Waffenfabrik Solothurn

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Waffenfabrik Solothurn
Industry Armament manufacturing
PredecessorPatronenfabrik Solothurn AG
Founded1929;96 years ago (1929)
Defunct1949
Headquarters
Zuchwil (SO), Switzerland
Key people
 Fritz Mandl
Hermann Obrecht

Waffenfabrik Solothurn Aktiengesellschaft (English: War Material Manufacturing Company Solothurn [1] ) abbreviated as WFS was a Swiss armament manufacturing company based in Zuchwil, Switzerland. Established in 1929 as an Austrian-German joint venture between industrialist Fritz Mandl and the Rheinmetall concern, it existed until it was liquidated in 1949. [2] [3] [4]

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  1. ↑ "Untitled". Schweizerisches Handelsamtsblatt = Feuille officielle suisse du commerce = Foglio ufficiale svizzero di commercio. 51 (242). 1933.
  2. ↑ "Waffenfabrik Solothurn". dodis.ch. Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz | Documents diplomatiques suisses | Documenti diplomatici svizzeri | Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland | Dodis. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2025-01-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ "Waffenfabrik Solothurn". Digitaler Lesesaal. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  4. ↑ Newton, Ronald C. (1986). "The Neutralization of Fritz Mandl: Notes on Wartime Journalism, the Arms Trade, and Anglo-American Rivalry in Argentina during World War II" . The Hispanic American Historical Review. 66 (3): 541–579. doi:10.2307/2515462. ISSN   0018-2168.
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