{"id":90877,"date":"2024-11-19T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T07:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=90877"},"modified":"2024-08-05T15:07:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T19:07:34","slug":"wf-51-a-swiss-intermediate-cartridge-copy-of-the-fg-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/11\/19\/wf-51-a-swiss-intermediate-cartridge-copy-of-the-fg-42\/","title":{"rendered":"WF-51: A Swiss Intermediate-Cartridge Copy of the FG-42"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCXtUQkXlxY?si=ohW9j9FKAe33hEAD\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Aug 5, 2024<\/p>\n<p>After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and the other being a derivative of the German FG-42 at Waffenfabrik Bern. Bern, under the direction of Adolph Furrer, had been experimenting with intermediate cartridges since the 1920s, and they used this as a basis to develop an improved FG-42 using an intermediate cartridge (7.5x38mm). The program began in 1951 and went through about a half dozen major iterations until it ultimately lost to the SIG program (which produced the Stgw-57).<\/p>\n<p>Today we are looking at one of the first steps in the Bern program, the WF-51. The most substantial change form the FG42 design here is the use of a tilting bolt instead of a rotating bolt like the Germans used. It is a beautifully manufactured firearm, and a real pleasure to take a look at &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the Royal Armouries for allowing me to film and disassemble this rifle! The NFC collection there &mdash; perhaps the best military small arms collection in Western Europe &mdash; is available by appointment to researchers:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0wtc0JxdDRtSXRNY1l5azVIUVhNSEhlSGM3QXxBQ3Jtc0tueDJIT2JjTzdSRXFOak5jbi1jaEV3TEZqdG9OY1ZoUDN2WEdYamg3LUJXNldvMlE1bS15OURWUkxGQTM5X2Q2MjdGZzJXNFFMZk5ZUENkZHdfRWxJWWhsN1lRcHJRdGZLZ0dOTUtLM3Bxb1VOR2swUQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Froyalarmouries.org%2Fresearch%2Fnational-firearms-centre%2F&#038;v=HCXtUQkXlxY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/research\/n&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can browse the various Armouries collections online here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/collection\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/royalarmouries.org\/collection\/<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All the best firearms history channels streaming to all major devices:<br \/>\nweaponsandwar.tv<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/utreon.com\/c\/forgottenweapons\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqazRDdlFsSU4welJFNHBNOTZUTERmUHY5emNpZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsOTBjVzViUWJuTHRuUUVmQVM4ZDFBaE9vNFB3YkVKQnpFWWhmVHFELWZKS3liS2FnWDJXRzdOd3JZcVFheERJc2gwQ20yeUkzZnJONzFWa1dybTE1SnFoVldsTTVFYW8zRFpvNUY5eC1yMk8weWtQSQ&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floatplane.com%2Fchannel%2FForgottenWeapons&#038;v=HCXtUQkXlxY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.floatplane.com\/channel\/For&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.forgottenweapons.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published Aug 5, 2024 After World War Two the Swiss needed a new self-loading military rifle to replace their K-31 bolt actions. Two major design tracks followed; one being a roller-delayed system based on the G3 at SIG and the other being a derivative of the German FG-42 at Waffenfabrik Bern. Bern, under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1118,7,5,663],"tags":[108,140,1366,49,1265,528],"class_list":["post-90877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-germany","category-history","category-military","category-weapons","tag-coldwar","tag-design","tag-forgottenweapons","tag-guns","tag-machineguns","tag-switzerland"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-nDL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90878,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90877\/revisions\/90878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}