List of equipment of the Swiss Army
This is a list of equipments, vehicles and aircraft used by the Swiss Army.
Infantry equipment
Infantry weapons
Small arms
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knives | |||||
| Soldatenmesser 08 | Switzerland | Swiss Army knife | — | Mass production started in December 2008,[1] and first issued in 2009.[2] | |
| Bajonett Mod. 1990 | Switzerland | Bayonet | — | Wenger knife[3] | |
| Sidearms | |||||
| SIG P 220
Pistol 75 |
Switzerland | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | It replaced the Sig P210.[4][5]
It has been replaced in some specialised functions by the Pistol 03, and by the troops with the Pistol 12/15, but some might be in use today.[6] | |
| SIG Pro SPC 2009
Pistol 03 |
Switzerland | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Partial successor to the Pistol 75 in some special functions, this weapon was not attributed to the troop but to the units, such as the special forces (Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17) and the military police.[4] | |
| Glock 17
Pistol 12/15 Standard |
Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Glock 17 gen 4, successor to the Pistol 03 in special functions, and successor to the Pistol 75 as the standard issued pistol in the Swiss Army. This weapon is issued to career officers, non-commissioned officers, special forces (Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17) as a secondary weapon.[7] | |
| Glock 26
Pistol 12 Kurz |
Austria | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Glock 26 gen 4, partial successor to the Pistol 03 and the Pistol 75 as the short variant of the pistol in the Swiss Army. It is the primary weapon for the military police and mechanics in the army.[7] | |
| SIG Sauer P320 | USA | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | Will become the Swiss Army's new service pistol.[8] | |
| Submachine guns | |||||
| Heckler & Koch MP5
Maschinenpistole |
|
West Germany | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Several variants used over times to answer specific needs.
|
| B&T MP9-N
Maschinenpistole 14 |
Switzerland | Submachine gun | 9×19mm Parabellum | Used as personal defence weapon for units unlikely to see combat, such as cooks and headquarters staff.[10] | |
| Assault and battle rifles | |||||
| SIG550
Sturmgewehr 90 |
|
Switzerland | Assault rifle | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Standard issue assault rifle in service in the Swiss Army, successor to the Stgw 57, it was introduced from 1988.[11]
A total of 600,000 rifles have been produced for the Swiss Army.[11] |
| SIG552
Sturmgewehr 04 |
Switzerland | Assault rifle, Carbine | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Shortened version of the Sig 550, in use with the Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17 .It partially replaced the MP5.[12] | |
| SIG553
Sturmgewehr 07 |
Switzerland | Assault rifle, Carbine | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Shortened version of the Sig 550, in use with the Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17 and the Military Police, it partially replaced the MP5.[12] | |
| LMT Defense AR-15
Stgw 25 |
United States | Assault rifle, Carbine | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Selected in 2025 in a collaboration between LMT and SWISSLOXX.[13]
Role unknown, unlikely to replace the Stgw 90, as in 2024 it was announced that the rifle would remain in service.[14] It is announced for the special forces (AAD10, SPEZ DET MP).[15] | |
| Machine guns | |||||
| FN Minimi
Leichtes Maschinengewehr 05 |
Belgium | Light machine gun | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Equipped with Eotech HWS holographic sight.
Orders:
| |
| W+F MG 51/71
Maschinengewehr 51 |
|
Switzerland | General-purpose machine gun | GP 11
(7.5×55mm Swiss) |
Manufactured by the Waffenfabrik Bern, it is a derivative of the MG 42.[17]
It is used as:
|
| M2 Browning
Maschinengewehr 63/93 |
|
United States | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Equipped on the Piranha II in the Swiss Army.[18] |
| M2 Browning
Maschinengewehr 07 |
|
United States | Heavy machine gun | 12.7×99mm NATO | Used with Kongsberg protector on the following vehicles:
Also mounted on a manual turret on the LIV (SO) Serval of the ARD 10. |
| Designated marksman rifles & Sniper rifles | |||||
| SIG 550
Sturmgewehr 90 |
Switzerland | Designated marksman rifle | GP90
( 5,56 × 45 Swiss) |
Designated marksman in infantry troops, using the standard Stgw90, equipped with a 4x24 Zielfernrohr scope from Kern, with an expected range of 600 m.[24] | |
| SIG751 SAPR / SIG 751 SAPR
Zielfernrohr Sturmgewehr 12 |
— | Switzerland | Designated marksman rifle | 7.62×51mm NATO | Used with AAD10 and MP Spez Det (military police special detachment). Special run version of the SIG 751, with a 14-inch barrel and a Surefire SOCOM muzzle device to attach to an RC2 762.
Rifle equipped with scope Schmidt & Bender 5-20×50 PM II or Leupold Mark 8 CQBSS 1.1-8x24. A successor seems to have entered service with the LMT MWS.[25] |
| LMT MWS MARS-H
Zielfernrohr Sturmgewehr 20 |
United States | Designated marksman rifle | 6.5×48mm Creedmore, or | Used with ARD 10 and MP Spez Det.[25]
Long rail (16*) with 16.5" barrel, equipped with a Surefire 3-prong flash hider. Rifle equipped with scope Schmidt & Bender 5-20×50 PM II Ultra Short, ERATAC mount, Aimpoint T1 and a Wilcox RAPTAR. | |
| Sako TRG-42
Scharfschützengewehr 04 |
Finland | Bolt action sniper rifle |
8.6 mm
Gw Pat 04, |
196 ordered in 2004, all delivered by end 2005[26][27]
It is equipped with the Schmidt & Bender 3-12 scope (3-12x50 PMII), generally used at 10x power at night and 6x by day, and the RLV 0 5 night vision device from Simrad Optronics.[24] It is being replaced by the Scharfschützengewehr 18. | |
| Sako TRG-42 A1
Scharfschützengewehr 18 |
Finland | Bolt action sniper rifle |
8.6 mm
Gw Pat 04, |
Successor to the SSGw 04, being replaced from 2021 to 2023 and mentioned in the Armament Programme 2021.[28][29]
Equipped with a Schmidt & Bender 5-20x50 PMII Ultra Short, a Wilcox Raptar, and a Surefire SOCOM338-Ti suppressor. Variant observed with the ARD 10 equipped with a different chassis, the "APO Saber Alloy SKO-42A1 MOD-1", with a night vision module, a Wilcox Raptar.[30] | |
| PGM Hécate II
Präzisions Schützengewehr 04 |
France | Bolt action anti-material rifle |
12.7×99mm NATO | 20 ordered, and used by the Special forces (ARD 10 and the Mountain Grenadiers).
It is equipped with the scope LTE J10 F1 8-10x from Scrome. The ammunition used is the Panzer Spreng-Patrone 92.[24] | |
| Miscellaneous firearms | |||||
| Remington Model 870
Mehrzweckgewehr |
United States | Pump action shotgun | 12 gauge | Used by the military police, grenadiers, aviation field surveillance troops.[31] | |
| Heckler & Koch P2A1
Raketenpistole 78HK |
Switzerland | Signal pistol | 26.5mm | Licensed production by the Waffenfabrik Bern.[32] | |
Explosive weapons
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Calibre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenades | |||||
| RUAG HG 85 | Switzerland | Hand grenade | — | Successor of the HG 43[33]
Training and explosive variants used by the army.[34] Armament Programme 1985, acquisition of 1.5 million grenades, and some others for training.[35] Armament Programme 2015, budget of CHF 38.9 million to replace 1 million of detonator.[36] | |
| SIG GL 5040
Gewehraufsatz 97 |
|
Switzerland | Under barrel grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Ordered with the Armament Programme 1997, budget CHF 51 million.[37] 4,0000 launchers ordered and the munitions, delivered by 1999.
