List of World War II weapons of Switzerland
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This is a list of World War II weapons of Switzerland.
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)
- 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