Brass disk information.
The disks are positioned upside down on the right side of the stock, because when the soldier who normally is a right-handed shooter, looks at the disk he will have the disk in the right position.
Upside down is a disk from a g m/38;
read the explanation below.
Here we look at a disk from a Ag m/42B;
read the explanation below.
Swedish English
Torped Bullet with boat tail (also means "torpedo")
Överslag "Point of impact over line of sight" (also means "estimate")
STR = Streck Mills (1 Swedish mill = 1 meter at 1000 meters = 3,6" at 100 yds)
The largest sector is stamped with the calibre of the barrel.
The m/41 round had a much flatter trajectory than the older m/94. As most rifles were already manufactured with iron sights for the "m/94 bullet", the aiming correction in mills (how much lower you had to aim to hit the target) was inscribed on the brass disc. This is the information in the second sector. It was usually 0,5 mill.
The last sector gives information on the level of bore pitting. 1 means pitting in the groves. 2 means pitting in the groves and on the side of the lands. 3 means pitting in the whole bore (= unserviceable). A rifle would never receive a 3, it would instead be turned in to a work shop, where the old barrel would be exchanged for a new one.
Brass disk with two wholes (courtesy of Mats Persson)
Used on the m/94 carbine, the m/96 and m/38 rifles as well as on LMGs and SMGs.
This type showed which unit the rifle belonged to.
Army
Often in the form of:
5
----- No.7
I.2
Which means; Rifle number 7, at the 5th Company,
at the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
The letter in front of the regiment number (beneath the horizontal line);
I Infanteri (I1 - I29) Infantry
K Kavalleri (K1 - K9) Cavalry
A Artilleri (A1 - A9) Artillery
T Trängen (T1 - T4) Maintenance and Supply Troops
IK Ingenjörskåren Engineer Corps
Sometimes there is a letter behind the regiment.
This is the notation for a detachment, the letter is the first letter
in the name of the place for the detachment.
Other army units;
KKS Kungliga Krigsskolan The Royal Military Collage (early code)
KS Krigsskolan The Royal Military Collage
SS Infanteriskjutskolan The Infantry Musketry School
SSÖ Infanteriskjutskolans övningskompani The Exercise Company of the Infantry Musketry School
AUS Arméns underofficersskola The Army Warrant Officers School
BF Fästningspolisen i Boden The Fortress Police in Boden
K-g Volontärskolan i Karlsborg The Volunteer School in Karlsborg
N-g Volontärskolan i Norrköping The Volunteer School in Norrköping
There could be a letter instead of a figure above the horizontal line
(and sometimes no regiment):
S
----- No.124
I.16
S Skarpskjutningsvapen Weapons used for practice with live ammunition (aluminium disk)
L Lösskjutningsvapen Weapons used for blank firing
K Kammarvapen Weapons used for gallery shooting
U Utlåningsgevär Weapons that could be borrowed by civilian rifle organizations
D Kompanigevär vid infanteriet Weapons that belongs to a certain company (only at Infantry regiments)
B Befälsvapen Weapons used by Officers for practice (no horizontal bar beneath the B)
Kpr Kulsprutekompaniet The Machine gun company (only at Infantry regiments)
The disc could also look like:
L
----- No.72 No.5
I.19
Which means; Rifle number 5, at the 72nd Landstormen area,
attached to the 19th Infantry Regiment.
"Landstormen" was the name for the Swedish Teritorial Army.
Or:
VO
----- No.20
III AF
Which means; Rifle number 20, at the bicycle-dispatch unit
(velocipedordonans), at the 3rd Army Division (armefördelning).
Only on carbine m/94.
