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...in order to increase production of the successful [[Campo-Giro]] series of pistols, produced since 1912. Several models of which, including [[model 1913-16]], Caliber for the 400 was the 9mm Bergman-Bayard named after the first semi-automatic pistol in use with the Spanish Army, albeit for a brief period, being later

...type of weapons is called Carabine Mitrailleuse (English: Machine Carbine, German: Maschinenkarabiner) Before WW2, german technicians will revive the study for an intermediate round after 1935. A n

... reported that in World War I [[France|French]] soldiers killed [[Germany|German]] prisoners who had serrated blade bayonets, as they assumed they were for ... the American Civil War, bayonet blades were even affixed to single-shot [[pistols]], although they soon proved useless for anything but cooking. Cutlasses re

...ly, the Germans seized Beretta and continued producing arms until the 1945 German surrender in Italy. In that time, the exterior finish of the weapons was mu ...ingle-action [[revolvers]], double-action revolvers, and semi-automatic [[pistols]]. The parent company, Beretta Holding, also owns Beretta USA, [[Benelli]],

...s is [[machine gun]]s based on short recoil designs, such as the [[Germany|German]] [[MG42]] [[light machine gun]] and its descendants. These designs use a ...tte Manufacturing, Inc.], maker of BFAs for [[machine gun]]s and [[M1911]] pistols

'''Blowback''' is an operating system for [[Semi-automatic firearm|autoloading]] [[firearm]]s that utilizes energy created by combusti ...atively low pressure rounds. Pure blowback operation is typically found on semi-automatic small-caliber [[Handgun|pistol]]s and automatic [[submachine gun]]s. Some l

...and civilian use, have been largely replaced with [[Semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] weapons around the world. ...r the faster rate of fire that alternatives allow. There are however, many semi-automatic sniper rifle designs, especially in the [[designated marksmen]] role.

|type= [[Semi-automatic pistol]] ...ction|single-action]], [[9x19mm Parabellum|9 mm]] [[semi-automatic firearm|semi-automatic]] [[pistol]]. It is based on ideas conceived and patented in 1922 by Americ

...d as a Serial number. At one point, the Registry had over a dozen Walther semi-automatic handguns registered in a manner that showed the Patent number as being the Similarly, some semi-automatic pistols can enjoy the same freedom from controls by following a similar pathway thr

==Pistols== [[Selbstladegewehr 251(a)]] Ex "M1 Garand" (Semi-automatic rifle) - Calibre 30

...esigned by integrating the action of a handgun such as a [[revolver]] or [[semi-automatic handgun|autoloader]] into a longer weapon with a rifle barrel and stock. Th ...ortened to 730 mm (28.75 in.) in 1930, and to 510 mm (20 in.) in 1938; the German [[Mauser]] 98 rifles went from 740 mm (29 in.) in 1898 to 600 mm (23.6 in.)

===Semi-automatic vs. Revolver Cartridges=== ...parison of similar-sized cartridges with different rims, see [[.380 ACP]] (semi-automatic) vs. [[.38 Special]] (revolver.)