This is a list of World War II weapons of Switzerland.
Small arms
Bolt Action rifles & lever action
- Furrer Carbine K31[1] ~528,230
- Schmidt-Rubin infantry rifle M1911[2]
- SIG Mondragón M1894[3] Licensed production of the Mexican Mondragón M1893 rifle
- Swiss-Mannlicher M1893 Carbine[4] ~7,750
- Swiss Vetterli M1881 Stutzer ~11,000+
- Winchester M1866 Swiss copies
Semi-automatic rifles
- AK44[5] Swiss copy of the Soviet Tokarev SVT-40 rifle. ~1
- SIG Mondragón M1908[6] Licensed production of the Mexican Mondragón M1908 semi-automatic rifle
Anti-tank rifles
- Solothurn S-18/100[7] ~12+
- Tankbüchse Solo 40/ Solothurn S-18/1000[7] ~93
- TB 41 W+F Tankbüchse 24mm
M41
Semi-automatic pistols
- Swiss Luger 06/29[8] Swiss version of the german Luger P08
- SIG P210[9] Swiss copy of the French M1935A, few prototypes were made during WW2, serial production started after the war ~11 (44/16)
- W+F Bern Pistol M43 Was supposed to replace the Luger 06/29 but in the end the SIG P210 was chosen
Revolvers
Light Machine guns
- Furrer Lmg 25[10]
- SIG Neuhausen KE7[11] Mostly for export
- Solothurn S2-200[12] Swiss Version of the MG30
- Kiraly M1935[13] Based on the SIG KE7, only prototype for testing purposes
Machine guns
- MG 11[14] ~10,000+
- FLab MG 29/38[15]
- Reibel Pz Mg 38 Were mounted on tanks
Submachine guns
- Furrer Lmg-Pist 41/44[16] ~9,808
- SIG MKPS[17] ~60 Was extremely expensive and complicated to produce, so less was spent on the Swiss Army
- Hispano-Suiza MP 43/44[18] ~22,600 Swiss version of the Finnish Suomi KP/-31
- SIG Bergmann M1920[19] Swiss Version of the german Bergmann MP18/I
- Solothurn S1-200[20] Swiss version of the austrian Steyr MP34
- SIG MP-41 Neuhausen[21] ~200 Small amounts for testing purposes only
- Furrer MP19[22] Small amounts for testing purposes only
- Furrer M1921 Automatic Carbine Small amounts for testing purposes only
- Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 Small amounts for testing purposes only
- Furrer Fliegerpistole Small amounts for testing purposes only
Rifle Cartridges(Swiss made)
Anti-aircraft guns
Autocanons
Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs)
Light tanks
- Renault FT[23] ~5
- Vickers Commercial light tank[24]
- LT vz 38[25] ~24
- Vickers Carden Lyod ~8
- Landsverk L-60 ~1 for assessment
- Renault R35 ~12
- Nahkampfkanone 1 ~1
Artillery and Anti-Tank Canons
- Solothurn S-18/1100
- Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903
- 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 06 L14[26] ~54
- 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone L/13 C/80
- Bofors 75 mm Model 1934
- 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1871 ~414
- 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1879 ~400
- 8 cm staal
- 5.7 cm Fahrpanzer
- 10.5 cm Hb Model 46 Swiss version of the swedish Bofors 10,5 cm Haubits m/40
Planes
Fighter Planes
- Morane-Saulnier M.S.450 ~322 Produced in-house under the designation D-3800 and D.3801/3803.
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 ~129 Operated 10 D-1s, 89 E-3a "Emil" variants, 2 F-4s and 14 G-6s.
