Ortgies pistol
| Ortgies pistol | |
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| general information | |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Heinrich Ortgies / H. Ortgies & Co .; Deutsche Werke AG Erfurt |
| Development year: | 1916 |
| Manufacturer country: |
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| Production time: | 1919 to 1923 |
| Weapon Category: | Self-loading pistol |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : |
6.35 × 15.5 mm rear 7.65 × 17 mm rear 9 × 17 mm rear |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 8, 7 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open sights |
| Closure : | Mass closure |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Ortgies pistol is a self-loading pistol produced in Erfurt from 1919 to 1924 .
Development and production
Heinrich Ortgies developed the pistol named after him during the First World War . It was patented on September 12, 1916 . The Browning Model 1910 from the Belgian arms manufacturer FN served as a model
In 1919 Heinrich Ortgies founded the company “H. Ortgies & Co. ”and manufactured around 15,000 pistols in the 6.35 and 7.65 mm calibers here by 1921 . Due to strong demand, which his small factory could not cope with, Ortgies sold the patent and machines to the former Royal Prussian Gun Factory Erfurt , which now continued production from 1921 as part of Deutsche Werke AG . The first weapons with a caliber of 9 mm appeared here from around the serial number 20,000. A total of around 446,000 Ortgies pistols were produced: around 183,000 pieces in caliber 6.35 mm and around 263,000 pieces in caliber 7.65 mm and 9 mm.
description
The Ortgies pistol is assembled without screws and was a remarkable piece of modern design for its time, inexpensive and of good quality. It consists of a few, high-quality parts and is well sealed against dirt. There are burnished as well as matt or shiny nickel-plated versions. It has a rigid visor and the handles are made of wood. Already in 1920 it was possible to change the caliber from 7.65 to 9 mm using an interchangeable barrel. The magazine was also usable for the cartridges 7.65 mm and for 9 mmk (k for short ).
Prohibition of production
With the option of converting to a caliber of 9 millimeters (changing the pistol barrel), the Ortgies pistol became a prohibited weapon within the meaning of the Versailles Treaty . In 1923 production had to be stopped.
commitment
The weapon achieved considerable success in international shooting competitions and was particularly widespread and very popular in North, Central and South America.
Since the Ortgies pistol was not suitable for use in field conditions, it was not introduced as an orderly weapon . At the time, however, it had been issued to several German police stations, such as the Hamburg police, the water protection police , the Reich Finance Administration, the Berlin protection police , the Winterthur city police and the Prussian border guard. In the Third Reich , army justice sergeants at the courts-martial were provisionally equipped with 7.65 mm Ortgies pistols, according to the “General Army Notice of 1935”.
Ortgies pistols were also used by the Dutch police ( Rijksveldwacht ), the Czechoslovak police and the Finnish penal system.
Technical specifications
System: recoil loader with spring mass lock and firing pin
| caliber | 6.35 × 15.5 mm HR (.25 ACP) |
7.65 × 17 mm HR (.32 ACP) |
9 × 17 mm (.380 ACP) |
| Total length (mm) | 133 | 165 | 165 |
| Length barrel (mm) | 69 | 87 | 87 |
| Weight (g) | 400 | 640 | 600 |
literature
- Ralf Manhart, Bernd Königs: The regulated handguns of the German armed forces and police 1871–1956 , ISBN 3924978158 and ISBN 978-3924978150
- The Ortgies pistol, in: "Waffen-Revue" No. 95, 4th quarter 1994
- Günter Wollert, Reiner Lidschun: Infantry weapons yesterday . (1918-1945). In: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from around the world . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-89488-036-8 , weapons, p. 112-113 .
Web links
- D&B Militaria.com: several images (English), accessed on April 5, 2013
- Waffen-Welt.de: Article Ortgies-Pistole , accessed on April 5, 2013
- Vestpockets.at: Article Ortgies-Pistole , accessed on April 5, 2013
- Donald W. Koelliker: detailed description from Gun Collector's Digest , accessed April 5, 2013
- animated representation of a Flash self-loading pistol; 13 kB
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ed Buffaloe and Stefan Klein: The Ortgies Pistol, Model 1920, detailed description (English). 2012, accessed April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Gerhard Bock: "Armorer" of March 25, 1920