Danish Armed Forces
Equipment Denmark uses or has recently used. 40 models, each with a photo and the details that give it away.
Practise Danish Armed Forces- AT4Anti-tank · Sweden
Single-use olive green fibreglass tube of even width with bumpers at both ends, pop-up iron sights and, on Swedish and Danish versions, a folding front grip.
- AW101 MerlinHelicopters · UK / Italy
Large three-engine helicopter with a five-blade rotor, a third engine intake behind the rotor and a long tail with a high horizontal stabiliser.
- Barrett M82Sniper rifles · USA
Very large .50 cal rifle with a big double-chamber muzzle brake, a perforated barrel shroud and a bipod.
- C-130 HerculesTransport & support · USA
Four-propeller high-wing transport with a rear ramp under an upswept tail and landing-gear bulges on the fuselage sides.
- CAESARArtillery · France
155 mm howitzer on the back of a truck; a large spade drops to the ground at the rear when firing.
- Carl Gustaf M4Anti-tank · Sweden
Reusable recoilless rifle: long tube with a flared venturi at the rear, front grip, shoulder pad and side sight.
- Colt Canada C7Rifles · Canada
Full-length AR rifle: fixed stock, 20-inch barrel and a long handguard; Danish M/95s are mostly seen with the Royal Life Guards and Home Guard.
- F-16AMJets · USA
Upgraded early-model F-16: single fin, belly intake and bubble canopy, almost identical in outline to the F-16C.
- FGM-148 JavelinAnti-tank · USA
Fat launch tube with a large boxy command launch unit sight attached to the side.
- FIM-92 StingerMANPADS · USA
Long tube with a fold-up box-shaped IFF antenna and a grip stock under the middle.
- FN MAG / M240Machine guns · Belgium
Heavy 7.62 mm belt-fed gun with a tall box receiver, a carrying handle on the barrel, a bipod under the gas tube and a solid stock.
- FN Minimi / M249Machine guns · Belgium
Short heavy barrel with a carrying handle, squared receiver and a magazine well on the left side.
- Gevær M/10Rifles · Canada
Canadian-built AR-pattern carbine used by Denmark, with a long free-float rail and a short barrel.
- Leopard 2A5Tanks · Germany
Leopard 2 with the wedge-shaped 'arrowhead' armour on the turret front but still the shorter L44 gun (the 2A6 has the long L55).
- M2 BrowningMachine guns · USA
Heavy machine gun with a thick bare barrel exiting a short perforated barrel support, spade grips at the back of the box receiver and usually a tripod or vehicle mount.
- M113APCs · USA
Simple aluminium box on five road wheels, sloped front plate, flat roof with a cupola and a large rear ramp.
- M203Grenade launchers · USA
40 mm launcher under the handguard of an AR-type rifle; its tube slides forward to load.
- MG3Machine guns · Germany
Long belt-fed gun with a perforated cooling jacket around the barrel and a bipod near the muzzle.
- Milkor MGLGrenade launchers · South Africa
Six-shot 40 mm revolver launcher with a big rotating cylinder, a collapsible stock and a top-mounted sight.
- MOWAG EagleLight vehicles · Switzerland
Compact, wedge-shaped armoured 4x4 with a low bonnet, large windscreen and often a remote weapon station on the roof.
- Piranha VAPCs · Switzerland
Eight evenly spaced wheels, tall hull with a steep sloped front.
- Sako TRGSniper rifles · Finland
Bolt-action rifle with an angular aluminium and polymer stock, an adjustable cheek piece, a bipod and a large muzzle brake.
- No photo yetAccuracy International AX50Sniper rifles · United Kingdom
Large .50 cal bolt-action rifle on an alloy chassis with a left-folding adjustable stock, a long railed handguard and a big multi-chamber muzzle brake.
- No photo yetATMOS 2000Artillery · Israel
155 mm howitzer on the back of a six- or eight-wheeled truck with an armoured cab; a spade folds down at the rear before firing.
- No photo yetColt Canada C20 DMRSniper rifles · Canada
7.62 mm AR-10 style semi-automatic rifle with a long free-float rail, an adjustable stock, a bipod and a large optic.
- CV9035IFVs · Sweden
Seven road wheels, tall boxy hull, compact two-man turret with a 35 mm cannon.
- No photo yetF-35A Lightning IIJets · USA
Single-engine stealth fighter with twin canted tail fins, faceted fuselage and a single round exhaust.
- No photo yetHK G3Rifles · Germany
Long 7.62 mm battle rifle with a slim, slightly curved magazine, a drum rear sight, a cocking tube above the barrel and a flash hider with prongs.
- No photo yetL16 / M252 81 mmMortars · United Kingdom
81 mm tube with cooling fins around its lower part, a K-shaped bipod and a round base plate.
- Leopard 2A7Tanks · Germany
Seven road wheels, arrowhead add-on armour on the turret front, long 120 mm gun.
- No photo yetM60E6Machine guns · USA
7.62 mm belt-fed gun with an offset carrying handle on the barrel, a forward pistol grip under the handguard and a bipod mounted on the receiver.
- No photo yetM72 LAWAnti-tank · USA
Short, slim telescoping tube that extends before firing, with a flip-up sight; small and light.
- No photo yetMH-60R SeahawkHelicopters · USA
Black Hawk shape in grey with a folding tail, a sensor turret under the nose, the tail wheel moved forward and sonobuoy launchers on the side.
- No photo yetPiranha IIICAPCs · Switzerland
Eight-wheeled APC with a boat-shaped bow and a small turret or weapon station; smaller and lower than the Piranha V.
- No photo yetPULSRocket artillery · Israel
Truck-mounted launcher with two large interchangeable rocket pods side by side behind the cab, like a bigger HIMARS.
- No photo yetSAMP/TAir defence · France / Italy
Truck carrying a vertical launcher of eight Aster missile canisters raised upright at the rear.
- No photo yetSIG Sauer P320 / M17Pistols · USA
Polymer frame with a squared slide and angled front serrations; the US M17 is coyote brown with an ambidextrous thumb safety.
- No photo yetSkyranger 30Air defence · Germany
Turret with a 30 mm revolver cannon, radar panels and missile pods, on vehicles such as the Boxer, Piranha, Pandur or tracked carriers.
- No photo yetSoltam K6 / M120 120 mmMortars · Israel
Heavy 120 mm tube on a bipod with a large round base plate; towed on a small two-wheeled carriage or mounted in a vehicle.
- No photo yetSpike LR2Anti-tank · Israel
Missile canister clipped to a command-and-launch unit with a big boxy sight, fired from a tripod or the shoulder.