Used by the grenadiers and fusiliers. |
| B&T GL06
Mehrzweckwerfer 10 |
Switzerland | Grenade launcher | 40×46mm LV | Used by the military police since 2015. | |
| Man-portable anti-tank systems | |||||
| M72 LAW Mk 2 | Norway | Rocket-propelled grenade | 72 mm | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2016, budget CHF 2 million.[38] Selected for short-range light armour engagement, to be used by infantry forces.[39]
| |
| RGW 90 HH | Germany | Anti-tank rocket launcher | 90 mm | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2016, budget CHF 89 million.[38]
Selected to be used against structures, and vehicle lighter than IFV at rather short range.[39]
| |
| Panzerfaust 3 | Germany | Rocket-propelled grenade | 110 mm | [42] | |
| NLAW | United Kingdom | Short-range Anti-tank guided missile | 115 mm (missile body)
150 mm (warhead) |
4,000 ordered with the Armament Programme 2016, budget CHF 140 million.[38]
Selected as the future anti-tank missile.[39][43] Deliveries:
| |
| BGM-71 TOW-2 | United States | Anti-tank guided missile | 152 mm | 400 launchers, 12,000 missiles ordered in 1986 (US$209 million).[44]
Only used with the tank hunter Piranha 2 6x6, to be retired in the following years.[45] | |
| Mines | |||||
| Richtladung 96 light | Switzerland | Directional light mine | — | Can be used against un-protected vehicles up to 50 m.[46]
Modified after ratification of Ottawa treaty in 2000 to prevent the indiscriminatory effect.[47] | |
| Richtladung 96 heavy | Switzerland | Directional heavy mine | — | Can be used against un-protected vehicles up to 150 m, 2 splinters per square meter at 150 m.[46]
Modified after ratification of Ottawa treaty in 2000 to prevent the indiscriminatory effect.[47] | |
| HPD-2 mine
Panzerabwehrmine 88 |
France | Anti-tank mine | — | According to the Swiss government, it complies with the Ottawa treaty as it discriminates weights typical of military vehicle classes.[47] | |
Personal equipment
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmets | ||||||
| Schuberth Gefechtshelm M92
Schutzhelm 04 |
Germany | Combat helmet | 2006 | 105,000 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2004, CHF35 million budget, to enter service in 2006.[48][49] | |
| Ops-Core FAST Helmet | United States | Combat helmet | — | — | Used by the Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10. | |
| Schuberth Gefechtshelm M100 | — | Germany | Combat helmet | 2024 | — | In use with the EOD units (KAMIR).[50] |
| Bulletproof vests | ||||||
| Modular ballistic protection
Ballistischer Körperschutz 18 |
Belgium | Bulletproof vest | 2022 | 100,000 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2018, budget CHF 199.2 million.[51]
Supplied by Seyntex N.V. and SSZ Equipment SA.[52] | |
| NBC protection | ||||||
| Paul Boyé Technologies
ABC Einsatzanzüge 21 |
France | NBC protection suit level 4 | 2023 | 160,000 | Purchased with the Armament Programme 2021, budget CHF 120 million.[53][54]
The equipment includes the suit. a mask, gloves and overboots. 30'000 protection suits and 3,300 training suits delivered as of 2023.[55] | |
| Paul Boyé Technologies
ABC Ausbildungsanzüge |
NBC training suit | 2023 | 57,000 | |||
| Clothing | ||||||
| Combat Clothing 2006
Kampfbekleidung 90/06 |
Switzerland | Combat uniform | 2006 | — | Using the TAZ 90 camouflage. | |
| Modulat combat clothing system 18
MBAS Programm, Kampfbekleidung 18 |
Switzerland | Combat uniform | 2022 | 100,000 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2018, budget CHF 377 million.[51]
This program includes the combat clothing, the modular bags, the hydration systems, and a ballistic protection (199.2 million). Using the TAZ 16 camouflage. (mostly Swiss suppliers)[52] | |
| Shoes | ||||||
| AKU Tactical ®
Kampfstiefel Schwer 19 |
— | Italy | Combat boots | 2021 | 75,000 | New standard combat shoes, ordered with the Armament Programme 2019.
Replacement of the old combat shoes (KS90).[56] |
| AKU Tactical ®
Kampfstiefel Schwer 14 GTX® |
Italy | Combat boots | 2016 | — | Purchased for professional soldiers.[57] | |
| Meindl
Kampfstiefel Schwer 08 AGFA |
Germany | Combat boots | 2010 | — | Purchased for professional soldiers. | |
Indirect fire
Artillery systems
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Calibre | Acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howitzers | ||||||||
| M-109 KAWEST WE | United States | Self-propelled howitzer | 155 mm L/47 |
581 | 2009 | 133 | The remaining M109 are all at the standard M-109 KAWEST WE.[58] | |
| Munitions | ||||||||
| SMArt 155 | Germany | Guided anti-tank artillery round | 155 mm | 2,000 | 2004-05 | 2,000 | Used with the M109 KAWEST WE, and likely to be used with the Piranha AAC - AGM.
Purchased with the Armament Programme 2001 for CHF168 million.[59][60] | |
| Electronic equipment for indirect fire support | ||||||||
| Elbit laptop
INTAFF 15 |
— | Israel | Artillery command equipment | — | — | — | Ordered to support the M109 Kawest WE.[61][62] | |
| Simulators | ||||||||
| SAPH simulator |
|
Switzerland | Self-propelled howitzer simulator | — | — | 1999 | — | Based in Bière and Frauenfeld.[63] |
Mortar systems
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Calibre | Acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortars | ||||||||
| Expal MX2 km 81 mm
8.1cm Mörser 19 |
Spain | Mortar | 81 mm | 300 | 2021 | 300
(by end 2023) |
Purchased with the Armament Programme 19 for CHF 118 million:[64][65]
| |
| 6 cm Mortar 87
6 cm Werfer 87 |
Switzerland | Infantry mortars | 60 mm | 5,500 | 1990 | — | 5'500 of those mortars were initially ordered, their number today is unknown, range 250 – 1,000 meters.[66] | |
| Munitions | ||||||||
| Bofors STRIX
12 cm Minenwerfer intelligentes Geschoss 96 STRIX ( 12 cm Mw int G 96 STRIX), |
— | Sweden | Guided anti-tank mortar round | 120 mm | — | — | [67]
Purchased with the Armament Programme 1996 for CHF91 million. The equipment includes the charges, the extended range charges, and the munition programming system. To be adapted to the 12 cm Mörser 16 - Mowag Piranha IV (RUAG Cobra). | |
| Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland - 81mm
Explosiv-Übungsgranaten 91 |
— | Switzerland | Training mortar round | 81 mm | — | — | [68]
Supplied by Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland Ltd. | |
| Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland - 81mm
Wurfgranaten 94 |
— | Switzerland | Combat explosive mortar round | 81 mm | — | — | [68]
Supplied by Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland Ltd. | |
| Rheinmetall EXPAL Cargo - illumination | — | Germany | Illumination mortar round - white light | 81 mm | — | 2025 | — | [69]
Ordered with Armament Programme 2019.[68] Ammunition supplied by Rheinmetall EXPAL Munitions SA, made in Neuenburg am Rhein. |
| Rheinmetall EXPAL Cargo - IR illumination | — | Germany | Illumination mortar round - infrared based on red phosphorus | 81 mm | — | 2025 | — | [69]
Ordered with Armament Programme 2019.[68] Ammunition supplied by Rheinmetall EXPAL Munitions SA, made in Neuenburg am Rhein. |
| Rheinmetall EXPAL Cargo - smoke | — | Germany | Illumination mortar round - smoke discharge based on red phosphorus | 81 mm | — | 2025 | — | [69]
Ordered with Armament Programme 2019.[68] Ammunition supplied by Rheinmetall EXPAL Munitions SA, made in Neuenburg am Rhein. |
| Electronic equipment for indirect fire support | ||||||||
| Panasonic CF-20 Toughpad
TARANIS SMS Scouts |
[70] | Germany | Observation and fire control computer (laptop) | — | 520 | 520 | Ordered to equip the 8.1 cm Mörser 19.[71]
Equipped with the TARANIS system for mortar fire control system (derivative of system ESG FÜWES ADLER III).[72] | |
| Panasonic FZ-M1 Toughpad
TARANIS SMS ballistic |
Germany | Ballistic computer (tablet) | — | 320 | 320 | Ordered to support the 8.1 cm Mörser 19.[71] | ||
| Radio
SE-189 / + small radios |
— | — | Radio with data transmission | — | 120 / 1120 |
120 / 1120 |
Ordered to support the 8.1 cm Mörser 19.[71]
Civilian radio used as a transition solution until the service of the TASYS system.[65] | |
| Hirtenberger Defense ELectronic Aiming Device
ELAD |
Austria | Mortar electronic aiming device | — | 300 | 300 | Delivered between 2021 and 2023 for the Expal MX2 km 81 mm.[73] | ||
Armoured vehicles
Armoured fighting vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | |||||||
| Leopard 2A4
Panzer 87 WE |
|
West Germany | MBT
Main battle tank |
380 | 1987 | 134 | 134 Panzer 87 modernised to standard Panzer 87 WE through the Armament Programme 2006, converted in 2009–2011, in active service since 2011.[74][75]
71 Leopard 2A4 remaining in reserve. |
| CV9030 CH (CV90 Mk II)
Schützenpanzer 2000 |
Sweden | IFV
Infantry fighting vehicle |
154 | 2003 | 186 | Purchased with the Armament Programme 2000, budget CHF 990 million.[76]
Modernisation of the CV90 through the Armement Program 2020, budget CHF 438 million.[77] Option for 124 additional CV9030 was never confirmed.[78] | |
| CV9030 CH (CV90 Mk II)
Kommando Schützenpanzer 2000 |
Command Post, IFV
Infantry fighting vehicle |
32 | |||||
| CV9030 CH
Ausbildungsmittel Spz. 2000 |
Sweden | Instruction equipment | 7 turrets
3 chassis |
— | 7 | Purchased with the Complementary Armament Programme 2002, budget CHF 37 million, used only to train the troop and the mechanics.[79] (7 turrets and 3 chassis) | |
| Mowag Piranha IB 6×6
Panzerjäger 90 |
Switzerland | Tank hunter | 310 | 1990 | 106 | Vehicles equipped with a NM142 turret (Norwegian design), armed with 2 BGM-71 TOW 2.
