After the first two weeks there was a lull where the nazi young ladies in germany conscripted their children and sent then into poland to occupy under the larger soviet populations children soldiers. It would have been polish young ladies doing the work, for the nazis b/c the men died in the first two weeks of the blitz killing all the nazis and soviets. The early 30s marked the beginning of serious efforts to unify the equipment military-wide. What I didn’t really find was information about Lugers and Broomhandle Mausers, but it’s quite safe to assume that they were used as well. 1892 revolvers, Frommer and Steyr semi-automatic pistols, even some M1911s. There were also some Nagant and Lebel Mle. 32 ACP (7,65x17SR) pea shooters of various brands (Ruby, Cebra, Astra etc.). The most commonly encountered were French and Spanish made. Also, don’t forget that a pistol back then was considered more of a badge of honor than a serious weapon. Poland back then had a dazzling mix of weapons of various origins (German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, French, British and many others) due to complex WWI history and Polish-Soviet war of 1919-1921. Well, I wouldn’t really call it a “doctrine”, since post WWI Poland was a dirt poor, war-ravaged country and the basic doctrine of the 1920s and early 30s Polish Army was basically “make do with what you have”. It’s still a good sidearm, even if you’re not on horseback. The Vis.35 was about the last military handgun specifically designed for cavalry use. And no small, easily-missed thumb safety if the hammer was down, it was safe, if cocked, it was ready to shoot. All you had to do was look at it, or in the dark feel the hammer position with your thumb.
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Leaving the other hand free to hold the reins, as well as leaving no doubt as to whether it was cocked or not. Bigger and heavier than Ordnance wanted (more expensive, too), not as many rounds as the cavalry wanted, but reliable and powerful enough to fit the cavalry’s requirements.Īnd it had an outside hammer that could be cocked one-handed by “wiping” the burr hammer down the trouser leg, and decocked with the hammer-dropper on the slide. (This was their objection to the Parabellum 08 as well, BTW.) The cavalry basically said, “ever try to kill a horse with a 9mm Short?” Also, they didn’t like the concealed hammer and small thumb safety, which would be an outright hazard on horseback. Ordnance proposed meeting them halfway, with the M1910 in 9 x 17mm. The cavalry wanted the High Power in 9 x 19mm. Ordnance really liked the Browning M1910 in 7.65mm. Not to mention being able to kill a horse -including their own- if needed. But they needed a pistol with serious killing power for that first charge. They were trained to charge on horseback, then after the line was broken, dismount, draw carbines from saddle scabbards, and fight on foot as skirmishers. The cavalry, by comparison, wanted a powerful handgun because they weren’t able to handle a rifle effectively on horseback. They also wore Sam Browne belts to support the pistol holster, thereby making themselves a bit obvious to enemy snipers, a common fault of officers’ uniforms all over back then. Today I am looking at two a German-production 3-lever example and a later German 2-lever version.Īccording to Ezell in Handguns of the World, Ordnance wanted a 7.65mm pistol for officers, who would mainly carry it as a symbol of rank. In total 46,000 were made pre-war for Poland’s military, and German occupation forces built another 300,000+ during the war. The Vis 35 is one of the best automatic pistols of WWII in terms of both handling and quality. Toss in a delay to redesign the early decocking mechanism to satisfy the Cavalry (who didn’t realize that the decocker wasn’t actually meant to be used, but rather to just add another claim to the patent), and by 1935 the pistol was finished and formally adopted. Lo and behold, the ultimate choice was a domestic design based largely on the High Power (a direct deal with FN was not an option after Poland’s relationship with FN had suffered through problems with the wz.28 version of the BAR). After a couple iterations of testing, it became clear to the Polish Ordnance officers that the High Power was a much more effective service pistol than the compact guns they had been instructed to look for. The representative from FN brought along an early iteration of the High Power (along with their other entry) even though it was much too large and heavy to meet the Polish requirements. In the 1920s Poland began looking for a new standard military pistol, and tested a variety of compact.
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