Regarding fact 1., consider that today 40% of those theoretically supposed to serve never wear a uniform for a reason or another (Roger Federer was famously dee

Regarding fact 1., consider that today 40% of those theoretically supposed to serve never wear a uniform for a reason or another (Roger Federer was famously deemed physically unfit). Switzerland still has an unusually large army, but it has been shrinking continuously for the last 20 years at least. Some of these "facts" are stories we tell tourists (and each other...), nothing else. (Edit: it seems the main source for the original post is a book from the early 80s. That explains a lot.)