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The Schmidt–Rubin 1896/11 rifle, or the Model 96/11, was a Swiss upgrade to the 89/96 rifles they had, to use the more powerful cartridge adopted as the GP11. The GP11 cartridge operated at a higher chamber pressure, which the 89/96 action could easily handle.
A carbine (/ ˈ k ɑːr b iː n / or / ˈ k ɑːr b aɪ n /), [1] from French carabine, [2] is a long arm firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket. [3] Many carbines are shortened versions of full-length rifles, shooting the same ammunition, while others fire lower-powered ammunition, typically ranging from pistol/PDW to intermediate rifle cartridges.
Besides being used in the Model 1911 and Schmidt–Rubin 1896/11 rifles, GP 11 ammunition was also used in the MG 11 machine gun, K11 and K31 carbines as well as in the Stgw 57 battle rifles. The cartridge saw extensive service until the early 1990s with the standard rifles of Swiss servicemen, and still sees use by Swiss Army reservists and ...
A total of 600,000 rifles have been produced for the Swiss Army. [8] SIG 552 "Sturmgewehr 04" (Stgw 04) Switzerland: Carbine: GP 90: Shortened version of the Sig 550, in use with the Swiss Grenadiers, ARD 10, FSK-17.It partially replaced the MP5. [9] [dead link ] SIG 553 "Sturmgewehr 07" (Stgw 07) Switzerland: Carbine: GP 90
Waffenfabrik Bern, 1876. Weapons Factory Bern (German: Waffenfabrik Bern, also known as W+F Bern), was an arms manufacturer in Bern, Switzerland, which was a government-owned corporation producing firearms for the Swiss Armed Forces. [1]
Swiss Mannlicher M1893 carbine; V. Vetterli rifle This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 11:43 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
[1] [2] Mechanical engineer Eduard Rubin (1846–1920) was the designer of the 7.5×55mm Swiss ammunition previous Swiss service rifles and the Kar. 31 are chambered for. The Karabiner Modell 31 was a new design by the Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik in Bern, Switzerland under Colonel Adolf Furrer (1873–1958).
Upon receiving the contract to produce rifles, the company name was changed to reflect its new emphasis on machined production, becoming Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG) in German, Swiss Industrial Company in English, and Société Industrielle Suisse in French. [49] [50] [7] SIG produced the Mondragón Rifle between 1908 and 1910. [51]