WWI remains in the North of Switzerland...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=d4wc5W6FHM0#t=253
View ArticleA nice series of pics. I thought I'd share of the Swiss "Gun Loving Folk"...
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_ne...l?cid=29123560
View ArticleA tribute to Willy Probst, 94 years old and still with K31 sniper skills !...
http://www.rts.ch/video/info/couleurs-locales/4333807-be-a-94-ans-willy-probst-tire-encore-plus-vite-que-son-ombre.html Beat him if you can at those 328 yards only...
View ArticleBig guns: declassified swiss artillery forts - documentary
interesting documentary about ww2 and cold war stationary artillery in switzerland, including some clips of general guisan Bumker entrances lovingly camouflaged as chalets, rocks, etc English...
View ArticleSwiss Shooter in 1948 Olympics
9th picture down.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2175491/London-1948-Olympics-Picture-special.html
View ArticleA couple of Swiss Military photos in Library of Congress - digital archives
In searching through thousands of photos in the 'Bain' collection (Library of Congress - digital archives), I ran across a couple of photos of Swiss Troops, circa 1914-16. The 1st picture is titled:...
View ArticleSwiss Military Service Certificate
This past week-end, my wife and I were touring a beautiful farming area in North-Eastern Ohio. We stopped at a cooperative Swiss cheese factory in Middlefield, Ohio. It was established by a Swiss...
View ArticleTime for a LHO for this guy...
Why don't you guys have any electronic targets there now, this seems so awfully outdated, like Switzerland in the sixties....
View ArticlePictures First World War Switzerland
Just thought I would share this. Many pictures of Switzerland during WWI. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CH-BAR_Collection_First_World_War_SwitzerlandA couple of examples:
View Article50 years old Swiss army propaganda movie "Wehrhafte Schweiz" being restored..
It's a 70mm celluloid movie that is fading red now due to aging and with help of specialists from Germany the movie is restored and made digital. The movie shall be released again in Bern next December.
View ArticleHD-Soldat Läppli, the full movie 1:51...
It's in Swiss-German only without subtitles but it's sure worth it viewing...
View ArticleStgw57, minimal recoil...
Check this clip and see for yourself....https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xkkGv4TNVYw
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