WW2, Norwegian Theatre (1940-45)

In years of Quislings time as Prime Minister, many aspects of the military was reformed and new countermeasures where added. Some of these reforms would be to the communications where mobilisation was still sent by letter. This was upgraded to telegram and telephone*.

Norway's Defence Countermeasures (1929 Revised in 1939)

 * Norway shifted to a Standing Army rather than a more docile army. This would greatly increase mobilisation times and allowed Norway to better train soldiers.
 * With the addition of the The "Kampvogn" Project Norway set in Key Defensive points for the new Armored vehicles. Oslo, Trondheim, and other key cities.
 * Establishing a stronger reserve force,
 * Construction of New Costal defense installations and measures are started.
 * Intergrate The "Kampvogn" Project as supporting squads aswell as creating the Royal Dragoons (Kongens Dragoner) with the Purpose of protecting Oslo and the royal palace.
 * Deployment plans for armored cars and tanks to protect smaller key cities. using the Troll Panseret Kampbil m/39. Usually pairs of 2 where to be sent.

Norwegian Army and Defense Reforms of 1929
In late 1928 Vidkun Quisling wanted a stronger Norway. With this he and other military officials spent a few months planning new key reform plans, the plans revolved around using Norway's natural land to the army's advantage. Greatly increasing the budget for the military. Plans for integrating the upcoming plans for The "Kampvogn" Project and its first tank trials by issuing a massive bridge upgrade program. With this the minimum weight a bridge can hold was 15-10 tonns.

Upgrading the communications network was also critical, with this the mobilization time would greatly increase. This also made changing the army from a docile neutrality watch format into a much stronger standing army. With this change the plans of increasing the army size from the 20,000 men all the way up to 100,000 (Not counting supporting personel). Reserve forces was also increased although the exact number was unknown. Mandatory service was also strengthened for this to be viable.

Grants and funding for military material was put out as well as specifically increasing the funding for Kongsberg Våpen Fabrikk. With this funding it started to look like Norway was finally taking its national defense properly.

The Revision and the adoption of the tank
As production of the Panservogn m/39 was well underway and armored cars being well liked by the army. New plans where set in motion, tanks where to be integrated into most divisions as support squads. The specific number of tanks was up to high command, although the creation of the Royal Dragoons (Kongens Dragoner) was established with its main goal of protecting the royal family and Oslo.

Troop reserves where increased so that when needed the army could mobilize an extra 60,000 men when needed.

At this point the new costal defense installations and inland defense positions are mostly completed. As well as upgrades to existing bunkers and installations.