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American-Belgian semi-automatic pistol

Semi-automatic pistol

Browning Hi-Power
FN Hi Power.jpg

Fabrique Nationale Browning Hi-Ability
Type Semi-automated pistol
Place of origin
  • Kingdom of belgium
  • United States
Service history
In service 1935–present[1]
Used by See Users
Wars
  • Globe War II[1]
  • Indonesian National Revolution[ii]
  • Chinese Civil State of war
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam State of war
  • Rhodesian Bush War
  • Falklands War
  • The Troubles
  • Lebanese Civil War
  • Salvadoran Civil War
  • Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995)
  • Kivu Conflict[3]
  • Libyan Crunch
  • Syrian Ceremonious War[four]
Production history
Designer
  • John Browning
  • Dieudonné Saive
Designed 1914–1935[1]
Manufacturer
  • Fabrique Nationale (FN)
  • John Inglis & Co.
  • Browning Arms
Produced 1935–2018,[i] 2022-[v]
No. built 1,500,000+[half dozen]
Variants Meet Variants
Specifications
Mass i kg (two.2 lb)[ane]
Length 197 mm (vii.8 in)[1]
Butt length 119 mm (4.seven in)[one]
Cartridge
  • 7.65×21mm Parabellum
  • 9×19mm Parabellum[1]
  • .40 S&W
Activity Brusque recoil operated tilting barrel
Rate of fire Semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity 335 g/s (1,100 ft/s) (9mm)[ane]
Effective firing range 50 m (54.7 yd)
Feed arrangement Detachable box magazine
  • 10, 13, 15 or 17 rounds (9mm)
  • 20 or 30 rounds made by Rhodesia (9mm)[i]
  • 10 rounds (.40 Southward&W)

The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic handgun available in the 9mm and .40 S&West calibers. It was based on a design by American firearms inventor John Browning, and completed past Dieudonné Saive at Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Herstal, Belgium. Browning died in 1926, several years earlier the pattern was finalized. FN Herstal initially named the pattern the "Loftier Ability", which alludes to the 13-round magazine capacity, about twice that of other designs at the fourth dimension, such as the Luger or Filly M1911.

During Globe War Two, Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany and the FN manufacturing plant was used by the Wehrmacht to build the pistols for their military, nether the designation "9mm Pistole 640(b)".[vii] FN Herstal connected to build guns for the Centrolineal forces by moving their production line to a John Inglis and Company plant in Canada, where the name was changed to "Hi Ability". The name change was kept even later on production returned to Belgium. The pistol is often referred to equally an HP or BHP,[viii] and the terms P-35 and HP-35 are besides used, based on the introduction of the pistol in 1935. Other names include GP (for the French term, "Grande Puissance") or BAP (Browning Automated Pistol). The Hi-Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history,[9] having been used by the military of over l countries.[one] Although nigh pistols were built in Belgium by FN Herstal, licensed and unlicensed copies were built around the earth, in countries like Argentina, Hungary, India, Bulgaria and Israel.

Later 82 years of continuous production, FN Herstal announced that the product of the Hi-Power would stop, and information technology was discontinued in early 2018 by Browning Arms.[10] From 2019 to 2022, with new Belgian Hi-Powers no longer existence built, new clones were designed by various firearm companies to fill the void, including GİRSAN, TİSAŞ and Springfield Arsenal, Inc. These new Hi-Power clones began competing with each other past offering new finishes, enhanced sights, redesigned hammers, beveled magazine wells, improved trigger and increased magazine capacity.[11] [12] [13] However, in 2022, presumably to compete with the sudden surge in Hi-Power popularity, FN appear they would resume production of the Browning Hi-Ability. The 2022 "FN High Power" incorporated a number of entirely new features such every bit a fully ambidextrous slide lock, a simplified takedown method, enlarged ejection port, reversible magazine release, wider slide serrations, dissimilar colored finish offerings and 17 round magazines.[v]

History [edit]

Development [edit]

The Browning Hi-Power was designed in response to a French armed services requirement for a new service pistol, the Grand Rendement (French for "high yield"), or alternatively Grande Puissance (literally "high power"). The French armed forces required that:

  • the arm must be compact
  • the mag take a chapters of at to the lowest degree 10 rounds
  • the gun have a mag disconnect device, an external hammer, and a positive[ clarification needed ] safety
  • the gun exist robust and uncomplicated to detach and reassemble
  • the gun be capable of killing a homo at 50 metres

This last benchmark was seen to demand a caliber of 9 mm or larger, a bullet mass of around 8 grams (123.v grains), and a muzzle velocity of 350 yard/s (1148 ft/s). It was to achieve all of this at a weight non exceeding 1 kg (two.two lb).

