List of handguns

The list of handguns should lead to the individual articles of all handguns of all time periods and countries .

After the name of the weapon, the country from which it originates, the weapon category and the versions or calibres can be indicated in brackets.

Due to the large number of handguns, this list is divided into several sub-pages, which can be reached via the following links. For the sorting of the lists, the name of the weapon or factory is decisive. The lists are sorted alphabetically in ascending order.

Note: Other thematically oriented lists of handguns can be found with, for example:

• Lists of weapon types (alphabetical):
  • List of infantry rifles (worldwide)
  • List of machine guns (worldwide)
  • List of submachine guns (worldwide)
  • List of pistols (worldwide)
  • List of sniper rifles (worldwide)
  • List of assault rifles (worldwide)

• Lists according to user groups partly from the list of armed forces (alphabetical):
  • List of service weapons of the German police (Germany after 1945)
  • List of service weapons of the Swiss police (Switzerland)
  • List of hand weapons of the Federal Army (Austria)
  • List of hand weapons of the Bundeswehr (Germany, post-war period)
  • List of handguns of the NVA (Schützenwaffen) (handguns of the National People's Army, GDR 1956 to 1990)
  • List of hand weapons of the SADF (South Africa)
  • List of hand weapons of the Wehrmacht (Germany 1933 to 1945)

literature

• Ray Bearse: Sporting Arms Of The World , Times Mirror Magazines, 1976, ISBN 0-06-010291-8 . ( online at archive.org )
• Ian V. Hogg: The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Firearms , Quarto Publishing Ltd. 1978, ISBN 0-89479-031-5 . ( online at archive.org )
• Robert E. Walker: Cartridges and Firearm Identification , CRC Press, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4665-8881-3 . ( online at archive.org )
• John Walter: The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers , Greenhill Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85367-392-4 . ( Partial preview online )
• JB Wood: Firearms Assembly Disassembly, Part 2 Revolvers , DBI Books Inc., pages 468-478, Index Revolver A to W (online at archive.org), ISBN 0-87349-103-3 .
• official US manufacturer list Gun Data Codes (as of 2013, 367 pages, online PDF 1.3 MB)