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Land Warfare Centre (Sweden)

January 01, 1970

The Land Warfare Centre[3] (Swedish: Markstridsskolan, MSS) is a joint school unit in the Swedish Army. Established in 1999, it is located in Skövde Garrison in Skövde. The Land Warfare Centre develops, educates and trains individuals and units and systems within the function of ground warfare.

Land Warfare Centre
Markstridsskolan
Active1999–present
Country Sweden
AllegianceSwedish Armed Forces
BranchSwedish Army
TypeGround warfare
RoleSchool
Garrison/HQSkövde
Motto(s)Posse Est Velle[1]
("Ability based on knowledge and will")
ColorsYellow, white and black
March"Pansarkamrater" (Green)[note 1]
Commanders
Current
commander		Col. Rickard Johansson

History edit

Through a school investigation, the En samordnad militär skolorganisation ("A coordinated military school organization") (SOU 1997:112), which investigated a new military school system, which was carried out by the Swedish government's investigating officer in collaboration with the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence College, suggested that Combat School North (Stridsskola Nord, SSN) in Umeå, Combat School Middle (Stridsskola Mitt, SSM) in Kvarn and Combat School South (Stridsskola Syd, SSS) in Skövde would be disbanded as separate schools, and instead be incorporated into a new school. The new school, the Land Warfare Centre (Markstridsskolan, MSS), was suggested to be located in Skövde, and to be made up of a school staff in Skövde and three school parts in Boden, Kvarn and Skövde. The government shared the proposal of the investigation, and thus proposed in its bill 1997/98:1, that the three combat schools should be disbanded and instead be incorporated into the Land Warfare Centre.[4][5] The combat schools were disbanded on 31 December 1998, and in its place, the Land Warfare Centre was formed on 1 January 1999.

Operations edit

The three main areas of the Land Warfare Centre are education, development and training. The Land Warfare Centre educates the future commanders of the Swedish Armed Forces with the help of advanced training facilities, teachers and knowledge. It also educates and develops the Swedish Armed Forces' officers in the various areas of ground warfare. It also works with training of the Swedish Army's various units using advanced simulator technology, as well as developing methods, regulations, personal equipment and weapon systems used in the Swedish Armed Forces.[6] The Land Warfare Centre conducts training at several different levels within the army, including the basic specialist officer training, as well as level and competence-enhancing training for tactical officers. In addition, the school conducts vocational and training courses.[7]

Barracks and training areas edit

 
The Land Warfare Centre in Skövde.

In Skövde, the school is co-located with other units within Skövde Garrison. In Kvarn, the school is located at the camp that was erected in the early 1960s for the then Swedish Infantry Combat School (InfSS), and which was fully completed in 1966. The camp in Kvarn is located at Prästtomta proving ground where the Swedish Armed Forces also erected Sweden's largest facility for urban warfare. This facility comprises a total of 42 buildings.[8]

Heraldry and traditions edit

Colours, standards and guidons edit

The colours of the Land Warfare Centre are three double swallow-tailed Swedish flags. The colours were presented to the former Army Southern Combat School (SSS), Army Central Combat School (SSM) and Army Northern Combat School (SSN) in 1996.[9]

In 2011, colonel Michael Claesson began work on developing a colour for the Land Warfare Centre. One suggestion that was raised from the Land Warfare Centre was that it wanted a colour where the dominant color was black, with the background that the black color is dominant in the coat of arms. The Board of Military Traditions (Försvarets traditionsnämnd) rejected the proposal, citing the fact that the black color is traditionally associated with the Swedish Engineer Troops and where the Göta Engineer Regiment carries a black colour. Black colour is, however, otherwise rare in the Swedish Armed Forces – and have not been carried in Sweden since the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century. Furthermore, the Board of Military Traditions considered that black colours can be associated with the fascist movements of the 1930s.[10] On 10 February 2015, the colour was ready for the traditional nailing of the cloth to the staff, where the unit's coat of arms rested on a black and yellow cloth. At the ceremony, three former commanding officers of the Land Warfare Centre were present, brigadier general Klas Eksell, brigadier general Micael Claesson and colonel Ingemar Gustafsson, and the then commanding officer, colonel Gustaf Fahl, together with deputy commanding officer lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson. The nailing was carried out at the Swedish Army Museum where the colour was attached to the staff.[11] On 19 September 2015, the colour was presented to the Land Warfare Centre by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf during a ceremony in Skövde. The colour is based on the colors, yellow, white and black which symbolizes the school's history and origin from the infantry, cavalry and the Swedish Armoured Troops.[12][13]

