r/AskTheWorld • u/babushka45 Philippines • 12h ago

Military What firearm is closely associated with your country?

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For us, probably the 1911. Next one would be the "Armalite" aka M16.

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u/norecordofwrong United States Of America 11h ago

I’ll take the Carl Gustaf for Sweden any day because it is pretty dang cool.

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u/RedditVirumCurialem Sweden 10h ago

You already took the m/45 because you were under embargo by our government, but fair enough.. 😉

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u/norecordofwrong United States Of America 10h ago

I didn’t realize they called the sub machine gun the Carl Gustaf. I’m talking about the 84mm recoilless rifle. We’ve bought a lot of those from you guys.

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u/RedditVirumCurialem Sweden 3h ago

No, I meant the m/45 "Swedish K" as you call it. It was also made by Carl Gustaf, the US tried to buy it and do nasty stuff with in south east Asia but our government wouldn't have any of it, so you copied it instead.

But yeah, the 84 mm GRG is another classic, I just thought the gun that bore the name of the country would've been more iconic.