The Model 1872 revolver was the service sidearm of the Swiss Army, with about 600 units produced in Belgium by Pirlot Freres before it was refined into the Model 1872/78 revolver, made domestically by Waffenfabrik Bern. The original chambered a 10.4mm rimfire cartridge, while the 1872/78 refinement used a 10.4mm centerfire round, and both operated in single and double action with an individual ejector rod for cartridge ejection. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassService revolver (sidearm) 2 Introduced YearYear taken from the Model 1872 designation named in the source text itself; the source gives no separate adoption date. Classification
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Source Wikidata: 1872 Swiss revolver
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1. Wikidata: 1872 Swiss revolver
Wikidata Q281162, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
2. Wikipedia: 1872 Swiss revolver
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The Model 1872 revolver (Ordonnanzrevolver 1872 or revolver d'ordonnance modèle 1872) was the service sidearm of the Swiss Army.
- Introduced circa 1872 per the entity's own sourced description text; no pre-1900 weapon system remains in current active military service.
Wikipedia article text
After 1882, they were replaced by the Schmidt M1882 service revolver.
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