Notes: This weapon was originally developed by Husqvarna of Sweden during World War 2 to fulfill the requirement for a submachinegun that eventually went to the Carl Gustav M-45. In 1947, the Danes let it be known they were looking for a new submachinegun, and Husqvarna sold the rights to them. It is an unremarkable design, except for a magazine well designed to take a modified Finnish PPSh-41 drum magazine (a magazine that was never actually built). It was eventually replaced by weapons such as the MP-5.

Twilight 2000 Notes: These weapons were issued in large numbers to Danish reserves, and later, to Luxembourg partisans.

Merc 2000 Notes: The Hovea can be encountered all over the globe.

Notes: This weapon became quietly, after the 1945 introduction of its first version, one of the most common submachineguns in the world, used in over half a dozen variants by about 20 African, South American, and Southeast Asian countries. The Danish variants include the M/45, one of the last wooden-stocked submachineguns to be built in large numbers; it had a tendency for barrel overheating and weakening, and was sold only in small numbers to some Central American countries. The M/46 is completely redesigned for ease of operation and strength; it has an unusual safety that requires grip safeties on both the pistol grip and magazine well to be grasped. It also has a cocking lever hat is difficult to use. It was replaced by the M/50 and M/53; they use a knob on the cocking lever that makes it far easier than putting one’s finger in a hole to cock the weapon. The M/53 is the same, but uses curved magazines for a more reliable feed. (M/50 magazines will fit into an M/53, but M/53 magazines will not fit into an M/50.) Later, the design was sold to INA of Brazil, and that’s where the design really took off in popularity. (See Brazilian Submachineguns.)