FN commissioned John Browning to pattern a new armed forces sidearm conforming to this specification. Browning had previously sold the rights to his successful M1911 U.Due south. Army automatic pistol to Colt's Patent Firearms, and was therefore forced to design an entirely new pistol while working around the M1911 patents. Browning built ii different prototypes for the project in Utah and filed the patent for this pistol in the The states on 28 June 1923, granted on 22 February 1927.[xiv] [15] One was a unproblematic blowback pattern, while the other was operated with a locked-breech recoil system. Both prototypes utilised the new staggered mag design (by designer Dieudonné Saive) to increase capacity without unduly increasing the pistol's grip size or mag length.

The locked breech blueprint was selected for further development and testing. This model was striker-fired, and featured a double-column magazine that held 16 rounds. The blueprint was refined through several trials held by the Versailles Trial Committee.

In 1928, when the patents for the Colt Model 1911 had expired, Dieudonné Saive integrated many of the Colt'southward previously patented features into the Grand Rendement design, in the Saive-Browning Model of 1928. This version featured the removable barrel bushing and take down sequence of the Colt 1911.

By 1931, the Browning Hi-Power design incorporated a shortened 13-round magazine, a curved rear grip strap, and a butt bushing that was integral to the slide assembly. By 1934, the Hi-Ability design was consummate and set up to be produced. It was first adopted by Kingdom of belgium for armed forces service in 1935 as the Browning P-35. Ultimately, France decided not to adopt the pistol, instead selecting the conceptually like but lower-capacity Modèle 1935 pistol.

Military service and widespread employ [edit]

Browning Howdy-Power pistols were used during World State of war II by both Allied and Axis forces. After occupying Belgium in 1940, High german forces took over the FN plant. High german troops subsequently used the Hi-Power, having assigned information technology the designation Pistole 640(b) ("b" for belgisch, "Belgian").[9] Examples produced by FN in Belgium under German occupation bear High german inspection and credence marks, or Waffenamts, such equally WaA613. In German service, it was used mainly past Waffen-SS and Fallschirmjäger personnel.

Gold-plated and engraved Browning Hi-Power. Of the few created, one of these models was once in the personal possession of Muammar Gaddafi. The engraving references the Khamis Brigade.

High-Power pistols were also produced in Canada for Allied utilize, by John Inglis and Company in Toronto. The plans were sent from the FN factory to the Uk when information technology became clear the Belgian found would fall into German easily, enabling the Inglis factory to be tooled upwards for Howdy-Power production for Allied use. Inglis produced two versions of the Hello-Ability, ane with an adjustable rear sight and detachable shoulder stock (primarily for a Nationalist Chinese contract) and one with a fixed rear sight. Production began in late 1944 and they were on result by the March 1945 Operation Varsity airborne crossing of the Rhine into Germany. The pistol was popular with the British airborne forces too as covert operations and commando groups such as the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the U.S. Role of Strategic Services (OSS) and the British Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment. Inglis High-Powers made for Commonwealth forces have the British designation 'Mk i', or 'Mk 1*' and the manufacturer'south details on the left of the slide. They were known in British and Commonwealth service every bit the 'Pistol No 2 Mk 1', or 'Pistol No 2 Mk 1*' where applicable. Serial numbers were 6 characters, the second beingness the alphabetic character 'T', e.g. 1T2345. Serial numbers on pistols for the Chinese contract instead used the messages 'CH', but otherwise followed the same format. When the Chinese contract was cancelled, all undelivered Chinese-style pistols were accustomed by the Canadian military with designations of 'Pistol No 1 Mk one' and 'Pistol No i Mk one*'.[16]

In the postwar menstruation, Hi-Power product connected at the FN manufactory and, as office of FN'south production range which included the FN FAL rifle and FN MAG full general-purpose machine gun. It has been adopted as the standard service pistol past over 50 armies in 93 countries. At i time most NATO nations used it, and information technology was standard consequence to forces throughout the British Commonwealth. Information technology was manufactured under licence, or in some cases cloned, on several continents. Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein often carried a Browning Hi-Ability. Former Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi carried a gilded-plated Howdy-Power with his own confront design on the left side of the grip which was waved around in the air by Libyan rebels after his death.[17] A Hi-Ability was used by Mehmet Ali Agca during the bump-off effort of Pope John Paul II in 1981.

