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The rifled barrel has 6 right-hand grooves and the Swiss Army specification 254 mm (1:10 in) rifling twist rate is optimized for Swiss military GP 90 ammunition. An export-oriented 5.56×45mm NATO barrel configuration with a 178 mm (1:7 in) twist rate is also available, to adequately stabilize the relatively long NATO L110/M856 5.56×45mm NATO ...
In military service, the Swiss Army issued the Stgw. 57 as the personal weapon of every soldier. In the course of service, the Stgw. 57 replaced the following four weapons: (i) the K31 rifle, (ii) the Suomi M-31/Mp. 43/Mp. 44 submachine gun, (iii) the Lmg 25 light machinegun, and (iv) in the 1974–1977 period, replaced the Zf. Kar. 55 sniper's ...
Assault rifles & Battle rifles; SIG 550 "Sturmgewehr 90" (Stgw 90) Switzerland: Assault rifle: GP 90: Standard issue assault rifle in service in the Swiss Army, successor to the Stgw 57, it was introduced from 1988. [8] A total of 600,000 rifles have been produced for the Swiss Army. [8] SIG 552 "Sturmgewehr 04" (Stgw 04) Switzerland: Carbine ...
The Gewehrpatrone 1890 cartridge has been in Swiss Army service since 1889 in their Schmidt–Rubin Model 1889 rifles. The previous generation of the military calibres used in Europe at the time were 10 to 14 mm (and black powder) as opposed to 7.5 mm of the Schmidt–Rubin ammunition, but the transition was underway in late 1880s (e. g., 8× ...
.22 Long Rifle.22 Extra Long.22 Remington Automatic.22 Winchester Automatic.22 ILARCO.22 Winchester Rimfire.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire.25 Stevens.25 Stevens Short.32 rimfire.38 rimfire.44 Henry.46 rimfire.56-46 Spencer.56-50 Spencer.56-52 Spencer.56-56 Spencer; 2.34mm SwissMiniGun; 4.5×26mm MKR; 5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum; 10.4×38mm ...
Battle rifles are full-length, semi-automatic or select fire rifles that are chambered for a full-power rifle cartridge, [1] and have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology with modifications to the trigger and accuracy enhancements; many of the weapons below are currently still in use and have ...
The rimless cartridge has a base diameter of 11.82 mm (similar to the 7.62×51mm NATO) and a case length of 47.72 mm. [2]. The bullet is an unusual 6.65 mm diameter (6.45mm refers to the bore diameter), fractionally smaller than the common 6.5 mm (bore diameter) bullet.
Schematic of the .41 Swiss Rimfire round. In 1867, the Swiss military adopted the 10.4×38mmR cartridge. As one of the few rimfire cartridges to see military service, the 313 gr (20.3 g) bullet and 1,400 ft/s (430 m/s) was respectable compared to its contemporaries. The most popular arms chambered for this round were the Vetterli series of rifles.