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


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). Between brackets is the number of such weapons in personal equipment as of 31 January 2009. 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)

Light armored vehicles
Source: Swiss Armed Forces: Land forces weapon systems (p. 12)