title: Waffenfabrik Bern
text: # Waffenfabrik Bern
  
  Waffenfabrik Bern (Weapons Factory 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.
  
  ## List of W+F weapons
  
  * Vetterli rifle
  * Schmidt M1882 - 1882 revolver. Chambered in 7.5 Swiss Ordnance
  * Schmidt–Rubin - 1889 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
  * Swiss Mannlicher M1893 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle designed by Ferdinand Mannlicher. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
  * Schmidt–Rubin - 1896 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×53.5 Swiss.
  * Schmidt–Rubin - 1896/11 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered in 7.5×55 Swiss.
  * Schmidt–Rubin - 1911 straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for the revamped 7.5×53.5 Swiss. The case was lengthened to 55 mm. This new load became the 7.5×55 Swiss. The new load used a modern spitzer bullet and more modern smokeless powders and produces a much higher velocity and pressure than the older 7.5×53.5mm load. 7.5×55mm should never be fired in the 1889 series Schmidt–Rubin.
  * Parabellum pistol (Pistole 1920, 06/29)
  * MG 11 - machine gun.
  * Flieger-Doppelpistole 1919 - double barrel aircraft submachine gun.
  * K31 - straight-pull bolt-action rifle. Chambered for 7.5×55mm Swiss.
  * Bern Pistole 43 - Semi-automatic pistol intended to replace the Luger 06/29 but ended up being discontinued because of the SIG P210
  * Sturmgewehr 52 & Sturmgewehr 54
  * MG 51
  * C42 assault rifle
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Adolf Furrer - small arms designer and Colonel in Swiss Army. He was the director of W+F Bern from 1921 and resigned after World War II.
  