Decline and resurgence [edit]

While the Howdy-Ability remains an excellent and iconic design, since the early 1990s it has been eclipsed somewhat by more than modern designs which are often double-action with aluminum alloy frames and are manufactured using more modern methods. However, even to this twenty-four hours, the Howdy-Ability remains in service throughout the globe. As of 2017, the MK1 version remained the standard service pistol of the Canadian Armed Forces, with the SIG Sauer P226 being issued to specialised units forth with the SIG Sauer P225. The weapon is the standard sidearm of the Belgian Army, Indian Army, Indonesian Military, Australian Defence force Strength, Argentine Army, Luxembourg Army, Israel Police, and Venezuelan Ground forces, amongst others. The Irish Army replaced its Browning Pistols (known popularly as BAPs, or Browning Automatic Pistols) with the Heckler & Koch USP in 2007. From 2013 the British Army is replacing the Browning with the polymer-framed Glock 17 Gen 4 pistol, due to concerns about weight and the external safety of the pistol.[eighteen]

In 2018, FN announced they would stop production of the Mark III Hi-Ability, which was expensive to produce and had been assembled in Portugal to cutting costs. Early on in that year, Browning officially ceased product of the Belgian Hello-Ability for the first time since 1935. An unlicensed clone called the "Regent BR9" was produced in Turkey by TİSAŞ in 2019 and had gained some popularity at present that authentic Hi-Powers were no longer existence made and surplus Hi-Powers from other countries similar Hungary and Argentina had dried upward. The Regent BR9 design was more of a copy of the Mark I design, just did offer some mod design features, like a cerakote or stainless steel finish and Novak-style sights.[12] In 2021, another Turkish company called GİRSAN began producing their ain Hullo-Power clone called the MCP35, imported by EAA. Also in 2021, American firearms company Springfield Armory appear their own Hullo-Power clone, the SA-35.[xiii] GİRSAN and Springfield Armory's clones began competing with each other by offering new blueprint improvements that would help them compete in the oversaturated defensive handgun market. GİRSAN's MCP35 attempted to replicate the Mark III design as closely as possible, including the Belgian manner ambidextrous thumb safety, Marking 3 style sights with a windage drift adjustable rear sight and dovetailed front sight and Marking III style black polymer grips. The MCP35 also retained the Belgian magazine disconnect condom. Still, the MCP35 incorporated the original ring hammer design instead of the hook hammer design of the Mark III, and likewise incorporated some design elements to appeal to the modern shooter, such as a fifteen round Mec-Gar magazines and cerakote finish.[xix]

The steady competition betwixt the MCP35 and the SA-35 to make the original Hi-Power relevant in the electric current market stirred up a great interest amongst both Hi-Ability fans and new shooters. On January xviii, 2022, after a four year hiatus, FN announced they would resume product of the Browning Hi-Ability, albeit with a number of upgraded features.[5] FN named the 2022 redesign the "FN High Power" and incorporated a number of features to help it compete with the improved Hi-Power clones being fabricated past GİRSAN and Springfield Armory. FN incorporated a number of changes that would make the classic Hullo-Power pattern more modernistic and ergonomic. The virtually meaning changes included opening upwardly the acme of the slide to increase the size of the ejection port to ensure reliable feeding and ejection, incorporating an ambidextrous slide lock and reversible magazine release, a completely different takedown that is faster and simpler and redesigning the barrel and recoil spring. Other changes FN made include removing the magazine disconnect safety, adding an extended beavertail and redesigned hammer to eliminate the result of hammer bite, several sets of redesigned grips, new sights compatible with the FN 509 dovetail pattern, wider slide serrations, unlike colored PVD or stainless steel cease offerings and 17 round magazines. The new FN High Powers will exist fabricated at FN's Columbia, South Carolina manufactory in the United states.[20] [21] [5] At SHOT evidence 2022, GİRSAN announced new colour offerings for the MCP35, including two-tone and gilt, too equally the MCP35 "Match", which incorporated a number of designs intended to cater to target shooters, such equally an integrated 1913 picatinny rail for accessories, ergonomic grips, a shorter hammer throw, askew and flared magwell, a apartment target trigger and raised target sights with a cobweb optic front sight.[22] [23]

