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FN M1900

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The FN Browning M1900, known as the FN M1900, is a single action semi-automatic pistol designed in 1898 by John Browning for Fabrique Nationale de Herstal and produced in Belgium at the turn of the twentieth century, notable as the first production handgun to use a slide. Chambered in .32 ACP with a seven round box magazine, roughly 724,450 were manufactured between 1900 and 1911, and the design blowback operating principle shaped the pistols that followed it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
.32 ACP 1
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Semi-automatic pistol 1
Introduced Year
1900 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Pistol / Revolver 1
Connections

Operated By

Finnish Defence Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source MilitaryFactory.com: Browning Model 1900 / FN M1900 / Browning No. 1
United States Armed Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source MilitaryFactory.com: Browning Model 1900 / FN M1900 / Browning No. 1

Used In

Balkan Wars, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
Chinese Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
Constitutionalist Revolution, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
Mexican Revolution, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
Russian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
Spanish Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
World War I, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
World War II, Wars
Source Wikipedia: FN M1900
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Manufactured By

FN Herstal

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Source Wikidata: FN M1900
Sources
1. Wikipedia: FN M1900
  • Infobox, Type
    Semi-automatic pistol
  • Development section
    In 1900, driven by feedback from the Belgian military, FN introduced what was later called M1900.
  • Infobox: cartridge
    .32 ACP
  • Article text
    Production ceased only 11 years later, with a total of about 725,000 units having been produced by FN only (excluding all the numerous copies). === Usage === United States President Theodore Roosevelt owned a mother of pearl-gripped Modele 1899, which he regularly kept on his person and in his bedside drawer.
  • Caliber attribute (fn-m1900)
    Chambered in .32 ACP with a seven round box magazine, roughly 724,450 were manufactured between 1900 and 1911, and the design blowback operating principle shaped the pistols that followed it.
  • Used In: Mexican Revolution, Conflicts list
    Mexican Revolution
  • Used In: Balkan Wars, Conflicts list
    Balkan Wars
  • Used In: World War I, Conflicts list
    World War I
  • Used In: Russian Civil War, Conflicts list
    Russian Civil War
  • Used In: Constitutionalist Revolution, Conflicts list
    Constitutionalist Revolution
  • Used In: Chinese Civil War, Conflicts list
    Chinese Civil War
  • Used In: Spanish Civil War, Conflicts list
    Spanish Civil War
  • Used In: World War II, Conflicts list
    World War II
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Wikidata: FN M1900
Wikidata Q658491, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
MilitaryFactory.com: Browning Model 1900 / FN M1900 / Browning No. 1
MilitaryFactory.com
  • Operated By: Finnish Defence Forces, Operators
    [ Belgium; China; Finland; Holland; North Korea; United States; Yugoslavia ]
  • Operated By: United States Armed Forces, Operators
    [ Belgium; China; Finland; Holland; North Korea; United States; Yugoslavia ]
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