Re: Swiss Navy
From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 08:58:26 +0100
Subject: Re: Swiss Navy
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Atkinson" <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
> --- "Z. Lakel" <zlakel@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > From which of the existing GZG powers wouild the
> > Swiss be most likely to purchess the ships for their
> > navy? Starship navy that is.
>
> Ummm. . .
>
> Good question. Most modern Swiss military equipment
> is home brew, but IIRC they have some Leopard tanks
> they bought from the Germans. I'd probably go for
> mostly home-builds.
Yes, they have the Leopard II, their main tanks before that were
Swiss-made.
IIRC they also had British Centurions.
Their aircraft included:
American F-5 and F-18, French Mirage, British Hawker Hunters and
Vampires,
Junkers Ju52 transports. Most of them assembled in Switzerland, AFAIK.
Greetings