Miner Simplex
| Miner Simplex | |
|---|---|
| general information | |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Theodor Bergmann |
| Manufacturer country: | Austria, Belgium |
| Production time: | 1901 to 1914 |
| Weapon Category: | gun |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | approx. 190 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 0.59 kg |
| Barrel length : | 70 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 8mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 6 or 8 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Fire types: | Semi-automatic |
| Visor : | Rigid sights |
| Closure : | Mass closure |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Bergmann Simplex was a pocket pistol that was patented in 1901 by the German industrialist Theodor Bergmann . After a few copies were made in Austria , a company in Belgium was granted a license in 1904 . This weapon was manufactured there in large numbers until production ended in 1914.
development and construction
Experience from earlier Bergmann pistols flowed into the Bergmann Simplex . It fired a relatively weak 8mm cartridge. This allowed the weapon to be constructed with an unlocked breech . The lock consists of a simple single-action system.
literature
- Frederick Myatt: Handguns from 5 centuries . Stocker Schmid, Dietikon-Zurich 1985.
- RK Wilson: Textbook of automatic Pistols . Palladium Press, Birmingham, Alabama USA 1999.
- Hans A. Erlmeier and Jakob H. Brandt: Handbook of pistol and revolver cartridges, volume 1 center fire, metric caliber . Journal Verlag, Schwend GmbH, Schwäbisch Hall 1967.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilson names 1897 as the year of publication, p. 14
- ↑ According to Wilson, manufacturing materials and finishing were inferior, p. 14
- ↑ According to Erlmeyer-Brandt, the 8mm Bergmann-Simplex was developed in 1897, manufactured by various European ammunition factories and was in trade until the 1930s, p. 121