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Swiss Military Guns - All able-bodied Swiss must complete military service and be able to keep a military rifle or other weapon at home. © Keystone / Gaetan Bali

The Army confirmed on Tuesday that firearms, including assault rifles and handguns, disappeared last year.

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Army weapons disappear every year. According to the Blick newspaperExternal link, 70 units of army weapons went missing last year, including 57 automatic weapons. Of these, 54 were stolen and one was destroyed in a house fire. The remaining 15 weapons were not found. Army spokesman Stefan Hofer confirmed the news to the Swiss news agency Keystone-SDA on Monday.

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Last year, 22 lost weapons reappeared, the vast majority returned to the military by the police who found them during operations. The rest were handed over by civilians.

The number in 2020 was lower than in recent years, which saw a steady trend of 69 missing in 2016, 85 in 2017, 107 in 2018 and 102 in 2019.

The loss of a weapon has consequences of varying severity for the military. They can range from disciplinary action to three years in prison.

All able-bodied Swiss must complete military service and be able to keep a military rifle or other weapon at home. It is a long-standing tradition for the Swiss army, which must be ready to be called up in times of crisis.

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An Army rifle should be kept in a burglar-proof location and any theft reported immediately, but a missing gun is usually only reported when a soldier goes on military training or leaves the Army and can't find his gun.

Switzerland has one of the highest levels of gun ownership in the world thanks to its militia army. According to Defense Ministry estimates, more than two million weapons are in private hands for a population of 8.6 million people.

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Swiss Film Selection SWI offers a selection of Swiss films in English, selected by the Swiss streaming platform Play Suisse. The Schmidt-Rubin rifles were a series of Swiss Army service rifles used between 1889 and 1958. They differ in the direct bolt action proposed by Rudolf Schmidt and the use of the 7 Schmidt-Rubin rifle cartridge, 5×55mm by Eduard Rubin.

The Model 1889 was the first in a series of Schmidt-Rubin rifles that served in Switzerland from 1889 to 1953. The rifle was named after its action developer, Colonel Rudolf Schmidt, and ammunition designer, Colonel Eduard Rubin . Production of the rifle began in 1891. The straight bolt pull allows the user to pull the bolt back to unlock the mechanism, cock the firing pin, eject and eject the cartridge in one motion, and push the bolt forward to chamber a shot and block the action. This is the opposite of a traditional bolt action where the user must lift the bolt handle to unlock the bolt before pulling the bolt back. The rifle is roughly the length of a musket, with a free-floating barrel, 12-round magazine, and wooden stock that extends nearly to the tip of the barrel. The Schmidt-Rubin 1889 was an advanced weapon for its time. The Schmidt-Rubin 1889 was one of the first rifles to use copper-coated cartridges as standard ammunition. The 7.5×53.5mm GP90 cartridge, developed by Colonel Rubin in 1882, was revolutionary as most of the bullets in use in Europe at the time, with the exception of the 8mm metal jacketed bullet from the Mle 1886 rifle Lebel, had a caliber of approximately .45, unlike Schmidt-Rubin ammunition up to 308 calibers. The cartridge was "carpeted," meaning the bullet was surrounded by a piece of paper, similar to the cotton balls placed around a musket ball. The paper coating of the cartridge was supposed to help lubricate the bullet. In 1923, long after the Model 1889 had ceased production, the 7.5×54.5mm GP90/23 cartridge was produced without paper plates. The Model 1889 was eventually replaced by later models, including the Model 1896, Model 96/11, Model 1911, Model 1911 Carbine, and the famed K-31.

The Schmidt-Rubin 1889/96 model was a replacement for the 1889. The biggest change was the move of the locking lugs from the rear of the bolt sleeve to the front of the bolt sleeve. This allowed for a slight short circuit of the receiver. Also, the modification allowed the bolt and receiver to withstand increased pressure. Colonel Schmidt was asked to do this for the 1889 model, but he refused, saying it was impossible. Colonel Vogelsgang and his assistant Rebholz designed parts that were not difficult but took time to retool. The rifle system was adopted in 1896. Therefore, this and subsequent versions should probably be better known as Vogelsgang-Rebholtz rifles rather than Schmidt-Rubin. During the cartridge modification in 1911, the 1896 bolt system was used to increase the bullet velocity. Virtually all 89/96 model rifles were converted to 96/11. Only a few remain in their original configuration and nearly all are private-series rifles that have never been military-themed.

The Schmidt-Rubin model 1897 cadet rifle was conceived as a replacement for the earlier Vetterli rifles. The Model 97 rifles were single shot using the Model 89/96 Schmitt-Rubin bolt action. It was to use the reduced capacity 7.5×53.5mm GP90 cartridge for the smaller junior cadets. Rifle sights were graduated for both light and standard loads. Approximately 7,900 cadet rifles were produced.

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The Model 1899/1900 Short Rifle was a response to the request for a short rifle to replace the unpopular Manlicher Model 1893 direct-action carbine. The 99/00 Short Rifle was intended for artillery and other rear-guard troops. Design began on February 27, 1900 and production began in 1901 and lasted 10 years (18,750 were made). It was issued to fortress troops, artillery, bicycle troops and balloon companies. The Model 99/00 Short Rifle can be equipped with the Model 1889/92 bayonet and the Model 1906 Knife bayonet. Most of the 99/00 and later 1905 Short Rifles were converted to Model K11 carbines, which accepted the GP11 cartridge. Very few unmodified rifles exist today.

The Schmidt-Rubin 1896/11 rifle, or model 96/11, was Switzerland's attempt to upgrade its existing 89/96 rifles to use the more powerful cartridge adopted as the GP11. The GP11 cartridge operated at a higher chamber pressure than the 89/96 action could easily handle. For this reason, the 89/96 model rifles were updated by replacing the 3-shot barrel with a new 4-shot barrel, adding a pistol grip to the stock, changing the magazine to the 6-round type used in the 1900 short rifle. and changing the sights to a more modern type. The changes simplified the look of the rifles. Since more rifles were needed than were available, the Model 1911 rifle was put into production with few modifications. Nearly all of the more than 127,000 Model 89/96 rifles were converted to the 96/11 specification.

An improvement over the original 1889 version of the Schmidt-Rubin rifle, the Swiss M1911 placed the locking lugs in the center of the bolt instead of at the rear, increasing the action and allowing for the more powerful cartridge, the Gewehrpatrone 11 or GP 11. be used. It is distinguished from the 96/11 Rifle by a recurve stock and an integral semi-pistol grip stock. It uses a scope that starts at 300 meters. The 1911 and 96/11 rifles are exceptionally accurate and have been crafted with excellent craftsmanship. The fact that Switzerland remained neutral during both world wars has ensured that they are on average in much better condition than other European rifles of that vintage.

The Swiss at some point realized that their auxiliaries, cavalry, and some other units needed a shorter rifle than currently available, so they designed the 1911 Model Carbine. The 1911 Swiss Carbine was smaller, lighter and still highly accurate, making it a favorite of the Swiss Army, and its popularity led to the development of its successor, the K31. Production of the K11 involved converting the Model 1900 and 1905 short rifles to the new carbine specifications. Because of this, early short rifles are rarely seen in their original form. The K11 was the last of the Vogelsgang/Rebholtz rifles produced. A militia assault rifle hangs in a Swiss vault next to combat gear, uniforms and military boots Keystone

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Army officials said on Friday that 69 military weapons were reported lost permanently or temporarily in the past year, most of them