The first Husqvarna m/1940

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Different slides of pistol m/1940

Different series and foreign pistols.

Pistols of Swedish Military Secrete Service.

Wooden shoulder stocks and holsters for m/1940 and Lahti

Pistols of Swedish Military Secrete Service.

Henry Gustafson who was an employee at Husqvarna Vapenfabrik has explained that Husqvarna produced top secrete guns during WW2. These guns were made without any the name of the factory or any factory emblem. The HVA emblems on the grips were grounded away. Nobody knew for what purpose these guns were made but the rumor said that they were intended for resistance movements in Denmark and Norway. These weapons were named “Neutral” guns at the factory.

Later investigations have shown that these guns were ordered by a company called Skandiastal AB (which means Scandia Steel Co). This company was a dummy company owned and run by the Swedish Secrete Service called “C-bureau” during WW2.

These m/40 pistols were packed three together in grey paper in wooden boxes.

A very rare and unusual variation is the completely unmarked but serial numbered pistol m/40, which were made by Husqvarna during the war.

Unmarked pistol m/40 by
Husqvarna Gun Factory
but with serial number
for the Swedish Military Secrete Service.

The records of Husqvarna GF shows that these pistols were delivered to a suspicious company called Skandia Steel.
Thomas Broborn made research about these deliveries and found out that Scandia Steel was a cover company run by a man called Algot Vilgot Toneman, who was part of a secrete organisation called C-Bureau, at that time and was led by Karl Petersen.

The C-Bureau later became “The Technical Office” which was a forerunner of today’s Military Secrete service in Sweden. These pistols were given to secrete agents and they were occasionally found in Norway.
Many collectors assume that these pistols were intended for the Danish and Norwegian partisans, but this has been proven wrong.

Read about how to field-strip the pistol m/1940 and the Lahti L-35 here

Here the pistol m/1940 is field striped.

When you reassemble your m/40 take care to insert the slide (white) lock with the arrow forward in the direction of the barrel.

The first Husqvarna m/1940

Page 2

Different slides of pistol m/1940

Different series and foreign pistols.

Pistols of Swedish Military Secrete Service.

Wooden shoulder stocks and holsters for m/1940 and Lahti

References:

Jimmy Johansson
Bengt Johansson
Axel Ekfeldt
Thomas Broborn
Arne Tell, Magazine Vapen
Lars Junberger, Magazine NP
Different Swedish army manuals 1933-1977
Smith & Smith / Small arms of the world.  A&W Visual library 1960