In addition to the “good guys”, Browning High Power has been notoriously carried by both Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, and it has even been used in an attempted assassination of the Pope. Browning HP is very widespread on all continents, China, Australia, India, Botswana, Chile, the USA and Finland. almost all NATO countries and it was a service pistol in all countries of the British Commonwealth. No wonder, then, that the weapon quickly became commonplace as a military pistol.Īfter the Second World War, this pistol has been used by e.g.
The magazine had plenty of bullets compared to many other weapons, and it was effective up to 50m. The Browning High Power was easy to disassemble and maintain. The 9mm was a good choice: as a very common bullet it was available during the war, since a large number of different weapons used the same caliper. Up to 15 9mm cartridges could be accommodated in the small space. The pistols were used by the Finnish military in the Continuation War, and after the wars until 1985-1986.įor the first time, a two-row magazine was introduced in this pistol, in which the cartridges could be loaded in parallel. Most of the pistols went to the Air Force and some to the Army to the front line of the ongoing Winter War. In 1939, 2,400 of these pistols were purchased by Finland. The Allies manufactured the weapon in Canada and the pistol was carried by both Canadian and British soldiers. The Axis powers manufactured the weapon in Belgium at the original FN factory, which Germany took over during the Belgian occupation in 1940.
In Finland as a service pistol the abbreviations for this 9mm weapon were “9.00 pist / FN” and “900 PIST FN”.ĭuring World War II, this pistol was manufactured and used by both parties. FN Browning High Power, FN GP (FN by gun factory and GP = Grande Puissance = Great Power), GP35 (GP = Grande Puissance = Great Power and 35 since manufacturing began in 1935), FN M / 35, FN Hi Power, FN HP, P35, HP-35, BHP (Browning High Power) and BAP (Browning Automatic Pistol). This pistol has several names and abbreviations e.g. American gun inventor John Browning designed the foundations of the pistol, and its manufacture began after the designer's death at the Fabrique Nationale Herstal (abbreviated as FN) in Belgium in 1935. The Browning High Power is a single-action semi-automatic pistol that fires 9mm bullets. The first country to adopt this pistol was the Belgian Army, who took the Browning P-35 as a service pistol in 1935. The Browning Hi Power is one of the most widely used military pistols in history, for this classic military pistol has been used as a service pistol by more than 50 armies in 93 countries.
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