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The Swiss also created the [[Cool Gun]] SIG SG-550, the MOWAG Piranha [[Awesome Personnel Carrier]], and many other cool weapons. They don't make their own planes though, and have to buy from France [Mirage fighters] and the U.S [Hornet fighters].
One note that might be made is that the Swiss Army wasn't always so, well, respectable. They were once the most ferocious [[Private Military Contractors]] in Europe, their [[Blade
During the World Wars they enforced their country's neutrality well. Several times they shot and forced down planes of both belligerents who were intruding on their airspace, including 11 Luftwaffe planes. Well, Hitler got so annoyed with them in the end, that he attempted to sabotage their airfields, to no avail. When the Allies accidentally bombed Swiss cities, the Swiss captured up to 100 US bombers and their crews meanwhile.
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