BY: REBECA LÓPEZ-YAÑEZ AND GRETA STENNER

HAND GUNS

THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND AND HIS WIFE WERE SHOT WITH AN FN BROWNING MODEL 1910 PISTOL. IT IS BELIEVED IT WAS A .32 CALIBER.

REVOLVERS

CLIP-LOADED AUTOMATICS

BLOW-BACK MODELS

TYPES OF HAND GUNS

WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST FAMOUS PISTOL DURING WW1 WAS THE GERMAN LUGER, ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH WEBLEY WAS NOT SO FAR BEHIND.

THE MOST POPULAR HANDGUNS

GERMAN LUGER BRITISH WEBLEY

THE GERMAN LUGER

-WITH 7 SHOTS

-2 MILLION OF THESE WERE PRODUCED

-MAINLY ISSUED TO OFFICERS AND TO SOLDIERS WHO DID LOTS OF TASKS

-IT WAS RELIABLE AND ACCURATE

GERMAN PISTOLS

PARABELLUM M17, A VARIANT OF THE LUGER

-IT HAD 30 ROUNDS

-IT HAD A LONGER BARREL

…GERMAN PISTOLS

BEHOLLA 7.65 MM AUTOMATIC

…GERMAN PISTOLS

MAUSER C96 + C10 PISTOLS

POPULAR AND WIDESPREAD

COULD FIRE 7.63 MM OR 9 MM ROUND

…GERMAN PISTOLS

WEBLEY MK IV REVOLVER-300,000 PRODUCED DURING WARTIME

-PRODUCED IN BIRMINGHAM

-11.6MM CALIBRE WEAPON

-IMMENSELY RELIABLE

-A LOT OF PRACTICE WAS REQUIRED TO USE IT SINCE IT JUMPED ON FIRING

BRITISH PISTOLS

PISTOLE REVOLVEUR MODELE 1892

-RESEMBLED THE BRITISH WEBLEY

-FIRED SIX 8MM ROUNDS

FRENCH HANDGUNS

1900 7.6MM BLOW-BACK

THE 9 MM MODEL 1903

BELGIUM

STEYER AUTOMATIC

PRODUCED IN 1912

-8ROUNDS

-FIRED 7.65MM BULLETS

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY + ROMANIA

THE COLT 0.45 INCHE AUTOMATIC

COLT REVOLVER

SMITH AND WESSON REVOLVERS

UNITED STATES

MAUSER AUTOMATICS

RUSSIA

GLISENTI 9MM AUTOMATIC

SIMILAR TO THE GERMAN LUGER

BODEO REVOLVER

BERETTA 7.65

ITALY

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

DURING WORLD WAR 1 LEDS TO MILLIONS

OF DEATHS.

CONCLUSION