Being retired since 2023.[51] 200 modified in other variants, 2 destroyed in accident, 2 sold to police Geneva. | |
Armoured vehicles (APC, command and reconnaissance vehicles)
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M113 A1
Schützpanzer 63/07 Rpe |
— | United States | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
1,250 [44] | 2008 | 40 | SE-235 / m2+ / m1.[80] |
| M113 A1
Kommando Panzer 63/07 |
United States | Command vehicle | 2008 | 50 | SE-235 / m2+ / m1.[81]
To be replaced by Mowag Eagle V 6×6, the order is to be placed in 2 batches (2024[82] and 2026[83]). | ||
| M113 A1
Kommando Panzer Artillerie 63/97 |
United States | Artillery command post | 1998 | 35 | SE-235 / m2+ / m1
GPS / INTAFF[84] | ||
| M113 A1
Feuerleitpanzer 63/97 |
United States | Fire direction vehicle | 1998 | 53 | SE-235 / m2+ / m1 / INTAFF[85] | ||
| Mowag Piranha IB 6×6
Kommando Panzer 6×6 gl |
Switzerland | Command vehicle | 0 | 2008 | 160 | Converted from Panzerjäger 90 with the Armament Programme 2006, budget CHF126 million.[86] | |
| Mowag Piranha IB 6×6
Sanitätspanzer |
|
Switzerland | Armoured ambulance | 0 | 2006 | 40 | Converted from Panzerjäger 90 with the Armament Programme 2005, budget CHF 38 million.[87][88] |
| Mowag Piranha IB 6×6
Panzerjäger Fahrschule |
— | Switzerland | Driver training vehicle | 4 | — | 4 | Driver training vehicle.[89] |
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
Radschützenpanzer 93 |
Switzerland | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
282 | 1995 | 515 | 515 Piranha II.
8×8. in 4 variants, CHF 721 million. Armament Programmes:
Equipment:
| |
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
PAL Pz 93 |
Switzerland | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
141 | 1995 | |||
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
Kommando Panzer 93/99 |
Switzerland | Command vehicle | 92 | 1995 | |||
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
Kommando Panzer 93/99 INTAFF |
Switzerland | Artillery command post | |||||
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
Schützpanzer 93 Fahrschule |
Switzerland | Driver training vehicle | 5 | 1995 | 5 | Driver training vehicle.[93] | |
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8
Schützpanzer 93 Militärpolizei |
Switzerland | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
8 | 1998 | 8 | Military police vehicle.[94] | |
| Mowag Piranha IIIC 8×8
Führung Panzer FIS/HE |
Switzerland | Command vehicle | 6 | 2005 | 6 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2002.
Armed with M2 Browning (Mg 63/93).[95] | |
| Mowag Piranha IIIC 8×8
Führung Panzer FIS/HE INTAFF |
|
Switzerland | Artillery command post | 6 | 2011 | 6 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2007.
Artillery Command, also known as Fire Management Center.[96][97] |
| Mowag Duro IIIP 6×6
Duro Geschütztes Mannschaft Transportfahrzeug |
Switzerland | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
407 | 2010 | 417 | 420 Mowag Duro IIIP 6×6 in 3 variants, CHF 740 million
Armament programmes:
3 GMTF lost over accidents.[101] 72 GMTF equipped with FIS HE command information system.[102] | |
| Mowag Duro IIIP 6×6
Duro GMTF SWISSINT KFOR |
— | Switzerland | APC
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
6 | 2010 | ||
| Mowag Duro IIIP 6×6
Duro GMTF SWISSINT KFOR Ambulance |
Switzerland | Armoured ambulance | 4 | 2010 | |||
| Mowag Eagle II
Aufklärungsfahrzeug 97/06 |
Switzerland | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | 175 | 1997 | 171 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 1997, budget CHF 99 million.[103]
Modernised in 2006, 4 decommissioned after accident.[104] | |
| Mowag Eagle III
Schiesskommandanten Fahrzeug INTAFF (SKdt Fz INTAFF) |
Switzerland | Artillery observer vehicle and artillery command post |
120 | 2003 | 119 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2000, budget CHF 166 million.[104] | |
| Mowag Eagle V 6×6 Aufklärungssystem TASYS |
|
Switzerland | Armoured reconnaissance vehicles | 100 | 2025 | 5 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2019, budget CHF 380 million.[105][106]
100 vehicles ordered, 11 for instruction, 89 for service use.with scout troops.[107] C2 system supplied by Elbit Systems, L3 Harris WESCAM MX™ - RSTA on mast 8 m high:[61][107][108]
INTAFF 15 for data transmission. |
| ACS Enok 5.4 Swissint
Panzer Wagen, Mercedes-Benz G300 CDI 4×4 |
Germany | Armoured patrol vehicle | Unknown | — | — | Purchased for peace keeping missions for Swissint. Known to be used with the Swisscoy mission.[109][110][111] |
Armoured engineering vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recovery | |||||||
| BPz3 Büffel
Bergpanzer Büffel |
Germany | ARV
Armoured recovery vehicle |
0 | 2004 | 25 | Converted from Panzer 87 with the Armament Programme 2001, budget CHF 179 million.[112] | |
| Bridging | |||||||
| Leguan
Brückenpanzer Leo |
|
Germany | AVLB
Armoured vehicle-launched bridge |
0 | 2020 | 12 | Converted from Panzer 87 with the Armament Programme 2014, budget CHF 179 million (last being delivered in 2023).[113][112]
The order includes a military section:
A civilian section:
|
| Sapper and engineering | |||||||
| AEV 3 Kodiak
Geniepanzer Kodiak |
|
Germany | AEV
Armoured engineering vehicle |
0 | 2008 | 12 | Converted from Panzer 87 with the Armament Programme 2006, budget CHF 139 million.[114]
Modules:
|
| M113 A1
Sappeur Panzer 63/05 |
United States | Sapper vehicle | — | 2005 | 60 | SE-235 / m1.[115]
Replacement planned with Mowag Piranha IV PI PZ 21 (Pionier Panzerfahrzeug 21).[116] | |
| M113 A1
Minenräumpanzer 63/00 |
United States | Mine plough | — | 2003 | 12 | Ordered with Armament Programme 2000.[117]
Replacement planned with Mowag Piranha IV PI PZ 21 (Pionier Panzerfahrzeug 21).[116] | |
| Explosive ordinance disposal | |||||||
| Mowag Duro IIIP
EOD/KAMIBES |
— | Switzerland | EOD vehicle
Explosive ordinance disposal |
5 | 2008 | 5 | 5 DURO–3P Explosive Ordinance Disposal EOD (5 delivered in 2008).[118] |
| Mowag Eagle V
EOD |
Switzerland | EOD vehicle
Explosive ordinance disposal |
5 | 2015 | 5 | Equipped with PackBot.[119] | |
| Telerob tEODor | Germany | EOD robot
Explosive ordinance disposal |
5 | — | 5 | Equipping the Mowag Duro IIIP EOD.[118] | |
| Endeavor Robotics PackBot | United States | EOD robot
Explosive ordinance disposal |
5 | — | 5 | Equipping the Mowag Eagle V EOD.[119][120] | |
| Armoured machines | |||||||
| CAT 938G
EOD/KAMIBES |
United States | Armoured wheel-loader | 1 | — | 1 | Used by the KFOR / Swisscoy for engineering missions that require protection.[121] | |
| Ahlmann AS 200 PRG
Pistenraümwagen 98 |
— | Germany | Armoured wheel-loader | 28 | — | 28 | Used for clearing snow from runways.[122] |
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear reconnaissance vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranha IIIC 8×8
ABC-Aufklärungsfahrzeug 08 |
Switzerland | CBRN reconnaissance vehicle
Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear |
12 | 2015 | 12 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2008, budget CHF 70 million [98] + 25 million (including new tech, Armament Programme 2011[123]).
