Equipment of the Swiss Armed Forces
This is a list of weapons, vehicles and aircraft used by the Swiss Armed Forces at present or in the past.
Small arms
See also: Service rifle § Switzerland
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The Stgw 90 standard service rifle fitted with an underslung 40 mm GL 5040 grenade launcher.
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8.6mm Scharfschützengewehr 04 sniper rifle
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PGM Hecate II heavy sniper rifle
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LMG 05, FN Minimi
Weapons marked in bold are considered personal equipment of the soldier, who is responsible for their well-functioning and must keep them at home until the end of the military service (unless living near an external border of Switzerland).[1] Between brackets is the number of such weapons in personal equipment as of 31 January 2009.[2] Swiss Army knives are also issued, but are not considered weapons.
Individual weapons
- Sturmgewehr 90 assault rifle (200,000)
- Sturmgewehr 57 battle rifle (2,000)
- Pistole 75 semi-automatic pistol (30,000)
- Pistole 49 semi-automatic pistol (1,000)
- Pistole 03 semi-automatic pistol (Military Police)
- Glock semi-automatic pistol (Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17)
- FN Minimi
- Heckler & Koch MP5 submachinegun
- Brügger & Thomet MP9 machine pistol
- Tuma MTE 224 VA machine pistol
- Remington 870 multipurpose shotgun (known as Mehrzweckgewehr 91)
- Sako TRG-42 8.6 mm anti-personnel sniper rifle (Scharfschützengewehr 04)
- PGM Hecate II 12.7 mm anti-materiel heavy sniper rifle (Präzisionsgewehr 04)
Crew served weapons
- MG51 machine gun
- MG 710 machine gun / MG55 (still stocked, but neither trained on nor used in rep courses; same as MG3)
Other weapons
- Gewehraufsatz 97 40mm grenade launcher (mounted under "Sturmgewehr 90" assault rifle for grenadiers and fusiliers)
- HG 85 hand grenade
- Panzerfaust 3 shoulder-launched recoilless anti-tank weapon
- M47 Dragon anti-tank guided rocket (being phased out without replacement due to cost-intensive maintenance)
Vehicles
Tanks
Image | Name | Origin | Type | Variant | In service | Entered service |
WFU | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Renault FT | ![]() | Light Tank | II | 5 | 1921 | 1944 | |
Vickers Carden Loyd | ![]() | Tank | I, 33, 34, 35 | 8 | 1931 | 1948 | ||
Landsverk 60 | ![]() | Tank | 1 | 1936 | ? | Test | ||
![]() | Panzer39 | ![]() | Tank | LTL-H | 24 | 1939 | 1950 | |
![]() | Renault R35 | ![]() | Light Tank | 12 | 1940 | ? | Test | |
Nahkampfkanone 1 | ![]() | Tankhunter | 1 | 1944 | 1947 | Test | ||
Nahkampfkanone 2 Gustav | ![]() | Tankhunter | 1 | 1946 | 1947 | Test | ||
Cruiser tank | ![]() | Tank | RAM Mk.II | 2 | 1947 | 1968 | Test | |
![]() | Panzerjäger G 13 | ![]() | Tankhunter | G13 | 158 | 1947 | 1973 | |
AMX-13 | ![]() | Light Tank | 200 | 1954 | 1980 | |||
![]() | M47 Patton | ![]() | Medium Tank | M Pz M47 | 2 | 1952 | 1954 | Test |
Panzer 55 Centurion | ![]() | Tank | PZ55 Mk3 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | ||
Tank | Pz55 Mk5 | 100 | 1955 | 1991 | From South Africa | |||
Tank | Pz57 Mk7 | 100 | 1957 | 1991 | ||||
Tank | Pz67 Mk12 | 12 | 1975 | 1991 | From Canada | |||
![]() | Entpannungspanzer56 | ![]() | Recoverytank | Entp Pz 56 | 30 | 1956 | 1991 | 19 sold 1991 to Sweden. |
