& thomet ag type ag industry defence founded may 1991 ; 25 years ago 1991 05 founder karl br gger heinrich thomet headquarters thun thun bern switzerland area served worldwide key people karl br gger ceo products firearms ammunitions accessories clothing services import export trade manufacturing number of employees 30 website www.bt ag.ch br gger & thomet ag b & t or b t is a swiss defence supplier specializing in the design and manufacturing of firearms and tactical components such as sound suppressors and rail systems . the company is located in thun . b & t consists of a trading and manufacturing division . the trading division works mainly to supply the domestic law enforcement and military market representing global companies in the industry such as heckler & koch aimpoint surefire and others . the company is also involved in the import and export of other war material including small arms ammunition and related accessories . history edit br gger & thomet ag was established in may 1991 by karl br gger and heinrich thomet to produce suppressors for the domestic swiss market . some time after heinrich thomet withdrew from the enterprise and sold his shares to br gger who remains the sole owner of b & t today . br gger is also directly involved in the technical aspects of the company s product development and has his input in every design the company manufactures . manufacturing edit the manufacturing branch specializes in the design and production of firearms suppressors and modular accessory mounts for wide array of small arms . the company also owns an extensive collection of almost 500 different types of firearms that it uses for reference in developing new products . in 2004 br gger & thomet started to produce its own line of complete weapons beginning with a revised variant of the 9mm steyr tmp known as the mp9 submachine gun and a civilian semi automatic model called the tp9 . this would later be accompanied by the 7.62 mm apr308 sniper rifle and the long range apr338 version chambered in .338 lapua magnum . the most recent product is the gl06 40 46mm grenade launcher . b & t is also a parts supplier for many other major manufacturers . the firm s production facility consists of 14 cnc workstations and nine conventional workstations for prototyping work . b & t also has an in house testing facility . external links edit official website this swiss corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title br gger % 26 thomet & oldid 743017238 categories firearm manufacturers of switzerlandprivately held companies of switzerlandswiss company stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschbahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 07 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view