- 1913 Rifle
- 1916 LMG
- No
Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a Model 1916 light machine gun. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer company, where he headed its small arms division. Stamm’s prior straight pull manual rifle and long-recoil semiautomatic rifles had failed to win any commercial or military interest, and so in his last major design he turn to yet another new action type: long recoil. He developed a water-cooled light machine gun in 1915, and then two air-cooled models in 1916. The final of 5 examples made was a double-barreled air-cooled example, tested by the Swiss military. Unfortunately, no good data survives on Swiss testing of the guns, but they were not acquired by the military.
Hans Stamm developed a series of firearms in Switzerland in the early 1900s, and today we are looking at a second-pattern Model 1913 semiauto rifle. This was developed while Stamm was working for the Saurer company, where he headed its small arms division. Stamm’s Model 1907 straight pull rifle failed to win military adopted, and so in 1910 he began working on a quite complex long recoil system. The first prototype was finished in 1912, and by 1913 another seven examples were made.
These are sent to the Swiss and Belgian militaries for consideration, but neither are interested - and the outbreak of World War One ends possibilities for other adoption.