Some later codes or abbreviations for regiments or other army-units,
that may appear together with a number:
Tyg Fälttygkåren (Tyg1-Tyg3) Ordnance Corps
Int Intendenturkåren (Int1-Int4) Quartermaster Corps
Ing Ingenjörstrupperna (Ing1-Ing5) Engineer Troops
Even later also:
S Signaltrupperna (S1-S3) Signal Troops
Lv Luftvärnet (Lv1-Lv7) Anti-aircraft Artillery
P Pansartrupperna (P1-P7;P10;P18) Armoured Troops
Af Armeflyg (Af1;Af2) Army Air Corps
Some weapons stored in the Armys Supply Services Armourys
IFS Intendenturförådet i Stockholm The Stckholm Armoury
IFK Intendenturförådet i Karlsborg The Karlsborg Armoury
IFB Intendenturförådet i Boden The Boden Armoury
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There was one exception from this kind of 'unit'-disk.
The m/41 snipers rifle had a disk with the text;
"G m/41 B"
Which reads "Gevär m/41 B" ('Rifle model 41B').
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Navy
The Swedish Navy often used;
Kgl fl Kungliga flottan the Royal Fleet
The Navy used to be organized in four districts;
MDO Ostkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command East
MDS Sydkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command South
MDN Norrlandskustens Marindistrikt Naval Command North
MDV Västkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command West
The Coast Artillery (that was a part of the Navy) sometimes used;
SK Stockholms Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA1 in Vaxholm) the Coast Artillery at Stockholm
BK Blekinges Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA2 in Karlkrona) the Coast Artillery in Blekinge
GK Gotlands Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA3 at Fårösund) the Coast Artillery on Gotland
GbK Göteborgs Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA4 in Göteborg) the Coast Artillery at Göteborg
HK Hemsö Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA4H in Härnösand) the Coast Artillery at Hemsö
(HK was later changed to NK and KA4H was changed to KA5)
It seems like the Coast Artillery also used the KA1 - KA5 denotations.
The Navy also used numerous other markings, like:
ÖVG Örlogsvarvet Göteborg the Navy dockyard in Göteborg
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Air Force
The Swedish Air Force used;
F Flygflottilj (F1 - F22) Air Force Station (Group)
The disks are positioned upside down on the right side of the stock, because when the soldier who normally is a right-handed shooter, looks at the disk he will have the disk in the right position.
Upside down is a disk from a g m/38;
read the explanation below.
Here we look at a disk from a Ag m/42B;
read the explanation below.
Swedish English
Torped Bullet with boat tail (also means "torpedo")
Överslag "Point of impact over line of sight" (also means "estimate")
STR = Streck Mills (1 Swedish mill = 1 meter at 1000 meters = 3,6" at 100 yds)
The largest sector is stamped with the calibre of the barrel.
The m/41 round had a much flatter trajectory than the older m/94. As most rifles were already manufactured with iron sights for the "m/94 bullet", the aiming correction in mills (how much lower you had to aim to hit the target) was inscribed on the brass disc. This is the information in the second sector. It was usually 0,5 mill.
The last sector gives information on the level of bore pitting. 1 means pitting in the groves. 2 means pitting in the groves and on the side of the lands. 3 means pitting in the whole bore (= unserviceable). A rifle would never receive a 3, it would instead be turned in to a work shop, where the old barrel would be exchanged for a new one.
Brass disk with two wholes (courtesy of Mats Persson)
Used on the m/94 carbine, the m/96 and m/38 rifles as well as on LMGs and SMGs.
This type showed which unit the rifle belonged to.
Army
Often in the form of:
5
----- No.7
I.2
Which means; Rifle number 7, at the 5th Company,
at the 2nd Infantry Regiment.
The letter in front of the regiment number (beneath the horizontal line);
I Infanteri (I1 - I29) Infantry
K Kavalleri (K1 - K9) Cavalry
A Artilleri (A1 - A9) Artillery
T Trängen (T1 - T4) Maintenance and Supply Troops
IK Ingenjörskåren Engineer Corps
Sometimes there is a letter behind the regiment.
This is the notation for a detachment, the letter is the first letter
in the name of the place for the detachment.
