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A sidearm may be carried alone or as an ancillary weapon to a more frequently-used primary weapon. The term historically referred to swords , daggers , and similar small weapons kept at one's side in a sheath , and in modern combat dominated by guns, sidearms are often defined as handguns that are similarly kept in a holster .
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Sidearms. Colt M1903 Pocket Hammerless; Colt M1909 New Service; Colt M1911; Enfield Mk I and Mk II; Lancaster M1860; Mauser C96; Smith & Wesson M1899; Smith & Wesson M1917; Smith & Wesson No.3; Smith & Wesson Triple Lock; Webley–Fosbery Automatic (Private purchase by officers only) Webley M1872 British Bull Dog; Webley Mk IV, Mk V and Mk VI ...
The British Army was the last major military service to adopt a semi-automatic service pistol as a standard sidearm, phasing out their Webley Mk IV, Enfield No 2 Mk I, and Smith & Wesson Victory revolvers in 1969, [1] after which the Browning Hi-Power became the Army's official service pistol.
Luger pistol (The most common sidearm used by front-line troops. 8,000 acquired in the 1920s) [122] [123] Lahti L-35 (Adopted in 1935. Approx. 5700 produced by 1945) [122] [123] [124] Pistole vz. 24 (3,285 bought from Germany, they arrived in September of 1940. Issued mainly to Finnish front-line troops during Continuation War) [125]
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle, Anti air cannon and any other variants.
The .38 Special was the standard service cartridge for the majority of United States police departments from the 1920s to the 1990s. It was also a common sidearm cartridge used by United States military personnel in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Name Manufacturer Image Cartridge Country Produced 2mm Kolibri: Franz Pfannl: 2.7 mm Austrian Empire Kingdom of Hungary 1914 only Akdal Ghost TR01: Akdal Arms: 9×19mm Parabellum