(it was also available in 9mm Browning Court (.380 ACP) was widely usedīy Belgian police and high-ranking army officers. Intended for concealed carry, the 7.65mm model In 1910, FN introduced yet another Browning design, the Pis toletĪutomatique Mle. Round-nosed FMJ bullet that was propelled to 1100 fps. Straight-walled, semi-rimmed case 20mm long topped with a 110-grain Russia, Peru, Serbia, Denmark, Sweden and Paraguay. In 1903 and was also sold to the armies and police forces of Turkey, It was taken into service by the Belgian army Was propelled to approximately 850-900 fps.įN began receiving requests for a more powerful military pistol,Īnd so JMB designed the Pistolet Automatique Browning Grand Modele
Based upon a straight-walled, semi-rimmed caseġ7mm long, it was loaded with a 71-grain full metal-jacketed bullet that * 7,65mm-Browning would become one of the most popular pistolĬartridges of all time. "Browning" becoming synonymous with "pistol" in many It into service and its popularity was such that the word Armies and police forces around the world took It was immediately adopted by theīelgian army and police. New semiauto pistol and two years later production of the 7,65mm FN Inġ897 the firm signed a contract with John Moses Browning to produce his The firm of Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre (FN) wasįounded in the early 1890s to produce rifles for the Belgian army. 1877/1878Ĭartridge, but was loaded with smokeless powder. 1899-wasĭimensionally and ballistically identical to the Mle. * 7,5mm Cartouche a Balle Mle, 1886-used a rimmed, straight-walledĬase 22mm in length topped with a 101-grain paper-patched lead bullet atĪ velocity of 730 fps. Government purchased a quantity of Nagant revolvers chambered for aħ.5mm cartridge for issue to prison guards and police. Service until the outbreak of the Great War.
Produced a series of revolvers for the Belgian army that would remain in 1878 which was chambered for the sameĬartridge as the Gendarmerie pistol. These trials resulted in the Nagant revolver being adopted as the Patched lead bullet traveling at 650 fps.
Slightly tapered, rimmed case 22mm long loaded with a 186-grain paper Nagant's design won and theįactory received an order for two thousand of the Pistolet de Rolling Block-type breechblock, dual hammers, single trigger, andĬhambered for a 9.4mm cartridge. This was a double-barreled pistol with a single In 1872 Nagant entered a pistol in the trials for a new handgun for 1871 fired aĬartridge with a straight-walled, rimmed case 17.5mm long, loaded with aġ65-grain lead bullet that a charge of black-powder propelled to about Revolver was unpopular, especially with officers. In the early 1870s the Belgian army adopted the Francotte-made Subcontracted to manufacture revolvers for another Liegeois firm,įabrique d'Armes Charles Francois Galand. TheĬompany's first foray into revolver production was in 1874 when it In 1859 Emile and Leon Nagant established a metalworking firm. Revolvers and these revolvers would dominate the European military and Several Liegeois manufacturers began producing metallic cartridge Helped equip many 18th and 19th century European armies. Located in western Belgium, the city of Liege had been a center ofįirearms production since the 18th century, the products of Liege had Resulted in Belgium becoming one of Europe's primary centers of Which, when combined with the enterprising nature of the inhabitants, New, if small, country was blessed with large coal and iron reserves Neutral" by an agreement between Britain, France, and Germany. In 1839 the kingdom was declared "perpetually The Netherlands broke away to form an independent state-the Kingdom ofīelgium. In 1830 the, predominantly French-speaking southern provinces of APA style: The military and police handgun cartridges of Belgium: from 9.4mm to 5.7mm.The military and police handgun cartridges of Belgium: from 9.4mm to 5.7mm." Retrieved from
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