{"id":22968,"date":"2026-10-03T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=22968"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:56:54","slug":"daily_4229_-_garrison_day_part_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/daily_4229_-_garrison_day_part_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 4229 – Garrison Day, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exhibitions of military equipment were dotted around the garrison area. We spent a couple of hours getting acquainted with all sorts of vehicles and equipment. I learned a whole lot of terminology and interesting facts.<\/p>\n

We started out next to the main square, where the A 8 regiment were showing off their stuff. Ingrid’s regiment is the I 19, an arctic armoured and and light infantry regiment (i.e. tanks, and troops on the ground). The A 8, their next-door neighbours, are an artillery regiment (i.e. cannons).<\/p>\n

The Archer artillery system<\/a>, I now know, is valued for being extremely mobile. It can be driven at 90 km\/h, then stop, extend supports for stability, aim, fire, pull in the supports again, and be gone again in about a minute.<\/p>\n

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Next to Archer (and its friend Arthur<\/a> there were tracked motor vehicles, almost like small mobile huts on treads, which you could actually get inside. <\/p>\n

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The driver’s seat was neither spacious nor ergonomic.<\/p>\n

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What it did have was lots of knobs and switches – the way I wish more cars were designed. Seriously, I’m so on board with military design principles. Just like I love the way that the troops all pack their backpacks the exact same way, so that anyone can locate the first-aid kit in anyone’s backpack, and that there are specific, pre-determined ways of expressing direction and distance to prevent confusion and misunderstanding. <\/p>\n

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To the other side of the main square there were several rows of older tanks. The oldest one was from just after WW2 – still in a driveable state. All of them must be, since they have clearly been driven here for today. Also: the foundation under the asphalt here must be something extra, to support all this weight.<\/p>\n

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The newest of the old tanks was an S 103 from the 1960s. This one was open, and interested visitors could climb inside, which we of course did.<\/p>\n

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Across a field, there was all the modern equipment of an armoured unit. Tanks, of course, but also all kinds of interesting special equipment. There’s an armoured recovery vehicle, which is like a giant, armoured version of a tow truck. There’s a whole portable bridge, the Krigsbro 5<\/a>, which is transportable on trucks and can be put in place in 3 hours.<\/p>\n

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The S 122 is the newest model of tank in the Swedish army. This one we were not allowed inside of.<\/p>\n

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We tried out a recoilless rocket launcher simulator, which is supposedly like the real thing, but instead of shooting rockets, it shows you on a screen where the rocket would have hit. We were all very good at aiming.<\/p>\n

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Of course we also got a chance to see Ingrid’s dormitory, and their (identically organized) lockers. <\/p>\n

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Fun fact: inside the entrance to the dormitory building, there was a boot care locker. It had all the signs of getting serious use. I knew the soldiers all need to look clean and tidy at all times, which includes well-polished boots, but I had never given any thought to just how that happens.<\/p>\n

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