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Life Guards LG (Kungsängen) (Infantry) 2200 personnel

 

            Trains troops for international deployments

Guards Battalion

Mechanized units

Urban combat

Ceremonial duties

Command, Control and Intelligence units.

Dragoons Battalion

Military Police

Guard and surveillance troops

Horse guards for ceremonial occassions

 

1st Marine Regiment Amf 1 (Berga)  1500 personnel)

 

            Amphibious Warfare Battalion

            Other units

 

Air Defense Regiment LV 6 (Halmstad)

Artillery Regiment A 9 (Boden)

Gota Engineer Regiment Ing 2 (Eksjö) 1250 personnel

 

            Trains

 

            1 engineer company for international deployment

            Engineers for other units

            Home Guard units

 

TrängR Logistic Regiment (Skövde)

Armed Forces Helicopter Wing Hkp_j (Linköping)

 

Brigade TO

 

4 tank/mechanized battalions

1 joint Forces Command

 

TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS

 

4 armored regiments

2 infantry regiments

1 artillery regiment

 

 

Equipment

 

MBT                280 Leopard

AIFV   1400

APC                 600

ARTY (T)        150 (155mm)

HM                  400 (120mm)

 

ARMY AVIATION (Försvarsmaktens Helikopterflottilj):

 

Joint Helicopter command

4 regional divisions

About 15 company sized aviation units

Approximately 100 helicopters

 

Budget Allocation 2008

 

Unit Operations              50%

Material Maintenance     26%

Material Acquisition       17%

R and D                          4%

International Operations 3%