1:09 The branches are as follows
Army, Air force & Marine.
The Marine branch has the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent.
The Home Guard is deployed within all three branches.
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Ps: det hadde vert intressant å se en oppsummering av det hele det nordiske forsvaret totalt. Altså: Norge, Sverige, Danmark og Finnland. Ville det samlet vert den største militærmakt i Europa?
No, it would not be one of the largest. But one of the best, maybe ;)
Fully agree with you here
Agreed, now that all of the Nordics are under the same NATO JFC in Norfolk, there should be plenty of opportunity to combine the militaries of the 4 (5, with Iceland) nations. However, this is an ongoing process and the defense plans aren't made public.
awesome and very informative as usual =) i have no idea but sounds like u nailed the swedish names ^^
He did not nail the pronounciation of the Swedish names of that is what you meant. But thats ok, its hard.
It was understandable but not correct.
He got them better in his German video
Since he is German he was very close and any Swede saying they did not "understand" well their Swedish must be worse then his.
@@AndyWoohoo666 noone is saying they don't understand. I just answered the comment saying he "nailed it", which he didnt. It was a good try though, some words were better than other.
Fantastic channel man, keep it up
Thanks ;)
I really like you started doing them in English as well as RUclips auto translate is mehh 👍
Thanks ;)
I prefer them in German as our beloved Sabertoothed Seagull is more exact in the expressions there.
An additional resource is the hunter corp in Sweden that are app 500 000 and in average owns 4 rifles. AR-10 and 15 are now possible to use for hunting too.
You expect the average 50 year old hunter with a beer belly to be used as a solider? In this case these would already be incorporated in to Hemvärnet...
@@ThorSuzuki1 I’m just saying that there is resource that can be used with local knowledge. The introduction of AR to the Swedish hunters must be avknowledge if you look at which type of rifles the hunters apply for. The Home Guard has transitioned so I would say that is something else than old blokes running around these days.
I agree @mattiaslindgren8154
Does old people have conscript military training so they much more deadly than you think.
Hunters can, at best, make an occupation somewhat more painful for the occupier (though I'd argue that the effect is extremely limited. Guerilla activity should be carried out with explosives, and/or weapons provided by a state actor). They can't prevent an occupation by defeating the enemy's armed forces in the field.
There's a reason armed forces have fighter jets, tanks, artillery, IFVs, machine guns, grenade launchers and not just hunter rifles.
Edit: hunter's don't make out a reserve extra army either. Shooting is a very small part of soldiering. You have to give them basically as much basic training as non-hunters. I'd argue what is good about hunters is that they are used to being outdoors.
A caviate with the replacement of the CV90s in the 2030s is that it mainly concern the CV9040s which are the first operational generation of the platform and were primarily procured in the 1990s so they are getting a bit old.
Sweden doesn't operate any other version of the CV90, the initial grkpbv90120 Mjölner was built on the old hulls that were intended for the grkpbv90120AMOS so they are just as old as the Strf9040.
The Lvkv9040, ev90, striledv90 and the bgbv90 also entered sevice alongside the strf9040. The ev90 and striledv90 having since been made obsolete by the Strf9040C upgrades to the gunners and commanders systems.
@@SonsOfLorgar there are no plans as of right now to replace the newer support variants
You are confusing the BvS10 and Bv410.
They are the same vehicles. Sweden has just laid two major orders for it one directly to hhägglunds and one via a multinational cooperation of countries
But they are renovating BV 206 with new engines?
Yes but they are different vehicles for different needs. The Bv206 is liked for it's lower ground pressure and it's distributed to secondary units like home guard and infantry battalions
The Bv 206 is an unprotected logistics/utility vehicle for support units in uncontested areas with limited infrastructure integrity, the Bv410/BvS10 is armored utility vehicles for operation in the same role but by the line units and their close support formations in contested areas where loitering drones, airstrike and artillery threat is a factor.
The German comparison with Sweden is crazy. But yeah Swedes are much more militaristic than Germany also so is harder to push for rational budget for Germany.
Germany has a lot of American soldiers deployed for the moment but that won’t last long in a era of declining American dominance.
What is crazy is that Germany spends about the same amount as France and UK, but get so little for the money that Sweden can compete.
A deep dive into German military procurement and budget allocation would be appreciated.
Thats the good thing with swedish gripen you get soo mutch for the money! Nearly as many fighter jets as uk and germany!
Just FYI Sweden does not operate the Cn 235 and successor to the C-130H will be either the C-130J or KC-390.
@Avokado34 We are part of European Sky Shield Initiative since 2024. Furthermore we are not defending against bordering countries. Any long range ordinance is best intercepted with mobile air assets. We have a few patriot batteries to defend against ballistic missiles.
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At 8:28 the presenter says that Sweden currently operate 50 UH-60M helicopter. But in the attached text it says Sweden have 15 UH-60M in it's inventory.
I'm just going to assume it's the accent, fifty and fifteen sounds quite similar.
That should be 15
What happened to Germany's pledge from 2022 to increase defence spending?
Sweden is a country with alot of history.. even in war.
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It's a shame we don't have any air defense to speak of. Especially considering how important that have been shown to be in Ukraine. But maybe the plan is to use the air force and navy for intercepting missiles and drones?
Well Sweden has a lot of RBS70 and RBS90.
Sweden also have Patriot, IrisT, Bamse and a lot of 40mm Bofors guns.
The Air force can help however, the navy has no current anti air capability
You guys have Patriot, IRIS-T SLS and RBS-70 plus fighter jets. That is quite good.
@@securityanddefence Good, but no where numerous enough.
Sweden needs its airforce when all its Nordic neighboors are getting the stealth turkey.
The gripen was bulit around a advanced conflict zone
En svensk tiger.
army or rather the goverment is considering to make Territorial Defense Forces made up of older soldier and supposed to be made up of soldiers over 30. nothing offical tho
In what country?
I miss the cold war when we had the worlds 4'th largest airforce, 800'000 soldiers, and a massive navy... then the cold war took a paus and the socialist government scrapped almost all of it.. at that time we could stand our ground ourselves.. and thank you for such a deep dive into this - it was very good to have an update of procurements.
Just to be clear, it was the Moderate led government that sold off most of the equipment that was stored, the old bases were also sold, some of them to Russians, They decided to abandon conscription against the vote of the Socialdemocrats by a 3 margin vote and finally the priminister labeled the armed forces a separate interest and not a neucleus interest resulting in the Moderate defence minister to resign in protest to how the Armed forces was handled. Now the Socialdemocrats were also partly to blame for all of this but the main destruction of the Swedish armed forces lies at the feet of Reinfeldts 8 years in power. Before him it was downsizing with him it became destruction
Kanske läs på vilka det var som beslutandet om nedläggningarna, Moderaterna lägg bakom det mesta under deras regering 2006-2014
för det första fanns det ingen anledning att ha en arme efter sovjet föll man hade inget hot mot oss plus att det var reinfeldt som skrota majoriteten av försvaret
@@kentnilsson465 no it was not!! the closing down of the defense got its dagger thrust in the 1999 defense decision the shutdown policy which then continued in the 2004 defense decision. the Moderate led alliance took over in 2006 and continued on the liquidation policy.
The social democrats thus had the entire period of 1999-2006 with a policy of dismantling the defense, that is 6 budgets with big cuts when they were in a completely social democrat government.
During 1994 to 2006, the Social Democrats were a minority government, although they proposed disarmament, a majority of the Riksdag voted for it
Germany can do MUCH better?
lots of things wrong in this video
What is wrong then?
For example?