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WW2 Small Arms Identification Guide

This is one of a series of identification guides for the small arms (pistols, rifles, submachine guns, assault rifles, and light machine guns) issued or in use during World War 2. To the best of our knowledge, all the examples shown are original pre-1945 manufacture. If anyone has questions or suggestions, please contact [email protected].

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WW2 Pistol Identification Guide





Armand Gavage - Belgium - produced 1932-1940
7.65mm - 7 rounds
4,700 produced



Astra 300 - Spain - produced 1923-
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 6 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds
85,500 purchased by Germany



Astra 400 - Spain - produced 1921-1950
Caliber 9mm Largo - 8 rounds
6,000 purchased by Germany



Astra 600 - Spain - produced 1943-
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
10,500 purchased by Germany



Astra 900 - Spain - produced 1927-1941
Caliber 7.63mm Mauser - 10 rounds
1,050 purchased by Germany



Beretta M34 - Italy - produced 1935-1991
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds
65,000 produced for Germany



Beretta M35 - Italy - produced 1935-1967
Caliber 7.65mm - 8 rounds
Unknown number produced under German control 1944-45



Bergmann Bayard M10 - Denmark - produced 1922-1935
Caliber 9mm Largo - 6 rounds



Bodeo M1889 - Italy - produced 1889-1931
Caliber 10.35mm - 6 rounds



Browning M1903 - Belgium - produced 1903-1927
Caliber 9mm Browning Long - 7 rounds



Browning M1910 - Belgium - produced 1910-1983
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 6 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds
Unknown number produced after the German occupation



Browning M1922 - Belgium - produced 1922-1968
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 8 rounds
363,000 produced after the German occupation



Browning Hi-Power - Belgium - produced 1935-
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 13 rounds



Browning P35 - Belgium - produced 1935-
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 13 rounds
319,000 produced after the German occupation



Ingles Hi-Power Mark 1- Canada - produced 1942-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 13 rounds
Approximately 94,000 produced



Ingles Hi-Power Mark 2- Canada - produced 1942-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 13 rounds
Approximately 67,000 produced



Colt M1903 - USA - produced 1903-1945
Caliber .32 ACP - 8 rounds



Colt M1908 - USA - produced 1908-1945
Caliber .380 ACP - 7 rounds



Colt M1911 - USA - produced 1911-1924
Caliber .45 ACP - 7 rounds



Colt M1911A1 - USA - produced 1924-
Caliber .45 ACP - 7 rounds



Colt M1917 - USA - produced 1917-1920
Caliber .45 ACP - 6 rounds



Dreyse 1907 - Germany - produced 1907-1945
Caliber 7.65mm - 7 rounds
Issued to Volkssturm and Volksgrenadier units



Enfield No. 2 Mark I - Great Britain - produced 1932-1957
Caliber .38/200 - 6 rounds



FEG Frommer Stop - Hungary - produced 1912-1945
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds



FEG 29M - Hungary - produced 1929-1937
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds



FEG 37M - Hungary - produced 1937-1944
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds
150-300,000 produced for Germany



Gustloff Werk Pistol - Germany - under development 1939-1940
Caliber 7.65mm - 7 rounds
Less than 100 produced



Glisenti Model 1910 - Italy - produced 1910-1915
Caliber 9 mm Glisenti - 7 rounds



Lahti L35 - Finland - produced 1935-1952
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds



Liberator FP45 - USA - produced 1942-1945
Caliber .45 ACP - Single shot



Luger P08 - Germany - produced 1908-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
Produced under contract



Mauser C96 (Broomhandle) - Germany - produced 1896-1937
Caliber 9mm Parabellum, 7.63mm Mauser - 10 rounds
8,000 produced under contract



Mauser M1910 - Germany - produced 1910-1934
Caliber 6.35mm - 9 rounds



Mauser M1914 - Germany - produced 1914-1934
Caliber 7.65mm - 8 rounds



Mauser M1934 - Germany - produced 1934-1940
Caliber 7.65mm - 8 rounds
136,000 produced, 8,000 under contract



