List of World War II weapons of Switzerland explained

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

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

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)

• 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^[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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swiss K31 – Staffordshire Phoenix. 2021-05-11. staffordshirephoenixrifleandpistolclub.co.uk.
2. Web site: Schmidt-Rubin Series . 2022-06-12 . www.swissrifles.com.
3. Web site: 2010-12-14 . Mexican Mondragon . 2022-08-09 . Forgotten Weapons . en-US.
4. Web site: 1893 Mannlicher Carbine . 2022-06-12 . swissrifles.com.
5. Web site: McCollum . Ian . 2016-08-22 . RIA: Prototype W+F Bern AK44 Copy of the SVT . 2022-07-14 . Forgotten Weapons . en-US.
6. Web site: 2010-12-14 . Mexican Mondragon . 2022-08-09 . Forgotten Weapons . en-US.
7. Book: Zaloga, Steven J. . The Anti-Tank Rifle . 2018 . Bloomsbury Publishing Plc . Johnny Shumate, Alan Gilliland . 978-1-4728-1723-5 . London . 1021811441.
8. Web site: Historical Firearms - Swiss Model 1906/29 Luger On November 30th,.... 2021-05-11. www.historicalfirearms.info.
9. Book: Firearms Identification Volume II (2nd Edition 1973) By J Howard Mathews.
10. Web site: 2010-10-27. W+F Lmg 25. 2021-05-11. Modern Firearms. en.
11. Web site: 2010-10-27 . SIG KE-7 . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
12. Web site: 2010-10-27 . Steyr-Solothurn MG 30 . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
13. Web site: McCollum . Ian . 2012-07-13 . Kiraly 1935 Experimental LMG . 2022-08-09 . Forgotten Weapons . en-US.
14. Web site: Issue . V2N3 . Volume 2 . The Swiss MG11 Maxim Machine Gun – Small Arms Defense Journal . 2021-05-11 . en-US.
15. Web site: Swiss Rifles dot com-Flab-MG 29/38 . 2022-06-12 . Swiss Rifles dot com . 21 February 2014 . en-gb.
16. Web site: 2010-10-27. W+F Lmg.Pist 41/44. 2021-10-19. Modern Firearms. en.
17. Web site: 2010-10-27 . SIG MKPS MKMS . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
18. Web site: Leroy. Thompson. 2010-11-19. Finnish Soumi KP-31 Submachine Gun. 2021-05-11. GUN MAGAZINE SWAT VAULT. en-US.
19. Web site: 2010-10-27 . SIG 1920 1930 . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
20. Web site: 2010-10-23 . Steyr-Solothurn MP.34 . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
21. Web site: 2020-05-12 . Sig MP-41 (Switzerland) . 2022-06-12 . Modern Firearms . en.
22. Web site: Centrefire automatic submachine gun - Experimental Furrer MP19 Prototype Prototype submachine gun . 2022-08-09 . Royal Armouries collections . en.
23. Web site: Renault FT Light Tank (France). 2021-10-19. www.historyofwar.org.
24. Web site: Vickers Commercial Light Tank. 2021-05-12. www.militaryfactory.com. en-US.
25. Web site: LT Vz38. 2021-05-12. tanks-encyclopedia.com.
26. Web site: 7,5 cm Geb Kan 1906 L14 . 2022-06-12 . festung-oberland.ch . de-CH.