Swedish Defence

The changing face of armored operations in the far north and the Swedish tank buy

“…Rather, the emphasis is on a territorial, or "defense-in-depth", strategy, stressing light, highly mobile forces, rather than sheer firepower. 2 Lapland defense is the domain of five Norrland brigades-special light infantry units equipped with all-terrain tracked vehicles and trained for arctic combat. In all of northern Sweden, therefore, the army maintains only a handful of armored vehicles.…”