Protected by 3 additional ballistic armour modules STANAG level 4[124] | |
| Duro IIIP
Duro ABC Nachweis Fahrzeug |
|
Switzerland | CBRN reconnaissance vehicle
Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear |
12 | 2015 | 12 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2008, budget CHF 47 million.[98]
Divided in 4 teams with each:
|
| ACS Enok 5.4
Radiometrie Wagen L22, Mercedes-Benz G280 CDI 4×4 |
Germany | Radiology reconnaissance vehicle | 4 | — | 4 | Equips the ABC Defense Battalion 10.[125][126][127] |
Armoured communications vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranha IIIC 8×8
Radio Access Point Pz |
|
Switzerland | Mobile radio transmission with wire communication system | 36 | 2005 | 36 | Ordered with the Armament program 2002, with a budget of CHF120 million.[128]
13 m high antennas, with 2 R-905 directional antennas, used as the bridge between the wire based communication system IMFS and the radio system SE-235. |
| Piranha IIIC 8×8
Mehrzweck-Sender IFASS |
Switzerland | Multi-purpose transmitter | 8 | 2012 | 8 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2007. [129]
In service since 2012. IFASS multi-use emitter. | |
| Piranha IIIC 8×8
KOMPAK Pz |
|
Switzerland | Communication hub vehicle | 12 | 2014 | 12 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2007.[129]
Equipment:
|
| Piranha IIIC 8×8
Kommunikation Panzer |
Switzerland | Communication hub vehicle | 8 | 2010 | 8 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2009.[131] |
Turrets, weapon stations and weapons of armoured vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Weapon | Vehicle | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turrets | |||||||||
| Leopard 2A4 turret | Germany | Manned tank turret | Rh-120 L/44
2 × MG 51/87 (7.5 mm GP11, 1 as coaxial MG and 1 on pintle mount) |
Panzer 87WE | 380 | 1987 | 134 | 134 tanks to standard Panzer 87 WE with the Armament Programme 2006.[132][74][75] | |
| BAE Bofors E30 | Sweden | Manned turret | Mk 44 Bushmaster II (30 mm) | CV9030 | 193 | 2003 | 193 | 193 purchased with the Armament Programme 2000.[76][133][134]
7 training turrets with the Complementary Armament Programme 2002.[79] | |
| Kværner NM142 | Norway | Remote turret | BGM-71 TOW 2 | Panzerjäger 90 | 310 | 1990 | 106 | Being retired since 2023.[51][135] | |
| Weapon stations | |||||||||
| Kongsberg Protector RS4 | — | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Piranha IV - Mortar carrier (12 cm Mörser 16) |
48 | 2026 | 48 | [136]
32 ordered in 2016, 16 ordered in 2022. |
| Kongsberg M151 Protector | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Piranha IB 6×6 (Kommando Panzer 6×6 gl) |
160 | 2008 | 160 | [137]
Modified Piranha variant to a command role.[138] | |
| KUKA 606 A1-CH |
|
Germany | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 63/93 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8 (Spz 93, PAL Pz 93, Kdo Pz 93/99, Kdo Pz 93/99 INTAFF, Pz 93 Militärpolizei) |
523 | 1995 /
1998 |
523 | [139][140][141][142][143] |
| Kongsberg M153 Protector | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Duro IIIP (Duro GMTF) |
420 | 2010 | 420 | [144]Orders with Armement Programmes:
The 2010 and 2013 orders were manufactured in Switzerland. | |
| Mowag MBK 2 | Switzerland | Observation cupola | MG 51/71 (7.5 mm GP11) | Mowag Eagle I (Aufklärungfahrzeug 93) Mowag Eagle II |
331 | 1996 /
1999 |
171 | [149][150][151][152]
Also equipped with an observation system WBG 90. 171 Eagle II remain in service.[104] | |
| Kongsberg Protector RS4 |
|
Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Eagle V
6×6 |
100 | 2025 | 100 | Ordered in December 2019, as part of the Armament Programme 2019.[153][154] |
| Defenture ringmount | Netherlands | Ring mount | Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm), and / or | Defenture GRF (LAUF 20 GRF) |
— | — | — | [155][156][157] | |
| Kongsberg M153 Protector | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Eagle V EOD (Aufklfz EOR) |
5 | 2012 | 5 | [158] | |
| Kongsberg M151 Protector | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Duro IIIP NBRC (ABC Nachweis Fahrzeug) |
12 | 2015 | 12 | Acquired with the Armament Programme 2008.[159][47][160] | |
| Piranha IIIC 8×8 NBRC (ABC-Aufklärungsfahrzeug 08) |
12 | 2015 | 12 | ||||||
| Kongsberg Protector RS4 | Norway | RCWS
Remote controlled weapon station |
Maschinengewehr 07 (12.7 mm) | Mowag Piranha IV - Sapper (Pionier Panzerfahrzeug 21) |
84 | 2025 | 84 | 60 ordered in 2021, 24 more in 2022.[161][162] | |
| Combat munitions | |||||||||
| DM12A1 MZ
HL Pat 87 Lsp |
Germany | 120 mm, HEAT MP-T
High-explosive anti-tank, Multi-purpose, Tracer |
— | Panzer 87WE | — | — | — | [132][163]
Purchased to be used with the first Leopard 2A4 in service. | |
| DM33
Pfeil Pat 90 Lsp |
— | Germany | 120 mm, APFSDS-T
Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot - Tracer |
— | Panzer 87WE | — | — | — | [132][163]
Purchased to be used with the first Leopard 2A4 in service. Produced under licence in Switzerland. |
| DM53
Pfeil Pat 98 Lsp |
Germany | 120 mm, APFSDS-T
Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot - Tracer |
— | Panzer 87WE | 20,000 | 2001 | 20,000 | [132][163][164]
Made by Rheinmetall DeTec and RUAG Ammotec, with a tungsten projectile (WSM 4-1 tungsten alloy). | |
| Rheinmetall DM11
12cm Pz Kan MZ Pat 21 |
Germany | 120 mm, HE-FRAG programmable munition | — | Panzer 87WE | — | 2025 | — | [165]
New munition with the Armament Programme 2025 and the modernisation of the Panzer 87.[166][167][168] | |
| Rheinmetall-Oerlikom PMC 287
30mm Spz Kan 00 Pfeil Pat Lsp |
Switzerland | 30×173 mm, APFSDS-T
Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot - Tracer |
— | CV9030 | — | 2003 | — | [169][170][76]
Tested in 2000. | |
| Rheinmetall-Oerlikom PMC 308
30mm Spz Kan 00 Mzwk Pat Lsp |
Switzerland | 30×173 mm, ABM / KETF
Air-burst munition / kinetic energy time fuse |
— | CV9030 | — | 2003 | — | [169][170][76][171]
Tested in 2000. | |
| Rheinmetall Maske 76mm rapid smoke
7,6cm Nebelpatrone 21 mit elektrischer Zündung |
— | Germany | Smoke grenade | — | — | 2022 | — | [172][173]
Ordered in 2022. | |
| SW Thun Nebelwerfer (76 mm)
7,6 cm Nebelwerfer 1987 |
Germany | Smoke grenade | — | — | — | 1987 | — | [133]
Remains in service. Made under licence, designed by Diehl. | |
Unarmoured vehicles
Tracked vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M548
RPE Transport Wagen 68/05 |
United States | Ammunition tracked transport vehicle | 119 | 1963 | 58 | To be retired by 2031.[174][175] |
Wheeled vehicles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special forces vehicles | |||||||
| AGF Serval
Leicht Aufklärung Fahrzeug 06 |