![]() | brückenpanzer 55 Centurion | ![]() | Bridgelayer | Brü Pz | 2 | 1963 | 1966 | Test |
![]() | Panzer 58 | ![]() | Medium tank | MPz 58 | 12 | 1958 | 1964 | |
![]() | Panzer 61 | ![]() | Medium tank | Pz61 | 150 | 1964 | 1994 | |
Panzer 68 | ![]() | Tank | Pz68 1Serie | 170 | 1971 | 1999 | all upgradet to AA3. | |
Tank | Pz68AA2 | 50 | 1974 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/75 | 170 | 1978 | 2003 | ||||
Tank | Pz68 AA5 | 220 | 1988 | 1999 | ||||
Tank | Pz68/88 | 195 | 1993 | 2003 | ||||
![]() | Entpannungspanzer 65 | ![]() | recovery | Entp Pz65 | 69 | 1970 | 2008 | |
![]() | Brückenpanzer 68 | ![]() | Bridgelayer | Brü Pz68 | 30 | 1974 | 2005 | |
Panzerkanone 68 | ![]() | Self prop howitze | Pz Kan 68 | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | Test | |
Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68 | ![]() | AAA | B22L | 2 | 1979 | 1980 | Test | |
Zielfahrzeug 68 | ![]() | training Target | 10 | 1974 | 2007 | |||
Mowag Shark | ![]() | misc | 3 | 1981 | 1981 | Test:APC, Tank, AAA, Anti Tank | ||
Mowag PiranhaIIIC 10x10 | ![]() | misc | IIC 10x10 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | Test | |
M109 howitzer Panzerhaubitze 66 | ![]() | Howitze | M109 KAWEST | 577 | 1974 | |||
![]() | Leopard 2 Panzer87, Pz87 WE | ![]() | Tank | A4 | 380 | 1987 | Reduced to 224, 134 Upgrade to Pz87WE. | |
Leopard 2 Driving trainer | ![]() | trainer | 3 | 1988 | 2002 | |||
![]() | Leopard Büffel | ![]() | recovery | BPz3 | 25 | 2004 | ||
Leopard Kodiak | ![]() ![]() | Pionier | SKodiak | 12 | 2010 |
Light armored vehicles
Image | Name | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Universal Carrier | ![]() | Was in use | |
MOWAG Scorpion | ![]() | Tested | |
![]() | Mowag Pirat | ![]() | Test,lost against M113 |
![]() | Saurer Tartaruga | ![]() | Test,lost against M113 |
![]() | M113 | ![]() | In use |
M548 | ![]() | In use | |
Mowag armored dummy | ![]() | Was in use | |
Mowag Puma | ![]() | Tested | |
Mowag Shark | ![]() | Tested | |
![]() | Mowag Piranha 8x8 | ![]() | 500 in service |
![]() | Mowag Piranha 6x6 | ![]() | 100 in service |
Mowag Piranha 10x10 | ![]() | Tested | |
![]() | Mowag Eagle | ![]() | 300 in service |
![]() | DURO III | ![]() | 290 in service |
![]() | DURO GMTF | ![]() | 230 in service |
Mowag Trojan | ![]() | After delay of order production cancelled | |
CV9030CH | ![]() | 200 in service |
Source: Swiss Armed Forces: Land forces weapon systems (p. 12)[3]
Aircraft
Main article: List of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force
References
- ↑ "Ordonnance concernant l'équipement personnel des militaires" (in French). Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ "Persönliche Ausrüstung-Waffen" (in German). Logistic Base of the Army. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ↑ "The basic organisation of the Swiss Armed Forces" (PDF). Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- Betriebsanleitung Entpannungspanzer 65 (1972) K + W (Hrsg.): Entpannungspanzer 65 Betriebsanleitung. Nur für den dienstlichen Gebrauch. Auflage von 1972. K + W (Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätten) - Thun(Entpannungspanzer 65 Operating Instructions. Only for official use. Edition of 1972. K + W (Swiss design workshops) - Thun)
- Book Urs Heller: Die Panzer der schweizer Armee von 1920 bis 2008
- Military Museum Full AG Switzerland
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