| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Caliber | Notes |
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| Pistols |
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| Glock P80 | |  Austria | Handgun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Norwegian version of the Glock 17 pistol. Currently being modernized to the new Gen 4 standard.[7] [8] |
| Submachine guns |
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| Heckler & Koch MP7 | |  Germany | Submachine gun, PDW | HK 4.6×30mm | Current service to replace MP5. |
| Heckler & Koch MP5 A2N and A3N | | | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Mostly replaced by the MP7. Still in service with Norwegian Special Operations Forces and the Norwegian Home Guard. |
| Assault rifles |
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| Heckler & Koch HK416 | | Germany | Assault rifle | 5.56×45mm NATO | Standard rifle of the Norwegian Army, 42,000 rifles purchased.[9] The variants include HK416N, HK416K and HK416S.Accessories:
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| Colt Canada C8 | |  Canada | Assault rifle, Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | The C8 SFW and C8 CQB are in service with Norwegian Special Operations Forces.[10] |
| Machine guns |
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| FN Minimi | |  Belgium | Light machine gun | 5.56×45mm NATO | In service with Norwegian Special Operations Forces and KJK since the early 2000s. In 2011, the Minimi was also selected as the new light machine gun of the Norwegian Armed Forces, and an order was placed with FN for 1,900 weapons.[11] |
| Minimi MK3 | | Belgium | General purpose medium machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | 1,000 on order (with 3,000 more on option). The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency signed the contract with FN Herstal in August 2021.[12] |
| FN MAG | | Belgium | General purpose medium machine gun | 7.62×51mm NATO | Installed on Leopard 2 tanks purchased from the Netherlands. Has also been selected as the MG3's successor on other vehicles, and remains in use with the infantry until a new Light Weight Machine Gun (LWMG) has been acquired.[13] |
| M2 Browning | |  United States | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO(.50 BMG) | In January 2019, the Norwegian Armed Forces ordered 1,300 new M2A2N, which will replace the older HMGs.[14] |
| Precision rifles |
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| Heckler & Koch HK417 | | Germany | Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Replaced the NM149 in the Norwegian Armed Forces.[15] |
| Accuracy International AWM | |  United Kingdom | Sniper rifle | 7.62×67mm(.300 Winchester Magnum) | This weapon was in service with Norwegian Special Operations Forces, but by now, it has probably been replaced by the new Barrett MRAD [16] |
| Barrett MRAD | | United States | Sniper rifle | 8.6×70mm(.338 Lapua Magnum) | New sniper rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum.[17] |
| Barrett M82 A1 NG | | United States | Anti materiel sniper rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO(.50 BMG) | |
| M107A1 | | United States | Anti materiel sniper rifle | 12.7×99mm NATO(.50 BMG) | Contract for "several hundred rifles" signed in June 2024. Deliverances expected in 2025.[18] |
| Ceremonial Weapons |
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| M1 Garand | | United States | Bolt action rifle | .30-06 Springfield | Locally known as "Selvladegevær"Used by Hans Majestet Kongens Garde 3rd Guard Company's drill troop [19] |
| Grenade |
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| AG-HK416 | | Germany | Grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Both used under barrel of the HK416 or as a single weapon [20] |
| Heckler & Koch GMG | | Germany | Automatic grenade launcher | 40×53mm HV | Also fitted to some of the upgraded CV90s with RWS. |
| Anti-tank weapons |
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| Carl Gustav recoilless rifle | |  Sweden | Recoilless rifle | 84mm | M2 / M3 / M4 variants operational [21] [22] Ammo types:[23] - HE
- Anti-armour
- Smoke
- Illumination
- Training
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| M72 LAW | |  Norway United States | Rocket-propelled grenade | 66mm | The NM72F1 is the most common variant in the Norwegian Army.A M72-S training variant is used by the Army.[24] |