- Dewoitine D.27 ~66 Produced directly in Switzerland
- Hanriot HD.1 ~16 Ex surplus planes of the Italians
- Nieuport 28A ~15
- Machhi M.5 ~7
- Comte AC-1 ~1
- Militärapparat MA-7 ~1
- Häfeli DH-4 ~1
Bomber Planes
- Potez 25 Jupiter ~2 Export version, powered by a 313 kW (420 hp) Gnome-Rhône 9Ac Jupiter radial. Built under licence by Ikarbus in Yugoslavia and OSGA in Portugal
- EKW C-3603 ~160
- de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito ~2+1 One was captured by the Swiss
- Fokker C.V ~64 3x D variant and 61x E variant
- Dornier Do 217 N-2 ~1 One was captured by the Swiss
Reconnaissance Planes
- Fokker C.VI ~3
- EKW C-35 ~160
- Häfeli DH-5A ~80
- Häfeli DH-3 ~109
- Häfeli DH-2 ~6
- Häfeli DH-1 ~6
Observation Planes
- Fieseler Fi 156 C-3 Storch ~5
- Potez 25 ~17
- Comte AC-11-V ~1 Mapped areas during WWII
Communication Planes
Transport Planes
- Siebel Si 204 ~1
- Junkers Ju 52/3m Tante Ju ~3
- Messerschmitt M18d ~4
- Fokker F.VIIb ~11
- Junkers F.13 ~4
- Comte AC-8 ~1
- Curtiss AT-32C Condor II ~1
- Junkers Ju-86 B-0 ~2
- Douglas DC-2 ~6
- Douglas DC-3 ~16
Trainer Planes
- Pilatus P-2 ~55
- Comte AC-4B Gentleman ~2
- Bückerbü 131B Jungmann ~94
- Bückerbü 133A Jungmeister ~52 Was manufactured by Dornier under license for the Swiss Air Force
- Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz ~1
- Nardi FN.315 Alfa Romeo ~2
- Dewoitine D.26 ~11
- Morane-Saulnier MS.229 ~2
- Nieuport 28 C.1 ~5
References
- ↑ "Swiss K31 – Staffordshire Phoenix". staffordshirephoenixrifleandpistolclub.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Schmidt-Rubin Series". www.swissrifles.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "Mexican Mondragon". Forgotten Weapons. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "1893 Mannlicher Carbine". swissrifles.com. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ McCollum, Ian (2016-08-22). "RIA: Prototype W+F Bern AK44 Copy of the SVT". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ "Mexican Mondragon". Forgotten Weapons. 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- 1 2 Zaloga, Steven J. (2018). The Anti-Tank Rifle. Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. ISBN 978-1-4728-1723-5. OCLC 1021811441.
- 1 2 "Historical Firearms - Swiss Model 1906/29 Luger On November 30th,..." www.historicalfirearms.info. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ Firearms Identification Volume II (2nd Edition 1973) By J Howard Mathews.
- ↑ "W+F Lmg 25". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "SIG KE-7". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "Steyr-Solothurn MG 30". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ McCollum, Ian (2012-07-13). "Kiraly 1935 Experimental LMG". Forgotten Weapons. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ Issue; V2N3; Volume 2. "The Swiss MG11 Maxim Machine Gun – Small Arms Defense Journal". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Swiss Rifles dot com-Flab-MG 29/38". Swiss Rifles dot com. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "W+F Lmg.Pist 41/44". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "SIG MKPS MKMS". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ Thompson, Leroy (2010-11-19). "Finnish Soumi KP-31 Submachine Gun". GUN MAGAZINE | SWAT VAULT. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "SIG 1920 1930". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "Steyr-Solothurn MP.34". Modern Firearms. 2010-10-23. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "Sig MP-41 (Switzerland)". Modern Firearms. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ↑ "Centrefire automatic submachine gun - Experimental Furrer MP19 Prototype Prototype submachine gun". Royal Armouries collections. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ↑ "Renault FT Light Tank (France)". www.historyofwar.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Vickers Commercial Light Tank". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ "LT Vz38". tanks-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ "7,5 cm Geb Kan 1906 L14". festung-oberland.ch (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-06-12.
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