Re: 2nd/3rd rate powers - Swiss/Scandinavians

Johan wrote:

>Our gear is good though. But the modern stuff we have is only in 
>sufficient numbers to train with, all we have in case of a crisis is G3

>assault rifles in abundance. Everything mobilization worthy has been
scrapped.

Well, no - we still have lots of Carl Gustafs and AT4s as well ;-)
'Course, 
those are the earliest models of AT4s, and IIRC the most modern HEAT
ammo 
Sweden has for its CGs is m/75... the Baltic states have vastly more
modern 
CG ammo than Sweden has
:-/ Indeed, some Swedish Army CG instructors sent to the Balts were
quite 
shocked to find out that their pupils (using modern ammo) could hit
targets 
at about three times the range the instructors could (using outdated
ammo)...

'Course, the ScanFed is almost two hundred years into the future. I 
sincerely hope that we manage to change our government at least once
before 
then, even if the latest election forecasts don't look too promising :-7

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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