“I have to add to your list one of the greatest Swedish products adopted for use by the United States Armed Forces: the Bofors 40mm cannon (AKA ‘pom-pom’).
Now that is what I call a kick-ass weapon system. Simple, deadly, modular, and enduring. It’s the B-52 of defense weaponry.”
- Bofors and The US Army have a long tradition of cooperation.
Another example is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle
During the Vietnam war, our hypocrite government energetically criticized The US and their allies while simultaneously supplying them with tons of this weapon.
Today, the Vietnam War is over, but the cooperation between Bofors and The US continues:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XM982_Excalibur
Here's something interesting: for a neutral country, Sweden has produced some awesome weapons systems: Saab's Draken, their Viggen (dang, that sucker was LOUD), the Gripen, the Bofors 40mm cannon, the Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, the XM982...
It makes me wonder... What would happen if you guys got pissed off enough to go to war?
You guys make some darn good firepower.