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Published on 12 December 2023

Swiss EOD Center

Explosive ordnance disposal and mine action

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Mine Action Command (EOD Command) of the NBC EOD Centre of Competence is responsible for training and maintaining skills relating to the destruction of ammunition in Switzerland and abroad. In Switzerland the experts of the EOD Command operate the National Unexploded Ordnance Recording Centre (BMZ) and key mine action positions and serve in peace support operations throughout the world.

Commander: Colonel Daniel Widmer 

The four areas of expertise of the EOD Command

National Unexploded Ordnance Recording Centre (BMZ)

International explosive ordnance disposal

Humanitarian Mine Action

The Swiss Armed Forces are also engaged in mine action oper­ations. They deploy specialists around the world on behalf of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), providing expertise in various UN missions, for example in the fields of logistics and information database management. Their tasks include managing and maintaining the equipment of the international demining teams, evaluating data, analysing demined areas and preparing mine maps

10 November 2025

Humanitäre Minenräumung

Schweizer Armeeangehörige beteiligen sich in diversen UNO-Missionen unter anderem in den Bereichen Logistik sowie dem Management von Informationsdatenbanken. In diesen Funktionen ist das im Einsatz stehende Personal beispielsweise für die Verwaltung und Bewirtschaftung der Ausrüstung der internationalen Minenräumungsteams zuständig oder beschäftigt sich mit der Auswertung von Daten und der Analyse von geräumten Gebieten sowie der Erstellung von Minenkarten.

Training and maintaining skills