Equipment of the Royal Danish Army

This is a list of equipment of the Royal Danish Army.

Armour

Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Leopard 2 A5  Germany Main Battle Tank 57
Leopard 1 Wisent 1  Germany Armoured Recovery Vehicle 11
Pansret Broslagningsvogn Leopard 1 Biber  Germany Armoured Vehicle-launched Bridge 10
Hydrema MCV 910 Denmark Denmark Mine Clearing Vehicle 16
Pansret minerydningskøretøj - PNMIRK  Germany Mine Clearing Vehicle 2 Based on the Wisent 1 chassis.[1]
Infanterikampkøretøj - IKK
(CV9035DK)		  Sweden Infantry Fighting Vehicle 45
Pansret Mandskabsvogn - PMV
(M113)		  United States Armored Personnel Carrier A1: 170
G3: 246		 Used in various versions:
  • Command vehicles
  • Repair vehicle
  • Ambulance
  • Combat engineers vehicle
  • Among others
MRAP Cougar 6x6 ISS  United States Infantry Mobility Vehicle 40 Leased[2]
Mowag Piranha III in H and C variants Switzerland Switzerland Armoured Fighting Vehicle 90 Used in various versions:
  • Communications and informations systems carrier
  • Command and control vehicle
  • Reconnaissance vehicle
  • Armoured ambulance
  • Among others
Mowag Piranha V Switzerland Switzerland Armoured Fighting Vehicle 309* *In the process of acquiring 309, first set to arrive in 2018.[3]
Patria XA-185 Finland Finland Armored Personnel Carrier 11 Used as an Armoured ambulance (leased)
Spejdervogn M/95
(MOWAG Eagle 4x4 I and IV)		 Switzerland Switzerland Light Armored Car 91
  • Eagle I reconnaissance vehicle (ca. 30 in storage)
  • Eagle IV Patrol vehicle (Lemur 12,7 mm OHW) (91)
Mowag Duro Duro IIIP 6x6 Switzerland Switzerland Armoured Fighting Vehicle 29 Used as an armoured ambulance
HMMWV United States United States Light Armored Car 22 Used as:
  • Fast attack vehicle
  • TOW carrier
  • Utility vehicle
Supacat HMT 400 United Kingdom United Kingdom Light Armored Car 15

Aircraft

Helicopters All army helicopters have been transferred to Helicopter Wing Karup, a joint helicopter command under the Royal Danish Air Force:

Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Fennec AS550 France France Light multipurpose helicopter 8 (plus 4 in storage)
OH-6 Cayuse United States United States Light Observation Helicopter/ Utilliy 14 (Retired)
EH-101 Merlin United Kingdom United Kingdom Utility helicopter / Transport 14
Westland Lynx United Kingdom United Kingdom Utility 8
MH-60R Seahawk
United States United States Utility* replacing the Lynx 9* first one to be delivered spring 2016

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles:

Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Raven B United States United States Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Artillery

Field artillery, mortars, and related equipment

Name Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
Selvkørende Haubits - SKH
(M109 A3DK)		 United States United States Self-propelled artillery 3
12 used for spare parts		 Of the A3 variant, said to be replaced soon.
Let Mortér - LMT M/06
(Explosivos Alaveses mortars)		 Spain Spain Mortar 75 Variants:
  • 60 mm combi mortar
  • 60 mm commando mortar
Tung Mortér - TMT M/10
(Soltam 120)		 Israel Israel Mortar 20 [4]
Artilleripejleradar
(ARTHUR)		 Sweden Sweden Norway Norway Artillery hunting radar 6 (Retired)

Danish Army Low Level Air Defence System (DALLADS): Transferred to Royal Danish Air Force

Other vehicles

Trucks, lorrys, and other vehicles

MAN trucks of various models and versions, for instance:

Danish Army Mercedes Gelaendewagen

Mercedes Gelaendewagen of various models and versions, for example: (over 2000)

Motorcycles:

General issued weapons and related equipment

Bayonet, field knife, and entrenching tool

Name Image Origin Type Notes
Bajonet M/95
(M7 bayonet)
 United States United States Bayonet Only used by the Royal Life Guards, when on guard duty.
Feltkniv M/96
(Glock Feldmesser)
 Austria Austria Field knife
Feltspade M/96
(Glock Feldspaten)
 Austria Austria Field shovel

Infantry weapons

All rifles, carbines, submachine guns and machine guns issued to conscripts as well as regular personnel are equipped with either a C79 optical sight or an Aimpoint CompM4 to allow the soldier to attach his night vision goggles to optic sight.

ModelImageOriginTypeCaliberDetails
Handguns & Submachine guns
M/49 Neuhausen
(SIG P210)
 Switzerland Switzerland Pistol 9 mm
USP9 SD
(USP)
 Germany Germany Pistol 9 mm
Glock 17
(Glock pistol)
 Austria Austria Pistol 9 mm
Glock 19
(Glock pistol)
 Austria Austria Pistol 9 mm Used by Slædepatruljen Sirius special forces
MP5
(Heckler & Koch MP5)
 West Germany West Germany Submachine gun 9 mm
Rifles
Gevær M/95
(Colt Canada C7 rifle)
 Canada Canada Assault Rifle 5.56 mm Currently being replaced by M/10 rifle
Karabin M/96
(Colt Canada C8 carbine)
 Canada Canada Carbine 5.56 mm
Gevær M/10
(Colt Canada C8 IUR rifle)
 Canada Canada Carbine 5.56 mm
Machine guns
Let Støttevåben M/04
(Colt Automatic Rifle)
 Canada Canada Light machine gun 5.56 mm
Maskingevær M/07
(FN Herstal Minimi)
 Belgium Belgium Light machine gun 5.56 mm In limited use and under evaluation for further
procurement to replace the LSV M/04
Maskingevær M/62
(Rheinmetall MG3)
 West Germany West Germany General-purpose machine gun 7.62 mm
Tungt Maskingevær M/2001
(M2 Browning machine gun)
 United States United States Heavy machine gun 12.7 mm
Let Maskingevær M/60
(M60 Machine gun M60E6)
 United States United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62 mm Supplied by US Ordnance, upgrade of M60E4
Sniper rifles
Let Støttevåben M/04
(SAKO TRG42RH)
 Finland Finland Sniper rifle Cal. 338LM
HK 417S
 Germany Germany Sniper rifle 7.62 mm Full size rifle with 508.0 mm (20 in) accurized barrel
Minerydningsgevær M/95
(Barrett M95)
 United States United States Anti-materiel rifle 12.7 mm Primary used for EOD
Anti-tank weapons
Dyssekanon M/85
(Carl Gustav M3)
 Sweden Sweden Anti-tank weapon 84 mm
Panserværnsvåben M/97
(AT-4 CS)
 Sweden Sweden Anti-tank weapon 84 mm

Infantry grenade launchers and ammo

Grenades and mines

Uniforms, personal load-carrying equipment, and personal protection equipment

Danish soldiers using the M/84 uniform and the K M/96

Tactical and communication equipment

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nye muligheder i kampen mod miner og IED" (in Danish).
  2. ↑ "Danske soldater i Afghanistan får igen MRAP som køretøj" (in Danish). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "309 New Armored Vehicles". Forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Morter" (in Danish). Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Nørby, Ulla. "Forsvaret sælger BMW-motorcykler" (in Danish). Jyllands Posten.
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