Mauser HSC - Germany - produced 1940-1977
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 8 rounds
331,000 produced, 75,000 under contract



Modele 1892 Revolver (Lebel) - France - produced 1892-1924
Caliber 8mm French Ordnance - 6 rounds



Modele 1935 A - France - produced 1937-1956
Caliber 7.65mm Longue - 8 rounds
24,000 produced after the German occupation



Modele 1935 S (MAB Modele D) - France - produced 1937-1956
Caliber 7.65mm Longue - 8 rounds
50,000 produced after the German occupation



Nagant M1895 - Soviet Union - produced 1895-1945
Caliber 7.62 Nagant - 6 rounds



Nambu Type 14 - Japan - produced 1906-1945
Caliber 8mm Nambu - 8 rounds



Nambu Type 94 - Japan - produced 1935-1945
Caliber 8mm Nambu - 8 rounds



Pistole pz.24 - Czechoslovakia - produced 1923-1938
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 8 rounds



Pistole pz.24/27 - Czechoslovakia - assembled 1939 from leftover pz.24 barrels/carriers, pz.27 frames/slides
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 8 rounds
a few hundred assembled



Pistole pz.27 - Czechoslovakia - produced 1927-1955
Caliber 7.65mm - 8 rounds
452,500 produced after the German occupation



Pistole vz.38 - Czechoslovakia - produced 1939-1945
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 8 rounds
45,000 produced after the German occupation



Radom wz.35 (VIS) - Poland - produced 1935-1938
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
360,000 produced after the German occupation



Reichsrevolver M1879 - Germany - produced 1879-1918
Caliber 10.6mm - 6 rounds



Reichsrevolver M1883 - Germany - produced 1883-1918
Caliber 10.6mm - 6 rounds



Roth-Steyr M1907 - Austria - produced 1908-1914
Caliber 8mm Roth-Steyr - 10 rounds



Ruby - Spain - produced 1914-1919
Caliber 7.65mm - 9 rounds



Sauer 38H - Germany - produced 1938-1945
Caliber 7.65mm - 8 rounds
50,000 produced under contract



Smith&Wesson MP (Victory) - USA - produced 1899-
Caliber .38 - 6 rounds



Star Model 14 - Spain - produced 1914-1945
Caliber 7.65mm - 9 rounds



Star Model B - Spain - produced 1931-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
25,000 purchased by Germany



Steyr M1912 - Austria - produced 1912-1945
Caliber 9mm Steyr - 8 rounds
60,000 (in 9mm Parabellum) obtained by Germany



Tokarev TT-33 - Soviet Union - produced 1933-1954
Caliber 7.62 Tokarev - 8 rounds



Type 26 Revolver - Japan - produced 1893-1935
Caliber 9mm (unique) - 6 rounds



Unique 17 - France - produced 1937-1956
Caliber 7.65mm Court - 9 rounds
30,000 produced after the German occupation



Walther PP - Germany - produced 1929-
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 7 rounds/7.65mm - 8 rounds
84,000 produced under contract



Walther PPK - Germany - produced 1929-
Caliber 9mm Kurz - 6 rounds/7.65mm - 7 rounds
26,000 produced under contract



Walther P38 - Germany - produced 1939-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
480,000 produced under contract



Webley Mark IV - Great Britain - produced 1899-1923
Caliber .455 - 6 rounds



Webley Mark VI - Great Britain - produced 1915-1947
Caliber .455 - 6 rounds



Walther Volkspistole - Germany - under development 1944-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
Stamped steel pistol, only a few prototypes known



Mauser Volkspistole - Germany - under development 1944-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
Stamped steel pistol, only a few prototypes known



Gustloff Werk Volkspistole - Germany - under development 1944-1945
Caliber 9mm Parabellum - 8 rounds
Stamped steel pistol, only a few prototypes known
produced by the Gustloff Werks from the Mauser design