Swiss Military

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Mirage 3 Recon

Pilatus Porter PC-6
The Swiss Air Force utilizes the Pilatus Porter PC-6 as a
light transport category aircraft. Its robust design and
short-field take-off and landing capability allows it to operate
in nearly every region. The Air Force procured 6 Turbo Porters
in 1976, and at the same time the already operated
piston-engined Porters underwent modifications whereby
the new high performance turbo-propeller turbines were
installed (PC-6 retrofit).
Today the Porter serves mainly as a transport aircraft
for personnel and equipment and is further utilized in
scouting operations and in the dropping of parabats.
The Porter also aids in combating forest fires
with the aid of a built-in water tank. In the event of a war these
Porters
will be incorporated into a utility aircraft squadron.

[mountainbear]

Really great pics! Are the guys on some of these pics from the new professional Special Forces unit?

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Super Puma

















Cougar





Alouette III

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The FLORAKO System entered operational service on Feb. 2, 2004, after
successfully completing final tests and operating in parallel alongside the
old FLORIDA air defense system. FLORAKO is an all-new system comprising Master surveillance radars, a data and communication system, a new air picture generation and airspace management system, and new control Air Command and Control Center.
This capability gives the Swiss air forces and Skyguide, the service
providers responsible for military air safety, a modern system for monitoring airspace to meet increased civil and military air navigation requirements.

Ranger
Tactical UAV system for surveillance, reconnaissance, target-acquisition and artillery adjustment. Manufactured by IAI, RUAG Aerospace and Oerlikon-Contraves.

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Mobile surface to air Missile System Rapier
The Rapier Missile System consist of the following main components:
launcher with a surveillance radar (housed under a radome), the devices for the electronical identification friend/foe, a command transmitter, a digital computer and 4 launcher beams as facilities to launch missiles.
Surveillance radar:
Detection range 11.5 km
Missile:
Operational range approx 7.0 km
Operational altitude up at least 3.0 km
Weight: 44.0 kg
Guidance system and intercepting principle command guidance with differential angle tracking; interception based on a direct hit

35 MM A/A Gun 63/90
MAIN FEATURES
Automatic reloaders which make it possible to feed and fire all the ammunition available on the gun without manual intervention
Computer controlled Gun-King sighting system for 3-Dimensional target tracking with laser range finder
Optimized Oerlikon 35mm type KDC automatic cannon with breech recoil brake, rate of attenuation and firing pin lock
Weapon cover with built in automatic breech block lubrication
Power supply system integrated with the gun
1 person gun operation
Large supply of ready to fire ammunition on gun (280 rounds)
Integrated full camouflage available as an option
TECHNICAL DATA
Gun - Calibre - 35mm
Rate of Fire - 2 x 550 = 1100 rounds/min
Muzzle Velocity - 1175 m/s
Barrel Length (90 cal) - 3150 mm
Weight w/ammunition - 7700 kg
Weight w/o ammunition - 7250 kg
GUN-KING 3-D SIGHT SYSTEM
Periscope - Enlargement - 8x
Periscope - Field of Vision - 8 deg.
Laser - range - 4km
Digital Microcomputer (max hit range) - 4 km
AMMUNITION
Types - HEI, HEI-T, HEI-P, SAPHEI-T, TP, TP-T
Mass of round - approx 1562 g
Mass of projectile - approx 550 g
Length of round - approx 387 mm

Lightweight surface to air guided missile system Stinger
The SAM system Stinger is a lightweight, man portable and shoulder-fired weapon system. The missile is equipped with a rotating passive infrared seeker head and applies the process of self-target-seeking anti aircraft guided missiles ("fire and forget").

The weapon system consists of:
missile (launch tube with sight and guided missile)
gripstock with IFF antenna
battery / cooling unit
IFF- interrogator

Guidance system: proportional navigation
Operational range: classified
Velocity: supersonic
Ignitor: impact
Weight: 15.7 kg (without IFF interrogator)

[Kampfhamster]

here some of my private photos:


my unit last summer in the alps during a shooting exercise


our shooting range


the backstop


myself behind the .50, I love that thing [/img]

[Sepper]

Thanks for the nice looking pictures mates.

[rister]

These are the kind of armoured HMMWV needed in Iraq
http://www.mowag.ch/En/02_ProdukteEn...0_Frameset.htm

[mountainbear]

Swisscoy the Swiss troops in Kosovo

These are the kind of armoured HMMWV needed in Iraq

Denmark uses Eagles in Iraq

[littlefrench]

Cougars are really great helicopters !

[mountainbear]

Cougars are really great helicopters !

Yes they are!
Here is a pic of the latest Cougar Switzerland has received.
You can see the MPAI (Multi-propose air intake) and the ISSYS (Integriertes Selbstschutz System) protection system whit its chaff and flir dispenser on the tail.

[MARINO]

Nice pics

[Millen]

verry nice pics i din't now Swis army was so professional

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Panzer 87 (Leo 2A4)

The Pz 87 Leopard 2 differs from its German counterpart in
having a slightly altered turret rear, with a slope at the rear
left side, and an additional stowage box for the camouflage
net on the right turret rear. On the left turret rear is a
box containing the external head-set connection for
the crew's intercomm. Swiss-made WF Bern 7.5 mm
MG 87 machine guns are installed, one mounted
co-axially to the main gun, and one fitted to the
loader's station on a Swiss-built MG mount for air-defense.
AN/VCR 12 radios of US design, produced under license, are installed.
On the left and right sides of the turret, next to the Nebelwerfer 87
smoke mortars, are two tubular cases for interim storage of hot exchanged machine guns barrels.
Three grousers are stowed on the
left turret side and a further seven on the right, which with
the 18 carried on the bow brings the total to 28 grousers for
use on soft or snowy ground instead of the same number of
rubber track pads. Switzerland introduced the extra
noise-reducing exhaust mufflers, attached to the
vehicle's rear, baird passive night periscope, digita
l fire control computer, and improved NBC protection.

[ronin2172]

These are the kind of armoured HMMWV needed in Iraq
http://www.mowag.ch/En/02_ProdukteEn...0_Frameset.htm

that is nice but too bad u can't armor up a hmmwv to withstand a RPG or real big IEDs.

Great pics ...gotta luv those Sig 550s