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             MODEL            DESIGNER   LENGHT    WEIGHT     CALIBER                       OPERATING SYSTEM    AMMO ENERGY
FN model 1910   (J. Browing)     153 mm     590 g   9x17 mm Browning           Blowback                     300J
Luger P08       (G. Luger)           222 mm     871 g   9x19 mm Parabellum         recoil operated             518J
Steyr M1912     (K. Krnka)         216 mm    1200 g  9x23 mm Steyr                recoil operated              300J
Glisenti M1910  (B. Revelli)        207 mm     820 g   9x19 mm Glisenti              recoil operated             340J
Nambu Type A    (K. Nambu)     220 mm      900 g   8x22 mm Nambu            recoil operated               274J
Colt M1911      (J. Browning)     210 mm    1105 g  .45  ACP                            recoil Operated             557J
Nagant M1885    (L. Nagant)     235 mm     793 g   7.62x38 mmR Nagant      Gas-Seal Revolver         340J          
Modèle 1892     (N. Lebel ?)       240 mm     850 g    8mm French Ordnance     Revolver                      196J
Webley Mk VI (Webley & Scott)  286 mm    1100 g   .455 Webley Mk II            Revolver                      300J


The invenction of smokeless powder and improvement of ammunitions production standards
allowed at the end of 1800 the production of semi-automatic pistols. Many armies maintained
revolvers as ordnance sidearms, while others adopted instead the new automatic pistols.
Armies distributed sidearms to officers,  NCO and to the special troops that were not operating
at the forefront, as the gunners, or as a back-up weapon to machine gun crew, already burdened
with the weapon and the ammunition.
The armies gave the priority to the production of rifles, so there were many types of pistols,
often officers bought personal guns according to their personal taste.
Often the same armies procured weapons produced for the civilian market, 
to fill their require, some little countries such as Montenegro had laws forcing citizens
to buy large-caliber revolver, so in case of mobilization
all recalled would have a weapon available. 

The energy created by the ammunition is indicative, as it depended out of stocks and from 
various factories that produced them.


The handguns are presented more or less in scale.
   

Taken on: August 2, 2017

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