Guerrila War swiss Army

[River Song]

[bigpaul]

I never knew the Swiss even HAD an army, I thought it was all Alps and Cuckoo clocks!

[Highlander]

The Swiss probably have the best Mountain troops in the world

[bigpaul]

I always thought the Swiss were Neutral?

[Grumpy Grandpa]

Thanks RS, tucked away safely in my General Library...

[Sunna]

had this book in my teens 78/79 good book lent it never seen it again

[Highlander]

I always thought the Swiss were Neutral?

The Swiss and others like Norway like to stay out of things, but they still have good armies in case it comes to them,... as it did to Norway during WW11

[Tibbs735]

I've got this book, it's brilliant. It was written as a resistance manual for the Swiss in the 1960's in case the Soviets ever invaded and the conventional forces were fragmented. It covers loads of stuff, like caching supplies and weapons, ambush tactics etc. It would be very relevant for some sort of 1984-nightmare (It covers how to behave in concentration camps, oo eck!)

Imagine if our government took the Swiss attitude. Lets give every household a FAL Battle rifle, some ammo and this book. But no, we could never have the peasants getting their grubby hands on such unpleasantness.

[NorthernRaider]

Total Resitance by Von Dach Bern and the Art Of Warfare by Tsun Tsu (I think) were part of our studies in the army of the 70s, it didnt do much on counter insurgency iirc.

[Mortblanc]

The Swiss maintain their neutrality by making it unprofitable to invade their territory. You do not invade a nation where every citizen is a soldier.

The Swiss have compulsory military service for every male citizen.

After training all citizens serve in the reserves from age 18-35 and sometimes to age 50.

As reservists they are required to keep their issue weapons in their homes!!!! (also have one of the lowest murder rates in the world)

All reservists must be prepared to fight from the minute they walk out their doors.

Rifle qualification is required twice each year for each reservist and every town is required to have range facilities available for their residents.

That sort of refutes the theory that the presence of the weapon causes criminal behavior.