WW1 HAND GUNS

1. BY: REBECA LÓPEZ-YAÑEZ AND
GRETA STENNER

2. THE ARCHDUKE
FRANZ FERDINAND
AND HIS WIFE
WERE SHOT WITH
AN FN
BROWNING
MODEL 1910
PISTOL. IT IS
BELIEVED IT WAS A
.32 CALIBER.

3. TYPES OF HAND GUNS
REVOLVERS
CLIP-LOADED AUTOMATICS
BLOW-BACK MODELS

4. THE MOST POPULAR
HANDGUNS
WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST FAMOUS PISTOL
DURING WW1 WAS THE GERMAN
LUGER, ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH WEBLEY
WAS NOT SO FAR BEHIND.
GERMAN LUGER
BRITISH WEBLEY

5. GERMAN PISTOLS
THE GERMAN LUGER
-WITH 7 SHOTS
-2 MILLION OF THESE WERE PRODUCED
-MAINLY ISSUED TO OFFICERS AND TO
SOLDIERS WHO DID LOTS OF TASKS
-IT WAS RELIABLE AND ACCURATE

6. …GERMAN PISTOLS
PARABELLUM M17, A VARIANT OF
THE LUGER
-IT HAD 30 ROUNDS
-IT HAD A LONGER BARREL

7. …GERMAN PISTOLS
BEHOLLA 7.65 MM AUTOMATIC

8. …GERMAN PISTOLS
MAUSER C96
+
C10 PISTOLS
POPULAR AND WIDESPREAD
COULD FIRE 7.63 MM OR 9 MM ROUND

9. BRITISH PISTOLS
WEBLEY MK IV REVOLVER
-300,000 PRODUCED DURING WARTIME
-PRODUCED IN BIRMINGHAM
-11.6MM CALIBRE WEAPON
-IMMENSELY RELIABLE
-A LOT OF PRACTICE WAS REQUIRED TO USE IT
SINCE IT JUMPED ON FIRING

10. FRENCH HANDGUNS
PISTOLE REVOLVEUR MODELE 1892
-RESEMBLED THE BRITISH WEBLEY
-FIRED SIX 8MM ROUNDS

11. BELGIUM
1900 7.6MM BLOW-BACK
THE 9 MM MODEL 1903

12. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY + ROMANIA
STEYER AUTOMATIC
PRODUCED IN 1912
-8ROUNDS
-FIRED 7.65MM BULLETS

13. UNITED STATES
THE COLT 0.45 INCHE AUTOMATIC
COLT REVOLVER
SMITH AND WESSON REVOLVERS

14. RUSSIA
MAUSER AUTOMATICS

15. ITALY
GLISENTI 9MM AUTOMATIC
SIMILAR TO THE GERMAN LUGER
BODEO REVOLVER
BERETTA 7.65