Steen Defense is a fairly new Swedish company that was started with the idea of rebuilding arms production in Sweden. They have an AR-type rifle design with a couple interesting innovations, namely a solution to upper/lower fit and a way to segregate barrel and handguard attachment while still using standard AR barrels. It’s pretty cool, and while they were not chosen for the new Swedish Army rifle procurement they are attracting customers in law enforcement and international military spaces.
Bolt Action Rifles
Nordic Cooperation: The Swedish M96 in Finnish Service
One of the significant foreign rifles in Finnish service during the Winter War and Continuation War was the Swedish M96 Mauser. These rifles began arriving in Finland even before Finland’s independence, and in 1919 the […]
Heavy MGs
Swedish Kulspruta m/36
The Swedish military started using the Browning machine gun design shortly after World War I, and chose it initially because its closed-bolt design made it simple to synchronize with an aircraft propeller. About 170 commercial […]
Submachine Guns
Swedish K Comparison: Model m/45 v m/45B
Since I have the rather unusual opportunity to examine both the early Swedish m/45 and the improved m/45B at the same time, I figured this would be a good opportunity for a video. There were […]
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