SIG Sauer AG
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Swiss Arms AG is a Swiss manufacturer of small arms. It was known as SIG Arms AG before 2000 when it was acquired by German investors from parent company Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft (SIG).
Their products are imported into the United States of America by SIGARMS, a relationship that dates back to 1985.
Products
- Handguns
- Rifles
- Vetterli bolt-action rifle. Also exported to Italy.
- SIG 510 battle rifle. Also exported to Bolivia and Chile.
- SIG 550 line of assault rifles (also includes SIG 551 and SIG 552). Also exported to Chile, France, Indonesia, Spain, and the United States.
- General Purpose Machine Guns
- MG 50, rejected by the Swiss Army in favor of the Waffenfabrik Bern MG 51. Exported to Denmark as the M/51.
- MG 710, Swiss derivative of German MG42, Sometimes known as MG55. Not adopted by the Swiss Army, but exported to Bolivia, Brunei, and Chile.
- Grenade launchers