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Browning pistol Caliber 9mm - HISTORICAL REVIEW 2021

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The First World War was the definitive consecration of the automatism in portable weapons and the great powers up to that time users of revolvers turn to the tendency of equipping their troops with semiautomatic pistols as individual fist weapons. Taking the lessons of war as an experience, the French Ministry of War, in 1923 called a tender to provide its armed forces with a regulatory weapon that possessed the following characteristics: a) Reduced weight (not exceeding 1 kg). b) Large load capacity (more than 10 cartridges). c) He had to shoot a cartridge with high stopping power. d) Must have efficient insurance and adequate locking. In view of such demands, the Fabrique Nationale D Armes De Guerre Societe Anonime located in the city of Herstal Lez Liege decided to submit to this tender commissioning the North American designer John Moses BROWNING who worked in that company to create a semiautomatic pistol that meets the characteristics before described. Browning is inspi