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== Lakes flotilla ==
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The maritime branch of the Army maintains a [[flotilla]] of military [[patrol boat]]s to secure several sizeable lakes that span Switzerland's borders. These boats also serve in a [[search and rescue]] role.

During the Second World War, Switzerland fielded the [[Type 41 class patrol boat|Type 41 class]] of patrol boats, armed with the 24&nbsp;mm Type 41 [[anti-tank rifle]]—not a personal weapon at {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/the-swiss-armys-first-mass-anti-tank-rifle-the-tankbuchse-tb-41-24mm/ |title=The Swiss Army's First Mass Anti-Tank Rifle The Tankbüchse (Tb) 41 24mm|website=Small Arms Defense Journal|date=17 September 2019|author=Tom Murphy|access-date=28 February 2022|archive-date=28 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228213929/http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/the-swiss-armys-first-mass-anti-tank-rifle-the-tankbuchse-tb-41-24mm/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> and later replaced by a 20mm auto-cannon—and machine guns. Nine units were commissioned between 1941-44. These boats were upgraded in 1964, notably receiving radars, radios, and modern armament and were kept in service into the 1980s, the last being decommissioned in late 1983.<ref>Information note of ''Spiez'' at the [[Swiss Museum of Transport]]</ref>

The force currently utilize the ''Aquarius''-class (''Patrouillenboot'' 80) riverine patrol boats, which are operated by Motorboat Company 10 of the Corps of Engineers which patrol lakes [[Lake Geneva|Geneva]], [[Lake Lucerne|Lucerne]], [[Lake Lugano|Lugano]], [[Lake Maggiore|Maggiore]] and [[Lake Constance|Constance]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lehrverband Genie/Rettung – Truppen |url=http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/heer/unsere_organisation/lvbgenie/Truppen.html |publisher=Swiss Land Forces |access-date=19 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501222449/http://www.he.admin.ch/internet/heer/de/home/heer/unsere_organisation/lvbgenie/Truppen.html |archive-date=1 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2019, Finnish shipbuilder [[Marine Alutech]] delivered the first four of 14 ''Patrouillenboot'' 16, the ''Patrouillenboot'' 80's successor, to the flotilla, and these boats's manufacturer designation as Watercat 1250 Patrol;<ref>{{cite web |title=Swiss Navy tauft ihre neuen Kriegsschiffe |url=https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/tessin/story/Swiss-Navy-tauft-ihre-neuen-Kriegsschiffe-25383737 |date=17 June 2019 |language=de |publisher=20 Minuten |access-date=3 January 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118155129/https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/zentralschweiz/story/Schweizer-Armee-tauft-ihre-neuen-Kriegsschiffe-25383737 |archive-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> all ships of this class will be named for [[astronomical object]]s.<gallery>
File:Spiez-IMG 8698.JPG|The ''Spiez'', a [[Type 41 class patrol boat|Type 41]] patrol boat, on display at the [[Swiss Museum of Transport]]
File:Patrouillenboot 80 - Schweizer Armee - Steel Parade 2006.jpg|''Aquarius''-class patrol boat, [[Type 80 class patrol boat|Type 80]]
File:16 M+1041 Pollux Lago Maggiore 190622.jpg|''Patrouillenboot 16''-class patrol boat.
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