Waffenfabrik Bern

Waffenfabrik Bern (English: Weapon Factory Bern), also known as W+F Bern, was an arms manufacturer in Bern, Switzerland and was a government-owned corporation.

List of W+F weapons

• Vetterli rifle
• Schmidt M1882 - 1882 revolver. Chambered in 7.5 Swiss Ordnance
• Schmidt–Rubin - 1889 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
• Swiss Mannlicher M1893 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
• Schmidt–Rubin - 1896 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
• Schmidt–Rubin - 1896/11 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×55 Swiss.
• Schmidt–Rubin - 1911 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for the revamped 7.5×53.5 Swiss. The case was lengthened to 55 mm. This new load became the 7.5×55 Swiss. The new load used a modern spitzer bullet and more modern smokeless powders and produces a much higher velocity and pressure than the older 7.5×53.5mm load. 7.5×55mm should never be fired in the 1889 series Schmidt–Rubin.
• Luger pistol
• MG 11 - machine gun.
• Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 - double barrel aircraft submachine gun.
• Schmidt–Rubin K31 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for 7.5×55mm Swiss.
• Sturmgewehr 52 & Sturmgewehr 54
• MG 51
• C42 assault rifle

Bibliography

• Fusils & carabines de collection. F. Pellaton, R. Caranta, H. Bonsignori, J. Jordanoglou. Édition Crepin-Leblond 1979
• Die Repetiergewehre der Schweiz (1991)

External links

• http://www.swissrifles.com/vetterli/index.html
• http://www.schiferli.net/Vetterli.htm
• http://www.radix.net/~bbrown/schmidt_rubin.html