Germany | Light reconnaissance vehicle | Unknown | 2007 | — | Light reconnaissance and support vehicle used by AAD10, supplied in 2007.[176]
Equipped with RLS 609CH mount for M2 Browning and MG 51 /71. To be replaced by the LAUF 20. | |
| Utility vehicles | |||||||
| Mowag Duro I
Bucher Duro I WE |
Switzerland | Transport and utility 4×4 vehicle | 3,000 | 2018 | 2,200 | Duro modernised under the Complementary Armament Programme 2015, budget CHF 558 million:[177] | |
| Mowag Duro I | Switzerland | Utility vehicles used for command, communications, workshop | 2000 | Around 800 | Vehicles equipped with a shelter tailored to the mission.[180] | ||
| G-class G300CDI (W461)
Leichter Geländwagen |
|
Germany | Transmission, communication and logistics light vehicles | 3,400 | 2016 | 3,400 | Armament programme 2014, 3,200 vehicles, budget CHF 440 million.[181][182]
Armament programme 2015, 200 communication vehicles SE-235/M2.[183][184] |
| G-class G300CDI (W461)
L Motf gl Fach Syst Kleinshelter Hess |
Germany | Transmission, communication and logistics light vehicles | 679 | 2018 | 679 | Armament programme 2015, budget CHF 271 million.[183][184][185][186]
180 of the vehicles are transmission ones, equipped with radio SE-235 / SE-240.[187] | |
| Mercedes Benz 316 BT 4×4 |
(illustration vehicle type) |
Germany | Troop transport during peace time | 260 | 2015 | 260 | Armament programme 2013.[188][189] |
| Mercedes Benz 316 CDI 4×4 |
(illustration vehicle type) |
Germany | Troop transport during peace time | 280 | 2012 | 280 | Armament programmes:[190]
|
| Mercedes Benz 316 CDI 4×4 |
(illustration vehicle type) |
Germany | Utility vehicle | 100 | 2014 | 100 | Armament programme 2014.[191] |
| VW T5 4×4
Reparatur Wagen TAFLIR 4×4 VW T5 (RepW TAFLIR VW T5) |
(illustration vehicle type) |
Germany | Repair utility vehicle | — | ― | ― | TAFLIR radar mobile workshop.[192] |
| VW T6 2.0 TDI 4×4
Hundeführer KA 2Box |
Germany | Canine vehicle | — | 2020 | ― | [193] | |
| Medical vehicles | |||||||
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 516 CDI
Sanitätswagen Leicht |
Germany | Military equipped ambulance | 20 | 2013 | 150 | Ordered with the Armament programme 2009, with a budget of CHF47 million.[194][195]
Used as a complement to the Piranha 6x6. 20 with same medical equipment as piranha 130 with civilian medical equipment. | |
| Civilian equipped ambulance | 130 | ||||||
| Military police vehicles | |||||||
| BMW 530d (F11)
(Patr Fz BMW 530d) |
Germany | Military police vehicle | — | ― | ― | [196][197] | |
| BMW X3 (F25)
(Patr Fz BMW X3) |
Germany | Military police vehicle | ― | ― | ― | [198] | |
| BMW X5 (E70)
(Patr Fz BMW X5) |
― | Germany | Military police vehicle | ― | ― | ― | [199] |
| Volkswagen Transporter T5
(Eiw MP Multifunktional 5Pl 4×4 VW T5) |
Germany | Military police vehicle | — | ― | ― | [200][201] | |
| Volkswagen Transporter T5
(Eiw MP Spez Det KA 4×4 VW T5) |
― | Germany | Military police vehicle | — | ― | ― | Special detachment military police vehicle.[202] |
| Volkswagen Transporter T6 | Germany | Military police vehicle | — | ― | ― | ||
| Mitsubishi Pajero (4th gen) | Japan | Military police vehicle | — | ― | ― | [203][204]
In use with SWISSINT, operated in Kosovo as part of the Swisscoy mission, as a KFOR military police. | |
| Light trailers | |||||||
| 1-axle trailer - 1.7 ton capacity
Anhänger 16 |
Switzerland | Light trailer | 3,500 | 2022 | 3,500 | Armament programme:[205]
Replaces the "Anhänger 87", made by Zbinden. | |
| None-military vehicles | |||||||
| Toyota Hilux (8th gen, 2020 facelift) - double cab, 2.8 D-4D
Pick-up 5 Pl 4×4 |
– | Japan | Municipal vehicle | 155 | 2022 | 155 | Summer and winter maintenance of military bases.[209] |
Motorcycles
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW F700 GS | Germany | Dual-sport motorcycle | 600 | 2017 | 600 | [210][211] |
Engineering equipment, vehicles and machines
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridging | |||||||
| Pont flottant motorisé
Schwimmbrücke 95/15 |
|
France | Pontoon bridge | 9 | 1996 | 9 | Acquired with the Armament Programme 1995 for a budget of CHF 211 million, succeeding to the Schwimmbrücke 61.[212][213]
The purchase included 9 sets with each:
Modernisation of the system in 2021 by RUAG MRO:[214]
|
| WFEL Dry Support Bridge
Unterstützungsbrücke 45 m (Ustü Brü Syst 45 m) |
|
United Kingdom | Support bridge | 16 | 2014 | 16 | Acquired with the Armament Programme 2011 and 2013,
for a budget of CHF 173 and 86 million.[215][216][217]
|
| Mabey Delta Bridge
Ustü Brü Syst |
United Kingdom | Maybey type bridge | 1 | 2015 | 1 | Used to cross the Rhine at the "Waffenplatz Chur" to access the shooting range. It is a "long single-span Delta Bridge" of 90 meters.[221][222] | |
| Mabey Bridge Compact 200 - Logistic support bridge
Ustü Brü Syst |
United Kingdom | Maybey type bridge | — | — | — | Emergency bridge purchased in 2007.[223][224][225] | |
| Class 30 trackway
Rollstrasse 08 |
|
United Kingdom | Aluminium matting system | — | — | — | Unknown quantity in service. |
| Steel bridge
Stahlträgerbrücke 90 (St Trg Brü 90) 142 meters |
— | Steel bridge | 12 | 1998 | 12 | Ordered with the Armament Program 1997.[226] [227][228]
Equipment required for its installation:
| |
| Pile drivers | |||||||
| Liebherr R 912 LC equipped with DEMAG HB14
Rammgerät 94 |
Germany | Pile driver crawler | 25 | 1995 | 25 | Procured with Armament Programme 1994.[229]
Used to drive wood logs for temporary bridge Stahlträgerbrücke 95.[230][231] | |
| Rammgeräte 97 | Switzerland | Pile driver platform | 18 | 1998 | 18 | Procured with Armament Programme 1997.[232]
Used to drive wood logs for temporary bridge Stahlträgerbrücke 95. | |
| Cranes | |||||||
| Liebherr LTM 1040–1
40 t Kranwagen 6×6 |
(illustration of the variant) |
Switzerland | Mobile crane | 5 | 1995 / 98 | 5 | [233][234] |
| Liebherr LTM 1055–3.2
55 t Kranwagen Swissint 6×6 |
Switzerland | Mobile crane | 8 | 2014 / 20 | 8 | Four cranes purchased in 2014 and four in 2020.[234][235] | |
| Liebherr LTM 1090–4.1
90 t Kranwaagen 8×8 |
(illustration of the variant) |
Switzerland | Mobile crane | 1 | 2006 | 1 | [236] |
| Wheeled excavators | |||||||
| Caterpillar M318F
Pneubagger GG 20 t |
– | United States | 20-tons wheeled excavator | 8 | 2018 | 8 | [237][238] |
| Caterpillar M322D | – | United States | 20-tons wheeled excavator | 1 | 2010 | 1 | [239] |
| New Holland MH 5.6 | – | United States | 20-tons wheeled excavator | 1 | 2006 | 1 | [239] |
| Komatsu PW 160-7 EO | – | Japan | 18-tons wheeled excavator | 4 | 2011 | 4 | [239] |
| Hyundai R55W-9A
PHB GG 6.5 tons 4×4 gl |
– | Belgium | 6.5-tons wheeled excavator | 2 | 2020 | 2 | [240][241] |
| Tracked excavators | |||||||
| Caterpillar 320E L | United States | 23-tons tracked excavator | 25 | 2014 | 25 | [242] | |
