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'''Swiss Arms AG''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] manufacturer of [[Weapon|armaments]]. It was known as '''SIG Arms AG''' before 2000 when it was acquired by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company ''[[Sig Holding AG|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft]]'' (SIG). The Castelli Moser family from [[Lugano]] owns 20% of the factory.<ref name="GrässlinHarrich2015">{{cite book |last1=Grässlin |first1=Jürgen |last2=Harrich |first2=Daniel |last3=Harrich-Zandberg |first3=Danuta |title=Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Heyne Verlag |language=German |isbn=978-3-641-18226-7 |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref name="Swissarms">{{cite web|title=San Swiss Arms Chonicle|url=http://www.swissarms.ch/en/aboutus.html |publisher=swissarms.ch |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>
'''Swiss Arms AG''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] manufacturer of [[Weapon|armaments]]. It was known as '''SIG Arms AG''' before 2000 when it was acquired by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company ''[[Sig Holding AG|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft <ref name="GrässlinHarrich2015">{{cite book |last1=Grässlin |first1=Jürgen |last2=Harrich |first2=Daniel |last3=Harrich-Zandberg |first3=Danuta |title=Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Heyne Verlag |language=German |isbn=978-3-641-18226-7 |pages=18–19}}</ref><ref name="Swissarms">{{cite web|title=San Swiss Arms Chonicle|url=http://www.swissarms.ch/en/aboutus.html |publisher=swissarms.ch |access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 21:03, 29 July 2018

Swiss Arms AG
HeadquartersSchaffhausen, ,
ProductsFirearms
OwnerLüke & Ortmeier Gruppe
Websitehttp://www.swissarms.ch/

Swiss Arms AG is a Swiss manufacturer of armaments. It was known as SIG Arms AG before 2000 when it was acquired by the German investors Michael Lüke and Thomas Ortmeier from parent company [[Sig Holding AG|Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft [1][2]

History

Swiss Arms was created in 2000 when all of the firearms divisions of SIG were sold. The firearms companies created from this were SIG Sauer GmbH (Ekenforde, Germany); SIG Sauer, Inc. (New Hampshire, USA); and SAN Swiss Arms (Neuhausen am Rheinfall).[2]

Products

File:Swiss Arms SG 550 Right.jpg
Swiss Arms SG550
Rifles
  • SG 550 line of assault rifles (also includes the SG 551, SG 552 Commando carbines, the SG 553 and various semi-automatic sporting variants). The SG 550 is the standard service rifle of the Swiss Armed Forces and has been exported to several other countries in limited numbers.[3]
Grenade launchers
Pellet rifles

See also

References

  1. ^ Grässlin, Jürgen; Harrich, Daniel; Harrich-Zandberg, Danuta (28 September 2015). Netzwerk des Todes: Die kriminellen Verflechtungen von Waffenindustrie und Behörden (in German). Heyne Verlag. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-3-641-18226-7.
  2. ^ a b "San Swiss Arms Chonicle". swissarms.ch. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. ^ "The SIG SG550". biggerhammer.net/. Retrieved 27 February 2017.