swedish coastal defense and amphibious doctrine documents

[fanaPHIB]

Hello, I Have found some doctrinal documents about the swedish doctrine on coastal defense and amphibious operations.

But they are all in swedish language

 

Does a swedish speaking folk can translate it in english for me ?

 

they are here :

- pages 97 to 116 of this 1995-year document ( ArTaktik2 )

- pages 49 to 57 of this 1993-year document ( Utländska stridskrafter )

[Guest zizka]

Hi !

 

Have you tried a translation-programme like "Babelfish".

 

 

Best regards/Zizka

[Hans Engstrom]

Well, it's possible, but I generally charge 120 dollars per hour for translations

 

Seriously, that's a lot of translation you're asking for.

[fanaPHIB]

Babelfish does not manage the swedish language.

 

I don't need a complete translation.

[glappkaeft]

Babelfish does not manage the swedish language.

 

That's wierd. I have used it a couple of times to translate Spanish and Italian newspaper to Swedish but it seems like they removed all Swedish to 'X' options. There are other option of you google 'Swedish English translators'.

 

/Patrik

[John T]

Hello, I Have found some doctrinal documents about the swedish doctrine on coastal defense and amphibious operations.

But they are all in swedish language

 

Does a swedish speaking folk can translate it in english for me ?

 

they are here :

- pages 97 to 116 of this 1995-year document ( ArTaktik2 )

- pages 49 to 57 of this 1993-year document ( Utländska stridskrafter )

 

First of all "utländska stridskrafter" means Foreign forces so it is just a description of the methods available for the "great power" when attacking Sweden. As neutral we had to make these kind of open documents "neutral" in bias, so in the drawings you'll find an enemy with Hummers supported by Hinds. But in general they implicitly describe the percieved Warsaw Pact threat.(the classified version where more specific)

 

AR2 was the Armys standard textbook, think you read as Cadett, so it is pretty general,

Little different from Rommels plan in Normandy.

 

the main point is that "transition of medium" or the landning from air or sea to Land (in plain language) is the weak point in any assault and thus all defenders shall counterattack imediate.

Then Concentrate on defending ports and airfields and then cut off the bridgehead.

 

What you really are looking for is the coastal artillery manuals, the more modern(late 80'ies) one's where rather inovative.

Like "Rörligt Spärrkompani" a mobile unit with controlled naval minefields (the mines could be put in autonomous mode) and defended by manportable Hellfire missiles. The unit places the minefiled in the sea lane and spreads out in the archipelago.

The attacker than have some problem to clear the lane -

Sending in a minehunter simple means it got a hellfire in the bridge.

 

Just overrunning the minefield (like WW2 German Sperrbrecher) means you have to use ships big enough not to be stopped by a couple of hellfires and be shure that the wreck doesn't block the lane.

 

Clearing up each skerry one by one means a lot of small assaults on each skerry by helo/ship/ACV with the risk of encountering the other Swedish mobile coastal unit- Ranger companies whose main purpose is to infiltrate or assault an already overrun sea lane and then place the same combo of seamines and Hellfires. And they would initially be grouped along a sealane without their mines deployed - ready to counterattack.

 

thats the briefest I could get it.

But a complete translation would probably not add much.

 

Cheers

/John T.

Edited April 5, 2008 by John T