B&T AG

The Swiss Weapons Pioneer

The world of police and military security has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent decades. Few manufacturers of firearms technology embody this change as explicitly as B&T. The Swiss company, headquartered in Thun, specializes in and offers custom-made handgun systems, silencers, and accessories.Instead of mass-producing items, the company manufactures individual, custom-made solutions. Its target audiences include police, special forces, and the military. Sport shooters also appreciate this expertise.

As varied as international threat scenarios may be, so too are the tailored responses from B&T’s engineers, developers, and manufacturers. The approximately 90-person team in Thun responds individually to needs and customer requests and, over the years, has developed many innovative products through active listening and persistent fine-tuning. This form of consistent customer focus requires technical expertise and problem-solving skills—as well as years of experience in systems thinking.

B&T is a pioneer in the field of silencers—and the silencer, as a product, also symbolizes the shift in the global security landscape: toward smaller units equipped with highly specialized gear. The silenced shot was the focus of B&T’s experimental and developmental efforts at a time when, in many places, the silencer was still shrouded in mystery from spy movies—or was generally frowned upon and banned. Switzerland’s liberal gun laws at the time and the Swiss people’s reputed penchant for tinkering gave a team led by company founder Karl Brügger the freedom to break new ground in this area. Early on, their experts experimentally explored the limits of what was physically possible with their designs. B&T silencers don’t just make a “pop”—they resolve the severe trade-off between size, weight, stability, and sound-suppression performance in their own unique way.This is what convinces customers worldwide of the quality of Swiss-made silencers: across a wide range of calibers, this has resulted in many market-leading solutions that are used today on a wide variety of long and short firearms.

Manufacturer’s Page