Saab Bofors Dynamics
Saab Bofors Dynamics, located in Karlskoga and Linköping, Sweden, is a subsidiary of the Saab Group that specializes in military materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems.
Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, a hammer mill, which was founded as a royal state-owned company in 1646. In 1873, this was converted to a modern corporate structure by becoming an "stock company", in Swedish an aktiebolag, that is a "limited company" or a "corporation". In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, by that time the parent owner of Bofors. In September 2000, SAAB sold their Bofors Weapon Systems, which produced the autocannon and tube artillery weapons, to United Defense Industries, while Saab retained their missile interests. Later BAE Systems acquired United Defense Industries.
The weapon systems include sensors based on radar, infrared, and lasers.
Several public campaigns, including civil disobedience actions, have targeted production sites as a protest against Swedish arms export.
Modern weapons systems
- RBS 70 SAM system
- RBS15 AShM/LAM system
- Taurus missile Taurus KEPD 350
- RBS 23 BAMSE SAM system
- AT4/AT4 CS anti-tank weapon
- Carl-Gustaf M3 (M3 MAAWS) 84 mm anti-tank weapon system
- NLAW light anti-armor weapon
- STRIX 120 mm guided mortar round
- Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS 9 mm PDW
- Ak 5C 5.56mm carbine rifle, standard issue in the Swedish Armed Forces