| FGM-148 Javelin | | United States | Anti-tank guided missile | 127mm | 100 launchers and 526 missiles. Delivered from 2006, in use from 2009. 120 more missiles ordered and new kits for the CLU inn 2021.[25] In 2017, Norwegian authorities started the process of finding a replacement anti-tank weapon in order to counter new types of heavy tanks equipped with active protection systems capable of defeating current anti-tank missiles.[26] |
| Man-portable air-defense system |
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| PPZR Piorun | |  Poland | Man-portable air-defense system | 72mm | Ordered in November 2022.[27] | |
| Name | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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| Main battle tank |
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| Leopard 2A8NO | | Germany | Main battle tank | 54 on order | In February 2023, the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that Norway would be ordering 54 new Leopard 2A7 tanks from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann at a cost of with a further option for 18 vehicles to be delivered at a later date. The first Leopard 2A7s are due to be delivered by 2026, and operational by 2031. The Norwegian government had been weighing up either the Leopard 2A7 or the South Korean K2 Black Panther as a replacement for its aging Leopard 2A4 fleet.[28] [29] [30] [31] Due to alteraterations in the design it was deemed nesesary to re designate these to Leopard 2A8 NOR |
| Leopard 2A4NO | | | Main battle tank | 52 in 2001;[32] 36 (8 more in storage) in 2024;[33] 8 will be donated to Ukraine.[34]
6 chassis reused for AVLB LEGUAN | 52 Leopard 2A4NLs were acquired from the Netherlands in 2001. The tanks have been adapted to Norwegian requirements, which includes, among other things, the installation of new radios, weapon racks and a Battlefield Management System.[35]
Norway had been planning on upgrading 38 of the tanks to modern standards,[36] but this option was considered inadequate in the Ground Power Review,[37] and in the proposition that was published in October 2017, it's instead suggested that Norway should acquire brand new tanks after 2025. In October 2020 the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency sent out a Request For Information for the main battle tank market.[38] Market analyses revealed the Leopard 2A7 and the K2 Black Panther as candidates for the procurement project. In January 2022 started winter trials of the candidates, undergoing extensive mobility and firing tests for evaluation with a contract to be signed by the end of the year and deliveries planned from 2025.[39] |
| Infantry fighting vehicle |
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| CV90 family of vehicles | | Sweden | Infantry fighting vehicle and various support roles | 74 CV9030N;21 CV9030N MK IIIB (Recon);15 CV9030N (Command);All as of 2024 | In service since 1999 after the Norwegian Army acquired 104 CV9030N. 17 of these were later upgraded with air-conditioning, additional mine protection and rear-view cameras, and were designated CV9030NF1.
In June 2012, a deal was signed with BAE Systems Hägglunds and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace for the acquisition of 144 new and upgraded vehicles, including 74 infantry fighting, 21 reconnaissance, 15 command, 16 engineering, 16 multi-role and two driver training vehicles.[40] [41] The delivery was completed in April 2019.[42] On February 18, 2021, it was announced that Norway had ordered another 12 combat engineering vehicles and 8 multi-role vehicles.[43] |
| Armoured personnel carriers |
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| SISU XA-185, XA-186, XA-203N | |  Finland | Armoured personnel carrier and various support roles | 75 (in 2024) | In service since 1995. Many of them currently serve as armored ambulances in various units. A small number also serve as armored transports in the King's Guard battalion.In 2017, a contract was signed with FFG on the conversion of 30 Pasi XA-203N into multi-role medical platforms (MRSP). These replaced the old Sisu XA-185 ambulances. |
| ACSV G5 | | Germany | Armoured personnel carrier and various support roles | 44 (on order for delivery in 2023-2027); 75–150 (planned further acquisition) | The new Armored Combat Support Vehicle (ACSV) is based on FFG's PMMC G5. The ACSV G5 is a versatile tracked platform, available either in open or closed hull configurations, and is intended to be the base of several new types of support vehicles for the Norwegian Army, including SHORAD, artillery hunting radar, electronic warfare, repair & recovery and logistics support variants.[44] [45] |
