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Astra Unceta y Cía was a Spanish weapons manufacturer founded on 17 July 1908, under the name Esperanza y Unceta by Juan Esperanza and Pedro Unceta. [1] Initially based in Eibar, the centre of the Basque arms industry, the company moved in 1913 to Guernica. Astra handguns: 250 INOX revolver, 3000 pistol, and Constable pistol
The A-100 is also known as the "Panther" as imported into the United States by Springfield Armory, and some specimens have this roll-marked on the left of the slide. The A-100 design is a further development of Astra's earlier A-80 and A-90 models. [2] The A-80 was originally patterned after the SIG P220. [3]
The Astra 300 was developed in 1922 by the Astra Unceta company and was first produced in Spain in 1922/1923. This weapon was originally used by the Spanish prison administration in the 1920s, in 1928 the pistol was then used for the first time by the Spanish Navy. [2] In the 1930s, the Astra 300 was primarily an army pistol.
The Astra 400 is heavy compared to many contemporary service pistols of the time like the Tokarev TT-33 but is similar in weight and length to the Colt 1911.The Astra 400 was designed to be safe to fire with a simple blowback action unaided by any breech-locking devices. [5]
Astra 600: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×19mm Parabellum Spain: 1944-1960s Astra Model 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1927-1951 Astra Model 903: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1927 Astra A-60: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA.32 ACP.380 ACP Spain: 1969-? Astra A-80: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.65 ...
Astra A-100: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 9×19mm Parabellum.40 S&W.45 ACP Spain: 1990 Astra Model 900: Astra-Unceta y Cia SA: 7.63×25mm Mauser 9×23mm Largo Spain: 1927 Auto Mag Pistol: Arcadia Machine & Tool.44 Magnum United States: 1969 Ballester–Molina: Hispano Argentina Fábrica de Automóviles S.A..45 ACP Argentina: 1938 Bauer Automatic ...
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The Astra 600 is a Spanish semi-automatic pistol that was used during World War II by the Wehrmacht. Designed by Unceta y Cia , it was a shortened version of the Astra 400 manufactured to fire 9×19mm Parabellum , which was the standard pistol ammunition for Germany at the time.