Other army units;
KKS Kungliga Krigsskolan The Royal Military Collage (early code)
KS Krigsskolan The Royal Military Collage
SS Infanteriskjutskolan The Infantry Musketry School
SSÖ Infanteriskjutskolans övningskompani The Exercise Company of the Infantry Musketry School
AUS Arméns underofficersskola The Army Warrant Officers School
BF Fästningspolisen i Boden The Fortress Police in Boden
K-g Volontärskolan i Karlsborg The Volunteer School in Karlsborg
N-g Volontärskolan i Norrköping The Volunteer School in Norrköping
There could be a letter instead of a figure above the horizontal line
(and sometimes no regiment):
S
----- No.124
I.16
S Skarpskjutningsvapen Weapons used for practice with live ammunition (aluminium disk)
L Lösskjutningsvapen Weapons used for blank firing
K Kammarvapen Weapons used for gallery shooting
U Utlåningsgevär Weapons that could be borrowed by civilian rifle organizations
D Kompanigevär vid infanteriet Weapons that belongs to a certain company (only at Infantry regiments)
B Befälsvapen Weapons used by Officers for practice (no horizontal bar beneath the B)
Kpr Kulsprutekompaniet The Machine gun company (only at Infantry regiments)
The disc could also look like:
L
----- No.72 No.5
I.19
Which means; Rifle number 5, at the 72nd Landstormen area,
attached to the 19th Infantry Regiment.
"Landstormen" was the name for the Swedish Teritorial Army.
Or:
VO
----- No.20
III AF
Which means; Rifle number 20, at the bicycle-dispatch unit
(velocipedordonans), at the 3rd Army Division (armefördelning).
Only on carbine m/94.
Some later codes or abbreviations for regiments or other army-units,
that may appear together with a number:
Tyg Fälttygkåren (Tyg1-Tyg3) Ordnance Corps
Int Intendenturkåren (Int1-Int4) Quartermaster Corps
Ing Ingenjörstrupperna (Ing1-Ing5) Engineer Troops
Even later also:
S Signaltrupperna (S1-S3) Signal Troops
Lv Luftvärnet (Lv1-Lv7) Anti-aircraft Artillery
P Pansartrupperna (P1-P7;P10;P18) Armoured Troops
Af Armeflyg (Af1;Af2) Army Air Corps
Some weapons stored in the Armys Supply Services Armourys
IFS Intendenturförådet i Stockholm The Stckholm Armoury
IFK Intendenturförådet i Karlsborg The Karlsborg Armoury
IFB Intendenturförådet i Boden The Boden Armoury
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There was one exception from this kind of 'unit'-disk.
The m/41 snipers rifle had a disk with the text;
"G m/41 B"
Which reads "Gevär m/41 B" ('Rifle model 41B').
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Navy
The Swedish Navy often used;
Kgl fl Kungliga flottan the Royal Fleet
The Navy used to be organized in four districts;
MDO Ostkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command East
MDS Sydkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command South
MDN Norrlandskustens Marindistrikt Naval Command North
MDV Västkustens Marindistrikt Naval Command West
The Coast Artillery (that was a part of the Navy) sometimes used;
SK Stockholms Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA1 in Vaxholm) the Coast Artillery at Stockholm
BK Blekinges Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA2 in Karlkrona) the Coast Artillery in Blekinge
GK Gotlands Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA3 at Fårösund) the Coast Artillery on Gotland
GbK Göteborgs Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA4 in Göteborg) the Coast Artillery at Göteborg
HK Hemsö Kustartilleriförsvar (posted at KA4H in Härnösand) the Coast Artillery at Hemsö
(HK was later changed to NK and KA4H was changed to KA5)
It seems like the Coast Artillery also used the KA1 - KA5 denotations.
The Navy also used numerous other markings, like:
ÖVG Örlogsvarvet Göteborg the Navy dockyard in Göteborg
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Air Force
The Swedish Air Force used;
F Flygflottilj (F1 - F22) Air Force Station (Group)