| M113A2, M113F3 | | United States | Armoured personnel carrier and various support roles | 288 | In service since 1964. Today, they fill various support roles such as armored ambulance, mortar carrier, engineer vehicle, and command vehicle. 288 vehicles have been rebuilt and upgraded as a part of Project 5026, including at least 97 M113F3s.[46]
Furthermore, a new variant, the M113F4, has been developed,[47] but it was ultimately set aside in favor of FFG's ACSV, which is based on the PMMC G5.[48]
For more details on Norwegian M113 variants and upgrades see Variants of the M113 armored personnel carrier. |
| Fuchs 1A8 | | | NBC reconnaissance vehicle | 6[49] | In service with the Army's CBRN units. |
| Infantry mobility vehicles |
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| ATF Dingo | | Germany | Infantry mobility vehicle | 10 | 20 acquired in 2010. 10 donated to Ukraine |
| Iveco LMV2, LMV3, LMV4 | |  Italy | Infantry mobility vehicle | 169 | In service since 2007. About 110 vehicles, mostly newer LMV3s and brand new LMV4s, will be kept in active service or placed in emergency storage, while the older LMV2s will be retired completely.[50] 14 LMV III donated to Ukraine in July 2022.[51] |
| High mobility vehicle |
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| Supacat HMT Extenda | | United Kingdom | High mobility vehicle | 24 | HMT Extenda MK2s intended for Norwegian Special Operations Forces. Delivery completed in May 2019.[52] | |
| Vehicle | Origin | Manufacturer | Quantity | Note |
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| HX range of tactical trucks | Germany | Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles | 103 | In 2014, Sweden and Norway entered into a joint frame agreement for the purchase of new logistics vehicles from the German supplier RMMV.The first Norwegian order includes 103 units of HX2 vehicles (of which 95 are 8x8 and 8 are 10x10). A full 35 of these vehicles will be supplied with the Rheinmetall Integrated Armoured Cabin (IAC). 60 delivered by 2022. |
| TGS range of trucks | Germany | Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles | 85 [70] | Commercial vehicles, intended for use on the bases and airfields of the Air Force. |
| P93, P113, P143 trucks, and also the 412 rescue and recovery vehicle and NM 154 recovery vehicle based on P113[71] | Sweden | Scania | 2,000 | |
| Airport fuel tankers type P460 4x2 and G460 6x4. | Sweden | Scania | 8 + 30 on order [72] | | |
| Vehicle | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Note |
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| Multiple launch rocket systems |
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| M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System | | United States | Multiple launch rocket system | 1 (mothballed) | Taken out of active service in 2005, and have been sitting in storage since then. This was largely a result of Norway signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions, as well as not being able to afford to upgrade the system to fire M31 GMLRS at the time.[91] In 2014, a decision was made to scrap the M270s, but it was halted before it could be carried out.[92] [93] 3 donated to Ukraine via UK in June 2022[94] Another 8 donated in May 2023.[95] |
| Self-propelled gun |
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| M109A3GN | | United States | Self-propelled gun | 33 in storage (2023) | 126 M109Gs were acquired from West Germany between 1969 and 1971. They were then upgraded to the M109A3GN configuration during the latter half of the 1980s. In 2006, there were still 56 M109A3GNs in the Army's inventory, meaning that at least 70 SPGs had been scrapped after the end of the Cold War. 14 M109A3GNs received additional upgrades in 2007, and were designated M109A3GNM. The upgrade includes, among other things, new intercom and new navigation and positioning systems. The M109A3GNMs were the only SPGs that remained in active service (12 with Brigade Nord's Artillery Battalion and 2 with the Norwegian Army Weapons School) with the remainder of the M109s having been put in storage by 2006.[96]
22+1 donated to Ukraine in 2022[97]
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