| Caterpillar 320E LRR | – | United States | 26-tons tracked excavator | 7 | 2015 | 7 | [243] |
| Caterpillar 320 | – | United States | 23.6-tons tracked excavator | 1 | 2021 | 1 | [244] |
| Caterpillar 325 | – | United States | 29.1-tons tracked excavator | 1 | 2021 | 1 | [245] |
| Hyundai R60CR-9A | South Korea | 6-tons tracked excavator | 20 | 2020 | 20 | [246][247]
2 in white for SWISSINT, and 18 in military camouflage for the Army. | |
| Volvo EC 35C | – | Sweden | 3.8-tons tracked excavator | 2 | 2014 | 2 | [248] |
| Volvo EC 55C | – | Sweden | 5.7-tons tracked excavator | 3 | 2009 | 3 | [249] |
| Vovlvo ECR 58D | – | Sweden | 6-tons tracked excavator | 2 | 2014 | 2 | [250] |
| Volvo EC 210B | – | Sweden | 18.3-tons tracked excavator | 4 | – | 4 | [251] |
| Volvo EC 210B NC | – | Sweden | 18.3-tons tracked excavator | 7 | – | 7 | [252] |
| Volvo EC 210B NLC | Sweden | 18.3-tons tracked excavator | 12 | – | 12 | [253] | |
| Loaders | |||||||
| Caterpillar 930K
Ladeschaufel GG 14.6 t |
United States | Wheeled loader | 40 | 2013 | 40 | Ordered with the Armament program 2010, with a budget of CHF 15 million.[254][255][256] | |
| Caterpillar 930M | – | United States | Wheeled loader | 10 | 2015 | 10 | [258] |
| Liebherr LR 622B | Germany | 17-tons tracked loader | 5 | 2006 | 5 | [259] | |
| Liebherr LR 624 | – | Germany | 19.2-tons tracked loader | 4 | 2008 | 4 | [260] |
| Liebherr LR 634 | – | Germany | 22-tons tracked loader | 6 | 2009 | 6 | [261][262] |
| Dumpers | |||||||
| Menzi Muck 45RD-C | – | Switzerland | 4.15-tons dumper | 13 | 2025 | 13 | [263] |
| Tractors | |||||||
| JCB Fastrac 4220
4×4 JCB Fastrac mit Seilwinde 20 t Pfahlrz |
United Kingdom | Fast tractor | 4 | 2018 | 4 | [264]
Accessories:
Used mostly to disassemble wooden bridge piles from the bank.[265][266] | |
| Rigitrac SKH 120
TRAK 4×4 GL Rigitrac SKH 120 |
Switzerland | Tractor | 15 | 2008 | 15 | [267]
Used in logistics centers as a towing machine. | |
| Rigitrac SKH 95
TRAK 4×4 GL Rigitrac SKH 95 Fuer LW |
(illustration) |
Switzerland | Tractor | – | – | – | [268]
Used in logistics centers as a towing machine. |
| Handling equipment | |||||||
| Dieci Apollo 25.6
Teleskoplader GG 5 tons 4×4 gl |
(illustration) |
Italy | Telehandler | 100 | 2022 | 100 | Successor of the Fug 93.
Orders: |
| Kalmar DCG150-12 | — | Sweden | Heavy forklift | 19 | 2020 | 19 | [273] |
| Linde H30D 393 |
(illustration) |
Germany | Forklift | 150 | — | 150 | Successor of the Steinbock 2t.[274]
Ordered with the Armament program 2010, with a budget of CHF 14.3 million.[275][276] |
| Manitou M30-4
DFG 4×4 gl |
France | Forklift | 20 | 2020 | 20 | [277] | |
Boats
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watercat 1250
Patrouillenboot 16 |
Finland | Patrol boat | 14 | 2019 | 14 | Ordered with the Armament programme 2016, with a budget of CHF 49 million.[278]
Designed by Marine Alutech Oy Ab, manufactured by Teijo Shiptec.[279] Equipped with Protector M151 [280] |
Electronic systems
Communication systems
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity acquired | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field telephones | |||||||
| Feldtelefon 96 (Ftf 96) | Switzerland | Field telephone | — | 1997 | — | [281] | |
| Communication network | |||||||
| RUAG Ersa IMFS
Integrated Military Telecommunications System |
— | Switzerland | Communication network system | — | 2026 | — | [282][283][284]
Replacement ongoing.[285] |
| R-905
Richtstrahlstation 905 |
|
Switzerland | Tactical directional radio relay | 1,100 | 2000 | 1,100 | [286][287][288]
The system includes:
Orders through armament programmes:
Being replaced by the R-990 - Thales TRC-4100. |
| R-990 - Thales TRC-4100 | — | Switzerland | Tactical directional radio relay | 800 | 2026 | 800 | Successor of the R-905, acquired through the Armament Programme 2020.[284][291][292]
200 Mbit/s of datat transmission in both direction with a 90 km range.[293] This acquisition is part of the project TK-A.[294] |
| Radio systems | |||||||
| Thomson-CSF PR4G station principale
SE-235 / 435 |
SE-235
SE-435 |
France | VHF / UHF, portable and mobile tactical radio system. | — | 1999 | — | Successor of the SE-227 and the SE-412, acquired through the Armament Programme 1996, 1999, 2002.[295][296][297][298][299][300]
It is integrated to the CNRI (Combat Net Radio Interface). |
| Thomson-CSF PR4G émetteur-récepteur individuel
SE-135 |
France | VHF / UHF, light portable tactical encrypted radio system | — | 1999 | — | [295][301][302][298][299][300] | |
| Ascom Systec Pentacom
SE-138 |
Switzerland | VHF light portable tactical radio system | — | 1999 | — | [295][301][302][298][299][300] | |
| Elbit E-LynX | — | Israel | VHF / UHF, portable and mobile tactical SDR | — | 2026 | — | Successor of the SE-125 radio systems of the Army, acquired with the Armament Programme 2020.[284]
This acquisition is part of the project TK-A.[294] Systems purchased:
|
| SIGINT | |||||||
| IFASS
integriertes Funkaufklärungs- und Sendesystem |
Israel | SIGINT antenna | — | — | — | Integrated Radio Intelligence and Broadcasting System.[303][304] | |
Miscellaneous accessories
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldiers accessories | |||||
| VarioRay LLM
Laser-Licht-Modul 19 |
Germany | Laser sightTactical light | 9'640 | Made by Rheinmetall Soldier Electronics GmbH.
Ordered with the Armament Programme 2019, to replace the REM096, delivered in 2020–2022.[305][306] | |
| LEICA BIG 25
Restlichtverstärker 95/19 |
— | Switzerland | Night vision goggles
(3rd generation) |
5'700 | Acquired with the Armament Programme 1995, modified by Safran Vectronix with the Armament Programme 2019 with 4G image intensifier tubes supplied by Photonis.[307] |
| new NYX™
Restlichtverstärker 19 |
Illustration (AN PVS-31D, derived from NYX) |
Greece | Night vision goggles
(4th generation) |
8'385 | Designed by Theon Sensors and manufactured by Safran Vectronix AG, equipped with 4G image intensifier tubes supplied by Photonis. |
| L3Harris GPNVG-18 |
Illustration |
United States | Night vision goggles
(4th generation) |
— | Used with ARD 10.[309] |
| Observation equipment | |||||
| Safran MOSKITO TI™
Wärmebildgerät Medium Range 19 |
Switzerland | Multifunction IR goggles
(laser range finder, laser pointer, compass, inclinometers) |
340 | Designed and madeby Safran Vectronix AG, ordered with the Armament Programme 2019.
Used as an observation tool, can be used to transmit images to command.[307][310][311] | |
| Safran JIM Compact™
Wärmebildgerät Long Range 19 |
Switzerland | Multifunction IR goggles
(laser range finder, laser pointer, GPS, inclinometers) |
700 | Designed and made by Safran Vectronix AG, ordered with the Armament Programme 2019.
