List of World War II weapons of Switzerland

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This is a list of World War II weapons of Switzerland.

Small arms

Bolt-action rifles & lever action

  • Furrer Carbine K31 ~528,230
  • Schmidt-Rubin infantry rifle M1911
  • SIG Mondragón M1894 Licensed production of the Mexican Mondragón M1893 rifle
  • Swiss Mannlicher M1893 carbine ~7,750
  • Swiss Vetterli M1881 Stutzer ~11,000+
  • Winchester M1866 Swiss copies

Semi-automatic rifles

  • AK44 Swiss copy of the Soviet Tokarev SVT-40 rifle. ~1
  • SIG Mondragón M1908 Licensed production of the Mexican Mondragón M1908 semi-automatic rifle

Anti-tank rifles

  • Solothurn S-18/100 ~12+
  • Tankbüchse Solo 40/ Solothurn S-18/1000 ~93
  • TB 41 W+F Tankbüchse 24mm

M41

Semi-automatic pistols

  • Swiss Luger 06/29 Swiss version of the german Luger P08
  • SIG P210 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

  • Schmidt Revolver Model 1882/29
  • Swiss Ordnance revolver M1872/78 ~20,000+

Light machine guns

  • Furrer Lmg 25
  • SIG Neuhausen KE7 Mostly for export
  • Solothurn S2-200 Swiss Version of the MG30
  • Kiraly M1935 Based on the SIG KE7, only prototype for testing purposes

Machine guns

  • MG 11 ~10,000+
  • FLab MG 29/38
  • Reibel Pz Mg 38 were mounted on tanks

Submachine guns

  • Furrer Lmg-Pist 41/44 ~9,808
  • SIG MKPS ~60 Was extremely expensive and complicated to produce, so less was spent on the Swiss Army
  • Hispano-Suiza MP 43/44 ~22,600 Swiss version of the Finnish Suomi KP/-31
  • SIG Bergmann M1920 Swiss Version of the german Bergmann MP18/I
  • Solothurn S1-200 Swiss version of the austrian Steyr MP34
  • SIG MP-41 Neuhausen ~200 small amounts for testing purposes only
  • Furrer MP19 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)

  • 7.5x55mm Swiss GP 11
  • 10.4x38mm R Swiss Vetterli M69/81 (.41 Swiss)
  • 7.5mm M1882 Ordnance
  • 20x138mmB Long Solothurn
  • 24 X 138 TB41

Anti-aircraft guns

  • 2 cm Flakvierling 38
  • 2 cm FLAK 30
  • Solothurn ST-5

Autocanons

  • Oerlikon FF
  • Oerlikon 20 mm

Armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs)

Light tanks

  • Renault FT ~5
  • Vickers Commercial light tank
  • LT vz 38 ~24
  • Vickers Carden Lyod ~8
  • Landsverk L-60 ~1 for assessment
  • Renault R35 ~12
  • Nahkampfkanone 1 ~1

Artillery and anti-tank cannons

  • Solothurn S-18/1100
  • Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903
  • 7.5 cm GebirgsKanone 06 L14 ~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

  • Messerschmitt Bf 108B Taifun ~18
  • de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide ~3
  • Comte AC-12 Moskito ~1

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

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