Swiss Armed Forces

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armed forces military organization

The Swiss Armed Forces are Switzerland’s military organization responsible for national defense, operating primarily as a militia system with a small professional core and including branches such as the army and air force.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Swiss Armed Forces canonical 25
Armée suisse 3
Esercito svizzero 3

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
abbreviation SAF ⓘ
Swiss Army ⓘ
ageOfConscription around 18 years ⓘ
allowsCivilianService yes ⓘ
allowsConscientiousObjection yes ⓘ
commanderTitle Chief of the Armed Forces ⓘ
Federal Councillor, head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ
component Command Support Base ⓘ
surface form: Command Support organization

Logistics organization ⓘ
Special Forces Command ⓘ
Swiss Air Force ⓘ
Swiss Army ⓘ
Territorial divisions ⓘ
conscription yes ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
governingBody Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport ⓘ
hasCharacteristic focus on territorial defense rather than power projection ⓘ
majority of personnel are conscripts and reservists ⓘ
no standing army in the traditional sense ⓘ
hasEmblem white cross on red background ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Bern ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
hasMilitaryHistory Cold War national defense posture ⓘ
British distant blockade of Germany ⓘ
surface form: World War I neutrality enforcement

World War II general mobilization ⓘ
hasMotto Für Sicherheit und Freiheit ⓘ
hasProfessionalCore yes ⓘ
includesReservists yes ⓘ
languageUsed French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Romansh language ⓘ
surface form: Romansh
legalBasis Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Federal Constitution

Swiss Military Act ⓘ
surface form: Swiss military law
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
army ⓘ
militaryDoctrine armed neutrality ⓘ
nativeName Armada svizra ⓘ
Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Armée suisse

Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Esercito svizzero

Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Schweizer Armee
notMemberOf European Union ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
participatesIn Partnership for Peace countries ⓘ
surface form: Partnership for Peace activities

international peacekeeping missions ⓘ
partOf Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation) ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation
primaryRole national defense ⓘ
support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ
territorial integrity protection ⓘ
serviceSystem militia system ⓘ
usesAircraft Airbus H225 ⓘ
surface form: AS332 Super Puma

AS532 Cougar ⓘ
Eurocopter EC635 ⓘ
F-5 Freedom Fighter ⓘ
surface form: F-5 Tiger II

F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ
Pilatus PC-21 ⓘ
Pilatus PC-7 ⓘ
usesWeapon Sturmgewehr 57 ⓘ
Sturmgewehr 90 ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swiss Air Force → partOf → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Swiss Navy → partOf → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Swiss Army → officialName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Swiss Army → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schweizer Armee
Swiss Army → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée suisse
Swiss Army → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esercito svizzero
Swiss Army → hasBranch → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss Army Land Forces
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport → responsibleFor → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport → oversees → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Swiss Armed Forces → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schweizer Armee
Swiss Armed Forces → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armée suisse
Swiss Armed Forces → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Esercito svizzero
Swiss roundel → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Sonderbund War → conflictBetween → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss federal forces
Piranha V armored personnel carrier → operator → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Piranha V
this entity surface form: Swiss Army (selected for programs / trials)
Swiss flag → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
cantonalPoliceForces → distinctFrom → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Armada svizra → partOf → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Armada svizra → hasOfficialLanguageVariant → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: French: Armée suisse
Command Support Base → operatedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Command Support Base → jurisdiction → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Logistics Base of the Armed Forces → partOf → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Bandvagn 206 → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
MG 51 → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
VBS → oversees → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
DDPS → responsibleFor → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
DDPS → oversees → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
DDPS (English) → oversees → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Federal Office for Civil Protection → coordinatesWith → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
armasuisse → collaboratesWith → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Federal Military Department → responsibleFor → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Defence → responsibleFor → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
SAF → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Swiss Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Schweizer Armee
SAF → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Swiss Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Armée suisse
SAF → nativeName → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Swiss Armed Forces
this entity surface form: Esercito svizzero
Special Forces Command → partOf → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Sturmgewehr 90 → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
Sturmgewehr 90 → usedIn → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swiss militia system
Sturmgewehr 57 → usedBy → Swiss Armed Forces ⓘ