Design [edit]

The Browning Hi-Power has undergone continuous refinement by FN since its introduction. The pistols were originally made in ii models: an "Ordinary Model" with fixed sights and an "Adjustable Rear Sight Model" with a tangent-blazon rear sight and a slotted grip for attaching a wooden shoulder stock. The adaptable sights are nevertheless available on commercial versions of the Hi-Power, although the shoulder stock mounts were discontinued during World State of war II. In 1962, the design was modified to replace the internal extractor with an external extractor, improving reliability.

Standard Hi-Powers are based on a single-action pattern. Unlike modern double-action semi-automatic pistols, the Hi-Power'due south trigger is not connected to the hammer. If a double-action pistol is carried with the hammer downward with a round in the sleeping accommodation and a loaded magazine installed, the shooter may fire the pistol either past simply squeezing the trigger or by pulling the hammer back to the cocked position and so squeezing the trigger. In contrast, a single-action pistol tin only exist fired with the hammer in the cocked position; this is mostly washed when a loaded magazine is inserted and the slide cycled by manus. In mutual with the M1911, the Hi-Ability is therefore typically carried with the hammer cocked, a round in the sleeping accommodation and the condom take hold of on (a carry manner often chosen artsy and locked in the United States or "made set up" in the Britain, or sometimes chosen condition one).

The Hi-Power, similar many other Browning designs, operates on the short-recoil principle, where the barrel and slide initially recoil together until the barrel is unlocked from the slide by a cam organisation. Dissimilar Browning's earlier Colt M1911 pistol, the barrel is not moved vertically past a toggling link, but instead by a hardened bar which crosses the frame under the butt and contacts a slot under the bedroom, at the rearmost part of the butt. The barrel and slide recoil together for a short distance but, every bit the slot engages the bar, the chamber and the rear of the barrel are drawn downwards and stopped. The down movement of the barrel disengages information technology from the slide, which continues rearward, extracting the spent case from the chamber and ejecting it while also re-cocking the hammer. After the slide reaches the limit of its travel, the recoil spring brings it forward once again, stripping a new round from the magazine and pushing it into the bedchamber. This besides pushes the bedroom and butt forwards. The cam slot and bar movement the chamber upward and the locking lugs on the barrel re-engage those in the slide.

Design flaws [edit]

The pistol has a tendency to "bite" the web of the shooter'south hand, betwixt the thumb and forefinger. This bite is caused past pressure from the hammer spur, or alternatively, past pinching between the hammer shank and grip tang. This problem tin exist fixed by altering or replacing the hammer, or by learning to hold the pistol to avoid injury. While a common complaint with the commercial models with spur hammers similar to that of the Colt "Government Model" automatic, it is seldom a problem with the military models, which have a smaller, rounded "burr" hammer, more than like that of the Colt "Commander" compact version of the 1911. Another flaw is that the original small safety is very difficult to release and re-engage. This is because when cocked, the shaft the safety turns on is under hammer spring force per unit area. Later versions went to a larger condom to address this result.[24] [25] [26]

Specifications of the Mk I [edit]

Hello-Ability artillery version with its adjustable tangent rear-sight and shoulder-stock in the upper right-hand corner

A locked-breech, semi-automatic, single-action, recoil-operated pistol. The Browning Hi-Power Mk I uses a 13-circular staggered magazine.

  • Caliber: 9 mm
  • Length: 197 mm
  • Butt length: 118 mm
    • length of rifled part: 100 mm
    • number of grooves: vi
    • direction of twist: right
  • Height (without sight, loaded): 127.v mm
  • Width (with stocks): 36 mm
    • (without stocks): 25.five mm
  • Weight (with empty magazine): 0.9 kg
    • (with loaded magazine): 1.060 kg
  • Chapters of magazine: 13 cartridges
  • Modes of burn: Single activeness
  • Muzzle velocity: 350 m/south
    • Five12.l: 340 m/southward
  • Muzzle energy: 500 J
  • Safeties: One-half-cock notch, manual thumb safety, firing pivot block, and mag disconnect
  • Trigger pull: 7.5 lb
  • Effective Range: fifty m
  • Dispersion (firing 10 shots with rest)
    • at 15 metres: 95 mm (summit 50 mm, width 45 mm)
    • at 30 metres: 200 mm (elevation 105 mm, width 95 mm)
    • at 50 metres: 320 mm (height 170 mm, width 150 mm)

