Skaraborgs regemente (armoured)

Skaraborgs regemente (armoured)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= Skaraborgs regemente
(P 4)


dates= 1942–
country= Sweden
branch= Swedish Army
type= Armoured
size= Regiment
motto= "Arvet förpliktar" ("The heritage obligates")
colors= Black and yellow
colors_label= Colours
march= "Geschwindmarsch"
battle_honours= Varberg (1565), Narva (1581), Lützen (1632), Leipzig (1642), Warsaw (1656), Lund (1676), Landskrona (1677), Malatitze (1708)

Skaraborgs regemente (Skaraborg Regiment), designation P 4, is a Swedish Army armoured regiment that traces its origins back to the 16th century. It was converted from an infantry regiment in 1942. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from Skaraborg County, and it is currently garrisoned in Skövde, in former Skaraborg County.

History

The regiment was converted from the infantry regiment Skaraborgs regemente in 1942 and was given the name Skaraborgs pansarregemente. The regiment was given the designation P 4 (4th Armoured Regiment) and was garrisoned in Skövde. It changed name to Skaraborgs regemente in 1963, and in 1974, the regiment gained the new designation P 4/Fo 35 as a consequence of a merge with the local defence area Fo 35. For a short time in the 1990s, the unit was then merged with the wartime organised Skaraborgsbrigaden, designation MekB 9. In 2000, the unit was reorganised once again, and was redesignated back to its old designation P 4, the name was also changed back to Skaraborgs regemente.

Campaigns

*None

Organisation

In peacetime Skaraborgs regiment trains conscripts for the Swedish wartime organisation. Skaraborgs regiment train panzer troops and use the Swedish modified Leopard 2A5 IS, Strv 122, and vehicles from the CV90 family. The peacetime organisation train one battalion a year around 600 people. The main garrison is situated in Skövde in Västergötland and most of the training grounds can be found around Skövde, the regiment also has a smaller detachment in Kvarn in Östergötland.

The peacetime organisation is not synonymous with the wartime organisation. But in the peacetime organisation conscripts are trained at following companies.

* Lif company - Staff duty, Anti-aircraft, Scouts.
* Skånings company - Mechanized infantry CV90
* Wartofta company - Tank Strv 122
* Norra Wadsbo company - Transport
* Södra Wadsbo company - Supplies
* Grenadier company - Mechanized infantry CV90, Mortar
* Wilska company - Light infantry Patgb 203, guards

Other vehicles used by the regiment: TGB 11, 13 & 20, Bv 206.

Name, designation and garrison

See also

*List of Swedish regiments
*Provinces of Sweden

References

;Print
*cite book |last=Braunstein |first=Christian |title=Sveriges arméförband under 1900-talet |year=2003 |publisher=Statens Försvarshistoriska Museer |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-971584-4-5
*cite book |last=Holmberg |first=Björn |title=Arméns regementen, skolor och staber: en sammanställning |year=1993 |publisher=Svenskt militärhistoriskt bibliotek |location=Arvidsjaur |id=ISBN 91-972209-0-6
*cite book |last=Kjellander |first=Rune |title=Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter |year=2003 |publisher=Probus |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-87184-74-5
*cite book |last=Nelsson |first=Bertil |title=Från Brunkeberg till Nordanvind: 500 år med svenskt infanteri |year=1993 |publisher=Probus |location=Stockholm |id=ISBN 91-87184-23-0
*cite book |title=Svensk rikskalender 1908 |url=http://www.runeberg.org/rikskal/1908/ |year=1908 |publisher=P.A. Norstedt & Söner |location=Stockholm

;Online
*cite web |last=Holmén |first=Pelle |coauthors=Sjöberg, Jan |url=http://www.tdg.nu/swedish_armed_forces/ |title=Swedish Armed Forces 1900-2000 |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=2007
*cite web |last=Högman |first=Hans |url=http://www.algonet.se/~hogman/militaria.htm |title=Militaria - Svensk militärhistoria |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=2007
*cite web |last=Persson |first=Mats |url=http://www.mvs.chalmers.se/~m95perm_2/forband/ |title=Swedish Army Regiments |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=1998
*cite web |last=Sharman |first=Ken |url=http://home.golden.net/~ksharman/gnw/Indel.html |title=Swedish military administrative division as per 1629 |accessdate=2007-08-20 |year=2000

External links

* [http://www.p4.mil.se/ Skaraborgs regemente] – official site sv icon


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