Pistolet Vis wz. 35
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| Military designation: | Pistolet Vis wz. 35, pistol 35 (p) ( Wehrmacht ), often referred to as a radome pistol due to the imprint “FB Radom” (Fabryka Broni, Waffenfabrik) |
| Country of operation: | Poland, Germany |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Piotr Wilniewczyc & Jan Skrzypiński, Radom Arms Factory |
| Manufacturer country: | Poland , German Empire |
| Production time: | 1935 to 1945 |
| Weapon Category: | Self-loading pistol |
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| Overall length: | 204 mm |
| Total height: | 141 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 1.0 kg |
| Sight length : | 156 mm |
| Barrel length : | 117 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 9 × 19 mm |
| Possible magazine fillings : | 8 cartridges |
| Ammunition supply : | Bar magazine |
| Fire types: | Single fire |
| Number of trains : | 4th |
| Twist : | right |
| Visor : | open |
| Closure : | Browning system |
| Charging principle: | Recoil loader |
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The Vis (officially Pistolet Vis wz. 35 , also known as the Radom pistol ) was a self-loading pistol of Polish origin in the 9 mm Parabellum caliber . Before the Second World War it served as the standard orderly weapon of the armed forces of Poland .
history
After the First World War, the Polish troops were only equipped with outdated handguns, such as the Nagant M1895 revolver . Around 1930 the procurement of modern pistols from abroad was considered, with the Czech ČZ 24 and the Belgian FN Browning model 1910 being examined. Ultimately, the decision was made to introduce a weapon from our own production.
technology
Piotr Wilniewczyc was commissioned with the development . He was already involved in testing the models mentioned. Jan Skrzypiński joined them later, and the pistol was named WIS after the initials of its designers Wi and S. This ultimately became Vis , alluding to the Latin word for power or strength. The team based its designs on the proven technology of Browning's weapons. The external appearance is reminiscent of the Colt M1911 , but the locking technology is more similar to the FN Browning HP . Instead of the 1911 chain link, the Vis had a rigid locking curve. The pistol proved to be very precise and had three safety systems:
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The Vis did not have a clamping trigger , it worked according to the single action principle.
production
1935 to 1938
In 1935, the production of the Vis began at the state arms factory Fabryka Broni "Łucznik" Radom . The complete equipment of all armed forces in Poland could not be completed until the outbreak of the Second World War; less than 50,000 pistols were delivered in total.
1939 to 1945
After the fall of Poland and its occupation by the Wehrmacht , the stocks were confiscated and it was decided to add the weapon to the arsenal of the German troops. Production in Poland was initially continued in Radom, but then referred to the Steyr Daimler Puch company and taken up in Austria, then " Ostmark ".
The official German name of the model was Pistole 35 (p) , it was mainly issued to the Luftwaffe and units of the SS. In the course of the years the production was simplified more and more, whereby the quality of the weapons continued to decline. Shortly before the war one "was still on the basis of Vis Volkssturm gun". The total number of weapons of the type and its variants produced under German direction exceeded 300,000.
After the war, the Russian Tokarew TT-33 with the smaller caliber 7.62 mm was introduced to the Polish army and the Vis was discontinued. The originals from the Polish prewar production are popular collector's weapons due to their small number of copies and their high quality.
New editions from 1997
Due to the demand, in 1997 the Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów arms factory bought 25 copies of the Vis wz. 35 reproduced. For the 90th anniversary of the “Fabryka Broni" Łucznik "Radom” arms factory, another 50 pieces were produced there in 2015, which were primarily given to Polish dignitaries. Twenty pistols with the serial numbers 00031 to 00050 were sold via an online auction. In October 2017, the "Fabryka Broni" Łucznik "Radom" announced that the pistol would go back into series production there. Small batches with the start of production from October 2018 were planned.
literature
- Reiner Lidschun, Günter Wollert: Illustrated encyclopedia of infantry weapons from all over the world , Berlin, Brandenburgisches Verl.-Haus, 1991, 1st edition, Vol. 2, ISBN 3-327-01210-5 .
- William York: VIS Radom: A Study and Photographic Album of Poland's Finest Pistol , Wet Dog Publications, 2011, ISBN 978-0-9707997-8-4 .
- Ian Hogg, John Walter: Pistols of the World , David & Charles, 2004, ISBN 978-0-87349-460-1 .
- Philip Peterson: Standard Catalog of Military Firearms , Gun Digest Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4402-1451-6 .
Web links
- VIS M1935 Radom P.35 (p) pistols of the German Wehrmacht at tague.at
- INSTRUKCJA O BRONI instruction manual (Polish), (accessed on March 14, 2018) ( Memento from May 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip Peterson: Standard Catalog of Military Firearms . Gun Digest Books, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4402-1451-6 , pp. 277 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Hermann Gerig: The Polish FB RADOM VIS 35 pistol in IWÖ, issue 47, 2009, pp. 22 - 24 (PDF; 3.1 MB) ( Memento from July 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ patent PL15567 "Pistolet samoczynny" of 8 April 1932 Original Polish patent application with technical drawing (accessed on 14 March 2018). Archival version of the patent: PL15567 page 1 , PL15567 page 2 , PL15567 page 3, PL15567 drawing
- ↑ Milmag.pl editorial team Vis powraca! (Polish "VIS is back!"), October 25, 2017 (accessed on March 14, 2018) ( Memento from March 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