Variants [edit]

Genuine Browning Howdy-Power P-35s were manufactured until 2017 by FN Herstal of Belgium and Portugal and nether licence by Fabricaciones Militares (FM) of Argentina. The Hi-Power remains ane of the most influential pistols in the history of minor arms. It has inspired a number of clone manufacturers (including Charles Daly of the Philippines & the Usa, FEG of Hungary, Arcus of Bulgaria, IMI of Israel, and others). Many modern pistols borrow features from information technology, such as the staggered column loftier-capacity magazine, and the Browning linkless cam locking organisation (which on modern pistols is oft simplified and then that the barrel locks into the ejection port, pregnant the barrel and slide do not have to be machined for locking lugs). Until recently, FEG made an nigh exact clone in 9mm and .forty S&W, but the company now manufactures a version with modifications to the barrel, linkage, and slide end that are incompatible with genuine Hi-Powers. Arcus has likewise superseded its Arcus 94 Hi-Power clone with the Arcus 98DA, a model that draws heavily from the Hullo-Power simply is capable of double-action performance.

  • The original P35, equally noted earlier, featured an internal extractor. During Earth War 2, it was manufactured by Inglis of Canada for Allied utilize, and by FN in occupied Belgium for German use. The P35s made under Nazi occupation were designated as the Pistole 640b. Most Canadian P35s were manufactured with a parkerized finish, while well-nigh P35s manufactured in occupied Kingdom of belgium had a blued finish. In 1962 the internal extractor was replaced with a more durable and reliable external extractor alongside other modifications, including a 2-piece barrel and modifications to the locking organisation for improved durability. After barrels and frames are not interchangeable with earlier ones.
  • The L9A1, was the British designation for the military machine version of the post-1962 Howdy-Power, and is marked 'Pistol Automatic L9A1' on the left side of the slide. It started to supersede Inglis variants in British service from the tardily 1960s, and the two types remained in service together until the Inglis variants were finally retired in the belatedly 1980s. The L9A1 was upgraded with the more ergonomic Mk2 ambidextrous safety and grips. The L9A1 was besides widely used by other Republic armed services. The Howdy-Power was the pistol issued to the British Special Air Service throughout the Cold War era. It was phased out in 2013 and replaced with the Glock 17.[27]
  • The Marker I is among the best-known models of the P35 adult over the final 50 years. P35s were first imported into the U.s.a. in 1954 – the US civilian market P35s had the 'Browning Artillery Visitor' stamp on the left side of the slide (to meet the import requirement for United states of america sales nether ATF Section 478.112). These P35s lack the provision of the lanyard ring – the left side pistol grip for a Marking I is fully covered unlike those produced for military and law enforcement use. A wide variety of options and features are available on the P35 models. Recently, Hello-Power pistols take go available in the .xl Due south&W and .357 SIG loadings. The use of these calibres in guns designed and built for 9×19mm Parabellum has created cases of broken or warped frames. Only Hi-Powers specifically built for these rounds should be used to burn them. The pistols manufactured for these 2 rounds are hands identified past examining the left side of the slide – a groove is machined into the side of the heavier slide to allow clearance for the slide release. 18-carat FN-produced P35s (either FN (Europe/international) or Browning (USA) for the civilian market volition have a 245-prefix series number. Some Howdy-Power variants (Type 65, Type 73) contain production changes e.g. spur hammers (commonly seen for 1971–present civilian market P35s) and/or ii-piece barrels (1965–nowadays). The 'Type 73' variant (with an elongated barrel bushing) of the Mark I was produced into the late 1980s (to 1987) by FM Argentina when Mark 2 production commenced in the early-mid-1980s (Belgium).
  • The Pistol, Browning FN 9mm, HP No. ii MK.1/1 Canadian Lightweight Blueprint was a serial of experimental aluminum/aluminum alloy framed Browning Hi-Power pistols past the Canadian Inglis Visitor that reduced the weight by as much every bit 25% (eight.5 oz lighter to 25.5 oz).[28] Two scalloped cuts were made on both sides of the steel slide as well as in front end of the rear sight. The reception to this was positive and then six paradigm frames were machined from solid aluminum and two send to each of the Canadian, American, and British governments for testing. The Canadian and English governments concluded that sand and dirt defenseless between the steel slide and aluminum frame substantially increased vesture. The steel locking block also wore the holes in its aluminum frame. Afterwards testing Inglis cast 29 frames and assembled 21 pistols and tested them which was met with diverse problems. The lightweight plan was ended in Canada in 1951. In 1952, a US Major General Kessels requested one and took it with him in the Korean State of war.[29]
  • The Marking I Lightweight is a very rare variant of the Mark I made with a lightweight alloy frame originally intended for paratroop employ. According to Massad Ayoob, these were introduced commercially in the 1950s but never caught on. The Lightweights are marked only with Fabrique Nationale's rollmarks, not Browning's.
  • Marker II is an upgraded model of the original Hi-Ability introduced in the early '80s. Some of the upgrades were ambidextrous thumb safeties, nylon grips, 3-dot sights, and a throated butt.
  • Mark III was another advancement over the Mark Two released in 1988, which featured a firing pin prophylactic and a black epoxy finish. The main distinguishing (visual) feature of the Mark III is the absence of the water drain hole below the muzzle on the forward face of the slide.
  • Standard is the name given to the Marking Three variant with walnut grips, gloss finish, and choice of sights. A Standard is a Mark Iii model, just a Mark III is not necessarily a Standard.
  • The Silver Chrome featured a silver-chrome frame and slide, and Pachmayr condom grips. The magazines for the silver chrome BHP had a irksome end and a black rubber Pachmayr basepad.
  • The Capitan is a Mark III variant that features adjustable tangent rear sights and a "ring hammer" like the early model HP35, checkered walnut grips, and a blued finish. It was reintroduced in 1993.[30]