Coat of arms edit

The coat of the arms of the Land Warfare Centre used from 1999. Blazon: "Sable, a spear issuant argent surmounted by an old arm bracelet or. The shield surrounded by an open wreath of laurel or".[14]

Marches edit

When the school was established, "Pansarkamrater" (Green) was adopted as unit march, which was established on 22 March 1999 by the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. The march was a legacy from the Combat School South, but was originally dedicated to the Swedish Armoured Troops School.[2] While the school's unit march was established, the school also adopted the three traditional marches. The first, "Vaktombyte" (V. Holtz), which is a legacy from Västgöta Regiment,[15] where the school's training battalion in Skövde, Wästgöta Battalion, was the heir to the regiment. The second, the "Coburger marsch" (unknown), a legacy from Combat School North,[16] and the third, the "Gå på marsch" (Sernklef), a legacy from the Combat School Middle.[17]

Medals edit

In 2002, the Markstridsskolans (MSS) förtjänstmedalj ("Land Warfare Centre (MSS) Medal of Merit") in silver (MSSftjSM) of the 8th size was established. The medal ribbon is of black moiré with yellow edges and a white stripe on the middle.[18]

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    Medal ribbon

Commanding officers edit

  • 1999-01-01–2000-06-30: Senior colonel Jan Bergström
  • 2000-07-01–2003-04-15: Colonel Björn Tomtlund
  • 2003-04-16–2006-06-30: Colonel Ingemar Gustafsson
  • 2006-07-01–2007-05-13: Colonel Göran Mårtensson
  • 2007-05-14–2007-07-31: Lieutenant colonel Michael Nilsson (acting)
  • 2007-08-01–2010-12-31: Colonel Klas Eksell
  • 2011-01-01–2012-05-13: Colonel Michael Claesson (break for international service)
  • 2012-05-14–2012-08-31: Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson (acting)
  • 2012-09-01–2013-03-31: Colonel Ronald Månsson (acting)
  • 2013-04-01–2013-08-15: Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson (acting)
  • 2013-08-16–2015-05-10: Colonel Gustaf Fahl
  • 2015-05-11–2015-08-13: Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson (acting)
  • 2015-08-14–2017-08-31: Colonel Michael Nilsson
  • 2017-09-01–present: Colonel Stefan Smedman

Names, designations and locations edit

Name Translation From To
Markstridsskolan Land Warfare Centre[3]
Ground Combat School[9][14]
Land Combat School[18]
Army Combat School[19] 		1999-01-01 –
Designation From To
MSS 1999-01-01 –
Location From To
Skövde Garrison 1999-01-01 –

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ The march was adopted in 1999 and established on 22 March 1999. It was previously used by the Swedish Armoured Troops School from 1966 to 1992 and by the Swedish Army Armoured Center from 1992 to 1995 as well as the Combat School South (Stridsskola Syd, SSS) from 1995 to 1998.[2]

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård 2017, p. 61
  2. ^ a b Sandberg 2007, p. 34
  3. ^ a b Grafisk profil 2013, p. 64
  4. ^ "Regeringens proposition 1997/98:1 utgiftsområde 6" (in Swedish). Riksdag. 1997. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ "En samordnad militär skolorganisation (SOU 1997:112)" (in Swedish). Riksdag. 1997. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. ^ "MARKSTRIDSSKOLAN" [LAND WARFARE CENTRE] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ "UTBILDNING" [TRAINING] (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. ^ Beckman 2016
  9. ^ a b Braunstein 2004, p. 97
  10. ^ Quist 2012
  11. ^ Elovsson 2015
  12. ^ Segerdahl 2015
  13. ^ Försvarets forum 2015, p. 6
  14. ^ a b Braunstein 2006, pp. 42–43
  15. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 40
  16. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 10
  17. ^ Sandberg 2007, p. 71
  18. ^ a b Braunstein 2007, p. 118
  19. ^ (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 1999-04-23. Archived from the original on 24 May 2000. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

