PLACE OF ORIGIN: German Empire
IN SERVICE: 1900 to 1945
USED BY: Germany, Switzerland
WARS: World War I and World War II
WEIGHT: 1.92 lbs.
LENGTH: 8.75 in.
The Luger is a toggle-locked, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol. The design was patented by Georg Luger in 1898 and produced by German arms manufacturer Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken starting in 1900. It was used during World Wars I and II by the German forces.
Webley Revolver Mk VI
PLACE OF ORIGIN: United States
IN SERVICE: 1911 to Present
USED BY: United States, United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations
WARS: World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
WEIGHT: 2.437 lb
LENGTH: 8.25 in
The Webley Mk VI was adopted as the standard sidearm for British and Commonwealth troops and remained so for the duration of World War I. It was issued to officers, airmen, naval crews, boarding parties, trench raiders, machine-gun teams, and tank crews. The Mk VI proved to be a very reliable and hardy weapon, well suited to the mud and adverse conditions of trench warfare. Several accessories were developed for the Mk VI, including a bayonet, a speed loader and a stock allowing for the revolver to be converted into a carbine (a firearm similar to, but generally shorter and less powerful than, a rifle).
M1911 pistol
PLACE OF ORIGIN: United States
IN SERVICE: 1911 to Present
USED BY: United States, United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations
WARS: World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War
WEIGHT: 2.437 lb
LENGTH: 8.25 in
Designed by John M. Browning, it was the standard-issue sidearm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. Put through a battery of performance tests in March 1911, the M1911 was deemed superior for its reliability, accuracy and ease of disassembly. Formally adopted by the Army in 1911 and by the Navy and Marine Corps in 1913, it is still in use by some U.S. forces.
Nagant M1895
PLACE OF ORIGIN: Belgium, Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
IN SERVICE: 1895 to Present
USED BY: USSR, Argentina, Belgium, Russian Empire, Norway, Sweden, Greece
WARS: Russo-Japanese War, World War I, Russian Civil War, World War II
WEIGHT: 1.8 lb
LENGTH: 10.5 in
This revolver was designed in Belgium by the Nagant brothers (Emile and Leon) in the late 1880s to the early 1890s. It was adopted by numerous countries, including Sweden and Poland but the major user and manufacturer was Russia (and later the Soviet Union). The Russian government adopted the Nagant revolver in 1895 and local production began in 1898. A standard Russian sidearm until 1930, when it was declared obsolete, the Nagant M1895 was still widely used and manufactured during World War II. Manufacture finally ceased circa 1950.
