Anatomy of Eight WWII Pistols

[TRaTSeRiF]

Somebody shared this link with me and I figured you guys would find it interesting
http://candrsenal.com/firearm-anatomy-eight-pistols-of-wwii

It covers the P38, M1935A, Beretta Model 1934, Webley Mk. IV, the Tok, Nambu Type 14, 1911 (well DUUUUUUHHHH) and the Chinese Model 1900 Copy. Enjoy

 

[BCShooterGuy]

cool read, thanks for sharing.

 

[sailor723]

Interesting article but i was surprised not to see the BHP included.

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

Interesting article but i was surprised not to see the BHP included.

That's a little over my head.. I'm not much of a handgun guy.. I can usually hit what I'm aiming at with my Shadow, the Tok was the first firearm I ever shot and 1911 is.. well... 1911

 

[GrantR]

Interesting, but it almost looks to me to be an article written by someone that happened to have those eight handguns to write about, rather than being definitive coverage of the primary-issue military handguns of those particular countries.

The No. 2 Enfield revolver was the primary military handgun of the United Kingdom, and Browning High Power, a.k.a. P'35 ... what sailor123 means by the BHP ... was (officially, at least) the primary-issue handgun of China, both in Belgian-made originals and the Made-in-Canada Inglis version.

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

Thanks for the clarification. I would have loved to have shot the Hi Power as it's been used by our guys and gals for so long. I'm more of a long gun guy (love my poodle-shooter ) but appreciate a bit of history

 

[GrantR]

I love shooting both my Inglis High Powers ....

.... and, yes, our troops have been using them for a long time .... 70 years now!

 

[Marcel B.]

Someone should show that one how to hold a pistol!

 

[GrantR]

Someone should show that one how to hold a pistol!

I assume that is part of what the instructor standing there is supposed to be doing .....

 

[Dsiwy]

Marksmanship and Army sadly don't always go hand in hand...

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

I assume that is part of what the instructor standing there is supposed to be doing .....

His face is showing that he's trying to get over the gag reflex in addition to the depressive thoughts about him only being one of many for that training session With that being said, we all had to start at some point and while I'm no marksman by any stretch of imagination, I shudder remembering how I used grip the pistol

 

[tokguy]

I'm really surprised at the omitting of the Hi-power; and nope I don't have one ( so it's not my heeero...that'd be the Luger arriving in a few days). It was used by Canada, Germany, China and god knows who else.
I'm going with the "This is my collection, therefore they are mostest important" theory as Rattlesnake Jack put forth

 

[AussieNorinco]

This is from Othais on Reddit. He has done a heap of anatomy posters including historic rifles. Check his profile for links http://www.reddit.com/user/Othais