Print edit

  • Braunstein, Christian (2004). [The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 7 [dvs 8] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-7-X. SELIBR 9815350. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2006). [Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 91-971584-9-6. SELIBR 10099224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  • Braunstein, Christian (2007). [Decorations on Swedish military uniforms] (PDF). Skrift / Statens försvarshistoriska museer, 1101-7023 ; 12 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Statens försvarshistoriska museer. ISBN 978-91-976220-2-8. SELIBR 10423295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  • Sandberg, Bo (2007). Försvarets marscher och signaler förr och nu: marscher antagna av svenska militära förband, skolor och staber samt igenkännings-, tjänstgörings- och exercissignaler (in Swedish) (New ed.). Stockholm: Militärmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv. ISBN 978-91-631-8699-8. SELIBR 10413065.
  • Handbok: parad 6: traditionsvård : H PARAD 6 2016 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarsmakten. 2017. SELIBR 22459606.

Journals edit

  • "NY FANA I SKÖVDE" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish) (3). Stockholm: Försvarets forum: 6. 2015. ISSN 1100-8245. SELIBR 4109339. Retrieved 4 January 2018.

Web edit

  • Beckman, Oliver (23 November 2016). "Svenska och finska soldater samarbetar i Kvarn". Motala & Vadstena Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • Elovsson, Joakim (10 February 2015). "Markstridsskolans fanspikningsceremoni på Armémuseum" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • Segerdahl, Caroline (21 September 2015). "Kung Carl XVI Gustaf överlämnade Markstridsskolans fana" (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • Quist, Fredrik (2012-11-23). "Nej till svart fana". Östgöta Correspondenten (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  • (PDF). 1.3 (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. 2013-09-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

