The Norwegians learned the hard way the old adage, "If you want peace, you must prepare for war". In 1940, Norway's official foreign policy was pacifism - that anybody who fought in a war was morally equivalent to anybody else who fought, meaning there was no moral difference between the Allies and the Nazis.

 Five years of Nazi occupation changed all of that. Norway's military is a tiny, well-trained regular force backed by a relatively large (compared to the general population) reserve element. Norwegian reservists are well-trained in guerrilla, mountain, and arctic operations, and are respected by the US, British and Dutch marines that regularly exercise with them.

 Many troops are part of the 600,000 strong "Heimevernet" (Home Guard). Use the Home Guard tables. However, some Heimevernet troops are detailed as guides to the US, British, and Dutch marines that would be sent to Norway in an emergency. These troops must pass Marine entry requirements, and get Marine Infantry instead of Home Guard first term skills.

Thanks to Carl Roger Nilsen for the update.

 Basic Training: American

National Special Force:

FSK (Forsvarets Spesialkommando): SAS Table.  This is Norway’s counterterrorism unit.  It draws troops from the Jegers and the Marinejegers (see below).  Troops must serve a term in one of those units before joining FSK.  Must have Str+Con+Int of 18+ to join.

“Stay Behind” - This is a super-secret special force, intended to create a resistance movement in any Norwegian territory conquered by an enemy force.  Nobody “joins” the unit - it’s entirely by recruitment, and only recruits that are completely trusted are told the nature of the unit.  Members can be generated on the Government Agent or USSF tables, must have STR+CON+INT of 19+, and should only belong to the unit under referee’s discretion.  In addition, it’s open to recruits from in and out of Norway’s military.  Again, referee discretion is involved here. 

 ARMY

 Add Snow Skiing to Army basic training, and to Infantry subsequent skills.

 Most regular infantry and reservists would be generated with Mechanized or Mountain infantry tables.

 ISSUE EQUIPMENT:

• MP5 Submachine Gun
• G3 Battle Rifle (Made in Norway, called the AG3).  Trials are underway to replace the AG3 - the Steyr AUG, H&K G50 and FA-MAS are all under consideration.
• FN Minimi Automatic Rifle (Same as M249).
• NM149S Sniper Rifle (use ParkerHale C1 stats - 5round magazine).A variety of sniper rifles are used today, and  the .50BMG caliber sniper rifles are becoming common.
• MG3 Machine Gun
• MAG Machine Gun in vehicles
• M2 Heavy Machine Gun (popularly known as tolv-sju (“12-7”).
• Glock Model 17 Pistol (Some special units are equipped with the Glock 18, the fully automatic 9mm Glock
• Leopard I Main Battle Tank
• NM24 Light Tank (This is a WWII-era American M24 light tank, with a 90mm low-pressure gun as on MPGS90)
• NM113 Infantry carrier (as M113, but with a 20mm gun in small turret)

 Special Forces:

 Jegers - LRRP Table (Add Snow Skiing to First Term skills)

 Kongelige Norske Marine (Royal Norwegian Navy)

 There is no Naval aviationAir force units provide all maritime reconnaissance aircraft.

 No Seabees

 The Norwegian navy has four old frigates (with new frigates apparently in the design phase), three large surveillance vessels, and a large fleet of patrol/missile boats and diesel patrol submarines, plus a number of minesweepers and minelayers.

 Navy Special Forces:

 Marinejegers (Naval “Hunters”) - Naval Raider Table

Kystjegere (Coastal “Hunters”) - a newish (1995?) unit that operates small waterjet boats to reconnoiter Norway’s inland waterways.  When they contact an enemy, they beach the boats, quickly deploy heavy weapons, and fight.  Use Naval Raiders and Special Boat tables, add Heavy Weapons 1 to first term and Heavy Weapons to subsequent terms. 

Kongelige Norske Flyvåpen (Royal Norwegian Air Force)

 Pilots receive Pilot:5 instead of Pilot: 4 as initial skill.

 Aircraft Used

• FighterF16
• ReconRF5, P3 Orion
• AttackF5
• StrikeF16
• TransportC130

New helicopters are being considered, including the Apache and the Cobra

Air Force Special Forces

Fallskjermjegere (Airborne “Hunters”) - LRRP Tables.  Add Snow Skiing 2, Parachute to first term, Snow Skiing to subsequent term skills.

 Prior Conflicts:

• There have been several Norwegian contingents on UN Peacekeeping missions.
• Norwegian air (including combat) and special forces units, as well as regular troops on peacekeeping duty, were involved in the various Balkans conflicts.

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