Browning Hi-Power Practical .forty S&Westward

  • The Practical is a Mark III variant featuring a slide finished in blackness polymer with a contrasting silver-chromed frame. In addition, this model has wraparound Pachmayr prophylactic grips and a "band hammer". The Practical has fixed or adjustable sights, and is available in either 9 mm or .40 South&West. Magazines for all Practical models sport Pachmayr base pads; magazines feature a cartridge chapters of 13 rounds in nine mm and a cartridge chapters of x rounds in .40 Due south&W.[31]

  • The HP-SFS (Safe-Fast-Shooting) is a current variation on the Hullo-Power Mark III with a modified firing mechanism. After the weapon is loaded, the hammer is pushed forward, which automatically activates the condom catch. When the shooter is prepared to burn down, the safe is pressed down with the thumb, releasing the hammer to spring backwards into the usual, single-action position. A similar arrangement is available for modifying Colt M1911A1s. Magazines are interchangeable with the Mark III and others.
  • The BDA and BDAO models were first produced in the 1980s by FN. The BDA model is double-activity, and the BDAO model is "double-action only," both versions differing from the usual unmarried-action operation of the P35. These designs have likewise been marketed as the FN HP-DA and Browning BDA. The DA and DAO models retain many features of the P35, and both are available in full-sized and compact versions. The operation of these models is consistent with FN'southward high standards. These models resemble the P35, only the nigh distinguishing characteristic is the extended SIG-Sauer way trigger guard. Many parts are interchangeable with the P35, just the magazines (although similar) are non. The meaty versions also utilise shorter magazines.[31]
  • The Browning BDM Model is sometimes erroneously attributed as a special model of the Hi-Power family of pistols. This is a unique pistol design just begetting an external similarity to the Howdy-Power. The BDM was produced during the 1990s in North America by Browning Artillery Company, and not by FN. The Browning BDM (Browning Double Mode) pistol incorporates many features of the BDA model. It can exist switched from double-action/single-action manner to "revolver" mode (Double-Action Only) by the flip of a slide-mounted switch (this requires the utilise of a flathead screwdriver or a coin, as the switch doesn't have a tang).
  • Both the DA/DAO models and the BDM model borrow features from the SIG Sauer SIG P220 pistols marketed under the name Browning Double Action (BDA) in the 1970s. The Beretta Chetah has too been marketed by Browning under the name BDA 380.[ citation needed ]
  • The Rosario, FM90 and FM95 models are manufactured by FM. The Rosario is an nigh verbal copy of the Marking II intended for Argentine and Latin American sales. The FM90 was an export model based on the Marking II, simply with a "Colt manner" slide without the characteristic bevelled front terminate, first made in 1990.[32] Rubberized pistol grips (similar to the Pachmayr grips used for P35s) with finger grooves were used in place of the traditional slab side wood grips. The FM95 was the current export model (until 2002) based on the Mark Three, also with the "Filly manner" slide. The final models, until 2010, are the M02 AR (modernised version of the M95, with a new single-action organisation by Fabrique nationale) and the M03 AR (not dated 2003, as information technology would seem, actually a .xl South&W version of M02 AR) with their Detective versions.[31]
  • On 25 October 2021, Springfield Armory launched a reproduction of the Hi-Ability called the SA-35.[33]
  • On 18 January 2022, FN Herstal re-introduced a new model of Hi-Power chosen the FN High Power. The new pistol features a 17+ane mag capacity and various ergonomic changes to improve user handling.[5]
  • Pistol Auto 9mm 1A is manufactured in Republic of india past the Ordnance Factories Board at Burglarize Factory Ishapore. Information technology is a licensed copy of the Canadian Inglis 9mm pistol with a matte black end and blackness plastic grips.