External links edit

 
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The Land Warfare Centre 3 Swedish Markstridsskolan MSS is a joint school unit in the Swedish Army Established in 1999 it is located in Skovde Garrison in Skovde The Land Warfare Centre develops educates and trains individuals and units and systems within the function of ground warfare Land Warfare CentreMarkstridsskolanActive1999 presentCountry SwedenAllegianceSwedish Armed ForcesBranchSwedish ArmyTypeGround warfareRoleSchoolGarrison HQSkovdeMotto s Posse Est Velle 1 Ability based on knowledge and will ColorsYellow white and blackMarch Pansarkamrater Green note 1 CommandersCurrentcommanderCol Rickard Johansson Contents 1 History 2 Operations 3 Barracks and training areas 4 Heraldry and traditions 4 1 Colours standards and guidons 4 2 Coat of arms 4 3 Marches 4 4 Medals 5 Commanding officers 6 Names designations and locations 7 See also 8 Footnotes 9 References 9 1 Notes 9 2 Print 9 3 Journals 9 4 Web 10 External linksHistory editThrough a school investigation the En samordnad militar skolorganisation A coordinated military school organization SOU 1997 112 which investigated a new military school system which was carried out by the Swedish government s investigating officer in collaboration with the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence College suggested that Combat School North Stridsskola Nord SSN in Umea Combat School Middle Stridsskola Mitt SSM in Kvarn and Combat School South Stridsskola Syd SSS in Skovde would be disbanded as separate schools and instead be incorporated into a new school The new school the Land Warfare Centre Markstridsskolan MSS was suggested to be located in Skovde and to be made up of a school staff in Skovde and three school parts in Boden Kvarn and Skovde The government shared the proposal of the investigation and thus proposed in its bill 1997 98 1 that the three combat schools should be disbanded and instead be incorporated into the Land Warfare Centre 4 5 The combat schools were disbanded on 31 December 1998 and in its place the Land Warfare Centre was formed on 1 January 1999 Operations editThe three main areas of the Land Warfare Centre are education development and training The Land Warfare Centre educates the future commanders of the Swedish Armed Forces with the help of advanced training facilities teachers and knowledge It also educates and develops the Swedish Armed Forces officers in the various areas of ground warfare It also works with training of the Swedish Army s various units using advanced simulator technology as well as developing methods regulations personal equipment and weapon systems used in the Swedish Armed Forces 6 The Land Warfare Centre conducts training at several different levels within the army including the basic specialist officer training as well as level and competence enhancing training for tactical officers In addition the school conducts vocational and training courses 7 Barracks and training areas edit nbsp The Land Warfare Centre in Skovde In Skovde the school is co located with other units within Skovde Garrison In Kvarn the school is located at the camp that was erected in the early 1960s for the then Swedish Infantry Combat School InfSS and which was fully completed in 1966 The camp in Kvarn is located at Prasttomta proving ground where the Swedish Armed Forces also erected Sweden s largest facility for urban warfare This facility comprises a total of 42 buildings 8 Heraldry and traditions editColours standards and guidons edit The colours of the Land Warfare Centre are three double swallow tailed Swedish flags The colours were presented to the former Army Southern Combat School SSS Army Central Combat School SSM and Army Northern Combat School SSN in 1996 9 In 2011 colonel Michael Claesson began work on developing a colour for the Land Warfare Centre One suggestion that was raised from the Land Warfare Centre was that it wanted a colour where the dominant color was black with the background that the black color is dominant in the coat of arms The Board of Military Traditions Forsvarets traditionsnamnd rejected the proposal citing the fact that the black color is traditionally associated with the Swedish Engineer Troops and where the Gota Engineer Regiment carries a black colour Black colour is however otherwise rare in the Swedish Armed Forces and have not been carried in Sweden since the Thirty Years War in the 17th century Furthermore the Board of Military Traditions considered that black colours can be associated with the fascist movements of the 1930s 10 On 10 February 2015 the colour was ready for the traditional nailing of the cloth to the staff where the unit s coat of arms rested on a black and yellow cloth At the ceremony three former commanding officers of the Land Warfare Centre were present brigadier general Klas Eksell brigadier general Micael Claesson and colonel Ingemar Gustafsson and the then commanding officer colonel Gustaf Fahl together with deputy commanding officer lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson The nailing was carried out at the Swedish Army Museum where the colour was attached to the staff 11 On 19 September 2015 the colour was presented to the Land Warfare Centre by His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf during a ceremony in Skovde The colour is based on the colors yellow white and black which symbolizes the school s history and origin from the infantry cavalry and the Swedish Armoured Troops 12 13 Coat of arms edit The coat of the arms of the Land Warfare Centre used from 1999 Blazon Sable a spear issuant argent surmounted by an old arm bracelet or The shield surrounded by an open wreath of laurel or 14 Marches edit When the school was established Pansarkamrater Green was adopted as unit march which was established on 22 March 1999 by the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters The march was a legacy