To equip all artillery reconnaissance vehicle (Eagle V 6x6, Eagle III Mech Aufkl, Eagle III Schiesskdt and MB 300 TASYS Klein).[307][310][311] | |
| WESCAM MX™ - RSTA - TASYS | Canada | EO/IR - observation / reconnaissance | — | [312][313]
It equips the Mowag Eagle V 6x6 TASYS, and some are also used for dismounted troops. | |
Air defence
Air surveillance
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN/TPS-75
(FLORES) |
United States | Air surveillance radar, 3D radar, PESA |
2004 | 4 | 4 radar sites, Mount Pilatus, Scopi, Weisshorn and Weissfluh made by Thales Raytheon Systems.[314]
Modernised in 2022.[315] Feeding the FLORAK0 radar system. | |
| AN/TPS-70 Tactical Flight Radar (TAFLIR) |
United States | Mobile air surveillance radar, 3D radar, PESA, s-band |
1985 | 5 | Feeding the FLORAK0 radar system.[316]
To be replaced by the Tmob Radar MR.[317] | |
| Hensoldt Twinvis
SILENZIO passive radar system |
Germany | Passive radar | 2024 | 3
(+30 planned) |
Financing and order with Armament Programme 2024, budget CHF 120 million.[318]
Armament Programme 2025, budget CHF 80 million additionally.[319][320] | |
| Hensoldt ASR-S
Flugplatz Luftraum Überwachungsradar |
(illustration) |
Germany | Airport Surveillance Radar | ― | 5 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2009, supplied by Hensoldt and EADS Cassidian. Installed at the air bases of Payerne, Emmen, Locarno, Meiringen and Sion. |
| Selex PAR 2090 CF
Militärisches Anflugleitsystem Plus |
Italy | Precision Approach Radar | ― | 6 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2009, supplied by Selex, through EADS Cassidian.[323][324][325]
Installed at the air bases of Payerne, Emmen, Locarno, Meiringen, Sion. Replaces QUADRADAR. |
Air defence systems
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | In service since | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stinger units | ||||||
| FIM-92 Stinger
Leichtes Fliegerabwehr-Lenkwaffensystem Stinger |
United States | MANPAD | 1994 | 3,500 missiles
480 launchers |
Manufactured under licence by Eidg. Flugzeugwerk Emmen F+W (RUAG today).[326][327]
According to 2025 information, 96 launchers remain in service.[328] | |
| AN/PPQ-2 PSTAR
Portable Search and Target Acquisition Radar (Alert STI) |
United States | Trailer equipped with 3D short range radar | 2002 | 24 | Ordered with the Armament Programme 2002, budget CHF70 million to Lockheed Martin NE&SS-Radar Systems.[329][326][330]
Used as a surveillance system for the Stinger air-defence units. | |
| Oerlikon GDF-005 units | ||||||
| GDF-005 modified
35 mm Fliegerabwehrkanone 63/12 |
Switzerland | Anti-air twin canon | ― | 24 | Modified from the GDF-001 / 002 (Fliegerabwehrkanone 63) to make it compatible with the AHEAD ammunition.[331][332] | |
| Oerlikon Skyguard
Feuerleitgerät 75/10 Skyguard |
|
Switzerland | Fire control system | ― | ― | Fire control system of the GDF-005, equipped with radar and optical sensors.[332] |
Aircraft
UAV in the Swiss Army
Intermediate phase with a certain number of drones acquired to build up competences, experience and doctrine prior to a future step.[333] Intent to expend UAV use in 2024.
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Role | Quantity
(2024) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbiter 2B | Israel | UAV, fixed-wing, FLIR Forward-looking infrared |
ISTAR
Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance |
3 | Ordered to Aeronautics Defense in 2020, budget for it included in the Armament Programme 2019.[334][335]
At the moment, only used by professional military forces (special forces and artillery).[333] | |
| Indago 3 |
(illustration picture) |
United States | Mini-UAV, Multicopter |
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance |
7 | Ordered to LM in 2020, budget for it included in the Armament Programme 2019.
Planned to equip special forces, combat troops and rescue troops.[333][336][337] Equipment of Swiss variant:
|
| Teledyne FLIR Defense Black Hornet 4 PRS | Norway | Nano-UAV, Helicopter, FLIR Forward-looking infrared |
ISR
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance |
— | 19 0rdered in 2020, budget for it included in the Armament Programme 2019, used with the ARD 10.[333]Additional ordered with the Armament Programme 2025.[339] | |
| DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced | China | Mini-UAV, Multicopter |
EOD surveillance
Explosive ordinance disposal |
4 | [340] | |
| ANAFI/T SE
ANAFI Thermal |
France | Mini-UAV, Multicopter, FLIR Forward-looking infrared |
Training | 74 | Ordered to Parrot / SenseFly in 2020, budget for it included in the Armament Programme 2019, and part of the program "Swiss Mini UAV Program” (Swiss MUAS).
Purchased to be used as a training drone for the troops.[333][341][342] |
Future equipment
This is a list of equipment under order.
Artillery and mortar systems
| Programme | Equipment | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Delivery | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howitzers | ||||||||
| M109 KAWEST WE replacement Artillerie Wirkplattform und Wirkmittel 2026 |
RCH 155 on Piranha IV (10×10) |
(Illustration of base vehicle) |
Switzerland | Self-propelled howitzer, 155 mm L/52 |
32 | Around 2028 - 2030 |
CHF 850 million | Ordered with Armament programme 2025.[343]
The order includes also logistics means, ammunitions, simulators, training shells. |
| Mortar systems | ||||||||
| 12 cm Mörser 16
Recover capability abandoned in 2010 with the retiring of the M113 A1 Minenwerfer Panzer 64/91 |
Mowag Piranha IV
RUAG Cobra |
|
Switzerland | Mortar carrier | 48 | 2024 | CHF 579 million | 32 Piranha IV Cobra ordered in 2016, 16 additional in 2022.[344]
Additional trucks, and containers were ordered in 2022, but in unknown quantity. Command vehicles modified from existing fleet of Eagle III. |
| Iveco Trakker |
(illustration picture) |
Italy | Container armoured truck | 12 | ||||
| Mowag Eagle III | Switzerland | Command vehicle | 16 | |||||
| Ammunition container | [345] | Switzerland | ISO shipping containers (20 ft) |
36 | ||||
| Rheinmetall (former Expal) 81 mm mortar ammunitions | — | (illustration picture) | Germany | Illumination and smoke 81 mm mortar ammunitions | — | From 2025 | — | Ordered in July 2024.[346]
Expal ammo design to be manufactured by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH at the Neuenburg am Rhein plant. |
Armoured vehicles
| Programme | Equipment | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Delivery | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special forces vehicles | ||||||||
| LAUF 20 GRF
Replacement of the AGF Serval LAUF |
Defenture VECTOR | Netherlands | Light tactical vehicle | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Prototype delivered to Swiss Army in February 2021, meant to be supplied to the ARD 10, order confirmed in December 2023 (special forces).[347][157] | |
| Sapper and engineering vehicles | ||||||||
| Pionier Panzerfahrzeug 21
Replacement of M113 A1 Minenräumpanzer 63/00 and M113 A1 Sappeur Panzer 63/05 |
Mowag Piranha IV |
|
Switzerland | Armoured engineering vehicles | 84 | 2025 | CHF 577 million | 60 ordered in 2021, 24 in 2022.[161]
Global Clearance Solutions supplies a quick coupler, dozer blades, manipulator arms. Pearson supplies mine ploughs. 24 drones part of the contract |
| Accessory for vehicles | ||||||||
| Multispektrale Tarnsysteme programme | SSZ Camouflage AG | — | Switzerland | Multispectral camouflage for vehicles | — | 2026 | — | [348]
Selected in November 2025, different systems for different applications.[349] |
| Saro GmbH | — | Germany | ||||||
| Saab Barracuda AB | — | Sweden | ||||||
Air defence systems
| Programme | Equipment | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Delivery | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air surveillance | ||||||||
| 2028 Armed Forces Dispatch programme | Leonardo TMMR
Tactical Multi Mission Radar |
