Milo V (Swedish: Västra militärområdet, Western Military Area) was a Swedish military area, a command of the Swedish Armed Forces that had operational control over Western Sweden, for most time of its existence corresponding to the area covered by the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus, Älvsborg, Skaraborg (all three now joined as Västra Götaland County) and Halland. The headquarters of Milo V were located in Skövde.
Milo V was created in 1966 along with five other military areas as part of a reorganisation of the administrative divisions of the Swedish Armed Forces. It can be seen as the successor of III. militärområdet (III. Military Area) created in 1942, but that did not have the same tasks as Milo V. The military area consisted of the land covered by the above-mentioned counties. In 1993, the number of military areas of Sweden was decreased to three, and as a consequence of that, Milo V was merged into Milo S.
In peacetime the Western Military Area consisted of the following units, which were training recruits for wartime units:
Western Military Area (Milo V), in Skövde
Army units:
K 3 - Life Regiment Hussars, in Karlsborg
Göta Signal Battalion
Parachute Jäger Training Battalion
Army Parachute School
Army Intelligence School
Armed Forces Survival School
P 4/Fo 35 - Skaraborg Regiment / Skaraborg Defense Area, in Skövde
I 15/Fo 34 - Älvsborg Regiment / Älvsborg Defense Area, in Borås
I 16/Fo 31 - Halland Regiment / Halland Defense Area, in Halmstad
I 17 - Bohuslän Regiment, in Uddevalla
Lv 6 - Göta Air Defence Regiment, in Göteborg
T 2 - Göta Logistic Regiment, in Skövde
Air Force units:
E 1 - 1st Attack Group, in Göteborg, also controls F 15 - Hälsinge Wing of Milo NN
F 6 - Västgöta Wing, in Karlsborg
61st Attack Squadron, with AJ 37 Viggen attack aircraft
62nd Attack Squadron, with AJ 37 Viggen attack aircraft
F 7 - Skaraborg Wing, in Lidköping
71st Attack Squadron, with AJ 37 Viggen attack aircraft
72nd Attack Squadron, with AJ 37 Viggen attack aircraft
71st Transport Squadron, with 8x C-130H Hercules and 4x Super King Air 200
F 14 - Halmstad Air Force Schools, in Halmstad
Air Force Officer College
Air Force Command and Control School
Air Force Technical School
Air Force Ground Signal Engineering School
Air Force Liaison and Staff Service School
Navy units:
MKV/Fo 32 - West Coast Naval Command / Göteborg & Bohus Defense Area, in Göteborg
12th Helicopter Group, at Säve Airfield with CH-46B Sea Knight anti-submarine and Bell 206B utility helicopters
KA 4 - Älvsborg Coastal Artillery Regiment, in Göteborg
Three 75mm Tornpjäs m/57 batteries on Galterö, Marstrand and Stora Kornö islands, with the latter covering the entrance to the Gullmarn Naval Base
HSwMS Kalvsund (11) minelayer
HSwMS Grundsund (15) minelayer
48th Patrol Boat Division in Göteborg (part of 4th Surface Attack Flotilla of Milo S), with 4x Hugin-class patrol boats
HSwMS Hugin (P151)
HSwMS Munin (P152)
HSwMS Magne (P153)
HSwMS Mode (P1514
In wartime the Western Military Area would have activated the following major land units, as well as a host of smaller units:
3rd Division, in Skövde
PB 9 - Skaraborg Brigade, in Skövde, a Type 63M armoured brigade based on the P 4 - Skaraborg Regiment
IB 15 - Västgöta Brigade, in Borås, a Type 66M infantry brigade based on the I 15 - Älvsborg Regiment
IB 17 - Bohus Brigade, in Uddevalla, a Type 66M infantry brigade based on the I 17 - Bohuslän Regiment
IB 45 - Älvsborg Brigade, in Borås, a Type 77 infantry brigade based on the I 15 - Älvsborg Regiment
IB 46 - Halland Brigade, in Halmstad, a Type 77 infantry brigade based on the I 16 - Halland Regiment
IB 47 - Göteborg Brigade, in Uddevalla, a Type 77 infantry brigade based on the I 17 - Bohuslän Regiment