Pistol Machine 9mm 1A manufactured in RFI, India

  • The Detective is a curt-slide HP produced by FM. The Detective slide group was also bachelor without the frame, and is interchangeable with other FM and FN Hi-Power P35s. The pistol and slide grouping take not been available for N American sales since the belatedly 2000s, merely can be plant in resale outlets.
  • Fabricaciones Militares of Argentine republic has also developed a double-action pistol, not using the HP DA system.
  • The Arcus 94 is a single-action semi-automated pistol manufactured by Arcus of Bulgaria as an unlicensed clone. There is a compact version, the Arcus 94C. It has been succeeded in production by the double-action Arcus 98DA.

Users [edit]

Canadian Inglis-made Pistol No 2 Mk ane* Browning Hi-Power

A worn Browning Hi-Power, fabricated in Argentina in the mid-1970s

Canadian soldiers inspect a Hullo-Power pistol during a training practice in Apr 2009.

A Uruguayan marine armed with a Canadian fabricated Hi-Power during a grooming exercise in April 2009

A 1971 Browning Howdy-Power 10

  • Argentina: Made under license and used past the military and police. The army employ the M95 and M02AR.[ix] [34] [35]
  • Commonwealth of australia: Marker 3 currently the general consequence pistol for the Australian Defence force.[34] [35] [36]
  • Austria
  • Bahrain[35]
  • Bangladesh[35]
  • Barbados[35]
  • Belgium: Adopted past the Belgian Army in 1935.[34] [37] Belgian army now uses the FN Five-seveN.
  • Belize[35]
  • Bermuda[35]
  • Bolivia[35]
  • Republic of botswana[35]
  • Negara brunei darussalam[35]
  • Republic of burundi[35]
  • Kingdom of cambodia[35]
  • Canada: Canadian Forces utilise pistols made past the John Inglis Co. of Ontario, Canada equally their primary service pistol.[9] [34] [35] [38]
  • Chad[35]
  • Republic of chile[39]
  • People's republic of china: Used pistols made past the John Inglis Co. of Ontario, Canada.[9]
  • China: Unlicensed copies were produced by Norinco.[40]
  • Colombia[35]
  • Cuba[35]
  • Republic of cyprus[35]
  • Democratic Commonwealth of Congo[35]
  • Denmark[9] [35] - designated m/46[41]
  • Dominican Republic[39]
  • Ecuador[35]
  • El Salvador[35]
  • Estonia[9] [42]
  • Finland: 2,400 Pistols imported from Belgium in 1939–1940, Used during last stages of Winter State of war, common usage during Continuation War, more often than not issued to pilots. Retired in 1980s.[43] [35]
  • French republic: Used by Gendarmerie Nationale and French Air Force during kickoff Indochina state of war and Algerian war.[ commendation needed ]
  • Republic of ghana[35]
  • Greece: Used pistols fabricated by the John Inglis Co. of Ontario, Canada.[ix]
  • Guatemala[35]
  • Republic of honduras[35]
  • Hong Kong: Used by the Regal Hong Kong Regiment.[44]
  • Republic of hungary: Identical re-create was produced.[45]
  • India: Produced locally as Pistol Auto 9mm 1A by Indian Ordnance Factory/Ishapore Arms using stamping dies from the onetime John Inglis manufacturing facility in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[34] [35] [40]
  • Indonesia: Full general issue sidearm for Indonesian Military machine, peculiarly by Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska) naval tactical diver group and Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopassus) army special forces grouping.[46] Fabricated under license by Pindad as the P1.[47]