― | Italy | C-band (IEEE), GaN, AESA, mobile, short range, lower airspace suveillance radar | 1
(+ additional when proven in operation by troops) |
2026 | — | [350][351] |
| Patriot system | ||||||||
| Air2030 BODLUV
Air2030 Bodengestütztes Luftverteidigungssystem grösserer Reichweite |
TOC-C
Tactical Operation Center Coordination |
― | United States | Coordination | 3 | 2026
to 2028 |
CHF 1.987 billion budget,
Contract USD $1.2 billion |
Coordination of the air-defence mission.[352] |
| AN/MSQ-132
Tactical Operation Center Execution (TOC-E) |
United States | Engagement control station | 5 | [353][354] | ||||
| AN/MPQ-65A | United States | AESA Radar, with GaN solid-state transmitters,
Semi-trailer |
5 | Radar 360°, with a primary direction.[355] | ||||
| EPP RADAR-V |
(illustration of a different variant of the power plant) |
Germany | Electrical power plant for radar | 5 | Supplied by Vincorion.[356] | |||
| M903 | United States | Launching station (TEL) | 17 | [355] | ||||
| OE-349 Antenna Mast Group | United States | UHF communications array | 7 | [355] | ||||
| Raytheon MIM-104E GEM-T (PAC-2) | United States | Long range surface-to-air missile (solid-state GaN transmitters for guidance system) |
70 | MBDA Deutschland GmbH will manufacture the GEM-T missiles for European clients of Raytheon.[357] | ||||
| Iveco MLT |
(illustration of a Trakker semi-truck) |
Italy | Semi trucks
and 8×8 trucks |
Around
42 |
[358][359] | |||
| Air2030 BODLUV complement
Air2030 Bodengestütztes Luftverteidigungssystem grösserer Reichweite |
Lockheed Martin PAC-3 MSE |
|
United States | Medium range surface-to-air missile | 72 | 2028 | CHF 300 million | Complementary missile order to Lockheed Martin in 2023, budget for it included in the Armament Programme 2023, and part of the program "Air2030 BODLUV”.[360][361][362][363] |
| IRIS-T system | ||||||||
| Bodluv MR Programme
Replacement of M Flab (Rapier) Systeme der bodengestützten Luftverteidigung mittlerer Reichweite |
Diehl IRIS-T SLM | Germany | Launching station (TEL) | 5 | ― | CHF 500 million | Tender launched 30 April 2024.[365][366]
Tender winner: Diehl is the only supplier making a firm offer with the IRIS-T SLM.[367] Budget, CHF 660 million, contract cost 500 million.[368][369] | |
| Hensoldt TRML-4D | AESA Radar, with GaN solid-state transmitters | |||||||
| Diehl / Airbus Fortion IBMS-FC | — | Fire control station | ||||||
| Anti-drone defence | ||||||||
| C-UAS defence programme | Securiton | — | Switzerland | Semi-mobile systems,C-UAS | ― | ― | CHF 3.5 million | In July 2025, the Swiss Army planned to purchase an anti-drone system, and to develop competences in the field.[370]
A system was tested and was urgently ordered to protect the infrastructure in November 2025.[371] |
Equipment planned to be ordered
Small arms
| Programme | Equipment (pre) selected /
potential equipment |
Image | Origin | Type | Calibre | Quantity | To enter service in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistol 75 (SIG P220) replacement | SIG P 320
Pistol 9 mm CH A NG |
Switzerland | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum | 140,000 | 2026 | New standard issue pistol ordered in 2025.[372][373]
It was in competition with: 140,000 pistols are planned in total in multiple orders:[372][373]
| |
| BGM-71 TOW replacement |
Spike LR2 | Israel | Anti-tank guided missile | 130 mm | Unknown | ― | Successor selected in 2023.
Financing and order with Armament Programme 2024, budget CHF 200 million.[374][318] |
Indirect fire
| Programme | Equipment (pre) selected /
potential equipment |
Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | To enter service in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long range artillery System | Unknown |
(Illustration) |
Unknown | Multiple launch rocket system | Unknown | 2030s | > 100 km range artillery system goal.[375][376] |
Vehicles
| Programme | Equipment (pre) selected /
potential equipment |
Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | To enter service in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armoured fighting vehicles | |||||||
| Mowag Piranha IIC 8×8 replacement | Mowag Piranha IV | Switzerland | Wheeled infantry fighting vehicle | Unknown | Early 2030s | Replacement of the Radschützenpanzer 93.[375] | |
| Armoured vehicles (APC, command and reconnaissance vehicles) | |||||||
| M113A1 Kdo Pz 63/07 replacement Führungsfahrzeug Kat. 3 |
Mowag Eagle V (6×6) |
(Illustration of base vehicle) |
Switzerland | Armoured command vehicle | Unknown | 2026 | To be ordered in 2 batches: |
| Mowag Piranha IB 6×6 replacement | Likely Mowag Eagle V 6×6 |
Switzerland | Armoured ambulance | Unknown | Early 2030s | Replacement of the Sanitätspanzer.[375] | |
| Mowag Eagle I and II replacement | Likely Mowag Eagle V 4×4 or Piranha IV 6×6 | Switzerland | Reconnaissance vehicle | Unknown | 2033 | Replacement of the Aufklärungsfahrzeug 93 / 97.[377] | |
| Mowag Eagle III replacement | Likely Mowag Eagle V 6×6 |
(Illustration of base vehicle) |
Switzerland | Artillery observer vehicle and artillery command post |
Unknown | 2033 | Replacement of the Schiesskommandanten Fahrzeug INTAFF (SKdt Fz INTAFF).[377] |
Air defence
| Programme | Equipment (pre) selected /
potential equipment |
Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | To enter service in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveillance | |||||||
| Mobile tactical radars - medium range
teilmobiles Radarsysteme mittler Reichweite |
Unknown | ― | ― | Semi-mobile 3D radar | Unknown | 2031 |
|
| Mobile tactical radars - short range
teilmobiles Radarsysteme kurzer Reichweite |
Hensoldt | ― | Germany | Mobile 3D radar | Unknown | Unknown | [379]
|
| IAI ELTA Systems | Israel | ||||||
| Leonardo | Italy | ||||||
| Leonardo DRS | United States | ||||||
| Saab AB | Sweden | ||||||
| SRC Inc. | United States | ||||||
| Weibel Scientific | Denmark | ||||||
| Air defence systems | |||||||
| Bodluv KR mob Programme / Oerlikon GDF-005 replacement
Systeme der bodengestützten Luftverteidigung kurze Reichweite mobile |
Skyranger 30 on Piranha IV | Switzerland | Self-propelled anti-air gun | Unknown | 2032 | The 35 mm Fliegerabwehrkanone 63/12 will need to be replaced from 2032[377][376][380] | |
| Skyranger 35 on Piranha IV | |||||||
| IRIS-T SLS on Mowag Eagle V 6×6 | Switzerland | Self-propelled air defence | |||||
| NOMADS on ACSV G5
(missiles AIM-9X II Sidewinder or IRIS-T SLS) |
Norway Germany | ||||||
| FIM-92 Stinger replacement | FIM-92K Stinger | United States | MANPAD | Unknown | 2032 | Replacement of the Stinger as they will reach their end of life. Potential for modernising the Stinger missiles.[377][376] | |
| Fulgur | Italy | ||||||
| Mistral 3 | France | ||||||
| RBS-70 NG | Sweden | ||||||
| Starstreak | United Kingdom | ||||||
Unmanned aerial vehicles
| Programme | Equipment (pre) selected /
potential equipment |
Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | To enter service in | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mini UAV | Unknown |
(illustration picture) |
― | ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
Unknown | ― | Financing and order with Armament Programme 2024, budget CHF 20 million.[318] Additional budget of CHF 108 million provided in September 2025.[381]
Companies involved in research:[382]
|
Reserve
| Model | Image | Origin | Type | Removed from active service | In reserve (2023) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopard 2A4
Panzer 87 |
West Germany | Main battle tank | 1987 | 71 | 2023, 71 in reserve after sale of 25 tanks to Rheinmetall in November 2023.[384]
The army wishes to reactivate 46 tanks (12 for training, 34 to modernise for active service), and keep 25 tanks in reserve for spare parts.[74] | |
| Eagle I
Aufklärungsfahrzeug 93 |
Switzerland | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | 1993 | 156 | Retired at the end of 2019[104] |
Former equipment
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