from the Combat School South but was originally dedicated to the Swedish Armoured Troops School 2 While the school s unit march was established the school also adopted the three traditional marches The first Vaktombyte V Holtz which is a legacy from Vastgota Regiment 15 where the school s training battalion in Skovde Wastgota Battalion was the heir to the regiment The second the Coburger marsch unknown a legacy from Combat School North 16 and the third the Ga pa marsch Sernklef a legacy from the Combat School Middle 17 Medals edit In 2002 the Markstridsskolans MSS fortjanstmedalj Land Warfare Centre MSS Medal of Merit in silver MSSftjSM of the 8th size was established The medal ribbon is of black moire with yellow edges and a white stripe on the middle 18 nbsp Medal ribbonCommanding officers edit1999 01 01 2000 06 30 Senior colonel Jan Bergstrom 2000 07 01 2003 04 15 Colonel Bjorn Tomtlund 2003 04 16 2006 06 30 Colonel Ingemar Gustafsson 2006 07 01 2007 05 13 Colonel Goran Martensson 2007 05 14 2007 07 31 Lieutenant colonel Michael Nilsson acting 2007 08 01 2010 12 31 Colonel Klas Eksell 2011 01 01 2012 05 13 Colonel Michael Claesson break for international service 2012 05 14 2012 08 31 Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson acting 2012 09 01 2013 03 31 Colonel Ronald Mansson acting 2013 04 01 2013 08 15 Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson acting 2013 08 16 2015 05 10 Colonel Gustaf Fahl 2015 05 11 2015 08 13 Lieutenant colonel Sven Antonsson acting 2015 08 14 2017 08 31 Colonel Michael Nilsson 2017 09 01 present Colonel Stefan SmedmanNames designations and locations editName Translation From To Markstridsskolan Land Warfare Centre 3 Ground Combat School 9 14 Land Combat School 18 Army Combat School 19 1999 01 01 Designation From To MSS 1999 01 01 Location From To Skovde Garrison 1999 01 01 See also editSwedish Army Armoured CenterFootnotes edit The march was adopted in 1999 and established on 22 March 1999 It was previously used by the Swedish Armoured Troops School from 1966 to 1992 and by the Swedish Army Armoured Center from 1992 to 1995 as well as the Combat School South Stridsskola Syd SSS from 1995 to 1998 2 References editNotes edit Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard 2017 p 61 a b Sandberg 2007 p 34 a b Grafisk profil 2013 p 64 Regeringens proposition 1997 98 1 utgiftsomrade 6 in Swedish Riksdag 1997 Retrieved 4 January 2019 En samordnad militar skolorganisation SOU 1997 112 in Swedish Riksdag 1997 Retrieved 4 January 2019 MARKSTRIDSSKOLAN LAND WARFARE CENTRE in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces Retrieved 4 January 2019 UTBILDNING TRAINING in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces Retrieved 4 January 2019 Beckman 2016 a b Braunstein 2004 p 97 Quist 2012 Elovsson 2015 Segerdahl 2015 Forsvarets forum 2015 p 6 a b Braunstein 2006 pp 42 43 Sandberg 2007 p 40 Sandberg 2007 p 10 Sandberg 2007 p 71 a b Braunstein 2007 p 118 Chefen Markstridsskolan in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces 1999 04 23 Archived from the original on 24 May 2000 Retrieved 4 January 2019 Print edit Braunstein Christian 2004 Svenska forsvarsmaktens falttecken efter millennieskiftet The flags and standards of the Swedish armed forces after the turn of the millennium PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 7 dvs 8 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 7 X SELIBR 9815350 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 05 22 Retrieved 2019 01 04 Braunstein Christian 2006 Heraldiska vapen inom det svenska forsvaret Heraldry of the Swedish Armed Forces PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 9 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 91 971584 9 6 SELIBR 10099224 Archived from the original PDF on 2018 11 25 Retrieved 2019 01 04 Braunstein Christian 2007 Utmarkelsetecken pa militara uniformer Decorations on Swedish military uniforms PDF Skrift Statens forsvarshistoriska museer 1101 7023 12 in Swedish Stockholm Statens forsvarshistoriska museer ISBN 978 91 976220 2 8 SELIBR 10423295 Archived from the original PDF on 2021 08 19 Retrieved 2019 01 04 Sandberg Bo 2007 Forsvarets marscher och signaler forr och nu marscher antagna av svenska militara forband skolor och staber samt igenkannings tjanstgorings och exercissignaler in Swedish New ed Stockholm Militarmusiksamfundet med Svenskt marscharkiv ISBN 978 91 631 8699 8 SELIBR 10413065 Handbok parad 6 traditionsvard H PARAD 6 2016 PDF in Swedish Stockholm Forsvarsmakten 2017 SELIBR 22459606 Journals edit NY FANA I SKOVDE PDF Forsvarets forum Personaltidning for fast anstallda och reservofficerare i svenska forsvarsmakten in Swedish 3 Stockholm Forsvarets forum 6 2015 ISSN 1100 8245 SELIBR 4109339 Retrieved 4 January 2018 Web edit Beckman Oliver 23 November 2016 Svenska och finska soldater samarbetar i Kvarn Motala amp Vadstena Tidning in Swedish Retrieved 4 January 2019 Elovsson Joakim 10 February 2015 Markstridsskolans fanspikningsceremoni pa Armemuseum in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces Retrieved 4 January 2019 Segerdahl Caroline 21 September 2015 Kung Carl XVI Gustaf overlamnade Markstridsskolans fana in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces Retrieved 4 January 2019 Quist Fredrik 2012 11 23 Nej till svart fana Ostgota Correspondenten in Swedish Retrieved 4 January 2019 Forsvarsmaktens gemensamma identitet direktiv for anvandandet av Forsvarsmaktens namn profil och bild PDF 1 3 in Swedish Swedish Armed Forces 2013 09 16 Archived from the original PDF on 2020 09 01 Retrieved 4 January 2019 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Land Warfare Centre Official website in English Official website in Swedish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Land Warfare Centre Sweden amp oldid 1211498372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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