Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules
If it's Italian and they using Breda 30 then the no one was killed by machine gun fire.
Riddle me this....if the 45 ACP is a game changer then why did Europe not adapt it?
In fact some famous German inter war pistols were .380 ACP.
I agree that spending huge chunks of cash on pistols isn't cost effective.
Although interesting that the Luger and C96 were are used as carbines which I don't think the 1911 ever was. Could be wrong on that which would make the German designs more versatile
Most armies didn't give enough training for the caliber to really matter, It was a rare army indeed that allowed even 50 rounds of pistol ammo per soldier on an annual basis. And most of the low powered pocket pistols had small sights, closer together and small grips.It's far easier to train raw recruits on a low powered weapon. Better a low powered hit than a high powered miss.
Not mine, Mine has more holster wear.That's a nice PP you have there SR6. Assuming of course that's yours.
You know you can google some of this stuff fairly easily.I would have to see figures that British officers used broomhandles during ww1. They were usually limited to Webley 455 rounds. The C96 was surprisingly long lived in the Chinese civil wars and even were copied by the Spanish. Coz after all it's a very iconic gun.
Did the 1911 have a shoulder stock version? If memory serves FN pistols did. Pretty much all pistols of the 1900s decade offered shoulder stocks. So would have to assume the 1911 had likewise.
Walther did have a very successful pistol in the war the model 4. Simple blowback in 32 ACP. I gets the feeling that pistols were more swag than shooters.