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The remainder of the German order, consisting of 28,000 pistols, was intercepted by Allied forces in September 1944. [1] [3] Astra 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser: Wehrmacht: 1,050 delivered in March 1943. [1] Browning Hi-Power: Fabrique Nationale d'Herstal: 9×19mm Parabellum: Waffen-SS Fallschirmjäger: 319,000 manufactured ...
Model 08 Semi-Automatic Pistol 0.3 Inch; O. Ortgies semi-automatic pistol; S. Sauer 38H; ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Walther PP (German: Polizeipistole, or police pistol) series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen. [ 9 ] It features an exposed hammer, a double-action trigger mechanism, [ 10 ] a single-column magazine , and a fixed barrel that also acts as the guide ...
The Treaty of Versailles (signed in 1919) imposed a number of restrictions on pistol barrel lengths and calibres on German arms manufacturers. [30] Pistols for German government issue or domestic market sales could not have a barrel longer than 4 inches and could not be chambered for 9 mm cartridges.
Of particular note is the company's Sauer 38H, the first mass-produced semi-automatic pistol to feature a cocking/de-cocking lever. It was a very advanced pocket pistol design made in .25 ACP, .32 ACP, and .380 ACP. It was adopted as German alternate standard as 'Modell 38' and was widely used by air and tank forces.
Kazakhstan – used as a service pistol in private security companies at least up to 2007. [25] Lebanon: Used in small numbers by the Lebanese Army and later by some Lebanese militias during the 1958 Lebanon crisis and the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990). [4] [18] North Macedonia: P1 variant. [18] Mozambique [18] Nazi Germany [20] North ...
Luger 04 Pistol of the Imperial German Navy. The Luger pistol was accepted by the Imperial German Navy in 1904 in 9mm Parabellum as the Pistole 04 (P04). The navy model had a 150 mm (5.9 in) barrel and a two-position – 100 meters (110 yd) or 200 meters (220 yd) – rear sight.
Simson was a German company which produced firearms, automobiles, bicycles and motorcycles, and mopeds.Under the Third Reich, the factory was taken from the Jewish Simson family, and was renamed several times under Nazi and later Communist control.