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A United States Army soldier in 2009 demonstrates the usage of his Beretta M9 sidearm.
A service pistol, also known as a personal weapon or an ordnance weapon, is any handgun issued to regular military personnel or law enforcement officers. Typically, service pistols are semi-automatic pistols (previously revolvers) issued to officers, non-commissioned officers, and rear-echelon support personnel for self-defence, though service pistols may also be issued to special forces as a backup for their primary weapons. Pistols are not typically issued to front-line infantry. Before firearms were commonplace, officers and non-commissioned officers typically carried swords.
A servicepistol, also known as a personal weapon or an ordnance weapon, is any handgun issued to regular military personnel or law enforcement officers...
Armed Forces. The M9 was adopted by the United States military as their servicepistol in 1985. The 92FS won a competition in the 1980s to replace the M1911A1...
and Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the improved M1911A1 model which entered service in 1926. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45...
Company. It is the main servicepistol of Indian military and police units. In 1971, preliminary works was established to make Pistol Auto 9mm 1A. The first...
servicepistol of Switzerland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Brazil, Bolivia, and Bulgaria. It was widely used in other countries as a military service pistol...
A pistoleer is a mounted soldier trained to use a pistol, or more generally anyone armed with such a weapon. It is derived from pistolier, a French word...
nen shiki kenjū). The Nambu pistols were designed to replace Japan's earlier servicepistol, the Type 26 revolver. The pistols were designed by Kijiro Nambu...
semi-automatic pistol. It was developed during the late 1920s by Fedor Tokarev as a servicepistol for the Soviet Armed Forces and based on the earlier pistol designs...
The SIG Sauer M17 and M18 are servicepistols derived from the SIG Sauer P320 in use with the United States Armed Forces. On January 19, 2017, the United...
Tokarev pistols omitted a safety and magazines were deemed too easy to lose. As a result, in December 1945, two separate contests for a new servicepistol were...
The M1912 was developed as the Model 1911, a military pistol, but it was not accepted into service until 1914 as the M12. It was originally issued to the...
is a Soviet selective fire machine pistol chambered in 9×18mm Makarov and 9×19mm Parabellum introduced into service in 1951 for use with artillery and...
Emirates. The Caracal pistol series are the first pistols made in the United Arab Emirates and is the primary service issued pistol used by the United Arab...
written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the servicepistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World...
A pistol is a type of handgun, characterized by a barrel with an integral chamber. The word "pistol" is derived from the Middle French pistolet (c. 1550)...
The SIG Sauer P226 is a full-sized servicepistol made by SIG Sauer. This model is available in four chamberings: the 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357...
Beretta Model 1934 is an Italian compact, semi-automatic pistol which was issued as the servicepistol of the Royal Italian Army beginning in 1934. As the...
a Yugoslavian and Serbian semi-automatic pistol produced by Zastava Arms. It was the standard servicepistol of the Yugoslav People's Army from 1961 until...
semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after...
weight, and quick reloading made it a popular servicepistol for many police forces and militaries. The pistol was initially introduced by FN as the Browning...
polymer or Ergal-framed, short recoil operated, striker-fired semi-automatic pistol introduced by the company Arsenal Firearms in 2012. The Strike One is known...
The Werder pistol model 1869 was an infantry and light cavalry falling block pistol invented by Johann Ludwig Werder in Bavaria and based on his rifle...
The Astra modelo 400 was a Spanish servicepistol produced by weapons manufacturer Astra-Unceta y Cia SA. as a replacement for the Campo-Giro 1913/1916...
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