  • Islamic republic of iran: Used by Iranian Navy special forces.[ citation needed ]
  • Republic of iraq[35]
  • Ireland: Used past the Irish Defense Forces, since replaced by the Heckler & Koch USP.[48]
  • Israel: Used by YAMAM before being replaced past various Glock models.[49] Produced locally.[xl]
  • Jamaica: Issued to officers of the Jamaica Defense Forcefulness.[50]
  • Jordan[35]
  • Kenya[35]
  • Kuwait[35]
  • Lebanon[35]
  • Liberia[35]
  • Libya[51]
  • Republic of lithuania[9] [35]
  • Luxembourg:[34] Replaced past Glock 17.[52]
  • Malawi[35]
  • Malaysia: Full general issue sidearms for senior-rank officers and special forces of military machine and police.[53]
  • Mali: People's Motility for the Liberation of Azawad[54]
  • Mozambique[35]
  • Myanmar : Known in the Tatmadaw as the MA-5 MK-I.[55] [35]
  • Namibia: Used past Namibian Police force Forcefulness (NAMPOL)[56]
  • Nazi Germany: Over 300,000 pistols were made for the Wehrmacht after the FN factory was seized by Germany. Pistols were designated the Pistole 640(b).[9]
  • North korea: Used by Due north Korean Special Forces[57]
  • Nepal[35]
  • Netherlands[9] [35] [42]
  • New Zealand: replaced by the Sig Sauer P226[ commendation needed ]
  • Nigeria: Produced under license past the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria[58] [35]
  • Oman[35]
  • Pakistan: Used past Special Service Grouping Navy.[59]
  • Panama[35]
  • Papua New Guinea: Supplied by Australia.[35] [sixty]
  • Paraguay[35]
  • Peru[nine] [35]
  • Philippines[35]
  • Poland[61] Formerly used by Polish special forces (JW GROM), no longer in apply.
  • Portugal: Since 1935, by the gendarmerie Republican National Guard.[35] [62]
  • Rhodesia[9] [63]
  • Romania[ix]
  • Rwanda[35]
  • Kingdom of saudi arabia[35]
  • Sierra Leone[35]
  • South Africa: Used past the South African Special Forces Brigade[ citation needed ]
  • Sri Lanka[35]
  • Sudan[35]
  • Suriname[35]
  • Syria[64]
  • Tanzania[35]
  • Thailand: Used by the Regal Thai Air Force.[35]
  • Togo[35]
  • Trinidad and Tobago[35]
  • Tunisia[35]
  • Turkey: Used past General Directorate of Security
  • Uganda[35]
  • United Arab Emirates[35]
  • U.k.: Used in limited numbers by British airborne and commando units besides as the Special Operations Executive during the Second Earth War. Formally adopted by the British Army as the L9, a replacement for Webley and Enfield revolvers in 1954[1] [34] [35] and by the Northern Ireland Security Guard Service in 1998.[65] [ better source needed ]. Replaced past the Glock 17 Gen 4.[66]
  • United States: Used by the FBI Hostage Rescue Team,[49] and standard military issue to SOG during the Vietnam War.[67]
  • Uruguay:[35] To exist replaced past Glock 17[68]
  • Venezuela[34] [35]
  • Vietnam: A small quantity, brought into the country past the Australian Army during the Vietnam War can withal be found at Vietnam People's Army's shooting ranges.[ citation needed ]
  • Zimbabwe[35]

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External links [edit]

  • Official page
  • HiPowers and Handguns
  • F.Northward. modern. K.P. (Grande Puissance) pictures (in French)
  • History and Disassembly Instructions for the Browning How-do-you-do-Power
  • Browning Hi-Power prototypes
  • FN Howdy-Power Manual

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power