About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: World War II Soviet aircraft, World War II Soviet infantry weapons, World War II Soviet vehicles, World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union, World War II weapons of the Soviet Union, Molotov cocktail, Katyusha rocket launcher, Mosin-Nagant, M1911 pistol, USS West Bridge, Mauser C96, TT pistol, SVT-40, PPSh-41, Boys anti-tank rifle, DShK, PPS submachine gun, Yakovlev Yak-14, Nagant M1895, Degtyaryov machine gun, Gribovski G-11, ZIS-5, Yakovlev Yak-8, PTRD, Lithuanian warship Prezidentas Smetona, Yakovlev Yak-6, AVS-36, Soviet helmets during World War II, PPD-40, RPG-43, Soviet gunboat Krasnoye Znamya, PM M1910, F1 grenade, PTRS-41, SG-43 Goryunov, RGD-33 grenade, Waco CG-3, NR-40, RPG-6, TMD-44 and TMD-B mines, Studebaker US6, ROKS flamethrowers, List of World War II weapons of the Soviet Union, GAZ-67, ZIS-6, RPG-40, RG-42, TM-44 mine, DS-39, GAZ-64, SN-42, TM-35 mine, RG-41, TMD-40 mine, Pistolet-pulemet, Soviet VHF transceiver A7. Excerpt: The M1911 is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. John M. Browning designed the firearm which was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 to 1985. The M1911 is still carried by some U.S. forces. It was widely used in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Its formal designation as of 1940 was Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 for the original Model of 1911 or Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911A1 for the M1911A1, adopted in 1924. The designation changed to Pistol, Caliber .45, Automatic, M1911A1 in the Vietnam era. In total, the United States procured around 2.7 million M1911 and M1911A1 pistols in military contracts during its service life. The M1911 was replaced by the M9 pistol as the standard U.S. sidearm in the early 1990s. The M1911 is...
