Royal Armouries | The Swedish failure that led to Danish success. The Hovea 44 with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson @RoyalArmouries | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Developed towards the end of the Second World War, the Hovea 44 was designed to equip Swedish super troopers. But Denmark took a chance on it and it was under their rebuild that this gunny, gunny, gunny that saw its real success.

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