Waffenfabrik Bern

Waffenfabrik 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 7.5X53.5 Swiss.
• Schmidt-Rubin 1896 straight pull bolt action rifle. Chambered in 7.5X53.5 Swiss.
• Schmidt-Rubin 1896/11 straight pull bolt action rifle. Chambered in 7.5X55 Swiss.
• Schmidt-Rubin 1911 straight pull bolt action rifle. Chambered for the revamped 7.5X53.5 Swiss. The case was lengthened to 55mm. This new load became the 7.5X55 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 7.5X53.5mm load. 7.5X55mm should never be fired in the 1889 series Schmidt-Rubin.
• MG 11 machine gun.
• Schmidt-Rubin K31 straight pull bolt action rifle. Chambered for 7.5X55mm Swiss.
• Sturmgewehr 52 & Sturmgewehr 54
• MG 51
• C42 assault rifle

Bibliography

• Swiss Revolver Model 1882 Explained: Ebook by Gerard Henrotin (H&L Publishing - HLebooks.com 2009)

External links

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