KARLSKOGA, SWEDEN – In a nondescript industrial area nestled among a forest of Swedish pine, a continent-wide effort to ramp up defense production is playing out in real time.
A modest, one-story building is home to a seemingly endless ceiling-mounted rail — essentially an upside-down conveyor belt — snaking through machine halls and
My grandfather worked in Karlskoga making canons during the second world war. Lost a few fingers. It’s an interesting area to camp in as they often do ammunition testing there and it can be easy to miss the “live fire” signs on those old logging roads.