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
The Stgw 90 standard service rifle fitted with an underslung 40 mm GL 5040 grenade launcher.
8.6mm Scharfschützengewehr 04 sniper rifle
PGM Hecate II heavy sniper rifle
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 |  France | Light Tank | II | 5 | 1921 | 1944 | |
| Vickers Carden Loyd |  United Kingdom | Tank | I, 33, 34, 35 | 8 | 1931 | 1948 | ||
| Landsverk 60 |  Sweden | Tank | 1 | 1936 | ? | Test | ||
 | Panzer39 |  Czechoslovakia | Tank | LTL-H | 24 | 1939 | 1950 | |
 | Renault R35 | France | Light Tank | 12 | 1940 | ? | Test | |
 | Nahkampfkanone 1 |  Switzerland | Tankhunter | 1 | 1944 | 1947 | Test | |
 | Nahkampfkanone 2 Gustav | Switzerland | Tankhunter | 1 | 1946 | 1947 | Test | |
| Cruiser tank | United Kingdom | Tank | RAM Mk.II | 2 | 1947 | 1968 | Test | |
 | Panzerjäger G 13 | .svg.png){kind=small} Germany | Tankhunter | G13 | 158 | 1947 | 1973 | |
 | AMX-13 | France | Light Tank | 200 | 1954 | 1980 | ||
.jpg) | M47 Patton |  United States | Medium Tank | M Pz M47 | 2 | 1952 | 1954 | Test |
 _pic03.JPG) | Panzer 55 Centurion | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | Recoverytank | Entp Pz 56 | 30 | 1956 | 1991 | 19 sold 1991 to Sweden. |
 | brückenpanzer 55 Centurion | United Kingdom | Bridgelayer | Brü Pz | 2 | 1963 | 1966 | Test |
 | Panzer 58 | Switzerland | Medium tank | MPz 58 | 12 | 1958 | 1964 | |
 | Panzer 61 | Switzerland | Medium tank | Pz61 | 150 | 1964 | 1994 | |
 | Panzer 68 | Switzerland | 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 | Switzerland | recovery | Entp Pz65 | 69 | 1970 | 2008 | |
 | Brückenpanzer 68 | Switzerland | Bridgelayer | Brü Pz68 | 30 | 1974 | 2005 | |
 | Panzerkanone 68 | Switzerland | Self prop howitze | Pz Kan 68 | 4 | 1972 | 1975 | Test |
 | Fliegerabwehrpanzer 68 | Switzerland | AAA | B22L | 2 | 1979 | 1980 | Test |
 | Zielfahrzeug 68 | Switzerland | training Target | 10 | 1974 | 2007 | ||
 | Mowag Shark | Switzerland | misc | 3 | 1981 | 1981 | Test:APC, Tank, AAA, Anti Tank | |
 | Mowag PiranhaIIIC 10x10 | Switzerland | misc | IIC 10x10 | 1 | 1994 | 1994 | Test |
 | M109 howitzer Panzerhaubitze 66 | United States | Howitze | M109 KAWEST | 577 | 1974 | ||
 | Leopard 2 Panzer87, Pz87 WE |  Germany | Tank | A4 | 380 | 1987 | Reduced to 224, 134 Upgrade to Pz87WE. | |
| Leopard 2 Driving trainer | Germany | trainer | 3 | 1988 | 2002 | |||
 | Leopard Büffel | Germany | recovery | BPz3 | 25 | 2004 | ||
| Leopard Kodiak | Germany Switzerland | Pionier | SKodiak | 12 | 2010 |
Light armored vehicles
| Image | Name | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
_9-08-2008_14-53-48_(2).JPG) | Universal Carrier | United Kingdom | Was in use |
| MOWAG Scorpion | Switzerland | Tested | |
 | Mowag Pirat | Switzerland | Test,lost against M113 |
 | Saurer Tartaruga | Switzerland | Test,lost against M113 |
 | M113 | United States | In use |
 | M548 | United States | In use |
 | Mowag armored dummy | Switzerland | Was in use |
 | Mowag Puma | Switzerland | Tested |
| Mowag Shark | Switzerland | Tested |
.jpg) | Mowag Piranha 8x8 | Switzerland | 500 in service |
 | Mowag Piranha 6x6 | Switzerland | 100 in service |
 | Mowag Piranha 10x10 | Switzerland | Tested |
 | Mowag Eagle | Switzerland | 300 in service |
 | DURO III | Switzerland | 290 in service |
.jpg) | DURO GMTF | Switzerland | 230 in service |
 | Mowag Trojan | Switzerland | After delay of order production cancelled |
 | CV9030CH | Sweden | 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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