List of World War II weapons of Switzerland

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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